12th November 2024
About Sworders
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers were established in 1782 in a Georgian coffee shop in North Street, Bishop’s Stortford by a Mr Peter Ramsay. Our headquarters remained in Bishop’s Stortford until about 20 years ago when we moved four miles north to Stansted Mountfitchet, over the county border in Essex.
A traditional company, we still hold details of property sales and auctions in bound volumes dating back to 1850. We aim to combine a sense of history and tradition with a modern approach to our very contemporary business.
We have worked hard to ensure our online digital offering is strong so that customers, who cannot visit either due to the current restrictions or geographical location, are aware of the items we offer for sale and are able to view them in great detail and comfort. We have been striving towards this for five years or more, the events of 2020 have made our digital presence absolutely key. Sales now regularly attract bidders from as far away as the United States, Australia, Russia and China, ensuring that we are a truly global business.
Please visit our website www.sworder.co.uk to view the many fascinating items for sale and the services we offer.
Lot 70
Cedric Morris (1889-1982)
French landscape
oil on canvas
45.5 x 55cm
Sold £18,000
Lot 346
Grayson Perry RA (b.1960)
‘Alien Baby’
glazed ceramic, 2008, , from an edition of 12
27 x 17cm
Sold £7,000
Lot 160
Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932)
Venice Suite
twenty silkscreen prints, 40.7 x 30.5cm
Sold £7,100
Lot 4
Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989)
‘Beechwood, Broomfield, Somerset’
watercolour
54 x 74cm
Sold £6,900
Graham’s, Vintage Port, 1970, twelve bottles (owc)
Sold £1,200
A magnificent Chinese silk kesi ‘Peach Festival’ hanging scroll,
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), richly embroidered in bright colours with a lively scene depicting immortals celebrating the birthday of Xiwangmu, 175 x 89cm
Sold £21,000
Lot 68
A Gandhara grey schist Buddha,
4th century, the seated figure with legs crossed and his hands resting in his lap in Dhyana mudra, wearing a pleated sanghati, with loose scoop neck collar, 40cm high
Lot 139
A white gold single stone Colombian emerald ring,
Sold £33,000
Lot 340
A cased 18ct gold top wind hunter pocket watch,
by J W Benson, London, 1890
Sold £9,100
Lot 224
A pair of rare Arts and Crafts oak armchairs,
by C F A Voysey (1857-1941), c.1902, each with leather and studded drop-in seats,
Sold £18,000
Lot 198
A rare Arts and Crafts oak architectural clock,
designed by C F A Voysey (1857-1941), c.1902
Sold £9,000
Lot 262
A chestnut ‘owl’ cabinet,
c.1905, designed by Ambrose Heal
Sold £7,400
Alfred Hitchens Corbould (1821-1874)
‘Major Stayplton’s Phaeton Horses – putting to’
signed and dated 1864, oil on canvas
112 x 190cm
Sold £14,000
Lot 119
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
‘Champ de Courses’
with Atelier Ed Degas stamp l.r., pencil
17 x 22cm
Sold £8,500
Lot 120
John Skeaping RA (1901-1980)
Equestrian sculpture with a Jockey Up
bronze
Sold £6,000
Lot 252
*Peter Collingwood (1922-2008)
‘M.72 No.3’
a microgauze wall hanging, of woven cream linen and steel
Sold £8,000
Lot 294
John Ward (b.1939),
an hand-built black and white stepped rim bowl, with ‘JW’ monogram,
18cm high
Sold £7,500
Lot 575
John Charles Dollman RWS RI ROI (1851-1934)
‘A Very Gallant Gentleman’ – Captain Lawrence Oates
pen, ink and watercolour heightened with white
59 x 99cm
Sold £26,000
Lot 348
An Italian carved marble bust,
late 18th/early 19th century, ‘The Albani Faun’, after the antique, on a waisted circular socle,
53cm high
Sold £7,000
Lot 863
A French Transitional-style kingwood and ormolu mounted vitrine, c.1900
Sold £5,800
Lot 192
Fourteen Turkish chibouk bowls,
in red and black clay, two in metal, some with gilt details, two with beaded shafts,
largest 47cm long,
Sold £9,200
Lot 612
François Flameng (French, 1856-1923)
Portrait of a lady, standing full length, in a gold evening dress and silver shawl, before a table with roses
signed ‘François Flameng’ and dated ‘London 1906’ l.l., oil on canvas
220 x 124cm
Sold £6,900