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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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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
289	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…	£100 - £200	-	View
290	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	£800 - £1,500	£1,900	View
291	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)	£50 - £100	£50	View
292	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	£50 - £100	£50	View
293	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	£200 - £400	£300	View
294	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…	£80 - £150	£100	View
295	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	£200 - £400	£200	View
296	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	£50 - £100	£40	View
297	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	£100 - £200	£140	View
298	A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY DEBORAH LOWMAN AKERMAN signed and dated Aged 11, 1772, 48cm high x 18cm wide	£100 - £200	£80	View
299	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	£200 - £400	-	View
300	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	£50 - £100	-	View
301	INDIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Procession scene ink and gouache on fabric laid to board, 80cm x 114cm	£100 - £200	-	View
302	A WOOLWORK FARMYARD SCENE 19th century, indistinctly signed and dated lower left, 33cm x 46cm	£300 - £500	-	View
303	A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY EMMA WILLIAMS JEFFERY dated March 10th 1808, decorated with Adam and Eve beside a tree, 45cm high x 4105cm wide	£100 - £200	£140	View
304	A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER 18th/19th century, decorated with foliage, birds and animals, 32cm x 28cm Provenance: Private collection, Onslow Gardens.	£30 - £50	£60	View
305	EASTERN ORTHODOX SCHOOL A Proskynetarion, or pilgrim souvenir icon tempera on canvas, 95cm x 165cm Provenance: Property of a West Country collector.	£3,000 - £5,000	£2,400	View
306	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	£50 - £100	£70	View
307	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…	£300 - £500	£320	View
308	A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER 20th century, the red ground woven with brightly coloured repeating floral medallions, within conforming borders, 374cm x 61cm	£800 - £1,500	-	View
309	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	£100 - £200	£60	View
310	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…	£300 - £500	£700	View
311	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,…	£300 - £500	-	View
312	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…	£200 - £400	£700	View

Total lots: 608

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