MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Portrait of a boy wearing a white tunic and cap
signed with initials 'M. M.' (lower left)
watercolour and white
28.5 x 19cm
(unframed)
together with two other watercolours by the same hand; Portrait…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Durban Docks
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe 50' (lower right) and titled (to mount)
watercolour
20.5 x 16cm
(unframed)
together with three other watercolour by the same hand; Harvesting Bananas, 36.5…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Zanzibar
signed 'M Metcalfe' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
watercolour
31 x 23cm
(unframed)

Exhibited
Natal Society of Artists

together with six other watercolour by the same hand; The Old…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Sitting for a portrait
black and white chalk
24 x 32cm
(unframed)
together with six pastels by the same hand; A tribal mask, 31 x 24cm; A village street, 23 x 32cm; The porch of a house, 38 x 28cm; A…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (9)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (9)
The Little Fruit Shop, Zanzibar
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe Feb 36' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
pastel
37 x 29cm
(unframed)
together with eight other pastels of African scenes by the same…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of a boy seated
watercolour and pencil
28 x 19cm
(unframed)
together with six other watercolour studies of people, the largest 23 x 28cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of an African soldier
pencil
34 x 21.5cm
(unframed)
together with six other studies of people in pencil, watercolour and pen and ink, the largest 46 x 25cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Yoa Dancer and Singer, Minstrel
inscribed (lower left and right)
watercolour and pencil
28 x 18.5cm
(unframed)
together with five watercolours and one pencil study of African people, the largest 31 x…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
***COMBINED INTO LINE 26*** MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
Gypsy with a rabbit and bird
insribed 'gypsy' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
27.5 x 15cm
(unframed)
together with four other watercolour and pencil studies of gypsies, the largest 30.5 x 21cm, …
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
THREE GOLD AND SILVER DISC AWARDS FOR ROBERT PLANT, BAD COMPANY AND JIMMY PAGE (4)
THREE GOLD AND SILVER DISC AWARDS FOR ROBERT PLANT, BAD COMPANY AND JIMMY…
Modern
A gold disc for ‘Dangerous Age’, 1989, and for ‘Coverdale Page’ 1993, as well as a silver disc for ‘Walking Into Clarksdale’, 1998, all framed with the largest 42.5cm x 53cm; Together with a…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED VERDE ANTICO MARBLE PEDESTAL COLUMN
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED VERDE ANTICO MARBLE PEDESTAL COLUMN
20th Century
With square display plinth, numbered and stamped initials A.G, foliated capital, on square section base, 102cm high
Condition report: This probably dates more generally into the 20th Century, probably late 20th Century. The quality of the casting to the column is relatively good and a lacquer applied to the…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A SHIRAZ RUG, SOUTH PERSIAN
A SHIRAZ RUG, SOUTH PERSIAN
The shaped madder field with three stepped medallions, indigo spandrels each with a single ivory medallion all with floral motifs and birds, an ivory floral spray border 250cm x 183cm, circa 1960
Condition: Good however a little rucking and small area of re-weave and moth damage
Estimate: £80 - £120
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURES OF A LEMON SELLER AND A PASTRY SELLER (2)
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURES OF A LEMON SELLER AND A PASTRY SELLER …
The porcelain circa 1755, the ormolu 19th century
The lemon seller modelled by F.Meyer with a man with an apron full of flowers, the pastry seller from the `Cris de Paris' series, modelled by J.J.…
Lemon seller- restoration to little finger of left hand. Restoration and chip along left side of puce apron.Very minor chips to flowers and leaves. Minor wear to the gildingPastry seller- repaired…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH BANK NOTES (18)
Lot 337 - Coins & Medals Sold
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH BANK NOTES (18)
Comprising; one ten pound note, J.B. Page Chief Cashier, one five pound note J.B. Page Chief Cashier, five one pound notes, K Peppiatt, three further one pound notes, differing issues and eight ten…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong 4to, 43 mounted photographs, with 2 additional photographs at the end including one of 2 schoolgirls' cricket teams, morocco. PRESENTATION COPY. RARE. With a related map. (2)
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong…
The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm.…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ALBUM - An album of crests, monograms and other decorative armorial devices laid down on c.80 vellum leaves, elaborate painted borders, [mid-late 19th-century], 4to, attractively bound in contemporary red morocco gilt with clasp.
ALBUM - An album of crests, monograms and other decorative armorial…
ALBUM - An album of crests, monograms and other decorative armorial devices laid down on c.80 vellum leaves, some with "key" leaves on the adjacent page identifying the families, regiments,…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies, St. Petersburg, 1883, folio, coloured lithographed plates, preserving wrappers, with the EXCEPTIONALLY RARE limitation leaf.
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur…
ALEXANDER III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies. Alexander III et l' Impératrice Marie Féodorovna…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, inscribed, "Radolphus Ayres, Cook, Oxford, 1722", boards. A MANUSCRIPT COMPILED IN 1722 BY THE HEAD COOK OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD. RARE.
AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on…
AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century).  A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess, London, 1923, 4to, portrait of Bakst by Picasso, 54 coloured plates by Bakst, original vellum-backed boards. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. NUMBER 385 OF 1,000 COPIES.
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The…
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator).  The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London, "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949, 8vo, 16 full-page coloured lithographed illustrations by Bawden, original decorated paper boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London,…
BAWDEN Edward (1903-89, illustrator).  Life in An English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by Edward Bawden with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington. London: "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949.…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] - Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th to Jan 15th 1910-11, London, Grafton Gallery, [1910], 8vo, 38-page exhibition catalogue, wrappers. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED BY VANESSA BELL ON THE WRAPPER.
[BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] - Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th…
[BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] - [Exhibition Catalogue:] Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th to Jan. 15th 1910-11. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Under Revision). London: Ballantyne & Company Ltd [for…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. ... To which is added, a Letter to Adam Smith, London, 1787, 8vo, contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION.
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the…
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832).  Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. In a Series of Letters to a Friend. To which is added, a…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, London, Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614], 4to, genealogies, 2 woodcut titles (laid down), contemporary half calf. With the "she" reading in Ruth 3:15.
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues. London: Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614]. Small 4to in 8s …
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, with wide painted decorative borders, folio (420 x 310mm), VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary highly elaborate panelled armorial morocco with garnets. Please see the full description.
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves,…
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, written on the rectos only, both leaves with wide painted decorative armorial, allegorical and foliate borders, one…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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