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Lot 464
A Delabole slate fireplace, 1946, by Naum Gabo (1890-1977), height 102cm, width 137.5cm. Mantle shelf, 137.5 x 20.5cm, depth 3.5cm. The following extract is from 'Constructing Modernity, The Art & Career of Naum Gabo' by Christina Lodder & Martin Hammer, reproduced here by kind permission of the authors: Gabo did see one functional design actually executed while he was in Cornwall. In 1946 he produced two identical fireplaces for the house of Mr Ince in Redruth. Gabo had met Ince, the chief obstetrician for Cornwall, through Jane Lowenstein, a friend of Mrs Ince and Miriam Gabo. The commission seems to have come from Mrs Ince who was interested in art. The fireplaces were produced for the family's new home; grey slate for the drawing room and brown for the dining room. Only the former has survived, although not in its original location. Gabo and Ince visited the Polyphant Quarries at Delabole near Tintagel together to choose the stones. The mantelpiece on the extant fireplace consists of one piece of unpolished polyphant stone, three slabs of which also form the hearth, while the bulk of the structure is built up of small pieces of slate, the selection and cutting of which Gabo apparently supervised. His initial design was for a surround completely flush with the wall, but Mrs Ince insisted on having a mantel shelf. The surround curves inwards towards the opening, which is recessed by approximately 4" at the centre, and in this respect the conception is the opposite of a conventional fireplace structure built out into the room. The design is simple and graceful. The small variations in colour and marking on the slates animate the curved surface, while the darker stone of the shelf and hearth highlights the curve and tonal graduations of the surround. Note: Russian-born Gabo was one of the most important and influential figures in Russia's post-revolution avant-garde, the development of modernism in St Ives and arguably, in twentieth century sculpture. This was one of two fireplaces by Gabo commissioned by the Inces. The other, in brown slate has been destroyed. This remaining piece is an intriguing and unique work and it illustrates the way in which the St Ives artists sought to bring their art into everyday life. Gabo emigrated to the United States in 1946 so this would have been amongst the last of his works created in Cornwall. Condition report: Some smoke discolouration above opening, bottom left and bottom right have slight damage/imperfections, Fireplace has been removed as one piece and is crated. Integrity is good. Mantle shelf is separate piece and crated. Also comes with its 3 original hearth slates.
Lot 874
A Chinese hardwood cabinet, circa 1900, profusely inlaid with mother of pearl, with three frieze drawers decorated with floral sprays, landscapes and Chinese symbols, above a pair of cupboard doors carved with dragons flanking an open recess with a shelf, cupboard door and single drawer on bracket feet, height 127cm, width 152cm, depth 61cm. Condition report: Doors and drawers open properly. However, the cabinet is not secure, if the top is lifted the side falls off. Some woodworm. Veneer missing off top and also raised veneers. Some losses.
Lot 1265
A good large 19th Century Victorian oak triple section library bookcase cabinet of open window form. The three very large upright sections being raised on a plinth base and culminating in a fiared top above. Each shelf being adjustable and supported on wooden supports.Measures: 212cm high X 255cm wide X 24 deep
Lot 3849
Militaria - A List of the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full, Retired, and Half Pay; with An Index, War-Office, [London] 1827, contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, gilt lettered crimson morocco label (refreshed), 8vo; Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., R.A., first & only edition, Printed at The Royal Artillery Institutions, Woolwich 1913, one photogravure frontispiece and five illustrations, full contemporary blue-stained calf gilt prize binding, gilt lettered spine, all edges gilt, 8vo; Mayo (John Horsley), Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, two-volume set, With Numerous Coloured Plates and Illustrations, Archibald Constable and Co, London 1897, full-page coloured plates throughout, contemporary red cloth as issued, 4to; Roberts (Field-Marshal Lord, of Kandahar, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.), Forty-One Years in India, two-volume set, Richard Bentley and Son, London 1897, contemporary blue buckram as issued, the upper givers gilt with Roberts's coat of arms crested by an earl's coronet, 8vo; Biddulph (Colonel John), The Nineteenth and their Times: Being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army that Have Borne the Number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in which they Served, London 1899, contemporary buckram, Pictorial bookplate: Pat Murray, shelf number 381, 8vo; Oatts (Lt. Colonel L.B., DSO), Emperor's Chambermaids: The story of the 14th/20th King's Hussars, 1973, h/b, d/j, 4to; Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1901, Royal Edition, pictorial red cloth as issued, large 8vo; Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Offical Classes, 1916, adverts to prelims, pictorial red cloth as issued, large 12mo; Indian Mutiny, 1898, half-morocco over green cloth; Boer War; Duke of Wellington & Peninsular War interest, [14]
Lot 548
Late Victorian mahogany and satinwood inlaid free standing corner display cabinet, circa 1900, the top with a dentil inlaid cornice over an astragal glazed door, crossbanded and opening to a velvet lined interior with a single shelf, the base fitted with a recessed panel inlaid door, opening to a shelf raised on bracket feet, width 75cm, height 200cm
Lot 201
An early 20th century Canadian oak workbox the fitted interior with hidden correspondence compartment to the lid, a removable shelf with separate lidded compartments and central purple velour fitted tray for scissors etc, pyrographed to the inside 'C Biggs London Ontario Canada 1909', top inlaid with maple leaves and a prone beaver, width 39cm.
Lot 65
A Victorian oak three tier whatnot, height 74cm.Condition: One of the feet with castor has previous repair with putty/filler and wire (will try to attach before sale), one pillar with another repair with nail attaching it to middle shelf, rail back ok, shelves ok, minor surface wear and stains to top shelf, otherwise good patination and colour.
Lot 594
Vintage box camera stamped VE Smith 8 Dolier St, Dublin, 1892 Instantograph Patent plate camera stamped J Lancaster & Son Birmingham, No 2 Brownie Box camera made by Canadian Kodak Co Ltd and Gap box camera (made in France) (shelf), projector frame, camera paraphernalia including mirror lens, coloured lens magnifying lens etc & a group of photographic related books
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