£600 - £800
POTTER, Helen Beatrix. Autograph letter, signed (H. B. Heelis) to Elizabeth Tyson. Castle Cottage, Sawrey, July 19, 1933. Unpublished and unrecorded.
Bifolium (15 x 19.5cm), paper watermarked Wm Whiteley Ld, 1.5 pages, creased where folded and p1 slightly soiled, with autograph envelope addressed Miss Tyson, Busk House, Ambleside, postally used and inscribed on the reverse by the recipient "Mrs Heelis", the envelope creased with loss and soiled, tiny burnt area lower left corner, on the purchase of an oak desk and her taste for the unrestored (2)
"I enclose cheque for £20.1.0. I thought it must be mounting up to thereabouts. When I come about the hinges to Mr Benson* - probably Friday - I will call again about the bowl and probably buy it, for cash. But I am afraid I must hold off the desk. Mr Heelis wants me to look at some oak at Appleby. The brother's* family had some very handsome pieces though I fear it has been too much restored for my liking. The desk is just large; but it is attractive through being very genuine."
*Jackson Benson (1869-1947) Blacksmith of Ambleside
*Edward Alexander 'Alec' Heelis (1858-1925) William Heelis' eldest brother
Provenance: Elizabeth Tyson (1878-1970) thence by descent in her extended family to the present vendor
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