The sale began with the ceramics section with in excess of 150 lots. The highlight was undoubtedly a 19th Century Canton rectangular panel, proving the Chinese market very strong, fetching £3000 (lot 39). A good Meissen porcelain dessert service fetched £1200 (lot 51), a Clarice Cliff Lorna pattern preserve pot and cover fetched £160 (95). The picture section heralded some interesting lots with a 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of Lord Byron fetching £460 (lot 193), of local interest was Gregory Robinson, The Arrival of the Naval Brigade at Portsmouth, fetching £700 (lot 198), follower of Sir Geoffrey Kneeler, a Portrait of Sir Wadham Wyndham fetching £1450 (lot 208), James McBey, Retrieving a Spent Torpedo off Maplin Sands fetched £400 (lot 211) and Pierre de Clausade, On the Loire, France, fetched £1250 (lot 202). The highlight of the book section was William Duranti, Rationale Divinorum Officiorium, which fetched £350 (lot 227). The interesting items in the works of art section included Jean Garnier, a patinated bronze model of a farmhand, fetching £360 (lot 373), and a taxidermy snow leopard skin with head fetching £750 (lot 387). The second sporting sale at Jacobs and Hunt, run by John Cameron, once again caused much interest and was an instant success. In total the section made in excess of £20,000. There were three interesting rugs in the sale, to include a Turkaman runner fetching £390 (lot 672) and a small Persian rug fetching £210 (lot 676), the highlight being a large, possibly Zeigler carpet, which, despite numerous cuts and major wear, still made £2700 (lot 675). The furniture section was undoubtedly the highlight of the sale with large amounts of interest from both the trade and privately. Highlights included a William IV breakfront rosewood chiffonier fetching £1650 (lot 752), a late 18th Century Dutch marquetry oval drop-leaf table retailed by the famous retailers Edwards & Roberts, fetching £760 (lot 763), an early 19th Century marble chimney piece fetched £520 (lot 807), a Victorian rosewood circular centre table made £500 (lot 813), a good George III yew and elm child’s Windsor armchair fetched £560 (lot 819), a fine mahogany and profusely marquetry inlaid and painted four poster bed fetched £2700 (lot 868), a George III oak dresser base fetched £1600 (lot 874), an art deco walnut liner chair fetched £330 (lot 872) and a George III mahogany linen press fetched £1750 (lot 882). The highlight of the sale, and the highest price, was paid for a Victorian walnut and marquetry inlaid centre table with profusely carved base fetching £5800 (lot 749).

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