Wenceslas Cifka (Tscheraditz, Bohemia, then Austrian Empire, 1811 - Lisbon, 1884)“Portrait of Queen Mary II of England, in royal attire.”Painted in enamel on copper. Signed and titled on the back.20 x 17 cm.Based on the engraving published circa 1689-1694 by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) after the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt, kept in the National Portrait Gallery (reference no. NPG D32780).Wenceslau Cifka, also known as Václav Cífka, a versatile artist, arrived in Portugal in 1836 on the occasion of the marriage of Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Queen Maria II. He established himself mainly as a landscape painter at the Portuguese royal court.Gifted in the arts, and under Ferdinand's influence, he became a regular at auctions, acquiring important collections for the king's gallery. However, it was above all as an artist that he made his greatest contribution to Portugal. As a draftsman, lithographer, photographer, painter, ceramist and enameler, he left remarkable ceramic pieces and very special lithographs and enamels. He was one of the pioneers of photography in Portugal. He was also a pioneer of photographic techniques, he started using the daguerreotype in the 1840s and set up his studio at Rua Direita das Necessidades, nº 31 in Lisbon.He is the photographer of the first photographs of members of the royal family, who until then had only been portrayed by painters, starting with Ferdinand II, father of Pedro V.He is considered to be the first publisher of stereoscopic views in Portugal. Among his disciples were Carlos Relvas, Francisco Augusto Gomes and João Paulo Cordeiro Júnior. He was appointed photographer to the Royal Household and traveled around Europe with the King, specifically in 1854, to update and perfect his techniques in London, Paris and Berlin. As a friend and protector, King Ferdinand acquired most of his work and is represented in much of it, whether in photography or ceramics. His love of ceramics led Cifka to devote himself almost exclusively to artistic earthenware. At the end of his career he joined the Constância ceramics factory, where he specialized in glazes and ceramics. He participated in several exhibitions, at the Lisbon Industrial Exhibition in 1849, at the Philanthropic Exhibition of the Arsenal of the Navy in 1851, at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867 and 1878, among others. He was awarded the Gold Medal at the Portuguese Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro in 1879. He held several royal posts, among them that of Photographer of the Royal Household in 1855, Reporter of the Royal Chamber in 1859 and was named Knight of the Order of Christ in 1864. After his death, the artist's work was auctioned by his son Fernando Augusto Cifka and dispersed among private collections and institutions. A catalog was published for the occasion “ Leilão das Collecções de Gravuras, Livros ilustrados, Louças de faiança e da China, India, etc., etc., do fallecido Sr. Wenceslau Cifka, na Rua 24 de Julho 460, 1º andar (Aterro) a começar em 26 de Junho de 1884. Lisboa”.In the 20th century, there have been several exhibitions dedicated to Cífka held in Portugal, among which we highlight:“Wenceslau Cifka. Ceramist, Lithographer and Enameller”, 1949, National Palace of Pena in Sintra, Portugal. Edited catalog.“9ª Exposição Temporária. Desenhos do Album Cifka”, 1948, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Lisbon. Edited catalog.“Cifka - Obra Cerâmica”, 1993 -1994, Lisbon, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, - Instituto Português de Museus.Reference bibliography:https://arquivomunicipal3.cm-lisboa.pt/x-arqweb/Result.aspx?id=66220&type=Autoridade
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Edward VII silver presentation snuff box awarded to Sgt A. Gray, Coldstream Guards, dated 1906, by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1905. 1.98 troy oz approx. Together with a continental silver full hunter pocket watch and a yellow metal and enamel stock pin, Coldstream Guards, in original Goldsmiths and Silversmiths stock pin box. 2.8g approx. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT).
Tray of Winston Churchill and similar WWII ceramics and other items to include: various Kevin Francis miniature Toby Jugs, a carved wooden study of Winston Churchill, novelty salt and pepper cruet set of Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister enamel matchbox cases etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
JANE SHORT (BRITISH 1954-) 'WINTER WALK ON THE DOWNS' CENTREPIECE, 2016 stamped maker's mark, 925 and hallmarked for London 2016, silver and enamel 7cm high, 26.5cm wide, 21cm deep (2 ¾in high, 10 ½in wide, 8 ¼in deep) Acquired directly from the maker by the current vendor in November 2016 at the Contemporary British Silversmiths Exhibition. Inspired by the colours, patterns, and textures of the landscape, Jane Short created this piece in response to a walk on the South Downs—where sticky, chalky ploughed fields met the brilliance of winter sunlight.‘At heart my main influence is that of exploration of the materials – silver and enamel, and using them to make pieces which stimulate the senses in some way…there is just something about the quality of colour that I respond to and just love’(Jane Short in Contemporary British Silver Designers: The Lion & Hamme Collections, 2022, p. 23)
WENDY RAMSHAW C.B.E. R.D.I. (BRITISH 1939-2018) SET OF EIGHT GEM SET AND ENAMEL STACKING RINGS, 1989 comprising two green and blue enamel bands and five rings collet-set with cabochon blue and green carnelians, stamped maker's mark, hallmarked for London 1989, the enamel bands unmarked, silver, on a perspex display stand Ring size: N-P The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, from whom acquired by the current vendor in June 2002;Private Collection, U.K.
A pair of Tiffany/Ralph Lauren 18ct gold and enamel cufflinks, named and inscribed, 12.4 g (all in), in a Tiffany & Co. jewellery box and a Tiffany & Co. outer cardboard boxNo visible damage to the enamel, the outer cardboard box is worn, rubbed and soiled, not a great fit with the jewellery box
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