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Auction date Thursday 30 January 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction: 

Thursday 30th January at 10.30am

including the contents of Wabey House, Upwey.


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Total lots: 458

DORSET INTEREST: AN EXTRAORDINARY ‘FATHER AND SON’ DORSET REGIMENT ARCHIVE
Lot 169 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: AN EXTRAORDINARY ‘FATHER AND SON’ DORSET REGIMENT ARCHIVE
relating to Sgt William J Burton No. 3401 (1867-1854) and his son L.Cpl William James Burton No. 8530 (1893-1914), who both served with the Dorset Regiment in the Boer War and First World War respectively,
the father’s items comprising his medals (Queen’s South Africa with five bars, King’s South Africa…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL INTEREST: A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND ACCOMPANYING MODEL
Lot 170 Sold
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL INTEREST: A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND ACCOMPANYING MODEL
the photograph depicting Sir Winston seated and surveying a gun site, signed and dated lower right, an inscription to the lower left reads: 'This signed photograph of Churchill visiting a gun-site is dated March 1944 and marks an early stage in Tim's greatest victory - The Battle Against the Flying Bombs', 40cm high x 30cm wide,
the 1:16 scale accompanying model of the 3.7 in mark 2 on mounting, bearing a plaque inscribed: …
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF PRINCE GEORGE
Lot 171 Sold
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF PRINCE GEORGE
later George V (1865-1936), signed lower left and inscribed to the base: 'HMS Bacchante, Gibraltar, July... 1882', 16cm x 10cm

Note: This is probably a photograph from one of the nine albums compiled following Prince Albert Victor (1864-92) and Prince George of Wales' (1865-1936) world tour aboard HMS Bacchante from 1879 to 1882. The photographs were collected by their chaperon and tutor, John Neale Dalton.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR 'EDDY'
Lot 172 Sold
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR 'EDDY'
Duke of Clarence (1864-1892), signed to the base and inscribed: 'Gibraltar July '82', 16cm x 10cm

Note: This is probably a photograph from one of the nine albums compiled following Prince Albert Victor (1864-92) and Prince George of Wales' (1865-1936) world tour aboard HMS Bacchante from 1879 to 1882. The photographs were collected by their chaperon and tutor, John Neale Dalton.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH (1844-1906)
Lot 173 Sold
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED CABINET PHOTO OF ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH (1844-1906)
signed and dated 1884 to the base, 15.5cm x 9.5cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A CHARLES II ROYALIST GILT BRONZE BADGE
Lot 174 Sold
A CHARLES II ROYALIST GILT BRONZE BADGE
issued in exile, depicted crowned with long flowing hair, the reverse engraved with Royal shield within Garter, 3.8cm x 3.2cm; together with two accompanying letters from J. Shum Cox, The University of Bristol, dated 1964 (3)

Provenance: Dr Loveday, Williamscote House, Banbury, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A VICTORIAN LINEN HANDKERCHIEF - ‘INDUSTRIAL PALACE, SOUTH KENSINGTON, 1862’
Lot 175 Unsold
A VICTORIAN LINEN HANDKERCHIEF - ‘INDUSTRIAL PALACE, SOUTH KENSINGTON, 1862’
printed in purple with a view of the Crystal Palace and visitors within floral spray and vermicelli circle border, 63cm x 65cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A CONTINENTAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEF
Lot 176 Unsold
A CONTINENTAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEF
early 19th century, printed in purple with pennant and flagpole, the pennant with heraldic device depicting crowned shield and two Wildmen, 62cm high x 68cm wide, monogrammed red stitching 'EG'

Provenance: Formerly the property of Edward Greene (1795-1887) who, by repute, fought at the Battle of Waterloo 1815 with the Royal Artillery, thence by family descent.
Estimate: £150 - £250
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III POLISHED STEEL AND MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS
Lot 177 Sold
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III POLISHED STEEL AND MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS
with flowerhead carved centres, each 3.5cm diameter, contained in card box annotated in ink to lid 'Buttons worn by John Loveday at his Wedding at Wardington 1777 on his white coat'

Provenance: By repute John Loveday, thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A LOCK OF HAIR ASCRIBED TO FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Lot 178 Sold
A LOCK OF HAIR ASCRIBED TO FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
dated 1839, with a monogrammed leather cigar case, with four cigars to the interior, belonging to Liszt by repute of the family; a pressed and framed flower with inscription "found on Liszt's grave"; a life mask inscribed to the interior "1841 Weimar Germany... Margaret Stow May 1973"; together with the cast of a hand signed by the same artist; a signed postcard; and an 1841 James Minasi, ink and water colour bust-length portrait of Franz Liszt, with various bronze plaques, one stamped "Paris 1844" (11)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886): A HANDWRITTEN LETTER
Lot 179 Sold
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886): A HANDWRITTEN LETTER
dated 1838, in correspondence with Liszt's publisher in Paris, Maurice Schlesinger (1798-1871), writing continues verso, 29cm high x 36cm wide
Translation provided by The Liszt Society:"Do me the favour, my dear Maurice, of including the…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A VICTORIAN DAGUERREOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BOWER (1826-1911)
Lot 180 Sold
A VICTORIAN DAGUERREOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BOWER (1826-1911)
depicted seated and wearing tartan waistcoat, 7cm x 5.5cm, within arched gilt inner mount and brown leather case

Provenance: By repute, family descent to the present owner.

Note: George Bower (1827-1911) was the owner of the Vulcan Iron Works, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire and was a leading manufacturer of equipment for gasworks, both within the UK and overseas. Whilst very successful within the UK, he lost money on a scheme to supply gas lighting in Rio de Janeiro in 1889 and was declared bankrupt.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
MATTHIAS (MATTHEW) BUCHINGER (1674-1740) A HANDWRITTEN NOTE
Lot 181 Sold
MATTHIAS (MATTHEW) BUCHINGER (1674-1740) A HANDWRITTEN NOTE
worded ‘Norwich/Oct the 4. 1733/This was Written by/Matthew Buchinger/born Without/Hands or Feet/1674/in Germany’, parts of text reversed and mirrored, 9cm x 12cm

Provenance: Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk and by family descent

Note: Matthias Buchinger, sometimes anglicised to Matthew Buchinger was a German artist, calligrapher and magician. Born without hands or feet, he enjoyed great success and was rumoured to have had seventy mistresses!
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
'COPY OF THE DIPLOMA OF THE ORDER OF SANTA CAROLINA'
Lot 182 Sold
'COPY OF THE DIPLOMA OF THE ORDER OF SANTA CAROLINA'
an intriguing printed paper document, dated Jerusalem, 14th July 1816, printed by W. Glindon, Rupert Street, Haymarket, 25.5cm x 20cm, outlining the six tennets of the Order of St. Caroline; together with a card and metal mounted imitation of the proposed medal, contained in handwritten paper envelope with interesting hieroglyphic red wax seal (3)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A MERTON PRIORY WAX SEAL
Lot 183 Sold
A MERTON PRIORY WAX SEAL
probably 16th century, 8cm x 5cm, with an attached portion of a Latin document, possibly a rental agreement
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
FOUR 18TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN RECEIPTS
Lot 184 Sold
FOUR 18TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN RECEIPTS
comprising three early 18th century Milliners or Tailors examples dated 1725, 1727 and 1729 respectively, one addressed to a Lady Deloss, and a Robert and Thomas Makepeace Goldsmiths and Jewellers, Lincolns Inn Fields, London invoice dated 1785 (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A CUT PAPER BIRDCAGE
Lot 185 Sold
A CUT PAPER BIRDCAGE
early 19th century, of concertina action, the exterior painted with cottage and figures and hung internally with a cut-out pendant bird, all mounted to square annotated card, 14.5cm square, contained in paper envelope worded 'MaryAnne Loveday, East Justery, Berks'

Provenance: Family descent to the present owner.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £80 - £150
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A PART SET OF 'HORRID POPISH PLOT' PLAYING CARDS BY HUNT & SONS
Lot 186 Sold
A PART SET OF 'HORRID POPISH PLOT' PLAYING CARDS BY HUNT & SONS
after a design by Francis Barlow, with captions beneath, composed of four suits, the paper images c.1678 and later laid onto card c.1800, each c.9cm x c.5.5cm, complete with Hunt & Sons 'Duty Paid' original paper wrapper and a contemporaneous handwritten note explaining the cards
Note: The Popish Plot was a fabricated conspiracy of anti-Catholic sentiment which gripped Great…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
AN ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRY
Lot 187 Unsold
AN ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRY
signed F. B. H and dated 1949, depicting a verdure landscape with a waterfall to the distance, 83cm x 130cm
Estimate: £150 - £250
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
AN EMBROIDERED TEXTILE BEDSPREAD
Lot 188 Sold
AN EMBROIDERED TEXTILE BEDSPREAD
late 19th/early 20th century, decorated throughout with repeating urns issuing blossoming flowers, 230cm x 280cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A WILLIAM AND MARY LINEN BAND SAMPLER
Lot 189 Sold
A WILLIAM AND MARY LINEN BAND SAMPLER
by Sarah Letheiuler, 21st August 1695, aged 12, worked in coloured threads with alphabet, numerals and religious verse 'Favour is Deceitful and Beauty is Vain, but a Woman that feareth the Lord she shal(l) be praised', 49cm x 21cm, unframed

Provenance: Sarah Letheiuler (1682-1761) and by direct descent to her 5th great granddaughter.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
TWO PAIRS OF WILLIAM IV MINIATURE EMBROIDERED BOOTS
Lot 190 Sold
TWO PAIRS OF WILLIAM IV MINIATURE EMBROIDERED BOOTS
worked in coloured threads by 'Emma C. Richter, aged 10 years, London Orphan Asylum 1834', mounted on embossed card
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £100 - £200
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A RED SILK EPIPHANY BOX
Lot 191 Unsold
A RED SILK EPIPHANY BOX
19th century, with gilt braid edging, the lid with a star finial formed of sequins, 10cm high x 21xm wide x 14cm deep, containing three similar drawstring bags for gold leaf, frankincense and myrrh, with some contents

Provenance: The gift of Dr Charles Ogilvie (1793-1873), then by family descent to the present vendor, with handwritten explanatory note.
Estimate: £300 - £500
30 January 2025
30 January 2025
A VICTORIAN PAPIER MACHE WORK BOX
Lot 192 Sold
A VICTORIAN PAPIER MACHE WORK BOX
the hinged lid inlaid with shell and decorated with flowers and vines, opening to a fitted interior with small compartments, on a baluster turned stem to quadruped base, 76cm high x 41cm wide x 33cm deep
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
30 January 2025
30 January 2025

Total lots: 458

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