THE LA ST HURRAH Tuesday 18 February 2025
FOREWORD
“ More is more , and there’s no such thing as too much.”
Guinevere has always been more than just an antique shop. It’s a theatrical event. Goods arriving from all over the world and being dispatched to new homes. Houses furnished, brimming mansions, and for us, a surfeit of treasures crowding our memories.
My earliest memories of Guinevere are of waxing furniture for my mother and exploring secret drawers and chess sets. Things have changed enormously over the last forty years. In the beginning, we catered exclusively ‘to the trade’, assisting visiting antique dealers whilst smoking a cigarette and drinking coffee. Regular customers would get offered coffee too, mostly.
Times have changed, our ethos however has not:
‘Buy it because it’s good-looking - if it was ugly a hundred years ago, it’s still ugly today’, as my mother now famously said. We have always sought pieces that exude a sense of style or pazazz, combined with an unwavering commitment to quality. More is more, and there’s no such thing as too much. We have filled the shops over and over many times, acquiring stock with a voracious appetite. Shipping from all over the globe, repairing, restoring, cleaning and bringing objects back to life. Renowned worldwide for our glamorous displays both in the shop and in our windows, we have become a destination for visitors and Londoners alike - often described as an Aladdin’s cave of treasures.
Guinevere is, however, a victim of its own success and keeping such a large shop running requires a huge investment in many ways. We have attacked this with gusto over the years and it has been a blast. We have met so many interesting (and famous) people and bought and sold so many fabulous pieces. Our clients have included pop stars, actors, fashion designers, ex-heads of state and royalty, as well as the top interior designers. A long list of household names that, for the most part, we have chosen not to mention. Our catalogues have become coveted collectors’ items, showcasing our latest discoveries and serving as a glimpse into the who’s who of interiors. Our windows have always been a magnet for passers-by and visitors. Our parties, sometimes a bit wild and raucous, were punctuated with champagne and those dangerous raspberry martinis. At our core, we have always been about saying ‘YES’. Making things happen and diving in with boundless enthusiasm.
Despite this, Heather, Kevin, and I felt it was time for a change - a shift in focus for our efforts. Letting go is never easy, especially when, between us, we have 115 years of experience in acquiring antiques. But it’s best to quit whilst you’re ahead, as they say. And there comes a point when you must close one chapter to start a new one.
We have experienced an overwhelming outpouring of support on social media - and from visitors - since announcing our closure.
Partly inspired by this response, we have chosen to host our ‘Last Hurrah’ auction with Sworders. It’s our way of saying thank you to the many fascinating and truly fabulous people we’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with. At the same time, it offers a final opportunity for a wider audience to own a piece of Guinevere’s legacy from the King’s Road.
This will be an opportunity to invest for the last time in the whirlwind we created. Each item has been carefully chosen with the same discerning eye we have applied for, well, as long as I can remember. All my working life I have been told by returning customers what joy the pieces they have bought from us give them still. I am sure the items you acquire in this sale will do the same for you.
Thank you to all who have visited, contributed, bought, helped and laughed with us on the way.
Marc Weaver
Peter Johnson
“The name Guinevere became synonymous, not so much with antiques as with antiques with attitude.”
Genevieve Weaver
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THE LA ST HURRAH
VIEWING
L ondon Viewing | Highlights
Tuesday 18 February 2025 | 10am
A selection of lots will be on view weekdays Mo nd ay 20 January - Monday 3 February , plus Saturday 1 February , at our London Galle r y, 15 C ec il Court, L ondon WC2N 4EZ, as fol lows:
Monday-Friday 11.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday 1 February 10am - 1pm
Sunday Closed
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Stansted Viewing | Auction
Viewing will be held at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE, as follows:
Friday 14 February 10am - 4pm
Sunday 16 February 10am - 1pm
Monday 17 February 10am - 4pm
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R EMO VAL OF LOTS
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P HOTOGRAPHY
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Cover | © Nathaniel Davies, Fabric Photography
C ON T ACT
T 01279 817778 E privatecollections@sworder.co.uk
Luke Macdonald Director Head of Art & Estates
Alexander Hallett Head of Department Fine Interiors
Lizzie Lardner Head of Sworders London
Grace Julier Sale Coordinator Fine Interiors
1980 s GLOBAL REACH AND GROWTH
THE EVOLUTION OF GUINEVERE ANTIQUES
1960 s THE FOUNDATION OF
A VISION
1963: Genevieve Weaver opens Guinevere Antiques at the gritty end of King’s Road, selling simple yet authentic pine antiques displayed with an eye for interior design.
Early 60s: John Arnett, Genevieve’s life partner, joins as co-director. Together, they champion the concept of Decorative Antiques, selecting pieces for their aesthetic appeal and historical authenticity.
Genevieve sources antiques from across the UK, drawing a clientele from far and wide.
© Barbara Akpinar
1970 s
EXPANSION OF STYLE
Early 1970s: Rob Hunter becomes the first of Guinevere’s interior stylists, helping shape the shop’s distinctive visual identity.
Genevieve begins sourcing antiques in Europe, turning delivery trips into buying expeditions, setting the stage for an increasingly international collection.
1980s: Marc and Kevin, Genevieve’s sons, join Guinevere full-time, ushering in a new era of expansion.
Antiques from Guinevere gain massive popularity in the US, with 95% of sales exported, including a key partnership with a Texas-based business.
1988: Marc’s wife, Heather, joins the team, adding to the shop’s growing expertise.
Guinevere expands to four interconnected shops, creating a cohesive space of ten showrooms spanning 7,000 square feet.
The Olympia Summer Fair becomes a highlight, with buyers flocking to Guinevere’s visually stunning displays and purchasing in unprecedented volumes.
1990 s ADAPTATION AND DIVERSIFICATION
Early 1990s: A challenging economic climate brings a shift in business patterns. Relationships with US dealers continue, while design firms and private clients begin to play a larger role.
The shop starts selling midcentury pieces, sourcing many from the US, entering a market with little competition at the time.
2000 s A LEGACY CONTINUES
2000: Genevieve passes away at the age of 69. Her sons, already directors, continue her legacy, broadening Guinevere’s offerings.
A decade-long focus on midcentury furniture shapes the shop’s reputation for blending vintage and contemporary styles.
2010 s
REINVENTION AND CREATIVITY
2010 Onwards: Guinevere returns to a classical yet eclectic aesthetic, earning a reputation as a ‘melting pot’ of antiques and vintage. The directors’ imaginative sourcing introduces extraordinary pieces from across the globe.
2013: 50th Anniversary Celebratory Auction
Interior designers increasingly turn to Guinevere for inspiration, drawn to its innovative displays curated by Dean Robinson, which blend styles, origins, and textures.
2020 s GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND A CLOSING CHAPTER
Guinevere becomes a hub for worldwide antiques and vintage pieces, catering to major interior design firms with significant budgets and high-profile projects.
The shop continues to dazzle with lush backdrops and window collaborations with renowned designers like Alidad, Nina Campbell, and Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
Exhibitions: Highlights include Chinese ancestor paintings, abstract expressionism, and dhurrie displays, reflecting Guinevere’s ever-evolving stylistic range.
2023: 60th Anniversary Celebratory Auction in recognition of six decades of innovation and influence.
2024: After an extraordinary 61 years on the King’s Road, Guinevere closes its doors for the final time at Christmas.
2025: Sworders hosts ‘Guinevere | The Last Hurrah’, a landmark auction featuring nearly 500 exceptional lots, honouring the legacy of this remarkable family-run business.
LOT 1
A Louis Philippe cut-glass and gilt-brass chandelier, c.1850, French, with twelve scrolling branches suspending numerous foliate drops, with a ball terminal, 97cm diameter
143cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 2
A Regency cut-crystal tazza, c.1820, Irish, the faceted bowl supported by three gilt-bronze dolphins on a triform base, 30cm diameter
33cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 3
A pair of gilt and painted wrought-iron wall sconces, c.1910, Continental, each with a latticework back, supporting two arms with gilded candleholders, 42cm wide
17cm deep
40cm high (2)
£150 - 250
4
A large Paris porcelain urn, c.1820, French, of amphora shape with parcel-gilt detail, on a later stand, 38cm wide
32cm deep
116cm high (2)
£500 - 700
LOT 5
A large Imari charger, 18th century, Japanese, the central field decorated with a basket of flowers, 57cm diameter
£300 - 500
6
A brass coaching lantern, 19th century, French or Dutch, with a crown finial, each glass pane engraved with a coronet, 24cm wide
38cm deep
90cm high
£400 - 600
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LOT
7
A Louis XV carved giltwood pier glass, c.1750, French, with elaborately carved and pierced decoration, 100cm wide
190cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 8
A pair of Louis XVI ormolu candelabra in the manner of Delafosse of Paris, c.1770, each with three branches and central flaming finial,
23cm wide
23cm deep
33cm high (2)
For a similar pair in the manner of Delafosse, see Sotheby’s, London, 3 July 2012, lot 104
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 9
A pair of giltwood console tables, c.1890, each with a bardiglio fiorito marble top, above eagle-carved supports, 90cm wide
39cm deep
93cm high (2)
£1,500 - 2,500
Provenance: Chateau Wissekerke, Basel.
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LOT 11
A Louis XVI-style giltwood aneroid barometer, 19th century, French, of lyre form with foliate decoration, 40cm wide
15cm deep
75cm high
£200 - 400
A pair of ruby glass column table lamps of recent manufacture, each with facet-cut decoration and a gilded bronze capital, on a circular conforming base, 23cm diameter
55cm high (2)
£400 - 600
A small patinated bronze campana urn, c.1850, Italian, the looped twin handles above a foliate gadrooned base, on a stepped square plinth decorated with a wreath, 15cm wide
15cm deep
44cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 10
LOT 12
120cm high
£1,500
LOT 13
A toleware eighteen-light chandelier, c.1800, French, decorated with polychrome-painted roses, poppies, lilies and sunflowers, 90cm diameter
- 2,500
LOT 14
A large giltwood mirror, c.1750, Italian, the frame carved with bold foliate scrolls, surrounding a mercury glass plate, 128cm wide
240cm high
£2,000 - 4,000
LOT 15
A jumu wood stool, 19th century and later, Chinese, 59cm wide
49cm deep
63.5cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 16
A silk and cotton suzani, late 19th/early 20th century, Uzbek, Central Asia, the centre with a large flower head medallion surrounded by black silk tendrils, with a similarly decorated border and on a calico ground,
168 x 145cm
£400 - 600
LOT 17
A padouk semainier, c.1780, Dutch, fitted with six long drawers, on bracket feet, 96cm wide
39cm deep
146cm high
£400 - 600
A large Empire-style pricket candlestick, 19th century, French, the iron reeded column on a triform base and lion paw feet,
26cm diameter
82cm high
£300 - 500
A pair of clear glass column table lamps, of recent manufacture, each with facet-cut decoration with a gilt-brass capital, on a conforming circular base, 23cm diameter
55cm high (2)
£400 - 600
A fossilised ammonite marble and gilt-brass coffee table, c.1960, French, raised on scrolling foliate cabriole supports, 102cm wide
54cm deep
47cm high
£700 - 1,000
LOT 18
LOT 19
LOT 20
19 18
LOT 21
A Miao indigo-dyed skirt, mid-20th century, Chinese, 127 x 127cm, mounted, framed and glazed
£200 - 300
22
A black-glazed terracotta
water jar, 19th century, Chinese, 57cm wide
63cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 23
A flat-weave dhurrie, of recent manufacture, of gul design, with lotus flowers and stylised leaves,
360 x 300cm
£300 - 500
LOT
24
A blue -glazed martaban jar, c.1890, Chinese, 45cm diameter
85cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 25
Owen Jones (1809-1874), a set of four lithographs in colours from ‘The Grammar of Ornament’, 19th century, 36 x 25.5cm, with later gilded frames (4) £200 - 400
LOT 26
A pair of Louis Philippe bronze table lamps, c.1860, French, each with a Corinthian capital above a square fluted column, terminating in scroll feet, 17cm wide 17cm deep 54cm high (2) £300 - 500
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LOT 27
A baroque-style silvered bronze urn in the manner of Ferdinand Barbedienne, c.1880, Continental, with gilded decoration to the lion mask handles, floral swags and Bacchic masks, 54cm wide
30cm deep
45cm high
£1,200 - 1,500
LOT 28
Three uranium glass boxes, early 20th century, Italian, each with gilt-metal mounts, largest 11cm wide 11cm deep
6.5cm high (3) £100 - 200
LOT 29
A giltwood centre table, c.1800, Italian, the rectangular breccia violetta marble top above a stop-fluted frieze, terminating on square tapering supports, 140cm wide
74.5cm deep
81cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
An ebonised carved wood elephant, c.1900, Indian, with bone tusks and toes, 23cm wide
12cm deep
26cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 31
A pair of porcelain vases, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with gilt decoration on a burnt-orange ground, 23cm diameter
56cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 32
A pair of porcelain vases, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with gilt decoration to a burnt-orange ground, 23cm diameter
56cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 33
A pair of wool ‘tiger’ rugs, mid-20th century, Tibetan, each of typical form on a gold-toned ground, 150 x 78cm (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 30
“There are probably items from Guinevere in every corner of the globe...”
“...and we are honoured to have been part of so many of your decorating journeys.”
Marc Weaver
A Louis XV-style gilt-bronze hall lantern, 20th century, French, the scrolled supports above five shaped glass panels, enclosing three branches, 63cm diameter
94cm high
£600 - 800
A pair of glazed stoneware garden seats, 20th century, Chinese, each with wave decoration, 42cm diameter 49cm high (2)
£100 - 200
Two indigo-dyed olivade cloths, mid-20th century, French, of woven hemp and wool, both striped examples, 130 x 124cm, and 260 x 75cm (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 34
LOT 35
LOT 36
A gilt-bronze and cut-glass birdcage chandelier, mid-19th century, French, with eight branches, cut-glass spires, clear, amethyst and amber plaquette drops, unwired, 58cm diameter
110cm high
£400 - 600
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), late 18th century, Italian, frontispiece from ‘Of the Magnificence and Architecture of the Romans’, dated 1761, 45 x 30cm
A blue and white vase, 20th century, Chinese, 30cm diameter
37cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 39
LOT 37
LOT 38
A two-fold painted and silvered screen, early/mid-20th century,
170 x 174cm
£200 - 400
A neoclassical gilt-bronze dining table, c.1960s, French, the red fossil marble top raised on fluted supports united by curved stretchers, 195cm wide
96cm deep
75cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 40
Japanese, depicting a flowering vase of prunus blossom on a silvered ground,
LOT 41
LOT 42
A pair of suzani fragment collages, late 19th/early 20th century, Uzbek, each worked in multicoloured silk threads on a black ground, 48 x 93cm, framed and glazed (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 43
A pair of blue and white porcelain vases, 20th century, Chinese, each decorated with stylised fish and Chinese characters, 38cm diameter
39cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 44
A gilt-bronze candlestick lamp, late 19th century, French, on a triform base with claw feet, shade not included, 15cm diameter
40cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 45
A set of six George III-style painted and parcel-gilt dining chairs, c.1900, each shield-shaped back with Prince of Wales feathers, the upholstered seat on tapering legs and spade feet, 52cm wide
47cm deep
99cm high (6)
£600 - 800
LOT 46
An Empire-style mahogany photo frame, 20th century, French, with an arched pediment and twin apertures, set with neoclassical gilt-bronze mounts, 33 x 34cm
£100 - 200
LOT 47
A Régence giltwood mirror, early 18th century, French, the arched pediment carved with a putto amongst clouds and foliate scrolls, above a sectional frame fitted with later glass plates, 87cm wide
148cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 48
A pair of Empire ormolu-mounted toleware table lamps, 19th century, French, each of amphora form, shades not included, 15cm diameter
50cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 49
A large, neoclassical, painted and parcel-gilt, wooden library bookcase, 20th century but incorporating some earlier elements, with three sets of shelves flanked by fluted Corinthian column pilasters, 370cm wide
53.5cm deep
265cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 50
A pair of polychrome-painted carved wood girandoles, c.1760, Italian, each with a carved and pierced floral frame, 45cm wide 15cm deep 84cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 51
An Art Deco ashtray, c.1920s, German, with a curved wild boar tusk handle, 27cm diameter 17cm high
£500 - 700
LOT 52
Three cut-glass, silver and guilloché enamel dressing table pieces, c.1930, Continental, comprising a pair of square bottles and a cylindrical pot, 7cm wide
7cm deep
14cm high (3)
£150 - 200
LOT 53
Owen Jones (1809-1874), a set of four Egyptian lithographs in colours from ‘The Grammar of Ornament’, c.1856, 36 x 25.5cm (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 54
A circular side table, c.1950, French, the marble top above an ironwork ‘X’-shaped frame and triform pedestal, 60cm diameter
69.5cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 55
A leather cutlery tray, 19th century, with stitched detail, 43cm wide
35cm deep
23cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 56
An Empire-style gilt and patinated bronze lamp, c.1890, French, with an acanthus capital above a fluted column, raised on a stepped base, shade not included, 17cm wide
17cm deep
58cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 57
A set of three wrought-iron wall lights, c.1900, French, each with a spherical backplate, with three scrolling branches, 51cm wide
30cm deep
44cm high (3)
£200 - 400
58
A black and gilt-lacquer curtain pelmet, 19th century, decorated with stylised flowers, foliage and a central cornucopia, 216cm wide
23cm deep
17cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 59 ▲
Putrisha Lawlor (b.1959) ‘Terre Vete II’, signed ‘Putrisha Lawlor and fur’, inscribed with title and dated ‘1989’ verso, oil on canvas
91 x 89cm
£300 - 500
Provenance: Bonhams, London, ‘The New Generation - Pictures by British Graduate Artists 1984-1990’, 9 April 1990, lot 96.
LOT 60
A large blue oxblood-glazed jar, 20th century, Japanese, 78cm diameter
57cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 61
A pair of French Empire-style toleware jardinières, c.1900, each with an oval painted scene, on gilt feet and a square plinth base, 16cm square
33.5cm high (2)
£300 - 500
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LOT 62
A pair of leather-bound bedside chests, of recent manufacture, each upholstered with vintage striped blanket, 51cm wide
51cm deep
69cm high (2)
£250 - 350
LOT 63
A pair of Louis XV-style carved fruitwood candelabra, c.1900, Continental, each with two scrolling branches, 31cm wide
14cm deep
37cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT
64
A pair of giltbronze étagères, of recent manufacture, each with engraved plate glass shelves within faux bamboo-style supports, 55cm diameter
64cm high (2)
£700 - 1,000
LOT 65
An ebony and specimen wood table, c.1950, Ceylonese, the hexagonal top on three elephant mask and trunk legs, 37cm diameter
42cm high
£200 - 300
A Consulate painted library bookcase, c.1810, French, with column and relief decorated neoclassical panels, 244cm wide
45cm deep
283cm high
£800 - 1,200
A pair of Consulate painted library bookcases, c.1810, French, with column and relief decorated neoclassical panels, 140cm wide
46cm deep
183cm high (2)
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 66
LOT 67
68
An Art Deco glass and silver-mounted locking decanter, Birmingham 1912, stamped ‘ASPREY LONDON’, 13cm wide
8cm deep
32cm high, together with a similar example, by Hukin & Heath, Birmingham 1911, 13cm wide
8cm deep
32cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 69
A set of four silver-mounted boar tusk decanter labels, early 20th century, Indian, comprising ‘SHERRY’, ‘WHISKEY’, ‘PORT’ and ‘MADEIRA’, 12cm wide (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 70
A pair of crackle-glazed garden seats, 20th century, Chinese, each with pierced and beaded decoration, 38cm diameter
52cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 71
An elm altar table, c.1900, Chinese, Shanxi Province, with straight legs and carved brackets, 155cm wide
38cm deep
89cm high
£200 - 400
LOT
19th
French, a
figure of a gladiator, 26cm wide
19cm deep
86cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
After Giovanni Battista Passeri, a set of ten engravings from ‘Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis’, c.1760, 40 x 30cm (10)
£200 - 300
A marble portrait relief, 19th century, Italian, the oval panel carved with a man in profile, 36cm wide
6cm deep
46cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 72
Émile Guillemin (French, 1841-1907)
century,
bronze
LOT 73
LOT 74
LOT 75
A Roman-style plaster portrait relief, 20th century, in the form of Augustus wearing a laurel wreath,
52cm wide
19cm deep
62cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 76
A giltwood mirror, c.1850, Italian, the split mirror plate within an ornately carved and pierced giltwood frame, 102cm wide
10cm deep
190cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 77
A pair Renaissance-style carved rouge marble lions, c.1820, Italian, Florence, each lying recumbent on a plinth base, 62cm wide
20cm deep
40cm high (2)
£1,500 - 2,500
A cut-glass chandelier, c.1900, French, in the Baccarat style, the bronze twelve-light frame with a central ball and pendant drops, 73cm diameter
112cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 79
A pair of Murano glass champagne buckets, c.1960, Italian, each in the form of a top hat, 29cm diameter
19cm high (2)
£100 - 200
A Louis XVI-style gilt-bronze hall lantern, c.1900, with scrolling decoration and swag detail, the central column issuing four candle arms, 41cm diameter
98cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 81
A pair of silvered-metal étagères, of recent manufacture, each with two polished black marble tiers set between faux bamboo supports, 50cm diameter
68cm high (2)
£500 - 800
LOT 78
LOT 80
LOT 82
A Venetian-style etched glass mirror, c.1880, French, the crossover frame, crest, borders and terminals with elaborate foliate detail, 103cm wide
156cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 83
A porcelain and gilt-metal casket, 19th century, Continental, painted with panels of courting couples against a green scaled ground, the interior lined with red velvet, 18cm wide
13cm deep
11cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 84
A Biedermeier coromandel writing desk, c.1840, Continental, fitted with a single frieze drawer, above pierced supports united by a turned stretcher, raised on bracket feet, 76cm wide
80cm deep
81cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 85
A large flat-weave wool dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with a blue, pink, yellow and beige stylised design, 495 x 432cm
£400 - 600
LOT 86
A pair of vellum-covered trunks, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with brass handles and locking plate, 50cm wide
50cm deep
65cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 87
Michael Dakar (20th century) Portrait of a man, signed ‘Michael Dakar’ l.r., watercolour
58 x 47cm, in a burr elm frame
£100 - 150
LOT 88
A painted and parcel-gilt chest of drawers, 18th century and later, Italian, Florence, fitted with three long drawers, 94cm wide
50cm deep
87cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 89
A cotton handwoven runner, mid-20th century, Swedish, woven in pale yellow on a brown ground with geometric motifs, 171 x 59cm
£200 - 400
LOT 90
A group of three striped silk cloths, 19th century, Indian, each approximately 570 x 90cm (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 91
Two silk embroidered suzanis, 20th century, Uzbek, each decorated with stylised floral motifs to a red ground, 224 x 218cm, and 210 x 197cm (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 92
A silk and cotton suzani, 20th century, Uzbek, the field decorated with repeating star medallions to a red ground, 180 x 189cm
£150 - 250
LOT 93
A suzani textile, early 20th century, Uzbekistan, decorated with two large central medallions on a red ground, 240 x 150cm
£200 - 400
94
An appliqué and mirrorwork baby’s quilt, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, Gujarat, 110 x 65cm
£80 - 120
LOT 95
An appliqué and mirrorwork baby’s quilt, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, Gujarat, 65 x 136cm
£80 - 120
LOT 96
Two appliquéd and embroidered chakla panels, 20th century, Indian, Gujarat, worked in silk and cotton on cotton accented with mirrorwork, with floral and geometric pattens and banded borders, 89 x 92cm, and 81 x 90cm (2)
£200 - 400
97
Two appliquéd and embroidered chakla panels, 20th century, Indian, Gujarat, each worked in silk on cotton, decorated with floral and geometric motifs accented with mirrorwork, within serrated borders, 87 x 86cm, and 89 x 88cm (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 98
Three silk phulkari embroidered cloths, 20th century, Indian, in oranges, yellows and reds, 240 x 130cm
250 x 180cm, and 150 x 260cm (3)
£200 - 400
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LOT 99
Two cotton blankets, 19th century, Indian, Punjab, 206 x 114cm, and 190 x 114cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 100
A large kantha quilt, of recent manufacture, Indian, made of vintage saris, 229 x 196cm
£150 - 250
LOT 101
A group of three kantha quilts, of recent manufacture, Indian, each made from vintage saris, 200 x 95cm (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 102
Two cotton blankets, 19th century, Indian, Punjab, 183 x 107cm, and 206 x 122cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 103
A vegetable-dyed cotton textile, late 19th/early 20th century, Guatemalan, with blue and white stripes on a cuyuscate or ixcaco ground, with tasselled edges, 107 x 140cm
£150 - 250
LOT 104
An ebonised rosewood armchair, 19th century, Indian, with a caned back and seat, on turned supports, 60cm wide
63cm deep
100cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 105
A carved teak table cornice, 18th century, Indian, on a later stand, 210cm wide
35cm deep
64cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 106
A quillwork, ivory and horn rectangular workbox, c.1840, Anglo-Indian, Vizagapatam, with buffalo horn mounts and ivory borders to a cedarwood lining, 28cm wide
20cm deep
11cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 107
An ivor y-inlaid writing slope, c.1850, Anglo-Indian, Vizagapatam, the exterior with stag’s horn veneer, with a sandalwood and ivory-inlaid interior, 29cm wide
29cm deep
14cm high
£400 - 600
108
A carved and polychrome-painted stone figure,
c.1900, Indian, modelled cross-legged holding a mace, on a later stand, 45cm wide
25cm deep
93cm high (2)
£600 - 800
LOT 109
A pair of carved wooden elephants, 19th century, Indian, each on a later metal stand, carvings 40cm wide
13cm deep
56cm high (4)
£200 - 400
110
A carved stone Gandhara-style Buddha, 20th century, Indian or Pakistani, modelled in a naturalistic robe with his head set against a foliate-carved nimbus
40cm wide
20cm deep
50cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 111
A painted clay model of Vyali, 18th century, Indian, on a later stand, 26cm wide
27cm deep
58cm high (2)
£100 - 200
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A red-lacquered octagonal table, 19th century, Burmese, decorated with stylised birds, animals and scrolls, 61cm diameter
51cm high
£150 - 200
LOT 113
A bronze vase, 20th century, Japanese, decorated with grapevines cast in relief, 23cm diameter
22cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 114
A keyaki wood plinth 20th century, Japanese, with painted calligraphy, 39cm wide
17cm deep
52cm high
£150 - 200
LOT 115
A group of four Imari porcelain chargers, 18th/19th century, Japanese, each decorated with stylised baskets of flowers, pagodas and landscapes, largest 40cm diameter (4)
£300 - 500
LOT 112
Four stoneware saké bottles, 19th century, Japanese, three with calligraphic decoration, largest 14cm diameter
35cm high, and a brown-glazed example, 14cm diameter
27cm high (4)
£100 - 200
A near pair of lacquered helmets, 19th century, Japanese, on later stands, 30cm wide
38cm deep
48cm high (4)
£600 - 800
LOT 118
A wooden captain’s sea safe, 20th century, Japanese, with iron mounts, enclosing fitted drawers and cupboard doors, 46cm wide
37cm deep
42cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 116
LOT 117
116
A six-fold paper screen, c.1900, Japanese, decorated with green bamboo on a cream ground, 366cm wide overall
170cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 120
A pair of black-lacquered vases and covers, 19th century, Japanese, each decorated with scrolling foliage and birds, 20cm diameter
22cm high (4)
£100 - 200
A pair of porcelain vases, c.1900, Chinese, each decorated with prunus blossom, 20cm diameter
50cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 122
A studio pottery stoneware vase, late 20th century, of double ovoid form, signed to the underneath, 37cm wide
36cm deep
20cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 119
LOT 121
A carved ebony box, c.1900, Ceylonese, with all-over foliate decoration, the interior inlaid with ivory in the form of an elephant, 23cm wide
15cm deep
11cm high
£150 - 250
A brutalist studio pottery vase, late 20th century, Japanese, 9.5cm wide
9.5cm deep
35cm high
£80 - 120
A carved wooden figure of Radha, 19th century, Indian, on a later wooden stand, 25cm wide
23cm deep
66cm high (2)
£200 - 400
A polychrome-painted marble figure of Ganesha, 19th century, Indian, 25cm wide
13cm deep
45cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 123
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LOT 125
LOT 126
A painted plaster model of a cow, 20th century, Indian, 48cm wide
13.5cm deep
39cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 128
A carved wooden figural group, 18th century, Indian, depicting a rearing horse and kneeling figure, 40cm wide
24cm deep
46cm high
£100 - 200
A set of four miniature wooden stupa, 19th century, Burmese, each with turned decoration, largest 9.5cm diameter
20cm high (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 130
A pair of bronze plaques, 20th century, in the Benin style, each decorated in high relief with figures, on later Perspex stands, plaques 50 x 28cm (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 127
LOT 129
LOT 131
Two Vere bronze figures, 20th century, Cameroon, each modelled standing with bulbous eyes, on a later Perspex stand, larger 9cm wide
6cm deep
25cm high (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 132
A pair of ebony figures, 17th century, Portuguese, each modelled standing on a square plinth base,
9.5cm wide
9.5cm deep
27cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 133
A set of four cut-glass perfume bottles by Louis Vuitton, c.1900, French, each with a tortoiseshell cover initialled ‘E’, largest 7cm wide
7cm deep
14cm high (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 134
A set of ten green glass goblets, c.1890, each with gilt transfer decoration in the form of grapes, 15cm high (10)
£150 - 250
135
Two checked cotton sarongs, 20th century, Indonesian, 70 x 99cm, and 200 x 98cm (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 136
A group of kantha quilts, of recent manufacture, Indian, each made of vintage saris, 200 x 95cm (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 137
A block-print quilted bedcover, the block print possibly 18th century, Indian, with later indigo-dyed borders, 200 x 180cm
£200 - 400
138
A group of kantha quilts, of recent manufacture, Indian, each made of vintage quilted saris, 200 x 95cm (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 139
Two cotton blankets, 19th century, Indian, Punjab, 213 x 122cm, and 204 x 120cm (2)
£150 - 250
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A large kantha quilt, of recent manufacture, Indian, made from vintage quilted saris, 310 x 220cm
£150 - 250
LOT 141
Two cotton blankets, 19th century, Indian, Punjab, comprising a yellow and grey example, and one other, 190 x 114cm, and 200 x 120cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 142
A large kantha quilt, of recent manufacture, Indian, made from vintage saris, 229 x 196cm
£150 - 250
LOT 143
Thirteen various embroidered caps on stands, 20th century, Persian and Afghan, largest 20cm diameter
46cm high (26)
£300 - 500
LOT 144
A teak campaign whatnot, 19th century, Anglo-Indian, with red leather inset panels, 114cm wide
52cm deep
118cm high
£200 - 400
145
A brass standard lamp, of recent manufacture, with a rotating arm over a plain shaft and circular base, shade not included, 28cm diameter
122cm high
£200 - 400
146
A brass standard lamp, of recent manufacture, with a rotating arm over a plain shaft and circular base, shade not included, 28cm diameter
122cm high
£200 - 400
A Renaissance-style golden oak and walnut guéridon, 19th century, French, the circular top inlaid with figured veneers, raised on carved monopod supports,
68cm diameter
71cm high
£500 - 700
A miniature mahogany commode, 19th century, French, fitted with four long drawers,
37cm wide
20cm deep
30cm high
£100 - 200
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LOT 148
LOT 149
A rattan lounger or chaise longue, 20th century, Indonesian, 190cm long
67cm wide
59cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 150
A large blue and white glazed earthenware canister and cover, early 20th century, Chinese, decorated with floral and foliate motifs, 29cm diameter
40cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 151
An ebonised mahogany centre table, c.1900, Anglo-Indian, the circular Carrara marble top on a tripod base, carved with foliate decoration, terminating on acanthus feet, 155cm diameter
74cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 152
A large Venetianstyle mirror c.1880, French, with elaborate cresting and engraved border panels, 97cm wide 172cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 153
A Saint Louis ‘Congress’ glass decanter and six glasses, c.1950, French, with gilt decoration, glasses 7cm diameter 16cm high (7)
£300 - 400
LOT 154
A near pair of Baccarat ‘Edwige’ cut-glass vases, c.1950, French, each with a diamond-cut body, acid-etched marks, 16cm diameter 36cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 155
A pair of ormolu candlesticks, c.1860, French, each with an urn sconce, reeded column and lappet-chased circular base, 14cm diameter
28cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 156
A pair of Saint Louis ‘Thistle’ glass decanters, c.1960, French, each with gilt decoration, 13cm diameter
39cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 157
A Louis XV giltwood console table, c.1740, French, the rouge de Rance, Belgium, marble top, above carved supports with acanthus leaves and scrolls, 98cm wide
62cm deep
86cm high
£2,000 - 3,000
156
155
LOT 158
A group of five indigo-dyed cushions, of recent manufacture, each of square form with Yoruba embroidery on a French linen ground, 43 x 43cm (5)
£150 - 250
LOT 159
A group of five cushions, 20th century, Indian, constructed from quilted saris and backed with French linen, largest 45 x 60cm (5)
£200 - 400
LOT 160
A set of three cushions, 20th century, made from Indian quilted saris, 43cm square (3)
£80 - 120
LOT 161
A group of three suzani cushions, constructed from early 20th-century suzanis, with floral motifs to a pink ground and tassels, largest 50 x 45cm (3)
£150 - 250
LOT 162
A set of three par t-indigo-dyed cushions, 20th century, Chinese, Miao, each with a vegetable-dyed pleated band, 45 x 40cm (3)
£100 - 200
162
161
160
159 158
LOT 163
A group of four indigo-dyed cushions, 20th century, each constructed from a 19th-century Miao skirt, backed in linen, 37cm square (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 164
A group of four indigo-dyed cushions, of recent manufacture, comprising: a pair made from Chinese Miao skirts with vegetable-dyed linen, 40 x 45cm, one other oblong example, and one other made from Vietnamese fabric (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 165
A pair of teak carpet shelves, late 20th century, Indian, each with eighteen, open, diamond-shaped shelves, 155cm wide
61cm deep
235cm high (2)
£400 - 800
LOT 166
A flat-weave dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with beige and indigo checked design, 366 x 282cm
£300 - 500
167
A large flat-weave dhurrie carpet, c.1900, Indian, with medallion motifs to an indigo and purple border, on a yellow-gold ground, 537 x 363cm
£800 - 1,200
LOT 168
A flat-weave dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with banded decoration interspersed with heart motifs, 450 x 305cm
£300 - 500
LOT 169
A flat-weave dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with repeating roundels to a green ground and stylised border, 350 x 250cm
£200 - 400
LOT 170
A flat-weave dhurrie, of recent manufacture, West Bengal, Murshidabad, the field with repeating diamond and oval motifs, with a diamond trellis border, 455 x 236cm
£200 - 400
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172
A neoclassical gilt-bronze and cut-glass basket chandelier, c.1900, Baltic, with ten scrolling branches, blue glass detail and numerous drops, 70cm diameter
97cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
Dutch School, 18th century
Still life of a vase of summer blooms oil on panel
130 x 83cm, in a carved giltwood frame
£600 - 800
A yellow-glazed stoneware jar, 20th century, Chinese, 40cm diameter
40cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 171
173 172
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LOT 174
A Welsh wool blanket, 20th century, woven in pinks and purples, 225 x 184cm
£100 - 200
LOT 175
Two tartan wool blankets, 20th century, comprising one red and one grey example, 140 x 157cm, and 184 x 210cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 176
Two wool blankets, 20th century, Scottish, including a ‘Black Watch’ example by Burkraft, 148 x 160cm, and 140 x 140cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 177
Two wool tartan blankets, 20th century, Scottish, 140 x 170cm, and 180 x 134cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 178
Two wool tartan blankets, 20th century, Scottish, comprising navy/green and burgundy/green examples, 140 x 160cm, and 140 x 165cm (2)
£150 - 250
179
A leather travelling case, c.1890, Austrian, by C Girardet, Wien, with engraved metalwork and crowned initials ‘SO’, 55cm wide
40cm deep
22cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 180
Albert Desenfans (Belgian, 1845-1938), early 20th century, French, a bronze relief-cast portrait plaque of a Belgian general, 90.5 x 75.5cm
£250 - 350
LOT 181
A carved ebony elephant head, c.1900, Ceylonese, with imitation ivory tusks, 33cm wide
27cm deep
76cm high
£200 - 400
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182
A pair of chrome and glass champagne buckets, c.1960, French, each with looped handles, 24cm diameter
22cm high (2)
£200 - 400
183
An Art Deco mirrored desk clock, c.1925, French, 18cm wide 26cm high
£100 - 200
184
A crocodile leather case, c.1940, with nickel mounts, 44cm wide 30cm deep
5cm high
£100 - 200
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A red-lacquered coffee table, 19th century, Chinese, on carved supports united by stretchers, 172cm wide
59cm deep
48cm high
£200 - 400
186
A large crystal glass twelve-light chandelier, 18th century, possibly Belgian, Liège, with lustre swag and pendant-hung branches, around a central bowl, 105cm diameter
144cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 187
A bronze incense burner, 19th century, Chinese, the handles in the form of mythical beasts, 41cm wide
25cm deep
13cm high
£100 - 200
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LOT 188
A pair of porcelain jars and covers, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each of baluster form, decorated with crane in gilt, on a burnt-orange ground, 24cm diameter
43cm high (4)
£200 - 300
LOT 189
A pair of cylindrical vases, of recent manufacture, Chinese, decorated with cranes in gilt, on a burnt-orange ground, 12cm diameter
28cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 190
A pair of porcelain vases, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with gilt decoration to a burnt-orange ground, 18cm diameter
42cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 191
A pair of porcelain baluster vases and covers, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with gilt decoration on a burnt-orange ground, 23cm diameter
45cm high (4)
£200 - 300
A pair of Victorian framed indenture displays, 19th century, each with five documents,
264 x 77cm (2)
£200 - 300
A pair of framed Victorian indenture displays, 19th century, each with five documents,
260 x 80cm (2)
£200 - 300
A Victorian mahogany folding coaching table, c.1850, the rounded rectangular top above an ‘X’ frame support and turned stretchers,
87cm wide
42cm wide
66cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 192
193 192
194
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LOT 194
195
A printed cotton quilt, 19th century and later, French, with a toile de Jouy panel within a wide border, 320 x 206cm
£200 - 400
LOT 196
A Roman-style cast-metal guéridon, c.1840, German, the circular top after a design by François Briot, above a fluted column and tripod supports, terminating in hoof feet, and stamped ‘Mägdesprung am Harz’, 57cm diameter
78cm high
£700 - 1,000
LOT 197
A viscose rug, 20th century, woven with blue stripes on a tan ground, 305 x 241cm
£150 - 250
LOT
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197 195
198
A blue and white glazed stoneware bowl, 20th century, Moroccan, Fez, decorated with stylised floral and foliate motifs, 22cm diameter
9.5cm high
£60 - 80
LOT 199
A set of twelve blue Murano glass shell dishes, 20th century, Italian, each with gilt border decoration, 24cm wide
26cm deep
5cm high (12)
£200 - 400
LOT 200
A three-piece glass scent bottle set, c.1940, French, each of twist form, largest 13cm wide 10cm deep 14cm high (3)
£100 - 200
LOT 201
A pottery blue and white glazed stoneware jobbana, 18th century, Moroccan, Fez, decorated with stylised foliate motifs, 18cm diameter
23cm high (2)
£200 - 400
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A set of four Victorian blue glass decanters, c.1840, each with a grapevine stopper, 8cm diameter
36cm high (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 203
A pair of painted paper lampshades, of recent manufacture, 51cm diameter
33cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 204
A leather-clad trunk, 20th century, with silvered-brass mounts, 91cm wide
52cm deep
48cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 205
A giltwood-framed mirror, c.1800, Italian, the arched cresting centred by a classical mask, 102cm wide
193cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
206
A teak side table, c.1900, Anglo-Indian, on turned supports and bun feet,
92cm wide
47cm deep
75cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 207
An ebonised, tortoiseshell and ivory mirror, late 19th century, Italian, the frame decorated in the baroque taste, enclosing a bevelled glass plate, 80cm wide
128cm high
£200 - 400
A chrome display cabinet, c.1940, French, with a mirrored back and adjustable shelves, 131cm wide
50cm deep
178cm high
£300 - 500
An Art Deco chrome display cabinet, c.1935, French, with a mirrored interior and adjustable shelves, 223cm wide
27cm deep
203cm high
£300 - 500
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LOT 210
A shagreen-framed desk calendar and blotter, c.1936, with a dedication in remembrance of King George V, signed Queen Mary, 16.5cm wide
23cm deep
14cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 211
A large cut-glass and silver-mounted inkwell, c.1910, of circular form, 25cm diameter
15cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 212
A ‘goliath’ pocket watch and case, c.1910, the leather case enclosing a large silver-plated pocket watch, case 19cm wide
3cm deep
22cm high (2)
£100 - 200
213
A pair of Louis XVI-style ormolu candelabra, c.1880, French, each with three scrolling branches and cast with eagle heads, on a fluted column and stepped circular base,
31cm wide
21cm deep
46cm high (2)
£400 - 600
214
A Louis XV-style ebonised bureau plat, c.1880, French, with gilt-bronze mounts and original tooled and gilt-leather top, gilt-bronze satyr masks to legs with hoof feet,
180cm wide
93cm deep
77cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
215
A pair of Charles X giltwood armchairs, c.1830, French, each ornately carved chair with an upholstered back and seat,
72cm wide
62cm deep
106cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
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A nickel silver-clad four-poster bed, 20th century, Indian, the posts with fluted decoration and gilt flame finials, 167cm wide
208cm long
225cm high
£700 - 900
LOT 217
A Louis XIII walnut buffet à deux corps, 17th century, with carved panel doors and gadrooned detail, raised on bun feet, 168cm wide
66cm deep
209cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 218
A Karelian birch commode, c.1830, Continental, with a drawer and cupboards, on shaped bracket feet, 120cm wide
44cm deep
94cm high
£500 - 700
A marble-topped pier table, c.1960, French, in the neoclassical taste, the rectangular marble top on plaster lion monopodia supports and claw feet, 130cm wide
40cm deep
84cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 216
LOT 219
A weathered timber roof finial, possibly 17th/18th century, Burmese, of tapering square form, 14cm wide
14cm deep
134cm high, together with a similar example (2)
£300 - 500
A pair of ‘Falcon’ armchairs, c.1970, originally designed by Sigurd Ressell (Norwegian, 1920-2010) for Vatne, each chrome frame with a buttoned black leather cushion, 74cm wide
82cm deep
100cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 220
LOT 221
68cm
£300 - 500
49cm
£300 - 500
This lot is accompanied by a
LOT 222
A large terracotta urn, Han dynasty (206 BCE-CE 220), Chinese, 68cm diameter
high
This lot is accompanied by a Thermoluminescence Analysis Report issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. CC117j37.
LOT 223
A large terracotta urn, Han dynasty (206 BCE-CE 220), Chinese, 53cm diameter
high
Thermoluminescence Analysis Report issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no.C117j36.
200cm wide
112cm deep
74cm high
£500 - 700
61cm deep
122.5cm high
£300 - 500
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Willy Rizzo (Italian, 1928-2013), a large travertine dining table, c.1970, Italian, the rectangular top above a faceted pedestal, with brass edging,
LOT 225
A set of six Louis XV-style nickel silver-clad wood dining chairs, 20th century, French, each with an upholstered high back and seat, raised on cabriole legs, 55cm wide
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MEET THE TEAM
KEVIN
“Slowly, antiques seeped into my bloodstream...”
Guinevere Antiques was the brainchild of my French mother, Genevieve, who opened the first premises in 1963, in an inauspicious looking shop at the cheap end of the famous King’s Road.
I was four years old, so I can’t say that I remember the opening party, but during my first decade I became aware of the hustle and bustle of ‘The Shop’, as it’s always been unaffectionately known, and it was always a large part of my childhood. Genevieve would often take me to the London antiques markets: Bermondsey, Camden Passage, Portobello, when I was on school holidays, as well as the occasional trip up to Lancashire in the van. She even dropped me off at my weekly boarding school in Berkshire in the van – the headmaster was not impressed. Slowly, antiques seeped into my bloodstream, and I grew to love them and the history surrounding them.
By my early teens, I would supplement my pocket money with piecework around the shop: staining and waxing a pine dresser earned me 50p, as did cleaning all the brasswork on a brass-studded leather campaign chest. I must admit that I didn’t love most of the stock passing through the shop at that time, which mainly consisted of big pine furniture; one of my enduring smell memories is of beeswax and turpentine! I did like all the antique dealers I encountered during my childhood; larger-than-life characters from all levels of society and all parts of the world, some of whom became mentors and lifelong friends – they were always discussing what they had bought, what they had sold, and offering me all sorts of advice. I particularly remember ‘If you’re going to be an antique dealer, you’ll never have private yachts or planes, but you will travel well and eat well’. Not the best sales pitch to a thirteen-year-old, but it struck a chord with me.
During my mid to late teens, I started taking more notice of some of the antiques – I still wasn’t a great lover of pine, but I was entranced by great Art Deco pieces. Genevieve had started taking me to the famous Paris flea market, which had its main trading day on a Friday, and was a better source of exotic and high-end pieces than Bermondsey. I remember one trip in the mid-1970s when she bought a beautiful black-lacquered halfmoon bureau plat, dating from around 1925 – I was hooked – and I was just as excited to see it in the front window of the shop and then sold to a rather sophisticated and wealthy New York client who fell in love with it at first sight. I loved this dynamic of discovering and relishing a beautiful piece, and then sharing in the joy of the eventual buyer. I can’t think of many professions that give those levels of fulfilment.
I wasn’t an easy teenager by any stretch and spent much of my youth off the rails, eager to escape our rather dysfunctional family home. By the time I was seventeen, I had moved out, scraping by as a motorbike messenger, barman, and briefly as a road manager. Eventually, I rented a stall at one of Bath’s weekly antique markets, marking the start of a new chapter.
I would drive to London during the week and ask Genevieve what she had that was broken or otherwise unsaleable, piling it on to my stall at 5.30am on a Saturday morning. I had picked up a lot of information over the years via osmosis, without really trying to, so I often recognised pieces while wandering around the Bath and Bristol markets. I bought a pair of Clarice Cliff vases from a stallholder in Bristol for £16, and was very happy to sell them on my stall the same week for £24 (current value would be around £800) – I liked the profit, although what I liked even more was the vindication of my instinct. I did a few more similar trades, then stumbled upon a pair of French Louis XVI gilt-bronze wall lights at a fellow stallholder, for which he wanted £50. I didn’t have £50 but I knew they were worth it, so I phoned Genevieve from the nearest phone box and asked her if she would front me the money if I persuaded the vendor to hold my cheque for a few days. I showed up at Guinevere the following week, hoping to make a profit from my mother (antique dealers are like that!). Instead, she suggested I put the pieces in the shop and offered me half of whatever
they sold for. She ended up selling them for £450, and that’s when it hit me - I was wasting my time on a market stall when I had the chance to work within what was already an internationally renowned antiques resource.
Guinevere Antiques was transforming from just selling within the trade to retailing directly to the wider public, which I didn’t always find as easy and was more like having to work for a living, but it was amazing seeing and dealing with some of the varied and interesting clientele. I remember one occasion when Elton John and Tom Selleck were in the shop - much to the astonishment of an American couple who had wandered in for a look - when Lauren Bacall came in. As the American couple were leaving, they asked ‘is it always like this in here?’. Sometimes it did feel like we were in a film set.
Genevieve was taking a back seat in the business from the mid-1990s, but still wanted to go on far-flung buying trips. It was on such a trip to Hong Kong and China in 2000, along with her partner, my stepfather, John Arnett, that she tragically died on the plane before we landed in Hong Kong - I was distraught and morose, and just wanted to organise her repatriation to France, but we had to wait a week as the Hong Kong authorities insisted on an autopsy. John told me that she would have wanted us to carry on with the buying trip, and he was right. We travelled up to Beijing and bought enough Chinese provincial furniture - marriage cupboards, altar tables, saddle stools and vases - to fill a container, and I made some great connections during that trip of Chinese dealers, one of which became a lifelong friend who still insists to this day that we are ‘brothers’.
Guinevere has given me a rich and fulfilling life, filled with constant travel and, of course, great food (marrying a chef certainly helped with that!). However, the 20-plus years since Genevieve’s passing have been challenging, especially in managing the business - a task I’ve shared with my brother, Marc, and his wife, Heather. I’m deeply grateful to Dean Robinson, whom I hired over 20 years ago. His instinctive talent for display has been invaluable in transforming the diverse and eclectic antiques Marc and I have sourced over the years into a continuously evolving, dramatic and inspiring immersive experience.
I’m also incredibly grateful for - and constantly amazed by - my daughter, Natasha, who has worked at Guinevere since university. While she’s never agreed with a word I say, her ability to build relationships with clients and make sales has been nothing short of a revelation. I’m less skilled at managing the business, handling HR, or dealing with difficult clients than I am at sourcing great antiques. However, the maxims I’ve learned from Genevieve and other dealers still guide me: ‘Buy with your eye’ remains the most important, and it’s crucial to look after both your suppliers and clients. I’ve also inherited my mother’s pragmatic approach of not spending money I don’t have - perhaps unfashionable, but it certainly helps me sleep at night.
It has been a difficult decision to bring the story to a close, but our hand has been forced by the business climate over the past decade. The costs of running a four-shop emporium have gone through the roof, and we have always tried to keep our pricing keen, harking back to the days when we were selling to trade buyers, which we have still managed to do through this difficult period. I still experience the thrill of discovery: I recently spotted a wonderful pair of French Louis XVI gilt-bronze candelabra at the Parma antiques fair which I assumed to be 19th century, until I showed them to my bronze restorer, the brilliant Marek Kuntz, who took them apart and showed me that they were in fact 18th century and rather rare – a matching pair are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and a third pair were at Sotheby’s a few years ago with a £30,000 to £50,000 estimate! So, I’ve come full circle from the pair of matching wall lights I bought at a Bath market stall in the early 1980s. The candelabra are in our forthcoming ‘Last Hurrah’ auction with Sworders, and I hope they will go to a buyer who is equally thrilled and moved by their beauty and history.
Kevin Weaver
MARC
“The
greatest thrill? Buying
with your heartor, if you prefer, your gut. ”
Guinevere was started by my mother, Genevieve, in 1963, the year I was born. I started work in the business quite young - I think I was 21 - first in the workshops and then in the gallery a few months after. Genevieve soon started taking me on buying trips. Initially to Europe and then further afield to India, Hong Kong and the USA. It was rather difficult to grasp and not without hiccups. There is a lot to learn, and there still is. I think my first real breakthrough was when I started to argue about purchases and offered to buy things with my own money. I suppose that’s the crux of it in this business. You learn from your mistakes and put your money where your mouth is.
My mother passed away far too young in 2000. Fortunately for us, she was semi-retired, and my brother, Kevin, and I were doing a large part of the buying. Heather, my wife, was also forging her own path at Guinevere and we had two young children.
I was fortunate that dealers in far-flung places took an interest in what I was doing. They would show me their sources and pass on some tricks of the trade. Sometimes I found great buys and was encouraged to buy pieces I might not have had the courage to invest in. At other times I was really surprised at how many ugly antiques there were in the world and couldn’t wait to get away.
I am a great believer in travelling to source things. I am often disappointed when I buy from a photo. The condition, finish, or scale are not always what you expect. I find when I am on a buying trip, I am more likely to be inspired to explore new directions by my surroundings. It allows me to be influenced in new ways and to embark on fresh paths. A case in point: in the year 2000, I was in West Palm Beach, Florida, not long after my mother’s passing, searching for antiques in the shops. There were none to be found. But the apartment I was staying in had some Paul Evans furniture. The owner was a dealer and he sold the pieces to me. This started a long association with Paul Evans pieces, and mid-century in general really, before it took off in the UK. This led to frequent visits to Florida, and eventually, we opened a concession in Selfridges to meet the growing demand.
Sometime after this, I ventured into reproduction furniture, commissioning pieces from India and China. However, I soon found I couldn’t tolerate the lack of quality compared to antiques. So, that chapter ended. While old pieces require more work - being handled, catalogued, and restored on an individual basis - they are, for me, far more rewarding in the end.
I love that we have sourced across such a wide range of periods, styles and origins. The greatest thrill? Buying with your heart - or, if you prefer, your gut. Trusting your instincts and, later, seeing them proven right.
I am sure there will never be another Guinevere, nor another antique gallery quite like ours. It is an enterprise that evolved through a series of fortunate coincidences over sixty years, and I doubt that even if those circumstances were to repeat, the outcome could ever be replicated in today’s world.
Forty years is a long time, even if I have had the best job in the world. Buying in such quantity is ultimately taxing. I often refer to Guinevere as a steam locomotive that must constantly be fed at great pace to keep it going.
Closing brings many mixed emotions - sadness, knowing we will never experience those times again or see the likes of it in the future; apprehension; and, of course, some regret. Yet there is also a sense of anticipation as we look toward what comes next.
One thing is for sure though, I will miss it!
Marc Weaver
“After a lifetime of handling exquisite pieces, some of that artistry is bound to leave its mark. ”
I started at Guinevere in 1988. I was employed by Genevieve as I feel she saw my potential. Genevieve also told me that she had two sons working for her already and wanted some ‘girl power’. At the time, I was a buyer of fabrics at Harrods. I was on something of a fast track, but with a little persuasion, left it behind me for Guinevere. My boyfriend (Marc) was one of Genevieve’s sons, so that was a complication. But we later got married and had children (and a grandchild) and have worked together ever since.
I suppose my time at Harrods taught me a thing or two about selling. At Guinevere, though, we have always avoided the hard sell - our pieces tend to speak for themselves. That said, sales were very much my strength back then, and if you’re looking for a title, I am the Director of Sales.
I love putting people and pieces together. I have a very good memory for interiors, almost photographic. Marc is always amazed by how much of this I remember, down to the smallest details. I also take a lot of photos on my phone during my travels, and this enables me, sometimes months later, to find the right piece for the right client. A frustrated interior designer? Not really. We have always drawn the distinction of supplying antiques and not providing an interior design service. That said, I have a few long-standing clients whom I assist.
I love creating. This started with making bespoke items for clients when we could no longer find the antiques version. However, this has evolved into a range of mostly fabric-orientated lines, the mainstay of which are the dhurrie rugs, lampshades made from antique cotton saris and almost anything that involves repurposing old fabrics.
I first went to India with Marc on our tenth wedding anniversary and I was immediately captivated by the colours. I subsequently threw myself into selecting vintage and antique dhurries and started to make a small number of handwoven contemporary designs. Wind forwards 20 years and you will often find me sitting on the floor of the gallery with private clients and designers, helping and sometimes guiding people through the steps to making a bespoke carpet. I have an eye for colour and an innate sense of what goes with what. I tend to express this naturally, almost instinctively, and my clients appreciate it - they value the honesty.
I have been passionate about our work at Guinevere. We have curated the most amazing collections that take years to put together. However, we can’t sustain this pace forever. Closing the gallery will give me the opportunity to focus more on designing and creating. After a lifetime of handling exquisite pieces, some of that artistry is bound to leave its mark.
So, yes, I will miss it. But onwards and upwards.
Heather Weaver
DEAN
“My approach is visceral and years of experience have given me the confidence and the ability to trust my instincts.”
Albert Einstein once said ‘A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?’.
Well, he may have been very clever, but he wasn’t an interior designer!
People need things; to surround themselves with objects that please them, are useful and suit their lifestyle, that tell the world who they are and who they want to be, that speak of their history, that hold precious memories and bring comfort at times when the world outside seems too much to bear.
It is in the amassing of collections, in the choosing of things that resonate with us, that we tell our own story.
This has always been at the forefront of my mind during my time at Guinevere.
My role has been to create, plan and bring to life a vision of our visual style - curating room sets, windows and showroom displays, as well as shaping our online and printed presence.
I aim to inspire, to entertain, to suggest possibilities and to demonstrate that by combining colour, texture, pattern and periods, an overall harmony can be achieved.
My approach is visceral and years of experience have given me the confidence and the ability to trust my instincts. I look at what I have to work with, think awhile, and then I know what to do.
The look is curated, layered and with an element of the theatrical, and rather glamorous, I hope.
I am lucky, of course, to have had the most splendid haul of things to work with: gilded furniture, Venetian mirrors, Imari porcelain, crystal chandeliers and beautiful ormolu accessories.
I imagine the story of objects, the character of their owners, the lives that could be enjoyed in the displays and rooms I stage.
Dictums and established notions of what ought to be done have never really concerned me - planning rooms on screen to the nearest millimetre leaves no space for spontaneity, and similarly, no amount of painting walls off-white and adding mirrors, is going to turn a small or dreary space into a larger or livelier one. All you’ll end up with is a rather boring off-white room. Far better to embrace what you have, turn a small space into a bejewelled casket, a cabinet of curiosities, a space full of layers and curated displays that embraces and makes you want to linger.
In short, always play the hand you’re dealt, but do it with a flourish and élan.
Likewise, I find pronouncements on good and bad taste rather tedious. If you like something, if it speaks to you, that is enough.
Personally, I like rooms with plenty of stuff in them, sultry lighting, rather sumptuous upholstery, rich colours, velvet and leopard, and generally, generous quantities of ormolu.
I adore ormolu, I use gold as a highlight the way others use white. Some people are rather daunted by using gold, but I am not. It adds warmth and vivacity to a scheme, I love its depth, its historical resonance and that it comes in such a range of tone and nuance.
If I had to encapsulate my style in words, it might read something along the lines of ‘decadent late 19th-century French courtesan with exotic tendencies and a penchant for North Africa, The Middle and Far East’, to put it briefly.
I can and have created subtle, understated looks, but for the most part it’s when I follow my instincts and present things in the way I think they should be seen, that’s what people notice and remember.
There’s actually something of an art to going over the top. Having the confidence to really build a big look, while knowing when to stop before the whole thing becomes so dazzling it’s incoherent.
I know what I’m doing and I invariably manage to catch myself.
I have always been hugely gratified when interior designers come into Guinevere and comment on how beautiful the showrooms look. The best designers in the world have always shopped at Guinevere and their approbation has meant a great deal.
People tend to spend a lot of time looking, our inventory is extensive, and I like to present a whole series of furnished rooms dressed with layers of detail. At any given time, I may have a library, a study, a boudoir, a dining room and a salon.
It is not unusual to hear clients say they want everything. I, of course, reply that everything is available, including me. Styling and interiors are my passion, and my working life will continue, in some capacity, in this field.
Guinevere is a source, sans pareil , for an eclectic array of items, those wonderful things that enhance the way life is lived. There really is nowhere else like it and, right to the very end, we offer the opportunity to emulate the look that I have had the pleasure of playing a part in creating.
I hope you find something that pleases you in this sale and, whatever it might be, that it continues to give you pleasure for years to come.
Never be afraid to add another layer - your life will be the richer for it.
Thank you and à bientôt.
Attributed to Paolo Buffa (Italian, 1903-1970), an Art Deco maplewood and parchment cabinet, c.1940, Italian, with a fitted interior, 260cm wide
90cm deep
190cm high
£1,500 - 2,000
An ironwork-framed club sofa and chair, c.1960, Continental, each wrapped in wicker with modern cushions, the sofa 160cm wide
72cm deep
80cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 226 ▲
LOT 227
A leather rearing stallion, c.1960, Italian, with glass inset eyes, 32cm wide
100cm deep
124cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 229
A carved and painted wooden bull terrier, 19th century, Continental, modelled standing, 80cm wide
24cm deep
79cm high
£300 - 500
A pair of patinated bronze dog heads, second half of the 19th century, French or Dutch, 26cm wide
20cm deep
21cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 228
LOT 230
LOT 231
A set of twelve green glass finger bowls, c.1820, 12.5cm diameter
8cm high (12)
£200 - 400
LOT 232
Continental School, 19th century Portrait of a man, in a brown coat with hat and cane oil on canvas
110 x 79cm
£700 - 1,000
LOT 233
A flat-weave wool dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with pastel pink and white stripes on a pale blue ground, 508 x 373cm
£300 - 500
LOT 234
A flat-weave dhurrie, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, Sidhpur, Guijarat, the field with red and blue geometric motifs to a pale ground, within a red Greek key border, 253 x 332cm
£400 - 600
A pair of fluted teak columns, c.1860, Anglo-Indian, on matched stone bases, the slightly larger 47cm wide
47cm deep
66cm deep
85cm high
£200 - 400
257cm high (2)
£500 - 1,000
LOT 237
LOT 236
Owen Jones (1809-1874), ‘Greek No. 6’ from ‘The Grammar of Ornament’, 36 x 25.5cm £200 - 400
LOT 235
A Louis Philippe walnut office chair, c.1850, French, the carved splat above a leather upholstered seat, on turned and fluted supports, 60cm wide
Three black and white museum photographs by the Arundel Society (1848-1897), second half of the 19th century, comprising: ‘Tabernacolo…by Andrea Ferrucci’, ‘The Singing Gallery…by Baccio D’Angelo’, and ‘Portrait of Emperor Rudolph II’, two 42.5 x 33cm, the other
33 x 42.5cm (3)
£100 - 200
A French Empire bronze cased mantel clock, c.1820, the eight-day striking movement by Hemon, the case by Ledure, Paris, with ormolu mounts, on a Sienna marble base, 28cm wide
23cm deep
45cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 240
A provincial Louis XV giltwood mirror, c.1750, French, the frame elaborately carved with rococo scrolls, 75cm wide 137cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 238
LOT 239
A pair of black marble lions after Canova, c.1950, Italian, each typically modelled, 57cm wide
20cm deep
25cm high (2)
£300 - 500
A Roman-style iron and brass cuirass, early 20th century, with a central bronze lion mask and dragon-shaped mounts, 42cm wide
40cm deep
47cm high
£200 - 400
A silver-plated cocktail shaker, c.1930s, American, 14cm diameter
24cm high
£200 - 400
A bronze model of a canopic jar, c.1900, French, surmounted with the head of Horus and engraved with stylised hieroglyphs, 17cm diameter
26cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 241
LOT 242
LOT 243
LOT 244
A set of two prints after the ‘Description de l’Égypte’, 19th century, by Henri-Joseph Redouté and Jean Marie Dubois-Ayme, larger 80 x 60 (2)
£80 - 120
A pair of Egyptian Revival cast iron female figures, c.1880, each standing with arms folded, 17cm wide
13cm deep
67cm high (2)
£400 - 600
A bronze desk stand, c.1890, French, in the form of a sarcophagus, on a plinth base, 34cm wide
11cm deep
10cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 245
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LOT 246
LOT 247
LOT 248
A pair of black leather and brass-mounted trunks, 20th century, each with fitted glass tops, 62cm wide 62cm deep
62cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 249
A mahogany scale model of a sea fort, c.1900, French, brass-banded, with remains of a clockwork turret, 46cm wide 40cm deep
40cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 250
A leather desk tidy, c.1900, 11cm wide 21cm deep 11cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 251
A crocodile leather jewellery casket, c.1900, with gilt-metal mounts and initialled ‘K.R.G.’ to the cover, 21.5cm wide 15cm deep
8cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 252
A pair of Louis XVI-style painted beech bergères, early 20th century, French, each upholstered in a needlework fabric, 74cm wide
74cm deep
96cm high (2)
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 253
A cobalt-blue glass Listovane part suite, c.1900, Bohemian, each piece with gilt decoration and cabochon-cut panels, comprising: a lidded goblet, 15cm diameter
45.5cm high, and twelve bowls and stands (26)
£100 - 200
LOT 254
A red-lacquered low table, 20th century, Chinese, with craquelure finish and scrolled ends, 185cm wide
50cm deep
36cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 255
A pair of cut clear glass column table lamps, of recent manufacture, each with a gilt-brass Corinthian capital, a notched square column on a stepped base, and with a silk shade, 15cm wide
15cm deep
47cm high (2)
£300 - 400
A pair of Louis XVI-style porcelain and ormolu table lamps, early 20th century, each of cassolette form with twin handles and foliate mounts, shades not included, 18cm diameter
40cm high (2)
£200 - 400
A large Sheffield plated ‘Methuselah’ bottle coaster, c.1880, with pierced and husk swag classical decoration, 26cm diameter
13cm high
£100 - 200
A pair of Empire carved mahogany armchairs, c.1815, each with green silk upholstery, 59cm wide
52cm deep
97cm high (2)
£500 - 800
LOT 256
LOT 257
LOT 258
A Victorian oak cigar box, late 19th century and later, with silver mounts, by Betjemann Bros., London 1897, the twin lids each bearing an enamel crest for the Merchant Taylors’ Company, later fitted as a humidor, 34cm wide
20cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 260
A Roman-style bronze table lamp, c.1800, Italian, the square column raised on a stepped base set with four griffins, shade not included, 13cm wide
13cm deep
51cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 261
Two driftwood garden seats or plinths, early 20th century, Philippines, larger measures 39cm diameter
62cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 262
A sailor’s knotwork mirror, c.1870, decorated with tassels and woven floral medallions, 127cm wide
105cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 259
LOT 263
An enamelled and amber glass casket, c.1880, French, attributed to Moser, of rectangular domed form with gilt-metal handles, decorated with stylised lacework and raised on open ball feet, 16cm wide 9.5cm deep
12.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 264
An ebonised wooden and silver-plated presentation trowel, early 20th century, to ‘William Whitehead’ on the occasion of cutting the first sod’, dated ‘July 27th 1907’ 17cm wide
74cm long
£100 - 200
LOT 265
A large silver-plated Corinthian column table lamp, 20th century, by Mappin & Webb, the fluted column above a square stepped base decorated with a laurel wreath, 17cm wide 17cm deep
53cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 266
A Directoire-style marble and chrome guéridon, of recent manufacture, the circular top above ‘X’ frame supports, 61cm diameter
56cm high
£200 - 400
A provincial elm open shelf, c.1900, Chinese, Shanxi province, incorporating a tier of five short drawers, 200cm wide
40cm deep
232cm high
£600 - 800
A provincial elm open shelf, c.1900, Chinese, Shanxi Province, incorporating a tier of five short drawers,
200cm wide
40cm deep
232cm high
£600 - 800
A collection of carved wood chofa temple spires, c.1850, Thai, each with applied glass panels, mounted on metal stands, largest 19cm wide
40cm deep
188cm high (7)
£2,000 - 3,000
A chofa is a decorative, bird-shaped finial, often seen on Thai Buddhist temple roofs, symbolising protection, spiritual connection and harmony. Usually resembling the mythical Garuda, chofas are crafted from wood or metal, intricately designed, and placed at the roof’s apex
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268 267
LOT 267
LOT 268
LOT 269
LOT 270
A pair of export ‘Fitzhugh’ tureens and stands, c.1980, Chinese, bearing the ‘E Pluribus Unum’ crest and motto,
37cm wide
23cm deep
29cm high (4)
£600 - 800
LOT 271
A set of five bronze hooks, of recent manufacture, Thai, in the form of hands, 8cm wide
15cm deep
28cm high (5)
£200 - 400
LOT 272
A pair of painted and japanned toleware chestnut urns, 19th century, each oval tapering body with applied lion’s mask handles and decorated with pagodas in a landscape, 18cm wide
11cm deep
33cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 273
Two large blue and white jars, mid-20th century, Chinese, each of globular form with floral decoration, 38cm diameter
39cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 274
An indigo-dyed ikat bedspread, 19th century and later, with a pink scalloped edge, 210 x 240cm
£200 - 400
LOT 275
A Qashqai wool jajim kilim, Turkish, woven in a chequered pattern, in tones of orange, red and blue, 196 x 143cm
£80 - 120
LOT 276
A silk dhurrie, of recent manufacture, with a Greek key border, 268 x 210cm
£400 - 600
LOT 277
Three hill tribe tunics, 20th century, Burmese, decorated with embroidered silk and Job’s tears, 60 x 65cm (3)
£150 - 250
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A cut-crystal and silver-mounted ashtray, 20th century, German, 19cm diameter
6cm high
£50 - 70
A jacquard quilt, c.1920s, American, woven with stylised floral motifs, 190 x 200cm
£150 - 250
An elm altar table, c.1900, Chinese, Shanxi Province, on cabriole legs, 180cm wide
38cm deep
83cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 280
LOT 279
LOT 278
A Victorian silver-plated spoon warmer, c.1870, in the form of a barrel, on a naturalistic stand, 13.5cm wide
10.5cm deep
15cm high with stand
£100 - 150
Two silver-mounted glass decanters, 20th century, hallmarked for London 1965, each engraved ‘HW’, 9cm wide
9cm deep
25cm high (2)
£100 - 200
A Louis XVI-style giltwood slipper chair, late 19th century, French, upholstered in Designers Guild fabric, 52cm wide
60cm deep
80cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 283
LOT 282
LOT 281
LOT 284
A pair of patinated bronze Roman-style torchères, c.1930, French, each with shaped cabriole tripod supports, terminating on paw feet, 30cm diameter
167cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 285
A patinated bronze Roman-style torchère, c.1930, French, with shaped cabriole tripod supports, terminating on paw feet, 30cm diameter
167cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 286
Owen Jones (1809-1874), a set of four lithographs in colours of ‘Nineveh and Persia’ patterns from ‘The Grammar of Ornament’, 19th century, 32 x 22cm, with later gilded frames (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 287
A pair of gilt-metalmounted rock crystal candlesticks, of recent manufacture, French, each raised on ball feet, 18cm wide
18cm deep
42cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 288
A pair of gilt-metalmounted rock crystal candlesticks, of recent manufacture, French, each raised on ball feet, 22cm wide
58cm high (2)
£600 - 800
LOT 289
A Victorian oak folding table, c.1850, with shaped supports, 104cm wide
78cm deep
71cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 290
A Regency mahogany armchair, c.1820, with scrolling arms and sabre legs, 60cm wide
56cm deep
89cm high
£100 - 200
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288 287
LOT 291
A group of four glass decanters, comprising: two Art Deco crystal and silver-mounted locking decanters, by Hukin & Middleton, Birmingham 1918 and Birmingham 1912, 10cm wide
8cm deep
26cm high, another Art Deco decanter, by Hukin & Heath, Birmingham 1925, engraved ‘Presented by Stamford Bridge Stadium’, 12cm wide
8cm deep
29cm high, and a barrel-shaped silver-mounted locking decanter, by Heath & Middleton, Birmingham 1909, with an elongated neck and ribbed design, 12cm wide
6cm deep
38cm high (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 292
A George III cut-crystal claret jug and stopper, c.1810, with an ‘S’ scroll handle, 13cm diameter 18cm deep
33cm high, together with six goblets, c.1820-1840, largest 10.5cm diameter
16cm high (7)
£100 - 200
LOT 293
A yellow glass champagne bucket, c.1950, French or Belgian, with a shaped base and loop handles, 19cm diameter
22cm high
£100 - 200
Segar (William) (1564?-1633) and Joseph Edmondson (1732-1786), ‘Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English Peers’, c.1770: the coat of arms for the Right Honourable High Clifford, Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and another,
The Right Honourable John Baron, St John of Bletso, 56 x 28cm, each in an ebonised frame (2)
£100 - 200
After Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an engraving of the profile of the curial chair in marble, from the series ‘Vases, candelabras, gravestones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments’, 56 x 70cm, framed and glazed
£150 - 250
A Regency giltwood convex mirror, c.1820, with carved shell surmount, fitted with scrolled arms supporting a pair of candle sconces,
87cm wide
23cm deep
77cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 296
LOT 295
LOT 294
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A beech-framed green leather library chair, c.1870, with brass nailed decoration, a bow-front seat, and on turned front legs,
80cm wide
73cm deep
95cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 298
A flat-weave wool dhurrie, of recent manufacture, the central field with a banded orange and purple geometric design, 246 x 328cm
£300 - 500
LOT 299
A pair of gilt wrought-iron church candlestands, c.1900, Italian, each with a pricket sconce, 39cm wide 39cm deep 164cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 297
300
A silver-mounted tortoiseshell photo frame, Birmingham 1917, 20 x 12cm
£100 - 200
LOT 301
A George V silver cigarette box, by Padgett & Braham Ltd., London 1933, with all-over engine-turned decoration and a presentation inscription, the hinged lid enclosing a cedar-lined interior, 26cm wide
17cm deep
9cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 302
A set of walnut metamorphic shelves, c.1900, American, on turned supports and castors, 108cm wide
54cm deep
141cm high when closed
£300 - 500
LOT
303
A Bactrian marble column idol, c.3000 BCE, of typical form, 14cm diameter
29cm high
£500 - 700
Provenance: Acquired from Christopher Sheppard, London, 2010.
LOT 304
A Bactrian marble column idol, 3000 BCE, 10cm diameter 21.5cm high, together with a smaller Bactrian marble idol, 3000 BCE, 8.5cm diameter
17.5cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
Provenance: Acquired from Christopher Sheppard, London, 2010.
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A weathered stone finial, early 19th century, carved in the form of acanthus leaves, 20cm wide
50cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 306
A carved stone relief panel, 19th century, Austrian, of two affronted stylised birds, 47cm wide
11cm deep
48cm high
£100 - 200
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A carved stone fragment, 18th century, Italian or French, modelled in the form of a putto holding a mitre, mounted on a modern steel stand, 67cm wide
24cm deep
50cm high
£600 - 800
A carved volcanic stone frieze, 20th century, Southeast Asian, the central female mask flanked by two hands supporting leafy branches, 100cm wide
20cm deep
36cm high
£100 - 200
A travertine Ionic column capital, Italian, in the Roman style, 50cm wide
58cm deep
20cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 307
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LOT 310
Three indigo-dyed lengths, 20th century, West African, each with fringed edges, 172 x 59cm, 160 x 65cm, and 180 x 57cm (3)
£150 - 250
LOT 311
Two indigo-dyed cloths, comprising a Burkina Faso stripwoven indigo-resist wrapper, and one other striped example, striped 260 x 98cm (2) £80 - 120
LOT 312
An indigo-dyed wool and cotton textile, 20th century, Nigerian, 295 x 216cm
£200 - 400
LOT 313
A wool tribal blanket, 20th century, woven with bands of geometric motifs, 240 x 130cm
£150 - 250
LOT 314
Four indigo-dyed lengths, 20th century, comprising a Burkina Faso example, the largest 210 x 118cm (4) £100 - 200
LOT 315
Two Yoruba cotton lengths, mid-20th century, Niger, comprising: a tan example with blue stripes, 196 x 88cm, and another, with beige stripes on a brown/grey ground, 190 x 142cm (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 316
A par t-indigo-dyed cotton wrap cloth, Ivory Coast, Yoruba, woven in pinks and blues with a white warp, 117 x 170cm
£100 - 200
LOT 317
Two indigo-dyed cloths, mid-20th century, comprising: a striped Ivory Coast example, 175 x 112cm, and a banded example, 70 x 156cm (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 318
An indigo-resist-dyed Bamileke ndop cloth, 20th century, Cameroonian, indigo-resist-dyed cotton and wool, decorated with geometric motifs, 720 x 526cm
£150 - 250
LOT 319
A glass-beaded curtain, 20th century, Cameroon, 120 x 80cm
£300 - 500
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A group of
LOT 320
A group of linens, 19th century, French, including a set of six red checked tea towels and a blue and yellow checked tablecloth, tablecloth 150 x 140cm (7) £50 - 80
LOT 321
A set of linen napkins, 19th century, French, each embroidered in silk, ‘Guinevere’, each approximately 60cm square (11) £50 - 80
LOT 322
A set of linen napkins, 19th century, French, each embroidered in silk, ‘JCP’, approximately 80 x 70cm (16) £50 - 80
LOT 323
A set of linen napkins, 19th century, French, each embroidered in silk, ‘ZN’, approximately 64 x 80cm (11) £50 - 80
LOT 324
linen tablecloths and tea towels, 19th/20th century, French and German, various sizes (7) £80 - 120
LOT 325
A biblical tapestry fragment, 18th century, Flemish, depicting a king in Eastern dress with an armoured soldier behind, another kneeling in front, possibly depicting the Story of Cyrus, 267 x 137cm
£1,500 - 2,000
LOT 326
A pair of cream-glazed stoneware barrel seats, c.1950, Chinese, each with stylised wave design, 40cm diameter
48cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 327
Three boxwood architect’s set squares, 20th century, the two larger by Sommer & Maca, the smaller by Lufkin Rule Co., Illinois, USA, largest 77cm wide
166cm high (3)
£100 - 200
A Victorian mahogany whatnot, c.1850, on turned supports, 61cm wide
61cm deep
153cm high
£200 - 400
A collection of four carved wood cogs, 20th century, one example inscribed ‘C/15 Teeth New Sand Mill Fdry’, largest 40cm diameter (4)
£100 - 200
A rootwood stool, 18th century, Chinese, of naturalistic design, 80cm long
45cm wide
58cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 328
LOT 329
LOT 330
LOT 331
A gilt-metal and glass wall light, c.1950, French, in the manner of Maison Baguès of Paris, with twin scrolling branches and floral detail, 33cm wide
15cm deep
50cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 332
A black-lacquered altar table, c.1900, Chinese, Shanxi province, the slim rectangular top above carved supports, 175cm wide
35cm deep
86cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 333
A red-ground dhurrie runner, of recent manufacture, the central field of diamond design with a floral border, 340 x 112cm
£300 - 500
LOT 334
Seven hardwood headrests, early 20th century, each with turned decoration, largest 17cm wide
12cm deep
19cm high (7)
£200 - 400
A large giltwood and gilt-gesso oval wall mirror, c.1900, French, the crest in the form of an interlaced bow, 108cm wide
159cm high
£500 - 700
A pair of gilt-iron five-light candelabra, c.1930, Continental, each with stylised foliage and scrolls, 31cm wide
14cm deep
63cm high (2)
£400 - 600
A Napoleon III parquetry commode, c.1870, French, in the manner of François Linke, the rouge griotte marble top above an ormolu-mounted frieze, sides and parquetry-inlaid doors, on turned legs and sabots, 108cm wide
50cm deep
86cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 335
LOT 336
LOT 337
338
A pair of Regency cut-glass decanters, c.1820, each with step-cut necks and mushroom stoppers, 12cm diameter
23cm high (2)
£150 - 200
LOT 339
A glass punchbowl and cover, c.1930, Italian, with a naturalistic silver and turquoise mount, 28cm diameter
37cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 340
A giltwood curule window seat, c.1850, Italian, with scrolled ends on lion paw feet, 120cm wide
55cm deep
85cm high
£500 - 700
LOT 341
Three cut-glass and silver dressing table pieces, c.1900, French, comprising two perfume bottles and a powder pot, each with engraved decoration, powder pot 11cm diameter
11cm high (3)
£100 - 200
LOT
340
339 338
LOT 342
A set of four Victorian silver-plated wine coasters, c.1860, each with pierced trailing vine decoration, 16cm diameter
6cm high (4)
£400 - 600
LOT 343
A George III silver-plated wine cooler, c.1820, of campana form, engraved with a crest, 25cm wide
20cm deep
24cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 344
A pair of Regency cut-glass decanters, c.1820, each with diamond-cut decoration, complete with diamond-cut stopper, 11.5cm diameter
26cm high (2)
£150 - 200
LOT 345
A set of eight Baccarat cased and cut hock glasses, c.1960, French, each with a cased and cut bowl over a faceted stem, 8cm diameter
20cm high (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 346
A silver-plated picnic box, mid-20th century, with fold-out front,
31cm wide
13cm deep
13cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 347
A stained-oak air industry trophy, c.1960, French, carved with three aeroplanes: a MS406, a DC-7 and a Caravelle jet, incorporating the Brix/Costes Medal, signed ‘G. Sylvestre’, 75cm wide
45cm deep
51.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 348
A vellum-covered trunk, of recent manufacture, fitted with three drawers, brass mounts and leather handles,
51cm wide
51cm deep
70cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 349
A teak table, c.1960, the circular tabletop supported by a carved standing figure of an elephant, 61cm diameter
82.5cm high
£200 - 300
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346
A silver metal ceremonial headdress, 20th century, Chinese, Miao, on a hardwood display hat stand, 28cm diameter
43cm high (2)
£150 - 250
A bronze figure, 20th century, Cameroon, Tikar, modelled standing, 49cm wide
32cm deep
149cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
A pair of folding metal chairs, 20th century, each with a pierced crest back, 41cm wide
115cm deep
50cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 350
LOT 351
LOT 352
LOT 353
A metalwork necklace, 20th century, Guizhou, South China, with intricate loop detail, 26cm wide
26cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 354
An elm altar table, 19th century, Chinese, the narrow rectangular top above carved supports, 218cm wide
39cm deep
86cm high
£500 - 700
LOT 355
A pair of wool rugs, early/mid-20th century, Chinese, each yellow ground with geometric decoration, 150 x 80cm (2)
£200 - 400
87cm wide
146cm high
20cm deep
35cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 356
A Régence giltwood mirror, c.1720, French, the elaborately carved frame with an arched top and marginal plates, 90cm wide
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 357
An Art Deco bronze of borzois, c.1930, French, attributed to Louis Roche, mounted on a marble plinth
LOT 358
A pair of Louis Phillipe bronze campana urns, c.1850, French, each of typical form, raised on a square rouge griotte plinth, 17cm diameter
39cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 359
A grand tour bronze bust of Augustus, 19th century, raised on an associated wooden base, 30cm wide
16cm deep
50cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 360
An Attic-style terracotta red-figure lekythos, c.1900, Italian, painted with male and female figures within a Greek key border, 18cm diameter
52cm high
£300 - 500
A patinated and gilt-bronze column table lamp, late 19th/early 20th century, French, shade not included, 16cm wide
16cm deep
57cm high
£150 - 250
A large Imari vase, 19th century, Japanese, 40cm diameter
77cm high
£400 - 600
A pair of rococo silvered console tables, c.1700, Italian, each faux sienna marble top above a serpentine frame carved with ornate scrolls and shells, 143cm wide
51cm deep
92cm high (2)
£1,500 - 2,000
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LOT 361
LOT 362
LOT 363
“...if something was ugly in the 19th century, it’ll still be ugly now.”
Genevieve Weaver
LOT 364
A group of kelsch cotton duvet covers, 19th century, French, woven in reds on an ecru ground, each approximately 50 x 60cm (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 365
Two indigo-dyed textiles, comprising: a 19th-century French hemp, 274 x 204cm, and a cotton quilted length, 127 x 176cm (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 366
Two indigo bed covers, comprising cotton and linen examples, with mother-of-pearl buttons, 185 x 183cm, and 193 x 291cm (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 367
Two striped cotton shawls, 20th century, probably Guatemalan, each with blue stripes and with tasselled edges, 225 x 74cm, and 75 x 216cm (2)
£150 - 250
368
A tortoiseshell box, c.1860, Flemish, of canted rectangular form, 44cm wide
29cm deep
14cm high
£200 - 400
369
A large brown drip-glazed stoneware water butt, mid-20th century, Chinese, of baluster form, 70cm diameter
163cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 370
A Victorian mahogany library armchair, c.1860, with button-upholstered back, the carved arms terminating in lion masks, on turned legs and castors, 75cm wide
90cm deep
94cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
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A bronze lantern, c.1900, French, the neoclassical cylindrical frame with a suspended five-branch light, 47cm diameter
107cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 372
A vellum, brass and wood-mounted cabin trunk, 20th century, with brass side handles, 79cm wide
59cm deep
53cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 373
A monumental pair of grand tour-style black marble obelisks, c.1950, Italian, each with specimen marble inlays, 28.5cm wide
28.5cm deep
126cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT
LOT 374
A set of six William IV mahogany dining chairs, first half of the 19th century, each with a scroll-carved top rail and shell-crested splat, raised on ring-turned stretchered supports, 54cm wide
60cm deep
97cm high (6)
£600 - 800
LOT 375
A flat-weave dhurrie, 20th century, Indian, decorated in lavender with a stepped trellis pattern, on a pale orange ground, 442 x 330cm
£500 - 800
LOT 376
A Regency mahogany console table, c.1820, with fluted frieze and legs, on spade feet, 139cm wide
58cm deep
99cm high
£700 - 1,000
A ‘brutalist’ Murano glass and steel chandelier, c.1970, Italian, with occluded glass pendants, 70cm diameter
115cm high
£800 - 1,200
A Louis XIII-style giltwood throne chair, 19th century, French, with scrolling arms and supports united by a stretcher, 64cm wide
55cm deep
112cm high
£300 - 500
An elm altar table, c.1880, Chinese, Shanxi Province, with carved enclosed ends, 239cm wide
41cm deep
90cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 377
LOT 378
LOT 379
A pair of Louis Philippe onyx and ormolu-mounted champagne ewers, c.1850, French, each with champlevé enamel mounts, on a square plinth base, 12cm wide
18cm deep
48cm high (2)
£600 - 800
A blue and white porcelain dish, 18th century, Chinese, decorated with floral sprays, 31cm wide
25.5cm deep
8cm high
£60 - 80
A pair of twin-handled porcelain vases, of recent manufacture, Chinese, each with gilt decoration on a burnt-orange ground, 20cm wide
42cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 380
LOT 381
LOT 382
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LOT 383
A blue and white porcelain vase, 20th century, Chinese, decorated with stylised fish and calligraphy, 45cm diameter
39cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 384
Dutch School, 19th century
Still life of classic sculptures indistinctly signed and dated ‘M Van Rys…, 1890’ l.l., oil on canvas
134 x 110cm
£300 - 500
LOT 385
A collection of glazed stoneware soup tureens, 19th/20th century, comprising faience and porcelain examples, with stamps including ‘St Amand & Hamage Nord’, ‘GIEN Geoffroy et Cie’, ‘Fenal Badonviller’ and ‘AH & Co.’, largest 34cm wide 16cm high, together with a faience de Dijon, 21cm wide 17cm high (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 386
A Victorian cut-glass twin-handled vase, c.1890, with diamond-cut decoration, 18cm wide
13cm deep
28cm high, and two Anglo-Irish cut-glass pedestal fruit bowls (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 387
An amethyst glass pineapple jar, 20th century, French, with gilt-brass mounts and frond cresting, 12cm diameter
21.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 388
A pair of engraved glass decanters, c.1900, Belgian, each silver mount stamped ‘L Teloh, Bruxelles 950 Belgium’, 15cm wide
10cm deep
34cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 389
A pair of neoclassical, painted and parcel-gilt, wooden pier tables, c.1850, Italian, each with a mirror back and a removable marble top enclosing a jardinière, bearing a makers’ label for ‘Ravieri & Fancisti’,
150cm wide
43cm deep
290cm high (2)
£2,000 - 3,000
LOT 390
A set of four large Louis XV-style ormolu rococo wall lights, c.1960, French, each of bold three-branch design, in the manner of Jacques Caffieri, 60cm wide
36cm deep
92cm high (4)
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 391
A pair of Rouen-style iron orangerie urns, of recent manufacture, French, each with blue and white enamelled decoration and lion mask handles, 60cm diameter
65cm high (2)
£500 - 700
A pair of giltwood five -branch
c.1900, Italian, each with beaded and lustre-decorated frames,
61cm wide
37cm deep
93cm high (2)
£600 - 800
A polished brass bouillotte lamp, 19th century, French, with four branches and a toleware shade, 55cm diameter
91cm high
£200 - 400
A Victorian painted wood and canvas trunk, late 19th century, with brass mounts, 75cm wide
45cm deep
45cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 392
wall lights,
LOT 393
LOT 394
A Louis XV-style gilt-bronze hall lantern, c.1880, with four scrolling supports above four shaped glass panels, enclosing four branches, 40cm diameter
88cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 396
A lacquered elm cabinet, 19th century, Chinese, fitted with two cupboard doors revealing a shelved interior, over two drawers, 71cm wide
41cm deep
94cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 397
A pair of brass tripod easels, c.1900, French, each in the form of spears, 100cm wide
80cm deep
192cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 395
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398
A pair of green-glazed garden seats, 20th century, Chinese, 43cm diameter
54cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 399
A blue-glazed porcelain charger, early 20th century, Chinese, 42.5cm diameter
£80 - 120
LOT 400 ▲
José Ortega (Spanish, 1877-1955)
Camel caravan
signed l.r., oil on canvas
25 x 57cm
£200 - 400
LOT 401
A set of four Louis XV-style provincial walnut side chairs, of recent manufacture, French, 58cm wide
62cm deep
118cm high (4)
£300 - 500
LOT
A large blue and white ceramic vase, 19th century, Moroccan, with stylised decoration, 35cm diameter
70cm high
£200 - 400
A blue and gilt glass casket, c.1880, French, with enamel overlay decoration and gilt-brass mounts, on mask feet, 11.5cm wide
12.5cm deep
7cm high
£80 - 120
A pair of glazed ceramic vases, c.1900, Moroccan, each of baluster form, and decorated with multiple circular panels of calligraphy and stylised flowers, each signed to the base, 20cm diameter
31cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 402
LOT 403
LOT 404
LOT 405
A faux crocodile leather cutlery tray, late 20th century, with split compartments,
34.5cm wide
19cm deep
17.5cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 406
A set of six rosewood chairs, 20th century, Anglo-Indian, each foliate-carved and pierced splat above an upholstered seat, on turned and reeded supports, 48cm wide
50cm deep
92cm high (6)
£300 - 500
LOT 407
A large ebonised mahogany centre table, early 20th century, Anglo-Indian, the circular top with a gadrooned edge and raised on acanthus supports, 183cm diameter
80cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 408
Two cut-crystal decanters, early 19th century, each with a mushroom stopper, larger 11cm diameter
25cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 409
A Victorian silver ink bottle, makers mark obscured, Birmingham 1919, in the shape of a bell, 14cm diameter
15cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 410
A silver-plated oval tea caddy, c.1920, with engine-turned decoration and an oval crest,
16cm wide
11.5cm deep
8cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 411
A Regency cut-glass triple-necked decanter, c.1820, of Prussian form, with a mushroom stopper, 12.5cm diameter
28cm high
£100 - 150
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409
408
90cm diameter
115cm high
£2,500 - 3,500
LOT 412
Louis XVI-style bronze chandelier, c.1950, French, after a design by Jean-Charles Delafosse, with twelve scrolling branches,
LOT 413
A silvered carved wood mirror, c.1750, Italian, the rectangular mirror plate within a profusely leaf-carved frame, 108cm wide
154cm high
£700 - 1,000
LOT 414
A pair of Charles X six-branch candelabra, c.1830, each with foliate ormolu mounts and silvered column, on a scrolling triform base, 28cm wide
28cm deep
77cm high (2)
£600 - 800
LOT 415
A pair of Napoleon III brocatelle marble cassolettes, c.1880, French, each of urn form with ormolu mounts, 28cm wide
20cm deep
63cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
“My mother was our mentor and teacher in this business. She showed me that good taste can be learned, but style is something you are born with.”
Marc Weaver
416
A set of five Edwardian garden bowls for the game of ‘Gofky’, c.1910, in lignum vitae, with original wood box, box 27cm wide
27cm deep
14cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 417
A Louis Phillipe mahogany tub chair, c.1850, French, the arms terminating in carved lion masks, the red upholstered seat raised on bobbin-turned front supports, 64cm wide
60cm deep
74cm high
£300 - 500
418
A pair of silver cigarette boxes, London 1896, each with copper line inlay, 18cm wide
8.5cm deep
4.5cm high (2)
£100 - 200
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419
A George II-style giltwood mirror, c.1850, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the ornate crest flanked with a ho-o bird and scrolling foliage, 88cm wide
144cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 420
A silver-plated cocktail shaker, early 20th century, French, in the form of a champagne bottle, 9cm diameter
33cm high
£200 - 400
421
An aluminium and brass-mounted aviator trunk, 20th century, 51cm wide
51cm deep
61cm high
£200 - 400
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A rock crystal champagne bucket, or recent manufacture, by Jean Arriau, France, with a spiked rim and gilt-metal handles,
26cm wide
24cm deep
30cm high
£300 - 500
423
A carved ash dining table in the style of Alexandre Noll, c.1950, French, the adzed rectangular top raised on naturalistic supports joined by an ‘H’ stretcher, 205cm long
110cm wide
74cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 424
A porcelain gilded dish, c.1800, Continental, painted with a study of a girl, 30 x 27cm
£150 - 250
LOT 422
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A baroque etched glass mirror, c.1700 and later, Danish, with an arched cresting and marginal plate frame, 77cm wide 174cm high
£1,500 - 2,000
LOT 425
LOT 426 ▲
Philippe Gernay (Belgian, b.1951), horse head, bronze, signed and dated ‘Gernay 75’ to the interior, on a later glass plinth
52cm wide
90cm deep
165cm high overall (2)
£500 - 800
LOT 427
A Murano amethyst glass domed-top casket, c.1900, Italian, with gilt-brass mounts, 13cm wide
8.5cm deep
10cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 428
A collection of ebony elephants, early 20th century, Indian, largest 28cm wide
12cm deep
20cm high (7)
£300 - 500
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A modernist rosewood and chrome desk, c.1960, French, with blind frieze drawers, 140cm wide
80cm deep
71cm high
£800 - 1,200
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427
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LOT 430
After Jules Salmson for Val d’Osne, c.1900, French, a pair of spelter figures, each modelled with one arm held aloft, on a circular stepped base, 21cm diameter 73cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 431
A diamond pattern durrie, of recent manufacture, the central field with an indigo ground, 305 x 224cm
£300 - 500
LOT 432
A cut-glass oval dish, c.1900, with silver-plated mounts, scrolling handles, and a central vacant cartouche, 46cm wide
22cm deep
12.5cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 433
A mahogany sofa, c.1850, German, Bavarian, attributed to Wilhelm Kimbel, with a shaped back and carved eagle decoration, 220cm wide
75cm deep
106cm high
£500 - 800
An ironwork garden seat, 20th century, French, the concave outline with metal woven back panels and seat, 176cm wide
75cm deep
82cm high
£200 - 300
A cast iron and strapwork garden seat, c.1900, with scroll seat, 153cm wide
74cm deep
82cm high
£200 - 300
An ironwork jardinière, c.1880, French, with a tinwork and wire gallery, on a trefoil base, 66cm diameter
94cm high, together with a similar example (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 436
LOT 434
LOT 435
LOT 437
An Art Deco salt-glazed pelican, c.1930, modelled on a plinth base, 19cm wide
20cm deep
56cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 438
A pair of salt-glazed garden urns, c.1860, Continental, each with relief decoration of trailing vines and ram’s head handles, on a faux marble base, 47cm diameter
71cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 439
An iron-framed pergola, 20th century, of domed form with a scrolling crown top, 195cm diameter
310cm high
£200 - 300
438
437
LOT 440
A cast iron campana urn, late 19th century, with scrolling handles, on a pedestal circular foot, 52cm diameter
43cm high
£150 - 200
LOT 441
A weathered composite marble classical figure, early 20th century, the subject in flowing robes and carrying an urn, raised on a square pedestal column, 38cm wide
36cm deep
108cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 442
A cast iron and wood garden seat, 20th century, the iron supports cast with storks and trailing vines, 150cm wide
68cm deep
77cm high
£400 - 600
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440
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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
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