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The Winter Auction

Auction date Thursday 30 January 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Head of Sale: 

William Batt


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Thursday 30th January at 10.30am

including the contents of Wabey House, Upwey.


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Total lots: 458

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
145 MISS M. RICHARDS (early 20th century) A shoulder-length profile portrait of a lady
monogrammed in pencil MR, miniature portrait on ivory, 6.5cm x 5.5cm, gilt moulded frame with internal card slip printed 'Miss M. Richards Miniature Painter'

Ivory Submission Reference: U7HC6CHU
£100 - £200 £50 View
146 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A shoulder-length portrait of Muriel Paddon (née Savory)
dated 1911, miniature painting thought to be on ivory, 7.5cm x 5.5cm, in paste set white metal frame

Ivory Submission Reference: 7VMR5M67

Provenance: A Dorset Estate.
£80 - £150 - View
147 A CASED SET OF TWENTY-FOUR ITALIAN 'GRAND TOUR' PLASTER INTAGLIOS
19th century, sixteen after Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and eight after Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), mounted in a later gilt framed case with an index to the reverse, 27cm x 18cm overall
£100 - £200 £650 View
148 A NEAR EASTERN CARVED ALABASTER LIONESS
probably South Arabian, 4th-1st century BC, well figured in a recumbent pose with carved detail to the head, feet, ribs and tail, 11.5cm high x 22.5cm long
£200 - £400 £400 View
149 ASCRIBED TO FRANCOIS 'IL FIAMMINGO' DUQUESNOY (1597-1643) An important ivory plaque
boldly carved in relief with children and dog at play, 11.3cm x 13.4cm

Outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value certificate issued no. 5PUX1A8

Provenance: Handwritten label pasted…
£500 - £1,000 £650 View
150 AFTER GUILLAUME I COUSTOU (1677-1746) A pair of brass marly horses
signed to the bases, raised on wooden plinths, 41cm high (2)
£50 - £100 £320 View
151 AFTER GUILLAUME I COUSTOU (1677-1746) A pair of bronze marly horses
on naturalistic plinth bases, 43.5cm high (2)
£300 - £500 £300 View
152 AFTER CHRISTOPHE-GABRIEL ALLEGRAIN (1710-1795) 'Vénus Sortant du Bain (Venus after the Bath)'
20th century, white-painted composite stone, on a turned plinth base, 130.5cm high

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey, Weymouth.
£50 - £100 £100 View
153 PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE (1751-1843) A bronzed copper plaque
cast in relief with a Bacchanalian scene of a seated Pan holding grapes aloft, surrounded by boisterous putti, signed lower right and dated 1783, 15cm x 18.5cm
£100 - £200 £100 View
154 AFTER PIERRE-JULES MÈNE (1810-1879) A patinated bronze group of rutting stags
signed to the base, 29cm high x 58cm wide
£700 - £1,000 £700 View
155 EMMANUEL FREMIET (1824-1910) A figure of a seated cat wearing ruff collar
signed, ormolu, 5.5cm high, etched mark for F. Barbedienne, Paris to reverse foot
£100 - £200 £100 View
156 EUGENE CARTIER (1861-1943) A patinated bronze figure of a Jaguar
signed 'Cartier' to the base, figured naturistically roaring from a rocky outcrop, 34cm high x 64cm wide
£500 - £1,000 £1,100 View
157 SAMUEL PARKER (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY) A bronze bust of William IV
after the model by Samuel Joseph (1791-1850), inscribed to the front, 14cm high
£100 - £200 - View
158 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A black painted spelter figure of horse and rider
the figure modelled wearing a wolf's head cloak and swinging an axe, on a wooden plinth base, 43cm high x 35cm long

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey, Weymouth.
£40 - £80 £20 View
159 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A plaster bust of a young girl
wearing a bonnet, figured smiling on a naturalistic base moulded with flowers, 47cm high

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey, Weymouth.
£40 - £80 £60 View
160 A PAIR OF BLACK PAINTED COMPOSITE CHERUBS
20th century, each figured holding a drilled torchère, on naturalistic plinth bases, 83cm high (2)

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey, Weymouth.
£80 - £150 - View
161 A RUSSIAN BRASS AND ENAMEL ICON
19th century, figured with Christ crucified and angels above, with carved motifs and text to the ground, 28.5cm high x 15cm wide, set in a painted mount, 34cm high x 19cm wide
£100 - £200 £120 View
162 A RUSSIAN BRASS AND ENAMEL ICON
19th/20th century, figured with Christ crucified against a blue and white ground, with scripture carved in relief, 23cm high x 14.5cm wide
£50 - £100 £90 View
163 A POLYNESIAN BIRD HEAD CLUB OR WAR PICK
probably New Caledonia, 19th century, with a carved handle, 53cm high, the blade 40cm long

Provenance: Inherited by the family in the early 1900's, and thence by descent.

Note: See a very similar…
£300 - £500 £4,400 View
164 A MAORI CARVED WOOD WAHAIKA
20th century, carved with a humanoid figure and inlaid with shell, 36cm long

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey, Weymouth.
£50 - £100 £30 View
165 CAPTAIN DONALD JOHN GREY, R.M. (1901/2-1944) AN IMPORTANT MILITARY COLLECTION
showcasing his military career with the Royal Marines, comprising 1914-18 medal and Great War medal awarded whilst a Private in the R.M.L.I.; a George V silver waiter by Gladwin Ltd, Sheffield 1929,…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
166 FOUR 'CIVIL WAR' BULLETS
17th century, reputedly found at Arlescote, Edgehill; together with an accompanying 19th century handwritten note (5)

Provenance: The accompanying note states 'Bullets dug up in the Arlescote garden…
£100 - £200 £220 View
167 A VICTORIAN 7TH (PRINCESS ROYAL'S) DRAGOON GUARDS OFFICER'S HELMET
1871 pattern, the diamond-cut frontal plate inscribed 'The Princess Royal's Dragoon Guards' around the 'VR' cypher, the helmet applied with laurel branches and rose pattern chin chain supporters,…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,100 View
168 A ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT 2ND BATTALION RED SILK BAG
19th century, bearing oval crest with sequinned dragon and worded 'China' relating to the Regiment's involvement in the Opium Wars of 1840-3, the flap embroidered with initials 'A.T.E.' for Arthur…
£100 - £200 £260 View

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