1. A Doulton vase
F Henri’s signature appears to this Doulton vase with Titanian glaze c.1920 decorated with a swan and cygnet which is estimated at £200-300 by Special Auction Services on October 1.
The Titanian glaze – one of several new glazes perfected by the Doulton factory under the aegis of Charles Noke in the early 1900s – uses a titanium oxide which results in its blue tone.
A number of leading factory artists painted pieces for the range including Harry Allen, Harry Tittensor and F Henri - whose signature appears to this 6in (15cm) vase c.1920 decorated with a swan and cygnet.
With a printed back stamp titled Titanian, it is pitched at £200-300 by Special Auction Services, Newbury, on October 1.
2. An ink jet print
This Connor Brothers signed, dated and numbered inkjet print Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Taken, from an edition of 50 produced in 2017, is estimated at £600-800 in the Tate Ward auction on October 1.
The Connor Brothers first entered the Contemporary art scene as Brooklyn-based escapees from the Californian cult, The Family – their paintings apparently an attempt to make sense of the ‘real world’ to which they were now exposed.
The reality was just as intriguing, The Connors were in fact two urban art dealers from London – Mike Snelle and James Golding – who finally broke cover in October 2014.
This signed, dated and numbered inkjet print , Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Taken, is from an edition of 50 produced in 2017. It carries an estimate of £600-800 at London urban art specialist Tate Ward on October 1.
3. A William IV sampler
This unusual William IV needlework sampler, signed and dated Cottayam Decr 1835, is estimated at £150-200 in the Woolley & Wallis October 2 auction.
This unusual William IV needlework sampler, worked with an alphabet, a crown and the first verse of Psalm 41, is signed and dated Cottayam Decr 1835.
Cottayam, now Kottayam, in the state of Kerala in India was a missionary post during British rule and many schools and educational institutions were founded there.
Part of a consignment from the property of a gentleman titled A Lifetime of Collecting, the 7 x 6in (18 x 15cm) sampler in later frame carries an estimate of £150-200 at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on October 2.
4. A plaster model of Newton's foot
Small Newton’s Foot, a 1992 model based on Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculpture outside the British Library, is estimated at £150-250 in Catherine Southon’s October 2 auction.
Arguably the best-known work by Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2008) is Newton, the monumental bronze of a naked figure measuring with a pair of dividers based on William Blake’s 1795 print Newton: Personification of Man Limited by Reason. The sculpture was installed in the piazza outside the British Library in 1995.
A number of earlier versions, maquettes and studies exist. This 8in (19cm) blue washed plaster model, signed and dated 1992 in pencil, is titled Small Newton’s Foot. It is estimated at £150-250 in Catherine Southon’s sale at Farleigh Court Golf Club, near Selsdon, Surrey, on October 2.
5. A RAF mahogany mess mantel timepiece
This George V Royal Air Force mahogany mess mantel timepiece c.1918-23 carries an estimate of £1000-1500 at Dreweatts’ clocks and instruments sale on October 2.
A 12½in (32cm) George V Royal Air Force mahogany mess mantel timepiece c.1918-23 carries an estimate of £1000-1500 at Dreweatts’ clocks and instruments sale at Donington Priory on October 2.
Although unsigned, the substantial four-pillar movement is probably by FW Elliott, the principal supplier of timepieces to the RAF which included dial clocks, mess timepieces and the now much sought after ‘sector’ wall clocks.
By repute the clock, engraved with RAF in block capital script only (minus the crest typical found on other examples), was formerly at RAF Manston in Kent.
