Dore & rees is proud to offer
the PRIVATE COLLECTION of the
LATE ‘great’ george withers
FOR SALE BY AUCTION without reserve
PART I AUCTION
21, 22, 23 February
WHITE GLOVE AUCTION
SOLD: £1,288,644
PART II AUCTION
Wednesday 28 February
at Wincanton Auctions, Bennetts Mead, Wincanton BA9 9EB
PART III AUCTION
SELECT INTERIORS
including The Private Collection of the Late ‘Great’ George Withers
PART IV AUCTION
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
WHITE GLOVE AUCTION
SOLD: £289,653
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION
-
![TRENCHERS]()
A RARE SET OF TWELVE ELIZABETHAN CIRCULAR SYCAMORE TRENCHERS
SOLD: £18.200
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![SABRETACHE]()
A ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY SABRETACHE
SOLD: £14.300
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![PORTRAIT PAINTING WILLIAM MELVILLE]()
WILLIAM MELVILLE (ACTIVE 1840-1850) PORTRAIT OF INDIAN
SOLD: £11,050
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![ALGERNON NEWTON PAINTING]()
ALGERNON NEWTON (1880-1968) RIVER STOUR, ESSEX
SOLD: £9,100
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![ANGLO INDIAN SIDE TABLE]()
AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY INLAID OCCASIONAL TABLE 19TH CENTURY
SOLD: £7,280
THE PRIVATE COLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![CREAMWARE TABLE SERVICE]()
NICOLA OR BIAGIO GIUSTINIANI, NAPLES Early 19th Century, an Egyptian revival creamware part table service
SOLD: £6,890
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE PAINTING]()
EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE (1811-1880) SUNSET, PORT OF LIDO, VENICE
SOLD: £6,500
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES]()
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES QING DYNASTY 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
SOLD: £6,500
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![ALMS DISHES]()
A 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY NUREMBERG BRASS ALMS DISH
SOLD: £6,370
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2023 -
![ancient Egyptian figure]()
AN ANCIENT EGYPTAIN BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI FIGURE
SOLD: £5,980
THE PRIVATE COLLETION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUAY 2023
-
![]()
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE VOTIVE MUMMIFIED LIZARD 'SARCOPHAGUS' CIRCA 500BC
SOLD: £1,430
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE GREAT GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![]()
A GOOD PAIR OF SAW HANDLED PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS BY W. PARKER, GUNMAKER TO THE KING, CIRCA 1825
SOLD: £4,420
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![walnut cabinet]()
A GOOD WALNUT AND FEATHER BANDED CABINET, CIRCA 1700
SOLD: £2,860
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![KALEIDOSCOPE]()
A FINE PHILIP CARPENTER DR. BREWSTERS PATENT KALEIDOSCOPE, CIRCA 1825
SOLD: £3,380
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![]()
A LARGE MEISSEN MODEL OF A RUFFED BUSTARD AFTER J.J. KANDLER
SOLD: £1,105
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![marine chronometer]()
A 2 DAY MARINE CHONOMETER
SOLD: £1,950
THE PRIVATE COLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![Achilies bronze]()
AFTER FRANCOIS RUDE, THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES BY THE CENTAUR CHIRON, 19TH CENTURY
SOLD: £1,105
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![chest]()
A RARE TEAK AND BRASS BOUND CAMPAIGN SECRETAIRE CHEST ON CHEST
SOLD: £2,600
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![Napoleon's glass]()
NAPOLEON; A CHAMPAGNE GLASS PURPORTEDLY BELONGING TO NAPOLEON
SOLD: £1,235
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024
-
![Bow porcelain Thames waterman]()
A RARE BOW FIGURE OF A THAMES WATERMAN, CIRCA 1755
SOLD: £5,850
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![striking clock]()
AN EBONY VENEERED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
SOLD: £1,560
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![Meissen cockatoo]()
A LARGE MEISSEN FIGURE OF A COCKATOO AFTER J.J.KANDLER, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
SOLD: £1,235
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![silver claret jug]()
AN URN SHAPED VICTORIAN CLARET JUG, LONDON 1873
SOLD: £845
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![Chinese dish]()
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
SOLD: £1,300
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![silver candlesticks]()
A VERY LARGE PAIR OF CORINTHIAN COLUMN CANDLESTICKS, LONDON 1763
SOLD: £845
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![SILVER POCKET WATCH]()
A SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH WITH AUTOMATION
SOLD: £975
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![Chinese baluster vases]()
A GOOD PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
SOLD: £1,560
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![bracket clock]()
AN INTERESTING STRIKING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK
SOLD: £2,340
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
![silver plates]()
A SET OF EIGHT WILLIAM III PLATES, LONDON 1712
SOLD: £2,860
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024
GEORGE WITHERS
1946 - 2023
George Withers was born in 1946 in the village of Hallatrow, and spent his formative years growing up on a farm in Charfield, Gloucestershire. As early as 14, his fascination with antiques started to emerge. His family recollects him struggling one day across the field at the back of the farm carrying one of his first modest purchases - a grandfather clock.
George left school at 15 to work in the local Malthouse and began dealing in his spare time. At 21, he opened his first shop on London Road, Bath; this was to be the first of many in the Bath area, always filled to the gunnels, to the point that visitors had to enter through the door sideways and slide between the hoard of antiques on display.
For a time, George had a stall at Portobello, London, and sold at the antiques fair in Bath Pavilion. In the early 2000s George moved with his family to Ye Grange in Bathampton, where he displayed many of his treasures.
Those who knew George well, knew him to be a collector, and a rather reluctant seller, preferring to covet and keep his pieces for his own enjoyment. Around 2003 Ye Grange was sold and George moved to Peasedown where he lived out his remaining days surrounded by his beloved antiques.
Request auction estimate
We offer free auction estimates by email or by appointment. We will review your items and provide you with an indication of the guide value at which Dore & Rees believe the item would be offered for sale.
Please send us an email with good quality photographs, dimensions, history, provenance and known background. Alternatively, do give us a call to discuss your item.