The Oak Interior, The Oak Interior, Oxford, Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 January 2014 22 January 2014 21 and Wednesday Oxford, Tuesday 21727 The Oak Interior Bonhams Banbury Road Shipton on Cherwell including the Danny Robinson Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JH Collection +44 (0) 1865 853 640 Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 11am +44 (0) 1865 372 722 fax Wednesday 22 January 2014 at 11am International Auctioneers and Valuers - bonhams.com Oxford The Oak Interior including the Danny Robinson Collection, the Ian Robinson Pewter Collection (Part I), and Textiles Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 11am Wednesday 22 January 2014 at 11am Oxford Bonhams Enquiries Important notice to all buyers Illustrations Banbury Road Front cover: Lot 196 Shipton on Cherwell Day I Please note in this catalogue there (detail showing the crest of The Kidlington Pewter is no reference in the catalogue City of Oxford) Oxford OX5 1JH Danny Robinson Collection of description of any presence of Back cover: Lot 301 (detail) www.bonhams.com Furniture damage, repair or restoration. 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Lizzie Hill Sellers [email protected] Regional Director Payment of sale proceeds Michael Wynell-Mayow Books +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Pack & Send John Walwyn-Jones +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax 3 Botley Road, Valuation Enquiries Oxford, OX2 0AA Anna Pelly-Fry Jewellery Frances Noble +44 (0) 1865 260 610 Carol Knight Valuations, taxation and Louise Dennis [email protected] heritage Hannah Ibison +44 (0)20 7468 8340 Oak and Vernacular Lucy Clarke +44 (0)20 7468 5860 fax Furniture & Related [email protected] Saleroom Works of Art Banbury Road David Houlston Silver Shipton on Cherwell Megan Wheeler Michael Welch Catalogue subscriptions Kidlington To obtain other catalogues or Oxford take out an annual subscription: OX5 1JH Fine Art & Antiques Subscriptions Department Toby Messenger +44 (0) 1666 502200 Frances Robinson +44 (0) 1865 853 640 +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax +44 (0) 1865 372 722 fax [email protected] The Ian Robinson Pewter Collection (Part I) Lots 1 - 20 Ian Douglas Robinson was born in Glasgow in January 1931 and emigrated to the United States when aged four. Even though he lived most of his life in America he remained proud of his Scottish heritage and never became a U.S. citizen. He earned a first degree in chemistry from Columbia and two masters degrees and a PhD in physical chemistry from Yale. This equipped him for a career in the photographic industry and he established himself as a leading authority on photographic markets worldwide. From 1986 onwards he worked with his son Douglas to produce annual Robinson Reports on various aspects of photographic imaging across the world which continue to be well received by the industry. Ian was recorded in the October 1974 Journal as having joined the Pewter Society as a Corresponding member and so his membership spanned nearly forty years by the time he died, aged eighty two in April this year. He became a Full member in April 1978 and was made an Honorary member in 1998 in recognition of the vast amount of research he had carried out into many different types of pewter. By September 1976 he contributed towards a discussion in the Journal on inhalers which was followed in 1977 by an article ‘Where have all the big chargers gone?’. This reflected Ian’s comprehensive noting of the whereabouts of numerous different categories of pewter which has been such a help to fellow researchers over the years and formed the basis of many of the articles Ian wrote. Ian was involved with the authorities and divers in Florida and he reported many of their finds of early English pewter including from the Henrietta Marie. His first major study was into the doyen of late 17th/early 18th century pewterers William Eddon published in the Autumn 1979 Journal as one of sixteen articles he wrote over the years including what is still the best reference article on flat lidded tankards in the Spring 1992 Journal. He also recorded and photographed hundreds of makers’ marks and provided many of these for inclusion in the Society’s Database. Another passion of Ian’s was for English porringers from around 1670 to 1730 and he was always keen to point out that these are actually rarer than flat lidded tankards! He managed to amass a study collection of over thirty examples which again has been of great help to those studying this subject. Ian was a dealer for many years with a good reputation and had many fine pieces through his hands but it will be for his scholarship, helpfulness, enthusiasm and friendship that he will be greatly missed by those fortunate enough to have known him. David Moulson 1* A William & Mary pewter porringer, circa 1695 Having a ‘Michaelis type VIIb’ bowl, with hammered booge and shallow boss, an Old-English handle, ‘Michaelis type 21a’, with triangular strut, 1 touchmark of TS, (working 1690-?), (PS9179, MPM5955c) to the centre of the bowl, ownership initials MB struck to ear, 12.7cm diameter £400 - 600 Ian Robinson suggested that the maker’s mark may be that of Thomas Salmon, Bristol, (working 1674-1713), (PS8192). 2* A pewter porringer, English, circa 1710-20 Having a ‘Michaelis type VIIb’ booged bowl with shallow boss, single ‘Michaelis type 16’ ear, maker’s mark of James Hitchman, London, (working 1701-1735), (PS4671, OP2340) to rear of ear, and ownership triad TCA to front, 14cm bowl diameter £600 - 800 3* A pewter porringer, English, circa 1700 Having a ‘Michaelis type VIIb’ booged bowl with shallow bossed well, single coronet ear, ‘Michaelis type 19’, dated maker’s marks of IB, (working 1698-?), (PS1296) on rear of base, 13cm bowl diameter £500 - 800 Ian Robinson thought the maker’s mark may belong to a member of the Bankes family, Wigan.