Antiques Trade Gazette 27


chorley’s prinknash abbey sale continued from page 22


This 3ft 3in (1m) club decorated with Efu and Amoamokofe patterns and Fijian-inspired Tavatava designs, was probably collected by Henry Jones, whose Navy career began as a Seaman 3rd class on the HMS Niger in 1854 and ended in 1883 as chief engineer on HMS Inflexible. An Anglo-Indian ivory inlaid ebony


dressing casket with fitted boxes also went well above estimate. Impressively large at 16in (41cm) across, it was not in perfect condition, lacking a foot, a lock and the interior folding mirror. However, the decoration of large blooms was outstanding, and indicative of work produced in the Vizagapatam region in the latter years of the 18th century. From the collection of a Worcestershire


titled family, it sold at £7500 (estimate £500- 800). From rather closer to home was a table


cabinet combining the talents of two luminaries of the Cotswolds School. Peter Waals (1870-1937) fashioned the 17in (44cm) cabinet in ebony and Louise Powell (1882- 1956) painted the meandering jasmine decoration. A missing drawer and a fine crack across the top were problems but it made its estimate going at £3600 to a collector. Powell had been represented earlier in


the sale by a small collection of Cotswolds- decorated Wedgwood Queensware – an ogee honeypot and cover painted with flowers and foliage and signed L P 3:6:24 had sold at £320. However, the great Arts and Crafts pot in


the sale was a Lancastrian – an 11in (27cm) Pilkington’s vase designed by Walter Crane and decorated by William Mycock, c.1905. A superb example worked in silver on a blue/green ground with classical maidens in galleons above a Greek key border, it sold at £4200 (estimate £1500-2000). Finally, something for the silver specialist. From the primary vendor came a pair of


Above: c.1680 marquetry case for a longcase clock – mid-estimate £13,000 at Dreweatts to a private buyer who presumably already had a movement in mind for it.


Above: two longcases at Dreweatts illustrating that the market isn’t all about looks. Left: c.1695 eight-day clock signed by Fabian Robin, London, in 6ft 7in (2.09m). With some condition problems to the walnut and floral marquetry case, it sold on its lower estimate £6000. Right: at 8ft 8in (2.64m) tall, this Edwardian eight-day chiming clock in carved walnut case, lacked, to some eyes, the elegance of earlier clocks but it sold at £7000 against an estimate of £3000-5000.


As many such pieces had signatures of famous makers added, genuine unsigned movements are rare. Certainly this one was a cut above the


later oak case in which it was housed and would have been more at home in the previous lot. So, a forthcoming marriage made in


heaven? Not so, said Mr Gillibrand. The buyer of the case presumably already had a suitable movement in mind and the unsigned work went to another buyer above estimate at £3800. Other quality longcases included a


c.1690 walnut and floral marquetry 6ft 8½in (2.04m) tall example by Richard Baker, London, which had some condition problems to the case and sold below-estimate £6000. Going on their


lower estimates of £3000 were a Queen Anne walnut eight-day clock by John Gavelle and a c.1770 mahogany-cased eight-day clock with moonphase by Thwaites, London. As the two clocks pictured above


illustrate, prices are about more than looks. The elegant c.1695 eight-day clock signed by Fabian Robin, London, had some condition issues to the 6ft 7in (2.09m) walnut and floral marquetry case and went on the lower estimate at £6000. However, although some might


consider it markedly less attractive than early clocks, the Edwardian clock in its 8ft 8in (2.64m) carved walnut case doubled the mid-estimate to sell at £7000. With a 13in (33cm) brass break-arch


dial, it had silvered subsidiary Chime/ Silent, Strike/Silent and Whittington Chimes/Westminister Chimes selection dials and an applied trade plaque for retailers Kemp Bros., Union Street, Bristol. Such clocks are more appreciated


in the USA than Britain and, although this one sold to a London dealer, Mr Gillibrand believed that it was bound for America.


Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, September 6 Number of lots offered: 158 Lots sold: 90% Buyer’s Premium: 22% Sale total: £310,000


chinoiserie decorated tea caddies housed within a 9½in (25cm) pollard oak tea chest with silver handle, mounts and claw and ball feet. Although of 18th century rococo design,


this was essentially a Victorian reproduction (both the caddies and the mounts carried the date letter for 1843) but its quality told with a collectors bid of £4000 (estimate £2500- 3500).


Right:


Pilkington’s silver lustre vase decorated by William Mycock – £4200.


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