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May 19th 2012Property of a distinguished French shipping
family - a very fine pair of Chinese mother-of-pearl boxes modelled
as ducks with disguised covers, late C19th / early C20th, with
carved ivory beaks, lac burgaute heads & malachite crowns, on ivory
inlaid carved wooden bases with inset mother-of-pearl tablets
inscribed 'Qianlong yu wan', 5.7ins. (14.5cms.) long (overall) (2)
(see illustration). Footnote - the present vendor remembers these as
being in the family for at least the last sixty years. A related,
although plainer and smaller pair of duck boxes were sold at
Christie's, London, 8th November 2011, lot 218 (£ 19,000 hammer),
and another plainer and smaller pair, listed as Qianlong period,
were donated to the Metropolitan Museum in 1956. A related pair of
quail boxes which had been exhibited in 1964 were sold at Woolley &
Wallis, 11th November 2009, lot 59 (£ 39,000 hammer).
£ 5,000 - £ 10,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a gentleman - a good C19th Chinese Canton carved ivory
tea caddy of rectangular form, 8.35ins. (21.3cms.) wide (see
illustration).
£ 3,000 - £ 5,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a lady - a large C19th Chinese Canton carved ivory
brush-pot on stand, carved in high relief with figures in pavillions
& gardens, 8.25ins. (21cms.) high (overall) (2) (see illustration).
£ 2,000 - £ 3,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - C19th Anglo-Dutch school - DUTCH
VILLAGE SCENE WITH FIGURES AND CHURCH - oil on panel, 9.3 by
12.7ins. (23.6 by 32.3cms.), in gilt frame - indistinctly signed
lower right & dated (18)50 (old Thomas Agnew & Sons label on
reverse) (see illustration).
£ 800 - £ 1,200 |
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May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - attributed to Esaias I van de Velde
(1587-1630) - A MILITARY ENCAMPMENT WITH FIGURES - oil on oak panel,
probably from a larger panel, 14.1 by 10.6ins. (35.8 by 26.9cms.),
in gilt frame (see illustration).
£ 1,500 - £ 2,500 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - attributed to Conradijn Cunaeus
(1828-1895) - AN INTERIOR SCENE WITH THREE DOGS - oil on chamfered
mahogany panel, 16 by 20ins. (40.6 by 50.8cms.), in gilt composition
frame (see illustration). Footnote - a similar, possibly amateur,
interpretation of this picture was sold Christie's South Kensington,
14 December 2011, lot 620 (£ 600 hammer). Provenance - with Fylde
Fine Art, Preston, Lancashire, 24th December 1999 (£ 6,000).
£ 1,000 - £ 1,500
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May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - manner of Van Dyck (1599-1641) -
PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES I - oil on canvas, lined, 28.25 by 23.6ins.
(71.8 by 59.9cms.), in carved silvered frame (see illustration).
£ 500 - £ 1,000
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May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - attributed to John Michael Wright
(1617-1694) - PORTRAIT OF A LADY - oil on canvas, lined, 30 by
25ins. (76 by 64cms.), in carved giltwood frame (see illustration).
£ 2,000 - £ 3,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - attributed to Jacob Huysmans
(1633-1696) - PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY - oil on canvas, lined, an
oval, 29.5 by 24.5ins. (75 by 62cms.), in carved silvered frame (see
illustration).
£ 2000 - £ 3,000
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May 19th 2012
Property of a deceased estate - attributed to James Sant (1820-1916)
- THE ARTIST'S WIFE ELIZABETH WITH THEIR DAUGHTER MARY EDITH - oil
on canvas, 30.25 by 25.6ins. (77 by 65cms.), in gilt frame (see
illustration). Footnote - Sant is known to have painted several
versions of this subject and composition, dated to circa 1840, the
most recent of which was the work sold at Christie's, London, 8th
June 2006 (£ 75,000 hammer), which was of similar size although the
subject was an oval. Before that a smaller version, measuring 12 by
10 inches, on panel, again an oval, sold Christie's South
Kensington, 9th March 2000 (£ 4,200 hammer), and on 16th June 1999 a
rectangular version measuring 23 by 19 inches sold at William
Doyle's, New York ($ 6,000, £ 3,780 hammer). Following an article
regarding this picture which appeared in the Daily Telegraph on
Friday 19th October 2001 in which the picture restorer Philip Salmon
was said to believe that this picture was of the young Queen
Victoria and her first daughter Vicky by Sir Edwin Landseer, there
has been much debate about this picture. Whilst there are facial
similarities between the present face of the mother and that of the
young Queen Victoria (compare Richard Rothwell's portrait, ex.
Collection Ormonde, Kilkenny Castle) it seems unlikely that any
royally commissioned work would come into private hands. Other
attributions include Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (1793-1865).
£ 3000 - £ 5,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a lady - a good early C19th Regency period mahogany
window seat, attributed to Marsh & Tatham, circa 1815, with bolster
ends on fluted tapering rectangular section legs terminating in
spade feet, 40.2ins. (102cms.) wide (see illustration).
£ 3,000 - £ 5,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a lady - a C19th mahogany & ebony strung Carlton House
desk, the superstructure with two brass mounted pigeonholes, above
a ratcheted slope, on square tapering legs terminating in brass
capped castors, 56.3ins. (143cms.) wide (overall) (see
illustration).
£ 1,500 - £ 2,500 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a distinguished French shipping family - a fine large
Chinese carved white jade snuff bottle modelled as an egg plant with
a butterfly, C18th / C19th, coral stopper, 2.85ins. (7.3cms.) high
(overall) (see illustration). Footnote - a similar snuff bottle was
sold at Christie's New York, 22nd March 2012, lot 1607 ($ 42,000
hammer).
£ 2,000 - £ 3,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a lady - late C19th English school - THE FOUR-MASTED
IRON BARQUE "MUNCASTER CASTLE", WITH OTHER SHIPPING IN DISTANCE -
oil on canvas, 24 by 36ins. (61 by 91.5cms.) , in gilt composition
frame (see illustration). Footnote - the "Muncaster Castle", of
2,104 tonnes, was built in 1882 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool, for
The Lancaster Shipowners' Company, for use in the India jute trade.
She was wrecked off the Ano Nuevo Islands, Argentina, on 20th May
1901, with no loss of life.
£ 1,000 - £ 2,000 |
May 19th 2012
Property of a distinguished French shipping family - a fine & large
pair of C19th ivory elephant tusks, measuring 54 and 52ins. (138 and
132cms.), weighing approx. 77lbs. (35kg) each (2) (see
illustration). Footnote - these magnificent tusks are extremely
heavy for their length, measuring 6.5ins. (16.5cms.) in diameter at
the bases. Provenance - purchased at Dumousset Deburaux auctioneers
in Paris, 28 March 2000, lot 619 (FF 140,000), with European CITES
certificate no. KOV 07108, also numbered 10591'01, and with Cadogan
Tate shipping & delivery documents from 2003. Please note - these
tusks may not be exported outside the European Community.
£ 8,000 - £ 12,000 |
May 19th
2012
Late C19th carved grey veined white marble chimneypiece or fire
surround, the frieze with fluted panels flanked by carved leaf
panels, the jambs with ribbon crested & leaf decorated tassled cords
within tapering panels, the mantel 67.1ins. (170.5cms.) wide, the
returns probably later (see illustration).
£ 1,500 - £ 2,500 |
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