Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets 2pm Tuesday April 24 2018
Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets 2pm Tuesday April 24 2018 Sale number: 240418 The Pedestal at Moor Park Moor Park Mansion Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1QL www.thepedestal.com 020 7281 2790 info@thepedestal.com
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Viewing 11am-4pm Saturday April 21 2018 11am-4pm Sunday April 22 2018 9am-5pm Monday April 23 2018 9am-12pm Tuesday April 24 2018
Early Oak Furniture Simon Green Email: simon@thepedestal.com Client Manager: Jackie Brown Email: info@thepedestal.com
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Catalogue: £10 Front cover: Lot 74 Inside front cover: Detail of lot 26 Inside back cover: Detail of lot 210 Back cover: Detail of Lot 74
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Location Moor Park Mansion is located at the heart of the exclusive Moor Park golf course, easily accessible from the M25, M40 and M1. Moor Park is served by Metropolitan Line tube stations at both Moor Park and Rickmansworth (followed by a short taxi ride) and is only 22 miles from Central London. There is plenty of on-site car parking available.
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1 A small William and Mary three-drawer chest Unusually deep and each drawer with twin panels, 80cm wide, 58cm deep, 75cm high. £500-£800
2 A small English candlestand, early 18th century Possibly chestnut, the circular top with nailed bentwood edgeband, on facetted column and block plinth, 27cm diameter, 66cm high £800-£1,200
3 A large repouseé brass charger, late 19th century The centre depicting the biblical story of the Spies of Canaan carrying between them a large bunch of grapes, 50cm diameter. £400-£600
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4 A James I oak press cupboard With arcaded friezes, the upper doors centred with cherub masks in lozenges and with roundel decoration, flanking a figure of a king playing a harp within an arcade and with leafcarved baluster columns, the lower section enclosed by doors similarly carved with masks and arcading, 150cm wide, 63cm deep, 180.5cm high. ÂŁ1,200-ÂŁ1,800
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5 A large Westphalian Gothic oak chest, mid 16th century With profuse tracery front above and below an unusual wavy band of decoration and flanking an elaborate lock-plate with coat of arms below depicting a dagger, an axe and a chalice, each stile terminating in a dragon’s head issuing a fleur-de-lys, 165cm wide, 58cm deep, 71cm high. £6,000-£8,000
6 A small James I oak chest, probably West Country Profusely carved overall with arcaded friezes and whirl-carved panels, the sides with gouged four-prong motifs, 80cm wide, 39.5cm deep, 42.5cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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7 A George III oak armchair, circa 1780, Welsh With accentuated vase splat pierced with a heart motif, shaped flat arms and solid seat, 60cm wide, 39cm deep, 88.5cm high, the seat 52cm wide, 33cm high. £800-£1,200
8 A James I oak livery cupboard, West Country Profusely carved overall with interlocking and double-scroll detail, the sides with quatrefoil motifs, having a central door, bicuspid detail to the frieze and columnar legs, 118cm wide, 46cm deep, 126cm high. £3,000-£5,000 The four-prong motif carved to the side panels is one of the distinctive characteristics associated with Somerset, as discussed by Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, the British Tradition, ACC revised edition 2016, page 415.
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9 A floor-standing tripod pricket candlestick, 19th century With drip-pan and wrythen column, 140cm high. £800-£1,200
10 A brass alms dish, second half 19th century The embossed centre section depicting a Mermaid holding a fish, 38cm diameter. £200-£400
11 A late George III beech dairy bowl 41cm diameter, 11.5cm high. £250-£350
12 A pair of Gothic iron candle-holders, 15th or 16th century, probably Spanish Each with wrythen column and triform base, slight differences, one 31cm wide, 109cm high; the other 33cm wide, 105cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,500
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13 A painted figure of a bearded Saint, early 17th century mounted on a modern socle, 87cm high. £1,500-£2,000
14 A pine bust of St James, late 16th/early 17th century 26cm high, 30cm wide. £500-£800 The scallop shell is the emblem for St James the Great
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15 A Charles II oak armchair The shaped toprail with opposing grotesque faces, the recessed arcaded panel flanked by scrolling ears, the later seat with lunette rail, on squat turned legs matching the under-arm supports, 60cm wide, 38cm deep, 111cm high. £1,800-£2,500
16 A Queen Anne oak armchair, early 18th century, Welsh The back panel carved in low relief with Heraldic beasts, 60cm wide, 43cm deep, 121cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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17 A Charles I figured ash Turner’s chair, early 17th century With vertical and horizontal baluster turnings in the back, spindle gallery arms and projecting wings, the seat of riven timbers, 57cm wide, 47cm deep, 109cm high. £1,500-£2,500
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18 A Dutch carved marriage panel, dated 1706 Initialled MK and AW and with repeating geometric motifs, 28cm high, 185cm wide. £1,000-£1,500
19 A small North European chip-carved pine and poplar box, mid 18th century Dated and initialled to the underside 1747 HD, 18.5cm wide, 13.5cm deep, 11.5cm high £250-£350
20 An Italian walnut chest front, late 17th/early 18th century Carved with cherubs, foliage and Green Man masks, all flanking a central cartouche and within a guilloche border, 53.5cm high (including the modern frame), 171cm wide. £1,200-£1,800 12
21 A large French Gothic oak chest, early 16th century With six tracery panels flanked by projecting crockets and centred with a Madonna and child below a large lock-plate and with a lower frieze band of a geometric pattern, the sides linenfold, 165cm wide, 70cm deep, 90cm high. ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ15,000
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22 A large Charles II oak gate-leg table With frieze drawer and baluster legs, 152cm extended, 136cm deep, 72cm high. £1,200-£1,800
23 A Charles II oak panelled chest With lunette-carved frieze above lozenge-filled panels centred with a celtic motif, between gouged uprights with punchdecorated detail, the back and sides channel-moulded, 117cm wide, 52.5cm deep, 62cm high. £600-£800
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24 A George III ash, cherry and figured elm Windsor armchair, circa 1760, West Country With shaped toprail and unusual pierced splat, curved underarm front supports, thick figured elm seat and turned legs, 65cm wide, 45cm deep, 95cm high, the seat 37cm high. £1,200-£1,800
25 A George III mahogany comb-back Windsor library armchair, circa 1780 With horse-shoe shaped arm-bow and cabriole legs, with pad feet and H-stretcher, 73cm wide, 43cm deep, 109cm high, the seat 60cm wide. £1,200-£1,800
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26 A French Renaissance Revival carved walnut dressoir/cabinet on stand in the manner of Hugues Sambin The rectangular leaf moulded breakfront cornice above a 'C' scroll and acanthus carved frieze and a pair of panelled doors carved with winged mermaids and central amorini with roundels, within leaf moulded panels flanked by mermen caryatids and central mermaid caryatid, above a central grotesque mask and two frieze drawers carved with hippocampi flanked by lion's masks, above a central pendant armorial cartouche flanked by putti, on large squatting satyr supports, with leaf and paterae carved back boards, on a leaf and paterae carved plinth base, parts 16th century and later, probably Burgundy, with Bedel & Cie depository label above one support numbered '56148', 160cm wide, 57cm deep, 181cm high. £10,000-£15,000 Provenance: Appleby Castle, Cumbria See J.Boccador, Le Mobilier Français Du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, pp 202-240 for various examples of similar meuble à deux corps and dressoirs.
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27 A pair of Nuremburg brass alms dishes, late 16th or early 17th century Each with band of lettering and punched border, small differences, one 39cm diameter, the other 39.5cm diameter. (2) £1,000-£1,500
28 A dug-out mortar, dated 1896 With integral carrying handle, probably ash, 25cm diameter, 20cm high. £300-£500
29 A small French Gothic iron-bound pale oak chest, 16th century With twin arched tracery panels centred with floral rosettes, the sides with patterns of studs, 102cm wide, 49cm deep, 56cm high. £4,000-£6,000
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30 A William and Mary oak joined stool Of unusual design, with canted square top and tall baluster legs joined by moulded stretchers, 32cm square, 55.5cm high. ÂŁ1,500-ÂŁ2,000
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31 An oak Bressamer beam corbel, Netherlandish circa 1520, Circle of the Master of Elsloo Carved as an elderly bearded man clutching a belt or ribbon between his out-stretched hands, 23cm high, 32cm deep. £2,000-£3,000 With similarities to a figure of St Christopher in the Victoria & Albert Museum. See Paul Williamson, Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550, V&A Publications 2002, page 136. Note the treatment of the clothes, the face and the split beard.
32 A group of pewter, late 17th century and later Including a triple-reed charger, a single-reed charger, a pair of plates (one marked for JONAS DURAND), another smaller pair of plates, a warming dish and a small box, the chargers each 42cm diameter, the pair of plates (including Durand) 24.5cm diameter. (8) £300-£400 20
33 An Elizabethan oak plank chest, mid 16th century With band of ribbed pointed arch tracery above a band of trailing leaf motif and a further band of geometric gouged pattern, on V-cut ends, the lid with gouged end detail and punchdecorated border, 118cm wide, 43cm deep, 59cm high. £3,000-£5,000 This chest relates to another in the V & A Museum Collections with similar carved decoration and which is illustrated in V.Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, ACC, Revised edition 2016, page 309, fig 3.364
34 An Elizabethan oak chest With plank lid and arcaded frieze above four foliate-filled lozenge panels flanked by stop-fluted uprights, on stiles with guilloche decoration, 164cm wide, 60cm deep, 77cm high. £800-£1,200
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35 A Swiss walnut and slate-inset circular table, early 18th century With splayed baluster legs joined by an H-stretcher and with a frieze drawer, 127cm diameter, 76cm high. £3,000-£5,000
36 An Italian cypress wood and incised-work chest, late 17th/early 18th century, made for the English market The front depicting the Royal coat of arms with motto ‘DIEU ET MON DROIT’ and the motto of the Order of the Garter ‘HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' flanked by term figures in arcades, possibly representing Terra or Earth, 158cm wide, 61cm deep, 63cm high. £1,800-£2,500
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37 A large Spanish walnut and parquetry Credenza, 17th century, probably Valencia With two short and three long drawers around a narrow central drawer with corbel handle and with projecting column stiles to the corners, each angled side enclosed by a door, 224cm wide, 74cm deep, 121cm high. ÂŁ8,000-ÂŁ12,000
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38 A small William and Mary oak gate-leg table With frieze drawer and baluster legs, 82cm extended, 76cm deep, 65cm high. £800-£1,200
40 A figured ash trestle table, mid 19th century, probably European With under-shelf and pegs to secure the central stretcher to each end, 160cm wide, 68cm deep, 73cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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39 A fine George III cherry comb-back Windsor armchair, circa 1760, Thames Valley With shaped toprail, pierced vase splat, walnut arm-bow with inswept front under-arm supports figured elm seat and cabriole legs joined by stretchers, 59cm wide, 48cm deep, 114cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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41 A William and Mary figured oak hutch cupboard, late 17th/early 18th century Enclosed by a single door and with chamfered panels, on stile feet, 112cm wide, 52cm deep, 84cm high. £1,500-£2,000
42 An Elizabethan oak plank chest With gouged detail and thumb-mouldings to the edges and with spandrels, the end boards V-gouged, 130cm wide, 44.5cm deep, 69cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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43 A Queen Anne oak tripod table with bird cage The circular single-piece tip-up top on turned column and three scroll legs, 71cm diameter, 66cm high. £800-£1,200
44 A small Victorian ‘dug-out’ chair, late 19th century Of asymmetrical outline and with out-scrolled arms, 48cm wide, 42cm deep, 77cm high, the seat 42cm deep, 31cm high (additional measurement seat to floor). £800-£1,200
45 A William and Mary oak half-round table With triangular base with baluster legs and moulded stretchers, 103cm wide, 55cm deep, 73cm high. £800-£1,200
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46 A matched set of six George III Windsor armchairs, late 18th century, Thames Valley A mixture of ash, cherry, walnut, beech, elm and burr-elm, each with shaped toprail and solid vase splat, shaped under-arm front supports and cabriole legs. (6) ÂŁ20,000-ÂŁ30,000 It is extremely rare to find such a large group of 18th century comb-back Windsor armchairs offered together.
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47 A small oak spice cabinet, English, early 18th century The carved twin-panel door enclosing four small drawers, 61cm wide, 28cm deep, 32cm high. £800-£1,200
48 A George III oak box-seat open armchair, late 18th century With rounded back uprights and slatted back, probably Welsh, 54cm wide, 38cm deep, 102cm high, the seat 38cm wide £400-£600
49 An oak plank-top trestle table The top 18th century, the base late 19th century With rounded corners, the base with solid ends joined by a central stretcher, the top 114cm wide, 79cm deep, 67.5cm high. £500-£1,000
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50 A George III figured ash stick-back Windsor armchair, late 18th/early 19th century, probably Welsh With solid plank seat and splayed legs, 60cm wide, 39cm deep, 65.5cm high. ÂŁ600-ÂŁ800
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51 Six Henry VIII Gothic tracery panels Each 40cm high, 19cm wide. (6) £600-£800
52 An unusual Elizabethan or James I chestnut and punchdecorated plank chest, probably West Country The front with three profusely-carved arches and stylised flower-heads, the ends with V-cuts, the bottom-board projecting beneath the front plank and with gouge decoration, 107cm wide, 34cm deep, 49cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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53 A matched set of eight George IV ash, figured elm and beech Gothic Windsor chairs, second quarter 19th century, Buckinghamshire Five stamped with initials TB and three with further initials WI. (8) ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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54 Two pairs of French oak panelled cupboard doors, mid 17th century The smaller two with masks and busts in cartouches, the larger two with panels of figures in courtly and traditional costume, the smaller doors 55cm high, 51.5cm wide; larger doors 74.5cm high, 56.5cm wide. (4) £800-£1,200
55 A Charles I oak architectural panel carved with opposing dragon-like creatures with forked tongues 98cm long, 24cm high. £500-£800
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56 A Charles II oak half-round folding table With gate-leg action, the top with incised-line detail around the edge, 92cm wide, 87cm deep (extended), 69cm high. £800-£1,200
57 A late 19th century North European chip-carved beech stationery box Profusely-caved with geometric patterns of rosettes and urns of flowers in roundels, initials EL encircled by daisy heads, 37cm wide, 14cm deep, 34cm high. £600-£800
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58 A very close pair of George III yew Gothic Windsor armchairs, circa 1760 Each with pointed arch back and pierced splats, elm seats and cabriole legs with crinoline stretchers, each 58cm wide, 42cm deep, 102cm high. (2) ÂŁ12,000-ÂŁ18,000 Arguably the pinnacle of Windsor chair design, but now quite rare, Gothic Windsors were made as elegant fashionable items of seat furniture in the first half and on into the second half of the 18th century. The style owes much to the Gothic revival during the second quarter of the 18th century which is epitomised in the house at Strawberry Hill that Horace Walpole (1717-1797) purchased and transformed into a cottage with arched Gothic tracery windows. Gothic Windsors characteristically have a top bow made in two parts which are ingeniously joined to form the pointed arch, although the typical hoop-back Windsor chair is very occasionally found with the Gothic splats too. Gothic splat chairs, made in London and the Thames Valley, were considered to be the 'best' Windsor seating furniture since no examples have been recorded made in anything other than prized yew wood. The shaped seat is in elm and the turned back legs would typically be ash or cherry, as found in these examples.
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59 Bakhtiar carpet, West Persia, circa 1920 313cm x 219cm. £1,500-£2,500
60 Tabriz carpet, North West Persia, circa 1930 329cm x 220cm. £800-£1,200
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61 Heriz Carpet, North West Persia, circa 1900 357cm x 264cm. ÂŁ2,000-ÂŁ3,000
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62 Tabriz Carpet, North West Persia, circa 1930 329cm x 220cm. £700-£1,000
63 Kashan Carpet, Central Persia, circa 1920 382cm x 247cm. £1,500-£2,000
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64 Ersari Carpet, West Turkestan, circa 1890 300cm x 221cm. £1,000-£1,500
65 Shiraz runner, South West Persia, circa 1910 442cm x 96cm. £500-£700
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66 A Ziegler Mahal Carpet, Central Persia, circa 1890 402cm x 321cm. £1,500-£2,000
67 Kirman Carpet, South East Persia, circa 1890 576cm x 371cm. £2,000-£3,000
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68 Doruksh Carpet, Khorassan, circa 1900 504cm x 422cm. ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000
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69 A William and Mary carved beechwood and walnut circular stool The circular moulded seat with a caned seat on 'S' scroll legs joined by a ring turned 'X' stretcher centred by a turned finial, with oval ivorine label to the underside 'COWDRAY 48 1919' and numbered '2784', 36cm diameter, 43cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Provenance: The Viscounts Cowdray, Cowdray Park, West Sussex.
70 A Louis XIV kingwood oyster veneered strong box/coffre fort Gilt brass bound with strapwork hinges, the hinged rectangular top above a fall front enclosing a void interior above two small drawers, with swing gilt brass carrying handles to the sides, 36cm wide, 23cm deep, 21cm high. £1,500-£2,000
71 A large pair of bronze pricket table candle-sticks, 17th century each 55cm high, 21cm wide. (2) £1,500-£2,500
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72 A set of four William and Mary carved walnut cane-back side chairs The pierced scrolling leaf and cabochon carved crestings above shaped part caned backs and rectangular seats, above undulating seat-rails on cabriole acanthus carved legs, with raked back legs, joined by wavy moulded stretchers, on moulded scroll feet, with old paper retailers label for G.TROLLOPE & SONS and numbered '4218', each 46cm wide, 37cm deep, 116cm high. (4) £2,000-£3,000 This set of four chairs show similarities to a set of six surviving chairs which were recorded in the Right Hand Parlour at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire in 1717. Whilst the above lot appears to be of a slightly earlier date it is worth mentioning their comparable caned seats, moulded and shaped feet and wavy stretchers. The Canon Ashby chairs, which are the earliest documented examples of 'India back chairs' and could possibly
have been supplied by the Royal chair-maker Richard Roberts, as an identical chair has been found in the store at Hampton Court Palace. Roberts' bills in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts show that most of the 'India' backed chairs made for the Royal Palaces in 1718-20 were caned. See A Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, plates 4:24 & 4:25. 73 A George I stained burr maple or ‘mulberry’ elm crossbanded and featherbanded coffer on stand The rectangular moulded edge hinged top above straight sides on a square section cabriole leg stand, 125cm wide, 58.5cm deep, 97cm high £1,000-£1,500 Although ‘Mulberry’ was commonly used to describe this distinctive timber it is now widely accepted that much furniture which was commonly thought to be 'mulberry' is in fact stained burr elm, maple or alder. Indeed if mulberry wood is ebonised to exagerated its markings it does not take the staining effectively. In the case of elm, maple and alder the porous parts of the woods retain the dark streaks and give the dramatic tortoiseshell-like appearance.
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74 A William and Mary walnut and sycamore floral and bird marquetry chest on later stand With leaf marquetry crossbandings, the rectangular ogee moulded top with central oval panel of a bird within floral sprays of tulips, carnations and scrolling acanthus within a scrolling leaf and flowerhead wide border and similar inlaid outer reserves, above two short and three long similarly inlaid drawers of flowers and birds, the crossbanded sides with inlaid arcaded floral panels, on a later rectangular moulded stand with a marquetry frieze drawer, on six short spirally turned legs joined by a wavy platform stretcher with marquetry panels, on bun feet, with paper depository label to the reverse, ‘Mrs Highley’, 96cm wide, 56cm deep, 124cm high. £8,000-£10,000 The above chest on stand relates closely to a chest on stand in the collection of the V&A Museum, London (W.33:2-1913) with virtually identical marquetry to the drawer fronts and similar oval pierced escutcheons, it would seem likely that the two chest originate from the same workshop. The top of the chest on stand offered here mirrors the marquetry seen on the fall of a scriptor (now converted) illustrated in A.Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, Suffolk 2002, p.211, pl.7:31.
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75 A small William and Mary walnut crossbanded and featherbanded chest The rectangular moulded quarter-veneered top with central oval, above two short and two long drawers, on a plinth base and later bun feet, 74cm wide, 53cm deep, 71cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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77 A William and Mary walnut, crossbanded, featherbanded and pollard oak side table The rectangular top with moulded edge and central radiating veneers, within featherbanded borders; above a frieze drawer on spiral baluster turned legs joined by a wavy platform stretcher, on bun feet, 87cm wide, 60cm deep, 69cm high. £4,000-£6,000
78 A George I figured walnut chest of drawers, circa 1730 With feather-bandings of ash and with geometric inlaid patterns to the top, two short and three long drawers, 97cm wide, 58cm deep, 90cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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79 A pair of mid 18th century walnut and parcel gilt open armchairs The pierced scrolling shell and acanthus carved crestings above vase shaped splats and out-swept leaf carved arms and serpentine drop-in seats, on serpentine shell carved seat-rails on cabriole shell, acanthus and trailing bellflower carved legs, joined by block and reel and wavy stretchers, on acanthus carved pad feet, possibly Altona, each 66cm wide, 49cm deep, 126cm high. (2) £3,000-£5,000 80 A William and Mary walnut, featherbanded and olive oyster veneered dressing box The rectangular hinged lid with a central oyster veneered oval surrounded by similar shaped panels enclosing a later pink silk lined quilted interior above straight oyster veneered sides, 51cm wide, 39cm deep, 12.5cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Dressing boxes feature with some regularity in inventories of the post- Restoration period. They conform closely in form, materials employed and overall aesthetic with furniture of the period and can be dated with some accuracy by reference to certain cabinets, clock cases and so on. Like the present example, the interiors would be lined with quilted silk which no doubt conveyed a sense of luxury as well as 52
protection for delicate items. In the years immediately following the Restoration, boxes were veneered to the exterior in parquetry designs in kingwood, cocus, ebony or, like this example, olive wood. Olive was much more readily available than tropical hardwoods and by later in the century became easily the most common material used for such purposes, but this is a notably early example of such use. The feather-banded pattern is particularly unusual for a box of such an early date, making this an interesting and possibly unique transitional piece.
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81 A George II carved oak and sarrancolin marble bracket in the Kentian taste The rectangular sarrancolin marble top with rounded front corners on a volute scroll support decorated with acanthus leaves, guilloche and beading, 46cm wide, 30cm deep, 43cm high. £1,000-£1,500
82 A floral crewel-work hanging or table runner, 18th or 19th century 310cm long. £400-£600
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83 A George I black japanned hanging bowfront corner cupboard possibly by John Belchier Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the moulded cornice above a pair of shaped doors decorated with Chinese figures, pagodas and horses enclosing a red painted interior with three shaped shelves, on a moulded plinth base, 58cm wide, 38cm deep, 92cm high. £800-£1,200. See A Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, plate 366, for a closely comparable japanned corner cupboard with the trade label for John Belchier, who worked in St. Paul's Churchyard from 1717. A closely related corner cupboard possibly from the same workshop with the addition of a small superstructure to the top and formerly in the Edward Hudson Collection is illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol II, London 1924-1927, p.174, Fig.3.
84 A William and Mary style japanned and gilt chinoiserie chest Decorated with landscape scenes, birds and flora on a faux tortoiseshell ground, the rectangular moulded edge top above four long graduated drawers, on bracket feet, elements late 17th century, redecorated, 96cm wide, 56cm deep, 92cm high £1,000-£1,500
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85 A George II oak bachelor’s chest The rectangular top above a drawer fitted with a slide enclosing a divided interior with two small drawers, the right drawer lining with a hinged side well, above a single drawer with lopers and above two long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, with replaced swing brass carrying handles to the side, 86cm wide, 48cm deep, 83cm high. £2,000-£3,000
86 A George II style mahogany carved silver table The rectangular moulded top with re-entrant corners above slender cabriole legs headed by scrolling acanthus leaves, on claw and ball feet, mid 18th century and later, 88cm wide, 43cm deep, 70cm high. £200-£400
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87 A George II carved cream painted girandole The arched later plate within a bead and reel and Vitruvian scroll slip with a sanded outer-border and egg and dart frame with projecting corners, the sides hung with bell flowers, surmounted by a crown and fleur-de-lys flanked by scrolls and overhanging foliage, with a shell and foliate scrollwork apron below with plates for candle arms, 97cm high, 65cm wide. £3,000-£5,000
88 A pair of carved giltwood console tables/brackets Each with a rectangular verde antico marble top above a beaded and leaf carved edge on a double volute scroll anthemion carved support, 19th century and later, each 53cm wide, 31cm deep, 69cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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89 A George III mahogany silver table The rectangular dished cleated top above a plain frieze on slender cabriole legs and pad feet, 72cm wide, 47cm deep, 68cm high. £1,000-£1,500
90 A George III mahogany mule chest The rectangular moulded hinged lid above two short and one long graduated drawer, with carrying handles to the sides, on shaped bracket feet, 105cm wide, 49cm deep, 81cm high. £600-£800
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91 A George II mahogany drop-flap spider-leg table The rectangular hinged top above eight ring turned legs with block and reel turned stretchers on pad feet, 69cm wide, 72cm deep, 70cm high. £800-£1,200 A closely related pad foot spider leg table was supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Mersham-Le-Hatch in 1768, see C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p.224, pl.410.
92 A George III mahogany chest of small size in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The rectangular moulded edge top above a brushing slide and four long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 79.5cm wide, 49cm deep, 79.5cm high. £3,000-£5,000
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93 An early George III mahogany secretaire bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey The rectangular egg and dart and dentil moulded cornice above a pair of shaped bevelled later glazed doors, with egg and dart moulded slips enclosing two adjustable shelves, above a secretaire drawer enclosing a central arched panelled door enclosing a small drawer flanked by ten pigeonholes and six drawers above a pair of shaped panelled doors with egg and dart moulding on later ogee bracket feet, 122cm wide, 46cm deep, 238cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000 Two mahogany cabinets with similar cartouche shaped panels, bearing the label of Giles Grendey, Clerkenwell, London are illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1996, pp. 240-241, pls. 432 and 433. 60
94 A set of twelve late 19th century Chippendale style mahogany carved dining chairs including a pair of open armchairs The serpentine acanthus carved top-rails above pierced ‘C’ scroll and leaf carved splats between moulded uprights, above drop-in seats with moulded and gadrooned carved seat-rails, on acanthus carved cabriole legs, with claw and ball feet. (12) £3,000-£5,000
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95 A George III Irish mahogany carved open armchair The scrolling acanthus and ‘C’ scroll carved cresting above a pierced entwined splat with carved tasselled drape flanked by out-swept arms with leaf and paterae carved arm terminals, above serpentine padded seat upholstered and close-nailed in yellow Gainsborough silk, on cabriole shell and acanthus carved cabriole legs and claw and ball feet, 66cm wide, 55cm deep, 95cm high. £1,500-£2,500 Provenance: A Private Collection, New York A similar pair of chairs sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York 17 October 1970, lot 126 which feature the same design to the back. A further pair of chairs with this splat were advertised by Partridge in The Connoisseur, June 1923, p.XXIX. See also a further similar pair sold Christie’s New York, 13 April 2000, lot 118.
96 A George II grey painted and carved pier table The later white veined rectangular marble top above an egg and dart and shell carved cavetto moulding with pierced acanthus, beaded and scroll work side supports and central inswept volute scroll monopodiae with leaf scrolls, bellflowers and husk chains, on leaf moulded block support, redecorated, 84cm wide, 47cm deep, 103cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The unusual from of single central leg with side brackets for wall fixing on a pier table can be seen on the George II carved mahogany example formerly in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and sold Christie’s New York, 27 November 2015, lot 45 and also illustrated in H.Cecinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 1968, p.241. Similar end supports appear on a console in carved mahogany dated to 1745 and formerly with Hotspur Ltd, illustrated in E.Hulton, Furniture, London 1958 and later sold Christie’s New York, 13 April 2000, lot 22. The marble-topped pier table is designed in the George II 'Roman' fashion and owes a debt to patterns issued in William Jones' The Gentleman or Builder's Companion, 1739 and Batty Langley's, City and Country Builders and Workmans Treasury of Designs, 1740. Further inspiration may have been drawn from patterns issued in Gaetano Brunetti's, Sixty Different Sorts of Ornaments very useful to painters, sculptors, stone-carvers, wood-carvers, silversmiths etc., 1736-7. 62
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97 A pair of George III mahogany adjustable candle stands The circular moulded edge rising tops above brass collars and tapered ring turned shafts with circular moulded bases, 16cm diam, 23cm high (not extended). (2) £1,000-£2,000
98 A rare late George II pâpier-maché black and gilt chinoiserie cache-pot Decorated with sprays of flowers, a seated female figure and a building in a landscape setting, the urn shaped body, on a moulded foot, 1 9.5cm diameter, 18cm high. £600-£800 The fine surface of this cache-pot suggests that it was made after the early experimental years of pâpier-maché, the floral design being taken from Stalker & Parker’s, A Treatise of Japanning & Varnishing, 1668, pl.13.
99 ¥ A George III sabicu and rosewood banded serpentine corner chest of drawers in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The shaped moulded top above four long graduated drawers with rosewood veneered angles and shaped sides on a moulded plinth base, 97cm wide, 67cm deep, 73cm high. £4,000-£6,000 The lot offered here is possibly the pair to the corner chest of drawers formerly with Ronald Phillips Ltd and illustrated in Ronald Phillips, Fine, Antique English Furniture 2011, item 48. 64
100 A George II mahogany and crossbanded kneehole dressing table/desk In the manner of Thomas Chippendale The rectangular ogee moulded top above a frieze drawer enclosing six short drawers and a corner lidded compartment; above a recessed kneehole and cupboard door enclosing a shelf flanked by three short drawers to each side, on shaped bracket feet, 90cm wide, 54cm deep, 76cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Muriel Gwendoline Walrond (nee Methwold, b.1895), Thorne Court, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Muriel married Francis Arthur Walrond son of Lt Col Henry Walrond, 9th Marques de Vallado (b.1842) and a grandson of General James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837) The above kneehole desk corresponds to a design for bureau dressing table from Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director (1754), pl. XLI and utilises one of Chippendale's favoured early neo-Classical gilt brass loop handle pattern and is illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978.
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101 A George III mahogany secretaire cabinet possibly by Philip Bell The upper part with a moulded and Greek key decorated cornice above a pair of panel doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower part with a rectangular top and double moulded secretaire enclosing a fitted interior of seven pigeon holes and seven various drawers, above three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 104cm wide, 61cm deep, 213cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000 The above lot relates to a labelled clothes press by Philip Bell in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, with the same distinctive pattern of shaped bracket foot, Greek key decoration to the cornice and shaped mouldings to the doors. The press is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, p.96, pl.95. 66
102 A George III carved mahogany long case clock by John Fladgate, London The inverted breakfront dentil moulded top above an arched glazed door flanked by 'C' scroll and rocaille carving, above a rectangular panelled door and panelled plinth base, the 12" arched brass dial with subsidiary strike/silent over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, framed by scroll spandrels, the matted centre with running seconds, date aperture and applied signature plaque, the five-pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on the bell, 48cm wide, 28cm deep, 225cm high. £8,000-£10,000 John Fladgate was apprenticed in 1743 and died in 1781, he is recorded as working in Conduit Street, London. He produced many fine clocks and watches, examples of which are included in the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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103 A George III mahogany single drawer side table The rectangular top with a moulded edge top above a frieze drawer, on chamfered square section legs, 79cm wide, 48.5cm deep, 73cm high £1,000-£1,500
104 A George III mahogany tripod table The circular tilt top on a ring turned baluster column and tripod base with downswept legs and pad feet, 86cm diameter, 70cm high. £500-£700 105 A late 19th century George III style mahogany carved kettle stand in the manner of Mayhew and Ince The square top with moulded wreathed edges and carved recessed 'C' scroll, the sides carved with acanthus leaves, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and scroll feet, 35cm square, 64cm high. £150-£250 See William Ince and John Mayhew’s Universal System, 17591763, plate XIV for a design of a similar kettle stand, the shape for the spout was created to protect the kettle burner from draughts.
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106 A George III mahogany night or bedside commode The rectangular top with a shaped and moulded three-quarter gallery pierced with carrying handles and diamond motifs, above a slender frieze drawer and a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a shaped pull-out apron drawer, now converted, flanked by square section uprights and legs, 54cm wide, 45cm deep, 78cm high. £1,500-£2,000 107 A George III style carved mahogany open armchair The serpentine scrolling acanthus carved top-rail above a pierced lattice and ‘C’ scroll carved splat above outswept arms with eagle’s head arm terminals and acanthus carved arm supports, on a red leather, double close-nailed padded rectangular seat and acanthus carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 70cm wide, 54cm deep, 97cm high. £800-£1,200
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108 A pair of 19th century carved mahogany knife urns in the George III style The domed covers with pineapple finials and lotus decorated surrounds above fluted and rosette carved borders, enclosing fitted interiors with apertures for cutlery, the tapering fluted bodies on waisted socles and square plinth bases, 25cm wide, 25cm deep, 57cm high. (6) £1,600-£2,000
109 A George III carved mahogany silver table The rectangular dished moulded top with re-entrant corners above a later slide on acanthus carved cabriole legs and acanthus and cabochon carved feet, 92cm wide, 58cm deep, 68cm high. £2,500-£3,500
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110 A pair of George III mahogany and gilt brass candlesticks The leaf cast detachable drip-pans above turned nozzles on fluted turned and wreathed baluster stems, on circular turned bases, each 14cm diameter, 38cm high. (2) £500-£700
111 A George III mahogany and brass bound oval bucket With brass swing handles and tapering coopered sides, with later copper liner, 35cm wide, 29cm high. £700-£900
112 A small George III mahogany and brass bound wine cooler Of oval form with pierced carrying handles to the sides and undulating brass line inlaid shaped rim above tapering coopered sides, with later twin-handled copper liner, 49cm wide, 33cm deep, 21cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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113 A George III white and green later painted open armchair The oval padded back with wreathed border on acanthus carved supports, above scrolling padded arms and serpentine padded seat, above a fluted seat-rail on stopfluted turned tapering legs headed by paterae, on spool feet, 61cm wide, 52cm deep, 95cm high. £500-£700
114 A small late 18th century Chinese Export black lacquer cabinet on an associated stand Heightened with gilt chinoiseries and brass bound, the hinged pagoda top with sliding box finial, above a pair of doors enclosing one long, four short and one deep drawer with carrying handles to the sides, 47cm wide, 39cm deep, 128cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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115 A pair of George II style grey painted ‘tabernacle’ mirrors The rectangular plates within beaded slips and scrolling acanthus and shell carved frames, with egg and dart borders surmounted by broken swan-neck leaf moulded crestings, each centred by scrolling leaf with bellflowers, with trailing tasselled drapes to the sides and undulating shell and acanthus carved aprons below, previously girandoles with candle-branches, possibly 18th century, each 130cm high, 68cm high. (2) £4,000-£6,000
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116 A George III mahogany night or bedside commode The rectangular top above a moulded gallery pierced with carrying handles and diamond motifs above a shallow frieze drawer and a pair of cupboard doors, above a pull-out apron drawer, now converted, flanked by square section moulded uprights and legs, 60cm wide, 46cm high, 74cm high £1,500-£2,000
117 A George III mahogany occasional table The oval top on four inswept supports joining a small undertier, with moulded outswept legs and similar short feet, 53cm wide, 39cm deep, 72.5cm high £1,500-£2,000
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118 A George III mahogany, sycamore banded and line inlaid linen press The upper part with a moulded over-hanging cornice with an inlaid banding above a pair of moulded panel doors enclosing five original blue papered slides, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, all with blue paper linings, on high shaped bracket feet, with evidence of green fabric dust covers to the slides, 121cm wide, 59cm deep, 215cm high. ÂŁ1,500-ÂŁ2,500 thepedestal.com
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119 A large George III mahogany, satinwood banded and sycamore marquetry demi-lune pier table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the shaped top with a running border of scrolling leaves and flowerheads, above an undulating Greek key inlaid frieze, on square tapering legs and spade feet, numbered ‘379’ to the reverse, 164cm wide, 62cm deep, 92cm high £8,000-£12,000
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120 A pair of George III carved mahogany and purplewood inlaid hall chairs in the manner of Mayhew & Ince The oval backs centred by plain medallions issuing radiating tapered flutes, the dished seats on square section fluted legs joined by ‘H’- stretchers on block feet, both chairs with makers stamp, ‘S.O’. (2) £2,000-£3,000 This design can be found on a set of armorial chairs dating from the 1770’s and attributed to the leading London firm of Mayhew and Ince, sold Christie’s, 21 June 2004, lot 54. Another related pair of hall chairs attributed to Mayhew and Ince, was almost certainly commissioned by George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (d. 1836) for Peper Harow, Sussex. Hall chairs of identical design and probably from the same workshop were formerly at Coombe Warren, Kingston Hill, London. A slightly more elaborate version, formerly in the possession of The Drapers Company in London, was by repute designed by Robert Adam. A pair of chairs from the same suite of chairs were sold The Pedestal, Moor Park, 21 November 2017, lot 142. For a further related pair, most likely from the same workshop, see Christie’s, 17 October 2003, lot 273.
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121 A pair of Chinese Chippendale style mahogany carved dining chairs The undulating acanthus and rocaille scrolling top-rails above pierced fret splats and close-nailed stuff over seats, on blind fret carved square chamfered legs joined by ‘H’- stretchers, with ivorine label to the underside, FRANK PARTRIDGE WORKS OF ART 26 KING ST, ST JAMES’S AND NEW YORK. (2) £800-£1,200
122 A late George III mahogany four-tier ‘Country House’ whatnot The rectangular tops above pierced ‘X’ form open sides with square moulded uprights, above a base cupboard, on square moulded legs, 41cm wide, 28cm deep, 122cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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123 A George III mahogany pot cupboard The square top with a wavy three quarter gallery above an arc-en-arbalet moulded panel door and a frieze drawer, the sides applied with carrying handles, on square section moulded legs joined by a pierced flattened quatrefoil stretcher, 40.5cm wide, 40.5cm deep, 85cm high. £700-£900
124 A George III mahogany tripod table The circular tilt top on a bird cage action and a wrythen turned baluster column and tripod base with downswept cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 90cm diameter, 72.5cm high. £800-£1,200
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125 A George III mahogany chest attributed to Thomas Chippendale The rectangular moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers on shaped bracket feet, 120cm wide, 54cm deep, 96cm high. £2,000-£3,000 The chest offered here shares similar features to a group of documented chests believed to be by Thomas Chippendale supplied to Dumfries House, Ayrshire and which were catalogued for Christie’s proposed contents sale of Dumfries House, 12-13 July 2007, lots 106, 153, 213, 242, 251, 252. Although there are extant bills from Chippendale for furniture at Dumfries house, the above mentioned group of chests do not feature but are tentatively attributed to him on the grounds of certain constructional features which can be seen on the lot offered here and include the laminated blocking behind the bracket foot, the red wash to the underside. The case for the Dumfries chests being by Chippendale is supported by the linen press at the house which shares these features with the aforementioned group of chests. A Chippendale bill dated 1763 is thought to refer (see Christies proposed contents sale of Dumfries House, 12-13 July 2007, lot 236) to the linen press and thus establishes the link to Chippendale. Notably the distinctive red wash as well as the use of packing nails appear on many of the pieces at Dumfries House supplied by Chippendale and notably not on those items with a documented link to other cabinet-makers. Although Chippendale's plainer mahogany furniture is traditionally more difficult to firmly attribute, commissions including the furniture supplied to Ninian Home for Paxton, Northumberland and to Lord Pembroke for Pembroke House, London have been key to identifying a workshop style, see C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p. 271-272.
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126 A small early George III mahogany chest The rectangular moulded edge top above a brushing slide and four long graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 84cm wide, 45cm deep, 82cm high £2,000-£3,000
127 A George III figured mahogany and crossbanded serpentine Pembroke table In the manner of Thomas Chippendale in the French taste Inlaid with tulipwood banding, the shaped moulded top above a frieze drawer and an opposing simulated drawer on square tapering moulded legs with brass cappings and castors, 91cm wide, 75cm deep, 71cm high. £2,000-£3,000 For a Pembroke table by Thomas Chippendale and with a very similar top, see Sothebys, 10 Nov 2015, lot 122 (realised £68,750 including premium). The Sotheby’s table was removed from Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed and was part of a Chippendale commission, appearing in the 1828 inventory. The above table relates to other items of furniture supplied by Chippendale and the unusual figured top can be seen in another Pembroke table by Chippendale at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, see Christie’s proposed sale of the contents of Dumfries House, 12 July, 2007, lot 33. £1,200-£1,800
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128 A pair of George III carved giltwood open armchairs attributed to B Harmer The rectangular tapering scrolled and padded backs within guilloche moulded seat frames above downswept carved padded arms with wreathed baluster turned and lobed arm supports, above bowed padded seats with stiff leaf and guilloche carved seat-rails, on spirally turned legs headed by paterae, on spool feet, upholstered in pink floral patterned silk, re-gilt. (2) £2,000-£3,000 The attribution to B Harmer is based on numerous recorded similar examples dating from 1790-1810 and influenced by Henry Holland’s decoration of Carlton House for the francophile Prince of Wales and by his work at Southill Park. Harmer, a freelance craftsman/journeyman produced fine quality French style giltwood furniture, including the celebrated suite of dolphin furniture for the music room at Powderham Castle. A similar armchair to the above lot stamped B.Harmer is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, p.257, fig. 471. See also Christies, London 26 October, 2016, lot 1272 for a similar pair attributed to Harmer and another pair Christies, New York 11 October 2007, lot 123.
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129 A George III Irish carved mahogany silver/centre table The rounded rectangular dished top above a central leaf and shell carved undulating frieze to each side, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and lion paw feet, 79cm wide, 52cm deep, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000
130 A George III mahogany serpentine carved Pembroke table The shaped rectangular top above a frieze drawer with opposing simulated drawer, above a wreathed and acanthus carved frieze on square tapering legs, 89cm wide, 71cm deep, 69cm high. £400-£600 The moulded legs, foliate carving on the spandrels, and gadrooned decoration along the frieze’s bottom edge of the present table are some of the characteristic features of the leading Yorkshire cabinetmakers Wright and Elwick (1745-1771). Richard Wright and Edward Elwick advertised themselves on their trade card as `Upholders from London....selling Cabinet work of ye Newest Fashion, Together with all sorts of Household Furniture’. Subscribers to Chippendale`s The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker`s Director, 1754, Wright and Elwick would have been familiar with current London taste. They supplied furniture to the leading families of Yorkshire, including the Earl of Strafford at Wentworth, Sir Rowland Winn at Nostell Priory, the Duke of Norfolk at Worksop Manor, Viscount Irwin at Temple Newsam House and the Marquess of Rockingham at Wentworth Woodhouse. For a related card table sharing a number of decorative features with the present item please see Christies New York, 29 November 2012, Lot 108
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131 A George III mahogany serpentine chest The moulded edge top above four long graduated drawers on bracket feet, 108cm wide, 60cm deep, 87cm high. £3,000-£5,000
132 ¥ A George III mahogany and rosewood demilune card table The rectangular hinged top enclosing a baize lined interior above a plain frieze carved with a central paterae and swagged bellflowers, on stop-fluted square tapering legs and spade feet, with a depository swing label for Lady Deen, 104cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high. £600-£800
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133 A late George III mahogany and satinwood banded octagonal tripod table Inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines, the tilt top above a wreathed shaft, on downswept legs and turned feet, 41cm wide, 33cm deep, 72cm high. £600-£800
134 A George III flame mahogany, satinwood banded and penwork Pembroke table attributed to John Sherrott Crossbanded in tulipwood and inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the oval hinged top with an entwined leaf and flowerhead border, above a bowed frieze drawer, with opposing simulated drawer, on square tapering legs with trailing bellflowers headed by paterae on square capping and castors, 96cm wide, 76cm deep, 71cm high. £600-£800 John Sherrott, senior, was listed at 42-44 Radcliffe Highway, London as a cabinet-maker and upholsterer in 1776-1809. An identical table bearing the label of John Sherrott is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1996, pl.833, p.419. An identical labelled example was sold Christie’s, London, 2 May 2013, Lot 247 (£3,000). Further identical examples were sold by the late Viscount Camrose, Hackwood Park, Christie's house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lot 430 (£6,900) and another anonymously, Sotheby’s, New York, 18 October 2001, Lot 236 ($19,975).
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This distinctive decoration can also be seen on a pair of card tables illustrated in C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p.327 and sold Sotheby's London, 7 November 1997, lot 60 (£38,900). See also Bonhams, London, 21 November 2006, lot 60; Sotheby's, London, 4 June 2008, lot 146 for closely related tables attributed to Sherrott.
135 ¥ A George III mahogany and rosewood crossbanded dressing chest attributed to Gillows Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines the rectangular hinged divided moulded top enclosing a ratcheted mirror plate, seven hinged lidded compartments above a simulated drawer and a drawer enclosing a central hinged lidded compartment and two side hinged lidded compartments, above a double tambour door and a recessed kneehole with a deep inverted double fronted drawer on shaped bracket feet, 63cm wide, 52cm deep, 88cm high. £1,200-£1,800 The above kneehole dressing chest shares strong similarities with the dressing table, supplied to William Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire, by Gillows and which remains in the collection at Tatton Park. William Egerton (1749-1806) of Tatton Park ordered a '...gents dressing table with... two shaped reeded doors... and the drawer under [having] the appearance of 2 draws'. This detailed description together with the sketch, dated May 1st, 1780, are recorded in the Gillows Estimate Sketch Book (see S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Suffolk, 2008, vol. I, pp. 329-331, pl. 378, 380). The table was made by Christopher Newby of Lancaster, who worked for the firm of Robert Gillow, and cost £2.14s.9p. The unusual inverted serpentine outline is known to have been used by Thomas Chippendale, especially for dressing tables in order to allow extra legroom. The present piece has strong similarities to the dressing chest, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, formerly with Ronald Phillips, exhibited Masterpiece, 2013, and illustrated in Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture Catalogue for 2013, p. 254-255.
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136 A Regency mahogany breakfast table The circular tilt top with a reeded edge on a turned baluster column and quadripartite base with downswept reeded legs, brass cappings and castors, 120cm diameter, 75cm high. £1,000-£1,500
137 A Regency kingwood and simulated brass marquetry occasional table Applied with gilt brass mounts, the oval top with leaf marquetry border on ring turned baluster shaft and circular wreathed quadripartite base, on cabriole trailing leaf inlaid legs and acanthus cast cappings and castors, 61cm wide, 43cm deep, 72cm high. £1,200-£1,800
139 A Regency simulated coromandel and parcel gilt open bookcase With scrolling gilt and penwork heightened leaves and flowers, the rectangular back with two shelves and with shaped sides, above a rectangular top and a frieze drawer and shelf, flanked by paterae, on turned feet, decoration refreshed, 61cm wide, 29cm deep, 127cm high. £1,000-£1,500
138 A Regency mahogany canterbury The four divisions with pierced moulded uprights above a frieze drawer on slender baluster turned legs, brass cappings and castors, 51cm wide, 31cm deep, 50.5cm high. £800-£1,200
140 A Regency mahogany and crossbanded sarcophagus shaped cellarette The rectangular moulded top with canted angles, enclosing a brass ratcheted support for the top and a divided lead lined interior, with tapered sides and a reeded base with gilt bronze ring handles to the sides, on carved lion’s paw feet with castors, 63cm wide, 44cm deep, 46.5cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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141 A Regency carved mahogany and ebonised 'X' frame stool in the manner of Thomas Hope The scrolling lotus leaf carved arms joined by baluster turnings, above a shaped bronze and red patterned silk padded seat, the lotus leaf clasped seat-rails above downswept legs and ebonised ball feet, 76cm wide, 44cm deep, 70cm high. £2,000-£3,000 The design for this stool with the addition of lion monopodia and lion’s paw feet relates for a Drawing-Room stool which was published in Thomas Hope’s, Household Furniture (1807). Constructional drawings for this form of X-frame stool appeared in The London Chairmakers' and Carvers’ Book of Prices (1823).
142 An Egyptian style mahogany, ebonised and parcel gilt display cabinet Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the rectangular cavetto moulded cornice above a frieze applied with a scarab mount, the sides tapering, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing four later glass shelves and with yellow watered silk lining; the base flanked by a pair of ebonised Egyptian style seated figures of Sekhmet, the lower part with a rectangular top and slide above a pair of flame panelled doors, each with lions head cast gilt handles, on a plinth base, together with the original shelves for the upper part, 119cm wide, 52cm deep, 237cm high. £10,000-£15,000 Provenance: Sold Lawrence's, Crewkerne, 19th November 1992, lot 336 and purchased by the dealers J.W.Blanchard Ltd of Winchester.
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143 ¥ A Regency Scottish rosewood carved card table attributed to William Trotter The rounded rectangular swivel top enclosing a replaced baize lining, above a fluted frieze on downswept legs, joined by an under-tier with central foliate roundel, on hipped downswept legs with oak leaf cast cappings and castors, 96cm wide, 48cm deep, 73cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The distinctive design and construction of this table are indicative of the work of Scottish cabinet-maker William Trotter. A pair of ‘eliptic card tables’ in rosewood with similarly reeded friezes were supplied by Trotter for Paxton House, Berwickshire, in 1814 (F. Bamford, ‘A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers 1600-1840’, Furniture History, 1983, pl. 61), while a rosewood display stand, also for Paxton, exhibits a similar profile with its four incurved supports beneath an elliptical top (pl. 58). For a pair of virtually identical tables see Christie’s New York, 7 April 2006, lot 337 ($18,000)
144 A Regency carved mahogany linen press attributed to Gillows The curved moulded pediment with roundels to each corner above a cavetto moulded frieze and a pair of flame figured and moulded doors enclosing four slides and a divider; above three long graduated drawers with mouldings on turned feet, 129cm wide, 58cm deep, 226cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The key-pattern panelled doors are a noted design feature employed by the Gillow firm and appear on the doors of a clothes press stamped Gillows, Lancaster and sold Christie’s, London, 26 September 1996, lot 183.
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145 A Regency mahogany hall bench The rectangular moulded edge top flanked to either side by moulded turned balusters, on ring turned tapering legs and spool feet, 114cm wide, 27cm wide, 47.5cm high £1,000-£1,500
146 A pair of Regency mahogany carved ebony inlaid side chairs The rectangular top-rails inlaid with paterae and anthemion, above caned rectangular backs, with scrolling acanthus and anthemion carving, above rectangular stuff over seats, on downswept moulded legs, each 46cm wide, 43cm deep, 89cm high. (2) £1,200-£1,800
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147 A small mahogany Egyptian style gilt bronze mounted side cabinet The rectangular moulded top with gilt brass edge and pierced leaf cast three-quarter gallery, above a frieze applied with giltwood roundels above a brass grille and pleated fabric door enclosing two shelves, flanked by nubian mask caryatids, on plinth bases, parts early 19th century, 55cm wide, 33cm deep, 95cm high. £800-£1,200
148 ¥ A Regency rosewood and tulipwood banded games/work table in the manner of John Mclean The square hinged sliding ratcheted top with a removable book rest, enclosing an inlaid backgammon surface, flanked by elliptical hinged compartments, on lyre end supports with brass spindles joining a rectangular stepped undertier, on overscrolled short legs with brass lion’s paw cappings and castors, 64cm wide, 40cm wide, 75cm high. £1,000-£1,500 These distinctive tables with compartments at the ends were known as ‘pouch tables’ and appear in Thomas Sheraton’s, The Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, where they are specifically described as being supplied by John McLean, Marylebone Lane, Tottenham Court Road. The lyre end support is another feature of McLean’s design repertoire and can be seen on the base of a group of library tables attributed to McLean including an example formerly in the collection of 5th Baron Brownlow (1867-1927), Belton House, Lincolnshire was sold Christie’s London, 17 October 2003, lot 176. Another is illustrated in F. Lewis Hinckley, Hepplewhite, Sheraton & Regency Furniture, 1987, p.95, pl.181.
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149 ¥ A Regency rosewood carved low chair by Gillows of Lancaster in the Grecian taste Upholstered in red and gold patterned silk, the scrolling padded rectangular moulded back with anthemion carving at the base, above a caned seat with loose squab cushion, the seat-rails carved with scrolling carved anthemion, on moulded legs, stamped under the front seat-rail GILLOWS.LANCASTER, 49cm wide, 49cm deep, 79cm high. £400-£600 The stylised anthemion being used to decorated the back leg is a feature used by Gillow most notably on the ‘Dashwood’ sofa supplied to Thomas Lyon (1786-1859) of Appleton Hall near Warrington in July 1828, illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Suffolk 2008, p.227, pl.220. Stuart suggests that this design to the back legs shows some influence from Thomas Hope’s Household Furniture (1806).
150 ¥ A Regency rosewood, sycamore and brass inlaid writing cabinet attributed to Gillows Decorated with anthemion motifs, the upper part with a rectangular moulded edge top above a pair of panel doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, the lower part with a rectangular top above a frieze drawer with a ratcheted writing slide lifting to reveal four fitted drawers, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing an adjustable shelf on reeded bun feet with concealed castors, 78cm wide, 45cm deep, 138cm high £2,500-£3,500 See Sothebys, London, 18 April 2007, lot 213 for a Regency linen press stamped Gillows with almost identical brass marquetry anthemion inlaid to the corners of the door panels.
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151 ¥ A large George IV rosewood cheval dressing mirror attributed to Gillows The later rectangular plate with gilt brass adjustable candelabra, on volute scroll rectangular moulded end supports and bun feet, with recessed castors, candle arms of later date, 97cm wide, 70cm deep, 180cm high. £1,500-£2,500 The design for this cheval mirror can be found in the Gillow's Estimate Sketch Book 1830-1837, no. 3945 (Westminster City Archives).
152 A Regency mahogany writing table The rectangular top with reeded edges able three frieze drawers on fluted turned tapering legs and spool feet, with brass cappings and castors, stamped to the central drawer with retailer’s mark, S & H JEWELL’S, FURNITURE WAREHOUSES, 29,30, 31 LITTLE QUEEN ST, HOLBORN, 106cm wide, 59cm deep, 76cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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153 A George IV mahogany breakfront serving table in the manner of Gillows The rectangular top above a frieze drawer with rectangular and lozenge mouldings, on turned tapering stop-fluted legs, 152cm wide, 60cm deep, 93cm high. £1,500-£2,000
154 A pair of mahogany and ebonised dining room pedestals Each with a rectangular top with reeded edge above a frieze drawer applied with a leopard’s head gilt bronze mask with laurel wreathes; enclosing a shelf, on gilt bronze cast feet, parts early 19th century. (2) £1,000-£1,500 98
155 A Regency mahogany twin pedestal dining table Including two large additional leaves and a single small leaf, the rectangular moulded edge top above a beaded frieze on reeded baluster columns and hipped quadripartite bases with downswept moulded legs and foliate cast cappings and castors, 281cm wide (extended), 135cm deep, 73cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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156 A pair of George IV gonçalo alves carved card tables Each with a rounded rectangular swivel top enclosing replacement baize linings, above a panelled frieze with scrolling acanthus and paterae carving, above a 'U' shaped support and lobed quadripartite base, on scroll legs headed by roundels, with leaf cast cappings and castors, each 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high. (2) £3,000-£5,000
157 A pair of George IV carved mahogany hall chairs The shaped back with lotus and scroll decoration, the tapered solid seats on turned and lotus decorated legs with spool feet, 42cm wide, 40cm deep, 91cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
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158 A Regency mahogany three-tier revolving bookcase The circular graduating tops with reeded edges and faux leather book supports, on a lobed shaft and scrolling downswept moulded legs, with leaf cast cappings and castors, 66cm diameter, 124cm high. ÂŁ7,000-ÂŁ10,000
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159 A Regency mahogany open bookcase The rectangular top above a beaded frieze and a divided interior with two adjustable shelves each side with split column ring turned uprights, on a plinth base, 162cm wide, 37cm deep, 92cm high. £2,000-£3,000
160 A George IV oak and line inlaid drop flap side table The rectangular top with hinged leaves above a frieze drawer with large cast brass handles flanked by spiral turned uprights on turned and fluted tapering legs, brass cappings and castors, 73cm wide (extended), 51cm deep, 75cm high. £400-£600
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161 ¥ A Regency carved rosewood library table The rectangular top with beaded edge above a pair of panelled drawers with opposing simulated drawers, above lotus leaf and paterae scrolling end supports and beaded plinth bases, with scrolling lion paw feet and recessed castors, 137cm wide, 65cm deep, 72cm high £3,000-£5,000
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162 A Regency carved giltwood convex mirror The circular plate within an ebonised slip and ball encrusted inner frame, the wide moulded outer frame surmounted by two large entwined addorsed dolphins, with scrolling acanthus, carved paterae and shell carved apron below, with later scrolling gilt metal single sconce candelabra to each side, re-gilt, 116cm high, 84cm wide. £3,000-£5,000
163 A George IV gonçalo alves carved console table The later rounded rectangular top above a scrolling frieze carved with central floral spray, on wreath tied acanthus carved scrolling cabriole leg and later octagonal block feet, 67cm wide, 35cm deep, 87cm high. £800-£1,200
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164 A Regency black and white decorated penwork occasional/games table All over decorated with flora on a black ground, the square top with rounded corners and a chequerboard on a facetted column and tripartite base with scroll feet, 48.5cm deep, 49.5cm wide, 74.5cm high. £2,500-£3,500 Penwork is a form of decoration on furniture and small items such as boxes and tea caddies, usually in reserves, carried out with fine pens or brushes in black watercolour or ink on a pale surface; colour was occasionally used. Among early terms for the technique were 'voiding', 'pen painting' or 'imitation ivory inlaying'. The name penwork was probably introduced in the twentieth century. Sycamore, pale and close-grained, was the most usual timber, and the work was invariably protected with varnish. This has often mellowed with age, giving a black and yellow effect rather than the originally intended black and white. Penwork is thought to have been the work of ladies of leisure rather than professional practitioners with most examples dating from the 1815-1850 period. See Noël Riley, Penwork, London 2007 for various examples of penwork decoration.
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165 A George IV mahogany swing frame dressing mirror attributed to Gillows The rectangular plate on reeded downswept and scrolling supports, on an inverted breakfront base with reeded edge and gallery, 64cm wide, 32cm deep, 56cm high. £400-£600
166 A George IV mahogany library table attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with a gadrooned edge and rounded corners, on a ring turned and reeded baluster column and block support with downswept acanthus carved cabriole legs and concealed castors, 99cm wide, 56cm deep, 75cm high. £1,500-£2,000 The above lot displays notable characteristics of the Gillow firm including the gadrooned border to the top and frieze, the mouldings to the end supports and this pattern of stretcher. Foliate and cabochon feet of this pattern appear on various pieces by or attributed to the firm including on a George IV gonçalo alves carved tray top work table attributed to Gillows and sold Bonhams, London 3 June 2015, lot 223. 106
167 ¥ A George IV mahogany chest attributed to Gillows The rectangular moulded top above two short and four long graduated drawer, on turned bun feet, with rosewood handles, indistinct signature to the underside of two drawers, with retailers stamp for S & H JEWELL’S, FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, HOLBORN, with paper depository label to the reverse, ‘MR. T.COTTERILL, MADRESFIELD’, 101cm wide, 56cm deep, 126cm high. £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: Possibly Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell of Madresfield Court, Worcestershire.
168 A George IV mahogany centre or chamber table in the manner of Gillows The rectangular moulded edge top above a slender frieze drawer and an opposing dummy drawer, on ring turned reeded tapering legs and spool feet, 61cm wide, 445.5cm deep, 73.5cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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169 ¥ A Regency rosewood and brass marquetry sofa table in the manner of Gillows The rounded rectangular hinged top above a pair of drawers flanked by brass scrolling leaf panels, with similar panels to the reverse, on spindle end supports with down-swept legs and brass paw capping and castors, 94cm wide, 66cm deep, 68cm high. £1,500-£2,000 170 A Regency mahogany two tier dumb waiter attributed to Gillows The dished circular graduated tiers on inverted baluster reeded supports, on a quadripartite base with downswept reeded legs, brass cappings and castors, 56cm diameter, 106cm high. £1,000-1,500 171 A Regency ebonised, trompe l’oeil painted and parcel gilt occasional table Applied with gilt brass mounts, the rounded rectangular top decorated with open books, pencil, bank note and gilt coins, above four supports and downswept quadripartite legs, applied with foliate cast mounts and brass ball feet, 51cm wide, 36cm deep, 73cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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172 ¥ A rosewood carved and gilt bronze mounted occasional table The circular siena marble top with pierced scrolling anthemion and stiff leaf gilt bronze flaring rim, above a fluted gilt brass stem and a lotus leaf carved tri-form shaft and tripartite platform base, on lobed feet, the base 19th century, 34cm diameter, 64cm high. £800-£1,200 173 ¥ A Regency carved rosewood drop-flap work table in the manner of George Smith The rounded rectangular hinged top above a frieze drawer with divided interior, above a deep drawer simulated as one, with opposing simulated drawers, on lotus leaf carved lobster shaft and quadripartite scrolling acanthus carved platform base, with scrolling lion paw feet, 74cm wide, 44cm deep, 75cm high. £1,200-£1,800 The base of the work table offered here follows the pattern of the base for a card table published in George Smith’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, Drawing Book and Repository (1826).
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174 ¥ A Regency rosewood and parcel gilt games table displaying picturesque watercolours in the manner of Sir William Gilpin The framed and glazed top with beaded edge in seat with a chequerboard painted with polychrome scenes of various historical houses, churches, castles and abbeys in states of ruin; above an octagonal shaft on tripartite base, with scroll feet, 52cm wide, 52cm deep, 74cm high. £3,000-£5,000
175 A pair of George IV mahogany pot cupboards or bedside commodes The square three-quarter gallery tops pierced with carrying handles above panel doors on slender ring turned legs and spool feet, 33cm wide, 33cm deep, 78cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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176 A Regency gilt bronze encrier Of oval sarcophagus form, with two pots and with leaf cast edge and body, on winged lion paw feet and rectangular base, 14cm wide, 7cm deep, 9cm high. £200-£300
177 A set of four Victorian silver plated rococo style candlesticks by R.F. Mosley & Co, Sheffield The square shell cast detachable sconces above shell and leaf cast square tapering stems, on shell and 'C' scroll shaped square bases, marked M & Co, EP NS, A1, .55, each 29cm high, 13cm wide. (4) £1,000-£1,500
178 A Regency mahogany cheese coaster The divided interior with moulded overscrolled ends with roundel decoration, on small brass and leather castors, 44cm wide, 27cm deep, 18cm high. £500-£700 thepedestal.com
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179 An early 19th century Colonial satinwood and ebony strung chest The rectangular top above two short and three long graduated drawers, on splayed slender bracket feet, 111.5cm wide, 53cm deep, 116cm high. £1,500-£2,500
180 An early Victorian Renaissance Revival gilt and patinated bronze lamp base Of octagonal form cast with scrolling acanthus leaves, arches, trefoils and quatrefoils, the base with triplecluster columns and four knights within niches, on griffin feet, 88cm high including the fitting. £500-£700
181 A pair of Victorian Renaissance Revival pollard oak hall chairs The shaped moulded top-rails above pierced scrolling backs and rectangular moulded seats, with guilloche carved seatrails on reeded turned tapering legs, headed by roundels, on bun feet, each 56cm wide, 45cm deep, 93cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500 112
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182 A pair of Irish Victorian carved mahogany pedestal serving tables The shaped moulded scrolling backs with central leaf carved cabochon crestings above rectangular moulded tops and frieze drawers, flanked by pierced scrolls and blue silk backed brass grille moulded doors, enclosing a shelf on plinth bases, stamped W.FRY & Co. and numbered 828, one with paper label to the reverse ORM?.. Forteen, Birdhill, Co.Tiperary...,114cm wide, 54cm deep, 121cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Probably Mrs Margaret Ormsby (nee Atkins) of Birdhill, co.Tipperary, widow of Arthur Ormsby who lived at Birdhill certainly during the mid 19th century. Birdhill itself was burnt down in the early 1920's. Fry & Co. was established in 1758. By 1873 they were listed as being at 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin and were most notably known for coach lace and fringe silk for carriage linings, which were shown at the London International Exhibition of 1873. They progressed to producing Irish Arts & Crafts Movement furniture, adding to their maker's label the caption "Artistic Furniture, Woven Printed Fabrics, Carpets, Floorcloths, Wallpapers, Bedding and Bedroom Furniture, Irish Poplin Manufacturers and Silk Merchants by special appointment to all the Crowned heads of Europe; 9 Prize Medals awarded for Excellence in Design and Finish”.
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183 A Regency gonçalo alves carved library table in the manner of Gillows The rounded rectangular top above a narrow frieze drawer with opposing simulated drawer on standard ends supports with scrolling brackets and roundels, on beaded plinth bases and lobed feet, with castors, 101cm wide, 57cm deep, 72cm high. £1,500-£2,000
184 A Victorian ebonised, parcel gilt and polychrome decorated papier mâché occasional table The circular tilt top decorated with a large medallion of picked fruits in a landscape setting, on a baluster turned column with a tripod base with moulded downswept legs, 51cm diameter, 74cm high. £800-£1,200 thepedestal.com
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185 A pair of William IV oak hall chairs in the manner of Richard Bridgens The arched low backs centred by pierced foliate panels with painted armorial shields for SHEPPARD, originally of County Tippperary, flanked by turned uprights and finials, the upholstered leather seats on baluster turned legs joined by similar stretchers, on turned feet, 46cm wide, 41cm deep, 80cm high. (2) £700-£900 The design of these chairs may well have been inspired by a design reproduced in Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 2nd series, Vol. IV, 1817, pl.14 of which the above chairs are a variation.
186 A large Victorian oak carved Gothic Revival library bookcase, possibly designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) Of canted form, with pierced brass strapwork red velvet backed hinges, the pierced trefoil and leaf carved cresting above an arcaded and blind fret carved frieze with paterae, above a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, flanked by single astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves in turn flanked by Gothic arches with cusped pinnacles and carved crockets, the lower part with shaped moulded top above four frieze drawers, a pair of cupboard linen fold carved doors and flanked by similarly carved single doors, on bracket feet, 227cm wide, 73cm deep, 303cm high. £5,000-£8,000 Provenance: The Admiral's House, Hampstead, home of Sir George Gilbert Scott. The bookcase comes from the former home of the celebrated Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878). Scott was amongst the most noted architects of the Gothic Revival movement and certainly it’s most prolific having been inspired by Pugin to participate in the Gothic Revival. Scott holds the notable record for the most listed buildings in the United Kingdom with over 600 of the buildings he worked on having achieved listed status. He was responsible for designing or adding to over 800 buildings internationally. Although chiefly known for ecclesiastical buildings he worked on numerous secular commissions most notably London’s Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras and The Albert Memorial. The Admirals House on Admiral’s Walk in Hampstead, London is an 18th century house which was the home of George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century. Admiral House is historically of some note and was the subject of John Constable’s painting ‘A Romantic House at Hampstead’ (now in the collection of the V&A Museum, London) and was also immortalised in P.C Travers novel ‘Mary Poppins’ as the home of Admiral Bloom. 116
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187 A Victorian satinwood and mahogany carved open bookcase The rectangular top with later leather insert and with a pierced brass three-quarter gallery, with a bead and reel moulded edge above two adjustable shelves (one replaced) flanked by panelled uprights with applied lobed roundels, on a plinth base with turned feet, 106cm wide, 37cm deep, 99cm high. £1,000-£1,500
188 A George IV carved mahogany side table The rectangular top above an egg and dart carved border with leaf carved corners, above three frieze drawers and beaded edge on turned fluted tapering legs with carved cabochons, on turned feet, with leaf cast capping and castors, with indistinct ink stamp to the central drawer, 137cm wide, 49cm deep, 84cm high. £800-£1,200 118
189 A Victorian birds-eye maple, walnut, harewood and sycamore marquetry centre table The circular tilt-top with central panel of flowers and scrolling leaves within radiating segments and an outer-border of scrolling acanthus leaves, the faceted baluster shaft on a circular petal moulded base with scroll feet and castors, 132cm diameter, 76cm high. £2,500-£3,500
190 ¥ A mid Victorian amboyna and ebonised inverted breakfront side cabinet by Gillow & Co. Applied with gilt bronze mounts and inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular moulded top with pieced gilt brass rear gallery above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves flanked by reeded pilasters, with leaf carved capitals and with green applied cabochons, on a moulded plinth base, stamped to the top of one door GILLOWS & CO. and numbered '6060',107cm wide, 43cm deep, 106cm high. £1,500-£2,000 The above lot according to the Gillow's numbering system can be accurately dated to 1878, see S.Stuart, A Survey of Marks, Labels, and Stamps used on Gillow and Waring & Gillow Furniture 1770-1960, Furniture History 1998, p. 66.
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191 A pair of William IV cream and parcel gilt side chairs The rectangular padded backs with ‘C’ scroll and flowerhead crestings, more trailing to the sides, on rectangular padded seats and serpentine fruit, leaf and scroll carved seat-rails, on cabriole scrolling legs, with front castors, each 52cm wide, 55cm deep, 105cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500
192 A Victorian carved walnut conversation seat In blue buttoned and braided upholstery, the tri-form back with pierced scrolling flowerhead moulded show-wood frame, above a padded seat and a moulded seat-rail on cabriole legs and scroll feet, with porcelain castors, 110cm diameter, 92cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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193 A leather upholstered deep buttoned ottoman The rectangular seat with a deep frieze, on ring turned tapering legs and castors, 19th century and later, 132cm wide, 67cm deep, 45cm high. £1,200-£1,800
194 A Victorian satinbirch and purplewood carved writing table in the manner of Holland & Sons The rounded rectangular moulded edge top enclosing a tooled gilt leather inset writing surface above a pair of frieze drawers, on turned fluted end supports joined by a ring turned stretcher, on downswept moulded legs and scroll feet with castors, 107cm wide, 55cm deep, 73cm high. £800-£1,200
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195 A pair of Victorian pollard oak carved card tables The rounded rectangular moulded swivel tops enclosing replaced baize linings, above reeded leaf carved quadripartite legs joined by ‘C’ scroll panelled and moulded stretchers, with lobed urn central finial on carved leaf scrolling feet with castors, each 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high. (2) £3,000-£5,000
196 A 19th century mahogany stick stand The twelve divisions with turned dividers supported between ring turned uprights with moulded finials, the removable drip tray below on block supports and turned feet, 62cm wide, 24cm deep, 72cm high. £800-£1,200
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197 A late 19th century lead garden figure of a putto in the manner of the Bromsgrove Guild Seated on a rock with a pitcher, with kingfisher and beaver at his feet, on a plinth base, 71cm high. £1,500-£2,000
198 A pair of 19th century carved white veined marble Campana urns The circular moulded flaring rims above turned and lobed bodies, on turned socles and later square plinth bases, 61cm diameter, 70cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000 124
199 An early Victorian walnut and ash banded centre table attributed to Thomas Willement (1786-1871) The banded top with a central octagonal medallion and a pierced scroll work pendant frieze on four pieced spire and twist supports and a scrolling X-frame quadripartite base centred by a moulded finial, on flattened bun feet, 122cm diameter, 74cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Thomas Willement is known for his work inspired by medieval design producing designs for furniture, stained glass, panelling and wallpaper. A very closely related table of rectangular form attributed to Willement is pictured in The Country Seat catalogue, ‘Signed and Designed II, The Origin of Ornament’, p.2. The Country Seat note that this style was part of a brief movement that found popularity at country houses such as Charlecote in Warwickshire (where Willement worked) and Mamhead in Devon. See Plate LXXXIII Elizabethan No. 1 in Owen Jones’s ‘Grammar of Ornament’ and the accompanying text by J.B Waring on its origins.
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200 A pair of small 19th century Irish ebonised and parcel-gilt beaded mirrors The oval plates within moulded frames with applied faceted and plain clear beads, each 48cm high, 37cm wide. (2) £800-£1,200
201 A pair of 19th century ebonised, floral polychrome painted and parcel gilt corner console tables The later ebonised tops above shaped friezes on ring turned tapering legs and spool feet, each 73cm wide, 49cm deep, 92cm high. (2) £400-£600 126
202 A 19th century ebonised, floral polychrome painted and parcel gilt five-piece salon suite Comprising a settee and four single chairs, the acanthus scrolling and shell carved top-rails above gold silk buttoned back and padded seats, with undulating aprons, on ring turned legs and spool feet, the settee 178cm wide, 55cm deep, 99cm high. (5) £700-£1,000
203 A pair of 19th century ebonised, floral polychrome painted and parcel gilt stools The square padded seats upholstered in gold silk above shaped aprons on ring turned tapering legs and spool feet, 45cm square, 42cm high. (2) £400-£600 thepedestal.com
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204 ¥ An Edwardian brown tortoiseshell and silver mounted timepiece by Edwards & Sons The arched silver bound case with foliate scrolling inlay, on ball feet, the circular white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, with red Arabic quarters, signed Edwards & Sons, 161 Regent St, the drum movement with lever platform escapement, hallmarked for Birmingham,1905, 24cm high, 17cm wide. £3,000-£4,000
205 ¥ An early 20th century mahogany and ivory strung humidor by Dunhill, London The rectangular hinged lid and plain sides with ivory stringing, labelled to the underside, DUNHILL, LONDON, 22.5cm wide, 19cm deep, 12cm high. £500-£700 Please note as this lot contains ivory it will not be permitted under current legislation into the USA
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206 An early 20th century George II style Scottish mahogany side table by Whytock & Reid possibly after a deisgn by Sir Robert Lorimer The rectangular top with undulating shaped three-quarter gallery above two narrow and two deep drawers above a shaped apron on cabriole legs and pad feet, stamped to the top of each drawer WHYTOCK & REID EDINBURGH, 152cm wide, 60cm deep, 80cm high. £1,500-£2,000
207 A Victorian carved giltwood bergère by Carpenter of Berners St in the Louis XVI style Upholstered in blue floral silk, the rectangular padded back with a guilloche, riband and paterae scrolling frame above padded arms with riband and scrolling leaf arm supports, above a rectangular seat, with loose squab cushion, on stopfluted turned legs headed by paterae on spool feet, stamped twice under the front seat-rail CARPENTER BERNERS ST, 72cm wide, 64cm deep, 105cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Although less well known than their Berners Street neighbour Howard & Sons, H.Carpenter's output included sophisticated pieces in the French taste which seem to have been one of the firm's specialities. The firm is recorded as having ceased trading in 1910.
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208 A late Victorian satinwood crossbanded line inlaid and polychrome decorated serpentine bowfront side cabinet The shaped top decorated with a central en-grisaille panel emblematic of the Four Seasons within a beaded border surrounded by scrolling foliage, floral swags and further en-grisaille medallions, above a pair of bowed doors decorated with floral filled vases, lacking a shelf to the interior, flanked by concave doors each decorated with a classical muse and enclosing shelves, on square section tapering legs and spade feet, the panelled sides decorated with acanthus and running berry motifs, 154cm wide, 64cm deep, 95cm high. £2,500-£3,500
209 A Victorian kingwood, purplewood and sycamore marquetry serpentine side cabinet In the Louis XVI style Applied with gilt bronze mounts and inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the shaped rectangular Tavira Breccia marble top above a guilloche and paterae applied frieze and a rectangular panelled door with leaf scroll mounts and octagonal central panel with inlaid monogram 'DMC', within a leaf and berry wreath and on a strapwork and paterae parquetry ground enclosing a shaped moulded shelf, flanked by concave strapwork and paterae marquetry panels, on spool feet, headed by paterae and leaf entwined urn mounts, on brass cappings and castors, 91cm wide, 35cm deep, 92cm high. £3,000-£5,000
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210 A fine mid Victorian satinwood, tulipwood, harewood and parcel gilt marquetry side cabinet applied with gilt bronze mounts and green Wedgwood Jasperware medallions attributed to Wright and Mansfield The superstructure with a three quarter pierced brass gallery with flaming urn finials to the back corners supported on four reeded and acanthus decorated baluster columns with a panelled back, the rectangular breakfront top above a central frieze drawer inset with a Jasperware panel of seven frolicking putti flanked by two short drawers decorated with palm fronds above a central panel door centred by a Jasperware panel depicted a winged male figure standing by a burner within a marquetry border of geometric banding, riband tied swags, paterae and husk chains, enclosing a shelf, flanked by narrow panelled cupboard doors inset with Jasperware medallions depicting Classical profile portraits with marquetry surrounds decorated with hanging classical lamps, riband tied swags and paterae within geometric bandings and enclosing adjustable shelves flanked by reeded and fluted columns with Ionic capitals, riband and swag decoration and acanthus balusters, on a plinth base, the sides with further geometric banding, 140cm wide, 64.5cm deep, 169cm high. £15,000-£20,000 Provenance: Mr & Mrs Marland, The Old Rectory, Ilmington, Shipston-onStour, sold Phillips, London circa 1983. Holly Johnson Antiques, 2003 Then to a Private Collection. The cabinet offered here relates closely to the celebrated cabinet by Wright and Mansfield in the collection of the V&A Museum, London (V&A Museum No.548-1868) which was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867 where it was awarded a gold medal. The V&A Wright and Mansfield cabinet with its overtly neo-classical style and Robert Adam inspired decoration features the same stylised strapwork outerbanding to the doors, the same neo-classical hanging lamps in the marquetry, the use of diamond shaped Wedgwood Jasparware panels, the same same central Wedgwood Jasperware panel depicting frolicking putti as well as the presence of the winged figure who appears on an oval panel in the lower part of the V&A cabinet. The firm of Wright and Mansfield was founded by Alfred Wright, a successful cabinet-maker and the decorator Thomas Mansfield in the middle years of the 19th century and received attention for their work at the International Exhibitions and the firm were one of the most noted exponents of Revival furniture in the second half of the 19th century. In July 1886, on the closure of the firm, the magazine ‘The Cabinet Maker & Art Furnisher’, summed up their contribution when it said: 'They must be accounted the leaders of that passing fashion which has happily brought back into our houses many of the charming shapes of the renowned eighteenth century cabinet makers .... the best forms of Chippendale, Hepplewhite and particularly Sheraton 132
have been made to live again under the renovating influence of these able manufacturers'. Wright and Mansfield were frequent exhibitors at the International Exhibitions of the second half on the 19th century often winning medals for their furniture. After their success at the 1862 Exhibition with the painted furniture for Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Lord Tweedmouth (1820-1894) including the Erard Piano illustrated in the Art Journal Catalogue for that exhibition and also in J.B. Waring’s Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition (the piano sold Bonhams, London, 20 November 2007, lot 229) where the firm received a medal for this and their other exhibits which included a marquetry boudoir bookcase, a carved cabinet with Wedgwood plaques, a pair of ‘en suite’ torcheres and a large dwarf bookcase inset with black Wedgwood medallions of the Roman emperors. Wright and Mansfield and the International Exhibitions By the time of the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1867 Wright and Mansfield were now very much aware of the marketing opportunities of these Exhibitions and exhibited a satinwood and marquetry cabinet inset with blue and white Wedgwood plaques which was the only piece of furniture to be awarded a gold medal. It was purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum for £800 (reduced from the £1400 asking price) to be utilised for teaching and in contrast to the darker furniture which was dominating popular taste. (V&A no.548-1868). J.H. Pollen wrote that in the manufacture of this cabinet Wright and Mansfield ‘avoid the production or copy of any foreign period and .. illustrate English art in every respect’ . The use of Wedgwood plaques on the celebrated 1867 cabinet has been credited with
popularising their use in furniture design of the time, see R.W Symonds & B. B Whineray, Victorian Furniture, London 1962, p.43. The firm exhibited a pair of side tables at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 which were illustrated in the Art Journal of the same year, together with a satinwood-veneered and painted sideboard which was described at the time as 'such an objet de luxe as was hardly surpassed of its sort at the Exhibition'. The side tables were sold Sotheby's London 26 November 2003, lot 120. The Wright and Mansfield commission for Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Lord Tweedmouth (1820-1894) was notable in it’s use of Wedgwood panels as by the firm in the early 1860s. thepedestal.com
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211 A pair of Empire style bronze and gilt bronze storm lamps The tall baluster shaped glass shades above leaf cast sconces on triform eagle’s head monopodial supports and pineapple lidded finials, on tripartite bases and lion paw feet, each 51cm high, 13cm wide. (2) £700-£1,000
212 A pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze and siena marble urn shaped lamp bases Each with twin scrolling handles on tapering ovoid bodies with leaf cast circular socles and square bases on moulded plinths and feet, each 15cm wide, 42cm high. (2) £700-£1,000
213 A late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze four light candelabra Converted to electricity, the tapering swag decorated shaft with acanthus issuing four scrolling foliate arms with sconces and acanthus leaf drip pans around a leaf and foliate finial, the moulded base decorated with reserves, foliage and cabochons, 44.5cm high. £400-£600
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214 A late Victorian satinwood and polychrome decorated pedestal desk The inverted breakfront top with rounded back corners inset with a tan leather writing surface with a running anthemion border, above a central frieze drawer with an en-grisaille panel of frolicking putti flanked by anthemion motifs above a kneehole flanked by three graduated drawers, the left hand pedestal with two deep drawers with a faux double drawer front, the drawers applied with white metal engraved handles and escutcheons, on short outswept slender legs, the sides with an en-grisaille decorated frieze and quarter veneered panels, the reverse decorated with a similar en-grisaille panel flanked by griffins, with an ivorine label to the central drawer for S&H JEWELL, 131-132 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WC1, 131cm wide, 63cm deep, 76cm high ÂŁ2,500-ÂŁ3,500
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215 A late 19th century polychrome-patinated spelter female Orientalist figure Cast from a model by Anatole-Jean Guillot, the standing figure holding an urn leaning against ruins and palm trees, signed J. Guillot, 40cm high, 18cm wide. £400-£600 See Christies, New York 11 April 2007, lot 46 for an almost identical example with her male companion (realised $12,000 including buyer’s premium)
216 A Japanese black and gilt lacquered suzuribako or writing box, Meiji Period Of rectangular form decorated with mountainous landscapes and a prunus tree, the interior decorated with fans, 23cm wide, 26cm deep, 5cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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217 ¥ A mid 19th century Anglo-Indian rosewood carved serpentine console table, Bombay circa 1860 The detachable lotus-leaf carved top-rail above a double ‘C’ scroll and acanthus carved back rail, the shaped rectangular top with beaded edge above a pierced foliate frieze with central cabochon and flowerhead carved pierced apron, on cabriole legs headed by ‘C’ scrolls with trailing flowerheads, centred by a leaf and foliate carved urn, on scroll feet, 142cm wide, 50cm deep, 106cm high. £1,000-£1,500
218 ¥ A 19th century Singhalese ebony and marquetry specimen wood centre table With central circular ebony roundel with radiating veneers of various exotic timbers within a beaded and pierced scrolling leaf and flowerhead carved frieze, with pendant drop finials, above four turned supports on stepped beaded base with scrolling apron on claw and ball feet, 74cm diameter, 71cm high. £1,000-£1,500 These tables were manufactured in the Galle district of Ceylon (Galle being the main town in the south west of the island). Henry Charles Sirr noted in his 1850 publication, Ceylon and the Ceylonese, vol. II pp.226-7 that at Galle there 'are also manufactured those exquisite inlaid articles, which far surpass any specimen of Tunbridge ware that has yet been produced - ivory and various coloured native woods are inlaid upon ebony and as the designs are well defined, the effect produced is magnificent'.
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219 A 17th century style pietre dure table slab on ebonised base Inset with semi-precious stones and marbles including lapis lazuli, siena and malachite, the square moulded top with central flowerhead, with scrolls and a wide floral border with birds and fruit to each corner, 20th century, 108cm square, 81cm high. £1,200-£1,800
220 ¥ A Napoleon III scarlet tortoiseshell and brass marquetry dressing table mirror In the Louis XIV style, in the manner of A.C.Boulle The rectangular bevelled plate within a moulded frame inlaid with strapwork, leaves and flowerheads, with a replaced easel support to the reverse, 39cm high, 31cm wide. £700-£900
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221 A mid 17th century Italian ebony moulded frame inset with lapis lazuli and jasper panels with enamel plaques Within gilt bronze mounts, the oval central glazed later scene of John the Baptist and Christ, within a rectangular frame with tear-drop shaped panels of jasper and two remaining carved intaglio rosso antico portrait busts, within a frame of applied oval panels of lapis lazuli and green and blue hardstone flowerheads, having gilt bronze leaves applied to each corner, the outerframe with polychrome enamel plaques of religious subjects, probably Florentine, some elements now missing, 42cm high, 40cm wide. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ4,000
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222 A pair of late 19th century carved mahogany jardinières With tapering later gilt brass liners inserted into carved draped frames, the moulded tripod legs with lion paw acanthus carved feet, joined by undertiers on tripartite platform bases, with gilt brass feet, probably Dutch, 44cm diameter, 113cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,500
223 A late 18th/early 19th century Dutch later painted bombé commode/chest The moulded rectangular faux marble top of arc-en-arbalet form above four long graduated drawers, on claw and flattened ball feet, the brass ring handles of neo-classical design with portrait medallions to the back plates, the painted decoration of later date, 88cm wide, 56cm deep, 83.5cm high. £1,000-£1,500
224 A pair of 19th century Dutch Colonial padouk torchères The dished scalloped tops above faceted baluster turned shafts, on downswept legs joined by stretchers, on scroll feet with applied roundels, each 26cm diameter, 95cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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225 A late 18th/early 19th century Dutch burr walnut and floral marquetry display cabinet The undulating moulded cornice centred by a shell above a pair of glazed doors enclosing three shaped shelves, above three long graduated drawer with shaped angles, above a shaped moulded apron on claw and ball feet, 171cm wide, 39cm deep, 234cm high. ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000 thepedestal.com
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226 A late 19th century grey painted and parcel gilt console table The rectangular red and white brescia shaped marble top above a flowerhead and guilloche carved frieze centred by a riband tied and swagged oval female portrait medallion, above a pierced scrolling acanthus carved apron on volute scroll and acanthus carved legs, with carved trailing bellflowers, joined by a shaped guilloche moulded apron with central paterae, probably Swedish, 136cm wide, 60cm deep, 94cm high. £4,000-£6,000
227 A rare Australian 19th century huon pine, casuarina, Australian cedar and specimen wood hexagonal centre table, circa 1880, in manner of Hugentobler and Sturm Profusely inlaid with various timbers, the shaped moulded edge top decorated with a central medallion surrounded a wide border of parquetry motifs on an ebony ground, the deep apron decorated with panels of specimen woods above a chequer banding and hexagonal wheels, the tapering central shaft, on a hipped tripartite base surmounted by chequered vase finials, the legs with applied moulded panels, on concealed wooden castors, 115cm wide, 105cm deep, 78cm high. £4,000-£6,000 This showpiece demonstration of the marqueter’s skill relates to the sophisticated marquetry and parquetry work on the table by Henry Hugentobler (active 1878-91) and Conrad Sturm (18511907) now in the collection of Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (821F1A). The Adelaide Museum table is the most
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elaborate example of 19th-century South Australian furniture currently identified. The skill of these Australian marqueters is recorded in an image of a parquetry of New South Wales timbers reproduced in R.T. Baker, Cabinet Timbers of Australia, 1913, p.173 which utilises some of the same patterns found on the table offered here. The central European style of marquetry may well have originated with the large number (around two hundred) of German cabinet makers who settled in South Australia, notably by 1891 the population in Adelaide was nearly 10% of German origin. Although working in a British colony, the German emigré community in southern Australia replicated German life and the furniture they produced was influenced by German models. In the 1840s and 1850s cabinetmakers worked in what has become known as the South Australian Biedermeier style. The émigré furniture production ranged from humble domestic pieces to sophisticated exhibition type marquetry. Australian colonies participated in intercolonial and international exhibitions during the second half of the 19th century allowing cabinet-makers the chance to showcase their
R.T. Baker, Cabinet Timbers of Australia (1913) skills. The Adelaide Museum table was exhibited in both the Sydney (1879) and Melbourne (1880) International Exhibitions. The table was considered to be a demonstration of technical virtuosity and it was claimed that it utilised 30,000 individual pieces of veneer, see Christopher Menz, South Australian Biedermeier: German Furniture Makers in South Australia in the 19th Century, published in the journal of the Furniture History Society, 1992. The marquetry tradition in the Antipodes was bought to prominence in New Zealand and has been well documented through the labelled work of the Bohemian born thepedestal.com
cabinet-maker Anton Seuffert (1815-1887). Seffeurt settled in Auckland in 1859 and had originally worked with his father in the Vienna firm of Carl Leistler & Sons and oversaw the installation of the firm's exhibits at the Crystal Palace in 1851. By 1862 Seuffert was engaged in making a marquetry secretaire for the 1862 International Exhibition at South Kensington, subsequently gifted to Queen Victoria from the inhabitants of Auckland. See B. Peet, The Seuffert legacy : New Zealand colonial master craftsmen : the craft of Anton Seuffert & his sons William, Albert & Carl, (2008). 143
228 A Swedish walnut crossbanded and line inlaid serpentine bombé commode in the manner of Johan Åbrandt With silvered bronze mounts, the white veined marble top above three drawers and a shaped apron, on short outswept feet, the mounts silvered at a later date, possibly 18th century, 95cm wide, 48cm deep, 80cm high. £1,500-£2,000. See T.Sylvén, Mästarnas Möbler, p.376 for an 18th century commode of similar form signed Johan Åbrandt.
229 A small 19th century German mahogany and gilt brass mounted writing table In the manner of David Roentgen The rectangular brass bound top with pierced threequarter gallery above a panelled beaded frieze drawer with gilt brass milled lozenge escutcheon, above square reeded tapering legs headed by gilt brass collars and lozenges, on gilt brass square feet, 65cm wide, 45cm deep, 73cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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230 * A late 18th century North Italian carved giltwood pier mirror in the rococo taste The divided plate within a pierced trailing acanthus leaf carved frame surmounted by entwined leaves and rocaille carved and pierced cresting, with pierced leaf apron below and scrolling acanthus feet, probably Milan, 198cm high, 83cm wide. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000 Provenance: Property of an Institution thepedestal.com
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231 A late 19th century Empire style tôle, simulated malachite and portor marble parcel gilt cafetière The circular lid with foliate knop above swan-neck handles on a cylindrical body with female mask and dolphin tap, on a square pierced burner stand with a hinged door, on lion paw feet, 14cm wide, 38cm high. £400-£600
232 A pair of Empire style patinated bronze and gilt bronze three-light candelabra The detachable circular engine turned drip pans above circular nozzles with scrolling leaf arms, on female caryatid stems and domed circular leaf cast bases, each 26cm wide, 26cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
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233 * A pair of early 19th century Italian ebonised and parcel gilt carved Neo-classical console tables The rectangular later pink valance marble tops above egg and dart and fluted moulded friezes, applied with pierced scrolling acanthus leaf carving centred by a ram’s head mask, on winged cabriole legs also with ram’s heads, on paw feet, with restorations, redecorated,190cm wide, 67cm deep, 81cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: Property of an Institution
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234 A Louis XV French Provincial carved beechwood console table The later rectangular green brescia Africana marble top above an undulating ‘C’ scroll pierced frieze carved with strapwork, lattice and rocaille, with a central pierced shell; on cabriole double ‘C’ scroll acanthus carved legs and scroll feet, joined by an undulating ‘S’ scroll ‘X’ form stretcher, possibly originally painted or gilt,144cm wide 72cm deep, 82cm high. £3,000-£5,000
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235 A large late 19th century French carved gilt wood torchère in the Louis XIV style The octagonal lobed top above an acanthus carved capital, pierced triform acanthus and trailing bellflower carved shaft, on tripartite pierced scrolling legs, now converted to a standard lamp, 197cm high. £3,000-£4,000
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236 A pair of 19th century French patinated bronze and gilt bronze figures The young male and female both standing beside coopered buckets, she holding a cloth, he a basket, on shaped bases, with gilt bronze acanthus leaf mounts and ‘C’ scroll feet, each 15cm wide, 23cm high approximately. (2) £2,000-£3,000
237 A pair of early 19th century French bronze goats The figures seated and mounted on later rectangular white marble plinth bases, 20cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 15cm high. (2) £500-£800 150
238 A pair of 19th century Italian polychrome scagliola slabs inset into later table bases attributed to the Della Valle workshop One of a pastoral scene of herds of cows crossing a river with a castle in the background, the other a coastal night fishing scene possibly with the Fanale dei Pisani lit in the background, both within beaded ovals, with blue floral sprigs to the corners, on ebonised fluted tapering legs, with ‘X’ form stretchers, second quarter 19th century, Livorno, 62cm wide, 50cm deep, 45cm high. (2) £3,500-£4,500 The Della Valle brothers had a workshop in Leghorn specialising in scagliola. A table signed F.Della Valle was exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, the base attributed to the Falcini brothers, it now forms part of the Gilbert Collection. See A.-M. Massinelli, The Gilbert Collection Hardstones, London, 2000, pp. 103-105.
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239 An Empire carved gilt wood and composition overmantel mirror The rectangular plate within a leaf carved slip, the outerframe with scrolling leaves, flowerheads and paterae, 106cm high, 84cm high. £300-£500
240 An Empire mahogany, parcel gilt and gilt bronze mounted mirror The later rectangular bevelled plate surmounted by a riband tied laurel wreath and an arched pediment flanked by columnar uprights with acanthus capitals, the apron below with a gilt bronze anthemion mount, regilt, the gilt bronze mount probably of later date, with a depository label to the reverse inscribed ‘Dummett’ and an inventory label numbered ’37/2’, 145cm high, 67cm wide. £800-£1,200
241 A set of four late 19th century Empire style gilt brass two-light wall sconces The back plates cast as winged female figures holding aloft classical urns, above bowed anthemion cast branches with circular nozzles and pineapple drop finials, drilled for electricity, each 25cm wide, 34cm high. (4) £1,000-£1,500 152
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243 A Louis XVI style patinated bronze and gilt bronze pot pourri bowl Of lobed form with two putti above a floral swagged riband tied cabochon, on circular beaded base with scroll feet and paterae, 19cm diameter, 24cm high. £300-£500
244 A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze candlesticks after the 1728 model designed by Meissonnier The leaf cast nozzles above entwining cherub stems, on circular swirling 'C' scroll and leaf cast bases, each 17cm diameter, 26cm high. (2) £400-£600 Based on a design circa 1728 by Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (16951750), the three drawings for this model were engraved by Louis Desplaces (1682-1739). This highly sculptural model proved to be very fashionable and was executed, with variations, in gilt bronze and in porcelain.
245 A pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze candlesticks in the Louis XV style in the manner of Meissonnier The detachable 'C' scroll drip pans, acanthus and cabochon cast nozzles and stems on insect, shell, and scrolling flower cast circular shaped bases, each 16cm diameter, 29cm high. (2) £800-£1,200 A pair of similar gilt bronze candlesticks dated 1735-50, after designs by Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695-1750), can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Accession Number 1999.370.1a, b, .2a, b).
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246 A small Regence style ebonised and parcel gilt centre table With inset rectangular dark grey and white brescia marble top The pierced scrolling frieze carved with rocaille, scrolling acanthus, vine leaves and grapes, on cabriole shell carved legs entwined with dragons, on pierced leaf carved legs and scroll feet, decoration refreshed, circa 1900, 72cm wide, 49cm deep, 68cm high. £2,000-£3,000
247 A Louis XV carved walnut fauteuil à la reine The cartouche shaped padded back, arms and serpentine seat upholstered and close-nailed in green velvet, the serpentine leaf carved cresting within a moulded acanthus carved frame, above out-swept scrolling moulded arms with scrolling leaf carved seat-rail headed by cabriole acanthus carved moulded legs and scroll feet, 70cm wide, 55cm deep, 98cm high . £1,000-£1,500
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248 A Napoleon III gilt bronze encrier by Ferdinand Barbedienne in the Empire style The rectangular tray with bearded male mask scrolling handles, with a central lidded pot with Bacchanalian mask and swagged fruit enclosing a blue glass liner, flanked by ink and pounce lidded pots with classical male and female masks, both with blue glass liners, signed F.BARBEDIENNE, 51cm wide, 16cm deep, 14cm high. £700-£1,000
249 A pair of 19th century French patinated bronze twinhandled Grand Tour Etruscan style urns The circular spreading necks with gilt interiors, above tapering bodies, with seated male and female figures in relief to each side, above a Greek key banding and anthemion on the socles, on black marble stepped square bases and scrolling lotus leaf cast bracket feet, each 20cm wide, 42cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
250 An Empire style bronze and gilt bronze table lamp The fluted column surmounted by a vine leaf, grape and lotus decorated collar, with an acanthus decorated socle, the triform base with laurel wreath decoration and lion’s paw feet, 82cm high including the fitting. £500-£800
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251 A late 19th century French Louis XVI style patinated bronze, gilt bronze and white marble mantel clock With a rectangular riband tied case and white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, flanked by Cupid holding a cockerel standing on books and a bow and quiver the other side with an urn issuing flowers, above a Vitruvian scroll frieze and a moulded beaded base with leaf turned feet, the twin train movement with countwheel strike on a bell, stamped A.D. Mougin and numbered 1433, 35cm wide, 40cm high. ÂŁ1,500-ÂŁ2,000
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252 A pair of bronze and brass mounted table lamps The fluted columns headed by Ionic capitals on stepped square bases, 68cm high including the fitting. (2) £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: By repute, The Bank of England.
253 A red and gilt decorated tôleware tray on a 19th century giltwood base Decorated with vine leaves and grapes, the base carved with shells, ‘C’ scrolls with a pierced base, on scroll feet, 44cm wide, 23cm deep, 12cm high. £300-£500
254 A pair of Louis XVI style patinated bronze and gilt bronze lamp bases The leaf cast nozzles above reeded turned and leaf cast stems on tripartite armorini mask bases, with scroll feet and plinths, each 17cm diameter, 81cm high (including shades). (2) £700-£1,000
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255 ¥ A Napoleon III scarlet tortoiseshell and brass marquetry serpentine centre table in the manner of A.C.Boulle Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the shaped top with a lobed cast edge above a frieze drawer applied with a satyr mask, with similar masks to the sides and reverse, on cabriole legs headed by espagneolette masks trailing to sabots, 160cm wide, 90cm deep, 80cm high. £2,000-£3,000
256 ¥ A pair of Napoleon III ebonised, scarlet tortoiseshell and brass marquetry premiere and contre-partie side cabinets in the Louis XIV style, in the manner of A.C.Boulle Applied with gilt-bronze mounts, each with rectangular tops inlaid with brass lines and with leaf cast moulded edges above four drawers with espagnolette masks to the side on shaped moulded plinth bases, each 62cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high. (2) £4,000-£6,000
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257 A large late 19th French century cream and parcel gilt day bed/ lit de jour in the Louis XVI style Upholstered in gold striped silk, the rectangular padded seat with loose squab cushion above scrolling riband carved padded ends, above a panelled seat-rail applied with paterae, on turned tapering wreathed legs, together with three matching back cushions, 270cm wide, 73cm deep, 64cm high. £2,500-£3,500
258 A Louis XVI white painted and parcel gilt fauteuil by A. Gailliard The rectangular padded and moulded back, padded scroll arms and bowed seat upholstered in red velvet with gold braid, above a moulded seat-rail on stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by paterae, on spool feet, stamped under the front seat-rail A.GAILLIARD, 59cm wide, 50cm deep, 87cm high. £500-£700 Antoine Gailliard maître 1781. See P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, p.377.
259 A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Medici breccia marble and gilt bronze mounted urns in the Louis XVI style The ovoid bodies and fluted necks with fixed domed covers, on tripartitesupports with ram’s head and floral swags and terminating in acanthus decorated legs and hoof feet, on triform panelled bases, each 48.5cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000 160
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260 A Louis XV tulipwood parquetry and gilt bronze mounted encrier With three lidded hinged pots cast with scrolling leaves and berries and acanthus rocaille mounts, on ‘C’ scroll feet, 29cm wide, 26cm deep, 11cm high. £800-£1,200
261 A late 19th century painted terracotta bust of Louise Brongniart after Jean-Antoine Houdon With beaded coiffure, her head turned to dexter, wearing a riband tied dress, on a turned brown marble socle base, 30cm high. £500-£700
262 A pair of late 19th century French sang de boeuf and en grisaille enamelled lamp bases Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the leaf cast rims above squat ovoid bodies, decorated with playful cherubs, one scene of them harvesting in the fields, the other of them making wine, on rouge marble beaded platforms and circular gilt bronze bases and leaf scroll feet, stamped ‘B’ under two of the feet, each 16cm diameter, 55cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500 162
263 A pair of late 19th century walnut and silvered bronze mounted fauteuils in the Louis XVI style The rectangular padded backs within moulded and laurel decorated frames, the downswept padded arms with lotus carved terminals on spiral turned supports, the upholstered seats with laurel decorated aprons, on stop fluted tapering legs headed by paterae, on spool feet, 51cm wide, 61cm deep, 93cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
264 A 19th century French Empire style mahogany and parcel gilt fauteuil The rectangular close-nailed padded and bowed seat upholstered in grey suede, with down-swept scrolling arms above a bowed seat-rail applied with a gilt bronze mount of cupid amongst leaves and cornocopiae, on lotus leaf down-swept legs headed by paterae, on scroll and ball feet, stamped under the seat-rail, 'G', re-gilt, 56cm wide, 52cm deep, 93cm high. £700-£1,000
265 A narrow Louis XVI mahogany secrétaire à abattant by Conrad Mauter Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the rectangular pink breccia marble top above a frieze drawer and panelled fall front, enclosing a green and gilt tooled leather writing surface, a shelf, two pigeonholes and four short drawers; above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf and fall front coffre fort flanked by stop fluted angles headed by applied mounts, with panelled sides, above a shaped apron with leaf cast mount and square feet, stamped under the marble C.MAUTER, 63cm wide, 37cm deep, 141cm high. £1,000-£1,500 Conrad Mauter 1742-1810, Maître 1777, ébéniste to the comte d’Artois. See Sotheby’s, Parke, Bernet, 27 April 1963, lot 133 for a pair of encoignures by Mauter with identical corner mounts and Sotheby’s, London, 10 June 1994, lot 81 for a writing table by Mauter (realised £24,1150 including premium). thepedestal.com
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266 A pair of Empire mahogany and sycamore marquetry side chairs in the manner of Jacob Each with a rectangular back with pierced scrolling shaped splat centred by a marquetry classical ewer, above a stuff-over close-nailed seat, on ring and baluster turned legs, each 45cm wide, 39cm deep, 90cm high. (2) £400-£600
267 A Louis XVI carved mahogany tripod table by L.Boudin The dished circular tilt-top on a reeded shaft, with cabriole legs and pad feet, stamped to the block L.BOUDIN, with transportation label to the reverse, 'Lord Slynn of Hadley', 64cm diameter, 72cm high. £800-£1,200 Provenance: The Lord Slynn of Hadley (1930-2009), the former Law Lord and Advocate-General at the European Court of Justice. Léonard Boudin maître 1807 See P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, p.94.
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268 A 19th century patinated bronze figure of Spinario The figure seated on a rock, on a grey St Anne marble circular base, 28cm diameter, 43cm high. ÂŁ600-ÂŁ800
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269 A late 19th century Russian malachite and silver box The rectangular hinged lid enclosing a brown veined marble interior with silver gilt leaf corners; with leaf cast hasp and corner mounts, on ball feet, with Russian silver mounts hallmarked for 1859, 18cm wide, 13cm deep, 8cm high. £1,000-£1,500
270 Prince Paolo (Pavel Petrovich) Troubetzkoy (Russian, 1866-1938) bronze of a dog The seated bloodhound on a shaped rectangular base, medium brown patination, signed Paolo Troubetzkoy on base, 20cm wide, 25cm high. £3,000-£4,000 This sensitive study of hound reflects Troubetzkoy’s love of animals and the dog represented may well be the same dog which appears with a young child in his work ‘Friend’ (1901) in the collection of The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Troubetzkoy worked in Russia, America and England and while noted for his bronze portraits of the rich and famous of belle epoque society his love of animals was noted by his friend and fellow vegetarian George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) who said of him “Troubetzkoy is a gigantic and terrifying humanitarian who can do anything with an animal except eat it”. Alexandra Tolstoy, the daughter of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) noted in her biography of her father that ‘In his (Troubetzkoys) studio in St. Petersburg there was a whole zoo: a bear, a fox, a horse, and a vegetarian wolf’, see A.Tolstoy, Tolstoy: A Life of my Father, London, 1953, p. 413. See Bonhams London, The Russian Sale, 26 November 2014, lot 71 and 2 December 2015, lot 59. A version dated 1897 was sold Shapiro Auctions, November 16 2013, lot 382, previously sold Sotheby's Milan, 30 June 2009, lot 305.
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271 A pair of large 19th century oil on canvas painted and framed overdoors depicting America and Africa America with central urn issuing fruits flanked by alligators with male and female natives, Africa with a central urn with elephant heads and scorpions, with male and female semi-clad figures, both within later rectangular gilt wood frames, re-lined, each 120cm high, 161cm wide. (2) ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000 thepedestal.com
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