Lot 258
GROUP OF TWENTY FOUR MIXED-METAL KOZUKA
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 12 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
江戶至明治 東雨、依平、元乗、宗壽等款 各式小柄手把刀叉（共廿四件）
mounted as six dessert forks, twelve table knives with slightly square blades and six further table knives stamped ‘Mappin & Webb, M, Trustworthy, Sheffield’ on the blades, the kozuka of various designs, two forks and six knives signed, including ‘Tou’, ‘Yirihira’, ‘Soju’, etc. (24)
Dimensions
largest kozuka: 10cm high
Provenance
From Penicuik House, Midlothian, Scotland.
Penicuik Estate, situated to the southwest of Edinburgh at the foot of the Pentlands, has been owned by the Clerk family since the middle of the 17th century. Sits at the heart of this designed landscape is Penicuik House, the finest and most influential example of Palladian architecture in Scotland. The 18th-century Palladian mansion was built by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet, in 1761.
It was devastated by fire in 1899. During the fire, a great deal of effort was channelled into salvaging the furnishings. The once magnificent building has stood as a roofless shell for over 100 years. The stables and coach house of the original Penicuik House, converted after the fire into the ‘new’ Penicuik House where the Clerk family reside to this day.
A significant selection of property from Penicuik House was sold in this saleroom, 27 March 2024, lot 1-69; A selection of Asian Art from Penicuik House was also sold in this saleroom, 13 March 2024, lot 189-198.
