MISCELLANY - [LOCH, C. G. (1854-1904)]. The Foreign Tour of the Misses…
MISCELLANY - [LOCH, Catharine Grace (1854-1904)]. The Foreign Tour of the Misses Brown and Jones and Robinson Being the History of What They Saw & Did at Biarritz & The Pyrenees by Mrs Brown. London…
Hammer price:
£40
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more…
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte…
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen.…
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - [Printed label on the upper cover of the order book:] "Hardy Amies Ltd. 14 Savile Row, W1." With the Royal Coat-of-Arms and "By Appointment Her Majesty The Queen…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885,…
"TWAIN, Mark" [i.e. Samuel Langhorn CLEMENS (1835-1910)]. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. New York: Charles L.…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound…
WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900). British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds Resident in the British Isles, with Some Notes in Reference to their Plumage …
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
Study for ‘The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921’
signed 'J Lavery' (lower left), inscribed 'HOUSE OF LORDS STUDY/ LAVERY' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas-board…
Catalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that
Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. …
Hammer price:
£35,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MADELEINE DOWDEN (BRITISH, 1933-2021) AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANK AUERBACH …
A folio of life drawing sketches, approximately twenty with annotated sketches showing corrections or improvements attributed to Frank Auerbach (1958 and 1959)
some dated '58' or '59'
pencil
twenty…
FootnoteMadeleine Dowden lived at 2 The Ridgeway, Gunnersbury, London and in the late 1950's attended evening art classes in Ealing. Frank Auerbach was her art teacher. It is understood that he…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (BRITISH, 1884-1967)
Gosh! They do ask them lads a question!
signed and titled 'Snaffles' (lower right)
pencil, ink and watercolour
21.5 x 43cm
ARR
Provenance
Fores Ltd, New Bond Street
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
JEAN VARDA (TURKISH/AMERICAN, 1893-1971)
Spanish dancers in an abstract landscape
signed 'J. Varda' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 16' (to backboard)
mixed media collage on board
53 x 73cm
together with a ring-bound file with information…
FootnoteJean 'Yanko' Varda was a Turkish born American artist of mixed Greek and French descent. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris where he met Picasso and Braque, before moving to London during the…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
JEAN VARDA (TURKISH/AMERICAN, 1893-1971)
Fish in underwater scene
signed 'J. Varda' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 10' (to backboard)
mixed media collage on board
40 x 49.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteJean 'Yanko' Varda was a Turkish born American artist of mixed Greek and French descent. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris where he met Picasso and Braque, before moving to London during the…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BLACK-GROUND BOTTLE VASE
Late 19th century
moulded and enamelled to one side with an official seated at a table with three attendants, the reverse painted with figures, beneath a border of iron-red dragons amongst cloud…
Condition Report.Some wear to the gilding around the rim. Area around the shoulder where the black enamel ground has retracted, approx. 3cm by 2cm. Minor wear to the enamels.Definition of retracted;…
Hammer price:
£7,500
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
Mountainous landscape, ink on silk, 123cm by 42cm, mounted on brocade
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered
in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. B6C9RRFV Prospective buyers
should be aware that some countries have…
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A LARGE CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT ON PAPER
Late 19th century
Painted with a seated official and two wives, two diminutive attendants in the foreground, 143cm by 82cm, framed and glazed
Some creasing to the paper where it has been rolled. Some staining and markings to the paper
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
FOUR CHINESE EXPORT TEA PRODUCTION PAINTINGS (4)
Late 18th/19th century
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, depicting rolling tea, a monk serving tea to a mandarin, transporting tea by raft and sampans, images 39cm by 30cm. mounted framed and…
Overall in good condition with very minor markings to the paper
Hammer price:
£1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE
Probably Kangxi
Enamelled with an official and two attendants in a landscape, the shoulders with four panels of Buddhist emblems reserved on an iron-red cell pattern ground, the neck painted with…
ProvenanceSotheby's, 06 May 1999, lot 64Condition reportA tiny amount of wear to the enamels. Overall in good conditionNo Sotheby's invoice, just the Sotheby's lot number is with it.Addendum **…
Estimate: £4,200 - £5,000
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FLARED BOWLS (2)
18th century
Each painted to the exterior with an official and two attendants in a landscape, the interiors painted with a four character mark beneath flower and whorl borders, 6.5cm high by 12cm…
Each with extensive fritting and chips to the rim. One also with two haircracks, approx. 4cm and 6cm length
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
Painted with a continuous scene with an official seated at a table with attendants, further figures gathered in a fenced garden outside, the lower register painted with figures in a boat and a…
ProvenanceSotheby's London, 12 May 1992, lot 20Condition reportThe vase is in overall good condition. There is a firing tear to the glaze on the shoulder, approx. 1.5cm length. There are two brown…
Hammer price:
£28,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A PAIR OF ITALIAN RELIEF CARVED OAK BELLOWS
Late 19th Century
64cm high
Condition report: The leather between the two halves is worn away with some elements remaining. They require restoration and presently are in two separate sections. There are some losses to the front…
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
TWO PAIRS OF GOLD SILK LINED AND INTERLINED CURTAINS (4)
One pair, each curtain 140cm wide with 240cm drop, the other pair, each curtain 80cm wide with 240cm drop
Condition report: Both pairs of curtains are in very good condition. The edges and central areas do not appear to have marks or fading. Photographs have been taken of some of these areas and included…
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A PAIR OF LARGE GOLD LINED AND INTERLINED CURTAINS (8)
Together with three pairs tie backs, each 320cm long and 75cm wide
Condition Report: Overall in good condition with no obvious signs of fading to the edges or the centre of the curtains. There could be some vague variation in colour but it not obviously notable.…
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A GOLD ROLEX OYSTER PRECISION (3)
With cream signed dial with baton hour markers, in a 9ct case approximately 34mm in diameter, with a Rolex crown, fitted with a manual wind movement, on an associated black leather strap and buckle…
CONDITION REPORTHands will adjust, when adjusting the hands, the rotating constant seconds is liable to move as well and then start rotating again, dial and hands in good condition, watch is manual…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,600
17 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
A DIAMOND THREE STONE RING (2)
The central claw set emerald cut diamond weighing an estimated 2.10 carats, with an estimated clarity of SI1-SI2 and estimated colour of G-H, flanked either side by a tapered baguette cut diamond,…
All gemstone and diamond weights, colour and clarity have been assessed mounted and are of our opinion only, with the exception of certificated items.CONDITION REPORTRing is on overall good condition…
Hammer price:
£8,000
Estimate: £4,500 - £5,000
17 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a dark blue coat
on ivory (ref. C7V1LQFE)
6.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame, with hair (to the reverse)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:
This
lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act
(section10). Reference No. C7V1LQFE
Prospective buyers should be aware that some
countries have limitations…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
16 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman with white hair, wearing a blue coat
on ivory (ref. 566T5AZ5)
6.2cm
in a gilt-metal frame
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No.566T5AZ5Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024
, 17:00 BST
16 October 2024
, 17:00 BST