Submitted by aarAdmin on Tue, 11/29/2022 - 00:00
Renowned Royal Worcester artists Charles Baldwyn, Harry Davis and John and Harry Stinton featured prominently in Melbourne-based Gibson’s Auctions November Spring Auction Series when several of their creations filled the top 10 sale spots.
One of Baldwyn’s 1899 ewers (lot 222) brought the highest price of $9500 against a catalogue estimate of $4000-$6000 – and an 1892 covered urn vase (lot 220) $5500 – while Davis’s 1906 scenic vase (lot 230) sold for $6600, closely followed by the Stinton’s matching pair of c1908 vases (lot 485) for $6500.
A Tiffany & Co solitaire diamond ring (lot 376A) shared the $9500 top billing with Baldwyn and a three stone pink and white diamond ring (lot 376) was almost as much at $8500.
An impressive circa 1830 Louis XV style ormolu mantel clock elaborately pierced and cast in the rocaille manner (lot 272) was another strong performer, bringing $7500 on a $3000-$5000 estimate.
A Jaeger-LeCoultre gold and diamond reverso night and day watch (lot 456) sold for $7000 and a Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) bronze group of turtles for $6000.
Early 18th century pair of Queen Anne/George I walnut side chairs (lot 104) also were strong performers at $5500.
Outside the top 10, a Ming-style blue and white bowl (lot 136) and yellow-ground blue dragon bowl (lot 187) each sold for a surprising $5000 on a $600-$800 estimate, the same price as that paid each of two more Royal Worcester pieces – another Harry Davis 1910 vase (lot 229) and a William Powell 1912 ewer (lot 488).
