SALE NEWS Autumn / Winter 2016
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AUCTION CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 7TH
Paintings - Old Masters, english & eurOPean Paintings
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english & eurOPean CeraMiCs & glass
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tribal art & antiquities
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asian art
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Paintings – MOdern british & 20th Century art
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Front cover. A fine George IV presentation silver regimental ewer, by John Bridge, London 1828, 26.8cm high. Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000 To be sold 25th October sale The Arthur Holder Collection
opposite. Charles Arthur Bourgeois (French 1838-1886) A bronze figure of The Snake Charmer 82.3cm high. Estimate: £1,500 – 2,000 To be sold 5th October Furniture sale
Back cover. A late Victorian
diamond tiara naturalistically designed as wild roses. Converting to a necklace and multiple brooches. Provenance: property of a Lady of title. Estimate: £30,000 – 50,000 To be sold 27th October Jewellery sale
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old Masters, British & european paintings
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english & european ceraMics & glass
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triBal art & antiquities
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Furniture, Works oF art & clocks
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design
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arMs & arMour
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arthur holder (part 1)
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Fine silver & oBjects oF vertu
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Fine jeWellery
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asian art
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British art pottery
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Modern British & 20th century art
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Woolley & Wallis in MayFair
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sales revieW
Chairman Paul Viney in the Salerooms with his mother-in-law Mrs Joan Tyrrell who is 100 years old. Paul is holding a Pilkingtons Royal Lancastrian vase which was made in 1916, the year Mrs Tyrrell was born. chairMan’s introduction
As our business evolves we increasingly find that international travel by our specialists is becoming relatively commonplace. We have always had a broad range of international buyers but of late the increase in the number of overseas vendors has been noticeable. In his capacity as head of our Asian Art department, deputy chairman John Axford makes several trips a year to Hong Kong and mainland China. He is often accompanied by his departmental colleague Freya Yuan who apart from acting as a translator also, having grown up in Shanghai, provides great assistance in negotiating some of the more challenging aspects of doing business in the Far East. John has also recently been to Cape
Town, Paris and Monaco to pick up goods. In a similar vein, Jonathan Edwards and Marielle Whiting from our jewellery department have twice been to the Miami Jewellery Fair (the largest of its type in the world) as well as making trips to Paris, Vienna and Maastricht; and they have just returned from Delhi which should result in some fine jewellery coming in for sale. Several other specialists have also made overseas trips.
over 120 written valuations so far this year for probate, insurance, open market and capital gains tax purposes; and who knows what we will be asked to value in the coming months? The prospect is as enticing as ever. Paul Viney Chairman
None of this means we are neglecting our U.K. vendors who continue to supply us with the majority of our business. As well as inspecting goods for sale we have carried out
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OLD MASTERS, BRITISH & EUROPEAN PAINTINGS 7th September 2016
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SPECIALISTS: VICTOR FAUVELLE +44 (0) 1722 424 503 vf@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
JO BUTLER +44 (0) 1722 424 592 jb@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
opposite. Jacob Bogdani (Hungarian 1660-1724) Still life of flowers and fruit on a stone plinth Signed, oil on canvas 76 x 63.5cm Provenance: The Collection of Henry F. Pulitzer Private Collection. Estimate: £25,000 – 35,000
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Jacob Bogdani (opposite) was born in Eperjes in northern Hungary and at an early age developed into a highly skilled artist with no formal training. Keen to progress he moved to Amsterdam in 1684 and then to London in 1688 where he lived for the rest of his life. In a short time he was a prominent painter in the court of Queen Anne, highly regarded for his accurate depictions of exotic birds and fowl and also for still life. Amongst his patrons was Admiral George Churchill who had an aviary full of exotic species of birds in Windsor which he was able to depict in his paintings. Later in life he lost all of
1. André Perrachon
3. Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A. (1803-1902) In Canterbury Meadows Signed and dated 1890 Oil on panel, 36 x 28cm Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
(French 1827-1909) Still life of roses Signed, oil on canvas 33 x 46cm Estimate: £2,500 – 3,500
2. Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) Cock pheasant in a woodland Signed and dated 1903 Watercolour, 28 x 48.5cm Estimate: £12,000 – 18,000
4. Thomas Robertson
(fl. 1861-1866) A gentleman on horseback with another hunter alongside Signed and dated 1850 Oil on canvas 70 x 90cm Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500
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1935, the year of his death. This watercolour of a cock pheasant is a vibrant work, the plumage displays Thorburn’s mastery of the complex colour tones required.
the fortune that his painting had earned him and he died in poverty. This still life is typical of his early work in which he succeeds in highlighting the luxury of fruit and cut flowers. Archibald Thorburn (image 2) is the best known British ornithological painter and still sets the benchmark for paintings of birds. Although many other artists have followed Thorburn, he is cherished by collectors for the quality of his work but also because he was devoted to the protection of birds, he was vice-president of the RSPB and designed their Christmas card from 1899 to
Another stalwart of British Art, Thomas Sidney Cooper (image 3), is also represented in the sale. Trained in Holland in the studio of Eugène Verboeckhoven he was imbued with the love of painting animals and had a career of nearly 80 years, exhibiting at the Royal Academy for the first time in 1833. His consistency is remarkable with his works dated in the 1890s being as good as those painted many years earlier.
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ENGLISH & EUROPEAN CERAMICS & GLASS 13th September 2016
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SPECIALIST: CLARE DUNHAM +44 (0) 1722 424 507 cd@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Opposite. Examples from the substantial selection of glass in the sale.
1. A Joseph Holdcroft
Majolica model of a pug dog, 2nd half 19th century, 28.8cm high. Estimate: £500 – 800
2. An unusual Sicilian (Caltagirone) maiolica albarello, late 17th century, painted with the portrait of a lady wearing a pair of leather-framed nose spectacles, 18.2cm. Estimate: £500 – 800
4. A very rare Worcester early yellow ground potting pot and stand, circa 1754, the stand and basket’s interior painted in the Kakiemon palette, 17.3cm. Estimate: £2,500 – 3,500
3. A Meissen Cris de Paris figure of a lemon seller, circa 1755, modelled by F E Meyer, 13.5cm. Estimate: £800 – 1,200
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Two private collections form the basis of a substantial selection of glass in our sale on 13th September, largely made up of English 18th century wine glasses. Among these are some rare engraved glasses, including a Williamite glass, an unusual flute relating to the coalmining industry, and several glasses relating to the shipping and mail coach industries. The collections are long-standing and many of the glasses have not been seen on the market for upwards of 20 years.
For collectors of continental glass, there are a number of items of Venetian or façon de Venise glass, and several German glass pieces, including an unusual sweetmeat glass with schwarzlot decoration in the manner of Ignaz Preissler.
The English porcelain section includes a good selection of Worcester from the Dr Wall period, with several early pieces of rare form or decoration. An extremely rare potting pot and stand (image 4) shows the earliest use of the yellow ground at Worcester and how the factory copied styles of decoration from its German counterpart at Meissen, and is probably the only one of its kind to appear on the open market, having previously been sold as part of the Zorensky Collection.
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TRIBAL ART & ANTIQUITIES 20th September 2016
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SPECIALIST: WILL HOBBS +44 (0) 1722 339 752 wh@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
opposite. An Aleutian hat ornament, walrus ivory, Baring Sea, Alaska, 4cm high. Estimate: £600 – 800
A small collection of pieces collected in North Nigeria in the first quarter of the 20th century by Arthur Holdsworth Groom have had an interesting journey to the salerooms. After leaving Cambridge, Holdsworth Groom joined the Colonial Service and between 1905-1917, he embarked on a series of three year tours working in Nigeria. It was during this period he collected staffs, spears, a dagger, a war axe and other artefacts from his travels amongst the many tribes of mainly North Nigeria. In 1911 he loaned these pieces to the Norwich Castle Museum who subsequently ‘loaned’ them to the Liverpool Museum. Each piece was noted as to the tribe and province they came from, some of which have been re-named or no longer exist. After years of correspondence between the two museums and the family, these ‘loaned’ artefacts have been returned.
1. A Worji war axe, Bauchi
3. A Maori patu paraoa, whalebone short club, 45.5cm long. Estimate: £4,000 – 6,000
2. Four Aborigine long boards, carved wood with pigment, 212-241cm long. To be sold separately.
4. A pair of Tiv anthropomorphic large spoons, Nigeria, wood, 53cm long. Estimate: £800 – 1,200
Province, Nigeria, 66cm long. Estimate: £800 – 1200
5. Four Chief’s / Witch Doctor staffs, Kabba Province, Nigeria, 114-156cm high. To be sold separately.
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The sale will also include an Aborigine collection, comprising: wunda shields, churingas, message sticks, a coolamon, woomeras, bullroarers, boomerangs and message boards. Much was collected in the 1920s/1930s by a miner who spent a lot of his time conversing with the Aborigines.
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FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS 5th October 2016
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SPECIALIST: MARK RICHARDS +44 (0) 1722 411 854 mr@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Opposite. Ugo Zannoni (Italian 1836-1919). A white marble figure, ‘Her Favourite Pets’, signed and dated ‘1875’, 107.8cm high. Estimate: £8,000 – 12,000
1. A George III mahogany serpentine commode in the manner of William Gomm, 120cm wide. Estimate: £15,000 – 20,000
2. A rare George III Irish square piano attributed to William Southwell, 157.5cm wide. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
3. A George III mahogany musical automata longcase clock by Samuel Smith, London, 230.5cm high. Estimate: £4,000 – 6,000
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The highlight of the furniture section in the October sale is the impressive George III mahogany serpentine commode, illustrated above as image 1. The design is attributable to the cabinet maker William Gomm who established a cabinet making and upholstery workshop at Peterborough Court circa 1725. He is chiefly remembered for his major commission to furnish Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire and also for having given the famous German cabinet maker Abraham Roentgen a work experience placement during his time in London in the 1730s. The commode has a very interesting provenance as it was once in the collection of the American collector John Shaffer Phipps and has passed down by direct descent to the present owner.
One of the more unusual lots consigned is the very attractive George III pianoforte pictured (image 2). William Southwell was an Anglo-Irish inventor and instrument maker who made in particular very fine pianos for the nobility and the wealthy elite. He is most well known for the production of a demi-lune piano which when closed appeared as a very fashionable Adam style pier table. The example that we are offering is a rare upright square pianoforte that has a very fine neo-classical case with painted decoration. The design for this piano was patented in 1798 and only a small number of these pianos are known to exist. A very similar example was in the Finchcocks Musical Museum in Kent which closed in December 2015.
Continuing the musical theme, the rare George III longcase clock by Samuel Smith (image 3) has a wonderful automata arch which depicts figures playing musical instruments with a lady playing a harpsichord in a Georgian interior setting. The three train musical movement plays six tunes including Blue Bells of Scotland and Home Sweet Home.
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DESIGN 18th October 2016
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SPECIALIST: MICHAEL JEFFERY +44 (0) 1722 424 505 mj@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
opposite. Beautreillis, two Lalique opalescent glass vases, originally designed in 1927, 14.5cm high. Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500 each.
1. Enfants, a Lalique clear and frosted glass vase, originally designed 1931, 27cm high. Estimate: £1,000 – 2,000
René Lalique’s name is synonymous with 20th Century Design, from his early beautiful enamelled precious metal jewellery to his glass designs which are still in production today. Born in 1860 he was initially apprenticed to the Parisian goldsmith Louis Aucoc – and once this apprenticeship was served he set up his own workshop in 1885. Here he made exquisite jewellery and experimented with enamel work for two decades. This enamel work led to further experiments with the use of glass in his jewellery design. This soon developed into contracts to supply the major perfume houses of Paris, such as Coty and Worth with bottles for their intoxicating scent, vases, bowls and perhaps most famously glass mascots to adorn the car radiator caps in the roaring twenties and thirties.
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2. Dahlia et Papillon, a rare Lalique cendrier, originally designed in 1931, 16.5cm high. Estimate: £300 – 400 3. (Left) Chamonix, a
Lalique opalescent glass vase, 15.5cm high. Estimate: £300 – 500
(Right) Bellis, a Lalique vase, 14cm high. Estimate: £300 – 500
4. Houbigant, a
Lalique opalescent glass box with silk four compartment base, 14cm diameter. Estimate: £200 – 300
5. Hirondelle, a pair of post-war Lalique book ends, originally designed in 1928, 15.5cm high. Estimate: £150 – 250
(Middle) Rampillon, a Lalique opalescent glass vase, 13cm high. Estimate: £400 – 600
Already consigned is a private collection of over 100 lots of his glass, including most of his designs for cendriers in clear, opalescent and the rarer coloured glass. The sale includes glass, ceramics, furniture, metal ware and works of art from the late 19th century Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, through the Art Deco period to post war designs of the 50s and 60s and the contemporary design of today.
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ARMS & ARMOUR, COINS & MEDALS AND MILITARIA 19th October 2016
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SPECIALIST: NED COWELL +44 (0) 1722 341 469 nc@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Closing date for entries, 2nd September
opposite. The scarce D.F.C., A.F.C. and Bar combination to Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) H.A.Purvis R.A.F. Estimate: £5,000 – 6,000
2. Proof Two Pounds, 1826, edge SEPTIMO. Light scratching to obverse, otherwise almost as struck, rare, 27.69mm. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
1. A fine 24 bore flintlock pistol by Samuel Nock. Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
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3. A fine Arab sword
(nimcha), of Omani type from Zanzibar. Provenance: the late property of Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, K.C.B, blade 72cm. Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
4. An engraved copper medallion commemorating the execution of John Curtis near Salisbury, March 1768, 35.8mm. Estimate: £600 – 800
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FroM hero... The vital and sometimes overlooked contribution of test pilots to the 1939-45 war effort is well illustrated by the superb combination of a Distinguished Flying Cross with an Air Force Cross and Bar awarded to Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) Harry Alexander Purvis R.A.F. Accompanied by the recipient’s flying log books and his dress miniature medals, they represent part of the career of an extraordinarily courageous and skilful aviator. The D.F.C. and the A.F.C. were instituted in 1918 as decorations for acts of ‘valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying’. In the case of the former award this was to be ‘in active operations against the enemy’ and of the latter ‘though not in active operations against the enemy’. Thus the A.F.C. was the natural reward for those fearless individuals
to villain... who risked injury and death in the effort to develop vital aerial weaponry, in an era when the boundaries of aviation technology were being advanced with hazardous rapidity. Purvis was at the forefront of this work, and became one of only 26 men in this period to be awarded the A.F.C. not once, but twice, as denoted by the bar. It is further testament to the breadth of his wartime service that he also excelled ‘against the enemy’, as recognised by the award of the D.F.C. His remarkable story includes the testing of prototype Spitfires and the first detonations of German magnetic mines using a specially adapted Vickers Wellington flown low above the sea. His exploits will be related at greater length when his medals and log books are offered in the sale.
The macabre conclusion to a 18th century Salisbury murder case is the subject of this engraved copper medallion: “I. CURTIS…… HUNG IN CHAINS NEAR SARUM. MAR 14 1768”. Suspected of the brutal murder of a Jewish pedlar, Wolf Meyer, in 1767, sailor John Curtis was tracked to his ship, H.M.S. Achilles, then berthed in Gosport. Brought back to Salisbury he was convicted and hanged, and his body was then suspended in chains near the scene of the murder. The existence of lurid souvenir items of this kind, now quite scarce, suggests that these grim events were a local ‘cause célèbre’. We hope that after 248 years John Curtis will once again cause a stir, when his medallion is offered in our October auction.
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THE ARTHUR HOLDER COLLECTION (PART 1) 25th October 2016
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SPECIALISTS: RUPERT SLINGSBY + 44 (0) 1722 424 501 rs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
LUCY CHALMERS +44 (0) 1722 424 594 lc@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
opposite. Part of a set of six late-19th century silver wine labels, unmarked, probably Colonial, modelled as bats, titled ‘PORT’, ‘BRANDY’, ‘LISBON’,’CLARET’, ‘HOCK’ and ‘SHERRY’, length 11cm. Estimate: £3,000 – 4,000
1a. A Victorian silver castletop vinaigrette, St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1854, length 4.7cm. Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500
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1b. A Victorian silver castletop card case, Eddistone Lighthouse, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1849, length 10cm. Estimate: £1,500 – 2,000
1e. A rare Victorian silver
1c. A William IV silver castle-
1f. A George IV silver
castle-top snuff box, Old Colchester Town Hall, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1844, length 6.3cm. Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
top vinaigrette, Dryburgh Abbey, by William Phillips, Birmingham 1836, length 5cm. Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500
Sea Coal Meter badge, unmarked, circa 1824, the ring attachment with maker’s mark AD, length 8.3cm. Estimate: £300 – 500
1d. A George III silver
2. A rare 18th century silver
nutmeg grater, unmarked, circa 1775, 7.9cm high. Estimate: £700 – 900
3. A Victorian novelty silver drum mustard pot, by Charles and George Fox, London 1855, 8.3cm high. Estimate: £600 – 800
A George III silver honey skep, by Thomas Hobbs and James Taylor, London 1798, 12cm high. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
copy of the Goldsmiths’ Hall Bargemaster’s badge, unmarked, London circa 1760, height 24cm. Estimate: £5,000 – 7,000
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Arthur Holder began collecting silver over forty-five years ago, and he was still collecting when he passed away in February this year at the age of ninety-seven. Arthur’s collection was extensive, with over eighteen hundred lots, covering all aspects of silver. There were some main interests, including: wine labels, waterman’s badges, stamp cases, nutmeg graters and castle-top vinaigrettes and card cases. 3
Card cases are the most comprehensive part of the collection. There are over 100 embossed or engraved castle-top examples, with the largest variety of views that have come on the market in at least the last twenty-five years. When travel became easier in the 19th century, people visited parts of the country for the first time, and many of the scenes on the card cases would have been for the tourist market. The custom of leaving visiting cards spanned the nineteenth century, but these types of cases flourished from circa 1830-60. This sale will be part one of the collection, and the following parts will be sold in 2017.
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FINE SILVER & OBJECTS OF VERTU 26th October 2016
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SPECIALISTS: RUPERT SLINGSBY + 44 (0) 1722 424 501 rs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
LUCY CHALMERS + 44 (0)1722 424 594 lc@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Closing date for entries, 9th September
opposite. A large pair of Victorian silver-gilt ewers, by George Fox, London 1861, height 45.8cm. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 1. Designed by Anthony
Elson, for Hennell, Frazer and Haws, a modern silver condiment set, London 1970, length 11.8cm. Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500
2. By F.C. Varley for The Guild of Handicraft Limited, an Edwardian silver and enamel box, London 1904, length 19.8cm. Estimate: £1,500 – 2,000
4. A modern silver wine funnel, by Michael Bolton, London 2003, height 21cm. Estimate: £300 – 400 From a private collection of wine funnels and wine tasters.
3. A Victorian novelty silvermounted Cockatoo whisky tot, by Alexander Crichton, London 1881, height 13cm. Estimate: £800 – 1,200
5. By Omar Ramsden and Alywn Carr, an Arts and Crafts small silver wine goblet, London 1910, height 10cm. Estimate: £1,000 – 1,500 From a private collection of Omar Ramsden and Alywn Carr.
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of the gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus and other animals’, published by Harper Bros in 1861. He had been the first white man to see and hunt a gorilla.
This design for the gorilla (image 6), may be based a story relating to Paul du Chaillu (18371903) an American 19th century explorer, who, in 1856 spent three and a half years exploring a large section of the Gabon coast. On his return to New York he wrote the story of his discoveries; ‘Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chase
One story told was of a hunting expedition and a ‘Killer Gorilla’. Du Chaillu was out with a group of natives, they split in different directions and after a while he heard the “tremendous roar of the gorilla…. instinctively we made for the spot…. the poor brave fellow who had gone off alone was lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood…beside him lay his gun, the stock broken, and the
6. A Victorian novelty silver gorilla pepper pot, by Thomas, William, Henry and Louis Dee, London 1861, modelled as a seated gorilla holding a bent rifle, height 12.5cm. Estimate: £1,500 – 2,000
barrel bent almost double. In one place it was flattened, and it bore plainly the marks of the gorillas teeth.....this huge gorilla thought the gun was his enemy, so he had seized it and dashed it on the ground...not satisfied, had taken it up again and given it a tremendous bite…”
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FINE JE WELLERY 27th October 2016
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SPECIALISTS: JONATHAN EDWARDS FGAA +44 (0) 1722 424 504 je@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
MARIELLE WHITING FGA +44 (0) 1722 424 595 mw@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
opposite. A Kashmir
sapphire ring by Graff, the sapphire weighs 4.59cts and has SSEF certification. Estimate: £150,000 – 200,000
2. An impressive 7.85ct emerald-cut diamond ring. With GIA certification stating that it has J colour with VS1 clarity. Estimate: £60,000 – 80,000
1. A rare 18th century fancy
3. A pair of diamond stud
coloured diamond ring. Estimate: £20,000 – 30,000 The 3.16ct table-cut diamond demonstrates extraordinary sophistication in its cutting and polishing. GIA certification. Part of a collection of early rings.
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earrings by Graff. Perfectly matched; both weighing 3.01cts with F colour and VS2 clarity. GIA certification. Estimate: £50,000 – 70,000
4. An emerald and pearl set gold consular cased pocket watch with cylinder movement, signed Bautte and Moynier, Geneva, circa 1840, 6cm. Estimate: £6,000 – 8,000 5. An impressive Victorian
diamond star brooch, 6.5cm. Estimate: £5,000 – 7,000
7. A gold and nephrite box
by Fabergé. Pink guilloche enamel decoration, seed pearl borders and diamond thumb piece, 5.5cm wide. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
8. A diamond bracelet, the diamonds weigh approximately 30.00cts in total, 17cm. Estimate: £18,000 – 20,000
6. A Cartier floral brooch
set with topaz and citrines, circa 1960, 5.6cm. Estimate: £10,000 – 15,000
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ASIAN ART 15th & 16th November 2016
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SPECIALIST: JOHN AXFORD +44 (0) 1722 424 506 jea@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Closing date for entries, 2nd September
opposite. An exceptionally rare Chinese Imperial doucai jar and cover, guan, six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, 11cm across. Provenance: a British private collection, purchased from Bluett & Sons, 1st May 1946 for £9 10s. Estimate on request
1. A fine and rare Chinese
Imperial yellow glazed, anhua decorated saucer dish, six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, 13.5cm. Provenance: the collection of Basil Drewe, purchased from Bluett & Sons, 13th August 1937 for £6, and thence by descent. Estimate: £10,000 – 20,000
2. A rare Chinese agate chrysanthemum-shaped dish, four character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, 12.5cm. Provenance: Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing circa 1890. Estimate: £10,000 – 20,000
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This exquisite little jar and cover (image opposite) is a great rarity. It is superbly painted in doucai enamels and bears a six character Imperial mark for the Yongzheng Emperor (1723-35). They are often referred to as tian jars, after the single tian character, meaning ‘heaven’, which appears on the bases of related jars from the Chenghua reign (1465-87). This example is one of only a handful made during the Yongzheng period. It was purchased from Bluett & Sons in 1946 for £9 10s, and has been in the family collection ever since. We know of only three others with covers, and all are in the collections of museums in Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei.
Our specialist November sale also features other important properties: The Imperial yellow saucer dish (image 1) carved with anhua decoration depicting a pair of cranes also bears a six character Yongzheng mark. It was purchased from Bluett & Sons in 1937 for £6 by Mr Basil Drewe. Drewe’s father was the retailer and entrepreneur Julius Charles Hendicott Drewe, who founded Home and Colonial Stores, and built Castle Drogo in Devon.
iMperial agate An exhibition dedicated to treasures from the Yongzheng reign held by the National Palace Museum in Taipei in 2009, included a number of rare agate pieces similar to that illustrated as image 3. This and another agate bowl were collected by Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing circa 1890.
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BRITISH ART POTTERY 30th November 2016
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SPECIALIST: MICHAEL JEFFERY +44 (0) 1722 424 505
opposite. Alan Wallwork
2. Joanna Constantinidis (1927-2000) A porcelain vase with celadon glaze, 29cm high. Estimate: £300 – 500
4. Paul Young (born 1961) A large Wassail pot and cover. Estimate: £600 – 1,000
Closing date for entries, 5th October
1. Dame Lucie Rie
3. Joanna Constantinidis (1927-2000) A porcelain vase with celadon glaze, 30cm high. Estimate: £300 – 500
5. A William De Morgan Sunset and Moonlight suite vase, 25cm high. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
(born 1931) Three stoneware vases, tallest 32cm high. Estimates: £150 – 250 each
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(1902-1995) A coffee service for four. Coffee pot and cover, 25cm high. Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000 Four cups and saucers. Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
6. A selection of William
Moorcroft pottery, tallest 28.5cm high. Estimates from £300 – 500
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the studio pottery collection oF dr john shakeshaFt (1929-2015)
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Dr John Shakeshaft studied Electrical Engineering at St John’s College Cambridge before specialising in radio astronomy and being elected as a Fellow of St Catherine’s in 1961. In parallel to his research career he amassed a collection of some 1400 studio pots mainly purchased from the potters directly. Upon his death in 2015 the collection was bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum. Careful selection added half of the pots to the permanent collection of modern 20th century Applied Arts and Studio Pottery and are now on display at the museum. The remainder of the collection has been consigned to this auction. The sale includes art pottery from the Victorian pioneers including Doulton, the Martin Brothers and William De Morgan to present day contemporary potters.
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MODERN BRITISH & 20TH CENTURY ART 13th December 2016
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SPECIALISTS: VICTOR FAUVELLE +44 (0) 1722 424 503 vf@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
JO BUTLER +44 (0) 1722 424 592 jb@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Opposite. Julius Olsson RA (1864-1942) Moonlit waves on the shore with The Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall Signed, oil on canvas 128 x 177cm Estimate: £4,000 – 6,000
Closing date for entries, 21st October
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1. Eric Ravilious
(1903-1942) Lane near Lewes Signed, watercolour 32 x 27.5cm Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
2. William John Leech
3. Sir Cecil Beaton CBE
(1904-1980) Portrait of Valentine Lamb, son of Henry Lamb Signed, oil on canvas 61 x 51cm Estimate: £5,000 – 7,000
4. Henry Cotterill Deykin (1905-1981) The Wimbledon Championship 1950 Signed, oil on canvas 51 x 61cm Estimate: £2,000 – 3,000
(1881-1968) Llanbedr, North Wales Signed, oil on canvas 51 x 61cm Estimate: £6,000 – 8,000
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Last year’s exceptional exhibition of the work of Eric Ravilious (image 1) at the Dulwich Picture Gallery was a revelation, but also provoked thought about what he might have achieved if he had not been killed on a failed air-sea rescue mission in Iceland in September 1942, aged just 39. Arguably he was already one of the greatest exponents of watercolour by the time of his death. His novel use of combinations of techniques and skills took watercolour painting to a new level and he was able to create an unrivalled intensity in his work. In this watercolour he creates the perception of depth and height with the use of light and shade and the land dipping downhill past the walled kitchen garden. His works display a love of landscape 3
and are imbued with optimism, full of light and energy and delighting in the depiction of textures. Even his war pictures, although often hard hitting, have the same optimism. Douglas Percy Bliss, a previous owner of this watercolour and flatmate of Ravilious said of him ‘there was something about him that made everyone the happier for his presence’. One highlight of the December sale is the exceptional large work by the St Ives painter Julius Olsson RA (detail image opposite). His painting style was well suited to painting on this scale. This moonlit view of the Cornish Coast encapsulates Olsson’s main themes of marine painting, depiction of light and the power of nature. With Louis Grier and
Algernon Talmage, Olsson set up the School of Landscape and Marine painting in St Ives in 1895. He was well-liked and described in The Studio Magazine as ‘A big man, with a big heart who paints big pictures with big brushes in a big studio.’ The portrait of Valentine Lamb (19392015) by Sir Cecil Beaton (image 3) is an adventurous work that is based on Beaton’s own photograph of Lamb when he was eleven. The son of the accomplished painter and portraitist Henry Lamb RA, Valentine Lamb went on to be editor of the Irish Field, revitalising it and making it into the bible for racing enthusiasts that it still is today. He retired in 2003.
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NEWS cress charity gala evening salisBury cathedral reFectory Wednesday 28th September at 6.15pm We are delighted to be one of the sponsors for the Christian Relief and Education in South Sudan; CRESS UK. Based in Wiltshire this small charity focuses on improving life in one of the poorest nations in the world, South Sudan. With a team of dedicated volunteers the charity provides education, training, equipment and medical facilities. The organisation has formed long term and personal relationships between the people of South Sudan and the UK with 90% of all donations being invested directly
into projects which enables the people to improve their lives and in turn improve the lives of others and to create a better future for the country as a whole. The event will include a three course supper, chamber music by The Fisher Sinfonia, updates on the CRESS activities and a charity raffle. For more information please visit www. salisburyplayhouse.com
the salisBury arts Festival This year Woolley & Wallis sponsored The New Zealand String Quartet. Pictured here playing at St. Martin’s Church, the group took the audience through intense performances of Rachmaninov, Smetana, Beethoven and Ross Harris.
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the chalke valley history Festival ‘This is the second muddiest festival I have been to in England’ as an opening line is usually just an introductory comment but for Dr Loyd Grossman CBE FSA at the Chalke Valley History Festival this was the prelude to ‘the other being Glastonbury where I was last week.’ Indeed our sponsored guest speaker actually played at Glastonbury, in his punk band The Not Forgotten and being an act at the largest music festival in world is just one of the many strings, which span his considerable bow. Introduced by Paul Viney, the list includes not only being a popular television presenter in the 80s with programs such as Through the Keyhole, MasterChef, Behind the Headlines, and History of British Sculpture but he was Chairman of The Church Conservation Trust from 2007 to 2016 and is current Chairman of The Heritage Alliance, President of NADFAS, and has recently been appointed Chairman of The Royal Parks. The lecture was based on Benjamin West, the painter who was famed for his depiction of The Death of General Wolfe. Loyd included snippets from his book ‘Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern’ giving a fascinating insight into why this particular painting catapulted him into the spot-light; the balance between realism and idealism and how Wolfe moved away from the usual biblical scenes or classical events, instead depicting an event that occurred only seven years before and painted on a canvas where the saying ‘size matters’ really did – the original being just over 1.5 metres by 2.5 metres. The symbolism of the painting is more about the idealism of how the scene should have been for the death of General Wolfe. Loyd gave examples of how West had adapted the truth of the situation to extend the appeal to the nation, and ultimately the world. The Native American crouched at the front would, in fact, never have been on the battle field and other figures were most certainly not in Quebec at the time of Wolfe’s death.
Interesting facts came one after the other, delivered in an enthralling and enthusiastic way. This image was the most reproduced in the 18th century. Only three men were entrusted to produce engraved copies and these were the most expensive engravings of the time.
This lecture was an example of The Chalke Valley History Festival at its best. Despite Loyd having to wear his wellies throughout and visitors having to be towed in and out of the grounds, the festival can surely claim to be the finest annual history event in the U.K.
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NEWS Woolley and Wallis in MayFair Second Floor, 17 Clifford Street, London, W1S 3RQ Increased demand from international and London-based clients has encouraged us to open an office in Mayfair (by appointment only). Specialists will conduct valuations and undertake deliveries and collections. Most of our specialists regularly travel to the capital and having a permanent office will make life easier for our city-based clients. The new premises will also enable us to host viewing and exhibitions, the first of which will be during Asian Art in London, held annually in November.
valete After six years as a key figure in the Asian Art department Sophie Lister has left us to work for the charity Help For Heroes. Sophie has been indispensable, superbly cataloguing the Asian Art sales and many of you will know her through her work in the department and for organising John Axford, a task that will put her in good stead for her new role as a Personal Assistant to a Director of this worthy organisation. We would like to thank Sophie for all her hard work and dedication over the years and wish her all the best for the future.
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SALES RE VIEW Furniture & Works oF art The April auction saw a sale total of £408,000 with over 80% of the 640 lots finding buyers. Highlights included £25,600 for this George III satinwood secretaire bookcase which, by family tradition, was acquired from Apter Fredericks, London in the late 1960s. The rare pair of William and Mary needlework hangings which featured on the front cover of the winter/spring 2016 Sale News pushed past the top estimate, with a keen North American textile collector securing them for £18,300. The July Sale featured a private collection of nutcrackers which sold collectively for £19,500.
english & european ceraMics & glass The spirit of international bidding was unusually prevalent in the April offering of English & European Ceramics & Glass with buyers from as far afield as Australia, Hong Kong and South Korea. Continental lots were hotly contested between France, Italy and the UK, although the highlight of the sale was a London delftware Royal charger, circa 1690, which sold for a price of £4,880 to a private buyer in eastern England.
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clarice cliFF, art deco & 20th century design The star lot of the sale was a Dunhill Aquarium cigarette box and cover by Margaret Bennet which sold for £9,150. Originally commissioned by Lady Docker and her husband Sir Bernard, this box was ordered together with another larger cigar box, the latter being gifted to Sir Winston Churchill.
Fine silver & oBjects oF vertu Novelty items continue to appeal to collectors. This Edwardian silver cat mantel clock, by William Hornby, London 1907, with green cabochon eyes, detailed fur, raised tail and with an arched back, fitted with and eight day clock to one side had interest from both private and trade feline enthusiasts. The price of £8,785 contributed to a sale total of £395,000 and an 86% sold rate for the April sale.
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Fine jeWellery The highest price ever obtained at Woolley & Wallis for a single diamond was for the Asscher cut diamond solitaire ring offered in the April auction which achieved a premium price of ÂŁ100,000 due to the rarity and desirability of the cut.
asian art The Asian Art department were delighted when this massive 18th century Chinese famille rose punch bowl was brought to the salerooms during one of the monthly valuation mornings held earlier in the year and was entered into the May sale.
It was originally made for Lieutenant-General John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, FRS (1762-1834), who resided at Taymouth Castle in the highlands of Scotland, and has remained within the family collection ever since. It was listed in the 1880 Christie, Manson and Woods inventory of the castle, located in
the Tapestry Sitting Room, (no.369). The bowl measures an impressive 55cm in diameter, and this with its remarkable condition led determined bidders to eventually achieve an auction price of ÂŁ24,400.
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20th century & conteMporary art Two lots by very different artists sold for the same price of £9,750 in the June sale. Both were oils on canvas but South Brittany, instantly recognisable as being by Marcel Dyf, was a gentle contrast to the bright colours of Frederick Gore R.A.’s Roses d’Inde et Pastis. The unusual sporting work by Sir Cecil Beaton (far right) sold for £6,350, an exceptional price for a watercolour by this artist.
arts & craFts The Arts & Crafts June auction demonstrated the qualities that are key to buyers: provenance, rarity and quality. Offered with impeccable provenance, five lots by Sidney Barnsley, market fresh having remained in the family since his death in 1926, all sold above the top estimate. Consigned by Barnsley’s grandson, one of the lots, a rosewood wall mirror, probably made for Kenton & Co. sold for over five times the estimate at £21,350.
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SPECIALIST DEPART MENTS Chairman
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Paul Viney asFav
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