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

Click here for a viewing sheet of the 13th May auction Lots 1-40

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Lots with a † (dagger) symbol – These lots will be sold under the normal UK VAT rules and VAT will be charged at 20% on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium.

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Total lots: 41

Lot 25 Sold
A massive bronze crane
Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
212cm high
Garden Ornament; Sculpture, Garden Design, Statue, BirdCondition: Weathered patina, old restoration…
Hammer price: £6,200
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 25a Sold
Joseph Gott (1785-1860): A marble group of a whippet suckling pups
1st half 19th century
74cm wide
Garden Design, Garden Ornament, Statue, Dogs, British SculptureCondition: Heavily weathered leading…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 26 Unsold
An unusual pair of sandstone sphinx
North Country
18th/19th century
89cm long
Garden Ornament; Gatepiers, Garden Design, Statue
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 27 Sold
A pair of carved limestone stone eagles
probably mid 18th century
72cm high by 89cm wide
Garden Ornament; Gatepiers, Sculpture, Garden Design, StatueCondition: Eagle looking to the left -…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 28 Sold
A pair of rare and important carved limestone heraldic gate pier lions
European, 17th /18th century
94cm high by 65cm wide by 80cm deep
Garden Ornament; Gatepiers, Garden Design, Statue
Hammer price: £25,000
Estimate: £25,000 - £40,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 29 Unsold
A pair of carved stone gargoyles
18th century or earlier
67cm deep
Garden Ornament; Gatepiers, Garden Design, Architectural
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 30 Sold
A set of four terracotta chimney stacks
circa 1900
60cm high
Garden Ornament, Architectural, Garden Design
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £400
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 31 Sold
A rare carved limestone cylindrical pedestal
16th/17th century
Southern French/Northern Italian
carved in relief with papal armorials
(top moulding missing)
150cm high by 82cm diameter
Garden Ornament, Column, Garden DesignCondition: Weathered, numerous old marks and chips, several…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 32 Sold
A Roman style mosaic and marble circular table top on Sienna marble column pedestal
made up, possibly using ancient tesserae
133cm diameter
Interior Design; Furniture; MedusaCondition: Small chips and marks.  Surface slightly dirty.
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 33 Sold
A Coalbrookdale Eagle tripod table
19th century
67cm high by 52cm diameter

see engraving
Garden Ornament; Garden Furniture, Occasional Table, Garden Design
Hammer price: £1,150
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 34 Sold
A large ammonite
Moroccan
on Devonian marble base
71cm high
Fossil; Interior Design; Orthoceras, Natural HistoryCondition: Both lot 34 and 35 have been worked…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £600 - £800
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 35 Sold
A large ammonite on bronze base
Morocco, Devonian
ammonite 54cm wide; 81cm high overall
Fossil; Interior Design, Natural HistoryCondition: Both lot 34 and 35 have been worked on one side…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 36 Sold
A Red fronted Duiker (small antelope)
56cm high by 49cm wide
Taxidermy, Natural History, Interior Design 
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £600 - £800
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 37 Unsold
A rare New Zealand Bush Falcon
under antique glass dome
62cm high by 38cm wide
Bird Taxidermy; Bird of Prey, Natural History, Interior Design 
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 38 Sold
A Snowy Egret in rectangular glass case
56cm high by 41cm wide
20cm deep
Bird Taxidermy, Natural History, Interior Design 
Hammer price: £520
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 39 Unsold
A Purple Throated Fruit Crow in glass case
A rare member of the Cotinga family, native to Central and South America 
34cm high by 30cm wide
Bird Taxidermy, Natural History, Interior Design 
Estimate: £600 - £800
13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Lot 40 Unsold
A group of colourful tropical birds under glass dome
mid 20th century
78cm high
Bird Taxidermy, Interior Design, Natural History
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
13 May 2025
13 May 2025

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