Country House sale in North Yorkshire
Over 700 lots of paintings, ceramics, glass, works of art, furniture, rugs and more will be offered in a Country House Sale in North Yorkshire next month.
Tennants Auctioneers said that good private collections will add an extra dimension to the sale, with The Selected Contents of Eden Lacy, Lazonby, from the estate of Victor Gubbins. Highlights of this collection include a 19th-century Qajar Fritware large tile, estimated at £300-500; a depiction of Lucretia in the Manner of Guido Reni, estimated at £400-600, and a Regency rosewood, brass-inlaid and gilt-metal-mount circular breakfast table, estimated at £300-500. Further pieces from the collection will be offered in the Spring Fine Week sales on March 15.
An interesting group of treen from a private collection will be offered in the Works of Art section of the sale. Comprising wonderfully patinated items from the 18th and 19th centuries, highlights of the collection include a mid-19th-century Welsh fruitwood love spoon, estimated at £400-600; an early 19th century treen pistol snuff box, estimated at £400-600, and an 18th-century and later turned wood wassail cup, cover and stand, estimated at £500-700. Also coming up in the section are a Private Collection of Artist’s Boxes, and a range of animal bronzes by David Cemmick (b. 1955); amongst the bronzes are La Chase, A Bronze of a Running Wild Boar, estimated at £800-1,200; and a cold painted bronze of a gyr falcon, estimated at £6,000-8,000. The sculpture is a portrait of Sheikh Bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s favourite falcon, ‘No1’, created after Cemmick was invited to Abu Dhabi to draw the Sultan’s falcons at his Sweihan Falconry training ground in the Al Ain desert in 2000.
A good body of sporting and ornithological works lead the Pictures section of the sale, which also offers portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Interesting lots include Thomas Rounding on Spankaway” after Abraham Cooper (1787-1868), estimated at £200-400; a Pair of Costal Capriccios in the Manner of Antonio Joli (1700-1777), estimate of £800-1,200; and a selection of works by notable Scottish artist William Miller Frazer (1864-1961) from a private collection, including Sheep in a Moorland Pasture with an estimate of £200-300.
A selection of good furnishing rugs is also on offer. A Kazak rug made in the Central Caucasus circa 1890 will be sold with an estimate of £400-600, a Caucasian Soumakh from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with an estimate of £400-600, and a South Caucasian rug from circa 1910 with an estimate of £400-600.
One of the earliest clocks in the sale is an oak thirty hour alarm hooded wall clock, signed Whitehurst, Derby; made circa 1800, it is estimated to sell for £300-400. Dating from later in the 19th century is a burr walnut mantel timepiece, signed Simmons, Stoke Newington, circa 1850, estimated at £300-500 and a French patinated bronze striking elephant mantel clock, late 19th century, estimate of £300-500. Also of note is a French ormolu and white marble striking mantel clock garniture with floral cherub three-branch candelabra, estimated at £400-600; and a 1970s Lucite “Marina” mantel timepiece by Jaeger LeCoultre, estimate of £300-500.
A tranche of 18th-century Delft from the Mobbs Collection will be offered in the Ceramics section, along with a selection of 18th-century English porcelain in polychrome and blue and white. Notable lots include a Chelsea porcelain scent bottle, circa 1755, estimate of £700-1,000 and a Chelsea porcelain figure of a gardener, circa 1760-5, estimated at £100-150. A cross-section of British and European ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries, including a group of Spode porcelain in pattern 1166 comprising a pastille burner and cover and a miniature potpourri pedestal urn, estimate of £150-250. A good pair of Wedgwood Jasper twin-handled urns and covers from the 19th century will be offered with an estimate of £300-500.
Good early oak will feature amongst the furniture in the sale, a category of collecting increasing in popularity in recent years. Further interesting furnishing pieces on offer include a near pair of George IV reclining armchairs, stamped R Daws Patent, from the second quarter of the 19th century, estimated at £1,000-1,500; a Queen Anne walnut, oyster-veneered and tracery-strung straight-front chest on stand, estimated at £700-1,000; and a George III mahogany-framed hump-back sofa from the late 18th century, estimate of £500-800. Also of interest is a pair of Victorian mahogany and stained pine pharmacy display cabinets, from the 3rd quarter of the 19th century, estimated at £600-800. The pair of cabinets is stencilled ‘The Guildhall Pharmacy, 3 St Giles Street, Norwich’.