A Pair of Staffordshire Pottery Figures of Boxers certainly packed a punch when they sold for £6,800 (plus buyer’s premium) in Tennants Auctioneers’ Autumn Fine Sale on 13th November. The figures, which were made circa 1815, depicted Tom Cribb and Tom Molyneux, whose contest for the boxing world title was one of the greatest sporting spectacles of the era. A further highlight amongst the ceramics in the sale was a circa 1740 Meissen Porcelain ‘Fabeltiere’ Teacup and Saucer, which sold for £3,000. It was painted in the manner of Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck, one of the most important ceramic painters of the eighteenth century, who was known for creating colourful mythical creatures.
Furniture saw buoyant prices throughout the section, with notable results being achieved for two dining tables; a Regency Mahogany Triple-Pillar Dining Table from the early 19th century sold for £8,000, and an Early Victorian Mahogany Telescopic-Action D-End Dining Table, which extended to an impressive 5m, sold for £4,800. A Fine French Kingwood, Tulipwood and Marquetry Decorated Bonheur de Jour made by Holland and Sons in the late 19th Century sold for £5,500, and a late 19th Century Mahogany Cockpen Armchair in the George III style sold for £2,500. The top lot of the section, and of the whole sale, was an Early 20th Century monumental Carved Wood and Polychrome Decorated Screen depicting storks in a river, which sold for £11,000.
