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Lot 2554
A pair of yellow metal mounted earrings, each with applied carved coral cabuchons, stamped 18k to the reverse, with a white metal armlet with yellow decoration of various gods, length 17cm, a pair of white metal dress earrings and a lady's Gruen wristwatch.Additional InformationThe wristwatch is heavily worn, the glass and the dial are in poor condition, it is currently not functioning, tarnishing to each piece.
Lot 86
IGNACIO DÍAZ OLANO (Vitoria, 1860 - 1936)."Las langosteras", ca.1925.Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower right corner.Work reproduced in color in "Basque painters and sculptors of yesterday, today and tomorrow", page 307.Measurements: 100 x 90 cm; 120 x 110 cm (frame).The production of Ignacio Díaz Olano is inscribed within the framework of the rise of regionalism in Spain in the second half of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. In this canvas, Olano offers us a realistic portrait of local customs, centered on the representation of two lobsterwomen from the Basque Country. The two women converse relaxedly beside the estuary of the village, while the basket with the lobsters caught during the day rests next to them. The clothes they both wear, with clogs and wide aprons, as well as the regional hairstyles they wear, denote the painter's search to reflect the types and customs of the Basque Country, which make it different and unique. In this boom of regionalist art, painters like Olano vindicated their own roots and, above all, the traditions and forms of dress, at a time when customs were threatened by the notable growth of urban areas and the imposition of new fashions brought from outside. Art, fundamentally in its pictorial aspect, thus became in a certain way a vehicle of expression capable of making regional peculiarities known to the rest of the nation.Ignacio Díaz began his training in Vitoria, and then studied in Barcelona, with a scholarship from the Vitoria City Council, between 1876 and 1880. In Barcelona his teacher was Gustavo Bacarisas, and he studied at the School of Fine Arts. After finishing his apprenticeship he returned to his native city, where he collaborated for some time in the weekly magazine "El Danzarín", signing his drawings with the pseudonym "Galop". Then, in 1890, he moved to Paris, where he spent four years studying anatomical drawing. He also worked in the French capital as a set designer for the Opera House. In 1894 he went to Rome with his friend Felipe Arrieta. After two years in Italy, in 1896 he took up permanent residence in Vitoria. Between 1890 and 1925 Díaz participated in multiple editions of the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, obtaining a bronze medal in 1895 and a silver medal in 1899 and 1901. He taught at the School of Arts and Crafts of Vitoria, and was a professor of drawing at the Institute of the same city. His work is mainly costumbrista, and is impregnated by a great naturalism. He was also a great portraitist, having also cultivated still life and landscape. In 1963 the Provincial Council of Alava held an anthological exhibition of his work in his honor, exhibiting one hundred and fifty-eight works. The critic Mario Ángel Marrodán stated: "The ardent and powerful lyricism of his painting is the result of the fusion or confrontation of man with his time, of the painter and his environment, or of the artistic reality between rustic and wild from which he has extracted the new fruits of the work of art". Ignacio Díaz is currently represented in the Prado Museum (his work is on deposit in the Fine Arts Museum of Asturias), the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Asturias, the Provincial Museum of Alava, the City Hall and the School of Arts and Crafts of Vitoria, the Caja Vital Foundation and the collection of the Bank of Vitoria, as well as in numerous private collections.
Lot 96
FEDERICO BELTRÁN MASSES (Güira de Melena, Cuba, 1885 - Barcelona, 1949)."Lady in Venice", Paris, 7-4-1924.Oil on canvas. Relined.Signed, dated and located in the lower right corner.Work included in the exhibition of the Caja Vital Kutxa in 2002.Measurements: 170 x 186 cm.Federico Beltrán Masses was a unique and unrepeatable artist, indisputable renovator of the aesthetic postulates of the beginning of the 20th century. His captivating style, influenced by the great traditional Spanish masters, but categorically modern, can be contextualized between Art Deco and symbolism, with costumbrist influences in its early stages. Masses produced numerous large format works such as the one in question, in which he painted beautiful women, all of them endowed with a remarkable eroticism and a stark sexuality that explain how the painter became the portraitist par excellence of the aristocracy of the time, as well as the first Hollywood stars of the 1920s and 1930s. The sophisticated young woman who is the protagonist of our work is dressed in a sumptuous dress with attention to the quality of the details, and is surrounded by lavish bouquets of red roses. Behind her, a figure covering her head with a turban dedicates a song to her on a stringed instrument. The scene, with the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Bell Tower in Venice as a backdrop, is bathed in the night light and the deep blue tone that characterized his compositions, earning him the nickname "Blue Beltran". Venice was for Masses the city of his dreams and fantasies. Its palaces and canals awakened his deepest feelings and brought, with their unmistakable style, the fabulous Italian past closer to the charm and enchantment of the Belle Époque.Beltrán Masses, despite his Cuban origin, studied art in Spain. He began his training at La Llotja School in Barcelona, and was a disciple of Joaquín Sorolla. In 1905 he moved to Madrid to study first-hand the works of the masters in the Prado Museum. In 1916 he settled in Paris, where he achieved great commercial success, receiving commissions from illustrious people in the United States, Belgium, Italy and India. He was a member of the Royal Academies of Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Lisbon, Cordoba and Malaga. He was also a member of the Hispanic Society of New York, the Institute of France, the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, knight of the Order of Malta and the French Legion of Honor, and general curator of the International Art Exhibition in Bordeaux in 1928. He participated in many exhibitions and shows, such as the one held at the Sala Parés in Barcelona in 1910, the Hispano-French Fine Arts Exhibition in Paris in 1919 and the Venice Biennial in 1921. In 1924 he received the Cordon de Isabel la Católica, and in 1934 he exhibited his works at the Royal Watercolour Society in London. Among his official commissions, the portrait he painted of King Alfonso XIII stands out. In 2007 a retrospective exhibition of Federico Beltrán Masses was held at the Casa Lis Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Beltrán Masses devoted himself to both landscape and figure painting, although towards the end of his career he focused fully on portraiture. He developed a totally unique style, influenced by the great Spanish masters but decidedly modern. Works by Beltrán Masses are currently preserved in the Prado Museum, the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris, the Casa Lis in Salamanca and the Reina Sofía in Madrid.
Lot 105
A TANZANITE AND DIAMOND DRESS RING, the oval-shaped tanzanite weighing approximately 2.40cts within a four-claw setting to a tapered baguette-cut diamond surround and shoulders, mounted in 14K gold, diamonds approx. 2.50cts total, ring size P½Condition Report: Tanzanite: of purplish-blue hue, good transparency, medium toneDiamonds: unable to assess colour due to yellow mount, estimated clarity SIStamped 14K goldNormal signs of wear, overall in good condition
Lot 113
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIAMOND DRESS RING, the old cushion-shaped diamond at the centre between four single-cut diamonds, mounted in gold, diamonds approx. 0.65ct total, ring size LCondition Report: Some wear observed on the claws - particularly the principal diamondDiamonds: bright and well matched
Lot 159
A RUBY AND DIAMOND DRESS RING, centring a circular-cut ruby within a surround of brilliant-cut diamonds and similarly-cut diamond shoulders, mounted in 18K gold, ring size M½Condition Report: Ruby: of red hue, medium to dark tone, good transparencyDiamonds: too small to assess colour or clarity - bright and well matchedStamped 750 inside hoop for 18K goldNormal signs of wear, overall in good condition
Lot 83
A GARNET AND DIAMOND DRESS RING, the central rectangular-cut garnet within a four-claw setting, to a pavé-set brilliant-cut diamond frame and shoulders, mounted in 14K gold, ring size N¼Condition Report: Garnet: brownish-red hue, dark tone, good transparencyDiamonds: bright and overall well matchedStamped 14K inside hoopNormal wear, overall in good condition
Lot 210
Samuel Melton Fisher (British 1860-1939)Portrait of Mrs Fuller, half-length, in a grey dress with pink rosesOil on canvas, ovalSigned (centre right)58.5 x 44.5cm (23 x 17½ in.)Condition Report: The canvas has not been lined. Generally appears to be in good original condition. Inspection under UV reveals no visible damage or restoration. Would benefit from a light clean and new varnish.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 72
Manner of Nicolas de LargillièrePortrait of a woman wearing pink dress in a landscapeOil on canvas102 x 70cm (40 x 27½ in.)Condition Report: The canvas has been lined. There is some significant craquelure throughout, together with some scattered surface dirt some of which is ingrained in the pigment. The framed edges with scuffs and abrasions. The paint thinning in areas, particularly to the background. Inspection under UV reveals extensive retouching together with a green cloudy varnish. Previous restoration is a little crude.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 74
Follower of Sir Peter Lely Portrait of a lady wearing a gold satin dress with blue wrapOil on canvas111 x 77cm (43½ x 30¼ in.)Condition Report: The canvas has been relined and this is visible to each edge. Light surface dirt throughout. Stretcher marks are visible in natural light. Craquelure throughout, with some isolates areas just starting to lift - most notably to the right of the sitter's face. Paint wearing a little thin in some places. Inspection under UV reveals retouching throughout, particularly to the right of the sitter's face, possibly where there has been previous damage. Together with a green cloudy varnish throughout.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 42
Y Attributed to John Hoskins (British circa 1590-1664)Lady Glynne Wheler, wearing black dress, white underslip, pearl and gem jewels, single strand pearl necklace, pearl drop earrings, her hair curled and upswept into a bun embellished with pearlsOil on vellum, ovalSigned with initials and dated 1648 (lower right)6.5 x 4.5cm (2½ x 1¾ in.)Together with fourteen portrait miniatures, variously oil on copper, vellum, watercolour on ivory and enamel, each depicting a member of the Sitwell family from the 17th to 19th centuries, each identified by inscriptions to labels attached verso, the largest 14 x 10cm, the smallest 3.5 x 3cmFramed as three groups of five, in oval frames, the largest overall: 49 x 43cm, the remaining two: 42 x 35cm (3)Condition Report: They are all presented behind glass in three common frames. They are unexamined out of their frames, but under UV light there are no visible signs of damage or restoration.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 62
Follower of Sir Godfrey KnellerPortrait of a lady wearing a green dress and red shawlOil on canvas125 x 100cm (49 x 39¼ in.)Provenance:The 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaThence by descentCondition Report: The canvas has been lined and the reline is visible along the edges. There is also some associated scuffing. Some further scuffing and cracking to the paint surface along the stretcher line at the lower edge and a few other scattered areas of scuffing throughout. A small indentation and associated loss and visible retouching to the upper right corner and further visible retouching to a line above the sitter's head. There is a T-shaped repaired tear to the centre left of the sitter with retouching visible both to the naked eye and under UV. Craquelure throughout. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching together with a green cloudy masking varnish throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 204
18th and 19th century school, A Collection of fourteen naïve watercolour portraitsIncluding a portrait of a girl wearing a blue dress with her dog, inscribed to the back: 'HARDY 89 CHEAPSIDE about 1790', a portrait of two school boys, indistinctly signed and dated 1830, a portrait of a mother and her child, with a black bordered written inscription (now indistinct) dating the picture to 1821, a portrait of Lady seated on a bench with her spaniel, identified as Miss Augusta Law, taken at Willingham Rectory and dated 1808, and a portrait of a boy with a mastiff signed, possibly T Fals and dated 1845, The portrait if a girl wearing a blue dress: 32cm x 26cm (14)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 470
Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (British, 1646-1723)Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Queen Anne, three-quarter-length, in red dressOil on canvas 127.1 x 101.5cm (50 1/16 x 39 15/16in).125 x 100cm.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 468
Circle of Joseph Highmore (London 1692-1780 Canterbury)Portrait of Rachel Busk, later Mrs Richard Milnes (d. 1835), half-length, wearing a pink dress and holding flowersOil on canvas 74.5 x 62cm (29 5/16 x 24 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceRichard Slater Milnes (1784-1802), Fryston Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, by descent to Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), Fryston Hall and later Crewe Hall, Cheshire from circa 1904, and thence by descent untilSale, Sotheby's, London, 27 May 2015, lot 44.LiteratureInventory of Contents of Crewe House, Curzon Street, London, 1913, vol. 1, p. 273, in the gallery, as by G. Romney;Manuscript Catalogue of Pictures at West Horsley, vol. 3, p. 6An Inventory [...] of Pictures at West Horsley Place, Surrey, The property of the Marquess of Crewe, 1938, p. 24, in the ante roomThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 326
Of Lord Byron interest; A Lord Byron black and gold enamel mourning ringWith marks for 1822The bezel enclosing a lock of hair under rock crystal, engraved legend 'GEORGE GORDON NOEL. LORD BYRON' with inscription 'Died 19 April 1824. Aged 36', and a wax figure of Lord Byron in Albanian dress on a plinth base, a bronze medal of Byron and a lock of hair from the composer Carl Maria Von Weber in a frame, The wax figure: 20.5cm wide, 14.5cm deep, 18cm high (8in wide, 5 1/2in deep, 7in high) (4)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, London, South Kensington, 26 October, The Hone Collection, lot 98.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 260
A marble bust of William IIIBy Peter Turnerelli (1774-1839), circa 1812In Classical dress, signed verso, on a later socle, 53cm wide, 30cm deep, 84cm high (20 1/2in wide, 11 1/2in deep, 33in high) Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, London, South Kensington, 26 October 2016, The Hone Collection, lot 28.In 1812, Peter Turnerelli sculpted a bust of William III and another of George III for the Bank of England, now in the Bank of England Museum. The present lot is a further version.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 7
The Victoria Cross group of miniature dress medals worn by Major General Henry Edward Manning Douglas, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Army Medical Corps, comprising: Victoria Cross; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's Badge; The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Companion's Badge; Distinguished Service Order; Queen's South Africa Medal, 3 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901; Africa General Service Medal 1899-1956, Edward VII, 2 clasps: Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal; General Service Medal 1918-62, George V, clasp: N.W. Persia; Coronation Medal 1937; Serbia: Order of St Sava; Red Cross Society Decoration; Commemorative Medal for the 1912 War; 1913 Commemorative Cross; France: Croix de Guerre with Palm, the foregoing mounted for wearing, good very fine and better; together with two loose miniatures: The British Red Cross Society Medal for the Balkan Wars 1912-13, damage to central enamel, ribbon frail; and a second C.B., nearly extremely fine. [16 / 2] London Gazettes: V.C. 29/03/1901, D.S.O. 19/04/1901, MID 16/03/1900 Born at Gillingham in Kent, 11th July 1875; Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps, 28th July 1899; served in the South African War 1899-1901; won the V.C. at Magersfontein where he was also severely wounded; Captain, 27th July 1902; served in Somaliland 1903-04 and India 1904-08; Major, 1911; served in the Balkans 1912-13 and in the European war from 1914; Lieutenant Colonel 1915. Lieutenant Douglas was medical officer in charge of the Black Watch (2nd Bn. Royal Highlanders) when he performed his V.C. action: "On the 11th Dec. 1899, during the action at Magersfontein, Lieut. Douglas showed great gallantry and devotion, under a very severe fire, in advancing in the open and attending to Capt. Gordon, Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded, and also attending to Major Robinson and other wounded men under a fearful fire. Many similar acts of devotion and gallantry were performed by Lieut. Douglas on the same day."
Lot 31
Two mounted groups of dress miniature medals, comprising: six: D.S.O., 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (1st Army), Italy Star, Defence and War Medals (MID emblem); ten: OBE, Military Cross, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (1st Army), Defence and War Medals, GSM (Palestine 1945-48), Korea Medal, UN Korea Medal, Coronation Medal 1953.
Lot 12
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: the Companion's neck badge (military) attributable to Colonel Mossom Archibald Boyd, C.B.E., Royal Engineers, Britannia type, gilt and enamels, cased, wear to gilding, nearly extremely fine; together with the C.B.E. bestowal document (June 1919), a dress miniature C.B.E., and a photograph of the recipient in Royal Engineer's uniform. C.B.E. London Gazette 03/06/1919 Born in 1860, the Son of General Brooke Boyd, and first commissioned in the Royal Engineers 18th February 1880, Mossom Archibald Boyd served in various capacities including as Chief Instructor of the School of Submarine Mining from 1892-97. Promoted Colonel on half pay 5th September 1910, he served for the duration of the First World War at the Royal Engineers establishment at Aldershot.
Lot 32
A collection of dress miniature medals mounted in groups, comprising: six: QSA (5 clasps), KSA (2 clasps), IGS (North West Frontier 1908), BWM, Victory Medal, Delhi Durbar Medal 1911; a 1914-15 Star trio; four: BWM, Victory Medal, Medal of French Gratitude, French Order of Academic Palms; six: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star (N.A. 1942-43), Italy Star, Defence and War Medals (MID); four: Africa Star, Defence and War Medals (MID), GSM (Malaya); four: BEM, GSM (N.I.), UNFICYP, Regular Army LSGC.
Lot 10
A First World War Belgian Coast D.S.M. group of five medals to Leading Telegraphist Alexander McKintosh Cowie, Royal Navy: Distinguished Service Medal, George V (J. 18622. A. M.CK. COWIE, LDG TEL "EREBUS" BELGIAN COAST. 1, JULY - 11, NOV. 1918), slightly irregular chamfer to edge, terminal date numerals run together, good very fine and attractively toned; 1914-15 Star (J. 18622, A. MCK. COWIE, TEL., R.N.), very fine; British War and Victory Medals (J 18622 A. MC K. COWIE. L. TEL. R.N.), some discolouration, otherwise very fine or better; Russia: Medal of St George for Bravery, 3rd Class, a modern replacement copy, nearly extremely fine; the first four mounted for wearing. [5] Offered together with the recipient's personal journal of the war for 1916, a mounted group of five dress miniature medals, ribbon bars, a presentation copy of the D.S.M. recommendation, photographs including the recipient, and a small collection of other ephemera. D.S.M. LG: 15/02/1919, "for services in monitors off the Belgian Coast.." Alexander Cowie was born 21st January 1897 at Cambuslang police station in Lanarkshire, the son of a police sergeant. He joined the Royal Navy in 1912 as Boy 2nd Class, and at the start of the First World War he was serving in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Roxburgh as Boy Telegrapher. He served in various ships in home waters, including the boom defence vessel H.M.S. Flying Fish, and the coastal monitor H.M.S. Erebus. During the final stages of the war Erebus bombarded enemy positions n support of the troops advancing along the coast, and Cowie was awarded the D.S.M. in recognition of the highly effecting and vital role that he played in this. In the recommendation Vice-Admiral Keyes states that "I consider that it was due to Cowie's ability and work, and the good gunnery of the ship that the Infantry during the last offensive on the coast were able to advance in the Sector allocated to the "Erebus" with very few casualties" The extant volume of Cowie's journal covers 1916, during which year he volunteered for service ashore, manning W/T posts for communication with the fleet. He describes various instances of close combat with the opposing German forces. In other entries, he shares the broad insight that his job as wireless operator afforded him, with many references to naval actions and lesser incidents, both in home waters and globally.
Lot 11
A duplicate Distinguished Flying Medal group to Flight Sergeant Peter Linn Whittaker, 617 Squadron Royal Air Force: D.F.M., George VI, 2nd type (Fid Def), with tailor's copy bar (1587036 F. SGT. P.L. WHITTAKER. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany bar; Defence Medal; 1939-45 War Medal, with MID emblem; Coronation Medal 1937; Netherlands: Order of Orange Nassau, breast badge; recently court mounted by Spinks, good very fine or better except the last which has enamel damage, [7]; together with the recipient's dress miniature medals and his two Caterpillar Club badges, a D.F.M. case, and a large quantity of ephemera including a copy of the M.I.9. report describing the recipient's parachute descent and escape from occupied Holland. D.F.M. London Gazette 7th December 1945 Awarded for gallant conduct during the downing of his Lancaster on the 23rd September 1944, on his 37th sortie. In his M.I.9 debriefing he describes an episode of escape and evasion in occupied Holland during which he was betrayed by locals, fought his way out of the hand of the Germans, received shelter, and eventually made it back through the advancing Allied front. Provenance: consigned by the beneficiary of the recipient's will. Another DFM to this man was offered at auction by Spink's, 20th April 2006 (lot 403) described as "possibly a later issue", and the correspondence offered here includes references to the process of obtaining replacements for stolen medals. This DFM, having the 'FID DEF' obverse (as opposed to Spink's 'IND IMP') is clearly the later of the two, and it might be supposed that the other medals in the group are also replacements. The second award bar is not part of the recipient's entitlement, and the Coronation 1937 cannot be either (Peter Whittaker would have been 14 at the time). Research has not confirmed the award of the Order of Orange Nassau.
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