LOS ANGELES — Andrew Jones’ first Design for the Home and Garden auction of the year, set for Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27, will feature the collection of Fritz and Lucy Jewett of San Francisco — more than 550 lots of American, English, and European silver, as well as Asian works of art, English and Continental antiques, books, decorative and fine art, porcelain and glass, jewelry, and luxury items. The catalogs are now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers.
“I first visited the Jewetts in 2008 and remember being bowled over by the breadth and refinement of their collection,” said Andrew Jones, the president of Andrew Jones Auctions. “It is an honor to have been selected to present the property of this amazing couple to a new generation of connoisseurs.”
Owing to their lifelong participation as sailors in the Americas Cup race, a leading lot in the sale is a circa-1886 James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) oil on board of two racing yachts at sea, believed to be Puritan, the successful defender in the 1885 Americas Cup contest, and Genesta, its British rival. It carries an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
The king of candid and street photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson, makes a top-tier appearance in the sale. Rue Mouffetard, Paris was captured in 1954 as a young boy jauntily walks through the neighborhood carrying two large (for him) bottles of wine. This example is signed by the photographer with his copyright stamp, is dated 1995, and is estimated at $15,000-$20,000.
This set of 12 George IV sterling silver soup plates is credited to John Mewburn of London and dates to 1823. The plates carry a coat of arms surmounted by a coronet above the motto Excitari Non Hebescere (Be Excited, Not Faded). With provenance to Lieutenant General George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham (1776-1831), London and Merton Hall, Norfolk, England, the set is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.
The Jewetts also owned a Ralph Eugene Cahoon, Jr. (1910-1982) naive work entitled Municipal Railway (Foggy Day in Frisco). Though Cahoon’s work was generally themed around his Cape Cod home and lifestyle, this oil on board focused on a San Francisco icon, the cable car. It is estimated at $15,000-$25,000.
From a private Chicago collection comes a fine Italian micromosaic table top. Believed to be from the workshop of Cesare Roccheggiani in Rome, the late 19th-century work centrally depicts St. Peter’s Square, with smaller scenes of Roman landmarks including the Pantheon, the Arch of Titus, the Campidoglio, the Forum, the Colosseum, the Temple of Hercules Victor, Castel Sant’Angelo, and the Tomb of Cecilia Metalla. The 22.25in-diameter top is estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
