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Lot 84
A rare 1870 Copeland Aesop's Fables plate ' Ya Bear & Ya Beas ' Made by Copeland Potteries Staffordshire, England having Impressed marks verso and date lozenge. A bear came across a log where a swarm of bees had nested to make their honey. As he snooped around, a single little bee flew out of the log to protect the swarm. Knowing that the bear would eat all the honey, the little bee stung him sharply on the nose and flew back into the log. This flew the bear into an angry rage. He swatted at the log with his big claws, determined to destroy the nest of bees inside. This only alerted the bees and quick as a wink, the entire swarm of bees flew out of the log and began to sting the bear from head to heel. The bear saved himself by running to and diving into the nearest pond. The Moral of the Story:It is better to bear a single injury in silence than to bring about a thousand by reacting in anger. Measures: 26cms diameter.
Lot 162
A Chopard ' Happy diamond' teddy bear 18ct yellow gold pendant, the articulated bear with pave set diamond bow tie, diamond set eyes and a glass fronted tummy, encasing three moving diamonds, the pendant measuring approx 45mm x 25mm, on a heavy belchor chain, chain length aprox 23.5'' with carabina clasp total gross weight 98.3 grams, complete with original Chopard box Condition report: Very good- all stones present and intact, minor wear and tear
Lot 291
Books - Group of approximately 38 Nature and Landscape related reference books comprising: the Primates of Madagascar (Ian Tattersall), Up Among The Mountain Gorillas (Robert Hale), A Complete Guide To Monkeys, Apes And Other Primates (Michael Kavanagh), Gorillas In The Mist (Dian Fossey), World Of Polar Bear (Bruemmer), etc
Lot 275
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828-1882) Portrait of George Gordon Hake, conté crayon, 43 x 31.5cm Exh: Royal Academy of Arts, London, Rossetti Exhibition 1973 No.75 Prov: By family descent Notes Lots 274 and 275 depict respectively the English physician and poet Dr Thomas Gordon Hake (1809-1895) and his son George Gordon Hake (1847-1903), both of whom were to become great friends of Rossetti in the artist's later years. Rossetti first became aware of Dr T.G. Hake through publications of his poetry, which the artist admired greatly. They first met in 1869 and communicated by post for the next nine years, exchanging views and advice on the art of poetry. Not long after their first meeting Rossetti's health deteriorated dramatically and Dr T.G. Hake became a great aid, companion and physician to him, even taking him into his own home in Roehampton in 1872. At the same time his son, George Gordon Hake, was visiting from Oxford and assisted in caring for Rossetti. Together with the artist and poet William Bell Scott they accompanied Dante Gabriel to a house in Scotland placed at his disposal to promote his recovery. From there they moved on to a farmhouse at Trowan, which is where these drawings were executed. George had thoughts of pursuing a career in journalism but Rossetti persuaded him to stay on instead as his secretary and companion, first at Trowan and from September 1872 at Kelmscott. Their working relationship continued until 1877, when the artist's ferocious temper became too much to bear although George remained a helper and a friend. George Gordon Hake went on to have a distinguished career as an archaeologist, working for the British colonial authorities in Cyprus, and many of his finds can still be seen in the British Museum. His later life, until his death, was spent in Mashonaland, East Africa, and his papers are to be found in the archives of Rhodes House, Oxford. The drawings are unusual in their depiction of men rather than women and mark Rossetti's return to comparative normality after the complete breakdown of his health. They are an extraordinary feat of draughtsmanship at such a turbulent period in the artist's life. Indeed, excluding the portrait of Theodore Watts-Dunton, the artist's brother, William Michael Rossetti, believed them to be the best of Dante Gabriel's male portraits. For further information please see William Gaunt 'Two Portrait Drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti' (The Connoisseur December 1942). A copy of this article is available for viewing at the saleroom.
Lot 274
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828-1882) Portrait of Dr Thomas Gordon Hake, signed with monogram and dated 1872, conté crayon, 44 x 29.5cm Exh: Royal Academy of Arts, London Rossetti Exhibition 1973 No.74 Illus: The frontispiece for "The Poems of Thomas Gordon Hake", Elkin Matthews and John Lane (pubs), London 1894 Prov: By family descent Notes: Lots 274 and 275 depict respectively the English physician and poet Dr Thomas Gordon Hake (1809-1895) and his son George Gordon Hake (1847-1903), both of whom were to become great friends of Rossetti in the artist's later years. Rossetti first became aware of Dr T.G. Hake through publications of his poetry, which the artist admired greatly. They first met in 1869 and communicated by post for the next nine years, exchanging views and advice on the art of poetry. Not long after their first meeting Rossetti's health deteriorated dramatically and Dr T.G. Hake became a great aid, companion and physician to him, even taking him into his own home in Roehampton in 1872. At the same time his son, George Gordon Hake, was visiting from Oxford and assisted in caring for Rossetti. Together with the artist and poet William Bell Scott they accompanied Dante Gabriel to a house in Scotland placed at his disposal to promote his recovery. From there they moved on to a farmhouse at Trowan, which is where these drawings were executed. George had thoughts of pursuing a career in journalism but Rossetti persuaded him to stay on instead as his secretary and companion, first at Trowan and from September 1872 at Kelmscott. Their working relationship continued until 1877, when the artist's ferocious temper became too much to bear although George remained a helper and a friend. George Gordon Hake went on to have a distinguished career as an archaeologist, working for the British colonial authorities in Cyprus, and many of his finds can still be seen in the British Museum. His later life, until his death, was spent in Mashonaland, East Africa, and his papers are to be found in the archives of Rhodes House, Oxford. The drawings are unusual in their depiction of men rather than women and mark Rossetti's return to comparative normality after the complete breakdown of his health. They are an extraordinary feat of draughtsmanship at such a turbulent period in the artist's life. Indeed, excluding the portrait of Theodore Watts-Dunton, the artist's brother, William Michael Rossetti, believed them to be the best of Dante Gabriel's male portraits. For further information please see William Gaunt 'Two Portrait Drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti' (The Connoisseur December 1942). A copy of this article is available for viewing at the saleroom.
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