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Click here to subscribeA Pair of Derby Bisque Porcelain Figures of the Musical Shepherd and Shepherdess, circa 1780, each sitting on a tree stump, he with bagpipes and a hound, she with lute and sheep, on scroll bases, incised number 301, 13.5cm and 14.5cm high; and A Similarly Figure of a Female Gardener, with watering can, incised number 7, 13.5cm high (3) See illustration
Ethelbert White (1891-1972) THE SUN UMBRELLA Signed l.r., inscribed verso, oil on canvas 60 x 73cm. This is probably a study of the artist`s wife, Betty, at their country retreat in Amberley. Ethelbert White was born in Isleworth, Middlesex. In 1911, he studied at St. John`s Wood Art School under Leonard Walker and, in the same year, married Elizabeth Crofton Dodwell, always known as `Betty`. The couple shared a liking for a simple and unconventional way of life, full of fun, friendship, music and travel. They lived in an 18th century cottage in Hampstead Grove, Camden, and travelled around the countryside in their gypsy caravan, `Reading`, Ethelbert producing paintings of village life and Betty playing the lute. White exhibited at London Group and New English Art Club from 1916. His first one-man-show was at Paterson and Carfax Gallery in 1921. He was a regular exhibitor at the RA and RWS. A memorial exhibition was held at the Fine Art Society in 1979. His work is represented in may public collections. Literature: Hilary Chapman, `Ethelbert White 1891-1972, Painter & Printmaker`, Primrose Hill Press 2003
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820 Saint Cecelia, in embroidered gold gown over white shift, gold-embroidered red mantle over her shoulders, wearing a gold-bordered green turban with gold, standing next to a table with an open book, a musical score and a musical instrument, possibly a lute, beside on ivory oval, 5¼ in. (133 mm.) high, hinged gold-tooled brown leather travelling case View on Christie's.com
THE ARTIST 'HH', 1827 A young lady, playing a lute tied with red ribbon, in gold-trimmed mauve robe, white turban with plumes fixed with gem-set brooch, seated at a draped table with a musical score signed with initials and dated 'HH 1827' on the musical score rectangular with rounded corners, 5 x 4 1/8 in. (128 x 105 mm.), gilt-metal mount with stamped foliate border View on Christie's.com
A Fabulous 17th Century Stumpwork Embroidery worked in coloured & metallic threads and enriched with mica, spangles and tiny beads, depicting a lady serenading a gentleman with a lute to the centre beneath a bower of entwined roses and fruiting vine, a man spearing a whale to the foreground, and leopard & stag in the bottom corners and castles in top corners. The ivory silk ground interspersed with animals, insects and floral sprigs, 12 ins x 16½ ins (30 cms x 42 cms), framed 17 ins x 21½ ins (43 cms x 55 cms).* ]
A Pair of 16th Century French Carved Oak Panels depicting The Senses personified by ladies; one holding a mirror representing, sight, the other playing a lute representing hearing. Both figures standing under a draped canopy within a scrolling cartouche, 15 ins x 12¾ ins (38 cms x 32.5 cms).* ]
An Eight Piece Turned Bone Miniature Coffee Service, contained in a walnut, early 19th century, comprising six teacups with integral saucers, pedestal coffee pot and milk jug, the whole walnut hinged to reveal storage compartment, coffee pot 18mm high; A Mother-of-Pearl Calling Card Case, circa 1850, rectangular, engraved with pheasant amongst scrolling foliage, 10.5cm; A Small Tortoiseshell Veneered Rectangular Trinket Box, circa 1820, 6cm wide; and A Tortoiseshell Veneered Miniature Lute, Italy, circa 1830, 13.5cm long (4)
A Small Late 19th Century French Novelty `Swinging Cherub` Alabaster Clock. The enamel chapter ring enclosing the skeletonised visible movement. The cylindrical alabaster case surmounted by gilt brass lute & horns with foliage. The shaped supports rising above an angled plinth with a gilt border and short knop feet. 12 ins (30 cms) in height, 7 ins x 2½ ins (18 cms x 6.5 cms).
After Jean Antoine Watteau - Fête Champêtre Scene with Woman wearing 18th Century Costume seated by a Stone Column, a Male Musician nearby playing a Lute, and Lady seated at a Fountain by a Child and Gallant, a pair of late 19th/early 20th Century colour prints, both within rococo revival gilt composition frames.
A late 18th/early 19th century French fan, gouache painted on skin, depicting a couple playing a lute in a woodland scene with a flower girl, flanked by floral and scroll border, on mother of pearl sticks with gilt inlay, together with an 18th/19th century possibly Anglo-Chinese ivory fan, painted in a slightly provisional manner with possibly Dutch figures, gilt embossed detail, and a number of ivory, wooden and other fans, (a lot).
A 20th century silk embroidered floral panel in verre eglomise frame, together with a small wool tapestry depicting two children dancing to a lady playing a lute, two other framed pieces, a small piece of cream silk wrapped in paper with writing stating `a piece of bridal dress of Queen Victoria`, a handkerchief with a small crowed V monogram to corner, (6).
A Group of Seven Meissen Monkey Band Musicians, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising those playing oboe, French horn, hurdy-gurdy, spinet, triangle and lute, and one other holding an open music book, decorated in typical enamel colours, on rococo scroll edged shaped bases, each with crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, with various incised and pressnummers, the tallest monkey 15cm
De Negen-Zang Godinnen engraving depicting a consort with harp, lute, viol and other instruments, Amsterdam, A. Olofsen; a small engraving of a lady harpist and two admirers, in contemporary brass frame; a mezzotint portrait after Reynolds of Miss Fordyce playing the English guitar, John Bowles, [c.1750]; The Patent Dital-Harp, aquatint by J. Minasi and Stadler after Burney depicting a young woman playing the instrument, 1819; Music for the Million no.4: A Grand Instrument a Little Out of Tune, humorous lithograph coloured by hand depicting a woman and piano-tuner beside a badly damaged instrument, Dean & Co., [c.1830], all framed and glazed, and seven other prints depicting musicians, all but three framed, various sizes(11)
Chivers Binding.- Manning (Anne) 1906 colour plates, contemporary brown morocco by Cedric Chivers of Bath, upper cover with inlaid original watercolour of a 16th century lady playing a lute, within gilt stylised floral border, spine with similar floral decoration, preserved within a later cloth drop-back box, frayed, a fine example, 8vo, 1906.
A GENTLEMAN`S GEORGE II GOLD PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH, the outer case chased with a nude seated beneath a tree holding a lute and with woodland animals nearby, the white enamel dial with black Arabic and Roman numerals, the verge movement by Sam Atkins, London, numbered 1134, with turned pillars, and pierced and engraved balance cock with diamond end stone, London c.1746, with original dust cover, the case with engraved border
A pair of French silver double trumpet posy vases, the c & s scroll pierced handle uniting the two trumpet shaped posy vases with with pierced c & s scrolled edges above embossed courting couples, with a centrally seated winged cherub playing a lute, raised upon pierced rosette c scrolled supports, stamped H with crown above, sponsors mark for Edwin Thompson Bryant, English Import marks for London 1897, approximate gross weight 40.43 oz, (2).
A mid 19th Century mantel clock of Louis XVI design, the ormolu case with basket of flowers finial and surround of acanthus and C scrolls, the base set a porcelain panel painted a man playing the lute to a lady in a landscape, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and fitted an eight-day movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, 40.5cm (16") high, see illustration
Black Japanned Table Cabinet With Late 17th Century Crewelwork Panels To The Interior. The cabinet comprises of a hinged cover with two front opening doors enclosing two drawers and a lift out tray, with crewelwork panels to the doors and drawer fronts. Each door has an embroidery panel of a lady in 17th Century style dress with a tree in the background, one is playing the lute and the other holds some paper (possibly a sheet of music). The top drawer embroidery depicts a hunter seated with his dogs playing a musical instrument and a fisherman catching a fish from his boat, the remaining two drawers have foliate designs using bullion thread. 36cms by 28cms by 22cms,