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The Winter Auction

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

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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 450

Lot 193 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A collection of illustrations from The Beau Monde magazine
fashion plates with hand colouring, laid to card, typically 15cm x 26cm (a lot)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 194 Sold
AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635) Fourteen plates from Les Grandes Misères de la guerre
etchings on laid paper pasted down to card, typically 8.5cm x 19cm (14)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 195 Unsold
AFTER ALPHONSE LEGROS (1837-1911) 'Death, The Wooer'
engraving, 13cm x 10.2cm (plate); together with a large quantity of prints and other artworks (a lot)
Estimate: £80 - £150
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 196 Unsold
AFTER HENRY BRYAN ZIEGLER (1798-1874) 'Lodges in Windsor Great Park'
circa 1840, published by Day & Haghe, a set of lithographs and plans, the complete folio, 36cm x 54cm overall, in its original fitted case
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 197 Sold
JOHANNES VAN KEULEN (1654-1715) 'Middelandsche zee'
engraved map in colours, 52cm x 59cm; together with four further maps (5)

The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 198 Unsold
INDIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Procession scene
ink and gouache on fabric laid to board, 80cm x 114cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 199 Sold
A CHARLES II STUMPWORK EMBROIDERY
dated 1671, depicting King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza attended by various animals and insects, a blossoming tree to the centre, within a border of flowers, 33cm high x 44cm wide
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 200 Unsold
A VICTORIAN SAMPLER
worked by 'Sarah Wragg, aged 16, November 1840' in polychrome threads with a central brick red house flanked by urns and bee hives either side, above a secular verse on cherishing youth, encircled with a geometric flower border, 42cm x 42.5cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 201 Sold
A GEORGE II SAMPLER
'the work of Mary Cale, aged nine, 1734', in polychrome threads, the demarcated central rectangular panel containing horizontal bands of geometric shapes, the alphabet, and verse, all surrounded by a meandering border of flowers and foliage, 41.5cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 202 Sold
A GEORGE III SAMPLER
worked by 'Elizabeth Coleman, November 23, 1797', the polychrome threads with symmetrical design of scattered topiary, flowers, birds and animals, all contained within a meandering geometric border of foliage, 36cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 203 Unsold
A VICTORIAN SAMPLER
worked by 'Alice E. Fry, 1872', the pale coloured threads with scattered flowers, trees, birds and hearts, with central religious verse flanked by four angels, all contained within meandering floral and foliate border, 43cm x 33cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 204 Sold
A WILLIAM IV SAMPLER
worked by 'Ann Fookes 1833', the polychrome threads with scattered flowers, trees, insects and birds, with central religious verse, all contained within meandering foliate outer border, 29cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 205 Sold
A GEORGE III SAMPLER
'Sarah Prince Shorey, Her Sampler, July 24th, 1818', in polychrome thread with alphabet and numbers in horizontal formation to the top with lines of coronets and conifers beneath, with secular and religious verse to the bottom, all contained within foliate and floral borders, 49.5cm x 39.5cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 206 Sold
A WILLIAM IV SAMPLER
worked by 'Mary Ann Wigmore, aged 10 years, 1830', in subdued polychrome threads with two chimneyed house, below religious verse, surrounded by birds, trees and animals, all contained within meandering foliate and floral border, 32.5cm x 32.5cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 207 Sold
A GEORGE III SILKWORK MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES
the counties delineated in polychrome threads, with Britannia seated in top righthand corner, 45.5cm x 41.5cm; together with two 20th century tapestries, one of Christ and the other depicting the 'Four Seasons', the larger of the two, 24cm x 66.5cm (3)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £150
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 208 Sold
THREE 19TH CENTURY SAMPLERS
the first by 'Mary Ann Pool aged 8 years, 26 August 1836...' the polychrome threads with alphabet, numbers and rhyming verse thanking her teacher for literacy, with bottom and top strawberry vine borders, 34cm x 26.5cm, the two similar others with religious verse, worked by Ada Marsh and Sarah Motterham, the larger 31.5cm x 31.5cm (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 209 Sold
A VICTORIAN SAMPLER
worked by 'Mary Ann Palmer, aged 8 year and 6 months, 1839', the polychrome threads with scattered flowers, animals, birds and beehives around a central religious verse, encircled by outer foliate and floral border, 42cm x 32cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 210 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Late Edo or Meiji period, inlaid with mother of pearl and silvered metal and decorated with sea shells to both sides, 8cm high x 6cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 211 Sold
A SMALL EMBROIDERED LEATHER POUCH
17th/18th century, woven with scrolling bands, a single strap to the cover, 11.5cm wide

Contained within is a note inscribed: 'Brought from the West Indies with a sample of sugar in'.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 212 Sold
A VICTORIAN TUNBRIDGE WARE SEWING OR RIBBON BASKET
the rim inlaid with a floral border and mounted with a swing handle, the base decorated with a floral spray, joined by a woven fabric trim, 8.5cm high x 16cm diameter
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 213 Sold
A VICTORIAN BLACK LEATHER AND GILT BRASS TRAVELLING CASE
the hinged lid with stencilled initials 'J. W. H.' opening to a fitted interior with writing slope, notebooks, inkwell and accessories, 14cm high x 38cm wide x 28cm deep
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £80 - £150
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 214 Sold
A TUNBRIDGE WARE BOX
19th century, the waisted rectangular box with inlaid scene depicting Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, 10cm high x 24cm long x 19cm deep
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £100
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 215 Sold
A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL AND GILT METAL MOUNTED TANTALUS BY ASHER & SHERWIN
the hinged lid and facade opening to reveal an interior fitted with three cut glass decanters, with porcelain 'Sherry', 'Port' and 'Whisky' labels, and eight glasses, stamped to the back rail, the case with elaborate mounts and swing handles to each side, 27cm high x 31cm wide x 23cm deep
Hammer price: £1,280
Estimate: £80 - £150
29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Lot 216 Sold
A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL DRESSING BOX BY MECHI & BAZIN OF LONDON
the monogrammed case opening to an interior fitted with conforming silver topped boxes and jars, a mother of pearl handled sewing kit, and a dressing mirror falling from the inside of the lid, the single drawer beneath opening to a leather writing surface, 20cm high x 33.5cm wide x 23.5cm deep
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £800
29 January 2026
29 January 2026

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