Adam's Country House Collections Day II - 10th October 2023

150 491 FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY Mythological Capriccios (designs for fans) A pair, gouache on skin and gilding, 29 x 44.5cms (2) € 1,000 - 2,000 492 A GEORGE II CROSS AND CHEVRON BANDED WALNUT BUREAU, C.1730 the slopefront top opening to reveal a fitted interior of drawers, over a well with a sliding top, above two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet. 99cm high, 80cm wide, 50cm deep Provenance: Norman Adams Ltd., London, 1981; Christie’s London, 50 Years of Collect- ing: The Decorative Arts of Georgian Eng- land, 14 May 2003, lot 147 (£28,000). Litera- ture: C. Claxton-Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection , Woodbridge: Antique Col- lectors’ Club, 1985, p.96. € 15,000 - 20,000 491A HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON (1740-1808) Portrait of a Young Boy with Red Hair, Dressed in Van Dyck Costume Pastel on paper, 24 x 19.5 cm. (9.5 x 7.6”) Signed and dated 1772 € 1,500 - 2,500