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The Winter Auction

Auction date Thursday 29 January 2026 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Including property from the following collections:

Galhampton Manor, Somerset

The Collection of Kerrison Preston, Esq., by descent

Coventry Lodge, Corfe Mullen

Deer Park, Weston, Devon

The Peter Newall Collection

The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht

Head of Sale:

William Batt

Auction:

Thursday 29th January at 10.30am

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
217	A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL DRESSING BOX BY SAMPSON MORDAN & CO the monogrammed case opening to an interior fitted with silver and white metal topped boxes and jars, a mother of pearl handled sewing kit, and a mirror to the inside of the lid, a single drawer…	£200 - £400	£900	View
218	A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL DRESSING BOX BY SAMPSON MORDAN & CO the monogrammed case opening to an interior fitted with silver and white metal topped boxes and jars and further compartments, a single drawer beneath opening to a leather covered writing surface,…	£200 - £400	£200	View
219	A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL WRITING SLOPE the hinged lid opening to reveal a tooled leather writing surface and fitted compartments, the case with a brass cartouche to the top, swing handles to each side and 'J T Needs' stamped lock, 15.5cm…	£50 - £100	£90	View
220	A SET OF THREE LEATHER BOUND BOXES OR PORTFOLIOS designed in the appearance of books, with gilt tooled lettering and borders, titled 'The Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours Founded 1804.', all opening to paper lined vacant interiors, two…	£100 - £200	£220	View
221	A VICTORIAN WALNUT AND BRASS BOUND HUMIDOR the inside of the locking plate inscribed 'Thompson & Co Importers of Havana Cigars 8 New Bond St London', with swing handles to each side, the doors opening to five lined drawers, 39cm high x…	£100 - £200	£320	View
222	A DUNHILL BURR WOOD HUMIDOR stamped to the inside of the cover, a plaque to the front inscribed 'My Maxim', containing old unlabelled cigars, 25cm wide; together with a marquetry humidor, decorated with a church or cathedral,…	£50 - £100	£1,700	View
223	A GERMAN BRASS TOBACCO BOX BY JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE (1716-1761) signed to the cover, the base decorated with the portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia, a cartouch of a military victory above, the cover with a similar portrait, a worn inscription reading …	£50 - £100	-	View
224	A VICTORIAN TEA CADDY OR TOBACCO JAR the domed cover with a turned finial opening to a silvered interior, the body decorated in neoclassical taste with masks and swags, two conforming handles to the sides, on lions paw feet, 24cm high x…	£40 - £80	£40	View
225	A RARE 15CT GOLD HIP FLASK BY GEORGE BETJEMANN & SONS London 1888, the detachable base and stopper both bearing the applied crown of an Earl or Countess, further engraved 'Lilian', 14cm high x 7cm wide x 4cm deep Provenance: A private Dorset property.	£10,000 - £15,000	-	View
226	AN ART DECO STYLE 'RECIPE' COCKTAIL SHAKER 20th century, the rotating body inscribed with various cocktail recipes and their measurements, 22.5cm high Provenance: The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht.	£50 - £100	£200	View
227	A BURR WALNUT AND CHROMED TANTALUS 20th century, fitted with three cut glass square decanters, 32cm high x 35cm wide x 13cm deep; together with a cut glass ship's decanter, with a wide flate base, 23cm high (2) Provenance: The…	£50 - £100	£50	View
228	A PORTHOLE GAMING SET 20th century, bound in leather and striped fabric, the glazed cover opening to an interior fitted with cards, chips and dice, anchor form handles to each side, 53cm wide x 27cm deep Provenance: The…	£200 - £400	£1,200	View
229	A KINORA CINEMATOGRAPHIC VIEWER BY ‘BOND'S LTD., 138, NEW BOND STREET' early 20th century, the steel viewer hood embossed 'Kinora' and with metal patent plaque to oak platform, 12cm high x 31cm wide x 13cm deep; together with six reels of flip card picture films …	£600 - £1,200	£800	View
230	A MECHANICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASHLAMP BY JOHNSON'S OF HENDON, LONDON mid-20th century, (without manufacturer's stamp, instructions, or box), the steel rectangular flash tray for magnesium powder with spring driven flint wheel, 7cm high x 17cm wide x 7cm deep	£50 - £100	-	View
231	WINSTON CHURCHILL INTEREST: A METAL COMB by repute having belonged to the famous wartime leader, stamped 'SIR WINSTON' to one side and numbered '23408' the other, 13cm wide Provenance: Thomas Henry Lane (B.1906), and thence by family…	£200 - £400	£260	View
232	MAHATMA GANDHI INTEREST: A PAIR OF GOLD-PLATED GLASSES by repute belonging to the renowned Indian social activist, politician and lawyer, marked to the underside of the nose, set with bifocal lenses, 12cm wide Provenance: Thomas Henry Lane (B.1906),…	£500 - £1,000	-	View
233	A TREEN STAY BUSK 18th/19th century, with carved decoration to one side, 45cm long x 7cm wide	£200 - £400	£220	View
234	A VICTORIAN TURNED WOOD AND PAINTED 'SPECIAL CONSTABLE' TRUNCHEON 19th century, with a tapered and ribbed handle, bearing a royal crest, 52cm long Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.	£150 - £250	-	View
235	A NEOLITHIC JADE AXE HEAD possibly Polynesian, shaped and polished with natural inclusions, 21cm long x 7.5cm high Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.	£100 - £200	£420	View
236	A LARGE COLLECTION OF 'GRAND TOUR' CAMEOS 19th century and later, including a large group of plaster cameos depicting neoclassical scenes or profile studies, a large group of red wax cameos, again including portrait busts and classical…	£150 - £250	£170	View
237	A COLLECTION OF WAX SEALS 18th century and later, variously mounted on card or paper or stored in turned wood boxes (a lot)	£100 - £200	-	View
238	AN ENAMEL SNUFF BOX 18th century, decorated with amorous couples, the interior of the lid painted with a courtesan, 8cm wide; together with a collection of 18th century and later collectables, including a red leather…	£200 - £400	£280	View
239	A GOLD ORE NUGGET affixed with an old label inscribed 'Gold from Bullock's Creek', 1.5cm long; together with a piece of 19th century Vesuvian lava, similarly labelled 'Lava from Vesuvius brought by A. L. eruption of…	£100 - £200	£130	View
240	TAXIDERMY: AN EDWARDIAN DISPLAY CASE OF A STOAT in an oak case, set in a naturalistic setting, 34cm x 32cm; together with a taxidermy weasel and hawk in a glaze-fronted case, set in a naturalistic setting, 50cm x 36cm; and a red legged partridge…	£100 - £200	£70	View

Total lots: 450

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