The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale

Chiswick, W4

Tuesday 28th February 2012 6pm

Featuring the Private Collection of an exceptional Mayfair Residence

Sale Preview

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Cover: 18th century style armchairs with turquoise silk upholstered on carved gilt enriched legs

(estimate £1200-1800), two pairs of impressive ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French man-

ner, each curtain 250cm wide with a 300cm drop (estimate £300-500)

Double page: Two pairs of dramatic ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French manner, trimmed

with gold and black cotton tassels. Each curtain 230cm wide x 300cm drop (estimate £400—

600).

Chiswick, W4

The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale

Featuring the Private Collection of an exceptional Mayfair Residence Tuesday 28th February 2012 6pm

Viewing Dates...

Saturday 25th February 10am-6pm

Sunday 26th February 1oam-6pm

Monday 27th February 10am-6pm

Tuesday 28th February 10am-6pm

This Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale is important to us here at High Road Auctions, not only because it is our first specialist sale of 2012, but also because it marks our first birthday. High Road Auctions officially opened its doors a year ago this week and we have enjoyed many achievements over the past twelve months. We therefore begin this Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale on a buoyant note. The sale features the private collection of an exceptional Mayfair residence with highlights including a magnificent over mantel looking glass designed by Robert Adam c.1774, one of the greatest names in furniture and design (est £3,000-5,000). The Fine Sale also features a varied selection of fine art featur-ing Jan van Doust, Robert Vernet-Bonfort, Daniel Kedar and Marcel Parturier and a range of ceramics, silver and furniture. This sale preview catalogue will give you a early look at some of the stand out items and a chance to learn more about key pieces. There is something to suit every pocket with prices from £30 upwards. We hope you enjoy the sale and thank you for your continued support for this past year. Kind regards, Andrew Polnik Auctioneer & Valuer

Introduction...

Lady Derby’s Looking Glass

An over mantel looking glass designed by Robert Adam c.1774

Of Adam Neo-classical style, c.1774

A polychrome three divisional rectangular over mantel mirror with cherubs, eagle and urn cresting - the mirror plates flanked by carytid style female figures joined by ribbon and rush swags,

194cm wide, 198 cm high

Estimate £3,000-5,000

Provenance:

Lady Derby’s Dressing Room, Derby House Grosvenor Square

Duke of Cleveland, Battle Abbey, East Sussex

A Mayfair residence

Literature:

James Lomax, Lady Derby’s Looking Glass, ‘Journal of the Furniture History Society’ (1985), p. 235

James Greig ed. The Diaries of a Duchess, 1926

‘The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair’, The Survey of London, 1980

Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, ed. W.S Lewis, 1965

“It was one of Adam’s most successfully

planned London houses” James Lomax on Derby House,

This exquisite mirror is a highlight of

the Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale not

only because of its exceptional quality and

eminent history, but because of the

wonderful journey it has been on from its

original home to be offered for sale today.

It is remarkable to discover that in over two

hundred years, this neo-classical over

mantel mirror that began life in one part of

London’s Mayfair has been displayed in a

residence only a few streets away.

An original Adam piece, the mirror

was made from the design of the renowned

architect and furniture designer, to be hung

over the fire place in Lady Derby’s Dressing

Room in Derby House, Grosvenor Square.

Adam began work on the house in 1772 and

it became a distinctive reflection of his ele-

gant and classical style. His plans show

that Lady Derby’s separate apartment was

comprised of her Dressing Room, Bed-

room, Closet, three drawing rooms and an

ante-room. The Drawing Room can be

seen in Fig.2 which illustrates dramatic

arches and columns in the Etruscan style.

Fig. 1 Derby House, Drawing, 1774, ‘Chimney Piece for the Bow Dressing Room’. The design for the mirror can be seen on the right.

“this room was a particular source of pride

to the architect [Adam]” James Lomax on Lady Derby ‘s Apartment,

The looking glass highlights a variety

of distinctive features of Adam’s neo-

classical designs. The frame is supported

by two caryatid figures resting on tapered

columns. In the centre the glass is

surrounded by a border with alternate gilt

anthemion and calyx motifs, echoing the

Etruscan theme of Lady Derby’s apartment.

Two smaller panels flanking the main body

contain the original glass. The cresting

depicts an eagle on a central oval flanked by

two putti holding garlands which link ele-

gantly to the figures below.

The final arrangements of the mirror

are attributed to carver and gilder Sefferin

Nelson of Marshal Street, Golden Square.

Also a well-known figure in furniture, he

worked with Adam at Shelburne House,

Berkeley Square, and with Henry Holland

at Spencer House, St. James.

Fig. 2 Derby House, Inside View of the third Drawing Room… Engraving by Benedetto Pastorini after Robert Adam, 1773 . The mirror can be seen in the

room through the arches.

The mirror remained in Derby House

when the 14th Earl of Derby sold his

lease to the Dowager Duchess of

Cleveland in 1851, but was moved to

Battle Abbey, the residence of the 5th

Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess’s heir,

when Derby House was demolished

eleven years later. It was displayed in

the Drawing Room in Battle Abbey

where it remained until its sale by the

Battle Abbey Trustees in 1978. The cur-

rent owners have displayed the mirror

proudly at the centre of their Mayfair

apartment, mere streets away from

where its story began.

Fig. 3 Interior of a drawing room at Battle Abbey, East Sussex, photograph c.1910.

The mirror can be seen on the left under the arch.

This page: 18th century style armchairs with turquoise silk upholstered

on carved gilt enriched legs (estimate £1,200-1,800), two pairs of im-

pressive ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French manner, each curtain

250cm wide with a 300cm drop (estimate £300-500) and a glamorous

lead crystal six branch chandelier smothered with swags and pendants

(estimate £800 - 1,200).

Still lifes…...

Beautiful still

lifes to fill your

home with

colour...

The following pages illustrate a small selection of the fine art included in the Fine

Art & Selected Antiques Sale. We have a varied range of fine art from different

periods, artists & styles, so there will be something to interest everyone.

Jan Van Doust (Dutch, 19th Century) (2) A pair of flower still lifes. One signed indistinctly, both framed in gilt frames with the artist’s name. Oil on canvas. Each 59cm x 49cm Estimate £800-1,200

Betty Swanwick RA (British, 1915 – 1989) Still life of fruits and plants Oil on canvas, framed Estimate £100-200

Landscapes...

Marmaduke A. Langdale (British, 1840–1905) Extensive country landscape, 1899 Signed and dated 1899. Oil on canvas, framed. 45cm x 75cm Estimate £600-1,000

Carel Weight RA (British 1908—1997)

A London Park with figures

Oil on canvas in original frame

Estimate £600—1,000

Charles Lacoste (French, 1870-1959) Fishermen Signed bottom left Oil on panel, framed. 35cm x 45cm Estimate £800-1,200

Marcel Parturier (French 1901-1976). Benodet Signed bottom left. Oil on panel, framed 27cm x 34cm Estimate £500-800

In the circle of Claude Vernet (French 1714—1789)

Mediterranean Harbour Scene

Oil on canvas, framed

Estimate £4,000—5,000

Provenance:

Formerly in the Castle Bagot Collection

Charles Henderson Cooper (British 1803—1877)

The Night Mail

Monogrammed on the door of the coach

Oil on canvas, framed

Estimate £1,000—1,5000

Provenance:

Formerly in a private West Country collection

Picture perfect

portraits...

Circle of Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Portrait of a nobleman in a red coat Oil on canvas, framed 78cm x 62cm Estimate £1,200-1,800

Continental, Late 19th / 20th century After Bronzino’s painting of Bia de Medici Oil on canvas laid down on board, framed Estimate £800—1,200

Heavy

metals...

Large Continental silver Chanukiah Menorah

candelabrum of customary form on panelled

stem and raised octagonal base with leaf and

scroll borders all on four scrolling supports

Estimate £1,000—1,500

A Continental silver fruit dish shaped oval with

pierced and scrolling side handles, the sides

profusely decorated with floral clusters and

leaves all on four pierced scrolling supports

Estimate £400—600

An impressive spot hammered Continental

silver fruit bowl with applied clusters of

fruits and berries with gilt wash interior on

circular spreading base

Estimate £1,000—1,500

A Continental silver fruit dish, shaped oval

the lobed sides chased with floral clusters and

with geroll border on four pierced shell and

scroll supports

Estimate £500—700

Left: An assortment of filled silver modelled fruit and

vegetables

Estimate £600—1,000

We are collecting many silver items for the sale.

Here is a small selection of what will be included.

The sale also includes over 400

lots of exceptional furniture,

ceramics, jewellery, clocks &

more fine art and silver.

We are still accepting items for

sale until Sunday 19th February,

so contact us for a free valuation

if you are interested in

consigning items.

We look forward to seeing you

for viewing & at the auction!

Chiswick, W4