A SWISS INLAID KINGWOOD MUSIC BOX PLAYING EIGHT AIRS
Late 19th Century
The lever stamped NO. 23115, paper label for ‘Fabrique de Geneve’ listing the eight tunes, numbered 23115 and 1297, 50cm wide
Condition report: The sound is mellifluous as opposed to tinny. However, the sounds is very stop - start and the mechanism clearly needs a thorough service by a specialist. When looking at the…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £200 - £300
19 November 2024
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19 November 2024
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A MID 18TH CENTURY FIGURED WALNUT NINE DRAWER CHEST ON CHEST
104cm wide; 55cm deep; 169cm high
Old marks and scratches present throughout, multiple areas of old repairs/splits present towards the moulding and veneer, looking at the continuation of the wood/grain it appears to be original and…
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £500 - £700
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
AN OMEGA SEAMASTER WATCH
With a silver dial with baton hour markers, centre seconds and date at three, fitted with an automatic movement, in a 35mm stainless steel case, with Omega crown and seamaster case back, on a black…
CONDITION REPORTThe watch is currently working. There is no magnifying lens over the date, it is possible that it is a replacement dial cover, although the currently dial cover has a moulded Omega…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 October 2024
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17 October 2024
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WILLIAM CALCOTT KNELL (BRITISH, 1830-1880)
A collier brig off Sheerness
signed 'W C Knell' (lower left), inscribed 'Collier brig in stays beating to windward off Sheerness looking from Southend/ W C Knell' (on the artist's label attached to…
Condition reportCraquelure throughout.Various small patches of retouching and restoration, including a small area centre right, which has a patch on the back of the canvas.Other very small dark spots…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £500 - £700
16 October 2024
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16 October 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: £1,000 - £1,500
16 October 2024
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16 October 2024
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AN ENGlSH EMBROIDERED SILKWORK PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CHARLES I AFTER AN…
Second half 17th Century
Depicted wearing a lace collar and the Order of the Garter, with a metal thread border, mounted in a silver metal frame with spiral twist crest, red leather travelling case,…
A comparable can be made to a finer example in the MET Museum, New York (accession 39.13.7). The MET example has a reference to Psalm 18, v 2-3 embroidered to the outer edge. It is noted that lesser…
Hammer price:
£8,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN GILT-HEIGHTENED AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID…
Two cartouche shaped face screens inlaid with monuments, two with Abbey ruins and another pair with floral inlay and an additional flower painted example, the tallest 45cm; two pairs of bellows, one…
Condition report: All with some rubbing, chips and knocks commensurate with use and age. The main stationery box with a Romantic scene of exotic buildings and mother of pearl domed follies. Two main…
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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TWO 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL ROSEWOOD FLOORSTANDING OPEN BOOKCASES (2)
With cluster column mounts, one is 138cm wide, the other is 118cm wide; each 38cm deep; 229cm high
Note: These have been removed from a fitted library, two bookcase sides are unfinished
Condition Report: The smaller bookcase, with an unfinished side to the right as you face it. The larger bookcase with an unfinished side to the left as you face it, please see additional photographs.…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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TWELVE BOTTLES BRANDY
Divin Bardar VS (50cl) and VSOP (50cl); Gonzalez Byass Lepanto Solera Gran Reserva; Eothinon Limited Edition (50cl); Poulton Hill Fine Cotswold (35cl); Koyo XO; One Point Six Single Malt New Make;…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £80 - £120
7 October 2024
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7 October 2024
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TWELVE BOTTLES VARIOUS SPIRITS
Yokohama Bay Distillery Misty Scandi Aquavit (50cl); Bareksten Botaincail Aquavit; Vislander Brandy For Life Carob (50cl); Retribution Distilling Co Soundings New Make Spirit; Tumugi Wapirits Koji;…
Hammer price:
£45
Estimate: £40 - £60
7 October 2024
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7 October 2024
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A KASHAN PART SILK PICTORIAL RUG PERSIAN
The crimson landscape field with a meandering river with birds and fish, also featuring flowering trees, buildings and wild animals, birds flying in the sky above; a dark indigo palmette floral spray…
Condition: Good, areas of silk worn away, ends and sides need attention, needs a clean
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2024
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10 September 2024
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A 19TH CENTURY AND LATER SPANISH WALNUT TOPPED SIDE TABLE
With two drawers over pitch pine trestle supports united by iron stretcher, 154cm wide; 62cm deep; 76cm high
Marks, scratches and chips present to the table top and supports, a large split across the central panel to the top, one plank starting to split away with some warping present, glue/plastic stuck…
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 September 2024
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10 September 2024
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A SILVER TWIN HANDLED TROPHY BOWL
Presentation inscribed, raised on a circular foot, hallmark indistinct, width including handles 34.5cm and height 23.8cm, weight 1060 grams, with a black stand applied with named and dated former…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £400 - £500
5 August 2024
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5 August 2024
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A SILVER AND MICRO MOSAIC PENDANT
In a cruciform design, the panels decorated with classical building views within floral and scrolling surrounds, probably Italian, traces of former brooch fittings at the back, width 4.1cm, with a…
Hammer price:
£110
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 August 2024
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5 August 2024
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AN UNUSUAL 18TH CENTURY WALNUT METAMORPHIC OPEN ARM SETTLE/HALF TESTER BED
In the settle form, 138cm wide; 75cm deep; 130cm high
Good overall condition, old marks and scratches present all over, right side front support is missing a section, and left is loose, minor marks to the upholstery, see additional images. Can be used…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024
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6 August 2024
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE
Circa 1755
Modelled by J.J Kaendler with Hades carrying away Proserpine over his shoulder, blue crossed swords mark, 19cm high
Restoration to Proserpine's left arm and hand. Some restoration to the toes on her right foot and to the bottom tip of her cloak.Some typical chips to the leaves on the tree stump and base. Some wear…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong…
The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm.…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on…
AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London,…
BAWDEN Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in An English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by Edward Bawden with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington. London: "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949.…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues. London: Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614]. Small 4to in 8s …
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's…
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty,…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87…
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87). Say, is this the U.S.A. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. 4to (307 x 215mm). Half title, monograph photographed…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014). A Bibliography…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014). A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Large 8vo (237 x 153mm). Facsimile of the first separate Charles…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £250 - £350
17 July 2024
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17 July 2024
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BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts. Bensenville, Illinois: Mimeo Press [and Douglas Blazek], 1965. 8vo (216 x 143mm). Mimeographed text on yellow,…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £350 - £450
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST