WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat
inscribed 'By Will: Wood, of Cork Street, Lond.' (to backing card)
on ivory (ref. LL6QK2MF)
9cm
contained within a red covered case
Provenance…
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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JEREMIAH LACON (BRITISH, FL. 1740-1760)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a pale red coat
signed and dated 'J Lacon 1754' (centre right)
on ivory (ref. DKUJEN19)
4.5cm
in a case
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing pearls
on ivory (ref. KR4TZPPT)
4.7cm
in a gilt-metal frame
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£420
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY (3)
Portrait miniature of a lady with a pouf and wearing a pink dress
on ivory (ref. DRCE7TB5)
3.7cm
in a frame with paste surround
together with two other 18th century portrait miniatures; A young man…
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman with dark hair, wearing a brown coat
on ivory (ref. R4GY1FP1)
3.5cm high
in a gilt-metal frame
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a brown coat
on ivory (ref. AUU3FV3Z)
5.2cm
in a faux shagreen covered case
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman with grey hair and wearing a brown coat
on ivory (ref. 1P9XFBJ7)
3.2cm
in a gilt metal frame set with pearls
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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FRANCOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887) AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER
Portrait miniature of Prince Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1814-1896)
on ivory (ref. HEAYYAGC)
3.7cm
Provenance
The daughter of the Duc de Nemours, Marguerite d’Orléans, wife of Prince Wladyslaw…
FootnoteThe sitter in the present work was the second son of King Louis-Philippe I of France and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. He married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, first…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a blue coat
on ivory (ref. MPZGV8MR)
6.7cm
in a gilt-metal frame
together with a 19th century portrait miniature of a gentleman in a brown coat, indistinctly…
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£110
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a young lady wearing a red necklace
on ivory (ref. RWCFXXH8)
6.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame, with hair (to the reverse)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £80 - £120
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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AFTER THOMAS WORLIDGE
Portrait miniature of Medusa
on ivory (ref. P227VXNZ)
5.5cm
in a gilt-metal and decorated frame, with hair and gilt metal initials 'MC' (to the reverse)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£900
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a young girl, thought to be Hilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) (1883-1956)
with inscribed label (attached to the back of frame)
on ivory (ref. WY1APGJS)
7.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame…
FootnoteHilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) was born on 23 February 1883 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, to parents Walter and Susan Elizabeth (née Gaskell). She was baptised on 3 April 1883 at Styal Presbyterian…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (3)
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a pink dress
on ivory (ref. 161FQXE1)
6.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame
together with two other portrait miniatures; After Paul Delaroche, Portrait of Napoleon, on…
FootnoteProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell. Therefore…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £80 - £120
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN, 1847-1928)
Sanctuary in the Sahara
signed and dated ‘F. A Bridgman 1879’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
56 x 87cm
Provenance
The artist Arthur Croft (1828-1902);
Thence by family descent to the current owner
…
Footnote
Sanctuary in the Sahara is a product of Fredrick A. Bridgman’s
second visit to Algeria. Having painted Algiers and its neighboring
villages in 1872-73 during his first trip to North Africa,…
Hammer price:
£26,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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JAMES WEBB (BRITISH, 1825-1895)
Morning
signed and dated ‘James Webb 82’ (lower right) and inscribed with title, artist's name and date '1882' (verso)
oil on panel
17 x 23cm
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 12 February 1988,…
Condition Reportthe panel is sound; paint surface in good clean condition. Ultraviolet reveals retouching to the sky, upper left and right and to the sea, lower right. Held in a later plaster gilt…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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A*** ROLLI (19TH CENTURY)
Beatrice Cenci being painted by Guido Reni
signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'A Rolli/ Roma 18-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
89 x 136cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteBeatrice Cenci (1577-1599) was the daughter of Count Francesco Cenci, a nobleman described as 'a man of great wealth but dissolute habits and violent temper.' Beatrice, along with her…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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HERBERT DICKSEE (BRITISH, 1862-1942)
Waiting for Master (1922)
signed 'Herbert Dicksee' (lower left margin), published by Frost & Reed
etching
40 x 65cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Herbert Dicksee;
Thence by descent to his grand-daughter…
Condition ReportThere are three pinholes to the extreme upper border, one further to the lower left border. A few associated circular creases in the same area. The main body of the print is in…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
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28 March 2024
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A CHINESE PORCELAIN BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT
20th century
The top and sides pierced with cash, painted in famille-rose enamels with scattered flowers against a black ground, 38cm high
Minor wear to enamels
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £100 - £150
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND SUMMER GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
Second half19th century
The blue gauze worked with couched gold thread five-clawed dragons amidst lingzhi-shaped clouds, Precious Objects and bats, black gauze sleeves with embroidered cuffs, 143cm…
The main dragon on the front of the robe has lost its claws on two of its feet. Some replacement gold threads. There is some wear and losses to the gold threads on the dragons and some scattered…
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
27 March 2024
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27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
A ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST STEEL AND GOLD GENTLEMAN'S BRACELET…
The signed white dial with gilt Roman hour markers, date aperture, gilt hands and centre seconds, model reference number 16233, case diameter 36mm, case reference number E385877 (circa 1990), the two…
Hammer price:
£2,400
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT
TWO GENTLEMEN'S BRACELET WRISTWATCHES COMPRISING A SEIKO AND A CITIZEN (2)
The Seiko divers 200m automatic with luminous Arabic and baton hour markers to the black dial, with outer black rotating bezel, the case back numbered 970246, the Citizen Eco-Drive WR 200 with green…
Estimate: £220 - £280
25 March 2024
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25 March 2024
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AN OMEGA AUTOMATIC GILT METAL FRONTED AND STEEL BACKED GENTLEMAN'S…
The Omega with black and gilt baton numerals to the signed silvered dial, with date aperture and centre seconds, the caseback presentation inscribed, including dates 1933.1967, also a Timex Quartz…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £80 - £120
25 March 2024
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25 March 2024
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A SILVER CASED, KEY WIND, OPENFACED GENTLEMAN'S POCKET WATCH
The gilt fusee movement with a verge escapement, detailed to the back plate Edwd Whtie Birmingham No 2600, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, Birmingham probably 1813, diameter 4.9cm, (the…
Condition Report; Watch currently working, inner case has sliding cover where normally the key would be inserted through a hole, this may be a later alteration to the inner case, lead solder repair…
Hammer price:
£30
Estimate: £50 - £70
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A LONGINES GOLD SQUARE CASED GENTLEMAN'S WRISTWATCH
With a signed circular jewelled lever movement, numbered 50448832, the signed dial with centre seconds and date aperture, detailed within the caseback 18 K 0,750
Condition Report;Watch not currently working, gross weight of wristwatch including strap 43 grams
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £400 - £500
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT
25 March 2024
, 17:00 GMT