Fine Interiors Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 June 2026

FINE INTERIORS

Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 June 2026

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FINE INTERIORS

TUESDAY 23 AND WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE, 10AM

Tuesday 23 June

Lots 1-26The Collection of Mr and Mrs Francis Anthony Brinsley Valentine

Lots 27-88Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 89-128The Selected Contents from 14 Prior Street, Greenwich, London

Lots 129-208Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 209-247The Frederick Parker Collection of Chairs

Lots 248-290Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 291-306The Judith Appio Textiles Collection

Lots 307-319Furniture and Works of Art

Wednesday 24 June

Lots 320-346The Richard Collins Collection

Lots 347-427Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 428-453From the Collection of James Thursby-Pelham Esq.

Lots 454-519Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 520-536From the Collection of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, Baronscourt, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Lots 537-554A Private Collection of Tea Caddies

Lots 555-574The Selected Contents from a Thurloe Square Residence, London

Lots 575-655Furniture and Works of Art

Lots 656-666 Garden

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Friday 19 June 10am - 4pm Sunday 21 June 10am - 1pm Monday 22 June10am - 4pm

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Day One

Tuesday 23 June at 10am

An Aristocratic Legacy: The Collection of Mr and Mrs Francis Anthony Brinsley Valentine

Leading our June Fine Interiors sale, Sworders’ Fine Interiors department is honoured to present a distinguished selection of lots from the collection of Mr and Mrs Francis Anthony Brinsley Valentine.

Through his mother, Lady Freda Valentine (née Butler), Francis ‘Jimmy’ Valentine was a descendant of Henry Cavendish Butler, the 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950). The title had been created in 1756 for Humphrey Butler, formerly 2nd Viscount Lanesborough, whose family had established political and landed interests in Ireland during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The Butler family retained the Earldom of Lanesborough in the Peerage of Ireland until the extinction of the title in 1998. The early Earls of Lanesborough were prominent figures in Irish Georgian public life, serving as Members of Parliament and High Sheriffs, and, in the case of Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough, presiding over the Irish House of Lords during the illness of the Lord Chancellor. Both the first and second earls were also closely involved in the early organisation of Irish Freemasonry, holding senior office within the Grand Lodge of Ireland, while Humphrey Butler additionally played a role in reforming institutions such as the Dublin Society and the Linen Board for Connaught. Through these positions, the family became firmly embedded within the political, social and economic administration of Enlightenment-era Ireland.

From the early nineteenth century, the principal English seat of the Lanesborough family was Swithland Hall, a grand neoclassical house built for George John Danvers-Butler (1794-1866), later 5th Earl of Lanesborough, to designs by Sir James Pennethorne. Constructed between 1834 and 1852, the house replaced an earlier residence on the estate. In his History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest (1842), T R Potter described the former house as ‘a considerable pile’, though ‘so surrounded on all sides, even in front, by stables, dovecotes and high walls, and so close to the public road’ that the proprietor had ‘judiciously pulled it down, and erected on higher ground a mansion more suited to the taste of the age’. The resulting house, dramatically positioned within the Leicestershire landscape, reflected both the confidence and cultivated taste of the Victorian aristocracy.

Swithland Hall remained in family ownership into the mid-twentieth century, though furnishings and works of art from the Lanesborough collections were gradually dispersed over the course of the century, most notably in the Christie’s sale ‘The Remaining Contents of Swithland Hall’, held on 16-17 October 1978. In that same year, Francis Valentine married the Hon. Janet Sibella Weir, daughter of James Kenneth Weir, 2nd Viscount Weir. The Weir title had been created in 1938 for William Douglas Weir, whose career was closely associated with heavy engineering, shipbuilding and aircraft production during the first half of the twentieth century. He held several official positions during the First World War and later occupied senior governmental and advisory roles, reflecting the family’s close ties to British industrial and economic policy. The family seat was Montgreenan House, an historic Ayrshire estate associated with the family during the twentieth century. Following their marriage, Francis and Janet Valentine divided their time between King’s Sutton, Oxfordshire, and Chelsea, London.

The present offering stands as a coherent expression of aristocratic and later domestic taste, drawing together strands of inheritance, residence and collecting, across two intertwined family histories.

A Queen Anne black-and-gilt japanned cabinet-on-stand, early 18th century, with a double-dome top above a pair of doors with chased-brass mounts, enclosing an arrangement of drawers, raised on a pierced stand, with all-over chinoiserie decoration 106cm wide, 55cm deep, 110cm high; 199cm high overall including stand £3,000 - 5,000

Provenance: Charles John Brinsley Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough (1865-1929), Swithland Hall, Swithland, Leicestershire; Christie, Manson & Woods, ‘Fine French & English Furniture, Objects of Art, Tapestry, Rugs and Statuary’, 7 July 1932, lot 87; presumably purchased at the above sale by Henry Cavendish Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950); thence by descent to Lady Freda Valentine (1895-1989).

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A painted and parcel-gilt metal and wooden ‘stoelklok’, 19th century and later, Dutch, Friesland, with a painted face with Roman numerals and a date aperture, set with a pair of mermaids to each side, with a conforming painted bracket, lacking weights and pendulum

clock 30cm wide, 17cm deep, 45cm high, dial 17cm diameter; bracket 74cm high (2)

£200 - 400

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A pair of small mahogany stools, 19th century, each with a square top, raised on stepped spreading supports 21cm wide, 21cm deep, 22cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 4

A giltwood side table, probably 18th century and later, with a black and gilt-japanned chinoiserie top, raised on a dolphin pedestal 33cm wide, 41cm deep, 71cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 5

A Queen Anne-style walnut pier mirror, 19th century, with a fretwork pediment and apron, the painted floral arched panel above a rectangular glass plate

45cm wide, 107cm high

£200 - 400

A Regency-style giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror, second half of the 19th century, of architectural form, the frieze decorated with figural neoclassical motifs, including a chariot scene and winged angels playing the trumpet, above three bevelled mirror plates

141cm wide, 10cm deep, 90cm high

£300 - 500

A George III mahogany cellaret, late 18th century, of pagoda form, twin-handled, the lion-mask ring handles flanking a hinged lid surmounted by an ovoid finial, with a detachable metal-lined interior

43cm wide, 38cm deep, 53cm high

£300 - 500

A William and Mary-style mahogany stool, late 19th century, with a square seat, raised on turned supports united by a wavy ‘X’-stretcher, terminating in bun feet

39cm wide, 39cm deep, 47cm high

£200 - 400

A George II carved giltwood side table in the manner of William Kent, circa 1735, possibly Irish, with a thick brèche violette marble top, above a stepped frieze decorated with egg-and-dart moulding and Vitruvian scrolls, with a foliate apron carved with a double row of lambrequins and centred with a floral crest, raised on bold acanthus-carved cabriole supports terminating in scroll feet 98cm wide, 59cm deep, 84cm high £30,000 - 50,000

Provenance: Charles John Brinsley Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough (1865-1929), Swithland Hall, Swithland, Leicestershire; Christie, Manson & Woods, ‘The property of the late The Right Hon. the Earl of Lanesborough, removed from Swithland Hall, Leicester’ in ‘Fine French & English Furniture, Objects of Art, Tapestry, Rugs and Statuary’, 7 July 1932, lot 86; presumably purchased at the above sale by Henry Cavendish Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950); thence by descent to Lady Freda Valentine (1895-1989).

This table - catalogued by Christie’s in 1932 as ‘A Queen Anne side-table, of gilt-wood, designed in the manner of William Kent’ - belongs to the distinguished tradition of Palladian furniture design propagated in England by William Kent (1685-1748) and his patron Lord Burlington. Kent’s characteristic vocabulary - Vitruvian scrolls, Venus shells, acanthus leaves and classical ornament - is evident throughout. The boldly carved Vitruvian scroll frieze features on a side table designed by Kent for Ditchley Park, circa 1726, carved by James Richards and illustrated in S Weber, ‘William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain’ (p. 491). The present table’s stepped frieze, egg-and-dart moulding and acanthus cabriole supports also find close parallels in a George II giltwood side table of circa 1735-40 from Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire, sold at Bonhams in 2022, and in the set of three giltwood side tables from Powis Castle, Powys (National Trust). The truss-scroll legs, carved with acanthus and anthemion foliage, further resemble those on a George II side table from Longleat, sold at Christie’s in 2002.

The frame, wreathed in Vitruvian wave-scrolls, reflects the George II Roman sideboard-table patterns illustrated in William Jones’s ‘The Gentleman’s or Builder’s Companion’ (1739), with a related pier table design at plate 27, and in John Vardy’s ‘Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent’ (1744). The direction of the Vitruvian scrolls finds direct parallel in at least two documented period examples within this same tradition: an Irish George II gilt-gesso console table of circa 1750 with a Vitruvian-scroll frieze, sold at Christie’s South Kensington (23 January 2007, lot 226), whose lot essay places it squarely within the same Jones and Vardy lineage; and a George II white-painted console table from the Lascelles family collection at Harewood House, Yorkshire, of circa 1730-40, which was itself erroneously described as mid-nineteenth century in the Christie’s probate valuation for the 6th Earl of Harewood in 1948. The large shell motif, Vitruvian scrolls and curling acanthus also compare to a pair of side tables at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. nos. 2007.196.1 and 2007.196.2), themselves related to an unfinished Palladian drawing by Matthias Lock (c.1710-1765) in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Taken together, these comparisons suggest the scroll direction on the present table reflects a workshop or regional variant rather than any irregularity, and reinforce its place within a well-documented tradition of Palladian furniture design.

The rarity of scrolling feet on tables of Kentian type is worth noting; a console table of circa 1740 in the manner of William Kent at Blickling Hall, Norfolk (National Trust, NT 354179), although subject to some later reconstruction, offers one of the closer institutional parallels for this feature. A further comparison, if less refined in execution, may be drawn with the Brownlow pier tables at Belton House, Lincolnshire (National Trust, NT 434859), a set of circa 1730, after a design by James Gibbs, whose massive acanthus-carved cabriole legs headed by lion masks similarly demonstrate the monumental scale of support that characterises the best furniture of this Palladian moment. A more oblique but perhaps instructive parallel lies in a set of seat furniture of circa 1740 at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (National Trust, NT 108625), possibly by Giles Grendey, whose ribbon and foliate scroll-carved cabriole legs share something of the same vigorous character as the supports of the present table, if rendered with rather greater delicacy here.

The case for an Irish origin is compelling and consistent with the Lanesborough family’s deep roots in Irish Georgian culture. The Palladian vocabulary of the Vitruvian scroll frieze and the Venus shell at the apron, supported by subtly rococo-inflected asymmetrical acanthus scrolls, closely parallels a mirror by the Dublin maker Francis Booker in the Victoria and Albert Museum (W.47-1928). Most strikingly, the acanthus-carved cabriole supports find a direct comparison in a pair of giltwood pier tables commissioned by William St. Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth (1688-1748), for either his Dublin house in St. Mary’s Abbey or Howth Castle, Co. Dublin - currently offered by Ronald Phillips, and illustrated in ‘Irish Furniture’ (pamphlet, 1978, fig. 12 and back cover), Jacqueline O’Brien and Desmond Guinness, ‘Great Irish Houses and Castles’ (1992, p. 27), and The Knight of Glin and James Peill, ‘Irish Furniture’ (2007, p. 83, fig. 106). The Howth tables display the same exuberant acanthus-cast supports and reflect an identical fusion of Palladian structure with the vigorous carving characteristic of the Dublin workshops of the period. Taken together, these comparisons suggest the present table was very probably produced in such a workshop, alive to both Kentian precedent and the emerging rococo currents of the 1740s, and may have been acquired by the Butler family during their years of active engagement with Irish public and political life.

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A Staffordshire pearlware bust of William Shakespeare, circa 1820, raised on a waisted faux marble socle base

26cm wide, 15cm deep, 44cm high

£200 - 400

A small Regency giltwood convex mirror, circa 1815, the moulded frame with ball detail and a reeded slip, flanked by a pair of twisted candle arms plate 29cm diameter, frame

47cm diameter

£300 - 500

A Louis XV-style patinated bronze mantel clock, 19th century, French, in the form of a Renaissance-style bull, the figure surmounted by a foliate-cast case and cherub, the clock with a gilded face and enamel Roman dial, with an eight-day movement stamped ‘H & F Paris 1983’, raised on a rectangular Rouge Griotte marble base and paw feet, missing two feet 46cm wide, 21cm deep, 63cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

A George III mahogany card table, circa 1760, with a triple-fold top and a blind fret-carved frieze and square supports 81cm wide, 79cm deep, 70cm high

£400 - 600

A carved giltwood and carton pierre pier mirror, circa 1770, of scrolling rococo form, the frame decorated with swags and trailing husks, enclosing margin plates

70cm wide, 4cm deep, 93cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

A Persian Feraghan wool runner, late 19th century, woven with repeating Herati motifs to a blue ground

446 x 116cm

£600 - 800

Two George VI bleached beech Coronation chairs and a stool, 1937, by Hands & Sons Ltd., each upholstered in green velvet with an embroidered Royal cypher, stamped beneath chair 49cm wide, 39cm deep, 86cm high; stool 46cm wide, 32cm deep, 47cm high (3)

£500 - 700

Provenance: Henry Cavendish Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950) and Grace Lilian Butler, Countess of Lanesborough (1887-1973), Swithland Hall, Swithland, Leicestershire; thence by descent to Lady Freda Valentine (1895-1989).

A Victorian silver ‘Cellini’ pattern ewer and two goblets, by Stephen Smith & Son, London, 1867, each decorated with all-over repoussé decoration, with ivory insulators goblets 8cm diameter, 20cm high; ewer 17cm wide, 12cm deep, 29cm high; 44.7ozt (3)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 18

A Queen Anne-style walnut cabinet, 19th century, of slender outline, with a domed top and a glass door enclosing shelves, above a cupboard set with four Delft tiles, raised on cabriole supports 48cm wide, 35cm deep, 176cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 19

A blue and gilt-japanned longcase clock, early 18th century, the hood with a stepped pediment above a pair of spiral pilasters, with a panelled door fitted with a glass lenticle, on a plinth base, decorated all over with chinoiserie motifs, the brass dial inscribed ‘Jno Culliford Bristoll’

45cm wide, 24cm deep, 204cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Loomes ‘Clockmakers and Watchmakers of the World’ lists ‘Culliford, John. Bristol (Som) free and mar. 1692-d.c. 1718’.

LOT 20 

A baroque ebonised fruitwood, rosewood, ivory and bone cabinet, late 17th century, Italian, fitted with an arrangement of drawers and slides, the strung drawers decorated with scrolling foliate detail, the later stand with a carved foliate frieze, raised on barley twist legs united by an ‘X’-framed stretcher, lacking doors

94cm wide, 38cm deep, 117cm high

£1,000 - 2,000 19

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A painted pine marriage cupboard, mid-19th century, Austrian. painted in polychrome colours, with scumbled imitation wood and marble detail with all-over floral and foliate decoration, the panelled door decorated with religious scenes, inscribed ‘Georg Höllwarth 1856’

106cm wide, 59cm deep, 186cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

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A large Gothic walnut chest, 17th century, French, fitted with iron straps, on a scrolling carved base

152cm wide, 59cm deep, 73cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 23

A Medieval carved stone corbel of a saint, probably 15th-17th century, the bearded figure modelled holding a small animal, possibly representing St Jerome and the Lion, on a painted wooden plinth

32cm wide, 37cm deep, 54cm high, 139cm high including plinth

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 24

A ‘Grafton’ armchair by Howard & Sons, early 20th century, upholstered in green leather, raised on tapering square supports, stamped to the back leg ‘Howard & Sons Ltd, Berners St’, numbered ‘18484-1303’ 79cm wide, 105cm deep, 87cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 25

Jean-Charles Ellaume (French, 1714-1763), a Louis XV kingwood and tulipwood commode, mid-18th century, French, of serpentine outline with a rouge marble top, above two short and two long drawers, raised on splayed feet, with all-over rococo ormolu mounts, stamped beneath the marble 130cm wide, 64cm deep, 86cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

Provenance: Charles John Brinsley Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough (1865–1929), Swithland Hall, Swithland, Leicestershire; Christie, Manson & Woods, ‘Fine French & English Furniture, Objects of Art, Tapestry, Rugs and Statuary’, 7 July 1932, lot 83; presumably purchased at the above sale by Henry Cavendish Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950); thence by descent to Lady Freda Valentine (1895-1989).

Jean-Charles Ellaume (French, 1714-1763) achieved the title of maître in 1754.

Another smaller commode, of a similar description by Jean-Charles Ellaume, was sold on behalf of The Rt Hon. the Earl of Lanesborough at Sotheby’s, ‘Important French Furniture, Clocks, Ormolu and Ormolu-mounted Works of Art, Tapestries and Rugs and Carpets’, 13 December 1968, lot 85.

LOT 26

A Persian Ziegler Mahal wool carpet, late 19th/early 20th century, the open blue field centred with a foliate medallion 330 x 276cm

£2,000 - 4,000

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

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LOT 27

A limed gesso overmantel mirror, 19th century and later, French, the break-arch pediment centred by a head of Minerva finial, above a frieze carved with foliate detail, over a rectangular glass mirror plate

101cm wide, 12cm deep, 167cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 28

A pair of patinated pierced-metal wall lights, 19th century, Continental, of scrolling butterfly form, each set with three giltwood sconces supporting a pillar candlestick

42cm wide, 27cm deep, 57cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 29

A ‘Daisy’ sofa by Perched, of recent manufacture, covered in signature ‘Rainforest

Kingfisher’ velvet upholstery

173cm wide, 101cm deep, 75cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 30

A wool carpet of Persian Heriz design, of recent manufacture, woven with scrolling foliate motifs to a blue ground

413 x 294cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 31

A painted wooden chest-on-stand, 19th century, Italian, the upper section with a central hinged door painted with a floral still life scene, flanked by two turned baluster columns, surrounded by an arrangement of ten small fitted drawers, all decorated with painted Continental landscape scenes to include Venice, above a frieze centred with a cherub escutcheon, the undertier with geometric medallion detail, all raised on turned legs and terminating in turned squat bun feet

79cm wide, 37cm deep, 150cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 32

A George III giltwood armchair attributed to Ince & Mayhew, circa 1775, the moulded cartouche back surmounted by cresting, above padded swept arms and a stuffover seat, upholstered in later Aubusson-style covering, the fluted seat rail centred by an oval patera and flanked by opposing flower heads, on tapering fluted forelegs with gadrooned collars and ankles, with exposed back strut, batten carrying holes and cramp cuts to the underside 62cm wide, 50cm deep, 88cm high £600 - 800

This chair bears close resemblance to a number of sets of seat furniture by, or firmly attributed to, the Golden Square firm of William Ince and John Mayhew. The closest parallel to this chair - near identical in form and differing only by a variation in cresting or clasp - were previously in the collection of Sir Michael Sobell before being sold by Christie’s, London, 23 June 1994, lot 60, and then again from a private Eaton Square collection, Christie’s, London, 2 May 2023, lot 179, for £85,875 including premium. Another set, which follow near the same pattern, are one of ten en suite with a window seat, made for Sir Thomas Edwardes in 1775 at a cost of £36 15s, for the Drawing Room, No. 17 Edward Street, Portman Square, London, as well as those made for the Earl of Warwick (H Roberts and C Cator, ‘Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew’, pp.160, 170, 360 & 361, figs. 314 & 317). These two sets have no cresting and the rear legs conform with the forelegs, rather than the outswept example seen in the present lot; for the same model again but with outswept rear legs, see those probably supplied for John Crewe, circa 1775 (H Roberts and C Cator, ‘Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew’, pp. 247 and 360, fig. 315).

The present lot and those discussed in conjunction all share the same characteristics associated with the Golden Square firm - these include exposed back struts, scroll channelled arms directly descending into the top of the forelegs, batten carrying holes, cramp cuts and French fashioned ‘cabriolet’ backs.

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An ormolu perpetual calendar mantel clock, third quarter of the 19th century, French, by A Brocot & Delettrez of Paris, the oval case with a Roman numeral dial, over a calendar dial with two subsidiary dials for day and date, flanked by porcelain panels depicting cherubs, enclosed within a case decorated with rams’ heads, acanthus leaves and foliage, raised on supports modelled as cherubs with scrolling acanthus legs and surmounted by an urn finial, the base set with porcelain plaques decorated with floral sprays, retailed by Leroy of Paris

42cm wide, 16cm deep, 55cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 34

A Louis XVI-style Aubusson tapestry portière entre fenêtre, 19th century, French, woven with flowers, foliate scrolls and neoclassical motifs

328 x 126cm

£400 - 600

LOT 35

A black and gilt-japanned low table in the Louis XV taste, 20th century, French, of serpentine outline, fitted with a drawer and slide, raised on cabriole legs terminating in sabots

81cm wide, 45cm deep, 52cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 36

A chinoiserie gilt-metal hall lantern, of recent manufacture, of hexagonal outline, with faux bamboo detail, the three sconces issuing light bulbs

45cm wide, 45cm deep, 61cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 37

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with bold foliate and geometric motifs to a pale field

477 x 310cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 38

A walnut and micromosaic wall mirror, circa 1890, Italian, Venice, in the manner of Antonio Salviati, the rectangular bevelled glass mirror plate enclosed within a shaped micromosaic polychrome frame, decorated with floral sprays and a Lion of St Mark cartouche

68cm wide, 5cm deep, 93cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 39

A pair of export famille rose porcelain ‘peacock’ lamps, 18th century and later, Chinese, each mounted on a stepped giltwood base and with a silk shade, fitted for electricity 16cm diameter, 48cm high (2)

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 40

A marble bust of Apollo, late 17th/early 18th century, Northern Italian, modelled in a tunic and a laurel-leaf crown, raised on a pedestal base 43cm wide, 18cm deep, 62cm high

£600 - 800

The present bust, with its long flowing ringlets and laurel-leaf crown, almost certainly depicts Apollo, the Roman god of the sun and patron of the arts. Stylistically, it appears relatively modern and bears comparison to representations of the sun god produced in France during the reign of Louis XIV (1638-1715), who famously cultivated the image of himself as ‘The Sun King’.

Apollo became associated with laurel leaves following his unsuccessful pursuit of the nymph Daphne. According

to classical myth, the enamoured Apollo pursued Daphne relentlessly; rather than submit to him, she transformed herself into a laurel tree. Grief-stricken, Apollo thereafter adopted the laurel as his sacred emblem, wearing a crown woven from its leaves. In keeping with this tradition, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors at the Pythian Games, held every four years at Delphi in honour of Apollo.

For a comparable depiction, see Pietro Baratta’s Apollo, with laurel-leaf crown and long curled hair, formerly in the Summer Garden, Saint Petersburg, and now housed in St Michael’s Castle (LS-63). Another example, dated circa 1600-1670, remained installed outdoors at Ham House until recently, when it was moved indoors for conservation (National Trust, 1140389).

LOT 41

Two pairs of Robert Kime ‘Raby Red’ linen curtains, of recent manufacture, with triple-pinch-pleat headings, lined and interlined each length 100cm wide, 190cm drop (4)

£400 - 600

LOT 42

A pair of upholstered sofas in the manner of Howard and Sons, of recent manufacture, each covered in red and white upholstery depicting leaves and flowers, with drop-in cushion seats, raised on splayed back legs and tapering reeded front legs terminating in castors

183cm wide, 83cm deep, 77cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 43

A near pair of George III yew and satinwood urn tea caddies, late 18th century, each of octagonal form, the hinged lid enclosing a foil-lined interior, mounted on a plinth base, surmounted by an acorn finial

11cm wide, 11cm deep, 24cm high

(2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 44

A Louis XVI-style gilt-brass occasional table, late 19th century, French, the circular marble top above a frieze with laurel wreaths and Medusa heads, over an undertier, raised on splayed gilded legs decorated with leaves

42cm diameter, 77cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 45

A Kashan wool carpet, second quarter of the 20th century, woven with repeating geometric foliate motifs on a light ground

453 x 330cm

£3,000 - 5,000

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LOT 46

A George III-style cream-japanned linen press, early 20th century, the projecting moulded cornice above panelled cupboard doors enclosing sliding shelves, above two short over two long drawers, decorated with chinoiserie motifs throughout including figural scenes, pagodas, flowers and birds, raised on a plinth base

130cm wide, 52cm deep, 205cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

Manner of Jacob de Wit

An allegory of the arts trompe l’oeil, oil on canvas laid on board 209 x 133cm; framed 219 x 143cm £4,000 - 6,000

For a similar example by de Wit, see Christie’s New York, ‘Old Masters: No Reserves’, 2-16 June 2022, lot 58.

LOT 48

A patinated bronze figure of the Spinario, late 19th/early 20th century, after the antique, signed ‘Tireur’, mounted on a plinth base 21cm wide, 15cm deep, 25cm high

£200 - 400

The original sculpture is currently on display at the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.

LOT 49

After Jean de Boulogne aka ‘Giambologna’, Mercury and Fortuna, a pair of patinated bronze figures, 19th century, each raised on a rosso antico marble and bronze pedestal base approximately 9cm wide, 49cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 50

A pair of rococo oak and marble bombé commodes, second half of the 19th century, French or Italian, each serpentine rouge marble top above two large drawers decorated with carved acanthus and rocaille detail, raised on cabriole legs terminating in acanthus-carved feet 143cm wide, 62cm deep, 94cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 51

A pair of Louis XVI-style marble urns, late 19th/early 20th century, French, each of baluster form with handles in the form of swans, the ormolu-mounted body with floral garland detail, raised on a stepped base and surmounted by an acorn finial

21cm wide, 15cm deep, 52cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 52

Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924-2012)

a group of six photographic prints, circa 1950s depicting the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum, comprising:

‘A study of a man from the South frieze’;

A study of a man riding a war chariot from the South frieze’;

‘A study of two women from the South frieze’;

‘A torso study of a reclining nude from the South frieze’;

‘A study of a horse from the South frieze’

each stamped verso ‘COPYRIGHT F.L. Kenett, The Studio, 4 Eldon Road, London W8’ with negative number three 50 x 38cm; three 38 x 50cm; framed and glazed 63.5 x 53.5cm (6)

£1,000 - 2,000

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.

A large ewer, late 19th/early 20th century, possibly Moroccan, the spherical body bound with gilt-brass Islamic calligraphy motifs, flanked by a handle and spout, both terminating in dragon heads, mounted on a socle base

51cm wide, 39cm deep, 48cm high

£200 - 400

A composite stone relief plaque after Coade, of recent manufacture, of rectangular form, centred by a neoclassical urn on a pedestal base flanked by two griffins

122cm wide, 7cm deep, 89cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

This design is after the original Coade panel, a cast of which was taken by Peter Hone from the facade of the former Assembly Rooms, Truro.

A carved pitch pine appliqué, late 19th century, Spanish or Italian, modelled as four horse heads

40cm wide, 28cm deep, 158cm high

£800 - 1,200

A pair of patinated bronze floor lamps, late 19th century, Italian, each with a tripod monopodia base in the form of lion heads and paw feet with anthemion detail, fitted for electricity

35cm wide, 35cm deep, 159cm high, 174cm high including shade (2)

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 58

Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924-2012)

A group of eight photographic prints, circa 1960s of Italian landmarks, comprising: ‘S. Giacolamo at S. Rocco’; ‘Arch of Janus, N.E Forum, Rome, 4th Century, #202’; ‘St Peter’s Square From the Colonnade 95/940’; ‘Palazzo de Senatori, seen from above 78/1037’;

‘Ostia Centrica Column and Ruins 39/864’; ‘St Agostino by Giacomo di Petrasanta #1066’; ‘End view of Beguiled Colonnade, Rome #933’; ‘Cypress Avenue at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli’, each stamped verso ‘COPYRIGHT F.L. Kenett’ four 26.5 x 34.5cm, four 34.5 x 26.5cm; framed and glazed 41 x 49cm (8)

£500 - 700

LOT 59 

A large amboyna and kingwood-cased musical box, late 19th century, Swiss, serial no.’17069’, the movement playing eight airs including compositions by Rossini and Waldteufel as stated in the tune sheet, sublime harmony comb arrangement, zither attachment, tune indicator, twin-spring motor, the case with ivory escutcheon

86cm wide, 36cm deep, 27cm high, cylinder 44cm long

£1,200 - 1,500

LOT 60

A pair of Anglo-Indian armchairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each top rail centred with an elephant flanked by leaves and flowers in relief, above a padded cartouche back and wide seat flanked by part-padded arms with lion head terminals, the scrolling front legs terminating in castors

59cm wide, 49cm deep, 93.5cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 61

A George III-style mahogany bookcase, late 19th century, in the manner of Wright & Elwick, of breakfront outline, decorated in the ‘Chinese Chippendale’ style throughout, the broken arch dentil-moulded pediment above astragal-glazed doors enclosing a shelved interior, over three base drawers, the lower section with three frieze drawers over three central long drawers, flanked by cupboard doors enclosing shelves, raised on bracket feet

143cm wide, 53cm deep, 241cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

A composite plaster relief panel of ‘The Exaltation of the Flower’, 20th century, after the antique, French, cast by l’Atelier de moulage workshop of Paris

66cm wide, 9cm deep, 58cm high

£400 - 600

The ‘L’Atelier de moulage du Louvre et des musées de France’ based in Saint-Denis, Paris, was established in 1794 to reproduce works from the nearby Louvre. This example, cast in the 20th century, is a reproduction of ‘The Exaltation of the Flower’ - an Ancient Greek marble fragment dating to the 5th century BCE. The fragment is currently on display at the Louvre (Ma 701).

LOT 63

Antonio Frilli (Italian, 1830-1892), after Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, ‘Ariadne and the Panther’, a carved marble group, late 19th century, Italian, on an integral rectangular base with moulded edge, incised to the reverse of the base ‘A. Frilli’

41cm wide, 16.5cm deep, 49.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 64

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with foliate scrolls in pale tones

410 x 332cm

£1,500 - 2,500

A large bronze greyhound figure, 20th century, modelled in a standing position looking back to the left

81cm wide, 36cm deep, 76cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 66

A pair of large Regency patinated and gilt-bronze figural candelabra, circa 1815, each in the form of a caryatid, issuing four scrolling foliate and acanthus branches terminating in sconces, mounted on a carved gilded column base

34cm wide, 20cm deep, 67cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 67

A verre églomisé wall mirror, 20th century, the gilded margin plate frame decorated with scrolling flowers and leaves in polychrome, enclosing the central bevelled mirror plate

73.5cm wide, 6cm deep, 97.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 68

A George IV-style walnut and parcel-gilt pier cabinet by Gillows, late 19th century, the rectangular marble top above two grille doors with silk lining enclosing a shelved interior, the doors flanked by convex columns with gilded finials, stamped ‘GILLOWS LANCASTER’ 107cm wide, 47cm deep, 99cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 69

A Renaissance Revival marble and walnut centre table, 19th century, French, the moulded rectangular rouge marble top raised on carved walnut supports, with foliate, acanthus, lion mask and scroll detail, united by a stretcher

141cm wide, 85cm deep, 78cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 70

A George II-style pine pier mirror, 20th century, the outscrolled swan neck pediment decorated with acanthus leaves and centred by a shell motif, above a rectangular mirror plate enclosed within an egg-and-dart moulded frame, over an apron decorated in a similar manner to the pediment

66cm wide, 4cm deep, 95cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 71

A wool carpet of antique Persian Heriz design, of recent manufacture, woven with scrolling foliate motifs to a blue ground

356 x 271cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 72

A Regency-style mahogany library globe, of recent manufacture, the terrestrial globe surmounted on a stand, raised on reeded legs and terminating in tapering turned feet with castors

52.5cm diameter, 112cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 73

A George III mahogany Gainsborough library armchair, third quarter of the 18th century, covered in yellow damask silk upholstery, the serpentine top rail above a wide back and seat flanked by part-padded scrolling arms, raised on square chamfered legs united by stretchers, terminating in castors

72cm wide, 75cm deep, 99cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT

74

After David Dietrich

A set of fifteen plates from ‘Flora Universalis’ hand-coloured engravings, depicting various plant and flower specimens, titled in Latin with plate numbers 33 x 21cm; each in a glazed giltwood frame 48.5 x 33.5cm (15)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 75 

An ivory, bone and mother-of-pearl inlaid walnut and hardwood ‘Levantine’ cabinet, late 19th century, attributed to Giuseppe Parvis, the upper section with a three-quarter spindle-turned gallery centred by an Islamic calligraphic cartouche, above fitted drawers, the central section with adjacent horseshoe arches bordered by a spindle-turned gallery beneath a pair of geometric panels, the lower section with two hinged geometric panel doors enclosing a void interior, above two drawers with bone panels inscribed with further script

115cm wide, 52cm deep, 182cm high

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 76

A William and Mary-style black and gilt-japanned pier mirror, of recent manufacture, with a pierced crest and a cushion frame, with all-over chinoiserie floral and foliate decoration, surrounding a rectangular glass plate

90cm wide, 127cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 77

A giltwood specimen occasional table, 19th century and later, the circular top above a beaded foliate frieze, raised on a carved tripartite base with ram’s head, swag and foliate detail

70.5cm diameter, 70.5cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 78

A Khorassan wool carpet, 20th century, woven with repeating foliate and geometric motifs to a beige ground

302 x 206cm

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 79

A pair of Louis XV ormolu candlesticks, mid-18th century, French, each of baluster form, decorated in the rococo taste with scrolling foliate, rocaille and reeded detail, raised on a spreading base 15cm base diameter, 25cm high (2)

£200 - 400

80

A George II-style giltwood pier mirror, 19th century, the broken arch pediment centred by a scrolling acanthus cartouche, above a rectangular mirror plate enclosed within a carved frame decorated with foliate, acanthus, trellis and ribbon detail, with a shaped apron flanked by masks

98cm wide, 18cm deep, 195cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

LOT 81 

Two inlaid hardwood octagonal occasional tables, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, one inlaid with brass, the other inlaid with ivory, each raised on arched supports brass 50cm diameter, 46cm high; ivory 49cm diameter, 47cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT

82

A painted wooden window seat or bench, late 18th century, with blue and white striped upholstery, the drop-in cushion seat flanked by part-padded arms with fluted baluster supports, raised on ring-turned tapering legs

128cm wide, 54cm deep, 68cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 83

A Victorian pine fireplace surround, late 19th century, of architectural form, the frieze centred by a tablet depicting a chariot scene with cherubs, with further scrolling swag and urn detail, the frame flanked on either side by Corinthian column supports terminating in block feet

178cm wide, 31cm deep, 137cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 84

A pair of gilt-metal umbrella stands, late 19th/early 20th century, each brass body decorated with beaded geometric detail, flanked by twin handles, raised on an integral plinth base

34cm wide, 34cm deep, 61cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT

85

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, decorated with polychrome geometric motifs on a green ground 487 x 347cm

£4,000 - 6,000

Lots 86-88 – A silver-gilt service from Trakų Vokė Manor

The present group of lots, each bearing the Tyszkiewicz family crest or monogram, descends from one of the most distinguished Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic dynasties of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Tyszkiewicz family owned the Trakų Vokė estate, near Vilnius, from 1850 until the outbreak of the Second World War. The last owner of the estate, Jan Michał Tyszkiewicz – a respected deputy of the Second Polish Republic Sejm – died tragically in an aircraft accident in May 1939. When war broke out later that year, his widow, Countess Anna Maria Janina Tyszkiewicz (née Radziwiłł, 1907-1983), fled to England with their three children, bringing with her pieces from the family palace. The Countess was born into the equally illustrious Radziwiłł family – one of the most powerful noble houses in Polish and Lithuanian history – but never returned to Trakų Vokė, which was absorbed into Soviet Lithuania following the post-war redrawing of borders. She died in Brighton in 1983. A commemorative plaque to her memory was unveiled at the estate chapel in 2014, funded by her children as a final tribute to a woman who spent the remainder of her life in exile, yearning for the home she had been forced to leave behind.

Having passed by descent from her family, who remain resident in England, these lots represent rare and poignant survivors of a distinguished but ultimately displaced aristocratic household.

LOT 86

A silver-gilt flatware service, circa 1900, comprising twelve forks, twelve knives, twelve spoons, and eleven teaspoons, each with naturalistically cast handles and the Tyszkiewicz family crest to the finial weighable 57ozt (47)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 87

A set of twelve silver-gilt plates, circa 1900, each with a lobed edge and engraved with the Tyszkiewicz family crest to the centre 18.5cm diameter; 94ozt (12)

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 88

A set of silver-gilt table baskets, late 19th/early 20th century, German, probably Hanau, with pseudo Augsburg marks and Austria-Hungary import marks for 1891-1901, comprising four bonbon dishes, and a larger bread basket, each cast with ‘MT’ monogram, all with clear glass liners

bread basket 28.5cm wide, 19cm deep, 13cm high; weighable 44ozt (10)

£1,000 - 2,000

A House Full of Wonders: The Selected Contents of 14 Prior Street, Greenwich, London

Tucked away in one of Greenwich’s oldest surviving streets, 14 Prior Street was no ordinary London townhouse. Built in the 1840s and spanning four generous floors, with original fireplaces still in situ, hardwood boards underfoot and working shutters at every window, it was a house that had always kept the modern world at arm’s length. To step inside was to leave the city behind entirely – a warren of rooms accumulated over decades with the passionate, instinctive eye of a true collector: someone for whom beauty was found not in the grand or the fashionable, but in the honest, the handmade, and the quietly extraordinary.

The contents offered here reflect a singular vision, drawn from the vernacular traditions of Britain and northern Europe. Folk art and devotional sculpture predominate: a late 15th-century Madonna and Child of exceptional refinement, the crowned Virgin still touched with gilding at her robes, stands as the collection’s crowning piece; a powerfully carved 17th-century figure of St Roch’s dog retains its original painted and gilded surface after four centuries; and a pair of late 18th-century Continental faience greyhounds, each poised elegantly on a cobalt plinth, bring an aristocratic counterpoint to the whole. These sit alongside painted French and Scandinavian dowry chests, their polychrome surfaces still vivid, and a 16th-century iron-bound oak strong chest of commanding presence.

Animals recur throughout: cats in marble, faience, Staffordshire and Persian pottery; flocks of painted wooden decoy pigeons; naive oils of terriers and shire horses; an ironwork cockerel weathervane. There is wit here, and warmth, and a collector’s delight in the unexpected.

Assembled with joy, curiosity and an unerring eye, this is a collection that rewards the curious, and Sworders are delighted to bring a selection of it to sale.

89

A carved wooden angel wall plaque, 18th century, Continental, with gilded detail, depicting the winged figure playing a trumpet

17 x 59cm

£300 - 500

90

A carved wooden putto, 17th century, French, with painted polychrome detail, the figure adorned in robes, their hands clasped in prayer 24cm wide, 21cm deep, 56cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 91

Neukirchen School, Germany, circa 1800 Madonna and Child

reverse glass painting, housed in a glass-mounted frame

40 x 31cm; framed 49 x 40cm

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see Museum ‘Schöne Stiege’, Riedlingen, Germany, inventory no. 1999/1010.

LOT 92

A carved wooden figure group of the Madonna and Child, possibly Medieval, Continental, with painted polychrome detail, the crowned Virgin cradling the Christ Child holding an orb, remnants of gilding to the robes

21cm wide, 10cm deep, 69cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 93

A Staffordshire-style terracotta figure of a spaniel, 19th century, modelled in a recumbent position, raised on a plinth base

21cm wide, 9cm deep, 15cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 94

British Naive School, 19th century

A study of a terrier oil on canvas laid on board

49 x 63cm; framed 59 x 73cm

£200 - 400

LOT 95

A carved and painted wood cresting, late 18th/early 19th century, depicting an eagle flanked by two attacking lions

59cm long, 18cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 96

A pair of faience greyhound figures, late 18th century, Continental, each with a collar and raised on plinth bases

18cm wide, 10cm deep, 21cm high (2)

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 97

A carved wooden ‘St Roch’ dog figure, 17th century, Continental, with painted and gilded detail, raised on a plinth stand

24cm wide, 14cm deep, 34cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

St Roch is the Catholic patron saint of dogs. Active during the 14th century, his patronage also includes Istanbul, surgeons and pilgrims. Statues of the saint commonly feature him accompanied by a dog as a way of conveying his patronage - it is therefore highly likely that this dog figure would originally have been part of a larger statue with St Roch present.

LOT

98

British Naive School, 20th century

A study of shire horses

mixed media, signed ‘A. R. Keith of Peterhead’ 35 x 50cm; framed 45 x 60cm

£500 - 700

LOT 99

A carved wooden figure of a monk, 17th century, Continental, with traces of paint, modelled in typical attire with an outstretched hand 24cm wide, 18cm deep, 71cm high

£600 - 800

LOT

100

Two carved wood putti heads, 18th century, Continental, each mask flanked by a pair of wings, one with polychrome paint

largest 16cm wide, 9cm deep, 18cm high; smallest 13cm wide, 8cm deep, 13cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 101

A painted wooden dowry chest, late 18th century, French, with a hinged dome top enclosing a hollow interior, decorated with foliate, swag and ribbon detail

40cm wide, 23cm deep, 24cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 102

A painted wooden dowry chest, 19th century, French, the hinged dome top enclosing a storage compartment interior, with polychrome foliate and bird decoration

38.5cm wide, 25cm deep, 24cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 103

A painted wooden dowry chest, 18th century, French, the hinged dome top enclosing a hollow interior, decorated with polychrome foliate detail

31cm wide, 16.5cm deep, 12cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 104

An elm and oak carpentry bench, 20th century, the plank top raised on square legs, with a fitted vice

205cm wide, 49cm deep, 75cm high

£500 - 800

105

Three Staffordshire cat figures, 19th century, all with sponged polychrome decoration largest 6cm wide, 4.5cm deep, 9.5cm high; smallest 5.5cm wide, 4cm deep, 6cm high (3) £200 - 400

LOT 106

A folk art marble figure, 19th century, modelled as a seated cat 9cm wide, 15cm deep, 19cm high £200 - 400

107

A glazed pottery figure of a cat, probably Persian, Qajar dynasty, with underglaze polychrome decoration 16cm wide, 8cm deep, 17cm high £200 - 400

108

A faience cat figure in the manner of Émile Gallé, 20th century, decorated primarily in yellow and blue, with glass eyes, marks to base 17cm wide, 13cm deep, 34cm high £200 - 400

LOT 111

An iron-bound oak strong chest, 16th century, the hinged lid bound with iron strapwork, enclosing a void interior

101cm wide, 43cm deep, 61cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

A painted pine wall cupboard, late 18th/early 19th century, with traces of brown and green paint, the hinged arched door enclosing a four-tier shelved interior

74cm wide, 22cm deep, 87cm high

£300 - 500

Three bentwood tines, 19th century, Norwegian, of oval form, each with cover and carry handle

largest 29cm wide, 20cm deep, 15cm high; smallest 21cm wide, 12cm deep, 12cm high (6)

£200 - 400

British Naive School, 19th century

Two pigeons signed ‘T Haxby’, oil on board

45 x 64cm, framed 54 x 73cm

£400 - 600

A flock of three decoy pigeons, late 19th/early 20th century, each with painted detail and modelled in a recumbent position

largest 41cm long, smallest 37cm long (3)

£600 - 800

A painted wooden decoy, late 19th/early 20th century, in the form of a floating goose, illegibly inscribed to base 44cm wide, 20cm deep, 28cm high

£200 - 400

A collection of nine porcelain wine bin labels, 19th century, mostly marked, with various stamps for Minton, Wedgwood, Wedgwood for Farrow & Jackson, Farrow & Jackson and Charles Farrow, comprising ‘Brandy’, ‘Sherry’, ‘Port’, ‘Claret’, ‘Champagne’, ‘Whiskey’, ‘Hock’, ‘Gin’ and ‘Madeira’ smallest 8 x 12cm; largest 8 x 14.5cm (9)

£800 - 1,200

A treen fruitwood tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, in the form of a pear, with a hinged lid enclosing a foil-lined interior, surmounted by a turned ivory finial

11cm diameter, 15cm high

£500 - 700

An ironwork cockerel weathervane, late 19th/early 20th century, mounted on a plinth stand 42cm wide, 46cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 118

British Naive School, 20th century

Three studies of pigeons comprising: ‘Agnes’ signed and dated ‘E.H. Windred 1945’, oil on canvas; ‘Surprise’ signed and dated ‘W. Holmes 1907’, watercolour and bodycolour on card; and another unsigned, oil on board Agnes 36 x 46cm (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 119

A flight of four wooden decoy pigeons, late 19th/early 20th century, all mounted on timber plinth stands largest 37cm wide, 52cm high; smallest 33cm wide, 34cm high (4)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 120

A Charles II-style cast iron fireback, 19th century, dated 1664, bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, with supports 63 x 73cm

£400 - 600

LOT 121

A pair of oak farmhouse side chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each raised on square legs, united by stretchers

45cm wide, 36cm deep, 84cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 122

A pair of farmhouse side chairs, late 19th/early 20th century, each with carved ladder backs, the legs united by stretchers

47cm wide, 34cm deep, 88cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 123

An oak tavern table, 19th century and later, the rectangular plank top raised on ‘X’-shaped end supports

191cm wide, 64cm deep, 69cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 124

A Victorian scumbled pine linen press, 19th century, the moulded projecting cornice over two panel doors enclosing a shelved interior, above two short fitted frieze drawers, the lower section with two panel doors enclosing a shelved interior, raised on turned feet

118cm wide, 50cm deep, 196cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 125

A flight of three wooden decoy pigeons, late 19th/early 20th century, all modelled in a recumbent position, with painted detail largest 31cm long, smallest 26cm long (3)

£600 - 800

LOT 126

Two painted bentwood boxes, 19th century, Scandinavian, each of oval form, one with foliate decoration on a black ground, the other with black line decoration brown box 31cm wide, 18cm deep, 12cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 127

A vernacular pine stepladder, late 18th/early 19th century, of triangular outline with eight rungs, with traces of paint

73cm wide, 5cm deep, 249cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 128

A flight of three wooden decoy pigeons, late 19th/early 20th century, all modelled in a recumbent position, with painted detail largest 36cm long, smallest 32cm long (3)

£600 - 800

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

A George III-style painted pine cricket table, of recent manufacture, the scrubbed circular top raised on three chamfered supports

60cm diameter, 68cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 130

A James II-style painted wooden chest of drawers, 20th century, the moulded rectangular top over two short drawers, above three long graduated drawers, each with moulded geometric detail, raised on bun feet

107cm wide, 47cm deep, 90cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 131

A large 17th-century-style oak refectory table, 20th century, the rectangular top consisting of four planks, raised on ring-turned legs and block feet, united by stretchers

366cm wide, 122cm deep, 76cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 132

An ash and elm Windsor chair, 19th century, with a hoop back, the legs united by stretchers

52cm wide, 58cm deep, 105.5cm high, 41.5cm to seat

£300 - 500

LOT 133

A teak and iron-bound chest, late 18th/early 19th century, possibly Indian, the hinged lid enclosing a void interior, with twin handles and strapwork throughout

125cm wide, 62cm deep, 51cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 134

A painted pine drop-leaf table, 19th century, probably Scandinavian, painted in blue, with gatelegs and a drawer fitted to each side fully extended 193cm wide, 113cm deep, 76cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

135

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with scrolling Shah Abbasi motifs to a pale-blue ground

420 x 308cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 136

Three Regency needlework pictures, early 19th century, comprising a pair of silkwork examples, worked in wool threads depicting pastoral scenes of girls, together with a needlepoint picture of a young girl and a spaniel, each in a giltwood verre églomisé frame pair 25.5 x 20cm, framed 35 x 29cm (3)

£200 - 400

137

An iron Hispano-Moresque horse, late 19th/early 20th century, Spanish, with painted polychrome detail throughout, mounted on a plinth base

119cm wide, 28cm deep, 100cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 138

A Venetian wall mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, the rectangular glass mirror plate enclosed within an etched frame decorated with scrolling flowers, leaves, birds and harps

34.5cm wide, 3.5cm deep, 41cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 139

A George III-style ceiling lantern, of recent manufacture, with a domed amethyst glass shade, the arms issuing three sconces, fitted for electricity 26cm diameter, 57cm high, 109cm high fully outstretched including wire

£300 - 500

LOT 140

A carved wooden bust of a nobleman or ecclesiastical figure, dated 1728, Continental, the figure holding an orb, dressed in robes and a crown, raised on an octagonal plinth base, indistinctly inscribed

31cm wide, 23cm deep, 78cm high £400 - 600

LOT 141

A Persian Bakhtiari wool carpet, first half 20th of the century, of ‘Garden’ design, woven with repeating polychrome foliate and geometric motifs to a red ground

562 x 368cm

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 142

A painted armoire, 19th century, Northern European, the projecting cornice above a panelled door, decorated with painted foliate detail, the frieze inscribed and dated ‘1840’ 131cm wide, 51cm deep, 194cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 143

A large sycamore baker’s table, late 19th/early 20th century, by T Barker & Sons of Manchester, with three drawers and a pine undertier, raised on double castors

288cm wide, 89cm deep, 92cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 144

A delft Orangist commemorative wall plate, late 18th century, Dutch, with polychrome decoration, depicting William V, Prins van Oranje (PVOR)

30cm diameter

£200 - 400

LOT 145

A painted armoire, 19th century, Northern European, the swan-neck pediment above panelled doors enclosing a shelved interior, with painted floral, ribbon and scroll decoration all over, marked ‘1816’

122cm wide, 46cm deep, 186cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 146

An ash and elm Windsor chair, 19th century, the shaped top rail above a comb back, raised on turned legs united by stretchers

59.5cm wide, 63cm deep, 105.5cm high, 38.5cm to seat

£300 - 500

LOT 147

Four glazed earthenware items, 19th century, French, comprising a large jug, pot, oil jar and cake mould oil jar 26cm wide, 26cm deep, 33cm high; jug 19cm wide, 14cm deep, 16cm high (4)

£500 - 700

LOT 148

A pair of Bennison ‘Laguna Rose’ linen curtains, of recent manufacture, with gathered headings, decorated with foliate designs on a white ground, lined and interlined each length 85cm wide, 190cm drop

(2)

£300 - 500

LOT 149

A George III Hepplewhite-style fourposter bed, late 19th/early 20th century, of typical form, the reeded wheatsheaf posts supporting a canopy and drapery, raised on square block feet

170cm wide, 220cm deep, 243cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 150

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with scrolling foliate motifs to a pale-blue ground

355 x 265cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 151

A painted pine side table, 20th century, the rectangular top above a single frieze drawer, raised on square supports united by stretchers, painted all over with flowers in tones of white, red, blue, green and yellow

90cm wide, 65cm deep, 79cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 152

Two Sicilian cart panels, late 18th/early 19th century, both with painted polychrome detail, one depicting a lady playing the tambourine and a courting couple in traditional attire, the panel surmounted by finials in the form of a lady’s head, the other a retablo example depicting subjects clasping their hands in prayer, the panel surmounted by turned finials lady and courting couple 65 x 111cm; retablo example 57 x 113cm (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 153

A large marriage chest, 19th century, Continental, painted all over with flowers and leaves, primarily in tones of red and green on a black ground 70cm wide, 36cm deep, 33cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 154

A pair of armorial needlework panels, 17th/18th century, probably Italian, worked in silk and metal threads, each depicting a coat of arms, within an ivory silk border with fleurde-lys, below a coronet 37 x 29cm, in oval glazed gilt frames 55 x 45cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 155

A wool carpet of antique Persian Heriz design, of recent manufacture, woven with geometric foliate motifs to a red ground 354 x 276cm

£3,000 - 5,000

A carved wooden figure of a lion, 18th century, painted and carved in high relief

47cm wide, 3cm deep, 43cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

A bronze inkstand, late 19th century, in the manner of Franz Bergmann, modelled as a bear behind a curved railing, the hinged head enclosing an inkwell 16cm wide, 14cm deep, 19.5cm high

£400 - 600

A biblical silk embroidered picture, probably first half of the 18th century, Italian, worked in multicoloured silk and gold threads depicting The Nativity of Jesus, with three angels over the scene holding a banner inscribed ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’, the figures with painted details on linen 57 x 49cm; in a moulded frame 79 x 71cm

£600 - 800

For a similar treatment of the cherubs see: Victoria & Albert Museum, T.13-1954.

A painted wood Noah’s Ark, 19th century, German, probably Erzgebirge, comprising a painted wooden ark with sliding wall, three figures, and approximately nineteen pairs and another seventy-two animals

ark 47cm wide, 13cm deep, 26cm high (qty.)

£1,000 - 2,000

160

A large collection of shells, comprising various types and sizes (qty.)

£200 - 400

161

An elm cricket table, of recent manufacture, the circular top raised on three splayed supports united by an undertier 61cm diameter, 66cm high

£300 - 500

A pair of vintage bamboo low chairs, second half of the 20th century, each of tub shape 67cm wide, 63cm deep, 79cm high (2)

£200 - 400

American School, 19th century

a pair of portraits, one of a lady, the other depicting a gentleman watercolour and bodycolour

22 x 18cm; framed 30.5 x 26.5cm

(2)

£300 - 500

A tavern clock by Richard Kenfield of Winchester, 18th century and later, the painted dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markers, enclosed within a japanned case with acanthus and foliate detail, the trunk door decorated with a polychrome pastoral scene depicting a gentleman and two ladies, signed ‘Rich Kenfield, Winchester’, pendulum included

79cm wide, 22cm deep, 145cm high; dial 59cm diameter

£800 - 1,200

A very large Safavid wool carpet, early 20th century, Indian, Lahore, woven with coloured floral panels on a red ground

538 x 840cm

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 166

A Tiller-Clowes family troupe trick marionette, late 19th century. painted in polychrome, the metamorphic figure transmogrifying from a cart into two donkeys

76cm wide, 3.5cm deep, 46cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 167

A Tiller-Clowes family troupe trick marionette, late 19th century, the painted and folding wood dragon figure with a ‘FRESH HERRINGS’ sign

114cm wide, 3cm deep, 47cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 168

A Tiller-Clowes family troupe puppet, late 19th century, the wood face with painted features, wearing a striped neckerchief, tunic, checked trousers and black shoes

94cm wide fully outstretched, 18cm deep, 89cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 169

Two Tiller-Clowes family marionettes, late 19th century, comprising a bull and cow, the painted wood figures with jointed legs

bull 56cm wide, 6cm deep, 41cm high; cow 68cm wide, 5cm deep, 39cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 170

A Tiller-Clowes family troupe trick marionette, late 19th century, the metamorphic painted wood figure transmogrifying from a swan to an egg

104cm wide, 6cm deep, 31cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 171

A Tiller-Clowes family troupe trick marionette, late 19th century, the painted and folding wood dragon figure with a ‘FRESH HERRINGS’ sign

123cm wide, 5cm deep, 53cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 172

A Victorian trick scenery board, 19th century, the painted wood board depicting a snarling dog, transmogrifying into a cannon when folded 95cm wide, 6cm deep, 55cm high

£300 - 500

173

A Victorian trick scenery board, 19th century, the painted wood board depicting a boxer, with a canvas flap opening to reveal a grandfather clock 43cm wide, 3cm deep, 80cm high £300 - 500

LOT 174

A Victorian trick scenery board of a barber shop, 19th century, painted wood, with a folding central star revealing the shop window beneath a sliding window block, flanked to one side by a panel inscribed ‘SHAVING WHILE YOU WAIT’

59cm wide, 3cm deep, 83cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 175

A Victorian trick scenery board, 19th century, the painted wood board depicting a devil-like figure, with canvas flaps folding to reveal a lady and sign reading ‘XX MILES TO YORK’

27cm wide, 3cm deep, 69cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 176

A Victorian trick scenery board, 19th century, the polychrome painted wood board folding outward to reveal a hotair balloon

41cm wide, 13cm deep, 67cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 177

A quantity of Tiller-Clowes family troupe marionettes, 19th century, painted wood, comprising the heads and torsos of a gentleman and lady, together with six male heads, fitted with string suspension attachments lady with torso and arms outstretched 66cm wide, 13cm deep, 38cm high; smallest head 9cm wide, 10cm deep, 12cm high (8)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 178

A painted composition butcher’s shop figure, 20th century, modelled as a standing pig

97cm wide, 38cm deep, 49cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 179

A wooden fairground horse figure, 20th century, in the form of a rearing horse, with all-over polychrome detail, raised on a stand

142cm wide, 39cm deep, 158cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 180

A wooden fairground ostrich figure, 20th century, decorated in polychrome, raised on a large circular base with castors 103m wide, 63cm base diameter, 30cm deep, 191cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 181

A carved wooden settee, 20th century, in the form of an elephant, with all-over polychrome detail and a green drop-in cushion seat

165cm wide, 59cm deep, 105cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 182

An icon of St Antipas, possibly 18th century, Russian, tempera on wood

31 x 27cm

£200 - 400

LOT 183

An icon of the Christ Pantocrator, mid-18th century, Russian, tempera on wood

36 x 31cm

£300 - 500

LOT 184

An icon of the Virgin of Kazan, late 17th/early 18th century, Russian, Moscow, tempera on wood

31 x 26cm

£400 - 600

LOT 185

A Renaissance-style painted and parcel-gilt wooden mirror and console table, probably 19th century but possibly incorporating some earlier elements, Italian, the arched mirror with a scrolling floral and foliate frame, above a simulated marble table top with a frieze drawer, raised on putto supports and a moulded base, terminating in bun feet

87cm wide, 56cm deep, 231cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 186

A painted marriage chest, dated 1830, probably Scandinavian, twin-handled, with a metal-bound hinged dome top, decorated with polychrome floral detail on a blue ground, marked with initials ‘KJD’, the interior with Swedish newspaper cuttings dated 1832 relating to Christianity

147cm wide, 66cm deep, 74cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 187

A Chinese hardwood sideboard, of recent manufacture, with three frieze drawers, over three hinged panel doors enclosing shelved interiors, painted all over in sage green and decorated with landscape scenes, raised on square chamfered legs

236cm wide, 46cm deep, 98cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 188

A pair of needlework panels, 19th century, Scottish, one depicting a gentleman in Highland dress, the other a shepherdess, both enclosed within a foliate border

30.5 x 31.5cm; framed and glazed 41 x 41cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 189

An icon of the Crucifixion, 19th century, probably Greek or Balkans, tempera on wood

81 x 42cm

£400 - 600

190

A nodule marble-topped occasional table, 19th century, the circular marble top raised on a barley twist stem and carved base, terminating in carved paw feet 39cm diameter, 81cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 191

A large Aubusson carpet, 19th century, the ivory field centred by a rose bouquet medallion, decorated throughout with floral sprays and acanthus leaves, enclosed within ivory and red foliate borders

497 x 638cm

£3,000 - 5,000

William IV bronze

dated 1834, inscribed

60cm wide, 50cm deep, 22cm high, 83cm high including stand

£2,000 - 3,000

A George III-style barrel-back leather armchair, early 20th century, covered in brown leather buttoned upholstery, raised on fluted tapering legs

83cm wide, 68cm deep, 110cm high

£300 - 500

LOT

A Scandinavian-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, inspired by the work of Barbro Nilsson, woven with repeating geometric motifs in tones of brown and white

361 x 280cm

£2,000 - 4,000

A George II oak dresser, mid-18th century, with a moulded rectangular top, above three crossbanded drawers set with chinoiserie brass handles, with a wavy apron, raised on cabriole supports

231cm wide, 49cm deep, 87cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 196

A Black Forest carved wooden longcase clock, circa 1930, Swiss, the brass dial with Arabic numerals, above a glazed case flanked by carved bears and naturalistic detail, all surmounted by a further bear

67cm wide, 36cm deep, 228cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 197

A large oak wedding chest, 19th century and later, Northern European, twin-handled, the hinged lid above a carved panel front decorated with painted scrolling and geometric detail, raised on squat bun feet, inscribed ‘HAD’

171cm wide, 66cm deep, 65cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 200

After Paul-Édouard Delabrièrre, late 19th/early 20th century, a bronze figure of a recumbent stag on a naturalistic base, signed ‘E. Delabrierre’ 41cm wide, 14cm deep, 22cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 201

A leather coach trunk, 19th century, possibly Spanish, bound with metal and wooden fixtures, the hinged lid enclosing a void interior and painted storage compartment area, with twin handles, marked ‘ALDECOA’ or ‘ALDE-COA’ 110cm wide, 55cm deep, 45cm high £500 - 800

LOT 202

Two Aubusson-style flat-weave wool carpets, of recent manufacture, Italian, each of rectangular form, decorated with a floral medallion to the centre 231 x 168cm (2) £300 - 500

LOT 203 ▲

Attributed to Anton Dapré (Austrian-British, 1877-1981), a carved wood sculpture of St Michael the Archangel, dated 1929, depicting St Michael triumphing over Satan, with painted polychrome detail throughout, marked ‘B.O.W. 1929’ and ‘A. DAPRE.’

59cm wide, 48cm deep, 151cm high

£1,200 - 1,500

LOT 204

A set of five George IV-style mahogany and leather dining chairs by Robert Kime, of recent manufacture, each with a buttoned and studded back and seat, raised on tapering reeded supports terminating in pad feet

48cm wide, 57cm deep, 85cm high (5)

£800 - 1,200

Purchased from Robert Kime, Pimlico Road, London.

LOT 205

A George III mahogany three-pillar dining table, circa 1790, of rectangular outline, with two additional leaves, the rounded ends raised on turned columns and tripod bases, the central column with four outsplayed supports, all terminating in castors

298cm wide, 122cm deep, 70cm high (3)

£1,500 - 2,500

Provenance: H Blairman and Sons, 119 Mount Street, London.

LOT 206

A pair of Renaissance-style oak and walnut side tables, early 20th century, each rectangular top partially inlaid with marble, raised on turned legs and carved scroll feet, united by a brass stretcher

79.5cm wide, 44cm deep, 79cm high

(2)

£600 - 800

Provenance: Reputedly from Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire.

LOT 207

A walnut bureau bookcase, circa 1800, North Italian, the arched upper section with two glazed bevelled doors enclosing a red velvet shelved interior, above a secrétaire drawer enclosing an arrangement of small drawers, the lower section of serpentine outline with three long parquetry drawers, raised on scrolling feet

120cm wide, 66cm deep, 203cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 208

An Aubusson-style needlepoint carpet, 20th century, decorated all over with scrolling flowers and leaves

337 x 248cm

£300 - 500

The Fre derick Parker Collection of Chairs

Swo rders are delighted and honoured to p resent a selection of chairs from t he Frederick Parker Co llection. Occupying a significant and we l l-known place with i n the antique furniture sphere, th i s collection has been educat i ng those with an interest in t he d esign, style and historical context of a nt i que chairs for decad es.

The collection was formed b etwe en 1900 and 1930 by Fred eric k Parker & Sons, t he fo rerunner of Parker Knoll, the internati on ally known brand. The early 2 0th century witnessed a growing market for reproduction antique furniture. In response to t his, Frederick Parker sourced a wide varie ty of original a nt i que pieces as referenc e m odels for his workforce to copy and learn fro m. Th e collection eventua lly grew to over 300 chairs, dating from the 17th to t he 19th centuries.

By 1997, the colle ct i on’s role had sh i fted from commerci al to educational, an d the Frederick Parker Fo undation was established to ensure its future. Between 2002 and 2025, much of it, along with a considerable archive, was on loan a s a teaching resourc e to London Metropolitan University. It continued to flourish wi th a range of mid-century and contemporary ex ampl es being added to i t. Owned by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers since 2013, the core collection is soon to go on show at the Eas t London Furniture In stitute in Docklands, where researcher s and other visitors wil l continue to be welcome.

The present offering of chairs presents a u nique opportunity to acquire pieces from this renowned and ce lebrated collection. Wi th first-class provenance, hi gh aesthetic merit and a co mpelling history, we ho pe these chairs can c on tinue to inspire and b e cherished for generations to come.

Fu rther information on the Fr ederi ck Parker Collection and Archive can be found at h ttps://frederickparkerc o llection.org.uk/

LOT 209

A William and Mary beech circular stool, circa 1700, the circular seat covered in wool upholstery, raised on four horsebone legs united by stretchers

33cm wide, 33cm deep, 38cm high

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see Percy Macquoid, ‘A History of English Furniture’, first published 1904-8, republished by Bracken Books, 1988, p.129, fig. 276.

LOT 210

An oak backstool or side chair, circa 1680, of joined construction, covered in leather and upholstered with straw and hay, the rectangular back above a stuffover seat, raised on turned front legs and square back legs, the legs united by stretchers

54cm wide, 47cm deep, 90cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by the Frederick Parker Collection on 2 July 2003 from Christie’s, South Kensington, ‘The Property of the late James Frederick Ridge, Lancashire’, lot 15.

LOT 211

A William and Mary-style walnut armchair, 1930 with mid-17th-century arms, the upholstered back surmounted on either side by lion’s-head finials, above a loose cushion seat flanked by part-padded arms terminating in carved lions clutching a ball, raised on baluster barley twist legs united by similar stretchers

71cm wide, 51cm deep, 99cm high

£300 - 500

Manufactured in August 1930. Arms purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons for £5.15.0.

LOT 212

A 17th-century-style oak ‘X’-framed armchair, manufactured in 1931, the upholstered arched back above a square deep cushion seat, flanked by carved scrolling downswept arms, the ‘X’-shaped legs centred by a carved foliate roundel and united by stretchers

63cm wide, 74cm deep, 100cm high

£200 - 400

This is a copy of a chair bought by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1926. The original chair was acquired in Rouen, France, and was a 19th-century reproduction of a 17th-century chair (albeit with original 17th-century arms). At the time of its manufacture in 1931, it was valued at £11.15.0.

LOT 213

An ‘X’-framed walnut armchair, 19th century with earlier additions, the arched back and stuffover seat upholstered in gold velvet, flanked by 17th-century downswept arms and raised on scrolling legs united by a turned ‘H’-shaped stretcher, the frame carved with acanthus and beaded detail

61cm wide, 62cm deep, 100cm high

£400 - 600

This chair was acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1926 in Rouen, France. According to the Collection, it was probably bought on the basis that it was a genuine period chair as opposed to a 19th-century reproduction. A reproduction was made by Parkers circa 1935 (see inventory no. FPF377).

LOT 214

A George I walnut armchair, circa 1720 and later, the deep loose cushion seat flanked by a scrolling back and arms, raised on octagonal-shaped legs terminating in castors, the legs united by a wavy ‘H’-shaped turned stretcher 79cm wide, 64cm deep, 91cm high £300 - 500

Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1912. For an example of its original appearance, see Adam Bowett, ‘English Furniture 1660-1714, From Charles II to Queen Anne’, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2002, p.255, plate 8:47.

A George I walnut upholstered side chair, circa 1725, the rounded rectangular back and deep stuffover seat covered in red damask upholstery, raised on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet

58cm wide, 64cm deep, 104cm high

£300 - 500

Similar chairs are currently in the collection of Erddig Hall, near Wrexham. This chair was purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1914.

A George I upholstered wing armchair, circa 1720, of typical wingback outline, covered in gold velvet upholstery, raised on carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet

91cm wide, 79cm deep, 112cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1915 for £8.10.0. Reproduced by Knoll in 1939.

LOT 217

Two George I walnut side chairs, circa 1720, each with a vasiform splat above a drop-in seat, one raised on four cabriole legs, the other raised on cabriole front legs with splayed rear legs and castors 58cm wide, 61cm deep, 104cm high (2)

£400 - 600

The first chair was acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons prior to 1914 for £13.10.0.

The second chair was acquired on 20 June 1927 for £7 15s.

LOT 218

A George I walnut side chair, early 18th century, the vasiform splat inlaid with chevron stringing and centred by a star motif, above a drop-in upholstered seat, raised on cabriole legs united by a wavy ‘H’-shaped stretcher

56cm wide, 56cm deep, 114cm high

£300 - 500

Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1914 for £2.5.0.

LOT 219

A George II walnut side chair, circa 1740, probably Irish, the shaped top rail above a pierced Gothic-style fan-back splat, over a stuffover seat covered in striped wool, raised on cabriole legs

61cm wide, 64cm deep, 97cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons from Cecil Millar for £24.20.0.

LOT 220

A George II walnut open armchair, second quarter of the 18th century, covered in pink and cream floral upholstery, the rounded back and seat flanked by outscrolled arms, raised on carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet

76cm wide, 61cm deep, 97cm high

£500 - 700

Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1914 from Brackett for £8.10.0.

LOT 221

A George II walnut armchair, second quarter of the 18th century and later, the upholstered arched back and drop-in seat flanked by shepherd’s crook arms, the carved cabriole front legs terminating in ball and claw feet, with splayed back legs

66cm wide, 61cm deep, 91cm high

£300 - 500

Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1912 from Clifford, valued at £9.0.0.

LOT 222

A George II walnut side chair attributed to Giles Grendey, circa 1740, the pierced Gothic-style splat above a drop-in seat covered in foliate silk damask upholstery, the front cabriole legs with carved scallop detail

55cm wide, 56cm deep, 94cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 223

Two George III mahogany side chairs, 18th century and later, one with a pierced splat decorated with ribbon and foliate detail, above a drop-in cushion seat covered in green upholstery, raised on chamfered legs united by stretchers. the other example in the Chippendale taste, with a pierced Gothic-style splat decorated with scrolling detail, above a stuffover seat covered in damask upholstery

Green-upholstered chair 56cm wide, 56cm deep, 99cm high; Chippendale-taste chair 61cm wide, 63cm deep, 97cm high

(2)

£500 - 700

The green-upholstered chair has been in the collection prior to 1993. The Chippendale-taste chair was acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons on 19 June 1925 for £10.0.0.

LOT 224

A George III painted and parcel-gilt open armchair, circa 1770, the oval back and seat covered in pink brocade upholstery, flanked by part-padded downswept scrolling arms, above a shaped apron decorated with acanthus leaves and centred by an oval patera, raised on cabriole front legs and splayed back legs

64cm wide, 66cm deep, 94cm high

£500 - 700

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons on 22 May 1919 for £12.10.0.

LOT 225

A rosewood open armchair, circa 1810, of tub form, with a caned seat, raised on carved cabriole legs

53cm wide, 48cm deep, 84cm high

£300 - 500

This chair was probably inspired by Chinese ‘Quanyi’ chairs produced during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In European parlance, these chairs came to be known as ‘horseshoe-back’ chairs, owing to their horseshoe shape. This chair has been part of the Frederick Parker Collection since before 1993.

LOT 226

A George III simulated mahogany armchair, circa 1780, the upholstered cartouche back and stuffover seat flanked by partpadded scrolling arms, enclosed within a gadrooned frame, raised on cabriole legs terminating in scrolled feet

67cm wide, 65cm deep, 90cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1913.

LOT 227

A George III beech armchair, circa 1780, the arched top rail surmounted by foliate finials, over a caned back and seat flanked by downswept arms, raised on fluted baluster front legs and square back legs

61cm wide, 66cm deep, 91cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons before 1914.

LOT 228

A George III upholstered bergère armchair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, c.1770, of tub form, the curved upholstered back and seat flanked by scrolling arms above a fluted apron, raised on turned and fluted tapering baluster legs

79cm wide, 76cm deep, 91cm high

£1,500 - 2,000

This chair is similar to those produced by Thomas Chippendale in 1776 for the dining room at Paxton House, Berwickshire. This chair was acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons before 1914 from Lang of Chichester for £6.0.0.

LOT 229

A George III leather mahogany armchair, circa 1790, of tub form, the curved back above a drop-in cushion seat, raised on square legs

66cm wide, 74cm deep, 99cm high

£400 - 600

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1914 from Thornton Smith for £3.0.0. This chair was repaired on 21 June 1921 for the sum of £4.15.0.

LOT 230

A Louis XVI-style painted and gilded beech armchair, mid-19th century, the arched top rail centred by a shell motif, above an upholstered oval back and stuffover seat, flanked by part-padded downswept scrolling arms, raised on turned, tapering and fluted legs, terminating in toupie feet

61cm wide, 61cm deep, 97cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in March 1925 for £16.10.0, possibly on the basis that it was an original Louis XVI chair.

LOT 231

A George III painted beech side chair, circa 1775, attributed to Ince & Mayhew, the caned oval back and stuffover seat above a fluted apron carved with anthemion motifs, raised on turned and fluted tapering legs, terminating in toupie feet

57cm wide, 54cm deep, 94cm high

£700 - 900

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons on 20 January 1925 from Chester Street Gallery for £5. Similar chairs - originally from Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire - are currently in the collection of Lanhydrock House, Cornwall.

LOT 232

A George III painted beech armchair, circa 1780, the cartouche spindle back over a caned seat flanked by outswept scrolling arms, raised on square front legs and splayed back legs, the legs united by stretchers

58cm wide, 58cm deep, 94cm high

£300 - 500

This chair was acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons on 1 December 1911 from Brackett for £6.0.0. The arms of the chair influenced the arm design of Parker Knoll’s ‘PK735’ Pembroke armchair, produced in 1951.

LOT 233

A late George III painted beech armchair, circa 1780, the oval back and stuffover seat covered in damask upholstery, flanked by downswept part-padded scrolling arms and raised on square legs, enclosed within a painted frame

64cm wide, 61cm deep, 95cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 234

A George III painted and parcel-gilt wooden armchair, circa 1780, the concentric oval back centred by a painted neoclassical urn motif, over an upholstered stuffover seat flanked by scrolling arms, raised on square legs

56cm wide, 56cm deep, 99cm high

£500 - 700

Acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons on June 6 1912 from Thornton Smith for £7.10.0.

LOT 235

A neoclassical beech ‘X’-framed armchair, circa 1815, the top rail surmounted by two eagles and centred by an urn, above a dished seat flanked by fluted spiral arms, enclosed within a japanned frame 58cm wide, 53cm deep, 85cm high

£500 - 700

Donated to the Frederick Parker Collection in 2009 by Mr and Mrs Godfrey Curtis who bought it auction. According to Mr and Mrs Curtis, the chair originated from a private home in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire. Very similar chairs were sold at Artcurial, Paris, on December 16 2019, Lot 42 - these were made by French furniture maker, Georges Jacob.

LOT 236

A Regency painted and parcel-gilt beech armchair, circa 1800, the square back above a drop-in cushion seat covered in damask upholstery, flanked by downswept part-padded fluted arms, raised on fluted tapering front legs and splayed back legs

61cm wide, 61cm deep, 91cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons on 1 December 1911 from Brackett for £6.10.0.

LOT 237

A Regency beech armchair, circa 1800, the top rail centred by swags and decorated with floral and ribbon detail, above a pierced bar-back splat and caned seat flanked by scrolling arms, raised on tapering ring-turned front legs and splayed back legs, the frame painted with japanned detail throughout

55cm wide, 54cm deep, 84cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 238

A Regency mahogany armchair, circa 1810, the turned top rail above an interlaced ogee back, with a stuffover seat flanked by downswept baluster arms, raised on turned and reeded front legs with splayed back legs

54cm wide, 54cm deep, 84cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in December 1929 for £5.8.0.

LOT 239

Two Regency beech armchairs, first quarter of the 19th century, one with a bar-back splat over a caned seat flanked by scrolling arms, raised on splayed legs, decorated with painted and gilded detail throughout, marked with ‘JS’ initials, the other with a gilded Greek-key-decorated top rail above a bar-back splat, the caned seat flanked by scrolling turned arms, raised on ring-turned fluted legs, with japanned detail throughout first chair 56cm wide, 58cm deep, 79cm high; second chair 56cm wide, 62cm deep, 86cm high (2)

£400 - 600

The first chair has been part of the Collection before 1954. The latter chair was acquired by Frederick Parker and Sons on September 2 1927 from Alan Walsh for £2.15.0.

LOT 240

A Regency hardwood armchair, circa 1820 with later additions, of tub form, the caned back above a circular drop-in leather seat flanked by caned arms, raised on splayed tapering legs 51cm wide, 61cm deep, 84cm high

£300 - 500

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons on 30 August 1911 from Narramore for £4 (originally part of a pair).

LOT 241

A Regency upholstered wing armchair, circa 1810, of typical wingback outline, covered in pale-green wool damask upholstery with fringe trimming, the drop-in cushion seat above a now defunct commode compartment, raised on turned front legs terminating in castors

79m wide, 81cm deep, 119cm high

£600 - 800

This chair was originally produced as a commode or ‘necessary’ chair, which was effectively a toilet. George Hepplewhite produced a design for a similar, disguised toilet known as an ‘Easy Chair’ in 1787, published in ‘The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide’ This chair was acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons before December 1929, likely on 13 October 1925.

LOT 242

A George IV mahogany upholstered bergère armchair, circa 1830, the deep squab cushion seat flanked by panelled arms, raised on sabre legs terminating in brass castors

63cm wide, 89cm deep, 93cm high

£400 - 600

Acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons before 1911 for 10 shillings. This chair inspired Parker Knoll’s ‘PK517’ chair, produced in 1939.

LOT 243

A turned beech armchair, late 19th/early 20th century, in the manner of Morris & Co., in the ‘Sussex’ style, the top rail set with four spindles above a part-ladder back, the rush seat flanked by splayed arms, raised on tapering legs united by stretchers

52cm wide, 39cm deep, 83cm high

£200 - 400

Acquired by the Frederick Parker Collection in 2016.

LOT 244

A Victorian walnut open armchair by Holland & Sons, circa 1875, covered in foliate upholstery, the buttoned back and seat flanked by padded arms supported by ring-turned supports, the frame raised on tapering ring-turned legs and castors, the left-hand back leg stamped ‘Holland & Sons’

69cm wide, 97cm deep, 79cm high

£600 - 800

Holland & Sons were one of the most prominent London furniture-making firms of the 19th century, supplying furniture to the Royal Family, the aristocracy and St James’s gentlemen’s clubs, inter alia. The Victoria and Albert Museum house a large quantity of archival information relating to their work. This chair has been part of the Frederick Parker Collection since before 1993.

A Victorian mahogany upholstered reclining armchair, circa 1860, covered all-over in green leather upholstery, with a recliner button fitted to the right-hand proper arm, the shaped back and rectangular seat flanked by scrolling armrests heavily carved with foliate and anthemion detail, raised on turned front legs and scrolling fluted back legs, the front legs with carved foliate and leaf detail terminating in castors

79cm wide, 89cm deep, 111cm high

£600 - 800

A Victorian leather tub chair, mid-19th century and later, covered in studded tan leather upholstery, the arched back and circular seat flanked by carved scrolling arms, raised on ring-turned tapering legs

61cm wide, 66cm deep, 89cm high

£300 - 500

A ‘Fantastic Plastic Elastic’ chair, of recent manufacture, designed by Ron Arad, the aluminium frame with a transparent red polypropylene seat, manufactured by Kartell of Italy

44cm wide, 56cm deep, 78cm high

£300 - 500

This chair was designed in 1997 and manufactured at some point between 2000 and 2005. It was acquired by the Frederick Parker Collection circa 2010.

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 248-290

LOT 248

A pair of white and rouge marble pedestals, late 19th/early 20th century, each of tapering form, the column inlaid with rouge marble panels, raised on a stepped plinth base, surmounted by a stepped capital 35cm wide, 25cm deep, 121cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 249 

A miniature mahogany cabinet-on-chest, late 19th/early 20th century, the moulded cornice above two parquetry panel doors, enclosing an interior composed of a dressing mirror and six drawers, the lower section consisting of two short over two long drawers, with ivory and bone escutcheons and knobs, raised on splayed bracket feet

30cm wide, 17cm deep, 39cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 250

A gilt-bronze figure of Venus, 19th century, French, mounted on a plinth base 13cm wide, 11cm deep, 40cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 251

Two pairs of embroidered silk taffeta curtains, of recent manufacture, with pencil pleat headings, lined and interlined, each pair complete with a silvered pelmet and tasselled tie-backs, labelled ‘The Campbell Group’ curtains each 125cm wide, 315cm drop; pelmets

225cm wide, 26cm deep, 15cm high (10)

£200 - 300

LOT 252

A sunburst wall mirror, of recent manufacture, the central circular mirror plate surrounded by rectangular margin plates, all enclosed within gilded frames

85cm wide, 3.5cm deep, 85cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 253

A patinated bronze figural group, late 19th/early 20th century, depicting a Roman charioteer being drawn by two horses, raised on a giallo antico marble plinth base and carved paw feet

29cm wide, 14cm deep, 21cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 254

A grand tour patinated bronze sculpture of Silenus and the infant Bacchus, early 20th century, after the antique, mounted on a plinth base marked ‘Mee Vatican’ 27cm wide, 21cm deep, 59cm high £1,500 - 2,500

LOT 255

A plaster panel, 20th century, after the antique, cast after Block XLIII from the North frieze of the Parthenon Marbles

102 x 121cm

£300 - 500

LOT 256

An inlaid architectural rosewood tabernacle, circa 1800, of demilune outline, the ebonised pediment supported by ebonised and bone columns, with a mirror back 24cm wide, 16cm deep, 28cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 257

A Regency mahogany settee, circa 1815, covered in damask upholstery with a squab cushion, raised on tapering ring-turned front legs and splayed back legs, all fitted with castors

182cm wide, 66cm deep, 88cm high

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 258

A large famille verte porcelain vase lamp, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, of baluster form, with polychrome and gilded detail, decorated with figural scenes, trees, dragons and bats on a blue ground, mounted on a shaped gilded base, fitted for electricity

26cm wide, 26cm deep, 106cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 259

A grand tour serpentine marble figure of the Jennings Dog, late 19th/early 20th century, after the antique, mounted on a plinth base 29cm wide, 17cm deep, 37cm high

The original marble sculpture is currently on display at the British Museum, London (2001, 1010.1)

£200 - 400

LOT 260

Three pairs of blue silk curtains, of recent manufacture, in the French taste, lined and interlined, the light-blue field with darker blue border, gold braided trim and fringing, with tie-backs and pelmets

pair curtains top edge 172cm wide, 340cm long; pelmet 231cm wide overall, 28cm deep (6)

£400 - 600

261

A marble and gilt-metal-mounted table lamp, 20th century, of cylindrical column form with anthemion-cast capital and base, raised on a square plinth, with an 18-inch diameter shade base 14cm square, 68cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 262

A large two-piece chesterfield sofa by Terence Conran, of recent manufacture, of typical form, upholstered in black leather 272cm wide, 117cm deep, 74cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Purchased from The Conran Shop.

LOT 263

A Ziegler Sultanabad carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with foliate motifs and chevrons to a beige ground 373 x 315cm

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 264

A set of white-metal portrait reliefs of Roman emperors, 19th century, Italian, comprising Domitian, Claudius, Galba, Vitellius, Octavius, Tiberius, Nero, Caligula, Otho, Titus, Vespasian and Augustus, each in an ornate patinated and parcel-gilt bronze frame with an engraved plaque, housed together in a modern gilt frame portraits 10 x 7cm; framed 67 x 57cm

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 265

A George IV mahogany writing table, circa 1825, in the manner of Gillows, the gilt-tooled leather inset top above a moulded edge, over a frieze with a central tablet and a bead-and-reel moulded lower edge, incorporating one long and one short mahogany-lined drawers, on ringturned baluster and reeded tapering legs, terminating in brass caps and castors 131cm wide, 92cm deep, 77cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 266

After Jean-Antoine Houdon, 20th century, a bronze bust of Molière, raised on a plinth base and fluted column with carved acanthus detail 18cm wide, 14cm deep, 38cm high The original bust by Houdon is currently on display at the Comédie-Française in Paris, France.

£300 - 500

LOT 267

A collection of grand tour plaster intaglios, 19th-20th century, comprising approximately 175 medallions in six trays, decorated in relief with miscellaneous subjects of historical figures, mythological scenes and architectural elevations, housed in a wooden case each tray 26.5 x 32.5cm; case 35cm wide, 28cm deep, 16cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 268

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 269

A Regency mahogany hall bench or window seat, early 19th century, with raised ring-turned ends, above a moulded rectangular seat with canted corners, raised on tapering turned supports terminating in peg feet

151cm wide, 32cm deep, 52cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 270

A large wool carpet of Serapi design, 20th century, Indian, the field centred by a black medallion flanked by green spandrels, woven throughout with bold polychrome foliate motifs

523 x 350cm

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 271

A pair of gilt-metal George III-style wall lights, 20th century, each with swag, acanthus and foliate detail, the scrolling arms issuing three sconces, fitted for electricity 46cm wide, 26cm deep, 75cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 272

A giltwood marriage mirror, late 18th century, French, the upper margin plate centred by a twin-handled urn finial, over a central rectangular mirror plate flanked by further margin plates, all enclosed within a heavily carved scrolling frame

65cm wide, 3cm deep, 104cm high £800 - 1,200

273

A George III-style carved pine and composition chimneypiece, 19th century, of neoclassical form, decorated with figures and swags, with a pair of stop-fluted Corinthian column pilasters

184.5cm wide, 25cm deep, 138cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 274

After Louis Marie Moris, late 19th/early 20th century, a patinated bronze equestrian group of Francis I with his groom, mounted on a stepped plinth base, signed ‘Moris’

54.5cm wide, 17cm deep, 44.5cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 275

A pair of baroque-style monopodia console tables, 20th century, each faux Siena marble top of serpentine outline, raised on a monopodia support in the form of a winged lion and decorated with carved acanthus leaves and foliate detail, the support terminating in a carved paw foot, raised on a parcel-gilt stepped plinth base

101cm wide, 49cm deep, 86cm high

(2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 276

A wool carpet, of recent manufacture, decorated with repeating complementary colours

312 x 204cm

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 277

A pair of celadon vase lamps, 20th century, Chinese, each of ovoid baluster form, mounted on a gilt-metal base with dragon finials and paw feet

16cm wide, 43cm high

(2)

£400 - 600

LOT 278

A cast metal tazza, 19th century, flanked by bearded mask handles, decorated with foliate and shell detail in relief, raised on a pedestal base 36cm wide, 28cm high; base 13.5cm wide

£300 - 500

LOT 279

A pair of carved marble table lamps, 20th century, each of baluster form, mounted on a stepped socle base, fitted for electricity

24cm diameter, 55cm high (2)

£500 - 700

LOT 280

An Anglo-Indian hardwood corner étagère, late 19th century, the four graduated serpentine shelves, with carved and pierced foliate supports and gallery borders, raised on scrolling feet

64cm wide, 50cm deep, 138cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 281

A George IV-style mahogany dining table, late 19th/early 20th century, the oval top raised on fluted column supports terminating in a tripartite base with squat bun feet

244cm wide, 240cm deep, 76cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

282

A set of four Regency-style painted toleware vases, of recent manufacture, each painted in green and gold, the body with Greek key and leaf decoration, raised on paw feet and mounted on a plinth stand

17.5cm wide, 17.5cm deep, 31.5cm high (4)

£200 - 400

283

A large Art Nouveau silver tazza, by Lee and Wigfull, Sheffield, 1905, with embossed decoration and an open triform base 37cm diameter, 24cm high; 65ozt

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 284

A Veramin wool carpet, first quarter of the 20th century, the central blue field with repeating foliate decoration, enclosed within a brown foliate border

292 x 211cm

£2,000 - 4,000

After Marius-Jean Antonin Mercié, Gloria Victis, a bronze figural group by the Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry, late 19th/early 20th century, raised on a tapering pedestal column with carved scrolling foliate and drapery detail, the bronze with mark for ‘F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur, Paris’

figure 56cm wide, 42cm deep, 102cm high; column 37cm wide, 37cm deep, 106cm high; 208cm high overall (2)

£8,000 - 12,000

LOT 286

A pair of bedside wall lights by Charles Edwards, of recent manufacture, each with an adjustable arm and pleated shade

23cm wide, 44cm deep fully extended, 30cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 287

A Victorian box ottoman stool, circa 1860, upholstered in buttoned red leather with studded edges, raised on concealed castors

72cm wide, 62cm deep, 48cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 288

An Asafo appliqué hanging, second half of the 20th century, Ghanaian, of rectangular form, the red cotton field applied with brightly coloured cut cloth birds and a seated human figure, with a striped and tasselled border

90 x 146cm

£300 - 500

Provenance: From the collection of John Rendall, former owner of Christian the lion.

LOT 289

After Agasias of Ephesus, late 19th/early 20th century, a grand tour patinated bronze figure of the Borghese Gladiator, raised on a Siena marble plinth base, signed ‘Figatier’ 22cm wide, 20cm deep, 24cm high

£200 - 400

The original sculpture is currently on display at the Louvre, Paris (Ma 527).

LOT 290

A Persian wool carpet, second quarter of the 20th century, Isfahan, the dark-blue field woven with foliate motifs 318 x 200cm

£1,000 - 2,000

The Judith Appio Textiles Collection

This exceptional collection of Nigerian Adire indigo textiles, alongside other significant West African fabrics and ceremonial robes, dates from the 1920s onwards. The pieces were carefully curated during the 1970s and 1980s, representing an important body of material culture that reflects the artistry and social history of Yoruba textile traditions.

The collection is offered in fifteen lots: two Nupe Bida or Hausa ceremonial robes are offered individually, with the adire cloths grouped in pairs to fours. All pieces are in excellent condition, having been exceptionally well preserved throughout.

Adire is a traditional, indigo-dyed cloth originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa. The craft has historically been passed through generations of women, with knowledge and skills shared within families and households. The textiles often feature symbolic patterns and social motifs, each reflecting aspects of Yoruba identity, status and daily life.

The specialised techniques required to produce adire – particularly the traditional starch-resist, thread-resist, and stitch-resist methods of indigo dyeing – are no longer commonly practised. The Appio collection encompasses three distinct methods: adire eleko , in which cassava or rice starch paste is applied to resist the dye; adire eleso , a tie-andbind technique; and adire alabere , worked with needle and thread in a running stitch to gather and resist the cloth. A collection of this technical breadth, combining museum-quality examples of all three methods in early and authentic examples, is particularly rare on the open market.

The collection was built by the late collector and designer Judith Appio (1956–2010). Judith trained in interior design at Kingston School of Art, London, and went on to work for private clients in Britain and West Africa. She began collecting rare vintage West African fabrics in the 1970s, acquiring the pieces directly from villages and communities across the region over many years. Her dedication to documenting and preserving these textiles represents a significant lifelong undertaking, resulting in a cohesive and historically important collection. During her lifetime she sold items to private collectors and institutions, among them the filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and the British Museum.

Adire and Nigerian Modernism

The cultural significance of Yoruba adire was prominently affirmed by the landmark exhibition Nigerian Modernism: Art and Independence at Tate Modern, London (8 October 2025 – 10 May 2026). The exhibition explored the rise of modern art in Nigeria before and after national independence, and adire featured not only as displayed objects but as a recurring visual and conceptual reference throughout the works on show.

Adire cloth appeared directly in two major works in the exhibition. The Bruce Onobrakpeya (b.1932) monumental triptych The Last Supper (1981), now in the Tate collection, incorporates indigo-dyed adire fabrics alongside colonialera uniforms and Yoruba architectural motifs, to situate the biblical scene within south-western Nigeria. Separately, Susanne Wenger (1915-2009) – the Austrian-born artist who became a Yoruba high priestess and helped restore the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove – created adire works using the traditional cassava starch-resist method, including Mythos Odùduwà Schöpfungsgeschichte (1963), a textile depicting the Yoruba creation story.

The deep indigo tones of adire are also cited in the exhibition as a formative influence on painting: Yusuf Grillo (1934-2021), one of the leading figures of Nigerian modernism, explicitly described his attraction to the colour blue as shaped by the indigo of traditional Yoruba adire textiles, an influence visible across his stylised figurative compositions. Nike Davies-Okundaye (b.1951), whose work also featured in the exhibition, traces her practice directly to adire, taught to her by her great-grandmother, and later taught by her to local women as a means of economic empowerment before she established the Nike Art Centre in Lagos in 1983.

The exhibition affirmed adire as central to the visual culture of 20th-century Nigeria – not simply as a craft tradition, but as an active reference point for artists working across painting, printmaking and sculpture, throughout the modern period.

Authentication and Scholarship

The collection has been authenticated by Dr Duncan Clarke, widely recognised as one of the UK’s foremost authorities on West African textiles and author of African Textiles (2022) and African Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection (2015). Clarke formed a large collection of 315 specimens of current production Yoruba textiles from Ile Ekejo in Nigeria as part of his thesis research in 1995, which is now in the British Museum, London (see Af1966,07.1 to 315).

The Appio collection is also mentioned in John Picton and Rayda Becker, The Art of African Textiles: Technology, Tradition, and Lurex (1995), pp. 79, 134–135.

LOT 291

A Nupe Bida or Hausa men’s agbada robe, second quar ter of the 20th centur y, N igerian, indigo - dyed and hand-woven ‘etu’ or ‘sak i’ stripweave cloth, embroidered in white silk with two k nives (ask a biyu) design

130 x 230cm

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see British Museum, no. Af1983,23.4.

LOT 292

A Nupe Bida or Hausa men’s agbada robe, second quar ter of the 20th centur y, N igerian, indigo - dyed and hand-woven ‘etu’ or ‘sak i’ stripweave cloth, embroidered in white silk with two k nives (ask a biyu) design

135 x 265cm

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see British Museum, no. Af1983,23.4.

LOT 293

Two Yoruba adire eleso indigo cloths, four th quar ter of the 20th centur y, N igerian, each resist- dyed 206 x 164cm and 204 x 180cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 294

Three Yoruba adire eleso cloths, four th quar ter of the 20th centur y, N igerian, each resist- dyed in indigo with patterns of circles 182 x 164cm, 196 x 178cm and 174 x 165cm (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 295

Three Yoruba adire eleso cloths, fourth quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed in indigo, with patterns of circles

274 x 126cm, 222 x 172cm and 198 x 158cm (3)

£300 - 500

LOT 296

Four Yoruba adire eleko indigo cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns

194 x 172cm, 194 x 185cm,

203 x 182cm and 194 x 176cm (4)

£300 - 500

LOT 297

Three Yoruba adire eleko indigo cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns, to include one ‘Eyepe’

194 x 163cm, 444 x 85cm and 200 x 192cm (3)

£300 - 500

The Eyepe pattern (meaning ‘all the birds are here’, or literally ‘birds are complete’) is a traditional Ibadan adire design. As well as various birds including chickens and pigeons, the pattern depicts crocodiles, chameleons, watches, drums, and scorpions.

Three Yoruba adire eleko indigo cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns

194 x 163cm, 192 x 168cm, 196 x 174cm (3)

£300 - 500

299

Two Yoruba adire alabere cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns

198 x 165cm and 192 x 171cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 300

Two Yoruba adire alabere cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns

196 x 138cm and 198 x 165cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 301

Two Yoruba adire alabere cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, Nigerian, each resist-dyed with various patterns

178 x 154cm and 190 x 164cm (2)

£200 - 400

An ikat stripweave cloth, first quarter of the 20th century, West African, woven with bands in shades of blue, on an indigo-dyed pinstripe ground

196 x 143cm

£200 - 400

LOT 303

An ikat stripweave cloth, first quarter of the 20th century, West African, woven in shades of blue and purple, on an indigo-dyed pinstripe ground 140 x 192cm

£200 - 400

LOT 304

Three Yoruba stripweave cloths, third quarter of the 20th century, West African, comprising two sanyan cloths, the weft woven with silver and duck-eggblue threads respectively, across bands of openwork floating threads, each on a handspun cotton ground, together with an asa oko cloth with electric blue stripes on a pinstripe indigo ground blue sanyan 88 x 194cm; silver sanyan 107 x 180cm; asa oko 216 x 73cm (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 305

Two stripweave cloths, mid-20th century, West African, comprising an ikat length in aubergine and teal, together with a Yoruba aso oke cloth, handwoven and machine-sewn together ikat 196 x 96cm; stripweave 176 x 136cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 306

Three ikat robes, 20th century, Uzbekistan, each of atlas ikat, comprising two chapans, one quilted, both lined with Russian trade cotton, and one dress longest (nape to floor) 158cm long (3)

£400 - 600

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 307-319

LOT 307

A Gobelins allegorical tapestry of the ‘Palace of Versailles’ representing April, 18th century, French, after a design by Charles Le Brun, from the series ‘Les Maisons Royales ou des Mois’, woven in silk and wool threads, with Louis XIV and Queen Maria-Theresa in a six-horse carriage followed by riders, the palace beyond, in the foreground a balustrade with a child playing with a dog, two urns, birds and musical instruments, within a foliate strapwork border 320 x 440cm

£8,000 - 12,000

This tapestry depicts the Château de Versailles for the month of April, from the celebrated Les des Maisons Royales, one of the most ambitious decorative programmes of the reign of Louis XIV. The composition presents the characteristic foreground balustrade draped with crimson textile and populated with exotic birds including a peacock, an eagle and a macaw, flanking a young figure with a dog; large floral urns frame the scene on either side, while in the middle distance a six-horse carriage and mounted cavaliers process toward the château, its city-facing façade visible on the horizon.

The series was conceived by Charles Le Brun, Premier Peintre du Roi and director of the Gobelins Manufactory, with specialist contributions by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (flowers), Pieter Boel (animals and birds), and François van der Meulen (landscapes and architectural backgrounds). The first royal set was woven in the workshops of Lefebvre and Jans from 1668, and between then and 1713 the Crown commissioned seven complete sets with gold thread, of which the haute lisse example in the Mobilier National (GMTT 108/004), woven circa 1670 in the atelier of Jans fils, is a premier example.

The present tapestry is woven in the basse lisse technique, as confirmed by the orientation of its linen warps and the eagle in the foreground, which is not found on the high-warp designs. The tapestry is a mirror image of the royal Mobilier National example - a natural consequence of the basse lisse process - in which the cartoon is traced beneath the loom, producing a reversed but otherwise faithful interpretation of the design. The palette, with its refined and softened tonal range, is consistent with later Gobelins production. The border, without royal heraldic devices, follows the pattern of known private commissions from the series, for example, the Victoria and Albert’s ‘Juillet’ (accession number T.371-1977), woven in the workshop of Jean de la Croix (16701700), similarly bears a non-royal border and reduced dimensions, its catalogue entry noting that ‘a number of other less lavish sets were commissioned by private individuals’ alongside the seven Crown sets. The present tapestry’s dimensions, are proportionally consistent with this category of commission.

The Maisons Royales series retained its desirability long after the death of Louis XIV, and private and diplomatic commissions continued to be fulfilled by the Gobelins well into the 18th century.

LOT 308

A pair of candelabra, 20th century, in the French taste, each with scrolling arms issuing six sconces, with cut-glass droplets suspended throughout, surmounted by a cut-glass prism finial above nine branches, supported by a rouge marble and gilded central column, raised on a plinth base 43cm widest diameter, 77cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 309

A collection of Chinese-style famille rose porcelain plates, 19th century, in the manner of Samson of Paris, comprising forty-three plates, decorated with enamelled polychrome foliate and ribbon swag detail 17cm to 23.5cm diameter (43)

£600 - 800

LOT 310

A set of five lengths of brocaded silk dress fabric, second half of the 18th century, French, probably Lyon, each panel of loom width, with ribbed tobine white and pink stripes on an ivory taffeta ground, sprigged with weftwoven flowers and brocaded floral sprays in rich colours 116 x 48cm; framed and glazed 125 x 57cm (5)

£1,000 - 2,000

Provenance: A private collection, Abingdon Mansions, Kensington, London W8; Peta Smyth, London; Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville, Paris, ‘Garde-robe des Princes de Ligne & autres étoffes précieuses provenant du château de Beloeil’ (Wardrobe of the Princes of Ligne & other precious fabrics from the castle of Beloeil, Belgium), 2004.

A famille rose porcelain garden seat, 19th century, Chinese, of barrel form, centred by figural court scenes and further decorated with flowers and trees in polychrome 34cm diameter, 49cm high

£600 - 800

A rococo giltwood wall mirror, mid-18th century, French or Italian, the carved gilded frame, with scroll, foliate and shell detail surmounted by a shell finial, enclosing a mercury glass plate

90cm wide, 129cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 313

A Louis XVI transitional-style kingwood and marquetry cabinet, late 19th/early 20th century, French, of serpentine outline, the brocatelle marble top above hinged cupboard doors enclosing a shelved interior, decorated with geometric inlaid detail throughout, the front cabriole feet terminating in sabots

114cm wide, 46cm deep, 152cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 314

A pair of Louis XVI-style mahogany and ormolu bedside tables, late 19th century, French, each square brocatelle marble surface above a panelled frieze fitted with a drawer, over a hinged cupboard door enclosing a marble-lined interior, above an undertier, the side fitted with a pull-out writing surface, the frame raised on fluted supports and tapering legs terminating in castors, decorated with ormolu mounts throughout 41cm wide, 41cm deep, 81cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 315

A pair of gilt-brass, clear glass and amethyst glass table lamps, early 20th century, French, each slender column surmounted by a knopped glass finial, with five scrolling branches suspending numerous drops, raised on a scrolling triform base, with delicate silk shades 54cm wide, 33cm deep, 83cm high (2)

£600 - 800

Provenance: Donnington Castle House, Newbury, Berkshire.

LOT 316

An Empire-style ebonised guéridon, 20th century, French, the circular grey marble top above a tripartite base, the frame decorated with ormolu mounts to the frieze, legs and base, raised on castors

90cm diameter, 74cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 317

A Victorian giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror, circa 1870, by Charles Nosotti of London, the central oval mirror plate flanked by two smaller margin plates, enclosed within a moulded gilt frame with carved foliate and swag detail, with maker’s mark cartouche verso 157cm wide, 9cm deep, 159cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

A Hollywood Regency ‘wheat-sheaf’ coffee table, mid to late 20th century, after a design for Coco Chanel, with a circular glass top 76cm diameter, 50cm high

(2)

£200 - 400

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with bold Shah Abbasi motifs to a blue ground 440 x 362cm

£4,000 - 6,000

Summer 2026

Beyond the Frame: Why the Market for Traditional Art Is Evolving, Not Fading

Following the success of our 19 May Old Master, British and European Art sale, one thing is abundantly clear: the market for traditional works is far from extinct. Rather than fading, it is evolving, shaped by sharper connoisseurship, changing collecting habits, and a growing appetite for items that carry not only artistic quality, but rarity, provenance and compelling stories beyond the brushstrokes.

Perhaps one of the most encouraging shifts in demand is the increasing attention paid to women artists, whose works remain comparatively scarce and often rich with fascinating histories. We were particularly fortunate to offer two works by Mary Beale (British, 1633-1699), widely recognised as the first professional female artist active in Britain. Her rediscovery within the market continues to remind us how scholarship can restore long-overdue recognition. One of the works had previously passed through auctions twice in the 1930s under the attribution of Sir Peter Lely; today, Beale has rightfully reclaimed her authorship. Leading this momentum, Portrait of a Lady achieved an excellent £22,100, confirming sustained enthusiasm for significant female artists.

Women artists also performed strongly elsewhere in the sale. Ellen Sharples (British, 1769-1849), who worked closely alongside her husband, James Sharples, demonstrated this again beautifully.

If one lesson remains unchanged in the art world, it is that provenance is still king. The market continues to crave high-quality works from distinguished collections, particularly those fresh to market. The collection of James Thursby-Pelham was a particular delight to handle ( see also pp. 147-154 within this catalogue ). These remarkable family portraits, housed within the family since they were originally commissioned and executed, offered collectors freshness and, of course, exceptional lineage. Painted by some of Britain’s most celebrated portraitists - Dahl, Kneller, Riley, Walker and others - they reflected exactly what serious buyers continue to seek: quality, history and authenticity.

Rediscoveries, of course, remain among the most romantic aspects of Old Master, British and European art sales. Few things capture the imagination quite like a resurfaced picture or a renewed attribution. Connoisseurship - the patient, scholarly eye that defines this field - still matters enormously. One of the standout moments of the sale was undoubtedly the rediscovered work by Gillis Claeissens (Flemish, 1526-1605), which achieved an impressive £53,300. Its success reinforces the enduring truth that exceptional works, when supported by quality and scholarship, will always command strong interest.

At the same time, buyer tastes are shifting. Certain traditional genres remain resilient, but often for new reasons. Naïve school paintings, for example, are increasingly finding new homes among a younger and more design-conscious audience. Their bold individuality, wit and decorative charm bring both personality and humour into contemporary interiors.

Master drawings are another category gaining traction. Their academic and often intimate nature naturally appeals to seasoned devotees, yet their affordability, especially compared with finished paintings by major masters, has opened doors for younger collectors. A drawing offers something uniquely compelling, providing a direct glimpse into the artist’s hand and thought process.

Even portrait miniatures are enjoying a fashionable revival. Once deeply personal keepsakes, they are now being reimagined beyond display cases and frames. Seen on runways and integrated into couture styling, these exquisite objects are returning to one of their original purposes: being worn and admired as personal adornments.

If this sale has demonstrated anything, it is that traditional art is not a relic of the past. It simply requires new storytelling, modern scholarship and an understanding of how today’s collectors connect with history. We are pleased that the appetite remains strong.

As we look ahead, we remain excited to continue presenting traditional works in ways that feel fresh, engaging and relevant to a new generation of collectors. The stories behind these works are far from over - they are simply being framed anew.

Old Master, British & European Art

For a complimentary auction valuation and sales advice contact pictures@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778

Prince Harry praises courage and ingenuity of HALO’s Ukrainian deminers

The Duke of Sussex joined HALO Ukrainian deminers on the ground in Bucha to see first-hand how innovation is reshaping one of the world’s most dangerous jobs.

Wearing a pilot headset, Prince Harry flew an AI-powered drone that detects and maps the position of lethal explosives. He then operated a robot used to remove incendiaries from the ground.

‘It’s amazing to see technology transform the work of the HALO Trust – making mine clearance smarter, faster and safer,’ he said.

‘When my mother visited Angola nearly 30 years ago, deminers carried out their work on their hands and knees to uncover hidden explosives. Now they’re also using drones, AI and robots for greater precision and protection.

‘This isn’t just progress – it’s lifesaving. HALO’s deminers help farmers to plant and harvest the land without fear and despite the war. Their efforts mean that, one day, displaced Ukrainians can return home to safe communities.’

The Duke also paid his respects at Bucha’s memorial to the civilian victims of the Russian occupation that took place between 27 February and 31 March 2022. The atrocities committed in the town triggered international condemnation at the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.

The land and buildings around Bucha were left littered with deadly mines and unexploded munitions including missiles, bombs and grenades; a legacy of the fierce fighting which took place as Ukrainian troops repelled the Russian forces.

Today – after years of work by HALO experts – much of the land around Bucha is now safe. Ivan Kovalchuk, who survived the occupation of the town, told us:

‘It was a terrible time and, even after the Russians were driven out, this place was still so dangerous. We couldn’t go into the fields because of all the explosives. It was frightening. But now, thanks to HALO, we have our lives back. We’re still at war but at least we can plant our crops again.’

Prince Harry ended his time in Ukraine saying, ‘I’m incredibly proud to support this new generation of mine clearance. Ukraine is still at war, but HALO’s work brings safety and hope.’

To find out more about the life-saving work of The HALO Trust and become part of building a safer, mine-free world, please visit www.halotrust.org.

The 13th Note: Battle of the Bands

Musical rivalries have always made good copy. Bach and Marchand, Mozart and Salieri, or was that just the film? Blur and Oasis, and of course, the big one: The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Happily, in The 13th Note , there is room for both camps. No favouritism here, at least not officially.

In The Beatles’ corner is a knock-out group of lots from the Leslie Bryce collection of Beatles photographs. Primarily comprising contact sheets, these remarkable images offer a glimpse behind the scenes, capturing something of the rhythm and atmosphere of life around the band. Among them are photographs of John Lennon playing his celebrated Rickenbacker 355, a particularly evocative sight for any Beatles collector. By a pleasing piece of synchronicity, the sale also includes a limited-edition reissue Rickenbacker 355, alongside a selection of vintage and reissue Beatles pressings. Further highlights include The Concert for Bangladesh , Imagine , and a copy of Wings Greatest , signed by both Paul and Linda McCartney.

For those in The Rolling Stones’ camp, the sale offers a copy of Sticky Fingers , complete with Andy Warhol’s infamous real-zipper cover design, signed to the reverse by Mick Taylor. Also featured are copies of Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and assorted other albums. In a similar spirit to the Lennon guitar, we also have a Gibson Historic Collection 1959 sunburst. Not quite the legendary ‘Keithburst’, perhaps, but certainly full of quality, presence and, in the right hands, tone. And for collectors whose appetite for the Stones is as visual as it is sonic, a 1973 Cardiff and Pembroke Castles concert poster may prove irresistible. Designed for the concert that famously never happened, and featuring a roaring dragon alongside John Pasche’s instantly recognisable ‘hot lips’ motif, it is a classic piece of Stones memorabilia and increasingly hard to find.

As a fan of both bands but favouring The Beatles, I would love to say that they have won this one, but Sticky Fingers and the lusciously lipped dragon mean that I would vote for The Rolling Stones in this particular, and very civil, ‘battle’.

The 13th Note offers an ideal opportunity to begin, build or refine a collection of music memorabilia. Whether your interest lies in classic vinyl, iconic guitars, rare posters or pieces connected to the artists who shaped popular culture, the sale brings together material with both sound and story. We are actively seeking interesting and high-quality items for future sales and would be delighted to advise on consignments or help collectors discover new additions.

It might only be rock and roll, but we like it.

The 13th Note Monday 6 July | 1pm

tonysalani@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778

Roll Up for the Remarkable

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, curious minds and collectors of the marvellous — roll up, roll up, and gather close. The spectacle of the season is about to begin.

Now in its ninth year, Sworders’ Out of the Ordinary auction returns with all the drama, eccentricity and intrigue that have made it one of the most distinctive sales in the calendar. Beneath our imaginary big top, the curious, the uncanny and the extraordinary take centre stage, offering a celebration of objects that sit far beyond the bounds of the everyday.

This year’s sale brings together a sensational array of works and wonders from worlds both familiar and fantastical. Witchcraft, folk art, magic, counterculture, punk rock, fairground art, crime and punishment, militaria, contemporary art, monsters, photography, medical and scientific curiosities, pop art, football, the swinging 1960s and space travel all find their place in a catalogue that delights in the unexpected.

Among the many highlights is a remarkable cavalcade of curiosities: Beatles memorabilia, UFO letters, guillotine cigar cutters, a witch’s ball, rare photographs of Marc Bolan and Kate Moss, medieval grotesque heads, a suffragette money box, exquisite hairwork, haunting death masks, elegant pond yachts, an iron maiden, a vampire-slaying crucifix, miniature books, a Waterloofired bullet, a gleaming gold nugget, a Dark Ages pentagram ring, a memento mori ring, a towering 19th-century hourglass, the iconic one-armed bandit from Casino Royale , dodo bones, Moa bird relics, Neolithic axe heads and many more marvels besides.

The spotlight also falls on an extraordinary collection from Tim Wonnacott FRICS, one of television’s great showmen and a long-standing champion of the antique and the unusual. His eye for the theatrical, historic and eccentric is reflected in a wonderfully varied assemblage that includes a Black Monday handkerchief, death masks, a Noël Coward flask, intricate root carvings, a Māori breadboard, a fearsome 19th-century gargoyle, an armadillo inkwell, a V-2 rocket model and a host of other fascinating pieces.

So, cancel all engagements on Tuesday 18 August and join us beneath the figurative big top for Sworders’ ninth annual Out of the Ordinary auction. A sale of splendour, spectacle and singular objects, each awaiting its next custodian.

Out of the Ordinary Tuesday 18 August | 10am

markwilkinson@sworder.co.uk

The Enduring World of Ilias Lalaounis

Few jewellery designers have brought the ancient world into the modern age with the imagination and confidence of Ilias Lalaounis (1920-2013). Revered for his sculptural gold creations and historically inspired designs, Lalaounis transformed archaeology, mythology and classical civilisation into jewellery that feels both timeless and distinctly modern.

Born in Athens, Lalaounis came from a family of goldsmiths and watchmakers. Although he studied economics and law at the University of Athens, his career was shaped by jewellery from an early age. In 1940, he joined Zolotas, the distinguished Athens jewellery house founded by his uncle in 1895. It was here that he began developing the ideas that would later define his own name: a deep respect for ancient Greek art, an interest in historic goldsmithing techniques, and a belief that jewellery could be both beautiful and culturally significant.

In the 1950s and 1960s, at a time when much of the international jewellery world was focused on gemstones and sleek modernism, Lalaounis looked instead to the past. Drawing inspiration from Greek, Minoan, Mycenaean, Byzantine and other historic sources, he revived techniques such as granulation, filigree, hand-hammering and woven goldwork. His pieces often have the presence of museum artefacts, but were designed to be worn and enjoyed.

In 1969, Lalaounis established his own company, marking the beginning of a distinctive chapter in 20th-century jewellery design. His work helped bring Greek goldsmithing to an international audience, with the brand later expanding to cities including London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. His designs attracted a high-profile following, with admirers including Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor and Barbra Streisand.

For collectors, the appeal of Lalaounis lies in the strength of his artistic identity. His jewellery is instantly recognisable not through obvious logos, but through craftsmanship, texture and form. Coiled shapes, ram’s heads, mythological creatures, classical motifs, hammered surfaces and richly worked yellow gold all appear throughout his collections.

Pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s are especially desirable, particularly those that show the house’s characteristic use of high-carat gold, sculptural design and historic references. Collectors often look for bold cuffs, necklaces, earrings and rings with strong Greek or Byzantine influence, as well as pieces with textured, hand-worked surfaces.

Unlike trend-led jewellery, Lalaounis designs have a timeless quality. They feel ancient and modern at once, which is a key reason they continue to resonate with collectors today. The strongest pieces are not simply decorative; they tell a story, connecting the wearer to history.

For those looking to collect jewellery with beauty, presence and cultural depth, Ilias Lalaounis remains one of the most compelling names in 20th-century design. His work offers more than adornment; it is a celebration of gold, history and the lasting power of craftsmanship.

Jewellery

For a complimentary auction valuation and sales advice contact jewellery@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778

Tastemakers: Modern and Contemporary Art & Design

This November, Sworders is pleased to present Tastemakers: Modern and Contemporary Art & Design, a landmark auction dedicated to the artists, designers, makers, collectors and patrons who have shaped visual culture throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Bringing together a carefully curated selection of international art, craft and design, the sale will examine the individuals and movements that challenged convention, expanded the boundaries of artistic practice, and transformed the ways in which Art & Design is created, collected, and understood.

Central to the auction is the recognition that the distinction between so-called ‘high’ and ‘low’ art became increasingly fluid during the modern period. Across the last century, artists and makers embraced an ever-widening range of materials, techniques and interdisciplinary approaches, redefining the relationship between fine art, craft and functional design. Reflecting this spirit of innovation, Tastemakers will present works spanning studio and contemporary ceramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, textiles, furniture and contemporary craft.

Equally important to the story of modern and contemporary art are the patrons, collectors and creative communities that fostered artistic exchange and experimentation. From Jim Ede and Kettle’s Yard, to Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at Charleston, and the thriving artistic networks of St Ives associated with Bernard Leach, Denis Mitchell, Breon O’Casey, Barbara Hepworth and Alfred Wallis, these influential figures and communities helped define the cultural zeitgeist of their respective eras. Through their patronage, collaboration and artistic vision, they continue to shape the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art today.

The sale traces a broad cultural narrative, beginning with the progressive energy of the Bright Young Things in the 1920s, continuing through the radical experimentation of post-war artistic communities, and extending to the Young British Artists of the 1990s and the creative innovators of the present day. In doing so, the auction highlights the figures and movements that have shaped taste, collecting practices and aesthetic values across generations.

Particular attention is given to the development of contemporary ceramics and crafts, a field in which artists continually redefined both material and form. The instantly recognisable manganese glazes of Lucie Rie, the richly expressive surfaces of Alison Britton, and the distinctive burnished vessels of Magdalene Odundo, each demonstrate the diverse possibilities of the medium. Through a curated selection of singular and highly individual works, the sale celebrates ceramicists whose practices have advanced the discipline while maintaining an emphasis on craftsmanship and originality.

Textile works by makers such as Peter Collingwood and Miriam Sacks, and vessels by celebrated woodworker Jim Partridge, exemplify the technical innovation and material experimentation that have transformed the design landscape over the past century. Their works, now highly sought after by both public institutions and private collectors, reflect the growing international recognition of contemporary craft as a significant artistic discipline.

For enquiries, please contact Bryn Sayles for Modern and Contemporary Art , or Matthew Yeats for Design

Bryn and Matthew recently joined Sworders, having spent many years working in major London auction houses, including on cross-category Art & Design auctions. They look forward to bringing this experience and expertise to Tastemakers: Modern and Contemporary Art & Design. Tastemakers Tuesday 24 November | 10am brynsayles@sworder.co.uk | matthewyeats@sworder.co.uk

A New Chapter: Indian, Islamic and Southeast Asian Art at Sworders

The varied and rich artistic traditions of the Indian, Islamic and Southeast Asian worlds continue to fascinate a global network of collectors and institutions. This year, Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers have established a new area in its biannual Asian Art sales, dedicated to celebrating a great variety of works from these vibrant centres of artistic excellence.

This exciting new development is led by consultant Beatrice Campi, an independent art advisor, lecturer and auctioneer. With more than twelve years’ experience across the auction world and the wider cultural heritage sector, she brings expertise in Islamic and Indian art to the department, led by Yexue Li.

‘I am thrilled to join the Sworders team at a time when the arts of South Asia and the Islamic Lands are witnessing unparalleled attention and success. Just in the months of April and May 2026, I counted over ten sales for this art category across the UK and Europe, a telling sign of its rising popularity and buyers’ demand,’ says Campi.

She will be working alongside Sale Coordinator and Cataloguer Grace Julier, who recently transitioned from Sworders’ Fine Interiors team to the Asian Art department. Grace has worked in the auction industry for nearly nine years, with her interests shaped by handling a wide range of objects during her time at a Singaporean auction house, as well as through extensive travel across Southeast Asia.

Indian, Islamic, and Southeast Asian art has undoubtedly experienced a surge of demand at auction in recent years, with record-breaking results, for example, Christie’s Exceptional Paintings from the Personal Collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan achieved a final total of nearly £46,000,000 from just 95 lots in October 2025, the result of impeccable provenance and rarity.

A reason behind this enhanced visibility is the growth in global wealth and diversification. Over the past two decades, collectors from South Asia, the Middle East and the wider diaspora have become increasingly active in acquiring works that reflect their cultural heritage, while Western collectors and institutions have also broadened their focus beyond traditional European and Asian categories, further expanding demand. Another important driver is institutional recognition. Museums, galleries and academic scholarship have placed significantly greater emphasis on Islamic and South Asian art history, helping to legitimise and elevate the category in the eyes of collectors. Scarcity, of course, also plays a crucial role. High-quality historical works - particularly manuscripts, miniature paintings, early textiles and key modernist South Asian paintings – rarely come to market, and when they do, competition is fierce.

As the summer sunshine beckons, Sworders has already established a strong track record of results in Islamic and Indian art, including a Mughal painting Shah Jahan in the Time of Youth , attributed to Govardhan, which sold for £54,600, and a collection of Company School ornithological paintings, which achieved nearly £150,000.

Our May sale also delivered solid results, with a 19th-century three-quarter aerial view of the Sacred Enclosure, Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, realising £4,940, alongside a fine Company School painting of a Bengal fox, which sold for £3,380.

With the introduction of a new dedicated Indian, Islamic, and Southeast Asian art section in our biannual Asian Art sales, we are excited to see how this journey unfolds within such a dynamic and vibrant market.

Asian and Islamic Art

For a complimentary auction valuation and sales advice contact beatricecampi@sworder.co.uk | gracejulier@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778

Day Two

Wednesday 24 June at 10am

The Richard Collins Collection: A Life in Pursuit of Beauty

The Fine Interiors department are proud to present the second instalment of the Richard Collins Collection.

Richard Collins leaves behind a remarkable legacy of design-led development and refined taste. A man whose life was devoted to the pursuit of architectural integrity, aesthetic refinement and the quiet joy of beautiful things, Collins was not merely a property developer, but a curator, collector and connoisseur, whose personal interiors bore the unmistakable imprint of a singular vision.

His collection – a seamless harmony of tradition and modernism, shaped by a long-standing admiration for leading figures such as Robert Kime and Rose Uniacke – reflects a layered sophistication that will resonate strongly with collectors worldwide. Collins believed that elegance lay not in perfection, but in the thoughtful juxtaposition of eras, materials and memories; his interiors were never sterile, but lived-in, loved and deeply personal. This philosophy was perhaps most vividly expressed in his London homes, including his celebrated apartment overlooking Kensington Gardens, featured in House & Garden , where beauty, comfort and narrative coexisted in quiet balance.

The Richard Collins Collection is a rare and carefully curated assembly, deserving of presentation with distinction. The quality, style and sophistication of the pieces Richard selected and chose to live with would undoubtedly command interest individually; however, when presented as a collection and viewed through the lens of his life and philosophy, they are elevated from admired objects to essential expressions of a singular design vision.

Sworders has been entrusted with celebrating this exceptional legacy at auction, and it has been a privilege to honour Richard Collins through a series of sales that celebrate his extraordinary eye and enduring influence.

LOT 320

A collection of cushions, 20th century, comprising eleven cushions and a pair of striped Swedish pillows, the cushions to include a pair of ikat examples and a pair by OKA various sizes: smallest cushion

39 x 42cm largest cushion 46 x 56cm; pillows 53 x 99cm (13)

£200 - 400

A walnut side table by Rose Uniacke, of recent manufacture, the circular top raised on a conical base

40cm diameter, 50cm high

£300 - 500

Supplied by Rose Uniacke, 2021.

A travertine table lamp, of recent manufacture, of obelisk form, with a pleated conical shade

11cm wide, 11cm deep, 48cm high

£200 - 400

Contemporary School, three interior photographs, comprising a print by Daria Reina entitled ‘Villa Maraini - Roma’, a taxidermy scene and a mid-century interior scene

Reina print 39 x 26cm, framed 60 x 51cm; taxidermy scene 39 x 59cm, framed

51.5 x 71.5cm; mid-century scene

35.5 x 28.5cm, framed 52 x 45cm (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 324

A pair of modernist gilt-metal wall lights, of recent manufacture, each with twin sconces 23cm wide, 19cm deep, 44cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 325

A modernist brass table lamp, of recent manufacture, with a lilac linen shade 34cm wide, 9cm deep, 49cm high excluding shade £200 - 400

LOT 326

A pair of stitched leather side tables, 20th century, by Matteo Grassi, each square top raised on curved square legs 39cm wide, 39cm deep, 50cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 327

A group of eight cushions, of recent manufacture, of various shapes and sizes smallest (carpet) 27 x 33cm; largest (white ground) 57 x 57cm (8)

£200 - 400

328

A faux shagreen table lamp, 20th century, of conical form, with two lamp holders

36cm diameter, 74cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 329

A group of three blue table lamps, of recent manufacture, comprising a turquoise-glazed stoneware example and a pair of plastic examples largest 24cm diameter, 51cm high (3)

£200 - 400

Two indigo-dyed lengths, 20th century, the first a Japanese ‘boro’ patchwork panel, the second probably Mali, decorated with stitch-dyed spots Japanese 180 x 160cm; Mali 143 x 97cm (2)

£200 - 400

A patinated metal table lamp, of recent manufacture, with a tripod base and hoof feet, with a pleated shade 34cm diameter, 83cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 332

A set of four brass table lamps, 20th century, each with a knopped column 13.5cm diameter, 52cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 333

A pair of cushions and a pillow by Howe, of recent manufacture, comprising a pair of coarse linen cushions and a striped jute pillow, partially made from a mid-century French seed sack cushions 47 x 66cm; pillow 85 x 43cm (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 334

A set of three white-metal table lamps, 20th century, comprising a pair and one double-sided student lamp, the latter stamped ‘WINTER MENTON’ pair 12cm diameter, 49.5cm high; student lamp 11.5cm diameter, 61cm high (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 335

A group of silk fabrics, 18th century and later, French, comprising four lengths of striped silk warp and silk weft fabric, and one length of silk warpprinted imberline, probably early 20th century, woven in the chiné style, and another length of striped silk various sizes (6)

£300 - 500

LOT 336

A George III oak tripod table, late 18th century, the dished circular top raised on a turned column, terminating in outswept legs

40cm diameter, 63cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 337

A group of five cushions, of recent manufacture, various sizes, each decorated with repeating blue stripes on a white ground

largest 60cm wide, 20cm deep, 38cm high; smallest 49cm wide, 17cm deep, 31cm high (5)

£200 - 400

338

Three brass table lamps, 20th century, of various sizes, all with turned stems, fitted for electricity smallest 13cm base diameter, 49cm high; largest 19cm base diameter, 56cm high (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 339

A Louis XV-style oak writing table, 19th century, French, of slender proportions, the surface inset with a leather writing surface above a shaped frieze, raised on cabriole supports

158cm wide, 57cm deep, 76cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 340

A patinated bronze vase lamp, late 18th century, Chinese, of mallet shape, with a slender neck, fitted with a red linen shade

20cm diameter, 38cm high

£400 - 600

Supplied by Robert Kime, London.

LOT 341

A patinated bronze horse, 20th century, modelled with hind legs bent 45cm wide, 12cm deep, 42cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 342

Three large vases, of recent manufacture, comprising a wooden example with a circular form, together with two smaller glass examples largest 40cm diameter, 80cm high (3)

£200 - 400

LOT 343

A set of six ‘Normal’ dining chairs by Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti, of recent manufacture, Italian, each upholstered in ‘5004 Barkley Caraibi’ and ‘Terra di Siena’ aniline leather, raised on stained birch supports 64cm wide, 64cm deep, 80cm high (6)

£1,000 - 2,000

Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron Rais d’Eisenberg (c.1700-1770), engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733)

Four plates from ‘Description du manége moderne’ copperplate engravings, comprising: plate XIII,’Le Diligent’; plate XVI, ‘Le Gendarme’; plate XXIV, ‘Le Courageux’; plate XXXV, ‘Le Parfait’ 22 x 31cm; each mounted, framed and glazed 46 x 54cm (4) £200 - 400

A flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, decorated with brown and cream stripes

228 x 181cm

£200 - 400

A mahogany and nickel ‘Oval Yacht Table’ by Soane, of recent manufacture, the oval top with a banded edge, raised on a column pedestal and stepped circular base

166cm wide, 116cm deep, 77cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

Supplied by Soane Britain, 2021.

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOTS 347-427

LOT 347

A pair of rococo carved giltwood candlestick lamps, early 20th century, Italian, each turned, fluted and gadrooned stem decorated with acanthus leaves, terminating in tripartite paw feet, with later burgundy linen shades 10.5cm base diameter, 35cm shade diameter, 62cm high overall

(2)

£300 - 500

LOT 348

A Regency-style black and giltjapanned mirror, of recent manufacture, with a chinoiserie-decorated frame enclosing a bevelled glass plate

80cm wide, 108cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 349

A pair of Robert Kime ‘Oak Leaf’ linen curtains, of recent manufacture, with triple pinch pleat headings, lined and interlined each length 110cm wide, 190cm drop

(2)

£300 - 500

LOT 350

A pietra dura and mother-of-pearl plaque, 20th century, Indian, of octagonal form, inlaid with the front elevation of the Taj Mahal, over a panel of flower heads and scrolling foliate tendrils

31cm diameter

£300 - 500

LOT 351

A pair of oak folding library steps, 20th century, consisting of three steps on each side

68cm wide fully extended, 73cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 352 

A Black Forest ivory and carved wood ‘elephant’ centre table, late 19th/early 20th century, Swiss, the rectangular serpentine surface carved with leaves around an oval centre, over a front frieze drawer, raised on legs in the form of elephant heads with ivory tusks and trunks

128cm wide, 81cm deep, 76cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 353

A pair of leather armchairs, of recent manufacture, in the style of George Smith, each covered in brown leather, the deep drop-in cushion seat flanked by scrolling arms, raised on ring-turned front legs terminating in castors

82cm wide, 114cm deep, 87cm high (2)

£500 - 700

LOT 354

Three gilt-metal standard lamps, late 19th/early 20th century, each tubular frame with an acanthus scroll finial, issuing a single light branch and raised on a tripartite base, with pleated shades

62cm wide, 32cm deep, 170cm high

(3)

£600 - 800

LOT 355

A large kilim ottoman stool, of recent manufacture with 19th-century legs and castors, the woollen upholstery decorated with repeating polychrome geometric motifs, raised on turned mahogany legs terminating in brass castors, the castors stamped ‘Cope and Collinson’

154cm wide, 94cm deep, 40cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 356

A wool carpet of antique North-West Persian design, of recent manufacture, woven with Shah Abbasi motifs to a blue ground

303 x 244cm

£1,800 - 2,200

LOT 357 

A pair of hardwood and ivory-inlaid settees, late 19th/early 20th century, Syrian, Damascus, each of architectural form, the rectangular back and sides with arched spindles, above a rectangular seat and panelled base, inlaid throughout with arabesque detail

139cm wide, 68cm deep, 83cm high (2)

£6,000 - 8,000

LOT 358

A chinoiserie lacquer folding screen, 20th century, consisting of six panels, each decorated with chinoiserie motifs including figural scenes of ladies in traditional dress, a pagoda, birds and flora 218cm wide overall, 2.5cm deep, 183cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 359

A group of Watts of Westminster cushions, of recent manufacture, comprising two silk woven examples with tassels, one with a verdure pattern, three green, and another pair verdure 49 x 49cm (8)

£200 - 400

LOT 360

A Duresta Knole-style sofa and matching armchair, of recent manufacture, both of typical form, covered in purple velvet upholstery, with drop-in cushion seats and cushions, raised on tapering legs terminating in brass castors sofa 245cm wide, 118cm deep, 86cm high, 51cm to seat; armchair 85cm wide, 108cm deep, 90cm high, 45cm to seat (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 361

A Veramin wool carpet, first quarter of the 20th century, the central ivory field decorated with foliate and palmette detail, enclosed within a red and blue border decorated with flowers, leaves and birds 257 x 192cm

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 363 

A rosewood, ebonised, ivory and bone-inlaid cabinet, mid-19th century, probably Northern Italian, the rectangular top with a frieze depicting Apollo surrounded by the Muses, above two cupboard doors, one depicting St George, the other Perseus, the side panels with St Michael and probably St Margaret, over a further frieze with classical figures, on foliate carved and inlaid column supports, the backboard centred by a horse-drawn chariot 118cm wide, 50cm deep, 170cm high £3,000 - 5,000

Provenance: Gifted to the vendor’s family by Mrs Thomas MacGregor Greer of Tullylagen Manor, Co. Tyrone.

LOT 364

A set of four gouache studies, 20th century, possibly depicting ceiling designs, each with birds, insects and natural motifs within a scrolling acanthus border

25 x 25cm, framed and glazed 36 x 36cm (4)

£200 - 400

365

A George III bird’s-eye maple chest of drawers, late 18th century and later, the moulded rectangular top above two short and three graduated long drawers with rosewood crossbanding

89cm wide, 53cm deep, 88cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 366

A pair of giltwood wall sconces, 19th century, Continental, each in the form of scrolling drapery, with further anthemion detail

26cm wide, 2.5cm deep, 76cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT

367

A pair of George III-style mahogany and satinwood pier cabinets, early 20th century, each crossbanded serpentine surface above crossbanded cupboard doors centred with inlaid roundels, raised on splayed feet terminating in sabots

102cm wide, 55cm deep, 91cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 368

A pair of rococo giltwood candlestick lamps, early 20th century, Italian, each turned, fluted and gadrooned stem decorated with acanthus leaves, terminating in tripartite paw feet, with later oatmeal linen shades 10cm base diameter, 30cm shade diameter, 61cm high overall (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 369

A patinated bronze mask of a Riace Warrior, of recent manufacture, mounted on a pink marble stepped base

21cm wide, 27cm deep, 55cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 370

A reverse glass painting, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, of a woman in a blue silk robe, with a boy holding a birdcage, on a blue ground 49 x 34cm, framed 56 x 41cm

£500 - 700

LOT 371

A pair of majolica jardinières, 19th century, in the style of Minton, each decorated in relief with ferns, foxgloves and other flora on a dark-blue ground, flanked on either side by scrolling leaf handles 32cm wide, 21cm deep, 24cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A pair of Iznik-style glazed earthenware inkwells and covers, late 19th century, by Samson & Cie, Paris, modelled on 17th-century Iranian candlesticks, each raised on an eight-pointed star base and decorated in black with birds and foliate motifs on a turquoise ground, with removeable cover and pseudo Islamic mark to the underside 20cm diameter, 12.5cm high

(4)

£300 - 500

For a similar example, see Victoria & Albert Museum, accession no. C.55:1 to 3-205.

A wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs

365 x 291cm

£1,800 - 2,200

An Victorian oval giltwood wall mirror, 19th century, the oval mirror plate enclosed within a carved frame decorated with foliate and leaf detail 84cm wide, 6.5cm deep, 98cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 375

A large plaster portrait bust, late 19th century, possibly of King Louis Philippe I of France, mounted on an integral plinth base

56cm wide, 50cm deep, 62cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 376

A set of four Gothic Revival lacquered gilt-bronze wall lights, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a single scrolling arm suspending a globular glass shade

15.5cm wide, 25cm deep, 41cm high (4)

£600 - 800

After Henri Alfred Jacquemart, 20th century, a bronzed cast iron figure of a hound, raised on an integral plinth base marked ‘A.J’, also stamped with a ‘VAL D’OSNE’ foundry mark

63cm wide, 33cm deep, 79cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 378

A late Victorian gout stool, circa 1880, the adjustable stool covered in stitched floral upholstery, raised on scrolling carved paw feet

68cm wide, 44cm deep, 44cm high

£200 - 400

A pair of George III-style mahogany bookcases, 19th century, each of architectural form, the sloped pediment over an astragal-glazed door enclosing a shelved interior, above a panelled cupboard door enclosing further shelves

77cm wide, 45cm deep, 223cm high

(2)

£600 - 800

A wool carpet of Persian Heriz design, of recent manufacture, woven with geometric foliate motifs to a blue ground

301 x 244cm

£1,800 - 2,200

LOT 381

A pair of verde antico imitation marble table lamps, circa 1940s, in the French taste, each in the form of an urn with gilded decoration throughout, twin ram’s-head handles and raised on a gilded base base 18cm diameter, 64cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 382

A George II mahogany bureau cabinet, circa 1740, the dentil-moulded broken arch pediment above panel doors enclosing a shelved interior, the lower section with a fall-front enclosing an arrangement of drawers and pigeonholes, above two short drawers over three long drawers, raised on bracket feet

100cm wide, 60cm deep, 214cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 383

A pair of brass wall lights, 20th century, each globular shade issuing a scrolling sconce, fitted for electricity

32cm wide, 18cm deep, 39cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 384

A porcelain vase table lamp, 20th century, Chinese, of baluster form with iron-red dragon decoration, fitted with an 18-inch pleated shade and raised on a moulded hardwood base

21cm diameter, 76cm high including shade

£200 - 400

LOT 385

A stag antler five-light chandelier, of recent manufacture, consisting of entwined antlers, the five sconces with feather shades, fitted for electricity

101cm diameter, 53cm high, 76cm high including hanging bracket

£300 - 500

An Asante kente cloth, 20th century, Ghanaian, constructed from narrow strips of cotton, hand-sewn together and woven with multicoloured bands

248 x 160cm

£300 - 500

A pair of brass ship’s lanterns by Davey & Co., London, 19th century, each with inset bevelled glass panels and an embossed maker’s mark cartouche

22cm wide, 17cm deep, 42cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

For a similar example, please see lot 87 from our Fine Interiors sale, 25 March 2025.

A flat-weave wool carpet in the style of Barbro Nilsson, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric detail on a grey ground

362 x 279cm

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 389

A pair of brass desk cannons, 20th century, each central brass cannon flanked by moveable wheels 38cm wide, 24cm deep, 15cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 390

A pair of Whieldon-type pottery lions, second half of the 18th century, each modelled in a recumbent pose 22cm long, 10cm wide, 10cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 391

A snooker cue stand, 20th century, comprising eighteen cue holders, the rotating turned stem on a raised circular base, surmounted by a bulbous finial

49cm base diameter, 122cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 392

A large man-of-war ship model, circa 1900, mounted as a hanging light, with wrought-iron supports 164cm wide, 71cm deep, 148cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

Provenance: Venthams Farm, Froxfield Green, Hampshire.

LOT 393

A ruby-red sorcerer’s mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, includes a display stand, the circular frame enclosing mirrored oblate spheroids, stars and roundels

26cm diameter, 2.5cm deep

£600 - 800

LOT 394

A giltwood wall mirror, 19th century and later, the rectangular glass mirror plate enclosed within a plain gilt frame, flanked by a pair of earlier nude female figureheads

103cm wide, 4cm deep, 131cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 395

A group of five kilim cushions, of recent manufacture, of various sizes, each with polychrome geometric decoration smallest 37 x 37cm; largest 46 x 48cm (5)

£300 - 500

LOT 396

A pair of armchairs, 20th century, in the manner of Howard & Sons, London, each upholstered in blue and white floral fabric by Gainsborough Silk, the turned gilded front legs and square back supports terminating in castors 83cm wide, 76cm deep, 81cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 397

After Charles Robinson Sykes, ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’, a patinated bronze figure, 20th century, signed and raised on a circular marble base

35cm wide, 34cm deep, 58cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 398

A silver-plated tray on stand, of recent manufacture, the twin-handled tray decorated with a faux tortoiseshell base, raised on a folding ‘X’-shaped stand

67cm wide, 42cm deep, 57cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 399

A pair of composition stone Canova lions, 20th century, each modelled in a recumbent position and raised on an integral plinth base

52cm wide, 22cm deep, 28cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 400

A Feurich mahogany-cased grand piano, circa 1977, stamped ‘68036’

144cm wide, 167cm deep, 100cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 401

Italian School, 19th century, a set of eleven lithographs of Italian historical figures, by Ferdinando Perrin, to include General Giovanni Durando, General Domenico Cucchiari and Baron Bettino Ricasoli

29 x 23cm; framed 37.5 x 32cm (11)

£200 - 400

LOT 402

Richard Dalton (circa 1715-1791)

‘The Apollo Belvedere’ and ‘The Farnese Hercules’ two engravings, inscribed ‘To Chichester Fortescue Esq. This Plate is humbly inscribed by his most obedient serv. R. Dalton’, published by J Boydell, dated 1770 64.5 x 47.5cm; framed 79 x 62cm (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 403

Three painted wood armorial shields, early 20th century, comprising Winchester College, Aberystwyth University and the University of Liverpool 42cm wide, 3cm deep, 54cm high (3)

£600 - 800

LOT 404

An upholstered armchair in the Howard & Sons style, of recent manufacture, covered in blue herringbone wool, raised on turned beech front supports 90cm wide, 110cm deep, 80cm high

£500 - 700

405

A plaster cast of David’s eye by D Brucciani & Co., late 19th/early 20th century, after the original by Michelangelo, signed ‘D. Brucciani’ and inscribed ‘V & A’, with indistinct inventory marks verso 18cm wide, 9cm deep, 16cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 406 ▲

After Pablo Picasso, Ten offset lithographs from Seize Peintures (1939-1943) published by Les Éditions du Chêne of Paris, 1943, together with the folio cover 27 x 20cm, framed 41.5 x 34cm (10)

£1,200 - 1,800

407

Two carved lapis lazuli bears, 20th century, each modelled in a standing pose, with glass eyes slightly larger 14cm long, 6cm wide, 7cm high (2)

£500 - 700

408

A painted plaster penguin, mid-20th century, probably French, realistically modelled as an emperor penguin

23cm wide, 25cm deep, 54.5cm high

£300 - 500

A large scagliola panel, 19th century, Italian, depicting a bell, musical trophies, fruiting swag and ribbons, with brass inlay on a simulated porphyry ground, within a carved giltwood frame panel 44 x 67cm, framed 54 x 78cm

£1,000 - 2,000

An Oushak wool carpet, of recent manufacture, woven with foliate scrolls to a powder-blue ground

323 x 256cm

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 411

A carved wooden bust of a king, 18th century, probably French, with all-over painted polychrome detail, the subject wearing a crown, mounted on a square plinth base

16cm wide, 16cm deep, 31cm high; base diameter 28cm

£300 - 500

412

A large plaster Tang-style horse, 20th century, modelled galloping, mounted on a plinth base

69cm wide, 25cm deep, 63cm high, 75cm high overall; base

87cm wide, 22cm deep

£300 - 500

413

A flat-weave wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, in the style of Märta Maas-Fjetterström, woven with repeating geometric polychrome detail

371 x 280cm

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT

414

An Ancient Egyptian carved cedar sarcophagus mask, Late Period, circa 664-332 BCE, with traces of original polychrome detail

17cm wide, 9cm deep, 25cm high

£400 - 600

Provenance: A private collection, Yorkshire, acquired in the mid-20th century; UK auction market, August 2023.

LOT 415

A pair of David Linley ‘Ebury’ side tables, of recent manufacture, each dished circular tray top upholstered in orange leather, mounted on a stand

47cm diameter, 53cm high

(2)

£300 - 500

LOT 416

A pair of David Linley ‘Nelson’ armchairs, of recent manufacture, each upholstered in buttoned and studded leather upholstery, raised on square tapering legs, terminating in brass caps and castors

61cm wide, 67cm deep, 89cm high (2)

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 417

A pair of four-branch hall lanterns, of recent manufacture, each with a domed top above four arched glass panels, enclosing a hanging wall light issuing four sconces, fitted for electricity

44cm wide, 44cm deep, 102cm high (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 418

A David Linley ‘Riviera’ desk chair, of recent manufacture, upholstered in quilted black leather, with a button for adjustment fitted to the right-hand arm, raised on a five-star base with castors

68cm wide, 74cm deep, 128cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 419

A group of David Linley office items, of recent manufacture, comprising a tambour desk tidy, a leather desk blotter, a terrestrial desk globe, a pen holder, a note holder, a ‘Mr Mouse’ doorstop, and two sets of coasters, each stamped ‘LINLEY’ blotter 51 x 71cm (8)

£400 - 600

LOT 420

A David Linley ‘Odyssey’ pedestal desk, of recent manufacture, the curved rectangular top with an inset leather writing surface, over a long frieze drawer flanked on either side by four graduated drawers, with a pair of twin fitted plug sockets

213.5cm wide, 100cm deep, 76cm high

£10,000 - 15,000

LOT 421

Two silver desk items, of recent manufacture, comprising: a ruler by Camelot Silverware, Sheffield, 2017, and a letter opener by M C Hersey & Son, London, 2015 ruler 30cm long, letter opener 21cm long; 9.7ozt overall (2)

£250 - 400

LOT 422

A group of three David Linley ‘Ebury’ side tables, of recent manufacture, comprising a pair and another, each with a circular brown leather dished tray top, mounted on a stand

47cm diameter, 53cm high

(3)

£400 - 600

LOT 423

A bespoke David Linley walnut and satinwood cabinet, of recent manufacture, raised on a gilded base, the lower section with hinged doors enclosing a shelved interior, the upper section mounted with a parcel-gilt open shelf unit

96cm wide, 61cm deep, 180cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 424

A large Murano cut-glass chandelier, of recent manufacture, by Barovier & Toso, consisting of two tiers, the baluster column issuing scrolling candle arms with droplets, fitted for electricity

130cm wide, 130cm deep, 169cm high

£600 - 800

425

A set of two bespoke David Linley satinwood cabinets, of recent manufacture, both with crossbanded surfaces, the shorter cabinet with a hinged folding top above two long drawers

smaller cabinet 65.5cm wide, 52.5cm deep, 96cm high; larger cabinet 52.5cm wide, 52.5cm deep, 98cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 426

A bespoke David Linley walnut and satinwood cabinet, of recent manufacture, the hinged doors enclosing three graduated drawers above compartments for storage and electricity, the blue leather-lined drawers comprising two cigar drawers and a watch drawer, fitted for electricity

96cm wide, 60cm deep, 110cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 427

A Sahrai Milano ‘Copper Dune’ wool and silk relief rug, of recent manufacture, woven primarily in shades of red, pink and grey

300 x 250cm

£1,000 - 1,500

James Thursby-Pelham and the English Collecting Tradition

Many collectors of art and antiques will be familiar with the name of James Thursby-Pelham (1869-1947). Numerous pieces from his collection, including some of the lots presented here, were used to illustrate the landmark first edition of The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards in 1924. The authors – widely regarded as the fathers of English furniture scholarship – sourced examples from great historic collections such as Badminton House, the Royal Collection, and Blenheim Palace, alongside those owned by the outstanding collectors of the day.

Macquoid and Edwards were fortunate to receive guidance from the renowned furniture historian R W Symonds, who championed quality above all else. Symonds valued features such as dense, well-figured timber, sharp and assured carving, elegant proportions, originality, rich patina and attractive colouration, as highly as provenance itself. The collectors within his circle – among them Percival Griffiths, Lord Plender, J S Sykes, Herbert Rothbarth, Geoffrey Blackwell and Sir John Prestige – became closely associated with these ideals, and furniture carrying their provenance still commands careful attention from collectors today.

The collecting of English 18th-century furniture is, in historical terms, a fairly recent development, beginning in earnest in the final years of the 19th century, when interest in the furniture of Chippendale’s era began to revive. The Victoria & Albert Museum had emerged from the design exhibitions of the 1850s, and the Arts and Crafts Movement advanced a modern, material approach that emphasised timber and craft. By the 1890s a number of books on historic English furniture had appeared. Adam Bowett has explained how it resurfaced as a valued and targeted collecting area at the close of the century: ‘Rationally designed and of sound materials and craftsmanship, eighteenth-century furniture met all the requirements for modern living. Neither so bulky nor so uncompromisingly retardataire as Gothic, nor so flimsy and self-consciously “arty” as most Art Furniture, Georgian furniture was domestic in scale, comfortable to use, easy on the eye and widely available’. Oliver Brackett, writing in Country Life in 1923, put it more simply: English furniture, he argued, should be good to look at and fit for its purpose – the most elementary of laws.

Thursby-Pelham’s family had lived in Shropshire since the 17th century – at Upton Cressett Hall before moving to Cound Hall, built for Edward Cresset in 1704. Surrounded by inherited furniture and paintings, he developed a strong appreciation for early oak and mid-18th-century mahogany. His Pelham ancestry may also have played a part: his ancestor Henry Pelham served as Britain’s third Prime Minister from 1743 to 1754 and built Esher Place to designs by William Kent.

A number of celebrated collections from Symonds’s circle were featured in Country Life, and Thursby-Pelham’s was no exception. His collection was the subject of four articles by Oliver Brackett in March and April 1923, and a further piece by Margaret Jourdain in October 1925, each attesting to the exceptional quality of his holdings. His collection was also recorded privately in an album of photographs taken at his London house, 55 Cadogan Gardens, around 1920. The esteem in which individual pieces were held is perhaps best represented by the commode attributed to John Cobb – illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture – which was subsequently acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1937 (accession no. W.30-1937). Pieces were admired by fellow collectors too, among them Percival D Griffiths, whose celebrated collection was assembled at Sandridgebury, Hertfordshire.

Furniture continued to be bought and sold during Thursby-Pelham’s lifetime, with further sales following his death in 1947. The present selection is the second sale by a descendant, following a group offered across three sales at Christie’s in 2007. The tradition of specialist collecting was maintained when a splendid George III serpentine mahogany commode was sold at this time, realising £311,700 ( Important English Furniture , 22 November 2007, lot 640) and acquired by the late Aso O Tavitian; then re-sold as part of his single-owner collection at Sotheby’s New York ( The Vision of Aso O Tavitian | The Townhouse , 8 February 2025, lot 1318).

The present selection brings together fine pieces dating from the Stuart to the Georgian periods, reflecting both the breadth and the sophistication of English cabinetmaking across two centuries. Offered with exceptional provenance, the collection presents furniture connoisseurs and collectors alike with a rare opportunity to acquire pieces from one of the most celebrated collections in the history of English furniture.

We are very grateful to Rufus Bird for his contribution in writing this introduction.

LOT 428

A silvered-copper repoussé mirror, 19th century, in the baroque taste, the cushion frame moulded with acanthus leaves, foliate scrolls and cherubs, surmounted by a circular panel enclosing a mythological scene

43cm wide, 73cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 429

A miniature Charles II oak side chair, third quarter of the 17th century, with cane back and seat, carved stretcher and on Braganza-type scroll feet

20cm wide, 16cm deep, 40cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 430

A pair of stoneware spirit barrels, 19th century, labelled ‘Gin’ and ‘Brandy’, later polychrome decorated and gilded with Royal Arms

21cm diameter, 33cm high (2)

£200 - 400

LOT 431

A Charles II walnut armchair, circa 1660, the scrolling foliate top rail centred by putti and surmounted by crown finials, over a caned back and seat, raised on Braganza feet united by barley twist stretchers, with a drop-in tapestry cushion seat depicting a pastoral scene

61cm wide, 77cm deep, 115cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 432

A giltwood rococo wall mirror, mid-18th century, the later glass mirror plate enclosed within a scrolling frame carved with flowers, acanthus leaves and fruit detail

76cm wide, 6cm deep, 81cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 433

A Charles II oak side table, circa 1680, the rectangular top over a single long frieze drawer, raised on turned baluster legs, united by bobbin-turned stretchers

85cm wide, 57cm deep, 72cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 434

A walnut and parcel-gilt pier glass, first quarter of the 18th century, the frame with a re-entrant domed top, surrounding a narrow plate

15.5cm wide, 65.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 435

A William and Mary oak buffet, circa 1680, the panelled upper section with a central hinged door enclosing a void interior, flanked by turned baluster supports, above four long graduated drawers

93cm wide, 47cm deep, 131cm high

£800 - 1,200

Illustrated: Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1924, vol.II, p.48, fig.1 (re-printed in revised edition, 1954); Ralph Edwards, ‘The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1964, p.199, fig.5.

LOT 436

A William and Mary basket-top bracket clock, circa 1690, by Michael Knight of London, the ebonised glazed case decorated with gilt-metal fretwork mounts, enclosing a pierced brass dial and silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markers, the case surmounted by an intricately carved basket top and carry handle flanked by acorn finials, the engraved backplate inscribed ‘Mich Knight Londini fecit’, with an eight-day striking movement with alarm, raised on ball feet

24.5cm wide, 16.5cm deep, 36.5cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 437

A burr elm commode, circa 1755, Dutch, of bombé form, the moulded blind frieze drawer above three further drawers, raised on splayed bracket feet

77cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 438

A William and Mary oak footstool, circa 1690, covered in foliate needlework upholstery, raised on turned legs united by shaped stretchers

48cm wide, 37cm deep, 40cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 439

A giltwood wall mirror, 20th century, the rectangular mirror plate enclosed within an egg-and-dart moulded beaded frame, terminating in fluted feet with leaf detail

72cm wide, 5cm deep, 98cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 440

A Charles II oyster-veneered lace box, c.1660, the crossbanded and oyster-veneered hinged lid enclosing a void interior storage space, mounted on a later stand with barley twist legs united by cross stretchers 54cm wide, 41cm deep, 74cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 441

A George III walnut library armchair, circa 1770, covered in embroidered tapestry upholstery, the arched back centred with a pastoral scene, further decorated with flowers, leaves and trees, flanked by shepherd’s crook arms and raised on cabriole legs and pad feet, together with a tasselled floral cushion

79cm wide, 84cm deep, 95cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 442

A William and Mary walnut and marquetry longcase clock, circa 1700, attributed to George Cotton, London, the brass dial with a silvered chapter ring displaying Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markers, inscribed ‘Geo. Cotton London’, above a trunk and base decorated with floral marquetry detail

51cm wide, 27cm deep, 216cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 443

A George III mahogany elbow dining chair, circa 1760, the top rail decorated with carved acanthus and leaf detail above a pierced vasiform splat, the foliate tapestry drop-in seat flanked by scrolling arms, raised on acanthus-carved legs terminating in ball and claw feet

68cm wide, 51cm deep, 98cm high

£400 - 600

A George III mahogany metamorphic dressing table, circa 1760, the three short frieze drawers above a baize-lined pull-out writing surface and fretwork frieze, with twin brass carrying handles fitted to either side, raised on square reeded legs united by a cross-stretcher

92cm wide, 51cm deep, 98cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

Illustrated: Percy Macquiod and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1924, vol.III, p.219, fig.12 (reprinted in revised edition, 1954); Oliver Brackett, ‘Mr Thursby-Pelham’s Collection of English Furniture’, ‘Country Life’, 7 April 1923, vol. 53, issue 1370, p.60, fig. 5.

LOT 445

A late George III mahogany china cabinet, circa 1790, the concave pediment inlaid with a Prince of Wales’ feather motif and shells, surmounted by satinwood tapering obelisk finials, above an astragal-glazed door enclosing shelves, the lower section with four graduated drawers, raised on splayed bracket feet

63cm wide, 38cm deep, 212cm high

£300 - 500

Provenance: Cound Hall, Shropshire.

This cabinet was referenced in Oliver Brackett’s ‘Country Life’ articles: ‘China cupboard, mahogany, from Cound Hall, circa 1790’.

Illustrated: Percy Macquiod and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1924, vol.I, p.176, fig.48 (re-printed in revised edition, 1954); Oliver Brackett, ‘Mr Thursby-Pelham’s Collection of English Furniture’, ‘Country Life’, 21 April 1923, vol.53, issue 1372, p.68, fig.6; Ralph Edwards, ‘The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1964, p.107, fig.49.

LOT 446

A George III mahogany and brass-bound plate bucket, third quarter of the 18th century, with swing handle

37.5cm diameter, 38cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 447

A George I walnut cabinet-on-stand, circa 1720, the twin-handled cabinet with a hinged door enclosing two short over four short graduated drawers, mounted on a stand having a fitted frieze drawer, raised on barley twist legs united by a cross stretcher

52cm wide, 29cm deep, 123cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 448 

Two portrait miniature inset snuffboxes, late 18th/early 19th century, each of circular form with a removeable cover inset with a miniature on ivory, one tortoiseshell example with a portrait of a woman, the other a horn example depicting Leda and the Swan 8cm diameter, 2.5cm high (4)

£600 - 800

LOT 449

A George II walnut chest-on-chest, second quarter of the 18th century, the upper section with a projecting moulded cornice, above three short over three long graduated drawers, the cockbeaded drawers flanked by reeded canted edges, the lower section with three long graduated cockbeaded drawers flanked by reeded canted edges, raised on bracket feet

114cm wide, 54cm deep, 165cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 450

A Charles II walnut and sycamore-inlaid chest-on-stand, circa 1690, the moulded rectangular top above three long graduated drawers inlaid with roundels, mounted on a stand with barley twist legs united by concave stretchers, raised on bun feet

88cm wide, 50cm deep, 104cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

Illustrated: Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, revised ed., 1954, vol.II, p.39, fig.27; Ralph Edwards, ‘The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1964, p.202, fig.16.

A late Regency footstool, circa 1825, covered in orange velvet tasselled upholstery, raised on bobbin-turned legs

45cm wide, 39cm deep, 44cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 452

A George III mahogany elbow chair and dining chair, circa 1780, the elbow armchair with a pierced vasiform splat, above an orange velvet drop-in seat flanked by outscrolling arms, raised on square chamfered legs united by stretchers, the dining chair of smaller proportions, with a pierced vasiform splat above a green velvet drop-in seat, raised on square chamfered legs united by stretchers

elbow armchair 73cm wide, 65cm deep, 100cm high; dining chair

53cm wide, 45cm deep, 95cm high (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 453 

A George III mahogany secrétaire cabinet, circa 1770, the upper section consisting of open shelves in the ‘Chinese Chippendale’ manner, with latticed back and sides, one ivory finial, above hinged doors enclosing a shelved storage interior and pull-out green baize-lined writing surface, with two short over three long graduated drawers, raised on bracket feet

66cm wide, 32cm deep, 171cm high

£800 - 1,200

Lots 454-458 – From the Collection of Duncan Symington (1931-2024)

LOT 454

A collection of ‘Nanking Cargo’ blue and white porcelain, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, Chinese, comprising: a pair of circular plates painted to the interior with a peony, a lobed plate, another lobed dish painted with pavilions in a rocky landscape, together with a bowl and dish, also painted with pavilions (peony plate 23.5cm diameter) (6)

£300 - 500

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April2 May 1986, part lot nos. 3660, 3665, 3718 and 2669.

LOT 455

A collection of ‘Nanking Cargo’ porcelain, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, Chinese, comprising: three Batavian bowls, two with brown glaze, one with café-au-lait, two blue and white porcelain bowls, a child’s chamber pot, and a sauce boat (blue and white bowls 19cm diameter) (7)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April-2 May 1986, part lot nos. 2572, 2573, 2763, 3015, 1150 and 4108.

LOT 456

A collection of ‘Nanking Cargo’ blue and white porcelain, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, Chinese, comprising: two pairs of tea bowls and saucers, painted with ‘Bamboo and Pine’, three tea bowls and saucers, painted with ‘Chrysanthemum Rock’, three coffee cups, decoration lacking, and a Batavian teacup and saucer, with brown glaze, the interior painted with ‘Bamboo and Peony’ (tea bowls 7.5cm diameter; saucers approximately 12cm diameter) (15)

£300 - 500

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April2 May 1986, part lot nos. 5707, 5709, 5170, and 5246.

LOT 457

A collection of ‘Nanking Cargo’ blue and white porcelain teacups and saucers, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, Chinese, comprising: four teacups and saucers, decorated with the ‘Pagoda Riverscape’ pattern, and three teacups and saucers, decorated with pine trees (teacups 7.5cm diameter; saucers approximately 12cm diameter) (14)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April-2 May 1986, part lot 5066 (pagoda) and part lot 5537 (pine trees).

LOT 458

Two ‘Nanking Cargo’ blue and white porcelain chargers, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, Chinese, each decorated with pavilions in a rocky landscape, the shaped rims painted with fruiting foliage (39cm diameter) (2)

£400 - 600

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April-2 May 1986, part lot 3718.

LOT 459

A group of armorial plates and tankards, 18th century, Chinese export, comprising three graduated dishes and two tankards, each decorated with the arms of the Rutton family of Kent (largest dish 32cm diameter; larger tankard 17cm high) (5)

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

£300 - 500

A miniature Regency silkwork embroidery, early 19th century, of circular form, depicting a seated shepherdess beside a tree holding a crook

4.5 x 5cm; framed and glazed 8 x 8cm

£400 - 600

LOT 461

A Scandinavian-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, inspired by the work of Märta Måås-Fjetterström, with repeating geometric motifs to a pale ground

428 x 308cm

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 462

A Louis XVI ormolu cartel clock, late 18th century, the dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markers, enclosed within a carved ormolu case with scrolling foliate and acanthus detail, the terminal depicting a classical deity, all surmounted by an urn finial flanked by further pine cone finials

39cm wide, 14cm deep, 92cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

LOT 463

A George III oval wall mirror, circa 1780, possibly Irish, the oval glass mirror plate enclosed within a japanned frame with gilded foliate and vine decoration, flanked by two scrolling sconces

60cm wide, 15cm deep, 86cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Reputedly purchased from Annabel Elliot.

LOT 464

A Regency rosewood library armchair in the manner of Gillows, circa 1815, with studded black leather upholstery and reeded front supports, terminating in brass caps and castors

56cm wide, 64cm deep, 90cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 465

A giltwood overmantel mirror, mid-19th century, the frame flanked by columns surmounted by scrolling acanthus leaves, enclosing a rectangular mirror plate

139cm wide, 11cm deep, 81cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 466

A Louis XV-style ebonised and shagreen bureau plat, 20th century, the shaped rectangular top with a shagreen skiver, above three fitted frieze drawers and a shaped apron, raised on slender cabriole legs, with all-over silvered sabot mounts

140cm wide, 76cm deep, 81cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 467

A verre églomisé chemist’s sign, late 19th/early 20th century, inscribed ‘CHEMIST &’, within a rectangular Greek-key border, the ground decorated with flora, framed and glazed

24 x 158cm

£500 - 700

LOT 468

A pair of Regency-style candlesticks, of recent manufacture, by Lotus Arts de Vivre, each modelled as a dolphin, numbered ‘0578 1703’ and ‘0578 1704’

37cm wide, 17cm deep, 32cm high (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 469

A black and gilt-japanned cabinet-on-stand, early 18th century, the hinged doors enclosing an arrangement of drawers, decorated all over with chinoiserie motifs including birds, figures, vases, leaves and foliage on a black ground, raised on a later giltwood stand with shell detail and cabriole legs

88cm wide, 54cm deep, 81cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 470

A Scandinavian-style flat-weave wool carpet, of recent manufacture, inspired by the work of Märta Maas-Fjetterström, woven with repeating geometric motifs in tones of yellow, grey and white

307 x 248cm

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 471

A fruitwood, mother-of-pearl and marquetry octagonal table, circa 1900, Syrian, Damascus, of octagonal form centred by a panel inscribed with Arabic calligraphy, raised on arched supports

54cm diameter, 60cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 472

A walnut and mother-of-pearl octagonal table, late 19th/early 20th century, Syrian, Damascus, the carved and moulded top with geometric and calligraphic detail, raised on arched supports with an undertier 56cm diameter, 64cm high £300 - 500

LOT 473

A large Imari porcelain jar, 19th century, Japanese, of ovoid baluster form, the body decorated with flowers, leaves and dogs, primarily in tones of blue, orange and gilt, on a white ground, lacking a cover 45cm diameter, 63cm high £2,000 - 4,000

LOT 474

A late George III painted Hepplewhite-style settee, late 18th/early 19th century, the four united shield backs with parcel-gilt splats, decorated with wheatsheaf detail above a central floral medallion, flanked by scrolling arms and raised on fluted front legs and sabre back legs, the legs united by stretchers

181cm wide, 46cm deep, 95cm high

£400 - 600

A large George III-style giltwood wall mirror, late 19th century, the arched rectangular bevelled mirror plate within a heavily carved scrolling frame, decorated throughout with foliate, fruiting, lattice and acanthus detail, flanked by a pair of classical female figures, all surmounted by an eagle clutching a snake

192cm wide, 42cm deep, 262cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

Manner of Jean Didier Début, a bronze figure of an Ottoman warrior, 20th century, the subject holding an urn with both arms raised, mounted on a stepped base

20cm wide, 23cm deep, 57cm high

£300 - 500

A near pair of bone-inlaid low tables, late 19th/early 20th century, Syrian, each with a dished top and frieze drawer, the inlaid-bone detail throughout mostly in the form of leaves, raised on scrolling legs smaller table 37cm wide, 36cm deep, 39cm high; larger table 37cm wide, 38cm deep, 44cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A painted wooden overmantel mirror, late 19th century, the shaped rectangular plate within a moulded frame with textured decoration, the corners applied with scrolling foliate ornament and husk swags, raised on a moulded plinth base, painted in a distressed cream finish

149cm wide, 161cm high

£400 - 600

A late Victorian mahogany armchair, circa 1880, covered in leather upholstery, the deep seat flanked by serpentine arms, raised on turned legs united by a crinoline stretcher, stamped ‘Wyman, 182 Goswell St.’

63cm wide, 61cm deep, 93cm high

£300 - 500

A Persian Heriz wool carpet, second half of the 20th century, with geometric motifs in tones of red

331 x 266cm

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 481

A pair of three-tier rosewood étagères, 20th century, each with a mother-of-pearl inlaid frieze drawer with scrolling vine decoration, flanked by turned and ‘X’-shaped stretchers, surmounted by a dished top, all raised on turned bun feet

44cm wide, 32cm deep, 85cm high (2)

£300 - 500

Two Regency white marble portrait busts, circa 1820-30s, each depicting a woman, the hair of highly stylised curls pulled into a bun and a French knot respectively, with a wide centre parting and ringlets framing the face, on an associated socle base 27cm wide, 21cm deep, 59cm high, 165cm high including stand (2)

£4,000 - 6,000

These finely carved marble busts of young women reflect the enduring influence of neoclassicism in the early nineteenth century and appear closely indebted to the idealised female heads popularised by Antonio Canova. Although unsigned and undated, the confident handling of the marble, together with the refined modelling of the features and crisply drilled curls, suggests production within a highly accomplished workshop active during the Regency period, circa 1820-30.

The elongated necks, smooth expanses of polished marble and serene introspective expressions recall Canova’s celebrated ‘Ideal Heads’, in which antique purity was fused with contemporary elegance. Yet the coiffures are unmistakably modern in character. One sitter wears her hair gathered into a restrained bun, the other into a French knot or twist, while both display sharply defined centre partings and carefully arranged ringlets framing the face. Such hairstyles reflect aristocratic fashion of the late Regency and early William IV period, comparable to those seen in contemporary portraiture by Thomas Lawrence and French neoclassical painters including Jacques-Louis David. David’s 1816 portrait of the Comtesse Vilain XIIII demonstrates the earlier adoption in French fashion of the broad centre-parting and sculptural ringlets echoed here, while later British portraiture, such as Lawrence’s depictions of aristocratic women, for example, ‘Harriet Anne (1799-1860), Countess of Belfast’ (Ulster Museum, Belfast), reveals the persistence of the style into the 1820s and 1830s. Particularly close comparisons may be drawn with the elaborate ringlets in Lorenzo Bartolini’s marble of ‘Louisa Barbara Catherine Philips, Countess of Lichfield’ (Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire), executed in Florence during the 1820s, in which similarly idealised classical features are combined with highly fashionable contemporary hair arrangements.

Balancing archaeological idealism with the sophistication of contemporary fashion, these busts encapsulate the Regency fascination with classical beauty and the refined femininity of the modern age.

LOT 483

A pair of grand tour patinated bronze ‘Medici’ vases, circa 1825, each of typical form, the flared gadrooned rim above a body decorated primarily with figural cherub scenes, flanked by handles in the form of ram’s heads, the vase mounted on a Siena marble column base

26cm wide, 26cm deep, 54cm high (2)

£5,000 - 7,000

LOT 484

A Regency toleware cistern, circa 1800, of urn form, with ormolu detail throughout, the pierced top surmounted by a dolphin finial, the handles in the form of a classical goddess, above a tripartite base with supports in the form of dolphins, raised on paw feet

29cm diameter, 45cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 485

A near pair of armchairs, early 20th century, in the manner of Howard and Sons, each with a wing back and rollover arms, raised on square tapering legs terminating in brass castors

tallest chair 70cm wide, 73cm deep, 109cm high; shortest chair 71cm wide, 77cm deep, 92cm high (2)

£400 - 600

A Regency black and gilt-japanned chest of drawers, early 19th century, of bow-front outline, with all-over chinoiserie decoration

87cm wide, 44cm deep, 88cm high

£400 - 600

A set of four neoclassical painted wooden side chairs, 19th century, each square back with a gilt-metal caduceus splat, above a white upholstered seat, raised on parcel-gilt tapering legs

44cm wide, 45cm deep, 85cm high (4)

£300 - 500

LOT 488

A leather club armchair, 20th century, covered in green leather upholstery, the buttoned back above a drop-in cushion seat, flanked by scrolling buttoned arms, raised on tapering legs terminating in castors

83cm wide, 95cm deep, 102cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 489

A pair of giltwood cherub wall brackets, 18th century, Continental, each centred by a cherub surrounded by scrolling foliate, acanthus and rocaille detail, surmounted by a shaped purple velvet surface 28cm wide, 18cm deep, 35cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 490

After François-Joseph Bosio, 19th century, Italian, a Carrara marble statue of Ceres, raised on a plinth base

48cm wide, 23cm deep, 136cm high

£3,000 - 5,000

This sculpture is after the work of François-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845). The original is currently on display at the Boston Athenaeum in Boston, Massachusetts (Object Number: UH17).

LOT 491

A collection of red wax intaglios, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, of various sizes, depicting historical figures, mythological scenes and architectural elevations mounted in glazed frames 57 x 30cm (6)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 492

A pair of Louis XV-style green fluorspar and ormolu vases, second half of the 19th century, French, each of baluster form, the domed cover flanked by scrolling acanthus handles terminating in dragon heads and rings, mounted on a foliate-cast base 29cm wide, 27cm deep, 50cm high (2)

£12,000 - 18,000

Provenance: Christie’s, Paris, Anonymous sale, 11 November 2018, lot 241.

LOT 493

A carved and painted wooden dove sculpture, 19th century, modelled in an upright position with outstretched wings

47cm wide, 7cm deep, 31cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 494

A pair of Louis XVI-style green marble and ormolu table lamps, 19th century, French, each of baluster form, set with swan handles and foliate swags, raised on a stepped square base, each with a waisted cylindrical silk shade

27cm wide, 22cm deep, 53cm high excluding fitting and shade (2)

£600 - 800

LOT 495

A wool carpet of Persian gabbeh design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating squares in tones of red and orange

322 x 234cm

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 496

A pair of bentwood and brass-mounted coat stands, circa 1900, each with eight ‘S’-shaped coat hooks, above eight hat hooks centred by brass finials, surmounted by a carved pommel finial, raised on four downswept legs

68cm base diameter, 204cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 497

A Regency mahogany bracket clock, early 19th century, by Brockbank & Atkins, the circular dial with Roman numerals, enclosed within a shaped balloon case carved with scrolling foliate and acanthus detail, raised on scrolling feet

28cm wide, 17cm deep, 33cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 498

Spare lot

LOT 499

James Anderson (British, 1813-1877)

A set of six photographs of classical statues from the Vatican Museums, Rome ‘Perseus Triumphant’, by Antonion Canova; ‘The Belvedere Antinous’ or Hermes; ‘Meleager’; ‘Laocoön’; ‘Apollo Belvedere’; ‘Pudicitia’

albumen print, each with studio stamp verso 53 x 37cm; framed 73 x 54cm (6)

£600 - 800

LOT 500

An alabaster model of the Medici vase, 19th century, Italian, after the antique, raised on a stepped base, lacking handles 25cm diameter, 35.5cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 501

A pair of Imari porcelain jars and covers, circa 1680, Japanese, each of ovoid baluster form, the domed cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion finial, above a body decorated with fish, birds and other naturalistic subjects, primarily in tones of blue, red and gilt

35cm diameter, 62cm high (4)

£4,000 - 6,000

502

A carved padouk octagonal table, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, the surface with carved vine and grape detail, raised on a folding base with carved foliate and leaf decoration

66cm diameter, 65cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 503

A leather ottoman, 20th century, upholstered in buttoned green leather, raised on turned tapering legs terminating in castors

128cm wide, 64cm deep, 33cm high

£800 - 1,200

A large George I-style giltwood pier mirror, 19th century, the central rectangular mirror plate bordered by bevelled margin plates, enclosed within a heavily carved scrolling frame decorated with foliate, acanthus and rocaille detail, the pediment centred by a maiden’s head crest

127cm wide, 14cm deep, 252cm high

£10,000 - 15,000

LOT 505

A grand tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, 19th century, Italian, probably Naples, after the antique, mounted on a circular socle

26cm wide, 26cm deep, 62cm high

£1,200 - 1,800

LOT 506

A set of six chinoiserie faux bamboo dining chairs, 20th century, each with a carved beech frame and a caned back and seat

58cm wide, 53cm deep, 120cm high (6)

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 507

A large Imari porcelain jar and cover, 19th century, Japanese, of ovoid baluster form, the domed cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion finial, above a body decorated with flowers, leaves and birds, primarily in tones of blue, green, orange and gilt, on a white ground

46cm diameter, 86cm high (2)

£2,000 - 4,000

A pair of brass chenets, 20th century, French, each triangular body terminating in a horse-head finial surrounded by scrolling acanthus leaves 7.5cm wide, 38cm deep, 20cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A baroque giltwood mirror, 18th century, Italian, the rectangular mirror plate enclosed within a heavily carved giltwood frame, with scrolling acanthus and foliate detail, centred by a cherub finial 88cm wide, 107cm high

£600 - 800

A George III-style painted and stained pine console table, circa 1900, of breakfront outline, the marble top with a Greek key border, above a faux fluted frieze centred by a marble panel depicting an urn with swag detail, raised on tapering legs terminating in spade feet

214cm wide, 76cm deep, 87cm high

£5,000 - 7,000

A flat-weave wool carpet of Bauhaus design, of recent manufacture, woven with various stripes in tones of black and white

354 x 262cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 512

A Gustavian painted pine settee, 20th century, Northern European, the drop-in cushions covered in Impressionist-inspired velvet, above a shaped apron with carved rocaille detail, raised on hoof feet

179cm wide, 72cm deep, 86cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 513

A George III-style ceiling light, of recent manufacture, the two suspended glass dome shades each with three sconces issuing light bulbs, fitted for electricity

91cm wide, 119cm high overall; shade 23.5cm diameter, 33cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 514

An Anglo-Indian padouk centre table, late 19th/early 20th century, the circular tilt top with a carved foliate border and frieze, raised on a carved baluster stem and quadripartite base, terminating in squat bun feet 75cm diameter, 77cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 515

A fluorite vase, 20th century, of baluster form, the base and rim decorated with beaded ormolu mounts, with all-over green, purple and teal colouring

11cm diameter, 20cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 516

A late Victorian ‘Grafton’ armchair by Howard & Sons, circa 1890, the deep seat flanked by roll arms, covered in green striped upholstery, raised on turned legs and terminating in brass castors, rear leg stamped ‘18784/1999, Howard & Sons Ltd, Berners St’

74cm wide, seat 71cm deep, 97cm deep overall, seat 32cm high, 86cm high overall

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 517

A pair of large Queen Anne-style giltwood and gesso pier mirrors, in the manner of John Belchier, each with a shell-carved crest, with an etched and bevelled marginal glass plate with a blue glass section, enclosed within a shaped gilded frame decorated with ‘C’-scrolls and acanthus, foliate and rocaille detail, each with a painted museum or collection accession number to the reverse, inscribed in red ‘1945-382’ and ‘1945-386’, respectively 71cm wide, 4cm deep, 195cm high (2)

£8,000 - 12,000

A pair of Louis XVI-style ceramic and gilt-metal-mounted table lamps, 20th century, each of slender baluster form with mottled glaze, mounted with gilt-metal mask and foliate swags, and raised on a circular foot 10cm diameter, 42cm high (2)

£200 - 400

A flat-weave wool carpet of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs in tones of blue, green and white

342 x 248cm

£800 - 1,200

Baronscourt: A Great Irish House

Sworders are extremely fortunate to present a selection of items from the distinguished collection of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn. Born in 1934, educated at Eton and the Royal Agricultural College, and commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, the Duke has led a life of remarkable public service: MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone for over two decades, Lord Steward of the Household to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and, from 2012 until his retirement in 2024, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. He was appointed a Knight Companion of that most ancient order in 1999.

The Duke’s seat, Baronscourt, stands in the wooded demesne outside Newtownstewart in County Tyrone, its neoclassical facade little changed since George Steuart completed the house in 1782. Remodelled shortly afterwards by John Soane, and further refined in the nineteenth century by the Morrisons - who added the library - it is a house that has accumulated layers of history with quiet authority. The late twentieth century saw David Hicks brought in to remodel the library once more, and his touch is felt in the present sale: a Queen Anne-style wing armchair, its buttoned red leather upholstery supplied by Hicks himself, speaks to the house’s long tradition of combining patrician comfort with an eye for quality.

The contents offered here are modest in number but telling in range. A William IV drum library table by Gillows; a George II-style architect’s table stamped by P J Walsh & Sons of Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin; a Louis Vuitton cabin trunk; and a Falguière bronze of Phryne – modelled after Gérôme’s celebrated painting of the same subject – together, paint a picture of a great house lived in with both distinction and ease. Sworders are honoured to offer these selected contents to auction with the kind permission of the Duke.

LOT 520

Three silver wine labels, by Wyard Druitt & Co. Ltd., Birmingham, two 2004, one 2003, together with a Christofle silver-plated wine cooler, engraved ‘The Rolex Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge/Gleneagles 1988/The Dukes Team/Sponsored by Sotheby’s Geneva’ cooler 12.5cm diameter, 22.5cm high; silver weighs 3ozt (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 521

A Queen Anne-style mahogany wing armchair, late 19th century, the buttoned red leather upholstery supplied by David Hicks, raised on cabriole front supports terminating in brass caps and castors

77cm wide, 95cm deep, 102cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 522

After Pierre-Alexandre Schoenewerk, a bronze figure of Bacchus, the figure modelled dancing, holding a rhyton and a kylix, the base inscribed ‘Schonwerk Scpt’ and ‘E de Labroue Fbt’

45cm high, base 13cm diameter

£400 - 600

LOT 523

After Arent van Bolten of Zwolle, a patinated bronze model of a grotesque monster, late 19th/early 20th century, after the original oil lamp, with a shell back and bird’s legs, mounted on a rectangular marble base

15cm wide, 8cm deep, 21.5cm high

£600 - 800

A late Victorian leather club armchair, circa 1890, upholstered in buttoned brown leather with scroll arms, raised on ring-turned supports and terminating in castors

90cm wide, 95cm deep, 90cm high

£400 - 600

A Victorian teak and brass-bound campaign chest, mid-19th century, in two parts, the upper section with two short over two long drawers, including a secrétaire drawer, the lower section with two long drawers, all raised on turned feet

98cm wide, 50cm deep, 115cm high

£800 - 1,200

A pair of Victorian etched glass and silver-gilt-mounted claret jugs, the silver by John Wilmin Figg, London 1867, each with scalloped silver mounts, the hinged cover with a scroll-form thumbpiece, over a glass body decorated with beaded foliate scrolls

10cm base diameter, 28cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 527

A leather cabin trunk by Louis Vuitton, early 20th century, French, bound with brass and wood, the interior consisting of three tiers including two detachable storage trunks, stamped ‘46879’

113cm wide, 60cm deep, 58cm high

£2,500 - 3,500

LOT 528

A set of six Regency mahogany dining chairs, early 19th century, each with a bar back and square seat, upholstered in green linen, raised on ring-turned supports

53cm wide, 53cm deep, 87cm high (6)

£300 - 500

A William IV golden oak drum library table by Gillows, circa 1835, the revolving circular top with an inset gilt-tooled leather surface, above alternating frieze drawers, one stamped ‘Gillow’, raised on a foliate and shell-carved column and tripod base, terminating in lion paw feet and concealed brass castors 125cm diameter, 76cm high

£600 - 800

A small elm horseshoe chair, 20th century, Chinese, of typical form, the legs united by stretchers

60cm wide, 48cm deep, 79cm high

£200 - 400

A red and gilt-lacquer wedding cabinet, 19th century, Chinese, the upper section consisting of central panel doors enclosing a shelved interior, decorated with key-fret and chinoiserie motifs, the lower section consisting of three fitted frieze drawers with key-fret and foliate detail, above central panel doors enclosing a hollow interior, raised on chamfered square legs

157cm wide, 57cm deep, 177cm high

£400 - 600

A red lacquer wedding cabinet, 19th century, Chinese, the central panel doors enclosing a hollow interior with a hinged lower compartment, with carved panels all over, decorated with key-fret, foliate and chinoiserie detail, raised on chamfered square legs supported by stretchers 157cm wide, 56cm deep, 178cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 533

An Art Deco ebonised and silver-plated cigarette box, first quarter of the 20th century, in the manner of Oscar Callow of Mount Street, the hinged rectangular lid with a marquetry Royal Coat of Arms of George III, over sides inlaid with the Tudor Rose, Scottish thistle and Irish shamrock, together with a metal-mounted marble matchstick box, and a miniature metal bust of a bearded gentleman cigarette box 19cm wide, 12cm deep, 7cm high; matchstick box 6cm diameter, 10.5cm high; bust 6cm wide, 3.5cm deep, 8cm high (4)

£200 - 400

LOT 534

A Regency ebonised and parcel-gilt writing table, circa 1815, the inset green leather writing surface, above two fitted frieze drawers with dummy drawers verso, raised on scrolling parcel-gilt legs with acanthus leaf mounts, united by a turned stretcher, terminating in paw feet and castors

100cm wide, 70cm deep, 72cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 535

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (French, 1831-1900), ‘Phryne’, patinated bronze, inscribed to the base ‘Falguière’ and ‘GOUPIL & CIE Editeurs’, numbered ‘212’ 9cm base diameter, 39cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

Provenance: James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, Baronscourt, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

The origins of this bronze lie in a collaboration conceived a full decade before Gérôme turned to sculpture. Working with his brotherin-law, the dealer Adolphe Goupil, Gérôme proposed translating his celebrated painting ‘Phryne Before the Areopagus’ into three dimensions, commissioning Falguière to model the figure using the original canvas and Nadar’s photographic studies of the model, Marie-Christine Leroux.

The painting itself recounts the dramatic trial of Phryne, the renowned courtesan of ancient Greece, charged with desecrating the Eleusinian Mysteries and facing a capital sentence. At the decisive moment, her advocate Hyperides removed her garments, compelling the judges to confront a beauty so extraordinary that they acquitted her. When Gérôme exhibited the work at the 1861 Salon it proved an immediate succès de scandale: critics were unsettled by Phryne’s instinctive gesture of covering her face while exposed, and even Émile Zola found the nude uncomfortably contemporary, likening it to a modern woman surprised while undressing.

LOT 536

A George II-style walnut architect’s table, late 19th/early 20th century, Irish, the moulded and hinged rectangular top with an inset red leather skiver, enclosing a ratcheted adjustable work surface, above two short frieze drawers and a shaped apron, raised on carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet and castors, the drawer stamped ‘P.J. Walsh & Sons, 19 & 20 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin’ 121cm wide, 77cm deep, 79cm high

£700 - 900

A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF TEA CADDIES

LOT 537

A walnut Tunbridge ware tea caddy, 19th century, the hinged lid decorated with a mosaic view of Eridge Castle, with banded floral inlay around the body

14cm wide, 11cm deep, 11.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 538 

An inlaid satinwood tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, of rectangular form, decorated with oval cartouches containing classical figures, the hinged lid enclosing two lidded compartments with ivory knops, with key

19cm wide, 11cm deep, 13cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 539 

A blonde tortoiseshell tea caddy, 19th century, of rounded rectangular form with metal stringing, the interior with ivory edges enclosing two lidded compartments with ivory knobs, raised on white-metal ball feet

18cm wide, 10cm deep, 13cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 540 

A late George III tortoiseshell tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, of waisted form with ivory-strung corners, the hinged top with ivory edges, enclosing two lidded compartments with ivory knops, on white-metal ball feet

16.5cm wide, 11cm deep, 15cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 541 

A large Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy, early 19th century, of rounded rectangular form with ivory banding and white-metal ball finial, with white-metal roundel and escutcheon, the hinged lid enclosing a lidded compartment with blonde tortoiseshell veneer and a fitted mixing glass, raised on white-metal ball feet

20cm wide, 13cm deep, 19cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 542 

A Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy, early 19th century, with pressed starburst front, ivory edges and knops, the hinged lid enclosing a divisioned interior with two lids and ivory knops, the whole raised on whitemetal claw and ball feet

17cm wide, 10.5cm deep, 18cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 543 

A George III decagonal tortoiseshell tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, the front with a shield-shaped cartouche inscribed ‘Nisi Dominus Frustra’ (the motto of Edinburgh), within an inlaid mother-of-pearl and metal drapery surround, with ivory stringing and edges

13cm wide, 8cm deep, 11cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 544 

A small George III tortoiseshell tea caddy, late 18th century, of octagonal form with ivory-strung corners, the interior enclosing a lidded section, with ivory edges and knop 8.5cm diameter, 10cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 545 

A Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy, early 19th century, of waisted sarcophagus form with white-metal stringing and escutcheon, decorated to the top and front with floral mother-of-pearl inlay, the hinged lid enclosing two lidded compartments with ivory edges and knops, raised on ivory squat bun feet

21cm wide, 13cm deep, 14.5cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 546 

A Victorian tortoiseshell tea caddy, 19th century, of rounded rectangular form, with metal-strung corners and a shaped moulded front, the interior with ivory edges and twin lidded compartments, raised on wooden squat bun feet

20.5cm wide, 12.5cm deep, 12.5cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 547

A George II mahogany tea chest, 18th century, with brass banding and escutcheon, raised on block feet

24.5cm wide, 15cm deep, 15cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 548

A George III paper scroll tea caddy, late 18th century, of navette form with gilt edges, the hinged lid over an initialled silk panel

19cm wide, 9cm deep, 12.5cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 549

A George III fruitwood tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, in the form of an apple, the hinged lid with a turned button stalk, fitted with a fretwork metal escutcheon

13cm diameter, 12cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 550

A fruitwood barrel tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th century, possibly German, with ebonised banding and transferware prints to the top and sides

11cm diameter, 13.5cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 551

A Regency japanned or toleware tea caddy, early 19th century, of sarcophagus form with a hinged pagoda lid, decorated in gilt with chinoiserie pavilions in a landscape

11cm wide, 8cm deep, 14cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 552

An Edwardian silver-mounted tortoiseshell tea caddy, the silver marked Martin, Hall & Co., Sheffield, 1900, in the form of a miniature serpentine knife box, with foliate openwork silver mounts and escutcheon, the hinged lid enclosing a single lidded compartment

9cm wide, 9cm deep, 10cm high

£300 - 500

A mother-of-pearl stationery box, 19th century, of rectangular form, the interior with ivory edges and enclosing a fitted interior

15cm wide, 8cm deep, 9cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 554 

A mother-of-pearl tea caddy, 19th century, of rectangular form, the hinged lid with ivory edges, enclosing a lidded interior with ivory knop, the whole raised on squat bun ivory feet 11.5cm wide, 8cm deep, 8.5cm high

£200 - 400

Continental Drift: Parisian Elegance in Thurloe Square

Situated in the heart of South Kensington, 18 Thurloe Square forms part of one of London’s most distinguished nineteenth-century garden residences. Developed during the mid-Victorian transformation of the area under the direction of the Alexander Estate, Thurloe Square emerged alongside the great cultural and architectural projects that came to define this corner of the capital. Just moments from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Brompton Oratory, the Square has long attracted collectors, connoisseurs and figures of considerable cultural refinement. Its handsome stucco-fronted houses, overlooking private communal gardens, remain emblematic of the elegant cosmopolitanism associated with SW7.

The present collection reflects that atmosphere of cultivated Continental taste. Assembled within the refined interiors of 18 Thurloe Square, the group brings together an impressive selection of eighteenthand nineteenth-century French furniture and works of art, carefully arranged in rooms that speak to a long-standing appreciation for decorative harmony and traditional craftsmanship. Louis XV and Louis XVI seat furniture, ormolu-mounted tables, mirrors, clocks and bureau plats sit comfortably alongside Regency mahogany pieces and decorative porcelain, creating interiors of warmth, scholarship and understated grandeur.

Particularly notable are the set of six Louis XVI fauteuils stamped by Pierre Forget, the pair of whitepainted chairs attributed to Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot, and a striking Transitional poudreuse attributed to Roger Vandercruse Lacroix. Together, the collection captures the enduring appeal of French decorative arts within the context of an historic London residence: a dialogue between Parisian sophistication and the gracious architecture of Thurloe Square itself.

A Louis XV large giltwood pier mirror, mid-18th century, the carved frame, with scrolling foliate and fleur-de-lys motifs, enclosing a rounded rectangular mirror plate

74cm wide, 12cm deep, 167cm high

£1,500 - 2,500

A Louis XVI mahogany bouillotte table, third quarter of the 18th century, with ormolu detail, the circular marble top with a pierced gallery border, the frieze with a fitted drawer above an undertier, raised on fluted legs and terminating in turned feet

56cm diameter, 73cm high

£800 - 1,200

A Restoration ormolu bouillotte lamp, first quarter of the 19th century, the adjustable red tole shade above three brass sconces in the form of urns, raised on a pierced brass dished base, with arrow detail at the tip and base

21cm base diameter, 42cm shade diameter, 63cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 558

A set of six Louis XV grey painted fauteuils, third quarter of the 18th century, French, covered in floral Lyon needlepoint upholstery, each with a padded cartouche back over a padded stuffover seat flanked by part-padded arms, all enclosed within a painted and foliate carved frame, raised on cabriole legs, stamped ‘Pierre Forget’ 67cm wide, 57cm deep, 98cm high, 45cm to seat (6)

£12,000 - 18,000

LOT 559

A pair of Louis XV white-painted side chairs, second quarter of the 18th century, each cartouche back over a shaped seat, covered in red velvet floral upholstery, raised on cabriole legs, one stamped ‘N.Q. Foliot’ 53cm wide, 50cm deep, 94cm high (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

This pair of chairs closely resemble examples one can find at Chateau de Fontainebleau, near Paris. On three documented occasions, Louis XV commissioned Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (1706-1776) to produce furniture for his royal residences. In 1762, a consignment of furniture from Foliot arrived at the Palace of Versailles which included forty-two chairs, twenty-eight of which were side chairs. In 1790, these chairs were transferred to Fontainebleau. Inventory records from the late 18th century show they were painted white and reupholstered in red crimson velvet.

Although Chateau de Fontainebleau have been unable to confirm the provenance of these chairs - namely due to the absence of royal cyphers - they are nevertheless strongly consistent with Foliot’s documented work. The most striking similarities being the white-painted frame and velvet upholstery, both characteristic of the refurbished royal chairs at Fontainebleau.

The Getty Center in Los Angeles have in their collection original armchairs from Foliot’s 1762 consignment to Louis XV (inventory number 70.DA.70). These chairs have since been restored to their original appearance, however, they remain important reference points for analysis of Foliot’s work. More information about Foliot’s commissions for Louis XV can be found via the Center’s records.

LOT 560

A Victorian papier mâché lacquer tray-top table, the surface with piecrust edging, decorated with gilded floral and mother-of-pearl detail, raised on a later stand

81cm wide, 61cm deep, 49cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 561

A Louis XVI ormolu cased cartel clock, late 18th century, attributed to Robert Osmond, the white enamel dial with Arabic five-minute markers and Roman numerals, within a heavily carved case decorated with scrolling foliate, acanthus, reeded and quatrefoil detail, with acorn finials and a pierced grille, all surmounted by an urn finial, the case stamped ‘Osmond’, the rear of the dial stamped ‘Martin Paris’

31cm wide, 11cm deep, 65cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 562

A Louis XVI mahogany bouillotte table, late 18th century, the circular marble top with a pierced brass gallery border, above a frieze with four slender fitted drawers, raised on fluted tapering legs and castors

64cm diameter, 75cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 563

A transitional kingwood, amaranth and tulipwood table en chiffonier, third quarter of the 18th century, the moulded, crossbanded and quarter-veneered top with floral detail, above three crossbanded short drawers and an undertier, raised on cabriole legs and terminating in ormolu-mounted feet

42.5cm wide, 32.5cm deep, 68.5cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 564

A black lacquer tray-top occasional table, 19th century and later, the tray top decorated with fruit and foliage detail, raised on a later stand with ring-turned legs

74cm wide, 56cm deep, 56cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 565

After François Truphème, a bronze bust of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau, 20th century, raised on a plinth base, indistinctly signed

22cm base diameter, 46cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 566

A Regency mahogany twin pedestal dining table, first quarter of the 19th century, the demilune ends with two additional central leaves, raised on outswept reeded legs terminating in castors, retailed by Norman Adams, London

311cm wide, 122cm deep, 75cm high (3)

£1,500 - 2,500

Provenance: Previously the property of Richard Hughes-Young, 2nd Baron St Helens, of Marchfield House, Berkshire.

LOT 567

A set of ten Regency mahogany dining chairs, circa 1820, comprising eight dining chairs and two armchairs, each brass-inlaid carved scrolling splat above a stuffover seat covered in geometric upholstery, raised on reeded sabre legs

52cm wide, 48cm deep, 87cm high; armchairs 53cm wide, 53cm deep, 87cm high (10)

£1,500 - 2,500

LOT 568

A pair of Louis XVI green-painted side chairs, late 18th century, each carved top rail with floral and swag decoration above a cartouche splat with arrow detail, further flanked by upright splats in the form of Corinthian columns, with a woven cane seat, raised on barley twist and sabre legs

39cm wide, 38cm deep, 82cm high (2)

£400 - 600

LOT 569

A Louis XVI mahogany cylinder bureau, late 18th century, the upper section composed of a marble top over three short drawers, the roll top enclosing three short over three larger drawers above an inset green leather skiver, the lower section of typical kneehole outline composed of an arrangement of drawers, raised on fluted tapering legs terminating in sabots

113cm wide, 64cm deep, 113cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 570

A large Consulate ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1800, the rectangular surface centred by an inset leather skiver, above a central long frieze drawer flanked by two pairs of drawers on either side, all with ribbon swag escutcheons, the rear side with identical dummy drawers, raised on canted tapering legs terminating in spade feet with sabots 162cm wide, 81cm deep, 76cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 571

A pair of large Canton famille rose porcelain vase lamps, 19th century, each oviform, gilded famille rose body decorated with fruits, foliage, animals and figures over a gilded base, fitted for electricity and converted to lamp use base diameter 20cm, vase 69cm high, 103cm high overall (2)

£2,000 - 3,000

LOT 573

A kingwood and amaranth poudreuse attributed to Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (French, 1728-1799), third quarter of the 18th century, French, with a crossbanded top, the central hinged lid enclosing a dressing mirror, flanked by further hinged lids enclosing compartments, above fitted frieze drawers, a pull-out writing slope and dummy drawer, raised on slender cabriole legs and terminating in sabot feet, bearing a stamp ‘RVLC’

85cm wide, 47cm deep, 73cm high

£2,000 - 3,000

A William IV rosewood sideboard, circa 1830, the moulded rectangular top above hinged grille doors, lined with pleated silk, enclosing a shelved interior 129cm wide, 44cm deep, 98cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 574

A stone water feature, 20th century, the oval arch centred with a lion’s mask, over a fountain bowl and square base 66cm wide, 54cm deep, 114cm high £300 - 500

FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART

LOT 575

A rococo kingwood and parcel-gilt bureau cabinet in the manner of Matthias Ortmann, second quarter of the 18th century, German/Danish, Altona, the upper section comprised of an arched central door surmounted by a scrolling giltwood acanthus cartouche, the door with a fitted glass mirror plate enclosing a shelved interior above a fall-front frieze secrétaire drawer enclosing an arrangement of small drawers and pigeonholes, the lower section of bombé outline with three long drawers flanked by twin carry handles, above a gilded base decorated with scrolling acanthus and rocaille detail, terminating in scrolling feet

123cm wide, 64cm deep, 262cm high

£20,000 - 40,000

Provenance: Previously the Blount family, the Panelled Room, Mawley Hall, Shropshire.

Literature: C Gilbert and T Murdoch, ‘John Channon and Brass-inlaid Furniture, 1730-1760’, 1993, p.34.

This cabinet was photographed, probably by Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse

(1905-1985), in the Panelled Room at Mawley Hall, Shropshire, in the mid-20th century (Conway Library, CON_B01056_F004_011).

This impressive rococo bureau cabinet is executed in the distinctive Danish-German rococo taste associated with the cabinet-makers of Altona, then under the administration of the Danish monarchy from 1640 to 1864. The bombé form, pierced parcel-gilt stand and applied giltwood scroll ornament closely relate to a group of important Altona rococo furniture illustrated by Annette-Isabell Kratz, including comparable bureau bookcases of similar outline and form.

The cabinet displays many of the hallmarks associated with the work of Matthias Ortmann (c.1700-1757) and his circle. Ortmann became one of the most accomplished and recognisable furniture-makers working in Denmark during the mid-18th century, with a number of related labelled and attributed pieces surviving in museum and private collections, including the Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen.

LOT 576

A flat-weave wool carpet in the style of Barbro Nilsson, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating polychrome geometric motifs

250 x 188cm

£600 - 800

LOT 577

A George III mahogany secrétaire bookcase, early 19th century, with strung and crossbanded decoration, the top with astragal-glazed doors over a fitted drawer, three long drawers, and bracket feet 113cm wide, 53.5cm deep, 221cm high (2)

£400 - 800

LOT 578

A George III-style satinwood, rosewood and marquetry writing table, late 19th century, the shaped crossbanded top decorated with scrolling foliate and swag detail with an inset green leather skiver, over a crossbanded frieze drawer decorated with green swags, raised on tapering legs terminating in castors

116cm wide, 65cm deep, 76cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 579

A pair of early George III-style giltwood pier mirrors, late 19th/early 20th century, each arched rectangular mirror plate enclosed within a frame decorated with C-scrolls and acanthus leaves

67cm wide, 8cm deep, 113cm high

(2)

£7,000 - 9,000

LOT 580

A small Regency mahogany bookcase, circa 1820, Irish, possibly Cork, the moulded top over an open bookshelf flanked by rope twist columns, above grille doors enclosing two shelves, raised on carved paw feet

93cm wide, 27cm deep, 91cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 581

A Heriz wool runner, 20th century, woven in polychrome with geometric motifs, medallions and foliate detail to a red ground

475 x 73cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 582

A Regency Egyptian Revival cheval mirror, early 19th century, the rectangular mirror plate in a gilded reed frame, flanked by parcel-gilt reeded and ebonised columns with Ancient Egyptian mask motifs, the lower section united by a parcel-gilt turned stretcher, terminating in carved acanthus legs with brass castors

87cm wide, 55cm deep, 198cm high

£300 - 500

A George IV mahogany extending dining table attributed to Gillows, circa 1825, the rounded rectangular top with a reeded edge, raised on turned and reeded supports terminating in large brass cap castors, with four additional leaves and nine clips 357cm wide, 167cm deep, 72cm high (14)

£4,000 - 6,000

Provenance: Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, Holkham Attic Sale, Tuesday 11th February 2025, lot 226.

This table is possibly the one recorded in a 1955 inventory at Holkham described as ‘Mahogany dining table of 2 sections with leaves, turned legs with spiral reeding, early 19th century’. This table was used in the family kitchen where reputedly Elizabeth, Countess of Leicester, would lunch with the Queen Mother.

A camphor wood and brass campaign chest, mid-19th century, Anglo-Chinese, the upper section consisting of a secrétaire drawer and two long drawers, the lower section with two long drawers, raised on turned bun feet 114cm wide, 49cm deep, 126cm high

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 585

A Heriz wool runner, of recent manufacture, woven with geometric motifs and medallions to a red ground

306 x 83cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 586

An upholstered stool, of recent manufacture, the upholstery with all-over acanthus, foliate, grape and urn detail

167cm wide, 123cm deep, 31cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 587

A pair of Louis XVI-style mahogany and ormolu side tables, late 19th century, French, each of kidney-shape outline, the brocatelle marble top with a pierced gallery border, above a frieze drawer and undertier, the frame decorated with ormolu mounts throughout, raised on slender cabriole legs terminating in sabots

70cm wide, 45cm deep, 80cm high (2)

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 588

A Regency-style rosewood and coromandel waterfall bookcase, 20th century, the part graduated shelves supported by scrolling and turned spindle columns, above an undertier and fitted frieze drawer, the structure raised on ring-turned legs and surmounted by turned urn finials

68cm wide, 33cm deep, 188cm high

£500 - 700

Provenance: Purportedly from Warwick Castle.

589

A baroque-style wall mirror, 19th century, in the Dutch or Flemish taste, the rectangular mirror plate enclosed within a ripple-moulded frame

72cm wide, 4cm deep, 92cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 590

A large two-piece chesterfield sofa by Terence Conran, of recent manufacture, of typical form, upholstered in black leather

272cm wide, 117cm deep, 74cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Purchased from The Conran Shop.

LOT 591

A Victorian specimen occasional table, third quarter of the 19th century, the octagonal parquetry top raised on a barley twist stem and tripartite floral marquetry base, terminating in scrolling feet

54cm surface diameter, 71cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 592

A Persian Heriz wool carpet, 20th century, woven with geometric foliate motifs to a red field

380 x 301cm

£500 - 700

LOT 593

A Louis XV-style kingwood and amaranth side table, late 19th century, French, with a brocatelle marble top and undertier, the crossbanded frieze fitted with a drawer and decorated with ormolu swags, raised on slender tapering cabriole legs terminating in sabots

46cm wide, 46cm deep, 83cm high

£2,000 - 4,000

LOT 594

An Anglo-Indian lacquered chest, 19th century, with a hinged lid, decorated all over with gilded floral motifs to a black ground 64cm wide, 36cm deep, 25cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 595

An apprentice oak Welsh dresser, late 19th/early 20th century, the moulded cornice over three open shelves, above three frieze drawers, over three panelled cupboard doors enclosing a void interior, raised on square legs

48cm wide, 15cm deep, 52cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 596

An Egyptian-style carved and painted quartz Hathor column capital, 20th century, with polychrome decoration 21cm wide, 17cm deep, 53cm high

£300 - 500

A Napoleon I Sèvres porcelain cabinet plate, circa 1809, probably decorated by François Barbier, the centre reserved with a gilt, crowned, interlocking ‘LL’ monogram within a laurel wreath, enclosed by a white ground and a tooled gilt border, the cavetto with a stylised leaf band, the broad rim richly enamelled in rose-pink and scrolling foliage and lozenge motifs in cream, the edge with a continuous gilt border, mark on the reverse partially scrubbed out, from an Imperial dessert service at the Château de Compiègne

23.5cm diameter

£300 - 500

A kilim wool rug, 20th century, Anatolian, the brown field decorated with white stripes, centred by a star motif

188 x 157cm

£500 - 700

A pair of hardwood jardinière stands, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, each heavily carved throughout, the plinth top raised on supports in the form of elephants, above a stem and tripod base with carved dragon detail

64cm wide, 53cm deep, 130cm high (2)

£1,200 - 1,800

A Victorian walnut, inlaid and ormolu-mounted credenza, mid-19th century, of breakfront outline, the shaped top above a hinged door enclosing a velvet-lined shelved interior, flanked on either side by glazed doors enclosing shelves, mounted on a serpentine plinth base, decorated throughout with marquetry and ormolu mounts

148cm wide, 39cm deep, 106cm high

£400 - 600

A Regency mahogany extending dining table, circa 1820, with a rounded rectangular top and four additional leaves, raised on turned reeded legs

483cm long, 122cm wide, 74cm high (5)

£3,000 - 5,000

LOT 602

A polished steel club fender, 20th century, the ‘L’-shaped seats covered in buttoned polychrome upholstery

156cm wide, 53cm deep, 48cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 603

A George IV mahogany library bergère armchair, circa 1830, covered in green leather upholstery, the shaped scrolling back above a drop-in buttoned cushion seat flanked by part-padded scrolling arms, raised on carved tapering front legs and splayed back legs, all terminating in castors

61cm wide, 63cm deep, 96cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 604

A suzani-inspired flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, of typical pattern, with embroidered decoration in tones of white, blue and black

238 x 176cm

£500 - 700

LOT 605

A Louis XVI mahogany and tulipwood commode, late 18th century and later, the yellow marble top over three short and two long cockbeaded and crossbanded drawers, decorated with ormolu mounts throughout, raised on tapering square supports

125cm wide, 62cm deep, 90cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: The selected contents of a St John’s Wood interior.

LOT 606

A late Victorian leather club armchair, circa 1890, covered in brown leather upholstery with nail trim detail, the deep seat flanked by roll arms, raised on bun feet and castors

94cm wide, 121cm deep, 76cm high

£500 - 700

A large brass wall mirror, 20th century, the circular mirror plate enclosed with an embossed brass frame, decorated with cartouches, flowers, leaves and thistles

88cm diameter, 5cm deep

£600 - 800

Two large iron-bound oak doors, 19th century, both of arched rectangular outline, with fitted latches, the shorter example with the handle side painted in white smaller door 109cm wide, 9cm deep, 187cm high; larger door 105cm wide, 8cm deep, 201cm high (2)

£500 - 700

A giltwood mirror in the Florentine style, early 20th century, with a densely scrolled foliate frame surrounding a rectangular plate

94cm wide, 105cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 610

A suzani-style flat-weave rug, of recent manufacture, decorated all over with foliate and vine detail on a cream ground

240 x 170cm

£500 - 700

A Regency-style gilt-gesso convex mirror, 19th century, the convex mirror plate enclosed with a gilded frame decorated with acanthus leaves and grapes, surmounted by an eagle finial

69cm diameter, 91cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 612

A small George III-style giltwood oval mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, the glass mirror plate enclosed within a rope twist and beaded frame

45cm wide, 63cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 613

A tortoiseshell cased singing-bird box, circa 1860, by Charles Bruguier, Geneva, the central oval enamel lid decorated with a wooded river landscape scene, featuring a seated lady in a dress as well as a turreted house across the river, the hinged cover, with the same scene to the interior, opening to reveal the colourfully plumed automaton bird enclosed by a hinged panel, the mechanism released by a slide to reveal the singing bird, rotating on its axis, flapping its wings and opening its beak to whistle a tune

10cm wide, 7cm deep, 3.5cm high

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 614

A giltwood bed corona, 19th century, probably Italian, the carved body with scrolling drapery detail, flanked by gilded faux curtain tassels, surmounted by a domed head finial

68cm wide, 21cm deep, 107cm high

£1,200 - 1,500

LOT 615

A George III-style satinwood secrétaire bookcase, late 19th/early 20th century, of breakfront outline, the dentil-moulded cornice above astragal-glazed doors enclosing a shelved interior, the lower section centred by a fall-front secrétaire drawer flanked by a pair of small drawers on either side, above inlaid cupboard doors enclosing further shelves

172cm wide, 47cm deep, 231cm high

£500 - 700

LOT 616

A Kashan carpet, 20th century, woven with foliate motifs to an ivory ground

405 x 282cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 617

A toleware ceiling light, 20th century, Italian, in the form of a hot-air balloon, the main body decorated with flowers and drapery, above scrolling arms issuing six sconces, fitted for electricity 46cm wide, 46cm deep, 103cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 618

A pair of painted wooden and papier mâché tiger chairs, of recent manufacture, Indian, each of curved shape, decorated with black and white detail 82cm wide, 67cm deep, 90cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

LOT 619

A pair of feather pictures, 19th century, each depicting a bird, with ink-drawn legs, perched on a watercolour tree, one with a glass eye 22 x 17cm; framed 25.5 x 21cm (2)

£300 - 500

LOT 620

A pair of wall mirrors in the Venetian style, of contemporary manufacture, each shaped mirror plate centred by an etched classical male figure above scrolling foliate detail, enclosed within a margin plate frame surmounted by a palmette finial

41cm wide, 81cm high (2)

£1,200 - 1,500

LOT 621

A pair of terracotta whippets, late 19th century, Italian, both modelled in a recumbent position with folded paws, mounted on an ebonised plinth base

107cm wide, 51cm deep, 68cm high (2)

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 622

A wooden folk art horse figure, 19th century, Swedish, modelled in a standing position, with a horsehair tail

23cm wide, 7cm deep, 26cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 623

A pair of reverse glass ‘port’ paintings, Qing dynasty, Chinese, Canton, each depicting a harbour scene, with European and American flags

24.5 x 34.5cm, framed 30 x 40cm (2)

£800 - 1,200

LOT 624

A Victorian marble-topped rosewood cabinet, late 19th century, the silk-lined fretwork door enclosing a shelved interior, surmounted by a square marble top, raised on a spreading base

49cm wide, 33cm deep, 98cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 625

An upholstered mahoganyframed armchair, late 19th/early 20th century, in the manner of Howard and Sons, covered in green upholstery, the buttoned back above a deep seat flanked by scrolling buttoned arms, raised on turned fluted front legs and splayed back legs, the rear legs stamped ‘3419’ and ‘775’, with a slip-over foliate cover

72cm wide, 86cm deep, 80cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 626

A late Georgian mahogany Pembroke table, late 18th century, the crossbanded drop-leaf top over a strung frieze, raised on tapering reeded legs and terminating in brass castors

81cm wide, 52cm deep, 70cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 627

A pair of Napoleon III ebonised and ormolu-mounted pier cabinets, third quarter of the 19th century, French, in the manner of Mathieu Befort, called Befort Jeune, each decorated in the neoclassical taste, the moulded top inlaid with gilded stringing above a frieze decorated with acanthus ‘C’-scrolls, the hinged cupboard door centred by a medallion depicting a figural scene, opening to a red velvet-lined shelved interior, the canted corners surmounted by gilt-bronze goddess figures

76cm wide, 35cm deep, 88cm high (2)

£4,000 - 6,000

LOT 628

A wool carpet of Scandinavian design, of recent manufacture, woven with chevrons in tones of blue and white

329 x 254cm

£800 - 1,200

LOT 629

A William and Mary walnut and seaweed marquetry chest-on-stand, circa 1700, the moulded marquetry top above two short over two long graduated drawers, raised on a stand with barley twist legs, united by shaped stretchers

94cm wide, 56cm deep, 103cm high

£500 - 800

LOT 630

An oak adjustable travel easel, 20th century, of rectangular form with hinged supports and adjustable height mechanism

63cm wide, 65cm deep, closed 167cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 631

A painted and parcel-gilt armoire, 19th century, French, painted all over in distressed grey with gilded highlights, the moulded cornice above a frieze centred by a bouquet cartouche with scrolling foliate detail, over a pair of panelled doors enclosing a clothes rail and hooks, decorated throughout with scrolling foliate and acanthus detail, raised on chamfered legs

158cm wide, 68cm deep, 226cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 632

A maiolica bottle vase, late 18th/early 19th century, Italian, possibly Sicilian, of square tapering form, with polychrome banded decoration and inscribed ‘1754’

13cm square, 31cm high

£200 - 300

LOT 633

A large slipware bowl, 19th century, probably Spanish, of hemispherical form, decorated in the Hispano-Moresque taste with applied white slip detail

60.5cm diameter, 20.5cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 634

A large glazed earthenware lebrillo bowl, 19th century, Spanish, of hemispherical form, centred with a dog, the interior painted throughout in polychrome 70cm diameter, 21cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 635

A painted chest of drawers, 19th century, composed of seven rows of three drawers, each with a turned knop handle, raised on a moulded plinth and bracket feet, completed in a blue painted finish

104cm wide, 45.5cm deep, 125cm high

£1,000 - 1,500

Provenance: Purchased from Spencer Swaffer.

LOT 636

Two George III needlework samplers, late 18th/early 19th century, the first worked in multicoloured silk threads by Elizabeth Rushmer[?], dated 1797, the second by Elizabeth Jones, dated 1806, each framed and glazed

Rushmer 33 x 30cm, framed 36 x 33cm; Jones 32 x 32cm, framed 36 x 36cm (2)

£200 - 300

LOT 637

An Anglo-Indian hardwood armchair, late 19th/early 20th century, extensively carved with foliate detail throughout, the curved back above a drop-in striped velvet seat, with arms and legs in the form of lions

83cm wide, 101cm deep, 91cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 638

A small George II mahogany bookcase, second quarter of the 18th century, with a moulded cornice over two astragal-glazed cupboard doors, enclosing four adjustable shelves, the base with two short and one long drawer, with brass swan-neck handles, raised on moulded bracket feet

135cm wide, 45cm deep, 202cm high

£700 - 900

LOT 639

A kilim carpet, 20th century, with geometric motifs to a blue ground

285 x 189cm

£400 - 600

A Victorian blush terracotta keystone in the manner of Coade, 19th century, moulded in relief with a mask of a moustachioed gentleman

20cm wide, 17cm deep, 31cm high

£200 - 400

Four carved giltwood cherub figures, 18th century, Italian, each modelled with outstretched arms

smallest 21cm wide, 10cm deep, 30cm high; largest 16cm wide, 13cm deep, 34cm high (4)

£600 - 800

A flat-weave wool carpet of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs to a pale-green ground, within a dark-blue border

299 x 203cm

£600 - 800

A marble-topped coffee table, early 20th century and later, the rectangular marble top decorated with a geometric arrangement of specimen marbles, raised on a modern open metal base

181cm wide, 81cm deep, 44cm high

£800 - 1,200

LOT 644

A carved wooden figure of St George and the Dragon, probably 17th century, Continental, depicting St George on horseback approaching the dragon, with painted polychrome detail throughout 41cm wide, 18cm deep, 65cm high

£800 - 1,200

Provenance: Purchased at Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair.

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

A group of seven decoy ducks, 20th century, of various sizes, all painted in polychrome with impressed marks to base smallest 26cm wide, 11.5cm deep, 13cm high; largest 38cm wide, 18cm deep, 20cm high (7)

£800 - 1,200

A mahogany country house postbox, late 19th/early 20th century, of hexagonal outline, the carved foliate and beaded top centred by a finial, above a brass letter flap 25cm diameter, 57cm high

£400 - 600

LOT 648

Two pairs of Regency silkwork pictures, early 19th century, comprising a pair of oval-framed rural scenes, embroidered with hair and black thread, and another pair of landscapes, worked in black thread on a pale ground, each in a giltwood verre églomisé frame

landscapes 19 x 22cm; framed 26 x 29.5cm (4)

£400 - 600

LOT 649

A flat-weave wool carpet of Anatolian design, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs in polychrome colours

300 x 205cm

£600 - 800

LOT 650

A marble vase by Kelly Wearstler, of recent manufacture, of fluted and tapered form in white Calacatta marble

28cm diameter, 40cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 651

A Victorian mahogany campaign daybed, 19th century, the folding bed composed of three hinged sections, raised on turned baluster legs terminating in castors fully outstretched 193cm wide, 56cm deep, 107cm high

£600 - 800

LOT 652

A carved wooden and painted cherub’s head sculpture, late 18th/early 19th century, Continental, the winged cherub modelled with closed eyes

34cm wide, 13.5cm deep, 23cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 653

A delft miniature commode, 18th century, Dutch, probably by the De Twee Scheepjes factory, of bombé form with three drawers, the typical blue and white body depicting pastoral scenes accompanied by further scrolling foliate and acanthus detail, raised on scrolling legs, a mark to the back likely that of Anthonij Pennis for De Twee Scheepjes

39cm wide, 18cm deep, 22cm high

£300 - 500

LOT 654

A pair of sorcerers’ mirrors, of recent manufacture, each of circular form, the rim surrounded with convex roundels

30cm diameter

(2)

£300 - 500

LOT 655

A white painted Gustavianstyle cupboard, late 19th/early 20th century, the threequarter gallery top above part-reeded panelled cupboard doors, enclosing a shelved interior, raised on tapering feet 114cm wide, 38cm deep, 111cm high

£1,200 - 1,500

A pair of terracotta planters, 20th century, each twin-handled, with basket weave relief decoration

58cm wide, 55cm deep, 45cm high (2)

£700 - 900

An iron-framed limestone garden table, 19th century and later, the rectangular top raised on turned legs united by similar stretchers

131cm wide, 73cm deep, 69cm high

£400 - 600

An iron garden daybed, 19th century, the lattice bed frame enclosed within a scrolling frame

190cm wide, 64cm deep, 55cm high

£600 - 800

A set of three composite garden urns, 20th century, each of campana form, the gadrooned body with carved fruit, foliate and mask detail, raised on a spiral socle base and mounted on a plinth stand 58cm wide, 58cm deep, 68cm high (3)

£400 - 600

An iron-framed slate garden table, late 19th/early 20th century and later, the rectangular slate top raised on part-turned straight legs, united by stretchers

151cm wide, 76cm deep, 71cm high

£400 - 600

A pair of stone fruit baskets, 20th century, each raised on an integral reeded base

42cm wide, 42cm deep, 36cm high (2)

£1,000 - 2,000

A pair of terracotta garden urns, 19th century, each of baluster form, the flared rim with a gadrooned border, beneath a domed cover surmounted by a tapering finial, mounted on a stepped socle base

38cm wide, 38cm deep, 83cm high (4)

£400 - 600

A painted-metal garden table, 20th century, possibly French, the rectangular top raised on downswept legs, united by a wavy ‘X’-shaped stretcher

183cm wide, 69cm deep, 74cm high

£200 - 400

LOT 664

A pair of composition stone garden urns, early 20th century, each with ram’s head, foliate, swag and reeded detail, surmounted by a pommel finial and raised on a square plinth base

base 35.5cm wide, 35.5cm deep, 90cm high; urn 46cm diameter, 79cm high; 169cm high overall (4)

£1,000 - 2,000

A cast iron garden bench, circa 1880 and later, in the manner of Coalbrookdale, the open cast back and sides with trailing branches and oak leaves, the arms terminating in dog’s head finials above a later slatted seat, raised on swept legs terminating in paw feet 151cm wide, 82cm deep, 96cm high £500 - 700

A cast iron garden bench, circa 1900, the pierced back and side panels with Gothic tracery, above a cast lattice panel seat

141cm wide, 53cm deep, 86cm high

£300 - 500

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

For Specialist Live Auctions

Our conditions of business consist of:

1. Information for Buyers;

2. [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.

1. INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

Introduction

The following notes are intended to assist Bidders and Buyers, particularly those that are inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All of our auctions are governed by our Terms and Conditions and any notices that are displayed in our salerooms or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction. Our Terms and Conditions are available for inspection at our salerooms and the Terms of Sale are printed in the back of our auction catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything in our Terms and Conditions that you do not fully understand.

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 £5,000. 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. The amount you will pay is: prior to 1 July 2026:

• 25%, or 18% for Fine Wine and Spirits auctions

12.5% for cars and motorcycles from 1 July 2026:

27% for the first £20,000

25% from £20,001 to £500,000

• 20% from £500,001 and over, or 20% for Fine Wine and Spirits auctions

12.5% for cars and motorcycles

In addition, VAT is charged on these Premiums at the standard rate (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, however, these are subject to change where the method for delivery of Lots changes.

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 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.

2. 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.

‘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.

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.

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.

3.10 We reserve the right to accept an after-auction offer from you on a Lot, if it has not sold in the auction, at the agreed Reserve price or above. After-auction offers may be accepted up to three days after the auction has closed. In these cases, the same charges will be payable as if the Lot had been sold at auction, and so far as appropriate these Terms of Sale will apply.

4. The purchase Price

As the Buyer, you will pay:

a. the Hammer Price;

b. a Premium on the hammer price of:

prior to 1 July 2026: 25%, or 18% for Fine Wine and Spirits auctions

• 12.5% for cars and motorcycles from 1 July 2026:

• 27% for the first £20,000

• 25% from £20,001 to £500,000 20% from £500,001 and over, or 20% for Fine Wine and Spirits auctions

• 12.5% for cars and motorcycles

In addition, VAT is payable on the buyers premium at the standard rate;

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 8). 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).

OFFICES AND CONTACTS

Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms Cambridge Road | Stansted Mountfitchet | Essex | CM24 8GE

Hertford

42 St Andrew Street | Hertford | SG14 1JA hertford@sworder.co.uk | 01992 583508

London

15 Cecil Court | London | WC2N 4EZ london@sworder.co.uk | 0203 971 2500

@swordersfineinteriors

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 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 May 2026

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