Auction Alert: Summer Antiques & Interiors Auction

UNISEX LIP MACH 2000 MAFIA MOON AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH

When we lived in Yorkshire, Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers in Ilkley used to be one of our favourite places to pick up stock – and items for personal use too. They hold a regular fortnightly sale and then, less frequent, antique and ‘finest’ sales. Their upcoming Summer Antiques & Interiors Auction takes place on Wednesday 14th June 2023 from 9.30am.

Hartley’s buyer’s premium currently stands at 20% + VAT. As well as being there on the day, you can phone or email in bids in advance or bid live online at EasyLiveAuction (incurs an extra charge of £3 or 3%) or The Saleroom (incurs an extra 4.95%).

Check Hartley’s website for their recommended shipping companies.

PETER HAYES studio pottery vase

Lot 87: PETER HAYES (b.1946)

A studio pottery vase of flattened rounded oblong section with small neck, carved with an abstract wood pattern in a streaky brown glaze, seal mark, signed and dated (19)88, 7 1/2″ high (subject to Artists Resale Right)
Estimate: £100 – £200

Vintage Bernard Rooke pottery totem lamp base

Lot 88: BERNARD ROOKE (b.1938)

A tall stoneware sectional Totem lamb (sic) base with six part glazed and unglazed sections, apparently unmarked, 39 3/4″ high excluding fitting (Illustrated) (subject to Artists Resale Right)
Estimate: £250 – £400

GERMAN GREEN DAUMENGLAS OR THUMB GLASS AND COVER

Lot 91: A GERMAN GREEN DAUMENGLAS OR THUMB GLASS AND COVER

c.1800, of barrel form, the central section with six deep “thumb holes” within milled threads, 14″ high, together with a later smaller Daumenglas of barrel form, each side with three faux holes enclosed by applied milled threads, 6″ high (2) (Part Illustrated)
Estimate: £600 – £800

UNISEX LIP MACH 2000 MAFIA MOON AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH

Lot 159: A UNISEX LIP MACH 2000 MAFIA MOON AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH

Designed by Roger Tallon, the circular chapter ring with red and white line markings, centre seconds hand and date aperture at 6, in an oblong case with red ball adjuster on original rubber strap
Estimate: £100 – £150

GEORG JENSEN SILVER NECK RING

Lot 187: A GEORG JENSEN SILVER NECK RING

Designed by Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube with tension clamp and hung with a polished smoky quartz square pendant with bar suspension, both stamped and Torun numbered 169 and 132 (Illustrated)
Estimate: £600 – £800

A WENDY RAMSHAW SILVER AND AMETHYST STACKING RING

Lot 189: A WENDY RAMSHAW SILVER AND AMETHYST STACKING RING

The six plain rings each set with a graduated close back collet set cabochon stone, London 1972, size M 1/2 (Illustrated)
Estimate: £700 – £900

PAIR OF LARGE CHANDELIER EAR HOOPS

Lot 203: A PAIR OF LARGE CHANDELIER EAR HOOPS

Of D form, collet set with turquoise, malachite and a ruby(?) on an applied filigree work ground, plain backs, the large hoops with loops to attach to smaller ear hoops
Estimate: £400 – £600

SET OF TEN RECLAIMED METAL HERB LABELS

Lot 489: A SET OF TEN RECLAIMED METAL HERB LABELS

Each on a turned post with rust patination, 6″ – 13″ x 37 1/2″
Estimate: £100 – £150

PAIR OF ANTELOPE CHAIRS BY ERNEST RACE

Lot 581: ERNEST RACE – A PAIR OF ANTELOPE CHAIRS

Designed for the Festival of Britain 1951, with white enamel metal frame and blue painted bentwood seat, remnant of label to one, 22″ x 15 1/2″ x 31 1/4″ (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT) See Lesley Jackson Modern British Furniture Design Since 1945 (V&A) page 105 plate 110 for a similar design
Estimate: £150 – £250

Victorian drop-end Chesterfield setee

Lot 624: A VICTORIAN WALNUT FRAMED CHESTERFIELD DROP END SETTEE

Button upholstered in mustard yellow, on turned tapering feet with castors, 69″ x 34″ 28 1/4″
Estimate: £250 – £450

Designer Desire: Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Montage of Portrait of Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe designs

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927-2004) was a Swedish metalsmith and jewellery designer. She worked primarily in silver with semi-precious stones such as amethyst, agate, labradorite, quartz, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl, abalone and other shells.

In 1951, Torun Bülow-Hübe became the first female silversmith in Sweden with her own workshop; she worked there until 1956, when she immigrated to France. She lived and designed in France for 12 years, meeting Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Henri Matisse. She left France, moving first to Germany and then to Indonesia. After her diagnosis with leukaemia in 2002, she moved to Denmark to be with her daughter.

In the mid 1950s, she began a lasting relationship with the Danish firm, Georg Jensen which continued up until her death in 2004. They continue to produce some of her designs including the ‘Vivianna’ wristwatch (shown in the montage above) which was first created in 1962.

Her work has been bought and worn by a string of celebrities; Brigitte Bardot, Ingrid Bergman, Billie Holiday, Pablo Picasso and Duke Ellington.

Torun Bülow-Hübe’s work can be found in the permanent collections of a number of international museums and galleries; MoMA in New York, the Swedish National Museum, Stockholm, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Montreal, the Louvre in Paris, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in London and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.

In 1992, Torun was awarded the Prince Eugen medal by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. The medal is bestowed for outstanding artistic achievement.

Also in 1992, Georg Jensen in Copenhagen held an exhibition commemorating 25 years of Torun’s association with the company; 45 years of working with silver and her 65th birthday.

In addition, that year, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris held a retrospective of her work.

You can buy vintage examples of her designs on eBay and Etsy.

Portrait of Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübecredit

Additional image credits:
1st Dibs | Bukowskis