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The Spring Auction

Auction date Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction

Wednesday 16th April at 10.30am

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Including the following collections: 

The Bond Family, Holme Priory,

Chalkway House, Ebbesbourne Wake,

Melbury Bubb House, Melbury Bubb,

A private North Dorset collection of a bibliophile.


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Page:

of 18

Lots per page:

Total lots: 427

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
49 FOUR GEORGIAN WINE GLASSES
early 18th century, two with bell-shaped bowls over tear-drop plain stems and folded feet, and two similar examples, the tallest measuring 17cm (4)

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£200 - £400 £240 View
50 TWO GEORGIAN WINE GLASSES
mid-18th century, the bell bowls over air twist stems and folded feet; together with a later continental example, the tallest measuring 18cm (3)

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£200 - £400 £180 View
51 A GROUP OF THREE 'AIR TWIST' WINE GLASSES
mid 18th century, two with bell-shaped bowls over air twist stems and conical feet, together with a similar trumpet bowl example, the tallest measuring 17cm (3)

Provenance: A private South Devon…
£200 - £400 £170 View
52 AN ENGRAVED WINE GLASS OF JACOBITE INTEREST
late 18th century or later, the honeysuckle and moth engraved bowl over a facet-cut stem, 16cm high

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.

Note: The honeysuckle and moth represented…
£100 - £200 £180 View
53 A WINE GLASS
mid/late 18th century, the cup shaped bowl with basal fluting over knopped opaque twist stem on conical foot, 15cm high

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£100 - £200 £130 View
54 AN 'OPAQUE TWIST' WINE GLASS
the bell-shaped bowl over opaque twist stem with a central inverted baluster knop and a basal knop over a folded foot, 18cm high

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£50 - £100 £160 View
55 A FACET-CUT WINE GLASS
late 18th century, with round funnel bowl, facet-cut stem and folded foot, 15cm tall

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£50 - £100 £80 View
56 A GEORGIAN ALE GLASS
mid-18th century, the round funnel bowl over a double series opaque twist stem; together with a near pair of later knopped stem wine glasses, the tallest measuring 18 cm (3)

Provenance: A private…
£100 - £200 £120 View
57 TWO GEORGIAN WINE GLASSES
early/mid-18th century, with folded feet, one with teared shoulder knop, the tallest measuring 14cm (2)

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£50 - £100 £160 View
58 A DOUBLE SERIES OPAQUE TWIST CORDIAL GLASS
mid-18th century, together with a wine glass with basal fluted and etched bowl over folded foot and a dram glass, the tallest measuring 13cm (3)

Provenance: A private South Devon glass collector.
£200 - £400 £180 View
59 AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) Self Portrait
19th century, watercolour, 24cm x 18.5cm

Provenance: Chalkway House, Ebbesbourne Wake.

Note: A label to the reverse inscribed 'Portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci Copied by The Honble Mr Frederick Irby…
£200 - £400 £300 View
60 ANTOINE DE PLUVINEL (1555-1620) A set of fifty-four studies from 'L’instruction du roy en l’exercise de monter a cheval'
copper-plate engravings, 34cm x 43cm, mounted in later simulated tortoiseshell, ebonised and parcel gilt frames; together with the original book, published Amsterdam, 1666 (55)

Note: Antoine de…
£8,000 - £12,000 - View
61 AFTER GUIDO RENI (1575-1642) Portrait of Beatrice Cenci
the sitter depicted bust length seated looking back with melancholy towards the viewer, an inscribed plaque to the frame, oil on canvas, 60cm x 47cm

Note: The original, housed in The Galleria…
£200 - £400 - View
62 MANNER OF DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (c.1610-1690) A tavern interior scene
unsigned, oil on metal panel, 15.5cm x 18.5cm
£80 - £150 - View
63 MANNER OF DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (c.1610-1690) A tavern interior scene
with three men smoking and drinking, unsigned, oil on metal panel, 15.5cm x 18.5cm
£80 - £150 £80 View
64 JAN ABRAHAMS BEERSTRATEN (1622-1666) Capriccio of a walled Mediterranean harbour town
with a Dutch man o'war and other shipping, signed and dated 1664 lower left centre, oil on canvas, 93cm x 124cm
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,500 View
65 MANNER OF PETER MONAMY (1681-1741), ENGLISH 18TH CENTURY Harbour view with an anchored galleon
with figures and fishing boats to the foreground, oil on board, 37cm x 43.5cm
£500 - £1,000 £650 View
66 J.M SELIGMANN (1720-1762) 'Woodpecker'
coloured engraving; together with Mirzell after Lieutenant Watts, ‘New Holland Cassoway’, coloured engraving, both framed; and a large quantity of ornithological studies, the largest measuring 30cm x…
£200 - £400 £100 View
67 MANNER OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN BRAND (1722-1795) Riverside scene
with two figures on horseback looking on as a small wooden boat prepares for departure, unsigned, titled plaque to frame, oil on panel, 40cm x 60cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
68 AFTER PETER MAZELL (1733-1808) 'The Holland Cassowary''
inscribed lower centre 'Published Oct. 20. 1789', hand coloured engraving, 26cm x 18cm; together with a hand coloured engraving of 'The Numidian Crane' by R. Evan, 25cm x 19cm (2)

Provenance: A…
£100 - £200 £60 View
69 MANNER OF ABRAHAM PETHER (1756-1812) River in the moonlight
the moonscape with two figures to the foreground looking onto a settlement over the river bank, inscribed verso, oil on panel, 25cm x 35cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
70 ALEXANDER NASMYTH (1758-1840) Pastoral lake scene
with three figures on a path to the foreground, "57 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow" label verso and Christie's label "GLWW 352", oil on canvas, 43cm x 60cm

Provenance: Acquired from Duke’s, 8th July…
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,800 View
71 ANDRIES VERMEULEN (1763-1814) A river landscape
with a shepherd driving his flock to the right, a sailing vessel to the distance, signed lower left, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 45cm x 60cm

Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, 15th October 2007…
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
72 ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ARTAUD (1763-1823) A portrait of Henry Wansey FSA of Warminster
depicted half-length, seated wearing a black jacket, oil on canvas, 74cm x 61cm
£300 - £500 - View

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