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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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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1	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	£3,000 - £5,000	£9,000	View
2	A pair of carved stone urns Southern France, probably early 18th century 77cm high	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,000	View
3	A pair of large carved white marble urns 19th century 84cm high	£4,000 - £6,000	£6,500	View
4	A set of four large cast iron urns French, 19th century on associated limestone pedestals overall 173cm	£12,000 - £18,000	-	View
5	A set of four cast iron urns French, first half 19th century 67cm high	£2,500 - £4,000	-	View
6	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	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,000	View
7	WITHDRAWN LOT: A pair of Liberty terracotta urns after a design by Archibald Knox 20th century stamp to base 78cm wide	£1,500 - £1,800	-	View
8	A rare Commonwealth D-shaped lead cistern dated 1653 with initials TV 73cm high by 96cm wide by 68cm deep	£3,000 - £4,000	£3,200	View
9	A Georgian lead cistern dated 1715 cast with armorials and initials 80cm high by 159cm wide by 65cm deep	£4,000 - £6,000	£4,000	View
10	A Georgian lead cistern dated 1751 92cm high by 140cm wide by 52cm deep	£3,000 - £5,000	£5,000	View
11	A cylindrical lead cistern dated 1785, initials B, R and M 95cm high by 66cm diameter	£1,500 - £2,500	£2,600	View
12	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…	£600 - £1,000	£750	View
13	A rare and impressive Spanish marble wall fountain basin 18th century or earlier 107cm wide	£4,000 - £6,000	£4,500	View
14	A rare Romanesque style carved granite wellhead Italian, 18th century or earlier 62cm high	£1,500 - £2,500	£1,800	View
15	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…	£4,000 - £6,000	£7,500	View
16	An Istrian stone wellhead 16th/17 century 74cm high 94cm diameter; inner diameter 70cm	£2,500 - £4,000	£2,900	View
17	A rare allegorical lead figure mid 18th century 137cm high	£6,000 - £10,000	-	View
18	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	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,150	View
19	After the antique: A cast iron crouching Venus early 20th century 90cm high	£1,500 - £2,500	£1,600	View
20	A carved white marble fountain figure Italian, circa 1900 98cm high	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
21	A carved white marble figure of a maiden Italian, 2nd half 19th century 110cm high	£800 - £1,200	-	View
22	A Doulton stoneware figure of Ariadne after a design by John Broad late 20th century 103cm high See engraving	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
23	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.	£6,000 - £10,000	£4,000	View
24	Tom Merrifield Chloe Bronze Signed Edition 8 of 9 60cm high (half life size)	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,000	View

Total lots: 41

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