Design & Contemporary
Lots: 520
Chiswick Auctions is delighted to present our Winter Design and Contemporary Auction, to be held on Tuesday the 9th of December. Our largest sale to date features a remarkable selection of works spanning from the Aesthetic Period to the 21st Century. With an incredible single-owner collection of Louis Wain Cubist “Lucky” Cats, George Tinworth’s rare ‘Four Seasons’ plaques and several mice groups, and a group of Art Deco compacts from the Capstick Dale collection. In contemporary ceramics and studio pottery consigned to the sale are works by Guido Gambone, John Ward, Lucie Rie, Richard Batterham, Janet Leach, Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach, Clive Bowen, Michael Cardew, a Japanese landscape vase by William Marshall, a fabulous model of a sleeping lioness by Alexandre Bigot, and five works by Katharine Pleydell Bouverie.
Furniture highlights include a selection of pieces from Stella McCartney’s personal collection, showcasing her discerning taste and fashionable eye. Other highlights include a single-owner collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin furniture, a magnificent Angelo Mangiarotti ‘Eros’ dining table and a rare Arne Jacobsen ‘Swan’ sofa. Other important pieces of 20th Century Design come from makers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Verner Panton, Pierre Jeanneret, Eileen Grey, Le Corbusier and Marcel Breuer. Early 20th century furniture includes such names as C.F.A. Voysey, J&J Kohn, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Eugene Gaillard.
Amongst various pieces of art glass in the sale is a unique bowl, created by master glass-engraver Peter Dreiser, which demonstrates incredible craftsmanship and has fabulous provenance. Complementing these highlights is a thoughtfully curated selection of posters and contemporary Art, including several works by Bruce High Quality and Paul McCarthy.
Lot 3 - Doulton Lambeth (British) Aesthetic Movement vase decorated with sunflowers
Sold for £189
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 4 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth Beaker with engraved silver collar
Sold for £479
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 5 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth Seaweed ewer
Sold for £378
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth Jug and beaker
Sold for £239
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth Model of mouse on currant bun
Sold for £882
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth ‘Play Goers’ mice group
Sold for £2,142
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 16 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth ‘Painting’ mice group menu holder
Sold for £4,788
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 19 - George Tinworth (British 1843-1913) for Doulton Lambeth 'Hunting' mice group
Sold for £5,796
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - Aesthetic Movement, British (possibly Bruce Talbert) Drawing Room Cabinet
Sold for £819
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - Aesthetic Movement Wall bracket with painted botanical panels
Sold for £164
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 26 - Clement Massier (French 1844-1917) for Atelier Massier Butterfly wall pocket
Sold for £353
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 28 - Alan Waddington Bellis (British 1883-1960) Scarce Arts & Crafts pot
Sold for £101
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 30 - In the manner of E.G. Punnett for William Birch Arts and Crafts open arm chair
Sold for £151
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - Attributed to Liberty & Co., possibly C.F.A.Voysey Arts & Crafts carver chair
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 33 - Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson, Britain Pair of Ashtrays
Sold for £227
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 34 - Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson (British 1876-1955) Three legged stool
Sold for £693
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - Newlyn School (British) Rose bowl decorated with fish en repousse
Sold for £479
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - James Smithies of Wilmslow (British) Arts and Crafts dragon sculpture
Sold for £403
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 37 - Manner of W.A.S Benson (British) Arts and Crafts chambersticks
Sold for £139
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 39 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish b.1868-1928) for Cassina Four DS3 Chairs
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 42 - Manner of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Mirror with Glasgow rose decoration
Sold for £252
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 43 - Otto Wagner (1841-1918) for Jacob and Josef Kohn (Austrian) Model No. 721 armchair
Sold for £580
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 44 - In the manner of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish 1868-1928) Dining table
Sold for £328
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - Eugène Gaillard (French 1862-1933) Art Nouveau salon chair
Sold for £1,386
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 49 - Frederick Carder (British/American 1863-1963) for Steuben Glass Works Twin Handled Vase
Sold for £504
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 52 - Rindskopf (Bohemia) and another Pepita vase and an Art Nouveau style iridescent lamp base
Sold for £63
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 63 - Rene Lalique (French 1860-1945) 'Laurier' (laurel) vase, model 947
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 70 - Charles Schneider (German 1881-1953) 'Frênes' La Verre Français vase
Sold for £1,386
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 75 - Joseph D'Aste (Italian 1872-1940) Art Deco figure of a Dutch boy and girl
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 77 - R. Andrei, cast by Marcel Guillard (French) Model of an Art Deco female with borzoi dog
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 79 - Ashtead Pottery Two scarce 'Mountain Cat' models of a cat scratching ear, model no. M100
Sold for £239
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 80 - Alfred G Hopkins (British 1884-1990) Model of a hare
Sold for £403
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 81 - Daisy Makeig-Jones (British 1881-1945) for Wedgwood 'Firbolgs I' hexagonal bowl
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 85 - Eric Ravilious (British 1903-1942) for Wedgwood 'Alphabet' jug
Sold for £454
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 86 - Shelley (British) 'Queen Anne' shape tea set in the 'Black Garland' pattern
Sold for £454
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 89 - Amphora (Czech) Tall 'Campina' series umbrella stand with stylized flowers
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 90 - Amphora (Czech) 'Campina' series twin lug-handled bird vase and another
Sold for £126
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 91 - French Art Deco Egyptian style black compact with jewelled decoration
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 94 - Henry Lederer & Bro (American) 'Golden Wheel' Cigarette case with matching lighter
Estimated at £400 - £600
