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Lot 41
Continental School (19th century)Still life of flowers in a vase, a pair Oil on canvas63 x 48cm (24¾ x 18¾ in.) (2)Provenance: Private collection removed from 9, Royal Crescent, BathCondition Report: Not relined. The canvas is slack and undulating. Stretcher marks are visible. Craquelure and an uneven varnish throughout. Surface scratches throughout. Light rubbing to the framing edges. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 437
Dutch School (19th century)Still life of flowers in an urn, resting on a marble ledge with a pair of peaches and a gourd Oil on canvas 86.5 x 61cm (34 x 24 in.)Condition Report: There is a right angled tear to the upper right quadrant covering an area of circa. 8cm. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 493
A continental 19th century silver presentation casketunidentified marker's mark struck four times, possibly Viennese circa 1870 Of oval canted form, with hinged domed cover and filigree thumbpiece, deep construction using highly decorative panels, intricately embossed in high and low relief with theatrical emblems, commedia dell'arte masks, musicians, angels, fruit and various images of the Vienna State Opera House alongside classical temples, gilt interior, all on a spreading base featuring scrolls, fruit and foliage, atop a wooden plinth with a silver presentation plaque dedicated to the opera singer Adelina Patti in German, translated to 'In honour of the brilliant artist Adelina Patti from the members of the Vienna Court Opera, with grateful memories of her first performance there on 6th October 1873', height with stand 30cm, length 32cm, weight 52oz.Footnotes:The 'Vienna State Opera' is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. This 1,709 seat Renaissance Revival venue was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. The opera house was originally inaugurated as the 'Vienna Court Opera' (Wiener Hofoper) in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It became known by its current name after the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1921.When the internationally acclaimed prima donna Adelina Patti (1843-1919) first took to the stage there in 1873, it was a major coup for the Vienna Court Opera, which had not long been open. Patti was the Adele of her day, an operatic superstar, and for a new venue it was a fantastic PR opportunity. Hence the fuss made of Patti after her first performance there on 6th October 1873, when Director Steiner handed this especially commissioned silver presentation casket to her on stage. The press widely reported the event, and were told that the casket was 'an antique and over 400 years old', which appeared to be contradicted by the fact that it had views etched on it of the newly built Vienna Court Opera. Adelina Patti was born into a musical family in Madrid on the 19th February 1843, to a Sicilian father and an Italian mother, both of whom were opera singers. The family moved to New York in 1847, living in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, where her home still stands. Her parents recognised her vocal potential early and at the age of just seven Patti appeared in concerts across New York City. The child prodigy dazzled audiences, performing her first operatic role in 1859 aged just sixteen as the lead in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, winning huge critical acclaim. Patti developed into a coloratura soprano with perfectly equalised vocal registers and a surprisingly warm, satiny tone. Her supreme talent derived from the quality of her voice and the 'vocal gymnastics' she was able to perform, apparently effortlessly. As a known beauty, she also shone as an actress, and achieved notable success in comedy operas such as Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'.Patti toured the musical capitals of Europe, travelling internationally as a major star for the next 20 years, not returning to the United States until the early 1880s. As the famous composer Giuseppe Verdi wrote in 1877, she was a 'stupendous artist', being perhaps the finest singer who had every lived - a view shared by music critics and social commentators of her era.When Adelina Patti performed in Vienna and received this casket, the Chicago Tribune wrote 'Vienna is just now in ecstatic bliss over the artistic singing and acting of Adelina Patti ... she stands now at the zenith of artistic perfection. Her still youthful appearance, coupled with the dramatic power which a long experience on the stage has imparted her, makes her, aside from her great vocal talent, the foremost of lyric artists of the day ... The price of admission is very high - 60 florins a box, and 10 florins for a seat; but when you hear her, you at once feel that your money has been worthily invested. What a rich harvest awaits her in the United States!'Patti's stratospheric career garnered huge riches; she was a shrewd business woman, a master of publicity, had impeccable contacts, and moved effortlessly in the highest echelons of Victorian society. Her personal life was also colourful, and with the public as interested in her private life as public life she was at the very forefront of the birth of 'celebrity'. Interestingly she lived the tail end of her life in Wales - at 'Craig-Y-Nos Castle', in the Brecon Beacons near Swansea. Today Adelina Patti is something of an enigma. The second most celebrated woman in the world in the year of 1900, after Queen Victoria, is today almost forgotten - unless of course you are an opera lover.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1604
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL; a pair of oval oils on re-lined canvas, still life studies of floral sprays upon a plinth in ornate foliate decorated frame, 61 x 44cm.Additional InformationBoth have been re-lined, there is craquelure throughout, it is possible they are 18th century rather than 19th century. There are some surface scratches and marks horizontal and vertical. You can see where the canvas is pressed previously and one of the frames is badly damaged to the upper pediment.
Lot 1064
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021); oil on canvas, still life of a vase of flowers and objects, 61cm x 51cm, unframed. (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1066
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021; oil on canvas, still life of a Noah's Ark, 33cm x 33cm, unframed. (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1067
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021); still life of a lemon and a bowl, 33cm x 45cm, unframed. (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org The painting is unframed, light wear, slight discolouration to the canvas in parts, minor staining to the back. There is an impressed mark to the canvas.
Lot 1070
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021); oil on canvas, still life of items on a table with a view through a window - possibly a scene from the artist's own studio, 62cm x 82cm, unframed. (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1071
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021); two oils on canvas, still life of a tureen and egg, the other of a frying pan, 33cm x 33cm, unframed (2). (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1073
STANLEY DOBBIN (1932-2021); oil on canvas, still life of objects on a table in the artist's studio, 63 x 80cm, unframed. (D)Provenance: from the estate of Stanley Dobbin.Additional InformationThis painting was located on the easel in the artist's studio following his death. It is possible that this was the last painting which Stanley worked on. The view through the window in the painting is the view through his own studio window.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1074
GEORGES SOTERAS (French, 1917-1990); oil on canvas, still life study on a shelf, signed and dated 1978 verso, 45 x 32cm, framed. (D)Additional InformationSome surface craquelure and a blemish lower right which may have had some over paint, but this appears to have been done at the time of painting. Light surface wear elsewhere.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1079
FLORENCE LUCEY R.A. R.B.A. R.S.A.; oil on canvas, still life flowers in a vase, signed lower left, bears label verso, 37 x 27cm, in ornate gilt frame. (D)Additional InformationCraquelure to the oil. Canvas is slightly sagging. Scuffs to the frame. Label is peeling off the reverse.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 262
A group of 19th century and later decorative pictures and prints to include four pictures of ships and six further pictures to include an oil on canvas of a still life, 60.5cm x 50cmCondition report: All smaller pictures in poor condition, the two larger pictures - the woodpecker behind glass in a frame with minor marks, the still life oil on canvas loose in its frame and with some marks to the canvas and the frame
Lot 274
A group of twenty two decorative pictures and prints including some by contemporary artists, one signed Orch for Ronald F Orchard; another of a still life by Charlotte Gibson; a picture by Ken Spencer and othersCondition report: All in mixed condition, frames with marks, dents and scratches overall and in as found condition
Lot 116
*Derrick Greaves (1927-2002) Still life study of a rose signed 'Derrick Greaves' and dated '72' l.l., pencil 68 x 49.5cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Not viewed out of glazed frame, a few old creases that have been flattened out are visible on the lower half of the sheet, pale browning to the paper at the edges.
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