Chorley's Newsletter | May 2022

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SALEROOM NEWS MAY 2022

NEXT AUCTION | TUESDAY 24 & WEDNESDAY 25 MAY FINE ART & ANTIQUES INCLUDING THE CONTENTS OF TIDENHAM MANOR Tidenham Manor is an exquisite country house built on the site of a historic building and set in formal gardens with an outstanding view over the River Severn.

Located on the Monmouthshire/Gloucestershire border, the design for this grand home, complete with housekeeper’s annexe and stables, was inspired by the Venetian architect, Andrea Palladio. Constructed in 2005, Tidenham Manor is situated just north of Chepstow and enjoys panoramic views of the Bristol Channel. The owners furnished the property with a mixture of antique and fine quality reproduction furniture creating rich and elegant interiors. The house has recently changed hands and Chorley’s are pleased to offer the principal contents for auction including furniture, mirrors, carpets, ceramics, glass, garden statuary and a good collection of cigars, wine and champagne. Highlights include a pair of Georgian style mahogany console tables by Jonathan Charles, estimate £3,000-5,000 (Lot 704) a fine Isfahan carpet, estimate £3,000-5,000 (Lot 728), a suite of gilded crystal drinking glasses, estimate £1,500-2,000 (Lot 257) and a pair of parrot candle holders, estimate £200 -300 (Lot 724).

Lot 257

Lot 728

From another large country house, we have received delivery of a charming child-size bow-top gypsy caravan. This would make the most delightful garden feature, especially for those with children or grandchildren, estimate £3,000-4,000 (Lot 788), and an elegant Coalbrookdale horse chestnut pattern garden bench asks £3,000-5,000 (Lot 790).

Lot 788

Lot 704 (one of a pair)

Lot 724

Lot 790

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Lot 691

AUCTION | Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 May

A longstanding client of Chorley’s has died, leaving the firm to dispose of his magnificent collection of early dolls.

During his life time John Wilson had purchased many of the items from sales around Gloucestershire.

Owing to failing health he downsized some nine years ago and Chorley’s sold most of his collection including Mr Wilson’s magnificent Victorian doll’s house, the house made a staggering £42,450. He was most reluctant to sell all of his collection and following his death last year the favourites are being sold on 24th May. An 18th Century English painted wood doll’s house doll measuring just 10.5cm high is the earliest example from the collection and is expected to sell for between £600 and £800 (Lot 500). Two slightly later but larger German wooden dolls could fetch £400600 and £300-500 (Lots 489 and 490).

Lots 489, 490 and 500

A less imposing dolls house than Mr Wilson’s is also included in the sale.

The early 20th Century property is modelled on one of Gloucestershire’s long forgotten country houses; fully furnished it is expected to realise £800 -£1000 (Lot 485).

Lot 485

A collection of early Indian and Afghanistan photographs include some fascinating subjects: A group of Bhoota People, Darjeeling by Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), a group of Kabulese merchants in Peshua by Charles Shepherd (acc. 1860-1885), A group of Naga Women, Apitna’s Tribe

by Oscar Mallite (1829-1905) and a scene in The Market at Kabul by Benjamin Simpson (1831-1923). Estimates range from £200 to £500.

The market in early 20th Century bisque head dolls has been disappointing for the last few years but demand for unusual examples is good. A Heubach Koppelsdorf “googly-eyed” doll, rather strange in appearance, should pass its estimate of £400-600 (Lot 505) and a French fashion doll will hopefully realize upward of £600-800 (Lot 499).

Lot 499

Lot 505

Automata, including a cymbal playing doll by Cuno & Otto Dressel £700-900 (Lot 494) and a French walking Polichinelle clown with drum £400-500 (Lot 471) are wonderful examples of toy mechanics of the late 19th Century.

A very interesting group of 18th and 19th Century portrait miniatures includes exquisite paintings, ranging from ladies noblemen and officers to a bishop, a king, a maharajah and a saint: Lot 1023 English 17th Century, Charles I, £1,000-1,500 Lot 1035 Prussian 18th Century, Military Officer, £600-800 Lot 1026 Italian 19th Century, Saint Fabiola, £150-200

Lot 471

Lot 1035

Lot 494 Lot 1023

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Lot 1026

VIEW DAYS | Sunday 22 & Monday 23 May

Lot 945

John Galsworthy

A wonderful George III bracket clock, once owned by the author John Galsworthy is the pick of a good collections of clocks in the auction. Made for the Dutch market in the last quarter of the 18th Century, the clock has a blue enamel lunar dial to the arch with subsidiary dials inscribed strike/ not strike and quarter/no quarter, both in Dutch. One can only imagine that Galsworthy must have heard the clock striking the hours away as he wrote perhaps his most famous novel The Forsyte Saga. Galsworthy and his wife Ada had no children and he was very close to his nephew Rudolf Sauter. Rudolf’s father Georg was German and during the First World War, he was interned as an enemy alien before being expelled from England.

Rudolf was a painter and graphic artist who amongst his other works illustrated many novels by his uncle. Upon his death in 1977 Rudolf left the clock to his nephew, whose attorneys have now instructed Chorley’s to sell it is expected to achieve £6,000-8,000(Lot 945).

The auction includes other notable clocks such as a late 18th Century mahogany tavern clock £3,000-5,000, a late 19th Century ebonised pearwood bracket clock £2,000-3,000, a 19th Century French marble and ormolu mounted mantel clock £800-1,200 and an early Georgian Walnut longcase clock by Henry Wade, London, £3,000-5,000.

A good selection of silver includes two pairs of impressive cast silver candlesticks, dating from the mid 18th Century, estimate £2,000-3,000 (Lot 27). Of more modest expectations, but sure to attract bids, are two Edwardian silver pin cushions in the form of elephants, estimate £70-90 (Lot 8). The jewellery section includes a pair of dramatic looking Iberian emerald ear pendants, estimate Lot 8 £800-1,200 (Lot 177) and several Victorian and Edwardian diamond brooches, as well as some stunning rings and necklaces.

Lot 27

Lot 1080

With the Queen’s platinum jubilee just around the corner, we anticipate lots of interest in a photographic portait by Anthony Buckley, estimate £150£200 (Lot 1080). Signed by Her Majesty and dated 1991, this photograph could be sitting in pride of place at your Jubilee celebrations. Buckley’s portraits of the Royal family can be found in the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Albert Hall.

AUCTION: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 May, starting at 10am each day VIEW DAYS: Sunday 22 May, 10am-4pm Monday 23 May, 9am-4pm A buyer’s premium of 27% (incl. VAT) will be added to the hammer price of every lot, and the Artist’s Resale Right may apply to some works of art. Please get in touch with us before bidding if you require further information.

A fully illustrated catalogue is available to view on our website. We offer online bidding through Chorley’s LIVE at no additional charge, so you will pay the same as if you were bidding in the room. Visit our website to register.

Absentee bids can be submitted by email, telephone and our website.

If you are unable to come and view the sale in person, we are happy to supply condition reports and additional images upon request.

Chorley’s is a member of The Society of Fine Art Auctioneers

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UPCOMING EVENTS & AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

The Cotswold Landscapes of Allan Laycock R.W.A. (1928-2020) A Selling Exhibition at Chorley’s Friday 10th June to Thursday 16th June 2022 10am-4pm The late Allan Laycock was a member of the Royal West of England Academy of Art and the Fosseway Artists, and his gentle landscapes, painted ’en plein air’, capture the essence of the Cotswolds with its rolling fields of crops and flowers, barns and villages, twisting country lanes and drystone walls.

Auction Highlights Modern Art & Design | April 2022 Peter Waals (1870-1937), walnut side table, circa 1920 Sold for £4,500 Richard Batterham (1936-2021), stoneware cutsided vase Sold for £1,300 Walenty Pytel (born 1941), Bird, metal sculpture Sold for £1,000 Kurt Jackson (born 1961), Solent Moonlight, mixed media Sold for £3,200

After the sell-out exhibition held here four years ago to celebrate Allan’s 90th birthday, we are honoured to have been asked by his Estate to offer another selection of his paintings for sale. With prices starting at less than £50, and proceeds going to The Artists’ Benevolent Fund, this is a chance to purchase beautiful artwork while raising money for a charity that was very close to the artist’s heart.

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