This Elizabethan Revival oak four poster bed c1920 from the Cowdray Park sale. (Click on image to enlarge)
A.E.D.G. Stirling Brown (British, fl. 1920-1929) “Starshot” – A polo pony in the grounds at Cowdray. (Click on image to enlarge)
THIS extraordinary Elizabethan Revival four poster bed features at Christie’s three day sale at Cowdray Park in West Sussex from September 13-15 next. Made around 1920 it is a copy of the original carved oak bed made for Rothamsted Manor, Hertfordshire. It was almost certainly commissioned by Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, for The Silver Bedroom at Cowdray.
It is estimated at £10,000-£15,000.
The image on the right shows the polo pony Starshot. It is by the British artist A.E.D.G. Stirling Brown. The estimate on this is £1,000-£1,500.
The three day sale at Cowdray Park will include more than 1,000 lots with estimates from £100 to £250,000.
(See antiquesandartireland.com post for August 6)