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Auction date Tuesday 26 September 2023 13:00 - 16:00 BST
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Summers Place Auctions is pleased to announce the sale of an exceptional private collection of Contemporary British sculpture on 26th September 2023.

The 72 lots include small sculptures for the home as well as monumental sculptures.  All of the sculptures depict animals and are by such well-known sculptors as Geoffrey Dashwood (born 1947), Mark Coreth (born 1958), Nic Fiddian-Green (born 1963), Dylan Lewis (born 1964) and Hamish Mackie (born 1973). 

Inspired by the landscape of their country home, the collectors took a keen interest in Contemporary wildlife sculpture. They patronised the leading British sculptors with their own inimitable style, but also started collecting some of the lesser known, up-and-coming artists like Adam Binder, Julieanne Worrall Hood, Sophie Dickens and Michael Simpson.

Other items included in this sale are period sculptures by Blanchard and Coade, not forgetting a rare cast lead figure of a cupid and swan by John van Nost the Elder.


Click here for a pdf of the hammer results

Click here for a pdf of the 26th and 27th September Home and Garden Auction

Details of lots in the Sept auction




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Total lots: 109

A rare cast lead figure of a cupid and swan by John van Nost the Elder
Lot 1 Sold
A rare cast lead figure of a cupid and swan by John van Nost the Elder
English, second half of 18th century
112cm high by 110cm wide by 60cm deep
Garden ornament, Swan, PuttoCondition: This piece was fully restored by Paul Crowther in the mid 90…
Hammer price: £10,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A Georgian lead cistern
Lot 2 Sold
A Georgian lead cistern
dated 1744
86cm by 130cm by 50cm
Garden ornamentCondition:  Minor splits to corner seams at top.  Marks, bends and dents as one…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A Georgian lead cistern
Lot 3 Sold
A Georgian lead cistern
dated 1753
78cm by 134cm by 68cm
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A rare Coadestone figure of Father Time
Lot 4 Sold
A rare Coadestone figure of Father Time
18th century
seated on a rock, holding an hour glass, stamped Coade, London 1792
with bronze sundial engraved I. Coggs, London fecit
149cm overall
Eleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and…
Hammer price: £50,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A massive Blashfield stoneware tazza
Lot 5 Sold
A massive Blashfield stoneware tazza
circa 1890
129cm high by 150cm diameter
John Marriott Blashfield, remarked in his essay Account of the History and Manufacture of Ancient…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A stoneware group
Lot 6 Unsold
A stoneware group
late 19th century
possibly by Doulton
142cm high
Garden ornament
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A rare Blanchard stoneware sundial
Lot 7 Sold
A rare Blanchard stoneware sundial
circa 1860
with makers stamp
126cm high overall
See engraving
Mark Henry Blanchard served his apprenticeship with the Coade Company and around 1839 established…
Hammer price: £7,200
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A rare Blanchard stoneware figure of Erin the female personification of Ireland
Lot 8 Sold
A rare Blanchard stoneware figure of Erin the female personification of Ireland
circa 1860
reconstituted stone
170cm high

See engraving
Mark Henry Blanchard served his apprenticeship with the Coade Company and around 1839 established…
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
After Bernini: An impressive carved white marble group of Apollo and Daphne
Lot 9 Sold
After Bernini: An impressive carved white marble group of Apollo and Daphne
mid 19th century
124cm high
on revolving black veined marble pedestal
93cm high
Gian Lorenzo Bernini,  1598 –1680 was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in…
Hammer price: £22,000
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
After the antique: An impressive pair of dogs of Alcibiades
Lot 10 Sold
After the antique: An impressive pair of dogs of Alcibiades
It is likely that these dogs date to the early 19th century but their provenance is unknown
104cm high
Discovered outside Rome in the mid 18th century the original dog came into the possession of…
Hammer price: £35,000
Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A terracotta figure of a bird lady
Lot 11 Unsold
A terracotta figure of a bird lady
French, circa 1900
Impressed SEAU PARIS
187cm high
(restorations)
on later base to be used as a fountain
Garden ornament
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
After the Antique: A cast iron figure of the Diana de Gabies
Lot 12 Sold
After the Antique: A cast iron figure of the Diana de Gabies
late 19th/early 20th century
167cm high
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £2,500
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
D Gabrielli: Echo of the Source
Lot 13 Unsold
D Gabrielli: Echo of the Source
early 20th century
bronze
stamped Fusee Marinelli Ferdinando, Firenze
153cm high
Garden ornament
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A carved limestone wellhead
Lot 14 Sold
A carved limestone wellhead
late 20th century
scrolling foliate decoration
80cm high by 79cm diameter
Garden ornamentCondition: weathered minor chips and marks.  Just the wellhead.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
An Istrian marble font
Lot 15 Sold
An Istrian marble font
circa 1900
carved with foliage
74cm high by 92cms diameter
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £2,500
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A very large Portland stone sundial
Lot 16 Sold
A very large Portland stone sundial
early 20th century
square bronze 33cm dial
155cm high overall
Garden ornamentCondition: weathered, minor chips and marks.  Old loss to one corner
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A red sandstone sundial
Lot 17 Sold
A red sandstone sundial
19th century
circular dial signed Briggs
136cm overall height
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £1,150
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A pair of large carved York stone urns
Lot 18 Sold
A pair of large carved York stone urns
late 19th century
67cm high by 71cm diameter
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
An impressive suite of iron Arras furniture
Lot 19 Sold
An impressive suite of iron Arras furniture
recent
comprising of table and 12 chairs (2 of which are carvers)
table is 298cm by 86cm
Garden Furniture, SeatingCondition: The table and chairs are Arras; there is light surface rust in…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A copper and iron weathervane
Lot 20 Sold
A copper and iron weathervane
late 19th century
with associated copper dragon
163cm by 49cm wide
Now with bracket and restored. Purchase SPA May 2011
ArchitecturalCondition: Fully restored with some age related marks and weathering.  All brackets…
Hammer price: £4,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seat
Lot 21 Sold
A Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seat
circa 1870
stamped C B Dale And Co with model number and diamond registration marks
90cm high by 180cm wide by 65cm deep

See engraving
Garden Furniture, SeatingCondition: Good condition, slats need replacing.
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A rare Coalbrookdale Convolvulus pattern cast iron seat
Lot 22 Sold
A rare Coalbrookdale Convolvulus pattern cast iron seat
circa 1860
172cm wide

This design no. 2286 was the earliest registered and patented at the Public Records office by the Coalbrookdale foundry, Telford, Shropshire on 12th November 1842
Garden Furniture, SeatingCondition: This is a rare pattern one of the earliest by Coalbrookdale.…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seats
Lot 23 Sold
A pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seats
circa 1870
stamped C B Dale And Co with model number and diamond registration marks
90cm high by 100cm wide by 65cm deep
One larger seat available see lot 21
Garden Furniture, Seating
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
A Coalbrookdale Lily of the Valley seat
Lot 24 Sold
A Coalbrookdale Lily of the Valley seat
late 19th century
160cm wide

Although not visible, the construction supports the attribution and the numerous layers of old paint may well be concealing the stamp.

See engraving
Garden Furniture, Seating
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
26 September 2023
26 September 2023

Total lots: 109

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