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Lot 433
A RARE CHINESE MARKET GILDED BRONZE EQUESTRIAN TIMEPIECE QIANLONG/JIAQING C.1780-1800Cast in the form of a stallion, standing with his head lowered and slightly tilted to one side, the front right and rear left legs raised; his back with tasselled trappings and leaf scrolls supporting a thirty hour timepiece by Samuel Biddulph, No.3661, the white enamel dial within red and white paste brilliants, with an eagle finial and a pale yellow marble rectangular plinth, 27cm. (29.5cm overall).Provenance: from the collection of The Hon. Nellie Ionides, (1883-1962), of Buxted Park, sold by Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections, Part I, 31st May 1963, lot 50.Published:H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, January / February 1951, where the above example and nine further clocks from the Ionides Collection are illustrated. Also Christopher Hussey, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides, Country Life, 18th August 1950, p.519, where this equestrian timepiece is illustrated on the mantelpiece in the Chinese room together with others, including one in the form of a stag, (see overleaf).Cf. Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections Part II, 1st November 1963, lot 13 for a related musical clock by James Cox in the form of a stag, and lot 14 for a related watch stand by Joseph Silver, cast as a lion. Later sold, Sotheby's New York, 25th September 2012, lot 495.The Honourable Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), was the daughter of the Shell Oil magnet Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, and Lord Mayor of London, 1902-3. After her first husband, Walter Henry Levy, died in 1923, Nellie married the architect Basil Ionides and they lived at the fine Palladian estate in Sussex, Buxted Park, where they were great entertainers and friends of George V and Queen Mary. Nellie amassed an important collection of Chinese art, part of which was left to the British Museum, and part of which was sold in four sales at Sotheby’s in 1963 and 1964. For further details about Nellie Ionides as a collector, see R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, pp.251-255.清乾隆/嘉慶 銅鍍金馬馱鼓式鐘來源: The Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) 收藏, 購於倫敦蘇富比，1963年5月31日，The Ionides Collections, 第一部分，編號50。出版：H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, 1950年一/二月, 上述的馬馱鼓式鐘和Ionides收藏中的另外九個時鐘都有在圖錄中記載; 另見Christopher Hussey所著, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides，發表於1950年8月18日的Country Life雜誌的第519頁，該書亦記載了這個馬馱鼓式鐘及其他的時鐘收藏，當中包括一個鹿形時鐘(見後頁)。
Lot 206
These tiny creations are hand-cast finely detailed, made of pewter. They are the right size to pop in your pocket for a good luck charm or displayed in pride of place on a mantelpiece. Largest is the starfish which measures 1.75 in. D. Collection includes kiwi, abalone, rabbit, turtle, dog, starfish, owl, lamb, dolphin, sheep, two penguins. Manufacturer: William SturtCountry of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 1059
Jose Arthur Gerald Stone (1894-1917) - Wallpaper Designs, five, two signed, watercolour or gouache, 63 x 50.5cm or smaller and four sheets of designs for furniture, chimneypieces (including a "Mantelpiece of Versailles Style - Louis XIV") and a bust, one signed and dated October 1911, pencil, various sizes, sold in portfolio (9) Some minor handling marks but generally clean and in good condition
Lot 533
A PAIR OF GILT AND PAINTED SIMULATED LAPIS WOOD LAMP BASES 20TH CENTURY Of twin handled swag decorated form each 28.5cm high (including fitment)Provenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: These are single sided- designed to be placed on a shelf or mantelpiece not viewed in the round, both with drill holes to bases and remnants of light fitting which will need renewing for useBoth with wear from use- one shrinkage crack to plinth and urn lifting from base- the other old damage and loss to stemCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 302
ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. A good vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Satchmo standing in a three-quarter length pose alongside a mantelpiece lined with six Esquire Awards presented to him from 1942-47. Signed in bold green fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image, 'Best wishes to Grace from Louis Armstrong'. A few very small, minor corner creases, VG
Lot 1104
Charles Hunt (1803-1877) “Apprehended” Signed and dated 1868, oil on canvas, 71.5cm by 102.5cm Provenance: Marshall Field & Company Picture Galleries as "The Rescue"Bears anonymous Phillips Auctioneers label versoRelined cleaned and revarnished. Retains fairly good surface following restoration procees. Some light surface dirt and discoloured varnish now in evidence. Canvas slightly loose on stretcher. Retouching and strengthening to the shadows and corners of the doorway that the policeman stands in, in addition in patch in the background behind his left-hand shoulder and the area behind his right hand. Further sporadic retouches to edges of the doorway and elements of background and his uniform. Some general retouching and strengthening to the timbre of the closed door of which the far left-hand side boy stands in ront of in addition to the upright panels of the top 50%. More sporadic retouching through the saddlery hung from the right-hand side door and within the background around this area. Delicate retouches to the bottle on the mantelpiece and elsewhere within the background in general. The front part of the quilt hanging down from the bed shows signs of retouching. Further delicate retouching across the white dress of the standing blonde-haired girl presumably to old flaked paint and a small amount to the skirt of the seated mother nearest to the costume of the blonde girl and to a lesser extent elsewhere on her shawl etc. Fine retouching to the right-hand side lower edge. Otherwise in a broadly good table and highly presentable state of presentation.
Lot 286
FORSTER (E.M.)A late nineteenth century Arts and Crafts ebonised 'Morris' adjustable-back reclining armchair, designed by Philip Webb and possibly made by Morris, Faulkner & Co/Morris & Co. formerly in the possession of E.M. Forster, the arched arms with bobbin turned spindles, the legs united by bobbin turned stretchers, arms and loose cushions upholstered in later Morris & Co 'Seaweed' design fabric, 97cm high x 68cm wide x 79cm deepFootnotes:FORSTER'S MORRIS & CO. RECLINING ARMCHAIR FROM HIS ROOMS AT KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.In his biography, Nick Furbank gives a detailed description of Forster's rooms when he first knew him early in 1947, a few months after Forster's arrival in Cambridge: '...The first thing that caught one's eye in the room was the mantelpiece, designed by his father, an elaborate oaken structure... in front stood a long sofa with a padded rail, rather shabby, flanked by two William Morris armchairs, also shabby, and swathed in knitted shawls...' (Furbank, P.N., E.M. Forster: A Life, 1977, p.291). Callers would usually find Forster '...in the further armchair, a shawl over his knees if it were winter, and letters, opened and unopened, strewn in quantities around him... He would throw himself back in his chair, in rather a sack-like way, and address himself benevolently, with an air of leisure, to conversation...' (ibid, p.292). Our chair can clearly be seen in several photographs of Forster in his rooms at Cambridge, published both in Furbank and in Wendy Moffat's E.M. Forster, A New Life, London, 2010. A photograph showing the armchair in situ and dated in pencil on the reverse by Furbank ('1947') is included in the lot.A similar example of this chair is held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (CIRC.250&A/1toB/1-1961), whose catalogue notes that the design originated in the late Georgian period and was discovered by Warrington Taylor, business manager of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in a Sussex carpenter's workshop in 1866. The design was developed by Philip Webb for manufacture and produced by the firm from about 1869. It became one of the firm's most popular designs and was available in black, as here, in line with contemporary 'aesthetic' taste, or mahogany with a choice of upholstery in 'Utrecht Velvet' (costing 10 guineas in 1912) or chintz (at 8 guineas), most likely the original fabric. Nick Furbank and the present owner both had the chair re-upholstered in more recent times.Provenance: E.M. Forster (1879-1970); P.N. ('Nick') Furbank (1920-2014); his friend and executor Dr W.R. Owens, the present owner (see adjacent lots).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1498
Impressive Neo-Classical revival carved and gesso fire surround, the overmantel with three mirrored plates and projecting Corinthian columns, with mask and foliate swag ornament, raised conforming mantelpiece and Corinthian column supportsWidth of mantel piece is 160cm, 150cm at top of overmantel, total height of entire surround is approximately 221cm, interior dimensions of fireplace aperture 97 x 97cmcondition is overall good, minor cracks and damage to ornamental elements. Small amount of beading detached, holes drilled for mounting
Lot 527
17th Lancers A Mounted Cameo, Head & Shoulders of an Officer c1860-1880, shown in profile and set within a blue enamel oval, this mounted into a pierced gilt brass pierced stand, at the bottom in silver ‘The Motto’, at the top in triple enamels the officer’s initials in monogram, ‘WGL/WLG’ (?). Mounted on a narrow base for desk or mantelpiece display, very good condition,
Lot 281
An Omega Workshops vase by Roger Fry, low, shouldered form, painted with panels of animals in terracotta on a grey tin-glaze, the interior painted with a star motif, painted Omega mark, damages 17cm. diam. Provenance Everard Meynell, by repute, thence by descent. Exhibited A Room of Their Own: Lost Bloomsbury Interiors, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 11th June-4th September 2016 Mantelpiece Modernism The Omega Workshops, Bloomsbury & Gordine Dorich House Museum, 27th September-17th November 2018. Literature Mantelpiece Modernism The Omega Workshops, Bloomsbury & Gordine Dorich House Museum, page 5 two views illustrated.
Lot 134
CARVED & PAINTED WOOD CLASSICALLY STYLED MANTELPIECE/FIRE SURROUND with foliate and bird decorated frieze above twin sets of three turned columns, on stepped bases, with three small pieces of marble interior edging, 145cms H, 239cms W maximum, 31cms D, interior aperture, 111.5cms H, 138cms W at the column bases
Lot 306
A group of mantelpiece items, including eight horn beakers, two leather candle holders, four glass candle holders with metal mounts,largest beaker 11.5cm highleather candles 10cm highglass holders 8.5cm high (14)Provenance: Bracken Knoll, Highgate, London, N6.Condition ReportOne of the leather candle holders has been burnt and subsequently warped. A few small rim chips and losses to horn beakers.
Lot 758
W M Steiner/Still Life/newspaper and stoneware jug on a mantelpiece/oil on canvas, 60cm x 50cm/Provenance: Tidenham Manor CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Lot 24
THIS LOT IS STILL IN SITU AT THE VENDOR'S PROPERTY, ARRANGEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE MADE FOR THE COMPETENT AND SAFE REMOVAL AT THE BUYER'S OWN EXPENSE. CONTACT DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE ALL ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN SETTLED.CLASICALLY STYLED FIRE SURROUND WITH MANTELPIECE & PINK MARBLE BACKPLATE, carved wood and possibly moulded composition with urn and floriate frieze below egg and dart moulding dressed with three Corinthian capped columns on stepped bases, 144cms H, 247cms max W, 34cms max D, interior measurement 111.5cms H, 141.5cms W, interior marble back measurements 100cms H, 122.5cms W (some slight losses to the reeding on one of the columns, the whole of the surround painted white)
Lot 148A
A group of mantelpiece items, including eight horn beakers, two leather candle holders, four glass candle holders with metal mounts,largest beaker 11.5cm highleather candles 10cm highglass holders 8.5cm high (14)Provenance: Bracken Knoll, Highgate, London, N6.One of the leather candle holders has been burnt and subsequently warped. A few small rim chips and losses to horn beakers.
Lot 1646
MYN, H. van der, wohl HERMAN VAN DER MYN (1684-1741), "Paar und Kupplerin in der Stube", linksseitig ein Bediensteter durch die geöffnete Tür tretend, rechtsseitig am Kaminsims bezeichnet. Öl/Leinwand doubliert, HXB: ca. 46x37 cm (64x55 cm mit Rahmen). Craquelé, minim. Berieb am äußeren Rand, restauriert und retuschiert. PROVENIENZ: Nachlass eines Berliner Kunsthändlers. | MYN, H. van der, probably Herman VAN DER MYN (1684-1741), "Couple and procuress in the room", on the left side a servant stepping through the open door, on the right side inscribed on the mantelpiece. Oil/canvas relined, HXW: approx. 46x37 cm (64x55 cm with frame). Craquelé, minimal. Rubbed on the outer edge, restored and retouched. PROVENANCE: Estate of a Berlin art dealer.
Lot 15
λ Henry Moore (British 1898-1986) Mother and Child Lead 17.2 x 13 x 6.5cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 21/2in.) (excluding base)Conceived c.1939-1940.Provenance: Hubert de Cronin Hastings (1902-1986), Private Collection Gifted by the above to his son John Hastings (1928-2019) by 1974 Thence by descent to the present ownerThis previously unknown work is now recorded in the Henry Moore Foundation database with the reference number LH213a.Left undiscovered for over 40 years, nestled amongst trinkets on a mantelpiece in a Wiltshire farmhouse, a previously unknown sculpture by Henry Moore comes to market for the very first time. The present lot Mother and Child was authenticated by the Henry Moore Foundation in October 2021 and has been added to their archives under the reference number LH 213a. The work, produced in lead, was conceived in c. 1939-1940 at a time when Moore was experimenting with casting in different materials and incorporating elements in string and wire.This very special piece comes from the former collection of architectural publisher and editor, Hubert de Cronin Hastings (1902-1986), whose near fifty-year stewardship of the Architectural Review saw him shed a light on the many challenges and debates posed across the architectural world during this transformative period.Mother and Child (LH 213a) most likely entered the collection of Hubert de Cronin Hastings(1902-1986) (more commonly known as H. de C. or by his pseudonym Ivor de Wolfe) in the 1940s. H. de C. was chairman of the Architectural Press and Architects Journal and editor of the Architectural Review (AR) from 1927-1973.H. de C. was born at Merton Surrey in 1902 and was the third son of Percy Hastings, who owned the Architectural Press and founded the Architectural Review in 1896. H. de C. studied at Berkhamsted School before attending the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. However, he never went on to qualify, instead moving to the Slade School of Arts where he is likely to have met John Piper during the early-mid 1920s.In 1927, he joined the family business and became joint editor of the AR with Christian Berman. The magazine was published monthly and together they changed the style of the magazine putting an emphasis on the arts with contributions from the likes of Evelyn Waugh, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell and Paul Nash, whilst the editorial board included Sir Hugh Casson and cartoonist Osbert Lancaster.The AR became one of the leading architectural magazines to promote modernism throughout the 1930s and regularly featured articles on painting, sculpture and interior design. He deemed architecture an art form and believed that the understanding of one could support the other. H. de C. 'saw the logic of this as a bright new future for society' as quoted in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.H. de C. was first introduced to Henry Moore by Jim Richards who was assistant editor at the AR alongside John Betjeman. Richards who had befriended the artist early on in his career published an article on Moore's work in the AR in 1934. Moore later commented in an interview in 1979 with Jonathan Glancey, architectural critic and writer, that he was appreciative of the AR's support. It would be interesting to think that Moore repaid his appreciation by gifting this sculpture to H. de C. or perhaps H. de C.'s support and encouragement of the artist extended to supporting his career by purchasing the work.By 1974 the sculpture had been passed to his son, John Hastings (1928-2019) where it sat on his mantelpiece in the living room beside a Papier Mache elephant and a china bull, objects which were valued for their sentimental rather than monetary value. John was a countryman and farmer who bred sheep and livestock, more interested in animals than fine art. To John, the Mother and Child that made its home on his mantelpiece was a sentimental family object and nothing more.During the authentication process the panel were able to link the present lot to a known sketch by Moore titled Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture (HMF 1460a). This sheet of sketches shows how Moore was working with his traditional forms; reclining nude, standing figure and mother and child whilst adding a new dimension of movement through exploration of materials such as string and wire. Close comparisons can be drawn between the study at the centre of the sheet and the present lot. The study shows the smooth curve of the mother's arm embracing the figure of the child. Around the child, leading towards the mother's face, are lines suggesting placement of string.What is particularly amusing is the same characterful face that shows the mother's eyes looking toward the child and the small dot used to depict the mouth which is whimsical and endearing. It is possible that Mother and Child (LH 213a) was originally intended to be stringed, connecting the dots and intersecting the space around the sculpture.During this same period that Moore was experimenting with stringed sculptures he also began exploring the use of lead to cast his works. Evidence of this exploration is visible in both finished sculptures but also preparatory drawings such as Reclining Lead Figures c. 1940 (HMF 1550) and Ideas of Lead Sculptures, 1939 (HMF 1473). The production of works cast in lead is concentrated to the years 1938-1940 and it is believed that the present lot was conceived during the latter part of this period.It is interesting to compare Mother and Child (LH 186) which was conceived in 1938. Moore has taken a markedly more abstract approach compared to the present lot (LH 213a). The design has been fulfilled connecting the curved forms of each figure with string creating a fluidity across the sculpture. However, it illustrates his continued experimentation with the mother and child motif, casting in lead and other materials such as string and wire.The theme of Mother and Child remained a dominant theme throughout Moore's career. He was particularly drawn to the subject matter for it is a raw and deeply embedded relationship which every human will experience on some level. On a simpler note, Moore was compelled by the compositional opportunities that a large form and contrasting small form can create. The present lot shows two figures bonded as one. The child's head and face turning up towards the mother who looks directly at the viewer with her distinctive markings. The mother's arms swoops down and around the sculptural form to embrace the child on the other side, creating an area of negative space which creates balance and fluidity in the sculpture.
Lot 543
An interesting Omega Workshops plate by Roger Fry, painted with two cranes in red lustre on a tin-glaze impressed Omega mark, 17cm. diam. Provenance Andrew Harriss Literature Isabelle Anscombe Omega and After, Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts, Thames & Hudson, page 117 plate 44 for a printed linen with comparable birds, illustrated. There is also an unattributed design for textile Mantelpiece Modernism, The Omega Workshops, Bloomsbury, Dorich House Museum, page 15 for a comparable plate decorated with figure, attributed to Duncan Grant. Catalogue notes Roger Fry also produced a comparable marquetry table design for an interior, commissioned by Lady Hamilton which featured comparable cranes.
Lot 648
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Fry's Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a young lady and a young gentleman playing tennis, a country house and herbaceous border in the background, with lettering above and below, signed lower left, edges slightly dusty, old pin hole to upper right corner, upper left corner chipped, sheet size 36.9 x 26.8cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), mounted in a clip frame (42 x 30cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The magazine - dedicated to the sporting life - was edited by C.B. Fry. Fry was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. His all-round sporting ability extended to representing England at cricket and football - including an F.A. cup final appearance for Southampton - as well as equalling the world record for the long jump. Fry claimed to be able to leap from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece - a move he could still execute well into his seventies apparently. More bizarre still he was reputed to have been offered the throne of Albania.
Lot 649
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Fry's Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a young gentleman driving a veteran car on a winding country road, a young lady wearing a coat with fur collar and a hat and head scarf seated next to him, with lettering above and below, signed lower right, edges a little dusty, an old pin hole to each upper corner, sheet size 36.7 x 26.7cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), mounted in a clip frame (42 x 30cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The magazine - dedicated to the sporting life - was edited by C.B. Fry. Fry was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. His all-round sporting ability extended to representing England at cricket and football - including an F.A. cup final appearance for Southampton - as well as equalling the world record for the long jump. Fry claimed to be able to leap from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece - a move he could still execute well into his seventies apparently. More bizarre still he was reputed to have been offered the throne of Albania.
Lot 650
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Fry's Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a young lady wearing a long khaki coat, necktie, and feathered cap, with a case of binoculars slung over her shoulder, and holding 2 greyhounds on a lead, with lettering above and below (former with some previously obliterated lettering underneath just visible), signed lower left, edges slightly dusty, a few old marginal pin holes, sheet size 36.9 x 26.7cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), mounted in a clip frame (42 x 30cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The magazine - dedicated to the sporting life - was edited by C.B. Fry. Fry was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. His all-round sporting ability extended to representing England at cricket and football - including an F.A. cup final appearance for Southampton - as well as equalling the world record for the long jump. Fry claimed to be able to leap from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece - a move he could still execute well into his seventies apparently. More bizarre still he was reputed to have been offered the throne of Albania.
Lot 651
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Fry's Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a young lady wearing a long skirt and fur hat sitting atop a 5-bar gate, a young gentleman in plus fours standing beside her leaning on the gate, and 2 bicycles propped up next to them, with lettering above and below, signed lower left, edges a little dusty, an old pin hole to each upper corner, sheet size 36.7 x 26.8cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), mounted in a clip frame (42 x 30cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The magazine - dedicated to the sporting life - was edited by C.B. Fry. Fry was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. His all-round sporting ability extended to representing England at cricket and football - including an F.A. cup final appearance for Southampton - as well as equalling the world record for the long jump. Fry claimed to be able to leap from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece - a move he could still execute well into his seventies apparently. More bizarre still he was reputed to have been offered the throne of Albania.
Lot 222
A white-painted fire surround,probably 18th or 19th century, the shaped frieze decorated with floral swags, above the aperture with an egg and dart moulded edge, set between two pairs of Corinthian columns, on a moulded base,204cm wide26cm deep131cm high,aperture 101cm wide81cm highCondition report: Re-painted several times, with thick paint covering some of the finer detail. The mantelpiece possibly later. Some splits and separation to joints. Left return of base moulding loose. Rubbing, knocks and wear to paint. General wear.
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