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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 608

Lot 265 Unsold
EUGENE BEJOT (1867-1931) Continental fishing scene
etching, 18.5cm x 13.5cm; together with an etching by a different hand depicting the Lake of Ullswater, 8.5cm x 13.5cm (2)
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 266 Sold
AFTER WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) The Rake's Progress
comprising a set of ten etchings, typically 35cm x 41cm, in uniform frames; together with a set of four framed explanatory notes (14)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 267 Unsold
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 'The Betrayal of Christ'
from 'The Small Passion', woodcut, 12.5cm x 9.7cm (plate)
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 268 Unsold
WILLIAM HENRI TOMS (C.1700-C.1755) 'Severus's Hill near York...'
etching with hand colouring, 21cm x 32cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 269 Sold
CORNELIS GALLE (1615-1678) 'Don Gaspar de Guzman, Count Duke of Olivares'
after Rubens, etching, 27.5cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 270 Unsold
AFTER THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Two sheep lying in a landscape
etching, 14cm x 23cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 271 Unsold
AFTER THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS (1803-1974) The Striped Drawing Room
lithograph in colours, 26cm x 36cm; together with the volume 'Thomas Shotter Boys' by James Roundell, published by Octopus Books, 1974 (2)
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 272 Unsold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Veduta del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
etching with hand colouring, 15cm x 20.5cm (plate); together with 'Colonia Agrippina', depicting a view of Cologne, etching with hand colouring, 27.5cm x 40cm (2)
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 273 Sold
LUCIEN DAUTREY (19TH CENTURY) Two women raking in a field
after Jean-Francoise Millet, signed in pencil to margin, etching, 11.5cm x 17.5cm; together with another etching after Millet by the same hand, 12cm x 17cm (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 274 Unsold
CLAUDINE BOUZONNET-STELLA (1636-1697) 'The Denial of Peter'
etching, 45.5cm x 34.5cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 275 Sold
AFTER FRANCOIS NICHOLAS MARTINET (1725/31-1804) A series of bird studies
six engravings with hand colouring, typically 17cm x 22cm (6)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 276 Sold
*ARTHUR BORIS KLEIN (1893-1985) Scenes from the 'Dirty Dogs of Paris' series
signed in pencil, etchings in colours, 16cm x 44cm (5)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 277 Unsold
AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635) 'Portrait of Claude Dereut and His Son, Jean'
etching, 30cm x 17.5cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 278 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY) A portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat
painted on ivory, 6.5cm high, in a yellow metal mourning case with a lock of hair to the reverse

Ivory Submission Reference: D7J5TP1R
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 279 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of an army officer
watercolour on ivory, 7.5cm x 6cm

Ivory Submission Reference: UQVAMZKK
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 280 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a lady
bust-length, wearing a white dress and red shawl, watercolour on ivory, 7.5cm x 6cm

Ivory Submission Reference: DY484S6U
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 281 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of Thomas Colman of Wicklewood, Norfolk
circa 1751, watercolour on ivory, 5.2cm x 4.5cm

Ivory Submission Reference: AJAZSYNZ
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 282 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a young girl
shoulder-length, wearing a white dress, watercolour on ivory, 5.5cm x 4.5cm

Ivory Submission Reference: MC4FRK99
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 283 Sold
A SCOTTISH OFFICER'S CEREMONIAL DIRK BY W. M. ANDERSON & SONS, GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
early 20th century, stamped to the rear, the double fullered blade with a basket weave carved grip set with brass studs, the rear of the handle carved with crossed swords and bonnet, gilt metal mounts embossed and chased with thistles, oak leaves and acorns, the pomel set with a piece of faceted glass against red foil, in a black leather scabbard with similar mounts decorated with thistles, lilies and a crown thistle, with bi-knife and fork en suite, 42cm long, on a red velvet wall mount
Provenance: The late Mr M. G. O. Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.  
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £600 - £800
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 284 Sold
A MOUNTED FAMILY MEDAL GROUP
comprising eight medals to Mr Charles Arthur Ainger, Warrant Officer, including an MBE, Palenstine 1945-1948, and the 1939-1945 star, and a group of four medals to Mr H. J. Ainger, including Korea and Northern Ireland; mounted together with a 'Narrative By R. S. M. Ainger Following a Parachute Descent on South of France on 15 Aug. 44.' (a lot)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 285 Sold
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT CRAIGAVON (1871-1940) THE CORONET WORN AT THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI
by Ede & Ravenscroft, Ltd., Chancery lane, bearing sixteen silver gilt balls over an ermin fur trim, 24cm wide; together with The Right Honourable Vicountess Craigavon's coronet by Garrard & co., Ltd., 16cm wide, both boxed (2)

Provenance: Private collection, Onslow Gardens.
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940)James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, was born at…
Hammer price: £5,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 286 Sold
A VICTORIAN LEAD AND POLYCHROME PAINTED ROYAL COAT OF ARMS
the quartered shield flanked by the lion and the unicorn, 35cm high x 51cm wide
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 287 Unsold
A SET OF SEVEN COPPER RECTANGULAR STENCILS
19th century, comprising ‘Pantry’, ‘Bath Room’, ‘Elevation’, ‘Plan’, ‘Section’, ‘Floor’ and ‘Houses’, various sizes, the largest 7.5cm x 9.5cm (7)
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 288 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN FIRE MARKS
with lead examples comprising the prancing horse of Kent, 20cm high, a Hand in Hand mark, 22cm high…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

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