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Curated Interiors – Decorative Arts & Design · timed sale closed 8 Nov 2026

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Sold with a 20.4% buyer’s premium, at a minimum of £1.50 per lotThe minimum applies to lots selling for £7 or less
43 lots from our last sale did not find a buyer. Each is shown with its starting price. Lots marked Reserve carry a reserve (15 lots).
Lot 18
18 Waterford Master Cutters Collection cut-crystal claret jug with diamond-cut globular body, flared pouring lip and arched loop handle, raised on a star-cut pedestal foot and fitted with a faceted stopper.some damage to handle
Start £60Reserve
Lot 19
19 Yellow-green art glass vase of tall, tapering form, with a flared foot, vertically ribbed body and deeply undulating, petal-form rim.height 44cm
Start £12Reserve
Lot 21
21 Three Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars kingfisher blue glass vases: a 'Nailhead' purse vase, ht. 20cm, a small cylinder bark texture vase, ht. 14.5cm and a square form nailhead vase, ht. 20cmChip to rim of purse vase
Start £40
Lot 24
24 Three art glass vases inc. Whitefriars coffin vase in red (chipped to top corner) ht. 13.5cm, a Goebel Charlottenhutte 'Ice Tree Bark' cylinder vase ht. 18cm and one other textured clear glass vase (small chip to rim) ht. 55cm
Start £12
Lot 39
39 A collection of 8 x Limoges porcelain hinged trinket boxes + 6 others, painted with floral and foliate motifs, including egg, carrots and basket forms; gilt-metal mounts.
Start £120Reserve
Lot 50
50 Two glass vases with silver collars: one of baluster form, etched with fruiting vines and fitted with silver rim; the other slender and ribbed, with a petal-form foot and hm silver rimTallest h19cm
Start £20
Lot 57
57 A group of cut glass comprising two stoppered decanters, a flared vase and bowls, with diamond and star cutting; 2 are marked ‘Edinburgh International’.2 x Edinburgh International
Start £80Reserve
Lot 58
58 A group of cut-crystal decanters comprising a pair of ship’s decanters with diamond-cut bodies and faceted ball stoppers, and a slender decanter with a tapered stopper; one bearing an etched Waterford mark.waterford crystal appears in good condition. Slender decanter with two small chips.
Start £40
Lot 60
60 Pereira D’Oliveira 1987 Malvazia Colheita sweet Madeira, 75cl, labelled as matured in oak casks for over 15 years; green glass bottle with wax capsule and Madeira guarantee seal.
Start £100Reserve
Lot 68
68 Château de Pizay Morgon, 2001 — a 75cl bottle of château-bottled Beaujolais red wine with illustrated château label and French récoltant capsule.
Start £8
Lot 85
85 Shelley earthenware pedestal vase with a black ground, pink carnations and green foliage; the cylindrical neck decorated with a stylised floral border. Printed factory mark to base.h 18cm
Start £12
Lot 90
90 Royal Albert ‘Haworth’ bone china tea wares, England, comprising a teapot, milk jug, 6 x cups, 6 x saucers, 6 x side plates, two-tier cake stand and a pair of cruets; decorated with floral sprays and gilt rims.appears in good condition
Start £80Reserve
Lot 93
93 A quantity of Denby English stoneware tableware, including plates, bowls, cups, saucers and covered serving dishes; speckled cream glazes with brown rims, alongside a blue-glazed covered casserole. Factory marks to bases.damage to handle of pot
Start £12
Lot 97
97 Wedgwood Clementine coffee set comprising six cups and saucers, boxed.
Start £8
Lot 99
99 Glazed ceramic sculptural vase with a cylindrical opening and sweeping, folded forms in a dark blue-black glaze; base incised ‘César Lanzarote 97’.h33cm
Start £20Reserve
Lot 106
106 Victorian oak-cased Admiral FitzRoy stick barometer, circa 1880, with glazed front, printed forecasting scales and FitzRoy’s remarks, mercury column, storm glass and Fahrenheit thermometer.15 x 90cm
Start £80Reserve
Lot 113
113 Large circular brass tray with a fluted rim, engraved foliate arabesques and a central floral medallion.D59cm
Start £12Reserve
Lot 116
116 Chinese ink and colour on paper depicting a woman in a fur-trimmed robe beside flowering branches; calligraphic inscription and red seals at left, mounted as a hanging scroll.l181cm
Start £8
Lot 127
127 Full album of John Player cigarette cards inc. dogs, Footballers 1928, Cricketers 1930, Natural Beauties etc. appear to be full sets
Start £30Reserve
Lot 130
130 A group of cloth-bound natural history and gardening books, including Finn and Robinson’s Birds of Our Country, volumes I–II; Frances Pitt’s Wild Creatures of Garden and Hedgerow; and works on roses and garden colour.
Start £12
Lot 156
156 Four polychrome porcelain figures of Napoleonic officers in military dress, each standing on a gilt-edged plinth bearing an N within a laurel wreath.Tallest H20cm
Start £20
Lot 202
202 Equine portrait of Sir Ivor, oil on canvas, depicting the bridled bay horse in a stable interior. Signed indistinctly lower right; framed.43 x 58cm
Start £15
Lot 204
204 William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond (British, 1833-1926) oil on board beach scene, signed lower right and dated 87 (?), beneath glass in gilt frame 62 x 55cm
Start £180
Lot 219
219 Two early C20 framed chromolithographs of Dutch scenes after Henri Cassiers, largest 56 x 50cmSome damage to corner of largest frame
Start £15
Lot 223
223 Two framed lace samples, believed to be Honiton Lace, largest frame 45.5 x 46.5cm
Start £12
Lot 234
234 Thomas Bush Hardy (British, 1842-1897) watercolour of Venice, signed and dated 1897, in gilt frame 47 x 31cmSome losses to frame
Start £30
Lot 236
236 Jack Gordge (1914-1979), 'Drawn from the Wood', original watercolour depicting a woman fleeing from the woods being chased by a faun, signed lower right, framed 45 x 66cmOriginal illustration by Jack Gordge from the Bystander Magazine 21st September 1927. Gordge was a British commercial illustrator and cartoonist active during the 1920s and 1930s. Like many of his contemporaries, he specialized in highly stylized, chic Art Deco editorial illustrations and humorous commentary on high-society life.
Start £220Reserve
Lot 300
300 A group of blue-and-white porcelain comprising a square-section vase with landscape panels, a baluster vase with floral scrolls, and a small faceted teapot; each bearing an underglaze-blue seal mark.Tallest H36cm
Start £10
Lot 307
307 A pair of Southeast Asian string marionettes with painted faces, tiered crowns and elaborately sequined costumes, together with a carved and painted theatrical mask depicting a moustachioed male figure.
Start £15
Lot 316
316 A pair of figural candlestick holders depicting winged cherubs or putti seated on square bases. H16cm
Start £12
Lot 329
329 A vintage Chinese Yixing Zisha clay tea set featuring a teapot, tall cups, small bowls, and inscribed trays with a distinctive red-brown clay body and painted accents. Tallest H6cm
Start £15
Lot 379
379 Contemporary two-drawer low chest with a gloss white finish, long tubular metal pulls and matching sled-form supports.90 x 67 x 54
Start £15Reserve
Lot 395
395 Late Victorian music cabinet with a raised mirrored gallery, turned supports and carved foliate cresting; the glazed door inset with bevelled mirrors and carved panels, enclosing shelves, on a plinth base.some scratches 53 x 35 x 120cm with key
Start £25
Lot 420
420 Jacobean Revival dark-stained oak dining suite comprising a plank-top refectory table with a foliate-carved frieze, cup-and-cover supports and stretcher base; accompanied by arcaded-back chairs, including armchairs.214 x 91 x 81 cm age related wear including scratches and a few losses, but overall good condition
Start £600Reserve
Lot 431
431 1970's smoked glass topped coffee table on a chrome and leucite base, attributed to Alessandro Albrizzi (1934-1994).W96.5cm x D96.5cm x H37.5cm. Some light scratches to table top.
Start £60Reserve
Lot 442
442 Child's painted wooden chair with turned posts, a spindle back and an interwoven textile-webbing seat; decorated in red and ochre with black banding.Age-related wear, including treated woodworm
Start £12
Lot 445
445 Rectangular spalted timber coffee table, the broad top displaying dark linear figuring, above a plain apron and four square-section legs.55 x 32 x 28cm
Start £15
Lot 447
447 Folding cake stand with three circular, line-inlaid tiers, a turned carrying handle between scrolled uprights, and splayed feet.H88cm
Start £8Reserve
Lot 461
461 Oak low chest of drawers, the moulded top above three long drawers with moulded fronts and metal pendant handles on decorative backplates, raised on stile supports.92 x 44 X 49cm. Appears to be modified.
Start £15
Lot 474
474 Small tub armchair with a continuous curved back and arms upholstered in beige textured wicker, burgundy geometric-striped seat cushion, two matching scatter cushions and a sequinned patchwork back cushion; on square legs.
Start £12
Lot 486
486 A pair of Edwardian-style mahogany dining chairs, each with a serpentine crest rail, pierced lyre-form splat, cream upholstered seat and square tapering legs.
Start £15
Lot 487
487 Atcraft upholstered adjustable armchair with a dark-stained wooden frame, shaped armrests, spindle sides and patterned fabric upholstery.Age related wear. 58W 58D 92H
Start £15
Lot 488
488 Fabric fire screen.1 Panel 44cm H77cm
Start £8