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10 Lots to Watch in the Country House Sale

19th August 2022.

 

Alfred Grenfell Haigh (1870-1963)
"Cheviot" Study of a bay hunter
Signed and dated 1922, oil on canvas, 62cm by 74.5cm
£250-400 

 

 

An Early 20th Century Plated Bottle Pourer on an alabaster base
£200-300

 

 

A Bronze Town Crier's Bell, 19th century, of traditional form with matted exterior and turned
wooden handle
45cm high
£70-100

 

A Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed J.Smith, Royal Exchange, London, circa 1820, swan neck
pediment, concealed mercury tube with a single vernier silvered dial signed, thermometer box, turned cistern
cover, 99.5cm high
£400-600

 

A 20th Century Black and Gilt Japanned Cabinet on Stand, the upper section with decorative
brass hinges and mounts, with painted double doors enclosing a painted interior with an arrangement of
drawers, on foliate carved stand decorated with cherubs and carved acanthus scrolled feet
133cm by 61cm by 158.5cm
£500-800

 

A Pair of George III Frame Chairs

£600-800

 

Bertram Priestman RA, ROI, NEAC, IS (1868-1951)
Cityscape at dusk with moored boats
Oil on canvas, 24cm by 29cm

Provenance: Anonymous sale, Roseberys, London

£300-500

 

Tabriz Carpet
North West Iran, circa 1950

The raspberry field with an allover design of palmettes and vines enclosed by ivory floral borders flanked by guard stripes
420cm by 320cm

£900-1200

 

  

Oliver Ommaney (b.1954)

Harbour scene

Signed, inscribed and dated 1986, oil on board, together with a companion example by the same hand depicting a landscape with buildings, 14.5cm by 29cm (2)

£120-180

 

 

Pratts of Bradford: A 1920/30 Walnut and Japanned Cocktail Cabinet on Stand, the reverse labelled and stamped 5574 and 6843, the two doors richly decorated with figures in a landscape with stylised trees amongst a black and gilt decorated floral border, enclosing a removeable shelf and aperture for bottles, the side panels decorated with polychrome flowers and leaves, on a stand decorated with husks and on cabriole legs and gilt scrolled toes
73cm by 50cm by 146cm

£300-500

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