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Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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William Batt


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Total lots: 608

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
49 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.
£50 - £100 £50 View
50 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…
£30 - £50 £60 View
51 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)
£80 - £150 £100 View
52 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)

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£100 - £200 £100 View
53 KUNZ MEYER-WALDECK (1859-1953) A portrait of a young man in a hat
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 49cm x 39cm

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£80 - £150 £140 View
54 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…
£100 - £200 £130 View
55 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…
£80 - £150 £550 View
56 *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.
£50 - £100 £90 View
57 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…
£150 - £250 - View
58 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.
£80 - £150 £100 View
59 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.
£50 - £100 £90 View
60 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)

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£100 - £200 £110 View
61 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)

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£100 - £200 £180 View
62 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…
£50 - £100 £40 View
63 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

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£50 - £100 £80 View
64 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…
£80 - £150 £90 View
65 *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…
£100 - £200 £160 View
66 *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)

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£200 - £400 £280 View
67 A BLACK MARBLE COLUMNAR PLINTH
20th century, of circular section, 93cm high x 27.5cm diameter

The collection of Cefyn Embling-Evans.
£200 - £400 £360 View
68 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.
£100 - £200 £170 View
69 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…
£30 - £50 £40 View
70 A GERMAN SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE FLAGON
18th/19th century, probably Westerwald, decorated with a bird amongst flowers, 31cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
£50 - £100 £40 View
71 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.
£150 - £250 £360 View
72 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.
£150 - £250 £300 View
73 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)
£200 - £400 £220 View
74 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.
£80 - £150 £200 View
75 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…
£300 - £500 £600 View
76 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:…
£200 - £400 £700 View
77 AN AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASK
20th century, with studded teeth and hairy chin, 34cm high x 19.5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
£30 - £50 £15 View
78 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:…
£5,000 - £10,000 £7,500 View
79 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.
£100 - £200 £320 View
80 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…
£80 - £150 £650 View
81 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.
£80 - £150 £700 View
82 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…
£80 - £150 £420 View
83 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.
£100 - £200 £440 View
84 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.
£100 - £200 £600 View
85 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.
£100 - £200 £110 View
86 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…
£100 - £200 £300 View
87 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…
£100 - £200 £700 View
88 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.
£40 - £80 £420 View
89 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.
£100 - £200 £750 View
90 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.
£50 - £100 £70 View
91 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…
£80 - £150 £800 View
92 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.
£80 - £150 £260 View
93 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.
£80 - £150 £160 View
94 AN AUSTRALIAN CARVED EMU EGG
19th century, finely decorated in relief with panels of wildlife, 11.5cm high

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
£40 - £80 - View
95 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.
£100 - £200 £130 View
96 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.
£40 - £80 £40 View

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