ART dating from the 15th Century to modern pieces a decade old were all part of a recent auction at Crewkerne.
This great span was reflected in the range of styles and subjects on offer at the Lawrence’s sale - and some staggering sale prices were achieved.
Among them was a wooded landscape scene in watercolour by John Middleton, who died in 1856 at the age of just 29, which sold for £6,250 (lot 1322), and two watercolours of Drury Lane in London and High Street in Salisbury by Louis Rayner, which made £11,250 (lots 1335, 1336).
Meanwhile, three watercolours by Sir William Russell Flint totalled £25,000, led by the £10,000 paid for `Nameless Flowers, Tripoli` (lot 1527).
A group of etchings and other pictures by William Lionel Wyllie totalled £12,160, with a view of Aldeburgh, formerly owned by the artist’s niece, that made £5,625 (lot 1489).
A charmingly sentimental large oil, entitled `Puzzled` showing a dog gazing at a frog by John Sargent Noble made £5,500 (lot 1454); and a boxy shorthorn cow by William Luker, painted in 1845, was bid to £7,500 (lot 1451).
Elsewhere, two very different oils by Italian `Primitives` attracted many enquiries.
A Sienese School tempera on panel of Mary Magdalene, probably a wing from a small domestic devotional triptych, was painted in the mid-late 15th Century and made £7,500, while a Tuscan scene of a wedding feast, once a panel from a cassone or marriage chest, dated from c1500, made a staggering £32,500.
For more details, log on to www.lawrences.co.uk.
SOLD: Pieces by Louis Rayner
SOLD: Pieces by Louis Rayner
SOLD: This William Luker sold for £7,500
SOLD: This William Lionel Wyllie, for £5,625
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