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ALFRED GATLEY (1816-1863), A WHITE MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF MRS LOWTHER

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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Y A VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED STAINED PEARWOOD, SCARLET TORTOISESHELL AND CUT-BRASS GAMES TABLE

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI REVIVAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1870

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ANGLO-DUTCH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1645), GROUP PORTRAIT OF LADY BODVILE WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS

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ANGLO-DUTCH SCHOOL ( CIRCA 1645) GROUP PORTRAIT OF LADY BODVILE WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS, AND A PAGE Oil on canvas Later inscribed with identifying inscription ' THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY BODVILE & HER DAUGHTERS, SHE WAS MOTHER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SARAH, COUNTESS OF RADNOR' (to the stretcher verso) 107 x 127cm (42 x 50 in.) In a wood frame carved with a sun, heads of flowers and scrolling foliage Provenance: Possibly commissioned by Sir John Bodvile for Bodvile Castle Inherited by Sarah, Countess of Radnor and possibly at Llanhydrock, Lady Isabella Legh, nee Robartes and thence by descent at Adlington Hall Literature: 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire: The Seat of Mr. A.M.R. Legh', Country Life, 29 July 1905, p. 130, 'Portraits of former Leghs over chimney-piece'. Adlington Guide Book: 'The North Front Rooms'. 'Beneath the spectator in Fig. 4 is a portrait attributed to Van Dyck of Lady Bodville and her two daughters, the elder of whom, Sarah, subsequently married the Viscount Bodmin, whose portrait has already been mentioned. After her father-in-law's death in 1865 she was granted by Royal Warrant the precedence of the wife of an earl, as if her husband had succeeded to the Radnor title. Pepys met her and described her as a "great beauty and a fine lady indeed" G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1962 and p. 1961, fig. 4 'The Dining-Room, beneath the Drawing-Room. This portrait is of Lady Anne Bodvile, née Russell (1612-69), wife of Sir John Bodvile of Bodvile Castle, Gwynedd, Wales, and her two daughters, Sarah (1640-1720) and Lucy (1655-unknown). The present portrait most likely entered the Legh collection following the marriage of Lady Isabella Robartes (1674-1725) to John Legh of Adlington Hall in 1693. Alternatively, it is conceivable that it could have been retained at Llanhyrdrock but later gifted to, or purchased by, the Legh family upon the death of their cousin, the 3rd Earl of Radnor, in 1741 when the Radnor title and Llanhydrock were separated: the title succeeded by distant cousin and the house, believe by antiquarian John Loveday to be in a sorry state , bequeathed to a nephew.

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A VICTORIAN GILT BRONZE AND CUT GLASS CHANDELIER, CIRCA 1860

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A COLLECTION OF WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE PRINTED PORCELAIN, CIRCA 1770 AND LATER

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN WALNUT, EBONY, PLANE AND MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE

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Y AN EBONISED , PARCEL-GILT AND LACQUER FOUR-PANEL SCREEN, CIRCA 1870

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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN GILT-COMPOSITION PELMETS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED TABLE CABINET, CIRCA 1850

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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AN ENGLISH BURR WALNUT, BIRCH AND PENWORK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1880

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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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FOLLOWER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF A LADY

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AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF LADY LUCY BOOTH

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FOLLOWER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER, PORTRAIT OF LADY ESSEX ROBARTES

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A SET OF FOUR GILT BRONZE THREE LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES OF LOUIS XVI STYLE

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A ROCOCO STYLE GILTWOOD AND GESSO SCREEN, CIRCA 1880

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A LOUIS XVI REVIVAL GILTWOOD SALON SUITE, CIRCA 1870

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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GEORGE WILLIAM SARTORIUS (1759-1828), STILL LIFE OF FRUIT WITH A MALLARD AND A SONGBIRD

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A VICTORIAN CAST IRON FIRE BASKET, CIRCA 1860

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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY

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A PAIR OF TIBETAN-STYLE CHINESE AUBERGINE GLAZED EWERS

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (1593-1645), PORTRAIT OF COLONEL THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER

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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (BRITISH 1646-1723), PORTRAIT OF ANNE

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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Y A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED `BOULLE' DISPLAY CABINETS

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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A GARNITURE OF THREE WEDGWOOD DRABWARE POT PORURI VASES AND COVERS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A CHARLES II CARVED AND SILVERED WOOD CABINET STAND, CIRCA 1670

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A FRENCH DIRECTOIRE PERIOD ORMOLU MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK MARS VAINQUER

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GILTWOOD SERPENTINE CONSOLE TABLES, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GOLD PAINTED COMPOSITION TWO BRANCH WALL LIGHTS, 19TH CENTURY

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A DRESDEN TURQUOISE GROUND AND GILT TWIN-HANDLED VASE

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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ATTRIBUTED TO SIR PETER LELY (DUTCH 1618-1680) AND STUDIO, PORTRAIT OF SARAH BODVILLE

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ATTRIBUTED TO SIR PETER LELY (DUTCH 1618 - 1680) AND STUDIO PORTRAIT OF SARAH BODVILE, THE HON. MRS ROBERT ROBARTES, LATER VISCOUNTESS BODMIN AND COUNTESS OF RADNOR Oil on canvas 124 x 100cm (48¾ x 39¼ in.) In a Kentian frame surmounted by an Earl's coronet Provenance: Probably commissioned by the sitter for Llanhydrock, later inherited by Lady Isabella Legh, nee Robartes, or Charles Legh and moved to Adlington Hall, thence by descent Literature: G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1962 and fig. 6 'Detail of the Ceiling and Overmantel in Mrs. Legh's Bedroom. The portrait is Sarah, Countess of Radnor'. Picture at Lanhydrock <https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/884968> Lady Sarah Bodvile (1640-1720) was the wife of Lord Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin (1634-82) and mother to Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2 nd Earl of Radnor (1653-1723). Due to the premature death of her husband and as the mother of the 2nd Earl she was granted the right to use the title 'Countess' upon the death of her father-in-law, the 1 st Earl in 1685. The present portrait is believed to be the primary version of this portrait, with two other known to be in existence, one also within the Adlington collection and the other at Llanhrydrock. It was most likely commissioned by the sitter to immortalise herself as a Countess within its impressive frame which is surmounted by an earl's coronet. It is probable that it entered the Legh collection at Adlington following the marriage of Lady Isabella Robartes (1674-1725) to John Legh of Adlington Hall in 1693. Alternatively, it is conceivable that it could have been retained at Llanhyrdrock but later gifted to the Legh family upon the death of their cousin, the 3rd Earl of Radnor, in 1741 when the Radnor title and Llanhydrock were separated: the title succeeded by distant cousin and the house, believe by antiquarian John Loveday to be in a sorry state , bequeathed to a nephew.

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ENGLISH SCHOOL (17TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF SIR URIAN LEGH

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A GEORGE I GOLD-PAINTED AND GESSO SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1710

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A LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENAMELLED NUTMEG GRATER AND TWO PATCH BOXES

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A GROUP OF LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENAMEL BOXES

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A VICTORIAN BLOODSTONE DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1858

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Y A GEORGE III SILVER MOUNTED AND TORTOISESHELL PAGE TURNER

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AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK HALF-TESTER BED, CIRCA 1860

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AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK HALF-TESTER BED CIRCA 1860 The tester with an urn finial and boldly carved strapwork apron, pendants and brackets above a panel of modern Flemish tapestry and a four panel headboard with foliate and strapwork cresting and centred by a winged mask, the footboard with barley-twist columns and centred by a mask of Queen Elizabeth I above a cartouche, the square panelled posts with ball finials 270cm high, 158cm wide, 210cm long 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: 'No 10 Bedroom' 'Jacobean Oak Half Tester Bed, c. 1860. The four panel headboard is contained by a canopy with boldly carved strapwork details, while the footboard has twist turned columns and is centred by a mask of Queen Elizabeth above a vacant cartouche'. This impressive Elizabethan-Revival bed is a fine example of antiquarian taste fashionable in the 19 th century. The bed offered here is enriched with heavy historicist carving liberally applied to the cornice, head-board and bottom of a half tester of a 19 th century double bed. 19 th century decorative art dealers supplied original antique furniture and pastiche furniture to meet an increasing demand by collectors interested in the relics of the past, and who wanted to emphasize the antiquity of their family lineage. One of the most prolific dealer/cabinet-makers was George Shaw (1810-76), a Yorkshire architect, who had an early interest in ancient beds (P. Lindfield, 'George Shaw Revisited: Ancient Oak and Beds', FHS Newsletter 225, February 2022, pp. 2-12). In the early 1840s, Shaw began to create 'modern' pastiches of antique furniture offering what he variously described as 'Henry VIII', Elizabeth I or 'James I', including a tester bed to which he added a footboard and royal arms that he sold to James Deardon (1798-1862) of Rochdale Manor, and, in 1847, the well-documented carved 'Paradise' bed, made for the Duke of Northumberland (sold 'Syon Park, Sotheby's, 14-16 May 1997, lot 197, and again, Christie's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 142). As early as 1811, it was noted that 'young fellows of the better classes, in Paris' were 'ornamenting their bed-chambers and particularly their bed's head, with arms and armour of all kinds' (C. Edwards, The Romantic Interior: the British Collector at home 1750-1850, London and New Haven, 1989, p. 63). This historicist style was probably inspired by drawings of state beds in A. W. N. Pugin's, Gothic Furniture in the Style of the Fifteenth Century (1835), pl. 11, and Henry Shaw's Specimens of Ancient Furniture drawn from existing authorities, London, 1836, which included four antique beds: The Great Bed of Ware, an Elizabethan bed, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (W.47:1 to 28-1931), two 17 th century beds from Goodrich Court and a bed from Hardwicke Hall, Derbyshire (plates XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL). In the official catalogue of the 1851 Exhibition, the furniture exhibits were respectively described as Elizabethan, Tudor, Gothic, Louis XIV, Renaissance, Italian, Arabian and Old English Illuminated style (R.W. Symonds, Victorian Furniture, London, 1987, p. 35). Designs for half tester beds in the antiquarian style were subsequently included in Art industry: furniture, upholstery, and house-decoration, illustrative of the arts of the carpenter, joiner, cabinet-maker, painter, decorator, and upholsterer (1879), ed. by G.W. Yapp, an Assistant Commissioner and Compiler of the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition of 1851, who on describing a bed in the 1851 exhibition noted: 'It is a State bed in the Elizabethan style, but judiciously treated in a lighter manner than is common' (Symonds, ibid., plates 17, 22). In 1857, the state bedroom at Abney Hall, Cheshire, was refurbished probably by J.G. Crace (1809-89) in the antiquarian style to mark the visit of the Prince Consort to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition that year (E. Aslin, 19 th Century Furniture, New York, 1962, plate 73). Condition Report: There are the inevitable minor dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks due to age and use. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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THOMAS BARDWELL (BRITISH 1704-1767), VIEWS OF ADLINGTON HALL AND PARK (4)

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THOMAS BARDWELL (BRITISH 1704-1767) VIEWS OF ADLINGTON HALL AND PARK Oil on canvas, a set of four Each 61.5 x 101cm (24 x 39.3⁄4 in.) (4) Provenance: Charles Legh, descent to current owner Literature: County Life, 28 November 1952, p.1734, fig. 1; 12 December 1952, p. 165, fig.9. J. Harris, The Artist and the Country House , London, 1979, p.321, no.360. P. de Figueiredo and Julian Treuherz, Cheshire Country Houses , Chichester, 1988, pp.17-18, fig.9. G. Tyack and S. Brindle, Country Houses of England, 1994, pp.84-85. J. Harris, The Artist and the Country House . London, 1995, p.84-5, fig. 57-8. Exhibition: Sotheby's London, The Artist and the Country House, no.57 and 58. The present lot is a striking example of English country house portraiture, commissioned as a painterly record of a generation's contribution to the family seat. The tradition of estate painting arrived in England relatively late in comparison with the continent, where Renaissance rulers and aristocrats sought to document their palaces and homes. While oil paintings on canvas of a standalone property are unrecorded in England before 1600, the tradition was taken up with great enthusiasm and the art form reached its zenith in the eighteenth-century. Born in Suffolk in 1704, Thomas Bardwell was a painter with a varied oeuvre; he travelled across England and Scotland executing country house views, portraits and conversation pieces. He began his artistic career decorating house interiors and initially owned a paint supply business. Although he lacked formal training, in the 1720s he was employed by the successful country house painter Peter Tillemans (c. 1684-1734) to paint Livermere Hall in Bardwell's native East Anglia. Tillemans' influence on Bardwell is discernible from his earliest topographical pictures. Notably, his painting of Hedenham Hall (1735) adopts Tillemans' distinctive equine staffage, shown most prominently in his view of Chatsworth (1720s) . Though charmingly naïve, this early work is also notable for its sensitive observation of detail and miniature-like quality. Previously attributed to James Shrigley, The Adlington views demonstrate how Bardwell's proficiency in country house painting evolved in his mature years. First and foremost, the works memorialise the architectural achievements of Charles Legh (1697-1781), including the south wing portico, detached stable block, domed Temple of Diana and garden follies. Although early continental estate pictures certainly display a keen interest in preserving specific details, decorative concerns often came at the expense of accuracy and views were compressed to create broad pictorial maps. By the turn of the 18th century, however, artists and patrons responded to the growing study of topography and sets of elevational views proliferated to provide a comprehensive record. Bardwell's interest in perspectival accuracy therefore made him a fitting choice for the commission. Published in 1756, his study The Practice of Painting and Perspective Made Easy offers the reader a guide to the principles of perspective using illustrations of buildings, gardens and avenues. His principles are brought to fruition in the present works, through geometric precision, carefully manipulated areas of light and shadow and the incisive rendering of architectural detail. Bardwell's views also act as a celebration of the English estate, with its bucolic scenery and rural pleasures. Following Charles Legh as he strolls around the grounds, the paintings provide a pictorial tour of the landscape. The parkland is characteristic of the mid eighteenth-century designs popularised by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, with rolling pastures and clusters of trees. Horses graze, deer and rabbits frolic, and Charles Legh is accompanied by a crowd of his cherished dogs. Indeed, the lines between portraiture, landscape, sporting and country house painting blurred in English eighteenth-century conversation pieces and works began to speak to the symbiotic relationship between the home and family. Thomas Bardwell's portraits, for instance, often include the sitter's home in the background and his estate views show figures riding or promenading through the grounds. John Steegman wrote that 'a house may be called Castle, Abbey, Priory, Park, Hall, Court, Manor, or just a House...But they are all houses, which have been born-in, lived-in and died-in by the family, and which are centred the family's affections and pride'. Bardwell's pictures animate the country house by reflecting the delight and fulfilment of those who inhabit it. In one view, Charles Legh stands proudly before the imposing new facade. Another shows him looking across his sweeping vista and admiring Adlington Hall from a distance. In each picture, however, the figure moves unobtrusively across the landscape; there is an awareness of his transience. While one generation travels through, the home and park remain the constant focus, a testament to one family's enduring legacy.

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CHINESE SCHOOL, A SCROLL WITH A HOUSE AND TREES ABOVE

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A MAHOGANY CHEVAL MIRROR MID-19TH CENTURY

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A MEISSEN (OUTSIDE DECORATED) MODEL OF THE COUNT BRUHL'S TAILOR, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FLEMISH STAINED FIELD MAPLE, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY CUPBOARD

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HENRIETTE GUDIN (FRENCH 1825-1892), COASTAL SCENE WITH BEACHED FISHING BOATS AND FISHER FOLK

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Y A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING-TABLE, CIRCA 1780

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A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHATELAINE

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Y A PALAIS ROYALE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL RECTANGULAR NOTEPAD

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A SMALL COLLECTION OF LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY JEWELLERY

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A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS SILVER AND COSTUME JEWELLERY AND FURTHER ITEMS

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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