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Lot 305
ANNE WYKE Portrait of a lady standing in a garden setting with tartan shawl and beside a stone plinth with urn, signed and dated ? '1861', watercolour, 25.5 x 21cm Anne Wyke was a recognised painter of miniatures and the wife of Stephen Catterson Smith the English/Irish Portrait painter and President of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
Lot 74
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, - large miniature from an illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin large miniature from an illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [southern Netherlands, c .1460-80] Leaf with full-page miniature with composite border, the miniature a large arch-topped miniature containing a finely executed image of the Angel descending on a sheep covered hillside to a group of amazed shepherds, who gaze upwards or fall to their knees in prayer, all before a finely painted rocky landscape with medieval town in background, borders of realistic flower studies on pale mustard-yellow grounds enclosing an urn, snails, flies, butterflies, a running hound and a lion who irreverently walks away, casting a look at the miniature while waving aside his tail to expose his bottom to the viewer, the border evidently trimmed as in previous lot and so skilfully repaired with a cutting from another leaf, thus reverse mostly blank, but with remains of text and initials on one side, with nineteenth-century red cloth mount, holes punctured at regular intervals around frame of miniature and edge of border (perhaps from reuse as a free-standing devotional image, see Kren in Illuminating the Renaissance, 2003, pp.480-1), some spots and small scuffs, else good and presentable, 193mm. by 155mm. From the same parent manuscript as the previous lot. The scene here is well executed and the disdainful lion in the border adds great charm.
Lot 11
Attributed to Jacopo Guarana (1720-1808) - St Lawrence (recto); Female figure seated with putti holding an urn (verso) Pen and brown ink, on laid paper Inscribed in pencil: volti all'altra parte (recto), and dall'altra parte (verso), and bears indistinct attribution lower left (recto) 22 x 17 cm. (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in)
Lot 537
VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL BLACK SLATE AND PATINATED METAL CLOCK GARNITURE the clock with Arabic enamel dial and bronze relief panels of Grecian soldiers, the cylinder movement chiming on a gong, flanked by a pair of urn shaped garniture vases, also modelled with Grecian soldiers, both clock and garnitures 34cm high
Lot 157
A George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase England circa 1720, the upper part with broken arched pediment with a gilt urn finial above double doors with bevelled mirror plates, in burr walnut with fine, original patination, 100cm wide, 240cm high , 59cm deep This fine quality George I burr walnut bureau bookcase has a scrolled pediment flanking a gilt cartouche above doors that retain their original bevelled mirror plates with yew wood cross banding. The doors open to reveal a fitted interior, and the fall has a finely figured bookmatched walnut veneer and opens to reveal pigeon holes and drawers and secret drawers behind the pilasters. Below there are two short and two long drawers each retaining its original hardware. The whole stands on bracket feet.
Lot 16
A Pair of Rosewood Hanging Shelves England circa 1810, each tier is inset with brass stringing and joined by lavish brass mounts, the top tier having an unusual gallery of acorns, thistles, lilies, anthemia, possibly emblematic of the British Isles, the sides have X frame supports with foliate patera and classical masks, 46cm wide, 72cm high, 97cm deep Two similar pairs have been sold at Christies: The first on 6th April 1995: "Fine English Furniture", Sale 5370, Lot 155: "A matched pair of William IV Mahogany Three-Tier Hanging-Shelves attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried rectangular top above two further tiers, the ring-turned baluster supports centred by ring-turned X-shaped struts, one with pencil inscription to the reverse: "east wall near piano" and with further inscription "near the fireplace", the other with pencil inscription "east wall" and "east wall near oak door", variations. Provenance: Supplied to the 2nd Earl Manvers, Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. Thence by descent at Thoresby until sold, Sotheby's house sale, 31 May - 2 June 1989, lot 307. There are several references to Lord Manvers in the Gillow archive for the period 1800-1840 but he seems also to have bought furniture from their London retailer. This prevents exact identification of purchases because objects sold in London appear in the Gillow archive by the name of the retailer alone. The Manvers archive itself suggests large scale buying, totalling as much as £3,000. As many as forty pieces by Gillow were included in the Thoresby sale." The second on 21st May 2009 "A West Country Tradition: Avon Antiques". Sale 5969, lot 236 "A Set of Regency Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood Three-Tier Hanging Shelves, In the Manner of John Mclean, Early 19th Century The upper tier with scrolled brackets and urn finials, above x-frame supports to the lower tiers, each shelf with pierced front gallery, on ball feet. These china-railed shelves have golden palm-wrapped brass pillars tied by pateraed braces in the Pompeian tripod-altar fashion that was popularised by Thomas Hope in his guide " Household Furniture and Interior Decoration", 1807.
Lot 204
A Pair of Berlin Porcelain Vases Germany circa 1825, each decorated on both sides with circular panels simulating micro-mosaic depicting doves,swans and a hound, on a cream ground, 31cm high These magnificent vases are representative of the flourishing of the Berlin Porcelain Manufactory in the reign of Friedrich Wilhem III during the post-Napoleonic era. At this time there was a great programme of civic and private building in both Potsdam and Berlin and the output of the porcelain factory celebrated this era with views of the palaces and other great landmarks of both cities. Classical urn forms proliferated but what makes these particular vases so unusual is that, instead of the topographical views, the decorated panels depict small scenes in imitation of the Italian revival of Roman micro-mosaics, a further reflection of the Antique. The mosaics are charming pictures of swans on a river and three doves perched around a casket on one vase and a hound seated by a pedestal supporting a burner, with an anchor and an urn of flowers on the other, all in minute detail.
Lot 245
A Giltwood Fire Surround England circa 1790, of very large proportions in the n eo-classical manner, the deep frieze with central entablature depicting an urn of fruits flanked by sphinxes, with panels of formalised leaf motifs at either side, with detailed acanthus carving above and fluting below, the curving jambs headed by oval paterae and carved with magnificent acanthus leaves at the front and swags of bell-flowers at either side, 220cm wide, 158cm high
Lot 51
An Irish Brass and Steel Register Grate Ireland circa 1780, engraved with scrolls, rosettes and cornet motifs with entwined foliage, the top with three turned roundels and inscribed on the central plaque 'S & Jn Clarke', the basket with three steel bars and surmounted by urn finials, the pierced frieze with central oval, 98cm wide, 92cm high
Lot 60
A 19th Century Bronze Lantern England circa 1850, a cylindrical bronze lantern with elaborately cast serpentine and foliate arched supports ending in turned urn finials above flat Ionic pilasters, with additional curling spandrail, the door opening with foliate cast handle and the base finished with central finial mounted paterae, now fitted for electricity, 42cm wide, 81.3cm high
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