AUCTION Phillips de Pury & Company / The John Hobbs Collection Part I

The John Hobbs Collection Part I

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John Hobbs was born in 1946. His father Sid was the proprietor of Odds and Hobbs, a King’s Road junk shop, where being something
of a philosopher, he held court to a circle of local admirers. John left school at fourteen and I met him not long after, staying on the Welsh borders
in the house of Lord Harlech, then away in Washington as our ambassador to the United States. He was then a youth of striking beauty, who looked as if he’d strayed from a band of angels in a quatrocento painting. A few years later he was apprenticed to a tallyman (a travelling salesman for
a firm specializing in hire purchase) and learned to knock on doors and, as a sideline, to charm goods out of hungry owners. In 1974 he set up business in the newly-established Furniture Cave, supplying, at a modest mark up, dutch marquetry to the Belgians and italian furniture and painted Edwardian satinwood to the Italians. Here he was joined by his younger brother Carlton, or Carly. It was the moment when Biedermeier, with its light colouring and simply elegant lines was beginning to be appreciated, and they bought boldly and well, made big profits, and met new clients. They moved to the Pimlico Road in 1987, travelling much in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, countries then awash with Russian furniture, which they brought to London and sold to Mallets at Bourdon House, to their neighbours in Pimlico, and to America.

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41 - A PAIR OF ITALIAN LATE BAROQUE WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF DIANA AND APOLLO Florence, circa 1720 Diana...

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN LATE BAROQUE WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF DIANA AND APOLLO Florence, circa 1720 Diana with slightly inclined head facing to the left and we

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42 - A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE WHITE MARBLE AND EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY PEDESTALS 19th century Each...

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE WHITE MARBLE AND EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY PEDESTALS 19th century Each square top with ogee molded edge above tapered panel

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43 - AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE CORK ARCHITECTURAL MODEL Early 20th century the interior in varying d...

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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE CORK ARCHITECTURAL MODEL Early 20th century the interior in varying degrees of relief representing in fine architectural d

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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00

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44 - A PAIR OF GERMAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD AND BRONZE TORCHERES Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, ci...

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A PAIR OF GERMAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD AND BRONZE TORCHERES Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, circa 1815 The eight scrolling candle arms centered by

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45 - A North ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC YELLOW GREEN AND RED-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR pieDmont, Circa 1770 Th...

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A North ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC YELLOW GREEN AND RED-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR pieDmont, Circa 1770 The divided central plate with arched top flanked by di

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46 - A SOUTH GERMAN early neoclassic GREY-PAINTED PARCEL-GILT AND PARCEL-SILVERED COMMODE ON STAND Pos...

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A SOUTH GERMAN early neoclassic GREY-PAINTED PARCEL-GILT AND PARCEL-SILVERED COMMODE ON STAND Possibly North Italian, circa 1780 The marbellized top w

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47 - A GEORGE III WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE Designed by Robert Adam and possibly carved by John Deval...

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A GEORGE III WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE Designed by Robert Adam and possibly carved by John Deval for Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet's hous...

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Estimate : 180,000.00 - 220,000.00

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48 - A GEORGE III inlaid HAREWOOD SERPENTINE COMMODE probably by Robert Phipps Circa 1770 The quarter...

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A GEORGE III inlaid HAREWOOD SERPENTINE COMMODE probably by Robert Phipps Circa 1770 The quarter veneer molded top outlined with a band of trailing le

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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00

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49 - A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY PEDESTAL-CABINET By Mayhew & Ince, Circa 1770 The stepped rec...

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY PEDESTAL-CABINET By Mayhew & Ince, Circa 1770 The stepped rectangular top above a molded and dentilled corni...

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50 - A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE in the manner of Richard Bridgens, Circa 1835 The r...

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE in the manner of Richard Bridgens, Circa 1835 The rectangular leather- lined top above two panelle...