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17-19 January | European Ceramics, Silver, Jewellery & Interiors, including a selection from the Spencer House Stores

Sale Days:
Tuesday 17 January 2023 Starts with Lot 332
Pictures and Prints
Wednesday 18 January 2023 Starts with Lot 551
Works of Art, Carpets, Furniture
Thursday 19 January 2023 Starts with Lot 1201
European Ceramics, Silver, Jewellery

Tuesday 17 January    - Sussex Saleroom 

Lot 332 – 550                     Pictures and Prints 2.00pm

Wednesday 18 January    - Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 551 –  686                                    Works of Art 10:00am
Lot 839  - 850                                    Carpets   11:30am.
Lot 901 – 1200                                   Furniture & Garden Statuary 1:00pm

Thursday 19 January  - Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1201-1313                                   European Ceramics  10:00am
Lot 1401 -  1506                               Silver 12:00pm
Lot 1701 -1872                                   Jewellery 2.00pm


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Viewing- Sussex Saleroom 
Friday 13 January                             10am-4pm
Saturday 14 January                     9am-12.30 noon
Monday 16 January                         10am-4pm
Tuesday  17 January                        10am-2pm

Payment
Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by 26 January

Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
We will be open for collections on sale days 9am -4.30pm and additionally
Saturday 21 January                        9am -12noon
Monday 23 January                         9am-4.30pm
Tuesday 24 January                         9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 25 January                  9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 26 January                        9am - 4.30pm

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 1003

Lot 380 Sold
PETER CRAMER (DANISH, 1726-1782)
Boy holding an oyster barrel
signed 'Cramer' (lower left)
pen and ink
28 x17.5cm

Provenance
Hal O'Nians, Ryder Street, London
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 381 Unsold
WILLIAM GODFREY RAYSON MASTERS (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1846-1860) (2)
The Sale of 'Active' and 'Colonel' by Auction, Aylesbury - 4 April 1857
signed, titled and dated 'W Masters 4 April 1857' (lower right)
pen and ink
30.5 x 49cm
together with '5th Nov? Scene in Aylesbury 1856' by the same hand
(unframed)
(2)
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 382 Sold
JOHN JOSEPH BELLMAN (BRITISH, B. 1949) (2)
Coastal Town
signed 'J J Bellman' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on board
14 x 20cm
ARR

Together with Russian School, Woman on a track
(2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 383 Sold
CHARLES HODGE MACKIE (BRITISH, 1862-1920)
The Goldfish bowl
signed with initials 'CHM' (lower right)
oil on board
20 x 16cm

Provenance
Lionel Townsend Crawshaw;
Thence by family descent
Condition reportThe board is sound but examination of the reverse suggests it has been cut down one…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 384 Sold
EDWARD H ROGERS (BRITISH, 1911-1994)
Reclining Figure
signed and dated 'EH Rogers 15/10/58' (on mount), further signed, titled, dated and numbered '230' twice (on reverse of mount)
pencil and watercolour on paper
8.5 x 13cm
together with 'Abstract Composition', signed, titled, dated and numbered 'EH Rogers, 7/11/58 234' (on mount verso); and 'Abstract Design' signed, titled, dated and numbered 'EH Rogers, 12/6/58 135' (on mount verso), by the same hand
(unframed)
(3)
ARR
Condition reportall three sheets have been stuck into backing paper along the top edge.  Trace of a…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 385 Sold
LUCY PIERCE (BRITISH, 1887-1950) (2)
Violets; Flower Piece, two
each signed 'LE PIERCE' (lower left); each titled and inscribed with artist's name and address on old labels (attached to the backboards)
watercolour on paper
one 9.5 x 7.5cm; the other 7.5 x 8cm
(2)

Provenance
Wilfred Billinghame, MD of Amoa Chemical Company, Hinckley;
Thence by family descent
Condition reportBoth sheets are sound and colour strong; minor surface dirt to 'Flower Piece' but…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 386 Sold
LUCY PIERCE (BRITISH, 1887-1950) (3)
Rock Flowers; Roses; Spring Flowers
a set of three, each signed 'LE PIERCE' (lower left), each titled and inscribed with artist's name and address on old labels (attached to the backboards)
watercolour on paper
one 8 x 7cm; one 7 x 6.5cm; the other 7 x 6.5cm
(3)

Provenance
Wilfred Billinghame, MD of Amoa Chemical Company, Hinckley;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Spring Flowers, London, Royal Academy, 1950, no. 952
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 387 Sold
MARJORIE RODGERS (BRITISH, B. 1927)
Worcester China; Old Minton Breakfast Cups; Stitched Ware
a set of three, each signed with initials 'MR' (lower right), one dated '1951', another dated '195-'; each titled and inscribed with artist's name and address on old labels (attached to the backboards)
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
one 8.5 x 7cm; one oval 9 x 7.5cm; the other circular 7cm diameter
(3)

Provenance
Wilfred Billinghame, MD of Amoa Chemical Company, Hinckley;
Thence by family descent
Condition reportAll sheets are sound with strong colour, some light surface flecks but generally…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 388 Sold
FOLLOWER OF OLIVER CLARE
Still life of fruit
bears signature
oil on canvas
30.5 x 23.5cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 389 Sold
BENJAMIN THOMA POUNCY (BRITISH, CIRCA 1750-1799) AND THOMAS MEDLAND (BRITISH, 1755-1822) AFTER ROBERT CLEVELEY (2)
The Glorious First of June 1794, a pair
engravings, published London, 1795 by A. C. de Poggi
each 50 x 77cm
(2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 390 Sold
MANNER OF JOHN WILSON
Coastal scene with boats and figures
oil on panel
22 x 31.5cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 391 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SANDBY (BRITISH, 1731-1809) (3)
Portrait of a lady
coloured chalks
27 x 18cm
together with Portrait of a lady, in the style of Paul Cesar Helleu and A portrait of a Victorian gentleman
(3)

Provenance
Sale, Cyril and Shirley Fry, Chiswick Auctions, 9 July 2021, part lot 38
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 392 Sold
FRANCIS RUDOLPH (BRITISH, 1921-2005)
Anna
signed and dated 'Rudolph 96' (lower right); titled and dated '96' (verso)
oil on canvas
54 x 37cm
ARR
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 393 Unsold
AFTER MILTON H GREEN
Marilyn in Hat
dedicated (lower right)
reproduction print published by Pomegranate Publications
sheet size 48.5 x 64cm
(unframed)
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 394 Sold
AFTER MILTON H GREEN
Marilyn Monroe
dedicated (lower right)
reproduction print published by Pomegranate Publications
sheet size 48.5 x 63.5cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 395 Sold
JOHN MURRAY THOMPSON (BRITISH, 1885-1974)
Foxes
signed 'J Murray Thomson' (lower right)
oil on board
24 x 32cm
ARR
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 396 Sold
WILLIAM SAMUEL HOWITT (BRITISH, 1765-1822) AFTER CAPT. THOMAS WILLIAMSON (BRITISH, 1758-1817) (7)
Chasing a tiger across a river; A tiger killed by a poisoned arrow, a pair
engravings from 'Oriental Field Sports'
each 37.5 x 49cm
together with further prints: The North face of the Great Pagoda after Captain Kershaw; St Andrews from the Pier after T Allom; Sheridan after Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mrs Sheridan and Mrs Tickell after Thomas Gainsborough, a pair; William Sheridan and Dr Thomas Sheridan, a set of two
(7)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 397 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO PETER EXELL (20TH CENTURY) (4)
The Cocktail Bar
oil on board
16 x 34.5cm
ARR

Together with three further unframed works of bar and hotel interiors attributed to the same hand
(4)

Footnote
Little is known of Peter Exell; his work was included in the 1950 Arts Council Tour of Young Contemporaries, a strategy designed to show the work of living artists outside of London and throughout the United Kingdom, which ran between 1949-1968 and included the likes Frank Auerbach, Donald Hamilton Fraser and Patrick Procktor.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 398 Sold
HECTOR CAFFIERI (BRITISH, 1847-1932)
Hide and Seek
signed 'H. Caffieri' (lower left)
watercolour and charcoal heightened with bodycolour
51 x 35cm

Provenance
Richard Hagen Fine Paintings, Broadway, Worcestershire;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 399 Sold
WALTER STUART LLOYD (BRITISH, 1845-1959)
Evening, Pull's Ferry, Norwich
signed and dated 'Stuart Lloyd 1903' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
101 x 41cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 400 Sold
PRUE SAPP (BRITISH, 1928-2013)
What Shall I Play?
signed 'Prue Sapp' (lower right)
oil on board
24 x 19cm
ARR

Provenance
The Bourne Gallery;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 401 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO PETER EXELL (20TH CENTURY) (4)
Portrait of a lady
oil on board
41.5 x 34cm
together with three further portraits attributed to the same hand
(all unframed)
(4)
ARR

Footnote
Little is known of Peter Exell; his work was included in the 1950 Arts Council Tour of Young Contemporaries, a strategy designed to show the work of living artists outside of London and throughout the United Kingdom, which ran between 1949-1968 and included the likes Frank Auerbach, Donald Hamilton Fraser and Patrick Procktor.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 402 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO PETER EXELL (20TH CENTURY) (2)
Ice Skaters, two
oil on board
43.5 x 50.5cm
(2)
(unframed)
ARR

Footnote
Little is known of Peter Exell; his work was included in the 1950 Arts Council Tour of Young Contemporaries, a strategy designed to show the work of living artists outside of London and throughout the United Kingdom, which ran between 1949-1968 and included the likes Frank Auerbach, Donald Hamilton Fraser and Patrick Procktor.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 403 Sold
ALFRED COHEN (AMERICAN, 1920-2001)
Heading In; Boulogne Tug, set of two
one signed, titled and numbered 'ALFRED COHEN 11/75' (in lower margin); the other signed, titled and numbered 'ALFRED COHEN 8/50' (in lower margin)
coloured etching
one 11.5 x 21.5cm; the other 13 x 17cm
(2)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 404 Sold
JERZY MAREK (POLISH, 1925-2014)
Gold, Silver and Bronze
signed 'J Marek' (lower right); further signed, titled and dated '1972' (verso)
acrylic on board
29.5 x 37cm
ARR

Provenance
The New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 405 Unsold
JOHN VERNEY (BRITISH, 1913-1993)
Paris street scene
indistinctly signed 'Verney' (lower left)
pencil on paper
25 x 33cm
ARR
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 406 Sold
CARL WILHELM MULLER (GERMAN, 1839-1904)
A woman heading home with livestock at dusk
signed twice, with initials 'CWM' and 'C W Muller' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
28.5 x 40cm

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's;
Property from a deceased estate
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 407 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Double portrait of Phyllis Benson (1860-1930) and her cousin Fanny Benson (1874-1946)
oil on canvas
68.5 x 55.5cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 408 Sold
ALESSANDRO OSSANI (BRITISH, D. 1888)
Double portrait of Caroline Essex Benson (nee Cholmondeley) and George Reginald Benson
signed and dated 'Alesso Ossani 1890' (lower right)
pastel
61 x 44cm
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 409 Sold
ANDREI YALANSKY (UKRAINIAN, B. 1959)
Horse and foal
signed 'A Yalansky' (lower right), further signed and inscribed in cyrillic (verso)
oil on canvas
41 x 44cm
Condition reportOriginal canvas; the canvas has come loose from the stretcher in the upper right…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 410 Unsold
AFTER CLIFFORD CYRIL WEBB (BRITISH, 1895-1972)
Ploughing the fields
signed 'CLIFFORD WEBB' (lower right)
lithograph
33 x 48.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Ryman & Co Fine Art, Oxford
This lot is a lithograph
Estimate: £30 - £50
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 411 Sold
MURRELL A BURT (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1938-1961)
Rolling fields
signed and dated 'MURRELL A BURT 1961' (lower left)
watercolour
38 x 53cm
ARR
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 412 Sold
20TH CENTURY SCHOOL
Still life of daffodils
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 64cm

Provenance
Cooling Galleries, London
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Dent to canvas with some surrounding paint loss, upper left;…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 413 Sold
NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS (GREEK, 1923-2001)
Six Ethiopian Attendants, Design 18, A costume design for Aida by Verdi, Royal Opera House, 1967
signed and dated 'N Georgiadis 67' (lower left)
watercolour and bodycolour
56 x 38cm
ARR
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 414 Sold
NORTHERN EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
A man seated at a table in an interior holding a jug and a glass; A woman at a spinning wheel, a pair
oil on board
each 36.5 x 31cm
(2)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 415 Sold
LIDI TADE (20TH CENTURY) (3)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed 'TADE' (lower left)
mixed media
19 x 13cm
together with two other abstract mixed media works by the same hand, each signed and one dated '1958', 12 x 18cm; and 29.5 x 15cm
(3)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 416 Sold
LIDI TADE (20TH CENTURY) (2)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed and dated 'Tade 1958' (lower left)
mixed media on paper
20 x 30cm
together with another Untitled, Abstract composition mixed media by the same hand, signed and dated '1958', 10.5 x 24.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 417 Sold
NELLY VAGO (HUNGARIAN, 1937-2006)
The Flying Dutchman
signed and dated 'Vago Nelly 1978' (lower right)
gouache
34 x 44.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 418 Sold
HALIMA NALECZ (BRITISH, 1917-2008) (2)
After Summer Rain
signed and dated 'Nalecz 1970' (lower right)
gouache
75 x 55cm
ARR

Provenance
Drian Galleries, London

Together with a watercolour and gouache of flowers by the same hand, signed and dated '70', 75 x 55cm
(2)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 419 Sold
BARRY KAY (AUSTRALIAN, 1932-1985)
Set design for Salade
signed 'Barry Kay' (lower right)
mixed media collage
37 x 55cm

Provenance
Grosvenor Gallery, Davies Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 420 Sold
JEAN COCTEAU (FRENCH, 1889-1963)
Etude pour le Mur de droite (1956)
signed and numbered in pencil '53/150' and with stamp (in lower margin)
lithograph
61 x 48cm
ARR
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 421 Sold
JERZY JANISCH (POLISH, 1901-1962)
A lady looking through a window
signed and dated 'Janisch 1946' (lower right)
pencil
30 x 21.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 422 Sold
AFTER MARIE LAURENCIN (3)
Two dancers
print in colours
27 x 20.5cm
together with a print of a seated female nude; and a reproduction colour print after Marc Chagall of lovers
(3)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 423 Sold
AFTER MARC CHAGALL
Man and bird by a town
signed and inscribed in French 'V. Chagall' (verso)
print in colours
14 x 10.5cm
(unframed)

Footnote
This is signed and inscribed by Valentina 'Vava' Chagall, Marc Chagall's second wife
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 424 Sold
DAVID PERETZ (FRENCH, 1906-1982) (4)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed, dated and inscribed in pencil 'Peretz 1967' (in lower margin)
serigraph
37 x 57.5cm
together with three other prints by the same hand, all signed, dated and inscribed in pencil
(4)
ARR
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 425 Sold
DAVID PERETZ (FRENCH, 1906-1982) (2)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed, inscribed and dated in ink 'pour Sophie Peretz 62' (lower left) and inscribed 'preuve d'Artiste' (lower right)
print in colours
46 x 55cm
together with an etching in colours by the same hand, Untitled, landscape with moon, signed, inscribed and dated in pencil '1974' (in lower margin), 57 x 44cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 426 Sold
FRANK BRANGWYN (BRITISH, 1867-1956)
The Gate of St Vincent, Avila
signed 'Frank Brangwyn' (in lower margin)
etching
plate size 39 x 30cm
ARR

Provenance
Ealing Gallery, London
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 January 2023
17 January 2023
Lot 427 Sold
HELEN BRADLEY (BRITISH, 1900-1979) (4)
The Fair at Daisy Nook; Hollingwood Market; Blackpool Sands
a set of three; each signed in pencil 'Helen Bradley' (in lower margin)
colour lithographs
largest 50 x 76cm
together with a reproduction print 'All on an April Evening'
(4)
ARR
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 January 2023
17 January 2023

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