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William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968)Self Portrait with Window and TableOil on board, 50 x 38cm (19¾ x 15'')SignedTaylor Gallery label versoListed as No.5 “Self-portrait with window and table” in the list compiled by Leo Smith of paintings by W.J. Leech in his studio at Clandon, 5 September 1968, for Greenwood & Loryman.Provenance: Accountants, London for death duty purposes by the Dawson Gallery, 4 Dawson St., Dublin 2.When William (Bill) Leech, with his wife May Botterell, moved out of London to live at West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey, in 1958, Leech was already in his late 70’s. Moving into his newly built studio, in the garden, gave him renewed energy to paint and his subject matter was mainly his garden and his self-portraits. These “Self-portraits” depict Leech wearing his black hat, to cover his white and balding head, looking searchingly out towards the viewer, sitting posed in front of his ‘Aloes’ series, painted in the 30’s. He is questioning his life’s work as a painter.In this “Self-portrait” Leech is not wearing his debonair black hat, but captures himself in his casual jacket and open neck shirt, framed by the lighted window onto the garden. Always aware compositionally, he sits to the right, with the edge of the table forming a strong diagonal towards the upright metal bar of the window. Clothes draped casually over the edge of the chair to the left and the green ceramic vase with its darker green plant, all create his studio environment.Leech’s searching expression is now more haunted, with a hint of despair, perhaps reflecting on his long life as a painter, during which he did not achieve the promise of his early success. When he wrote to Leo Smith, of the Dawson Gallery in 1966, he recognized this failure; “You see not much success really but you cannot be a recluse all your life as I have been and have worldly success. I had an idea when young, that if the work was good enough it would sell in the end. The end is the word……”This is one of the last “Self-portraits” Leech painted and it maintains all the dexterity and skill the painter possessed. When his second wife May died on 10th July 1963, aged eighty-three years, Leech was a very lonely man and 5 years later on 16th July 1968 at age eighty-eight, after being diagnosed as terminally ill, Leech fell from the railway bridge at West Clandon onto the tracks below.Dr Denise FerranAugust 2021
A Louise Jinks for Troika pottery wheel vase, of circular form with open top, incised and raised decoration to both sides in blue tones and geometrical shapes, the underside with troika mark and LJ initials, 20 cm highCondition report: in overall good condition. No breaks or cracks. Two very minor chips to the circular edge. Some wear to underside consistent with age and use.
A Troika Pottery Double Base vase, cast in low relief with a geometric figure design in tan and blue, the underside with painted factory marks and monogram, possibly for Alison Brigden, 35 cm highCondition report : In overall good condition, no breaks or cracks. Light wear to underside consistent with age and use.
A Troika pottery cube vase, designed by Linda Taylor, each textured side incised with geometric shapes, glazed in shades of white, blue and burnt orange, the underside marked in black ink 'Troika Cornwall England LT', 9 cm high x 8 cm wideCondition report: One chip to the rim. Overall good, no other breaks or cracks. Some wear to underside consistent with age.
A large Mary Rose Young studio pottery vase, with daffodil, rose and anemone floral border, on a polychrome body, the underside with artist's signature, 19.5 cm high x 38 cm diameterProvenance: Contents of the Estate of Sir Frank Williams CBE and Lady Virginia Williams.Condition report: In overall good condition, some chips to the rim of the black base, wear to underside consistent with age and use.
A late 19th century part tea/coffee service, comprising twelve teacups, eight coffee cups, eleven saucers, a slop bowl, a lidded sugar bowl, a milk jug and two serving plates, designed with floral cartouches on green ground body with gilt embellishment, together with a similar design desk ink stand with ink well, pen pot, and small cornucopia vase to the centre, the inkstand 31 cm wide, the sugar bowl 18.5 cm wide
A set of four KPM porcelain twin-handled cups and saucers, together with four matching plates, each with botanical design, 'Au Vase Etrusque' collection, with woven embossed border, centred with a floral or fruit arrangement, the plates 22.5 cm diameter, the saucers 16 cm diameterProvenance: Contents of the Estate of Sir Frank Williams CBE and Lady Virginia Williams.
A Moorcroft pottery vase designed by Sally Tuffin, in the 'Red Tulip' pattern, of baluster form with tube-lined decoration, the underside with painted and impressed factory marks, with original box, the vase 19 cm highCondition report: In overall good condition, no apparent breaks, crazing or repairs. Light wear to underside.
A boxed Moorcroft pottery vase by Rachel Bishop, in the 'Sunshine Chandelier' pattern, no. 15/100, the baluster body with tube-lined hanging fuschias, with painted and impressed marks to underside, 26cm, with box and outerbox protectionCondition report: In overall good condition. No signs of break, crazing or repairs. Some light wear to underside.Box has some light wear to corners.
A Moorcroft pottery trial vase in a spring daffodil pattern, with tubelined blooms and leaves on a cream ground, the underside with various stamps and signatures, dated 2007, with original price sticker, 21 cm highCondition report: In overall good condition, no signs of breaks, crazing, or repairs. Some light wear to underside.
A Moorcroft pottery vase designed by Rachel Bishop, in the 'Winds of Change' pattern, of baluster form with tube-lined decoration of boats at sea with flying dove above, 19 cm high, the underside with initials and impressed marksCondition report: In overall good condition, no signs of breaks, crazing, or repairs. Some light wear to underside.
A small collection of Moorcroft pottery, to include two vases and a lidded box, one vase by Nicola Slaney in the 'Snow berry' pattern,c2002, the other in the 'Jack Frost' pattern by Andrew Hill no. 21/50, both approx 9.5 cm high, the box in the 'Hibiscus' pattern on a cream ground, 12.5 cm wideCondition report: lidded box: some crazing to the box (not lid)both vases: In overall good condition, no signs of breaks, crazing, or repairs. Some light wear to underside.
A Denby Glynbourne ovoid vase, designed by Glynn College, 17.5cm, printed mark; another similar bottle vase, 21cm; a Gordon Ottewell ribbed cylindrical vase, 25.5cm; an Alford Pottery teapot; a terracotta teapot, glazed in cobalt blue, EPNS stand; a terracotta sgraffito plate; another Torquay style dish painted with snowdrops; qty
A Spode Copeland's two handled vase, painted with a basket of summer flowers, 20cm, printed mark; a pair of continental open basket weave dishes, painted in gilt with blossom on a cobalt blue ground, impressed lion and shield mark; a pair of 19th century Staffordshire swan pen rests; a pair of Willow pattern oval salts; an oval photograph frame moulded in relief, glazed throughout in white; a George Jones earthen ware teapot; a continental spherical pot and cover, brass tripod stand (10)
A Limoges green and gold fluted vase, transfer printed with a courtly couple, others, slender ewer, plates, trinket pot and cover, pair of circular trinket pots and covers, others similar in red and gold, a Franklin Mint House of Faberge teapot (faults), a pair of continental porcelain egg shaped trinket pots; qty
Ceramics - a Carlton Ware Pagoda pattern fruit bowl, 23cm diameter; another, two handled comport; an Abbeydale Chrysanthemum pattern circular box and cover; Aynsley WildTudor; a Royal Crown Derby Normandie wavy edged plate, 20cm diameter; other Royal Corwn Derby; a large Spode ovoid vase; another, Cauldon; a Royal Doulton Autumn Leaves fruit bowl; etc, qty
A Chinese export ware globular vase, painted with dragons, character mark, faults; a Chinese prunus pattern ovoid ginger jar; a copper shot flask; a pair of brass candlesticks; an ebonised velvet lined circular stand, 27cm diameter; a silver plated open face pocket watch; etc
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