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A gilt bronze figure of a lady,
her arms raised and bare chested, raised on a wedge shaped plinth, signed 'M Piere',
46cm high
£800 - 1,000
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A bronze figure of Minerva,
late 19th/early 20th century, dressed in robes holding a spear and wearing a helmet, raised on a slate plinth,
58.5cm high to the top of spear
63.5cm high overall
£400 - 600
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A bronze ewer,
modelled with nautical motifs, the spout a shell, the handle as a serpent and sea monster coiled together in battle, the upper section cast with Neptune riding his chariot pulled by seahorses, his attendants blowing shell horns, raised on a cast stand with water reptiles and fish, supported by grotesque masks,
57.5cm
£700 - 1,000
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After Antonio Canova,
'The Sleeping Nymph', late 19th century, bronze, chop marks to body,
80cm long
£800 - 1,200
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A bronze lion,
on a marble plinth,
32cm
£200 - 300
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After Benvenuto Cellini,
a bronze plaque, probably 18th century, cast with a profile of a greyhound, traces of silver finish, later ring attachments,
28.5cm wide
20.3cm high
£500 - 700
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A bronze bust of the young Christ,
after the original by François Duquesnoy, raised on an octagonal slate marble plinth,
23cm high
£500 - 700
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A bronze of Neptune,
probably German, 17th century, on a marble plinth,
17.5cm high
£400 - 600
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A bronze elephant,
possibly German, 17th century, the pachyderm modelled with clawed front feet, its trunk to the side,
24cm long
£2,000 - 3,000
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A bronze bell,
possibly Paduan, 16th century, a plain mortar handle with a cast latticed stiff leaf decorated body and an iron hammer, splits,
13.5cm
£500 - 700
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A bronze faun,
probably French, 18th century, cast blowing a horn, wearing a fur thong,
27.5cm
£500 - 700
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A bronze rearing horse,
probably Italian, late 17th/early 18th century, on a marble plinth,
19.5cm long overall
£2,000 - 3,000
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A pair of bronzes,
possibly 18th century, each modelled as Hercules holding a cloth over himself, probably furniture mounts,
15cm high (2)
£400 - 600
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An oval brass and gilt tray,
probably Venetian, 17th/18th century, embossed with strapwork and masks,
37cm wide
31.5cm deep
£500 - 700
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A bronze Corpus Christi,
German, probably 16th century, with applied disc engraved halo,
15cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
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A polished brass figure of The Madonna and Child,
possibly Low Countries, 16th century, originally from a large candelabra,
16.5cm
£500 - 700
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A brass candelabra,
probably Low Countries, 15th century, modelled as St. Christopher carrying a figure holding a twin-branched candelabra, on an hexagonal shaft, raised on a later plinth,
34cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
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A silver hinged purse mount,
18th century, with a ring and belt clip cast with a bird, later inscribed 'Thornhill New Bond Street, London',
16cm wide
£500 - 700
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A bronze angel,
probably South German, 17th/18th century, modelled blowing a trumpet, on a domed marble plinth,
26cm
£500 - 700
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After Alessandro Algardi,
a pair of gilt bronze busts, 18th century, on shaped socle plinths,
18cm high
£300 - 500
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A Continental embroidered wall hanging,
17th century,
198 x 286cm
£100 - 200
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A George III silkwork embroidery,
of a lady holding sheaves of corn, a man seated outside a cottage smoking a pipe, oval, in a gilt frame,
30 x 23.5cm, and
another,
of a shepherdess writing a name on a tree, oval, in a giltwood frame,
30 x 24cm (2)
£300 - 500
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A Victorian sampler,
worked by Mary Kitchin Skellingthorpe, aged 11 years, 1843, with a verse and cottage within a stylised floral border, in a simulated burr maple frame,
75.5 x 63.5cm overall
£200 - 300
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A silkwork embroidered panel,
18th century, possibly an ecclesiastical robe fragment, centred with a blazing sun and 'IHI', within a floral border, in a gilt frame,
59 x 63.5cm
£200 - 300
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A gentleman's silk waistcoat,
c.1775, the cream ground finely embroidered with scrolling roses, single flowers scattered on the body, the buttons also embroidered with flowers, stains and wear
£200 - 300
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A Victorian needlework sampler,
worked by 'Maria Bowens 1848' with a house and garden below two verses, birds, plants and a recumbent deer,
53cm high
42cm wide, mounted in a pollard oak frame
£100 - 200
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A French violin,
c.1875, with French fittings and two bows in a case, bears paper 'Stradivarius' label
£350 - 450
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A violin,
c.1910, with a two-piece back, full size, bearing label 'Ch J B Collin-Mezin',
36cm
58.5cm overall
£3,500 - 4,000
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A violin bow,
with a silver mounted octagonal terminal and abalone mounted, faintly stamped 'LAFLEUR',
72cm long
weight 54.3g
£500 - 700
Jacques Lafleur (1757-1833) and his son, Joseph René (1812-1874), were bow makers in Paris.
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Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen ('The Red Baron'),
a part compression rib from Richthofen's Fokker triplane, inscribed in pencil 'Piece of compression rib from Baron Richthofen's Fokker triplane, Sgt. Mark F Hides, Rifle Brigade R, G. Walker Chief Mechanic RAF, I Bell Ops Mech',
13.5cm long
£100 - 200
Von Richthofen is credited with eighty victories during WW1. He was finally shot down near Vaux-sur-Somme on 21 April 1918. It remains unclear whether Captain Roy Brown was victorious (as official records suggest), or whether a shot from the ground by an Australian infantryman resulted in the fatal injury.
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A gentlemen's German Hanhart WW2 Heer Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe pilot's watch,
the case 40mm diameter, black dial, luminous hands and Arabic numerals, centre second sweep with two subsdiary dials, the case marked 'Boden Edelstahl Wassergeschutzt Stossfest'
£800 - 1,200
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A Wempe B-uhr FL23883 Thommen movement German Luftwaffe World War II pilot watch,
c.1940,
55cm
£500 - 700
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A model of HMS Victory,
in a glazed mahogany case, on an associated stained pine stand,
136.5cm wide
46.5cm deep
107.5cm high
£500 - 800
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A double-barrelled pistol,
19th century, with concealed triggers, walnut grip and sliding sight barrel,
11cm long
22cm long overall
£140 - 180
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A Ketland & Co. flintlock musket,
the brass mounted stock and trigger guard, with ram rod, engraved lock plate, stamped 'Y & C 87',
145.5cm long,
with a bayonet,
stamped 'Salter 3' below a crown and 'B' (2)
£700 - 900
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A Lee Enfield SMLE Mark III .303 rifle,
stamped 'DP' to top of stock N7758 RIF 1924, deactivated with certificate, with a 1907 pattern Wilkinson bayonet, in sheath,
112 cm long
£250 - 300
With Deactivation Certificate dated 13/07/98.
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A Snider Enfield .577 rifle,
the plate marked '1860, LA Co.', V R crowned with brass mounted stock and trigger ground, ram rod, bayonet stamped 'FG'(?),
138cm
£300 - 500
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A percussion pistol,
unmarked, with brass mounts, trigger guard and lanyard loop to stock, and swivel ramrod,
40cm
£200 - 300
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A six shot pepperbox pistol,
with engraved decoration, proof marks on the barrel,
20cm
£180 - 220
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A flintlock pocket pistol,
engraved 'Hill, London', with a screw-off barrel, with proof marks,
17.5cm
£150 - 250
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A flintlock pocket pistol,
the brass plate engraved 'H Nock, London', screw-off barrel and retractable trigger, proof marks,
17.5cm
£150 - 250
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A flintlock pocket pistol,
engraved 'J Adams', with a turned tapering cannon barrel, marked 'P & V',
21cm
£150 - 180
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A flintlock pistol,
the turned barrel engraved 'I Greaves', with a silvered lion boss to the handle,
24.5cm
£300 - 500
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
SAINT JEROME KNEELING IN PRAYER, LOOKING DOWN
(Bartsch, Hol. 102; H. 140)
Etching, 1635, only state, signed and dated in the plate
114 x 80mm
£400 - 600
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M Place, after Laurence Joseph Cossé (fl.1784-1837)
'THE FAMILY DISTRESS OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A CHILD';
'THE FAMILY'S HAPPINESS RESTORED BY THEIR CHILD'S RETURN'
A pair of coloured stipple engravings, published by L Schiavonetti, London, 1798
image 41 x 53cm (2)
£150 - 250
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Richard Reeve, after John Buckler (1770-1851)
'THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY'
Aquatint, published June 1811;
and another,
George Lewis, after John Buckler
'THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY'
Aquatint, published 1808
49 x 64cm (2)
£150 - 250
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Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg
'LONDINUM FERACISSIMI ANGLIAE REGNI METROPOLIS';
'OXONIUM AND VINDESORIUM'
Two hand coloured engraved maps
38 x 53 and 40 x 53cm, framed (2)
£200 - 300
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John Speede
'HANTSHIRE DESCRIBED AND DEVIDED SOLDE IN POPES ALLEY BY I SUDBURY AND G.HUMBELL'
A hand-coloured engraved map
37.5 x 49.5cm, framed
£300 - 400
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