2012 Masterplan
Sporting chance among ceramics
London dealer Robert Young never fails to create an inventive display of his signature stock of folk art wherever he goes and his stand at Masterpiece this year will be no exception.
A recent find that he is particularly pleased with is a set of 12 blue and white ceramic panels commissioned in 1878 from Copeland Spode by the Scottish industrialist, philanthropist, politician and collector Thomas Russell for the billiard room of his new home, Cleveden House, in Kelvinside, Glasgow.
Each of the 2ft 8in x 2ft 2in (80 x 65cm) earthenware panels is hand painted by the Copeland artists Robert John Abraham (1850- 1925) and Lucien Besche (d.1901), and depict the following sports: ice hockey, shot put, cricket, running, football, polo, tent pegging, fly fishing, hunting, hare coursing, shooting and stalking. These are probably the largest known examples of this kind of ceramic art from their day and Masterpiece will be the first time that they have been offered for sale in public.
Robert will be offering them together as a set for £240,000.
Left: the football scene from a set of 12 large Copeland Spode sporting panels on offer at £240,000 from Robert Young at Masterpiece.
Hence the redesign of the 2012
marketing material to incorporate the simple tagline ‘Art Antiques Design’ – undoubtedly an improvement. So what else is new for Masterpiece
2012? “The fair is roughly the same size
this year, but part of the Masterpiece philosophy is never to do the same thing twice,” says Thomas. “So this year we have changed the
restaurants around a bit – Harry’s Bar will now be in a more intimate space
to one side and the large bar down the centre will be occupied by the seafood restaurant Scott’s – and we have brought in a wider range of contemporary design, with displays of contemporary pieces from the Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Based Upon and the Design Museum.” Gagosian Gallery, the world’s largest
dealer in modern and contemporary art, also take part for the first time, apparently creating a ‘special project’ which they are so far keeping very tight-lipped about. The American decorator Jamie
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Q
Antiques Trade Gazette 45 10 uestions
NATHANIEL LEE-JONES M. Goldstein, London E2
www.mgoldstein.co.uk
1. What do you do? I’ve been dealing in art, antiques and attire for 12 years.
2. What was your first job? Scenic painter.
3. Best thing about being a dealer? I like the learning aspect and finding an audience for my take on things. And the worst? I wish I could keep the best things but you have to trade.
4. What has been you best buy? A miniature German memento mori painting in Ireland, a true museum piece, which I sold back to a German collection.
5. What is your dream object? The Draughtsman-Writer by Henri Maillardet.
6. What is the biggest threat, in your opinion, to the trade at the moment? I can’t see a threat to the trade as such, but it comes down to whether you can or can’t afford to be in the trade.
7. Any advice for those starting out in the trade? Buy up.
8. If you weren’t a dealer, what would you be? A painter.
9. Favourite book? A History of Orgies by Burgo Partridge.
10. Michelin Star or greasy spoon? Michelin Star.
If you are a dealer and would like to be featured in 10 Questions email
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