See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 610 A CHINESE ELM CUPBOARD QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY of panelled construction, with a pair of doors with a locking bar enclosing shelves and two drawers 170cm high, 91cm wide, 47cm deep £2,000­3,000 611 A CHINESE PADOUK KANG TABLE QING DYNASTY with applied brass mounts, the panelled top above a shaped frieze, on scroll legs 20cm high, 81.5 x 81.5cm £400­600 612 A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN SANG DE BOEUF VASE TABLE LAMPS LATE 19TH CENTURY with twin lights, each with a silk shade and a carved hardwood base (2) the vases: 21cm high £800­1,200 249

613 TWO CHINESE BLACK LACQUER SCREENS IN COROMANDEL STYLE, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY each gilt and polychrome decorated with courtly ladies in various pursuits, in watery landscapes with pavilions, animals and birds, with auspicious scholarly symbols, the back decorated with water birds and foliage, on brass feet, one of six panels, the other of eight panels, originally folding, hinges present but majority of pins missing (2) 213.7 x 40.3cm each panel for the six fold and 213.2 x 40.5 each panel for the eight fold £500­1,000 614 A CHINESE EMROIDERED SILKWORK PICTURE LATE 19TH CENTURY worked in various colours with birds amidst flowers and foliage, comprising: three panels which have been mounted on later frames, signed (3) 226.3 x 51.7cm for the two end panels and 226.3 x 70.7cm for the central panel £500­700 250

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 615 A PAIR OF CHINESE LACQUER CABINETS 17TH / 18TH CENTURY decorated in raised gilt, with panels of scaly dragons chasing pearls, with mountainous watery landscapes, with immortals, with a pair of hinged doors with an engraved bronze lock plate, revealing an interior fitted with two shelves, the sides painted with panels of stylised lotus and dragons (2) 141.8cm high, 95.8cm wide, 41.8cm deep £5,000­8,000 251

616 A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER DRAGON BOAT TIME KEEPER 19TH CENTURY gilt decorated, the interior with metal cradles for incense, on disc castors 17cm high, 63.5cm long £150­200 617 618 A BAMBOO AND RATTAN TEA BASKET TWO SIMILAR CHINESE STAINED PINE POSSIBLY CHINESE OR INDIAN, 19TH CENTURY CUPBOARDS 20TH CENTURY of trumpet form, mounted on a later stand 94cm high, 53.5cm diameter decorated in ink with panels of birds, vases of flowers and bamboo, one with a pair of £200­300 panelled doors enclosing an interior with a shelf and two drawers, the other with a pair of drawers above a cupboard (2) 116cm high, 100cm wide, 56cm deep £250­350 252

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 619 A CHINESE SCHOOL GOUACHE PAINTING LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY depicting a courtier seated on a bench with a jar and scroll in a pavilion, waiting for his female companion, with a pair of exotic birds, in a later glazed silvered frame 48 x 37.2cm Provenance From the family collections of Captain George Lionel Jameson OBE (1880-1961) and by descent. £200­300 620 A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK LACQUER TABLE CABINET EARLY 19TH CENTURY decorated in gilt with panels of figures and buildings, with a pair of doors with raised oval panels enclosing five drawers with turned bone handles, on bracket feet 40.5cm high, 32.7cm wide, 17.5cm deep £300­500 621 TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES 19TH CENTURY one with a tea dust glaze, the other with a yellow monochrome glaze, each with a wooden base and drilled for use as lamps (4) 35cm high (max) £400­600 253

622 A CHINESE PORCELAIN CELADON GLAZED VASE TABLE LAMP PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY with moulded decoration, the neck with stiff leaves, the body with scrolling leaves and flowers, with bird’s head handles with rings, on a hardwood base 37cm high £400­600 623 A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ VASE TABLE LAMP with fish scale decoration and later mounted on a giltwood base, with a silk shade 28cm high £150­250 624 A CHINESE PORCELAIN WHITE GLAZED VASE TABLE LAMP LATE 19TH CENTURY with gilt brass mounts and base, together with a green glazed pottery vase table lamp (2) 37cm high (max) 622 £100­200 623 624 254

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 625 A PAIR OF REPOUSSÉ PARCEL-GILT SILVER DOOR FRAGMENTS POSSIBLY LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY the decoration consisting of a fish with a curved body and raised tail in the centre and lush floral sprays in the background, each mounted on a fossil marble slab, with Perspex bases (4) 28.5 x 46cm, with stand and slabs: 44.5 x 48.5cm (max) £500­800 626 A PAIR OF TURKISH BRASS CANDLESTICKS OTTOMAN, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY each with a turned stem, a drip­pan and a domed foot (2) 54.8cm high, 22.7cm diameter £400­600 627 λ 628 THREE EGYPTIAN GRAND TOUR GILT METAL MODELS OF PYRAMIDS A 19TH CENTURY ANGLO-INDIAN ROSEWOOD DAVENPORT EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOMBAY, C.1870­80 graduated and decorated with typical motifs, including: sphinx, figures and all over relief carved with scrolling leaves and flowers, with birds and various gods (3) beasts, the pierced and shaped raised back fitted with four drawers 5cm (max) flanking a pigeonhole, above a hinged sloping writing surface enclosing two drawers, the right side with a pen and ink compartment, above a £100­200 hinged door enclosing four drawers with sunken brass handles, with bird front supports and elephant head feet 124cm high, 75cm wide, 69.5cm deep £300­500 255

629 630 AN ISFAHAN RUG A NORTH WEST PERSIAN RUG CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY POSSIBLY SENNEH, FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY 193.5 x 141cm 205.5 x 138.5cm £150­250 £150­250 631 TWO MODERN CAUCASIAN STYLE RUGS 20TH CENTURY one with a perepedil design, together with a Senneh rug (3) 213 x 133cm, 164.5 x 107.5cm and 203 x 144cm £100­150 256

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 632 A KARABAGH KELLEH SOUTH CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY with an all over minakhani design 513 x 220cm £500­800 633 632 A KHAMSEH RUG 257 SOUTH WEST PERSIA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY 277 x 189cm £400­600

634 634 635 636 TWO KELIM RUGS A PAIR OF NORTH WEST A MODERN AFGHAN RUNNER 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN RUGS 422 x 83cm 20TH CENTURY one Turkish and one Persian (2) £80­120 180 x 126cm and 151 x 98cm each finely woven with a herati field, one probably chemically washed (2) £80­120 195 x 151.5cm £200­300 635 636 258

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638 637 639 637 A GEORGE III BRASS SERPENTINE FENDER A BRASS ADJUSTABLE CLUB FENDER LATE 18TH CENTURY FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY with pierced and engraved scrolling leaf decoration with maroon leather seats and with railed supports 17.3cm high, 106.8cm wide, 20.7cm deep 47.2cm high, 172cm wide, 42.5cm deep £400­600 £300­500 260 638 A PAIR OF BLACK PAINTED WROUGHT IRON WALL BRACKETS PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY with scroll, leaf and flowerhead decoration, with a dragon head terminal (2) 180cm high, 73.5cm wide Provenance By repute, Sotheby’s Hadspen House Sale, 29th-31st May 1996. £300­500 639

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 640 A VICTORIAN CAST IRON FERN AND BLACKBERRY GARDEN BENCH ATTRIBUTED TO COALBROOKDALE, C.1870­75 with a later wooden slatted seat 92.2cm high, 150.5cm wide, 56cm deep £800­1,200 642 641 A PAIR OF TEAK GARDEN BENCHES BY A WHITE PAINTED CAST IRON GARDEN BENCH CHARLES VEREY AFTER A DESIGN BY THE CARRON FOUNDRY, AFTER A DESIGN BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY LATE 20TH CENTURY each with a metal trade label (2) the serpentine top rail decorated with scrolling foliage, a 104.3cm high, 199cm wide, 54.3cm deep bove a pierced hoop back, a pierced seat and on scroll legs £500­800 88.7cm high, 110.5cm wide, 47cm deep 261 £300­500

643 A VICTORIAN PAINTED CAST IRON UMBRELLA / STICKSTAND IN THE MANNER OF COALBROOKDALE, C.1850­60 with five divisions, decorated with scrolling foliage and shells, with twin shell shape lift­out trays, stamped three times with a registration lozenge 59.8cm high, 66cm wide, 30.5cm deep £200­300 644 A VICTORIAN STONEWARE TREE TRUNK STICKSTAND BY J. H. SANKEY \& SON naturalistically moulded, the rim with impressed marks ‘J. H. Sankey \& Son, Canning Town, E.’ 643 62.6cm high, 27.5cm wide £150­250 645 A PAIR OF PAINTED CANVAS ARTILLARY SHELL STICKSTANDS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY each shell emblazoned with the Royal Coat of Arms and the letter ‘N’ (2) 50.7cm high, 31cm wide £200­300 646 A RED CANVAS ARTILLERY CASE LATE 19TH CENTURY decorated with the Royal Coat of Arms, the hinged lid with a worn garter and leather straps, the vacant interior with a paper label, inscribed ‘B. B. Brooke’ 34.1cm high, 89cm wide, 28cm deep £100­200 644 646 645 262

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 647 648 647 649 A VICTORIAN CAST IRON HARE DOORSTOP 650 SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY black painted, with a leaf handle and a registration lozenge 263 39.3cm high £100­150 648 A MATCHED PAIR OF BRASS LION’S PAW DOORSTOPS 19TH CENTURY each with a foliate handle and stem, the paw with hairy ankles and a weighted base, stamped ‘6630’ and ‘J...Co’ (2) 37.5cm high £200­300 649 A BRASS FOX’S HEAD DOORSTOP BY PEERAGE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the handle in the form of a riding whip, with a cast iron weighted base, stamped ‘Peerage England 19476’ 45.3cm high £200­300 650 A PAINTED CAST IRON FOX HEAD DOORSTOP 19TH CENTURY 14.3cm high, 16cm deep £100­200

651 652 653 651 264 A VICTORIAN BRASS BASKET DOORSTOP SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY the handle and stem wrapped with wheat sheaves, the basket full of fruit and flowers, lead weighted (part missing) 37cm high £100­150 652 A BRASS DOORSTOP IN REGENCY STYLE EARLY 20TH CENTURY with a lappet and scroll handle and stem above a pair of griffins, the base lead weighted and stamped ‘Beardmore London’ 44.5cm high £100­200 653 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CARVED OAK MODELS OF HERALDIC GREYHOUNDS LATE 19TH CENTURY each seated holding a stylised coat of arms (2) 43.7cm high, 15.8cm wide £300­500

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 654 A CARVED WOOD MUSHROOM DIORAMA the naturalistic setting with fallen branches, applied with various varieties of fungi, in a glazed ebonised wood display case 50cm high, 45.7cm wide, 25cm deep £400­600 655 A TAXIDERMY BEE HONEYCOMB DIORAMA LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY in an ebonised glazed box frame, the reverse with the remains of a printed trade label for ‘Robert Dunthorne, The Rembrandt Head Gallery, 5 Vigo Street, London, W. \& Castle Street, Liverpool’ 25 x 25cm £200­300 656 TWO CORAL AND SHELL SPECIMEN GROUPS each on a gilt brass circular base with tripod feet (2) 40.3cm high (max) £300­500 265

657 658 659 657 A LARGE HALF CLAM SHELL 660 (TRIDACNA), PROBABLY LATE 19TH / 266 EARLY 20TH CENTURY 52.5cm wide £300­500 658 A SPANISH GLASS BALL SEASHELL DIORAMA MODERN the globular jar containing various shells and corals, the lid encrusted with shells 32.3cm high £200­400 659 A LARGE MELO SEASNAIL SHELL relief carved with dragons 39.3cm £200­400 660 SIX SEA SPONGE SPECIMENS PHLUM PORIFERA 26cm (max) (6) £100­200

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 661 AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SEASHELL AND CORAL DIORAMA POSSIBLY NEAPOLITAN OR SICILIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY the naturalistic seabed interior arranged with various coral specimens and applied with carved bone fish, the case decorated with mirror panels and moulded bands, the front with an arrangement of various shells, later fitted with lighting 59cm high, 40.5cm wide £800­1,200 662 A PART COCO DE MER LODOICEA MALDIVICA mounted on an ebonised circular board with a reeded edge, titled ‘Lodoiccea Maldivica’, the reverse with an engraving after de Seve of a Coco de mer tree ‘Famille des Palmiers’. with a brass suspension ring 30.7cm high overall, the coco de mer: 19.5 x 21.5cm £100­150 663 AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SEASHELL AND CORAL DIORAMA POSSIBLY NEAPOLITAN OR SICILIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY the naturalistic seabed interior arranged with various coral specimens and applied with carved bone fish, the case decorated with mirror panels and moulded bands, the front with an arrangement of various shells, later fitted with lighting 54.5cm high, 34cm wide £800­1,200 267

664 TAXIDERMY. A LATE VICTORIAN PRESERVED ROACH BY J. COOPER \& SONS in a naturalistic setting, with a printed trade label, inscribed ‘Preserved by J. Cooper \& Sons 28, Radnor Street, S Luke’s London, E. C’, in an ebonised and gilt glazed bowfront case, inscribed ‘Taken at Richmond, by C A Martin, March 2nd 1899’ and ‘Wgt 1lb 7ozs’ 29.3cm high, 46.2cm wide, 13cm deep £300­500 665 666 A WROUGHT IRON EEL SPEAR 19TH CENTURY A CASE OF MEDICAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES with three serrated prongs LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY 55.2cm long £100­150 the hinged lid and front revealing six trays, each containing six slides, the majority with handwritten labels, together with two cardboard boxes of slides, 268 one are blank (3) 20.5cm (max) £100­200

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 667 A VICTORIAN MINERAL COLLECTION ARRANGED BY MR TENNANT, C.1860­70 comprising: approximately one hundred and eighty specimens, including: minerals such as quartz, jasper and garnet; metals, including antimony, zinc and copper, rocks and fossils, each numbered specimen contained in a card tray (some double) and contained in five mahogany lift­out trays within a mahogany case, the underside of the lid with a printed label, inscribed ‘Mr. Tennant, Mineralogist by Appointment to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London’ with a price list for various sizes of cabinets, with list of approximate contents 18.5cm high, 36.7cm wide, 25.5cm deep Catalogue Note James Tennant (1808-1881) £300­500 668 669 TWO MOROCCAN POLISHED FOSSIL STONE / MARBLE PLATTERS A NATIVE AMERICAN WHALE VERTEBRAE DESK STAND 20TH CENTURY LATE 19TH CENTURY one octagonal, the other circular (2) with a hook to hand a watch and two bone quill holders, inset with two 32.5cm (max) plaques, one decorated with a bone star flanked by two ‘stars and stripes flags’, within a laurel wreath, the other of stylised heart shape, scrimshaw £100­150 decorated with an urn of flowers, a barrel and leaves 14.7cm high, 31.5cm wide £200­300 269

670 671 670 673 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY COLLECTOR’S CABINET C.1870­80 A MAHOGANY APOTHECARY’S CABINET EARLY 19TH CENTURY of thirty numbered drawers with glazed lids, with turned wood knob handles and an arched glazed door the top with a military style brass sunken handle, 129.8cm high, 69cm wide, 47cm deep above a pair of hinged doors, containing glass bottles, the interior with further bottles, above a £300­400 drawer fitted with scales and jars 22.7cm high, 20cm wide, 16.5cm deep 671 A MAHOGANY COLLECTOR’S CABINET £100­150 19TH CENTURY AND LATER of twelve drawers, with glazed lids and turned wood knob handles, the side with a locking pilaster 104.8cm high, 66cm wide, 45.6cm deep £200­300 672 A CONTINENTAL WALNUT AND BRASS HANGING DISPLAY CABINET LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY inlaid with paterae and with bead mouldings, the shaped top above a hinged glazed door enclosing three fabric lined shelves 152cm high, 41.4cm wide, 12.5cm deep £300­500 673 270 672

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 674 A TUNBRIDGE WARE MARQUETRY SHIP PICTURE C.1870 inlaid with various woods, depicting the battleship H.M.S. Northumberland accompanied by other vessels before a lighthouse, titled, in an ebonised moulded frame 38.2 x 64cm Catalogue Note H.M.S. Northumberland was a Minotaur class armoured frigate, launched in 1866. £300­500 675 A WHITE STAR LINE TARTAN DECK BLANKET C.1920­40 embroidered with the ‘White Star Line’ logo to one corner 154cm square £100­150 675 676 271 676 A MARITIME SHIP MODEL IN A LIGHTHOUSE BULB FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY the bulb marked ‘Mazda, Gas Filled, B.T.H. Patent, 58 Made in England’, with a three masted ship, mounted on a wooden base, inscribed ‘Pendeen’ 19.8cm high, 14.5cm wide £150­250

677 678 679 677 A WOODEN MODEL OF A SAILING BOAT 680 20TH CENTURY 272 with a pinned hull and a cotton sail, on a white painted stand 69.5cm high, 54.5cm long £100­150 678 A WOOLWORK PICTURE OF A BI-PLANE C.1922 worked by driver, W. Waite, at Woodlands Hospital, Southport, 1922, depicting a World War I fighter plane, possibly and Sopwith Camel, in an ebonised glazed frame, together with a silkwork postcard of World War I interest, depicting a French fighter plane with two figures dropping flowers over Paris, dated 9th October 1917, the card printed by Paul Heckscher, Paris (2) 18.6 x 24.5cm £100­150 679 A VICTORIAN STEVENGRAPH SILK PICTURE 19TH CENTURY depicting ‘The death of Nelson’, with printed maker’s mark and information to verso, mounted and in a gilt and ebonised glazed frame, together with a copper statuette of Admiral Lord Nelson after Edward Hodges Baily (2) 6 x 17.5cm (max) £80­120 680 A PAINTED WOOD LETTING / ADVERTISING SIGN LATE 19TH CENTURY inscribed ‘This House \& Premises To Let. Enquire at Mr Wm Pannell’s. 35, Round Hill Crescent, The Key at 90 Next Door’ 58 x 94.2cm £150­250

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 681 A CROQUET SET ON STAND FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY with four mallets, three by Spalding and an associated one by Jaques, with hoops, balls and marker posts, the stand with a brass handle and pole supports £400­600 681 682 A VICTORIAN TABLE CROQUET SET LATE 19TH CENTURY with a mahogany stand supporting mallets, balls, a marker post and hoops, in a pine open box 33cm high £200­300 682 683 A BONE BARLEYCORN PATTERN CHESS SET 19TH CENTURY natural and stained red (32) the king: 9.8cm high, the pawn: 3.7cm high £100­150 273

open 684 685 684 274 A BROWN LEATHER CASED ‘EN ROUTE’ PICNIC SET BY DREW \& SONS, PICCADILLY LONDON with a hinged lid and front containing four enamel plates, a copper kettle and burner, four Royal Worcester china tea cups and saucers, glass jars and bottles, a wicker covered flask, sandwich cases and cutlery, marked ‘Drew \& Sons ‘En Route’ Piccadilly Circus W. London’ 25.4cm high, 38.5cm wide, 27.3cm deep £800­1,200 685 A LARGE MERRYTHOUGHT TEDDY BEAR C.1969 with a velvet orange muzzle and smiling black stitched mouth, with label under left foot, inscribed 'Merrythought Ironbridge, Shrops, Made in England' 131cm high Provenance Purchased by a relative of the current vendor from Fortnum \& Mason as a special commission for his granddaughter. £300­500 686 A FRENCH BRASS AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD IN CAGE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY with a clockwork mechanism and a suspension ring for hanging 23.7cm high £100­150 686

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 687 A VICTORIAN WALNUT BUREAU PLAT IN LOUIS XV STYLE C.1860 with gilt bronze mounts and inlaid with strapwork marquetry, the serpentine top inset with a gilt tooled writing surface, above a pair of frieze drawers 74.5cm high, 120.3cm wide, 66.3cm deep Provenance: By repute, the Earl of Yarborough, Arlington St., London W1. £500­800 688 A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION OVERMANTEL MIRROR C.1860­70 the arched mercury plate in a naturalistic frame decorated with ferns and trailing ivy 177 x 154.3cm £500­700 275

689 A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE C.1830­40 the galleried raised back with turned columns, above a rondel decorated frieze and four adjustable shelves 123.3cm high, 200.2cm wide, 40.5cm deep £500­700 λ 690 A QUARTETTO NEST OF VICTORIAN SATINWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLES LATE 19TH CENTURY inlaid with stringing and with rosewood banding, the rectangular tops with canted corners, on turned legs united by curved stretchers, one stamped ‘L 46827’ (4) 70.2cm high, 58cm wide, 37.8cm deep £300­400 691 AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK BERGÈRE ARMCHAIR C.1840 of tub form, with a cane back and seat, on turned front legs and brass castors £200­300 276

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 692 A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE C.1835 with adjustable shelves, with leather dust guards, flanked by lappet carved pilasters 111.4cm high, 187cm wide, 27cm deep £500­700 λ 693 A QUARTETTO NEST OF GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLES C.1820­25 each with a beaded top, on turned legs united by baluster and ring turned stretchers (4) 72.4cm high, 48cm wide, 23.4cm deep £400­600 694 A MAHOGANY DESK CHAIR IN GEORGE III STYLE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY with brass studded leather upholstery, the scroll arms with flowerhead paterae, on ‘Chinese Chippendale’ fret carved front legs united by pierced stretchers £300­500 277

695 A MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR IN GEORGE II STYLE 19TH CENTURY on cartouche and leaf carved cabriole front legs Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £400­600 696 A MAHOGANY TRIPOD OCCASIONAL TABLE with a square tilt­top, on a vase turned stem, together with an Edwardian mahogany card table with a hinged swivel top (2) 73cm high, 48cm wide (max) £200­300 697 A WALNUT STOOL IN GEORGE II STYLE LATE 19TH CENTURY with a drop­in seat, on scroll carved cabriole legs and claw and ball feet 49.cm high, 58.2cm wide, 49cm deep £150­250 278

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 698 A WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR IN WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY with scroll arms, on faceted inverted baluster supports united by a ribbed shaped stretcher Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £400­600 699 AN EBONISED AND GILT OCCASIONAL TABLE IN REGENCY STYLE FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY with pierced brass galleries, the top decorated with bell flowers and on faux bamboo supports 72.8cm high, 76.5cm wide, 51.2cm deep £150­250 λ 700 AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD WINDOW SEAT C.1840 covered in watered silk, with scroll ends, on lappet carved legs and sunken brass castors 70.7cm high, 138.8cm wide, 38cm deep Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £400­600 279

701 702 703 704 701 A MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR IN GEORGE III STYLE 280 LATE 19TH CENTURY the cartouche shape back carved with husks and lappets, above a red leather seat, together with a Victorian nursing chair (2) £100­200 702 A PAIR OF MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS IN GEORGE III STYLE 19TH CENTURY each with a shield back with an urn splat and carved with anthemion motifs, with a stuffed over seat, with leaf capped cabriole front legs and claw and ball feet (2) Provenance By repute, Moundsmere Manor, Preston Candover, Hampshire. £200­300 703 A MAHOGANY BUTLER’S TRAY ON STAND IN GEORGE III STYLE 20TH CENTURY 54.7cm high, 47.2cm wide, 47.3cm deep £150­200 λ 704 A ROSEWOOD CHEST OF DRAWERS 19TH CENTURY with a Siena marble moulded edge top, probably associated, above five graduated drawers, on wooden castors 78cm high, 51.8cm wide, 32.7cm deep £150­250

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 705 A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT OPEN BOOKCASE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT, C.1880 with ebonised decoration, the moulded edge top with a raised back above a rondel decorated frieze, above adjustable shelves flanked by fluted pilasters 116cm high, 244cm wide, 36cm deep £500­700 706 707 A GILT COMPOSITION WALL MIRROR A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD AND GESSO WALL MIRROR SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY C.1860 the oval plate within a Rococo frame, carved with scrolling leaves and flowers, the oval plate within a beaded inner frame, with a leaf and flower border and with marginal plates applied with scrolling leaves and floral sprays, with a shell cresting and a 103.6 x 80.5cm cabochon pendant 155.2 x 29cm Provenance Daphne Fielding, 6th Marchioness of Bath (1904­1997) and by descent. £300­500 £300­500 281

708 709 708 710 A GILT COMPOSITION OVAL WALL MIRROR IN ADAM STYLE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY A VICTORIAN GILT COMPOSITION GIRANDOLE the bevelled plate within a bead decorated frame flanked by torches, with a C.1860 ribbon surmount, the base hung with husk swags 72 x 89cm the bevelled oval plate within a Régence style frame, decorated with £100­150 cabochons, with a pierced cartouche surmount, the base with three sconces 94 x 50cm £100­150 709 711 A WALNUT MIRROR IN GEORGE II STYLE A GILT MIRROR IN ROCOCO STYLE 20TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY the rectangular plate within a Kentian frame, the pediment centred with an the rectangular plate in a scroll, rocaille and flower decorated frame urn, together with a walnut fret frame wall mirror with a hoho­bird surmount (2) 100 x 63.5cm 91.5 x 51cm (max) £100­150 £150­250 282 710 711

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 712 A VICTORIAN GILT COMPOSITION GIRANDOLE BY C. NOSOTTI, C.1860­70 the oval plate within a leaf and flower decorated frame, with a ribbon tied surmount and with three candle sconces, the back with a gilt brass oval plaque inscribed 'C. Nosotti, Carver \& Gilder, Upholsterer \& Cabinet Maker 398 \& 399 Oxford St.' and stamped '01786' 111.5 x 76cm Provenance The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947­2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex. Catalogue Note Charles Nosotti originally came from Milan and settled in London in 1831. £200­300 713 712 713 714 715 A POTTERY EGG BOX AND COVER 19TH CENTURY A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER A LEATHER COVERED WASTE PAPER in the form of a hen with her chicks PLATED FROG BOOKENDS BASKET 16.6cm high, 18cm long BY SUZANNE BIZARD (1873­1963) 20TH CENTURY £80­120 each with an inscribed signature plaque ‘S Bizard’ with gilt tooled bands and decorated with a lion and mounted on a black marble base, slight and a crown and three fleur­de­lis differences to sizes (2) 37.5cm high, 32.5cm square 9.2cm high, 16cm wide (max) £100­150 £300­500 714 715 283

717 718 716 'CONTINUATION OF MR RAPIN'S HISTORY' 716 BY NICOLAS TINDAL, C.1740­50 A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT a folio atlas, one volume of fourteen engraved STATIONERY CABINET maps and fifty­seven plans, charts and views, BY ASPREY, C.1860 with California shown as an island, some drawn and engraved by R. W. Seale, others by with a pair of hinged doors, revealing divisions for Emmanuel Bowen and J. Basire, with calf spine letters, calendar apertures, with cards for months, inscribed 'Maps \& Plans to Rapin' days of the week and days, with a leather cased travelling inkwell and a travelling lighter, a pen £300­500 compartment and a base drawer, the brass lock stamped ‘Asprey \& Son 166 New Bond St.’ 719 36.3cm high, 40.2cm wide, 30.3cm deep A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING ‘DUCK £150­200 SHOOTING’ AFTER GEORGE MORLAND (1763­1804), 717 C.1800 A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT HUMIDOR in an ebonised moulded frame C.1860­70 32 x 42.3cm with ebonised edging, the front with a pair of £200­300 hinged doors revealing two drawers, each with a sunken brass handle, the top drawer divided, 720 with two cigar / cheroot cases and two cigar cutters, with a brass Bramah lock LITERATURE. A COLLECTION OF BOOKS 25.6cm high, 29.7cm wide, 23.2cm deep AND CATALOGUES ON SCULPTURE AND Provenance BRONZES The Chute Family, The Vyne, Sherborne including: The French Bronze 1500­1800, 718 St. John, Basingstoke. Giambologna, Sculptor of the Medici, The Keir £200­300 Collection of Medieval Works of Art, Renaissance Bronzes in American Collections, The Cyril Humphries Collection of European Sculpture and Works of Art, Parts I\&II (39) A full listing is available on our website. £100­200 719 720 284

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 721 SHAKESPEARE INTEREST. A VICTORIAN MULBERRY GOBLET IN THE MANNER OF JOHN MARSHALL, DATED ‘1880’ with turned and carved decoration, the base inscribed ‘Mulberry Wood From Shakespeare’s Tree At New­Place 1880’, the underside also stamped ‘Stratford on Avon 1880’ and with a handwritten paper label, inscribed ‘Made from Mulberry Tree, Shakespeare’s Garden at Stratford on Avon’ 20.5cm high Catalogue Note During the 18th century there was an informal tourist industry in Stratford with people visiting Shakespeare's tomb and the mulberry tree he supposedly planted at New Place. However the then owner Rev. Francis Gastrell became annoyed by the growing number of visitors and sometime in the 1750s felled the tree and later demolished New Place. Objects carved from the mulberry tree first started to appear around 1760/1770 after Gastrell sold the wood to local carvers and turners for example: Thomas Sharp and George Cooper, eager to make souvenirs. At this period of 'bardolatry' drinking vessels, tea caddies, tobacco stoppers, goblets and small boxes or caskets, and similar objects carved from the wood were highly prized. £200­300 722 TWO VICTORIAN CARVED OAK PICTURE FRAMES LATE 19TH CENTURY each carved with scrolling leaves and lozenges and centred with a coat of arms, with an eagle supporting a shield and the motto ‘nec me meminisse pigebit’ (2) 96.8 x 88.7cm (external) 52 x 60.5cm (internal) and 92.5 x 82cm (external) 48 x 53.8cm (internal) £1,000­1,500 723 A WATERCOLOUR DESIGN FOR AN AXMINSTER CARPET ATTRIBUTED TO J.G. CRACE (1809­1889), MID­19TH CENTURY in a glazed wood frame 54.6 x 28.5cm £200­300 285

724 A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT COUNTRY HOUSE GONG C.1880 the frame carved with swags, leaves and with a spindle gallery, with a bronze gong and a beater 104.6cm high, 62.8cm wide, 36cm deep £300­500 724 725 A VICTORIAN BRASS TABLE GONG 726 LATE 19TH CENTURY 286 with a Maltese cross finial, together with a beater (2) 28.7cm high £100­150 726 A VICTORIAN OAK STOOL IN GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE IN THE MANNER OF PUGIN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY button upholstered with green plush fabric, with turned arm supports, above a chamfered ‘X’ frame base 78.3cm high, 70cm wide, 51.2cm deep £200­300

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 727 A VICTORIAN OAK EASY ARMCHAIR BY HOLLAND \& SONS C.1850­60 upholstered in distressed green leather, on Gothic style faceted front legs and brass caps and castors, the back legs stamped ‘Holland \& Sons’ £500­700 728 A PAINTED TÔLE CHANDELIER IN GOTHIC STYLE IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM BURGES, 19TH CENTURY painted with bands of flowers, with four lights emanating from torches, hung with chains from a central a corona with a cross finial 34cm high, 44cm wide £150­250 729 AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK TAVERN TABLE LATE 19TH CENTURY the rectangular top on chamfered Gothic style ‘X’ frame supports united by a stretcher 76.2cm high, 94.8cm wide, 41.5cm deep Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £300­500 287

730 730 731 A VICTORIAN LIMED OAK TWIN PEDESTAL DESK LATE 19TH CENTURY the top inset with a tooled leather writing surface, above an arrangement of nine drawers 74cm high, 121.3cm wide, 74.7cm deep Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford- on-Avon. £300­500 731 A PAIR OF MOORISH WALNUT AND PARQUETRY TUB ARMCHAIRS SYRIA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY inlaid with mother of pearl and fruitwood with panels of geometric designs, each with a silk covered cushion (2) £500­800 732 TWO SIMILAR LUGGAGE RACKS LATE 19TH CENTURY one in ash, one in possibly alder, with slatted tops, on ring turned stretchered legs (2) 46cm high, 68cm wide, 40.2cm deep (max) £200­300 733 A MAHOGANY LUGGAGE STAND LATE 19TH CENTURY the slatted top on turned legs 45.8cm high, 60.8cm wide, 40.2cm deep £100­200 732 733 288

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 734 A PAIR OF TÔLE AND COMPOSITION TORTOISE COFFEE TABLES BY ANTHONY REDMILE, C.1970­80 each with a smoked glass top, with a circular mount, stamped ‘redmile London’, with a malachite boss and green agate cabochons (2) 45.2cm high, 83.5cm wide, 61cm deep Provenance From the family collections of Captain George Lionel Jameson OBE (1880-1961) and by descent. £3,000­5,000 289

735 A PAIR OF TWO SEATER SOFAS IN HOWARD STYLE EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with a serpentine top above scroll arms, on beechwood supports and brass castors (2) 90.4cm high, 153cm wide, 75cm deep £500­800 290

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 736 A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD BIJOUTERIE TABLE IN SHERATON REVIVAL STYLE, C.1890­1900 painted with floral sprays, with a serpentine hinged and glazed top revealing a silk lined interior 71.5cm high, 52.8cm wide, 38.3cm deep Provenance Daphne Fielding, 6th Marchioness of Bath (1904-1997) and by descent. £300­400 λ 737 TWO SIMILAR LATE VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD OVAL TRAY TABLES C.1890­1900 inlaid with boxwood stringing and marquetry husks and fan spandrels, each with a lift­off drinks tray, with a pair of brass handles and a glass base, on swept supports united by an ‘X’ stretcher (2) 83cm high, 89.7cm wide, 55.5cm deep (max) £400­600 λ 738 A PAINTED SATINWOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR IN SHERATON REVIVAL STYLE 19TH CENTURY decorated with floral swags, leaves and an oval patera of a cherub with a swan, with rosewood banding and inlaid with stringing, the galleried top fitted with three drawers, above a hinged baize lined writing surface, with a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs united by an undertier 94cm high, 62.5cm wide, 40cm deep Provenance Daphne Fielding, 6th Marchioness of Bath (1904-1997) and by descent. £600­800 END OF SALE 291

FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART \& CLOCKS WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2021 A pair of George III mahogany open armchairs attributed to Thomas Chippendale (detail) Provenance A Private Collection purchased from Partridge Fine Arts, 6th November 1984 Estimate £8,000 ­ 12,000* ENQUIRIES Mark Yuan­Richards | +44 (0)1722 411854 | myr@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

UPPER SLAUGHTER MANOR, THE COLLECTION OF MICHEÁL \& ELIZABETH FELLER TUESDAY 9TH \& WEDNESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2021 ENQUIRIES Mark Yuan­Richards | +44 (0)1722 411854 | myr@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

SILVER \& OBJECTS OF VERTU TUESDAY 13TH \& WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY 2021 A fine George III silver two­handled tea urn, by Paul Storr, London 1814 Estimate £10,000 ­ 15,000* ENQUIRIES Rupert Slingsby | +44 (0) 1722 424501 | rs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Lucy Chalmers | +44 (0) 1722 424594 | lc@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

OLD MASTERS, BRITISH \& EUROPEAN PAINTINGS WEDNESDAY 11TH \& THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST 2021 Attributed to The Pseudo­Granacci, Possibly Identifiable as Poggio Poggini (Italian active by 1493 ­ died 1532) Angel in adoration Tempera on panel 32.1 x 17.7cm; 12¾ x 7in Estimate £2,000 ­ 3,000* ENQUIRIES Victor Fauvelle | +44 (0)1722 446961 | vf@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

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As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and above. for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller. 3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but 3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility. involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s 4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection assume liability for and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive. property consigned to us at lower pre­sale estimate. To justify accepting liability, we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid 4. The purchase price. estimate of the hammer price. If the owner of goods consigned instructs us in The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 25% writing not to take such action, they then remain at owner’s risk unless and until plus VAT @20% (totalling 30% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 12% plus the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of VAT @20% (14.4% inclusive) thereafter. the owner, and clause 4 is inapplicable. 5. VAT. (†) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by the purchaser on 5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first. The copyright in of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on text of the catalogue. importation into the UK. The omega symbol (Ω) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots 6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a reserve are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7. price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold 7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax. (As at 31st December 2020. you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the Please refer to SOFAA website for updates to the Terms and Conditions). formal reserve. 6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. 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Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any (b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent. age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be (c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally. but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are 8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale). external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being 7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first. 9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in 8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K. and (b) whether there offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of is any specific prohibition on importing the goods in question into the destination unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. The rights of disposal referred to in clause country because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act may be applicable for export licences. Ask us if you need help. 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request. The denial of any permit or licence shall not justify cancellation or rescission of the 10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. sale contract or any delay in payment. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances 9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences and lots responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary. identification will be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate about our arrangements for telephone bidding. forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds. The 10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise where you are acting the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery but we are or ought to as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If have been aware of it. two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving 11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re­ of commission bids by telephone or fax. offered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, 11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. 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