MALLAMS Mallams 1788 THE ART & MUSIC SALE 23RD OCTOBER 2019 The Art & Music Sale Wednesday 23rd October at 11am www.mallams.co.uk OXFORD Jewellery, Watches Chinese, Mallams Japanese 1788 & Silver & Asian Art 13 November 2019 30th & 31st Oxford October 2019 CHELTENHAM Sale enquiries: Louise Dennis FGA DGA A Chinese bronze figure of a Daoist-priest, late Ming 32cm high. From a Gloucestershire private collection 01865 241358 or [email protected] Estimate £4000 - 6000 www.mallams.co.uk Mallams Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:35 Page 1 The Art & Music Sale Wednesday 23rd October 2019 at 11am Oxford Order of Sale Prints 1-104 Maps 105-109C Musical Instruments, Paintings and Music Scores 110-157 Watercolours and Oils 158-464 Miniatures 466-477 Frames and Easels 480-490 Viewing Saturday 19th October 9am to 1pm Monday 21st October 9am to 5pm Tuesday 22nd October 9am to 5pm Morning of the sale from 8.30am IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING FRAMES As a general rule works are sold as framed unless the term ‘unframed’ appears in the catalogue description. Some pictures have been photographed to show the frame, but the majority are not. The absence of a frame in the photograph does not necessarily indicate that the work is unframed. To avoid any possible confusion prospective buyers are respectfully requested to check and satisfy themselves with regards to this matter prior to bidding. Condition reports: [email protected] Important notice: Buyers premium 27% inclusive of VAT on each lot Please note that condition reports are not printed in the catalogue or on our website. However, we are happy to provide them when requested, subject to our terms and conditions of sale. The absence of any reference to condition in any discription does not imply the lot is without fault. Auction Bids Mallams 01865 241358 Bocardo House To bid via the internet please go to www.the-saleroom.com 24a St. Michael’s Street Oxford OX1 2EB Or to view the catalogue online go to www.mallams.co.uk Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:35 Page 2 Droit de Suite Important Notices: and in addition to the buyer’s premium. The Changes to the Droit de Suite or Artist’s Artist’s Resale right is not subject to VAT. The Resale Rights charge for Works of Art sold at or above 1000 Euros and below 50,000 Euros is 4%. Pictures produced by European Artists can be For items selling above this figure the fee is subject to the Droit de Suite or Artist’s Resale calculated on a sliding scale. These charges Right which took effect in the United Kingdom are paid to the Design and Artist’s Copyright on the 14th February 2006. Under this Society (DACS). No additional fees or handling legislation Mallams is required to collect a costs are retained by Mallams. royalty payment for works by living artists For more information visit www.dacs.org.uk. which sell for more than 1000 Euros. This now also applies to works by artists who have died Please be aware of this extra charge and within the last seventy years. It is calculated on especially the recent changes if you intend the Rate of Exchange at the European Central to bid for any works which might fall into the Bank on the date of sale. It is charged to the above category. buyer as a percentage of the hammer price Explanation of Picture Cataloguing Terms ‘Follower of ’ … in our opinion the work is A work catalogued with the full name of the executed in the named artist’s style. artist in our opinion, is or is probably a work ‘Manner of ’ … in our opinion the work is by that artist, however intending buyers executed in the named artist’s style but is of a are respectfully reminded to fully satisfy considerably later date. themselves prior to bidding as the catalogue ‘School (together with place or country and description does NOT represent a certificate of date)’ … in our opinion the work was executed authenticity. in that location at that time. Other wise the following terms are used: ‘After’ … in our opinion the work is a copy of a ‘Attributed to’ … in our opinion the work is known painting by the named artist. probably by the artist named in whole or in ‘Signed’ … in our opinion the signature is by the part. hand of the artist stated. ‘Circle of ’ … in our opinion the work is by an ‘Bears signature’ … in our opinion there is an artist influenced by the named artist and of the element of doubt over the signature or it has period. been added by another hand. Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:36 Page 3 BID IN THE SALEROOM Register at the front desk in advance of the auction, where you will receive a paddle number with which to bid. Take your seat in the saleroom and when you wish to bid, raise your paddle and catch the auctioneer’s attention. LEAVE A COMMISSION BID You may leave a commission bid via the website, by telephone, by email or in person at Mallams’ salerooms. Simply state the maximum price you would like to pay for a lot and we will purchase it for you at the lowest possible price, while taking the reserve price and other bids into account. BID OVER THE TELEPHONE Book a telephone line before the sale, stating which lots you would like to bid for, and we will call you in time for you to bid through one of our staff in the saleroom. If you can’t get to the saleroom in person, a telephone bid still allows you live participation. ONLINE LIVE BIDDING Register online at the-saleroom.com to bid online live as the sale is taking place. You can also watch and hear the auction online. Please be aware that online bidding costs an extra 4.95% plus VAT of the final selling price. OVERSEAS BIDDERS Overseas clients will need to provide proof of identity (a scan of a passport or a national ID card) and payment card details prior to the auction. BUYER’S PREMIUM Each lot is subject to premium on the hammer price of 22.5% plus VAT – a total of 27%. For example: Hammer price – £100 Premium at 22.5% of £100 = £22.50 VAT at 20% of £22.50 = £4.50 Total price – £127 PAYMENT You may pay for your purchases in several ways: debit card, credit card (plus 2.28% VAT Inc. on Business and non-EEA cards), bank transfer, cheque or cash. COLLECTION & DELIVERY It is your responsibility to arrange collection of your purchases within one week of the sale. We do not offer postage from any of our branches. For postage enquiries, please contact the following directly: Pack & Send 01865 260610 or Mailboxes 01865 741729 Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:36 Page 4 Prints Lots 1-104 Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:36 Page 5 THERE IS A PREMIUM OF 22.5% OF THE HAMMER PRICE ON ALL SALES THIS IS SUBJECT TO V.A.T. 1. SAMUEL & NATHANIEL BUCK 2. JOHANNES KIP 3. AFTER HELEN BRADLEY ‘The South West Prospect of the University and City of ‘Didmarton the Seat of Robert Codrington Esq’, double The Park on May Day, print in colours, pencil signed in Oxford’, engraving, 29 x 77cm page engraving, 35 x 43cm; and three further similar (4) the margin and with FATG blind stamp, 45 x 60cm; £80-120 £200-300 together with two prints after Sir William Russell Flint, each signed in pencil (3) £50-80 4. FELIX BRACQUEMOND AFTER JEAN LOUIS ERNEST 5. STEPHEN GOODEN (1892-1955) 6. JOHN YOUNG AFTER WILLIAM BEECHEY MEISSONIER ‘St George slaying the Dragon’, etching, pencil signed in The Gypsy Fortune Teller, mezzotint, hand-coloured, 52 ‘Partie Perdue’, etching, pencil signed in the margin, 41 the margin and dated 1935, 16cm tondo, unframed x 42cm; and John Young after John Hoppner - ‘The Peep x 48cm £30-50 Show’, mezzotint, 52 x 42cm (2) £80-120 £40-60 7. 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL 8. F CHESHAM AFTER C CALTON 9. A FOLIO OF VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS of ‘Portraits Farmyard scenes in the manner of George Morland, a A loosely bound book of 116 heraldic crest engravings, of Distinguished Men of all Ages and all Nations’, pair, mezzotints in colour, 53 x 45cm (2) 23 x 19cm (pl), 29 x 23cm (sh) (approximately eighty six), 27 x 19cm (sh) £40-60 £40-60 £40-60 For more details on how to place a bid go to www.mallams.co.uk 5 Page BP* - Buyer’s Premium of 27% inc. VAT @ 20% Mallams Paintings 23 October pages.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/2019 09:36 Page 6 10. NATHANIEL PARR AFTER WILLIAM WILLIAMS ‘Collegium Orielense (Oriel College)’, aerial view, double page engraving, 48 x 56cm £80-120 11. AFTER WILLIAM WILLIAMS ‘Collegium Orielense (Oriel College)’, a perspective view with gabled facade, double page engraving, 37 x 48cm £80-120 12. AFTER WILLIAM WILLIAMS 13. AN OXFORD ALMANACK for the year 1736 14. ISAAC TAYLOR AFTER D. HARRIS ‘Collegium Orielense (Oriel College)’, a perspective engraved with aerial view of Oriel college and ‘The New Library at Oriel College’, engraving, view with gabled facade, double page engraving, 38 x benefactors, 50 x 45cm; another for the year 1770; hand-coloured, 31 x 45cm; nine further Oriel College 48cm; together with an engraved plan of the college, 37 together with a re-strike of the Oxford Almanack for the prints or engravings; and two others to include - ‘The x 46cm; and one further - ‘Aula Beatae Mariae Virginis year 1770, 49.5 x 47cm (3) Cathedral and Radcliff Library Oxford’ and ‘A View of (St Mary Hall)’, 37 x 45cm (3) £80-120 the High Street’ (12) £100-150 £80-120 15.