DOUGLAS CHANDOR (BRITISH, 1897-1953)
Portrait of Rowland Burdon-Muller
signed and dated 'DOUGLAS CHANDOR 1921' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name (upper left)
oil on canvas
71 x 58.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall,…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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REGINALD GRENVILLE EVES (BRITISH, 1876-1941)
Portrait of Cecily Mary Severne (nee Burdon-Muller)
signed 'R. G. Eves (upper right) and inscribed with sitter's and artist's names (on canvas return)
oil on canvas
51 x 40cm
Provenance
Shakenhurst…
Condition ReportOriginal canvas. The paint surface is dirty and there is a horizontal surface abrasion, lower left. Ultraviolet reveals no sign of retouching.
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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NEVILLE STEPHEN LYTTON (BRITISH, 1879-1951)
Portrait of Cecily Mary Severne (nee Burdon-Muller), wife of Edmund Charles Wigley Severne
signed with initials 'NSL' (lower left) and dated '1930' (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 x 50cm
Provenance…
Condition reportOriginal canvas; surface abrasions to corners and above sitter's head; scattered surface dirt; no sign of retouching under ultraviolet.
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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WILFRID BLUNT (BRITISH, 1901-1987)
Portrait of Michael Meysey Wigley Severne
signed and dated 'Blunt 1940' (lower right)
oil on board
52.5 x 35.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please…
FootnoteArtist, teacher, writer and curator, Wilfrid Blunt was born in Ham, Surrey. His brother was the art historian and spy Anthony Blunt. He began to paint in childhood, left Oxford University…
Hammer price:
£1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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IRMA STERN (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1894-1966)
Arum Lilies
signed and dated ‘Irma Stern 1936’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
77.5 x 57.5cm
Provenance
Sir William Clark (1876-1952) British High Commissioner to South Africa 1935-1939,…
FootnoteSir William Clark opened the 1938 Irma Stern Exhibition (see photo of exhibition invitation) and his family remained in contact with the artist for a number of years after. Stern wrote, in…
Hammer price:
£18,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH, 1891-1915)
Crouching Fawn
originally conceived in 1913; cast circa 1918-1939
bronze
24.5cm high x 30cm wide x 13cm deep
Provenance
Miss Jeanne Courtauld (1909-2003), daughter of Major John 'Jack' Courtauld MC …
Literature
E. Pound, Gaudier Brzeska. A Memoir, London and New York, 1916,
p. 161, (stone version pl. ix), as A Faun, crouching;
H.S. Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska,
London, 1930, p.p. 170, 198 …
Hammer price:
£26,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Venice
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
watercolour, gouache, pencil and pastel
14.5 x 53cm
ARR
Provenance
Laing Galleries, Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada;
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer.…
Condition reportAcidic mount.Undulation to paper.A small piece of loose white gouache to centre.Three small water marks to lower right of centre in grey part of sea.Otherwise appears generally good…
Hammer price:
£3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (BRITISH, 1924-2005)
Forms on a Bow
signed and dated 'Eduardo Paolozzi Dec. 1948.' (lower left)
watercolour
33 x 44cm
ARR
Provenance
Gifted to Rachel Severne, of Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, by the artist, a…
FootnoteThis work relates to Paolozzi's sculpture of the same name, now in The Tate, ref. T00227. Condition ReportThe sheet has light creasing in certain areas, small area of staining above the…
Hammer price:
£1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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A GEORGE III BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY PEAT BUCKET
40cm diameter; 55cm high including handle
Condition report: Inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.Including a tear to the brass band at the bottom. The metal is invariable worn and…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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TWO CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE-ROSE BOWLS AND COVERS (4)
Late 18th/early 19th century
Each enamelled with panels enclosing the `Hundred Antiques' reserved against a green ground with black
scrolling foliage interspersed with pink or blue flowerheads,…
Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2. The interior of one bowl with loss…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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A SMALL CANTON ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER (2)
Blue six character Qianlong mark but probably later
The domed cover painted with a man and two women in a fenced garden, the yellow border painted with peony and reserved with panels enclosing peony…
Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2. Overall in good condition with very…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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A CANTON ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND HEXAGONAL INKWELL, COVER AND LINER
Late 18th/early 19th century
Painted in famille-rose enamels with peony and green leaves and tendrils , inside blue or black scroll borders, 7.5cm high, 11.5cm at widest points (4)
Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2Starcrack to the base of the inkwell.…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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FOUR CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS (4)
19th century
Two painted with a basket of flowers and two painted with flowers and insects, 24cm by 17cm and 17cm by 24cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2Condition- both painting of baskets…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £100 - £150
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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FOUR CHINESE PAINTINGS (4)
Late 19th century
Opaque pigments on paper, each painted with a basket of fruit suspended from a fruiting branch against a blue ground, image 49cm by 47cm., mounted, framed and glazed
Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2Condition- some overall tears and…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PAINTED CLAY FIGURE
First half 19th century
modelled as a man seated looking forward wearing a long blue robe, his hair in a plait of horsehair, the reverse inscribed in black, `HING LOONG, Dealer in Porcelain and…
ProvenanceThe Anthony & Marietta Coleridge CollectionDavid Style, Esq., Wateringbury Place; Christie's House Sale, 31 May-2 June, 1978, lot 196The right hand is a replacement, attached to a cork…
Hammer price:
£3,200
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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A JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE MODEL OF A HAWK
Meiji period
Naturalistically cast with gilt eyes, signed, 22cm high, painted wood plinth base
Each leg has been soldered on and now broken off. One toe has been broken in half. One claw on the other foot is lacking.The ends of three feathers on the right wing are bent . The wood base is not…
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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THE SECOND WORLD WAR AWARDS AND PAPERWORK RELATING TO ANDREW S LAIRD
Including; the 1939-45 Star, the Africa Star, The Italy Star and The War Medal with Army Council Forwarding Slip confirming four awards and box of postage, the further items including, certificates,…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £40 - £60
6 January 2023
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6 January 2023
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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a brown coat
on ivory (ref Q3KA1DJ6)
oval, 46mm high
in a gilt metal frame
Condition reportA spot of staining to the sitter's check and discolouration to pigments on face. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £600 - £800
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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ENGLISH SCHOOL
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a white dress, with a pink shawl and pearls in her hair, possibly Countess Dysart of Ham house
on enamel
65mm high
in a hinged case
Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall,…
Condition reportTiny flecks of staining to paint surface, otherwise sound. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£1,900
Estimate: £80 - £120
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of Henry Osbond Burdon (Died 1850)
on ivory (ref EE14WRAA)
oval, 95mm high
in a gilt metal frame engraved (to the reverse)
together with a portrait miniature of Roland Burdon…
Condition reportMAN - scattered spots of staining to background, otherwise sound. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.BOY - Generally clean and sound, Ultraviolet…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £100 - £150
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of William Muller
on ivory (ref WCZSXPWQ)
oval, 70mm high
in a gilt metal frame engraved with sitter's name (to the reverse)
together with another portrait miniature of William…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £100 - £150
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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JOHN FIELD (BRITISH, 1772-1848) (3)
Portrait miniature silhouette of Henry Osbond Burdon (1815-1875)
signed 'field' (lower left)
on ivory (ref 1C9EG33F)
50mm high
in a gilt metal frame with a lock of hair (to the reverse) and engraved…
ProvenanceShakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2Condition reportHenry Burdon: Minor…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £150 - £250
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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STUDIO OF PIETER MULIER THE YOUNGER, CALLED TEMPESTA (DUTCH, CIRCA 1637…
The Flight into Egypt
oil on canvas
32 x 48.5cm
Footnote
The present work is a version of the composition by Tempesta now at Isola Bella (see M. Rothliesberger, Cavalier Pietro Tempesta and His Time…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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AFTER DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED, IL DOMENICHINO, 17TH CENTURY
The Last Communion of Saint Jerome
oil on canvas
135.5 X 100cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection
Footnote
The present composition is after Domenichino's altarpiece for the church of San…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
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