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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
121 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A pair of pastoral landscapes
both with figures on a wooded path and a cottage to the distance, oil on canvas, 19cm x 24.5cm (2)
£50 - £100 - View
122 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke Bart (1782-1856)
seated in full masonic regalia with a white glove on one hand and a gavel in the other, oil on canvas, 125cm x 99cm

Note: Sir Frederick was a leading freemason, baronet and politician of Lowesby…
£2,000 - £4,000 - View
123 ENGLISH NAIVE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A lifeboat rescuing a floundering ship
the lifeboat with a small sail raised inscribed 'CHAPMAN.S P.T. LIFE BOAT' and figures manning the tiller, the ship in distress with torn sails, a castle on a cliff visible to the distance, oil on…
£300 - £500 £600 View
124 DUTCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Coastal scene with ships to the foreground
indistinctly signed 'J. HASSE... 184...', oil on canvas, 41cm x 57.5cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£200 - £400 £280 View
125 DUTCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Stormy harbour view
with ships under sail to the foreground, indistinctly signed lower right 'E. M. Cocks'(?), 44.5cm x 60cm
£50 - £100 £50 View
126 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Portrait of a young girl
with blonde ringlets and a locket, unsigned, oil on canvas, 51cm x 46cm
£400 - £600 - View
127 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A portrait of a boy
dressed in a bow tie and leaning against a chair, faintly inscribed verso, watercolour, 18.5cm x 13.5cm
£50 - £100 - View
128 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait miniature
depicting a gentleman in uniform, painted on ivory, 10cm x 8.5cm; together with another portrait miniature painted on card, 10.5cm x 7.5cm; and a collection of silhouettes, the largest measuring,…
£200 - £400 £100 View
129 SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) 'Tabula Asiae XII'
depicting the island of Sri Lanka, hand coloured engraving, 20cm x 27cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£150 - £250 £160 View
130 CHRISTOPHER SAXTON (fl.1540-1610) A map of Derbyshire
coloured engraving on laid paper, 29cm x 32cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£50 - £100 - View
131 JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) 'Map of Anglesey'
inscribed 1620, 'An Alphabeticall Table of all the Townes... Anglesey... Book.2. Chap XV, Pg 126' double page spread and label verso, coloured engraving, 41cm x 53cm

Provenance: A private North…
£200 - £400 £300 View
132 JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) 'Midle-Sex With The Most Famous cities of London and Westminster'
including a study of Saint Pauls and Saint Peters, coloured engraving, 40cm x 53cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£150 - £250 £140 View
133 JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) 'Glocestershire'
coloured engraving on laid paper, 38cm x 50cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£150 - £250 £100 View
134 HERMAN MOLL (1654-1732) ‘The Island of St. Christophers, alias St. Kitts'
coloured engraving on laid paper, 20cm x 28cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£100 - £200 £60 View
135 CAPTAIN GRENVILLE COLLINS (fl. 1669-1696) Two charts: 'The River Dee' and 'East Coast of Scotland'
labelled verso 'Raymond P. Hepnes', coloured engravings, 48cm x 60cm; together with similar charts of the Isle of Man, Portland, Leven Sands, Prospect of Carreck Furgus and The English Channel, the…
£150 - £250 £150 View
136 FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY 'Nouvelle Carte de L'Ile de Ceylon'
'... avec des Remarques Historiques', a map of Sri Lanka, inscribed verso, engraving, 40cm x 46cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£50 - £100 £70 View
137 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY "MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA"
"...from the Head of Hudson's Bay to the Southern Bounds of Georgia, with the intervention of Canada", published London 1750 for Owen's Magazine of America, engraving, 25cm x 30cm

Provenance: A…
£70 - £100 £260 View
138 A VICTORIAN SAMPLER BY ANNE DAVIES
aged fourteen years, dated 1867, depicting a biblical scene from Genesis, 63cm x 45cm
£100 - £200 £180 View
139 A GEORGE III SILK EMBROIDERY
worked in coloured threads with a lady and spaniel in a pastoral landscape, 32cm x 25cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£50 - £100 £180 View
140 TWO LORD CHANCELLOR'S PURSES
19th century, each front decorated in stumpwork with gilt metal thread and a crimson velvet ground, both bearing the royal coat of arms within a border of alternating masks and flowers, 45cm x 42cm …
£500 - £1,000 £2,400 View
141 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'THE TAMBOURINIST'
a study of a lady holding a tambourine seated on open barrel of grapes, with vines in her hair, brown patinated bronze, 21cm high
£200 - £400 - View
142 AUGUSTE MOREAU (1834-1917) TWO GILT BRONZES OF 'AUTOMNE' AND 'PRINTEMPS'
the two figures representing spring and autumn, signed 'A. Moreau' to naturalistic bases, on marble plinths with titled cartouches, 14cm high (2)
£300 - £500 - View
143 AUGUSTE MOREAU (1834-1917) A BRONZE 'ENFANT MUSICIEN'
the figure depicted dancing with a tambourine in outswept hand, signed 'Aug. Moreau' to the naturalistic base, on turned marble plinth, 15cm high
£150 - £200 - View
144 JOSEPH GUSTAVE CHERET (1838-1894) A SILVERED BRONZE GIRL WITH BASKETS
the figure with a floral headband and fingers interlocked, signed 'J. CHERET' to naturalistic base, on turned stone plinth, 18cm high
£300 - £500 - View

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