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ROLLS ROYCE: An early 20th century mounted timepiece in the form of a miniature vintage Rolls Royce car radiator on an ebonised base with the spirit of ecstacy finial above the red enamelled badge, maker's mark rubbed, probably by C. Saunders & F. Shepherd, Birmingham 1921; 5.1" (13 cms) high
ROLLS ROYCE: An Art Deco inkwell in the form of the miniature top section of a vintage Rolls Royce car radiator with enamelled badge and cast spirit of ecstacy finial, the cover hinging open to reveal a drop-in glass liner, initialled "WLW", by C Saunders & F. Shepherd, London 1929 (loaded); 6" (15.1 cms) long
A MIXED LOT:- A shoe horn, a small plain spirit flask, two napkin rings, a bracelet, a mounted powder compact, a case for a pair of spectacles, a boxed pair of plain napkin rings, initialled, a mounted table lighter, a mounted steel cigar cutter, and an Indian spirit flask with chased decoration; the latter 5.25" (13 cms) high; 17.8 oz weighable silver) (11)
*Grayson Perry RA (b.1960) 'Alien Baby'glazed ceramic, 2008, stamped and numbered 11 to the reverse, from an edition of 1227 x 17cm'Alien Baby' was created during his time making the BAFTA nominated 'Rites of Passage', a four episode series exploring the topics of Death, Marriage, Birth and Coming of Age. Perry travelled the world exploring rituals across different cultures before returning home to England, to discuss his findings with British families, drawing parallels with seminal moments in their own lives and helping to devise secular rituals to help them make sense of the landmark moments they were experiencing.He described witnessing the slow motion modern miracle that sees the babies being nurtured into the world by the dedicated team of nurses who help them survive and thrive against all odds. He sees the nurses as the crew of a spaceship, employing modern technology with a sympathetic touch, the twinkling lights of the monitors reminiscent of the light-up controls of the flight deck of a spaceship. Inspired by this cosmic scene and believing there to be a need for the NHS to be ritualised as one of the pillars of modern society, Grayson produced a range of 12 'Alien Babies', each a celebration of the NHS, the technology and, above all, the humanity of the neonatal nurses. The works, each unique and executed in pottery with a metallic gilt glaze, were gifted by the artist to every member of the neonatal team at the Broomfield, as well as to the couples featured in the show. He states ‘each sculpture represents the spirit of all the little lives bought into the earth by the nursing team’.Provenance: This work was given by the artist to one of the nurses featured in the programme.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot. Condition report: Some light rubbing on back of figure. Indentations from kiln stand on back.
A Rolls-Royce sterling silver desk barometer by Saunders & Shepherd, presented as a Christmas gift for 1933,square dial, mounted within a sterling silver case by Cornelius Saunders & Francis Shepherd, hallmarked London, 1933, in the form of a Rolls-Royce radiator, with engine-turned grille decoration, black enamel badge and miniature Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, with engraved initials 'R.S.G' to front of base, 15cm high overall. Footnotes:This desk barometer was one of a series commissioned and presented by Rolls-Royce Ltd as a Christmas gift for 1933 to selected dealers and distributors of UK Rolls-Royce motor cars, and part of a set of 11 different Christmas gifts in total presented in the years 1926-1937, after the successful introduction of the Phantom I. Recipients of desk sets included Clyde Automobiles of Glasgow, Watson of Liverpool, Cockshoot of Manchester, Rippon Bros of Huddersfield, Car Mart of London, Roltes of Maidstone and Croal of Edinburgh.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rolls-Royce sterling silver ashtray by Sebastian Garrard & Co., presented as a Christmas gift for 1926,hallmarked London to underside of base, with central miniature Spirit of Ecstasy figure after the original design by Charles Sykes, the rim with applied initials 'C.E.H', 15cm diameter. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rolls-Royce sterling silver desk clock by Saunders & Shepherd, presented as a Christmas gift for 1927,8-day brass-cased clock with square dial and Swiss movement, mounted within sterling silver case by Cornelius Saunders & Francis Shepherd, hallmarked London, 1927, in the form of a Rolls-Royce radiator, with engine-turned grille decoration, red enamelled badge, but miniature Spirit of Ecstasy mascot broken, with engraved initials 'C.E.H' to front of base, 12cm high overall. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare 'Eos Herald of Dawn' mascot, by Josephine Sykes, introduced 26th February 1927,signed 'J.Sykes 26.2.27' to lower edge of drape, and inscribed 'Eos, Herald of Dawn' around the base, cire perdue nickel-plated bronze mascot with fine detailing depicting an elegant female with arms outstretched, the drapes of her dress flowing in the wind, 19cm high, with mounting stud, in single family ownership for 70 years. Footnotes:Accepted to the Royal Academy at age 19, talented sculptress Josephine Sykes joined her father, famed creator of the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, Charles Sykes, in car mascot production.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A child's car modelled as 'skiff-bodied' 1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost,modern, capable of approximately 8mph variable speeds with both forward and reverse gears via lever stick, dual braking system with disc brakes to front wheels, supported by an 'eye' section beam axle with coil and leaf springs, steel box section chassis with rack and pinion steering, electric 24 Volt motor/transaxle is powered by 2 new Lucas 34AH gel batteries and is controlled by an intelligent 4QD brain, coachwork polished aluminium bonnet, nickel plated radiator grille with 'Spirit of Ecstasy' mascot, wooden ribbed boat-tail body clad with ply slats, carvel finish in dark mahogany, with stringing type light decking, gloss varnished, interior deep buttoned maroon leather-cloth, two-seater with front and rear compartments, Birdseye Maple veneered dashboard with dummy gauges, aero screens, opening near side door. Featuring working side and head lamps, adjustable pedal length for differing drivers from children to average adult size, 2 spare tyres in steel front wings, 300 x 12 pneumatic on wire spoked wheels. Overall length 2400 x width 900 x height 900. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: â—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Š Requires specialist shipping and storage at the buyer's expenseFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Avery Hardoll model CH1 one gallon hand-cranked petrol pumprestored in red, black and yellow with Russian Oil Products brand plate, ROP 'Zip' 1/6d price flag plate, together with a ROP Zip Spirit transfer on the pumping cylinder, with hose and nozzle, 178cm high overall. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: â—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Šâ—Š Requires specialist shipping and storage at the buyer's expenseFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rolls-Royce sterling silver ink blotter by Saunders & Shepherd, presented as a Christmas gift for 1932,hallmarked London, 1932, with Spirit of Ecstasy figure handle mounted on machine decorated main base, with engraved initials 'R.S.G' to one end, 14cm wide. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large collection of assorted scale diecast models of various makers to include Corgi, Dinky, Matchbox, Lesney, Maisto and more. The collection including James Bond Moonraker shuttle, James Bond Lotus E-Spirit, Dinky Toys Cooper-Bristol racing car, Dinky Toys Vanguard and a Dinky Toys Morris Mini Traveller. Good collection of modern and vintage diecast
VICTORIAN BRASS BOUND WALNUT BOX TANTALUS, c. 1880, containing three cut glass spirit decanters and stoppers behind box compartment with hinged lids and sprung apron drawer, engraved presentation escutcheon, 36 x 28 x 34.5cm Condition Report: one decanter with chipped lower, corner brass mounts probably formerly plated, small split to side, drawer front restored corner.The secret drawer has some restoration work done on one cornerThere is a crack to one sideThe section pieces inside the drawer are all loose.The lock is a bit sticky does not lock very easily, but it does lock and the key is present.Both handles are good.One bottle tag is missing.All three bottles have chips to the tops and the stoppers.The mirror behind the bottles looks good.
TATO (GUGLIELMO SANSONI) (1896-1974)Lo Stormo signed 'Tato' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Ali fascisti sull'oceano Tato' (on the reverse)oil on canvas46 x 66.6cm (18 1/8 x 26 1/4in).Painted in 1931Footnotes:The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Archivio Tato, under the guidance of Generale Salvatore Ventura.ProvenancePrivate collection, Rome.ExhibitedRome, La Camerata degli Artisti, Prima mostra di aeropittura dei futuristi, 1 - 10 February 1931, no. 34. Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Enrico Prampolini et les aeropeintres futuristes italiens, 2 - 16 March 1932, no. 112.Rome, Palazzo Valdina, Tato Futurista. Inventore dell'aeropittura, 21 November - 6 December 2019.Tato was born Guglielmo Sansoni in Bologna in 1896, and would go on to become one of the principal protagonists of the Italian 20th Century movement, Aeropittura.Inspired by the revolutionary spirit of the first wave of Futurism, Tato began creating artworks in the early 1920s that depicted the new Italy. Scenes of the city at night, speeding trains and experiments in Cubist-inflected compositions populate his early work, and display the clear influence of Severini, Boccioni and the group responsible for the 1909 manifesto. The young artist in fact held a mock funeral for himself, where he mourned the 'death' of Guglielmo Sansoni, and celebrated in turn the 'birth' of Tato – a clear demonstration of the Futurist ideal of renewal and a break from the weight of Italy's cultural past. In 1922 he met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who of course was a towering figure in the artistic movements that sprang up in the wake of Futurism, and the meeting would accelerate Tato's development of his now-celebrated form of Futurism alongside his fascination with flight. Together they published the Manifesto of Aeropainting in 1929, formalising the interest in flight that Tato, and a number of other young artists, had been exploring in the preceding years.Tato's works define the notion, set out in this manifesto, that 'the changing perspectives of flight constitute an absolutely new reality, one that has nothing in common with the reality traditionally constituted by earthbound perspectives'. His investigation of flight led to the creation of a great number of works tackling the new view of the world from above, such as the present work, Lo Stormo of 1931. Depicting the flight of sea planes, this work is one of three pieces of the same title: a preparatory gouache, a medium-sized canvas (the present work) and a large-scale canvas. This was typical of Tato's process when he was particularly convinced of the success of a composition. Indeed, the present work was selected by the artist to be included in the first Aeropittura exhibition, where the canvas was displayed alongside works by Balla, Dottori, Fillia and Prampolini, and embodies the stylized vision of this boundary-pushing artist.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)Le retour des régates signed, inscribed and dated 'Deauville Raoul Dufy 1933' (lower left)oil on canvas46.7 x 110cm (18 3/8 x 43 5/16in).Painted in Deauville in 1933Footnotes:ProvenanceM. Bignou Collection (by 1936).Perls Galleries, New York, no. 3311.Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2002, lot 300.Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs, Amsterdam.Private collection, The Netherlands (acquired from the above on 24 October 2002). ExhibitedToledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Section of the Thirty Third Carnegie International Exhibition of Paintings, 1 March – 19 April 1936, no. 78. LiteratureM. Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Vol. II, Geneva, 1973, no. 864 (illustrated p. 351).Le retour des régates was executed in Deauville in 1933 and stems from one of Raoul Dufy's most iconic subjects. Boat races were painted by the artist on numerous occasions throughout both France and Great Britain: in fact, the subject first appeared in Dufy's work in 1907 and remained an important theme throughout his practice. Executed on a canvas measuring over a metre long, Les retour des régates is one of the largest regatta scenes ever to appear at auction and was painted at the height of the artist's career.In the early twentieth century, Deauville developed into a go-to resort for high society due to its proximity to Paris. With a racecourse, a casino and a harbour, the small town provided entertainment throughout the year. The many festivities that were held established an influx of tourists and formed the ideal environment for Dufy to paint en plein air. The artist could observe the pastimes of the French upper-class from behind the easel, and the joyous and dynamic atmosphere allowed him to experiment with movement and colour. Born on the northern coast of France in the city of Le Havre, the artist was fascinated by the ocean from a young age as he would stand on shore watching the activities around the water's edge. Dufy considered the sea as a backdrop for lively spectacles, and it formed the ultimate location to observe the ever changing light effects: 'Unhappy the man who lives in a climate far from the sea, or unfed by the sparkling waters of a river!...The painter constantly needs to be able to see a certain quality of light, a flickering, an airy palpitation bathing what he sees' (Dufy, quoted in D. Perez-Tibi, Dufy, New York, 1989, p. 158).Dufy scrutinised the boat racing theme over the course of his career, which resulted in an array of works on the subject. It allowed the artist to experiment with various structures and colour arrangements in his compositions and he mastered a uniquely free and dynamic style. In the present painting Le retour des régates, the viewer observes the sailing boats returning to the harbour after racing on a sunny day at sea. Dufy captures the scene as seen through the eyes of the sailors in the advancing boats, giving the viewer the sensation that they too are within the composition. With the wind blowing in their sails, the boats navigate towards maritime flags situating the harbour with the shore emerging in the background. Instead of carefully delineated details, Dufy employed bold and rigorous brushwork to create stylized forms on the two-dimensional picture plane. A dazzling palette of blue hues accentuate the sky and sea, evoking the atmospheric climate of his lively design. The present work is proof of the artist's masterful colour technique. In an interview with Pierre Courthion, Dufy elaborated on his choice of colour: 'Blue is the only color which keeps its own individuality across the spectrum. Take blue with its different nuances, from the darkest to the lightest; it will always be blue, whereas yellow darkens in shadow and fades out in lighter parts, dark red becomes brown and when diluted with white, it isn't red any more, but another color: pink' (Dufy quoted in P. Courthion, Raoul Dufy, Geneva, 1951, p. 52).Le retour des régates captures the spirit and influence of the Fauves, with whom Dufy exhibited following his encounter with Henri Matisse's seminal work Luxe, Calme et Volupté at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905. Being exposed to such daring work encouraged the young artist to experiment with a wider palette. As Dufy himself emphasised: 'colour captures the light that forms and animates the group as a whole. Every object or group of objects is placed within its own area of light and shade, receiving its share of reflections and being subjected to the arrangement decided by the artist' (Dufy quoted in D. Perez-Tibi, op. cit., p. 150).The 1930s are regarded as the apex of Dufy's career, as his work started to receive institutional attention and was widely acknowledged across continents. In 1932 the Musée de Luxembourg in Paris acquired one of his works for their permanent collection, and by 1936 Dufy received several important public commissions in Paris, most notably the mural for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. In the same year, the present painting Les retour des régates was included in the thirty-third edition of the prestigious Carnegie International exhibition, held in the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. This show was initiated in 1896 by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and was the first exhibition with an international allure in North America. In 1936 the show served as an annual survey to identify international trends in avant-garde art to inspire and educate the public. Dufy's work was exhibited alongside paintings by artists such as George Braque and Pierre Bonnard. Other participants of the Carnegie International included Camille Pissarro, Salvador Dalí and Jackson Pollock.Raoul Dufy's spirited and bright compositions remain intrinsic to the art historical discourse of today, particularly his regatta paintings. Comparable works to Les retour des régates can be found in major public collections including the Musée d'Arte Moderne de la Ville in Paris, the Tate Modern in London and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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