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Lot 349
? The Little Ranelagh House by Peter Hill Jones modern 366cm.; 144ins high by 225cm.; 88½ins deep by 303cm.; 119ins wide, together with chestnut picket fence, laid hedges entwined with hawthorn, guelder rose, hazel and field maple together with a miniature wooden seat and carved stone birdbath Quotations can be obtained for reconstructing the Little Ranelagh House and gardens in the UK Little Ranelagh House was so named because in it`s prime incarnation in May this year, it appeared within Ranelagh Gardens which forms part of the site that comprise the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The building which is also considered to be a `Sculpted Casket for Diverse Purpose` by its creator, Peter Hill Jones, was exhibited as a Trade Stand and was complete "with an interior specifically designed to be hostile to children yet with an exterior that was appealing to them! The garden was designed to be appealing to passerine birds in particular and bryologists!" (Bryology is the study of mosses, liverworts and hornworts) "The building does not have an age or purpose bias", says Peter. "But there are 2 distinct entrances: the front door which is clearly for people under 30" in height and a `secret` side door which could accommodate a tall person or even a wheel chair bound adult. "In short it can be used for whatever you like: to keep the dogs, pigs, chickens or donkey in. As a hide, study - particularly for natural history, dark room, explosives factory or drug manufacturing unit! A wendy house - whatever that is - or an area for children to attempt to fulfil themselves or not, or just address the problems encountered from being a child! A den for adults to keep children out? A private cinema to watch dubious films or library to collect operatic scores or decent First Editions. A space to encourage bats to go when the Planning Authority has deemed the bat roost in your loft is going to really Muck Up your Application to demolish all/some/a bit of your house!"! The building/casket is designed to have an upstairs which is present in a basic form here in The Walled Garden. The building itself is constructed entirely from FSC accredited timber which means that it all comes from sustainable forests. The original building, Little Burndell House, which is the prototype of this one, is situated at Peter`s yard in Yapton, West Sussex and is largely constructed from recycled timber. The window design was extensively researched (despite it`s apparent simplicity) to achieve the `correct look` and designed by Peter and features a design of glazing bar based on the so-called Georgian `knife-edge` glazing bar. The undersized `Sussex Red` roof tiles and half round ridges were hand made as were the clay chimney stack and its 2 undersized pots (one of which is in fact a bird nesting box and other could function as a real pot). The `mortar` on the stack is specially coloured to mimic lime mortar. Such detail was of major importance to Peter! An important feature present are the two `Teddy windows` at either end of the the buildings upstairs area. The term is self explanatory (if you possess a pair of psycho-killer teds as Peter does: Teddy Binns and Hopscotch). Every quarter has a look out point and the house is equipped with three above ground `escape` points and the facilities for an underground tunnel. The `wall paper` at the opposite end to the `secret/adult` door comprises an original motif by Peter. The pattern consists of 4 squares with a central square - like the side depicting `5` on a dice. The 4 outer squares depict a man looking at his dog: the dog has the man`s eyes and the man`s eyes are dentures! The central motif depicts one of Michelangelo`s sculptural male heads but with inserts into the face of Walker`s `Special Edition Spice Girls` crisp packets! Peter`s stand and garden of Little Ranelagh House won an Award of Commendation at the RHS show and over 6,000 people viewed it including Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. (John Savings of Abingdon, who provided Peter with the plants for his laid hedge is Prince Charles` teacher in the methods of laying a hedge. The Prince is an enthusiast of this ancient country craft. Peter Hill Jones who has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition twice and the Royal Society of British Artists some 4 times is a scrap metal merchant and general dealer by trade and botanist, free-lance journalist and occasional-artist by inclination! He was - he admits - born with an EPNS spoon in his mouth and was slightly over educated "on the proceeds of scrap" he is also on show in London 24 hours a day 365 days of the year as `Peas` one of the 120 sculpted motifs on the gates at The Globe Theatre.
![Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) and John Hanning Speke. foldng heavy metal frame thick woven cloth seat soiled [c.1860]. ***A high](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2779455/126_468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) and John Hanning Speke. foldng heavy metal frame thick woven cloth seat soiled [c.1860]. ***A highly important survival from the golden age of African exploration with an impeccable provenance. Provenance: John Hanning Speke then gifted to Mutesa King of Buganda in turn gifted to Sir Henry Morton Stanley. In February of 1862 Speke and his party were five months into their search for the true source of the Nile. They had reached the kingdom of Buganda and now had to seek permission from the king to continue their journey through his land. The king was taken by the company and indeed gifts of the party and encouraged Speke to stay until the July. On the 3rd July Speke records in his journal that he `took a Lancaster rifle with ammunition and the iron chair he [the king] formerly asked for as parting present to the palace..`. In July 1875 Stanley arrived in Uganda and visited Mutesa`s court. In the customary exchange of gifts the king presented Stanley with the very same stool. Stanley records this in his copy of the second edition of Speke`s Journal where he writes in the margin of p.446 `This chair I have now`. (See the previous lot for this copy).
Lot 71
A GOODALLS CORNER CHAIR MADE FROM THE TIMBER OF H.M.S. FOUDROYANT with carved and moulded top rail and arm supports inscribed FOUDROYANT / LAUNCHED 1798 / WRECKED 1897, with crossed stretchers and plush seat (later) - 31 1/2 x 24in. (80 x 61cm.), Goodalls, the firm that bought the wreck to produce commemorative items from its oak and copper, issued a catalogue of designs, many of which were produced to order and not made speculatively. A similar chair to the one offered is listed as No.1 and described This Chair once belonged to Lord Nelson`s Father. Price of reproduction in `Foudroyant` Oak, £10.18s.6d.
Lot 109
A VERY FINE DOLLOND TELESCOPE, PRESENTED BY KING GEORGE IV TO SIR CHARLES PAGET, 1821, with 2in. objective lens, silver plated fittings and interchangeable draw tubes signed Dollond London, each further engraved Commodore the Honble. Sir Charles Paget K.C.H. from his esteemed & beloved Sovereign George 4th, On Board the Royal George Yacht, Cowes Roads, Augst. 4th, 1821, contained within fitted mahogany box of issue - 40 1/4 in. (102cm.) diameter. Sir Charles Paget (1778-1839) entered the navy in 1790 under the patronage of Sir Andrew Snape Douglas. He enjoyed rapid promotion and on 30th March 1803 he commissioned the large frigate Endymion, and commanded her for the next two years, cruising in the channel, the Bay of Biscay, and on the coast of Spain or Portugal. In 1804 he captured four Spanish treasure ships from South America, gaining £26,000 prize money, much of which he spent on a country seat and a wife. Afterwards he commanded various frigates or ships of the line in the channel, and from 1812 to 1814 the Superb (74 guns), in the Bay of Biscay and on the coast of North America. Between 1817 and 1819 he was in command of the Royal Yacht George in attendance on the Prince Regent and was made a KCH on 19th October 1819. He continued his rise through the ranks until 10th January 1837 when he was made vice-admiral, and commanded on the North America and West Indies station until his death from yellow fever at St Thomas, Jamaica, on 27th January 1839.
Lot 524
A Regency acanthus carved rosewood, burr elm and gilt brass mounted window seat/sofa, with scroll ends and drop-in seat, on lion paw feet, attributed to George Bullock (this item is illustrated in "Regency Furniture 1795-1830", Margaret Jourdain, 3rd revised ed 1965, fig 112 p59) (illustrated, detail front and inside front cover)
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