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A Set of Four Victorian Scottish Silver Single Struck Fiddle and Shell tablespoons: By Peter Grierson, Edinburgh 1841. £80-120
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An Erotic Enamelled Cigarette Case: Enamelled scene depicting a bare breasted lady as she has just unveiled her robe at her feet with a laid table with champagne behind her: unmarked silver-plated cigarette case with gilt interior, H 9cm x W 7cm £300-500
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A Mid 19th Century Russian Silver-gilt and Niello Caviar Spoon: Maker's mark BC, St Petersburg 1867, in a fitted case with Sasikov label, back of spoon decorated with scrollwork around a vacant cartouche, part-twisted handle with knopp finial. £300-500
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A Russian Gold Egg Pendant: Marked 56 and with Cyrillic initials, the egg in plain gold with diamond ruby and sapphire set butterfly on leaf £500-800
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An Early 19th Century Watch Brooch: Arabic numbered enamelled dial with glass front, the centre cut to allow access for the key to change the time, glided pillars with ram's head finials either side with floral supports, the reverse with glass back set into the brooch, with hole for winding, central balance wheel with engraved steel backplate and fusee movement, on pin fastener £150-250
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A 19th Century Portrait and Rock Crystal Locket: A gold portrait of lady and dog by tree with house in foreground, W 3cm; together with a carved rock crystal locket in silver mount with portrait of man and woman, H 2.5cm £100-200
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A Diamond Set Ostrich Feather Brooch: Filigree worked brooch, intricately carved with applied fold to the top plume, set with 45 low facet cut diamonds of good colour: Unhallmarked white gold on pin fastener, L 4cm Weight 6.6 grams £400-600
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A Silver Enamel Brooch with Suspended Baroque Pearl in Knox Style by Liberty & Co: Green and blue enamel panels with mauve roundels between, filigree Celtic designs to the corners with a baroque pearl suspended to the bottom, on pin attachment to the back: full Liberty & Co hallmarks to the piece and Scottish Assay C 1980, W 4.5cm x H 6.5cm. £250-350
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A Victorian Roman-style Diamond Ring: The Shank in the form of two naked women facing outwards supporting the setting for the cushion cut diamond. £800-1200
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A Rare William Dunant London Quarter Repeater Pair Cased Pocket Watch: Silver filigree outer case with watch papers opening to reveal engraved filigree watch and case, enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic dials, movement with dust cap signed Wm Dunant 292, movement with ornate pierced cock diamond end stop and marked Wm Dunant London 292, attached bell to inner case mechanism in good working order. £2600-2800
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An Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph Manual Movement: Omega 861 cal. movement ST 145022. 76, bracelet 633, the Calibre . 861 Speedmasters are by far the most popular, even if it isn't the most "desirable" movement by collector standards. This movement was launched in the Speedmaster Professional in 1968, making them the longest production-run series of Speedmasters in the lineup. These models were purpose-built tool watches, designed for keeping time in the harshest environments known to man, have great vintage looks, and survived as long as they did for good reason. The life cycle alone should say something about the lasting quality of this iconic movement. £1800-2200
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A Turkish Triple Cased Pocket Watch: Silver domed outer case engraved with floral scenes and Tughra hallmark, opens to reveal tortoiseshell and silver worked pair case with velvet lining, housing plain silver cased watch with Turkish numerals, name to the dial, George Prior, London 1786, hallmarks to case, signed to movement, Geo Prior, London number 17729, adjustment wheel also marked in Turkish. £600-800
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A Longines Flagship Automatic Gents Wristwatch: On full sized bracelet with bi-metal strap, diamond set hour indicators and quincunx of diamonds at twelve o clock position, sapphire crystal back to movement. £500-800
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A Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust: Stainless steel case and bracelet (557) model 1500 medium, with all paperwork, no box. £1200-1500
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A Gentlemans Gold Omega Watch: With seventeen jewel 620 cal. movement in Omega 9ct integral case and strap, Omega logo to clasp £800-1200
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Circle of Barend Graat (Dutch, 1628-1709): Figures in a wooded lake landscape, oil on canvas, H 37 x W 52cm, set within a decorative giltwood mirror in the Rococo style, H 137 x W 60cm £500-800
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Circle of Philipp Peter Roos, called Rosa da Tivoli (German, 1657-1706): Study of goats, oil on canvas, H 23.5 x W 31.5cm, unframed £200-300
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Cornelis van Essen (active Amsterdam 1690-1710): A military skirmish, oil on panel, signed with initials lower right, H 21.5 x W 25.5cm £1000-1500
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Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669): Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, oil on panel, H 45.5 x W 37cm, unframed.
Note: The present composition relates to Rembrandt's 1635 etching of the same subject (New Hollstein 69, Hind 126). In 1626, Rembrandt also executed an oil of the subject in one of his earliest known paintings, similar in size to the present example, now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow. £1000-1500
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After Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641): Portrait of George, Lord Goring (1608-1657), eldest son of the first Earl of Norwich, oil on canvas, labelled verso, H 89 x W 68.5cm.
Note: The present composition derives from Van Dyck's double portrait of Goring & Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport, presently at Petworth House. £500-800
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Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): The Resurrection of Christ, oil on panel, H 42.5 x W 32.5cm, unframed.
Provenance: The Lord Bruce of Donington (1912-2005), British soldier, businessman & politician, thence by descent to the present vendor.
Note: The present picture relates to the 1611-1612 triptych painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, copied, also in reverse, in an engraving by Schelte Adams Bolswert (1581-1659). £1000-1500
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A Russian Icon: Painted on panel, depicting eight Saints surmounted by the Virgin & Child & script, H 25 x W 21cm £800-1200
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Circle of Frans Francken II (1581-1642): Portrait of a Saint, probably Saint Matthias, dressed in armour in an interior, his hand resting on a book before a clock with an axe at his feet, oil on copper, H 33 x W 25cm £500-800
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Attributed to Thomas Barker of Bath (British, 1769-1847): Ogmore Castle, Glamorgan, ink & sepia wash, titled verso & inscribed 'Barker of Bath', H 36.5 x W 54cm, unframed.
Note: A similar work by the artist of the same subject exists in the Government Art Collection (No. 7999). £100-200
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Three unframed Old Master drawings to include: A male figure study, pencil drawing, H 54 x W 38cm; A female figure on a horse driven chariot, ink drawing, H 22 x W 50cm; & a series of three pencil studies of a Biblical subject on a single sheet, H 26 x W 37cm (3) £100-200
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A quantity of Old Master & later prints: predominantly engravings, of various subjects to include examples after Durer, Canaletto, Vernet, Ricci, Morland etc £100-200
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Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677) after Leonard da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519): Row of three heads in profile, etching, signed within plate & dated 1645, H 5.5 x W 9.5cm £400-600
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Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664): Four etchings to include figural, military & architectural subjects, each signed within plates, the largest H 9.5 x W 26cm £200-400
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William Camden (British, 1551-1623): A hand-coloured engraved map by William Kip, from Camden's Britannia, depicting Middlesex, including Hertfordshire, London & Essex, H 28 x W 34cm £200-300
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George Chambers, Junior (British, 1830-c. 1870): HMS Agamemnon off Greenwich, oil on canvas, signed lower left, H 44.5 x W 59.5cm.
Provenance: Label verso for the Tyron Gallery, London, where acquired by the present vendor. £6000-8000
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Monamy Swaine (British, 1754-1793): A pair of oils on panel depicting Sheerness and Harwich, each signed lower right, H 18.5 x W 28.5cm.
Note: Monamy Swaine was the grandson of Peter Monamy and son of Francis Swaine. £4000-6000
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Monamy Swaine (British, 1754-1793): A coastal scene with boats & fishermen, watercolour, signed lower left with initials MS, H 20 x W 27cm.
Note: Monamy Swaine was the grandson of Peter Monamy & son of Francis Swaine. £100-200
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Attributed to Hermanus Koekkoek, Junior (Dutch, 1836-1909): Ships off the coast on stormy seas, oil on canvas, signed with initials HK & dated to wreckage, H 45 x W 60cm £300-500
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Henry Mowbray Howard (American, b. 1873): Beached boats off the coast, oil on canvas, signed lower left, H 69.5 x W 99cm.
Note: Howard was born in Washington, DC and worked in France, exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1897 and 1898. £800-1200
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John Falconer Slater (British, 1857-1937): Seascape study, oil on canvas, signed lower right, H 33 x W 94cm, unframed £300-500
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Henry Cooper (British, 19th/20th century): A pair of oils on canvas depicting busy shipping views of the Thames, oil with St. Paul's Cathedral beyond, each signed lower left, H 60 x W 39.5cm £200-400
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Manuel Rodriguez de Guzman (Spanish, 1818-1867): A pair of full length portraits of a lady and gentleman in fashionable dress, oils on canvas, one signed and dated 1842, H 42 x W 32cm £400-600
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Théodore Fantin-Latour (French, 1805-1875): A pair of pastel portraits of fashionable ladies, one holding a mirror, the other a rose, each signed lower right, H 73 x W 60cm.
Note: Théodore Fantin-Latour was the father of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). £1000-1500
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Friedrich Anton Otto Prölss (German, 1855-1934): Portrait of a young man smoking a pipe, oil on panel, signed upper right, H 28 x W 18.5cm, unframed £200-400
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William Powell Frith, R. A. (British, 1819-1909): 'The Sweetest Beggar that E'er Asked for Alms', oil on canvas, signed lower right & dated 1900, signed on original label verso, the stretcher bearing label for Charles Roberson & Co. & old auction house stencil number, H 40 x W 30cm.
Note: The present picture is a smaller version of work Frith exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891. £1000-1500
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B. Hubbard (active circa 1839-1864): 'Dancing Girl, Cairo', oil on canvas, titled on original artist's label verso & further inscribed '. . . painted from nature by B. Hubbard, August 1862', H 44.5 x W 35.5cm £1000-1500
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O. Jeens (18th century): A portrait miniature depicting Lucy of Leinster from the ballad by Thomas Tickell, signed lower left & dated 1794, H 20 x W 14cm.
Provenance: The Bingham Collection, according to label on original leather case. £600-800
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Four portrait miniatures to include 18th century & later examples £200-300
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Frederick Leighton (British,19th/20th century): Portrait of a fireman, watercolour, signed lower right & dated 1903, H 22 x W 16cm £100-150
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Sir James Jebusa Shannon, R. A, R. B. A, R. H. A. (British, 1862-1923): 'An Irish Maid', portrait study, inscribed verso and dated 1900, H 44.5 x W 37cm £800-1200
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Charles Leslie (British, 1835-1890): A pair of oils on canvas depicting moonlit highland loch landscapes, each signed lower left & dated 1876, H 28.5 x W 59cm £700-1000
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Norwich School (19th century): Figures outside a cottage in a wooded landscape, oil on board, H 22 x W 30cm £200-300
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Italian School (19th/20th century): Figures dancing in the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius beyond, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right, H 31 x W 40.5cm £350-450
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Charles Nicholls Woolnoth, R. S. W. (British, 1815-1906): An extensive lake landscape with boats & figures, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, signed lower right, H 27 x W 48cm £150-250
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Thomas Sidney Cooper, R. A. (British, 1803-1902): Cattle watering at a river with sheep & village beyond, watercolour, signed lower right & dated 1879, H 24.5 x W 44cm £400-600
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