AN IMPRESSIVE AUSTRO/HUNGARIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED QUARTER STRIKING…
By Johann Petz, Nickolsburg, circa 1785
Surmounted with a figure seated on a cushion, above the drum case, supported on the elephant’s back, whilst an attendant attempts to pull a cover across the elephant’s head, white painted wooden…
Hammer price:
£8,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
A FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE…
Circa 1830
Achilles and Agamemnon standing beside the rectangular clock case, with a bas-relief below showing Iphigenia being brought to a sacrificial altar, flanked to each side by a pierced military trophy,…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND BOXWOOD-OUTLINED BALLOON MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1900
The case inlaid to the front with a roundel, on plinth base and four ball feet, with 5in circular white enamel dial and blued steel spade hands, the drum-shaped movement by Samuel Marti, striking the…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £80 - £120
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
A RESTAURATION ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
By Landry P.ge Des Panorama, Cleret, circa 1825
Of architectural form, with a stepped dentil cornice, interspersed by tiered cones, with 3 1/4in white enamel chapter ring, signed, and engine-turned centre with blued steel Breguet hands, above a…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £40 - £60
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
A FRENCH NEO-CLASSICAL GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED ONYX MANTEL CLOCK
Late 19th Century
The case surmounted by a Classical seated figure, enamel Neo-Grec decoration, the twin train drum-shaped movement striking on a bell39cm highCONDITION REPORTWith pendulum and steel key. Overall in…
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £100 - £150
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
NINE BOTTLES RED, ONE CHAMPAGNE AND TWO SPARKLING WINE (12)
Château Mouton Baronne Philippe 2 x Pauillac Cru Classé 1986; Domaines et Châteaux de Bordeaux Bordeaux 2010; Domaine Wardy Private Selection Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon 2005; Les Cépages La Croix du…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £40 - £60
13 April 2025
, 17:16 BST
13 April 2025
, 17:16 BST
TWO SMALL PORCELAIN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVIFORM JARS WITH LATER SILVER…
The porcelain Kangxi
One painted with two ladies playing go, the other with a lady and attendant, 12.5cm and 13.5cm overall heights
Ladies playing go- possibly reduced but hidden by the mountsLady and attendant- possibly reduced. Haircrack to rim, approx. 2cm length
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the…
CHINESE, KOREAN AND PERSIAN CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925-28.…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PART SERVICE (9)
Qianlong
Possibly for the Dutch market, each piece painted in the centre with two gilt monograms inside oval frames suspended from a green and gilt bow, beneath a coat of arms, inside a border of…
Six coffee cups- one cup has been restored. Another cup with glued repairs to the handle. Some overall wear to the gilding. Saucer- some wear to the gilding.Saucer dish, 20cm diameter- three areas of…
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £200 - £300
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE COMPOSITE PART DINNER SERVICE (51)
Qianlong
Each piece painted with a figure in a boat being observed by a woman standing on a riverbank, comprising; a circular tureen and cover with hare's head handles; a small oval tureen and cover;…
Circular tureen and cover, 29cm across handles- tureen with extensive cracks across the base and up the sides. The cover with some losses to the knopSmall oval tureen and cover, 16cm across handles-…
Hammer price:
£4,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PART SERVICE FOR THE DUTCH MARKET ( 8)
Qianlong, circa 1740
Each piece enamelled with the arms of Bomme and De Haze, against a ground scattered with underglaze-blue flower groups and diaper pattern borders, comprising; two tapered conical…
Provenance: Property of a deceased collector and thence by descentCoffee/Chocolate pots and covers- one pot has some glaze fritting and a shallow chip to the edges of the handle. There is a small…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
FOLLOWER OF FRANS SNYDERS
Dogs with a cockerel
oil on canvas
98.5 x 154cm
Provenance
Private collection
Condition ReportCanvas has an old relining; the paint surface is dirty with a discoloured varnish; extensive craquelure throughout, generally stable; areas of restoration visible to the naked eye,…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
GASPAR PEETER VERBRUGGEN THE YOUNGER (FLEMISH, 1664-1730)
Still life with tulips, roses, crown imperials, nasturtiums, peonies, lilies, oranges and grapes around a fountain
signed 'Gasper. P. Verbruggen.f.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
138 x 115cm
We are…
ProvenanceWith Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh;Thought to have been acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner;Thence by descentExhibitedMottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, circa…
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
The Virgin Mary reading
oil on canvas
91 x 71.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportCanvas relined; extensive craquelure pattern to paint surface, scattered surface abrasions and dirt; stretcher bar marks to each border; ultraviolet reveals infilling to flesh tones…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
AFTER JOHN RILEY
Portrait of King James II
inscribed 'James 2nd' (centre left)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 64cm, oval
Provenance
Private collection, UK
The present work is based on James II when he was Duke of York by…
Condition reportThe canvas has been relined; some scuffing to the the varnish, upper right; traces of old craquelure, particularly around the sitter's face; some minor frame abrasions visible when…
Hammer price:
£3,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN HENRI MARLET (FRENCH, 1771-1847)
Les Enfants Trouvés
oil on canvas
97 x 130cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnote
An undated engraving of the present work is held in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris (G.25241) and forms part of a…
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
J. CROIZIER (FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY)
Study of a female nude
signed 'J Croizier' (lower left), numbered 'No. 17' (lower right), bears date (lower left)
coloured chalks and wash on paper
57 x 41cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Michael Appleby of…
Condition reportThe sheet appears to be adhered to the backing mount but is stuck behind the mount so this is not conclusive; horizontal crease to centre of work and some discolouration to sheet; a…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON (BRITISH, 1832-1910)
Study for Her First Dance
inscribed 'HER FIRST DANCE' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
82 x 124cm
Provenance
Purchased by the Grandfather of the present owner, thence by descent
Footnote
The final…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON (BRITISH, 1821-1901)
Puck and the Fairy (Act II, Scene I, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
signed with monogram and dated '1882' (lower left) and with inscribed label 'Sir Noel Paton R.S.A. ** L.D. H.M Limner for Scotland,…
ExhibitedEdinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1883, No. 299FootnoteSir Joseph Noel Paton was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1821. After attending Dunfermline Art Academy, he went onto study at…
Hammer price:
£21,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
SAMUEL DE WILDE (BRITISH, 1751-1832)
Mrs Pope as Zara in Mourning Bride
oil on canvas
36.5 x 28.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 21st June 1994, lot 37 (as a part lot with another portrait and catalogued as Mrs Siddons in a…
Condition ReportCanvas relined; light surface dirt and a few traces of craquelure mainly to the background; tiny fleck of paint loss, lower left. Ultraviolet reveals traces of retouching to the…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Miniature of still life of flowers, a pair
on glass
9 x 7.5cm
(2)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe work with the foxglove, upper right has areas of paint loss, particularly to the borders; this appears to be due to adhering to the glass. The other work with the three roses,…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Chevin Hall, Otley
watercolour
25 x 36cm
together with Cherry Lewis, The Making of a Gertrude Jekyll Garden, Antique Collectors Club, 1984, of which the present work forms the front and rear endpapers
FootnoteChevin Hall stands on West Chevin Dell, near Otley in Yorkshire; designed by architect Thomas Forrest Marshall (1850-1932) it was nicknamed locally as Marshall's Folly. It became a…
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
THEODORE ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1812-1867)
Paysage des Landes
oil on paper laid down on canvas
26 x 40.5 cm
Provenance
Comiot collection, Paris;
with Galerie Aubry, Paris;
Purchased from the above by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, in…
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; the paint surface is dirty with areas of discoloured, uneven varnish; craquelure and lifting paint, centre right and upper left, no paint loss; no sign of retouching…
Hammer price:
£2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
JOHN BRETT (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
Irish Sea
incised inscription and indistinctly dated 'Irish Sea 9.1 Aug (?)' (lower right)
oil on board
18 x 35.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 16th September 1971, lot 157, as a pair with …
FootnoteBrett's characteristic incised inscription gives details of the subject, day and month, but for some reason omits the year. There is some evidence pointing to 1873 as the most likely date.…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT