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Lot 154 A set of twelve Regency-style painted dining chairs, by Brights of Nettlebed, from the ‘Althorp Living History’ series, with bar backs, highlighted in gilt leaf and decorated with anthemia and a swan crest, with silk and braided upholstered squab seat cushions, on swept ring-turned legs, 57cm wide 57cm deep 85cm high (12) £1,500 - 2,500

Lot 155 A Dutch walnut and marquetry inlaid escritoire, early 18th century, the moulded cornice above a flush drawer and a fall front, enclosing an interior fitted with drawers, pigeonholes and secret compartments, with an adjustable leather surface, the base set with two short over two long drawers, the whole finely decorated with floral, foliate and neoclassical motifs, 135cm wide 60cm deep 173cm high £2,000 - 4,000

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Lot 156 A Danish giltwood and white-painted mirror and marble top console, late 18th century, with a carved mirror cresting, mirror 59cm wide 149cm high console 66cm wide 36cm deep 75cm high (2) £800 - 1,200

Lot 157 A Danish white-painted tile-top table, 18th century, the rectangular top with a ribbon-tied edge, raised on tapering fluted supports, 81cm wide 56cm deep 76cm high £600 - 800

Lot 158 A similar pair of Louis XV-style gilt-framed armchairs, 19th century, upholstered in grey fabric, 55cm wide 56cm deep 92cm high (2) £500 - 700 159

Lot 159 A porcelain bacchanalian figure group in the manner of Meissen, 19th century, depicting a satyr and female attendant with a basket of grapes and a putto at their side, incised ‘1755’ to the underside, 43cm high £300 - 500

Lot 160 A collection of Regency and later papier mâché lacquer trays, to include an example by ‘Clay, King Street, Covent Garden’, with a shaped edge decorated in gilt with a Gothic Revival border, 74 x 56cm, a lap tray by Jennens and Bettridge, 71 x 38cm, a large octagonal example, decorated with an oriental landscape, 78 x 56cm, and three further (6) £300 - 400

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Lot 162 A Victorian lacquered, mother-of-pearl inlaid and painted octagonal occasional table, c.1880, decorated all-over with a pheasant amongst blossom, raised on a turned support and tripod base, 80cm diameter 76cm high £300 - 500

Lot 163 A pair of gilt brass mounted pottery parrot candlesticks, early 20th century, the birds sitting on floral encrusted stumps, 38cm high (2) £300 - 500

Lot 164 A Haviland Limoges ‘Louveciennes’ part dinner service, late 20th century, each piece with floral and foliate decoration and gilt highlights, printed marks to base, comprising: 8 dinner plates, 22cm diameter, 8 dessert plates, 8 side plates, 8 soup bowls and saucers, 8 coffee cans and saucers, a pair of tureens, a large oval plate, a sauceboat and stand, a large cream jug, a teapot, a coffee pot, and a sugar box (70) £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 165 A pair of Niderviller faience figures, 18th century, Lady and Gallant seated on rustic knolls, she in a laced gown and he in a long coat and breeches, 16cm wide 15.5cm high (2) £500 - 700 Provenance: Lot labels to the underside of each - Sotheby’s, Lot 802. 162

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Lot 166 A pair of French porcelain plaques, each oval with hand-painted floral arrangements, gilt-framed, inscribed verso, 33cm wide 43cm high (2) £200 - 300

Lot 167 A red-lacquered and ormolu-mounted pier cabinet, the Sienna marble top with canted corners over an acanthus cast frieze, the single panelled door set with a gilt metal roundel depicting Cupid and Psyche and flanked on each side by bronze and gilt-bronze figural pilasters emblematic of spring and summer, the sides decorated with chinoiserie designs, all on a stepped base, 92cm wide 45cm deep 93cm high £3,500 - 5,000

Lot 168 A George III walnut cased bracket clock, by John Taylor, London, the bell top case with a moulded cornice above an arched brass dial with silvered strike/silent dial, flanked by side handles and pierced gilt grilles, on foliate cast gilt feet, 40cm wide 24cm deep 52cm high £1,000 - 1,500 168

Lot 169 A kingwood and tulipwood writing table, late 19th century, French, with a double serpentine front, serpentine sides and ormolu mounts, the green leather writing surface over a frieze drawer to one side, 99cm wide 58cm deep 77cm high £800 - 1,200

Lot 170 A walnut cassone, 17th century, Italian, with a richly-carved front panel depicting half-human figures and lions, an ironwork lock with key, on boldly carved lion paw feet, 165cm wide 57cm deep 57cm high £1,200 - 1,500

Lot 171 A Continental carved giltwood canapé, 19th century, of rococo design, the frame with densely scrolling floral and foliate motifs, raised on squat cabriole supports with mask detail, upholstered in floral silk damask, 210cm wide 115cm deep 133cm high £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 172 A Continental carved giltwood canapé, 19th century, of rococo design, the frame with densely scrolling floral and foliate motifs, raised on squat cabriole supports with mask detail, upholstered in floral silk damask, 210cm wide 115cm deep 133cm high £2,000 - 3,000 169

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Lot 173 A French Louis XVI mahogany commode, of flat-fronted rectangular form, the veined white marble top above three short and two long drawers, each with gilt-bronze mounts, set between a pair of fluted chamfered edges, raised on tapering supports, 124cm wide 61cm deep 87cm high £1,200 - 1,800 Lot 174 A George III-style mahogany-framed wingback armchair, upholstered in a corded red fabric, on cabriole legs and claw feet, 73cm wide 77cm deep 105cm high £600 - 800 Lot 175 A carved olivewood Mount Athos crucifix, 16th century and later, Greek, with engraved tin mounts on a tin foot, the central panel depicting the crucifixion and resurrection, flanked by saints, 18cm high £500 - 700

Lot 176 A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid occasional table, early 19th century and later, the rectangular mirrored top above a frieze drawer with beaded detail, raised on cabriole supports united by an X-stretcher, 61cm wide 46cm deep 68cm high £250 - 350

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Provenance: Count Eric von Rosen (1879-1948) of Rockelstad Castle, Stockholm, Sweden; thence by descent. These items were acquired by Count von Rosen, a prolific author, explorer and friend of Howard Carter during the 1920s, and were exhibited at Rockelstad Castle at that time.

Lot 177 A group of Egyptian antiquities, to include: an ushabti, probably Late Period (c.650-300 BC), a funerary servant figure in blue faience, shown in the form of a mummy, 6.5cm high, a triad, probably Late Period to Early Ptolemaic (c.650-200 BC), a light blue faience funerary amulet showing the triad of Horus, Isis and Nephthys, 3cm high, a green faience amulet in the figure of Anubis, Late Period (c.650-300 BC), 4.5cm high, a Wadj amulet, Late Period to Early Ptolemaic (c.650-200 BC), 4cm high, a steatite scarab seal amulet, Late New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period (c.1200-700 BC), the underside engraved with a scene showing a pharaoh in a chariot, 1cm long, a wedjat amulet, Late New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period (c.1200-700 BC) or later, in the shape of the Eye of Horus, in dark blue faience, 3.25cm long, and a large steatite wedjat, 20th century, with inlaid details, 7cm long (7) £300 - 500 177

Lot 178 An Egyptian bronze and clay figurine of Osiris, Late period (650-300 BC), shown seated and wrapped in mummy cloth as the ruler of the underworld, constructed as a thin layer of bronze over a clay core, and on a later wooden base, 15.5cm high £300 - 500

Lot 179 An Egyptian inscribed quartzite fragment, 18th Dynasty (1479-1457 BC), in brown quartzite, bearing parts of the titles of Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty and inscribed ‘The daughter of Re, beloved of him… Given all life and stability… ‘, 17 x 15cm £400 - 600 It is possible this fragment is from the side of a throne that sat beneath a statue of the queen and, as such, is likely from Deir el-Bahari in Thebes. Other similar fragments from similar statues can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Lot 180 An Italian gilt and reverse-painted glass frame, 18th century, Venice, of star shape, decorated in polychrome colours with flowers, foliate scrolls and winged putti, currently surrounding an unfinished textile panel centred with a heart and various religious motifs, 85cm wide 85cm high £500 - 800

Lot 181 Two Regency painted chairs, an elbow chair and a single example, each with a turned spindle back and caned seat, raised on turned legs, armchair 53cm wide 45cm deep 84cm high (2) £300 - 500

Lot 182 A pair of Victorian figured walnut pier cabinets, each moulded rectangular top above a single glazed door, flanked by a pair of pilasters set with gilt metal mounts and floral marquetry detail, on a plinth base and ebonised bun feet, 76cm wide 36cm deep 117cm high (2) £1,000 - 1,500

Lot 183 A George III-style oval wall mirror, 19th century, with a reeded and ribbon-tied moulded frame, 92cm wide 125cm high £400 - 600

Lot 184 A Persian Mahal carpet, 20th century, woven with vegetable dyes and floral and foliate motifs, within variously-decorated borders, 400 x 220cm £200 - 300

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Lot 185 A gilt-metal figure of a girl, 19th century, in long flowing robes and holding a cross, on a stepped ebonised base, 30cm high £100 - 150

Lot 186 A nautical bronze group, 20th century, the classical subject seated with an anchor and cherub looking at a compass, bronze, on a faux marble wood plinth, 41cm wide 20cm deep 67cm high £500 - 700 186

Lot 187 A French Louis XV-style serpentine commode, late 19th/early 20th century, of kingwood and tulipwood with inlaid marquetry, the shaped marble top above two floral decorated long drawers, with gilt-metal handles and mounts, raised on splayed supports terminating in sabots, 120cm wide 55cm deep 83cm high £500 - 800 188

Lot 188 Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828), a carved marble of a young girl with flowers in her hair, signed ‘Houdon’, 46cm high £600 - 800

Lot 189 A pair of carved wood figures of saints, 19th century, Dutch, each polychrome decorated in full robes and one holding a crucifix, 30cm wide 18cm deep 89cm high (2) £400 - 600

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Lot 190 A French Louis XV-style bonheur-du-jour, late 19th century, of amaranth and tulipwood, with gilt-metal mounts and porcelain decoration, the upper section with a pair of cupboard doors enclosing shelves, above two drawers and a fold-out top, inset with a green leather writing surface, the shaped frieze drawer mounted with tassels, raised on scrolling cabriole supports terminating in sabots, 82cm wide 56cm deep 137cm high £600 - 800 Provenance: Christie’s, the ‘19th Century Sale’, 18 February 1990, lot 87.

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Lot 192 After Joseph-Pierre Chinard, 19th century, Madame Récamier, marble bust, 64cm high, together with a fluted oak plinth, 48cm wide 48cm deep 90cm high (2) £800 - 1,200

Lot 193 A George III mahogany serpentine front commode, c.1770, the upper drawer with a fitted sliding section above three further long drawers, brass swan-neck handles, on ogee bracket feet, 106cm wide 58cm deep 85cm high £1,000 - 1,500 192 part lot

Lot 194 A mahogany triple pedestal dining table, in the 18th century style, the rounded rectangular top with four additional leaves, on baluster turned columns and downswept legs on pad feet, 514cm wide 137cm deep 76cm high £3,000 - 5,000

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