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

William Batt


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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

A LARGE ANTIQUE ERSARI CARPET
Lot 433 Unsold
A LARGE ANTIQUE ERSARI CARPET
late 19th/early 20th century, the brick red ground decorated with repeating elephant's foot ghuls, 460cm x 308cm
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
MANNER OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1865-1954) A bronze figure of a boy
Lot 434 Unsold
MANNER OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1865-1954) A bronze figure of a boy
signed to the naturalistic base, modelled holding a large flower head, 41cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 435 Unsold
A MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
20th century, the octagonal top on a turned stem and tripod base with scroll feet, 71cm high x 41cm wide
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUERTRY DISPLAY CABINET
Lot 436 Sold
A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUERTRY DISPLAY CABINET
late 18th/early 19th century, decorated throughout with profuse floral inlay, the upper section with a moulded pediment centred by a carved finial, two glazed doors beneath opening to a shelved interior, the bombe base with three long graduated drawers, on ball and claw front feet, 211cm high x 150cm wide 48cm deep
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GILT METAL SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER
Lot 437 Sold
A GILT METAL SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER
20th century, decorated with cut glass swags and drop pendants, 58cm drop x 54cm diameter
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ELM AND OAK COFFER
Lot 438 Sold
AN ELM AND OAK COFFER
17th century, the hinged lid opening to a vacant interior, on shaped bracket feet, 50cm high x 99cm wide x 34cm deep
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A ROSEWOOD BRACKET CLOCK BY F. LECLUSE OF 7 FRITH STREET, SOHO
Lot 439 Sold
A ROSEWOOD BRACKET CLOCK BY F. LECLUSE OF 7 FRITH STREET, SOHO
19th century, signed to the dial, the two train fusee movement striking on a bell, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and a 'strike silent' switch to the top, the neoclassical case with moulded pediment, canted corners, and on compressed bun feet, 42cm high x 31cm wide
Felix Lecluse was born in France in 1817, having completed his watchmaking training, he travelled…
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR
Lot 440 Sold
A CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR
19th century or later, the bevelled rectangular mirror plate set within pierced scrolling acanthus leaf surmounted and flanked by scallop shells, 58cm high x 78cm wide
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LARGE ANTIQUE TEKKE TURKMAN BAG FACE
Lot 441 Sold
A LARGE ANTIQUE TEKKE TURKMAN BAG FACE
woven in off-white and blue with four rows of ten guls, on a madder ground with conforming border and kilim ends, 285cm x 197cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD SERPENTINE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Lot 442 Unsold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD SERPENTINE CHEST OF DRAWERS
the shaped top above four long graduated drawers, the canted corners inlaid with simulated fluting, on conforming shaped bracket feet, 83cm high x 110cm wide x 60cm deep
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIRS
Lot 443 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIRS
each with reeded down sweeping arms and the upholstered seats above turned front legs, 80cm high x 54cm wide x 48cm deep; together with a similar example (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
Lot 444 Unsold
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
20th century, the red ground decorated with repeating floral medallions, 480cm x 73cm
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CONTINENTAL POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE CORNER CUPBOARD
Lot 445 Sold
A CONTINENTAL POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE CORNER CUPBOARD
19th/20th century, with moulded top and canted corners, the cupboard door with central cartouche depicting a man and dragon opening to reveal a shelved interior, 72cm high x 52cm high x 30cm deep
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CHAISES LOUNGES
Lot 446 Unsold
A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CHAISES LOUNGES
possibly Irish, the acanthus leaf carved shaped back above a serpentine front rail, on bold cabriole legs and scrolling feet, 90cm high x 180cm wide x 70cm deep (2)
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE FIGURES
Lot 447 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE FIGURES
including a Just Andersen (1884-1943) figure of a young boy blowing a horn, marked to the stand, 17.5cm high, a French bronze cherub standing on a shell, marked to the shell, on a marble socle base, 20cm high overall, and an Art Deco figure of a girl, inscribed to the base 'LUC', 10cm high (3)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN CARPET
Lot 448 Sold
A PERSIAN CARPET
20th century, decorated with a central floral medallion against a red ground of repeating lozenges, within conforming borders, 408cm x 239cm
Hammer price: £270
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LEAD FIGURE OF A GIRL AND DOG
Lot 449 Sold
A LEAD FIGURE OF A GIRL AND DOG
early 20th century, English, on a circular base bearing a plaque 'Made from Lead Taken from Obsolete Warships broken up by Hughes Bolckow & Co Ltd Blyth Northumberland', 68cm high
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MEDIEVAL STONE GARGOYLE
Lot 450 Sold
A MEDIEVAL STONE GARGOYLE
probably c.1400, the four-legged mythical beast figured downfacing with upturned snout, the top of the block inscribed later with the numeral '16', 39cm high x 35cm wide x 60cm deep
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST IRON PLANTERS
Lot 451 Sold
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST IRON PLANTERS
of rectangular section, decorated in relief with crowns, 35cm high x 61cm wide x 24cm deep (2)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ABBOTT À BECKETT, GILBERT: 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
Lot 452 Unsold
ABBOTT À BECKETT, GILBERT: 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. and The Punch Office respectively, gilt tooled, green cloth bindings (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: ‘DE RE METALLICA’
Lot 453 Sold
AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: ‘DE RE METALLICA’
translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 by Hoover, Herbert Clark and Hoover, Lou Henry, published by The Mining Magazine, Salisbury House, London 1912, vellum bound, the front flyleaf with ink presentation ‘To C.F.H Leslie with compliments of H C Hoover’

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.

This important work was translated by HC Hoover 33rd US President who served between 1928-1933.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AIKIN, J: ‘THE WOODLAND COMPANION’
Lot 454 Unsold
AIKIN, J: ‘THE WOODLAND COMPANION’
third edition, printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London 1820, later half green vinyl bound with marbled boards, retaining numerous fold out plates; together with ‘Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs and Plants’, printed by G. Bull, Dublin’s, 1821, brown leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AIMSWORTH, ROBERT: 'THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'
Lot 455 Unsold
AIMSWORTH, ROBERT: 'THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for T. Longman et al, London 1796, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates; together with Vieyra, Anthony: 'A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages', new edition, printed for F. Wingrave et al, London 1794, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine (3)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ALDIN, CECIL: 'DOGS OF CHARACTER'
Lot 456 Sold
ALDIN, CECIL: 'DOGS OF CHARACTER'
signed and limited edition no. 111/250, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1927, half vellum bound with gilt tooled boards, original paper wrap and box
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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