24 19th June 2010 auction previews 1 23 4


1. This gold merchant’s ring was discovered in the 1920s on Chesil Beach by a man who combed the Jurassic Coast for fossils and shipwreck treasure. It will now sold by his grandchild at Duke’s of Dorchester on June 17. Rings of this type were worn by important trade merchants and were marked with a circular seal, engraved with the merchants’ mark. During the 1980s and early 1990s, this ring was on display at the Dorset County Museum and it probably dates to the 1450s. It has survived in good condition and is inscribed in Latin to the shank, which translates as O Mother of God, Remember Me. Estimate £2000-3000. Contact 01305 265080 www.dukes-auctions.com


in (9cm) enamel box at first glance is soberly decorated decorated with a hunting scene to the lid, surrounded by seed pearls, with hinged lids to one side revealing a musical movement and a scene of Cupid forging arrows to the other. There is a watch timepiece with seed pearl border to the front panel. However, to the underside is a hinged half section revealing an erotic scene, in trichromate metals, marked to reverse of lid. The box, which has suffered some minor damage and alterations to the enamel on the hinged lid, is estimated at


2. Apparently, an “adult film maker” has entered this erotic automaton singing bird box by C. Bruguier, No.28, into Special Auction Services’ June 18 sale of jewellery, coins, watches, works of art and silver at Midgham, near Reading. The 31


/2 6 5


£20,000-30,000. Contact 0118 971 2949 www.specialauctionservices.com


3.Warwickshire auctioneers Steven B Bruce will sell this powder horn, related to Nova Scotia and the British Campaign in North America in the late 18th and early 19th century, at their June 19 sale at Stratford upon Avon Racecourse. The body of the horn is profusely engraved with a scene of the fortified settlement of Halifax with a man o’ war, canons, flags and the Royal coat of arms. The 121


/2 in (32cm) horn previously


belonged to George Wright (1869-1930), a marine engineer in Hull and the great uncle of the present owner. Both George’s father, Henry, and his grandfather, William, were ship’s carpenters from Hull. Estimate £1200-1500.


Contact 07778 595952 or 01926 641548 www.sbbrucesales.co.uk


4. Anyone with a penchant for brewery and fairground memorabilia should pay a


visit to The Hop Farm, near Tonbridge, on June 19, where Berkshire auctioneers Thimbleby & Shorland will auction over 2000 lots of Whitbread brewery drays, carriages, fairground items, radios, pub and advertising signs, and other memorabilia and collectables. This metal Tiger’s Head sign for Whitbread is estimated at £100-150. Contact 0118 9508611 www.tsauction.co.uk


5. Joan and David de Bethel began making papier maché cats in the 1960s, but soon moved on to ceramic versions, using fired blanks produced by various potteries. David died in 1977, but Joan still decorates these ceramic cats. The early papier maché examples by the couple from Lewes are now pretty scarce. However, Canterbury Auction Galleries’ first two-day sale on June 22 and 23 will include three papier maché cats, all 63


/4 in (17cm) high and dated


1963, and numbered 398, 386 and 361. Offered separately, they each have an


estimate of £200-300. Contact 01227 763337 www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com


6. After recently appointing Jan Leman as art consultant, Chiswick Auctions will hold their inaugural combined Fine Paintings and Rare Books and Manuscripts sale on June 22.


They have accumulated a substantial range of around 100 pictures for this event, including works by Sir William Russell Flint, Auguste Rodin, David Roberts and an early drawing by Pablo Picasso, which was for many years in the private collection of Leonide Massine, principal dancer of the Ballets Russes (estimate £100,000 to £150,000). Also in the sale is this oil on canvas of A Woman at Villerville Beach by Ernest Duez, estimated at £25,000-35,000. During his research, Leman found an 1885 photograph of Duez alongside this painting in his studio in Paris. Contact 0208 9924442 www.chiswickauctions.co.uk


send information of forthcoming sale highlights to annabr ady@antiquestr adegazette .com


Chartered Surveyors and Auctioneers King’s Road,Melton Mowbray


Tel:01664 560181 Fax:01664 410449 Email: salerooms@shoulers.co.uk www.shoulers.co.uk


Thursday 24th June at 10am 500+ lots of Antiques and Collectables


To include: Doulton Lambeth jardinière on stand, Doulton vases, Royal Worcester F.G. Doughty mischief figure, Poole vases and chargers, Doulton Tobies, Susie Cooper, Beswick, Lladro, Copenhagen,Wedgwood jasper, Troika coffin vase, Imari and Satsuma, Whitefriars Baxter vases, silver Melton Mowbray parish church goblet, 23oz salver, candlesticks, silver Yeomanry cross strap, officer’s dress jacket and waistcoat, gold jewellery, campaign medals,Winston Churchill 22ct gold medallion, gold sovereigns and collectors’ coins, Florence Upton Golliwog books, 1960s Playboy calendars, postcards, stamps, books, Meccano, Matchbox, Hornby trains,Armand Marseille dolls,Tri-ang rocking horse, doll’s pram, mantel and wall clocks, signed Lionel Edwards hunting prints, landscape oils to include Boyle, watercolours, railway sign, 18th century oak dresser with geometric drawers, Georgian and Victorian furniture, Victorian salon suite, pine: pulpits, pews, fire surrounds, dressers, chests, plan chest, Anglo-Indian carved elephant table, 1973 MGB Roadster. More items to be entered. Illustrated list on web week prior to the sale.


Viewing:Tuesday 22nd June 2pm – 7pm, and morning of sale


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