Sale SC14; Lot: 0629: A GWR wall timepiece, inscribed GWR Worcester and indistinctly R & SBR (Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway).

Sale: SC14 (29 Feb 2012)
Auction Lot: 0629
Estimate: £600-£800
Realised: £2,100
A GWR wall timepiece, inscribed GWR Worcester and indistinctly R & SBR (Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway).

Sale FS18; Lot: 0331: Robert Adams [1917-1984] - 'Pen(with?) Forms' - signed and dated Adams 1955 on base further inscribed with title and dated 1955 on a label attached to the base slate sculpture 13.25cm high.

Sale: FS18 (24 Apr 2013)
Auction Lot: 0331
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
Realised: £15,000
Robert Adams [1917-1984] - 'Pen(with?) Forms' - signed and dated Adams 1955 on base further inscribed with title and dated 1955 on a label attached to the base slate sculpture ...

Sale FS17; Lot: 0864: A pair of carved padouk upright display cabinets on stands in the Chinese taste, with pagoda canopy and pierced fret crestings, having foliate cornices, fitted with adjustable shelves with feather inlaid edges, each enclosed by a glazed panel door with blind fret ornament, the stands with pierced fret friezes on blind fret square section legs, 75cm (2ft 5 1/2in) wide, 198cm (6ft 6in) high. Sale FS17 - 30th/31st January 2013 Illustration charge..'80.

Sale: FS17 (29 Jan 2013)
Auction Lot: 0864
Estimate: £2,500-£3,500
Realised: £36,000
A pair of carved padouk upright display cabinets on stands in the Chinese taste, with pagoda canopy and pierced fret crestings, having foliate cornices, fitted with adjustable shelves with feather ...

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