600 Registered online bidders together with a full local gallery contributed to a very successful sale. The highlights of which we are pleased to share with you below.
19th Century Carved Ivory East India Company Chess Set circ 1830’s. Kings and Queens are depicted as Elephants with Royal Howdams, Bishops are depicted as mounted camels, Knights are depicted as mounted Horses, Rooks are depicted in tower form and pawns are depicted as foot soldiers (complete set 32 pieces, excellent condition).
Estimate £1800-£2400. Sold for £16,000 (+ 21% BP)
Ceramics
Royal Worcester Vase and Cover of Large proportions Model No.2354, hand painted with pheasants in a woodland landscape, Signed James Stinton, date coded 1904. 61cm high.
Estimate £1,000-£1,500. Sold for £2,200 (+ 21% BP)
Art Deco Shelley Bone China Coffee Set, conical form finished in apple green with black circular feet and black and white triangular handles, coffee pot and cover, six cups, six saucers, sugar and cream, RD 756533.
Estimate £300-£500. Sold for £950 (+ 21% BP)
Chinese Kraak style blue and white porcelain charger Late Qing Dynasty, decorated with central roundel of ducks, flanked by foliate panels. 50cm diameter.
Estimate £200-£300. Sold for £1100 (+ 21% BP)
Pocket Watches
Gents 18 carat gold Hunter pocket watch, white enamel dial with subsidiary dial by Edward & Sons No 3744, monogram to cover. 124 grams.
Estimate £800-£1200. Sold for £1350 (+ 21% BP)
Gents 18 carat gold keyless half Hunter pocket watch, Hunter case with glass aperture, white enamel dial Roman numerals, second subsidiary dial. No. 51898 Edward & Sons, Glasgow, weight 135 grams. The pocket watch comes with an original Class A Watch Certificate from the National Physical Laboratory, Kew Observatory, Surrey.
Estimate £800-£1,200. Sold for £4,200 (+ 21% BP)
Gents 18 carat gold Hunter pocket watch, white enamel dial with a second’s subsidiary dial, total weight 122.4 grams.
Estimate £800-£1200. Sold for £1,200 (+ 21% BP)
Diamond Jewellery
Ladies diamond solitaire ring, 3.2 carat brilliant cut diamond with baguette cut diamond shoulder set in unmarked white gold ring size J.
Estimate £8,000-£12,000. Sold for £9,500 (+ 21% BP)
Ladies Art Deco diamond and ruby ring, 1 carat marquise cut diamond surrounded by emerald cut rubies and diamond shoulders, retailed by Edward Diamond Merchants, Glasgow.
Estimate £800-£1200. Sold for £3,300 (+ 21% BP)
Ladies diamond encrusted brooch, a multitude of round brilliant cut, marquise and baguette cut diamonds, set in unmarked white metal.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000. Sold for £2,500 (+ 21% BP)
Silver
1930’s Mappin and Webb silver four piece tea service, melon form, consisting of a teapot, sugar, cream and a hot water pot with burner and stand, ivory handles, Assay marked Sheffield 1932, total weight 104ozs.
Estimate £600-£900 Sold for £1,350 (+ 21% BP)
Five piece silver tea service, faceted form raised on scroll feet comprising of tea and coffee pots, sugar and cream with a water pot with burner and stand, Assay marked Glasgow 1917, total weight 106ozs.
Estimate £800-£1,000. Sold for £1,150 (+ 21% BP)
Mahogany canteen of silver cutlery, Assay marked Sheffield 1930/31
First Tier: Bone handled fish knives and forks, silver blades 12 pieces; Mother of pearl handled fruit cutlery, stainless steel blades 12 pieces.
Second Tier: Bone handled carving set, including a knife sharpener 5 pieces; Set bone handled dessert knives, stainless steel blades 12 pieces; Set of bone handled dinner knives stainless steel blades 12 pieces.
Third Tier: Set of silver teaspoons and a pair of sugar tongs 13 pieces; Set of silver dessert forks 12 pieces; Set of silver table forks 12 pieces; Silver pickle fork and cutlery spoon 2 pieces. total silver weight: 56ozs.
Base: Set of silver dessert spoons 10 pieces; Set of silver soup spoons 12 pieces; Silver sauce ladles 2 pieces; Silver jam spoons 2 pieces; Silver table spoons 6 pieces; total silver weight: 72ozs. overall weight 128ozs.
Estimate £800-£1200 Sold for £1500(+ 21% BP)
Time Pieces
Gents 18 carat yellow gold Patek Philippe wrist watch, gold dial with gilt hour batons with original 18 carat bracelet strap, movement No. 1165932 with certificate, boxed, 1970’s model, 77.7 grams.
Estimate £1,500-£2,000. Sold for £1,900 (+ 21% BP)
Ladies Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Superlative chronometer, white dial with Roman Numerals with a Bi-Metal Strap. Strap numbered 78353 17 451 B with original box and guarantee, dated 8.4.99 numbered W148952 16713.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000. Sold for £3,000 (+ 21% BP)
Jewellery
Boxed Victorian gilt metal brooch and matching drop earrings set, mounted with pearl seeds and peridot. Brooch 42mm wide 45mm long (excluding tassels).
Estimate £100-£150. Sold for £1,100 (+ 21% BP)
Boxed 19th/20th Century gilt metal and pearl seed necklace and matching brooch.
Estimate £100-£150. Sold for £1,300 (+ 21% BP)
Unmarked gold pocket watch chain, tests for 18 carat +, 151 grams.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000. Sold for £3,000 (+ 21% BP)
Whisky
Bowmore 34 years old 1971 Single Malt Scotch Whisky Sherry wood Vintage distillation boxed, 700ml 51% volume No. 448/960. An excellent expression of a cask strength 34 year old Single Malt from Bowmore. This was distilled in Sherry casks, before bottling as part of an outrun of just 960 bottles. The colour is rich and dark a spicy, rum-like single malt. (1 bottle).
Estimate £1,500-£1,800. Sold for £1,600 (+ 21% BP)
The Macallan Anniversary Malt, 25 year old Malt whisky, 70cl, 43% volume, distilled and bottled by MacCallan Distillers Ltd., Craigellachie, distilled 1966 bottled 1991 (1 bottle).
Estimate £1,000-£1,500. Sold for £2,000
Three 1 litre bottles of 10 year old Laphroaig Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky 43% volume. One 1 litre bottle 10 year old The Balvenie Founders Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43% volume. One 70cl bottle of The Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky 40% volume. One 70 cl bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label Old Scotch Whisky 40% volume (6 bottles).
Estimate £80-£120. Sold for £1,900 (+ 21% BP)
Fine Wines
Box of twelve 75cl bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1983 Pauillac, application Pauillac, Controlee, mis en Bouteille an Chateau, Domains Baron De Rothschild (12 bottles).
Estimate £800-£1,200. Sold for £3,200 (+ 21% BP)
Box of twelve 75cl bottles of Chateau Margaux Grand Vin Premier Grand Cru Classe 1984, Mis en Bouteille au Chateau (12 bottles).
Estimate £800-£1,200. Sold for £1,800 (+ 21% BP)
Six 75cl bottles Chateau Moulton Rothschild Pauillac 1993, Baron Phillipine De Rothschild 12.5% volume (6 bottles).
Estimate £300-£400. Sold for £1,200 (+ 21% BP)
Bronze
Pair cold painted bronze figures, inscribed Faberge and dated 1912 modelled as AA Kudinov and NN Pustynnikov the personal Kamer-Kazak body guards of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, both in dress parade uniforms with badge and medals, inscribed in Russian in the heels and soles of the boots. Kamer-Kazak since 1894/AA Kudinov/Faberge 1912 and Kamer-Kazak since 1894/NN Pustynnikov/Faberge 1912. 18.2cm high.
For an identical pair please see Sotheby’s Russian Works of Art, Faberge and Icons, Lot 446 Sale 1st December 2015, pair sold £25,000.
Estimate £3,000-£5,000. Sold for £4,500 (+ 21% BP)
Bronze Mother and Baby Hippo glass topped table Limited Edition No. 62/99 by Mark Stoddart international designer, table dimensions 1370mm x 926mm (in original packaging, never used). This original Hippopotami art sculpture is cast in bronze utilising the traditional ‘Lost Wax’ method. The finish and patina are lovingly completed by craftsmen. The table top is made of 12mm thick glass with hand finished bevelled edges and conforms to British Standards.
(Photograph shows blue protective film)
Estimate £3,000-£5,000. Sold for £4,000 (+ 21% BP)
Contemporary Art
Geoffrey Key ARR, Gilt framed oil on canvas, signed and dated 2003, ‘Green Valley’, 29cm x 39cm.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000. Sold for £3,000 (+ 21% BP)
John Bellany CBE RA MRSA (Scottish 1942-2013) ARR, Framed oil on canvas, signed, ‘Seton Queen’, 75cm x 60cm.
Estimate £2,500-£3,500. Sold for £2,900 (+ 21% BP)
Fine Art
Ernest Walbourn (British 1872-1927), Gilt framed oil on canvas, signed, ‘Mother and Daughter, feeding the chickens’, 49cm x 75cm.
Estimate £800-£1,200 Sold for £1,700 (+ 21% BP)
Unsigned (Continental), Oil on wooden panel, framed in an ebony and tortoise-shell fire screen panel, ‘Portrait of a Nun, holding a Flower’, Approx. 23cm diameter.
Estimate £200-£300 Sold for £2,000 (+ 21% BP)
David Gauld RSA (Scottish 1865-1936), Gilt framed oil on canvas, signed, ‘Two Ayrshire Calves’, 50cm x 70cm.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000 Sold for £4,800 (+ 21% BP)
Furniture
19th Century French Ormolu mounted Kingswood vitrine arched top over twin glass doors, serpentine glass sides above base panels hand painted in the Vernis Martin manner, depicting courting couples,raised on cabriole legs terminating in ormolu sabot feet. 186cm high 118cm long 45cm wide.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000 Sold for £1,900 (+ 21% BP)
Very fine quantity French Style walnut and marquetry display cabinet, with Sevres style floral porcelain plaques and applied gilt metal mounts. 204cm long 45cm wide 234cm high.
Estimate £2,000-£3,000 Sold for £4,000 (+ 21% BP)
Victorian rosewood bobbin framed armchair, with floral sewn work upholstery.
Estimate £2,000-£4,000 Sold for £750 (+ 21% BP)
