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The Scottish Sale The Scottish I Edinburgh I Wednesday 15 May 2019 Edinburgh I Wednesday Bonhams 22 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JX 25363 +44 (0) 131 225 2266 bonhams.com The Scottish Sale AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1793 dinbrgh ay The Scottish Sale Wednesday 15 May 2019 11am – Part I, Pictures 1pm – Part II, Antiques 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh BONHAMS Live online bidding is available Arms & Armour IMPORTanT INFORmaTION 22 Queen Street for this sale Kenneth Naples The United States Government Edinburgh EH2 1JX Please email bids@bonhams. +44 (0) 131 240 0912 has banned the import of ivory +44 (0) 131 225 2266 com with ‘live bidding’ in the [email protected] into the USA. Lots containing +44 (0) 131 220 2547 (fax) subject line 48 hours before the ivory are indicated by the www.bonhams.com/scottishart auction to register for this service Ceramics & Glass symbol Ф printed beside the Sarah Shirley-Priest lot number in this catalogue. VIEWING EnQUIRIES [email protected] Friday 10 May 10am to 4pm Pictures REGISTRATION Books, Maps & Manuscripts IMPORTANT NOTICE Sunday 12 May 1pm to 4pm Chris Brickley Georgia Williams Monday 13 May 10am to 4pm +44 (0) 131 240 2297 +44 (0) 131 240 2296 Please note that all customers, Tuesday 14 May 10am to 4pm [email protected] [email protected] irrespective of any previous Wednesday 15 May from 9am activity with Bonhams, are Colleen Bowen Works of Art, Textiles, Clocks & required to complete the Bidder SALE NUmbER +44 (0) 131 240 2292 Furniture Registration Form in advance 25363 [email protected] Kenneth Naples of the sale. The form can be +44 (0) 131 240 0912 found at the back of every CATALOGUE May Matthews [email protected] catalogue and on our website at +44 0131 240 2632 www.bonhams.com and should £10.00 [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICES be returned by email or post to the specialist department or BIDS London Monday to Friday 8.30am to the bids department at +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Chris Dawson to 6.00pm [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8296 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] [email protected] Please see page 2 for bidder To bid live online and / or leave information including after-sale internet bids please go to Please note that bids should be Jewellery collection and shipment www.bonhams.com/ submitted no later than 4pm on Nathalie Jordan auctions/25363 and click on the day prior to the sale. New +44 131 240 0915 ILLUSTRATIons the Register to bid link at the bidders must also provide proof [email protected] Front cover: Lot 28 top left of the page. of identity when submitting bids. Inside front cover: A selection of Failure to do this may result in Rebecca Bohle Perth silver wine labels from the A lecture “Majesty & Rebellion: your bid not being processed. +44 0131 240 2298 Peter Lole collection, lots 289 to 18th century Jacobite Glass” Bidding by telephone will only be [email protected] 300 by Simon Cottle of Bonhams accepted on a lot with the lower Inside back cover: Lot 173 will be held at 7.00pm on estimate of £500. Silver Back cover: Lot 57 Tuesday 14th May 2019 at Fiona Hamilton 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh. +44 (0) 131 240 2631 Please note that Bonhams will We are serving refreshments [email protected] be closed Monday 27 May from 6-7pm and the lecture will 2019 for the Spring Bank take place from 7-8pm. Tickets Gordon Mcfarlan Holiday are free but are limited. +44 (0) 141 223 8866 [email protected] To book contact: edinburghevents@bonhams. com or phone 0131 225 2266. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Registered No. 4326560 Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Matthew Girling CEO, Asaph Hyman, Caroline Oliphant, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Edward Wilkinson, Geoffrey Davies, James Knight, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Jonathan Fairhurst, Leslie Wright, Rupert Banner, Simon Cottle. Sale Information Edinburgh Salerooms Managing Director The Scottish Sale European Ceramics & Glass 22 Queen Street, EH2 1JX Charles Graham-Campbell Chris Brickley Katherine Wright +44 (0) 131 225 2266 Georgia Williams Sarah Shirley-Priest +44 (0) 131 220 2547 fax Chairman Scotland Ray Entwistle Pictures Books, Manuscripts & Maps Glasgow Office Chris Brickley Georgia Williams Kirkhill House, Broom Road East Valuations, Trusts & Estates Colleen Bowen Newton Mearns Charles Graham-Campbell May Matthews Arms & Armour Glasgow G77 5LL Grant MacDougall Chris Dawson (London) Kenneth Naples +44 (0) 141 223 8866 Gordon McFarlan +44 (0) 141 223 8868 fax Belinda Treble Jewellery Furniture, Clocks, Oriental Hamish Wilson Nathalie Jordan Carpets, Works of Art & London Rebecca Bohle Scientific Instruments 101 New Bond Street, W1S 1SR Kenneth Naples +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Silver Georgia Williams +44 (0) 20 7447 7400 fax Fiona Hamilton Gordon McFarlan Whisky Martin Green Asian Art Charles MacLean (consultant) Ian Glennie Asha Edwards The Sporting Sale Georgia Williams Charlotte Canby Hamish Wilson EnQUIRIES BooKS MAPS anD ManUscRIPTS All sold lots will remain in the Edinburgh saleroom free of charge until For explanation of any asterisked symbols that may appear in 5.30pm Wednesday 29 May 2019. Storage charges will apply as below catalogues, please see the notice entitled VAT at the end of the from Thursday 30 May 2019 catalogue. Storage Charges- Small Lots £10.00+VAT per lot per week Please note that lots comprising printed books, unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT on the Buyers Premium. Storage Charges- Large Lots £15.00+VAT per lot per week Lots are sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description, but if on collation any described printed book in this catalogue is found to lack text or illustrations, the same may be returned to Bonhams within 20 days of the sale; the unstated defect to be detailed in writing. This shall not apply in the case of un-named items, blacks, half-titles or advertisements, nor to damage to bindings, stains, tears or other defects unless these result in loss to text or illustration. Atlases, maps and prints are sold not subject to return, as are items sold as collections, association and extra-illustrated copies, or as bindings. © Bonhams Scotland All rights reserved. Reproduction of catalogue and photographs, in whole or in part is prohibited without acknowledgement to Bonhams Scotland Pictures Lots 1 - 93 1 2 1 AR 2 AR ADAM BRUCE THOMSON OBE RSA PRSW HRSW (1885-1976) CHARLES OPPENHEIMER RSA RSW (1876-1961) The Village, Iona Haymakers signed ‘A Bruce Thomson’ (lower right) signed ‘Charles Oppenheimer’ (lower left) oil on canvas oil on board 45.5 x 61 cm. (17 15/16 x 24 in.) 31 x 38 cm. (12 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.) £1,500 - 2,000 £2,000 - 3,000 €1,700 - 2,300 €2,300 - 3,500 US$2,000 - 2,600 US$2,600 - 3,900 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE SCOTTISH SALE | 5 3 4 3 * 4 * SIR DavID YOUNG CAMERON RA RSA RWS RSW RE (1865- SIR DavID YOUNG CAMERON RA RSA RWS RSW RE (1865- 1945) 1945) Off Easdale Sound of Mull signed ‘DY Cameron’ (lower right), signed ‘D.Y. Cameron’ (lower left) oil on canvas oil on canvas 21.5 x 27 cm. (8 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.) 26.5 x 46.5 cm. (10 7/16 x 18 5/16 in.) £1,500 - 2,000 £3,000 - 5,000 €1,700 - 2,300 €3,500 - 5,800 US$2,000 - 2,600 US$3,900 - 6,500 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 5 5 5 * 6 SIR DavID YOUNG CAMERON RA RSA RWS RSW RE (1865- JOSEPH HENDERSON RSW (1832-1908) 1945) Seascape Loch Maree signed ‘J Henderson’ (lower right) signed ‘DY Cameron’ (lower right) oil on canvas oil on board 26 x 36 cm. (10 1/4 in. x 14 3/16 in.) 21 x 25.5 cm. (8 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.) £600 - 800 £1,500 - 2,000 €700 - 930 €1,700 - 2,300 US$780 - 1,000 US$2,000 - 2,600 Provenance With The Fine Art Society, London For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE SCOTTISH SALE | 7 7 7 SIR JOHN LavERY RA RSA RHA (IRISH, 1856-1941) Rosyth Castle inscribed and signed ‘TO Mrs GEORGE REID/J Lavery’ (lower right); further inscribed and dated ‘Ruins near Queens Ferry/ 1887’ (verso) watercolour 34 x 24 cm. (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.) £7,000 - 10,000 €8,100 - 12,000 US$9,100 - 13,000 Watercolours by Lavery are relatively rare, and the present picture recalls the Glasgow School’s formative interest in the Barbizon works shown at the RGI exhibitions. An inscription above the courtyard at Rosyth Castle reads ‘Maria Regina 1561’, and legend has it that Mary Queen of Scots stopped there after her escape from Lochleven Castle, en route to Glasgow to rally her forces.