A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND FOUR PORCELAIN PANEL MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND FOUR PORCELAIN PANEL MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
The backplate stamped AB, circa 1890
The engraved Corniche case with bevelled glasses and four porcelain panels decorated with putti, within a blue ground and gilt border, original silvered platform lever escapement7cm highCONDITION…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SWISS ENAMEL, SEED-PEARL, SILVERED AND GILT-BRASS MINIATURE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCKS AND CASES
A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SWISS ENAMEL, SEED-PEARL, SILVERED AND GILT-BRASS…
Nos. 661 & 662, Circa 1900
Engraved all over, each with an arched folding handle above the silvered top, above bevelled glazed front, sides and rear door, the white enamel dial with seed-pearl-set bezel, sweep centre seconds…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE-SET GILT-BRASS ‘FERRIS-WHEEL’ CONSTANT FORCE FALLING BALL MANTEL TIMEPIECE WITH ANEROID BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER
A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE-SET GILT-BRASS ‘FERRIS-WHEEL’ CONSTANT FORCE…
From the design by Charles Victor Hour, for the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900
Surmounted by a removable model of the Medici lion, above a stepped plinth with four finials, the pediment with a pierced motif band, above bevelled glazed doors and sides, the plinth with a pull-out…
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
A VIENNESE THREE TRAIN QUARTER STRIKING REGULATOR
A VIENNESE THREE TRAIN QUARTER STRIKING REGULATOR
Late 19th Century
The glazed case with removable arched cresting piece, above shallow double arch, with 6 1/2in white enamel dial and slender pierced blued steel hands, within a cast bezel, the three-train movement…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
12 May 2025 , 01:00 BST
A FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA
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
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CROCUS VASE
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CROCUS VASE
19th century
The lobed body painted with a frieze of animals including an elephant, the tapered neck with Buddhist emblems and flowers, 24.5cm high
The cupped mouth and top of the neck have been restored. Minor chips around the edges of the apertures. There is a fine haircrack/glaze crack to the shoulders of the body, approx. 3cm length. Shallow…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS (30)
A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS (30)
18th/19th century
Comprising; three small saucers painted with with two figures in a landscape inside a flower panelled border, 11cm diameter; a Kangxi fluted saucer painted with flowers and rocks,…
Three small saucers- on with a haircrack to the rim, approx. 1.5cm length. Some small chips and fritting to the rims.Kangxi saucer- haircrack and rim chipsPair of teabowls and saucers- one teabowl…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £150
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
FIFTEEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PLATES (16)
FIFTEEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PLATES (16)
Qianlong
Each painted with a box and flowers inside a floral border, 23cm diameter; also an export blue and white plate painted with a panel of a boy surrounded by Buddhist emblems, 23cm diameter
Four plates are in overall good condition with some fritting around the rims.One plate has some restoration and a crack to the rimTwo plates have been broken in two and glued One plate has a chip to…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
TEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT PLATES (10)
TEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT PLATES (10)
Qianlong
Each painted with a vase on a table surrounded by Buddhist emblems, the border with scattered flower sprays, 23cm diameter
One plate is in good condition.One plate has extensive restorationOne plate has a repaired section to the rim, rim chips and some discolouration to the centreThe remaining seven plates all have…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £150
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Cast standing in long robes with a tablet under his folded arms, raised on a rectangular bracket base, traces of gilding, 19cm high
The gilding has mostly worn off. Some wear commensurate with age
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
FIVE CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEABOWLS AND SIX SAUCERS
FIVE CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEABOWLS AND SIX SAUCERS
Qianlong
Each painted with a couple seated in an interior inside a cell pattern border and gilt rims, saucers, 11.25 cm diameter; also a Chinese export saucer painted with a couple, 11.5cm diameter
Teabowls- two are in overall good condition with minor wear. Two bowls have haircracks and minor wear. One of these also has a small chips an nicks around the rim. The fifth teabowl with some wear…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SOUP PLATES AND SIX DINNER PLATES (18)
TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SOUP PLATES AND SIX DINNER PLATES (18)
Qianlong
Each painted with a vase and censer on a table with rocks and flowering shrubs beside, 23.5cm diameter
Soup plates- Eight are in overall good condition with some minor chips and nicks to the rims in places. One plate has extensive restoration to the rim and the remaining three plates have cracksDinner…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £700
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE COMPOSITE PART DINNER SERVICE (51)
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
KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
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…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE
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 reportThere is a very fine vertical haircrack running down the side of the vase, visible under a UV lamp, approx. 13cm lengthA tiny amount of wear to…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A PAIR OF LAC-BURGAUTE SNUFF BOTTLES (6)
A PAIR OF LAC-BURGAUTE SNUFF BOTTLES (6)
Probably Japanese, 19th century
Of flattened ovoid form, each decorated in mother-of-pearl and gilt on a black ground, one side with figures in a lakeside pavilion, the reverse with a bird amongst…
Some losses to each stopperThis lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No.AUPVHGGE Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATES MADE FOR THE DUTCH MARKET (7)
SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATES MADE FOR THE…
Qianlong
Each painted in the centre with the arms of Elias de Haze (1689-1752), inside eight lotus petals enclosing a single lotus flower against a whorl pattern ground, 22cm wide. Provenance:…
One plate with extensive restorationTwo plates with four small rim chips and some glaze fritting to the rimFour plates have a small rim chip and some glaze fritting to the rims
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATES MADE FOR THE DUTCH MARKET (7)
SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATES MADE FOR THE…
Qianlong
Each painted in the centre with the arms of Elias de Haze (1689-1752), inside eight lotus petals enclosing a single lotus flower against a whorl pattern ground, 22cm diameter. Provenance:…
One plate is in overall good conditionOne plate has extensive restoration.Five plates have small rim chips and minor fritting to the glaze
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
27 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
GASPAR PEETER VERBRUGGEN THE YOUNGER (FLEMISH, 1664-1730)
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
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
JOHN BRETT (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
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
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Samwell sitting on a blue dug-out
signed and dated 'H.S. Tuke 1924' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 x 29cm

Provenance
Geoffrey Sainsbury (The artist's nephew);
Henry Shemilt;
Acquired from the above…
FootnoteTuke painted the present work on 10th January 1924, and recorded the following entry in his diary:‘Out with Samwell and Ralph again and went further on – nearly got a small nurse shark with…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
MARIA TUKE (BRITISH, 1861-1947) (7)
MARIA TUKE (BRITISH, 1861-1947) (7)
Henry Scott Tuke. R.A., R.W.S. A Memoir. London: Martin Secker, 1933. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece portrait, plates (some staining to title). original blue buckram gilt. FIRST…
ProvenancePrivate collection, UKFootnoteDated between 7th September 1933 and 14th March 1934, the correspondence was prompted by a notice posted by Maria Tuke following the obituary of Mr S.M. Ellis…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ANTHONY DE BREE (BRITISH, 1856-1921)
ANTHONY DE BREE (BRITISH, 1856-1921)
Mares and foals beneath a tree in blossom
signed 'Anthony de Bree' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 x 33cm

Provenance
Thought to have been acquired directly from the artist by a relative of the present…
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025 , 17:00 GMT

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