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Lot 306
EDVARD ERIKSEN (DANISH 1876-1959). THE LITTLE MERMAID. Bronze and stone, signed and dated 1948, bronze 74cm high, overall 97cm high. Note: The Little Mermaid is the main character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name, written in 1836, which tells the story of a mermaid who was willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the Carlsberg Brewery, saw the ballet of the story, with music composed by Fini Henriques, in 1909 and was so moved by it that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create The Little Mermaid in bronze. She was modelled with the head of the prima ballerina Ellen Price but, because she refused to model in the nude, the body is that of Eriksen's wife, Eline. The statue was presented to Copenhagen by Jacobsen and was unveiled on 23rd August 1913 at Langelinie in Copenhagen Harbour. Since then she has become a symbol of Copenhagen and a major tourist attraction, as important to the Danes as the Eiffel Tower is to the French or Big Ben to the English. The statue being sold here is a two thirds size model of the original, cast in bronze and signed and dated 1948. Later reproductions sit on a bronze 'stone' but this Little Mermaid is one of the few which sits on a stone of the same colour, shape and type as that in Copenhagen Harbour. The father of the current vendors was a vineyard owner in South Africa who exported wine to a number of countries including Denmark. Due to exchange control regulations, his Danish agents, Cherry Heering, had difficulty obtaining foreign currency to pay for one post-war shipment. They proposed that the wine should be paid for by barter and arranged to purchase this model of the Little Mermaid from the sculptor and she was shipped to South Africa. She sat in pride of place at the end of the family's swimming pool in the Cape until the family returned to England in 1964.
Lot 401
A Louis XVI mahogany and gilt bronze mounted demi-lune side cabinet, circa 1780, the moulded marble top above one frieze drawers, with applied guilloche mounts, above two cupboard doors centred by ribbon tied trophy motif, raised on square tapered legs terminating in toupie feet, 84cm wide, 77cm high, 43cm deep
Lot 482
A Louis XVI kingwood rosewood and purpleheart marble topped commode, circa 1780. By Antoine Hericourt, of gentle breakfront outline, with ornate husk and foliate scroll gilt bronze mounts and handles, the moulded mottled grey marble top above three banded and strung drawers with conforming side sections, and rounded front corners, raised on turned tapered fluted legs with leaf cast capped feet, stamped to top of right corner, "A. Hericourt JME". 132cm wide, 91cm high, 60cm deep
Lot 495
A fine late 19th century mahogany, purpleheart and gilt bronze mounted side table. By Henry Dasson, in the Louis XVI style, after Jean-Henri Reisener, the shaped parquetry veneered top with a pierced three-quarter gallery, above a single kingwood panelled frieze drawer, opposed by a conforming dummy drawer, raised on square tapered legs terminating in sabots with brass castors, the underside stamped in two places Henry Dasson, 69cm wide, 73cm high, 47cm deep. Henry Dasson established his workshop at 106, Rue Vielle du Temple, after a brief career at Rue des Nonnains-d' Hières in the fabrication of bronze artefacts and clocks in association with Godot. In 1871, he bought the workshop and stock for 14,000 francs from the widow of the ébéniste Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, and soon became recognised as a brilliant ébéniste and bronzier. Specialising mostly in the production of works from the Garde Meuble National, he participated in the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle prompting critic Louis Gonse to comment: 'nouveau venu dans la carrière industrielle Henri Dasson s'est rapidement crée par la perfection de ses oeuvres une très haute situation à laquelle nous applaudissons chaleureusement.' He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. His remaining stock was auctioned upon the closure of his business in 1894.
Lot 497
A BRONZED SEXTANT HEATH & CO Ltd, Crayford, London NoK758 c.1913, the diamond and curve pattern frame with bronze arc signed and numbered as above, silvered scale, vernier with magnifier, tangent and clamping screws, two sets of coloured filters, telescopes and accessories, in fitted box with certificate of examination dated 11 Dec 1958, 18.5cms radius
Lot 58
A Japanese inlaid bronze Immortal, probably 18th century, of a Chinese sage standing in scroll decorated, gilt-detailed robes, holding the pearl of wisdom and a sceptre, part missing, 30cm, fixed to a silver inlaid bronze stand, repaired with lead, 37cm overall and a later wooden base. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 52
An exhibition quality 1/4 inch scale model of a Bentley BR2 nine cylinder Rotary Aero Engine, built by Mr John Heeley to the L K Blackmore drawings with finned cylinders, pushrod operated valves, spark plugs and leads. The engine mounted on display base with fitted 28 inch propellor, copper fuel tank with associated pipework and shut off lever. Engine diameter 12 inches. The engine comes with a set of build photographs in folder. Awards: This aero engine was awarded a Bronze medal at the 'Model Engineer Exhibition 2008' and a 2nd certificate at the 'National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition 2005'.
Lot 110
An early 20th Century Austrian cold painted bronze figure of a bear and cub, the bear lying on its back playing with the cub which is seated on her stomach, 8cm long, together with another similar figure of a seated cub, 4.5cm high (2). Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 315
A U.S. Medal for Military Merit, in original box of issue, together with a Bronze Star, in box of issue, a Purple Heart in box of issue, a boxed Vitenamese medal, a First War pair to 30020 PTE. W. H. WILLIAMS GLOUC. R. in original box of issue, 2 x Gloucestershire Regt cap badge, RAF badge and for King and Empire Services rendered badge. (Parcel). Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 316
WWI 1914-15 Trio, to 7118 PTE. P.C. RAY. 29-LOND.R., together with a pair of brass REDCROSS shoulder titles and numbers 28, a pair of CORNWALL brass shoulder titles, three enamelled Red Cross shoulder pips, Rapid Shooting medal, Comrades of the Great War enamelled badge, two Edward VIII Coronation medals, Lucas Tooth Boys Training Fund medal, General Nursing Council enamelled badge, RAVC bronze cap, Bank of England enamelled £10 note badge, three further enamelled badges, a Sevenoaks 1887 Jubilee medal, and one other, a 39-45 Star, two sets of dog-tags, four various photographs and a boxed Lusitania medal with certificate. (Parcel). Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 1148
Alfred Turner (1874-1940): A Bronze Plaquette Commemorating the Delville Wood Memorial, rectangular, one side depicting the Dioscuri Group, on the other Herbert Baker's architectural memorial which it crowns, signed, 10cm by 7.3cm. A similar plaquette is illustrated in Alfred & Winifred Turner Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford 21 June-2 October 1988, p.44 and cat.5.
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