Fine Art and Antiques Sale - 10th June 2010

A PATINATED VERDIGRIS BRONZE FIGURE GROUP OF LADY GODIVA ON HORSEBACK seated, looking over her shoulder, her long tresses tumbling about her shoulders, 105cms high x 120 wide, on an oval base.

Sold for £9,500

WALTER RICHARD SICKERT ARA (1860 - 1942 BRITISH) Rape of Lucretia (after Palma) signed lower right and inscribed after Palma, oil on canvas, 51 x 61cms, Obelisk Gallery label verso. Exhibited London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Paintings by Richard Sickert, ARA 1933, no. 11.
Illustrated in 'Sickert Paintings and Drawings' by Wendy Baron, Yale University Press, 2006

Sold for £8,000

AN ART DECO TIGER MAPLE AND COROMANDEL BEDROOM SUITE by Frederick Restall Ltd, Gt Hampton Street, Birmingham, quarter veneered and crossbanded on a coromandel plinth base, with chrome and Bakelite Odeonesque pierced bar handles, comprising an INVERTED BREAK-FRONT THREE DOOR WARDROBE of stepped outline, full hanging 168cms wide x 191cms high; A PAIR OF TWO DOOR COMPACTUMS fitted with twelve pull slides, and six pull slides respectively; a small SINGLE DOOR HOSIERY CABINET fitted with three graduated pull-slides; a SINGLE DOOR JEWELLERY AND LINGERIE CABINET fitted with a velvet lined jewellery drawer above a drawer with lock and three pull slides; a PAIR OF SINGLE DOOR BEDSIDE CABINETS each fitted with a drawer and two glass shelves; a CHEVAL MIRROR of canted rectangular outline with upholstered foot rest base; DRESSING TABLE of rectangular canted outline the lift-up top mirror lined, above a kneehole with narrow glass shelf, the velvet lined interior fitted with A SILVER, BLUE BAISSE TAILLE ENAMEL AND CUT GLASS DRESSING TABLE SET by Adie Brothers, comprising hand mirror, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, and associated comb with matching accessories of a photograph frame, powder compact, cigarette case, easel clock, powder bowl, two scent bottles and two eau de cologne bottles, Birmingham 1933; chrome tubular frame CHAIR with low back, a WASTE BIN, A PAIR OF TWO RECTANGULAR UNDER-BED STORAGE BOXES, 122cms wide; and a DOUBLE BEDSTEAD of stepped panel design.

Sold for £6,000

A DIAMOND RING the round brilliant cut stone claw set within a pierced 'halo' surround in white metal tests as platinum, total approximate weight of principal stone 1.18cts, certified clarity VS1, certified colour H.

Sold for £5,000

BRIAN SHIELDS 'BRAAQ' (1951 - 1997 BRITISH) Winter landscape with figures before a lake, industrial township beyond, oil on board, signed and dated 1975, 38 x 51 cms.

Sold for £3,800

A HENRY SELMER, PARIS, GILT METAL TENOR SAXOPHONE number 39176, with mother-of-pearl keys, circa 1949, in a fitted case.

Sold for£3,000

A MATCHED PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF SNARLING WOLVES, each modelled in a crouching position, one with its right leg resting on a sheep's head, on grassy moulded bases, incised numbers 1240 and 1243, blue crossed swords mark, impressed 83, 14.5cms high x 15cms wide.

Sold for £2,800

A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF AN ARTIST AND HIS WIFE, he holding up a scroll as she points to it, a jug on a small table between them, signed to underside, Meiji period, 13.5cms high.

Sold for £2,300

SUTTON & SONS LTD, a pair of oak specimen cases containing decorative displays of grasses and seeds, titled Useful Grasses and Useless Grasses, displayed against a deep red ground, with detailed labels and a banner painted with the Royal Crest and inscribed 'By Appointment Sutton & Sons Ltd, Seedsmen To His Majesty The King, Reading, England', 54 x 84.5cms; together with an accompanying book by Martin J. Sutton - Permanent And Temporary Pastures, popular edition, n.d. circa 1900.

Sold for £2,000