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Lot 79
ITALIAN SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO MICHELE ROCCA (1671-1751) Madonna and Child Oil on canvas, 60 x 69cm Originally from Parma, where Correggio was a primary influence, Michele Rocca traveled to Rome in 1682 and trained under a follower of Pietro da Cortona. Five years later he was back in Parma, but by 1695 he had returned to Rome. Rome's artistic environment provided Rocca with the major elements of his style. Under Sebastiano Conca's influence, Rocca painted works that are often mistaken for Conca's. Conca’s elegant, sweet manner also inspired Rocca; through him, Rocca may have met French painters working in Rome and by the 1720s Rocca's paintings displayed the languorous eroticism and fashionable chic of the French Rococo. His Clemency of Scipio (c. 1720; Rome, Private Collection) relies heavily on Conca’s Antony and Cleopatra, while the shared dimensions of the two paintings (87×135 cm) have suggested to some that they were executed as pendants. In 1710 Rocca was elected to the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, and about the same time he executed two of his best-known paintings: the Toilet of Venus (Providence, Museum of Art) and the Finding of Moses (Univeristy of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art). These are among the finest of the small-scale, semi-precious cabinet pictures of mythological and hagiographical subjects that dominate Rocca’s oeuvre and gained for him the reputation of being a petit maître in early 18th-century Rome. Their decorative rarity, luminous pigmentation and rich painterly effects betray the fundamentally sensual nature of Rocca’s style and clearly suggest that his artistic vision was in some ways more closely aligned with the emerging French Rococo than with the neo-Baroque style of his contemporary Roman colleagues. Works by Rocca are represented in the following collections: J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Louvre, Paris; Museu de Arte de Sao Paolo; Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, amongst others.
Lot 95
IRISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) Oil on panel, 28 x 23cm Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, was born in Dangan Castle in County Meath and was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, at Harrow and Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. At the age of twenty he entered the Irish House of Commons as the member for Trim. The following year, upon the death of his father he was elevated to the Irish House of Lords as 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1784 he joined the British House of Commons and soon afterwards was appointed a Lord of the Treasury by William Pitt the Younger. His younger brother, Arthur, was Field Marshal, The 1st Duke of Wellington. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley. As a colonial administrator he made his name as Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805, and he later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. During his time as the fifth Governor-General of India, while portraying his enemy as a cruel tyrant needing to be put down, he invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. The result of these wars and of the treaties which followed them was that French influence in India was greatly reduced, and that Britain acquired increased influence in the heartlands of central India.
Lot 930
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY GILT-METAL MOUNTED ‘BOULLE’ SIDE CABINETThe marble top over single door, 83cm wide; 105cm highCondition report: General scuffs and dents, marks of wear commensurate with use and age. The quality of the boulle inlay is 20th century, as are the mounts. The back boards are of an unusual construction. Please see additional images on www.bellmans.co.uk
Lot 1000
A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE HUALI SIDE CABINETThe pair of panel doors enclosing a shelved interior with two short drawers, 78cm wide; 121cm highCondition report: Good condition. The brass pin for the doors is with the lot. Some minor shrinkage between panels and minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age and use. Please see additional images of the sides, back and top on www.bellmans.co.uk
Lot 1070
A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE HUALI SIDE CABINETWith a pair of drawers over cupboards, on shaped block feet, 105cm wide; 84cm highCondition report: Good condition. Vary minor shrinkage to the top around the edge, see additional images on www.bellmans.co.uk. Light, general scuffs and marks commensurate with age and use. The surfaces cleaned and varnished at some point.
Lot 1118
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CABINETThe pair of astragal glazed doors over fitted drawer and three further, flanked by turned columns, 137cm wide; 233cm highCondition report: The upper section enclosing three adjustable shelves but no pegs. One shelf with a damaged back right corner. Various small scuffs, small veneer chips and dents in areas, commensurate with use and age. The drawers with VR stamped locks. Possibly the handles have been resecured with hexagonal cut knuts.The upper door lock missing the receiving part of the bolt. 2 keys present. Later baize writing surface.
Lot 1440
A MAPPIN & WEBB PLATED CANTEEN OF TABLE FLATWARE IN A WOODEN CANTEEN CABINETOld English pattern comprising; twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve teaspoons, twelve table knives, twelve cheese knives, a carving knife and fork, a soup ladle, six tablespoons, a pair of sauce ladles, six egg or coffee spoons, twelve dessert spoons, a pair of fish servers, twelve fish knvies, twelve fish forks and twelve soup spoons, displayed in an oak cabinet with two fitted drawers, with the original Mappin & Webb purchase receipt dated 21 Nov 1932
Lot 1502
A SILVER CANTEEN OF TABLE FLATWARESingle struck Old English and shell pattern, comprising; 6 desert spoons, 6 soup spoons, 6 desert forks, 6 table forks, 6 teaspoons, 4 tablespoons, 6 coffee spoons, 6 desert knives, steel bladed, 6 table knives, steel bladed, Sheffield mostly 1967 and a pair of associated sugar tongs, combined weight of weighable silver excluding the knives 1,965 gms, with a fitted wooden canteen cabinet
Lot 1544
AN ASPREY OF BOND STREET PLATED CANTEEN OF TABLE FLATWARE, PRINCIPALLY FOR TWELVE PLACE SETTINGSComprising; twelve steel bladed table knives, twelve steel bladed cheese knives, a three piece carving set, twelve table forks, twelve tea spoons, (three further spare tea spoons) a further two piece carving set, twelve soup spoons, twelve dessert forks, eleven dessert spoons, twelve fish forks, eleven fish knives, six tablespoons, a pair of fish servers, twelve coffee spoons and a pair of sauce ladles. By Roberts & Belk, Sheffield England.The knives, the carving implements, the fish eaters and servers having pistol grip style handles. The remaining spoons and forks in a stylised Onslow pattern design with a two drawer fitted canteen cabinet. Condition Report: We can confirm that the twelve pistol grip handled forks are fish forks. Please note that one pistol grip knife and one Onslow pattern dessert spoon are missing. Estimated age: last quarter of the 20th century. Overall condition is good, the knife blades are detailed Asprey Bond Street. There are a few water stains to the top of the box.
Lot 1172
An extensive collection of microscope slides, circa mid 20th c, zoology and animal biology, in seven drawer of a metal index cabinet with typewritten inventory headed 'Microscope slides purchased from Brian Thompson on 12 June 2002' Good condition. Please note not every slide has been individually examined and not checked for completeness with the typescript. Sold as seen
Lot 1546
A George III mahogany secretaire bookcase in the manner of Gillows, c1800, the cabinet with projecting stepped pediment and fitted with adjustable shelves enclosed by a pair of doors with lancet arched glazing bars, the lower part figured secretaire and sycamore veneered fitted interior including pair of glass inkwells above three further drawers embossed brass handles, 233cm h; 53 x 125cm Base slightly defective, other minor knocks and faults
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