Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Oxford Library Sale (Day 1 0f 2)
Auctioneer: Mallams (Oxford) Location: Bocardo House, 24a St. Michael�s Street, Oxford, OX1 2EB
Contact: 01865 241358
Date: 29th January 2020 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing
Saturday 25th January 9am – 1pm
Monday 27th January 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 28th January 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 29th January from 8.30am
Thursday 30th January from 8.30am
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Auction Lots - Page 5
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Click to view full image... THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY CROCODILE SKIN WALLETS, two with silver mounts, the largest 14.5cm, and two leather cigar cases (5)
£50-80
203
Click to view full image... A PAIR OF OAK NOVELTY BOOKENDS, each modelled with a cricket bat, ball and stumps, 20cm high, together with a mahogany salver, a leather and brass mounted Rabone tape measure, and a turned yew wood bowl (5)
£80-120
204
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR DOWLISH WAKE, mounted on a pole, 171cm long overall, another similar with pierced heart decoration, and one other similar, all pole, mounted (3)
£200-300
205
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY BRASS FRIENDLY SOCIETY POLE HEAD IN THE FORM OF A SUN, with engraved facial features to both sides, and another modelled as a dove of peace, both mounted on poles, the first 209cm long overall (2)
£200-300
206
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR CHELYNCH AND DOULTING, another similar of trident form, and one other of ball and acorn design, all mounted on poles, 218cm long and smaller (3)
£200-300
207
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR ANSFORD AND DITCHEAT, engraved with initials S. H, 30cm high, another with crown finial and pierced initials C. F. S, another similar pierced with a heart and lozenge, and one other of spear form (4)
£200-300
208
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR FARRINGTON GURNEY, 30cm high, another similar of spear form, and two similar smaller pole heads, one modelled with a fish above a crown, the other as a horse (4)
£200-300
209
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY SILVERED BRASS POLE HEAD FOR BISHOPS LYDEARD, 29.5cm high, mounted on brass domed base, another similar pole head with crown and ball terminal, a smaller crown form pole head, and one other of shepherd's crook design (4)
£200-300
210
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR ILCHESTER, 23cm high, another for STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE, another with dove finial for CHURCH STANTON, and one other for ANSFORD and DITCHEAT (4)
£200-300
211
Click to view full image... A COLLECTION OF SEVEN 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEADS, modelled as acorns and oak leaves, 15.5cm high (7)
£150-250
212
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD FOR BUTLEIGH, 24cm high, another for ILCHESTER, and four further similar spear form pole heads (6)
£200-300
213
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEAD, modelled as a lion, with engraved detail and pierced crown, 24cm high, another in the form of a deer, another of spear form, pierced with a heart, and one other of sunburst form (4)
£200-300
214
Click to view full image... THREE 19TH CENTURY WEST COUNTRY FRIENDLY SOCIETY BRASS POLE HEADS, of shepherd's crook form, and one other, largest 20.5cm high (4)
£80-100
215
Click to view full image... A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BRASS FLAT FIGURES OF STAGS, 16cm high, another pair of stylised flowerhead form, a further brass corn shaped motif, possibly from a West Country Friendly Society Pole Head, a pair of brass flat bird ornaments, and a wall hook (8)
£100-200
216

Click to view full image... A GEORGE V CORONATION STAFF, 1911, 76cm long, and a horsehair flywhisk, with silver plated mounts and cane handle (2)
£40-50

Furniture, Works of Art, Oriental Rugs and a Private Collection of Antique Drinking Glasses

220
Click to view full image... A STOURBRIDGE GLASS PAPERWEIGHT INKWELL AND STOPPER the base and stopper with millefiori canes in blue, green, pink and white, 13.5cm high
£200-300
221
Click to view full image... A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY MEISSEN PORCELAIN comprising a blue and white basket with pierced lattice border, a similar plate, a quatrefoil shaped cup and saucer and a pickle dish, another Meissen teacup and saucer, painted with flowers and a 20th Century 'Blue Danube' leaf shaped pickle dish (8)
£150-200
222
Click to view full image... A CHINESE BONE AND BAMBOO MAH JONG SET in hardwood box with silding front and five drawers, 23cm wide
£100-150
223
Click to view full image... AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY DOUBLE SIDED WATERFALL BOOKCASE
the rectangular tray top above four graduated shelves to each side, on end supports with splay legs, brass capped castors and turned stretcher, 77.5cm wide
£1000-2000

224
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... A CEYLONESE ROSEWOOD RECTANGULAR CENTRE TABLE with two frieze drawers, the drawers and frieze carved with stylized foliage and berries, on foliate carved and pierced end supports, with shaped, carved and pierced stretcher, 134cm wide
Originally one of a pair, by family repute used by and possibly made for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) as dressing tables for their visit to Ceylon as part of their extensive tour of the British Empire in 1901.
£2000-3000
225
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY SEAWEED PICTURE modelled as a wicker basket of flowers of the sea, with text below, in bird's eye maple frame, 24 x 26cm overall
£50-100
226
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN EBONISED PIETRA DURA INSET RECTANGULAR BOX the lid decorated with a spray of flowers and foliage, 21cm wide
£150-250
227
Click to view full image... A GRAND TOUR PLASTER CLASSICAL FIGURE of Venus de Milo, 43cm high
£50-100
228
Click to view full image... A GRAND TOUR TERRACOTTA PLATE decorated in black with a seated classical figure, within sgraffito border, 21.5cm diameter
£50-100
229
Click to view full image... A REGENCY EBONISED CONVEX WALL MIRROR with gilt heightened strapwork frame and slip and Thomas Fentham label verso, 60cm wide
£150-250
230
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY GRAND TOUR BRONZE FIGURE of Venus, on circular base, 25.5cm high, and another similar small bronze figure on white marble base 14.5cm high (2)
£100-150
231
Click to view full image... A GRAND TOUR STYLE PLASTER HEAD FRAGMENT modelled as a warrior with helmet, on wooden plinth, 41cm high overall
£100-150
232
Click to view full image... A GEORGE III MAHOGANY HANGING THREE TIER WALL SHELF with fret pierced sides, 63cm wide
£300-500
233
Click to view full image... A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DESK CHAIR the carved padded back with balustrade pierced splat, upholstered in dark green leather, the swivel base with four downswept legs with brass castors
£300-500
234
Click to view full image... A 19TH CENTURY BRASS BOUND TEAK COOPERED BUCKET with leather covered rope swing handle, the side with the remains of a gilt transfer Coat of Arms, 31cm high
£150-200
235
Click to view full image... A VICTORIAN BLACK PAINTED IRON FALKIRK BOOT SCRAPER on plinth base, 45.5cm wide
£150-200
236
Click to view full image... A MID VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CIRCULAR POT CUPBOARD with marble inset top and single door, on octagonal base, 38cm wide
£150-200
237
Click to view full image... A LATE 19TH CENTURY STATIONERY BOX with sloping front, relief carved with scrolling oak leaves, 29cm wide, another rectangular writing box, carved with stylised foliage and having fitted onterior, a rosewood and brass inlaid writing box, on Indian carved hardwood tray and a bronze desk weight, modelled as a hand grasping a baton, on rectangular marble plinth base (5)
£70-100
238
Click to view full image... TWO BOXWOOD AND EBONISED PART CHESS SETS a black and white pottery tile inset chess board, two inlaid wooden chess boards, and a box of dominoes (qty)
£40-60
239
Click to view full image... A GROUP OF FOUR MEDIEVAL FRENCH TERRACOTTA TILES 16th Century, of quatrefoil form, relief decorated with a grotesque figure, a Knight at arms, a King and Coat of Arms, largest approximately 18 x 14cm (4)
£800-1200
240
Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG BOY on grey veneered marble plinth base, 34cm high
£300-500
241
Click to view full image... AN EARLY ENGLISH SANDSTONE CARVING probably 12th Century, incised with Anglo Saxon figure, spear and shield motif, 72cm high overall
£700-900
242
Click to view full image... A PAIR OF ART DECO STYLE CAST STONE JANIFORM HEADS representing the four seasons, 36.5cm high (2)
£100-200
243
Click to view full image... A COLLECTION OF SEVEN WOVEN COPTIC FRAGMENTS worked with stylized designs and patterns, each hessian backed and glazed, 39 x 38cm overall (7)
£300-500
244
Click to view full image... A SET OF FOUR GERMAN COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS depicting classical Greek urns, 63.5 x 43cm in gilt frames (4)
£50-150
245
Click to view full image... A SET OF OAK ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE LIBRARY STEPS, 39cm wide
£80-120
246
Click to view full image... AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WALNUT AND MAHOGANY WRITING DESK the raised superstructure with a cylinder fall flanked by open shelves, the bow fronted lower section fitted three drawers, the brass locks stamped Liberty & Co. on square taper legs with curved stretchers, 106.5cm wide
£200-400
247
Click to view full image... AN EDWARDIAN OAK CORNER OFFICE CHAIR with curved back and arms and having studded green upholstered seat, on turned legs and stretchers
£80-120
248
Click to view full image... A LATE 19TH CENTURY EBONISED AND GILT METAL MOUNTED BOOKCASE the frieze mounted with a Sevres style porcelain plaque painted with a courting couple above a pair of glazed doors and shelving, on plinth base 108cm wide
£150-200
249
Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH MAHOGANY TALLBOY CHEST the upper section with fluted and canted angles, the projecting cornice with egg and dart mouldings, having three short and four long graduated drawers, the lower section with four further graduated long drawers on carved ogee bracket feet, and original brass handles and escutcheons 126cm wide
Provenance: with the Synge Family
£800-1200

250
Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH MAHOGANY FRAMED READING CHAIR the curved, slatted back with hinged adjustable reading stand to the back, having studded green leather upholstered saddle shaped seat, on fluted square front legs with brass castors, to be sold together with a portrait of Francis Synge, the original owner of this lot, seated upon it in a library interior, a dog at his feet, attributed to Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820), oil on canvas, 44 x 37cm, in original gilt frame
This chair and portrait have remained in the Synge family and are being sold on behalf of a direct descendant of Francis Synge. The portrait has been attributed to Maria Spilsbury in the past by Christies: a list of her known works includes a portrait of Francis Synge
£8000-10000
251
Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH MAHOGANY MULE CHEST ON STAND the stand fitted with two drawers above a scroll and scallop carved frieze on foliate carved cabriole legs, having original brass handles and escutcheons, 121cm wide
Provenance: with the Synge Family
£700-900
252
Click to view full image... A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS BOUND WINE COOLER of octagonal form, with divided lead lined interior and brass carrying handles, on square taper legs, 46cm wide
Provenance: with the Synge Family
£200-400
253
Click to view full image... AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE of shaped serpentine outline, having single frieze drawer with original brasses, on foliate carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 89cm wide
Provenance: with the Synge Family
£300-500
254
Click to view full image... A NEST OF TWO VICTORIAN IRISH KILLARNEY MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLES each centred with an oval vignette, with a border of inlaid shamrock and leaves, on ring turned legs, 60cm wide (2)
£400-600
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Oxford Library Sale (Day 1 0f 2)
Auctioneer: Mallams (Oxford) Location: Bocardo House, 24a St. Michael�s Street, Oxford, OX1 2EB
Contact: 01865 241358
Date: 29th January 2020 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing
Saturday 25th January 9am – 1pm
Monday 27th January 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 28th January 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 29th January from 8.30am
Thursday 30th January from 8.30am
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