Fine Interiors 11 & 12 June 2024

FINE INTERIORS

Tuesday 11 & Wednesday 12 June 2024

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FINE INTERIORS

TUESDAY 11 & WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE, 10AM

Tuesday 11 June

Lots 1-103 The Selected Contents of Comforts Place, Lingfield, Surrey

Lots 104-264 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 265-302 The David Morris Collection

Lots 303-342 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 343-349 Early Longcase Clocks from a Private Hertfordshire Collection

Wednesday 12 June

Lots 350-491 The Collection of the late Rosemary and Theo Cutting

Lots 492-503 Silver

Lots 504-525 Selected Vernacular Furniture and Works of Art from York’s Tenement, Yoxford, Suffolk

Lots 526-672 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 673-688 Garden

VIEWING

Viewing will be held at our Stansted Mountfitchet Saleroom as follows: Friday 7 June 10am-4pm Sunday 9 June 10am-1pm Monday 10 June 10am-4pm

BIDDING

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CONTACT

T 01279 817778 E fineinteriors@sworder.co.uk

Alexander Hallett Head of Department Valuer & Cataloguer

Charlotte Lee-Finglas

Grace Julier

Sale Co-ordinator

The Selected Contents of Comforts Place, Lingfield, Surrey

Nestled in the picturesque Surrey countryside lies the charming, and aptly-named, Comforts Place, an Elizabethan manor house with ivy-clad brick walls and exposed timber beams, which exude almost five hundred years of history.

Yet enclosed within this time-softened exterior, we found a decorative scheme that, whilst being firmly rooted in the traditional, flourished with pops of vibrant colour and pattern in a nod to the burgeoning contemporary ‘English country house’ aesthetic, as championed by the likes of the late Robert Kime. With its core of richly patinated and well-worn antiques from Georgian and Victorian England, the collection is punctuated with stylish contemporary lighting and soft furnishings, illustrating perfectly that a thoughtful interior design scheme, which brings modern pieces into a traditional space, can accentuate its architecture and allow the character of the house itself to take centre stage.

Images Courtesy of Knight Frank

Day One

Tuesday 11 June at 10am

LOT 1

A baroque-style stripped oak commode, 20th century, Continental, of canted rectangular outline, fitted with three long drawers and raised on bun feet, 132cm wide

55cm deep

84cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 2

A Queen Anne-style walnut wing-back armchair, early 20th century, upholstered in Colefax & Fowler ‘Bendell Stripe’ fabric, raised on carved cabriole supports terminating in hoof feet, 86cm wide

75cm deep

126cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 3

Two maiolica-style glazed pottery vases, 20th century, Italian, larger 46cm wide

36cm deep

50cm high (2)

£100 - 200

A giltwood ‘faux bois’ overmantel mirror, first half of the 19th century, the frame in the form of intertwining branches, surrounding a mercury glass plate, 152cm wide

145cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Two Persian Heriz wool rugs, 20th century, each woven with geometric motifs to a red ground, larger 298 x 209cm (2)

£500 - 700

A George II mahogany tripod table, c.1740, the circular top above a turned gun-barrel column, raised on tripod supports terminating in pad feet, 73cm diameter

71cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 4

LOT 5

LOT 6

LOT 7

An upholstered nursing chair by OKA, of recent manufacture, with linen upholstery, 64cm wide

73cm deep

85cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 8

A group of four terracotta pots, 20th century, French, comprising one confit and three amphora, each with a partial green glaze and twin handles, largest 37cm wide

26cm deep

47cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 9

A leather rhino footstool, 20th century, in the manner of Dimitri Omersa for Liberty, 111cm wide

34cm deep

53cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 10

A pair of Art Deco style toleware table lamps by OKA, of recent manufacture, each with a red-rimmed teal shade and base, 19.5cm wide

31cm deep

43cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 11

A giltwood and gesso pier mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, Continental, with a scrolling rococo frame surrounding a later glass plate, 70cm wide

135cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 12

A distressed wooden serving table by OKA, of recent manufacture, with a pair of frieze drawers on column supports, 147cm wide

28cm deep

86cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 13

A Regency mahogany dressing chest, early 19th century, the fold-out top enclosing various compartments, stamped ‘PRATT & SON GUILDFORD’, above two banks of short drawers and a cupboard, raised on bracket feet, 111cm wide

54cm wide

87cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 14

A Berber wool rug, 20th century, Moroccan, with a thick pile woven with geometric motifs, 337 x 200cm

£200 - 400

LOT 15

A Regency mahogany bergère armchair, c.1820, with all-over reeded detail and ‘X’ frame supports, 61cm wide

56cm deep

81cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 16

A toleware tea canister lamp, of recent manufacture, with a floral shade with a green ground,

39cm diameter

64cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 17

A walnut centre table, c.1900, the octagonal top above a fret-cut frieze, raised on tapering fluted supports united by an undertier,

82cm wide

82cm deep

79cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 18

A late Victorian nursing chair by Howard & Sons, c.1890, covered in blue and white ticking, and raised on ring-turned front supports, numbered ‘4237 4171’ to the back leg and stamped to the brass castors,

55cm wide

65cm deep

74cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 19

A cherrywood etagere, late 19th/early 20th century, French, with bobbin-turned supports, 59cm wide

41cm deep

121cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 20

A large porcelain table lamp, 20th century, in the Chinese taste, of baluster form and decorated with flowering prunus, 49cm diameter

76cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 21

After Pierre-Jules Mêne, a patinated bronze model of an English bulldog, late 19th/ early 20th century, modelled on a stepped marble base, the base bearing a signature ‘Mene’, 19cm wide

26.5cm deep

24cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 22

A Bokhara carpet, 20th century, Afghan, woven with repeating elephant foot motifs to a red ground, 413 x 312cm

£200 - 400

LOT 23

An ebonised wooden magazine rack, c.1880, French, with bobbin-turned detail, 43cm wide

36cm deep

50cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 24

A painted wooden and verre églomisé chest of drawers by OKA, of recent manufacture, the stepped rectangular top above three drawers, raised on turned supports, 81cm wide

40cm deep

101cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 25

An Arts and Crafts oak occasional table, c.1900, in the manner of Liberty & Co., the octagonal top above bookshelves, raised on rectangular supports, 60cm wide

60cm deep

56cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 26

A pair of ebonised bamboo ‘cockpen’ elbow chairs, 20th century, each with a pair of linen-upholstered loose cushions,

57cm wide

57cm deep

82cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 27

A Chinese export-style porcelain table lamp, 19th century, French, of square baluster form, painted in enamels and decorated with an armorial, with an ikat-style shade,

45cm diameter

76cm high including shade (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 28

A pair of celadon glazed stoneware vases, early to mid-20th century, possibly Korean, each decorated with dragons amongst clouds, on a crackled celadon ground, 18cm diameter

37cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 29

A Chinese-style coromandel lacquer console table, of recent manufacture, the square outline decorated with figures, 147cm wide

40cm deep

79cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 30

A pair of bamboo mirrors by OKA, of recent manufacture, 61cm wide

83cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 31

A Regency-style cast iron boot scrape, 19th century, in the form of a double eagle, with claw and ball supports, raised on a canted rectangular base, 36cm wide

29cm deep

32cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 32

A collection of Moët & Chandon bottles, 20th century, 20.5cm to 67cm high (11)

£100 - 200

LOT 33

A George II mahogany tea table, c.1750, the folding rectangular top raised on knee-carved cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 84cm wide

42cm deep

75cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 34

An upholstered armchair by OKA, of recent manufacture, raised on ring-turned supports terminating in castors, with a loose cover, 88cm wide

85cm deep

100cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 35

A pair of gilt-metal ‘Feuille’ table lamps by OKA, of recent manufacture, each with a column of gilded leaves on a rectangular base, 39.5cm diameter

84cm high including shade (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 36

An imitation marble relief panel after the antique, of recent manufacture, depicting a pair of horsemen in a procession, from the west frieze of the Parthenon, 100 x 143cm

£200 - 400

LOT 37

A pair of chestnut side tables, 20th century, French, each with a square top, raised on tapering supports united by an undertier, 55cm wide

55cm deep

80cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 38

An Empire-style patinated bronze table lamp, late 19th century, French, of column form, raised on three acanthus-cast paw feet, converted, 45cm diameter

89cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 39

A provincial cherrywood side table, mid-19th century, French, with a white marble top, above two cabriole supports and a plinth base, 73cm wide

50cm deep

83cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 40

An Iznik-style porcelain table lamp by OKA, of recent manufacture, of globular form with trailing floral and foliate painted decoration, 30cm wide

49cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 41

A George III-style mahogany stool, 19th century, the square top upholstered in green velvet, raised on tapering square supports united by stretchers, terminating in brass caps and castors, 42cm wide

42cm deep

50cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 42

A giltwood pier mirror, probably 19th century, but incorporating an earlier mercury split glass plate, 81cm wide

146cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 43

A teak coffee table by John Stuart Inc., mid-20th century, American, the rectangular top raised on moulded square supports united by stretchers, labelled and stencilled beneath, 183cm wide

49cm deep

42cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 44

A Victorian rosewood ottoman, mid-19th century, upholstered in green velvet, with a hinged top and squat bun feet, terminating in lignum vitae castors, 84cm wide

52cm deep

42cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 45

A pair of painted wooden wall mirrors, of recent manufacture, each with foliate carved detail, 111cm wide

135cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 46

A provincial oak kitchen preparation table, 19th century, the rectangular top raised on block supports united by stretchers, 150cm wide

68cm deep

74cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 47

A pair of Art Deco-style painted metal table lamps by OKA, of recent manufacture, each with a silver-rimmed black shade and base, 19.5cm wide

31cm deep

43cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 48

A pair of wooden table lamps, of recent manufacture, each base of twisted form, 25.5cm wide

25.5cm deep

56cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 49

A pair of stained wooden side tables, of recent manufacture, each with two shelves and ‘X’ frame detail on square supports,

43cm wide

35cm deep

82cm high (2)

£200 - 400

50

A George III-style giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror, c.1900, decorated in the rococo taste with foliate scrolls and set with a pair of brackets, 138cm wide

112cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 51

Seven patterned fabric cushions, of recent manufacture, comprising two pairs of ikat style, a pair of grey foliate ticking, and another of ikat style, largest pair 50 x 50cm (7)

£400 - 600

52

A late Victorian chesterfield sofa, c.1890, with buttoned Moroccan leather upholstery, raised on ring-turned supports and lignum vitae castors,

170cm wide

90cm deep

69cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 53

A large oak and glass ‘Marylebone’ coffee table by OKA, of recent manufacture, with ‘X’ frame detail, 160cm wide

140cm deep

42cm high

£400 - 600

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54

A Victorian satin birch chest of drawers, 19th century, the rounded rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, on bun feet, 120cm wide

56cm deep

115cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 55

A Chinese-style pewter and gilt-brass table lamp, 20th century, of square baluster form, with stiff-leaf and ruyi-head decoration, 19cm wide

19cm deep

73cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 56

A Victorian blonde oak side table, second half of the 19th century, of architectural form, with a pointed superstructure, raised on spiral-fluted supports terminating in peg feet, 92cm wide

43cm deep

95cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 57

An ebonised wooden sofa by OKA, of recent manufacture, with coarse striped cotton fabric and tasselled detail, 138cm wide

96cm deep

86cm high

£400 - 600

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LOT 58

A modernist flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, the field with a repeating cream and grey zigzag design, 289 x 193cm

£300 - 500

LOT 59

A pair of modernist metal table lamps, of recent manufacture, each of tapering form, 35cm diameter

61cm high including shade (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 60

A pair of limed oak bedside cupboards, first half of the 20th century, in the manner of Heal’s, each with an open shelf above a door, 35cm wide

37cm deep

68cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 61

A woven wicker table lamp, of recent manufacture, of globular form, 47.5cm diameter

57cm high including shade

£100 - 200

LOT 62

An Aesthetic Period ebonised walnut elbow chair in the manner of E W Godwin, c.1900, with ring-turned supports, 59cm wide

65cm deep

78cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 63

A stained wood and zebra skin stool, 20th century, the rectangular seat with studded detail, raised on lobed supports, 130cm wide

82cm deep

45cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 64

A Louis XVI-style painted wood and gesso pier mirror, late 19th century, with all-over foliate detail and a shaped platform, 67cm wide

135cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 65

A Victorian walnut and specimen wood occasional table in the manner of Gillows, c.1870, the octagonal top with parquetry inlay, raised on fluted supports with ebonised detail, united by stretchers and terminating in ceramic castors, 77cm wide

77cm deep

65cm high

£300 - 500

66

A pair of George III ebonised and painted wooden side chairs, c.1800, each with a pierced slat back, cane seat and turned supports,

46cm wide

44cm deep

84cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 67

A pair of export red lacquer candlesticks, early 20th century, Chinese, each with gilt-heightened decoration, 13.5cm diameter

25.5cm high (2)

£100 - 200

LOT 68

A Regency simulated rosewood library armchair, early 19th century, the frame with scumbled and parcel-gilt decoration, raised on reeded front supports, upholstered in striped kilim,

75cm wide

72cm deep

100cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT

Two pairs of polished metal table lamps, of recent manufacture, each of column form, larger 39cm diameter

85cm high including shade (4)

£200 - 300

A George III-style mahogany serving table by Howard & Sons, c.1900, of breakfront outline, one of the three frieze drawers stamped ‘Howard & Sons, Berners Street’ and numbered ‘3647 6741’, with an ivorine plaque, raised on tapering square supports, 214cm wide

61cm deep

85cm high

£800 - 1,200

A pair of Victorian oak Gothic Revival side chairs, late 19th century, each upholstered in off-white fabric and raised on ‘X’ frame supports, 52cm wide 59cm deep 104cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A giltwood pier mirror, early 20th century, French, with a bevelled plate, 88cm wide 176cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 69

LOT 70

LOT 71

LOT 72

LOT 73

A pair of long Victorian pine benches, 19th century and later, each upholstered in green wool, 265cm wide

60cm deep

92cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 74

A long pine refectory table, 20th century, but incorporating 17th century elements, the rectangular top above three chamfered square supports, united by a stretcher, 274cm wide

75cm deep

73cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 75

A pair of ebonised wooden side chairs, early 20th century, each with a lyre-form splat and turned supports, 43cm wide

45cm deep

87cm high, together with a ladder-back example (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 76

A Victorian Aesthetic Period walnut occasional table, c.1880, in the Moorish taste, the rectangular top above a single drawer, raised on ring-turned supports terminating in ball castors, 46cm wide

61cm deep

75cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 77

A metal and glazed tile mirror, of recent manufacture, with mosaic lattice decoration, 94cm diameter

£200 - 400

LOT 78

A William and Mary walnut gateleg dining table, late 17th century and later, the oval drop-leaf top raised on turned and square supports, united by stretchers, terminating in peg feet, 151cm wide

156cm deep

73cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 79

A pale oak chest of drawers, 20th century, fitted with two short and two long drawers on bracket feet, 99cm wide

48cm deep

84cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 80

Two wool rugs, 20th century, comprising a Persian and a tribal flat-weave example, larger 190 x 146cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 81

A pair of pitch pine bedside cabinets, late 19th century/early 20th century, each with a later fossil marble top above a door, raised on bracket feet, 42cm wide

39cm deep

78cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 82

A George III mahogany combination tea and card table, c.1780, of serpentine outline, with guilloché carved edge and inlaid faux-fluted frieze, on tapering fluted supports terminating in bold spade feet,

93cm wide

46cm deep

76cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 83

A carved giltwood oval mirror, mid-19th century, the frame with scrolling floral and foliate decoration, 72cm wide

103cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 84

A William IV mahogany extending dining table, c.1840, the top with three additional leaves, raised on lobed supports terminating in ceramic castors, 365cm wide

125cm deep

77cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 85

A set of fourteen William IV-style mahogany dining chairs, 20th century, each with a curved top rail over a spindled back and upholstered stuffover seat, raised on turned and gadrooned supports, terminating in peg feet, carvers 55cm wide

55cm deep

92cm high (14)

£400 - 600

LOT 86

A kilim flat-weave runner, of recent manufacture, woven with geometric motifs, 240 x 100cm

£200 - 400

LOT 87

A Victorian walnut twin-pedestal desk, second half of the 19th century, with three frieze drawers, above two banks of three short drawers, each with a plinth base, 135cm wide

76cm deep

76cm high

£400 - 600

88

A relief-carved white marble panel, 19th century, Italian, depicting a flaming torchère, 28cm wide

4cm deep

78cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 89

A Louis XVI-style painted wooden mirror, early 20th century, the rectangular frame punctuated with floral paterae and trailing husks, 89cm wide

131cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 90

A mother-of-pearl inlaid octagonal box, late 19th/early 20th century, with canted corners, coloured parquetry work and mother-of-pearl inlay, 32cm wide

32cm deep

10cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 91

A patinated copper chandelier, of recent manufacture, with eighteen branches and linen shades, 89cm diameter

72cm high

£400 - 600

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92

A tribal flat-weave wool runner, 20th century, of striped design, woven in tones of red with geometric motifs, 378 x 118cm

£300 - 500

LOT 93

Two British Army ceremonial tunics, 20th century, one from the Scots Guard uniform, the other example, the Irish Guards, each on a mannequin, larger 50cm wide

27cm deep

155cm high, together with a pair of leather boots, inscribed ‘Major G L W K Bird’ (6)

£200 - 400

LOT 94

A Victorian-style cast iron stick stand, 20th century, in the form of the infant Hercules wrestling a snake, 48cm wide

24cm deep

83cm high

£150 - 250

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LOT 95

A terracotta garden pot by Compton Pottery, 20th century, with a pair of scroll handles, stamped to the interior ‘Compton Pottery Guildford’ and ‘TN’, 52cm diameter

40cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 96

A pair of teak garden benches in the manner of Edwin Lutyens, 20th century, 166cm wide

56cm deep

105cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 97

Two terracotta planters, 20th century, each of circular form with a lipped rim, the larger with short paw feet, 95cm diameter

40cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 98

A pair of curved teak garden benches, of recent manufacture, 160cm wide

57cm deep

84cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 99

A Coalbrookdale-style painted cast iron garden bench, late 19th/early 20th century, in the ‘Fern and Blackberry’ pattern, stamped number ‘B165’ to the back, 153cm wide

54cm deep

82cm high

£400 - 600

100

A painted cast iron campana urn, 19th century, 64cm wide

79cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 101

A buff terracotta garden urn in the manner of J M Blashfield, 19th century, the gadrooned body with a pair of foliate handles, one handle broken, 68cm diameter

47cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 102

A carved white marble urn, late 19th/early 20th century, with a flared rim and gadrooned body, on a square base, 38cm diameter

30cm high, on an associated composition stone column, 119cm high overall (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 103

A composition stone figure after the antique, 20th century, Venus of the Bath, 23cm wide

21cm deep

89cm high

£100 - 200

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 104-264

LOT 104

A pair of open armchairs by Howard & Sons, first quarter of the 20th century, each with ‘siège de duvet’ back and loose cushions, raised on square supports and terminating in brass caps and castors, stamped ‘19745 2485’ and ‘19404 1952’ respectively, with a label ‘British Manufactured’,

75cm wide

95cm deep

86cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, the handwoven design with polychrome geometric and floral motifs, 395 x 321cm

£3,000 - 5,000

William Ward (1766-1826), after Thomas Weaver ‘The Blyth Comet Ox’, c.1818 mezzotint, engraver’s touched proof sheet 52 x 61cm, framed and glazed

£300 - 500

A Charles II oak stool, c.1680, with woven wool seat and bobbin-turned supports, 46cm wide

46cm deep

40cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 105

LOT 106

LOT 107

LOT 108

A leather domed-top trunk, early 19th century, Peruvian, with incised and stylised panels, the top centred with a roundel with a laurel wreath and shield with the coat of arms of Peru, with metal latch and carrying handles, on a later stand,

87cm wide

48cm deep

38cm high, 79cm high overall (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 109

A Kashmiri lacquered candlestick, 20th century, Indian, the barley twist column over a circular base, with painted and gilt-heightened decoration of flowering foliage, 17cm diameter

44cm high

£150 - 250

LOT 110

A jute and wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Moroccan, woven in jute with stylised flower heads on a blue wool ground,

300 x 246cm

£500 - 700

LOT 111

A pair of George III-style brass and glass hall lanterns, 20th century, each of octagonal form with acanthus-cast decoration, 49cm diameter

82cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 112

An Empire-style mahogany guéridon, 20th century, French, the circular white marble top, above a plain frieze with applied gilt-metal mounts, raised on tapering caryatid supports and a tripod base, 110cm diameter

78cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 113

A pair of toleware ‘Mirage’ chandeliers, of recent manufacture, each with eight branches, profusely decorated with scrolling foliage and porcelain flowers, 65cm diameter

75cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting.

A carved wood panel of the Barberini Lion, 20th century, depicted in high relief, in profile with tail wrapped around its back leg, 35.5cm wide

5.5cm deep

24cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 115

A painted and glazed terracotta pitcher, 19th century, Italian, with a trefoil mouth and loop handle, painted in greens and yellows with a rural scene, repairs, 16cm wide 19cm deep

19cm high, together with a green-glazed squat bud vase, 12cm diameter

12cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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LOT 116

A marble and gilt-metal pedestal, 20th century, of column form with a Corinthian-style capital, 35cm diameter

101cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 117

A Louis XV-style painted, parcel-gilt, wood and gesso trumeau mirror, early 20th century, French, with scrolling foliate decoration, 137cm wide

171cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 118

A George III ebonised mahogany chest on chest, late 18th century and later, fitted with three short over six long drawers, raised on bracket feet, later painted, 100cm wide

52cm deep

181cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 119

A gilt-brass and cut-glass ceiling light in the Louis XVI taste, 20th century, with a pierced guilloché frieze, set with pineapple finials and punctuated with ram’s heads, 77cm diameter

68cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 120

A mahogany, iron and brass campaign washstand, late 19th/early 20th century, of oval shape with three tiers, 63cm wide

45cm deep

87cm high

£400 - 600

Two pairs of Fortuny silk damask curtains, first half of the 20th century, Italian, with a 17th-century design incorporating flowering urns, scrolls and dogs in gold to a red ground, each drop119cm wide at pleated top edge

166cm wide at bottom edge

243cm long (4)

£1,500 - 2,500

Provenance: Paul and Talitha Getty, Rome, by repute; George Sherlock Antiques, New Kings Road, London; purchased from the above by the present owner, c.1984.

Two pairs of Fortuny silk damask curtains, first half of the 20th century, Italian, with a 17th-century design incorporating flowering urns, scrolls and dogs in gold to a red ground, each drop 119cm wide at pleated top edge

166cm wide at bottom edge

243cm long (4)

£1,500 - 2,500

Provenance: Paul and Talitha Getty, Rome, by repute; George Sherlock Antiques, New Kings Road, London; purchased from the above by the present owner, c.1984.

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LOT 123

A silk needlework panel, late 19th/early 20th century, worked in lime-green threads in cross-stitch on a canvas ground, of a border pattern design, with a label to the reverse inscribed in Russian ‘Russian Folk Art, 19th century, Natalia Goncharova’, 10.5 x 43.5cm, framed and glazed £200 - 300

LOT 124

A handwoven silk panel, late 17th century, probably Italian, with an armorial crest to the centre flanked by figures to a scarlet ground, label to reverse inscribed ‘Late 17 c handwoven fabric, Italian(?), Ex. Collection R.F. [Dick] Moy, Greenwich, London’, 22 x 55cm, framed and glazed £300 - 500

LOT 125

A cotton appliqué kantha quilt, 20th century, Indian, worked in repeating square medallions enclosing stylised floral motifs, within banded borders, 220 x 130cm £200 - 400

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A silk embroidered panel, 17th century and later, decorated with a fountain to the centre, within a foliate and floral border, laid on a velvet ground, 93 x 130cm

£400 - 600

127

A collection of ten tapestry cushions, 17th century and later, comprising a pair of verdure examples with green velvet backing and tassels, a pair of oblong Aubusson examples with yellow velvet borders, together with six other various examples, verdure 32 x 32cm (10)

£400 - 600

128

A silk ikat panel, 20th century, woven in pink and white, with chain-stitch embroidery to three edges, 83 x 127cm

£500 - 700

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A group of five ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, comprising four painted with black lettering to a cream ground, one Wedgwood example inscribed ‘Whiskey’, two marked ‘W & J Burrow London & Malvern’ inscribed ‘Claret’ and ‘Port’, an unmarked example inscribed ‘Sherry’, together with one other, painted in black to a pale blue ground, inscribed ‘Paccorotie’, largest 14 x 8cm (5)

£200 - 300

LOT 130

A group of five ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, comprising two Wedgwood examples inscribed ‘Brandy’ and ‘Sherry’, and three other unmarked examples inscribed ‘Gin’, ‘Hock’, and ‘Champagne’, all approximately 8.5 x 15cm (5)

£200 - 300

LOT 131

A group of five ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, three inscribed with black lettering on a cream ground ‘Madeira’, ‘Mosille’, and ‘Paxarette’, with two other unmarked examples inscribed ‘Busellas’ and ‘Rum’, each 8 x 14.2cm (5)

£200 - 300

A matched set of five ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, each painted with black lettering on a cream ground, comprising: one Copeland example inscribed ‘Sherry’, three Copeland & Garrett examples inscribed ‘Port’, ‘Madeira’ and ‘Claret’, and one other unmarked example inscribed ‘Hock’, all 9.5 x 14cm (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 133

A group of five ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, each of coat hanger shape, painted with black lettering to a cream ground, comprising: one example marked ‘W & J Durrow London & Malvern’, inscribed ‘Brandy’, and four other unmarked examples inscribed ‘Claret’, ‘Madeira’, ‘Moselle’ and ‘Sherry’, each 8.5 x 14.5cm (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 134

A matched set of six ceramic wine bin labels, 19th century, French, each of rectangular form, painted with black lettering to a cream ground, labelled ‘Bordeaux’, ‘St. Julien’, ‘Mâcon’, ‘Marsella’, ‘St. Emilion’ and ‘Champagne’, each 5.5 x 8.5cm (6)

£200 - 300

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A Louis XV-style kingwood, tulipwood and marquetry worktable by Richstaedt of Paris, c.1880, French, the hinged top finely inlaid with flowers and foliage, enclosing a mirrored fitted interior above a sliding compartment, raised on cabriole supports terminating in sabots, with all-over gilt-metal mounts, stamped ‘Exposition 1849 Richstaedt Ebéniste Boulevard Beaumarchais 26 Paris’,

68cm wide

46cm deep

73cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

Provenance: A private Australian collection.

Exhibited: The Eleventh French Exhibition of the Products of Industry, Paris, 1849.

A Dutch brass chandelier, late 19th/early 20th century, with four lights and further scrolling branches

58cm diameter

59cm high

£300 - 500

A set of three cut-glass wall lights, 19th century, each with twin scrolling branches and variously shaped drops, 46cm wide

29cm deep

51cm high (3)

£400 - 600

A matched pair of giltwood and painted table lamps by Leone Cei & Figli of Florence, of recent manufacture, Italian, each of Ionic column form, 13cm wide

13cm deep

59cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A Regency mahogany bracket clock, 19th century, by Samuel & Conway Joyce, the 6-inch white enamel dial inscribed ‘S. & C. Joyce, Lombard St., London’, the case with an arch pediment, brass inlaid decoration and raised on brass ball feet, with pendulum and two door keys, 22.5cm wide

14cm deep

35cm high

£800 - 1,200

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A Persian wool carpet, early 20th century, Tabriz, woven with bold Shah Abbasi motifs to a blue ground,

402 x 315cm

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 141

A Directoire-style ebonised fruitwood bureau plat in the manner of Maison Jansen, 20th century, French, with a tan leather top and gilt-brass mounts, 158cm wide

79cm deep

75cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 142

A George IV mahogany barrel-back armchair, c.1825, with studded brown leather upholstery, raised on reeded front supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 73cm wide

96cm deep

128cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 143

A Hollywood Regency gilt-brass side chair, late 20th century, with a curved rope-twist back and arms, terminating in hound finials, and raised on ‘X’ form supports, 65cm wide

50cm deep

83cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 144

Two oak joint stools, 17th century and later, each of typical form with a rectangular seat above a carved frieze, turned supports united by stretchers, on peg feet, larger 46cm wide

26cm deep

58cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 145

A pair of Victorian papier mâché chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each black lacquered with a shaped abalone-inlaid splat, over a reeded seat and cabriole supports, terminating in ceramic castors, 54cm wide

52cm deep

83cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 146

A large Regency-style patinated and gilt-brass globe lantern, of recent manufacture, with an acanthus cast finial, over a scalloped neck, with four lights, 64cm wide

82cm high

£400 - 600

260cm

112cm

77cm

£2,000

LOT 147

A chesterfield sofa by George Smith, of recent manufacture, with button upholstery in ‘Soleil Classic Leather’, with a studded apron and raised on turned and stained ash feet, with George Smith tag and commission label to the underside,

- 4,000

LOT 148

A chesterfield sofa by George Smith, of recent manufacture, with button upholstery in ‘Soleil Classic Leather’, with a studded apron and raised on turned and stained ash feet, with George Smith tag and commission label to the underside, 260cm wide

- 4,000

LOT 149

A modernist flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven with bold repeating herringbone motifs,

390 x 272cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 150

A pair of Regency-style painted and parcel-gilt wooden waterfall bookcases, 20th century, each with a brass grille door flanked by caryatids, with gilt-metal mounts, 61cm wide

29cm deep

127cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 151

A small satinwood tub chair, 19th century, Continental, with floral and foliate inlaid decoration, 55cm wide

62cm deep

82cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 152

A Regency rosewood pier cabinet, c.1820, possibly Scottish, the rectangular top above a pair of cupboard doors, set between a pair of column pilasters, on a plinth base, 91cm wide

35cm deep

92cm high

£600 - 800

Provenance: A private collection, London - by repute, purchased in the 1990s from Holmwood House, Glasgow.

LOT 153

A Directoire-style mahogany and brass vitrine, c.1900, French, with gilt-metal mounts, the single long door enclosing shelves, raised on toupie feet,

74cm wide

36cm deep

158cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 154

A distressed leather club chair, early 20th century, with studded detail, raised on square supports, terminating in brass caps and castors,

82cm wide

82cm deep

90cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 155

A William IV mahogany occasional table, 19th century, the circular turtle-stone marble top, above a pierced apron, a tapering faceted column and a tripod base terminating in paw feet,

58cm wide

58cm deep

73cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 156

A pair of Louis XV-style silk upholstered armchairs, 20th century, each white-painted and parcel-gilt frame raised on cabriole supports, with woven silk upholstery, 74cm wide

54cm deep

100cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 157

A George I and later walnut chest of drawers, early 18th century and later, with a moulded rectangular top, and fitted with two short and three long drawers, on bracket feet,

84cm wide

42cm deep

77cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 158

An ebonised bobbin-framed nursing chair, 19th century, with padded leather arms and an upholstered seat, raised on bobbin-turned front and square back supports, terminating in brass castors, 57cm wide

63cm deep

93cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 159

A pair of Charles II carved beech open armchairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a tapestry upholstered back and seat, over barley twist arms and supports, united by an ‘H’ stretcher, 65cm wide

51cm high

93cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 160

A bobbin-framed nursing chair, 19th century, the padded seat and arms upholstered with striped fabric, with a matching back cushion, the bobbin-turned front and square back supports terminating in castors, 66cm wide

77cm deep

90cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 161

A matched set of six yew and elm low hoop-back Windsor armchairs, mid-late 19th century, North East Midlands, each with a pierced splat and triple-ring-turned supports, united by a crinoline stretcher, 48cm wide approximately 48cm deep 90cm high (6)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 162

A carved oak cupboard, 17th century and later, Flemish, decorated all over with floral and foliate scrolls, the rectangular top above a short drawer and a cupboard door, raised on bracket feet, 68cm wide

32cm deep

86cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 163

A Benares jute carpet, of recent manufacture, on a cotton backing, 298 x 235cm

£400 - 600

LOT 164

A Charles II oak low dresser, c.1670, the moulded rectangular top above four frieze drawers, punctuated by blind fret-carved foliate medallions, raised on wrythen supports terminating in peg feet, 245cm wide

58cm deep

86cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 165

A set of seven vernacular elm and fruitwood chairs, 19th century, of Windsor type, each with an arched ladder back and open arms, the seat raised on turned supports united by an ‘H’ stretcher, one a later elm and beech copy, 52cm wide

52cm deep

101cm high (7)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 166

An oak linenfold wardrobe in the manner of AWN Pugin, first half of the 20th century, with a castellated and moulded cornice, with carved details, over linenfold panelled doors and plain panelled sides, 160cm wide

60cm deep

240cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 167

A Victorian painted pine seed cabinet, second half of the 19th century, with thirty drawers, each mounted with a cast label, 214cm wide

39cm deep

47cm high

£400 - 600

Provenance: Belvoir Lodge, Belvoir Castle, Lincolnshire.

LOT 168

A late Victorian nursing chair by Howard & Sons, c.1890, the wide seat raised on ring-turned supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, numbered ‘13633 907I’ to the back left leg, 60cm wide

65cm deep

72cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 169

An ebony and satinwood centre table, 19th century and later, Ceylonese, the top with a radiating design, on an acanthus-carved column and quadripartite supports,

101cm diameter

76cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A stained hardwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid wall bracket, late 19th/early 20th century, Syrian, the shaped backboard incorporating two shelves with all-over geometric and floral parquetry and marquetry, 50cm wide

14cm deep

86cm high

£200 - 400

A George III-style painted satinwood settee, 19th century, decorated in the Sheraton taste with painted classical panels of reclining figures, 184cm wide

61cm deep

88cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A flat-weave kilim runner, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven with repeating geometric motifs in polychrome colours, 395 x 81cm

£300 - 500

A pair of Brighton Pavilion-type bamboo elbow chairs, 20th century, each in the chinoiserie taste with all-over stylised geometric decoration, 56cm wide

59cm deep

95cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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A terracotta oil pot, 19th century, French, the body with twin loop handles, stamped to the neck, 39cm wide

66cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 175

A three-seater sofa, of recent manufacture, designed by Guy Goodfellow for Colefax & Fowler, in the Howard & Sons ‘Audley’ style, upholstered in floral and foliate decorated fabric, raised on tapering square supports,

209cm wide

103cm deep

87cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 176

A pair of scumbled pine boxes, 19th century, each bearing handwritten inscriptions to the interior, numbered ‘5’ and ‘7’ respectively,

58cm wide

43cm deep

36cm high (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 177

A pair of gilt-metal and glass wall lights, second half of the 20th century, Italian, in the style of Maison Baguès of Paris, each backplate with a roundel issuing twin sconces, and vertical stems mounted with glass leaves, 20cm wide

10cm deep

52cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 178

Three various wooden luggage racks, 20th century, largest 60cm wide

41cm deep

53cm high (3)

£400 - 600

LOT 179

A George II walnut bureau bookcase, 18th century and later, the upper section with adjustable shelves and fitted compartments, over a base with a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior and green leather writing surface, with four long drawers and raised on bracket feet, 100cm wide

56.5cm deep

211.5cm high

£1,800 - 2,200

LOT 180

A painted and wrought-iron orangery table, 19th century and later, Italian, the painted panelled top decorated with acanthus scrolls and inset with a bevelled glass top, on a scrolling wrought-iron table base, 185cm wide

111cm deep

75cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 181

A flat-weave wool kilim carpet, of recent manufacture, Afghan, the field decorated with repeating geometric medallions to a blue ground, within a cream banded border, 300 x 204cm

£500 - 700

LOT 182

A near pair of Venetian etched and moulded glass mirrors, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, each with profuse scrolling foliate decoration, the larger example decorated with a winged lion, both with losses and damages, 104cm wide

160cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 183

A pair of gilt-metal faux bamboo side tables, of recent manufacture, in the style of Maison Baguès, each with a glass top, 55cm wide

55cm deep

39cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 184

An oak and cane stool, early 20th century, with carved supports united by turned stretchers, 152.5cm wide

63cm deep

40cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 185

A Louis XVI-style kingwood and marble vitrine in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946), c.1880, French, with a shaped brèche violette marble top and ormolu mounts, the frieze centred with a bacchanalian mask and flanked by goats amongst floral and foliate scrolls, above three glazed doors fitted with shelves and each decorated with swags to a parquetry panel, raised on squat cabriole supports, 158cm wide

46cm deep

169cm high

£5,000 - 7,000

Provenance: A private Australian collection. For similar pieces by François Linke, which incorporate fine ormolu of the same design, see: Sotheby’s, ‘Collections: European Decorative Arts’, New York, 13 April 2016, lot 601; Christie’s, ‘The Collector’, 8 April 2021, lot 292.

LOT 186

A pair of Louis XVI-style giltwood pier tables, early 20th century, each with a marble top above a scrolling foliate-carved frieze, raised on tapering spiral-fluted supports, united by a stretcher set with an urn, 100cm wide

33cm deep

78cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 187

A carved oak panel, late 18th/early 19th century, with scrolling rococo decoration depicting landscapes and portraits, to include ‘Mr and Mrs William Hallett’, after Gainsborough, 112cm wide

54cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 188

A painted pine cupboard, 20th century, the glazed panelled doors enclosing four shelves, 107cm wide

39cm deep

194cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 189

A flat-weave wool kilim carpet, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven in polychrome with repeating diamond motifs to a red ground, 298 x 247cm

£600 - 800

LOT 190

An upholstered ottoman, 20th century, with Anatolian-style fabric, 132cm wide

55cm deep

53cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 191

A carved grey stone Buddha head, 20th century, raised on a square plinth base, 19cm wide

19cm deep

34cm high

£300 - 500

192

Seven various convex mirrors, 20th century, largest 41cm diameter (7)

£400 - 600

LOT 193

A giltwood window seat, c.1780, French or Italian, with open arms and a shaped seat, above a frieze decorated with paterae and foliate swags, raised on leaf-capped tapering supports terminating in peg feet, 160cm wide

54cm deep

79cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

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A painted wood and gesso hall stand, early 20th century, French, with all-over foliate decoration and a bevelled glass mirror above a stick rack, 64cm wide

23cm deep

208cm high

£200 - 400

A pair of mahogany-framed ‘sorcerer’s’ mirrors, late 19th/early 20th century, each of circular form, the plate with concave inclusions and set within a carved wood frame, 38cm diameter (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 196

A harlequin set of eight elm and beech Oxford single chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a bar back and ring-turned supports, 48cm wide

48cm deep

85cm high (8)

£1,000 - 2,000

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A Charles II oak side table, late 17th century, the moulded rectangular top above a frieze, set with a pair of short frieze drawers and dentil-moulded detail, raised on turned supports united by bobbin-turned stretchers, terminating in peg feet, 66cm wide

52cm deep

72cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 198

A pair of giltwood and composition wall lights by Leone Cei & Figli of Florence, of recent manufacture, each of wheatsheaf form issuing two scrolling branches, 31cm wide

14cm deep

54cm high (2)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting

LOT 199

An oak wainscot chair, 17th century, the panelled back inscribed ‘WC’ and dated ‘1687’, over bobbin-turned front and square back supports united by stretchers, 59cm wide

62cm deep

113cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 200

A Persian wool rug, 20th century, Tabriz, woven with scrolling Shah Abbasi motifs, distressed, 380 x 291cm

£1,000 - 2,000

An oak wainscot chair, 19th century, but incorporating some earlier elements, with carved detail, 63cm wide

43cm deep

106cm high

£300 - 500

A pair of baroque silvered and gilt-pine pricket torchères, 18th century and later, Italian, each of multistage form with fluted detail and a pricket base,

50cm diameter

140cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

A large Louis XV-style Aubusson carpet, 19th century, French, woven with rococo foliate scrolls and flowers, approximately 640 x 403cm £1,000 - 2,000

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A set of six iron and leather folding chairs, mid-20th century, Italian or Spanish, each with curved supports,

45cm wide

56cm deep

95cm high (6)

£300 - 500

LOT 205

A Regency gilt and ebonised wood and gesso torchère, early 19th century and later, in the manner of Thomas Hope, of neoclassical form with all-over floral and foliate decoration,

50cm wide

50cm deep

94cm high

£200 - 400

206

A pair of walnut and leather-upholstered club armchairs, early 20th century, stamped ‘Waring’, 93cm wide

98cm deep

92cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 207

A large Louis XVI-style giltwood and gesso oval mirror, early 20th century, French, with a foliate crest and trailing ribbon decoration,

110cm wide

155cm high

£500 - 700

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A pair of Louis XVI-style giltwood and composition wall lights by Leone Cei & Figli of Florence, of recent manufacture, Italian, each decorated with swags and garlands, issuing two foliate branches,

32cm wide

19cm deep

87cm high (2)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting

LOT 209

A pair of George III-style mahogany night tables, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a shaped galleried top, over a single drawer and twin cupboard doors, raised on square supports,

53cm wide

46cm deep

78cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 210

A pair of upholstered wing-back chairs, of recent manufacture, each with ebonised supports terminating in brass castors,

80cm wide

80cm deep

117cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 211

A pair of Louis XVI-style giltwood and composition wall lights by Leone Cei & Figli of Florence, of recent manufacture, each in the neoclassical taste, modelled as a quiver of arrows issuing two foliate branches, 31cm wide

18cm deep

62cm high (2)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting

LOT 212

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‘Flora Londinensis: Or Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London’ a set of fourteen hand-coloured engravings, each depicting a plant specimen titled in Latin underneath, published London 1777, each in a glazed gilt frame

eight 40 x 25cm, framed 60 x 41cm

three 43.5 x 13cm, framed 59 x 27.5cm

three 21.5 x 20cm, framed 37 x 36cm (14)

£300 - 500

A George III-style giltwood and composition wall light by Leone Cei & Figli of Florence, of recent manufacture, of slender scrolling form after a design by Robert Adam, decorated with trailing husks and issuing two foliate branches, 30cm wide

11cm deep

76cm high

£200 - 300

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting.

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A large antique Heriz Serapi wool carpet, c.1890, north-west Persian, the soft tan field with a bold stepped palmette panel, enclosing a flower head centrepiece in blue and sage green, issuing stylised palmettes and angular vines with serrated leaves, within a banded border of repeating flower heads and further serrated vines,

522 x 370cm

£10,000 - 15,000

LOT 215

A Victorian silver-plated oil lamp, maker’s marks ‘H E & Co.’, with engraving ‘Presented to Illingworth Robertsham Esq. by the Congregation and Friends of the Allerton Congregational Church, 13th Feb 1896’, with a cut-glass reservoir and a fluted column, 19cm wide

100cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 216

A koummya dagger, Moroccan, with silver foliate mounts and scabbard, 11cm wide

3.5cm deep

39.5cm high, together with a further jambiya, 12cm wide

4cm deep

31cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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A Sinhalese porcupine quill, ebony and ivory workbox, 19th century, Ceylonese (Sri Lankan), opening to a single compartment, with ivory spot inlay decoration, 31cm wide

22cm deep

13cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 218

A contemporary wool flat-weave carpet, of recent manufacture, woven in monochrome with alternating chevrons, 308 x 200cm

£600 - 800

LOT 219

A pair of French-Empire-style gilt and patinated bronze candelabra, late 19th century, each with four lights supported by a fluted column, raised on paw feet, on a tripartite base, 14cm wide

49cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 220

After Pierre-Jules Mêne, ‘Taureau Normand’, a bronze model of a standing bull on a canted rectangular mound, the base bearing a signature ‘P. J. Mene’, 23.5cm wide

9.5cm deep

13cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 221

A Victorian walnut stool, c.1850, with a needlework-upholstered seat, raised on scrolling cabriole supports, 54cm wide

49cm deep

45cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 222

A George II-style mahogany kettle stand, 19th century, with a pierced octagonal top and carved tripod base, 51cm diameter

65cm high

£400 - 600

A pair of polychrome-painted pricket candlesticks, late 19th/early 20th century, in 17th-century style, each later painted and raised on paw feet, 14cm wide

66cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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A George III tortoiseshell tea caddy, 19th century, of rounded and canted rectangular form, with metal stringing and a medallion to the centre engraved ‘C’, the interior with two lidded compartments and ivory banding, the whole raised on metal ball feet,

16cm wide

10.5cm deep

16.5cm high

£200 - 400

A polychrome-painted figure of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, 19th/20th century, depicted in a veil and habit, holding the Sacred Heart, raised on an octagonal plinth base, 38cm wide

45cm deep

100cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 226

A turned wood, papier mâché egg mould, 19th century, initialled ‘L.I’, 20cm wide

29cm deep

20cm high

£200 - 400

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A gilt-brass crane, late 20th century, on a circular marble base, 38cm wide

148cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 228

A carved stone head fragment, possibly Celtic, with incised facial features, now mounted on a later modern plinth, 17cm wide

10cm deep

48cm high, plinth 16.5cm wide

99cm high (2)

£600 - 800

229

A carved wood ‘i ula tavatava’ throwing club, 19th century, Fijian, the domed head carved with a band of elliptical lobes, 9cm diameter

41cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 230

A hardwood paddle ‘apa’apai’ club, Polynesian, of flattened spatulate form with a medial ridge, the terminal carved with figures, 10cm wide

3.5cm deep

128.5cm long

£300 - 500

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A maiolica albarello, 17th century, Italian, Calabria, painted with a medallion containing a bust-length portrait of a man, within scrolling foliage to a blue ground, restoration, 13.5cm wide

19cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: The Collection of Hermann Baer (1898-1977); thence by descent to the present owner.

LOT 232

A maiolica wet drug jar, first half of the 19th century, Italian, the body with an applied spout in the form of a lion bearing a shield, with painted decoration of armour, scrolls and instruments, 21cm wide

14cm deep

21.5cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: The Collection of Hermann Baer (1898-1977); thence by descent to the present owner.

LOT 233

A faience tankard, 18th century, German, probably Nuremberg, the cylindrical body painted in blue with an oval medallion enclosing a man in a garden, surmounted by a crown, the whole decorated with densely packed foliate tendrils, with a blue striped handle and painted marks underneath, 15.5cm wide

11cm deep

19cm high

£200 - 400

Provenance: The Collection of Hermann Baer (1898-1977); thence by descent to the present owner.

LOT 234

A pair of maiolica armorial albarelli, 17th century, Italian, each waisted body painted with a cartouche inscribed ‘ELL ALESALNDRINO’ and ‘VNGVENTO EGIZZIACO’ and an armorial crest below, within two bands of densely applied grotesques and foliate scrolls in blue, green and yellow, 13cm wide

20cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: The Collection of Hermann Baer (1898-1977); thence by descent to the present owner.

For a similarly decorated example, see Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number C.36-1975.

LOT 235

A maiolica albarello, c.1500, Central Italian, possibly Romagna or the Marches, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, the front painted in blue and orange with tulips and fruit, 12cm wide

18cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: The Collection of Hermann Baer (1898-1977); thence by descent to the present owner.

After Canaletto a set of four Venetian scenes, depicting: St Mark’s Square; The Rialto Bridge; St Mark’s Campanile; and Saint Mark’s Basilica, oil on board, 25.5 x 31cm, each in an ebonised frame (4) £1,500 - 2,500

LOT 237

A bronze model of the ‘Porcellino’ or Uffizi Boar, 19th century, after the antique, 13cm wide 20cm deep 17.5cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 236

LOT 238

A collection of grand tour hardstone ornaments, 19th century, comprising a carved alabaster portrait in relief, and eight oval classical portrait medallions or cameos, portrait 6cm wide

9cm high (9)

£200 - 300

LOT 239

A bronze figure of the Venus de Milo, 19th century, after the antique, raised on a plinth base, 9.5cm wide

7cm deep

30cm high

£150 - 200

LOT 240

A marmo rosso antico marble obelisk, 19th century, Italian, modelled after the Flaminio Obelisk, inscribed ‘OBELISCVS FLAMINIVS’ and raised on a black slate base, 7.5cm wide

7.5cm deep

33cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 241

A painted terracotta figure of the Farnese Hercules by Giovanni Mollica, late 19th century, Italian, Napoli, raised on a rectangular plinth base and stamped to the reverse, 15cm wide

13cm deep

35cm high

£400 - 600

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LOT 242

A slate, marble and micromosaic desk paperweight, second half of the 19th century, c.1870, Italian, Roman, the serpentine oval panel inset with a micromosaic depicting the Arch of Septimius Severus, within a banded malachite border, and with various inlaid marble specimens, 19cm wide

2cm deep

12.5cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 243

A slate, marble and micromosaic desk paperweight, second half of the 19th century, c.1870, Italian, Roman, the serpentine rectangular panel inset with a micromosaic depicting the Colosseum, within banded floral garland and Greek key borders, and with various inlaid marble specimens,

18.5cm wide

2cm deep

13cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 244

A circular micromosaic panel, early 19th century, c.1800, Italian, Roman, depicting a stretching hound against a midnight-blue ground, within a white metal frame, the reverse with remnants of a crested wax seal, with an indistinct Latin motto below, 7cm wide

7.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 245

A pair of malachite obelisks, each on a panelled rectangular plinth, 10.5cm wide

10.5cm deep

51cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 246

After Michelangelo, 20th century, a bronze sculpture depicting Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, 14cm wide

15.5cm deep

38cm high

£150 - 250

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LOT 247

A pair of large carved Siena marble grand tour models, second half of the 19th century, Italian, of the Temples of Vespasian and Titus, and Castor and Pollux, each on a black marble base, the first 17cm wide

17.5cm deep

50.5cm high, the second 26cm wide

10.5cm deep

51cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

From Bricks to Marble: Ben Weinreb (1912-1992)

Ben Weinreb, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, was an antiquarian bookseller and architectural historian whose lifetime’s worth of acquisitions has laid the foundations for the study of architectural history throughout the world. His influence on the discipline is undeniable. Ben could see the importance of collecting primary resources and books on architecture many years before the subject was fashionable or formally recognised, and had created such an important collection - including maps, atlases and religious architecture - that in 1968, the University of Texas bought his entire stock, forming an integral part of their architectural archives.

‘He found the raw material of architectural scholarship bricks and left it marble’ – Anthony Rota for The Guardian, 1999.

Handwritten notes by Ben, which, by repute, were corroborated by the architectural historian Sir John Summerson (1904-1992), make the suggestion that these three models once belonged to Sir Robert Smirke (17801867), an English architect responsible for the design of the main block and façade of the British Museum, London. It is plausible that he acquired the models from another known collection of plaster models, attributed to the Fouquets and belonging to the architect John Nash (1752-1835). Nash owned a series of models of Greek and Roman buildings, including those he displayed in the Gallery of Architecture at his house in Regent Street, some of which are now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Models such as these were used as prototypes by architects and inspiration for their own designs, and visitors to the gallery were clearly encouraged to associate the great buildings of classical antiquity to the improvements being made to London at the time.

The sale of Nash’s architectural library took place after his death in 1835, in which no models are mentioned; however, Nash may have privately disposed of other possessions towards the end of his life. Despite an illustrious career, with designs including the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Marble Arch, Regent’s Park, and Buckingham Palace, Nash ran into professional controversy in his later years and after King George IV passed away in 1830, his career as a public architect virtually ceased overnight. At a period when Smirke was professionally thriving - he was working on the British Museum throughout the 1820s-30s and knighted in 1832 – it is very possible that he used the opportunity to acquire the models.

By DebRah22 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

LOT 248

A plaster of Paris model of Maison Carrée, c.1820s, French, attributed to Jean-Pierre and François Fouquet, raised on a mahogany stand with Perspex cover, model 10.08cm wide

23.7cm deep

12.5cm high

£6,000 -8,000

Provenance: The Collection of Ben Weinreb (1912-1999), thence by descent to the present owner.

Built in the 1st century AD in the forum of the Roman colony of Nemausus (modern-day Nîmes), the Maison Carrée is one of the earliest examples of a Roman temple which can be connected to imperial worship in the Roman provinces. It is a pseudoperipteral temple built in the Corinthian order and – according to the description given by the architectural writer Vitruvius - represents a nearly textbook example of a Roman temple

A careful reconstruction of a dedicatory inscription on the temple in 1758 led scholars to believe it was built in dedication to Augustus’s two grandsons and intended heirs - Gaius and Lucius Caesar – who, prematurely deceased, were accorded the title Princes of Youth (principes juventutis). It is regarded as one of the best-preserved examples of a Roman temple dedicated to the imperial cult in the provinces of Rome and, as a result, is a testament to the period of Rome’s transition from republic to empire.

A set of models by Fouquet can also be found in the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum. According to the records held by the Museum, Sir John Soane purchased twenty models by François Fouquet in 1834 from the architect Edward Cresy (1792-1858) who, from 1829-1835, worked in Paris. Soane paid Cresy the substantial sum of £100. It is likely that Cresy purchased the models directly from Fouquet et Fils.

LOT 249

A plaster of Paris model of Ilisos Temple, c.1820s, French, attributed to Jean-Pierre and François Fouquet, raised on a mahogany stand with Perspex cover, model 12.5cm wide

23.5cm deep

12.3cm high

£6,000 - 8,000

Provenance: The Collection of Ben Weinreb (1912-1999), thence by descent to the present owner.

The small Ionic temple on which the present lot was modelled was built on the south bank of the Ilisos (or Ilissus) River in Athens and is also referred to as the Temple of Artemis Agrotera, or Artemis the Huntress. Not much of the temple survives today, due to it being demolished in 1778, but it appears to date to the 5th century BC and is possibly the work of the Greek architect, Kallicrates, who worked on the Parthenon.

Another, slightly larger, version of this model can be found in the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum (MR2*). It is understood that Soane visited Paestum as a student in 1779, and the Doric order in particular had a profound effect on his architecture, as can be seen in the Doric Vestibule of the Bank of England (1803-08). According to the records held by the Museum, Sir John Soane purchased twenty models by Francois Fouquet in 1834 from the architect Edward Cresy (1792-1858) who, from 1829-1835, worked in Paris. Soane paid Cresy the substantial sum of £100. It is likely that Cresy purchased the models directly from Fouquet et Fils.

According to the Sir John Soane’s Museum, François based his model on plates I-VIII, chapter II of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s ‘The Antiquities of Athens’, first published in 1762, with a French translation published in 1793.

LOT 250

A plaster of Paris model of the Temple of Hera II at Paestum, c.1820s, French, attributed to Jean-Pierre and François Fouquet, raised on a mahogany stand with Perspex cover,

12.4cm wide

28.9cm deep

9.1cm high

£6,000 - 8,000

Provenance: The Collection of Ben Weinreb (1912-1999), thence by descent to the present owner.

Paestum, on the southwest coast of Italy, was an important ancient Greek city, and is noted today for its three temples, which remain in a remarkable state of preservation. Examples of the Doric order, they are the Temples of Athena and the First and Second Temples of Hera. The present example is a reduction of the Second Temple of Hera, which was also previously known as the Temple of Neptune or Poseidon, and was built c.460-450 B.C. It is the only temple in the western Greek world with a double order of columns.

A near-identical example can be found in the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum (MR27). It is understood that Soane visited Paestum as a student in 1779, and the Doric order in particular had a profound effect on his architecture, as can be seen in the Doric Vestibule of the Bank of England (1803-08). According to the records held by the Museum, Sir John Soane purchased twenty models by Francois Fouquet in 1834 from the architect Edward Cresy (17921858) who, from 1829-1835, worked in Paris. Soane paid Cresy the substantial sum of £100. It is likely that Cresy purchased the models directly from Fouquet et Fils.

251

A pair of carved Siena marble grand tour models, second half of the 19th century, Italian, of the Temples of Vespasian, and Castor and Pollux, each on a black marble base, damages, 12cm wide

12cm deep

36cm high (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

252

A pair of grand tour bronze figures, 19th century, each modelled as a dancing faun, with a German foundry stamp, larger 13.5cm wide

13cm deep

35cm high (2)

£300 - 500

253

An imitation marble figure after the antique, of recent manufacture, depicting the Farnese Hercules, 40cm wide

32cm deep

94cm high

£150 - 250

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A painted plaster bust after the antique, 20th century, depicting Socrates, unmounted, 30cm wide

36cm deep

42cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 255

A group of six framed cameo displays, 19th century, comprising a pair of Wedgwood basalt examples of Emperors Claudius and Hadrian, two gilt-framed examples of classical maidens from The Miniature World of Peter Bates, and three other larger framed displays, largest 33 x 25cm (6)

£200 - 400

A collection of grand tour heads, comprising a Roman carved marble janiform head of Dionysus, c.2nd-3rd century AD, a fragmentary terracotta bust, probably 3rd century BC, Smyrna,

a grey stone head of a female, and two further examples, largest 7cm wide 5cm deep

19.5cm high, and a marble roundel of Nero, 21 x 21cm (6)

£400 - 600

A Louis XVI-style gilt-metal and turned birch urn, second half of the 19th century and later, French, the body mounted with a frieze, decorated in relief with classical and foliate motifs, and twin mask handles, raised on a turned and square base on paw feet, 32cm wide

28cm deep

40cm high

£300 - 500

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A group of grand tour sculptures, 19th century, comprising a bronze bust of Napoleon wearing a victory garland, 9.5cm wide

8.5cm deep

22cm high, together with a bronze figure of Napoleon, a bronze bust of the Duke of Wellington, a bronze medallion plaque of Napoleon and an oval black basalt plaque of Admiral Lord Nelson, medallion 12cm diameter (5) £100 - 200

A collection of grand tour bronzes after the antique, 19th century, comprising a bust of Dionysus, Venus of Capua, a seated Mercury and Narcissus, Dionysus 7cm wide

7cm deep

15cm high (4)

£100 - 200

A grand tour alabaster urn, 19th century, the body with a mask to the centre, flanked by twin loop handles, 30cm diameter

47cm high

£800 - 1,200

Two grand tour bronzes, probably 20th century, comprising a bust of a classical female, on a marble base, 15cm wide 12cm deep

28cm high, together with a smaller example of Lorenzo de’ Medici after Michaelangelo (2)

£150 - 250

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LOT 261

A grand tour marble head of a bearded man, probably late 19th/early 20th century, on a later square Perspex stand, 11cm wide

17cm deep

30cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

A painted plaster bust after the antique, 20th century, depicting Clytie, 45cm wide

26cm deep

58cm high

£300 - 500

A set of three painted plaster roundels in the Adam style, of recent manufacture, each of oval form and decorated in relief with a classical figure, 45cm wide

58cm high (3)

£300 - 500

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LOT 264

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The David Morris Collection (1946-2021)

Sworders are pleased to offer select items from the Hertford collector David Morris (1946-2021). An engineer by profession and a true perfectionist, he combined his interest in classic cars with a passion for antiques, and antique horology in particular. David met his wife, Tina, in 1968 when he was working the pumps at Meadside Garage in Hertford. It was through her that David was first introduced to antiques, as she loved trawling the local antique shops and car boot sales with her mum. Over time, David developed a deep interest in clocks and barometers and their workings.

His exceptional engineering skills (rarely one for fashion, he wore a patched-up lab coat for most occasions) allowed him to become a very capable restorer and he enjoyed the research the discipline demands. His day job was that of a second-hand car dealer and proprietor of the same garage that he manned the pumps of as a teenager; David Morris Autos hosted many discussions with fellow clock and barometer collectors and dealers, who would often stop by to discuss acquisitions over a cup of tea. As technology progressed, the conversations moved to internet discussion boards.

Displaying an eye for quality and detail, David’s collection covers two centuries of European clockmaking history, from a late 17th-century lantern clock by Thomas Knifton of Lothbury (estimate £2,000-3,000), to a French ‘giant’ brass carriage clock with a repeating mechanism, c.1860 (estimate £1,500-2,000).

Many of the clocks in this 28-lot collection date from the Georgian and Regency eras when elegance of design combined with movements of increasing accuracy. Keeping perfect time in the Morris household was a Regency mahogany cased regulator by G J Wagstaff, London, with a substantial six-pillar movement featuring sophistications such as Harrison’s maintaining power. Now that the family has decided the moment is right to sell some of David’s prized possessions, it is guided at £2,000-3,000.

David’s interest in the historic and the vintage has been passed to his family. Today his daughter Hannah trades in 20th-century furnishings, living above and working from the same garage where her dad started out 50 years ago.

LOT 265

A brass lantern clock, 19th century in the 17th-century style, English, the dial with foliate engraving and inscribed ‘John Fordham Dunmow’, enclosing a double fusee movement striking the quarters on two gongs, raised on an ebonised wood plinth, with winding key, 20cm wide

20cm deep

40cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 266

A mahogany and brass-mounted four-day marine chronometer, by Arthur Davies, London, numbered ‘1448’, the 4-inch silvered dial inscribed ‘Arthur Davies, London’, with subsidiary four-day and seconds dials, with carrying handles and glass viewing window, winding key and a baized and lined mahogany travelling case, inner case 19.5cm wide

18cm deep

18cm high (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 267

A Regency mahogany bracket clock, the square silvered dial inscribed ‘Holmes, London’, with spandrels with delicate floral engraving, the hour hand with a pierced heart finial, having a double chain fusee movement striking the hours on a gong, with bevelled glass side panels and raised on flat brass feet, with screw pendulum, door and winding key, 23cm wide

14.5cm deep

30.5cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 268

A Louis XV-style gilt-bronze and tortoiseshell bracket clock, the sectional enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, and inscribed ‘Payne, 163 New Bond Street London’, with a double fusee movement striking the half hour on a gong, all surmounted with a detachable eagle, 27cm wide

17cm deep

52cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 269

A George III circular mahogany wall clock, the 8½-inch silvered dial inscribed ‘Ralph Glover, Hyde Park Corner’ and with a visible pendulum aperture, enclosed in convex glass with a brass bezel, with single fusee movement, verge escapement and a bob pendulum,

28cm diameter

15cm deep

30cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 270

A George III ebonised and brass-mounted balloon clock, by William Cole, London, with circular brass plates and a single fusee movement, the case with a mounted sunburst mask plate, pineapple finial and carrying handles,

26cm wide

17.5cm deep

50cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 271

A Regency oak-cased mantel clock, by Vulliamy, London, the silvered and inscribed dial enclosing a single fusee movement, backplate also inscribed ‘Vulliamy 1647’ with pendulum and holder, the front hinged case with inlaid stringing, 18.5cm wide

14cm deep

32cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 272

A large brass carriage clock, c.1860, French, ‘no. 5180’, a circular enamel dial, enclosing a movement striking the half hours on a gong with repeat mechanism, in a gorge case, 14.5cm wide

11.5cm deep

24.5cm high to top of handle (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

A Gothic Revival bronze desk stand, 19th century, French, the removable roof over a revolving triangular body, fitted with a silvered dial ‘thermomètre’, seven-day initialled gilt note-holders and a paper calendar, on a triform claw foot plinth, 11.5cm diameter

35.5cm high

£200 - 400

A mantel timepiece, the painted enamel dial inscribed ‘Desbois, Gray’s Inn Passage’, enclosing a single fusee movement, within a brass-inlaid mahogany case with a glazed rear door, and raised on brass ball feet, 20cm wide

16cm deep

31cm high

£400 - 600

A Victorian porcelain oil lamp, 19th century, probably by Doulton Pottery, the mounts marked ‘HINKS & SONS PATENT’, over a sectioned base with brass-lined reservoir decorated with daffodils and bees, together with a flared shade and raised on a brass tripartite base with bat masks, converted to electricity, 30cm diameter

54cm high including shade (2)

£250 - 350

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LOT 276

A George III circular rosewood cased wall timepiece, the 7½-inch engraved and silvered dial inscribed ‘GR’ over ‘Barwise, St. Martin’s Lane, London’, enclosing a single fusee movement, the backplate also inscribed, with a hinged base door, 25cm diameter

13cm deep

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 277

A George III mahogany wall clock, the convex painted dial with pierced hands and brass bezel, enclosing a single fusee movement, with a square anchor, tapering plates and numbered ‘287’, within a hinged base door, with pendulum, 37cm diameter

15cm deep

£600 - 800

LOT 278

An Art Nouveau rosewood and brass-inlaid desk stand, fitted with a central hinged cover, enclosing two blue-glass-lined inkwells and raised on square section feet, 24cm wide

18cm deep

9.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 279

A Regency mahogany mantel clock, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, slim hands and a watch key winding hole, with a printed label inside inscribed ‘R Fletchers Portable Alarum’ and ‘Sold by R Fletcher Eastgate’, striking on a bell, with an inscribed back plate ‘Alarum dial and Wind Alarum’, and raised on turned bun feet, 20cm wide

12cm deep

30cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 280

A brass and mahogany drop-dial wall clock, 19th century, the 7½-inch painted dial with Roman numerals, enclosing a single fusee movement, 26cm wide

32cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 281

A cased seven-day recording barograph, late 19th/early 20th century, by Negretti & Zambra Ltd., Aylesbury, under a glazed oak case and mounted on to a polished oak base on flattened supports, with spare ink bottle, 35cm wide

22.5cm deep

18cm high

£150 - 250

282 

A walnut library clock, 19th century, numbered ‘4301’, the rectangular silvered dial inscribed ‘Barraud & Lunds, 41 Cornhill, London’, with Roman numerals and an engraved surround, enclosing a single chain fusee movement, the backplate also engraved, with pendulum and locking screw, in a plain architectural walnut case with an ivory escutcheon to the side, 17.5cm wide

15cm deep

28cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 283

A pair of George III mahogany knife boxes, each of serpentine form with a hinged sloping lid, the interior with chequered banding and cutlery divisions, one velvet-lined, 22cm wide

24cm deep

36cm high (2)

£400 - 600

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A rosewood library clock, c.1850, by Frodsham, London, the rectangular silvered dial with Roman numerals and engraved ‘Frodsham, Gracechurch Street, London’, enclosing a twin-fusee chain-driven movement striking the hours on a gong, with an angular anchor escapement and finned baluster pillars and a pull repeat, protruding bevelled glass panels to the sides, the face flanked by two turned columns and the back door with a pierced fretwork panel, raised on a stepped plinth and flattened button feet,

19cm wide

13.5cm deep

27cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 285

A Victorian presentation coromandel desk stand, by William Gibbs Rogers, the enamelled dial inscribed ‘James Hux, 20 Down Street, Piccadilly’ with Roman numerals, with silver bezels and backplate inscribed ‘Time fleets Eternity is at hand A Memorial of grateful Attachment from H.A.B. died at Clifton 21st Octr 1852’, and three further inscriptions to the back and inside of the backplate, maker’s mark for Charles Watts, London 1837, the dial mounted in a carved column, with deeply carved swags and surmounted with a bird, mounted with a pair of silver-mounted inkwells, maker’s marks for R & S Garrard & Co., London 1852, with a pen well, the base stamped ‘W. G. Rogers’, 34cm wide

15cm deep

34cm high

£400 - 600

James Hux is recorded in ‘Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2’, by Brian Loomes, as working in London 1851-1863.

William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) earned his reputation as an expert wood-carver, working in and imitating the style of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721). He exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, where his carvings are described as ‘studies from original fragments by Grinling Gibbons’ (‘The Crystal Palace Exhibition, Illustrated Catalogue’, facsimile ed., New York, 1970, p.9).

Rogers was patronised by Queen Victoria, who granted him a Civil List pension for his contribution to the revival of the standard of ornamental wood-carving. He was awarded an important Royal Commission, ‘as they consider him as the best person qualified to be entrusted with those parts of the woodwork of the House of Lords in which great richness and delicacy of execution are required’.

LOT 286

A satinwood library clock, 19th century, by Connell, London, numbered ‘970’, the silvered rectangular dial with Roman numerals and foliate engraving, inscribed ‘Connell, 83 Cheapside, London’, enclosing a chain-driven single fusee movement with angular anchor escapement, the backplate engraved ‘Connell, London’, ‘970’ and ‘Faster/Slower’, with raised bevelled glass panels, within a plain case with a moulded frieze, 16cm wide

14.5cm deep

19cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 287

A cast bronze rococo-style mantel clock, c.1845, by Thwaites & Reed, the circular engine-turned dial with Roman numerals, enclosing a drum movement with single fusee and an anchor escapement, the case with latticed fretwork panels to the front and sides, 17cm wide

11cm deep

30cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 288

A paper-scroll tea caddy, 19th century and later, of hexagonal form with banded edges, enclosing paper scrolls forming a flowering urn and opening to a void interior, 17.2cm wide

10cm deep

14cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 289

A mahogany ‘noctuary’ or ‘night watchman’s’ mantel clock, c.1850, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and foliate engraving, enclosing a chain-driven fusee movement, striking on the half hours, mounted with a revolving disc set with twenty-four radial pillars, depressed by a knob on the top of the case, with a winding hole beneath the dial and a recessed brass carrying handle, mounted in a plain case with chamfered front edges, glazed sides and back, 25.5cm wide

17cm deep

37cm high to top of button

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 290

A brass lantern clock, last quarter of the 17th century, English, the 6¾-inch dial inscribed ‘Thomas Knifton at the crossed keys [pictogram] in Lothbury’, with three pierced frets and Roman numerals to the chapter ring, crown wheel escapement and a bob pendulum, 17cm wide

16.5cm deep

44cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

Thomas Knifton was born in Nottingham, c.1614. In 1632, he apprenticed in London through the Clothworkers’ Company to William Selwood of London. He occasionally worked at the ‘Drap(er)’s Arms’, but mostly at the Cross Keys in Lothbury, London, until his death in 1667. He was never officially admitted into the Clockmakers’ Company.

LOT 291

A Victorian brass and copper cast inkwell, 19th century, in the form of an owl’s head, with glass eyes and rope moulding, 17cm diameter

13cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 292 

A George III tea caddy, c.1790, the flared and hinged cover surmounted with an acorn finial over an octagonal urn body, possibly veneered in snakewood, with boxwood and specimen geometric banding, enclosing a covered interior, the cover with an ivory finial, with key, 10cm wide

25.5cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 293

A mahogany and brass-inlaid drop-dial wall clock, by William Talbot, Cambridge, the 8-inch, signed and painted, circular dial with Roman numerals, over a hinged base, with pendulum, 27cm wide

14cm deep

32cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 294

A mahogany wall clock, the circular 13¼-inch dial, inscribed ‘C. Williamson, Royal Exchange, London’, with Roman numerals, brass bezel and a sweep seconds dial, enclosing a single fusee chain-driven movement, with substantial rectangular plates, five knopped pillars and an angular anchor escapement, with a wooden rod pendulum and brass weight, and with adjuster, pendulum, key and winder, 45cm wide

18.5cm deep

56cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 295

A large brass cased balloon-shaped mantel clock, by Barrie, Edinburgh, the 8-inch painted dial with Roman numerals and a spirit level below, enclosing a chain-driven single fusee movement, the pendulum with a cylindrical lead weight with a locking screw, within a plain case mounted by a hinged door to the back and to the underside, and raised on turned ball and pin feet, 24cm wide

15.5cm deep

39cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 296

A George III mahogany stick barometer, late 18th century, the engraved and pierced double register dated 1773, with a visible tube within a chamfered and fluted case, surmounted with a floral- and swag-mounted urn, and a moulded and ebonised cistern cover, 16.5cm wide

11cm deep

127cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 297

A George III mahogany stick barometer, by Hall & Hawkes, 10 Duke St, Borough, the hinged door with a thermometer, enclosing a bevelled brass register plate, over a base with a cylindrical reservoir and a ring suspension, 6cm wide

4cm deep

94cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 298 

An early Victorian mahogany stick barometer, by C W Dixey, 3 New Bond Street, London, with a bow front and angled ivory register plates above a thermometer, with ebonised stringing and an ebonised cistern cover, 8cm wide

7cm deep

95cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 299

A Regency burr maple desk stand, early/mid-19th century, of rectangular form with a spindle-turned gallery back and carrying handles, over a single drawer with a turned handle, and beaded base moulding, 42cm wide

24cm deep

25cm high

£250 - 450

LOT 300

A carved hardwood paddle, probably late 19th/early 20th century, Polynesian, Austral Islands, with all-over geometric carving, with crescents, niho and two suns to the base of the shaft, the terminal with eight ‘dancing girls’ masks, 23cm wide

114cm long

£600 - 800

The Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, and such paddles were traded with Europeans who visited the islands on whaling ships during the first half of the 19th century.

LOT 301

A Victorian silver-mounted claret jug, marked Jonathan Wilson Hukin & John Thomas Heath, London 1883, the mounts with an engraved monogram to the hinged lid and an angular handle, over a rectangular jug with curved sides and a cut-glass base, 13cm wide

12cm deep

15cm high

£150 - 250

A Regency mahogany cased regulator, by G J Wagstaff, London, the 11-inch silvered dial with Arabic numerals and a single hand indicating the minute divisions, with a subsidiary seconds dial, quadrant curved dial aperture, and enclosing an eight-day movement, with Harrison’s maintaining power, substantial six-pillar movement, shaped plates and dead-beat escapement, and an ebonised rod pendulum, with silvered regulation screw, the single brass weight on a five-spoke wheel, within a moulded long case with an arched door and circular windows to the sides,

46cm wide

24cm deep

195.5cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 303-342

LOT 303

A set of five Gothic Revival walnut dining chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a pierced lancet-shaped back and cluster column supports, four with woven horsehair seats, 46cm wide

41cm deep

95cm high (5)

£200 - 400

LOT 304

A contemporary Benares carpet, of recent manufacture, Indian, wool and silk on cotton, woven with a diamond lattice design in shades of blue to an off-white ground, 299 x 215cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 305

An oak architectural staircase model, 20th century, raised on a square base, 42cm wide 44cm deep

55cm high

£250 - 350

An upholstered hearth stool by OKA, of recent manufacture, of rectangular form with a carpet-covered seat, raised on limed wooden baluster supports, terminating in brass castors, 154cm wide

83cm deep

55cm high

£800 - 1,200

An Oushak wool rug, 20th century, Anatolian, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a red ground,

345 x 278cm

£300 - 500

An oak and pollard oak occasional table, 19th century, with a circular tilt-top above a turned column and tripod base, 51cm diameter

68cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 306

LOT 307

LOT 308

A pair of oak and stag antler side chairs by Anthony Redmile, of recent manufacture, each back and arms formed of overlapping antlers, over an upholstered seat and shaped supports, terminating in hoof feet,

82cm wide

67cm deep

111cm high (2)

£1,200 - 1,800

A carved, lacquered and painted wooden elephant, late 19th century, Indian, with a mahout seated on top, on a rectangular base, with damages, 62cm wide

30cm deep

68cm high

£200 - 300

A walnut and marquetry occasional table, 19th century, Italian, Sorrento, the canted rectangular top inlaid with a scene of Christopher Columbus, heightened with penwork and within multiple banded geometric borders, raised on a turned column and shaped tripod supports, 90cm wide

60cm deep

77cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 309

LOT 310

LOT 311

A Persian Mahal wool carpet, late 19th/early 20th century, woven with scrolling floral and foliate motifs to a blue ground, 352 x 321cm

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 312

A pair of Louis XVI mahogany and ormolu pier tables, late 18th century, French, each of demilune outline, the stepped top above a frieze, mounted with twenty-three grand tour cameos of emperors, kings and historic figures,

138cm wide

63cm deep

82cm high (2)

£3,000 - 5,000

A Persian Veramin wool rug, early 20th century, woven with repeating mina-khani motifs to a pale blue ground,300 x 221cm

54cm diameter

71cm high

£200 - 400

£2,000 - 4,000

A papier mâché, painted and parcel-gilt mask, 18th century, Italian, the putto head flanked by wings, 50cm wide 9cm deep

40cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 314

A Victorian papier mâché tripod table, mid-19th century, with painted floral detail and gilt chinoiserie scrolls,

LOT 315

LOT 316

A turner’s chair, 19th century, with spindle detail, the seat carved with initials, 57cm wide

42cm deep

83.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 318

Two oak joint stools, 17th century and later, each with a rectangular seat above a moulded frieze, and turned supports united by stretchers,

48cm wide

28cm deep

56cm high (2)

£200 - 400

An oak table in the 17th-century taste, 19th century, Flemish or Dutch, the plank top with a gadrooned apron, raised on carved supports, 243cm wide

94cm deep

93cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 320

A brass, iron and teak yacht club bell, late 19th/early 20th century, with painted and pierced balusters to the base, 52cm wide

157cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 317

LOT 319

LOT 321

An ebonised wooden screen, late 19th/early 20th century, with pierced foliate detail, each of the leaves fitted with an embroidered panel decorated with a peacock amongst flowers, each leaf 63cm wide

5cm deep

208cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 322

A Louis XVI-style beech bouillotte table, 20th century, the circular galleried top with a leatherette insert, over two candle slides, and raised on square tapered and fluted supports, 81cm diameter

53cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 323

A George III mahogany urn stand, late 18th century, with a shaped gallery and brushing slide, over square tapering supports, 31cm wide

31cm deep

75cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 324

A George III-style ebonised sideboard, late 19th/early 20th century, of demilune outline, fitted with a central drawer flanked by three short drawers on either side, on tapering supports, with later painted decoration, 134cm wide

65cm deep

84cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 325

A group of four Victorian copper buckets, 19th century, each with riveted detail, largest 34cm diameter

31cm high (4)

£300 - 500

LOT 326

A suzani-style wool flat-weave carpet, of recent manufacture, woven in polychrome with butterflies to a pale ground, 328 x 260cm

£700 - 900

LOT 327

A fiddle-back mahogany floor-standing bookcase, 19th century, the moulded cornice above four doors inset with brass grilles, raised on a plinth base, 220cm wide

40.5cm deep

198cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 328

A large Victorian-style oak and leather stool, of recent manufacture, but with incorporated earlier elements, 153cm wide

84cm deep

59cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 329

An ammonite group, 68cm wide

30cm deep

90cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 330

An oak collector’s specimen chest, early 20th century, fitted with twenty-eight drawers, 76cm wide

45cm deep

120cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 331

An oak wainscot chair, 17th century, the panelled back with blind fret-carved decoration, over baluster-turned front and square back supports, united by stretchers, 61cm wide

45cm deep

117.5cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 332

A set of twelve Baccarat ‘Tsar’ pattern cordial glass, early 20th century, each cased and cut with a hobnail and fan-cut design, in varying colours, 20cm high (12)

£1,200 - 1,800

The ‘Tsar’ pattern was produced in the early part of the 20th century for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

LOT 333

A set of Baccarat ‘Empire’ glass champagne flutes, 20th century, each with a faceted bowl, knop and foot, with foliate gilt decoration, acid marks, 17.7cm high (24)

£1,500 - 2,000

334

A Baccarat ‘Colorado’ part glass suite, 20th century, French, comprising eleven coupes, ten red-wine glasses, thirteen white-wine glasses, and a decanter of shouldered form, each with Oroplastic-type gilt bands, acid marks, decanter 24.5cm high (35)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 335

A sorcerer’s mirror, 19th century, the plate of rectangular form, with radiating circular concave inclusions, 30cm wide

3cm deep

22.5cm high

£600 - 800

LOT

336

A silver and enamel footed egg in the Fabergé style, 20th century, Russian, marked ‘88 zolotniki’ and bearing pseudo Fabergé and Henrik Wigström (1862-1923) marks, 5.5cm diameter

13cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 337

A large cast iron table, the plank top raised on a pair of green-painted trestle-end supports,

99cm wide

67.5cm deep

81cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 338

A contemporary wool flat-weave runner, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven in polychrome with Missoni-style repeating chevrons,

490 x 90cm

£300 - 500

LOT 339

A Regency rosewood side cabinet, c.1820, of inverted breakfront outline, with brass inlays and a pair of mirrored glass doors, raised on lobed bun feet, 183cm wide

44cm deep

92cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT

LOT 340

A scratchbuilt live steam two-cylinder compound mill engine, spirit-fired with 4-inch flywheel, regulator, reverse lever and simpling valves, the 9-inch boiler with water gauge, safety valve and side-fitting burner, on a stand, 35cm wide

24cm deep

22cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 341

A scratchbuilt live steam model of a 1905 fire pump, after a design by Shand Mason & Co. with a ‘Double Vertical’ compound engine and spirit-fired skirted boiler, pressure gauge, water gauge, twin-hose brass nozzle, brass lantern and filler pipes, 71cm long

31cm wide

50cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

This is a model very similar to the Needham Market Shand Mason Fire Pump displayed in the Museum of Transport in Ipswich.

An Edwardian scratchbuilt live steam wood model of river launch ‘ENA’, the vessel is driven by a single-cylinder piston valve engine with a 4-inch three-blade propeller, a spirit-fired large steel boiler, 8.25 x 5.25 inch, with brass twin funnels and mounts to a black and red liveried hull, brass portholes and later applied royal arms to the prow,

107cm long

25cm wide

48cm high

£4,000 - 6,000

EARLY LONGCASE CLOCKS FROM A PRIVATE HERTFORDSHIRE COLLECTION

LOTS 343-349

LOT 343

A Charles II oyster-veneered olivewood and parquetry longcase clock, c.1680, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 10-inch brass dial set with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed ‘Stephen Willmott, London’, the hood with a moulded cornice and a pair of twisted column pilasters, above a long door with crossbanded and inlaid decoration, with a glass bullseye lenticle, raised on a plinth base,

40.5cm wide

22cm deep

206cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

A William and Mary walnut longcase clock, c.1690, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch engraved brass dial set with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial and a date aperture, inscribed ‘Thomas Wise, London’, the hood decorated with a pair of ball finials and wrythen column pilasters, above a moulded long door set with a glass lenticle, raised on a plinth base,

40cm wide

25cm deep

212cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 344

LOT 345

A William and Mary walnut and marquetry longcase clock by Joseph Windmills of London, c.1700, with an eight-day movement with six pillars, striking on a bell, the eleven-inch brass dial set with scrolling foliate spandrels and a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial and a round date aperture, inscribed ‘J. Windmills, London’, the hood with a pair of wrythen column pilasters, above a moulded long door with a glass lenticle, finely inlaid all-over with flowers, birds and butterflies, raised on a plinth base and bun feet, 37cm wide

21cm deep

199cm high

£8,000 - 12,000

Joseph Windmills (c.1640-1724) is credited as having been one of the great clockmakers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was made free of the Clockmakers’ Company in July 1671 and in 1702 succeeded Thomas Tompion as its Master. A similar marquetry longcase by Windmills is housed in the King’s Bedchamber in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.

LOT 346

A William and Mary walnut and panelled seaweed marquetry longcase clock, c.1700, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch engraved brass dial set with a silvered brass chapter ring with Roman numerals, with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed ‘Chr. Gould Londini Fecit’, the hood with wrythen column pilasters, above a moulded long door with a glass lenticle, raised on a plinth base, 43cm wide

23cm deep

210cm high

£6,000 - 8,000

A William and Mary walnut and marquetry longcase clock, c.1690 and later, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 10-inch brass dial set with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed ‘Robert Halsted London’, the hood with a fret-carved pediment and a pair of ebonised wrythen column pilasters, above a moulded long door with parquetry inlays and a glass lenticle, raised on a plinth base with short square feet,

42cm wide

25cm deep

191cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

A William and Mary brass and silvered longcase clock movement,

c.1700, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch brass dial set with a silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed ‘Wm Holloway London’,

28cm wide

12cm deep

30cm high

£400 - 600

A George III oak longcase clock,

c.1790, with a 30-hour movement, the engraved nine-inch brass dial set with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and, unusually, with two hands, inscribed ‘Jn Tribe Petworth’, in a plain oak case,

49cm wide

30cm deep

207cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 347

LOT 348

LOT 349

Day Two

Wednesday 12 June at 10am

George Gower Status Symbols and a Quest for Succession

George Gower (c.1540-1596) is a painter about whose personal life we know little, but whose professional status as Serjeant Painter to Queen Elizabeth I granted him access to many noble personages of his day. He is notable for his use of complex symbolism, as in his self-portrait where a painter’s tools outweigh his coat of arms in a balance, or in the portrait of Elizabeth I in which she is represented with a sieve in reference to Tuccia, a virginal figure from antiquity.

In this portrait, said to be of Lady Arabella Stuart, one piece of many amongst her jewellery stands out as peculiar. The pendant earring she wears is not a simple pearl, as might be expected, but is rather a device composed of interlocking triangles, closely resembling the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Such a device also appears in the gold necklace worn by the 23-month-old Arabella in the Hardwick Hall portrait of her. In this portrait of the very young Arabella, she holds a doll which the National Trust argues bears a strong resemblance to the then-Queen, Elizabeth I. Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth I and James VI/I were often tied to Solomon, including explicitly in speeches given by the monarchs, in contemporary writing, in portraiture and in court masques.

After the rupture from the Catholic Church, English monarchs sought to underline their status as Solomonic antitypes in an effort to consolidate their ecclesiastical authority. The line in 2 Chronicles 9:8, ‘Blessed be the Lord they God, which loued thee, to set thee on his throne as King, in the steade of the Lorde thy God’, was oft-quoted as an assurance that a monarch could be the direct representation of God on earth, as is brilliantly explored in Victoria Brownlee’s ‘Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625’.

No such literature exists to tie Arabella herself to these traditions, and yet we find this politically charged symbol in two portraits of the young woman. If Solomon is taken as a symbol of a powerful, unifying ruler in a time of some tumult, then Arabella’s association with him through this symbol might be taken as her assertions towards the throne. She stood to inherit, as James VI did, though she was not chosen. The presence of the symbol in this portrait seems to reinforce the status of its sitter as a hopeful for the throne, and thus to tie it more directly to Lady Arabella.

Old Master, British and European Art Tuesday 25 June 2024 pictures@sworder.co.uk

Walking in Memphis Less is Bore

Despite being a short-lived movement of only seven years, pioneering designer Ettore Sottsass and his fellow postmodernists of the Memphis Group continue to define the landscape of contemporary design, with their witty and whimsical designs that, despite being designated a fad, continue to be a point in Design history that we love to revisit.

In 1980, the visionary designer and architect Ettore Sottsass gathered a collective of contemporary creatives in his living room to debate the future of design. The 1970s had seen the evolution of Design traverse down a path of straight lines and hard angles, with brutalism and minimalism being the order of the day, a direct response to the superfluous and roomy designs of the 1960s, where form was far more liberal and softer (think Gaetano Pesce’s ‘Up’ series). Sottsass was concerned with this trajectory, claiming it took design away from the masses and that it had become too serious for its own good. With his twenty-two fellow visionaries in agreement, they all left the Sottsass apartment with their objective clearly defined. This marked the beginning of the Memphis Group, a movement within the larger context of postmodernism, which is characterised by its rejection of the modernist principles of simplicity and functionality, and its embrace of irony, ornamentation and historical references.

A three-month period of immense productivity began following that evening, which saw several designs and patterns conceived across glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting and decorative arts. Rather than looking forward, the group looked back throughout design history, borrowing the liberal and exuberant shapes of Art Deco and the bold colours of 1950s Pop Art, fusing these with contemporary materials such as MDF, plastic and printed laminates. However, the movement’s diachronic approach to design - unveiled at the 1981 Salone del Mobile in Milano and initially conceived as a commentary on their contemporaries - inadvertently ended up shaping a decade of bold colours and abstract shapes that we still associate as stereotypically 1980s to this day.

Is this what keeps us returning to Memphis, time and time again, particularly with current generations basing their pop-cultural and art historical compasses around nostalgia, recycling and celebrating humanity’s pop-cultural footprint? I never lived through the Memphis era (nor the 80s, for that matter), yet it fills me with a profound sense of zeitgeist for the 1980s and the cradle of postmodernism whenever I engage with a piece. This feeling may be due to the quintessentially 80s aesthetic of Memphis, inevitably making it the source material for any nonMemphis-80s-influenced piece of contemporary design we may encounter, allowing us to trace its lineage back to its origin. It works much like a music sample or an Easter egg in a movie or book – we connect with that particular reference on a contemporary level, enabling us to comprehend its source material and appreciate its impact on modern culture.

Memphis was never meant to be put on a pedestal; it was intended for the consumer, for everyday use and enjoyment. Yet, with its growing commercial success throughout the 1980s, the group’s ethos became evermore difficult to uphold. For that reason, Sottsass left the group in 1985, with his remaining collaborators officially disbanding two years later. In its brief sevenyear period, however, the group carved out an entirely new direction in the history of design and it continues to define a decade of aesthetics that are still celebrated to this day. Collectors of Memphis pieces have included notables such as Karl Lagerfeld and David Bowie, names that have ensured that pieces are still fiercely competed over at auction to this day. At Sworders, we are delighted to be offering several pieces by Ettore Sottsass from throughout his extensive career in our forthcoming Design sale, along with several pieces of his Memphis collaborators and subsequent disciples thereof. This continued engagement of new design springing forth from Memphis is a testament to its necessity to emerge when it did, as whilst not (initially) commercially successful, it celebrated design as fun, daring and provocative, traits that make designers want to walk in Memphis again and again.

Design Tuesday 9 July 2024

Otto Billström | design@sworder.co.uk

Eliza Hopewell Artistry, Heritage and Auctions

Eliza Hopewell is an inspiring and celebrated multidisciplinary artist hailing from south-east London. Initially recognised for her vibrant and thought-provoking painted ceramic plates, Eliza’s work celebrates the beauty and authenticity of the female form, whilst challenging the pictorial traditions of the female nude.

Her work has been commissioned all over the world and has expanded across various specialisms, including painting, printmaking and furniture. Most notably is the establishment of the interior design company ‘artistshousebroccoli’ with artist, furniture maker, exhibition designer and partner, Theodore Vass. She has exhibited in multiple international fairs, most recently ‘Origins’, Rhodes Contemporary Fine Art’, London, 2023, and ‘Al Dente: A feast for the Senses’ at Berntson Bhattacharjee, London, 2023. She also has permanent collections across four Soho Houses in London and Oxfordshire, and has hosted various workshops at Tate Britain.

In our upcoming sale, the Fine Interiors team feel privileged to present a mid-18th-century North Italian or South German etched glass mirror, consigned by Eliza and once owned by her great-grandmother, the renowned British poet, critic, and scholar Kathleen Raine CBE.

Although Kathleen passed away in 2003, she has left a lasting legacy with her insightful exploration of themes including nature, spirituality and the human condition. She received numerous awards and honours for her work, including the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. Her poetry continues to resonate in today’s world, cherished for its lyrical beauty and profound philosophical depth, drawing inspiration from mythology, religion and the natural world. We are thrilled that a small part of the lives of Kathleen and Eliza has now found its way to Sworders, and we asked Eliza a few questions on the process:

What drew you to the auction house process and Sworders in particular?

I knew that this mirror was really special; I remember it hanging in my great-grandmother’s house in Paultons Square when I was a child (when I look at it I still recall the scent of her house - lapsang souchong and meringues!).

My aunt inherited it after Kathleen died and it was a centrepiece too in her Hackney flat. When it came to me, I knew I didn’t have the space for it, but I wanted it to go to someone who was sensitive to its origin.

I did some research and Sworders kept coming up, and it felt right to sell the mirror where it would really be taken care of - specialists in the fine art and interiors world.

How have you found the journey with Sworders so far?

Wonderful. They have been meticulous in finding out as much as possible about the mirror and where it came from. The exact level of sensitivity I was after.

Do you tend to use auction houses in either your line of work or personal life? If so, how? And if not, could you see yourself using them more in future?

I haven’t much, however, I do have some more family heirlooms that might one day reach auction!

I love beautiful things and my work takes me often into the interior design world. An auction house would be the first place I’d look for something really special if I was doing up a room.

What advice would you give to someone who is new to using auction houses?

With the right auction house, they will really pay attention to the story of the piece you are selling or buying.

Eliza Hopewell elizahopewell.uk @elizahopewell

Racing Royalty Jaguar XK150 Owned by Speed Legend Donald Campbell

Donald Campbell’s Jaguar XK150 comes for sale at Sworders this summer. The classic sports car, bought by the British speed record-breaker in 1958 as his regular runabout, is expected to bring over £150,000 on 18 June, as part of a stand-alone auction of classic cars. The car’s full history is confirmed by a Jaguar Daimler Heritage Certificate.

Campbell, the only man to hold both the land and water speed records, received his fixedhead coupé from the Jaguar factory in Coventry in June 1958. Finished in his favourite ‘Cotswold Blue’ - which happened to be Campbell’s ‘Bluebird’ livery - with grey upholstery, it came with numerous special factory options. It was used as his daily driver, although there is a rumour he did replace the engine – using the 3.4-litre power unit for a speedboat! The car is pictured in a period photograph at Coniston Water alongside Bluebird K7, the jetpowered hydroplane in which Campbell set seven water speed world records between 1955 and 1967. The original numberplate, DC 7, was retained by Campbell, but it occasionally displays the plate for historical reasons.

Donald Campbell sold the XK150 - a model that Jaguar made 4445 of between 1957 and 1961 - to fellow car enthusiast, Michael Brooks, who fitted it with a D-type cylinder head for racing, with some success. Relatively little is known of the car’s history between 1964 and 1997 when it was acquired in a dilapidated state. The restoration work was carried out by the Norfolk Jaguar-racing family of Henry Burton and his son Peter, while the interior work was completed in 2001 by G & G Sergent.

The current owner, an ardent Campbell enthusiast, purchased the car in 2013 from Chelmsford dealership J D Classics. Occasionally shown at rallies and club events, it was featured in ‘Jaguar Enthusiast’ magazine following the 2017 Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Worcestershire, held to celebrate the life of Donald Campbell (1921-1967) with Campbell family members and other Campbell vehicles present.

Classic Cars and Motorcycles Tuesday 18 June 2024 cars@sworder.co.uk

I Remember when Rock was Young…

Iconic images, captured by acclaimed photographer David Bailey at Live Aid in 1985, feature in our Out of the Ordinary auction this summer. The 13 images, signed by the artists they depict, were those chosen at the time for a benefit auction. Each is from an edition of just three prints.

Bailey was backstage when ‘the global jukebox’ sprang into life at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 July 1985. The benefit concert, brainchild of Bob Geldof, was organised at breakneck speed to raise funds for the relief of famine in Ethiopia. The event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, US, with a television broadcast that was watched across 150 nations, by an estimated 40% of the global population! Backstage, the cream of British rock and pop music - from Paul McCartney to Bono - hung out together.

Highlight shots in the sale depict The Who (signed on the reverse by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Kenny Jones), George Michael and Elton John (signed by both), Bob Geldof and Paula Yates (signed by both). George Michael on his own (signed) and the four members of Queen (again, signed on the reverse by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon).

Originally sold at auction later in the concert year as part of a charity evening at Sotheby’s, these large-scale photographs will go under the hammer again on Tuesday 30 July, almost 40 years since the event itself. They carry estimates of between £1,000-1,500 (for Geldof and Yates) and £4,000-5,000 for George Michael.

Sale Head, Mark Wilkinson, comments: ‘For people of my generation, Live Aid was unforgettable, the most impressive live concert they had ever experienced. These striking black-and-white images, taken by renowned photographer David Bailey CBE, give great insight to life behind the scenes on that memorable day. It is also poignant that a number of these artists are no longer with us’.

Out of the Ordinary Tuesday 30 July 2024 outoftheordinary@sworder.co.uk

The Collection of the late Rosemary and Theo Cutting

One might have been forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into an Italian palazzo upon entering The Old Bakehouse, Whepstead, for the first time. In what looked like a humble dwelling from the outside, Theo and Rosemary collected and arranged an impressive collection of fine furniture and works of art from the 17th to 19th centuries, creating a luxurious and elegant home that they shared for some sixty-five years.

Rosemary (née Eade) was born to a farming family in a remote part of Suffolk, moving to the village of Whepstead after her parents died, where she met Theodore Cutting. Theo – as he was popularly known – was a reporter for the Bury Free Press, and once interviewed and wrote a book on Basil Brown, the local archaeologist who unearthed the ‘million-pound grave’ at Sutton Hoo. After an initial blind date on Angel Hill in Bury St Edmunds, it didn’t take long before they fell in love and married in September 1958, and the next few years passed in happy contentment; Theo travelled extensively throughout East Anglia for work, and Rosemary ran The Old Bakehouse almost as a smallholding, with geese, ducks, chickens, dogs and cats, as well as growing and bottling fruit and vegetables.

Theo’s travels gave him access to some of the grandest houses in the region at a time when they were largely destined for demolition, and with it the opportunity to purchase fine antiques that would otherwise be sold off in a cold marquee. From this, the Cuttings built up a stock of pieces and opened an antiques shop, Guildhall Antiques in Bury St Edmunds, which proved to be a great success, selling to both private clients and great London West End dealers. However, they kept the best for themselves, resulting in the wonderful collection we see today.

Frequent travellers to Europe, particularly to Italy and their beloved Rome, Theo and Rosemary were connoisseurs of the arts, from grand opera and theatre, to gastronomy and the works of Noël Coward. Both were good cooks and loved entertaining, serving the best food and wine on the most stylish china and glass, with piano accompaniment by Theo himself. The couple also held a deep affection for great museums, such as the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the British Museum, London, to which they loaned pieces over the years, including many of the items Sworders are fortunate to now offer for sale.

LOT 350

A small black and gilt-japanned cabinet on stand, late 18th/early 19th century, the twin doors fitted with brass mounts and decorated in parcel-gilt chinoiserie style, with birds and flowers to a black-lacquered ground, enclosing a set of drawers and raised on a stand with a single drawer, over chamfered square supports,

47cm wide

33cm deep

132cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 351

A pair of Regency-style painted and parcel-gilt elbow chairs, 20th century, each with a watered silk seat cushion, 60cm wide

60cm deep

88cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 352

An Empire-style patinated and gilt-bronze mantel clock, 19th century, French, signed ‘Dupont of Paris’ and numbered ‘2824’ to the mechanism, the circular Roman numeral dial with radial engine-turned and beaded decoration, flanked by medieval motifs and surmounted by a figure, spear and garland beside a glass waterfall, 20cm deep

11cm wide

38cm high

£600 - 800

A set of four Regency rosewood pole screens attributed to Banting, France & Co., c.1820s, each rounded rectangular, pleated damask panel with anthemion spandrels, on a brass tubular support surmounted by an urn finial, raised on a turned and reeded stem with bead, lappet and trellis decoration, on a tricorn platform inlaid with cut-brass foliate motifs and overscrolled feet with brass paterae mounts, 38cm wide

38cm deep

136cm high (4)

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: The Marchioness of Bristol, Ickworth House, Suffolk, by repute; purchased in a private sale from the above by Reginald Nunn.

These pole screens were acquired from the private collection of the antiques dealer, Reginald Nunn, who purchased them from the Marchioness of Bristol, prior to the transfer of Ickworth House to the National Trust.

The Pall Mall furniture makers, Banting, France & Co., were employed to provide furnishings for the 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859). Having inherited Ickworth in 1803, the Marquess put forward a major programme of remodelling and redecorating, and it is likely that the present lot was commissioned as part of this project. The firm worked at the house for over twelve years from 1817 until 1829 and much of the furniture they supplied remains at Ickworth. Banting, France & Co. were among the leading cabinetmakers of the period and worked extensively for the royal family at Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle and other royal residences.

LOT 354

A pair of George III-style patinated and gilt-bronze candelabra, late 19th/early 20th century, each in the form of a column cast with fruiting vine, with twin scrolling branches terminating in glass sconces and drip trays, issuing hanging beads and droplets, 42cm wide

12cm deep

24cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 355

A pair of painted and parcel-gilt pine pedestals, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a circular top over an anthemion-applied column and raised on a square base, 40cm wide

40cm deep

119cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 353

LOT 356

A collection of grand tour models, 19th century and later, after the antique, comprising a brass temple of Saturn, three architectural models of the Temple of Vesta, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, a bronze Capitoline Wolf and a bronze model of the Uffizi Boar, largest 13.5cm wide

4cm deep

16.5cm high (7)

£400 - 600

LOT 357

A collection of grand tour bronzes, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising three architectural models of the Temple of Vesta, a bronze figure of Silenus, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Temple of Saturn, Silenus 9.5cm diameter

21cm high (6)

£300 - 500

LOT 358

A grand tour marble cistern, late 19th/early 20th century, in the form of a Roman bath with faux ring handles, 19cm wide

8.5cm deep

6cm high, and a group of hardstone and marble paperweights, comprising a bronze model of a lizard and of a seated dog, an ormolu-mounted breccia marble example and a hardstone egg, hardstone egg 13.5cm wide

8cm deep

7cm high (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 359

A George III giltwood oval mirror, c.1790, surmounted with a pair of griffins and a flowering urn, with an egg-and-dart moulded frame and a foliate surmount, enclosing a mercury glass plate,

76cm wide

134cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 360

A George II walnut kneehole desk, c.1740, the moulded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and two pedestals, each fitted with three further short drawers, flanking a cupboard, raised on bracket feet, with later metalware

92cm wide

53cm deep

76cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 361

A pair of Louis XV-style giltwood fauteuils, late 19th century/early 20th century, French, each with carved scrolling foliate decoration, 62cm wide

62cm deep

105cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 362

A walnut candlestand, early 18th century and later, with a turned tapering column and shaped tripod base, 42cm diameter

88cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 363

A glazed earthenware slipware dish, 19th century, English, probably Sunderland, of rectangular form with high sides and rounded corners, the partitioned interior decorated with white teardrop strokes to a redware ground, 36cm wide

29cm deep

8.5cm high

£200 - 400

For a similar example, see Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number C.52-1936.

LOT 364

A pair of Louis XV-style gilt-brass wall lights, late 19th/early 20th century, French, each of scrolling foliate form, issuing two light branches, 26cm wide

13cm deep

45cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 365

A George II-style mahogany wing-back armchair, 19th century, raised on knee-carved cabriole front legs, terminating in claw and ball feet, 92cm wide

64cm deep

124cm high

£300 - 500

A George III mahogany bachelor’s chest, late 18th century, with a brushing slide, over two short and three long drawers, on bracket feet,

84cm wide

48cm deep

80cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 367

A George III mahogany longcase clock, late 18th century and later, the eleven-inch dial with silvered chapter ring inscribed ‘William Withers, London’, with an eight-day movement, the flame mahogany case with gilt-brass mounts, on a plinth base with short bracket feet,

57cm wide

27cm deep

270cm high

£800 - 1,200

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023. Exhibited early 2000s.

An alabaster table lamp, 20th century, in the form of a fluted classical column, raised on a stepped square plinth, 12.5cm wide

75cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 369

A pair of George II mahogany side chairs, mid-18th century, each with a scrolling pierced back, a drop-in seat upholstered in red silk damask, and raised on cabriole supports united by turned stretchers, 62cm wide

62cm deep

90cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 366

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LOT 370

A George III carved giltwood overmantel mirror, mid-18th century and later, of rococo design, the arched top decorated with rockwork and flanked by a pair of ho-ho birds, the sectional glass plate surrounded by acanthus scrolls and swags, on a later plinth base, 170cm wide

27cm deep

120cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

A George III mahogany kneehole desk, c.1760, the moulded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and two pedestals, each fitted with three short drawers, flanking a cupboard, raised on bracket feet, 76cm wide

49cm deep

80cm high

£300 - 500

A group of three alabaster pedestals, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, variously carved, largest 30cm wide 30cm deep 103cm high (3)

£500 - 700

A George III mahogany chest of drawers by Gillows of Lancaster, c. 1790, of bow-front outline, fitted with four graduated long drawers, stamped to the top drawer, raised on outsplayed feet, 120cm wide

60cm deep

86cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

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LOT 371

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LOT 374

An export black-lacquered and parcel-gilt workbox, 19th century, Chinese, in the form of a gourd decorated with figural scenes in gardens and pavilions, 23cm diameter

15cm high, together with a collection of bone and mother-of-pearl gaming counters (qty.)

£200 - 400

LOT 375

A large George II mahogany tripod table, c.1740, the circular top above a birdcage action, gun-barrel column and cabriole supports, terminating in pad feet, 100cm diameter

74cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 376

A George III-style painted pine elbow chair, late 19th/early 20th century, with a shield back and open arms, raised on tapering square supports,

61cm wide

61cm deep

98cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 377

A Regency carved giltwood convex mirror, c.1820, the frame encircled by a snake swallowing its tail, flanked by foliate sprigs and a pair of sconces, with cut-glass drip pans and drops, 101cm wide

79cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 378

A lacquered papier mâché bowl, Indian, Kashmir, of squat circular form, decorated with birds amongst trees to a yellow ground, 26cm diameter

9cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 379

A George I walnut cabinet on chest, early 18th century and later, the upper section with a pair of doors enclosing a fitted interior, above four graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet, 110cm wide

51cm deep

173cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 380

A George II mahogany tripod table, c.1740, with a circular top above a birdcage action and turned gun-barrel column, on a shaped tripod base, 86cm diameter

74cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 381

A carved alabaster pedestal, late 19th/early 20th century, of baluster form with acanthus decoration, raised on bold paw feet, 51cm diameter

82cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 382

A pair of cut-glass and gilt-bronze candelabra, 19th century, in the manner of Apsley Pellatt, each in the form of a lyre surmounted by a sunburst mask with cut-glass beams, over twin glass sconces and drip pans, issuing hanging beads and drops, 35cm wide

10cm deep

53cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 383

A George IV rosewood sofa table, c.1825-1830, the drop-flap rectangular top with a beaded edge, above a foliate-carved frieze, raised on a turned column and a quadripartite base, terminating in paw feet and castors,

150cm wide

74cm deep

71cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 384

A fruitwood and elm Windsor chair, early 19th century, Thames Valley, with a low hoop back and single ring-turned supports, united by an ‘H’ stretcher, 53cm wide

46cm deep

89cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 385

A George II mahogany tripod table, c.1740, with a birdcage action, the circular tilt-top above a gun-barrel turned column, raised on tripod supports terminating in pad feet and castors,

76cm diameter

76cm high

£200 - 400

A Regency rosewood and brass-inlaid cheval firescreen attributed to Banting, France & Co.,

c.1820s, of rectangular form, the moulded frame with silk damask panel and concealed gilt-brass carrying handle, raised on foliate-carved arched and splayed supports with lotus-leaf carved stretcher and terminating in lobed squat bun feet, 41cm wide

40cm deep

117cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: The Marchioness of Bristol, Ickworth House, Suffolk, by repute; purchased in a private sale from the above by Reginald Nunn. This screen was acquired from the private collection of the antiques dealer, Reginald Nunn, who purchased them from the Marchioness of Bristol, prior to the transfer of Ickworth House to the National Trust.

The Pall Mall furniture makers Banting, France & Co. were employed to provide furnishings for the 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859). Having inherited Ickworth in 1803, the Marquess put forward a major programme of remodelling and redecorating, and it is likely that the present lot was commissioned as part of this project. The firm worked at the house for over twelve years from 1817 until 1829 and much of the furniture they supplied remains at Ickworth. Banting, France & Co. were among the leading cabinet-makers of the period and worked extensively for the Royal Family at Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle and other royal residences.

LOT 387

A gilt-brass bouillotte lamp, 19th century, issuing four branches and with a black-painted metal shade, 35cm diameter

63cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 388

A George II-style mahogany wing-back armchair, 19th century, raised on slender cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 90cm wide

66cm deep

120cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 389

A group of three creamware baskets, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising a covered example, with painted enamel decoration and rope-twist handles, together with two further baskets, largest 26cm wide

20cm deep

16cm high (3)

£200 - 400

The items in this lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

For a similar example, see Museum of Liverpool, Accession Number LL 1076.

LOT 386

LOT 390

Three creamware table items, 18th/19th century, comprising a cruet stand with rope-twist handle, a shaker and a lidded condiment pot, cruet stand 20.5cm wide

9.5cm deep

20cm high (3)

£200 - 300

LOT 391

A group of glazed earthenware table items, 19th century, comprising three mochaware pint tankards, another, smaller, a jug, and a stoneware tankard, jug 16.5cm wide

17cm high (6)

£200 - 400

LOT 392

A Staffordshire pearlware zoomorphic sauce boat, first quarter of the 19th century, of Pratt type, in the form of a fox mask with a swan handle, 9.5cm wide

16cm long

12cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 393

Three glazed earthenware egg cups, second half of the 19th century, English, each with transfer-printed blue and white decoration, 7cm wide

10.5cm high (3)

£200 - 400

The items in this lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 394

A group of white stoneware ceramics, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising two Staffordshire jugs, each with applied white reliefs to the body, the larger depicting Apollo driving the chariot of the sun, with brown slip to the neck and handle, impressed mark ‘TURNER’ to the underside, together with a teapot attributed to Chetham & Woolley, larger jug 17cm wide

18cm deep

22cm high (3)

£200 - 400

The items in this lot were on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

395

A pair of George II mahogany side chairs, c.1750, each with a pierced splat and a wide seat, raised on cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 66cm wide

66cm deep

94cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 396

A George III mahogany linen press, third quarter of the 18th century, with a dentil-moulded cornice above a pair of doors enclosing drawers, the base fitted with two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet, 126cm wide

59cm deep

199cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 397

A pair of verre églomisé mirrors, early 20th century, Italian, each rectangular plate with scrolling foliate decoration, 80cm wide

101m high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 398

A large Persian cream ground carpet, 20th century, Tabriz, woven with scrolling Shah Abbasi motifs and deer to a cream ground, 390 x 295cm

£600 - 800

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LOT 399

A faience inkstand, probably 19th century, French, of rectangular form with a shaped high back, with drawers, trays, pounce pot and inkwell with cover, painted in polychrome enamels with figures in landscapes, red fleur-de-lys mark to the base,

19cm wide

14cm deep

13cm high

£200 - 400

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 400

A George II mahogany mule chest, c.1750, Irish, the hinged lid above two short drawers, the stand with shell carved decoration and squat cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball feet,

133cm wide

72cm deep

99cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 401

A large glazed earthenware slipware dish, 19th century, English, probably Sunderland, of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with white teardrops to a redware ground, 46.5cm wide

37.5cm deep

8cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 402

A Victorian needlework sampler, mid-19th century, worked in polychrome silks on a linen ground, with spot motif decoration depicting angels, birds, animals and flowers, signed and dated ‘Hariet Bartha Rogers, Aged 14 Years, March 24 1868’, sampler 40 x 33cm

55 x 48.5cm, framed and glazed

£200 - 400

LOT 403

A pair of Regency mahogany side chairs, c.1815, both with all-over reeded detail, 52cm wide

52cm deep

84cm high (2)

£100 - 200

LOT 404

A delftware tin-glazed earthenware bowl, 19th century, English, decorated with polychrome trailing flowers and vines, 30cm diameter

10cm high, together with a delftware vase and a plate, 19th century, the plate painted with a female figure holding a fan, repaired, vase 22cm diameter

31cm high (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 405

A large salt-glazed stoneware charger, third quarter of the 18th century, Staffordshire, the scalloped edge with press-moulded decoration, 44cm diameter

£200 - 400

Exhibited: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, European Pottery, c.2013.

LOT 406

A George III turned oak urn, late 18th/early 19th century, the hinged cover with an acorn finial over a gadrooned body, 15cm diameter

32cm high

£200 - 400

407

A Regency rosewood bookcase, early 19th century and later, the white marble top above two shelves set between column pilasters, on squat bun feet, 124cm wide

39cm deep

97cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 408

A George III mahogany tray, late 18th/early 19th century, of elongated form, with a pierced heart handle and twin divisions, 65cm long

16cm deep

16cm high

£200 - 400

409

A set of large Victorian brass fire tools, late 19th century, 94cm long, together with a pair of andirons (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 410

A George I oyster-veneered walnut chest on stand, early 18th century, with two short and three long drawers, the stand fitted with a further long drawer and raised on cabriole supports, 102cm wide

59cm deep

149cm high

£400 - 600

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LOT 411

A collection of large Staffordshire pottery dogs, 19th century and later, comprising six pairs, 26cm wide

10cm deep

40cm high (12)

£200 - 400

LOT 412

A large marble mortar, 19th century, with knopped handles, 32cm wide

14cm high, together with an associated hardwood pestle (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 413

A George III mahogany caddy-top bachelor’s chest, late 18th century, with a brushing slide above four graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet terminating in lignum vitae castors, 88cm wide

55cm deep

79cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 414 

A Victorian oak press chest, second half of the 19th century, Norfolk, with ivory-inlaid bun handles, 84cm wide

50cm deep

186cm high

£200 - 400

A George III-style mahogany barrel-back armchair, late 19th century, upholstered in green fabric, on tapering square supports, terminating in brass castors, 78cm wide

80cm deep

116cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 416

An inlaid oak chest, late 16th/early 17th century and later, of joined construction, the hinged lid above a front with three arcaded panels, each with foliate marquetry decoration, raised on carved stile supports, 145cm wide

53cm deep

73cm high

£400 - 600

A pair of carved giltwood mirrors, 19th century, Italian, Florence, each with a bold foliate frame, enclosing a later glass plate, 56cm wide

67cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 418

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, third quarter of the 18th century, the moulded rectangular top above four graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet, 95cm wide

52cm deep

82cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 415

LOT 417

A black lacquered and parcel-gilt workbox, 19th century, Chinese export, of shaped rectangular form, the hinged cover enclosing a removable tray with lidded compartments and ivory sewing accoutrements, the exterior decorated with chinoiserie scenes of figures, the front with a secretaire drawer, all raised on paw feet, 34cm wide

25cm deep

13cm high

£200 - 400

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 420

A Directoire-style ebonised and brass vitrine, c.1880, French, of breakfront outline, the top and base each fitted with a single door enclosing shelves, bearing an ‘Edwards & Roberts’ paper label to the reverse,

138cm wide

40cm deep

183cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 421

A pair of George III painted and parcel-gilt ebonised chairs, c.1800 and later, each with a silk cushion, later painted decoration, 54cm wide

54cm deep

85cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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LOT 422

A pair of small ebonised and parcel-gilt footstools, 20th century, each of rectangular form, the padded seats with floral upholstery, 36cm wide 36cm deep

18cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 423

A William and Mary walnut escritoire, early 18th century, with a stepped cornice with a cushion drawer, above a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior, the base with two short and two long drawers, raised on bun feet, 114cm wide 55cm deep

168cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 424

A set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, third quarter of the 18th century and later, each with a pierced splat and drop-in seat, raised on moulded square supports, the armchairs later, armchairs 64cm wide 58cm deep

95cm high (8)

£500 - 700

LOT 425

A George III mahogany sideboard, c.1790, of serpentine outline, with inlaid decoration, raised on tapering square supports terminating in spade feet, 141cm wide

76cm deep

89cm high

£300 - 500

A George II-style walnut chair-back settee, 19th century, in the rococo taste, with carved foliate detail, 170cm wide

60cm deep

110cm high

£300 - 500

A George II-style walnut wing-back armchair, 19th century, raised on knee-carved cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball front feet,

90cm wide

88cm deep

123cm high

£500 - 700

A William and Mary-style walnut wing-back armchair, late 19th/early 20th century, with baluster-turned supports, united by a wavy ‘X’ stretcher,

82cm wide

82cm deep

120cm high

£400 - 600

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LOT 429

A pair of George III carved giltwood girandoles, after a design by Thomas Chippendale, c.1760, each shaped mirror plate within an asymmetrical frame of moulded acanthus scrolls, and issuing a flame finial, 48cm wide

94cm high (2)

£5,000 - 8,000

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023. Exhibited early 2000s.

The design for these girandoles is taken directly from ‘Chippendale’s Director’, an immensely popular source of design throughout England during the second half of the 18th century (Thomas Chippendale, ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director’, 1762, 3rd ed., the design illustrated with related designs for ‘Girandoles’, pl. CLXXXVII).

LOT 430

A pair of George IV rosewood side chairs, c.1830, each with bobbin-turned and beaded details, the drop-in seat covered in striped silk and raised on tapering reeded supports, 44cm wide

46cm deep

83cm high (2)

£150 - 250

LOT 431

A George III mahogany bureau, third quarter of the 18th century, the fall-front enclosing a fitted interior, above four graduated drawers, raised on bracket feet, 80cm wide

47cm deep

98cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 432

A collection of treen, 19th century and later, comprising three bottle cases, two with glass bottles and stoppers, a Lowestoft commemorative egg, two nutmeg graters, a nutcracker in the form of a dog’s head, and six other eggs, nutcracker 6cm wide

8cm deep

18cm high (13)

£300 - 500

LOT 433

A William IV rosewood occasional table, c.1830, 50cm diameter

73cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 434

A George II mahogany tripod table, c.1740, the circular tilt-top above a birdcage action and a turned gun-barrel column, raised on pierced supports terminating in pad feet, 86cm diameter

75cm high

£400 - 600

For a similar example, see Sotheby’s, ‘Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics’, New York, 16 April 2024, lot 148.

LOT 435

A Persian wool rug, late 19th/early 20th century, Isfahan, densely woven with Shah Abbasi motifs, 206 x 136cm

£300 - 500

LOT 436

A George III mahogany serpentine chest of drawers, c.1770, with a brushing slide above four graduated drawers set between fluted canted edges, raised on bracket feet, with damages, 102cm wide

56cm deep

84cm high

£600 - 800

437

An assembled set of three etchings of classical Rome, comprising ‘Veduta delle Mura di Roma, dalla parte interna della Città, vicino alla Porta Celimontana; ‘Veduta del Ponte di Nona fuori di Porta Maggiore’, by Luigi Rossini, pair 42 x 65cm, and ‘A View of Marcellus’s Theatre at Rome’ by Thomas Bowles III after Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 26.5 x 42cm; together with another French etching, ‘L’Abreuvoir des ruines’ by Christopher Norton after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 43 x 50cm (4)

£400 - 600

LOT 438

A scagliola column, 20th century, with imitation giallo antico decoration, 45cm diameter 116cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 439

A pair of George I mahogany side chairs, c.1715, each with a pierced fiddle back and drop-in seat, raised on knee-carved front cabriole supports, terminating in Spanish feet, 55cm wide

52cm deep

102cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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438

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LOT 440

A Persian wool rug, 19th century, Isfahan, the green field woven with repeating Herati motifs to a deep red ground, 202 x 135cm

£200 - 400

Exhibited: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Islamic Art Gallery, c.2013-2016.

LOT 441

A George I walnut cabinet, early 18th century and later, with a cavetto cornice above a pair of doors enclosing a fitted interior, the base with two short and two long drawers, terminating in bun feet, alterations, 112cm wide

60cm deep

183cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 442

A collection of Middle Eastern antiquities, comprising an Egyptian sphinx-headed pottery scarab seal, three Byzantine pottery oil lamps, a terracotta Egyptian ushabti, a stone carving and a pottery fragment, ushabti 6cm wide

4cm deep

18cm high (7)

£300 - 500

A George I walnut tea table, c.1740, of demilune outline, with a folding top and a papered well, raised on turned supports terminating in pad feet and castors,

71cm wide

35cm deep

71cm high

£200 - 400

A set of Regency-style mahogany and brass hanging shelves, c.1900, with stamped numbers ‘4869 18’, 81cm wide

20cm deep

59cm high

£200 - 400

A small George II oak bachelor’s chest, mid-18th century, the folding top over two short drawers, over three long drawers, and raised on bracket feet, 92cm wide

37cm deep

72cm high

£300 - 500

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LOT 446

A pair of weathered alabaster pedestals, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, each of baluster form with an acanthus base, 37cm diameter

114cm high (2)

£500 - 700

LOT 447

A small George III fruitwood wine table, second half of the 18th century, the octagonal top over a turned support and tripod base terminating in pad feet,

48cm diameter

63cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 448

A carved giltwood wall mirror, late 17th/early 18th century, Northern Italian, the bold foliate frame enclosing a later glass plate, 84cm wide

100cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 449

A George III mahogany cellaret, c.1760, the caddy top enclosing a divisioned interior, set with a bone escutcheon and a pair of brass carry handles, and raised on bracket feet and castors, 60cm wide

47cm deep

44cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 450

A Regency mahogany, brass and coromandel console table, c.1820, Irish, the yellow marble top with black marble banding, over a foliate cut-brass inlaid frieze, raised on knee-carved supports terminating in paw feet, 183cm wide

86cm deep

94cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 450A

A sailor’s scrimshaw whale pan bone basket, c.1850, English or American, of metal-pinned oval construction with a curved swing handle, the whole carved and pierced with geometric motifs, all to a mahogany base, inscribed to the underside in pencil ‘...St Helena’, complete with a painted metal liner, 18.5cm wide

13.5cm deep

15cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

For a similar example, see the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, catalogue no. 1948.30.288.

LOT 451

A group of cut table glass, early 19th century and later, Anglo-Irish, comprising: a pair of decanters, each with a diamond-cut mushroom stopper and mallet-form body, 27cm high, a similar pair of ‘Prussian’-type decanters, each with three applied neck rings and a slice-cut body, 25.5cm high, a glass ‘piggin’-type sugar bowl, with integral fan-cut handles and an alternate diamond and pillar-cut body, 16.5cm diameter, and a pedestal sugar bowl, with alternate strawberry diamond and pillar-cut bands, raised on a capstan stem and radial star-cut foot, 14cm high (10)

£200 - 400

The items in this lot were on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 452

A pair of oversized glass rummers, c.1800, each over a waisted stem and circular foot, 15cm diameter 21.5cm high (2)

£150 - 250

The items in this lot were on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 453

A group of 18th-century table glass, comprising two wine glasses, c.1780, each having an ogee bowl over a facet-cut stem with a medial knop, 16.5cm high, a further wine glass, c.1750, with a round funnel bowl with basal moulding, over a multi-series air-twist stem, 15.5cm high, and an oil lamp, with a shallow reservoir over an incised twist stem, 9cm high (4)

£200 - 400

The items in this lot were on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

454

A George II mahogany drop-leaf supper table, c.1740, the hinged oval top raised on knee-carved cabriole supports, terminating in pad feet, 137cm wide

153cm deep

74cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 455

A painted and parcel-gilt pine torchère, late 19th/early 20th century, possibly Italian, the circular top over an anthemion-applied column, raised on a square block plinth,

41cm wide

41cm deep

197cm high

£200 - 400

456

A fruitwood peat bucket, 19th century, with a banded and ribbed design, brass insert and handle, 31cm wide

34cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 457

A Regency mahogany and brass centre table, c.1820, the circular tilt-top above a turned column, raised on splayed tripod supports, terminating in brass castors, 117cm diameter

72cm high

£400 - 600

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A pair of William and Mary ebonised walnut side chairs, late 17th/early 18th century and later, each with a removable back and seat panel, with watered silk upholstery, 54cm wide

59cm deep

132cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 459

A group of five stone and pottery items, comprising a terracotta whistle in the form of a bird, two hardstone votive fruits, possibly a mango and an apple, a marble rabbit and a small marble urn, rabbit 6cm wide

13cm long

7cm high (5)

£200 - 400

LOT 460

A pair of Regency satinwood, ebonised and parcel-gilt pier cabinets, c.1820, each with a later rouge marble top, over a fluted frieze and sides inset with shell cameos and bullseye roundels, with twin glazed doors enclosing a silk-lined interior fitted with three shelves, 102cm wide

37cm deep

95cm high (2)

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 458

LOT 461

A turned alabaster bowl, of circular form on a footed base, 23cm diameter

12cm high, together with a collection of hardstone and carved wood eggs, largest 5cm diameter

8cm high (12)

£200 - 300

LOT 462

A large Regency mahogany waterfall bookcase, c.1820, the reeded frame with five shelves over two drawers and raised on brass paw feet, 152cm wide

41cm deep

149cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 463

A group of decorative works of art, predominantly 19th century, comprising: a glazed terracotta cat, 9cm wide

7cm deep

16cm high, a rhodonite and specimen-inlaid jewellery box, a slag glass spill vase, a Nailsea-type silver-mounted swirled glass scent bottle and glass rolling pin, a Staffordshire pottery pap boat, and a metal tape measure in the form of a fish (7)

£200 - 300

The yellow scent bottle, Nailsea rolling pin and slag glass spill glass were on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

The pap boat exhibited: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c.2013.

LOT 464

A William and Mary oyster-veneered olivewood lace box, c.1690, the hinged lid with circular boxwood stringing and banding, 33cm wide

25.5cm deep

9cm high

£200 - 300

A pair of Louis XV-style gilt-metal wall lights, late 19th/early 20th century, French, each in the rococo style, issuing three scrolling light branches, 35cm wide

18cm deep

60cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 466

An export camphor and brass chest, late 19th century, Chinese, fitted with a two-handled removable tray, 69cm wide

50.5cm deep

45cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 467

A George III-style giltwood and ebonised pier mirror, the rectangular plate surmounted by an ebonised panel decorated with chinoiserie figures, flanked by fluted giltwood columns, 46.5cm wide

7cm deep

70cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 468 

A strung fruitwood ell rule, 19th century, Continental, with boxwood inserts, turned handle and ivory mounts, 73.5cm long

£100 - 150

Until the early 19th century, the ell rule was a common measure for cloth. In England, it was officially 1.25 yards long, however, this example is shorter.

LOT 465

A set of four etchings from the series ‘Perspective Views in Naples and Rome’

‘A view of the Piazza del Popolo in the city of Rome’;

‘A view of the Piazza Navona in the City of Rome’;

‘A view of Campo Vaccino at Rome’;

‘A view of the Piazza of St. John de Lateran of the Cardinals College of the Holy’

a set of four etchings, by Nathaniel Parr after Martial Desbois each plate size 20 x 25cm, 25 x 30cm framed and glazed, together with a pair of etchings of architectural fountains each sheet size 29 x 20cm, glazed and in an ebonised and parcel-gilt frame 35.5 x 26.5cm (6)

£200 - 400

A Vizagapatam quillwork, ivory, horn and bone workbox, 19th century, Anglo-Indian, of shaped sarcophagus form, the hinged cover opening to a sandalwood fitted interior of lidded compartments with ivory and bone accoutrements, the porcupine quill body raised on ball feet,

35cm wide

26cm deep

26cm high

£300 - 500

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 471

A George II mahogany armchair, c.1740, with a fiddle back and open arms, raised on bold cabriole supports, terminating in castors, 63cm wide

63cm deep

102cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 472

A small George III square mahogany occasional table, c.1790, with a single drawer and a waisted undertier, on tapering square supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 45cm wide

45cm deep

71cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 469

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LOT 474

A small George II giltwood pier mirror, c.1750, the rococo frame with scrolling foliate decoration, enclosing a later glass plate, 49cm wide

86cm high

£200 - 400

A George III yew wood tea caddy, the silver-mounted hinged lid with inlaid medallions and marquetry banding, enclosing a fitted interior with two caddies and a cut-glass bowl, 33cm wide

16cm deep

15.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 475

A George III mahogany side table, c.1800, with a single frieze drawer set with later lignum vitae bun handles, above tapering square supports with satinwood

inlaid detail,

82cm wide

45cm deep

78cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 476

A boullework workbox, 19th century, French, of sarcophagus form, the hinged lid enclosing a velvet-lined interior with a mirror and removable tray fitted with lidded compartments and mother-of-pearl sewing accoutrements, the exterior decorated with inlaid cut brass on a scarlet tortoiseshell ground, raised on gilt ball feet, 30cm wide

22cm deep

17cm high

£200 - 400

This lot was on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2023.

LOT 473

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LOT 477

A George III giltwood pier mirror, c.1800, the rectangular mercury glass plate surrounded by fluted columns and a verre églomisé frieze, with a female figure in a landscape, a ship beyond, 39cm wide

6.5cm deep

71cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 478

A pair of George III carved giltwood wall sconces, 18th century, in the style of Thomas Chippendale, each with an acanthus-formed backplate carved with an opposing pair of squirrels, 14cm wide 23cm deep

44cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 479

A George III mahogany library bookcase, c.1815, of breakfront outline, the upper section fitted with astragal-glazed doors and a moulded edge, above panelled cupboard doors, terminating in bracket feet, 275cm wide

60cm deep

245cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 480

A Persian wool carpet, early 20th century, Isfahan, woven with scrolling Shah Abbasi motifs to a cream and red ground, 340 x 209cm

£300 - 500

LOT 481

A carved giltwood-bordered glass mirror, probably 20th century, but incorporating some 18th century elements, with applied foliate scrolls, 70cm wide

100cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 482

A George III mahogany double cheese coaster, 19th century, the overscrolled ends with shaped serpentine sides, raised on outswept feet and brass castors, 50cm wide

18.5cm deep 19.5cm high, together with a mahogany desk stand, of square sectioned form, with a pierced handle to the seat, 29cm wide

29cm deep

15cm high (2) £200 - 300

LOT 483

A pair of silvered-brass wall lights, in the Italian 18th-century style, each backplate in the form of an oval medallion with a mask crest to the foot, surrounded by putti and youths with foliate and ribbon swags and scrolls, issuing three light sconces with pressed glass drip trays, 28cm wide

15cm deep

37cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 484 

A rosewood baby grand piano by Steinway & Sons, c.1900, model number ‘96376’, with ivory keys, 139cm wide

220cm deep

120cm high together with a modern ebonised stool (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

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LOT 485

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

‘Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo’; ‘Veduta della Basilica e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano’; ‘Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale’; ‘Veduta del Palazzo Odescalchi’; ‘Veduta di Campo Vaccino’; ‘Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va’ alla Chiesa d’Araceli’

a set of six etchings of classical Rome, signed ‘Piranesi fecit’

each plate approximately 40 x 54cm, each in a glazed gilt frame (6)

£400 - 600

LOT 486

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

‘Colonna Antonia’; ‘Colonna Traiana’

a pair of etchings of classical Rome, signed ‘Piranesi fecit’

plate 54.5 x 40.5cm, each in a glazed gilt frame (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 487

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

‘Veduta del Tempio detto della Concordia’; ‘Veduta dell’Arco di Benevento nel Regno di Napoli’; ‘Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell’Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi Architettura di Nicola Salvi’;

‘Veduta dell’Arco di Tito’

a set of four etchings of classical Rome, signed ‘Cavalier Piranesi’

plate approximately 47.5 x 70.5cm, each in a glazed gilt frame (4)

£400 - 600

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486

A white marble hero relief fragment, Greek, probably Classical or Hellenistic period, c.4th-3rd century BC, depicting a nude warrior beside an altar, his arm and helmet resting on top, with a bearded figure to the other side playing a flute, on a later marble stand, 22cm wide

18cm deep

48cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: The Collection of the late Rosemary and Theo Cutting; acquired by the above prior to the 1990s.

A pair of Ashford black marble obelisks, 19th century, each inlaid with specimen hardstones and raised on a square stepped plinth, 11cm wide

11cm deep

36cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 490

A collection of three marble obelisks, 19th century, each on a stepped base, largest 10cm wide

10cm deep

53.5cm high (3)

£300 - 500

Three Ashford black marble obelisks, comprising two modelled after Cleopatra’s Needle at Alexandria, the third fitted with a thermometer and ivory register with a malachite surround, largest 12cm wide

11.5cm deep

45cm high (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 488

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LOT 491 

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489

488

SILVER LOTS 492-503

LOT 492

A pair of George III silver salvers, by Richard Sibley I, London 1817, each centre engraved with two double-headed eagles, 22cm diameter

3cm high, 33ozt (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 493

A pair of silver footed waiters, London 1667, each with an engraved family crest to the centre

25cm diameter

6cm high, 39.55ozt (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 494

A Victorian silver tea caddy, by John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater, London 1891, 10cm wide

9cm deep

9cm high, 7.8ozt

£80 - 120

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492

A near pair of George I silver spice dredgers or shakers, by Charles Adam, London 1714, each of cylindrical form with a lobed handle, the detachable cover with a bayonet fitting, larger 5.5cm wide

8cm deep

8cm high, 5.48ozt (2)

£400 - 600

A pair of George III silver tapersticks, by Ebenezer Coker, London 1764, with later engraved decoration

7.5cm wide

7.5cm deep

15cm high, 13.4ozt (2)

£600 - 800

A pair of George II cast silver candlesticks, by John Priest, London 1756, each sconce with a removable drip pan, over a knopped column, on a stepped square foliate base, 11cm wide 11cm deep

24cm high, 37.6ozt (2)

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 495

LOT 496

LOT 497

496

495

LOT 498

A silver four-light candelabrum, by William Hutton & Sons, London 1889, with scroll arms terminating in Corinthian capitals and a fluted column, on a stepped base, 35cm wide

35cm deep

68cm high,115ozt

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 499

A pair of silver sauce boats, by Barker Brothers Silver Ltd., Birmingham 1931, each with a double-headed eagle crest, 10.5cm wide

18cm long

10cm high, 21.2ozt (2)

£250 - 350

LOT 500

A pair of silver cauldron salts, by Fuller White, London 1752, each on three dolphin-shaped supports, 8cm diameter

4cm high, 6.5ozt (2)

£150 - 250

LOT 501

A George II silver salver, by Ebenezer Coker, London 1753, engraved with a monogram to the centre, 31cm diameter

4cm high, 32.6ozt

£500 - 800

LOT 502 

A pair of silver and ivory-mounted figures, c.1900, mark of Neresheimer, Hanau, Germany, with English import marks for Berthold Hermann Muller, London, in the form of two knights, each modelled naturalistically in armour with an ivory face, on a square base with canted corners and openwork sides, 7.5cm wide

7.5cm deep

13.5cm high, 30.475ozt (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 503

A late Victorian silver-plated game tureen and cover, by Hukin & Heath, Birmingham, late 19th/early 20th century, engraved with the Irvine crest, with carved wood handles in the form of boar tusks, and a ceramic insert, 33cm wide

19cm deep

20cm high (2)

£200 - 300

Selected Contents from York’s Tenement, Yoxford, Suffolk

With original elements dating back to 1592, York’s Tenement, in Yoxford, Suffolk, stands today as a remarkable testament to the preservation of historic dwellings and interiors, and the unique character they embody.

Nestled within sixteen acres of gardens, and enveloped by lush meadows and woodland, the medieval house evokes a reassuring sense of timelessness that only comes with a long and enduring existence. The owners – and enthusiastic antique dealers - Doris Urquhart and Christopher Richardson, have used this long history as inspiration during their tenure and remained committed to drawing on its olde-worlde charm in their choice of décor. As a result, the overall feel of the interiors offer solace from the predictability of many – more reserved – modern spaces; illustrating just how impactful a considered selection of antiques, harmoniously blended with their surroundings, can be.

A William IV painted wooden doll’s house, c.1830, with painted brick detail, inscribed ‘Fairy Glen’ above the door,

55cm wide

35cm deep

88cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 505

A vernacular elm pig bench, late 18th/early 19th century, of joined construction, 104cm wide

20cm deep

42cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 506

A small ash and elm comb-back

Windsor chair, 18th century, West Country, stamped ‘ID’, the saddle seat raised on three supports united by T-stretchers, 60cm wide

56cm deep

100cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 507

An ash and elm comb-back Windsor chair, late 18th/early 19th century, Thames Valley, with a shaped crest rail and single turned supports united by an ‘H’ stretcher, 47cm wide

50cm deep

95cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 508

A large stained-pine artist’s lay figure, 19th century, French, with naturalistically carved facial features and an articulated body and limbs, losses, 21cm wide

10cm deep

80cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 509

A painted doll’s house, early 20th century, with red brick decoration and twin doors enclosing four rooms, 52cm wide

27cm deep

72cm high

£100 - 150

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LOT 510

A vernacular elm ladder-back open armchair, first half of the 19th century, with turned supports united by stretchers, 57cm wide

53cm deep

104cm high

£150 - 200

LOT 511

A painted delft plate rack, 19th century, of three shelves with cup hooks, 134cm wide

19cm deep

95cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 512

A group of seven ‘Whieldon’ slipware plates, 18th century, English, to include five ‘tortoiseshell’ examples, each of octagonal form with a beaded edge, marbled in browns and greens to a buff ground, six approximately 22cm wide one larger, 27cm wide (7) £400 - 600

For another ‘tortoiseshell’ example, see Victoria & Albert Museum accession number C.10-1940.

LOT 513

A group of eleven slipware plates, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising two ‘tortoiseshell’ examples, together with nine others marbled in greens, browns and yellows to a buff ground, nine with decorative rims in relief, each approximately 25cm diameter (11) £400 - 600

For similar examples, see Victoria & Albert Museum accession numbers 137B-1874, 137F-1874, 137D-1874 and 137-1874.

511, 512 & 513 in situ

LOT 514

A painted alms poor box, 19th century, with painted lettering ‘Needy Missionary Saints Fund’, 29cm wide

15cm deep

19cm high

£300 - 400

LOT 515

A painted pine farmhouse coffer, 19th century, the hinged lid over panelled sides, raised on block feet, 100cm wide

51cm deep

62cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 516

A George III elm and fruitwood comb-back Windsor armchair, c.1800-1820, West Country, the serpentine top rail over a saddle seat, raised on ring-turned supports united by ‘H’ stretchers, 59cm wide

55cm deep

90cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 517

A pine trestle table, 19th century, the rectangular plank top raised on trestle ends, united by cross stretchers, 122cm wide

37cm deep

67.5cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 518

Two glazed pottery char dishes, 18th century, comprising a creamware example decorated with green and ochre fish, together with a pearlware example, similarly decorated, larger 24cm diameter

4.5cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 519

A pair of pearlware char dishes, 18th century, decorated with green and ochre fish, 22cm diameter

4cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A George III provincial painted pine mule chest, late 18th century, the hinged lid above two short drawers, raised on bracket feet,

95cm wide

46cm deep

65cm high

£200 - 300

Provenance: With Denzil Grant Antiques.

LOT 521

A folk art carved and painted wood ‘Jumping Jack’, 19th century, painted as a jester with polychrome decoration, the articulated arms and legs with string mechanism, 17cm wide

6cm deep

33cm high

£150 - 250

LOT 520

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518

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LOT 522

A Louis XVI-style painted beech fauteuil, 19th century, French, with turned supports, 60cm wide

65cm deep

83cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 523

Two milliner’s marotte papier-mâché busts, 19th century, French, each with hand-painted polychrome decoration, larger 16cm wide

18cm deep

39m high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 524

A painted beech child’s high chair, 19th century, on baluster-turned and knopped supports united by stretchers, 39cm wide

39cm deep

76cm high

£150 - 250

LOT 525 

A Victorian shellwork valentine, c.1840-50, worked in a variety of specimens, arranged with a star to the centre surrounded by floral blooms, housed in an octagonal, glazed and wooden frame with ivory escutcheon, 36cm wide

26cm deep

6.5cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

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522

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOT 526

An etched glass mirror, mid-18th century, North Italian or South German, the sectional glass frame with engraved foliate decoration, enclosing a split plate with a bevelled edge, 94cm wide

194cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: The collection of Kathleen Jessie Raine CBE and thence by descent.

LOT 527

A pair of Louis XV-style painted wooden bergères, 20th century, French, each with floral upholstery, 73cm wide

70cm deep

99cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 528

A large kilim-upholstered footstool by George Smith, of recent manufacture, the stuffover seat with studded trim, raised on turned supports terminating in brass castors, with George Smith tag to the underside, 140cm wide

80cm deep

38cm high

£800 - 1,200

526

529

A suzani-style wool flat-weave carpet, of recent manufacture, the field decorated with bold flower heads in blue and aubergine to a pale ground, within a border of trailing pomegranates,

228 x 177cm

£500 - 700

LOT 530

A painted pine ladder, 20th century, set with metal plates stamped ‘Eclipse’, 51cm wide

96cm deep

120cm high

£200 - 300

A painted pine chest of drawers, late 19th century, fitted with two short and three long drawers, with scumbled decoration, 90cm wide

43cm deep

107cm high

£800 - 1,200

532

A pair of oak stools, 19th century, each with a padded and upholstered seat, over turned baluster supports, 37cm wide

37cm deep

45cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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A Persian wool runner, 20th century, woven with a central diamond medallion and Herati motifs to a red ground, 587 x 197cm

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 534

A Regency rosewood étagère, c.1815, with a brass galleried top and turned supports, the base fitted with a single drawer, and terminating in brass caps and castors,

38cm wide

38cm deep

88cm high

£300 - 500

535

A Louis XVI-style painted beech bergère, 19th century, French, with green striped silk upholstery, 68cm wide

66cm deep

97cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 536

A Louis XV-style gilt-metal chandelier, 20th century, with six acanthus-cast branches, 88cm diameter

93cm high

£600 - 800

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LOT 537

A set of three Louis XVI-style brass wall lights, late 19th/early 20th century, 33cm wide

25cm deep

97cm high (3)

£400 - 600

LOT 538

A flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven in polychrome with repeating striped bands, 240 x 178cm

£400 - 600

LOT 539

Louis Haghe, after David Roberts RA a collection of twenty lithographs from ‘The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt and Nubia’, published by F G Moon 1842-49: Wady Maharraka, Nubia, Nov. 14th 1838; Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia; Fountain of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat; Temple at Jafa, Nubia, Nov. 16th 1838; Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia; Dendera, Dec. 1838; Chapel of Elijah on Mount Horeb, Feb. 20th 1839; Temple of Dandour, Nubia; Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo; Pyramids of Gezeh from the Nile; Shrine of the Nativity, Bethlehem, April 6th 1839; Tomb of Zachariah, Valley of the Jehoshaphat; Sanctuary of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel, Nubia; Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo; Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua. Nubia; Island of Philae on the Nile, Nubia; Obelisk of Heliopolis, 1839; Statues of Memnon, Thebes, Dec. 4th 1838; Part of the Hall of Columns at Karnak, Thebes; Entrance to the Caves of Beni Hassan half-plates, each image approximately 25 x 35cm (20)

£600 - 800

LOT 540

A tan leather chesterfield sofa, 20th century, with studded and buttoned decoration, raised on brass cap castors, 220cm wide

102cm deep

86cm high

£800 - 1,200

A suzani-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, decorated with trailing flower heads and foliage in blues to a pale ground,

278 x 239cm

£800 - 1,200

A pair of Regency-style rosewood side tables, of recent manufacture, each with a galleried top, three tiers and turned columns, on bun feet,

39cm wide

32cm deep

78cm high (2)

£1,200 - 1,500

An opaline glass vase, mid-19th century, French, in the manner of Baccarat, of baluster form, enamelled with a bouquet of flowers, within gilt borders, 20cm wide

51.3cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 541

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LOT 544

A set of five mahogany circular mirrors, of recent manufacture, including three ebonised examples, 26cm diameter (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 545

A George III mahogany stool, c.1780, the rectangular seat with floral upholstery and studded detail, raised on tapering fluted supports, terminating in peg feet,

45cm wide

33cm deep

45cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 546

A Louis XV-style carved walnut window seat, late 19th/early 20th century, French, with open arms and acanthus-carved cabriole supports, upholstered in floral silk damask, 73cm wide

52cm deep

65cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 547

A Regency Gonçalo alves, mahogany and palmwood centre table, early 19th century, the circular top with brass stringing, raised on a faceted column and quadripartite base with lobed detail, and squat bun feet terminating in castors, 153cm diameter

75cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A contemporary Benares carpet, of recent manufacture, Indian, wool and silk on cotton, woven with a diamond lattice design in shades of blue to an off-white ground, 298 x 210cm

£800 - 1,200

A Napoleon III double-sided stool, late 19th century, French, upholstered in peach and off-white chenille with fringing and tasselled decoration, raised on ebonised and turned baluster supports, terminating in castors,

130cm wide

65cm deep

68cm high

£400 - 600

A Victorian walnut bracket clock, c.1870, with an eight-day movement striking on a gong, the engraved silvered dial set with Roman numerals and inscribed ‘BARRAUD & LUNDS, 41 CORNHILL, LONDON’ and numbered ‘2517’, the case with wrythen column pilasters and raised on a bracket, 52cm wide

33cm deep

93cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A James II oak chest of drawers, late 17th century, with three moulded drawers and bobbin decoration, raised on bun feet, 85cm wide

54cm deep

91cm high

£400 - 600

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LOT 552

A Mahal wool runner, 20th century, Persian, 488 x 108cm

£600 - 800

LOT 553

A George III-style mahogany extending dining table by Howard & Sons, c.1900, the extending top with two additional leaves and drop ends, inlaid with floral and foliate scrolls and later fitted black leather, stamped to the rails, raised on fluted square supports, terminating in peg feet and brass castors, 245cm long

99cm wide

76cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 554

A pair of simulated bird’s-eye maple bedside tables, of recent manufacture, each with a serpentine top, with two tiers and ebonised ring-turned supports, 72cm wide

51cm deep

83cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 555

A pair of patinated brass uplighters, c.1940s, each with a foliate-cast body over a stepped circular base, 27cm wide

63cm high (2)

£200 - 400

553

552

A gilt-metal, giltwood and etched glass wall mirror, after the model by Burchard Precht, 19th century, Swedish, the arched top set with urns and flowers, the crest and borders decorated with floral and foliate scrolls, surrounding a bevelled plate, 75cm diameter

132cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

For a similar example, see Christie’s, ‘Interiors: Style and Spirit’, 28 September 2010, lot 573.

LOT 557

A Leeds creamware dog bowl, early 19th century, of shaped rectangular form raised on four broad feet, 18.5cm wide

14cm deep

8cm high

£300 - 400

LOT 558

A small vernacular pine settle, 19th century, with a panelled back and a slightly curved seat, 93cm wide

53cm deep

124cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 559

A jute and wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Moroccan, woven in jute with stylised flower heads on a blue wool ground, 303 x 245cm

£500 - 700

LOT 560

A pair of copper ceiling lights, 20th century, each with a milk glass shade, 60cm diameter

80cm high (2)

£400 - 800

LOT 561

A pair of ormolu and marble cassolettes, c.1906-1911, French, each ovoid green-veined marble body below an ormolu cover, mounted with ram’s head masks and floral swags, on an ormolu spreading pedestal and shaped square marble base, impressed foundry marks to base ‘Jollet & Cie Bronzer Paris’, 22cm wide

43cm high (4)

£500 - 800

559

558

557

LOT 562

A pair of linen-upholstered low chairs, 20th century, each raised on reeded tapering supports, 63cm wide

90cm deep

98cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 563

A teak military chest, late 19th/early 20th century, with steel and brass mounts, 94cm wide

64cm deep

60cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 564

A pair of Regency-style painted and parcel-gilt armchairs, after a model by Marsh & Tatham for Harewood House, Yorkshire, each with a padded back seat and armrests, upholstered in pink and teal striped silk with a matching cushion, the scroll arms over tapered fluted supports terminating in castors,

67cm wide

69cm deep

89cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 565

A porcelain dinner service by Fontanille & Marraud, second half of the 19th century, French, Limoges, each painted with a crowned monogram in pink to a white ground, within a gilt swag border, to include thirty dinner plates, twelve soup plates, twelve mocha cups and a large lidded tureen (102)

£200 - 400

LOT 566

A painted pine refectory table, 20th century, French, the cleated plank top raised on ring-turned supports, united by stretchers, 212cm long

86cm wide

77cm high

£300 - 500

563

567

A Louis XVI-style gilt and painted gesso oval mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, French, with elaborate scrolling decoration and a bevelled glass plate, the crest lacking, 65cm wide

101cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 568

A large Victorian yew armchair, late 19th century, with bobbin-turned detail and a needlework seat, 65cm wide

65cm deep

115cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 569

A painted oak dog gate, later 18th/early 19th century, with six baluster finials, 86cm wide

3.5cm deep

90cm high

£200 - 400

A flat-weave wool kilim runner, of recent manufacture, Afghan, woven with geometric motifs in tones of blue, 390 x 84cm

£300 - 500

LOT 571

A Louis XVI-style gilt-metal and glass chandelier, 20th century, Continental, with five scrolling branches, 67cm diameter

72cm high

£200 - 400

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569

571

LOT 572

A pair of delft polychrome vases, 19th century, Dutch, each of baluster form with a removable domed cover surmounted by a bird, decorated with pastoral scenes within a blue and red foliate border and marked underside ‘AK’, damages, 18.5cm wide

13.5cm deep

46cm high with covers (4)

£300 - 500

LOT 573

A George II-style carved and painted pine console table in the manner of William Kent, 20th century, the simulated Siena marble top above a Greek-key-decorated frieze centred with a mask, raised on tapering fluted square supports, 174cm wide

59cm deep

95cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 574

A contemporary natural jute carpet, of recent manufacture, with Benares-type geometric design, 365 x 275cm

£600 - 800

LOT 575

A Multan pottery ewer, 20th century, North Indian/Pakistani, the shaped body painted with stylised flowers on a turquoise ground, issuing a ram’s head spout, 11.5cm wide

15cm deep

21cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 576

A toleware table lamp, the cylindrical tea-canister body with gilt bands to a yellow ground, with a matching scalloped shade painted with roses, 25.5cm diameter

48cm high

£200 - 400

576

574

572

575

573

LOT 577

A George IV mahogany stool, c.1825, the upholstered seat raised on reeded supports, stamped ‘Gillows’ beneath, 45cm wide

31cm deep

45cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 578

A patinated wrought-steel lectern, of recent manufacture, in the form of an eagle perched on a leaf-capped column,

58cm wide

60cm deep

168cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 579

A pair of toleware table lamps, of recent manufacture, each with painted chinoiserie decoration heightened in gilt, to a red lacquered ground, 43cm diameter

79cm high including shade (4)

£200 - 300

LOT 580

A pair of Regency toleware coasters, 19th century, each painted in panels with flowers and still life tablescapes, to a black ground, 14cm diameter (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 581

A gilt-painted tableware group, 19th century, comprising a toleware tray decorated with flowers and insects, and a red-lacquered papier mâché coaster, tray 39.5cm wide

coaster 14cm diameter (2)

£200 - 400

A stained hardwood altar table, 20th century, Chinese, the apron carved with fruiting vines, with pierced and carved legs with faux bamboo ends, 155cm wide

45cm deep

88cm high

£400 - 600

A George III-style black and gilt japanned longcase clock, early 20th century, the earlier twelve-inch dial inscribed ‘John Walker, Newcastle’, the eight-day movement with twin pillars striking on a bell, the movement and case associated, 53cm wide

26cm deep

228cm high

£400 - 600

A set of six black-lacquered and gilt panels, 20th century, Chinese, each decorated in paint and gilt with a town scene, including a river and a bridge, with figures, boats and buildings, each panel 36cm wide 110cm high (6)

£600 - 800

A Cretan icon, 19th century, tempera and gold on panel, the Mother of God and scenes from the life of Christ with saints, 45cm wide

2.5cm deep

36cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: H.V. Roberts, New Zealand Ambassador to the Netherlands (1972-1977), purchased in Crete in 1974; thence by descent to the present owner.

LOT 582

LOT 583

LOT 584

LOT 585

LOT 586

An icon of Christ Pantocrator, late 19th century, Russian, tempera on gesso and wood, in a silver oklad, 22 x 17cm, housed in a velvet glazed frame (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 587

A Russian icon of The Mother of God of Smolensk, 19th century, Russian, in a gilt-metal oklad

21cm wide

25cm high, frame 31.5cm wide

7cm deep

36cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 588

An icon of Christ Pantocrator, 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a chased and engraved silver-gilt oklad and giltwood frame, 26 x 21.5cm, in a glazed wooden case (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 589

An icon of St. Nicholas, 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a gilt-metal oklad and a pine frame, 29 x 24cm, in a glazed case (2)

£400 - 600

590

An icon of Christ Pantocrator, 19th century, Russian, in a gilt white-metal oklad, 26.5cm wide

32cm high

£200 - 400

LOT

590

589

588

587

586

591

An icon of Saint Nicholas, 19th century, Russian, tempera and gold on wood, 17.5cm wide

2cm deep

22cm high

£100 - 200

592

An icon of the Feodorovskaya Mother of God, 19th century, tempera on wood, in a silver oklad, 26 x 21cm, housed in a velvet-mounted case (2) £400 - 600

593

An icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, 18th/19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a gilt-metal oklad and a giltwood frame, 25 x 20.5cm, in an ebonised and glazed case (2)

£300 - 500

594

An icon of the mandylion, 19th century, Russian, in a gilt-metal oklad, 17.5cm wide 22.5cm high, frame 30.5cm wide

6.5cm deep

35cm high

£300 - 500

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593

592

591

LOT 595

An icon of the Mother of God, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, surrounded by saints, with architectural detail, tempera and gold on wood, 39cm wide

3cm deep

31.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 596

A stained and parcel-gilt pine icon frame, 19th century, Russian, with a glazed hinged door and column detail,

47.5cm wide

9cm deep

66cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 597

An icon of the Resurrection or Anastasis, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, with twelve selected scenes, tempera and gold on wood,

35.5 x 31cm

£300 - 500

LOT 598

A fragmentary icon of Christ Pantocrator, 16th or 17th century, Russian, possibly from a pair of royal doors, with twisted pilaster edges, tempera and gold on wood, 45cm wide

3cm deep

63cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 599

An icon of Christ Pantocrator, late 19th century, Russian, in a gilt-metal oklad, 21cm wide

16.5cm high, framed 25.5cm wide

6cm deep

30cm high

£200 - 400

599

598

597

596

595

601

An icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, late 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a relief-decorated silver-gilt oklad, 21 x 16cm, in an ebonised and glazed case (2)

£200 - 400

An icon of the Mother of God of Joy of All the Afflicted, 19th century, Russian, in gilt-metal oklad, 20cm wide

25cm high, framed 30cm wide

8.5cm deep

39.5cm high

£300 - 500

602

An icon of Christ Pantocrator, 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a silver-gilt oklad and a giltwood frame, 25 x 21cm, in a glazed wooden case (2)

£500 - 800

LOT 603

A large icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, late 19th century, Russian, in a silvered-metal oklad, 30cm wide

34cm high, framed 64cm wide

16cm deep

82cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 600

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604

An icon of the mandylion, 19th century, Russian, in a silvered-metal oklad, 26cm wide

30cm high, frame 45.5cm wide

11.5cm deep

50.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 605

An Icon of St Sergius of Radonezh, early 20th century, Russian, tempera and gilt on wood, in a giltwood frame, 16.5 x 13.5cm, in an ebonised and glazed case (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 606

An icon of Saint Seraphin, late 18th/early 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a silver-gilt oklad with a wide giltwood frame, 13.5 x 17.5cm, in a glazed case (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 607

An icon of Saint Nicholas, late 19th century, Russian, tempera on wood, in a silver-gilt oklad and giltwood frame, 14 x 16.5cm, in a glazed case (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 608

An icon depicting five male saints, 19th century, Russian, in a gilt-brass oklad, 24.5cm wide

3cm deep

28cm high

£200 - 400

LOT

608

607

606

604 605

A painted pine plate rack, 19th century, with two shelves and hooks, 199cm wide

28cm deep

121cm high

£300 - 500

A group of four large delft plates, 18th century, English, comprising a polychrome example decorated with stylised flowers to a pale blue ground, a blue and white example decorated with florals and a lattice border, a chinoiserie example, and another, smaller, largest 36cm diameter (4)

£200 - 400

A group of eight delft and glazed pottery plates, 18th century and later, to include three scalloped examples decorated with chinoiserie scenes, largest 25cm diameter (8)

£200 - 400

611 610

609, 610 & 611

LOT 609

LOT 610

LOT 611

LOT 612

A brass and glass medical display case, 19th century, French, the curved hinged top opening to a mirrored back and base, 116cm wide

25cm deep

19cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 613

An oak church table or stand, 19th century, the plank top with a back rail, raised on chamfered end supports and a central stretcher, 183cm wide

38cm deep

93cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: Removed from St Nicholas Church, Little Saxham, Suffolk.

LOT 614

An assembled set of three coal scuttles, late 19th/early 20th century, each of helmet form with a loop handle, largest 32cm wide

46cm deep

48cm high to top of handle (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 615

A group of nine needlepoint cushions, comprising a pair of large examples with flowers to a black ground, a pair of lumbar cushions with flowers to a blue ground, another pair of Aubusson-style faces with cream tassels, another pair of small blue-ground examples, and one other, largest pair 60 x 60cm (9)

£300 - 500

614

613

612

LOT 616

A panelled oak settle, 19th century, with a fielded panel back and outsplayed arms on peg feet,

170cm wide

51cm deep

145cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 617

An Empire-style ormolu mantel clock, late 19th century, French, by Le Roy & Fils, the enamel dial inscribed ‘Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royale GIE Montpensier 13-15 Paris & London 211 Regent Street’, supporting a two-train movement striking on a bell, the case surmounted by an urn and trailing swags, over stiff-scroll supports, foliage, husks and Vitruvian scrolls,

dial 12cm diameter

case 51cm wide

16cm deep

57cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 618

An oak three-tier buffet, probably 19th century, Flemish, incorporating earlier elements, 119cm wide

43cm deep

125cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

618

617

616

A suzani-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, the field with repeating red tulips to a pale ground, 286 x 258cm

£1,200 - 1,800

A George III mahogany bow-front chest of drawers, c.1800, fitted with four long drawers set between column pilasters, raised on tall turned feet,

108cm wide

56cm deep

106cm high

£600 - 800

An assembled set of three metal martini tables, 20th century, Continental, each with a scalloped circular top over the stem and a scrolling base, largest 65cm high (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 621

LOT 620

LOT 619

621

619

An Aubusson carpet of Savonnerie design, of recent manufacture, in the 18th-century-French style, with repeating floral and foliate motifs,375 x 270cm £2,000 - 4,000 624 623

A breccia marble-topped coffee table, 20th century, on a carved wooden base with scroll supports, 150cm wide

76cm deep

52cm high

£300 - 500

A small inlaid satinwood commode, c.1790, Continental, of serpentine outline with two drawers, raised on cabriole supports, 80cm wide

43.5cm deep

72cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 624

LOT 623

LOT 622

622

LOT 626

A Regency-style giltwood convex mirror, 19th century, with ball decoration and an ebonised slip, 58cm diameter

£300 - 500

A dhurrie flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Indian, Rajasthan, woven with an off-white shaped diamond trellis to a grey ground,

375 x 277cm

£600 - 800

LOT 627

A pair of neoclassical parcel-gilt and painted open armchairs, 20th century, Danish, in the Russian taste, each with a bar back above a serpent splat and concave seat, 57cm wide

57cm deep

96cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 625

627

626

A carved teak occasional table, c.1900, Anglo-Indian, the circular top with scrolling floral and foliate detail, with ivory inlay to the centre, and raised on a folding pierced base,

61cm diameter

63cm high

£400 - 600

A cast iron daybed, 19th century, French, with a folding action and cast foliate decoration,

183cm wide

82cm deep

90cm high

£300 - 500

A walnut open bookcase, early 20th century, of breakfront outline, with a moulded cornice and panelled cupboard doors, on a plinth base, 335cm wide

40cm deep

145cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

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LOT 629

LOT 630

630

629

628

LOT 631

A Louis XVI-style rosewood and gilt-metal-mounted bookcase, c.1860, French, of breakfront outline, the stepped cornice centred with a panel cast in relief with putti, above three glazed doors enclosing shelves, on a plinth base,

182cm wide

44cm deep

214cm high

£4,000 - 6,000

Provenance: A private Australian collection.

LOT 632

A set of four carved oak relief panels, 17th century, possibly depicting the story of Esther and King Ahasuerus, 51 x 31cm (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 633

A George III elm and beech Windsor chair, c.1800, with a fiddle-shaped splat and saddle seat on turned supports,

61cm wide

61cm deep

102cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 634

A joined walnut chest, late 16th century and later, French, possibly Burgundy, the front carved with mythical creatures, with alterations, 98cm wide

39.5cm deep

63cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 635

A pair of leather club armchairs, 20th century, each with brass studded decoration and turned front supports, 81cm wide

68cm deep

87cm high (2)

£300 - 500

635 634

633

632

LOT 636

A Victorian mahogany bookcase, late 19th century, the glazed doors enclosing three shelves, over two cupboard doors and a plinth base, 81cm wide

46cm deep

184cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 637

A large needlepoint carpet of Robert Adam design, of recent manufacture, in 18th-century style, the field with repeating caramel and aubergine/ grey coffered stamps enclosing flower heads, to a grey/black ground with sage-green accents, 528 x 358cm

£5,000 - 7,000

Needlepoint carpets have been produced in England since the 16th century, but this style experienced a renaissance in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which examples incorporated a vast array of new colours and styles. The present lot is a high-quality reproduction of the classic needlepoint designs from this period, drawing from the iconic works of famed neoclassical architect and designer, Robert Adam.

636

LOT 638

A matched set of fourteen Queen Anne-style walnut dining chairs, 20th century, each with a shaped back and apron, with a needlework upholstered seat, armchairs 62cm wide

53cm deep

110cm high (14)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 639

A pair of ebonised and parcel-gilt corner brackets, late 19th century, each with needlework decoration, 55cm wide

38cm deep

42cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 640

A pair of Louis XV-style giltwood occasional tables, late 19th century, each with a silk embroidered inset circular panel and a glass top, on carved tripod supports,

50cm diameter

58cm high (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 643

A Genoese-style gilt-metal and cut-glass chandelier by Mechini, of recent manufacture, Italian, model ‘L198/6’, with six scrolling foliate branches, profusely hung with Swarovski crystals and cut-glass prisms, 75cm diameter

80cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Cameron Peters Fine Lighting.

LOT 642

A set of three patinated-metal ceiling lights, early 20th century, French, in the Louis XVI taste, in the form of stylised flower heads, with three lights and cast bronze mounts, 84cm diameter

61cm high (3)

£300 - 500

Provenance: The property of the late Mr and Mrs Brian Lister, The Old Rectory, Widdington.

A teak and brass occasional table, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, Hoshiarpur, the rectangular top raised on a folding pierced base, profusely decorated with floral and foliate inlay, 76cm wide

51cm deep

62cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 644

A pair of Louis XV-style ormolu and black marble ewers, 19th century, French, each with an acanthus-cast handle formed as a dragon, 12cm wide

31cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 641

644

643

642

641

An oak centre table in the Elizabethan taste, 19th century, the canted rectangular top above a gadrooned frieze, punctuated with lion masks, raised on baluster-turned supports and united by stretchers, on peg feet, 120cm wide

84cm deep

74cm high

£300 - 500

A George IV rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid table cabinet, c.1830, the hinged caddy top opening to reveal a tooled leather-framed mirror and fitted interior, over twin doors enclosing further drawers with removable trays and a leather writing slope,

31cm wide

24cm deep

34cm high

£300 - 500

Two octagonal occasional tables, late 19th/early 20th century, Anglo-Indian, comprising a Hoshiarpur ivory-, boneand brass-inlaid example, and a large foliate-carved example, 58cm wide

58cm deep

66cm high (2)

£600 - 800

A pair of William IV walnut library chairs, c.1835, each with studded leather upholstery and carved baluster supports, terminating on brass caps and castors, 49cm wide

54cm deep

92cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 645

LOT 646

LOT 647

LOT 648

A pair of George III-style giltwood mirrors, 20th century, each oval plate within a scrolling rococo frame, 70cm diameter

115cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 650

A pair of painted wooden mirrors, 19th century and later, each decorated in the Chippendale rococo taste, the frame carved with foliate scrolls, 43cm wide

114cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A dhurrie flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Indian, Rajasthan, woven with a monochrome zebra-style pattern with an orange border, 327 x 263cm

£600 - 800

LOT 652

A set of four painted Louis XV Transitional-style armchairs, of recent manufacture, each with a caned back over a stuffover seat and raised on cabriole supports, 57cm wide

48cm deep

82cm high (4)

£300 - 500

LOT 649

LOT 651

652

LOT 653

A cut-glass and silver-plated brass eight-light chandelier, late 19th/early 20th century, of multistage form, set with flower heads and numerous cascading drops, each scrolling arm terminating in a bell-shaped sconce,

90cm diameter

140cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 654

A George III-style oval mirror, early 20th century, Irish, the ebonised frame set with glass roundels, 50.5cm wide

74cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 655

A large pair of brass andirons, 20th century, in the classical Italian style, linked by a serpentine rail, andirons 153cm wide

40cm deep overall

74cm high, and a heavy brass fender rail, 20th century, cast with a central panel of a plume of feathers and scrolling foliage, within cast and turned balusters, now mounted on a wooden base, rail 143cm wide

29cm high, excluding wood base (2)

£300 - 500

654

653

LOT 656

Two Attic-style black-figured terracotta lekythoi, 20th century, Greek, each approximately 8.5cm diameter 17cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 657

A pair of white marble columns, 19th century, each of spreading cylindrical form, 31cm diameter 68cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 658

A brass signal cannon, 19th century, on a brass-mounted wooden carriage, 70cm long 29cm wide 34cm high (2)

£400 - 600

658

657

656

A pair of Brescian 25-bore flintlock pistols, late 17th to early 18th century, the locks by Pietro Fiorenti, the barrel by Lazarino, each with a multistage 12-inch smooth bore barrel, the top signed ‘LAZARINO’, with a mask appearing from the tang and acanthus leaves to the centre of the barrel, the lockplate signed ‘PIETRO FIORENTI’, the cock, pan, frizzen, jaws, tangs and jaw screw with foliate decoration, the butt cap, trigger guard, and cock with a mask in relief, with reeded ramrod pipes holding a tapering ramrod, all to a carved wooden stock, possibly briarroot,

8 December 2018, lot 779.

Czerny’s,

LOT 660

A Scandinavian-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with a geometric banded design in yellow and grey to a pale blue/grey ground, 308 x 246cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 661

A harlequin set of eight ash and elm dining chairs, 19th century, Lancashire, each with spindle-turned detail and a rush seat, the armchairs 60cm wide

46cm deep

111cm high (8)

£300 - 500

LOT 662

A collection of shells and dried coral specimens, including two cowrie, two queen conch, three scallop, a knobbed whelk and three coral, largest conch 26cm wide

21cm long

10cm high (13)

£200 - 300

LOT 663

A group of twenty-six George III and later silhouettes, early 19th century and later, including a set of three interior scenes, 24 x 28cm, a pair of gilt-framed silhouettes of Mr and Mrs Charles Roberts, 1829, a set of three by J E Ramsgate, 10 Nov 1855, and a gilt-framed example, possibly of Princess Mary, c.1790-92, by Thomas Wheeler, variously framed and glazed (26)

£200 - 400

663

662

661

660

A painted plaster panel of Mercury, 20th century, the figure seated on a rock base,

55cm wide

30cm deep

53cm high

£200 - 400

A pair of repoussé brass mirror crests, 19th century, Dutch, each with a monogram to the centre, surmounted by an eagle and within a foliate border, 103cm wide 43cm high (2)

£200 - 400

An Egyptian painted limestone ushabti, possibly New Kingdom, Ramesside, 6cm wide 8cm deep

22cm high including stand, together with a small faience example, 3cm wide 3cm deep

11.5cm high including stand (2)

£300 - 500

A Victorian ebonised and porcelain-mounted bonheur-du-jour, c.1870, the upper section with a shaped frieze mounted with a jasperware plaque and flanked by two gilt-metal urn finials, over a central mirror flanked by twin cupboard doors similarly mounted, and raised on a base with mirrored back and two shelves, on toupie feet, 124cm wide

46cm deep

130cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 664

LOT 665

LOT 666

LOT 667

667

666

665

664

668

A silk Kayseri rug, late 20th century, Turkish, woven with various panels, decorated with exotic flora and fauna, within multiple borders, 179 x 120cm

£600 - 800

LOT 669

A large Venetian moulded and etched glass wall mirror, 20th century, Italian, of scrolling rococo shape, the crest, borders and terminals with elaborate foliate detail, 107cm wide

174cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 670

A Charles X-style simulated maple console table, 20th century, Continental, with ebonised detail and swan’s-head supports, raised on a plinth base,

151cm wide

41cm deep

83.5cm high

£300 - 500

671

A Victorian Aesthetic Period walnut and ebonised pier cabinet, late 19th century, the high mirrored back over an inlaid and gilt-metal-mounted frieze, a single-glazed door enclosing two interior shelves, raised on a plinth base, 107cm wide

47cm deep

131cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 672

A pair of metal-clad planters, of recent manufacture, Indian, each with repoussé floral and foliate decoration, 53cm wide

53cm deep

45cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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673

A wrought-iron garden pagoda, 20th century, French, the domed form with scrolling decoration, 186cm diameter

268cm high

£500 - 800

674

A weathered stone pump-head trough, with bow end, 79cm wide

50cm deep

34cm high

£200 - 300

A series of five weathered stone sinks, of various sizes, two with shaped corners, smallest 64cm wide largest 122cm wide (5) £500 - 700

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LOT 675

675

674

673

LOT 676

A wrought-iron garden seat, 20th century, French, 168cm wide

42cm deep

95cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 677

A set of a painted garden table and chairs in the Coalbrookdale style, late 19th/early 20th century and later, comprising four cast iron chairs and an aluminium table, all with pierced scrolling foliate decoration, table 72cm diameter

69cm high (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 678

A pair of rusted cast iron garden urns, 20th century, each with a gadrooned body and a slender spreading circular column, 70cm diameter

105cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

677

676

LOT 679

A pair of buff terracotta garden pedestals, each with a square top over a fluted shaft and square base,

45cm wide

45cm deep

76cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 680

A painted cast iron garden seat, late 19th century, the pierced back with four oval cartouches decorated with figures representing the farming seasons, with a slatted wooden seat, damages,

185cm wide

59cm deep

85cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 681

A bronze armillary sphere, late 19th/early 20th century, the rotating bronze orb surmounted by a pair of dolphins and centred with an arrow, with an interior decorated with engraved Roman numerals, damages, raised on a fluted cast iron column,

70cm wide

61cm deep

102cm high

£400 - 800

LOT 682

A composition stone figure of a sleeping hound, late 19th/early 20th century, on an integral rectangular plinth,

80cm wide

46cm deep

35cm high

£300 - 500

682

680

679

LOT 683

A terracotta garden urn, 20th century, of classical campana form, with a frieze of figures and twin handles, raised on a fluted socle plinth, 72.5cm diameter

106cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 684

A pair of buff terracotta garden pots, c.1920s, attributed to Compton Pottery, each of flared form, with scroll, Greek key and gadrooned decorated bodies, 60cm wide

78cm high (2)

£3,000 - 5,000

Literature: A stamped version is illustrated in Hilary Calvery and Louise Boreham, ‘Mary Seton Watts and the Compton Pottery’.

LOT 685

A pair of composite stone poodles, 20th century, each seated on a rectangular base,

40cm wide

62cm deep

100cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 686

A wrought-iron garden pagoda, 20th century, French, with a ball finial and scrolling decoration, 198cm wide

198cm deep

319cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 687

A set of four metal garden chairs, each with scrolled arms and a slatted seat, raised on ‘X’ frame supports, 47cm wide

44cm deep

92.5cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 688

A monumental carved marble urn, 18th century and later, with remnants of figural handles to each side and a foliate-carved body, the waisted foot raised on a later square plinth, 110cm diameter

245cm high

£6,000 - 8,000

687

686

685

684

683

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

For Specialist Live Auctions

These conditions of business consist of:

1. Information for Buyers;

2. Terms of Sale (for Bidders and Buyers).

1. INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

Introduction

The following notes are intended to assist Bidders and Buyers, particularly those that are inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All of our auctions are governed by our Terms and Conditions and any notices that are displayed in our salerooms or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction. Our Terms and Conditions are available for inspection at our salerooms and the Terms of Sale are printed in the back of our auction catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything in our Terms and Conditions that you do not fully understand. Please make sure that you read our Terms of Sale carefully before bidding in the auction. If your bid is successful, you will be obliged to comply with our Terms of Sale.

Methods of payment

Lots must be paid for before they are collected or shipped. For those attending the auction we ask that Lots are paid for on the day of the sale. Methods by which we accept payment are detailed on our Website, including online payment upon receipt of your invoice, and these should be paid by 5pm on the Friday following the sale. We accept cash to an upper limit of 10,000 euros equivalent. Any cheques will need to be cleared before you can take the Goods away.

Collection and storage

All Lots should be paid for and collected by 5pm on the Friday following the sale. Commission Bidders should check the success of their bids and arrange payment, and collection or shipping within this time. For our specialist auctions please refer to the collection and storage requirements detailed in the catalogue and on our Website, which specifies the applicable fees.

Agency

As Auctioneers we usually act on behalf of the Seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. If you buy at auction your contract for the Goods is with the Seller, not with us as Auctioneer.

Estimates

Estimates are designed to help you gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular Lot. Estimates may change and should not be thought of as the sale Price. The lower estimate may represent the Reserve Price (the minimum Price for which a Lot may be sold) and will not be below the Reserve Price. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the auction and may be altered by a saleroom notice or announcement by the Auctioneer before the auction of the Lot. They are not definitive.

Buyer’s Premium

The Terms of Sale oblige you to pay a Buyer’s Premium at 25% on the Hammer Price of each Lot purchased, except for our Fine Wine and Spirits auctions when it is 18%. In addition, VAT is charged on these Premiums (see below).

VAT

Items in our catalogue may be marked with a dagger † or double dagger ‡, which indicates that VAT is payable by the Buyer on the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium at either the standard rate (currently 20%) or a reduced rate (currently 5%), depending upon the legal requirements relating to that Lot.

Lots which do not have either of the above symbols have no VAT payable on the Hammer Price. This is because such Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. The VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.

Shipping Costs are liable for VAT and are payable by the Buyer.

If you are exporting the items from the UK, you may be able to claim a reimbursement of the VAT, where:

1. you are using Sworders Delivery service.

In these cases, a zero rated (VAT exempt) invoice can be issued where the following criteria are met:

a. the items are exported within three months of the date of the auction

b. the total amount of VAT payable would exceed £75 per shipment

There is no administrative charge for clients using Sworders Delivery Service.

If you cancel shipping through Sworders Delivery Service, we will reinstate the VAT, which must be paid prior to the release of goods.

2. you arrange shipping through a private logistics company, agent or courier and the following criteria are met:

a. the invoice is paid in full, including VAT

b. the items are exported from the UK within three months of the date of the auction

c. the certificate of shipment and export documents are provided to us within a year of the date of export from the UK

d. the total amount of VAT to be claimed exceeds £75

e. you have paid an administrative fee of £25

Inspection of Goods by the Buyer

As we act on behalf of the Seller, we are dependent on information provided by the Seller about their Goods. We may inspect Lots and will act reasonably in taking a general view about them. However, we are normally unable to carry out detailed examinations of Lots to check their condition in the way a Buyer would do. You will have ample opportunity to inspect the Goods. You must inspect and investigate Lots that you might wish to bid for. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the description and condition of Lots set out in the Terms of Sale at clauses 12.2 and 12.4.

Condition reports

We may be able to assist Buyers unable to view by emailing a condition report, but these are based solely on our own opinion and are for guidance only and no responsibility is accepted for their accuracy. Intending Buyers are strongly encouraged to view. Condition reports cannot be prepared on the day of the sale.

Shipping of Goods

We offer a delivery service for Lots purchased, either by shipping ourselves, or use of a third party logistics company. Estimates for Shipping Costs for smaller items can be calculated pre-sale on our website under each Lot and are based on value, size and your chosen UK destination. For items purchased the actual cost can be added to your account and paid online after the sale. If you purchase multiple Lots from the same auction, we will combine packaging/deliveries to reduce the Shipping Costs. For lots for which Shipping Costs cannot be automatically calculated, such as furniture, you can obtain a bespoke Shipping Cost from our website to any destination in the world either in advance of the sale or after you have purchased.

Estimates of Shipping Costs on our website are based on the low estimate, whilst the actual cost is based on Hammer Price.

Electrical goods

These are sold as ‘antiques’ only. If you buy electrical Goods for use you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.

Export of Goods

If you intend to export Goods you must find out:

a. whether an export licence is needed; and b. if there is a prohibition on importing Goods of that character e.g. because the Goods contain prohibited materials such as ivory.

Bidding

Bidders are required to register with us before the auction starts. We Reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a Commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value Lots this deadline may be several days before the auction to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. You will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such other information as we may require. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding. Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.

Commission bidding

You may leave Commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a Lot (excluding the Buyers’ Premium and/or any applicable VAT). We will execute Commission bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the Reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two Buyers submit identical Commission bids we may prefer the first bid received (where this can be reasonably ascertained). We recommend leaving Commission bids online via our Website, though please contact us about leaving bids by telephone or fax/email. All absentee bids should be received at least 30 minutes before the auction commences; we cannot guarantee to execute Commission bids received after this time.

Telephone bidding

If you are unable to come to the auction it may be possible to bid on the telephone for higher value Lots. Please note that this service is for Lots with an estimate of £500 or more. The number of lines is limited so we would urge serious telephone bidding only and ask that you be prepared to bid over the top estimate. It is advisable to leave a maximum covering bid in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. All lines must be booked and confirmed in writing before the day of the auction and preferably some time in advance. Telephone bidding involves many variables and whilst we take every care to ensure the smooth operation of this service, we cannot be held liable if your bids are missed for any reason.

Online bidding

Any Lots purchased via a live online bidding service will be subject to an additional Commission charge on the Hammer Price payable by the Bidder, in accordance with rates specified by the online service. These are charged at 0% while bidding via Sworders Website. If bidding through other online bidding platforms, you will be charged additional surcharges, which will be payable to us on top of the Hammer Price and our Buyer’s Commission at their advertised rate.

Artist Resale Rights

Lots marked with a ▴ indicate the item is subject to additional Artist Resale Right charges.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Removal of Lots

All Lots are to be removed from the premises by 5.00pm at the latest on the Friday following each sale. Sworders retain the right to remove Lots remaining after this time into safe storage, for which a charge will be made.

Electrical Goods

All electrical Goods offered in this sale have either been tested and certified safe or unsafe by an appropriately qualified electrician. All electrical Goods certified unsafe must be re-commissioned by an appropriately qualified electrician and we recommend those certified safe are similarly re-commissioned.

Post 1950 Upholstered Furniture

All items of furniture included in this sale are offered for sale as works of art. The items may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason, they should not be used in a private dwelling.

Furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia Negra)

To comply with CITES Regulations on Post-1947 furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood, all post-war rosewood furniture items must have an Article 10 certificate in place, prior to being offered for sale.

If you are purchasing rosewood furniture for commercial purposes and not solely for your own use, CITES regulations require you to obtain your own certificate. You would need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and, as part of the process of obtaining your document, it is a requirement that you have seen sight of the Sworders’ certificate or are aware of its reference number.

It is therefore the responsibility of commercial Buyers to ensure that they obtain a copy of the appropriate certificate, or the certificate reference number, after purchase from Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Items are marked with this sign §.

Ivory Lots marked  contain elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.

Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale.

These Terms of Sale relate to auctions conducted by an Auctioneer only, where the opportunity is available to view the lots. We have separate terms for online only auctions and those where viewing is not available.

1. Definitions and interpretation

1.1 To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:

In these Terms of Sale, the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

information, in a form acceptable to us. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid.

3.2 We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a Commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition and other characteristics.

3.3 If you instruct us, we may execute Commission bids on your behalf. We will confirm receipt of your instruction by sending you an email acknowledging your request and confirming your bid. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your Commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more Commission bids at the same level are recorded, we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained).

‘Auctioneer’ means GES & Sons Ltd trading as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 6858916 and whose registered office is located at Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE or its authorised Auctioneer, as appropriate;

‘Bidder’ means a person who places a bid for Goods at our auction;

‘Buyer’ means the person who makes the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer;

‘Commission’ means the Commission that we charge you on the sale of the Goods as set out in Clause 4 below;

‘Consumer’ means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;

‘Consumer Contracts Regulations’ means the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013;

‘Deliberate Forgery’ means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

‘FCA’ means the Financial Conduct Authority;

‘Goods’ means the Goods that have been consigned to us for sale at our auction;

‘Hammer Price’ means the level of the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer;

‘Premium’ means the Premium charged to the Buyer on the sale of the Goods in accordance with the Terms of Sale;

‘Price’ means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium, Shipping Costs (if applicable) and any applicable VAT;

‘Proceeds’ means the Price less the Commission, the Premium, Shipping Costs, any expenses incurred to your account and any applicable VAT;

‘Reserve’ means the minimum Price at which the Goods may be sold;

‘Seller’ means the owner of the Goods and any agent who consigns the Goods for sale on the owner’s behalf (if applicable);

‘Shipping Costs’ means the charges applied to the shipping of all Goods purchased, should the Buyer ask for Sworders shipping agent to deliver the Goods (if applicable);

‘Terms of Consignment’ means these Terms of Consignment;

‘Terms of Sale’ means the Terms of Sale for Bidders or Buyers at our auctions;

‘Trader’ means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the Trader’s name or on the Trader’s behalf (such as an agent and/or the Auctioneer);

‘VAT’ means any value added tax or equivalent sales tax; and

‘Website’ means our Website available at www.sworder.co.uk.

2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers

2.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.

2.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.

2.3 The Price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 7 and 8.

2.4 The arrangements for collection or delivery of the Goods as set out in Clauses 8 and 9.

2.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 13.

2.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.

2.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at auctions@sworder.co.uk.

3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer

3.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing

3.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may re-offer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.

3.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.

3.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.

3.7 We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so.

3.8 Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice).

4. The purchase P rice

4.1 As a Buyer, you will pay:

a. the Hammer Price;

b. a Premium of 25% plus VAT of the Hammer Price or 18% plus VAT for our Fine Wine and Spirits Auction;

c. any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of a Lot

d. any bidding platform fee payable on a Lot; and e. any VAT due.

5 VAT

5.1 You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price, Premium and Shipping Costs (if applicable) due for a Lot. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the ‘Information for Buyers’ in our auction catalogue for further information.

5.2 We will charge VAT at the current rate at the date of the auction.

6. The contract between you and the Seller 6.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the Auctioneer records the winning Lot in the sale book accepting the highest bid for the Lot at auction, unless due diligence information required by us under the Money Laundering Regulations 2019 in accordance with our internal procedure remains outstanding, in which case the contract will be formed when that information is accepted by us as complete.

6.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.

6.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

6.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

7. Payment

7.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will:

7.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our antimoney laundering obligations); and

7.1.2 pay to us the total amount due in any way that we agree to accept payment.

7.1.3 pay in full the Shipping Costs prior to the Goods being shipped, should you agree to Sworders shipping agent delivering the Goods.

7.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay these debts.

8. Title and collection of purchases

8.1 Once you have paid us in full the total amount due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it.

8.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 5pm on the Friday following the auction, or such later date as is specified in the printed catalogue or on our Website.

8.3 If you agree to using our delivery service, only when the full Shipping Costs have been paid will the Goods be dispatched. We reserve the right that some Lots will not be suitable for an automated shipping estimate and will require bespoke quotes from the shipping agent.

8.4 Should you decide to use the delivery service, you thereby agree to allow us to share relevant personal data that we hold with the shipping agent in order to allow effective communication between the shipping agent and you, and to enable delivery.

8.5 If you do not collect the Lot within the time period under Clause 8.2, you will be responsible for any reasonable removal and storage charges in relation to that Lot.

8.6 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot.

8.7 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within thirty days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the Proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling Commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.

9. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 9.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:

9.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract;

9.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;

9.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the Price you should have paid for the Lot and the Price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 8.7). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;

9.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;

9.1.5 if you do not pay us within five business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due;

9.1.6 keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due, including Shipping Costs where applicable;

9.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or

9.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.

9.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 9.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.

10. Health and safety

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our employees’ or our agents’ negligence.

11. Warranties

11.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that:

11.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the L ot at auction;

11.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and

11.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct.

11.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the total amount due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.

11.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand.

11.4 If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 11.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.

11.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.

12. Descriptions and condition

12.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot).

12.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot.

We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot in advance of the auction.

12.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling Price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently.

12.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of secondhand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue, the condition report for a lot (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

13. Deliberate Forgeries

13.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within thirty days of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects.

13.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if:

13.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or

13.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us, you will have no right to a refund under this Clause.

13.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the Price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot.

13.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.

14. Our liability to you

14.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.

14.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Terms and Conditions. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.

14.3 Subject to Clause 14.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase price paid by you to us for any Lot.

14.4 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:

14.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977);

14.4.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or

14.4.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

15. Notices

15.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and either from your registered email address, our email address, or if in hard copy letter, signed by or on behalf of the party sending it.

15.2 Any notice referred in Clause 15.1 may be given:

15.2.1 by delivering it by hand;

15.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery; or

15.2.3 by email.

15.3 Notices must be sent:

15.3.1 by hand or registered post;

a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or

15.3.2 by email:

a. to us, by sending the notice to the following email address: auctions@sworder.co.uk

b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing.

15.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received:

15.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

15.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or

15.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt.

15.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, any form of messaging via social media or text message.

16. Data Protection

We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our Website.

17. General

17.1 We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

17.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.

17.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.

17.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.

17.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.

17.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

17.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

These terms are based upon the recommended terms of sale by the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers

OFFICES AND CONTACTS

Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms

Cambridge Road | Stansted Mountfitchet Essex | CM24 8GE auctions@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778

Hertford

42 St Andrew Street | Hertford | SG14 1JA hertford@sworder.co.uk | 01992 583508

London

15 Cecil Court | London | WC2N 4EZ london@sworder.co.uk | 0203 971 2500

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