Name: Auction: JOHN MOYR SMITH (1839-1912) FOR MINTON, HOLLINS & CO. GROUP OF FIFTEEN AESOP'S FABLES TILES, CIRCA 1878
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 579 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Day One | Lots 1 to 252 | Wednesday 16th April from 10am

Day Two | Lots 253 to 490 | Thursday 17th April from 10am

Our Spring 2025 edition of Design Since 1860 took place on 16 &amp; 17 April. &nbsp;Scroll down to view the results, if you are interested in any available lots our team would be delighted to discuss any aftersales enquiries. &nbsp;&nbsp;The auction featured selected works from the late 19th century and early 20th century and encompassed the Aesthetic and Arts &amp; Crafts Movements, Art Nouveau and Art Deco as well as works which date up to the present day. &nbsp;Highlights of the sale included a group of watercolours, furniture and works of art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including the wonderful French period watercolour <a href="/auctions/design-since-1860-828/lot/299">‘Bouleternère’</a> which sold for £150,200 inc fees and <a href="/auctions/design-since-1860-828/lot/298">a group of silver cutlery</a> designed for Fra and Jessie Newbery which sold for a remarkable £175,200 inc fees. The auction also featured a collection of works of art and personal items belonging to Jessie Marion King and her husband, designer and artist E.A. Taylor. Another highlight was the rare and beautiful ‘St Cecilia’ tapestry circa 1888, woven at Merton Abbey by Morris &amp; Co., to designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and John Henry Dearle.Also in the sale is a collection of continental Art Nouveau including several rare works by Amphora, designed by Eduard Stellmacher. The sale also included an exciting selection of works by designers such as Christopher Dresser, Philip Webb, W.A.S. Benson, C.F.A. Voysey, James Herbert McNair and Sir Edwin Lutyens; Carlo Bugatti, Josef Hoffmann, Herter Brothers and many others.&nbsp;Buyer's Guide:

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printed earthenware, comprising; two examples of ‘King Log & King Stork’, ‘The Wolf and the Lamb at the Spring’, ‘The Fox and the Crow’, ‘The Dog and his shadow’, and an example each of ‘The Tortoise which wished to learn to fly’, ‘The Wolf and the Crane’, ‘The Hare and the Tortoise run a race’, ‘The Goat, Calf and Sheep in partnership with the Lion’, ‘The Fox and the Goat in the well’, ‘The Fox dines with the Stork’, ‘The Ape the Cat and the roast chestnuts' (15)

GROUP OF FIFTEEN AESOP'S FABLES TILES, CIRCA 1878

JOHN MOYR SMITH (1839-1912) FOR MINTON, HOLLINS & CO.

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JOHN MOYR SMITH (1839-1912) FOR MINTON, HOLLINS & CO.

GROUP OF FIFTEEN AESOP'S FABLES TILES, CIRCA 1878

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