Results: Autumn Fine Sale

A fine near pair of Regency Calamander and Brass-Strung Side Cabinets, dating from the early 19^th century, sold for £9,000 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium), in Tennants Auctioneers’ Autumn Fine Sale on 16^th November. The cabinets were made after a design by George Smith. Good examples of 18^th century furniture sold well, too, with a George II Mahogany Gainsborough-Type Library Armchair from the middle of the century selling for £7,000, a George III Oak Dresser Base from the third quarter of the century selling for £3,200, and George III Mahogany Secretaire Linen Press attributed to Gillows of the same date selling for £2,800. Also of note was a William and Mary Floral Marquetry Side Table from the late 17^th century (sold for £4,500, and a Japanese Black Lacquer and Gilt-Decorated Cabinet on Stand from the 20^th century (sold for £4,000).

A good Mahogany Eight Day Striking Longcase Clock by Emanuel Burton Jr of Kendal, which was made circa 1780, led the clocks in the sale, with a hammer price of £4,000. Also of note was an Ebonised Quarter Chiming Table Clock signed Benj Baddy, London, circa 1750 (sold for £3,000), and a good Brass Engraved Strike and Repeat Calendar Alarm Carriage Clock, stamped Drocourt, circa 1880 (sold for £2,000). Amongst the rugs and carpets, a Tabriz Carpet made circa 1950 in North West Iran sold for £4,600, and a good Shahsavan Runner made circa 1880 in North West Iran sold for £1,700.

European Ceramics and Glass in the sale were topped by a Sèvres Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer, circa 1827, which smashed the pre-sale estimate to sell for £4,800. From the same factory but made in the preceding century was a Sèvres Porcelain Twin-Handled Chocolate Cup, Cover and Saucer, which bore the painter’s mark for Pierre Antoine Méraud and the date mark for 1762 and sold for £1,650. Further notable lots included a 17^th century Delft Charger (sold for £1,700), a Pair of Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Porcelain Urn Shaped Vases, circa 1820 (sold for £1,400), and a Jacobite Wine Glass circa 1745 that was engraved with a rose and a single bud and oak leaf (sold for £800).

Finally, a Chinese Carved Pale Celadon Jade Carving of “Washing the Sacred Elephant” dating from the 18^th/19^th century sold for £4,000. When it was sold at Spink & Son Ltd. in the 1940s, it was noted that the elephant of the famous sage, known as the Great Master Samantabhadra. Good prices were seen, too, for a Chinese Porcelain Jar (sold for £1,600), and a Chinese Robin’s Egg Glazed Bottle Vase, Qianlong reign mark but not of the period (sold for £1,300).

The sale realised a total hammer price of £246,650 for the 320 lots, and an 80% sold rate.

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