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staircases. Her second marriage was to the Earl of Carnarvon.
Glass specialists Mark J West and M&D Moir offer a wide and
differing selection of antique utilitarian and art glass. Amongst
the glass for sale on Mark J West's stand is an elegant glass wine or
champagne jug, English, c.1910, £620 and a rare Bohemian glass
cup and saucer with red flashed engraved panels, c.1860, £100.
First time exhibitor M&D Moir's repertoire includes Lalique,
Monart, Loetz, Harrach, Baccarat, Schneider and D'Argental
including a Val St Lambert signed red to clear cameo dressing
table set, c.1900, priced individually from £180 to £220 each.
Sarah Colegrave Fine Art is showing a group of wildlife
drawings by founder member of the Society of Wildlife
Artists, Eileen Soper RMS SWLA (1905-1990), etcher and
illustrator of children's and wildlife books, including Enid
Blyton's Famous Five. She was artistically trained by her
father, the noted illustrator and etcher, George Soper. At
the age of only 15 years, two of her etchings were shown in
the Royal Academy in London, after which she showed
three prints at an exhibition organised by the International
Society of Printmakers in California. Queen Mary bought
two of her etchings and her work became extremely
popular and exhibited in the UK and USA. This collection
of drawings and watercolours came from the artist's estate.
Local Petworth residents may be particularly interested to see
the paintings on show with John Robertson. He is devoting his
stand to the work of former Petworth resident John Heseltine
(1923-2016), his American born wife Pam Masco (1953-
2018) and their friend Fred Laurent, who were all painters
and commercial illustrators employed by publications to
bring their stories to life. Many of the early works were never
returned to the artists, but were destroyed. John Robertson
has the only known large collection for sale, which he
acquired directly from the artists. In 1969, Heseltine was
commissioned by IPC (International Publishing Corporation)
to illustrate the investiture of HRH The Prince of Wales and
painted portraits of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The
Duke of York. Contemporary art on Moncrieff-Bray Gallery's
stand includes sculptures and paintings by emerging and
established artists. Sarah Warley Cummings' oil paintings
depict scenes around the South Downs and Arun Valley.
A number of jewellery dealers are in attendance, including
Dansk Silver by Jane Burgett bringing vintage Georg Jensen
and Scandinavian silver. T Robert has a fine silver and gold
multi gem set Arts & Crafts brooch, c.1910, £1,250. For the
artist there is a fine 14ct gold perfume bottle pendant in the
shape of a small tube of paint decorated with a single horseshoe
set with rubies, sapphires and diamonds, c.1900, £1,850.
The fair provides a wonderful day out with so much to experience
from Petworth House and all its treasures, the 'Capability'
Brown landscaped grounds, light refreshments in the fair's
marquee or the restaurants, pubs, cafés and other shops in the
town, all of which can be easily enjoyed, as a courtesy shuttle
runs between the antiques fair and the centre of Petworth
town. Larger purchases at the fair can be safely packaged and
delivered locally, around the country or abroad by Bridgefields.
Tickets are £10 each, through Eventbrite, and include
complimentary
access
to
Petworth
House
and
grounds during the three days of the fair. Similarly,
National Trust members gain free entry to the fair.
Furniture dealers are offering traditional pieces from country
oak to a George III mahogany drum table with reeded edge on
turned column and four reeded legs, c.1800, £9,750 from Guy
Dennler Antiques. A late George IV Davenport in richly figured
walnut, stamped ’T Willson 68 Great Queens Street London’,
c.1830, £3,650 features on the stand of Tim Saltwell, who also
brings an unusual mid 19th century English Victorian amboyna,
coromandel and marquetry inlaid pier cabinet, English,
c.1840, £1,950 in which to display precious ceramics or glass.
S&J Abbott Ceramics Plus has an impressive collection,
including a rare 1920's Augarten figure of Tilly Losch as
Phantom, which captures the excitement of the acclaimed
Austrian dancer's life, £580. Two marriages to English men
were noteworthy. Firstly to Edward James of West Dean in
West Sussex, who was involved with ‘Surrealism’. A permanent
reminder of Tilly Losch can be seen at West Dean as her 'wet'
footprints were woven into the carpet on one of the spiral
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