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Lot 308
The Hornby Castle Chair: A documented oak open armchairElizabeth I/James I, circa 1580-1600 and later, probably South-West ScotlandOf unusual design, having an open back formed of two twin-arcades with fluted-baluster pillars, below a tall cresting, historically thought to be carved with the arms of Conyers of Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the relatively flat arms carved with a cabled nail-head design, on bulbous basketwork-carved supports, the seat rails, front legs and stretchers similarly carved, restorations, 75.5cm wide x 52cm deep x 138.5cm high, (29 1/2in wide x 20in deep x 54 1/2in high)Footnotes:Provenance:Reputedly Duke of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. Thomas George Burn Collection, Rous Lench Court, Abbots Morton, Worcestershire, and reputedly purchased in Otley, Yorkshire.Sotheby's, London, The Rous Lench Collection, Vol. II, 4 July 1986, Lot 695. Alistair Sampson Antiques Ltd., London.Illustrated:Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition 2016, p. 389, fig. 4:37 and p. 390, fig.390 (detail). See also Antique Collectors, 'Rous Lench Court', December 1958, p. 220.Three extremely similar armchairs are known. The first, now in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow (accession no. 14.71), is said to have come from Wordsworth's house, Ambleside, Cumbria. The second, in cedar, at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, bears a label on the underside inscribed HORNBY CASTLE / COLLECTION /APRIL 1930 and another label printed LADY GLAMIS, indicating it passed to the third daughter of the 10th Duke of Leeds before reverting to the 11th Duke and then sold at Sotheby's, July 1961 Lot 140. It was purchased by S. W, Wolsey, Buckingham Gate, London and illustrated Percy Macquoid, The Age of Oak (1904), p. 55, pl. IV. The third, at Norton Conyers Hall, is dated '1603', and illustrated C. Latham In English Homes (1904), p. IX. All four chairs are known to have restoration, although Victor Chinnery refers to this Lot, ibid., p. 390, as 'the most complete of the chairs'.Although the group of chairs to which this example belongs is traditionally associated with Conyers of Hornby Castle, North Yorkshire, the heraldic motifs they bear – horses or unicorns (lacking horns) gorged and chained, a martlet, a lion rampant and the crest of a horned animal - are not traditionally associated with the family. The paternal arms of Conyers are azure, a maunch or with a crescent or surmounted by another gules in chief. The maunch – a sleeve – is a very distinctive heraldic charge, and its absence from these chairs is significant, suggesting that they were not, in fact, made for the Conyers family. Neither is their crest – a sinister wing gules, differenced with a crescent or surmounted by another gules – evident here. The lion rampant does feature, however, on the Hornby Arch in the Burrell Collection, once the main entrance into Hornby Castle.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
Lot 112
A pair of turquoise glass lily vases; a Moorcraft Design teddy bear; another; St. Marks Church by Memory Lane Cottages; two Hummel type figures; decorative bells; Cottage Rose pattern baluster shaped spill vases; Cloverleaf Peaches & Cream pattern teacups & saucers, storage jars & bowls; etc.
Lot 164
Randy Adams Nishga, British Columbia "Hawk" a turned and carved wood container with paint, titled and signed to the base, 14.5cm high, Richard Sumner, Kwakiutl, a bentwood and carved square container, signed with initials to the base, 11.5cm square, and Doug LaFortune, Salish, a carved wood oil bowl, modelled as a bear with shell eyes, signed to the base, 34cm long. (3) Provenance Randy Adams container purchased 1996. Doug LaFortune bowl purchased 1994. Dr Alan Black Collection.
Lot 215
A Plains beaded bag hide, coloured glass beads with geometric designs and cloth, with side fringes and a handle, late 19th / early 20th century, 25cm wide, a Plain beaded strip, with teepee designs, 19th century, 82cm long and a Plains beaded panel with ties, 19th century, 65cm long. (3) Provenance Bear Creek General Store, 1975. Dr Alan Black Collection.
Lot 134
λA Punuk culture woman's knife ulu Alaska, circa 500 - 1000 AD walrus ivory and slate, the handle modelled as a polar bear with linear and dot decoration, the end carved with a depression to fit the forefinger, 10cm long. Provenance Excavated on St Lawrence Island, Alaska. John and Valerie Arieta, London, 1996. Dr Alan Black Collection.
Lot 111
Karl Andreassen d.1933 A polar bear and a seal on the ice, looking south from the entrance to Lake Fjoyd, East Greenland, circa 1932/33, gouache on board, signed, 32.5cm x 50.5cm. A polar bear and a husky, looking north from the entrance to Lake Fjoyd, gouache on board, signed 32cm x 31cm; Peter Rosling, figures at Kulusuk, the eskimo settlement at Cape Dan, East Greenland, gouache on board, 24.5cm x 44.5cm. All three with notes written on the back by Quintin Riley. (3) Provenance Polar Explorer Lieutenant Commander Quintin Riley (1905 - 1980) and thence by descent. Quintin Riley was involved in the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 - 31 for which he received the Polar Medal and returning to Greenland in 1932 to undertake further meteorological and general study of flying conditions.
Lot 109
An Inuit model of a polar bear Greenland cedar, 21,5cm long. Provenance Polar Explorer Lieutenant Commander Quintin Riley (1905 - 1980) and thence by descent. Quintin Riley was involved in the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 - 31 for which he received the Polar Medal and returning to Greenland in 1932 to undertake further meteorological and general study of flying conditions.
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Lot 397
[Binding Forgery] - Icilio Federico Joni Two painted 'tavolette' book covers in Biccherna style Siena, c.1890-1900, two painted boards attached by a leather pseudo-spine, the front panel of the present binding comprising, within a gilt border, an upper section of a kneeling figure within a landscape setting holding up a model of the city and a scroll bearing the words “This is my city”, Christ appears to the figure in the sky above, below are 11 coats-of-arms set in a gold background and 8 lines of text naming the tax officials for the period January 1479/80 to July 1480, the rear panel is divided into sub-panels, the two central containing a large Christogram and the lower containing what may have been a coat-of-arms, round these are panels of gilt sprays of flowers on a green background, all within gilt borders, the panels measuring 10 x 29cm, some flaking and chipping, particularly at the edges, some of which may have been by Joni who was in the habit of distressing his bindingsFootnote: Note: The binding purports to be one of the famous Sienese Tavolette di Biccherna, which were produced for accounts from the 13th to the 17th century. The Biccherna was the magistrate or chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 18th century for the republic, and then city, of Siena. The early wooden boards for the account volumes were simple and had no intention of being masterpieces. Subsequently, however, the paintings became more elaborate and rich. By his own admission, Joni never visited the city archives to inspect the originals, and his bindings are in fact anachronistic. From 1459 the accounts were bound in leather, and the tavolettes, although still painted, had evolved to become paintings framed for hanging. Joni's bindings, however, all bear dates after 1459; the present example, for instance, is dated 1479-1480. Note too that Joni’s boards are simply glued onto a rough leather spine as he apparently did not know how to replicate a fifteenth-century sewing structure.Condition report: the front panel of the present binding comprising, within a gilt border, an upper section of a kneeling figure within a landscape setting holding up a model of the city and a scroll bearing the words “This is my city”, Christ appears to the figure in the sky above, below are 11 coats-of-arms set in a gold background and 8 lines of text naming the tax officials for the period January 1479/80 to July 1480, the rear panel is divided into panels, the two central panels containing a large Christogram and the lower what may have been a coat-of-arms, round these are panels of gilt sprays of flowers on a green background, all within gilt borders
Lot 308
A quantity of modern costume jewellery, to include a silver heart shaped pendant, with sparkly blue central stone, a silver and moonstone brooch, a heart shaped pendant, in silver plated frame, a modern silver dragonfly brooch, silver teddy bear brooch, set with green and red stones, a gilt metal Mickey Mouse brooch, a silver plated and imitation amber rose pendant, and a silver cherub brooch. (a quantity)
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