MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Portrait of a boy wearing a white tunic and cap
signed with initials 'M. M.' (lower left)
watercolour and white
28.5 x 19cm
(unframed)
together with two other watercolours by the same hand; Portrait…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Durban Docks
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe 50' (lower right) and titled (to mount)
watercolour
20.5 x 16cm
(unframed)
together with three other watercolour by the same hand; Harvesting Bananas, 36.5…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Zanzibar
signed 'M Metcalfe' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
watercolour
31 x 23cm
(unframed)
Exhibited
Natal Society of Artists
together with six other watercolour by the same hand; The Old…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Sitting for a portrait
black and white chalk
24 x 32cm
(unframed)
together with six pastels by the same hand; A tribal mask, 31 x 24cm; A village street, 23 x 32cm; The porch of a house, 38 x 28cm; A…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (9)
The Little Fruit Shop, Zanzibar
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe Feb 36' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
pastel
37 x 29cm
(unframed)
together with eight other pastels of African scenes by the same…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£25
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of a boy seated
watercolour and pencil
28 x 19cm
(unframed)
together with six other watercolour studies of people, the largest 23 x 28cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£35
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of an African soldier
pencil
34 x 21.5cm
(unframed)
together with six other studies of people in pencil, watercolour and pen and ink, the largest 46 x 25cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Yoa Dancer and Singer, Minstrel
inscribed (lower left and right)
watercolour and pencil
28 x 18.5cm
(unframed)
together with five watercolours and one pencil study of African people, the largest 31 x…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
Gypsy with a rabbit and bird
insribed 'gypsy' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
27.5 x 15cm
(unframed)
together with four other watercolour and pencil studies of gypsies, the largest 30.5 x 21cm, …
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
THREE GOLD AND SILVER DISC AWARDS FOR ROBERT PLANT, BAD COMPANY AND JIMMY…
Modern
A gold disc for ‘Dangerous Age’, 1989, and for ‘Coverdale Page’ 1993, as well as a silver disc for ‘Walking Into Clarksdale’, 1998, all framed with the largest 42.5cm x 53cm; Together with a…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £100 - £150
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED VERDE ANTICO MARBLE PEDESTAL COLUMN
20th Century
With square display plinth, numbered and stamped initials A.G, foliated capital, on square section base, 102cm high
Condition report: This probably dates more generally into the 20th Century, probably late 20th Century. The quality of the casting to the column is relatively good and a lacquer applied to the…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
A SHIRAZ RUG, SOUTH PERSIAN
The shaped madder field with three stepped medallions, indigo spandrels each with a single ivory medallion all with floral motifs and birds, an ivory floral spray border 250cm x 183cm, circa 1960
Condition: Good however a little rucking and small area of re-weave and moth damage
Estimate: £80 - £120
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
6 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURES OF A LEMON SELLER AND A PASTRY SELLER …
The porcelain circa 1755, the ormolu 19th century
The lemon seller modelled by F.Meyer with a man with an apron full of flowers, the pastry seller from the `Cris de Paris' series, modelled by J.J.…
Lemon seller- restoration to little finger of left hand. Restoration and chip along left side of puce apron.Very minor chips to flowers and leaves. Minor wear to the gildingPastry seller- repaired…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH BANK NOTES (18)
Comprising; one ten pound note, J.B. Page Chief Cashier, one five pound note J.B. Page Chief Cashier, five one pound notes, K Peppiatt, three further one pound notes, differing issues and eight ten…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 July 2024
, 16:00 BST
18 July 2024
, 16:00 BST
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong…
The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm.…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
ALBUM - An album of crests, monograms and other decorative armorial…
ALBUM - An album of crests, monograms and other decorative armorial devices laid down on c.80 vellum leaves, some with "key" leaves on the adjacent page identifying the families, regiments,…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur…
ALEXANDER III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies. Alexander III et l' Impératrice Marie Féodorovna…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on…
AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The…
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London,…
BAWDEN Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in An English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by Edward Bawden with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington. London: "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949.…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
[BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] - Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th…
[BELL, Vanessa (1879-1961)] - [Exhibition Catalogue:] Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Nov. 8th to Jan. 15th 1910-11. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Under Revision). London: Ballantyne & Company Ltd [for…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the…
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. In a Series of Letters to a Friend. To which is added, a…
Hammer price:
£4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues. London: Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614]. Small 4to in 8s …
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves,…
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, written on the rectos only, both leaves with wide painted decorative armorial, allegorical and foliate borders, one…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST