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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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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

A SET OF BRASS AND STEEL DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
Lot 289 Unsold
A SET OF BRASS AND STEEL DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
18th century, comprising compass with two adjustable arms, a pair of dividers, a miniature compass and a gauge, with a boxwood rule of similar age, all contained in black shagreen fitted case, 18cm high x 7cm wide
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CONTINENTAL SINGING BIRD BOX AUTOMATON
Lot 290 Sold
A CONTINENTAL SINGING BIRD BOX AUTOMATON
20th century, the cream and gilt rectangular box with canted corners, the top decorated with an idyllic scene opening to reveal a mechanical bird and audible song, 4cm high x 11cm wide x 7cm deep
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF NIGERIAN 'THORN' WOOD CARVINGS
Lot 291 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF NIGERIAN 'THORN' WOOD CARVINGS
second half 20th century, depicting figures at various pursuits, the largest modelled as oarsman in a boat, 8cm high x 27cm long; together with a small group of carved thorn 'rocks' (42)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A BOXWOOD AND EBONY CHESS SET
Lot 292 Sold
A BOXWOOD AND EBONY CHESS SET
19th century, the Kings measuring 8cm tall, in a red stained box, with a folding gilt-tooled chess board
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VICTORIAN EBONY AND BOXWOOD STAUNTON CHESS SET BY JAQUES OF LONDON
Lot 293 Sold
A VICTORIAN EBONY AND BOXWOOD STAUNTON CHESS SET BY JAQUES OF LONDON
the white King impressed 'Jaques, London' to the base, two Rooks and two Knights bearing impressed rubricated crown marks, the Kings 7cm high, in a labelled box, 8cm high x 15cm wide x 12cm deep
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A TUNBRIDGE WARE GAMES BOX
Lot 294 Sold
A TUNBRIDGE WARE GAMES BOX
19th century, the waisted rectangular box with central marquetry scene depicting a castellated country house and garden set within floral borders, opening to reveal a fitted interior with playing cards, board and instructions for bridge, 8.5cm high x 24cm wide x 18cm deep
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VINTAGE CROQUET SET BY SLAZENGER & SONS, LONDON
Lot 295 Sold
A VINTAGE CROQUET SET BY SLAZENGER & SONS, LONDON
including mallets, hoops and balls, in a pine case, 27cm high x 104cm wide x 27cm deep
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A REGENCY SILKWORK
Lot 296 Sold
A REGENCY SILKWORK
depicting Artemisia II, ruler of Caria, at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, she had built for her husband, 33.5cm high x 28cm wide
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SAMPLER BY 'MARY POULTON... AGE 10 YEAR 1836'
Lot 297 Sold
A SAMPLER BY 'MARY POULTON... AGE 10 YEAR 1836'
embroidered with a grand house in gardens, with peacocks and stags, a religious verse to the top flanked by angels, 40cm x 43cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY DEBORAH LOWMAN AKERMAN
Lot 298 Sold
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY DEBORAH LOWMAN AKERMAN
signed and dated Aged 11, 1772, 48cm high x 18cm wide
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SILK BROCADE TEXTILE WALL HANGING
Lot 299 Unsold
A SILK BROCADE TEXTILE WALL HANGING
19th century, decorated in the chinoiserie taste, with Chinese vases issuing flowers, small birds, and butterflies, within conforming borders, 127cm square, in a perspex mount, 145cm square
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SILK AND SILVER THREAD EMBROIDERED PANEL
Lot 300 Unsold
A SILK AND SILVER THREAD EMBROIDERED PANEL
probably Indian, 20th century, the two roundels of foliate outline highlighted with beads against a blue green silk ground, 90.5cm x 48.5cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
INDIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Procession scene
Lot 301 Unsold
INDIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Procession scene
ink and gouache on fabric laid to board, 80cm x 114cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WOOLWORK FARMYARD SCENE
Lot 302 Unsold
A WOOLWORK FARMYARD SCENE
19th century, indistinctly signed and dated lower left, 33cm x 46cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY EMMA WILLIAMS JEFFERY
Lot 303 Sold
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY EMMA WILLIAMS JEFFERY
dated March 10th 1808, decorated with Adam and Eve beside a tree, 45cm high x 4105cm wide
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Lot 304 Sold
A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
18th/19th century, decorated with foliage, birds and animals, 32cm x 28cm

Provenance: Private collection, Onslow Gardens.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
EASTERN ORTHODOX SCHOOL A Proskynetarion, or pilgrim souvenir icon
Lot 305 Sold
EASTERN ORTHODOX SCHOOL A Proskynetarion, or pilgrim souvenir icon
tempera on canvas, 95cm x 165cm

Provenance: Property of a West Country collector.
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MAHOGANY LIBRARY BOOK TRAY
Lot 306 Sold
A MAHOGANY LIBRARY BOOK TRAY
19th century, the moulded rectangular base with turned baluster three quarter gallery and upper carrying handles, 13cm high x 53cm wide x 22cm deep
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
Lot 307 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
the top inset with a gilt tooled green leather work surface opening with a key to a fitted interior with pigeon holes and drawers, a faux frieze drawer beneath, each pedestal with a bank of three small drawers on a stepped plinth base, 84cm high x 105cm wide x 69.5cm deep
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
Lot 308 Unsold
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
20th century, the red ground woven with brightly coloured repeating floral medallions, within conforming borders, 374cm x 61cm
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VICTORIAN WALNUT CHAISE LONGUE IN ROCOCO STYLE
Lot 309 Sold
A VICTORIAN WALNUT CHAISE LONGUE IN ROCOCO STYLE
the button-back with carved foliate scrolling, covered in pink damask, on cabriole legs with acanthus carving to the knees, terminating on brass castors, 83cm high x 165cm wide x 110cm deep
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GREEN LACQUERED, POLYCHROMED AND PARCEL GILT CABINET ON STAND
Lot 310 Sold
A GREEN LACQUERED, POLYCHROMED AND PARCEL GILT CABINET ON STAND
20th century, decorated in the chinoiserie taste with figures and pagodas in a mountainous landscape, opening to a shelved, mirror-lined interior, the giltwood stand with carved frieze on cabriole legs and pad feet, 149cm high x 86cm wide x 63cm deep
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHN SLY OF WEYMOUTH
Lot 311 Unsold
A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHN SLY OF WEYMOUTH
the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, the silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary second dial and date aperture, the hood with a shaped cresting and fluted columns, the trunk with conforming fluted and chamfered columns, 228cm high x 52cm wide x 26cm deep
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WILLIAM IV FLAME MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
Lot 312 Sold
A WILLIAM IV FLAME MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
the stepped cornice above two arched doors flanked by pilasters, before an interior with four sliding shelves, the lower section an arrangement of four small drawers above one long drawer with brass knobs decorated with wreaths, terminating on gadrooned flat round feet, 206cm high x 144cm wide x 63cm deep
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD PIER MIRRORS
Lot 313 Unsold
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD PIER MIRRORS
20th century, the rectangular plates within scrolling foliate surrounds, the architectural pediments centred by carved shells, 102cm high x 57cm wide (2)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A YEW WOOD BOBBIN-TURNED CORNER ARMCHAIR
Lot 314 Sold
A YEW WOOD BOBBIN-TURNED CORNER ARMCHAIR
19th century, with profusely turned splats over a slatted seat with loose stuffed cushion, on conforming tapered legs terminating in brass toes and castors, 94.5cm high x 64cm square
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CONTINENTAL FRUITWOOD COFFER
Lot 315 Sold
A CONTINENTAL FRUITWOOD COFFER
probably French, 18th century, the hinged lid opening to a later fitted interior, with moulded decoration to the front, on block legs, 64cm high x 131cm wide x 62cm deep
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY READING TABLE BY HOLLAND & SONS
Lot 316 Sold
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY READING TABLE BY HOLLAND & SONS
stamped to the interior, the moulded rectangular top fitted with two lifting reading slopes, on an adjustable height leaf-carved stem and quatreform base, the turned bun feet inset with castors, 74cm high x 92cm wide x 53cm deep
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANTIQUE BELUCH RUG OF TURKMEN DESIGN
Lot 317 Sold
AN ANTIQUE BELUCH RUG OF TURKMEN DESIGN
woven in white and blue with two rows of five guls, on a madder ground, within geometric border, 205cm x 123cm; together with a Moroccan soumakh, the two division open madder field with geometric borders, 202cm x 98cm, fringed (2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS IN THE MANNER OF JACOB FRERES
Lot 318 Unsold
A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS IN THE MANNER OF JACOB FRERES
20th century, the arms boldly carved with ram's head finials, the square seats with striped cotton covers, on ring turned front legs and outswept rear legs, 84cm high x 64cm wide (2)
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIR ATTRIBUTABLE TO GILLOWS
Lot 319 Unsold
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIR ATTRIBUTABLE TO GILLOWS
the square back and seat with stuffed velvet covers, the scroll arms with conforming armrests, on turned and reeded front legs and outswept rear legs terminating on Cope & Collinson brass castors, 106.5cm high x 69cm wide x 84cm deep
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 320 Sold
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE
with baluster turned and leaf capped column, on triangular platform base and turned bun feet, 74.5cm high x 49cm diameter
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANTIQUE BELUCH KILIM
Lot 321 Unsold
AN ANTIQUE BELUCH KILIM
woven in muted colours with three linked lozenge medallions containing hatchli motifs, on a madder ground, within geometric borders, 513cm x 295cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF MAHOGANY TORCHERES
Lot 322 Sold
A PAIR OF MAHOGANY TORCHERES
20th century, the moulded circular tops on leaf carved and turned stems and scrolling tripod bases, 113cm high (2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PROVINCIAL ELM CHILD'S CHAIR
Lot 323 Sold
A PROVINCIAL ELM CHILD'S CHAIR
19th century, with a shaped seat on turned legs joined by stretchers, 52cm high x 32cm wide x 26cm deep
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE
Lot 324 Unsold
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE
the rounded rectangular tilt-top above a ring turned central column, the downswept legs terminating on brass caps and castors, 75cm high x 130cm wide x 97cm deep
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
Lot 325 Unsold
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
20th century, the white ground decorated with repeating floral medallions, within contrasting borders, 573cm x 75cm
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD GAMES TABLE
Lot 326 Sold
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD GAMES TABLE
early 19th century, the hinged top inlaid with a chequered games board, the interior fitted with velvet lined compartments, on a baluster turned stem with foliate carving, terminating on three scrolled feet, 78cm high x 53cm diameter

Ivory Submission Reference: 7RKL7GJW
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER BERTEL THORWALDSEN (1768/70-1844) A carved wood model of The Lion of Lucerne
Lot 327 Sold
AFTER BERTEL THORWALDSEN (1768/70-1844) A carved wood model of The Lion of Lucerne
19th/20th century, on a naturalistic base inscribed in Latin, 18cm high x 38cm wide

The Lion Monument was designed by Thorwaldsen to commemorate the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792, during the French Revolution.
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ANTIQUE TURKISH RUG
Lot 328 Sold
AN ANTIQUE TURKISH RUG
woven in off-white, orange and blue with alternating diagonal rows of abstract flowers, on a mauve ground, within palmette and tendril borders, 237cm x 155cm
Hammer price: £85
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHAISE LONGUE
Lot 329 Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHAISE LONGUE
the scroll back with buttoned cream and moire fabric covers, terminating on turned baluster legs with brass castors, 78cm high x 185cm wide x 75cm deep
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS CLOCK
Lot 330 Sold
A JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS CLOCK
serial number 542014, the white enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals, in a glass panelled and gilt brass case, 22.5cm high x 18cm wide x 13.5cm deep
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 331 Sold
A WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE
the square parquetry top with canted corners and herringbone banding on barley twist legs terminating with scrolled feet, 61cm high x 38cm wide x 38cm deep
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST
Lot 332 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST
the upper section with a moulded pediment over two small drawers and three long graduated drawers flanked by canted corners with unusual carved scaling, the base with three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 187cm high x 116cm wide x 54cm deep
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN OAK JOINT STOOL
Lot 333 Sold
AN OAK JOINT STOOL
20th century, the two plank top over a shaped apron, on ring turned splayed legs joined by stretchers, 45cm high x 60cm wide x 35cm deep
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A KAZAK LONG RUG OR KELLEH CARPET
Lot 334 Sold
A KAZAK LONG RUG OR KELLEH CARPET
of narrow proportions, woven in primary colours with two rows of six cruciform medallions and interspersed with fillers ornament on a madder ground, within conforming borders, 340cm x 166cm, with tasselled fringes
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD FAIRGROUND CAROUSEL HORSE
Lot 335 Unsold
A POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD FAIRGROUND CAROUSEL HORSE
c.1900-1920, mounted on a modern rocking base, 138cm high x 180cm long x 70cm wide
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUERED SECRETAIRE CABINET ON STAND
Lot 336 Sold
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUERED SECRETAIRE CABINET ON STAND
19th/20th century, the top with a shaped three-quarter gallery over a singular frieze drawer, the fall front opening to reveal a blue baize writing surface and fitted interior, on shaped vertical supports terminating on a trestle base, 136cm high x 63cm wide x 52cm deep
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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