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The Graham Snow Collection

Auction date Wednesday 24 September 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

Garry Batt


Auction: 

Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Total lots: 402

A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD HERALDIC LION 'FLATBACK' FIGURE
Lot 193 Sold
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD HERALDIC LION 'FLATBACK' FIGURE
the open mouth with outstretched tongue, gilded mane and black dotted grey hide, 19cm high x 53cm wide
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TWO CALCITE AMMONITES (PROMICROCERAS PLANICOSTA)
Lot 194 Sold
TWO CALCITE AMMONITES (PROMICROCERAS PLANICOSTA)
each 4cm diameter, the surrounding rock with sunburst carvings; together with a composition ammonite display model, on a wooden stand, 24.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A VENUS SEA BASKET
Lot 195 Sold
A VENUS SEA BASKET
mounted within a naturalistic setting and contained in a glazed case, 36.5cm high x 36cm wide x 17cm deep
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A VICTORIAN SHELL-WORK MODEL WINDMILL
Lot 196 Sold
A VICTORIAN SHELL-WORK MODEL WINDMILL
within naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 29cm high x 28cm wide x 12cm deep
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
FOUR SHELL-ENCRUSTED CONVEX GLAZED DIORAMAS
Lot 197 Sold
FOUR SHELL-ENCRUSTED CONVEX GLAZED DIORAMAS
two set with marine lithographs, two with photographic prints, each set internally with seaweed and shells, three circular, the largest 26cm diameter, and one of anchor shape, 27cm high (4)
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A SILVERED AND CARVED WOOD ELECTRIC TABLE LAMP
Lot 198 Sold
A SILVERED AND CARVED WOOD ELECTRIC TABLE LAMP
of Italian baroque style, the leaf capped triangular base on three paw feet, 37cm high, with shade; together with a Near-Eastern damascened and niello metal oval tray with dense foliate ornament, 61cm x 46cm (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WOOD WALL CABINET
Lot 199 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WOOD WALL CABINET
with shaped sides and two open shelves, above a blue painted cupboard enclosed by a single panel door, 58cm high x 41cm wide x 15cm deep; together with a collection of 19th century pearlware, Staffordshire and other pottery including two relief moulded Lord Wellington jugs of similar design, painted with silvered and black rims, the tallest 14cm high, a silvered pearlware pottery jug and a Scottish inkwell modelled with bacchic cherub astride a goat, 22cm high (10)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILT PIER MIRROR
Lot 200 Sold
A GILT PIER MIRROR
early 19th century, the cornice with ball ornament, the frieze painted with a seated female figure holding a floral wreath, with leaf-capped split-turned columns and reeded ebonised inner slip, 97cm high x 68cm wide x 12cm deep; together with an ebonised circular wall mirror of 19th century style with gilded inner slip, 29.5cm diameter (2)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A LATE VICTORIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL CABINET
Lot 201 Sold
A LATE VICTORIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL CABINET
with reeded and shaped uprights, fitted with two open shelves above a cupboard enclosed by a pair of doors, containing a collection of decorative shells; together with a 19th century silver pottery wine goblet; and a framed watercolour of two shells (a lot)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 1920S CHINOISERIE MAHOGANY STOOL
Lot 202 Sold
A 1920S CHINOISERIE MAHOGANY STOOL
with embroidered seat, the frieze and cabriole legs decorated with flowers and trelliswork, on claw and ball feet, 46cm high x 54cm wide x 37cm deep; together with a 19th century pine box stool, the lifting lid with later blue and white gingham upholstery, on short turned legs and brown ceramic castors, 46cm high x 46cm wide x 33cm deep (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A CREAM-PAINTED WOOD RECTANGULAR KEY BOX
Lot 203 Sold
A CREAM-PAINTED WOOD RECTANGULAR KEY BOX
with shell cresting, the glazed door inset with coral watercolour, 34cm high x 23cm wide x 6cm deep; together with a collection of decorative objects including a painted and carved wood figure of a seated rabbit or hare, 17cm high, on associated Chinese carved ebonised wood stand (a lot)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILTWOOD OVAL WALL MIRROR
Lot 204 Sold
A GILTWOOD OVAL WALL MIRROR
19th century, carved in solid oak with boar cresting and harvest motifs of wheat, fruit and flowers, with a bevelled mirror plate, 50cm x 39cm
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PAINTED-WOOD ADVERTISING SIGN: 'RISLEY & SONS, MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS, WEYMOUTH'
Lot 205 Sold
A PAINTED-WOOD ADVERTISING SIGN: 'RISLEY & SONS, MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS, WEYMOUTH'
19th century, of shaped outline, mounted on four rusted iron poles, 48cm high x 125cm wide
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL MOUNTED OPEN FRONT BOOKCASE
Lot 206 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL MOUNTED OPEN FRONT BOOKCASE
with shaped frieze and sides, fitted with three open shelves, 66cm high x 61cm wide x 15cm deep, supporting an interesting collection of objects, including three model ships contained in two bottles, a pair of late 19th century continental 'hand' table salts, each containing a painted ceramic egg, a marine diorama contained under a glass dome, with ebonised base and a selection of other decorative items (a lot)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WOODEN OPEN FRONT BOOKCASE
Lot 207 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WOODEN OPEN FRONT BOOKCASE
fitted with four shelves, the shaped sides pierced with fleur-de-lys, 86cm high x 58cm wide x 16cm deep, supporting a collection of early 20th century and later ventriloquist dummy heads and other items (a lot)
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A REGENCY GILT GESSO CIRCULAR WALL MIRROR
Lot 208 Sold
A REGENCY GILT GESSO CIRCULAR WALL MIRROR
with eagle and leaf cresting, the moulded border with reeded ebonised inner slip and with leaf apron, 92cm high x 52cm wide
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL CUPBOARD
Lot 209 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED WALL CUPBOARD
enclosed by a pair of doors with three small drawers below, 74cm high x 44cm wide x 14cm deep, supporting a collection of serpentine stone lighthouses, the largest 31cm high (a lot)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A VICTORIAN SILVERED OVAL WALL MIRROR
Lot 210 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVERED OVAL WALL MIRROR
with fern leaf cresting and apron with ovolo border, bevelled mirror plate, 83cm x 54cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
PERSIAN SCHOOL Two leaves from an illuminated manuscript
Lot 211 Sold
PERSIAN SCHOOL Two leaves from an illuminated manuscript
28cm x 33cm, framed
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
LAWRENCE, T. E.: 'SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM'
Lot 212 Sold
LAWRENCE, T. E.: 'SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM'
second impression, trade edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London, August 1935, brown cloth bound with home-made dust wrapper
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
HASTE, CATE: ‘CRAIGIE AITCHISON - A LIFE IN COLOUR’
Lot 213 Sold
HASTE, CATE: ‘CRAIGIE AITCHISON - A LIFE IN COLOUR’
first edition, published by Lund Humphries 2014, purple cloth bound with dustwrapper; together with a large collection of books of mixed subjects including auction catalogues and biographies (a lot)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
FOLLOWER OF DAVID TENIERS THE ELDER (1582-1649) A friar reading
Lot 214 Sold
FOLLOWER OF DAVID TENIERS THE ELDER (1582-1649) A friar reading
oil on panel, 21cm x 17cm

Provenance: with the Graves Gallery, Birmingham.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DEL SARTO (1486-1530/1) Male nude study
Lot 215 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DEL SARTO (1486-1530/1) Male nude study
bears collector's mark lower right, red chalk on paper, 11.5cm x 15cm

Provenance: The collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds (by repute).
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CIRCLE OF HENRY FUSELI (1741-1825) Study of a scowling grotesque
Lot 216 Sold
CIRCLE OF HENRY FUSELI (1741-1825) Study of a scowling grotesque
pencil, 9cm x 7cm

Provenance: Exhibited at the Bury St Edmunds Gallery, 1973.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
WILLIAM HENRY BARNARD (1769-1817) 'The rock which separated the Kingdom of Naples from Rome'
Lot 217 Sold
WILLIAM HENRY BARNARD (1769-1817) 'The rock which separated the Kingdom of Naples from Rome'
circa 1780, bears inscription verso, grey wash and pencil, 40cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
WILLIAM ALLAN (1782-1850) 'Tragedy Queen'
Lot 218 Sold
WILLIAM ALLAN (1782-1850) 'Tragedy Queen'
pencil, 16cm x 9.5cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Christmas card
Lot 219 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Christmas card
depicting the Madonna and Child, signed verso, 12cm x 8cm; together with another depiction of the Madonna and Child by the same hand in an artist's frame (2)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Memento mori
Lot 220 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Memento mori
mixed media, 17cm x 13cm; together with a second mixed media artwork by the same hand (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Two partridges
Lot 221 Sold
GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Two partridges
antique etching with artist's hand colouring, 7.5cm x 5cm; together with a cut out farmstead scene, 15cm x 20cm (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £60
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*MILTON CLARK AVERY (1885-1965) ‘Freighters’
Lot 222 Sold
*MILTON CLARK AVERY (1885-1965) ‘Freighters’
circa 1920, oil on linen stretched over board, 29cm x 35cm, identification no. A21116 (The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation)

Provenance: Bonhams Skinner, Boston, 'American & European Works of Art', 23rd September 2016, lot 336.

Note: The unusual support was achieved by stretching a linen dish towel over a pressed paper board; Avery typically repurposed everyday materials in his artworks from this period.
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Park landscapes and a coastal town
Lot 223 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Park landscapes and a coastal town
oils on board, 8.5cm x 17cm each (3)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Crucifixion
Lot 224 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Crucifixion
inscribed verso, print with gouache hand colouring, 23cm x 13cm; together with a second hand-coloured Crucifixion print; an embroidered depiction of Jesus; and a wooden icon (4)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1901-1930) Two seated women with a girl
Lot 225 Sold
CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1901-1930) Two seated women with a girl
pencil, 35.5cm x 29cm

Provenance: with Blond Fine Art, London.
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ALBERT DANIEL ROTHENSTEIN (1881-1953) 'Study for Chloe'
Lot 226 Sold
ALBERT DANIEL ROTHENSTEIN (1881-1953) 'Study for Chloe'
inscribed lower right: 'To Paul Nash and his family, Albert R., 1915 for "Chloe" painted 1919, comitie', pen and ink, squared for etching, 26cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ETHEL WALKER (1861-1951) Study of two nude women on the beach
Lot 227 Sold
ETHEL WALKER (1861-1951) Study of two nude women on the beach
1938, signed and dated lower left, watercolour and pencil on paper, 54cm x 54cm

Provenance: Bearing a New English Art Club label verso.
Hammer price: £1,150
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
DENTON WELCH (1915-1948) Study of a soldier and a nude woman
Lot 228 Sold
DENTON WELCH (1915-1948) Study of a soldier and a nude woman
pencil, 27cm x 20cm

Provenance: with the artist,
Eric Oliver,
Geoffrey Dunn,
Sotheby's,
Abbott and Holder, bearing a label for the latter verso.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
FRENCH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Figure studies
Lot 229 Sold
FRENCH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Figure studies
bearing auctioneer's stamp verso, pen and ink, 19.5cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) Farmyard scene with cattle
Lot 230 Sold
*ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) Farmyard scene with cattle
1921, signed and dated lower left, pencil, squared for etching, 56.5cm x 46cm
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ASCRIBED TO IVAN MESTROVIC (1883-1962) Poster design
Lot 231 Sold
ASCRIBED TO IVAN MESTROVIC (1883-1962) Poster design
bearing inscription, depicting a man standing in a ram-prowed boat, gilt and mixed media on paper, 31cm x 21cm
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'Zebras'
Lot 232 Sold
*LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'Zebras'
signed in pencil to lower right margin, drypoint, 24.5cm x 35cm
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) ‘Noa Noa’
Lot 233 Unsold
*PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) ‘Noa Noa’
hand-coloured wood block print, signed "PGO" in the woodblock, colour woodcut, from the edition of approximately 25-30, 35cm x 20cm
Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
BIRGER LUNDQVIST (1910-1952) Self-portrait
Lot 234 Unsold
BIRGER LUNDQVIST (1910-1952) Self-portrait
etching, 19cm x 15cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'Titus, son of the artist'
Lot 235 Sold
AFTER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'Titus, son of the artist'
etching, 9cm x 7cm, in a cabinet frame; together with two etchings after Holbein, framed as a pair (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER JUSEPE DE RIBERA (1588/91-1652) 'The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew'
Lot 236 Sold
AFTER JUSEPE DE RIBERA (1588/91-1652) 'The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew'
etching, 16cm x 13cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER WALLERAND VAILLANT (1623-1677) 'The so-called Portrait of Prince Rupert'
Lot 237 Sold
AFTER WALLERAND VAILLANT (1623-1677) 'The so-called Portrait of Prince Rupert'
mezzotint, 21cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1728-1815) 'From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony, this Universal Frame Began'
Lot 238 Sold
FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1728-1815) 'From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony, this Universal Frame Began'
etching, 20cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) 'A Midnight Modern Conversation'
Lot 239 Sold
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) 'A Midnight Modern Conversation'
etching, 33.5cm x 46cm
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £30 - £60
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
Lot 240 Sold
A CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
circa 19th century, depicting two ladies conversing, 40cm x 29cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025

Total lots: 402

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