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Lawrence-Cesnola collection sales at Sotheby's in London
1.6.1883
|
Lot number |
Sale Catalogue Description |
No. of objects |
Price paid £.s.d |
Notes |
1 |
2 |
Glass Bowls 2 1/2 in, 2 in. |
2 |
0.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /1-2 |
2 |
4 |
Glass Bowls 3 in, 2 1/2 in |
2 |
0.15.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /3-4 |
3 |
16 |
Glass Bowls 2 1/2. 2 3/4 in, clear |
2 |
0.15.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /5-6 |
4 |
23 |
Glass Bowls 2 in 1 1/2 with lids |
2 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /7-8, Price erroneously given as £0.15.0 |
5 |
30 |
Glass Others [lachrymatories or unguentaria, long necks with moulded lips] 5 1/4 in and another iridescent |
2 |
1.3.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /9-10 |
6 |
36 |
Glass Unguentaria or lachrymatories 6 1/2 in and 2 small specimens |
3 |
1.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p231 /11-13 |
7 |
37 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 1/2 in 5 3/4 in |
2 |
1.3.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /1-2 |
8 |
40 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 1/2 in and 2 others |
3 |
1.3.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /3-5 |
9 |
43 |
Glass Unguentaria 5 in and 3 others iridescent |
4 |
1.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /6-9 |
10 |
47 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 1/2 in and 2 others long |
3 |
1.10.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /10-12 |
11 |
65 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 3/4 in and 2 others |
3 |
1.8.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /13-15; lot number given as Lot 66 |
12 |
66 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 3/4 in and 2 others finely iridescent |
3 |
1.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p232 /16-18; lot number given as Lot 67 |
13 |
76 |
Glass Unguentaria 4 3/4 in banded neck and 3 others iridescent, fine shapes |
4 |
3.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /1-4 |
14 |
85 |
Glass Unguentaria 7 in and 2 others fine iridescence |
3 |
2.1.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /5-7 |
15 |
87 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 1/4 in and 2 others iridescent |
3 |
1.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /8-10 |
16 |
120 |
Glass Unguentaria 6 1/4 in and 2 others iridescent |
2 * |
1.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /11-13; * sic actually 3 objects |
17 |
123 |
Glass Unguentaria 5 1/2 in a rare shape and 2 others iridescent |
3 |
2.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /14-16 |
18 |
199 |
Terra Cottas One 10 in and 2 others |
3 |
0.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p236 /1-3 |
19 |
200 |
Terra Cottas One 6 1/2 in black and red ornamentation and 2 others |
3 |
0.19.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p236 /4-6 |
20 |
201 |
Terra Cottas One 9 in chequer and fylfot patterns and 2 others |
3 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p236 /7-9 |
21 |
202 |
Terra Cottas One 8 in black and ornamental lines and 2 others |
3 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p237 /3-5 |
22 |
203 |
Terra Cottas One 9 in black and red triangle pattern and 2 others |
3 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p237 /6-8 price given as £0.10.0 |
23 |
206 |
Terra Cottas One 9 in and 2 others |
3 |
0.17.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p237 /9-11 |
Not listed against PR in sale catalogue |
207 |
Terra Cottas One 7 in and 2 others |
3 |
0.13.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p238 /1 Description Lot 207 £0.14.0 Archaic pale yellow terra cotta single handled vase, globular body, ornamental patterns in black, fylfots &c. 7 in high and 2 others. No illustration. According to the Sotheby sale catalogue this was actually sold to Lincoln not Pitt-Rivers [Lincoln seems to have been a dealer, see below for another item which is similar] |
24 |
208 |
Terra Cottas One 8 in and 2 others |
3 |
0.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p238 /2-4; price listed as 12/- |
25 |
210 |
Terra Cottas One 7 1/2 in fine ornamentation but broken and 2 others |
3 |
0.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p238 /5-7; price listed as £1.0.0 |
26 |
211 |
Terra Cottas One 9 in chequer, fylfot and arrows; and 2 others |
3 |
1.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p238 /8-10; price given as 18/- |
27 |
214 |
Terra Cottas One 10 in fine bold circles and cruciform ornamentation and 2 others |
3 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p239 /4-6 |
28 |
217 |
Terra Cottas One 8 in and 2 others |
3 |
0.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p239 /1-3 |
29 |
224 |
Terra Cottas [Archaic Vase or Amphora] Another 21 1/2 in |
1 |
1.8.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p239 /7 |
30 |
225 |
Terra Cottas [Archaic Vase or Amphora] Another 21 in |
1 |
1.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p242 /3 |
31 |
236 |
Two askoi 8 1/2 in |
2 |
1.1.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p239 /8-9. Given as part of founding collection to the Pitt Rivers Museum where these objects still are; see 1884.38.42-43 |
32 |
239 |
Archaic vase 2 handles, globe body, red and black ornamentation 10 1/2 inches high |
1 |
1.2.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p239 /10 |
33 |
243 |
Another [Archaic vase] 9 in |
1 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p240 /1 |
34 |
249 |
Two vases, one 12 in high with figures of a Horse in archaic style fylfot &c (broken necks) |
2 |
0.8.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p240 /2-3 |
35 |
251 |
Two ditto [Archaic Vases] circular mouths 12 in |
2 |
0.19.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p240 /4-5 |
36 |
256 |
Another similar lot [Archaic Vases] |
3 |
0.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p240 /6-8 |
37 |
258 |
Archaic Vase 12 in |
1 |
0.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p241 /1 |
38 |
259 |
Archaic Oenochoe black and red ornamentation narrow lip 10 in and another |
2 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p241 /2-3; price given as 12/- |
39 |
266 |
One [Archaic Oenochoe] 9 in and another |
2 |
0.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p241 /4-5 |
40 |
274 |
One [Archaic Oenochoe] 9 in and another |
2 |
1.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p241 /6 and Add.9455vol1_p243 /4-5 |
41 |
277 |
One [Archaic Oenochoe] 10 in with ornament of a nondescript animal of a horse kind eating a sprig; and another 7 1/2 in a bird flying very fine Archaic art |
2 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p241 /7-8 |
42 |
281 |
Another [Rhodian Amphora] 34 in |
1 |
1.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p242 /1 |
42 out of 282 lots purchased. 103 objects in total purchased on 1 June 1883. Total spent = £46.2.0.
2.6.1883
On the second of June exactly the same sort of people were bidders as on the first day. However, Pitt-Rivers did not successfully bid until lot 497 [the day began at Lot 283. The prices seem no different from the day before so he was not necessarily being out-bid. He may have arrived late, or decided he was not interested in the first lots which comprised terra cottas and ancient glass. He also does not successfully bid for the rest of the day [which ends on lot 559.
|
Lot number |
Sale Catalogue Description |
No. of objects |
Price paid £.s.d |
Notes |
1 |
487 |
Ancient Glass One [Lachrymatory or Unguentarium] 5 3/4 in and 2 smaller |
3 |
1.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p233 /17-19 |
2 |
497 |
Ancient Glass One [Lachrymatory or Unguentarium] 5 1/2 in and 2 smaller, good |
3 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p234 /1-3 |
Two lots and six objects made on second day, about half way through sale for £2.10.0
3.6.1883
|
Lot number |
Sale Catalogue Description |
No of objects |
Price paid £.s.d |
Notes |
1 |
630 |
Ancient Glass One [Lachrymatory or Unguentarium] 2 1/2 in high engraved bands, moulded lip; and another with lids |
2 |
1.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p234 /4-5 |
2 |
634 |
Ancient Glass Another 7 3/4 in high, long neck and moulded lip, finely iridescent, altogether a magnificent specimen of the ancient glass-worker’s art |
1 |
4.10.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p234 /6 |
3 |
638 |
Ancient Glass Another 6 in high, same shape, good iridescence, elegant form |
1 |
2.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p234 /7 |
4 |
640 |
Ancient Glass Jug 4 1/2 in high, of similar form, thick substance, pearly iridescence, a good specimen |
1 |
2.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p234 /8 |
5 |
641 |
Ancient Glass Jug 4 3/4 in high, of similar form, amber coloured and iridescent, splendid form |
1 |
2.1.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p119 /2 |
6 |
648 |
Ancient Glass Jug 3 1/4 in high, spherical body, cylindrical neck, moulded lip and ribbon handle, good form, pale green colour and iridescence |
1 |
0.15.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p235 /2 |
7 |
650 |
Ancient Glass Jug 3 1/4 in high, moulded lip and elegantly formed ribbon handle, fine iridescence but broken |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p235 /3 |
8 |
655 |
Ancient Glass Lachrymatory or Unguentarium of unusual weight and form, 4 in high, richly iridescent with flashing colour |
1 |
5.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p235 /4 |
9 |
658 |
Ancient Glass Aryballos or Bottle 3 3/4 in high, very beautiful sapphirine iridescence |
1 |
7.10.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p235 /5 |
10 |
664 |
Ancient Glass Bowl or cup 3 3/4 in high, moulded foot, engraved bands cracked, and another equally fine and iridescent |
2 |
1.15.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p236 /10-11 |
11 |
670 |
Ancient Glass One [bowl or cup] 4 5/8 in diam, and another smaller iridescent |
2 |
2.10.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p237 /1-2 |
12 |
676 |
Terra Cotta One [Statuette of archaic design] 14 in high broken and another smaller |
2 |
0.15.0 |
676 and 677 seem to have been bought together for 15/- for both lots together Add.9455vol1_p252 /2-3 |
13 |
677 |
Terra Cotta One [Statuette of archaic design] 12 in tall head dress and another smaller |
2 |
See above |
Add.9455vol1_p253 /1-2 |
14 |
684 |
Terra Cotta A similar figure 13 1/2 in and another smaller |
2 |
0.5.0 |
684 and 685 seem to have been bought together for 5/- for both lots together Add.9455vol1_p252 /4-5 |
15 |
685 |
Terra Cotta A similar figure 13 in feet broken off and another smaller |
2 |
See above |
Add.9455vol1_p252 /6-7 |
16 |
691 |
Terra Cotta A similar figure 11 in and another smaller |
2 |
0.11.0 |
691 and 692 seem to have been bought together for 11/- for both lots together Add.9455vol1_p253 /3-4 |
17 |
692 |
Terra Cotta A similar figure 11 1/2 in and another smaller |
2 |
See above |
Add.9455vol1_p253 /5-6 |
17 lots and 26 objects bought on 3rd day, for £33. The most expensive lot cost £7.10.0, a lot more than he paid for anything else. This is the almost the most that was spent by any bidder for any of the lots on any of the four days. The only higher sums were at the very end of the last day when Lincoln paid £10.15.0 for heads of weapons [lot 1094] and Fenton paid £16.4.0 for 13 other lots of Cyprus albums [which appear to have been added to the sale at the last moment]. So Pitt-Rivers bid for lot 658 is certainly the highest price paid for a single item over the four days of this sale. The cheapest on 3.6.1883 by Pitt-Rivers was 5/-, mostly he paid much more than usually on the lots on this day.
Note that the descriptions in the catalogue do not resemble the sale catalogue descriptions
4.6.1883
|
Lot number |
Sale Catalogue Description |
No. of objects |
Price paid £.s.d |
Notes |
1 |
924 |
Vases and Fictilla Another [Fine large double-handled archaic vase] 31 3/4 in high |
1 |
2.8.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p243 /1 |
2 |
925 |
Vases and Fictilla Another [Fine large double-handled archaic vase] 33 1/2 in high 25 in diam very massive and of exceptional size has been fractured and repaired in Cyprus |
1 |
3.12.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p243 /2 |
3 |
935 |
Vases and Fictilla Archaic Vase 9 1/2 in high four handled Bull’s head and other ornamentation imperfect rare shape |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p242 /4 |
4 |
936 |
Vases and Fictilla Archaic Amphora 8 1/4 in pattern in red and black colour rich design |
1 |
0.14.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p243 /3 |
5 |
956 |
Vases and Fictilla Similar Vases with birds &c 1 chipped |
3 |
0.9.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p244 /1-3 |
6 |
960 |
Vases and Fictilla A tall jug or oenochoe 11 in high, black ground with yellow ornamentation |
1 |
1.0.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p244 /4 |
7 |
976 |
Vases and Fictilla Another [Amphora] 13 in high same style, and an Amphora with foot, 8 in high same style |
2 |
0.17.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p244 /5-6 |
8 |
979 |
Vases and Fictilla An Amphora with pointed base, 13 in high, 1 handle same style and one smaller |
2 |
0.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p244 /7-8 |
9 |
981 |
Vases and Fictilla A fictile Lantern, or Fumigator, cylindrical body pierced with holes, looped handle, portable perhaps for hand warming &c 9 in high |
1 |
0.17.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p245 /1 |
10 |
982 |
Vases and Fictilla Another 9 in high |
1 |
0.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p245 /2 |
11 |
985 |
Vases and Fictilla Another handle wanting |
1 |
0.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p245 /3 |
12 |
995 |
Vases and Fictilla Another [Jug or Ewer] 8 1/4 in high cabled handle frilled neck |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p245 /4 |
13 |
998 |
Toys and Figures Another [Equestrian figure] 6 in high but in good condition |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /1 |
14 |
1001 |
Toys and Figures Another 4 1/2 in curious art |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /2 |
15 |
1005 |
Toys and Figures Models of Horse, Dog and Ram |
3 |
0.9.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /3-5 |
16 |
1006 |
Toys and Figures Models of Bull, armadillo [sic] and Sheep |
3 |
0.9.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /6-8 |
17 |
1009 |
Toys and Figures An Aryballos in form of a sheep 6 1/2 in painted |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /9 |
18 |
1010 |
Toys and Figures Smaller sheep |
2 |
0.15.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p246 /10-11 |
19 |
1011 |
Toys and Figures An Aryballos in form of a duck 8 1/2 in |
1 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p247 /1 |
20 |
1012 |
Toys and Figures An Aryballos in form of a pig 6 in and another smaller one forms a rattle |
2 |
0.8.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p247 /2-3 |
21 |
1013 |
Toys and Figures A similar lot [An Aryballos in form of a pig 6 in and another smaller one forms a rattle |
2 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p247 /4-5 |
22 |
1015 |
Vases. Ornamental Libation Vase or Perfume Sprinkler, spouted neck, loops at sides, painted in chequered lines &c 8 in high Archaic |
1 |
1.1.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p247 /6 |
23 |
1017 |
Vases. Another 7 1/2 in |
1 |
0.18.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p247 /7 |
24 |
1023 |
Vases. One [Aryballos] 6 in chipped and another smaller |
2 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p248 /1-2 |
25 |
1041 |
Vases Tetine 7 in high and a Phiale black ornamentation |
2 |
0.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p248 /3-4 |
26 |
1043 |
Vases A similar lot [Vase with strainer and Phiale] |
2 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p248 /5-6 |
27 |
1044 |
Vases Tetine 6 in high and a two handled Cylix |
2 |
0.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p248 /7-8 |
28 |
1052 |
Vases Lekythus or conical Jug 6 3/4 in and another vase chipped |
2 |
0.9.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p248 /9-10 |
29 |
1055 |
Vases Amphora 8 3/4 in ribbed and a two-handled Cylix painted |
2 |
0.11.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p249 /1-2 |
30 |
1056 |
Vases Another 7 1/4 in and a Patera painted |
2 |
0.9.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p249 /3-4 |
31 |
1058 |
Vases A similar lot |
2 |
0.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p249 /5-6 |
32 |
1074 |
Vases Amphora 4 3/4 in red glaze black ornamentation and a small vase |
2 |
0.16.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p249 /7-8 |
33 |
1076 |
Vases Jug red ware 7 in and an early Phiale |
2 |
0.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p249 /9-10 |
34 |
1081 |
Stone Heads Small head from a statuette Assyrian style wearing a cap hair in small curls 6 1/2 in high chalky calcareous stone |
1 |
0.4.6 |
Add.9455vol1_p250 /1 |
35 |
1083 |
Stone Heads Male head from a statuette Graeco-Roman style wearing a coronet of laurel leaves 6 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.2.6 |
Add.9455vol1_p250 /2 |
36 |
1084 |
Stone heads Female head from a statuette, wearing a cloth head dress 8 in high calcareous stone with some traces of colouring |
1 |
0.4.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p250 /3 |
37 |
1085 |
Stone Heads Male head from statuette Greek style wearing a wreath of leaves 8 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.4.6 |
Add.9455vol1_p250 /4. This is actually said to have been bought by Lincoln in the sale catalogue not Pitt-Rivers see above for another item bought by Lincoln but recorded as Pitt-Rivers in catalogue of 2nd coll. |
37 |
1086 |
Stone Heads Male head from statuette probably iconic, bearded Graeco-Roman style wearing a laurel wreath 9 1/2 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.4.6 |
Add.9455vol1_p251 /2 |
39 |
1087 |
Head of a youth from a Statuette, wearing a broad fillet adorned with flowers 9 1/2 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.6.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p251 /1. This item was actually said in sale catalogue to have been bought by Smith not Pitt-Rivers but recorded in catalogue of the 2nd coll. |
38 |
1088 |
Stone Heads Head of a female or Goddess, draped, from a sculptured slab or sarcophagus 10 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.11.6 |
Add.9455vol1_p251 /3 |
39 |
1089 |
Stone Heads Early female bust, perhaps iconic, wearing drapery on the head, and a necklet round the neck, 10 1/2 in high calcareous stone |
1 |
0.7.0 |
Add.9455vol1_p252 /1 |
39 [or 41] lots and 60 [or 62] objects were purchased on the fourth day of the sale by Pitt-Rivers, for a total cost of £25.3.0. or £25.13.6. This is the first sale in which items are not sold in multiples of shillings (with most lots going for shillings rather than pounds. Lots 1081, 1083, [1085], 1086, and 1088 were all sold in bids of sixpence, which suggests either that these lots were initially unpopular, or all other bids also started with raises in sixpence but then increased by shillings (or coincidentally all ended in round shillings which doesn’t seem likely). 2 sixpence made a shilling (there were twelve pennies in a shilling and these came in coins valued fractions of a penny, a penny, a thruppence (3d), a sixpence up to a shilling, there were 20 shillings in a pound for younger or non-English readers. It is not known why 2 stone heads attributed to other bidders in the sale catalogue [Lincoln and Smith] are recorded in the catalogue of the second collection as being owned by Pitt-Rivers.
Sale |
No. of successful bids |
No. of objects acquired |
Total spent £.s.d. |
1.6.1883 |
42 |
103 |
46.2.0 |
2.6.1883 |
2 |
6 |
2.10.0 |
3.6.1883 |
17 |
26 |
33.0.0 |
4.6.1883 |
39 |
60 |
25.3.0 |
Total |
98 |
135 |
106.15.0 |
AP April / May 2012