ONE of the star lots of the first Antique and Fine Art Auction of 2012 at Driffield’s Saleroom is set to be a pair of early 19th century Scottish landscape scenes by William Wilson which are expected to reach between £3,000 and £4,000.
These are expected to be the highlight of the pictures section and carry the highest estimate in the sale at Dee, Atkinson and Harrison saleroom, on Exchange street on February 17.
The auction contains almost 500 lots and starts at 9.45am with a well-stocked silver section of 70 lots.
The larger, heavier items carry the highest estimates with a 1911 four piece tea set expected to make £400 - £450, a 1927 teapot £300 - £400, and an unusual Chinese bowl brightly enamelled with dragons £350 - £450.
A difficult to find set of six Victorian Cauldron salts is estimated at £250 - £350 and a Victorian sauce boat made in Dublin in 1879 £200 - £250.
There are a similar number of lots of jewellery and watches with a good selection of rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, cuff links, etc with estimates from £30 to £600. Amongst the pocket and wristwatches are examples by Rolex, Omega, Sibon, etc.
A cosmopolitan metals section contains items from Japan, India, Europe and the Middle East, including an Austrian cold painted bronze group of two hunting dogs at £80 - £120 and an interesting Art Nouveau copper cigarette box at £60 - £90. Fireside accessories include a cast iron dog grate and fender and brass fire curbs.
Miscellaneous items have a good selection of tribal carvings from Africa and Bali, various boxes and caddies in rosewood, walnut, olive wood, mahogany, tortoiseshell and cinnabar lacquer.
There is a substantial Edwardian oak three bottle tantalus at £200 - £250 and an unusually large pair of crystoleums expected to realise £150 – £200.
Two lots from the workshops of Robert “Mouseman” Thompson are a 6” bowl and six napkin rings and there is a swordstick walking cane estimated at £100 - £120. Textiles include three 19th Century samplers and a pair of Victorian bell pulls.
The highlights of the ceramics section are a large Royal Worcester pot pouri vase and cover painted by Edward Raby at £350 - £450 and an early 19th Century Toby jug at £200 - £300.
More modern ceramics include a boxed Royal Worcester demi-tasse coffee service of twelve cups, saucers and silver spoons expected to achieve £500 - £700, a number of lots by Charlotte Rhead and the usual selection of Moorcroft items.
Twenty nine lots of glassware contains one of the well known Whitefriars drunken bricklayer vases at £100 - £150 and a good selection of other modern art glass and Victorian coloured glassware.
Particularly interesting are two lots of over twenty Victorian different coloured patent fairy lights expected to realise £80 - £120 each.
The objets d’art section includes a Chinese carved ivory chess set each piece with concentric ball bases at £100 - £150, early 19th Century dated carved fruitwood knitting sheaths and a Fijian wooden club carved with a pineapple and turtle expected to make £150 - £200.
There are examples of longcase, wall and mantel clocks in the clock section, which also includes a small collection of brass carriage clocks and two 19th Century mercury barometers.
The furniture comprises 77 lots of Georgian and later tables and chairs, chests of drawers, bureaux, sideboards, display and side cabinets, dressers, corner cupboards, coffers, occasional furniture and stools, soft furnishings, Windsor chairs, etc Pictures conclude the sale with sets of hunting prints by Alken and Cecil Aldin, an interesting set of eight 1930’s watercolours of fairies in the Art Deco style by Edythe Bowyer estimated at £300 - £400 and two oil paintings by Fred Elwell, portrait of an unknown Red Cross nurse and a Spanish scene both expected to realise £700 - £1,000.