Fine Interiors Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 September 2025

FINE INTERIORS

Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 September 2025

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FINE INTERIORS

TUESDAY 16 & WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 10AM

Tuesday 16 September

Lots 1-41 The Selected Contents of High House, Parham, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Lots 42-194 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 195-199 From the Collection of Lady Geraldine Inglis of Glencorse

Lots 200-301 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 302-307 Silver

Wednesday 17 September

Lots 320-358 The Selected Contents of a Villa, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Lots 359-535 Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 536-572 The Paolo Moschino Edit

Lots 573-583 Garden

VIEWING

Viewing will be held at our Stansted Mountfitchet Saleroom as follows:

Friday 12 September 10am-4pm Sunday 14 September 10am-1pm Monday 15 September 10am-4pm

BIDDING

IN ROOM Attend the live auction in person

ONLINE Bid live at www.sworder.co.uk (0% surcharge)

SWORDERS’ DELIVERY SERVICE

Sworders offer a delivery service for item(s) purchased. Please see our website for further details.

CONTACT

T 01279 817778 E fineinteriors@sworder.co.uk

Alexander Hallett

Charlotte Lee-Finglas

Head of Department Valuer & Cataloguer

Grace Julier

Sale Co-ordinator

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

STORAGE OF LOTS

Sworders and Abels Partnership

Furniture and large items, and small items if they form part of the same invoice, not collected within seven working days of the auction will be removed by Abels Moving Services Ltd (Abels), at your expense, and delivered to their depot at Potters Bar, where they will be subject to collection, administration and storage fees - see below.

Charges

Collection Fee

Collection from Sworders £25 per collection of 1 – 5 items and £50 per collection of 6-10 items listed on an invoice (plus VAT )

Items will be stored free of charge for 7 days from the Sworders collection date.

Storage Charges

Storage charges will commence on the 8th day after being collected by Abels at £4.00 per lot, per day.

Additional charges will be made for items exceeding 8 x 8ft.

A Levied Liability Charge (LLC) of £0.08p / per £1k value of goods.

Abels will charge to the client for storage, shipping and delivery. All costs associated with collection and storage are payable directly to Abels and must be paid prior to collection of the lot(s).

You will need to provide your ID at the time of collection, or prior notification, where your items are being collected by a third party.

Abels Terms & Conditions can be found at www.abels.co.uk/website-terms-and-conditions/. (All subject to VAT and 6.72% insurance on total admin charge).

Collection is by prior appointment, made directly with Abels Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (No weekend collections)

Abels Moving Services Ltd

The Heights, East Cranborne Road Potters Bar EN6 3JN

02045 294315 collectionsPB@abels.co.uk

These charges are set by Abels; once collected, Sworders will be unable to answer questions relating to items and recommend you contact Abels directly.

See Sworders Terms and Conditions for more information.

Day One

Tuesday 16 September at 10am

Joint Effort:

Style and Substance from High House, Parham, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Leading our September 2025 sale is the selected contents from High House, Parham, offering a rare glimpse into the interiors of one of East Suffolk’s most enchanting country homes. High House itself is a Grade II-listed, honey-toned property of undeniable character and presence. Its mid-16th-century origins, enriched by later additions, have been carefully restored to create a home that combines historic depth with contemporary elegance. Timber framing, lofty beamed rooms, and generous proportions provide the perfect backdrop to a collection of furniture and works of art that echo the architectural narrative of the house.

The pieces gathered here reflect a discerning eye for period detail, craftsmanship and atmosphere. From the gravitas of 17th-century oak joint stools and refectory tables to the Continental refinement of Italian walnut armchairs and commodes, the collection bridges the gap between rustic charm and sophisticated elegance - much like the house itself balances tradition with modern comforts. Decorative objects - mirrors with gilt flourishes, needlework pictures, lanterns and candlesticks - add layers of domestic character, conjuring the lived-in warmth of an idyllic country residence.

Many items in the collection demonstrate the enduring appeal of oak and walnut, timbers closely associated with the age of High House, while later acquisitions - including finely crafted pieces by Linley - show the owners’ taste extending into the modern era without losing sight of the home’s historic heart. Together, the contents form a dialogue across the ages, united by quality and presence. With estimates spanning the accessible to the significant, the High House collection presents opportunities for both seasoned collectors and new buyers alike. Whether a statement piece of early oak or a decorative accent brimming with country house character, the collection offers something to delight every eye and interior.

A baroque-style walnut and parcel-gilt pier mirror, of recent manufacture, with a bold foliate crest above a moulded frame, surrounding a rectangular bevelled glass plate, 78cm wide

120cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 2

A pair of Renaissance-style carved walnut Savonarola chairs, 19th century, each of typical folding ‘X’-frame form, with a compass detail and gilt-tooled leather back and seat, the supports terminating in paw feet,

60cm wide

48cm deep

75cm high (2)

£500 - 800

LOT 3

A yew side table, late 17th century, French, the rectangular top with a long frieze drawer, on ring and baluster-turned supports, joined by similarly turned stretchers centred by a finial, 115cm wide

75cm deep

71cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 4

A carved walnut throne chair, late 17th/early 18th century and later, Continental, with a high back and seat upholstered in foliate fabric, with a pair of scrolling open arms with fleur-de-lys carved terminals, raised on scrolling supports united by stretchers, 72cm wide

76cm deep

123cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 5

An oak joint stool, late 17th century, the moulded rectangular top raised on turned legs united by stretchers, terminating in block feet,

46cm wide

27.5cm deep

56cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 6

A wrought-iron floor-standing rush light, 19th century, of typical form with raven detail and a tripod base, 40cm diameter

118cm high

£150 - 250

LOT 7

A Regency needlework silkwork picture, early 19th century, depicting Caernarfon Castle from across the River Seiont, North Wales, with boats and figures, a large tree on the bank worked in polychrome chenille threads,

32.5 x 39.5cm, framed and glazed

£200 - 400

LOT 8

A fruitwood-cased and brass candle lantern, 19th century, Continental, with two light sconces, housed in a rectangular case with glazing to the front and sides, surmounted by a shaped pediment with remnants of gilding, raised on four brass, compressed ball feet, 17cm wide

11.5cm deep

56cm high

£200 - 400

9

A walnut, marquetry and mother-of-pearl inlaid wall mirror, 19th century, Continental, the rectangular plate within a shaped frame, with Masonic crest and meandering foliate decoration, 43cm wide

76cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 10

A pair of brass column lamps, 20th century, each with an Ionic capital over a simple column and a stepped square base, 17cm wide

88cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 11

An oak refectory table, early 18th century, northern European, with a planked top above a shaped frieze set with a single drawer, raised on turned baluster supports, united by stretchers and terminating in bun feet,

191cm wide

63cm deep

78cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 12

An iron-bound oak chest, 18th century, German, the domed top enclosing storage space, with all-over foliate detail, 137cm wide

68cm deep

78cm high

£300 - 500

A carved oak court cupboard, dated 1731, the moulded rectangular top above a pair of arched panelled doors, with a pair of larger cupboard doors beneath, raised on square supports, profusely carved all over with floral and foliate scrolls and with figural pilasters, the doors with geometric inlaid decoration, initialled ‘RR’ and ‘KL’ within a cartouche, 149cm wide

56cm deep

167cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 14

An oak and walnut bureau cabinet, mid-18th century, German, with an arched top over a conforming central door flanked by open compartments and drawers, above a fall front, enclosing a fitted interior, and three serpentine long drawers, raised on bracket feet,

£300 - 500 15

110cm wide

70cm deep

215cm high

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 15

A pair of mahogany table lamps by Linley, 20th century, each with a tapered and reeded column, over a pedestal base inlaid with an ebony stylised-anthemion motif, 12cm wide

53cm high to the fitting (2)

LOT 16

An oak side table, late 17th/early 18th century, the moulded rectangular top raised on wrythen supports, united by square stretchers, 99cm wide

66cm deep

77cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 17

A baroque-style carved walnut side chair, 19th century but possibly incorporating some earlier elements, with a pierced foliate back above a leather-upholstered seat, and raised on foliate-carved supports terminating in paw feet,

58cm wide

64cm deep

130cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 18

A walnut pricket candlestick, 18th century, the turned baluster column raised on a quatreform base, 24cm diameter

52cm high

£150 - 250

LOT 19

An oak close stool, early 18th century, of typical faux chest form, the hinged lid enclosing storage space, above two faux-panelled drawers and bracket feet,

48cm wide

38cm deep

50cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 20

A carved walnut open armchair, late 17th/early 18th century, Continental, with a high back and stuff-over seat upholstered in foliate velvet, with a pair of open arms, and tapering faceted supports united by turned and square stretchers, 65cm wide

73cm deep

118cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 21

A near pair of brass candlesticks, early 18th century, each with a twisted stem and hexagonal base,

12cm diameter

14.5cm high (2)

£150 - 250

LOT 22

An elm refectory table, basically 16th century, French, with a cleated plank top, raised on chamfered square supports united by a stretcher, 246cm long

90cm wide

76cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: Bonhams, ‘The Oak Interior’, 20 September 2017, lot 433.

LOT 23

A walnut armchair, late 17th/early 18th century, with a pierced and caned back, surmounted by floral and foliate scrolls flanked by a pair of mask finials, with a compass seat, open arms and cabriole supports united by conforming stretchers, 67cm wide

79cm deep

129cm high

£500 - 800

A pair of golden oak side tables by Linley, of recent manufacture, each square top with inlaid detail, raised on square supports united by stretchers, with a glass insert to the base,

61cm wide

61cm deep

61cm high (2)

£400 - 600

An oak joint stool, early 18th century, the moulded rectangular top raised on turned and square supports, united by stretchers, 46cm wide

27cm deep

53cm high

£400 - 600

An oak refectory table, 17th century and later, with a plank top above a plain frieze, and ring-turned baluster supports united by stretchers, terminating in block feet,

156cm wide

70cm deep

78cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 27

A pair of large carved-walnut open armchairs, late 17th century, Italian, each with an arched back and scrolling arms, raised on turned supports united by double stretchers, 77cm wide

77cm deep

135cm high (2)

£700 - 1,000

Provenance: Gallori Turchi, Florence; purchased in 1996 by the late John Scott-Oldfield, 65 Warwick Square, London SW1.

An oak joint stool, 17th century and later, with a moulded rectangular seat, raised on ring-turned supports united by stretchers, 46cm wide

30cm deep

51cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 29

An export rosewood chest-on-stand, 18th century, Dutch colonial, the hinged lid enclosing storage space above geometric panelling and foliate brass mounts, the stand fitted with a conforming long drawer and raised on bun feet, 95cm wide

44cm deep

71cm high

£400 - 600

A provincial pine refectory table, 19th century and later, with a plank top, raised on square supports united by stretchers, 275cm wide

69cm deep

67cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A George III yew occasional table, late 18th/early 19th century, the circular top raised on a turned column and scrolling supports, 77cm diameter

72cm high

£300 - 500

32

A carved walnut side chair, first half of the 18th century, probably Continental, with a splat and drop-in seat, raised on compass-carved cabriole supports united by stretchers, terminating in Braganza feet, 59cm wide

59cm deep

96cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 33

A Charles II oak enclosed chest of drawers, third quarter of the 17th century, with a moulded rectangular top, above three panelled drawers and a pair of cupboard doors enclosing further drawers, with all-over architectural decoration, raised on bun feet,

123cm wide

67cm deep

127cm high

£500 - 700

34

An oak joint stool, 17th century, with a moulded rectangular top, raised on baluster supports united by stretchers, 48cm wide

27cm deep

50cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 35

A William and Mary turned walnut candlestand, late 17th century, with a circular dished top, above a turned column and a spreading circular base, 34cm diameter

82cm high

£200 - 300

A large baroque walnut commode or cassettone, late 17th century, Italian, with a moulded rectangular top, above four panelled long drawers with brass mounts, and raised on bun feet

150cm wide

75cm deep

115cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 37 

A William and Mary walnut and marquetry centre table, late 17th century and later, the rectangular top profusely inlaid with flowers and foliate scrolls with ivory detail throughout, above a single drawer and spiral-turned supports united by a wavy stretcher, terminating in bun feet, 102cm wide

73cm deep

76cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

A carved and painted pine pilaster, 18th century, with polychrome decoration and foliate scrolls, 25cm wide

12cm deep

107cm high

£200 - 300

A carved oak joint stool, late 17th century and later, with a moulded rectangular seat, raised on bobbin-turned and square supports united by stretchers,

40cm wide

30cm deep

58cm high

£400 - 600

A near pair of carved walnut side chairs, late 17th century, each with elaborate pierced and turned decoration, and a cane back and seat,

52cm wide

52cm deep

109cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A walnut side table, late 17th century and later, the rectangular top above a frieze drawer, raised on barley-twist supports united by a wavy stretcher, 95cm wide

56cm deep

80cm high

£400 - 600

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 42-194

LOT 42

A kilim-covered sofa by George Smith, late 20th century, with sweeping arms and raised on turned supports terminating in brass castors, 190cm wide

100cm deep

80cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 43

A kilim-covered sofa by George Smith, late 20th century, with sweeping arms and raised on turned supports terminating in brass castors, 190cm wide

100cm deep

80cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 44

A kilim-upholstered stool by George Smith, late 20th century, with geometric decoration, raised on turned supports, bearing a label to the underside, 102cm wide

50cm deep

39cm high

£200 - 400

45

LOT

45

A table globe by Charles-François Delamarche, late 19th century, French, the 10-inch globe inscribed ‘Par le Conseil de l’Université Maison Delamarche rue Serpente N.25 Paris’, 31cm diameter

47cm high

£100 - 200

LOT 46

A satinwood, walnut and marquetry escritoire, late 18th/early 19th century, Dutch or Neapolitan, the shaped rectangular top with a dentil-moulded cornice, above a frieze drawer and a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior, with a pair of cupboard doors below enclosing further compartments, with all-over foliate and shell decoration, and raised on tapering square supports, 100cm wide

45cm deep

147cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 47

A large copper bin, 19th century, of typical cylindrical form, with a pair of handles, 64cm wide

58cm deep

53cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 48

A giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror, late 19th century, the arched frame with incised decoration, surrounding a mercury glass plate, 99cm wide

125cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 49

A mahogany and leather armchair in the George II taste, early 20th century, with a camel back and outswept arms, raised on cabriole front supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 74cm wide

74cm deep

109cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 50

A George III mahogany tray, late 18th century, with a moulded edge and scrolling brass mounts and carry handles, raised on a later stand, 63cm wide

49cm deep

49cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 51

A pair of giltwood and composition wall lights, late 19th century, each backboard in the form of scrolling acanthus branches, issuing three light arms, 24cm wide

21cm deep

53cm high (2)

£500 - 800

LOT 52

A George II mahogany bureau bookcase, mid-18th century, with a moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves and drawers, over a sloping fall-front with a fitted interior, with two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet, 94cm wide

54cm deep

208cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 53

A large stoneware storage jar, 20th century, Chinese, of ovoid form, with a dark brown glaze and loop handles to the shoulders, 33cm diameter

45cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 54

An extensive collection of Baccarat crystal glassware, late 20th century, French, comprising ‘Vega’ wine glasses, each with ‘Baccarat France’ stamp and hand-engraved signature ‘Baccarat’, comprising: 21 white wine glasses, 19 standard wine glasses, 18 red wine glasses, 14 champagne flutes, and 6 Martini glasses,

together with further Baccarat glassware, comprising: 16 highball glasses, and 14 tumblers, and four crescent dishes by an unknown maker (112)

£1,500 - 2,500 54

A pair of Victorian alabaster urns, 19th century, each with an egg-and-dart and acanthus carved rim, the body with ivy and fruiting vine, over a flared foot and column pedestal, on a later marble base, 22cm diameter

47cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A collection of shells, each on an ebonised stand, various sizes, largest 28cm high overall (22)

£400 - 600

LOT 57

A pair of George III Derbyshire fluorspar Blue John garniture urns, c.1810, each of urn form, with a moulded and waisted ‘cover’ with spherical knop, raised on a circular pedestal with ormolu mounts and a square black stone base, urns 10cm diameter

26cm high including bases (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 58

A pair of gilt-metal and moulded-glass wall lights, 20th century, in the manner of Maison Baguès, each with twin branches, issuing from a backplate in the form of a tied ribbon with foliate stems, 34cm wide

10cm deep

46cm high (2)

£700 - 1,000

LOT 59

A pair of ormolu and silvered candlesticks, 19th century, French, each in the form of an stork, holding a candle sconce with foliate drip pan aloft from its mouth, raised on a naturalistic base, 16cm diameter

39cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 60

A set of four polished-copper Windsor lanterns, of recent manufacture, each of tapered form, with baluster finial and Perspex panes, 34cm wide

60cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 61

A set of Victorian walnut library steps, c.1880, with all-over bobbin-turned detail and bullseye roundels, 53cm wide

66cm deep

84cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 62

A carved and gilt torchère, 19th century, Italian, the circular top with a carved knopped stem, raised on a triform foliate-carved base,

46cm wide

46cm deep

138cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 63

A pair of painted toleware tea canister table lamps, of recent manufacture, each of cylindrical form, one inscribed in gilt ‘34’, the other ‘37’, with flared card shades, 26cm diameter

42cm high with shades 78cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 64

A Regency painted mahogany linen press, early 19th century and later, with a stepped dentil cornice, over a pair of arched panelled doors enclosing a brass hanging rail, above two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet, with all-over neoclassical floral and foliate decoration,

120cm wide

55cm deep

201cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 65

A pair of Paris porcelain vases, 19th century, French, each of urn form with twin scroll handles and mask terminals, the ground with scrolling gilt decoration and a floral garland to either side in polychrome enamels, raised on a socle and plinth base,

18cm wide

13cm deep

35cm high (2)

£200 - 400

An oak artist’s studio easel, early 20th century, with a ratcheted action, 72cm wide

70cm deep

185cm high at its lowest

£500 - 700

LOT 67

A large Oushak rug, 20th century, Turkish, woven with stylised foliate and geometric motifs to a dark-red ground, 504 x 315cm

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 68

A Hollywood Regency, faux bamboo, painted toleware chandelier, 20th century, Italian, with five branches and scrolling foliate detail,

50cm diameter

45cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 69

A pair of painted wooden bookcases, 20th century, each with glazed doors with floral decoration, enclosing shelves, raised on a plinth base,

127cm wide

42cm deep

215cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 70

A pair of glazed earthenware ‘pine cone’ table lamps, of recent manufacture, Italian, each of ovoid form, with 17-inch diameter pleated shades, 23cm wide

56cm high including shades (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 71

An Alpine painted pine bench, 19th century, with a moulded back and hinged seat enclosing storage space, raised on stile supports, with painted floral decoration,

176cm wide

42cm deep

73cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 72

A pair of Louis XVI-style carved giltwood fauteuils, 20th century, each with acanthus and ribbon-and-stick decoration, upholstered in foliate silk fabric, raised on tapering fluted supports,

70cm wide

57cm deep

109cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 73

An Aubusson wool carpet, 20th century, the field woven with two neoclassical flowering urns, amongst bold scrolling acanthus leaves, within a banded border decorated with roses and foliage, 356 x 256cm

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 74

A pair of painted wooden panels, late 19th century, Italian, each centred with a scrolling foliate cartouche,

100 x 50cm (2)

£500 - 800

LOT 75

A George III-style carved giltwood pier mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, of elaborate scrolling rococo form, with a pagoda pediment and acanthus scrolls, 67cm wide

120cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 76

A large Knole sofa, 20th century, upholstered in yellow foliate Fortuny ‘Venezia’ fabric, 225cm wide

100cm deep

80cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Sworders, ‘The Paolo Moschino Edit’, 14 June 2022, lot 162; a private collection, London.

LOT 77

A giltwood low stool, late 19th century, with foliate needlepoint upholstery, a moulded base, and raised on lobed bun feet terminating in brass castors, 150cm wide

80cm deep

45cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 78

A Louis XV-style ormolu mantel clock, 19th century, French, the 7-inch white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, Arabic minutes and fancy brass hands, with a convex glazed door, inscribed ‘B Worms Paris rue Jacob 28 & rue Royal St Honore…’, the movement stamped ‘Japy Frères, Paris’ and striking on a bell, the case surmounted by an urn containing fruit and mounted with rams’ heads, raised on a shaped rectangular base and compressed gadrooned feet,

52cm wide

20cm deep

62.5cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 79

A rococo painted wooden console table, late 18th or early 19th century, Italian, Piedmontese, the serpentine faux marble top above a carved frieze centred with a cherub mask, raised on scrolling foliate cabriole supports, terminating in hoof feet, 116cm wide

54cm deep

90cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 80

Two teak root benches, of recent manufacture, each of naturalistic form, raised on four supports, the slightly larger 165cm wide

60cm deep

76cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 81

A carved wooden low table, 19th century, Indian, adapted from a cart, with iron mounts and foliate decoration, raised on turned supports, 175cm wide

93cm deep

61cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 82

A large copper bin, 19th century, of typical cylindrical form, with a pair of handles, 73cm wide

54cm deep

52cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 83

A hardwood and bone side table, 20th century, Moroccan, the rectangular top above a single frieze drawer, raised on tapering square supports, 70cm wide

51cm deep

66cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 84

A set of three wrought-steel fire tools, c.1880, Scottish, each with a twisted handle and a finial cast with four female masks, each approximately 76cm long (3)

£300 - 500

Provenance: Drumfork House, Bridge of Cally, Perthshire; Rose Uniacke; a private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 85

A copper and leather club fender, early 20th century, with a buttoned and studded seat, raised on geometric supports and a plinth base, 155cm wide

56cm deep

53cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 86

A pair of Charles II-style steel and silvered-metal andirons, 19th century, each with scrolling foliate mounts, 19cm wide

35cm deep

43cm high (2)

£300 - 500

The silvered-metal-mounted acanthus leaves in the present examples are similar in style to a 17th-century set of fire tools now in the Queen’s Bedchamber at Ham House. Other sets of fire tools are known to have been made for and supplied by Lenygon & Co. of Burlington Street, London, who were a notable firm of decorators.

For similar examples, see Sotheby’s, ‘Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J Safra’, 3 November 2005, lot 512, and Christie’s, ‘Interiors - Masters & Makers’, 25 June 2013, lot 233.

LOT 87

A group of pith paper paintings, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese export, five gouache on pith paper, depicting birds and flowers, mounted in original frame, each 19 x 29cm, framed as one £400 - 600

LOT 88

A Regency fruitwood mantel clock, first quarter of the 19th century, the 8-inch white enamel dial inscribed ‘James Gorham Clock & Watch Maker to the Royal Family Kensington’, with a convex glass door, the movement with anchor escapement and striking on the hour on a bell, housed within a brass-inlaid case with beaded cornice, the sides with brass loop handles and silk-lined sound windows with brass fish-scale frets, with a glazed back door and raised on four brass ball feet, 28cm wide

16cm deep

38cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 89

A small figured walnut and feather-banded chest of drawers, early 18th century and later, the rectangular top with book-matched veneers and re-entrant corners, above two short and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet,

82cm wide

35cm deep

73cm high

£600 - 800

90

Four Kuba Shoowa raffia cloth panels, 20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo, each of geometric design, mounted on stretchered black-felt panels, largest 90 x 76cm (4)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 91

A pair of Persian Shahsavan textiles, early 20th century, each woven in alternating bands and mounted to a stretchered linen panel, 110 x 52cm (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 92

A pair of Persian Shahsavan textiles, early 20th century, each woven in alternating bands and mounted to a stretchered linen panel, each 103 x 57cm (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 93

A Regency silk embroidered chair cover, early 19th century, with meandering floral and foliate decoration to a chartreuse-coloured ground, glazed in a bird’s-eye maple frame, glazed verso, with printed inscription ‘A piece of chair cover made for James & Ann Evett of Admaston Hall, Nr. Wellington, Shropshire on the occasion of their Marriage on 2nd November 1812 and embroidered by the Nuns of an unnamed Convent in Shropshire.’, frame 69 x 57cm

£200 - 400

94

de Silva (Sri Lankan, 1922-2015), two stretched batik works on linen, larger 60 x 46cm (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 95

A velvet damask textile panel, early 20th century, Italian, decorated with flowers and foliate scrolls in deep red to a neutral ground, mounted to a stretcher, 55 x 46cm £400 - 600

LOT 96

Patrizia Medail (Italian, b.1945) two fabric collages comprising:

‘Rosso Giallo Cavoli’ signed l.r., also signed, numbered and dated verso ‘no. 202/489, 1998’; ‘Rosso Giallo e Nigritella’ signed l.r., also signed, numbered and dated verso, ‘no.203/490, 1998’ fabric collage, brushed silk cloth remnants, silk threads, ikat, and velvet each 55 x 44cm, framed and glazed (2) £200 - 400

LOT 97

An ash and birch stick-back Windsor armchair, second half of the 19th century, Scottish, by Hugh Shields (fl.1841-1903), Newmilns, Ayrshire, with a high back and seven spindles, the seat raised on ten supports united by an ‘H’ stretcher, stamped twice to the seat,

61cm wide

66cm deep

97cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

Hugh Shields was a cabinetmaker and chairmaker active in Newmilns, Ayrshire, during the 19th century. He was part of a small group of craftsmen in the Darvel area known for producing Windsor chairs, often distinguished by their curved arm bows and elaborate turnings. His work is documented in the British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (‘BIFMO’) database maintained by the Furniture History Society. Another example of his work is illustrated in Cotton, ‘The English Regional Chair’, p.319, fig. NE447.

LOT 98

A pair of silver-plated brass altar candlestick lamps, 18th/19th century, Continental, each with scrolling repoussé decoration and a triform base, with crewelwork embroidered silk shades, 94cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 99

A William IV golden oak pier table, c.1830, with a rectangular top, above a pair of foliate-capped cabriole front supports terminating in scroll feet, 126cm wide

56cm deep

84cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 100

A carved giltwood and gesso oval mirror, late 19th century, of rococo design, decorated with floral and foliate motifs surrounding a mercury glass plate, 75cm wide

116cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 101

Spare lot

LOT 102

A George III-style black and gilt japanned pier table, late 19th/early 20th century, with a thick white and giallo antico marble top above an egg-and-dart moulded edge, the frieze decorated with floral sprays, raised on stylised square supports, 117cm wide

60cm deep

85cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

Provenance: With Mallett, London; acquired by Lady Maria Cholmondeley, 29 May 1968, as part of an interior designed by David Hicks; Christie’s, ‘Chieveley House, Berkshire, and Five Private Collections’, 19 March 2020, lot 289; a private collection, Upper East Side, New York, and a London apartment.

LOT 103

A rococo carved and painted wooden eagle, second half of the 18th century, German, with head turned and wings spread,

108cm wide

30cm deep

52cm high

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 104 

An Anglo-Indian ebony and ivor y-inlaid table cabinet, 19th century, the scalloped frieze with a galleried shelf and two turned finials, over twin doors carved with foliate details and inlaid with ivory sprigs, opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers and shelves, over a single drawer base and raised on squat bun feet,

33cm wide

17cm deep

48cm high

£300 - 500

A large George IV mahogany chest of drawers, c.1820, probably Scottish, the rectangular top above four long drawers, on blocked feet, all with conforming flame-veneered facing,

137cm wide

63.5cm deep

109.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 106

A set of four painted wooden frames, early 20th century, Italian, Venice, each of scrolling rectangular outline with floral and foliate decoration, two fitted with mirrored glass, one fitted with a black and white engraving, the other glazed, 56 x 46cm (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 107

A set of four early Victorian golden oak ducal hall chairs, c.1840, each with a canted rectangular back, surmounted by a carved crown and painted with an armorial, with a moulded seat raised on faceted tapering supports, terminating in peg feet, 48cm wide 50cm deep 97cm high (4)

£2,500 - 3,500

It is safe to assume that the present chairs once belonged to Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham, 1st and last Baroness Wenman (1790-1870), of Thame Park and Swalcliffe in the county of Oxfordshire. Sophia was the only daughter, surviving child, and heiress of William Richard Wykeham of Swalcliffe and his first wife, Elizabeth Marsh. She succeeded to the Thame Park estate on the death of her uncle, Philip Wenman, on 26 March 1800. As he left no male heirs, the peerage and baronetcy fell into extinction.

Sophia enjoyed a close friendship with HRH Prince William, Duke of Clarence, the third son of King George III, and later King William IV. It is believed that the Duke thought highly of her, for he created her Baroness Wenman on 3 June 1834.

Sophia died in 1870 at the age of 80. She never married, and with her passing, her peerage also became extinct.

LOT 108

A pair of neoclassical table lamps, of recent manufacture, each in the form of a classical urn, with a painted imitation bronze finish and pleated shades, 14cm wide lamps 40cm high overall 63cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 109

A Herend ‘Rothschild Bird’ porcelain service, late 20th century, Hungarian, with painted and gilt-heightened decoration depicting birds, insects and butterflies, blue printed and impressed marks to bases, to include: 14 dinner plates, 12 dessert plates, 12 teacups and saucers,

12 soup bowls and saucers, and 2 tureens and covers,

tureens 30cm wide (123)

£600 - 800

LOT 110

A pair of painted wooden occasional tables, 20th century, each with a shaped oval top painted with a central medallion depicting a classical figure, surrounded by a border of fabric swags, birds and foliate scrolls, on a turned support with flared legs,

73cm wide

55cm deep

75cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 111

A William IV ebonised bracket clock, second quarter of the 19th century, by James McCabe, London, the 7½-inch silvered dial signed and numbered ‘2108’, with ‘STRIKE/ SILENT’ switch, with a five-pillar fusee bell strike movement with anchor escapement, the backplate signed, housed in an ebonised and brass-inlaid case with pineapple finial, reeded top, chamfered corners and side frets, raised on brass ball feet,

29cm wide

17cm deep

50cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 112

An Urbino maiolica istoriato dish or bowl, mid-late 16th century, Italian, of circular form with a deep well to the centre, decorated in tin glaze with figures by a river, a landscape and town scene in the background, the reverse inscribed ‘PYO Chris’, restored, 21cm diameter

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 113

An Urbino maiolica mythological istoriato plate, mid-late 16th century, Italian, of shallow circular form, with tin-glazed decoration of Mars and Venus with a putto, a town scene in the background, inscribed to the underside ‘Matto e Venere’, restored, 27cm diameter

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 114

Nick and Sarah Allen (contemporary), c.2000, a gilt-brass and glass chandelier, with two graduated tiers, set with scrolling branches and cylindrical frosted-glass lights, 130cm diameter

140cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 115

An Empire ormolu mantel clock, 19th century, French, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, with a white enamel dial inscribed ‘Mme. Gentilhomme, Palais Royal à Paris’, flanked by pilaster columns and surmounted by a bust, possibly of Henry IV of France in classical robes, 21cm wide

14cm deep

45cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 116

A Louis XV-style provincial fruitwood, leather and ebonised bureau plat, 19th century, French, the rounded rectangular top above three frieze drawers with gilt-metal mounts, raised on cabriole supports terminating in hoof feet, 151cm wide

70cm deep

78cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 117

A flat-weave wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a red and cream ground, 307 x 250cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 118

A verre églomisé occasional table, c.1860, the hexagonal top with an inset verre églomisé panel depicting Whitby Abbey, initialled ‘T.H.T’ and dated ‘1858’, raised on a wrythen column and a tripod base, 50cm wide

50cm deep

71cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 119

A Renaissance-style oak draw-leaf table, late 19th century, Continental, the slender rectangular top raised on a carved and pierced frame, terminating in scroll feet, 339cm long when extended

75cm deep

67cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 120

A Black Forest carved wooden cuckoo clock, 19th century, Swiss, surmounted with a stag and a pair of rifles, above hanging game amongst oak leaves, surrounding a circular dial with bone-inlaid Roman chapter ring,

80cm wide

56cm deep

130cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 121

A Heriz wool runner, 20th century, with repeating geometric motifs to a red ground,

472 x 90cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 122

A large leather elephant, 20th century, in the manner of Liberty & Co., with a raised trunk and painted wooden tusks, 130cm long

43cm wide

116cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 123

A Caucasian wool runner, c.1900, woven with repeating geometric medallions to a red and blue ground, 330 x 110cm

£300 - 500

LOT 124

A William IV mahogany bergère library armchair, c.1830, of tub shape with a cane back and drop-in buttoned leather seat, raised on fluted supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 55cm wide

70cm deep

91cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 125

A walnut refectory table, late 18th century and later, French, with a plank top, raised on baluster end supports united by a stretcher, terminating in scroll feet, 252cm long

78cm wide

81cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: A private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 126

A country house carpet-upholstered stool or ottoman, 20th century, with studded detail,

104cm wide

90cm deep

39cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 127

A neoclassical painted wooden settee, late 18th century, Swedish, Stockholm, the curved rail carved with stiff leaves above a serpentine seat, with a loose cushion upholstered in embroidered linen, raised on tapering fluted supports,

195cm wide

73cm deep

90cm high

£1,800 - 2,500

LOT 128

A pair of silver-mounted agate candlesticks, 18th century or later, Continental, each with a removable silver drip pan, over a baluster knopped stem, and raised on an octagonal base, marks indistinct, 9.5cm wide

18cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 129

A painted stone figure of the Madonna and Child, 20th century, of typical form, raised on a canted rectangular base, 29cm wide

20cm deep

53cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 130

An upholstered ottoman by Rose Uniacke, of recent manufacture, of rectangular form, with a hinged lid enclosing storage space, upholstered in grey linen,

170cm wide

67cm deep

37cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: Rose Uniacke; a private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 131

A Regency ebonised and parcel-gilt wooden elbow chair, early 19th century, with a pierced lyre back and open arms, raised on moulded sabre supports, the seat upholstered in flame-stitch wool with a matching loose cushion,

58cm wide

65cm deep

87cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 132

A wool carpet of Arts & Crafts design, of recent manufacture, woven with stylised flower heads in green and burgundy, interspersed with pale-blue foliage to a pale ground,

350 x 295cm

£3,500 - 4,500

LOT 133

An Asprey leather travel writing box, early 20th century, of rectangular form with recessed brass handle, the hinged top and fold-over writing slope enclosing a fitted interior with partitioned letter rack, inkwells and stationery holders, stamped and gilt tooled ‘Asprey & Son 166 Bond St and 22 Albemarle St’, also stamped to the lock plate,

42cm wide

29cm deep

18cm high

£300 - 500

A Louis XV-style carved beech stool, late 19th/early 20th century, French, of waisted rectangular outline with a rough hessian seat, raised on carved cabriole supports, terminating in peg feet,

70cm wide

60cm deep

37cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 135

An early Victorian fusee wall clock, mid-19th century, the 11½-inch painted dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands and single winding hole, bearing the name ‘WALKER LONDON’, within a brass bezel with slightly convex glazing, the four-pillar movement with shaped plates, a single-train fusee, and anchor escapement, 35cm diameter

14cm deep

£300 - 500

LOT 136

A small George II mahogany tea table, c.1740, of demilune outline, the folding top above a plain frieze set with a gilt-brass rococo escutcheon, raised on tapering turned supports, terminating in pad feet,

75cm wide

48cm deep (when closed)

73cm high

£200 - 400

137

A Victorian walnut and leather stool, second half of the 19th century, with a studded seat and tapering square supports united by stretchers,

107cm wide

46cm deep

47cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 138

A pair of silvered wooden mirrors, 19th century, each of rectangular form with a carved frame, 37cm wide

50cm high (2)

£600 - 800

141

LOT 139

A Joshegan wool rug, early 20th century, Persian, woven with a cross medallion to the centre, within dense flower head motifs,196 x 130cm

£400 - 600

LOT 140

A pair of William IV mahogany library tub chairs, c.1830, each with a caned back and a drop-in leather seat, raised on foliate-carved baluster front supports, 51cm wide

64cm deep

90cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 141

A mahogany architect’s cabinet, third quarter of the 18th century, with an arched pediment, above a pair of astragal-glazed doors enclosing shelves and a pair of drawers, with a tambour roll top enclosing a fitted interior and a pull-out table beneath with an adjustable gilt-tooled leather surface, raised on square supports, 112cm wide

75cm deep (when closed)

242cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

A George III-style gilt and gesso oval mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, with a gadrooned frame with foliate detail enclosing a sectional glass plate, 83cm wide

113cm high

£400 - 600

A large buttoned-leather stool, of recent manufacture, the square top with studded detail, raised on a wooden base with spiral-fluted legs united by a lattice stretcher, terminating in foliate-carved scroll feet,

135cm wide

135cm deep

62cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

An Isfahan wool rug, 20th century, the central medallion on a pale ground with densely applied foliate branches, within a border of calligraphic script on a dark-blue ground, 211 x 140cm

£300 - 500

LOT 145

A Victorian walnut partners’ desk by Robert Strahan & Co. of Dublin, c.1860, Irish, with an embossed leather top with a carved edge, each corner mounted with carved lion monopedia, fitted with panelled cupboards enclosing drawers, each side with hinged panelled folio compartments, centred with an arched apron, labelled ‘Robert Strahan Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer, Auctioneer and Undertaker 24 Henry Street Dublin, Established A.D. 1776’, stamped ‘Strahan’ prolifically across the piece and numbered ‘AN20Z58’, 117cm wide

95cm deep

75cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

Founded in 1776 as a cabinetmaker, trading from 10-11 Chancery Lane, Dublin, Robert Strahan & Co. grew to become one of Ireland’s premier furniture designers. After exhibiting at the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dublin, a walnut table displayed at the second London International Exhibition of 1862, showcased their talent for both design and manufacture. Bringing together marquetry, scrolling foliage, masks, strapwork and cartouches in a piece of some merit, influenced by the work of Thomas Hope and Richard Bridgens, it was illustrated in ‘The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue’ for the London exhibition.

Designing and manufacturing for the Office of Public Works, they went on to gain a reputation for high quality furniture, and were commissioned to design and manufacture for some of the great Irish country houses, such as Doneraile Court, Co. Cork, and Lisnavagh, Co. Carlow.

By 1815, the firm had expanded to 24-25 Henry Street, Dublin, before expanding further still, in 1845, to 5 Leister Street. In 1870, the firm moved again, to Abbey Street, trading under the family name until 1969.

LOT 146

A George III-style mahogany wing armchair, 19th century, upholstered in floral damask fabric and raised on square supports united by stretchers, terminating in brass caps and castors, 80cm wide

80cm deep

112cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 147

A fruitwood and ebonised ripple-moulded mirror, 19th century, Dutch, with a stepped frame enclosing a mottled rectangular plate, 60cm wide

69cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 148

A pair of carved oak furniture panels, 17th century, Flemish, depicting scenes from the Book of Esther, panels 45 x 31cm, each in a moulded frame (2)

£700 - 900

LOT 149

A mahogany cabinet-on-stand in the Queen Anne taste, early 20th century, with an arched top above a glazed door enclosing shelves, the stand fitted with a single frieze drawer and raised on tapering faceted supports united by a stretcher, terminating in bun feet, bearing label inscribed ‘Hon. Tho. Bowes Lyon’ to the back,

94cm wide

37cm deep

187cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 150

A George III ash, elm and fruitwood comb -back Windsor armchair, mid-18th century and later, with a scrolling shell-carved top rail above a fiddle splat and hoop back, with a dished saddle seat raised on cabriole supports united by a crinoline stretcher, with adaptations, 62cm wide

69cm deep

107cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 151

A painted pine chest, late 18th/early 19th century, Transylvanian, with a hinged lid enclosing storage space and a candle box, raised on tapering square supports, with floral and foliate decoration throughout, 120cm wide

51cm deep

63cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 152

A small vernacular birch and seagrass side chair, 19th century, Norwegian, with a ladder back with a pierced heart motif, carved to the reverse with abstract figures, above a slung woven seat and square supports united by stretchers, 50cm wide

40cm deep

82cm high

£400 - 600

Provenance: Previously in the collection of Samuel Wilfred Wolsey (1895-1980).

Samuel Wilfred Wolsey was a leading antique dealer specialising, alongside his brother, in early oak furniture. He was elected president of the BADA in 1942 and retired from business in 1969.

LOT 153

A William and Mary oyster-veneered olivewood, walnut and fruitwood chest of drawers, late 17th century and later, the top with strung geometric decoration, above two short and three long drawers, raised on bun feet,

97cm wide

57.5cm deep

86.5cm high

£600 - 800

Provenance: Previously with C H Fox & Son, 13 Ship Street, Brighton.

LOT 154

A Persian Senneh kilim wool rug, c.1900, woven with floral and foliate scrolls to a dark-blue ground, 310 x 169cm

£500 - 700

LOT 155

John Whessell (1760-1824) after John Boultbee ‘The Durham Ox’, stipple engraving, printed in colour, published by John Day, 20 March 1802

sheet 50 x 60cm, in a glazed maple frame

£800 - 1,200

LOT 156

Richard Blome (1635-1705)

A set of six framed plates from ‘The Gentleman’s Recreation’, hand-coloured engravings: ‘Geometry’; ‘History & Chronology’; ‘Arithmetick’; ‘Naturall & Morall Philosophy’; ‘Theology’; ‘Metaphisicks’, sheet 39 x 24cm, framed and glazed (6) £300 - 500

LOT 157

A set of thirteen facsimile prints, of recent manufacture, depicting ladies in 18th and 19th-century dress, probably from ‘The Lady’s Magazine’, sheet 15 x 10cm, framed and glazed (13) £100 - 200

LOT 158

Luigi Rossini (Italian, 1790-1857)

A set of four engravings of Roman architectural views: ‘Avanzi del Tempio della Concordia’; ‘Veduta del Prospetto dell’Arco di Giano’; ‘Veduta dell’ Arco di Tito’; ‘Veduta di porzione degli avanzi dell Ambulacro del Piano terra ne Colosseo’ variously sized, slightly larger plate 44.5cm x 51.5, each framed and glazed (4)

£200 - 400

A brass-mounted mahogany tea caddy in the manner of Abraham Roentgen, 18th century, German, the sarcophagus-shaped, stepped, hinged lid with a brass carrying handle, enclosing a velvet-lined and oak interior with three compartments, the front with a shaped brass escutcheon, raised on a plinth base with secret drawer and brass ogee bracket feet, 26cm wide

16cm deep

18cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

160

A primitive carved and polychrome wooden doll, 19th century, with articulated leather joints, 54.5cm high

£500 - 700

161

A painted wooden horse, 19th century, Swedish, raised on a rectangular base with four wheels, 50cm wide

18cm deep

52cm high

£300 - 500

162

A primitive painted wooden horse, 19th century, Northern European, 96cm long 22cm wide

72cm high

£500 - 800

163

A contemporary wool and silk carpet, of recent manufacture, Indian, with geometric raised pile, 302 x 246cm

£400 - 600

LOT 164

A small folk art painted wooden marriage chest, 19th century, French, Rouen, with a domed top, painted all over with flowers, birds and swags,

43cm wide

29cm deep

27cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 165

A flat-weave wool rug of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating polychrome diamond motifs, 236 x 173cm

£400 - 600

LOT 166

A late baroque giltwood pier mirror, 18th century, Swedish, the frame with an acanthus leaf crest on a trellis ground, surrounding a split mercury-glass plate with scratched inscription and dated ‘1778’, 41cm wide

92cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 168

An etched steel casket, dated 1690, South German, probably Nuremberg, the hinged lid set with a swing handle, with panelled sides engraved with birds, animals, masks and foliate scrolls, raised on bun feet,

15cm wide

9cm deep

15cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 169

Two Empire-style ormolu-mounted blue glass cachepots, 19th century, French, each of oval form, mounted in openwork depicting classical figures and chariots, with anthemion motifs to each side, and raised on four stylised feet, 13.5cm wide

9cm deep

8cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 170

A pair of Empire painted and gilt-brass chenet mounts, 19th century, French, each with a circular surmount enclosing a mask, over a rectangular pedestal base mounted with an allegorical scene of a female figure, cherub and classical vase,

12cm wide

6cm deep

24cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 171

A Louis XV-style gilt-metal-mounted vanity mirror, 19th century, French, the shaped bevelled mirror within an articulated scrolling foliate frame, over a crescent-shaped porcelain tray, flanked by two velvet-lined pots, 29cm wide

20cm deep

41cm high

£200 - 300

172

An Empire mahogany chest of drawers, early 19th century, French, with a grey marble top above three long drawers, raised on stepped square supports, 97cm wide

52cm deep

88cm high

£600 - 800

173

A wool carpet of Berber Atlas design, of recent manufacture, woven with geometric motifs to a pale-blue ground, with large tassels,

385 x 276cm

£600 - 800

LOT 174

Two carved and painted wooden cart panels, 19th century, Sicilian, each with polychrome figural decoration, larger 150cm wide

12cm deep

59cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 175

After François Duquesnoy, a bronze bust of Nicolas Poussin, c.1880, on a Siena marble plinth, 20cm wide

14cm deep

39cm high overall

£300 - 500

LOT 176

Continental School, late 19th/early 20th century, a putto and dog, patinated bronze, indistinctly inscribed to the base,

30cm wide

21cm deep

33cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 177

After Jean Jules Salmson, a patinated bronze figure of a woman, late 19th/early 20th century, bearing signature to the base ‘Salmson’, 15cm diameter

37cm high

£300 - 400

LOT 178

A patinated bronze bust of Dionysus, 19th century, French, on a Siena marble base, 12cm wide

8.5cm deep

35cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 179

A patinated bronze bust of King Louis XIV, c.1900, French, in the manner of Antoine Coysevox, on a veined marble socle, 23cm wide

17cm deep

37cm high overall

£300 - 500

LOT 180

After Émile-Placide Lambert, a patinated bronze bust of a veiled female, late 19th/early 20th century, French, raised on a socle with a heraldic shield and the letter ‘M’, inscribed ‘Emile Lambert’, ‘1888’, and stamped ‘HZ’ to the reverse, 21cm wide

15cm deep

40cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 181

Two grand tour bronze busts of Roman emperors, c.1880, French, one example of the Emperor Tiberius, the other of Julius Caesar, each mounted on a giallo antico marble socle, Tiberius 14cm wide

10cm deep

33cm high (2)

£300 - 500

After Jean de Boulogne aka ‘Giambologna’, ‘The Abduction of the Sabine Women’, a bronze figure group, with foundry mark ‘Fuse Marinelli Firenze’, 100cm high, raised on a marble plinth, mounted to the front with a cast bronze plaque, 35cm wide

35cm deep

45cm high, 145cm high overall (2)

£3,000 - 5,000

184

A collection of ancient and later hardstone rings, in bronze or iron, each inset with a hardstone (8)

£200 - 400

185

A collection of Egyptian beaded necklaces, comprising three restrung examples, with stone, clay and polychrome faience beads (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 186

A group of Roman glass bangles, comprising two green, two blue and two aubergine-coloured (6)

£200 - 400

LOT 187

A group of Roman-style earrings, comprising one pair of hoop earrings, and three other earrings (5)

£200 - 400

LOT 188

A group of ancient and later metal bangles, to include silver and bronze examples (6)

£200 - 400

LOT 189

A collection of ancient-style metal and glass rings, 19th-20th century, comprising silver, bronze or iron examples (qty.)

£200 - 400

LOT 190

Two carnelian-set intaglio rings, incorporating Roman gems, c.1st-3rd century CE, one with an oval tablet engraved with a standing figure holding a spear and a shield, the other engraved with a seated figure, each set into later white metal rings (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 191

A group of small ancient and later faience and glass pieces, comprising an Egyptian faience Isis and Horus, three faience hands, a faience Ankh, a bronze seated feline-headed goddess, two Roman phallic figures, and two Roman moulded glass pendants, largest (Isis) 7cm long (10)

£200 - 400

LOT 192

A group of faience beads, probably ancient Egyptian or Eastern Mediterranean, comprising 24 ‘melon’ type, various sizes, two small round beads, and eight tubes (qty.)

£200 - 400

LOT 193

A collection of small ancient and later metal and ceramic pieces, to include a pair of hoop earrings, a small stone head, tweezers, a phallus, nail cleaners, two seal boxes (one broken in half), a pendant with pressed figure (qty.)

£200 - 400

LOT 194

A large group of Roman antiquities, to include seven fibula, including one sanguisuga-type, ear cleaners, a cloak pin, two keys, ear scoops, pins, a pair of later hoop earrings, and a modern Roman-style silvered pin with a female head finial (qty.)

£200 - 400

Face Value: The Inglis Family Busts

Sworders are very pleased to offer for sale a group of three distinguished portrait busts of members of the Inglis family of Glencorse, Scotland, in our September Fine Interiors sale. Spanning three generations – from Reverend John Inglis, via his son Lord Glencorse, to his grandson John David Inglis – these works form a compelling sculptural record of a prominent Scottish family. Two are carved in marble and signed by Sir John Steell RSA (1804-1891), one of the most celebrated sculptors of Victorian Scotland, while the third, a plaster bust of Lord Glencorse, is executed in Steell’s distinctive classical style. Together, the group exemplifies both the artistic ideals and commemorative practices of 19th-century Scotland.

Sir John Robert Steell rose to become one of the most prominent Scottish sculptors of the 19th century. His numerous public works appear throughout Scotland and the UK, as well as overseas, as far as India, New Zealand and the United States. Steell was designated Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland by Queen Victoria in 1838, and in 1876 he was knighted by the Queen at Holyrood.

Born in Aberdeen in 1804, Steell’s family moved to Edinburgh during his youth, where he remained until his death in 1891. He was apprenticed to his father, a woodcarver and gilder, and he was placed as a student at Board’s School of Design (now Edinburgh College of Art). During these early years he created a handful of public works, including a timber statue of St Andrew commissioned for a building opposite the Royal Scottish Academy, and he was quickly noticed by Edinburgh’s artistic society. In order to focus on sculpture as a career, Steell travelled to Rome, in 1829, to study the discipline more intensely, and that same year, he was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy.

Between 1840 and 1846, he carved the central figure for the Scott Monument, a depiction of Sir Walter Scott with his dog Maida. Among his other celebrated works are the imposing statue of Queen Victoria atop the Royal Scottish Academy, and the bronze portrait statue of Robert Burns, of which four versions exist: in Dundee, London, Central Park in New York, and Dunedin in New Zealand. Driven by the need to cast his statue of the Duke of Wellington for the eastern end of Princes Street, he is credited as bringing the art of fine bronze casting to Scotland with the establishment of the Grove Foundry in Edinburgh in 1849.

Although Steell is widely recognised for his monumental public works, portraiture also played a central role in his practice. His portrait commissions were in high demand, enabling him to forge valuable relationships with influential patrons and secure major public projects. He also capitalised on the Victorian era’s enthusiasm for portrait busts, which were considered both fashionable and relatively affordable; while his most elaborate marble busts could cost up to £150, plaster versions were available for just a couple of guineas.

Steell’s portrait busts followed the classical sculptural tradition, incorporating features such as Flavian-style drapery, a smooth matte surface, and blank, uninscribed eyes. Within this timeless framework, however, he introduced contemporary elements like realistic hair treatment, as seen in the present examples, ensuring not only physical likeness but also a subtle sense of the subject’s personality. Taken together, the Inglis family busts not only commemorate a distinguished Scottish lineage but also showcase Steell’s mastery of portraiture, offering collectors a rare and intimate connection to the art of Victorian Scotland.

From the same family collection, Sworders sold a Roman marble portrait bust of an Antonine prince in December 2024, realising £195,000. To find out more, see The Journal article within this catalogue.

Later this year, Sworders will offer for sale several further Inglis family portraits – including those of the Rev. John Inglis, the Rt Hon. John Inglis, and his sister, Mary Jane Inglis – in Old Master, British and European Art on 11 November.

LOT 195

Sir John Robert Steell RSA (1804-1891), a portrait bust of Rev. John Inglis (1762-1834), carved marble, head turned slightly to dexter, depicted in Roman dress, signed verso ‘Jn. Steel Sculpt.’ and dated ‘1852’, 39cm wide

29cm deep

58cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

The present bust, signed ‘Jn. Steel Sculpt.’ and dated ‘1852’, forms part of Sir John Steell’s popular mid-career portrait commissions, which were both attainable and sought after in Victorian Scotland. It follows Steell’s standard form and style for portraits of this type, depicting the sitter in classical robes, with a smooth matte surface, and blank, uninscribed eyes. Similar examples can be found in an 1843 marble bust of Thomas Graham, an eminent Scottish chemist, in the collection of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and a portrait of the Reverend Thomas Chalmers from 1846 in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Despite the timelessness of these depictions, Steell was known to introduce contemporary elements to his portraits to give a real sense of the person behind the sculpture, for example, the realistic treatment of hair as seen in the present work.

The piece is not titled, but most likely depicts the Rev. John Inglis (1762–1834), a distinguished Church of Scotland minister, Moderator of the General Assembly in 1804, and Dean of the Chapel Royal from 1810. There is a close likeness between this sitter and a known portrait of Rev. John Inglis by John Syme (1795-1861), from the collection of Lady Geraldine Inglis of Glencorse. The portrait was reproduced in print by Thomas Hodgetts & Son, and copies exist in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, as well as the National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum, London. As discussed, Steell was known to present realistic likenesses in his portrait busts, and may have drawn upon these references when creating this piece, almost twenty years after Inglis’s death.

The bust was most likely commissioned by the sitter’s family. It has thence passed by descent through the Inglis family and comes from the collection of Lady Geraldine Inglis of Glencorse, who was married to Sir Roderick John Inglis of Glencorse, 10th Bt., a direct descendant of the Rev. John Inglis. The work is a fine example of both Steell’s portrait bust technique and the cultural milieu of mid-19th-century Scotland.

English School, 19th century, a portrait bust of the Rt Hon. John Inglis, Lord Glencorse (1810-1891), c.1880s, painted plaster, with head turned to sinister, depicted in Roman dress and raised on an integral waisted socle, 60cm wide

32cm deep

84cm high

£600 - 800

This plaster portrait bust depicts The Rt Hon. John Inglis, Lord Glencorse (1810–1891), a distinguished Scottish judge and legal scholar. He served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1867 until his death in 1891. Educated at the University of Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1835 and quickly rose through the legal ranks. A staunch Conservative, he held office as Solicitor General and later Lord Advocate, before his appointment to the bench. Renowned for his intellect, integrity and eloquence, he presided over many high-profile cases and helped shape 19th-century Scottish jurisprudence. In 1868, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, a post he held until his death.

Probably executed towards the end of his life, the present work shares strong similarities with a signed marble version by Charles McBride (1853-1903), now in the collection of the University of Edinburgh. Dated 1893, McBride’s version presents a more mature likeness and was likely created in tribute to Inglis shortly after his death.

Although unsigned, this bust closely aligns with McBride’s in facial likeness, but differs notably in its use of classical Roman-style robes rather than formal Victorian dress. As previously discussed, this neoclassical approach is a hallmark of Sir John Steell, who is known to have had a connection with the Inglis family; however, no marble version of Lord Glencorse by Steell is currently known. Regardless of authorship, the sculptor here conveys a strong sense of intellect and gravitas, in keeping with Inglis’s stature as one of Victorian Scotland’s most eminent legal figures.

Sir John Robert Steell RSA (1804-1891), a portrait bust of a young man, probably John David Inglis (1843-1861), carved marble, signed verso ‘Jn. Steell R.S.A. Sculpt. Edinr.’ and dated ‘1862’, 40cm wide

25cm deep

62cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Carved in 1862, this sensitively modelled marble bust by Sir John Steell likely depicts John David Inglis (1843-1861), the grandson of Reverend John Inglis and first-born son of the Rt Hon. Sir John Inglis, Lord Glencorse. Created the year after the young man’s death at the age of 18, the work carries a quiet poignancy. Though classical in treatment - following Steell’s characteristic use of smooth surfaces and restrained drapery - the bust conveys a youthful delicacy and introspection. Signed ‘Jn. Steell R.S.A. Sculpt. Edinr.’, it reflects both the sculptor’s technical refinement and his ability to capture a sitter’s individuality within an idealised form.

A small Roman-style marble head, 19th century, of a solider wearing a helmet, on a later stand, head 8cm wide

10cm deep

7cm high, 24cm high overall

base 12cm square

£300 - 500

An Empire period ormolu mantel clock, c.1810, French, Paris, the 4½-inch white enamel dial inscribed ‘Hunziker, Rue de Bussy No.22’, with Roman chapter ring and two-train movement striking on a bell, the case surmounted by a classical female muse, raised on a rectangular base with anthemion mounts and four paw feet, 32cm wide

13cm deep

43cm high

£700 - 900

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOT 200

A gilt-metal and glass wall light, 20th century, French, in the manner of Maison Baguès, in the form of an urn supporting a parrot, issuing three scrolling light branches,

37cm wide

14cm deep

57cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 201

A pair of gilt-bronze candlesticks, 18th century, Continental, each with a removeable sconce, over a waisted stem and scalloped foot, the whole inlaid with turquoise ‘beads’, 9.5cm diameter

14cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 202

A George III mahogany chest-on-chest in the manner of Thomas Bradshaw, c.1780, the upper section with blind-fret carved detail, with two short and three long drawers above a slide, over three further long drawers, raised on pierced bracket feet, 111cm wide

58cm deep

189cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 203

A George II mahogany candlestand, c.1740, with a circular dished top, raised on a turned column and tripod supports,

45cm diameter

72cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 204

An upholstered oak-framed sofa in the William and Mary taste, c.1900, with an arched back and wrythen twist supports terminating in bun feet, covered in Colefax & Fowler ‘Byram Sienna’ linen with studded detail,

212cm wide

87cm deep

88cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 205

A Louis XVI-style ormolu-mounted mantel clock, 19th century, French, the case with an eagle crest and porcelain mounts, an eight-day drum-head movement striking on a bell, to an engraved gilt dial, with pendulum and key,

46cm wide

13cm deep

35cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 206

A pair of gilt-metal and moulded glass wall lights, 20th century, in the manner of Maison Baguès, each with twin scrolling arms issuing from a parrot and urn backplate, 22cm wide

11cm deep

48cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT

207

An extensive Royal Copenhagen ‘Blue Fluted’ porcelain service, 20th century, Danish, with settings for twelve places, including a tea and coffee service and various serving dishes and table ornaments, printed and underglaze blue factory marks, to include: 12 dinner plates, 12 flat plates, 12 ‘plain’ teacups and saucers, 12 crescent dishes, 12 soup bowls, 12 knife rests,

11 egg cups, 7 salt and pepper shakers, 2 butter dishes and covers, 2 sauce boats with integrated stands, 1 coffee pot, 1 teapot, 1 full lace tazza, 1 appetizer dish, 1 larger oval serving dish, together with two teacups and saucers in ‘Blue Fluted Mega’ pattern (qty.)

£2,000 - 4,000

Two high hoop-back Windsor armchairs, first half of the 19th century, Thames Valley, comprising one yew and elm example, the other a fruitwood and elm example, each with a wheelback and turned supports, each approximately 55cm wide

65cm deep

100cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A George III flame mahogany wardrobe, early 19th century, of breakfront outline, the moulded cornice with ball detail, above four panelled doors enclosing slides, with an arrangement of short and long drawers beneath fitted with neoclassical brass handles, raised on a plinth base, 240cm wide

57cm deep

212cm high

£800 - 1,200

A painted wood, composite and scagliola column pedestal, 20th century, with imitation brocatelle marble decoration, on a square plinth, 32cm square

100cm high

£300 - 500

A pair of toleware and parcel-gilt wall lights, 20th century, Spanish, each with a scroll and pointed backboard issuing four scroll branches, with silk shades, 55cm wide

10cm deep

42cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 212

A cast aluminium model of a Mercedes-Benz, mid-late 20th century, of a W125 Rekordwagen Streamliner, lacking label, 69cm long

20cm wide

12cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 213

A William and Mary oyster-veneered walnut, oak and fruitwood lace chest-on-stand, late 17th/early 18th century and later, the hinged top with geometric inlaid decoration, enclosing a lined interior, above two short and one long drawer, raised on spiral-fluted supports united by a wavy stretcher, terminating in bun feet, with alterations, 95cm wide

68cm deep

98cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 214

A Victorian silver-plated and cut-glass table lamp, 19th century, in the form of a Corinthian column and raised on a stepped square base, stamped ‘Messenger’ and numbered ‘14’ to the iron base, 16cm wide

54cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 215

A pair of zinc-patinated brass wall lanterns, 20th century, each with a pagoda top over three glazed sides, 25cm wide

16cm deep

39.5cm high (2)

£700 - 1,000

A pair of George IV brass candlesticks, 19th century, each with ring-turned stem and base, 16cm diameter

22cm high (2)

£200 - 400

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

A glass ‘Galaxy Lumina’ chandelier by Borek Sipek for Lasvit, of recent manufacture, of scrolling form with floral and foliate motifs, suspending coloured glass balls, 130cm diameter

150cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: A private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 218

A pair of silvered and giltwood altar candlesticks, 18th century, Italian, each with a knopped acanthus-cast stem, raised on a tripartite base, with a tinplate sconce, 20cm diameter

82cm high (2)

£300 - 400

LOT 219

Two pairs of curtains in de Le Cuona paisley wool, of recent manufacture, lined and interlined, with matching pelmets and brown suede tie-backs, each length 95cm wide at the pleated edge

205cm drop (10)

£300 - 500

LOT 220

A steamer cabin trunk in the style of Goyard, early 20th century, French, the exterior in striped cream and brown canvas, with ash banding throughout, with hand-painted initials ‘III J. H. C.’, brass-tone hardware, with three buckle closures and two side handles, the interior lined with cream paper, canvas straps and wood compartment brackets, complete with key, with a later original Goyard paper label and serial number ‘23781’,

101cm wide

53cm deep

61cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 221

A carved schist female attendant figure, 20th century, North Indian, modelled standing in tribhanga and adorned in necklaces and a bejewelled dhoti, raised on a stepped plinth,

43cm wide

27cm deep

112cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 225

An Egyptian Revival mantel clock, late 19th century, the dial signed ‘Hall & Co. Manchester’, the rouge marble case in the form of a tapering obelisk, with eight-day striking movement by Achille Brocot, on winged bronze feet, 34cm wide

21cm deep

46cm high

£300 - 500

A Worcester First Period porcelain punchbowl, c.1790, decorated with shaped reserves enclosing birds of paradise, to a blue scale ground heightened in gilt, unmarked, 29cm diameter

12cm high

£200 - 400

A collection of Wedgwood ceramic bin labels, 19th century, each of coathanger form, to include ‘Montilla’, ‘Constantia’, ‘Sauterne’, ‘Amontillado’, with impressed marks, 8 x14cm (15)

£1,000 - 1,500

A gilt-brass and bevelled glass carriage clock, 19th century, French, the dial inscribed ‘Breguet à Paris’, the two-train movement striking a bell, with a repeater, in the original fitted and velvet-lined case, 9cm wide

8cm deep

16.5cm high

£800 - 1,200

A gilt-metal mounted pâte-sur-pâte porcelain footed bowl, 19th century, the body decorated with oval panels containing reclining muses and putti to each side, on a pale green ground, with artist’s initials ‘FP’, raised on a twin-handled stand,

52cm wide

27cm deep

35cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

A large gilt-metal figural clock, late 19th century, French, the spherical case cast with an acanthus-wrapped finial, with buds to the sides, supported by a classical maiden in flowing robes, standing on a hexagonal base and raised on a hexagonal, ebonised, and gilt-mounted plinth,

51cm wide

51cm deep

153cm high

176cm high overall (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 229

A Victorian amboyna and ebony stick barometer, 19th century, by Negretti & Zambra, London, with an enamel register and thermometer, inscribed ‘Negretti & Zambra, London, Opticians to her Majesty’, 23cm wide

12.5cm deep

110cm high

£500 - 1,000

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

LOT 230

A George III mahogany longcase clock, third quarter of the 18th century and later, the columnar hood with an arched glass door enclosing a 13-inch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial, moon phase dial and rococo spandrels, inscribed ‘W Holliwell, Liverpool’, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the trunk with blind-fret decoration, quarter columns and a shaped long door, above a panelled base and squat ogee bracket feet,

54cm wide

30cm deep

229cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 231 

An eight-day marine chronometer, 19th century, the 4½-inch silvered dial signed and numbered ‘Brock, 21 George Street, Portman Square, London, No. 1012’, with a brass gimbal mount, in a fitted, brass-bound rosewood, three-tier case with carrying handles to the sides and an ivory plaque, case 19.5cm wide

19.5cm deep

21cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

A silver-plated table lamp, 20th century, with a Corinthian capital over a stop-fluted column, raised on a pedestal and flared base cast with classical urns and swags,

18cm square

64cm high

£200 - 400

A Tabriz wool carpet, 20th century, Persian, the field densely woven with repeating flower head motifs to a dark-blue ground, 400 x 297cm

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 234

A painted and parcel-gilt pine mirror, 19th century, with a reeded slip enclosing a rectangular mercury plate, 83cm wide

100cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 235

A pair of ebonised wooden luggage stands 20th century, each of ‘X’ frame form with brass detail,

66cm wide

46cm deep

47cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 236

A set of eight Charles II-style oak dining chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising a pair of armchairs and six single examples, each with a studded upholstered back and seat, raised on turned supports united by stretchers, armchairs 61cm wide

54cm deep

93cm high (8)

£300 - 500

LOT 237

A buttoned-leather library armchair, early 20th century, raised on tapering, square, stained beech front supports, terminating in leather castors, 82cm wide

102cm deep

105cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 238

A provincial fruitwood side table, late 18th/early 19th century, Swiss, with a cleated plank top, above a frieze drawer and a pair of slides, all with incised detail, raised on chamfered square supports united by stretchers, terminating in peg feet,

208cm wide

70cm deep

79cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 239

A painted pine marriage cupboard, late 18th or early 19th century, Austrian or Bohemian, of canted rectangular outline, with a moulded top and a pair of panelled doors enclosing four shelves, raised on a plinth base and tapering square feet, with all-over painted floral and foliate decoration, 125cm wide

54cm deep

175cm high

£600 - 800

A Regency patinated-bronze colza chandelier, early 19th century, of quadrilobed form with cast foliate decoration, each corner set with a bacchic mask, converted, 57cm wide

57cm deep

29cm high (not including chain)

£800 - 1,200

An Isfahan silk and wool rug, 20th century, Persian, by Seirafian, woven with birds and floral blooms to a pale ground, signed in Farsi ‘Iran Seirafian Esfahan’, 242 x 148cm

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 242

A pair of upholstered armchairs by Colefax & Fowler, of recent manufacture, each of square shape with roll arms, covered in ‘Hector’ herringbone linen fabric and raised on castors,

95cm wide

98cm deep

70cm high (2)

£500 - 700

A small Alpine painted pine cupboard, 19th century, Austrian or Swiss, the moulded rectangular top above a long panel door, and a plinth base raised on short cabriole feet, with all-over floral and foliate decoration with inscriptions,

86cm wide

46cm deep

166cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 244

A pair of Louis XVI-style maple side tables, 20th century, each of square form with a marble top, above a frieze with inset gilt-metal panels, raised on tapering fluted supports,

47cm wide

47cm deep

53cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 245

A pair of carved and painted wooden horses, late 19th/early 20th century, each in the Chinese Tang style, with polychrome decoration, distressed, 23cm wide

72cm deep

61cm high (2)

£700 - 900

LOT 246

A Sarouk wool runner, 20th century, Persian, of narrow form, with repeating tulip palmettes on a dark-blue ground, 360 x 72cm

£500 - 700

A carved teak open armchair, late 19th century, in the baroque taste, with a gilt-metal eagle surmount flanked by a pair of mask finials, the frieze carved with the marital arms of Graham-Stirling and Moncreiff and the mottoes ‘Noctesque Diesque Praesto’ (I perform day or night) and ‘For Right’, with further all-over carved detail and open arms, raised on claw and paw supports,

65cm wide

70cm deep

127cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 248

A Märta Måås-Fjetterström-inspired wool flat-weave carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs in tones of brown, cream and blue, 302 x 251cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 249

A matched set of four Gustavian-style wall sconces, early 20th century, Swedish, each with faceted cut-glass drops and a mirrored back,

24cm wide

15cm deep

50cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 250

A green marble centre table by Rose Uniacke, of recent manufacture, the revolving circular top raised on a conical base, 130cm diameter

97cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

Provenance: Rose Uniacke; a private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 251

A Regency rosewood and cut-brass teapoy, c.1820, with a sarcophagus lid enclosing a fitted interior, with gilt-tooled leather lining and four caddies surrounding a pair of cut-glass bowls, raised on a pierced quadripartite base, terminating in brass paw feet and castors, 47cm wide

43cm deep

76cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 252

A George III-style lantern, 20th century, with a bell-shaped glass shade, 47cm diameter

122cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 253

A George II walnut concertina-action card table, c.1730, the shaped top enclosing a baize-lined surface with counter wells and candlestands, raised on tapering term supports, terminating in pad feet, 90cm wide

45cm deep

73cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 254

A George III-style mahogany side chair, 19th century, with studded velvet upholstery and moulded cabriole supports, terminating in French scroll feet, 65cm wide

65cm deep

91cm high

£300 - 500

A late George III mahogany sofa table, c.1800, with a rosewood crossbanded top above a pair of short drawers, raised on square end supports, terminating in outsplayed feet with brass caps and castors, open 148cm wide

66cm deep

72cm high

£300 - 500

Two George III-style mahogany four-poster single beds, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a fretwork frieze and column supports, with fitted horsehair base and mattress, the slightly taller 125cm wide

210cm long

207cm high (2)

£600 - 800

A red tortoiseshell and parcel-gilt wall mirror, 19th century, Dutch, with a ripple-moulded frame surrounding a rectangular glass plate, 54cm wide

64cm high

£500 - 800

A pair of satin maple, coromandel and parquetry side tables, of recent manufacture, in the George III taste, each rectangular top with geometric decoration, above a single frieze drawer and tapering square supports united by an ‘X’ stretcher, 55cm wide

41cm deep

76cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 259

A carved, painted and parcel-gilt figure of St Cyprian, depicted holding a closed book, polychrome painted and heightened in gilt, 17cm wide

16cm deep

53cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 260

A small fruitwood chest of drawers, late 17th/early 18th century and later, with a rectangular veneered top, above two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet,

81cm wide

54cm deep

74cm high

£600 - 800

A George IV mahogany waterfall bookcase, c.1820, with two graduated shelves, above a pair of frieze drawers and panelled cupboard doors, on turned bun feet,

82.5cm wide

31cm deep

165cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 262

After Marco Carloni ‘Presso Ludovico Mirri Mercante de Quardri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma’ two copperplate engravings

plate 49.5 x 53.5, framed and glazed (2)

£200 - 300

A pair of George III-style mahogany and buttoned-leather Gainsborough library armchairs, first half of the 20th century, each with an arched back and downswept open arms with studded detail, raised on chamfered square supports united by stretchers, 68cm wide

73cm deep

108cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 264

A large Empire-style mahogany console table, late 19th/early 20th century, French, with a rectangular Rouge Griotte marble top, above a plain frieze set with neoclassical gilt-metal mounts, raised on patinated bronze-capped caryatid supports united by an undertier, terminating in claw feet,

165cm wide

49cm deep

100cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 265

A flat-weave wool runner of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with polychrome geometric motifs, 410 x 81cm

£300 - 500

266

A small carved stripped pine console table, 19th century and later, Swedish, of demilune outline with floral and foliate detail, raised on gadrooned front supports, terminating in scroll feet,

86cm wide

42cm deep

69cm high

£700 - 1,000

LOT 267

A taxidermy peacock, 20th century, modelled seated on a tree root with head turned, 180cm long

40cm wide

56cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 268

A Directoire carved mahogany daybed by Georges Jacob, late 18th century, French, with a rectangular padded seat with loose squab cushion upholstered in green cut velvet, the sides with baluster-turned top rails above pierced vertical splats carved with radiating fans, on outswept sabre legs, stamped under the seat rail ‘G IACOB’, 160cm wide

60cm deep

90cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 269

A pair of Regenc y-style blue and gilt japanned elbow chairs, early 20th century, each with a caned circular back and seat, with a pair of open arms and cabriole supports united by stretchers, with all-over chinoiserie decoration, 64cm wide

52cm deep

88cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 270

A large Regenc y-style mahogany centre or dining table, late 19th/early 20th century, the moulded circular top inlaid with a wide Greek key border, with a tilt action and a turned column, above four outswept supports with bullseye terminals and brass caps and castors, 189cm diameter

75cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 271

A Louis XVI-style ormolu-cased cartel clock, 19th century, French, the 6¼-inch white enamel dial with Roman chapter ring, to an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case decorated with neoclassical swags and pilasters and surmounted by a flaming urn, 33cm wide

12cm deep

66cm high

£1,800 - 2,500

A teak planter’s chair, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, with a cane back and seat and extending arms, raised on ring-turned front supports, 80cm wide

closed 108cm deep

93cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 273

A baroque etched glass mirror, c.1700 and later, Danish, with an arched cresting and marginal plate frame, 77cm wide

174cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

Provenance: Guinevere Antiques, King’s Road, London.

A Victorian rosewood library table, c.1840, the moulded rectangular top with lobed ends, above a pair of frieze drawers, the fluted end supports united by turned and moulded stretchers, and terminating in paw feet and ceramic castors, 146cm wide

81cm deep

74cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

Provenance: Purchased from Chappells Antiques, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

An Oushak wool rug, of recent manufacture, woven with scrolling foliate motifs to a pale ground, 266 x 182cm

£300 - 500

A late Victorian mahogany artist’s cabinet, c.1900, the slanted top with a glazed lid enclosing numerous compartments filled with pencils, pens, inks and other various implements, above a series of short drawers filled with further accoutrements, the base fitted with a folding door and enclosing slides, raised on a plinth base and concealed castors, 65cm wide

65cm deep

91cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A Louis XVI-style carved giltwood and gesso mirror, late 19th century, French, with a foliate crest and floral swags issuing from a ribbon-and-stick detailed frame, enclosing a rectangular glass plate,

126cm wide

207cm high

£800 - 1,200

A small Regency rosewood, brass and parcel-gilt bookcase, c.1810, in the manner of Henry Holland, of narrow proportions, with two pairs of panelled doors fitted with lattice grilles, enclosing shelves, raised on a plinth base, 95cm wide

24cm deep

174cm high

£800 - 1,200

A Louis XV carved beech fauteuil, mid-18th century, French, with a high back and square seat upholstered in studded and tooled leather, with shell-carved open arms, and raised on os de mouton supports, 75cm wide

75cm deep

110cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 280

A large bargello work hanging, 18th century, Italian, worked in wools and silks with needlepoint flame stitch design forming undulating bands, within a banded border, later linen backing, 328 x 183cm

£5,000 - 7,000

Provenance: Antico Convento di San Francesco, Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy; a private collection, UK.

Bargello embroidery was especially favoured for home furnishings during the Italian Renaissance and, commonly being stitched in Florence, it is sometimes referred to as Florentine work. However, the terminology varies and there isn’t a single universally accepted name for the style, with it also being known by other names, including flame stitch, Irish stitch, and point de Hongrie. It gained popularity again in the 17th and 18th centuries and was frequently crafted by women in the household.

A pair of George III painted and parcel-gilt armchairs, late 18th century, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger, each with a square back and seat upholstered in gingham fabric, with downswept open arms and raised on tapering fluted supports, 64cm wide

62cm deep

92cm high (2)

£4,000 - 6,000

These armchairs, conceived in the fresh and restrained neoclassical idiom, closely follow the model supplied by Chippendale & Haig for the White Drawing Room at Harewood House in 1785. The present examples share the same design vocabulary and constructional traits as documented commissions by both Thomas Chippendale the Elder and the Younger, notably the generous square backs and distinctive arm supports. The armrests are near identical to those at Harewood, differing only in the omission of acanthus leaf carving and pearl beading. A simplified variant of this armrest design, lacking foliage to the upper scrolls, was employed by Chippendale for the suite at Petworth House in the same year, where the backs were further enriched with guilloché moulding.

Comparable documented examples include the suite of ten armchairs supplied to Paxton House in 1789, which feature identical arm supports and matching back profiles. The same combination of armrest and guilloché-carved back appears on an undocumented pair sold at Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 2004, lot 83. Another related pair, attributed to Thomas Chippendale the Younger, was offered by Mackinnon Fine Furniture, London, in 2023.

LOT 282

A silver-gilt and cloisonné belt buckle, probably 20th century, Russian for the Eastern market, with a dagger closure on a chain, with associated box, indistinct marks, 6.5cm wide, together with a silver-gilt brooch, St Petersburg 1908-17, maker Cyrillic G.P., in the form of a dagger and sheath, marked to the blade, 7cm wide (2)

£150 - 250

LOT 283

A silver-gilt and cloisonné cigarette case, 19th century, Russian, marks of ‘GK’, assay master Anatoly Apollonovich Artsybashev, Moscow 1894, and ‘84’ standard, of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated either side with foliate scrolls, gilt interior, 8 x 12cm

£400 - 600

LOT 284

A silver-gilt and cloisonné egg, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, bearing marks of Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov, 1898-1908, ‘88’ standard, of ovoid form, opening to form egg cups with threaded fittings for stands, the exterior enamelled with foliate scrolls, marked on exterior of cover and interior of base, 6.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 285

A silver and champlevé coin holder, 19th century, Russian, ‘88’ standard, formed as a cylindrical cross, terminating in two bands inscribed with Cyrillic proverb ‘He who saves money, lives without need’, with sprung dispenser, 7.5cm long

£200 - 400

LOT 286

A silver-gilt and cloisonné kovsh, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, maker’s mark in Cyrillic ‘NZ’, probably for Nikolai Zverev, ‘84’ standard, of traditional form, the rounded bowl and hook handle decorated with shaded enamel foliate scrolls and flower heads, 9cm long

£400 - 600

LOT 287

A silver-gilt and cloisonné beaker, 19th century, Russian, marks of Pavel Ovchinnikov with Imperial Warrant, Moscow, 1886, assay ‘88’ standard, of cylindrical form with enamelled foliate scrolls on a turquoise ground, the underside engraved with a crowned monogram ‘M’ and ‘1887’,

5.5cm diameter

6.5cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 288

A silver-gilt and cloisonné snuffbox, early 20th century, Russian, 3rd Artel, Moscow, 1908-17, ‘84’ standard, of rectangular form, the hinged cover painted en plein with an architectural scene, the border and sides with shaded enamel depicting foliate scrolls and flower heads, 8cm wide

2.5cm deep

5cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 289

A silver-gilt and cloisonné scent bottle, 20th century, Russian, maker’s initials Cyrillic VI, ‘84’ standard, of compressed globular form, with two circular reserves painted en plein with country house scenes, with enamelled scalloped borders and sides, the removeable screw top similarly decorated, 4.5cm wide

2cm deep

7cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 290

Two silver-gilt and cloisonné spoons, late 19th/early 20th century, Moscow, with maker’s initials ‘AK’, ‘88’ standard, enriched with varicoloured enamel foliate motifs, 18.5cm long, and late 19th/early 20th century, with maker’s initials ‘HA’, ‘84’ standard, with a shaded enamel sifter with shaded enamel motifs within blue pellet borders, 18cm long (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 291

A silver-gilt and cloisonné presentation spoon, 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-17, the large bowl enriched with varicoloured, shaded enamel, geometric and foliate motifs in the neo-Russian taste, tapering to a rope-twist stem and coronet terminal, the bowl engraved in Cyrillic ‘F. Kazan, 1913’, 19.5cm long

£300 - 500

LOT 292

A silver-gilt and cloisonné vesta case, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, ‘91’ standard, of rounded rectangular form with a push-piece hinge opening, the base with an integral striker, 5.5cm high, and a similarly decorated silver-gilt pencil holder, apparently unmarked, 8cm long (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 293

A silver and niello cheroot case, 19th century, Russian, maker’s initials ‘AE’, assay master Victor Savinkov, Moscow 1865, and ‘84’ standard, of rectangular form simulating a satchel, with rounded corners and sprung purse opening, the exterior with a vacant shield cartouche on a chequered ground, an image of the Grand Kremlin Palace to the underside, with gilt interior, 6 x 10.5cm

£150 - 250

LOT 294

A pair of silver and cloisonné vodka cups, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, bearing maker’s mark in Latin ‘GK’, Moscow 1890s, ‘84’ standard, each decorated with scrolling flowers between turquoise bead borders, with a gilt interior, 4cm high (2)

£200 - 400

For a similar example, see Christie’s, ‘Interiors’, 3 June 2014, lot 18.

LOT 295

A group of silver-gilt and cloisonné salt cellars, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, ‘84’ standard, one of shaded enamel against a blue ground, Moscow, 1898-1908, marks indistinct, 5.5cm diameter, a pair, maker’s initials ‘BA’, possibly for Vasili Andreev, Moscow 1908-17, a cloisonné example, with maker’s initials in Cyrillic ‘IS’, possibly Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, assayed AA/1892, and an example with shaded enamel against a green ground, maker’s mark Cyrillic ‘IGT’ or ‘ICT’, possibly Ivan Gubkin, 1898-1908, further indistinct marks, together with four associated spoons (9) £400 - 600

LOT 296

A silver and cloisonné snuffbox, 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-17, ‘84’ standard, of circular cushion form, with floral and foliate scrolls on a silver-gilt ground, marked to the inside of the base and cover, 5.5cm diameter, and an oval example, maker’s mark ‘IZO’, Moscow, c.1927, with an inscription to the base, 6cm wide (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 297

A group of four silver and cloisonné beakers, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, a pair, maker’s mark in Cyrillic ‘IP’, St George for Moscow, ‘84’ standard, with scrolling foliate decoration and gilt interior, 5.5cm high, another beaker, 1908-17, Moscow, maker’s mark overstruck, possibly for S Samoshin, 5cm high, and a Soviet vodka shot glass, inscribed with Cyrillic initials to the underside, 6cm high (4)

£600 - 800

LOT 298

A silver and cloisonné napkin ring, 1908-17, Russian, Moscow, maker’s initials ‘BH’, ‘84’ standard, 5cm diameter, and another cloisonné napkin ring, 4.5cm diameter (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 299

A group of six silver-gilt and cloisonné spoons, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, two twisted spoons, 1908-17, Moscow, maker’s initials ‘AE’, ‘84’ standard, 10cm long, another two, Moscow, with maker’s initials in Cyrillic ‘PO’, ‘84’ standard, 11.5 and 12.5cm long, another, with mark for 6th Artel, 1908-17, Moscow, ‘84’ standard, 14.5cm long, and another late 19th-century cloisonné example, bearing initials ‘GK’, Moscow, ‘84’ standard, with additional swan import mark, 14.5cm long (6) £200 - 300

LOT 300

A silver and cloisonné sugar shovel and a pair of tongs, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, the shovel marked in Cyrillic ‘IS’ possibly for Ivan Saltykov, ‘84’ standard, inscribed to the bowl and dated ‘1891’, 12cm long, the tongs, 1898-1908, ‘84’ standard, 13cm long (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 301

A group of silver and niello items, late 19th/early 20th century, Russian, comprising: two beakers, maker’s initials in Cyrillic, possibly ‘FI’ for Fyodor Ivanov, 1874, Moscow, ‘84’ standard, each with a gilt interior, 5.5cm high, a set of four teaspoons, bearing maker’s initials in Cyrillic ‘IA’, probably for Ivan Alexeev, assayed 1876, Moscow, ‘84’ standard, each with a gilt bowl, 11cm long, two spiral twist spoons, Moscow, ‘84’ standard, other marks rubbed, with depictions of the Moscow Kremlin, 11cm long, and another spiral twist spoon, 1863, ‘84’ standard, other marks rubbed, 12.5cm long (9)

£300 - 500

LOT 302 

A Victorian silver and Sèvres porcelain tea set, 19th century, comprising: a teapot, by D C Rait & Son, Glasgow 1880, a sugar bowl and milk jug, probably by James Reid & Co., Glasgow 1880, a pair of sugar tongs, probably by George Aldwinckle, London 1874, two teaspoons, by James Ross, Glasgow 1879, each decorated with a band of shaped reserves containing repoussé figures and animals, within densely applied bands of scrolling foliage, each with monogram, the teapot with a crest inscribed ‘A Silver Wedding Gift from Walter Macfarlane to Mrs Andrew and Mr Onie[?] 25th March 1881’, with ivory insulators, with two porcelain teacups and saucers, each decorated with a shaped reserve containing floral scrolls, within a gilt trellis over a dark-blue ground, crowned ‘N’ and ‘Décoré à Sèvres’ stencilled in red to each, with ‘61’ to the cups and ‘56’ to the saucers, ‘S.48’ stamped in green to the saucers, ‘SV. 47.’ mark in green to one cup, case 43cm wide

27cm deep

16cm high, the silver 22.8ozt

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 303

A Louis XV-style silver claret jug, mid-19th century, French, marks of Maison Odiot, Charles-Nicolas Odiot (1789-1868), Paris, also marked ‘ODIOT, A PARIS 496’, Minerva mark to the neck, lid, and base, decorated in the rococo style, of baluster form with burnished and matte surfaces imitating rippling waves, with applied trailing floral branches and vacant cartouche with acanthus border, the boldly cast scroll handle resulting in a hinged cover in the form of a shell, raised on a flared foot and shaped base, 20cm wide

15cm deep

27cm high, 53.9ozt

£2,000 - 4,000

The naturalistic shell cover and exuberant rococo scrollwork of this jug exemplify Charles-Nicolas Odiot’s refined revival of mid-18th-century French design. Its boldly modelled oyster-shell lid, trailing foliage, and rippling surfaces evoke the lightness, movement, and asymmetry of the Louis XV style, reinterpreted with the sculptural vitality and finish characteristic of Odiot’s 19th-century production.

Official silversmith to King Louis-Philippe, Odiot trained at Garrard in London and combined the elegance of French decorative art with English technical precision. The son of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot – Napoleon’s celebrated silversmith – he continued the family’s international reputation, securing commissions from European courts. Comparable works in this style are preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, attesting to the enduring appeal of his rococo revival.

LOT 304

A George V silver tray, by Goldsmiths’ and Silversmiths’ Company, Sheffield 1919, with a galleried edge and raised on scroll feet,

56 x 42cm, approximately 129ozt

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 305

A pair of George III paktong telescopic candlesticks, late 18th/early 19th century, by Harrison of Birmingham, each stamped ‘HARRISON PATENT’ to the circular base, 11cm diameter

25.5cm high when extended (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 306

A George III silver sauce boat, by Daniel Smith, London 1759, with a gadrooned border and leaf-capped handle, the body with an engraved crest, raised on shell feet,

21cm wide

10cm deep

13cm high, 12ozt

£250 - 350

LOT 307

A silver chalice and paten, by Placide Poussielgue-Rusand, French, mid-19th century, with Minerva mark and maker’s mark, chalice 24.5cm high paten 15.5cm diameter, 22.6ozt (2)

£600 - 800

LOTS 308-319

Spare lots

Day Two

Wednesday 17 September at 10am

Sun,

Stucco and Soul: The Selected Contents of a Villa, Coral Gables, Florida

Set along one of Coral Gables’ loveliest streets, this 1929 home has the kind of presence that doesn’t shout, but doesn’t go unnoticed either. Behind the ivy-covered walls and curved archways is a house that’s been enjoyed, looked after, and gently layered over time.

The architecture is classic Mediterranean Revival - arched windows, barrel tile roof, and thick stucco walls that keep things cool even when the Florida sun isn’t feeling shy. Inside, it’s all generous proportions and graceful flow, with high ceilings, warm wooden floors and a sense of calm that settles in the moment you walk through the door.

The dining room is perfect for hosting a relaxed dinner with family and friends (and the occasional impromptu dance step), while the den - with its built-in shelves and soft light - has likely seen its fair share of late-night reads and early-morning coffees. The kitchen, updated with care, is the sort of place where people inevitably gather, no matter how lovely the living room is.

Several of the pieces in this auction come from the house itself - furniture and objects chosen over the years to suit its easy-going charm. These aren’t showroom pieces; they’re wellloved, beautifully made and quietly expressive - much like the house they came from.

Out in the garden, there’s a large pool, a guest cottage tucked just out of view, and plenty of places to sit, sip, or do absolutely nothing at all. The feeling is less ‘curated landscape’ and more ‘grown into itself’: lush, private and deeply inviting.

And then, of course, there’s Coral Gables. Known for its leafy streets, old-world architecture, and a certain unhurried grace, it’s a fitting setting for a house like this - one that feels rooted, lived-in, and a serene haven for its lucky owners.

THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF A VILLA,

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, USA

LOTS 320-358

LOT 320

A Louis XVI-style carved oak pier mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, French, the arched frame, with egg-and-dart moulded detail above a pair of guilloché carved borders, enclosing a bevelled glass plate, 107cm wide

192cm high

£400 - 600 LOT 321

A pair of toleware wall lights, 20th century, each in the form of a palm terminating in leaves, issuing two light branches and centred by a monkey sitting on a cushion, 34cm wide

16cm deep

48cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 322

A pair of ‘Chippendale’ sofas by Peter Dudgeon, of recent manufacture, in the George III taste, each with a serpentine rail and moulded square mahogany legs united by stretchers, upholstered in pale-green fabric with foliate trim, each presented with a pair of conforming cushions and a further striped example, 208cm wide

82cm deep

93cm high (8)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 323

A pair of large silver-plated candelabra, c.1900, each with five sconces and four scrolling branches. raised on a tapering faceted column and a spreading circular base, 47cm diameter

76cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 324

A cast iron console table in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, French, with a rectangular granite top, above a pierced frieze decorated with foliate scrolls and floral swags, raised on tapering supports,

148cm wide

68cm deep

83.5cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 325

A giant clamshell half (Tridacna gigas), 20th century, of typical form, 74cm wide

48cm deep

29cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 326

A polished nickel ‘Pimlico’ fire screen by Charles Edwards, of recent manufacture, fitted with five Gothic-inspired panels, each with pointed finials, 25cm wide

84cm high (5)

£200 - 400

LOT 327

A large fabricated iron and brass ‘Twisted Leg’ coffee table by Richard Taylor Designs, of recent manufacture, with an inset glass top and stretchered supports, terminating in bun feet, 125cm wide

125cm deep

47cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 328

An Empire-style carved fruitwood and beech guéridon, second half of the 19th century, with a circular marble top, raised on three dolphin supports and a triform base, 70cm diameter

63cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 329

A pair of verre églomisé wall sconces, of recent manufacture, each decorated in gilt with cranes and bamboo trees, on a black ground and shaped rectangular backboard, 23cm wide

12cm deep

58cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 330

A pair of Louis XV provincial walnut and beech fauteuils, second half of the 18th century, French, each with an arched back and scrolling open arms, with a sprung seat above a shell-carved apron and cabriole supports, each presented with a silk cushion,

70cm wide

70cm deep

109cm high (4)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 331

A Louis XV-style carved giltwood stool, late 19th century, French, of waisted square shape, upholstered in oatmeal linen, above a floral-carved frieze and cabriole supports,

60cm wide

60cm deep

39cm high

£200 - 400

A shell-encrusted pier mirror attributed to Anthony Redmile, c.1970, in the George II taste, with a broken swan-neck pediment and shaped frame, enclosing a rectangular glass plate,

61cm wide

95cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, London, 3 November 2009.

A three-seater sofa in the style of Howard & Sons, of recent manufacture, upholstered in Colefax & Fowler petrol-blue velvet, with four Fortuny silk cushions, 205cm wide

112cm deep

84cm high (5)

£1,500 - 2,500

An oak ‘Gainsborough’ stool or bench by Howe, of recent manufacture, in the George III-style, the rectangular seat with a loose squab cushion, raised on chamfered square supports terminating in brass and leather castors, stamped to one leg, 107cm wide

70cm deep

54cm high

£300 - 500

A glazed stoneware urn lamp, of recent manufacture, with four loop handles and splattered decoration, with a white linen shade, 30cm diameter

35cm high

£200 - 400

A giltwood overmantel mirror, 19th century, French, the moulded frame set with floral bosses and enclosing a rectangular mercury glass plate, 110cm wide

156cm high

£400 - 600

A Louis XVI-style giltwood and marble side table, c.1900, French, the white marble rectangular top above three frieze drawers with the central drawer inverted and fluted supports, 149cm wide

61cm deep

81cm high

£800 - 1,200

A flat-weave wool rug of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, with repeating geometric motifs in pale tones, 234 x 182cm

£200 - 400

A leather and brass oval mirror, 20th century, with foliate mounts and studded detail,

70cm wide

85cm high

£200 - 400

A pair of Regenc y-style painted and parcel-gilt beech elbow chairs, late 19th century, each with a caned back and seat and an upholstered loose cushion, raised on tapering ring-turned supports with imitation tortoiseshell decoration, each presented with a loose bolster cushion, 59cm wide

68cm deep

86cm high (4)

£300 - 500

A Louis XVI walnut commode, late 18th century, French, the rectangular top above three long drawers fitted with gilt-bronze handles, raised on tapering square feet, 131cm wide

63cm deep

86cm high

£500 - 700

A large George II-style figured walnut and beech open armchair, 20th century, with a shaped splat and shepherd’s crook arms, above a linen-upholstered drop-in seat and knee-carved cabriole supports,

68cm wide

99cm deep

99cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 343

A neoclassical giltwood mirror, second half of the 19th century, of architectural form, with a moulded inverted breakfront cornice above a pair of fluted column pilasters, flanking a rectangular mercury glass plate, 156cm wide

201cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 344

An elm altar table, 19th century, Chinese, the rectangular top raised on round supports and stretchers, decorated with auspicious motifs, 93cm wide

46cm deep

78cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 345

A mahogany and marquetry card table, second half of the 18th century and later, Dutch, inlaid throughout with flowers and birds, the fold-over top enclosing a green baize playing surface, above a central frieze drawer on cabriole legs with pad feet,

77cm wide

38cm deep closed

72cm high

£500 - 700

Provenance: Christie’s, ‘Interiors’, 7 June 2011, lot 138.

LOT 346

A folding studded-leather library ladder, early 20th century, with seven rungs and brass mounts, 32cm wide

8cm deep open 236cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 347

A painted and parcel-gilt metal chandelier, 20th century, in the Louis XVI taste, with numerous leaves issuing from the column, above six scrolling branches and a tapering base with a pineapple terminal, 77cm diameter

86cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 348

A sectional burr yew coffee table, 20th century, of circular shape, consisting of three sections, each raised on cabriole supports, 82cm diameter

44cm high (3)

£200 - 400

Provenance: Guinevere Antiques, King’s Road, London.

LOT 349

An oak draw leaf table, late 19th century, the parquetry inlaid top over ring-turned supports united by stretchers,

352cm wide

115cm deep

70cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 350

A pair of brass and leather ‘Crillon’ armchairs by Soane, of recent manufacture, of French mid-century design, each with open arms and tubular supports, each presented with a zigzag-decorated feather cushion,

70cm wide

77cm deep

81cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 351

A George II-style walnut stool, first half of the 20th century, with a rectangular drop-in seat upholstered in Union flag linen, raised on knee-carved cabriole supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 62cm wide

49cm deep

48cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 352

A large collection of decoratively bound books, 20th century, the binding with 18th-century-style script, French postal stamps and twisting tree branches to the covers, some with titled spines (qty.)

£200 - 400

LOT 353

A set of four bleached oak luggage racks by Thonet, 20th century, each with a slatted top, raised on tapering square supports, with maker’s mark beneath,

50cm wide

35cm deep

41cm high (4)

£400 - 600

LOT 354

A small Victorian-style painted pine chest of drawers, 20th century but incorporating some earlier elements, by Dragons of Walton Street, with two short over three long drawers, raised on bracket feet, decorated with a girl seated on a Shetland pony in a country house garden, 89cm wide

40cm deep

100cm high

£200 - 400

Two pairs of lined and interlined cotton curtains, of recent manufacture, in oatmeal twill and ‘Lattice Old Stone’ by Howe, with an embroidered inner edge,

100cm at the pleated top edge

250cm at the bottom edge

278cm drop (4)

£300 - 500

Two pairs of lined and interlined curtains, of recent manufacture, in pale blue linen and ‘Lattice Old Stone’ cotton by Howe, 76cm wide at the pleated top edge 193cm wide at the bottom edge

237cm drop (4)

£300 - 500

Two pairs of lined and interlined cotton curtains, of recent manufacture, in ‘Humbug Ticking Mustard and White’ and ‘Lattice Old Stone’ by Howe,

86cm wide at the pleated top edge

200cm wide at the bottom edge

255cm drop (4)

£300 - 500

A Louis XVI-style painted and parcel-gilt wooden pier table, 19th century, French or Italian, with a rectangular white marble top above a guilloché-carved frieze, raised on tapering fluted supports,

64cm wide

43cm deep

88cm high

£300 - 500

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOT 359

A folk art painted wooden marriage chest, 19th century, French, Rouen, with a domed top and all-over floral and swag decoration, 49cm wide

34cm deep

31cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 360

A Regency mahogany sofa, c.1810, with a square back and downswept arms, raised on ring-turned supports tapering in brass caps and castors, upholstered in yellow cotton, 192cm wide

69cm deep

98cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 361

Jean-Baptiste Massé after Charles Le Brun

A set of five engravings with hand-colouring, comprising:

‘L’Allemagne’, pl.37; ‘L’Espagne’, pl.38’; ‘L’Espagne’, pl.47’; ‘L’Europe Chrétienne en Paix’, pl.45’; ‘L’Allemagne’, pl.46’

plate 35.5 x 80.5cm, framed and glazed (5)

£400 - 600

LOT 362

A pair of Regenc y-style toleware lamps, of recent manufacture, each in the form of an urn with twin lion-mask loop handles, with pleated cotton shades, 13cm wide

32cm high

54cm high overall (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 363

An ormolu-mounted porcelain mantel clock, 19th century, French, of urn form, painted with figures and pastoral landscapes within oval reserves, with twin mask and loop handles and a glazed door, fitted with a 3-inch white enamel dial with Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys hands, signed ‘G. Sewell 4 Davies St Berkeley Sq W [Westminster]’, the lift-off cover enclosing a twin-chain movement striking on a coil, marked ‘Brocot’ and numbered ‘88830’, the pendulum similarly numbered,

24cm wide

21cm deep

57cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 364

A pair of faux metal table lamps by Jean Claude Mahey, 1970s, French, each rectangular body with a faux rust finish, on a stepped copper and chromed base, each labelled beneath, 29cm wide

18cm deep

42cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A Bamileke carved wooden bed coffee table, 20th century, Cameroon, of slender rectangular outline, the adzed top carved to one end with a pair of lizards and a crescent moon, above a pierced frieze decorated with repeating elephants,

180cm wide

52cm deep

29cm high

£500 - 700

A George III-style rosewood and brass desk, late 19th century, the rectangular top with a gilt-tooled leather surface, above three frieze and three faux drawers, raised on two pedestals, each set with three further short drawers, terminating in bracket feet, stamped with a serial number to one drawer, 134cm wide

70cm deep

78cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 367

A Heriz wool carpet, c.1920s, Persian, woven with stylised flowers and geometric motifs to a red ground,

308 x 226cm

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 368

A Louis XIV-style gilt-bronze mantel clock, c.1890, the 8-inch circular enamel cartouche dial, in a cylinder case surmounted by a festooned urn with twin ram’s-head handles, flanked by twin scroll handles, raised on foliate scrolls and a fretted waist, on a shaped rectangular base raised on square feet, the eight-day movement striking on a bell and stamped ‘Samuel Marti, Paris’, numbered ‘6312’, with matching pendulum,

37cm wide

26cm deep

70cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 369

A George III-style mahogany ‘cockpen’-type settee, late 19th/early 20th century, the pierced lattice back over an upholstered seat and open arms, raised on square supports united by stretchers, 153cm wide

60cm deep

95cm high

£300 - 500

A flat-weave wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a pale ground,

303 x 250cm

£800 - 1,200

A small Regency mahogany writing table, c.1810, the square top over two drawers with diamond escutcheons, the first with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface and sectioned compartments, raised on turned supports terminating in brass castors,

54cm wide

45cm deep

77.5cm high

£200 - 400

An Aesthetic period amboyna, ebonised fruitwood and ivory side cabinet, c.1890, in the manner of Lamb of Manchester, the raised, mirrored back with ivory inlay on ebony, within an amboyna, ivory, strung and ebony border, over a turned ivory spindle, the top with an ivory Greek key pattern and ebony border over four glazed doors, a conforming, turned ivory frieze and undertier on turned supports,

199cm wide

40.5cm deep

175cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 373

A flat-weave wool rug of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating polychrome geometric motifs, 237 x 172cm

£400 - 600

374

A painted composition stone pineapple finial, 20th century, of typical form, 34cm diameter

61cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 375

A glass and chrome dining table by Davidson, London, of recent manufacture, the circular top raised on a waisted cylindrical base, 170cm diameter

75cm high

£600 - 800

Provenance: A private collection, Oxfordshire.

LOT 376

A carved giltwood overmantel mirror in the George II taste, early 20th century, with oak leaf and acorn detail, 125cm wide

80cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 377

An Isfahan rug, c.1900, with a central rosette medallion in tones of pale blue and burgundy on a pale ground, 203 x 138cm

£400 - 600

LOT 378

A vernacular birch and pine tavern settle, first half of the 19th century, of barrel shape with a panelled back, on tapering turned front supports, 236cm wide 110cm deep

137cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

379

LOT 379

A painted wrought-iron fireguard, 20th century, centred with a tree amongst foliate scrolls, 55cm wide

10cm deep

60cm high

£400 - 600

Provenance: Rose Uniacke; a private collection, Oxfordshire, obtained from the above in February 2025. 382 381

LOT 380

A set of Charles II-style steel and silvered-metal fire tools, 19th century, comprising tongs, a poker and a shovel, each with foliate mounts, shovel 90.5cm long, and a pair of matching andirons, 19cm wide

37cm deep

43cm high (5)

£1,000 - 1,500

The present examples are based on the 17th-century set now in the Queen’s Bedchamber at Ham House. Others are known to have been made for and supplied by Lenygon & Co. of Burlington Street, London, who were a notable firm of decorators.

For similar examples, see Sotheby’s, ‘Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J Safra’, 3 November 2005, lot 512, and Christie’s, ‘Interiors - Masters & Makers’, 25 June 2013, lot 233.

LOT 381

A set of George III steel fire tools, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising a shovel, a pair of tongs, and a poker, each with a knopped and faceted handle, shovel 76cm long (3)

£200 - 400

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

LOT 382

A brass club fender, 20th century, the seat upholstered in reddish-pink herringbone fabric, raised on tubular supports and a plinth base, 172cm wide

50cm deep

54cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 383

A pair of large George III needlework pictures, early 19th century, each worked in varicoloured wool and silk threads on a silk ground, with a combination of stitches including French knots and long stitch, the first depicting a male figure and dog in a landscape, the second with a woman and child in a rural domestic setting, visible 57 x 38cm, framed and glazed (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 384

After Jacobus Houbraken

A group of twelve portrait engravings, to include: ‘Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester’; ‘William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle’; ‘Charles Lord Talbot Lord High Chancellor’ plate 37.5 x 24cm, framed and glazed (12)

£300 - 500

LOT 385

After Samuel and Nathaniel Buck Views of castles and abbeys in England: Sandown Castle, Kent; Egremont Castle, Cumberland; Penrith Castle, Cumberland; Shap Abbey, Westmorland; Winchelsea Castle, Sussex; Peele Castle, Lancaster; Brougham Castle, Westmorland; Brough Castle, Westmorland; Dudley Castle, Stafford; Feversham Abby, Kent; Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk; Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk, hand-coloured engravings, sheet 22 x 39.5cm, framed and glazed (12)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 386

After Samuel and Nathaniel Buck Views of castles and abbeys in England: Furness Abbey, Lancaster; Pevensey Castle, Sussex; Pendragon Castle, Westmorland; High Head Castle, Cumberland; Appleby Castle, Westmorland; Lancaster Castle; Shrewsbury Castle; Barnwell Castle, Northampton; Wigmore Castle, Hereford; The chapel and tower in Dover Castle; Saltwood Castle, Kent hand-coloured engravings plate 19 x 37cm, framed and glazed (11)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 387

A pair of marble bowls, 20th century, each in the form of a flower head, with a footed base, 40cm diameter (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 388

Two pearlware Medici lions, early 19th century, comprising a plain example, and one with underglaze enamel decoration bearing paper label

‘Collection F. R. Briggs No. 156’, 29cm wide

15cm deep

22cm high (2)

£200 - 400

Provenance (plain): Bonhams, ‘British and European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art’, 20 March 2012, lot 17.

LOT 389

A near pair of grand tour specimen marble panels, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, each of rectangular shape, inlaid with various marble and hardstone squares within an alabaster frame, the slightly larger 28 x 18cm (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 390

A Gothic bronze mortar, 15th century, South German, of waisted vase form, with a square handle and three vertical ridges, each terminating in a protruding foot,

23cm wide

26cm deep

28cm high

£400 - 600

For similar examples, see Louvre, Paris, inventory no. OA 10557, and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, accession no. 4064-D3.

A silvered-metal and wooden ecclesiastical staff, 20th century, the upper section in the form of a crucifix, 52cm wide

212cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 392

Spare lot

A cut-glass and ormolu-mounted vase, 19th century, French, of trumpet form with a flared rim, with overlapping white and gilt decoration, and raised on a swan-decorated base, 17cm diameter

35cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 394

A flat-weave wool runner of Swedish Ingaborg design, of recent manufacture, woven with various polychrome stripes, 293 x 79cm

£200 - 400

LOT 395

A James II oak low dresser, late 17th century, with a short raised back, above a moulded rectangular top and three frieze drawers, over a pair of panelled cupboard doors, raised on stile supports,

160cm wide

49cm deep

95cm high

£500 - 700

A large zinc and iron clock face, late 19th/early 20th century, French, with a painted dial and pierced hands, distressed, 126cm diameter

£800 - 1,200

LOT 397

A plaster figure group, 20th century, after the antique, ‘The Wrestlers’, raised on an integrated oval base and numbered ‘1A35’, 115cm wide

66cm deep

97cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 398

A bentwood tine box and cover, c.1900, Norwegian, of oval cylindrical form with all-over pokerwork decoration, stamped to the cover and base ‘C. BRANDT BERGEN’, 33cm wide

20cm deep

16cm high (2)

£100 - 150

LOT 399

A flat-weave wool runner of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a blue ground, 479 x 72cm

£400 - 600

A grand tour patinated bronze bust, 19th century, probably depicting the Roman goddess Juno, on a square pedestal base, 16cm wide

12cm deep

29cm high

£300 - 500

Janet Scudder (American, 1869-1940), ‘Frog Baby’, patinated bronze, inscribed ‘Janet Scudder Roman Bronze Works NY’, 14.5cm wide

14.5cm deep

31cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

After Frederic Remington, ‘The Bronco Buster’, patinated bronze, mounted on an oval, green marble plinth, with impressed signature and titled plaque to the base, 41cm wide

24cm deep

60cm high

£300 - 500

After Étienne-Henry Dumaige, ‘Avant le Combat Volontaire de 1792’ and ‘Apres le Combat Grenadier de 1792’, a pair of patinated bronze figures, signed, with titles to the plinths, 20cm wide approximately 22cm deep

65cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 404

A bronze figure of Bacchus, 19th century, the figure with a cup and a bunch of grapes, leaning against a tree trunk, 12cm wide

11cm deep

38cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 405

Louis Valentin Élias Robert (French, 1821-1874) after Giambologna, ‘Fortuna’, patinated bronze, holding a cornucopia aloft with a wheel beneath her foot, on a cylindrical plinth cast in relief with bacchanal scenes, the wheel marked ‘L.V.E. Robert’, 16cm wide

16cm deep

92cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 406

After Halfdan Hertzberg, ‘Siffleur’, a patinated bronze, inscribed to the base ‘HERTZBERG’, 12cm wide

12cm deep

36cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 407

A grand tour bronze model of the Borghese Gladiator, 19th century, inscribed ‘Msee Du Louvre’ to the base, 30cm wide

16cm deep

34cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 408

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA (1850-1925), ‘Putting the Stone’, patinated bronze, signed and dated to the base ‘Hamo Thornycroft Sc 1880’, edition of 10, 50cm wide

20.5cm deep

68cm high

£4,000 - 6,000

For other casts of the same edition, see: Sotheby’s, ‘The Bill Blass Collection’, 21 October 2003, lot 239 (ed. 7/10); Sotheby’s, ‘European Sculpture & Works of Art 900-1900’, 10 December 2004, lot 182 (ed. 3/10);

Sotheby’s, ‘19th & 20th Century European Sculpture’, 25 November 2009, lot 76 (ed. unknown); Bonhams, ‘Gentleman’s Library Sale’, 19 January 2011, lot 728 (ed. 6/10).

A cast of this model is housed in the Leighton House Museum, London, with another example shown at the Fine Art Society’s ‘Sir Alfred Gilbert & The New Sculpture’ exhibition, 2008.

Literature: J Cooper, ‘Nineteenth Century Romantic Bronzes’, 1975, p.66; B Read, ‘Victorian Sculpture’, 1982, p.291; the Fine Art Society, ‘Sir Alfred Gilbert & The New Sculpture’ Exhibition Catalogue, ill. pp.110-112.

Hamo Thornycroft studied Greek art at the British Museum before entering the Royal Academy school in 1869, where he won a gold medal in 1875. He became a central figure in the English New Sculpture movement and is often considered the first to gain widespread recognition from both the established art community and his peers. His focus on naturalistic depictions of the human form, combined with an early reluctance to abandon the neoclassical style, gave his work broad appeal. His sculptures of ‘Artemis and Teucer’, shown at the Academy in 1880 and 1881, marked a turning point in the revival of English sculpture. The present model was also exhibited in 1880, revealing the influence of his mentor, Lord Leighton, whose own bronze of an athlete had been displayed three years earlier.

LOT 409

A George III-style brass hall lantern, 20th century, with scrolling supports and four interior lights, 40cm diameter

72cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 410

A pair of painted composition stone busts of Zeus, of recent manufacture, after the antique, 28cm wide

24cm deep

38cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 411

A pair of flat-weave rug panels, first half of the 20th century, Uzbek, each woven with repeating geometric motifs and mounted to a stretchered linen panel, 108 x 37cm (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 412

A Veramin wool carpet, early 20th century, Persian, woven with repeating red mina-khani motifs to a blue ground, 316 x 211cm

£3,000 - 5,000

A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu candelabra, 19th century, French, each in the form of a standing putto, one cupid and the other holding a marotte, with a large floral bloom behind issuing six light sconces, raised on a flared architectural pedestal with applied floral garlands and acanthus scrolls, 37cm diameter

66cm high (2)

£3,000 - 5,000

414

A pair of Louis XVI-style ormolu candelabra, 19th century, French, each in the form of a seated cherub supporting a tier of six acanthus branches terminating in sconces, centred by a further sconce, raised on a scrolling base, 38cm diameter

64cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 415

Three Regenc y-style painted and parcel-gilt toleware tea canister lamps, of recent manufacture, each of octagonal form, gilt-heightened and painted with chinoiserie figures on a red ground, with shades, 27cm diameter

lamps 44cm high

72cm high overall (3)

£300 - 500

A walnut tavern table, late 18th/early 19th century, Continental, the rounded rectangular top with a moulded edge and cleated ends, raised on ‘X’ frame trestle supports united by a stretcher, 126cm wide

84cm deep

75cm high

£300 - 500

A James II oak chest of drawers, late 17th century, the moulded rectangular top above two short and three long panelled drawers, with conforming sides, raised on bun feet,

95cm wide

54cm deep

89cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 418

A flat-weave wool runner of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating polychrome diamond motifs, 481 x 80cm

£400 - 600

419

A George III-style brass hall lantern, 20th century, of cylindrical form with scrolling detail, with three lights, 43cm diameter

78cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 420

A bronzed-metal owl ceiling light, 20th century, with wings outspread, the talons clutching two light fittings,

150cm wide

60cm deep

30cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

421

A pair of Victorian Arts and Crafts brass altar candlesticks, late 19th century, attributed to the Hardman Foundry, each sconce with a pierced rim and engraved quatrefoil decoration, above a cluster column set with glass cabochons, raised on four pierced bracket supports terminating in paw feet,

33cm wide

33cm deep

77cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 422

A wrought-iron wall bracket, 19th century, formed of crossed bars with scroll and arrow ends, issuing a scrolling frame terminating in a dragon’s head, 40cm wide

82cm deep

62cm high

£200 - 400

A carved giltwood marriage mirror, late 18th/early 19th century, Italian, the arched top decorated with a vase of fruit, above a scrolling foliate frame enclosing a sectional mercury glass plate, 69cm wide

119cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

424

A set of four crystal glass and gilt-metal wall lights, 20th century, each in the form of scrolling beaded stems issuing three light branches, with clear and coloured glass droplets and pendants,

30cm wide

20cm deep

40cm high (4)

£800 - 1,200

425

A wool carpet of Tekke Bokhara design, 20th century, the pale field decorated with elephant foot motifs,

366 x 280cm

£700 - 900

LOT 426

A pair of large polished brass and steel table lamps, 20th century, each with a knopped and faceted column above a gadrooned base, 24cm diameter

76cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 427

A porcelain vase lamp, 19th century, Chinese, of baluster form, decorated in the wucai palette with dragons, flowering pots and foliate motifs, with a silk pleated shade,

26cm diameter

lamp 34cm high

63cm high overall

£300 - 500

A pair of neoclassical giltwood and gesso oval mirrors, late 19th century, Swedish, each with beaded borders and tied-ribbon surmounts, 45cm wide

72cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

A Victorian cotton manufacturing display, 19th century, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. Ltd., Manchester, with various processing samples, 49 x 59cm, framed and glazed

£200 - 400

A late aesthetic period painted cast iron stick stand, c.1880, in the manner of Chrisopher Dresser, with eighteen divisions and a pair of removable drip trays, raised on a stepped plinth base with cast foliate decoration, 94cm wide

32cm deep

65cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 431

An export blanc-de-Chine porcelain shell, 20th century, Chinese, decorated with a band of seated Buddha, 22cm wide

36cm deep

16cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 432

A caneware box and cover by Wilhelm Schiller & Sons, mid-19th century, the cover cast as a prowling lion, the base modelled with lions and lion’s mask ring handles, base stamped ‘WS&S’, 18cm wide

10cm deep

20cm high (2)

£150 - 250

LOT 433

Two Staffordshire pottery lions, early 19th century, each painted in enamel colours, the first in a Medici-style standing pose with foot resting on a ball, the second in a recumbent position in front of a bocage tree, larger (standing) 13cm wide

8cm deep

15cm high (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 434

A pearlware figure of Europa and the Bull, c.1800-10, Staffordshire, with overglaze and painted decoration, 21cm wide

11cm deep

27cm high

£200 - 300

Provenance: Stoke-on-Trent Museum, Ceramics Department; a private collection.

For a similar example, see Pat Halfpenny, ‘English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840’, p.177.

435

A collection of pearlware figures, c.1810-20, Staffordshire, each modelled as Andromache Mourning Hector, painted in polychrome, 9cm wide

8cm deep

23.5cm high (12)

£400 - 600

LOT 436

A collection of pearlware figures, c.1810-20, Staffordshire, each modelled as Andromache Mourning Hector, painted in polychrome, 9cm wide

8cm deep

23.5cm high (12)

£400 - 600

437

A collection of pearlware figures, c.1810-20, Staffordshire, each modelled as Andromache Mourning Hector, painted in polychrome, 9cm wide

8cm deep

23.5cm high (12)

£400 - 600

LOT 438

A collection of pearlware figures, c.1810-20, Staffordshire, each modelled as Andromache Mourning Hector, painted in polychrome, 9cm wide

8cm deep

23.5cm high (16)

£500 - 700

LOT 439

A large pottery figure of Bacchus and Ariadne, early 19th century, Staffordshire, modelled with Bacchus in a pink robe with an arm around Ariadne, raised on a faux marble plinth, 32cm wide

21cm deep

62cm high

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see Pat Halfpenny, ‘English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840’, p.152, pl.42.

LOT 440

A large pearlware figure of Bacchus and Ariadne, early 19th century, Staffordshire, Bacchus modelled with a pink robe and with an arm around Ariadne, raised on a faux marble plinth, 25cm wide

19cm deep

54.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 441

Two Enoch Wood pearlware figures of Prudence and Fortitude, c.1800, Staffordshire, Prudence modelled with a snake wrapped around her arm, Fortitude modelled beside a column, each raised on a blue glazed plinth, 24cm wide

17cm deep

50.5cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 442

A Wedgwood pearlware figure of Fortitude, c.1800, modelled in floral robes standing beside a column, raised on a faux marble plinth, with impressed marks to the reverse, 26cm wide

19cm deep

53cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 443

A flat-weave wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a red ground, 360 x 286cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 444

A Regency mahogany library bookcase, early 19th century, with a stepped cornice above four glazed doors with arched tracery, enclosing shelves, above four panelled cupboard doors with flame veneers, enclosing further shelves, raised on a plinth base, 250cm wide

50cm deep

265cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 445

A Black Forest carved oak wall clock, late 19th century, Swiss, the white painted dial with Roman chapter ring, within a case decorated with hanging game and fruit on a shaped backboard, surmounted by a bull’s head crest, enclosing an electric movement, 53cm wide

75cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 446

A carved beech campaign-style single bed, 19th century, with a folding canopy above four posts, two carved with foliate scrolls, united by iron rails and terminating in square supports and castors, with a tasselled silk cover, 210cm long

105cm wide

201cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 447

A Regenc y-style gilt bronze torchère, second half of the 19th century, of neoclassical design with anthemion-decorated sconce above a fluted and foliate-cast column, raised on a tripod base with lion paw feet, terminating in a canted plinth, 50cm wide

50cm deep

211cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

A Hollywood Regency gilt-metal pineapple chandelier, 20th century, Italian, with scrolling foliage and five branches, 66cm diameter

61cm high

£1,200 - 1,800

A Louis XV-style provincial fruitwood rafraîchisseur, late 19th century, French, the rectangular top with an inset rouge marble panel and a pair of champagne buckets, above a single frieze drawer and slender cabriole supports, 60cm wide

42cm deep

73cm high

£300 - 500

LOT

A wool carpet of Arts and Crafts design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating tulip heads and scrolling foliage, to a pale-blue ground, 353 x 254cm

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 451 

A walnut and fruitwood marquetry lowboy, second half of the 18th century, Dutch, of serpentine outline, the top with elaborate floral and foliate decoration with mother-of-pearl and ivory inlaid flowers, above an arrangement of five frieze drawers and raised on tapering knee-carved supports, terminating in claw and ball feet, 77cm wide

59cm deep

72cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 452

A painted pine chest, 19th century, Transylvanian, with a hinged lid enclosing storage space, with all-over geometric decoration, 118cm wide

50cm deep

43cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 453

A small George III mahogany drum library table, third quarter of the 18th century, with a gilt-tooled green leather top, with a ribbon-and-stick moulded edge, above alternating cockbeaded drawers and faux drawers, raised on a turned column with carved detail, and a tripod base terminating in brass caps and castors, 92cm diameter

74cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 454

A Regency painted wooden daybed, c.1815, reupholstered in printed floral cotton, with a tub-shaped back and baluster arms, raised on tapering reeded supports with all-over floral and foliate decoration, stamped beneath ‘Hampton Shops Bristol’, 164cm long

67cm wide

81cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 458

A near pair of Empire stained beech fauteuils, early 19th century, French, each carved throughout with neoclassical motifs, with scrolling open arms and fluted supports terminating in scroll feet, upholstered in studded green leather, 62cm wide

60cm deep

100cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A pair of gilt-composition three-branch wall lights, 20th century, the three branches supported by a ribbon-tied laurel wreath and crossed-arrows backplate, 28cm wide

21cm deep

86cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A pair of George III-style mahogany wall mirrors, late 19th century, possibly Irish, each oval plate set within a crossbanded frame, with fret-carved decoration, 44.5cm wide

85.5cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A Navajo-inspired flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, woven with stripes in tones of black and white, 244 x 159cm £300 - 500

LOT 459

A provincial carved beech centre table, second half of the 18th century, Swiss, with a hinged moulded rectangular top enclosing storage space, above a deep frieze with scrolling foliate and shell decoration, raised on notched supports united by a stretcher, 131cm wide

65cm deep

78cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 460

A George II mahogany bureau bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey, mid-18th century, the dentil-moulded cornice above a pair of cartouche-shaped glazed doors, each with carved slip, the bureau section with fall front enclosing a fitted interior, above four graduated long drawers, on bracket feet,

117cm wide

66cm deep

217cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 461

A pair of ebonised wooden and gilt-metal-mounted occasional tables, 20th century, each with a canted rectangular top, inset with an earlier gilt-lacquer chinoiserie panel decorated with birds, bamboo and foliate scrolls, raised on a ring-turned column and a tripod base with foliate bosses, terminating in brass bun feet,

38cm wide

38cm deep

54cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 462

A set of Victorian gilt composition hanging shelves, mid-19th century, of serpentine outline with foliate detail, with three shelves before a mirrored back,

46cm wide

17cm deep

80cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 463

A pair of upholstered armchairs in the Howard & Sons style, of recent manufacture, by Peter Dudgeon, upholstered in blue and green linen respectively, each with scroll arms and feather and foam upholstery, raised on ring-turned stained beech supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 84cm wide

105cm deep

90cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 464

A pique-assiette framed mirror, c.1920, French, of rectangular form, the frame with mosaic decoration, 65cm wide

3.5cm deep

84cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 465

A George III mahogany cellaret, late 18th century and later, the brass-bound hexagonal body with a hinged lid, the interior with divisions, raised on a later fluted stand,

55cm wide

41cm deep

72cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 466

An early Victorian golden oak library bookcase, c.1840, the cornice set with floral bosses, above three arched glazed doors enclosing shelves, with panelled cupboard doors beneath, set between a pair of cluster column pilasters and raised on a plinth base,

188cm wide

47cm deep

252cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 467

A George III fruitwood and elm comb-back Windsor armchair, late 18th century, Thames Valley, the back set with slatted and spokeshaved spindles, above a saddle seat, raised on cabriole front supports united by turned stretchers, 62cm wide

53cm deep

106cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 468

A carved giltwood pier mirror in the rococo taste, late 19th/early 20th century, with a scrolling foliate frame surrounding a rectangular bevelled glass plate,

71cm wide

106cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 469

A Louis XV kingwood and ormolu commode, c.1750, French, of serpentine outline with all-over scrolling rococo mounts, the parquetry-decorated top above two short and two long drawers with conforming decoration, raised on outsplayed supports, indistinctly stamped ‘G. Schwingkens’ to the back, 107cm wide

57cm deep

80cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

Guillaume Schwingkens was a German-born ébéniste active in Paris from around 1745 to 1760. He established his workshop first on rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and later moved to rue de Charonne. Schwingkens specialised in Louis XV-style furniture, particularly commodes and encoignures, often in kingwood or violetwood with rich marquetry and elaborate gilt-bronze mounts. His work is represented in several major collections, including the Musée du Louvre.

A William IV mahogany armchair, c.1830, with buttoned-velvet upholstery and scrolling arms, raised on foliate-carved tapering supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 70cm wide

93cm deep

91cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 471

A cast iron ‘sailor’ stick stand, late 19th century, the young sailor holding a looped rope and standing on marine artefacts, including an anchor and crossed oars, above a removable drip tray, 53cm wide

26cm deep

70cm high

£200 - 400

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

LOT 472

A George II mahogany tripod table, c.1750, the circular tilt top with a pie-crust edge and a birdcage action, above a fluted column with acanthus detail, raised on knee-carved cabriole legs, terminating in claw and ball feet,

65cm diameter

71cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

For a similar example, see Christie’s, ‘English Furniture’, 8 July 1999, lot 19.

LOT 473

A beech, leather and brass steamer travel trunk by Hall du Voyage of Paris, early 20th century, French, the hinged lid enclosing a paisley fabric-lined interior with a removable tray, stencilled to the sides ‘J.S.F’,

95cm wide

53cm deep

55cm high

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 474

A George I-style carved giltwood pier mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, with a scrolling foliate frame enclosing a split glass plate, 58cm wide

126cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 475

A Regency mahogany wine cooler attributed to Gillows, c.1810, the oval hinged top with radiating fluting and a floral finial, enclosing a zinc-lined interior, with reeded baluster supports terminating in brass caps and castors,

70cm wide

55cm deep

63cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

476

A large Baule carved and painted wooden Kple-k ple mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, with a pair of horns above pierced eyes and a square mouth with jagged teeth, 119cm wide

31cm deep

87cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 477

A Heriz wool runner, 20th century, of narrow form, with geometric motifs to a red ground, with ivory accents, 342 x 71cm

£600 - 800

LOT 478

A walnut, oak and seaweed marquetry chest of drawers, late 17th/early 18th century, the rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, with panelled sides, raised on bracket feet, 97cm wide

56cm deep

88cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 479

A Victorian Gothic Revival oak chair, dated 1880, the arched back with a bishop’s mitre surmount and a pair of acorn finials, above a panelled back inscribed ‘S. Chad’s Far Headingly’, the sides with pierced detail and raised on trestle supports,

60cm wide

53cm deep

122cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 480

A Colefax & Fowler-inspired flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating flower heads to a pale ground,

240 x 181cm

£400 - 600

LOT 481

A small Victorian walnut occasional table attributed to Gillows, c.1860, the octagonal top quarter-veneered with burr walnut and banded in satinwood and boxwood, with an ebonised edge, raised on fluted supports and stretchers, terminating in faceted feet and gilt-brass castors, 65cm wide

65cm deep

61cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 482

A George III-style painted satinwood tripod table, c.1900, the oval snap-top decorated with neoclassical motifs and arabesques, raised on a ring-turned column and scrolling supports, bearing an ivorine label for ‘The House of Philip Oriel Inc.’ beneath, 78cm wide

53cm deep

73cm high

£300 - 500

A baroque-style repoussé brass wall mirror, late 19th century, the frame decorated with a figure mask and repeating floral and foliate scrolls, with a sectional bevelled glass plate, 65cm wide

111cm high

£200 - 400

A small George II mahogany kneehole desk, mid-18th century, the moulded rectangular top above a frieze drawer, and two banks of further short drawers flanking a cupboard door, raised on bracket feet,

75cm wide

48cm deep

77cm high

£300 - 500

A set of George III polished steel fire tools, late 18th/early 19th century, each with a faceted baluster handle, the tongs with a brass lion mask boss, 75cm long (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 486

A pair of rustic wooden sculpture stands, of recent manufacture, with adjustable tops and stretchered square supports,

45cm wide

45cm deep

94cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 487

Three Edwardian walking sticks, early 20th century, two with a carved dog’s head, hinged lower jaws to hold a pair of gloves, and glass eyes, 91cm long, another with a white metal terminal, pressed with four male faces displaying various emotions, on an ebonised shaft, 87cm long (3)

£200 - 300

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

LOT 488

A pair of neoclassical painted pine commodes, of recent manufacture but incorporating earlier elements, Italian, each with a faux marble top, above two long drawers and tapering square supports, painted with figures and foliate scrolls,

120cm wide

53cm deep

93cm high (2)

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 489

A lacquered faux bamboo chinoiserie mirror by Vicky Yao, of recent manufacture, with a pagoda top and lattice frame, surrounding a rectangular plate,

81cm wide

138cm high

£200 - 400

A small George III oak dresser base, late 18th century, with a moulded rectangular top, above a shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, raised on chamfered square supports and a potboard base, terminating in peg feet,

150cm wide

47cm deep

78cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 491

A pair of red velvet two-seater sofas, of recent manufacture, Italian, each with red piping and loose cushions, 217cm wide

105cm deep

86cm high (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 492

A flat-weave wool rug of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating polychrome geometric motifs, 250 x 183cm

£400 - 600

LOT 493

A George IV-style mahogany stool or bench, of recent manufacture but incorporating some earlier elements, the rounded rectangular top upholstered in coarse linen, raised on reeded supports terminating in peg feet,

152cm wide

54cm deep

58cm high

£600 - 800

A George IV mahogany and leather library armchair, c.1825, with a buttoned back and studded detail, with a pair of scrolling open arms and raised on reeded front supports, terminating in brass caps and castors, 66cm wide

102cm deep

103cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 495

An Oushak wool rug, 20th century, Turkish, woven with a stylised eight-point star to the centre, on a red ground, 200 x 138cm

£400 - 600

LOT 496

A group of eight various giltwood convex mirrors, 20th century, including three Regency-style examples with ball decoration and ebonised slips, largest 59cm diameter (8)

£600 - 800

LOT 497

A carved mahogany and leather library armchair, c.1835, French, with foliate-carved detail to the frame, and a button and studded seat with removable wings, raised on loaded baluster supports terminating in leather castors,

72cm wide

99cm deep

114cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 498

A pair of brass and cut-glass girandoles, second quarter of the 20th century, each with a vase-shaped back issuing numerous floral bosses and drops, above three scrolling foliate brass sconces, raised on a spreading circular base,

27cm wide

19cm deep

51cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 499

A brass, glass and verre églomisé coffee table in the manner of Rodolfo Dubarry, 20th century, Spanish, of square form with panelled supports and an undertier united by block feet,

101cm wide

101cm deep

45cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 500

A walnut and velvet-upholstered sofa by Linley, of recent manufacture, the curved back enclosing a serpentine-shaped seat,

245cm wide

110cm deep

76cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 501

A pair of Arts and Crafts copper and wrought-iron andirons, late 19th century, each on scrolled supports, 25cm wide

29cm deep

46cm high (2)

£300 - 500

Provenance: From the collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly.

LOT 502

Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924-2012)

A set of six black and white silver gelatin prints, c.1950s five depicting details of the Parthenon Sculptures from the British Museum, London, together with another of an Italian sculpture, probably of a saint, one with studio stamp verso five 40.5 x 50.5cm, one 50 x 38cm, each mounted on board (6)

£600 - 800

Frederick Kenett was a significant, yet often overlooked, post-war British artist. In the 1960s, he was commissioned by the Egyptian government to photograph Tutankhamun’s tomb and its treasures, becoming the first to capture the artefacts in Cairo’s museum. He also travelled across Europe, photographing classical art and architecture, often working with government authorities.

During this time, he formed a close friendship with sculptor Henry Moore, leading to an exchange in knowledge, with Kenett teaching Moore photography, while Moore introduced Kenett to sculpting. Their travels together in France and the Low Countries deeply inspired Kenett, who began creating his own sculptures in the mid-1960s. Moore’s influence is evident in Kenett’s work.

LOT 503

Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858)

Eight hand-coloured lithographed plates from ‘The Ladies’ Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials’, 1843-44 sheet 26.5 x 20cm, framed and glazed (8)

£300 - 500

LOT 504

After Petrus Johannes Schotel

A set of hand-coloured lithographs depicting Dutch naval battles, comprising:

The Battle of Matanzas Bay, 10 September 1628; The Battle of Livorno (Leghorn), 14 March 1653; The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653; The Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658; The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665; The St James’s Day Battle, 4-5 August 1666; The Battle of Texel, 21 August 1673; The Battle of Öland, June 1676; The First Battle of Tobago, 3 March 1677; The Battle of Cap de la Roque, 22 May 1703; The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797; The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816

sheet 26 x 36cm, framed and glazed (12)

£200 - 400

A painted pine commode, of recent manufacture but incorporating some earlier elements, Italian, with a faux marble top above three long drawers, raised on tapering square supports, decorated all over imitating chinoiserie delft tiles,

124cm wide

61cm deep

99cm high

£2,500 - 3,500

A Scandinavian-inspired flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, in the manner of Barbro Nilsson, woven with repeating geometric motifs in tones of brown and cream, 364 x 280cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 507

A gilt-bronze tazza by Barbedienne, late 19th century, French, in the form of an Athenienne caryatid on a circular foot, stamped to the reverse with ‘Reduction Mecanique Achille Collas’ seal, and inscribed ‘BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR’

16cm diameter

16cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 508

A Caucasian wool carpet of Persian PETAG design, early 20th century, woven with bold foliate motifs to a red ground, 264 x 200cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 509

A pair of ormolu-mounted porcelain ewers, 19th century, French, each of ovoid form, with oval reserves decorated with 18th-century figures and pastoral scenes, within scrolling gilt foliage on a blue ground, 13cm wide

9cm deep

39cm high (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 510

A painted toleware jardinière, 20th century, Continental, with three graduated planters, decorated with floral and foliate motifs on a black ground, 66cm wide

34cm deep

108cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 511

A pair of Roman-style carved wooden portrait plaques, 19th century, depicting Antony and Cleopatra, each within a foliate border, 64cm wide

76cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 512

A bentwood tine box and cover, c.1900, Norwegian, of oval cylindrical form with all-over pokerwork decoration, stamped to the base

‘C. BRANDT BERGEN’, 43cm wide

25cm deep

21cm high (2)

£100 - 150

LOT 513

A Ziegler wool carpet, of recent manufacture, in muted tones, woven with stylised flowers to a pale ground, 365 x 273cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 514

After Adriano Cecioni, an imitation marble panel, of recent manufacture, depicting bacchanalian revels, bearing inscription, 23 x 87cm

£300 - 500

LOT 515

A pair of pottery chickens, 19th century, Scottish, Bo’ness Pottery, modelled facing left and right, each with a red comb and wattles, heightened in gilt,

24cm wide

10cm deep

31cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 516

A Roman-style marble cuirassed torso of an emperor, 20th century, raised on a stone plinth base, 59cm wide

40cm deep

120cm high overall

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 517

A carved marble group, 18th/19th century, Italian, in the manner of Clodion, depicting two cherubs embracing, inscribed to the base ‘Roma 1784’, 23cm wide

14cm deep

32cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 518

Two leather horses, 20th century, one galloping with saddlery, the other standing, larger (galloping) 57cm long 14cm wide

30cm high (2)

£300 - 400

LOT 519

A large Imperial Egyptian porphyry fragment, polished to one side, 14cm wide

18cm deep

22cm high, raised on a modern display stand, 32cm high overall

£800 - 1,200

LOT 520

A collection of imperial porphyry balls or gaming pieces, of various sizes, each of polished spherical form, between 1.5 and 2.5cm diameter (27)

£500 - 700

LOT 521

A pair of painted wooden girandole mirrors, 19th century, Italian, Venice, each of scrolling rococo outline with carved floral and foliate decoration to the frame, enclosing an etched glass plate decorated with figures, 60cm wide 94cm high (2)

£500 - 700

A Regenc y-style black and gilt japanned dressing table mirror, of recent manufacture, with a shaped frame with chinoiserie decoration, enclosing a glass plate, 44cm wide

27cm deep

55cm high

£200 - 400

A carved sheep pew end, 16th century, in a recumbent position with its front legs draped over an integral plinth base, 23cm wide

12cm deep

28cm high

£800 - 1,200

A pair of carved, painted and parcel-gilt wooden figures of saints, early 18th century, Continental, comprising Saint Peter and Saint Longinus, each modelled standing on a canted rectangular base, 28cm wide

22cm deep

75cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

An Ersari wool rug, 20th century, Turkmenistan, woven with repeating diamond motifs to a red ground, 210 x 134cm

£200 - 400

LOT 526

A leaded bronze cauldron, 18th century, the everted shallow rim over an ovoid body, with twin angular lugs and a plain articulated loop handle, raised on three faceted splayed supports, the front two terminating in hoof feet,

32cm diameter

30cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 527

After Jean de Boulogne aka ‘Giambologna’, a patinated bronze figure of Fortuna, 19th century, French, raised by a gust of wind issuing from the mouth of Boreas, holding a trumpet in her lower right hand, her left held aloft with a laurel frond, on a rouge marble base,

19cm wide

27cm deep

76cm high

£300 - 400

LOT 528

French School, late 19th/early 20th century, a whistling man in breeches, patinated bronze, stamped ‘E. Gruet Jeune Fondeur’ verso, 11cm wide

9cm deep

32cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 529

After Eugène Marioton, ‘Retour De Chasse’, late 19th/early 20th century, French, a bronze patinated figure of a young man returning from a hunt, bearing signature ‘Eug Marioton’ and foundry mark ‘Jollet & Cie Bronzes Paris’ to the base,

24cm wide

19cm deep

54cm high

£300 - 400

After Adriano Cecioni, ‘L’Enfant au Coq’, patinated bronze, signed ‘Adriano Cecioni’ verso, raised on a circular rouge marble base, 14cm diameter

32cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 531

A carved and painted head of Christ, 18th century, with slightly parted lips and painted features, 24cm high, together with a small carved head of a putto and a saint on stand, putto 14cm high saint 18cm high overall (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 532

After Leonardo da Vinci, ‘The Last Supper’, a bronze panel in relief, 37 x 67cm

£200 - 400

LOT 533

A pair of patinated bronze chenet, 19th century, each depicting a putto seated on a stool raised on cabriole legs and paw feet, 24cm wide

18cm deep

36cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 534

A Regency rosewood pier table, c.1820, with a green marble top above a parcel-gilt frieze decorated with floral roundels, raised on foliate-capped column pilasters before a mirrored back, on a plinth base, 84cm wide

36cm deep

91cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 535

A papier mâché Diablada mask, 20th century, South American, in the form of the devil (Tio), with protruding eyes and serrated mirror eyelashes, 43cm wide

42cm deep

39cm high

£300 - 500

The Diablada is an important part of Carnival in several towns in the Altiplano region of Bolivia, Peru and northern Chile. The Diablada of Oruro, Bolivia, is famous for the large numbers of participants and their elaborate masks and costumes.

For similar examples, see the British Museum Am1985,32.3 and Am1985,32.6.

The Paolo Moschino Edit

For more than three decades, Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen have created interiors that feel both worldly and timeless, rooms where elegant antiques sit comfortably alongside bold modern injections, and where comfort is never sacrificed to style. Their studio, Paolo Moschino Ltd., is renowned for creating spaces that are comfortable and layered, yet emanate a quiet glamour and luxury reminiscent of a 1970s Mediterranean villa.

The third instalment of The Paolo Moschino Edit perfectly captures this spirit. Here, relaxed rattan seating meets sculptural, architectural tables; richly glazed Adessa and Celine lamps punctuate the space with colour and light; and sofas upholstered in Paolo Moschino fabrics invite the kind of generous comfort that defines their interiors. Elsewhere, neoclassical urns, faux bamboo chairs, and French lacquer pieces bring a sense of history and discovery, the kind Paolo and Philip consistently weave into their projects.

We are delighted to share this carefully assembled selection of over thirty pieces, which together illustrate the effortless eclecticism at the heart of Paolo and Philip’s vision. Once again, we thank the Paolo Moschino team for their generous collaboration in shaping this edition.

LOT 536

A leather and stained wooden ‘X’ frame stool, of recent manufacture, with studded detail and turned supports, 64cm wide

42cm deep

52cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 537

A pair of patinated metal lanterns, 20th century, each of typical form with tapering glazed sides enclosing three lights, terminating in ball finials,

37cm wide

37cm deep

67cm high not including chain (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

THE PAOLO MOSCHINO EDIT

LOTS

An upholstered ‘Camilla’ sofa by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, with downswept arms, upholstered in Paolo Moschino linen fabric, 226cm wide

105cm deep

84cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 539

A pair of ebonised wooden ‘Primavera’ side tables by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of architectural form, with a rectangular top raised on tapering square supports united by an undertier, terminating in peg feet, 66cm wide

40cm deep

68cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 540

A pair of Adessa table lamps by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of Chinese vase form, in green-glazed ceramic with brass detail, 24cm diameter

46cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 541

A pair of Adessa table lamps by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of Chinese vase form, in red-glazed ceramic with brass detail, 24cm diameter

46cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 542

A brass faux bamboo coffee table, second half of the 20th century, with a square smoked glass top raised on an ‘X’ frame base, 114cm wide

114cm deep

41cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 543

A set of eight gilt-metal faux bamboo dining chairs, of recent manufacture, of slender outline, each with an upholstered seat covered in Paolo Moschino fabric, 52cm wide

45cm deep

97cm high (8)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 544

A pair of woven rattan ‘Ananas’ table lamps by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of pineapple form, raised on a Perspex base, 26cm diameter

51cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 545

A brass column table lamp by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, with fluted detail, on a rectangular base, 20cm wide

14cm deep

51cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 546

A neoclassical silvered-brass and glass centre table, c.1960, French, the circular top raised on slender splayed supports united by a small undertier, terminating in lion paw feet, 130cm diameter

70cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 547

A set of three Empire-style painted and parcel-gilt wooden tub chairs, of recent manufacture, each upholstered in white herringbone cotton and raised on foliate-capped turned front supports, terminating in peg feet, 56cm wide

66cm deep

95cm high (3)

£600 - 800

LOT 548

A pair of ‘Celine’ table lamps by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of tapering form, in gilt composition,

46cm wide

46cm deep

82.5cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 549

A pair of painted rattan and gilt-metal table lamps, of recent manufacture, each of fluted cylindrical form, 23cm diameter

47cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A pair of walnut and leather hall benches, 19th century, French, each with a serpentine rail and seat, with studded detail, raised on moulded square supports,

80cm wide

60cm deep

86cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 551

A pair of rattan ‘Ella’ lounge chairs by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each with a geometric pierced back and arms, upholstered in off-white fabric, raised on tubular supports, 68cm wide

78cm deep

78cm high (2)

£600 - 800

552

A pair of copper lanterns, late 19th/early 20th century and later, French, each of typical tapering form, with glazed sides and a later fitted pineapple terminal,

38cm wide

38cm deep

90cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

553

A set of eight Victorian oak dining chairs, c.1880, Scottish, each rail with a carved crest, with a square seat raised on fluted supports united by turned stretchers, upholstered in studded red leather,

50cm wide

46cm deep

98cm high (8)

£500 - 700

554 

An export black lacquer, hardstone and ivor y-inlaid folding screen, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, each of the four panels decorated to one side with figures, trees and pagodas in a landscape, within a mother-of-pearl inlaid border, painted with blossoms to the other, raised on brass-capped bracket feet, each panel 40cm wide

172cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

A pair of Louis XVI-style painted wooden fauteuils, 20th century, each with stuffed armrests, upholstered back and seats, raised on tapering fluted supports,

63cm wide

54cm deep

85cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A pair of glazed stoneware heron, c.1940, Italian, each modelled standing on one leg amongst lily pads,

54cm wide

43cm deep

109cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

An ebonised wooden stool by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, in the Regency taste, upholstered in Paolo Moschino ‘Roche’ fabric, raised on ‘X’ frame supports,

63cm wide

46cm deep

52cm high

£350 - 450

LOT 558

A set of three nickel and brass vases, c.1970, each of rectangular form, set to each side with a stylised flower head, 17cm wide

12cm deep

36cm high (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 559

A set of six stained wooden and caned dining chairs by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each of tub shape, with an upholstered seat and tapering turned supports, terminating in brass caps,

59cm wide

63cm deep

83cm high (6)

£3,500 - 4,500

LOT 560

A pair of small patinated brass and glass ‘Lescot’ side tables by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each with a square top, raised on tapering square supports united by stretchers, 42cm wide

42cm deep

41cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 561

A pair of brass faux bamboo drinks tables, of recent manufacture, each circular top raised on a textured column and base, 37cm diameter

50cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 562

A group of five rattan ‘Jordan’ dining chairs by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, comprising a pair of honey-coloured armchairs and three grey single examples, armchairs 60cm wide

55cm deep

86cm high (5)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 563

A rattan faux bamboo sideboard, c.1970, French, the rounded rectangular top above four short drawers and cupboard doors, decorated with undulating waves, raised on short square feet, 214cm wide

50cm deep

92cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 564

A brass and mirrored glass side table in the manner of Maison Baguès, of recent manufacture, with a circular top and a foliate-cast frame, the supports united by stretchers, 52cm diameter

63cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 565

A pair of baroque-style painted wooden shell pedestals, of recent manufacture, each in the form of a fountain basin, with carved scrolling foliate decoration, 81cm wide

56cm deep

93cm high (2)

£500 - 700

LOT 566

A pair of modernist oxidised-copper and painted-metal occasional tables, of recent manufacture, each rectangular top raised on tapering supports,

42cm wide

26cm deep

52cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 567

A gypsum and pewter coffee table, of recent manufacture, the rectangular top raised on end supports, 123cm wide

71cm deep

46cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 568

An upholstered ‘Calvados’ sofa by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, with scroll arms and turned mahogany supports terminating in brass castors, upholstered in Paolo Moschino ‘Milos’ fabric, 195cm wide

82cm deep

85cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 569

A pair of rattan ‘Thea’ lounge chairs by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each with a geometric pierced frame, the loose back cushion and seat upholstered in off-white fabric, 70cm wide

74cm deep

86cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 570

A set of four ‘Faro’ dining chairs by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each with a horseshoe-shaped back and square seat, raised on limed wooden supports, upholstered in bouclé fabric, 60cm wide

60cm deep

81cm high (4)

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 571

A pair of large neoclassical glazed stoneware urns, each of twin-handled form, decorated with garlands, 45cm wide

40cm deep

111cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 572

A trio of modernist brass and vellum occasional tables by Paolo Moschino, of recent manufacture, each with an asymmetrical top raised on three square-form supports, approximately 63cm wide 42cm deep

47cm high (3)

£350 - 450

GARDEN LOTS 573-583

A carved stone corbel of a stonemason, 20th century, in the 15th-century style, 29cm wide

20cm deep

32cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 574

A pair of cast-iron boot scrapers, 19th century, each of rectangular shape with foliate decoration, raised on peg feet, 33cm wide

27cm deep

26cm high (2)

£300 - 500

A neoclassical composition stone planter, 20th century, in the form of a Roman cistern, the rectangular body decorated with a figure procession, raised on stylised dolphin supports, 121cm wide

43cm deep

84cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 576

Hamish Mackie (b.1973), ‘Brahma Cockerel’, bronze, cast signature and dated ‘2009’, numbered ‘3/12’, 40cm wide

63cm deep

77cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

A painted cast iron garden bench, late 19th/early 20th century, with a slatted back and seat, raised on intertwining snake and branch supports,

198cm wide

59cm deep

78cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 578

A copper planter or water feature, of recent manufacture, in the form of a seed head, raised on a column and quadripartite base, 113cm diameter

80cm high

£400 - 600

Provenance: The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, ‘The Winton Beauty of Mathematics Garden’, designed by Nick Bailey, 2016; purchased from the above, a private collection, Oxfordshire.

579

A pair of lead planters, early 20th century, each of square form, with panelled sides decorated with foliate scrolls,

29cm wide

29cm deep

29cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 580

A Renaissance-style lead wall fountain, early 20th century, with scrolling foliate detail and a lion mask spout, above a basin with a fluted edge and a waisted finial,

43cm wide

24cm deep

78cm high

£200 - 400

581

A pair of patinated metal sphinxes, of recent manufacture, each of typical form, with a verdigris finish, 55cm wide

106cm deep

55cm high (2)

£1,500 - 2,500

A Victorian terracotta garden urn, 19th century, the globular bowl with a ribbed neck and flared foot, over a tapered middle with four circular reserves enclosing the Duke of Wellington’s profile portrait, on a square waisted base with canted corners,

64cm wide

64cm deep

124cm high

£600 - 800

A pair of composite stone garden urns on plinths, 20th century, each relief-moulded with classical figures over a gadrooned base with twin masks, raised on a flared fluted foot and plinth base, 64cm diameter

159cm high overall (6)

£600 - 800

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Please make sure that you read our Terms of Sale carefully before bidding in the auction. If your bid is successful, you will be obliged to comply with our Terms of Sale.

Methods of payment

Lots must be paid for before they are collected or shipped. For those attending the auction we ask that Lots are paid for on the day of the sale. Methods by which we accept payment are detailed on our Website, including online payment upon receipt of your invoice, and these should be paid by 5pm on the Friday following the sale. We accept cash to an upper limit of 10,000 euros equivalent. Any cheques will need to be cleared before you can take the Goods away.

Collection and storage

All Lots should be paid for and collected by 5pm on the Friday following the sale. Commission Bidders should check the success of their bids and arrange payment, and collection or shipping within this time. For our specialist auctions please refer to the collection and storage requirements detailed in the catalogue and on our Website, which specifies the applicable fees.

Furniture and large items sold in our Fine Interiors, Design or Specialist Single-Owner Sale Auctions, and small items if they form part of the same invoice, not collected within seven working days of the auction will be sent to Abels Moving Services Ltd. at your expense. Refer to clause 10 in Sworders Terms of Sale for more information.

Agency

As Auctioneers we usually act on behalf of the Seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. If you buy at auction your contract for the Goods is with the Seller, not with us as Auctioneer.

Estimates Estimates are designed to help you gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular Lot. Estimates may change and should not be thought of as the sale Price. The lower estimate may represent the Reserve Price (the minimum Price for which a Lot may be sold) and will not be below the Reserve Price. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the auction and may be altered by a saleroom notice or announcement by the Auctioneer before the auction of the Lot. They are not definitive. Buyer’s Premium

The Terms of Sale oblige you to pay a Buyer’s Premium on the Hammer Price for each Lot purchased, at 25%, except for our Fine Wine and Spirits auctions when it is 18%. In addition, VAT is charged on these Premiums (see below).

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Items in our catalogue may be marked with a dagger † or double dagger ‡, which indicates that VAT is payable by the Buyer on the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium at either the standard rate (currently 20%) or a reduced rate (currently 5%), depending upon the legal requirements relating to that Lot.

Lots which do not have either of the above symbols have no VAT payable on the Hammer Price. This is because such Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. The VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.

Shipping Costs are liable for VAT and are payable by the Buyer.

If you are exporting the items from the UK, you may be able to claim a reimbursement of the VAT, where:

1. you are using Sworders Delivery service.

In these cases, a zero rated (VAT exempt) invoice can be issued where the following criteria are met:

a. the items are exported within three months of the date of the auction

b. the total amount of VAT payable would exceed £75 per shipment

There is no administrative charge for clients using Sworders Delivery Service.

If you cancel shipping through Sworders Delivery Service, we will reinstate the VAT, which must be paid prior to the release of goods.

2. you arrange shipping through a private logistics company, agent or courier and the following criteria are met:

a. the invoice is paid in full, including VAT

b. the items are exported from the UK within three months of the date of the auction

c. the certificate of shipment and export documents are provided to us within a year of the date of export from the UK d. the total amount of VAT to be claimed exceeds £75 (from which you will be deducted a £25 administration fee.

See Terms of Sale clause 5 for more information relating to VAT. Inspection of Goods by the Buyer

As we act on behalf of the Seller, we are dependent on information provided by the Seller about their Goods. We may inspect Lots and will act reasonably in taking a general view about them. However, we are normally unable to carry out detailed examinations of Lots to check their condition in the way a Buyer would do. You will have ample opportunity to inspect the Goods. You must inspect and investigate Lots that you might wish to bid for. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the description and condition of Lots set out in the Terms of Sale at clauses 16.2 and 16.4.

Condition reports

We may be able to assist Buyers unable to view by emailing a condition report, but these are based solely on our own opinion and are for guidance only and no responsibility is accepted for their accuracy. Intending Buyers are strongly encouraged to view.

Shipping of Goods

We offer a delivery service for Lots purchased, either by shipping ourselves, in partnership with Bradleys Shipping Services, or use of a third party logistics company. Estimates for Shipping Costs for smaller items may be calculated pre-sale on our website under each Lot and are based on value, size and your chosen UK destination. For items purchased the actual cost can be added to your account and paid online after the sale. If you purchase multiple Lots from the same auction, we will combine packaging/ deliveries to reduce the Shipping Costs. Lots for which Shipping Costs cannot be automatically calculated, such as furniture, you can obtain a bespoke Shipping Cost from our website to any destination in the world after you have purchased an item, by clicking the link in your invoice.

Estimates of Shipping Costs on our website are based on the low estimate, whilst the actual cost is based on Hammer Price. Furniture and large items sold in our Fine Interiors, Design of Specialist Single Owner Sale Auctions, and small Items if they form par of the same invoice, will be removed from the premises after 4pm seven working days following the sale, by Abels Moving Services Ltd., the cost of which you will be liable for. See clauses 9 and 10 in the Terms of Sale for Title and Collection of Purchases and Costs relating to Collection Services, for more details.

Electrical Goods

These are sold as ‘antiques’ only for their historical or decorative attributes. If you buy electrical Goods for use you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.

Export of Goods

If you intend to export Goods you must find out:

a. whether an export licence is needed; and b. if there is a prohibition on importing Goods of that character e.g. because the Goods contain prohibited materials.

Restricted Items

We do not sell items that are prohibited under UK legislation from sale.

The sale of lots containing ivory from Elephants, hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale, and sperm whale are banned, subject to some exemptions. For goods that contain ivory, you should satisfy yourself that they are correctly registered or certified and meet the exemption criteria as set out in applicable legislation.

If you intend to export goods that may fall to be a protected species, or one that requires to be registered or listed as exempt, you should find out:

a. whether you need an export licence

b. if there is a prohibition on the export of goods of that nature outside of the UK or on the import of goods into your intended country, for example, if the goods contain prohibited materials such as elephant ivory or protected fauna and flora

Post 1950 Upholstered Furniture

All items of furniture included in a sale are offered for sale as works of art. The items may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason, they should not be used in a private dwelling.

Furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)

To comply with CITES Regulations on Post-1947 furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood, all post-war rosewood furniture items must have an Article 10 certificate in place, prior to being offered for sale.

If you are purchasing rosewood furniture for commercial purposes and not solely for your own use, CITES regulations require you to obtain your own certificate. You would need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and, as part of the process of obtaining your document, it is a requirement that you have seen sight of the Sworders’ certificate or are aware of its reference number.

It is the responsibility of commercial Buyers to ensure that they obtain a copy of the appropriate certificate, or the certificate reference number, after purchase from Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Items are marked with this sign §.

Bidding

Bidders are required to register with us before the auction starts. We Reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a Commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value Lots this deadline may be several days before the auction to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. In some cases, we may require a deposit to be paid against Lot, prior to confirming your bid. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address as registered for bidding. You may need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such other information as we may require. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding. Please note that we may refuse to register you, if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.

Commission bidding

You may leave Commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a Lot (excluding the Buyers’ Premium and/or any applicable VAT). We will execute Commission bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the Reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two Buyers submit identical Commission bids we may prefer the first bid received (where this can be reasonably ascertained). We recommend leaving Commission bids online via our Website, though please contact us about leaving bids by telephone or fax/email. All absentee bids should be received at least 30 minutes before the auction commences; we cannot guarantee to execute Commission bids received after this time.

Telephone bidding

If you are unable to come to the auction it may be possible to bid on the telephone for higher value Lots. Please note that this service is generally for Lots with an estimate of £500 or more. The number of lines may be limited so we urge serious telephone bidding only and ask that you be prepared to bid over the top estimate. It is advisable to leave a maximum covering bid in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. All lines must be booked and confirmed in writing before the day of the auction and preferably some time in advance. Telephone bidding involves many variables and whilst we take every care to ensure the smooth operation of this service, we cannot be held liable if your bids are missed for any reason.

Online bidding Lots purchased via a live online bidding service may be subject to an additional Commission charge on the Hammer Price payable by the Bidder, in accordance with rates specified by the online service. These are charged at 0% if bidding via Sworders Website. If bidding through other online bidding platforms, you will be charged additional surcharges, which will be payable to us on top of the Hammer Price and our Buyer’s Premium at their advertised rate.

Artist’s Resale Right

Lots marked with a ▲ indicate the item is subject to additional Artist’s Resale Right charges, payable by the buyer.

Financial Checks

As auctioneers we may have to conduct various checks into our customers under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (as amended), under sanctions legislation and other related legislation.

If you are successful in your bid, and your hammer total is in excess of £6,000.00, you may need to provide the documentation, as set out below, unless we confirm we already have this information from you:

a. For individuals

1.a.1. official photo identification (driving licence, passport or equivalent); and

1.a.2. proof of address (less than three months old)

b. For corporate entities

1.b.1. the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent) with the entity’s official name, registered number (if any) and registered address

1.b.2. details and ID documentation for directors and beneficial owners of the entity

c. For trusts and estates

1.c.1. details and ID documentation for executors/trustees; and 1.c.2. details of beneficiaries and settlor

We may ask you for further information if we deem this necessary. We may use third party software, to enable you to provide us with your identification documents, to verify your identity and ensure compliance with our legal responsibilities.

If you are bidding for another person (your “principal”) you will be required to provide the above information for yourself and your principal, along with a signed letter from your principal authorising you to bid on his/her behalf.

If we deem that you have not provided sufficient information for us to complete our anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions checks to our satisfaction, we may refuse to register you to bid and we may postpone completion of, or cancel, any contract made by you and the Seller in the event you have made a successful bid.

TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS

Not detailed here, but can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk

3. TERMS OF SALE FOR BIDDERS AND BUYERS

Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale. Please note that these Terms of Sale relate to auctions conducted by an Auctioneer only, where the opportunity is available to view the lots. We have separate terms for online only auctions and those where viewing is not available.

1. Definitions and interpretation

1.1 To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:

In these Terms of Sale, the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers

2.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.

2.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.

2.3 The Price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10.

2.4 The arrangements for collection or delivery of the Goods as set out in Clauses 9 and 10.

2.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 15.

2.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.

2.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at auctions@sworder.co.uk.

2.8 We also refer you to your warranties as a Bidder and Buyer as set out in Clause 6.

‘Auctioneer’ means GES & Sons Ltd trading as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 6858916 and whose registered office is located at Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE or its authorised Auctioneer, as appropriate;

‘Art Market Participant’ means an art market business registered with HMRC under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017;

‘Bidder’ means a person who places a bid for Goods at our auction;

‘Bidding Platform’ means the bidding platform on which the online auction is held operated by the Auctioneer, or by a third party service provider on the Auctioneer’s behalf;

‘Bidding Platform Fee’ means the fee equal to a % of the hammer price charged on the sale of a Lot, as advertised on the bidding platform on which the online auction is held, operated by a third party service provider;

‘Buyer’ means the person who makes the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer;

‘Buyer’s Premium’ means the commission we charge you on the purchase of a Lot;

‘Commission’ means the Commission that we charge a vendor on the sale of their Goods;

‘Consumer’ means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;

‘Deliberate Forgery’ means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

‘FCA’ means the Financial Conduct Authority;

‘Goods’ means the Goods that have been consigned to us for sale at our auction;

‘Hammer Price’ means the level of the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer and recorded in the Auctioneer’s sale book;

‘Lot(s)’ means the goods that we offer for sale at our auctions;

‘Money Laundering Legislation’ means the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 and related legislation, together with any applicable terrorist financing legislation and legislation on restrictive measures;

‘Premium’ means the Premium charged to the Buyer on the sale of the Goods in accordance with the Terms of Sale as set out in clause 4;

‘Price’ means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium, Shipping Costs (if applicable) and any applicable VAT;

‘Principal’ means a person or entity you are acting on behalf of for the purposes of the consignment of the goods to the Auctioneer;

‘Proceeds’ means the Price less the Commission, the Premium, Shipping Costs, any expenses incurred to your account and any applicable VAT;

‘Reserve’ means the minimum Price at which the Goods may be sold;

Restrictive Measures’ means economic or financial sanctions, export controls, embargoes or any other restriction on trade under the laws of the European Union, the United Kingdom or the United States, or in the jurisdiction in which you, your Principal, or any agent acting for you does business;

‘Sale Proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller;

‘Seller’ means the owner of the Goods and any agent who consigns the Goods for sale on the owner’s behalf (if applicable);

‘Shipping Costs’ means the charges applied to the shipping of all Goods purchased, should the Buyer ask for Sworders shipping agent to deliver the Goods (if applicable);

‘Terms of Consignment’ means the Terms on which we agree with sellers to offer Lots for sale in our auctions, as agent on their behalf;

‘Terms of Sale’ means the Terms of Sale for Bidders or Buyers at our auctions (as updated from time to time);

‘Total Amount Due’ means the hammer price for a Lot, the Premium, any applicable artist’s resale right royalty, any service charge or fee levied by an independent bidding platform through which the successful bid was placed, any VAT due and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these terms of sale;

‘Trader’ means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the Trader’s name or on the Trader’s behalf (such as an agent and/or the Auctioneer);

‘VAT’ means any value added tax or equivalent sales tax; and

‘Website’ means our Website available at www.sworder.co.uk.

3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer

3.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid. If you are bidding on behalf of someone else, you will be required to provide us with all information on the ultimate owner of the goods as we may require, to satisfy our checks under the Money Laundering Legislation.

3.2 We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a Commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition and other characteristics.

3.3 If you instruct us we may execute Commission bids on your behalf. We will confirm receipt of your instruction by sending you an email acknowledging your request and confirming your bid. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your Commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more Commission bids at the same level are recorded, we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained).

3.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. The Auctioneer shall retain discretion on the running of the auction and retains the right not to accept a bid and to prefer a bid over any other bids received at the same time. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.

3.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as Principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.

3.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.

3.7 We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so.

3.8 Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice).

3.9 If you participate in the auction using the services of an Independent Bidding Platform, other than Sworders Live, you will incur an additional fee or additional commission payable to that platform. We will collect this fee as part of the Total Amount Due if you are successful in your bid.

4. The purchase Price As the Buyer, you will pay:

a. the Hammer Price;

b. a Premium of 25% plus VAT of the Hammer Price or 18% plus VAT for our Fine Wine and Spirits Auction;

c. any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of a Lot; and d. any Independent Bidding Platform fee payable on a Lot; and e. any VAT due.

5. Value Added TAX (VAT)

5.1 As the Buyer, you shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price, Premium and Shipping Costs (if applicable) due for a Lot, at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of the auction. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the ‘Information for Buyers’ in our auction catalogue for further information. Please see 5.6 for the conditions to be fulfilled before the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be cancelled or refunded upon exporting from the UK

5.2 Lots affixed with (†): VAT on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium is imposed on all items affixed with a dagger (†). This imposition of VAT maybe because the Seller is registered for VAT within the UK and is not operating under a Margin Scheme.

5.3 Lots affixed with (‡): A reduced rate of Import VAT on the Hammer Price of 5% is payable. This indicates that a Lot has been imported from outside the UK.

5.4 Lots affixed with [Ω]: Standard rate of 20% of Import VAT on the Hammer Price and premium is payable. This applies to items that have been imported from outside the UK and do not fall within the reduced rate category.

5.5 Lots affixed with [Ω] or ‡ when these lots are released to buyers in the UK, the buyer will become the importer and must pay Sworders the import VAT at the rates noted above on the hammer price. The buyer should also note that the appropriate rate will be that in force on the date of our release and not that in force at the date of auction or payment.

5.6 Export from the UK: For lots offered under the VAT Margin Scheme and lots with [Ω] or ‡ symbols attached; you may be eligible to have a VAT refund in certain circumstances if the lot is exported. Should you show us proof of export within three months of collection a VAT refund may be arranged. No VAT amounts will be refunded where the total refund is under £75. Bank/transfer charges relating to any refund will be borne by the buyer and will not be reimbursed. Please note that all customs formalities of the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer.

6. Buyer Warranties

6.1 You warrant, and where you are acting on behalf of someone else, you will procure that your Principal warrants, that:

6.1.1 the funds to be used for the purchase of the lot(s) are not connected with, nor derived from, any criminal activity, including

without limitation tax evasion, money laundering or terrorist financing;

6.1.2 neither you, or an agent acting for you, nor your Principal, are to the best of your knowledge either under investigation, nor have you been charged with or convicted of without limitation tax evasion, money laundering, terrorist financing or other criminal activities; and

6.1.3 neither you, nor any agent acting for you, nor your Principal, are subject to restrictive measure or owned, partly owned or controlled by person(s) subject to such restrictive measures.

6.4 Where you are bidding on behalf of another person and you are an Art Market Participant, you warrant that:

(i) you have conducted appropriate customer due diligence on the ultimate Buyer of the goods, in accordance with all applicable Money Laundering Legislation (ii) upon request, you will provide us, or any independent third party auditor (employed at our cost), with any identification and any other relevant documents you have obtained for customer due diligence purposes on the ultimate buyer of the goods (iii) you consent to us relying on this due diligence; and (iv) you will retain for a period of not less than five years the documentation evidencing the due diligence

6.5 Where you are acting on behalf of another person and you are not an Art Market Participant, you warrant that you will provide accurate and complete information about your Principal to us.

7. The contract between you and the Seller

7.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the Auctioneer records the winning bidder in the sale book accepting the highest bid for the Lot at auction, unless due diligence information required by us under the Money Laundering Regulations in accordance with our internal procedure remains outstanding, in which case the contract will be formed when that information is accepted by us as complete.

7.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.

7.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

7.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

7.5 In addition to any other rights we may have to cancel a contract for sale under these Terms of Sale, we may delay completion of a sale, delay the release of a lot or cancel the sale of a lot in the event:

7.5.1 you are in breach of your warranties in clause 6;

7.5.2 we have not completed our enquiries pursuant to the Money Laundering Legislation to our satisfaction;

7.5.3 we have reason to believe that the transaction might be unlawful for any reason or that the sale might put us under a civil or criminal liability.

8. Payment

8.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will:

8.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and

8.1.2 pay to us the total amount due in any way that we agree to accept payment.

8.1.3 pay in full the Shipping Costs prior to the Goods being shipped, should you agree to Sworders shipping agent delivering the Goods.

8.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay these debts.

9. Title and collection of purchases

9.1 You are bound by the contract for the purchase of a lot at the recording of the winning bid in the auctioneers sale log, however, the transaction is not complete, and ownership will not pass to you and you and may not claim or collect a Lot until:

9.1.1you have paid us the total amount due, including any additional charges, in cleared funds; and

9.1.2 you have provided us with the information, and we have completed our enquiries, in relation to our responsibilities under Money Laundering Legislation, as set out in clause 8.1

9.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 5pm on the Friday following the auction, or such later date as is specified in the printed catalogue, on our Website or agreed with us subsequently.

9.3 If you agree to using our delivery service, only when the full Shipping Costs have been paid will the Goods be dispatched. We reserve the right that some Lots will not be suitable for an automated shipping estimate and will require bespoke quotes from the shipping agent.

9.4 If you do not collect the Lot within the time period under Clause 9.2, you will be responsible for removal and storage charges in relation to that Lot – see clause 9.5 -9.7 below.

9.5 Furniture and large items sold in our Fine Interiors, Design or Specialist Single Owner Sale Auctions, and small items if they form part of the same invoice, will be removed from the premises after 4pm seven working days following the sale, by Abels Moving Services Ltd, for storage at their Potters Bar depot and subject to collection, storage and administration costs, the cost of which you will be liable for. See clause 10 for Costs relating to Collection and Storage Services

9.6 Items will be stored by Abels Moving Services Ltd free of charge for seven days from the date of collection. Storage charges will commence thereafter. All costs associated with collection and storage in these cases are payable directly to Abels Moving Services Ltd and must be paid prior to collection of the lot – see clause 10 on Costs Relating to Collection and Storage Services.

9.7 All lots must be collected by prior appointment at:

Abels Moving Services Ltd, The Heights, East, Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, EN6 3JN.

020 4259 4315

collectionsPB@abels.co.uk

Collections Monday – Friday 08:30-16:30 only.

9.8 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot, or it is collected by Abels Moving Services Ltd.

9.9 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within thirty days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the Proceeds of any such sale to you but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that have been incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling Commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.

10. Costs Relating to Collection and Storage services

10.1 These fees relate to the collection and storage of your purchases by Abels Moving Services Ltd. and are payable directly to them.

10.2 Collection from Sworders £25 per collection of 1-5 items and £50 per collection of 6-10 items listed on an invoice (plus VAT).

10.3 Free storage for one week thereafter, then:

10.3.1 £4.00 (plus VAT) per lot, per day*

*Additional charges apply for items exceeding 8 x 8ft

*A levied liability charge (LLC) of £0.08 per £1,000 value of goods is payable

*Admin fees will be payable on collection of goods from Abels Moving Services Ltd.

*All charges are subject to VAT and 6.27% insurance on total charges.

11. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases

11.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:

11.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract; 11.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;

11.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the Price you should have paid for the Lot, and the Price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 9.7). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;

11.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;

11.1.5 if you do not pay us within five business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due;

11.1.6 keep that Lot, or any other Lot sold to you, until you pay the total amount due, including Shipping and Storage Costs where applicable;

11.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or

11.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.

11.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 11.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.

12. Health and safety

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our employees’ or our agents’ negligence.

13. Sellers warranties

13.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that:

13.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the Lot at auction;

13.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title of the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and

13.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction), and any documentation provided to you by the seller in relation to the Lot, are correct.

13.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the total amount due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.

13.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand.

13.4 If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 13.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.

13.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.

14. Descriptions and condition

14.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on:

(a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and

(b) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot).

To Note: The actual colour of a Lot may vary from images in the auction catalogue or online listing.

14.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot in advance of the auction.

14.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling Price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently, but not otherwise.

14.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots, for their fitness or purpose, or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue, online listing, the condition report for a lot (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

14.5 Restricted Items containing Ivory

14.5.1 The sale of lots containing ivory from Elephants, hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale, and sperm whale are banned, subject to some exemptions. In these cases, where these items are offered for sale, we rely on information provided to us by the Seller confirming that the item satisfies the relevant legal exemptions. We will display the Ivory Declaration Submission Reference relating to the application for exemption in the Lot description. Lots marked  contain ivory material.

14.6 Post 1950 Upholstered Furniture

14.6.1 All items of furniture included in a sale are offered for sale as works of art and may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988; for this reason, they should not be used in a private dwelling.

14.7 Furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia Nigra)

14.7.1 To comply with CITES Regulations on Post-1947 furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood, all post-war rosewood furniture will have an Article 10 certificate in place, prior to being offered for sale and we will display the Certificate Number in the information for each lot. These items are marked with this sign §.

14.7.2 If you are purchasing rosewood furniture for commercial purposes and not solely for your own use, CITES regulations require you to obtain your own certificate. You would need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and, as part of the process of obtaining your document, it is a requirement that you have seen sight of the Sworders’ certificate or are aware of its reference number.

14.8 Electrical items

14.8 Lots with electrical components are sold as ‘antiques’ only for their historical or decorative attributes and for display purposes only. If you buy electrical Goods for use, you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.

14.9 Fire Safety

14.9 All items of furniture are sold as a Collector’s item, for display purposes and are not supplied for use. Such lots may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason, you must first ensure that they are refurbished and rendered compliant with any applicable furniture and safety regulations.

15. Deliberate Forgeries

15.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within twelve months of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects.

15.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, and it has been returned to us within the specified time, in the condition in which it was released to you, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT), You will have no right to a refund under this clause if:

15.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or

15.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us

15.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the Price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot. Your rights under this clause are given to you as a Buyer in our auction; they are not given to, and may not be transferred or assigned to, any third party.

15.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.

16. Our liability to you

16.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.

16.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Terms and Conditions. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.

16.3 Lots are sold as antiques for their decorative attributes rather than for use, and are often of considerable age and uncertain manufacture; neither we, nor the seller, accepts liability for loss or damage to Lots, or any other loss or damage that is caused by, or results from, any inherent vice or defect affecting the Lots

16.4 Subject to Clause 15.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase Price paid by you to us for any Lot.

16.5 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:

16.5.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977);

16.5.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or

16.5.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

17. Notices

17.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and either from your registered email address, our email address, or if in hard copy letter, signed by or on behalf of the party sending it.

17.2 Any notice referred in Clause 17.1 may be given:

17.2.1 by delivering it by hand;

17.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery; or

17.2.3 by email

17.3 Notices must be sent:

17.3.1 by hand or registered post;

a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or

17.3.2 by email:

a. to us, by sending the notice to the following email address: auctions@sworder.co.uk

b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing.

17.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received:

17.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

17.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or 17.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt.

17.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, any form of messaging via social media or text message (including WhatsApp).

18. Data Protection

18.1 We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. We do not share your data unless there is a business, or legal reason for us to do so. We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our Website at www.sworder.co.uk.

18.2 We reserve the right, where we deem we are required for regulatory purposes, to reveal your identity and contact details (and

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those of your Principal) to the Seller).

18.3 In agreeing to these terms of sale, you agree that:

• should you decide to use Sworders delivery service, we may share relevant personal data that we hold with the shipping agent to allow effective communication between the shipping agent and you, and to enable delivery

• should you fail to collect your items within seven working days of the date of the auction, we may share your details with the shipping agent to allow effective communication between them and you, to arrange for the payment of storage and collection of your items from their store.

19. General

19.1 We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

19.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.

19.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues or online listing.

19.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.

19.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.

19.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

19.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

These terms are based upon the recommended terms of sale by the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers.

Updated July 2025

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