Catalogue Note For similar examples, see: Christie’s, The Lear Collection, 15th December 1998, lot Phillip’s Chester, The Sandy Law Collection, 25th September 1997,

87 AN ENGLISH OAK PANEL 18TH CENTURY carved with an interior scene of a lady having her hair combed with other ladies and children, within a frame of oak leaves, acorns and masks 55.5 x 39.5cm Provenance Purchased from Wilkinson’s Auctioneers, Doncaster. £300500

88 THREE OAK FIGURAL TERMS 17TH CENTURY comprising a pair carved with cherubs, one playing a lute the other reading a book, the other with a figure of Bacchus holding a grapevine, together with a carved oak panel depicting St George and the dragon, the back with a printed paper label inscribed “Port de Tabernacle” and an Italian walnut carving of a cherub amongst scrolling leaves and a grotesque mask 67.2cm high max (5) £100150

89 A FRENCH EMBOSSED LEATHER PANEL IN RENAISSANCE STYLE, MID19TH CENTURY the rectangular panel with a scene of The Mocking of Christ in high relief, stamped lower right ‘Dulud, Paris del’, in an oak scumbled frame 67 x 50cm £300400

90 AN EARLY CARVED WOOD, GESSO AND PAINTED CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH EUROPEAN, 12TH / 13TH CENTURY the gaunt figure with head bowed, with hollow eyes, a short beard and hollowed out back, with losses and repairs 124cm high, 116cm wide £4,0006,000

λ 91 A FLEMISH BOXWOOD CORPUS CHRISTI LATE 17TH CENTURY mounted on a tortoiseshell, ebony and bone inlaid cross 50cm high Provenance Purchased from Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd, Harrogate, 19th April 1982. £300500

92 A SPANISH CORPUS CHRISTI PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY the carved, gessoed and painted corpus on a later pine cross 127 x 66cm Provenance The Spencer Collection. £500800

94 AN ‘OPUS ANGLICANUM’ ORPHREY PANEL 15TH / 16TH CENTURY worked with silk and gilt threads in a variety of stitches including split and satin, on a linen ground, depicting St Peter and a female saint, possibly St Cecelia holding a quill, both standing beneath Gothic style trefoil arches 78cm high, 18cm wide Catalogue Note See the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number 8171901, item record 0364885 for an altar frontal with four panels depicting figures under similar Gothic arches and worked using silks in similar colours. £1,0001,500

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95 A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CORPUS CHRISTI POSSIBLY ROMANESQUE, 11TH / 12TH CENTURY his face looking upwards with an attenuated neck, with long hair and elongated body, the arms outstretched, with remains of painted decoration 69cm high, 59cm wide £2,0003,000

96 A FRENCH WALNUT SALT OR SPICE BOX C.1850 the sliding front carved with a vase issuing flowers, with a hoop handle and suspension hoop 43.5cm high, 19.5cm wide, 10.2cm deep £150250

97 A SCANDINAVIAN PAINTED MARRIAGE WALL BOX NORWEGIAN, DATED ‘1922’ with an arched backplate and hinged cover, scumbled and painted with flowers and initials ‘GW’ and a further date ‘1875’ 42cm high, 25cm wide, 22cm deep £100150

98 A FRENCH PROVINCIAL WALNUT CANDLE BOX LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY with a sliding cover and carved with heads of corn; and another in the form of a serpentine miniature cabinet on cabriole legs (2) 46.5cm high, 27cm wide (max) £150250

99 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CANDLEBOX C.1780 of tapering form inlaid with a patera 44cm high, 17.5cm wide, 11.5cm deep £100150 96

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100 A RARE GEORGE II LEATHER CLOTHES BRUSH DATED 1752 the tooled leather inscribed ‘Ann Howard 1752’, the bristles also decorated with initials ‘A .H’ 22.5cm wide £100200

101 AN OAK BOX AND COVER DATED ‘1773’ of square form, the cover carved with four doves inside foliage, above the dates and initials ‘AJ’ and a fish scale rim, the sides with Renaissance style foliage above an apron of fish scale carving and fluted feet 23cm high, 23cm wide, 23.5cm deep £150250

102 A MAHOGANY MINIATURE OR APPRENTICE PIECE CHEST EARLY 19TH CENTURY of two short and three long drawers with turned handles, inlaid trim, walnut escutcheons and a wavy apron 35.4cm high, 34cm wide, 15cm deep £300400

103 A CHARLES II TREEN LIGNUM VITAE WASSAIL BOWL C.1680 the body with moulded banding on a short stem with fine ring turning and a spreading, moulded foot 21.5cm high, 24.7cm diameter Provenance From the collection of Henry Myles-Tarlton (d.1946), Chief Engineer for Bird & Co Mining in India between 1912 and 1932. £1,0002,000

104 A NEAR PAIR OF TREEN LIGNUM VITAE CANDLESTICKS 17TH CENTURY each with a tapering nozzle above a turned stem with a broad, central drip-tray and above a domed foot, with banded decoration (2) 44cm high £1,5002,500

105 A TREEN SYCAMORE BOWL 19TH CENTURY of adzed, oval form 11.5cm high, 40.5cm wide, 27cm deep £200300

106 A PAIR OF GEORGE III TREEN LIGNUM VITAE AND COPPER BOUND MEASURES OR TANKARDS C.1800 of cylindrical form, stamped ‘G beneath a crown and above a dagger’, inscribed ‘MIDDLEHAM’ and ‘BRIDGEWATER’ to the foot rims (2) 18.5cm high (max) Provenance Sotheby’s, The Clive Sherwood Collection, 22 May 2002, lot 178 which included this pair of measures and another inscribed St Neots. A paper label to the base of the Bridgewater measure states: Sherwood Collection, Inventory number 289 and a label to the Middleham measure gives inventory number 457. Catalogue Note These two form part of a set of similar tankards of measures each inscribed with a different market town. Others include Bedford, St Neots, East Dereham, Rutihn (sic) and Warminster. The dagger verification mark is similar to those used by the Founders Company and found on wool weights of a similar date. £200300

107 FIVE TREEN SAILOR’S FIDS 19TH CENTURY four in lignum vitae, two of which are of conventional tapering conical form, the other two of spindle shape (5) 54.5cm long (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £150200

108 A TREEN LIGNUM VITAE FLOOR STANDING ASHTRAY 20TH CENTURY with a dished top and a baluster turned stem 70.5cm high Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

109 A TREEN ASH MORTAR LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY turned with reeded bands, with an associated pestle, together with a lignum vitae mortar and pestle, a mallet and another pestle (6) 21cm (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £150250

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110 SIX TREEN JARS AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY AND LATER in various woods including: lignum vitae and fruitwood, two with foil linings (6) 20.2cm high (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £200300

111 THIRTEEN TREEN DICE SHAKERS 19TH CENTURY / EARLY 20TH CENTURY of typical form in various woods including: boxwood, lignum vitae, beechwood, yew and ebony, some with maker’s marks including ‘Ayres’ (13) 9.9cm high Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

112 NINE TREEN GOBLETS LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER including a George III fruitwood example, a pair with knopped stems, an early 19th century example and one with a ring attached to the stem (9) 13.7cm high (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £150250

113 EIGHT TREEN MEDICINE BOTTLE CASES 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY in various woods inlcuding: lignum vitae, boxwood and walnut, three containing glass bottles, one marked ‘S. Maw Son & Thompson’ another ‘Roberts & Co. Chemists’ (8) 25.7cm high (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

114 A QUEEN ANNE TREEN FIELD ASH LOVING CUP EARLY 18TH CENTURY the body with concentric ring decoration, on a domed foot 15.3cm diameter Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £300500

115 TWO TREEN MORTAR GRATERS 18TH CENTURY one in sycamore, each with a mushroom shape handle, one with a pulloff foot (2) 15.5cm high Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £150250

116 A TREEN SYCAMORE DAIRY BOWL 19TH CENTURY the body with a reeded band, together with an elm or ash footed bowl, possibly 18th century (2) 28cm diameter (max) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

117 THREE PAIRS OF TREEN EGG CUPS 19TH CENTURY of mahogany and possibly walnut 7.2cm high max (6) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

118 FOUR TREEN EGG CUPS 19TH CENTURY in various woods including boxwood and walnut together with a salt, the bowl with an everted rim 7cm high max (5) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

119 THREE PAIRS OF TREEN EGG CUPS 19TH CENTURY including a lignum vitae pair, each of urn shape 7.4cm high max (6) Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

120 A TREEN SALT 18TH CENTURY possibly walnut, the bowl decorated with reeded bands 11.2cm high Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £150200

121 A PAIR OF GEORGE III TREEN SALTS LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY with ring turned decoration and a slightly domed foot (2) 5.7cm diameter Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150

122 A GEORGE II TREEN LABURNUM SALT MID18TH CENTURY with a wide shallow bowl on a knopped stem and turned foot 8.1cm diameter Provenance The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen. £100150