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Winter Antiques Winter & Art Auction Fine Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November 2019 Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November 27, Wednesday Winter Antiques & Fine Art Auction Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November 2019 Chris Ewbank, FRICS, ASFAV Andrew Ewbank, BA, ASFAV John Snape, BA, ASFAV Alastair McCrea, MA Senior partner Partner Partner Partner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Andrew Delve, MA, ASFAV Tim Duggan, ASFAV Andrea Machen, Cert GA Emily Angus, BA, FGA Partner Partner Jewellery Specialist Gemmologist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Front cover: Lot 1137 Inside front cover: Lots 1, 2099 & 2036 Back cover: Lot 385 WINTER ANTIQUES & FINE ART AUCTION Surrey & Hampshire’s Premier Auctioneers & Valuers Winter Antiques & Fine Art Auction Jewellery & Costume Jewellery, Watches, Coins, Silver Plate, Silver, Fine Art, Ceramics & Glass, Collectables & Militaria, Books & Maps, Works of Art & Tea Caddies, Clocks, Antique Furniture and Persian Rugs SALE: Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November 2019 from 9.30am VIEWING: Saturday 23 November 10am - 2pm Monday 25 November 9am - 5pm Tuesday 26 November 9am - 7pm Days of Sale For the fully illustrated catalogue, to leave commission bids, and to register for Ewbank’s Live Internet Bidding please visit our website: www.ewbankauctions.co.uk The Burnt Common Auction Rooms London Road, Send, Surrey GU23 7LN Tel +44 (0)1483 223101 E-mail: [email protected] Buyer’s Premium at 28.8% inclusive of VAT, is payable on every lot in this sale. There is no additional online buyers premium payable on our website (www.ewbankauctions.co.uk). If bidding online via another third party commercial bidding platform additional charges will apply, see the terms and conditions on the specific website for details.Artist Resale Right is payable on selected lots where marked in the catalogue. Ewbank’s are no longer able to accept cheques as payment for lots purchased at auction. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FINE ART AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS FOUNDER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED AUCTIONEERS http://twitter.com/EwbankAuctions www.facebook.com/Ewbanks1 ORDER OF SALE information for buyers at auctions Wednesday 27 November 2019 at 9.30am 1. Introduction. The following notes are intended to assist bidders and buyers, particularly Lot Section will those that are inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All of our auctions are governed by not start our Conditions of Business incorporating the Terms of Consignment (primarily applicable to before time sellers), the Terms of Sale (primarily applicable to bidders and buyers) and any notices that Jewellery & Costume Jewellery 1 9:30am are displayed in our salerooms or announced by the auctioneer at the auction. Our Conditions of Business are available for inspection at our salerooms and the Terms of Sale are printed Watches 348 1:50pm in the back of our auction catalogues and on our web-site. Our staff will be happy to help Coins 406 2:25pm you if there is anything in our Conditions of Business that you do not fully understand. Please make sure that you read our Terms of Sale set out in this catalogue or on our website carefully before bidding in the auction. If your bid is successful, you will be Thursday 28 November 2019 at 9.30am obliged to comply with our Terms of Sale. Lot Section will 2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually act on behalf of the seller whose identity, for reasons not start of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. If you buy at auction your contract for the before time goods is with the seller, not with us as auctioneer. Silver Plate 1000 9:30am 3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help you gauge what sort of sum might be involved Silver 1011 9:35am for the purchase of a particular lot. Estimates may change and should not be thought of as the sale price. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price (the minimum price for Fine Art 1156 12:25pm which a lot may be sold) and will not be below the reserve price. Estimates do not include the buyer’s premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the auction and may be altered by a saleroom notice or announcement by the auctioneer Friday 29 November 2019 at 9.30am before the auction of the lot. They are not definitive. Lot Section will 4. Buyer’s Premium. The Terms of Sale oblige you to pay a buyer’s premium at 28.8% not start inclusive of VAT on the hammer price of each lot purchased. See below for VAT definitions. before time 5. VAT. Items in our catalogue may be marked in the following ways: Ceramics & Glass 2000 9:30am a. (†) indicates that VAT is payable by the buyer on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. VAT will be chargeable at the standard rate (presently Collectables & Militaria 2074 10:25am 20%). This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT Books & Maps 2116 10:55am within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because Works of Art & Tea Caddies 2135 11:10am VAT is due at 20% on importation into the UK. Clocks 2163 11:30am b. (**) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union. [These lots are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the hammer price and buyer’s premium)]. Antique Furniture 2194 11:50am c. Lots which do not have either of the above symbols have no VAT payable on the hammer Persian Rugs 2364 1:55pm price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. The VAT included within the premium is not recoverable as input tax. 6. Inspection of goods by the buyer. As we act on behalf of the seller, we are dependent on information provided by the seller about their goods. We may inspect lots and will act EXPLANATION OF PICTURE CATALOGUING TERMS reasonably in taking a general view about them. However, we are normally unable to carry out detailed examinations of lots to check their condition in the way a buyer would do. Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, You will have ample opportunity to inspect the goods. You must inspect and investigate provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is lots that you might wish to bid for. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the not to be taken as a statement of representation of fact. The Auctioneers reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to condition of lots set out in the Terms of Sale at clause 12.4. consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by 7. Electrical goods. These are sold as “antiques” only. If you buy electrical goods for use them to be reliable. you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work by the artist. before you use them. Attributed to Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work of the 8. Export of goods. If you intend to export goods you must find out: period, which may be in the whole, or in part, the work of the artist. a. whether an export licence is needed; and Studio of Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work by an unknown b. if there is a prohibition on importing goods of that character e.g. because the goods contain hand, which may have been executed in the studio of the artist. prohibited materials such as ivory. Circle of Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work from the period of the artist and showing his influence. 9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register with us before the auction starts. We reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which Follower of Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work executed we must receive a commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value lots this deadline in the style of the artist, but not necessarily by a pupil. may be several days before the auction in order to allow us sufficient time to carry out the Manner of Firstname Surname: in our opinion a work executed in necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. the style of the artist, but at a later date. You will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such After Firstname Surname: in our opinion a copy of any date after other information as we may require. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements a work by the artist Signed / Inscribed / for telephone or online bidding. Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not Dated Firstname Surname: in our opinion the work has been signed provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion. / inscribed / dated by the artist. Phone bidders must be prepared to guarantee a starting bid of at least £1,000 if they wish Bears signature / inscription / date of Firstname Surname: in to bid by telephone. our opinion the signature / inscription / date are probably not by the 10. Commission bidding. You may leave commission bids (absentee bids) with us indicating hand of the artist. the maximum amount to be bid against a lot (excluding the buyer’s premium and/or any Measurements: Height precedes width.