15th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
The Selected Contents of Bell Hall
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Ann W Baxter NDD SEA (b. 1961)
Standing Horse
Signed, dated (19) 81, carved Macassar Ebony, 26cm long, 20cm high
Two Others (3)
Ann Baxter trained at Leeds college of art and works from her home near Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire. Her carvings are mainly in wood and stone and occasionally in bronze. She favours timber from renewable sources, but also uses her existing stocks of exotic hardwood, which have been stored for many years.
Her main subject is the horse in many and varied forms, but other domestic animals and birds are also featured.
Ann is a member of the Society of Equestrian Artists and her work is regularly featured in their annual London Exhibition. She has received several awards for her sculpture, including the coveted President’s Medal and the British Sporting Art Trust Sculpture Prize.
Ann’s hobby is breeding, showing and racing Arabian Horses.
Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250
Horse with harness - chips to ears.
No other condition issues.
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Auction: The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, 15th Nov, 2024
An eclectic and decorative mixture of antiques and contemporary art will be coming under the hammer this autumn, when the Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, will appear in a single-owner sale at Tennants Auctioneers on 15th November.
The collection was put together over several decades, and draws together good period oak furniture, folk art, 19th century samplers, and Asian art alongside modern and contemporary paintings, ceramics and works of art, many pieces with an animal theme.
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Sunday 10th November to Thursday 14th November 11am-4pm, and morning of the sale from 8am
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