TWO PRAYER MATS AND A RUG (3)
Beluchistan prayer rug, the madder mehrab with a tree of life flowerhead spandrels, and dark brown border, 125 x 86cm, a Beluchistan prayer rug the golden mehrab with a tree of life flowerhead…
Condition: Fair some moth damage and pulls, ends and sides need attention, fair some moth damage ends and sides need attention and good, ends need attention
Estimate: £80 - £120
29 March 2023
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29 March 2023
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A PERSIAN BAKHTIARI CARPET
The field with an allover trellis design bearing flower heads, trees and birds, an ivory rosette and bracket border, circa 1920s, 287 x 210cm
Condition: Generally good, ends and sides need attention, one end reduced, two holes to one edge, needs a clean
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £200 - £300
29 March 2023
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29 March 2023
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A KERMAN RUG AND A KERMAN CARPET, PERSIAN
The indigo field in a landscape of flowering trees with a variety of birds and wild animals , the madder floral border, circa 1900s, 205 X 110cm,
and another the dark indigo field with a bold ivory…
Condition: Areas of wear, ends need attention reduced sides and another worn, multiple areas of wear, ends and sides need attention, needs a clean
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £250 - £350
29 March 2023
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29 March 2023
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A BIDJAR KELLEH, PERSIAN
The dark indigo field with rows of bold botehs bearing flowers supported by minor boteh and floral vines, an ivory rosette and serrated leaf border circa 1920s, 277 x 153cm
Condition: Good, some areas of wear, wear to one end, some areas of moth damage - treated, ends need stopping and sides need attention
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £200 - £300
29 March 2023
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29 March 2023
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JEAN-BAPTISTE BOULARD (1725-1789); AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH PARCEL GILT…
Together with another similar, each 64cm wide; 95cm high
Condition report: In good decorative order with the inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.Some chips to the carved area and repainting. Old…
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £400 - £600
29 March 2023
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29 March 2023
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A SILVER RECTANGULAR CIGAR/TOBACCO BOX
Opening to reveal a wooden lined compartment and another compartment having a plated cover weight, the exterior engine turned (now rather rubbed) and with applied initials, size 20.5cm x 15.5cm x 9cm…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £180 - £220
30 March 2023
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30 March 2023
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TWO SILVER VISITING CARD CASES AND A PLATED TABLE CIGARETTE BOX WITH A…
Comprising; a visiting card case designed as an envelope, Birmingham 1904, a visiting card case designed as an envelope, Birmingham 2000, combined weight 144 gms, the table cigarette box glazed with…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £100 - £150
30 March 2023
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30 March 2023
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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1741-1811)
Portrait miniature of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (1715-1775), wearing the sash and breast star of the Order of the Bath
signed with initials and dated ‘JS 1778’ (centre left)
on ivory (ref.…
ProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 16 December 1974, lot 155;Private collection, UKLiteratureD. Fosket, John
Smart, The Man and his miniatures, London
1964, p. 73.FootnoteAnother version of this portrait…
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Grey (1770-1/1797) in military uniform of the 12th Regiment of Foot
bearing false initial ‘E’ (mid-right)
on ivory (ref. RQCD8D6J)
7.5cm high
in a gilt…
ProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 4 June 1973, lot 65;Sotheby’s, London, 20 January 1975, lot 47;Private collection, UKLiteratureThis or another version, G. C.
Williamson and H.L.D. Engleheart, George…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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JOHN COOKE (IRISH, FL. C. 1778-1805)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat
on ivory (ref. A4VW8BAZ)
7cm high
in a gilt metal frame with a lock of hair (to the reverse)
ProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 13 October 1975, lot 136;Private collection, UKFootnoteA signed portrait miniature of an officer by John Cooke is in
the Victoria & Albert Collection, inv. no. P. 24-1949…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman
signed with initials 'JTB' (lower right)
on ivory (ref. YTHFSGRK)
6cm high
in a gilt metal frame
ProvenanceSotheby’s, London 26 July 1976, lot 92;Private collection, UKCondition reportPlease note that the image that originally appeared in the online catalogue was wrong. The correct image is…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855) (2)
Portrait miniature of Henry Pierce Bone (self portrait); Portrait miniature of his wife Anna Maria (nee Long), a pair
the first inscribed ‘Henry Pierce Bone / Feby. 1855, Painted by H.P.B. / after a…
in rectangular gilt-metal mounts within velvet-lined box frames(2)ProvenanceThe artist Henry Pierce Bone;By descent to his son George Bone;By descent to his daughters Georgina, aka Gina and Alice…
Hammer price:
£2,400
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Portrait miniature of the artist's father, Henry Bone R. A. (1755-1834)
inscribed ‘Henry Bone R.A. / Enamel Painter to George 3rd, / George 4th & William 4th. / London March 1845. Painted by his …
in a rectangular gilt-metal mount within velvet-lined box frameProvenanceThe artist Henry Pierce Bone;By descent to his son George Bone;By descent to his daughters Georgina, aka Gina and Alice Bone…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855) (2)
Portrait miniature of the artist's son, George Bone (b. 1814); Portrait miniature of his wife, Rebecca (nee Davies), a pair
the first inscribed ‘George, / youngest Son of Henry Pierce / Bone and Ann Maria Long / his wife; born Feby. 17th 1814. / Jany. 1850. Painted from Life / by HP. Bone, Enamel Painter to / Her Majesty,…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Portrait miniature of the artist's son, George Bone (b. 1814)
inscribed ‘George Bone / [Lon]don. Ju[…] / [Paint]ed From Nature / [by Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Painter / [to] Her Majesty, and their…
ProvenanceThe artist Henry Pierce Bone;By descent to his son George Bone;By descent to his daughters Georgina, aka Gina and Alice Bone;Gifted to Richard Henry Egerton Russell by his Aunt and…
Hammer price:
£1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait of a family, the seated gentleman holding architectural designs
oil on canvas
76 x 98cm
Provenance
Wilkins and Wilkins, London, from where purchased by the present owners in circa 1990
Condition reportThe canvas has been relined. Traces of craquelure throughout the work and traces of surface dirt. Ultraviolet reveals a few flecks of retouching to the various sitter's faces. Held…
Hammer price:
£1,750
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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STUDIO OF PIETER MULIER THE YOUNGER, CALLED TEMPESTA (DUTCH, CIRCA 1637…
The Flight into Egypt
oil on canvas
32 x 48.5cm
Footnote
The present work is a version of the composition by Tempesta now at Isola Bella (see M. Rothliesberger, Cavalier Pietro Tempesta and His Time…
Condition reportCanvas relined; craquelure throughout the paint surface and a later varnish. Ultraviolet light reveals traces of retouching to the sky upper left, the trees upper right and some…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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AFTER DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED, IL DOMENICHINO, 17TH CENTURY
The Last Communion of Saint Jerome
oil on canvas
135.5 x 100cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection
Footnote
The present composition is after Domenichino's altarpiece for the church of San…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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CIRCLE OF APOLLONIO DOMENICHINI
The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Foscari, Venice
oil on canvas
42 x 63.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams London, 3rd July 2013, lot 43, where acquired by the present owner
Condition reportThe canvas has been relined. Traces of craquelure throughout the paint surface which is stable; some frame abrasions. Ultraviolet light reveals infilling to craquelure throughout…
Hammer price:
£9,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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AFTER GEORGE STUBBS
Portrait of The Royal Tiger
oil on canvas
78 x 117cm
Provenance
Purchased circa 1900 by the vendor's great great grandfather;
Thence by family descent
FootnoteLord Clive, Governor of Bengal, also known as Clive of India, gifted a female Indian or Bengal Tiger to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough for his menagerie at Blenheim palace in 1762/63…
Hammer price:
£38,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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AFTER GIOVANNI FRANCESCO ROMANELLI, 19TH CENTURY
A Sibyl
bears signature and date 'P. Brandl/ *** 1785' (lower right)
oil on canvas
69 x 50.5cm
Footnote
This work is after Romanelli's original now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Italianate view of a harbour at sunset
oil on canvas
95 x 141cm
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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CIRCLE OF JOHN DOWNMAN
Portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders, wearing a grey coat
oil on copper
oval, 17 x 14cm
Condition reportVarious small marks and scratches to surface.Inspection under uv light reveals small areas of retouching, including to forehead, hair and background.An opaque varnish prevents further…
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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CHARLES TOWNE (BRITISH, 1763-1840)
A wooded landscape with a traveller on a path
signed 'By C.T. ' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 x 49.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 31st January 2018, lot 89;
Private collection, London
Condition reportThe canvas has been relined. Traces of craquelure to the paint surface - stable, otherwise surface is clean. Ultraviolet light reveals retouching to craquelure in the sky - this has…
Hammer price:
£1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
28 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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