38 21st January 2012


the auctioneers and valuers T: 01392 252621 F: 01392 496607 32 Okehampton Street, Exeter EX4 1DY


Watcombe Manor Saleroom, Ingham Lane, Watlington, Oxon OX49 5EJ


Selected Antiques and Collectors’ Items Wednesday 25th January at 10.30am


Includes early Chinese ceramics, collection of early pricket candlesticks, railwayana, four tortoiseshell tea caddies, Cartier traveling clock, John Bratby oil, Gillian Ayres print, de Barbari print, selected furniture. Some 500 lots.


Victorian and Later Sale Saturday 28th January at 10.30am


Includes Victorian pine and other furniture, ceramics and glass, collectables, pictures, garden ornaments.


Cartier clock


On view: Saturday 21st January 9.30am-12.30pm, Monday 23rd January 10am-6pm, Tuesday 24th January 10am-6pm, Friday 27th January 2pm-5pm (Victorian and Later Sale only)


Catalogues £6 from the offi ce. Tel. 01491 612810 Also online at www.jonesandjacob.com, www.lotzone.co.uk and www.the-saleroom.com


SALE OF ANTIQUES, SILVER, JEWELLERY & COLLECTABLES, etc


Saturday 28th January at 10am


SWAN & TURNER Fine Art Auctioneers


The Auction Rooms, 36 High Street, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders


On view:


Days prior to auction 10am-5.30pm and mornings of sales Catalogues £2 each


Further information: www.whittonandlaingauctioneers.co.uk


Pair of white metal torches, 8ft3in high


Silver sugar bowl and cream jug by Tiffany 1888, 16oz


Wednesday 25th January at 10am Jewellery, Silver & Watches


Wednesday 25th January at 1pm Oil Paintings, Watercolours & Prints


Thursday 26th January at 10.30am Georgian & Later Furniture, Porcelain, Glass & Collectors’ Items


18th century school, Figures in an interior


Estate Agents - Surveyors - Auctioneers - Property Managers - Valuers OUNDLE AUCTION ROOMS, SOUTH ROAD, OUNDLE


SATURDAY 21ST JANUARY AT 10.30AM


Auction Sale of 400 lots of Antique Furniture, Victoriana and Collectables Viewing: Friday 20th January 2.30pm – 6pm and sale day from 9am


Collection of Isfahan silver 19th century console table


700 lots of antiques, porcelain/ceramics, silver, jewellery, clocks, paintings and furnishing, etc.


Viewing: Thursday and Friday prior, 12 noon – 6pm CATALOGUE AND ALL IMAGES ON WEBSITE from 20th January


Tel: 01835 863445 Email: swanturner@johnswan.co.uk Web: www.johnswan.co.uk


www.the-saleroom.com


Entries include: two Georgian oak coffers, mahogany kneehole desk, walnut chest, mahogany bowfront and other chests, rosewood card table, two mahogany bureaux (one with carved front), set of seven Regency dining chairs, eight-day longcase clock by a Horncastle maker, Westminster chiming grandmother clock, display cabinets, three-part mahogany wardrobe, walnut bedroom suite including large three-part wardrobe, Georgian fi re back, dog grates, pine Arts & Crafts-style cheval mirror. Oak & Shipping Furniture: Edwardian partner’s desk, dropleaf tables, offi ce chairs, dining chairs, oak carved bedroom suite. Reproduction Furniture: chest on chest, dresser, refectory table, walnut display cabinet. Pine: large cupboard, wardrobe, chests, trunks. Silver & Plate: large canteen of modern silver/ silver handled cutlery, pocket watches, brass inlaid workbox by Asprey, leather-cased christening and other sets. China & Glass. Pictures & Prints: watercolour by S. Stannard. Treen: tray, boxes. Collectables: photograph and postcard albums, RAF WWII log books.


Tel. (01832) 272349


Auction Offi ce: 15 Market Place, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4BA Fax. (01832) 275000


Email. mail@goldsmithsofoundle.com See our website for further details and photographs at www.goldsmithsofoundle.com


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A new Chinese porcelain record – in West Ruislip


■ £43m for Qianlong porcelain masterpiece found in Pinner


auction reports page 18 | EDINBURGH


Scottish silver and pottery on offer during Festival time


Expressionist emerges in West London


■ Self-portrait sketch and technical analysis fuels confidence in £1m work


Trinity House


Trinity House specialises in Impressionist and Modern British paintings by some of the most exciting artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. From their galleries in Broadway, Cotswolds and Maddox Street, London, Trinity House are able to offer straight forward advice on purchasing and building a fi ne art collection.


Roland Arkell reports


John Singer Sargent Head of a Woman with Gold Earrings, circa 1878-80, oil on canvas, 20 x 16in. Inscribed, upper left: to my friend Mrs Branson/J.S.Sargent


The Meidner oil is thought to date Directors: Steven Beale and Simon Shore


CHISWICK Auctions are set to sell one of the most important early paintings by the German Expressionist Ludwig Meidner (1884-1966) to have come to market in recent years.


The authenticity of the painting,


which slipped through the hands of both Sotheby’s and Christie’s, has recently been confirmed after months of research led by the West London auctioneers under the guidance of the leading academic in the field. It is estimated to


Address: 67 High Street Broadway WR12 7DP And opening in November at: 50 Maddox Street, London W1


from November 1912, the key moment in his artistic development, which marked a radical change in style and occasioned the name-making series of paintings dubbed the Apocalyptic Landscapes that anticipated the horrors of the Great War. The 2ft 6in x 2ft (75 x 60cm) painting, provisionally titled The Miners, depicts the growing unrest that spread among the coal miners of Eastern Prussia and Poland in the spring and summer of 1912,


Stand C10


Tel: +44 (0)1386 859329 Email: art@trinityhousepaintings.com Web: www.trinityhousepaintings.com


Elford Fine Art


lford Fine Art s uropean oil p


olours


the identity of the painting. Both carbon dating and pigment analysis conducted by the London specialists Art Access and Research at a cost of £4000 (not an insignificant outlay for a local auction room) dated the painting to around 1910, which discounted the possibility that it was a recent forgery.


fetch £800,000-£1.2m on September 28.Wick Antiques


Anthony Fell Stand E16


www.17-21.com Antiques for


Interior Design


Exhibiting at the


George II walnut cabinet. Circa 1735. H:91in, W: 44in, D: 22in Provenance: The Percival Griffiths Collection. The Frederick Pope Collection. Illustrated in R.W. Symonds English Furniture.


Decorative Fair


September 28th to October 3rd


Wick Antiques Ltd, Fairlea House 110-112 Marsh Lane Lymington SO41 9EE


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Tel: +44 (0)1263 712 912 Mobile: +44 (0)7850 004 731 Email: anthonyfellantiques@tiscali.co.uk Web: www.anthonyfell.com


Tel: +44 (0)1590 677558 Mob: +44 (0)7768 877 069


Email: charles@wickantiques.co.uk Web: www.wickantiques.co.uk


Millington Adams Wimpole Antiques Stand D12 Offi ce:


2 Upper Wimpole Street London W1G 6LD


Shop:


Signed 18ct gem-set and enamelled bug brooch, 1960s. Pavé-set diamond turtle pin, French 18ct gold, 1950s.


Stand 349, Grays Antique Market 58 Davies Street London W1K 5LP


A fine Queen Anne burr walnut bureau bookcase, circa 1710


Specialists in fi ne English period furniture and clocks together with 19th and early 20th century paintings.


Please visit


www.millingtonadams.com for a full stock inventory


with scallop shells scrolling foliage and floral trellis all below a brass grip and a flower bud knot. English circa 1880.


with scallop shells scrolling foliage and floral trellis all below a brass grip and a flower bud knot. English circa 1880.


73¾ inches long (187cm) 73¾ inches long (187cm)


Stand D18 Wick Antiques Ltd -


Charles Wallrock set up


Wick Antiques over 25 years ago and has been trading in Lymington, Hampshire and London ever since. Specialising in 18th /19th century fi ne furniture and


work of arts but Marine22ct objects are his passion and


14ct 18ct


will be exhibiting over H/M Silver 100 marine items at


Platinum Berkeley Square.


A handwriting expert further agreed the pencil inscription to the stretcher was


A SMALL auctioneer in Ruislip has shattered the world auction record for a Chinese work of art by taking £43m (£51.6m including


buyer’s premium) for a vase consigned to their warehouse auction room as part of a house clearance from a bungalow in Pinner.


The price puts it just outside the top ten works of art ever sold at auction, an exclusive list that up to now has only been occupied by eight-fi gure paintings and sculpture sold by either Sotheby’s or Christie’s.


Despite its modest recent history,


the 16in (41cm) reticulated double- walled vase or yang cai with famille


Stand J24


provoking the Prussian Government toom the early 19th Century to the present announce that the strikers would be day. day. “suppressed with an iron hand”. Several clues have helped confirm


marine, genre, portrait and animal subjects f frrom the early 19th Century to the present


E Elford Fine Art specialises in Brittiissh andh and E European oil paintings, watercolours a and drawings and will be displaying an outstanding choice of landscapes, coastal, marine, genre, portrait and animal subjects


nd drawings and will be displaying an outstanding choice of landscapes, coastal,9ct


and J24 Do-Buy 925 Ltd O F H A T T ON GA R D E N Precious Metals


Our buying prices against a fi x of £865.32 are as follows am Thursday


14ct 18ct 22ct


Platinum H/M Silver


per gram £10.12 per gram £15.78 per gram £20.24 per gram £24.71 per gram £29.10 per ounce £14.00


Phone for up to date prices Voted best prices in the Times


that of the German artist. However, the vital piece of evidence was an incomplete and defaced self-portrait on the back of the canvas (Meidner was a habitual


Farmyard Companions Edgar Hunt (1876-1953) Oil on canvas, dated 1909, 20 x 30in


Farmyard Companions One of two from a private family collection,


Our buying prices against a fix of £796.84 are as follows am Thursday 9ct


The Gallery 3 Drake Road Tavistock Devon PL19 0AU


Tel: +44 (0)1822 612123 Mob: +44 (0)7712 137272 Email: rosemary@elfordfineart.co.uk Web: www.elfordfineart.co.uk


per gram per gram per gram per gram per gram


Tel: +44 (0)1822 612123 Mob: +44 (0)7712 137272 Email: rosemary@elfordfineart.co.uk Web: www.elfordfineart.co.uk


£9.25


£14.43 £18.50 £22.60 £27.00


per ounce £10.25


The Gallery 3 Drake Road Tavistock Devon PL19 0AU


One of two from a private family collection, in fine original condition


PAGE 001-005 1966.indd 1 L&W Duvallier Irish Antique Silver


Specialising in collectable and rare Irish antique silver for more than 20 years


Web: www.graysantiques.com Web: www.graysantiques.com


Email: anthea.gesua@btinternet.com Email: anthe .gesua@btinternet.com


Tel: +44 (0)20 7493 7564 Tel: +44 (0)20 7493 7564


Contact: Anthea Contact: Anthea


155 Grays


58 Davies Street London W1K 5LP


J. Collins and Son (Est. 1953) J. Collins and Son (Est. 1953)


A Dublin George III Double Coaster by Joseph Jackson 1801


Dublin Ireland Telephone: +353 87 2535313 email: info@irishantiquesilver.com www.irishantiquesilver.com


A n t i q u es Tr a de Ga z e t t e: 11 5 s h a f t e s b u ry Av e n u e , L o n d o n, WC 2H 8A F. P R I N T ED IN THE UN I T ED KI N G D OM A rare mahogany racing yachts tiller, finely carved


A rare mahogany racing yachts tiller, finely carved


Jonathan Biggs of J. Collins & Son is the fourth generation in the trade, as his great grandfather established his antiques business in Harrow in 1912. J. Collins and Son was established in Bideford in 1953 by his grandfather.


Jonathan Biggs of J. Collins & Son is the fourth generation in the trade, as his great grandfather established his antiques business in Harrow in 1912. J. Collins and Son was established in Bideford in 1953 by his grandfather.


Stand M14


Sir Claude Francis Barry RBA 1883-1970, a post-impressionist Master whose new to the market works will be available on stand L2.


Barry was a pupil of Sir Alfred East, and Sir Frank Brangwyn before becoming a member of the St Ives and Newlyn Schools of Art.


Mitchell Studio Gallery Stand L2


58G HATTON GARDEN, LONDON EC1N 8LX Offi ce: 020 7242 3235 silverpenguin@hotmail.co.uk


continued on page 3 Above: The Miners by Ludwig


Meidner, expected to fetch £800,000- 1.2m at Chiswick Auctions on


A n t i q u es Tr a de Ga z e t t e: 115 Sh a f t e s b u ry Av e n u e, L o n d o n, WC 2H 8A F. P R I N T ED IN THE UN I T ED KI N G D OM page 3 show how the identity of the


September 28. Additional images on artist was uncovered by researchers.


100 Fulham Road London SW3 6HS


Tel: +44 (0)20 7591 0220 11/12/2010 3:56:21 PM


Email: books@peterharrington.co.uk Web: www.peterharrington.co.uk


01488 682314 hungerford@greatgrooms.co.uk www.greatgrooms.co.uk


rose decoration would have been a commission for one of the palaces of the Qianlong Emperor (1736- 1795), probably the Summer Palace or the Forbidden City. According to the world’s


leading dealers and collectors, it is the best object of its type to be seen on the market in decades, but it also chimes perfectly with current Chinese taste that values pieces from this period above all others. Peter Bainbridge, the


auctioneer, who runs a typical local auction room, is likely to have become a multi-millionaire himself as a result of the sale. His buyer’s premium for this sale was 20 per cent, or £8.6m, while he could have charged the vendors anything up to 17.5 per cent, or just over £7.5m, to sell it.


Opening at £500,000 (the estimate


prior to sale was £800,000-1.2m), the bidding on the evening of November 11


continued on page 3 Anthea A G Antiques Anthea A G Antiques Stand E30 ‘The Olympia of antique centres’


Fine, citrin, ruby and diamond ring, signed Cartier London. Contained in its original box. Circa 1950s


Peter Harrington Rare Books, Manuscripts, Works on Paper.


Weldon Weldon


FINE DIAMONDS - ANTIQUE IRISH SILVER


David Roberts, Egypt & Nubia, from drawings made on the spot, London, 1846–491, 3 volumes, large folio, contemporary blue half morocco bindings, the preferred deluxe colour issue with 124 tinted lithographed plates, 3 vignette-titles and 121 plates finely coloured by hand.


Queen Anne basin, Dublin 1708 by David King


Weldon Silver and Jewellery 55 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2, Ireland


Tel: (+353)-1-6771638 Email: info@weldons.ie www.weldons.ie


Left: the record-breaking Ruislip yang cai, distinctive for its reticulated double-walled construction, combines various differing decorative elements in a manner typical of Tang Ying’s directorship of the Imperial manufactory at Jingdezhen during the early years of the reign of the Qianlong emperor – a period of remarkable technical achievement.


It is the perfect expression of current Chinese taste with a recent exhibition at the National Palace Museum, Taipei titled Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Ch’ien-lung Reign focusing upon a number of pieces of this type in the collection. Quite how an


acknowledged


imperial masterpiece reached Middlesex is unknown but it probably left China soon after the end of the Second Opium War in 1860 when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops. It had been acquired in the 1930s by the late uncle of the vendor who lived in a bungalow in Pinner, North West


London. The vendor had no knowledge of


its true worth.


Stand D2


8/27/2010 3:34:57 PM


A late Regency mahogany sideboard of small proportions. English, circa 1820


45¾in (116cm) wide, 20in (51cm) deep, 36 in (91.5cm) high.


J Collins and Son, 8 Charles Avenue, Kingsley Road, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 2PH


Stand L30 Stand L30


Tel: +44 (0)1237 473 529 Mob: +44 (0)7703 336 629 Email: biggs@collinsantiques.co.uk Web: www.collinsantiques.co.uk


J Collins and Son, 8 Charles Avenue, Kingsley Road, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 2PH


Tel: +44 (0)1237 473 529 Mob: +44 (0)7703 336 629 Email: biggs@collinsantiques.co.uk Web: www.collinsantiques.co.uk Elliot Lee


Rare and unusual objects 1730-1950Elliot Lee Rare and unusual objects 1730-1950


Stand J26 Stand J26


Kenneth Harvey Antiques & Interiors (Inc.Anthony Redmile)


The Furniture Cave 533 King’s Road Chelsea


London SW10 0TZ Stand H34


Mitchell Studio Gallery 258 Station Road


Addlestone Weybridge


Surrey KT15 2PU


Email: studio_gallery@btconnect.com Web: www.mitchellstudiogallery.co.uk


Tel: +44 (0)1932 854 376/ 567 874 Fax: +44 (0)1932 570 352 om


‘Les Andeleys’, Sir Claude Francis Barry, oil on board, 29 x 36in.


Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 2889 Fax: +44 (0)20 7499 2889 Email: lynn@wimpoleantiques.plus.com Web: www.wimpoleantiques.co.uk


Millington Adams Knutsford, Cheshire


Tel: +44 (0)1565 745 012 Mobile: +44 (0)7957 382 381 Web: www.millingtonadams.com


Stand 143-144, Grays Antiques Market, Mayfair, London W1K


Stand 143-144, Grays Antiques Market, Mayfair, London W1K


Images not to scale Mobile: +44 (0)7792 724 091


Manager: Jason Myer Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 3775


Web: www.kennethharvey.com


11am - 9pm Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd September 11am - 7pm Friday 24th & Saturday 25th September 11am - 5pm Sunday 26th September


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North European satinwood and inlaid Marriage Sofa. Circa 1820.


Admission: £15 per person including catalogue (for free return entry) Veuve Clicquot champagne bar. Megan’s brasserie


champagne bar s brasserie


A full list of exhibitors and visitor information to the Fair can be viewed at www.lapadalondon.com


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STEINITZ 77, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré – 75008 Paris Tel: +33 (0) 1 56 43 66 70 www.steinitz.fr


2012 ANTIQUES


ART DIARY As of 24th to 29th June, the Galerie Steinitz will be pleased to welcome you at the Masterpiece London Fair, stand C32 Former Chelsea Barracks Chelsea Bridge Road, London SW1 & antiques trade


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