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‘wow factor’ is the very 1960slooking ‘Hara’ chair in orange lacquered fibreglass, designed by Giorgio Guriorli in 2002; a great statement piece at £200-300.
Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 November
Modern Masters The second day of the November sale starts with 20th Century & Contemporary Art. Among other colourful paintings, a local scene of the Malvern Hills by the wellloved painter Dame Laura Knight is sure to attract keen bidding. Laura Knight and her husband made annual visits to The Malvern Festival which had been established by a friend of theirs. By the start of World War ll, they were living in a house in Colwall, to the west of Malvern. Knight met gypsy families whilst there and painted many scenes of them at horse races and working in the hop fields, often painting from the back of her antique Rolls Royce, the only car that would fit her easel. Lot 927 depicts a wonderful view of the Malvern Hills, looking down through the valley. It is estimated to realise £15,000-20,000.
Lot 891
provenance, £3,000-5,000 and a group of coastal views by Donald McIntyre with estimates ranging from £1,500 to £5,000. Other lots in this category include prints and paintings by such well-known names as Damien Hirst, Eric Gill, Fred Yates, Pablo Picasso, Lawrence Preece, Noel Coward, Edward Bawden and L S Lowry.
Lot 1032
Lot 927
Lot 1000
A good group of Scottish artists also feature in this section, to include a self-portrait of David McClure, estimate £2,000-3,000, a still life with sweet peas by John Cunningham with Portland Gallery
The Modern Furniture & Design section offers a wide selection of styles and designs for every taste, with Danish design and iconic British pieces taking pole position. Notably, a pair of ‘Boomerang’ chairs by Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard-Nielsen are offered at £300-500 and an Arne Jacobsen ‘Egg’ chair and stool at £500-700. Standing centre stage for the
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Lot 980
The Arts & Crafts and Cotswold School pieces will attract local attention as well as collectors from much further afield with a two-tier circular table made Fred Francis Foster, founder of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. Foster lived at Whiteway Colony near Stroud and worked with Peter Waals, Sidney Barnsley and other Cotswold School craftsmen. The table is signed underneath and carries an estimate of £200-300. A handmade tray with wavy border by another local craftsman, Harry Davoll, is estimated to fetch £100£150. A number of Arts & Crafts books and copperwares are also included in the two-day sale, including the 1924 book of Ernest Gimson’s exquisite designs. Lot 147
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Lot 1336
Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 November In the words of William Morris, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”. A rug designed by the man himself ticks both boxes. Worked with a foliate design to a blue border and bearing the stylised Morris monogram to the corner, it carries an estimate of £3,000-5,000.
Lot 1033
Following the success of the Daum lamp in our May auction which made £10,500, we have a very similar shade for sale from the same private collection, this time depicting an Autumnal land- Lot 1085 scape. Although sadly missing the base, the shade is still a desirable piece and is offered with a pre-sale estimate of £1,000-1,500. Other lots in the Ceramics & Glass section include a Michael Casson jug, estimate £200-300 and a Lot 1076 Moorcroft moonlit blue inkwell, £300-500.
Lot 1143
Dazzling Diamonds & Stately Silver For those looking to spoil someone special this Christmas with a gift of jewellery, Day Two offers a selection of over 100 pieces to suit every pocket. At the highest level, a private collection of showstopping pieces includes a diamond ‘Rivière’ necklace, set with 83 old cut diamonds, estimated at £8,000-12,000. This elegant necklace is cased by Wartski, the jewellers famed for their associations with Fabergé and for having made the wedding ring of the Duchess of Cambridge. Other properties include a tiger’s eye and gold brooch, the epitome of 1970s design, estimate £600-800 and Lot 1170, a Boucheron diamond ring, £3,000-5,000.
perfect addition to a dining table, they are set to fetch £5,000-7,000. A Georgian swing-handled basket, Lot 1337, by Edward Aldridge, 1747 is more exuberant in style with trelliswork, mask heads to the legs and bold shell feet, estimate £3,000-5,000.
Lot 1337
Perhaps the best-known British silversmith is Paul Storr and an elegant hot water jug dated 1807, Lot 1398, is estimated at £1,200£1,800. 20th Century silver is also offered, including a Royal Commemorative spoon by Archibald Knox for Liberty, £300-400 and Lot 1305, silver backed hairbrushes and cufflinks by Michael Allan Bolton, 1984, £300-500.
Lot 1170
From jewellery, we move on to 180 lots of silver. Notable pieces include Lot 1336, a set of four silver candlesticks by John Schofield; dating to 1783 these show the restrained elegance for which Schofield’s work is known. The
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Lot 1398
Joan Tucker had always been interested in local history and was persuaded in 1977 to compile a Stroud volume in the “As It Was” series of books of old postcards. This sparked a passion which continued until her death in 2013. Her collection includes many hundreds of Real Photograph cards detailing Stroud and its environs. Joan wrote a number of books about Stroud, the Stroudwater Navigation and Ferries in Gloucestershire, which often featured photographs from her postcard collection as illustrations. Chorley’s are privileged to have been asked to arrange the sale of these postcards, numbering in excess of 20,000, as well as some fascinating Japanese postcards collected by Alan. The cards are in wonderful condition and provide a nostalgic record of a bygone age.
The Alan & Joan Tucker Collection of Postcards & Children’s Books
Advance viewing of the postcards available by appointment.
Alan and Joan Tucker were known to many Gloucestershire residents because of the bookselling business they established in Stroud in 1962. From selling second-hand books in a small shop on Hill Street, they moved in 1967 to Station Road where they sold new, second-hand and children’s books for the next thirty years. The Tuckers also supplied books to schools and colleges across Gloucestershire, Avon and beyond. In 2006, the Tuckers retired and asked Simon Chorley to auction much of their remaining stock from the shop, although Alan continued to sell second-hand books online to customers around the world until shortly before his death earlier this year. The Books section of our November auction includes volumes from Alan and Joan’s private collection, including many children’s books, volumes on fables and folksong and toy collecting. The highlight is a rare set of first edition copies of the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome, in original dust jackets. Chorley’s is a Member of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and the Association of Accredited Auctioneers
We are now accepting entries for our 2018 auctions, with specialist categories including Asian Art, Ceramics, Silver, Jewellery, Modern Art & Design Next sale: Tuesday 30 & Wednesday 31 January Fine Art & Antiques Closing date for entries Friday 15 December
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