Advertising feature Private Collections Light The Way at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
seen the light of day, passing from one generation to the next. These collections are not often consigned to auction and generate enormous attention when they are. so, when two private collections appeared in our January Fine Art auction in January 2014, international attention focused on the salerooms in exeter to see the result. The Rhead Cronin collection of ceramics and pictures drew particular interest due to the family’s long established tradition of potting. The Rheads were an old North Staffordshire family who had been connected with pottery production since the 18th
‘H century. Frederick Alfred
Rhead [1856-1933] was to follow the family tradition of potting but combined it with that of artist and designer. Five of Frederick’s six children were involved in the pottery business; Frederick Hurten Rhead [1880-1942] and Charlotte [Lottie] Rhead [1885-1947] are probably the best known.
Among the many tiles, vases and plaques within the collection, a fine Frederick Alfred Rhead pate-sur-pate porcelain vase of cylindrical form decorated with an
Sacrifice to Neptune [92 x 204cm] was exhibited at The New Gallery in 1904. The themes within the painting are Authority, Retribution, Vanity, Love, Trust, Innocence, Beauty and Renaissance and Rhead draws inspiration from the ancient Greco-Roman story of Perseus and Andromeda. Rhead was taught by the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford maddox Brown. Few paintings by the artist appear on the market and indeed there are a number
idden away across the region are many private and family collections that have never
angel holding aloft a large bowl with text below ‘And when the angel with his darker draught draws up to thee-take that and do not shrink’ , proved to be the most desirable. Bidding in the room, on the telephones and internet saw it eventually sell for £17,000. George Wooliscroft Rheads masterwork
of small paintings with the same title as A Sacrifice to Neptune. The example from the collection did not disappoint with such provenance and realised a hammer price of £14,000.
The second private collection within the auction comprised fifteen lots of Waterford and Irish glass from the Penrose family. George and his nephew William Penrose, both prominent Quakers and astute businessmen, established the Waterford Glass House in 1783 to take advantage of the dropping of the glass levy on Irish glass, by the English Parliament. The family connection brought international Waterford buyers to the auction with a decanter and stopper owned by Elizabeth Penrose selling for £4,700, while The Penrose Irish shell cabinet with fantasy grotto, decorated by Elizabeth Penrose fetched £23,000. As the antiques market becomes increasingly more competitive, buyers are seeking the more unusual and interesting pieces. Private and family are the holy grail for these collectors, with unseen and undiscovered treasures proving irresistible additions to their own collections For further details contact 01392 413100.
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