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A VICTORIAN PRESENTATION SWORD,BY REEVES, TOLEDO WORKS, BIRMINGHAM

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W. SHUTTLEWORTH (19TH CENTURY), A DARK BAY HUNTER IN A LANDSCAPE

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CIRCLE OF ALEXANDER NASMYTH (BRITISH 1787-1831), ST. BERNARD'S WELL, EDINBURGH

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A CHINESE BLUE GLAZED VASE, 19TH CENTURY

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK HALL ARMCHAIRSA PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK HALL ARMCHAIRS

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AN EXTENSIVE BOHEMIAN GILDED RUBY GLASS TABLE-SERVICE, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AFTER HENRY TILSON, PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN MAYNARD (CIRCA 1602 - 1690), WEARING ACADEMIC ROBES AND CAP

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FOLLOWER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CHARLES LEGH (1644-1691)

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PIETER JOHANNES VAN REYSCHOOT (FLEMISH 1702-1770), PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEGH

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FOLLOWER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF LADY ISABELLA LEGH, HALF-LENGTH IN A GREY DRESS

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LOUIS GOUPY (18TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEGH

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JOHN LEGH OF ADLINGTON, RECEIPT FOR MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT, DATED 1699

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SCOTTISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1830), PORTRAIT OF JOHN NAPIER OF MOLLANCE

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SCOTTISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF MRS NAPIER OF MOLLANCE (1766-1839)

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FOLLOWER OF SIR HENRY RAEBURN, PORTRAIT OF JAMES NAPIER AS A YOUNG MAN

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AN GRAINED AND PAINTED OAK AND IRON-BOUND CHEST, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY

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FOLLOWER OF JOHN WATSON GORDON, PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR JOHN ROBERTSON; AND OF HIS WIFE (2)

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THOMAS HUDSON (BRITISH 1701-1779), PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH (1735-75)

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CHESHIRE, SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER), AFTER, CESTRIA

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A PAIR ENGLISH ANTIQUARIAN OAK ARMCHAIRS, PARTS 17TH CENTURY

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A QUEEN ANNE BRASS-BOUND WALNUT STRONG-BOX OR COFRE-FORTE

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDE TABLE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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Y A VICTORIAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER MACHE SUPPER TRAY

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE, CIRCA 1830

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AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN APPLE-GREEN GROUND AND GILT PART DESSERT-SERVICE, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHTEEN VICTORIAN OAK DINING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1870

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A SET OF FOUR CAST AND PATINATED BRASS WALL LIGHTS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I GOLD-PAINTED AND GESSO SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1720

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A DAVENPORT TURQUOISE AND GILT PART DINNER-SERVICE, CIRCA 1840

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THOMAS HUDSON (BRITISH 1701-1779), PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEGH; AND HIS WIFE HESTER

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THOMAS HUDSON (BRTISH 1701-1779) PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEGH; AND HIS WIFE HESTER Oil on canvas, a pair 124.5 x 99cm (49 x 38¾ in.) (2) Provenance: Probably commissioned by the sitter for Adlington Hall, and thence by descent Literature: Adlington Guide Book: 'The Dining Room'. This pair of portraits were presumably commissioned by the sitters to proclaim their status, joint fortunes and influence on the fabric of Adlington Hall. Charles Legh (1697-1781) was the son and heir of John Legh (1668-1739) and Lady Isabella Robartes, sister of the 2nd Earl of Radnor. He married his wife, Hester (née Lee), in around 1730. Hester was the daughter of Robert Lee and through him inherited an estate at Wincham. Charles Legh perhaps made the most extensive and fashionable improvements to Adlington Hall and its parkland. Evidently, he valued the historical part of his house ensuring that the older areas were incorporated into his new scheme. He created a new west wing comprising a principal staircase, dining-room, drawing-room, library and ball-room, completed in around 1749. The south front has a pediment frieze above the tall portico entrance with its four Ionic columns, and is inscribed 'Charles and Hester Legh 1757'. Charles Legh was also responsible for creating the stables, although there is no record of him having employed an architect for any of the architectural works at Adlington. It seems likely that he designed the additions himself, and used local builders and materials to implement his designs. Charles Legh was a friend of Handel, who is said to have visited Adlington Hall to play on the magnificent organ in the Great Hall, which was probably installed during the tenure of Charles' father, John, when he inherited Adlington in 1696. Charles Legh's only son, Thomas Legh (1735-75), predeceased him, and when he himself died in 1781, the male line of the family became extinct, and the inheritance descended through the female line to his niece Elizabeth Rowlls, nee Davenport, who upon her inheritance took the name Legh.

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THOMAS HUDSON (BRITISH 1701-1779), PORTRAIT OF MASTER THOMAS LEGH HOLDING A TRICORN HAT

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDEBOARDA VICTORIAN OAK `JACOBEAN' SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1860

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDEBOARD A VICTORIAN OAK `JACOBEAN' SIDEBOARD CIRCA 1860 The shaped gallery centred by an armorial device and motto 'DA.GLORIAM.DEO', flanked by shaped shelves with strapwork and fleur-de-lys backs and supported by seated lions, the pot-board with a boldly carved cabochon and foliate border, the pedestals with panelled doors centred by satyr masks and with semi-robed bearded herms to the angles, on plinth bases. 176cm high, 306cm wide, 108cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature: Adlington Guide Book: 'The large Jacobean sideboard was made from oak grown in Adlington Park. 'Oak Jacobean sideboard with superstructure centred by an armorial device 'da gloriam deo' and flanked by outset platforms supported on rampant lions holding shields. Features include boldly carved cabochon borders above pedestal cupboards with outset corbel figures and a conforming wine cooler' The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781). In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire, hence the central armorial including the Wright Family. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants. The design for the sideboard was possibly inspired by the Kenilworth sideboard exhibited by Cooke & Sons of Warwick at the 1851 Great Exhibition. The sideboard, now at Warwick Castle, was made from a fallen Kenilworth oak tree. The extravagant carvings depict scenes from the novel, Kenilworth, by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1821. The upper section is decorated with the coronet, arms and emblems of the Earls of Warwick (R.W. Symonds, Victorian Furniture, reprinted London, 1987, pl. 26). This historicist style remained fashionable; another comparable sideboard was exhibited by Levien of London at the 1862 International Exhibition, London (illustrated in The Art Journal illustrated catalogue of the International Exhibition , 1862, p. 36); this sideboard while still adhering to the horizontal lines of the Kenilworth sideboard incorporated a rich addition of Renaissance motifs, which helped to make the older framework more stylish (K. Ames, 'The Battle of the Sideboards', Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 9 (1974), pp. 8, fig. 8; p. 10, fig. 11). Earlier, in 1838, Richard Bridgens included a sideboard and wine cellaret 'in the Elizabethan style' from Aston Hall, Warwickshire, illustrated in Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration, plates 28, 30.

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A PORCELAIN BLUE GROUND AND GILT PART DESSERT-SERVICE

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK WINE-COOLERA VICTORIAN OAK RECTANGULAR WINE-COOLER, MID-19TH CENTURY

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK WINE-COOLER A VICTORIAN OAK RECTANGULAR WINE-COOLER MID-19TH CENTURY With a moulded rim, the front panel carved with strapwork and centred by a Bacchus mask, the angles with foliate volutes on a plinth and inset castors 53cm high, 94cm wide, 76cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature : Adlington Guide Book: 'The Oak Stairs' 'Oak Jacobean sideboard... and a conforming wine cooler' Possibly after the design for a 'Wine Cellaret' in R. Bridgens, Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration (1838), plate 30. The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781. In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants. Although, at present, it is not possible to identify the cabinet-maker responsible for this suite of furniture, a number of firms were producing Elizabethan-Revival furniture in this period including Gillows of Lancaster & London, who was making furniture in a broad range of historicist styles. In 1841, Gillows created an Elizabethan-Revival bookcase for Conishead Priory in Cumbria that differed from earlier revival furniture in that rather than being assembled from old pieces of carving, it was a pastiche (C. Morley, 'The Revival of "Old English" style in Nineteenth Century Furniture', The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850-the Present , no. 16, 1992, p. 21, figs 3 and 4). At the Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris, the firm created interiors for the Prince of Wales Pavilion including a grand Elizabethan-style dining room ( <https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/gillow-company-1862-1897> . Accessed 21 November 2024).

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A PAIR OF ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL STAINED FRUITWOOD AND NEEDLEWORK POLESCREENS, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK OVERSCALE ARMCHAIRS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PARIS PORCELAIN BLUE GROUND AND GILT PART TEA SERVICE

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDE TABLES A PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLES CIRCA 1860 Each with a rectangular moulded top above a panelled frieze centred by the Legh crest of a unicorn on turned and cabochon-carved legs 87cm high, 178cm wide, 75cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature: 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire: The Seat of Mr. A.M.R. Legh', Country Life, 29 July 1905, p. 128, 'Window in the Old Hall' (one table); p. 129, 'The Old Hall' (one table). G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1961, fig. 4, 'The Dining-Room, beneath the Drawing-Room' (one table) Adlington Guide Book: 'Dining Room', 'The two tables each carved with the Legh crest date from 1870'. The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781), who died without issue. In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants.

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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JOHN OPIE (BRITISH 1761-1807), PORTRAIT OF JUDGE GEORGE LEWIS NEWNHAM

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JOHN OPIE (BRITISH 1761-1807), PORTRAIT OF MRS NEWNHAM WITH HER CHILD

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A CARVED AND STAINED WOOD ARMORIAL PANEL

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (BRITISH 1593-1645), DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH THE YOUNGER WITH HIS WIFE

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JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (BRITISH 1593-1645) DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER WITH HIS WIFE ANN GOBARTE, HE IN BLACK COAT AND BREECHES TRIMMED WITH GOLD BRAID, SHE WEARING A BLACK DRESS AND WHITE LACE COLLAR, WITH A SPANIEL IN A LANDSCAPE Oil on canvas 217 x 212cm (85¼ x 83¼ in.) (2) In a Lely panelled frame John Souch ( c. 1593 - 1645) was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire and painted predominantly in the North-West of England. In 1607, at the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to Randle Holme I, a herald painter and antiquary who had been appointed deputy Herald of the College of Arms in Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales. His workshop would have produced heraldic devices, coats of arms, hatchments and the more gifted artist's also produced portraiture. Souch flourished under Holme's tutelage and when he left in 1616 he became a Freeman of Chester. He also became a member of the Painters and Stationers Company, a guild that met in the upper room of the Pheonis Tower on the city walls. He was based in Chester but also travelled for commissions. His first recorded portrait is most probably that of Francis Clifford. 4 th Earl of Cumberland, which he painted at Skipton Castle in 1620 for which he was paid 30 shillings. His masterpiece is his group portrait of Sir Thomas Aston at the deathbed of his first wife , dating from 1635 and now in the Manchester City Art Gallery. There is also a marriage portrait signed and dated 1640 in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. He is recorded as having one apprentice by the name of Thomas Pulford in 1636. He died in 1645 and it is possible that he, like Randle Holme, were royalist supporters and died in the siege of Chester during the Civil War. Thomas Legh, like his sons, was a staunch Royalist and on two occasions Adlington was taken by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. According to a 1952 Country Life article about the collection, this picture was defaced and marks made by sword-slashes can still be seen. The sitters are depicted hand-in-hand and have conspicuously removed their gloves to do so. A sign of their tender intimacy.

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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λ CARLOS SANCHA (20TH CENTURY), GROUP PORTRAIT OF CHARLES, JANE AND CAMILLA LEGH

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WILFRED GABRIEL DE GLEHN (BRITISH 1920-2001), PORTRAIT OF CYNTHIA LEGH

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A GROUP OF NINE MINIATURES, MAINLY FIRST WORLD WAR

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A GROUP OF NINE MINIATURES MAINLY FIRST WORLD WAR A group of four miniatures Richard Cross. Second World War A group of three miniatures, First World War An India medal bar, inscribed 'Delhi' and 'C K Crosse 52nd' Condition Report: The seal is one of a number of items relating to the Crosse family donated to the Museum following the death of Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Crosse DSO*, formerly of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in 1970. Background Seal showing handle. Richard Crosse was born in 1888. He was commissioned in The Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1906 and joined the 2nd Battalion (52nd) (the Regiment became The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908). He was promoted Lieutenant in 1909 and in March 1913 became Adjutant of the 52nd. He was promoted Captain in May 1915, remaining Adjutant until February 1916. On 3 June 1916 Crosse was appointed a Brevet Major and on 8 July assumed command of the 52nd, aged 28, in a meteoric rise that took him from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant-Colonel in little over a year. Crosse proved an outstanding and brave commanding officer, highly regarded by his superiors and much loved and respected by his men. He fought in all but two of the 28 major battles in which the 52nd were engaged in the First World War. He never left the Battalion, except for leave, until he was wounded on 23 August 1918. He rejoined on 2 October. Crosse was awarded a DSO in January 1915 and a bar to the DSO in February 1918. He was mentioned in despatches four times and appointed a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour in 1917. He remained in command of the 52nd until June 1919. He retired from the Army in 1923 and joined the Ulster Special Constabulary in the following year. Base of the seal. Crosse's father, Captain R.L. Crosse, and two of his uncles, Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Crosse and Captain A. T. Crosse, served in the 52nd during the 2nd half of the 19th century. Charles Crosse is especially well remembered for his actions during the Indian Mutiny when, as a Captain, he swiftly replaced a wounded officer at the head of the 52nd's storming party at the Kashmir Gate and became the first officer to enter Delhi on 14 September 1857. An earlier relative of the Crosse family, Lieutenant-Colonel John Crosse, served with the 52nd during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, receiving the Military General Service Medal (1793-1814) with 10 clasps and the Waterloo Medal, and being made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order of Hanover (KH). Wax impression of the seal. As well as the seal, among the other items donated to the Museum on Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Crosse's death in 1970 were his own decorations and medals, the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Crosse KH, and the medals of Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Crosse. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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AN ENOCH WOOD STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE BUST OF JOHN WESLEY

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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CIRCLE OF PHILIP MERCIER (GERMAN 1689-1760), A PAIR OF FETE GALANTE SCENES (2)

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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TWO BLACK PAINTED METAL ESTATE DEED BOXES, 19TH CENTURY

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1760

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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ATTRIBUTED TO MARY BEALE (BRITISH 1632-1697) AFTER SIR PETER LELY, LETITIA ISABELLA SMITH

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AFTER SIR PETER LELY, PORTRAIT OF SARAH BODVILLE

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AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH CUTLER

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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FOLLOWER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF LADY ISABELLA LEGH

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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