Listed 9/21/09
Avery Galleries
Isle of Shoals by Childe Hassam (1859–1935), 1903
$135,000
(610) 896-0680
Watercolor on paper, 6 ½ x 9 inches (16.5 x 22.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Childe Hassam 1903
AVERY GALLERIES
100 Chetwynd Drive
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Tel: (610) 896-0680
Fax: (610) 896-8749
www.averygalleries.com
Listed 9/21/09
Avery Galleries
Cheyne Walk and All Saints Church, London by Paul Cornoyer (1864–1923)
$85,000
(610) 896-0680
Oil on canvas, 18 ¼ x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Signed lower left: Paul Cornoyer
AVERY GALLERIES
100 Chetwynd Drive
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Tel: (610) 896-0680
Fax: (610) 896-8749
Email: info@averygalleries.com
www.averygalleries.com
Listed 9/21/09
Avery Galleries
Sunset from Quebec by Birge Harrison (1854–1929)
$85,000
(610) 896-0680
Oil on board, 25 1/8 x 30 ¼ inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Signed lower left: Birge Harrison
AVERY GALLERIES
100 Chetwynd Drive
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Tel: (610) 896-0680
Fax: (610) 896-8749
Email: info@averygalleries.com
www.averygalleries.com
Listed 9/21/09
Spencer Marks, Ltd.
Pair of George II English Sterling Silver Double-lipped Sauce Boats by Thomas Heming, London, 1759/60 1920
$24,000.00 for the pair
(413) 527-7344
Made of heavy gauge silver by one of the finest English silversmiths, these sauce boats are exceptional. In the rare double-lipped form, the shaped bodies are entirely hand -raised and attached to cast pedestal bases. Matching the decoration on the bases is applied gadrooned banding with foliate accents around the top border and traveling along the handles.
These unusual cast reverse scroll handles have pierced centers and are adorned below with dramatic shells.
This rare form of sauce boat was brought to England by the Huguenot makers who immigrated from France in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Heming apprenticed to the important Huguenot maker Pierre Archambo; both the form of these pieces and quality of their fabrication show a clear indebtedness to him.
Due to the quality of his silver (like these), in 1760 Heming was appointed Principal Goldsmith to His Majesty King George III, a post he held until 1782. According to Arthur Grimwade, 'Some of his [Heming's] earlier surviving pieces in the Royal collection [c. 1760] show a French delicacy of taste and refinement of execution which is unquestionable inherited from his master Archambo'. 1 Examples of Thomas Heming's works are represented in many major museums and the Royal Collection.
Provenance: Bearing the arms of Sir Robert Jenkinson, 5th Baronet (1720-66). He died without issue. The honors and estate were inherited by his brother, and then a cousin who would become the Earl of Liverpool, the famous politician. His son, the second earl, would become even more famous - he was Prime Minister during the victory over Napoleon.
These stunning sterling sauce boats are fully hallmarked underneath the body. They measure 9 inches long by 4.5 inches high, have a hefty combined weight of 42.80 troy ounces and are in excellent condition.
Item code: C92
Spencer Marks, Ltd.
P.O. Box 330
Southampton, MA 01073
413-527-7344
www.spencermarks.com
Listed 9/21/09
Spencer Marks, Ltd.
Pair of English Sterling Candelabra by John Roberts & Co, Sheffield, 1809/10
$5,800.00
(413) 527-7344
with Antique Sheffield Plate Candelabra Branches
This is a beautiful pair of early 19th century sterling candle sticks with their original bobeches and original antique Sheffield plate scroll-arm branches. The beauty of these sticks is conveyed through the plain elegant surface. Gadroon banding decorates the outer edges of the raised pedestal bases, the bottom edges and top shoulders of the columns and the rims of the detachable bobeches. An armorial of a lion is engraved on the bases and bobeches. For an even more elegant setting, 2-arm antique Sheffield Plate branches can be used. The arms are curved and fluted and the wax pans and removable bobeches are decorated with identical gadroon banding. The central candle holder also unscrews should you care to use a lower central candle.
These lovely sterling silver candelabra are fully hallmarked on the bases and the original bobeches are hallmarked with the sovereign's head, lion passant and maker's mark. As is the case with most antique Sheffield plate, the branches are unmarked. The candlesticks measure 12 inches high. With the branches, they measure 20 inches high by 17 inches across. The felt on the bottom is new and they are in wonderful antique condition.
Item code: D93
Spencer Marks, Ltd.
P.O. Box 330
Southampton, MA 01073
413-527-7344
www.spencermarks.com
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