See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 156 157 156 158 A SCOTTISH HORN AND SILVER MOUNTED ZOOMORPHIC SNUFF MULL 159 EARLY 19TH CENTURY 49 with a hinged cover 6.5cm high Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100­150 157 A SCOTTISH HORN ZOOMORPHIC SNUFF MULL EARLY 19TH CENTURY in the form of a penguin, with a moveable beak dispenser, the lift­ off cover applied with a silver cartouche, inscribed ‘J. Rhynd PHD’, unmarked 7.1cm high Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £150­200 158 A SCOTTISH HORN AND BRASS MOUNTED ZOOMORPHIC SNUFF MULL EARLY 19TH CENTURY in the form of a dog’s head, with a hinged cover, together with a bone snuff spoon (2) 5.9cm high Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £150­200 159 A SCOTTISH PONY HOOF AND SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF MULL EARLY 19TH CENTURY the hinged cork lined cover applied with a thistle and a plaque engraved with a crest, the motto ‘Non Sibi Sed Secuntis’ and initials ‘W M’, possibly for McLellan of Kirkcudbright, unmarked 6.3cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £150­250

EARLY NEEDLEWORKS SAMPLERS \& TAPESTRIES

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 160 TWO ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK SLIPS C.1590 embroidered on canvas in gros and petit point in colourful silks and wool, one depicting a caped courtier holding a falcon in a formal Renaissance garden, with dogs chasing a rabbit, the other showing a courtly lady embroidering her canvas in a garden landscape setting, later mounted on a velvet panel and later moulded frames (2) 31 x 25.5cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 11th March 1986 for £1,000. £1,000­1,500 161 AN ELIZABETHAN TAPESTRY CUSHION ATTRIBUTED TO THE SHELDON LOOMS, C.1600 worked with wool and silks, depicting ‘Tobias and the Angel’, accompanied by a dog and with a large fish, sailing boats and castles in the distance, mounted on a later red velvet panel 21 x 28.7cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 8 Duke Street, St James’s, London, 25th March 1997. £800­1,200 51

162 AN ELIZABETHAN NEEDLEWORK PANEL C.1600 depicting ‘Abraham and the Angels’, in a rural landscape setting with trees, animals, castles and buildings and various flowers, mounted on a later board 36.3 x 107.5cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 3rd September 1973 for £550. £1,000­1,500 163 A CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PICTURE C.1665 embroidered in fine petit point in polychrome wool and silks, depicting the fall of Icarus, with a lakeland scene, with a castle, a farmer plowing, a man fishing and a shepherd and shepherdess with their flock and Icarus falling from the sky while Daedalus is watching on in horror, in a cartouche border, later mounted on silk and applied with contemporary butterflies and snails, in a later glazed frame 30.5 x 27.5cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 3rd October 1978 for £850. £2,000­3,000 163 52

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 164 TWO CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK PICTURES C.1665 canvas work, in fine tent stitch with polychrome wools and silks, depicting the seasons summer and autumn with a corn and grape harvest, with figures in various pursuits, later mounted with velvet borders, in later walnut and gilt frames (2) 12.5 x 23 (max) Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 14th May 1971 for £400. £2,000­3,000 53

165 A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY PANEL EARLY 17TH CENTURY depicting one of the Muses: Terpsichore, flanked by music playing putti, one with a tambourine the other playing a flute, mounted on a stretcher 54.3 x 150cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 31st August 1976 for £750. £1,000­1,500 166 A SILKWORK AND METAL THREAD PICTURE PROBABLY GERMAN OR DUTCH, 18TH CENTURY worked in coloured silks, depicting a courting couple dancing, with a young lady playing a mandolin, on a silk backing 46.5 x 51.5cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Sotheby’s Amsterdam, European Collections, 16th December 2003, lot 979 for €947 incl. premium. £400­600 54

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 167 A GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK PANEL C.1740 worked with figures, dogs and houses in a woodland setting with swans swimming in ponds, within a border of lozenges and stylised flowerheads on a red ground, with a later backing and bar for hanging 126 x 76cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, 38 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, 19th September 1973 for £750. £3,000­5,000 168 A PAIR OF WALNUT AND NEEDLEWORK WALL SCONCES IN GEORGE I STYLE THE NEEDLEWORK FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE FRAMES 20TH CENTURY each depicting a courting lady and gentleman in a landscape scene, accompanied by a dog, with a house in the distance, with silver metal thread details, in moulded fret­frames with a pair of candle holders (2) 56.7 x 35.5cm Provenance A Private European Collection. Acquired in 2003. £800­1,200 167 168 168 55

169 A VERDURE TAPESTRY OF A LANDSCAPE FLEMISH, 19TH CENTURY woven with coloured wools, within a foliate border 327 x 287cm Provenance The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947­2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex. £2,000­3,000 56

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 170 A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY LATE 17TH CENTURY woven in silk and wool, depicting the 'Abduction of Helen', with Helen accompanied by Paris surrounded by soldiers, pirates with their booty and other figures, with Troy to the left with ships to the right, the border with oval medallions of classical figures, helmets, armour and military trophies 319 x 483cm Provenance Christies’ 26th July 1972, lot 98. The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947­2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex. Catalogue Note In 1972 it was catalogued as pre­Gobelin by Jean Lefèvre and as the 'Abduction of Helen' but the booty and the burning of the city could well suggest that it depicts the rescue of Helen by Menelaus and ‘The Sack of Troy’. £4,000­6,000 57

171 THREE FRENCH AUBUSSON TAPESTRIES OF ROYAL PALACES MID­19TH CENTURY after the famous Louis XIV Gobelins series of tapestries designed by Charles Le Brun known as 'The Months' or 'The Royal Households', finely woven with wool and silk, September with a monkey, eagle and a lnyx with a balustrade in the foreground with marble columns, a young boy with a carpet and a page with a gilt ewer sat on a cushion with a procession of coaches beyond with the Chateau of Chambord, with an oval ribbon tied floral medallion with a crowned monogram, December depicts a Royal boar hunt in the park of Monceaux, two pages are lifting a Persian carpet across a balustrade, May depicts a gazelle jumping a balustrade, in the distance the Chateau of St. Germain and with Louis XIV riding along the banks of the River Seine with his wife and entourage (3) 240 x 203cm, 240 x 206cm and 245 x 350cm Provenance Easton Neston House, Northamptonshire Hon. Louise Fermor­Hesketh daughter of Sir Thomas Fermor­Hesketh, Baron Hesketh who married Sir Edmund Villiers Minshull Stockdale, 1st Baronet (632nd Lord Mayor of London from 1959­1960) in 1937. Hoddington House, Basingstoke and by descent. The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947­2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex. £4,000­6,000 58

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172 A FLEMISH VERDURE TAPESTRY LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY worked with a château before a lake, with birds and a woodland setting, within a floral border 247 x 352cm £2,000­3,000 60

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 173 inscription 173 173 TWO GEORGE III SILK AND WOOLWORK PICTURES BY MARTHA BLAKEY, 1791 depicting ‘Marcella’ and the ‘Shepherdess of the Alps’, each with a paper label to the verso, titled and inscribed ‘Done by Martha Blakey at Mrs Baldwin’s Boarding School Knaresbrough 1791’, each in an oval glazed giltwood frame (2) 29.5 x 35.3cm (max) £150­250 174 TWO GEORGE III SILKWORK PICTURES LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY one of a basket of fruit with peaches and grapes, the other with three young ladies in a wood with a basket, each in a glazed giltwood oval frame (2) 31.3 x 23cm (max) £150­250 175 A PAIR OF MINIATURE EMBROIDERED SILKWORK PICTURES 18TH CENTURY depicting two female figures beside a well and a saint like figure with two birds, each in a glazed moulded mahogany circular frame (2) 5cm diameter £100­150 175 174 61

176 177 176 178 A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK BY ELIZA KING SAMPLER BY HELEN HILL worked with a cottage, figures, trees, urns of flowers, baskets of fruit, shepherds and sheep, worked with alphabets, numbers and a verse dogs and birds and a verse ‘This not enough to ‘What is Life’, with urns of flowers and dogs, say…’, signed ‘Eliza King aged nine years 1825’, signed ‘Helen Hill aged 7 years 1844’, in a in a glazed bird’s eye maple frame glazed bird’s eye maple frame 37 x 27.7cm 31.8 x 20.6cm Provenance Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. Gentleman. £150­250 £100­150 177 179 178 A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY MARGARET DANIELL, BY MARY MANVELL FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY worked with alphabets, numbers, the hymn worked with birds, tress, baskets of fruits and ‘Beset with snares on every hand’, birds and urns of flowers, inscribed with ‘The Lark A trees, signed ‘Mary Manvell aged twelve Hymn’ and signed ‘Margaret Daniell Aged 9 years 1823’, in a glazed bird’s eye maple years’, in a glazed (cracked) bird’s eye maple frame frame 40.7 x 29.7cm 42.4 x 31.5cm Provenance Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. Gentleman. £100­150 £100­150 179 62

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 180 A GEORGE I NEEDLEWORK BAND SAMPLER BY SOPHIA POULSEN worked with coloured silks and cotton on a linen ground with alphabets, the date ‘1711’ with crowns, urns of flowers flanked by dogs, the Lord’s Prayer, a verse and ‘Sophia Poulsen is my name and England is my Nation, Stepney is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation, 1715 Aged 10’, in a later glazed bird’s eye maple frame 46.7 x 20.2cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ ­ The Property of a Gentleman. £500­800 181 A JAMES II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER DATED ‘1686’ embroidered with coloured silks with the alphabet and with initials ‘MP’, above whitework bands of geometric decoration and cut­work details and further silk embroidered bands of flowers, in a later glazed bird’s eye maple frame 58.3 x 15.7cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £800­1,200 63

182 A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY ALICE MERCER worked with a country house, a shepherdess with her flock, a cow, deer, a dog, peacocks, trees, urns of flowers, birds and a religious verse ‘Lord thous hast searchd and seen me through...’ signed ‘Alice Mercers Work 1829’, in later glazed ebonised frame 39.2 x 47.2cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £200­300 183 A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY MARY ANN HIGGINS worked with a castle, a crown, a pair of dogs, birds, squirrels, snails, peacocks and a central vase of flowers within a scrolling leaf and flower border, signed ‘Mary Ann Higgins 1799’, in a glazed stained pine frame 35.6 x 34.2cm Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £100­150 184 A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK DARNING SAMPLER BY MARY HOWES worked with a blue and white Chinese vase of flowers, the corners with chequer panels of various designs, in a glazed Hogarth type frame, the back applied with a cut­out signature panel ‘Mary Howes 1775’ 33 x 28cm Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £150­250 64

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 185 A WILLIAM IV SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY JEAN GRIGOR worked with a house with a figure between elaborate gates, birds in trees, urns of flowers, with three crowns, with family initials, lovehearts and with a signed panel dated ‘1835’, in a glazed ebonised frame 41.5 x 31.6cm Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £300­400 186 A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY SARAH PRATT worked with an alphabet, numbers, birds, flowers, stars, a verse, with the temple of fame above a stag flanked by trees, signed ‘Sarah Pratt Aged 10 1813’, in a glazed bird’s eye maple frame 42.5 x 32.5cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £150­250 187 A RARE NEEDLEWORK MAP SAMPLER LATE 18TH CENTURY depicting ‘A Plan of Kites Nest Farm in the Parish of Ore in the County of Sussex’, with the meadows and fields delineated and listed ‘The Contents from Stem to Stem’ with individual and total acreages, with neighbouring lands listed and titled ‘Late Mrs Beals Land’, ‘Mr Christopher Thorpes Land’, ‘Edward Milward Esquire DQ’ and varous foothpaths including ‘Lane to fighting cocks’, in a glazed bird’s eye maple frame 50 x 47cm Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £500­800 65

ENGLISH \& IRISH FURNITURE MIRRORS \& WORKS OF ART

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 188 A BLACK JAPANNED CABINET ON A GILTWOOD STAND EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with gilt raised decoration depicting chinoiserie scenes of figures, buildings and trees, the watery landscapes with engraved gilt brass mounts, strapwork hinges and lock plates, the interior fitted with ten drawers, on a later giltwood stand, carved with cherubs, leaves and flowers 163.8cm high, 119cm wide, 62cm deep Provenance The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947­2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex. £2,000­3,000 67

189 A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT CABINET ON CHEST LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with a cushion frieze drawer above a pair of feather banded doors, enclosing an arrangement of eleven drawers surrounding a central cupboard, with secret drawers behind, the base fitted with two short and two long drawers, on a later plinth base, originally on bun feet 164cm high, 106cm wide, 48cm deep £800­1,200 190 A GEORGE I WALNUT CHEST ON STAND EARLY 18TH CENTURY with two short and three long laburnum banded drawers, the stand with a conforming long drawer, on later square section cabriole legs and pad feet 150.2cm high, 106cm wide, 61cm deep £300­500 68

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 191 A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT CHEST ON STAND EARLY 18TH CENTURY the crossbanded top above three short and three long graduated feather banded drawers, the stand with two concave central drawers flanked by further drawers, on later turned cup and cover legs united by a shaped stretcher, on later bun feet 165.5cm high, 108.5wide, 59.5cm deep £800­1,200 192 A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD LOWBOY C.1740­50 possibly cherrywood, the crossbanded top above three elm lined drawers, on square section cabriole legs 74.8cm high, 78cm wide, 44.4cm deep £300­500 69

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price detail 193 A SET OF FOUR WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS EARLY 18TH CENTURY (4) each inlaid with cherubs, masks, scrolling leaves and flowers and baskets of fruit after designs by Jean Berain the Elder (1640­1711), each with a vase shaped splat above a later drop­in seat (one missing) on cabriole legs (4) Provenance Sold on behalf of the Executors of Julian Bream CBE dec'd'. The proceeds of this lot will go to The Julian Bream Charitable Trust. £300­500 194 A SET OF SIX DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS 18TH CENTURY inlaid with urns of flowers, each with a vase shape splat above a drop-in seat, on cabriole front legs united by turned and moulded stretchers (6) Provenance Sold on behalf of the Executors of Julian Bream CBE dec’d’. The proceeds of this lot will go to The Julian Bream Charitable Trust. £400­600 70

195 A WILLIAM AND MARY OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY ESCRITOIRE C.1690 inlaid with various fruitwoods and green stained bone, with panels of tulips, birds, leaves, flowers and with a central urn, the moulded cornice above a cushion drawer, the hinged fall with a later plush lined writing surface, revealing pigeonholes with secret compartments behind, above an arrangement of ten drawers, one for pen and ink, around a central cupboard, with three further drawers, the base fitted with two short and two long drawers, on later bun feet 155.2cm high, 108.5cm wide, 46.9cm deep Provenance Sold on behalf of the Executors of Julian Bream CBE dec’d’. The proceeds of this lot will go to The Julian Bream Charitable Trust. £3,000­5,000 71

196 A GEORGE I WALNUT AND BURR ELM BUREAU EARLY 18TH CENTURY cross and feather banded with burr elm panels, the hinged fall with a later leather lined writing surface with an arrangement of pigeonholes and drawers, one fitted with divisions for pen and ink, with a sliding well cover, above two short and two long drawers, on later bracket feet 105.7cm high, 89cm wide, 52cm deep Provenance Sold on behalf of the Executors of Julian Bream CBE dec’d’. The proceeds of this lot will go to The Julian Bream Charitable Trust. £600­800 197 A SMALL GEORGE I OAK BUREAU EARLY 18TH CENTURY with burr oak panels, the hinged fall revealing an interior fitted with five drawers and pigeonholes, with a worn writing surface, above four banded drawers, on bun feet 95.8cm high, 57.8cm wide, 46cm deep £400­600 72

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 198 A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY CHEST C.1690­1700 inlaid with fruitwood with panels of tulips, flowers and leaves, birds and butterflies on an ebonised ground, the sides with conforming panels with parrots, fitted with two short and two long drawers, on later bracket feet 87cm high, 101cm wide, 63.3cm deep £2,000­3,000 73

199 200 201 199 74 A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA TABLE C.1740 the hinged fold­over top with protruding corners, on a single gate support, the concave front with a frieze drawer, on lappet carved turned legs and pad feet 72.3cm high, 76.5cm wide, 37.3cm deep Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £500­700 200 A GEORGE II OAK LOWBOY C.1740­50 the boarded top with a moulded edge, above three fruitwood banded frieze drawers and a shaped apron, on cabriole legs and pad feet 72.9cm high, 77cm wide, 52.5cm deep £400­600 201 AN AMERICAN MAHOGANY TRIPOD OCCASIONAL TABLE POSSIBLY BY GILBERT ASH, 18TH CENTURY the dished top on a turned stem and lappet decorated cabriole legs, stamped 'G. Ash N. Y.' 58cm high, 41cm wide Catalogue Note Gilbert Ash was a New York chair­maker active from 1756­70. £200­300

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 202 AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMBINED GAMES AND TEA TABLE C.1760 the triple fold­over top with a floret carved edge, hinged for tea, baize lined for cards and inlaid with boxwood and ebony with chequer and backgammon boards, with a side drawer, later baize lined for counters and the folding backgammon frame, on moulded chamfered supports, the back legs stamped with owner’s initials ‘E S’ 76.2cm high, 78.2cm wide, 38.5cm deep Provenance Sold on behalf of the Executors of Julian Bream CBE dec’d’. The proceeds of this lot will go to The Julian Bream Charitable Trust. £500­800 75

203 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CARD TABLE C.1760 the fold­over top with a moulded edge revealing a baize lined playing surface supported by twin gates, with a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs and block feet 74cm high, 87.5cm wide, 42.6cm deep £500­800 204 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BACHELOR’S CHEST C.1770­80 the top with a moulded edge above a brushing slide and four long graduated drawers with original brass handles 84.1cm high, 80cm wide, 51cm deep Provenance From the family collections of Captain George Lionel Jameson OBE (1880-1961) and by descent. £500­700 76

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 205 A GEORGE II RED WALNUT CONCERTINA ACTION CARD TABLE C.1740­50 the fold­over top revealing a later baize lined playing surface, the concertina action with sliding support and an iron latch, on leaf capped cabriole legs and pad feet 71.8cm high, 89.8cm wide £500­800 206 AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY BACHELOR’S CHEST C.1760 the rectangular top with a moulded edge, above a brushing slide and four long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet 78.3cm high, 77cm wide, 47cm deep £500­800 77

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 207 208 207 209 A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE A GEORGE II WALNUT ARMCHAIR MID­18TH CENTURY C.1730­40 AND LATER the circular tilt­top revolving on a birdcage, on a turned baluster stem and later upholstered with damask fabric, with scroll arms, on leaf capped cabriole cabriole legs front legs and claw and ball feet 74.9cm high, 84cm diameter £400­600 £200­300 210 208 A SET OF SIX GEORGE III FRUITWOOD DINING CHAIRS A GEORGE II MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE C.1770­80 MID­18TH CENTURY AND LATER each with a serpentine top rail above a pierced scroll vase shape splat, above a the rectangular top with later applied leaf carving, on turned legs and pad feet drop­in seat, on chamfered supports united by an ‘H’ stretcher (6) 72.4cm high, 134 x 157.3cm Provenance £300­500 From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon. £400­600 209 210 78

211 AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY READING TABLE C.1760 the hinged sloping top with an integral rest and previously on a ratchet, the interior with divisions for pen and ink, the front with a pull­out support for the top and a shelf for books, the sides and back pierced with arc d’arbalète motifs, with bracketed chamfered legs united by an undertier, on leather roller castors 82.4cm high, 57.7cm wide, 39.3cm deep £500­700 79

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 212 AN EARLY GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR C.1725­30 the later rectangular plate with arched top corners, within a leaf moulded slip, flanked by tasselled drapes, the broken arch surmount centred with plumes of feathers 153 x 64cm £800­1,200 213 A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR C.1760­70 AND LATER the later oval plate in a 'C' scroll, rocaille, leaf and flower carved frame, the leaf and cabochon surmount flanked by a pair of ho­ho birds, re­gilt 104 x 61.5cm Provenance Acquired by the present owner from Ossowski, Pimlico, London. £800­1,200 212 213 80

214 A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD WALL BRACKET C.1740­50 in the form of a winged and bearded satyr mask, with scrolling leaves, re­gilt 37.2cm high, 34.2cm wide, 17.5cm deep Provenance Acquired by the vendor from Charles Lumb \& Sons, Harrogate. £1,000­1,500 81

215 216 217 215 82 A GEORGE III BURR YEW SHIELD SHAPE DRESSING TABLE MIRROR C.1790 the later plate within a mahogany frame and scroll supports, the crossbanded serpentine box base with three drawers, on bracket feet 55.5cm high, 41cm wide, 20.2cm deep £300­400 216 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SHIELD SHAPE DRESSING TABLE MIRROR C.1790 with a later plate, on scroll supports, the kingwood banded serpentine box base with three drawers, on bracket feet 62.5cm high, 47cm wide, 21cm deep £150­250 217 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS BOUND PLATE BUCKET C.1790­1800 of staved construction, with a brass swing handle and a later lift­out zinc lining 44.2cm high, 40cm wide £300­400

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 218 A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR IN ADAM STYLE, C.1790 the rectangular plate within a beaded slip and a fluted outer frame, the urn and leaf surmount with husk drapes, the base carved with leaves, a flowerhead, berries and a palmette, re­gilt 101.5 x 44.3cm £800­1,200 219 A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR C.1790 the later central rectangular plate within a beaded slip, surrounded by marginal plates and carved leaves and husks, with a moulded leaf carved outer frame 76.5 x 121cm Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford­on­Avon. £500­700 83

220 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR C.1770 the serpentine top rail carved with leaves and scrolls, the pierced back with three flowerhead paterae and further acanthus carved scrolls, the conforming arms above a later green leather covered seat, the frieze with blind fret decoration, on cluster column front legs £1,000­1,500 221 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CARD TABLE IN CHINESE CHIPPENDALE STYLE, C.1770 with blind fret carved decoration, the fold­over top with a baize lined playing surface, on twin gate supports and chamfered legs 73cm high, 83.5cm wide, 41.3cm deep £300­500 84

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price λ 222 AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU BOOKCASE ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BRADSHAW, C.1760­70 the pierced and leaf carved swan neck pediment above a conforming cavetto frieze and a pair of Gothic lancet astragal glazed doors with cluster columns, enclosing two adjustable shelves, the hinged fall with a later baize lined writing surface, revealing an arrangement of pigeonholes and drawers with ivory knob handles, and a central cupboard flanked by cluster column secret pilasters, above two short and three long drawers, on gadrooned ogee bracket feet 263cm high, 118cm wide, 62.5cm deep Catalogue Note Thomas Bradshaw was an upholder and cabinet­maker based at 10 St. Paul's Church Yard and he subscribed to Chippendale's Director (1754) and was declared bankrupt in 1772. A bureau bookcase with a similar cornice to the present lot is illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, 'Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700­1840', p.119. pl.150. See also Christopher Claxton Stevens \& S. Whittington, '18th century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, pp. 192 \& 197, for comparable examples one with a similar wreathed moulding, both with ogee bracket feet. £4,000­6,000 85

223 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST C.1770­80 with two short and six long oak lined drawers and a brushing slide 184.8cm high, 112cm wide, 58.3cm deep Provenance From the family collections of Captain George Lionel Jameson OBE (1880- 1961) and by descent. £500­800 223 224 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP BEDSIDE COMMODE 225 C.1800 86 the galleried top pierced with two handgrips, above a cupboard, the pull­out base with a lidded pot aperture 76.3cm high, 45.7cm wide, 50.4cm deep £200­300 225 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR C.1770­80 AND LATER later upholstered with damask fabric, on moulded and chamfered supports, united by stretchers £800­1,200

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 226 AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE CHEST ON CHEST NORTH COUNTRY, C.1760 the moulded cornice above an arched frieze, with guttae pendants, above two short and six long drawers, with Rococo brass handles, the upper section with blind fretwork canted angles, with ash banded plinths, the base with fluted split pilasters and architectural quoin detailing, on ogee bracket feet, the secrétaire fitted with an arrangement of pigeonholes and eight drawers, flanking an ash banded cupboard with a pair of secret pilaster compartments 178.3cm high, 118.9cm wide, 57cm deep Provenance By family repute, this chest has been in the vendor’s family based in Cumberland since 1815 when it was gifted as a wedding present. £1,000­1,500 226 227 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP BEDSIDE COMMODE EARLY 19TH CENTURY inlaid with ebonised stringing, the galleried top pierced with three handgrips, above a pair of cupboard doors, a pull­out base with later knob handles and fitted with a ceramic pot 78.3cm high, 55.2cm wide, 50.5cm deep £200­300 228 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER upholstered with damask fabric, with scroll arms, on square tapering front legs and brass caps and castors £400­600 228 87

229 230 A PAIR OF MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS IN HEPPLEWHITE STYLE A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP BEDSIDE COMMODE PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY each with a cartouche shaped back, with triple vertical pierced splats, centred the shaped gallery with three pierced handgrips, above a hinged retractable with flowerhead paterae, above a stuffed over seat, on stop fluted and stiff cupboard door and a converted pull­out base with a baize lined interior leaf carved front legs, with guilloche ankles, the back left leg stamped ‘7496’ 78.8cm high, 47.7cm wide, 45.5cm deep (2) £300­500 Provenance By repute, the Earl of Yarborough, Arlington Street, London W1. £400­600 231 232 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP BEDSIDE COMMODE LATE 18TH CENTURY A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE C.1800 the shaped gallery pierced with three handgrips, above a pair of panelled cupboard doors and a converted pull­out base the bowfront top above a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs 82.8cm high, 56cm wide, 45.5cm deep 77cm high, 86cm wide, 48.3cm deep £300­400 £150­250 88

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 233 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SOFA LATE 18TH CENTURY upholstered in striped fabric, with a serpentine back, above scroll arms, on chamfered supports united by stretchers 90cm high, 168.5cm wide, 71cm deep £400­600 234 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIR BY GILLOWS, C.1790 the pierced oval spoke back with leaf and reeded decoration, with a satinwood veneered oval panel painted with a dolphin crest, above a panelled solid seat, on turned front legs united by an ‘X’ stretcher Catalogue Note See Lindsay Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760­1800, pl.255, for the actual design for the present lot. £200­300 89

235 235 A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS IN FRENCH HEPPLEWHITE STYLE, C.1780 each covered in brass studded blue leather, with a cartouche back and serpentine front seats, with moulded scroll arms and conforming cabriole legs (2) £1,000­1,500 236 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET C.1790 inlaid with boxwood stringing, the crossbanded top inset with a flame mahogany oval panel, above a pair of cedar lined frieze drawers and a pair of conforming doors enclosing a shelf, on square tapering legs and spade feet 86.2cm high, 72cm wide, 40.5cm deep £500­800 236 90

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 237 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE BOOKCASE C.1790 inlaid with boxwood stringing, the detachable cornice with a broken swan neck pediment and a central turned mahogany urn, above a banded frieze inlaid with three paterae, above a pair of astragal glazed doors decorated with penwork Prince of Wales plumes of feathers, enclosing a later silk lined interior with adjustable shelves, the crossbanded fall with later brass handles, the satinwood interior with drawers and pigeonholes with chequered stringing, the base with a pair of rectangular doors with circular panels, enclosing two short and one long drawer on bracket feet 284.5cmhigh, 137cm wide, 63cm deep Provenance: Acquired from Denys Wrey Antiques, Sloane Street, London 1970. Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, English and Continental Furniture, 15th May 2007, lot 493. £4,000­6,000 91

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 238 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEVERET TABLE IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, C.1790­1800 inlaid with boxwood stringing, the lift­off galleried top fitted with four cedar lined drawers, originally with a handle, above a hinged baize lined writing slope and a further drawer with a pen and ink side compartment, on part ribbed tapering legs united by a line inlaid ‘X’ stretcher 92.8cm high, 51.5cm wide, 40cm deep £800­1,200 λ 239 A GEORGE III SATINWOOD PEMBROKE TABLE C.1790 inlaid with oval fan paterae, the drop­leaf top with rosewood banding above a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs and brass castors 72.3cm high, 53.2cm wide, 63.5cm deep £500­800 240 A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY WORK TABLE C.1790­1800 inlaid with boxwood stringing, the rectangular top with canted drawers, above a frieze drawer and a silk lined bag 73.4cm high, 50.8cm wide, 34.6cm deep £300­400 238 239 240 92

241 A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SERPENTINE COMMODE C.1770­80 inlaid with boxwood and ebonised stringing and with kingwood crossbanding, the top with a moulded edge above three long drawers, the top drawer with a well fitted interior, with a later gilt tooled green leather sliding writing surface with a hinged central section revealing divisions and boxed compartments, with a hinged dressing mirror on a ratchet which slides to reveal a drawer, the second drawer with further divisions, with gilt brass lion's mask handles, with keeled angles above a shaped apron on cabriole legs 81cm high, 110.3cm wide 58cm deep Provenance Sotheby's, Monaco, 5th December 1988, lot 1605. With Asprey Ltd. July 1989. £4,000­6,000 93

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 242 244 243 242 94 A LARGE GILTWOOD SOFA LATE 18TH CENTURY the moulded frame carved with husks, leaves and flowers, upholstered with damask fabric, with a cushion, on square tapering legs and brass caps and castors 99.8cm high, 227.5cm wide, 73cm deep £800­1,200 243 A GEORGE III SATINWOOD CYLINDER BUREAU BOOKCASE C.1790­1800 the pendant moulded cornice above an astragal glazed door enclosing two adjustable shelves, the interior with three drawers and pigeonholes, with a pull­out baize lined writing slide, above three long drawers and cupboards below 197.6cm high, 63cm wide, 44cm deep Provenance Daphne Fielding, 6th Marchioness of Bath (1904-1997) and by descent. £400­600 244 A CARVED GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR IN GEORGE III STYLE AFTER JOHN LINNELL, 19TH CENTURY with a bevelled oval plate within a ribbon tied palm frond carved frame 120.5 x 90.2cm Provenance Property of a lady, acquired from Colefax and Fowler. £800­1,200

245 A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS IN THE MANNER OF JOHN COBB, C.1775 each with a padded oval back and seat, button upholstered with green silk, the moulded frames with fluted leaf and ribbon decoration, the outswept arms terminating in flowerhead paterae, on fluted tapering legs with lotus and stiff leaf decoration, re-gilt, with slight differences to construction and details (2) £2,000­3,000 95

See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our Conditions of Business at the back of this catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer price 246 A REGENCY MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL DINING TABLE POSSIBLY IRISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the rectangular top with a reeded edge and rounded corners, with two additional leaves, on ring and baluster turned stems, on rondel headed ribbed downswept legs and lion’s paw sabot and castors 71.3cm high, 261.3cm long, 132cm wide (max) £2,500­3,500 247 A WALNUT STOOL IN GEORGE II STYLE 18TH CENTURY ELEMENTS on leaf capped cabriole legs and claw and ball feet 45cm high, 58.5cm wide, 52.5cm deep £300­500 96

248 A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II IRISH RED WALNUT CONSOLE TABLES C.1730 each with a moulded brèche violet marble top, above a shaped frieze centred with a carved scallop shell, on scroll shell, leaf and husk capped legs and lion’s paw feet (2) 74.7cm high, 125cm wide, 54cm deep £8,000­12,000 97

THE EDWARD CROFT-MURRAY COLLECTION LOTS 249-345 EDWARD “TEDDY” CROFT-MURRAY CBE (1907–1980) Edward Croft­Murray (EC­M) former keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum was an antiquarian and an internationally acknowledged expert on early European Art and Music. How to describe this man? On the one hand he was a serious and dedicated academic and on the other a creative, irreverent, and humorous sensualist who delighted in people, food, and wine. He adored his second wife, Jill Croft­Murray (Née Whitford­Hawkey) who survived him by 41 years and who never married again. He composed and arranged several musical works in different styles, as well as keeping illustrated journals written in his distinctive, illegible, and beautiful Carolingian Uncial script. He was an accomplished player of the kettle drums, violin and other early instruments including the serpent. ‘Teddy’ lost his father at a young age – he had been killed by a rhinoceros in British East Africa in 1915. As a result, he learned to amuse himself. Inspired by an uncle who had an interest in archaeology, his playtime involved exploring early Roman rubbish tips around his home. He was descended from the Croft baronets of Croft Castle, Herefordshire and was related to a cousin of Empress Josephine of France. The combination of this early loss, the inspiration of this uncle and this family inheritance must have stirred his lifelong interest in the past. After an education at Lancing College and then Magdalen College, Oxford he had a long career at the British Museum lasting from the 1930’s to his death in 1980. EC­M just refused to accept retirement! During this time, he published several works. His writing demonstrated an exemplary thoroughness only possible through painstaking research from original archival material coupled with the information from his notebooks. His published books included a long overdue catalogue of the ‘British prints and drawings’ in the British Museum collection and also with Anthony Blunt ‘Venetian drawings at Windsor Castle .‘ In addition there were many separate articles such as; Isaac Fuller, John Devoto and Venetian Operatic Caricatures which are invariably the only printed sources on their subject. His ‘magnum opus’ which is unlikely to ever be succeeded is the definitive twin volumes on ‘Decorative Painting in England 1537 to 1837’ which was published in 1962 and 1971. His interest in this area had undoubtedly been stimulated by the lovely wall paintings by Antonio Joli which graced the front entrance hall of his house No. 4 Maids of Honour Row, Richmond (right) where he and his family lived for nearly fifty years. One of his ‘proudest memories’ was of these books being ‘pinched’ from the National Library! 98