Kota reliquary figure from Gabon, estimated at £150-200 at Adam Partridge London.
An enigmatic collection of tribal art is to be offered, without reserve, at the Adam Partridge London saleroom in Ruislip on June 27. Little is known about its origins but it was carefully packed by the Christie’s tribals art department and has been in storage for over a decade.
The 120 lots include a number of Kota reliquary figures from Gabon. This example shown above in brass mounted with three iron rings, 2ft 2in (54cm) high, is guided at £150-200.
William and Mary silver tazza, estimate £5000 as part of a timed online sale at Rushbrooks.
Rushbrooks of Winchester is offering this William and Mary silver tazza with an estimate of £5000 as part of a timed online sale that runs until June 26.
The tazza, with the London date letter for 1689, is engraved with a contemporary crest and armorial. It was presented to Portals Limited by the Bank of England in 1962 when the papermaking business marked its 250th anniversary. The firm obtained the contract to supply paper for the banknotes of the Bank of England in 1724.
The recent closure of the paper mill at Overton Mill has meant the sale of the tazza.
One from a series of 148 watercolour views of England, Wales and Scotland, painted by Alegrina Peckover between 1874 and 1880. Together they have an estimate of £1000-2000 at Cheffins.
Items which were originally part of the furnishings at the National Trust’s Peckover House in Wisbech form part of Cheffins’ Fine Sale on June 28-29.
The 23-lot collection comes for sale in Cambridge from a descendant of the Peckover family that founded the first bank in Wisbech.
Successive generations of the Peckover family were prolific amateur and professional artists.
Pictured here is one from a series of 148 watercolour views of England, Wales and Scotland, painted by Alegrina Peckover between 1874 and 1880. Together they have an estimate of £1000-2000.
Typical oil by Flemish painter Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682-1759), estimate £3000-5000 at Charterhouse Auctions.
This typical oil by Flemish painter Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682-1759) comes for sale at Charterhouse Auctions in Sherborne on July 6 estimated at £3000-5000.
Horemans was the leading chronicler of everyday life in Antwerp in the first half of the 18th century and mainly known for these genre scenes. The painting was inherited by the owners from a family member and has spent more than a decade in an attic.
A 1909 FA Cup semi-final programme for Bristol City v Derby City played at Chelsea (Stamford Bridge) on March 27 that year, estimate £2000-2500 at James and Sons.
Norfolk auction house James and Sons is expanding its Sporting History auctions.
On June 21 it is offering a 1909 FA Cup semi-final programme: Bristol City v Derby City played at Chelsea (Stamford Bridge) on March 27 that year with an estimate of £2000-2500. It comprises eight pages. The first match ended in a 1-1 draw but a replay at Birmingham’s St Andrew’s stadium was won 2-1 by Bristol. The final was held at the original Crystal Palace ground, a 1-0 Manchester United victory.
The sale also includes a collection of Manchester United programmes, several guided at £3000-5000 each.
Set of six silver and enamel pastry forks designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co, estimate £700-1000 at Duggleby Stephenson.
The Country House Sale at Duggleby Stephenson in York on June 23 includes this set of six silver and enamel pastry forks designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co. Each hallmarked for Liberty & Co, Birmingham, they come in the original fitted presentation case.
Estimate £700-1000.
A dozen lots of Victorian rowing memorabilia relating to the career of British barrister and oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate are up for sale at Claydon Auctioneers, estimate £500-1000.
A group of Victorian rowing memorabilia comes for sale at Claydon Auctioneers in Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, on June 25-26. The dozen lots relate to the career of British barrister and oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate (1841-1920).
An alumnus of Brasenose College, Oxford (he rowed in the winning Boat Race crews in 1862-63), he has a small but important footnote in the sport as the man who ‘invented’ the coxless fours.
Concluding that a four could be steered using a wire and lever attached to an oarsman’s footrest, Woodgate caused controversy at Henley Royal Regatta in 1868 when he arranged for his cox to jump overboard at the start of the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. The cox was caught in weeds and struggled to make it ashore. The Brasenose boat, now considerably lighter, triumphed by 100 yards.
The outraged Henley committee disqualified the boat but a special prize for four-oared crews without coxswains was offered at the regatta in 1869.
Pictured here is Woodgate’s collection of medals awarded in the 1850s-60s accompanied by three Victorian silver presentation oars, two embroidered silks dated 1863 and 1869 plus his personal copy of his published book Reminiscences of an old Sportsman by WB Woodgate (1909).
Estimate £500-1000.
