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Two plain silver Christening mugs, 6.3 ozs 1988 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

George II silver cream jug , with embossed flower and foliage decoration, on a round foot, London 1757 2 ozs 63 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Twelve various George III and later silver dessert spoons, 15.7 ozs, 490 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Pair of George V octagonal silver sugar casters Sheffield 1919, 3.6 ozs 113 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through. After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain. He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction.

George V silver cream jug, Birmingham 1905, 3.6 ozs 113 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Victorian cream jug with embossed 18th century style decoration with cottages and figuresLondon 1894, 2.5 ozs 80 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through. After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain. He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour. Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman. After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837. Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853). The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published. Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender. He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio. He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court. Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham. In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain. Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career. He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

20th century silver round small teapot, Chester, 8.7 ozs 272 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through. After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain. He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction.

Two 20th century silver cream jugs, 5.4 ozs, 169 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Ten various silver George III and later table and other spoons ( one is marked 800), 16.8 ozs 520 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Cased set of brass gram weight up to 100 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Engine turned silver vesta case, an engine turned card case, and a cigarette holder in silver case SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Various small silver and silver plated items, comprising a silver ARP badge, reproduction Roman spoon, two cream jugs, match box cover, tie pin, and a silver mounted key ring, SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Small silver items, comprising bowl, two round dishes, dressing table box, the top of a powder bowl with internal mirror, and a butter knife SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Garrards glass jam jar with silver cover, glass dressing table jar with silver cover, four division silver toast rack, and a capstan inkpot SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Silver shell butter dish, two handled small cup on round foot, two small cream jugs, 7.4 ozs 231 grams SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Various items comprising, Christofle slice, another slice marked 800, butter knife, ten small spoons, three pronged fork, four silver handled knives, and five bottle labels, SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through. After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction

Six various silver sets in cases, comprising six sterling spoons with decorative handles, two knife fork and spoon sets, six 800 standard cake forks, and six seal top tea spoons SILVER COLLECTION OF SIR RAY TINDLE CBE DL 1926-2022 The following obituary (edited) was published by Tindle Newspapers: Sir Ray Tindle was a man who had a life-long commitment to, and passion for, the newspaper industry. He was a newspaper man through and through.After leaving school he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and saw service in the Far East between 1944 and 1947, rising to the rank of captain.He was extremely proud of his association with the now-disbanded regiment and greatly mourned its passing, going so far as to name his previous home in Farnham Devonshire House in its honour.Sir Ray made the Surrey town his home in the 1960s and made such an impact in the following 50 years that he was known by locals as Mr Farnham. If a charity or organisation needed help, Sir Ray was there. He eventually stepped down as Chairman of Tindle Newspapers when he was 90, remaining as president, with son Owen, who runs the Oxon Hoath Retreat and Conference Centre in Kent, taking over as Chairman.After returning to the UK after the War,Sir Ray acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting & Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment. It was to be the first of many and, over the years through a series of launches and acquisitions, the group grew to a considerable force under the collective banner of Tindle Newspapers Ltd. It now owns local papers and radio stations covering large parts of Surrey, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. Many of these papers are very long established, including the Monmouthshire Beacon founded in 1837.Others were launched in Queen Victorias reign, such as the Farnham Herald (1892), Cambrian News (1860), Cornish & Devon Post (1856), Mid-Devon Advertiser (1863) and the Tenby Observer (1853).The Tindle Group became the fourth largest UK local newspaper group by number of titles published.Sir Ray was a man of immense self-belief and iron determination, as characterised by his coat of arms, carried by all his newspapers, with the Latin motto Noli Cedere, which translates as Never Surrender.He retired as Chairman of the Surrey Advertiser in 1977 after 35 years. He was also a director for 18 years on the main board of The Guardian & Manchester Evening News, and Chairman for ten years of the Belfast News Letter, the UKs oldest provincial daily. He was a founder shareholder and, for many years, an alternate director, of Capital Radio.He became Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in 1985 after some 20 years of service on several committees and of the Court.Over the years he also donated sizeable sums to various worthy causes and projects, particularly in and around his hometown of Farnham.In 1973 Sir Ray was appointed OBE for services to the newspaper industry and in 1987 he was appointed CBE. In 1989 he became a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey. He was knighted in 1994 andwas made the Newspaper Personality of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, in the same year becoming an honorary vice-president of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.Sir Ray died as he would have wished, still committed to the media empire he had so painstakingly created over the course of a long and distinguished career.He was an avid collector of silver, and his collection is being sold by the estate in this auction.

BOB DYLAN (AMERICAN, BORN 1941) - 'The Drawn Blank Series', the set of eight giclee prints comprising Still Life with Peaches, Sidewalk Cafe, Woman in Red Lion Pub, Man on a Bridge, Three Chairs, Mexico, Truck and Motel Pool, each signed in pencil and numbered 47/295, unframed, sheet size 70.0cm x 56cm, published by Washington Green Fine Art, 2011, with COAs, each in a paper cover with original printed grey card lidded box.

Andrea Belvedere, 1652 Neapel – 1732 ebendaGemäldepaarSTILLLEBEN MIT GROSSEN BLUMENBOUQUETS JEWEILS IN EINER VASE, ca. 1700Öl auf Leinwand.Je ca. 82 x 60 cm.Gerahmt.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Alessandro Delpriori, Florenz. Die beiden Stillleben von höchst beachtlicher Leuchtkraft der Farben. In beiden Fällen sind die Blüten von links oben beleuchtet, der landschaftlich scheinende Hintergrund jeweils grünlich-dunkel gehalten. Der Strauß jeweils hoch aufgesteckt, mit besonderer Betonung einzelner Blüten, wie etwa die rosafarbenen Rosen oder dunkelroter gefüllter Mohn neben den Mohnknospen. Dem Hintergrund entsprechend ist der Vordergrund am Bildrand in Art eines Sandbodens gemalt. Die Vasen eingezogen, mit glattem Fuß bzw. mit Perlstabrand, jeweils mit verschattetem hohem Hals und seitlich mehrfach C-bogig auschwingenden Henkeln.Der Maler zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der Stilllebenmalerei in Neapel. Als „Abate Andrea“ stand er in der Tradition des Römers Paolo Porpora (1617-1673) und dessen Schüler, des Neapoletaners Gianbattista Ruoppolo (1629-1693). Zwischen 1694 und 1700 wirkte er als Hofmaler am Spanischen Hof unter König Karl II. Hier war er zusammen mit Luca Giordano im Escorial mit Ausmalung von Räumen betraut. A.R.Literatur: Gerd-Helge Vogel, Pflanzen, Blüten, Früchte. Botanische Illustrationen in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Berlin 2014. (13406531) (11)Andrea Belvedere,1652 Naples – 1732 ibid.A pair of paintingsLARGE FLORAL BOUQUETS IN A VASE EACH, CA. 1700 Oil on canvas.ca. 82 x 60 cm each.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Alessandro Delpriori, Florence. The painter is one of the most important exponents of still life painting in Naples.

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636 Lille – 1699 LondonPrunkstillleben mit Rosen, weissen CHRISTrosen, geflammten bewegten Tulpen, CHRYSANTHEMEN und NELKENÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.71 x 52 cm.In vergoldetem Régence-Rahmen.Wir danken Dr. Klaus Ertz, Lingen, für die Zuweisung an Jean Baptiste Monnoyer am 25. Juli 2022.Auf gestufter Steinplinthe mit runder Kehlung eine vergoldete balustrierte, im sanften Licht schimmernde Bronzevase. Darin ein den gesamten Bildraum einnehmender Strauß Blumen, der von verschiedenen Blütenformen- und größen dominiert wird und aus dem zwei große Tulpenblüten hervorstechen, deren bewegte Blütenblätter zur Dynamik des Gesamtwerkes beitragen.Monnoyer war 1655-1685 in Paris tätig und wirkte 1685-1699 in London. Neben den Bildwerken in zahlreichen Museen befindet sich auch ein Blumenstrauß seiner Hand in den Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Inv.Nr. 1346).Provenienz:Aus süddeutschem Privatbesitz. (1330168) (13)Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer,1636 Lille – 1699 LondonMAGNIFICENT STILL LIFE WITH ROSES, WHITE CHRIST ROSES, FLAMING TULIPS AND OTHER FRINGED CARNATIONSOil on canvas. Relined.71 x 52 cm.We would like to thank Dr Klaus Ertz, Lingen for identifying Jean Baptiste Monnoyer as the paintings artist on 25 July 2022.The artists works are held in numerous museums including a floral bouquet held at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (inv. no. 1346).Provenance:From private property in southern Germany.

Agostino Verrocchi,1586 – 1659Tätig überwiegend in Rom.FRÜCHTESTILLLEBENÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.59,5 x 72,5 cm.Über den Maler ist in der Kunstwissenschaft nur wenig bekannt geworden, wenngleich sich etliche seiner Werke in bedeutenden Sammlungen befinden, wie etwa in der Medici-Villa in Poggio a Caiano. In jüngster Vergangenheit haben wenigstens zwei bedeutende Ausstellungen den Maler gewürdigt, wie etwa „La natura morta al tempo di Caravaggio“ im Musei Capitolini in Rom vom Dezember 1995 bis April 1996. Die weitere Ausstellung „L‘incantesimo dei sensi“ fand 2005 im Museo di Arti Decorative Accorsi-Ometto in Turin statt. In der Forschung sowie in den Ausstellungen wird Verrocchi neben Meistern wie Pietro Paolo Bonzi (1573-1636), Panfilo Nuvolone (1581-1651), Giuseppe Recco (1634-1695) oder Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629-1693) gestellt.Das dunkelgrundige Stillleben zeigt im Zentrum helle Trauben am Zweig mit Blättern, daneben Kürbis, Feigen und weitere Baumfrüchte. Diese nebeneinander aufgereiht an einem Steinsockel. Die Beleuchtung von oben lässt die Gegenstände vor dunklem Hintergrund zur Wirkung bringen. (†)Literatur:Publiziert in: Alberto Cottino, Natura silente, Edizione Omega, 2007. (13306032) (10)Agostino Verrocchi,1586 – 1659Predominantly active in Rome.FRUIT STILL LIFEOil on canvas. Relined.59.5 cm x 72.5 cm.Two important exhibitions have recently commemorated the painter such as “La natura morta al tempo di Caravaggio” at the Musei Capitolini in Rome between December 1995 and April 1996 and “L’incantesimo dei sensi” at the Museo di Arti Decorative Accorsi-Ometto in Turin in 2005. (†)Literature:Published in: Alberto Cottino, Natura silente, Edizione Omega, 2007.

Maler des 18./ 19. JahrhundertsGroßes prachtvolles BlumenstilllebenÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.100 x 70 cm.In dekorativem Rahmen.Vor grünlich-braunem Hintergrund, der von links nach rechts aufhellt, auf einer alten steinernen Platte stehend, die einen kleinen Riss und eine Bestoßung aufweist, eine große, gold glänzende Vase, darin das prachtvolle Blumenarrangement: Es besteht aus farbenfrohen Rosen, Tulpen, Nelken, Chrysanthemen, Primeln, Hyazinthen, einer über den Vasenrand herabhängenden blauen Ackerwinde und zwei großen, nach oben links ragenden geflammten Tulpen. Auf der Platte selbst liegend zudem noch eine orange leuchtende Zinnie. Malerei mit gekonnter Licht- und Schattenführung, die die hell beleuchteten Blumen besonders gegenüber der dunkleren Umgebung hervorhebt. (1331281) (18)Painter of the 18th/ 19th centuryLARGE MAGNIFICENT FLOWER STILL LIFEOil on canvas. Relined.100 x 70 cm.

Jan van Os,1744 – 1808 Den HaagPrunkstillleben mit Früchten und BlumenÖl auf Holz.82 x 61,5 cm.Mittig unten signiert.In vergoldetem Rahmen.Beigegeben Schreiben von Peter Mitchell, die Authentizität bestätigend.Auf gestuftem Steinsockel, der als Basis dient für eine mit figürlichem Puttorelief dekorierte Vase, liegt eine große Anzahl von Früchten und Blumen, die teils die Grenze zum Betrachterraum zu überragen scheinen. Ein Vorsprung rechts wird von einer ganzen Anzahl reflektierender Trauben und Walnüsse beherrscht während sich daneben eine antikisierende Reliefvase mit Putti emporhebt und – wie oft bei van Os zu beobachten – als Basis für eine Ananasfrucht dient, die den rechten oberen vakanten Bildraum erobert. Lilien und Herbstlaub, eine seltene Kombination, sind als kompositorische Eigenheit zu würdigen.Provenienz:Sir R. P. Beauchamp, Langley Park, Norwich, seit 1878.Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, von dort 1957 erworben.Privatsammlung.Sotheby’s New York, 1994, Lot 131..Literatur:Das hier abgebildete Gemälde ist aufgeführt im Werkverzeichnis: Peter Mitchell, Jan van Os. 1744-1808, Leigh-on-Sea 1968, Seite 17, Nr. 2, Abb. 2. (1341731) (13)Jan van Os,1744 – 1808 The HagueSTILL LIFE WITH FRUITS AND FLOWERSOil on panel.82 x 61.5 cm.In gilt frame.Accompanied by a letter from Peter Mitchell confirming the authenticity of the painting.Literature:The painting published in the catalogue raisonné:Peter Mitchell, Jan van Os. 1744-1808, Leigh-on-Sea 1968, pp. 17, no. 2, ill. 2.

Abraham Brueghel, 1631 Antwerpen – 1697 NeapelGrosses Stillleben mit Blumen, Früchten und VögelnÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.175 x 295 cm.In profiliertem Rahmen.Beigegeben ein Gutachten von Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri, Rom, 23. August 2018, in Kopie.Eine Schale mit Früchten steht über einer Messingschale, links oben ist ein Korb zu sehen. Überbordend Fülle an Früchten, deren Polychromie sich in den Blüten widerspiegelt, die überall auf der Bildfläche auszumachen ist. Sestieri bezeichnet das vorliegende Bild als Meisterwerk Brueghels, das in den letzten Jahren seiner zweiten Phase seiner Karriere entstanden ist.Literatur:Vgl. Raffaello Causa, La natura morta italiana, Mailand 1964, S. 72-73.Vgl. Raffaello Causa, La natura morta a Napoli nel Sei e Settecento, Neapel 1972, Bd. II, S. 1046.Vgl. Riccardo Lattuada, Capolavori in Festa, Neapel 1997, Abb. I.12, S. 166-167. (13303610) (4) (13)Abraham Brueghel,1631 Antwerp – 1697 NaplesLARGE STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND BIRDSOil on canvas. Relined.175 x 295 cm.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome, 23 August 2018, in copy.Sestieri describes the present painting as a masterpiece by Brueghel, created in the final years of the second phase of his career.Literature:cf. Raffaello Causa, La natura morta italiana, Milan 1964, pp. 72-73.cf. Raffaello Causa, La natura morta a Napoli nel Sei e Settecento, Naples 1972, vol. II, p. 1046.cf. Ricardo Lattuada, Capolavori in Festa, Naples 1997, ill. I.12, pp. 166-167.

Carl Schuch, 1846 – 1903 Bedeutender Maler der Münchner Schule.Stillleben mit Gefässen, Äpfeln und LauchzwiebelnÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.46,5 x 62 cm.Links unten Signatur entsprechend der genannten Bildbeispiele. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen alter handschriftlicher, angerissener Aufkleber mit alter Adresse. Ferner Auktionsetikett „im Kinsky“.Ungerahmt.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dr. Alexander Rauch, München, August 2022.Schuch gilt als bedeutender Vertreter der Malerei der „Wiener Moderne“ als auch des Münchner Künstlerkreises. Neben anderen Motiven entwickelte er die Stilllebenmalerei zu höchster Perfektion. Dem Studium an der Wiener Akademie folgten Italienreisen. Die Freundschaft mit bedeutenden Vertretern der Münchner Schule, etwa Wilhelm Trübner oder Wilhelm Leibl, war prägend. Zusammen mit Karl Hagemeister in Frankreich setzte sich Schuch mit der Malerei Courbets und Manets auseinander. Einflüsse, die er in seinen Werken zu neuem unverwechselbarem Stil entwickelt hatte. Das Gemälde ist als typisches Beispiel seines Werkes zu sehen. Auf einer faltigen Tischdecke sind drei Gefäße angeordnet: ein tönerner Henkeltopf, eine weiße Schale und ein Teller mit leuchtend roten Äpfeln belegt. Dazwischen Lauchzwiebeln, ein Motiv, das sich auch in weiteren seiner Stillleben findet. Auffallend ist die hier gewählte Farbkomposition mit den vorherrschenden Komplementärfarben Rot und Grün sowie dem Blau im Hintergrund. Der pastose Duktus, Merkmal von Schuchs Technik, zeigt sich auch hier im Bild. Die Detailmotive finden sich auch in weiteren Gemälden (Belvedere Museum Wien). In vielen Vergleichsbeispielen hat Schuch Spargelbündel oder Lauchzwiebeln in seine Stillleben eingefügt, wie etwa das in der Lenbachgalerie München befindliche Bild von 1886/89 zeigt. Werke seiner Hand finden sich in zahlreichen bedeutenden öffentlichen wie privaten Sammlungen. Vergleichbare Werke siehe Dorn (siehe Literatur), Abbildungen ab Nr. 84, 87, 101ff. A.R.Provenienz:Ehemals Auktion „im Kinsky“ (Exp. 95707, A-Sparte 141/1, Abb. Doppelseite).Literatur Auswahl:Vgl. Gottfried Boehm, Roland Dorn, Franz A. Morat (Hrsg.), Carl Schuch. 1846-1903, Ausstellungskatalog, Sta¨dtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 8. März.-19. Mai 1986, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, 11. Juni-11. August 1986, Mannheim 1986.Vgl. Eberhard Ruhmer, Der Leibl-Kreis und die Reine Malerei, Rosenheim 1986. Vgl. Frank Schmieder, Carl Schuch. Maler und Werk, Dresden 1988.Vgl. Christiane Schmieger, „Selbst sehen und selbst finden“. Carl Schuch und die Diskussion über künstlerische Wahrnehmung im 19. Jahrhundert, Diss., Köln 1993. Vgl. Brigitte Buberl (Hrsg.), Cézanne, Manet, Schuch. Drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst, München 2000.Vgl. Angelika Burger, Schuch, Carl Eduard, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Bd. 23, Berlin 2007. (1340141) (11)Carl Schuch,1846 – 1903Important painter of the Munich School.STILL LIFE WITH VESSELS, APPLES AND ONIONS Oil on canvas. Relined.46.5 x 62 cm.Signed lower left.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Dr Alexander Rauch, Munich, August 2022.

Georg Johann Hainz, um 1630 – um 1688 Hamburg, zug.Prunkstillleben mit Nautilus,Wanli Porzellan und FrüchtenÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.98 x 85 cm.In ebonisiertem Profilrahmen.Die Zuschreibung an den genannten Künstler bestätigt durch Fred Meijer.Auf einer von einem roten Textil knapp verdeckten Steinplatte ist ein Stillleben zu sehen, das sich vor allem durch den figürlich gestalteten geschnittenen und silbermontierten Nautiluspokal auszeichnet, der das Bildzentrum in einer dominanten Vertikale beherrscht. Um ihn herum gruppiert zwei Wanlischalen mit Trauben, Aprikosen und Kirschen, eine Glastazza a la facon de Venise zeichnet sich nur durch ihre zarten Lichtreflexe vor dem dunklen Grund ab.Vergleiche: Mehrere sehr ähnliche Stilleben von Georg Hainz sind bekannt. Der gleiche Nautiluspokal befindet sich etwa im Besitz der Kulturstiftung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein – Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Inventarnummer 1992/118. (13413321) (1) (13)Georg Johann Hainz,ca. 1630 – ca. 1688 Hamburg, attributedSTILL LIFE WITH NAUTILUS, WANLI PORCELAIN AND FRUITSOil on canvas. Relined.98 x 85 cm.In ebonized profiled frame.The attribution to the above-mentioned artist was confirmed by Fred Meijer.

Italienischer Maler der 17. JahrhundertsStillleben mit Früchten, Blumen und einem StieglitzÖl auf Holz.32 x 45 cm.Vor dunklem Hintergrund, auf einer Platte liegend, ein kleines Bouquet mit weißen, rosafarbenen und roten Nelken, daneben ein Zweig mit saftig orange-rot leuchtenden Pfirsichen, auf denen ein Insekt sitzt. Auf einem davon herabgefallenen Ast eine kleine Raupe zu sehen, daneben Weintraubenrispen und auf einem der Äste ein großer weiß-schwarzer Stieglitz, der einen am linken oberen Rand fliegenden Schmetterling beobachtet. Malerei mit starken Hell-Dunkel-Kontrasten, bei der besonders die Blumen, Früchte und der Schmetterling hervorgehoben werden. (1341508) (18)Italian School, 17th centurySTILL LIFE WITH FRUIT, FLOWERS, AND A GOLDFINCH Oil on panel.32 x 45 cm.

Jacques Grief de Claeuw, 1623 Dordrecht – 1694 Leiden, zug.Vanitasstillleben mit Musikinstrumenten und MalpaletteÖl auf Leinwand.101 x 121 cm.Datierung „Anno 1689“.Ungerahmt.Das vorliegende Werk zeigt einen Totenschädel zwischen Musikinstrumenten, Büchern, Malpalette, Grafiken und Globus. Die Gegenstände eng beisammen, zum Teil übereinander getürmt, auf einem Tisch mit roter Decke vor dunklem Hintergrund. Im Zentrum der Schädel umgeben von gebrochenen Getreidehalmen, Symbol des Todes sowie der Wiederauferstehung. Seitlich ein Stapel Bücher, davor ein grafisches Blatt mit Künstlerportrait, dazwischen ein geöffneter Almanach sowie eine Urkunde mit Siegeln. Zu den ikonografischen Motiven der Vanitas zählt die im Zentrum stehende erlöschende Kerze sowie das Stundenglas am linken Bildrand. Über der Laute ein Zettel mit Datierung „ANNO 1689“ mit einem Begräbnishinweis und Nennung der Stadt Leyden. Vereinzelt minimal berieben.Provenienz:Private Sammlung Van de Valk, Rijswijk (Zuid-Holland).Private Sammlung M. den Uyl, Den Haag.Anmerkung 1:Jacques de Claeuw war ein niederländischer Maler des Goldenen Zeitalters. Er schuf Genrebilder und Stillleben (Vanitas) und war der Lehrer seines Sohnes, des Stilllebenmalers Adriaen de Grijef.Anmerkung 2:Das vorliegende, 1689 datierte Gemälde vergleichbar mit einem 1676 entstandenen Bild des Künstlers, das sich unter Inv.Nr. 765 in der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe befindet. Ausstellung:Dieses Gemälde war in der Ausstellung „Eitelkeit der Eitelkeiten“ zu sehen, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden 1970.Auktionen mit Werken des Künstlers: Palais des Congrès, Versailles, 8.-9. Juli 1975, Lot 27, Abb. Schwarz-Weiß-Reproduktion.Palais Galliéra, Paris, 27. November 1975, Lot 48, schwarz-weiße Reproduktion als V.L. van der Vinne.Gersaint, Straßburg, 1. Dezember 1988, Lot 44, Bild in anderem Zustand: statt einer Vase ein Totenkopf.Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16. Mai 1990, Lot 28, Abb. Farbreproduktion.Marc-Arthur Kohn, Paris, 10. Juni 1997, Abb. Farbreproduktion, Lot 17, Bild in anderem Zustand: statt einer Vase ein Totenkopf.Hampel Kunstauktionen, München, 4. Dezember 2009, Lot 267. (13403525) (18)Jacques Grief de Claeuw, 1623 Dordrecht – 1694 Leiden, attributedVANITAS STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ARTIST’S PALETTE Oil on canvas.101 x 121 cm.Dated “Anno 1689“.Note with date “ANNO 1689“, funeral information and naming of the city of Leyden above the lute.Provenance:Private collection Van de Valk, Rijswijk (Zuid-Holland).Private collection M. den Uyl, The Hague.Notes 1:Jacques de Claeuw was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He created genre paintings and still lifes (vanitas) and was the teacher of his son, the still life painter Adriaen de Grijef. Notes 2:The present painting, dated 1689, is comparable to a painting by the artist from 1676, which can be found under inv. no. 765 in the State Art Gallery in Karlsruhe.Exhibitions:This painting was on display in the “Vanity of Vanities“ exhibition, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden 1970.

Maestro del Palazzo Lonati Verri, tätig in Mailand in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. JahrhundertsJagdstillleben mit erlegtem Reh und Federvieh.Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.152 x 133 cm.In schmalem Goldprofilrahmen.In einer abendlichen Stimmung, deren Charakter von dem Abendrot in dem links befindlichen landschaftlichen Hintergrund bestimmt wird, liegt rücklings ein Reh nebst erlegtem Federvieh. An einer Verästelung darüber ein Entenvogel. Die Zuschreibung wurde laut Einlieferer von Dott.ssa Anna Orlando bestätigt. Rest.Provenienz:Sammlung Senator Paolo Volponi.Literatur:Vgl. Alessandro Morandotti, s.v. Pittore di palazzo Lonati Verri, in: La natura morta in Italia, Bd. I, Mailand 1989.Vgl. Alessandro Morandotti, Maestro di palazzo Lonati Verri, in: Museo d‘Arte Antica del Castello Sforzesco. Seicento, Mailand 1999. (1341149) (13)Maestro di Palazzo Lonati Verri,Active in Milan in the second half of the 17th centuryHUNTING STILL LIFE WITH DEAD DEER AND FOWL Oil on canvas. Relined.152 x 133 cm.According to the tradition of the consignors, the identification of the artist has been confirmed by Dr Anna Orlando. Restored.Provenance: Senator Paolo Volponi collection.

Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, 1577 Rom – 1635 Madrid, zug.Stillleben mit Früchten und BlumenÖl auf Leinwand.60 x 75 cm.Im vergoldeten Rahmen.Die Bildgegenstände in zwei übereinanderliegenden Stufen geordnet: Während unten große Früchte, wie Äpfel, Birnen und Granatapfel neben einem Kürbis liegen, hat der Maler die Blumen in der oberen Stufe nebeneinander komponiert, in einem Bildbereich, der zwar den kleineren Teil einnimmt, aber durch die lebendigeren Farben wirkt. Stufen und Hintergrund sind in einem Braunton gehalten, was die Farben der Früchte aufleben lässt. Die klare Nebeneinanderstellung der Gegenstände wurde alsbald zu einem stilistischen Merkmal der spanischen Kunst. Crescenzi wirkte in Rom und Madrid. In beiden Städten zunächst auch als Baumeister, der seine Aufträge wohl auch der Tatsache verdankte, dass er einer der führenden Familien Roms, der Dynastie der Crescentier, entstammte. Er war Bruder des Kardinals Pietro-Paolo Crescenzi, auch sein Sohn erlangte die Kardinalswürde. Ab 1617 wirkte er in Spanien. In dieser Zeit dürfte auch das vorliegende Gemälde entstanden sein. Dort wirkte er unter anderem an der Ausmalung im Escorial, wurde dann königlicher Juror, der Velázquez zum Sieg verhalf. Sein Malstil ist schon mit dem des „Meisters des Harfford-Stilleben“ verglichen worden. Zu seinen Schülern zählt Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (1590-1625). A.R. (13014825) (3) (11)Giovanni Battista Crescenzi,1577 Rome – 1635 Madrid, attributedSTILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND FLOWERSOil on canvas.60 x 75 cm.In gilt frame.

Frans Snyders, 1579 Antwerpen – 1657 ebenda, WerkstattKÜCHENSTÜCK MIT HUMMER, HASE, FEDERVIEH, TRAUBEN UND BROTLAIBÖl auf Holz. Parkettiert.70,5 x 113,5 cm.Monogrammiert „IF“.In barockisierendem Rahmen.Auf einer angedeuteten Tischplatte eine zentrale Zinnplatte mit darauf liegendem gekochten Hummer. Um diesen angeordnet verschiedene Vögel, ein Laib Brot, zwei Wan Li Porzellane, eine gefüllte Saliere, eine Glastazza, ein Berkemeyer und eine Flûte a la facon de Venise, sowie ein Steinzeugkrug, eine Schüssel mit Walnüssen, ein Korb mit Trauben und ein Hase, dessen lebloser Körper die Szenerie überragt.Literatur:Edith Greindl, Les Peintres de Nature Morte au XVIIeme Siècle, 1983, S. 370, Abb. 3. (1341336) (1) (13)Frans Snyders,1579 Antwerp – 1657 ibid., workshop ofKITCHEN STILL LIFE WITH LOBSTER, RABBIT, FOWL AND LOAF OF BREADOil on panel. Parquetted.70.5 x 113.5 cm.Monogrammed “IF“.Literature:Edith Greindl, Les Peintres de Nature Morte au XVIIeme Siècle, 1983, p. 370, ill. 3.

Meister mit der Katze, tätig 1625 – 1650Stillleben mit Katze und FrüchtenÖl auf Holz.48 x 93 cm.In profiliertem ebonisiertem Rahmen.Auf einem mit blauem Tuch gedeckten Tisch liegt ein umgekippter einhenkliger Korb, dessen gefiederter Inhalt nun teilweise auf dem Tischtuch liegt und flankiert wird von einem Früchtekorb, einer kleinen Quantität Quitten und einem halben Käselaib, auf dem eine Wanli-Schale mit Butterflocken ruht; daneben ein Weinglas. Inmitten der leblosen Gegenstände liegt jedoch in körperliche Spannung versetzt der Hauptakt, des Gemäldes, dessen Anwesenheit auch kennzeichnend für den Notnamen des Künstlers ist, dem Fred Meijer das vorliegende Gemälde zuschreibt: Eine Katze macht sich an dem vor ihr liegenden Entenvogel zu schaffen, ähnlich wie auf einem Gemälde, das bei Tajan in Paris 2012 angeboten worden ist (RKD 51329) und auch bei einem Gemälde, das bei Christies, London, 1992 angeboten wurde (RKD 51337).Provenienz:Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, Inv. Nr. 5767 als Floris van Schooten. (1330141) (13)Master of the kitten,active 1625 – 1650STILL LIFE WITH CAT AND FRUITSOil on panel.48 x 93 cm.Among the inanimate objects lies the main protagonist of the painting, whose presence is also indicative of the artists nickname, “The Master of the Kitten”, to which Fred Meijer attributes the painting on offer in this lot. A cat is prodding a duck lying in front of it, as in a painting offered at Tajan in Paris in 2012 (RKD 51329) and in a painting offered at Christies in London in 1992 (RKD 51337).Provenance:Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, inv. no. 5767 as Floris van Schooten.

Abraham Brueghel, 1631 Antwerpen – 1697 NeapelFrüchtestillleben mit Weinflöte und BlumenstraussÖl auf Leinwand.40 x 55,5 cm.In dekorativem Rahmen.Beigegeben ein Gutachten von Dr. Klaus Ertz, Lingen, vom 12. August 2022, in Kopie.Vor braunem Hintergrund auf einer wohl steinernen Platte im Vordergrund liegend ein Zweig mit grünen Früchten und Blättern sowie davorliegend gelblich glänzende meist rote Kirschen mit Glanzlichtern und einzelnen Wassertropfen. Im Hintergrund links ein hohes Flötenglas teils gefüllt mit Wein, erneut ein Zweig mit roten Kirschen, rechts daneben ein kleiner Blumenstrauß mit Nelken und am rechten Bildrand eine weitere Platte mit diversen Früchten. Laut Ertz sind die Wassertropfen und auch das halbvolle Weinglas reine Vanitas-Symbole. Für ihn wurde das gut erhaltene Gemälde in den 1670er-Jahren in Italien geschaffen. Anmerkung: Abraham Brueghel war ein flämischer Maler des Barock aus der Brueghel-Dynastie, der vor allem auf Blumen und Früchte spezialisiert war. Er lebte und wirkte fast ausschließlich in Italien. (13407133) (18)Abraham Brueghel,1631 Antwerp – 1697 NaplesFRUIT STILL LIFE WITH WINE FLUTE AND FLOWER BOUQUET Oil on canvas.40 x 55.5 cm.In decorative frame.Accompanied by an expert‘s report by Dr Klaus Ertz, Lingen dated 12 August 2022, in copy.

Niederländischer Maler des 17. JahrhundertsStillleben mit Nautilus, trinkendem Musiker und SchachspielÖl auf Leinwand.134 x 138 cm.In schmalem schwarzem Profilrahmen.Auf einer profilierten Steinplatte eine Vielzahl von Gegenständen, wie ein Nautiluspokal, ein Schachspiel, Spielkarten, Früchte, ein Silberteller, ein Streichinstrument und Trinkflaschen in einem Koffer. Dahinter ein älterer Herr in Seidengewand ein Glas à la facon de Venise haltend. Rest.Provenienz:Gemäß Einlieferertradition aus dem Schloss Voldemar in Dänemark. (1340691) (13)Dutch School, 17th centurySTILL LIFE WITH NAUTILUS, DRINKING MUSICIAN AND CHESS GAME Oil on canvas.134 x 138 cm.Provenance: According to the tradition of the owners it originates from Valdemar Castle in Denmark.

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on canvas - 'Greek Still Life View', 46 x 56cmsComments: framed in dark grey wood

PROFESSOR FIONA RAWLINSON watercolours, a pair - still life flowers in a vase, 55 x 45cmsComments: mounted, glazed and framedProfessor Fiona Rawlinson is one of the consultants at City Hospice. She is an accomplished artist who has painted much of the art on the hospice walls.

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on board - 'Still Life Red Apple', 26 x 36cmsComments: grey floating frame

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on canvas - 'Greek still life with red bowl', 46 x 56cmsComments: dark grey wooden frameRichard O’Connell has has exhibited widely but is primarily associated with the Washington Guide in Penarth and has work in a number of public collections including Balliol College, Oxford and City Hall, Cardiff

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on board - 'A Still Life', 26 x 34cmsComments: grey wooden floating frame

VIVIENNE WILLIAMS mixed media - Still Life with Pomegranate, 66 x 66cmsComments: glazed and framed

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on board - 'Still Life Flowers', 26 x 34cmsComments: grey floating frame

RICHARD O'CONNELL oil on canvas - still life with self portrait and view of Cardiff Bay, signed and dated '22, 55 x 44cms

ESTHER ECKLEY acrylic on box canvas - 'Apples Still Life', 14 x 18 inchesComments: framed

Nevill Johnson RHA (1911 - 1999)Still Life with Falling LeavesOil on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5cm (18 x 24")Signed with initialsProvenance: Sale, Whytes, Dublin 19/9/2006, lot 161Literature: Dickon Hall and Eoin O'Brien 'Nevill Johnson - Paint the Smell of Grass', Ava Gallery ltd 2008, illustrated p.41

Gladys McCabe HRUA ROI FRSA (1918-2018)Still life with flowers in a vaseOil on board 49cm x 36cm (19 x 14")Signed

Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)Fantail No.627Oil on canvas, 38 x 47cm (15 x 18½")Signed; signed and dated (19)'93 versoLouis le Brocquy first made drawings of pigeons on a visit to Italy in 1956.  Staying in a “a charming, whitewashed . . . house” on Ischia, as Anne Madden later recalled, he fed a flock of white doves in the courtyard each day and wondered how one might capture their lively, fluttering, tumbling movements. He set about doing so in a series of sketches. Once he was at home, these skethces formed the basis for a number of small oil paintings.Many years later, in the early 1980s, living and working at Les Combes in mountainous terrain of the South of France, the couple had a dovecote occupied by their own fantail pigeons. Somewhat exhausted after working on a series of head images, le Brocquy found himself at a minor impasse. An artist, he observed, wasn’t in charge of what to paint: “He simply does his best to catch some kind of inner tide.” As it happened, he elaborated, he seemed to “have caught an ebb tide” in that he had been drawn back to “ever present” nature, and was painting “groups of children and fruit and goldfish and fantailed pigeons.”The fantails proved to be a rich source of inspiration and several paintings of them featured in his solo show at Taylor Galleries in 1985. He suggested that his subject matter at the time, including still life and the fantails, may have been something of a break from the intensity of the portrait heads, but in the event he brings all of the same techniques and concentration to these airy, cheerful, uplifting works as he had done to human subjects.Aidan Dunne, October 2022

Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) The Duet (1945)Oil on board, 23 x 35.5cm (9 x 14")Signed; Inscribed with title versoProvenance: Private collection; purchased by the present owner's father at Miss Morris' Gallery, Clonmel 1945.Exhibited: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Miss Morris' Gallery, Group Exhibition, 1945Literature: Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Andre Deutsch, London 1992. Cat. No 711, p. 642Singing was a theme which appeared often in Yeats’ work, and he produced a number of paintings over his career which included a figure or a group taking part in performances. They took the more conventional form in works such as The Traditional Singer, currently in the collection of IMMA, painted in 1945 or The Talent from 1944 and sold in these rooms in 2017, both of which depict performances before an audience. Set in packed auditoriums, they reflected Yeats’ prolonged interest in Irish theatre. While an earlier example, Singing “The Beautiful Picture” in the Niland collection depicts a ballad singer on the street. As a public performer, ballad singers were key figures in Irish society, travelling around the country, providing entertainment and musical culture to the local communities.  A more lyrical example, similar in style to this present work, Singing “Under the Canopy of Heaven” from 1950, expresses his interest in the more imaginative and emotive aspects of the sonic theme. The Duet while a less ambiguous title, is still wonderfully puzzling in its meaning. This work is filled with spontaneity, vivid colours and a dramatic moment which as the viewer we feel we have arrived upon mid act. We see two men wading out until waist deep in the choppy sea but their motivation is not revealed to us nor the reason for this strange maritime performance. We have no sense if they are being observed, performing to a crowd of people on the shoreline. There does not appear to be any other figures populating the vast and open background. Yet Yeats’ has created a real sense of performance in the work, both men are completely caught up in the power of the melody, one with his arms raised triumphantly above him and the other holding one to his chest as if overcome with emotion. This work is an excellent example of Yeats’ use of vivid colour and tone employing rich blues and bright touches of yellow and red paint to delight the viewer. Despite working quickly and applying the paint in thick impastoed strokes he still manages to capture the features and expressions on the two men’s faces - one staring fixedly and passionately ahead while the other is downcast, his head a shock of black hair. The background is dominated by stretches of green fields and peaks of hills unfolding into the white cloud filled sky above.  Humanity’s communion with the natural world was always a key focus of Yeats’ work and he returned many times to these scenes set within broad romantic landscapes. Perhaps the two men are expressing delight and celebration of the natural world. As a later work in his career, it may also reflect the artist’s own desire and appetite for experiencing the vitality of life. Even in his mature years, Yeats’ was extremely prolific, producing a large number of these accomplished oils in the latter period of his life.Niamh Corcoran, November 2022

George Russell AE (1867 - 1935)Children Playing in a Woodland GladeOil on canvas, 53.5 x 81.5cm (21 x 32")SignedProvenance: Collection of the Late President Erskine Childers, thence by descentThe Garden of Eden has haunted the imagination ever since the Book of Genesis gave us those descriptions of an idyllic world. In Eden grew ‘every plant’ and ‘every tree that is pleasant to the sight’. It’s a place imagined by artists through the centuries and behind many paintings of beautiful, natural landscapes shimmers that ideal garden where everything was once perfect and carefree. George Russell [Æ] born Lurgan, County Armagh in 1867, painted many ideal landscapes. The Russell family moved to Dublin when George was eleven years old and during summers spent with an aunt or with maternal grandparents in rural Armagh, Russell began to paint in watercolour. Educated at Edward Power’s school on Harrington St and at Rathmines School, as a talented thirteen-year old he was admitted to evening classes at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and it was there that he met W.B. Yeats. When Æ died Yeats confided ‘Æ was my oldest friend. We began our work together.’Painter, poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, theosophist, mystic, economist and Irish nationalist, George Russell, a true polymath, worked as a draper’s clerk, later worked for the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, established co-operative banks and he edited, from 1905 to1923, the Irish Homestead, a progressive journal of the Irish Co-operative movement, a journal, in Diarmaid Ferriter’s words, that was ‘generally optimistic about the potential for rural Ireland to develop, but only if the populace would organise in the manner of its European neighbours’. Russell, or Æ, also declared, in New York, that cities were ‘an actual danger to life itself’. ‘The decay’ he said, ‘of civilisation comes from the neglect of agriculture’. Æ believed that ‘[t]here is a need to create, consciously, a rural civilisation adding that ‘[y]ou simply cannot aid the farmers in an economic way and neglect the cultural and educational part of country life, or else the children will continue to leave for the city.’ During a tour of Canada, Kenneth Leslie, a Nova Scotia poet, thought Æ ‘as ready to talk of fat cattle and creamery butter as of Yeats and Lady Gregory’.Oil portraits by Æ included those of Iseult Gonne and Mary Colum, there are charcoal drawings of W.B. Yeats and he painted oil on plaster murals at the Theosophical Society of Ireland headquarters in Ely Place. But he is best known for his landscapes real and imagined. There are representational, atmospheric works such as Clouds Over The Hill, Evening In The Fields, Boglands, Swans at Coole, Landscape North of Muckish, County Donegal and Æ also painted visionary, mystical scenes inspired by his interest in the Tuatha Dé Danann, sea and tree spirits.Æ’s undated painting Children Playing in a Woodland Glade contains four young female figures in gold, red, white and blue dresses. Other undated idyllic sylvan scenes such as Figures in Woodland or Gathering Firewood include girls and women wearing bright colours - blue, red, orange, purple. This work features a woodland scene with figures in bright clothes. The smooth woodland floor is lit with brilliant, dappled sunlight and the tall tree trunks with their splashes of brightness are dazzlingly lit. Overhead, the delicate, young, green leaves suggest springtime and the eye is drawn beyond the figures in the foreground to wander among the slender and broader tree trunks. Compositionally, there is a lovely contrast between the still figure kneeling on the left and the “ring-a-ring-a-rosying” trio on the right. The blue and red dressed figures are older and taller, the girl in blue is quietly concentrating on the forest floor, the girl in red exudes an energy and her two companions in purple and white are totally absorbed in play. Details are deliberately vague. Faces are rendered impressionistically rather than realistically and none of the figures looks at the viewer. They are too caught up in their own joy. And their clothes are captured with a beautiful painterliness.  In The Opal and the Diamond, AE describes how he felt ‘one warm summer evening lying idly on the hillside, not then thinking of anything but the sunlight’. He knew at that moment that ‘the Golden Age was all about me, and it was we who had been blind to it but that it had never passed away from the world’. A painting such as this reminds us of such a sun-bright, golden world. It is a glimpse of Eden.His monogrammed signature, lower right, is the very same as on the autograph tree at Coole Park next to Yeats’s, Æ being an abbreviation of Aeon meaning ‘vital force’, ‘life’, ‘a lifelong quest’. [When Æ appears as a character in Ulysses, smarty-pants Stephen Dedalus borrows some money from him and quips A.E. I. O. U.]Æ married Violet North in 1898. They had three sons one who died soon after being born. After his wife died Æ moved to England. He died in Bournemouth and in an Obituary P.G. Browne wrote ‘his going leaves a blank not easy to fill. He had many friends (he had NO enemies) made during the course of his worldly activities’. Nicknamed The Hairy Fairy and Strayed Angel, Patrick Kavanagh called Æ ‘a great and holy man’. He is buried in Mount Jerome. There’s a commemorative bust by Jerome Connor in Merrion Square and his work is in many collections including the Hugh Lane, the NGI, the Abbey Theatre, Trinity College, University of Texas and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada.Niall MacMonagle, October 2022

Martin Mooney (b.1960)Still Life with SquashOil on canvas, 90 x 121cm (35½ x 47¾")Signed with initials and dated (19)'96Signed, inscribed and dated 1996 versoProvenance: With Solomon Gallery, Dublin, label verso

Alexey Krasnovsky (b.1945)Still Life with PomegranateOil on canvas, 61 x 71cm (24 x 28")Signed; signed and inscribed versoProvenance: With Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin, label verso

Michael Cullen RHA (b.1946) Still Life with OrchidsWatercolour, 22 x 21cm (8¾ x 8¼")SignedProvenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin,  label verso

Peter Collis RHA ARCA (1923-2001) Still Life with Blue VaseOil on board, 20 x 23cm (8 x 9")SignedProvenance: Artist Studio label verso

Jonas Wood (American 1977-), ‘Large Shelf Still Life Poster’, 2017, offset lithograph in colours on wove paper; published by Voorlinden Museum; sheet: 59.5 x 59.5cm59.5 x 59.5cm

Lazi, Adolf -- Still life composition with objects. 1950s. Vintage large-format ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 39 x 30 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso. Pinholes in corners, edges curled, some crease marks and creases in upper corners, light surface soiling, otherwise in good condition.

Thomas Germain Joseph Duvivier (Paris 1735-1814)An allegory of sculpture and architecture oil on canvas63.7 x 113.2cm (25 1/16 x 44 9/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith H. Schickman Gallery, New York, where purchased by the late private collector before 1979ExhibitedCleveland, Museum of Fine Art, Chardin and the Still-Life Tradition in France, 6 June - 12 August 1979, cat. no. 2LiteratureM. and F. Fare, La Vie Silencieuse en France La Nature Morte au XVIIIe Siecle, Fribourg, 1976, pp.176-7, cat. no. 264, ill.G. P Weisberg, Chardin and the Still-Life Tradition in France, exh. cat., Bloomington, 1979, cat. no 2, pp. 23, 24, 89, ill. p. 25The present work is closely related to Duvivier's An Allegory of Art, offered at Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1992, lot 58. Both works are of similar dimensions and likely to have been for the same decorative scheme.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

George William Sartorius (London 1759-1828)A kitchen still life with a barn owl indistinctly signed '** S**orius' (lower right)oil on canvas60.5 x 76.1cm (23 13/16 x 29 15/16in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Roman School, early 17th CenturyAn overturned barrel of grapes, with birds, pomegranates, figs and split watermelon in a landscape oil on canvas97.2 x 132.8cm (38 1/4 x 52 5/16in).Footnotes:The unusual, overturned barrel in the present painting also feature in two works by Pietro Navarra (active Rome, 1685-1695): Still life with fruit and cockerel in the Galleria Pallavicini, Rome (see: Fondazione Zeri no. 87835); and Still life with fruit and a rabbit, in a private collection (see: L. Salerno, La natura morta italiana 1560-1805, Rome, 1984, pp. 270-1, cat. no. 74.2, ill.).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Attributed to Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (Alkmaar 1616-1678)Vertumnus and Pomona oil on canvas99.1 x 81.5cm (39 x 32 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceSale, Christie's, London, 7 April 1972, lot 159 (as C. van Everdingen, bt. Lampronti £491)LiteratureP. Huys Janssen, Caesar van Everdingen, Ghent 2002, p. 133, cat. no. L73 (under Lost or Unidentified Works)A native of Alkmaar, Cesar van Everdingen undertook his training with Jan Gerritsz. Van Bronckhorst in Utrecht, a city whose figure painters were still, at this date, highly regarded, and who attracted important commissions from the stadholder's court. One such commission was to paint the Great Hall or Oranjezaal in the Huis ten Bosch between 1647 and 1652. Painted in celebration of the life of Prince Frederick Hendrick of Orange, who had recently died, the Oranjezaal followed a programme devised by Constantijn Huygens and the architect and artist, Jacob van Campen and incorporated allegorical scenes of the life of late Prince.In the 1972 sale the present painting was considered An Allegory of Autumn given the salver of fruit held by the young woman but it may well depict Vertumnus and Pomona, a subject treated by van Everdingen on numerous occasions. The young Pomona show in profile and holding the tray of fruit, is reminiscent of the female figure, possibly Lucretia, by Everdingen now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (inv. no. 1793).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)Interior of a laboratory with an Alchemist at work and a stuffed alligator hanging from a ceiling beam oil on canvassigned 'D. TENIERS. FC' (lower right) 71.8 x 88.2cm (28 1/4 x 34 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceMr Stanley, by whom imported from Spain and sold in 1824 for 95 guineasLord Radstock, before 1826Sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1826, lot 28 (as 'This noble cabinet picture was formerly in the Collection of the King of Spain', sold for 320 guineas to Lord Northwick) Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, CheltenhamHis sale, Thirlestane House, 23 August 1859, (17th day) lot 1690 (sold for 675 guineas to Agnew)With Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1897, no. 42Edward R. Bacon Esq., New York, and by descent to his sister-in-lawMrs Virginia Pirdy Bacon, Netherdale House, Turiff, Aberdeenshire, by whom offered Sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1919, lot 103 (sold for 560 guineas to Campbell)Campbell Family and thence by descent until offeredSale, Christie's, London, 6 April 1984, lot 60 (as Property of a Gentleman)The Linda and Gerald Guterman Collection, Their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 January 1988, lot 37Spectrum Inc.Roy T. Eddleman TrustExhibitedOn loan to the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia (later the Science History Institute).LiteratureJ. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London, 1831, vol. III, p. 398, no. 520J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, 1842, vol. IX, p. 452, no. 139A. Moore (et al), The Paston Treasure: microcosm of the known world, New Haven and London, 2018, pp. 458-9, ill. pl. 252 Like The Alchemist of 1649 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and An Alchemist in his Workshop (which sold for a hammer price of £443,360, Christie's, 29 October 2019, lot 629) the present impressive sized canvas is among the finest examples of approximately a dozen known depictions of this subject by Teniers. According to the theories of the time, it was thought possible that a base metal could be purified and turned into gold from the discovery of an elusive substance known as the 'philosopher's stone.' Thus, the alchemist is depicted here on the right of the composition holding a pair of bellows which would be used to assist in the heating process that was believed to be necessary in the transmutation of elements. This scene, set in a spacious workshop strewn with books, glassware, ceramic pots, vials and a stuffed alligator hung from the ceiling, offered this accomplished artist the opportunity to demonstrate his skills in still life painting. The artist probably first treated the subject in the late 1640s, when it gained great popularity with Dutch and Flemish painters. On account of the lighter palette with more complex and subtle tonal harmonies, the present picture most likely dates to the early 1650s, making it one of his earliest treatments of the subject. An important source of inspiration for Teniers and his contemporaries would undoubtedly have been a drawing by Pieter Brueghel the Elder of an Alchemist's Workshop of circa 1558 (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin), which was widely known shortly after that date through a print made by Philips Galle (fig.1). Indeed, Teniers would have most likely been only too well acquainted with Brueghel's design, having married his granddaughter, Anna, in 1637. The approaches of the two artists, however, reveal very different takes on the subject. In Brueghel's equally detailed image the alchemist is shown sitting at the hearth of a dilapidated kitchen, placing the family's last coin in a crucible to be melted in the alchemical process. This point is further underscored by his wife, who is seated hunched behind him emptying the contents of an already empty purse. While the alchemist's shabby attire signified the family's desperate poverty, the absurdity of the situation is comparable to the modern stereotype of the mad scientist. The message is that the alchemist neglects himself as much as his family in the single-minded pursuit of his occupation. The Latin verse appended to Florentius Schoonhovius's Emblemata (Gouda, 1618), in which an alchemist similarly stokes a fire with a pair of bellows, states: 'While I pursue uncertainly with certain means, I convert everything into smoke and worthless ash'. Judging from the number of alchemical treatises published through much of Europe in the seventeenth century, interest in the subject was then at an all-time high. However, it was only in the Netherlands that the idea of the alchemist in his laboratory became a popular subject for artists and by the time Teniers created this scene, the rising merchant classes were trying alchemy too and we do not find the previous moralizing associations with witchcraft and charlatanry in this artist's compositions. Although the practice of alchemy was still controversial, its techniques — such as distillation and metallurgy — were in fact contributing significantly to science and industry. It should be remembered that no lesser a scientist than Isaac Newton was a practitioner of alchemy, motivated by the search for the 'philosopher's stone' in the hope of turning base metals into gold. Indeed, as many artists' pigments and glazes used in the seventeenth century were prepared by alchemical methods, Teniers would have likely visited laboratories to acquire pigments and so may have felt a special affinity with the practice. This may well be attested to by a picture entitled The Young Teniers in his Studio (offered Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 June 1909) which shows a similar young man, possibly Teniers himself, seated preparing his pigments in a bowl at a window. And it was undoubtedly an equal affinity with this particular subject that will have lay behind the acquisition of this work, as well as lot 58, by the Roy Eddleman Trust and their loan to the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia (later the Science History Institute), perfectly bringing together the late owner's interests in both art and science.Margret Klinge confirmed the attribution to David Teniers at the time of the last sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)An alchemist in his workshop heating a pot bears signature 'D. TENIERS. FEC' (lower right) oil on canvas, possibly transferred from panel 27.6 x 37.2cm (10 7/8 x 14 5/8in).Footnotes:The Schloss family has kindly confirmed that there are no outstanding issues in relation to this work and the present lot is offered with a certificate issued by the Art Loss Register.ProvenanceWith Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1894, no. 47Collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris, 1908Seized from Château de Chambon, Laguenne, 16 April 1943 by Vichy officials and German security agents (inv. no. 208)Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1990, lot 96 (as Property of a Lady)With Galerie d'Art Honoré, Paris, 1991, from whom purchased bySpectrum Inc. Roy T. Eddleman Trust, 2017 (a confidential settlement was reached with the Schloss heirs in 2005)ExhibitedOn loan to the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia (later the Science History Institute) until 2017As with lot 56, it was undoubtedly the late owner's affinity with this particular subject that will have lain behind the acquisition of this work by the Roy Eddleman Trust and their loan to the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia (later the Science History Institute), perfectly bringing together his interests in both art and science. Teniers shows the alchemist dressed in scholar's robes surrounded by vials, pottery containers and books, tending the fire under an experiment. Both the firelight and a shaft of light from the window on the left highlight the still life objects and the subject's blue coat, throwing them into contrast against the monochrome tones of the interior behind him where his assistants are at work, and allowing Teniers to show off his ability to describe the subtle differences in textures between the man's face, beard and fur collar. Margret Klinge confirmed the attribution to David Teniers at the time of the last sale and suggested a date of the first half of the 1650s.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com