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Halsdon House.  The Collection of Charlie & Shirley Watts
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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
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Buyer's premium
26 % (exc. VAT)
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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 South Staffordshire enamel writing slope,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A GROUP OF SCULPTURAL ITEMS, AFTER THE ANTIQUE,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BEAR CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A CAT, LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 600 B.C. incised decoration on forelegs, 7cm.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A SHREW, LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 CENTURY B.C.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BOAR CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A HORSE WITH LIONSKIN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A SHEEP CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BOAR, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., roughly hewn coat, 5.4cm.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A PAIR OF ROMAN BRONZE MODELS OF HORSES, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A LION, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BOAR'S HEAD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A HORSE, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A COCKEREL, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A WATER BIRD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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180 GBP
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A SEATED DOG, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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240 GBP
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400 - 600 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA EWE CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.,
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180 GBP
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF AN EAGLE, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. incised decoration, 4.5cm. high
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BIRD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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150 GBP
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250 - 350 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF AN EAGLE, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. incised decoration (legs missing),4cm. high
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120 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE MODEL OF AN OWL, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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120 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMANO-BRITISH WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A WOLF'S HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., 4.8cm. long
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60 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ROMAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BIRD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A brass door porter cast as a fully caparisoned horse, early 20th century; with ebonised beech base,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A gilt brass cricket-themed desk stand,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A carved beechwood overdoor, modern; modelled with trailed scrolling foliage,
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25 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A painted plaster model of the head of Mercury,
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35 GBP
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A French patinated bronze and onyx mounted table screen in Art Nouveau style,
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A 'bronzed' resin group of a Moor and a female nude, in the manner of 19th century work by Bergmann,
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40 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (1795-1875) Whippet and Fly signed 'A. BARYE. F'
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240 GBP
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ALFRED DUBUCAND (1828-1894) A seated greyhound, signed 'Dubucand' bronze with brown patina
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150 GBP
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250 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A patinated bronze bust of Admiral Lord Nelson, late 19th century, cast by D. Brucciani & Co.
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60 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A plaster anatomical model of the leg of a horse, late 19th /early 20th century.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Alfred Dubucand (French, 1828 - 1894), a patinated bronze model of a stallion,
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240 GBP
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400 - 700 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading AFTER PIERRE JULES MÊNE L'Accolade signed and dated 'P.J. MENE 1865'
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1,500 GBP
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2,500 - 4,000 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Five carved and painted wood models of horses,
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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 An Austrian cold painted bronze model of a bay racehorse, probably by Bergman,
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60 GBP
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100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Franz Bergman (1861-1936), an Austrian cold painted bronze model of a bay racehorse,
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1
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120 GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading JOHN RATTENBURY SKEAPING (1901-1980) Running greyhound signed and numbered 'JOHN SKEAPING 3/20'
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450 GBP
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450 GBP
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700 - 1,000 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading GILL PARKER (b.1957) 'Precocious' signed, dated and numbered 'Gill Parker 1985 7/9'
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180 GBP
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading ASTRID ZYDOWER (1930-2005) Orpheus bronze with brown patina, on polished slate base
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120 GBP
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120 GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading James Doran-Webb, (Contemporary) Baying Stag, 2011, driftwood,
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600 GBP
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Manner of Heather Jansch, Standing Llama, modern driftwood,
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240 GBP
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400 - 700 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A patinated bronze model of a male ballet dancer, second half 20th Century,
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180 GBP
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300 - 600 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading No Lot
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese b1940) - 'Untitled for colorscapes (1991)' - Photographic print -
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60 GBP
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100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After John Frederick Herring, Snr. - Fathers of the Turf 1683-1822
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10 GBP
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20 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Cecil Aldin (British, 1870 - 1935) - A gentleman of colour - Chromolithograph -
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35 GBP
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Alfred de Dreux (1810-1860) - 'Ali', an Arabian stallion
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35 GBP
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Francis Calcraft Turner - The Darley Arabian 'Roxana' - Aquatint with later hand colouring
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20 GBP
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30 - 50 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Whessell after Benjamin Marshall (1767-1835) - 'Lop' - Engraving with later hand colouring,
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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 Rory Carnegie (20th Century) - 'Whisper at Port Meadows' - A limited edition print 3/15 - 52 x 17cm,
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30 GBP
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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 After Herge (1907-1983) - Tintin in the Congo - Limited edition colour print 17/77 - 49 x 36cm,
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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 After Alfred de Dreux (1810-1860) - 'The Pasha's Pride' - Colour print - 69 x 92cm,
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10 GBP
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Wieza Mocy (Contemporary) - The head of a bay Arabian - Print on board
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10 GBP
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20 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Daniel Orme (British, c1766 - 1832) - 'Battle of the Nile' - Engraving
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90 GBP
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150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Astrid Zydower (Polish, 1930-2005) - 'Study of a cat' - Aquatint etching - 21 x 19cm,
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1
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After George Earl (British, 1824-1908) - A field trial meeting at Bala,
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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 After Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, 1621-1675) - Scenes from various fables
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120 GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Andrzej Strumillo (Lithuanian, 1927-2020) - Study of a horse
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30 GBP
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50 - 80 GBP