[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph, [?Geneva], 1759, 12mo, TITLE PRINTED IN RED, contemporary morocco. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. Please see the full description below.
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme…
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919). Poems of Passion and Pleasure, London, [1912], 4to, 20 mounted coloured plates by Dudley Tennant, original pictorial vellum. NUMBER 72 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST. With 2 other illustrated books. (3)
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919). Poems of Passion and Pleasure, London, …
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919).  Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [1912]. 4to (290 X 230mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 19 plates by Dudley Tennant (a few…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder.  A General Atlas, Containing ... Maps of the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World, London, [c.1822], folio, 44 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary half calf (worn, partly disbound).
WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder. A General Atlas, Containing ... Maps…
WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder.  A General Atlas, Containing Maps illustrating some important periods in Ancient History and distinct Maps of the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN RED WINE
Lot 175 - Wines & Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN RED WINE
Kilikanoon Walton 1946 Grenache 2020; Kingsland Drinks Shiraz 2021; Riddoch The Pastoralist Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 and Elgin's Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon 2019; Wakefield Masterstroke Cabernet…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
12 BOTTLES ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE
Lot 244 - Wines & Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE
Harrow + Hope Blanc de Blancs 2017; Langham Blanc de Blancs 2018; Greyfriars Blanc de Blancs 2015, Rosé Reserve 2018 and X Blanc de Noirs 2017; Denbies Cubitt Blanc de Noirs 2014; Fox + Fox Mayfield…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
23 BOTTLES MIXED SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS
Lot 336 - Wines & Spirits Sold
23 BOTTLES MIXED SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS
Silvio Carta Bomba Carta! Amaro Caffè Tustatu; Yomeishu Honey Liqueur (25cl); Grandeur View Bitters 2 x Gooseberry Armageddon Bitters (3cl); Aomori Cidre Apple Brandy (c35cl); Gruppo Campari 2 x…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
12 BOTTLES BITTERS
Lot 365 - Wines & Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES BITTERS
Scoccia Amaro (50cl); Deta Distilleria Antico Amaro delle Terme; Moose Peach (50cl), Sour Cherry (50cl) and Mountain Herb, Pink Grapefruit + Maple Syrup (50cl); Convict Aromatic (25cl); Grandeur View…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023 , 17:00 GMT
A SCALE MODEL OF THE SAILING SHIP / TEA CLIPPER THE ‘NORMAN COURT’
A SCALE MODEL OF THE SAILING SHIP / TEA CLIPPER THE ‘NORMAN COURT’
20th Century
With three masts and full rigging, green, black and red painted hull, planked decking, on stand, 27cm wide;180cm long; 120cm high
The Norman Court was a composite built tea clipper initially intended to run the Asia Europe trade route. Built just as the Suez canal opened in 1869, the ship was design by William Rennie, built by…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £400 - £500
22 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
TWO YELLOW GOLD AND TASSEL CURTAINS (2)
TWO YELLOW GOLD AND TASSEL CURTAINS (2)
20th Century
Mixed materials including some cotton and silk, with yellow gold and cranberry red tassel fringes to the vertical edge and one with bottom edge, 148cm wide (per curtain); 296cm high (no…
Condition Report:Some wear and fraying in areas, some loose thread and some pulled. One curtain without a fringe to the bottom edge and one with. Otherwise a near pair. Not interlined. Widths at…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
THREE FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS AND TWO IDENTITY PANELS (5)
THREE FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS AND TWO IDENTITY PANELS (5)
Comprising; a 1914 Star to 98508 GNR.W.ESCOTT. R.F.A., a 1914-18 British War Medal and a 1914-19 Victory Medal to 98508 GNR.W.ESCOTT. R.A., Note; official corrections to the naming of the last two…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £70
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
SIX ITEMS OF CULTURED PEARL JEWELLERY (6)
SIX ITEMS OF CULTURED PEARL JEWELLERY (6)
Comprising; a cluster ring, detailed 585, ring size L and a half, two pairs of earstuds, with post and butterfly fittings, a Mikimoto brooch detailed K 14, gross weight 8.2 gms, two single row…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £140 - £180
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
A view of the Chartreuse, Valldemossa, Majorca
watercolour and pencil
28 x 38cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
It is understood Valette painted here in 1934.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
View of Salles, in the Beaujolais, near Blacé
signed 'A. Valette' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
30.5 x 39.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Valette lived for a time in this village.
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
WITHDRAWN
CHARLES CUNDALL (BRITISH, 1890-1971) (2)
A view of Florence
watercolour and gouache
9 x 17cm
together with another watercolour and gouache by the same hand of trees, 26 x 20cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
KEN HOWARD (BRITISH, 1932-2022)
KEN HOWARD (BRITISH, 1932-2022)
Rain, Earl's Court Road
signed ‘Ken Howard’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
102 x 122cm
ARR

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Condition ReportOriginal canvas, the paint surface is in good clean condition.  Ultraviolet reveals a slightly uneven varnish, upper left but no sign of retouching.  Held in a modern frame with some…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A QUANTITY OF 20TH CENTURY LOBBY CINEMAS CARDS
A QUANTITY OF 20TH CENTURY LOBBY CINEMAS CARDS
Including, King of the jungle, Palmy Days, Men without women, Kid boots and others.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 October 2023 , 17:00 BST
13 October 2023 , 17:00 BST
A CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
A CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
19th century
Opaque pigments on paper, painted with a half length portrait of an official wearing a rank badge of a silver pheasant depicting the 5th civil rank, 31.5cm by 28cm, mounted, framed and…
The paper has discoloured with some tears, creases and staining.Possibly reduced
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
12 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
12 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
SARAH BIFFIN (BRITISH, 1784-1850)
SARAH BIFFIN (BRITISH, 1784-1850)
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a white dress with a red shawl
on ivory (ref. 8M7WFFVF)
9 x 7.5cm
in a gilt metal frame
with a print of an old label detailed 'Painted by Miss Biffin without…
Condition reportSmall vertical white line visible to left of neck in background.Very small spot of paint loss to lower right on blue of chair.Two very small white spots upper left corner.Otherwise…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
SCHOOL OF VERONA, 16TH CENTURY
SCHOOL OF VERONA, 16TH CENTURY
The Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria
oil on panel
56 x 43cm

Provenance
The Right Rev. Monsignor Bickerstaffe-Drew, The Manor House, Salisbury Plain, 1906;
Sale, Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, 22nd…
Condition ReportThe panel has been cradled.  The panel is uneven from two repaired splits running vertically from the upper border, these have been well executed and are holding the panel stable. …
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
STUDIO OF GERRIT VAN HONTHORST (DUTCH, 1590-1656)
STUDIO OF GERRIT VAN HONTHORST (DUTCH, 1590-1656)
Portrait of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)
oil on canvas
71 x 58cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
For a similar portrait of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, fully…
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
STUDIO OF SIR PETER LELY (DUTCH/BRITISH, 1618-1680)
STUDIO OF SIR PETER LELY (DUTCH/BRITISH, 1618-1680)
Portrait of Margaret Wale (1640-1674), Daughter of Sir William Wale and wife of Sir Edward Seymour 4th Bt. (1633-1707), three-quarter length, standing, wearing a light brown dress with a blue cloak,…
ProvenanceThe sitter's family and by descent to Miss J. M. Seymour, East Knoyle House, Wiltshire;Sale, Christie's London, 19th January 1945, (lot no. unknown);Frederick Poke Esq., thence by…
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
STUDIO OF CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (FRENCH, 1714-1789)
STUDIO OF CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (FRENCH, 1714-1789)
Men and women fishing on a rocky shore before a harbour with boats at sunset
oil on canvas
68 x 95cm

Provenance
Henry Ayshford Sanford of Waltham House;
Triley Court;
Private collection, UK

The…
FootnoteThe present composition bears comparison to Coucher de Soleil; see Florence Ingersoll-Smouse, Joseph Vernet, Peintre de Marine, Paris 1926, Volume II, p.33, cat. no. 1057, plate no. 261…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
ATTRIBUTED TO TOBIAS STRANOVER (GERMAN, 1684-1756)
ATTRIBUTED TO TOBIAS STRANOVER (GERMAN, 1684-1756)
A turkey, jay, goldfinch, bullfinch and other birds among trees
signed 'T Stranover' (lower right)
oil on canvas
135 x 115cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

The present work will be on view at…
Condition ReportThe canvas has been relined and re-stretched.  There is a horizontal crease running the width of the canvas in the upper quarter of the work, possibly from a previous reduced…
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
CIRCLE OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641)
CIRCLE OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641)
Portrait of a friar
oil on canvas
43 x 31cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 22nd April 1998, lot 25

Footnote
This head study is a copy after the head of St Francis in Van Dyck's…
Condition ReportThe canvas has been relined.  There are traces of craquelure throughout, stable - otherwise the paint surface is sound.  Ultraviolet reveals flecks of infilling to craquelure to the…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
10 October 2023 , 01:00 BST

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