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British School (16th/17th century). 'Portrait of Dean Alexander Nowell (c1507-1602)', by an unknown hand, oil on canvas, re-stretched and re-lined, 84.5cm x 71cm. (Dean of St Paul's for 42 years. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1536. Shown with a fishing rod behind him and with fish hooks in his hand (he was a keen fisherman) and on a table, he was known as a piscator hominum, and according to Thomas Fuller’s History of the Worthies of Britain, he accidently invented bottled beer. Other copies of this image are held in Brasenose College, University of Oxford, and St Paul's Cathedral, an engraving after it was published in 1796). Provenance: Sold by the Nowell family. This portrait has been in the possession of the Nowell family since 1811 when it was given as a gift to Alexander Nowell by Robert Sherson for helping Sherson's son when he was in trouble. With a digital copy of the letter from Sherson to Nowell.
§ Raymond Campbell (British, b.1956), still life of teapot, grapes, peach and glass of wine on a table, oil on panel, signed lower right, 49cm x 39cm Provenance: A.W. John Simmons & Son, Croydon, label to versoPlease note that Artists Resale Right is additionally payable on this lot up to a maximum of 4% on top of the hammer price (visit www.dacs.org.uk for more information).
A two-tier cream and orange acrylic trolley table of circular form, attributed to Luigi Massoni for Harvey Guzzini, unsigned, raised to swivel castors, height including the castors 62cm and diameter including the supports 63cm. Castors peg in to the bottom of each of the supports but do fall out when the trolley is picked up. There are surface scuffs and scratches to the top of each of the lift out trays. All plug roundels are present to the supports.The plug roundels and the lift off trays are cream coloured rather than white and so the colour of these may have dulled. The condition of the plastic trays and the strut supports / frame of the trolley otherwise appears to be OK.
Ercol Furniture - A nest of three post war model 354 blonde elm and beech 'Pebble' tables, designed by Lucian Ercolani, un-labelled, the largest height 40cm and width 65cm, the middle sized table height 36cm and width 49cm wide and the smallest table height 33cm and width 34cm, S/D. (3)
A late 19th Century French crystal glass table condiment set by Victor Saglier comprising two oil bottles, two pinch salts and a covered mustard with relief paste gilded scroll work decoration with silver plated mounts and stand, unmarked, height 28cm. Some minor wear to the plated body otherwise free from damage or restoration.
A late 19th Century Saint Louis Venetian pattern table centre pedestal bowl with a wide shallow bowl above a fluted knop pedestal and wide circular foot with gilded scroll work decoration with white enamel highlights, unmarked, width 23cm. All in good order and free from damage or repair.
A 1930s Heinrich Hoffmann clear crystal scent bottle of slice cut form with a white metal collar neck and lozenge form, stopper relief moulded with a lady blowing bubbles before a cherub, butterfly mark, height 11.5cm, together with a matched dressing table powder box. (2)
An important early Meissen octagonal dish, circa 1721Painted in underglaze-blue, probably by Johann Kaspar Ripp, with a large circular chinoiserie scene depicting two seated figures flanking a table with a teapot in a garden setting with pagodas in the distance, within concentric circles and a border of overlapping arches and scrolls, the rim decorated with a foliate trellis ground reserved with large flower panels alternating with smaller panels with beribboned auspicious objects, the reverse of the rim and inside of the footrim with concentric circles, 29cm across (restored)Footnotes:Claus Boltz diacovered a notice in the Meissen archives that could provide a clue to the present lot: '6.Dez.1721 D.6.Dec.Zeigte Köhler eine große Schüßel, so dermaßen wohlgerathen,daß man dergleichen hieselbst noch nie gesehen:und wie ich von andern höre,so hat er deren noch dreye.Wozu er noch mehr große Stücke samlet und solche hernach zugleich offeriren will. [On 6th December Köhler showed a large dish, so successful that nothing comparable is known: and as I hear from others, he has three more of them. To which he is adding still more large pieces and wants to afterwards offer them all together] (quoted by Claus Boltz in correspondence with the current owner). The arcanist, David Köhler (1683-1723), was one of J.F Böttger's closest collaborators who became technical director of the manufactory after Böttger's death and succeeded in solving the problem of underglaze-blue decoration in February 1720. The manufactory director, Graf (Count) Seebach, promised the arcanists Köhler and Samuel Stöltzel 100 talers in 1721 if they were to 'succeed in preparing large pieces' (R. Rückert, Biographische Daten der Meißener Manufakturisten des 18. Jahrhunderts (1990), p. 50).The very accomplished underglaze-blue decoration is most likely the work of Johann Caspar Ripp, an experienced faience painter who is recorded in the Meissen manufactory between 1720 and 1723. The seated chinoiserie figures and the hanging willow trees, in particular, appear on several other early examples of Meissen underglaze-blue decoration attributed to Ripp: see, for example, the large baluster vase in the Dresden porcelain collection with comparably dense decoration (K.-P. Arnold et al., Meissener Blaumalerei aus drei Jahrhunderten (1988), no. 12); and the baluster vase in the Gutter Collection (M.L. Santangelo, A Princely Pursuit (2018), no. 23).No other examples of this form appear to be recorded in the literature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Meissen waste bowl, circa 1722Each side decorated with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red scrollwork, depicting a figure seated by a vase with a dog, and another, smoking a pipe, seated by a table, the sides with a flower spray and insects, the inside with an iron-red Oriental landscape within a similar cartouche. 18.9cm acrossFootnotes:Provenance:Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (1826-1907); Thence by descent;The Collections of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, sold by Sotheby's Baden-Baden, 7 October 1995, lot 1278Literature: Karl Koelitz, Beschriebendes Inventar der Allerhöchsten Privatsammlung kunstgewerblicher Gegenstände (unpublished ms, Karlsruhe, 1883), inv. no. 1849; Richter, Inventar des Zähringer Museums (unpublished ms, Baden-Baden, 1919), inv. no. 1955aExhibited: Karlsruhe, Zähringer Museum, Grand Ducal Residence, from 1879; Baden-Baden, Zähringer Museum, Neues Schloss, ca. 1960-93This rare early Meissen waste bowl was probably part either of the celebrated collection of the Margravine Sybilla Augusta of Baden-Baden (1675-1733) in Schloss Favorite, or that of Margravine Magdalena Wilhelmina of Baden-Durlach (1677-1742). Both collections were eventually inherited by the Margravine Karoline Luise of Baden-Durlach (1723-83), who displayed the historic porcelain collection as part of her Naturalia Cabinet in the Karlsruhe Residence. The collection was publicly exhibited from 1879 in the same rooms in the Grand Ducal Residence in Karlsruhe that had contained the Naturalia Cabinet, and it was listed in an inventory in 1883 by Karl Koelitz. From 1919, much of the service was moved to the Neues Schloss, Baden-Baden, and from around 1960 was on public display as part of the Zähringer Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Meissen fragment from a lemon basket from the table service made for Count Brühl, circa 1740Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, with two chinoiserie figures, one holding a parasol, flanking one leg of the basket embellished with gilding and with a paw foot, 24.5cm highFootnotes:Literature:R. Roos (ed.), Meissen SO-IL, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2011), p. 60Exhibited: Amersfoort, Kunsthal KAdE, 'Meissen SO-IL', 28 May-28 August 2011Kaendler mentions in his work records in June 1737 the completion of two life-size drawings of 'Eparnien auf Japanische Art' for Count Brühl and he completed the models in the following few months. See Katharina Hantschmann, Die 'Platmenage', in U. Pietsch/C. Banz (eds.), Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010)pp. 115ff. for a discussion of the centrepiece for Count Brühl and the example in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Meissen white figure of Minerva, circa 1747Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, wearing a plumed helmet with a laurel wreath, long cloak over armour and a skirt and sandals, holding a scroll-edged shield moulded with the mask of Medusa in her left hand, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 41.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base (left arm reattached at elbow, left edge of base damaged, chips to fingers on right hand and toes on right foot)Footnotes:Provenance:Anon. sale, Christie's London, 11 October 1993, lot 183Literature:M. Cassidy-Geiger, Hof-Conditorei and Court Celebrations in 18th century Dresden, in Handbook of the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, London (2002), n. 28;R. Roos (ed.), Meissen SO-IL, exhibition catalogue. Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2011), pp. 52f.Exhibited:Amersfoort, Kunsthal KAdE, 'Meissen SO-IL', 28 May-28 August 2011Kaendler's work records for April 1747 include: 'Das Bild, die Göttin Minerva im Modell zertheilet u.z. abformen eingerichtet' [the portrait of the Goddess Minerva cut into sections and prepared for moulding]. The figure appears to have belonged to the porcelain table fountain ('Cascade') made for the celebrations of the 'double' weddings in 1747 between Saxony and Bavaria. A coloured example of this figure is mounted on top of the large Meissen temple at Longleat, Wiltshire: see P. Ferguson, Felbrigg's Folly The Meissen 'Temple of Honour' in Dresden, in Apollo, suppl. Historic Houses and Collections Annual (2010), pp. 13f.; the temple is illustrated by H. Tait, Porcelain (1962), col. pl. XXXIV.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
[EROTICA]: BAYROS FRANZ VON (1866-1924) Austrian Illustrator & Artist, remembered for his erotic themes and controversial Tales at the Dressing Table portfolio. An interesting L.S., von Bayros, two pages, large 4to, Vienna, 23rd November 1919, to a gentleman in America. Bayros informs his admirer that he is busy preparing new pictures for an exhibition in Berlin and also has 'a big order for an edition de Luxe of Dante's Divine Comedy, the illustrations of which is a particular pleasure to me', further adding that he receives no royalties from the sale of books and discussing the prices of his original works, 'My only fear is that my prices will strike you all as beeing (sic) very high but you have no idea how absolutely frightful it is to live in Vienna now and how really miserably we exist at present upon an income which would have made me a “bien situe” man before the war'. Bayros continues 'I am very anxious to know how you like my folio with 50 new pictures. The author R. H. Bartsch (author of the most charming Rokoko stories I know) has written a very good preface to it, and perhaps it will interest you also to learn something about Bayros as a man', further referring to other books and illustrations which have appeared in magazines and 'that I have designed 10 costumes for an excellent young Viennese dancer, Miss Gertrud Bodenwieser'. The illustrator also discusses one of his contemporaries, 'I was very interested in what you wrote about Raphael Kirchner. It is a great pity about him, he [was] exceedingly talented. I do not think he was destined to live a long life. I heard that he is said to have been a morphinist. I certainly know that his wife is a victim to this terrible habit'. A letter of interesting content not only for its references to Bayros's work, but also several of his artistic Austrian contemporaries. VG Rudolf Hans Bartsch (1873-1952) Austrian Military officer and Writer, nominated on six occasions for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gertrud Bodenwieser (1890-1959) Austrian Dancer & Choreographer, a pioneer of expressive dance. Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917) Austrian Artist & Illustrator, remembered for his Art Nouveau and pin-up works, particularly in picture postcard format.
[HERGÉ]: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian Cartoonist. Best known for creating the series of comics "The Adventures of Tintin". A good colour 8 x 10 photograph, unsigned, the Robert Kayaert image showing Hergé in a half length pose, seated before a table full of gadgets and toys related to the Tintin comics. Signed by Kayaert in bold black ink to the verso. Together with Zhang Chongren (1907-1998) Chinese Sculptor. Best remembered as a friend of Hergé. The two met when Zhang was an art Student in Brussels. Signed postcard photograph by Zhang, the front colour image showing the Chinese sculptor alongside a very large bust of Hergé he is working on. Signed in Chinese characters to the verso. VG Robert Kayaert (1920-2007) Belgian renowned Photographer.
[MOROCCO]: MATRA JAMES: (1746-1806) American Sailor and Diplomat who had accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Botany Bay in 1770. Matra served as His Majesty's Consul General at Tangier from 1786-1806. Small archive of nine contemporary manuscript drafts of letters from Matra, unsigned, thirty five pages (total), folio, n.p. (Tangier), June - December 1804, to Earl Camden. Matra writes a series of diplomatic letters in which he makes references to Napoleon, French espionage and other matters, stating, in part, 'I believe it will appear Sir that the restless ambition of Buonaparte is not content with disturbing of Europe, but that he seriously means in his leisure moments to attempt something in this country. Towards the close of last summer a Passenger landed here from…..Spain; about 30 years of age, he was in the Turkish dress & called himself Ali Bey, a Syrian, but he spoke not a word of Arabick. His story was that when he was an infant his Father & Family took refuge in England…..since he grew up his time has been employed in travelling through England, France & Spain. I have always observed here that the more absurd the Tale the more readily it was believed by Moors……yet this man had not been twenty four hours in the Country before he was suspected to be a Brother of the Corsicans, & still all over the Country he goes by no other name than Bonaparte…….he was asked if he wanted anything from the Emperor; he answered no, he was very rich & only desired to return to, and spend his days, in the religion of his ancestors…..About the middle of September he received from Cadiz forty cases, two of which were filled with mathematical instruments, the others contained such articles as are usually given at this Court as Presents…..The whole was consigned to the Spanish Arsenal. About this time he solicited my acquaintance considering him as an adventurer……The Emperor arrived shortly after with whom he went to Mequinez & we never met, which at that time I did not much regret, as we had here…..a man decorated with the Order of the White Eagle…..by the late Ali Bey of Egypt, who had been sent young as a Hostage to St. Petersburgh, & by an Empress of the Greek Church, brought up in the Catholick Religion. I believed him to be a Polish Jew…..who had taken up a trade he was no means qualified for & I concluded that this second Ali Bey was one of the same cast……On his arrival Mr. Goblot the Spanish Vice Consul & Secretary visited him & generally was with him every evening at what time all the Servants & Interpreters were put out & the Room shut……Goblot is a French man, but he has been near thirty years in the Spanish Service……In his [the Syrian's] journey to Mequinez under the very eye of the Emperor, he sounded all the Rivers, measured their breadth & examined the roads & mountains with the accuracy of a Quarter Master General…..The Moors are petrified…..The Emperor seems blinded by his piety & charities…..& by the very valuable Present he made him……yet I believe that H.I.M. is not altogether without his suspicions…..I conclude…..he can surely be no common traveller……that he is immediately an Agent for Spain I cannot readily believe because there is scarce any temporal advantage which……would induce the Court of Madrid to send a Christian here……Much is not easily to be done against a man who has such a command of money, & parts with it so readily as he does, but I will lose something on him. His principal Servants & Interpreters are Jews & I know that I can command the Services of the Jewish Priesthood in Morocco…..& I hope in the course of the summer to have him completely surrounded' (6th June 1804), 'Until about a week past there was every reason to expect a civil war of the most serious consequences. H.I.M., who was in Mequinez, for reasons not distinctly understood here had a dispute with the Udaya, a most powerful tribe who cover a great extent of Territory' (18th July 1804), 'I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that for a month past an attack by this country on the commerce of America was considered as certain. The Emperor had loaded one of his Frigates…..in the Pass given by the American Consul there was a prohibition for the ships entering any Port blockaded by the United States…….I believe My Lord there has been for a long time past very considerable intrigues here on the part of Spain to procure a revolution, as under the present Emperor there is no probability that they will obtain any corn from this country….' (25th August 1804), 'I have this morning received official notice from the Emperor that it is his intention to send a Person to London with a considerable sum of Money to purchase certain articles and I am requested to assist him…..to procure good Bills of Exchange……the sum I believe will be nearly two hundred thousand Mexicos' (18th September 1804), 'The danger I most apprehend arises from the disposition of the Emperor, which is a secret to none of the Parties. It is impossible to detest anything more than Mulay Suleiman does the Jewish Butchers of Gibraltar, whom he has described to myself as a set of Rascals enriched at his expense. He certainly has not much more love for us……we are the only nation who get anything from him, & he would be glad……to be rid of us…..The state of Health in Gibraltar and the main parts of Spain has caused a most rigorous Quarantine to be established here; but I have after a little struggle obtained a continuance of the supply for the Garrison…..all subject to the usual laws of Quarantine' (29th September 1804), 'I had a long conversation……I then learnt for the first time that the Emperor expected we would make him a Present of two Ships. I did not lose one moment to employ the strongest, but most decent language I could, utterly to destroy every hope of that nature……A very long experience has taught me the full value of such promises, yet when the state of Gibraltar became so deplorable….I wrote directly & solely to himself…..I told him plainly that if our Army was reduced the Spaniards who were in force at the lines were not such blockheads as to let the Peace stand in the way of such an acquisition as Gibraltar…..The opposition I meet with in this business is astonishing. Of course nothing is…..openly…..said, but every street & alley in the place is filled with whispers of the danger I am leading the country into' (20th October 1804), 'Of Bin Tab I know nothing personally……but I have a sufficient knowledge of his character from many who have associated with him in Portugal, Spain & Italy; he is a merchant & man of pleasure, and having lived much with the Christians, his manners are more polished than those of any other man of this country, As to other points I suppose he is a complete Moor as I have never known a change of life make any real change in the national character of these People……he generally keeps an open table where ever he is, & is reckoned a good judge of wine, of which he is very fond……of the English he knows much more than he is willing people should suppose' (21st October 1804), 'I have had the honour to mention to your Lordship the demand formerly made by this country on the American Consul for a Passport for a Moorish Vessel to convey a Present of Corn to Tripoly, then blockaded by the Americans, and its refusal……The Governor sent a message to the Consul which he insisted should be delivered before witnesses. 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An early Victorian rosewood centre table, the tilt top on an octagonal column and concave sided platform base, lacks some of the mouldings to the edge, 116 cm diameter, removal cost CReport by RBSome fading, especially to the base, a few of the mouldings missingSee images
A Chippendale style breakfront mahogany serving table, with a drawer, the frieze carved acanthus leaves, on acanthus leaf carved slender cabriole legs, with hairy paw feet, 196 cm wide, removal cost DReport by RB68 cm deep x 98.5 cm highJS Report ? Structurally sound no major faults found , light scratches scuffs and some small losses due to use and age Varous ring marks to top
A modern silver cigarette case, London 1953, and an Edward VII silver dressing table set, Birmingham 1906, removal cost AReport by JSBrushes and mirror, silver wearing very thin, various folds, creases some splitsCigarette box overall condition good, engraved at the front, Major A B Brandle from the officers and infantry division single regiment, 28th October 1953
A mahogany drum top table, the leather inset top above an arrangement of four real and four false drawers, on leaf carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 105 cm diameter, removal cost CReport by RBLeather top looks modern, a slight split to the top, one handle is loose but in a drawer, 76.5 cm high
A Victorian serpentine sided card table, veneered in burr walnut and inlaid with boxwood, on cabriole legs, 89 cm wide, removal cost BReport by RBGenerally good, a bit of a mark to the front right, probably the bottom of a jardiniere, and ever so faint warp to the top, you cannot see it but you can feel it, general knocks and wear
A late Victorian painted pine kitchen table, corners cut, later formica top, 152 cm wide, a painted two door cupboard, 85 cm wide, and two kitchen chairs (4), removal cost DReport by RBKitchen table has no drawer (never did), 76 cm high x 103 cm deep, needs some repainting and work. Condition unknown under formica top
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