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Total lots: 74

Lot 25 Sold
Bastiani Guilio: A carved white marble group of two dancing children
Italian late 19th century
signed Bastiani Guilio, Firenze
232cm high, on carved serpentine marble pedestal, 102cm high
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 26 Sold
A carved white marble bust of Cleopatra
Italian
signed P.Neri and dated 1850
75cm high
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 27 Unsold
A Durenne foundry cast iron torchere figure of an Egyptian boy
the base stamped
127cm high
Antoine Durenne set up in 1847 at Sommervoire Haute-Marne. He held a number of official posts most…
Estimate: £400 - £600
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 28 Sold
A bronze bust of Dante
Italian
late 19th/early 20th century
titled and on associated carved Portland stone pedestal
155cm high overall
Provenance; Ex the Seago collection. During the late1980’s, Tim and Lindy Seago, who had both…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 29 Sold
A pair of marble urns
on Portland stone pedestals
circa 1900
133cm high
Garden OrnamentGarden Planters
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 30 Sold
A Handyside foundry cast iron urn on pedestal
second half of the 19th century
111cms high by 76cms diameter
Andrew Handyside started the foundry in 1806 and by 1851 the firm had expanded and was operating…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 31 Unsold
A carved stone urn with later tufastone
82cm high
Garden OrnamentGarden Planter
Estimate: £500 - £800
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 32 Sold
A veined marble table
20th century
on later carved sandstone supports
250cm long by 97cm wide
Garden Furniture
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 33 Sold
A particularly large terracotta citrus planter
late 19th century
stamped Fabbricadi Carlo Agresti In Pruneta
98cm high by 122cm diameter
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 34 Sold
▲Richard Garbe RA: A carved white marble torso of a woman
signed Richard Garbe ARA and dated 1931
88cm high
Richard Louis Garbe was born in Dalston, London, on 26 October 1876. His father was Gustave Garbe…
Hammer price: £27,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 35 Sold
A rare Compton pottery winged hours pattern sundial
early 20th century
on square plinth and unusual wirework surround
with 19cm square bronze sundial plate
117cm high

Provenance: Ex the Seago collection. See footnote to lot 12
The Compton Potters Art Guild was started by Mary Watts, the wife of G.F. Watts the Victorian…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 36 Sold
A Compton pottery scroll pot
early 20th century
with large circular manufacturers stamp
28cm high
Provenance; Ex the Seago collection. During the late1980’s, Tim and Lindy Seago, who had both…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 37 Sold
A Compton pottery snake pot and a Compton pottery eel pot
early 20th century
28cm high and 30cm high
Provenance; Ex the Seago collection. During the late1980’s, Tim and Lindy Seago, who had both…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 38 Sold
A pair of stoneware planters
circa 1860
probably by Blanchard
58cm high
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 39 Sold
A rare carved Portland stone and wrought iron roller attributed to Eric Gill
The sides carved in bas relief on one side with Ditchling Common 1915 and leaves, the other with trailing foliage
171cm high, the stone roller 49cm wide by 58cm diameter
The inscription and stylised foliate carving on the sides of this roller would strongly suggest a…
Hammer price: £2,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 40 Unsold
An impressive aluminium and brass 6” refracting astronomical Telescope by Irving & Son
circa 1950
on polished aluminium stand with iron counterweights, with rack and pinion mechanism, calibrated ring and brass sighting scope 8
together with nut, spanners, associated alan keys and extra iron counter weight
192cms high by 211cms long
H. N. Irving and Son was one of the last firms of bespoke telescope makers. Based at 258 Kingston…
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 41 Sold
▲ Lilli Kerzinger-Werth
A bronze fawn
German
second half of the 20th century
dark brown patination
77cm wide
Lilli Kerzinger-Werth was born in 1897 in Milan. During the First World War, the family fled to…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 42 Sold
▲ Brian Alabaster
Annabel Skipping
bronze
123cm high by 89cm wide
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 43 Sold
▲ Brian Alabaster
Seated Girl
lead alloy
signed with artists initials and numbered I/XX
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 44 Unsold
▲ Brian Alabaster
Seated Boy
lead alloy
signed with artists initials and numbered II/X
96cm high by 46cm wide
Garden Statue
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 45 Sold
▲ Brian Alabaster
Billy
bronze
signed with artists monogram and numbered IX/XX
24cm high by 90cm long
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 46 Unsold
▲ Brian Alabaster
Seated Boy
lead alloy
signed with sculptor's initials BA and numbered IX/X
67cm high by 87cm long
Garden Statue
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 47 Sold
▲ Claire Norrington
Leaping Deer
bronze
signed Claire Norrington and numbered 4/9
192cm high by 330cm long
Claire Norrington graduated from Winchester School of Art in 1991 and has worked as a professional…
Hammer price: £10,000
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022
Lot 48 Sold
A copper tree fountain
modern
the leaves plumbed for water
on composition stone base
175cm high
For a video of the fountain plumbed up and working click hereGarden Ornament
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
29 March 2022
29 March 2022

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