7th Dec, 2023 10:30

Winter Specialist Sale

 
  Lot 12
 

Cricket Interest: William Gilbert Grace, (1848-1915)

Cricket Interest: William Gilbert Grace, (1848-1915) - Handwritten ink letter, 17.5cm x 11cm, framed and glazed, inscribed as follows:

'15 Victoria Square
Clifton June 2 1896

My dear Hare

I am sorry to say I shall be in town on the 17th so shall be unable to accept your kind invitation

Believe me

Yours very truly

W. G. Grace'

Together with a photographic print 'Gentlemen v. Players 1889 - Gentlemen, 1889. Played at the "Oval" July 4, 5 and 6. Players won by 9 wickets.' featuring W. G. Grace, 27.5cm x 32.5cm including margins, and a reproduction Vanity Fair caricature of W. G. Grace, (3)

A Clifton & Hotwells Improvement Society 'blue plaque' at 15 Victoria Square, Clifton, records 'Dr. W. G. Grace Cricketer Lived Here 1894-6'.

Sold for £130


 

Cricket Interest: William Gilbert Grace, (1848-1915) - Handwritten ink letter, 17.5cm x 11cm, framed and glazed, inscribed as follows:

'15 Victoria Square
Clifton June 2 1896

My dear Hare

I am sorry to say I shall be in town on the 17th so shall be unable to accept your kind invitation

Believe me

Yours very truly

W. G. Grace'

Together with a photographic print 'Gentlemen v. Players 1889 - Gentlemen, 1889. Played at the "Oval" July 4, 5 and 6. Players won by 9 wickets.' featuring W. G. Grace, 27.5cm x 32.5cm including margins, and a reproduction Vanity Fair caricature of W. G. Grace, (3)

A Clifton & Hotwells Improvement Society 'blue plaque' at 15 Victoria Square, Clifton, records 'Dr. W. G. Grace Cricketer Lived Here 1894-6'.

Auction: Winter Specialist Sale, 7th Dec, 2023

Our Winter Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware, Collector Items, Wines, and Spirits.

The auction includes the principal contents of Gatcombe Court, Somerset. Highlights include a 17th-century embroidered stumpwork panel, Fortunino Matania oil on canvas – The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, and an 1880 painted wooden rocking horse attributed to F. H. Ayres.
 
We will also be offering selected furniture and paintings previously at Sutton House, Clifton. Included are works by Alfred de Breanski, Sidney Richard Percy, and Alfred Pollentine, together with fine 19th century furniture. 
 

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Tuesday 5th December 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 6th December 10am - 5pm
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