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[§] VICTORIA CROWE O.B.E., R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.W.S. (SCOTTISH B.1946) ENCLOSED GARDEN Signed, oil on canvas 102cm x 126cm (40in x 49.5in) Exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, 2006 Note: Victoria Crowe is one of Scotland's most significant living artists. Her ability to skilfully weave together landscape, portraiture, still life, and interiors make her artwork both highly desirable and instantly recognisable. She has achieved international status and recognition due to many high-profile exhibitions and notable commissions, including portraits of poet Kathleen Raine, composer Thea Musgrave, Professor Peter Higgs, a double portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and HRH Prince Charles. Crowe began her artistic career at the age of 16 when she attended Kingston School of Art, followed by the Royal College of Art, London. Robin Philipson, who was then head of the Edinburgh College of Art, saw her degree show in 1968 and immediately offered her a teaching post in Edinburgh, where she subsequently taught drawing and painting for thirty years. She also took over the botanical drawing class upon Elizabeth Blackadder's retirement. Crowe has noted that she uses plant imagery as 'ciphers and symbols within a greater whole,' which means that her flower paintings operate simultaneously as abstract objects, as depictions of our known environment and as a symbolic language. Her works often begin as observations of the natural, visible world, before becoming layered with symbols and meditations on time, memory, and imagination. Enclosed Garden was exhibited as part of the RSA Annual Exhibition in 2006 and already hints at Crowe's curiosity about our relationship with plants and the settings in which we enjoy them, as well as the timelessness and endurance of nature. The calming, cool blue of the painting shows Crowe's sensitive control of colour and transports the image to an imaginary time and place. The painting is divided between the warmer interior tones on the left and the cold, harsh light of winter's day on the right. Behind the textured surface, we are offered a shaded glimpse at concealed images and decorative details, once again highlighting the painting's variations in depth, both real and illusory. As one of her more layered compositions, Crowe explores the fluidity and the boundaries of physical space, while also capturing the simplicity of symbolic details. On the right side of the painting, wild swirling twigs in a blue vase echo the barren branches of the trees directly behind it. It is as if the man-made vase is attempting to control the natural world it holds within, but chaos erupts like a trumpet blaring. The vegetation almost melds together, challenging the viewer's perception of space and twisting the realms of interior and exterior, reality and illusion. Enclosed Garden can be seen as a gateway painting to her 2007 exhibition Plant Memory. The exhibition was the product of a conversation between Crowe and Professor David Ingram of St Catharine's College, Cambridge (and formerly Regius Professor of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) whilst she painted his portrait. The collaborative research project, which saw artist and scientist working together, centred around the use of living and preserved specimens in Botanic Gardens, Museums, Herbaria and Libraries in Cambridge, Edinburgh and Venice. Today, Crowe is represented in a large number of private and public collections. She has recently exhibited extensively, with simultaneous shows at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh International Festival) in 2018, followed by a major lifetime retrospective at the City Art Centre in Summer 2019. She divides her time working and living in Venice and the Scottish Borders.
A Chinese export ware matched garniture de cheminée of five blue and white vases, early 18th century, comprising three baluster vases and covers with a pair of trumpet vases in between, each piece filled with flowers over moulded lotus borders, all pencilled in vibrant blue, vase with cover height approx 27 cms, Height trumpet vases approx 24 cms, Condition: two vases with significant restoration and repair, one vase with restored and broken cover, one trumpet vase broken and repaired, the other chips to rim.
Derby Porcelain Works Large and Impressive Hand Painted In Enamels. The Figure of Britannia In a Standing Position, Resting on a Large Shield. c.1770. Th Shield Resting on the Head of the Lion, Excellent Bright Colours. Height 14.75 Inches - 36.65 cm. Slight Repair to Trumpet, Otherwise Near Original State. Please See Photo.
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE V SILVER CANDLESTICKS, 16 CM H, LOADED, BIRMINGHAM 1920, A GEORGE V SILVER HAND MIRROR, CHESTER 1913, AN ELIZABETH II SILVER TRUMPET SHAPED VASE, 11 CM H, LOADED AND A PAIR OF SILVER MOUNTED GLASS SCENT BOTTLES WITH STOPPERS, 15 CM H, UNMARKED (8)++**** SILVER MOUNTS TARNISHED. TARNISHING AND DAMAGE TO MIRROR
A JACOBITE WINE GLASS MID-18TH CENTURY the drawn trumpet bowl engraved with displayed rose head flanked by open and closed buds, the reverse of the bowl with oak leaf, star and motto Fiat, raised on a tapered multi air twist stem and domed circular foot 15.2cm high, 62cm across diameter of rim Provenance: Sotheby's 24th November 1986 Mellor's & Kirk, 7th December 2006, lot 198 Note: For a Jacobite portrait decanter from the same collection see 'Jacobite, Stuart & Scottish Applied Arts' Lyon & Turnbull 13th May 2015
An Edward VII silver epergne, of four trumpet form, with four Bristol Blue glass flower holders, with pierced scrolling foliate decoration, raised on a circular bowl with a gadrooned rococo C scroll rim, raised on four scroll feet, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London 1904, 54.42oz of weighable silver.
A collection of Victorian and later glassware to include Victorian cranberry glass, 6 trumped table epergne (central trumped missing), a Victorian orange tinted glass three trumpet table epergne, a single lustre, pair of bottle vases, etc (6)Condition report: Six trumpet epergne - trumpets generally OK, base with several large cracks and losses to the edge, very dirty
A Royal Copenhagen sauce tureen and cover with integral stand, the cover with putti playing a trumpet finial, blue flowers curved pattern, factory mark with 'TX' initials of artist to the right, green date code 1975-1979, marked '10/1653', height 20 cm, together with a Royal Copenhagen blue fluted full lace sugar bowl, factory mark with 'FSX' initials of artist to the right, green date code 1980-1984, marked '1/1113', No. 312836, height 9 cm (2).
Venetian drinking glasses - a set of four light brown tinted wine glasses, bucket bowls, on knopped, hollow stems and conical folded feet, engraved marks to the base, 5 7/8"h and a green tinted glass with honeycomb moulding to the bowl base, bladed re-enforcement knop on trumpet foot with applied rigaree spiral trailing, 4 7/8"h, unsigned
A small group of British and European pottery to include a Volkstedt figure group of a young lady with dove, a Royal Crown Derby chrome green demitasse and saucer decorated with nautical-themed reserve, an early Carltonware blue ground pagoda pattern sleeve vase an an early 20th century Royal Worcester trumpet vase with hand-painted rose decoration by M Hunt, height approx 18.5cm (4). CONDITION REPORT Some damage to the flower petals to the base and waist of the figure. Small chip to the demi-tasse saucer.
Ceramics and Glass - a quantity of cut crystal and other glass, decanters, large water jug, bowls, stemware, vases, candlesticks; a Carlton Ware comport, floral decoration; another similar, smaller; two conforming plates; a Spode Moondrop pattern part dinner service comprising dinner plates, dessert bowls, sauce boats, serving dishes, etc; a pair Royal Doulton cabinet plates, hunting scenes; Coalport Paradise pattern trumpet vase; a Spodes plate, painted floral decoration; etc, qty
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