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The Graham Snow Collection

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

Head of Sale: 

Garry Batt


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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 391

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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