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 Sold by Order of the Administratrix of 
 
 FREDERICK CLARK, ESQ. 
 
 Deceased, late of Great Cumberland Place ; 
 
 fftttf Crimes of (BID Hotorstoft Rmcclain, 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN; 
 
 AND 
 
 OBJECTS OF ART, DECORATIVE FURNITURE, TIGER 
 SKINS AND OTHER PROPERTY, 
 
 FROM NUMEROUS PRIVATE SOURCES: 
 
 WHICH 
 
 Mill £oiir fcn Suction On 
 
 Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 Air THBIB ©BEAT BOOMS, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues had, 
 t Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, 
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CONDITIONS OF SALK 
 
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 I. THE highest Bidder to he the Buyer; and if any dispute arise 
 
 between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be 
 immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; 
 
 and so on in proportion. 
 
 III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer 
 shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. 
 
 IY. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, 
 and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, 
 or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required ; in default 
 of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put 
 up again and re-sold. 
 
 V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and 
 authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at 
 the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale ; 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible 
 for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, 
 or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty 
 whatever. 
 
 YI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
 settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be 
 removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the 
 Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. 
 
 YII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money 
 deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ 
 cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or 
 private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale 
 shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. 
 
CATALOGUE. 
 
 
 On FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 The following are Sold by Order of the 
 Administratrix of FREDERICK CLARK , Esq., 
 late of Great Cumberland Place. 
 
 Angouleme biscuit porcelain, with allegorical // Vy 
 
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 120 A pair of oval metal-gilt medallions, with heads of Nei 
 
 Vespasian 
 
 121 A clock, in case of 
 
 figures of boys and clouds, and mounted with or-molu 
 
 122 A pair of Wedgwood candlesticks, formed as female draped figures 
 
 bearing cornucopiae—on square blue and white pedestals .withy' y 
 classical figures ^ 
 
 123 A pair of walnut-wood stools, formed of figures of negro boj§ 
 
 kneeling ~ 
 
 124 A Dresden porcelain centre basket, on stem formed as a palnL trc^ A 
 
 with figures and wreaths of flowers 
 
 125 A large" Dresden porcelain chandelier, with numerous branches for y 
 candles 
 
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 226 A small heart-shaped satin-wood table, the top painted wit 
 
 Watteau figures, and shelf painted with a bouquet of flowers C 
 
 227 An or-molu fender, the ends chased with masks, and surmounte 
 
 by vase-shaped ornaments; an set of three fire-irons 
 
 0 228 Another, chased with laurel foliage and with vases at the ends; an 
 set of three fire-irons, 
 
 0 229 A small shaped ditto, chased with terminal leopards’ heads, and wit 
 ball ornaments of Algerine onyx ; and a pair of or-molu andiron 
 formed as winged monsters 
 
 f'/f. 6 230 A pair of Aubusson portiere curtains, with groups of flowers, o 
 
 white centre, and sage-green border —11 ft. long by 5 ft wide 
 0 y t o 231 An Aubusson Carpet, with a wreath of flowers, on pale blue an 
 
 white centre and panels of flowers on sage-green border—14 j 
 hy 11 ft. 3 in. 
 
 £ ^*0* 0 232 A Larger Ditto, crimson trellis centre and pale blue border, wit 
 . groups and festoons of flowers and foliage—23 ft. by 13 ft. 6 i 
 
 0 • ^7^ 233 A Ditto Eug, with flowers on pale blue, pink and white ground- 
 
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 A-"* t <7234 A pair of Louis XYI. or-molu wall lights, each with a figure of 
 
 piping boy, foliage and scrolls, and branches for two lights 
 //•* <■ ■' 235 A carved and gilt semicircular pier table, surmounted by a Florentii 
 
 mosaic slab, with foliage and other ornament in coloured mnrj^l 
 on w T hite ground 
 
 figures .of u boy writirrg^~aiid~~ Tr gir l- reading, ' d e curafl 
 w r ith...-gilt„brQiize iiutings—on-meta l -giE - plinth s —fettedrfi 
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 The following are the Property of A GENTLEMAN. 
 
 POKCELAIN, Etc. 
 
 236 A Lowestoft Dinner Service, of octagonal shape, the borders 
 painted with festoons of flowers and foliage in sepia heightened 
 with gold, and gilt chains on the edge, and with a shield-of-arms, 
 crest and motto “ Toujours prest ” in the 
 of— 
 
 Two soup-tureens, covers and stands 
 Two sauce-tureens, covers and stands 
 Four leaf-shaped sauce-boats and stands 
 Fourteen meat-dishes, in sizes 
 A mazarin 
 Seven circular dishes 
 Sixty-six dinner-plates 
 Twenty-eight soup-plates 
 Two pear-shaped bottles and stoppers (with one silver wine 
 label), and 
 Three salt-cellars 
 
 centre, consisting 
 
 237 A Tea and Coffee Service, en suite, consisting of— 
 
 Two tea-pots, covers and stands 
 Coffee-pot and cover 
 Sugar-bowl and cover 
 Canister 
 
 Two milk-jugs and one stand 
 Two basins 
 A round dish 
 Eight large tea-cups and twelve saucers 
 Five small tea-cups, nine coffee-cups and nine saucers 
 Ten small plates 
 Eleven deep ditto, and 
 Four tankards, in sizes 
 
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 / 239 A 
 
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 241 A 
 
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 Lowestoft Dinner Service, of octagonal shape, painted wit' 
 bouquets of flowers and waved lines on the border in sepia an 
 gold, and oval medallions suspended from knots of ribbon, witl 
 monogram C.M.C. in the centre, consisting of— * 
 
 Soup-tureen, two covers and stands 
 Two sauce-tureens, covers and stands / 
 
 Four leaf-shaped sauce-boats and stands 
 
 A sugar bowl, cover and fluted stand 
 
 Four salt-cellars 
 
 Twenty-two dishes, in sizes 
 
 Eight circular dishes 
 
 Fifty-nine dinner-plates 
 
 Nineteen soup-plates 
 
 Eleven cheese-plates, and 
 
 Twelve small deep plates 
 
 small Lowestoft tea-pot and stand, cream-jug, basin, eight tea 
 cups, four coffee-cups and eleven saucers, painted with festoon 
 of flowers, ribbons and medallions with monogram in coloui 
 and gold ; a Chinese porcelain mug, with figures irueolours l 
 blue and gold borders ; and a Nankin basin 
 pair of old Chinese porcelain jars and covers, dark blue, poncille 
 with landscapes and buildings in gold—17 in. high 
 pair of old English upright mirrors, painted with birds 
 flowers and foliage in colours, shield-of-arms, and mott 
 “ Toujours prest,” in gilt frames with carved oak foliage abovi 
 —'48 in. by 30 in. outside measure ^ 
 
 ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
 
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 241a A Derby Dessert Service, consisting of four oval and fou 
 shell-shaped dishes, and twenty-four plates ^ 
 
 illn A tea a nd coffee ■ servico .- ermm'qfinrr ^-mp? nm*"*"' 
 
 -a nd Siiuooro, -t wo largo t»cd t wr lve email plat g; 
 un l b jug and ba.jkt - 
 
Sold by Order of the 
 
 Executors of EDMUND ESCOMBE, Esq., deceased, 
 late of 39 Gloucester Square. 
 
 BRONZES. 
 
 242 A Pair of Bronze Groups, of the Marli horses—23f in. high, — 
 
 on dark wood pedestal mounted with chased or-molu 
 
 243 A pair of bronze ewers, with dolphins’ heads, hands of children V 
 
 sporting, mounted with dolphins and mermaids in metal-gilt-<€x^'—* 
 28 in. high 
 
 244 A tazza, en suite -- 
 
 245 The Florentine Boar— 17 in. high 
 
 246 The Mercury of G. di Bologna ; and A Figure of Fortune : 
 
 the companion—28 in. high —on yellow marble pedestals with? 
 boys, &c. in relief in bronze 
 
 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. 
 
 2 47 , A T)E tt TtY-f!Tn7T,KF,A SiTCiamu - painted 
 
 ' fl o wers in - kirquoiao-and—gokl-op il - d e-p e rdri^ - bord o r s —gdd 
 , arcbor-maxh 
 
 248 A e mail Cr own D e rby jag - a nd a cup , p a inted with b e nign efo-of 
 
 -flowwrs 
 
 2 40 - A pair of orna fl- Se r roo e oaus, - p ai nte d " with houquoto of floworo -tn 
 -gife-fe o r d e rs on ros e du B ar ri - gronnd 
 
 250 A large Crown-Derby mug, painted with a view of Newport, Mon¬ 
 
 mouthshire, and wide border of gold and colour 
 
 251 An old Worcester jug, with foliage in low relief, and foliage and 
 
 flowers in blue • - 
 
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 A pair of tall green glass bottles, with silver necks and stopper 
 chased with vine foliage and grapes ^ 
 
 A pf li r of nhlnng p ^W^ M ^r rr ^i^ poin + nrl mitti ipiwn fin d finmr 
 
 A J, 0 260 
 
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 A set of eight Dresden porcelain figures of monkey musicians an 
 conductor 
 
 A Dresden porcelain white group of a negress and lion represents 
 Africa 
 
 A majolica ewer and basin, painted with portraits of Francis I. an 
 La Belle Ferroniere, and scrolls, by A. Jean 6 
 
 An oviform vase, of Italian faience, painted with Cupids bearing 
 shield-of-arms, figures, &c., and with masks in relief 
 
 A Set op Three Vases and Covers, and A. Pair of Beaker 
 of old Chinese porcelain, enamelled with flowers and foliage i 
 colours in leaf-shaped medallions on brown ground 
 
 An old Nankin tall fluted cup, on foot with flowers and foliage 
 
 Four small old Nankin bowls; four ditto plates; and one oth 
 piece 
 
 An old Japan tea-pot and cover ; and four ditto cups and saucers 
 
 A Vienna plate, painted with Sappho in a landscape in gilt an 
 coloured border; and two, smaller, with nymphs and Cupid 
 
 A small Vienna vase and cover, painted with classical figures ^ 
 
 3' 0 , * 266 
 
 / - ° 267 
 
 An English porcelain cabaret, dark blue and gold, consisting < 
 plateau, sugar-basin, jug and covers, and three cups and saucer 
 
 A blue and white Worcester jug and cover ; and a pair of Worceste 
 jugs and covers, with Chinese landscapes in medallions on whji 
 and gold ground g/y 
 
 An ebony casket, with coloured Buhl inlay _ 
 
 An old Nankin beaker, painted with equestrian figures, and boys aj 
 play, in landscapes—16 in. high 
 
 From Sir J. Fender's Collection 
 
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 59 A larger ditto, painted with rocky river scenes, figures and flowers 
 —18 in. high —pierced and carved wood stand 
 
 From the same / 
 
 ? 0 A circular Della Eobbia plaque, with a female head in high reljnf 
 
 in the centre, and border of fruits and loliage in colours ' z*cj& 
 
 r l A pair of small oviform metal vases, with trellis ornament in gold 
 ; 2 A clock, by Julien Leroy, in Louis XVI. or-molu drum-shaped > f 
 
 case supported by a seated cupid 
 7 3 Another, in or-molu case formed as a fluted column, surmounted by 
 
 
 a vase—on gilt wood pedestal 
 
 J 4 Four old Chinese circular dishes, enamelled in colours, brown y > 
 
 outside O&O+irA 
 
 (5 Eighteen ditto plates, of various designs ^ 
 
 7 6 An old Nankin jar and cover, with utensils in medallions on 
 hawthorn ground—wood stand 
 
 7 A Chinese porcelain bowl, enamelled with figures in compartments 
 in borders of figures, fruit, flowers, &c. 
 
 '8 A pair of Louis XVI. or-molu wall lights, with or-molu figures of a 
 boy and infant Satyr bearing branches for two lights, on fliitefi 
 marble pedestals with festoons of flowers in or-molu 
 I ’9 An Old Tapestry Panel, with head of a female saint—in gilt . 
 frame <P\JLs 
 
 10 Marsyas bound to a tree : a carving in ivory in relief—in gilt and 
 glazed frame 
 
 11 A white China crape shawl, richly embroidered with birds and 
 
 flowers, and with deep silk fringe —shawl 5 ft. square, fringe 
 15 in. 
 
 52 A pair of Chinese bronze vases, with wide tops, the centres encircled 
 by dragons in high relief and raised ornaments on the base 
 14 h in. high 
 
 '3 A Basket op Flowers : an oblong marble panel finely carved 
 alto relievo 
 
 =l i A » im old —E ngl is h olack, by Jraffcraon —Bnfiuu, Sen.,~ iii inlaid- 
 ■ mahogany cifw 
 
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 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, 
 
 /£,/** ^285 
 
 f& 286 
 
 ^287 
 
 /#, / 0 ,o 288 
 
 An oblong Chippendale mahogany table, with carved border anc: 
 legs 
 
 A marqueterie folding card table, with shaped border, inlaid wit) 
 flowers and ornaments 
 
 A pair of small square show tables, carved, painted and gilt, an 
 with glass sides and top 
 
 A Louis XYI. Small Oval Marqueterie Table, with drawer; 
 and shelf, inlaid with utensils and other ornaments in colourec 
 woods 
 
 An inlaid tulip-wood hanging corner cabinet, mounted with border 
 of metal-gilt, and inlaid with painted porcelain plaques an< 
 
 looking glass 
 
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 290 
 
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 291 
 
 
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 293 
 
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 294 
 
 
 295 
 
 An Italian Upright Cabinet, of ebony, inlaid with hunting an 
 battle scenes of engraved ivory, with folding doors above, an 
 fall-down front and drawers beneath 
 An Old French Cabinet, with folding doors painted with th« 
 royal cipher and crown of F ranee, boys and arabesques on gob 
 ground 
 
 A pair of earthenware globular tripod jardinieres, with arabesque: 
 in pale blue and yellow on dark blue ground; and a pair o 
 triangular pedestals, en suite 
 
 An old four-leaved leather s( reen, with Chinese decoration 
 An old English mahogany book-case, with curved front, and folding 
 
 doors with wire netting enclosing shelves t 
 
 A Pair of Empire Candelabra, of bronze and or-molu, wit! 
 draped female figures bearing baskets of fruit, and branches foi 
 five lights each, on chased circular pedestals of or-molu—33 in 
 high 
 
 From Lord Wiltons Collection 
 
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 6 An oval-shaped rose-wood table, with folding ends and two drawls, 
 
 the borders inlaid with king-wood and brass 
 
 7 A Very Early English Arm-Chair, of walnut-wood, the hack 
 
 formed of a panel of old stamped leather, with a lion in a ckcle 
 and scroll ornaments, and with old stamped leather seat 
 
 8 An Old French Mahogany Cabinet, inlaid with hra^C with 
 
 three glazed doors mounted with chasings of or-molu ’ / 
 
 From the Earl of Lonsdale’s Collection 
 
 9 A Louis XV. Small Commode, with shaped front and ends and 
 
 two drawers, inlaid with geometrical ornaments and key-pattern 
 borders in coloured woods—25 in. wide 
 0 An Oval Sheraton Table, with folding ends and drawer, the 
 border inlaid with ornament in coloured woods 
 l “ The Fountain of Love”: a panel of old French tapestry,..after 
 Fragonard —in gilt frame . * 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY. 
 
 2 A FiftE Tiger S^in, with hetjd stuffed,^mounted ^n dark blue 
 cloth — extreme length of shmA ft. 6 A 
 A noth W similar-49 ft. 5 in. lo? 
 
 Another — S ft. 10 in. long / 
 
 Another, of unusual size—10 ft TB in. lorig 
 A Fine :'Leopard Skin, with head stuffed\ similarly mounted- 
 7 ft. © in. long \ ' \ 
 
 [7 Another, similar—7 ft. 1 in. long 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street 
 
 and Charing Cross. 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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