FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607). Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco Vaticano, Rome, 1590, folio, engraved title, portrait and 38 plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION.
FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607). Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco…
FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607).  Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco Vaticano et delle Facriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V. Fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana, Architetto di sua Santita. Libro…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
BINDINGS - George GROTE (1794-1871). A History of Greece, London, 1888, 10 vols., contemporary blue full prize calf gilt.  With 6 other 19th-century works of related interest in 13 vols., all attractively-bound in prize calf gilt. (23)
BINDINGS - George GROTE (1794-1871). A History of Greece, London, 1888, 10…
BINDINGS - George GROTE (1794-1871).  A History of Greece. London: John Murray, 1888. 10 volumes, 8vo (178 x 115mm). Engraved frontispiece. Attractively bound in contemporary dark blue full calf…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo, coloured illustrations and decorations (variable spotting and staining), original pictorial boards (rubbed, inner hinges split, endpapers repaired with adhesive tape). FIRST EDITION.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo,…
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963).  The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A PAIR OF MEISSEN TORSO'S FROM THE KONIGLICHE HOF-CONDITOREI ( ROYAL COURT PANTRY)
A PAIR OF MEISSEN TORSO'S FROM THE KONIGLICHE HOF-CONDITOREI ( ROYAL COURT…
Mid 18th century
Each modelled as a warrior with plumed hat and chain mail cuirass before flags and military trophies, one with puce painted K.H.C mark, each approx. 12.5cm high (2)
Each with extensive restoration and some chipsTorso on left in photo- bears the K.H.C mark. Restoration to the helmet and plume. Restoration to the brown support on which the helmet is supported.…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 December 2022 , 14:00 GMT
7 December 2022 , 14:00 GMT
A BOW FIGURE OF CERES
A BOW FIGURE OF CERES
Circa 1760-65
Emblematic of Earth from the Four Elements, modelled standing before a recumbent lion holding a cornucopia of flowers and fruit, scroll moulded base, 29cm high
Restoration to her nose. Some restoration to flowers and leaves. Horizontal firing crack at the top of the scroll moulded base on reverse of group. The group has been restored through both her feet ,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £150
7 December 2022 , 14:00 GMT
7 December 2022 , 14:00 GMT
AN ITALIAN PIETA DURA PANEL MOUNTED EBONISED MUSIC BOX (QTY)
AN ITALIAN PIETA DURA PANEL MOUNTED EBONISED MUSIC BOX (QTY)
Late 19th Century
Fitted with a 2.1/2 in brass cylinder, stamped 29287, winding key, 17cm wide; Together with a group of desk accessories, including two painted oak mounted Cambridge University…
Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection Please see the following story for further details: Autumn at Bellmans | The Waterhouse Family CollectionThe Tiger’s eye agate inlaid marble paper weight, with…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £200
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED HARDWOOD TABLE CABINET
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED HARDWOOD TABLE CABINET
34cm wide; 17cm deep; 61cm high
Condition ReportLeft door with chip, making it now not hold in position, middle drawer missing, needs a polish
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A SET OF EIGHT REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS (8)
A SET OF EIGHT REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS (8)
On sabre legs, stamped ‘GEE’, including a pair of carvers (one with a replacement top rail)
Condition report: A repaired set - one carver has a top rail which has been replaced with a plainer rail, many other chairs with repaired top rails where they join the upright supports. The seats are…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
16 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A LATE VICTORIAN MANCHESTER EBONISED FUSÉE DIAL CLOCK
A LATE VICTORIAN MANCHESTER EBONISED FUSÉE DIAL CLOCK
The 12in painted dial signed W. McFerran, Victoria Street, Manchester, the timepiece movement with anchor escapement and chain fusée, swing-out side door and military-style recessed lock to bottom…
See Ian P. Lyman, Railway Clocks, Ashbourne 2004, p. 125, Fig 4.59 and p. 169, Fig 5.86, for similar clocks by McFerran. With its pendulum.  The movement is dirty and will require a clean and service…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A VICTORIAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS PART DESK TIMEPIECE
A VICTORIAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS PART DESK TIMEPIECE
By Thomas Cole, London, No. 1298, for Hunt & Roskell, London, circa 1870
The 2 3/4in circular engraved silvered dial, inscribed for Hunt & Roskell and punch numbered, the half-plate movement…
This timepiece formed part of an inkwell designed by Cole, its base now lost.  See John B. Hawkins, Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking, Sydney 1975.The timepiece is in unrestored condition and lacks…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A MONTH-GOING SEAWEED MARQUETRY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
A MONTH-GOING SEAWEED MARQUETRY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
The movement by Jonathan Lowndes, London, early 18th century and later
The stepped domed hood with pierced sound frets above three-quarter columns, glazed hinged door and glazed sides, above panel door and stepped base, the sides with chequer inlay; the 12in square…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
By John Holmes, London
The hood with a sphere finial above a break arch moulding, glazed panel door flanked by canted fluted angles and a glazed panel to each side, the trunk with a well-figured arched panel door, above…
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
Circa 1820
The drum-shaped case with foliate mount, on scrolled support and rectangular plinth, on bun feet; the 3 1/2in circular enamel dial (restored) with pierced blued steel ‘moon hands’, drum…
Overall in good original condition.  It has its pendulum.  The dial has been restored at some point and the varnish is now slightly off white.  It does also show a craqueleur finish.  The movement…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £120 - £180
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE I EBONISED SMALL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
A GEORGE I EBONISED SMALL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
By Daniel Delander, London, circa 1720
With an inverted bell-top case, surmounted by a knopped brass handle, above a door with arched glazed panel, the 5in arched brass dial, finely detailed, with calendar subsidiary above finely cast…
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK…
By George Lindsay, London, circa 1760
The case with an inverted bell-top, surmounted with a brass carrying handle, above moulded cornice, the door with two upper fret spandrels and moulded brass edge to the glass, the sides each with a…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A SILVER NOVELTY POSTAGE STAMPS CASE
A SILVER NOVELTY POSTAGE STAMPS CASE
Designed as a fox pulling a cart, London 1905, weight 92 gms
Condition Report.  The fox is part marked with maker lion and leopard's head.  The wheels appear to have been cast from previously cast wheels and are of somewhat crude quality and are held in…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
17 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH, 1891-1915)
HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH, 1891-1915)
Crouching Fawn
originally conceived in 1913; cast circa 1918-1939
bronze
24.5cm high x 30cm wide x 13cm deep

Provenance
Miss Jeanne Courtauld (1909-2003), daughter of Major John 'Jack' Courtauld MC …
Literature E. Pound, Gaudier Brzeska. A Memoir, London and New York, 1916, p. 161, (stone version pl. ix), as A Faun, crouching; H.S. Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska, London, 1930, p.p. 170, 198 …
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
15 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
15 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (BRITISH, 1924-2005)
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (BRITISH, 1924-2005)
Forms on a Bow
signed and dated 'Eduardo Paolozzi Dec. 1948.' (lower left)
watercolour
33 x 44cm
ARR

Provenance
Gifted to Rachel Severne, of Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, by the artist, a…
FootnoteThis work relates to Paolozzi's sculpture of the same name, now in The Tate, ref. T00227. Condition ReportThe sheet has light creasing in certain areas, small area of staining above the…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
15 November 2022 , 00:00 GMT
A SMALL ENGLISH SILVER-PLATED DOG COLLAR (2)
A SMALL ENGLISH SILVER-PLATED DOG COLLAR (2)
19th Century
Engraved ‘FRANCES EDGELL, STANDERWICK-COURT To Charlotte Knollis Wells’ with padlock, 7cm diameter; Together with a French white metal alloy dog collar with chain links, engraved ‘FABRE…
Standerwick Court, Somerset, was the family seat of the Edgell family. The will of Frances Edgell is recorded at the National Archives Kew, dated 1815. 
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY PEAT BUCKET
A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY PEAT BUCKET
40cm diameter; 55cm high including handle
Condition report: Inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.Including a tear to the brass band at the bottom. The metal is invariable worn and…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
A LATE 17TH CENTURY LINE INLAID OYSTER VENEERED LABURNUM CHEST WITH TWO SHORT AND TWO LONG GRADUATED DRAWERS
A LATE 17TH CENTURY LINE INLAID OYSTER VENEERED LABURNUM CHEST WITH TWO…
84cm wide; 54cm deep; 77cm high
Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection Please also see scanned photographs (not included) from the Waterhouse family archive which shows this chest in situ at Charney Manor, Oxfordshire. Charney Manor…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £500 - £800
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FAUX ROSEWOOD FRAMED SCROLL END SOFA
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FAUX ROSEWOOD FRAMED SCROLL END SOFA
224cm wide; 96cm high
Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection Please also see the scanned photograph (not included) from the Waterhouse family archive which shows this sofa in situ at Charney Manor, Oxfordshire. Charney…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN EBONY AND IVORY INLAID FIGURED WALNUT SINGLE DRAWER SIDE TABLE
A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN EBONY AND IVORY INLAID FIGURED WALNUT SINGLE DRAWER…
118cm wide; 84cm deep; 75cm high
IVORY LICENCE NO 97LCL1F7Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection Please see the additional scanned watercolour (not included) from the Waterhouse family archive which shows a table of similar form …
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PAINTED CLAY FIGURE
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PAINTED CLAY FIGURE
First half 19th century
modelled as a man seated looking forward wearing a long blue robe, his hair in a plait of horsehair, the reverse inscribed in black, `HING LOONG, Dealer in Porcelain and…
ProvenanceThe Anthony & Marietta Coleridge CollectionDavid Style, Esq., Wateringbury Place; Christie's House Sale, 31 May-2 June, 1978, lot 196The right hand is a replacement, attached to a cork…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT
6 January 2023 , 09:55 GMT

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