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Auction date Tuesday 28 March 2023 13:00 - 16:00 BST

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For further Garden and Natural History lots visit the 29th March Sealed bid auction lots 100-496

Included in this auction are sculptural pieces by Tom Merrifield.

In 1976 Tom was commissioned by the Society for West End Theatres to create the sculpture given to the winners of The Olivier Awards (then named the SWET Awards). For the next eight years he would spend months preparing the numerous pieces required for each ceremony which so many of theatre’s top talent now hold in pride of place on their mantelpieces

Possibly the most poignant of sculptures Tom has created is that depicting Diana, Princess of Wales. Having met and connected instantly with the Princess long before she died, Tom was considered by the British Red Cross to be best suited to create an exquisite bust of their former patron; now displayed at the Red Cross headquarters in London.

Tom Merrifield: Flight - £15,000-25,000

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1	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	£3,000 - £5,000	-	View
2	A rare and unusually small Istrian type stone wellhead Veneto province, 16/17th century with later wrought iron overthrow the well head 60cm high by 80cm wide 220cm high overall	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,800	View
3	A rare Georgian carved stone sundial late 18th century with 14 inch bronze plate signed Thomas Benbow Northwood and engraved with a map of the world and longitudinal measurements 117cm high	£2,500 - £4,000	£2,500	View
4	A bronze figure of a putto 18th century or earlier on stone base 68cm high	£2,000 - £3,000	£10,000	View
5	A carved white marble putto Italian, late 17th/early 18th century with indistinct signature possibly Guisseppe Losi 60cm high	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
6	A carved white marble bust of the Venus d'Arles Italian second half 19th century 70cm high on white and veined marble column pedestal 185cm high overall	£1,000 - £1,500	£3,200	View
7	Joseph Edgar Boehm: A carved marble bust of Lieut Col Hon Augustus Frederick Ellis signed AVC Fred.Ellis Etat24 J.E.Boehm 1876 After Chantry 1824 64cm high	£1,500 - £2,500	£3,000	View
8	A carved white marble fountain and pool base circa 1900 130cm high; pool 120cm diameter	£2,000 - £4,000	-	View
9	Emile Wolff: A carved white marble group of the sleeping cupid and a dog signed E. Woolf Fe Roma 1870 44cm high by 100cm long	£2,000 - £4,000	-	View
10	Aristide Fontana A carved white marble group of Hebe and Zeus in the form of an eagle circa 1880 signed Aristide Fontana Sc Carrara 102cm high	£1,000 - £1,500	£2,600	View
11	A carved white fountain group early 20th century 66cm high	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
12	A monumental and important carved marble sundial Portuguese, Oporto region, mid 18th century 357cm high by 130cm wide by 62cm deep	£60,000 - £100,000	£75,000	View
13	A rare pair of Coade stone oval plaques late 18th century modelled in relief with a Roman sacrifice of a bull and Cupid being placed on the altar of love the back of both inscribed in pencil From Gt Saxham Hall around 1772 33cm high by 40…	£2,500 - £4,000	£7,000	View
14	A pair of rare terracotta eagles late 19th century each with indistinct makers stamp Blanchard Terracotta London 64cm high	-	-	View
15	A pair of substantial Doulton stoneware urns late 19th century with makers stamp Doulton & Co. Lambeth 98cm high	£1,200 - £1,800	£1,900	View
16	A terracotta Albani urn early 20th century on associated composition stone pedestal 113cm high by 96cm wide	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,900	View
17	A pair of rare Austin and Seeley composition stone urns second half 19th century on carved Portland stone pedestals 53cm high by 73cm diameter 128cm high overall	£6,000 - £10,000	-	View
18	Edward Hodges Bailey (British, 1788-1867) Nelson receiving the Spanish surrender after the Battle of St Vincent circa 1826 A white marble relief frieze panel in two sections 146cm high x 376cm overall length the larger section 46cm at…	£20,000 - £40,000	£72,000	View
19	A substantial Victorian gothic carved Cotswold stone sundial circa 1860 with later 12"bronze dial on square plinth 152cm high	£3,000 - £5,000	-	View
20	A Georgian carved Portland stone sundial mid 18th century with later rare Austin and Seeley 12" slate dial with bronze gnomen 126cm	£1,200 - £1,800	-	View
21	A carved alabaster group of mother and child on garden seat Italian circa 1900 46cm high by 58cm long on associated carved serpentine rotating column pedestal with D-shaped top, 123cm high overall 169cm high	£2,000 - £4,000	£2,000	View
22	A rare pair of carved Cotswold limestone scroll pots 19th century 51cm high by 69cm diameter See similar lot 23	£2,000 - £4,000	£2,700	View
23	A similar slightly smaller pair of carved Cotswold limestone scroll pots 19th century 45cm high by 61cm diameter See similar lot 22 *Ref 9 has been split up into two consecutive lots*	£2,000 - £4,000	£2,200	View
24	A pair of Victorian carved Cotswold stone urns circa 1860 on plinths 62cm high	£800 - £1,200	-	View

Total lots: 74

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