The Troika face mask shown here, estimated at £400-600, is from an ongoing private collection consignment being dispersed by Devon saleroom Rendells.
The Troika face mask shown above is from an ongoing private collection consignment being dispersed by Devon saleroom Rendells.
One side depicts a stylised Aztec face, the other a similarly stylised African face with textured and muted paint finish. The mask has a painted Troika mark to the base and painter’s monogram. With a re-glued chip to a corner, it is estimated at £400-600 in the February 16-17 auction in Ashburton.
Other items include a large 1960s Troika St Ives double bass vase guided at £200-400 and a ‘Nicholson’ pottery plaque estimated at £400-600.
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A set of coronation robes belonging to Lord and Lady Cross, 1901 and later, consigned from the Cross family, by direct descent, estimate £1000-1500 at Dominic Winter.
The coronation of Charles III is on May 6 but a reminder of earlier pomp and ceremony is coming up at Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter on March 9.
A set of coronation robes belonging to Lord and Lady Cross, 1901 and later, has been consigned from the Cross family, by direct descent.
The lot comprises a viscount’s crimson velvet robe, and silver gilt coronet hallmarked R&S Garrard, 1901, and a viscountess’ crimson velvet kirtle and mantle, and silver gilt coronet hallmarked Edward Barnard, 1936.
The robe and coronet were worn by Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902 and possibly again at the coronation of George V in 1911.
Both sets of robes and coronets were worn at the coronation of George VI in 1937, by the 3rd Viscount, Assheton Henry Cross (1920- 2004), when he was only 17, and his mother, Maud Evelyn Cross (1889- 1976), the 3rd Viscount having inherited the title as a minor aged 12.
Both sets of coronation robes were worn again at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, by the 3rd Viscount and his wife Patricia Mary Cross (1928-2014).
Estimate £1000-1500.
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This painting by the renowned artist-plantsman Cedric Morris is estimated at £10,000-15,000 in the Art & Design sale at Cheffins.
This painting by the renowned artist-plantsman Cedric Morris is estimated at £10,000-15,000 in the Art & Design sale at Cheffins of Cambridge on February 23, dating from the late 1940s.
In 1937, Morris and his partner Arthur Lett-Haines started their most ambitious project: the establishment of the East Anglian School of Art. Initially located in Dedham, Essex, the school was moved to a 16th century farmhouse, near Hadleigh in Suffolk called Benton End in 1938.
Lucy Harwood was one of the first artists to join the group in 1937, aged 43, and was one of the school’s longest-serving students. Over a period of years, she acquired and was gifted a number of paintings by Lett-Haines and Morris. On Harwood’s death in 1972, however, the large majority of the paintings were returned to Morris and Lett-Haines, though the present lot was left with Harwood’s family.
The unframed oil on board depicts the farm buildings at Benton End on one side, and a floral still-life on the other attributed to Morris.
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A collection of 32 letters and cards written by Diana, Princess of Wales to two friends comes for sale at Lay’s estimated from £800-1200 to £5000-10,000.
A collection of 32 letters and cards written by Diana, Princess of Wales to two friends comes for sale at Lay’s in Penzance as part of an Antiques & Interiors sale on February 16.
To be sold in individual lots, the letters were penned by Diana to Susie and Tarek Kassem, who she first met in August 1995. The Kassems have kept some of their more personal and confidential letters but the content of some of these does touch on the enormous stress Diana experienced during periods of very public heartbreak. They have estimates of between £800-1200 to £5000-10,000 with the proceeds going to charities.
In 2021 Lay’s sold a collection of nearly 40 letters and cards written by the Princess of Wales to a close family friend in 1990-97.
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A Lake, Dunwich, by John Nash, estimate £6000-8000 at Tayler & Fletcher.
Tayler & Fletcher’s Fine Art & Antiques Sale on February 16 will include A Lake, Dunwich, by John Nash (1893-1977). The watercolour, signed and dated 1948, measures 16½ x 22½in (42.5 x 57.5cm) and is estimated at £6000-8000.
The work was painted when Nash and his artist friend, Edward Bawden, visited Dunwich (the former port capital of the East Angles and one-time rotten borough in Suffolk) in 1948.
The vendor’s grandfather, who was also a good friend of Nash, bought the painting at a Hamet Gallery exhibition in London in 1970 and it is one of several from his collection. This is the first time the painting has been on the market since 1970.
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Late 19th century Ottoman/Albanian red velvet long robe, on offer with an estimate of £200-300 at Tennants.
The John Newall Collection is one of three single-owner groups up for auction in Tennants’ Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale on February 11.
As well as a vividly colourful array of South American textiles in the form of over 200 molas, highly decorated fabric panels that were sewn onto blouses, Newell’s items include a selection of traditional Albanian costume, collected on his travels in the late 1950s.
His interest in the country was sparked when his was given articles of Albanian costume that had been collected by his great-grandfather when he worked in Corfu in the mid-19th century.
The collection includes exuberantly embroidered waistcoats embellished with gold braid and trim, such as this late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian red velvet long robe, on offer with an estimate of £200-300.
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Handwritten personal correspondence from Philip Larkin to his cousin in Lichfield is coming up for auction at the Richard Winterton saleroom in the city, estimated at £300-500.
Handwritten personal correspondence from Philip Larkin to his cousin in Lichfield is coming up for auction in the city, estimated at £300-500.
The archive goes under the hammer at Richard Winterton’s Fine Art Sale on February 15 at The Lichfield Auction Centre.
It includes one of the final Christmas cards Larkin would have sent, postmarked December 17, 1984 – he died the following year on December 2 aged 63.
The correspondence to his cousin Vera Thorpe nee Larkin came to light after being discovered in an attic in Sutton Coldfield. It begins with a letter from 1977 to an address in Beacon Street, Lichfield, signed ‘Philip (Larkin)’.
The others were all sent in the early 1980s to a home in Longstaff Croft, Lichfield, and are simply signed ‘Philip’.
Although he was born in Coventry, Larkin’s father Sydney’s family had lived in Lichfield since the 18th century, trading as tailors, coach-builders and shoe-makers, and the poet continued an association with the city until his death.
As well as the letters and cards, the lot includes a first edition of the book Required Writing – Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 signed by another Larkin cousin, Edgar; a photograph of Thorpe holding said book; an order of service for Larkin’s memorial at Westminster Abbey on February 14, 1986; and a ticket stub from the Lichfield Festival celebration of Larkin in July that year.
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Previously unrecorded mid-18th oil portrait of Governor of New York, Charles Le Hardy, estimate £2500-3500 at Reeman Dansie.
Featuring in Reeman Dansie’s February 14-15 Fine Art sale is this previously unrecorded mid-18th oil portrait of Governor of New York, Charles Le Hardy (1718-80).
Born into a notable Jersey seafaring family, Charles rose rapidly through the Royal Navy ranks and was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet in 1779.
He was Governor of New York from 1755-57, during a difficult period of heightened tensions and rebellion in the colony.
This portrait is by family descent from the sitter and is estimated at £2500-3500.
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Bonhams offers 38 pieces attributed to Christopher Dresser in the David Bonsall collection including this version of the conical sugar bowl, c.1885, made by Elkington & Co, estimate £15,000-20,000.
David Bonsall has been window dresser, clothing trader, supplier to film and television, decorative arts dealer and collector, record shop owner and DJ.
Appropriately he has chosen Unity in Variety as the title for the sale of his collection at Bonhams in London on February 14.
The 360-lot sale reflects a life-long interest in ground-breaking designers who push the boundaries. Bonsall has long been a keen admirer of the 19th century designer Christopher Dresser (1834-1904): “Dresser for me is the great pioneer. His ability to consider all aspects of design and the variety of mediums in which he was able to work is astonishing.”
The sale offers 38 pieces attributed to Dresser including this version of the celebrated conical sugar bowl, c.1885 made by Elkington & Co. It has an estimate of £15,000-20,000.
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Greek terracotta black figure lekythos from the early 5th century BC, estimate £200-400 at McTear’s.
McTear’s sale titled A Cabinet of Curiosities in Glasgow on February 22 includes this 8in (19cm) high ancient Greek terracotta black figure lekythos from the early 5th century BC. Decorated with a warrior, probably Achilles, with attendants preparing for battle, it bears the artist’s signature of three dots to the base.
Acquired from an accredited member of the Antiquities Dealers Association, it has a guide of £200-400.
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A letter written by Claude Monet to his Paris landlord is on offer at Chiswick Auctions estimated at £4000-6000.
A letter written by Claude Monet to his Paris landlord, apologising for an outsize painting stored for almost 20 years, is on offer at Chiswick Auctions’ sale of Autographs and Memorabilia on February 14.
The two-page handwritten letter was penned from Monet’s home at Giverny on January 10, 1884 enquiring after his unfinished early painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe. It is expected to bring £4000-6000.
The young Monet had hoped his version of Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe – a reposte to the 1863 work of the same title by Édouard Manet – would be ready in time for exhibition in 1866 but ultimately it remained unfinished and today only a central and left panel survive.
After moving to Giverny, Monet wrote to his landlord Alexandre Flament saying: “I have meant to write to you for a long time about my belongings that are still with you and especially about my large painting that is probably very troublesome for you because of its size. Can you please be so kind as to give me news about the painting because I am now better paid here and I believe it would be possible for me to relieve you from keeping it.’
Monet did get the picture back. A photograph taken in 1920 shows the artist with Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe in his studio at Giverny.
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Pair of French Egyptian revival bronze and gilt busts after models by Pierre-Eugene Emile Herbert, estimate €1500-2500 at Adam’s in Dublin.
The At Home sale conducted by Adam’s in Dublin on February 14 includes, estimated at €1500-2500, this pair of French Egyptian revival bronze and gilt busts after models by Pierre-Eugene Emile Herbert (1828-93).
Each stand 15in (37cm) high on stepped square plinth bases.
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Early 20th century malachite and ormolu mounted table made in the Louis XVI style, after the model by Adam Weisweiler, estimate £5000-8000 at Curated Auctions.
Curated Auctions holds a sale titled The Classics: Luxury & Splendour in London on February 15.
Some of the lots come from the ‘private collection of a London diplomat’ including this early 20th century malachite and ormolu mounted table made in the Louis XVI style, after the model by Adam Weisweiler.
The estimate is £5000-8000.
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