Dreweatts & Bloomsbury: Mallett at Home Auction

MALLETT AT HOME 1865-2015 AN AUCTION OF 380 ITEMS SELECTED FROM MALLETT’S EXTENSIVE STOCK

Tuesday 7th July 2015

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Collection of Sold Items Sold lots will be removed from Ely House at the end of the day on Monday 13th July *. If you are intending to collect your purchases from Ely House after this date, you will need to make arrangements with us (info@mallettantiques.com) by the end of the day on Thursday 9th July.

All lots* for which no collection arrangements have been made pre-sale will be removed to K Pak Limited, Unit 21, Liongate Enterprise Park, Morden Road, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4PH. Contact: office@kpakltd.co.uk | 44 (0) 20 8646 7799 * With the exception of lot 356 which will require special removal.

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Removal fees, to include storage charges up to and including 31st July 2015 are charged as follows: Small items (anything which is easily picked up with one hand) £5.00 per lot.

Medium sized items (such as chairs, standard lamps, small items of furniture, etc) £15.00 per lot.

Large items (such as chest of drawers, wardrobes, large chandeliers, large mirrors, etc) £25.00 per lot.

Storage charges after 31st July are charged as follows: Small items (anything which is easily picked up with one hand) £1.00 per lot per day Medium sized items (such as chairs, standard lamps, small items of furniture, etc) £2.00 per lot per day Large items (such as chest of drawers, wardrobes, large chandeliers, large mirrors, etc) £3.00 per lot per day Please note all prices are subject to VAT and insurance (unless covered under the purchasers’ policy) and all work is carried out subject to the K Pak Terms and Conditions, found at www.kpakltd.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.

MALLETT AT HOME | 1865 - 2015 AN AUCTION OF 380 ITEMS SELECTED FROM MALLETT’S EXTENSIVE STOCK Tuesday 7th July, 10.30am Sale No. 13869

Lots marked WR are offered without reserve For bidding, shipping and more auction information: +44 (0) 20 3291 2832 | info@mallettantiques.com Specialists Giles Hutchinson Smith Justin Evershed Martin May Geolot Viewing at Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London W1S 4NJ Saturday 4th July, 11.00am-4.00pm Sunday 5th July, 11.00am-4.00pm Monday 6th July, 9.00am-8.30pm Day of sale from 9.00am Catalogues £20 (£25 by post) Auction Services provided by:

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Introduction Mallett’s London home, in the splendour of Ely House, is now part of a unique family of businesses that is engaged across all sectors of the art and collecting markets.

Whilst 2015 signals a new era for Mallett, our determination to handle the finest decorative arts remains unabated. The pursuit of creating pleasure for the true collector underpins our vision for the future beyond our 150th anniversary year.

The doors at Ely House open every day to a whirl of energy as we welcome an every growing number of visitors. Whether you are coming to view our traditional exhibitions featuring treasures of both art and furniture or to admire timeless photography, soak up contemporary works by the leading artists of today or marvel at creative art from Africa, this remarkable house now caters to all manner of collecting and decorating tastes.

Mallett had historically mastered the creation of a ‘look’, orchestrating the presentation of rooms to reflect the magnificence of the great houses of Britain. The finest furniture and pictures were brought together alongside lamps and objects for the singular purpose of making a home.

“Mallett at Home” now celebrates the range and breadth of the objects we have been handling for 150 years. In holding this very first auction with the assistance of our new parent company we are broadcasting a snapshot of Mallett’s distinctive look to a global audience of new collectors and decorators.

I look forward to seeing you at Ely House in the coming weeks and hope you can share in the fun of selling a little bit of Mallett’s magic.

Giles Hutchinson Smith Managing Director

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A Pair of Bedside Tables Continental circa 1850, the inset brecchia marble top above a single drawer supported on square brass columns with capitals above a cupboard with door all supported on turned feet, the front and sides with exquisite brass floral inlay, 45cm wide, 87cm high, 35cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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A Late 18th Century Side Table Italy circa 1750, in the manner of Rivelli, the shaped top centred with a satinwood fan and large circular paterae inset within a band of fruitwood above a shaped lambrequin frieze with stylised portrait medallions, 114cm wide, 82.2cm high, 49cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Satinwood Pembroke Table England circa 1790, with exceptional figuring and a central oval inlay, the frieze with a single drawer and raised on square tapering legs with brass castors, 105cm wide, 71cm high, 79cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

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A Charles X Bronze and Ormolu Clock France circa 1820, the dial bordered with cut paste decoration, the gilt bronze enriched with scrolls and griffin surmounted by trumpet form cornucopia, the whole supported by claw feet on a stepped plinth, terminating in Belgian black marble, 16.6cm wide, 47cm high, 14cm deep £1,200 - £1,800

$1,900 - $2,900 €1,700 - €2,500 5

A comparable clock signed Thomire et Cie is illustrated on p.g. 379, item H. in ‘La Pendule Francais’ by Kjellberg.

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A Large Scale Ivory Oxford Photograph Frame 39cm wide, 45.5cm high £800 - £1,200

$1,300 - $1,900 €1,100 - €1,700

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A Mid 19th Century Bell Pull England circa 1850, decorated with flowers and foliage on a cream ground, the handle of elaborately carved ivory, 204cm high £400 - £600

$600 - $1,000 €600 - €800

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A Set of Twelve Modernist Tole Cafe Chairs France circa 1940, decorated on a brown ground with the stylised decoration of a military drum, the back and feet oil gilt, 88cm high (image shows just one) £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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A Suite of Doll’s House Furniture France circa 1890, carved in bone and consisting of a dessing table, cabinets, chairs, a chess table and seats with intricately carved backs, 34cm wide, 18cm high, 25cm deep £500 - £800

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$800 - $1,300 €700 - €1,100

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A Sheraton Mahogany Bedside Commode England circa 1780, the top having a shaped rail on three sides above a tambour front with a cabinet below, inset with an oval panel framed with stringing, 60cm wide, 79cm high, 45cm deep £800 - £1,200

$1,300 - $1,900 €1,100 - €1,700

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A Pair of Tulip Wood Two Tier Tables England circa 2009, veneered with bands of tulip wood, with a bevelled glass top, 57cm wide, 60cm high, 43cm deep £700 - £1,000

$1,100 - $1,600 €1,000 - €1,400

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11 A Specimen Marble Table Top and Table Base England circa 1820, decorated at the centre with pietre dure panel depicting a bird perched on a branch, surrounded by radiating panels of varied marbles, the top is now supported on a Regency giltwood tripod base, each leg carved with a claw foot with acanthus leaf and fluting above, 74cm high £6,000 - £8,000

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An Umbrella Stand attributed to Josef Hoffman Austria circa 1920 £400 - £600

$600 - $1,000 €600 - €800

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A Terracotta Bust of a Young Girl France circa 1810, attributed to Joseph Chinard of a young girl depicted in a high waisted gown featuring ruched short sleeves, with a variegated faux marble finish, 30cm wide, 45cm high £800 - £1,200

$1,300 - $1,900 €1,100 - €1,700

Joseph Chinard (1756 -1813) was one of the greatest portraitists and sculptors of late 18th and early 19th century France. Born in Lyon, he received his first commission at the age of sixteen to sculpt a decorative façade on the city’s Hotel de Ville. He later travelled to Rome where he studied for three years under the influence of eminent neo-classicists such as Jacques-Louis David and Antonio Canova.

Following his return to France Chinard’s career flourished as the country moved into Empire period, providing an abundance of Napoleonic patronage opportunities for both sculpture and portraits.

de Beauharnais and other members of the Imperial court. Chinard earned recognition as a master of French sculpture for his fidelity towards his subjects, and a talent for exquisite rendering of the human form; the present bust exhibits the characteristic softness of touch and delicate balance of proportion that is so familiar to his known works.

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A Green and Red Porphyry Backgammon Set England circa 2010, 5cm diameter

During this time he created marble busts for the Empress Josephine, Prince Eugène

£500 - £700

$800 - $1,100 €700 - €1,000

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A Berlin Mahogany Armoire Germany circa 1825, having a stepped pediment inlaid with boxwood stringing above partially glazed doors divided into four sections with scroll marquetry escutcheons, 117cm wide, 193cm high, 51cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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16 A Pair of Rosewood Hanging Shelves England circa 1810, each tier is inset with brass stringing and joined by lavish brass mounts, the top tier having an unusual gallery of acorns, thistles, lilies, anthemia, possibly emblematic of the British Isles, the sides have ‘X’ frame supports with foliate patera and classical masks, 46cm wide, 72cm high, 97cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

$12,700 - $19,100 €11,100 - €16,700

Two similar pairs have been sold at Christies: The first on 6th April 1995: “Fine English Furniture”, Sale 5370, Lot 155: “A matched pair of William IV Mahogany Three-Tier HangingShelves attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried rectangular top above two further tiers, the ring-turned baluster

supports centred by ring-turned X-shaped struts, one with pencil inscription to the reverse: “east wall near piano” and with further inscription “near the fireplace”, the other with pencil inscription “east wall” and “east wall near oak door”, variations.

Provenance: Supplied to the 2nd Earl Manvers, Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. Thence by descent at Thoresby until sold, Sotheby’s house sale, 31 May - 2 June 1989, lot 307.

There are several references to Lord Manvers in the Gillow archive for the period 1800-1840 but he seems also to have bought furniture from their London retailer. This prevents exact identification of purchases because objects sold in London appear in the Gillow archive by the

name of the retailer alone. The Manvers archive itself suggests large scale buying, totalling as much as £3,000. As many as forty pieces by Gillow were included in the Thoresby sale.”

The second on 21st May 2009 “A West Country Tradition: Avon Antiques”. Sale 5969, lot 236 “A Set of Regency Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood Three-Tier Hanging Shelves, in the manner of John Mclean, Early 19th Century The upper tier with scrolled brackets and urn finials, above x-frame supports to the lower tiers, each shelf with pierced front gallery, on ball feet.

These china-railed shelves have golden palmwrapped brass pillars tied by pateraed braces in the Pompeian tripod-altar fashion that was popularised

by Thomas Hope in his guide “Household Furniture and Interior Decoration”, 1807.

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A Queen Anne Carved Giltwood Pier Glass England circa 1710, retaining the original plates, the lower plate bevelled, the gilt gesso frame with a carved ribbon and rosette border further enhanced with punched decoration, surmounted by a broken swan neck pediment with carved fruit and acanthus, 61cm wide, 176cm high, 9cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

18 A Chinese Export Watercolour Landscape China, of Hong Kong merchants at the port of Canton, in the centre is the American flag flanked by those of Britain, France and Holland, 130cm wide, 98cm high £5,000 - £7,000

$8,000 - $11,100 €7,000 - €9,700

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A Chinese Export Lacquer Knife Box

An Early 19th Century Pendant Glass Hanging Lantern

Three Val St Lambert Vases

China circa 1770, every surface decorated with raised work in gold on a black background depicting landscapes with temples and water gardens, with original handles and escutcheon plate, the interior opening to reveal a fitted display for cutlery, resting on four raised, stylised ball and claw feet, 40.5cm wide, 37.5cm high, 20cm deep £800 - £1,200

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$1,300 - $1,900 €1,100 - €1,700

England circa 1820, having a smoke cowl and suspended from a gilt lead counterweight eagle, the lantern has a candle socle at the base and a collar around the rim each enriched with a low relief gilt Vitruvian scroll, 119cm high, 26cm diameter £1,500 - £2,000

$2,400 - $3,200 €2,100 - €2,800

Belgium circa 1930 £300 - £500

$500 - $800 €400 - €700

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A George III Specimen Wood Work Table England circa 1780, the specimen parquetry top having sixteen veneers of exotic woods including tulipwood, burr yew and zebra wood within a satinwood border with boxwood and ebony stringing, above a single mahogany drawer and square tapering legs with ‘X’ stretcher and ending in brass box castors, 38cm wide, 77cm high, 38cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

$6,400 - $9,500 €5,600 - €8,300

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A Pair of End Tables Signed Jean Charles France circa 1970, signed Jean Charles, of classical form, rendered in contrasting tones with the glass tops, bordered in brass, 70cm wide, 47cm high, 50cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

$2,400 - $3,200 €2,100 - €2,800

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A 19th Century Music Stand England circa 1820, the central stylised lyre surrounded by a pierced filigree of gilt oak leaves, with two gilt brass candle holders at the sides and the adjustable support stands on a triangular cast iron plinth decorated with further gilt oak leaves, 48cm wide, 120cm high £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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A Cut Glass Ewer and Bowl England circa 1800 £200 - £300

$300 - $500 €300 - €400

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A Pair of Art-Deco Chrome Table Lamps France circa 1940, with a bakelite collar at the base functioning as a switch and dimmer, 74cm high (to be sold without shades) £1,000 - £1,500

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$1,600 - $2,400 €1,400 - €2,100

27 A Regency Cut Glass Chandelier England circa 1815, possibly by James Blades of London, with elaborate gilt metal mounts, the cresting hung with festoons of icicle drops and with diamond and step-cut canopies, above strands of square faceted drops descending to the receiver ring, with scroll candle arms leading to diamond-cut nozzles, the base densely hung with icicle drops and with central faceted ball finial, 122cm high, 76cm diameter £8,000 - £12,000

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An Anglo Indian Ebony Rococo Revival Pier Mirror India circa 1860, each element is finely carved with foliate ornament and “C” & “S” scrolls with carved shells at the corners and the centre of the sides, 84cm wide, 115.5cm high, 6.5cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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A Pair of Russian Hardstone Urns Russia circa 1810, each supported on a block plinth, 26cm high £3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

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A Marbleised Glass Vase Mounted as A Lamp France circa 1880, with painted marbleised decoration, now mounted as a lamp, 48cm high £300 - £500

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A George III Hinged Steel Fender England circa 1780, with serpentine front and turned finials, with pierced scrolls above engraved scrolling leaves, with central fox cresting above a coat of arms with lion supporters, 165cm wide, 18cm high £700 - £1,000

$1,100 - $1,600 €1,000 - €1,400

A similar fender is illustrated in the Dictionary of English Furniture, vol 1, p62, fig 27. A comparable hinged steel fender in the collection of the Boston Museum.

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A Pair of Sèvres Biscuit Figure Groups France circa 1765, on gilt-brass bases, known as La Curosite and La Loterie, bases late 18th or early 19th century, 21.5cm wide, 22cm high, 15cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

$6,400 - $9,500 €5,600 - €8,300

A pair of Sèvres biscuit figure groups on giltbrass bases, known as La Curosite and La Loterie, based on engravings by Cochin of Boucher drawings, one incised B for the period in which Bachelier was head of the modeller’s

studio, the other F for the period in which Falconet was the head. This famous pair of biscuit groups were modelled at Sèvres in 1757 based on engravings by Cochin of Boucher drawings which the latter had supplied to the Beauvais tapestry manufactory.

Louis XV was the first purchaser of groups of this model which were included in his gift to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Madame de Pompadour’s inventory shows that she owned a pair and their enduring popularity is demonstrated by the fact that the First Consul (later the Emperor Napoleon) purchased a pair in Year XI (1800). Sèvres biscuit groups are rarely found on original or later 18th century bronze bases such as these. However, we can see from the inventory of Louis XVI’s apartments at Versailles that they were frequently displayed like this when new.

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A Pair of Chinoiserie Wall Lanterns England circa 2008, in the Regency style with pagoda tops hung with bells, decorated with gold chinoiseries, 38cm wide, 63cm high, 26cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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A Victorian Writing Table England circa 1840, signed by George Trollope and Sons, 15 Parliament Street, the shaped top retains its original green leather, below are two drawers with recessed panels and elaborate brass handles, the table is supported on pierced pedestals carved with a lattice pattern and stylised foliate motif terminating in castors, the ends are joined by an elaborately carved column stretcher, 144cm wide, 74cm high, 76cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

$2,400 - $3,200 €2,100 - €2,800

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A Charles X Gueridon France circa 1835, retaining its original Gris St Anne marble top with elaborately turned moulding, 74cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Set of Four Mahogany Lyre Back Chairs Italy circa 1800, each of oval form fashioned from simulated griotte marble standing on black and white rectangular stepped plinths, 43cm wide, 92cm high, 28cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

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A Pair of Scagliola Pedestals Italy circa 1800, each of oval form fashioned from simulated griotte marble standing on black and white rectangular stepped plinths, 43cm wide, 92cm high, 28cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

Scagliola is an imitation of marble and pietra dura made from a composition of selenite, glue and natural pigments. It is applied like paint to a wet gesso ground and fixed under heat and highly polished. A complex texture and numerous possibilities of rich colours was the result.

The origin of the technique is Roman but was revived from the 16th century onwards as a less expensive option to marble and pietra dura pieces.

It was mainly used for columns, pilasters and architectural features as well as for table tops.

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A Tortoiseshell and Silver Page Turner England circa 1913, of large scale with silver mounted magnifying glass finial, the silver stamped with the maker’s mark for Birmingham silversmith ‘C&C’ (Collins & Cook, registered 1873) and dated 1913-14, 7.5cm diameter, 35.5cm deep $200 - $200 €100 - €200

£100 - £150

39 A Pair of Cast Iron Torcheres Germany circa 1820, in the style of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, each has a dished capital enriched with low relief classical motif of anthemions and a foliate border to the top edge, above a fluted column and terminating in a tripod of animal feet spaced with open anthemion and classical scrolls, 142cm high £6,000 - £8,000

$9,500 - $12,700 €8,300 - €11,100

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A Pair of Glass and Ormolu Candelabra England circa 1825, the gilt bronze arms attach to a central column below a diamond cut glass amethyst pineapple, adorned with gilt leaves and finial, all supported on a corresponding circular glass and ormolu base, 41cm wide, 41cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of Swedish Painted Chairs Sweden circa 1780, having coved backs with an upholstered back rest bordered with carved lotus leaf, 51cm wide, 87cm high, 46cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

$1,600 - $2,400 €1,400 - €2,100

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A Pair of 19th Century Needlework Bell Pulls England circa 1840, with a central geometric design and key patterned borders worked in silk and wool, 10cm wide, 106.5cm high £600 - £800

$1,000 - $1,300 €800 - €1,100

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An 18th Century Wax Profile England circa 1772, signed and dated “J S, 1772”, maker Joachim Smith, in the original mahogany frame, 17cm diameter £600 - £800

$1,000 - $1,300 €800 - €1,100

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A Regency Parcel Gilt Side Table England circa 1825, with lions head capitals and claw feet with a mirrored back, the legs and frieze mounted with lacquered brass neo-classical elements, now with a replacement portar marble top, 80cm wide, 93cm high, 47cm deep £2,500 - £3,500

$4,000 - $5,600 €3,500 - €4,900

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A Glass Model of a Ship in a Dome England circa 1880, made out of green, white and clear thin glass rods, the main ship has three masts and six blue and white glass sailors in the rigging, the ship has suspended from its sides three lifeboats, before the main ship are two small luggers in turquoise, white and clear with red sails, 63cm wide, 46cm high, 27cm deep

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46 A Set of Four Painted Chairs France circa 1785, two chairs stamped Sené, having rectangular shaped backs, sabre arms with detailed acanthus leaf carving at each arm, standing on turned tapering reeded fluted legs, 61cm wide, 94 cm high £8,000 - £12,000

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A fine set of four Louis XVI painted fauteuils having rectangular shaped backs with domed top rail and carved palm finials on each corner, sabre arms with detailed acanthus leaf carving at each arm. Standing on turned tapering reeded fluted legs. Two chairs stamped Sené.

Claude II Sené The youngest son of Claude I Sené and brother of the famous Jean-BaptisteClaude, he originally worked on the rue de Faubourg-Saint-Denis and became master of

his workshop in 1769, but unfortunately had to file bankruptcy in 1783. A year later he resumed his activity and set up his own studio on the rue de Cléry, close to that of his brother. It is likely he would have received a few orders of work from the Crown; however it seems that he worked mainly for private clients. The studio was forced to stop production with the start of the Revolution, but Claude II leaves behind him the legacy of great Louis XVI chairs; elegant, well designed and delicately carved.

His most popular armchairs à la reine (with flat, shield shaped backs), appear to take their model from his elder brother Jean-Baptiste (examples of which can be seen in the musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris), although not being intended for the court, they are decorated with a more restrained simplicity. They also reflect designs created by a prominent carpenter of the time, Georges Jacob, who was frequently commissioned to create elegant sets of furniture for Queen Marie Antoinette’s apartments at Fontainebleau, Versailles and Saint-Cloud. It is often difficult to distinguish between the works of Claude II and his father, Claude I, who continued working until 1780. However, his father’s works are more characteristic of the early Louis XV style involving more elaborate rococo elements, whilst Claude II is more characteristic of the neo-classical Louis XVI style. Although there is no initial on the stamps of these particular chairs it is most likely the work of Claude II for his stamps were of a smaller script than Claude I.

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A Regency Miniature Mahogany Cabinet

A 19th Century Coopered Bucket

England circa 1810, the flame veneered mahogany doors with reeded brass edge and lock, opening to reveal 24 numbered small drawers above one long drawer with a fitted interior, the drawers retaining their original button handles, the cabinet ending in topie feet, 49cm wide, 48cm high, 21cm deep £800 - £1,200

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England circa 1840, the yew wood barrel bound with brass band, with a copper liner, and currently being used as a champagne cooler, but equally suitable as a planter, 24.1cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A Gothic Clock England / France circa 1860, in the form of a Gothic castle facade with a mansard roof supported by faceted turrets with elaborately turned finials, having an enameled face with a brass bezel £400 - £600

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An Unusual Carved Wood and Polychrome Model of a Native American France circa 1800, polychrome carved wooden stylized model of a Native American, depicted wearing a feathered headdress and skirt and smoking an elaborate scrolling pipe, the paintwork is in a remarkable state of conservation, 31cm wide, 89cm high, 31cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

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An Irish Brass and Steel Register Grate Ireland circa 1780, engraved with scrolls, rosettes and cornet motifs with entwined foliage, the top with three turned roundels and inscribed on the central plaque ‘S & Jn Clarke’, the basket with three steel bars and surmounted by urn finials, the pierced frieze with central oval, 98cm wide, 92cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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52 A George III Carved Mahogany Tripod Table England circa 1760, with stringing, and finely turned baluster supports, the stem is spiral fluted above laurel leaf carving, all standing on reeded scroll legs and terminating in block feet, 54cm wide, 74cm high £8,000 - £12,000

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An Exceptional Cut Paper Picture England circa 1800, depicting two Oriental birds in a garden with palms, flowers and butterflies on its original satin ground within the original oval giltwood frame, having rolled paper border in red and blue, 43cm wide, 36cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Modernist Steel Armchair France circa 1930, an Art Deco chrome tubular desk chair of unusual form showing the influence of the German Bauhaus movement, upholstered in green leather, 55cm wide, 66cm high, 56cm deep £600 - £800

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England circa 1818, comprising 17 knives and 17 forks, with carved and green stained ivory handles and silver blades, hallmarks for Aaron Hadfield, Sheffield, 1818, 19.5cm length £400 - £600

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A Late 17th Century Brass Jardiniere Low countries circa 1700, with bulbous body with lion’s head drop ring carrying handles raised on four short legs ending in claw and ball feet, 66cm wide, 37cm high, 51cm deep £800 - £1,200

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The Chatelet Folio of Mushrooms and Fungi circa 1880, painted by Madame Augusta Chatelet between 1882 and 1887 £400 - £600

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A Rare Seventeenth Century Italian Embroidered Picture

A George V Silver Decanter Scoop

Italy circa 1700, depicting a formalised urn of flowers worked in silk brick stitch and framed by most unusual trees, with castles below and clouds issuing sunshine above, 72.5cm wide, 68.5cm high £800 - £1,200

Scotland circa 1922, by Hamilton and Inches Edinburgh 1922, 30cm wide, 11cm deep, 11cm deep £200 - £300

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A 19th Century Bronze Lantern England circa 1850, a cylindrical bronze lantern with elaborately cast serpentine and foliate arched supports ending in turned urn finials above flat Ionic pilasters, with additional curling spandrail, the door opening with foliate cast handle and the base finished with central finial mounted paterae, now fitted for electricity, 42cm wide, 81.3cm high £2,500 - £3,500

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61 A George II Mahogany Library Armchair England circa 1740, the arm supports with stylised acanthus and scrolling hand grips above a seat supported on square legs, 74cm wide, 104cm high, 74cm deep £6,000 - £8,000

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England circa 1790, with scroll top, each upper and lower edge surmounted by cast gothic foliate motifs, the base with berry finials, 25cm wide, 62cm high, 25cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Shagreen and Ivory Frame of Large Scale England circa 1910, with shagreen borders and ivory moulded edges, 31cm wide, 44cm high £300 - £500

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A Pair of Fire Buckets England circa 1860, bearing in polychrome the Royal arms, 26cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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A Carved Ivory Model of a Spinning Wheel France circa 1890, entirely conceived in Dieppe ivory, the treadle connected to turn the fly wheel, the slender supports with turned decoration terminating in acorn finials, with beaded base standing on four scrolling feet, 20cm wide, 36cm high, 15cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

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A Venetian Glass Vase Mounted as a Lamp

A Pair of Tole and Gilt Bronze Lamps

A Brass Bird Cage Lantern

France circa 1830, the vase form columns are flanked by bowing swan’s head handles and are supported on a machined gilt bronze waisted foot, the whole supported on a block plinth with gilt mounts, the later etched glass shades retain the original elaborate gilt bronze chimneys with machined classical ornament, 78cm high

England circa 1900, with a central three light candelabra, the top with a turned wooden finial and brass hook, 38cm wide, 103.5cm high, 38cm deep

Italy circa 1950, with gold drop decoration, mounted as a lamp with giltwood base, two-way light fitting and a pleated silk shade, 44cm high £200 - £300

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An Irish Fire Grate Ireland circa 1860, with a pierced fan at the front flanked by columns surmounted by neoclassical finials, the whole is supported at the front on unusual scroll reeded legs with elaborate Renaissance Revival brass multiple baluster columns, 114cm wide, 86cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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Madame Tellier France circa 1900, Paul Cesar Helleu (1859 - 1927), drypoint printed in colours on cream wove paper, signed in pencil, edition of 100, 54.6cm wide, 76.3cm high £700 - £1,000

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A Pair of Louis-Philippe Floral Tole Appliques

A Pair of Lacquered Frames

Twelve Silver Gilt Under Plates

China circa 1850

Austria circa 2001, of decagonal form in the Empire style with a boldly gadrooned central recess and a border of laurel leaves, assayed at the London Assay Office, Goldsmiths’ Hall, now bear the 925 standard mark, lion passant and 2001 date stamp, 28cm diameter only six shown here

France circa 1845, each bouquet is of oval outline and the profuse flowers and leaves are naturalistically painted, 46cm wide, 82cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Chinese Pricket Candlesticks Mounted as Lamps

A Miniature Louis XVI Brass Circular Lantern

A George III Mahogany Tray Top Table

China circa 1880, of large scale candelabra form with tiered drip pans, each raised on red lacquer chinoiserie decorated stands, now wired for electricity and supplied with hand made red pleated silk shades, 177cm high

France circa 1790, the original smoke cowl heading a scrolling canopy to swag and bow decoration, terminating in stylised acorn finials, 19cm wide, 45cm high

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England circa 1800, with finely figured detail and chevron pattern border, the flame veneered mahogany top is rich in colour and depth, the table stands on four elegantly tapering legs, 62cm wide, 46cm high, 92cm deep £600 - £800

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A Rare Set of Four Candlesticks A set of four, 19th century, modelled in the form of cannon, supported on a platform of stacked cannon balls, 30.5cm high, 7.5cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Set of Silver Gilt Knives and Forks England circa 1837, with agate handles, comprising 6 knives and 6 forks, together with 6 further knives with gilt blades and handles of similar agate (18 pieces in all), Hallmarks: London, 1837-8 £300 - £500

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A Louis Philippe Mahogany Commode

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France circa 1845, stamped by the marchand BARRAUD underneath the marble, having a shallow drawer in the frieze, which is inlaid in the centre with a marquetry butterfly and is bordered in satinwood stringing, which terminates in a key pattern scroll, the top drawer is lockable via a concealed lock above the second drawer, the three lower drawers are flanked by pilasters and each element has satinwood stringing, the lower drawers are locked via the hinged right-hand pilaster, throughout the piece, the mahogany is of the finest quality, as is the cabinet-making, the drawer linings are of solid mahogany with fine dovetails, the commode retains its original grey marble top, 130cm wide, 94cm high, 59cm diameter £2,000 - £3,000

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A Combination Backgammon, Chess & Writing Table England circa 2008, of traditional form with a removable top, the tric trac table is veneered throughout with polished shagreen, the reversible top is leather on one side and rotates to reveal a card playing surface, inside, the backgammon board is held by a brass clip, when released, the board rotates to create the chess board, the drawers for the playing pieces released via a hidden button under the end rail, 114cm wide, 74cm high, 60cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Edwardian Silver Tortoise Bell England circa 1910, in the form of a tortoise, Hallmarks Chester, 1910, 15cm wide $600 - $1,000 €600 - €800

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A Swedish Porphyry Vase Mounted as a Lamp Sweden circa 1810, on a waisted foot supported on a square block plinth, now mounted as a lamp, 79cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Chinese Export Panel China circa 1790, depicting exotic birds including ducks and oriental pheasants amongst flowering branches and rock work, against a tobacco-coloured background, 79cm wide, 132cm high £1,500 - £2,000

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A Large Ribbed Mahogany Peat Bucket England circa 1800, of large scale, with broad brass bands and brass carrying handle with scroll brackets, with modern brass liner, 46cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Charles X Verre Églomisé Wall Barometer France circa 1825, of diamond form, the glass panels all edged with brass mouldings and decorated with stylised neo-classical ornament, the borders in green, red and gold, the dial in blue, black and gold on a white ground with simulated gold spandrels, 59cm wide, 93cm high £800 - £1,200

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A George III Mahogany Library Table England circa 1760, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, of small scale and rich colour, the leather-lined top with carved moulded edge, the frieze having two end drawers enriched with swags of carved husks suspended from rosettes and finished with a band of gadrooned decoration, each corner embellished with carved acanthus decoration and pierced scrollwork brackets, the chamfered legs decorated with blind fretwork and finishing on block feet, 85cm wide, 77cm high, 110cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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87 A Mid 18th Century Swedish Parcel Gilt Pier Mirror Sweden circa 1760, the pierced strapwork cresting embellished with a carved laurel leaf crown tied with ribbons and further adorned with swags, tassles and carved acanthus leaf decoration, retaining the original mirror plates with borders decorated in relief with further laurel leaf moulding, the base similarly adorned, 80.5cm wide, 225cm high £8,000 - £12,000

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A Pair of Green Glass Bells England circa 1900, with wrythen green bowls and flint handles, 33cm high $300 - $500 €300 - €400

£200 - £300

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A Pair of Empire Silver Mounted Vases and Covers Belgium circa 1820, attributed to the Vonêche factory, the bodies decorated all over with cut diamonds, mounted with a silver band, indistinctly marked, with horizontal ribbing, the lids decorated in a conforming manner, 29cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A Rococo Giltwood Pier Mirror Germany circa 1760, in the English manner, the sides and cresting surmounted by gilt scrolling baldaquino above a delicately fashioned chinoiserie pierced lattice, throughout subsidiary scrolls with foliate ornament in high relief, 78cm wide, 150cm high, 8cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Group of Serving Bottles

A Pair of Opaline Candlesticks

Ten Cut Glass Plates

England circa 1870

France circa 1850, of baluster form decorated with gilt floral sprays framed within lines of gilt standing on stepped circular bases, each has a machined gilt bronze socle, 20cm high

England circa 1825, with star-cut bases, scalloped rims and a band of hobnail cut diamonds, 20cm diameter (image shows just one)

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A Pair of Needlework Cushions

A Model 9 Pounder Mark II Field Gun and Limber

England circa 1750, showing flowers, leaves and berries on a yellow ground, with silk needlework highlights, 30cm wide, 35cm high £400 - £600

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A 19th Century Brass Easel England circa 1890, the body with two fielded areas containing serpentine scrolls and twisted brass stretchers, the adjustable picture rests finished with bold paterae and the whole standing on paw feet and surmounted with diamond finials, 51cm wide, 168cm high, 80cm deep £400 - £600

England circa 1875, attributed to Reid & Sons, Newcastle -Upon-Tyne, in mahogany and brass throughout, the rifled barrel with the elevating gear of Whitworth pattern, consisting of a long screw bolted to the cascabel button, the carriage fitted with two axletree boxes and one slimmer box for shells, cartridges and small stores, also forming a pair of seats for the gunners with leather back straps and arm shields, with matching footrests beneath, the iron spoked cambered wheels correctly canted at an acute outward angle, the carriage retaining the handspike and rammer strapped to the respective side brackets, 87cm wide, 19cm high, 27cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

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A Mahogany Empire Couch France circa 1810, having reeded front and back rails and highly scrolled end supports, all supported on outswept sabre legs carved with bell flowers, 180cm wide, 86c, high, 67 cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Swedish Empire Bouillotte Sweden circa 1820, with elaborately cast foliate arms and stands on a circular plinth enriched with neo-classical motif, the lamp retains its original tole shade and is surmounted by a gilt bronze ring form carrying handle, 58cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Brass Bound Leather Casket By Thomas Handford England circa 1820, by Thomas Handford of London, the fitted interior now lined in yellow silk, the brass plaque on the front of the casket reads “HANDFORDS PATENT TRUNK 84 ST JAMES ST”, above a Royal Warrant, where he was recorded working as a trunk and portable writing desk maker between 1809 and 1830 38cm wide, 25cm high, 24cm deep 99

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100 An Oval Painted Occasional Table England circa 1790, of the Sheraton period, the centre of the top with a coloured engraving in the manner of George Morland, 90cm wide, 73cm high, 67cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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A charming and unusual Sheraton period, painted and parcel gilt oval occasional table, the centre of the top with a coloured engraving in the manner of George Morland, depicting a bucolic group including a lady in an enormous hat at the centre and a musician with a dog; the remainder of the top painted in ochre colouring and with oval bands heightened with gold beading, surrounded by a garland of flowers and delicate leaves and an outer, scalloped border of gilt hatchwork, raised on a triform base with splayed legs joined by a shaped platform with a large central rosette and a guilloche border, the legs ending in scroll toes with blocks.

The table may have been supplied as part of Lord George Germain’s modernisation of Drayton when he took over in 1769. Between 1771 and 1774 the dining room was completely remodelled, possibly under the supervision of Sir William Chambers. Chambers was also probably responsible for the redecoration of the Green Drawing Room in 1773. A London cabinet-maker and upholsterer named Chisholme (probably Thomas Chisholme of 7 Great Pulteney Street) supplied a set of painted seat furniture for this room in 1774.

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A Fine George III Mahogany Sideboard

An Oak Writing Desk Attributed To Jacob Frères

England circa 1785, with satinwood crossbanding, boxwood stringing and harewood marquetry, 134.6cm wide, 90.8cm high, 71.1cm deep

France circa 1820, in the manner of Jacob Frères, the top of dark green leather with gilt tooling, the sides with a concealed leather-lined writing slide, the drawers inlaid in amaranth with stylised palmettes and rosettes, standing on turned double baluster legs topped with inlaid palmettes and finishing with brass cups and castors, 131cm wide, 73cm high, 65.5cm deep

£3,000 - £5,000

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103 A Regency Japanned Side Cabinet England circa 1820, the rounded edge top with a painted gold border, above one long drawer with ivory handles and painted Greek key motif decoration, fitted with fifteen small compartments, above a cupboard door inset with an arched shaped tole panel decorated with an oriental man in elaborate costume amongst foliage, set on a red ground, the border with stylised painted decoration including fretwork, Greek key pattern and Chinese characters, the cabinet sides with a painted gold border and the rounded edges painted with gold foliate decoration, resting on feet with banded turning embellished with gold, 64cm wide, 87cm high, 33cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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An Italian Console Table Italy circa 1750, the pierced frieze carved with scrolling foliage centred by an embellished cabochon, raised on delicate curved supports formed of double C - scrolls carved with acanthus and floral motifs, retaining the original marble top, 138cm wide, 91cm high, 67cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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Two Brass Column Lamps

A Pair of Regency Library Armchairs

England circa 1840, decorated throughout with lotus leaves, flowers and vines, now mounted as lamps, 66cm high

England circa 1820, of large scale with caned seat, back and sides, the channelled hand rests above ring turned supports and ring turned front legs all with brass castors, the buttoned deep seat and arm supports upholstered in tobacco coloured suede, 70cm wide, 103cm high, 75cm deep

£1,500 - £2,000

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During the refurbishment of Stourhead, Wiltshire at the beginning of the 19th century, chairs such as these where the framework is filled by caning, were referred to by Thomas Chippendale the younger (1749 - 1822) as hunting chairs. Also referred as such by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet Dictionary of 1803, in which it is noted that they “formed a temporary resting place for one that is fatigued as hunters generally are.”

Other examples are sometimes furnished with a reading slide or foot rest. See: Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, Ralph Edwards. Country Life, 1964, p.169, pl.3. Provenance: Rushbrooke Hall, Bury St. Edmunds.

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A Pair of Russian Candlesticks

A Silver Plate Triple Decanter Trolley

A Set of Glass Bottles in Three Colours

Russia circa 1810, with finely turned and crisply cast ornament, the tapering stem headed by three boldly modelled ram’s head masks and ending in claw feet, supported on a circular base with anthemion and rosette cast border cast in low relief, 35cm high

England circa 1890, with Bacchanalian decoration of vines and grapes, with finely cast spoked wheels, having flaired dishes and turned wooden bases, 18.5cm wide, 9cm high, 64cm deep (bottles not included)

England circa 1900, of red, green and blue, each cut with flutes and trailing vine designs, 36cm high

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A Pair of William IV Giltwood Footstools England circa 1830, carved with foliate motif, standing on cabriole legs, 33cm wide, 20cm high, 38cm deep £600 - £800

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A William IV Rosewood Writing Table England circa 1835, the rectangular top with rounded corners and supported on an elaborate scrolling base with lyre ends and a stretcher, the whole standing on castors, 133cm wide, 73cm high, 70cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of William IV Parcel Gilt Chairs

A Rosewood Gallery Glass of Large Scale

England circa 1840, in the manner of Richard Bridgens, carved in a Medievalist manner with a gilt cartouche in the cresting flanked by foliate carving, the chairs stand on chamfered sabred legs at the back and octagonal tapering legs at the front surmounted by gilt foliate carving, 47cm wide, 108cm high, 50cm deep £800 - £1,200

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England circa 1840, of large scale, the glass surrounded by moulded border, the separate shaped handle attached with brass mounts £600 - £800

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A Decalcomania Vase Mounted as a Lamp England / France circa 1880, of exceptional scale and with elaborate decoration on a pale blue ground, depicting Chinese figures in shaped panels to both sides, bordered by further figures, mythical creatures, flowering branches and scattered with birds, insects, and butterflies, mounted as a lamp with bowed silk shade, 84cm high 113

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A Pair of Louis XVI Fauteuils France circa 1785, attributed to Claude Sené II, the backs are coved and of a tapering rectangular form, the top rail is of serpentine outline and the apex is carved with a boldly carved gadrooned border, the arms sweep out from the side rails, have upholstered arm pads and terminate in hexagonal capitals, the fauteuils stand on turned tapering fluted legs terminating in ovoid topie feet, 59cm wide, 92cm high, 54cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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Claude II Sené (‘le Jeune’) was the youngest son of Claude I and brother of the famous Jean-Baptiste. He became a maître menuisier in 1743, worked in the Faubourg Saint Denis, declared himself insolvent in 1783 and by 1784 was re-established in the rue de Cléry.

He worked for a number of private clients and also temporarily undertook commissions for the Garde-Meuble but these ceased with the Revolution. He left some beautiful examples of ‘Louis XVI’ chairs, typically well designed and exquisitely carved in the vein of the work of Jean-Baptiste. However, as these chairs were not royal commissions they tended to be simpler in their decoration.

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A Japanese Parquetry Cabinet Japan circa 1850, veneered on every face with parquetry in a variety of woods, the upper section with cupboard doors enclosing six drawers in the interior, all above a large single drawer, the exterior has silvered hinges, corner mounts, escutcheons and handles, all with delicate floral and foliate engraving, 60cm wide, 53cm high, 13cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Vases Italy circa 1810, decorated in the round with Bacchic scenes depicting putti gavorting amongst themselves with a goat, the vases have finely wrought lotus petal handles and bronze patera at the capitals, the vases are supported on a baluster stem and circular foot cast with acanthus leaf and a guilloche pattern, 15cm wide, 26cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Fine Regence Giltwood Pier Mirror

A Late 19th Century Hexagonal Tole Lantern

France circa 1730, the cresting is enriched with carved scrolls, foliate ornament and flanking dragons, the lower section has a mirrored border mounted with giltwood scrolls and shells, 80cm wide, 130cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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France circa 1860, with a coronet canopy, the whole decorated in red and black with gold embellishments, 66cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of Victorian Polished Brass Doorstops

A Brass Doorstop in The Manner of Voysey

A Scroll Form Brass Doorstop

England circa 1870, of large-scale in polished brass, each with scrolled handle to a stepped bell-shaped weight, 15cm wide, 45cm high

England circa 1870, in the manner of Voysey, the shaped handle leading to a splayed bell shaped base, 25cm high

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A 19th Century Brass Dooorstop

A Scroll Decorated Brass Doorstop

England circa 1860, in the form of a bell with an inverted scroll handle by William Tonks & Sons, stamped, 15.5cm wide, 33cm high

England circa 1880, with a stirrup carrying handle and a base of stepped outline, the central band enriched with an elaborate scrolling pattern, 40cm high

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England circa 1840, with a rose petal base, the stem with turnings, 38cm high £300 - £500

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England circa 1880, with a fox’s head, the base decorated with hunting paraphernalia, the weight stamped W T & S for W. Tonks & Sons, Birmingham, 15.5cm wide, 41cm high, 8cm deep £400 - £600

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A Gillows Aesthetic Movement Amboyna and Parcel Gilt Étagère England circa 1860, having a single drawer in the frieze above a mirrored tier supported by parcel gilt fluted columns, below there is a door which is enriched with a musical cartouche and which opens to reveal dividers, the whole item standing on bun feet with castors with the top draw bearing a Gillows inventory mark £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Small Mandarin Vases as Lamps China circa 1780, decorated in the mandarin palette, mounted as lamps with knife pleated silk shades, 48cm high $1,600 - $2,400 €1,400 - €2,100

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A George III Mahogany Bergere Chair England circa 1780, the rounded back and seat with deep upholstered cushion supported upon carved cabriole legs, the whole upholstered in green silk, 63.5cm wide, 95.3cm high, 68.6cm deep 129

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A Directoire Occasional Table France circa 1800, the top with radiating veneers from an inlaid centre circle, the edge with a channelled brass rim above a turned column with foliate decoration, above a stepped plinth of four circular brass feet, 75cm high £800 - £1,200

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130 A Regency Mahogany Extending Dining Table England circa 1805, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, 139cm wide, 71cm high, 447cm deep £15,000 - £20,000

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A fine Regency mahogany extending dining table after the Gillow’s design patent No 53, 1801-1805, having an ingenious device that enables the central board to swivel to a 90 degree angle, the table frame can be extended to take a further six leaves and two end leaves, all on a track system using brass sliders, the frieze having inlaid decoration, raised on eight reeded, tapering legs ending in brass castors.

Two leaves of later date.

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A Pair of Zig Zag Lamps

A Pair of Zig Zag Lamps

France, circa 2010, the cloissone lamps of hexagonal form, 18cm wide, 44.5cm high

France, circa 2010, the cloissone lamps of hexagonal form, 18cm wide, 44.5cm high

France, circa 2010, the cloissone lamps of hexagonal form, 18cm wide, 44.5cm high

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An Art Deco Chrome Desk Chair America circa 1950, the circular cushion seat is supported in chrome by an A-symmetrical arm and back rest, the whole is supported on a ring platform, terminating in 5 chrome castors, 47cm wide, 78cm high £500 - £700

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A Very Rare K 428 Chair

By Walter Knoll Germany circa 1932, a very rare model K428 chair designed by Walter Knoll, commissioned

by Thonet for the K series in 1932, cold-drawn steel tube, 53cm wide, 81cm high, 64cm deep £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of Samson “Famille Rose” Armorial Vases Mounted as Lamps France circa 1870, the front face decorated with a fantasy armorial and enriched with raised enamel decoration, 57cm high £1,500 - £2,000

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An Early 18th Century Tapestry Panel France circa 1720, depicting a flower-filled urn, with exotic birds, within a red ground border with scrolling foliage crowned by a mask, 71.5cm wide, 96cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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138 A Pair of Giltwood Window Seats England circa 1775, in the French manner, gilded with serpentine frames and standing on cabriole legs, now upholstered in champagne coloured silk, 108cm wide, 62.5cm high, 45cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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A George III Polished Steel Fender England circa 1780, with pierced and engraved Rococo decoration centred by a basket of flowers, with further floral decoration interspersed with two pairs of facing winged dragons, 153cm wide, 16cm high, 43cm deep £500 - £700

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A Brass Hall Lantern

A Regency Hexagonal Brass Hall Lantern

A Pair of Irish Armchairs

England circa 1820, surmounted by anthemia with at each corner and stylised scrolling acanthus at the base, the lantern retains its original glass cowl, 32cm wide, 68cm high, 32cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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England circa 1815, with a leaf cast corona, the glazed panels surmounted by anthemia with lion’s head at each corner, with tulip and crocket gallery, the base with scrolled paw feet, 55cm wide, 75cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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Ireland circa 1860, with elaborately carved splats embellished with foliate carving, standing on cabriole legs and terminate in ball and claw feet, 66cm wide, 99cm high, 61cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Bohemian Covered Goblet Bohemia circa 1740, with cover cut all over in facets, 29cm high $300 - $500 €300 - €400

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A Modern Small Square Hall Lantern England circa 2000, with glass smoke cowl and three light candle fixture, the model based on an original lantern in Kensington Palace, 28cm wide, 56cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Brass Frame England circa 2007 £400 - £600

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A 17th Century Needlework Picture of Christ at The Well England circa 1660, depicting Christ at the Well with many incidental motifs including a grasshopper, in fine colour, 59cm wide, 41cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A William IV Library Chair England circa 1830, the boldly scrolled back is supported by padded arms with a lavishly carved ox bow front face decorated with classical scrolls and acanthus in low relief standing on turned boldly receded legs terminating in brass castors, now upholstered in brown suede, 78cm wide, 100cm high, 60cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Large Decalcomania Vase England circa 1880, the pink ground decorated with oval panels of flowers, birds and insects, 25cm wide, 60cm high

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A Pair of Carved Walnut Mirrors Italy circa 1859, attributed to Angelo Barbetti, the top frieze is decorated with an open winged eagle flanked by anthropomorphic scrolls, each of the bevelled mirror plates flanked by an elaborated arabesque carved individually to each mirror, each arabesque is surmounted by an elaborately carved capital with a grotesque mask at the centre, one holding game birds in its mouth the other fish, the capital bearing game birds supports the arabesque with the date 1859, 82cm wide, 122cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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A Pair of Shell-Work Dioramas England circa 1840, each depicting a campagna shaped urn containing an arrangement of flowers, leaves and berries, incorporating humming birds and green beetles, 51cm wide, 70cm high 150

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151 A Pair of George III Pier Mirrors England circa 1760, the frames extravagantly carved with stylised leaves, fruit and flowers entwined amongst interlocking ‘s’ and ‘c’ scrolls on a pierced rocaille ground, the original mirror plates retaining their original backing panels and wool cushioning, 57cm wide, 168cm high £15,000 - £20,000

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These looking glasses are in remarkable original state with very little loss to the elaborate carved frames. The plates themselves were packed out behind by strips of bound wool to help prevent any movement between the fragile glass and the back supports. The distressing of the plates is due in part to the wool binding which possibly should have been removed when they were hung in the house in 1750.

Provenance: Llanharon House, Glamorgan, Wales. Llanharan House was built around 1750 by Rees Powell and later occupied by Richard Jenkins and the Blandy-Jenkins family. Its most distinguished visitor was King George II of Greece in 1923.

Squire Jenkins, who bought the house in 1806, made Llanharan a focus for hunting in South Wales buying 21 kennels of hounds.

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A Pair of Orange Chinese Vases China circa 1850 £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of Porcelain Cache Pots France, painted with classical motifs and floral cartouches, the undersides with marks for the Queen’s Factory, Paris, 23cm wide, 13.5cm high, 13cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

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The mark on the underside of these cache pots refers to the Fabrique de la Reine - a fine porcelain factory patronised by Queen Marie Antoinette.

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Coste (fl.1777-1809) Extensive Landscape with figures Oil on canvas Painted circa 1800 75 x 88 cm (29 1/2 x 34 3/4 in) £4,000 - £6,000

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A George III Marble Fireplace England circa 1785, with three-quarter column jambs and Ionic capitals beneath carved Terpischore and Muses, 197cm wide, 158cm high £20,000 - £30,000

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The inlaid frieze with a carved centre tablet of ‘Diana the Huntress’ seated with her hounds. An almost identical chimney piece incoporating the same centre tablet of Diana with her hounds, Ionic capitals below figures of Terpischore and Muses was formerly at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the Dukes of Westminster. It was almost certainly commissioned by 1st Earl Grosvenor (d. 1802) for the Hall in the 1770’s before the house was later extensively gothicised by his son when he succeeded.

A Low Table in The Manner of Willy Rizzo Italy circa 1960, with polished steel angled corners and an inset steel basin, resting above a recessed plinth, 128.6cm wide, 34.2cm high, 80cm deep £800 - £1,200

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157 A George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase England circa 1720, the upper part with broken arched pediment with a gilt urn finial above double doors with bevelled mirror plates, in burr walnut with fine, original patination, 99.6cm wide, 240cm high, 59cm deep £15,000 - £20,000

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This fine quality George I burr walnut bureau bookcase has a scrolled pediment flanking a gilt cartouche above doors that retain their original bevelled mirror plates with yew wood cross banding. The doors open to reveal a fitted interior, and the fall has a finely figured bookmatched walnut veneer and opens to reveal pigeon holes and drawers and secret drawers behind the pilasters. Below there are two short and two long drawers each retaining its original hardware. The whole stands on bracket feet.

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A Porphyry and Ormolu Pin Cushion

A Jackson & Graham Davenport

Sweden circa 1800, taking the form of a rectangular block of porphyry with a finely chased gilt bronze handle at the centre flanked by gilt bronze mounted pin cushions, 32cm wide, 10cm deep £400 - £600

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England circa 1870, attributed to Jackson and Graham, the top is enriched with a pierced gallery with ivory balustrades, the cover opens to reveal a lavish yew wood interior with cedar lined drawers and pigeon holes, there is also a sliding bolt which releases an articulated pen drawer on the outside, the desk stands on ivory strung ebony columns with carved foliate enrichments, 58cm wide, 82cm high, 58cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

Jackson and Graham were amongst the most prestigious nineteenth century cabinet makers with extensive premises in Tottenham Court Road. They carried out numerous Royal and noble commissions and won prizes in international exhibitions. One of their largest pieces is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The architect/designer Owen Jones worked closely with the firm creating some of their most innovative forms and designing their shop. The high quality of their marquetry work both singles them out and is the reason why they weren’t more prolific, hence the rarity of their work and its subsequent collectability.

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Clive Edwards in his article describes this famous firm, Jackson and Graham, for the Furniture History Society thus: ‘In the pantheon of Victorian furnishing enterprises, few names are more important than Jackson & Graham’.

Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway describe Jackson and Graham in their work ‘Nineteenth Century Design’ as ‘probably the most Important High Victorian Cabinet-making firm’.

With academe clamouring to lavish praise of such high degree on this company’s head, why is it that almost no one has heard of them? The truth is that the endeavours of the nineteenth century cabinetmakers are still undervalued.

The advent of the mechanical age and the lush overelaboration of the epoch combine to seemingly render the whole Victorian era second rate. The mistake this idea represents is only now coming to light. Indeed Jackson & Graham celebrated this same mechanisation. They delighted in the fact that their machines afforded them the opportunity to execute a sophistication of marquetry that mere hand work could never have been achieved. It is true that Jackson and Graham were elaborate in their confections, but the sophistication therein contained rendered their work superior to all but a few.

The firm was active between 1836 and 1885.

They had premises in Oxford Street, which gradually expanded until they controlled six buildings on the same street. They were great exhibitors at fairs and like other cabinet makers of the age, they employed fashionable designers and architects to enhance their work. Amongst these, Jackson and Graham employed Dr Christopher Dresser and Bruce Talbert. However, the longest and closest affiliate was Owen Jones. He was central to the work carried out for Alfred Morrison at 16 Carlton House Terrace and Fonthill, Wiltshire. Pieces made for Morrison were shown at exhibitions around Europe and Owen Jones’ style defines the Jackson and Graham look. The firm gradually moved into decline through a mixture of internal strife and external trading conditions, finally, being bought out by their rivals, Collinson & Lock in 1885.

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A Mahogany Console France circa 1815, attributed to Charles-Joseph Lemarchand (1758-1826), the upper shelf supported by two winged terms with finely detailed female heads and ebonised Pompeian neo-classical motifs beneath, each leg ending in a lion’s paw foot, the finely grained mahogany has many contrasting ebonised details reflected in the antique mirror plate behind, 76cm wide, 94cm high £4,000 - £6,000

$6,400 - $9,500 €5,600 - €8,300

The Lemarchand dynasty is one of the greatest in French furniture history. Its fame rests on the oeuvre of two men; the father CharlesJoseph, and his son Louis-Edouard. Their business flourished for over 60 years between 1791 and 1852 but their apotheosis came when Louis-Edouard was commissioned to provide Napoleon’s tomb for Les Invalides.

Charles-Joseph Lemarchand was born in Dieppe in 1759 the son of the postmaster. He had one brother and three sisters one of which married the ebeniste P. Roussel. The next mention of Charles is in 1789 when he became a maitre on the eve of the Revolution. Perhaps he served his apprenticeship with Roussel, unfortunately history does not relate. His

business flourished and substantial wealth was recorded at the time of his marriage. He had two sons emil and Louis-Edouard who joined his fathers business in 1815.

His supply of pieces to the various Gardemeuble of the period was fitful. He received regular commissions before the revolution and managed to survive both the Revolution and the Terror but during the Empire he was ignored, though things improved after the restoration and he became a patented supplier. Despite the vicissitudes of Garde-meuble commissioning his business seems to have enjoyed a stability of success so seldom found with ebenistes of the period. He appears to have never gone bankrupt which is almost unheard of. He was clearly as good a business man as he was a cabinetmaker and one of his ploys has come down to us. He liked on occasion to give the impression that he was going to retire and he offered his entire stock or substantial parts of it to various clients and discounted prices.

He did finally retire and cede his business to his son shortly before his death, which was in 1826 at the good age for the time of 66. Louis-Edouard Lemarchand was born in 1795 and was sent off at the age of 15 to study architecture. This was seen as a useful tool for furniture construction techniques. However he was enticed by the

military life and he deserted his studies to sign up for the military academy of Saint Cyr in 1813. He left in order to fight in the battle of Ligny where he did well and was decorated on the battlefield itself. Incidentally he did not actually receive his medal until the reign of Louis-Philippe.

Following Waterloo he was released from the army with the rank of sub-lieutenant of the 29th light.

He joined the family business having experienced much and as an ardent supporter of Napoleon at the tender age of 20. Despite his youth he immediately played an active role and soon his father ceded complete control to him, indeed it is from this period that the workshops achieved their greatest output. He managed to negotiate for Lemarchand to be patented suppliers to the Restoration Garde-meuble. He supplied the kings Charles x and Louis-Philippe. In 1830 he obtained the title of official ebeniste to the duc de d’Orleans.

He passed the business on as a successful going concern in 1852 but lived in good health until 1872.

The Lemarchand stamp was used throughout the period of both father and son and was acknowledged as an sign of quality and finesse.

Though not renowned for innovation they were famous for the use of exotic woods and the confident application of contemporary style.

The reputation rests on fine carving, good design and outstanding cabinetmaking.

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A Set of Four Polished Steel Fire Tools England circa 1880, aesthetic movement, comprising a pair of tongs, a shovel, a fork and a log hook, 19cm wide, 115cm high £600 - £800

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A George III Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Drop Sides England circa 1760, with unusual drop sides, the turned central stem leading to an elegantly downswept tripod base, ending in brass castors, 88cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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Attributed to Isaac De Moucheron (1667-1744)

An Indian Ivory and Ebony Desk Set

The Gardens of an Italianate Palace Oil on canvas Painted circa 1700 123 x 98 cm (48 1/2 x 38 1/2 in) £8,000 - £12,000

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Provenance: Sale. Piasa, Paris, Important Old Master Paintings, 24th June 2004, lot 10 (sold for €30,000)

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India circa 1810, the top with sectioned areas for three glass ink wells with silvered tops flanked by pen trays, the sides inlaid with ivory panels decorated with European figures separated by panels of buffalo-horn, all within an elaborate foliate and floral border, the frieze containing one long drawer with ivory handles and supported on ivory bun feet, 27cm wide, 9cm high, 21cm deep £300 - £500

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A Charles X Mantel Clock France circa 1830, the finely figured mahogany frame is mounted with engraved and painted silvered metal panels depicting neoclassical motif and swags, each element bordered with finely chased gilt bronze, 23cm wide, 44.6cm high, 15cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Set of Six Empire Ormolu Mounted Chairs France circa 1810, in the manner of Jacob Desmalter, each having a domed back with scroll corners and richly mounted in finely chased gilt bronze, the back panel has a shaped lower edge and is mounted with a gilt bronze harp framed with a foliate wreath, the chairs are supported on sabre legs front and back, mounted at the front with further neo-classical gilt bronze enrichments and terminating in claw feet, 49cm wide, 85cm high, 48cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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An Églomisé Barometer

A Pair of William and Mary Torcheres

A Pair of Italian Commodini

France circa 1825, each panel is decorated with stylised neo-classical ornament, the central cartouche is surmounted by a thermometer, mounted upon a stylised lyre similarly decorated with églomisé and having a star finial, 51cm wide, 91cm high

England circa 1700, having turned tops and waisted tapering stems supported by a tripod of S scroll feet, with restorations, 39cm wide, 89cm high, 25cm diameter

Italy circa 1820, the kidney shaped upper section has an open front with a single drawer at the base, the whole stands on a tripod of giltwood bowing swans which, are in turn, supported on a plinth which terminates in gilt ball feet, 44cm wide, 76cm high, 31cm diameter

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An Early 19th Century Scagliola Table Italy circa 1830, depicting bucolic scene in muted tones, within a border of acorns and leaves, the ormolu base orignating from France, circa 1870, 77.5cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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A rare early 19th century scagliola top depicting a bucolic landscape scene of a village next to a lake in full summer with figures gathering wood, in a muted palate within a border of pearl decoration, surrounded by a wreath of acorn and oak leaves on a black background, supported on an ormolu gueridon base with leopard head terminals on scrolling acanthus supports, fluted legs and X frame supports, resting on paw feet.

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A Pair of Palmwood Pedestals England circa 1870, each with an elaborate lacquered brass Corinthian capital and turned foot, surmounted by a stepped plinth and stand above solid palmwood columns with entasis, 26cm wide, 117cm high, 26cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Parcel Gilt Regency Supper Table England circa 1810, of traditional form with a shelf for plates and a compartment for other accoutrements, the table is enriched with a polychrome coat of arms and gilt stringing on a black ground, standing on attenuated baluster column legs terminating in brass casters, 33cm wide, 66cm high, 56cm deep £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of White Marble and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes France circa 1785, in the form of atheniennes, the tripod gilt bronze support has a snake entwined through the stem and the scroll terminals are joined by bead swags, 27cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Large Pair of Mid 19th Century Decalcomania Vases With Covers France circa 1850 £2,000 - £3,000

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A Pair of Red Ground Louis Philippe Arts and Science Vases as Lamps France circa 1860, aubergine coloured large scale baluster form vases, decorated in polychrome with figures representing the Arts and Sciences, 85cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Pair of Mahogany Empire Consoles

England circa 1800, of four tiers, inlaid with ebony stringing, on square supports ending in brass castors, 45cm wide, 107cm high, 36cm deep

France circa 1810, retaining their original mirrored backs and Gris St Anne marble tops, with fine ormolu mounts, 132cm wide, 94cm high, 51.5cm deep

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A Pair of Giltwood Pedestals England circa 1850, of tapering form with garlands of C srolls and flowers, on square stepped bases with egg and dart mouldings, 27cm wide, 109.5cm high, 27cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Late 19th Century Two-Tier Etagere England circa 1880, the dark green lacquer background japanned with exotic birds, paper fans and flowers decorated in red and gold, the fretwork galleries centred by carved shells, the turned spindle supports resting on brass cups and castors, 73cm wide, 70cm high, 40cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Pair of Regency Revival Wall Lanterns England circa 1950, decorated with gilt flutes and swags, 31cm wide, 62cm high, 16cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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Paul Cesar Helleu (1859-1927) A lady (possibly Mme Helleu) with a parasol in Versailles Gardens Etching and drypoint Signed in pencil lower left 49 x 56 cm (19 1/4 x 22 in) £1,200 - £1,800

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A Pair of Japanese Scroll Paintings of Hawks

A Steel and Brass Jewellery Safe

A Set of 19th Century Fire Irons

England circa 1900, the top and all four sides panelled with brass mouldings with fan motif corners and with brass carrying handles and original key, 31cm wide, 21.5cm high, 20cm deep

England circa 1880, with brass fluted handles, foliate finials and with smooth polished steel shafts, the shovel with ornate pierced decoration, 87cm high

Japan circa 1880, of Imperial hawks, each depicted upon a perch with an elaborate knotted rope, each scroll having calligraphy and a collector’s mark, 67cm wide, 127cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Large Scale George II Mahogany Library Armchair

An English Ceremonial Trumpet Banner

A Mahogany Peat Bucket

England circa 1760, the arched back above outscrolling arm supports, the chair stands on generously carved cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet, the front legs further enriched at the knee with a shell, 83cm wide, 95cm high

England circa 1880, of professional embroidery using silver and silver gilt thread on a red satin ground, depicting the royal arms with cupids above and the monogram VR, 57.5cm wide, 47cm high

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England circa 1800, with broad brass bands and with hinged brass handle on scroll brackets, with modern brass liner 38cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A Demi-Lune Console Jardiniere France circa 1810, on columnar legs with a raisable mirror backplate and white marble top, supported at the base with stretchers in star form, 53.5cm wide, 113.5cm high, 36cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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A Pair of Sinumbra Lamps France circa 1810, each having its original etched glass, partially frosted shade, supported in a resevoir with a brass border enriched with neoclassical ornament, the black marbled tole columns and octagonal plinths similarly mounted in lacquered brass, now electrified, 74cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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An Early 18th Century German Pier Mirror Germany circa 1710, the cresting modelled in the highly individual manner of a pair of boldly carved ribbon held curtain swags, flanking a stylised canopy surmounted by a five-point feathered scroll with a domed cartouche at the centre, the sides and base of the mirror are enriched with alternate low relief anthemion and foliate elements against a crosshatched ground, 86cm wide, 160cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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This magnificent mirror is a remarkable example of the high standards of carving and design that were produced in Germany during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The culmination of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 48) had brought about a new social order that strengthened the wealth and fortunes of the German aristocracy, encouraging a more sophisticated approach to the planning of their homes. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, highly skilled Huguenot Parisian designers and craftsmen were forced into exile, an act that led to the immediate dissemination of French taste and style throughout Northern Europe.

In the decorative arts, there has always been a strong national diversity and within each European State existed a wealth of regional variety. In Southern Germany, there is an undeniable link with Italy. Designers in Northern Germany were influenced by those of neighbouring countries, France and Holland.

Northern designers took a particular interest in the application of textile designs in their carving, looking to the work of exiled Parisian designers such as Daniel Marot (1663-1752) for inspiration. The combination of plumes with lambrequins in the canopy of this mirror closely resembles the form of an early eighteenth century bed valance, examples of which can be seen in Marot’s designs for chairs, stools and pelmets (circa 1690 - 1702).

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A Pair of Chinese Nodding Head Figures China circa 1820, painted pottery nodding head figures representing court dignitaries, the senior courtier is shown with the traditional robes of office and the female with a floral yellow robe, 28cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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A Pair of Songbird Dioramas Italy circa 1850, a highly unusual group of Austrian provincial carved and naturalistically painted wooden models of songbirds, each bird is shown attached to a twig perch that is in turn mounted on a carved plinth, they are now framed as a pair of dioramas with a background of branches, 86 wide, 114cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Murano Glass Vase Italy circa 1960 $500 - $800 €400 - €700

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A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks France circa 1810, the socles enriched with machined neo-classical ornament with a frieze of flower heads, the supporting columns take the form of three sphinx heads enriched with enclosed and open anthemion and terminating in claw feet, the anthemion motif is continued as a border on the circular plinth, 29cm high £1,500 - £2,000

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A Silk Covered Brass Foot Stool

A Pair of Queen Anne Brass Tapersticks

A White Marble Seated Retriever

England circa 2010, with outswept 19th century lacquered brass feet, with a perforated design of stylised leaves and berries, 33cm wide, 30cm high, 33cm deep £500 - £700

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England circa 1705, with scalloped circular bases, 13cm high, 8cm diameter £600 - £800

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France circa 1890, signed R. Rigolas statuaire Lyon, shown with his tail tucked in and head turned to the left, the whole carved with an integral oval shaped plinth, 109cm wide, 56cm high, 41cm deep £7,000 - £9,000

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Sweden circa 1820, the bronze patinated tôle covers are enriched with neo-classical gilt bronze mouldings and surmounted by overscale flame finials, the bodies are mounted with a pierced gilt bronze scroll terminating in foliate motifs, the base of the bowl has a pineapple finial mounted upon rows of alternate bright burnished and matt reeding, they stand on a tripod of finely wrought legs with boldly modelled rams’ head capitals and terminating in double hoof feet, the whole stands on a concave sided tripod plinth terminating in flattened bun feet, 28 wide, 70cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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A Set of Polished Steel Fire Tools with Stand England circa 1800, each engraved with neoclassical decoration of swags, patera and leaf designs, surmounted by classical urn finials, 34cm wide, 97cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Black and Gold Chestnut Urns Low countries circa 1790, of traditional schooner form, japanned with gilt decoration of flowers and foliage on a black ground, the sides of the urns with gilt lion’s head ring handles, 17cm wide, 32cm high, 10cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

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A Worcester Dolphin Tazza England circa 1820, decorated with a blue ground with gilded highlights and oval panels of flowers, 26.7cm wide, 12.7cm high, 18.4cm deep £600 - £800

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A Blue & White Chinese Vase Now Mounted as a Lamp China circa 1790, of baluster form decorated with a river landscape, now mounted as a lamp, 66cm high £800 - £1,200

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A George III Ribbed Mahogany Peat Bucket Ireland circa 1800, with broad brass bands and brass carrying handle, fitted with a modern brass liner, 42cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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204 A Pair of Berlin Porcelain Vases Germany circa 1825, each decorated on both sides with circular panels simulating micromosaic depicting doves, swans and a hound, on a cream ground, 31cm high £6,000 - £8,000

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These magnificent vases are representative of the flourishing of the Berlin Porcelain Manufactory in the reign of Friedrich Wilhem III during the post-Napoleonic era. At this time there was a great programme of civic and private building in both Potsdam and Berlin and the output of the porcelain factory celebrated this era with views of the palaces and other great landmarks of both cities. Classical urn forms proliferated but what makes these particular vases so unusual is that, instead of the topographical views, the decorated panels depict small scenes in imitation of the Italian revival of Roman micro-mosaics, a further reflection of the Antique. The mosaics are charming pictures of swans on a river and three doves perched around a casket on one vase and a hound seated by a pedestal supporting a burner, with an anchor and an urn of flowers on the other, all in minute detail.

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A Decalcomania Vase Mounted as a Lamp England / France circa 1880, of exceptional scale and with elaborate decoration on an off white ground, depicting Chinese figures in shaped panels to both sides, bordered by further figures, mythical creatures, flowering branches and scattered with birds, insects, and butterflies, mounted as a lamp with bowed silk shade, 84cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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A Pair of Baccarat Glass and Ormolu Candlesticks

A Mahogany Tray Table

A Pollard Oak Chest of Drawers

England circa 1800, the shaped gallery with pierced carrying handles, supported on a modern mahogany base of Chippendale design, 74cm wide, 55cm high, 49cm deep

England circa 1860, mounted with foliate brass handles and Bramah locks, the sides, pilasters and central splat are mounted with lacquered brass mouldings, 139cm wide, 81cm high, 57cm deep

France circa 1810, the form taking that of a gilt bronze candlestick with an octagonal socle, supported on a stepped octagonal baluster column, standing on a circular stepped base, star cut beneath and framed with an ormolu rim, 28cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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An Archive Collection Display Case England circa 2010, stained apple green parchment, the piece is silk lined, glazed on three sides and lit internally, limited edition of 12, each signed and numbered, 118cm wide, 208cm high, 43cm deep £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of Glazed Vases Italy circa 1920, signed ‘Bassanelli’, 27cm wide, 52cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Group of Glass Bottles England circa 1860 £2,000 - £3,000

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An Early 19th Century Satinwood Commode Stool

A Pair of Japanese Panels

A Pair of Victorian Silver Mounted Horn Toasting Forks

England circa 1845, by Holland & Sons, upholstered in velvet opening to reveal a well, the sides with scrolled and turned arm supports, on a square base, the whole decorated with gilded rosettes, 72cm wide, 59.5cm high, 47cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

Japan circa 1880, mother of pearl and carved ivory, with black lacquer backgrounds, 39cm wide, 62cm high £600 - £800

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Holland and Son was founded in 1803 by William Holland ( fl 1803-43). From 1803 to 1843 the cabinetmakers and upholsterers William Holland and Stephen Taprell (d 1847) were in partnership. Their firm was called Taprell & Holland until 1835, Taprell, Holland & Son until 1843, and Holland & Sons after 1843. In 1851 the firm employed over 350 men. In 1852 it incorporated the prestigious firm of Thomas Dowbiggin (1788-1854), taking over its Mount Street premises in London. Holland & Sons received commissions for furnishing many of the government buildings and clubs built in 19th-century London, including the Athenaeum, the Reform Club, and the British Museum.

The firm worked on many royal commissions, making furniture for Buckingham Palace, London, Windsor Castle, Berks, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, and Balmoral, Grampian. Holland & Sons exhibited a bookcase at the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which they won a prize, and continued to show at major exhibitions throughout the century.

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England circa 1842, the silver mounts bear the initials ‘WF’, William Forrester, a specialist in the use of silver mounts on exotic objects, his hallmark is only found on pieces of this genre 51cm long $500 - $800 €400 - €700

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A “Tarbo” Dark Blue Lacquer Low Table Italy circa 1970, supported by a chrome base of interlocking elements, the legs mounted with a collar of material matching the tops, 144cm wide, 46cm high, 41cm deep £800 - £1,200

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The initiators of the Neo-Liberty style were the Turin architects Roberto Gabetti (born 1925) and Aimaro d’Isola (born 1928), who were both pupils of Carlo Mollino at the Politecnico, Turin.

In 1957, the architectural journal Casabella Continuita, edited by Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Vittorio Gregotti, published a number of works by Gabetti and d’Isola, including the influential Borsa Valori (1953) and Bottega d’Erasmo residential block (1953-1956), both in Turin. The ideas expressed by Gabetti and d’Isola were part of a general move away from the purist principles of the Modern Movement at that time, and, like many other architects, they continued to develop new approaches in their architecture in the 1960’s and after.

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England circa 1760, of large size, retaining their original mirror plates, the borders formed of elaborately entwined foliate and ‘C’ scrolls, with leafy branches, urns of flowers and icicles, each with two curving candle arms, in the manner of Thomas Johnson, 75cm wide, 142cm high £12,000 - £18,000 See: Comparative drawing from Thomas Johnson’s Twelve Gerandoles, 1755.

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An Early 18th Century Red Japanned Mirror England circa 1720, having an elaborately scrolled pediment and with borders of gilt and red lacquer enriched with foliate and figurative ornament, the mirror retains its original delicately bevelled mirror plate, 61cm wide, 96cm £3,000 - £5,000

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See: Kopplin, Monika. 2005. European Lacquer.

Hirmer. Huth, Hans. 1971. Lacquer of the West.

University of Chicago Press.

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A Demi Lune Amboyna Commode Germany circa 1810, with fossil marble top, veneered throughout in well-figured amboyna and framed in mahogany, the single door at the centre opens to reveal shelves, the whole standing on tapering scroll feet, 76cm wide, 89cm high, 41cm deep

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A Victorian Ebony and Silver Toasting Fork England circa 1894, with a turned tapering handle and boldly formed fork, Birmingham, 1894, 55cm deep £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of Late 18th Chinese Export Oils After Boucher China circa 1780, of fête champêtre after Boucher, one showing the gift of a dove, the other a shepherd and shepherdess playing music, 41cm wide, 53cm high $3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

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An Empire Mahogany Console Table France circa 1810, throughout the veneers are of the finest quality and figuring, the table has gilt bronze mounts on the centre of the frieze drawer and on the knee of the scroll front legs and at the feet, the table has a replacement portor marble top, 122cm wide, 94cm high, 50cm deep $6,400 - $9,500 €5,600 - €8,300

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A Pair of Early 19th Century Scagliola Columns Italy circa 1800, the well-patinated surface simulating a fine aged yellow breccia marble, the shafts each having a slight entasis and with moulded bases, resting on separate square block plinths, 35cm wide, 102.5cm high, 23cm diameter, 35cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Napoleon III Grey Marble Pier Mirror France circa 1860, having a cresting of ‘C’ and ‘S’ scrolls carved in high relief with a central oval medallion cartouche inset with brocatelle marble, the frame carved in the bolection manner also inset with panels of brocatelle marble, 94cm wide, 160cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Pair of Chinese Style Samson Vases Mounted as Lamps France circa 1870, the front face decorated with a fantasy armorial and enriched with raised enamel decoration, 59cm high £600 - £800

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A Pair of Early 19th Century Apothecary Century Scales England circa 1820, in precisely fashioned lacquered brass supported by Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine, standing on a stepped plinth, 45cm wide, 45cm high, 13cm £600 - £800

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Asklepios, also known as Asclepius, was the god of medicine and reputed ancestor of Asklepiades, the ancient Greek doctors’ guild.

Asklepios was depicted as a kingly, bearded man holding a serpent-entwined staff. He is almost completely absent from ancient Greek vase painting, but statues of the god are quite common.

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An Unusual Charles X Mahogany Gothic Display Cabinet.

A Pair of Empire Period Swedish Marble Candlesticks

A George III Mahogany Tray

England circa 1840, having glazed lancet doors flanked by gothic fluted pilasters, the sides are also glazed with gothic roundels

Sweden circa 1790, each takes the form of an attenuated gilt bronze vase, mounted upon a fluted marble column supported by gryphons, standing on a tripod plinth, which in turn rests upon a circular plinth with a gilt beaded border, which terminates in gilt bun feet also with a band of beading, 33cm high

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England circa 1760, of scalloped edge now standing on a modern traditionally fashioned ‘X’ frame stand, 90cm wide, 67cm high, 48cm deep £600 - £800

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A Mahogany Two Tier Stand France circa 1850, each supported by the three scroll legs, 140cm high, 20cm deep £100 - £200

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A Large Circular Brass Lantern

A Large Scale Brass Mounted Folio Stand

A Mid-19th Century Pole Ladder

France circa 1880, in the Louis XVI style, the reeded frame hung with ribbon tied ropes of beads with pendant tassels and with ball finials at the base, retaining its original candle fixtures, 92cm high £800 - £1,200

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England circa 1860, the original gilt tooled leather folio supported by a mahogany ‘A’ frame stand with well figured burr walnut veneers to the front, brass Bunyard Patent fittings throughout and brass castors, 110cm wide, 111cm high, 78cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

England circa 1850, with nine polished iron treads, 35cm wide, 234cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A William & Mary Japanned Blanket Chest China circa 1690, richly decorated in the manner of coromandel incised lacquer with scenes of Chinese courtiers in landscape settings on a reddish burnt umber ground, with borders of gilt decoration and having an elaborate pierced gilt brass engraved escutcheon, standing on later turned bun feet, 113cm wide, 76cm high, 59cm deep $4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

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A Japanese Oval Lacquer Casket Japan circa 1690, with domed top, decorated on all sides with panels of raised lacquer on a black ground depicting a fenced garden and rockeries with mother-of-pearl highlights, 40cm wide, 22cm high, 21cm deep $4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

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235 A George I Gesso Mirror England circa 1720, the shaped and bevelled plate contained within a carved and gilt gesso frame, the scrolled cresting centred by a plumed male mask, the shaped apron centred by a scallop shell, 66cm wide, 128cm high

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236 A Pair of Renaissance Revival Hanging Lanterns England circa 1880, in the Renaissance style, each face is fashioned as a rounded arch with a foliate finial above, the domed tops and base terminate in further elaborate foliate finials, each now having a modern three branch chandelier, 95cm high £12,000 - £16,000

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A Group of Nine Diamante Ball Clocks France circa 1890, each has an enamelled dial framed with coloured diamante, 7cm diameter £4,000 - £6,000

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A Group of Karslbad Glass Bohemia circa 1870 £1,000 - £1,500

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A Victorian Silver Mounted Glass Bottle By Heath and Middleton England circa 1893, profusely decorated with cut daisies, the silver stamped with the maker’s mark for Birmingham silversmith Heath and Middleton (JTH over JHM) and dated 1893-94, 37cm high £400 - £600

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240 A Pair of Viennese Glass and Gilt Chandeliers Austria circa 1880, with gilt metal vines and twelve branches with gilded green and opaline leaves and flowers, the convolvulus (morning glory) flowers, each finely painted in opaline glass, are naturalistically coloured in blue and pink, now electrified, 106.7cm high, 61cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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A Neapolitan Neo-Classical Pier Mirror

A George III Telescopic Silver Toasting Fork By The Thomas Weeks Museum

A Gourd Vase

Italy circa 1820, having an elaborate scrolled cresting above a pediment enriched with gilt swags, neo-classical ornament and musical trophies, the sides of the mirror are fashioned as pilasters with gilt capitals, fluting and subsidiary applied neo-classical ornament, the fruitwood ground is further enriched with elements of bronze patination, 128cm wide, 260cm high, 10cm deep

England circa 1802, with silver stamp of George Cowels, London, 1802, extending by four sections and ending in a trident fork, the handle engraved “BAT WEEKS’S R’ MUSEUM Tichbourne St - 1038’, 22.5cm deep

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China circa 1850, of double gourd form, decorated in underglaze blue, restored, 19cm wide, 63.5cm high £800 - £1,200

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Only three of ‘Weeks silver toast forks’ with four segments are known, this fork is the earliest known example pre dating the opening of the museum in 1803.

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An Empire Mahogany Settee France circa 1810, with a square back carved with reeding, the scroll arms terminate in stylised foliate ornament above blocks carved in low relief, the front seat rail is supported by sabre legs, 167cm wide, 96.8cm high, 60cm deep £1,500 - £2,000

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A Giltwood Fire Surround England circa 1790, of very large proportions in the neo-classical manner, the deep frieze with central entablature depicting an urn of fruits flanked by sphinxes, with panels of formalised leaf motifs at either side, with detailed acanthus carving above and fluting below, the curving jambs headed by oval paterae and carved with magnificent acanthus leaves at the front and swags of bell-flowers at either side, 220cm wide, 158cm high

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A Satinwood and Mahogany Tray Table

A Pair of Regency Tole Lamps

A Set of Four Bronze Wall Appliques

England circa 1810, with cylindrical bodies decorated with gilded classical muses on a green ground with panels of faux porphyry and musical trophies all supporting engraved glass hurricane shades, 20cm wide, 81cm high, 20cm deep

France circa 1750, depicting the Four Seasons

England circa 1790, veneered in satinwood with central mahogany oval panel, kingwood crossbanding and ebony and boxwood stringing, with a waved gallery and raised on a modern mahogany stand as a low table, 86cm wide, 52cm high, 64cm deep £1,200 - £1,800

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A Glass and Silver Cigar Humidor England circa 1910, in original fitted case £400 - £600

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A Late 19th Century Billiard Table Lamp England circa 1880, the lamp in bronze and ormolu, the central shaft stamped with makers plate ‘Thurston of London’ with foliate boss and scrolling supports connecting a beam with three lights ending with gilt finials, 210cm high, 270cm deep

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A Fine 19th Century Table Clock England circa 1830, in burr yew and gilt mounted case of unusual small size and particularly detailed chasing, the eight-day movement with original verge escapement, the gilded dial with Roman numerals has an extremely finely engraved lower plate signed Viner London, 18cm wide, 41cm high, 14cm deep

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A Japanese Lacquer Occasional Table Japan circa 1860, the octagonal tip top is inlaid with a mother of pearl landscape showing a cart, birds and flowers, the table is supported on a turned baluster stem standing on a tripod of scroll feet, all decorated in the same style as the top, the inside bears the inventory label of the Hanoverian Royal Collection, 55cm wide, 74cm high, 55cm deep £800 - £1,200

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253 A George IV Breakfront Side Cabinet England circa 1825, in the manner of T & G Seddon, the marble top supported on a plain frieze above panelled, silk-covered doors with diamond pattern brass grilles, having turned columnar supports with carved palmette capitals flanking the central doors, and at each end, the doors opening to reveal adjustable shelving, resting on a moulded plinth base, adapted from a credenza, now with replaced marble top, 199cm wide, 96cm high, 59.5cm deep £6,000 - £8,000

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A Pair of 19th Century Carriage Lights England circa 1870, having shaped bombe glazed sides supported and surmounted with stylised petal motif, 21.6cm wide, 67.4cm high, 25.4cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Console Table By François Catroux France circa 1970, of rectangular geometric form with a smoked glass top by François Catroux, 160cm wide, 75.5cm high, 40cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Nineteenth Century Tutenag Fender England circa 1880, with pierced anthemion frieze on a bevelled leading edge, 15.5cm high, 183cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Faceted Glass Column Candlesticks England circa 1780, the facet cut nozzles with large cut and scalloped pans, on a hexagonal cut collar, over a diamond facetted stem, the foot domed, flat cut and with scalloped edge, 28.5cm high £400 - £600

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A Mahogany Free Standing Folio Book Shelf England circa 1835, with five divisions above a single drawer with foliate button handle, the sides with carrying handles supported on stylized claw feet, 48cm wide, 48cm high, 31cm deep £600 - £800

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A Silver Plate Magnum Cask England circa 1914, retaining its original stopper and removable key, the front with inscription, 30cm wide, 25cm high, 20cm deep £600 - £800

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260 A George IV Brass Four Poster Bed England circa 1825, the four reeded posts cast with inverted lotus leaves, surmounted by finials and resting on spoked castors, 185cm wide, 275cm high, 215cm deep £20,000 - £30,000

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A George IV lacquered brass four-poster bed, the four reeded posts cast with inverted lotus leaves, surmounted by similarly-cast finials and resting on large, spoked castors.

Provenance: From the property of the late Lord Elliott.

Broughton Place, Peebleshire, Scotland.

Born Walter Archibald Elliott in London on the 6th of September 1922, he was brought up between a house on London’s Cheyne Walk and Broughton Place in Peebleshire - a Scottish baronial estate set amidst grouse moors, built by the architect Sir Basil Spence (1907 - 1976).

After serving in the Second World War he returned to Scotland to study law, and was subsequently appointed QC in 1963. He also served as President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland from 1971 to 1992.

Re-upholstered throughout in Persian red and pale lemon coloured silk. The use of bold inverted lotus leaves as sculptural decoration to each of the four posts are distinct features of furnishings from this period and in particular the designs of George Bullock (1782/3 - 1818) Bullock was one of the most important furniture makers involved in the re-flowering of Greek and Roman taste in the early nineteenth century.

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He moved from Liverpool to 4 Tenterden St. Hanover Square, London in 1812, where he had an established business as a sculptor, modeller and cabinet-maker. His patrons included Sir Walter Scott for Abbotsford in the Scottish borders, Matthew Boulton at Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire and the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte’s house on the island of St Helena.

The impressive height of this grand example indicates that it was commissioned to take advantage of the full height of the intended bedroom’s ceiling space. The four poster’s long history in England had made it an ideal furnishing item for the display of lavish bed hangings, that provided a spectacle for the room and very necessary protection against draughts. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, various alternatives on the theme became more popular, for example the tent or field bed, the campaign bed and the French style, that involved curtains draped from a fixed pole above the bed or rich hangings from a domed tester. A considerable change in construction took place from the 1820’s with the use of cast iron and polished brass as the favoured materials, replacing carved or painted posts. Literature: H. B. and Sons, Sudley Gallery, 1988. George Bullock. John Murray Publishers.

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An Overmantel Mirror

A Bronze Bust of Ajax After the Antique

A Regency Tilt-Top Games Table

A nineteenth century triple-plate landscape overmantel mirror £1,000 - £1,500

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Continental circa 1880, after the antique, the well cast and chased bearded head to dexter, wearing a helmet adorned with centaurs and other classical icons and figures from war, resting on its original socle and square base, with gilt highlighting, 22cm wide, 41cm high, 17cm deep £1,200 - £1,800

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England circa 1830, the board is enriched with armorial motifs surrounded by an elaborate naturalistically painted foliate border, 53cm wide, 74cm high, 53cm deep (chess pieces are not included) £800 - £1,200

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A Mid 19th Century Mahogany Hall Bench

A Regency Music Stand

England circa 1850, in the manner of Gillows, having a panelled seat and raised scroll ends mounted with a roundel patera, the bench stands on tapering fluted legs, 149cm wide, 55cm high, 38cm deep £800 - £1,200

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England circa 1810, of elaborately shaped outline and decorated with fantastical gilt vignettes of a musical theme, the gilt lattice fence rest raises to form a continuous decoration with the back, the whole stands on an ebonised baluster stem set with neoclassical lacquered brass mounts, standing on a concave-sided tripod plinth similarly decorated, 40cm wide, 134cm high £1,500 - £2,000

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266 A George II Green Japanned Bureau Bookcase

England circa 1730, attributed to Giles Grendey, the cresting in the form of a broken swan’s neck pediment, mirror plates and cresting replaced, the upper section has two doors fitted with shaped mirror plates of traditional Grendey form which open to reveal,on the reverse, large scale Chinese figures and an interior fitted with small pigeon holes, bookshelves and drawers, with a pair of candle slides below, the fall front bureau section enclosing further drawers and pigeon holes, below are two drawers in the frieze above four long graduating drawers, each retaining the original elaborate brass handles, the whole standing on bracket feet, 107cm wide, 250cm high, 58cm deep £60,000 - £80,000

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Giles Grendey (1693-1780) completed his apprenticeship and became a freeman in 1716; by 1726 he had his own apprentices and was recognised as the most accomplished English cabinetmaker incorporating ‘japanned’ decoration. In 1731, it was recorded that Grendey’s workshop had a fire which destroyed ‘furniture to the value of £1,000 pack’d for Exportation against the next morning’. Fortunately, premises and stock were both insured, but this record underlines the importance of the export market for his business; notably in Spain, in Italy (for the King of Naples) and in Portugal. Grendey’s most celebrated export order was for a suite of approximately eighty items of scarlet japanned furniture for the Duke of Infantado’s castle at Lazcano, near San Sebastian in Northern Spain, circa 1740.

A large number of items from this suite have been sold through Mallett and are now in several important international collections including The Metropolitan Museum, New York and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Grendey’s label does not occur on every item but the entire ensemble can confidently be ascribed to his workshop.

A sufficiently large body of furniture has been identified, with and without trade labels, to encourage attribution of this bureau bookcase to Grendey on the grounds of stylistic analogy.

Grendey’s furniture is typically fitted with doors having shaped mirror plates or shaped panels of exceptional mahogany veneers. The generous proportions, architectural pediment, elaborate brass handles and bracket feet may also be related. Grendey’s interpretation and technical rendering of chinoserie motifs further supports the attribution with a caravan of camels and figures within an architectural setting on the fall front, the fantastical animals on the lower section and the elegant large-scale figures on the inside of the upper doors and to the sides.

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A Decalcomania Vase Mounted as a Lamp

An Enamel Faced Travelling Clock in a Leather and Silver Case

A Needlework Panel on a Yellow Ground

France circa 1850, decorated with polychrome chinoiseries on a off white ground, now mounted as a lamp, 41cm high

England circa 1908, in the form of an outsize pocket watch the white enamel dial with a subsidiary dial for seconds, retaining its original leather and silver travelling case, the eight-day timepiece has a lever escapement, the case hallmarked by the Birmingham silversmiths ‘Elkington & Co’, 18.5cm wide, 22cm high, 14cm diameter

France circa 1750, made into a cushion, 33cm wide, 28cm high

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The firm operated independently as ‘Elkington & Co’ from 1861-1963, it was then taken over

by British Silverware, Ltd. In 1971 British Silverware, Ltd. became a subsidiary of Delta Metal Co. Ltd.

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A Pair of Silver Plated Cachepots England circa 1930, of small size with turned upper rim and small handles, with brass liners, 11.4cm high, 11.4cm diameter £600 - £800

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A Pair of Anglo-Indian Day Beds Anglo-Indian circa 1850, the upper section with a balustraded back and arched balustrades to the sides surrounding a caned seat supported on baluster turned legs, 61cm wide, 52.5cm high, 153cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of Empire Three Branch Bronze and Gilt Candelabrum France circa 1810, in the form of bronze female figures holding scrolled ormolu branches with a further socle resting on the cushion on their head, the whole supported on a gilt bronze plinth with applied neo-classical decoration, 21cm wide, 51cm high, 11cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Lamp in the manner of Desney

A George III Mahogany Window Seat

A Bottle Pourer

France circa 1940, constructed from overlapping panels of glass, now rewired, 13cm high,

England circa 1770, the square gadrooned legs with H-stretcher and outswept upholstered arms, 109cm wide, 61cm high, 41cm deep

England circa 1880, the sides lavishly engraved with floral ornament and the wheels having scrolls as spokes, 12cm wide, 25.5cm high, 35cm deep

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A Pair of Bronze Canova Lions

A Pair of Dieppe Mirrors

Italy circa 1820, models of the waking and sleeping lion taken from the model by Antonio Canova, each lion is depicted recumbent upon a brocatelle marble block plinth with their paws and tails overlapping their stand, 22cm wide, 12cm high, 8cm deep

France circa 1880, the oval plates within an applied carved ivory frame decorated with a coat of arms flanked by dolphins also with carved crowns, stylised leaves and further winged cherubs within a giltwood border, 57cm wide, 92cm high, 6cm deep

A Shagreen and Palmwood Standard Lamp

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France circa 1925, taking the form of a column with a shagreen capital, flanked by asymmetric tapering shagreen panels, on a conformingly decorated square base with solid scroll feet, 41cm wide, 206cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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A Set of Three Vases

A Marble Chess Board

A Pair of 1940’s Cast Iron Stools

Bohemia, circa 1960

Italy circa 1860, the squares are in black and sienna marbles and framed in white with a band of rouge griotte, 49cm wide, 4cm high

France circa 1940, with stylized cabriole legs joined by a scrolled stretcher now upholstered in green patterned silk, 52cm wide, 68cm high, 85cm deep

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A Paul Evans ‘City Scape’ Head Board America circa 1975, decorated in panels of stainless steel in the style of his ‘cityscape’ range, 265cm wide, 238cm high, 46cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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An Art Deco Asymmetric Shelving Unit retaining its original shelves, re-lacquered in the original colour, 39cm wide, 110cm high, 94cm deep £600 - £800

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A Pair of 19th Century French Samson Porcelain Vases

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A Pair of Telescopic Brass Torcheres

A Set of Six Chinese Export Gouache Paintings of Birds

England circa 1880, the circular dished tops above square shafts the top with adjustable key all supported on circular stepped turned bases, 110cm high, 30cm diameter £700 - £1,000

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China circa 1850, of birds, painted on Chinese pith paper and made for the export market, the birds include pheasants, water fowl, song birds, guinea fowl and ibis, 29cm wide, 19cm high $2,400 - $3,200 €2,100 - €2,800

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China circa 1790, the lady dressed in the bonnet is Lady Edward Bentinck (nee Cumberland) after a portrait by George Romney (1734-1802), 42cm wide, 53.5cm high £600 - £800

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A Louis XVI Needlework Cushion

A Coalbrookdale Stickstand

France circa 1770, a superb Louis XVI needlework cushion, the central cartouche with interwoven roses finishing in a bow, surrounding a basket of flowers on cream ground, 64cm wide, 48cm high

England circa 1890, by Coalbrookdale, with eighteen rings for sticks supported by cluster columns, the sides finished with pierced decoration and a floral paterae in the centre, the whole standing on a stepped chamfered edge platform base, with two removable trays, stamped CBDALE twice, registration number 330925, 94cm wide, 58cm high, 29cm deep

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A 19th Century Carved Wood Eagle Switzerland circa 1880, of an open winged eagle perched on a rock carved in fine naturalistic detail, 45.5cm wide, 22.5cm high, 13cm deep £700 - £1,000

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A Pair of Biscuit Porcelain Bonbon Dishes France circa 1815, each sculpted as a flaired basket, carried by three draped caryatids in biscuit porcelain acting as supporting columns, standing on glazed porcelain bases, with later blue glass liners, 31.5cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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A Small Giltwood Wall Sconce Together with a Modern Copy England circa 1755, the frame with stylised acanthus carving, entwined with further leaves and ‘C’ scrolls, the glass mirror plate is possibly Queen Anne, 46cm wide, 94cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Bohemian Gilded Glass Decanter Bohemia circa 1720, cut and gilded with red threads in the twisted stopper, with verre églomisé roundels incorporating a coat of arms probably belonging to the Barons Bonafous de Teyssieu, of Languedoc, Limousin, Picardie and Piemont, 14cm wide, 29cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Blue Ground Chinese Vase Mounted as a Lamp China circa 1830, with tall neck, decorated with flowers, foliage, fruits, butterflies and a dragonfly, mounted as a lamp with pleated silk shade, 81cm high £500 - £700

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A Famille Verte Vase Mounted as a Lamp China circa 1700, of rouleau form decorated with panels depicting domestic scenes alternating with flowers and precious objects, all on a patterned green ground with stylized chrysanthemums, now mounted as a lamp with bowed silk shade, 48cm high £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of George III Mahogany Torcheres England circa 1760, having circular galleried tops supported on fluted columns, standing on a scroll tripod, 104cm high, 50cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A George III Miniature Mahogany Chest of Drawers England circa 1800, the finely figured top above two short and three long graduated drawers, retaining their original ivory handles and key escutcheons, the shaped apron terminating in splayed bracket feet, 36cm wide, 38cm high £400 - £600

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An unusual Regency cut glass dish light having circular bronze rim, enriched with finely chased gilt-metal mounts with Celtic regal masks, enclosing an exceptional cut glass dish, dressed with faceted glass drops, supporting eight candle nozzles. The four original bronze chains suspended from a top cut glass canopy, similarly dressed with period cut glass drops having a rare and unusual center piece of three tiers of fronds with graduating chains of cut glass drops, surmounted by a cut glass faceted finial at the top.

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A Charles X Mahogany Bergere with Swan Arms France circa 1830, with neo-classical enrichments decorated in imitation of patinated bronze à l’antique, with swan monopodia and stylised neo-classical low relief carving on the crest and on the seat rail, now upholstered in gauffrage silk velvet, 50cm wide, 94.5cm high, 58cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of Late 19th Century Howard Style Armchairs England circa 1860, with turned ebonized legs terminating in brass castors now upholstered in period William Morris strawberry thief fabric £2,000 - £3,000

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A Glass & Silver Decanter

By Hukin and Heath

An Empire Parcel Gilt Fauteuil

England circa 1900, stamped Hukin & Heath, an unusual cut glass decanter decorated with bands of diamond facets, with a lockable silver stopper, 29.2cm high £200 - £300

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The silversmith firm was established in Birmingham in 1855 by Jonathan Wilson Hukin and John Thomas Heath, who are best known for their silver plated goods produced in the 1870’s and 1880’s many of which were made to the designs of the industrialist Dr Christopher Dresser.

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India circa 1900, with blue and white floral decoration 175cm wide, 525cm high, 175cm deep

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A Pair of Sinumbra Lamps France circa 1820, the fluted columns standing on a tripod of claw feet, the lamp mechanism incorporating glass chimneys within partially frosted and wheel cut glass shades, 76cm high £4,000 - £6,000

A Kashmiri Lacquer Vase

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France circa 1810, the arms fashioned as sphinxes, the scroll backs are enriched with entwined serpents and supported on sabre legs with hooves at the front, 59cm wide, 90cm high, 63cm deep

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Sinumbra lamps, literally lamps giving light without shadow, became an important technological innovation in lighting during the period of the Classical Revival. With its light source set at the centre of the circular tank, the illumination that fell on the table surface was without shadow. Many forms of table lamps and hanging lamps were produced, and the light was modulated by the use of half-dome and pyriform shades that were variously clear and frosted and wheel cut with a wide variety of designs.

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A Trija Company Multi-Head Golf Club America circa 1935, owned and used by Lady Astor, the steel shaft in its original canvas holdall, along with a detachable chipper putter head stamped ‘Lady Astor’, a Mashie -Niblick head and a driver - Midiron head, the set being the Regulation model along with the additional leather pouch for balls, tees and extra head and the paper booklet entitled ‘Now Play Better Golf with Trija’, 88cm high £1,000 - £1,500

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Owned by Nancy, Lady Astor. A Trija company multi-head American golf club, owned and used by Nancy Lady Astor, the steel shaft in its original canvas holdall, along with a detachable chipper putter head stamped ‘Lady Astor’, a Mashie-Niblick head and a driver - Midiron head, the set being the Regulation model along with the additional leather belt pouch for balls, tees and extra head and the paper booklet titled ‘Now Play Better Golf with Trija’

Note: The club was gifted to Mr Edward Lee

by Lady Astor at the time of his leaving her service when he was asked as to which of her possessions he would like he chose the club as it reminded him of Lady Astor’s regular trips to the Downs to practise playing golf Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Ch (May 19th 1879- May 2nd 1964), was the wife of Waldorf Astor, Second Viscount Astor, and was the first woman to serve as a member of the British House of Commons. Nancy Astor was born Nancy Witcher Langhorne on May 19th, 1879 in Danville, Virginia.

Lady Astor’s parliamentary career was the most public stage of her life, where she was an object of both love and hatred, her presence almost immediately gained attention both as a woman and someone who did not follow the rules.

Winston Churchill told her ‘A woman being in parliament was like one intruding on him in the bathroom’ to which she retorted ‘You’re not handsome enough to have such fears’.

This was one in a series of repartee between the two, such as Lady Astor to Churchill ‘If you were my husband I would put Arsenic in your coffee, Churchill’, ‘Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it’. After 1956 she became increasingly isolated and alone. Nancy Astor died in 1964 at her daughter’s home at Grinsthorpe in Lincolnshire.

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A Pair of Bronze Dancing Figures France circa 1700, depicting musicians and dancers in the Antique manner. One wears a feathered headdress and is playing castanets.

The other is playing the tambourine. Both figures are positioned contraposto and retain a majority of their original lacquer. Mounted on late 18th century blocks of rouge griotte marble, 10cm wide, 25cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of Gold Block Lamps Italy circa 1970, the stylised lacquered bronze double pilaster column lamps each standing on a rounded end block plinth, 25cm wide, 36cm high, 15cm deep £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Grotto Style Cast Iron Tables France circa 1870, cast in naturalistic detail and in high relief to simulate the effect of an abundance of leaves, fruit and flowers growing on stylised Rococo ornament, standing on tripod bases with scroll feet, 53cm wide, 67.5cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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A Regency Brass Gothic Lantern England circa 1810, each face is surmounted by a Gothic ogee arch and flanked by stylized spires, the supporting columns are fashioned as a cluster of three with capitals cast as feathers, the lantern has a period smoke cowl and is wired for electricity, 35cm wide, 77cm high, 32cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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A Pair of Giltwood Armchairs

A Tulip Student Lamp

Italy circa 1760, in the English taste with shaped backs enriched with raised foliate carving and carved ribbon at the centre of the top rail, the scroll arms are fluted and carved with beading and further foliate ornament, the chairs stand on cabriole legs and have a serpentine front rail, each element is carved with further beading and low relief foliate swags, 61cm wide, 89cm high, 53cm diameter

England, circa 1990, created and produced by Mallett, 48cm high

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In 1968 Francis Egerton, former chairman of Mallett, stumbled upon a beautiful, if rather damaged, William IV painted lamp. He immediately recognised that here was an object of timeless charm. Since then these table lights have formed a stamplle of Mallett’s modern line range and continue in production to this day.

They are an emblem of both the whimsy and dedication to historical accuracy that defines Mallett today.

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A Victorian Marquetry Centre Table England circa 1840, attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock, the top is inlaid with concentric circles of elaborate scrolling foliage with, at the centre, a floral bouquet surrounded by butterflies, the base fashioned as a tripod with inturned scrolls, each face is lavishly inlaid with stylised classical marquetry and foliate designs, 74cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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Edward Holmes Baldock was a furniture dealer and restorer known to operate from premises in Hanway Street, London from 1805. His business and specialisation steadily expanded and in 1821 he was described in the Post Office Directories as an ‘antique furniture and ornamental china dealer’, this entry was redefined in 1826 to ‘buying, selling, exchanging and valuing China, Cabinets, Screens, Bronzes etc’. In addition to restoring existing furniture,

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he also produced designs for new pieces and had them made to his specifications. One of his commissions was to produce designs for a suite of bedroom furniture in 1841 for the Duke of Buccleuch.

A design for a table in the Buccleuch papers is annotated, ‘No. 3 Amboyna wood ground with coloured flowers’ which is almost certainly the preliminary sketch for a table which was made later. He is known for a number of well-constructed, and in certain cases, finely inlaid pieces of furniture marked with his initials, ‘EHB’. Some of these pieces were pastiches of 18th century French furniture and others are executed in contemporary English style. Baldock’s bills survive in many important archives including the Windsor Royal Archives, George IV’s papers 1827-28, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury’s private archives and the Duke of Northumberland’s private archives amongst many others.

A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Candelabra France circa 1810, the central stem is decorated in low relief with stylised arrows, each raised upon a domed base decorated with enclosed anthemion and further arrow ornament, the scroll arms are enriched with machined neoclassical ornament and finely chased acanthus leaf, the fourth socle is disguised as a reeded attenuated vase with a domed cover, which reverses to form a castellated candle holder, 46cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Shell and White Coral Mirror Spain circa 1950, having a domed cresting profusely and lavishly encrusted with white shells and corals all mounted on a monogrammed clothed ground, 102cm wide, 152cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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A Gothic Clock

A Brown Terracotta Hen

A Pair of Majolica Bird Groups

England circa 1860, signed Thos Moreland, Chester, the silvered face with Roman numerals is framed with a gothic arch surmounted and flanked by elaborate scrolls, finials and royal masks, the sides have further elaborate arches and a pierced quatrefoil at the apex, 34cm wide, 51cm high, 24cm deep

England circa 2006, by Anne Gascoigne, 26cm wide, 31cm high, 38cm deep

Germany circa 1890, of toucans and parrots sculpted in tin-glazed earthenware, attributed to Hugo Lonitz & Co of Neuhaldensleben, each decorated in polychrome enamel work and shown naturalistically perched on tree trunk bases entwined with fruit and leaves, 38cm wide, 65cm high, 36cm deep

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A Pair of Silver Nickel Column Lamps France circa 1880 £700 - £1,000

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A pair of neo-classical carved giltwood marquises, in the manner of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, the top rails intricately carved with foliate ornament, finished at each end with classical herms, the low swept arms decorated with carved feathers tied with wreaths and acanthus also terminating in herms, the apron and side rails decorated with ribbon-tied laurel festoons punctuated with rosettes and bunches of flowers, the front legs fashioned with reeded columnar supports tied with ribbon on circular tapering acanthus-carved legs, resting on topie feet with foliate detail, the backs with a Vitruvian scroll rail and side supports with shallow carved ornament, ending in flared square section and reeded back legs.

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A Louis XVI Mahogany Console Desserte France circa 1790, with concave sides and a single drawer in the frieze, the top is framed with a pierced gilt bronze gallery, the drawer and side panels are of finely figured mahogany and bordered with ebony stringing and a gilt bronze mount, the upper section is supported on brass fluted column legs, the lower tier is supported on turned tapering topie feet, retaining its original marble top, 98cm wide, 85.5cm high, 37cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Single Powder Blue Vase Mounted as a Lamp

A Rococo Revival Oval Footstool

A Berlin Needlework Panel

England circa 1840, richly carved with gilt foliate decoration set against a red japanned ground, now upholstered in silk velvet, 60cm wide, 28cm high, 50cm deep

England circa 1880, worked in tent stitch depicting a vase of flowers set in an architectural niche on a ledge, inspired by 17th century Dutch still life paintings, with later linen backing, 75cm wide, 94cm high

China circa 1880, of elegant baluster form, mounted as a lamp with bowed silk shade, 80cm high £300 - £500

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A Chinoiserie Terracotta Vase mounted as a Lamp

A George II Carved Walnut Stool

An Irish George II Mahogany Table

England circa 1740, the square cabriole legs carved at the knees with acanthus leaves;the seat upholstered in moss-green damask, 58cm wide, 44cm high, 43cm deep

Ireland circa 1730, the moulded mahogany top above inswept frieze raised on cabriole legs with shells and ending in pad feet, the top possibly not original, 105.5cm wide, 75cm high, 64cm deep

Italy circa 1760, decorated with a gilt lattice inset with vignettes showing domestic scenes, the top having a polychrome foliate border, 19cm wide, 53.5cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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An Empire Bookcase

A Silver and Plum Pudding Mahogany Toasting Fork

France circa 1810, having an elaborately shaped neo-classical pediment above three glazed doors with brass astragals above blind cupboards, the whole bookcase is supported on a box plinth, 212cm wide, 268.5cm high, 48cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

England circa 1887, with plum pudding mahogany shaft, Hallmarks, London 1887-88, 101.5cm deep £800 - £1,200

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A Pair of James Giles Blue Glass Candlesticks

A Pair of Victorian Gothic Revival Armchairs

A Macthed Pair of Marquetry Étagères

England circa 1785, from the James Giles workshop, in gilt bronze with finely cut and gilded blue glass column supports and clear glass drip pans and socles, 28cm high

England circa 1840, with carved frames and galleried arms on turned front legs

England circa 1850, each tier inlaid with elaborate foliate marquetry, the top tier having a pierced brass gallery, 38cm wide, 79cm high, 36cm deep

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An Ebonized and Gilt Drop Leaf Two Tiered Liberty Occasional Table

A Two Tier Side Table

An Empire Mahogany Desk Chair

England circa 1820, including an oval recessed top with turned moulding that is supported on fluted columns, which support the solid lower tier in turn standing on scroll legs terminating in brass castors, 100cm wide, 72cm high

Continental circa 1815, of horse-shoe shape and with a curious fluted back, the scroll arm supports are enriched with gilt bronze mounts, 48cm wide, 77cm high, 41cm deep

England circa 1860, the lower tier supported by the traditional trio of triangulated supporting rods, the legs of neo-Egyptian outline with incised lines £300 - £500

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335 A William IV Amboyna Writing Table England circa 1830, in the manner of George Bullock, the highly figured rectangular top is edged with inlaid calamander in the form of a running band of inlaid flowers and foliage, the frieze with two drawers to one side, the table is supported by pedestals at each end similarly veneered in amboyna and enriched with finely carved neo-classical foliate mouldings, the supports terminate in scroll feet on castors,the highly figured rectangular top is edged with inlaid calamander in the form of a running band of inlaid flowers and foliage, 155cm wide, 73cm high, 69cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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George Bullock (1782/83-1818) was a renowned sculptor, cabinet-maker and entrepreneur.

Although forgotten for many years, he was recognised as the foremost exponent of the Regency style popularised by Thomas Hope.

After a successful career as a sculptor and furniture designer in Liverpool, he moved to London in 1814 and established his furniture workshop at 4, Tenterden Street, Hanover Square. His highly original designs, drawing on contemporary Greek Revival and Empire styles, many of which were published in Ackerman’s ‘Repository of Arts’, attracted such distinguished patrons as Sir Walter Scott and Matthew R. Boulton. His most famous commission came in 1815 when the British government ordered a suite of furnishings for the exiled Emperor Napoleon on St. Helena.

Following his death the artist Benjamin Haydon commented, “George Bullock was one of those extraordinary beings who receive great good fortune and are never benefited by it, and suffer great evils, and are never ruined, always afloat

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but never in harbour” and two years after his death Richard Brown wrote in ‘The Rudiments of drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture’ that, “The late Mr Bullock was the only person who ventured into a new path....There was great novelty without absurdity, as well as a happy relief in his ornaments.”

It is now part of furniture legend that this preeminent cabinet-maker was soon forgotten and it was not until the auction of the Boulton house, Great Tew Park in 1987 that his reputation was revived. The following year Blairman held an exhibition of his work and published a catalogue featuring appraisals of Bullock’s work by Clive Wainwright and Lucy Wood. His reputation was restored.

The Tew Park furniture is particularly useful for Bullock studies as the original bills survive and signature techniques and styles can be observed en masse. In particular the strength of the overall design is typical of Bullock’s architectural rather than a pure furniture approach.

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An Edwardian Blonde Tortoiseshell Box and Dressing Set

A Silver Mounted Toasting Fork

England circa 1908, with gold clasp and hinges, the fitted interior with the original blond tortoiseshell dressing set including two small round containers, a blotter, nail scizzors engraved with ‘A.W. Jr’, tweezers, files and picks, 21.5cm wide, 4.5cm high, 13.5cm deep

England circa 1805, the turned ebony shaft with acorn finial and silver loop engraved with monogram MCR, Hallmarks, London 1805-6, 73cm wide £1,000 - £1,500

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A Pair of Dutch Demi Lune Side Tables Holland circa 1790, the tops and frieze inlaid with an ebonised border inset with a marquetry satinwood scroll, the frieze is further enriched with a drawer at the centre inlaid with a marquetry conch shell, 82cm wide, 73cm high, 41cm deep £3,000 - £5,000

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An Indian Embroidered Panel

A Pair of Archive Collection Commodes

A House of Heydenryk Tortoiseshell and Ebony Mirror

England circa 2009, each with a single drawer in the frieze and a cabinet below, the interior lined with birchwood, the leather is tooled to simulate book binding, 75cm wide, 87cm high, 34cm deep

Low countries, circa 1880, tortoiseshell and ebony rectangular mirror, the bolection frame of unusual geometric outline with ebony ripple mouldings, rosewood sides and faceted paterae, retaining its original mirror plate, 58cm wide, 73cm high, 11cm deep

India circa 1840, probably Kashmir, worked on very fine cotton showing a variety of flowers within a mihrab arch and with a series of patterned borders, 74cm wide, 110cm high £800 - £1,200

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An Octagonal Low Table

A Silver Plated Cigar Box

Italy circa 1820, decorated with gothic foliate scrolls with a monogrammed paterae at the centre, now mounted as a low table, 80cm wide, 37cm high, 80cm deep

England circa 1935, a silverplated cigar box by Thomas of Bond Street; stamped ‘THOMAS/ 153 New Bond Street’, 22.9cm wide, 4.4cm high, 27.9cm deep

A Regency Circular Engraved Wall Clock by William Johnson

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England circa 1825, by William Johnson, London, the gilt metal case profusely decorated with engraved flowers and foliage, the silvered dial with Roman numerals signed ‘W Johnson, Strand, London’ with fast-slow regulation, the eight day timepiece with single fusee balance wheel movement and ratchet tooth lever escapement, 25cm diameter £800 - £1,200

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A North Italian Giltwood Side Table

A Pair of Mahogany Armchairs with Needlework Seats

Italy circa 1780, having a pierced frieze carved with a stylised guilloche motif with honeysuckle enrichments, at the centre of the frieze is a high relief carved cartouche of hunting trophies, the table stands on turned, tapering, fluted and reeded legs with further honeysuckle carving above the reeding, below the frieze and joining the legs are boldly carved beribboned honeysuckle swags, throughout, the table retains its original gilding and original marble top, 135cm wide, 89cm high, 66cm diameter £6,000 - £8,000

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England circa 1770, each having a shaped and carved top rail ending in outswept scrolls above a pierced trefoil back splat, the dished arms ending in scroll hand rests, the drop-in seats within moulded rails and raised on square chamfered legs joined by stretchers, the seats upholstered in period needlework decorated with flowers including carnations and tulips amongst scrolling foliage on a deep blue ground, 67cm wide, 96cm high, 56cm deep £4,000 - £6,000

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An Embroidery England circa 1920, commemorating the sinking of the Titanic on 15th April 1912, after a contemporary print £600 - £800

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A Swedish Églomisé Mirror Sweden circa 1820, the sides, capital and base enriched with neo-classical eglomise panels, the frame carved with egg and dart moulding on outer border and laurel on the inner edge, the mirror retains its original bevelled plate, 81cm wide, 178cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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An Empire Gueridon Attributed To JJ Werner France circa 1820, attributed to JJ Werner, profusely mounted with gilt bronze, the frieze has a brass stringing line along the bottom edge, 73cm high £8,000 - £12,000

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Jean-Jacques Werner (b. 1791 - d. 1849) was born into a wealthy family in the Canton de Vaud region of Switzerland, later assuming French nationality in 1826 he became one of the most illustrious cabinet-makers of the Restauration period. He was established as an ébéniste in 1812 and won great acclaim at the Paris Expositions of 1819 and 1823 for his innovative use of combining rare woods with intricate marquetry. He also frequently

embellished his pieces with beautifully executed gilt bronze mounts, particularly anthemion motif which typified the period.

Werner enjoyed considerable success, earning the patronage of the Bonaparte family, the Duchesse de Berry and the King of Bavaria among other notable patrons; examples of his work can be seen at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Grand Trianon at Versailles.

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An Unusual Early 18th Century German Pier Mirror

A Pair of Velvet Bell Pulls

Germany circa 1720, with elaborate carved and gilt gesso strapwork to the sides and cresting, centred by an acanthus motif and retaining its original bevelled plates, 61cm wide, 210cm high £3,000 - £5,000

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This magnificent mirror is a remarkable example of the high standards of carving and design that were produced in Germany during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The culmination of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 48) had brought about a new social order that strengthened the wealth and fortunes of the German aristocracy, encouraging a more sophisticated approach to the planning of their homes. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, highly skilled Huguenot Parisian designers and craftsmen were forced

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into exile, an act that led to the immediate dissemination of French taste and style throughout Northern Europe.

In the decorative arts, there has always been a strong national diversity and within each European State existed a wealth of regional variety. In Southern Germany, there is an undeniable link with Italy. Designers in Northern Germany were influenced by those of neighbouring countries, France and Holland.

Northern designers took a particular interest in the application of textile designs in their carving, looking to the work of exiled Parisian designers such as Daniel Marot (1663-1752) for inspiration.

The combination of plumes with detailed architectural scrollwork in the canopy of this mirror closely resembles the decorative forms which can be seen in Marot’s designs for chairs, stools and pelmets during the reign of Louis XIV.

England circa 1860, decorated with painted flowers depicted in tones of blue and naturalistic floral colours, each with finely chased gilt bronze mount, 18cm wide, 274cm high £1,200 - £1,800

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A Circular French Empire Mahogany Gueridon France circa 1820, the top of finely faded colour with moulded edge, the frieze with gilt bronze mounts of alternating dolphins and rose garlands, 72cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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A Mahogany Butler’s Tray On Stand

A Museum Sample of Italian Coal

England circa 2000, with brass hinges, the sides with pierced handles, the base with square, moulded legs

Italy circa 1860, mounted in a pine display case with the inscription ‘carbo lignis 300 million d’annees’, the case has a brass label entitled ‘Ribolla Montecatini’, 85cm wide, 185cm high, 69cm deep

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A Pair of Ormolu Wedgwood Vases England circa 1850, decorated in the traditional manner with white neo-classical decoration against a pale blue ground, each having an oval cameo in the centre of each vase depicting labours of Hercules mounted in gilt bronze in the Louis XVI manner, 18cm wide, 30cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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*Please note, additional shipping charges may apply to this item due to it’s weight. Please contact us prior to purchase for more information.

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A Tall Granite Column England circa 1820, having a white marble capital and base, 177cm high £2,000 - £3,000

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This fine pair of rosewood cabinets, owing something to the designs of Thomas Hope epitomise the taste for Greco - Egyptian neo classicism with motifs resembling sculpture on the tops. Figure compositions such as these with highly complex arrangements were almost certainly only taken on by the most skilled professional penwork artists. The present cabinets, not only show the artists skill in the fine and well drawn floral border consisting of blooming flowers and twisting foliage details, but each also has a parade of graceful dancers on one cabinet and a classical military scene on the other; perhaps a reference to war and peace.

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A Regency Painted Child’s Chair England circa 1820, high-backed with original painted decoration and rush-work seat, 36cm wide, 92cm high, 29cm deep £400 - £600

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360 A Pair of Empire Period Marble and Ormolu Candelabra France circa 1810, each taking the form of a fluted column supported by boldly modelled gilt bronze acanthus leaves, the tazza capitals support bronze scroll arms and have at their centre a corona with flames issuing forth, the whole supported by rouge griotte plinths mounted with gilt wreaths, retaining the original gilding, 34cm wide, 84cm high £6,000 - £8,000

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A Large Scale 19th Century Ivory Mace Anglo-Indian circa 1820, a highly unusual ceremonial mace with numerous turned collars and a brass foot, 160cm high £600 - £800

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A Pair of Shell Lamps By Tessa Morley England circa 2010, covered with oysters, molluscs and coral, 88.5cm high £700 - £1,000

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Paul Cesar Helleu (1859-1927) Les Lionnes Etching and drypoint, circa 1895 Signed in pencil lower left 54 x 57 cm (21 1/4 x 22 1/2 in) £1,000 - £1,200

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An Illuminated Brass Globe

Germany circa 1740, with mahogany and ebony cross banding throughout, the panelled doors enclosing three long drawers and a central cupboard with two short drawers to either side, the internal cupboard with three secret drawers behind a false back, the drawers with brass drop ring handles and mahogany lining, the cabinet mounted on a modern giltwood stand, 56cm wide, 53cm high, 31cm deep

Germany circa 1959, supported by a brass tubular triform stand, and inscribed ‘Columbus DUO Erdglobus/ Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard K,G,/Berlin und Stuttgart’, 104cm high, 69cm diameter

A Very Unusual William IV Tole Decanter Carrier

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England circa 1830, taking the form of a clinker built jolly boat, 30cm wide, 10cm high £300 - £500

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An Unusual Regency Mahogany What-Not England circa 1815, of tapering form for the display of fine ornaments, consisting of two cupboards and three drawers edged with ebony mouldings, with turned and carved column supports and feet with reeded ornament, resting on elaborate brass cups and castors, 47cm wide, 140cm high, 44cm deep £2,000 - £3,000

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A Bronze and Gilt Empire Chandelier

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France circa 1810, the canopy is enriched with gilt metal open anthemion and supports the body of the chandelier which is surmounted by a tazza issuing forth a gilt flambeau, each of the arms is of ‘S’ scroll form in bronze with a gilt socles enriched with neo-classical decoration, the base of the chandelier is fashioned as roundels of further neo-classical ornament terminating in an acorn finial, 76cm high £4,000 - £6,000

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$6,400 - $9,500 €5,600 - €8,300

370 A Small George I Pier Mirror England circa 1720, of small proportions and of architectural form, retaining its original bevelled mirror plate, the broken pediment centered by a pierced shell and feather cartouche, the frame carved with strapwork and foliage, the sides hung with swags of fruits and flowers, the base with scrolls, foliage and a small central shell, retaining its original bevelled mirror plate, 54cm wide, 112cm high £6,000 - £8,000

$9,500 - $12,700 €8,300 - €11,100

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371 A Pair of William IV Brass and Ebonised Wood Hanging Shelves England circa 1830, each tier is strung with brass and is divided by an elaborate pierced foliate element flanked by brass columns, 92cm wide, 68cm high, 15cm deep £8,000 - £12,000

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$12,700 - $19,100 €11,100 - €16,700

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A Pair of Empire Mahogany Fauteuils

A Pair of Empire Mahogany Fauteuils

A Pair of Empire Mahogany Fauteuils

France circa 1810, each with square backs carved with reeding, the scroll arms terminate in stylised foliate ornament above blocks carved in low relief, the bow front seat rail is supported by sabre legs, 58cm wide, 93cm high, 41cm deep

France circa 1810, each with square backs carved with reeding, the scroll arms terminate in stylised foliate ornament above blocks carved in low relief, the bow front seat rail is supported by sabre legs, 58cm wide, 93cm high, 41cm deep

France circa 1810, each with square backs carved with reeding, the scroll arms terminate in stylised foliate ornament above blocks carved in low relief, the bow front seat rail is supported by sabre legs. 58cm wide, 93cm high, 41cm deep

£3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

£3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000

£3,000 - £5,000

$4,800 - $8,000 €4,200 - €7,000 M A L L E T T LONDON • NEW YORK

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WR 375 δ Muller (1910-1985) A set of six Danish original illustrations Watercolour Several signed and inscribed Various sizes £2,000 - £3,000

$3,200 - $4,800 €2,800 - €4,200

Jørgen Müller (1910-1985) was Denmark’s first professional animator. His career began in England where from 1935 to 1937 he worked as an animator for Anglia Films. It was during this time that he first adopted the name Jorgen Myller, to which he would return periodically throughout his career. In 1938 he went back to Denmark and began making commercials for a large publishing company called Gutenberghus (later media giant Egmont), which also produced a number of magazines.

These included “Hjemmet” (The Home), an extremely popular lifestyle magazine that was circulated throughout Scandinavia and is still in print today. From the 1950´s through to the 1970’s, Müller was employed as an illustrator for Hjemmet, initially illustrating articles and serialized novels and later the front pages. For one of his earliest covers, Müller was asked to create a scene filled with a large group of children at play. This “swarm” cover as it was known became such a success that Müller’s work would decorate Hjemmet’s cover for years

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to come, his drawings henceforth being referred to as “Myller-tegninger” or “Myllerier” (Müller drawings or Swarm drawings).

This collection of watercolours is very much a product of the Hjemmet-Myllerier period. Müller was a highly accomplished and technically adept artist. Like many illustrators he found his stylistic inspiration in the contemporary media and photography and as such, his work is steeped in the style of the era during which it was created. His characters clearly draw inspiration from the great screen icons of the 1950’s, though frequently owe something to his lovely wife Edel. Müller’s legacy to the world of animation was, even during his lifetime, to be significant.

The success of his Swarm drawings saw Gutenberghus expand successfully into the world of animation and work in close cooperation with Disney, while one of his pupils Børge Ring would go on to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1984 for his animated film Anna & Bella.

Welcoming Auction Consignments for our Autumn Calendar Our specialists can offer expert advice on buying and selling at auction as well as private treaty sales and valuations for insurance, probate and family division.

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Autumn Sales Calendar Date of Auction

Auction Name

Location

Wednesday 26 August

Interiors, Day 1: Paintings, Prints, Ceramics & Clocks

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Thursday 27 August

Interiors, Day 2: Furniture, Rugs, Works of Art, & Garden Ornament

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Tuesday 15 September

Fine Clocks, Barometers & Scientific Instruments

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Wednesday 23 September

The Transport Sale

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Tuesday 13 October

Interiors, Day 1: Paintings, Prints, Ceramics & Clocks

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Wednesday 14 October

Interiors, Day 2: Furniture, Rugs, Works of Art, & Garden Ornament

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Thursday 22 October

20th Century Books and Works on Paper

London

Tuesday 10 November

Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Wednesday 11 November

Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Thursday 12 November

Important Books & Manuscripts

London

Wednesday 18 November

Fine Pictures Sale

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Thursday 19 November

Photographs and Photobooks

London

Tuesday 24 November

Fine Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Wednesday 25 November

Fine Jewellery & Silver

Donnington Priory, Newbury

Thursday 03 December

Modern & Contemporary Prints

London

Wednesday 09 December

Western Manuscripts

London

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These Conditions of Sale and Business constitute the contract between Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions (the “Auctioneer”) and the seller, on the one hand, and the buyer on the other. By bidding at the auction, you agree to be bound by these terms.

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS 1.

Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.

2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller.

3.

Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable).

Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.

4.

Buyer’s Premium. The Buyer agrees to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of each lot purchased. The buyer’s premium is charged per lot at 24% of the hammer price (28.8% including VAT) up to and including £150,000, 18% (21.6% including VAT) of the hammer price from £150,001 up to and including £1,000,000, and 12% of the hammer price (14.4% including VAT) in excess of £1,000,001. VAT at the prevailing rate of 20% is added to all of these premiums and additional charges as defined below.

5.

VAT. (*) indicates that VAT is payable by the purchaser at the standard rate (presently 20%) on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation into the UK. The double symbol (**) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.

6.

Descriptions and Conditions. Condition reports are provided on our website or upon request.

The absence of a report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. The detail in a report will reflect the estimated value of the lot, and large numbers of such requests received shortly before the sale may not receive a response to all lots. Members of staff are not trained restorers or conservators and, particularly for higher value lots, you should obtain an opinion from such a professional. We recommend that you always view a lot in person.

We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).

7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.

8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export licence is required and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing goods of that character because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Ask us if you need help.

9.

Bidding. Bidders may be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification may be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone bidding.

10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax.

11. Methods of Payment. The following methods of payment are acceptable.

Debit Card drawn on a UK bank and registered to a UK billing address. There is no additional charge for purchases made with these cards.

Bank transfer direct into our bank account, all transfers must state the relevant sale number, lot number and your bid / paddle number. If transferring from a foreign currency, the amount we receive must be the total due in pounds sterling (after currency conversion and the deduction of any bank charges). Our bank details can be found on the front or your invoice or in the sale catalogue under ‘Important Notices’.

Sterling cash payments of up to £12,000 (subject to money laundering regulations). All major UK issued credit cards registered to a UK billing address with the exception of American Express and Diners Club. A surcharge of 3% is payable on all payments made by credit cards. Sterling personal cheques drawn on a UK bank account and made payable to ‘Dreweatts 1759’. It will be necessary to allow at least six working days for the cheque to clear before collecting your purchases.

12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage charges.

13. Droit de suite royalty charges. From 1st January 2012 all UK art market professionals (which includes but is not limited to; auctioneers, dealers, galleries, agents and other intermediaries) are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been produced by qualifying artists each time a work is re-sold during the artist’s lifetime and for a period up to 70 years following the artists death. This payment is only calculated on qualifying works of art which are sold for a hammer price more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000 – the UK sterling equivalent will fluctuate in line with prevailing exchange rates.

respect to these charges will be retained by the auctioneers.

The royalty charge that will be applied to qualifying items which achieve a hammer price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000, but less than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 50,000 is 4%. For qualifying items that sell for more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 50,000 a sliding scale of royalty charges will apply – for a complete list of the royalty charges and threshold levels, please see www.dacs.org.uk. There is no VAT payable on this royalty charge.

TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS 1.

Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.

2. Warranty. The Seller warrants that possession in the lots can be transferred to the with good and marketable title, free from any third party right and encumbrances, or potential claims. The Seller has provided all information concerning the ownership, condition and provenance, attribution, authenticity, import or export and of any concerns expressed by third parties concerning the same.

Buyer claims items history

3. All commissions and fees are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate.

4. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates:- please enquire at our salerooms.

5. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the saleroom by any stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility.

6. Loss and damage of goods. (a) Loss and Damage Warranty - Dreweatts is not authorised by the FSA to provide insurance to its clients, and does not do so. However Dreweatts for its own protection, assumes liability for property consigned to it at the lower pre-sale estimate until the hammer falls. To justify accepting liability, Dreweatts makes a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT, subject to a minimum charge of £1.50, or if unsold 1.5% of our lower estimate. The liability assumed by Dreweatts shall be limited to the lower pre sale estimate or the hammer price if the lot is sold. (b) If the owner of the goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, the goods then remain entirely at the owners risk unless and until the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 6 (a) is inapplicable.

7. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the Lot should be illustrated your permission will be asked first. The copyright in respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.

8.

Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods will normally be offered subject to a reserve agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 9. We may sell Lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us a “discretion” we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve.

9. Reserves. (a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and loss and damage warranty charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment).

(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.

(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.

(d) Reserves are not usually accepted for lots expected to realise below £100

10. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external contractors.

Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale.

They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.

11. Soft furnishings. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.

The rights of disposal referred to in clause 10 and 11 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request 12. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds.

13. Unsold. Unsold. If an item is unsold it may at our discretion be re-offered at a future sale.

Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate.

14. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of 15% commission, 1.5 % Loss and Damage Warranty and any other costs incurred including but not limited to illustration and restoration fees all of these charges being subject to VAT on being bought in or withdrawn after being catalogued.

It is entirely the responsibility of the buyer to acquaint himself with the precise EURO to UK Sterling exchange rate on the day of the sale in this regard, and the auctioneer accepts no responsibility whatsoever if the qualifying rate is different to the rate indicated.

15. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this undertaking. We will also, at our discretion, and as far as practicable, confirm that an item consigned for sale does not appear on the Art Loss register, which is administered by an independent third party.

All items in this catalogue that are marked with δ are potentially qualifying items, and the royalty charge will be applied if the hammer price achieved is more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000.The royalty charge will be added to all relevant buyers’ invoices, and must be paid before items can be cleared. All royalty charges are passed on to the Design and Artists Copyright Society (‘DACS’), no handling costs or additional fees with

(a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement.

16. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest.

(b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the close of business 48 hours after the day of sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction and so far as appropriate these Terms apply.

17. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge of £10 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal.

18. Settlement. After sale settlement of the net sum due to you normally takes place within 28 days of the sale (by crossed cheque to the seller) unless the buyer has not paid for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 12 above.

You should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.

CONDITIONS OF SALE Dreweatts carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.

1. Definitions In these Conditions:

(a) “auctioneer” means the firm of Dreweatts or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;

(b) “deliberate forgery” means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description; (c) “hammer price” means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the auctioneer brings down the hammer; (d) “terms of consignment” means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions accepts instructions from sellers or their agents; (e) “total amount due” means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Conditions; (f ) “sale proceeds” means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising;

(g) “You”, “Your”, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.

(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate. and

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(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be

the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion.

(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.

(2) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.

3. Increments. Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.

4. The purchase price. together with a premium thereon of 28.8% which shall include VAT on the premium at the rate imposed by law. The buyer will also be liable for any royalties payable under Droit de Suite as set out under Information for Buyers.

5.

Value Added Tax. Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with an asterisk or double asterisk. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant Lots. (Please refer to “Information for Buyers” for a brief explanation of the VAT position).

6. Payment

(1) Immediately a Lot is sold you will:

(a) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and

(b) pay to us the total amount due or in such other way as is agreed by us.

(2) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied.

(3) Buyers who utilise the services of ATG Live Auctions or any other live internet services are hereby informed that the payment method details that are provided to ATG Live Auctions or any other live internet services as part of the process of registration will, in the absence of compliance with paragraph (1) of this clause, be utilised by us to settle any amounts owing by such buyers to us.

7. Title and collection of purchases (1) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due.

(2) You shall at your own risk and expense take away any lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment after which you shall be responsible for any removal, storage and insurance charges.

storage charge.

8. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases (1) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies:

(a) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;

(b) to rescind the sale of that Lot and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;

(c) to resell the Lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller; (d) to remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either at our premises or elsewhere; (e) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale;

(f ) to retain that or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;

(g) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted; (h) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of ) any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied.

(2) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions 9.

Third party liability. All members of the public on our premises are there at must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements. the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.

their own risk and Accordingly neither or personal injury the safety of the

10. Commission bids. Whilst prospective buyers are/\strongly advised to attend the auction and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular Lot and shall be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition we will if so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so.

Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.

11. Warranty of title and availability. The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.

12. Agency. The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for default by sellers or buyers.

2. Bidding procedures and the Buyer (a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;

(3) No purchase can be claimed or removed until it has been paid for.

(4) Dreweatts can accommodate packing and shipping for certain items. For lots they are unable to provide this service for, successful buyers must make these arrangements independently, though the saleroom may be able to suggest specialist shipping companies who can advise buyers, this advice is not a recommendation and the saleroom is not liable for any aspect of the packaging and shipping process. Please note that the cost of packaging and shipping depends on the size/weight of the item(s) purchased, insurance requirements, and the shipping destination, not on the value of the item(s) purchased. Please note that any items not collected within one week of the sale date may be automatically removed to commercial storage and subject to a

13. Terms of sale. The seller acknowledges that Lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the consignor at the time of the entry of the Lot. 14. Descriptions and condition (1) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf ) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 “information to buyers”.

(2) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction for purposes of consumer legislation.

15. Forgeries. Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any Lot which proves to be a deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the Lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the Lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition.

The right of return provided by this Condition is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.

General 16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

17.

(1) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate.

(2) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them.

18.

Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail, email or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting.

19.

Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing at the commencement of the catalogue.

20.

Any indulgence extended to bidders, buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.

21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.

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