September 2022 issue of Antique Collecting magazine by ACC Art Books

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To be added to the catalogue mailing list please contact us on enquiries@bm-auctions.co.uk or call our head office on 01449 673088 www.bishopandmillerauctions.co.uk Bishop & Miller Auctioneers, Unit 12 Manor Farm, Glandford, Holt NR25 7JP I ntroducing our auctions for September at our new auction gallery in Glandford near Holt. Viewi ng for both auctions will be available prior to auction days. The East Anglian Thursday 8 September 2022 Starting 10am Folk, Function & Frivolity Wednesday 14 September 2022 Starting 10amColin W Burns (British, Born 1944) ‘Winter on the Broad - Upton’ (signed lower right), oil on canvas Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500 A Folk Art carved standing bear stick stand Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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As a youngster many years ago, it was the Ladybird book Cleopatra and Ancient Egypt that single-handedly kickstarted a fascination with the ancient world. The passion was only dimmed some 15 years later when, as an archaeology undergraduate, I found myself flailing without purpose in a rain-sodden Hampshire field. How far it all seemed from the magic of the pyramids and romance of the pharaohs.

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In this month’s magazine, 100 years on from Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (the image which graced the cover of my Ladybird book) we reel ourselves back to those childhood daydreams. On page 21, curator Benjamin Hinson considers how, even before the ‘Boy King’ came to light, ancient Egypt cast a spell on western collectors. On page 28, antiquities experts reveal how you can start a collection of Egyptian artefacts – it might be less expensive than you think. Elsewhere in the magazine, on the 60th-anniversary of the release of Dr. No, fans of Bond memorabilia will be heartened to learn of a number of 007 collectables going under the hammer. While few of us will have the £2m required to secure the famous spy’s Aston Martin DB5 from No Time To Die, one of the ‘Day of the Dead’ bicycles used in the opening sequence of Spectre has a more reasonable estimate of £5,000-£8,000. See page 18. On page 54, Philip Modiano puts the work of the fallen-from-favour artist, John Louis Petit – who has been described as “worthy of comparison with Turner” – in the spotlight. The good news for collectors is his paintings are considerably cheaper. And, while the ceramicists Clarice Cliff, Charlotte Rhead and Susie Cooper are well known to collectors, less familiar may be the name Mabel Leigh, whose signature pieces can still be picked up for less than £50. Graham Fitzpatrick lifts the lid on page 36. For treen and folk art lovers, on page 52, we preview a magnificent sale of Welsh love spoons, carved by lovelorn suitors in the 17th to 19th centuries. Enjoy the issue. Georgina Wroe, Editor P.S. Just as we were going to press we had the very sad news that Diana Steel, who founded the Antique Collectors’ Club in 1966 and launched the magazine in the same year, had died at the age of 82. We will be paying full tribute to her and her remarkable career in next month’s issue. IN TOUCH

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12 Around the Houses: All the latest from the UK salerooms, including a top-selling Victorian bat brooch and a ‘lost’ Impressionist painting 16 Waxing Lyrical: With David Harvey away, Charlie Mackinnon takes up the reins revealing the history of the perennially popular tallboy 18 Saleroom Spotlight: Behind the scenes at the sale of James Bond memorabilia, 60 years after the release of the rst lm

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66 Marc My Word: BBC’s Antique Roadshow expert Marc Allum recalls how a missed trip to the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition inspired a life-long love of history FEATURES 21 Tomb Raiders: 100 years after the discovery of Tutankhamun, Ben Hinson considers the lasting legacy of Egyptmania on Western designers 26 Grave Concerns: Collectors have been fascinated by Egyptian funerary shabtis for centuries. Discover more about this fascinating eld 30 e Drawing Board: eodora Robinson reveals how the collaboration between children’s authors and illustrators can transform a book’s collectability 36 Mabel Ware While the work of the 20th-century ceramicist Mabel Leigh may be under the radar, it is both charming and a ordable, writes Graham Fitzpatrick 44 Sister Act: e three pioneering women behind the ground-breaking jewellery of the French House of Boivin are put in the spotlight 47 Desert Hands: A mythical Cartier watch awarded to the twice winner of the iconic Paris-Dakar rally goes under the hammer in Geneva 54 Sweet Petit: Philip Modiano gives the out-of-favour British Impressionist, John Louis Petit, whose work has been compared to JMW Turner, the credit he deserves

35 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson goes gooey when he announces the sale of the contents of a sweet shop 40 Puzzle Pages: Put your feet up and let the little grey cells do the work with brain teasers from Pete Wade-Wright

49 Fair News: Discover the latest and best events taking place around the country this September 50 Book O ers: Enjoy more than a third discount on the RRP of a range of books from our sister publisher ACC Art Books

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52 Top of the Lots: e Scottish sale of some 150 pieces of exquisite treen is in the spotlight, along with a rare football jersey and iconic pedal car Canopic jar, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, 1790, V&A. On display at this month’s Visions of Ancient Egypt exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre, see page 21. 2022 Author and illustrator Book lid DESSERTS LIVE BOND MEMORABILIA HIGH PRAISE THE HISTORY OF TALLBOYS IN THE Tomb Raiders How the wonders of the pyramids have fuelled Western design forCelebratingcenturies100 years since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun US @AntiqueMag

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ANTIQUE COLLECTING 5 THIS MONTH REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the issue, which has a special focus on Ancient Egypt 6 Antique News: We delve into all the latest from the world of antiques and ne art, including an upcoming ne clocks sale and three must-see exhibitions

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58 Fair Calendar: Catch up with all the events near you and around the UK with our essential guide 60 Auction Calendar: Never miss another sale with our up-to-date listings from the nation’s salerooms

10 Your Letters: Could a Chinese vase turn out to have a stellar provenance? Plus a recommendation for a must-visit autumn fair in Hackney

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Above Items from the Unesco-listed building go under the hammer this autumn Above right e inaugural summer party and fundraiser for the National Gallery’s bicentenary campaign Below right JMW Turner (1775-1851) Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening, 1826, © e Frick Collection, New York Below far right JMW Turner (1775-1851) Harbour of DomicileChangementDieppe:de , 1826, © e Frick Collection, New York Below left e V&A Dundee is after your tartan such as these Dr Martens boots Paris match More than 1,300 pieces of decorative arts from the Hôtel Lambert, a Unesco-listed building on the Île Saint-Louis, go under the hammer in a series of sales this autumn. Built in the early 1640s, the hotel was once home to Voltaire and the Rothschilds and host to guests including Chopin, Delacroix and Princess Grace of Monaco. It was bought from the Rothschilds in 2007 by Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah al- ani, with many of the contents on o er in the sale installed by him. Estimates range from €1,000 to €1m, including furniture by AndréCharles Boulle and Adam Weisweiler. e sale, expected to make €100m, will support the Al ani Foundation.

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Two ground-breaking pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) return to the UK for the rst time in more than 100 years this autumn. Harbour of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile and Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening, painted in the mid-1820s, have not been seen in the UK since 1911. ey were exhibited in New York in 1914 at the Knoedler Gallery, before being acquired in the same year by the American industrialist Henry Clay Frick (founder of the famous gallery) and have remained in the United States everBothsince.were created at a time when Turner was known to be experimenting with light and also depict scenes of everyday life at two 19th-century European ports. ey go on display at the National Gallery’s Room 46 from November 3 to February 19, 2023.

The great and the good took part in a fundraiser this summer ahead of the National Gallery’s bicentenary next year. Guests at the gallery do included Princess Beatrice, her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Grayson Perry and Damian Lewis – all raising money for a year of events celebrating the gallery, which is 200 years old on May 10, 2024. NG200, expected to cost £95m, will see renovations to the gallery in Trafalgar Square, such as a revamp of the Grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing and a new research centre in the historic Wilkins Building.

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Check it out A Scottish museum is appealing for tartan donations ahead of major exhibition opening next year. Tartan at the V&A Dundee from April 1 to January 14, 2024, promises a radical look at one of the world’s best-known textiles, which has in its time expressed tradition, revolt and Accordingdiversity.tocurators sought-after items include tartan picnic blankets, punk clothing from the 1970s and kilts worn by members of the Tartan Army. Other objects of interest include tartan ceramics and homewares. Anyone with anything toshouldcontributeemailtartanproject@vandadundee.org

A new saleroom opens near the Norfolk coast and a museum puts a call out for your tartan treasures

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Left Beauty Adorning Herself, attributed to Kim Hong-Do (1745-1806), 18th-19th century, © Seoul UniversityNational Right Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) e bones of the foot and shoulder. Royal Collection Trust, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021 Far right Judicial robes worn by David Boyle, the presiding judge at William Burke’s trial, 1827-1828, © National Museums Scotland Above left

A new exhibition highlighting the history of anatomical study, from da Vinci’s artistic explorations to the Burke and Hare murders, continues in Scotland this month.

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1Heart and Seoul Korean heritage from ancient times to Gangnam style is celebrated in a new exhibition at the V&A London this month. Hallyu! e Korean Wave opens on September 24 and is the rst event to mark the global rise of the country’s culture in the 1990s. Central to the exhibition is how South Korea evolved from a country ravaged by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse by the early 2000s. One section focuses on beauty and fashion and includes cosmetics and packaging from the 13th century to the present day.

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Edinburgh’s reputation as a leading centre of medical learning, sparked a number of body snatchers such as William Burke and William Hare who killed 16 people in the 1820s to fuel the Right omas Banks (1828–1896) omas Bateman and Son, 1861, © She Museumseld Far right Gold and garnet pendant from White Low, Museums©600-700Derbyshire,AD,Sheeld Bottom right Bone comb from MuseumsAD,Orkney,Pierowall,850-1066©Sheeld

Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life, at Edinburgh’s National Museums of Scotland until October 30, also places the Scottish capital at the heart of 19th-century medical study and crime.

Museumtheline,Electronics’SamsungTVproduction1970s.CourtesyofSamsungInnovation Right Set of Museumsinstruments,surgical©NationalScotland Left Eight Beauties of Korea, folding screen, 1900-1950. Attributed to Chae Yong Shin. Ink and colour on cotton, © OCI Museum of Art

3Barrow boy e collection of a pioneering Victorian antiquarian continues on show at Weston Park Museum in She eld this month. e life of the Derbyshire amateur archaeologist omas Bateman (1821–1861) is brought into focus by more than 300 objects –from a fossilised ichthyosaur to a medieval illuminatedBatemanmanuscript.joinedtheBritish Archaeological Association in 1843 and after excavating 38 barrows earned the nickname e Barrow Knight’. When his collection was sold in the 1890s, She eld Museum joined some of the world’s leading museums. Brought to Light: e Remarkable Bateman Collection continues at the museum until January 15. to see in

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In a unique experiment collectors were given a choice: to keep the NFT, or exchange it for the physical artwork created by hand in 2016. If they chose the NFT the physical artwork would be destroyed. Similarly, if

Sun shines A Bronze Age gold ‘sun’ pendant, which was at the heart of the British Museum’s recent Stonehenge exhibition, has gone on tour around the UK. The 3,000-year-old necklace, also known as a bulla, Bronze Age metalwork ever discovered in Britain. It is also noteworthy for depicting the sun which had not previously been seen on objects of the age. show in London, the pendant can be seen at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro until November 5; The Collection, Lincoln, from November 11 to February 20, 2023; 13inMuseum25fromWinterMuseumSunderlandandGardens,FebruarytoJune3;andnanEileanStornowayfromJunetoSeptember16,2023.

OUT OF STEAM A popular UK funfair has announced its nal dates before calling time on its vintage fairground rides. After touring for 45 years

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Carters Steam Fair will appear at Woking from September 4-5, Croxley Green on September 10-11 and Basingstoke from September 17-18 and 24-25. Its nal ever appearance will be in Reading on October 14-15. Dating from the 1890s to the 1960s, its rare collection of vintage fairground rides includes an iconic set of restored British Galloper horses dating from the 1890s.

Aubrey Berkshire-basedfounderDawson,ofthe auction house Dawsons How did you start in the business? My mother was an antiques dealer, so I went to my ﬁrst auction when I was just two weeks old! I was lucky enough to grow up surrounded by antiques, so the auction industry seemed like a natural choice. I started as a porter at 17 and worked my way up through the ranks. What made you choose watches as a specialism? I am a generalist so have knowledge across a wide array of disciplines, however I have a particular passion for wristwatches. I have always loved mechanical things and watches are little, portable works of art, they are so intricate and delicate, yet at the same time they are strong and enduring. They are also such personals item with a fascinating history. What has been you biggest discovery? We recently discovered a rare Renaissance painting depicting the Madonna and Child by a follower of Filippino Lippi (14571504) that had hung undiscovered in a pensioner’s bungalow for the last 30 years. We successfully sold it for £255,000 – a lifechanging result for the owner. What would you still most like to ﬁnd? I would love to discover a rare Rolex ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona wristwatch just hidden in a drawer and give the vendor a real surprise when they learnt of its value. These watches were produced in the 1960s and now can sell for upwards of £150,000. Dotty idea After giving owners a year to decide whether they wanted to keep either one of 10,000 artworks, or its digital equivalent, the British artist Damien Hirst has pledged to destroy one, or the other, this month.

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Any advice to the newbie watch collector on a budget? Buy at auction! Don’t hesitate to go to salerooms, view watches and ask questions, the specialists will be only too pleased to assist you. My advice would be to look for second hand automatic watches by wellknown Swiss names such as Omega, Longines, Rolex, IWC, Tag Heuer and Tudor. Military watches are also always popular in the saleroom. What are your hobbies when you are not involved in antiques? When I am not valuing or in the saleroom I enjoy motorcycling, ﬂying a light aircraft, history and travel and spending time with friends and family.

Below e Tompion ebony table clock has an estimate of £200,000-£300,000 at this December’s sale

Dawsons is currently inviting entries for its sale 100 Years of Design 1860-1960 on October 6.

Above Age makers, © e Trustees of the British Museum period, the NFT was destroyed. e destruction will take place during an exhibition at Newport Street Gallery on September 9. Artworks will be burnt at a speci ed time each day during the run of the show. speci ed time each day during the run of the show.

Clock watching Two clocks by Thomas Tompion (1639-1713), the father of forMaryonetable(1640-1711).clockmaker,by-centuryantheElliot,businessmantheauctionattheclockmaking,EnglishareamongtimepiecesonsaleBonhams’ﬁneclocksonDecember1.BothcomefromcollectionoftheAlanandappearonrostrumalongsideimportantlate17thlongcaseclock,another‘goldenage’JosephKnibbTompion’s1692ebonyclockissimilartosuppliedtoQueenin1693,whichsold£1.6min2019.

The Lost King, which stars Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley MBE, the woman who found the controversial monarch’s remains and fought to give him an honourable burial. A selection of armour used in the ﬁlm goes on public display from September 7 to January 8, 2023 in the museum’s Housekeeper’s Room.

African prize African contemporary art takes centre stage at two events next month with the exhibition Also Known as Africa (AKAA) taking place in Paris and the sale of an important single owner collection in London. AKAA, from October 20-23, returns to the French capital for its seventh edition, welcoming 38 international galleries representing contemporary artists from across the continent. Meanwhile on October 13, as part of this year’s Frieze, Christie’s will sell the “Sina Jina” collection – part of the works owned by Robert Devereux, a longtime supporter in the eld. Sina Jina is Swahili for “a place with no name” — as Devereux’s home on Kenya’s Lamu Island is also known. e sale of 70 works by artists, including the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui (b. 1944), marks the rst time in more than 20 years that a major collection of art from Africa and its diaspora has been o ered at auction.

Above e Su olk auctioneer has expanded into the neighbouring county of Norfolk, close to the coastal town of Blakeney Right Ynette Yiadom-Boake (b. 1977) Highpower, oil on linen, 2008, has an estimate of £600,000-£800,000 at Christie’s sale next month Above left e bedroom where the guests would discover a goose in their bed, © National Trust Images MUSEUM MOVE ere’s a chance to say goodbye to the Museum of London before it closes its London Wall location at special open days this month e museum has been celebrating its 45-year history at its current site before it packs up on December 2 to move to West Smith eld in 2026. On the weekend of September 10-11 visitors can take part in a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum during an open house showcasing prized objects from its seven million-strong collection.

Above On show: armour for man and horse, Landshut, c. 1480, © Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London Below e Lost King stars Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley and Harry Lloyd as Richard III

of Norfolk-based Key’s Auctioneers, as its new pictures specialist; Steve Stockton (formerly of Bonhams) as its head of business development; and prints and multiples specialist Lucy Woodley (also from Bonhams). Lauren Gardner also joins the company as its new jewellery specialist. by the National Trust, who oversaw its conservation, including a re-roofed West Wing, restored cantilevered staircase and restoration of the basement.

General Manager, Emma Thomas, said: “Even in an age notorious for extreme behaviour, the lively Delavals stood out for their extraordinarily colourful, spirited lifestyle. They were also renowned for their gambling, scandals and practical jokes. This was a party house, and we wanted to really bring some of those stories of the ‘Gay Delavals’ to the fore.”

The ﬂamboyant history of the Delaval family, who lived in the hall in the 18th century and was the toast of Georgian society, takes centre stage.

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The curtain has gone up on a four-year £7.4m revamp on Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland.Thehall,oneofthe greatest works by the architect Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was ravaged by ﬁre 200 years ago. In 2009, it was acquired Above Museum of London, London Wall / Olympic Cauldron, © Museum of London

Richard preferredthe A London museum has unveiled an exhibition of Richard III-era armour to mark a decade since the discovery of the king’s remains in a Leicester carpark, which is also celebrated in a new Wallaceﬁlm.Collection experts advised on

Promising 24 auctions in 2024, the new saleroom kicks o with two auctions this month: e East Anglian on September 8 and Folk, Function and Frivolity on September 14, with upcoming sales of maritime antiques, whisky, ne wine and sartorial elegance. As part of the expansion, Bishop & Miller has welcomed four new experts to its team including Kevin Lines, previously GEORGIAN MAYHEM

County lines A Su olk auctioneer has cut the ribbon on a new saleroom in neighbouring Norfolk –just seven years after it started. Stowmarket-based Bishop & Miller has opened a purpose-built auction gallery in Glandford, close to the Georgian town of Holt on the north Norfolk coast.

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I wonder if any of your readers could help regarding information about the furniture maker EG Punnett? He worked with the High Wycombe furniture manufacturers William Birch, and, as such, designed pieces for Liberty and the arts and crafts movement of the 1900s. He was also my grandfather. My father, Stanley Alfred Punnett, was a cabinetmaker for Castle Brothers, High Wycombe, which was taken over by Gomms in the I1900s.amresearching our family tree and keen to learn anything about EG Punnett, in particular a photo. Susan Rose, formerly Punnett, by email

Q5 (a) Or so he claimed. Q6 (c). Q7 (d). Q8 (b). Q9 (c). Q10 (b) It was the ‘trench’ watch of WWI that had a grill. Finally no Aesop’s plot can be rearranged to form ‘Apostle spoon’ (of which there are usually 12 with the 13th representing Christ); heel whippet can be rearranged to form ‘Hepplewhite’; avionic art can be rearranged to form ‘Victoriana’ and map warning rearranges to form ‘warming pan’.

Our letterstarreceives a copy of British Designer Silver by John Andrew and Derek Stiles worth £75. Write to us at Antique Collecting, Sandy Lane, Old Suffolk,Woodbridge,Martlesham,IP124SD or email accartbooks.commagazine@

Below left The vase base bears the Qianlong sixcharacter seal marks I really enjoyed discovering the places other people rate as the best antique fairs in the UK (Bargain Hunting, August issue). But can I make a bid for my local brocante – the Hackney Flea Market? It started up as a pop-up event about a decade ago on Stoke Newington’s Church Street. Selling everything from mid-century design classics, to salvaged one-of-a–kind pieces it’s really hard to beat. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday morning, plus most things can just about be dragged home on public transport. Enid M. Botwright, by email (The next market is on September 17-18.)

Answers to the quiz on page 46

Above right Roo Irvine revealed her favourite antiques hunting grounds in last month’s magazine Left A chair by Susan’s grandfather, the furniture maker EG Punnett Below far left collectionEnidvaseYuhuchunpingThebottlecamefromtheandBrodieLodge

Q4 (b) Originally a loss-making magazine for young(ish) people, it was reinvented for an adult readership in 1896 and achieved popularity.

This month’s mailbag includes a query on the provenance of a highend Chinese vase and a claim for the UK’s best antiques fair I have been a regular reader of Antique Collecting magazine for many years and have particularly enjoyed your articles on Asian art. I am a collector of Chinese ceramics and my collection includes a Yuhuchunping bottle vase from the Enid and Brodie Lodge collection, which, as shown below, bears the Qianlong sixcharacter seal marks. I bought it in a sale in Düsseldorf from a collector in the Munich area. I would be obliged if any of your readers had details of its previous owners or any provenance. The exterior is finely painted with lotus blossom with curling foliage and scrolls of flowers. The interior of the mouth and the base are turquoise blue. Erwin Jirsak, Duisburg, Germany by email Star letter

Q1 (d) Indoor shoes both formal and informal. Q2 (a) Note, there are other spellings. Q3 (c) It was the first formal statement of the rules of the game. The London-based Football Association rules came later and both coexisted for a while. The rules were only slowly accepted by the rest of Yorkshire as football was seen as too soft.

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An important lost British Impressionist painting (above) sold for £180,000, beating its guide price of £7,000-£10,000 at the North Yorkshire auctioneer’s recent art sale.

A collection of more than 3,000 Victorian and early 20th-century carte de visite sold for £8,800 when it went under the hammer at the Staffordshire auction house against an estimate of £350-£470. Auctioneer, Ben Gamble, said: “There remains a strong interest among collectors and this collection – being sizeable and in extremely good condition – attracted a lot of interest.”

A ROUND the HOUSES The painting‘lost’was by the leading HenryImpressionistBritishHerbertLaThangue areCosmographRolex’sDaytonasaperennialfavouriteamongwatchcollectors A mugshot of David Bowie and a 40-million-year-old fossilised crocodile have all been snapped up in the UK’s salerooms The trunk was bought in a bric-à-bracTwickenhamshopfor£12in1984Thecollectionof3,000Victoriancallingcardssoldfor£8,800 The BrightonCockneysentitledmice,Theat,safelyachieved£3,800

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La Thangue (1859-1929) came to light in Yorkshire, having been passed down through a family of textile machine manufacturers. La Thangue was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism. At a different sale, an 18ct Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 116519, sold for £21,000 against a low estimate of £15,000. For more on Rolex Cosmograph Daytona turn to page 47.

At the same sale a family of ceramic mice modelled by George Tinworth (1843-1913) for Doulton, dated 1886, sold for £3,800 against a pre-sale estmate of £1,000Hanson’s, London A £12 gift, bought for storage by a dad for his daughter’s first flat nearly 40 years ago, sold for more than 600 times that price at the Derbyshire auctioneer’s London saleroom.

The Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, dated to the early 20th century, soared past its estimate to hammer for £7,300.

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According to the serial number on the trunk, it was originally sold between 1909 and 1914. Louis Vuitton founded the French luxury fashion house in 1854. In 1858, he introduced flat-topped trunks with Trianon canvas, making them lightweight, airtight and ideal for voyages and train travel.

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Hanson London’s associate director, Chris Kirkham, said: “Louis Vuitton is a name aligned with quality, but the trunk is more than that. It is an historical object demonstrating Vuitton’s design ingenuity.”

Sotheby’s, Cassandra Hatton, said: “The opportunity of sharing this dinosaur with the public for the first time is an immense pleasure and a highlight of my career.”

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Moreton-in-MarshKinghams, A 19th-centurybadly-damaged,famille rose Chinese vase defied its pre-sale estimate of £800-£1,200 to sell for £38,000 at the Gloucestershire auctioneer’s recentMeasuringsale. just 25.5cm high, it was of shouldered form with twin handles, and decorated with boys at play and in procession.

Kinghams’ fine art valuer, Adrian Rathbone, said: “At some point it had been completely smashed and had old repairs and restorations. With the ongoing strength in the market for Chinese porcelain, the damage did not deter a raft of pre-sale enquiries from China with five telephone bids booked and numerous online bidders registered.”

ChineseThe vase sold for multiple times its estimate in Gloucester-shire

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The vase sold to a UK-based Chinese collector.

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The skeleton of a gorgosaurus, a fearsome carnivore which roamed the world 77 million years ago, sold for $6.1m in New York.

Lawrences, Crewkerne A brooch in the shape of a bat, expected to make £250-£350 at the Somerset auction house’s recent sale, sold for a lessthan-batty £20,000.

When the magician P.T. Selbit unveiled his illusion of sawing a woman in half at the Finsbury Park Empire in 1921 he made use of audience volunteers. One such was Gladys Eveline Curtis who was awarded with the charm for her bravery. It was engraved Sawing through a woman with PT Selbit’s compliments

A gold charm in the shape of a saw, given to members of a magic show audience, sliced though its guide price of £30-£50 to make £1,885 at the Midlands auctioneer’s sale on August 10.

Keys, Aylsham A late Ming (15731644) altar vase, estimated to house’sthesold£2,000-£3,000,makefor£16,300atNorfolkauctionrecentsale.Theoctagonalpiece was decorated in blue and white of the Ming style, but may have in fact dated to the late Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912). Chinese vases of the late 16th century were often decorated with floral motifs, including stylised flowers more commonly found in Tibetan art.

The Victorian6cm-widediamond and ruby brooch, set with old-cut and rose-cut diamonds, attracted fierce biddingonlineand a dozen telephone bidders. The bat motif was used at the beginning of the 20th century as a symbol of the obscure, the night and also melancholy. The fashion reached its peak in the art nouveau movement. René Lalique decorated his showcase at the 1900 Exposition Universelle with bats.

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Bearing the Shende Tang Shi mark in iron red, (reading Hall of Prudent Virtue), the greatly-restored vase dated to the Daoguang period, (1821-1850).

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Measuring nearly 3m tall and 7m long and one of only 20 known to exist, it was the first time the dinosaur had ever appeared at auction. The gorgosaurus was a member of the Tyrannosaurid family, whose name translates as “fierce” or “terrifying” lizard, and was native to the west of North America around Montana.

Estimated to sell for between $12,000-$18,000, the extinguisher/water dispenser sold for $327,600, nearly 20 times its high estimate. In total, the Buzz Aldrin collection sold for $8.2m in New York.

An unopened Hogwarts acceptance letter, used in the first Harry Potter film, sold for £15,600, beating its top guide price of £12,000 at the Surrey auctioneers. The envelope featured a red wax Hogwarts’ seal, unlike the many entirely printed versions used in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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Other top-selling items from the collection included an emerald and diamond panel brooch, with its original London & Ryder retailer’s case, which sold for £9,600, more than five times the top estimate.

Sotheby’s New York

While the sale of Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight jacket stole the headlines when it sold for $2.77m – making it the most valuable American space artefact ever sold – other lots captured buyers’ imaginations. Among the more practical items sold was a fire extinguisher – a crucial piece of hardware designed to dispense both hot and cold water to rehydrate the astronauts’ meals, as well as extinguish fires.

Ewbank’s, Guildford

The top lot at the auctioneer’s recent sale was an early 20th-century diamond and sapphire owl, which flew past its guide price of £2,500-£3,500 to sell for £19,000. The brooch was made by the well-known 19th-century revivalist jewellers, C & A Giuliano and came from the estate of Edward Baldwin, the 4th Earl of Bewdley and grandson of threetimes British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin.

McTear’s, Glasgow

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Mallams’ head of jewellery and watches, Louise Dennis, said: “The transformative effect of an interesting provenance elevated the sale. Coupled with the high standards of craftsmanship and design, it meant several lots from the estate exceeded their pre-sale estimate.”

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At the same sale, a police mug shot of David Bowie taken when he was arrested on drugs charges in New York in 1976 sold for £4,940 against a low estimate of £1,000. The photo had belonged to the officer who fingerprinted Bowie. An original glass bottle of “Peckham Spring Water,” from Only Fools and Horses, also sold for an estimate-busting £5,720. The Apollo 11 flight jacket is the valuablemostspaceartefacteversold

A late 19th-century blowpipe analysis kit, blasted through its low estimate of £50 when it sold for £800 at the Scottish auction house’s Cabinet of Curiosities sale on August 10. Also known as a ‘prospector’s’ kit for its role in discovering minerals, it was made by Letcher & Sons and retailed for, according to its original label, £2. Blowpipes have been used for centuries to identify which elements are present in a mineral sample. Pioneered in Sweden by a small band of 18th-century scientists, they were used in the original discoveries of about a dozen elements, from nickel (in 1751) to indium (in 1863). Portable kits, allowing for assaying in the field, were first developed in the 1830s in Germany.

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Unusual drawers

T he tallboy, or chest-on-chest, was a perennially popular piece of furniture throughout the 18th century. It first made its appearance in the late Queen Anne period (c. 1710) as the earlier William and Mary period chest-on-stand evolved into what was known at the time as a “double chest”- to distinguish it from a cabinet-on-chest. The development of the tallboy also coincided with the creation of the bracket foot. Although, as will be seen later, it is possible to find rare examples of tallboys which hark back to the earlier chests-on-stands and have short cabriole legs instead. It is also clear that these pieces were made both for use in drawing-rooms and other more public spaces

The tallboy below is another walnut example, of a slightly later date, c. 1740, but of equally magnificent colour The proportions are perfect and, again, the hardware is all original and of very high quality. The drawer

Restrained elegance Due to their decorative qualities and usability, later tallboys survive in large numbers. However, people looking for good examples will find they are harder to come by and some advice might be helpful. Look for colour, patination and originality of surface, hardware and feet, oak-lined drawers and excellent proportions. If not crafted with skill, a tallboy could be made to look somewhat cumbersome and blocky.

Antique furniture specialist Charlie Mackinnon has high praise for the 18th-century tallboy

Sunburst design

Waxing lyrical

If a simpler piece was required, the best makers produced a tallboy of restrained elegance that was still both attractive and desirable.

16 ANTIQUE COLLECTING EXPERT COMMENT Charlie Mackinnon

Above The early walnut tallboy dates to c. 1720 and has a rare secretairedrawer, all images courtesy of Mackinnon Fine Furniture Right The example dates to c. 1740 and has an unusual drawer configuration in a house as well as bedrooms. It was their extreme versatility, providing a large amount of storage space for a relatively small amount of floor space, that led to the enduring popularity of the design.

A good cabinetmaker knew how to graduate drawers proportionally in order to increase the surface interest of a piece. They would also strive to create a tallboy with a low waist which was considered most desirable.

Fine examples of tallboys allow us to trace the development of the furniture throughout the 18th century. The piece (left) dates to c. 1720 and has all the refinements a collector would look for in a tallboy from this period. Apart from exceptional colour and patina, it has an inlaid and recessed concave sunburst design on the lowest drawer – always seen as a particularly desirable feature on these early walnut examples. Rarer still is its secretaire-drawer. All of the brassware is original, making it a very desirable piece of furniture indeed.

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detailing and the overhanging top has canted corners and numerous mouldings. Top cabinetmaker Such a grand piece would doubtless have been designed for the more public rooms of an important residence. A similar piece, with equally impressive but slightly different rococo handles, is in the collection of the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery in Bedford.Itispossible this piece was made by the eminent London cabinet-maker Philip Bell who was known to use distinctive patterns of blind fretwork in the same way. Several pieces made by Bell retain their original trade labels and they are discussed in Christopher Gilbert’s Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 –1840. Without doubt it was the work of a top London cabinetmaker working for a very wealthy client. It was sold by the celebrated antique dealers Hotspur Ltd. of Belgravia in 1981 and is a very rare example.

Right The Serpentinefronted tallboy was made by a top maker Below left secretaire-drawerpiecemahogany-veneeredTheincorporatesa Below The tallboy has floral carvings on canted sides

The tallboy below is veneered in mahogany and dates from c. 1750. It was once owned by the renowned King’s Road dealer Jeremy Ltd. and was illustrated in the Coronation edition of Connoisseur magazine in 1953. It boasts the rare feature of very short cabriole legs. What is even rarer is the outstanding carving throughout, in particular the floral carving on the canted sides. The colour and patination is also untouched and eye-catching and, to add further interest to an already exceptional piece, it includes a secretaire-drawer. The hardware is also magnificent making it a fine example that would grace any fine collection, or act as a focal point in a more contemporary room setting.

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It is lovely piece of furniture with a fine colour and tastefully chosen veneers and would make a lovely accent piece in any sophisticated interior scheme.

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While most tallboys are flat-fronted, it is the rarer serpentinefronted designs which are most sought after. The rococo period example (right) dates to c. 1765 and makes use of the wide variety of ogeeplates.andoutstandingincludingtreatmentsdecorativeoftheday,blindfretwork,handlesescutcheonItsmassivebracketfeethavescrolled

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Charlie Mackinnon is the owner of Mackinnon Fine Furniture, 5 Ryder Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6PY. For more details go to www.mackinnonfineart.com. David Harvey is away.

Bottom right The rococo piece has outstanding carving throughout configuration is also slightly less common than usual, with three small drawers across the top, which is a more desirable variation on the more standard format. While it is the exceptional veneers and wonderfully patinated surface that first catch the eye, the piece is exceptional throughout.

A later excellent example of a more restrained form can he seen, right, dating to c. 1775. The hardware used, particularly the beautiful escutcheon plates, is still rococo in style but the pared down aesthetic shows a certain awareness of the sweeping changes in taste that accompanied the neoclassical period in England.

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Marking the 60th anniversary of the first James Bond film, 60 lots spanning 25 films are up for sale in London this month

Above right A cello case used as a getaway sledge by Timothy Dalton as James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) (one of three made) has an estimate of £5,000£8,000 at this month’s online sale Right Bond (Timothy Dalton) and Kara (Maryam D’Abo) escape capture on a cello case

Connery, George Lazenby, Sir Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. The online sale ends on October 5 – the date of the world premiere of the first James Bond film Dr. No in 1962.

From the jaw-droppingly cool, to the downright ridiculous, Bond collectors can feast themselves on a dazzling array of 007 memorabilia at two sales this month. With 60 lots up for sale (35 online and 25 more at an invitation-only live auction), pieces range from Bond’s stunt Aston Martin DB5 (expected to make up to £2m) to a belt buckle from Moonraker’s Drax industries, which has a low pre-sale estimate of £1,500.

60 years on from Dr. No, the first James Bond film in 1962 starring Sean Connery, there are few people on the planet not aware of Ian Fleming’s most famous literary playedbyincludingtotalareChristie’screation.twosalessettobenefitaof45charitiessixchosentheactorswhoBond:SirSean

ANTIQUES UNDER THE HAMMER in September

Right One of two pairs of glasses worn by Ben Whishaw as the quartermaster ‘Q’ in No Time To Die (2021) has an estimate of £3,000-£5,000 at this month’s online sale

Above The Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE stunt bike, which has a major role in the Matera pre-credit sequences of No Time To Die, has an estimate of £20,000£30,000 at the live sale on September 28 Left A bicycle used in the opening sequence of Spectre (2015) at a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico has an estimate of £5,000-£8,000 at this month’s online sale

007 insight Many of the lots provide fans with the opportunity to own a piece of cinema history, as well as providing an intriguing insight into the films. One such is a three-wheeler bike, festooned with papier-mâché skeletons, which took part in the Day of the Dead opening sequence of Spectre. The scenes required a mock-up of the famous Mexican celebration shot over several days around Zócalo Square, Plaza Tolsa and the Centro Historico, requiring 1,500 extras. The Bond art department commissioned local artists to create gigantic skeleton puppets, some of which were 11m high and required six puppeteers to operate. At the end of filming , five of the puppets were transported back to Pinewood Studios for further filming while the others were donated to the Mexican government to be used in future Day of the Dead parades. Means transportof Aside from the silver birch Aston Martin DB5,

Right A US one-sheet poster for Goldfinger, 1964, EON Productions, appears in the online sale from September 15 to October 5

Have you got a favourite lot; both high end and quirky? If I could take anything home it would be the 1981 Aston Martin V8 (which has an estimate of £500,000-£700,000 at the live sale on September 28). I think it is the epitome of style. It was one of three cars modified for No Time To Die in 2021 and Daniel Craig drives it from London to Madeline Swann’s (Lea Seydoux) childhood home in Norway via the spectacular Atlantic Road. A quirkier favourite, is the Fabergé-style egg, based on the famous Russian Coronation Egg made in 1897, which forms a key part of the storyline in Octopussy (1983). The egg puts James Bond (Roger Moore) on the trail of a nuclear sabotage plot. It is expected to make £6,000-£10,000 at the same sale.

Below A clock with a nuclear locator card used by Judi Dench as ‘M’ in The World is Not Enough (1999) has an estimate of £3,000-£5,000 at this month’s online sale

Above right The 10cm-high Swarovski crystal-mounted green enamel and gold-plated prop egg is one of highlights of the two-part sale

We asked Christie’s head of sale, private and iconic collections, Adrian HumeSayer, for his sale highlights

Didknow?you A 1965 Aston Martin memorabiliaandmachinefeaturingDB5,gunsaretractablebulletproofrearscreensoldfor£5.2matauctionatMonterey,California,USA,inAugust2019makingitthemostexpensivepieceofBondever.

Do you have a favourite Bond film? I have always been fascinated by the glamorous world of Bond. It is difficult to pick a favourite film. I really enjoyed No Time To Die (2021) but, if pushed, I would have to say Goldfinger (1964) as it is the epitome of style. A 1964 US one-sheet poster, by David Chasman and Robert Brown, which depicts the iconic golden girl image overlayed with images of Bond fighting, posing with his gun and embracing Pussy Galore, is in the online sale with a guide price of £1,200-£1,800.

‘An altogether less effective get-away vehicle takes the shape of a cello case used on an Austrian mountainside by Timothy Dalton in TheLivingDaylights. Having exhausted every gadget on his Aston Martin V8, including the self-destruct button, he is forced to flee Russian soldiers on a musical case’ one of eight stunt replicas built for No Time To Die, the September 28 sale features two further Aston Martins from the film, as well as two Land RangeDefendersRoverandaRover–one of a pair used in the epic chase sequence in Norway. Two Jaguar XFs, seen on the streets of Matera in southern Italy in the film’s pre-credit sequence, also feature in the sale. The Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE stunt bike (left), which appeared in the same pre-credit sequence, culminating in an epic jump into the piazza, has an presale estimate of £20,000-£30,000. An altogether less effective get-away vehicle is part of the online sale. It takes the shape of a cello case used on an Austrian mountainside by Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights alongside Bond girl Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo). Having exhausted every gadget on his Aston Martin V8 to escape Russian soldiers (including the selfdestruct button) 007 is forced to flee on a musical case.

Which film has the greatest collecting clout? Each of the Bond films resonates with different people for different reasons, often depending on when they grew up. The upcoming sale spans the 25 films and the interest we have already received crosses the spectrum of the 60 lots, highlights the breadth and depth of interest across all the films.

Top left The Aston Martin DB5 from No Time To Die (2021) has an estimate of £1.5m£2m at the live sale on September 28 Above left Daniel Craig in the Aston Martin DB5

AUCTION fact file WHAT: Sixty Years of James Bond, two-part charity sale When: 35 lots in an online sale from September 15 to October 5, with a live auction of 25 lots on September 28 Where: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, London, SW1Y 6QT Viewing: At Christie’s from 15 to 28 September with limited-edition printed catalogues available to order from www.christies.combondchristies.com/james-www.andonlineat

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‘Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was one of the earliest designers to pioneer an ‘Egyptian’ style in Britain from the late 1700s onwards. His basalt, developed in the late 1760s was of higher quality than previous stonewares made in Staffordshire known as “Egyptian black”’ Canopic jar, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, 1790, V&A Museum

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 21 THE EXPERT COLLECTOR The centenary of Tutankhamun’s discovery

Ben Hinson, curator of an SainsburyexhibitionupcomingattheCentre, considers the legacy of ‘Tutmania’ on centuries of art and designofan raidersTomb

T his year’s centenary of Howard Carter’s discovery Tutankhamun’sof tomb in 1922 is shining a light on Ancient Egypt not seen since the British Museum’s display of 50 objects from the tomb of the Boy King attracted 1.7m visitors in 1972. A major exhibition on Ancient Egypt opens at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich, with further exhibitions at the British Museum, Oxford and Bradford. Whether they will be enough to spark the second wave of ‘Tutmania’ as seen after the 1972 exhibition remains to be seen, but one thing is sure, it will reignite collectors fascination with Ancient Egypt.

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The centenary of Tutankhamun’s discovery

E gypt – or at least an idea of Egypt – has inspired Western artists and designers for centuries. It survived most prominently through Biblical stories; almost everyone in the Western world had heard of Egypt and its ancient rulers, even if the Bible associated them with despotism. Artistic interest in Egypt re-emerged in medieval Italy, and peaked in the Renaissance. At this time, few people had travelled to Egypt – really only religious pilgrims – and so most encountered Egypt through monuments and objects seen in Rome, that had been looted in ancient times. This Egyptian material became part of the larger rediscovery of Classical antiquity, and so Egypt was seen through a Roman lens. Most commonly, artworks made by the Romans but in an ‘Egyptianising’ style were mistaken as genuine Egyptian objects. Secret wisdom Because hieroglyphs had not yet been deciphered, they were mistakenly believed to conceal secret wisdom. Many artists were inspired by this idea, even coming up with a new system of ‘neo-hieroglyphs’ where symbols stood for concepts and ideas.

Early adopters At the same time, Josiah Wedgwood was pioneering an ‘Egyptian’ style in Britain, in Italy, the printmaker and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) looked to a range of ancient sources, including Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman, reinventing them for modern living.

Imperial ambitions In early 19th-century France and Britain, there was a wave of Egyptian-inspired art and design, particularly in elite and imperial contexts. Egyptian art was popular because both countries wanted to occupy Egypt, and so adopting its visual culture was a proxy for physically controlling it. In Britain, for example, crocodiles became very popular in art following the Battle of the Nile, where Nelson defeated Napoleon’s forces in Egypt. Here, crocodiles represented not just Egypt, but also referenced imperial victory. Into the Victorian era, when Egypt became a British colony in all but name, the presence of Egyptian motifs in art and popular culture exploded even further. The use of Egypt in European art and design has often carried political or imperial undertones. Despite the trajectory of European ‘rediscovery’ of Egypt, it was never lost to the Arabic-speaking world in the same way. Arabic geographers, scientists and historians had been travelling to Egypt for centuries before Europeans started to do so, engaging with its monuments and remains.

Piranesi was again inspired by the objects viewable in Rome. In both cases, their imagined designs had little to do with ancient Egypt in an academic sense, but introduced Egyptian motifs as a decorative style. At this time, historians believed European art evolved from ancient Greece and Rome. Egypt was not seen as part of the same story, but rather a less advanced forerunner. Therefore, designers like Wedgwood and Piranesi, who promoted an Egyptian style, consciously did so as a foil to this Classical narrative and, as a result, their designs were not always appreciated. It was only when hieroglyphs were deciphered, and Egypt’s history became ‘readable’, that the Above Thomas Hope (1769-1831) Gildedwood bench in the Egyptian style, before 1807. Hope’s 1807 Household Furniture and Interior Decoration was a great influence on contemporary taste, image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Below left Egyptian Chair HolmanWilliamHunt, 1857, © Birmingham Museums on display at this month’s exhibition

The works of Renaissance artists like Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) frequently include such symbols, often hidden cryptically. Furthermore, Egypt was seen as the land where concepts like law and justice originated, and so religious elites co-opted Egyptian imagery as part of their identity, to legitimise their own rule. Some, such as Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borgia) even went so far as to craft imaginary family genealogies stretching back to Egypt itself.

In the early 19th century, the French invasion of Egypt was a military disaster, but a thepublicationssuccessscholarly–grandlike Description de l’Égypte and Voyage dans la basse et la haute Égypte were hugely influential among fashionable.making1831)ThomasfurnitureAcrossmakers.tastetheChannel,designerHope(1769-wasamongthoseEgyptianisinginteriors

Ancient Egypt and art deco

French fashion houses took the lead in promoting the ‘Egyptian style’ among the Pauldesignersthroughandfashionablewealthy,leadingsuchasPoiret.Expensivebeaded and embroidered garments were followed by more affordable printed fabrics, with British companies such as Steiner & Co. making both textile and furnishing fabrics indebted to Egyptian motifs. In jewellery, again French makers such as Van Cleef and Arpels and Cartier produced Egyptianinspired pieces. The lattéer in particular married a love of Egyptian style with the passion for acquiring Egyptian antiquities, by incorporating real artefacts into new objects. place of Egypt in Western art history was re-considered. Egypt was now placed not just at the beginning, but as the origin of Greek and Roman art itself. Egyptian art was much more ‘acceptable’ and found greater mainstream approval. Crucially, this also reinforced a belief that ancient Egypt was part of Western history, not African.

Although the emergence of art deco was due to interest in a range of non-Western cultures, sparked by the flow of objects arriving in Paris from her colonies, France had had a long engagement with Egypt, and its visual culture was easily assimilated into the new language of art deco. The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 of course accelerated the saturation of Egypt into popular culture even further.

Below right A pectoral with lapis lazuli scarab found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 Below left Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (18361912) Pastime in Ancient Egypt, 1864, oil on canvas, © Harris Museum & Art Gallery, on display at this month’s exhibition

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‘In the early 19th century, the French invasion of Egypt was a military disaster but a scholarly success – publications were hugely influential. Across the Channel, furniture designer Thomas Hope (17691831) made Egyptian interiors fashionable’

Right The Cartier advert was two years after King discoveryTutankhamun’s

Far right The Eye of Horus bracelet by Cartier was commissioned by Linda Lee Porter in 1928 (right). The scarab belt buckle brooch, also by Cartier, was commissioned by her in 1926

Military campaigns

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One inlaid stool in the British Museum was particularly influential. A chair, designed by the pre-Raphaelite William Holman Hunt, faithfully copied its shape and details. The department store Liberty & Co. advertised a ‘Thebes stool’ based on the same artefact, available in a range of sizes and materials. In terms of jewellery, the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1867 was a crucial moment when jewellers looked to ancient Egyptian motifs. The beautiful jewellery from the tomb of Queen Aahotep was displayed at the exhibition, and captured the public’s imagination.

The second volume of Wedgwood’s 1777 Catalogue of Cameos describes it as “Having the Appearance of antique Bronze, and so nearly agreeing in Properties with the Basaltes of the Egyptians, no Substance can be better than this for Busts, Sphinxes, small Statues &c. and it seems to us to be of great Consequence to preserve as many fine Works of Antiquity and of the present Age as we can, in this Composition.”

Orientalist trend In the later 19th century, increasing archaeological discoveries influenced a whole new generation of artists and designers, who looked to objects in museum collections for inspiration. Orientalist artists such as Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edwin Long and Edward Poynter painted huge genre paintings of scenes from Egyptian life, which were furnished with objects copied directly from museums. Similarly, furniture designers also closely studied Egyptian artefacts to inform their own work.

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The centenary of Tutankhamun’s discovery

unreliableofbooksEgyptneveronwards.thein‘Egyptian’toearliestwas(1730-1795)WedgwoodJosiahoneofthedesignerspioneeranstyleBritain,fromlate1700sHevisitedrelyingon–manywhichwere–ashis main source of material. His canopic jars (originally made in the Egyptian city of Canopus and used to preserve the viscera of the deceased) were based on Plate CXXXII of Bernard de Montfaucon’s L’Antiquité Expliquée published in Paris in 1719. Another possible was Michel-Ange de la Chausse’s Museum Romanian, published in Rome in 1746. Black basalt Wedgwood basalt was a black vitrified stoneware made from refined ball clay, ironstone slag and ochre, which, when mixed together with manganese, coloured the clay to a dense black. It was developed in the late 1760s and considered of higher quality than previous black stonewares made in Staffordshire known as “Egyptian black”.

Left A detail from Wedgwood’s canopic jar, V&A Museum, on display at this month’s exhibition Right Cairo, Egypt. (Arbuckle Bros.), 1891. Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd. organised its first tour to Egypt in 1869, and included a trip to the opening of the Suez Canal Below right Medal Cabinet, exhibitiondisplay(designer)(maker)GuillameMartinBiennaisCharlesPerciet1810,V&A,onatthismonth’s

Jewellers such as Mellerio dits Meller, Gustave Baugrand and Émile Philippe all participated in this trend, crafting spectacular pharaonic-inspired objects. By the end of the 19th century, art nouveau designers like René Lalique had re-popularised Egyptianising designs, looking, in particular, to the scarab motif.

The Wedgwood/Bentley Egyptian wares include sphinxes, Egyptian deities, a Cleopatra, Canopic jars, candle-sticks, and cameos made in black basalt or blue-and-white jasperware. The second group was mainly made up of pieces decorated with bogus hieroglyphs and various Egyptian motifs in black basalt on a rossoantico ground. An 1805 ink-stand made of black basalt with red decorations, and a rosso antico teapot, cover and stand is on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Long production Wedgwood’s Egyptian designs fall into three distinct phases: those produced during the Wedgwood and Bentley partnership from 17681780; those of Josiah Wedgwood II in the early 19th century incorporating hieroglyphic designs; and the later re-issues and revivals.

At the same time as Tutankhamun’s treasures saturated popular culture in Europe and North America, AfricanAmerican artists of the Harlem Renaissance wished to re-position Egypt as part of their heritage, to inspire pride in African-American culture at a time when, despite emancipation, many remained oppressed, disenfranchised and segregated. Artists like Meta Warwick Fuller and Aaron Douglas drew upon ancient Egyptian visual culture to create powerful representations of the modern African AmericanSimilarly,experience.inEgypt itself, a generation of artists who had trained in Europe also turned to Pharaonic imagery, to make their own statements about Egyptian identity andThenationalism.unearthing of the king by a British archaeologist took on symbolic significance, as it coincided with the rise of nationalism and demands for independence from Britain. It spurred a political and artistic movement known as Pharaonism, which revived Pharaonic imagery to make direct links between ancient and modern Egypt. Sculptors like Mahmoud Mokhtar and, later, Mahmoud Moussa, and painters like Mahmoud Said, modernists who had trained in Europe, turned to this theme in their works. These artists are little known and collected in the West, and their legacy therefore underappreciated outside of Egypt today.

Egyptian sculptures were taken to Rome from ancient times and, when they were rediscovered in the Renaissance, became part of public and papal collections. Otherwise, small objects started making their way into Europe from the 1600s, purchased and brought back by travellers. They were usually small, portable objects such as amulets and shabtis; this is partly because they were easy to transport, relatively common and cheap, but also because the traveller’s itinerary at this time focused on Cairo, Giza and Saqqara, where the largest known cemeteries were located. Saqqara (known as ‘the field of mummies’) was particularly infamous for looting, to the extent that even contemporary travellers commented on the destruction.Inthe19thcentury, huge monuments were increasingly brought back to Europe by consuls, to be displayed in national museums – especially for Britain and France where collecting for museums represented a proxy for the imperial battles to control Egypt itself. In 1835, Egyptian legislation was brought into place to curtail the activity. However, it was ineffective and led to European powers claiming Egyptians unfit to look after their ancient heritage, reframing their own looting as being done in the interests of ‘preservation’. With the development of formal archaeological excavations export legislation changed. A system of partage was developed, where Egyptian authorities selected the objects to remain in Egypt, and everything else was allowed to be exported and given to institutions abroad that had helped fund that years’ excavation. However, while this system was legal in principle, at this point Egypt was an effective British colony and the Egyptian antiquities service was French-run, so the level of autonomy Egypt had in making these decisions is debatable.

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Benjamin Hinson is one of the curators of Visions of Ancient Egypt which opens at the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. It is on from September 3, until January 1, 2023, with more information available at www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk

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Collectors have had their sights on Ancient Egyptian artefacts for

Left Sir Lawrence AlmaTadema (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway, 1865, oil on canvas, image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Right Miniature broad collar, 332–246 B.C., part of the Metropolitan Museum of New York’s collection having been loaned to it by Mrs Joseph McKee Cook in 1920

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In the Middle Kingdom (2055 BCE-1700 BCE), shabtis were primarily made of faience – a ceramic material with a siliceous body and brightly-coloured, sun-like glaze –which was associated with the brilliance of eternity. At the time figures depicting both sexes were common, and each of those figures was likely to have distinguishing features, including sculpted wigs and outfits of everyday Egyptian clothing. The Third Intermediate Period (1100 BCE -728 BCE) brought a new style of shabti. It was no longer regarded as a replacement worker but more of a slave with a overseer required to keep charge of 10 shabtis. The most elaborate tombs saw 36 overseers for the 365 shabtis (one per Egyptian 10-day week).

For the collector, ancient Egyptian shabtis present an enticing prospect and starting a collection may be less expensive than you think F or centuries shabtis have been catnip to collectors. Often brightly coloured, covered in hieroglyphs and in the quintessentially pharaonic shape of a mummy, they are among the most easily recognisable and attractive Egyptian antiquities. Importantly, their small size makes them easily portable. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that shabtis were an early souvenir for tourists in Egypt, and among the first such objects to be forged. What are they? A shabti (also known as shawabti or ushabti) is a generally mummiform figurine of about 5-30cm found in many ancient Egyptian tombs. They are commonly made of blue Egyptian faience, but can also consist of stone, wood, clay, metal, and glass. The meaning of the Egyptian term is still debated, however one possible translation is ‘answerer’, as they answered their master’s call to work in the afterlife. Egyptians were great believers in public work and assumed in the afterlife the god of the dead, Osiris, would have his own projects (mostly agricultural) underway. Hence each shabti had its own specialism and seen holding baskets, hoes. mattocks or chisels. Because the number of shabtis you were buried with corresponded to personal wealth, archaeologists have been able determine the status of the tomb’s owner Temple of Ptah Shabtis were made in their thousands by craftsmen in workshops attached to temples and palaces. Memphis, 31km south of the meeting of the White and Blue Nile.

Above Shabti box and shabtis of members of the Sennedjem tomb, New Kingdom, (c. 1279 BCE–1213 BCE), image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Below Shabti, limestone, New Kingdom (c. 1550–1295 BCE), image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Collecting shabtis Researching shabtis elucidate some thrilling links to ancient Egypt and even the pharaohs. In 2018 Hansons sold a collection of 90 figures collected in the 1920s by Hans Moller Hansen during trips to Egypt and later inherited by his grandson, Hans Nielsen, in Denmark. One of the royal Shabti figures was made for Khaemwaset, fourth son of Rameses II. Hansons head of antiquities, James Brenchley, said: “A particularly rare triangle glyph (symbol) coulc be seen on the bottom of the piece, which could indicate it was a temple figure. Khaemwaset was born into a highly influential period of Egyptian history.”

Finely carved While most were moulded, the finest versions were finished and carved by hands. In general the higher the quality of the carving then the greater the importance of its owner. Mayfair antiquities specialists Charles Ede has a collection of shabtis ranging in price from around £5,000-£60,000.Oneespecial highlight was discovered in the tomb of the 26th Dynasty Egyptian official Nefer-ib-re-saneith at Saqqara in 1929. Nefer-ib-re-sa-neith held the title of wab-priest, royal chancellor of Lower Egypt, and administrator of the palace during the reign of Ahmose II (c. 570-526 BCE). The shabti holds a hoe, pick, and seed sack with a divine braided beard and striated tripartite wig and was one of 336 shabtis found in it.

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 27 during the reign of Psamtek I or Necho in the early 26th Dynasty. His tomb was discovered in 1893 in Saqqara, west of the pyramid of Teti and east of that of Weserkaf. Soon after, his shabtis were officially sold to tourists at the Bulaq Museum (the predecessor of Cairo Museum). His alabaster canopic jars cane still be found in the museum with his shabtis ending up museums and private collections all over the world. Charis Tyndall, continued: “Shabtis are intriguing as single statues and highly evocative as a group.”

Above Shabtis are highly evocative when viewed as a group, image courtesy of Charles Ede Right Shabti of Yuya (c. 1390–1352 BCE). As the parents of Queen Tiye (wife of Amenhotep III) Yuya and Tjuyu were granted burial in the Valley of the Kings and were provided with funerary equipment from the finest royal workshops, image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ‘Because the number of shabtis you were buried with corresponded to personal wealth, archaeologists have been able determine the status of the tomb’s owner. The poorest of tombs contain no shabtis but even those of modest size contain one or two and there have been tombs containing a shabti for every day of the year’

Charles Ede’s director, Charis Tyndall, said: “These shabtis were meticulously carved, showing the details such as the striations of the beard the cosmetic lines of the eyes. The hieroglyphs were also finished by hand. The quality suggests they among the finest of the period.”

Finely carved This month 24 lots of of shabtis in wood, faience and alabaster with estimates ranging from £50-£80 to £1,000£1,400 go under the hammer at Timeline Auctions in London and Essex. One shabti, made for the High Priest Pa-di-pepet from the Saqqara, dated to 664-595 BCE, has carries an adze and hoe in crossed hands, with a seed bag over the left shoulder. Two columns of hieroglyphs reads: ‘Oh this ushabti, if the Osiris Padipepet, born to Basteiridis, is asked, you shall say: “Here (I am), true of voice.” Pa-di-pepet lived

Reading the rune Next month the British unveilsMuseumanexhibitionmarkingthebicentenaryofoneofthemostimportantmomentsinourunderstandingofancienthistory:thedeciphermentofEgyptianhieroglyphs.WhiletheRosettaStone,writtenin

While previous attempts believed hieroglyphs were ideograms – signs expressing ideas – Champollion realised they were neither strictly ideograms nor solely phonetic

It was the Spring of 1320 BCE, when the young King of Egypt, Tutankhamun, was buried in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor in the south of Egypt. He had come to the throne of Egypt as a child after a period of religious and political changes, and his unexpected death at 19 meant that his burial had to be prepared hastily in a small re-used tomb. He remained buried for some 3,000 years until November 4, 1922, after a seven-year search, the British archaeologist Howard Carter came across it – the first known intact royal burial from ancient Egypt. As well as ritual items used in the funeral and burial, there were also objects from the king’s daily life, ranging from clothes, jewellery, cosmetic equipment, weapons and furniture even to food provisions and flowers. It was the first royal tomb to be discovered that was both undisturbed and well preserved, and it contained more than 5,000 objects.

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Discovering the Boy King

Harry Burton Over the next 10 years, the Lincolnshire-born photographer and Egyptologist Harry Burton (18791940) photographed many of the treasures from each of the four rooms, both in situ and in his studio, on some 1,400 glass-plate negatives. His photographs were used in countless newspapers around the world leading to his overnight fame. In addition to his work in black and white, Burton also photographed many objects in colour and made movies of the objects. These photographs, along with letters, plans, drawings and diaries are on display until next year at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford as part of this year’s centenary celebrations. The archive was created by the excavators and presented to the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford after Carter’s death.

Right On show this month, a photograph an Egyptian boy wearing a heavy jewelled pectoral, Harry Burton © Griffith Institute, University of Oxford). Below left The Rosetta Stone. Granodiorite; Rasid, Egypt; Ptolemaic, 196 BC © The Trustees of the British Museum Below right View of the annexe during clearance. Harry Burton, © Griffith Institute, University of Oxford).

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Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive is on at The Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford until February 2023

THE COLLECTOR Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt

Central to the story is the French scholar Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) who was aged eight when the Rosetta stone was discovered. A year later, aged nine, he had mastered Greek and Latin. At 12 he learned Hebrew and went on to study Aramaic, Arabic, Avestan, Chaldean, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopian, Pahlevi, Persian, ancient Persian and Sanskrit. Aged 18, he wrote: “Bring me the Chinese grammar, it will distract me a bit, I really need that. I know my Persian grammar inside out. The study of Zen and Pcheleri provides me with happy moments.”

hieroglyphs, demotic and the known language of ancient Greek, was discovered in 1799, it took another 23 years and an international race (including doctor British Thomas Young) before the code would be cracked unlocking 3,000 years of Egyptian history.

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Readers of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre will recall how, in the opening chapter, as Jane hides in the library, she carefully selects a book “stored with pictures”, Bewick’s History of British Birds. It was hardly ideal reading material for a girl of 10, but she wouldn’t have had much choice.

Children’s book specialist Theodora Robinson reveals how the right combination of author and illustrator can transform a book – and its collectability W hat is the use of a book”, thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”

Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel

Over the first two decades of the 20th century, the revolutionary ability to print lavish colour illustrations resulted in the Golden Age of illustration, from which some of today’s most collectable illustrators, such as Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and Kay Nielsen, emerged.

The advances of the Industrial Revolution swept this away, and innovative printing and engraving techniques created a new genre of children’s books, inspiring authors and artists to produce fresh stories and illustrations.

Pooh Bear without EH Shepard is almost as unimaginable as Alice in Wonderland without John Tenniel.

Carroll and Tenniel had a keen eye for detail and struck up a collaborative relationship. Famously, this resulted in one of the great rarities of book collecting: Carroll recalled the first printed copies of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland because of Tenniel’s dissatisfaction with the quality of the reproductions of his drawings and had the entire book reprinted. Only 23 of the original “1865 Alices” remain

Lewis Carroll initially illustrated the manuscript himself, but when it came to publication, he realised the need for a professional artist, and commissioned Tenniel, who was renowned at the time for his political cartoons.

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was ground-breaking in this regard, entertaining rather than moralising. Part of the key to its success was the classic illustrations by John Tenniel (1820-1914), whose drawings are inseparable from the story.

The right alchemy between author and illustrator can be a magical combination, creating a book that captures the imagination of generations of adults and children alike. Original artwork from children’s literature has an enduring appeal. Technically skilled pen-and-ink sketches and delicately detailed watercolours not only bring the author’s words to life but also have the ability to transport us back in time to when we first encountered them in the books we read as children.

Children’s books were not filled with illustrations the way they are today. Educational rather than entertaining, they were heavily moralistic and intended to scare children into good behaviour.

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Kate Greenaway and BrowningRobert

JM Barrie and Arthur Rackham Rackham also found great success in another pairing with the author JM Barrie. Basking in the success of the first theatrical run of Peter Pan the previous Christmas, Barrie approached Rackham in 1905 and asked him to illustrate Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Rackham worked on the book for the next year, making many visits to Kensington Gardens, and showed the author the finished pictures in the following June. Barrie was enchanted with the result and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was the most popular Christmas gift book that year.

Opposite page “At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her”. The original watercolour by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) for the final chapter of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £125,000 Above left Alice at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, illustration for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by John Tenniel, 1865, © Victoria and Albert Museum Above right ‘What is Tommy running for’ by Kate £3,000Harringtonbook.children’sforOriginalGreenaway.artworktheartist’sfirstpictureForsaleatPeterpriced

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, more Pre-Raphaelite in style. engravers had such trouble reproducing the artwork.

In 1867, Greenaway’s first book illustration – the frontispiece for William HG Kingston’s Infant Amusements; or, how to make a nursery happy – was published. In 1879, Under the Window became Greenaway’s first children’s picture book, composed of her own verses and illustrations. It became a huge commercial success, selling more than 100,000 copies and launching her career as a children’s book illustrator. It also launched the “Greenaway vogue” of smock-frocks and mobcaps.In1888, she became known for illustrating Robert narrativeBrowning’spoem

Right Kate Greenaway’s illustration for Robert Browning’s The Pied Piper of Hamelin Below left “He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens” The original watercolour by Arthur Rackham, for JM Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £47,500 Below right An original drawing by Quentin Blake of Miss Trunchbull holding Rupert by the hair, executed in aid of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £15,000 Opposite page below right ‘The sleeping Gryphon’, by John Tenniel created after the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £37,500 ‘An original drawing by Beatrix Potter of a mouse will, generally, command a higher price than an original botanical drawing by the same artist. Original illustrations from books that are familiar also tend to be worth more. As in most artwork, composition and technical skill also play a significant role’

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Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake Today, one of the most immediately recognisable children’s author and artist collaborations is that of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake: Blake’s distinctively spiky style of illustration pairs perfectly with Dahl’s subversive stories. A handshake in a publisher’s office began their collaboration, starting with The Enormous Crocodile (1978) and even outlasting Dahl’s death: Blake went back to the books that preceded their partnership, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and illustrated them afresh.Before Blake and Dahl’s partnership came to fruition, Dahl worked with several illustrators. The first British illustrator of Roald Dahl’s books was Faith Jaques (1923–1997), who was responsible for introducing a generation of children and adults to the world of Willy Wonka and Charlie Bucket. Original artwork for Dahl’s books is rare in commerce; most of Jaques’s artwork, including her drawings for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is held by The National Centre for Children’s Books in Gateshead.

Out of copyright When the copyright of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland expired in 1907, publishers turned to an array of artists to create new illustrated editions, though criticism awaited any artist who dared stand comparison with John Tenniel. Of these, Arthur Rackham’s (1867-1939) imaginative and dreamlike interpretation is one of the few that has endured and his illustrations easily stand alongside Tenniel’s original drawings.

COLLECTING GUIDES Author and illustrator duos

AA Milne and EH Shepard

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On several occasions Milne asked Punch’s art editor, “What on earth do you see in this man? He’s perfectly hopeless”, to which the reply was, “You wait”. In 1924 Milne wrote a series of children’s verses for Punch and Shepard was suggested as the illustrator. Milne was delighted with Shepard’s interpretation, and the resulting series of Pooh books established both Milne and Shepard’s reputations, with one critic arguing that the verses and illustrations belonged together “as intimately as the echo does to the voice”.

Original artwork by Shepard for Milne’s books is highly prized. Although in later years Shepard made copies of some of his Pooh drawings, drawings used to illustrate the Pooh books are uncommon on the market.

Left Original front cover from the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 1997, by Thomas Taylor – one of the most iconic book covers of the 20th century Right Autograph letter signed from AA Milne to EH Shepard, discussing the progress of the latest Pooh book. Letters between the pair are rare in commerce; most were retained by Shepard until his death and bequeathed by his widow to the V&A. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £7,500 Above right Two original ink drawings by EH Shepard, from chapter five of Winnie-the-Pooh. These originals have a clarity not visible in the printed version. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £110,000 Left Original artwork by Faith (1923–1997)Jaquesfor the first paperback edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Recently sold by Peter Harrington for £8,500 Below right “Meanwhile the Rat, warm and comfortable, dozed by his fireside” The original drawing by EH Shepard, published in chapter three of The Wind in the Willows. For sale at Peter Harrington priced £17,500

One of the most important creative partnerships in children’s literature was that of AA Milne and EH Shepard. Their collaboration on the four Winnie-the-Pooh books came from their association at Punch magazine, where they both worked, although had it been up to Milne alone, this partnership might never have come about.

In 2018, Shepard’s original map for the Hundred Acre Wood, used to illustrate the endpapers of Winnie-thePooh, sold for £430,000 at auction.

Kenneth Grahame and EH Shepard

With the success of Winnie-the-Pooh, Shepard became a much sought-after illustrator. One of his first commissions after the Pooh books was Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. It was originally published in 1908 with just a frontispiece by way of illustration (and an admittedly sumptuous pictorial binding). Despite the subsequent efforts of several artists, none had been able to match the success of the text until Shepard, fresh from his successful collaboration on the Pooh books, brought the narrative to life with his evocative line drawings. Shepard later recalled that the aged author was initially unsure about his new illustrator. “He (Grahame)

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The artwork for the first Harry Potter book has become part of the legend of how the book originally appeared. In 1996, the illustrator Thomas Taylor, hearing that Bloomsbury was creating a children’s list, left his portfolio of work with the publisher and was soon asked to provide a front and rear cover for “an incomplete manuscript”.

The brief was simply “a wizard to decorate the back cover”. As sales increased, Bloomsbury started receiving questions about the identity of the young pipe-smoking wizard on the rear cover, and so the publishers asked Taylor to redesign it with a clearly recognisable illustration of Dumbledore.Originalartwork for the Harry Potter series is extremely rare: the cover designs for the first three books went to auction and are now in private hands, and the artwork for the subsequent titles was retained by the publishers. The Philosopher’s Stone front cover design sold at auction in 2001 for £85,750, and the rear cover in 2013 for £9,750.

Milne was delighted with Shepard’s interpretation, and the resulting series of Pooh books established both Milne and Shepard’s reputations, with one critic arguing that the verses and illustrations belonged together “as intimately as the echo does to the voice”.

In the wake of the V&A’s exhibitions, Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature and Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, and the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, it has seen increased interest recently. Original artwork is inherently rare, especially for artists such as Beatrix Potter or Faith Jaques, where much of their work is held in museum or gallery collections. In such cases, collectors are chasing a finite number which can command six figures. In terms of value, while famous names command high prices, subject matter is of primary importance. An original drawing by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) of a mouse will, generally, command a higher price than an original botanical drawing by the same artist. Original illustrations from books that are familiar also tend to be worth more. As in most artwork, composition and technical skill also play a significant Lookrole. out for When it comes to collectability, in addition to all the above, condition is of course paramount. Many of the artworks are watercolours which can fade if not properly stored. Artwork that has been framed in protective museum standard glazing and has been properly conserved tends to remain in fine condition.

The collaboration between Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler has enchanted children for two decades, best seen in The Gruffalo – the story of a cunning mouse outwitting the scary beast of the title. On his website Axel Scheffler says: “My first sketches of the Gruffalo were deemed to be ‘far too scary for tiny children’ by the editor, so I had to make him a bit rounder and more ‘cuddly’. I also thought that all the animals would be wearing clothes, as they often do in picture books. But Julia had different ideas, and to be honest I was relieved... how would I have dressed the snake?”

The Gruffalo was first published in 1999 and won the Smarties Book Prize in the same year; first editions are rare, but artwork by Scheffler appears periodically on the market.

The world of classic book illustration is a highly collectible area of the fine art market, with collectors drawn to its unique nature and sense of nostalgia.

33 Right Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), Peter Rabbit in Mr McGregor’s Garden, image courtesy of Peter Harrington Far right Ruth Dorrien Knight (1893-1983), The Binks Book, 1921, The Chelsea Publishing Company, on sale from Peter Harrington, priced £400 Below left Original drawing of the Gruffalo’s child, together with a thank you card, signed by the author, artist, and publicity manager. Sold by Peter Harrington for £1,000 Value and collectability

The subsequent fame of Grahame’s characters owes much to Shepard’s popular illustrations.

For new collectors, it’s advisable to choose illustrations that will continue to give pleasure, perhaps seeking out artists from books we read in our own childhood or quirkier, lesser-known artists. Alongside those mentioned look out for less familiar names such as the Swiss-born artist Warja Lavater (1913-2007) and the American illustrator Elizabeth MacKinstry (1878-1956) who illustrated Andersen’s Fairytales in 1933. Equally enchanting are the art deco illustrations of Ruth Dorrien Knight (1893-1983) who wrote and illustrated The Binks Book about a boy called Binks who lives a Bohemian lifestyle with his artist father. With the development of digitised art, will the way we collect book illustrations change in future? At present, NFTs are a developing field, not yet closely connected with artwork in children’s literature, so only time will tell. listened patiently while I told him what I hoped to do. Then he said, ‘I love these little people, be kind to them’... he told me of the river nearby, of the meadows where Mole broke ground that spring morning, of the banks where Rat had his house, of the pool where Otter hid, and of Wild Wood way up on the hill above the river’.”

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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Theodora Robinson is a cataloguer specialising in literature, with a particular interest in works by women and children’s books, at London rare book dealer Peter Harrington. Its recent catalogue Children’s Books and Original Illustrations features a number of the titles mentioned. For more details go to www.peterharrington.co.uk

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The new chapter began in 2016 when Dave bought a collection of derelict crofters’ cottages at Sanday –sight unseen. At the time he hadn’t even visited the 500-inhabitant island, the northernmost of the Orkney Islands and closer to Norway than London, and thought it was just one cottage but it turned out to be a cluster of eight. Before he moves there’s the small task of packing up his previous life. And the auction will spark major interest. The shop will close its doors on Sunday, September 25 and revert back to being part of the Tissington Estate. But at least its army of fans will have a sweet opportunity to snap up a memento. The contents of Edward & Vintage will be sold on October 8 at Hansons Auctioneers. To find out more, or to discuss an auction consignment, email charles@ hansonsauctioneers.co.uk

‘The new chapter began in 2016 when Dave bought a collection of derelict crofters’ cottages at Sanday – sight unseen. At the time he hadn’t even visited the 500-inhabitant island, the northernmost of the Orkney Islands and closer to Norway than London’

Everything must go And that means everything has to go, including its original Victorian sweet counter, Bakelite scales, Cadbury’s cabinets, vintage till, sweet jars, scoops, packets of 1940s sugar, vintage bicycles, old enamel signs, a bar of 1920s Bournville chocolate – as well as all the sweets!

I feel privileged to have the job of auctioning off this astonishing collection of items, which has been gathered by Dave since the age of 10 when he headed to flea markets in his home city of Nottingham to find gems that appealed to his love of history. But he’s first to admit he won’t be needing them where he’s going. At the age of 50 he’s heading for a new life on the remote Scottish island of Sanday, Orkney.

New chapter

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T he entire contents of a world-renowned old English sweet shop are set to go under the hammer at auction – and I am included in its band of devoted fans. I defy anyone not to love Edward & Vintage, a period shop worthy of a film set in the Derbyshire Peak District village of Tissington. Thanks to the collecting passions of its devoted owner Dave Walker, it’s like stepping back in time – straight back to the 1940s. Tourists from across the globe have discovered it and it’s been featured in numerous magazines and papers, including a prestigious Japanese publication.

Charles Hanson finds the sweet spot at the upcoming sale of a confectionery shop as its owner starts a new life in the Orkneys

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Above The interior of the charming Derbyshire sweet shop Below left The crofters’ cottages that Dave bought in 2016 Below right The shop’s exterior amid the beauty of the Peak District

Famous people have walked through the door including actress Joanna Lumley, TV presenters Christine Bleakly, Anna Richardson and Anita Rani and comedian Micky Flannigan. It’s been filmed for Escape to the Country, Country File, Germany’s ARD TV and The Great Interior Design Challenge It’s always been a joy to take my children there. I watch as their eyes light up with wonder at the colourful feast of classic sweets and period magic. And I must confess, my eyes light up, too. So, it was a shock to learn that after 10 happy years Dave is shutting up shop.

EXPERT COMMENT Charles Hanson

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Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)

First, the ‘Big Three’

Mabelware COLLECTING GUIDES Mabel Leigh

If you’ve never heard of Mabel Leigh, you should have. She deserves greater recognition, if only for her unique output with Shorter and Sons between 1933 and 1935. Her work is ideal if you want to collect, or augment, a collection of early 20th-century ceramics (especially on a budget). So, rather than going for entry-level pieces from the ‘Big Three’, of Cliff, Cooper and Rhead, why not find quality pieces from Leigh? They ooze the same art deco charm, but at a fraction of the cost.

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Firstly, what of the better known competition? All three women (Cliff, Cooper and Rhead) were born in Staffordshire and attended the Burslem School of Art. Rhead’s parents were well-known potters, while Cooper’s ran a successful retail business. Of the three, Cliff was the only one with a working class background. Broadly speaking, today’s prices would see Cliff as the priciest, followed by Cooper and then Rhead.

M any of you will be familiar with the TV quiz Pointless. If the host Alexander Armstrong were ever to give 100 people, 100 seconds to name early 20th-century, British, female, ceramic designers, the highest scorers might well be Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Rhead. Would Mabel Leigh be pointless? Possibly.

Her bold, contemporary designs are the epitome of art deco. Born in 1899, she left school at 13 to enrol as an apprentice enameller. She moved between companies to develop her skills before ending up at Arthur. J. Wilkinson, a pottery in Burslem, owned by the Shorter family since Above Mabel Leigh Basra vase, height 9cm, 13cm wide, signed by the artist on the base. On sale from House of Brunswick priced@houseofbrunswick),houseofbrunswick.co.uk(www.£19.80

Bizarre Poplar plate, priced £175, on sale at www.antiques.co.uk Above right Bizarre Orange Roof Cottage large fruit bowl, priced £175, on sale www.antiques.co.ukat Below left Susie Cooper tea cup and saucer and side plate from her Patricia Rose range, c. 1940 Below right A selection of Charlotte Rhead pieces, image courtesy of the Potteries Auctions ‘Leigh was inspired by an ethnic theme, her patterns and shapes were inspired by the traditional pottery of the Middle East, Africa and Central America. What she ended up with was modern but its traditional origins were evident. This suited her bosses, as Clarice Cliff had the deco market covered’ with Colley Shorter, the married son of the owner and 17 years her senior. Cliff was ambitious, insisting Shorter find a place for her at his new Newport Pottery, a position allowing her to visit Paris and spend time at the Royal College of Art. Her early successful Bizarre range, with its handpainted Crocuses, was launched in 1928 and copied by many. By the mid-’30s, helped by her talent for marketing, it was being sold by Harrods and Liberty. Today, you can find small, less rare or damaged pieces for around £100 but good examples will soon climb into the high £100s. The online retailer www.antiques.co.uk has pieces ranging from a small Crocus teaplate at £30 to a boxed Bizarre Summer House vase for £425. Larger, rare work can rise well beyond £1,000. At Christie’s in 2003, a 1933 charger May Avenue achieved almost £40,000. Sadly, Clarice never saw such prices, dying in 1972.

Single pieces of her tableware can be picked up for less than £100. Good quality vases and bowls can be acquired for prices in the mid £100s. Rare examples can exceed £1,000. In 2006, a very rare vase sold on eBay for £3,850.

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Susie (1902-1995)Cooper Born in 1902, Cooper was awarded a scholarship at the Burslem School of Art where her talent was soon spotted by its principal, Gordon Forsyth, the previous director of Minton Hollins in Stoke-on-Trent and Pilkington Tile & Pottery near Manchester. Forsyth got her a job with local potter, A E Gray & Co., where her flair for design was soon recognised. In 1929, unusually for a woman, she left to set up her own pottery and her modernist design style was created. A shrewd business woman, she exhibited widely, selling her work both at home and abroad. The demand was so great that she perfected a form of lithographical transfer, used to supplement hand painting. After the war she introduced bone china to her range, merging with Wedgwood in 1966. They closed the Susie Cooper Pottery in 1980 and she died in 1995.

Entry level pieces can fetch under £100, with more interesting ones rising into the mid £100s. It is rare to find pieces over £1,000, but, in 2019, a Burgess and Leigh charger, estimated at £300-£600, sold for £3,300.

Charlotte Rhead (1885-1947)

Rhead’s patterns were rather more traditional, perhaps because she was born earlier than the other two, in 1885. She was taught tube lining by her father, Frederick Rhead, who was the art director at Wardle & Co., which became her Shetrademark.worked as an enameller at Keeling & Co of Burslem, then as a designer at the tile-maker, before achieving greater renown at T & R Boote, Wood and Sons, Burgess and Leigh and A G Richardson.

Her earlier art nouveau designs gave way to more stylised ones, often of fruit or flowers, sometimes with an art deco influence. Being more ornamental than functional, sales were hit by WWII restrictions. She died not long after in 1947.

In 1924, when Gray’s added Susie Cooper’s name to the back stamp, Colley Shorter, ever the marketeer, was quick to latch on. He signed some of his own designs, such as Keltique and then had Clarice’s facsimile signature added to her Bizarre range. A hand-written Mabel Leigh signature and pattern name, seemed the obvious next step. Some items were

COLLECTING GUIDES Mabel Leigh

What of Mabel Leigh? Leigh was born in 1915 into a strict Victorian household. Aged 12, like Cooper, she was awarded a scholarship to Burslem School of Art where, again, the principal, Gordon Forsyth, took an interest in her development. She was offered a scholarship to South Kensington School of Art, but her father wouldn’t let her go. After Burslem, her father had a chance meeting with Jack Price, the art director at Royal Cauldon. The encounter led to a job, with Jack overseeing her training. Price was a committed socialist and had a great influence on Leigh, artistically and politically. Following financial diﬃculties, Royal Cauldon closed. Price was offered work in Bristol and asked Leigh to join him but, once again, her father stood in the way. In 1933, her father stepped in once more when Harry Steele, manager of the Shorter and Sons Pottery, visited him at the family home and spotted Mabel’s pots. Steele was so impressed he offered her a job as a designer. Under pressure from her father, she accepted. in 1926 leaving the business to his sons, Guy and Colley (Clarice Cliff ’s future husband), both of whom wanted to develop products along more adventurous lines. They had appointed Harry Steele as manager in 1932, a position he was to hold for the next 30 Steeleyears.had the foresight to give Leigh the freedom to experiment.Atthetime, art deco was well established. As an 18 year old it was not surprising that Leigh wanted to be different. At Shorters she was inspired by an ethnic theme, her patterns and shapes influenced by the traditional pottery of the Middle East, Africa and Central America. What she ended up with was modern but with traditional origins. This suited Steele, as Cliff had the deco market covered. He was looking for something that was equally bold and contemporary but contrasting in colour. Leigh’s pots were more rustic than elegant, the colours strong rather than bright and the shapes limited to individual pieces, with little tableware. The overall impact was deep and serious rather than light and fanciful.

Above (l-r) Mabel Leigh’s Middle Easterninspired Basra vase, bought from eBay priced £55; a small Madina vase, bought for £30 and a taller vase (20cm), bought from an antiques shop priced £70 Above right Mabel Leigh’s Toltec bowl, an ethnic design with art deco influence, height 9.5cm, bought at auction for £55 Below left Colley Shorter’s Keltique design, height 12cm, c. 1926, bought at an antiques fair for £40 Below Colley Shorter’s signature mark Below right Mabel Leigh’s American-inspired,central Aztec large jug, height 20cm, bought at an antiques market for £30 and a smaller vase bought at a fair for £40

There was also the question of a name. Mabel’s ‘Peasant Pottery’ was overruled as the range was to be marketed as high end. As such, it was felt that ‘Period Pottery’ was more appropriate. Production method Leigh designed the new shapes and recruited a team of four girls to decorate them. Rather than turning to the Burslem School of Art, she took girls straight from school who could draw but had no formal training. The aim was an unsophisticated look, such as the original native artists might have achieved. The patterns were scratched into the soft clay using metal skewers, a process called “sgraﬃto”, no two pieces were identical. They were then fired, painted by hand, glazed and fired again. This slow process was workable because the aim was a limited, exclusive market. Prices were high and sold in specialist outlets. Some designs had just a painted pattern, so the girls could be kept busy while waiting for the sgraﬃto to be completed.

Personalised marks

Left Mabel Leigh, painted patterns of Period Pottery; Espanol jug and bowl bought for £48 at auction and a Gardiniere vase bought for £26 at an antiques fair

Right Period Pottery post-Mabel Leigh; Freya bowl in pink, bought at auction for £13 and a Wan Li jug, height 20.5cm, bought in an antiques shop for £5 Bottom right Mabel Leigh’s Aztec large jug height 20cm bought at an antique market for £30 and a small vase bought for £40 from a fair Right Mabel Leigh’s African-inspired AngloAfrik bowl, height 7.5cm bought for £20 from eBay Below Typical Period Pottery marks, shape number, design name, Mabel stamp.initials,signature,Leigh’sartist’sShorters’Thesecould be inscribed or painted

Mabel created many other designs but not so many that a collector couldn’t aim to own an example of each. Collectors might also want to focus on the new shapes she introduced.

Right (l-r) Charlotte Rhead, Manchu vase for Crown Ducal, c. 1936; Clarice Cliff, Allsorts bowl from the Fantastique range, c. 1929 and Susie Cooper studio ware vase, c. 1933, all bought for the low £100s Left (l-r) Susie Cooper, Cubist jug for A E Gray & Co., c. 1930; Charlotte Rhead, Byzantine jug for Crown Ducal, c.1932; Clarice Cliff, Taormina jug for A. J. Wilkinson, c. 1936, all bought for the low £100s decorated entirely by her, including the salesmen’s pieces and the more diﬃcult designs which would have been signed by Leigh herself. Decorators’ initials were sometimes added with a ‘Shorter and Sons’’ stamp. Shorters, post-Leigh Although she left in 1935, feeling Harry Steele was unwilling to support her new ideas, Leigh’s influence at the firm continued. Some of her patterns were continued, often with modifications. The deeply-etched design Freya that Mabel produced in green, now had pink, yellow and white versions. Many new designs were also introduced, such as Wan Li, with a brown and cream floral pattern. Leigh continued in the industry, after the war working at Royal Winston alongside Gordon Forsyth, Gilbert Sergeant and Eric Tunstall, before retiring in 1964. Shorter and Sons remained in production throughout WWII and then took advantage of the post-war boom. Lime light Until Irene and Gordon Hopwood tracked down Leigh in the 1980s, when researching their excellent book The Shorter Connection, both she and Period Pottery, were largelyLeighforgotten.wassurprised anyone would be interested, as she didn’t even feel it was her best work. If, like me, you disagree, pieces can be found in fairs, antique shops and occasionally crop up in provincial auctions. There are typically a couple of dozen pieces on offer on eBay, mostly at starting prices under £50. You can come across rare examples for around the £100 mark. The problem isn’t being able to afford them, it’s being able to find them.

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The patterns The Middle East was the influence for designs like Medina. With its hint of Persian style and colouring, it was one of the most popular sgraﬃto designs, with various versions available. Some Medina pieces were precisely inscribed, while others were more primitive. The design involves groups of colourful flowers and green leaves with one incorporating a large, stylised leaf. The Basra design also incorporates flowers with a Persian influence. Aztec grew out of the central American tradition with a simple design of fish against a turquoise ground. Jugs and vases have a collar executed in sgraﬃto. A rare version has birds set against a blue matt background. Anglo-Afrik is an example of an African influence using shades of brown, green and black. The shapes are geometric, occasionally including leaves and finished with a strong glaze. Some designs, such as the rare Toltec and the popular Khimara, combine the ethnic with a touch of art deco. The Espanol range is an example of a totally painted design, where the entire surface is covered with spiralling bands of colour, similar to the floral Gardiniere (left).

(b) e author of e Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1788). (c) Bric-à-brac from the late 19th century. (d) Long-handled hot-coal container for cold nights (two words).

Q7 A Toby jug by Ralph Wood, c. 1780. But which are the designs?commonest Q6 In which country did the tile picture rst appear in Europe? 4 7

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Q6 In which century did the tile picture (in which the theme is extended over several tiles) rst appear in Europe? (a) 14th (b) 15th (c) 16th (d) 17th.

Q2 What is a murrina? (a) a multicoloured design within glass, (b) a plastic, collectable gure from a 70s TV series, (c) a long Scottish 19th-century gilley-stick, (d) an early American wallcovering.

Q7 Which of the following 18th-century Toby jugs is it said you are most likely to come across? (a) the squire, (b) the lawyer, (c) the curate, (d) the toper.

Q4 ‘Pulps’ were cheap, all- ction, double-column magazines printed on coarse wood-pulp paper. What was the title of the very rst? (a) All Story, (b) e Argosy, (c) Black Mask, (d) Adventure Q5 In 1821, the ship Blenden Hall sank in the South Atlantic. Shipwrecked survivors included the captain Alexander Greig who kept a journal of the struggle for survival. He had paper but no ink. What did he use instead? (a) penguin blood, (b) seal blood, (c) human blood, (d) dark guano.

Q10 What was special about British WWII military wristwatches? (a) the winding mechanism was direction sensitive to confuse the enemy in case of capture, (b) the dial was black to reduce re ection, (c) they had a protective grill over the glass, (d) the back could unscrew to hold a silk map of enemy territory.

Q10NOEOCCLAWSKTRAILSEASCAPNELETOBELLCAMUEAEITBLAOGRARENMEENLQAMAOCTANAUINAELMTSTROLABEERETCO e back of a WWII military watch. What is so special about the timepiece’s design?

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Q1 Mules (the shoes) are popular today. ey went out of favour and then were revived in the 19th century. But where did they originate? (a) Italy, (b) Spain, (c) Ottoman Empire, (d) France.

(a) A type of atware (sing.) usually in sets of 12 or 13 (two words).

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Left Charles S. Stratton, also known as Tom umb, aged 12, lithograph by C. Baugniet, 1844.

Right A portrait of the sculptor Sir George (1860-1928)_____ Below Newark Castle is located on the bank of this river

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3Across Style of hat named after one worn in the stage adaptation of George du Maurier’s 1894 novel of the same name. (6) 6 Edward _____ (1812-88). English traveller, artist and author who popularised limericks. (4) 7 Italian term (and spelling) for a side-table or cupboard. (8) 8 Made older…naturally or deliberately. (4) 10 Medieval overcoat or sleeveless tunic…or once a hostelry from which to start a particular pilgrimage. (6) 12 Having a pattern or device set into a surface. (6) 14 Kiln…and see 13-down. (4) 16 Sir George _____ (1860-1928). One of the leading avant-garde British sculptors in his youth. Later, more traditional. (8) 18 _____ Pengelly Francis (1906-1993) English-born, Australian-adopted surrealist painter…or a small lovable TV locomotive in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. (4) 19 Block under the base of a column. (6) 1Down _____ Yukhnovich (b. 1990). A very collectable London-based modern artist…and a whole lot of flowers. (5) 2 Greek region taken as an ideal of rustic contentment. (7) 3 Third longest river in England. The ____ Tile co. (est. 1882) in New Jersey produced very collectable work. (5) 4 Cool solid for which many a manufacturer has made ‘buckets’ over the years. (3) Finally, rearrange the letters in the highlighted squares to form the name of a ladies’ hat (and sometimes dress) named in Victorian times after a Dickens’s character in Barnaby Rudge. (5, 6) Fantastically peculiar…term often applied to surrealist art. (7) 9 Military rank appended to Tom Thumb, real name Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), star of Barnum’s Circus. His memorabilia is mostly reasonably priced. (7) 11 Series of cameras from 1900 made by Eastman Kodak. (7) 13 With 14-across, a thick-walled, cast-iron cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid (used for hundreds of years). (5, 4) 15 Iridescent mollusc-shell material (often found in 12-across decoration). (5) 17 Decorative Japanese family or clan identifier, equivalent to a Western coat-of-arms. (3) 18

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ANTIQUE COLLECTING 43 JEWELLERY | WATCHES | MAKERS | DESIGNS | COLLECTING Racing watches are put in the spotlight ahead of the sale of a ‘mythical’ watch this month and we reveal the remarkable women behind the French jewellers –the House of Boivin IN THE Loupe A pair of art deco emerald and diamond drop earrings, c. 1930, smashed its pre-sale estimate of £3,000-£5,000 to sell for £35,000 at Tennants’ summer sale

Early days Known to his clientele as the ‘jeweller of the intelligentsia’ the designs of René Boivin (1864-1917) shone as brightly in the fin de siècle Parisian salons as they do today.

While women were at the heart of the business, as we shall see later, the house was started by René Boivin who, giving up on a dream to study medicine, joined his family jewellery business after enrolling as an apprentice goldsmith at the age of 17. Though it was an undoubted love match, one of his shrewdest moves was to wed Jeanne Poiret (18711959) the older sister of the influential courtier and taste maker Paul Poiret (1879-1944). Poiret was at the heart of the Parisian scene and the Boivin-Poiret salon soon welcomed intellectuals such as Peggy Guggenheim, Sigmund Freud, Edgar Degas and Picasso. While the Boivins worked hard in the workshop they worked even harder at networking soirées.

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Daring designs Their partnership flourished both personally and professionally, with Jeanne taking over the practical aﬀairs while increasingly contributing to the creative skills of her husband. The pre-war Boivin style was highly idiosyncratic. It actively ignored the reigning art nouveau and belle époque styles in which René Lalique and Cartier achieved international success, instead taking inspiration from

Sister Act Above Claudette Colbert wearing the starfish brooch in Photoplay magazine, 1939. Colbert purchased the brooch from Boivin in 1938, a few years after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for It Happened One Night, image courtesy of the MFA Boston Juliette Moutard’s Starfish brooch, for the House of Boivin, 1936, designed for Claudette Colbert, now at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, image courtesy of the MFA Boston Right René Boivin, gold and carved ruby Cross of Lorraine brooch, on sale for $16,850, image courtesy of Sotheby’s Below René Boivin, a baroque cultured pearl, diamond and pink tourmaline shrimp brooch, sold for $43,750 on December 10, 2014 at Christie’s in New York

But the glittering success was short-lived. In 1917, at the age of 53, René died leaving Jeanne to either close up shop, or take over’ A necklace by the iconic Parisian jeweller Boivin sold for £40,000 this summer – 20 times its low estimate. Antique Collecting lifts the lid on the house’s trademark style and the women behind it T his year, a two-rowed, turquoise, bead necklace, sold at Fellows’ jewellery sale in Birmingham for £40,000, smashing its low pre-sale estimate of £2,000. The necklace, while it lacked an obvious signature, was recognisable to those in the know for its sheer panache. The auction house’s senior specialist, Ben Randall, said: “There are certain names that you hope to come across with art deco jewellery and René Boivin is toward the top of a short list.” In fact, few pieces by Boivin are signed. Like the maison’s star pupil, Suzanne Belperron, its style was its Unsignedsignature.ornot, Boivin was responsible for some of the most memorable jewellery of the 20th century.

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 45 early cultures ranging from the Iron Age to African art. In 1905, Boivin created the first pieces in its Barbare series, inspired by Assyrian, Egyptian, Etruscan and Celtic traditions. It may also have been the first firm to use wood as a mounting for gems. The daring designs perfectly complemented Paul Poiret’s outré couture and appealed to a cosmopolitan set. But the glittering success was short-lived. In 1917, at the age of 53, René died, leaving Jeanne to either close up shop, or take over. She opted for the latter. Luckily, the widow had a firm grasp of the Boivin style and how she wanted to take it forward. She also chose to retain the name Maison René Boivin. New look

The new designs continued at odds with the prevailing all-white fashion of platinum and diamonds, and were diametrically opposed to the geometric lines of the late art deco jewels of their competitors. Jewellery by the Maison René Boivin was typically curved gems in yellow gold. In her book René Boivin: Jeweller, Françoise Cailles writes, “Madame Boivin was not impressed by the ostentatious displays of gems that characterised the 1930s …a jewel was an object with its own identity, reflecting the personality of the wearer. She liked jewels to bring out the best in women, but she also liked women to bring out the best in Jeanne’sjewels.”other shrewd move was to take on a 17-yearold salesgirl by the name of Suzanne Vuillerme – the student friend of her daughter, Germaine. Suzanne Vuillerme was soon to be known by her married name of Belperron and on course to becoming one of the most famous jewellers of the 20th century. Above left Jeanne Boivin took over her husband’s business when he died in 1917 Above right René Boivin 18ct gold, coloured diamond, citrine, ruby reclining labrador, with a fully- articulated torso, ears, paws and tail set with numerous round and single-cut diamonds, image courtesy of Sotheby’s Left René Boivin by Suzanne Belperron, Tranche bracelet in ivory sold for euro €25,000 in 2021, image courtesy of Christie’s Right René Boivin, Starfish brooch studded with old courtesysaleanddiamonds.European-cutFrenchassaymaker’smarks,onfor$49,950,imageofSotheby’s Juliette Moutard

Jewellery by the House of Boivin

Very soon the two women were joined by another creative powerhouse of the 20th century, whose name inexplicably remains the shadows. Few people, other than students of jewellery, have heard of the name Juliette Moutard and yet a century ago her creations were the toast of Paris and Hollywood.Havinggraduated first from the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then the École de la Bijouterie de la rue du Louvre, Paris, Moutard joined Maison Boivin in 1933 after a stint working with the horologist VergerSheFrères.wasto spend the next 40 years at the jewellery house, first under Jeanne and then under the studio manager Louis Girard. It took time for Moutard to emerge from the shadow cast by Belperron, at first reinterpreting her predecessor’s designs. Under her, the famous Cambodian bracelet became more elaborate. But before long, Moutard’s designs were, in line with Boivin, significantly ahead of the curve. Her creations became more playful and figurative as most other jewellers continued to embrace the abstract, geometric severity of late art deco.

Suzanne Belperron Suzanne quickly became a firm favourite at Maison René Boivin, her zeal perhaps reflecting her mentor’s own passion for the business. Soon she was a designer in her own right, known in the studio as Madame’s “little Suzanne”.Bothshe and Madame Boivin were disenchanted by what they saw as the rigid two-dimensionality of the early art deco.

Top A René Boivin two-rowed, turquoise bead necklace sold for £40,000 earlier this summer, against a presale estimate of £2,000£3,000, image courtesy of Fellows Above right Germaine Boivin designed the Dove of Peace brooch in 1938 which was made by Juliette Moutard Above A René Boivin 1930s 18ct gold, sapphire, ruby, rose-cut diamond and cultured pearl butterfly brooch, sold for £3,500 last year, image courtesy of Fellows Right A René Boivin mid-century gold, split pearl, sapphire and garnet butterfly clip, sold for £2,400 in March, image courtesy of Fellows

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According to Cailles, Germaine’s sculptural talent was invaluable in judging how jewellery sketches would translate into volume. She wrote: “Boivin and Moutard complemented one another perfectly; one gave shape and substance to the ideas of the other, who then minutely supervised the manufacture of the finished article down to the very last detail.”

knew know bounds, from Brutalist architecture to Congolese tribal culture. She soon rose to the position of co-director. Her most notable designs included her 1931 which became a Boivin classic, in the same year she created a Cambodian Colonial Exhibition, which Boivin produced until 1943. Gem menagerie Many of the firm’s designs reflected both Juliette Moutard and Boivin’s love of flowers, animals, seashells and other marine motifs – one brooch even taking the shape of a shrimp. The farmyard also inspired, with Moutard’s Bucrane (Longhorn) brooch covered in diamonds, with horns entwined in a blue sapphire ribbon and garlands of flowers. Innovative techniques, including the use of calibré-cut, coloured stones, helped Boivin jewels to stand out. Moutard’s famous Pigeon’s Wing brooch, set with diamonds and cabochon blue sapphires, was made for Parisian socialite Daisy Fellowes in 1938. At the end of the war she reinvented the trend for panthers and tigers with her own versions, including sheep, horses and even a labrador.

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In the late 1930s, Jeanne’s youngest daughter, Germaine, joined the business. Germaine’s talents were numerous – aside from being able to fly a plane, she was an artist (and musician) who was initially taken under the wing of her maternal uncle Paul Poiret whose glittering career as a courtier was coming to an end. When Poiret closed, she opened a clothes boutique called Les Vêtements Eric, but when it folded she joined her mother and Moutard as a designer in 1938. One of her earliest successes, working with Moutard, was a Dove of Peace brooch, set with circular-cut and cabochon sapphires in various shades of blue, for an important, though unknown, American client.

‘The House of René Boivin finally closed in the 1990s but its jewels – beautiful, innovative and always ahead of their time – are perhaps more highly prized than ever’’

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‘To mark the fifth race, in 1983, the Cartier president Alain Dominique Perrin and Thierry Sabine, created the ‘Cartier Challenge’, but with one particular caveat: the winner of the bespoke Cartier Cheich watch would have to win the race in the same motoring category (bike, car, or truck) in two consecutive years – a feat so extraordinary that it was deemed to be nigh on impossible’

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Racing watches

The 20-day rally is infamous for unpredictable and extreme weather conditions, with 35° during the day and 0° overnight. The competition was opened to cars and trucks, but the motorcycle riders have always been considered the true heroes of the event. The watch Awarding a sporting winner with a timepiece is nothing new – for more than 30 years, Rolex has given winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona a watch named after the course and winners of the Indy 500 receive a Tag Heuer. But these watches are typically branded with a logo and maybe engraved. Left The motorcyclistBelgianGaston Rahier twice winner of the ParisDaker was the only ever recipient of the watch Right The watch is presented in its original box Below left Paul Newman was seen wearing a Rolex Daytona for much of his life 1 Actor Steve McQueen wearing his Tag Heuer Monaco on the set of the 1971 film Le Mans 2 The Monaco reference 1133 watch sold for $1.8m 3 Paul Newman’s Daytona, a gift from his wife, the actress Joanne Woodward, set a world record when it sold for $17.3/4 m 4 The watch was a 25th wedding anniversary gift and engraved Drive Slowly Me Famous racing watches

TAG Heuer Alongside Rolex (and Omega), Heuer –later TAG Heuer – also became closely associated with motorsport, with its 1969 introduction of Heuer’s Monaco being a real game changer. It was one of the world’s first self-winding, waterresistant chronograph wristwatches, also housing its legendary Calibre 11 in a pioneering square case. Today, the Monaco reference 1133 is an icon among chronograph aficionados. But most importantly it was the watch worn by Steven McQueen in the 1971 film Le Mans In 2020, the set-worn watch, which the actor had given to his mechanic, Haig Alltounian, sold for a very cool $2.2m at auction. But 1986 was to mark both the end of the Cartier Challenge, and the end of the production of the Cartier Cheich. Towards the end of the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally, Sabine was killed in a helicopter crash over Mali. Although the rally ran its course that year, no one won the Cartier Challenge, which was cancelled shortly afterwards, after running for only four years. Of the four watches made, two remain in Cartier’s collection and one was awarded to Rahier. The fourth was offered to race creator Sabine but is now lost. The Cartier Cheich goes under the hammer Sotheby’satParis on September with an estimate of €200,000-€400,000.

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The link between motor racing and watches goes back to start of the sport. When Sir racerstheCampbell,MalcolmoneofmostsuccessfulatDaytona,set a new land speed record in Utah in 1935 he was wearing a Rolex Oyster. Rolex capitalised on the fact and would eventually produce the Rolex Daytona, one of the most iconic racing watches ever made. At the time, the company was establishing its reputation as both a manufacturer of sports watches and chronographs. When it introduced its reference 6234 it was brieﬂy known as the “Le Mans”, before the company’s push into the American market led to the adoption of the “Daytona” name. It soon became associated with the actor Paul Newman because, from 1972 until his death in 2008, he was often photographed wearing a 1968 Rolex Daytona with a distinctive dial. What made this nickname so special is that Newman was both a Rolex owner and amateur sports car racer. But while there are Paul Newman Daytonas, there is also Paul Newman’s actual Daytona. When the Daytona given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, appeared at auction in 2017 it set a world record for a vintage wristwatch at auction when it sold for $17¾m.

racers at Daytona, set 1 2 3 4 IN THE Loupe

Above right Antiques Roadshow specialist Ronnie Archer Morgan will o er tours of the event Above TAL is back live for the rst time since the pandemic New Tennant The Northern Antiques Fair returns to the grounds of a North Yorkshire auction house this month following a successful inaugural event last Organisedyear.by the Northern Antique Dealers Fair Limited, the four-day event from September 29 to October 2 will take place at at the Garden Rooms at Tennants in Leyburn. When the fair, which has been running since 1951, moved from Harrogate to its new venue last year it welcomed 2,600 visitors. This year’s event will see more than 40 exhibitors offering pieces over a wide selection of disciplines, with prices ranging from £100 to five-figure sums.

Above right Nicolaus Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), on o er from Sophia Rare Books

TAL order Tribal Art London (TAL) celebrates its ﬁrst live post-Covid event event this month with tours of the London fair from Antiques Roadshow specialist Ronnie Archer Morgan. The UK’s premier showcase of ethnographic culture and tribal art, runs from September 15-18 at London’s Mall Galleries.

Banned books London’s rare book fair, ‘Firsts London,’ takes place at the Saatchi Gallery from September 16-18, with the theme of banned books taking centre stage, marking the 100th-anniversary of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Among the highlights of the 65th fair are a ﬁrst edition of Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and a signed ﬁrst edition of DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover 120 international dealers take part in the event, including 49 new dealers, one of whom being Sam Fogg, a London dealer in European Middle Age art.

TAL brings together more than 20 international specialists in original tribal works of art from Oceania, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. A spokesperson said: “Ronnie has been associated with TAL for many years. He will shed light on a range of exhibits of note and personal interest, giving an invaluable and knowledgeable perspective on their form, purpose and collectability within the current market place.”

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 49 Church service After a three-year absence, the annual Church Street Antiques Fair returns this month, with 80 antiques and art dealers from the antiques-rich Marylebone area taking part. Nestled between Edgware Road and Lisson Grove, Church Street is home to some of the largest collections of high-end antiques and one-of-a-kind art and design in Europe. Many of the exhibitors taking part on September 18 trade at Alﬁes Antiques Market (‘Alﬁes’) on Church Street.

Above Fair goers at the a previous fair Daum winter landscape vase, Forets enneigees, French, c 1900, on sale from Solo Antiques prices £4,750

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OUT AND ABOUT September

Above Sunday September 18 will see Marylebone’s Church Street taken over by antiques lovers Above right A Czechoslovakian celluloid dress clip on o er from Gillian Horsup at Al es priced £65

A London street fair and a celebration of banned books are all on the cards this month

50 ANTIQUE COLLECTING Join the back-to-school youngsters this month by boning up on some essential art history while saving more than a third on the RRP BOOK OFFERS THE 500 BARCELONASECRETSHIDDENOF BY ISBNCLOOSTERMANSMARK 9789460583070 RRP £16.95 OFFER PRICE £11.02 An inspirational and practical guide to the city’s most interesting places, buildings, restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, neighbourhoods, gardens and cafes, divided into 100 lists of ﬁve secrets. Mark Cloostermans, a Belgian journalist living in Barcelona, unlocks the various districts, pointing out historical details in the streets of the old town, taking you from green Montjuïc hill to the beach and back. QUEER ST IVES & OTHER STORIES BY IAN MASSEY ISBN 9781909932692 RRP £30.00 OFFER PRICE £19.50 This ﬁrst ever queer history of St Ives weaves together biography with art and social history to shine new light on a pivotal era in the development of British modernism. At its centre is the sculptor John Milne (1931–1978), who arrived in the town in 1952 to work as an assistant to Barbara Hepworth. UP TO 35% DISCOUNT SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE ORDER NOW! Email lauren.kerr@accartbooks.com, or call 01394 389988. Postage to UK addresses is £6, call for overseas rates. 111 PLACES IN LONDON THAT YOU SHOULDN’T MISS (NEW EDITION) BY JOHN SYKES ISBN 9783740816445 RRP £13.99 OFFER PRICE £9.09 London is full of strange and beautiful sights. It is a place for traditions and rebels, for the establishment and every alternative subculture. This book celebrates the diversity of the city. It invites you to see Little Ben or the fake 10 Downing Street, and answers both conventional and unusual questions. The ultimate insider’s guide to London for locals and experienced travellers.

111 PLACES ALONG HADRIAN’S WALL THAT YOU SHOULDN’T MISS BY DAVID TAYLOR ISBN 9783740814250 RRP £13.99 OFFER PRICE £9.09 Hadrian’s Wall once marked the northern edge of the Roman Empire and was built to intimidate the uncouth tribes of hostile local natives. Now a UNESCO world heritage site, Hadrian’s Wall is the largest and most important Roman site in Britain. Use this book to explore Hadrian’s Wall Country, from Tynemouth to the Solway Firth.

Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has been a familiar face to the boatmen of the British Isles for the past 50 years, often requiring their services to take him out on the water, where he paints the coastal landscape in vivid watercolours.

An Irish Notebook is a collection of 40 such sketches created by Ackroyd on the west coast of Ireland. From Malin to Mizen, via the rocky outcrops of Puﬃn Island and the emerald depths of Roaringwater Bay, Ackroyd records the Irish coast in all its rugged beauty.

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NORMAN ACKROYD AN IRISH NOTEBOOK BY NORMAN ACKROYD ISBN 9781912520619 RRP £16.95 OFFER PRICE £11.02

PIET MONDRIAN – A LIFE BY HANS JANSSEN ISBN 9781909932517 RRP £35.00 OFFER PRICE £22.75

The ﬁrst dedicated biography of Piet Mondrian to be published in English. Hans Janssen’s remarkable book provides a long overdue, in-depth and compelling account of the life of perhaps the most inﬂuential abstract artist of the 20th century. Janssen, former chief curator at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag – home to the world’s largest collection of Mondrian works – draws on his own research and that of a cohort of distinguished scholars, as well as previously unknown letters, writings and archival materials.

From nely-carved Welsh love spoons to a Charles II candlestand, we delve into this month’s sale o erings

TOP of the LOTS UNDER THE HAMMER Lots in September

A rare Charles II brass cluster-stem socket candlestick, c. 1680, has an estimate of £4,000 - £6,000 at Bishop & Miller’s ﬂagship Oak Interior sale, at its Suffolk saleroom in Stowmarket on September 29. Standing 20cm high, the candlestick has eight conjoined columns, topped with an internal scalloped rim and bound by three ridged bands. At the same sale a primitive George III chair, made from sycamore, ash and oak, c. 1780, has an estimate of £1,200£1,800.

A set of six modernist silver and silver-gilt goblets, designed by Christopher Lawrence (b. 1936), has an estimate of £700£900 at Catherine Southon’s and Antiques sale on September 14. The goblets, made in London by C J Vander Ltd, are 12.5cm high, weighing approximately 55.96 troy ounces. Lawrence spent eight years as Gerald Benney’s workshop manager before opening his own design studio in the 1960s.

Above The Man U blue away jersey has an estimate of £6,000-£8,000

Above The stick stand and tray is similar to a Black Forest carving

Above left The brass candlestick dates to the reign of Charles II Above right The primitive chair, c. 1780, is made of sycamore, ash and oak

An Austin J40 pedal car, one of 32,098 ever made before production ceased in 1971, is expected to make £1,000-£1,500 at Charterhouse’s auction of automobilia on September 29. Auctioneer, Richard Bromell, said: “It was perhaps one of the most popular pedal cars ever produced. So much so that there is a race at The Goodwood Revival called the Settrington Cup where aspiring racing drivers pedal away in their Austin J40s to win the trophy.”

John Fitzpatrick’s long-sleeved blue Manchester United No.2 away shirt which he wore at the Dell in Man U’s 3-0 defeat against Southampton on October 8, 1969, has an estimate of £6,000-£8,000 at Graham Budd Auctions sale on September 6-7. After nearly 150 outings as a Red, ‘Fitz’ was forced to retire due to chronic knee problems at the poignantly premature age of just 26.

Above The giant toothbrush would have been used for display purposes

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A 1.62m high folk art stand and tray, carved in the shape of a wide-eyed bear – a comic homage to Black Forest versions – has an estimate of £1,000£1,500 at Bishop & Miller’s new Norfolk saleroom on September 14. At the same sale, a metre-long, early 20th-century shop display toothbrush inscribed ‘Wisdom’ has an estimate of £300-£400. The auction, called Folk, Function and Frivolity takes place at the saleroom near Holt.

Above The 1960s Austin J40 pedal car has an estimate of £1,000-£1,500

Above right Lawrence was among the UK’s leading post-war gold and silversmiths

Some 150 pieces of Welsh folk art, described as “part of the finest collection of Welsh treen ever presented,” goes under the hammer this month at Bonhams Edinburgh. The collection of 70 lots, some consisting of two to three pieces, is expected to make £50,000 at the Oak Furniture, Folk and Naïve Art sale on September 27. The sale is made up of Welsh love spoons, stay busks and needle sheaths all carved from the 17th to 19th centuries. All were created as lovers’ keepsakes and carved by lovelorn suitors to be given evidence of the strength of theirInardour.mostcases the young lovers were illiterate and came from poor rural communities, with the intricatelycarved wooden gifts being the only way to plight their troth. Designs typically included symbols of marital bliss: an anchor for security, a keyhole for the family home or long chains to signify a link between lovers. The examples on sale, which date from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, were made at the peak of the carvers’ craft before commercial production began. Tactile quality Other offerings on sale include stay busks, which went into a lady’s corset, and needle sheaths, to be fastened on the end of a knitting needle. Bonhams’ spokeswoman, Isadora Pruskin, said: “Works such as these are very rare and sought after by collectors for their whimsical origins, as well as the remarkable skill displayed in the beauty and intricacy of their designs.” Many were formed from one piece of wood and have a tactile quality, which is especially appealing to collectors of both folk art and Welsh treen, she added. Although the Welsh lovespoon is the most famous of the type, a similar tradition existed in Scandinavia and some parts of Eastern Europe.

1 The collection is made up of some 150 pieces of the finest Welsh folk art 2 An 18th-century love spoon has an estimate of £500-£800 at this month’s sale 3 A collection of five needle sheaths, one in the shape of a fish and one in the shape of a hand, has an estimate of £300-£500 at the same sale 4 Two early 19th-century love spoons, one carved with hearts, the other with the inscription ‘MW’ has an estimate of £400-£600 5 A 19th-century love spoon has an estimate of £700-£1,000 at the same sale 6 A Welsh mid-18th century stay busk has an estimate of £400£600 at the same sale 7 Six George III needle sheaths have an estimate of £650-£950 at this month’s sale in Edinburgh on September 27 ‘In most cases the young lovers were illiterate and came from poor communites,ruralwiththeintricately-carvedgiftstheonlywaytheycouldplighttheirtroth’

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Forgotten artist Hundreds of people bought a watercolour by Petit in the 1980s and 1990s, usually very cheaply without knowing anything about the artist. The London dealers Abbott and Holder alone sold a few hundred, for only about £50 each, and five other dealers each sold over 100. They were simply nice decorations, perhaps of a favourite location in Britain or France. No-one knew why Petit appeared then and had hardly been heard of before then. Since so many were sold, suddenly, the value of a Petit picture never increased. Since they were so cheap, no-one looked more closely at the artist. But now for the first time he is starting to be scarce,

While his name may be unknown to many, the work of John Louis Petit is being reassessed as “worthy of comparison with that of Turner” and the good news is you might have one in the attic, writes author Philip Modiano

Robin Simon, editor of the British Art Journal, said: “A wonderful artist, a master of atmospheric effects and of truth to nature: truly, a pre-Impressionist.”

Sufficient to say, after the death of JMW Turner in 1851, Petit even foreshadowed Impressionism.

Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon added to the praise, saying: “A more or less completely forgotten master – an artist whose work, particularly in the medium of watercolour, reaches the highest peaks of innovation and virtuosity, worthy of comparison with that even of Turner. High praise, but not too high.”

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I n the mid-19th century, the Victorian Essex curate, the Reverend John Louis Petit (1801-1868), was nothing short of a national treasure. He was a prolific watercolourist and writer about church architecture with demand for his illustrations matched by calls for him to appear as a speaker on the ecclesiastical architectural disputes of the day. But after his death his star faded and his talent became obscured. But the rediscovery of his work 120 years on is today set to change his standing.DrTrevor James said: “The story of John Louis Petit is extraordinary. From national treasure in the 1850s and 1860s he was almost entirely forgotten. Now the authenticity and passion of the artist shines through the 150 years and we see a uniquely modern artist, remarkably accessible to a younger generation.”

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‘His landscapes paintings, the most experimental and artistically significant, capture life in Victorian England and France as it was and demonstrate the spiritual wonder of nature without the ‘prettiness’ of conventional Victorian art’ and appreciated, and those who have them may be the lucky ones. After completing well over 10,000 works only around half of his output survives. So who was Petit and is he worth collecting now? Who was he? Petit was born into a relatively wealthy family in Staffordshire, descended from French Huguenots. After graduating from Cambridge in 1825 he was ordained into the Church of England a year later, and began working as a curate, first in Lichfield and then Essex. However, in 1834, he resigned parish work to focus full time on architecture andAtart.the time, church architecture was an intensely debated topic and Petit soon became the most prominent of the few writers and speakers who opposed the emerging fashion for neo-gothic. From 1841 until his death in 1868, he argued against rigid rules, against copying one particular narrowly defined historical style, and for originality. In other words, Petit was the first postmodernist, against dogma of any kind. Life in art Petit was also a wonderfully talented artist, painting very unusual, rough and impressionistic landscapes and urban scenes. He used his art, including landscapes, to support his architectural lectures. He also used illustrations from his church art in his articles and books, written to counter the vitriolic criticism he faced from the advocates of gothic. His style developed and changed enormously during his lifetime. While the majority of his watercolours are indeed of churches, and some are wonderfully characteristic, it is the others – ranging from the landscapes, to urban and river scenes which are especially unusual.They are not finely and delicately finished like many watercolourists. They are also not artificially composed.

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Above John Louis Petit (1801-1868) Paris, 1861, watercolour Below right John Louis Petit (1801-1868) St Mary’s Redcliffe, Bristol, 1848, watercolour

Unlike his contemporaries, Petit did not paint for commercial reasons and never compromised what he wanted to show. His landscapes paintings, the most experimental and artistically significant, capture life in Victorian England and France as it was and demonstrate the spiritual wonder of nature without the ‘prettiness’ of conventional Victorian art.

Five years ago you could pick up a Petit at auction for under £100, and even two of the top dealers, Abbott and Holder and Chris Beetles, would sometimes discount them to that level. Now, the only way to get a great Petit cheaply is when they come up unattributed in a small auction – which they still do occasionally.Still,even without that good fortune, by comparison with other great watercolourists they are good value, and at least in this writer’s opinion, far less expensive than other great art. Well attributed Petits at auctions have gone recently for under £300, and even some examples at another top London dealers, Guy Peppiatt, are only around £1,000. By comparison a good David Cox or a Peter De Wint would sell for much more. But as with any artist there are huge differences in the quality of works and in condition. The ones considered among the best, such as some of those illustrated, are likely only to increase in price.

Dealers bought up the lots, sometimes numbering over 200 pictures, for pittances. They picked out a few famous sites to sell, while the rest gradually dribbled out in groups via secondary auctions, or went back to cellars.

Work abroad From 1851 onwards, Petit travelled abroad frequently, most years, as well as travelling in the UK, which he had always done. France was both a frequent destination and also en route to other countries, so pictures from France are almost as common as those from the UK. However, there are large groups from Belgium, Germany and Italy, which Petit visited more than once. Petit also travelled to the Adriatic, Corfu and Greece; Spain; and Egypt and Syria. Each trip produced more than a hundred watercolours, although not all survived.

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‘Dealers bought up the lots, sometimes over 200 pictures in a lot, for pittances. They picked out a few famous sites to sell, while the rest gradually dribbled out in groups via secondary auctions or went into cellars’

Even though his work was widely exhibited, admired and shown at his lectures on architecture, making him in the mid-19th-century both admired and famous as an artist of great skill, Petit never tried or planned to sell his work, and so it remained within the family. After he died there was a final posthumous exhibition of more than 300 works in London, then it nearly all disappeared to his sisters, then a nephew, followed by a grand-niece. Much of it was to lay hidden for 120 years. Came to light After his grandniece’s death in 1959, her house was sold with the Petit hoard abandoned in an attic or outhouse. New occupants discovered it, by then much diminished by damp. Unaware of the cultural importance of the find, the property’s new owners appear to have sold the pictures off the easiest way they could, which was by dumping them in local auctions in the 1980s and 1990s, mainly at Billingshurst, Sussex, in hundreds per lot.

Andrew Graham Dixon said: “What is also extraordinary about Petit’s work is the breadth of his subject matter and his remarkable lack of sentimentality. Few Victorian artists chose to bear witness to the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the fabric of life in this country, but Petit did anything but shy away from it: he painted factories and smogs with the same impassioned interest that he brought to the more traditional themes of the English watercolourist, such as village, church and cathedral. To look at his work is to see a familiar world changing out of all recognition, and to understand the pace at which it was happening. In this sense he is a prophet of Impressionism, a true “painter of modern life”, to borrow a phrase from Baudelaire.”

During his numerous trips abroad, Petit usually travelled with members of his family who painted with him, copying his style, none signing their work. In particular, works by Emma Petit, Elizabeth Haig or Maria Jelf (both also sisters of Petit) were mixed among the original lots sold and dealers were unaware of this. No-one distinguished between the sisters and Petit. Often dealers ignored the foreign pictures except for the readily saleable Venice, Rome and Middle East views. They concentrated on the easier-to-shift pictures of someone’s local town or church.

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Above John Louis Petit (1801-1868) Fishing Boat off Torquay, 1848, watercolour Below John Louis Petit (1801-1868) Near Wolverhamton, c 1853, watercolour Louis Petit

The main dealers are now thoroughly aware of the differences so if buying from them that will not be a problem. Small auction houses and eBay may not be aware and may inadvertently make mistakes.

Currently, in July 2022, there are two pictures purportedly by J L Petit on eBay, one at least by a sister. Both have a signature on the front. Petit never signed or initialled any picture to our knowledge.

Occasionally, a little group is sold intact at an auction. This is because someone was so taken with Petit that they bought half a dozen or even a dozen at once.

Of course, as with all art, collectors should only buy what they will enjoy. But it is always nice if what one enjoys goes up in value. Now is not the absolute bottom, that was five years ago. However, if we are right that he was a unique pre-Impressionist then the current prices will come to appear very attractive. If not, then you still have a great work of art for a very low price. Now is the time for Petits to come out of the cupboards where they have lurked, forgotten, for generations. There are many more Petit pictures all over the country, in the USA and in Europe, which were bought casually 30 years ago as dealers pushed them out cheaply. Some will have lost their attribution. This is the start not the end of re-discovering Petit’s art.

Philip Modiano has spent the last five years researching Petit. His book J.L. Petit – Britain’s Lost Pre-Impressionist, is out on September 12 published by RPS Publications priced £20 and available from bookshops and online.

Starting a collection If you are risk averse, the best way to start a collection is to use established channels at first, and only when you are confident that you can tell a Petit from a ‘circle of Petit’, and a good Petit from an average one, then venture into the riskier areas of eBay and regional auctions. But if you do not mind risking the odd hundred pounds or so, then jump right in. A key factor with watercolours is quality. In general, Petits are superb because they only emerged a couple of decades ago. But because they were sold so cheaply they have not always been looked after and even in this relatively short time some that come up can show damage by light or from an acidic mount.

Once you are acquainted with Petit’s work it is hard to mistake, as you can see from the examples here. They are impressionistic sketches, wholly unlike other watercolourists who tended to finish their work finely. The only artists who painted similarly are those of his own circle who greatly admired his style and copiedWellit.in advance of his time, a Petit captured both the character and an accurate likeness of a scene while disdaining the conventional finish, the conventional prettying up of landscape with colour or by adding touches to make it more picturesque, such as other artists practised. So, the only difficult bit is distinguishing a Petit from one of his circle. Genuine JL Petits always look and feel correct (ie the building looks solid, grass looks like grass etc), the others’ impressions are not always persuasive. They all wrote the locations on the backs, at least from the 1850s onwards and their handwriting differs, but that needs a sufficient familiarity to be sure.

One way for a new collector to get help is to ask The Petit Society (www.revpetit.com), a charitable Society set up by enthusiasts to promote awareness and enjoyment of Petit. They will give a quick opinion for free or a certificate for a small charge.

Right John Louis Petit (1801-1868) Norrey, near Caen, 1839, watercolour Below John Louis Petit (1801-1868) Huddlesford Mill (outside Lichfield), 1855, watercolour

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AND EAST ANGLIA: including Beds, Cambs, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Suﬀolk, Surrey, Sussex. Arun Fairs 07563 Sept 4 B2B Events 01636 Detlingwww.b2bevents.info676531Antiques,The Kent County Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF, Sept 10,11 Pleyber Christ Way, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0HA, Sept 10 Pensilva Antique & Collectors Fair, Millennium House, Princess Road, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 5NF, Sept 25 Arun Fairs 07563 CommunityCollectorsEmsworthwww.antiques-atlas.com589725AntiwquesandFair,EmsworthCentre,North Street, Emsworth, Hampshire, PO10 7DD, Sept Henley11Decor Fair 07711 Oxfordshire,Henley-On-Thames,MarlowGreenlandswww.henleydecorfair.com258566Park,Road,RG93AP, Sept 22-25 IACF 01636 Antiques,www.iacf.co.uk702326Vintageand Collectors Fair, Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6QN, Sept 16, 17, 18 EAST MIDLANDS including Nottinghamshire,Northamptonshire,Leicestershire,Derbyshire,Lincolnshire,Rutland. Arthur Swallow Fairs 01298 LincolnshireVintagewww.asfairs.com27493FleaMarket,Showground, Lincoln, LN2 2NA, Sept 18 IACF 01636 Peterboroughwww.iacf.co.uk702326Festival of Antiques, The East of England Show Ground, Cambridgeshire,Peterborough,PE26HE, Sept 23, 24 Runway at Newark, Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Notts, NG24 2NY, Sept 26 WEST MIDLANDS including Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staﬀordshire, WorcestershireWarwickshire, B2B Events 01636 Malvernwww.b2bevents.info676531FleaandCollector’s Fair, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs, WR13 6NW, Sept 18

58 ANTIQUE COLLECTING Black Dog Events 01986 Showground,Antiqueswwwablackdogevent.com948546inthePark,SuffolkIP38UH, Sept 11 Continuity Fairs 01584 Downs,Fair,Epsomwww.continuityfairs.co.uk873634AntiqueandCollectibleEpsomRacecourse,EpsomEpsom,Surrey,KT185LQ, Sept 20 IACF 01636 Ardingleywww.iacf.co.uk702326International Antique and Collectors Fair, South East of England Show Ground, Ardingley, Near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6TL, Sept 5, 7 Love Fairs 01293 RH7RacecourseLingfiwww.lovefairs.com690777eldParkRacecourse,Road,Lingfield,6PQ, Sept 25 Marcel Fairs WD3Rickmansworth,SarrattAntiquewww.marcelfairs.co.ukMarcelwww.marcelfairs.co.uk07887648255Fairs.07887648255&CollectorsFair,VillageHall,TheGreen,Herts6AS, Sept 11 Melford Antiques Fair 07837 CO10LongFair,Longwww.melfordantiquesfair.co.uk497617MelfordAntiques&VintageTheOldSchool,HallStreet,Melford,Suffolk,9DX, Sept 24, 25 SOUTH WEST including Oxfordshire,Hampshire,Devon,Buckinghamshire,Berkshire,Cornwall,Dorset,Gloucestershire,IsleofWight,Somerset,Wiltshire. AFC Fairs 07887 LostwithielThewww.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk753956LostwithielAntiqueFair,,CommunityCentre, Coin and Medal Fairs Ltd. 01694 B92Bickenhill,NationalThewww.coinfairs.co.uk731781MidlandCoinFair,MotorcycleMuseum,Birmingham,0EJ, Sept 11 NORTH including Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Yorkshire. Arthur Swallow Fairs 01298 Decorativewww.asfairs.com27493Home and Salvage Show, Ripley Castle, Rip;ey, Harrogate, HG3 3AY Sept 9, 10, 11 The Northern Antique Dealers Fair 01797 YorkshirerHarmbyThewww.northernfair.com252030GardenRoomsatTennants,Road,Leyburn,NorthDL85SG, Sept 29 to Oct 2 V and A Fairs 01244 AntiquesNantwichwww.vandafairs.com659887TownSquareMarket,Nantwich Town CentreNantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DH , Sept 10 Antiques Market, Civic Hall Nantwich, Beam Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DG, Sept ContinuityWALES22 Fairs 01584 Showground,Builthwww.continuityfairs.co.uk873634Wells,RoyalWelshLlanelwedd, Builth Wells, LD2 3NJ, Sept AyrSCOTLAND3,4Antique, Vintage & Collectors Fair 07960 Citadel198409Leisure Centre, South Harbour Street, Ayr, KA7Ayrshire,1JB, Sept Glasgow,24 Antique, Vintage & Collectors Fair 07960 198409 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH, Sept 11 LONDON: Inc. Greater London Coin and Medal Fairs Ltd. 01694 Londonwww.coinfairs.co.uk731781CoinFair,Holiday Inn, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT, Sept 3 Etc Fairs 0871 942 9222 Holiday Inn, Coram Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1HT, Bloomsbury Ephemera Fair Sept 25 Bloomsbury Book Fair Sept 11 IACF 01636 Alexandrawww.iacf.co.uk702326PalaceAntique Fair, Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY, Sept 4 Sunbury Antiques 01932 Thames,StainesKemptonSunburywww.sunburyantiques.com230946AntiquesMarket,ParkRaceCourse,RoadEast,Sunbury-on-MiddlesexTW165AQ, Sept 13, 27 Tribal Art London 01994 484

BN16Rustington,Centre,CollectablesRustingtonwww.antiques-atlas.com589725Antiques&Fair,TheWoodlandWoodlandsAvenue,WestSussex,3HB,

FAIRS Calendar

Please check www.b2bevents.info in case these dates have changed or been cancelled Tel: 01636 676531 • www.b2bevents.info Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair Three Counties Showground, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW. Entrance: 7.30am-3.30pm - £5 Sunday 18th Sept Detling Antiques, Vintage Collectors& Fair 10th - 11th September The Kent County Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent. ME14 3JF. Sat: Early Entry: 8.30am - £6 Sat: Entry: 10am-4.30pm - £5 Sun: 10.30am - 3.30pm - £4 THE ANTIQUESFAIRNORTHERNEST.1951FINEARTDESIGNINTERIORS THENORTHERNANTIQUEDEALERSFAIRLIMITED Torequestacomplimentary invitationfortwo pleaseemailAC@northernfair.com Forupdatespleasevisit www.northernfair.com 01797252030 TheGardenRoomsatTennants HarmbyRoad,Leyburn NorthYorkshireDL85SG 29Sept-2Oct2022 Thursday11.00-18.00 Friday-Sunday11.00-17.00 Supportedby www.doweswealthmanagement.co.uk ANTIQUE COLLECTING 59 ESSEX CLOCK AND WATCH FAIR Antique and Modern Clocks, Watches, Tools and Books Collectors, Horologists, Makers and Repairers. SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2022 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Marks Tey Parish Hall Old London Road Marks Tey, Colchester CO6 1EJ  Easy access Just off the A12 at junction 25  Free Parking  Refreshments from 9.15  Admission 9.00 – 12.00. £3.00 12.00 14.00. £2.50 Contact : David Barrowclough (info for sellers and buyers) E-mail: clockB@btinternet.com Telephone: 07851 870185 Website: www.ipswichbhi.org.uk Managed by the British Horological Institute (Ipswich and District Branch) Subject to any prevailing Covid restriction s. FINE ART Dispersal of Items from a long established collection of 19th and early 20th century British watercolours, landscape, marine etc. List with full details, images and prices from shunterboyd@btinternet.com Telephone: 01213826617 Harold Swanwick (1866-1929) ‘the close of day’ William Anderson (1757-1837) ‘Southampton water’ Frank Mason (1875-1965) ‘The EdwardNab’Duncan (1803- 1861) Collecting the hay’

Because this list is compiled in advance, alterations or cancellations to the auctions listed can occur and it is not possible to notify readers of the changes. We strongly advise anyone wishing to attend an auction especially if they have to travel any distance, to telephone the organiser to confirm the details given.

AUCTION Calendar

Asianwww.chiswickauctions.co.uk4442Art, Sept 5 The Design Edit, Sept 13 Jewellery, Sept 27 Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets Sept 27 Interiors, Homes and Antiques, Sept Christie’s28 8 King St, St. James’s, SW1Y 6QT, 020 7839 9060

Homewww.bonhams.com3900andInteriors, Sept 7 Watches and Wristwatches, Sept 13 Knightsbridge Jewels, Sept 14 Travel and Exploratios, Sept 20 Prints and Multiples, Sept 21 Instruments of Science and Technology, Sept Chiswick28 Auctions 1 Colville Rd, Chiswick, London, W3 8BL, 020 8992

Luxury Watches and Clocks, Fine Jewellery and Silver, Sept 21 Antiques, Ceramics, Oriental, Furniture, Etc., Sept 22 20th-Century Design, Sept 22 Fine Art and Sculpture, Sept 22 The Canterbury Auction Galleries 40 Station Road West, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8AN, 01227 Nonecanterburyauctiongalleries.com763337listedinSeptember Catherine AuctioneersSouthonFarleigh Court Golf Club, Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, Surrey CR6 9PE, 0208 468 Artwww.catherinesouthon.co.uk1010andAntiques, Sept 14 Cheffins Clifton House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA 01223 Thewww.cheffi213343,ns.co.ukInteriorsSale,Sept 8 The Fine Sale, Sept 21-22 Durrants Auctions The Old School House, Peddars Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UE, 01502 Antiqueswww.durrantsauctions.com713490featuringaCollection of East Anglian Artwork, Sept 2 iSilver and Jewellery with Coins, Sept 9 Antiques and Interiors, Sept 20 Ewbank’s London Rd, Send, Woking, Surrey, 01483 223 Collection,Thewww.ewbankauctions.co.uk101PhileEasonPuppet Sept 9 Cars, Motorbikes and Automobilia, Sept 20 Jewellery ,Watches and Coins, Sept 21 Silver and Fine Art, Sept 22 Antiques, Books, Clocks and Antique Furniture, Sept 23 Toys and Models, Sept 29 Excalibur Auctions Limited Unit 16 Abbots Business Park Primrose Hill Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 8FR 020 3633 ComicMarvel,wwwexcaliburauctions.com0913DCandIndependentBooks, Sept 3 LONDON: Inc. Greater London Bonhams 101 New Bond St, London W1S 1SR, 020 7447 7447 Oldwww.bonhams.comMastersPaintings, Sept 14 London Jewels, Sept 21 19th-Century and British Impressionist Art, Sept 21 A Focus on William Kentridge, Sept 27 Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women, Sept 28 Whisky, Sept 29 Bonhams Montpelier St, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1HH, 020 7393

Picassowww.christies.comCeramics(Online), Sept 6-20 Laugh now but one day we’ll be in charge: Banksy and 21st-Century Editions (Online), Sept 7-21 The Collector: English & European Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art (Online), Sept 8-22 Prints and Multiples (Online), Sept 14-28 Finest and Rarest Wines and Spirits, Sept 29 60 ANTIQUE COLLECTING Elmwood’s 101 Talbot Road London, W11 2AT 0207 096 IImportantwww.elmwoods.co.uk8933jewels,Sept 1 Jewellery, Sept 7, 20 Fine Jewellery, Sept 5, 20 Forum Auctions 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP, 020 7871

Day Editions, Sept 14 Roseberys Knights Hill, Norwood, London,

Bishop and Miller 19 Charles Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5AH, 01449 Modernbishopandmillerauctions.co.uk673088Living, Sept 7 Rural bygones, Sept 7 Selected Antiques, Sept 14, 28 Specialist Design, Sept 15 Collectors Toys and Posters (Online) Ends Sept 18 Jewellery and Silver, Sept 21 Music (Online) Ends Sept 25 Ephemera, Books and Maps (Online) Ends Sept 25 The Oak Interior, Sept 29 Bishop and Miller Unit 12 Manor Farm, Glandford, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 Thebishopandmillerauctions.co.uk7JPEastAnglian, Sept 8 Folk, Function and Frivolity, Sept Bellmans14 Newpound, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0AZ, 01403 Interiors,www.bellmans.co.uk700858

0JD 020 8761 Jewellerywww.roseberys.co.uk2522andWatches, Sept 13 Design Since 1860, Sept 14 Sotheby’s New Bond St., W1 020 7293 Originalwww.sothebys.com5000FilmPosters (Online), Ends Sept 6 A Connoisseur’s Private Cellar, Ends Sept 7 Fine Jewels, Sept 8 James Bond on Bond Street, Ends Sept 8 Fine Watches (Online), Sept 1-8 Prints

Sept 6-8 The Friday 500, Sept 9 Burstow & Hewett The Auction Gallery, Lower Lake, Battle, East Sussex,TN33 0AT, 01424 772 Homeswww.burstowandhewett.co.uk374andInteriors, Sept 7-8

Bookswww.forumauctions.co.uk2640andWorksonPaper, Sept 1, 15 Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, Sept 29 Hansons Auctioneers The Normansfield Theatre, 2A Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS, 0207 018 Auction,Augustwww.hansonsauctioneers.com9300FineArt&Antiques Sept 24 Lyon & Turnbull Mall Galleries, The Mall, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AS, 0207 930 Asianwww.lyonandturnbull.com9115WorksofArt(LiveOnline), Sept Noonans15 (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) 16 Bolton St, Mayfair, W1J 8BQ, 020 7016 1700 Jewellerywww.noonans.co.ukandObjects of Vertu, Sept 13 Watches, Sept 13 Phillips 30 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6EX, 020 7318 4010 Davidwww.phillips.comHockney,Sept 13 Evening and SE27 and Multiples (Online), Sept 8-14 Made in Britain (Online), Sept TimeLine9-15Auctions 23-24 Berkeley Square London W1J London,(atAncient020www.timelineauctions.co.uk6HE71291494Art,Antiquities&Coins,theMayfairHotel,StrattonSt,,W1J8LT), Sept 6-10 SOUTH EAST AND EAST ANGLIA: Inc. SuffHertfordshire,Cambridgeshire,Bedfordshire,Essex,Kent,Norfolk,olk,Surrey,Sussex

Paper Collectables

Art

Sept 13 British Bespoke Auctions

Collectables,Automobilia,www.bespokeauctions.co.uk603005Antiquesand Sept 22 Chippenham Auction Rooms Unit H, The Old Laundry. Ivy Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire. SN15 1SB, 01249 444544

The Old Boys School, Gretton Rd, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5EE 01242

Day 1 (Live Online), Sept 7 Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works of Art Day 2 (Live Online), Sept 8 Interiors (Live Online), Sept 13 Jewellery, SIlver, Watches, Pens and Luxury Accessories (Timed Online), Sept 27-Oct 12 Duke’s Brewery Square, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1GA, 01305 Avenuewww.dukes-auctions.com265080Auctions, Sept 13 The Autumn Auction, Sept 29 East Bristol Auctions Unit 1, Hanham Business Park, Memorial Road, Hanham, BS15 3JE, 0117 967 Collectables)InteriorsAntiques,www.eastbristol.co.uk1000Collectablesand(Ceramicsand(Timed),Sept 12 Antiques, Collectables and Interiors (Furniture and Interiors) (Timed), Sept 13 Militaria, History and Transport (Live) Sept 16 20th-Century Design and Interiors, Sept 23 Gardiner Houlgate 9 Leafield Way, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9SW, 01225 Thewww.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk812912GuitarSale, Sept 7 Entertainment Memorabilia, Guitar Amps and Effects, Sept 8 Musical Instruments, Sept 9 Jewellery and Watches, Sept 21 Watches, Sept 21 Antiques, SIlver and Works of Art, Sept 22 Paintings and Prints, Sept 22 Greenslade Taylor Hunt The Octagon Salerooms, 113a East Reach, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3HL 01823 Antiqueswww.gth.net332525Sale, Sept 15 General Sale, Sept 22 Hansons Auctioneers 49 Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxford, OX16 5NB, 01295 Auction,Septemberwww.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk817777FineArt&Collectors Sept 3 September Curated Ceramics Auction, Sept 14 Kinghams 10-12 Cotswold Business Village, London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucester, GL56 Goods,Jewellery,www.kinghamsauctioneers.com016080JQ,695695WatchesandDesigner Sept 23 Gorringes 15 North Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2PE, 01273 Finewww.gorringes.co.uk472503AntiquesSaleSept 27 Horners the Auctioneers Old Norwich Road, Acle Norwich, Norfolk, NR133BY 01493 750 Antiqueswww.horners.co.uk225&Collectibles, Jewellery, Modern Furnishings, Electronics, Household Effects, Sept 8 John Nicholson’s Longfield, Midhurst Road, Fernhurst, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3HA, 01428 Finewww.johnnicholsons.com653727AntiqueAuction Sept 1 Fine Painting Auction Sept 7 Lacy Scott & Knight 10 Risbygate St, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3AA, 01284 748 Homeswww.lskauctioncentre.co.uk623andInteriors,Antiques and Collectables, Sept 10 Homes and Interiors, Pictures and Furniture, Sept 10 20th Century Design, Sept 16 Music, Film and Sport Memorabilia, Sept 16 Fine Art and Antiques with Antiquities ad Ethnographica, Sept Lockdales17 Auctioneers 52 Barrack Square, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3RF 01473 Thewww.locakdales.com627110FineSale,

Finewww.parkerfineartauctions.com203020ArtandFrameSale

Sept 8 Dansie 8 Wyncolls Road, Severalls Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9HU, 01206 Specialistwww.reemandansie.com754754Collectors’Sale, Sept Summers1-2 Place, The Walled Garden, Billingshurst West Sussex, RH14 9AB, 01403 Home,www.summersplaceauctions.com331331GardenandNatural History, Sept 27 Home, Garden and Natural History (Sealed Bids), Sept 5-28 Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE 01279 Finewww.sworder.co.uk817778InteriorsTwo-Day Sale, Sept 13-14 Homes and Interiors (Online), Sept 20 Old Master, British and European Art, Sept 27 Jewellery, Sept 28 Toovey’s Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers Spring Gardens, Washington, West Sussex, RH20 3BS, 01903 Finewww.tooveys.com891955Art,Silverand Plate and Jewellery, Sept 7 Furniture, Arts and Crafts Metalwork and Applied Art, Collectors’ Items, Works of Art and Light Fittings, Needleworks, Textiles and Clothing, Rugs and Carpets, Sept 8 T.W. Gaze Diss Auction Rooms, Roydon Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4LN, 01379 Antiqueswww.twgaze.com650306.&Interiors, Sept 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Blyth Barn Furniture Auction, Sept 6, 13, 20, 27 SOUTH WEST: Inc. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood St. Edmund’s OkehamptonCourt,Street, Exeter EX4 Sale,20th-Centurywww.bhandl.co.ukO13921DU41310andContemporary

Hawthorn

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 61 ObjetsAntiques,chippenhamauctionrooms.co.ukSilver,Jewelleryandd’art, Sept 3 Toys, Vinyl, Pop Memorabilia, Posters, Postcards, Coins, Stamps and Other Collectables, Sept 22 Enamel Signs, Shop Display, Fairground, Petroliana, Arcade Games and other Early Advertising, Sept 24 Chorley’s Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, GL4 8EU 01452 Fwww.chorleys.com344499ineArtandAntiques, Books and Pictures, Sept 20-21 David Lay Auctions Penzance Auction House , Alverton, Penzance, Cornwall 01736 361414, TR18 4RE Antiqueswww.davidlay.co.ukandInteriors, Sept 15 Around Cornwall in 38 Churns (Online), Ends Sept 21 The Music Sale, Sept 29 Silver (Online), Sept 29-Oct 13 Dawsons Unit 8, Cordwallis Business Park, Clivemont Rd, Berkshire, SL6 4DP, 01628 Vintagewww.dawsonsauctions.co.uk944100Posters, Sept 15 Jewellery, Silver and Watches, Sept 22 Fine Art, Antiques and Asian Art, Sept Dominic29 Winter Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Ephemera,Earlywww.dominicwinter.co.ukGL7Gloucestershire,Cirencester,5UQ,01285860006PrintedBooks,Maps,DecorativePrints and Watercolours, Sept 7 Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1PU, 01373 462 257

Curiouswwwdoreandrees.comandCollectable, Sept 21 Dreweatts Donnington Priory Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2JE 01635 553 Finewww.dreweatts.com553Clocks,Barometers and Scientific Instruments , Sept 6 Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works of Art Aug 31 to Sept 1 Coins, Militaria and (Stamps and Cards), Sept Parker14-15Fine Auctions House, East Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7SX, 01252

Reeman

The Mill, Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7DE 01858 Antiques410414andCollectors, Sept 13, 27 Jewellery and Watches, Sept 28 Golding Young & Mawer The Bourne Auction Rooms, Spalding Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9LE 01778 Bournewww.goldingyoung.com422686Collective, Sept 14-15 Bourne Toy, Transport and Automobilia

62 ANTIQUE COLLECTING AUCTION Calendar Because this list is compiled in advance, alterations or cancellations to the auctions listed can occur and it is not possible to notify readers of the changes. We strongly advise anyone wishing to attend an auction especially if they have to travel any distance, to telephone the organiser to confirm the details given. Lawrences Auctioneers Ltd. Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB, 01460 Books,www.lawrences.co.uk703041Maps,Manuscripts and Photography, Sept 15 A Single Owner Collection of WWI Medal Groups, Sept 16 Mallams Oxford Bocardo House, St Michael’s St, Oxford, OX1 2EB 01865 Thewww.mallams.co.uk241358OxfordLibrarySale, Sept 21 Mallams Cheltenham 26 Grosvenor St, Cheltenham. Gloucestershire, GL52 2SG 01242 235 Indianwww.mallams.co.uk712andIslamic,Sept 28 Interiors, Sept 28 Mallams Abingdon Dunmore Court, Wootten Road, Abingdon, OX13 6BH, 01235 Homeswww.mallams.co.uk462840andInteriors, Sept 12 Michael J Bowman Chudleigh Town Hall, Chudleigh Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 0HL, 01626 rAntiques,www.michaeljbowman.co.uk295107

, Ends Sept 6 Wessex Auction Rooms Westbrook Far, Draycot Cerne Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5LH, 01249 Coins,Jewellery,www.wessexauctionrooms.co.uk720888Silver,Watchesand Sept 9 Antiques, Collectables and Furniture, Sept 10, 24 Toys, Sept 30 Woolley & Wallis, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3SU, 01722 Englishwww.woolleyandwallis.co.uk424500&EuropeanCeramics and Glass, Sept 13 Old Masters, British and European Paintings, Sept 14 Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Sept 21 Wotton Auction Rooms Road Wotton-underEdge, Gloucestershire GL12 7EB 01453 Antiqueswottonauctionsrooms.co.uk708260andGeneralAuction SeptEAST19MIDLANDS: Inc. Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,Lincolnshire,Leicestershire,Northamptonshire,Sheffield Bamfords The Derby Auction House, Chequers Road, Derby, DE21 6EN, 01332 210 Gallerywww.bamfords-auctions.co.uk000PicturesandPrints,Sept 1 Toy and Advertising, Sept 6 Antiques, Interiors, Estates and Collectables, Sept 7, 21 Medals and Militaria, Sept 12 The Ian and Sharon Aitken Single Owner Auction, Sept 19 The Late Summer Garden Auction, Sept 20 Batemans Ryhall Rd, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1XF, 01780 766 Monthlywww.batemans.com466Antiquesand Specialist Collectors including the Stilton Estate Collection of Early English Oak, Sept 3 Gildings Auctioneers

Sept 6 Dolls and Teddy Bears, Sept 13 Jewellery, Sept 15 Toys for the Collector, Sept 20 Music & Entertainment, Sept 27 Watches and Timepieces, Sept 29 The Cotswold Auction Company Bankside saleroom Love Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1YG, 01285 Silver,www.cotswoldauction.co.uk642420Jewellery,Asian,Antiques & Interiors, Sept 13-14 The Cotswold Auction Company Chapel Walk saleroom, Chapel Walk Cheltenham, Gloucesterhire, GL50 Bookswww.cotswoldauction.co.uk012423DS,256363andCollectables , Sept 27 The Pedestal The Dairy, Stonor Park, Summerwww.thepedestal.com01491OxfordshireHenley-on-Thames,RG96HF,522733TimedAuction

Sept Moore Allen & Innocent Burford Road Sept 7 Vintage and Antique Furniture with Home Interiors (Timed), Sept Philip9Serrell Barnards Green Rd, Malvern, WR14Worcestershire.3LW,01684 892314 Finewww.serrell.comArtandAntiques, Sept 15 Stroud Auctions Bath Rd, Trading Est, Bath Rd, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3QF 01453 873 Jewellery,www.stroudauctions.co.uk800Watches,Silver, Clocks, Coins, Asian and Tribal Art, Designer Goods and Textiles, Sept Special14-15Auction Services Plenty Close, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5RL 01635 580 Antiqueswwwspecialauctionservices.595andCollectables,

Sale, Sept 28 Golding Young & Mawer The Grantham Auction Rooms, Old Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 7AA, 01476 Granthamwww.goldingyoung.com565118CollectiveSale, Sept 7-8 Golding Young & Mawer The Lincoln Auction Rooms, Thos Mawer House, Station Road North Hykeham, Lincoln LN6 3QY, 01522 Lincolnwww.goldingyoung.com524984CollectiveSale,Sept Hansons21-22 Heage Lane, Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6LS 01283 Auction,Septemberwww.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk73398820th-CenturyDesign Sept 9 September Music and Film Aucton, Sept 21 September Antique and Collectors Auction, Sept 22-27 WEST MIDLANDS: Inc. Birmingham, StaffHerefordshire,Coventry,Shropshire,ordshire,Warwickshire Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers The Old School, Generalwww.bigwoodauctioneers.com01789Warwickshire,Stratford-Upon-Avon,Tiddington,CV377AW269415sale Sept 9, 16 Antiques and Collectibles Sept 30 Cuttlestones Ltd Wolverhampton Auction Rooms, No 1 Clarence Street, WestWolverhampton,Midlands,WV1 4JL, 01902 Specialistwww.cuttlestones.co.uk421985Collectors’,Sept 14 Cuttlestones Ltd Pinfold Lane, Penkridge ST19Staffordshire5AP,01785 Antiqueswww.cuttlestones.co.uk714905andInteriors, Sept 8 Autumn Antiques, Sept 22 Fellows Augusta House, 19 Augusta Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 6JA 0121 212 Pawnbrokers,www.fellows.co.uk2131Jewellery and Watches, Sept 1 The Designer Collection, Sept 5

withVintagewww.mooreallen.co.uk01285GloucestershireCirencester,GL75RH,646050andAntiqueFurnitureHomeInteriors(Live),

Tabernacle

ANTIQUE COLLECTING 63 Jewellery, Sept 6, 20 Silver and Collectables, Sept 12 The Luxury Watch Sale, Sept 19 Fine Jewellery, Sept 29 Fieldings Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, DY8

Sept Vectis30Auctions Ltd Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton on Tees, TS17 9JZ, 01642 750616 Diecast,www.vectis.co.uk Sept 13 Simply Dinky, Sept 21-22 Model Train Sale, Sept 23 General Toys, Sept 27 Matchbox Sale, Sept 28 Star Wars Sale, Sept 29 Warren & Wignall The Mill, Earnshaw Bridge, Leyland Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR26 8PH, 01772 IncludingAntiquewww.warrenandwignall.com369884&CollectorsSaleAsianArt,Jewellery and Watches, Sept Wilkinson’s7 Auctioneers The Old Salesroom, 28 Netherhall Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2PW, 01302 814 Nonewilkinsons-auctioneers.co.uk884listedforSeptember Wilson55 Victoria Gallery, Market St, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5DG, 01270 623 878 Jewellerywww.wilson55.comandWatches, Sept 15 BonhamsSCOTLAND22 Queen St, Edinburgh, EH2 1JX 0131 225 Oakwww.bonhams.com2266Furniture,Folkand Naïve Art, Sept 27 Lyon & Turnbull 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh. EH1 3RR, 0131 557 Fivewww.lyonandturnbull.com8844Centuries(LiveOnline), Sept 1 Silver and Objets de Vertu (Live Online), Sept 14 Jewellery (Live Online), Sept 14 Asian Art (Live Online), Sept 15 Rare Books,, Maps and Photographs, (Live Online) Sept McTears28 Auctioneers 31 Meiklewood Road, Glasgow, G51 4GB, 0141 810 2880 Silverwww.mctears.co.ukandLuxuryAccessories, Sept 1 19th and 20th Century Design, Sept 1 Jewellery, Sept 2 Asian Art, Sept 2, 22 Stamps, Sept 2 Antiques and Interiors, Sept 9, 23 Coins and Banknotes, Sept 22 Watches, Sept 22 Whisky, Sept 30 Thomson Roddick The Auction Centre, Irongray Road, Dumfries, DG2 0JE, 01387 Antiqueswww.thompsonroddick.com721635andWorksofArt, Sept 13

Sept 1 Silver, Jewellery and Watches Auction, Sept 1, 29 Antiques and Collectables, Sept 2, 16, 30 Specialist Collectable Toys Auction, Sept 15 Specialist Collectable Stamps Auction, Sept 29 Omega Auctions Ltd Sankey Valley Industrial Estate, Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside WA12 8DN, 01925 Musicwww.omegaauctions873040Memorabilia, Sept 13 Rare and Collectable Vinyl Records, Sept 14 Glam Rock, Sept 27 Tennants Auctioneers The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5SG. 01969 Naturalwww.tennants.co.uk623780HistoryandTaxidermy, Sept 2 Fine Wine and Whisky, Sept 2 Antiques and Interiors, Sept 9, 23 Country House, Sept 16-17 Jewellery, Watches and SIlver, Sept 17 Militaria and Ethnographica, Sept 21 Scientific and Musical Instruments, Cameras and Tools, Sept 28 The Glaisdale Agricultural Library:

Auctioneers Bishton Hall, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST18 0XN, 0208 Toyswww.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk9797954&Nostalgia, Ends Sept 1 September Library Auction, Sept 7 September Bargain Hunt Fine Art and Collectables, Sept 16 September Monthly Fine Art and Antique Auction; Including Toys and Nostalgia, Sept 28-Oct 4 September Textiles and Designer Fashion Auction, Sept Potteries30

Collectors20thwww.potteriesauctions.com212489CenturyBritishPottery,Items,Household Items, Antique and Quality Furniture, Sept Trevanion25 The Joyce Building, Station Rd, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1RD, 01928 800 202

Thewww.fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk013841JN444140SeptemberSale, Sept 22-23 Halls Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3DR 01743 Antiqueswww.hallsgb.com/fine-art.com450700andInteriors, Sept 7 The Autumn Auction, Sept Hansons21

The Liverpool Saleroom, 18 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 OBP 01625 431 788 Rockwww.adampartridge.co.ukandPopwithAntiques & Collectors’ Items, Sept 7-8 Anderson and Garland Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF, 0191 432 Homeswww.andersonandgarland.com1911andInteriors, Sept 6, 20 The Comics Auction, Sept 28-29 Capes Dunn The Auction Galleries, 40 Station Road, Heaton Mersey, SK4 3QT. 0161 273 Furniture,Interiors,www.capesdunn.com1911Vintage,&Modern Sept 3, 19 Jewellery, Slver, Watches and Gold Coins, Sept 6 European and Oriental Ceramics and Glass, Sept 20 David Duggleby Auctioneers The Gallery Jewellerywww.davidduggleby.comYO11Scarborough,Saleroom,NorthYorkshire,1XN,01723507111andWatches, Sept 1 Coins, Banknotes and Stamps, Sept 1 Decorative Antiques and Collectors, Sept 2 Collectors and Clearance, Sept 2 Affordable Art, Sept 3 The Furnishings Sale – Furniture, Interiors and Clocks, Sept 3 The Autumn Art Sale, Sept 16 David Stephenson Auctioneers The Saleroom, York Auction Centre, Murton, York YO19 5GF, 01904 393 Jewellery,www.dugglebystephenson.com300WatchesandSilver, Sept 8 Antiques and Collectors, Sept 9 Fine and Affordable Art, Sept 9 Furniture, Clocks and Interiors, Sept Elstob9 & Elstob Ripon Business Park, Charter Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1AJ, 01677 Jewellery,www.elstobandelstob.co.uk333003WatchesandSilver

Auctions Unit 4A, Aspect Court, Silverdale Enterprise Park, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 6SS, 01782 Twowww.potteriesauctions.com638100DayFineArtAuctionof 20th Century British Pottery, Jewellery, Watches, Works of Art, Collectors’ Items, Antique and Quality Furniture, Sept Potteries9-10 Auctions The Cobridge Saleroom, 271 Waterloo Road, Cobridge, Stokeon-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3HR, 01782

Finewww.trevanion.comArtandAntiques, Sept 14

NORTH: Inc. Cheshire, Co. Durham, Cumbria, Humberside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Sheffield, Yorkshire Adam Partridge Withyfold Drive, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 016252BD431 PaintingsThreewww.adampartridge.co.uk788DayAuctionofFineandNorthernArt with Furniture and Interiors, Sept Adam14-15Partridge

Sept 1,2 Antiques and Furniture Sept 30 Sheffield Auction Gallery Windsor Road, Heeley, Sheffield, S8 8UB, 0114 281 Memorabilia,Footballwww.sheffieldauctiongallery.com6161Programmes&Sporting

AUCTION Calendar Because this list is compiled in advance, alterations or cancellations to the auctions listed can occur and it is not possible to notify readers of the changes. We strongly advise anyone wishing to attend an auction especially if they have to travel any distance, to telephone the organiser to confirm the details given. 64 ANTIQUE COLLECTING What will you discover? Pick up unique pieces in our live, online auctions… • Fully illustrated online catalogues • Online bidding via thesaleroom.com and easyliveauction.com • Collection by appointment or delivery by arrangement Penkridge: 01785 714905 Wolverhampton: 01902 421985 Images of lots consigned in previous auctions. Please visit our website for the latest catalogues www.cuttlestones.co.uk Penkridge Saleroom: Autumn Antique Sale: Thursday 22nd September Antiques & Interiors Sales: Thu 8th Sept, Thu 6th & 20th Oct, Thu 3rd & 17th Nov Wolverhampton Saleroom: Specialist Collectors’ Sale: Wednesday 14th September Antiques & Interiors Sales: Wed 12th Oct, Wed 9th Nov For details of how to bid, visit our website. Thomson Roddick The Auction Centre, 118 Carnethie Street, Edinburgh, EH24 9AL 0131 440 Stamps,ofThewww.thompsonroddick.com2448EdinburghCollector’sAuctionToys,Whisky,Postcards,CoinsandMilitaria, Sept AnthemionWALES15 Auctions, 15 Norwich Road, Cardiff, CF23 9AB. 029 2047 Generalwww.anthemionauction.com2444Sale, Sept Jones7 & Llewelyn Unit B, Beechwood Trading Estate, SA19Carmarthenshire,Llandeilo,7HR,01558 823 Generalwww.jonesandllewelyn.com430Sale, Sept 3, 17 Rogers Jones & Co 17 Llandough Trading Estate, Penarth, Cardiff, CF11 8RR, 02920 Finewww.rogersjones.co.uk708125ArtandInteriors,Sept 9 Jewellery and Collectables, Sept Rogers30 Jones & Co Colwyn Bay Saleroom, 33 Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales LL29 7RU, 01492 532176 Jewellery and Collectables, Sept 6, 27 Fine Art and Interiors, Sept Adam’sIRELAND2026, Stephens Green, Dublin 2, D02 X665, Ireland 00 353 1 Finewww.adams.ie6760261JewelleryandWatches, Sept 13 Important Irish Art, Sept 28 Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Auction Rooms, Chatsworth Castlecomer,St.,Co. Kilkenny, 00Ireland353 56 Chatsworthwww.fonsiemealy.ie4441229FineArt Sale, Sept date AuctionSheppard’stbcIrishHouse The Square, Durrow, Co. Laois, R32 FN88, 00Ireland353 57 874 Thewww.sheppards.ie0000LegacyoftheBig House, Sept Whyte’s27 38 Molesworth St. Dublin D02 KF80 00Ireland353 1 676 Nonewww.whytes.ie2888listedforSeptember CHANNEL ISLANDS Channel Islands Auctions Norwegian Nonechannelislandsauctions.com,07781GY1StDamouettesWoodLanePeterPort,Guernsey1ZT113463listedinSeptember Martel Maides Auctions 40 Cornet Street, St Peter Port Guernsey, GY1 1LF 01481 Militariaauctions.comwww.martelmaides722700Sale, Sept 1 Simon Drieu & Co Limited, Glencoe Auction Rooms, La Grande Route de St Laurent, St Lawrence, Jersey, JE3 Weeklywww.jerseyauctions.com015341NN869300Sale, Sept 7, 14, 21, 28 A recent sale at the London auction house Phillips, image courtesy of Phillips

333442 Omega Seamasters and pre-1980s Omegas in general. IWC and Jaeger LeCoultres, all styles. Looking for Reversos. American market filled and 14k pieces possibly, at the right price.

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x 36” wide. Wide reclaimed ﬂoorboards. Approx 100 m2. Early decorative oil / gas / electric light fittings. Ceiling, wall or table. Early gasoliers. Colza lamps. Gimble lamp. Roland Ward, Van Ingen taxidermy. Human skull. Hippopotamus skull. Stuffed crocodile / alligator. Quirky architectural features. Regency columns, corbels, marble and stone pieces, over door pediments, folding/rolling multi part Georgian room dividing doors. Victorian canopy shower bath. Decorated toilets etc Unitas, Simplicitas, Deluge etc. Decorated basins x 3. PM Antiques & Collectables are a modern and innovative antiques retailer based in Surrey. Specialising in a wide array of collector’s items, including contemporary art, entertainment and memorabilia, vintage toys, decorative ceramics, watches and automobilia. We Buy & Sell pm-antiques.co.uk Contact 01932phil@pm-antiques.co.ukus:640113 PMAntiques2015 PM_Antiques

Breitling Top Times, Datoras and 806 Navitimers. Pre-1960s Rolex models, with a focus in pre-war tanks, tonneaus etc. Gold or silver/steel. Also World War I Rolex 13 lignes etc. Princes.

J Alderman. Daws and George Minter reclining chairs. Shoolbred/ Hamptons / Cornelius Smith Victorian armchairs. Marble fire surrounds. Georgian / Regency/ William IV. Bullseyes etc. Exceptional Georgian / Regency fire grates Sash windows x 4 identical. Georgian reclaimed. Approx 58” high

Longines, Tudors and Zeniths, pre-1970. Even basic steel models in nice condition. All the quirky oddities like Harwoods, Autorists, Wig Wag, Rolls etc, and World War I hunter and semi-hunter wristwatches. Early, pre-war ladies’ watches also wanted by Rolex, Jaeger LeCoultre etc. Prefer 1920s/30s deco styles, but early doughnuts also considered. Yorkshire based, but often in London and can easily collect nationwide. Labelled/ stamped branded furniture from Georgian to Victorian, eg Thomas Butler, Morgan & Sanders, J Alderman, Ross of Dublin (pictured), Gregory Kane, Wilkinson of Ludgate Hill, Robert James of Bristol, James Winter, W Priest, Samuel Pratt and many others. Tables all types, chairs, bookcases, , Davenport. mirrors etc. Campaign shower. Georgian chamber horse exercise chair (pictured)

For East Yorkshire town house renovation. ~ WANTED ~ vintagejewellery@yahoo.co.uk or tel 07958 333442 Tel: +44 1427 668389 Email: enquiries@hemswell-antiques.com Hemswell Antique Centres, Caenby Corner Estate, Hemswell Cliff Europe’s largest choice of antiques & www.hemswell-antiques.comcollectablesThecentresareopen7daysaweek10am-5pmOnline ADVERTISE TODAY PLEASE CALL CHARLOTTE KETTELL ON 01394 389969 or email: Charlotte.Kettell@accartbooks.com ANTIQUE COLLECTING 65ANTIQUE COLLECTING 65 LENNOX CATO ANTIQUES & WORKS OF ART EST: 1978 1 The Square, Church Street, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5BD 01732 865 988 or 07836233473 www.lennoxcato.comcato@lennoxcato.com vintagejewellery@yahoo.co.ukVINTAGE•WANTED•WRISTWATCHESortel07958 333442 Omega Seamasters and pre-1980s Omegas in general. IWC and Jaeger LeCoultres, all styles. Looking for Reversos. American market filled and 14k pieces possibly, at the right price. Breitling Top Times, Datoras and 806 Navitimers. Pre-1960s Rolex models, with a focus in pre-war tanks, tonneaus etc. Gold or silver/steel. Also World War I Rolex 13 lignes etc. Princes. Longines, Tudors and Zeniths, pre-1970. Even basic steel models in nice condition. All the quirky oddities like Harwoods, Autorists, Wig Wag, Rolls etc, and World War I hunter and semi-hunter wristwatches. Early, pre-war ladies’ watches also wanted by Rolex, Jaeger LeCoultre etc. Prefer 1920s/30s deco styles, but early doughnuts also considered. Yorkshire based, but often in London and can easily collect nationwide. •WANTED• for epic East Yorkshire Georgian townhouse restoration. vintagejewellery@yahoo.co.uk or tel 07958 333442 Signed and unusual furniture. Georgian, Regency,

Unusual Georgian to William IV architectural features eg doors, door frames, over door pediments. 18th century staircase spindles and handrail needed. Anything Georgian or Regency with lots of character considered. Rectangular Georgian fanlight. Four identical reclaimed Georgian wooden sash windows with boxes, approx 60 high x 37 wide. Marble fire surrounds from 1750 to 1850ish. White or coloured. Bullseyes, William IV styles etc. Brass Regency reeded fire insert and Victorian griffin grate (pictured) Human skull, stuffed crocodile/ alligator. Grand tour souvenirs. William IV. Sofa / Pembroke / side tables, library furniture / bookcases. Also Victorian campaign chests, armchairs etc. Ross of Dublin, Morgan & Sanders, Williams & Gibton, James Winter, Hill & Millard and many others.

66 ANTIQUE COLLECTING LAST WORD Marc Allum

‘That early interest led to me buying the odd Egyptian artefact; some canopic jar lids, a wonderful pre-dynastic kohl pallet in the shape of a fish, a gold scarab swivel ring and so on, the type of alluring items that need to inhabit a collector’s cabinet of curiosities’

Avid collector In the intervening years my career in the arts and antiques business allowed me to build on that early interest. I started buying the odd Egyptian artefact; some canopic jar lids, a wonderful pre-dynastic kohl pallet in the shape of a fish, a gold scarab swivel ring and so on –the type of alluring items that need to inhabit a collector’s cabinet of curiosities. Of course, in the field of antiques, there are constant reminders of such an important culture in world history. I’m always astounded by the amount of ancient Egyptian material that comes to light, sadly, mostly with no provenance. So, too, I’ve enjoyed collecting 19th-century photographs of Egyptian archaeological sites and did on a few occasions, endeavour to replicate some of those early images in my own ‘Englishman abroad’ way.

Grumpy brother Sadly, the expedition was to end in disappointment. The queues were unlike anything we had ever experienced. This was truly the first ‘blockbuster’ exhibition and over the period of the event some 1.7m visitors spent as long as eight hours waiting to see the treasures. My brother was five and half and already getting very grumpy as we gave up and headed home back up the M1.

Now, as we approach the 100th anniversary of Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, I can only marvel at the way that this amazing archaeological find has influenced so many people’s lives. The other day I was cataloguing a huge collection for auction and flicking through a large album of cuttings and scraps, when I came across original clippings from The Times in 1923. One can only imagine the sense of wonder those headlines aroused a century ago; perhaps the same sense of wonder I felt as an eightyear-old boy as I turned over the pages of the Observer magazine. Marc Allum is an author, lecturer and specialist on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. For more details go to www.marcallum.co.uk

Despite the itKing’deathtothetombsbeforetoand,sowedthedespondency,generalIbelievewholeexperiencesomethinginmealthoughitwasbeseveraldecadesIvisitedtheintheValleyofKings,tocomefacefacewiththegoldenmaskofthe‘BoyinCairoMuseum,wasworththewait.

Above A Valley of the Kings montage with ‘Englishman abroad’ Marc taking centre stage Above right Photos following the excavation of the Boy King Right Marc reads newspaper clippings of the discoverymomentous

Lasting legacy

Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum reflects on how a thwarted trip to see Tutankhamun still rankles but also sparked a life-long interest in history

Marc My Words

T he year was 1972. I was eight years old and Egyptomania was sweeping the country as the British Museum opened its doors to one of the most anticipated exhibitions in history – the display of 50 of the world’s greatest archaeological treasures form the tomb of Tutankhamun. The build-up had been immense, even a year before I had pored over images in the Observer colour supplement, the Sunday newspaper that was so much a part of the weekend family ritual. In those days my father was driving a Ford Pop so travelling to London from Warwickshire was no small endeavour. The M1 motorway was only about 12 years old but the prospect of seeing this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition was too much of a lure. So we set off for the city on a very hot day, the old Ford Popular hardly exceeding 45-50 mph on the pristine and very quiet M1.

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September 2022 issue of Antique Collecting magazine

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considers the legacy of ancient Egypt on collectors