24 19th March 2011 auction previews
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1. This cased pair of .38(S&W) long- barrelled nickel-plated presentation revolvers, with mother of pearl grips, was formerly owned by Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861-1929), the first cousin of Tsar Alexander III of Russia. After a morganatic marriage to the Countess Sophie of Merenberg, he was exiled and spent the rest of his life in England and France escaping the Russian Revolution. The c.1902 six-shot double-action guns, serial numbers 6870 and 6971, appear to have never been fired. They are scroll engraved and signed P. Webley & Son, London & Birmingham, with the letters MM engraved above a crown. Also included is an oak and leather travelling case with brass corners containing original accessories such as a turn-screw and an oil bottle. Estimated at £8000-12,000, the lot will be offered on March 24 in Princess Louise House, 190 Hammersmith Road, London W6, by the Norfolk modern and antique gun specialists Holt’s. Contact 01485 542822
www.holtsauctioneers.com
2. Probably from Staffordshire, this English slipware dish with a piecrust rim is dated c.1690-1730 and comes from the property of a deceased estate. Measuring 9in (22cm), it will be offered at Semley
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Auctioneers in Dorset on March 19 with an estimate of £1000-1500. Contact 01747 855122
www.semleyauctioneers.com
3. Grand Auctions are a new auction house in Folkestone and their inaugural auction on March 23 at The Pavilion in East Cliff will include this 18ct yellow gold scarecrow brooch. Made by Parisian jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels, the 2¼ x 1½in (5.8 x 4cm) epouvantail brooch is identical to one owned by Jackie Kennedy which sold at Sotheby’s New York in 1996 for $101,500 – a hundred times its upper estimate. The hallmarked brooch has a green chalcedony bead head, two circular cut diamond buttons and six sapphire and ruby cabochon accents. It was consigned by a vendor who had inherited the brooch and believed it was only costume jewellery, and is estimated at £2000- 3000. Contact 01303 220440
www.grandauctions.co.uk
4. Dreweatts will offer this late 17th century Dutch walnut and marquetry centre table at their furniture sale on March 23 at Donnington Priory. The 2ft 6in x 3ft 8in (76cm x 1.12m) table is profusely inlaid with bone and specimen marquetry depicting a central
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urn surrounded by birds and foliage, and supported on spiral turned legs. It is estimated at £5000-7000. Contact 01635 553553
www.dnfa.com
5. Coal tables rarely come up for sale but, like London buses, when they do they all arrive at once. Just weeks after ATG reported on the sale of Mallams’ parrot coal table, this mid 19th century circular version will be offered by Adam Partridge Auctioneers of Congleton, Cheshire at a two-day sale on March 24 and 25. The 2ft 8in (81cm) diameter table was consigned from a private vendor who is believed to have inherited it from her Welsh Grandmother. It carries an estimate of £800-1200. Contact 01260 274603
www.adampartridge.co.uk
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6. At their picture sale on March 23, Salisbury auctioneersWoolley & Wallis will sell this 10 x 12in (25 x 30.5cm) oil on panel by the animal painter, John Frederick Herring Senior (1795-1865). Estimated at £4000- 6000, Bay horse in a village
landscape is signed and dated 1844 – the year before Herring Senior’s appointment as Animal Painter to HRH the Duchess of Kent, which would later lead to a commission from Queen Victoria. The sale also offers 13 lots from the property of Lady Devlin including two paintings by Dutch artist Wilhelm Van Swaanenberg (1660-1728) offered as a single lot. Contact 01722 424500
www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk
7. This runners’ up Football Association Amateur Cup medal from the 1910-11 season will be offered at Railton’s of Alnwick, Northumberland on March 19. The 1in (2.5cm) 9ct gold medal by makers V&S of Birmingham were presented at Herne Hill to Bishop Auckland after they lost 1-0 to Bromley in the final. Despite the
defeat, Bishop Auckland went on to become the most successful club in the cup’s history, securing a total of 10 trophies before the Football Association ended the competition in 1974 following the legalisation of professionalism within the game. It is estimated at £200-300.
Contact 01665 603567
www.jimrailton.com
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