London – There were impressive results for the Bonhams sale of A Modern Antiquarian: The Collection of Graham Slater, featuring delftware offered in support of Art Fund, along with early English Pottery, Coins, and Works of Art. Highlights included a 17th-century London Delftware 'La Fecundite' dish, which sold for £76,600.

The 669-lot sale, which was two parts (Part I: a live auction at Bonhams New Bond Street on Tuesday 15 April. Part II: an online sale, which ran from 1-16 April on bonhams.com), achieved a combined total of £1,186,000.

Graham Slater's collection was a testament to his passion as a collector and his generous gift to Art Fund is a tribute to the charity's work supporting the UK's museums and galleries. Part of the Graham Slater bequest has been facilitated by the collector's children Corinna Slater (estate executor) and son Crispin Slater in support of Art Fund.

The sale of the English Delftware Collection will support Art Fund's work with museums across the UK, specifically its funding for museum professionals through the Expanding Horizons campaign – a major investment in expertise and development opportunities for people who bring museum collections to life, from curators to conservators, educators to exhibition-makers.

Charlie Thomas, UK Group Director for House Sales and Private & Iconic Collections, commented: "Graham was an old-fashioned type of collector, a true scholar who wanted to learn everything he could about the objects he collected. We are delighted that his passion will live on in these objects and be shared with their new owners. We are also thrilled that the sale achieved such an impressive total for Art Fund which will cement Graham's amazing legacy."

Highlights of the sale included:

• An English medieval anthropomorphic jug, 13th century. Sold for £35,840.

• An exceptional early London delftware wine bottle, circa 1630-50. Sold for £24,320.

• Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 Coin. Sold for £21,760.

• BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF ROME. Hore divine virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum. Sold for £14,080.

• Patrick Heron (British, 1920-1999), MINI FEBRUARY I : 1974. Sold for £12,800.