A 17th century beadwork panel, estimate £3000-5000 at Dominic Winter. View the catalogue for this auction
This particularly fine 17th century beadwork panel (pictured above) has been in the same family for over half a century. Dated c.1660-80 and measuring 13 x 15in (33 x 39cm), it carries an estimate of £3000-5000 at Dominic Winter in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, on November 13.
Images such as this were often copied from printed pattern books, which provided ladies with inspiration for both threadwork and beadwork, for example, Richard Shorleyker's A Schole-House, for the Needle, first published in 1624, A Booke of Beast, Birds, Flowers, Fruits, Flies and Wormes, published by Thomas Johnson in 1630, and Peter Stent's Booke of Flowers, Fruits, Beastes, Birds and Flies, published in 1650.
R2-D2 ‘Toy Toter’ from the American Toy and Furniture Co, estimate £150-200 at C&T. View the catalogue entry
This full-size R2-D2 from the American Toy and Furniture Co ‘Toy Toter’ is actually a storage bin on wheels. The estimate is £150-200 in a Star Wars & Retro Toy Collectibles timed online sale ending on November 9 at Kent auction house C&T. candtauctions.co.uk
A 19th century and later diamond heart ring set with an old pear cut stone, estimate £1500-2500 at Elmwood’s. View the catalogue entry
London jewellery specialist Elmwood’s is conducting a without-reserve sale of a private collection on November 6. Some fine antique pieces include this 19th century and later diamond heart ring set with an old pear cut stone of approximately 2.34cts.
Estimate £1500-2500.
Jiaqing vase of double gourd ‘nine dragon’ type, estimate £4000-6000 at Woolley & Wallis. View the catalogue entry
Jiaqing vases of this double gourd ‘nine dragon’ type are extremely rare and only a handful of other comparables are known. However, this 11in (27cm) vase, bearing a six-character seal market for the period 1796-1820, is the second Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury has offered this year on behalf of the descendants of collector Sir Richard Henry Chenevix Trench (1876-1954). Its pair made £72,000 in May.
Trench spent much of his life in India, first as a soldier and later as the first British officer to serve on the Executive Council in Hyderabad.
Four pieces will be offered by his family on November 11, with this vase estimated at £4000-6000.
Portrait of Suffolk industrialist George Elmer by John Constable, estimate £10,000-12,000 at Sworders. View the catalogue entry
This no-nonsense half-length portrait of Suffolk industrialist George Elmer in a dark coat and buff waistcoat was painted in 1804 by John Constable (1776-1837).
Elmer and Golding Constable (the artist’s father) were business associates and the portrait was probably painted to foster good relations between the two families. Elmer’s son (also George) bought a wharf five miles downstream from Flatford Mill used by Constable family ships when transporting flour to London.
A letter from Constable’s sister Ann on March 16, 1811, mentions the picture. It says: “Old Mr Elmer, whose picture you painted long ago, died this week. [His daughter] Mrs Lewis is so happy she has it as it is such a likeness of her father.”
The picture descended in the Lewis family until 1969. It was last sold at Sworders in 2006 and returns to the Stansted Mountfitchet rooms on November 11 with a guide of £10,000-12,000.
Commonwealth oak or chestnut casket or writing box, estimate £2000-3000 at Mellors & Kirk. View the catalogue entry
This Commonwealth oak or chestnut casket or writing box is inlaid in bone with a tablet inscribed with the initials IE EB 1650.
Although rare, one or two other examples of this form are recorded in the literature on early English furniture including another in Victor Chinnery’s Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (1999).
This piece comes for sale at Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham on November 6-7 by descent from Colonel Sir Edward Geoffrey Hippisley-Cox (1884-1954), Parliamentary Agent of Westminster and Gournay Court, West Harptree, Somerset.
Estimate £2000-3000.
Late 19th century Grand Tour gold and lava cameo bracelet in its original Garrard & Co of Regent Street case, estimate £700-1000 at Stamford Auction Rooms. View the catalogue entry
This late 19th century Grand Tour gold and lava cameo bracelet comes in its original Garrard & Co of Regent Street case. Each of the five links depicts a classical figure beneath a pointed archway.
It has expectations of £700-1000 at Stamford Auction Rooms in Lincolnshire on November 14.
Near-complete Les Jouets Citroen L’Auto Pope clockwork fire engine from the 1930s in original box, estimate £400-600 at Lockdales. View the catalogue entry
This near-complete Les Jouets Citroen L’Auto Pope clockwork fire engine from the 1930s comes with its original box. It has an estimate of £400-600 at Lockdales in Ipswich on November 11.
A set of eight ‘Baroque Modern’ pattern napkin rings by British postwar silversmith Jocelyn Burton (1946-2020) has a guide of £1500-2500 at Wilson55 in Nantwich on November 13.
Comprising two sets of four hallmarked for London 1975 and 1978 (the earlier set with large marks), each features an ornately cast ‘shell’ design set with an asymmetrically cut garnet.
Painting of the famous boxing match between Carter and Oliver at Gretna Green on October 4, 1816, estimate £3000-5000 at Tennants. View the catalogue entry
A naïve-style painted record of the famous boxing match between Carter and Oliver that took place in Gretna Green on October 4, 1816, is coming up for auction at Tennants in North Yorkshire on November 15 with an estimate of £3000-5000. The artist is unknown.
The fight was arranged in a field used by Mr Johnson, inn keeper, on the estate of Sir James Maxwell. The stakes were a hefty 100 guineas each and the contest took place in a 24ft roped ring in front of approximately 30,000 spectators, leaving the streets around Carlisle empty.
Going into the match, Oliver was the favourite to win. Carter was seconded by Painter and Harmer, and Oliver by Cribb and Copper, whose names are painted on the bottom of the frame. Despite rumours of Carter’s lack of prowess, he launched a decisive attack and won the first round. Carter went on to dominate Oliver. The 31-round fight reportedly lasted 48 minutes, and was intensely punishing.
After the bout, Oliver was apparently taken from the ring in dire condition – insensible and with both eyes swollen shut – though he eventually revived with medical aid. Carter walked away relatively unscathed and in good spirits and his stature as a boxer grew.
Silver urn, 1797, presented to Captain Simon Miller as a thank you for safely steering a very valuable fleet of merchant ships from the West Indies to Great Britain for Lloyds Coffee House, estimate £10,000-15,000 at Charles Miller. View the catalogue entry
Charles Miller’s 350-lot auction of Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art taking place on November 11 includes this monumental silver urn, 1797. It was presented to Captain Simon Miller as a thank you for safely steering a very valuable fleet of merchant ships from the West Indies to Great Britain for Lloyds Coffee House.
With the reverse engraved with the coat of arms of Miller (Scotland), and London hallmarks for John Robins, the 23in (58.5cm) high, 3.65kg urn has provenance to the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, June 1954.
Estimate £10,000-15,000.
Study for Washing Linen, c.1910, by Natalia Goncharova, estimate £5000-10,000 at Henry Adams. View the catalogue for this sale
From a single-owner private collection of Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet art, this work by Russian artist Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) is estimated at £5000-10,000 at Henry Adams of Chichester on November 13.
The study for Washing Linen, c.1910, an oil on paper mounted on board, inscribed lower right, bears a label verso in Russian for an art exhibition, Main Department of Culture of the Leningrad Soviet Executive Committee, Central Exhibition Hall, November 27, 1985, from the collection of I Ezrakh; also another label verso for Plank-Liddiard Fine Art, Laburnum Street, London.
The framed 9 x 14in (23 x 36cm) work has a provenance to: Roy Miles Fine Paintings in Mayfair, London, purchased December 1993; previously from the collection of IM Ezrakh, Leningrad.
