LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental…
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals ... Second Edition. London: William S. Orr and Co., [n.d. but preface dated 1849]. 4to (288 x 232mm). Half title, 50 fine…
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Florence Nightingale to her Nurses,…
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Florence Nightingale to her Nurses. A Selection from Miss Nightingale's Addresses to Probationers and Nurses of the Nightingale School at St. Thomas's Hospital.…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever,…
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part I. Containing An Examination of the Principal Objections to the Doctrines of Natural Religion, and especially those…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe.…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge,…
SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British Policy. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original blue…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
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SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (artist). An album on c.27…
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (dates unknown, artist). An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies mainly of Auckland House School, Simla, India, including one captioned, …
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
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[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
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7 December 2023
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12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN RED WINE
Running with Bulls Tampranillo 2021; The Lane 19th Meeting Cabernet Sauvignon 2019; Kirrihill Cabernet Sauvignon 2019; Beresford Cabernet Sauvignon 2016; Eagle Rock Mourvèdre Barossa 2017; Feather…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN RED WINE
The Feather Plucker's Daughter Shiraz 2021; Dee Vine Estate D Reserve Shiraz 2019; Lake Cooper Estate Rhapsody Shiraz 2019 and Heathcote Shiraz 2019; McWilliam's Eliza Jane Shiraz 2019; The Lane…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
11 BOTTLES WHISKEY/WHISKY
J A Frey + Co Distillery Brixeur Bourbon; Nearest Green Distillery Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch; Label 5 Single Grain Bourbon Barrel; Macaloney's Island Distillery Single Cask St Mallie and Single…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
A CHARLES II CARVED LIMEWOOD PORTRAIT PLAQUE
Attributable to the workshop of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), circa 1680
Carved in deep relief with a floral border enclosing a portrait relief of a gentleman with curly wig and cravat, later…
PROVENANCE: The Earls of Essex, Cassiobury ParkAcquired by Frederick Poke, circa 1922, possibly from the
contents sale of Cassiobury Park or at some point soon after, and thence by descent.LITERATURE…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
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DESIGNED BY C.A. LLEWELYN ROBERTS: AN ART DECO CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL MOUNTED…
Circa 1930
Of tapering octagonal columnar form, with three bands of plaques, the lower tier depicting Chinese and Indian inspired figures, the central band with birds, the upper tier with hunting…
Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, London, 4th June 2008, lot 89. Previously owned by descendants of a Naval Attaché to the British Embassy in Singapore in the 1940s. C.A Llewelyn Roberts was the…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £400 - £600
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A LARGE PLASTER MODEL OF A MOTHER AND CHILD
Late 20th/Early 21st Century
The female figure posed seated on a rock, with the child on her lap, upon a rectangular textured base, 94cm high
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
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A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED ‘GLOBE DE MARIEE’ OR MARRIAGE GLOBE
Second half 19th Century
With pressed gilt-metal foliage, birds, wax floral sprigs and mounted with mirrors about a central red velvet cushion, 46cm high
This ‘globe du mariage’ or ‘globe de mariee’ was a French tradition, established in the early 19th Century, to record the marriage day of newly weds and their life together. Each mirror, pressed…
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A VICTORIAN MARBLE MEMORIAL OR ARMORIAL PLAQUE
Late 19th Century
The rectangular plaque with pitched top, decorated in relief with coat-of-arms and a coronet with nines tines, surmounted by a ribbon inscribed 'VERITAS', 84cm high
Condition report: Various losses in areas, including the strings of beads and possibly a crucifix which hung like a pendant, as indicated by the shadows and marks. Also possibly lobed mounts filled…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A LARGE MAHOGANY SHOP WINDOW BAROMETER
By J. Hicks, 8,9,10 Hatton Garden, London
The glazed upper part with porcelain scales and brass verniers, the lower part with a solid door, the original mercury tube now replaced by a blue-coloured spirit in a replacement tube169cm…
Estimate: £500 - £800
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
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A LOUIS PHILIPPE EBONISED AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING TRAVELLING CLOCK WITH…
By Robert
The rectangular case inlaid with engraved cut-brass and mother-of-pearl, with a brass carrying handle above the glazed signed dial (restored) with blued steel moon hands, and flanked to each side by…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A RARE FRENCH GILT BRASS MID SIZE GORGE CASED GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE…
For Tiffany & Co, Paris, No 3145, circa 1910
The gorge case with folding handle and push/repeat, with five bevelled glass panels, with white enamel dial, blued steel hands and subsidiary for the alarm, the high-quality Swiss platform with…
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
AN EARLY FRENCH ENGRAVED GILT BRASS ONE-PIECE CASE STRIKING CALENDAR…
Retailed by Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1865
The one-piece case engraved all over with foliage, pivotted handle, with four bevelled glass panels below and lift-up brass shuttered back panel, the white enamel dial with gilt 'Breguet' moon hands…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
AN ENGLISH ENGRAVED GILT BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING CHRONOMETER CARRIAGE…
The platform escapement signed Philip Noyer, London, circa 1860
The heavy case engraved all over with foliage, a rectangular bevelled glass to the top and dial, with folding handle and push/repeat, the engraved silvered dial with seconds subsidiary below the XII…
Estimate: £6,000 - £9,000
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A SMALL MAHOGANY REPLICA OF JAMES FERGUSON’S TIDAL LONGCASE CLOCK
By G. H. Bell, circa 1971
The case with a broken arched hood and brass finial, above glazed door and sides, the trunk with an arched door, above panelled base and plinth; the 9in arched silvered dial inscribed to the upper…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
The case fundamentally circa 1695 and with later elements
With a caddy top above 10 3/4in. square glazed door, the trunk with three panel bird amongst foliage marquetry panels, the sides each with plain walnut veneer panel in two pieces, above the base with…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE III PAINTED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS
The movement signed John Hunt, Worle
The case with a moulded pediment above a blind fret frieze and arched glazed dial door, the trunk inset with an arched door, on a stepped base and plinth foot, the 12in. arched brass dial with…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A WILLIAM AND MARY EBONISED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
By Richard Colston, London
The caddy top case with foliate cast handle and pierced foliate mounts, above glazed doors and sides, the 7in. square brass dial, signed Richard Colston, London on the dial plate below the VI, with…
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT