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The Graham Snow Collection

Auction date Wednesday 24 September 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Garry Batt


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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Total lots: 402

A JAPANESE BUTSUDAN SHRINE CABINET
Lot 97 Sold
A JAPANESE BUTSUDAN SHRINE CABINET
a Meiji period carved wooden figure of Kōbō Daishi sitting within the gilt interior of a black lacquered cabinet, red script to the flanks and verso, 32cm high x 24cm wide x 19cm deep
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A LOUIS XIV STYLE OPEN ARMCHAIR
Lot 98 Sold
A LOUIS XIV STYLE OPEN ARMCHAIR
19th/20th century, the fauteuil with arched back above padded armrests on 'S'-scroll supports with conforming feet and stretchers, 106cm high x 55cm wide x 60cm deep; together with a circular tripod table surmounted by a carved wood crucifix; a near pair of brass candlesticks; a white ceramic ovoid vase with Picasso style decoration; a Dutch delft bowl; and a cylindrical studio vase (a lot)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PAINTED WOOD AND SIMULATED MARBLE SIDEBOARD
Lot 99 Sold
A PAINTED WOOD AND SIMULATED MARBLE SIDEBOARD
20th century, the serpentine top above three graduating drawers flanked by turned columns and panelled doors opening to reveal a shelved interior, 85cm high x 155cm wide x 55cm deep; together with a brass candlestick; a large quantity of 19th/20th century cut glass decanters, jugs, and glasses; three sets of boxed cutlery, two stamped 'epns', the other with horn handles monogramed 'JP'; a 19th century tin-glazed terracotta bowl, 29cm diameter; together with various objects of interest (a lot)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILTWOOD MIRROR
Lot 100 Sold
A GILTWOOD MIRROR
18th century, the rectangular mirror plate enclosed by scrolling acanthus leaves surmounted by a floral crest, 85cm high x 77cm wide (damaged); together with a carved giltwood mantel clock, 30cm high x 28cm wide x 12cm deep; a pair of cloisonné vases; cut-glass candlesticks; a pair of marble obelisks; and various other items (a lot)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN UPHOLSTERED EDWARDIAN ARMCHAIR
Lot 101 Sold
AN UPHOLSTERED EDWARDIAN ARMCHAIR
with blue and white striped covers, raised on square tapering mahogany legs, 90cm high x 80cm wide x 70cm deep
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN ASTOR & CO. CHAMBER BARREL ORGAN
Lot 102 Sold
AN ASTOR & CO. CHAMBER BARREL ORGAN
18th century, the mahogany case with fanned inlaid swan neck pediment above twenty one faux gilt pipes, raised on an outset base with square tapering legs, 154cm high x 62cm wide x 55cm deep; together with a plaster cast head; an easel; and an assortment of hats (a lot)

Provenance: Christie's, 20th May 2003, Lot 923.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £800
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Lot 103 Sold
A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
the mahogany glazed front cabinet containing various objects of natural and anthropological history, including a 'feejee' style faux taxidermy mermaid, taxidermy birds, several plaster casts after Roman-Greco sculptures, including the boy with thorn, a Roman mosaic fragment, several Egyptian faience ushabtis, a fossilised fish, a pair of 19th century salt glaze lions, an ostrich egg, numerous shells and other objects of interest, the cabinet 155cm high x 90cm wide x 27cm (a lot)
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Study of feet by the tide
Lot 104 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Study of feet by the tide
gouache and mixed media including found objects, 30cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Double face
Lot 105 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Double face
2018, signed and dated in pencil to margin, gouache and mixed media, 14cm x 19cm; together with a charcoal drawing of a skull by the same hand, 16cm x 21cm (2)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) A dog and a tree in a nocturnal landscape
Lot 106 Unsold
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) A dog and a tree in a nocturnal landscape
oil on canvas, 23.5cm x 17cm

Provenance: Bearing an Italian postcard verso, from the artist, addressed to Graham Snow.
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) A parrot on a branch in a nocturnal landscape
Lot 107 Unsold
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) A parrot on a branch in a nocturnal landscape
oil on canvas, 17.5cm x 12.5cm
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) Still life with a lily in a pink bird vase
Lot 108 Unsold
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) Still life with a lily in a pink bird vase
oil on canvas, 46cm x 35cm
Estimate: £20,000 - £40,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*EDMUND FAIRFAX-LUCY (1945-2020) 'Chocolate Cups in the Morning Room'
Lot 109 Sold
*EDMUND FAIRFAX-LUCY (1945-2020) 'Chocolate Cups in the Morning Room'
inscribed and titled to the reverse, oil on canvas board, 24cm x 34.5cm
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*DAVID TINDLE (B.1932) Still life with stones and shells
Lot 110 Sold
*DAVID TINDLE (B.1932) Still life with stones and shells
1955, signed and dated upper right, oil on canvas, 25.5cm x 34cm

Provenance: Lyon & Turnbull, 'Scottish Contemporary', Edinburgh, 20th August 2008.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ANTHONY BAYNES (1921-2003) Mediterranean still life
Lot 111 Sold
*ANTHONY BAYNES (1921-2003) Mediterranean still life
1977, initialled and dated lower left, oil on card, 24cm x 16.5cm

Provenance: with Abbott and Holder.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Beach scene with bathers
Lot 112 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Beach scene with bathers
signed indistinctly lower right, oil on canvas, 25.5cm x 35.5cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ISOBEL POWYS MARKS (20TH CENTURY) Portrait of a young man looking away
Lot 113 Sold
*ISOBEL POWYS MARKS (20TH CENTURY) Portrait of a young man looking away
inscribed to the reverse, oil on canvas, 50.5cm x 40.5cm

Note: Powys Marks belonged to the same family as the celebrated writer John Cowper Powys, well known for his novel 'Weymouth Sands' and other works of fiction set in Dorset.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM REEVES (20TH CENTURY) Landscape with haystacks
Lot 114 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM REEVES (20TH CENTURY) Landscape with haystacks
inscribed to the reverse, oil on board, 29cm x 39cm
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ELSE PAULS (1886-1980) Study of a dancer
Lot 115 Sold
*ELSE PAULS (1886-1980) Study of a dancer
1938, signed and dated lower left, pencil, 25cm x 17cm
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TWO STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE 'OLD AGE' FIGURES
Lot 116 Sold
TWO STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE 'OLD AGE' FIGURES
early 19th century, modelled as an elderly man on crutches and a woman clutching a basket and stick, 19cm high x 8cm wide x 6cm deep; together with various other 19th century English ceramics, including two Staffordshire jugs, a Staffordshire leopard, and further items (a lot)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF STUDIO POTTERY PLATES
Lot 117 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF STUDIO POTTERY PLATES
comprising various examples, stamps and signatures include 'ES', 'CB', 'UR', and 'Mucheleny', the largest measuring 42cm diameter (a lot)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A LARGE COLLECTION OF KITCHENALIA
Lot 118 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF KITCHENALIA
comprising a Victorian 'Salter' cast iron kitchen scale, 30cm high x 20cm wide x 10cm deep, various French copper pans, stamped 'Made In France', the largest measuring 10cm high x 36cm long x 18cm wide, with further other items (a lot)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A MIXED COLLECTION OF STUDIO CERAMICS
Lot 119 Sold
A MIXED COLLECTION OF STUDIO CERAMICS
comprising various salt-glazed lidded jars, pitchers, strap handled teapots, goblets, bowls, and mugs, the largest measuring 29cm high x 18cm diameter (a lot)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A FRENCH OAK TILT-TOP CIRCULAR TABLE
Lot 120 Sold
A FRENCH OAK TILT-TOP CIRCULAR TABLE
the circular top above an octagonal column terminating on a tripod foot, 72cm high x 86cm diameter; together with three painted side chairs; and a carved painted wooden hand sculpture on a turned wooden base, 53cm high (5)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
FOUR CARVED WOOD AFRICAN MASKS
Lot 121 Sold
FOUR CARVED WOOD AFRICAN MASKS
comprising a Kuba Pwoom Itok style mask, an African Teke style mask and two similar examples, the largest measuring 42cm high x 13cm wide x 11cm deep (4)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE
Lot 122 Sold
A GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE
18th/19th century, the quatrefoil mirror plate enclosed by a scrolling surround spawning twin acanthus clad branches, 40cm high x 30cm wide x 10cm deep; together with a barometer by Bothamley of Boston (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a gentleman
Lot 123 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a gentleman
bust-length, wearing a grey coat with medals, watercolour on ivory, 9cm x 7cm, in a brass frame and fitted folding arched case

Ivory Submission Reference: 4BTCYKXZ

Note: the sitter's distinctive facial hair was fashionable among Victorian men in the 1850s and 1860s. Although the sitter is unknown, these factors (considered along with his medals and military greatcoat) indicate that he may have served in the Crimean War and that the miniature may date from this period.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
C WATSON (19TH CENTURY) 'Near the Lizard'
Lot 124 Sold
C WATSON (19TH CENTURY) 'Near the Lizard'
1884, signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 28cm x 48cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Abstract still life
Lot 125 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Abstract still life
1990, signed and inscribed verso, oil on board, 60cm x 91cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) A double portrait of two bearded men
Lot 126 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) A double portrait of two bearded men
oil and mixed media on canvas, 40cm x 51cm; together with five other studio works by the same hand, including 'Sleeping Saxon Kings' (6)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Small Town Cats'
Lot 127 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Small Town Cats'
a collection of 12 studies of cats, gouache, typically 34cm x 25cm, with a manuscript for an accompanying collection of poetry written by the artist (1 folio)
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
LORENZO LOLI (C.1612-1691) 'St Jerome Sleeping'
Lot 128 Sold
LORENZO LOLI (C.1612-1691) 'St Jerome Sleeping'
etching, 23cm x 17cm; together with an etching by Salvadore Rosa; and one further print (3)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER CHARLES-FRANCOIS HUTIN (1715-1776) 'The Vision of St Joseph in Egypt'
Lot 129 Sold
AFTER CHARLES-FRANCOIS HUTIN (1715-1776) 'The Vision of St Joseph in Egypt'
etching, 13cm x 9cm
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A STUDIO POTTERY SALT GLAZED JUG
Lot 130 Sold
A STUDIO POTTERY SALT GLAZED JUG
21cm high; together with one other studio pottery jug; and a modern decorative vase (3)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A WHIELDON STYLE POTTERY TEAPOT
Lot 131 Sold
A WHIELDON STYLE POTTERY TEAPOT
19th century, the flattened bulbous body with mottled blue glaze, 10cm high; together with a graduated set of three Victorian leaf moulded pottery jugs decorated in gilt on pink ground, the largest 23cm high; and a large collection of 19th century ceramics and glass (a lot)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE
Lot 132 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE
the fluted body decorated with a figure on horseback and attendants, 26cm high, six character mark to base; together with a Chinese famille rose porcelain circular bowl decorated with flowers and trellis, 9cm high x 20cm diameter; a Chinese porcelain baluster shaped vase decorated with Asiatic pheasant and foliage on a mustard yellow ground, 24cm high; a Japanese Imari porcelain vase; seven other Japanese Imari items; two turquoise glazed pottery vases; and a cinnabar lacquer baluster shaped vase
carved with figures amongst trees and rockwork, converted to an electric table lamp, on a wooden…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN ASHFORD MARBLE OBELISK
Lot 133 Sold
AN ASHFORD MARBLE OBELISK
19th century, probably intended as a desk thermometer, inlaid with various hardstones, 38cm high; together with an early 20th century paper covered table globe on ebonised stand (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PAIR OF PAINTED PLASTER FIGURES OF ROMAN WOMEN
Lot 134 Sold
A PAIR OF PAINTED PLASTER FIGURES OF ROMAN WOMEN
19th century, by Brucciani & Co. London, each 71cm high, model numbers 2540 and 2581, both later adorned with skull masks (2)

Note: Dominico Brucciani was born in Lucca, Italy, in 1815. He moved to London where he established a Gallery of Casts in Covent Garden by 1837 and the firm became successful supplying casts to both the British Museum and the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A).
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PAIR OF TALL GREY PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
Lot 135 Sold
A PAIR OF TALL GREY PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
of Italian baroque design, the triangular section columns with leaf and lappet ornaments, each on three paw feet, 77cm high (with candles) (2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A SILVER-PLATED TEAPOT
Lot 136 Sold
A SILVER-PLATED TEAPOT
19th century, with squat part-gadrooned body, 15cm high; together with a 19th century silver-plated two-handled trophy; a 19th century ormolu four sconce candelabra, the leaf capped base on three cloven hooves, 39cm high; a 19th century grained metal domed top tea caddy; and a pair of ebonised field glasses (5)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TWO AFRICAN CARVED WOOD TRIBAL MASKS
Lot 137 Sold
TWO AFRICAN CARVED WOOD TRIBAL MASKS
possibly Dan Tribe, modelled with birds and elephants to the tops, 35cm and 37cm high; together with a plaster death mask after an early 19th century original, 25cm high; four other decorative face masks; a plaster bust of a young child, on an associated giltwood plinth, 30cm high; a 19th century alabaster profile cameo of a middle-aged gentleman set on an orange veined marble ground within an ebonised oval frame, 26cm x 20cm; and a carved wood marionette of an African hunter, 49cm high (10)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILTWOOD SAINTS RELIQUARY
Lot 138 Sold
A GILTWOOD SAINTS RELIQUARY
of 18th century style, the rectangular central compartment with scallop cresting and flanked by angels, 55cm high x 41cm wide, containing a pair of imitation bones, the compartment lined with cowrie shells and turquoise beads; together with a carved beechwood figure of The Madonna and Child; two bone crucifixes; and a painted wood private devotional shrine of Italian baroque style, with angel cresting, turned columns and fitted with a single drawer, 58cm high (5)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A SAILORS HEART-SHAPED VALENTINE
Lot 139 Sold
A SAILORS HEART-SHAPED VALENTINE
late 19th/early 20th century, the central rectangular panel with printed silk poem 'Forget Me Not' surrounded by beadwork ornaments, the upper left and right corners with Irish harp, 16cm high x 16cm wide, contained in a stained wood and glazed case
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A SILVERED CARD AND ORANGE CLOTH MINIATURE SAMURAI UNIFORM
Lot 140 Sold
A SILVERED CARD AND ORANGE CLOTH MINIATURE SAMURAI UNIFORM
early 20th century, on an ebonised stand, 53cm high
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TAXIDERMY: A CROW
Lot 141 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A CROW
mounted on a sheep skull, 37cm high; together with an African pendant figure, 66cm high x 27cm wide; a fly whisk, 96cm high; and an African pottery water jug, 26cm high x 14cm diameter (4)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A FRENCH GILT GESSO MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 142 Sold
A FRENCH GILT GESSO MANTEL CLOCK
early 19th century, the engraved silvered chapter ring to the eight day two train movement by Henri Marc, with silk suspension, striking on a bell, contained in a case with floral and leaf scroll ornaments, 47cm high
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A VICTORIAN GREY-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Lot 143 Sold
A VICTORIAN GREY-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR
the arched frame with later beechwood ball ornament and plain mirror plates, 130cm high x 110cm wide
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PINE ADJUSTABLE EASEL
Lot 144 Sold
A PINE ADJUSTABLE EASEL
early 20th century, of simple folding design with a trestle base, 181cm high
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025

Total lots: 402

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