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Fine Sales

Picture Auctions in Fine Sales

The Picture section of our Fine Sales offers the very best painting, drawings, prints and photographs that come through our Pictures department for auction.

Although the picture section is part of the fine sale, it offers a discrete picture auction in its own right.

Robert O Lenkiewicz [1941-2002] - Study/Girl with Blonde Hair (FS17/480) realised £8,000
in the picture auction of the January 2013 Fine Sale.

Robert O Lenkiewicz [1941-2002] - Study/Girl with Blonde Hair (FS17/480) realised £8,000 in the picture auction of the January 2013 Fine Sale.

The picture section of the sale usually offers several hundred lots of fine visual art from different periods and schools.

The typical categories of picture found in the picture auction of the fine sale include:-

Explore Books, Maps and Manuscripts

Explore

Books, Maps and Manuscripts

About Peter Thursby (1930-2011)

About

Peter Thursby (1930-2011)

About John Plumb (1927-2008)

About

John Plumb (1927-2008)

Explore Jewellery and Watches

Explore

Jewellery and Watches

Meet Andrew Thomas

Meet

Andrew Thomas

Discover Wrist Watches

Discover

Wrist Watches

Sale FS40; Lot: 0006: A silver plated twin-branch table centrepiece the central cartouche-shaped dish on a waisted stem and oval base with two swept branches each with a similar smaller dish, 62cm wide.

A Silver Plated Twin-branch Table Centrepiece (FS40/6)

Sold for £240

Sale FS10; Lot: 0081: A silver presentation casket engraved with views of Tiverton including the Castle, Old Blundells, St Peters Church and the Town Hall, presented by the Viscount of Tiverton, maker W &amp; S, Birmingham, 1898.

Silver Casket (FS10/81)

Sold for £4,100

Sale FS39; Lot: 0741: Robert Sutton, Stafford, a moonphase longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with a wood rod to the pendulum, the thirteen-inch break-arch brass dial engraved to the solid centre with the maker's name Sutton, Stafford and with cast brass female-head corner spandrels, the chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, large Arabic five minute numerals, with decorative blued steel hands and a sweep seconds hand, the arch showing the date and phases of the moon to a finely painted disc showing two moons, with a landscape picture to one side and a seascape to the other unusually depicting a sailing and steam ship, a feature seen on another Staffordshire moon disc, the mahogany case with finely fluted free standing pillars to the trunk and hood, a shaped top to the door, with three shells inlaid to the frieze above the door and further shell inlay to the four corners of the base and to the plinth below the trunk pillars, the swan-neck pediment to the hood fronted with three panels of blind fretwork, with side blocks, a ball-and-spire brass finial and brass paterae, the case standing on cabriole bracket feet, height 236cm * Biography Robert Sutton is recorded as working from circa 1769 when he took John Chambley as an apprentice followed by William Gilbert in 1779. Various watches were recorded stolen from his premises in 1774 and 1781. He is known as a maker of fine longcases, with one in particular being an exceptional musical example with the dial showing the saint's days, holy days and the Gods of the four seasons along with an annual calendar. Another example, with a wooden movement showing the influence of the great John Harrison who had previously worked in the area, is on display at the Collection, Art & Archaeology in Leicestershire where it is stated: Although influenced by Harrison, Sutton remains an outstanding craftsman and innovator in his own right. Reference: Joseph McKenna, Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Central England, Mayfield Books, 2002. The rear of the moon disc and the frontplate of the movement are both signed, one scratched, the other punched, by the clockmaker Thomas Pear of Stafford who is recorded as working at 4, Marston Road, Stafford, from before 1880 until at least 1896 and beyond. This mark would indicate that he carried out some repairs/restorations on this clock.

Robert Sutton, Stafford, A Moonphase Longcase Clock (FS39/741)

Sold for £1,800

Sale FS39; Lot: 0018: A pair of Elizabeth II silver three-branch candelabra, maker JB Chatterley & Sons Ltd, Birmingham, 1992 with plain cylindrical nozzles, shell decorated sconces, on knopped stems, raised on stepped petal-shaped cast bases, 29cm high. 2461gms, 79.13ozs.

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver Three-branch Candelabra, Maker JB Chatterley & ... (FS39/18)

Sold for £1,350

Sale FS14; Lot: 0862: A Louis XV brass mounted kingwood coffre fort on later walnut stand, the rectangular body applied with brass trefoil edge mouldings, pierced brass curvilinear strap hinges, escutcheon and carrying handles, the interior with removable trays, the fall front enclosing two drawers, the later stand with Greek key pattern frieze and fluted legs headed by acanthus scrolls and ending in lion paw feet, 54cm (1ft 9 1/4in) wide.

A Louis XV Brass Mounted Kingwood Coffre Fort (FS14/862)

Sold for £9,200

Sale BK20; Lot: 0008: COUNTER CULTURE - Oz 15 copies (some signs of use) original wrappers, Nos. 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47.

COUNTER CULTURE - Oz (BK20/8)

Sold for £180

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