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16-April | The Purple Shop - The Anthony Gardner Collection

Auction date Tuesday 16 April 2024 10:00 - 18:00 BST

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 Additional Condition Reports will be available from 2nd April 

Tuesday 16 April - Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1– 171      10am | Works of Art, Furniture,  Pictures & Prints, European Ceramics & Glass
Lot 180- 618   1pm  | Jewellery, Watches, Buckles and Silver

Viewing- Sussex Saleroom 
12 April | 10am - 4pm
13 April | 9am - 12:30pm
15 April | 10am - 4pm

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Payment
Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by Tuesday 23 April

Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
We will be open for collections on sale days 9am -4.30pm and additionally
Wednesday 17 April        9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 18 April             9am - 4.30pm
Friday 19 April                   9am - 4.30pm
Monday 22 April               9am-4.30pm
Tuesday 23 April               9am – 4.30pm

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A significant proportion of the proceeds of the sale of the collection and estate are going to charities; including The Royal Marsden Hospital, Cancer Research UK, The Terrence Higgins Trust, Al-Anon, RADA and Trinity Hospice. 

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Total lots: 601

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1 A TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
Early 20th century
Decorated with green vine leaves against a gold iridescent ground, signed L.C. Tiffany, Favrile and 2929 E, 16cm high
£200 - £300 £600 View
2 AN ART NOUVEAU GILT-BRASS AND FROSTED GLASS TABLE LAMP IN THE FORM OF A DRAGONFLY AND FLOWER
Early 20th Century
Modelled as a dragonfly perched on a flower, mounted with pink glass facets with frosted glass wings, 52cm high
£300 - £500 £1,200 View
3 IRENE SHARAFF (AMERICAN, 1910-1993) (4)
Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew
signed and inscribed 'Sharaff' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
37 x 27cm
together with a photograph print of Anthony Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor in…
£400 - £600 £650 View
4 `DAHLIA'. A LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS PLAFONNIER (2)
Designed in 1921
Engraved mark R.Lalique France, 30.5cm diameter, gilt metal fixings and chains; also a Lalique Dahlia pattern opalescent wall light, originally half of a plafonnier, unmarked, 30.5cm…
£400 - £600 £450 View
5 IN THE MANNER OF LIBERTY & CO; AN ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER SQUARE REPOUSSÉ WALL MIRROR
With embossed fruiting pomegranate motif, 89cm wide; 89cm high
£300 - £500 £1,600 View
6 FOUR ART NOUVEAU STAINED SATIN BIRCH PANELS OF THE PERSONIFICATIONS OF THE SEASONS (5)
Each 28cm x 72cm; Together with a painted four section folding screen depicting personifications of the elements, in the manner of Alphonse Mucha, 71cm high
£300 - £500 £750 View
7 ROBERTO MONTENEGRO (MEXICAN, 1885-1968) (10)
Vaslav Nijinsky, an Artistic Interpretation of his Work in Black, White and Gold (1913)
lithographs in colour, printed by C.W. Beaumont & Co
all similar sizes, the largest 31 x 22.5cm, the…
£300 - £500 £480 View
8 A LARGE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS, BEADED COSTUME ELEMENTS ETC (QTY)
Comprising embroidered silk-work, patches, large sequined offcuts, feather fans, beaded bags, leather suitcases, and a beaded door fringe etc.
£60 - £80 £450 View
9 A LOETZ CRETE PAPILLON IRIDESCENT GLASS VASE
Early 20th century
With squat body beneath a slender neck and everted rim, of green glass with silvery blue splashes, unmarked, 15.25cm high
£80 - £120 £180 View
10 ROLAND PARIS (1894-1945): A PAIR OF COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURAL BOOKENDS OF THE KING AND THE SCHOLAR (2)
Circa 1930
The portor marble bases signed ‘ROLAND PARIS’, 14.5cm wide; 13cm high
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,700 View
11 THE PURPLE SHOP AND MR GARDENER’S PERSONAL ARCHIVE TO INCLUDE A LETTER FROM HRH PRINCESS MARGARET (QTY)
The shop archive to include assorted ephemera, cuttings, scrap books (including extracts from Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan etc), jewellery stock slides and viewer, business cards, shop floor…
£100 - £200 £200 View
12 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Orpheus
watercolour
51 x 75cm
£150 - £250 £1,600 View
13 A LOETZ IRIDESCENT GLASS VASE
Early 20th century
The amethyst glass with silvered vertical stripes and spots, unmarked, 19cm high
£150 - £250 £1,100 View
14 AN ART DECO PURPLE CHIFFON AND BEADED FLAPPER DRESS
20th Century
The dress elaborately decorated in Art Deco motifs in silver and purple beads, with scoop neckline and cropped waist, 104cm long
£50 - £80 £160 View
15 'ALBERT', A LALIQUE SMOKEY GLASS VASE
Designed in 1925
Engraved R.Lalique, No. 958, 17.5cm high
£200 - £300 £480 View
16 AN IRON FRAMED RECTANGULAR COFFEE TABLE
The top inset with a trio of foliate cast pierced grille panels, 179cm wide; 86cm deep; 44cm high
£200 - £400 £320 View
17 AN ARTS & CRAFTS ENAMEL PLAQUE MOUNTED COPPER INKWELL (5)
Early 20th Century
The square inkwell with white-metal capped corners, the cover and base inset with enamel plaques, 13cm wide; Together with an enamel and hammered pewter square table box, early…
£100 - £200 £1,400 View
18 H*** GLEIZES (EUROPEAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Portrait of a lady
signed and dated 'HGleizes 99' (lower right) and with artist's stamp (to reverse of stretcher)
oil on canvas
65 x 46.5cm
£150 - £250 £280 View
19 AN IRIDESCENT GLASS VASE
Possibly Kralik or Fritz Heckert, 20th century
Ovoid form with dimpled sides, decorated with irregular gold iridescent waves against a mottled red ground, unmarked, 21.5cm high
£100 - £150 £170 View
20 AVERIL BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1883-1949)
Cleopatra
signed 'AVERIL BURLEIGH' (lower left)
watercolour
25.5 x 17cm
£600 - £900 £1,100 View
21 POSSIBLY JULES-ANDRE MELIODON (FRENCH,1867-C.1940): AN ART NOUVEAU BRONZE FIGURE, PROBABLY THE METAMORPHOSIS OF DAPHNE
Early 20th Century
Formerly a lamp, drilled to the base and back of figure, signed to the cast ‘ M? Meliodon’, 26.5cm high
£200 - £300 £320 View
22 T*** E*** W*** (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY) (2)
Still life of flowers in a vase, a pair
each signed with monogram 'TEW' (lower right)
gouache
45 x 28.5cm
(2)
£150 - £250 £950 View
23 TWO IRIDESCENT GLASS VASES (2)
Of cylindrical form, the smaller with everted rim, the cobalt blue glass with silvery blue splashed iridescence, unmarked, 15cm and 21cm high
£100 - £150 £420 View
24 JULIEN CADET CAUSSE (FRENCH 1869-1909): AN ART NOUVEAU BRONZE ENTITLED ‘LYS’
Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
Inscribed to the side of the cast ‘J Caussé‘, the base entitled 'LYS', 39cm high
£100 - £150 £650 View
25 A LOETZ MAXIMIA GLASS VASE
Early 20th century
Of ovold form, the candia ground with silvery yellow splashes and irregular rows of blue stripes, unmarked, 20cm high
£300 - £500 £950 View
26 IN THE MANNER OF LIBERTY & CO; AN ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER FRAMED WALL MIRROR
With enamelled decoration and oval mirror plate, 56cm wide; 77cm high
£100 - £200 £450 View
27 A GROUP OF THREE CIGARETTE BOXES INCLUDING AN ART DECO SHAGREEN INLAID BOX (3)
Circa 1920
With sycamore lined interior, 16.5cm wide; Together with a tortoiseshell box with ivory stringing and initial ‘A’, subdivided interior, 15cm wide, and a walnut box with ivorine thumbpiece,…
£80 - £120 £150 View
28 THE JEWELLERY REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE PURPLE SHOP (QTY)
Comprising a large quantity of books in reference to Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cartier, Lalique, Faberge, Liberty & Co, Grima, Gaskin, Giuliano, etc.
£40 - £60 £500 View
29 UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI (ITALIAN, 1879-1949)
Pierrot et Colombine
signed and numbered in pencil 'Brunelleschi 196' (in lower margin)
print in colours
41 x 31.5cm
£100 - £150 £120 View
30 SAM HERMAN ( 1936-2020) A TALL STUDIO GLASS VASE
1971
Of irregular form, in clear glass with an abstract design and iridescent patches, etched mark, Samuel Herman 1402 London 71, 36.5cm high
ARR
£400 - £600 £1,200 View
31 A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE PENS INCLUDING A PARKER 61 FOUNTAIN PEN IN BOX (7)
20th Century/Modern
Also including another Parker 61 fountain pen, a red and a black Parker Duofold fountain pen each with 14K nibs, a green Parker Slimfold fountain pen with 14K nib, a red Parker 17…
£70 - £100 £110 View
32 CIRCLE OF ALPHONSE MUCHA (2)
Advert designs, A seated woman in a pink dress, a set of two
watercolour and bodycolour
each 48 x 34cm
(2)
£1,000 - £2,000 £650 View
33 A TALL IRIDESCENT GLASS VASE
Possibly Loetz, 20th century
Of dimpled ovoid form, with green trailed decoration against a golden iridescent ground, unmarked, 27.5cm high
£150 - £250 £190 View
34 ATTRIBUTED TO ARCHIBALD KNOX OR DAVID VEAZEY FOR LIBERTY & CO: AN ARTS AND CRAFTS TUDRIC TWIN HANDLED VASE
Early 20th Century
Of squat bulbous form, the slender neck neck with everted rim, with sinuous brass handles with Celtic knots and roundels under the shoulders, stamped TUDRIC 0214 to the base, on…
£150 - £250 £550 View
35 AN ART DECO ALUMINIUM AND BRASS ‘PIERROT’ FIGURAL TABLE LAMP
Early 20th Century
Inscribed to the cast ‘EXE 3’, with yellow frosted shade, mounted on a green marble base, 29cm high
£100 - £200 £380 View
36 AN ART NOVEAU STAINED PINE PAINTED FOUR FOLD SCREEN
216cm wide; 171cm high
£100 - £200 £320 View
37 LIBERTY & CO: A PEWTER FOUR PIECE BACHELOR TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE (8)
20th Century
The hammered four piece service stamped Liberty & Co to the underside, model number 01372, teapot 12cm high; Together with a Tudric pewter small bowl with embossed rim and turquoise…
£80 - £120 £150 View
38 PARKER HAGARTY (BRITISH, 1839-1954)
Portrait of a young lady
signed 'PARKER HAGARTY' (upper right)
watercolour and mixed media
34 x 24.5cm
£100 - £150 £70 View
39 SIX ROYAL DOULTON STONEWARE WRIGHT'S COAL TAR ADVERTISING SOAP DISHES (6)
Early 20th century
Each modelled as a dragonfly on the edge of a blue glazed pool, impressed marks, 15cm wide
£200 - £300 £350 View
40 FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943): AN ART DECO COLD PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURES OF 'BUTTERFLY DANCERS'
Circa 1930
Modelled mid dance in flared dresses, arms and legs outstretched, mounted on an octagonal green onyx base, signed to the onyx ‘F. Priess’, overall 47cm high
£4,000 - £6,000 £9,500 View
41 A NORTH EUROPEAN JUGENDSTIL STYLE CREAM PAINTED BRASS, COPPER AND PEWTER MOUNTED DOMED CASKET
Late 19th / Early 20th Century
Mounted with a central female mask and titled ‘ARS NATURAM JUVAT’ translating as 'Art Helps Nature', 40cm wide; 24cm deep; 32.5cm high
£100 - £200 £300 View
42 L*** F** MORRES (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Portrait of a young lady
signed 'L F. MORRES' (centre right)
watercolour
33 x 27.5cm
£100 - £150 £450 View
43 A TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS CANDLESTICK
Early 20th century
Of spiral ribbed form with a golden iridescence shading to purple at the rim, signed L.C.T, 13.75cm
£100 - £150 £170 View
44 AN ART NOUVEAU BRASS THREE BANCH HANGING LIGHT
Early 20th Century
With downward swept arms with upright stylised flower stems, tulip-shaped opaque moulded glass shades, 79cm high; 43cm wide
£80 - £120 £180 View
45 AN ART DECO ALUMINIUM AND BRASS ‘PIERROT’ TABLE LAMP
Circa 1920
Inscribed to the cast ‘EXE 3’, with an orange mottled globular shade, mounted on a verde antico marble plinth base, 29cm high
£100 - £200 £480 View
46 ATTRIBUTED TO DEREK JARMAN (BRITISH, 1942-1994)
Costume designs for Ballet for Small Spaces
annotated in pencil
pencil and watercolour
49.5 x 40cm
ARR
£100 - £150 £420 View
47 IN THE MANNER OF LIBERTY & CO; AN ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER FRAMED REPOUSSÉ WALL MIRROR
With oval bevelled mirror plate, 72cm wide; 53cm high
£100 - £200 £750 View
48 A SET OF FOUR ART NOUVEAU COPPER DOOR PLATES (QTY)
Early 20th Century
Each with scalloped edges and wider section for a door handle and locking mechanism, 71cm high: Together with a single example decorated with embossed ivy leaves, 68cm high,…
£70 - £100 £150 View

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