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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

A SILVER GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
Lot 49 Sold
A SILVER GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
20th century, the shaped plate within a moulded surround, the top centred by a foliate scroll and adorned with floral swags, 122cm high x 79cm wide

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN SILVER TEASPOONS
Lot 50 Sold
A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN SILVER TEASPOONS
by Hawksworth, Eyre & Company London, 1891, with scalloped bowls and complete with matching sugar tongs, 2 tr. ozs combined, in original fitted case; together with a set of George VI silver handled forks, Sheffield 1940, cased (2)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CUT GLASS NEWEL POST CAP
Lot 51 Sold
A CUT GLASS NEWEL POST CAP
19th century, mounted on a green marble stepped plinth, 30cm high overall x 14.5cm square; together with a collection of similar cut glass door knobs, 19th century, and some fittings (a lot)

Provenance: Removed from Abbots Barton House near Winchester in the early 1970s, an estate once owned by Jane Austen’s brother, Edward Knight of Chawton.

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO CONTEMPORARY BRONZE ART MEDALS
Lot 52 Sold
TWO CONTEMPORARY BRONZE ART MEDALS
one by Kate Timewell 'Body Map', 3cm high x 6cm square, the other by Angelina Tzvetkova 'Crater: Portrait', cast in two parts, 9cm high x 5.5cm wide (2)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Both artists' work are included in the BAMS Student Medal Project and documented in the 2000…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
KUNZ MEYER-WALDECK (1859-1953) A portrait of a young man in a hat
Lot 53 Sold
KUNZ MEYER-WALDECK (1859-1953) A portrait of a young man in a hat
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 49cm x 39cm

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SET OF SIX STERLING SILVER OYSTER FORKS
Lot 54 Sold
A SET OF SIX STERLING SILVER OYSTER FORKS
marked "Sterling" and possibly American; together with a set of four William IV silver salt spoons, London 1835; two silver condiment spoons, London 1873, 8 tr. ozs combined; and two silver bladed forks with mother of pearl handles (14)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN 1897 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD
Lot 55 Sold
AN 1897 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD
WWI issue, the blade etched with the cypher of King George V, the hilt with pierced half basket and a shagreen and wire bound handle, 101cm long

Provenance: The Lanes Armoury, Brighton.

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
*SHEILA TIFFIN (B.1952) A seated male nude
Lot 56 Sold
*SHEILA TIFFIN (B.1952) A seated male nude
on a beach, signed and dated upper right, oil on canvas, 49.5cm x 39.5cm

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
Lot 57 Unsold
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
the stuffed seat and back covered in tapestry with vignettes of castle ruins within foliate borders, the open scroll arms over a serpentine seat, on slender moulded cabriole legs, 107cm high x 71cm wide x 61cm deep

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 58 Sold
AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE
c.1900, the circular top on three pierced supports joined by a single shelf, 68cm high x 45.5cm wide

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF ART DECO 'ZEBRAWOOD' AND EBONISED FOOT STOOLS
Lot 59 Sold
A PAIR OF ART DECO 'ZEBRAWOOD' AND EBONISED FOOT STOOLS
of square section with velvet covered stuffed seats, 30cm high x 42cm square (2)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT GOLD LUNULA EARRING
Lot 60 Sold
AN ANCIENT GOLD LUNULA EARRING
probaly Byzantine, with applied decoration and inset with glass; together with a Roman fertility 'phallus' ring; and a coral necklace (3)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SET OF SIX GEORGE IV SILVER KINGS PATTERN FRUIT FORKS AND SIX KNIVES
Lot 61 Sold
A SET OF SIX GEORGE IV SILVER KINGS PATTERN FRUIT FORKS AND SIX KNIVES
by George Hardisty, Sheffield 1829, with silver blades, 10.5 tr. ozs combined (12)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A TREEN CHAMPAGNE TAP
Lot 62 Sold
A TREEN CHAMPAGNE TAP
early 20th century, with turned wood handle, 16.5cm long; together with a horn beaker, 9.5cm high; and a neoclassical pewter jug, possibly a feeder, 6.5cm high x 13cm long (3)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CORNISH GRANITE AND MARBLE TABLE FONT
Lot 63 Sold
A CORNISH GRANITE AND MARBLE TABLE FONT
19th century, the octagonal section bowl on five turned columns and a stepped plinth base, 17cm high x 12cm diameter

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19TH/20TH CENTURY) A spelter figure of Mercury
Lot 64 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19TH/20TH CENTURY) A spelter figure of Mercury
figured seated on a rocky outcrop tying the laces of his winged sandals, on a turned marble socle base, 58cm high overall

Provenance: Antiquities M. Vangeon, Chartres.

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
*PETER COLLINS ARCA (1923-2001) A portrait of a sailor
Lot 65 Sold
*PETER COLLINS ARCA (1923-2001) A portrait of a sailor
signed lower right, red chalk drawing on paper, 25cm x 19cm, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Sulis Fine Art

Provenance: The late Peter and Georgette Collins Collection - The Contents of Stanley Studios Chelsea.

Amongst other accomplishments, Peter Collins founded the Balcombe Galleries in the 60s and the Stanley Studios in Chelsea in the 70s, which acquired a considerable cultural pedigree and gave space to Jack Smith, Rodrigo Moynihan and Elizabeth Frink.

The collection of Cefyn Emblin
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
*ALDO TURA (1909-1963) A SET OF THREE GRADUATED OCCASIONAL TABLES
Lot 66 Sold
*ALDO TURA (1909-1963) A SET OF THREE GRADUATED OCCASIONAL TABLES
the triangular lacquered goatskin tops on slender turned and tapered legs, the largest 40cm high x 48cm wide (3)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A BLACK MARBLE COLUMNAR PLINTH
Lot 67 Sold
A BLACK MARBLE COLUMNAR PLINTH
20th century, of circular section, 93cm high x 27.5cm diameter

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CHARLES JAMES THERIAT (1860-1937) Two full length studies of a male nude
Lot 68 Sold
CHARLES JAMES THERIAT (1860-1937) Two full length studies of a male nude
charcoal on paper, 61cm x 39cm (2)

Provenance: Bonhams, 8th Feburary 1996, lot 31.

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS
Lot 69 Sold
A PAIR OF SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS
with circular sconces and acanthus leaf decoration on a round raised base, 30 cm high; together with a pair of silver plated entree dishes and covers marked "British Plate" (4)

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GERMAN SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE FLAGON
Lot 70 Sold
A GERMAN SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE FLAGON
18th/19th century, probably Westerwald, decorated with a bird amongst flowers, 31cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A NASCA (NAZCA) POLYCHROME POTTERY HEAD JAR
Lot 71 Sold
A NASCA (NAZCA) POLYCHROME POTTERY HEAD JAR
probably 100-500 CE, the Pre-Columbian pot with flared rim and rounded base, formed as a male head, 20cm high x 14cm diameter

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A BELLARMINE JUG
Lot 72 Sold
A BELLARMINE JUG
17th century, the salt-glazed vessel of squat ovoid form with funnel neck and strap handle, 20cm high x 14cm diameter

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS
Lot 73 Sold
AN ANCIENT CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS
6th-4th century BCE, Greek or Eastern Mediterranean, of baluster form, 9.5cm high; together with an ancient blue glass ungentarium, 13.5cm high; and a similar clear glasss vessel, 10.5cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ALABASTER ALABASTRON
Lot 74 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ALABASTER ALABASTRON
of tapered form with short handles to the shoulders, 13cm high; together with a black painted terracotta flagon, probably Roman, 15cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT GREEK RED-FIGURE TERRACOTTA BELL-KRATER
Lot 75 Sold
AN ANCIENT GREEK RED-FIGURE TERRACOTTA BELL-KRATER
5th-4th century BCE, probably Boeotian, decorated with a female head in profile to one side and an anthemion the other, 10.5cm high x 14.5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.

For a vase with a similar design see The Metropolitan Museum, 75.2.17.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT APULIAN RED-FIGURE TERRACOTTA SKYPHOS
Lot 76 Sold
AN ANCIENT APULIAN RED-FIGURE TERRACOTTA SKYPHOS
5th-3rd century BCE, one side decorated with a seated female and dove, the other with a man carrying a basket, 10cm high x 19cm wide, bearing a later inscription in pencil to the base

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASK
Lot 77 Sold
AN AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASK
20th century, with studded teeth and hairy chin, 34cm high x 19.5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN EGYPTIAN GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
Lot 78 Sold
AN EGYPTIAN GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
probably late Ptolemaic period or early Roman, 50BC-50AD, mounted on a wooden core, wearing a typical striped headdress, 57cm high x 46cm wide, on a later rectangular wooden plinth

Provenance: Acquired by Albert Newall, Esq. in South Africa in the 1950s and thence by descent;
The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO ANCIENT EGPYTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
Lot 79 Sold
TWO ANCIENT EGPYTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
probably Ptolemaic Period, of typical form, 17cm and 16cm high, the tallest later inscribed '431C' to the reverse (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
Lot 80 Sold
TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
probably Ptolemaic Period, one of typical form with pale turquoise glaze, 13.5cm high, the other inscribed with hieroglyphic text to the front, 12.5cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO SMALL ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
Lot 81 Sold
TWO SMALL ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
probably Ptolemaic Period, both inscribed with hieroglyphic text, one to the reverse, 11cm high, and one to the front, 9cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS
Lot 82 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS
the goddess modelled seated, the figure of Horus absent from her lap, 11.5cm high; together with a small Egyptian turquoise glazed shabti, 10.5cm high; and a fragmentary shabti, inscribed throughout with hieroglyphic text, 7.5cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF THE GOD OSIRIS
Lot 83 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF THE GOD OSIRIS
the god modelled seated holding a crook and a flail, 13cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS
Lot 84 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS
probably Late or Ptolemaic Period, the god modelled seated nursing Horus in her arms, 10cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMULET
Lot 85 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMULET
probably Late or Ptolemaic period, depicting the god Amun-Ra, modelled with a loop to the back of his head, 8.5cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CARVED WOOD FUNERY FIGURE
Lot 86 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CARVED WOOD FUNERY FIGURE
likely an oarsman of the solar barques of Ra, now lacking both arms, 12cm high; together with an Egyptian carved and polychrome painted wood falcon, probably Late or Ptolemaic Period, likely representing the funery god Sokar, 12.5cm long (2)
Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GROUP OF SIX ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Lot 87 Sold
A GROUP OF SIX ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
including a figure of Pataikos, 4.5cm high, an Ibis, 3cm wide, a canopic lid, with falcon head finial, 3.5cm high, a Djed Pillar amulet, 4cm high, and two further similar (6)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GROUP OF FOUR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Lot 88 Sold
A GROUP OF FOUR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
including three seated figures of the goddess Isis, the tallest, now broken, 6.5cm high, and another similar of a seated god, 5.5cm high (4)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GROUP OF TEN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Lot 89 Sold
A GROUP OF TEN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
including two figures of the goddess Taweret, the tallest, 5cm high, and other anthropomorphic figures (10)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA LION'S HEAD FINIAL
Lot 90 Sold
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA LION'S HEAD FINIAL
the broad head with finely shaped features and incised mane, 4.5cm high x 5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEAD OF A CAT
Lot 91 Sold
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEAD OF A CAT
probably late or Ptolemaic Period, 3.5cm high; together with a similar bronze head of an Ibis, broken at the neck, 5cm high; and a figure of a kneeling boy, 4cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANCIENT GREEK TERRACOTTA 'TANAGRA' FIGURE
Lot 92 Sold
AN ANCIENT GREEK TERRACOTTA 'TANAGRA' FIGURE
c.3rd century BCE, typically figured as a female in drapery, 18cm high; together with two similar Ancient Greek terracotta heads, 4cm high and 6cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CONTINENTAL CARVED AND POLYCRHOME-PAINTED WOODEN BUST
Lot 93 Sold
A CONTINENTAL CARVED AND POLYCRHOME-PAINTED WOODEN BUST
18th century, modelled as a young gentleman in finery, 12cm high x 15cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN AUSTRALIAN CARVED EMU EGG
Lot 94 Unsold
AN AUSTRALIAN CARVED EMU EGG
19th century, finely decorated in relief with panels of wildlife, 11.5cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO ANCIENT STONE AGE AXE HEADS
Lot 95 Sold
TWO ANCIENT STONE AGE AXE HEADS
one inscribed 'Paleolithic' and 'Luxor', 10.5cm long, the other inscribed 'Kleinmond' (South Africa), 15cm long (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
TWO DUTCH ENGRAVED BRASS TOBACCO BOXES
Lot 96 Sold
TWO DUTCH ENGRAVED BRASS TOBACCO BOXES
18th century, of rectangular form with rounded ends and hinged lid, the largest measuring 3cm high x 18cm wide x 5cm deep (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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