Lot 422:A Chinese blue bottle neck vase fetched £550.

July  2006 Auction Report

The July Sale had in excess of one thousand lots and were spread over two days, with the specialist Silver and Jewellery Sale held on Thursday 27th.  Despite high temperatures it was a busy sale with good prices attained.The Silver Plate section had a good set of four Sheffield plated candlesticks, despite damage they fetched £300.  The Foreign Metalware section heralded an unusual glass and wirework fretted bowl with enamel flowerheads, possibly French, fetching £1000.  The Modern Silver section heralded over two hundred lots, to include an Edwardian silver spirit coffee pot, fetching £250, a George V silver six-division toast rack with spirit burner by Asprey fetching £330.  A George V silver and cut glass lidded claret jug by Hukin & Heath fetched £200.  The Antique Silver section included a pair of George III silver navette tea vases fetching £190, a George IV mug by the Barnard family fetching £130, a Victorian silver mounted and cut glass large scent bottle fetching £290, a pair of George III silver navette two-handled sucrier by Henry Chawner fetching £430, a George III silver mug by John Denwall fetching £330, a George V silver larger spirit kettle with stand fetching £850, a large Victorian silver canteen of cutlery fetching £880.  This all proving that the silver market is still buoyant.
There was much interest in the Jewellery Section, the highlight being a large solitaire diamond ring fetching £2700, an 18ct.gold cluster ring of approximately 2.2.cts fetching £1600, an 18ct.gold five stone diamond ring fetching £960, a large diamond and pearl ring fetching £940 and a gold butterfly form brooch by Mappin Bros. fetching £720.
 On Day 2 the Ceramics included a pair of Continental porcelain gilded goblets, probably Berlin, fetching £660 and an 18th Century Chinese large vase fetching £900, proving the Chinese market to be very strong.  Another Chinese blue bottle neck vase fetched £550.
Jacobs and Hunt are now holding regular specialist fine art Picture Sales, of which July was the first.  There was much interest and the sale included a Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, ‘The May Stallion’, fetching £3500, Henry Woods ‘A View of Venice from a Terrace’ £820.  There were three Ernest Arthur Rowe watercolours fetching in excess of £2000 collectively.  Alfred East ‘Figures on a Track within a Rural Landscape’ made £720, Henry Williams ‘A Moonlit Autumnal Street Scene’ made £460.
The Clocks and Barometers Section included a George III oak longcase clock fetching £980 and a brass lantern clock fetching £300.
The Furniture Section held in excess of two hundred and fifty lots, to include a Regency mahogany sofa table fetching £950, a George III oak mule chest fetching £650, an 18th Century oak large bacon cupboard fetching £800. 


Lot 600: Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, ‘The May Stallion’, fetched £3500

 Lot 96: An unusual glass and wirework fretted bowl with enamel flowerheads, possibly French, sold for £1000.

Lot 250: Large Victorian silver canteen of cutlery made £880