JOHN BRETT (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
Irish Sea
incised inscription and indistinctly dated 'Irish Sea 9.1 Aug (?)' (lower right)
oil on board
18 x 35.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 16th September 1971, lot 157, as a pair with …
FootnoteBrett's characteristic incised inscription gives details of the subject, day and month, but for some reason omits the year. There is some evidence pointing to 1873 as the most likely date.…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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MARIA TUKE (BRITISH, 1861-1947) (7)
Henry Scott Tuke. R.A., R.W.S. A Memoir. London: Martin Secker, 1933. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece portrait, plates (some staining to title). original blue buckram gilt. FIRST…
ProvenancePrivate collection, UKFootnoteDated between 7th September 1933 and 14th March 1934, the correspondence was prompted by a notice posted by Maria Tuke following the obituary of Mr S.M. Ellis…
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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A DIAMOND AND CAT'S EYE STICK PIN
Designed as a horse shoe, claw set with a quartz cats eye to the centre in a surround of nine cushion shaped diamonds, with a gold plated security fitting
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £300
24 March 2025
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24 March 2025
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OF GRAND TOUR INTEREST: A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE OF A SATYR OF FAUN…
Cast by Maison Marnyhac, Paris, Late 19th Century
Stamped to the back ‘Maison Marnyhac 4, Rue De La Paix, PARIS’, 52cm high
This bronze is cast after a Roman marble version dating to the 1st / 2nd Century AD, which in turn is after a Greek Hellenistic original. The Roman marble version is now in the Louvre Paris, having…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
25 March 2025
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25 March 2025
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OF GRAND TOUR INTEREST: AN ITALIAN BRONZE OF A FAUN WITH A WINE SACK AFTER…
Probably Neapolitan, Early 20th Century
On variegated marble base, 51cm high
A comparable example is held in the National Trust’s collection at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. This model is after a bronze fountain figure dating to the late 2nd / early 1st BC, excavated at the…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 March 2025
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25 March 2025
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CHRISTIAN DIOR BOUTIQUE: AN IVORY SILK SATIN WEDDING DRESS,1968
With round collar and buttoned long cuffs, label numbered 51767, size 6/8 approx.; satin silk train with gathered netting tiers, 210 cm long; tulle veil with headband, approx 350cm long, a pair of…
Provenance: Juliet Napier (nee Durie), married John Greville Napier in March 1968, and hence by descent. Vintage Wedding Gown: Thought to be
the Society wedding of the year on the hottest day of 1968…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
25 March 2025
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25 March 2025
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A 17TH CENTURY ELM FIVE PLANK COFFER
The lid with chip work moulded edges, 130cm wide; 37cm deep; 48cm high
Condition report; chips and scratches and knocks all over consistent with use. Side handles later and now missing a loop on one side. Lock added later. In our opinion front later carved. Front panel…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 March 2025
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25 March 2025
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A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY HEXAGONAL CELLARETTE ON STAND
60cm wide; 48cm deep; 69cm high
minor old marks and scratches present, has some old restorations present to back of the top, top section of banding is slightly loose with the bottom banding having a crack all the way through, some…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 March 2025
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25 March 2025
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A GEORGE III SILVER TWIN HANDLED SUGAR BOWL
The body decorated with a scrolled band above an anchor crest, raised on four spherical feet, length including handles 19.5cm, width 10.5cm London 1808, weight 414 grams
Condition reportAn oval panel has been applied to one side, probably covering a previous crest or monogram, the anchor crest to the other side has not been previously engraved, body has quite a lot…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £180 - £220
17 February 2025
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17 February 2025
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A GEORG JENSEN STERLING SALT AND SPOON AND A SILVER RATTLE FINIAL (3)
The circular salt with a loop form handle, detailed Georg Jensen Sterling Denmark 110, diameter 3.5cm, the spoon marked the same way, length 4cm, combined weight 19 grams, the rattle formed as a…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 February 2025
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17 February 2025
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A EUROPEAN SILVER SNUFF BOX
Silver and two colour parcel gilt rectangular hinge lidded box, the top decorated with figures, a begging dog and cottages, the side panels and underside decorated with floral sprays, measuring 7.8cm…
Condition reportA little rubbed to the underside resulting in some loss of definition to the floral spray, otherwise minor uniform rubbing, corners all good, interior may have been gilded in the past…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £120 - £180
17 February 2025
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17 February 2025
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A COLOURLESS PASTE BUTLER AND WILSON MATCHING NECKLACE AND BRACELET (2)
Each in a triple bar link design, with foldover clasps, with a Butler and Wilson case
CONDITION REPORTBoth pieces are marked B&W within a circular surround, there is some discolouration to the pastes, evidence of lead solder to the top of the fold over clasp of the necklace which…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £30 - £40
17 February 2025
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17 February 2025
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TWO BOTTLES SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Hercynian Distilling Co Emperor's Way Single PX Cask (1337) Single Malt Whisky (presentation boxed) and ElsBurn 10YO Distillery Edition Single Malt Whisky (presentation boxed)
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £40 - £60
9 February 2025
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9 February 2025
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AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE MAHOGANY TWIN PILLAR EXTENDING DINING TABLE
With gadrooned border, on dual carved tripod supports, resting on paw feet, two include two extra leaves, 115cm wide; 204cm long; 306cm long fully extended
Condition report; This table is held together with clips (picture attached), the clips have been located now we have all six. We believe this to be mahogany veneered. The table at full extension does…
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 January 2025
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15 January 2025
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AFTER FRANK MEADOW SUTCLIFFE
Women in New Way Ghaut, Whitby
photographic print
36.5 x 29cm
Estimate: £50 - £80
13 January 2025
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13 January 2025
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A*** GIBBS (20TH CENTURY)
Aldby Park near York with its now demolished Victorian wings
signed and dated 'A Gibbs 1911' (lower right)
watercolour
25.5 x 35cm
Estimate: £50 - £70
13 January 2025
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13 January 2025
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TWELVE BOTTLES LOW-ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL-FREE COCKTAILS AND DRINKS
Leave Your Sword Botanical Verbena; 2 x Essential Green Jasmine, 2 x Essential Earl Grey and 2 x Single Estate Darjeeling Black; Midi Apéritifs 2 x Ruby Rush; Red Shoots 2 x Good Cocktail Co…
Estimate: £20 - £30
5 January 2025
, 16:10 GMT
5 January 2025
, 16:10 GMT
A BRASS LANTERN CLOCK
Second half 17th Century
With slender turned finial above the four straps and bell, with pierced cresting pieces, the 6 1/2in dial with foliate-engraved centre and associated alarm disc, the movement now with anchor…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £500 - £800
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A FRENCH BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1880
Surmounted by a flower-filled urn, the case of waisted shape with 3 3/4in brass-cast dial and twelve enamel numerals, above a glass panel, on scrolled feet, the drum-shaped movement striking on a…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £120 - £180
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A RESTAURATION ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
By Landry P.ge Des Panorama, Cleret, Circa 1825
Of architectural form, with a stepped dentil cornice, interspersed by tiered cones, with 3 1/4in white enamel chapter ring, signed, and engine-turned centre with blued steel Breguet hands, above a…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A GOOD WILLIAM III WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH 10IN. DIAL AND…
By Richard Rooker, London, circa 1695
The case with formerly rising hood, moulded cornice above a blind fret and three-quarter turned columns flanking the glazed panel, with quarter columns at the back (wrought-iron spoon mechanism…
Hammer price:
£12,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
5 December 2024
, 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024
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A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
By John Peatling, Boston, Circa 1790
The case with a broken arch and Greek key ornament above the arched glazed door, flanked to each side by a three-quarter turned upright, above the trunk inset with an arched panel door, inlaid with a…
Hammer price:
£110
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 December 2024
, 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024
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A MAHOGANY THREE-TRAIN QUARTER CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
The case late 18th Century, the movement/dial later and adapted, associated
The case with a glazed hood, fluted and stopped canted angles, above the trunk with an inset panel door, above a plain base on a stepped plinth; the 12in square brass dial with pierced spandrels and…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £200 - £400
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A FINE AND RARE EARLY GEORGE II EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE BRACKET…
By Quare & Horseman, London, No. 304, Circa 1730
The case with an inverted bell-top and knopped brass handle, above a moulded cornice, with glazed panel door and a glazed panel to each side, with glazed rear door, on a stepped base and block feet,…
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
5 December 2024
, 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024
, 14:00 GMT