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Every lot the house currently has on its books — 46 lots across 7 sales, from a $600 autograph letter to a six-figure still life.

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Lot 7 Sold

A silver two-handled cup and cover

London, Marked for 1731

Sterling silver

Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000
Hammer: $88,000

Sold · HC-2544

Lot 19 Sold

A pair of cast silver candlesticks

London, Marked for 1748

Sterling silver, cast

Estimate: $12,000 – 18,000
Hammer: $15,000

Sold · HC-2544

Lot 31 Passed

A gold-mounted hardstone snuff box

Continental, Circa 1770

Agate with gold mounts

Estimate: $8,000 – 12,000
Result: Did not meet reserve

Passed · HC-2544

Lot 44 Sold

A Regency mahogany library table

English, Circa 1815

Mahogany with a leather inset top

Estimate: $6,000 – 9,000
Hammer: $11,500

Sold · HC-2544

A nineteenth-century bronze bust after the Antique on a marble socle.

Lot 58 Sold

A bronze bust after the Antique

Italian, 19th century

Bronze with a dark patina, on a marble socle

Estimate: $5,000 – 8,000
Hammer: $7,000

Sold · HC-2544

A finely knotted Persian rug with silk highlights, photographed flat.

Lot 71 Sold

A fine Persian rug

Persian, Circa 1920

Hand-knotted wool and silk pile

Estimate: $9,000 – 14,000
Hammer: $26,000

Sold · HC-2544

Lot 86 Passed

A silver-cased pocket chronometer

English, Circa 1860

Silver case, fusee movement with a detent escapement

Estimate: $3,000 – 5,000
Result: Did not meet reserve

Passed · HC-2544

Lot 4 Live

Portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet

Italian School, Bolognese, second quarter of the 17th century

Oil on canvas, laid down on panel

Estimate: $18,000 – 26,000
Current bid: $21,000 14 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

An antique oil landscape of a river valley at dusk in a carved gilt frame, photographed upright on a warm paper plate.

Lot 9 Live

A river valley at dusk, with a herdsman on the near bank

Circle of the Master of the Vallombrosa Landscape, Northern Italian, late 18th century

Oil on canvas

Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000
Current bid: $4,750 22 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

A dark Flemish still life of fruit, a silver tazza and drapery in a moulded gilt frame, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Lot 14 Live

Still life with fruit, a silver tazza and drapery

Flemish School, Antwerp, third quarter of the 17th century

Oil on canvas

Estimate: $120,000 – 180,000
Current bid: $145,000 31 bids

Closes in 23m 5s

A weathered marble head of a youth on a steel display mount, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Lot 22 Passed

A marble head of a youth

After the Antique, Italian, 18th century, after a Hellenistic prototype

Carrara marble, on a later steel mount

Estimate: $9,000 – 14,000
Result: Did not meet reserve

Passed · HC-2601

Lot 31 Live

A patinated bronze figure of a dancer

Continental School, Probably French, circa 1890

Patinated bronze, on a rectangular marble socle

Estimate: $7,000 – 10,000
Current bid: $8,500 11 bids

Closes in 37m 5s

Lot 38 Live

A pair of Regency ormolu and cut-glass candelabra

English, Circa 1815

Gilt bronze and cut glass

Estimate: $12,000 – 18,000
Current bid: $13,000 9 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

An antique terrestrial library globe on a mahogany tripod stand with a brass meridian ring.

Lot 45 Live

A terrestrial library globe on a mahogany stand

English, Circa 1830, the stand contemporary

Printed and varnished paper gores over plaster, brass meridian, mahogany stand

Estimate: $6,000 – 9,000
Current bid: $4,250 7 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

Three tin-glazed earthenware chargers propped upright, painted in cobalt and manganese.

Lot 52 Live

A set of three tin-glazed earthenware chargers

Dutch and Italian, 17th and 18th centuries, associated

Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt and manganese

Estimate: $1,800 – 2,600
Current bid: $2,100 18 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

An Art Nouveau iridescent glass vase with trailing organic decoration, lit from behind on a warm paper plate.

Lot 58 Live

An iridescent art glass vase with trailing decoration

Bohemian, Circa 1900

Blown glass with an applied trailed and iridised surface

Estimate: $2,500 – 3,500
Current bid: $3,100 26 bids

Closes in 2 days

An antique walnut writing desk with a leather inset top and turned legs, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Lot 63 Live

A walnut writing desk with a leather inset top

English, Early 18th century and later

Walnut, oak-lined, with a later leather top

Estimate: $3,500 – 5,500
Current bid: $3,900 12 bids

Closes in 2 days

A Georgian mahogany chest of four graduated drawers with brass handles, three-quarter view on a paper plate.

Lot 71 Live

A mahogany chest of four graduated long drawers

English, Circa 1790

Mahogany, oak- and pine-lined, brass handles

Estimate: $2,800 – 4,200
Current bid: $3,400 15 bids

Closes in 2 days

A withdrawn lot. The plate is retained for the record.

Lot 74 Withdrawn

A devotional panel, subject undetermined

Italian School, 16th century

Oil on panel

Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000
Result: Withdrawn before the sale

Withdrawn · HC-2601

An Art Deco platinum brooch set with old-cut diamonds and calibré-cut sapphires, on charcoal velvet.

Lot 6 Live

An Art Deco diamond and sapphire brooch

Unsigned, French, circa 1925

Platinum, set with old European and baguette-cut diamonds and calibré-cut sapphires

Estimate: $28,000 – 40,000
Current bid: $32,000 24 bids

Closes in 4 days

A graduated strand of natural pearls with an antique diamond-set clasp, coiled on charcoal velvet.

Lot 11 Live

A single-strand natural pearl necklace with a diamond clasp

Unsigned, The clasp English, circa 1910

Natural pearls with a platinum and diamond-set clasp

Estimate: $45,000 – 70,000
Current bid: $52,000 19 bids

Closes in 4 days

A vintage stainless steel chronograph wristwatch on a worn leather strap, photographed on a paper plate.

Lot 18 Live

A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch

Swiss, Circa 1968, the movement stamped with a three-register calibre

Stainless steel, manual winding, on a later leather strap

Estimate: $14,000 – 20,000
Current bid: $16,500 41 bids

Closes in 4 days

A Georgian sterling silver teapot with a fruitwood handle and an engraved crest.

Lot 24 Live

A George III silver teapot

London, Marked for 1789, the maker’s mark rubbed

Sterling silver with a fruitwood handle and finial

Estimate: $1,600 – 2,400
Current bid: $1,100 6 bids

Closes in 4 days

An eighteenth-century longcase clock hood with a painted arched dial and brass spandrels.

Lot 29 Live

A walnut longcase clock with a painted arched dial

Provincial English, Circa 1780

Walnut case, painted iron dial, eight-day movement

Estimate: $2,200 – 3,500
Current bid: $2,400 8 bids

Closes in 4 days

A platinum line bracelet set throughout with graduated round brilliant-cut diamonds, on charcoal velvet.

Lot 33 Live

A diamond line bracelet

Unsigned, American, circa 1955

Platinum, set throughout with round brilliant-cut diamonds

Estimate: $22,000 – 30,000
Current bid: $24,000 17 bids

Closes in 5 days

A pair of cast silver candlesticks with knopped stems and shaped square bases, on a warm paper plate.

Lot 40 Live

A pair of loaded silver candlesticks

Sheffield, Marked for 1901

Sterling silver, loaded

Estimate: $700 – 1,100
Current bid: $820 13 bids

Closes in 5 days

A small gold box with a translucent royal blue enamelled cover over an engine-turned ground, on charcoal velvet.

Lot 47 Live

A gold and enamel vinaigrette

Continental, Probably Geneva, circa 1830

Gold with champlevé enamel and a pierced gilt grille

Estimate: $3,000 – 5,000
Current bid: $2,000 4 bids

Closes in 5 days

Lot 51 Withdrawn

An emerald and diamond ring

Unsigned, Circa 1930

Platinum, set with an emerald and old-cut diamonds

Estimate: $15,000 – 22,000
Result: Withdrawn before the sale

Withdrawn · HC-2602

A Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster vase with cobalt dragon decoration, on a warm paper plate.

Lot 12 Upcoming

A blue and white baluster vase

Chinese, In the 18th-century manner, the mark apocryphal

Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Estimate: $8,000 – 12,000
Starting: $6,000

Opens in 9 days

An archaic Chinese bronze ritual vessel with heavy malachite-green encrustation and taotie decoration.

Lot 34 Upcoming

An archaic bronze ritual wine vessel

Chinese, In the archaic manner

Cast bronze with a malachite and cuprite encrustation

Estimate: $25,000 – 40,000
Starting: $18,000

Opens in 9 days

A Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print of a coastal landscape in Prussian blue, laid flat on a mount board.

Lot 58 Upcoming

A coastal landscape with fishing boats

Japanese School, Edo period, 19th century

Woodblock print in colours on paper

Estimate: $1,200 – 1,800
Starting: $900

Opens in 9 days

A celadon-glazed stoneware dish with a moulded lotus spray, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Lot 77 Upcoming

A celadon-glazed dish

Chinese, Longquan type

Stoneware with a thick celadon glaze

Estimate: $3,000 – 5,000
Starting: $2,200

Opens in 9 days

Lot 104 Upcoming

A gilt bronze figure of a seated bodhisattva

Sino-Tibetan, 19th century or earlier

Gilt bronze, the base sealed

Estimate: $12,000 – 18,000
Starting: $9,000

Opens in 9 days

Lot 131 Upcoming

A pale celadon jade carving of a recumbent beast

Chinese, Qing dynasty or later

Nephrite jade of pale celadon tone with russet inclusions

Estimate: $6,000 – 9,000
Starting: $4,500

Opens in 9 days

The corner of an antique hand-knotted Persian carpet with a madder-red field and palmette border.

Lot 18 Upcoming

A north-west Persian carpet

Persian, Late 19th century

Hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation

Estimate: $5,000 – 8,000
Starting: $3,500

Opens in 14 days

Lot 46 Upcoming

A mahogany serpentine chest of drawers

English, Circa 1775

Mahogany, with a moulded top and ogee bracket feet

Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000
Starting: $2,800

Opens in 14 days

An early eighteenth-century walnut bureau with a fitted interior, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Lot 72 Upcoming

A walnut bureau with a fitted interior

English, Early 18th century, with later elements

Walnut and walnut veneer, oak-lined

Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Starting: $1,400

Opens in 14 days

Lot 115 Upcoming

A Caucasian runner

Caucasian, Circa 1900

Hand-knotted wool pile on a wool foundation

Estimate: $900 – 1,400
Starting: $600

Opens in 14 days

Lot 168 Upcoming

An ebonised bracket clock

English, Circa 1840

Ebonised case with brass mounts, twin-fusee movement

Estimate: $1,200 – 2,000
Starting: $800

Opens in 14 days

An antique calf-bound folio open on a padded cradle showing letterpress text and an engraved plate.

Lot 21 Upcoming

A folio natural history, with forty-eight engraved plates

Continental, Printed in the mid 18th century

Folio, contemporary calf, engraved plates

Estimate: $3,000 – 5,000
Starting: $2,200

Opens in 26 days

A nineteenth-century autograph letter with a marginal pen sketch, photographed flat.

Lot 64 Upcoming

An autograph letter, signed, from a nineteenth-century engineer

Manuscript, Dated 1863

Autograph letter signed, two pages, quarto

Estimate: $600 – 900
Starting: $400

Opens in 26 days

An engraved double-hemisphere world chart with later hand colour on aged laid paper.

Lot 142 Upcoming

An engraved chart of the northern hemisphere

Cartographic, Engraved circa 1750, later hand colour

Engraving with later hand colour on laid paper

Estimate: $1,500 – 2,500
Starting: $1,000

Opens in 26 days

A mid-century abstract oil painting in ochre, oxblood and slate in a plain oak frame, on a paper plate.

Lot 8 Upcoming

Untitled (composition in ochre and oxblood)

American School, Painted circa 1958

Oil on canvas, in a waxed oak strip frame

Estimate: $60,000 – 90,000
Starting: $45,000

Opens in 40 days

A restrained modern painting in a narrow grey tonal range with graphite drawing, on a paper plate.

Lot 17 Upcoming

Study in grey

European School, Painted circa 1972

Oil and graphite on canvas

Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000
Starting: $18,000

Opens in 40 days

Lot 26 Upcoming

Maquette for a standing figure

British School, Conceived circa 1961, cast later

Bronze with a dark brown patina, on a slate base

Estimate: $18,000 – 25,000
Starting: $12,000

Opens in 40 days

Lot 34 Upcoming

Vessel form

Studio glass, Made circa 1979

Blown glass with a metallic surface reduction

Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000
Starting: $2,800

Opens in 40 days

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