Lot 144 from the December Auction: A 19th Century Chinese Large Water Cistern: Hammer price: £5,800

 

18th Century bracket clock by John Pepys of London. Hammer: £2500

 

A Regency mahogany sofa table. Hammer: £880.

 

A large Edwardian taxidermy model of two salmon  Hammer: £1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 2008 Auction Report
 

The December sale was a very busy sale firstly because cash in the attic were filming an episode with a consignment from a family in Surrey and secondly a large consignment from a private house locally provided a very good collection of Chinese porcelain, furniture and works of art.
The Sale started with the Ceramics section, which included Chinese porcelain such as a 17th Century Chinese underglaze blue brush pot decorated with Scholars attracting £6000 and a 19th Century Chinese large water cistern fetching £5800. Further lots included A Chinese 19th Century large Canton bowl which sold for £1550 and a Chinese 19th Century underglaze blue decorated bottleneck vase which made £1950. Other interests of the Ceramics section included a Royal Worcester Ewer decorated by Charles Baldwin fetching £1450,  and an unusual Minton Majolica model in the form of a dog holding a hat upon a blue glazed cushion which sold for £700.
In the Pictures & Books section was a charcoal and chalk study by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 – 1914 British) making £520. Highlights of the Works of Art section included a 19th Century French patinated bronze model in the form of a cherub that made £1900, a large Edwardian taxidermy model of two salmon that fetched £1000 and an unusual Victorian carved walnut table mirror in the form of musical instruments that realised £440. Within the Collectors’ Section there was an early Humpty Dumpty circus that made £500 and a one inch scale large steam model of a traction engine that sold for £630.
Most interesting in the Clocks and Barometers was a William IV mahogany drop dial wall clock inscribed J. Harrison, Liverpool fetching £1700, an early 18th Century bracket clock by John Pepys of London making £2500 and a Victorian brass gothic style skeleton clock with glass dome realising £640.
Highlights of the Furniture Section included a George III mahogany serpentine commode chest fetching £2900, an Italian painted bureau bookcase making £2700, a George II figured walnut chest on chest fetching £1950, another George III mahogany serpentine commode chest realising £1500, a George III oak dresser making £1200, a late Georgian D-end dining table making £1150, a George III mahogany secretaire bookcase fetching £920, a Regency gilded and ebonised shaped over mantel mirror which sold for £780 and a Regency mahogany sofa table which sold for £880.


An unusual Victorian carved walnut table mirror in the form of musical instruments. Hammer: £440.

 

 


A Royal Worcester Ewer decorated by Charles Baldwin Hammer: 1450

 charcoal and chalk study by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 – 1914 British) Hammer: £520.

A 19th Century French patinated bronze model in the form of a cherub. Hammer: £1900

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