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Lot 21
An early 20th century 18ct gold old-cut diamond single-stone band ring, diamond estimated weight 0.50ct, I-J colour, P1-P2 clarity, band stamped 18, ring size R, 5.9gCondition- Overall fair condition- Diamond is lively and bright- Diamond has an eye visible chip to the side- Band shows evidence of resizing and localised discolouration from previous acid testing- Clients are advised to view and inspect items before bidding and they must satisfy themselves as to the condition of every lot- For enquiries about this lot please contact David Pregun at david@kinghamsauctioneers.com
Lot 178
To be Sold without ReserveA Mughal portrait of Emperor Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707), India, 18th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, signed indistinctly lower left, depicted haloed, wearing pale yellow flowered robes, and gold trimmed lavender jama with red shoes, his left hand rests on his tulwar, his right holds a fine bejewelled feather fan, his face with slightly greying beard, on a pale green ground, within a border of scrolling flowers on a dark blue ground, outer trimmed gold floral border, 24.7 x 15.7cm.
Lot 210
A collection of 45 reference books List of Islamic Art Books and Reference Works comprisingLings, M., The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination (World of Islam Festival Trust, 1976)James, D., Qurans of the Mamluks (Thames and Hudson, 1988)James, D., Qurans and Bindings from the Chester Beatty Library, A Facsimile Exhibition (World of Islam Festival Trust, 1980)Haldane D., Islamic Bookbindings (World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983)Gray B., The World History of Rashid al-Din, a Study of the Royal Asiatic Society Manuscript (London, 1978)Talbot Rice, D. & Gray, B., The Illustrations to the World History of Rashid al-Din (Edinburgh, 1976)Erdmann K., The Oriental Carpet (English translation of Der Orientalische Knüpfteppich), (The Crosby Press, 1976)Ford, P.R.J., Oriental Carpet Design (Thames and Hudson, 1993)Lane, A., Early Islamic Pottery (London, 1947)Lane, A., Later Islamic Pottery (London, 1971)Ettinghausen, R., Arab Painting (Geneva, 1977)Atil, E., Art of the Arab World (Washington D.C, 1975)Ed. Komaroff, L. & Carboni, S., The Legacy of Genghis Khan, Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256 1535 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003)À lombre dAvincenne, La médecine au temps des califes (Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 1996Islamic Art & Patronage, Treasures from Kuwait (The al-Sabah Collection, 1990)Nasr, S.H., Islamic Science, an illustrated study, (World of Islam Festival Trust, 1976)Safwat, N.F., A Collectors Eye, Islamic Calligraphy in Qurans and other Manuscripts (London, 2010)Ed. Drake Boehm, B. & Holcomb, M., Jerusalem 1000-1400, Every People Under Heaven (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2016)Art of Islam, Heavenly Art, Earthly Beauty (Amsterdam, 2000)Lart du livre arabe du manuscrit au livre dartiste, (Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2001)Ed. Harley, J.B. & Woodward, D., Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies (The University of Chicago Press, 1992)Schmitz, B., Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library (Oxford and New York, 1992)Nerssesian, V., Treasures form the Ark (British Library, 2001)Jones, P. M., Medieval Medicine in Illuminated Manuscripts (British Library, 1998)Massoudy, H., Calligraphie Arabe Vivante (Paris, 1981)Kumar, A., Illuminations, The Writing Traditions of Indonesia (Jakarta, 1996)Blair, S., Islamic Calligraphy (Edinburgh, 2006)Splendeur et Majesté, Corans de la Bibliothèque nationale (Paris, 1987)Livres de Parole, Torah, Bible, Coran (Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2005)Arts de LIslam des Origines à 1700 dans les collections publiques françaises (Paris, 1971)Lings, M. & Safadi, Y., The Quran (British Library, World of Islam Festival, 1976)Von Karabacek, J., Arab Paper (London, 2001)Prachtkorane aus tausend Jahren, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (1998)The Message & The Monsoon, Islamic Art of Southeast Asia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2005)Mightier than the Sword, Arabic Script: beauty and meaning (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2004)Six Centuries of Islamic Art in China (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2001)Al-Kalima, (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2003)Ed. Porter, V., Hajj, Journey to the heart of Islam (British Museum, 2012)Losty, J.P., The Art of the Book in India (British Library, 1982)Raby, J., Qajar Portraits (London, 1999)Avrin,L., Scribes, Scripts & Books (Chicago, London, 1991)Afghanistan Observed 1830-1920 (British Library 2010)Rogers, J.M., Mughal Miniatures (British Museum, 1993)Farès, B., Le Livre de la Thériaque (Cairo, 1953)Déroche, F., Manuel de codicologie des manuscrits en écriture arabe (Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2000)
Lot 1051
A Large Collection of Books By R L Stevenson, to Include The New Arabian Nights, Treasure Island, Master Of Ballantrae and The Black Arrow. Cover: Leather and Board.Also to include: Novels and Stories, 1946, Netherlands & Picturesque Notes On Edinburgh The Lothian Edition Vol XXl, London.Also To Include: Travels with Donkey in the Cevennes London 1967.To Include 13 books entitled The Works Of Robert Louis Stevenson The Lothian Edition, London.
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Lot 1
R. M. Ward, a concrete six pillar temple, in kit form, purchased and never assembled, columns 190cm long, each base segment 120cm long, image shows a similar constructed example. Buyers should note that this is at the vendors property and that they will be responsible for collection. Viewing and collection by appointment with Spicers.
Lot 25
World Political Collection of 26 Signed Items. Includes the Signatures of Nobuo Okuchi, Khub Chand, Pieter Kooijmans, Norbert Lammert, C. Achutha Menon, Samy Molcho, R. F. Neilsen, Johan Witteveen, Rohan Delocombe, Govenor of Queensland, Reuben Kamanga, John T Campbell, Tage Erlander, Stjeoan Stipe Mesic, Jesse H Jones. Good collection. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 263
Multi Signed Piers Storie Pugh, Gerald R A Ferrett & Ann Hubble. Bridge on the River Kwai. FDC Single Post Mark Dated 5. 10. 1999. Approx. Size 9x4. 5 INCHES. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 53
World Political Collection of 23 Signed Items Such As Photos, Signature Cards and Letters. Signatures include Ismail Fahmi, Mosche Katzaw, Sir Brian Talboys, Sir Joshua Hassan, France Albert Rene, Sir Edwin Leather, David Gibbons, Patrick R John, Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, Iitchiro Hatojama, Jean Charest, Robert Muldoon, Pedro Pires, Edgard Pisani, Stanislaw Stomma, Gunnar Jarring, Bhichai Rattakul, Ugo La Malfa, Feridun Cemal Erkin Ahmet Topaloglu. Great Collection. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 59
World Political, Historical and Royalty Signed Collection of Approx 45 Items Signed. Includes Erwin Lanc, Fred Mulley, Goncz Arpad, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Sunay Cevdet, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, A Michael Spence, Javier Solana, Sergei Stanischew, Tina Anselmi, Antonio Giolitti, Piero Bassetti, Dr Giulo Cesare Orlando, Pierre Brousse, Svenn Stray, Prince and Princess Prospero, Ingnatios Hazim, Dr R. F. M. Lubbers, Laurent Fabius, Barry Goldwater, Wilfrid Martens, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Reynaldo Bignone, John Ross Marshall, His Excellency President Bani Sadr and many more. Superb Collection. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 60
Military Collection of 16 Signed Items Such as Photos and Typed Letters. Signatures include Charles Paul de Cumont, Napoleon G Palaiologopoulos, General Rene Cogny, J. W. Quint, Colonel N. L. Dodd, Maurice Destenay, H. J. Hameleers, Major General Rolf Eriksen, John D Bulkeley, Wilhelm Liebholz, Rear Admiral H H Wesche, Vice Admiral Sir A. A. Fitzroy Talbot, Flt Lt J. R. Elias and Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier. Great Collection. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 656
Bomber Events relating to the last flight of an R. A. F. Bomber over Germany on the night of June 31st, 1943, by Len Deighton 1970 First Edition Hardback Book with 493 pages published by Jonathan Cape Ltd London spine in good order, good condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 94
R. M. S. Titanic Collection of 4 Signed FDCs, Titanic Phone Cards in Shape of the Boat, The Daily Graphic Titanic In Memoria Number, Titanic The Artefact Exhibition Guide, Three Millvina Dean Signed Related First Day Covers and Dr Robert Ballard Signed FDC. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 2
Dinky: A boxed Dinky Toys, Bedford TK Tipper, Reference 435. Rare yellow cab with silver chassis and silver back with plastic trailer sides, fitted with blue plastic hubs and black roof to cab. Original box, general wear expected with age. Condition is generally good, small paint chips. Box has edge and shelf wear with small tear to one end. Please assess photographs.
Lot 1646
Siku 1/32nd scale boxed diecast and radio control group, 6 examples to include Siku Control John Deere R/C Tractor, No.2958 Deutz Fahr Agrotron 6.05, Siku No.2855 Spalding 2nd April 2006 Ford 8830 Show tractor, Siku No.3278 Massey Ferguson 8680, Siku 3656 Claas Tractor with front loader, and a No.3275 CASE IH Quadtrac 600, all boxed
Lot 210
1932-6 Hornby EM320, 20v AC, 0-4-0 tin-printed tank loco, LNER 460, 12 spoke wheels, with con & piston rods, green with white lining, long graze to paintwork all along r/h side. (G) Blue box with LNER sticker one end (BG) with corrugated wrapper and remains of guarantee that was once glued to internal underside of the lid (BVG)
Lot 395
Two Hornby-Dublo 3-rail locos: EDL7 0-6-2 LNER green tank loco, chassis changed to one with black painted wheels and plastic couplings (G) mid blue (BG); L11 4-6-2 loco & tender ‘Mallard’ BR lined green, alloy wheels (G-VG) mid blue (BG) tender R/h totem faded, crease at front L/h side (G) blue/white striped box (BE)
Lot 581
One tray & one box Hornby-Dublo 3-rail track, approx. quantities: Straights: 37 full, 16 halves & 12 qtrs; Curves: 18 large radius, 49 standard curves & 8 halves. One isolating, 18 L/H & 11 R/H manual points; 3 diamond crossings; 7 electric uncoupling; 2 manual; 5 asstd switches & packet of coupling rods for switches. All (VG-E)
Lot 825
A collection of 16 boxed mixed 1/43rd scale models, with examples including a Best Of Show Models Rolls Royce Phantom Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe, a J Collection Toyota Hiace 2007, an Mtech Suzuki Wagon R, and others, all models have been on display, may have broken parts, and would benefit from a clean
Lot 121
Bungle (British)Revolver R Upfest Edition2020Stencil printSigned and numbered 3/3 in pencil to the bottomFramed and glazed63 x 44 cm (25" x 17.5")Bungle being a Bristol artist studied as a graphic designer in the early 90's. Bungle's time finally ran out and reality took hold when he walked away from what he enjoyed so he could get a job doing something else. Bungle was sucked into the rat race but then it all came back to him; he started drawing again and got into stencilling, he sees everything in layers now. Bungle takes the iconic, famous, beautiful, glamorous and the unremarkable and creates an image with meaning either hidden or unashamed as he looks to question things we see in our daily lives.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 105
Raphael's Raising of Brazen Serpent, by Caietanus le Poer / Description: A spectacular rare and large engraving showing the tapestry of The Raising of the Brazen Serpent from the Story of Moses. With 'Raph. de Urb. In.' in lower left corner and with name and titles of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (r.1550-87). This print is from a series generally dated 1728, reproducing seven tapestries from a series designed for Ferrante Gonzaga on the life of Moses, kept in Mantua after Ferrante's death in 1557.Scholars have generally assumed that the set of the Story of Moses was woven in the workshop of Nicolas Karcher in Mantua, after designs showing stylistic relation to Giulio Romano, who has often been credited as the designer of these. All the extant tapestries - now in the Museo del Duomo, Milan - carry the arms of Guglielmo Gonzaga, the exact identity of the set's commissioner and its execution date remain controversial. So the tapestry was designed by probably by Raphael, probably influenced by Guilio Romano, and the engraving executed by Italian engraver Caietanus le Poer. / Dimensions: 38,60 x 40,60 cm / Condition: This print, on a dense laid paper is in excellent condition. Complete with the image borderline all around. No folds, tears ort stains. / Literature: Ruland p.259 D.II.5 ----- Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); p.85, under no.152 ----- Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 pp.488-93 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Ca. 1728
Lot 123
Jan Sadeler, Jacopo Bassano - Christ In The House Of Martha And Mary / Description: Christ is a guest in the house of the sisters Martha and Maria. Martha is working in the kitchen and stirring the food with a ladle. Mary sits at Christ's feet listening to his words. An engraving made by Johan Sadeler showing one of the so called kitchen scenes painted by Jacopo Bassano. / Dimensions: 20,50 x 28,70 cm / Condition: A good dark excellent impression trimmed on plate border with omission of text line. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (199) --- (Text from Michael Bury, 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620', BM, London 2001, cat.149)One of the striking features of the Sadelers' work in Venice is that they produced prints of this small size and intimate delicacy, quite different from anything their Italian contemporaries were doing. This and other engravings by the Sadelers were crucial to the diffusion of knowledge of the work of the Bassano family of painters and thus to establishing their international reputation (Aikema and Brown, 1999, p.560). Pan identified the Blaffer Foundation picture in Houston, signed by both Jacopo and Francesco Bassano, as the original of the composition engraved here. The Blaffer Foundation picture came from the Gonzago collection: see Morselli, R (ed.), Gonzaga catalogue (La Celeste Galeria), no. 19, p.182]. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1598
Lot 144
Etching by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) - Jupiter, Io and Juno - / Description: This is one of only seven etchings attributed to Jacob Jordaens himself. Jupiter, Io and Juno. Jupiter, at centre, accompanied by his eagle, undresses and inspects the naked rear of Io; Juno at top right sits on a celestial cloud accompanied by two peacocks. 1652 Etching signed in lower left corner "Iac. Iordaens inuentor. 1652." Hollstein 6, first state before the address of Blooteling. / Dimensions: 28,00 x 35,50 cm / Condition: Flattened middle fold, laid paper with fiils head watermark, remains of hinges on the back. Hollstein 6, d'Hulst 1993 B97. ---- There are only seven etchings attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Hollstein 1-3, 5-7 and 9), also described in D'Hulst catalogue (pp.132-136). Although these are all lettered with Jordaens as the designer ('inventor'), they are considered as also made by him. Lit.: R.-A. D'Hulst, 'Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), volume II: Drawings and Prints', Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1993, nos. B93-99. No modello for this print has been identified. A painting of the same subject is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie at Besançon dateable to 1660, i.e. after the etching. ---- In the British Museum also as Print made by: Jacques Jordaens (Sheepshanks.5016) / Medium: Etching /Circa: 1652
Lot 20
Ludwig Krug (1489-1532) - Adoration of the Magi / Description: The Adoration of the Magi; the Virgin and Child seated at centre on step leading up to an arcade; Joseph on far r; the kings on l; Renaissance architecture in background. 1516Engraving made by: Ludwig Krug (1489-1532) in 1516. Signed with monogram in the plate, lower right, dated upper right on the column. / Dimensions: 16,50 x 12,50 cm / Condition: A good fine impression on laid paper trimmed on the plate border. Very good condition with no folds, tears or stains. / Literature: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (4) --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.536.2) --- Preliminary drawing by Krug in Germanische National museum Nuremberg (Nr. Hz85) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1516
Lot 16
◆ Jankel Adler (Polish 1895-1949) Mädchen mit Katze (Girl with Cat), 1942 signed (lower left)oil on canvasDimensions:81cm x 91cm (32in x 35 3/4in)Provenance:ProvenancePeter Watson, London (by 1948)Private collection, LondonLiteratureStanley William Hayter, Jankel Adler, Nicholson & Watson, London, 1948, p.viii, illustrated in black & white, pl.17, as 'Girl with Cat (1942) Private collection Peter Watson, Esq. London'Annemarie Heibel, Jankel Adler (1895-1949): Band II: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Munster, 2016, no. WV 217, repr. p.301.Note: Born in Poland into an Orthodox Jewish family, Jankel Adler trained in engraving in Belgrade and the applied arts in Barmen (now Wuppertal) before enrolling at the Düsseldorf Akademie der Künste. Based in Düsseldorf between 1922 and 1933, he became steeped in progressive art circles, associating with Lyonel Feininger and Wassily Kandinsky amongst others, and teaching alongside Paul Klee at his alma mater. After the Nazi’s declaration that his work was ‘degenerate’, Adler moved to Paris in 1933, where he worked with Stanley William Hayter at the experimental Atelier 17 and met Pablo Picasso - a rite of passage for any artist with serious aspirations to belong to the avant-garde. Following the outbreak of World War Two, Adler joined the Polish army, with whom he was evacuated to Scotland in 1940. Demobilisation in 1941 was followed by a move to London in 1943. He thus personified the European avant-garde in Britain whilst becoming a central figure in the art worlds of Glasgow and then London. Solo exhibitions were held at T&R Annans & Sons in the former, and at the Redfern Gallery, Lefevre Gallery and at Gimpel Fils in the latter; he was to have a tremendous impact on British artists, in particular Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde, who shared a studio with John Minton two floors beneath that of Adler in Kensington.Mädchen mit Katze (Girl with Cat) is thus a major example of continental Modernism, painted in Britain. It is one of his most sophisticated and poetic images: a contemplative seated woman in the right foreground holds an enigmatic object to her chest. A companion cat lying on a table to the left directly confronts the viewer, its startling eyes penetrating our souls, whilst the distinctly modernist sculptures to the rear – an homage perhaps to fellow émigré Naum Gabo – introduce a sense of time and place to this potentially timeless domestic scene. Adler’s post-Cubist approach to form is arguably seen to best effect in the sensitively rendered facial features of the female protagonist, although his technique across the canvas surface is as varied as the range of muted and bold tones and colours used to realise volume, perspective and mass.This work exemplifies Philip Vann’s declaration that ‘finding refuge in Britain in 1941, the forty-six-year-old Jankel Adler embarked afresh on a richly distinctive journey as an artist. The powerful, often stark monumentality characterising his earlier continental period gave way to vibrant new works of most subtle intricacy and compassionate poignancy. All that he had learned and absorbed from the great Modernists he had known in the 1920s and ‘30s – notably Klee, [Max] Ernst and Picasso – was now assimilated and integrated with apparently spontaneous ease into radically original, humane pictures.’ (quoted in Richard Cork, Jankel Adler: The British Years 1941-49, Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, 2014, unpaginated).Such is Mädchen mit Katze’s significance within Adler’s oeuvre that it was selected for reproduction in Stanley William Hayter’s 1948 monograph on the artist, by which time it had been acquired by the legendary British art collector Peter Watson. He and Adler are believed to have met for the first time in Glasgow, with their mutual acquaintance Colquhoun reporting that Watson ‘believes Adler to be quite exceptional.’ (Undated letter from Colquhoun to Ian Fleming, quoted in Patrick Elliott et al, The Two Roberts: Robert Colquhoun & Robert MacBryde, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2014, p.29). The millionaire Watson was without doubt the eminence grise of the London contemporary art world during the 1940s, when many artists struggled to make ends meet: Watson funded the arts journal Horizon, which was launched in 1940; was a co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1946; lived in a Wells Coates-designed flat in London surrounded by works including by Christopher Wood, Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Joan Miró, Chaïm Soutine and John Tunnard; and counted Sutherland, Nicholson, Augustus John, Lucian Freud and John Craxton amongst his artist friends. Mädchen mit Katze thus joined one of the most remarkable collections of modern and contemporary art in Britain at the time.The related painting, Woman with a Cat (formerly known as Girl with Cat) of 1944, was presented by the Contemporary Art Society to Aberdeen Art Gallery in 1952 (ABDAG002283).
Lot 8
◆ Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920) Head of a Girl pencil on papersigned (lower right) Dimensions:43cm x 26.5cm (17in x 10 1/2in)Provenance:Provenance Christopher 'Kit' WoodSold by the above to Lefevre Gallery, 6th March 1930 (stock number 447/29)Acquired from the above by R. K. Blair, 28th January 1932, and thence by family descent to current ownerNote: This delicate, beautiful drawing by Amedeo Modigliani has all the hallmarks of his unique style, with the mask-like face, large but blank almond eyes, the curve of the nose hinting at a Cubist change of viewpoint but not quite, everything described with clarity and a spareness entirely counterpoint to his chaotic, bohemian life. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that it was originally in the collection of another artist: the British painter Christopher ‘Kit’ Wood, who first visited Paris in 1920, just a few months after Modigliani himself had died tragically young, thereby cementing his legend as the enfant terrible of the Parisian avant-garde. Wood himself – tall, handsome, erudite, bisexual – was a perfect fit in bohemian circles and caught the eye of Antonio de Gandarillas, diplomat, patron and friend to many artists, who introduced Wood to everyone who was anyone in the art world.Wood the painter would have found Modigliani’s economy of line and the simplification of form into near abstraction as very close to what he himself was looking for in his art - a ‘modernist primitivism’ that was all the rage in European painting at the time. For Modigliani’s generation, the main inspiration was African art, particularly masks, in which they saw a connection to an underlying visual ‘truth’ that had long been obscured in Europe by technical facility and academic ‘naturalism’. In Modigliani, though, we also see hints of Europe’s oldest art, that fluid, blank quality of Cycladic figures, whose beauty speaks across the ages. In Head of a Girl, Modigliani’s model is both a contemporary Parisian ‘kiki’(with her bobbed hair and androgynous look) and mysterious goddess.Although Kit Wood is in many ways a very English artist – in 1928 he encountered the retired marine scrap merchant-turned-painter Alfred Wallis in the Cornish fishing town of St Ives, adding a layer of English folk vernacular to his ‘modernist primitivist’ style - a good many of his paintings were made in France, in Paris, where he was a regular visitor throughout the 1920s, and in Brittany, where he followed in Gauguin’s footsteps searching for a primitive authenticity a little closer to home. Whilst we don’t know exactly when Wood acquired the Modigliani, we do know that he sold it to his London dealer, Alex. Reid and Lefevre Gallery, in March 1930, less than six months before his own tragic, early death, aged 28, by suicide, whilst withdrawing from the drug habit he had acquired amongst the Parisian beau monde. The Lefevre Gallery was the place in London at the time to go for the latest word in contemporary European art (they had held an exhibition of Modigliani paintings in March 1929 and mounted a memorial exhibition of Wood’s work in 1932). That year they sold the present drawing to a private collector and it has remained in the same family ever since. Now it is once again on a gallery wall for everyone to see, allowing us to imagine what it was - the subtlety of Modigliani’s line, the mystery of his sitter’s expression and the timelessness of it all – that drew Kit Wood to it a century ago.
Lot 105
Property of a Gentleman Edward Robert Hughes (1851 - 1914) Lady Henrietta Margaret Stanley (1881) Watercolour and body colour on paper, laid down on board With painted inscription, upper right: "HENRIETTA MARGARET STANLEY AET. 7. 1881. E. R. HUGHES. F." Inscribed, verso: “Miss Henrietta Margaret Stanley…4 Beaufort Street, Chelsea†Dimensions: (Paper) 14.5 in. (H) x 11 in. (W) (Frame) 20.5 in. (H) x 16.75 in. (W)
Lot 53
Property of a Gentleman of Chelsea N.E. Indian (Bengal) Pala Period (11th - 12th Century) A black stone stele (phyllite) depicting the Hindu god Brahma and his consort Brahmini For a related example of Brahma in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin see catalogue no. 68 in M. Yaldiz, R.D. Gadebusch et al, Magische Götterwelten: Werke aus dem Museum für Indische Kunst Berlin. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 2000.  Provenance: A private English collection Jonathan Tucker Dimensions: 18 in. (H) x 11 in. (W)
Lot 82
Subbuteo Sets from the 1970's and later Subbuteo assorted boxed sets to include the 'Continental' Club Edition with 6 corner flags, 10 blue and red players, 2 linesmen, police, 2 floodlights, 2 television towers and a target board in yellow. Set C.132 throw in figures, set C.111 half time fence scoreboard, C.135 VIP cup presentation set, C.131 live action corner kickers, C.108 green plastic fence surround, set Z match score recorder, set RZ match score recorder, C.130 world cup goals, C.133 interchangeable goalkeepers, C.123 live action goalkeepers, C.1222 new type continental goals, R.217 rugby line flags. Plus two incomplete boxed Subbuteo 'Football Express' teams in blue and red. Also with 1972-73 catalogue.
Lot 135
A rare Charles I pewter broad rim plate, Devon, circa 1630The rim engraved with the arms of the Edgecumbe family, set within a laurel wreath, opposed by the hallmarks of Nicholas Dolbeare, Ashburton, Devon (fl.1620-1651), (PS2909), touchmark to rear, diameter 25.7cm, rim width 5.9cm, (46%)Provenance: Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Cotehele House, Cornwall. Former Kenneth Bradshaw CollectionThe engraved arms are the old arms of the Edgcumbe family, before their elevation to a peerage. They were granted a Barony, Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, in 1742; a Viscountcy in 1781; and an Earldom, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789 (see 'The Complete Peerage, London 196, Vol. IX, pp. 315-319)Five lots of six identical plates sold Sotheby's, 1 June 1956, on behalf of the Trustees of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, (Lots 24-28). Ronald Michaelis bought Lot 28, almost certainly including this plate, on behalf of mostly Pewter Society members, including Kenneth BradshawLiterature: R. F. Michaelis, 'Early Stuart Pewter from Cotehele, Cornwall', The Antique Collector, February 1959, pp.31-34
Lot 140
A remarkable and very rare pewter Royal portrait wrigglework flat-lid tankard, English, circa 1695-1700The drum designed with a portrait of William III, with sceptre, beneath a crown and flanked by the crowned initials 'W' and 'R', all within an oval, the Royal supporters of a lion and unicorn to each side, together with a rose and a thistle, the stepped lid designed with a tulip stem of three flowers, and with front denticulations, 'leafy' rams' horn thumbpiece and hollow handle with spade terminal, hallmarks on top of lid and touchmark in base of John Dunn, London, (fl.1683-1727), (PS35), height 17cm, diameter of lid 12.3cm.Provenance: Former David Little Collection. Sold Christie's, London, 1 May 2007, Lot 113Exhibited: Harvard House Museum, Stratford, 'Pewter and British Monarchy'There are believed to be only nine recorded pewter flat lids with a portrait of William III alone. There are approximately twenty flat-lids with double portraits of William and Mary, see Lot 22 in this sale. For a very similar flat-lid tankard see the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London (M.63-1945). The tankard, formerly in the Yeates Collection, is by the maker 'TC', but was very likely to have been decorated by the same hand as this Lot. A Further example, again by John Donne, is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection, USA, by William Eddon, see J D Davis, 'Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg' (2003), p. 191, no. 237
Lot 22
A very rare William & Mary Royal commemorative double-portrait pewter wrigglework flat-lid tankard, circa 1690The straight-sided drum designed with a bust portrait of King William III and Mary II, below a crown and entwined cipher W/M R, all within an oval, flanked by a fanciful bird amongst foliage, the lid with front denticulations and decorated with a spray of three flowers, swan-neck handle with small rams' horn thumbpiece and boot-heel terminal, touchmark inside base (PS9142), height 15.4cm, diameter of lid 10.9cmThere are approximately twenty recorded pewter flat-lid tankards decorated with a double-portrait of William & Mary. The recorded examples are by various makers, but there are instances of near-identical decoration, strongly suggesting individual specialist engravers worked with several London pewterers to produce these highly prized commemorative tankards.
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