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Halsdon House.  The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts
Live
Venue address
St. Edmund's Court
Okehampton Street
Exeter
EX4 1DU
United Kingdom
Halsdon House. The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts

Sale Ref : SS15

Auction Starts at 9.30am  GMT

 

Halsdon House.  The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts - Lots 1 - 868

CERAMICS Lots 1- 55
ANTIQUITIES Lots 56 - 155
WORKS OF ART Lots 156 – 327
SILVER & JEWELLERY Lots 328 – 384
PAINTINGS Lots 385 – 460
SPORTING & COLLECTORS ITEMS Lots 461 – 600
NELSON RELATED ITEMS Lots 601 – 628
CARS Lots 629 & 630
BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS Lots 631 – 745
FURNITURE & RUGS Lots 746 – 868

Auction dates
20 May 2026 09:30 BST
Lots: 1-868
Viewing dates
15 May 2026 09:00 - 17:15 BST
16 May 2026 09:00 - 13:00 BST
18 May 2026 09:00 - 17:15 BST
19 May 2026 09:00 - 17:15 BST
Auction currency
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Buyer's premium
26 % (exc. VAT)
Online commission
3 % (exc. VAT)
Buyers premium is 26% up to the first £20,000 and then 25% over £20,000 per lot.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A red leather combined correspondence and dressing case,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of ten various wicker baskets and hampers, 20th century;
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A George III oval embroidered silk map of England and Wales, early 19th century;
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group of seven equestrian models, all in simulated bronze,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Continental, probably Austrian bronze and onyx mounted model of a billiards or snooker player,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A carved and stained hardwood lay model of a horse, second half 20th Century; articulated overall,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A calcite stalagmite, 31cm high
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Three Victorian painted decoupage figural pictures,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A 19th century mahogany cased travelling compass by Dollond, London,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A George IV lacquered brass pantograph by Robert Bancks (Banks) 440 Strand, London,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A George III lacquered brass 2½in. table telescope by Robert Bancks 440 Strand London,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Georgian lacquered brass botanist or field microscope, unsigned,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of late19th/early 20th century microscope slides
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A George III cuff-type brass microscope by William Watkins, James Street London,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An Earnst Heubach bisque shoulder head doll, applied blond wig, blue glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th/early 20th century wax head doll,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, brown wig, brown glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Simon & Halbig 'Santa' bisque head doll, brown wig, brown glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, black wig, blue glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th/early 20h century bisque head musical Jester doll,
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85 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Kammer & Reinhardt bisque head baby doll, blonde wig, brown glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century bisque head doll, unsigned, brown wig, fixed brown glass eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group of seven late 19th/early 20th century miniature bisque head dolls,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century bisque head doll, blonde wig, brown glass sleeping eyes,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 18th/early 19th century wooden peg doll,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A 19th century Continental wooden marionette,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late Victorian peddler peg doll with painted face wearing a felt bonnet and cotton dress
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A 19th century wax head doll, white wig,
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30 GBP
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Simon & Halbig bisque head doll, brown wig, brown glass sleeping eyes,
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30 GBP
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of early 20th century and later miniature porcelain dolls and others similar.
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35 GBP
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of early 20th century and later dolls.
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A wax head doll, (damaged) ,together with a collection of various later dolls.
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25 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group of various 20th century dolls including a porcelain head doll of girl in a school uniform
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of 19th century and later dolls clothes and accessories together with a miniature
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An American Civil War period black leather cartridge pouch, circa 1861,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th century Prussian Artillery pickelhaube,
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50 - 80 GBP