This auction is live!

You need to be registered and approved to bid at this auction.

Watch the auction
This auction is closed!

It is no longer possible to bid at this auction.

You are registered for this auction

You are now approved to bid at this auction.

Your auction registration is now pending

You have successfully registered for this auction, pending approval to bid. Please check your email for further information.

Your auction registration has been declined

Please contact the auctioneer for more information.

The Decorative House:  Antiques & Interiors
Live
Venue address
15-17 Jane Street
Edinburgh, Scotland
EH6 5HE
United Kingdom
The Decorative House: Antiques & Interiors

Specialist Antiques & Interiors auction

Antiques, mid century modern furniture and decorative objects, silver and jewellery

Auction dates
Dec 09, 2023 11:00 AM GMT
Viewing dates
Dec 07, 2023 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM GMT
Dec 08, 2023 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM GMT
Dec 09, 2023 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM GMT
Auction currency
GBP
Buyer's premium
22 % (exc. Sales tax)
Online commission
3 % (exc. Sales tax)
Other payment methods
There are 238 lots within this auction
Estimate
Primary Category
Category
Brand
Item Type
Sale Section
Country
State/Province
Town/City
Sorted by
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Alison Dunlop R.S.W. (Canadian/Scottish, b. 1958), "Strike Two", a still life of kohlrabi,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Donald Manson (Scottish, b. 1948), Une Bagatelle, a triptych of oils on panel,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Joel Kirk (British, b. 1948), Rhinoceros, signed lower right, watercolour
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Alfred Allan (b. 1944), Final Rays, St. Andrews, signed lower left, oil on canvas
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
170 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Richard Demarco C.B.E., H.R.S.A., R.S.W., S.S.A. (b.1930), The Rock of Cashel, Co. Kildare
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Johnstone O.B.E. (British, 1897-1981), Composition 10, signed lower right
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Johnstone O.B.E. (British, 1897-1981), Composition 9, signed lower right, pen and ink and w
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Johnstone O.B.E. (British, 1897-1981), Composition 7, signed lower right, pen and ink and w
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Sir Robin Philipson R.A., P.R.S.A., F.R.S.A., R.S.W., R.G.I., D.Litt, L.L.D. (Scottish, 1916-1992),
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
400 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Sir Robin Philipson R.A., P.R.S.A., F.R.S.A., R.S.W., R.G.I., D.LITT., L.L.D (Scottish, 1916-1992),
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
150 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Sheila MacMillan D.A., P.A.I. (Scottish, 1928-2018), Portsoy, signed lower right,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
150 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Tom Scott R.S.A., R.S.W (Scottish, 1854-1927), Autumn Ploughing, signed lower left ,watercolour
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Sir George Reid P.R.S.A., H.R.S.E., L.L.D. (Scottish, 1841-1913), Mons Meg, Edinburgh Castle
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Robert Burns H.R.S.A., R.S.W. (Scottish, 1869-1941), St. Cecilia, a design purported to be for Crawf
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Brodie R.S.A. (Scottish, 1815-1881), Three Views of the City of Edinburgh, watercolour
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Barbara S. Peddie (fl. 1881-1908), A Highland Funeral, signed lower right
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Alfred de Breanski Snr. R.B.A. (1852-1928), Fisherman by a Rustic Bridge
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Harry John Johnson (1826-1884), Gulf of Procida, Bay of Naples
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Waller Hugh Paton R.S.A., R.S.W. (Scottish, 1828-1895), "Tyndrum, 24 August 1885"
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Frank McKelvey R.H.A., R.U.A. (Irish, 1895-1974), Figures by the River Lagan
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
600 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading John Napper (British, 1916-2001), Woodland Landscape, signed "Napper" lower right and dated 1948
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Mary E. Pollitt (British, exh.1927-40), "Ibiza Old Town, Balearic Islands", signed lower right, oil
Quantity
1
340 GBP
Opening bid
340 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading British School, mid-20th Century, Cubist Composition of a Vase
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading George Paul Chalmers R.S.A. (Scottish, 1833-1878), A Quiet Moment, oil on canvas
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
150 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Nicol Laidlaw (Scottish, 1886-1929), The Path Home, signed lower right, oil
Quantity
1
120 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading John Blair (Scottish, 1850-1934), A View of Eyemouth, signed and dated 1901 lower left, watercolour
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Augusto Lovatti (Italian, 1852-1921), The Bridge of Sighs, signed lower right,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
360 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading English School, early 19th century, Portrait of a Young Naval Officer,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
240 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After John Hoppner, a portrait miniature of Horatio, Lord Nelson, 19th century, watercolour on ivory
Quantity
1
90 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After John Hoppner (1758-1810), a portrait of Lord Nelson (1758-1805), half-length, oil on canvas
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading 19th Century School, a portrait of the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), half length, oil on canvas
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After William Hogarth, "Before" and "After", a pair of line engravings by Thomas Cook, pub. 1798
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Pat Douthwaite (1934-2002), Cat and Apple Shaped Teapot, lithograph
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Walcot (Scottish, 1874-1943), a pair of etchings of Venetian scenes, Basilica San Marco (St.
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading William Walcot (Scottish, 1874-1943), The Giudecca, Venice, etching, signed in pencil, framed
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Continental School, second quarter of the 20th century, a bronze figure of a standing archer
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
40 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
70 - 90 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After the Antique, two 19th/early 20th century desk bronzes
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An Austrian cold-painted bronze model of a pheasant, c.1900
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Japanese Satsuma earthenware kogo, Meiji period
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Japanese Imari porcelain vases, Meiji period, c. 1900, of tapering cylindrical form with m
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Chinese polychrome enamel twin-handled vases,each of tapering squared form
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A large Chinese porcelain baluster vase decorated in an iron red palette, probably c. 1900
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
180 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Chinese blue and white Nanjing crackle glaze porcelain baluster vases
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
70 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
120 - 180 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Chinese blue and white ginger jar, painted with two shaped cartouches enclosing precious objects
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An Indo-Chinese patinated bronze Avalokitesvara, eleven-headed
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Indian School, c. 1900, a pair of portraits in the Mughal style
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Japanese Edo/Meiji period wakizashi sword with Goto school fittings
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
300 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Japanese bronze and mixed metals vases, Meiji period, c. 1900
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
70 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
120 - 180 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Seiti Shotei Watanabe (Japanese,1851-1918), a set of four diptych woodblock prints of flowers and p
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Seiti Shotei Watanabe (Japanese,1851-1918), a group of woodblock prints
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
50 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Chinese patinated metal model of a standing ox
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A small Chinese bronze figure of Guanyin, modelled seated in rajalilasana
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
120 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Chinese jadeite shallow dish, of mottled brown celadon colour and of shaped rectangular form
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Chinese carved jadeite plaque, of pale celadon colour, pierced and carved with a goose amidst lily
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Doulton Lambeth stoneware spirit barrels, late 19th century
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
70 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
120 - 180 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Royal Worcester porcelain jardiniere
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
90 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th century Villeroy & Boch Mettlach stoneware twin-handled vase
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A 19th century Parian bust of John Locke, after the basalt model by Wedgwood
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
60 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early Royal Doulton figure, The Lilac Shawl, mid-1920's
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
150 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Meissen porcelain gilt-highlighted bowl,
Quantity
1
0 GBP
Opening bid
40 GBP
Buy it now price
0 GBP
Max bid
GBP
Estimate
70 - 90 GBP