A collection of 15 lots of Cotswold School Furniture will come up at Bellmans Auctioneers of Winchester on February 14. Estimates range from £100 to £8,000. Most were made by Peter Waals (1870-1937) in the tradition of Ernest Gimson at his workshop in Chalford in Gloucestershire between 1922 and 1936. Furniture by Waals was widely collected by some of the leading English industrial families of the day like the Cadbury’s and the Pilkingtons. These pieces are from Lyndwood, Stoughton Road in Leicester, former home of the Goddard family who patented silver polish in the 19th century.
An oak and macassar ebony side table (£4,000-6,000)
Chequer inlaid oak chest of drawers by Peter Waals (£5,000-7,000)