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635 A fine enamel, pearl and diamond pendant, circa 1900, designed as a dove in flight, applied with opalescent enamel, its eyes set with circularcut
rubies, holding a circularcut diamond with its claws, its wings outlined with rosecut diamonds, suspending a pearl pendant, to a platinum chain set with
an additional pearl, dove wingspan 5.3cm, necklace length 42.5cm, stamped 18CT, pearls untested, one rose-cut diamond deficient £400600
636 An Edwardian ruby and diamond pendant, centring on a stepcut ruby within scrolling diamond surround and suspending an ovalshaped ruby in
platinum and gold, length 5.4cm £2,0003,000
637 Edouard Aimé Arnould, a rare Art Deco chrysoberyl and ruby brooch, 1920s, of geometric design, set with a mixedcut chrysoberyl weighing
approximately 5.00 carats, within a border of calibrécut rubies, to a bar brooch, mounted in platinum, length 6cm, signed Arnould, French assay marks for
platinum, indistinct French maker’s marks, fitted case stamped Arnould £2,5003,000
Accompanied by report no. CDC2310469 by C.Dunaigre, stating that the chrysoberyl is of Sri Lankan origin.
638 A ruby and diamond ring, mid 20th century, of crossover design, each bombé end pavéset with brilliant and singlecut diamonds, one side clawset with an oval ruby, mounted in white gold, size E½ £8001,200
639 A diamond pendant/brooch, in the Belle Époque style, the circular pendant of intricately pierced construction, set with brilliantcut diamonds,
mounted in white gold, to a fine link chain in white gold, pendant length 4.4cm, chain length 45cm chain stamped 750 £8001,200
640 An Edwardian spinel and diamond pendant, early 20th century, of heartshaped design composed of foliate scroll work in platinum, set with circularcut diamonds and stepcut spinels, suspending a pearshaped spinel, length 6.6cm £4,0006,000
641 An Art Deco pearl and diamond ring, set with a pearl flanked with old circularcut diamonds within pierced diamondset surround, in platinum and
gold, size N £8001,200
642 A Belle Époque diamond brooch, set with three articulated diamonds diamond drops with a diamondset wreath surmounted by a diamondset bow
in platinum, length 5.4cm £1,0001,500
643 An amethyst and seed pearl pendant, early 20th century composite, the pendant composed of a circularcut amethyst suspending an oval amethyst
from two seed pearl chains, set between four circularcut diamonds in silver collet settings, within a border of half pearls, suspending a further oval amethyst
pendant, to a later fine gold chain, necklace length 37cm, pendant length 6.5cm, fitted case £2,5003,500
644 An Art Nouveau diamond pendant/brooch, early 20th century, of abstract foliate design suspending an articulated lower section, set with circularand singlecut diamonds and a pearl measuring approximately 5mm, mounted in platinum and gold, to a later platinum chain, pendant length 5.2cm, chain
length 36cm, pearl untested £600800
645 An attractive Belle Époque diamond ring, circa 1915, designed as a foliate cluster, centring on a circularcut diamond weighing approximately 0.70 carats,
within a border of cushionshaped diamonds and larger colletset cushionshaped diamonds at each corner, mounted in platinum, size Q £1,0001,500
646 An Art Nouveau pearl and diamond pendant, circa 1900, of negligée design, set with circularcut and cushionshaped diamonds, suspending two
asymmetrical knife wire pendants terminating in a circularcut diamond and a pearl respectively, to a fine link chain, mounted in gold and platinum, chain
length 40.5cm, pendant length 4.8cm, French import assay mark for platinum, pearl untested £1,6002,000
647 A Belle Époque natural pearl and diamond brooch, early 20th century, of stylised foliate design topped by a ribbon bow, set with rosecut and
cushionshaped diamonds, and two natural pearls, length 6.1cm, French import assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum, detachable brooch fitting £8001,200
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57765171, stating that the pearls measuring 5.75.8 x 5.4mm and 4.54.6 x 5.6mm are natural, saltwater.
648 A diamond ring, early 20th century, set with a sequence of five circularcut diamonds totalling approximately 1.00 carat, mounted in gold, size P½
£300500 TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
649 A diamond ring, early 20th century, set with two circularcut diamonds weighing approximately 1.28 and 0.54 carats, to a band set with circularcut
and singlecut diamonds, size O £2,0003,000
650 A platinum long guard chain, the small oval links set with seed pearls and separated with foliate links, total length 144cm, 28g £600800
651 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, early 20th century, each designed as a graduated line of millegrainset circularcut diamonds, suspending
a natural pearl drop capped in rosecut diamonds, length 4cm each, later post fittings £1,0002,000
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57752915, stating that the pearls measuring approximately 5.96.0mm and 5.96.3mm respectively, are natural, saltwater.
652 A diamond ring, early 20th century, set with a circularcut diamond weighing approximately 0.25 carats, to a mount with pierced spiral decoration
set with singlecut diamonds, size R½ £600800
653 A diamond and ruby ring, early 20th century, of cluster design, set with a circularcut diamond weighing approximately 1.10 carats, within a floral
border of demilune rubies and circularcut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum, size O £3,0004,000
654 A diamond three stone ring, set with three graduated circularcut diamonds weighing approximately 1.05cts in total, set in platinum, size L £500700
655 A ruby and diamond bracelet, early 20th century, composed of navetteshaped links centring on foliate motifs set with rosecut diamonds and
circularcut rubies, mounted in gold and platinum, length 17cm, French assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum £1,0002,000
656 An emerald cabochon and diamond bracelet, set with a central sugarloaf emerald, within articulated diamond border in silver and gold circular
setting, on expanding gold bracelet, length 18cm £2,5003,500
657 A sapphire and diamond bracelet, early 20th century, centring on an oval sapphire between sections of channelset calibrécut sapphires and singlecut diamonds, to a link bracelet, mounted in gold and platinum, length 18cm, indistinct assay mark, possibly Austrian early 20th century mixed metal import
assay mark £1,5002,000
658 A sapphire and diamond bangle, early 20th century, centring on a line of five cabochon sapphires spaced by circularcut diamonds, mounted in
gold, to a hinged gold bangle of knife edge design, inner circumference approximately 17cm, Russian assay marks for 14ct gold, St Peterburg marks, and maker’s
mark BK £1,0002,000
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659 A late 19th century natural pearl and diamond brooch, centring on a dropshaped pearl within a diamond
crescent and bow surround, set in silver and gold, later brooch fitting, length 3.8cm £500700
A verbal report from GCS states that the pearl is natural saltwater.
660 A pearl and diamond necklace, early 20th century, designed as a double strand of graduated pearls measuring
3.27.5mm diameter, to a navetteshaped Art Deco clasp set to both sides with circularcut diamonds, mounted in
platinum, length 57cm £1,0001,500
A verbal report from GCS states that the majority of the pearls are cultured, and a minority of varying sizes are
natural, saltwater
661 A natural pearl necklace, designed as a single strand of graduated pearls measuring approximately 3.77.6mm
diameter, to a pearl clasp measuring 6.8 x 8.8mm, necklace length 50.1cm £1,5002,000
Accompanied by report no. 24101 from The Gem and Pearl Laboratory, dated 31st December 2023, stating that
the pearls are natural, saltwater.
662 A natural pearl necklace, early 20th century, composed of a single row of graduated natural pearls, measuring
approximately 1.44.8mm diameter, to a clasp set with a seed pearl and rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold, length
43cm £300500
A verbal report from GCS states that the pearls are natural saltwater, with one beaded cultured pearl.
663 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, each of pendent design, suspending a natural pearl within a
foliate mount set with rosecut diamonds, accented with another smaller pearl pendant, length 5.2cm each
£12,00015,000
Accompanied by GIA report number 1186772810, dated 16th October 2017, stating that the four white pearls
are natural, saltwater.
664 A pair of natural pearl and diamond drop earrings, set with articulated lines of cushionshaped diamonds,
each suspending a pearl, mounted in silver and gold, length 3.8cm £3,0004,000
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57841622, dated 21st February 2024, stating that the two cream drop pearls
measuring approximately 7.2 x 6.6 x 9.5mm and 8.1 x 7.6 x 9.6mm are natural, saltwater.
665 A natural pearl and diamond ring, early 20th century, of foliate design, set with a natural pearl measuring
approximately 9.69.9 x 8.4mm, accented with rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold, size L, case £3,0004,000
Accompanied by report no. 23079 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
666 A natural pearl and diamond pendant, 18th century, designed as a ribbon bow suspending a foliate drop,
set with rosecut diamonds and a dropshaped drilled pearl measuring approximately 16.0 x 11.2 x 9.2mm, mounted
in silver, total length 7.5cm, later pendant hoop set with pastes £8001,200
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57840616, stating that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
667 A pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th century, centring on a pearl measuring approximately 8.0 x 8.8 x
7.6mm, to a mount of scrolled design set with cushionshaped and rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold and silver,
length 5.1cm, pearl untested £1,0002,000
668 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, each of foliate drop design, suspending a natural pearl within
a frame of single and rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum, length 4cm each, post fittings
£5,5007,500
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57765788, stating that the pearls measuring 7.67.7 x 9.2mm and 7.47.6 x
9.3mm are natural, saltwater.
669 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, each of pendent design, composed of foliate links set with
singlecut and baguette diamonds, suspending a natural pearl, mounted in platinum, length 5.1cm, hook fittings
£5,0007,000
Accompanied by report no. 11722 from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory, stating that the pearls measuring
approximately 8.19.5 x 1113mm and 9.59.8mm x 1213mm respectively are natural, saltwater.
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670 A ruby and diamond cluster ring, the star ruby cabochon set within a surround of circularcut diamonds in
18ct yellow gold, size N £400600
671 A diamond ring, clawset with a brilliantcut diamond weighing approximately 1.90 carats, mounted in gold,
size, V½, British hallmarks for 18ct gold £1,2001,500
672 A sapphire and diamond necklace, the pendant pavéset with brilliantcut diamonds and channelset with a
line of baguette and triangular diamonds, suspending a cabochon sapphire measuring approximately 11.7 x 9.7 x
7.9mm, to a gold curb link chain necklace, pendant length 4.7cm, necklace length 43cm, signed ‘European Jewellery’,
stamped 18K and 750, Italian maker’s mark £5,0007,000
673 A gold and diamond bangle, of twisted design, pavéset with graduated round brilliantcut diamonds in 18ct
yellow gold, hinged opening, internal width 5.1cm, 56g £2,5003,000
674 A diamond necklace, composed of briolette diamonds of brown tint totalling approximately 40.00 carats,
mounted in gold, length 70cm £6,0008,000
675 A pink and colourless diamond ring, the pink diamond weighing approximately 0.30cts, within shoulders set
with four circularcut diamonds weighing approximately 0.60cts (total) in platinum, size P £3,0005,000
Accompanied by report number 57841795 for GCS dated March 2024 stating that the diamond is natural, Fancy
Purplish Pink, VS1/VS2.
676 A sapphire ring, clawset with a cushionshaped sapphire weighing approximately 1.40 carats, to a splitshouldered platinum mount, size L, French maker’s mark £8001,200
677 A diamond solitaire ring, the round brilliantcut diamond weighing approximately 1.90cts set within tapered
baguetteshaped shoulders in platinum and 18ct gold, London hallmarks for 1996, size M £1,5002,500
678 An emerald and diamond cluster ring, the emeraldcut emerald weighing approximately 9.00cts, set within
a surround of circularcut diamonds in 18ct yellow gold, size N £2,0003,000
679 A zircon and diamond ring, the stepcut brown zircon set within tapered baguetteshaped diamond shoulders
in yellow gold, stamped 14k, size R £8001,200
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680 Fabergé, a silver gilt cigarette case, circa 1900, of square outline, the lid with a design of interlocking laurel wreaths and ribbons
suspending tassels, the push piece set with a cabochon sapphire, opening to reveal a plain interior, measuring 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.7cm, signed
Fabergé, Imperial warrant stamp, Russian 87 zolotnik mark £1,5002,000
681 A carved Blue John bowl, diameter 3.2cm, fitted case £100200
682 An early 20th century silver and enamel bell push, of pendulum design decorated with pink guilloche enamel on silver, London
import marks for 1939, length 6.2cm £600800
λ 683 A late 19th century carved tortoiseshell cane handle, designed as a hare with ruby cabochon eyes and a ruby and diamondset
bow around its neck in silver, width 6.5cm £300400
684 Fabergé, an enamel and diamond cigarette case, early 20th century, of cylindrical form with an oval cross section, applied with
pink guilloché enamel and laurel leaf borders, with a hinged lid accented with millegrainset rosecut diamonds, opening to reveal a
plain interior, in gilt silver, measuring 7.7 x 4.1 x 2.8cm, signed Fabergé, workmaster’s initials AH for August Hollming, 88 zolotnik mark, losses
to enamel £1,0001,500
685 A late 19th century stickpin, designed as a coiled snaked beneath an untested pearl the serpent decorated with black enamel
and a diamond to its head in yellow gold, length 9.6cm £300400
686 A gilt silver etui, 19th century, the cylindrical case of oval cross section, the exterior with threetone decoration depicting urns
within oval frames, opening to reveal a toothpick, a pair of scissors, a folding knife and a pencil, length 10.8cm £400600
687 Fabergé, a rare bowenite and demantoid carving, early 20th century, modelled as a stylised kingfisher in carved bowenite, its
eyes set with circularcut demantoid garnets, height 4.5cm, unsigned £1,5002,000
Fabergé’s animal carvings are among their most celebrated creations, adored and collected by some of the most prominent figures of
the early 20th century. Russia’s stone carving industry centred on the city of Yekaterinburg, where Fabergé acquired the workshop of
lapidary Karl Woerffels around 1884, and it was this workshop that produced the majority of them the carvers Kremlev, Derbyshev
and Svetchnikov, managed by the German Alexander Meier. The stones were carefully selected by Carl Fabergé’s son Agathon, and
were mostly of Russian origin, taking advantage of the rich mineral resources of the Ural mountains and Siberia. The animal carvings
found immense popularity with a number of the firm’s key patrons, most notably the British royal family, whose collection boasts more
than 350 animals, and Léopold de Rothschild, who had his racehorses similarly immortalised by Fabergé’s sculptors.
While these studies were often remarkably lifelike and detailed, among Fabergé’s more unusual hardstone carvings are those taking
inspiration from Japanese netsuke, particularly their strikingly abbreviated, stylised depictions of birds in a style known as ittōbori (literally
‘one blade carving’). In common with many collectors and artists fascinated by the new influx of Japanese art at the beginning of the
20th century, Carl Fabergé himself had personally put together a collection of these small Japanese carvings in ivory and wood, which
were originally designed to suspend pouches or cases from the belts that fastened traditional Japanese dress. Perhaps the best known
results of Fabergé’s appreciation of ittōbori netsuke are direct copies of a popular Japanese model known as fukura suzume, depicting
exaggerately round sparrows in flight. In this same simplified style but in stark contrast are Fabergé’s still, watchful studies of kingfishers.
The present example, in milky pale green bowenite from the Ural mountains, is among the simplest and most pared back of Fabergé’s
kingfisher studies, its green eyes glinting with another one of Russia’s most famous gemmological exports, demantoid garnets. Kingfishers
were apparently referred to by Fabergé as ‘icebirds’, and appeared in the ledgers when one was purchased by King Edward VII in
November 1907, and another was purchased by his son, the future King Edward VIII in 1913, not long before the London Fabergé
branch was forced to close and the firm’s era at forefront of European jewellery design came to an abrupt end.
Illustrated: Geza von Habsburg, Fabergé, Geneva, 1987, no. 307, its eyes miscatalogued as peridot.
For examples of Fabergé’s kingfisher carvings in the Royal Collection, please see collection nos. RCIN 40387 and RCIN 40385.
For further discussion of the influence of netsuke on Fabergé’s hardstone animal carvings, see Geoffrey Munn, Fabergé and Japan, The
Antique Collector, January 1987, p.3745, which also illustrates a kingfisher, fig.5.
688 A Russian emerald and diamond egg pendant, of fluted design set with a stylised shamrock decorated with emerald cabochons
and a diamond stem in 18ct yellow gold, stamped 56 and rubbed maker’s mark to bale, total length 18mm £8001,200
689 Fabergé, an enamel locket pendant, workmaster Feodor Afanasiev, late 19th/early 290th century, of oval outline, with light
blue guilloché enamel decoration to the front, applied with a diamondset sprig of mistletoe, opening to reveal two lockets, the
suspension bail set with small rosecut diamonds, pendant 4cm high, stamped internally with workmaster’s initials ФА for Feodor Afanasiev
and 56 Zolotnik with Kokoshnik, box by Bentley & Co, 8 New Bond Street £1,5002,000
690 Fabergé, a ruby, seed pearl and diamond brooch, circa 1900, designed as entwined ribbons, one of silver, set with rosecut
diamonds and circularcut rubies, the other in polished gold tipped with seed pearls, length 3cm, signed Fabergé, workmaster’s mark AH
for August Hollming, Russian 56 zolotnik mark for 14ct gold, pearls untested £1,0001,500
691 Niessing, a blue diamond ‘Spannring’ ring, the brilliantcut blue diamond weighing approximately 0.25 carats, tensionset in thick
brushed platinum mount, size M½, diamond untested for natural colour origin £2,0003,000
692 A demantoid garnet eternity ring, set with a continuous line of circularcut demantoid garnets, mounted in blackened platinum,
size K £300500
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693 Cartier, an Art Deco lapis lazuli, enamel and diamond desk timepiece, 1920s, the silvered guilloché enamel
dial with black enamel Roman numeral indicators and rosecut diamond hands, within a white enamel border,
mounted in a square frame of polished lapis lazuli, to a gilt metal back and strut, 8.0 x 8.0cm, signed Cartier, manual
winding movement, numbered 4325 and HSA 763, lapis lazuli possibly a later replacement £3,0004,000
694 Cartier, an Art Deco agate and enamel desk timepiece, 1920s, the silvered guilloché enamel dial with black
enamel Roman numeral indicators and scrolled gold hands, within a turquoise enamel border, mounted in a lobed
frame of polished agate, to a gilt silver back and strut, 9.2cm diameter, signed Cartier, manual winding movement,
numbered 0363, French assay mark for silver, French maker’s mark MC with cog for Maurice Couet £2,5003,000
695 Marchak, a hardstone and enamel bowl, designed as a shallow bowl of polished chalcedony, the rim with a
gold leaf and ladybird applied with red and black enamel, bowl 5.7cm diameter, unsigned, French assay mark for 18ct
gold, maker’s mark RM with compass for Mazin, fitted cased stamped Marchak £1,5002,000
696 Cartier, an Art Deco gold, enamel and diamond vanity case, 1920s, the cylindrical case of oval section,
applied with stripes of black enamel accented with rosecut diamonds, each end set with a section of red simulant
hardstone and mother of pearl, opening to reveal a lipstick holder and a mirror respectively, the centre with a plain
interior, measuring 9.7 x 4.1 x 3.2cm, signed Cartier NY, numbered 2694, 232g, later case £8,00012,000
697 An Art Deco enamel and sapphire lipstick holder, 1920s, of rectangular outline, applied with black, white,
blue and green enamel with a design of grape vines, mounted in gold, set with a cabochon sapphire, length 5.3cm,
French assay mark for 18ct gold, French maker’s mark LS Frès with candle holder, possibly for Le Saché Frères, case stamped
Van Cleef & Arpels £3,0004,000
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698 Cartier, a gold and enamel pocket watch and vesta case, circa 1908, composed of a pocket watch with a
circular gilt engineturned dial with black enamel indicators, blue steel hands and a subsidiary seconds dial,
connected by a chain of baton linking spaced by seed pearls to a circular vesta case, the hinged lid to the match
compartment opening via a rosecut diamond push piece, one edge with a striking strip, all applied with translucent
violet guilloché enamel and bands of white enamel, watch 6.2cm including suspension hoop, watch signed Cartier,
French import assay mark for 18ct gold, chain with French assay mark for 18ct gold and French maker’s mark TT, pearls
untested; vesta case 6cm including jump ring, signed Cartier Paris, French assay marks for 18ct gold, indistinct maker’s
mark, fitted case stamped Cartier £25,00030,000
Cf.: Olivier Bachet and Alain Cartier, Cartier: Exceptional Objects, Palais Royal, 2019, p.149 and 152 for vesta cases
of similar design, by Henri Lavabre for Cartier, circa 1908.
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699 An Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring, circa 1930, of stylised buckle design, set with two rectangular stepcut sapphires,
bordered with circularcut and singlecut diamonds, size O, French import assay mark for 18ct gold £1,5002,000
700 A diamond ring, mid 20th century, the centre of navetteshaped design, set with circularcut diamonds, the largest weighing
0.99 carats, to asymmetrically curved shoulders set with singlecut diamonds, mounted in platinum, size H½ £1,8002,200
701 An Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring, 1930s, designed as a stylised buckle, set with circularcut diamonds, a stepcut diamond
and stepcut sapphire, mounted in platinum, size M £1,2001,300
702 An emerald and diamond ring early 20th century, set with a stepcut emerald weighing approximately 1.00 carat, within a border
of circularcut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum, size N½ £2,5003,500
703 An unusual Art Deco carved hardstone, enamel and diamond pendant, 1930s, of circular outline, centring on a spray of leaves
and flowers in multicoloured carved chalcedony, rock crystal and opal, accented with circularcut diamonds, on a ground of translucent
blue enamel, the reverse with the same engraved floral design, within a frame of frosted rock crystal, to a stepped bail of stepped
design, mounted in platinum, length 5.5cm including bail £8001,200
704 A pair of Art Deco jadeite, lacquer and diamond earrings, 1920s, each of pendent design, composed of a jadeite cabochon
surmount suspending a line of oval black lacquer and diamond links, to a carved jadeite pendant accented with a rosecut diamond,
mounted in platinum, length 7.4cm each, screw fittings £6,5007,500
705 A pair of diamond earrings, early 20th century composite, each of pendent design, composed of an articulated line of colletset
circularcut diamonds suspending a larger circularcut diamond weighing approximately 1.40 and 1.45 carats respectively, length 4.5cm
each, post fittings £6,0008,000
706 A diamond, seed pearl and pink sapphire sautoir, 1920s and later, composite, composed of seed pearls suspending a pendant of
geometric design, set with circularcut, baguette and carrécut diamonds, centring on a cushionshaped pink sapphire weighing
approximately 4.00 carats, the clasp set with circularcut diamonds and pearls, pendant length 4.1cm, necklace length 59.5cm, pearls untested
£2,5003,500
707 A jadeite and diamond cluster ring, the oval jade cabochon set within a surround of circularcut diamonds in white gold, stamped
18ct, size R £500600
708 An Art Deco chrysoprase, onyx and diamond ring, 1920s, set with a chrysoprase cabochon, within a border of calibrécut onyx,
to settings set with rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum, size J, stamped 750 BC £300500
709 An emerald and diamond ring, early 20th century, clawset with a stepcut emerald weighing approximately 3.00 carats, within
a border of singlecut diamonds, mounted in platinum, size Q, numbered 11034 £2,0003,000
710 An Art Deco ruby and diamond eternity ring, early 20th century, set with a continuous band of calibrécut rubies and singlecut diamonds, mounted in platinum with an engraved gallery, size M £300400
711 A diamond eternity ring, set with a continuous band of brilliantcut diamonds, to an engraved palladium mount, size M £500700
712 A gemset, enamel and diamond brooch, designed as a horse’s head, pavéset with circularcut diamonds, accented with circularcut rubies and emeralds and applied with black, white and red enamel, mounted in platinum, length 3.1cm, stamped Pt950
£5,5006,500
713 An Art Deco diamond eternity ring, 1920s, channelset with a continuous band of carrécut diamonds, mounted in platinum,
size N, case £400600
714 A diamond full circle eternity ring, set with round brilliantcut diamonds in platinum, size M £600800
715 An Art Deco emerald, ruby and diamond jabot pin, France, 1920s, of Indian inspiration, each end set with a carved emerald
within a border of singlecut diamonds, accented with black lacquer and circularcut rubies, mounted in gold and platinum, length
8.3cmFrench assay marks for 18ct gold, partial French maker’s mark, indistinctly numbered £1,0001,500
716 An Art Deco diamond double clip brooch, 1930s, of geometric design, set with singlecut, circularcut and baguette diamonds,
detaching into two shieldshaped brooches, mounted in white gold, total length 5.1cm £8001,200
717 An Art Deco diamond clip brooch, 1930s, of scrolled design, set with circularcut and baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum
and gold, length 2.2cm £8001,200
718 A sapphire and diamond bracelet, set with three Frenchcut sapphires within geometric diamondset surround on an extending
white gold bracelet, length 15.5cm £8001,200
719 A pearl and diamond bracelet, late 19th/early 20th century, composed of tapering bar links set with circularcut diamonds and
pearls, mounted in silver and gold, length 17cm, pearls untested, case £3,0005,000
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720 Cartier, a carnelian and emerald brooch, 1950s, designed as a bird in carved carnelian, its eye set with a
cabochon emerald, mounted in gold, length 3.2cm, signed Cartier London, numbered K5666, fitted case stamped Cartier,
numbered K5666 £1,5002,000
721 Vhernier, a gold and carnelian ring, colletset with a cabochon carnelian backed in an articulated closedback collet setting, to a plain band, mounted in gold, size M½, signed Vhernier, stamped 750, Italian maker’s marks,
fitted case stamped Vhernier £200300
722 A diamondset gold collar necklace, six of the graduated fancy links pavéset with graduated circularcut
diamonds in 18ct yellow gold, length 37cm, 113g £4,0005,000
723 Boucheron, a gold and diamond demiparure, 1970s, comprising: a pair of ear clips and a ring, each composed
of textured gold, set with brilliantcut diamonds, ear clips each 2.2cm, signed Boucheron Paris, numbered 37122,
stamped with French assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum, maker’s marks for André Vassort, ring size K½, signed
Boucheron Paris, numbered 48861, French import assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum £4,0006,000
724 Mellerio dits Meller, a pair of gold ‘Day and Night’ ear clips, mid 20th century, each designed as a hoop of
woven gold links suspending another detachable hoop, total length 3.1cm, each signed Mellerio Paris, numbered 299
OR, stamped French assay marks for 18ct gold and partial French maker’s marks £500700
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
λ 725A ruby and diamond brooch, mid 20th century, designed as a Bird of Paradise, its head and body set with
carved and cabochon rubies, its eye a cabochon sapphire, its beak of carved coral, its crest and tail plumes in
textured gold accented with brilliantcut and singlecut diamonds, length 7.7cm, French assay mark for 18ct gold,
inscribed ‘France’ £2,0003,000
726 A pair of ruby and gemset earrings, each of cluster design, set with a circularcut ruby within a border of
circularcut tanzanites and pink sapphires and brilliantcut diamonds, mounted in gold, diameter 1cm each, post
fittings £400600
727 A Retro citrine, pink sapphire and diamond demiparure, mid 20th century, comprising: a pair of scrolling
earrings set with circularcut rubies, trapezoid and brilliantand singlecut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum,
length 4.2cm each, clip fittings; together with two brooches of similar scroll design, length 4.2cm each, one with two
diamonds deficient £9,00011,000
728 Van Cleef & Arpels, a gold bracelet, of flattened curb linking in gold, length 18.5cm, signed VCA, numbered
B2483RG4, French import assay mark for 18ct gold, French maker’s mark Sté G with ace of spades, gross weight 17 grams
£1,5002,000
729 Cartier, a gold bracelet, designed as an anchorlink chain in 18ct gold, length 18.5cm, signed Cartier Paris,
French assay mark for 18ct gold, French maker’s mark for Georges Lenfant, gross weight 13 grams £1,5002,000
730 A pair of gold and diamond ear clips, France, 1970s, each of foliate design, composed of leaf motifs in gold,
set with sections of brilliantcut diamonds, length 2.3cm each, clip fittings, each with French export assay marks for
18ct gold and platinum, each stamped FRANCE £3,0004,000
731 A ruby ring, of cluster design, centring on a cushionshaped ruby weighing approximately 3.80 carats, within
a floral border of hexagonal rubies, in a millegrainedged gold setting, size N £8,00012,000
Accompanied by report number CDC 2308910 dated August 18, 2023 from C.Dunaigre Switzerland, stating that
the central cushionshaped ruby weighing approximately 3.80carats is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no
indications of heat treatment.
732 Cartier, a pair of gold and diamond earrings, 1970s, each designed as a gold heart engraved with stripes, set
with brilliantcut diamonds, length 2.1cm each, clip and post fittings, signed Cartier London, numbered P6326
£6,5007,000
733 A pair of diamond ear clips, mid 20th century, each designed as a leaf, pavéset with brilliantcut and singlecut diamonds, centring on a channelset line of baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, length 3.4cm each, stamped
Pt950, French import assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum £7,0009,000
734 Mellerio dits Meller, a Retro ruby and diamond ring, 1930s, set with an oval ruby, to a gold mount set with
circularcut diamonds and a line of channelset calibrécut rubies, size J½, signed Mellero dits Meller, numbered 625.B,
indistinct French maker’s mark £1,5002,500
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
735 A diamond ring, of bombé design, pavéset with brilliantcut diamonds, mounted in white gold, size I½,
indistinct assay mark, stamped 18K £8001,200
736 A pair of diamond hoop earrings, set overall with graduated circularcut diamonds and a baguetteshaped
diamond in white gold, stamped 18k, width 2.2cm, post fittings £2,0003,000
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737 A natural pearl and diamond brooch, circa 1910, designed in the ‘garland style’, composed of a ribbon bow
suspending a laurel wreath, set with circular and rosecut diamonds and a natural pearl measuring approximately
16.7 x 10.3 x 8.3mm, mounted in platinum with millegrain edges, length 4.6cm £6,0008,000
A verbal report from GCS states that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
738 A pair of natural pearl drops, each set with a cushionshaped diamond above a diamondset cap suspending
a pearl, mounted in silver, length 2.6cm and 2.5cm, pearls approximately 11.2 x 9.9 x 9.9mm and 12.0 x 10.2 x 9.6mm
£12,00015,000
A verbal report from The Gem and Pearl Laboratory states that the pearl measuring approximately 12.0 x 10.2 x
9.6mm is natural saltwater, and the other is natural, freshwater.
739 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, each set with a circularcut diamond suspending a white and
a grey pearl respectively, mounted in white gold, length 17mm, post fittings, white pearl 6.20 carats, measuring
approximately 8.8 x 11.9mm, grey pearl 6.70 carats, measuring approximately 8.8 x 11.3mm £4,0006,000
A verbal report from GCS states that the pearls are natural saltwater.
740 A sapphire and diamond necklace, the front composed of a curved line of brilliantcut diamonds suspending
a large sapphire bead measuring approximately 25.0 x 22.8 x 15.8mm, to a curb link back chain, mounted in white
gold, necklace length 37cm, pendant length 3.9cm, stamped 14K £16,00018,000
741 A natural pearl and diamond threestone ring, set with a central buttonshaped white pearl weighing 3.45
carats, flanked with cushionshaped diamonds totalling approximately 0.80cts, mounted in gold, size O
£2,5003,500
A verbal report from GCS states that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
742 A natural pearl and diamond ring, set with a central pearl within a surround of old cushionshaped diamonds
in gold, French control marks and indistinct maker’s lozenge, size L £1,0002,000
743 A natural pearl ring, early 20th century, set with a pearl measuring approximately 11.011.2 x 9.4mm, to
shoulders set with circularcut diamonds, mounted in platinum, size N½, case £1,5002,000
Accompanied by report no. 23078 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
744 A natural pearl ring, mid 20th century, set with a pearl measuring approximately 10.31 x 9.73 x 8.74mm,
mounted in gold, size K £3,0004,000
Accompanied by GCS report no. 57841133, stating that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
745 A natural pearl and diamond necklace, designed as a single strand of natural pearls measuring 2.75.8mm,
to a diamond cluster clasp, mounted in silver and gold, length 36cm £8001,200
Accompanied by Anchor Cert report no. 1/20517001, dated 1st July 2010, stating that the 87 pearls are natural,
saltwater.
746 A natural pearl and diamond necklace, early 20th century, designed as as single row of graduated natural
pearls measuring 2.26.2mm diameter, to a navetteshaped clasp set with rosecut diamonds, length 41cm
£1,5002,000
Accompanied by report no. 24102 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the pearls are natural, saltwater.
747 A natural pearl stick pin, France, late 19th/early 20th century, capped with a natural pearl of grey tint
measuring approximately 7.7 x 7.0 x 7.0mm and rosecut diamonds, mounted in gold, length 7.1cm, indistinct French
maker's mark, fitted case stamped R.Laurin Bâle £8001,200
Accompanied by LFG Paris report no. 401090, dated 25th April 2023, stating that the pearl measuring 7.07.1 x
7.8mm diameter is natural, saltwater.
748 A pair of natural pearl and diamond drop earrings, early 20th century, each set with a cushionshaped
diamond suspending a series of articulated liks of foliate design set with diamonds, suspending natural pearls
measuring approximately 12.0 x 11 x 10.7mm and 12.3 x 11.6 x 9.6mm respectively, length 4.8cm, screw fittings and
safety hooks £20,00030,000
A verbal report from The Gem and Pearl Laboratory states that the pearls are natural, saltwater.
749 A pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, mid 20th century, each of spiral design, centring on a natural
pearl, within a surround of circularcut and baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum in platinum, length 2.5cm each,
post and clip fittings £10,00020,000
Accompanied by GCS report no. 7817564, dated 29 August 2018, stating that the creamcoloured pearls
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750 J.E. Caldwell, an Art Deco emerald and diamond necklace, 1920s, the pendant of tassel design, set with
circularcut and cushionshaped diamonds, suspending a dropshaped emerald measuring approximately 15.8 x
13.3 x 12.3mm, to a chain necklace spectacleset with circularcut and cushionshaped diamonds, necklace length
48cm, pendant length 6.2cm, signed JEC Co £16,00018,000
751 A blue spinel and diamond ring, set with a cushionshaped blue spinel weighing 6.63 carats, between
shoulders set with baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, size N, case £3,0005,000
Accompanied by report number 24246 dated 23rd February 2024 from The Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that
spinel measuring approximately 11.2 x 10.3 x 7.0mm is natural, with no evidence of heat treatment.
752 A pink spinel and diamond ring, the cushionshaped spinel weighing approximately 6.50 carats, flanked with
trillionshaped diamonds, mounted in gold, size L £6,5007,500
A verbal report from GCS states that the spinel is from Tajikistan with no indications of heating.
753 A diamond ring, set with a brilliantcut diamond weighing approximately 2.50 carats, between shoulders set
with baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, size K, stamped platinum £7,00010,000
A verbal report from GCS states that the central diamond is natural, K colour, SI2 clarity, strong blue fluorescence
754 An Edwardian diamond cluster ring, with two principal diamonds weighing approximately 1.80 and 1.75cts,
within foliate diamondset shoulders in platinum, size N approx. £15,00020,000
755 A sapphire and diamond ring, set with a stepcut sapphire measuring approximately 7.6 x 6.8 x 6.1mm, to a
mount pavéset with brilliantcut diamonds, the shoulders set with baguette diamonds, to a gold band, size L½,
French import assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum £6,0008,000
A verbal report states that the sapphire is of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
756 A sapphire solitaire ring, the ovalshaped sapphire weighing 11.83 cts, clawset in platinum and gold, size N ½
£5,0007,000
Accompanied by report number 24080 from The Gem & Pearl Laboratory, dated 20th December 2023, stating
that the colour change sapphire is of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
757 A sapphire and diamond ring, colletset with a cushionshaped sapphire weighing approximately 5.50 carats,
within a border of circularcut diamonds, mounted in platinum, size N½ £8,00010,000
Accompanied by report no. CDC 23081192 from C.Dunaigre Switzerland, stating that the sapphire is of Sri Lankan
(Ceylon) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
758 A diamond ring, early 20th century, clawset with a circularcut diamond weighing approximately 2.20 carats,
mounted in platinum, size L½ £5,0007,000
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759 An Art Deco amethyst, onyx and diamond pendant, 1920s, the pendant composed of a polished amethyst
within an intricate platinum openwork mount, set with rosecut diamonds calibrécut onyx and two pearls,
suspended from a necklace composed of navetteshaped and spectacleset links set with circularcut diamonds,
necklace length 57cm, pendant length 7.5cm £6,5007,000
760 A ruby threestone ring, set with three cushionshaped rubies totalling approximately 4.00 carats, in gold
collet settings, size L½ £4,0006,000
Accompanied by GIA report no. 5234051602, stating that the rubies measuring 6.8 x 5.5 x 3.1 to 9.2 x 6.5 x 3.3mm
are of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
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761 A late 19th century ruby five stone ring, set with graduated cushionshaped rubies and diamond pointers in
carved and pierced yellow gold setting, size N £400600
762 A ruby and diamond brooch, designed as a bouquet of flowers, set with rosecut diamonds and oval rubies,
mounted in silver and gold, length 7.4cm £3,0004,000
763 A ruby fivestone ring, set with graduated cushionshaped rubies spaced with diamonds, in a carved and
pierced yellow gold setting, size M £600800
764 A late 19th century diamond five stone ring, set with graduated old cushionshaped diamonds and diamond
pointers in carved and pierced yellow gold setting, size P £1,0002,000
765 A ruby and diamond threestone ring, late 19th century, the cushionshaped ruby flanked by a pair of circularcut diamonds, mounted in gold, size O £3,0004,000
A verbal report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory states that the ruby shows no indications of heat treatment.
766 A diamond rivière necklace, late 19th century and later, the front designed as a series of graduated circularcut diamonds in collet settings, mounted in silver and gold, to a later back chain, length 39.5cm £8001,200
767 A sapphire and diamond ring, mid 19th century, designed as two conjoined hearts surmounted by a ribbon
bow, set with a pearshaped sapphire and diamond, bordered with rosecut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold,
size N½ £2,0003,000
768 A diamond brooch, late 19th century, of floral design, set with circularcut and pearshaped diamonds in
silver on gold, length 5.1cm £600800
Accompanied by original receipt dated 1954.
769 A pearl and diamond brooch, 19th century, in the form of a stylised snake set with cushionshaped diamonds
and ruby eyes, suspending a grey pearl from its mouth, mounted in silver and gold, length 4cm £2,0003,000
Accompanied by report number 57841796 from GCS dated March 2024 stating that the pearl is natural saltwater,
the surface of the pearl has been worked.
770 A pair of diamond earrings, early 19th century and later, each designed as an acorn suspended from a pair
of oak leaves and a line of oak leaf links, set with cushionshaped diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, length
6.7cm each, later post fittings, composite design, acorns detachable, two diamonds deficient £4,0006,000
771 A Victorian ruby and diamond locket pendant, late 19th century, designed as a heart, set with cushionshaped diamonds and a pearshaped ruby, the reverse set with polished rock crystal, suspended from a diamond
bail, mounted in silver and gold, length 2.7cm including bail £600800
772 A ruby and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a cross, set with graduated rubies and diamonds
in silver and gold, detachable brooch fitting to reverse, length 3cm £4,5005,500
A verbal report from The Gem and Pearl Laboratory states that the five rubies are of Burmese (Myanmar) origin,
with no indications of heat treatment.
773 A diamond pendant/brooch, early 19th century and later, designed as a foliate frame set with cushionshaped diamond, the centre suspending a pearshaped rosecut diamond in a foiled setting, length 4.7cm, rose
diamond possibly later added, top section with pendant loop interchangeable with a plain gold brooch fitting, fitted case
£8,00012,000
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774 A demantoid garnet, ruby and diamond brooch, early 20th century, designed as a grasshopper, set with
circular and rosecut diamonds and circularcut demantoid garnets, its eye set with a ruby, mounted in gold, length
3.6cm £1,6001,800
775 A Victorian enamel, ruby and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a swallow flying among a
branch entwined with a tree orchid, set with cushionshaped and rosecut diamonds, the swallow’s eye set with a
cabochon ruby, the orchid applied with multicoloured enamel, mounted in silver and gold, length 5.4cm
£600800
776 Attributed to Fonsèque et Olive, a glass and diamond brooch, France, circa 1890, designed as a branch set
with rosecut diamonds, suspending four grapes in green glass, mounted in silver and gold, length 4.6cm, French
assay marks for 18ct gold, unsigned £1,6001,800
777 A tourmaline, ruby and diamond brooch, circa 1900, designed as a dragonfly, its wings set with calibrécut
green tourmalines, lined with rosecut diamonds, its body pavéset with cushionshaped diamonds, its eyes set with
cabochon rubies, mounted in silver and gold, wingspan 7.9cm £2,0004,000
778 A gemset frog brooch, pavéset with old circularcut diamonds weighing approximately 2.00cts in total, with
ruby eyes in silver and gold, length 2.4cm £1,2001,500
779 An opal and diamond ring, late 19th century, the oval opals mounted in a carved and pierced yellow gold
setting accented with diamonds, size N, stamped 18 to shank £200300
780 A diamond brooch, designed as a frog, pavéset with cushionshaped diamonds totalling approximately 10.00
carats, mounted in silver and gold, length 4.5cm £5,5006,500
781 A Victorian gemset and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a dragonfly, set with cabochon
and oval rubies, stepcut emeralds, opal cabochons and circular and rosecut diamonds, mounted in silver and
gold, wingspan 5.2cm, detachable brooch fitting £5,0007,000
782 A Victorian chrysoprase and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as two hearts surmounted by a
ribbon bow, set with polished heartshaped chrysoprase cabochons and bordered with circularcut diamonds,
mounted in silver and gold, length 2.9cm £600800
783 A late 19th century owl stickpin, set with rubies and diamond, mounted in silver and gold, width 11mm,
length 7cm, case £400600
784 A pair of diamond and emerald brooches, designed as frogs, set with circularcut diamonds totaling
approximately 1.60 carats, their eyes set with circularcut emeralds, mounted in silver and gold, connected by a
chain threaded with a pearl, larger frog 2.4cm, each stamped 585, pearl untested £1,2001,500
785 A diamond and pearl brooch, late 19th century, designed as a butterfly, set with rosecut diamonds, its eyes
set with cabochon rubies, to a bar brooch set to one end with a half pearl, mounted in silver and gold, length 5.2cm,
case stamped Dibdin & Co. Ltd, 189 Sloane Street £200300
786 A sapphire and diamond turtle brooch, set with circularcut sapphires and diamonds, mounted in silver and
gold, length 3.8cm sapphires approximately 3.50 carats in total, diamonds approximately 3.00 carats in total
£2,0003,000
787 A Victorian diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a crescent moon, set with circularcut diamonds,
mounted in silver and gold, length 2.6cm £400600
788 A late Victorian sapphire and diamond fivestone ring, circa 1900, set with three circularcut diamonds
totalling approximately 1.30 carats, spaced by cushionshaped sapphires, accented with rosecut diamonds, to a
gold mount of scrolled design, size N½, two rose-cut diamonds deficient £1,0001,500
789 A Victorian mother of pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a pea pod in polished
mother of pearl, set with cushionshaped and rosecut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, length 5.7cm
£1,9002,300
790 A Victorian diamond and ruby brooch, late 19th century, designed as a bee, set with cushionshaped and
rosecut diamonds, its eyes set with cushionshaped rubies, mounted in silver and gold, wingspan 4.1cm, one foreleg
deficient £1,5002,000
791 A late Victorian moonstone and diamond brooch, circa 1900, designed as a heart surmounted by a bow,
set with a heartshaped cabochon moonstone, within a border of cushionshaped diamonds, mounted in silver and
gold, length 2.6cm £600800
792 A moonstone and diamond ring, designed as a heart surmounted by a star, set with a polished heartshaped
cabochon moonstone, bordered with rosecut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, size M½ £8001,200
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793 A garnet demiparure, 19th century and later, comprising: a rivière necklace composed of flat oval garnets
in foiled gold settings, length 39cm, one link broken; and a pair of similar drop earrings set with flat pearshaped
garnets, length 2.7cm each, later post fittings £600800
794 A rare ‘Queen Anne’ paste necklace and brooch, second half 18th century and later, comprising: a necklace,
composed of oval, and cushionshaped pastes suspending a pearshaped pendant, in a pale blue colour imitating
aquamarine, in foiled silver settings, to a later clasp set with colourless pastes, length 43cm; and a similar brooch of
quatrefoil design, length 4.4cm, later brooch fittings, fitted case £1,0001,500
795 A George III diamond brooch, of quatrefoil design set with graduated cushionshaped and pearshaped
diamonds in closedback silver and gold settings, length 3cm, case £8001,200
796 A George III agate bracelet, early 19th century, composed of two rows of rectangular sections of agate in
gold pinched collet settings, to an oval agate clasp, length 16cm £600800
λ 797 A superb pearl, enamel and diamond mourning ring, circa 1791, of oval outline, centring on a funerary
monument composed of an ivory panel initialled ID, surmounted by a pearl, to a rosecut diamond base, beneath
a threedimensional weeping willow set with rosecut diamonds, on a blue enamel ground, covered by a glazed
panel, to an outer border of cushionshaped diamonds, the reverse with a glazed compartment containing hairwork,
bordered by the dedicatory inscription ‘Ja.s Duberly Esq died 4 July 1791 Aged 64’, mounted in silver and gold, size
Q½, front measuring 3.5 x 2.1cm, pearl untested £1,5002,000
Provenance: the collection of JeanLouis Chameroy.
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
798 A late 18th century sapphire and diamond ring, set with a cabochon sapphire within diamond foliate
shoulders in a closedback silver and gold setting, size I, case £4,0006,000
Accompanied by report number 313853/20064435 dated 31st October 2023 from Anchor Cert stating that the
Oval cabochon blue sapphire measuring 12.5 x 9.4mm is of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) origin, with no evidence of heat
treatment.
799 A rock crystal and enamel ring, late 17th century, set with three tablecut rock crystals, within a gold mount
engraved with foliate motifs applied with green, black and white enamel, mounted in gold, size K, losses to enamel
£200300
800 A rock crystal and enamel mourning ring mid 18th century, set with a cushionshaped rock crystal, to a
scrolling white enamel shank, dated 1739, size L £400600
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801 An unusual Art Deco enamel and diamond brooch, 1920s, designed as a hoopoe on a curved branch, set
with singlecut diamonds and applied with black enamel, mounted in platinum, length 4.3cm, one diamond deficient,
fitted case stamped Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company £500700
802 Henri Picq, an Art Deco emerald, sapphire and diamond brooch, 1920s, naturalistically modelled as a ribbon
bow, pavéset with circularcut diamonds, accented with lines of bufftopped calibrécut emeralds and sapphires,
mounted in platinum, length 4.9cm, French assay marks for platinum and 18ct gold, partial maker’s mark HP with ace of
spades for Henri Picq, numbered 88114 £6,0008,000
803 A fine Art Deco sapphire and diamond brooch, 1920s, centring on a circularcut diamond weighing
approximately 1.20 carats, within a brooch of plaque design with a stepped outline, pierced with a geometric pattern,
pavéset with circularcut diamonds and outlined with bufftopped calibrécut sapphires, mounted in platinum,
length 5.8cm, French assay mark for platinum and 18ct gold, French maker’s mark AN with jug, case stamped Boucheron
£15,00020,000
804 Henri Lavabre, a fine Art Deco diamond bracelet, 1920s, designed as an articulated ribbon, pavéset with
circularcut diamonds, length 18cm, maker’s mark HL with flower for Henri Lavabre, numbered LV432, case stamped
Cartier, numbered to the interior CL432 £30,00040,000
805 A star sapphire and diamond ring, the cabochon sapphire set within a surround of baguetteshaped and
circularcut diamonds in platinum, size M £1,5002,000
806 A sapphire and diamond bombé ring, set with an oval sapphire within graduated baguetteshaped and
circularcut diamonds, mounted in platinum and gold, indistinct maker’s mark, size K £1,5002,000
807 An Art Deco diamond cluster ring, set with a circularcut diamond weighing 2.08cts, within a surround of
smaller oldcut diamonds in platinum, size K £8,00012,000
808 An Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring, 1920s, set with a stepcut sapphire weighing approximately 2.50
carats, to shoulders set with singlecut diamonds, mounted in platinum, size L, stamped Platinum £1,2001,500
A verbal report from GCS states that the sapphire is of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) origin, with no indications of heat
treatment.
809 An impressive sapphire and diamond ring, of toi et moi design, set with a cushionshaped diamond weighing
4.95cts and a cushionshaped sapphire weighing 6.67cts, mounted in platinum, size K £20,00030,000
A verbal report from GCS states that the sapphire is of Basaltic origin with no indications of heat treatment.
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810 Mauboussin, an Art Deco sapphire and diamond double clip brooch, France, circa
1935, designed as a geometrically stylised bow, set with stepcut sapphires, circular, singlecut, cushionshaped and baguette diamonds, with sections of polished platinum, combined
length 5.4cm, detaching into two separate brooches, each 2.7 x 3.1cm, each clip signed
Mauboussin Paris, French assay marks for 18ct gold and platinum, indistinct French maker's marks,
each indistinctly numbered £25,00030,000
Cf.: Marguerite de Cerval, Mauboussin, Editions du Regard, Paris, 1992, p.130 for a double
clip brooch of similar 'Papillon' design in platinum and diamonds, with similar accents of
polished platinum, circa 1935
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811 A ruby singlestone ring, ruboverset with an oval ruby weighing 2.09 carats, to a tapering gold band, size M
£15,00020,000
Accompanied by AGL report no. 1123642, dated 3rd June 2022, stating that the ruby is of Burmese (Myanmar)
origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
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812 Trabert & Hoeffer Mauboussin, a pink sapphire and diamond brooch, ‘Reflection’, 1940s, designed as a
heart, pavéset with circularcut pink sapphires, spaced with singlecut diamonds, length 5.4cm, stamped 14K,
signed ‘Reflection’ £20,00030,000
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813 An impressive ruby and diamond parure, 1960s, comprising: a necklace, a pair of ear clips, a bracelet and
a brooch, each of abstract foliate design, set with baguette and brilliantcut diamonds totalling approximately
45.0055.00 carats and marquiseshaped rubies totalling approximately 15.0018.00 carats, mounted in platinum
and white gold, bracelet length 17.5mm, necklace length 41cm, ear clips 6.1cm each, brooch 10.5cm
£20,00030,000
Accompanied by report no. 24267 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, dated February 2024, stating that samples
of the rubies were found to be of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
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814 An early 20th century natural pearl and diamond pendant, the pearl drop suspended within borders of
graduated old circularcut diamonds in platinum, French import marks, length 5.8cm £2,0003,000
Accompanied by report number 24211 dated 26th January 2024 from The Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that
the drop shaped pearl measuring 7.98.1mm in width and 1314mm in length is natural, saltwater.
815 A natural pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th century, designed as a threeleaf clover, set with circularcut
diamonds and three natural pearls of white, cream and grey tints, measuring approximately 7.9 8.3mm diameter,
mounted in silver and gold, length 3.4cm £8,00012,000
A verbal report from the Gem & Pearl laboratory states that the three pearls are natural, saltwater.
816 A natural pearl ring, first half 20th century, centring on a boutonshaped natural pearl measuring
approximately 12.612.8 x 1112mm, to shoulders set with baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, size F½ (sizing
band), French assay mark £1,5002,500
Accompanied by report no. 22182 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the pearl is natural, saltwater.
817 A pair of natural pearl and diamond cluster earrings, set with a buttonshaped pearl within radiating surround
of graduated circularcut diamonds in white gold, length 2.2cm £2,5003,500
Accompanied by report no. 05201 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, dated 7th February 2012, stating that the
two pearls measuring 11.311.5 x 8.2mm and 11.111.3 x 8.3mm are natural, saltwater.
818 A natural pearl, sapphire and diamond necklace, early 20th century, designed as a single strand of natural
pearls, to a clasp set with a cabochon sapphire, rose and circularcut diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum,
length 43.5cm £25,00035,000
Accompanied by GIA report number 2185290326, dated 14th April 2017, stating that the 59 pearls ranging from
4.75mm to 9.21 x 8.90mm diameter are natural, salwater.
819 An Art Deco natural pearl, onyx and diamond necklace, early 20th century, composed of graduated natural
pearls measuring approximately 2.57.0mm diameter, to a clasp of geometric design set with an Asschercut
diamond, within a border of singlecut diamonds and calibrécut onyx, length 52.5cm £5,0007,000
A verbal report from the Gem & Pearl laboratory states that the pearls are natural, saltwater.
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820 Cartier, a pair of diamond earrings, 1950s, each designed as a fivepetalled flower, set with brilliantcut
and baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, length 2.6cm each, clip and post fittings, each signed Cartier London,
stamped Pt950 for platinum, each with sponsor’s mark JC for Cartier London, case stamped Cartier London
£30,00040,000
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not lifesize
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821 Cartier, a fine ruby and diamond ring, early 20th century, clawset with an oval ruby weighing 3.30 carats,
set with five circularcut diamonds to each shoulder, mounted in platinum, size J, signed Cartier, numbered 3574
£30,00040,000
Accompanied by SSEF report number 112584, dated 18 February 2020, stating that the ruby weighing 3.308 carats
is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indications of heat treatment. lifesize
822 Attributed to Cartier, a fine Belle Époque diamond choker necklace, circa 1907, centring on a ribbon bow
suspending two tassels and a navetteshaped pendant, set with circularcut and rosecut diamonds, to a black
velvet choker necklace bordered in rosecut diamonds, mounted in millegrained platinum, length of necklace
30.5cm, length of central pendant 4.0cm, unsigned, clasp with French maker's mark GS with a spouted jug for Guillaume
Saibène, stamped MD for 'Metaux Divers'
£15,00020,000
Cf.: Judy Rudoe, Cartier: 1900-1939, British Museum, 1997, catalogue no.11, p.83, for a sautoir produced by Saibène
for Cartier Paris in 1907, and Christie's Geneva, May 2018, lot 109, for a Cartier choker necklace of very similar design
136
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823 An impressive sapphire and diamond devantdecorsage, late 19th century, set with a shallow octagonal
sapphire, a cushionshaped sapphire and a pearshaped sapphire, within a foliate openwork border set with
cushionshaped diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, length 6.9cm, fitted case £20,00030,000
Accompanied by report number 8130987 dated 18th June 2021 from GCS stating that the octagonal sapphire
measuring approximately 18.3 x 14.6 x 5.5mm and the pearshaped sapphire measuring approximately 13.8 x 8.4 x
5.6mm are each of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) origin, with no indications of heat treatment, and the cushionshaped sapphire
measuring approximately 9.7 x 8.9 x 3.9mm is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indications of heat treatment.
Provenance: formerly in a Noble Family Collection.
824 Boucheron, a fine and rare natural pearl and diamond necklace, first half 20th century, composed of two
strands of graduated natural pearls measuring approximately 2.68.0mm, to a clasp set with an antique marquiseshaped diamond, length 48cm, signed Boucheron Paris, French assay marks for platinum and 18ct gold
£10,00015,000
Accompanied by report no. 22183 dated 30th September 2022 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the
188 pearls are natural, saltwater.
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825 An impressive Art Deco ruby and diamond ring, 1920s, set with a cushionshaped ruby weighing 5.66cts,
between stepped shoulders set with baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, size L £60,00080,000
Accompanied by report number 136293 dated 20th February 2024 from SSEF stating that the antique cushion stepcut
ruby, measuring 12.37 x 8.87 x 5.35mm, is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indications of heat treatment. lifesize
FINE JEWELLERY
THURSDAY 10TH JULY 2024
Andrew Grima, an impressive gold, amethyst and diamond necklace, circa 1969, the hinged gold collar suspending a large oval stepcut amethyst
in an abstract setting composed of oval motifs, accented with singlecut diamonds, mounted in 18ct gold, signed Grima, British hallmarks for 18ct gold,
London, 1969, sponsor’s mark HJCo, length 50cm, pendant length 6.5cm
Estimate £14,000 18,000*
ENQUIRIES
Marielle Whiting | +44 (0)1722 424595 | mw@woolleys.live
*Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS & GLASS
TUESDAY 30TH APRIL 2024
A Jacobite wine glass engraved with flowers and insects, c.1760, 18.7cm
Estimate £1,200 1,500*
ENQUIRIES
Clare Durham | +44 (0)1722 424507 | cd@woolleys.live
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SILVER & OBJECTS OF VERTU
WEDNESDAY 1ST & THURSDAY 2ND MAY 2024
By Gerald Benney, a modern silver and enamel cigar humidor,
designed and enamelled by Gerald Benney in conjunction with Alan Evans, London 1980
Estimate £5,000 7,000*
ENQUIRIES
Rupert Slingsby | +44 (0)1722 424501 | rs@woolleys.live
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FINE ASIAN ART
TUESDAY 21ST MAY 2024
A large and extremely rare Chinese Imperial lacquer ‘Daoist Paradise’ panel, Qianlong period 173695, 71cm x 101.5cm
Estimate £200,000 300,000*
Provenance: An English private collection; formerly Spink & Son Ltd. (Advertised in the Connoisseur magazine, December 1950).
Formerly the collections of Colonel Rokeby and Lord Nunburnholme.
ENQUIRIES
asianart@woolleys.live
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OPENING HOURS
City Centre Salerooms
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
Old Sarum Galleries
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
VIEWING
All our auctions are on view at least two days prior to the sale
and details will be found in the relevant catalogues.
REGISTERING WITH US
All first time buyers need to register with us.
To register, you will need to provide two forms of identification:
1. a passport or photographic driving licence
2. a utility bill or document showing your name and address
You can register in person or by contacting the office on
01722 424500 or emailing id@woolleys.live
You will be asked to show your documents or email copies.
PLEASE NOTE: Registering with our website, or any third party
website, does not automatically register you to bid
with us.
BIDDING AT AUCTION
See below for the different options for bidding. Please note that
you may be asked to provide two forms of identification, even if
you have bid with us before, in order that we are compliant with
Money Laundering Regulations.
BIDDING IN THE ROOM
To bid at auction you will need a paddle number. This can be
obtained from the office either during the view or on the day of
the sale.
COMMISSION BIDDING
If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a commission
bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the auctioneer who
will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible bearing in mind any
reserve price and other bids.
TELEPHONE BIDDING
It is usually possible to bid on the telephone by prior
arrangement with the office.
LIVE ONLINE BIDDING
Live online bidding is now available free of charge for most
of our auctions via bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk, enabling you to
take part in the bidding from anywhere in the world live
as it happens.
BUYER’S PREMIUM
The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium
thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive)
on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24% inclusive)
thereafter.
CONDITION REPORTS
The relevant department will be pleased to give condition reports
on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures given in the
catalogue should be regarded as approximate.
The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.
SALE RESULTS
These will be posted on our website shortly after the sale.
PACKING AND SHIPPING
Woolley & Wallis do not offer a packing and despatch service but
the following are carriers in our area.
Alban Shipping +44 (0)1582 493099
info@albanshipping.co.uk
www.albanshipping.co.uk
Kimdan Ltd +44 (0)7973 389436
andy@kimdan.co.uk
Mailboxes +44 (0)1962 622133
info@mbewinchester.co.uk
www.mbe.co.uk/winchester
Sackville West +44 (0)2080 909988
Moving & Storing office@sackvillewest.co.uk
www.sackvillewest.co.uk
ZIXIS Fine Art Limited +44 (0)7873 981026
zixisfineart@163.com
www.zixisfineart.co.uk
Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any damage
or loss to items once they are in the hands of a carrier.
EXPORTING YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE UK
If you are exporting your property, import taxes, customs duties
and other fees may apply at the country of destination. It is also
your responsibility to ensure that your shipment can be lawfully
imported to the destination country.
Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export
Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund
documentation (C88) for handcarried exports.
In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported
by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.
AUCTION INFORMATION
PAYMENT AND CLEARANCE
Payment is due immediately after the auction in pounds sterling.
If you are a first time buyer we will need your name, address and
bank details and will require funds to be cleared before
purchases can be released.
The following methods of payment may be made:
Bankers draft, cashiers cheque, personal cheque, debit and
credit cards.
Wire transfers should be sent to:
Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB.
Account no. 00957707
Sort code 309741
IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707
BIC code LOYDGB21063
Debit and Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Union Pay.
Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected
during the auction.
We reserve the right to add storage charges to all lots not
collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include a
handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage
charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed
to be collected until these charges have been paid.
LOT SYMBOLS
VAT
Lots marked with an dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the
hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been
temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT
at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In online
catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on
hammer price.
CITES REGULATIONS
Please note that lots marked λ may be subject to CITES
Regulations when exported.
The CITES Regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvlaen/importsexports/cites/
ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE
Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to
a levy.
Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the
artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime
and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.
Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on
the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty
does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of
£1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the
sterling equivalent of £12,500.
Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the
buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant
collecting agency.
Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the
sale.
Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:
4% Up to £50,000
3% £50,000.01 200,000
1% £200,000.01 350,000
0.5% £350,000.01 500,000
0.25% In excess of £500,000
Up to a maximum levy of £12,500
FIREARMS
Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue, or by any other means identified
as controlled firearms, are subject to the UK firearms/shotgun
licencing regime, and should only be viewed/purchased by
individuals with appropriate licences. It is the responsibility of the
bidders to ensure that they are legally authorised to acquire the
lot that they are bidding for. In the event that such a lot is
successfully bid for by an individual who is not authorised to
possess it, that individual will be required to pay for it, but will
not be allowed to take physical possession of it. The auctioneers
will reoffer the lot on behalf of the buyer in a future auction;
or may accept instructions to dispose of it by some other legal
means, at their discretion.
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS
CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
1 . Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers,
particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted
on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection and
normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is
anything you do not fully understand.
2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity,
for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your
primary contract is with the seller.
3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be
involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the
reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s
Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale
and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.
4. The purchase price. The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium
thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000
and 20% plus VAT @20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.
5. VAT. (†) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by the purchaser on
the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition
of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union
and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on
importation into the UK. The omega symbol (Ω) indicates that the lot has been
imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots
are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer
price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols
indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold
using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included
within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.
6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided
by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general
view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination
of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for
a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and,
therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they
may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of
lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers,
accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any
age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have
examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be
liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer
but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the
goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are
‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time
limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).
7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be
checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.
8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether
an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K. and (b) whether there
is any specific prohibition on importing the goods in question into the destination
country because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges
may be applicable for export licences. Ask us if you need help.
The denial of any permit or licence shall not justify cancellation or rescission of the
sale contract or any delay in payment.
9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences and lots
will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of
identification will be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance
about our arrangements for telephone bidding.
10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating
the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed
as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If
two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first
bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving
of commission bids by telephone.
11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be
cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. Please discuss with our Office
in advance of the sale if other methods of payment are envisaged.
12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about
collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected
promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage charges.
TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS
1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if
the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has
authorised the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to
contract. Similarly the words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.
2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates: 15% + VAT on each lot sold
for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and above.
3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any stated
deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but
any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility.
4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of
insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection assume liability for
property consigned to us at lower presale estimate. To justify accepting liability,
we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid
estimate of the hammer price. If the owner of goods consigned instructs us in
writing not to take such action, they then remain at owner’s risk unless and until
the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of
the owner, and clause 4 is inapplicable.
5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the
lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first. The copyright in
respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the
text of the catalogue.
6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a reserve
agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7.
7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale
proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If
you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the
formal reserve.
Reserves.
(a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being
the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be
reasonable and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be
subject to an unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage
and insurance charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment).
(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.
(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to
the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.
8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such
items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by
external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques)
will not be accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being
notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.
9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in
the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be
offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of
unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. The rights of disposal referred to in clause
8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act
1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request.
10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc.
of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of
descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances
responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have
approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary.
Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate
forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to
you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds. The
liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise where you are acting
reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery but we are or ought to
have been aware of it.
11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be reoffered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must
collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise,
storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in
these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate.
12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of up to 10%
plus VAT of the reserve or low estimate on being bought in or withdrawn after
being catalogued.
13. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale.
In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner
or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third
party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of
any breach of this undertaking.
14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest.
(a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred
for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain
beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of
Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement.
(b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later
than the close of business on the day of the sale in the case of lots unsold at
auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been
sold at auction and so far as appropriate these terms apply.
15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without
sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing
charge of £2 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you
do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within
three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net
proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to the local authority for
disposal.
16. Settlement. Subject to our normal trading conditions, payment will be made by
BACS or cheque 5 weeks after the sale unless the buyer has not paid for the
goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your
instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any sums owed
by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You
must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the
circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above. You should therefore bear this
potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry
of 28 days from the date of sale.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd carries on business with bidders, buyers
and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on
the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices
as may be referred to herein.
1. DEFINITIONS
In these Conditions:
(a) ‘auctioneer’ means Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd or its authorised
auctioneer, as appropriate;
(b) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to
authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally
described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at
the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been
in accordance with the description;
(c) ‘hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when
the auctioneer brings down the hammer;
(d) ‘terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on
which Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd accepts instructions from sellers
or their agents;
(e) ‘total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with
any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by
a defaulting buyer under these Conditions;
(f) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of
the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and
any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising.
(g) ‘‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.
(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.
2. BIDDING PROCEDURES AND THE BUYER
(a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any
security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;
(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall
be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at
the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the
auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this
discretion.
(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.
(d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of
any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.
3. INCREMENTS
Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.
4. THE PURCHASE PRICE
The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26%
plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT
@20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.
5. VALUE ADDED TAX
Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with a
† or Ω. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the
date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please refer to ‘Information
for Buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position).
6. PAYMENT
(a) Immediately a lot is sold you will:
(i) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and
(ii) pay to us the total amount due in pounds sterling
(b) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from
you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your
agent, whether express or implied.
(c) In line with new legislation we reserve the right to investigate and identify the
source of any funds received by us. The completion of the sale of a Lot will be
postponed or cancelled at our discretion if further time is needed for investigation,
or if you are in breach of your warranties as a buyer, or if we consider the sale to
be unlawful or in any way cause liabilities or be detrimental to either Woolley and
Wallis or the Seller.
7. TITLE AND COLLECTION OF PURCHASES
(a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made
payment in full to us of the total amount due.
(b) You shall at your own risk and expense collect any lots that you have purchased
and paid for from our premises not later than 3 working days following the day of
the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment (if later) after
which you shall be responsible for any collection, storage and insurance charges.
(c) No purchase may be collected and we shall not release any lot to you or your agent
until it has been paid for.
8. REMEDIES FOR NONPAYMENT OR FAILURE TO COLLECT PURCHASES
(a) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions
or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and
on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any
other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following
rights and remedies:
(i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;
(ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you;
(iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible
for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part
payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the
seller;
(iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of storage,
either at our premises or elsewhere;
(v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount
due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale;
(vi) to retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;
(vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose
conditions before any such bids shall be accepted;
(viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you
towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a
right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any purpose
until the debt due is satisfied.
(b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and
remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of
breach of these conditions
9. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY
All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the
layout of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly neither the
auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal injury
(except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the
property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.
10. COMMISSION BIDS
Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and are
always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall be assumed
to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition, we will if
so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the
auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do
so save where such failure is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids
at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to
prefer the first bid so made.
11. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AVAILABILITY
The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of
the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it
for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from
any third party claims.
12. AGENCY
The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for
default by sellers or buyers.
13. TERMS OF SALE
The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these
Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the
consignor at the time of the entry of the lot.
14. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITION
(a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out
exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities
to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their
behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot.
Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or
statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition
or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such
opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given
negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our
employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions
and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality
of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to
the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as
provided for in paragraph 6 ‘information to buyers’.
(b) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by
auction for purposes of consumer legislation.
15. FORGERIES
Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any lot which proves to be a deliberate
forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction
provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by
particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written
statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the lot
is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the lot including
any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the
accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally
are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights
under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition is additional
to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.
GENERAL
16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or
attendance at our auctions by any person.
17. (a) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect
of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions
provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as
appropriate.
(b) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit
of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves
enforce them.
18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail or
Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee
48 hours after posting.
19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items
in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary
appearing in the catalogue.
20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict
terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position
at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other
respects these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.
21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.
22. Prior written consent must be sought by the buyer or any other party for the use
of any images, illustrations and written materials produced by or for Woolley &
Wallis relating to a lot or sale, including the contents of a catalogue. Copyright for
any of the aforementioned will remain the property of Woolley & Wallis, subject
to the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Woolley &
Wallis and the seller make no representations or warranties that the buyer of a
lot will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights to it.
PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS
In accordance with long standing practice in Fine Art Sale Rooms certain terms
used in descriptions in the Catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them in the
glossary below.
GLOSSARY
Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and
condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact.
The Company reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon
any expect or authority considered by them to be reliable.
(a) Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist’s forename(s) is
not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether
preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist
named.
(b) Attributed to Edward Lear: In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less
certainly as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category.
(c) Studio of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of
the artist which may be or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction.
(d) Circle of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct
hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil.
(e) Style of ...; Follower of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by a painter working in
the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily his
pupil.
(f) Manner of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a
later date.
(g) After Edward Lear: In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.
(h) The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the
signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist.
(i) The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion
the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand.
(j) Dimensions are given height before width.
(k) Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.
BOOK AUCTIONS
If, on collation, any named item in this catalogue proves defective in text or illustration,
the lot may be returned within 14 days of the sale with the defects stated in writing.
This proviso shall not apply to defects stated in the catalogue or announced at the
time of sale; nor to the absence of blanks, half titles, tissue guards or advertisements,
damage in respect of bindings, stains, spotting, marginal tears or other defects not
affecting completeness of text or illustration; nor to drawings, autographs, letters or
manuscripts, signed photographs, music, atlases, maps or periodicals; nor to books not
identified by title; nor to books sold not subject to return.
ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE
Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a
work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s
death.
Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price
excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the
sterling equivalent of £1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is
the sterling equivalent of £12,500.
Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price
and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency by the auctioneer.
Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.
Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:
4% Up to £50,000
3% £50,000.01 200,000
1% £200,000.01 350,000
0.5% £350,000.01 500,000
0.25% In excess of £500,000
Up to a maximum levy of £12,500
Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to the levy.