THE COTSWOLDS
ART AND ANTIQUES DEALERS’ FAIR AT BLENHEIM PALACE
16TH
– 19TH APRIL 2015
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BLEINHEIM PALACE IS THE STUPENDOUS SETTING FOR CADA 2015!
The Cotswolds Art & Antiques Dealers' Association Fair returns
to the elegant setting of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PP from
Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th April 2015.
Now in its fourth year, the fair takes place in The Orangery overlooking
the magnificent Formal Gardens of the Palace.
The 24 exhibitors, all members of The Cotswolds Art & Antiques
Dealers' Association, can boast to being part of the 'best of the best fairs'
in having the best specialist
dealers in the UK, exhibiting the best stock available in the best stately home with the finest view
in England.
The Cotswolds Art & Antiques Dealers' Association (CADA) is the
pre-eminent of the regional trade associations with many of its 50 members
exhibiting at the top London and international fairs.
New faces at the fair this year are Delomosne & Son Ltd, antique
dealers from Chippenham handling English and Irish 18th & 19th century
glass and porcelain. All works are for
sale with prices ranging up to £100,000.
DETAILS
Transitional double gourd bottle vase,
price £13,000 from Catherine Hunt Oriental Ceramics
An early 19th century Pratt ware money box
in the form of a house, Yorkshire, c1820, price £875 from Andrew Dando
A late 19th century, c1860, stained and
painted glass window, price £1,800 from Architectural Heritage
Extremely rare late 17th century English
brass chandelier from David Pickup
Papier mâché tea caddy by Henry Clay,
c1800, price £5,500 from Hampton Antiques
Victorian diamond and enamel serpent
bangle, c1870 from Howards Jewellers
'Polperro,
Cornwall' by Hendrik Jan Wolter (1873-19), signed
1922 from The Kyffin Gallery
Rare and very small English rosewood mantel clock, c1830
from Tobias Birch at Montpellier Clocks
'The
Reception of The Queen of Sheba by King Solomon',
silk work embroidery, English, c1660 from Witney Antiques
Pair of Art
Nouveau vases, German, c1902, price £1,950 from Hall-Bakker Decorative Arts
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The charm of the Fair is the unique
opportunity to hunt for exceptional and quirky antiques and fine art to be from
all corners of the Cotswolds without having to travel the length and breadth of
the area.
The very best of every
discipline is showcased including furniture, pictures, silver, early
needlework, antique boxes, sculpture, clocks and barometers, carpets and
textiles, jewellery, Oriental and English ceramics, garden ornaments and many
other decorative objects.
Highlights within the fair include a number of rare needleworks
dating from the 17th century from Witney
Antiques including a delightful English silk work embroidery of a lady
playing the lute beneath a flowering bower surrounded by small insects, animals
and birds, c1660.
Another is a sampler
finished in 1723, just one year after the building of Blenheim Palace had been
completed. From David Pickup is an unusual, if not unique, extremely rare late 17th
century English brass chandelier dated 1688.
Collectors of ceramics will enjoy spotting a
very good early Pratt ware large model of a spotted cat, c1800, price £3,750
along with a very good quality 18th century Derby porcelain large figure of
Britannia, price £1,250 from Andrew
Dando.
Chairman of the Association, John Howard, the leading specialist dealer in 18th &
19th century British pottery has sourced
a rare English delftware pottery blue charger with the royal portrait of
Queen Anne with the initials A R, along with an excellent provenance, the price
is £17,500.
More art pottery in the form
of a Martin Brothers vase is a grotesque character fish from 1899, price
£5,500 from Kinghams Art Pottery Ltd.
Chinese ceramics are well represented by Catherine Hunt Oriental Ceramics such as a Transitional double
gourd bottle vase for £13,500 and a Kangxi Islamic style bottle vase for
£4,000.
Hall-Bakker Decorative Arts
specialises in a wide range of post 1860's design such as an Art Nouveau
Galle cameo vase of seule fleur form, price £1,350 and an Arts & Crafts sea
green glass vinaigrette by James Powell & Sons, c1907 for £650.
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More highlights include antique boxes, which are very collectable
items, such as an octagonal tortoiseshell tea caddy, c1820, price £8,750 or an
exquisite amboyna silver gilt vanity box, c1854, price £8,500 both from Hampton Antiques who are also bringing
a collection of Art Deco Cocktail shakers and 1950s Dunhill lighters; a rare pair of English ship's decanters
engraved with armorial badges with the motto deo juvante, c 1800, price £5,000 from Delomosne & Son Ltd.
Decorators are always asked to find antique carpets and textiles and
this year's highlight from Legge Carpets
is a Suzani from Uzbekistan from the late 19th century, a silk embroidery on
hand woven linen. A quite exceptional
early George III period mahogany coffer/box from W R Harvey (Antiques) & Co Ltd, price £2,250 would enhance any
Cotswolds manor house.
Paintings are well represented in the fair and the Kyffin Gallery are showing an oil on
canvas of Polperro, Cornwall by Dutch artist Hendrik Jan Wolter
(1873-1952). Born in Holland in 1873 he
considered himself a passionate plein-air
painter and was inspired by painting water, sea and harbours.
By 1910 he had moved to the English coast of
Cornwall and Devon and painted views of the harbours in St Ives, Polperro and
Lynmouth before moving back to Holland by the First World War.
Régate
à Henley, an oil on panel painted by Jacques Emile Blanche (1861-1942) in
1920 can be found on Trinity House
Paintings Ltd stand. Sarah Colegrave deals in 19th &
20th century pictures and she is bringing 'Arriving
at the Ball' an oil by Cyrus Cincinnato Cuneo (1879-1916), price £2,500.
Cuneo tragically died from blood poisoning at the age of 37 caused by the
accidental stab of a hatpin at a dance.
Also on her stand is a watercolour of the U K's very first sex symbol,
Frances Day, the golden girl of the 1930s painted by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
(1906-1960), price £1,800. Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, specialist print
dealer is bringing an original etching from 1898 of Rudyard Kipling by William
Strang RA who was an admirer of Kipling and etched his portrait several times,
price £850.
Amongst the many watercolours
with Newman Fine Art is one of
interest to local residents of 'The
Town Hall and North & South Bridge Street, Banbury, Oxon', by William
Frederick Austin (1833-1899), signed & dated 1863, price £1,850. Lovers of marine art will enjoy "Frigate Getting Underway" signed
and dated 1854 by William Joy (1803-1866) from Stuart Boyd Fine Art. The
majority of John Noott Galleries stand is a themed
display of dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds.
Howards
Jewellers of Stratford are
taking two stands, one creating a sparkling display of jewellery including a
stunning Victorian diamond and enamel serpent bangle, c 1870 and a broad
selection of silver on the second.
Tobias Birch of Montpellier Clocks has
a couple of stunning highlights including
a rare and very small English rosewood mantel clock, c1830 and a fine
and rare longcase regulator of the best 'Mudge & Dutton' quality, c1790.
Garden design is well represented by Architectural Heritage who have a huge
range of antique statuary such as a pair of decorative wrought iron garden
gates, c1900 for £1,800, a late 19th century sundial and a stained and painted glass window from
c1860 illustrating the 'Arms of England' which are the armorial bearings of
Richard I or Coeur de Lion, price £1,800.
Event: The
Cotswolds Art & Antiques' Dealers Fair at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PP
Date: 16th
-19th April 2015
Hours: 10am -
5.30pm daily
Entry: Complimentary
invitation available from CADA website
(www.thecada.org) admits 2 to the fair and the Palace
grounds
Enquiries: CADA at
Heritage, 6 Market Place, Woodstock, OX20 1TA
07831
850544 or 07855 443913
Transport: Jct 9 of
M40; Oxford BR, London Oxford Airport (Kidlington)
AA
signposted; free parking
Website: www.thecada.org
January 2015
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