THE ANTIQUES DEALERS FAIR LIMITED LAUNCHES

THE PETWORTH PARK ANTIQUES & FINE ART FAIR
LAUNCHES IN WEST SUSSEX
Friday 8 - Sunday 10 May 2015
THE
ANTIQUES
DEALERS
FAIR
LIMITED
The Petworth Park
Antiques & Fine Art Fair
8 – 10 May 2015
‘Terwick Mill near Midhurst’ by Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979), oil on canvas, 41cm x
74cm, 1944, £65,000 from The Canon Gallery
A major new event in the Sussex calendar is The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair taking Enamel bangle in two colour gold,
rose-cut diamonds and pearls,
place in the grounds of Petworth House, the famous National Trust property bordering the possibly French or Swiss, c1870,
picturesque market town of Petworth in West Sussex, from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 May 2015.
£2,400 from Horton London
The fair is supported by Smiths Gore and Upperton Vineyards.
Some 40 dealers, predominantly members of the British Antique Dealers' Association and
LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, are displaying their finest wares laid out
in a purpose-built pavilion. The elegantly designed stands create a relaxed atmosphere to hunt
for the very best antiques and fine art on offer. Organised by The Antiques Dealers Fair
Limited, the team has established an excellent reputation for staging boutique-style antiques
fairs around the country.
A huge incentive for visitors who have never visited Petworth House is entrance tickets to the
fair (£10) also include free admission to Petworth House and Park to see its treasures, including
paintings by JMW Turner and Van Dyck. In a reciprocal arrangement, Petworth House ticket
holders and National Trust members can also have free entry to the fair.
Leading dealers attending the fair include Freshfords Fine Antiques, Guy Dennler Antiques &
Interiors, Garret & Hurst Sculpture, Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Hickmet Fine Arts, Mary
Cooke Antiques Ltd, Richard Ogden Ltd, Rountree Tryon Galleries and The Canon Gallery.
The fair has been very well supported by local dealers including Augustus Brandt, John Bird ‘St Catherine of Siena’, circle of
Antiques, Moncrieff-Bray Gallery, Pars Rug Gallery, Richard Gardner Antiques, Ronald G Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi
(1449-1494) ‘Ghirlandaio’,
Chambers Antiques, Thomas Fine Art, Tim Saltwell, Merville Galleries and Wilsons
tempera on gesso on wood panel,
Antiques. The fair encompasses both antique and contemporary periods giving everyone the
c1500, POA from
Thomas Fine Art
opportunity to find something to their liking.
A fascinating highlight of the fair is an extremely rare pre-Renaissance portrait of Saint Catherine
of Siena, dated c1500, circle of the Ghirlandaio family, Florentine, POA from Thomas Fine Art.
This charming portrait exhibits the serenity of composition and everyday familiarity of gesture
for which Domenico Ghirlandaio and his family were famous. Ghirlandaio's style was
enormously influential and he is thought to have trained the young Michelangelo. Saint
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) was the Patroness of the City of Siena, who was instrumental in
bringing about the return of the papacy from Avignon to Rome.
Cont’d…
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01797 252030
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The exquisite range of jewellery brought by the dealers is always a highlight and delightful
pieces such as a white enamelled snake brooch by David Webb, c1970, priced at £18,500 and a
gazelle brooch by Chaumet, Paris, c1980, £12,750, both from Richard Ogden Ltd are no
exception. A beautiful early Victorian bracelet in 18 carat gold with jet and diamond shamrock
comes from Penny Corah and Rosie Manning, priced at £6,850. Other jewellery dealers are
Horton London, T Robert, Markov and Sue Brown. Silver specialists include Mary Cooke
Antiques, Malka Levine and JH Bourdon-Smith Ltd and an eclectic range of glass can be found
with Mark J West.
There is an excellent selection of furniture in the fair from fine period English to Continental.
Tim Saltwell is bringing a late 19th century French kingwood, mahogany and gilt bronze
mounted table ambulante for £9,500 along with a fine Napoleon III gilt bronze and blue celeste
Sèvres style porcelain mantel clock for £7,950. From Freshfords Fine Antiques is a decorative
Regency sofa table with the rosewood table top attaining the most beautiful honey colour patina
over the passage of time, c1815, priced at £9,500. Guy Dennler Antiques & Interiors has a good
George III mahogany bow front dressing table, c 1790 for £3,450. Melody Antiques comes with
fine pieces of oak and country furniture. General antiques dealers, Wilsons Antiques have a
Victorian carved rosewood button-back arm chair for £1,275, a George III inlaid bow-fronted
corner cupboard for £775 and a Victorian burr walnut dining table, c1850 for £1,950. An enviable
range of antiques, very often statement pieces, are to be found on Augustus Brandt’s stand. For
a classical decorative look, John Bird Antiques is bringing a pair of Chinoiserie chairs, £950 the
pair and a Chinese screen for £2,500, and for the man who has everything, an antique footbath
for £380.
The fine art at the fair is truly exceptional with some very fine examples such as Terwick Mill near
Midhurst by Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979), Petworth and West Sussex's most famous local artist as
well as an international name. For sale at £65,000 from The Canon Gallery, this oil painting has
an excellent provenance coming from Ted Floate, a close friend of Hitchens, who helped him
with his woods, framed his paintings and sometimes modelled for him. A highlight from
Rountree Tryon Galleries is a portrait in oil of Sir Francis Grant on ‘Grindal’ by John Ferneley Snr
(1782-1860), signed and dated 1851, priced at £95,000. Rountree Tryon Galleries also have an
interesting watercolour depicting HMS Carcass, with HMS Racehorse behind, breaking through the ice
in search of the North West passage by John Cleverley the Younger (1747-1786), £9,200. The young
Horatio Nelson was a midshipman (paid volunteer) on board HMS Carcass. On Sarah Colegrave
Fine Art's stand there are works by two local artists, Summer Glad Rags by Claude Muncaster,
RWS (1903-1974) who lived in Pulborough and Harvest Field by Edward Stott (1859-1918) who
settled in Amberley, where the surrounding countryside of the South Downs provided most of
his inspiration. Haynes Fine Art of Broadway are showing oils by Marcel Dyf, Thomas S
Cooper, Guy Lipscombe, Sidney R Percy, Heywood Hardy, Edward Brian Seago, David
Shepherd and Richard H Nibbs. Other picture dealers are Moncrieff-Bray Gallery with
paintings by John Hitchens (son of Ivon) and modern British artist George Hooper. Baron Fine
Art, Cambridge Fine Art, Elford Fine Art and The Jerram Gallery are bringing a variety of
traditional and contemporary subjects.
A collection of outdoor sculpture is being exhibited outside The Marquee using the space to its
best advantage with the added unique backdrop of Petworth House. A magnificent showstopper is Portuguese Senator, standing over 2 metres high and weighing over a tonne, by Paul
Vanstone, price £18,000 from Moncrieff-Bray Gallery who is also bringing works by Penny
Hardy, Clare Tupman, Felicia Fletcher, Dominic Welch, Simon Hempsell and Jilly Sutton. The
Jerram Gallery is bringing Red Ribbon by Carol Peace for £7,400 and Diving Tern by Paul Harvey
for £6,300.
Indoor sculpture will be plentiful around the fair including a fine early bronze cast of Pierre Jules
Mêne's Giselle with a rare name plaque to the front of the base and original documentation,
signed and dated 1850, POA from Garret & Hurst Sculpture. There is always strong interest in
oriental pieces and Drove House Antiques, specialists in 17th and 18th century Chinese
porcelain, ceramics and works of art, is bringing a Chinese Kangxi period blanc de Chine figure
of Guanyin for £1,400. Antiquities from ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt can be found on
Rountree Tryon Galleries’ stand. Clocks are a very collectable area and plenty of time can be
spent at Olde Time, specialists in antique clocks and barometers. Unusual and cleverly sourced
decorative items are found with Emma Duveen Art & Decorative Antiques. The perfect foil for
antique or contemporary furniture, Pars Rug Gallery's oriental carpets and rugs, add the
Cont’d...
‘Portuguese Senator’ by Paul
Vanstone, Portuguese pink
marble, £18,000 from
Moncrieff-Bray Gallery
Sir Francis Grant on ‘Grindal’ by
John Ferneley Snr (1782-1860), oil
on canvas, 34” x 44¼”, signed
and dated 1851, £95,000 from
Rountree Tryon Gallery Ltd
Victorian carved rosewood
button back arm chair,
c1850, £1,275 from
Wilsons Antiques
French 18th century embroidered
pelmet, £695 from
Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art
Sir Francis Grant on ‘Grindal’
by John Ferneley Snr (17821860), oil on canvas, 34” x 44¼”,
signed and dated 1851, £95,000
from Rountree Tryon Galleries
finishing touches to any house, whilst Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art’s stand has exquisite
pieces that have amazingly withstood the test of time.
The fair is supporting two charities, the National Trust's Lighting Project at Petworth House and
the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. Petworth House is home to important works of art
and great care has been taken to find the right type and style of lighting, which is quite an
investment. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation fits perfectly with the fair, as there are a
number of exhibitors selling wildlife inspired paintings and sculpture, including works by David
Shepherd himself, his daughter Mandy Shepherd and grand-daughter Emily Lamb.
Parking for antiques fair visitors is free in a specially located nearby car park. Entry to the fair is
at New Lodges, with the pedestrian entrance at Cricket Lodge. A courtesy bus will take visitors to
and from the antiques fair and the centre of Petworth. Light snacks and refreshments can be
found in The Marquee, provided by Caper & Berry, and in Petworth House’s Audit Room
catered by the National Trust. Stephen Morris Shipping will be on site at the fair and can look
after safe delivery of purchases to anywhere in the world.
‘Guanyin’ blanc de Chine
figure, Kangxi period, £1,400
from Drove House Antiques
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The fair is vetted with a dateline of 1970 for most disciplines.
Event:
The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair
Venue:
The Marquee, Petworth House and Park, Petworth, West Sussex
GU28 0QY
Date:
Friday 8 – Sunday 10 May 2015
Opening times:
Friday 11 am – 8pm, Saturday 10.30am – 6pm, Sunday 10.30am – 5pm
Tickets & enquiries:
*£10, including catalogue (and re-admission)
The Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd +44 (0)1797 252030 or info@adfl.co.uk
*Tickets include complimentary access to Petworth House and Park
over the three days. Free entry for National Trust members.
Transport:
By Road: A272 Tillington Road (antiques fair entrance at New Lodges).
Pedestrian entrance through Cricket Lodge. Ample free parking in the
special located antiques fair car park in Petworth Park (follow Antiques
Fair AA signs). Courtesy shuttle bus to/from Petworth Town Centre.
Crystal glass vases by Joseph
Simon for Val St Lambert,
Belgium, c1930, £470-£1,250 from
Mark J West
18ct gold, diamond and emerald
gazelle brooch by Chaumet,
Paris, circa 1980, £12,750 from
Richard Ogden Ltd
Nearest Railway Station: Pulborough (approx 70 minutes from London
Victoria)
Nearest Airports: London Heathrow (42 miles), Gatwick (30 miles)
Free Talk:
‘What to look for when buying antique furniture’
Friday 8 May 2015 at 5.30pm in Petworth House’s Audit Room, hosted
by LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers. Tickets are
free from petworth@lapada.org or pick one up at the fair.
Where to Stay:
The Spread Eagle Hotel & Spa, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9NH
www.hshotels.co.uk/spread-eagle-hotel-and-spa/
The Discover Petworth website lists other options
http://discoverpetworth.org/
Cont’d…
Late 19th century French
kingwood, mahogany and gilt
bronze mounted table
ambulante with onyx top,
signed F. Linke, c1900, £9,500
from Tim Saltwell
Charities:
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (charity no 110683)
www.davidshepherd.org and the National Trust’s Lighting Project at
Petworth House (charity no. 205846)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth-house
Social Media:
Twitter: @ADFLfairs, Facebook, 新浪微博
Website:
www.petworthparkfair.com
Edwardian dressing table,
£1,450, pair of 1920's bergère
chinoiserie side chairs, £950,
Victorian oak and linen
ottoman, £680, Staffordshire
footbath, £380 and Chinese
painted screen, c1900, £2,500
from John Bird Antiques
April 2015