FINE FURNITURE, CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART DONNINGTON PRIORY | WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 Coming Up at Dreweatts Auctions FINE FURNITURE, CERAMICS AND 21 August The Summer Sale to include the selected WORKS OF ART contents from Shefford Woodlands House, Berkshire DONNINGTON PRIORY | WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 | 10.30am 2 September Mary Hare Charity Art Auction 11 September Fine Furniture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works of Art 24 September The Transport Sale 2 October Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments Valuation Days 23 August | Newbury Coins & Medals 27 August | London Jewellery, Silver, Watches & Luxury Accessories 30 August | London Fine Art BUYER’S PREMIUM: SALE NO. 14211 VIEWING: Buyer’s premium is charged per lot at 25% of the hammer price (30% including Sunday 8 September: 10am – 2pm 3, 10, 17, 24 September | London Jewellery, Silver, Watches & Luxury Accessories VAT) up to and including £500,000, 20% (24% including VAT) of the hammer FOR BIDDING AND Monday 9 September: 9am – 5.30pm price from £500,001 up to and including £1,000,000, and 12% of the hammer SALE INFORMATION: Tuesday 10 September: 9am – 4.30pm 6 September | Newbury price (14.4% including VAT) in excess of £1,000,001 +44 (0) 1635 553 553 Day of sale: from 8.30am Fine Art, Antiques, Jewellery, Silver, Watches, [email protected] Asian Works of Art & Wine REGISTRATION FOR THIS SALE: dreweatts.com AUCTION: 9 September | London New clients wishing to register and bid in this sale must register at least Dreweatts Asian Ceramics and Works of Art 48 hours in advance of the sale. To register, you will need to provide two SPECIALISTS: Donnington Priory 12 September | London forms of identification: Ben Brown MRICS Newbury British and European Sculpture and Works 1) Photographic ID (passport or driving licence) (Furniture & Carpets) Berkshire RG14 2JE of Art, Metalware, Treen, Lighting and 2) A utility bill or document showing your name and address Ashley Matthews Garden Ornament (Furniture & Clocks) Front cover: Lot 117, 77 Registration for new clients will close at 10.30am (local time) on Monday 9 Back cover: Lot 117, 49 13 September | Bristol Will Turkington September 2019. Any new clients wishing to register after this time, will need to Fine Art, Antiques, Jewellery, Silver, Watches, (Furniture) & Asian Works of Art register in person at Donnington Priory. 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Once Auctions, exhibitions and valuations Valuations and highlights exhibitions dreweatts.com verified, clients will be able to bid in all future auctions. 1 1 1 A William & Mary walnut, ebonised and marquetry decorated wall mirror, circa 1690, the rectangular plate within a cushion moulded frame decorated with floral and foliate motifs, 96cm high, 79cm wide Provenance: Private collection, Sussex For two closely related mirrors see Christie’s, London, Simon Sainsbury The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18th June 2008, Lot 349 (£9,375) and Chistie’s, London, Thomas Hope & The Neoclassical Vision & The Collector of Collections, 24th April 2008, Lot 431 (£9,375). £4,000-6,000 3 2 A walnut and burr walnut child’s armchair, in George II style, early 20th century, the top rail centred by a scrolling shell and foliate motif, above a vase shaped splat, flanked by shaped arms, the padded drop in seat above acanthus and shell carved cabriole legs, terminating in hairy paw feet at the front, 69cm high, 47cm wide, 36cm deep Provenance: A country estate, Dumfriesshire £500-700 3 A Charles II oak, walnut and snakewood chest, circa 1680, the hinged rectangular top above the geometrically panelled front, with a single drawer below, on squat stile feet, 77cm high, 125cm wide, 58cm deep 2 For a similar example of chest, see Christie’s, London, A Cotswold Collection, Property of H.W. Keil, 13th March 2007, lot 523 (£2,640). Provenance: A country estate, Dumfriesshire £500-700 4 4 A George II figured walnut chest on stand, circa 1740, the moulded pediment above two short and three long graduated drawers, the stand with two short and one long drawer, above a shaped apron, on tapering cabriole legs surmounted by carved stylised shell motifs at the front, terminating in pad feet, 168cm high, 97cm wide, 58cm deep 3 £1,200-1,800 4 www.dreweatts.com | +44 (0) 1635 553 553 BP*: Buyer’s Premium of 25% +VAT 5 6 A simulated tortoiseshell and gilt japanned bureau bookcase, circa 1720 with later decoration, decorated throughout with figures in traditional village scenes, the double domed cornice with three ball and spike finials, above a pair of mirror panelled doors, opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes, shelves and small drawers, the lower section with a hinged fall opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes, small drawers and a slide covered well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 211cm high, 95cm wide, 54cm deep Provenance: Private collection, Kent £6,000-8,000 6 5 5 A Kashan carpet, the madder field decorated overall with floral foliage, within dark navy borders and guard stripes, approximately 362 x 264cm £1,500-2,000 6 (detail) 6 www.dreweatts.com | +44 (0) 1635 553 553 BP*: Buyer’s Premium of 25% +VAT 7 8 7 8 7 A George II burr walnut and feather banded chest on chest, circa 1735, the moulded cornice above three short and three long graduated drawers An Ushak carpet, the central navy field decorated overall with a stylised flowerhead pattern, within madder borders and guard stripes, flanked by fluted angles, the lower section with a brushing slide above three long graduated drawers, the lowest drawer centred by a concave approximately 653 x 432cm section decorated with parquetry ‘compass’ dial motif, on shaped bracket feet, 174cm high, 107cm wide, 55cm deep £3,000-5,000 Provenance: Property from a private estate, Wiltshire £3,000-5,000 8 www.dreweatts.com | +44 (0) 1635 553 553 BP*: Buyer’s Premium of 25% +VAT 9 9 A Charles II oak desk box, circa 1660, the hinged and angled lid opening to an interior incorporating four small drawers, the frieze carved with twin foliate S-scroll motifs, 37cm high, 81cm wide, 48cm deep For a similar example of desk box see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, Antique Collectors Club, 1979, page 377, figure 3:426a. Provenance: Plaish Hall, Shropshire £500-700 10 A George II mahogany concertina action card table, circa 1740, the hinged shaped top opening to an interior with baize lining and counter well, above a plain frieze, on tapering cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, 75cm high, 90cm wide 43cm deep £800-1,200 9 10 11 11 A carved pine pier table, in George II style, 19th century, in the manner of Francis Brodie, the verde antico marble top above the fluted frieze interspersed with paterae terminals, the support carved in the form of an eagle perched on a rocky outcrop, on a plinth base with an acanthus carved border, 87.5cm high, 78cm wide, 49.5cm deep Please refer to our website for a footnote regarding this lot. £2,000-3,000 10 www.dreweatts.com | +44 (0) 1635 553 553 BP*: Buyer’s Premium of 25% +VAT 11 12 (top detail) 12 Selected Contents of Waystrode Manor, Kent The following fourteen lots formed part of the furnishings of Waystrode Manor and were largely inherited through long standing family collections. Waystrode Manor’s precise date of origin isn’t known, although Elizabethan historians claim that its first owner was a knight by the name of Wheystrode, to whom King John gave the manor in 1208. Wheystrode and his descendants held it until 1460, after which it was sold, according to Hasted’s History and Topographical Survey of Kent (1797), first to a man called May and then, in 1460, to the Style (or Still) family, in whose hands it remained for the next 300 years. Their descendants were still living in the area in the 1960s. The 1954 English Heritage listing describes the manor house as ‘a restored 15th century farmhouse, with later 16th and 17th century additions’, all of which are discernible in the present building, which is generally referred to as Tudor, reflecting Cowden’s importance 12 at a time when the area, rich in ironstone, produced guns for the army and navy, as well as agricultural and household goods.