4th Mar, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
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Wrenman: A Bob Hunter (Thirlby) English Oak Letter Rack, made as a local Thirlby design five-bar gate, with carved wren trademark, 33.5cm wide, 12.5cm deep, 19cm high
Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £150
Some watermarks to the left-hand side of the backboard, left-hand side of the gate and the post, as well as the left of the base. A little dry and would benefit from a polish - otherwise OK.
Auction: 20th Century Design, 4th Mar, 2023
A rare stained glass window of St Margaret of Antioch by Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts luminary Sir Edward Burne-Jones leads the Spring 20th Century Design Sale with an estimate of £15,000-20,000 plus buyer’s premium. A further gem of the Arts and Crafts era on offer in the sale is a Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr (estimate: £4,000-6,000). Omar Ramsden was one of the most acclaimed and successful silversmiths of the early 20th century and a key influence on both silversmithing and the Arts and Crafts movement.
The sale will also offer a bumper selection of fine and early pieces by Yorkshire Arts and Crafts furniture maker Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson from three good private collections; Marco-Pierre White's Rudloe Arms Hotel, Denton Hall near Ilkley and the Tanfield Collection. Also on offer in the sale is an unusual and playful Private Collection of Automata dating from 1970 to 2000.
Please note condition report requests for furniture will be provided once items are out of storage.
Viewing
Thursday 2 March 10am-4pm, Friday 3 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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