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Auction date Thursday 31 July 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Head of Sale:

William Batt

Auction:

Thursday 31st July at 10.30am

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Lot 103 Sold

A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III SILVER FIDDLE PATTERN TEASPOONS

by Solomon Hougham, London 1811; together with a quantity of mixed silver flatware, .10 tr. ozs combined weight; and two plated spoons (a lot)

Hammer price: £190

Estimate: £150 - £250

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Lot 104 Sold

A QUANTITY OF GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER KINGS PATTERN CUTLERY

various dates and makers, including three table forks, London 1807/1820, 42.5 tr. ozs combined; together with three silver handled pieces (a lot)

Hammer price: £850

Estimate: £500 - £800

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31 July 2025

Lot 105 Sold

A SET OF SIX GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER TABLESPOONS

by James Welsh (Assay Master Hugh Gordon), Edinburgh 1757, 21.5cm length, 10 tr. ozs combined (6)

Hammer price: £220

Estimate: £150 - £250

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Lot 106 Sold

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER KINGS PATTERN FORKS

by Mackay & Chisholm, Edinburgh 1848; together with three George III Scottish silver Fiddle and Shell pattern dessert spoons; and three similar silver dessert spoons, 11.3 tr. ozs combined (8)

Hammer price: £220

Estimate: £150 - £200

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Lot 107 Unsold

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR TONGS

by Godbehere Wigan & Boult, London 1808; together with three other pairs of Georgian silver tongs; and three pairs of 20th century silver examples, 6.7 tr. ozs combined weight (7)

Estimate: £150 - £250

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Lot 108 Sold

A SET OF SIX GEORGE V SILVER DESSERT FORKS

together with six matching knives, all by Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1914, with silver blades, bead and swag handles, 20.2 tr. ozs combined gross weight (12)

Hammer price: £220

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 109 Sold

A GEORGE III SILVER HOURGLASS PATTERN LADLE

by Eley & Fearn, London, with diamond heel, 32cm long, 10 tr. ozs combined gross

Hammer price: £200

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 110 Sold

TWO GEORGE III SILVER OLD ENGLISH PATTERN TABLESPOONS

by George Smith, London 1798, and Solomon Hougham 1807 respectively; together with two Dutch Hanoverian pattern silver tablespoons; and another marked Sterling, 9.7 tr. ozs (5)

Hammer price: £190

Estimate: £150 - £200

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31 July 2025

Lot 111 Sold

A VICTORIAN SILVER FIDDLE PATTERN DESSERT SPOON

by Charles Lias, London 1839; together with a set of four matching silver dessert spoons, 5.9 tr. ozs (5)

Hammer price: £120

Estimate: £80 - £120

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Lot 112 Unsold

A VICTORIAN SILVER CADDY SPOON

by Thomas Smiley, London 1870, with shaped leaf engraved bowl, rope twist stem and angular terminal; together with another Fiddle pattern example by Charles Lias, London 1840, with engraved bowl; and a similar Kings pattern example by RG Single, Edinburgh 1858, with shell bowl, 1.2 tr. ozs combined (3)

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 113 Sold

A VICTORIAN SILVER CADDY SPOON

by George Unite, Birmingham 1862, with vine embossed scalloped bowl and hollow loop handle, 7cm long

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £80 - £120

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Lot 114 Sold

FIVE GEORGE III SILVER OLD ENGLISH PATTERN DESSERT SPOONS

various dates and makers; together with two silver 20th century examples, 8 tr. ozs combined (7)

Hammer price: £160

Estimate: £100 - £150

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Lot 115 Sold

A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER OLD ENGLISH PATTERN TABLESPOONS

by Josiah Williams & Co, London 1912; together with a selection of mixed silver flatware including a boxed set of silver apostle spoons, 17.9 tr. ozs combined (17)

Hammer price: £360

Estimate: £200 - £300

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Lot 116 Sold

A GEORGE IV SILVER HOURGLASS PATTERN CADDY SPOON

by John Bettridge, Birmingham 1824, with leaf engraved circular bowl; together with a similar George III silver example by John Bettridge, Birmingham 1818, with seaweed engraved rectangular bowl; a George IV caddy spoon by John Thropp, Birmingham 1828, with leaf engraved 'shell fan' bowl; and a George III silver caddy spoon with reeded oval bowl and bright cut terminal (marks rubbed),1 tr. oz combined (4)

Hammer price: £60

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 117 Sold

A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER PLATED CANDLESTICKS

by Elkington & Co, c.1880, of classical inspiration with leaf capped sconces, reeded columns on muscular cabriole legs and paw feet, 36cm high (4)

Hammer price: £340

Estimate: £400 - £600

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Lot 120 Sold

FOLLOWER OF JAN BREUGHEL THE ELDER (1568-1625) AND HENDRICK VAN BALEN (1575-1632) 'The Virgin and Child' and 'The Penitent Magdalene'

each of the pair depicted within a garland of flowers, oils on copper, 24cm x 18.5cm (2)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.

Hammer price: £1,000

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 122 Sold

MANNER OF CARLO MARRATTA (1625-1713) The Virgin holding the Christ Child in the manger

oil on canvas, 58.5cm x 45.75cm (oval)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.

Hammer price: £380

Estimate: £400 - £800

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Lot 123 Unsold

MANNER OF ALBERT CUYP (1620-1691) Two cows in a landscape

a ruined church beyond, oil on panel, 14.5cm x 20.5cm

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 124 Sold

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait of a man with a pipe

oil on panel, 16cm x 12cm

Hammer price: £60

Estimate: £80 - £150

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31 July 2025

Lot 125 Unsold

CIRCLE OF JAN WEENIX (1642-1719) A maid cleaning pewter chargers in a barrow outside a building

with cattle, sheep, goats and dogs nearby, monogrammed "LR" to the wheel lower left, oil on canvas, 70cm x 80cm

Estimate: £800 - £1,500

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Lot 126 Sold

THOMAS PHILLIPS (1770-1845) Portrait of a gentleman

depicted half-length, in a heavy overcoat and a white cravat, holding a piece of paper in his right hand, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 71cm x 58cm

Hammer price: £140

Estimate: £200 - £400

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31 July 2025

Lot 127 Unsold

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, Lot 251,
A private North Dorset collection.

Estimate: £800 - £1,500

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Lot 128 Sold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Pastoral landscape

with shepherds shearing sheep to the foreground, oil on canvas, 66cm x 77.5cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.

Hammer price: £340

Estimate: £300 - £500

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31 July 2025

Lot 129 Sold

ITALIAN SCHOOL Classical figures in a landscape

inscribed to the reverse, oil on board, 26cm x 39.5cm

Hammer price: £160

Estimate: £80 - £150

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