Metalwork from a single-owner collection of Arts & Crafts at Catherine Southon: a lidded jug worked with a pair of facing dragons (estimate £80-120); two trays with scrolling floral decoration and three cylindrical vases with floral bands (estimate £100-150); wrought iron and copper fire screen (estimate £80-120); watering can stamped for J&F Pool of Hyde (estimate £100-150).
The sale held by Catherine Southon at the Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey on April 26-27 includes a single-owner collection of Arts & Crafts metalwork.
The late owner, who lived locally, bought pieces across the discipline but was particularly drawn to the hammered copper wares made in centres such as Newlyn and Keswick.
Several pieces (pictured above) were made by students at the Keswick School of Industrial Art including a lidded jug worked with a pair of facing dragons (estimate £80-120), two trays with scrolling floral decoration and three cylindrical vases with floral bands (estimate £100-150). The wrought iron and copper fire screen (unmarked) is guided at £80-120 while the watering can, stamped for J&F Pool of Hyde, is guided at £100-150.
An oak chest of drawers by Arthur Simpson, c.1910, estimate £1500-2500 at Lyon & Turnbull.
Many Arts & Crafts pieces can be found in the Design since 1860 sale at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on April 19, including this oak chest of drawers by Arthur Simpson, c.1910, estimate £1500-2500.
A silver cup and cover by CR Ashbee, London 1898, estimate £2000-3000 at Woolley & Wallis.
The Silver & Objects of Vertu sales at Woolley Wallis on April 18-19 features a range of Arts & Crafts pieces including this 8in (20cm) silver cup and cover by CR Ashbee, London 1898, estimate £2000-3000.
Four silver boxes: three are Guild of Handicraft with estimates ranging from £1000 to £2000, the other is by WH Haseler and marked for Birmingham 1912 with an estimate of £700-1000 at Dawsons.
The sale at Dawsons in Berkshire on June 28 entitled Decorative Arts & Design: 1860 and Beyond includes these four silver boxes, three are Guild of Handicraft with estimates ranging from £1000 to £2000, the other is by WH Haseler and marked for Birmingham 1912 with an estimate of £700-1000.
