Rare works from private collections in upcoming Fine and Asian Art Sales
Rare Meissen porcelain from private collections is set to go under the hammer at Tennants Auctioneers on November 15, in the Autumn Fine Sale, led by a rare Meissen Porcelain Goldchinesen Teapot and Cover, decorated in the Augsberg workshop of Abraham Seuter, circa 1725 (estimate: £3,000-5,000 – all figures exclude buyer’s premium).
Two Meissen Porcelain Armorial Plates from the Ferrero service carry estimates of £1,200-1,800 and £1,500-2,000.
The service was made circa 1740 for Carlo Francesco Vincenzo Ferrero, the Marquese d’Ornea (1680-1745), who held various ministerial posts under the Kings of Sardinia, and was Ambassador to the Saxon Court in Dresden.
Finally, a charming Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans, circa 1750 and modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, have an estimate of £3,000-5,000.
A Bronze of the 1863 Derby Winner ‘Macaroni’, with his jockey Tom Chaloner, is signed ‘I Bonheur’, with an estimate: of £4,000-6,000.
Macaroni was bred by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and was sold in 1861 to Liverpool banker Richard Naylor, to be trained by James Godding at the Palace House Stable in Newmarket.
In 1863, Macaroni won seven of eight races, including the 2,000 Guineas, the Drawing Room Stakes at Newmarket, the York Cup, the Doncaster Cup and the legendary Derby, notable for its record 33 false starts.
Also of interest is an August Rodin bronze of a male figure, cast in 1963 by the Musee Rodin as one of eight after Rodin’s original 1895 model (estimate: £1,500-2,500), and a William and Mary Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshell Snuff Box dated 1691 (estimate: £700-1,000).
Fine antique furniture includes a late 19th-century French Boulle-Marquetry Bureau Plat, made after a design by Andre-Charles Boulle (estimate: £4,000-6,000), and an Elizabethan Style Oak Full Tester Bed (estimate: £3,000-5,000).
A mid-19th century Mahogany Extending Dining Table attributed to Gillows has an estimate of £3,000-4,000, and a set of four Carved Mahogany Torcheres reputedly supplied by Liberty’s of London to the Odeon Cinema Ballroom in the early 20th century, carries an estimate of £2,000-3,000.
Two Relief-Decorated Plaster Sections after the Parthenon Frieze, made by renowned cast-maker Domenico Brucciani in the late 19th or early 20th century should sell for £3,000-5,000.
A Striking Pull Quarter Repeat Table Clock by fine 18th-century clockmaker John Ellicott, leads a good offering of clocks, estimate £3,000-4,000.
Interesting 19th century clocks include a Mahogany Chiming Tubular Bell Longcase Clock retailed by Maple and Co. Ltd. of London circa 1890 (estimate: £1,500-2,000), a Mahogany Chiming Longcase Clock by J. Jennens of Clerkenwell, made circa 1870 (estimate: £1,500-2,000), and a French Ormolu Striking Revolving Urn-Shaped Mantel Clock from early 19th century (estimate: £600-800).
Good rugs and carpets include a Ghom Silk Carpet made in Central Iran in 1980 (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a 1960s Fine Tabriz Carpet from Northwest Iran (estimate: £2,000-3,00), and a modern Afghani Ziegler Mahal Design Carpet (estimate: £700-1,000).
Further highlights include a Chinese Flambe-Glazed Bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianglong (estimate: £2,000-3,000), and a Chinese Guan-Type Meiping, possibly Ming (estimate: £7,000-10,000), both with provenance from renowned Asian art dealer Sydney Moss.
A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, with Jiaqing reign mark, has an estimate of £1,000-1,500.
A private collection of Japanese works will feature such lots as a Pair of Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases, Meiji period, decorated with birds, flowers and kanji seal tablets (estimate: £6,000-8,000).