Here`s a list of the top
five items from April`s auction:
A
complete 24-volume set of the Encyclopedia Londoniensis published by John
Wilkes between 1810 and 1820. Also known as the Universal Dictionary of
Arts, Sciences and Literature, most surviving copies have been stripped of the
numerous copper plated illustrations which characterised the original.
Our copy was in good shape for its age and most of the illustrations
intact. There was a great deal of interest in this lot and it sold for
£4600.
We were
quite excited to offer for sale a collection of seven pieces of a tea service
originally commissioned in 1909 by the Women`s Political and Social Union for
their Exhibition on suffrage. The lot was comprised of three cups, three
saucers, and a sugar bowl. The "Angel of Freedom" crest on the
items was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst. This lot sold for £2550.
A lovely
18th Century William Huckwell longcase clock sold for £1950 which was just
under estimate.
Also
selling for £1950 but well over estimate was a Chinese hardwood jardiniere with
inlaid metal and raised scroll floral decoration.
And
finally...it came from a car boot sale purchased for "practically
nothing" said the vendor but the coromandel and ivory round trinket box
with an ivory figure of a child on top and signed by S. Preiss sold for
considerably more than nothing at £1350.
The next
auction is June 6. See you there!