I have so much backlog of stock to add to the site, that I thought you might prefer to have a quick sneek preview of it in the snaps below:
Dresden mirror with cupids and flowers in excellent condition
Large pretty pastel of little girl with water ewer
Elegant ornate gilt mirror
Close up of an unusual chalk and pastel on brown paper
Autumn Trees Avenue oil signed by G. Milne
More items will be added to a post I’ll do tomorrow. That’s it for today from Cooper Gallery.
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Time saver
As from today, Monday 25th July, I will add new pieces arriving in the gallery on to this blog to save existing visitors to the site having to trawl through each section/description to find which is new since their last visit.
Life will be so much easier for you to pop on the site quickly to see if anything takes your fancy.
1860 Stained Glass with wording
Due to the interest shown for two recent beautiful pieces of original stained glass with religious content, we have now bought more to add to the range of art and mirrors.
The first piece sold from Cooper Gallery went to a local Bideford couple and then they returned a week later for the second piece.
So many browsers spotted them in the shop window and entered the gallery to discuss the small arched piece along with a square piece quoting brief religious text - it is so hard to show their beauty in the window.
Window display of stained glass
The beauty is apparent from inside the shop with the light outside in the right place.
Light in the best position
One very large piece, depicting a man kneeling and praying with clasped hands, has just been taken off to the skilled restorer in Bideford, and will return for display on Thursday of next week - it has fine painting detail, and exquisite flower detail. Additionally we have three further panes with wording and delicate colourful painted detail - see the photographs above.
The feedback received from browsers is that they find it incredibly hard to buy stained glass that has 10’s or 100’s of years of history - there are obviously many forms of modern stained glass on the market. Keep your eye out for a ’Stained Glass’ section of this site, in the near future, because more will be arriving after I track it down and bring it back to Bideford.
Robert Lenkiewicz pencil sketch
Family pet 'Pip'
A lovely elderly couple, that have previously bought art from Cooper Gallery, recently came across a pencil sketch done in Plymouth of their pet ‘Pip’ dog years ago - it was found in a draw. The artist was none other than the reputable Robert Lenkiewicz, who has produced paintings worth many £000’s. They have kindly asked me to sell this for them on their behalf.
Now mounted and framed you will be able to walk past the gallery and think to yourself “How much is that doggy in the window” - come and take a look, and make an offer on it.
Doggy in the window
Eventually, after numerous phone calls, backward and forward between technical support helplines and the auction house in question, I managed to secure a piece of art today that I really wanted to buy. It is so unusual!
Help was needed
- Firstly it is a pastel of a flower arrangement, which is far less available than watercolours or oils.
- Secondly it is signed by Harold Cox RA.
- Thirdly it is one of my favourite subjects of daisies and marigolds.
- Fourthly it is in a lovely (appropriate) ornate frame.
- Fifthly (? such a word) and finally it is painted in an unusual perspective - almost like a convex or fisheye style.
The process of buying it went right up to the wire, with a last minute commission bid that was successful, after pestering a helpful member of the auction room staff when the auction was well under way with only 25 lots left before my desired painting.
Displayed in the gallery window 01.06.11
It just goes to prove the old saying “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, and try again”. It’s all mine for the time being, until a customer takes a shine to it.
Save time and shoe leather
Put your feet up and let Cooper Gallery find what you are looking for.
Be it ….. Art, Glass, Ceramics, Mirrors, Antiques or Fine Furniture.
We will strive to source it for you.
