A fine and rare pair of Victorian Terrestrial and Celestial 18” Library Globes are set to come under the hammer in the Summer Fine Sale at Tennants Auctioneers on 11th July and are expected to sell for £7,000-10,000 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). The globes were made by Thomas Malby & Son, the famed 19th century globemakers, publishers, and map and print colourers.
The globes are joined by numerous fine pieces of furniture, which include an exhibition quality Victorian Walnut, Mahogany, Tulipwood-Banded, Ebony and Marquetry-Inlaid Centre Table, made circa 1850 in the manner of R. Blake (estimate: £3,000-5,000). The table is one of a number of good items in the sale with provenance from Ackworth Lodge, Ackworth, Pontefract. Ornate French pieces are also on offer from ‘The Property of a Lady’, including a circa 1880 Pair of French Louis XVI-Style Amaranth, Partridgewood, Satinwood, Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marble-Top Meuble d’Appui (estimate: £6,000-8,000), and a French Louis XVI-Style Kingwood and Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat of the same date (estimate: £5,000-7,000). From a century earlier and closer to home is a good George II Oak Enclosed Dresser and Rack, made in the mid-18th century (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
An impressive naturalistically modelled Minton Majolica “Heron” Stick Stand, measuring just over one meter high is entered with an estimate of £1,000-1,500. Dated 1885, it was modelled for Minton by Paul Comolera (1818-1895), a French sculptor known for his fine models of birds. He began working with Minton in 1873, producing life-size works and is famous for his 5-foot-high figure of a peacock. With good provenance is a Coalport Porcelain ‘Pains Lane Races’ Trophy Cup, which was presented to S Darling Junior, the trainer of Mr Stapleford’s horse Carissima, the winner of the 1846 race. The trophy, which is painted with a scene of the races, has since passed by descent to the vendor and will be offered with an estimate of £600-800. Race meetings took place between 1840 and 1874 at Pains Lane in Shropshire, but after 1860 it was renamed St George’s Races. Amongst the European porcelain in the sale is a Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of a Hungarian Lady and Gentleman, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke circa 1750 (estimate: £2,000-3,000); the figures are derived from the early 18th century publication by Jacques Le Hay Receuil des Cent Estampe Represenant les Differents Nations du Lavent.
A good selection of clocks is led a Golden Age Walnut Marquetry Month Going Striking Longcase Clock signed ‘John Miller, Londini Fecit’, made circa 1695 and offered with an estimate of £3,000-4,000, and a good French Engraved Brass Petite Sonnerie Striking Repeat Alarm Calendar Carriage Clock retailed by Grohe of Wigmore Street, London in 1880 with an estimate of £1,000-1,500. Of note, too, is a rare and early Eight Day Marine Chronometer made by John Roger Arnold of London circa 1816. The chronometer features the original ‘Arnold’ detent (estimate of £5,000-7,000).
Interesting works of art include good bronzes, such as “Tigre Dévorant un Gavial” by Antoine Louis Barye, the famed animalier sculptor, who exhibited the plaster model of this composition in the Paris Salon of 1831 (estimate: £2,000-3,000). Chasseur Africain No.2 by Pierre-Jules Mêne, a bronze group of a hunter riding and Arabian horse was first conceived in 1877, and a wax version was exhibited in the Salon of 1878, and a bronze in 1879 (estimate: £2,000-3,000). A circa 1900 Tortoiseshell-Cased Singing Bird Box, possibly by Bontems and featuring and Aesthetic style cover is offered with an estimate of £500-700. Highlights of the rugs and carpets in the sale include a Fine Saroukh Carpet, made in West Iran circa 1900 (estimate: £1,000-1,500), and a massive modern Indian Carpet of Agra Design (estimate: £3,000-5,000).
In the Asian Art Sale, taking place on the same day, will be a Chinese Bottle Vase in Yongle style (estimate: £2,000-3,000), a Pair of Chinese Dogs of Fo dating from the 19th century (estimate: £1,000-1,500), a Chinese Porcelain Biton or Brush Pot, probably Kangxi (estimate: £700-1,000), and a Chinese Porcelain Ewer, Chongzhen (estimate: £600-800).
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