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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 |
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
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£50 - £100 | £400 | View |
| 194 |
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)
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£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 195 |
A VENUS SEA BASKET
mounted within a naturalistic setting and contained in a glazed case, 36.5cm high x 36cm wide x 17cm deep
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 196 |
A VICTORIAN SHELL-WORK MODEL WINDMILL
within naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 29cm high x 28cm wide x 12cm deep
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 197 |
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)
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£100 - £200 | £480 | View |
| 198 |
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,…
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£100 - £200 | £60 | View |
| 199 |
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,…
|
£50 - £100 | £170 | View |
| 200 |
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…
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£150 - £250 | £240 | View |
| 201 |
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…
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£200 - £400 | £220 | View |
| 202 |
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…
|
£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 203 |
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…
|
£100 - £200 | £160 | View |
| 204 |
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
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£100 - £200 | £360 | View |
| 205 |
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
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£200 - £400 | £650 | View |
| 206 |
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,…
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£100 - £200 | £170 | View |
| 207 |
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…
|
£200 - £400 | £1,300 | View |
| 208 |
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
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£150 - £250 | £260 | View |
| 209 |
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)
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£150 - £250 | £180 | View |
| 210 |
A VICTORIAN SILVERED OVAL WALL MIRROR
with fern leaf cresting and apron with ovolo border, bevelled mirror plate, 83cm x 54cm
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£30 - £50 | £110 | View |
| 211 |
PERSIAN SCHOOL Two leaves from an illuminated manuscript
28cm x 33cm, framed
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£200 - £400 | £160 | View |
| 212 |
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
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£50 - £100 | £35 | View |
| 213 |
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)
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£100 - £200 | £600 | View |
| 214 |
FOLLOWER OF DAVID TENIERS THE ELDER (1582-1649) A friar reading
oil on panel, 21cm x 17cm
Provenance: with the Graves Gallery, Birmingham. |
£80 - £150 | £750 | View |
| 215 |
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). |
£500 - £1,000 | £320 | View |
| 216 |
CIRCLE OF HENRY FUSELI (1741-1825) Study of a scowling grotesque
pencil, 9cm x 7cm
Provenance: Exhibited at the Bury St Edmunds Gallery, 1973. |
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 217 |
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
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£100 - £200 | £280 | View |
| 218 |
WILLIAM ALLAN (1782-1850) 'Tragedy Queen'
pencil, 16cm x 9.5cm
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£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 219 |
*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)
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£30 - £50 | £180 | View |
| 220 |
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Memento mori
mixed media, 17cm x 13cm; together with a second mixed media artwork by the same hand (2)
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£30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 221 |
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)
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£30 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 222 |
*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… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 223 |
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Park landscapes and a coastal town
oils on board, 8.5cm x 17cm each (3)
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£30 - £50 | £110 | View |
| 224 |
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)
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£50 - £100 | £500 | View |
| 225 |
CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1901-1930) Two seated women with a girl
pencil, 35.5cm x 29cm
Provenance: with Blond Fine Art, London. |
£800 - £1,500 | £2,000 | View |
| 226 |
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
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£200 - £400 | £190 | View |
| 227 |
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. |
£500 - £1,000 | £1,150 | View |
| 228 |
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. |
£100 - £200 | £1,400 | View |
| 229 |
FRENCH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Figure studies
bearing auctioneer's stamp verso, pen and ink, 19.5cm x 30cm
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£30 - £50 | £100 | View |
| 230 |
*ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) Farmyard scene with cattle
1921, signed and dated lower left, pencil, squared for etching, 56.5cm x 46cm
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£150 - £250 | £220 | View |
| 231 |
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
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£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 232 |
*LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'Zebras'
signed in pencil to lower right margin, drypoint, 24.5cm x 35cm
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£500 - £1,000 | £420 | View |
| 233 |
*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
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£8,000 - £15,000 | - | View |
| 234 |
BIRGER LUNDQVIST (1910-1952) Self-portrait
etching, 19cm x 15cm
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 235 |
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)
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£50 - £100 | £70 | View |
| 236 |
AFTER JUSEPE DE RIBERA (1588/91-1652) 'The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew'
etching, 16cm x 13cm
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£80 - £150 | £100 | View |
| 237 |
AFTER WALLERAND VAILLANT (1623-1677) 'The so-called Portrait of Prince Rupert'
mezzotint, 21cm x 16cm
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£80 - £150 | £140 | View |
| 238 |
FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1728-1815) 'From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony, this Universal Frame Began'
etching, 20cm x 18cm
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 239 |
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) 'A Midnight Modern Conversation'
etching, 33.5cm x 46cm
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£30 - £60 | £320 | View |
| 240 |
A CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
circa 19th century, depicting two ladies conversing, 40cm x 29cm
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£50 - £100 | £110 | View |
