Debden Manor - An Architect's Eye, A Collector's Passion October

Debden Manor was home to Bobby and Virginia Chapman for forty years. Nestled in the rolling hills of north Essex, the imposing eighteenth century home played host to their remarkable collection. The principal contents of the home were sold on 15th and 16th October 2013.
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a painting of a black and white dog laying on the ground
An Italian micromosaic, early 19th century, depicting a recumbent spaniel in a wooded landscape, set within a black marble panel Sold for £3,000
an old wooden cabinet with marble top and metal handle on the bottom, against a white background
A Regency mahogany dining room pedestal, early 19th century, in the manner of Thomas Hope, now with a grey veined marble top over a single panelled door, the sides with conforming panels, over a reeded border and carved scrolled feet, the interior tin-lined and with two slatted shelves Sold for £2,300
two wooden cupboards sitting next to each other
A pair of Regency mahogany and ebony strung dining room pedestals, in the manner of T & G Seddon, of gently tapered rectangular form, each with a platform top over a mahogany-lined panelled frieze drawer, a panelled cupboard door below, flanked by reeded tapered columns, on four lion paw feet, one interior retaining its original tin lining and mahogany bottle divisions, the other with a shelf Sold for £6,400
a bronze statue holding up a metal object with one arm and two hands in the air
Dame Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-1993), Maquette for 'Atlas', bronze, signed and numbered 1/9, rich brown patination, conceived 1987 63.5cm high Literature: Edward Lucie-Smith, 'Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture since 1984 and Drawings', 1994, cat. no. SCOB Sold for £27,000
an oil painting of flowers in a vase
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), 'FLOWERS IN A GLASS' Signed and dated 1935 l.r., oil on canvas 32 x 23cm Sold for £10,500
a painting hanging on the wall next to a white wall with a boat in it
Duncan Grant (1885-1978), 'VENETIAN CANAL' Signed and dated 57 l.l., oil on board Sold for £5,700
An Italian polychrome marble portrait bust of a Nubian, 19th century, with a finely modelled head and clothes, his turban in white marble with grey marble stripes, his jacket in rouge marble with blue lapis lazuli buttons, over a white marble vest, on a white marble socle plinth with grey marble insert Sold for £15,500 Blue Lapis Lazuli, Blue Lapis, Grey Marble, White Marble, Lapis Lazuli, 19th Century
An Italian polychrome marble portrait bust of a Nubian, 19th century, with a finely modelled head and clothes, his turban in white marble with grey marble stripes, his jacket in rouge marble with blue lapis lazuli buttons, over a white marble vest, on a white marble socle plinth with grey marble insert Sold for £15,500
an old wooden dresser with ornate carvings on the top and bottom drawers, sitting against a white background
A French provincial walnut serpentine commode, mid 18th century Sold for £1,550
three drawings of people standing next to each other
Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976), FOUR GIRLS Signed and dated 1970 l.r., felt tip pen 35 x 25cm Sold for £20,000
pair of obelisk with writing on them
A pair of Grand Tour rosso marble obelisks, 19th century, the obelisks profusely decorated with hieroglyphs and on stepped square plinths with Latin inscriptions, restored, 78cm high Sold for £6,300
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a bronze statue of an angel with outstretched wings on top of a piece of wood
*Sir Jacob Epstein RA (1880-1959), 'St Michael and the Devil' - a maquette for the sculpture at Coventry Cathedral, bronze, light brown patination, 51cm high, on a wooden plinth Conceived in 1956 Sold for £15,500
an old wooden bench with carved carvings on the back and sides, against a white background
A George II mahogany hall bench, c.1730, the design attributed to William Kent, with a double-panelled back, a scrolled top and arm terminals above a double arched acanthus leaf carved apron, foliate carved legs and scrolled feet Sold for £37,000
a drawing of a man in black shirt looking to his left with one eye open
Sarah Raphael (1960-2001), PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, HALF LENGTH, IN A BLACK TOP Signed with initials in pencil l.r., gouache 20 x 14cm (Debden Manor Sale 15-16 October 2013)
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