The two day sale includes silver, ceramics, jewellery and watches, paintings, furniture and rugs. Full colour catalogue available. View the sale online at www.cheffins.co.uk
Conductor, musicologist and keyboard player Christopher Hogwood wrote a highly acclaimed biography of Handel and edited many volumes of keyboard and orchestral music. He was a stylish collector of items from ceramics to paintings, with the musical theme a constant in his purchases. Cheffins will be selling a wonderful collection from his beautiful Cambridge home to include one of the country's most significant collections of coffee cans, almost 1,400 hand painted in (mostly) English factories between 1780 and 1820. The sales will also include his paintings, many with a musical theme. The collection reflects Christopher’s itinerant nature and ranges from early musical scenes such as Isaac Oliver’s ‘Girl playing the virginal’ through to the strong twentieth century collections including artists such as John Piper, Gwen Raverat and Sidney Nolan, many of which were used by Christopher as Christmas cards. Glass and furniture will also be included in these sales.
The collection will be sold in varying sales to include March 4th & 5th Fine Art, March 19th Antiques & Interiors and April 30th Art & Design from 1860.
All lots from Christopher's estate will be sold to benefit five charities equally - The Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge; Jesus College, Cambridge; Pembroke College, Cambridge; The Royal College of Music, London and The Royal Academy of Music, London.
Image: Portrait of three Anstey brothers. Est: £3,000-4,000
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