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Lot 82
ROYAL MINT 1998 UNITED KINGDOM SILVER PROOF FIFTY PENCE COIN, 25TH ANNIVERSARY EEC, A 2009 BRITANNIA 1/10 OUNCE SILVER PROOF COIN, AN ENGLAND`S ASHES VICTORY COMMEMORATIVE SILVER PROOF MEDAL, all boxed with certificates of authenticity, AND A PAIR OF ROYAL MINT SILVER SHIELD CUFFLINKS, boxed (4)
Lot 178
* LADY`S INGERSOL SILVERED METAL AND MARCASITE WRIST WATCH, mechanical movement, with small circular blue dial with batons, the bezel set with marcasite and the marcasite set pierced link bracelet strap, A GILT METAL, PURPLE PASTE AND IMITATION PEARL SET CIRCULAR LOCKET PENDANT, the interior with two hinged photo lockets, ON FLEUR DE LIS FOB, A PAIR OF FILIGREE SILVER FLORAL EARRINGS, A METAL GEORGE V 1911 BLACKPOOL CORONATION CELEBRATION MEDAL, A PIERCED SILVER COMMEMORATIVE SILVER JUBILEE MEDALLION on chain, A GILT METAL CHAIN AND SECTIONS OF METAL CHAIN, A GILT METAL SPIRAL RING, ETC
Lot 28
Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) A LADY IN WHITE (A PORTRAIT OF LADY LYLE) oil on canvas signed and dated upper left 50.5 by 40.5in., 126.25 by 101.25cm. P Sotheby`s New York, 22 February 1989, lot 452;with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans;Private collection Royal Academy, London, 1895, no. 88, as A Lady in White Anon., `The Royal Academy`, The Art Journal, 1895, p.179Anon., `The Royal Academy - Fourth Notice`, The Athenaeum, 22 June 1895, p.811;Royal Academy Pictures, 1895, p.140, illustrated.;Shaw Sparrow, Walter, John Lavery and his Work, Kegan Paul, Trubner Trench & Co., 1912, p.177; McConkey, Kenneth, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, Atelier Books, 2010, pp.68, 221 (note 97) By the 1890s, there was an element of risk involved in having one`s portrait painted. As Oscar Wilde infers in The Picture of Dorian Gray, (1890) a mystical exchange was believed to occur between the image and the living reality, and the painter`s role in this transfer was that of aesthetic alchemist. It was a common conceit that an international elite - a select band of portrait painters - brought life to their beautiful sitters and writers toyed amusingly with the idea that when the visitors were gone, the portraits in an exhibition actually stepped from their frames to say scandalous things about them. (1)So it was that in 1895 when he considered John Lavery`s portraits of A Lady in White, Mrs Park Lyle and A Lady in Black, (Miss Esther McLaren), the Pygmalion myth was not far from George Moore`s thoughts. He wanted nevertheless; to separate the artist`s pictures in that year`s Royal Academy from the ego-inflation that was such an obvious feature of John Singer Sargent`s and James Jebusa Shannon`s bloodless bravura. Their `white satin duchesses` were now being produced to order and he hoped, by contrast that the `fashionable lady` would be `induced to go to Mr Lavery`, that she would `refrain from advising him regarding the dress she should be painted in`, and recognise that with this artist, her opinion was of no consequence. (2) It was up to the painter to arrive at a `harmony` or `arrangement` that lifted mere face painting and flashy couture into the realm of art. James Stanley Little was quite explicit on this point, noting that Lavery had learned from Velázquez and Whistler the abstract elements that go to make a great portrait, (3) and recording the artist`s views on his craft, he noted that, He holds that the artist has license and prerogative to treat his sitter as he would treat a model, to this extent: he is entitled to seize upon and give prominence to those points which in form and colour suggest to him an attractive and interesting pictorial idea, and that, while the essential facts and characteristics which would enable a third person to recognise immediately the sitter in the picture must be preserved, the painter is entirely justified - further that no portrait can be a work of art otherwise - in treating his sitter subjectively, and infusing into his presentment his own artistic individuality. (4)It was this quest for an interesting `pictorial idea` that led to the refinement of Lavery`s portraits, and there is clear evidence of constant correction and adjustment of colour and tone in The Lady in White. If we study the sketch for instance, we can see that the artist had some difficulty in establishing the pose (fig 1, Sketch for `A Lady in White`, 1895, unlocated, formerly The Fine Art Society, London). If we look at the image used for reproduction in Royal Academy Pictures (fig 2, A Lady in White (Portrait of Lady Lyle), 1895, from Royal Academy Pictures, 1895, (Cassell and Co), p. 140) we see that a posy of flowers, harmonising with the delicate pinks and mauves of the background, has been substituted for a visually distracting black fan.(5) Lady Lyle`s aesthetic integrity was at first emphasised by a blue-and-white Nankin vase of flowers, placed on a side table, but this, as the picture developed, was lowered in tone.(6) The normally hostile critic of The Athenaeum approved these changes commenting that while he found the picture `stiff`, The Lady in White `possesses character` and it was `to be praised for its tones`.(7) Faint praise of this kind drove a later writer to affirm that Lavery was no flatterer, and he remarked that, ….we do not mean that his popularity has been achieved by compliments dexterously conveyed in paint. His success rests on more serious grounds … (8)By 1895 Lavery was the leading international representative of the Glasgow School. In that year his paintings were shown in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Paris, and with a touring exhibition of `Glasgow Boys` paintings in the United States. As a rising star he had secured a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1888 - the first of his contemporaries, and it was claimed, the first `Scottish` artist to do so. (9) And when in that year he was commissioned paint the State Visit of Queen Victoria by Glasgow Corporation, his future was secured.
Lot 258
A WWI pair named 21387 Private W R Langley, Queens Rifles, together with an unnamed WWII Victory medal, Atlantic and '39/'45 Stars, together with a Certificate of Service for Arthur Sydney Newman, Royal Navy, a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Certificate, National Registration Identity Card, each named to same, a Holy Bible and small quantity of postcards etc.
Lot 564
A World War I trio comprising 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal to 10659 Pte H Hopwood - Manchester Regiment, another to 10352 Pte G Hopwood - Lancashire Fusiliers, another to 2332 Pte J O Williams - Cheshire Regiment, a World War I pair comprising British war Medal and Victory medal to 10474 Fwn W J Jackson - Q M A A C, a Queen Mary gift box and sundry badges
Lot 123
United Kingdom George III (1760-1820) cartwheel penny 1787 fair, Victoria (1837-1901) penny 1844 fair/NF, 1897 silver jubilee laver penny VF, United States five cents 1903 F, dime 1906 F, cent 1887 F, 1889 fair, 1907 GF, George V commemorative medal, various banknotes and a collection of stamps
Lot 138
Collection of world coins including United Kingdom George V (1911-1936) penny 1918 KN F, 1919H fair, etc, a General Service medal awarded to 23249181 Pte D Payne Gordons, Kuwaiti Liberation Medal 1991, Speedway Belle Vue British League Riders Championship final medal with two suspended bars 1981 and 1982 etc
Lot 155
George V Imperial service medal awarded to William Ayers, Belgian WWI commemorative medal, British red cross society war service medal, French police badge by Fraisse-Demey of Paris, United States navy West Indies campaign service medal 1898, Pennsylvania National guard twenty year service medal etc
Lot 54
Collection of assorted World War 1 medals and militaria to include WW1 trio awarded to J.14843 G.C.DIX L.S. R.N. together with corresponding memorial plaque; WW1 trio awarded to 64192 BMBR. M.PARKER R.A.; WW1 group of two awarded to 917 CPL. C.TUCKER. R.E. to include Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star; WW1 group of two awarded to 1015 GNR. R.L.DAVIES R.F.A. to include 1914-15 Star and British War Medal 1914-20, together with a War Service badge 1916; Tank Corps cap badge and an RFC wings sweetheart brooch and another RFC badge and a WW1 German 1914 Iron Cross with ribbon (quantity). Condition report: see terms and conditions.
Lot 183
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION A finely carved Egyptian dark grey granodiorite figure of a man, mounted on a two-tiered alabaster base, height 52.5cm (60cm including base), depth 22.5cm, width of figure 11cm. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate. The base is inscribed in the style of early British Museum & Pitt Rivers exhibits with the following: “GRANITE PORTRAIT STATUE OF AN EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL CALLED NAS (?) - ARU - NEFERU. THE PLYNTH OF WHICH HAS BEEN INSCRIBED WITH A PRAYER TO OSIRIS FOR SEPULCHRAL OFFERINGS. FROM KURNA (THEBES) (XXII nd DYNASTY BC 1000)” The bare chested figure wears a striped shendyt-kilt or loin cloth and wide belt. He wears a ‘khat’ bag-wig headdress. His arms are held stiffly by his side and his left foot is striding forward. In his right hand he carries a towel. He carries another object in his clenched left hand, which due to damage, is unidentifiable. The figure has been damaged in places and repaired. Currently the base and feet of the figure are separated above the ankles and fit together with an internal metal rod. The stone is much darker in colour from his mid-shins downwards. The granodiorite back-pillar is inscribed with crudely carved hieroglyphs that read: ‘A royal offering of Osiris, Lord of Djedu: may he give an invocation-offering of bread, beer, beef, and fowl for the ka of Isi(?), born of Nefru.’ The finely carved head with headdress and large ears is in the style of the 12th dynasty or an imitation of that period. Note: This figure was studied at length in 2013 by curators at the British Museum, who were unable to confirm its authenticity. Although aspects of the piece are convincing such as the fine carving of the head and feet, at the time it was examined the figure had no provenance whatsoever and the BM felt that it had several anomalies which cast some doubts on it being what it purports to be. As such, we offer it with no assurances of antiquity. We have also recently learnt that Miss Aspinall originally left the figure to a leading Cambridge historian,but the gentleman fell out of favour and was removed from the will.
Lot 184
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION An Egyptian bronze finial in the form of a cat, seated on a keyhole shaped platform and what remains of the socket, one ear is broken having been weakened by the original earring, height 8cm. (See illustration) These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 185
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Aegina:- Silver stater, structured shell tortoise, reverse, 5 compartments similar to Seaby 1058. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 186
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Italy, Lucania:- Metapontum, silver diobel, head of Athena, reverse ear of corn, Cornucopiae to right similar to Seaby 234. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 187
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Italy, Lucania, silver stater, head of Athena facing right, Skylla hurling stone, within dotted circle, reverse, bull to right, looking back, 8 pointed star in exergue. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 188
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Italy, Tarentum, silver didrachm, naked youth on prancing horse to right, reverse, taras on dolphin below papae. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 189
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Greece:- silver triobol, bull's head facing right, reverse young female head (? Apollo) looking right. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 190
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Sicily:- silver tetradrachm, head of young Herekles wearing lion skin. Reverse, horse's head, palm tree, similar to Seaby 468. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 191
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Sicily; Syracuse:- silver tetradrachm, female head facing right wearing necklace, hair confined by diadem of pearls and turned up under diadem within four dolphins, reverse, quadrisa (facing right) driven by bearded charioteer, horses walking, above is Nike flying, crowning the horses, similar to Seaby 414A. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 192
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Caria; silver drachm, forepart of lion facing right, reverse, head of Aphrodite facing right, within incuse square similar to Seaby 1750. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 193
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Caria; silver drachm, forepart of lion facing right, reverse, head of Aphrodite facing right, within incuse square similar to Seaby 1752. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 194
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Islands off Caria, Rhodus silver tetradrachm, head of Helios three quarter facing right, hair loose, reverse, rose, pendant bud on right, in incuse square. Plugged similar to S 1804. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 195
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Possibly Italy:- silver, head of Herakles facing right, in lion's skin reverse, crab in incuse square. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 196
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Kings of Macedon, Philip II: gold stater. Head of Apollo (Laur) facing right, reverse, chariot with charioteer driving two horses. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
Lot 197
THE RUTH ASPINALL ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION Italy, Caulonia; silver stater, Apollo and stag, reverse, stag and branch ref. burgess chats on old coins. Page 57. These items come from the estate of the writer Ruth Aspinall. Ruth was the granddaughter of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby, Baronet. Thursby was a prominent Lancashire landowner, a Director of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the Manchester and County Bank, and President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association (1916). He was High Sheriff of Lancashire (1905) and Deputy Lieutenant of the county.great passions were horseracing and chess, having been elected president of the British Chess Federation and president of the National Chess Congress.Aspinall estate contains many valuable items that had been inherited via the Thursby line. We draw your particular attention to Lot 2145, the Liverpool Spring Cup in our December Antiques sale, also Thursby's Trinity College chess medal, lot 2419.In our January Fine Art Sale, the most valuable paintings, lots 364 & 365 by Maxwell Ashby Armfield and Algernon Newton also came from the Aspinall estate.
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Lot 56
1814 [Untitled - Napoleon Bonaparte Portrait] ""This satirical cartoon depicts Napoleon Bonaparte in a style derived from Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a 16th century Italian artist who is famous for his portraits represented by flowers, fruits and other common objects. In this caricature, Napoleon`s hat is a black eagle, representing Germany, with its talons gripping Napoleon`s head. His face is cleverly composed of corpses, with his collar symbolizing a river of blood. His coat is a map depicting major battle sites in Germany. Napoleon`s medal of the Legion of Honor is replaced with a spider in its web. The coat also features a golden epaulette made from a hand, with the Eye of Providence on the wrist and fingers named for the primary powers engulfed in the Napoleonic Wars against France (England, Russia, Austria, Prussia and Sweden). The hand appears to be tugging on one of the threads of the spider`s web, ready to unravel it, symbolizing the beginning of Napoleon`s demise. This caricature was originally created by the Henschel brothers immediately after the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig to commemorate German victory over Napoleon. The cartoon was first issued as a New Year`s card, often with accompanying text describing each element, and was soon copied in various printed versions all over Europe."" 2.1"" W x 3.7"" H Original color with light scattered foxing.
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