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Lot 30
After the Antique: A rare Coadestone Townley vase the rim and foot stamped Coade`s Lambeth and dated 1840 92cm.; 36ins high by 54cm.; 21ins wide Eleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade`s Artificial Stone Manufactory. Then in 1799, the year she entered into partnership with her cousin John Sealy, she issued a handbook of her Pedlar`s Lane exhibition Gallery. The firm became Coade and Sealey from this date and following Sealey`s death in 1813, it reverted to Coade and in 1821 with the death of the younger Eleanor Coade, control of the firm passed to William Croggan, who died in 1835, following bankruptcy. Coade`s manufactures resembling a fine-grained natural stone, have always been famed for their durability (see A. Kelly Mrs Coade`s Stone, London 1980). The original is a large Roman marble vase of the 2nd century AD , discovered in 1773 by the Scottish antiquarian and dealer in antiquities Gavin Hamilton in excavating a Roman villa southeast of Rome. The ovoid vase has volute handles in the manner of a pottery krater. It is carved with a deep frieze in bas-relief, occupying most of the body, illustrating a Bacchanalian procession. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased it from Hamilton in 1774 for £250. Townley`s collection, long on display in his London house in Park Street, was bought for the British Museum after his death in 1805. In the 19th century it was often imagined that Keats` Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) was inspired by the Townley Vase, though modern critics suggest instead that the inspiration was more generic, and may have also owed something to scenes portrayed on William Hamilton`s collection of Greek vases which entered the BM collection at around the same time. Copies of the Townley Vase have subsequently been made in a number of mediums including bronze, iron and lead.
Lot 34
A rare Compton stoneware sundial early 20th century with bronze gnomon 122cm.; 48ins high The Compton Potters Art Guild was started by Mary Watts, the wife of G.F. Watts the Victorian allegorical painter. In 1895 work began on the Watts Mortuary Chapel. Designed by Mary Watts, it was to be built from local clay by the villagers of Compton, near Godalming, Surrey. Mr and Mrs Watts were dedicated supporters of the growing Home Arts and Industries Association, a voluntary movement launched by Earl Brownlow in 1885 to revive the dying art of handicraft among the working classes. The idea was that young uneducated artisans should have their eyes opened to the wonders of art. They would be rescued from idleness, gambling and drinking -so the notion ran- during long winter evenings. Uplifted and taught how to use their hands with skill they would acquire a hobby to be proud of and develop this hitherto unknown talent, where possible to professional standards. The Pottery Art Guild continued from strength to strength, winning medals at the Royal Botanical Society and the Home Arts` highest award, the gold cross. Liberty`s sold their garden ornaments as well as hand tufted Donegal carpets designed by Mrs Watts. They received architectural commissions from Lutyens, Clough William-Ellis and Goodhart Rendel. Recommended by Jekyll, they made miniature versions of their pots for the garden of Queen Mary`s dollshouse in the early 1920`s. The Guild became a limited company run by George Aubertin and continued to produce works based on Mrs Watts` designs until after her death in 1938. Literature: The Watts Chapel, An Arts and Crafts Memorial by Veronica Franklin Gould, Arrow Press, Farnham, Surrey
Lot 71
†After the Antique: A composition stone figure of the Uffizi boar 2nd half 20th century 142cm.; 56ins high The Uffizi or Calydonian boar is also called |Il Porcinellino|. The Roman marble original was discovered in Rome in the 1550`s by the Ponti family. By 1568 the statue was in Florence and its fame began to spread. Originally the statue was grouped with other animals and a figure of a peasant or soldier assumed to be Meleager, however by the end of the 18th Century it was more commonly depicted by itself. The piece now stands in the Uffizzi, museum in Florence. It has been reproduced in a large variety of materials including bronze, terracotta, ceramic and in this instance, composition stone. This piece originally stood in the small front garden of H.Crowthers premises in Chiswick High Road, where for many years it was a much loved local landmark.
Lot 74
†Erdmann Theodor Kalide: A rare Geiss foundry zinc model of the Boy with swan mid 19th century on Portland stone base, swan neck plumbed for water 130cm.; 51ins high by 137cm.; 54ins wide Erdmann Theodor Kalide (1801-1863) was a German sculptor who studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow and Christian Daniel Rauch. Kalide`s first independent work; Boy with Swan was commissioned by Frederick William III in bronze for the Charlottenburg Palace garden and exhibited at the Berlin Academy in 1834. The use of zinc in casting statuary was championed by Moritz Geiss (1805-1875) at his manufactory in Berlin. This model was exhibited by Geiss at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and an example was acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, where it still resides today. This antique example would have been purchased by Crowthers in the early 20th century and used as the original mould for the boy and swan, which was one of the most elaborate and complicated of all the lead models produced by Crowthers. A detailed account of the casting in lead of this group in the Crowthers workshops is illustrated on pages 316-320 in John Davis`s seminal book Antique Garden Ornament, published in 1991 by the Antique Collectors Club.
Lot 75
â–² Nicola Godden (b1959) Crouching woman Bronze mid green patination Edition of 9 76cm.; 30ins high by 56cm.; 22ins wide by 54cm.; 21¼ deep Born in 1960 in Germany to a British Army family, Godden studied sculpture at West Surrey College of Art and Design. She was given her first commission through the landscape garden designer Roddy Lewellyn. Other large commissioned works include: The twice life sized Hammersmith Man figure which was unveiled by George Melly in 1987. The Peter Scott memorial sculpture for The Wildfowl and Wetlands site at Barnes which was unveiled by David Attenborough in 2000. She has also been commissioned to produce works for numerous private clients and public sector bodies, together with many significant pieces for large corporate clients. Work in collections include; The Vincent Fergusson Collection. The Eric and Jean Cass Collection and the Nene Collection.
Lot 81
†▲Kan Yasuda Myomu (Key to a Dream) White carrara marble 233cm.; 91½ins by 320cm.; 126ins by 90cm.; 35½ins Provenance: Acquired from the artist by the present owner. Beyond Limits: Sotheby`s at Chatsworth- A Private Sale Offering Kan Yasuda was born in the city of Bibai on Japan`s northern-most island Hobbaido. After completing a master`s degree in sculpture at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Yasuda left Japan for Italy in 1970. Upon the completion of his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, he set up a studio in Pietrasanta, the northern Italian region famous for its marble quarries. Kan Yasuda`s works are created by a process of reduction; he gradually whittles away huge stones to achieve the soft, almost malleable surface of his finished sculptures. His work vacillates between the rounded forms and more geometric works, but behind all of his oeuvre is the desire to reveal the pure form within stone. The simplified shapes of this work exude a Zen-like air of calm and balance, and have been exhibited in public spaces around the world, most recently this year with |Kan Yasuda. Toccare il tempo|installed in Rome`s historic Trajan`s Market. Other examples of the present Myomu, with variations in size and finish, can be found in the main station at Sapporo (seen daily by 80,000 people); in the entrance hall of Jean Nouvel`s Dentsu building in Tokyo`s Shiodome district and at the station plaza in Pietrasanta. Two versions in bronze are installed in Benetton Group`s headquarters at the Villa Minelli in Treviso and in Tokyo`s midtown station.
Lot 83
Eleanor Swan Isabel, Louis, Michel Bronze Signed and Numbered 3 of 9 the largest 47cm.; 18½ins high by 31cm.; 12ins wide by 35cm.; 14ins deep Her work is mainly sculptural and based on the human form although she also makes her own distinct fine porcelain vessels. She completed her BA in Ceramics at NCAD in 2006 and an MA in Ceramic Design in 2010. She has exhibited widely Ireland and the USA and her work is in many public and private collections including the OPW (Office of Public Works, Dublin), The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, the Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia and the International Ceramic Museum, Jingdzehn, China.
Lot 427
A single row graduated Tahitian cultured pearl necklace with a diamond set clasp, forty-three cultured pearls, 8.1-12.3mm in size, strung knotted to a fluted yellow gold bead clasp, with pavé set diamond white gold caps to each side. Varicoloured Tahitian cultured pearls to include pistachio, pigeon, peacock, orient, moon, lavender and bronze
Lot 254A
A miscellaneous collection of small plated effects to include a bon bon dish of oval form with elaborate embossed detail, a plated pocket watch on chain with embossed stag detail to the case, a quantity of brass cooks weights, an eastern silver plate on bronze dish with elaborate foliate detail
Lot 269
A large quantity of unsorted nickel and bronze cutlery with hardwood handles to include dinner knives and forks, dessert spoons, serving spoons, etc together with a good quality lidded serving tureen by Walker & Hall of oval form, a further lidded server of rectangular form with banded detail to the borders, a cased set of six silver plated Apostle spoons, plated stainless steel side knives with polished bone handles also together with a Celtic Lands Collection contemporary letter opener, a boxed Balmain, Paris writing pen, a boxed Zeon water resistant gent`s watch, further unboxed West End Watch Company wristwatch, a French police cap, etc
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