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FORTHCOMING LOTS



 * Estimate £60 - £100
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A John Ditchfield for Glassform, large Tulip glass vase, signed with
   ‘J.Ditchfield’ etched to base. Height 38cm.

 * Estimate £150 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Novelty table and four chairs set, hand carved in polished oak, each chair in
   the shape of an upturned hand with the single piece circular tabletop being
   held aloft by a further close fisted hand. Each chair is highbacked with
   exaggerated elongated fingers and the fingernails on the hands are painted
   gold. Joyfully unusual table set, potentially bespoke. Some surface damage
   from usage. Chairs; height 98cm, width 40cm, depth 36cm. Table; height 69cm,
   diameter 90cm.

 * Estimate £100 - £150
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A rare mid 1940s Christmas Card signed by TRH Princess Elizabeth (later HM
   Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret. E and M initials to the cover,
   photograph inside of the two princesses with Princess Margaret holding a
   corgi. The inner cover is inscribed 'To Mr Smith and Sybil from Elizabeth &
   Margaret' In envelope. The recipients Mr Horace Smith and his daughter Sybil
   were riding instructors to the young princesses.

 * Estimate £30 - £50
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Blaeu, Joan. 17th-century map of Worcestershire & Warwickshire & Coventry,
   hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring
   decorative cartouche and heraldic shields, framed & glazed to recto and verso
   (both sides visible). ‘Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis; nec
   non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire and The Liberty of Coventre.’
   54cm x 45.5cm.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Ogdens Guinea Gold Series "Meredith at Work" (Billy Meredith) single card,
   near mint, no touch ups to border. Very scarce in this condition.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A 1970 silver and cut glass claret jug. Elaborate silver mount with mask head
   handle, Bacchanalian mask spout and grapes and flower detail. Domed lid with
   a pointed finial. The mount is by Roberts and Belk with hallmarks for
   Sheffield. Royal brierley lead crystal cut glass cut in square panel form.
   Brierley name acid mark to underside. Holds over a standard bottle of wine.
   Dimensions approx 30.5cm height, 14 cm width at base, weight 1580g. Slight
   wear to glass on bottom of base as to be expected.

 * Estimate £700 - £1000
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   HM Queen Elizabeth II handwritten letter from Malta to Horace Smith dated
   24th April 1950. The double sided letter is written on Clarence House, St
   James's headed notepaper but the 'Clarence House, St James's' has been
   crossed out and the word Malta written underneath and underlined. The letter
   states, 'Dear Mr Smith, I send my sincere thanks to you and Sybil for your
   message of good wishes for my birthday, which I much appreciate. It is lovely
   out here, and I have become a great polo fan - I even took it up mildly
   myself when I was out here last year! It is extremely good for one's riding,
   I find as all the ponies here are so quick that that unexpected turn which
   they are inclined to do, has one off in a moment! I hope you and Sybil are
   both well. Yours sincerely, Elizabeth.' The letter is creased along the
   centre where it has been folded in half. Horace Smith and his daughter Sybil
   ran the Cadogan Riding School and were the riding instructors to the Queen
   and Princess Margaret when they were children.

 * Estimate £250 - £350
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Tibor Reich (1916-1996) for Denby Pottery Tigo-Ware dish, circa 1950’s. Tibor
   was a Hungarian textile artist, creating Tigo-Ware in 1952 to co-ordinate
   alongside his deep textile works. Expressionist in style with scraffito
   technique to expose the white earthenware body beneath. Inspired by Hungarian
   folk art, re-interpreted in a 1950’s style. 27cm diameter.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A handwritten note sent by HM Queen Elizabeth II to Sybil Smith. The note is
   one-sided and is written on lined notepaper. It reads "To Sybil Smith From
   The Queen Windsor Castle. I send you my best wishes and hope you have a happy
   evening with many remeniscences of old days. Elizabeth R" Sybil Smith was a
   riding instructor to the Queen, when the Queen was a child.

 * Estimate £120 - £150
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Susan Searle – An aesthetic pictorial enamel framed plaque by Susan Searle
   depicting a young boy fishing on the riverside with his dog, with deep green
   and turquoise foliage and water, signed to bottom ‘Susan Searle’. Reverse of
   frame reads ‘To Joan & Fred Susan Searle ‘1983’ August 25, 1983’. 11.5cm x
   16.5cm.

 * Estimate £60 - £100
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A John Ditchfield for Glassform, large Tulip glass vase, signed with
   ‘J.Ditchfield’ etched to base. Height 38cm.

 * Estimate £150 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Novelty table and four chairs set, hand carved in polished oak, each chair in
   the shape of an upturned hand with the single piece circular tabletop being
   held aloft by a further close fisted hand. Each chair is highbacked with
   exaggerated elongated fingers and the fingernails on the hands are painted
   gold. Joyfully unusual table set, potentially bespoke. Some surface damage
   from usage. Chairs; height 98cm, width 40cm, depth 36cm. Table; height 69cm,
   diameter 90cm.

 * Estimate £100 - £150
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A rare mid 1940s Christmas Card signed by TRH Princess Elizabeth (later HM
   Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret. E and M initials to the cover,
   photograph inside of the two princesses with Princess Margaret holding a
   corgi. The inner cover is inscribed 'To Mr Smith and Sybil from Elizabeth &
   Margaret' In envelope. The recipients Mr Horace Smith and his daughter Sybil
   were riding instructors to the young princesses.

 * Estimate £30 - £50
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Blaeu, Joan. 17th-century map of Worcestershire & Warwickshire & Coventry,
   hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring
   decorative cartouche and heraldic shields, framed & glazed to recto and verso
   (both sides visible). ‘Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis; nec
   non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire and The Liberty of Coventre.’
   54cm x 45.5cm.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Ogdens Guinea Gold Series "Meredith at Work" (Billy Meredith) single card,
   near mint, no touch ups to border. Very scarce in this condition.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A 1970 silver and cut glass claret jug. Elaborate silver mount with mask head
   handle, Bacchanalian mask spout and grapes and flower detail. Domed lid with
   a pointed finial. The mount is by Roberts and Belk with hallmarks for
   Sheffield. Royal brierley lead crystal cut glass cut in square panel form.
   Brierley name acid mark to underside. Holds over a standard bottle of wine.
   Dimensions approx 30.5cm height, 14 cm width at base, weight 1580g. Slight
   wear to glass on bottom of base as to be expected.

 * Estimate £700 - £1000
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   HM Queen Elizabeth II handwritten letter from Malta to Horace Smith dated
   24th April 1950. The double sided letter is written on Clarence House, St
   James's headed notepaper but the 'Clarence House, St James's' has been
   crossed out and the word Malta written underneath and underlined. The letter
   states, 'Dear Mr Smith, I send my sincere thanks to you and Sybil for your
   message of good wishes for my birthday, which I much appreciate. It is lovely
   out here, and I have become a great polo fan - I even took it up mildly
   myself when I was out here last year! It is extremely good for one's riding,
   I find as all the ponies here are so quick that that unexpected turn which
   they are inclined to do, has one off in a moment! I hope you and Sybil are
   both well. Yours sincerely, Elizabeth.' The letter is creased along the
   centre where it has been folded in half. Horace Smith and his daughter Sybil
   ran the Cadogan Riding School and were the riding instructors to the Queen
   and Princess Margaret when they were children.

 * Estimate £250 - £350
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Tibor Reich (1916-1996) for Denby Pottery Tigo-Ware dish, circa 1950’s. Tibor
   was a Hungarian textile artist, creating Tigo-Ware in 1952 to co-ordinate
   alongside his deep textile works. Expressionist in style with scraffito
   technique to expose the white earthenware body beneath. Inspired by Hungarian
   folk art, re-interpreted in a 1950’s style. 27cm diameter.

 * Estimate £200 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A handwritten note sent by HM Queen Elizabeth II to Sybil Smith. The note is
   one-sided and is written on lined notepaper. It reads "To Sybil Smith From
   The Queen Windsor Castle. I send you my best wishes and hope you have a happy
   evening with many remeniscences of old days. Elizabeth R" Sybil Smith was a
   riding instructor to the Queen, when the Queen was a child.

 * Estimate £120 - £150
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Susan Searle – An aesthetic pictorial enamel framed plaque by Susan Searle
   depicting a young boy fishing on the riverside with his dog, with deep green
   and turquoise foliage and water, signed to bottom ‘Susan Searle’. Reverse of
   frame reads ‘To Joan & Fred Susan Searle ‘1983’ August 25, 1983’. 11.5cm x
   16.5cm.

 * Estimate £60 - £100
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   A John Ditchfield for Glassform, large Tulip glass vase, signed with
   ‘J.Ditchfield’ etched to base. Height 38cm.

 * Estimate £150 - £300
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Novelty table and four chairs set, hand carved in polished oak, each chair in
   the shape of an upturned hand with the single piece circular tabletop being
   held aloft by a further close fisted hand. Each chair is highbacked with
   exaggerated elongated fingers and the fingernails on the hands are painted
   gold. Joyfully unusual table set, potentially bespoke. Some surface damage
   from usage. Chairs; height 98cm, width 40cm, depth 36cm. Table; height 69cm,
   diameter 90cm.




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RECENT SALE HIGHLIGHTS



 * Sold for £350
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 156
   
   A 9ct gold Waltham (USA) pocket watch
   
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 * Sold for £380
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 211
   
   Corgi. Batmobile No. 267
   
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 * Sold for £620
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 259
   
   Henry Thomas Jarman (British, 1871-1956) – Large painting of a lake scene
   featuring two naked boys, with trees by the lakeside that reflect onto the
   surface of the lake. Oil on canvas, signed H T JARMAN to bottom right, ornate
   gilt frame. A member of the Langham Sketch Club, Jarman lived in Essex and
   exhibited at the Royal Academy, The Royal Cambrian Academy, The Royal
   Institute of Oil Painters amongst others. 75cm x 62cm.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £1050
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 116
   
   British Exhibition Medal, bronze, The Great Exhibition 1851 ‘Victoria D:G:
   Brit. REG F.D. Albertus Principes Conjux’ PRIZE MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION won
   by M. H. BLANCHARD. CLASS XXVII. Boxed. Blanchard was award winning for
   artificial stoneware.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £360
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 90
   
   A. & B.C. 1974 Footballers green back, Scottish, rub coin set of 132,
   including Kenny Dalglish, Dennis Law and unmarked checklist, in excellent
   condition.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £390
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 177
   
   An 1895M sovereign (fine) mounted in a gold coloured metal and suspended from
   a hallmarked 9ct gold chain.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £440
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 138
   
   Mid 20th Century Ercol dining table with 6 chairs, table measure 150cm by
   75cm, with six stick back Windsor chairs.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £6050
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 202
   
   2003-2004 One Pound (£1) Gold Proof FDC Pattern Collection.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £800
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 130
   
   Burnett. All Weather tinplate clockwork Land's End to John O' Groats Single
   Deck Bus No. B.15
   
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 * Sold for £800
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 39
   
   Orkney Chair. 20th Century oak high back armchair with a woven seat, back and
   canopy. Scrolled arms and straight tapering supports. Measures approx. 135cm
   x 63cm x 50cm (seat height 40cm). Superb condition with no visible faults.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £980
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 39
   
   Bassett-Lowke. Live steam 2½inch gauge (gauge 3), ½ inch scale LNER green
   4472 Flying Scotsman 4-6-2 locomotive and tender, generally excellent to good
   plus, approx. locomotive length: 60cm/24 inches, internally fired, high
   pressure boiler using water and spirit. Would benefit from light cleaning.
   plus two loose pages (folded) advertising Bassett-Lowke products including
   steam locomotive range. Contents unchecked for completeness. Viewing highly
   recommended. BUYER MUST COLLECT.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £350
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 156
   
   A 9ct gold Waltham (USA) pocket watch
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £380
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 211
   
   Corgi. Batmobile No. 267
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £620
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 259
   
   Henry Thomas Jarman (British, 1871-1956) – Large painting of a lake scene
   featuring two naked boys, with trees by the lakeside that reflect onto the
   surface of the lake. Oil on canvas, signed H T JARMAN to bottom right, ornate
   gilt frame. A member of the Langham Sketch Club, Jarman lived in Essex and
   exhibited at the Royal Academy, The Royal Cambrian Academy, The Royal
   Institute of Oil Painters amongst others. 75cm x 62cm.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £1050
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 116
   
   British Exhibition Medal, bronze, The Great Exhibition 1851 ‘Victoria D:G:
   Brit. REG F.D. Albertus Principes Conjux’ PRIZE MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION won
   by M. H. BLANCHARD. CLASS XXVII. Boxed. Blanchard was award winning for
   artificial stoneware.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £360
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 90
   
   A. & B.C. 1974 Footballers green back, Scottish, rub coin set of 132,
   including Kenny Dalglish, Dennis Law and unmarked checklist, in excellent
   condition.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £390
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 177
   
   An 1895M sovereign (fine) mounted in a gold coloured metal and suspended from
   a hallmarked 9ct gold chain.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £440
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 138
   
   Mid 20th Century Ercol dining table with 6 chairs, table measure 150cm by
   75cm, with six stick back Windsor chairs.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £6050
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 202
   
   2003-2004 One Pound (£1) Gold Proof FDC Pattern Collection.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £800
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 130
   
   Burnett. All Weather tinplate clockwork Land's End to John O' Groats Single
   Deck Bus No. B.15
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £800
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 39
   
   Orkney Chair. 20th Century oak high back armchair with a woven seat, back and
   canopy. Scrolled arms and straight tapering supports. Measures approx. 135cm
   x 63cm x 50cm (seat height 40cm). Superb condition with no visible faults.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £980
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 39
   
   Bassett-Lowke. Live steam 2½inch gauge (gauge 3), ½ inch scale LNER green
   4472 Flying Scotsman 4-6-2 locomotive and tender, generally excellent to good
   plus, approx. locomotive length: 60cm/24 inches, internally fired, high
   pressure boiler using water and spirit. Would benefit from light cleaning.
   plus two loose pages (folded) advertising Bassett-Lowke products including
   steam locomotive range. Contents unchecked for completeness. Viewing highly
   recommended. BUYER MUST COLLECT.
   
   View lot

 * Sold for £350
   
   + Buyers premium
   
   Lot 156
   
   A 9ct gold Waltham (USA) pocket watch
   
   View lot




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