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Montpelier Street, London I 1 October 2019 Montpelier Street, The Christopher Hodsoll Collection Hodsoll The Christopher The Christopher Hodsoll Collection I Montpelier Street, London I 1 October 2019 25733 The Christopher Hodsoll Collection Montpelier Street, London | Tuesday 1 October 2019, at 11am BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES IMPORTANT INFORMATION Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Charlie Thomas In February 2014 the United Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8358 States Government announced London SW7 1HH [email protected] [email protected] the intention to ban the import www.bonhams.com To bid via the internet please visit of any ivory into the USA. Lots www.bonhams.com ADMINISTRATOR’S FOR THIS containing ivory are indicated by VIEWING SALE / CONDITION REPORT the symbol Ф printed beside the Saturday 28 September Please note that bids should AND ADDITIONAL IMAGE Lot number in this catalogue. 11am – 3pm be submitted no later than 24 REQUESTS: Sunday 29 September hours before the sale. New Sophie Plender REGISTRATION 11am – 3pm bidders must also provide proof +44 (0)20 7468 5895 IMPORTANT NOTICE Monday 30 September of identity when submitting bids. [email protected] Please note that all customers, 9am – 4.30pm Failure to do this may result in irrespective of any previous activity Tuesday 1 October your bids not being processed. Nadia Bellingeri with Bonhams, are required to 9am – 10am (Restricted Viewing) +44 (0)20 468 8340 complete the Bidder Registration Always confirm with the bids [email protected] Form in advance of the sale. The office that faxed bids have been SALE NUMBER form can be found at the back of received. Bidding by telephone PRESS ENQUIRIES every catalogue and on our 25733 will only be accepted on a lot [email protected] website at www.bonhams.com with a lower estimate in excess and should be returned by email or CATALOGUE of £500. post to the specialist department £15 CUSTOMER SERVICES or to the bids department at Live online bidding is available Monday to Friday [email protected] for this sale 8.30am to 6pm Please email [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 To bid live online and / or with “Live bidding” in the subject leave internet bids please go to line 48 hours before the auction Please see page 2 for bidder www.bonhams.com/auctions/25733 to register for this service. information including after-sale and click on the Register to bid link collection and shipment at the top left of the page. Please see back of catalogue Condition reports can be for important notice to bidders provided for lots with an estimate above £1,000 ILLUSTRATIONS Front cover: Lot 154 Back cover: Lot 47 Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No. 4326560 Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Central Middlesex Acton Ln Hospital Park Royal Acton Ln Sale Cadogan Tate Coronation Road W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o 4 a Information 0 y h a Park l C Royal iWestern Ave A40 R o Station a 0 d 0 Acton 0 North 4 Cemetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton Horn Lane Station BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & STORAGE AND HANDLING VAT +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE CHARGES ON SOLD LOTS The following symbols are used +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax LOTS MARKED TP TRANSFERRED TO to denote that VAT is due on To bid via the internet please visit All sold lots marked TP will be CADOGAN TATE the hammer price and buyer’s www.bonhams.com removed to Cadogan Tate 241 premium. Acton Lane, London NW10 Storage PAYMENTS 7NP from 9am Wednesday Storage will be free of charge for † VAT 20% on hammer price and the first 14 calendar days from & buyer’s premium Buyers 2 October 2019 and will be available for collection from 9am including the sale date Tuesday 1 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Thursday 3 October 2019 and October 2019. VAT on imported items at +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax * then every working day between Charges will apply from 9am a preferential rate of 5% on 9am-4.30pm Tuesday 15 October 2019. hammer price and the prevailing Sellers rate on buyer’s premium Payment of sale proceeds Collections are by appointment Storage Charges +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 only & a booking email or phone Pictures and small objects: Y These lots are subject to +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax call is required in advance to £3.03 per day + VAT CITES regulations, please read ensure lots are ready at time of the information in the back of VALUATIONS, TAXATION collection. 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To obtain any Bonhams catalogue or to take out an To arrange a collection time Handling Payment in Advance annual subscription: please send a booking email to: After the first 14 calendar days (Telephone to ascertain amount Subscriptions Department [email protected] or following the sale the following due) by: cash, cheque with +44 (0) 1666 502200 telephone call to +44 (0)800 988 handling charges will apply per lot: banker’s card, credit, or debit +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax 6100 to ensure lots are ready at Pictures and Large objects: card. [email protected] time of collection. £22.50+ VAT Large pictures £45.00+ VAT Payment at time of collection SHIPPING All other sold lots will remain in by: cash, cheque with banker’s the collections department at For information and estimates Loss and Damage card, credit, or debit card. Bonhams Knightsbridge free of Extended Liability cover for the on domestic and international charge until 5.30pm Tuesday 15 shipping as well as export value of the Hammer Price will October 2019 lots not collected be charged at 0.6% but will not licenses please contact Alban by this time will be transferred Shipping on: exceed the total value of all other to Cadogan Tate and will be transfer and storage charges. +44 (0) 1582 493 099 available for collection from [email protected] (Please note: Charges apply 12pm Thursday 17 October every day including weekends 2019 transfer & storage charges and Public Holidays will apply. Introduction Removed from both Christopher and his wife Sarah’s stunning former home, Morville Hall, along with the contents of his extensive storerooms, Bonhams are delighted to be offering The Christopher Hodsoll Collection on 1st October. Set in the glorious rolling Shropshire countryside, the Grade I listed Morville Hall (which is now in the ownership of the National Trust) was built in the 1540’s and redesigned in the mid-18th century and until this April was the backdrop for Christopher and Sarah’s wonderful collection. As one of Britain’s most respected decorators, Christopher started his career in 1977 working for Geoffrey Bennison, arguably one of England’s most influential interior designers. Christopher’s distinct style, recognisable in the homes of his clients who range from rock stars to royalty, mixes fine furniture with textiles, works of art and fine art, creating a contemporary take on the traditional English country home. Unsurprisingly this distinctive style is embodied in the contents of Morville Hall, ranging from fine mid-18th and 19th century furniture, old master paintings and modern British art to Anglo–Indian and Ceylonese furniture, lighting and works of art, as well as the more whimsical items that are the hallmark of Christopher’s interiors. The auction is that of a highly personal nature, and reflects all aspects of Christopher and Sarah’s life, from a rifle belonging to Christopher’s great grandfather, Edmund Hodsoll (lot 45), numerous personal possessions belonging to Geoffrey Bennison, including a charming model of a temple (lot 60) to a John Bratby painting of sunflowers (lot 30) which Sarah’s father purchased directly from the artist and is accompanied by a letter from the artist himself revealing a secret about the work! Christopher’s With such creative parents it’s no surprise that two of their love of the natural world is a prominent theme throughout four daughters are artists, and works by one, Alba, feature the collection, from a fabulous carved Indian rhinoceros in the sale (lots 252-254). These paintings were influenced head (lot 59), portraits of famous horses and hounds (lots, by her father’s collection of Coco de Mer nuts, of which 154 and 162) to numerous carved camels, a magnificent there are seven in the auction! painting of a lion which formerly belonged to Gianni Versace (lot 23) and natural history specimens. Continuing to tell All the items in the auction tell numerous stories, and as the Hodsoll story is a collection of furniture made by Soane Christopher and Sarah set off on a new chapter of their Britain, which Christopher founded with Lulu Lytle 20 years lives, so too must their collection.