GLASGOW HERALD, TUESDAY 15TH MAY 1877
THE SHANDON SALE
The sale of the second portion of the Shandon fine art collection began at Messrs Christie, Manson and Wood’s, London, yesterday. The articles exposed to sale consisted of miniatures, bijouterie, watches, snuff boxes, and carvings in wood and ivory.
The day’s proceeds amounted to £1,410 17s 6d, and the following were the highest prices:- (the figures within brackets refer to the number in the catalogue) – A large square enamel miniature of Countess Spencer (1515), £21; an oval enamel miniature of Louis XIV, by Petilot (1516), £27 16s 6d; a large enamel miniature of Dr Johnson (1523), £26; a miniature of Frances Marchioness of Camden, by H P Bone (1524), £37; a cinque-centred enamel (1542), £35; a needle-case porcelain case, formed as a cambino of Dresden porcelain, mounted with silver (1546), £22; an oval watch in pierced silver case, engraved with Scripture subjects (1559), £38; a gold watch by Brillan, Paris (1568), £33 10s; an octagonal bloodstone snuff-box (1580), £36; an oval snuffbox of moss agate (1592), £27 10s; an oblong carved wood snuff-box (1616), £20 10s; an oval-shaped Mocca stone patch box (1617), £80; an oval silver snuff-box (1619), £28 7s; “Night”, carved in ivory (1627), £54 12s; a pair of ivory statuettes (1637), £34 13s; four small ivory statuettes representing the seasons (1638), £31; a Neapolitan group in ivory, with drapery of carved wood (1666), £17 7s.
As on former days, a good many of the articles were bought by Glasgow and West of Scotland buyers.
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