Chorley's Newsletter September-October 2018

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SALEROOM NEWS SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2018 East, West, Antiques are Best September sale preview Chorley's kick off the autumn season of auctions with an Interiors sale with an Oriental twist. Offering a range of affordable decorative pieces, it will be the perfect sale for interior designers, home furnishers and collectors alike.

Lot 198

Elsewhere in the sale, a good sized French farmhouse table would make a perfect centrepiece to a Cotswold kitchen at £1,000-1,500 (Lot 756) while an interesting 'Trotter's Patent Cabinet' is a multi-purpose library companion featuring reading stand, magazine rack and drawers which looks great value at £200-300 (Lot 536).

Lot 536

Artworks which catch the eye are a 17th Century AngloFlemish school painting of two putti supporting the coronet of a Marquess (Lot 982). It has been suggested this could be an 'over-bed' panel to be hung within a state bed. With bags of decorative appeal, this carries pre-sale expectations of £1,000-1,500.

An early 19th Century Derby porcelain dinner service (Lot 198) would make an impressive decorative feature, but if you are planning a dinner party, then with 64 plates you can cater for quite a few guests! Decorated in the Imari palette with prunus branches it may be English but it has a distinctive Oriental look, estimate £400-600.

Similarly, an eight-day mantel clock (Lot 842) retailed by Howell James & Co is set with finely decorated porcelain panels of chinoiserie figures. Howell James & Co were synonymous with quality and took part in the Great Exhibition of 1851, as well as being clockmakers to the Queen for a time, estimate £600-800.

Lot 982

Lot 842 A strong Asian art section has a lot of crossover appeal to the decorative market. A Chinese blue and white floor vase (Lot 264) stands at an impressive 59cm high and is decorated with landscapes. This 19th Century piece will appeal to Asian art collectors as well as decorators, estimate £800-1,200. Also dating to the 19th Century is a large tile, probably once set into a table top (Lot 221). Decorated in colourful enamels with a scene of galloping Mongolian horsemen, this bold statement piece is set to achieve £600-800.

Lot 221 Lot 264

A bronze bust (Lot 373) by a founder member of the preRaphaelite brotherhood, Thomas Woolner (1825-1892), would be a perfect addition to a gentleman's library and depicts a figure of some note, Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet (1815-1870). After pursuing a Naval career, Simeon became a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight in 1837. He was a member of the Canterbury Association which sought to establish an Anglican colony in what is now the Canterbury region of New Zealand. He later he converted to Catholicism and resigned his seat in Parliament but was elected to the same constituency in 1865, serving for a time as the only Roman Catholic Member of Parliament from an English constituency.

Viewing: Sunday 16 September 10am-4pm Monday 17 September 9am-5pm Sale mornings 8.30am-10am Auction: Tuesday 18 September, 10am.

Silver, Jewellery, Ceramics, Asian Art, Militaria, Textiles, Books Wednesday 19 September, 10am.

Furniture, Rugs, Clocks, Pictures

Lot 373

All figures are estimates only. A buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price of every lot, and other fees may apply. Do ask for further information if needed.

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Deco Delights and Contemporary Classics October sale preview

Donald Floyd

After the success of our 20th Century art & design sale in May, we have managed to squeeze an extra one-day auction into this year’s calendar, dedicated to works of this period.

Once the Victorian portraits and watercolours have been sold and collected after the September auction, we will begin the work of hanging the colourful array of paintings and prints already consigned for the auction which will take place on Tuesday 9th October at 11am. Well-known artists represented in oil, watercolour and printed forms include Augustus John, Paul Maze, Victor Vasarely, Michael Praed, and Helen Williams.

Donald Floyd, whose stunning view of Autumn on the Wye near Tintern fetched a well-deserved £2,700 in our rooms in May, features once again - a large snowy view of the 18th Century bridge across the River Usk at Crickhowell, the Brecon Beacons beyond, will be offered at £800-1,200.

An oil landscape by Arthur Bell, once a master at nearby Cheltenham College, shows a blustery Spring day looking down at Winchcombe and Sudeley Castle from the hills near Brockhampton, estimate £300-500. The striking Art Deco style of Eric Gill’s book illustrations can be seen in two prints of nude line–drawnings in white on black backgrounds. These have been taken from his 1938 book, 25 Nudes, and an intact copy of this book is also included in the sale, part of a collection of volumes (some signed) illustrated by Gill, including The Song of Songs published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1925.

One of the highest selling lots at our May sale was a vibrant yellow glaze bowl by modernist potter Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995). The October auction offers another chance for collectors of studio ceramics to own one of her works - an emerald green glaze and bronzed manganese drip stoneware bowl carries an estimate of £20,000-30,000, and a scraffito cylindrical vase asks £7,000-9,000. Potters represented in the sale include John Ward, John Maltby, Mary Rogers, Michael and Seth Cardew, David and Janet Leach and Alan Caiger-Smith, as well as Lalique, Orrefors and other glass studios.

Eric Gill

Lucie Rie

Complementing the pictures and objects, a selection of 20th Century furniture, ranging from the classic Cotswold Arts & Crafts style of Edward Barnsley to the contemporary chrome of Conran, will appeal to those looking for an iconic piece for their home or office.

Viewing: Sunday 7 October 10am-4pm Monday 8 October 9am-5pm Sale morning 9am-11am

Lalique

Auction: Tuesday 9 October, 11am

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