Coalport cup and saucer painted with a portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton by Thomas Baxter, estimate £15,000-25,000 at Bonhams.
Bonhams holds a sale on April 23 titled Nelson Forever! A Naval Legacy in Ceramics and Glass.
A highlight of this single-owner collection of Nelson-themed ceramics is this Coalport cup and saucer pictured above, painted with a portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton by Thomas Baxter.
Marks on Coalport cup and saucer painted with a portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton by Thomas Baxter, estimate £15,000-25,000 at Bonhams.
Dated 1804, the year before Trafalgar, this is probably the piece referenced in a letter Nelson wrote to Emma from the Victory on May 27, 1804: ‘Your dear phiz (face) - but not the least like you - on the cup, is safe; but I would not use it, for all the world; for, if it was broke, it would distress me very much.’
The cup and saucer were probably a gift from Emma to Nelson. It is known that Baxter visited Emma at Merton, the Surrey home she shared with Nelson, on multiple occasions where he sketched her from life.
Estimate £15,000-25,000.
Hand-decorated pearlware plate, c.1820, moulded with the façade of a town house inscribed with the name House of Lords, estimate £600-800 at Historical & Collectable.
This rare hand-decorated pearlware plate, c.1820, is moulded with the façade of a town house inscribed with the name House of Lords. At a time when prostitution was rife in London, this plate cheekily draws a parallel between the House of Lords in Westminster and houses of ill repute in fashionable Covent Garden.
It is expected to bring £600-800 at the sale of commemoratives at Historical & Collectable in Reading on April 23.
Fairground carousel timber horse, estimate €500-700 at Irish auction house Lynes & Lynes.
The contents auction at Irish auction house Lynes & Lynes on April 20 includes this old fairground carousel timber horse, about 4ft 3in (1.3m) long. It is estimated at €500-700 by the Co Cork saleroom.
Malvern School Arts & Crafts period wall clock, estimate £3000-5000 at Busby.
This 2ft 2in (28cm) Malvern School Arts & Crafts period wall clock is set with four polychrome enamels by Alexander Fisher and a series of white metal mounts to the face and hinges. It has a guide of £3000-5000 at Busby in Bridport on April 18.
This large white ironstone ‘butcher’s shop’ display slab for Margarine has a central crest for William Parnall & Co. of 43 Dutton Street, Manchester. It has a guide of £350-450 at Watsons in Heathfield, East Sussex, on April 18.
Early to mid-19th century carnelian intaglio pendant set in an archaeological revival-style gold mount, estimate £4000-6000 at Woolley & Wallis.
This fine early to mid-19th century carnelian intaglio pendant set in an archaeological revival style gold mount is signed Berini. The signature is that of the Italian gem-engraver Antonio Berini (1770-1861), who studied with Giovanni Pichler in Rome and also worked in Milan.
At the Woolley & Wallis jewellery sale on April 24-25, it is expected to bring £4000-6000.
Abstract Composition with Circular Forms in Brown and Mauve by Gillian Ayres, estimate £2000-4000 at Halls.
The timed online Modern and Contemporary Art sale at Halls of Shrewsbury which ends on April 23 includes this work by Gillian Ayres (1930-2018).
Abstract Composition with Circular Forms in Brown and Mauve is an oil on paper, signed and dated ‘61 lower left, 2ft 6in x 20in (76.5 x 51cm).
From a private collection, it was purchased from The Molton Gallery, London - label present.
Estimate £2000-4000.
William IV period gilt bronze carriage timepiece, estimate £4000-6000 at Stamford Auctions Rooms.
This William IV period gilt bronze carriage timepiece, c.1835, is signed to the back plate Viner & Co, No 233 Regent Street. The subsidiary dials are for the seconds and a calendar.
Offered with its original key and travelling case, it has expectations of £4000-6000 at Stamford Auctions Rooms in Lincolnshire on April 27.
New Zealand rugby shirt originally worn by All Black Don Clarke, estimate £1500-3500 at Mullock Jones.
A New Zealand rugby shirt originally worn by All Black Don Clarke which has been found in an attic in Yorkshire is coming up for auction on April 24-25.
The No 1 full back jersey was worn by Clarke in the Twickenham international against England in January 1964. It was exchanged with opposite number that day John Willcox, who made 16 appearances for England and was also the leading points scorer on the British Lions tour to South Africa in 1962.
DB Clarke, nicknamed ‘The Boot’ for his kicking prowess both at goal and from the hand, was instrumental in the All Blacks’ victory over England in the 1964 game, knocking over two penalties and a conversion in a 14-0 win.
Estimated at £1500-3500, the shirt is being sold by Shropshire saleroom Mullock Jones as part of Willcox’s collection of international jerseys. Clarke’s socks from the game are also being auctioned.
Late Victorian turquoise and seed pearl necklace stamped to the pendant CG for Carlo Giuliano, estimate £2000-3000 at Mallams.
This late Victorian turquoise and seed pearl necklace is stamped to the pendant CG for Carlo Giuliano. Housed in a fitted retailer’s case for Parkes, London, it is expected to bring £2000-3000 as part of the jewellery offering at Mallams in Oxford on April 24-25.
Coots in Winter Reeds watercolour by Winifred Austen, estimate £200-300 at Anderson & Garland.
Estimated at £200-300 in The Pictures Auction at Anderson & Garland of Newcastle upon Tyne on April 25 is this watercolour by Winifred Austen (1899-1964). Coots in Winter Reeds is a signed watercolour, measuring 9½ x 13in (24 x 33cm) in its frame.
Script for Friends episode 24, The One with Ross’s Wedding Part 2, one of two to be sold without reserve at Gary Don.
The sale of two original scripts from American TV comedy Friends at Hertfordshire auction house Hansons Ross in January made the headlines.
On April 23 Leeds saleroom Gary Don is offering another two scripts from the programme. The cast scripts (to be sold separately) are for episode 24, The One with Ross’s Wedding Part 2, with the famous scene when Ross accidentally says Rachel’s name at his wedding to Emily. This was filmed in the UK.
Also on offer, as a single lot, are a full script, set designs and full storyboard from Harry Potter film The Prisoner of Azkaban and designs from The Chamber of Secrets.
All these items are to be sold without reserve. They have all come from the family of a member of the industry who worked on these films.
Art Deco poster design produced by George Hamel for the Monaco Grand Prix, estimate £15,000-20,000 at Lyon & Turnbull.
Original printings of two of the most reproduced of all automotive posters come for sale at Lyon & Turnbull this month.
The April 24 auction of Travel & Vintage Posters in London includes the Art Deco designs produced by George Hamel (1900-72) for the Monaco Grand Prix in 1934 and 1935. They share the sale’s highest estimate at £15,000-20,000 apiece.
Hamel, who went by the pseudonym, Geo Ham, was commissioned by race organiser Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) with the posters printed by Monegasque of Monte-Carlo.
The 1935 poster, pictured here, which depicts a shining aluminium Mercedes-Benz W25 out front, proved prophetic.
A tight race on April 22 was dominated by Mercedes and Alfa-Romeo, with Luigi Fagioli - the Abuzzi Robber - taking the flag in his W25B just over 31 seconds ahead of René Dreyfus in his Alfa-Romeo P3.
