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George V silver hot water jug with ebonised handle and knob, 8.2 osz 257 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 III helmet shaped silver cream jug with embossed cottage, church and swan decoration, London 1774, 2.3 ozs, 71 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.

Three silver cream jugs, One George III the others more modern, 7.2 ozs, 224 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 III silver flat bottom silver cream jug decorated with flowers and foliage, London 1799, 3.3 ozs 102 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 III, silver cream jug decorated with flowers foliage and scrolls, London 1802, 3 ozs 94 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 silver cream jug , decorated with embossed flowers and foliage, Chester 1897, 4.4 ozs 136 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 III silver cream jug on ball feet, 3.7 ozs 117 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 III silver cream jug on ball feet 2.7 ozs 84 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 III silver cream jug with decorated bands, London 1800, 4.6 ozs 143 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 III silver cream jug, on ball feet, 4 ozs 126 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 III silver cream jug, decorated with vertical bands of flowers and foliage, London 1767, 2.2 ozs 68 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 engraved silver Christening mug, with "C" handle, Sheffield 1898, 3.4 ozs 105 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 small cup and cover, with snake twisted handles. London 1926, 3.8 ozs 119 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

Small George III silver cream jug with shaped borders, 2.1 ozs 68 grams and a small silver Christening mug 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 plated items, comprising, treen box and cover, oval dish, small round bowl, two handled cup, sifter spoon, miniature goblet, jam spoon, sugar tongs and cast sugar nips 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 silver Christening mugs, 6.3 ozs. 196 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

Silver cream jug, marks rubbed but probably George III, gadrooned border and embossed flower and scroll decoration on three feet, 5.9 ozs, 183 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 III silver cream jug with embossed flower and foliage decoration, London, 2.2 ozs 71 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

Silver baluster shaped cream jug, 4.1 ozs 129 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 cruet silver items including a square mustard pot (no liner), and another, three pepper pots and a round salt 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 mug with presentation inscription, 4.2 ozs 131 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 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.

An early 19th Century George III sixteen-stick paper and bone fan decorated in polychrome with a portrait of Nelson 'Who gloriously fell off Trafalgar 21st Oct 1805' with 'my Briton Battle Main, Rapture gild your parting hour, Death in his despotic reign, Claims but here ornaments prior' flanked by two roundels one with Duff, the other with Cooke, guard length 18.5cm S/D

Giovanni Navesi, um 1550 Florenz – um 1572/99, Bedeutender Maler der florentinischen Renaissance.Die Heilige Katharina von AlexandrienÖl auf Holz.68 x 58 cm.Verso eine Querleiste.Beigegeben eine Expertise mit ausführlicher Dokumentation, von Alessandro Nesi, 11. August 2021, in Kopie. In bedeutendsten Kirchen der Stadt Florenz finden sich Werke dieses Meisters, einem Schüler von Vasari. Dies allein schon verleiht dem Tafelbild einen hohen Rang. Demgemäß wurde speziell zu diesem Gemälde 2021 eine umfangreiche Dokumentation publiziert, in der die Eigenhändigkeit für den Maler Giovanni Navesi zweifelsfrei nachgewiesen werden konnte (s. Lit. Alessandro Nesi). Darüber hinaus wurden die überzeugenden Vergleiche mit bekannten Werken geleistet. Die Märtyrerin ist im Halbbildnis gezeigt, vor einer hügeligen Landschaft mit jungen Bäumen, Zypressen und einer Burganlage links oben, die auf die höfische Abstammung der Heiligen verweist. Entsprechend trägt sie eine mit Perlen besetzte Strahlenkrone und eine Perlenkette. Perlen auch im Haar und im Ohrschmuck. Dabei galt seit jeher die Pele als Symbol für Reinheit, Weisheit und die "verborgene Erkenntnis Jesu". Ihre ferneren Attribute sind Bibel und Palme, die sie in den Armen hält und das Rad, das Werkzeug ihres Martyriums. Die Farbgebung - vor allem das aus sich selbst leuchtende Hellrot des Mantels - weist den Stil des Bildes bereits in den Manierismus. Das nachdenklich gezeigte, auffallend ebenmäßig gestaltete Gesicht lässt sich bei fast sämtlichen weiblichen Physiognomien im Werk des Meisters wiederfinden. So etwa in dem Gemälde „Madonna col Bambino e sante“ in der Kirche San Niccoló in Prato oder in seiner „Assunzione della Vergine“ in San Lorenzo in Florenz. Darüber hinaus auch in dem Bild „Carità“ der Sammlung Cassa di Risparmio, Prato oder die Mariendarstellung in dem Werk „Cristo nel sepolcro e santi“ in der Abtei Coltibuono in Siena. Daneben darf nicht unerwähnt bleiben, dass Navesi in der Capella Torni bei Sta. Maria del Carmine in Florenz gearbeitet hat. Berühmt sind die Fresken, die er 1575 bis 1577 zusammen mit Pietro d‘Achille Crogi im Pellegrinaio des Spedale di Sta. Maria della Scala zu Siena schuf.Literatur:Vgl. Richa, Notizie d. Chiese Fiorent. 1754/62 Bd. XVgl. Biadi, Antiche fabbr. di Firenze etc. 1824.Vgl.Romagnoli, Cenni stor. art. di Siena, 1840.Vgl. Alessandro Nesi, Giovanni Navesi, una Santa Caterina d´Alessandria e altri dipinti. Quaderni die Maniera. In Collaborazione lla cura redazionale des testo, Carlo Meoni. Studio Giamoni, Maniera-Firenze 2021.Vgl. Francesco Traversi : Giovanni di Raffaello Navesi. Pittore fiorentino del Cinquecento, Mazzafirra 2021.A.R. (13411411) (11)Giovanni Navesi,ca. 1550 Florence – ca. 1572/99Important painter of the Florentine Renaissance.SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA Oil on panel.68 x 58 cm.Accompanied by an expert's report with extensive documentation by Alessandro Nesi, 11 August 2021, in copy. Works by this master, who was a student of Vasari, can be found in the most important churches in Florence, which alone bestows this panel painting a high rank. Accordingly, an extensive documentation was published specifically for this painting in 2022, in which the identification of the painter Giovanni Navesi as the creator could be verified unequivocally (see ref. Alessandro Nesi).

Meister der Lyversberg-Passion, tätig um 1460 – 1480, zug.Öl auf Holz.136 x 60 cm.Verso drei Befestigungsstreben.Gerahmt.Die vorliegende Tafel ist wohl das linke Stück eines dreiteiligen Altars. Die Darstellung wird überragt von einem goldbraunen Ast mit Blättern und Blüten vor dunkelblauem Hintergrund. Im Zentrum der Darstellung ein Heiliger mit dunkelblauem Gewand, rotem Mantel und goldenem Kreisnimbus, um die Hüfte ein befestigtes Seil, das von einem weiteren hinter ihm stehenden Mann in mehrfarbigen Strumpfhosen, Schnabelschuhen und mit roter Kopfbedeckung festgehalten wird. Hinter diesem sind weitere hintereinandergestaffelte Figuren erkennbar, teils nur an ihren Kopfbedeckungen.Im Vordergrund rechts ein großes langes Bett, auf dem auf einem weißen Laken und mit rotem Tuch ein Kranker liegt, der von dem Heiligen mit Segensgestus geheilt wird. Im Hintergrund ein breiter Fluss, über den zwei Brücken zu einer ummauerten Stadt mit Türmen führt, unter hohem weißem ins Hellblau übergehenden Himmel. Anmerkung:Meister der Lyversberg-Passion wird ein Maler der Altkölner Malerei bezeichnet, der vermutlich um 1465 oder 1466 in Köln einen Passionsaltar malte. Er war beeinflusst insbesondere von der niederländischen Malerei. An seinem mit Präzision im Hintergrund der Bilder gemalten Landschaften oder Ansichten kann man bei ihm besonders den niederländischen Einfluss erkennen, wie auch auf dem vorliegenden Gemälde. (1340305) (18)Master of the Lyversberg Passion, active ca. 1460 - 1480, attributedHEALING OF THE SICKOil on panel.136 x 60 cm.Notes:The Master of the Lyversberg Passion is an old master painter of the so-called Cologne School of Painting who probably painted a passion altar in Cologne in ca. 1465 or 1466.

William James, tätig 1730 – 1780 GemäldepaarVEDUTE MIT DER CHIESA San GEREMIA UND DER PONTE DELLE GUGLIE A CANNAREGIO sowieVEDUTE MIT DEM CANAL GRANDE MIT DER SANTA MARIA DELLA CARITÀÖl auf Leinwand.46,2 x 76,3 cm.Jeweils in vergoldetem, vegetabil verziertem Rahmen.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dario Succi, Gorizia.Die beiden hier gezeigten Ansichten, die 1956 bei Christie’s als autografe Arbeiten von Canaletto versteigert wurden, stellen zwei der beliebtesten Ansichten der Lagune dar: Das erste zeigt den Palazzo Labia mit der Ponte delle Guglie, die ihren Namen den vier Obelisken an ihren Enden verdankt. Die Balustrade und die Statue des Heiligen Johannes von Nepomuk, des in der Moldau ertrunkenen Märtyrers, des Bildhauers Giovanni Marchiori, sind auf dieser Darstellung noch nicht vorhanden. Dieses Detail ist entscheidend für die Datierung des Gemäldes, das daher vor 1742 anzusiedeln ist. Der Palazzo, der von der Kirche San Geremia flankiert wird, deren romanischer Glockenturm zu sehen ist, wurde mit einem Freskenzyklus geschmückt, der einen der Höhepunkte der Kunst Tiepolos (ca. 1743-1750) darstellt. Wenngleich sich beide Gemälde auf Kupferstiche von Visentini beziehen und stilistisch an Canaletto angelehnt sind, erzeugt James doch einen eigenwilligen Stil. Das zweite Gemälde stellt Santa Maria della Carità dar, eine entweihte Kirche im Stadtteil Dorsoduro, die zum gleichnamigen Klosterkomplex gehört. Die Kirche wurde im 12. Jahrhundert anstelle einer älteren Holzkirche erbaut, zusammen mit dem Kloster der Regularkanoniker, denen sie anvertraut wurde; dank der Unterstützung des venezianischen Papstes Eugen IV konnten die Mönche sie Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts im gotischen Stil unter Verwendung der Werke von Bartolomeo Bon umbauen. Das Gemälde zeigt die gotische Fassade der Kirche, die in den Himmel ragt.William James war zwischen 1746 und 1771 als Vedutist tätig; die einzigen Informationen über seine künstlerische Persönlichkeit finden sich in Edward Edwards’ „Anecdotes of Painters“ von 1808, in dem James als „Schüler“ oder Mitarbeiter von Canaletto während dessen Aufenthalt in England zwischen 1746 und 1755 erwähnt wird. Sein künstlerischer Werdegang wurde teilweise durch eine Reihe von Londoner Ansichten rekonstruiert, die sich im Besitz des Ashmolean Museums in Oxford und der British Royal Collections befinden. Im Text des oben genannten Edwards findet sich jedoch die einzige Erwähnung seiner Malerei venezianischer Sujets, die der Biograf selbst als stark mit Canaletto verwandt ansieht. Die Zuschreibung einiger Ansichten, die auf den internationalen Markt gelangten, an William James und vor allem das Vorhandensein einiger Gemälde, auf denen sein Name vollständig auf einer an den Originalrahmen angebrachten Plakette steht, lassen auf eine reiche Produktion von Stadtpanoramen schließen, die im Allgemeinen dem malerischen Repertoire von Antonio Canal entnommen sind, Werke, die es dem englischen Maler ermöglichten, zu den „vedutisti di Venezia“ (Vedutenmalern von Venedig) gezählt zu werden, obwohl seine biografische Abfolge keinen Hinweis auf einen möglichen Aufenthalt in der Lagunenstadt gibt. Aus der von Antonio Visentini zusammengestellten Sammlung „Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum“ gibt es zahlreiche Gemälde, die ihm zugeschrieben werden. James war einer der bekanntesten Schüler Canalettos, der den Geschmack der venezianischen Stätten indirekt aufnahm, indem er die Werke betrachtete, die der Meister mit nach England gebracht hatte, und indem er an seiner Seite arbeitete, als er die große Nachfrage seiner Auftraggeber nach Ansichten der von ihnen so geliebten Lagunenstadt befriedigte. Dieses Gemälde kann als eines der Meisterwerke des Malers betrachtet werden: Inspiriert von einem Prototyp von Canaletto, hat das Gemälde eine fast unwirkliche atmosphärische Stabilität und einen typisch englischen Geschmack in der festen, schillernden Farbgebung, ohne die verblassende Wirkung der Sonne. Die lebhaften, kräftigen Farben und die Verwendung eines sehr starken, kristallinen Lichts, das dazu beiträgt, jedes minimale Element der Architektur analytisch zu erfassen, sind Konstanten in seinen Bildern. Biografische Angaben über den Künstler sind weitgehend unbekannt, er war jedoch zwischen etwa 1755 und 1775 in London tätig. Wie in Edward Edwards’ „Anedoctes of Painters“, das 1808 posthum veröffentlicht wurde, bestätigt wird, war William James ein Assistent oder Schüler von Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), genannt Canaletto, während des langen Aufenthalts des venezianischen Malers in London, der - abgesehen von einer kurzen Unterbrechung im Jahr 1751 - zehn Jahre lang von 1746 bis 1756 dauerte. William James war im London des 18. Jahrhunderts ein hochgeschätzter Künstler: Einige seiner Londoner Ansichten wurden zwischen 1767 und 1771 auf der jährlichen Ausstellung der Society of Artists ausgestellt: In der Ausstellung von 1767 wurden zwei Gemälde präsentiert, die das westliche Ende der Westminster Bridge darstellten. (1320125) (13)William James,active 1730 – 1780A pair of paintingsVEDUTA OF THE CHURCH OF SAN GEREMIA AND PONTE DELLE GUGLIE A CANNAREGIOandVEDUTA WITH GRAND CANAL AND SANTA MARIA DELLA CARITÀOil on canvas.46.2 x 76.3 cm.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Dario Succi, Gorizia.The two vedutas on offer for sale here, auctioned at Christie’s in 1956 as works by Canaletto himself, depict two of the most popular views of the lagoon: the first shows the Palazzo Labia with the Ponte delle Guglie, which owes its name to the four obelisks at its ends. The balustrade and the statue of Saint John of Nepomuk, the martyr who drowned in the Vltava River, by the sculptor Giovanni Marchiori, are not yet present on this painting. This detail is crucial for dating the painting, which must therefore have been created before 1742. The palazzo, flanked by the Church of San Geremia, whose Romanesque bell tower can be seen, was decorated with a cycle of frescoes representing one of the pinnacles of Tiepolo’s (ca. 1743 -1750) art. This painting can be considered one of the painter’s masterpieces: inspired by a paragon by Canaletto, the painting has an almost unreal atmospheric stability and a typically English flavour in the solid, iridescent colouring without the fading effect of the sun. The vivid, bold colours and the use of a very strong, crystalline light, which helps to analytically capture every minute element of architecture, are constants in his paintings.

Carlo Cignani, 1628 Bologna – 1719, zug.Venus und CupidoÖl auf Leinwand.57 x 72 cm.Die Liebesgöttin unbekleidet, auf einem blauen Velum in Sitzhaltung, der Arm aufgestützt. Das Gesicht dem Cupido-Knäblein zugewandt, das dem Betrachter des Bildes mit einem Pfeil in der Hand entgegenblickt. Im Hintergrund eine abendliche Hügellandschaft, die Sonne bereits am Horizont untergegangen. Gemälde dieser Thematik waren in der Regel für höfische Schlafgemachausstattungen bestimmt. Meist hinter einem Vorhang vor der Inquisition verborgen, der erst nach Weggang der Gäste geöffnet wurde. Ähnliche Darstellungen kennen wir auch von Alessandro Padovanino. Zu den bekanntesten Beispielen zählen Werke von Tizian, Veronese, Allori oder Maratta.Cignani gilt als der letzte bedeutende Maler der Bologneser Schule. Als Schüler u.a. des Francesco Albani befasste er sich mit Werken von Correggio, Guido Reni, Tizian sowie der Malerfamilie der Carracci. Die Saalausschmückung im Palazzo Farnese, die monumentalen Fresken mit Darstellung König Franz I machten ihn berühmt. Es folgten Aufträge, etwa des Herzogs von Parma („Mariä Empfängnis“) sowie die Kuppelausmalung der Kirche Madonna del Fuoco in Forli, womit er zwei Jahrzehnte beschäftigt war. Papst Clemens XI ernannte ihn zum Direktor der Akademie Bologna. Seine Bilder in zahlreichen öffentlichen Sammlungen. Auch die Theatinerkirche in München zeigt im Marienaltar ein Werk seiner Hand. A.R.Literatur Auswahl:Beatrice Buscaroli Fabbri, Carlo Cignani. Affreschi, dispinti, disegni, Mailand 2004. Alexander Rauch, in: Renaissance Kunst und Architektur des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts in Europa, Paragon-Verlag 2011. (1340523) (11)Carlo Cignani, 1628 Bologna – 1719, attributedVENUS AND CUPID Oil on canvas.57 x 72 cm.The goddess of love is depicted undressed, seated on a blue velum with her arm propped up. Her face is turned towards the little Cupid boy, who looks at the viewer with an arrow in his hand.Literature u. a.:Beatrice Buscaroli Fabbri, Carlo Cignani. Affreschi, dipinti, disegni, Electa, Milan 2004. Alexander Rauch, in: Renaissance, Kunst und Architektur des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts in Europa, Paragon-Verlag 2011.

Michele Giovanni Marieschi, 1696/1710 – 1743 VenedigCampo dei Frari in VenedigÖl auf Leinwand.52,5 x 69 cm.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dario Succi.Blick über den schmalen Seitenkanal, den eine Brücke mit Treppe überquert, auf den Campo mit der gotischen Fassade der Kirche Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Der Giebel der durch Pilaster gegliederten Backsteinfassade ist hier – im Gegensatz zum gegenwärtigen Zustand – noch mit fünf durchbrochenen, spitzen Aufsätzen in Form von Fialen gezeigt. Rechts der Anbau der Scuola Grande di San Rocco, in der sich die bedeutenden Werke Tintorettos befinden, wie überhaupt die Kirche selbst schon berühmteste Gemälde von Tizian beherbergt. Im linken Hintergrund der Campanile; zum linken Bildrand hin die Häuser- und Palastfassaden, die den Platz säumen.Im Gegensatz zum rötlichen Farbton der Fassade und dem verschatteten Anbau rechts, wird das Bild aufhellend belebt durch eine erstaunlich bewegte Figurenstaffage. Links hinten ist die Fassadenfront durch eine goldene Karosse bereichert. In hellem Licht steht eine Gruppe herrschaftlich gekleideter Figuren – ein Herr im Gespräch mit zwei Damen in bodenlangen Kleidern, dahinter eine Gondel, die soeben die Stufenbrücke durchschifft hat. Weitere Figuren bis in den Hintergrund locker verteilt. Besonders auffallend und höchst originell zwei Gestalten, die unglücklicherweise die Treppe herabgefallen sind, beobachtet von den nebenstehenden Passanten und einer Magd, die sich mit sichtlichem Interesse dem Vorfall widmet. Gerade diese figürlichen Bereicherungen verleihen dem Gemälde einen besonderen Reiz.Michele Marieschi war nur eine kurze Lebens- und Schaffenszeit gegönnt. Vom Maler, der sich in der Zeit um 1720 bzw. auch nach 1731 in Deutschland aufhielt, um hier als Bühnenmaler zu arbeiten, wissen wir, dass er sich 1735 nach Venedig zurückbegab, und dort alsbald Mitglied der venezianischen Malergilde Fraglia de´Pittori wurde. Der Kupferstecher und Maler Gaspare Diziani und der Sammler Freiherr Mathias von der Schulenburg, der damals als Generalfeldmarschall im Dienste Venedigs stand, unterstützten den Maler unseres Bildes. Letzterer erwarb 1738 zwei Veduten. Auch die Verehelichung mit Angela Fontana, einer Tochter des höchst bekannten Kunsthändlers der Stadt, dürfte zum Erfolg Marieschis beigetragen haben, insbesondere, als dessen Venedigmotive von Sammlern der Grand Tour begehrt waren. Ab 1743 hat Marieschi die Aufträge mehr und mehr seinem Schüler Francesco Albotto überlassen. 1741, also drei Jahre vor seinem Ableben, veröffentlichte Marieschi einen Satz von 21 Radierungen von Venedig unter dem Titel „Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus“, wobei Angelo Trevisani das Portrait Marieschis als Titelbild schuf. Etliche Gemälde seiner Hand befinden sich in den öffentlichen Museen in Stockholm, Prag oder Warschau sowie im Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum Hannover. A.R. (†) (1330519) (11)Michele Giovanni Marieschi,1696/1710 Venice – 1743 CAMPO DEI FRARI IN VENICEOil on canvas.52.5 x 69 cm.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Dario Succi.Vista across a narrow side canal, crossed by a bridge with stairs, to the Campo with the Gothic façade of the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. In contrast to the current state, the gable of the brick façade, which is structured by pilasters, is shown here with five openwork, pointed pinnacles. On the right is the extension of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, which holds Tintoretto’s important works and the church itself, which houses Titian’s most famous paintings. The campanile is shown in the background to the left and façades of houses and palaces line the square on the left margin. In contrast to the reddish shade of the façade and the shaded extension on the right, the picture is brightened up and enlivened by an astonishingly moving staffage of figures. In the background on the left, the front of the façade is highlighted by a gilt state coach. Standing in bright light is a group of stately dressed people – a gentleman in conversation with two women in floor-length dresses – with a gondola that has just crossed the stepped bridge behind them. There are further figures loosely scattered in the background. Particularly striking and highly original are two figures who have accidentally fallen down the stairs, observed by passers-by and a maid who is obviously interested in the incident. It is these figurative additions that add to the painting’s special charm.It is known that the painter Michele Marieschi, who stayed in Germany around 1720 and after 1731 to work as a stage painter, returned to Venice in 1735 and soon became a member of the Venetian painters’ guild Fraglia de’ Pittori. The copper engraver and painter Gaspare Diziani and the collector Freiherr Mathias von der Schulenburg, who at the time was Field Marshal in the service of Venice, were supporters of Marieschi. The latter acquired two vedute in 1738. The marriage to Angela Fontana, a daughter of the city’s famous art dealer, may also have contributed to Marieschi’s success, especially when his Venice motifs were coveted by collectors on the Grand Tour. From 1743 Marieschi increasingly left commissions to his pupil Francesco Albotto. In 1741, three years before his death, Marieschi published a set of 21 etchings from Venice entitled Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus, with Angelo Trevisani creating Marieschi’s portrait as the title page. His paintings are held in public museums in Stockholm, Prague, and Warsaw, as well as the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover. (†)

Vergoldete Automaten-Türmchenuhr mit Glockenschlag, Wecker und beweglichen Figuren der JagdthematikHöhe: 44 cm. Sockelbreite 27 cm. Tiefe: 23 cm.Wohl Augsburg, um 1630.Feuervergoldete Bronze, Eisen, Stahl, Silber und Versilberung.Spindelwerk in Eisen und Eisenschnitt, Federwerke in Stahl, poliert. Federaufzug mittels Schlüssel. Die Seitenwände abnehmbar, wodurch ein Einblick ins Werk und die Federn möglich ist.Das Stundenschlagwerk ist mit den Jagdfiguren des Aufsatzes verbunden, die nach rechts kreisen. Der Viertelschlag ist zudem mit den beiden außerhalb des Pavillons sitzenden Hunden verbunden, die sich beim Schlag auf- und nieder heben. Diese Raffinesse führt eine lebendige Schauszenerie vor, entsprechend einem figürlichen Glockenspiel.Der Aufbau turmförmig, wie bei etlichen berühmten Augsburger Beispielen, auf ebonisiertem Sockel und nochmaliger vergoldeter, floral reliefierter Gehäusebasis, über der sich der rechteckige Turm erhebt. An den Ecken kannelierte Eckpilaster mit Volutenkapitellen und hohen Basen mit prominenter Diamantrustika. Der bekrönende Aufsatz verjüngt sich nach oben, dreiteilig gegliedert. Er setzt mit einem durchbrochen gearbeiteten Gesims an, mit Einblick zu den beiden Glocken. An den Ecken vier pyramidenförmige Aufsätze, dazwischen Baluster, die den runden, zweistufigen Aufsatz umstehen. In der ersten Ebene werden in den Öffnungen Figuren sichtbar, die bei Glockenschlag kreisen – eine Hirschfigur, verfolgt von einem Bogenschützen in Begleitung von Hunden. Daneben beidseits zwei kleine Hunde, die sich beim Glockenschlag anheben. Die Figürchen in Silberguss. Der obere Aufsatz, in Form eines runden Pavillons, enthält im Inneren eine stehende menschliche Gestalt mit Hirschgeweih, die sich dreht. Gemeint ist Aktäon, der mythische Jäger, der durch die Jagdgöttin Diana in einen Hirsch verwandelt wurde. Die bogig durchbrochene abschließende Kuppelkalotte trägt als Bekrönung eine plastische, ebenfalls vergoldete Figur des Gottes Hermes mit geflügeltem Petasos und Flügelschuhen.Sämtliche vier Seiten des Turmgehäuses sind in feiner Graviertechnik mit C-Bögen, Blattvoluten und Blüten dekoriert und mit runden Zifferblättern bzw. Funktionsanzeigen besetzt:An der Vorderseite das primäre Zifferblatt mit eingefasstem Ziffernring, versilbert (dunkle Patina) als 24-Stunden-Kapitelring mit römischen Stunden und 5-Minuten-Intervall-Anzeige. Alarm-Einstellungsscheibe, lateinisch beschriftet für Sonnenaufgang, Mittag und Sonnenuntergang. Die drei Zeiger gebläut.An den Seiten Hilfszifferblätter mit Angabe der zuletzt geschlagenen Viertelstunden und Stunden.An der Rückseite ein weiterer 24-Stunden-Kapitelring, der ebenfalls eine vergoldete Volvelle umschließt, mit Anzeige der Mondphasen, ferner mit Diagramm der ptolemäischen Planeten-Aspekte; die Alarm-Einstellscheibe mit 24-Stundenangabe und lateinischen Bezeichnungen für Sonnenaufgang, Mittag, Sonnenuntergang und Nacht.Ein der vorliegenden Uhr wenigstens im Aufbau sehr verwandtes Beispiel schuf der Augsburger Uhrmacher Matthias Greylach. A.R. (†)Provenienz:Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Sotheby’s, New York, 2. Dezember 1999, Lot 50.Literatur:Peter Frieß/ Eva Langenstein (Hrsg.), Mechanik aus der Wunderkammer, Die Vorläufer der Computer, anlässlich einer Ausstellung auf der 41. Deutschen Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse vom 28. November – 4. Dezember 1996, Katalog des Deutschen Museums Bonn – im Gespräch mit Wissenschaft und Technik, München 1996.Jürgen Abeler, Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010.Richard Mühe/ Horand M. Vogel, Alte Uhren. Ein Handbuch europäischer Tischuhren, Wanduhren und Bodenstanduhren, München 1976 (mit Abb. einer Türmchenuhr). (1322017) (11)Gilt automat “Türmchenuhr” with strike on bell, alarm and moving figures with hunting theme Height: 44 cm.Base width: 27 cm.Depth: 23 cm.Probably Augsburg, ca. 1630.Fire-gilt bronze, iron, steel, silver, and silver plating. The structure is tower-shaped, as are several famous Augsburg examples, on an ebonized base and a further gilt-base decorated with floral reliefs surmounted by a rectangular tower. The corners are decorated with pilasters with volute capitals and tall bases with prominent diamond rustication. The top-most part tapers upwards and is divided into three parts: it starts with an openwork cornice revealing two bells on the inside. There are four pyramid-shaped attachments at the corners, with balusters in between that surround the round, two-tiered top part. The first level reveals cast silver figurines in the openings that circle when the clock chimes: a deer pursued by an archer accompanied by dogs. Next to it on either side are two small dogs, which rise at the chime of the bell. The upper part is shaped like a round pavilion with a revolving human figure with deer antlers inside. This is Actaeon, the mythical hunter who was transformed into a stag by the hunting goddess Diana. The arched, openwork calotte at the top of the dome is surmounted by a three-dimensional gilt-figure of the god Hermes with winged petasos hat and winged shoes.All four sides of the tower housing are decorated with fine engravings with c-shaped arches, leaf volutes and flowers and set with round dials or function displays: On the front the primary dial with a framed numeral ring, silvered (dark patina) as a 24-hour chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and 5-minute interval display. Alarm dial, labelled in Latin for sunrise, noon, and sunset. The three hands are blued.Subdials on the sides show the last struck quarter hours and hours. On the reverse another 24-hour chapter ring, also enclosing a gilt volvelle, showing the phases of the moon, further with a diagram of the Ptolemaic planetary aspects; the alarm dial with 24-hour indication and Latin terms for sunrise, noon, sunset and night. Spindle movement in iron and cut iron, spring mechanisms in polished steel. Spring winding by key. The side walls can be removed, allowing access to the movement and the springs. The hourly striking mechanism is connected to the hunting figures of the top part, which circle to the right. The quarter beat is also connected to the two dogs sitting outside the pavilion, who rise up and back down on each strike. This sophisticated mechanism presents a lively spectacle, corresponding to a figural carillon.The Augsburg clockmaker Matthias Greylach created an example that is very similar to the present clock, at least in terms of the clock’s structure. (†)Provenance:Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1999, lot 50.Literature:Peter Frieß/ Eva Langenstein (ed.), Mechanik aus der Wunderkammer, Die Vorläufer der Computer, on the occasion of an exhibition at the 41st German Art and Antiques Fair, 28 November – 4 December 1996, catalogue of the Deutsches Museum Bonn – im Gespräch mit Wissenschaft und Technik, Munich 1996.Jürgen Abeler, Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010.Richard Mühe/ Horand M. Vogel, Alte Uhren. Ein Handbuch europäischer Tischuhren, Wanduhren und Bodenstanduhren, Munich 1976 (with ill. of a little tower clock).Bodenstanduhren, Munich 1976 (with ill. of a little tower clock).

Apatosaurus femur/ Dinosaurier(Apatosaurus ajax)Maße mit Sockel: 182 x 70 x 60 cm. Maße ohne Sockel: 160 x 45 x 25 cm. Gewicht: 136 kg.Morrison Formation, Utah, USA, Jura, 165 Millionen Jahre alt.Dieser riesige, gut präparierte Oberschenkelknochen wird eindrucksvoll auf einem speziell angefertigten Sockel aus Ebenholz präsentiert. Apatosaurus war ein enormer langhalsiger Dinosaurier oder Sauropode, der bis zu 23 Meter lang und bis zu 25 Tonnen schwer werden konnte. Dieser im späten Jura weit verbreitete schwerfällige Riese konnte täglich eine Tonne Pflanzen verschlingen. (†)Anmerkung:Othniel Charles Marsh gab dem Tier dessen Fossilien er fand 1877 seinen Namen: Apatosaurus ajax.Literatur:Vgl. Paul Upchurch, Paul M. Barrett, Peter Dodson, Sauropoda. Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology, in: David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska (Hrsg.), The Dinosauria, Berkeley 2004. (1341252) (13)Apatosaurus femur / dinosaur (Apatosaurus ajax)Dimensions incl. stand: 182 x 70 x 60 cm. Dimensions excl. stand: 160 x 45 x 25 cm. Weight: 136 kg.Morrison Formation, Utah, USA, Jurassic, 165 million years old.This huge, well-prepared femur is impressively displayed on a custom-made ebony base. Apatosaurus was an enormous long-necked dinosaur, or sauropod, that could reach 23 meters in length and weigh up to 25 tons. (†)Notes:Othniel Charles Marsh, who discovered the fossils in 1877, gave this animal its name: Apatosaurus ajax.Literature:cf. Paul Upchurch, Paul M. Barrett, Peter Dodson, Sauropoda. Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology, in: David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska (ed.), The Dinosauria, Berkeley 2004.

Charles André Van Loo, 1705 – 1765Le sacrifice à L´AmourÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.137,5 x 97,5 cm.In teils à jour gearbeitetem Louis XV-Rahmen.Dieses Gemälde von Charles-André Vanloo, genannt Carle Vanloo (Nizza, 1705 - Paris, 1765), stellt eine bemerkenswerte Wiederentdeckung für die letzten Jahre eines Malers dar, der eine der repräsentativsten künstlerischen Persönlichkeiten des monarchischen Kosmopolitismus der Aufklärung bleibt. Carle Vanloo stammte aus einer niederländischen Malerfamilie, deren Mitglieder es in ganz Europa zu Ruhm gebracht hatten, und wurde in der Pariser Werkstatt seines Bruders Jean-Baptiste ausgebildet. Nachdem er 1724 den ersten Preis für Malerei an der Académie Royale gewonnen hatte, wurde er ab 1728 an der Académie de France in Rom angestellt, wo er ausschließlich prestigeträchtige römische Aufträge ausführte, bevor er an den Hof des Königs von Piemont-Sardinien in Turin wechselte. Er heiratete 1733 die Hofmusikerin Christina Somis, deren Vater, der Maestro Jean-Baptiste Somis, ein enger Vertrauter von Karl Emanuel III von Savoyen war. Carle Vanloos italienischer Aufenthalt, der eine der bemerkenswertesten künstlerischen Karrieren des 18. Jahrhunderts einleitete, war geprägt von außergewöhnlichen Arbeiten im Palast von Stupinigi und im Palazzo Reale in Turin und brachte ihm die sofortige Unterstützung des Mercure de France ein, als er seine Werke im Salon von 1735 vorstellte. Bis 1747 reißen die Lobeshymnen auf seine Beherrschung aller Bereiche der Malerei, seine subtile Kunst, sich auf die großen Meister zu beziehen, und seine ikonografische Bandbreite, die die gesamte Typologie der Genres abdeckt, nicht ab. Der gefürchtete Kritiker Lafont de Saint-Yenne bewunderte ihn und erkannte in ihm einen Meister der „grande manière“, was durch seine Ernennung zum Leiter der École royale des élèves protégés (1748) und die anhaltende Wertschätzung der aufgeklärten Kritiker (Cochin, Grimm, der Comte de Caylus und Diderot) bestätigt wurde. Als Höhepunkt des alle zwei Jahre stattfindenden Salons wegen der Fülle seiner Lieferungen ebenso wie wegen der Skandale, die sie auslösten „Sacrifice d’Iphigénie“, 1757 und „Portrait de mademoiselle Clairon en Médée“, 1759, beide in Potsdam, Neues Schloss; „Madeleine pénitente“, 1761, Privatsammlung) wurde er von Ludwig XV favorisiert, der ihm 1762 das Amt des ersten Malers des Königs und 1763 das des Direktors der Académie verlieh. Unser Gemälde kann mit einer berühmten Komposition des Künstlers verglichen werden, die von seinem Biografen Michel-François Dandré-Bardon auf 1760 datiert und 1772 von Jean-Baptiste de Lorraine unter dem Titel „Hommage à l’Amour“ (Huldigung an die Liebe) gestochen wurde (Radierung, 1772, Paris, siehe Vergleichsabb.), während sie die berühmte Sammlung von Jean de Julienne schmückte. Später wurde es von Katharina II über Fürst Galitzin erworben und im Winterpalast in Sankt Petersburg ausgestellt, wo es 1774 katalogisiert wurde, und anschließend bis 1917 in der Eremitage. Es wurde 1977 von Marie-Catherine Sahut (II. Tableaux perdus, Nr. 247) als verloren erwähnt und kürzlich mit einer Version in der Nationalgalerie Armeniens in Eriwan in Verbindung gebracht, aber der Stil dieses Gemäldes scheint nicht dem von Carle Vanloo zu entsprechen, und seine Maße sind im Übrigen 20 cm größer als die des verlorenen Gemäldes in der Eremitage, sowohl in der Höhe als auch in der Breite. Demgegenüber weist unser Gemälde ähnliche Abmessungen und eine ähnliche Komposition (vgl. Ernst, 1935, S. 98) wie das verschollene Gemälde auf, und sein autografer Charakter kann nur schwerlich in Frage gestellt werden. Der Kupferstich übernimmt seitenverkehrt die genaue Komposition sowie alle minutiös gemalten Motive, ohne die Vielfalt der Pflanzen auszulassen.Provenienz:Aguttes, Paris, 17. Juni 2021, lot 36.Literatur:Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, Vie de Carle Vanloo, Paris 1765, S. 69.Vgl. Sergej Ernst, Notes sur des tableaux français de l’Ermitage, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1935, Bd. LXVIII, Juni-Dezember, S. 142, Nr. 6.Marie-Catherine Sahut, Carle Vanloo. Premier peintre du roi (Nice, 1705-Paris, 1765), Ausstellungskatalog, Nizza, Musée Chéret, 1977, Nr. 247, S. 99.Les Van Loo, fils d’Abraham, Ausstellung, Musée des beaux-arts, Nizza, 1. November 2000-28. Februar 2001, Ausstellungskatalog von Jean-François Mozziconacci, Charles Astro, Andrea Zanella et al., Nizza 2000.Vgl. Christophe Henry, La Grâce comme système poético-politique. Pour une lecture des Grâces de Carle Vanloo (1765), Littératures classiques, Nr. 60, 2006.Vgl. Christine Rolland, Autour des Van Loo. Peinture, commerce des tissus et espionnage en Europe (1250-1830), Rouen 2012.Vgl. Christophe Henry, Loo, Carle van, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Bd. 85, 2015, S. 251.Vgl. Christophe Henry, Carle Vanloo (1705-1765), Recueil des Commémorations nationales, 2015, France Archives; online: Conférences de l’Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, hrsg. von Jacqueline Lichtenstein und Christian Michel, 2015, Bd. VI, Teil 2, S. 897, abrufbar unter https://perspectivia.net/ (1330131) (13)Charles André van Loo,1705 – 1765LE SACRIFICE À L’AMOUROil on canvas. Relined.137.5 x 97.5 cm.In Louis XV frame, partially with à jour décor.This painting by Charles-André Vanloo, also known as “Carle Vanloo“ (Nice, 1705 - Paris, 1765), is a remarkable recent rediscovery by a painter who remains one of the most representative artists of monarchical cosmopolitanism of the Age of Enlightenment. Carle Vanloo is from a Dutch family of painters, whose members were famous across Europe, and studied in the Parisian workshop of his brother Jean-Baptiste. After being awarded the first prize for painting at the Académie Royale in 1724, he was employed at the Académie de France in Rome from 1728, where he carried out prestigious Roman commissions before moving to the court of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia in Turin. In 1733 he married the court musician Christina Somis, whose father, the maestro Jean-Baptiste Somis, was a close confidante of Charles Emanuel III of Savoy. Carle Vanloo’s stay in Italy, which launched one of the most notable artistic careers of the 18th century, was marked by exceptional work at the Palace of Stupinigi and the Palazzo Reale in Turin and earned him the immediate support of the Mercure de France when he exhibited his works at the Salon from 1735. Praise for his mastery in all areas of painting, his subtle art of referencing great masters and his iconographic range, covering the entire typology of genres, continued to be praised until 1747. The dreaded art critic Lafont de Saint-Yenne admired him and recognized him as a master of the “grande manière“, as also confirmed by his appointment as director of the École royale des élèves protégés (1748) and the continued appreciation of enlightened critics (Cochin, Grimm, the Comte de Caylus and Diderot). He was rewarded by Louis XV as he was the highlight of the biennial salon due to the abundance of his entries and the scandals they caused (Sacrifice d’Iphigénie, 1757 & Portrait de mademoiselle Clairon en Médée, 1759, both in Potsdam, Neues Schloss; Madeleine pénitente, 1761, private collection) by being appointed his first painter in 1762 and Director of the Académie in 1763. Our painting easily compares to a famous composition by the artist, dated 1760 by his biographer Michel-François Dandré-Bardon and engraved in 1772 by Jean-Baptiste de Lorraine with the title Hommage à l’Amour [Homage to Love] (etching, Paris, 1772, see comparative illustration) while adorning the famous collection of Jean de Julienne. It was later acquired by Catherine II through Prince Gallitzin an...

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1698/99 Wien – 1760 VenedigTriumphzug des ScipioÖl auf Leinwand.155,5 x 202,5 cm.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Egidio Martini, Venedig, 10. Mai 1988.Guardi war der älteste Sohn des Domenico Guardi (1678-1716) aus dem Trentino und der Maria Claudia Pichler aus Neumarkt. In der Wiener Schottenkirche wurde er getauft. Er war Bruder des jüngeren Francesco Guardi. Seine Schwester ehelichte den Maler Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770). Nach seiner Geburt zog die Familie nach Venedig, wo auch seine Brüder wirkten. 1719 übernahm er dort das väterliche Atelier und wurde zum Leiter der Werkstatt. Der Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg hat ihn durch zahlreiche Aufträge unterstützt. Zum Bildthema:In diesem Großformat greift das Gemälde bereits einer sehr viel späteren Idee der Historienmalerei vor. Raumfüllend ist es weniger für die Betrachtung eines Einzelnen, sondern für eine Allgemeinheit gedacht. Dabei wird die Darstellung zur Geschichtslehre. Die Leinwandgröße entspricht also der Bedeutung des geschichtlichen Inhalts. Als siegreicher Held wird hier der römische Feldherr Scipio gefeiert, der in den Punischen Kriegen gegen den gefürchteten Karthager Hannibal und dessen Armeen mit Elefanten das Römische Reich gerettet hatte.235 v. Chr. in Rom geboren, stieg Publius Cornelius Scipio zum Konsul auf. Er zeichnete sich als hervorragender Stratege schon im Spanienfeldzug von 211 v. Chr. aus. 204 v. Chr. folgte der berühmte Afrikafeldzug, zwei Jahre später kam es zur letzten Schlacht, aus der Scipio trotz Übermacht der Gegner siegreich hervorging. Scipio, nun als „Scipio Africanus“ gefeiert, verzichtete jedoch auf die Alleinherrschaft, anders als später Caesar.Die Nachwelt hat das weltgeschichtliche Ereignis, damit auch die Rettung der Republik, als eine Wende gesehen. Es hat in der Literatur, in Bühnen- und Opernkompositionen (Händel, Mozart), in der Bildenden Kunst sowie im Film Niederschlag gefunden. Ähnlich den Darstellungen Alexanders des Großen gegen Darius wurde auch die des Scipio zum Thema. Zur Darstellung:In einer vergoldeten Biga, von Schimmeln gezogen, steht Scipio mit Siegeslorbeer in Rüstung und rotem Umhang. Zahlreiche Soldaten und Fußvolk, dazwischen Fahnen und Feldherrnzeichen, ein Senator in rötlicher Toga und ein vorausziehender Priester in Begleitung eines Jünglings bewegen sich hin zu einem Triumphbogen, an dessen Fuß Krieger lagern. Links wird ein Stier für die Tempelopferung als Dank an die Götter herbeigeführt. Der Jüngling, der eine goldene Krone hält, scheint wenig erfreut, da Scipio, wie die Geschichte lehrt, die angebotene Königswürde nicht annahm. Die lebendige Szenerie wird von ebenso bewegten Wolken begleitet. Im Bildaufbau steht das Werk sehr nahe der von Francesco Guardi nach Veronese gemalten „Familie des Darius vor Alexander“ (Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo). Zur Autorschaft des Gemäldes: Auch Angelo Barbieri Trevisani (1669-1753) hat sich diesem Thema gewidmet. So wurde eine Variante des vorliegenden Gemäldes diesem Maler zugeordnet. (147 x 201 cm, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Inv.Nr. NM195, im Inventar von 1792 der Sammlung König Gustav III). In der Sammlung Newport „The Elms“ befindet sich ein gleichgestaltetes Gemälde von Trevisani. Auch Gaspare Diziani (1689 – 1767) wurde bereits wenig überzeugend als Autor des Gemäldes vermutet.Das vorliegende Bild unterscheidet sich von dem in Stockholm in etlichen Details, wie Verzicht auf Nebensächlichkeiten, anders gestaltet der Wolkenhimmel oder auch die Flora (s. Lit. D. Ton, 2010). Doch wird hier auch in der leuchtenden Farbigkeit die Nähe zu Tiepolo auffallend deutlich. Von dem Werk existiert eine weitere Version in einer Privatsammlung Mailand.In der jüngsten Literatur von Enrico Lucchese (s.Lit. 2018 u. 2021) und Filippo Pedrocco (s.Lit.1992 u. 2012) wird – nicht zuletzt auch durch das Gutachten von Egidio Martini (1988) – die Autorschaft von Antonio Guardi bestätigt. A.R.Literatur:Settecento Veneziano. Del Barocco al Neoclassicismo, Ausstellungskatalog, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 25. März-7. Juni 2009, Abb. S. 80 f. Fernando Rigon, Capolavori che ritornano. Antonio Zanchi. Alessandro Magno in trionfo, Venedig 2008, Abb. des Guardi-Gemäldes S. 71f. mit Detailabbildung.Dario Succi (Hrsg.), Le meraviglie di Venezia. Dipinti del ‘700 in collezioni private, Ausstellungskatalog, Palazzo della Torre, Gorizia, 14. März-27. Juli 2008, Mailand 2008.Filippo Pedrocco, Federico Montecuccoli degli Erri, Antonio Guardi, Mailand 1992, S. 135, S. 232 und S. 235, Kat.Nr. 102 und 105, Abb. S. 135ff. Vgl. Antonio Morassi, Guardi, Mailand 1973, S. 347, Kat.Nr. 212.Vgl. Denis Ton, Angelo Trevisani, fra maniera „vaga“ e „naturale“, in: Arte Veneta, 2010, S. 55.Vgl. Enrico Lucchese, Il Secolo di Nicola Grassi. Pittura del Sei e Settecento Veneziano, Treviso 2021.Vgl. Enrico Lucchese, La Pittura di Figura del Settecento Veneziano. Da Sebastiano Ricci a Tiepolo e Piazzetta, in: Originali, repliche, copie. Uno Sguardo diverso sui grandi maestri, 2018, S. 284.Vgl. Filippo Pedrocco, Francesco Guardi. Pittore di „Storia“, in: Francesco Guardi. 1712-1793, Ausstellungskatalog, Museo Correr, Venedig, 29. September 2012-06. Januar 2013, Mailand/ Venedig 2012, S. 55.Vgl. F. Pedrocco, F. Montecuccoli degle Erri, Antonio Guardi, 1992, p. 135; pp. 232- 235, Kat. no‘s 102 - 105). (1330367) (4) (11)Giovanni Antonio Guardi,1698/99 Vienna – 1760 VeniceTRIUMPHAL PROCESSION OF SCIPIO Oil on canvas.155.5 x 202.5 cm.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Egidio Martini, Venice, 10 May 1988. Guardi was the eldest son of Domenico Guardi (1678-1716) from Trentino and Maria Claudia Pichler from Neumarkt. He was baptized in the Schottenkirche in Vienna. He had a younger brother called Francesco Guardi, while his sister married the painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770). After his birth, the family moved to Venice, where his brothers were also active as artists. In 1719 he took over his father’s workshop and became its head. The collector and art connoisseur Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg supported him with numerous commissions. Subject: In this large format, the painting anticipates a much later notion of history painting. Filling the space, it is not so much intended for the observation of an individual but for the public. The depiction is turned into a history lesson. The canvas size corresponds to the importance of its historical content. Here, the Roman general Scipio is celebrated as a victorious hero, who saved the Roman Empire in the Punic Wars against the feared Carthaginian Hannibal and his armies with elephants. Born in 235 BC in Rome, Publius Cornelius Scipio rose to the rank of consul. He distinguished himself as an excellent strategist in the Spanish campaign of 211 BC. The famous African campaign followed from 204 BC, in 202 BC was the last battle from which Scipio emerged victorious despite the superiority of his opponents. Scipio, now celebrated as “Scipio Africanus”, renounced sole rule, unlike Caesar later. Posterity regarded this important historical event, including the salvation of the republic, as a turning point. It has found expression in literature, in stage and opera compositions (Händel, Mozart), in the fine arts and in film. Like depictions of Alexander the Great against Darius, that of Scipio also became a subject. Depiction: Scipio is shown standing dressed in armour, a red cape, and laurels on a gilt biga drawn by white horses. There are numerous soldiers and infantry with flags and generals’ symbols between them, a senator in a reddish toga and a priest who is leading the processio...

Deutscher Meister des 17. JahrhundertsDie betende Maria Magdalena in der EinödeÖl auf Holz.55 x 42 cm.In dekorativem Rahmen.Beigegeben ein Gutachten von Gianni Papi, Florenz, 20. September 2017, das Gemälde Wolfgang Heimbach zuschreibend. In einer dunklen steinernen Höhle die schmale Maria Magdalena mit langem gold-braunem Haar, ihre Arme auf eine Platte gestützt und ihre Hände zum Gebet zusammengefaltet. Sie blickt mit feuchten tränenreichen Augen auf ein schmales Kruzifix mit dem gold schimmernden Corpus Christus, das ihr gegenüber schräg an einer Wand hängt. Eine brennende Kerze, an einem Stock hängend, beleuchtet das Kruzifix als auch Gesicht und Oberkörper der Heiligen, die zudem über ihrem linken Handgelenk ein langes goldenes Band hängen hat und neben der auf der Platte ein glänzendes silbernes Salbgefäß steht. Auf der unteren rechten Bildseite sind zudem einige Pflanzen erkennbar, sowie am oberen rechten Rand Zweige eines Baumes mit Blättern, einer roten Blüte und zwei kleinen Vögeln. Malerei in überwiegend monochromer beige-brauner Farbigkeit. Die Nachtdarstellung und die dünne Figur der Heiligen typisch für Figuren des Künstlers.Literatur: Gianni Papi, Un misto di grano e di pula, Edition Paparo, Rom 2020, S. 252-254. (13411427) (18)German School of the 17th centuryMARY MAGDALENE PRAYING IN THE WASTELANDOil on panel.55 x 42 cm.In a decorative frame.Accompanied by an expert‘s report by Gianni Papi, Florence, 20 September 2017, who attributes the painting to Wolfgang Heimbach.

Johann Heiss, 1640 Memmingen – 1704 Augsburg, MARCUS CURTIUS STÜRZT SICH IN DEN ABGRUNDÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.103 x 169 cm.In teilvergoldetem Prunkrahmen.Beigegeben ein Gutachten von Dr. Peter Königfeld, Hannover, vom 15. Oktober 2021, der bestätigt, dass es sich zweifellos um eines der bedeutendsten Werke des Künstlers handelt.Dem querformatig angelegten Gemälde liegt eine vor allem bei Titus Livius ausführlich beschriebene Episode der römischen Geschichte zugrunde. Während eines großen Erdbebens im Jahr 362 v. Chr. tat sich ein gewaltiger Spalt inmitten des Forum Romanum auf, der von den Bürgern Roms nicht zugeschüttet werden konnte. Nach Befragung der Auguren sollte dasjenige geopfert werden, wovon die Macht Roms am meisten abhing. Der römische Soldat Marcus Curtius interpretierte Tapferkeit und Mut der römischen Soldaten als das geforderte Opfer und sprang selbst auf seinem Ross in voller Rüstung in diesen geöffneten Abgrund, woraufhin sich dieser sofort geschlossen haben soll. Im Zentrum der vorliegenden Komposition ist Marcus Curtius in kostbarer teilvergoldeter antiker Rüstung mit Helm und rotem Umhang auf einem Schimmel dargestellt. Er wendet sich nach rechts, seinen rechten Arm als Symbol der Verbundenheit mit den römischen Bürgern ausgestreckt, die vor einer Tempelfassade mit Säulenportikus stehen. Nahezu frontal angeordnet wirken Pferd und Reiter trotz des linken erhobenen Pferdebeins statuarisch. Vor ihnen ist der große tiefe Abgrund zu sehen, aus dem dunkler Rauch aufsteigt. Der Reiter steht inmitten einer zahlreichen, erregt miteinander sprechenden Figurenmenge, die sich jeweils auf einer Seite des aufgerissenen Bodens versammelt hat. Rechtsseitig des Abgrunds sind in der Menge zwei weitere kleinere Reiter zu erkennen, von denen der Reiter mit Schimmel auf die Bewegung von Marcus Curtius und seinem Pferd gegenläufig reagiert. Im rechten Hintergrund eine breite Rampe, die zu einer Festung mit Rundturm und einem hoch aufragenden Gebäude führt. Die Bildmitte öffnet sich raumerweiternd zu einer fernen Stadtlandschaft. Malerei überwiegend in braunen und grauen Tönen, aufgelockert durch rote Kleidungsstücke. Von links, aus unbekannter Quelle, fällt ein Lichtstreifen auf die versammelte Menschenmenge und betont zudem den Reiter in der Mitte des Bildes. Hervorhebend wirkt auch der intensive blaue Himmel mit Wolken, der sich hinter Marcus Curtius erhebt. Teils Retuschen.Der Künstler verbrachte seine Lehrjahre in Memmingen. Es wird angenommen, dass er sich für seine malerische Weiterentwicklung auch in Italien aufgehalten hat. 1663 und 1664 befand er sich in Stuttgart in Diensten des württembergischen Herzogs Eberhard III. Ab 1669/70 lebte er wieder in Memmingen und schuf in dieser Zeit eine Reihe von Historienbildern, die sein überregionales Renommee begründeten. 1677 siedelte er nach Augsburg über. Seine Bilderrätsel in den allegorischen mythologischen und religiösen Werken, die zu ihrem Verständnis aufgelöst werden mussten, trafen den Geschmack einer gebildeten Kundschaft.Literatur:Vgl. Peter Königfeld, Der Maler Johann Heiß. Memmingen und Augsburg. 1640-1704, Weißenhorn 2001. (1340657) (18)Johann Heiss,1640 Memmingen – 1704 AugsburgMARCUS CURTIUS THROWING HIMSELF INTO THE ABYSS Oil on canvas. Relined.103 x 169 cm.Accompanied by an expert’s report by Dr Peter Königfeld, Hanover, 15 October 2021, who confirms that it is undoubtedly one of the artist’s most important works. Literature:cf. Peter Königfeld, Der Maler Johann Heiß. Memmingen und Augsburg. 1640-1704, Weißenhorn 2001.

Armand Guillaumin, 1841 Paris – 1927 Orly PAYSAGE DE DAMIETTE, UM 1887Öl auf Leinwand.60 x 73,3 cm.Links unten signiert „Guillaumin“. Verso Stempel des Pariser Malmittelherstellers Paul Denis. Etikett auf Keilrahmen mit Nummer „21982 Guillaumin paysage“.Auf diesem Weg entdeckt man einen kleinen Weiler, der aus einigen wenigen Häusern besteht. Die roten Ziegeldächer sind umso auffälliger, als sie inmitten einer grünen Landschaft liegen, in der das Gras am Wegesrand sorgfältig gemäht wird. Die Hecken und dann die dahinter aufgereihten Baumreihen bilden konvergierende Linien, die einen einsamen Wanderer auf seinem Weg begleiten. Die Farbe Rot taucht hier und da in der Vegetation oder in der freigelegten Erde auf und erinnert an die Dächer, die dahinter liegen. Es ist auch der weite und dichte Himmel mit seinen Wolken, der der Komposition ihre malerische Dimension verleiht. Die Spuren des Pinsels sind allgegenwärtig, verwaschen die Blautöne bis ins Weiße, sie bilden einen ätherischen Kontrapunkt zu den Erdmassen. Im Frühjahr 1882 entdeckte Armand Guillaumin das Dörfchen Damiette am Rande von Gif-sur-Yvette, wo ihn das Licht begeisterte. Er widmete dem Ort etwa 30 Gemälde und Pastelle, die er 1886 auf der Ausstellung der Impressionisten präsentierte.Der Künstler besuchte ab 1861 die Académie Suisse. Dort begegnete er Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) und Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) mit denen er lebenslang befreundet blieb. Zu seinen späteren Freunden zählten außerdem Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) und dessen Bruder, der Kunsthändler Theo van Gogh (1857 - 1891), der einige von seinen Werken verkaufte. (†)Provenienz:Galerie Bernheim – Jeune, Paris.Privatsammlung im Erbgang.Literatur:Das vorliegende Gemälde ist aufgeführt in: Georges Serret / Dominique Fabiani, Armand Guillaumin. Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Paris 1971, Nr. 159 mit Abbildung. (13414512) (13)Armand Guillaumin,1841 Paris – 1927 OrlyPAYSAGE DE DAMIETTE, CA. 1887Oil on canvas.60 x 73.3 cm.Signed “Guillaumin“ lower left. Verso stamp by Paris paint manufacturer Paul Denis. Label on stretcher with no. “21982 Guillaumin paysage“.In the spring of 1882, Armand Guillaumin discovered the hamlet of Damiette on the outskirts of Gif-sur-Yvette, where he was enchanted by the light. He dedicated about thirty paintings and pastels to this site, which he presented at the Impressionist Exhibition in 1886.The artist attended the Académie Suisse from 1861, where he made the acquaintance of Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) and Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903), with whom he remained lifelong friends. His later friends also included Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) and his brother, the art dealer Theo van Gogh (1857 - 1891), who sold some of his works. (†

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.

Kane Hodder Friday 13th hand-signed Jason Voorhees mask. Hand-Signed by Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in 4 of the Friday 13th movies. This mask was signed at Collectormania 21 in Milton Keynes. The mask is a hard plastic replica hockey mask and is an Adult Size. The mask is also accompanied by 4 8x6 photos, each one depicting a poster of the 4 movies in which Kane starred as Jason Voorhees. This signed mask is guaranteed authentic and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Stunning lot of Professional Mounted Sci-Fi Displays! These displays are 14 x 11 and contain a signed 10x8 photo with the relevant logo underneath. Included in this sale lot are signed displays from, Dr. Who (signed by Colin Baker), The Flash (signed by John Wesley Shipp), Star Wars (signed by Angus MacInnes) and Warcraft (signed by Robert Kazinsky. These signed photos are guaranteed authentic and are supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

HMS Hood. 8x10 inch photo hand signed by Ted Briggs, who at the time of signing was the last living of only three men to survive the sinking of HMS Hood by the German battleship Bismarck. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

The Exorcist 14x11 photo signed by Linda Blair and Eileen Dietz who has added It's an excellent day for an exorcism - rare in this form. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Tom Baker and Philip Madoc signed Doctor Who The Power of Kroll 12x8 colour photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

James Malton (1761-1803) Gateway to a Park (Hunting Lodge)Pen, Ink and Wash, 43 x 60cm (17 x 23½")Signed and dated 1795; inscribed twice with title verso and with label for 'J Leger & Son, Old Bond Street, London'This theatrical depiction of an entrance gateway is a bold  statement by Malton who, in his prominent signature, categorises himself as “ARCHT”However the design owes much to Gandon’s proposed gateway to Emo Court (1780) which, in turn, interprets the style of William Chambers. The cresting, alluding to the Calydonian boar hunt, would not be out of place on a Transylvanian  castle and the plumed dandy  on horseback with a boy to open the gates, a wished for patron.Although architectural success eluded him Malton, here, leaves us with a neo-classical fantasy of great artistic merit.

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

Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples RBA (1853-1943)Afternoon in The Park Oil on canvas, 50 x 60cm (19¾ x 23½")SignedWhile this work only bears the title ‘Afternoon in the Park’, we can, judging from the shape and design of the lantern positioned in the middle foreground of the painting, conclude that the setting is Hyde Park in London. Another example by the artist, sold in Christies 2014, with the more specific title, A view of West Carriage Drive looking onto Coalbrookdale Gate, Hyde Park, London has the very same street lights. This present example is more animated, situating us within the interior of the park, filled with numerous figures and a variety of narratives unfolding across its canvas. As a large-scale accomplished composition, it represents a rare and very fine example of Ponsonby Staples’ work.One might, on first glance assume that this crowd has gathered together under the canopy of trees, to listen to a lunchtime concert. However, we soon realise that instead the benches are a meeting spot for friends and romantic couples, respite for those out on their promenade, or simply as a vantage point to watch the passing parade. There is a constant stream of horse drawn carriages travelling up the wide throughfare and it is possible that the architectural structures in the background are one of the main gates leading out onto the street.Despite the myriad of characters, the scene is dominated by a single female figure sitting in the centre of the composition. Her positioning is similar to that of Monet’s Music in the Tuileries, which as with this work, has a female figure turn towards us, looking out at the viewer and drawing us into the scene. In this present example she is fashionably dressed, wearing a high necked long-sleeved blue gown, with a full ruched skirt at the back and an elaborate hat. She holds an umbrella in one gloved hand, while the other reaches around to her dog, who is sitting patiently behind her waiting for their walk to resume. Umbrellas abound in the scene, whether an indication of the weather, or more likely judging by the bright red example held by the woman in front of her, as a fashionable accessory for ladies of the period.He has worked quickly, applying the paint in varying directions, creating a distinct sense of texture and movement to the surface. His handling of the materials is reminiscent of the techniques used by the Impressionists in the same period. The brushstrokes are quick, employing an economy of expression, which becomes looser as he moves into the middle and background of the painting. While most likely not painted ‘en plein air’, Staples has managed to capture the atmosphere of the outdoors. We can imagine a light breeze blowing, and hear the sounds of the horses hooves against the pavement. The light filters softly through the trees overhead whose green and golden leaves suggest it is early Autumn, and still warm enough for an afternoon stroll.Niamh Corcoran, November 2022