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Auction date Tuesday 7 November 2023 10:00 - 17:30 GMT

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Tuesday 7th November

This Auction is online with The Saleroom, Easy Live and room bidding.

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Avenue Auctions, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester DT1 1QS

Saturday 4th November 9.00am - 12.00pm

Monday 6th November 9.00am - 7.00pm

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Please Note that payment and collection is required by the Friday after each sale unless otherwise agreed. If an Item has not been paid for by the end of the third week after each sale then it will be reoffered in our following sale with charges for storage and administration deducted. If an item is uncollected then storage charges may apply.

Lot 673 Unsold

BRIAN COCKS: 'l WINTER TREE'

acrylic and charcoal, 47 x 57cm framed (glass a/f), with Rosie Britton, fish study, and other pictures

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 674 Sold

PETER COURTNEY 1935-2000: NORFOLK WINDMILLS

six watercolours, the largest 74 x 56cm (framed) (6)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £10

Estimate: £30 - £60

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Lot 675 Sold

ANDREW MULLINS: 'PORTRAIT OF ROGER PEERS'

'curator DNHAS', oil on board 74 x 56cm (framed)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £18

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 676 Sold

MICHAEL WARD: 'EMBATTLED' SIGNED AND DATED 1987

collotype 1 of 1, the sheet 75 x 102cm, plus Frame (not glazed)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £60 - £120

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Lot 677 Sold

A QUANTITY OF PICTURES AND PRINTS

including prints of Oxford, and a Victorian watercolour of Warwick castle by Lilian Peers

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £90

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 678 Sold

A LARGE COLLECTION OF PRINTS

topographical and landscape subjects, mostly 19th century, many in subject folders

Hammer price: £120

Estimate: £20 - £40

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Lot 679 Unsold

EDWARD MUNCH: 'THE SICK CHILD'

Facsimile print. 82cm x 66cm including frame

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 680 Sold

RICHARD HAMILTON: PHOTOMONTAGE PRINT

(Just what is it that makes today's homes so different?) Signed, 1993. 64cm x 56cm, including frame

Hammer price: £180

Estimate: £100 - £150

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Lot 681 Sold

W.N. CORSHAM: THE GREEN WOODPECKER

ink and watercolour, indistinctly signed and dated 1931, old labels to back

Hammer price: £40

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 682 Sold

COASTAL VIEW WITH RIVER, BRIDGE AND COTTAGES

oil on canvas, early 20th century, indistinctly signed, 36 x 53cm plus (modern) gilt frame

Hammer price: £20

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 683 Sold

E.F. WEIR: 'THE POOR RELATION'

figures in an interior, pen and ink, signed and dated 1858, 31 x 50cm plus frame (old mount, damaged edges)

Hammer price: £40

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 684 Sold

'S.T' (AND INDISTINCTLY SIGNED) CORN STOOKS IN A FIELD

etching, initialled and dated 1934 within the plate, no. 3/25, 31 x 41cm plus frame

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 685 Sold

TRETCHIKOFF: 'THE CHINESE GIRL'

also known as 'The green lady', colour print, in original frame 67 x 57cm, and R. Chittenden; 'Fruit pickers', signed print 23/500

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £60 - £80

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Lot 686 Sold

RICCIARDO MEACCI; ITALIAN (SIENESE), 1856-1938: SCENE WITH ANGELS AND SAINTS

watercolour, and another similar with Angels receiving souls into heaven, painted in a Renaissance style, in original arched Renaissance revival gilt frames (some damage: one loose in frame, appears to have a deteriorated gum glaze, the other is brighter, both frames have chips and losses) 25 x 29cm overall

Hammer price: £550

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 687 Sold

A COLLECTION OF WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPE SKETCHES

by C H Rowe, late 19th century

Hammer price: £10

Estimate: £20 - £40

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Lot 688 Sold

A KESHAN STYLE BLUE GROUND RUG

144 x 217cm plus fringes

Hammer price: £60

Estimate: £60 - £120

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Lot 689 Sold

A RED GROUND TURKMEN STYLE RUG

129 x 170cm plus fringes

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £60 - £80

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Lot 690 Sold

A NORTH WEST IRANIAN RUG, SIGNED

with abrash stripe to the orange ground 135 x 180cm (moth damage, frayed edges)

Hammer price: £80

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 691 Sold

A WOOLLEN TAPESTRY HANGING/RUG

waterlilies, signed, labelled Rameses Wissa Wassef 84 x 104cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £220

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 692 Sold

AN ANTIQUE KELIM, PROBABLY SOUTH-WEST PERSIAN QUASHGAI

168 x 265cm (worn, holed, uneven colour)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £120

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 693 Unsold

AN OLD TURKMAN RUG

red ground, with blue and cream 108 x 175cm approx (worn, holed, uneven colour)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 694 Sold

A NORTH WEST PERSIAN HAMEDAN TRIBAL RUNNER

worked with a panel each end, with geometric design between, 78 x 290cm approx, plus fringes (uneven shape)

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 695 Sold

AN ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN RUG

woven in colours with three lozenge medallions on a dark blue ground, within palmette borders, 148cm x 100cm

Hammer price: £120

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 696 Unsold

AN AFGHAN LABIJAR FLATWEAVE RUG

184 x 330cm (badly moth damaged)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Estimate: £20 - £40

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Lot 697 Sold

A LARGE MAHOGANY FRAMED HALL OR OVERMANTEL MIRROR

with shaped top, dentil cornice and bevelled plate 122cm high, 178cm high (damage to frame and decay to silvering)

Hammer price: £10

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 698 Sold

AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE OCTAGONAL GILT FRAME MIRROR

(modern) with narrow margins with gilt beaded bars and scroll work, with bevelled and antiqued glass, 120cm x 90cm

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £50 - £80

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Lot 699 Sold

A PAIR OF MAHOGANY TORCHERES

each with turned circular tops on reeded columnar stems and stepped plinth bases, 116cm high x 36cm square (2) (a/f)

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 700 Sold

JAS.SHOOLBRED & Co: A MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED HALL SEAT

the sabre legs from turned boss, with central brass rosette, the low back with brass gallery, stamped and numbered 118 to the back seat rail (one side stretcher broken and missing)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £320

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 701 Sold

A VICTORIAN GOTHIC OAK CHAIR

with X- frame, the top rail with trefoil piercings (some screw cover buttons missing)

Hammer price: £35

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 702 Unsold

AN OAK AND MAHOGANY COUNTRY CHAIR OF 17TH CENTURY DESIGN

with fielded panel seat and back , in a mixture of oak and other woods (the back apparently altered)

Estimate: £60 - £80

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Lot 703 Unsold

A 19TH CENTURY GILT COMPOSITION GIRONDOLE

with four branches on an oval frame with Neoclassical mouldings with ivy leaves 92cm high (recent gilt paint)

Estimate: £80 - £120

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Lot 704 Sold

AN EDWARDIAN ROSEWOOD CYLINDER BUREAU

with marquetry decoration, on square tapering legs 74cm wide

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £120

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 705 Sold

A VICTORIAN GOTHIC LANCET GILT FRAME WALL MIRROR

with deep concave moulding 75 x 47cm (some restoration)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Hammer price: £140

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 706 Sold

A MAHOGANY 'BUTLER'S TRAY' AND STAND

(adapted from a 19th century linen press tray)

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 707 Sold

A GILT 'CARTON PIERRE' TYPE FRAMED MIRROR

with bevelled plate 74 x 54cm

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 708 Sold

A LARGE ROCOCO STYLE WALL MIRROR

with silvered and painted moulded frame, and bevelled plate 100 x130cm

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 709 Sold

A 19TH CENTURY ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED HARDWOOD CHAIR

with all-over carved back of rounded form

Hammer price: £130

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 710 Sold

A 19TH CENTURY ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED HARDWOOD DESK

with frieze drawers, tooled leather top and fitted and arcaded superstructure 117cm wide (damaged leg)

Hammer price: £280

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 711 Sold

AN EDWARDIAN REPOUSSE BRASS FRAMED GIRONDOLE

with oval mirror plate, and two-branch fitting, on fabric-covered backing 46cm high (previously fitted for electricity), and an oval gilt frame mirror (2)

Hammer price: £25

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 712 Unsold

A WARWICK STYLE CHAIR, MANNER OF JOHN STARKEY

oak, probably early 20th century

Estimate: £50 - £80

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Lot 713 Sold

A VICTORIAN OAK WALL SHELF

with shaped brackets and brass rail 93cm wide

Hammer price: £25

Estimate: £30 - £40

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Lot 714 Sold

GEORGE III MAHOGANY NIGHT COMMODE

with ceramic liner, brass lion mask handles 48cm wide

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £30 - £50

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Lot 715 Sold

A VICTORIAN WALNUT AND MARQUETRY PIER CABINET

with ormolu mounts, the pair of glazed doors enclosing velvet-lined shelves 91cm wide

Hammer price: £70

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 716 Sold

A 20TH CENTURY OAK 'SPINNING CHAIR'

carved with vines, and the date '1938'

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 717 Sold

A COUNTRY HOUSE STYLE PINE KITCHEN SIDE TABLE

the single drawer with pot board below, on turned legs 82cm wide (reproduction)

Hammer price: £30

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 718 Sold

A PAIR OF ELM AND BEECH STICK-BACK CHAIRS

with circular seats, a small pine trunk 77cm wide, a Lloyd Loom laundry basket, a modern oak-framed cheval mirror, and a pine towel horse (6)

Hammer price: £40

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 719 Sold

A LATE VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY MUSIC CABINET

with bevelled glass door 49cm wide, and an Edwardian mahogany bow-front corner display cabinet, with marquetry decoration 143cm high (2)

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £40 - £60

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Lot 720 Sold

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE, WITH SHAPED TOP

of small proportions, on square tapered legs 77cm wide

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £30 - £60

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