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Lot 306
EDVARD ERIKSEN (DANISH 1876-1959). THE LITTLE MERMAID. Bronze and stone, signed and dated 1948, bronze 74cm high, overall 97cm high. Note: The Little Mermaid is the main character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name, written in 1836, which tells the story of a mermaid who was willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the Carlsberg Brewery, saw the ballet of the story, with music composed by Fini Henriques, in 1909 and was so moved by it that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create The Little Mermaid in bronze. She was modelled with the head of the prima ballerina Ellen Price but, because she refused to model in the nude, the body is that of Eriksen's wife, Eline. The statue was presented to Copenhagen by Jacobsen and was unveiled on 23rd August 1913 at Langelinie in Copenhagen Harbour. Since then she has become a symbol of Copenhagen and a major tourist attraction, as important to the Danes as the Eiffel Tower is to the French or Big Ben to the English. The statue being sold here is a two thirds size model of the original, cast in bronze and signed and dated 1948. Later reproductions sit on a bronze 'stone' but this Little Mermaid is one of the few which sits on a stone of the same colour, shape and type as that in Copenhagen Harbour. The father of the current vendors was a vineyard owner in South Africa who exported wine to a number of countries including Denmark. Due to exchange control regulations, his Danish agents, Cherry Heering, had difficulty obtaining foreign currency to pay for one post-war shipment. They proposed that the wine should be paid for by barter and arranged to purchase this model of the Little Mermaid from the sculptor and she was shipped to South Africa. She sat in pride of place at the end of the family's swimming pool in the Cape until the family returned to England in 1964.
Lot 458
A GEORGE III GOLD PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH, THOMAS HAWKINS, London No156, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five minute intervals, pierced gold hands, the chain fusee movement with square baluster pillars, steel balance, silvered regulation dial, balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage and with large diamond end stone, with dust cover, in plain inner and outer case 44mm dia, makers mark GH London 1764 (movement and dust cover signed) with associated composite link plated chain 25cms
Lot 131
A Dinky No.25c, Flat Truck, type 2, stone grey, black chassis, black smooth hubs, white tyres, good condition; Dinky No.25e, Tipping Wagon, type 2, grey, black chassis, black smooth hubs, white tyres, good condition; and Dinky No.25f, Market Gardeners Lorry, type 3, green, black chassis, black ridged hubs, black tyres, excellent condition, all unboxed, (3).
Lot 81
An octagonal stone Font, the side carved with emblem within quatrefoil, on octagonal stem and base, base with crack, 99cms high x 49cm wide. N.B This font was originally in the Congregational Chapel, Friars Street, Sudbury and was removed when the chapel was demolished in 1966. The chapel had a long association with the Gainsborough family and the baptisms of twenty members of that family, including artist Thomas, are recorded in the Friars Street Church Registers. A blue plaque erected by the Sudbury Freeman's Trust is on the present Social Services office in Friars Street which now stands on the site of the former church. This lot can be viewed prior to sale by arrangement with the auctioneers. The font will be sold in situ with the purchaser being solely responsible for the removal of the font from the owner's premises together with any expenses incurred. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
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