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Auction date Tuesday 13 May 2025 13:00 - 16:00 BST

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Total lots: 41

Lot 1 Sold
A rare Kilkenny marble cistern of oval form
18th/19th century
69cm high by 76cm wide

Purchased from a Private Collection in Ireland March 2021
Planter, Urn, Interior Design, Irish, County Kilkenny
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 2 Sold
A pair of carved stone urns
Southern France, probably early 18th century
77cm high
Planters; Garden pots, French, Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 3 Sold
A pair of large carved white marble urns
19th century
84cm high
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 4 Unsold
A set of four large cast iron urns
French, 19th century
on associated limestone pedestals
overall 173cm
Planters; Garden pots, Garden Design, Garden Ornament
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 5 Unsold
A set of four cast iron urns
French, first half 19th century
67cm high
Planters; Garden pots, Garden Design, Garden Ornament
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 6 Sold
A rare pair of Coalbrookdale cast iron urns
19th century
59cm high; diameter including handles 65cm

These urns are No1 in the Coalbrookdale catalogue titled Napoti urns
See engraving
Planters; Garden pots, Garden Design, Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 7 Unsold
WITHDRAWN LOT: A pair of Liberty terracotta urns after a design by Archibald Knox
20th century
stamp to base
78cm wide
Planters; Garden pots, Garden Design, Garden Ornament
Estimate: £1,500 - £1,800
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 8 Sold
A rare Commonwealth D-shaped lead cistern
dated 1653 with initials TV
73cm high by 96cm wide by 68cm deep
Water feature; Garden Ornament, Garden Design
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 9 Sold
A Georgian lead cistern
dated 1715
cast with armorials and initials
80cm high by 159cm wide by 65cm deep
Water feature; Garden Ornament, Garden Design, Planter
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 10 Sold
A Georgian lead cistern
dated 1751
92cm high by 140cm wide by 52cm deep
Water feature; Garden Ornament, Planter, Garden Design
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 11 Sold
A cylindrical lead cistern
dated 1785, initials B, R and M
95cm high by 66cm diameter
Water feature: Garden Ornament, Garden Design 
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 12 Sold
An extremely rare small Georgian lead wall cistern
18th century
of D shaped form
cast with the initials TM and dated 1747
now on circular Cotswold stone circular column base
47cm high by 25cm wide by 26cm deep, 85cm high overall

Provenance; Ex the Seago collection.
During the late1980’s, Tim and Lindy Seago, who had both worked at the well established dealers,…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 13 Sold
A rare and impressive Spanish marble wall fountain basin
18th century or earlier
107cm wide
Water feature: Garden Ornament, Scallop shell design 
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 14 Sold
A rare Romanesque style carved granite wellhead
Italian, 18th century or earlier
62cm high
Planter; Garden pot, Garden Ornament,  Garden Design; Water FeatureCondition: Now with drilled…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 15 Sold
A rare early carved limestone wellhead
English, 14th/15th century
62cm high

Provenance: Removed from Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire to Wellow House in the 1930s thence by descent. Rufford Abbey was an active Cistercian Abbey from the 12th century to the Reformation.

Black and white image of current owner's mother in 1935 at Wellow House, Nottinghamshire
Planter; Garden pot, Garden Ornament,  Garden Design; Water Feature
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 16 Sold
An Istrian stone wellhead
16th/17 century
74cm high
94cm diameter; inner diameter 70cm
Hammer price: £2,900
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 17 Unsold
A rare allegorical lead figure
mid 18th century
137cm high
Garden Ornament; Sculpture, Garden Ornament, Garden Design, Statue
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 18 Sold
A medieval lead figure representing Scaramouche
probably mid 18th century
similar figures have been attributed to John Cheere
on associated oak plinth
150cm high overall
Garden Ornament, Commedia dell'Arte, Garden Design
Hammer price: £1,150
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 19 Sold
After the antique: A cast iron crouching Venus
early 20th century
90cm high
Garden Ornament; Sculpture, Female Nude, Statue, Garden Design, Interior DesignCondition: Heavily…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 20 Unsold
A carved white marble fountain figure
Italian, circa 1900
98cm high
Garden Ornament; Sculpture of boy, Garden Design, Statue
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 21 Unsold
A carved white marble figure of a maiden
Italian, 2nd half 19th century
110cm high
Garden Ornament; Sculpture, Garden Design, Statue
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 22 Unsold
A Doulton stoneware figure of Ariadne after a design by John Broad
late 20th century
103cm high

See engraving
Garden Ornament; Sculpture, Garden Design, Statue, Mythological figure
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 23 Sold
Tom Merrifield
Spectre de la Rose
Bronze
Lifesize
Edition 3 of 9
192cm tall; base is 80cm diameter

This sculpture depicts the spirit of a rose from the short ballet of the same name.
Garden Ornament, Female Sculpture, Garden Design, Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 24 Sold
Tom Merrifield
Chloe
Bronze
Signed
Edition 8 of 9
60cm high (half life size)
Garden Ornament, Female Sculpture, Garden Design, Garden Ornament; Seated girl with legs crossed
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025

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