MELLORS & KIRK FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
Single Owner Sale The Wakely Collection Wednesday 29 September 2021 at 10am
MELLORS & KIRK FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
Single Owner Sale The Wakely Collection The property of the late Dr Peter Wakely sold by order of the executors
Wednesday 29 September 2021 Online 10am 1-639 Viewing Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September No view on sale day
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JEWELLERY It is common practice for coloured stones including jade to be treated to enhance their appearance. This includes jade that has been bleached (usually in acid), polymer/resin filled or dyed, or a combination of any of these treatments. Prospective buyers should presume that all coloured stones sold by Mellors & Kirk have been treated unless stated to the contrary in the catalogue description. Some jewellery lots are accompanied by gemmological certificates which give an opinion on some or all of the gem stones included in that particular lot. These certificates may have been obtained by Mellors & Kirk or supplied by the Vendor. It is important to note that the content of these certificates is not guaranteed by Mellors & Kirk and we cannot be held responsible for any disagreement over the content of the certificates after the sale or for a retrospective change of opinion by the providers of any certificates. Not all images are lifesize, weights and measures in the catalogue are approximate only. Any dispute as to the authenticity of a lot including signatures, age, condition and as to the treatment of gem stones including pearls, synthetic diamonds and HTHP enhanced diamonds, must be brought to the attention of Mellors & Kirk within ten days of the sale date.
Order of Sale Wednesday 29 September 2021
Coins and Medals Objets de Vertu
1-11 12-28
Silver Smallwork
29-40
Silver
41-116
Sheffield Plate
117-121
English Pottery
122-130
English Porcelain
131-208
Glass
209-213
Asian Art
214-223
Silhouettes
224-265
Portrait Miniatures
266-321
Pictures and Drawings
322-356
First Generation Computing, Clocks and Scientific Instruments
357-373
Walking Canes
374-386
The Cult of Byron
387-389
Boxes, Objects and Metalwork
390-430
Textiles
431-452
Furniture and Mirrors
453-515
The Attics and Outbuildings
516-582
Books
583-636
DR PETER WAKELY, FRS (1925-2020) INDUSTRIALIST, MATHEMATICIAN, COLLECTOR A man of parts, Peter Wakely was, latterly despite increasing infirmity, an habitué of salerooms and antique shops throughout England, from the early 1960’s almost to his death late last year. He maintained meticulous records, valuable in themselves for the light they shed on changing fashions and fluctuations in prices over so long a period. When his ability became limited, he insisted on maintaining his regular view day visits in the company of one of his sons. Afterwards, with unfailing charm he invariably presented a list, sometimes a long one, of telephone bids. For a man so expert in computing, he preferred the human contact of the telephone to online bidding. A distinguished mathematician in industry, his PhD was in the theory of nuclear structure and atomic physics. After a few years he moved away from academia into industry. Appointed to the Mathematics Group in English Electrics’ Mechanical Engineering Laboratory near Leicester, he later became Managing Director and subsequently Chairman of Associated Engineering Limited in Rugby, where he was involved in the development of the automotive cruise control system. He was a founder member of the Institute of Mathematics and its third President (1968-1969). An abiding interest was the need to improve communication between the academic community and industry. He was invited to serve on a succession of panels, including the influential Cockcroft Committee into the future of mathematics. Footnotes to many of the lots which follow record the place of purchase and the price paid, sometimes in pre-decimal pounds, shillings and pence.
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COINS AND MEDALS
WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2021 10.00am Coins and Medals
4 ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE, JULIUS CAESAR Ar Denarius, 3.5gm, r/C.COSSVTIVS MARIDIANVS AAA FF, (exSeaby £15 1968) fine
1 ANCIENT GREECE, MACEDON, ALEXANDER III, ‘THE GREAT’, 336-323BC Ar Tetradrachm, 17.1gm, (ex-Seaby £15 1965), good very fine or better; with Macedon, Aegae, 500-480BC, Ar Trihemiobol, 0.9gm, (ex-Seaby 45/- 1960), described as plugged by Seaby, but in fact holed, almost fine (2)
£150 - £180
£180 - £220
5 ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINAGE Ar Denarius, L. Appuleius Saturnius, fair; Mark Antony, Legionary Ar Denarius, almost very fine; Roman Imperial Coinage, Tiberius, Ar Denarius (Tribute Penny), r/ PONTIF MAXIM, (ex-Seaby £7/10/1964) heavy tooling, particularly on obverse, fine (3) £150 - £200
2 ANCIENT EGYPT, PTOLEMY I, 305-284BC Ar Tetradrachm, ΣΤ over ΚΕ over ΓΤ, 14.1gm, (ex-Seaby £8 1965), nice very fine £140 - £160
6 3 ANCIENT GREECE, PHOENICIA, TYRE Ar Tetradrachm or Shekel, head of Melqarth right, KP to right, 14.1gm, good fine - almost very fine £150 - £180
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ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE Augustus with Agrippa, Nemausus, Ae As; Constantine Ae3; Urbs Roma Ae3/4; Billon Tetradrachms, Nero/Tiberius, good fine; another, Nero/Alexandria, almost very fine; another Aurelian, mediocre; Byzantine Empire bronzes (4); Palestine, small bronzes, Herod Agrippa (3), other (1) (14) £150 - £180
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COINS AND MEDALS
9 ENGLAND Commonwealth, Halfcrown, 1652, (extremely weak 5 at date), possibly a contemporary counterfeit of excellent style, 12.3gm, (ex-Seaby £20 1961), fine or better £180 - £200
7 ENGLAND Anglo-Saxons, Aethelred II, Ae Sceat, MONNE, (ex-Seaby 85/1966), some verdigris, very fine; Hammered Silver 1d’s, Edward the Confessor, Lewes, hammer cross type, æ fragment extremely fine; Richard I, London; John, London, Willelm class 5b; Henry III, Canterbury, Henri, class 6, another London, Ilger, Class 7a; Edward I, Canterbury, class 3g, another class 10b, another class 10e; Edward II, Durham, Bishop Bek, class 11a; Richard II, York; and a Halfpenny of Edward III, London, 2nd coinage, mostly considerably better than fine (12)
10 IRELAND Elizabeth I, Base Silver Shilling, 1st coinage, mm rose, 8.6gm, (ex-Seaby 50/- 1963), weak at portrait as usual, fine+
£200 - £250
£180 - £250
8 ENGLAND Hammered Silver, Henry VI, Groat, annulet issue, Calais, short flan crack, otherwise almost very fine; Henry VI, Groat, leaf pellet issue, London, nice portrait, mostly very fine; Henry VIII, Halfpenny, 2nd coinage, fine; Halfgroat, York, fragment only; Edward VI, Shilling, Fine Coinage, slight creasing almost fine; Mary, Groat, mm lis, fair; James I, Sixpence, 1st coinage, 1st bust, mm thistle, 1603 holed, another 2nd coinage, 3rd bust, 1604, mediocre; Charles I, Sixpence, Tower mint, poor; with Richard I, Anglo-Gallic, Silver Denier, very good, (10) £140 - £180
11 GREAT BRITAIN George I, Halfpenny, 1718, almost very fine; 6d 1828; 1/- 1696; 2/1849; 2/6 1890; Maundy, 1d 1890; 4d, 1679, 1683; Bagdad, Silver Dirham, AH180; France 15 Sou, 1791 good fine; Mexico 8R, 1736 very fine; U.S.A. Dime 1821 almost very fine, others (2) (14) £100 - £150
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OBJETS DE VERTU
Objets de Vertu
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12 AN ENGLISH SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH Frans Pinney London, No 8355, with enamelled dial and finely pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, 48mm diam, case maker Samuel Pike, London 1836
THREE GEORGE III ENAMEL PATCH BOXES, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH C, transfer printed in sepia and painted with The Crescent Buxton, Pump Rooms and Royal Crescent Bath, the base white with a trailing ribbon or pink, each with mirror to underside of the lid, 47 and 52mm l Provenance: (Crescent, Buxton) Included in a small collection sold Christie’s, South Kensington 27 April 1989, £289; (the other boxes) Sotheby’s, 3 June 1992, £402 £300 - £400
£100 - £150
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13 AN ENAMEL BOX, LATE 19TH CENTURY the sides and slightly domed lid painted in polychrome with pastoral scenes in gilt rococo frame reserved on a white trellis ground, copper gilt mount with wavy thumbpiece, 65mm h, 90 x 110mm
TWO GEORGE III ENAMEL PATCH BOXES, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH C the lid of the larger painted with a shepherdess at an alter in a landscape, in white beaded frame reserved on a blue ground, the smaller with lavender and pale yellow rosettes in a black and gilt star on a white ground, each with mirror to underside of the lid, 45 and 55mm l Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, the larger 1 June 2010, £361, the smaller 7 December 2006, £223. £250 - £350
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 9 June 2011, £1028 £250 - £350
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A GEORGE III SILVER HAND SEAL the oval matrix engraved with arms, reeded bone handle, 87cm h, by Peter and William Bateman, London 1807 Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 12 June, 2014, £1149. The arms are those of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans (1766-1825) and his two wives, Charlotte Thelwall (d 1797) and Maria Nelthorpe (d 1822).
JAMES TASSIE (1735-1799) WAX MINIATURE OF JAMES GREGORY polychrome painted wax on black glass, 7.5cm h, truncation impressed JAMES GREGORY MD/ACAD. EDIN 1791 and a similar wax miniature of Nelson, as a pair, in turned fruitwood frames beneath convex glass, 15cm diam, overall (2) £150 - £200
£300 - £500
17 DEATH OF ISAAC NEWTON COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDAL, 1727 struck 1740 by J Croker (Eimer 504) 51mm, 60g, green velvet lined fish skin case £80 - £120
20 AFTER GEORGE STUBBS MINIATURE OF THE THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE ‘ECLIPSE’ ivory, 60 x 78mm, verre eglomise mount and maple frame, collectors’ labels Provenance: Major Guy Paget, Leicestershire; by descent to his son, the Lord Paget for whom sold Sotheby’s, on the premises at Lubbenham Lodge, September 12 1995, £352 Exhibited: Kingston upon Hull, Ferens Art Gallery
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£100 - £150
A GOLD AND ENAMEL MOURNING RING, 1774 inset with hair, the reverse enamelled in black SHOLTO CHARLES EARL OF MORTON AGED 41, 4.4g, size F Sholto Charles Douglas, FRS, 15th Earl of Morton (1733-1774) succeeded his father, the 14th Earl in 1768 and was in turn succeeded by his 13 year old son George as the 16th Earl. £200 - £300 10
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OBJETS DE VERTU
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21 SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT SILVER MEDAL IMPRESSED W P BELK Stage 23c 1891, 54mm, 93g, very fine, morocco case Walter Patrick Belk (1872-1963) designer, silversmith and proprietor of Roberts & Belk Ltd, Sheffield
MANCHESTER PITT CLUB AND MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL PITT CLUB SILVER MEDALS, 19TH C by T Wyon Jr or Benjamin Wyon, the reverse of the second engraved Edward William Watson Pitt Club Exhibitioner from Merchant Taylors’ School London elected 11th June 1878, each in silver pendant frame, 46 and 51mm diam and a related silver medal (3) Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 8 December 2005, £213 £80 - £120
£50 - £70
22 A GEORGE III SILVER GILT PITT CLUB MEMBER’S BADGE, 1806 centred by an oval glass paste cameo of William Pitt the Younger surrounded by legend In memory of the Rt Honble Wm Pitt died 23 Jy 1806 aged 47 and engraved Robert Pooley Esqr, 45 x 40mm, 29g Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 8 December 2005, £164 £80 - £120
24 A GILTMETAL UNIFACE OR CLICHE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, C1805 in alabaster frame, 14cm diam £80 - £120
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A GEORGE III MEMORIAL UNIFACE OR CLICHE MEDAL, C1820 giltmetal, 70mm, papier maché frame
A MOULDED WAX BAS RELIEF PORTRAIT OF LORD NELSON BY CATHERINE ANDRAS (1775-1860), MODELLED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1805, PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY, EARLY 19TH C 8.5cm h, impressed ADMIRAL LORD NELSON DIED IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR...1805, hammered brass frame engraved NELSON
Provenance: Margaret, Lady Gretton, her deceased’s sale The Old Rectory, Ufford, Heathcote Ball & Co, 18 May 2000, £240 £80 - £120
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 6 February 2019, £868 £200 - £300
26 A MOULDED WAX BAS RELIEF PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, PUBLISHED BY CATHERINE ANDRAS (1775-1860), C1806 mounted on black painted glass in papier maché frame, impressed on the truncation C ANDRAS 1806, the artist’s original handwritten (fragmentary) label on reverse Provenance: Laughton family; originally displayed in the Churchill Suite of The Royal Hotel, Scarborough. Another example bearing the same label in Andras’ hand was with Timothy Millett Ltd, London
A GLASS PASTE PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, C1806 impressed W Pitt to the truncation, oval, 89 x 60mm, turned pearwood frame Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 23 September 2004, £329 £150 - £200
£80 - £120
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SILVER SMALLWORK
Silver Smallwork
31 A GEORGE III SILVER GILT BOOT HOOK of T shape with pivoted angular handle, crested, 80mm h, by Thomas Webb, James Phipps II and Edward Robinson II, London 1814, 1oz 17dwts
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Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, 30 September 1999, £506
A GEORGE III SILVER NUTMEG GRATER with reeded frame and steel rasp, integral hinge, crested, 10cm h, by John Reily, London 1808, 2ozs 11dwts
The crest and initial are those of General Sir George Townshend Walker, BT, KTB, GCB (1764-1842), Lieutenant Governor of Chelsea Hospital £150 - £250
Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 21 May 2013, £885. £300 - £500
30 A GEORGE III SILVER NUTMEG GRATER with reeded frame and steel rasp, integral hinge, 10.7cm h, by Phipps and Robinson, London 1802, 3ozs 6dwts Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 21 May 2013, £873. £300 - £500
32 ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. A VICTORIAN HIGH RELIEF DIE STAMPED SILVER CARD CASE 10cm h, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1845, 2ozs 6dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 29 June 2006, £1058. £400 - £600
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SILVER SMALLWORK
33 A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II SILVER CANDLESTICKS IN QUEEN ANNE STYLE 20cm h, by William Comyns & Sons, London 1960, loaded £80 - £120
35 A GEORGE III SILVER NUTMEG GRATER of reeded barrel shape, steel rasp, 40mm h, maker IS, London 1796, 12dwts £100 - £150
36 A VICTORIAN SILVER CHILD’S RATTLE hung with seven bells, coral teether, 90mm l, by George Unite, Birmingham 1862, 18dwts Provenance: Tower House, Lubbenham Sale on the premises, Heathcote Ball & Co, 30 June 1994, £134. £80 - £120
34 A SCOTTISH GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF MULL, C1790 with scalloped mount, crested, 75mm l Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 13 July 2000, £299 The crest is not that given by Fairbairn for Campbell of Glenfeochan. It and the initials probably relate to General Colin Campbell (1754-1814) Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar £150 - £200
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SILVER SMALLWORK
37 A GEORGE III SILVER CHILD’S RATTLE chased with flowers and rocaille and hung with two rows of four bells, coral handle, engraved with initials IE and date 1762, 12.5cm l, maker’s mark only RB a pellet between, probably for Richard Binley, 1oz 14dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2005, £235 £80 - £120
39 A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SPECTACLES WITH EXTENDING ARMS by John Godfrey and stamped GODFREY LONDON, Birmingham 1822; two steel wire spectacles and two Victorian spectacle cases (5) £50 - £70
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A GEORGE III SILVER POCKET CORKSCREW AND SHEATH, C1800 turned bone handle, 8cm h, maker’s mark only, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 27th November 2019 £193.40
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV DIE STAMPED SILVER WINE LABELS PORT AND SHERRY in grapevine surround, 62mm long, by William Ker Reid, London 1829 and an octagonal example - RUM, by Phipps & Robinson, London 1799, 1oz 15dwts (3)
£80 - £120
£100 - £150
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Silver 41 AN EDWARDIAN SILVER CARD CASE engraved with scrolling foliage, 80mm long, by S M Levi, Birmingham 1909 and miscellaneous other silver smallwork and flatware, 10ozs 15dwts weighable £100 - £150
42 RACING TROPHY. A GEORGE V SILVER CUP AND COVER of urnular form, with ogee domed cover and leaf capped handles, inscribed Household Brigade Races April 4th 1939 The Household Brigade Cup Won by Hon A R G Strutt’s Sporting Piper, 30cm h, by Garrard & Co Limited London 1934, 67ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 2004, £823. The Hon. Alexander Ronald George Strutt of Kingston Hall Nottinghamshire, born April 23rd 1912, succeeded his father as 4th Baron Belper in 1956. £600 - £800
43 THE HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA SILVER GOBLETS. THREE ELIZABETH II ROWING PRIZES chased with lilies and rushes, inscribed The Silver Goblets Henley Royal Regatta and dated 1957, 1958 or 1963, the foot of the first further inscribed Leander Club D A T Leadley C G V Davidge, 19cm h, by Garrard & Co Ltd, London 1957 and 62, 40ozs 8dwts Provenance: Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, OBE, DL (1929-2014) of the Leander Club (Founded 1818). Sold in these ‘rooms by the executors of C. G. V. Davidge, 19 September 2018, £2,040. The Silver Goblets and Nickalls’ Challenge Cup is the premier event for coxless pairs at the illustrious annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames. Chris Davidge won the Silver Goblets three times (as represented here) on the first two occasions partnering Tony Leadley and in the 1963 competition Stuart MacKenzie. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford, he was in the Oxford boat in three boat races, 1949, 1951 (when the Oxford boat sank causing the race to be rerun on the Monday) and 1952. An Olympic oarsman, he rowed for Great Britain in the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki, the 1956 games and lastly the XVII Olympiad in 1960. Chris Davidge also rowed for his country in the 1962 Commonwealth Games at Perth, Australia and twice in European rowing competitions during the 1950s. £700 - £900
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A GEORGE V SILVER BUN SHAPED LIDDED JUG Davidge and Smyth crests, 12cm h, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1926, 12ozs
BRITANNIA STANDARD. A GEORGE V SILVER WILLIAM III REPLICA PORRINGER of spirally lobed and fluted form with cable girdle and chased with vacant cartouche, 95mm h, by Maurice Freeman, London 1913, 8ozs
£80 - £120
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 5 February 2004, £152. £100 - £150
45 AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SEDAN CHAIR NOVELTY INKWELL cast with scenes and rocaille, containing silver mounted non-spill glass well, 9.5cm h, by S Mordan & Co Limited, Chester 1907 and stamped RD 500857, 6ozs 5dwts weighable Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 24 April 2006, £470. £200 - £250
48 46 AN ELIZABETH II SILVER SUGAR CASTER AND COVER 16cm h, by William Comyns and Sons Limited, London 1972, 8ozs 15dwts
TWO ELIZABETH II SILVER REPLICAS OF THE MELTON MOWBRAY CHALICE 13cm h, by A Edward Jones, Birmingham 1971, numbered 1288 or 1379, 14ozs £150 - £250
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 23 March 1995, £42. £80 - £120
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AN ELIZABETH II SILVER LIDDED JUG of baluster shape, 24cm h, by C J Vander Limited, London 1967, 22ozs
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS CLARET JUG of inverted baluster shape with angular handle, 25cm h, by James Dixon & Sons Limited, Sheffield 1901
Provenance: Denise Poole, 10 December 1973, £97.
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 25 September 2003, £399.
£250 - £300
£150 - £200
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AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BACHELOR’S TEAPOT 10cm h, by Horace Woodward & Co Limited, London 1907, 8ozs 10dwts
AN IRISH EDWARDIAN SILVER MUG 88mm h, by Hopkins & Hopkins, Dublin 1908, 3ozs 12dwts £40 - £60
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 13 December 2001, £149. £80 - £120
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53 GEORG JENSEN. A PAIR OF DANISH SILVER SALAD SERVERS Acorn pattern designed by Johan Rohde in 1916, maker’s and import marks, London 1937 and 38, maker’s plush lined case, 6ozs 8dwts Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 10 April 1997, £134. £100 - £150
55 TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE III SILVER TABLESPOONS Old English pattern, one later chased and gilt as a berry spoon, both London, by Peter and Ann Bateman and Thomas and George Hayter, 1796 and 1817 respectively, 8ozs 12dwts £100 - £150
56 A GEORGE III SILVER STRAINING SPOON Old English pattern, crested, by Hester Bateman, London 1780, 4ozs Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 8 December 2009, £398 £150 - £200
54 A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER TABLESPOONS Old English pattern, crested, by Hester Bateman, London 1784, 9ozs Provenance: Boothman Smallwood Collection, Christie’s 27 April 1989, £200 £120 - £160
57 AN IRISH GEORGE III SILVER STRAINING SPOON Fiddle pattern, by John Pittar, Dublin 1813, 4ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, 14 April 2005, £446 £150 - £250
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A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP LADLE Feather Edge pattern, shell bowl, by George Smith, London 1777, 4ozs 12dwts
A GEORGE III SILVER MARROW SCOOP crested, by T & W Chawner, London 1769, 1oz 7dwts
£100 - £150
£80 - £120
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A GEORGE III SILVER GRAVY SPOON Old English pattern, by Eley & Fearn, London 1796, 3ozs 8dwts
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER GILT GRAPE SHEARS Vine pattern, by Henry Holland and Son, London 1869, 4ozs 15dwts
£50 - £80
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 28 March 1996, £223
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 14 April 2005, £494. £200 - £300
60 A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN SILVER PUNCH LADLE with plain circular bowl with baluster handle, 22cm l, by J & W Marshall, Edinburgh 1838, 2ozs 6dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2005, £376 £150 - £200
63 FIVE PAIRS OF GEORGE II AND GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR NIPS, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY various makers, 6ozs £150 - £200
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64 A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS of lobed and fluted round design with gadrooned rim and detachable mitre crest finial, engraved with armorials, 27.5cm diam, by Joseph Cradock and William Ker Reid, London 1824, 102ozs 17dwts Provenance: The arms are those of David Barclay MP (1780-1865) of Eastwick Park, Surrey and his wife (m.1818) Maria Dorothea, daughter of Sir Hedworth Williamson, 6th Bart of East Markham Notts; sold in these ‘rooms 11 April 2002, £2823. £1,200 - £1,800
66 A GEORGE III SILVER PAP BOAT the gadrooned rim with Venus shell and grapevines, 15.5cm l, by William Barratt, London 1819, 3ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 25 November 2015, £186. £100 - £150
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER DWARF COLUMNAR CANDLESTICKS with beaded nozzle and square foot, 13.5cm h, by W Hutton and Sons Limited, London 1899, loaded
A GEORGE III SILVER PAP BOAT the beaded rim with Venus shell and grapevines, 15.5cm l, maker W, London 1813, traces of gilding, 2ozs 10dwts
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 4 July 2002, £376.
£100 - £150
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 25 November 2015, £186.
£120 - £180
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A GEORGE IV SILVER TEAPOT spirally reeded, crested, 21cm h, by John Edward Terrey, London 1821, 23ozs 12dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 18 September 2019, £380
A GEORGE III OVAL SILVER SUGAR BASKET with reeded rim and swing handle, engraved with bands of scrolling foliage, crested and initialled D N, 16cm h, by Abstainando King, London 1803, 7ozs
£200 - £300
Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 2 August 2011, £259. £150 - £200
69 A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT of gadrooned oblong shape on ball feet, 16cm h, by Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London 1809, 20ozs 10dwts Provenance: R E Porter, 5 September 1985, £330. £250 - £350
71 A GEORGE IV SILVER WAITER OF HEAVY GAUGE with shell and scroll rim, on three leaf capped volute feet, Heathcote crest, 22cm diam, by William Eaton, London 1823, 20ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, 30 March 2000, £690. £250 - £350
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74 A VICTORIAN SILVER WILLIAM III REPLICA PORRINGER of spirally lobed and fluted shape with cable girdle and chased with angle’s head cartouche, crested, 90mm h, by Spink & Son Limited, London 1894, 7ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 5 February 2004, £176. £100 - £150
72 A GEORGE IV SILVER WAITER engraved with contemporary arms of Goodwin of Torrington Co. Devon and Co. Suffolk, in gadrooned rim on three paw feet, 17.5cm diam, by William Bateman, London 1825, 9ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 18 September 2013, £1573. £400 - £600
75 MEDICAL. A GEORGE IV SILVER FEEDING OR SPOUT CUP of U-shape with moulded lip and scroll handles, 85mm h, by Thomas Jenkenson or Johnson, London 1824, 5ozs 10dwts Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 26 March 1996, £692. £250 - £400
73 A GEORGE III SILVER WAITER with reeded rim and feet, 17.5cm diam, by Peter, Ann and William Bateman, London 1804, 7ozs 14dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 22 April 2004, £294
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£150 - £200
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GADROONED SILVER WICK TRIMMERS AND TRAY crested, tray 27cm l, fully marked, by William Eaton, London 1818, 16ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 30 November 2018, £600. £200 - £250
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79 77 A WILLIAM IV SILVER CANDLESTICK with shell cornered nozzle and foot, waisted sconce and knopped pillar, 23cm h, by T J & N Creswick, Sheffield 1834, loaded
A GEORGE III SILVER BRANDY PAN, COVER AND LAMPSTAND the cover with hinged lip-lid, engraved with initials D and D E and baron’s or earl’s coronet respectively, pearwood handle, the underside of the lamp engraved at later date ‘lamp of brandy warmer four pieces in all No 1’, 18cm h, fully marked, by Rebecca Emes and Edwards Barnard, London 1813, 17ozs Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough 10 September 2013, £1085
£80 - £120
£400 - £600
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A GEORGE III SILVER TOAST RACK with seven crossed wire divisions, rectangular base and reeded feet, 15.5cm l, by Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London 1809, 8ozs 4dwts
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COASTERS straight gadrooned with leafage at intervals, inset turned wood base, crested, 16cm diam, by Thomas and John Settle, Sheffield 1820
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 13 February 1997, £335.
£500 - £700
£80 - £120
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81 A VICTORIAN SILVER HUNTING HORN 23cm l, fully marked, by William Wordley, London 1891 and engraved for the retailer S A Chappell 52 Bond Street London, 4ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 22 April 2004, £588 £200 - £300
82 A GEORGE III TELESCOPIC SILVER TOASTING FORK with black lacquer covered brass handle, 64cm l, maker’s mark indistinct, London 1813 and a Victorian plated toasting fork with ebonised handle (2) £100 - £150
84 A VICTORIAN SILVER-FITTED WALNUT DRESSING CASE lined in blue velvet and watered silk, retaining the full compliment of ten engraved silver mounted glass containers, each with star cut base and four implements, 28cm long, by Betjeman & Sons, London, the silver by Thomas Whitehouse, London 1871 Provenance: Nancy, Lady Bagot, her sale in these ‘rooms September 22, 2005, £990 £500 - £700
83 A GEORGE III DOUBLE LIPPED SILVER PUNCH LADLE the bowl on slender turned wood handle, 31cm l, by Charles Clark, London 1785 £80 - £120
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A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT the bun lid with pear shaped knop, engraved with armorials, 21cm h, by Charles Hatfield, London 1730, 23ozs 3dwts
A GEORGE III SILVER JUG of baluster shape with ogee lid, beaded lip and gadrooned rims, engraved with armorials, William IV silver handle, 28cm h, by David Whyte, London 1771, the handle 1834, 24ozs
£700 - £900
Provenance: Bloomstein, 28 July 1988, £1250. £300 - £400
88 86 A GEORGE I SILVER CHOCOLATE POT the detachable, domed lid with hinged finial, on flared foot, 23cm h, by Humphrey Payne, London 1716, lid unmarked, 22ozs £800 - £1,200
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A GEORGE III CYLINDRICAL SILVER COFFEE BIGGIN with reeded bands, the domed lid with acorn finial, engraved with crest and arms of Sir Charles Ogle Bt, 20cm h, by John Emes, London 1799, 15ozs 18dwts Provenance: A sale at Appleby Magna, Heathcote Ball & Co, 9 April 1987, £359. £150 - £200
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91
A GEORGE II SILVER MUG on moulded foot, 9.5cm h, by Humphrey Payne, London 1729, 6ozs 17dwts
A GEORGE III OVAL SILVER TEAPOT STAND with readed rim and plain feet, 17cm l, by James and Elizabeth Bland, London 1798, 3ozs 13dwts
£300 - £500
Provenance: Denise Poole, 10 December 1973, £97. £80 - £120
92 90 A GEORGE III OVAL SILVER TEAPOT with beaded rims and engraved border, 13.5cm h, by Hester Bateman, London 1784, 12ozs 15dwts Provenance: A sale at Appleby Magna, Heathcote Ball & Co, 9 April 1987, £910.
A GEORGE III SILVER CUP with reeded girdle on domed foot, 13.5cm h, maker’s mark rubbed, I-, London 1771, 11ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 5 February 2004, £329. £120 - £180
£200 - £300
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93 A PAIR OF GEORGE III NEO CLASSICAL SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS with vase finial, engraved borders and beaded rims, engraved with contemporary arms and crest of Villiers, 15.5cm h, by John King, London 1784, 34ozs Provenance: Mary Cooke, 16 December 1986, £3100. Illustrated in an advertisement in Country Life, June 5 1986. £1,000 - £1,500
94 A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER the moulded border with shells at intervals, on four hoof feet, engraved with armorials, 31cm diam, by William Peaston, London 1752, 27ozs 2dwts Provenance: Bloomstein, 22 June 1987, £1200. £500 - £700
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95 A PAIR OF GEORGE III CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS with shells, knopped stem and beaded rims, 19cm h, marked underneath, on sconce and nozzle, by Robert Jones, London 1775, 30ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 12 June 2013, £2299. £800 - £1,200
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A GEORGE III SILVER COFFEE POT of baluster shape with ogee domed lid and beaded rim, engraved with crest, coronet and mantling, 30cm h, by John Denziloe, London 1774, 30ozs
A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT octagonal, the domed oval lid with integral hinge, engraved in neo classical style with border of trailing foliage, 16cm h, by Samuel Hennell, London 1796, 17ozs 8dwts
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 9 March 2016, £992.
Provenance: S J Shrubsole, 6 March 1963, £48.
£500 - £700
£250 - £350
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A GEORGE III SHIELD SHAPED SILVER CUP with reeded handles and foot, bright cut with oval reserve inscribed Mr Barnes & Mr Fawcett to Mr R Harker May 1798, 22cm h, by Peter & Ann Bateman, London 1797, 22ozs 8dwts Provenance: Lita Kaye, 24 July 1976, £165.
A GEORGE II GADROONED SILVER WAITER engraved with contemporary marital arms of Robert Ramsden of Osberton, Nottinghamshire and Elizabeth, eldest daughter and coheiress of John Smyth of Heath Hall Yorkshire (m.1753), 16.5cm diam, by William Peaston, London 1752, 7ozs 10dwts
£250 - £350
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 17 September 2014, £508. £250 - £350
99 A PAIR OF GEORGE III OVAL SILVER SAUCE TUREENS OR BUTTER BOATS on cast foot, engraved with contemporary arms and motto of Myers, 13cm h, maker B M, a pellet between, presumably Benjamin Mordecai or Mountigue, London 1784, 24ozs 10dwts Provenance: Mary Cooke, 5 December 1986, £1800. Mary Cooke described the present lot as “butter boats” and on the invoice noted “these pieces never had covers in our opinion”. £500 - £700
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103
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER BUTTER SHELLS crested, 13.5cm l, maker W A, probably William Abdy, London 1771, 7ozs 7dwts
A GEORGE II SILVER SUGAR CASTER AND COVER AND A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER PEPPER CASTERS AND COVERS with moulded or beaded rims, 13.5 and 13cm h, fully marked, both London, by Thomas Wallis, 1746, the pair by another, 1776, 9ozs 7dwts
Provenance: Nancy, Lady Bagot, her sale in these ‘rooms 22 September 2005, £764 £300 - £500
Provenance: (single caster) Sold in these ‘rooms 9 June 2011, £205; (pair) Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 April 1998, £312. £200 - £300
102 TWO GEORGE II SILVER CASTERS AND COVERS hound crest or engraved with armorials, 15 and 16cm h, fully marked, by Samuel Wood, London 1751 and 1739 respectively, the first 5ozs 18dwts, armorial example 6ozs
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Provenance: (Hound crest) Foxton Grange Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 20 July 1995, £871; (Armorial example) Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 15 May 2012, £495.
Provenance: Christie’s Scotland, 21 November 1990, £691.
A GEORGE II SILVER TAPERSTICK with banded sconce, knopped stem and moulded foot with six shells, crested, 11.5cm h, by John Cafe, London 1750, 5ozs 4dwts £400 - £600
£500 - £700
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107
A GEORGE II SILVER TAPERSTICK with square nozzle, banded sconce and knopped stem, on shell cornered foot, 12.5cm h, by John Cafe, London 1750, nozzle unmarked, 6ozs
A GEORGE III HELMET SHAPED SILVER CREAM JUG with beaded rim and engraved with festoons, on square foot, 14cm h, maker W B, a pellet between, probably William Brockwell, London 1792, 3ozs 12dwts
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 9 September 2010, £843.
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 5 February 2004, £282.
£400 - £600
£100 - £150
106 A GEORGE III SILVER MUG on moulded foot, 10.5cm h, by Thomas Tearle, London 1725, 11ozs 4dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 22 April 2004, £823. £300 - £500
108 A GEORGE III HELMET SHAPED SILVER CREAM JUG engraved with festoons, on square foot, crested, 14cm h, maker’s mark rubbed, London 1797, 2ozs 15dwts Provenance: R E Porter, Bournemouth, 10 August 1971, £60. £50 - £70
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111 A GEORGE III SILVER WINE FUNNEL the ogee bowl with beaded rim and shaped lug, crested, 12cm h, by William Simons, London 1887, 2ozs 6dwts Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 28 March 1996, £715 £200 - £300
109 A GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDY AND COVER of pear shape, crisply chased with an eagle, flowers and rocaille, the domed cover with flower knop, on gadrooned foot, 17cm h, fully marked, by William Abdy, London 1770, 7ozs 10dwts Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 June 2007, £564. £250 - £350
112 A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SALT CELLARS on three hoof feet, 70mm diam, by Fuller White, London 1752, 6ozs 5dwts £70 - £90
110 A GEORGE II SILVER DISH CROSS the trellis pierced legs with shell thumbpiece and foot, with silver lamp, crested, 33cm l, fully marked, by Edward Aldridge and John Stamper, London 1757, 29ozs Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 30 April 2009, £1201. £600 - £800
113 A GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEPAN with flared rim and lignum vitae handle, bowl 6.7cm h, by Walter Brind, London 1782, 6ozs 10dwts £100 - £300
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115
A GEORGE II SILVER KITCHEN PEPPER AND COVER 8.5cm h, maker BC [Grimwade 3484] London 1734, 2ozs
A GEORGE III SILVER ORANGE OR LEMON STRAINER with reeded rim, lug and handle, 13.3cm l, by Edward Aldridge Junior and Senior, London 1761, 2ozs
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 20 March 2019, £300.
£150 - £200
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 13 January 2000, £299.
£180 - £220
116 A GEORGE III SILVER ORANGE OR LEMON STRAINER the bowl symmetrically pierced below the beaded rim, having c-scroll and shell handles, 25cm l, by Thomas Daniel, London 1774, 4ozs 16dwts Provenance: Sotheby’s, 1 November 1990, £892. £400 - £600
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SHEFFILED PLATE
Sheffield Plate
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AN OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE TOASTED CHEESE DISH, C1800 with straight gadrooned and beaded rims containing six square trays, detachable turned screw-in handle, 15 x 23cm
AN OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE PIERCED AND ENGRAVED CAKE BASKET, C1780 crested, 37cm l
Provenance: Margaret, Lady Gretton, her deceased’s sale, The Old Rectory, Ufford, Heathcote Ball & Co on the premises 18 May 2000, £240.
Provenance: Harvey & Gore, 23 March 1979, £335. £150 - £200
£100 - £150
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A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDELABRA, LATE 18TH CENTURY of two lights with looped and reeded branches and urn finials, on fluted square pillar and foot with husk and patera border, nozzles, mahogany loaded, 42cm high
AN OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SALVER, C1800 with reeded rim and fluted feet, engraved with armorials, 36cm diam
Provenance: S J Shrubsole, London 30 July 1976, £375
Provenance: S J Shrubsole, 28 March 1979, £250. £100 - £150
£250 - £350
121 A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE CHAMBERSTICKS, THE M BOULTON PLATE CO, C1810, AND A SET OF FOUR EARLIER OVAL EXAMPLES, EXTINGUISHERS AND NOZZLES the pair with shell and gadroon rim and later glass shades, pan 16cm diam, or 15.5cm l, double sun mark or unmarked (6) Provenance: (pair) S J Shrubsole, London, 5 November 1975, £175 and 5 February 1964, £40 £250 - £350
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ENGLISH POTTERY
English Pottery
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A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT LIBRARY BUST OF DEMOCRITUS, C1800 on socle, 38cm h, impressed mark and title DEMOCRITUS
AN ENOCH WOOD & SONS BLACK BASALT BUST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, C1818 modelled by Enoch Wood, on socle, 20.5cm h, impressed and moulded marks and No 83
The bust of Democritus first appears in Wedgwood’s Catalogue in 1779.
£200 - £300
In common with the majority of such busts, it was produced from a cast supplied by the Plaster Figure and Mould Makers Hoskins & Grant, which was probably “repaired” by William Hackwood at Etruria. See Reilly (R), Wedgwood 1989, vol II, p750 Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 24 September 2009, £1081 £400 - £600
124 A LIVERPOOL DELFTWARE TILE, C1758-61 printed in black by John Sadler with a gallant and girl in rococo scroll border, signed in the plate J Sadler, Liverpl, 12.8 x 13cm, collectors, dealers and exhibition labels Provenance: E N Stretton Collection; Jonathan Horne; Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 3 September 2019, £236 Exhibited: N. C. S. Liverpool Exhibition 1993, No 199 £100 - £150
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127 A BLUE PRINTED PEARLWARE SAUCER DISH, C1790 with a full Nankin type pattern, 18cm diam £50 - £70
128 THREE PAIRS OF STAFFORDSHIRE EARTHENWARE MODELS OF SPANIELS, LATE 19TH CENTURY 39cm h and smaller
125 A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD JASPER PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF KING GEORGE III AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE, C1790 of white jasper, dark blue back and front, oval 89mm, impressed uppercase mark, 19th c gilt frames Comparative Literature: Reilly (R) and G Savage - Wedgwood the Portrait Medallions, 1972, p97, fig f and p165, fig f
£50 - £100
129 A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE FLATBACK FIGURES OF GIRLS RIDING GOATS three others and a spill holder group, mid and late 19th c, 33cm h and smaller £80 - £120
£400 - £600
130 A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD EIGHT INCH BLUE AND WHITE MONTHS OF THE YEAR WALL TILES, DESIGNED BY HELEN J A MILES, C1880 January and April from the series, framed £50 - £100
126 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF DIANA, C1820 painted in overglaze enamel colours, on square base, 29cm h £100 - £150 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
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English Porcelain
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A RARE DERBY ARMORIAL DISH MADE AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A CHINESE ORIGINAL OF C1775, C1800 octagonal and enamelled with the arms of Pigott impaling Cope [Howard, Vol I, p562] in red and gilt chain cavetto, the border with loose bouquets alternating with flowers, gilt rim, 27cm w
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF MANDOLIN AND BAGPIPE PLAYERS, C1770 the lady with pink cap, turquoise and orange bodice and yellow skirt, painted with flowers and seated on a stump beside a ewe, her companion in pink coat and turquoise breeches, his hound at his side, the sprigged base edged in turquoise and gilt, 19cm h, c1770
Provenance: Collection of Dr John Freeman; his executor’s sale in these ‘rooms 1 March 2012, £387 £200 - £300
Provenance: Collection of Dr John Freeman; his executor’s sale in these ‘rooms 1 March 2012, £646 £300 - £500
132 A PAIR OF BOW ‘CUPID CATCHING A BIRD’ BOCAGE CANDLESTICKS, C1770 22cm h, red enamel anchor and dagger or unmarked £200 - £300
134 A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF JUNO AND JUPITER, C1820 the god in a gilt helmet and cuirass, yellow lined blue cloak and holding the hilt of a sword, on square gilt base, Juno similarly richly attired standing before a peacock, 16cm h, incised N114 or No119 £100 - £150
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137
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF A BOY AND GIRL AS WINTER AND AUTUMN FROM THE SET OF THE FOUR FRENCH SEASONS, C1825 17cm h, incised No 123, red painted crown and Bloor Derby Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, Leicester, 31 October 1996, £245
A SET OF FOUR DERBY FIGURES OF CHILDREN AS THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE, TITLED EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA AND AMERICA, C1780 Europe portrayed as a monarch holding an orb and emblems of western civilisation, Africa in elephant headdress holding a cornucopia and stepping over a lion, the Levantine girl for Asia bearing fruit in her right hand and feeding a camel with berries with the other, America as an indigenous girl in a tunic with feathered headdress, an alligator at her feet, the pierced, scrolling rococo edge mound lettered in gilt with the title, 22cm h and c
£80 - £120
Provenance: Cadeby Hall sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 17 October 1996, £2346 £600 - £800
138 A VAUXHALL COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, C1760 decorated in Imari style with a bird, hollow rock and fence, saucer 12cm diam Provenance: Simon Spero, April and May 1968 (as William Ball) £4 10s 0d (cup) and £2 15s 0d (saucer). £100 - £150
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A DERBY FIGURE OF JOHN MILTON, C1780 holding in his left hand a text from Paradise Lost, the pillar below moulded in relief with related scene, on cut cornered gilt base, 29cm h
A BOW POLYCHROME COFFEE CUP, A LIVERPOOL COFFEE CUP, RICHARD CHAFFERS AND A LIVERPOOL COFFEE CAN, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, C1755 AND C1765 the Bow cup and coffee can similarly painted in famille rose style with large peonies and a hollow rock, on one a bird perched on a branch, the Liverpool coffee cup attractively painted with a rose centred rose spray, sprigs and yellow butterfly, 55-61mm h
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, Leicester, 15 August 1996, £312
Provenance: (Bow cup) Simon Spero, October 1965, £2 5s 0d; (coffee can) S M Collins, Ilkley, October 1967, £2 10s 0d; (Liverpool coffee cup) Simon Spero, November 1967, £2 5s 0d.
£100 - £150
£80 - £120
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140 A BRISTOL POLYCHROME COFFEE CUP, C1775 painted in famille rose style with two reserves of Chinese figures, 63mm h Provenance: Simon Spero, April 1968, £3 15s 0d. £60 - £80
TWO LIVERPOOL COFFEE CUPS, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, C1775 AND A JOHN PENNINGTON COFFEE CUP, C1785 the plain and reeded Christian coffee cups painted in underglaze blue augmented in red and gilt with the tufted bird on a branch pattern, the other enamelled with three sprays beneath a blue and gilt border, the Pennington cup transfer printed in underglaze blue with the strawberry, convolvulus and bellflower sprigs pattern Provenance: (polychrome cup) Simon Spero, June 1970, £4 15s 0d; (Pennington cup) Simon Spero, June 1970, £1 15s 0d. £100 - £150
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THREE WORCESTER COFFEE CUPS, C1770 decorated in the Queen Charlotte and other patterns, 65mm h and circa, fretted square or unmarked
A LIVERPOOL POLYCHROME BOWL, SETH PENNINGTON, C1790 painted with an exotic bird perched on a branch, two others in flight, 15cm diam and a pair of Derby fluted blue and gilt saucer dishes, pattern 75, c1790 (3)
£100 - £150
Provenance: (Derby dishes) Heathcote Ball & Co, 15 February 1996, £139. £80 - £120
142 A WORCESTER COFFEE CUP AND A LIVERPOOL COFFEE CAN, JOHN OR SETH PENNINGTON, C1780 AND C1770 the Worcester cup painted in the famille rose style with a seated figure resting an elbow on a table, the Liverpool cup painted with the Smoker’s Valet pattern, 65 and 68mm h
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Provenance: (Worcester cup) Bought at Knowle, August 1965, 5s; (Liverpool can) Simon Spero, January 1966, £1 15s 0d.
A WORCESTER POLYCHROME TEAPOT AND COVER, C1775 painted in famille rose style with a group of Chinese figures and to the other side another conversing with a red robed figure at a window, 14cm h
£100 - £150
Provenance: Simon Spero, May 1968, £22 0s 0d. £150 - £200
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ENGLISH PORCELAIN 146 A BOW POLYCHROME BOWL AND IMARI MUG, C1755 the bowl painted in famille rose style with trailing peony in a garden, the mug of cylindrical form on flared foot, mug 12cm h, incised R (mug) Provenance: (mug) Simon Spero, May 1966, £7 10s 0d; (bowl) Simon Spero, July 1970, £9 0s 0d. £100 - £150
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A CAUGHLEY CABBAGE LEAFMOULDED MASK JUG, C1785 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fisherman and Cormorant pattern, 22cm h
A WORCESTER CABBAGE LEAFMOULDED MASK JUG, C1770 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Natural Sprays Group pattern, 23cm h, crescent
A WORCESTER CABBAGE LEAFMOULDED MASK JUG, C1770 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Natural Sprays Group pattern, 20cm h
Provenance: Collection of a Shropshire gentleman, his sale in these ‘rooms 2 August 2001, £495. £150 - £200
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 2 August 2001, £258.
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 10 April 2003, £305. £100 - £150
£80 - £120
150 A CAUGHLEY CABBAGE LEAF-MOULDED MASK JUG, C1790 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Bouquets pattern, 18.5cm h Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 9 September 2010, £229 £80 - £120
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151 A DERBY RETICULATED DESSERT BASKET, C1758-65 of flared circular shape with open trellis sides, applied on the exterior with florets, the well painted in underglaze blue with a prominent willow tree, pagodas and boulders, the rope twist handles issuing from applied flowers and vine leaves and with a border of roe alternating with flowers, on cable foot, 17cm w Provenance: Collection of Dr John Freeman; his executor’s sale in these ‘rooms 1 March 2012, £665. Illustrated: Twitchett (J), Derby... an Illustrated Guide, Woodbridge 2002, p172. For a similar example see the Catalogue of the sale of the Watney Collection III, Phillips, Son & Neale Ltd, 1 November 2000, lot 1157. £200 - £300
152 A CAUGHLEY BASKET, C1785 of the large size and oval open trellis form, painted and transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Pinecone pattern, 28cm l Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 1 May 2008, £458. £150 - £250
153 A DERBY BASKET, C1760-65 with gently curved trellis sides, the exterior applied with florets, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a Chinese scene with a figure in a boat and two temples, one between a v shaped rock formation beneath a gnarled pine, the double rope twist handles issuing from flowers and leaves and with a border of roe alternating with diaper, on cable foot, 25cm w Provenance: Collection of Dr John Freeman; his executor’s sale in these ‘rooms 1 March 2012, £181 £100 - £150
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156 A WORCESTER BARREL SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER, C1770 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Rose-centred Spray Group pattern, 10.5cm h, hatched crescent Provenance: Burgess, Market Harborough, November 1965, £8 0s 0d. £50 - £100
154 A WORCESTER COFFEE POT AND COVER, C1770-80 painted in underglaze blue with the Rock Strata Island pattern, 20.5cm h, crescent Provenance: McShane-Stephens Collection (label); sold in these ‘rooms 25 September 2008, £602 £150 - £250
157 155 A CAUGHLEY TEAPOT AND COVER, C1777-90 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fence pattern, 12.5cm h Provenance: A Shropshire gentleman, his sale in these ‘rooms 28 August 2001, £294.
A WORCESTER SPARROW BEAK HOT MILK JUG AND COVER, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Mansfield pattern, 12.5cm h, crescent Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 29 September 2009, £304 £100 - £150
£80 - £120
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158 A WORCESTER MUG, C1780 painted in underglaze blue with the Fruit Sprays pattern, 85mm h, crescent
A WORCESTER BOWL, C1765 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Plantation Print pattern, 19cm diam, hatched crescent
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2005 £305.
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, Leicester, 10 December 1998, £178.
£100 - £150
£80 - £120
159 A WORCESTER BUTTER TUB AND COVER, C1770 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fence pattern, 80mm h, hatched crescent Provenance: Ovenall, Leicester, 1971, £75. £50 - £70
162 A CAUGHLEY SLOP BASIN, C1790 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Pagoda pattern and gilt, 14.5cm diam, S mark Provenance: Bought at Bournemouth, September 1965, £4 0s 0d. £50 - £70
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A WORCESTER MUG, C1760-70 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Natural Sprays Group pattern, 12cm h, crescent
A LIVERPOOL SAUCEBOAT, JAMES PENNINGTON, C1770 crisply moulded and painted to either side in underglaze blue with a pagoda, a single flower beneath the lip, 12.5cm l
Provenance: R G Watson Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 April 1998, £134
Provenance: Burgess, Market Harborough May 1966, £4 10s 0d.
£70 - £90
£100 - £150
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164 A LIVERPOOL BOWL, PROBABLY SETH PENNINGTON AND A WORCESTER BOWL, C1780 painted in underglaze blue with flowers or transfer printed with the Three Flowers pattern, 15 and 18.5cm diam, crescent or unmarked Provenance: (Liverpool bowl) Elizabeth Wallace, February 1969, £9 10s 0d; (Worcester bowl) Simon Spero, September 1966, £0 10s 0d. £50 - £70
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165 TWO WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS, C1770-85 painted or printed respectively in underglaze blue with the Mansfield and Fruit and Wreath patterns, 10cm diam, crescent
A CAUGHLEY SALAD BOWL, C1780 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Pinecone pattern, 25.5cm diam, c mark £100 - £150
£50 - £70
166 A WORCESTER TEAPOT AND COVER, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Waiting Chinaman pattern, 13.5cm h, crescent Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 21 June 2017, £360 £100 - £150
168 A WORCESTER BASKET, C1780 of oval open trellis form with twig handles issuing from applied flowers, painted and transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Pinecone pattern, 22cm over handles, hatched crescent £100 - £150
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171 A WORCESTER BOWL, C1780 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fence pattern, 20.5cm diam, hatched crescent £80 - £120
172 TWO WORCESTER TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Mansfield pattern, saucers 12cm diam, crescent
169 A WORCESTER BOWL, C1765 painted in underglaze blue with the Dragon pattern, 15cm diam, W mark
£100 - £150
£100 - £150
173 A RARE WORCESTER TEA BOWL AND SAUCER AND A FLUTED TEA BOWL, C1755 the tea bowl and saucer painted in underglaze blue with the Weeping Willow pattern, the tea bowl with the Prunus Root pattern, saucer 11.5cm diam, workman’s marks
170 A WORCESTER BOWL, C1780 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Birds in Branches pattern, 15.5cm diam, hatched crescent
Provenance: (tea bowl and saucer) Simon Spero, December 1966, £10 10s 0d. £150 - £250
£50 - £70
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177 A WORCESTER BOWL, COFFEE CUP AND TEA BOWL, C1780 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Three Flowers or Fruit and Wreath patterns, bowl 12cm diam, crescent or hatched crescent
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A LIVERPOOL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, RICHARD CHAFFERS, C1760 painted in underglaze blue with a forked prunus tree issuing from a fence, saucer 11.5cm diam Provenance: Bought at Ilkley in the mid 1960’s (as Worcester) £3 10s 0d. Comparative Literature: A Chaffer’s coffee cup painted with the same pattern in the Barbara Leake Collection was sold Bonhams 12 March 2008, lot 280. £100 - £150
178 A VAUXHALL TEA BOWL, C1757 painted in deep underglaze blue with two Chinese figures beside a fence, 73mm diam
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Provenance: Burgess, Market Harborough, September 1966 (as William Ball) £2 10s 0d.
A WORCESTER SPARROW BEAK JUG, BUTTER BOAT, HORS D’OEUVRES TRAY AND BOWL, C1760 AND C1775 painted with the Mansfield, Butterboat Mansfield, Willow Rock Bird or Dark Sprig Centre pattern, jug 80mm h, workman’s mark or crescent
Comparative Literature: S & I Sutherland Collection, Bonhams, 3 October 2007, lot 215; Massey (et al) Ceramics of Vauxhall Exhibition 2007, No 108, p.72. £200 - £300
Provenance: (butter boat) Simon Spero, November 1967, £4 10s 0d, (tray) Simon Spero February 1966, £2 15s 0d, (bowl) bought at Mountsorrel, November 1965, £0 15s 0d. £50 - £80
179 176 A LOWESTOFT SAUCER AND A WORCESTER TEA BOWL AND TWO SAUCERS, C1780 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Pagoda, Catkin Tree and Man Fishing or Fence patterns respectively, saucers 11.5 and 12cm diam, hatched crescent or unmarked
A WORCESTER SAUCER AND TWO TEA BOWLS, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Prunus Root, Peony or Printed Diaper Border patterns, saucer 11.5cm diam, crescent or unmarked Provenance: (Peony tea bowl) T E Law 1964, £0 2s 6d; (saucer) bought at Mountsorrel November 1965, £2 0s 0d. £50 - £70
£100 - £150
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TWO WORCESTER TEA BOWLS AND A COFFEE CUP, C1760 transfer printed with the Man in the Pavilion and Plantation Print patterns, coffee cup 60mm h, crescent or unmarked
A WORCESTER TEA BOWL AND SAUCER AND A REEDED EXAMPLE, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Cannonball or Diaper Border patterns, saucers 11.5 and 12.5cm diam, cresent or unmarked
Provenance: (cup) Simon Spero, March 1967, £1 15s 0d; (plantation ta bowl) Gilding’s Market Harborough 3 March 1992, £93. £60 - £80
Provenance: (Cannonball tea bowl and saucer) Simon Spero, March 1965, £3 15s 0d; Gilding’s, Market Harborough 1 September 1992, £46. £50 - £70
181 TWO WORCESTER SAUCERS AND A BOW SAUCER, C1760 AND C1765 painted in underglaze blue with the Cannonball, Zig-Zag Fence or Mansfield patterns, 11.5 and 12cm diam, workman’s mark or unmarked Provenance: (Bow saucer) Simon Spero, April 1967, £3 5s 0d. £50 - £70
184 A WORCESTER FEATHER MOULDED SUGAR BOWL AND COVER AND COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, C1765 painted in underglaze blue with the Feather Mould Floral pattern, sugar bowl and cover 10cm h, workman’s marks Provenance: (sugar bowl and cover) Simon Spero, November 1967, £6 10s 0d. £60 - £80
182 A WORCESTER COFFEE CUP, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Scalloped Peony pattern, 65mm h Provenance: Simon Spero September 1966, £2 15s 0d. £50 - £80
185 A WORCESTER FLUTED TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Hollow Rock Lily pattern, saucer 12cm diam, crescent Provenance: Simon Spero, October 1966, £6 15s 0d. £40 - £60
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186 A WORCESTER FEATHER MOULDED TRIO AND REEDED TEA BOWL AND SOCKETED SAUCER, C1760 painted in underglaze blue with the Feather Mould Floral or Border pattern, saucers 11.5-12cm diam, workman’s marks Provenance: (trio) Simon Spero: tea bowl - May 1966 £1 5s 0d, coffee cup - January 1966 £1 15s 0d, saucer - August 1967 £3 10s 0d; (reeded tea bowl and saucer) Simon Spero April 1967 £4 10s 0d.
189 TWO LOWESTOFT SAUCERS AND A TEA BOWL, ONE SAUCER C1775-80, THE OTHERS C1785-90 painted in underglaze blue with Chinese plants growing from a hollow rock or a Chinese river scene, saucers 11.5 and 12cm diam £100 - £150
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A LIVERPOOL TEAPOT AND COVER, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with a house on a promontory, stylised rocks and trees, 15cm h Provenance: Simon Spero, March 1965 £2 15s 0d.
A LIVERPOOL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Bird on a Branch pattern, saucer 12.5cm diam
£50 - £100
Provenance: Simon Spero, June 1967, £12 10s 0d. £60 - £80
188 A GROUP OF LIVERPOOL TEAWARE, LATE 18TH C transfer printed in underglaze blue with various patterns, including Profile Bud, largest saucer 13.5cm diam £50 - £100
191 A CAUGHLEY TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, LARGER TEA BOWL AND COFFEE CUP, C1790 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fenced Garden or Temple patterns, the blue and gilt cup with the Daffodil Painter Group pattern, saucer 12.5cm diam, S marks, the last unmarked Provenance: (respectively) Camden Passage £3 0s 0d, Cooper, Ilkley 1964 £1 5s 0d and Collins, Ilkley October 1967 £2 5s 0d. £60 - £80
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192 A CAUGHLEY TEA BOWL AND COFFEE CUP AND TWO WORCESTER TEA BOWLS, C1780-90 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Fisherman and Apple and Damsons patterns (Caughley) or Fisherman and Fruit and Wreath patterns (Worcester), cup 83mm h, printed marks or unmarked Provenance: (Caughley coffee cup and tea bowl and Worcester fisherman tea bowl) T E Law 1964, 10s, 10s and 2s 6d; (Fruit and Wreath tea bowl) Simon Spero, September 1966 £2 0s 0d. £50 - £100
195 A LIVERPOOL SCALLOPED SMALL PLATE, JAMES PENNINGTON, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Bird on a Branch pattern, 15.5cm diam Provenance: Simon Spero, January 1967 £4 10s 0d. £40 - £60
193 TWO DERBY TEA AND COFFEE CUPS AND AN ASPARAGUS SERVER, C1770 painted or transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Boy on a Buffalo and Floral patterns, coffee cup 70mm h Provenance: (respectively) Simon Spero, October 1978 £3 15s 0d, June 1967 £3 10s 0d and £4 10s 0d. £150 - £200
196 TWO LOWESTOFT COFFEE CUPS, ONE REEDED, A SAUCER AND BOWL, C1765 AND C1780 the saucer transfer printed, the others painted in underglaze blue with the Fence pattern, Peony and Fence, stylised flowers or reeded shape Border pattern, saucer 12cm diam, workman’s numeral or unmarked Provenance: (saucer) Simon Spero, May 1966, £3 10s 0d; (bowl) Simon Spero, January 1966, £1 10s 0d; (reeded cup) Simon Spero, April 1967, £2 15s 0d; (smaller coffee cup) Burgess, Market Harborough 1967, £5 (with two Lowestoft saucers). £80 - £120
194 TWO WORCESTER MUGS, C1770 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Natural Sprays Group pattern, 85mm h, crescent Provenance: Simon Spero, February 1965, £2 15s 0d and September 1968 £13 0s 0d. £50 - £100
197 TWO LOWESTOFT TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS, C1765 AND 80 painted in underglaze blue with a Chinese island scene with willow tree and hut or peony and hollow rock, saucers 11.5 and 12cm diam, painted numeral inside foot rim of the first Provenance: (the second) Simon Spero, November 1965 £4 10s 0d. £100 - £150
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198 A WORCESTER TEAPOT AND TEA BOWL, C1770 painted in underglaze blue with the Mansfield pattern, teapot 95mm h, crescent mark £40 - £60
201 A WORCESTER BALUSTER MUG, C1760-70 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Natural Sprays Group pattern, 15cm h, open crescent Provenance: R G Watson Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 April 1998, £167 £80 - £120
199 A LOWESTOFT TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, C1775 painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colours with the Redgrave Two-Bird pattern, saucer 12cm diam Provenance: Simon Spero, December 1965, £5 10s 0d. £100 - £150
202 A WORCESTER SPITTOON, C1775 transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Three Flowers pattern, 9.5cm h, hatched crescent £120 - £160
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A WORCESTER SALAD BOWL, CRESS DISH, PLATE AND TEAPOT AND COVER, C1770 AND C1780 painted or printed and painted in underglaze blue with floral prints, the Pinecone or Fence patterns, salad bowl 24cm diam, crescent marks
AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE, ‘Z’ CLASS, C1800 with bright purple bat prints and silver lustre borders, 15.5cm h (29) Provenance: Edith Campin of Cosby, 1986 £100 - £150
£50 - £70
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204 A JOHN ADAMS & CO PARIAN WARE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, C1851 in uniform wearing sash and orders, including that of the Golden Fleece, on socle, 36cm high, impressed ADAMS Adams exhibited his bust of Wellington at the Great Exhibition, 1851. Jewitt (Ceramic Art of Great Britain) observed Adams’ parian ware busts were “...remarkable for their truthfulness and artistic treatment.” £300 - £500
205 AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN PLAQUE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY painted with a portrait of a man traditionally said to be John Rose proprietor of the Coalport factory, bust length in a brown coat and white stock, gilt border, 73mm diam, ebonised frame Provenance: S M Collins, Ilkley, 13 April 1967 £5 £50 - £100
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A NEW HALL BLUE PRINTED HARD PASTE TRENCH MORTAR PATTERN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, C1790 with brown glazed rim, saucer 13cm diam and a group of contemporary, mainly Staffordshire, teaware (11)
FOUR STAFFORDSHIRE BONE CHINA BOTANICAL DESSERT PLATES, C1825 with gilt gadrooned rim, 22 and 22.5cm diam
£60 - £100
£50 - £100
208 A ROYAL CROWN DERBY GOLD AVES PATTERN TEA SERVICE AND TWO PLATES AND A DISH EN SUITE, 1962 dish later, dish 38cm, printed mark (30) £120 - £180
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Glass
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AN ENGLISH WINE GLASS, C1750 with drawn trumpet bowl on ‘mercury’ twist stem, 16.7cm h; and another, the fluted, rounded funnel bowl on incised twist stem, 15.5cm h
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF GEORGE III. A REGENCY COMMEMORATIVE GLASS RUMMER, DATED 1810 engraved with crown, palms, all seeing eye, cypher of George III and inscription Reign’d 50 years Octr 25 1810, on solid stem with flange knop and stepped foot, 18.5cm h
TWO GEORGE III WINE GLASSES, C1770 the Jacobite engraved ogee bowl with rose and bud, thistle and bird, on double series opaque twist stem and conical foot, 14.5cm h
£100 - £150
£80 - £120
£150 - £200
213 212 A SET OF FOUR MINIATURE CUT GLASS PRUSSIAN DECANTERS AND STOPPERS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with four faceted neck rings and strawberry-diamond cut band, star cut mushroom stopper, 20cm h
TWELVE ENGLISH GLASS RUMMERS, ALE AND OTHER DRINKING GLASSES, C1770-EARLY 19TH CENTURY to include two wrythen fluted ale glasses, dwarf ale glass with flared bowl and folded foot, one and a pair of Regency rummers and a bonnet glass engraved with festoon border, bonnet glass 80mm h
Provenance: Withers of Leicester, 15 May 1976, £37
Provenance: (seven glasses including the bonnet glass) W Harrison, Boscombe, 14 July 1973, £27
£100 - £150
£150 - £250
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Asian Art
214 AN HEXAGONAL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEA CADDY AND COVER painted with dogs of Fo and flowers, 19cm h, Guangxu mark £200 - £300
214B A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER TEA CHEST, MID 19TH CENTURY containing a pair of engraved pewter tea caddies and covers, on giltwood paw feet, 23.5cm l £100 - £150
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY the jar painted with four panels of objects reserved on a cracked ice ground, 31cm h, underglaze blue concentric circles
A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL JAR AND COVER 19TH CENTURY painted with a lady holding a flower alternating with floral panels, 14cm h
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, 6 February 2019, £950
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218 216 A CHINESE EXPORT IMARI BOTTLE (GUGLET) AND BOWL C1770 painted in iron red with peonies and other plants, hollow rock and fence, in underglaze blue cell diaper, bottle 25cm high
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BOWL, C1780 the exterior enamelled with two groups of figures divided by panels of flowers in iron red trellis border with vignette, inner spearhead border, 26cm diam Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 24 August 1995, £201 £50 - £80
Provenance: Cliff House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, Leicester, 25 November 1993, £413 £100 - £150
219 A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PUNCH BOWL, LATE 18TH CENTURY painted with a landscape and panelled diaper inner border, 38.5cm diam £200 - £300
217 A PAIR OF CANTON FAMILLE ROSE INVERTED BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS, MID 19TH CENTURY with gilt dog of Fo finial and applied gilt chilong to the shoulder, typically enamelled with alternate panels of scenes and birds and foliage, on a gilt ground of densely packed pink and green foliage and butterflies, 41cm high Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 3 September 2019, £590 £250 - £350
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ASIAN ART 220 A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND OTHER EXPORT TEAWARE, 18TH CENTURY including a Dragon pattern tea bowl and saucer, Chinese Imari and famille rose decoration, various sizes (17) £100 - £150
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A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD EXPORT LACQUER FAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY decorated to either side with a landscape, sticks 19.5cm l
A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD EXPORT LACQUER TABLE CABINET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the panelled doors enclosing five drawers, 39cm h
£100 - £150
£200 - £300
223 A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD EXPORT LACQUER BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY decorated on all four sides and fitted with a drawer, 34cm l Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 6 February 2019, lot 141, £400 £80 - £120
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SILHOUETTES
Silhouettes
226 224 W H BEAUMONT (FL. 1833-1850) SILHOUETTE OF ADMIRAL AND MRS LITTLEHALES seated full length at a table, cut paper, ink and touches of colour, 26.5 x 35.5cm, bird’s eye maple frame, with old indistinct inscription on the backboard dated 1849, collector’s label Provenance: Gutteridge Collection; Christie’s, November 7 1988, £669 £200 - £300
T LEWIS OF YORK (FL 1808-1830) SILHOUETTE OF A POLICEMAN; SILHOUETTE OF A LADY, POSSIBLY PENDANTS, C1830-35 full length in a street or before a fence, the first signed, cut paper, ink and white before grey wash or watercolour, 22.5 x 15.5cm and slightly smaller, bird’s eye maple frame as a pair, collector’s label Provenance: Hickman Collection; Christie’s, May 12, 1993, £223 Illustrated: McKechnie (S), British Silhouette Artists, p494, figs 878 and 879 Police Officers are an unusual subject in silhouettes; McKechnie points out that the uniform was introduced in 1829 whereas the costume and knot in the lady’s hair is more consistent with the 1830s £200 - £300
225 WILLIAM JAMES HUBARD (1807-1862) SILHOUETTES OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN, C1831-32 a pair, full length, cut paper, ink and watercolour before pencil, 26.5 x 17cm, bird’s eye maple frame, printed trade label No 5 to backboard Provenance: Christie’s November 19, 1992, £558 £250 - £350
227 CHARLES CHRISTIAN ROSENBERG (C1765-1830) AND THOMAS ELLIOTT ROSENBERG OF BATH (1790-1835) KING GEORGE III full length in the Windsor uniform, a cane in his left hand, on a terrace before trees, signed (C & T Rosenberg) and dated 1811, ink and watercolour heightened with gold, 29 x 20.5cm, rosewood frame Provenance: Cadeby Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, October 17, 1996, £782 £300 - £500
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF SIR WILLIAM HILLARY Bt, wearing his hair in a pigtail, in coat and cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 85 x 64mm, turned pearwood frame and verre eglomise, broken trade label inscribed with the sitter’s name and dated 1791, collector’s label
STUDIO OF JOHN MIERS (PROBABLY JOHN FIELD), C1790 SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN CALLED MR G CAUSTON wearing pigtail wig, coat and frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 87 x 70mm, pearwood frame and verre eglomise, part trade label No. 11 on reverse and later label “Mr G Causton maternal Grandfather to Samuel Truster”
JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing pigtail wig and cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 83 x 64mm, turned pearwood frame and flat eglomise, collector’s label
Provenance: The Jack Pollak Collection, Bonhams, 21 February 1996, £352 £150 - £250
Provenance: Jack Pollak Collection, Bonhams, 21 February 1996, £294 £120 - £180
Provenance: Bonhams, 11 February 1999, £494 £200 - £300
231 JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTES OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN pendants, the gentleman in pigtail wig, the lady with her hair a la conseillere and fichu, painted on plaster, oval, 87 x 66mm, pearwood frames and verre eglomise, one with broken trade label No. 10 Provenance: Bonhams, 30 June 1999, £822 £300 - £500
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN bare headed in coat and frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 88 x 61mm, pearwood frame with turned oval moulding and verre eglomise, part trade label No. 11 and collector’s label
JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTES OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN pendants, he bare headed in coat and frilled cravat, she with hair combed backwards and arranged in classical coils towards the back of the head, painted on plaster, oval, 65 x 80mm, matching papier mache frames with acorn hanger, broken or part trade label No. 11
Provenance: Nevill Jackson Collection; Christie’s South Kensington, 15 December 1992, £290
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington 12 May 1993, £670 £300 - £500
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing his hair in a pigtail, with frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 83 x 62mm, pearwood frame with turned oval moulding and verre eglomise, unbroken trade label No. 11
JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing his hair in a pigtail, in coat and cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 89 x 60mm, turned pearwood frame and verre eglomise, unbroken Miers trade label No. 11, indistinctly inscribed in pencil Thomas Hunt
JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A CHILD painted on plaster, oval, 89 x 69mm, hammered brass frame, broken trade label No. 11 and collector’s label
Provenance: Bonhams, 2 February 2000, £529
£120 - £180
Provenance: The Coppice, Rothley Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co 16 November 1995, £279. The sitter traditionally identified as of the Bateman family of Middleton Hall, Youlgrave, Derbyshire
Provenance: Nevill Jackson Collection; Frederick Joachim Collection, Christie’s South Kensington 2 May 1995, £335
£250 - £350
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237 JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTES OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN pendants, he wearing his hair in a pigtail, a coat with lapels and buttons, frilled cravat, she wearing a turban and dress with lace collar, painted on plaster, bronzed, oval, 80 x 61mm, matching papier mache frames with beaded surround and leaf hanger, broken trade labels No. 12 Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington 1 March 1994, £894 £400 - £600
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF MISS ENGLAND her hair a la conseillere with bow and fichu, painted on plaster, oval, 87 x 67mm, turned pearwood frame and verre eglomise, unbroken trade label No. 11 inscribed with the sitter’s name
JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing pigtail wig and frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 87 x 68mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise, broken trade label No 10
JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY her hair dressed in a hanging chignon with ribbons, and fichu, painted on plaster, oval, 87 x 68mm, turned pearwood frame and verre eglomise, trade label No. 10
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington 20 April 1993, £167
Provenance: Bonhams 27 February 2007, £765
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Provenance: Bonhams 27 February 2007, £543 £200 - £300
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY her hair a la conseillere and wearing a fichu, painted on plaster, oval, 88 x 67mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise, trade label No. 10
MIERS AND FIELD (FL. 1823-1829) SILHOUETTE OF MRS WEYMOUTH in lace bonnet and dress with frilled collar, painted on plaster, bronzed, oval, 80 x 65mm, papier mache frame with leaf hanger, broken trade label No. 1 and old hand written label
JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) IN THE STUDIO OF JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY wearing a bouffant and gauze indoor cap and hair in a banging chignon, painted on plaster, oval, 89 x 62mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise, broken trade label No. 11 and collectors label inscribed Sept 45
Provenance: Bonhams 27 February 2007, £555 £200 - £300
Provenance: Frederick Joachim Collection, Christie’s South Kensington 2 May 1995, £335. The handwritten label reads “Mrs Weymouth, nee Beach, was a niece of my great grandfather William Beach J H... Campbell”
Provenance: Christie Collection, Bonhams, 22 February 2005, £307 £150 - £250
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242 JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing his hair in a pigtail, a coat and frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 85 x 65mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise, broken trade label No 10 £200 - £300
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JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) IN THE STUDIO OF JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF MRS SYMONDS wearing a bandeau in her hair, painted on plaster, oval, 85 x 67mm, broken trade label No. 11
JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) OR J THOMASSON (FL. 1786-C1800) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY wearing her hair a la conseillere and straw hat with bands and bows, frilled dress with further bows, painted on plaster, 8 x 26mm, in gold brooch
Provenance: Bonhams 14 June 2000, £352 £150 - £200
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 2004, £764 £300 - £500
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CHARLES CHRISTIAN ROSENBERG (C1765-1830) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN in pigtail wig and cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 49 x 35mm, gold frame with bright cut reverse containing gold initials J M G over plaited hair
HOUGHTON AND BRUCE (FL. C17921796) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing pigtail wig and a frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 82 x 61mm, turned pearwood frame and verre eglomise with almost complete trade label and collector’s label
MRS ISABELLA BEETHAM (C1753-1825) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN CALLED JOHN in pigtail wig and coat with fraud lapel, painted on glass, oval, 80 x 65mm, turned pearwood frame with (re-mounted) contemporary label John - 1793
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 29 June 2006, £494 £200 - £300
Provenance: Christie Collection (November 1942); Bonhams 22 February 2005, £860
Provenance: Shirley North Collection, Bonhams 14 June 2000, £188 £100 - £150
£250 - £350
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HOUGHTON AND BRUCE (FL. C17921796) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing a coat, painted on plaster, 90 x 69mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise, trade label and collectors label
HOUGHTON AND BRUCE (FL. C17921796) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN wearing his hair in a ‘military queue’ and a long frilled cravat, painted on plaster, oval, 93 x 62mm, turned pearwood frame with verre eglomise
MRS ISABELLA BEETHAM (C1753-1825) SILHOUETTE OF A BOY CALLED GILBERT with curly long hair, in a jacket with frilled collar, on glass, oval, 80 x 67mm, turned pearwood frame with (re-mounted) old handwritten label
Provenance: Jack Pollak Collection, Bonhams 21 February 1996, £117 £100 - £150
Provenance: Shirley North Collection, Bonhams 14 June 2000, £352
Provenance: Shirley North Collection, Bonhams 14 June 2000, £188 £100 - £150
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MRS ISABELLA BEETHAM (C1753-1825) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY a spotted bandeau in her curly long hair, on glass, oval, 73 x 60mm, turned pearwood frame with unbroken trade label with contemporary indistinct inscription and date 1795
T RIDER (FL. C1786-C1800) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY her hair a la conseillere, painted on glass, oval, 87 x 66mm, turned pearwood frame with broken trade label No. 1 and collector’s label
MRS MARY LIGHTFOOT (FL. C1785) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY wearing ribbon bows in her hair and fichu, painted on plaster, oval, 86 x 69mm, hammered brass frame with broken trade label
Provenance: Arthur Mayne Collection; Sue McKechnie Collection; Shirley North Collection, sold Bonhams 14 June 2000, £176
Provenance: Barrow on Soar House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 22 June 1995, £480
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington 19 November 1991, £424 £200 - £300
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JOHN MIERS (C1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN bare headed in coat and frilled cravat, painted on plaster, bronzed, oval, 80 x 62mm, papier mache frame with rose hanger, broken trade label No. 12 and typed note of provenance
CHARLES CHRISTIAN ROSENBERG (C1765-1830) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY wearing a cap and fichu with large bow, painted on glass, oval, 89 x 64mm, turned pearwood frame, broken trade label No. 2
THOMAS WHEELER (FL. C1783-C1810) SILHOUETTE OF A LADY wearing her hair in a banging chignon and indoor cap, painted on card, oval, 75 x 55mm, hammered brass frame and verre eglomise
Provenance: Frederick Joachim Collection, Christie’s South Kensington 2 May 1995, £229
Provenance: Bonhams, 22 February 2005, £368
Provenance: The collection of Nelson memorabilia. Sir Henry Sutcliffe Smith (1864-1938) of Ingerthorpe Grange, Harrogate; with Blairman & Sons Limited, Harrogate, July 1950; Christie’s South Kensington 15 December 1992, £469
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JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) SILHOUETTE OF MRS HENRY LLOYD her hair dressed in the Apollo knot with high comb, wearing pendant earring, coral necklace and empire dress, painted on card, bronzed, 79 x 64mm, papier mache frame with leaves hanger and the sitter’s visiting card inscribed in ink ‘This portrait was taken in 1833’
ENGLISH PROFILIST, C1830 SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN bust length in a top hat, painted on card, bronzed, 87 x 72mm, reeded ebonised frame with embossed brass corner rosettes Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 19 November 1991 £100 - £150
Provenance: Gosford Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co 22 March 1990, £512 £150 - £250
262 260 JOHN FIELD (1772-1848) SILHOUETTE OF A NAVAL OFFICER OF FLAG RANK painted on card, bronzed, 86 x 69mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger, unbroken trade label and collector’s label
JOHN MIERS (C.1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF DR ANTONIO HOMFRAY wearing a coat and stock, painted plaster, bronzed, oval, 82 x 65mm, papier mache frame with gilt brass surround and acanthus hanger, unbroken trade label inscribed with the sitters name Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 20 April 1993, £245
Provenance: Gutteridge Collection, Christie’s 7 November 1988, £468
Dr Antonio Homfray (1799-1843) was born at Llandaff House, Cardiff, the son of Sir Jeremiah Homfray, Ironmonger, and his wife Mary, nee Richards. He died at Genoa.
Illustrated: McKechnie (S) - British Silhouette Artists, p473, fig.754
£120 - £180
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264 263 JOHN MIERS (C.1758-1821) SILHOUETTE OF MRS HENRY REYNOLDS her hair dressed in antique Roman style wearing a drop earring and lace trimmed dress, painted and bronzed on plaster, oval, 80 x 65mm, papier mache frame with gilt brass surround and acanths hanger, broken trade label No. 12 inscribed with the sitter’s name and collector’s label on reverse Provenance: Gutteridge Collection, Christie’s 7 November 1988, £312 £120 - £180
ENGLISH PROFILIST 1839 POST MORTEM SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN painted on card, 103 x 84mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger, inscribed on the reverse Obit March 8th 1839, likeness was taken after death, a pair of silhouettes of a lady and a gentleman in a top hat, c1870, cut paper, a silhouette of a boy, c1820, cut paper and a later silhouette of a young man, cut paper, bronzed, papier mache or ebonised frames (5) Provenance: (pair) Christie’s South Kensington, 19 November 1991; (last) A T Sylvester Solihull 18 May 1968, £5 10s 0d £120 - £160
265 E WHITTLE (FL. C1830-1850) SILHOUETTE OF A GENTLEMAN cut paper, oval, 72 x 59mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger, two contemporary silhouettes of a lady and gentleman, both bronzed and one other, c1810, a gentleman painted on card (4) Provenance: (E Whittle) Francis Gee of Keswick, 26 October 1974, £17; (gentleman, painted) Lita Kaye, 20 May 1982, £25 £100 - £150
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ABRAHAM DANIEL (C1760-1803) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in a white mob cap tied with a ribbon, black dress and white shawl, oval, 48 x 39mm, in gold slide with plaited hair
JOHN JUKES (1772-1831) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN with powdered hair, in a blue coat and white stock, sky background, signed with initials and dated 1797, 69 x 54mm, gold frame with two locks of hair tied with metal thread and seed pearls on opalescent glass within a blue glass surround
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 25 March 2010 £482 £150 - £250
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 September 2011, £701 £400 - £600
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ANGLO-DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in slashed doublet and lawn collar, oil on copper, oval, 75 x 60mm, silver frame
THOMAS HAZLEHURST (C.1740-1821) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY with powdered hair, in a blue dress, sky background, 53 x 42mm, gold frame, scarlet morocco case
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 19 September 2019, £620
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 15 September 2016, £521
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in a white dress, 74 x 60mm, gold frame, with locks of hair tied with metal thread and seed pearls on opalescent glass
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN with powdered hair, in blue coat and white cravat, oval, 53 x 43mm, gold frame
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 18 September 2013, £290
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271 JOHN NEWMAN HOLROYD RBA (1881-1954) PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF LADIES both seated half length, each in a white gown, one in a purple jacket and jewellery, both signed, one dated 01, 68 x 56mm and 69 x 54mm, giltmetal frames (2)
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Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 2 July 2010, £723
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in a white dress, oval, 41 x 30mm, gold frame with initials J A in seed pearls over plaited hair in blue glass surround
£200 - £300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY wearing pearls in her long light brown hair, in white chemise, oval, 83 x 52mm, gold frame with plaited hair
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER with dark brown hair, in scarlet tunic with dark blue lapels, sky background, signed with a monogram, oval, 63 x 50mm, giltmetal frame with bevelled blue glass back
£150 - £250
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018, £806 £250 - £350
275 ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1790 PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in a white dress and pearls in her curly light brown hair, sky background, ivory, oval, 59 x 49mm, giltmetal frame with glazed back over hair Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 20 March 2019, £1488 £400 - £600
277 ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER in scarlet coat with white facings, silver epaulette, white cross belt and gilt plate, frilled chemise and black stock, powered hair, sky background, oval, 69 x 58mm, giltmetal frame with initials MC in seed pearls over plaited hair in blue glass surround Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018, £806 £300 - £500
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ANDREW PLIMER (1763-1837) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF EMMA, LADY HAMILTON in white dress with red waist band and coral beads in her powdered hair, oval, 72 x 58mm, gold frame engraved Lady Hamilton Andrew Plimer, glazed back over plaited hair
RICHARD CROSSE (1742-1810) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in a lace trimmed white dress and fichu, bodice laced in blue, pearl earrings and necklace, oval, 53 x 42mm, gold frame with bright cut border, the reverse engraved with monogram EBA
Provenance: William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878-1944); ParkeBernet, New York 21-22 May 1948, lot 240; anon sale Sotheby’s, 19 November 1984, lot 492 (and illustrated in the Company’s Year Book, 1984); sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018, £1612
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018, £930 £300 - £500
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281 279 PETER HOLLAND (1757-C1812) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY in frilled white dress with pale blue waistband, sky background, oval, 64 x 51mm, giltmetal frame with glazed reverse over plaited hair
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A MAN CALLED OLIVER GOLDSMITH with powdered hair, in a green coat and white stock, oval, 41 x 32mm, gold frame engraved “Oliver Goldsmith 1769” Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 26 November 2010, £602 £200 - £300
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018, £471 £250 - £350
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1780 PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN with powdered light grey hair, grey coat and white stock, shaded background, oval, 3.9 x 3.1cm, giltmetal fausse montre frame with gold initials RC over plaited hair
GERVASE SPENCER (1715-1763) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in red coat and black stock, signed with initials and dated 1752, oval, 2.7 x 2.3cm, giltmetal frame
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 20 March 2019, £186
£200 - £300
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2016, £420
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285 283 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER in uniform and powdered wig, navette shaped, 32 x 20mm, gold and blue enamel frame
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in blue coat with brass buttons and black collar and white cravat, sky background, oval, 75 x 60mm, giltmetal frame £150 - £200
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN his powdered hair en queue, in a blue coat with brass buttons, yellow waistcoat and white stock, 73 x 60mm, gold frame with locks of hair tied with metal thread and seed pearls on opalescent glass
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY wearing a white bow in her light brown hair, in white dress, sky background, oval, 75 x 61mm, gold frame with plaited hair £200 - £300
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 18 September 2013, £290 £200 - £300
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287 RICHARD COSWAY RA (1742-1821) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY with powdered hair, in a white dress and cap with blue bow, sky background, oval, 68 x 47mm, gold frame with plaited hair in blue glass surround
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS FERRIERE (1752-1839) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in a dark blue coat and white stock, 62 x 50mm, gold frame with plaited hair Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 7 December 2006, £705 £300 - £500
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2016, £1140 £500 - £700
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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS RICHMOND (1771-1837) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in a dark brown coat and white stock, sky background, 70 x 58mm, gold frame, the gold initials A L on blue glass encircled by plaited hair Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 7 December 2006, £764
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1858 PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF FREDERICK EUSTACE ARBUTHNOT WOLLASTON, AGED 5 half length before trees, oval, 89 x 71mm, silver gilt frame engraved Frerick G[sic] A Wollaston of Shenton Hall brother of Catherine A L Hanmer aged 5, hallmarked London 1904
£300 - £500
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 June 2016, £900 £300 - £500
291 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY her long dark hair tied with a ribbon and curling over her left shoulder, in white dress, sky background, 67 x 50mm, gold frame with plaited hair Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 16 September 2011, £484 £300 - £500
293 CHARLES HAYTER (1761-1835) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY OF THE AYTON OR WHITAKER FAMILIES in white lace trimmed black dress, her hair dressed with pearls and black lace, sky background, artist’s printed trade label on card backing, oval, 86 x 70mm, papier mache frame with leaves hanger Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 1999 £632 £200 - £300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY with long auburn hair, in pink gown with neckerchief and mob cap, oval, 68 x 53mm, papier mache frame, by W Hill Birmingham
CHARLES HAYTER (1761-1835) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE AYTON OR WHITAKER FAMILIES in a brown coat and white stock, sky background, signed and dated 1805, signed and dated again and inscribed on the card backing painted by C Hayter 42 Margaret St Cav Sqr London 1805, 85 x 58mm, papier mache frame with leaves hanger
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 5 August 1993 £89 £80 - £120
Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 1999, £575 £200 - £300
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CHARLES HAYTER (1761-1835) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF MR ESDAILE OF MISSENDEN ABBEY in a blue coat and white stock, sky background, signed and dated 1805, oval, 82 x 65mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger
FREDERICK BUCK (1771-1840) PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 64 X 52mm, bright cut gold frame with hair reverse
Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 1999, £460
£250 - £350
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 12 June 2014 £605
£200 - £300
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300 SAMUEL ANDREWS (1767-1807) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN profile, in coat and cravat, rectangular, 80 x 62mm, papier mache frame with leaves hanger
298 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER in blue tunic with silver lace, sky background, oval, 90 x 70mm, papier mache frame with leaf hanger
Provenance: Bonhams, 19 June 1996 £376 £200 - £300
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 19 September 2019, £248 £200 - £300
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299 JOHN BARRY (C1784-1827) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY with powdered hair, in light blue dress with fichu, oval, 62 x 50mm, papier mache frame with leaf hanger Provenance: Christie’s, 23 October 1989 £446 £200 - £300
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CAPTAIN BRIDGES JOHN HOOKE OF THE 34TH REGIMENT bust length in uniform, 145 x 100mm, with engraved silver tablet “Lieutenant Bridges John Hooke 34th Regiment from a miniature dated about 1824 in possession of his son Colonel Hodson Hooke late commanding 45th Regiment District” and on another “Presented to the Officers Mess 1st Border Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel A E St V Pollard”, mounted in velvet surround and varnished oak frame Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 28 November 2018 £1364 Bridges John Hooke was born at Godmanchester in 1801, the son of Bridges David Hooke, Captain, Royal Artillery (1764-1831) and his wife Mary Anne, nee Hodson. B J Hooke married Frances Margaret Bourne (1809-1880) and died at Dublin in 1864. In 1828 Lieutenant Hooke was advanced to the rank of Captain, by purchase £400 - £600
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302 J OR T WHEELER (FL. 1817-45) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY her dark hair in ringlets, with gold earrings and wearing a decollete white dress and jewels, signed on the card backing Painted by J [or T] Wheeler 55 Regent - Street June 1833, 79 x 61mm, scarlet morocco case
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Provenance: Number Forty (Antiques) Limited, Alresford, 6 September 1960 £16
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF JOHN CHANDLER in powdered wig and blue lined brown coat, oval, 50 x 41mm, turned pearwood frame with possibly 18th c ink inscription on the reverse John Chandler Father of Jas Chandler
£100 - £150
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 30 July 1991, £122 £100 - £150
303 WILLIAM BATE (FL C1799-C1845) AFTER JEAN PETITOT ANNE ‘NINON’ DE L’ENCLOS (1620-1705) signed on the counter enamel Painted by W Bate Painter in Enamel to HRH Princess Elizabeth from Petitot’s in the King’s Collection of the Ninon de L’enclos, turned contraposto in a blue robe and pearl necklace and pearl filet, 4.8 x 4cm, gold frame Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 13 September 2013, £1573 The original miniature attributed to Petitot is in the Louvre (No.35715). The subject was a favourite of 18th and 19th century copyists and recorded examples include another in enamel by Henry Bone, signed and dated 1807 set in the lid of a gold snuff box (Wallace Collection, London). Further examples are in the Victoria & Albert Museum (No 940-1868) and the Musee Condé, Chantilly.
305 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN bust length in black stock and coat, 76 x 60cm, papier mache frame with leaves hanger Provenance: Bought at Bournemouth, c1970, £10. £60 - £80
Anne ‘Ninon’ de l’Enclos (1620-1705) was one of the brightest ornaments of 17th century Parisian life. She embodied beauty, wit and influence at the highest levels of society. A free thinker, author and courtesan, she lived to be over 80 and amassed great wealth £300 - £500 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
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306 J T MITCHELL (FL. 1798-1830) PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF THREE YOUNG LADIES OF THE GILBERT FAMILY in profile, in similar white dresses and coral beads, a set and presumably sisters, the artist’s printed trade label on the reverse, 73 x 60mm and circa, matching papier mache frames with gilt brass surround and rose and thistle hangers Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 25 November 2015, £396 £200 - £300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A BOY wearing a ruff, in blue coat, sky background, oval, 72 x 59mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF FATHER JAMES PARKER, S J OF BRISTOL in dark blue coat, blue striped waistcoat and white stock, oval, 97 x 80mm, papier mache frame with acorn hanger, his holograph signature Deus Semper J Parker and in another hand Rev J Parker died 1823 on the reverse
SYDNEY SLADE (FL. 1908-1919) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GIRL half length in a red sweater, signed and dated ‘09, 76 x 61mm, giltmetal frame
£120 - £160
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 22 September 2005, £564. £150 - £200
Provenance: Amherst [presumably Francis Amherst, T.O. S.D. (1819-1883)]; Thomas Finney, Marlborough, 13 August 1971, £32. James Parker S J (1747-1822) for many years chaplain to the Countess of Shaftesbury £100 - £150
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DICKENSONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF COLONEL PARKER in uniform, sky background, 100 x 78mm, gold frame engraved Col Parker commanding 18th Hussars 1889, maker’s silk lined scarlet morocco case
ANDREW PLIMER (1763-1837) PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER bust length with powdered hair, in blue coat and white stock, sky background, oval, 82 x 71mm, gold frame, the reverse with plaited hair
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 2 December 2004, £494
Provenance: Christie’s 7 November 1988, £1059.
£150 - £200
Exhibited: Crediton Arts Exhibition, No. 7 £600 - £800
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ALEXANDER GALLAWAY (FL. C1794-1812) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF DOCTOR PETER WRIGHT PHYSICIAN TO THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND WHO ATTENDED THE BIRTH OF QUEEN VICTORIA half length in his library, in black coat and white stock holding a book with Arabic inscription before bookcase and drapery, signed with initials and dated 1790 on the reverse, 92 x 80mm, later rectangular silver gilt frame marked Silver Hoiman
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY BONE RA (1755-1834) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS in uniform, the gold epaulette with garter star on strap, enamel, 115 x 90mm, giltwood frame with beaded border Provenance: Phillips, Son & Neale, 3 July 2001, £2234 £600 - £800
Provenance: Christie’s 23 October 1989, £468 £250 - £350
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Provenance: Sotheby’s, 3 June 1992, £1396
SIR GEORGE HAYTER K.S.L. (1792-1871) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF GENERAL GEORGE HENRY VANSITTART bust length in a coat with fur collar and black stock before red drapery, signed and dated on the card backing This miniature is a copy by George Hayter M.A.S.L. from an oil portrait which he painted from memory never having seen Genl Vansittart but once 4 years previously to painting it 1826 G. H., 125 x 105mm, ormolu frame, the back engraved General George Henry Vansittart born July 17th 1768 died February 4th 1824 after being 38 years in His Majesty’s service
£800 - £1,200
£400 - £600
314 HENRY BONE RA (1755-1834) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN in blue coat and waistcoat with black collar and white stock, signed on the counter enamel and dated 1797, 96 x 76mm, copper gilt frame
315 GERRIT KAMPHUIS (FL. C1761-1772) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF JOHANN CAREL VAN ALDER OF DELFT half length in powdered wig and brown coat, signed, dated 3 September 1761 and inscribed on the playing card backing, 54 x 71mm, giltmetal frame Provenance: Lita Kaye, 23 September 1972, £39 £120 - £180
317 ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A MAN CALLED ANTHONY RHUDDE bust length in a brown coat and white stock, with initial E and date (possibly 1804), oval, 75 x 59mm, later ormolu strut frame Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold Gilding’s, Market Harborough 13 July 2010, £646. There is no record of Anthony Rhudde in Engleheart’s fee book, however this portrait is unlikely to be of him since he would have been 66 in 1804 £300 - £500
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ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A TURK bust length in fez and robes with the hilt of a dagger, 150 x 122mm, papier mache frame with rose hanger
ENGLISH NAÏVE ARTIST, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN oval, 55 x 45mm, papier mache frames with acorn hanger, a miniature of a gentleman called B H Brown, 1820, papier mache frame by W Hill Birmingham, a lady by M B Browne (1782-1852), horn frame and five various other miniatures (9)
£100 - £150
Provenance: (pair of naïve miniatures) A T Sylvester & Sons, Solihull, 13 July 1968, £15 10s 0d £150 - £200
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MARIA ANN CHALON (1797-1877) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY OF THE MAINWARING FAMILY bust length, wearing her dark hair in ringlets, with earrings, ivory satin dress and pearls, signed and dated on the card backing Painted by Maria Chalon 1829, 111 x 87mm, scarlet morocco case
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A BOY half length, feigned oval, old inscription on the backboard ‘John Warren my grand father’, pastel, 23. x 17.5cm
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co 14 December 2000, £596
Provenance: Bought at Alresford, c1970 £100 - £150
£250 - £350
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324 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAITS OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN pendants, seated half length, she in a black dress, shawl and bonnet tied with a bow, he in a black coat and cravat, watercolour, 21 x 17.5cm (2) £120 - £180
322 FREDERICK ROE RI (1864-1947) PORTRAIT STUDY OF KING GEORGE VI half length in uniform, signed and dated 1941, watercolour and bodycolour on coloured paper, 30 x 19.5cm £150 - £250
325 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY PORTRAITS OF THE REVEREND DR DURAND RHUDDE AND HIS BROTHER ANTHONY RHUDDE a pair, bust length, pastel, oval, 26 x 20cm (2) Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, July 13, 2010, £423
323 ATTRIBUTED TO SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945) HEAD OF A MAN numbered 43 in pencil verso and Price 12 gns, red chalk, 22 x 18.5cm
The Revd Durand Rhudde, DD (1734-1819), Rector of East Bergholt, Suffolk and Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III. A wealthy and controlling man, Rhudde was strongly opposed to the marriage of his granddaughter Maria Bicknell to the artist John Constable on the grounds that Constables’ father and he had quarrelled, Maria’s family were socially superior whereas the Constables were ‘trade’ and John Constable was a friend of an atheist. When they eventually married, in spite of his long hostility to the union, in 1816, Rhudde accepted the fact and was to bequeath Maria Constable £4000 on his death three years later. Rhudde married Mary Shergold (1738-1811). Their daughter Harriet married Edward Farnham of Quorndon, Leicestershire. His brother Anthony (1738-1816) lived at Uttoxeter House, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire £250 - £350
Provenance: Oxton Grange Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, July 20, 1995, £78 £50 - £100
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MARY SOUTHWELL (1766-1789) A YOUNG WOMAN CLASPING A DOVE TO HER BOSSOM pastel, 60 x 45cm
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY THE 1ST KING’S DRAGOON GUARDS AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 18TH JUNE 1815 oil on panel, 21 x 19.5cm
Provenance: (by repute) Lord de Clifford; the Manor House, Dunton Bassett House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, November 29, 1990, £602
Provenance: The Parker Gallery, London
£400 - £600
£150 - £200
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T ZABINSKI (FL. C1870) AFTER RAPHAEL MADONNA DI FOLIGNO signed, dated 1871 and inscribed Roma, watercolour, arched top, 55 x 37cm
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN three quarter length in a brown coat, oil on canvas, 28 x 23.5cm
Provenance: Ethel Holyoak
£100 - £150
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, February 7, 1991, £152
£100 - £150
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331 329 BRITISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN seated half length in a black coat and black stock before drapery, oil on panel, 23.5 x 18cm £150 - £200
Provenance: J W Blanchard Ltd, April 5 1963, £20 £500 - £700
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330 AFTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER half length, feigned oval, 35 x 27cm Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms 26th November 2010 lot 557, £1808 £600 - £800
FOLLOWER OF ALAN RAMSAY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE STEWART FAMILY OF BAULCHIN PERTHSHIRE half length, in a dark brown coat and white stock, his right elbow resting on a ledge, oil on canvas, 72 x 62cm
ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1690 PORTRAIT OF SUSANNA CRAWLEY-BOEVEY bust length in a white dress with blue mantle and black lace headdress, feigned oval, oil on canvas, 74 x 61cm, carved, gilded and sanded frame Provenance: Bruton, Knowles & Co, By direction of Sir Lance V. H. Crawley Boevey, Bt, the Contents of Flaxley Abbey, on the premises, March 29-1 April and 4-5 April 1960, Sixth Day’s Sale, lot 1327 (as ‘English School c1740’) bt. F. Baden Watkins; thence by descent in the Watkins family until sold in these ‘rooms 4 March 2015, lot 111, £900 Susanna Lloyd was the daughter of John Lloyd and Susanna Holier. She married Thomas Crawley (Crawley-Boevey from 1726) son of Thomas Crawley and Mary Bonnell in 1701/2. She died in 1739. £500 - £700
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333 BRITISH SCHOOL, 18TH C PORTRAIT OF CLERGYMAN bust length, oil on canvas, 73 x 60cm, carved and gilded panel frame
FOLLOWER OF GERRIT VAN HONTHORST PORTRAIT OF PRINCE RUPERT, COUNT PALATINE bust length in armour and lace jabot, feigned oval, oil on canvas, 76 x 63cm, unframed Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, September 24, 2004, lot 724 (in Sunderland frame; see lot 336) £1058 £200 - £300
£400 - £600
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF MARY, MRS JAMES COATES half length in a brown dress and pearl earrings, holding a miniature of man, oil on canvas, feigned oval, 87 x 69cm, with old handwritten label preserved on the stretcher “Mary wife of James Coates Esquire of Thornton-le-”
PICTURE FRAME. AN ENGLISH CARVED AND GILDED WOOD SUNDERLAND FRAME, C1700 73 x 60.5cm
Provenance: W F Greenwood & Sons Ltd, York, April 26, 1974, £105
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, September 24, 2004 (with lot 335 above), £1058 £200 - £300
£500 - £700
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AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF MARY PRINCESS ROYAL AND JAMES DUKE OF YORK three quarter length, from van Dyck’s The Five Eldest Children of Charles I, 1637, oil on canvas, 89 x 58.5cm
STUDIO OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH VISCOUNTESS DUNBAR bust length in a yellow gown with pearls, her hair curling over her right shoulder, feigned oval with early inscription Elizabeth Viscount’s Dunbar daughter of the Earl Lindsay when this was drawn aged - AD 17n, oil on canvas, 74 x 61cm
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, February 27, 2009, £1561
Provenance: Sale at Appleby Magna, Heathcote Ball & Co, April 10, 1987, £3278
£500 - £700
£1,000 - £1,500
339 PHILLIP MERCIER (1689-1760) PORTRAIT OF THOMAS SAMWELL half length in a green coat with silver brocade facings, feigned oval, signed and dated Ph Mercier pinxit/Ano 1738, inscribed upper left Thos Samwell Esqr., 76 x 63cm, carved and gilded panel frame Provenance: Hesilrige family until sold at the Contents of Noseley Hall, Leicestershire, Sotheby’s, September 28, 1998, £8233 £2,500 - £3,500
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ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN FRANCOIS DE TROY (1679-1752) PORTRAIT OF A CARMELITE MONK oil on canvas, 38.5 x 36cm
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN bust length in tweed coat, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Provenance: J W Blanchard Ltd, September 20, 1974, £150
Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, November 14, 1972, £145
£500 - £700
£250 - £350
341 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF EMILY LEVESON-GOWER half length in a white dress and jewellery, holding a drawing board and crayon, oil on panel, 35 x 30cm Emily Eliza Josephine Leveson-Gower (1811-1872) was the second daughter of Sir Francis Doyle, Bt, by his wife Diana, daughter of Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Bt. She married William LevesonGower of Titsey Place, Surrey, fifth son of John, first Earl of Gower, on June 17th 1834. Provenance: Sturton Hall House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, October 15, 1998, £1117 £400 - £600 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
343 MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1766-1821) PORTRAIT OF A LADY AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER small full length, each in white dress, the lady in a turban and jewellery, the little girl holding her doll, a house beyond, signed (Matt Haughton dlin’t) and dated 1811, oil on canvas, 46.5 x 37cm Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, July 21 1973, £230 £200 - £400 85
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346 AN ENGLISH CARVED AND GILDED WOOD PICTURE FRAME, LATE 18TH CENTURY sight 39.5 x 49cm
344 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER bust length in a red tunic with gold facings, epaulettes and white shoulder belt, landscape background, oil on canvas, 74 x 61.5cm
Provenance: Bonhams, April 21, 1988, £245 £100 - £150
Provenance: Yellow Lantern Antiques Ltd, Hove, Sussex, August 7, 1997, £1800 £800 - £1,200
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN seated half-length in black coat and stock and grey trousers, before red drapery, oil on canvas, 28.5 x 22.5cm
AFTER CARLO DOLCI ALLEGORY OF POESY oil on canvas, 59 x 45.5cm
Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, November 5, 1974, £220
£300 - £400
Provenance: Desmond & Nutcher, January 29, 1963, £15.
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348 BRITISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A LADY TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS MRS WAYNE, NEE METCALF (B1726) bust length in a pink dress with green drapery and pearl earrings, feigned oval, 74 x 62cm, contemporary ebonised cavetto frame with sanded slip, an old label on the stretcher inscribed, probably in the 19th c, “Mrs Wayne’s portrait” Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these ‘rooms July 4, 2008, lot £1567 £500 - £700
350 ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1680 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN bust length in a satin gown, oval, 73.5 x 60cm, giltwood frame Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, December 12, 2000, lot 1173, £2352 £700 - £900
349 BRITISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A LADY TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS MRS ELIOT, NEE METCALF (B1726) bust length in a pale grey satin gown, pearl earrings and blue drapery, feigned oval, oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm, contemporary ebonised frame with sanded slip, an old label on the stretcher inscribed “Mrs Eliot’s portrait” Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter until sold in these ‘rooms, July 4, 2008, lot £1205 £500 - £700 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
351 AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK HEAD OF KING CHARLES I oval, oil on canvas, 44.5 x 37cm, early 19th century giltwood and composition frame with printed trade label of J Bennett, Carver Gilder and Japanner, 73 East Hill, Colchester Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, May 22, 1997, £558 £250 - £350 87
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352 TILLY KETTLE (1735-1786) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN SAID TO BE EYLES IRWIN half length in a gold trimmed light coloured coat and white stock holding open book in his right hand, oil on canvas, 71 x 59cm Provenance: The Old Customs House, Lymington, February 17, 1976, £345 Eyles Irwin (1751-1817), Poet. The present portrait, if of Irwin, is likely to have been painted in India in the 1770’s £3,000 - £5,000
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353 WALTER STUART LLOYD ARBA (18751929) SUNSET ST IVES CAMBRIDGESHIRE signed and dated 1891, oil on canvas, 74.5 x 126cm Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, December 3, 2004, £1293 £1,000 - £1,500
354 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND LIVESTOCK; A WOMAN AND CHILD ON A RURAL PATH a pair, oil on canvas, 28.5 x 39.5cm (2) Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, March 24, 2015, £708 £300 - £500
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EDWIN FREDERICK HOLT (1830-1912) THE WEST FRONT OF BRANCEPETH CASTLE, DURHAM signed, dated 187- and inscribed Prize Medal RA, with further inscriptions verso in a contemporary hand, oil on artist’s board, 33 x 32cm
F CLARKE (FL. MID 19TH C) PORTRAIT OF A STALLION AND ITS GROOM IN PARKLAND, A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE signed and dated 1857, oil on canvas, 61 x 74cm
£100 - £200
£400 - £600
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Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, January 2, 1976, £475
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First Generation Computing, Clocks and Scientific Instruments
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A MAHOGANY BAROGRAPH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with lacquered brass mechanism, beneath glazed cover, 37.5cm l
AN ENGLISH BRASS 1½ INCH REFRACTING TELESCOPE, DOLLOND, LONDON, C1820 with rackwork focusing, on cradle and compass joint, tapered pillar and folding tripod, fitted mahogany box, 55.5cm long
£200 - £300
Provenance: Cliff House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, November 26, 1993, £402 £150 - £200
359 AN ENGLISH BAR LIMB MICROSCOPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with eyepieces and objectives, mechanical stage and plano / concave mirror, on ‘Y’ shaped low tripod, with several accessories, including bullseye condenser, in fitted mahogany case, case 9cm h £200 - £300
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A MAHOGANY AND BRASS BALLOONIST’S BAROMETER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the angled, silvered scale and mercury thermometer enclosed by a shutter, the cylindrical mahogany case branded with a scale and No 66, 94cm h excluding suspension ring
AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY EXPOSED TUBE STICK OR CISTERN BAROMETER, WHITEHURST DERBY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the silvered register with vernier and alcohol thermometer, having open triangular pediment and feather banded stem, the bun cistern cover with barber pole stringing, 96cm high
A MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID BAROMETER, PENSOTTI & COMOLLI, DUDLEY, C1830 with engraved and silvered register, hygrometer and alcohol thermometer, open triangular pediment, 96cm high
Provenance: A private collector from whom acquired from a specialist dealer; sold in these ‘rooms November 25, 2015, £868 £400 - £600
£100 - £150
Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, November 1, 2011, £1062 £600 - £800
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363 A RARE ENGLISH ELECTRIC MAGNETIC DRUM STORAGE UNIT FOR THE DEUCE COMPUTER, 1957 on substantial cream enamelled oblong iron base with chromium plated carrying handles, Perspex cover, 40.5cm high including cover, base 26.5 x 56cm, maker’s enamelled labels ENGLISH ELECTRIC/NELSON RESEARCH LABORATORIES NW101/1333 Ns 1296 Provenance: GEC (Successor to English Electric Co) by which presented to Dr Peter Wakely on his retirement. Futuristic and awe inspiring, the magnetic storage drum of the DEUCE, an early British computer that symbolises the “white heat” of technological development in Britain between the end of WWII and Harold Wilson’s memorable speech of 1963. Based on a design by Alan Turing (1912-1954) the DEUCE (Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine) 1955, was a first generation or vacuum tube computer. The magnetic memory drum held 32 kB and the machine required a great deal of electricity to power its 1450 thermionic valves. Another example of the DEUCE memory drum is in the Science Museum, London (1967-1979). According to the late Dr Wakely, the original cost of the memory drum was £5000, the equivalent of about £135,000 today. A probable total of 33 DEUCE computers were built and supplied between February 1955 and 1960. Customers included the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Admiralty Research Establishment, National Physical Laboratory and several universities. Two were supplied in February 1958 to the English Electric Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Whetstone, Leicester, where Dr Wakely was employed 1955-1970. Asked what he felt would be an appropriate gift to mark his retirement, he suggested “an English Electric nameplate” [lot 364]. Instead, to his surprise, he was also presented with the DEUCE magnetic drum, a singularly apt choice since Peter Wakely, had been closely involved with the DEUCE computer from its arrival at the Laboratory until decommissioning in about 1964 £1,000 - £1,500
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364 ENGLISH ELECTRIC DEUCE COMPUTER MANUALS, COMPRISING PROGRAMMING MANUAL AND LOGICAL DESIGN MANUAL PART I AND PART II (DRAWINGS), NAVY REXINE, 1956 AND 1957 eight different English Electric Co booklets on aspects of the DEUCE computer, publication numbers ES/138, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149 and 150, a promotional booklet for the “TYPE DEUCE Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine”, KDF 9 Computer programming and ALGOL programming manuals, 1964 and promotional booklet, English Electric Co preliminary instruction manual for the DUECE Mk II, vol III, input/output machine, brown rexine, a similar manual for the Company’s card-operated typewriter equipment, English Electric Manual of Organisation and Personnel Administrations, Parts I and III (only), several photographs and ENGLISH ELECTRIC aluminium alloy nameplate from a DEUCE computer, 4 x 25.5cm £300 - £500
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365 COMPUTING. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, MAGAZINES AND PRINTED EPHEMERA, 1950’S - EARLY 1960’S to include Applications of Ferranti Computers, 1957, Marconi Myriad II Microminiature Digital Computer promotional booklet, 1966, draft British Standard Glossary of Terms used in Automatic Data Processing, 1960, Outlook for Numerical Control of Machine Tools US Department of Labor Bulletin No 1437, March 1965, Proceedings of the Conference on Ionospheric Physics Part A, April 1952, J Schwinger On Angular Momentum US Atomic Energy Commission, January 26 1952, House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. First and Second Reports on United Kingdom Space Policy, 1986 and 1987, Radio Corporation of America Electronic Data Processing Division - Long Range Forecasting for Naval Shipyards, April 1961 and IBM Computer Users’ Association Annual Forum, 1961 £50 - £100
366 HANDBOOK OF AUTOMATION COMPUTATION AND CONTROL Vol II (only), dustjacket, Los Angeles 1959 and about 30 others, quantum mechanics, mathematics and nuclear energy £50 - £100
367 BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY BULLETIN (AND JOURNAL). AN EXTENSIVE RUN FROM NO1 JUNE 1957 and Journal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, approximately 38 issues, 1960’s-early 1970’s £50 - £100 94
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368 AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, EDWARD PASHLER, LONDON, C1775 the breakarched brass dial with matted centre, date and signature apertures, pierced hands and silvered chapter ring, subsidiary strike/silent ring to the arch, having rococo spandrels, the quarter chiming movement with eight bells, pull repeat and verge escapement, chinoiserie engraved backplate and brackets, in figured pagoda topped case with brass finials, handles and ogee feet, 59cm h Provenance: Derek Roberts, Tonbridge Kent, 20 September 1985, £4950. Sold with photocopy of the original receipt £2,500 - £3,500
369 AN ENGLISH BASKET TOP EBONY CLOCK, NICHOLAS MASSY, DATED 1686 the 17cm brass dial with matted centre, date aperture, plain winding squares, silvered chapter ring, S/N above XII, the signature Nicholas Massy beneath VI, cherub spandrels, the verge movement with pull quarter repeat on three bells, the barrels each dated 1686, the backplate engraved with tulips and scrolling foliage, the case with high repousse gilt brass basket, bird headed handle and four finials, on brass bun feet, bob pendulum and two keys, 40cm h Provenance: Derek Roberts, Tonbridge, Kent, 26 April 1986, £6250. Sold with photocopies of the original invoice and correspondence £2,500 - £3,500
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370 AN ENGLISH BASKET TOP EBONY CLOCK, HENRY MASSY LONDON, C1700 the brass dial with matted centre, date aperture, signature and mock pendulum aperture, rudimentary ringed winding hole and silvered chapter ring, having masked spandrels, the quarter repeating verge movement chiming on six bells, with pull quarter repeat, engraved backplate signed beneath the full length figure of Britannia framed by scrolling foliage and the wheatear border, in basket topped case with gilt brass finials, handle and repousse mounts, bob pendulum, 38cm high excluding handle Provenance: Derek Roberts, Tonbridge, Kent, 2 May 1986, £5750. Sold with photocopies of the original receipt and correspondence £3,000 - £5,000
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AN OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, ROGER LEE LEICESTER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY the 11½” brass dial with profusely engraved centre, subsidiary seconds ring, ringed winding squares and date aperture, pierced hands, silvered chapter ring and mask spandrels, five pillar movement, the case with ogee pediment and ogee trunk door, on stepped base, pendulum and two iron weights, 205cm h excluding later finials
A SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, JAMES GRAY, KINROSS, C1820 the 14” painted dial with twin subsidiary dials and pierced gilt hands, the figured trunk with arched door flanked by pilasters, on crossbanded, stepped base, pendulum and two lead weights, 211cm h
Provenance: Dorothy Taylor, Leicester, September 1985, £3500
£500 - £700
A MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, ROBERT STORER LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY the 10½” breakarched brass dial with matted centre, oval silvered tablet inscribed Robt Storer London, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, silvered chapter ring, strike / silent ring to the arch, pierced hands and rococo spandrels, in pagoda topped case with fluted pillars and breakarched, flame figured moulded door to the trunk, on panelled base and bracket feet, pendulum and two brass sleeved weights, 229cm h
Provenance: H J L Viney & Daughter Limited, Winchester, February 1962, £36 10s 0d
According to notes left by Dr Wakely, Miss Taylor bought the present clock in 1985; prior to this it was in the same family from 1787, who had occupied a farmhouse at Billesdon from then until 1965, and were subsequently at Birstall, 1965-85
Provenance: Hoffman, January 1976, £1425 £700 - £900
£400 - £600 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
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A MARINE IVORY AND WHALEBONE WALKING CANE, 19TH CENTURY with baleen bands, brass tip, 88cm
A LEATHER BOUND GADGET CANE incorporating a two drawer brass one inch telescope and compass, plated bun pommel, brass and steel tip, 92cm
£100 - £150
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, September 9, 1993, £245 £100 - £150
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A MALACCA AND MARINE IVORY WALKING CANE, 19TH CENTURY the pommel carved in the form of a fist gripping a baton, brass tip, 88.5cm
A GOLD MOUNTED EBONY CANE, 1904 with angled bone handle, the embossed collar engraved C Blamey Mar 1904 from No 9, brass tip, 91.5cm,
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AN EBONY CANE WITH JAPANESE IVORY POMMEL, MEIJI PERIOD the pommel carved with masks, ivory 4.5cm h, 81.5cm overall, ivory signed
A GEORGE III MALACCA CANE with fluted gold pommel, 88cm, by Hector McLean, London 1803 Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, September 25, 2008, £663 £250 - £350
£80 - £120
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379 A GEORGE III MALACCA CANE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with gold pommel, horn tip, 97cm, by Hector McLean, London date letter indistinct £150 - £200
AN VICTORIAN BAMBOO GADGET CANE, SWAINE & ADENEY, PICCADILLY LONDON, 1893 incorporating a brass and lightwood horse measuring stick, plated tip, 97cm, silver collar by A Dreyfus, London, an English blued and gilt sword blade, c1800 with associated string bound wood handle and a stiletto with faux bamboo handle and carved wood negro’s head pommel (3) Provenance: (horse measuring cane) sold in these ‘rooms February 5 2004, £352 £150 - £200
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382 A BAMBOO CANE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with associated carved coquilla nut grimacing face pommel with silver ferrule, brass tip, 95cm, a George III malacca cane with gold eyelet and giltmetal pommel engraved Thomas Cruttwell, Bath and a Victorian gold and dense hardwood cane, the plain silver pommel engraved 3 feet, maker’s mark rubbed, London 1895 (3) Provenance: (George III cane) Thomas Macaulay Cruttwell (17761848), attorney and land speculator, son of Richard Cruttwell printer and proprietor of the Bath Chronicle £150 - £200
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A HORN CANE, 19TH CENTURY brass tip, 86cm and two malacca canes with boar’s tusk or antler handle (3)
A CONGO CHESTNUT TOPER’S CANE, C1900 containing a slender glass phial and glass in the handle, stamped copper pommel, 90cm, an ebony, ivory and horn walking cane with bobbin knopped shaft, late 19th / early 20th c and an unusually long ebony cane with ivory pommel, late 19th c (3)
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WALKING CANES 385 SEVEN EBONY, BAMBOO AND OTHER LADY’S CANES, WITH GOLD, SILVER, HORN OR OTHER HANDLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the 18ct gold mounted example with applied initials A.M.H. and engraved 37 Bryanston Square, brass tip, 89cm, by Charles Laughton, London 1901, an officer’s cane and a parasol (8) Provenance: During WWI 37, Bryanston Square London was the address of the Royal Flying Corps Hospital for Officers. £150 - £250
386 A GEORGE III MALACCA CANE, 18TH CENTURY the copper gilt pommel chased with allegorical figures and rocaille, 111cm long and a longer 19th century two stage malacca cane with associated South East Asian silver repousse pommel (2) Provenance: (first cane) Kennet Gallery, Newbury, June 21 1969 £3.15.0 £120 - £180
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THE CULT OF BYRON
The Cult of Byron
387 A BISCUIT PORCELAIN BAS RELIEF PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON 19TH CENTURY on oval black glass mount, 109 x 50mm, framed Provenance: Harold Ward, his attorney’s sale in these ‘rooms, 6 February 2019, £312 £100 - £150
388 AFTER GEORGE HENRY HARLOW PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON watercolour, en grisaille, oval, 18 x 15.5cm Provenance: Harold Ward, his attorney’s sale in these ‘rooms, February 6, 2019, £1062 £200 - £300
389 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL BUST OF LORD BYRON statuary marble on marble socle, 45cm high Provenance: Harold Ward, his attorney’s sale in these ‘rooms, 6th February 2019, £34,980 This fine early bust of Byron, or another example of it, is accurately depicted in a drawing of the early biographer of the poet, John Galt (1779-1839). From ‘The Gallery of Illustrations of Literary Characters’ by Daniel Maclise, RA (1806-1870), the engravings of the drawings were published in Fraser’s Magazine between 1830 and 1838. The portrait of Galt is plt VII from the series of 81, appearing in the first year. Both the drawings and Galt’s biography, despite the shortcomings of the latter, proved successful and were being re-issued at least as late as the 1880’s. The present memorial bust by an unknown sculptor is evidently rare, since no other example that conforms so precisely to that in Maclise’s drawing appears to be recorded, leaving open the probability that its execution pre-dates 1830 and that it was possibly commissioned by, or for, Galt himself. Mellors & Kirk is pleased to acknowledge the kind assistance of Dr Julian North, Associate Professor in Nineteenth-Century English Literature, University of Leicester. £7,000 - £9,000
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Boxes, Objects and Metalwork
392 A VICTORIAN BLONDE TORTOISESHELL TEA CHEST, C1840 with wire stringing, the divided interior retaining the pair of covers, on vegetable ivory feet, 15cm long £200 - £300
390 A VICTORIAN ASHFORD BLACK SLATE VASE, POSSIBLY MOORE OF DERBY OR JOHN MAWE OF MATLOCK BATH, EARLY-MID 19TH C etched with foliage, 25cm high £100 - £200
393 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINE INLAID, QUILLED PAPER AND MIRROR INSET TEA CHEST, LATE 18TH CENTURY with tightly coiled polychrome paper, the sides with paterae, a neo classical urn to the back, brass handles and lock, 14cm l Provenance: John Fowler, A Tribute: Furniture and Decorations, Christie’s, September 14, 2006; Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 15 September 2015, £550 £250 - £350
394 391 AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD WALL BRACKET, 20TH CENTURY in rococo style, 38cm h, shelf 25 x 49cm £80 - £120
KITCHENALIA. A TURNED AND VARNISHED SYCAMORE SPICE TOWER, LATE 19TH CENTURY in four sections each with black transfer printed labels Nutmegs, All-Spice, Cinnamon and Ginger, 20cm h Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, February 26, 2013, £318 £150 - £200
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A FLEMISH BOXWOOD CORPUS CHRISTI, LATE 17TH CENTURY the folds of the perizonium lightly tied over the right hip, the ebony cross veneered in red stained horn, with ivory terminals, with boxwood label inscribed in ink INRI, 34cm high excluding brass ring, collectors’ labels
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID DECANTER BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the lid and front with shell patera and barber pole stringing, the interior divided into compartments lined in blue paper and outlined with gilt tape, containing a set of six contemporary Continental gilt soda glass bottles and stoppers, brass handles,
Provenance: Ralph Sneyd, his sale of the Keele Hall Heirlooms from Keele Hall, Staffordshire, Christie’s, July 7 1902, lot 40 (4 Gns to [Capt] Loeffler) “A boxwood figure of Christ crucified, on a cross of red tortoise-shell, Flemish, 17th century”; thence by descent to Margaret, Lady Gretton (nee Loeffler); her deceased’s sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, The Old Rectory, Ufford, Lincolnshire, May 18 2000, £745
25cm high, 31.5cm long Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, March 2, 2002, £1261 £300 - £500
£300 - £500
397 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA CHEST, LATE 18TH CENTURY with herringbone stringing, the three caddies to the interior each with sliding cavetto lid, brass handle and escutcheon, on ogee feet, 25cm long Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, September 15, 2015, £708 £200 - £300
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CUT CORNERED TEA CHEST, C1800 inlaid to the exterior and underside of the side with similarly large harewood ground shell paterae, the divided interior retaining the pair of mahogany and yew wood covers, 18.5cm long
TWO SIMILAR EARLY VICTORIAN TURNED MAHOGANY CANDLE STANDS, C1840 27 and 28cm h £150 - £200
£250 - £350
399 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA CHEST, C1770 the cavetto lid with brass handle, on bracket feet, 22.5cm long and two early 19th century English mahogany tea chests, the larger with two tea caddies, each with moulded lid and engraved and flute cut glass jar (3) Provenance: (first tea chest) Allexton Old Rectory, E A Lane & Sons’ House Sale, June 12 1997, £357 £100 - £150
401 A GEORGE III TELESCOPIC MAHOGANY AND BROKEN LINE INLAID STAND, C1800 originally from a zograscope, lead weighted, 38cm high and a Victorian turned and varnished sycamore telescopic candle stand, lead weighted (2) Provenance: (first item), Heathcote Ball & Co, December 13, 1990 (a ‘wig stand’), £122 £80 - £120
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402 A VICTORIAN CYLINDRICAL COPPER PAN AND COVER 30cm h, with early replacement iron loop handle, cover stamped S/5 £50 - £70
404 A PAIR OF PATINATED METAL URNS AND COVERS, 20TH CENTURY mottled light and dark brown patina, 35cm high £100 - £150
403 TWO ENGLISH PAPIER MACHE SANDWICH EDGE TEA TRAYS, ONE BY RYTON & WALTON OF WOLVERHAMPTON 1820-42, THE OTHER CONTEMPORARY with gilt or polychrome floral decoration, 54 x 70cm, 58 x 75.5cm, smaller tray stencilled Ryton & Walton Wolverhampton and painted 1174/01026 with indistinct inscriptions, further numbers and a price code, the second tray unmarked Provenance: The Vicarage, Dunton Basset Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, April 6, 1978, £40 £100 - £150
405 A BRONZE BUST OF AJAX AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 20TH CENTURY cast from a 19th c model by Barbedienne, integral socle, rich brown patina, 35cm high Provenance: sold in these ‘rooms, February 27, 2009, £336 £150 - £200
406 A PAIR OF BRONZE REDUCTIONS OF THE MEDICI VASE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY after the Antique, dark brown patina rubbed in places, 31.5cm high £200 - £300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY BUST OF A CHILD statuary marble on socle, 37cm high Provenance: sold in these ‘rooms, November 30, 2001, £1529
EDGAR GEORGE PAPWORTH THE YOUNGER (1832-1927) PORTRAIT BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN statuary marble, 44cm h including socle, signed and dated E G Papworth Fecit London 1859
£400 - £600
Provenance: sold in these ‘rooms, 19 September 2018, £420 £200 - £300
409 A FRENCH POLYCHROME WALNUT RELIQUARY OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD OF SO CALLED MONMORILLONAIS VIRGINS TYPE, 18TH CENTURY of hollowed section with detachable back, 85cm high Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, December 13, 1990, £505 £400 - £600
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410 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SWIFT, C1800 weighted with lead annulus, 47cm high
TREEN. A MINIATURE OAK TABLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the tip up top inset with an engraving of Lord Nelson, 15cm high, a Victorian turned rosewood and bone watch stand in the form of an arch, a pair of turned fruitwood goblets, a Victorian coquilla nut pomander, a German carved walnut group of Virgin and Child, a Victorian papier mache face screen and another item (8) £80 - £120
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, December 15, 2000, £240 £80 - £120
411 A BRASS AND MAHOGANY FOLDING COIN SCALE OR LANCASHIRE GOLD BALANCE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with printed paper label pasted to interior of Stephen Houghton & Son Makers Ormskirk Successors to A[nthony] Wilkinson, 13.5cm l £50 - £70
413 A GEORGE III BRASS/BELL METAL PESTLE AND MORTAR, LATE 18TH CENTURY mortar 86mm high, a mid 18th century English brass candlestick, a Victorian brass snuff box, the lid engraved M Marshall and a Victorian gadrooned cylindrical tobacco jar and cover with lead crest (7) Provenance: (pestle and mortar) Bought in the Lake District £80 - £120
414 TWO VICTORIAN BRASS POSTAL BALANCES, S MORDAN & CO, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY on light or stained moulded oak base, 21.5 and 23.5cm long, with two part sets of brass weights £60 - £100
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A SWISS SUBLIME HARMONY MUSICAL BOX, LATE 19TH CENTURY with 27.5cm long pinned cylinder and two piece comb with lyre shaped attachment, on gilt iron bed with embossed label Sublime Harmonie Patented in the United States, March 23rd 1875 in England October 26th 1874, the six aires listed on the original chromolithographed tune sheet to the underside of the lid in rosewood and ebonised case inlaid with a musical trophy, ornate brass loop handles, 54cm long
AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY BOOK PRESS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with frame, helix and two handles, the rectangular base fitted with line inlaid drawer, 47cm high; 25 x 38cm Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, February 15, 1996, £491 £150 - £200
£500 - £700
417 A RECTANGULAR MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY GALLERY TRAY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY decorated with Crosthwaite Church, Cumberland and the four emblems of St Kentigern, 57cm over handles x 32.5cm Provenance: Bought in the Lake District on September 2, 1971 £50 - £100
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A VICTORIAN BRASS FOX HEAD AND WHIP DOOR STOP, MID 19TH CENTURY lead-weighted, 42cm high
TWO SIMILAR VICTORIAN BRASS DOORSTOPS IN THE FORM OF A STAG AND HOUND, MID 19TH CENTURY lead or iron weighted, 36 and 40cm high
Provenance: Springfield House, Castle Donnington Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, September 14 2000, £412
Provenance: Loddington House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, October 31, 1991, £534
£120 - £180
£150 - £200
419 TWO VICTORIAN BRASS DOORSTOPS OF ROCOCO OR LION’S PAW DESIGN, MID 19TH CENTURY iron or lead weighted respectively, 39 and 40cm high Provenance: (rococo doorstop) Withers of Leicester, September 7, 1974, £18
421 A VICTORIAN CAST IRON LION’S HEAD DOORSTOP, MID 19TH CENTURY 30cm high Provenance: Miss Elizabeth Viney, Stockbridge, September 14, 1974, £17.50 £50 - £80
£80 - £120
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A FRENCH STRAW WORK SEWING BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with fitted interior and decorated with a street scene and flowers, 29cm long
A VICTORIAN COPPER BAIN MARIE, MID 19TH CENTURY with hinged handles, rolled rim and engraved W.F.W./1, 48 x 70cm
Provenance: Desford Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, March 22, 1990, £278
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, February 4, 1993, £234 £120 - £160
£100 - £150
425 A GEORGE III OVAL MAHOGANY TRAY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY crossbanded in rosewood and line inlaid within laminated gallery, 36 x 51cm Provenance: Huntingdon House Antiques, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 5 April 1975, £36 £80 - £120
423 AN ENGLISH ALABASTER TOMB FIGURE OF A KNEELING WOMAN AT PRAYER, 16TH CENTURY her hair swept back into a lace cap and wearing a ruff and wide skirted gown and cloak, on a cushion, the front painted, 40cm h Provenance: Cadeby Hall House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, Leicester, October 17, 1996, £1452 £500 - £700
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AN 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD AND SCABBARD GVR, the etched blade inscribed Flights Ltd London Aldershot and Camberley, and stamped 1422, blade 81.5cm
A 1857 PATTERN SCOTS GUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD AND SCABBARD Henry Wilkinson No 25544, 1883, piquet weight with etched blade with Coke crest, blade, 83cm
AN ENGLISH SMALLSWORD, C1780 with pierced and cut decoration, blade 79.5cm
£100 - £150
Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms, February 11, 2005, £446
Provenance: A E Boothroyd, York, May 4, 1993 (together with a pair of wooden bellows) £215 £100 - £150
According to Wilkinson’s archive, this sword was proved in July 1883 and sold to “C Coke”. This is highly likely to refer to Thomas William Coke, GCVO CMG (b 1848) of Holkham Hall, Norfolk who succeeded his father in 1909 as the 3rd Earl of Leicester. In 1881 he was listed as a Captain in the Scots Guards and was subsequently promoted Colonel £200 - £300
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429 TWO AUSTRO HUNGARIAN SWORD BAYONETS FOR THE MANNLICHER RIFLE AND SCABBARDS engraved Steyr 1886 and two United Kingdom P1907 sword bayonets and scabbards, non matching numbers (8)
AN ENGLISH 50 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL, .... LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with turn off barrel, folding trigger, sliding safety and walnut stock, overall length 19cm £100 - £150
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Textiles 431 TWO ENGLISH LINEN SAMPLERS, SUSANNA HICKSON HER WORK FINISHED JULY 19TH 1783 AND ELIZABETH WHITMILL AGED 12, C1810 the first worked with birds in flight, insects, trees and verse in trailing border, 31.5 x 30.5cm, the second in predominately red and green wool with figures of shepherds and flowers centred by verse, 37 x 31.5cm, both framed Provenance: (1783 sampler) Keith Hockin, November 16, 1974, £38 £150 - £200
432 TWO VICTORIAN BERLIN WOOLWORK PICTURES, MID 19TH CENTURY of Naomi and Ruth and Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 39.5 x 33cm or 40 x 31cm, matching rosewood frames Provenance: Dorothy Wise, Nottingham, April 4, 1989, £70 £70 - £90
433 A REGENCY SILK PICTURE OF A WOMAN WITH A BOY IN A LANDSCAPE VISITED BY AN ANGEL, C1900, worked in long and short stitch and French knots with watercolour, oval, 34 x 42cm, rectangular verre eglomise, framed £100 - £150
A REGENCY LINEN MAP SAMPLER OF ENGLAND AND WALES, C1800 with islands and many of the principal towns identified in black silk, the title framed by a garland of roses, morning glory and other flowers, 50 x 44cm, mahogany frame
435 AN ENGLISH SILK GENTLEMAN’S WAISTCOAT, C1760 with wire thread borders, buttons and sequin decoration on coarse line, length 72cm and another silk backed, c1780 (2)
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, October 19, 1995, £201
Provenance: (first garment) Colston Bassett Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, May 23, 1997, £300; (second garment) Mrs Welford of Winchester, September 14, 1974, £15
£100 - £150
£200 - £300
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436 A FINE ENGLISH EMBROIDERED MINIATURE OF CHARLES I LONDON, C1660-70 silk and metal thread, based on the 1641 engraving by Wencelas Hollar, inscribed Deus Meus Est Rupes Meaa Psal: 18, 13 x 10.8cm, embossed copper gilt frame Provenance: Sold in these ‘rooms September 20, 2018, £30,000. This spectacular example of English Restoration needlework of the highest quality is one of small group of portraits of the king by the same unknown professional hand. All are closely based on Hollar’s well known engraving of Charles I wearing the ribbon of the Order of the Garter. Such is the fidelity with which the portrait is rendered that it justifies the description of a ‘cabinet miniature’, one intended for display in a cabinet or on a table. The quotation from Psalm 18 (v 2-3) is King David’s invoking God’s protection from his enemies. An identical example is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. It was acquired from Percival D Griffiths in 1938. Two are in the Victoria & Albert Museum and another is in the Wallace Collection, London. Nevinson (see below) considers this select group, of which the present example is hitherto unrecorded, date from the first few years of the reign of Charles II. As such they represent some of the earliest evidence of the cult of the ‘Martyr King’. In several respects they relate to the miniatures incorporated as centrepieces in embroidered bindings, such as that on a copy of the Eikon Basilike (1649) although none of these can be dated with certainty to the Commonwealth. Nor is there a particular reason to link them to the Broderers Company and although metal thread and purl wire is seen on some bindings of the period, as it is hard on the hands and the professional embroideress, whether working in her small workshop or domestically, would have certainly used silk in preference, or wool for tent stitch on canvas, with metal braid reserved for borders or edges, as here. The embroidered portraits of Charles I at his trial (in a hat) are technically different featuring brick stitch, for example on the King’s cloak. They date from later in the 17th century. See Nevinson (J L) The Embroidered Miniature Portraits of Charles I, ‘Apollo’, October 1965, pp 310-313 £8,000 - £12,000
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TEXTILES 437 TWO INDIAN FLORAL WOOL RUGS, 20TH CENTURY 278 x 368cm and 278 x 375cm £50 - £100
441 A SHIRAZ RUG 117 x 162cm
438 AN ANTIQUE SHIRAZ RUG 152 x 295cm £200 - £300
£80 - £120
442 A TABA TABRIZ RUG 66 x 113cm £50 - £70
439 AN AFGHAN RUG 140 x 200cm
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A SHIRAZ RUG 109 x 160cm £80 - £120
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A SHIRAZ RUG 118 x 166cm
AN AFGHAN RUG 110 x 94cm
£80 - £120
£100 - £150
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445 AN ANTIQUE KARABAGH RUNNER 120 x 292cm £100 - £150
446 AN ANTIQUE BAKHTIARI CARPET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 332 x 382cm £600 - £800
447 AN ANTIQUE HERIZ CARPET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 272 x 373cm £800 - £1,200
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AN AFGHAN CARPET 272 x 400cm
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET 244 x 326cm
£200 - £300
£500 - £700
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A YAZD-KERMAN CARPET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 313 x 421cm
AN AFGHAN RUG 106 x 192cm
A BALUCH PRAYER RUG, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 109 x 150cm
£40 - £60
£800 - £1,200
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Furniture and Mirrors
453 A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CUTLERY BOXES, LATE 18TH CENTURY of serpentine form with sloping lid and of finely figured veneer, crossbanded and line inlaid, retaining the fitted interior, the underside of the lid with star and barber pole stringing, pierced silver shield shaped escutcheon and shaped brass hinges, 33.5cm high Provenance: K Chappell, Bakewell, Derbyshire, December 8, 1988, £3150 £800 - £1,200
455 A GEORGE IV CIRCULAR GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION EAGLE GIRANDOLE, C1830 the convex plate in reeded ebonised slip and reeded clasped frame crested by an eagle on rocks flanked S-scrolls with leafy apron and possibly associated giltmetal candle branches, 103cm high Provenance: Fosse Way Antiques, Stow-on-the-Wold, August 25, 1973, £165 £300 - £500
454 A DUTCH BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY BUCKET, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY with a sheet brass half-depth liner,
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Provenance: Tower House Lubbenham Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, June 30 1994, £424
A REGENCY EBONISED AND GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with cleated pharaonic herm pilasters and feet, 88cm high, 82cm long
£200 - £300
£150 - £200
31cm high excluding handle
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FURNITURE AND MIRRORS 457 A PARCEL GILT WALNUT DRESSING MIRROR, EARLY 20TH CENTURY in George II style, pierced strut, 65cm high, 36cm long Provenance: Brigadier Jack, Kibworth Harcourt House Sale, Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 1986, £210 £60 - £80
460 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY on vase knopped pillar, 53cm diam and another, with dished top (2) Provenance: (the first) Warner, Sheppard & Wade, Leicester, 19 August 1963, £5 (the second) Milton Holgate Knaresborough, July 1973, £38 £100 - £150
458 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CUTLERY BOX, C1800 with shell patera, crossbanded and line inlaid, the fitted interior with star to the underside of the lid, silver shield escutcheon, 39cm high Provenance: Harold Davies, West Wales Antiques, October 6, 1977 £150 - £200
461 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID NIGHT TABLE OR BEDSIDE COMMODE, C1800 with tray top, the sides pierced with hand holes, 79cm h; 44 x 54cm Provenance: H J L Viney & Daughter Limited, 20 June 1969, £68.10.0 £150 - £200
459 A REGENCY YEW WOOD DAVENPORT, C1810 the sliding top with brass gallery and tooled leather inlet writing surface, containing two drawers, an ink drawer to one side above four graduated, cockbeaded drawers and opposing blind drawers, on brass castors, 83cm h; 41 x 46cm £300 - £500 120
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462 A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY HOOP BACK DINING CHAIRS, C1800 with close nailed stuffed over seat on plain square legs, seat height 46cm Provenance: J H Cooper & Son, Ilkley, 19 October 1973, £475 £500 - £700
464 A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD, SATINWOOD, INLAID AND PENWORK CELLARET, LATE 18TH CENTURY the lid and all four sides with patera encircled by bellflowers and a bow, on square tapered legs and brass drum castors, 74cm h; 39.5 x 39.5cm Provenance: Osbaston Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 July 1992, £4470 £1,000 - £1,500
463 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND CANED CHILD’S HIGH CHAIR AND STAND, MID 19TH CENTURY £100 - £150
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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DRESSING STOOL, C1840 on X-frame with turned stretcher, 47cm h
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS the channelled back with straight top rail and carved tablet, triple reeded palmette splats, stuffed over seat and tapered legs, seat height 45cm
Provenance: Lita Kaye, 12 July 1972, £65
Provenance: Victor Needham Limited, Bournemouth, 7 July 1970, £75
£80 - £120
£150 - £200
467
468
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, C1780 with octagonal top, baluster knop and pointed feet, 70cm h; 54 x 55cm Provenance: Peter Stebbing Limited Bournemouth, 28 May 1974, £62
A GEORGE IV CIRCULAR GILTWOOD MIRROR, C1830 the convex plate in reeded ebonised slip and cavetto frame crested by an ebonised eagle and serpent on rocks, candle branches issuing from pine cones and leaves, with conforming apron, 111cm high
£150 - £250
Provenance: Donald Law, Cosby, 19 October 1976, £150 £300 - £500
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468A TWO GEORGE III OAK TRIPOD TABLES, EARLY 19TH CENTURY one with dished top, 55.5 and 56cm diam Provenance: (dished top) The Old Forge Cosby, c1958, £0 7s 6d £80 - £120
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A DUTCH BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY BUCKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY navette shaped with brass handle, 35cm h
A GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY PLATE BUCKET EARLY 19TH CENTURY with moulded brass rim and swing handle, 30.5cm h
A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND OVAL MAHOGANY WINE COOLER, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY 20cm h; 39 x 55cm
Provenance: Tower House Lubenham Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 30 June 1994, £424 £100 - £150
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 29 September 1994, £894
Provenance: Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 1 February 2011, £944 £300 - £500
£150 - £200
471A A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND OVAL MAHOGANY WINE COOLER, C1810 with hinged brass loop handles, copper lined with zinc base, the stand with square tapered legs and brass drum castors, 51cm h; 44 x 60cm £300 - £400
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474 472 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY with oak lined drawers on bracket feet, 108cm h; 52 x 110cm Provenance: Castle Galleries Hinckley, c1965
A GEORGE III CONCERTINA-ACTION MAHOGANY CARD TABLE MID 18TH CENTURY the top with counter wells on cabriole legs and pad feet, 71cm h; 45 x 90cm Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 24 November 1994, £782 £300 - £500
£200 - £300
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475
A MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER the four graduated drawers with brass loop handles flanked by moulded canted angles, 81cm h; 42 x 79cm
AN EARLY VICTORIAN BOW FRONTED MAHOGANY COMMODE CHEST with hinged front and dummy drawers, 71cm h; 53 x 64cm
Provenance: Osbaston Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 July 1992, £2235
Provenance: H J L Viney & Daughter Limited, 23 April 1965, £36.10s.0d £150 - £200
£400 - £600
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FURNITURE AND MIRRORS 476 A GEORGE III OAK HANGING CORNER CUPBOARD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the crossbanded door with shell patera, a drawer below, 109cm h; 38 x 74cm and a dark stained oak workbox with carved grotesque mask to the drawer (2) £80 - £120
477
479
A STAINED MAHOGANY FOLIO STAND IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER, INSCRIBED ON AN IVORY TABLET FARTHING & THORNHILL 42 CORNHILL with pair of ratchet-adjustable rounded rectangular wings and turned stretchers on trestle ends with brass box castors, 69cm l
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DUMB WAITER, C1780 the three dished tiers on vase knopped pillar, tripod and pointed pad feet with brass castors, 108cm h
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, 24 August 1995, £1072
£400 - £600
Provenance: Barnby, Bendall & Co Limited Cheltenham (depository label indistinctly inscribed); Kathleen D’Offay, 21 July 1973, £425
£300 - £500
478
480
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CANTERBURY, C1850 with turned finials and slender balusters, fitted with a drawer, on turned feet and pottery castors, 67cm h; 45 x 66cm
AN EARLY VICTORIAN STAINED BEECH CHILD’S CORRECTION CHAIR with caned seat, seat height 49cm
Provenance: Cosby Hall Farm, 1968
Provenance: Osbaston Hall Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 16 July 1992, £357
£150 - £250
£80 - £120
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483
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY the tapered pillar with spirally reed knop, on pad feet, 70cm h x 70cm diam
A GEORGE III FRUITWOOD CORNER ARMCHAIR, LATE 18TH CENTURY with padded leather seat, seat height 39cm
Provenance: Warner, Sheppard and Wade, Leicester, 19 August 1963, £5.10s.0d
Provenance: Wylton Antiques Limited, Melton Mowbray, 11 February 1978, £195 £200 - £300
£150 - £200
482 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY POLE SCREEN, C1780 with contemporary needlework of flowers in a blue and white bowl, in narrow frame, the shaft with turned finial and acorn knop on tripod with pad feet, 117cm h Provenance: Withers of Leicester, 13 December 1975, £81 £200 - £300
484 A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS, LATE 18TH CENTURY the shield back painted with the crest of Pares of Hopwell Hall Derbyshire, the scratch moulded seat on square tapered legs, seat height 46cm, back rail stamped H F Provenance: The present chairs were presumably supplied to Thomas Pares (1746-1824), who with his brother and two other partners founded Pares Bank in Leicester in 1800; Tur Langton House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, 22 April 1999, £1032 The stamped mark H F could well be that of Humphrey Ford who was apprenticed to Thomas Tippler of Derby and admitted freeman of Leicester in 1773. See Baird & Gilbert - Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840 £250 - £350
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485
486
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WASHSTAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with oak lined drawer, 84cm h; 40.5 x 43cm
A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with moulded back, the splat carved with a leaf and fluted bar, having slip seat on moulded legs, the set including an elbow chair, seat height 45cm
Provenance: G G W (gilt initials on ivorine tablet to underside)
Provenance: Wylton Antiques Limited, Melton Mowbray, 2 August 1976, £1050 £700 - £900
£100 - £150
487
488
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, LATE 18TH CENTRY the turned pillar with vase knop, 70cm h; 78cm diam
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CARD TABLE, C1800 the semi-circular top crossbanded in satinwood, on square tapered legs with reed mouldings headed by figured ovals, spade feet, 74cm h; 47 x 94cm
Provenance: Cosby House Farm Sale, 1968 £120 - £180
Provenance: Wylton Antiques Limited, Melton Mowbray, 1977, £475 £400 - £600
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491 A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BOX SOFA, C1830 with reeded seat rail flanked by tablets, on turned legs and brass castors, upholstered in close nailed mustard velvet, cushion, seat height 50cm, 122cm l
489
Provenance: The Old House, Kibworth Harcourt, Gilding’s, Market Harborough, 1986, £441
A SET OF REGENCY MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID BED STEPS, C1820 on six turned feet, 66cm h; 56 x 76cm
£250 - £350
Provenance: Harcourt Lacey Limited Solihull, October 1971, £48 £250 - £350
490
492
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID CELLARET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with divided interior, on square tapered legs and brass stung castors, brass carrying handles, 59cm h; 29 x 39cm
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WINGBACK ARMCHAIR, C1780 in close nailed green hide, cushion, seat height 51cm
Provenance: Withers of Leicester, June 1977, £130
£400 - £600
Provenance: Margaret, Lady Gretton, her deceased’s Sale, The Old Rectory, Ufford, Heathcote Ball & Co, May 18 2000, £1949
£100 - £150
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494
495
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BASIN STAND, LATE 18TH CENTURY fitted with two drawers surmounted by globe soap box and cover, the base with turned jug stand, on three legs and pad feet, 79cm h
A GILTWOOD MIRROR, 20TH CENTURY with bevelled plate and shell cresting, 139cm h x 85cm l
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE, C1800 fitted with a drawer and blind drawer, on square tapered legs and brass castors, 71cm h; 81 x 95cm
£100 - £150
Provenance: H J L Viney & Daughter Limited, September 1962, £38 10s 0d £200 - £300
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, September 1992, £961 £250 - £400
496 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID BUREAU BOOKCASE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the upper part with trellis inlaid satinwood frieze and fitted with adjustable shelves enclosed by a pair of doors with interlaced glazing bars, the bureau with fitted interior and shell paterae to the flap, an arrangement of drawers below, ogee feet, 230cm h; 55 x 120cm Provenance: Ferneyhough Antiques, Stratford -on-Avon, April 1990, £9400 £1,000 - £1,500
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498
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WARDROBE, MID 19TH CENTURY with dentil cornice and enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, the base fitted with a drawer, bracket feet, 223cm h; 67 x 148cm Provenance: Dunnings Antiques, St Albans, January 1970, £28
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST, C1780 with dentil cornice and fluted frieze, fitted two short and three graduated drawers between fluted angles, the lower part with further drawers, bracket feet, 191cm h; 56 x 111cm
£200 - £300
Provenance: Withers of Leicester, March 1975, £291 £1,000 - £1,500
499 ONE AND A PAIR OF MAHOGANY TORCHERES, MID 19TH CENTURY each incorporating a Victorian bedpost, 140 and 149cm h £150 - £200
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500 A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, C1830 with central moulded hat drawer, brass ring handles, on splayed feet, 125cm h; 53 x 124cm £100 - £200
501 A GEORGE IV BOW FRONTED MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS on splayed feet, 106cm h; 53 x 54cm £100 - £200
502 A MAHOGANY SQUARE PIANO, JOHN BROADWOOD AND SONS LONDON, NO. 44980, C1830 the rosewood nameboard with tablet inscribed John Broadwood & Sons Makers to Her Majesty & the Princesses Great Pulteney Street Golden Square London, the bottom key lever (No. 56) inscribed F Browne December 30th 1834, on inverted baluster legs and brass castors, 85cm h; 68 x 170cm Provenance: Bought through the agency of Dr D A Parker of Rugby, from an elderly lady (who stated that the instrument had been a gift from a daughter of George III to one of her forebears), June 1975 £400 - £600
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504
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, MID 18TH CENTURY with turned pillar, 71cm h x 64cm diam
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with pierced splat and slip seat, seat height 44cm
Provenance: Fosse Way Antiques Stow-onthe-Wold, August 1973, £55
£300 - £500
Provenance: Burgess, Market Harborough, c1965, £250
£100 - £150
505
506
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIR, POSSIBLY IRISH, C1780 the back carved with C-scrolls and foliage, serpentine stuffed over seat on moulded legs with carved ears, seat height 45cm
A MAHOGANY SQUARE PIANO, BRODERIP AND WILKINSON, LONDON NO. 1522, C1800 the fretted satinwood nameboard with oval enamel plaque inscribed New Patent Broderip & Wilkinson No 13 Haymarket London in brass surround, in crossbanded and limewood case, the mahogany stand with embossed brass escutcheons and castors, 84cm h; 60 x 164cm
Provenance: Osbaston Hall House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, July 1992, £469
£700 - £900
Provenance: A C Voss Antiques, Woodbridge at Northern Antiques Fair, October 1989, £3000
£150 - £200
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507 A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHIFFONIER, C1830 enclosed by a pair of glazed brass grille doors flanked by spirally reeded tapering pilasters terminating in paw feet, 97cm h; 35 x 109cm Provenance: J W Blanchard Limited, December 1972, £120 £200 - £300
508 A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE, C1835 the rectangular leather inlet top fitted with two drawers and opposing drawers on scroll carved trestles, the bases united by double lotus stretchers, bun feet and later castors, 78cm h; 106 x 121cm £400 - £600
509 A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE, C1825 the oblong tip-up top on ring turned pillar and reeded quadruple legs with brass capped castors, 72cm h; 105 x 129cm £250 - £350
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510 A GEORGE III BOW FRONTED MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY crossbanded in tulipwood and inlaid with paterae, on square tapered legs and spade feet, 85cm h; 72 x 167cm Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, May 1963, £115 £300 - £500
511 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, C1800 the cornice with satinwood frieze and dart inlay, the divided interior fitted with adjustable shelves enclosed by a pair of doors with lancet arched glazing bars, the associated base with six drawers, 258cm h; 55 x 158cm Provenance: J W Blanchard Limited, September 1974, £750 £1,000 - £1,500
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512 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, C1800 with stepped cornice and fitted with adjustable shelves, enclosed by a pair of nine pane glazed doors, one pane scratched Honor, the lower part by panelled doors, 213cm h; 30 x 140cm, altered Provenance: Warner, Shepherd & Wade, Leicester, date unknown £300 - £500
513 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, C1810 fitted with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of doors with interlaced glazing bars, the secretaire to the lower part with leather inlet writing surface and of trays, enclosed by a pair of roundpanelled doors, splayed feet, 245cm h; 56 x 138cm Provenance: Boath House; John Whitelord & Sons, Auchterarder, April 1994, £6500 £1,000 - £1,500
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514 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CLOTHES PRESS, C1800 the stepped cavetto cornice above a pair of flame figured doors enclosing four trays, the lower part with fully fitted and inlaid secretaire and three graduated oak lined drawers, on skirted base, 220cm h; 66 x 146cm Provenance: Withers of Leicester, December 1961, £27 15s 6d £600 - £800
515 A MAHOGANY SQUARE PIANO, MUZIO CLEMENTI & CO, 26 CHEAPSIDE LONDON, NO 92, C1880 with fretted satinwood nameboard, in line inlaid case, on turned legs, brass castors, 84cm h; 59 x 166cm Provenance: Dunton Basset Vicarage Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, April 6, 1972, £190 and subsequently restored by Christopher J Stevens, Sussex at a cost of £350 £400 - £600
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516
518
A GEORGE III SYCAMORE DRESSING MIRROR, LATE 18TH CENTURY the slender uprights to the oval frame with draught turned bone roundels, the crossbanded serpentine base with shell patera and fitted three drawers, ogee feet, 61cm h; 22 x 49.5cm
AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY LOUDSPEAKER, CELESTION RADIO CO, C1930 in pagoda topped cabinet, on outset bracket feet,
Provenance: Wylton Antiques Limited, Melton Mowbray, August 1977, £240
51.5cm high, maker’s gilt transfers £100 - £150
£100 - £150
519 517 TWO DECORATIVE GERMAN LITHOGRAPHED TINPLATE BISCUIT BOXES, E OTTO SCHMIDT, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY 41.5cm long £70 - £100 Additional information and condition reports at mellorsandkirk.com
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522 P LEWIS, 1960 CASTELO DO BODE DAM, PORTUGAL signed and dated, oil on hardboard, 62.5 x 90cm
520 A BRITISH MUSEUM MARBLE COMPOSITION REPLICA HEAD OF EROS, 20TH CENTURY after the 4th century BC Greek sculpture, 22cm high including wood base £50 - £70
£40 - £60
523 A VICTORIAN PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY FRETTED FRAME MIRROR in George II style, crested by a Ho-Ho bird, 100cm high, 90cm long and another (2) £80 - £120
521 P L TAYLOR, 1987 STAUNTON HAROLD HALL signed and dated, oil on canvas, 59 x 89cm Provenance: The Ryder-Cheshire Mission, Staunton Harold Hall, April 18 1990, £265 £100 - £200
524 FOX HUNTING. A GOOD QUALITY MASTER OF FOX HOUNDS RED TAILCOAT with gilt brass Atherstone Hunt buttons £50 - £100
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THE ATTICS AND OUTBUILDINGS 525 AN EARLY VICTORIAN BURNISHED STEEL COAL SHOVEL AND PAIR OF MATCHING TONGS with faceted handle, shovel 76cm long and a Victorian pierced brass fender (3) £50 - £70
526 MISCELLANEOUS PLATED WARE to include a pair of Old Sheffield Plate neo classical candlesticks, c1800, 29cm high, wine coasters, oval tea caddy and egg frame £80 - £120
527 STRINGED INSTRUMENT. AN ARCHER 500 VIOLA length of back 41.5cm, printed label and a bow, in zipped rigid case £100 - £150
528 MISCELLANEOUS METALWORK AND BYGONES to include a Victorian pyramidal cast iron oil lamp base, brass toasting fork, brass three footed electric table lamp, pair of candlesticks, oak mantle timepiece, bobbins, bellows, brass spigots, etc £50 - £100
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THE ATTICS AND OUTBUILDINGS 529 AN ENGLISH GLASS DECANTER, 19TH CENTURY of fluted and faceted club shape with three neck rings and a stopper, 23.5cm high and a set of ten glass wine flutes (12) £40 - £60
530 JAMES BASIRE FSA (1730-1802) SIR WILLIAM HERRICK line engraving after the portrait by an unknown artist of 1628 in the collection of Leicestershire Museum Service, published 1795, mounted to image, oval, 13.5 x 11cm, verre eglomise mount, hammered brass frame and a 19th century portrait of a lady, half length, pencil, bird’s eye maple frame (2) £50 - £70
531 A VINTAGE POLO MALLET AND MISCELLANEOUS WALKING CANES sticks and umbrellas £40 - £60
532 SIX GRADUATED DOULTON SALTGLAZED BROWN STONEWARE HUNTING JUGS, LATE 19TH CENTURY largest 18cm h, impressed marks £80 - £120
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THE ATTICS AND OUTBUILDINGS 533 MISCELLANEOUS CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE, 19TH CENTURY to include a shield shaped cut glass sweetmeat vase, 13cm h, two pairs of glass rinsers, a Dutch Delftware saucer dish, late 18th c and a late Victorian moulded green glass oil lamp fount, brass mounted £60 - £100
534 MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL CERAMICS principally dinner and tea ware, to include blue and white, carnival and other glassware and a Japanese blue and white cylindrical stick stand £50 - £70
537 AN ENGLISH PIERCED STEEL FOOTMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY and a Victorian pierced brass footman on three steel legs, 31 and 33cm high (2) £50 - £70
535 A PAIR OF BRASS ANDIRONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY in mid 18th century English style, with wrythen fluted finial, 27cm high and various other metalware, treen and bygones to include a black forest postman’s alarm wall clock movement, hexagonal steel porch lantern, blowlamp, etc £50 - £70
538 PHOTOGRAPHY. A PHOTO DEVELOPMENTS LTD ENVOY ENLARGER AND OTHER DARKROOM EQUIPMENT, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY to include developing dishes and tanks, timer, homemade tinplate safety light, etc £40 - £60
536 A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT JARDINIERE, LATE 19TH CENTURY sprigged with muses and festooned with vines, 23cm high, impressed Wedgwood
539
Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, February 12, 1998, £134
Provenance: Dunton Basset Manor House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, November 29, 1990, £76
£50 - £70
A VICTORIAN OVAL COPPER PAN with loop handles, engraved T B, 19cm high, 53cm over handles
£40 - £60
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540 A VICTORIAN COPPER ROUND PAN with brass handles engraved BELL.T.H, 14cm high, 45cm diameter and a contemporary two handled coper pan lid (2) Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, October 17, 1991, £70 £40 - £60
541 A PAIR OF DECORATIVE FLORAL PAINTED RED LONG HANDLED HEARTH BELLOWS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 123cm long
544 A CAST IRON STICK STAND, 20TH CENTURY in Victorian style, detachable drip tray, 51cm high
£40 - £60
£40 - £60
542
545
A SET OF THREE ENGLISH BURNISHED STEEL FIRE IRONS FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY shovel 70cm long
A SIX BRANCH GLASS CHANDELIER, 20TH CENTURY with festoons hanging from rings and pendants from beads, 60cm high
Provenance: Rudolph Otto, Stow-on-the-Wold, October 3 1975, £32
£150 - £200
£50 - £100
543 MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENTAL CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE to include a 19th century blue printed earthenware Willow pattern dish and drainer £80 - £120
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547 A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN BURNISHED STEEL FIRE IRONS, MID 19TH CENTURY with brass baluster and acanthus leaf handles, the tongs with spring hinge, shovel 73cm long Provenance: Wylton Antiques Ltd, Melton Mowbray, September 10, 1977, £77 £50 - £70
546 A DECCA PORTABLE GRAMOPHONE with nickel plated reflector and maker’s sound box, in fabric covered case with leather handle and winding handle, 30cm l and a collection of 78rpm and later records £40 - £60
546A A REGENCY COPPER TEA URN, C1820 32cm h, miscellaneous LP and 78rpm records, vintage tennis racquets, wooden tea tray, binoculars, hearth bellows, etc £80 - £120
549 A PAIR OF TANNOY TEAK LOUDSPEAKERS serial numbers 108112 and 104178, 84cm h; 31 x 55cm, maker’s labels £400 - £600
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550
MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES prints, mirrors and maps
A SET OF THREE OAK BOOKCASES, MID 20TH CENTURY with three shelves and sliding plate glass doors, hardboard back, 98cm h; 25 x 91cm
£100 - £150
£100 - £150
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THE ATTICS AND OUTBUILDINGS 554 TWO EASY ARMCHAIRS, SECOND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY floral loose covers
551
£40 - £60
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIR, C1850 with scroll arms, padded floral woolwork seat and turned legs, seat height 45cm £80 - £120
555 A MURPHY FLOOR STANDING MAINS RADIO Type A272C, 77cm h, 61cm l and a Pye Fenman 1 walnut mains radio (2)
552
£50 - £70
A VICTORIAN OAK AND BROKEN LINE INLAID DAVENPORT, C1890 on pierced profile trestles and pottery castors, 88cm h; 46 x 56cm £80 - £120
556 A VICTORIAN PINE CHEST OF DRAWERS, LATE 19TH CENTURY on turned feet, 108cm h; 52 x 111cm £80 - £120
553 LUGGAGE. A QUANTITY OF LATE VICTORIAN AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY CABIN AND TIN TRUNKS a later mid 20th c leather suitcase, etc £80 - £120
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557 AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK DRESSING CHEST, C1910 80cm h; 42 x 54cm, a stained wood two door cupboard, mirror, oak curb and Victorian cast iron curb (5) £40 - £60
560 A VARNISHED BEECH PATENT ROCKING CHAIR, C1895 with metal springs and padded headrest, back, arm pads and seat, on pottery castors, seat height 40cm, branded patent applied for 1892, a 19th c French walnut footstool and an Edwardian bamboo occasional table (3) £100 - £150
558 AN OAK OPEN CORNER BOOKCASE, MID 20TH CENTURY 86cm h; 22 x 53cm (and 54cm), another open bookcase, an oak occasional table with undertier and four other items (8) £80 - £120
559 A VICTORIAN CARVED WALNUT HALL STAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY with grotesques and pendant fruit, 212cm h; 40 x 89cm £100 - £200
561 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEVAL FIRESCREEN, MID 19TH CENTURY with turned stretcher, 127cm h, 62cm l Provenance: Cosby House Farm Sale, c1968 £50 - £100
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562 A VICTORIAN COPPER STREET LANTERN, C1900 83cm h £50 - £100
563 A TURNED WOOD CANVAS WORK FRAME with steel wing nuts, 84cm l £40 - £60
567 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING MIRROR LATE 18TH CENTURY the oval frame on crossbanded serpentine base, fitted three drawers, ogee feet, 59cm h; 20 x 40cm Provenance: Kathleen D’Offay, May 1962, £30 £50 - £100
564 A TIMBER GARDEN BENCH, CIRCA MID 20TH CENTURY seat height 41cm, 150cm l £100 - £150
565 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARCHED FOOTSTOOL, C1870 with carved sides, 45cm l Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, July 1999, £149 £50 - £70
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568
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOLDING TOWEL HORSE, C1800 on pad feet, 100cm h x 61cm l (unopened) and a George III corner washstand, reduced in height (2)
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID DRESSING MIRROR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with reeded uprights and brass finials, rectangular base in flame veneers and fitted two drawers, bracket feet, 50cm h; 18 x 36.5cm
Provenance: (towel horse) Foxton Grange House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, July 1995, £167 £50 - £100 146
Provenance: Thomas Law, c1965 £50 - £70
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571 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID BOX COMMODE, C1800 the interior with pine top and lid, the front having two blind drawers on tapered legs, brass carrying handles, 46.5cm h; 44 x 45.5cm Provenance: Heathcote Ball & Co, September 1994, £156
569
£80 - £120
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the oblong top with rounded corners on ring turned pillar and moulded legs, 69cm h; 65 x 67cm
572
£100 - £150
Provenance: Dunton Basset Vicarage House Sale, Heathcote Ball & Co, April 1978, £12
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOTJACK, LATE 19TH CENTURY with turned handles, 86cm h
£80 - £120
570
573
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WASHSTAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with drawer, on square tapered legs, 86cm h; 50 x 91cm Provenance: Castle Galleries Hinckley, October 1965, £17 10s 0d
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE INLAID CARD TABLE, C1800 of D shape and line inlaid on square tapered legs, 75cm h; 45 x 91cm
£100 - £150
Provenance: Gore Langton, Alresford, September 1968, £50 £80 - £120
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574 A STAINED-MAHOGANY AND IRON TELESCOPIC BED TABLE Carter’s Invalid and Surgical Furniture Manufacturers New Cavendish Street London, early 20th c, on brown pottery castors, top 42 x 83cm and a Singer model B.R.K. 2-12 electric sewing machine, cased (2) £30 - £50
575 A GEORGE III OAK TRIPOD TABLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY on baluster pillar with vase knop, 69cm h x 54cm diam Provenance: Burgess, Market Harborough, c1965 £50 - £100
576 A MID CENTURY LIGHT WOOD BOOKCASE, C1960 of solid and laminate construction, adjustable shelves, the single door with angular brass handle, side pair of plate glass sliding doors, plywood back, on slightly recessed base, 98cm h; 37 x 183cm, Port-Gentil pictorial label £150 - £200
577 A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD YACHT PIANO John Broadwood & Sons London, No. 67992, 132cm l Provenance: Christopher Stevens, 1979 £80 - £120
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578 A VICTORIAN OBLONG STAVED OAK DAIRY BIN with iron bands, spout and carrying handles, 64cm h; 54 x 65cm Provenance: Castle Antiques, Hinckley, July 1978, £35 £50 - £100
579 A HALF-SIZE BILLIARD TABLE, THOMAS PADMORE & SONS BIRMINGHAM, C1925 with slate bed and removable baize lined two piece top, on mahogany frame and turned legs, 90cm h; 105 x 197cm, with snooker and pool balls, ques and scoreboard Restored by Thomas Padmore & Sons, 1977 £200 - £300
580 A WALNUT AND INLAID UPRIGHT PIANO, W R YATES & SONS LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY 140cm l £50 - £70
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TWO INDIAN FLORAL WOOL RUGS, 20TH CENTURY 278 x 306cm and 310 x 396cm
THREE PERSIAN STYLE RUGS, 20TH CENTURY 119 x 170cm, 120 x 168cm and 120 x 188cm
£50 - £100
£50 - £100
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Books
585 583 WOOD (J G) THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES AND MOLLUSCS 3 vols, with ‘new designs’ (wood engravings), contemporary tree calf gilt, the spine with red and green labels, marbled endpapers and edges, several leaves slightly wormed, 1862-63 (3) £50 - £70
FROM SHERIDAN’S LIBRARY. WOOD (JOHN) A GENERAL VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE LATE SWISS REVOLUTION contemporary dark blue half calf, marbled boards, engraved bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edinburgh: Peter Hill and G Cawthorne, London 1799 £50 - £70
584
586
COWPER (WILLIAM) POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER OF THE INNER TEMPLE IN TWO VOLUMES second edition, half title to vol 2 with on reverse Proposals for printing by subscription A New Translation of the Iliad and Odyssey - dated February 1, 1786, contemporary calf, London: J Johnson, 1786 (2)
THROSBY (JOHN) THE MEMOIRS OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF LEICESTER DISPLAYED UNDER AN EPITOME OF THE REIGN OF EACH SOVEREIGN 6 vols in 3, 16mo, map and plates, several folding, later half calf with red labels by Raithby, Lawrence & Co Ltd, first few leaves of vol 1 soiled and stained, title p with loss at top, teg, 1777 (3)
£100 - £150
£80 - £120
150
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587 ROLAND (GEORGE) A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF FENCING first edition, 12 plates of fencing positions as called-for, some internal spotting/browning, occasional light soiling, bound in 19th C blind-panelled calf, rubbed, wear to extremities and upper joint repaired, Edinburgh: Constable 1823 £100 - £150
589 THROSBY (JOHN) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANCIENT TOWN OF LEICESTER 2 vols, folding map, plates, several printed in red and black, several somewhat heavily spotted, frontispiece remounted, later half red calf, London 1790 (2) £100 - £150
588
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ROWLANDSON (THOMAS) POETICAL SKETCHES OF SCARBOROUGH: ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY ONE ENGRAVINGS OF THE HUMOROUS SUBJECTS... second edition, coloured plates, early ownership inscription (Thomas Dickinson 1844 on ffe), original boards, London: R Ackermann, 1813
BURTON (WILLIAM) THE DESCRIPTION OF LEICESTERSHIRE CONTAINING MATTERS OF ANTIQUITY History, Armoury and Genealogy, second edition, enlarged and corrected, 2 plates of shields, later cloth, ownership signature to title (George Edward Checkland), Lynn: 1777
£80 - £120
£50 - £70
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593 SWIFT (JONATHAN) GULLIVER’S TRAVELS INTO THE SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD illustrated by Arthur Rackham, large paper edition, 362 of 750 copies signed by the illustrator, colour plates with note about ‘The Yahoos’ loosely inserted, cloth gilt with pink ties, handling marks and soiled, teg, London: J M Dent & Co, 1909 £150 - £250
591 HUNTING. PAGET (GUY) THE MELTON MOWBRAY OF JOHN FERNELEY edition de luxe on handmade paper with an original drawing by the Ferneleys inserted, illustrated, half title, cloth, dust jacket creased and torn (tape repaired), teg, Leicester 1931, - History of the Althorp and Pytchley Hunt, signed by the author on the title, with ownership inscription to half title (W L Everard, Ratcliffe Hall, Leicester) 1937, Charles Simpson - Leicestershire and its Hunts: The Quorn (et al) 1926, - The Harboro - Country 1927 and L Edwards A Leicestershire Sketch Book 1935 (5) £100 - £200
592 JONES (OWEN) THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT fine chromolitho plates, original dark embossed cloth gilt, edges and corners rubbed, gutta percha perished, sold as a collection of plates, London : Bernard Quaritch 1868, waf
594 DUGDALE (WILLIAM SIR) THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE ILLUSTRATED FROM RECORDS, LEIGER BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, CHARTERS, EVIDENCES, TOMBES AND ARMES plates including portrait frontispiece and illustrations in the text, later diced calf, marbled endpapers, inscribed in pencil ‘collated and found complete’ March 7 1950’. title and frontispiece browned, slightly shaved, London: Thomas Warren, 1656 £150 - £250
£80 - £120
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BOOKS
596 595 FULLER (THOMAS) THE HISTORY OF THE WORTHIES OF ENGLAND first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by D Loggan, title and text browned, title and frontispiece laid down, London 1662
ROYAL BINDING. THE BOOKE OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RIGHTS AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND black letter, engraved titles, the first and tables in red and black, woodcut initials and ornaments, contemporary calf the boards gilt with royal arms, rebacked, London: Robert Barker and the Assigne of John Bill, 1631 £100 - £200
£150 - £200
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597
JEWELL (JOHN) CERTAINE SERMONS PREACHED BEFORE THE QUEENES MAJESTIE AND AT PAULES CROSSE... B.L., woodcut title repaired, modern panelled calf, slightly shaved, London 1583
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RIGHTS AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND plates (one detached), contemporary straight grained red morocco, London 1794 £80 - £120
£50 - £100
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598 THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RIGHTS AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND three editions, comprising black letter, 18th century tree calf, several leaves slightly shaved, several ownership signatures, London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662, contemporary black and gilt panelled binding with initials PR, aeg, Oxford: Mark Baskett, 1764 and contemporary panelled calf with engraved title by J Sturt, Oxford, nd, waf and one other (4) £100 - £150
600 LEICESTERSHIRE. HILL (JOHN HARWOOD) THE HISTORY OF MARKET HARBOROUGH lithographed title and plates by the author, contemporary calf tooled in blind with fleur de lis and trellis patterned boards, red label, Leicester: For the Subscribers, 1875 and James Wright - The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, plts and engraved illustrations in the text, early manuscript index at end, contemporary calf rebacked, London: 1684 (2) Provenance: (Wright) The potter Josiah Spode (1733-1797) (bookplate) £100 - £150
599 POLLARD (A F) HENRY VIII fine paper edition, No 88/1150 copies, plates including chromolitho portrait frontispiece, half green morocco gilt with arms, teg, 1902, The Works of Lord Byron, illustrated edition, Fullarton edition, 6 vols, steel engravings, embossed green cloth gilt, c1860 and 8 various others (15)
601
£100 - £150
DODSWORTH (WILLIAM) AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EPISCOPAL SEE AND CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SARUM OR SALISBURY engraved title and plates printed on stout stock, fine contemporary diced calf richly gilt, with gothic architectural designs, gilt dentelles, aeg, Salisbury: 1814 £200 - £300 154
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MORTON (JOHN) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES folio, folding map browned, plts, contemporary panelled scarlet calf gilt rebacked, endpaper inscribed ‘Collated and complete’, aeg, London 1712
CHATTOCK (RICHARD S) SKETCHES OF ETON WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY WIGHTMAN WOOD etched plts, marbled endpapers, contemporary brown calf tooled in blind and armorial gilt, aeg, London 1874, Eton in Prose & Verse Anthology selected by A C Ainger, c1916, Christopher Hussey Eton College, second edition, 1926 and one other, Eton College (4)
£100 - £150
Provenance: (Sketches of Eton) W F Inge £50 - £80
605 603 NICHOLS (JOHN) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER vol I part II and vol IV part II only, folio, double page map and plates, portrait frontispiece, original paper backed marbled boards, London 1815 and 1811 respectively (2)
MORRIS (F O) A SERIES OF PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS OF THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 6 vols, chromolitho title and plts, marbled endpapers, contemporary scarlet calf tooled in blind and gilt with arms in Greek key borders, slightly scratched and corners scuffed but tight, London: nd [c1870] (6)
£150 - £200
£100 - £150
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608 FURNITURE HISTORY. THE JOURNAL OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY an incomplete run 1974-2020 (44) and a quantity of Furniture History Society Newsletters (one shelf) £40 - £60
606 EDWARDS (RALPH) THE SHORTER DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE LATE GEORGIAN PERIOD 4th impression, illustrated, orange cloth, Country Life Ltd, 1972 and an extensive collection of others, furniture, mainly standard works of reference, including H Roberts - For the King’s Pleasure, Glin & Peill - Irish Furniture, A Kelly - Mrs Coade’s Stone, Furniture History Society - Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840 (and index), V & A Georgian Furniture - Chinnery - Oak Furniture the British Tradition, B D Cotton - The English Regional Chair, Goodison - The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, S Jervis - British and Irish Inventories, Blairmans - George Bullock Cabinet Maker and others (55 approx) £150 - £200
609 CHAMBERLAIN (ARTHUR B) HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER 2 vols, plates, half titles, blue cloth, 1913, D Mannings - Sir Joshua Reynolds A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, D Millar - The Victorian Watercolours and Drawings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2 vols, C Wood - The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, S Sloman - Gainsborough in Bath, E H H Archibald Dictionary of Sea Painters, S Mitchell - The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, C Lennox-Boyd (et al) - George Stubbs - The Complete Engraved Works and others (55) £120 - £160
607 EDWARDS (RALPH) THE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE revised edition, 3 vols, illustrated, dust jacket, No 326 / 1000, Woodbridge 1983 and other English Furniture works of reference, to include L Boynton - Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, S E Stuart - Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, 2 vols, N Goodison - Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, L Wood - Catalogue of Commodes, C Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 3 vols and the Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 2 vols and H Hayward and P Kirkham - William and John Linnell, 2 vols (24) £150 - £200
610 RACKHAM (BERNARD) THE GLAISHER COLLECTION OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN 2 vols, plates, navy cloth, teg, Cambridge 1935 and other English ceramics reference works, to include Godden - English Blue & White Porcelain, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-52 (and others by the same), A Dawson - English & Irish Delftware 1570-1840, E Adams - Chelsea Porcelain and 2 others, Continental Ceramics (30) £80 - £120
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GODDEN (GEOFFREY A) CAUGHLEY AND WORCESTER PORCELAIN 1775-1800 reprinted, illustrated, dust jacket, Woodbridge 1981 and others by the same authority - Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains, Minton Pottery and Porcelain of the First Period 1783-1850, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852 (and several others), H Rissik Marshall - Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, J Twitchett - Derby Porcelain, - Royal Crown Derby, R Reilly Wedgwood, 2 vols and others, English ceramics (23)
JACKSON (CHARLES JAMES SIR) An Illustrated History of English Plate Ecclesiastical and Secular, 2 vols, plates, half titles, original green cloth gilt, teg, 1911 and other principal works of reference on silver, to include W W Watt Old English Silver, P R P Braithwaite - The Church Plate of Hampshire, C A Markham - Church Plate of the County of Northampton, R Rowe - Adam Silver, C Hartop - The Huguenot Legacy English Silver 1680-1760 and David S Shure - Hester Bateman (28)
£50 - £100
£60 - £100
615 PHILLIPS (PHILIP A S) PAUL DE LAMERIE HIS LIFE AND WORK folio, illustrated, half title, one of 500 copies, dust jacket, 1968 £80 - £120
612 WHITE (GEORGE) ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS illustrated, dust jacket, Woodbridge 1989 and other principal works of reference on antique clocks, to include Clutton & Daniels Watches, T Robinson - The Longcase Clock, P G Dawson (et al) Early English Clocks, C N Ponsford - Devon Clocks and Clockmakers, C Jagger- Royal Clocks and others (15) and Antiquarian Horological Society - Antiquarian Horology (35 approx) £80 - £120
613 MERCER (VAUDREY) THE FRODSHAMS THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF CHRONOMETER MAKERS illustrated monograph, No 21 of the Antiquarian Horological Society, dust jacket, 1981 £40 - £60
616 DENARO (VICTOR F) THE GOLDSMITHS OF MALTA AND THEIR MARKS illustrated, glassine jacket torn, Florence 1972, N N Morrison - The Silversmiths and Goldsmiths of Cape of Good Hope 1652-1850), D Heller - Further Researches in Cape Silver and H Ling Roth - Oriental Silverwork Malay and Chinese (4) £40 - £60
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GRIMWADE (ARTHUR G) LONDON GOLDSMITHS (1697-1837) THEIR MARKS AND LIVES second revised edition, half title, dust jacket, 1982 and John Culme - The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, two vols, reprinted 2000 (3)
STEWART (J DOUGLAS) SIR GODFREY KNELLER AND THE ENGLISH BAROQUE PORTRAIT illustrated, dust jacket, Oxford 1983 and J Kerslake - Early Georgian Portraits, 2 vols, illustrated, HMSO 1977, slip case (3)
£100 - £150
£100 - £150
(part)
618 SALE CATALOGUES. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PRINCIPALLY SOTHEBY’S AND CHRISTIE’S AUCTION CATALOGUES of English furniture, pictures and miniatures, private collections and house sales and a smaller quantity of Phillips and Bonhams catalogues, particularly portrait miniatures, and the Watney Collection of early English Porcelain (3 vols) (4 shelves)
BUTLER (A S G) THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIR EDWIN LUTYENS 3 vols, reprinted edition, No 392/1500, illustrated, dust jacket, Woodbridge 1984 (3) £100 - £150
£200 - £300
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BOOKS 627 BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock, including Kelly’s directories (Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Hampshire, 1880-1947), waf (2 shelves) £100 - £150
628 COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE An extensive incomplete run, 1970s-2000 £50 - £100
629 FOLIO SOCIETY A collection, including multi volume sets, slip cased (4 shelves) £150 - £200
630 BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (5 shelves)
621
£100 - £150
REYNOLDS (GRAHAM) THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF JOHN CONSTABLE 4 vols, illustrated, dust jackets, New Haven and London 1984 and 1996 (4)
631
£50 - £100
622 THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS ed R C Latham and W Matthews, 11 vols, reprinted, dust jackets, 1983, John Kay - A Series of Original Portraits and Character Etchings, 2 vols, 2007, slip case, John Nichols - The History and Antiquities of Leicester, republished edition, 8 vols in 4, 1971 and others, British history particularly Leicester and English Literature (5 shelves)
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (4 shelves) £100 - £150
632 BOOKS Art, architecture and miscellaneous subjects (5 shelves) £150 - £200
633 BOOKS Art, Antiques and Miscellaneous subjects (5 shelves)
£100 - £150
£120 - £160
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634
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (2 shelves)
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock to include Tipping (H Avray) - English Homes Period VI, vol 1 only, 1929
£100 - £150
624
£100 - £150
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (5 shelves)
635
£150 - £200
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (5 shelves)
625
£100 - £150
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (5 shelves)
636
£150 - £200
626 BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock (3 shelves)
BOOKS Miscellaneous general shelf stock journals and magazines (9 boxes) £150 - £200
£40 - £60
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MELLORS & KIRK CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS Introduction and notice to Buyers The conditions set out below and all other terms, conditions and notices set out in Mellors & Kirk’s Catalogues, announced by the particular auctioneer conducting the sale or posted in the saleroom by way of notice (together “the Conditions”) form the terms on which Mellors & Kirk contracts, as auctioneer, with any actual or prospective Buyer or Vendor. The Conditions apply to all aspects of the relationship between Mellors & Kirk and any actual or prospective Buyer or Vendor regarding the sale, purchase or holding by Mellors & Kirk of goods and any appraisal, inspection or valuation of such goods that Mellors & Kirk is required by any actual or prospective Buyer or Vendor to undertake, therefore please read them carefully. Any prospective Buyer should pay particular attention to the Conditions before bidding. All prospective Buyers, by making a bid for any goods advertised in Catalogues, acknowledge that their attention has been drawn to the Conditions and that they are bound by them. As auctioneer, Mellors & Kirk generally acts in every respect relating to any goods deposited with them for sale and the sale thereof as agent of the Vendor and any concluded contract for sale of any such goods will be made between the Vendor and the Buyer. Any goods delivered to the premises of Mellors & Kirk shall be deemed to be consigned for sale. In delivering to or requesting Mellors & Kirk to arrange for the collection of any item for delivery to Mellors & Kirk’s premises, all Vendors acknowledge that their attention has been drawn to the Conditions and that they are bound by them. As auctioneer, Mellors & Kirk disclaims any responsibility or liability for any default by either the Vendor or the Buyer in connection with fulfilling any of their respective obligations under any contract for sale of goods auctioned by Mellors & Kirk concluded between the Vendor and the Buyer and/or any of the Conditions. Mellors & Kirk is dependent upon the Vendor for much of the relevant factual material pertaining to goods offered for sale. Mellors & Kirk cannot and does not undertake full due diligence on every good offered for sale and/or sold. All prospective Buyers therefore have a responsibility to carry out their own inspection and investigations to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the goods that they are interested in buying. Mellors & Kirk specifically draws the attention of all prospective Buyers to Conditions 4, 5 and 6, which require all prospective Buyers to investigate any goods prior to bidding for such goods and specifically limit the extent
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Mellors & Kirk and is calculated as being the Hammer Price, less the Vendor’s Commission insurance, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon; • ‘Vendor’ means the person(s) (including their agent (other than Mellors & Kirk), executors or personal representatives) offering goods for sale at any Mellors & Kirk auction and by whom Mellors & Kirk is authorised to sell such goods. If the Vendor constitutes multiple persons, each shall assume, jointly and severally, all obligations, liabilities, representations, warranties and indemnities of the Vendor as set forth in the Conditions; and • ‘Vendor’s Commission’ means the commission on the Hammer Price realised for the lot in question payable to Mellors & Kirk by the Vendor at a flat rate of 15% plus VAT of such Hammer Price. (b) In these Conditions, words denoting a singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and references to the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa. (c) The headings and sub-headings in the Conditions do not form part of the Conditions themselves but are for convenience only and do not affect their construction. (d) Reference to any statute or statutory provision in the Conditions includes a reference to the statute or statutory provision as from time to time amended, extended or re-enacted. Conditions of Business principally of application to Buyers 2. Mellors & Kirk’s capacity Mellors & Kirk sells as agent for the Vendor, except from time to time where it has a direct or indirect financial interest in a particular lot (in which case it will act in the capacity of principal). Where Mellors & Kirk sells as agent, any sale will result in a contract made directly between the Vendor and the Buyer 3. Guarantee in respect of deliberate forgeries (a) If Mellors & Kirk sells a lot that subsequently proves to be a deliberate forgery, Mellors & Kirk shall (subject to Conditions 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d)) rescind the sale and refund to the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer in connection with the lot in pounds sterling, or where this is not reasonably possible, in Euros, which shall be the Buyer’s sole remedy against Mellors & Kirk and the Vendor, in place of any other remedy that may be available, and neither Mellors & Kirk nor the Vendor shall be liable for any special, indirect or consequential losses or damages (including, without limitation, for loss of profits or interest). For the purposes of this Condition 3, a
‘deliberate forgery’ means a lot that in Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable opinion is an imitation created to deceive as to age, authorship, culture, date, origin, period or source, where the correct description of such matters is not reflected by the corresponding description in the Catalogue, and which at the date of sale had a value materially less than it would have had if the lot had accorded with the corresponding description in the Catalogue. No lot shall be considered to be a ‘deliberate forgery’ for the purposes of this Condition 3 by reason only of any damage, modification and/or restoration work of any kind (including repainting or over-painting). (b) Subject to Condition 3(d), the guarantee given in Condition 3(a) shall only be available to the Buyer in respect of any lot on condition that, no later than 5 years after the date of sale of that lot, the Buyer must: (i) within 14 days of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the lot, notify Mellors & Kirk in writing of the Buyer’s view that the lot is a deliberate forgery, specifying the lot number, the date of the auction at which the lot was purchased by the Buyer and the grounds upon which the Buyer has formed such view (which shall be accompanied by any evidence upon which the Buyer relies); and (ii) within 7 days after delivery of such notice, return the lot to Mellors & Kirk in the same condition as prevailed at the date of its sale to the Buyer and be able to transfer good title in the lot to Mellors & Kirk free from any liens, charges, encumbrances or other third party claims arising after such date of sale. (c) Prior to rescinding any sale under Condition 3(a), Mellors & Kirk shall have the right to request the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s cost the reports of 2 independent and recognised experts in the field, mutually acceptable to both Mellors & Kirk and the Buyer, setting out the reasons why the lot in question is considered to be a deliberate forgery and Mellors & Kirk agrees that it will give due and proper consideration to such expert reports. Mellors & Kirk shall not however be bound by any such expert report and reserves the right, in its absolute discretion and at its own expense, to seek the additional independent advice and views of any other expert or authority in making its final determination as to whether the lot in question is a deliberate forgery. If Mellors & Kirk agrees with the Buyer that the lot in question is a deliberate forgery, then Mellors & Kirk shall refund to the Buyer the costs incurred by the Buyer in obtaining 2 independent expert reports, provided that: (i) such costs were approved in writing by Mellors & Kirk prior to the reports being obtained; and (ii) the Buyer
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MELLORS & KIRK CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS could not reasonably have obtained independent opinions as to the authenticity of the lot in question prior to its sale. (d) Notwithstanding that any particular lot amounts to a deliberate forgery as defined in Condition 3(a), the respective Buyer shall have no rights to receive any refund under Condition 3(a) where: (i) the Catalogue description of the lot in question at the date of its sale accorded with the then generally accepted opinion(s) of scholars and experts at such date or such Catalogue description fairly indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of its sale that the lot in question is a deliberate forgery would have been by means of a scientific or other process not then generally accepted or available for use until after publication of the Catalogue or a process which at the date of publication of the Catalogue was unreasonably expensive, impractical to use or likely to have caused damage or (in Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable opinion) loss of value to the lot; or (iii) the Buyer has either failed to notify Mellors & Kirk or return the lot in question to Mellors & Kirk within the respective period required by Condition 3(b), in respect of which Condition time shall be of the essence. (e) The benefit of the guarantee given by Mellors & Kirk in this Condition 3 is not capable of being transferred and, in respect of any lot, is solely for the benefit of the respective Buyer of that lot. 4. Catalogue descriptions, condition of lots and Buyer’s obligation to inspect (a) The nature of the lots sold in any of Mellors & Kirk’s auctions is such that they will rarely be in perfect condition and are likely, due to their nature and age, to show signs of wear and tear, damage, other imperfections, restoration or repair. All lots are sold as shown and/or described and otherwise in the condition they are in at the time of their sale, with all imperfections and errors of description (whether expressly identified in the Catalogue description or not). Illustrations in Catalogues are for identification purposes only. Buyers should also note that Mellors & Kirk have not tested any electrical or mechanical goods prior to their sale (whether in respect of their ability to function, their safety of operation or otherwise) and the Buyer is solely responsible for testing any such goods before bidding for, buying and (in particular) using such goods, any such use being entirely at the Buyer’s own risk. (b) Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of any statement as to age, attribution, authenticity, authorship, condition, date, origin and provenance of any lot, whether or
not such statement forms part of the description of any such lot. Whether any such statement is made orally or in the Catalogue, it is an expression of opinion given honestly after careful consideration and research and in accordance with the standard of care reasonably expected of an auction house of Mellors & Kirk’s standing. It is not, and all prospective Buyers acknowledge that any such statement shall not be taken as being, in any way exhaustive or a statement or representation of fact. All prospective Buyers also acknowledge that the particular auctioneer conducting the sale of any lot may, at such sale and at his discretion, modify any description or statement in the Catalogues regarding that lot. Any such modifications, whether given orally or in writing, are expressions of opinion of the particular auctioneer alone and are not, and all prospective Buyers acknowledge that they are not to be taken as being, in any way exhaustive or statements or representations of fact. No absentee bidder or bidder by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means for any lot that he has purchased may reject that lot on the basis that he was not aware of and/or did not hear any such modification(s) having been made and/or being made by the particular auctioneer conducting the sale of that lot. (c) All prospective Buyers acknowledge that, where the following terms are used in the Catalogue, they shall bear only the meaning given to them in this Condition 4(c) and, in any event, any such use of any such terms shall be a non-exhaustive expression of opinion only: (i) where the artist’s full name is used (or the artist’s initials, if his full name is unrecorded), the work is in our opinion by the artist; (ii) where the expression “attributed to” is used, the work is in our opinion possibly by the artist; (iii) where the term “After” is used, the work is in our opinion a copy of a work by the artist not necessarily of the same date; (iv) where the term “signed/dated/inscribed” is used, the work in our opinion has been signed, dated or inscribed by the artist; and (iii) where the expression “bears signature/date/inscription”, the work in our opinion has not been signed, dated or inscribed by the artist. (d) Lots sold are extremely varied in terms of age, condition and type and may be purchased for a variety of purposes. Unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing, no promise is made or warranty given that any lot is or will be fit for any particular purpose. (e) With regard to any lot in which the Buyer is interested in bidding and prior to making any such bid, the Buyer undertakes: (i) to inspect and satisfy himself prior to its sale as to the condition and description of the lot; (ii) to rely on his own judgment
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as to whether the lot accords with its description; (iii) particularly in the case of any lot of significant value, to seek any independent expert advice reasonably required (in view of the Buyer’s particular expertise and the value of the lot) to satisfy himself as to the age, attribution, authenticity, authorship, condition, date, origin and/or provenance of the lot; and (iv) not to rely on any illustration of the lot in Catalogues. To assist prospective Buyers, Mellors & Kirk may refer in the Catalogue to serious and obvious faults and imperfections in lots for sale. However, as outlined in Mellors & Kirk’s condition report sent to all prospective bidders for any lot upon their request prior to sale, any such reference(s) that Mellors & Kirk provides is not and does not purport to be in any way exhaustive or a statement or representation of fact and all Buyers will be deemed to have knowledge of all matters that they could reasonably have been expected to find out given their particular expertise and their exercise of reasonable due diligence. 5. Mellors & Kirk’s liability to Buyers (a) Except for the guarantee given by Mellors & Kirk in Condition 3: (i) Mellors & Kirk gives no guarantees or warranties to the Buyer and any implied conditions or warranties, whether imposed by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or otherwise, are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law; (ii) in particular, any representation or statement made by or on behalf of Mellors & Kirk, whether orally by any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or sub-contractors or printed in any Catalogue or any advertisement, brochure, commentary, list, report or valuation, concerning any aspect or quality of any lot, including age, attribution, authenticity, authorship, condition, date, origin, price, provenance or value, is a nonexhaustive expression of opinion only, may be revised prior to the lot being offered for sale (including whilst the lot is in public view) and is not to be taken as being or implying any warranty or representation of fact by Mellors & Kirk; and (iii) neither Mellors & Kirk nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or subcontractors shall be in any way liable for any errors or omissions in any such representations or statements, save for any representations made fraudulently. (b) Without prejudice to Conditions 3 and 5(a), and save insofar as it relates to any liability for death or personal injury resulting from Mellors & Kirk’s negligence (for which Mellors & Kirk in no way seeks to exclude or limit its liability), Mellors & Kirk’s liability for any claim brought against Mellors & Kirk by any Buyer in respect of any lot shall be limited to the aggregate of the Hammer Price for that lot and the Buyer’s Premium actually paid by that Buyer to Mellors & Kirk in respect of that lot.
6. Vendors’ liability to Buyers No warranty is given by the Vendor of any lot to any prospective Buyer of that lot and all implied conditions or warranties, whether imposed by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or otherwise (except those implied under Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979), are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7. At the sale (a) Mellors & Kirk has the right, at its absolute discretion, to refuse: (i) to allow any person to participate in any of its auctions; (ii) admission to its premises to any person; and (iii) any bid, without giving any reason. (b) All prospective Buyers, in order to bid at any Mellors & Kirk auction and obtain a bidding number, must complete, sign and submit to Mellors & Kirk a registration form with their name and permanent address and provide identification to verify such details to Mellors & Kirk before bidding on any lot. Mellors & Kirk may also require the production of bank details from which payment will be made and other financial references. It is Mellors & Kirk’s policy to request that any new Buyers or Vendors preferring to make a cash payment to provide: (i) proof of identity (by providing some form of government issued identification containing a photograph or photographic counterpart, such as a passport, identity card or driver’s licence); and (ii) confirmation of their permanent address. It is against Mellors & Kirk’s general policy to accept single or multiple related payments in the form of cash or cash equivalents in excess of £5,000. Mellors & Kirk reserves the right to seek identification of the source of funds received. (c) When making a bid for any lot, a prospective Buyer is doing so as principal and therefore will be held personally and solely liable for that bid, unless Mellors & Kirk has previously agreed with the prospective Buyer in writing that the prospective Buyer is doing so on behalf of an identified third party who is acceptable to Mellors & Kirk. In circumstances where Mellors & Kirk has so agreed, both the prospective Buyer and the third party will be jointly and severally liable for all obligations arising from the bid and the third party shall, by the prospective Buyer’s bidding as his agent, be bound by the Conditions in the same way as if the third party were bidding personally. (d) In respect of any lots, the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk to accept, and Mellors & Kirk will use reasonable endeavours to carry out, bids from prospective Buyers who are not present at the relevant auction in person, by an agent or by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means, which are delivered (whether or not in writing) to Mellors & Kirk
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MELLORS & KIRK CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS sufficiently in advance of their sale and which Mellors & Kirk considers, in its absolute discretion, to be sufficiently clear and complete. If Mellors & Kirk receives absentee bids on a particular lot for identical amounts, Mellors & Kirk will use reasonable endeavours to sell the lot to the absentee bidder whose bid was received and accepted first, however in practice it is often impracticable for Mellors & Kirk to know which bid was received and accepted first and therefore there is no guarantee that the lot will be sold to the absentee bidder whose bid was received or accepted first by Mellors & Kirk or, in fact, either of such absentee bidders. Mellors & Kirk’s execution of absentee bids is a free service undertaken subject to its other commitments at the time of sale and, provided that Mellors & Kirk has exercised reasonable care in the handling of such bids, the volume of lots is such that Mellors & Kirk cannot accept liability in any individual circumstance for failing to execute any absentee bid or for errors and omissions in connection with absentee bidding arising from circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Prospective Buyers should therefore attend the relevant auction personally or send an agent to such auction if they wish to be certain of bidding for particular lots. (e) If any prospective Buyers make and agree prior written arrangements with Mellors & Kirk for bidding for any lot(s) by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means sufficiently in advance of their sale, the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk to accept such bids from and Mellors & Kirk will use reasonable endeavours to contact such prospective Buyers to enable them to participate in such bidding, however Mellors & Kirk does not accept liability for any failing to do so or for errors and omissions in connection with any bidding by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means due to events beyond Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable control. (f) At some auctions, there may be a video or digital screen in operation for the convenience of both Vendors and Buyers. Errors may occur in its operation, the quality of the image reproduced on the screen and/or the correspondence of the screen image to the original. Mellors & Kirk do not accept liability for any such errors due to events beyond Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable control. (g) The representative of Mellors & Kirk conducting the auction (‘the auctioneer’) has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid and to advance and regulate the bidding for any lot in such a manner as he may decide, without giving any reason or previous notice, dividing, adding to or withdrawing any lots, combining any two or more lots and, in the case of error or dispute
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(whether during or after the sale), determining the successful bidder, continuing the bidding, cancelling the sale, reoffering and reselling the lot in dispute or taking such other action as he reasonably thinks fit in the circumstances. If any dispute arises after the sale of any lot, the sales records maintained by the auctioneer will be conclusive in the absence of any objective or substantiated evidence to the contrary. Any postauction sale of any lot offered at auction shall incorporate the Conditions as if sold in the auction. (h) Subject to the auctioneer’s reasonable discretion, the person making the highest bid for any lot that is accepted by the auctioneer will be the Buyer of that lot. The striking of the auctioneer’s hammer marks his acceptance of the highest bid and the conclusion of a contract for the sale of the lot on and subject to these conditions between the Vendor and the Buyer. Risk and responsibility for each lot (including any frame, casing, mounting or glass forming part thereof) passes to the Buyer at the fall of the hammer and the Buyer shall be solely responsible for insuring the lot from the time that risk in it passes to the Buyer under this Condition 7(h). 8. After the sale (a) In respect of any lot purchased, the Buyer will be liable to pay Mellors & Kirk the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium, the Online Bidding Fee, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon. The Buyer acknowledges that Mellors & Kirk will also receive the Vendor’s Commission in respect of the sale of any lot to the Buyer and payment of the Buyer’s Premium in respect of that lot in no way affects or prejudices Mellors & Kirk’s entitlement to receive the Vendor’s Commission in respect of its sale and vice versa. (b) If the Artists Resale Rights Regulations 2006 apply to any lot, the Buyer also agrees to pay to Mellors & Kirk an amount equal to the applicable resale royalty provided for in such Regulations and Mellors & Kirk undertake to the Buyer to pay such amount to the artist’s collection agent. Any lot affected will be identified as such next to the lot number.
at the same auction in pounds sterling and good cleared funds. All cheques shall be made payable to “Mellors & Kirk Limited” and, unless the Buyer has made and agreed alternative prior arrangements in writing with Mellors & Kirk, must be accompanied by (in Mellors & Kirk’s absolute discretion) a satisfactory recommendation of creditworthiness from an approved mutual acquaintance of Mellors & Kirk or such other source as Mellors & Kirk may require, otherwise the payment by cheque will not be deemed to have been made until such time as the cheque clears. Mellors & Kirk reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to request special clearance of any cheque presented to it by the Buyer, who shall be informed immediately, by Mellors & Kirk, of any such request. Mellors & Kirk will not be required to release any lot to the Buyer until such time as property in the lot has passed to the Buyer under this Condition 8(d), and appropriate identification has been provided, and any earlier release of the lot will not in any way affect the passing of property in the lot or the Buyer’s unconditional obligation to make payment to Mellors & Kirk of the full amount due in respect of the lot. (e) Subject to Mellors & Kirk exercising its entitlement not to release any lot to the Buyer pursuant to Condition 8(d), any lot purchased must be collected from the place of the auction at the Buyer’s sole risk (which passes to the Buyer in accordance with Condition 7(h)) and expense by 4.30pm on the second working day after its sale unless the Buyer has made and agreed alternative prior arrangements in writing with Mellors & Kirk. (f) The packing and handling of any lot is entirely at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense and Mellors & Kirk shall not, in any circumstances, be responsible for any acts or omissions of the packers or shippers.
(c) Immediately after the fall of hammer, the Buyer must pay the full amount due to Mellors & Kirk (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon) in respect of the lot in question regardless of any export, import or other licence or permit requirements for such lot.
(g) The export of any lot from the United Kingdom or import into any other country may be subject to one or more export, import, firearm, endangered species or other licence(s) or permit(s) being granted in respect of that lot and it is the Buyer’s sole responsibility to obtain all such licences and/or permits as are necessary. The denial of or any delay in obtaining any such licence or permit shall not justify the cancellation or rescission of the sale contract for the lot by the Buyer or any delay by the Buyer in making full payment for the lot in accordance with Condition 8(c).
(d) Without prejudice to Condition 8(c), the property in any lot purchased shall not pass to the Buyer until the Buyer has made payment to Mellors & Kirk of the full amount due in respect of that lot and all other lots (if any) sold to that Buyer
(h) If the Buyer fails to pay Mellors & Kirk the full amount due on any or all lots sold to that Buyer at the same auction in pounds sterling and good cleared funds within 7 days of the auction, Mellors & Kirk shall, in its absolute discretion and without
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prejudice to any other rights that Mellors & Kirk and the Vendor may have, be entitled to exercise any one or more of the following rights or remedies: (i) charge interest at a rate equal to 4 per cent above Lloyds TSB Bank plc base rate on the full amount due on any or all such lots from the date of the auction to the date full payment of such amount is made to Mellors & Kirk in pounds sterling and good cleared funds; (ii) store any or all such lots at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense; (iii) cancel the sale of any or all lots sold to the Buyer in that or any other Mellors & Kirk auction(s); (iv) hold the defaulting Buyer liable for breach of contract and commence legal proceedings for the recovery of the full amount due on any or all such lots, together with interest, legal fees and all other costs of such proceedings on an full indemnity basis; (v) resell any or all such lots by auction or private sale, on such terms as Mellors & Kirk thinks fit, and the defaulting Buyer shall be liable to fully indemnify Mellors & Kirk for any shortfall arising from such resale together with all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Mellors & Kirk in connection with such resale; (vi) in respect of any or all such lots, pay the Seller an amount up to the Sale Proceeds for such lot(s) and, if any such payment is made, the Buyer acknowledges that Mellors & Kirk shall have all the rights of the Vendor, however arising, to pursue the Buyer for the amount paid; (vii) set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by Mellors & Kirk against any amounts owed to Mellors & Kirk by the Buyer in respect of all or any such lots; (viii) reject, at any future Mellors & Kirk auction, any bids made by or on behalf of the Buyer or to obtain a deposit from the Buyer before accepting any such bids; (ix) exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in Mellors & Kirk’s possession owned by the Buyer, whether by way of lien, pledge, security interest or in any other way, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Buyer being deemed to have granted such security to Mellors & Kirk and Mellors & Kirk being entitled to retain such property as collateral security for the Buyer’s obligations to Mellors & Kirk; or (x) take such other action as Mellors & Kirk deem necessary or appropriate. (i) Where any purchased lot is not collected by or on behalf of the Buyer in accordance with Condition 8(e), whether or not payment of the full amount due to Mellors & Kirk in respect of that lot has been made in pounds sterling and good cleared funds, Mellors & Kirk shall store such lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense and shall only release such lot after payment in full has been made of
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MELLORS & KIRK CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS removal, handling, storage and any other costs reasonably incurred by Mellors & Kirk in connection with the storage of such lot together with payment of all other amounts due to Mellors & Kirk from the Buyer. Conditions of Business principally of application to Vendors 9. Vendor’s warranties (a) The Vendor warrants to Mellors & Kirk and the Buyer that: (i) he is the true owner of the lot offered for sale or is properly authorised to sell that lot by the true owner; (ii) he is able to and shall transfer a good and marketable title to the lot free from any third party rights or claims; (iii) he is able to and shall transfer possession of the lot to the Buyer; (iv) he has provided Mellors & Kirk with all information concerning the provenance of the lot and has notified Mellors & Kirk in writing of any concerns expressed by third parties in relation to the age, attribution, authenticity, authorship, condition, date, origin, ownership or provenance of the lot or its export or import; (v) the particulars of the lot entered on the Mellors & Kirk sale instruction/goods receipt form are true and complete; (vi) he is unaware of any matter or allegation that would render any description given by Mellors & Kirk in relation to the lot inaccurate or misleading; (vii) where the lot has been moved to the European Community from a country that is not a member state of the European Community, the lot has been lawfully imported in to the European Community, the lot has been lawfully and permanently exported as required by the laws of any country in which it has been located, required declarations upon the export and import of the lot have been properly made and all duties and taxes on the export and import of the lot have been fully paid; (viii) he has or will pay all duties and taxes on the Sale Proceeds in respect of the lot and he has notified Mellors & Kirk in writing of any duties and/or taxes that are payable by Mellors & Kirk on his behalf in any country other than the country of sale; (ix) there are no restrictions, copyright or otherwise, relating to the lot (other than those imposed by law) and no restrictions on Mellors & Kirk’s rights to reproduce photographs or other images of the property other than those (if any) of which he has advised Mellors & Kirk in writing at the time of delivering the lot to Mellors & Kirk; and (x) the lot, if it amounts to electrical or mechanical goods or parts thereof, is in safe operating condition if reasonably used for the purpose it was designed and it is in working order and free from any defect not obvious on external inspection that could prove dangerous to human life or health other than in those respects (if any) of which he has advised Mellors & Kirk in writing at the time of delivering the lot to Mellors & Kirk.
(b) Notwithstanding any warranty given by the Vendor in this Condition 9(a): (i) Mellors & Kirk reserves the right to effect the testing of any electrical or mechanical goods or parts thereof, to make a charge payable by the Vendor for any such testing and to refuse to offer for sale any such goods or parts that is found not conform to all then applicable safety standards; and (ii) notwithstanding any such testing, all electronically operated lots sold at any Mellors & Kirk auction are deemed to be antiques and/or collectable items and therefore inherently dangerous. (c) If Mellors & Kirk or the Buyer considers any of the warranties given in Condition 9(a) to be breached in any way, Mellors & Kirk and/or the Buyer may take legal action against the Vendor. The Vendor undertakes to fully indemnify Mellors & Kirk, its directors, officers, employees, agents and sub-contractors and the Buyer against any loss or damage they incur or suffer in consequence of any breach of any of the warranties given in Condition 9(a) or any other terms of the Conditions on the part of the Vendor. 10. Mellors & Kirk’s liability to Vendors (a) Any representation or statement made by or on behalf of Mellors & Kirk, whether orally by any of their directors, officers, employees, agents or sub-contractors or printed in any Catalogue, advertisement brochure, commentary, list, report or valuation, concerning any aspect or quality of any lot, including age, attribution, authenticity, authorship, condition, date, origin, price, provenance or value is an expression of nonexhaustive opinion only, may be revised prior to the lot being offered for sale (including whilst the lot is on public view) and is not to be taken as being or implying any warranty or representation of fact by Mellors & Kirk. Neither Mellors & Kirk nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or sub-contractors shall be in any way liable for any errors or omissions in any such representations or statements, save for any representations made fraudulently. (b) Without prejudice to Condition 11(f), and save insofar as it relates to any liability for death or personal injury resulting from Mellors & Kirk’s negligence (liability for which Mellors & Kirk in no way seeks to exclude or limit), Mellors & Kirk’s liability for any claim brought against Mellors & Kirk by any Vendor in respect of any lot shall be limited to the Sale Proceeds for that lot. 11. Prior to the sale (a) All Vendors agree that Mellors & Kirk shall have absolute discretion as to: (i) the way in which goods may be combined or divided into lots for sale; (ii) the way in which
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lots are included in the sale; (iii) the way in which any lot is described or illustrated in the Catalogue or any condition report; (iv) the date and place of any Mellors & Kirk auction; and (v) the manner in which any sale is carried out. Mellors & Kirk reserve the right to consult with and rely on any outside experts, consultants or restorers of its choice in relation to any lot and to carry out such other enquiries or tests in relation to the lot either before or after their sale as Mellors & Kirk may deem appropriate. However, this is a matter for Mellors & Kirk’s discretion and Mellors & Kirk shall be under no duty or obligation to carry out any such consultation, enquiries or tests in respect of any lot. (b) Any estimate given by Mellors & Kirk of the selling price of any lot, whether any such estimate is made orally, in the Catalogue or otherwise: (i) is an expression of nonexhaustive opinion and intended only as a guide; (ii) should not be in any way relied upon as a statement that the estimated selling price is the price at which the lot will sell or its value for any other purpose; and (iii) may be revised from time to time in Mellors & Kirk’s absolute discretion. As any estimate can be subject to revision, it is advisable to consult Mellors & Kirk as to the estimated selling price of any lot nearer the time of the sale. (c) If any Vendor chooses to withdraw any lot from sale after the later of: (i) the Vendor’s written agreement with Mellors & Kirk to sell the lot; and (ii) 12 weeks before the date of the auction of the lot, the Vendor will be liable to pay Mellors & Kirk a withdrawal fee calculated in accordance with Condition 11(e). If the Vendor withdraws the lot before that time, no withdrawal fee shall be payable by the Vendor to Mellors & Kirk. (d) Mellors & Kirk may withdraw any lot from sale without any liability if: (i) Mellors & Kirk reasonably believe that there is any doubt as to its attribution or authenticity; (ii) it is established or alleged that any of the warranties given by the Vendor in Condition 9 are inaccurate in any way; (iii) the Vendor materially breaches any of the Conditions; (iv) the lots contains any endangered species for which a sales exemption under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is required and such a sales exemption has not been granted by the day preceding the first day of the viewing of the sale; (v) Mellors & Kirk consider the lot to be of insufficient sale value; (vi) the lot suffers from loss or damage so that it is not in the state in which it was when Mellors & Kirk agreed to sell it; or (vii) the Mellors & Kirk auction at which it was proposed to be put on sale is postponed for any reason. If Mellors & Kirk become aware of any actual or alleged competing title claim or lien over any lot consigned
for sale to Mellors & Kirk by any Vendor, Mellors & Kirk shall not release the lot to the Vendor until the title claim or lien has been resolved to Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable satisfaction. (e) If any lot is withdrawn from sale by Mellors & Kirk for any reason other than any actual or alleged inaccuracy in any of the warranties given by the Vendor in Condition 9 or any material breach by the Vendor of any of the Conditions, the Vendor shall not be charged a withdrawal fee and, as long as there is no competing title claim or lien over the lot, the lot shall be returned to the Vendor at the Vendor’s expense. If, however, any lot is withdrawn from sale by Mellors & Kirk because of any actual or alleged inaccuracy in any of the warranties given by the Vendor in Condition 9 or any material breach by the Vendor of any of the Conditions or any lot is withdrawn by the Vendor after the applicable time set out in Condition 11(c), Mellors & Kirk is entitled to a fee of 15% of: (i) the reserve for the withdrawn lot; or (ii) if unreserved, Mellors & Kirk’s low presale estimate for the withdrawn lot at the time of its withdrawal, together with any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon. Mellors & Kirk shall not be obliged to withdraw any lot or to return it to the Vendor unless the Vendor has made full payment to Mellors & Kirk of the applicable withdrawal fee, Expenses and VAT in pounds sterling and good cleared funds. (f) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Mellors & Kirk will, at the Vendor’s expense and on the terms set out in this Condition 11(f), bear the risk in and insure any lot consigned to it for the sole purpose of its sale (and not for any other purpose or reason) until such time as risk passes to the Buyer on sale of the lot or, if the lot remains unsold, upon its disposal in accordance with Condition 13(e). Mellors & Kirk shall charge the Vendor, and the Vendor agrees to pay, a sum in respect of such insurance at a premium of: (i) 1.25% of the Hammer Price if the lot is sold (in which case the Vendor acknowledges that Mellors & Kirk will deduct such a sum from the Hammer Price of the lot as an Expense); (ii) the reserve for the lot if the lot is unsold; (iii) the low presale estimate of the lot at the time of its delivery if the lot is unreserved or not offered for sale for any reason; or (iv) a reasonable estimate of the auction value of the lot at the date of its delivery if there is no low presale estimate for the lot. Lots will be insured whilst in the possession of Mellors & Kirk against the risks of fire, theft following forcible entry and water damage but not against accidental breakage, loss or damage however caused unless by the wilful misconduct or negligence of Mellors & Kirk. Should any loss
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MELLORS & KIRK CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS or damage occur to any lot whilst risk in it is borne by Mellors & Kirk and for which Mellors & Kirk is liable, Mellors & Kirk shall not be liable to pay the Vendor any more than the applicable premium set out in this Condition 11(f), less any Vendor’s Commission, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon. Mellors & Kirk shall not be responsible or liable for the damage, loss, theft or destruction of any lot not so insured upon the vendors instructions, nor will Mellors & Kirk be responsible or liable for any loss or damage caused by: (i) any third party whom Mellors & Kirk have instructed to deal with the lot with the Vendor’s consent; (ii) changes in humidity or temperature; (iii) normal wear and tear, gradual deterioration or inherent defect; or (iv) errors in processing. Owing to the age of the majority of lots and the fragility of antique or other frames and casings, Mellors & Kirk will not insure against, and shall not be responsible or liable for, any loss or damage caused to any frame, casing, mounting or glass forming part of any lot. (g) If the Vendor does not wish Mellors & Kirk to bear the risk of loss or damages cover in any lot delivered to Mellors & Kirk, the Vendor must agree this with Mellors & Kirk in writing at that time. In the event that the Vendor agrees this with Mellors & Kirk in respect of any lot, the Vendor will maintain insurance cover for the lot until risk in the lot passes to the Buyer on its sale. In such circumstances, the Vendor will: (i) promptly (and in any event no later than 7 days after delivery of the lot in question to Mellors & Kirk) provide Mellors & Kirk with a copy of the certificate of insurance for the lot; (ii) promptly (and in any event no later than 7 days after delivery of the lot in question to Mellors & Kirk) procure a waiver of subrogation by his insurer in a form satisfactory to Mellors & Kirk of all rights and claims that the insurer may have against Mellors & Kirk in connection with loss or damage in respect of the lot and provide Mellors & Kirk with a copy of such wavier; (iii) indemnify Mellors & Kirk against any claim for loss, damage or costs in respect of the lot however arising; (iv) immediately notify his insurers of the terms of such indemnity and shall himself note the interest of Mellors & Kirk as bailee in respect of the relevant insurance policy; (v) reimburse Mellors & Kirk on demand for any payments, costs or Expenses, including legal fees, that Mellors & Kirk incur as a result of any claim for loss, damage or costs in respect of the lot; and (vi) waive all rights and claims that he may have against Mellors & Kirk in connection with such loss or damage, other than in circumstances where the loss or damage was caused by the wilful misconduct or negligence of Mellors & Kirk.
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12. At the sale (a) All lots are offered for sale without reserve unless specific written instructions to the contrary are received and agreed to by Mellors & Kirk prior to the day of the sale. Any agreed reserve shall be: (i) the confidential minimum Hammer Price below which the lot will not be sold; (ii) no higher than Mellors & Kirk’s low presale estimate for the lot at the time of the relevant auction; and (iii) subject to 10% discretion. Where any lot is offered for sale subject to an agreed reserve, the auctioneer may open the bidding on the lot below its reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the Vendor and may continue to bid on behalf of the Vendor up to the amount of one bid below the reserve either by placing consecutive bids or by placing bids in response to other bidders, although the auctioneer will not indicate during the auction that he is making such bids on behalf of the Vendor. The auctioneer alone is authorised to bid on behalf of the Vendor for any lot offered subject to an agreed reserve or at the auctioneer’s discretion. Mellors & Kirk shall in no circumstances be liable if bids are not received for any lot at the level of its agreed reserve but shall be entitled, in its absolute discretion, to sell the lot below the reserve and pay the Vendor the Sale Proceeds that he would have received if the lot had sold at the reserve. (b) The Vendor will not in person or through the agency of any other person except the auctioneer bid for his own property. If the Vendor should bid for his own property on his own behalf or instruct or permit any other person except the auctioneer to bid for his own property on his behalf, Mellors & Kirk may treat the Vendor as the successful bidder and, in such circumstances, the Vendor will: (i) not be entitled to the benefit of Condition 3 or any applicable reserve; and (ii) pay Mellors & Kirk a sum representing the total of the Vendor’s Commission, the Buyer’s Premium, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon and Mellors & Kirk shall be entitled to exercise a lien over the lot until full payment of that sum has been made to Mellors & Kirk in pounds sterling and good cleared funds. 13. After the sale (a) Following the sale of any lot, the Vendor will be liable to pay Mellors & Kirk the Vendor’s Commission, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T thereon. The Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk to deduct all such Vendor’s Commission, Expenses paid by the Vendor and V.A.T. from the Hammer Price and acknowledges the right of Mellors & Kirk to charge the Buyer and retain the Buyer’s Premium. (b) Unless Mellors & Kirk have been notified by the Buyer of his
Buyer’s Premium of 28.8% inclusive of VAT
intention to rescind the sale of any lot on the basis that the lot is a deliberate forgery, Mellors & Kirk will remit the Sale Proceeds to the Vendor, after deducting the Vendor’s Commission, insurance charges and any other applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon, 21 days after the sale of the lot, provided that Mellors & Kirk has been paid the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium, any applicable Expenses and any applicable V.A.T. thereon in full by the Buyer in pounds sterling and good cleared funds. The Vendor should note that the Sale Proceeds payable to him are derived from the actual proceeds of sale received by Mellors & Kirk from the Buyer in respect of the lot in question and, as such, Mellors & Kirk are not under any obligation to remit the Sale Proceeds to the Vendor until such payment is received in full from the Buyer (although Mellors & Kirk reserves the right to do so). In the event that such payment is not received in full from the Buyer within 21 days of the sale of the lot in question, Mellors & Kirk will remit the Sale Proceeds to the Vendor 5 working days after such payment has been received in full from the Buyer. If such payment has not been received in full from the Buyer 30 days following the sale of the lot in question, Mellors & Kirk will endeavour to consult with the Vendor on the appropriate course of action to take to recover the amount due, notwithstanding that the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk to take such steps on the Seller’s behalf as Mellors & Kirk thinks necessary to attempt to recover monies due from the Buyer, including (without limitation) the right to charge the Buyer interest for late payment under Condition 8(h). The Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk to retain such interest for Mellors & Kirk’s own account together with any interest that may be accrued on the deposit of any proceeds of sale in the client bank account of Mellors & Kirk at Lloyds Bank, Old Market Square, Nottingham (c) It shall not be incumbent upon Mellors & Kirk to pursue any Buyer in the matter of any amount(s) due, nor shall Mellors & Kirk be under any obligation to enforce payment by any Buyer or to undertake legal proceedings to recover such payment. The Vendor shall inform Mellors & Kirk of any action that the Vendor chooses to take against the Buyer to enforce payment of the amount due to the Vendor, notwithstanding that Mellors & Kirk has absolute discretion to take and enforce any of the rights or remedies set out in Condition 8(h), including (without limitation) the right to cancel the sale and return the lot in question to the Vendor. If the Buyer fails to pay the full amount due on any lot in pounds sterling and good cleared funds but Mellors & Kirk agree to remit
to the Vendor an amount equal to the Sale Proceeds for that lot, ownership of the lot shall pass to Mellors & Kirk and, in such circumstances, Mellors & Kirk will have the benefit of all representations, warranties and indemnities given by the Vendor in respect of the lot in the Conditions. (d) Where Mellors & Kirk considers that any lot is a deliberate forgery (and, in so doing, it shall be entitled to dispense with any of the requirements of Condition 3 in its absolute discretion), Mellors & Kirk is authorised to rescind the sale and refund to the Buyer any amount paid to Mellors & Kirk in respect of the lot in question and shall notify the Vendor of any such rescission. Within 7 days of the Vendor’s receipt of any such notification, the Vendor will: (i) return to Mellors & Kirk any Sale Proceeds already paid by Mellors & Kirk to the Vendor; and (ii) reimburse Mellors & Kirk for any Expenses incurred in connection with the rescinded sale. On receipt of all such sums, Mellors & Kirk shall return the lot in question to the Vendor. Mellors & Kirk shall be entitled to the Sale Proceeds of the lot in question if Mellors & Kirk cannot return that lot to the Vendor for any reason beyond Mellors & Kirk’s reasonable control. (e) In the event of: (i) any reserved lot of a catalogue auction remaining unsold at the conclusion of the relevant auction and unless otherwise agreed in writing with Mellors & Kirk, the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk exclusively, until such time as the lot is removed by or on behalf of the vendor, to re-offer the lot without reserve in a subsequent general auction or auctions or to invite offers to sell the lot privately for a price that will result in a payment to the Vendor of not less than the Sale Proceeds to which the Vendor would have been entitled had the lot been sold at auction for a price equal to the reserve; (ii) any unreserved lot in a catalogue auction remaining unsold at the conclusion of the relevant auction and unless there is a written agreement to the contrary with Mellors & Kirk, the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk exclusively to re-offer the lot in a subsequent auction or auctions or to invite offers and sell the lot privately at its absolute discretion and, in the event that any such lot is re-offered at a subsequent auction, the Vendor agrees that the lot will be sold without reserve. If any reserved or unreserved lot of a catalogue auction does then not sell at a general auction, then the Vendor authorises Mellors & Kirk, unless there is a written agreement to the contrary, to dispose of the lot as it sees fit at the full expense of the Vendor. If any reserved lot in a general auction remains unsold at the conclusion of the relevant auction the Vendor authorises
Lots marked † may be subject to an additional fee. See page 2 for details
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