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SALEROOM NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020
Lot 1010
FINE ART, ANTIQUES & CERAMICS Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 September Chorley’s Autumn country house auction, where a major painting by a follower of Canaletto goes under the hammer with an estimate of £30,000 to £40,000. The oil painting is entitled The Bucintoro returning to the Molo on Ascension Day, Venice and is by a Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768). The stunning work is perhaps attributable to the British painter William James (active 1730-1780). On Canaletto's 1754 trip to England, James was one of the legendary painter’s studio assistants, after which James continued to work in the Canaletto style selling to wealthy clients as mementos of their Grand Tour, Lot 1010. Other lots come from a country house in Gloucestershire, which has been in the ownership of the current family for 90 years and the auction offers a selection of traditional country house antiques from the estate including oil paintings, furniture and decorative objects. An album of seventy-five Indian watercolours painted in Patna in the mid-19th Century depicts tradespeople, botany, ornithology and architecture. Delicately painted in rich and vibrant colours, the collection offers a vivid window into the past and is expected to fetch £6,000-£8,000, Lot 372.
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Lot 372
AUCTION | Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 September An exquisite small gouache Lot 958 study of a Gyrfalcon from renowned wildlife artist and hero Peter Scott, Lot 958, carries an estimate of £300£500. Son of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Peter sailed in the Olympics and served in the Royal Navy before founding a wildlife trust at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire and combining his love of nature with a passion for drawing and writing.
Lot 998
Lot 559
Continuing the Indian connection, furniture from the property includes a handsome pair of Anglo-Indian carved rosewood bookcases, Lot 559, estimate £2,000£3,000. From another Gloucestershire collection, a highly decorative needlework screen of Anglo-Indian origin has delightful naïve decoration of figures taking tea while exotic animals parade and sometimes fight to the foreground. Another one for the interior designers, Lot 685 asks £300-£500.
Among many other paintings in the sale, a fine and large view of Dinant by James Webb (1835-1895) has a lovely light to it. Webb painted several views of Dinant, a scene he loved, and this comes across in the present work, estimated at £4,000-6,000, Lot 998.
Lot 685 Lot 719
Lot 823 Lot 381
Back on home turf, Sir Robert Atkyn’s Ancient and Present History of Glostershire is an integral element in any country house collection in this area. Lot 823 is a first edition copy, published in 1712, and estimated to realise £800-1,200.
Having had the chance during lockdown to get our gardens looking lovely, a superb wooden cased croquet set by Jaques is the perfect finishing touch. For eight players, fitted neatly in a case with all its original accessories, Lot 719 is estimated to fetch £300-500.
Lot 823
Other sporting items in the sale include an Edwinson Green & Sons, single-trigger double-barrel side by side 16 bore box lock ejector shotgun. The firm of Edwinson Green was a very important Cheltenham maker and their guns are coveted by collectors. This single trigger gun has an unusual underlock mechanism. Owned by a Gloucestershire family for the past 110 years, the shotgun carries an estimate of £300-500, Lot 482.
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VIEW DAYS | Sunday 20 & Monday 21 September We are delighted to have been asked to handle the sale of the partial contents of a private Oxfordshire property. The owner’s collection of 18th Century porcelain attracted a Lot 109 great deal of admirers in our March auction, and we are now offering the second tranche including 18th and 19th Century pieces, ranging from Worcester and Derby to Coalport and Staffordshire factories. Highlights include Lot 109, an English rectangular pâte-sur-pâte plaque decorated with Bacchic putti in a landscape with a white reserve on a glossy black ground, monogrammed JC, probably for J Cope & Co., circa 1880, estimate £1,200-1,800. Furniture from the same property includes a very unusual Regency drum shaped rent table, with a surround of drawers and a deposit box in the top, Lot 579, estimate £1,500-2,000.
Please note, the figures provided in this Newsletter are estimates only, based on similar examples that have been sold. Subject to any reserve in place, it may be possible to buy an item for less than the estimate, or the sale price may be considerably higher if there turns out to be a lot of interest on the day. A buyer’s premium of 27% (incl. VAT) will be added to the hammer price of every lot, and other fees may apply. Do get in touch with us before bidding if you require further information. A fully illustrated catalogue is now available to view on our website chorleys.com. If you are interested in an item but do not wish to come to our saleroom in person, please remember that we are happy to provide condition reports and additional images upon request. We also 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. COVID-19 ARRANGEMENTS Viewing in person and attendance of the auction will be subject to social distancing measures. The number of people admitted to our saleroom will be limited, and everyone who enters will be required to observe the safety precautions in place, including using hand sanitiser on entry and maintaining a safe distance from other people. The wearing of a face mask is mandatory. All visitors will be required to provide their name and contact details upon entering the premises, for track and trace purposes.
Lot 579
Auction: Tuesday 22 September, 10am Lots 1-519 Silver, Jewellery, Ceramics Asian Art, Miscellaneous, Sporting, Textiles Other properties in the extensive Ceramics section of this auction include a rare Chelsea Derby garniture of five vases, probably decorated by Richard Askew and Zachariah Boreman with rural scenes and Classical figures, Lot 288. This group carries pre-sale expectations of £2,200-2,500.
Lot 288
Wednesday 23 September, 10am Lots 550-1018 Furniture, Clocks, Rugs Books, Maps, Pictures
View Days: Sunday 20 September 10am-4pm Monday 21 September 9am-4pm PLEASE NOTE, NO VIEWING OF LOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SALEDAYS AS THE ROOM HAS TO BE CLEARED FOR BIDDERS ATTENDING THE AUCTION
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FUTURE EVENTS & OTHER NEWS
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Our next auction of Modern Art & Design in October is fast approaching, and we are busy putting the catalogue together. These sales offer the opportunity to purchase stylish and eye-catching works of art and furniture without W R Lethaby for Liberty Seven Arts & Crafts dining chairs, circa 1900 £1,500-2,500
breaking the bank. Among the well-known artists and craftsmen represented in this auction are Gordon Russell, Lucie Rie, John Ward, John Maltby, Richard Batterham, Lalique, Edmund de Waal, Eduardo Paolozzi, Elizabeth Blackadder, Charles Gere, Mary Fedden, Julian Trevelyan, Sergei Chepik, Elisabeth Frink, Fred Cuming and John
Auction: Tuesday 27 October, 10am
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