GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD; a George V hallmarked silver hip flask of slightly curved form with screw action cover, engraved 'John April 7th '35', London 1912, height 12.5cm, approx. 3.9ozt/122g. Condition Report: Free from any dents. Surface tarnishing and toning, the hinged screw action and cork stopper are working well, of good gauge, no give at all in the body.
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THREE BOXED HALCYON DAYS PORCELAIN BIRDS AND ANIMAL, comprising a seated Cheetah scent flask with 9ct gold collar and stopper, height 7cm and two seals in the form of a Kingfisher and Grouse with silver gilt mounts and hardstone matrix, height approx. 4.4cm and smaller (3 + 3 boxes) (Condition Report: all items are in good condition, the stopper is loose in the neck of the flask)
French WWI deactivated 37mm model 1885 shell, manufactured by Poudreries de Paris in January 1917, marked to the base "PDPs 314.1.17 / 37-85" and with a flaming bomb symbol, H.16.7cm overall; brass 20mm shell case marked "K.1941 20mm", H.10.8cm, (dent at opening); copper powder flask with embossed shell decoration, marked "Sykes", L.12cm; copper cylindrical vase? engraved with floral decoration and "Bethune July 14th 1918", H.28cm; quantity of cigarette cards, pair of brass candlesticks, H.22cm; inkwell, Dia.17.5cm, and 5 other items. (a lot)
Property from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, LondonMARIE-LOUISE VON MOTESICZKY (1906-1996)Still-life, pink roses and brushesoil and charcoal on canvas, unframed 50.7 x 76.1 cmPainted c. 1948LITERATURE: I. Schlenker, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, New York, 2009, p. 190 no. 84.In this relatively large-scale still life, according to Schlenker painted around 1948, Motesiczky presents the objects very close to the picture plane, lending them an almost monumental quality. In the centre of the composition are two large oval objects: a plate holding a delicate pink rose and a flask decorated with an orange bird. This central arrangement is framed by two groups of tall brushes in glass containers, the left one so close to the viewer that only the tops are visible. Lush pink roses are scattered around the composition, with two more blue flowers providing a colourful highlight on the left-hand side. Selected Works from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust Motesiczky’s expressive and very painterly style had been formed before the Second World War, in large part influenced and encouraged by Max Beckmann. On first being introduced to Beckmann in 1920 she recalled: ‘A winged creature from Mars could not have made a greater impact on me’. Once in Britain it was Oskar Kokoschka, a family friend from Vienna now similarly exiled, who helped champion her work. Thereafter, and very much on a personal level, it was the writer Elias Canetti (1905-1994) a fellow émigré who exercised a major influence over her artistic output. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky grew up with her parents and her brother Karl in central Vienna. Her mother Henriette came from an illustrious Viennese Jewish banking dynasty. Her maternal grandfather, Leopold von Lieben, was President of the Stock Exchange; her grandmother, Anna, one of Freud’s early patients. She counted the Todescos, and Ephrussis among her family circle, and she, her mother and her brother Karl spent their summers at Villa Todesco in Hinterbrühl, south west of the capital. But over time family tragedy, financial difficulties and the rise of Nazi Germany took their toll. Marie-Louise’s father died at the end of 1909 and after the First World War her mother’s considerable inheritance gradually diminished through high taxation, poor investments, and the financial crash of 1929. Then, with the rise of the Third Reich and the Anschluss in March 1938, when Austria was annexed by Germany, she and her mother fled Vienna for the Netherlands before emigrating to England in 1939. Further distress followed when her brother Karl, who had remained in Austria, was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, dying of typhus there on 25 June 1943. On Motesiczky’s arrival in London Kokoschka ensured her inclusion in a series of group exhibitions, and assisted her in the staging of a solo exhibition at the Czechoslovak Institute in the autumn of 1944. Further group shows followed, and in 1960 she had a second solo exhibition at the influential Beaux Arts Gallery off Bond Street. On the Continent she received acclaim for her work in exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague in 1952, one of her canvases being purchased by the Stedelijk Museum. The same decade she exhibited in Munich and Düsseldorf, and in the 1960s was the subject of shows in Germany and Austria, including a one-person exhibition at the Wiener Secession in 1966. In 1985, a full twenty-five years after her work had been shown at the Beaux Arts Gallery, she was the subject of another solo exhibition in London, at the Goethe-Institut, which was widely acclaimed in the press. In 1994 a major retrospective of her work was held in Vienna at the Österreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere and in Manchester at the City Art Gallery. In 2006-07 her work was celebrated in a centenary exhibition at Tate Liverpool, travelling to Frankfurt, Vienna, Passau and Southampton City Art Gallery. Also in 2007 Jill Lloyd’s biography of Marie-Louise appeared: The Undiscovered Expressionist. A Life of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, followed in 2009 by the catalogue raisonné of her paintings by Ines Schlenker itemising over 350 works. Most recently in 2019-20, Tate Britain held an exhibition devoted to her to inaugurate the gallery named in perpetuity as the ‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Archive Gallery’ for all future displays of Tate’s archive holdings in general. The work of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky held in public collections Institutions in the UK holding works by the artist include: the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, the British Museum, Burgh House, Hampstead, Freud Museum, Garden Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Tate in London (which also holds her archive); the Amersham Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, Manchester Art Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. Elsewhere her work is in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; the Stedelijk, Amsterdam; the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt; the German Literary Archive in Marbach; the Albertina, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, the Leopold Museum and the Museum Wien in Vienna; the Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz and the Stanley Museum, University of Iowa, USA. Please find a link to the Catalogue Raisonné for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: https://www.motesiczky.org/publications/ Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings by Ines Schlenker, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2009. The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 7572024) and a registered charity (no. 1140890): www.motesiczky.org. The copyright for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’s paintings, drawings and correspondence or other written work originating from her, her mother Henriette and brother Karl, lies with the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
Whitefriars smoky brown knobbly vase designed by Wilson and Dyer H25cm, pair of Walther & Sohne 'Greta' pattern clear vases, pair of Walther & Sohne 'Mary' blue candlesticks H18cm, Art Deco design glass scent flask with silver collar Birmingham 1934, Baccarat heart shape box and cover and other glass (12)
A pair of 19th century percussion pistols by Brown & Rodda, London, 6 inch octagonal barrels signed to top, dolphin shaped hammers above foliate and signed scroll panels, engraved steel trigger guards and the grips inlaid with silver scrolls and flowers, walnut full stocks with chequered butts and captive ramrods, 30cm long, in mahogany case, green baize lined interior fitted with flask, cleaning rod, bullet moulds etc
A pair of 19th century percussion pocket pistols by J. Beattie, London, screw off octagonal barrels signed to top, dolphin shaped hammers above foliate scroll panels, folding triggers, the grips inlaid with silver scrolls and flowers, 12cm long, in mahogany case, blue baize lined interior fitted with flask, bullet moulds etc
A Roman glass oil flask with a pair of applied ribbon form handles and everted rim over an inverted baluster body, signs of oxidation and soil encrusted surface.Containing an old handwritten collection note, 14 cm overall height.Our client's Grandfather started the collection: Joseph Duncan Steel born in Southampton in 1910, he was a son of a White Star Line Captain. Engineer by trade hence his love of things well made but poet and historian by nature with an endless curiosity, all qualities which led to his passion for collecting in the 1950/60s, including the family car - a 1936 Rolls Royce! Father: Roberto Gnisci, born in Rome in 1942, was an engineer by profession, but purchased his first Roman coin at the age of 8 and continued to pursue his passion for collecting antiquities throughout his life, especially between 1970s to late 1990s.
A Roman glass bulbous flask with everted rim, signs of oxidation and encrusted soil to the iridescent surface, bearing an old handwritten collection label, 20 cm overall height.Our client's Grandfather started the collection: Joseph Duncan Steel born in Southampton in 1910, he was a son of a White Star Line Captain. Engineer by trade hence his love of things well made but poet and historian by nature with an endless curiosity, all qualities which led to his passion for collecting in the 1950/60s, including the family car - a 1936 Rolls Royce! Father: Roberto Gnisci, born in Rome in 1942, was an engineer by profession, but purchased his first Roman coin at the age of 8 and continued to pursue his passion for collecting antiquities throughout his life, especially between 1970s to late 1990s.
A large Roman glass conical flask of spreading circular form with irregular everted rim, signs of oxidation and soil encrustation, bearing an old handwritten collection label 14.5 cm diameter x 10 cm overall heightOur client's Grandfather started the collection: Joseph Duncan Steel born in Southampton in 1910, he was a son of a White Star Line Captain. Engineer by trade hence his love of things well made but poet and historian by nature with an endless curiosity, all qualities which led to his passion for collecting in the 1950/60s, including the family car - a 1936 Rolls Royce! Father: Roberto Gnisci, born in Rome in 1942, was an engineer by profession, but purchased his first Roman coin at the age of 8 and continued to pursue his passion for collecting antiquities throughout his life, especially between 1970s to late 1990s.Some cracking to the edges due to oxidation
A George V silver hip flask, A&J Zimmerman, Birmingham 1931, wt. 7ozt, length 15cm.Condition:- General wear through age and use, few dents as per extra pictures, bayonet cap & hinge in good working order, lid closes ok, cork ok, no personalised engraving, not tested for leaks, no sign of any major damage or repair.
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