The Swinton Sale

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2024

ALSO SELLING THIS WEEKEND:

COUNTRY HOUSE SALE

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

9.30AM

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SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

9.30AM

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THE SWINTON SALE

THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF DYKES HILL HOUSE, MASHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE 2nd EARL AND COUNTESS OF SWINTON AND SOLD ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 4th EARL AND FAMILY AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE LORD SWINTON WILL TRUST

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT 9.30AM

AUCTION

The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG

VIEWING

Wednesday 11 September 10.00am to 4.00pm Thursday 12 September 10.00am to 4.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am

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AN INTRODUCTION

The Swinton Sale includes a selection of fine English and Continental Furniture, Paintings, Sculpture, Chinese Works of Art, Silver, Meissen, Sèvres, Books and Objets d’Art from one of Yorkshire’s most important landed estates.

The Swinton Estate, which spans approximately 20,000 acres, encompasses some of the most beautiful landscape in North Yorkshire and has been in the ownership of the Cunliffe-Lister family since the 1880s. The Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton. The 1st Earl, who was a close friend of Sir Winston Churchill, was succeeded by his grandson in 1972 because his son, Major the Hon. John Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister lost his life whilst serving his country in the Second World War. The 2nd Earl, David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1982 to 1986. In 1959 the 2nd Earl became engaged to Susan Sinclair, the daughter of Sir Ronald Sinclair of Dunbeath Bt. Shortly before their marriage, Susan, the future Lady Masham, suffered a life changing injury when she was thrown from her horse causing her to be paralysed from the waist down.

Undeterred by this tragic accident the marriage went ahead and was widely reported in the national press. The newly married couple proceeded to design and build a spectacular house not far from Swinton Park to accommodate Lady Masham’s injury, which became the family seat and was named Dykes Hill House. The 2nd Earl died in 2006 and his widow Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, DL, continued to lead a full life as a British crossbench member of the House of Lords. Amongst her many achievements, she was a former Paralympic athlete and was also the founder and lifelong President of the Spinal Injuries Association. She died on 12th March 2023.

Whilst a number of the chattels have been retained by the family, the remaining contents of Dykes Hill House provide a rare glimpse of what epitomises the quintessential taste of the English aristocracy. Amongst the many items included in the sale are a pair of William IV Silver Candelabra by John Houle (estimate: £8,000-12,000 all figures exclude buyer’s premium), which belonged to the former Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, and a spectacular painting depicting a view of Santa Maria della Salute at the entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, attributed to a Follower of Bernardo Bellotto (estimate: £7,00010,000). There are finely mounted pieces of Chinese ormolu porcelain acquired by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham of Swinton, around 1890 for Swinton Park. There is also a handsome Charles II Black Japanned Cabinet on Stand highlighted with gilt decoration dating from the late 17th century (estimate: £3,000-5,000) and a highly chased William IV Silver-Gilt Kettle on Stand by Paul Storr (£6,000-8.000), and a George II Silver-Gilt Cup and Cover, presented to Lt. Co. Thornton Sn by the non-commissioned officers and soldiers serving under him in the Yorkshire Regiment in 1795 (estimate: £4,000). Of historical interest are a George VI Silver Seal Matrix of the Duchy of Lancaster and a George VI Silver Seal Matrix of the County Palatine of Lancaster, which belonged to Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton and later 1st Earl of Swinton, who held the position of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (estimate: £3,000-5,000 each). As tradition dictated, holders of this office were presented with the official seals on the death of the monarch.

Overall, this sale offers an exceptional opportunity to acquire works of art that have been collected over many years with taste and foresight.

Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955):An English Oak 7ft Refectory Dining Table, circa 1936, dowelled adzed three plank top, on two octagonal legs joined by a floor stretcher, with carved mouse trademark 213cm wide, 89cm deep, 72.5cm high

£1,500-2,500

Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955): A Set of Eight (6+2) English Oak Panel Back Dining Chairs, 1936, each armchair with crested top rails, burr oak panels, solid leather seats, shaped arms, on octagonal front legs, rush rail between front legs, each with carved mouse trademark, one arm chair with carved inscription TWO ARM CHAIRS THE GIFT OF THE SWINTON ESTATE STAFF 1936 armchairs 98.5cm high

singles 85cm high

£2,500-3,500

Workshop of Robert Mouseman Thompson (Kilburn): An English Oak Panelled Blanket Chest, post 1960, the rectangular adzed hinged top, on four octagonal and block feet, with carved mouse trademark, 104cm wide, 39.5cm deep, 47cm high

£800-1,200

A Set of Five 20th Century Cylindrical Lidded Canisters, comprising three green, one pink and one yellow example with small loop handles, each painted with a still life panel 32.5cm diameter, 54cm high

£150-250

A Victorian Papier Mache Decorated Box, 2nd half 19th century, the removable lid decorated with an Italian landscape and figures enclosing four removable boxes depicting scenes of Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore overall 38cm by 25cm removable boxes 12cm by 18cm

An Early 19th Century Tulipwood and Parquetry-Decorated Dome-Top Jewellery Box, the hinged lid decorated with foliage enclosing a part silk-lined interior (a/f) 30cm by 23cm by 19cm (6)

£100-150

A Pair of Victorian Mahogany and Brass Weighing Scales, stamped Thornhill & Co, New Bond Street, London, the balancing arm with sliding weight supporting weighing scales, the mahogany column with folding dished platform above a moulded base with weighing platform 133cm high

£150-250

7 3

David S R Kirk (b.1960) The Blessing Signed, oil on canvas, 39.5cm by 59cm

£100-150

A Rockingham Porcelain Bottle Vase and Stopper, circa 1835, applied with naturalistically modelled and painted foliage, printed mark in puce 40cm high

A Similar Minton Pot-Pourri Bowl and Cover 28cm diameter (2)

£150-200

9 3

Sir Herbert James Gunn RA, PRP, NS (1893-1964)

The Garden Pond

Signed, oil on canvas board, 33.5cm by 44cm

£2,000-3,000

11

An English Porcelain Dinner Service, mid 19th century, painted with birds in branches and with scattered insects within gilt line borders, comprising:

1 soup tureen and cover

4 vegetable tureens and covers

4 sauce tureens, covers and stands

3 oval platters

2 smaller oval platters

1 footed twin-handled bowl

16 plates

£800-1,200

10

A Stefan Nowacki Derby Porcelain Plate, 1984, painted with a view of Swinton Park within a blue border highlight in gilt and gadrooned rim, inscribed to the reverse Lord and Lady Swinton on the occasion of their 25th Wedding Anniversary, 8th December 1984, Lindley Educational Trust, printed marks 22cm diameter, boxed £150-200

12 3

Adrian C Rigby (b.1962)

Scarlett Macaws resting on a mossy branch

Signed, gouache, together with a further gouache study depicting red Amaryllis by *Barnard”, 52.5cm by 37.5cm and 43cm by 35.5cm respectively (2)

£80-120

A Victorian White-Metal-Mounted Oak Trough, of rectangular form, applied with crests in shield-shaped panels, on bun feet

48cm wide

£100-150

A Bohemian Blue Overlay Clear Glass Goblet, circa 1850, the ovoid bowl engraved in the manner of Karl Pohl with a rider on horseback herding horses, in an oval panel on a foliate ground on a knopped stem and ogee foot

30cm high

£400-600

A Victorian Walnut Table Cabinet, late 19th century, the caddy top over two doors enclosing three drawers, on a chamfered plinth 30cm wide

£150-200

An English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1860, painted with birds in branches within turquoise and gilt ribbon meander borders, comprising:

2 tall comports

2 low comports

7 plates

£250-350

A George III Mahogany Breakfast Table, early 19th century, the moulded top on a baluster-turned support with four reeded legs, brass-capped toes and castors

135cm by 91cm by 74cm

£200-300

18

Attributed to Sir David Wilkie RA (1785-1841)

“The Contention” - Sketch for “The Village Festival” Pencil and watercolour, together with a further initialled example by the same hand also depicting a sketch for The Village Festival series “The Inn Keeper’s Daughter”, 27.5cm by 38cm and 19cm by 22.5cm respectively (2)

Professor Hamish Miles suggested that this drawing is a copy after the picture in the National Gallery of Scotland. It was originally part of series of eight drawings based on that composition.

Exhibited: Yorkshire Fine Art Exhibition, York, May 1879 City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall “Coming of Age Exhibition”, 1925

Provenance: Charles Hargitt, Liverpool Christie’s sale, 18th March 1881, lot 720 Christie’s sale, 27th April 1971, lot 194

£300-500

19

A Set of Seven George III Mahogany and Boxwood-Strung

Single Dining Chairs, early 19th century, recovered in worn pink fabric, the curved satinwood and ebony-strung top rails above overstuffed seats, on square tapering legs joined by an H stretcher

47cm by 42cm by 85.5cm

£100-150

20

Brontë (Anne, Charlotte and Emily).

Novels of the Sisters Brontë, Thornton Edition. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905, twelve volumes, frontis to each, plates as called for, top edge gilt, half calf by Hatchards. (12) £200-400

18 (part)

21

Shakespeare (William).

Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. The Text of the First Edition, Illustrated with Etchings.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1883, numbered limited edition of seventy-five copies with proofs of the etchings in three states, eight volumes plus extra volume of plates, 38 etched plates, each in three states, two of each in the text volumes, the third state in the extra volume, all edges gilt, outstanding gilt-tooled morocco bindings by Andrew Grieve. (9)

£300-500

22

Stevenson (Robert Louis).

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, The Edinburgh Edition. Edinburgh: Longmans Green et al., 1894-98, numbered limited edition of 1035, initialled by Charles Baxter or W. B. Blaikie, twenty-eight volumes, portrait frontis to first volume; Balfour (Graham), The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Methuen, 1901, two volumes, two portraits and map; Prideaux (Col. W.F.), A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Frank Hollings, 1903, portrait frontis and facsimile letter, unopened. Armorial bookplates of S.C. Lister, Swinton Park, top edges gilt, uniform half morocco bindings by Sotheran. (31)

£300-500

Austen (Jane).

The Novels of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12, twelve volumes, portrait frontis, top edges gilt, half calf by Hatchards.(12)

£600-1,000

24

A Pair of George IV Silver Sugar-Nips, by Charles Rawlings, London, 1828 modelled as a harlequin, with snake-cast handles and leaf-cast grips 12cm long, 1oz 19dwt, 60gr

£70-100

25

An Edward VII Silver Soup-Ladle, by George Maudsley Jackson and David Landsborough Fullerton, London, 1906 Hanoverian pattern, with a round bowl, the terminal engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister 32.5cm long, 9oz 5dwt, 287gr

The crests are probably those of Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (18571917).

£100-150

A Pair of George V Silver Grape-Scissors, by Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1911 with bamboo-cast handles, one blade serrated 17.5cm long, 3oz 10dwt, 108gr

£60-80

A Pair of Edward VII Silver Fish-Servers, by Francis Higgins, London, 1903 King’s pattern, the back engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, the front engraved with a baron’s coronet, the blades and tines each pierced with foliage and flowers the fish-knife 33cm long, total weight 10oz 16dwt, 335gr (2)

The crests are those of Samuel Cunliffe Lister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£120-180

A Collection of Assorted George V and Later Silver Cutlery, Mostly byHolland, Aldwinckle and Slater, London, 1911 King’s pattern, most engraved with the Cunliffe and Lister crests on one side and a baron’s coronet on the other, with differing stainless steel or steel blades comprising:

13 table-knives, with later stainless steel blades

13 cheese-knives, with later stainless steel blades, two unengraved and by Henry Atkin, Sheffield, 1936 5 carving-knives, with steel blades 3 carving forks, with steel attachments (34)

The crests are those of Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917).

£300-500

A Cased Set of Twelve Victorian Silver FishKnives and a Pair of Fish-Servers, by George Adams, London, The Fish-Knives 1860, The Fish-Servers 1861

Grecian pattern, the blades of the twelve fishknives engraved with a fish, the blades and tines of the fish-servers engraved with a fishing boat at sail, the handles engraved with the Sinclair crest within a garter motto and filled, in fitted oak box with vacant brass shield, with pull-out tray the box 35.5cm wide (26)

The crest is probably that of Sir John Sinclair, 6th Baronet (1794-1873), ancestor of Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton through her father Major Sir Ronald Sinclair, 8th Baronet (1899-1952).

£120-180

A Cased Set of Twelve Victorian Silver and Mother-of-Pearl Fruit-Eaters, by Richard Martin and Ebenezer Hall, Sheffield, 1896, 1897 and 1900

each tapering handle with reeded border, comprising twelve fruit-forks and twelve fruitknives, in fitted oak box with pull-out tray, the hinged cover with vacant brass shield the case 29cm wide (24)

£150-250

A Cased Set of Victorian Silver Fruit-Eaters, by Francis Higgins, London, 1849, 1853 and 1854

King’s pattern, each engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, comprising 24 fruitknives, 22 fruit-forks and a further handle, the handles filled, in fitted satinwood veneered case with brass mounts, the hinged cover with brass plaque engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, with three pull-out trays the case 32cm wide (47)

The crests are those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£300-500

Three Pairs of George II Silver Sugar-Nips, Two Pairs Possibly by Samuel Hitchcock, London, Circa 1720 and One Pair by John Pitts, London, Circa 1730

each of typical form, the first two pairs with shell-cast grips, each later engraved with the Cunliffe and Lister crests and a baron’s coronet, Together With another similar pair, unengraved, London, circa 1730 and a pair of George III silver ribbon-threaders, in the form of a stork, maker’s mark IW, circa 1780 6oz 3dwt, 192gr (5)

The later crests are those of Samuel CunliffeLister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£120-180

(part)

30 (part)

31(part)

A Victorian Silver Table-Service, Mostly by George Adams, London, 1844, 1848, 1854 and 1879

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, comprising:

12 table-spoons

12 table-forks

12 dessert-spoons

12 dessert-forks

13 teaspoons

A soup-ladle

A pair of asparagus-tongs

A sauce-ladle

162oz 17dwt, 5,066gr (64)

£2,500-3,500

A Victorian Silver Table-Service, by George Adams and Charles Lias, London, 1844, 1846, 1854 and 1879

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, comprising:

12 table-spoons

12 table-forks

12 dessert-spoons

12 dessert-forks

124oz 14dwt, 3,878gr (48)

See illustration online

£1,500-2,500

A Victorian Silver Table-Service, by George Adams, London, 1846, 1854 and 1879

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, comprising:

4 table-spoons

12 table-forks

12 dessert-forks

77oz 14dwt, 2,417gr (28)

See illustration online

£1,000-1,500

A Victorian and Edward VII Silver Table-Service, Mostly by George Adams or Charles Lias, London, 1844, 1854, 1879 and 1906

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, comprising:

6 table-forks

6 dessert-spoons

6 dessert-forks

44oz 15dwt, 1,392g (18)

The crests on the Victorian pieces are those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

See illustration online

£600-800

A Set of Twelve Victorian Silver Table-Forks, by George Adams, London, 1846

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister

39oz 16dwt, 1,239gr (12)

See illustration online

£500-700

A Set of Six Victorian Silver Table-Forks, by George Adams, London, Two 1854 and Four 1879

Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister 20oz 3dwt, 627gr (6)

See illustration online

£250-350

33 (part)

39 (part)

A George III and Later Silver Table-Service, Various Maker’s and Dates

Old English pattern, most pieces engraved with the Greame crest, comprising

18 table-spoons

18 table-forks

17 dessert-spoons

11 dessert-forks

3 sauce-ladles

114oz 10dwt, 3,560gr (67)

£1,500-2,500

A George V Silver-Gilt Copy of the Anointing Spoon, by Saunders, Shepherd and Co. Ltd., London, 1936, Retailed by Asprey, 166 Bond Street, London of typical form, the back of the bowl engraved with an inscription, in fitted gilt-tooled blue leather covered case; Together With two similar smaller examples, one by Miller Brothers, Birmingham, 1901 and one stamped ‘silver’ the case 28.5cm long, the spoons 25.5cm long and smaller, total weight of silver 3oz 17dwt, 120gr (3)

Provenance:

The first spoon almost certainly presented to David Yarburgh CunliffeLister, later 2nd Earl of Swinton (1937-2006) on his christening by Anne de Vere Chamberlain, née Cole, wife of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

The inscription reads ‘David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister From his extra Godmother Anne Chamberlain 1937’.

£70-100

A Collection of Assorted Silver and Enamel Flatware comprising a cased set of six teaspoons, the bowls enamelled with game birds; a cased set of six enamelled coffee-spoons; a cased set of eight coffee-spoons, the bowls enamelled with flowers and four differing silver and enamel cocktail sticks, each with cockerel finial (qty)

See illustration online

£70-100

A Collection of Assorted George III and Later Silver Flatware including a George III silver marrow-scoop; a Victorian silver pickle-fork with twisted handle, engraved with the Greame crest; a pair of saladservers; a pair of wishbone-form sugar-tongs; a serving spoon with long handle; a pickle-fork and two differing caddy-spoons total weight 9oz 9dwt, 293gr (qty)

See illustration online

£120-180

After Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935)

Snipe drumming

Signed in pencil, a black and white reproduction, together with a further monochromatic lithograph depicting a loaded cart and horses, R. Houston after T. Spencer, a coloured engraving portrait of George Henry Lord Scott, five prints after Robert Hills depicting stags and deer in landscape (contained in three frames), Fillocul after Paterre, “Les plaisirs de la jeunesse”, coloured prints after Jan van Eyck, and miscellaneous further prints, etc, 29cm by 18cm and various other sizes (a collection)

£120-180

(part)

Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935)

Sandpiper feeding

Initialled, pencil, together with two further ornithological pencil sketches by the same hand, 7.5cm by 8.5cm, 10cm by 15cm respectively (3) framed as a set of three

Provenance: W H Embleton, London

£150-250

Nelson (T.H.) et al.

The Birds of Yorkshire, Being a Historical Account of the Avi-Fauna of the County.

A.Brown, 1907, first edition, two volumes, colour title and frontis to each, monochrome plates (plus one colour) as called for, foxing, top edges gilt, half morocco bindings by Hatchards; Sladen (F.W.L.), The Humble Bee.

Macmillan, 1912, first edition, frontis, six plates, text illustrations, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Sotheran; Dugmore (A. Radclyffe), The Romance of the Beaver.

Heinemann, 1914, first edition, plates as called for, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Hatchards. (4)

£80-120

Donovan (E.).

The Natural History of British Birds, or, A Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country …

The author and F. and C. Rivington, 1794-1799, first edition, five volumes bound as three, with 1799 general title as title page of volume V, 124 hand-coloured plates, one gather loosening, may lack half-titles, lemon edges, contemporary red half leather bindings with non-uniform marbled boards.

[Freeman 1032 - The work was continued in the 19th century to a total of 10 volumes]. (3)

£800-1,200

A George VI Silver Seal-Matrix of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Probably Designed by Edward Carter Preston, Supplied by the Royal Mint, Circa 1951 in two parts, one with a depiction of King George VI on horseback, within Latin inscription, the other with the arms of the Duchy of Lancaster, within Latin inscription, in fitted red leather-covered case, gilt-tooled with the Royal cypher and title of seal, labelled inside for the Royal Mint the case 26cm wide, the seal 12.7cm diameter, 135oz 18dwt, 4,227gr

Provenance:

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton and later 1st Earl of Swinton (1884-1972) as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and by descent.

An earlier example of the seal-matrix made for the County Palatine of Lancaster is in the collection of the British Museum (1981,03030.2). Used during the reign of Edward VII it was presented to Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainsford (1860-1943) during his time holding the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an office he held on the death of Edward VII in May 1910. As was tradition for holders of this office on the death of the monarch he was presented the seal as a perquisite of office. That example was designed by George William de Saulles and made by Frank Bowcher. It was to remain in the possession of Lord Gainsford until 1941 when it was sold at Sotheby’s, being purchased by Baldwin’s who in turn sold it to a private collector.

£3,000-5,000

A George VI Silver Seal-Matrix of the Duchy of Lancaster, Probably Designed by Edward Carter Preston, Supplied by the Royal Mint, Circa 1951 in two parts, one with a depiction of King George VI enthroned on King Edward’s chair and wearing full regalia, within Latin inscription, the other with the arms of the Duchy of Lancaster, within Latin inscription, in fitted red leather-covered case, gilt-tooled with the Royal cypher and title of seal, labelled inside for the Royal Mint the case 26cm wide, the seal 12.7cm diameter, 132oz 19dwt, 4,135gr

Provenance:

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount Swinton and later 1st Earl of Swinton (1884-1972) as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and by descent.

This seal-matix for the Duchy of Lancaster, and the previous lot for the County Palatine of Lancaster, are rare survivals as, while it was normal that the holder of them would be allowed to keep them as a ‘perquisite’, or ‘perk’, of office it was however expected that the keeper would deface them so that the seal could not be used by anyone who did not have the authority to do so. It was tradition that the owner would use the silver the seals were made from to produce an item to commemorate the original use. For example, Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-79) used the silver from the ‘Great Seal of Englande’ as used by Queen Mary I to produce three cups, one for each of his children, one of which is now in the collection of the British Museum (1915,0313.1). Perhaps the most famous example is the salver made for Sir Robert Walpole by Paul de Lamerie. This example, engraved by William Hogart with the seal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.9-1956).

£3,000-5,000

A Victorian Silver-Mounted Horse’s Hoof Inkwell, The Silver Mounts by William Thomas Wright and Frederick Davies, London, 1874, Retailed by Thornhill, 144 Bond Street, London the silver mounts chased to simulate hair, the hinged cover engraved with an inscription, the natural hoof with metal horseshoe 13cm wide

The inscription reads ‘Schumla Bulgarian Pony Ridden by Capt’n R. Hamilton Grenadier Guards Crimea 1854-5’.

£150-250

Three Pairs of German Silver Dishes, by J. D. Schleissner and Söhne, Hanau, Each With English Import Marks for David Bridge, London, 1889

each variously shaped oval, variously stamped with differing putto in landscapes, one pair with pierced latticework border 14cm wide and smaller, 13oz 13dwt, 425gr (6)

See illustration online

£200-300

An Elizabeth II Parcel-Gilt Silver Desk-Clip, by William Whitehill Silver Co., London, 1999

in the form of a duck’s head, spring-loaded and with shell thumbpiece, with glass eyes, the bill gilt 12.5cm long, 4oz 18dwt, 153gr

£120-180

A Collection of Assorted Items comprising a silver pill-box, in the form of a wrapped sweet; a set of three William IV silver wine or decanter-labels, each later engraved for ‘Bucellas’, London, 1830; two gilt-metal boxes, each engraved with a portcullis, one further engraved ‘House of Lords’ and a gilt-metal and ceramic tea-strainer, one side decorated with a portcullis, the other labelled ‘House of Lords’, in cardboard box (qty)

See illustration online

£70-100

A George V Silver Treasury-Inkstand, by Lionel Alfred Crichton, London, 1934, Britannia Standard, Retailed by Crichton Bros., 22 New Bond Street in the George II style, oblong and on four bun feet, with two drop-ring handles, one side with single hinged cover, the other with three hinged covers, two open to reveal silver-mounted glass ink-bottles 23.5cm wide, weighable silver 51oz 6dwt, 1,595gr £800-1,200

A Large Glass Rummer, 19th century, the ovoid bowl engraved with fruiting vine

20cm high

A Large Glass Air Twist Goblet, the rounded funnel bowl engraved with fruiting vine

Four Various Cut Glass Decanters and Stoppers

Four Enamel Bottle Tickets

A Silver-Plated Example (11)

£150-200

A Regency Mahogany and Ebony Sarcophagus-Shape Cellaret, early 19th century, the moulded hinged lid above a tapering body with lion mask loop handles and moulded panels, on later block feet, formerly with castors

70cm by 47cm by 40cm

£100-150

Fleming (Ian). Thunderball.

Jonathan Cape, 1961, first edition, original cloth with blindstamped hand, dust jacket (priced 15s.); idem, The Spy Who Loved Me.

Jonathan Cape, 1962, first edition, original cloth with silver dagger, dust jacket (priced 15s., jacket spine torn at head); idem, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Jonathan Cape, 1963, first edition, original cloth with white design, dust jacket (priced 16s.); idem, Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

Jonathan Cape, 1966, first edition, original lettered cloth, dust jacket (priced 10s. 6d.). (4)

£200-400

(part)

A Late George III Mahogany Kneehole Table, early 19th century, the moulded top above three pine-lined drawers and arched apron, on square tapering legs

92cm by 53cm by 74.5cm

£100-150

Edgar Hunt (1876-1953) Hens, Chicks and Pigeons in a barn

Signed and dated 1908, oil on canvas, 35.5cm by 30.5cm

Provenance: Richard Green, London

£1,200-1,800

A Victorian Specimen Wood Tripod Table, mid 19th century, the rectangular top decorated with parquetry veneers including ebony, burr maple, kingwood, satin birch etc, on a rosewood baluster support with moulded socle and triform base 51cm by 38.5cm by 67cm

£150-250

Wright (Lewis).

The Illustrated Book of Poultry …. Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880, revised edition, quarto, fifty chromolithographic plates (the tissue guard of one plate has adhered to the plate), minimal marginalia and underlining in red crayon, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt binding in outstanding condition.

£300-500

A George III-Style Carved Mahogany Side Table, the moulded top above a mahogany-lined frieze drawer, on acanthus and shellcarved cabriole legs with pad feet, part 18th century and adapted 84cm by 56cm by 74cm £200-300

A George III Mahogany Dressing Stool, late 18th century, with later beige fabric overstuffed seat, on square chamfered legs joined by fret-carved spandrels and an H stretcher

50cm by 39cm by 40cm

A 19th Century Dressing Stool, in George III style, with later brown moquette overstuffed seat above pierced brackets and square chamfered legs joined by an H stretcher

48cm by 38cm by 41cm (2)

£200-300

Anthony de Brie (de Bree) (1855-1921)

“Mr Barker” (1898) - bay horse standing in a stable “Waterford” (1898) - dark bay horse standing in a stable

Signed, oil on canvas, 44.5cm by 60cm (2)

£800-1,200

A George V Silver Cigarette-Box, by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London, 1910 oblong, the hinged slightly domed cover engraved with the arms of Lister quartering those of Cunliffe, below the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and above a motto, the base wood-lined 18cm wide

A Victorian Silver Cigarette-Box, by George Howson, London, 1893 oblong, the hinged flat cover engraved with the arms of Lister quartering those of Cunliffe, below the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and above a motto, the base wood-lined 17cm wide

The coat-of-arms is probably engraved to match those on the silver cigarette-case of 1893 for Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, before he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917).

£100-150

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver-Gilt Cigarette-Lighters, by Brian Leslie Fuller, London, 1974 each cylindrical and with a textured finish, each in fitted cardboard box 75mm high, gross weight 2oz 13dwt, 83gr (2)

£70-100

Three Assorted Silver Items

The coat-of-arms is probably that of Samuel Cunliffe Lister, later 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917).

£100-150

An Elizabeth II Silver Dish and an Irish Silver Dish, The First by Harman and Lambert, London, 1965, The Second by Royal Irish Silver Ltd., Dublin, 1966 the first in the form of an Armada dish, circular and with raised centre, the rim incised with lines, 11cm diameter; the second fluted and set with a medallion commemorating the Easter Uprising, 90mm diameter, 6oz 14dwt, 208gr (2)

£80-120

comprising a double cigar-case, engraved with initials ‘PLG’ and dated ‘5 Sept’r 1912; a globular bottle stopper, engraved ‘IS 1911-37 from P.G-L’ and a further bottle stopper, the finial cast as a game bird; Together With a copper napkin-ring, in fitted case and with hammered finish (4)

Provenance:

The double cigar-case, presented to Philip Lloyd-Greame on the occasion of his marriage to Mary Constance Boynton on 5 September 1912.

See illustration online

£70-100

Four Various Elizabeth II Silver Dishes comprising two Armada dishes, each shaped circular and with slightly domed base, the rims incised with lines, one by Payne and Son, London, 1964 and one by Richard Comyns, London, 1965, 11cm diameter and smaller; a circular dish, the centre set with a Churchill crown, engraved ‘Mark 27.12.70’ underneath, by Turner and Simpson, Birmingham, 1969, 12cm diameter and a fluted dish, by Travis, Wilson and Co. Ltd., Sheffield, 1964, 12.2cm diameter total gross weight 12oz 6dwt, 383gr (4)

See illustration online

£150-250

An Elizabeth II Silver Model of a Duck, by Theo Fennell, Sheffield, 1994, Probably Designed by Stuart Greig realistically modelled, the oval base cast as a rocky shoreline 13cm wide, 15oz 7dwt, 476gr

£300-500

An Elizabeth II Silver Model of a Grouse, by Richard Comyns, London, 1984 realistically modelled, with glass eyes 12cm long, 6oz 6dwt, 197gr

£150-250

Three Various Silver or Silver Plate Animals, 20th Century comprising a silver and enamel model of a duck, with English import marks for Mark Houghton Ltd., London, probably 1997, 85mm high; a model of two does, stamped ‘Silver 999’, filled, 11cm wide and a silver plate model of an ibex, 65mm high (3)

£60-80

A Greek Silver Model of an Owl, Stamped With Greek Maker’s Mark and ‘925’, 20th Century realistically modelled, with glass eyes and depicted perched on two books, one open and one closed, filled 16.5cm high

£70-100

An Elizabeth II Silver-Gilt Novelty Mustard-Pot and Spoon, The Mustard-Pot by Richard Comyns, London, 1960, The Spoon Apparently Unmarked realistically modelled as an owl, the hinged cover with glass eyes, the spoon with a finial cast as a mouse 73mm high, gross weight 4oz, 124gr (2)

£70-100

A Pair of German Silver Model Pheasants, by Neresheimer, Hanau, With English Import Marks for London, 1936 each realistically modelled, one on later wood base 14cm wide and smaller (2)

£70-100

76

Attributed to Robert Hills OWS (1769-1844)

Stags in a Highland setting

Cattle in a wooded landscape

Inscribed and dated 1824 verso, watercolour, 41.5cm by 30cm (2)

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester

£200-400

A Meissen Porcelain Coffee Pot and Cover, circa 1770, of baluster form, painted with birds in branches and scattered insects within oziermoulded borders, underglaze crossed swords mark 24cm high

A Set of Twelve Teacups and Nine Saucers, painted with birds in branches within gilt line borders (23)

£500-700

78 3

Richard Harrison (b.1954)

“The Pulpit Butt”

Signed, watercolour, 36.5cm by 52.5cm

£70-100

77 (part)

79

A Fürstenberg Porcelain Coffee Pot and Cover, circa 1765, of baluster form with leaf-sheathed scroll handle, painted with birds in landscapes, painted mark in underglaze blue 28cm high

£150-200

A Meissen Porcelain Hot Water Jug and Cover, circa 1750, of pear form, having floral knop, scroll moulded spout, tau handle and ozier bands, painted with a hoopoe, waxwing and other birds in landscapes with insects, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue to the lower handle terminal

23cm high

£300-500 79

Joseph Samuel Halfpenny (1748-1811) Two kingfishers in flight over water

Signed and indistinctly dated 1789, watercolour, 35.5cm by 43.5cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester

£200-400

Samuel Henry Alken Sr. (1756-1815)

Sportsmen in a wood shooting snipe Sportsmen with Spaniels in a wooded landscape

Pencil and watercolour, 31.5cm by 39.5cm and 29cm by 40cm respectively (2)

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

£200-400

A Lignum Vitae Truncheon, bearing old manuscript label “Truncheon I had during the general strike of 1926.....”

Thirteen Assorted Horn-Handled and Leather Riding Crops, including one example with a 9 carat gold collar and five with silver collars (14)

£150-250

Tweedie (Major-General W.).

The Arabian Horse, His Country and People, with Portraits of Typical or Famous Arabians and other Illustrations, also A Map of the Country of the Arabian Horse, and a Descriptive Glossary of Arabic Words and Proper Names.

William Blackwood, 1894, first edition, quarto, xx, 412 pages, seven chromolithographic plates with tissue guards, four monochrome plates (two double page), large folding colour map, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Hatchards (some scuffing to spine).

£800-1,200 85

A Chrome-Plated and Painted Car Mascot, 20th century, modelled as a steeplechaser with jockey up 13cm high

A Gilt-Metal-Mounted Glass Box, of rectangular form, with pine cone finial and ball feet 17cm wide

A Pair of Gilt-Metal Mounts, as bridled horse’s heads with glass eyes 8.5cm high

Two Paperweights, modelled as partridges, on wooden plinths 10cm wide (6)

£150-200

86 3

Shirley Hirsch (Contemporary)

“The Horse is God’s Gift to Mankind”

Signed, inscribed and dated 1994, acrylic, together with a hand-coloured lithograph after Eugène Péchaubès, numbered 69/500, depicting horse racers taking a fence, 61cm by 84cm and 47.5cm by 61cm respectively (2) £60-90

87

Sporting and Natural History Books. Scott (Peter), Morning Flight.

Country Life, 1935, numbered limited edition of 750 copies, signed by the author, quarto, sixteen mounted colour plates (one scratched), printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, original quarter-style cloth; idem, Wild Chorus.

Country Life, 1938, numbered limited edition of 1250 copies, signed by the author, quarto, twenty-four mounted colour plates with printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, faded and marked cloth; Masefield (John), The Country Scene.

Collins, 1937, first edition, quarto, fortytwo mounted colour plates after Edward Seago, printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, original quarter-style cloth; ‘Snaffles’, Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances.

Collins, 1951, first edition, quarto, dust jacket; with one hundred others on hunting, shooting and natural history. (104)

£200-400

Morris (Rev. F. O.).

A History of British Birds. John C. Nimmo, 1891, third edition, 394 handcoloured plates, marginal annotation to at least six pages, top edges gilt, half red morocco bindings by Hatchards. (6)

£200-400

89

Attributed to Sir David Wilkie RA (1785-1841) Recumbent Farm Labourer - Sketch for “The Village Festival” Signed and dated 1811, watercolour, together with a further example by the same hand from The Village Festival series “The Tap Room”, 18cm by 28cm and 19cm by 27cm respectively (2)

Exhibited: Yorkshire Fine Art Exhibition, York, May 1879

£300-500

Taxidermy: Red Fox Mask (Vulpes vulpes), dated 1932, by Peter Spicer & Sons, Taxidermists, Leamington, an adult head mount turning to the right with mouth agape in defensive pose, with ears laid back, mounted upon a typical shaped oak shield, 26cm from the wall, 27cm high, bearing ivorine plaque “ Swinton, Jan. 12th 1932” (a/f)

A Full Mount Adult Red Grouse, mounted upon a rectangular base, bearing brass plaque to base “To David Swinton, From his Friends who Helped to Break The Swinton Record (4356 Brace) in 1980 After 40 Years” (2)

£120-180

Jabes Heenck (1752-1782) Dutch Owl on a branch Watercolour, 37.5 cm by 25cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

£400-600

92

A Pair of Japanese Porcelain Models of Quail, modern, naturalistically modelled and painted, impressed marks 16cm long

£70-100

93 3

Ian McGillivray (b.1964) Scottish Driven Grouse Signed, oil on canvas, 54cm by 74.5cm

£500-800

Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935)

Study of Wild Orchids

Signed and dated June 1920, pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper, 20cm by 16cm

Provenance: W H Embleton, London

£400-600

A Signed Limited Edition Bronze of Two Hounds, signed and numbered 87/150 12cm high

A 20th Century Bronze Figure of a Wild Boar, mounted on a pink marble base 13cm by 9cm by 13cm (2)

£100-150

Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935)

Studies of Sooty Terns

Initialled, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 24.5cm by 14.5cm

Provenance: W H Embleton, London

£500-800

97

Beaufort (The Duke of) & Watson (Alfred E.T.).

The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Longmans, Green, 1885-96, Large Paper edition limited to 250 copies, twenty-seven volumes, top edges gilt, original half blue roan bindings (wear to spines). (27)

£600-1,000

98

Attributed to Sir David Wilkie RA (1785-1841)

Balcony with figures - Sketch for “The Village Festival”

Pencil and watercolour, together with a further example by the same hand from The Village Festival series “*** Woman”, 27cm by 20cm and 19.5cm by 15cm respectively (2)

Exhibited: Yorkshire Fine Art Exhibition, York, May, 1879

£300-500

99

An Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Figure of a Grouse, early 20th century, flying low over a rocky outcrop

13.5cm long, on a stepped wooden plinth

£150-200

98 (part)

100

Griffiths (William).

A Practical Treatise on Farriery, Deduced from the Experience of above Fifty Years in the Services of The Grandfather and Father of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn ..... and the Present Sir William Watkin Wynn. Wrexham, printed by J. Marsh at the Druid Press, 1795, second edition, quarto, [4], iv, 184, [14] pages, frontis, portrait plate, annotation on three pages and name to title (Salisbury), ink errata corrections, contemporary calf gilt (well rubbed). with five others on Horses, Farriery and Farming, full calf bindings. (6)

£100-200

102 3

Philip Murphy (later 20th Century)

“Woodcock”

101

Donovan (E.).

The Natural History of British Shells, including Figures and Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Discovered in Great Britain …

The author and F. and C. Rivington, 1799-1803, first edition, five volumes bound as three, with 1804 general title bound in at rear of volume V, 179 of 180 handcoloured plates (lacking plate 46), foxing to plate 158, may lack half-titles, lemon edges, contemporary red half leather bindings with marbled boards. [Freeman 1033]. (3)

£300-500

Signed and dated (19)87, pencil and watercolour, together with a further oil on canvas “Autumn Leaves” - Kingfishers by Mark Chester, 33.5cm by 27.5cm by 24.5cm by 34cm respectively (2)

Provenance: The Tryon Gallery Ltd, London, for Philip Murphy

£70-100

103

Donovan (E.).

The Natural History of British Fishes, including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Species ….

The author and F. and C. Rivington, 1802-[1808], first edition, five volumes bound as three, 120 hand-coloured plates, lacks volume V title page, may lack half-titles, lemon edges, contemporary red half leather bindings with marbled boards. [Freeman 1034] (3)

£400-600

104

An Edwardian Mahogany, Boxwood-Strung and Marquetry-Inlaid Display Cabinet, the staged top with a pierced three-quarter gallery above a glazed door inlaid with foliage enclosing three green velvet-lined mahogany shelves, all above a wavyshaped apron, on cabriole legs with gilt cast mounts and sabots 60cm by 37cm by 127cm

£150-200

105

A Set of Eight Marcolini Meissen Porcelain Dessert Plates, circa 1785, painted with flowersprays and scattered sprigs within pierced and moulded borders picked out in green and gilt, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue

24cm diameter

£400-600

106

A Late 19th Century Mahogany Tripod Torchere, the associated rectangular moulded top on a turned and fluted baluster support, on three flower-carved splayed legs with block feet

41cm by 28cm by 91cm

A Late 19th Century Walnut and Gilt-Metal-Mounted Tripod Torchere, the square top on a fluted and tapering support with three splayed legs decorated with ribbons and leaves

24cm by 24cm by 90cm (2)

£150-250

107

A Pair of Meissen Porcelain Menu Cards, circa 1900, of rectangular form, with unglazed rectangular panel flanked by painted flowers within moulded beading and gilt line borders, scrolled supports, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue

15cm high

£200-300

108

A Marcolini Meissen Porcelain Tea and Coffee Service, circa 1785, painted with sprays of flowers within pink bands with floral meander, crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, comprising:

1 teapot and cover

1 sugar bowl and cover

13 coffee cans

13 saucers

£1,500-2,000

109 3

William Ellis Barrington Browne (1908-1985)

“Pheasant Shooting, Ampney Ridings, Glos.” Number. 40

Signed and dated 1959, oil on board, together with a landscape study signed A Charlton, 20.5cm by 25.5cm and 19.5cm by 30cm respectively (2)

£250-400

110

Honora Jackson (fl.1918-1948)

A day at the beach

Signed, watercolour heightened with white on linen, 27cm by 40cm

£70-100

111

Tolkien (J.R.R.).

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring.

George Allen & Unwin, 1966, fifteenth impression, folding map, previous owner’s name and large scribble to front free endpaper, creasing to map, edge-worn dust jacket with light tanning; idem, The Two Towers.

George Allen & Unwin, 1965, eleventh impression, folding map, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, small stain to lower fore-edge, crease to map, light staining and tanning to dust jacket, frayed at edges; idem, The Return of the King.

George Allen & Unwin, 1965, eleventh impression, folding map, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, a few spots to fore-edge, edge-worn dust jacket with light tanning.(3)

£100-200

112

Milne (A.A.).

Winnie-The-Pooh.

Methuen, 1926, first edition, original cloth gilt; idem, The House at Pooh Corner.

Methuen, 1928, first edition, original cloth gilt; idem, When We Were Very Young.

Methuen, 1924. 1924, fifth edition, original cloth gilt. (3)

£100-200

113

A Late George III Mahogany Tripod Table, early 19th century, the circular one-piece top on a turned vasiform support with three cabriole legs and flattened pad feet 61cm by 74cm

£120-180

A Victorian Figured Walnut and Boxwood-Strung Davenport, circa 1870, the moulded pediment above a hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior for pens and correspondence with a leather writing surface below enclosing a burr maple interior, the base with four real and sham drawers with turned knob handles, on a platform base with castors 53cm by 52cm by 90cm

£150-250

114

113

112

114

115

A Composite John Bevington Porcelain Garniture, mid 19th century, encrusted with naturalistically modelled and painted foliage, comprising a pair of twin-handled vases and a pedestal basket

vases 38.5cm high

basket 24cm high

An Irish Killarney Walnut and Marquetry Centre

Table, circa 1860, the shaped top inlaid with oval panels of ferns, a small panel depicting ruins, Prince of Wales feathers and the Royal Coat-of-Arms, on a faceted stem and circular base with claw feet

71cm by 73cm

£400-600

£150-200 117

A Pair of George IV Carved Giltwood Pole Screens, in the manner of Morel and Hughes, circa 1825, the leaf-carved frames and acanthus leaf decorated scrolled corners surmounted by a decorative cresting of trophies, above painted velvet still life panels, on a part-wrythen acanthus decorated pole support three acanthus decorated and scrolled cabriole legs

126cm high

£400-600

118

A Minton Porcelain Miniature Teapot and Cover, circa 1830, applied with naturalistically modelled and painted flowers, bears crossed swords mark in underglaze blue

5.5cm high

A Similar Twin-Handled Pot and Cover 6cm high

A Similar Pair of Cache Pots, bear crossed swords marks in underglaze blue 6cm high

A Derby-Style Crinoline Figure

A Voltstadt Group of Wine Drinkers

A Minton-Style Turquoise-Ground Têteà-Tète Service (qty)

£150-200

120

A George III Mahogany Armchair, circa 1780, recovered in light pink floral fabric, with padded back and downswept arms, on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet 70cm by 69cm by 113cm

£600-800

A George III Mahogany Serpentine-Front Chest of Drawers, circa 1770, with four oak-lined graduated long drawers, the top drawer with green baize sliding writing surface, all between canted fluted stiles, on bracket feet with recessed castors

94cm by 54cm by 81cm

£1,200-1,800

119

118 (part) 119 120

121

A Pair of George III Silver WineCoasters, Probably by Solomon Hougham, London, 1811 circular and with fluted sides and gadrooned border, later engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, with turned-wood base 15.5cm diameter (2)

The later crests are probably those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, before he was elevated to the peerage in 1891 as 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906).

£600-800

122

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver Wine or Decanter-Labels, by Roberts and Belk, Birmingham, 1961 engraved for ‘China’ and ‘Indian’; Together With three other William IV and later silver or silver plate labels, one engraved for ‘Sherry’; one for ‘Gin’ and one for ‘Whisky’ weight of silver 1oz 8dwt, 44gr (5)

See illustration online

£70-100

123

A George III Silver Wine-Funnel, Possibly by Joseph Wyatt, London, 1790 of typical form, with reeded rim 12.5cm high, 3oz, 93gr

£120-180

124

A Pair of George III Silver Goblets, by Charles Wright, London, 1781 of typical form, on spreading foot with beaded border, the interiors gilt 14.6cm high, 15oz 1dwt, 468gr (2)

£300-500

125

A George IV Silver Goblet, by Solomon Royes, London, 1821 with plain tapering bowl and trumpet-shaped foot, with reeded rim 15.5cm high, 4oz 10dwt, 140gr

See illustration online

£100-150

A George I Silver Tankard, by William Darker, London, 1724, Britannia Standard plain cylindrical and with reeded band, the hinged cover later domed and with scroll thumbpiece, engraved ‘Masham Platte 1725’ and with initials ‘I’ over ‘I*A’, the scroll handle engraved with initials ‘AL’, repaired 16.5cm high, 16oz 12dwt, 517gr £500-800

127

An Edward VII Silver Whiskey-Tot and George V Whiskey-Label, The Whiskey Tot by John Thomas Heath and John Hartshorne Middleton, London, 1904, The Whiskey-Label by Hukin and Heath, Birmingham, 1921 the whiskey-tot of typical tapering form, the plain flat hinged cover with spatulate finial and engraved ‘P.LL.G 1 May 1905’, the whiskey-label crescent-shaped 10cm high

Provenance:

A 21st birthday gift to Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Earl of Swinton.

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver Beakers, by Malcolm Hammond, Sheffield, 1988 each tapering cylindrical, one engraved with a partridge, the other with a goose in flight 80mm high, 7oz 18dwt, 246gr (2)

Tennants are grateful to Danny Smith, Hallmark Production Manager at the Sheffield Assay Office, for his assistance in identifying the maker’s mark and for noting that the mark was no longer registered at the Sheffield Assay Office after 1998.

The initials are those of Philip Lloyd-Greame who later changed his name to Philip Cunliffe-Lister and was created 1st Earl of Swinton in 1955. He married, in 1912, Mary Constance Boynton, granddaughter of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Swinton.

£70-100 129

£100-150 128

A Victorian Silver-Mounted Engraved-Glass Claret-Jug, by Robert Harper, London, 1877 the glass body tapering and engraved with fruiting vines, the plain silver mounts with beaded border, the domed cover with ball finial 24.5cm high

£150-250

130

A George V Silver Bottle-Holder, by William Hutton and Sons, London, 1910 of typical hinged form, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister below a baron’s coronet 24.5cm high, 12oz 19dwt, 402gr

The crests are those of Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917).

£150-250

131

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver Goblets, by Deakin and Francis Ltd., Birmingham, 1970 and 1971 in the Charles II style, each with tapering cylindrical bowl and on spreading foot with baluster stem, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe, Lister and Greame, each in cardboard box the goblets 14.5cm high, 13oz 18dwt, 433gr (2)

£150-250

132

An Elizabeth II Parcel-Gilt Silver Goblet, by Richard Jarvis, London, 2002, Number 27 From a Limited Edition of 250 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, tapering and chased with parcelgilt heraldic beasts and coats-of-arms, all on a textured ground, engraved underneath with regnal dates and the Royal cypher 16.5cm high, 11oz 18dwt, 371gr

£250-350

133

A Cased Set of Six Elizabeth II Silver Goblets, by Barker Ellis Silver Co., Birmingham, 1971, Numbers 381-386 From a Limited Edition of 1,300, Retailed by Henry Hardcastle, 51 Stonegate, York to commemorate the 1,300th anniversary of the consecration of Ripon Cathedral, each tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, engraved with a coat-of-arms, in fitted blue covered case the case 34cm long, weight of silver 29oz 5dwt, 913gr (6)

£400-600

134

Churchill (Winston S.).

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.

Cassell, 1956-58, four volumes, all first editions, each volume with author’s presentation note pasted to front endpaper, the first with the inscription ‘ With all good wishes, Winston S. Churchill, April 23, 1956’, the others with the inscription ‘With all good wishes Winston S. Churchill’ in two variants (one on headed paper), dust jackets (some tears/wear).

[Although identical presentation notes have been sold elsewhere as original signed inscriptions, we believe them to be facsimiles, printed in small numbers for Churchill’s presentation copies] (4)

£100-200

Yorkshire Manuscript.

Yorkshire Pedigrees and Names of Barons of England.

A bound and interleaved manuscript of family pedigrees and histories, notes, etc.

No date found, possibly 18th century. Comprises:

Thirty-eight numbered leaves, inscribed on both sides, predominantly pedigrees in latin;

Twelve leaves, unnumbered, inscribed on both sides except the last, predominantly pedigrees in latin;

Twenty-one leaves, unnumbered, inscribed on both sides except the last with names of the Barons of England, English script;

Thirteen leaves, unnumbered or with non-consecutive numbers, inscribed on both sides except the last, including latin pedigrees and an index, written in English on smaller width leaves, followed by a single page of latin script,

Each section separated by blank leaves, all leaves tipped in to bound leaves (laid paper). Top edge gilt, later full vellum binding with gilt lettering to front board and spine, armorial shield of Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922) to rear board.

£100-200

136

Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph).

The Crossbow. Mediaeval and Modern, Military and Sporting, Its Construction, History and Management with a Treatise on The Balista and Catapult of the Ancients. Longmans Green, 1903, first edition, quarto, xxi, 328 pages, frontis within pagination, illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, half morocco by Hatchards.

£100-200

137

Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph).

The Book of Duck Decoys, Their Construction, Management, and History. John van Voorst, 1886, presentation copy from the author, small quarto, [xii], 214 pages, fourteen chromolithographic plates (2 folding) as called for, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Hatchards.

£100-200

138

Committee of Inquiry on Grouse Disease.

The Grouse in Health and In Disease, Being the Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Grouse Disease.

Smith, Elder, 1911, two volumes, quarto, plates and maps as called for, top edges gilt, half morocco bindings by Hatchards.(2)

£100-200

140

Barrie (J. M.).

The Uniform Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie.

Hodder and Stoughton or Cassell, 19246, eight volumes bound as four, [with] The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie.

Hodder and Stoughton or Cassell, 19246, ten volumes bound as five, a part set with gilt top edges, bound in uniform half calf by Ramage. (9)

£80-120

139

Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Constable, 1909, first thus, forty mounted colour plates after Arthur Rackham (one lacking tissue guard, thirteen with corner creasing, one loose, two with loose tissue guards), lacking front free endpaper, worn original cloth gilt.

£80-120

141

Swift (Jonathan).

The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin .... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable ..., 1824, eighteen of nineteen volumes (lacking volume 11), portrait frontis, lemon edges, calf gilt bindings by Riviere. (18)

£80-120

142

Modern First Editions. Amis (Kingsley), The James Bond Dossier.

Jonathan Cape, 1965, first edition, dust jacket (priced 16s.); Deighton (Len), Funeral in Berlin. Jonathan Cape, 1964, first edition, dust jacket (priced 18s.); Murdock (Iris), A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961, first edition, dust jacket (priced 18s.); with 116 others, all first editions (GB) in dust jackets. (119)

£80-120

144

143

Pennant (Thomas).

The View of Hindoostan, Volume II -Eastern Hindoostan.

Printed by Henry Hughs, 1798, first edition, quarto, twelve (of thirteen) plates, contemporary calf gilt (front joint cracking); Cromer (The Earl of), Modern Egypt.

Macmillan, 1908, two volumes, portrait frontis, folding map, top edges gilt, half morocco bindings by Hatchards. (3)

£40-60

Follower of George Richmond RA (1809-1896)

Portrait of Margaret Dearden, head and shoulders, wearing her parted hair decorated with leaves and berries

Coloured chalk, 46cm dia. (oval)

The sitter was born in 1831 and died in 1907, wife of J J CunliffeLister Esquire.

£60-90

146

Decorative Manuscript.

145

Wilkes (Wetenhall).

A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady: In a new and familiar Method; Being A System of Rules and Instructions, to qualify the Fair Sex to be useful and happy in every State.

M.Cooper, 1744, 100 pages, ‘Eliza Danby’ written on title page, armorial bookplate of William Danby, full sheep binding.

£40-60

Lloyd (Pattie), The Pearl of Poesie; being A Collection of Songs and Hymns, from the Holy Scriptures.

‘Yarburgh G. Lloyd. from his sister Pattie. October, XIII, Anno Domini MDCCCLXVI’ [1866], an attractive manuscript with illuminated frontis, each page of script with pen & ink foliate borders, colour titles, single sided on approximately 80 leaves, leather binding.

£50-80

147 Miscellaneous Books.

A large quantity of books, various subjects including local history, antiques, literature, etc. (13 large boxes)

£60-100

148

Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph).

Letters to Young Shooters, (First Series) On the Choice and Use of a Gun; (Second Series) The Production, Preservation and Killing of Game ...; (Third Series) A Short Natural History of British Wildfowl ....

Longmans, Green, 1890-92-96, three volumes, first editions, presentation inscription from the author in volumes I and III, frontis to volumes II & III, plates in volume III as called for, text illustrations, top edges gilt, foxing to other edges, uniform half morocco by Hatchards; Hawker (Col. Peter), edited by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker ... 1802 - 1853.

Longmans, Green, 1893, two volumes, frontis to each, plates as called for, foxing, top edges gilt, half morocco by Hatchards; Maxwell (Capt. Aymer), Pheasants and Covert Shooting.

Adam and Charles Black, 1913, frontis, sixteen colour plates, top edge gilt, half morocco by Sotheran.(6)

£100-200

149

Scrope (William).

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed ... John Murray, 1843, first edition, thirteen coloured or tinted lithographic plates as called for, contemporary calf with gilt panel design, possibly by Sampson of York (joint heads cracked);

idem, The Art of Deer-Stalking; Illustrated by a Narrative of a few days Sport in The Forest of Atholl ...

John Murray, 1838, first edition, twelve plates including engraved title, leaf P8 detached and torn, contemporary calf, uniform with Salmon title (worn). (2)

£100-200

150

Alken (Henry).

Scraps from the Sketch Book of Henry Alken, Engraved by Himself, Containing FortyTwo Plates.

Thomas M’Lean, 1821, quarto, forty-two plates, top edge gilt, half morocco (original board label bound in at rear);

Nimrod, Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. .... with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving Racing and Extravagant Exploits.

Rudolph Ackermann, 1835, eleven (of 12) hand-coloured plates after Henry Alken, top edge gilt, gilt-tooled full morocco with original cloth covers bound in at rear; Frederick (Sir Charles) et al. Fox-Hunting (Lonsdale Library Vol. VII).

Seeley, Service, 1930, numbered deluxe limited edition of 375 copies printed on hand-made paper, signed by the editor, colour frontis signed by Lionel Edwards, mounted plates, top edge gilt, publisher’s full morocco binding. (3)

£100-200

151

Dickens (Charles).

The Centenary Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens. Chapman & Hall, 1910-11, thirty-five of thirty-six volumes (lacking volume 14), frontis to each, plates, top edges gilt, half morocco gilt bindings by Hatchards. (35)

£100-200

152

Walpole (Horace).

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Bickers, 1880, nine volumes, edited by Peter Cunningham, issued in Bohn’s English Gentleman’s Library, frontis to each volume, plates as called for, armorial bookplate, top edges gilt, foxing to other edges, half morocco bindings by Hatchards. (9)

£100-200

153

Two Chelsea Derby Porcelain Beakers, circa 1775, of bucket form, painted with swags of summer flowers below a gilt line border, conjoined D and anchor mark in puce 6.5cm and 6.2cm high

A Derby Porcelain Tea Bowl, painted with flowersprays in the manner of Edward Withers, painted mark in blue

A Lowestoft Redgrave Pattern Tea Bowl

A Worcester Fluted Tea Bowl

A Chinese Octagonal Tea Bowl

A Pair of Chinese Tea Bowls, with crested monogram (8)

£70-100

154

Bindings.

A quantity of books, predominantly English literature. Nineteenth and twentieth century, fifty-seven volumes, fifty-six in full or half morocco or calf bindings, one in quarter vellum. (56)

£150-250

155

A Pair of Gilt-Metal-Mounted Sèvres-Style Earthenware Vases, circa 1900, of tapering cylindrical form, painted and gilt with flower swags within foliate borders, painted and impressed marks

34cm high

See illustration online

£100-150

156

A Composite Staffordshire Earthenware Dinner Service, various dates and makers, printed and overpainted with the Indian Tree pattern (qty)

See illustration online

£100-150

157

A Set of Six Copeland Spode Porcelain Menu Holders, early 20th century, of rectangular form with bird leg supports, decorated with an Imari border, printed marks

15.5cm high

A Royal Crown Derby Bird Paperweight (7)

See illustration online

£100-150

158

A Composite Set of Eight Staffordshire Porcelain Coffee Cups and Eleven Saucers, decorated with roses

A Royal Doulton Breakfast Service, grey Greek Key and gilt borders

A Quantity of Various Serviceware and Glassware (qty)

See illustration online

£100-150

159

A Royal Copenhagen Figure of a Lioness, 20th century, naturalistically modelled and painted recumbent, printed and painted marks

32cm long

Nine Various Royal Copenhagen Figures (10)

See illustration online

£200-300

160

A Wedgwood Black-Glazed Figure of a Bull, designed by Alfred Machin, mid 20th century, gilt with the signs of the Zodiac 27cm long

Four Other Models of Bulls (5)

See illustration online

£150-200

161

A Meissen Porcelain Figure Representing Smell, circa 1900, as a lady wearing a lace-trimmed dress smelling a nosegay sitting next to a table, on a shaped rectangular base, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue 24cm high

A Similar Pair of Onion Pattern Double Gourd Vases and Covers 15cm high

A Similar Smaller Pair

9.5cm high (qty)

See illustration online

£150-200

162

A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Leather-Bound and Gilt-Tooled Desktop Correspondence Box, the hinged lid decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls centred by a vacant cartouche and enclosing an interior of three compartments

92cm by 12cm by 23cm

A Brown Leather Jewellery Case, early 20th century, stamped Finnigans, 18 New Bond Street, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted velvet interior, with brass Bramah lock (open but no key)

38cm by 15cm by 7cm

A Green Leather Jewellery Case, suitable for a necklace or chatelaine

A Red Leather Jewellery Case, suitable for a watch

A Light Brown Box, initialled J.C-L

Five Further Assorted Cases (qty)

See illustration online

£120-180

163

A George III Mahogany and Parcel-Gilt Dressing Table Mirror, late 18th century, the plain mercury plate within a leaf-carved gilded border and moulded frame pivoting on tapering supports with turned finials, the base with three oak-lined drawers

41cm by 21cm by 60.5cm

See illustration online

£50-70

164

A Late Victorian Walnut Wall Shelf, circa 1900, of three-tier graduated form, with pierced gallery and wavy-shaped apron

57cm by 17cm by 58cm

A Cutting Block, in the form of a tree stump, of irregular shaped form, on three splayed legs

48cm by 42cm by 30cm

A Coffee Table, of trestle form (3)

See illustration online

£70-100

165

A Nest of Three Italian Giltwood Nesting Tables, 20th century, of serpentine-shape form, the cream-painted tops decorated with S-shape acanthus scrolls, on cabriole legs the largest 55cm by 32cm by 58cm

See illustration online

£70-100

166

A Set of Five George III Mahogany Side Chairs, circa 1790, with arched pierced backs and stuffed seats, on fluted square tapering legs (damages)

50cm by 37cm 93cm

See illustration online

£100-150

167

A Late 19th Century Adam-Style Mirror, the plain mirror plate within a guilloche-pattern border with lion mask corners and surmounted by an urn issuing leaves above ram’s heads 130cm by 45cm

See illustration online

£70-100

168

A George III Mahogany Dressing Stool, early 19th century, recovered in pale blue geometric fabric above fret-carved brackets and square chamfered legs joined by an H stretcher 49cm by 38cm by 40cm

A George III Mahogany Tray, early 19th century, with pierced handles and worn green baize lining 63cm by 46cm by 6cm

A Regency Mahogany and Gilt-Metal-Mounted Dressing Table Mirror Stand, lacking mirror, with column supports, the base with a drawer 45cm by 33cm by 48cm (3)

See illustration online

£100-150

169

A 20th Century French-Style Mahogany and Parquetry-Decorated D-Shape Hall Table, the grey and yellow marble top within a pierced brass gallery decorated with foliage and swags above a small bowfront drawer, on slender cabriole legs with gilt cast mounts and sabots 47cm by 23cm by 74cm

See illustration online

£100-150

170

A Regency Mahogany Trestle Table, circa 1820, with leather inset rectangular top, on solid end supports and platforms 77cm by 50cm by 76cm

A Regency Mahogany Reading Table (distressed) 71cm by 45cm by 74cm (2)

See illustration online

£100-150

171

An Early 20th Century Trunk, labelled Pukka, with brown leather closenailed corners and carrying handles 92cm by 52cm by 34cm

A Brown Leather Example, labelled Army & Navy Stores (distressed) 81cm by 48cm by 31cm

A Brown Leatherette Example 96cm by 46cm by 25cm

A Leather-Bound Brown Canvas Suitcase 70cm by 36cm by 22cm British Railway Paddington Station travel labels

An Early 20th Century Leather and Fabric-Lined Hat Box, with various travel labels, the front painted Inglis, the lid labelled Lady Sinclair, Barrock House, Wick, Caithness, Scotland 45cm by 40cm by 23cm (5)

See illustration online

£100-150

172

Six Assorted 18th/19th Century Dining Chairs, comprising:

a George III carved mahogany armchair, circa 1760, the scrolled and pierced back support with later upholstered seat, on cabriole forelegs with scrolled toes (lacking arm)

57cm by 60cm by 84cm

a pair of mahogany dining chairs, circa 1820/30, the curved back supports above horizontal splats and overstuffed seats, on turned forelegs

47cm by 45cm by 85cm

a George III Hepplewhite-period mahogany dining chair, the oval back support and pierced splat above a serpentine overstuffed seat, on fluted forelegs

55cm by 47cm by 97cm

a George III mahogany dining chair, early 19th century, the top rail decorated with swags above reeded uprights and overstuffed seat, on square tapering forelegs with spade feet (a/f)

53cm by 43cm by 89cm

an 18th century Chippendale-style mahogany provincial armchair, the carved splat and close-nailed worn leather seat on square-form legs joined by an H stretcher

59cm by 50cm by 85cm

See illustration online

£100-150

173

A Victorian Gilt and Gesso Child’s Chair, 3rd quarter 19th century, recovered in multi-coloured striped fabric, the moulded frame above an overstuffed seat, on turned and fluted forelegs

99cm by 33cm by 70cm

A Carved Giltwood Stool, late 19th/early 20th century, covered in blue and gold silk fabric, the overstuffed serpentine-shape seat above a moulded and carved seat rail, on stout cabriole legs

33cm by 25cm by 17cm (2)

See illustration online

£100-150

174

A George III Mahogany and Boxwood-Strung Pembroke Table, late 18th century, with oak-lined frieze drawer, on square tapering legs with brass-capped feet and castors

79cm by 53cm by 71cm

A Smaller Mahogany and Satinwood-Banded Example, on square tapering legs

81cm by 41cm by 71cm (2)

See illustration online

£100-150

175

A Regency Mahogany Dropleaf Side Table, early 19th century, with two mahogany-lined drawers, on turned tapering legs with brass-capped feet and castors

46.5cm by 36cm by 74cm

A George III Mahogany Side Table, late 18th century, with one drop leaf and two small frieze drawers, on tapering legs with pad feet and castors (adapted)

107cm by 41cm by 75cm (2)

See illustration online

£100-150

176

A Late George III Mahogany Bedside Cupboard, the top with hinged leaves enclosing a recessed interior above a central cupboard door enclosing a vacant interior with small drawer below, on tapering legs with carved knees and pad feet joined by a shaped undertier (a/f)

47cm by 42cm by 89cm

See illustration online

£100-150

177

A Set of Three George III-Style Mahogany Dining Chairs, 19th century, the moulded frames and spindle back supports above later green upholstered overstuffed seats, the fluted seat rails above fluted tapering forelegs

49cm by 42cm by 93cm

See illustration online

£70-100

178

After Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935)

A Covey of Partridge

Numbered 245/1000, a colour reproduction, together with a group of further limited edition prints after the same artist and edition number, to include Woodcock, Snipe, Grouse, Pheasant and Black Grouse, pheasant and black grouse, 17.5cm by 26.5cm and various other sizes (8)

£60-90

179

Nicholas Pocock OWS (1740-1821)

Naval vessels off a coast

Signed and dated 1788, watercolour, 26.5cm by 37.5cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester

£300-500

178 (part)

180

Woolf (Virginia).

A collection of works by Virginia Woolf, comprising:

A Room of One’s Own, 1930 (5th imp.); The Common Reader, Second Series, 1932 (2nd imp); The Common Reader, 1933 (new edn.); Flush, 1933 (new edn.); Mrs Dalloway, 1933 (new edn.); The Death of the Moth, 1942, (2nd imp.); A Haunted House ..., 1944 (3rd imp.); Three Guineas, 1947 (new edn.); Orlando, 1949 (6th imp.); The Voyage Out, 1949 (6th imp.); To The Lighthouse, 1949 (8th imp.); Night and Day, 1950 (6th imp.); The Waves, 1950 (6th imp.); The Years, 1951 (3rd imp.).

Hogarth Press, fourteen volumes, all edges gilt, uniform half morocco by Bumpus (various formats). (14)

£150-250

181

After Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828) Coast of Picardy Near St-Valery-Sur-Somme

A colour reproduction, 18.5cm by 25.5cm

Provenance: L G Duke

Spink & Son Limited

Literature: P. Noon “Richard Parkes Bonington, The Complete Paintings” 2008, p.228

£60-90

182

Kipling (Rudyard).

A collection of works by Rudyard Kipling. Macmillan, 1902-28, twenty-five volumes, Methuen, 1903-8, four volumes (smaller format), uniform half morocco gilt by Sotheran (later volumes by Bumpus.) (29)

£150-250

183

J.Becker (late 18th Century)

“River Bank and Cottage at Swinton Mill” Inscribed and dated 1794? verso, watercolour, 35cm by 51cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester £60-90

184

Pepys (Samuel).

The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S. edited with additions by Henry B.Wheatley.

George Bell, 1900-4, ten volumes, frontis to each, plates as called for, top edges gilt, half morocco by Hatchards. (10) £150-250

185

Millais (John Guille).

Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches; Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which Occur Amongst Them.

Henry Sotheran, 1892, first edition, folio in fours, frontis, colour and monochrome plates as called for, top edge gilt, publisher’s crimson half morocco binding; idem, The Wildfowler in Scotland.

Longmans, Green, 1901, first edition, quarto, colour and photogravure plates as called for, top edge gilt, half morocco by Hatchards; idem, The Natural History of British Game Birds.

Longmans, Green, 1909, numbered limited edition of 550, folio in fours, colour and monochrome plates as called, top edge gilt, original quarter-style cloth (spine faded) (3)

£150-250

185

186

Yorkshire.

Marshall (Mr.), The Rural Economy of Yorkshire. Comprising the Management of Landed Estates and the Present Practice of Husbandry in the Agricultural Districts of Yorkshire.

T.Cadell, 1788, two volumes, two double-page engraved maps, contemporary calf binding [Boyne p. 33];

Fisher (John), The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire ...

Simpkin, Marshall .., 1865, eighteen plates including frontis of Swinton Park, Swinton book plate, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Hatchards (upper joint starting to crack) [Boyne p. 187];

James (John), The History of Bradford and its Parish, with additions and Continuation to the Present Time.

Bradford: Henry Gaskarth and Longmans, Green ... 1866, two volumes, engraved frontis to each, ten plates, top edges gilt, half calf gilt bindings; Cudworth (William), Manningham, Heaton, and Allerton (Townships of Bradford).

Bradford: W. Cudworth, 1896, published by subscription, frontis and seventeen plates as called for, top edge gilt, half vellum binding (some wear). (6)

£150-250

187

MacGibbon (David) and Ross (Thomas).

The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887, five volumes, top edges gilt, half morocco bindings by Hatchards.(5)

£150-250 187

188

Bewick (Thomas).

A History of British Birds: Vol I, History and Description of Land Birds; Vol II, History and Description of Water Birds.

Newcastle: T. Bewick, 1805, third edition, two royal octavo volumes, top edges gilt, half morocco bindings by Henry Sotheran [Roscoe 18b]; idem, A General History of Quadrupeds.

Newcastle: T. Bewick, 1807, fifth edition, royal octavo, top edge gilt, half morocco binding by Henry Sotheran [Roscoe 5b]. (3)

£150-250

189

Pratt (Anne).

The Flowering Plants of Great Britain. SPCK, no date, five volumes, monochrome frontis, 242 colour plates (numbered to 238); idem, The British Grasses and Sedges.

SPCK, no date, 35 colour plates numbered 238* to 272; idem, The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies The Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails.

SPCK, no date, third edition, 41 colour plates (numbered 273 to 313);

Top edges gilt, uniform half morocco bindings by Hatchards. (7)

£150-250

190

A Composite Spode and Copeland Spode Stoneware Breakfast Service, various dates, decorated with the Tobacco Leaf pattern, comprising:

1 honey pot and cover

1 sugar bowl and cover

6 circular covers

8 canted rectangular platters in two sizes

12 square plates

6 side plates

3 side plates

2 saucers

16 various cups

2 egg cups

£200-300

191

A Pair of George III Silver Entrée-Dishes, Covers and Associated Handles, The Bases by Benjamin and James Smith, London, 1808, The Covers by Benjamin Smith, London, 1809, The Handles by Paul Storr each oblong and with shell and foliage heightened gadrooned borders, later engraved on each side with the arms of Lister quartering those of Cunliffe and above a motto and within foliage, the bases later engraved on each side with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister within foliage, the detachable handles each cast with two lion masks, foliage-capped and reeded and with plain plinth 29.5cm wide, 135oz 4dwt, 4,205gr (2)

The coat-of-arms are those of Lister quartering Cunliffe and the crests are those of Cunliffe and Lister, almost certainly for Samuel CunliffeLister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£2,000-3,000

192

A Pair of George III Silver Entrée-Dishes, Covers and Handles, by Phillip, Rundell, London, 1819 each shaped oblong and with shell and foliage heightened gadrooned border, with detachable foliage and shell-cast loop handle 28cm wide, 124oz 18dwt, 3,885gr (2)

£2,000-3,000

193

A Pair of George III Silver Meat-Dishes, by William Bateman, London, 1810 each shaped oval and with gadrooned rim, later engraved on one side of the rim with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and on the other side with a baron’s coronet

36.2cm wide, 54oz 13dwt, 1,700gr (2)

The coronet and crests on the present meatdishes appear to be later engraved and similar to the engraving on other pieces in the sale, suggesting the crests relate to one of the children of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham.

£1,000-1,500

195

A Pair of George III Silver Meat-Dishes, by William Bennett, London, 1814 each shaped oval and with gadrooned rim, later engraved on one side of the rim with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and on the other side of the border with a baron’s coronet

31.7cm wide, 51oz 14dwt, 1,608gr (2)

The coronet engraved on the present meat-dishes each appear to be slightly later engraved. This suggests the crests relate to one of the children of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham.

£800-1,200

194

A Pair of George III Silver MeatDishes, by James Young, London, 1791

shaped oval and with gadrooned border, engraved with a crest 37cm wide, 70oz 19dwt, 2,207gr (2)

£1,200-1,800

196

A Pair of William IV Silver Four-Light Candelabra, by John Houle, London, 1831, One Nozzle by James Parkes, London, 1902 in the George II rococo-style, each on rocaille-cast base and with tapering foliage and flower-cast stem, terminating in baluster socket with integral wax-pan, the detachable branches with three scrolling foliage-cast branches, each terminating in a cast female bust which supports the baluster socket, with detachable foliage and flower-cast wax-pan, the base later engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and a baron’s coronet, the edge of the base later engraved with an inscription the candlesticks 36.5cm high, 56cm total height, total weight 296oz 13dwt, 9,227gr (2)

Provenance:

Purportedly owned by Sir Robert Peel, Bt. Perhaps by descent at Drayton Manor, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Possibly, Robinson, Fisher and Harding, The Peel Heirlooms removed from Drayton Manor, 10 and 11 May 1900 or 8 August

The inscription on the base reads ‘Formerly the property of Sir Robert Peel Bart. Prime Minister of England’.

The coronet and crests relate to one of the children of Samuel CunliffeLister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham

£8,000-12,000

197

A George III Silver Salver and a Pair of Waiters En Suite, by John Carter, London, 1771 and 1772 each shaped circular and on three pad feet, with gadrooned border and engraved with a coat-of-arms within shield and below an engraved crest the salver 30.5cm diameter, the waiters 22.7cm diameter, total weight 56oz 7dwt, 1,753gr (3)

£1,000-1,500

198

A George III Silver Waiter, by John Kidder, London, 1784 plain circular and on three ball and claw feet, with beaded border 13.5cm diameter, 4oz 2dwt, 127gr

See illustration online

£70-100

199

A Pair of George III Provincial Silver Waiters, by John Hampston, John Prince, Robert Cattle and George Cattle, York, 1802, With York Town Mark each circular and on three tapering panel feet, with reeded rim and engraved with a crest 20.7cm diameter, 26oz 3dwt, 813gr (2)

£800-1,200

200

An Elizabeth II Silver Waiter, by Suckling Ltd., Birmingham, 1958 shaped circular and on three scroll feet 20.2cm diameter, 9oz 19dwt, 309gr

See illustration online

£120-180

201

A Set of Six George IV Silver Salt-Cellars, by Thomas and John Settle, Sheffield, 1820 each bombé circular and on three foliage-capped scroll feet, the sides applied with foliage and flower swags and with gadrooned border; Together With six associated Old English or Hanoverian pattern condiment-spoons, five engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister the salt-cellars 95mm diameter, total weight 30oz 9dwt, 947gr (12) £500-800

202

204

£70-100 201

A Three-Piece George VI Silver Condiment-Set, by Suckling Ltd., Birmingham, 1942 and 1945 in the Art Deco-style, each piece tapering and with reeded borders, comprising a mustard-pot and cover; a salt-cellar and a pepperette the pepperette 85mm high, 6oz 3dwt, 191gr (3)

See illustration online

A Collection of Assorted Victorian or Edward VII Silver CondimentItems, Most by James Parkes, London, 1899 or 1903 in the George III style, comprising a pair of casters; a mustard-pot, with associated blue glass liner and four pepperettes, one by a differing maker, London, 1894, each engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, all but one pepperette further later engraved with a baron’s coronet

the casters approximately 13cm high, weight of silver 23oz 11dwt, 732gr (qty)

The coronet appears to be slightly later engraved on most of the pieces in the present lot, suggesting the crests relate to one of the children of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham.

See illustration online

£250-350

203

A George III Silver Egg-Cruet With Six Associated Victorian Silver EggSpoons, The Egg-Cruet by William Stroud, London, 1819, The Egg-Spoons by George Adams, London, 1846 and 1854 shaped circular and with three foliage-cast supports for the upper ring, each with a paw foot, with three further feet between, the feet and borders each cast with foliage and flowers, capped with an integral saltcellar with overhead handle, with six tapering egg cups with foliage shell and flower border and gilt interior, each cup and the salt-cellar each engraved with the Cunliffe and Lister crests below a baron’s coronet, the interior of the cups and salt-cellar each gilt, the six associated egg-spoons Victoria pattern, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister

203

the stand 21cm diameter, 22cm high, total weight 1,684gr

£1,000-1,500

205

A Walnut and Banded “Honesty” Tobacco Box, 1st half 19th century, of rectangular form with two hinged covers and slot release mechanisms, inscribed Behave with honour while you may / Fill your pipe one half penny per stay, Rag / Short 28cm wide

£150-250

206

A Late Victorian Silver-Gilt-Mounted Crocodile-Skin Cigar Case, London 1897, of rectangular form with ozier-cast mount 13.5cm long

A Similar Smaller Example, London 1901 12cm long

Two Leather Examples (4)

£150-200

207

Elizabeth II, Maundy Set 1985, 4 coins comprising 4d, 3d, 2d and 1d, issued at Ripon Cathedral; encapsulated and housed in a Royal Mint red Maundy Money case with certificate, as struck

£100-150

A Gilt Metal Mounted Mantel Timepiece, 19th Century and Later, top carrying handle, gilt metal side sound frets, case with faux tortoiseshell veneers, enamel dial bearing a later inscription Le Roy A Paris, later single barrel movement with a platform escapement 28cm high over handle

£100-150 209

A Composite English Porcelain Dinner and Dessert Service, various dates, printed and painted with variations on an Imari design, comprising:

1 rectangular bowl

1 vegetable tureens and 2 covers

1 oval cover

2 sauceboats, covers and stands

8 various oval serving platters

4 shell dishes

2 kidney-shape dishes

9 lozenge-shape dishes

57 dinner plates

10 soup plates

20 dessert plates

23 side plates

5 coffee cans

4 teacups

5 saucers

2 conical pots and covers

1 fruit bowl

1 milk jug (qty)

£500-700

210

A George III Steel Fire Basket, early 19th century, the cast-metal back support and open grille front flanked by pierced and engraved foliate panels, with a conforming serpentine-shaped apron mounted by urn finials, on square tapering legs

94cm by 47cm by 80cm

£100-150

211

A William IV Giltwood and Ebonised Convex Mirror, 2nd quarter 19th century, the reeded and ebonised slip in a moulded leaf-decorated frame surmounted by a stag and foliate cresting

87cm by 66cm

£300-500

210

212

A George III Mahogany and Oak-Lined Bachelor’s Chest, late 18th century, the moulded top above a pull-out brushing slide with two short over three long drawers below, on bracket feet

86cm by 54cm by 80cm

£250-350

213

A Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Library Open Armchairs, part 18th century, recovered in duck egg blue geometric fabric, the later outswept arms with scrolled handgrips above an overstuffed seat rail, on rosette and acanthus-carved cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, formerly on castors 61cm by 66cm by 97cm

£400-600

214

A Three-Piece Victorian and Edward VII Silver Tea-Service, by James Park, London, 1900 and 1901 each piece in the George II style, inverted pear-shaped, chased with foliage scrolls and scalework, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister below a slightly later baron’s coronet, comprising a teapot, with wood handle; a cream-jug and a sugar-bowl the teapot 30cm wide over handle, total gross weight 66oz, 2,053gr (3)

The coronet appears to be slightly later engraved, suggesting the crests relate to one of the children of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham.

£800-1,200

215

A William IV Silver-Gilt Kettle, Stand and Lamp, by Paul Storr, London, 1832, The Finial by Edward and John Barnard, London, Circa 1860 the kettle inverted pear-shaped and chased overall with foliage and flowers on a matted ground, each side with a cartouche with an engraved crest, the hinged cover with slightly later flower and foliage finial, with overhead swing-handle, the conforming stand on four rocaille-cast feet and with central lamp

38cm high, 133oz 1dwt, 4,138gr

£6,000-8,000

216

A George II Irish Silver Sugar-Bowl, by Andrew Goodwin, Dublin, Circa 1740

shaped circular and on three lion-mask capped paw feet, the lobed sides chased with foliage and flowers, later engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister 14.5cm diameter, 8oz 13dwt, 270gr

The later crests are probably those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, before he was elevated to the peerage in 1891 as 1st Baron Masham (18151906).

£300-500

217

A George II Irish Silver Sugar-Bowl, Maker’s Mark Lacking, Dublin, Circa 1750

shaped circular and on three lion-mask capped paw feet, the sides chased with foliage and rocaille, engraved on one side with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister 13cm diameter, 6oz 2dwt, 199gr

The later crests are probably those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, before he was elevated to the peerage in 1891 as 1st Baron Masham (18151906).

£250-350

218

A George II Silver Coffee-Pot, by Gabriel Sleath, London, 1735 tapering cylindrical and with reeded base, later chased overall with foliage and scrolls, the hinged cover with fruiting finial, engraved on one side with a lozenge-of-arms within strapwork, the other side later engraved with the arms of Lister quartering those of Cunliffe, below the crests of Cunliffe and Lister above a motto 25cm high, 30oz, 933gr

The later coat-of-arms are probably those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, before he was elevated to the peerage in 1891 as 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906).

£600-800

219

220

A George II Silver Coffee-Pot, Maker’s Mark Rubbed, London, Perhaps 1738

tapering cylindrical and on spreading base, the sides and hinged cover each chased with foliage and flowers, the cover with a fruiting finial, with later ebonised handle, engraved on each side with the arms of Lister quartering those of Cunliffe within drapery swags 22.5cm high, gross weight 20oz 14dwt, 643gr

The wear to the engraved coat-of-arms on each side of the present coffee-pot suggest that they may be original and engraved for Ellis Cunliffe (b.c.1705-1778) and his wife Elizabeth Lister who he married in 1738.

£300-500 218

219

A George II Silver Coffee-Pot, by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London, 1758 pear-shaped and on spreading gadrooned foot, the hinged cover with gadrooned border and tapering fluted finial, engraved under the spout with a crest above initials, with later wood handle 25.5cm high, 28oz 14dwt, 893gr

£500-800

221

An Old Sheffield Plate Hot-Water Jug, Apparently Unmarked, Circa 1820

tapering and on spreading foot, the lower body chased with foliage and flowers on a matted ground and below the engraved crest of Sinclair, the hinged cover with foliage cast finial, with ivory-insulated leafcapped handle 24.5cm high

The crest is probably that of Sir John Sinclair, 5th Baronet (d.1842), ancestor of Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton through her father Major Sir Ronald Sinclair, 8th Baronet (1899-1952).

223

A Victorian Silver Hot-Water Jug, by James Deakin and Sons, Sheffield, 1895 pear-shaped and on spreading foot, the lower body spiral-fluted, the hinged cover with scroll thumbpiece, with wood handle 24cm high, gross weight 12oz 2dwt, 376gr

£120-180

With Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration number RCC4EQHH.

£70-100

222

An Edward VII Silver Hot-Water Jug, by John and William F. Deakin, Sheffield, 1909 waisted cylindrical, the hinged cover with fluted ball finial, with wood handle, engraved with the crests of Lloyd and Greame 20.5cm high, gross weight 17oz 13dwt, 549gr

The crests are almost certainly for Philip Lloyd-Greame who later changed his name to Philip Cunliffe-Lister and was created 1st Earl of Swinton in 1955. He was married in 1912 to Mary Constance Boynton, granddaughter of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Swinton. £200-300

224

An Edward VII Silver Hot-Water Jug, by Henry Wigfull, Sheffield, 1905 tapering and on spreading foot, with egg and dart border, the hinged cover with ball finial, with ebonised handle 17.5cm high, gross weight 8oz 1dwt, 251gr

£80-120

225

An Edward VII Silver Tea-Caddy and Caddy-Spoon, by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London, 1909 the tea-caddy oblong and with canted corners, the hinged cover and Old English pattern caddy-spoon each engraved with an initial ‘D’ the tea-caddy 10cm wide, total weight 8oz 3dwt, 253gr (2)

£100-150

An Edward VII Silver Tea-Caddy, by Charles Clement Pilling, London, 1905 tapering oval and with gadrooned borders, with hinged slightly domed cover 95mm wide, 3oz 11dwt, 111gr

£100-150

227

A Pair of Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass Tea-Caddies, Apparently Unmarked, The Covers Perhaps Mid 18th Century, The Bodies 19th Century each tapering oblong, the mounts chased with foliage and with beaded borders 90mm high

£150-250

An Edward VII Silver Tea-Caddy, by William Comyns, London, 1904 plain oval, the hinged cover with silver disc finial 11cm wide, 6oz 5dwt, 194gr

£120-180

230

An Elizabeth II Silver Plate Tray, by Frank Cobb and Co., Ltd., Dated 1984 in the George III style, shaped oblong and with foliage and shell-heightened gadrooned border, with two similar handles, engraved with an inscription within names 57cm wide

The inscription reads ‘To Celebrate The Occasion of the 25th Wedding Anniversary of The Earl and Countess of Swinton On the 8th of December 1984 from The Swinton Estates Farm Tenants’.

£60-80

229

A George III Silver Teapot, by Charles Hollinshed, London, 1807

oval and on four scroll and shell-cast feet, the sides lobed, the hinged cover with part-ivory final, with later leaf-capped and ivory-insulated silver handle, the cover engraved with a crest 29.5cm wide over handle, gross weight 20oz, 622gr

With Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration number BJ3X72AB.

£200-300

231

An Edward VII Silver Teapot and Sugar-Bowl, by William Hutton and Sons Ltd., London, 1908 and Sheffield, 1909 each oval and with gadrooned borders, the teapot with ebonised handle and finial the teapot 21cm wide over handle, total gross weight 17oz 4dwt, 535gr (2)

£200-300

232

An Imari Porcelain Beaker Vase, Edo period, circa 1720, typically painted with flowers in panels on a brocade ground 32cm high

A Delft Baluster Vase, 18th century, painted in blue with chinoiserie panels 24cm high (2)

£150-200 233

234

A Chinese Porcelain Tea and Coffee Service, Qianlong, painted in famille rose enamels with sprays of flowers within gilt scroll and orange scale borders, comprising:

1 teapot and cover

1 coffee pot and cover

1 milk jug and matched cover

5 tea bowls and saucers

£100-150

A Chinese Porcelain Mug, Qianlong, of barrel form with entwined strap handle, painted with a monogram in a shield over a rose spray 15cm high

A Similar Rectangular Salt, with pheasants amongst foliage 8cm wide

An Hexagonal Planter, painted with flowers and rockwork 17cm high (3)

£80-120

A Pair of Chinese Green Quartz Figures of Water Buffalo, Qing Dynasty, carved recumbent

17cm long, on hardwood stands

A Collection of Five Rose Quartz Balls

Two Amethyst Eggs (9)

£100-150

A Chinese Porcelain Planter, 17th century, of ovoid form, painted in underglaze blue with travellers in a mountainous landscape

14cm high (a/f)

A Similar Planter, painted with mythical beasts and banana trees (a/f) (2)

£120-180

235 (part)

A Chinese Porcelain Miniature Tea Service, Qianlong, painted in famille rose enamels with flowers in panels on an orange scale ground, comprising:

1 tea canister and cover

1 milk jug

1 sucrier and cover

1 teapot stand

1 spoon tray

4 cups

1 tea bowl

5 saucers

£200-300 238

A Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Joss Stick Holder, probably 17th century, modelled as a seated Buddha, a vase to one side 6cm high, on later carved and pierced hardwood stand

Provenance: HR Hancock, 37 Bury Street, St James, London

£300-500

237 (part)

A Large Quantity of 19th Century Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Gaming Tokens, comprising circular, rectangular and fish-shaped examples, each engraved with flowers and foliage £200-300

240

£600-800 239

Two Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Water Droppers, probably 17th century, modelled as dragon fish 9cm long

Provenance: With paper label for HR Hancock, 37 Bury Street, St James, London

241

A Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase, Yongzheng, painted in famille rose enamels with landscapes, cockerels and foliage in shaped panels on a ruby red ground

35cm high, with later carved and pierced hardwood cover and stand

£3,000-5,000

242

A Late 19th Century French Cream-Painted and Japanned Secretaire Cabinet, in Louis XVI style, the original Brocatello marble top with canted corners above a guilloche pierced border, the fall front enclosing a tulipwood-lined interior with marquetry-decorated drawers and cupboard doors below, all between canted stiles surmounted by acanthusdecorated scrolled brackets 90cm by 44cm by 141cm

£1,200-1,800

243

No lot

244

A Louis XV Kingwood and Gilt-Metal-Mounted Secretaire à Abattant Douchine, mid 18th century, with later grey marble serpentine top, the quarter-veneered fall front enclosing a leather writing surface and eight serpentine-shaped shelves, the base with two cupboard doors enclosing an oak-lined interior and single drawer, all between rococo-style cast mounts and sabots 112cm by 40cm by 130cm

£700-1,000

245

A Pair of French Gilt-Metal-Mounted Chinese Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Pot-Pourri Bowls and Covers, Qianlong mark and of the period, of ogee form with pomegranate finials, pierced meander borders and leaf-scroll feet 31cm high

£10,000-15,000

247

A Paris Porcelain Coffee Service, circa 1820, in Empire style, painted with titled scenes of figures in interiors and in the street within gilt panels, comprising:

1 teapot and cover

1 milk jug

1 sucrier and cover 2 cups and saucers

£200-300

246

A French Louis XV-Style Kingwood, Rosewood and Gilt-Metal-Mounted Bureau Plat, mid 19th century, of serpentine-shape form, with gilttooled leather writing surface above an oak-lined drawer, on slender cabriole legs with gilt cast caryatid mounts and sabots (distressed) 90cm by 51cm by 75cm

£150-250

248

A Late 19th Century Louis XV-Style Marquetry-Inlaid Oval Table à Ecrire, in the manner of Charles Topino, the pierced brass gallery above a green leather writing surface and bowfront drawer, on slender cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts and sabots (a/f) 61cm by 40cm by 74cm

£150-250

247

249

A Rare Gold Moss Agate Consular Cased Verge Pocket Watch and Chatelaine, signed Le Roy, A Paris, circa 1770, single chain fusee verge movement signed and numbered 2090, pierced balance bridge, square baluster pillars, enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced hands, consular case with moss agate mounted bezel and case back, back cover overlaid with gold scroll and floral decoration and two central figures in costume, case hinge stamped to both sides with maker’s mark ET, with matching gold mounted moss agate chatelaine, chatelaine with scroll decoration and a central panel depicting a lady in costume playing a musical instrument and a dog beside, chatelaine with attached moss agate set winding key and moss agate set blank fob seal, chatelaine with a gilt metal back clip

46mm wide

£2,000-3,000

251

A Swiss 18 Carat Gold Enamel Fob Watch, signed Mouline, Geneve, circa 1850, cylinder movement signed, gold coloured dial with Roman numerals and signed, finely enamelled case back depicting a lady beside a horse and sheep next to water, floral decorated outer borders, inside back cover stamped with maker’s mark PE and numbered 22640 and 18k, cuvette inscribed Examined by Hunt & Roskell, 156 New Bond Street, London

39mm wide

£400-500

250

A Late 19th Century French Tulipwood and Marquetry-Inlaid Table Ambulante, in the manner of Charles Topino, with three-quarter gallery, the top inlaid with a landscape and foliage, above a parquetrydecorated sliding cupboard door enclosing three small drawers, one side with a pivoting drawer, on slender cabriole legs joined by an undertier

54cm by 31cm by 74cm

£200-300

252

A French Louis XV-Style Rosewood, Parquetry and Marquetry-Inlaid Bureau en Pente, late 19th century, with gilt-metal mounts, the fall front enclosing a fitted interior of four bowfront drawers and leather writing surface, a frieze drawer below, on slender cabriole legs with gilt cast mounts and sabots

75cm by 46cm by 99cm

£300-500

A Pair of French Louis XV-Style Carved Giltwood Bergeres, late 19th century, with part Aubusson tapestry covers, the moulded leaf and flower carved frames with outswept arms, on stout cabriole forelegs with scrolled toes (a/f)

86cm by 70cm by 102cm

£400-600

A Composite Sèvres-Style Porcelain Dinner and Dessert Service, the porcelain 18th century and later, the decoration 19th century, probably English, painted with sprays of flowers and fruit in gilt line reserves on a bleu celeste ground with further panels of foliage, painted marks in blue, comprising:

2 ice pails, liners and covers

2 bottle coolers

2 oval sauce tureens and covers

4 shell-shaped dishes

4 decagonal dishes

2 square dishes

2 navette-shaped dishes

2 large circular dishes

2 oval stands

22 plates

£5,000-7,000

A French Tulipwood and Marquetry Bureau de Dame, 19th century, in the manner of Charles Topino, the top inlaid with a landscape with a superstructure containing six drawers with a drawer below, on cabriole legs joined by an undertier 68cm by 44cm by 91cm

£500-700

A Gold Enamel and Split Pearl Set Verge Consular Cased Pocket Watch, signed Rundell & Bridge, London, circa 1800, single chain fusee verge movement signed and numbered 2202, diamond endstone, turned pillars, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, winding hole above 6, outer gilt metal glazed back case, inner gold case with a dark blue guilloche enamel back cover, case with split pearl set outer borders and white and blue enamel, with gold blue and white enamel winding key

46mm wide

£800-1,200

255

258

A Meissen Porcelain Tea and Coffee Service, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with scattered flowersprays within gilt line borders, crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, comprising:

2 large teapots and covers

2 small teapots and a cover

1 square teapot stand

3 baluster milk jugs

3 baluster cream jugs

3 teacups

6 saucers

13 coffee cups

7 saucers

7 plates in two sizes

9 side plates

2 circular bowls

£700-1,000

260

A Late 19th/Early 20th Century French-Style Corner Table, of bowfront form, the triangular top above a pair of cupboard doors as faux drawers, on slender tapering legs

44cm by 32cm by 67cm

£70-100

A Regency Mahogany Bijouterie Table, circa 1820/30, of bowed form with glazed hinged lid above moulded panels, on moulded and reeded end supports with scrolled sabre legs, brass-capped feet and castors

74cm by 46cm by 68cm

£300-500

261

A George V Silver Spanner, Retailed by Elkington and Co., London, 1923

realistically formed, engraved with an inscription, in fitted case the spanner 12.5cm wide, the case 15.5cm wide, 6oz 19dwt, 217gr

The inscription reads ‘Presented to Master John Lloyd-Greame on his Driving the First Train on the Hendon Extension of the London Electric Railway 19th November 1923’.

£150-250

262

A Victorian Silver Snuff-Box, by David Pettifer, Birmingham, 1853 oblong, the hinged cover with robust scroll border and engraved ‘”Cock Robin” from M.L’, the base and sides engraved with foliage, the interior gilt

75mm wide, 3oz 17dwt, 121gr

£70-100

A George II or George III Gold, Gilt-Metal and Moss Agate Etui and Chatelaine, Apparently Unmarked, Circa 1760 the gold mounts in the rococo style, stamped with foliage and flowers and centring carved moss agate panels, with old-cut diamond push-piece, opens to reveal various gilt-metal implements including an ivory writing surface, the chatelain conforming and with gilt-metal suspension clip, further suspending two agate containers, one in form of a pail and one ovoid with white enamel border, in later fitted case 18.5cm long

With Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration number RLVKMAYG. £500-800

A George IV Irish Gold Freedom-Box, Maker’s Mark HF Incuse, Possibly For Henry Flavelle, Dublin, 1826, 18ct oblong, the hinged cover with robust cast and applied foliage and flower border and engraved with the coat-of-arms of New Ross, engraved underneath with an inscription 77mm wide by 50mm wide, 3oz 14dwt, 115gr

Provenance:

Presented along with the Freedom of New Ross to the Reverend James Thomas O’Brien, Bishop of Ossory, almost certainly given to his daughter Dora Letitia O’Brien who married Lieutenant-Colonel Yarburgh George Lloyd-Greame (1840-1928) and by descent.

The inscription reads ‘The Freedom of the Corporation of New Ross Presented to the Rev’d Ja’s Thomas O’Brien F.T., C.D. As a Testimonium of their high regard for his character as Scholar and a Gentleman 1827’.

A silver-gilt snuff-box of very similar profile and with nearly identical borders by the same maker, though set with a micromosaic depicting the Colosseum, is in the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.9272008).

£5,000-8,000

264 (alternative view)

265

A Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box, With Pseudo Marks For Paris, Perhaps Hanau, 19th Century in the form of a dolphin, the gold mounts realistically chased, set with glass eyes, in fitted gilttooled red leather case the box 12cm long, the case 15cm long £2,000-3,000

266

A Gold-Mounted and Micromosaic Bonbonniere, The Micromosaic Attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli, Rome, The Box With Maker’s Mark WK Incuse Only, Late 18th Century circular, the pull off cover set with a micromosaic depicting two doves drinking from a white vase, with blue background and within red, white and turquoise border, the pull-off cover with foliage border 55mm diameter, gross weight 2oz 8dwt, 75.2gr

A plaque with a very similar view to the present was offered for sale by Aste Bolaffi, Turin, 31 May 2023 as lot 324. That example was signed ‘Giacomo Raffaelli fecit’ and dated ‘1791’.

£2,000-3,000

267

An Edward VII Silver-Gilt Mounted Mother-of-Pearl Snuff-Box, Apparently Unmarked, Early 20th Century shaped oblong, the hinged cover, sides and base each with mother-of-pearl panels, the hinged cover set with a medallion, possibly gold, commemorating the opening of Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 1904, depicting Lord Masham within an inscription, the back of the medal inside covered with a silver-gilt plaque engraved with an initial ‘M’ below a baron’s coronet and an inscription commemorating the life of Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906)

12.5cm wide

The inscription reads ‘This Medal was the Gift of Lord Masham to Commemorate the Opening’.

£100-150

A German Gold-Mounted Mother-of-Pearl Boîte-à-Deux Tabacs, Apparently Unmarked, Perhaps Dresden or Augsburg, 18th or 19th Century

cartouche-shaped, the two hinged covers inlaid with differing gold bacchic figures with attendants, within foliage and rocaille and on a mother-of-pearl ground, carved with landscapes, the sides applied with similar gold ornament, the corners with vases in carved mother-of-pearl fountains, gold lined 10cm wide

£2,000-3,000

268

A German Silver-Gilt Casket, Apparently Unmarked, Perhaps Augsburg, Late 17th Century elongated octagonal and on eight bun feet, the sides set with panels chased with hunting scenes, the corners with niches applied with vases of flowers, within twisted columns, the hinged cover set with a plaque chased with a harvest scene, the border of the base and hinged cover each chased with ribbon-tied fruiting vines and on a matted ground, the corners further applied with cast busts, perhaps Susanna 26cm wide, 56oz 14dwt, 1,765gr

Numerous other caskets of a similar form, usually marked for Augsburg are known, for example one by Johann Balthasar Sedletzky which as sold Sotheby’s, London, 23 January 2014, lot 126 and another by David Schwestermuller which was sold from a distinguished Swiss Collection, Christie’s, London, 8 July 2015. The applied busts are reminiscent of those on two pairs of wall sconces by Friedrich Kettwyck, Hamburg, circa 1670. The four sconces were made for Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover and descended through the German Royal family until the 1920s when they, along with much of the other royal German silver was sold through the Austrian and English trade.

£4,000-6,000

A Pair of Charles II Silver-Gilt Bowls and Covers, Apparently Unmarked, Probably London, Circa 1680, In the Manner of Thomas Jenkins each compressed circular and on short octagonal foot, the sides chased with four landscape vignettes with foliage scrolls and grotesque masks between, all on a matted ground, with leaf-cast scroll handles, the detachable covers similarly decorated and with fruiting melon and leaf finial 15cm wide, 20oz 7dwt, 649gr (2)

The inscription on the cover reads ‘Veritas Prevalebit August 15 1795. The Committee request that these lines may be added to the Plate. To Lt. Col. Thornton Sn. The uniform steady conduct of the soldiers of the York at Robio Tiverton & Barnham Camps, will transmit your name with that degree of credit few attain to the latest posterity. Lt Col. Thornton entails the Plate voted by the Soldiers of the York to his Heirs’

The inscription on the bezel reads ‘The Non Commission’d Officers & Soldiers of the York Reg’t. requested Dr Trusley [?] to present to Lt. Col. Thornton in their name an Elegant Sword & Service of Plate, for which each Man would Subscribe one Week’s pay as a Testimonia of Their love & Veneration for him. which was done in the presence of Forty officers of rank, on the 3rd of May at the Turf Tavern, that day being the Colonel’s Birth day’.

Other items from the service are known to exist, for example a soup-tureen and cover by Charles-Louis-Auguste Spriman which is owned by the Musées Nationaux Récupération and on long-term loan to the Louvre, Paris (item number OAR426). The tureen is oval and with robust rams maskcapped handles and a finial formed as a hunting dog and its prey. In common with the present silver-gilt cup and soup-tureen tureen is engraved with an extensive presentation inscription to Lt. Col. Thornton and further engraved on each side of the cover and body with a crest.

The Colonel Thornton referred to in the inscription on both the present cup and cover and on the Spriman tureen is possibly Colonel Thomas Thornton (d.1823), the celebrated sportsman who at one time owned Allerton Park in Allerton Mauleverer. He was a colonel of the 2nd West Yorks Militia, which his father had also been a member of but a dispute in 1794 resulted in a court marshall and Thornton’s resignation from the regiment. The date of the inscription is interesting and suggests that the service was perhaps a gift to him by other members of the regiment who remained loyal to him. He was to later to describe the incident as ‘mutinous conspiracy’. He was a keen collector and Francophile, marrying twice. £2,500-3,500

271

A George II Silver-Gilt Cup and Cover, With Cancelled Marks for Lewis Pantin, London, 1735, Further Marked With Antique Plate Committee Case Number 4696

inverted bell-shaped and on shaped rocaille-castand foliage and grotesque mask heightened base, with robust leaf-capped scroll handles, the body applied with flower and foliage swags on shaped rocaille-cast cartouche on each side the lower body applied with mermaids and sea-horses, the detachable cover with applied foliage and shell borders and with a cartouche on each side, below foliage scroll cast finial, the cartouches each engraved with a crest, the cover and cover bezel each engraved with an inscription 34.5cm high, 101oz 10dwt, 3,157gr

The present bowls and covers would originally have formed part of a toilet-service, an important component of aristocratic silver and silver-gilt plate in the 17th century. The services, often given as a wedding gift from a groom to his bride, would include a mirror and the various dishes, bowls and boxes that a lady would require as well as, in some cases, candlesticks and other items. One such service is the Calverley Toilet service, made by William Fowle in 1683 and now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum nos. 240&A to M-1879). The Calverley service, so called as it was given by Sir Walter Calverley to his wife Julia Blackett, also includes a pair of covered bowls comparable to the present examples. It is suggested that ‘they might have been used for breakfast porridge, presented to the guests on the two salvers or tazze (the plural of tazza, a standing dish that may have been used to present food or as a stand for a bowl). Alternatively, they could have contained an oatmeal face wash, which was popular with both men and women’.

Another pair of bowls and covers formed part of a silver-gilt service made for Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, (16441693). These bowls are very similar in form, size and weight to the present examples, with each described as being chased with landscapes within foliage and with bud finials. The Norfolk service comprised fifteen pieces of which only a pair of flasks are marked with the maker’s mark only of Thomas Jenkins. Despite being mostly unmarked it was suggested that the similarity of decoration makes it likely the pieces from the service all came from the workshop of Thomas Jenkins. The Norfolk service was to end up in the collection of Frederick, 2nd Baron Hesketh, eventually being offered for sale by Sotheby’s as part of the contents of Easton Neston, 17 May 2005, lot 950 £4,000-6,000

272

An Elizabeth II Silver-Gilt Rose-Bowl, by James R. Ogden and Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1960, Retailed by James R. Ogden and Sons, Harrogate and London tapering oblong and on spreading foot, with shell-heightened gadrooned rim and two drop-ring handles, chased and engraved with foliage scrolls and latticework and further engraved slightly later with an inscription, with gilt-metal grille 30.5cm wide over handles, weight of silver 28oz 12dwt, 889gr

Provenance:

A gift from the tenants of the Swinton Estate to Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton (1884-1972) and his wife Mary Constance, née Boynton (d.1974) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their marriage on 5 September 1962.

The inscription reads ‘To the Earl and Countess of Swinton on the occasion of their Golden Wedding September 5th 1962 from the Tenants of the Swinton Estate’.

£400-600

273

A George V Silver-Gilt Rose-Bowl, by William Hutton and Sons, Birmingham, 1913 shaped tapering circular and on spreading foot, the rim pierced with foliage scrolls, engraved with an inscription 14cm diameter, 10cm high, 9oz, 279gr

Provenance:

A golden wedding anniversary gift to Yarburgh George Lloyd-Greame of Sewerby House, Bridlington and his wife Dora, neé O’Brien who he married on 6 August 1867 from Venerable Waller de Montmorency, his wife Mary, neé O’brien and others.

The inscription reads ‘To Yarburgh and Dora Lloyd-Greame 1867, Aug 6, 1917 From M., and W. de M. F.A,. and E.C.O’B’.

£120-180

A Victorian Silver Bowl, by Francis Boone Thomas, London, 1874, Retailed by Thomas, 153 New Bond Street plain circular and with reeded rim, the interior gilt 31cm diameter, 32oz 12dwt, 1,014gr

£500-800

An Edward VII Silver Basket, by George Nathan and Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1904 trumpet-shaped and on spreading foot, the sides pierced with ribbontied foliage scrolls below a cast border of putto holding flower swags, each side with a vacant shield 24.5cm wide, 15cm high, 11oz 15dwt, 366gr

£120-180

276

A German Silver Dish, by M. H. Wilkens and Sohne, Bremen, Second Half 20th Century, 835 Standard square and with gadrooned rim, engraved with a German inscription 31cm square, 24oz 4dwt, 753gr

The German inscription reads ‘Der Siegerin im Damen-Einzel des Tischtennis-Wettbewerbs bei den Internationalen Stoke MandevilleSpielen gegeben vom Hauptverband der gebwerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften Bundesrepublik Deutschland Klasse C’ relates to the women’s singles table tennis competition, C class, at the International Stoke Mandeville games. Baroness Masham of Ilton won medals at the games in Rome in 1960, Tokyo in 1964 and Tel Aviv in 1968, though each of her medals was given in the doubles competition B class, bronze, gold and silver respectively.

£250-350

277

A George VI Silver Beaker or Vase, by Leslie Gordon Durbin, London, 1949

fluted tapering cylindrical and on slightly stepped foot with wavy lines 21.5cm high, 15oz 9dwt, 481gr

£300-500

278

A George IV Scottish Silver Salver, by Robert Gray and Son, Glasgow, 1827

shaped circular and on four fruiting vine-cast tapering legs, with shellheightened foliage border, similarly chased and engraved and centring the later engraved crests of Cunliffe and Lister and below a baron’s coronet, within foliage wreath 41.5cm diameter, 66oz 14dwt, 2,075gr

The later crests are those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£1,000-1,500

279

A Beadwork Purse, 17th century, worked in colours with stylised flowers and with gilt-metal pendant drop 13cm high

£200-300

280

A Louis XV Rosewood, Kingwood, Boxwood and Ebony-Strung Serpentine-Shape Commode, late 18th century, the quarter-veneered top above a beaded border decorated with swags and flowers above three oak-lined drawers with rococo cast handles, all between foliate cast mounts and sabots

78cm by 48cm by 82cm

£800-1,200

281

A Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, the fluted urn-shape sconces on caryatid supports and strapwork cast circular bases

30.5cm high

£700-1,000

282

A Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gilt-Bronze and White Marble Candelabra, by Victor Paillard (1805-1886), each modelled as two cherubs holding fruit-filled cornucopia, on circular bases and marble stands, bases stamped with crowned VP 33cm high

Having been apprenticed to Jean François Deniere, Victor Paillard opened his own business at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint Claude, becoming one of the most esteemed sculptors and fondeurs of the 19th century. He exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition as well as the 1867 Paris Exposition

Literature: Cornforth (John) Country Life: Swinton, 14 April 1966, illustrating Lord Swinton’s Room, pl.5, pg.875

£2,000-3,000

283

A Sèvres-Style Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer, circa 1820, in Empire style, with scroll handle gilt with bands of formal classical foliage on a blue ground, printed and painted marks

£100-150

284

A Gilt Metal Porcelain Mounted Striking Mantel Clock

Garniture, circa 1890, pink porcelain dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement striking on a bell, 42cm high, urn shaped porcelain mounted garniture, 31cm high

£100-150

A Pair of Sèvres-Style Porcelain Sucriers, 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with maidens and putti and with flowersprays reserved on a blue ground with gilt cailloute, bear painted marks

7.5cm high

£200-300

£1,000-1,500 285

A Sèvres Porcelain Bowl, 1783, of shaped circular form, painted with sprays of flowers in gilt cartouche on a bleu celeste ground, painter’s mark for Massy and gilder’s mark for Chauvaux, painted crossed Ls mark and date letter

22.5cm diameter

287

Follower of Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780)

A View of Santa Maria del Salute and the entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, looking East from the Campo Sta. Maria Zobenigo, with the Palazzo Pisani-Gritti, Barges and numerous Gondolas, the Dogana and the Riva degli Schiavoni beyond Oil on canvas, 62.5cm by 96.5cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

This is a copy of a work of Bellotto’s early maturity datable to 1742. The original, re-attributed to Bellotto (having been published as Canaletto –W.G.Constable, Canaletto, Second Edition 1989, vol. 2, cat. 180 (a)) was sold at Christie’s New York, 11th January 1995, lot 25

£7,000-10,000

288

A Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Blue-Glazed Porcelain Vases and Cover, 19th century, of urn form with foliate knops, the twin ram’s mask handles hung with foliage swags, on circular socles and square bases

24cm high

289

A Set of Seven George III Carved Giltwood Armchairs, late 18th century, recovered in floral needlework fabric, the moulded top rails above trellis-pattern back supports and reeded uprights, with balustershaped arm supports above overstuffed seats, on turned and fluted tapering legs

51cm by 48cm by 88cm

£2,000-3,000

290

A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Sèvres Blue-Glazed Porcelain “Vase A Monter”, circa 1785, of urn form with leaf-cast flared rim flanked by two handles as fauns playing pipes hung with ribbon-tied swags, on circular socle and square plinth 29.5cm high

£5,000-7,000

291

A Late 17th Century Larder Chest, probably Dutch, painted overall with flowers and landscapes, the strapwork lid and body with hinged lid, the engraved lockplate with key

70.5cm by 40cm by 38cm

£600-800 292

293

A Composite Spode and Copeland Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, various dates, printed in underglaze blue and overpainted in colours with figures before a ruined abbey, comprising:

2 canted rectangular footed dishes

3 shell-shape dishes

3 square dishes

2 oval sauce tureens, stands and a cover

1 oval dish

13 plates

£150-200

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Banquettes, recovered in floral needlework fabric, with pierced scrolled arms, lambrequin carved backs, scroll arms and padded seats, on scroll-carved cabriole legs 171cm by 61cm by 91cm

£1,000-1,500

(part)

An Anglo-Indian Teak Vizagapatam Table Bureau, circa 1770, decorated with ivory-inlaid flowers, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior of six drawers around three pigeon holes with a fall front enclosing a leather writing surface, on a later George III mahogany stand with frieze drawer, on square tapering legs

60cm by 43cm by 96cm

With Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration Number H47FG431

£800-1,200

294

A Set of Four Italian Giltwood and Gesso Wall Brackets, in 18th century style, with leaf-scrolled supports

22cm high

£100-200 296

A Silver Pocket Watch Repousse Outer Case, circa 1780, case back decorated with figures in costume and with a scroll finished outer border

49mm wide

£60-80

297

A Set of Three George III Silver Condiment-Vases, by Robert Makepeace and Richard Carter, London, 1777 each vase-shaped and on square base with beaded plinth, the lower bodies part fluted and below a drapery swag and with two ram’s maskcast terminals, the detachable covers with acorn-cast finial and engraved with a crest, the base of the larger engraved with an inscription one 20.5cm high and two 18.5cm high, total weight 31oz 18dwt, 992gr (3)

The inscription on the base of the larger example reads ‘A Mark of Regard & Respect From a Friend’.

£800-1,200

298

An Edward VIII Silver Punch-Bowl, by Lionel Alfred Crichton, London, 1936, Retailed by Crichton Bros., 22 Old Bond Street in the George II style, tapering circular and on spreading foot, with hammered finish 23cm diameter, 10.5cm high, 43oz 7dwt, 1,349gr

£600-800

299

A Victorian Silver Butter-Dish, Cover and Stand, by John Samuel Hunt, London, 1854

circular, the fluted sides engraved with alternating bands of strapwork, with drop-ring handles, the detachable cover with cast cow finial, engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister, with an associated frosted glass liner the stand 19cm diameter, weight of silver 21oz 1dwt, 654gr

The crests are almost certainly those of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). He was elevated to the peerage in 1891, taking his title from the market town of Masham which was near Swinton Park, the country seat he purchased in 1888.

£500-700

300

A Pair of George V Silver Mustard-Pots, by Charles Henry Townley and John William Thomas, London, 1912, Retailed by Thomas 153 New Bond Street, London each in the George III style, drum-shaped, the openwork sides pierced with husk swags and slats, the slightly domed covers engraved with the crests of Lloyd and Greame, with openwork thumbpiece and scroll handle, each with blue glass liner, one associated 77mm high, weight of silver 11oz 1dwt, 343gr (2)

The crests are almost certainly for Philip Lloyd-Greame who later changed his name to Philip Cunliffe-Lister and was created 1st Earl of Swinton in 1955. He was married in 1912, the year the present mustard-pots were made, to Mary Constance Boynton, granddaughter of Samuel CunliffeLister, 1st Baron Swinton.

£120-180

301

An Elizabeth II Silver Table-Bell, by J. C. Lowe, London, 1961 of typical form, with baluster handle 12cm high, 10oz 6dwt, 321gr

Tennants are grateful to Deborah Roberts from the Goldsmiths’ Company library for her assistance in identifying the maker’s mark.

£150-250

302

A Cased Victorian Silver Christening-Set, The Goblet by Henry Holland, London, 1869, The Flatware by George Adams, London, 1866 and 1867 comprising a goblet, chased with foliage cartouches on matted ground, one side engraved with the Sinclair crest below initials ‘NAS’, the other side with a vacant cartouche, the flatware similarly engraved, in fitted gilt tooled leather-covered case with space for a further knife

the case 21cm wide, weighable silver 5oz 12dwt, 174gr (4)

The crest and initials are those of Norman Alexander Sinclair (1869-1904), son of Sir John Sinclair, 6th Baronet (1794-1873), and brother of Sir John Rose Sinclair, 7th Baronet (1864-1926). He was an ancestor of Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton (1935-2023) through her father Major Sir Ronald Sinclair, 8th Baronet (1899-1952).

£70-100

303

A Victorian Silver Canister, by Frederick Elkington, London, 1884 cylindrical and with an engine-turned finish, engraved with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers 15.2cm high, 4oz 1dwt, 126gr

See illustration online

£70-100

304

Two Elizabeth II Silver Christening-Mugs, One by Charles S. Green and Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1962, The Other by Cohen and Charles, Birmingham, 1964

the first plain tapering and on spreading foot, with angular handle, the second tapering, the foot chased with animals in a farmyard scene

each 75mm high, 5oz 10dwt, 171gr (2)

£70-100

305

A Set of Three George III Silver Salt-Cellars, by William Abdy, London, 1784

each oval and on ball and claw feet, the sides openwork and below beaded borders, the cartouches with flooded initials, two with blue glass liners, 81mm wide; Together With a George II and a George III silver caster, each by Samuel Wood, London, one probably 1739 and one 1761, each later engraved with the Cunliffe and Lister crests

13.5cm high and slightly smaller (5)

£150-250

306

Two Victorian Silver-Mounted Cow Horn Pepperettes, One by Thomas Johnson, London, 1877 and One by Hubert Thornhill, London, 1890 each tapering cylindrical cow horn body with plain silver mount, the first engraved ‘Pepper’, the second engraved ‘Nepaul Pepper’, the cover of each engraved with the Cunliffe and Lister crests; Together With a further cover, matching the second example and engraved ‘Cayenne’, body lacking 90mm high and smaller (3)

See illustration online

£60-80

307

A Meissen Porcelain Ecuelle and A Cover, both circa 1745, painted with Watteauesque figures in landscape and with insects within gilt line borders, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue 17cm wide

£200-300

308

A Meissen Porcelain Sugar Caster, circa 1750, of Dulong moulded baluster form, painted with birds in branches in gilt scroll cartouche and with scattered flowersprays and sprigs, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue

19cm high

£400-600

A Marcolini Meissen Porcelain Dinner and Dessert Service, circa 1785, painted with flowersprays and scattered sprigs within gilt dentil borders, painted marks in blue, comprising:

2 bottle coolers

2 triangular dishes

6 triangular salts

4 sauce tureen stands

4 oval platters

1 large ecuelle, cover and stand

1 small ecuelle, cover and stand

1 mustard pot, cover, stand and spoon

4 custard cups and covers

11 dinner plates

4 soup plates

£3,000-5,000

310

Italian School (early 18th Century)

The Madonna and Child with St. Charles Borromeo Oil on canvas, 58.5cm by 46cm

£500-800

312

After Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736) French “Blind Man’s Bluff” Oil on canvas, 57.5cm by 45cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons

This work is a copy after P. Filloeul’s 1739 engraving, in reverse, of the painting in the Wallace Collection, London. See Stephen Duffy and Jo Hedley, The Wallace Collection’s Pictures, A Complete Catalogue, 2004, pp. 315 – 317, ill. P.400

£1,500-2,500

311

Miss Cropley (19th Century), after The Brothers Le Nain

The Young Card Players Oil on canvas, 55.5cm by 62.5cm

A copy after the picture in the Royal Collection, RCIN 405944

£600-900

313

A George II Giltwood Wall Mirror, circa 1740, the later bevelled plate surmounted by a scrolling swan-neck pediment and a cartouche, with trailing foliage to the sides and a scroll carved apron below 142cm by 69cm

£1,500-2,000 314

No Lot

315

A Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Japanesque Baluster Vases, late 19th century, with loop handles, painted and gilt with insects amongst foliage in circular panels on a brocade ground, printed marks 25.5cm high

A WorcesterVase, as four conjoined spherical flasks, painted with feathers, printed mark in puce 14.5cm high (3)

£150-200

316

A Pair of George II Carved Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs, circa 1750, upholstered in close-nailed duck egg blue fabric, one with traces of a needlework tapestry seat, the carved handgrips and acanthus-decorated arm supports, on substantial carved cabriole supports with lion mask handles and claw feet

77cm by 80cm by 97cm

£3,000-5,000

317

A Porcelain Shell-Shaped Dessert Dish, probably Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester, circa 1815, painted in the manner of Barker with a still life of shells in a gilt line panel on a turquoise ground within gilt gadrooned borders

27cm long

A Coalbrookdale Plate, painted with a flowerspray within a pierced and painted gilt border, monogram mark

24cm diameter (2)

£150-200

319

Edgar Hunt (1876-1953)

Farmyard pond with goats, ducks and ducklings

Signed and dated 1918, oil on canvas, 55.5cm by 74cm

Provenance: Morgan and Brown Ltd, Newcastle Upon Tyne

£2,500-4,000

321

Follower of Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1596-1656) Dutch

Sailing boats on choppy waters off a coast

Oil on panel, 29cm by 41cm

£1,500-2,500

318

A Pair of Coalbrookdale-Style Porcelain Bowls and Covers, circa 1840, of ovoid form with crabstock handles and feet, applied and painted with flowersprays within gilt borders

15cm wide

£30-50

320

A George III Satinwood, Marquetry-Inlaid and Tulipwood-Banded Bureau de Dame, late 18th century, possibly by Mayhew & Ince, the pierced brass gallery above a fall front inlaid with a spray of flowers, enclosing a small drawer and pigeon holes flanked by semi-arched compartments inlaid with birds, three frieze drawers below, on square tapering legs with spade feet (a/f)

91cm by 52cm by 119cm

For an example of similar marquetry work see Roberts (Hugh) and Cator (Charles), Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew

£500-800

323

A George III Gilt and Patinated Bronze-Mounted Blue John Vase, with cast stiff leaf borders and pendant pine cone finial supported by three Bacchic putti, on a tricorn base and peg feet

27.5cm high

£2,000-3,000 322

A 19th Century Gilt Bronze Gueridon, possibly Russian, with circular specimen marble top with central panel within a border of fossil marbles, the guilloche moulded edge above three mask loop handles, on tapering supports with claw feet joined by a triform marble base (losses)

45cm by 88cm

£2,000-3,000 322

324

Attributed to Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) Dutch

A Cavalier conversing with a rustic figure milking a cow before a thatched cottage Indistinctly signed lower left, oil on canvas, 50cm by 57.5cm

Provenance: L. Gauchez; Christie’s, July 13, 1889, lot 46,110 gns. Bt. Agnew for Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Lord Masham, Christie’s, London, November 28th, 1975, lot 65 (where unsold); thence by descent

Note: this painting is a variant of the work in Kassel

Literature: for the Kassel painting see: J.Smith, “A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London 1829-36”. vol. V, no. 131, p. 214 C.Hofstede de Groot, “A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London 1907-28”, vol. IV, no. 33, cat. p. 466

£4,000-6,000 324

325

Attributed to Aert van der Neer (1603-1677) Dutch

A nocturne river landscape with fishing boats and figures

Oil on panel, 57cm by 80cm

£4,000-6,000

Attributed to the Workshop of Guillielmus (Willem) de Grof (1676-1742): A Pair of Bronze Figure Groups Representing Spring and Autumn from the Seasons, the first as two cherubs holding a wreath over a monkey, the second as two cherubs feeding grapes to a hound, on square bases and stiff leaf cast gilt plinths

24.5cm high

Born in Antwerp around 1676, de Grof trained as a sculptor in Paris, eventually entering into the service of Louis XIV. Whilst living in exile in Paris, Maximilian Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, commissioned the bronze bust of himself in 1714. Following the Elector’s return to power in 1716, de Grof moved to Bavaria, where he became court sculptor. Modelling the now lost lead garden sculptures for the Nymphenburg and Schleissheim Palaces. For a similar pair in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich, accession numbers E2015 and E2016, see Weihrauch (HR) Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen catalogue, vol .13, pg.198-9

£3,000-4,000 326

327

Johannes Lingelbach (1622-1674) Dutch Dutch peasants loading a hay cart with others resting and two children fishing

Indistinctly signed lower right, oil on canvas laid onto panel, 42.5cm by 48cm

Provenance: Purchased in 1889 by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Lord Masham for £346 (according to Christie’s catalogue 1975) Offered for sale by the Trustees of The Swinton Settled Estates’, Christie’s, London, 28th November 1975, lot 57 (where unsold)

Thence by descent

£5,000-8,000 327

328

A Pair of Mahogany and Gilt Metal Torchere Stands, late 19th century, in Louis XVI style, the circular moulded tops within an egg and dart border mounted with ram’s heads and floral swags, on tapering block supports and triform base surmounted by an urn, on scroll-carved feet 35cm by 107cm

£600-800

A Tortoiseshell Striking Table Clock Made for the Turkish Market, signed Markwick, London, early 18th century, caddied pediment with gilt metal floral mounts, side carrying handles and glass panels, scroll feet, 8-1/2-inch square brass dial, silvered chapter ring with Turkish Arabic numerals and signed, matted dial centre with ringed winding holes, mock pendulum and date apertures, twin fusee movement now converted to an anchor escapement, hour striking on a bell, (pull repeat mechanism parts are missing), movement backplate elaborately scroll engraved throughout and signed to the centre in an oval cartouche

Markwick Londini

49cm high

£1,500-2,000

A Japanned and Gilt-Heightened Cabinet on Stand, probably Anglo-Dutch, late 17th century, the cabinet painted with chinoiserie scenes, with engraved brass hinges and lockplate opening to reveal ten oak-lined drawers with engraved brass handles, on a later carved and pierced giltwood stand with carved figural supports and a foliate apron, the legs terminating with acanthus scrolls and joined by a carved stretcher

108cm by 58cm by 172cm

£3,000-5,000

A Pair of French Gilt-Metal-Mounted Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Vases and Covers, the porcelain Kangxi, the mounts later, of hexagonal baluster form with incised foliate decoration, the domed covers with pine cone finials, on pierced borders over twin leaf-scroll handles and stepped bases

35cm high

£8,000-12,000

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