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)
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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
A GOLD CASED PROPELLING PENCIL
A GOLD CASED PROPELLING PENCIL
The pull-out extending pencil initial engraved R.B.P., length extended 13cm, the slip case detailed S Mordan and Co 9 CT and engraved March 1933, overall gross weight 22.5 grams
Estimate: £400 - £500
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A CHERRY COLOURED RESIN BEAD NECKLACE
A CHERRY COLOURED RESIN BEAD NECKLACE
The graduated oval beads measuring from 11.4mm to 26.3mm, strung without knots on a bolt ring clasp, 69cm in length, gross weight 53 grams
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GEORGE III STYLE BRASS FIRE GRATE
A GEORGE III STYLE BRASS FIRE GRATE
Early 20th Century
With relief cast-iron fire-back, pierced out-swept apron supported on columnar standards with finials, 74cm wide; 30cm deep; 85cm high
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY SERPENTINE FOUR DRAWER CHEST
A GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY SERPENTINE FOUR DRAWER CHEST
With out stepped reeded corners, 116cm wide; 57cm deep; 104cm high
Good overall condition, recently polished, solid construction with smooth drawer action, no key present 
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY EXTENDABLE FIRE SCREENS (2)
A PAIR OF MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY EXTENDABLE FIRE SCREENS (2)
On downswept supports, 63cm wide; 146cm wide open; 108cm high
Old marks and scratches to the frames of both, glass sections slide out from both sides. 
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A 17TH CENTURY OAK COFFER
A 17TH CENTURY OAK COFFER
With four linen fold panels, 116cm wide; 51cm deep; 71cm high
Condition report; signs of old worm on the legs, the feet are worn consistent with age and damp. Split in the lid all the way along (additional images to show this). The lock will need replacing the…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A BROWN LEATHER REVOLVING DESK CHAIR
A BROWN LEATHER REVOLVING DESK CHAIR
59cm wide; 103cm high
Condition report; minor scratches and wearing to the arms and leather, the lever works well the chair goes up and down, it also spins all the way around, the wheels rolls well. When the chair is down…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF SEVRES STYLE PINK GLAZED FIGURES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE (2)
A PAIR OF SEVRES STYLE PINK GLAZED FIGURES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE (2)
Late 19th century
Each seated on a mound, picked out in gilding, pseudo Sevres marks, 24.5cm high
Cupid- glued break to his left wingPsyche- Firing crack to back of hair, approx. 1cm length.Both with some wear to the gilding
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING LADY
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING LADY
Circa 1755
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, in dancing pose holding the corners of her apron, standing on a scroll edged base picked out in gilding, blue crossed swords mark, 19cm high
Restoration to her nose. Restored through her neck and chest. Restoration through right turquoise sleeve at elbow. Chip to end of right forefinger. Restoration to apron immediately beneath right hand…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
TWO RARE MEISSEN FIGURES OF A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SELLER FROM THE `CRYES OF LONDON'
TWO RARE MEISSEN FIGURES OF A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SELLER FROM THE `CRYES…
Circa 1755
Modelled by J.J.Kaendler and P.Reinicke after engravings by Pierce Tempest (1653-1702), as a woman balancing a basket of cucumbers on her head and holding a bundle of wheat and a man with…
Female- minor glaze chip to the tip of one cucumber.Minor losses to ends of wheat sheaves.Male- restoration and chip to end of forefinger of right hand. 
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
TWO GOLD COINS AND FOUR FURTHER ITEMS (6)
Lot 442 - Coins & Medals Sold
TWO GOLD COINS AND FOUR FURTHER ITEMS (6)
Comprising; a one tenth krugerrand 1982, a 9ct gold imitation of an Edward VIII half sovereign, a silver proof two pounds coin 2003, a silver proof two pounds coin 2005, a 1977 silver proof crown,…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
A ROYAL MINT QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE SILVER PROOF CROWN COLLECTION
Lot 444 - Coins & Medals Sold
A ROYAL MINT QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE SILVER PROOF CROWN COLLECTION
Comprising; twenty-four silver proof crown sized commemorative coins, with the original case, having two lift out trays, a magnifying glass, twenty coin specification cards and further paperwork
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £400
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
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
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
BIBLE, in English - The Most Superb Folio and Self-Interpreting Bible, Bungay, 1812, folio, engraved plates, contemporary calf, the spine elaborately decorated in gilt (rubbed). With another related book. (2)
BIBLE, in English - The Most Superb Folio and Self-Interpreting Bible,…
BIBLE, in English - The Most Superb Folio and Self-Interpreting Bible Containing the Old & New Testaments with a Paraphrase on the most obscure and Important Parts, Explanatory Notes and Evangelical…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
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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