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Lot 41
Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904)Smacks Running for ScarboroughOil on canvas, 105 x 140cm (41¼ x 55'')SignedExhibited (probably): 1871 London, Royal Academy, as 'Freshening Gale, Scarboro: Fishing Boats Returning to Harbour'.Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but spent much of his childhood living in Dublin. Growing up next to the city’s busy ports, a love of the sea was firmly imbedded in the artist and he sought to experience it at its rawest. An avid sailor in his youth, Hayes used his knowledge to gain employment as a steward’s boy on a ship bound for America and the glory of the Atlantic was laid bare before him.Arguably, this hands-on approach is what enabled Edwin Hayes to create superlative works, with each painting being imbued with an atmosphere that could only be evoked from experience. In ‘Smacks Running for Scarborough’, the North Sea has been transformed into an aching belly of water, with each cavernous dip threatening to swallow those within it. As a thriving fishing town in the 19th and 20th centuries, Scarborough’s inhabitants would not have been strangers to the perils of the sea and, here, Hayes manages to capture the everyday struggles of the industry. Through the use of vigorous brushstrokes on the water, Hayes injects a tangible energy into his picture, the rolling waves swaying the viewer’s vision so that we can feel the boat lurch beneath us. The sails bellow outwards in their fight with the wind, mimicking the bent bodies of the fishermen as they bow their heads against the salty sting of the spray. Drawn to this activity surrounding the central boat, we are urged to follow the gaze of the helmsman as he stares out to sea and share in his anguish at the impending storm. Indeed, it is as if the menacing darkness has brought with it such trepidation that even the sails themselves are trying to flee in the opposite direction. In contrast to this, the clouds above the shore have parted to unveil the land as a beacon of safety, an immovable mass against the uncertainty of the water. Although the fishermen’s livelihoods depend on the sea, Hayes has painted her as a volatile and unforgiving provider, ready to render her servants helpless with only a moment’s notice. It is, ultimately, to the land that they must go, banished by her threat.For artists, such as Hayes, who endured a genuine love affair with the sea, it is this fickleness that yielded an endless source of inspiration and subject matter. Despite a prolific career, each of Hayes’ seascapes carries its own unique beauty, the shifting colours and weather patterns flitting through his canvases as clouds across the sky.Helena Carlyle, February 2019
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Lot 223
A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, to include two coral corallium rubrum bead necklaces, a pair of three colour precious metal brick-link ear clips, a pair of 18ct three colour gold hoop-shaped ear clips, a pair of 9ct gold foliate ear clips, a red enamel ribbon bow brooch fitting, a 9ct gold snake-link chain, a fancy-link chain by Unoaerre, stamped '14k', and further items, contained in a gilt tooled maroon leather jewellery box (qty)
Lot 261
A 19TH CENTURY RUBY AND DIAMOND DOUBLE-HEART BROOCH/PENDANT, designed as two entwined openwork hearts, individually set with channels of circular mixed-cut rubies and lasque-cut diamonds, surmounted by a similarly set loosely tied ribbon bow, highlighted by a square step-cut ruby and an old-cut diamond, principal diamond weight approximately 0.15ct, length 3.5cm
Lot 281
A PAIR OF DIAMOND EAR STUDS, each old brilliant-cut diamond in eight claw setting, on later post and butterfly fittings, accompanied by a pair of possibly associated ear pendant fittings, each designed as a ribbon bow of millegrain set single-cut diamonds, above a similarly set linear suspension, on wire fittings, total diamond weight of ear studs approximately 1.80ct, ear pendant fittings length approximately 2cm
Lot 306
A DIAMOND, PEARL AND ONYX BROOCH/PENDANT, circa 1915-25, the openwork heart-shaped black onyx panel centred with a flowerhead cluster of millegrain set single-cut diamonds below a single pearl, applied with similarly set brilliant and single-cut diamond set foliage, suspending a diamond and pearl drop, and surmounted by a single, old and rose-cut diamond set ribbon bow, two colour precious metal mounted, in fitted Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd case, accompanied by a trace-link chain, (pearls untested for origin), total diamond weight approximately 0.45ct, brooch/pendant length 5cm
Lot 95
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND LATER JEWELLERY, comprising an amethyst, citrine and peridot cluster brooch, a flowerhead cluster brooch, with foiled closed-back settings, a late Victorian diamond and ruby set panel brooch, stamped '15ct', a 9ct three colour gold Russian wedding band, a blue enamel and half pearl dress ring, an enamel fish pendant with bow brooch fitting, and a further pendant, (half pearls untested for origin), first brooch length 1.85cm (7)
Lot 142
A set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, circa 1790, in the manner of Gillows, to include a pair of armchairs, each top rail with a laurel and bow carved tablet flanked by patera terminals, above the trellis back and bowfronted seat, on turned and reeded tapering legs For related designs of chair back, see Thomas Sheraton. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1st Edition, 1793, (Plates XXV, XLIX).
Lot 442
Second quarter of 20th century silver cased open face lever watch, S, 285736, the frosted and gilt 7-jewel movement with bi-metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel overcoiled hairspring with lever escapement to a Roman enamel dial with sunk subsidiary seconds, outside minute track and blued steel spade hands in a hinged and polished case with presentation engraved back cover “Presented to, Walter Allen, Cromer Lifeboat “H F Bailey”, for gallant service, SS “Georgia”, Nov 22nd 1927”, Birmingham 1927, maker’s mark ALD, 535979, width 51mm, together with a curb-link silver watch chain with T-bar and swivel, length 32cm and contained in a fitted watch case with hand written letter passing the watch and chain and dated 11/4/46, together with a copy of the Holy Bible, printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, Edinburgh, New York and with hand written detail “Walter John Allen, Cromer, March 20 1892” (copy appears complete but boards worn and partially detached) and a further Norfolk Directory (lacking covers and spine) – Note: The SS “Georgia” was an oil tanker which ran aground on Happisburgh Sands in November 1927. The ship broke apart with the bow section stuck on the sand bank with 14 crew and the stern section drifting with a further 16 crew rescued by the steamer “Trent”. Henry Blogg, coxswain of the Cromer lifeboat H F Bailey, attending to the stern reported at 3.15pm that the ship had been abandoned although at this time they were unaware that the ship was in two halves as the stern was creeping higher into the air. The Cromer lifeboat attended the stern section all that night warning shipping of the danger. Back at the bow section the Great Yarmouth coastguard had learned of the disaster at 9pm and the Gorleston lifeboat had been called to assist. “Trent” had wirelessed a message to warn that it was too dangerous to approach the stricken stern and it made for Cromer to land the rescued men from the stern section. It was not until 4.30pm that the remainder of the crew were finally rescued by the exhausted crew of the Cromer lifeboat. Blogg and his crew had stood by the stern section all night, and then after returning to Cromer, were immediately called back out to attend the bow. The “H F Bailey” was considerably damaged in the rescue, but got her crew and the rescued men safely back to Great Yarmouth by 7pm. Both sections of the “Georgia” sank beneath the waves in the following days.
Lot 554
Early 20th century mahogany and cast brass four-glass clock garniture, the serpentine fronted case with overhanging cornice plateau top over free-standing Corinthian columns on a shaped base with bracket feet to a bow fronted and bevelled glazed door enclosing a cast brass bezel to a 30cm gilt Arabic dial with outside minute track and pierced blued steel hands to a circular brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong, together with a pair of matching side pieces formed as electric lamps of urn shape with cast and applied rams head handles and acanthus leaf base to a serpentine plinth on bracket feet, height of clock 41 1/2 cm (3)
Lot 312
An 18th/early 19th century Worcester Kylin pattern coffee cup, a Bow style leaf cup, the handle formed as a branch with raised leaves extending over the exterior, flower sprig to interior well, and an 18th century blue and white Worcester slop bowl with floral decoration, crescent mark to base
Lot 770
A 19th Century inlaid burr walnut credenza Having central panelled door with inlaid fleur flanked by two bow front corner doors enclosing two fixed shelves, each door with brass beading, raised on plinth base, height 103cm, length 169cmCONDITION REPORTDepth 42cm, some dents and scratches to top, some of metal beading lifted, has had restoration/polish - see images
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