Antiques & Collectibles
Host of fine items in November sale Clarke’s Auctions at Semleys latest sale held on October 10th was another roaring success, with a fine 16th century Renaissance period Maiolica fragment from the rim of a charger, measuring approximately 10 cm in length, selling for £5,600 to a telephone bidder. Maiolica is a
fine white pottery of the Italian Renaissance, the decoration of which was a difficult and precise process requiring great control by the painter. By the early 16th century, a full range of colours were available, and judging by the colour palette of the fragment, it was
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CLARKE’S AUCTIONS Auctioneers & Valuers Antiques, Collectables & Asian Art Saturday, 14 November
An 18th century Mughal watercolour painting of Bhim Singh (1778-1828), 25th Maharana of Mewar. Estimate £300 -£500
Viewing Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13 9am-5pm (following social distancing guidelines)
Please contact Richard Clarke or Karen Marshall on 01747 855109 Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, SP7 9BU enquiries@clarkesauctions.co.uk clarkesauctions.co.uk 44
A Victorian silver four-piece tea set by makers Martin Hall & Co Ltd, London. Estimate £800 £1,200.JPG
probably produced in workshops of Deruta and of Maestro Giorgio or one of his descendants in Gubbio. In the inaugural automobilia auction on the following day, a BRDC (British Racing Driver’s Club) Member’s Badge, awarded to Harry Attwood, sold for an above estimate of £480 to an internet bidder, and a collection of ‘oily bits’ of Austin 7 spares found far flung buyers for a total of £3,000. In the same sale, a well presented Bultaco Sherpa 350T trials bike realised £2,000 on the hammer, and a locally owned 1955 Morris Traveller achieved £3,000. Clarke’s Auctions are now looking forward
to their next sale of Antiques, Collectables and Asian Art, to be held on Saturday 14 November. Already consigned are
A Chinese Doucal Porcelain shallow dish. Estimate £1,200-£1,500
approximately two hundred lots of Chinese, Japanese and Asian art to include ceramics, jade, cinnabar lacquer and paintings and in the Silver & Jewellery section is a Victorian silver four-piece tea
service, hallmarked London 1876 and made by Martin Hall & Co Ltd. Martin Hall & Co Ltd exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 and are renowned for the design and quality of their items. Also to be included in this sale is a large, single-owner collection of stamps, which should garner the interest of philatelists, having a collective auction estimate in the region of £10,000. They are following social distancing guidelines and are offering free home visits to value items for consignment and are open for free verbal valuations Monday to Friday at their salerooms behind the Kingsettle Antique Centre on Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, SP7 9BU. For further information about this sale or to enter any items to this or future sales, please contact Richard Clarke, Karen Marshall or Matthew Whitney on 01747 855109 or email enquiries@clark esauctions.co.uk A late Victorian / early Edwardian mahogany hanging coat rack, later decorated with a central roundel - Blackmore Vale Fox Hounds, 1872. Estimate £160 - £200
