at Moor Park Mansion Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets Tuesday November 21 2017
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Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets 2pm Tuesday November 21 2017
Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets 2pm Tuesday November 21 2017 Sale number: 211117 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 November 18 2017 11am-4pm Sunday November 19 2017 9am-5pm Monday November 20 2017 9am-12pm Tuesday November 21 2017
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: Lots 143 and 144 Inside front cover: Lot 286 Inside back cover: Lot 142 Back cover: Detail of Lot 145
Studio Photography: Gavin Macdonald Location Photography: Andrew Urwin
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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 Charles I oak fold-over credence table, West Country The arcaded frieze with foliate-lunette carving and original drawer, the undertier with S-gouge carved detail, 84cm wide, 43cm deep, 77cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Some of the carved detail, notably the ‘S’ gouge pattern and the leg ring-turning pattern, appear on furniture attributed to the Salisbury area, as discussed in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, the British Tradition, ACC revised edition 2016, page 405-413.
2 A French carved oak cupboard dressoir, late 19th century and incorporating some 16th century panels With a central door and drawer below bearing the date 1538, 95cm wide, 47cm deep, 162cm high. £1,000-£1,500
3 A pair of Italian oak and marquetry high-back chairs, late 19th century Each with cartouche back and conforming front stretcher, the carved seats with cushions and the uprights with spiral finials. (2) £800-£1,200 4
4 An unusual Elizabethan or James I chestnut and punch-decorated 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. £1,500-£2,000
5 A small William and Mary oak centre table The top formed of three planks, 66cm wide, 57cm deep, 56cm high. £700-£1,000
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6 A late 19th century Gothic style carved oak canopy cupboard Profusely-carved with gothic tracery and rosettes, with a pair of drawers and enclosed by a pair of doors, incorporating some early elements, 110cm wide, 45cm deep, 206cm high. £3,000-£4,000
7 A Charles I oak panelled chest, West Country The front with lunette frieze and three panels carved with stylised flowers, the stile feet with spandrels, 122cm wide, 52cm deep, 71cm high. £600-£800 6
8 A set of four carved oak panels, English or Dutch, late 17th century Depicting four of the Roman Invictus gods Jupiter, Luna, Apollo and Sol, each 10cm x 26cm. (4) £800-£1,200
9 A William and Mary oak three-drawer chest The deep bottom drawer with dummy twin front, overall with unusual carved decoration, split-mouldings and dentil frieze, 92cm wide, 57cm deep, 91cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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10 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. £2,500-£3,500 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.
11 A French oak chest-front, late 16th/early 17th century Profusely carved and with central panel depicting the biblical story of Abraham, 128cm wide, 63cm high. £800-£1,200
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12 A Charles I oak marriage chest The centre panel inscribed and dated GEOFFREY TAYLARD AND GERTRUDE MORTIMER WAS JOYNED TOGETHER IN YE HOLIE BONDES OF WEDLOCK ON YE FEAST OF SAINTE BARTHOLOMEW 1634, flanked by foliate-carved panels, the channelled frieze and uprights with incised detail, 141cm wide, 57cm deep, 69cm high. £2,500-£4,000 Provenance: The Edward Phillips Collection, Halls of Shrewsbury, 06 and 07 November 2012, Lot 506. It is very unusual to find a marriage inscription filling a whole panel in this way. In addition, the treatment of the carved foliage is also most unusual. The feast of St Bartholomew falls on 24 August.
13 A pair of William and Mary oak solid-seat chairs, Lancashire The arched crest above a spindle gallery and uprights with pyramidal finials. (2) £700-£1,000
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14 A William and Mary oak press cupboard, Lancashire Initialled and dated WW 1695, profusely-carved overall with whirls, rosettes and interlocking motifs, the upper section with two small doors, the lower section with two large doors, the central drawers later, 145cm wide, 51cm deep,193cm high. ÂŁ1,500-ÂŁ2,500
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15 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. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000 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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16 A small William and Mary oak gate-leg table The oval top above square-section gates, the feet with scroll detail, 76cm (extended), 71.5cm deep, 62cm high. £1,200-£1,800
17 A matched set of eight carved oak solid-seat chairs, Lancashire, late 17th/early 18th century (8) £2,500-£3,500
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18 A Charles I carved and joined oak folding credence-type table The hinged octagonal top above a rope twist and split baluster carved frieze on ring turned legs and platform moulded base, 104cm wide, 51cm deep, 84cm high. £3,000-£5,000
19 A Charles I oak armchair, Lancashire The scrolling top-rail with rosette and vine detail above a lozenge panel and flanked by uprights with pyramidal finials, stamped IH twice to the back of the uprights, 110cm high; the seat 64cm wide, 41cm deep. £2,000-£3,000
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20 A Charles II oak plank chest Initialled and dated WIA 1669 below a band of arcaded detail, the ends with shaped projecting feet,152cm wide, 51cm deep, 70cm high. £1,000-£1,500
21 A Charles I oak chest Profusely-carved overall with thistles in arcades flanked by double-scroll motifs and below a lunette frieze, the stiles with incised channels, the centre panel inlaid with the name ELI WAR, 128cm wide, 57.5cm deep, 65cm high. £1,200-£1,800 The surname WAR is a particularly unusual name in the British Isles. In the 1881 census the surname only occurred in Lancashire and in Western Scotland, which may hint about the earlier origins of this chest as it is carved with thistles. 14
22 A North European oak refectory table, early 18th century, probably Dutch The twin-plank top above plain friezes and tapering baluster legs joined by square stretchers,195cm long, 75cm wide, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000
23 A William and Mary oak three-drawer chest Geometrically-moulded and with unusual fourpanel sides, 86cm wide, 52cm deep, 75cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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24 A large 17th century style oak double gate-leg dining table The oval top on bold spiral legs joined by similar stretchers, 153cm wide, 165cm extended, 71cm high. £500-£800 Provenance: Purchased from Trevor Micklem, Hertfordshire in the late 1970’s by the current owner.
25 A George II walnut single-drawer side table The arched apron above baluster legs and square stretchers, 74cm wide, 50cm deep, 71cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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26 A true set of six George III ash ladder-back chairs, Lancashire The original rush seats unusually within solid rails. (6) £1,200-£1,800 This model of ladder-back chair with the arched top-rail perched upon the uprights is associated with the village of Billinge and the town of Wigan and the surrounding district in Lancashire during the late 18th and 19th century. Typically, thin wooden strips protect the edge of the seat but in this instance robust solid rails have been put in place.
27 A George II oak three-drawer lowboy 84cm wide, 59cm deep, 71cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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28 A small William and Mary oak gate-leg table The oval top above two frieze drawers and with incised decoration to the legs, 87cm (extended), 88cm deep, 68cm high. £1,000-£1,500
29 A George III mahogany crossbanded oak dresser, Lancashire The hinged top above six dummy and three true drawers flanked by mahogany quarter columns, on later bracket feet, 166cm wide, 54cm deep, 86cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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30 A George III oak farmhouse table The top with unusual rounded ends and on square chamfered legs, 94cm wide, 227cm long, 74cm high. £1,800-£2,500
31 A George IV yew Windsor armchair, Thames Valley With roundel-decorated splat, the figured elm seat stamped TA to the rear edge, on later legs,107cm high, the seat 49cm wide, 44cm deep. £500-£700
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32 A Queen Anne carved oak slope-lid writing box Initialled and dated JC 1705, enclosing ten drawers, 56cm wide, 47cm deep, 32cm high. £400-£600
33 An unusually large brass trumpet-base candlestick, early 17th century and later The section above the drip-pan being a replacement, 28cm high, 14cm to drip-pan, the base 20cm diameter. £1,000-£1,500
34 A Charles II oak carved box The front with large twin foliate-filled lunettes, 65cm wide, 35cm deep, 20cm high. £200-£300 20
35 A George III Welsh oak ‘coffor bach’ The removable lid above a front with ogeepointed panels, 78cm wide, 33cm deep, 54cm high. £1,000-£1,500
36 A George III oak and walnut-banded linen press, Lancashire/Cheshire The fixed dentil cornice above a pair of doors enclosing three original pine pull-out slides and flanked by quarter columns, with two short and two long drawers below, on shaped bracket feet, 117cm wide, 60cm deep, 196cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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37 Three child’s commode armchairs, all 19th century The box-seat rocking chair with painted or scumble decoration 66cm high; the thick-set Turner’s rocking chair 61cm high; and the North-West, Dales region chair 54cm high. (3) £800-£1,200
38 A late George III beech dairy bowl 41cm diameter, 11.5cm high. £300-£500
39 A late Victorian earthenware stove-back bearing the Royal coat of arms 55cm x 39cm. £500-£800
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40 A large George III blue/grey painted pine carved standing corner cupboard The dentil moulded cornice above a pair of arched panelled doors flanked by reeded pilasters enclosing three shaped shelves, the lower part with a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, on a moulded plinth base, restorations and replacements to the base and cornice, decoration refreshed, 109cm wide, 72cm deep, 264cm high. ÂŁ2,000-ÂŁ3,000 thepedestal.com
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41 An unusual George III yew wood open armchair in the Chippendale taste The serpentine top-rail above a pierced splat and scrolled outswept arms on rectangular drop-in seat on square chamfered moulded legs with pierced spandrels, joined by an ‘H’ stretcher. £600-£800
42 A matched set of eight George IV ash, elm and beech Gothic Windsor chairs, Buckinghamshire Including two armchairs and including a pair of chairs stamped TB, another stamped W.LOW, another WW 210. (8) £2,500-£3,500 Although a recorded stamp, no maker with the name W.LOW has yet been traced. See Dr B. Cotton, The English Regional chair, ACC, 1990, page 58. 24
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43 A set of eight early Victorian ash and birch ‘fan’ or ‘Liverpool’ spindle-back rush-seated chairs, Lancashire/Cheshire The top-rail with small ‘fan’ motif, with minor differences. (8) £500-£800 So named because of the ‘fan’ or ‘shell’ motif carved into the top-rail, the reference to Liverpool relates to a chair of this design appearing in the Gillows Estimate Sketch book of 1801 simply labelled ‘Liverpool’ Chair
44 A George III elm two-tier cricket table With single-plank top and chamfered legs, 58cm diameter, 70.5cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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45 An early George III figured elm dresser, North Wales The plate-rack with three shelves, the base with three frieze drawers and a pair of cupboards flanking three further central drawers, 175cm wide, 51cm deep, 195cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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46 A matched set of ten ash ‘Macclesfield’ ladder-back rush-seat chairs, early 19th century With distinctive perched top-rail. (10) £1,200-£1,800 This distinctive model of chair is known to have been made (and stamped) by the Leicester family of chair-makers who were based in Macclesfield from 1816 onwards for many decades. The top-rail with barrel-shaped ends is thought to be copied from a device used in the local silk manufacturing trade.
47 A George II figured oak folding table with single drop-leaf The ring-turned legs joined by stretchers with chamfered detail, 92cm wide, 67cm deep (extended), 75cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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48 A Flemish Verdure tapestry, late 17th century Depicting ‘Les Enfants se disputant’ in the foreground, trees in the distance, within floral and leafy borders, 229cm high, 198cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
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49 Kazak Rug, The Caucasus, late 19th Century 186cm x 126cm £300-£500
50 Mahal Carpet, West Persia, circa 1900 370cm x 258cm. £800-£1,200 30
51 Tabriz Carpet, North West Persia, circa 1932 360cm x 255cm. ÂŁ2,000-ÂŁ3,000
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52 Long Karadja Runner, North West Persia, circa 1910 535cm x 104cm. £500-£700
53 Sarab Runner, North West Persia, circa 1880 362cm x 117cm. £500-£700 32
54 Kazak Gallery Runner, The Caucasus, circa 1910 328cm x 130cm. £500-£700
55 Kazak Runner, The Caucasus, late 19th Century 434cm x 122cm £400-£600 thepedestal.com
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56 Pair of Tabriz ‘Haji Jalili’ Rugs, North West Persia, late 19th Century each approximately 166cm x 106cm £1,000-£1,500
57 Tabriz Carpet, North West Persia, circa 1910 362cm x 280cm £1,000-£1,500 34
58 Tabriz Carpet, North West Persia, circa 1930 381cm x 284cm ÂŁ1,200-ÂŁ1,800
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59 A late 17th century black japanned cushion frame mirror Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the rectangular bevelled later plate within a moulded frame and a cushion frame decorated with stylised flowerheads and buildings within landscapes; surmounted by a shaped cresting decorated with a figure on a bridge under a willow tree, 94cm high, 66cm wide. £2,500-£3,000
60 A William and Mary olivewood oyster veneered cushion frame mirror The rectangular bevelled plate within an ogee moulded frame, 77cm high, 65cm wide. £3,000-£5,000
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61 A small William and Mary olivewood oyster veneered and crossbanded lace box With rectangular hinged moulded lid, 26cm wide, 21cm deep, 6cm high. £600-£800
62 A William and Mary cocuswood oyster veneered and sycamore crossbanded lace box Inlaid with concentric circles and lines, with rectangular moulded lid and base, 49cm wide, 41cm deep, 13cm high. £1,200-£1,800
63 A George I walnut crossbanded and featherbanded corner cupboard The cavetto moulded cornice above an arched panelled door enclosing three shelves, on a cavetto moulded base, 66cm wide, 35cm deep, 105cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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64 A William and Mary kingwood oyster veneered cabinet on later stand The moulded cornice above a frieze drawer and a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with geometric patterns of oyster veneers, enclosing a fitted interior comprising of twelve drawers, one with a faux double drawer front around a cupboard door enclosing three short drawers, on an ebonised later stand on bobbin turned legs joined by similar stretchers, 105cm wide, 51cm deep, 162cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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65 A George I black japanned hanging bowfront corner cupboard 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 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
66 A large William and Mary walnut oyster veneered mirror The rectangular later plate within a moulded slip and cushion frame, 81cm high, 69cm wide. £2,500-£3,500
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67 A William and Mary olivewood oyster veneered table cabinet The rectangular moulded edge crossbanded top above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing eleven short drawers of varying size, with a long drawer below with a faux double drawer front, the sides oyster veneered on a moulded plinth base, 54cm wide, 37cm deep, 39cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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68 ¥ A William and Mary kingwood and rosewood oyster veneered chest in the manner of Thomas Pistor The rectangular top inlaid with concentric and radiating circles, above two short and three long graduated drawers, the sides with large oyster veneered medallions, on turned bun feet, 100cm wide, 58cm deep, 94cm high. £8,000-£12,000 There were in fact two cabinet-makers called Thomas Pistor, father and son, working for a period at the same time but at different premises. One or both are known to have made furniture of quality for Levens Hall although the group of kingwood pieces that correspond to the chest offered here do not relate directly to the Levens Hall furniture. From the 4-18 August 1950 Country Life ran a series of articles featuring what was then the recently rebuilt Buxted Park, a house reconstructed by the architect Basil Ionides following a serious fire and in one of the illustrations a kingwood escritoire is visible. Subsequently Christopher Gilbert commented in The Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1660-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.44 that a “highly important kingwood fall-front cabinet inscribed ‘Thomas Pistor, Ludgate Hill, London’, formerly owned by the Hon. Basil Ionides, unfortunately remains untraced. It was amongst the Buxted Park furniture at Sotheby’s, 25 September 1963, lot 168 (withdrawn)…”. The whereabouts of this escritoire remain unknown and further details of how the piece was marked remain uncertain. Although the Buxted Park cabinet is now known only from a part image seen in Hussey’s Country Life article it is notable that the treatment of the side panel appears to be the same as that found on the chest offered here. There was in fact no Sotheby’s sale on this date. A somewhat later sale of the Ionides’ property was held by Sotheby’s, 1 November 1963, in which lot 168 was described as “A William and Mary olivewood secretaire cabinet in richly figured parquetry…”. although no trade label is mentioned. It is nonetheless possible that this is the piece referred to by Christopher Gilbert. Gilbert was amongst the first generation of furniture historians to have begun compiling archives of stamped and labelled furniture leading to the publication of both The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers and Marked London Furniture 1660-1840 (1996). The Buxted cabinets appearance could well have meant that his attention was drawn to it by the furniture department at Sotheby’s while processing the Ionides property.
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69 A George II japanned longcase clock by Samuel Fletcher of Dewsbury Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, on a brown simulated tortoiseshell ground, the pagoda top with later turned brass finials, the arched glazed hood flanked by split pilasters above an arched door and a moulded plinth base, the dial with moonphase in the arch over Roman and Arabic 11 1/2in dial with foliate half hour markers and an engraved silvered dial the centre showing running seconds and date, the weight driven movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, 51cm wide, 26cm deep, 243cm high. ÂŁ1,500-ÂŁ2,000
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70 A George I green japanned standing corner cupboard Highlighted with gilt chinoiseries, the shaped cornice above a panelled door decorated with a deity riding a dragon in the sky above buildings and fleeing figures; enclosing two shaped shelves, the lower part above a panelled door decorated with a hunting scene, enclosing a single shaped shelf flanked by canted angles decorated with leaves, flowers and exotic birds, on a moulded plinth base, 94cm wide, 52cm deep, 192cm high. ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000
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71 A William and Mary walnut and burr walnut crossbanded chest The rectangular figured quarter-veneered top with moulded edge above two short and two long graduated drawers on turned bun feet, 99cm wide, 57cm deep, 87cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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72 A George II walnut and pewter strung chest on chest The upper part with a moulded shaped pierced cresting with stylised eagles head above two short and three long graduated drawers, the lower part with a brushing slide enclosing a ratcheted writing surface and open well with pen tray; above three long graduated drawers and bracket feet, 102cm wide, 54cm deep, 188cm high. Provenance: Christie’s, London, A House on the Wiltshire Downs, 6 March 2008, lot 205 (realised £11,250 including buyer’s premium). Christie’s New York, 9 April 2003, lot 61, (realised $14,340 including buyer’s premium). £6,000-£8,000
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73 A George I walnut gate-leg action card table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rounded rectangular hinged top enclosing a needlework and embroidered trompe l’oeil interior depicting playing cards and coins within a floral embroidered border, on a red ground; above a frieze drawer, on slender cabriole legs and pad feet, with paper label inside drawer CHANCELLOR’S RESIDENCE, HOUSE OF LORDS, SW1, 75cm wide, 31cm deep, 73cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: Presumably in the residence of the Lord Chancellor at some point during the 20th century and possibly before.
74 A George II walnut crossbanded and featherbanded chest The rectangular moulded quarter-veneered top above a slide, two short and three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 89cm wide, 51cm deep, 89cm high. £800-£1,200
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75 A George II carved walnut sofa The rectangular padded back, scroll arms and rectangular padded seat with loose squab cushions in piped and braided green upholstery, on six moulded cabriole legs and pad feet, later back legs, 143cm wide. £3,000-£5,000
76 A George II walnut stool The rectangular padded seat on cabriole legs joined by a block and reel stretcher on pad feet, 62cm wide. £800-£1,200
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77 A George II figured mahogany drop-leaf dining table in the manner of Giles Grendey The oval top with cabriole legs carved with an unusual shell and arrow motif, 142cm wide extended, 126cm deep, 71cm high. £2,000-£3,000 A labelled pad foot dining table by Giles Grendey of this type although with a straight leg is illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.244, pl.441. The carved shell motif was also employed by Grendey, notably on a set of twelve walnut dining chairs with cabriole legs formerly with Christopher Gibbs and illustrated C.Gilbert, ibid, p.242, pl.435.
78 A George II mahogany drop flap gateleg-action side table The hinged oval top above a deep frieze with three short drawers on slender cabriole legs and pad feet, 81cm wide, 77cm deep (extended), 69cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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79 A set of six George II carved mahogany side chairs The shaped top rails overscrolled ears above pierced backs with pierced interlaced splats, the serpentine padded seats, on acanthus carved cabriole legs terminating in acanthus and cabochon carved feet. (6) ÂŁ18,000-ÂŁ22,000 The form of back leg seen on these chairs is thought to indicate a North Country origin, see R.W Symonds, Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, London, 1940, p.10, fig 6 although this attribution does not have any primary evidence in support.
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80 A George I walnut and sycamore seaweed marquetry toilet mirror The shaped rectangular plate within a moulded slip and floral marquetry swing frame within rope-twist inlaid uprights above a serpentine base and shaped drawer, on bracket feet, 43cm wide, 22cm deep, 65cm high. £600-£800
81 A George II carved mahogany stool The rectangular drop-in seat with later needlework, on cabriole legs headed by flowerheads, on trifid feet, possibly Irish, 49cm wide. £800-£1,200
82 A late 18th century needlework of a lady fishing in a glazed later frame Seated beside a stream in a country estate parkland, within a strap-work and foliate border and a later carved and gilt glazed frame, 79cm high, 62cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
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83 A George II carved mahogany low linen press in the manner of Giles Grendey The rectangular moulded top above a pair of shaped moulded panelled doors enclosing five slides, with panelled sides on ogee bracket feet, 121cm wide, 63cm deep, 123cm high. £3,000-£5,000
84 A pair of George II mahogany side chairs The rectangular padded and close-nailed backs and seats upholstered in red and blue floral fabric, on square tapering legs joined by stretchers. (2) £600-£800 thepedestal.com
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85 A pair of George II mahogany side chairs The pierced vase shaped splats surmounted by shaped moulded paper scroll crestings, the drop-in seats upholstered in gold ‘Gainsborough’ silk, the shaped seat-rails with scroll carved cabriole legs and pad feet. (2) £1,500-£2,000
86 A late 19th century George III style mahogany carved wing armchair The serpentine rectangular padded back, side and serpentine seat upholstered and close-nailed in gold fabric, above strapwork, ‘C’ scroll and floral carved arms, above a serpentine shell carved and scrolling acanthus carved seat-rail on cabriole rocaille carved legs and scroll feet, 75cm wide. £1,200-£1,800
87 A George III mahogany tripod table The circular moulded tilt-top above a wreathed shaft on cabriole legs and pointed pad feet, 80cm diameter, 71cm high. £600-£800
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88 A 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. £800-£1,200
89 A George III mahogany chest The rectangular moulded top above four long graduated drawers, on a moulded plinth ogee bracket feet, 89cm wide, 52cm deep, 83cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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90 A George II mahogany triple-fold concertina-action card/tea table The rectangular top with rounded projecting corners above a plain surface and baize lined surface with counter pockets and candle wells, above a later frieze drawer on lapeted slender cabriole legs and pad feet, 85cm wide, 42cm deep, 73cm high £3,000-£4,000
91 A George III mahogany low press cupboard The rectangular moulded top above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four slides above two short and one long drawer, on bracket feet, 119cm wide, 63cm deep, 118cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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92 A late George II Scottish pierced brass fender attributed to David Robertson, circa 1760 Shaped, undulating and moulded with a pierced front decorated with four crichton wyverns amid scrolling foliage and centred by a floral basket, with a gadrooned plinth base, 148cm wide, 36cm deep, 18cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The lot offered here corresponds to the pattern of the steel fender supplied by David Robertson in 1760 to Dumfries House. The fender of this pattern was supplied with a grate, andirons and a set of fire irons and was originally for the Stone Hall but later moved to the Tapestry Room. In the cataloguing for the proposed 2007 Christie’s house sale of the contents of Dumfries House, the suite of chimneypiece fittings was included in the accompanying catalogue as lot 298. The decoration employed on both the fender and the grate was thought to be heraldically charged as was described as ‘...a flowered vase, fretted in it cupid bowed lambrequin apron, is wreathed in rainceaux or picturesque scroll of Roman acanthus and guarded by Dumfries wyverns. The serpents attacked by Crichton heraldic wyverns here represent the symbol of the Roman eagle attacking evil and so signifies ancient Dumfries’ virtue’ It was also suggested that it was conceived to correspond with the armorials on a set of hall chairs (proposed lots 2-4) and Chippendale’s carved giltwood lantern (now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) which both display the Crichton Wyvern. David Robertson is unrecorded except for this work at Dumfries House. Robertson’s bill lists 18 fire-grates supplied for the principal rooms at the house between 1756-1760. The bill totalled £114 18s 6d and also included some locks and keys and the name plate for Lord Dumfries’s town house on Castlehill, Edinburgh.
92a A George III bowed polished steel fender The beaded edge above a pierced leaf frieze applied with roundels and ovals, on a moulded base, 120cm wide. £400-£600
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93 A George III Irish mahogany double chair back settee The undulating scrolling and shell carved top-rail above pierced vase splats and out-swept acanthus carved scrolled arms, on a green velvet and close-nailed stuff over rectangular seat with cabriole acanthus carved legs and claw and ball feet, 145cm wide. £3,000-£5,000
94 A George III figured mahogany bureau-on-stand The sloping fall-front enclosing a fitted interior of seven small drawers and pigeon-holes and with green-leather writing surface, the stand with chamfered legs and pierced corner brackets, 76cm wide, 47cm deep,107cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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95 A George III Irish carved mahogany side table The later rounded rectangular Portor moulded marble top above an undulating scallop shell carved frieze on cabriole ‘C’ scroll, shell and trailing bellflower carved legs and drake feet, 87cm wide, 51cm deep, 75cm high. £7,000-£9,000
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96 A George III Irish carved mahogany bureau cabinet on stand In three parts, the rectangular ogee moulded cornice above a pair of shaped mirrored doors with later plates, flanked by reeded quarter pilasters, enclosing three adjustable shelves and a pair of candle-slides, the middle part with a moulded sloping quarterveneered fall enclosing a leather lined writing surface with central cupboard door flanked by two ‘secret’ drawers, eight shaped pigeonholes and four short drawers; above a frieze drawer, the lower part with central drawer above a shaped kneehole flanked by two deep drawers flanked by reed angles on cabriole ‘C’ scroll, acanthus and flowerhead carved cabriole legs and claw and ball feet, 97cm wide, 55cm deep, 219cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: Stenbury Manor, Godshill, Isle of Wight. Stenbury Manor was probably built by the Pound family in the 16th century, it was added to in the early 18th century by Sir Robert Worsley of Appuldurcombe House who is said to have lived there whilst Appuldurcombe was being rebuilt. Sir Richard was the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet (1726-1768) and Elizabeth (1731-1800), daughter of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery (1707-1762). Richard succeeded to his father’s baronetcy on 23 September 1768. See Christie’s, London, 7 June 2007, lot 21 for another Irish George III mahogany bureau cabinet on stand, circa 1760 (realised £31,200 including buyer’s premium). Another three section bureau cabinet of this form is illustrated in The Knight of Glin and J.Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale 2007, p.249, pl.184.
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97 A George III Irish mahogany carved urn stand The dished circular top above triform moulded supports joined by a turned undertier, on moulded scrolling cabriole legs and lion paw feet, 26cm diameter, 46cm high. £1,000-£1,500
98 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. £3,000-£5,000
99 A small early George III mahogany bureau The rectangular top above a sloping fall enclosing a central door flanked by four pigeonholes and two short drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 63cm wide, 47cm deep, 98cm high. £1,800-£2,200
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100 A small George III mahogany chest on chest The rectangular ogee moulded cornice above a dentil moulded frieze and two short and three long graduated drawer with blind fret carved angles, the lower part with three long graduated drawers on shaped bracket feet, 101cm wide, 55cm deep, 176cm high. £2,500-£3,500
101 An early 19th century Irish mahogany tall chest The rectangular cavetto moulded top above nine graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 69cm wide, 48cm deep, 161cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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102 A George III mahogany blind fret carved serving table after a design by Thomas Chippendale The rectangular moulded top above a blind fret carved frieze on square tapering chamfered and blind fret carved legs with pierced entrelac and ‘C’ scroll corner brackets, on square plinth feet, 140cm wide, 64cm deep, 80cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The design for this table is after an illustration in Thomas Chippendale’s first edition of the Director (1754), plate XXXVI. A similar example with a marble top was sold Christies, London, The English Collector, 14 November 2013, lot 129, which was possibly originally commissioned by John Walker (d.1806) for Compton House, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire (realised £50,000 including buyer’s premium). A another similar example by the Scottish cabinet-maker Alexander Peter was commissioned by William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair for Dumfries House, Ayrshire, (see Christies, Dumfries House: A Chippendale Commission, vol.I, 12 July 2007, lot 71).
103 A George III mahogany carved ‘Gainsborough’ type open armchair The rectangular padded serpentine back, arms and serpentine seat upholstered in cream cotton damask, with out-scrolling arm terminals and square chamfered legs joined by pierced lozenge and quatrefoil fret carved stretchers, 71cm wide, 57cm deep, 100cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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104 A pair of George III mahogany and gilt brass candlesticks The leaf cast and turned nozzles with drip pans above reeded and wreathed stems, on circular turned bases, each 38cm high. (2) £700-£1,000
105 A George III mahogany two-division cutlery tray Of rectangular form with shaped carrying handles to the sides, 48cm wide. £500-£800
106 Miniature Furniture: A George III mahogany tripod table by B.Shepherd The circular tilt-top above a baluster turned shaft on cabriole legs and pad feet, 31cm diameter, 32.5cm high. £400-£600 Beachcroft Shepherd is listed in G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.807 as working at 4 Chandos St, Covent Garden, London from 1793 to 1816. 64
107 A George III carved giltwood mirror in the rococo taste The rectangular shaped later plate with a ‘C’ scroll carved border surmounted by a pierced ‘C’ scroll, acanthus and flowerhead carved cresting centred by a spread eagle, with trailing floral festoons to the sides, with pierced scrolling acanthus and flowerhead carved apron below, re-gilt, 134cm high, 62cm wide. £4,000-£6,000
108 A George III carved giltwood mirror The shaped rectangular later plate with a pierced rocaille carved frame surmounted by a double ‘C’ scroll and acanthus carved cresting with ‘C’ scrolls and trailing fruit and floral chains to the sides above a double ‘C’ scroll and leaf carved apron below, with old paper depository label to the reverse for ‘Fletcher’, regilt, 120cm high, 65cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
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109 A mid-19th century Irish carved mahogany writing table in the manner of Butler of Dublin The rectangular top with gadrooned moulded edge above two frieze drawers with similar opposing drawers, above an undulating shaped apron centred by a shell flanked by ‘C’ scrolls, on shell and lion mask scrolling cabriole legs and pad feet, 121cm wide, 89cm deep, 79cm high. £2,500-£3,500 The Butler firm specialised in reproducing Irish eighteenth century furniture as well as restoring period furniture. See The Knight of Glin, Dublin Directories and Trade Labels, Furniture History 1985 p.262.
110 A small George III mahogany chest/commode The rectangular moulded top above a slide and three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, with recessed castors, the lower drawer integral with the front base moulding and feet, 71cm wide, 42cm deep, 75cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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111 A mid 18th century Irish mahogany carved mule chest on stand The hinged moulded lid enclosing a void interior, above two short apron drawers, the stand with a scrolling apron centred by a shell, on cabriole shell carved legs and lion paw feet, 131cm wide, 63cm deep, 104cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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112 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. £3,000-£5,000
113 A George III Irish carved mahogany gate-leg action card table The rounded rectangular hinged top enclosing a baize lined interior, with four dished oval counter wells and circular moulded candlestands, above a frieze drawer, on cabriole leaf and scroll carved legs and pad feet, 84cm wide, 41cm deep, 70cm high. £3,000-£5,000
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114 A George III plum pudding mahogany linen press possibly by Thomas Chippendale The rectangular cavetto moulded cornice above a pair of rectangular panelled doors enclosing two slides, the lower part above two short and two long graduated drawers on ogee bracket feet, 127cm wide, 60cm deep, 195cm high. ÂŁ1,000-ÂŁ1,500 The above lot corresponds closely to two slightly differing plum pudding mahogany presses supplied by Chippendale and Haig to Sir Edward Knatchbull for Mersham Hatch, Kent in 1767. One press is illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1924-1929, p.168, fig.29 and again in C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p.135, pl.242
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115 A George III mahogany and tulipwood crossbanded linen press The upper part with a moulded cornice above a pair of oval inlaid panelled doors, with chequered stringing, now enclosing a hanging space, the lower part with two (now fixed) short drawers, and two long drawers, on ogee moulded bracket feet, converted,132cm wide, 63cm deep, 203cm high. Provenance: Christie’s, 22 November 2005, Lot 319. £800-£1,000
116 A George III mahogany serpentine chest The rectangular top above three long drawers above a shaped apron on slender outswept line inlaid bracket feet, 115cm wide, 53cm deep, 89cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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117 A George III mahogany blind-fret carved serving table The rectangular top above a blind fret carved frieze with slide to one side, on fluted square chamfered legs headed by pierced corner brackets, 167cm wide, 78cm deep, 90cm high. £2,000-£3,000
118 A George III carved mahogany wing armchair The serpentine top-rail and rectangular padded back with shaped sides and scroll arms above a rectangular padded seat with loose squab cushion, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and claw and ball feet, 80cm wide, 64cm deep, 113cm high. £2,500-£3,500
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119 A George III mahogany bedside commode/chest The rectangular moulded top above four long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, converted, 64cm wide, 44cm deep, 71cm high. £700-£1,000
120 A small George III mahogany chest The rectangular moulded top above a panelled slide and four long graduated drawers on shaped bracket feet, 85cm wide, 50cm deep, 81cm high. £1,200-£1,800
121 A George III mahogany concertina-action tea table The rectangular hinged and moulded top above a plain frieze on square moulded legs, 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 74cm high. £800-£1,200
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122 A set of four George III carved mahogany dining chairs The moulded serpentine top-rails with central carved shell above a pierced vase splat carved with pendant bellflowers above stuff over seats on square moulded chamfered legs and ‘H’ stretchers. (4) £1,000-£1,500
123 A George III tray top Gentleman’s commode The square galleried top with pierced heart-shaped handles, above a curved tambour door and frieze drawer, with flame figured ovals, on square moulded legs, converted, 55cm wide, 49cm deep, 73cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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124 A late 19th/early 20th century painted dummy board of a lady with her dog Standing in 18th century dress wearing a pink and white silk dress, with her spaniel at her feet, 46cm wide, 108cm high. £1,000-£1,500
125 A late George III mahogany and brass bound plate bucket The swing handle above coppered tapering sides, with later brass liner, 36cm diameter, 36cm high. £1,000-£1,500
126 A late George III mahogany and brass bound plate bucket The scrolling swing brass handle above coopered tapering sides, with a later brass liner, 35cm diameter, 38cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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127 A George III mahogany and banded serpentine dressing commode attributed to Gillows The shaped top above a fitted drawer enclosing a sliding baize lined writing surface, enclosing a divided interior with four lidded compartments, above three further long graduated drawers on slender moulded feet, 106cm wide, 65cm deep, 85cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The pattern of this chest conforms to a design for a dressing commode by Gillows of Lancaster, No. 11.108, dated 3.11.1789, made by Thomas Briscoe for the London shop (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs from 1760 to 1800, plate 117). It is described in their Estimate Sketch Book as having a ‘framed back’ and ‘a slide on the top drawer, covered with green cloth’, both features of the lot offered here.The elegant outswept feet, referred to by Gillows as ‘rench’ feet, and a triple-panelled backboard are also features associated with the firm. A closely related example, stamped Gillows, but with a more modest bowfront (see L. Boynton, ibid., plate 118), was sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 24 May 2011, lot 317. For further related serpentine-fronted example attributed to Gillows, see Bonhams, London 11 March 2015, lot 95; and Sotheby’s, London 15 May 2014, lot 308.
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128 A small George III mahogany, burr yew and kingwood banded serpentine side cabinet in the manner of Ince and Mayhew The moulded edge shaped top above a cupboard door with four simulated drawer fronts enclosing two shelves flanked by canted uprights on short ring turned legs and moulded feet, 74cm wide, 46cm deep, 90cm high. £2,500-£3,500
129 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) £1,000-£1,500 76
130 A George III carved mahogany secretaire bookcase attributed to Gillows The rectangular ogee and dentil moulded cornice above a pair of octagonal astragal glazed doors enclosing three shelves and four short drawers all with divided interiors, the lower part with rectangular moulded top above a panelled secretaire drawer enclosing a central cupboard door with inlaid stellar flanked by fluted ‘secret’ drawers, four shaped pigeonholes and two long and six short drawers; above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four divided drawers and a slide on shaped bracket feet, 119cm wide, 56cm deep, 221cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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131 A small late George III mahogany bowfront dressing table The rectangular moulded top with shaped three-quarter gallery above a frieze drawer and an arched kneehole flanked by two short drawers on square tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 76cm wide, 45cm deep, 88cm high. £1,500-£2,000
132 A George III carved mahogany longcase clock by George Monk of Prescot The scrolling swan-neck carved pediment with later flame finials above an arched glazed door flanked by double Corinthian carved columns to each side, above a scrolling acanthus and flowerhead carved frieze, with a shaped quarter-veneered flame figured door flanked by Corinthian column pilasters on scrolling leaf supports, the flowerhead carved and moulded panelled plinth base with acanthus leaf carved chamfered angles on ogee bracket feet, the dial previously painted, now with applied silvered chapter ring and engraved centre signed G Monk, Prescot, the anchor escapement with rack strike on a bell, South Lancashire, 254cm high, 55cm wide, 24cm deep. £2,000-£3,000
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133 A pair of late George III satinwood carved open armchairs attributed to John Linnell The oval backs above padded out scrolled arms and moulded arm supports, above serpentine stuffover seats on reeded turned tapering legs and lobed turned feet. (2) £4,000-£6,000 The above lot with their tapering legs and reeded toupie feet relates to the treatment of the legs on Linnell’s bedroom suite provided to the 5th Earl of Carlisle for Castle Howard circa 1780 and illustrated in P.Kirkham & H.Hayward, William and John Linnell, London 1980, p.49, pl.98. These chairs also display the characteristic moulded terminal where the arm is joined to the side seat rail which is also seen on satinwood furniture supplied to Robert Child at Osterley Park, 1779-1780 also illustrated Kirkham & Hayward, ibid., p.48, pl.97. This terminal is seen on other seat furniture attributed to Linnell including a mahogany open armchair sold Bonhams, London, 21 November 2012, lot 85.
134 A George III satinwood octagonal tripod table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The top on a wreathed shaft on hipped reeded downswept legs and scroll feet, 41cm diameter, 65cm high. £2,500-£3,500
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135 A George III style white painted hump back sofa Upholstered and close-nailed in cream fabric, the serpentine padded back, scrolled arms and rectangular seat, on square tapering legs, with loose squab cushion, 203cm wide. £600-£1,000
136 A George III carved and painted long stool The rectangular padded and close-nailed seat above a riband moulded seat-rail on stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by paterae on spool feet, 98cm wide, 41cm deep, 44cm high. £600-£800
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137 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) £4,000-£6,000 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.
138 A George III carved mahogany urn stand The square top with plain gallery above a slide and shell carved slender cabriole moulded legs and scroll feet, 29cm square, 68cm high. £1,200-£1,800 An almost identical urn stand was exhibited in the C.I.N.O.A International Art Treasures Exhibition of 1962, see plate 82 of the accompanying guide. A closely related urn stand with a blind fret gallery is illustrated in F.Lewis Hinckley, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Regency Furniture, London 1990, p.41, pl. 20.
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139 A late George III mahogany settee Upholstered in a floral chintz on cream, the rectangular padded back and downswept sides with reeded scroll arm terminals on baluster supports, the rectangular seat with loose squab cushion seat, on four ring turned tapering front legs with brass cappings and castors, the four rear legs of square section form; with castors, 182cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
140 A George III satinwood and polychrome painted serpentine window seat in the manner of Seddon, Son & Shackleton The shaped padded seat on square tapering legs painted with anthemion, trailing vine leaves and grapes, on spade feet, 117cm wide. £1,500-£2,000
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141 ¥ 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. £5,000-£8,000 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.
142 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) £3,000-£5,000 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. For a further related pair, most likely from the same workshop, see Christie’s, 17 October 2003, lot 273.
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143 An early 20th century carved wood and composition lamp base in the form of a Mandarin male figure with shade Decorated in red and black and heightened in gilt, the seated moustachioed and bearded figure holding a book in his right hand, 75cm high (excluding shade). £600-£800
144 A small George III mahogany and crossbanded serpentine commode attributed to Henry Hill of Marlborough Inlaid with boxwood lines, the shaped top above a brushing slide above two deep graduated drawers, on slender outswept bracket feet, 80cm wide, 49cm deep, 75cm high. £3,000-£5,000 This form of English commode in the French manner often decorated in marquetry was until more recent decades traditionally attributed to the London workshop of the emigre French cabinet-maker Pierre Langlois. More restrained mahogany examples have been linked to the workshops of St Martin’s Lane cabinet-maker John Cobb (d.1778) and the Marlborough Cabinet-maker Henry Hill. Lucy Wood discusses Hill’s group of French style commodes in Furniture for Lord Delaval: Metropolitan and Provincial, Furniture History, 1990, p.206, fig.24. A related commode attributed to Henry Hill with a three drawer arrangement was sold Christie’s London, The Gothick Pavillion - A Private Collection from Belgravia, 26 January 2011, lot 105.
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Buxted Park, Sussex, before the fire of 1940 and the removal of the upper storey 145 ¥ A George III tulipwood, rosewood crossbanded, purplewood and sycamore marquetry bowfront dressing commode attributed to Mayhew and Ince Inlaid with boxwood lines, the shaped rectangular quarter-veneered top inlaid with a large central oval radiating fan paterae flanked by floral sprays within rectangular panels, above two short bowed drawers, the top drawer previously fitted; flanked by two deep drawers inlaid with oval panels of Diana and Erato; above two long drawers, with quarter-veneered sides, on square tapering legs inlaid with riband tied bell flower chains, and spade feet, 112cm wide, 56cm deep, 87cm high. £40,000-£60,000 Provenance: The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) forming part of the furnishings of the Saloon at Buxted Park, Sussex. Thence by direct descent to the vendor. Selected from the chattels at Buxted Park by Mrs Ionides’ beneficiaries and not included in the subsequent Sotheby’s auctions. The commode is listed amongst the articles being retained in the valuation prepared by Waltons, Bright & Co., 101 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.1 in 1963. Saloon “An important Adam marquetry and tulipwood commode of rare design, the front with two deep drawers, each with an oval pearwood medallion inlaid with figures emblematic of hunting and music, the bow fronted centre portion with two short and two long drawers, the top with a finely shaded fan medallion and the panelled sides, with delicate flowerhead and leaf motifs.” Valued for probate £2500 When the Saloon was photographed by Country Life in 1950, the only image taken was of the south end of the Saloon and subsequently does not feature the commode.The schedule provided by Waltons, Bright & Co does include other furniture in the Saloon being retained by the beneficiaries which included the marquetry breakfast table in the foreground and the cylinder bureau visible in the window (see image on page 89 of this catalogue).
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The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) photographed with her favourite pet poodle Cliquot
Nellie Ionides Nellie Ionides was the daughter of Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853-1927) Chairman and co-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. Nellie was first married in 1902 to Major Walter Henry Levy (d.1923) and in 1930 married the noted architect Basil Ionides. The couple were introduced by the furniture historian Margaret Jourdain who recommended Ionides to decorate Nellie Levy’s London townhouse at 49 Berkeley Square West. Buxted Park Built by Thomas Medley circa 1725 and passed to the 3rd Earl of Leicester in the early 19th century, Buxted Park was acquired by Nellie and Basil Ionides in 1930. The couple used the house to showcase their now celebrated collection which comprised 18th century and Regency furniture, paintings, oriental and Meissen porcelain, enamels and clocks. In early 1940 a fire destroyed much of the contents of Buxted including pieces that had been removed from Berkeley Square and wartime London to the safety of Buxted, amongst the losses were two important works by Zoffany. The couple set about re-building Buxted and in his three part article for Country Life in 1950 (VOL CVIII) Christopher Hussey wrote that Buxted was a: ‘reincarnated phoenix, though docked, on its crest, endowed with a new and ingenious tail, and decked with plumage that is, preforce, borrowed, can be pronounced an even more interesting and attractive bird than the late lamented’. In her will Nellie Ionides left Chinese porcelain to the V&A Museum, the British Museum and to Brighton Pavilion. She also left her other London property Riverside House and the adjoining property, the Octagon Room (all that was remaining of Orleans House) to the people of Twickenham, where her collection of topographical paintings and prints of Thameside, Twickenham and Richmond remain on permanent display. Nellie and Basil Ionides are undoubtedly considered to be amongst the most prominent and significant 20th century British collectors of the decorative arts.
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The Saloon at Buxted Park photographed by Country Life in 1950
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Engraving by Bernard Picart for Philip von Stosch’s ‘Gemmae Antiquae Caelatae’ (1724)
Detail - The Muse Erato The Ionides Commode The distinctive and unusual drawer configuration and outline seen on the Ionides commode clearly links it to the George III harewood and marquetry, bowfront commode attributed to Mayhew and Ince and formerly at Kinross House, Kinross-shire and acquired for either Kinross House or Stobo Castle, Peebleshire, sold Christie’s, London, 17 November 2016, lot 38 and illustrated in Thomas Hannah, Famous Scottish Houses, London, 1928, p.111. The two commodes share the same outline and the illusion of short cross banded drawers to the flat fronted end sections of the commode. The Kinross commode was acquired by either James Montgomery (1720-1803) or by George Graham (1730-1801) and has been attributed to Mayhew and Ince, as it clearly relates to a pair of commodes attributed to Mayhew & Ince and supplied to Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), for the Book Room at Broadlands, Hampshire (Lucy Wood, Lady Lever - A Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p. 214, pls. 202-4). The similarities between the Broadlands commodes and the more restrained Kinross commode include the use of a similarly crossbanded harewood ground; the arrangement of bell-flowers in the marquetry and the use of ebonised edge-mouldings. Contemporary accounts and letters survive documenting Mayhew and Ince’s extensive work for Lord Palmerston before 1797, at both Broadlands and 22 Hanover Square, London (G. Beard & C. Gilbert, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 596). The neo-classical style which was adopted by the leading London cabinet makers from the late 1760s was influenced by French design and the published works of architects such as Delafosse and Gilles-Maris Oppenord. The transition to the neo-classical was cemented by the publication of Robert and James Adam’s Works in Architecture (1773) featuring Adam’s work at Kenwood (1768-71) and Osterley Park (1767-80). Mayhew and Ince’s skill enabled the firm to remain at the vanguard of fashionable furniture production. The panels on the Ionides commode are emblematic of music and hunting and are typical of the classical subjects often selected as decoration for the most sophisticated commodes of the period. The music panel depicting the muse Erato is based on a gem engraved by Bernard Picart for Philip von Stosch’s Gemmae Antiquae Caelatae (1724), pl.VII. This engraving was an established source for marquetry designs and the Erato engraving is also the source for a panel attributed to Christopher Fuhrlogh in L. Wood, ibid., No.10, p117. 90
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The distinctive oval drop handle handles with an independent paterae centre are of a type traditionally associated with Gillows of Lancaster and London and are often used in the attribution of works to the firm. This form of handle seems to have been introduced around 1786 and Susan Stuart points out that they would not have been exclusive to Gillows. There is reference to Richard Gillow trying to obtain stock of these handles in 1787 when he contacted the Birmingham brass founder John Clarke of Messrs Clarke & Son to obtain supplies. Richard Gillow’s letter to Clarke suggests that if they don’t have them that ‘we beg you procure them’ making it clear that other manufacturers produced this handle. Gillow are also known to have obtained this type of handle from Wareham, Potts & Smith of Birmingham, see S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Suffolk, 2008. There was indeed likely to have been some form of relationship between Mayhew and Ince and Gillows which remains unsubstantiated. In 1769 the initial Gillow operations in London were instigated by the London journeymen James and Thomas Gillow whose work included disseminating information regarding London fashions back to their cousins in Lancaster. The early Gillow operations in London were focussed around billiard tables which Thomas Gillow obtained from the Lancaster firm and sold on commission. Thomas Gillow lodged with a man called Cuerdon at the Lock & Hinges in Marshall Street, three doors away from Mayhew and Ince and it is recorded that Thomas Gillow was sent to Mayhew and Ince to check on what price they were charging for their billiard tables, see S. Stuart, ibid., p.55. The more unusual and luxurious choice of a dramatic tulipwood ground is characteristic of Mayhew and Ince’s leaning towards more exotic timbers. Tulipwood was described by Thomas Sheraton in The Cabinet Dictionary (1803) as: ‘A finely variegated, hard East India wood, in great repute amongst cabinet-makers, for cross banding. The stripes of it are variegated like a tulip of a fine bluish red, and farish white: hence its name, tulip wood. The trees of tulip wood seldom run more than 5 inches wide and 4 feet long; in point of weight, it is hardly inferior to any. The beauty of this wood soon decays, when it is exposed to sun; to prevent which, all work, in which it is used, ought to be varnished’.
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146 A George III mahogany framed settee in the Hepplewhite taste The serpentine padded back, arms and bowed seat with scrolling downswept moulded show arms, on square tapering moulded legs, with square brass cappings and castors, 166cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
147 A Sheraton Revival satinwood, tulipwood crossbanded and sycamore marquetry card table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged top enclosing a baize above a plain frieze on square tapering legs headed by paterae, on spade feet, 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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148 A pair of late George III mahogany bedside cupboards Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, each with rectangular moulded tops with shaped superstructures and single shelves, above a pair of cupboard doors with inlaid ovals, on square tapering legs and spade feet, very slight differences, 38cm wide, 35cm deep, 96cm high. (2) ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000
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149 A pair of late 19th century Chippendale Gothick style open armchairs The serpenting scrolling top-rails above pierced arched splats and shaped outswept arms, on drop-in seats and square chamfered legs with pierced spandrels. (2) £800-£1,200
150 A large George III mahogany carved reading open armchair The square moulded rail back with a leaf moulded tablet carved top-rail, above out-swept scrolling arms with brass sockets and moulded arm supports, with a square stuff over buttoned and close-nailed seat upholstered in red leather, on square tapering legs joined by cross stretchers, with brass capping and castors, 79cm wide. £2,500-£3,500
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151 A George III carved mahogany silver/centre table The shaped rectangular moulded top with moulded spindle gallery above a leaf moulded frieze on cabriole chamfered legs headed by scrolling acanthus carved angles, joined by a pierced scrolling leaf stretcher, on moulded feet, with small brass castors, 91cm wide, 60cm deep, 118cm high. ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000
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152 ¥ A George III satinwood, rosewood crossbanded, purplewood, burr yew and sycamore marquetry card table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged top inlaid with a radiating fan enclosing a baize lined interior above a simulated fluted frieze on stopfluted turned tapering legs and turned feet, 92cm wide, 45cm deep, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000
153 ¥ A Regency rosewood four-division Canterbury The slatted division with turned finials above a pair of sycamore scrolling leaf and shell inlaid apron drawers, on brass turned cappings and castors, 51cm wide, 39cm deep, 60cm high. £2,000-£3,000
154 A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs The shaped moulded rectangular backs with central oval panels above bowed moulded seats on ring turned tapering legs and spool feet. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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155 ¥ A large Regency rosewood and partridgewood crossbanded sofa table attributed to Gillows Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rounded rectangular hinged top above a pair of frieze drawers with the same arrangement of opposing drawers, on standard end supports and downswept legs joined by a curved stretcher, on square brass cappings and castors, 102cm wide, 83cm deep, 69cm high. £5,000-£10,000 The present lot is similar to a pair of sofa tables supplied by Gillows for Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire in 1803. A rosewood and inlaid sofa table of closely related design sold Sotheby’s London, 13 January 2009, lot 181. A table of this pattern was also originally supplied to the Lords Brownlow, Belton, Lincolnshire, sold Christie’s, New York, 17 October 2003, lot 176. A very similar table can been seen in the Mallett Yearbook 2006, p. 52.
156 A Regency mahogany bergère Inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular leaf moulded caned back above padded leather and close-nailed arms, caned sides, carved arm terminals and ring turned supports, above a rectangular seat on ring turned tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 64cm wide. £1,200-£1,800
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157 A Regency mahogany scroll end hall bench The rectangular seat with scroll ends and applied turned roundels, on ring turned tapering legs and spool feet, 152cm wide. £1,000-£1,500
158 ¥ A Regency rosewood and crossbanded secretaire chiffonier Inlaid with ebonised lines and satinwood bands, the rectangular top with double shelved superstructure with turned brass supports, above a secretaire drawer enclosing a tooled leather lined writing surface five pigeon-holes and seven drawers with ivory knop finials above a pair of panelled doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, on turned feet, 84cm wide, 35cm deep, 145cm high. £1,500-£2,000
159 A George IV mahogany cheval dressing mirror The rectangular plate hung between ring-turned uprights with acorn finials, the down-swept legs with brass castors, 79.5cm wide,174cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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160 A late 18th century reverse glass painting of a British General Wearing a red jacket, blue sash and ermine in a woodland setting within a gilt leaf carved and sanded slip and ebonised moulded rectangular frame, 48cm high, 37cm wide. £600-£800
161 A Regency mahogany cheese coaster With two divisions and applied roundels on a square base, 44cm wide. £500-£700
162 A pair of late 18th century rectangular lead planters Each with beaded panelled sides with scrolling acanthus and paterae decoration in the Adam style, 102cm wide, 33cm deep, 23cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
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163 ¥ A pair of late Victorian fiddleback mahogany, satinwood banded and rosewood crossbanded Pembroke tables by Gillows of Lancaster Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, each with octagonal hinged tops above a frieze drawer on square tapering legs with square brass cappings and castors, both stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER to drawer edges and L23433 to the undersides of the drawers, each 97cm wide, 75cm deep, 71cm high. (2) £2,500-£3,500 See S.Stuart, Gillows, Labels and Stamps 1770-1960, Regional Furniture 1998, p66 which indicates that these tables were in production from 1889 to 1890.
164 A Regency satinwood and ebonised console table Inlaid with ebony lines, the rectangular top above a moulded frieze on ring turned and stop-fluted tapering front legs with stile rear legs, on a rectangular plinth base, 84cm wide, 32cm deep, 91cm high. £2,500-£3,500
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165 A large George III white painted and parcel-gilt three seater sofa in the manner of Gillows The padded back within a moulded and beaded frame, with shaped padded sides, the upholstered seat with a beaded seat-rail on four fluted tapering legs with two similar back legs and two plain tapering legs to the centre back, 190cm wide. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000 A closely related sofa of nearly identical design and construction, lacking the beaded decoration, is in the collection of the National Trust at Belton House (NT 434792).
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166 A late George III mahogany concertina-action extending dining table attributed to Thomas Butler Including three leaves of a later date, the rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above lobed tapering removable legs headed by brass and fluted collars, 302cm wide, 118cm deep, 74cm high. £3,000-£5,000 The table offered here operates on the same mechanism, features detachable legs and has similar moulded slender baluster legs to the table bearing Butlers Patent label and the address of 14 Catherine St, Strand, London which was sold Christie’s London, 10 April 1986, lot 164 and is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1660-1840, Leeds 1996, p.129, pl.174. Thomas Butler was originally in partnership with Edward Johnson at Catherine Street but after a dispersal sale at Christie’s London on 28 March 1787 he continued to trade under his own name. He operated a sizeable workshop and was the principal rival to the firm of Morgan & Sanders, specialising in patent furniture although he took out no patents of his own. He specialised in several types of extending dining tables, bedsteads, cots and chairs that converted into bedsteads. A suriving handbill for the firm records Butler being ‘Manufacturer of the Patent Articles to the King & Queen, their Royal High-nesses the Duke of York and Princesses’, see C. Gilbert, ibid., p.20
167 A Regency mahogany side cabinet The moulded rectangular slightly inverted breakfront top above a pair of panel doors inset with gilt metal grilles and pleated silk panels enclosing a shelf, flanked by moulded tapering tableted uprights, on carved lion’s paw feet, 126cm wide, 43cm deep, 79cm high. £2,000-£3,000 102
168 A George IV mahogany inverted bowfront dressing table by Gillows of Lancaster The rectangular top with rounded projecting corners and three-quarter gallery with reeded edges above a central bowed frieze drawer flanked by single drawers to each side and cupboard doors, each enclosing a shelf in turn flanked by fluted ring turned legs and feet with brass cappings and castors, 139cm wide, 50cm deep, 85cm high. £4,000-£5,000 An almost identical dressing table is part of the collection of the Judges Lodgings Museum in Lancaster and is stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER and was part of the furnishings of the Judge’s Lodging when it became a Museum, see S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Suffolk 2008, pp.332-3.
169 A Regency mahogany three-division Canterbury attributed to Gillows The curved horizontal splats above a frieze drawer on ring turned legs, with brass cappings and castors, 46cm wide, 36cm deep, 50cm high. £800-£1,200 The present lot is virtually identical to a design for a Canterbury executed in 1793, which features in the Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, pl. 994, City of Westminster Archives, for a similar four-division Canterbury stamped Gillows see Bonhams, London 4 November 2015, lot 225.
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170 ¥ A late Victorian satinwood, rosewood crossbanded and sycamore marquetry cylinder bureau, after a model by Mayhew & Ince Inlaid with purplewood bands and ebonised lines, the curved roll top above a gilt tooled leather lined slide enclosing six pigeonholes and six short drawers; above a pair of short drawers inlaid with scrolling acanthus and double-headed eagles, flanked by twin-handled urns, the sides inlaid with similar urns, scrolling acanthus and marquetry ovals of Diana and Ceres, the reverse with an oval of Neptune, on square tapering legs with brass castors, 86cm wide, 69cm deep, 92cm high. £3,000-£5,000 The above lot can be directly compared with an 18th century example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see F.Lewis Hinckley, The More Significant Georgian Furniture, New York 1989, pl 50, no.118) and another sold Christies, London 27 November 2013, lot 79. 104
171 A pair of early 19th century Blue John, gilt bronze mounted and marble candlesticks The stiff leaf and engine turned nozzles with drip-pans above urn shaped bodies, on lobed and turned square bases, one damaged, each 28cm high. (2) £3,000-£5,000 172 An early 19th century Blue John, marble and Ashford black marble vase in the form of a classical urn The ovoid body with knopped finial on turned socle and marble and Blue John stepped square base, reduced in height at the stem, 34cm high. £4,000-£6,000
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173 ÂĽ A Regency mahogany library bookcase attributed to Gillows The rectangular ogee moulded cornice with rosewood banding above a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing a divided interior of six adjustable shelves, the lower part above a pair of brass grille panelled doors enclosing two shelves (one later), on turned feet, 167cm wide, 44cm deep, 212cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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174 A set of four Regency mahogany hall chairs The curved moulded backs with central circular medallions painted with a crest of a dolphin with a barber’s pole, on curved moulded seat and ring turned tapering legs and spool feet. (4) £3,000-£5,000
175 A Regency mahogany four-tier waterfall bookcase Inlaid with ebonised bands, the serpentine three-quarter gallery above graduated shelves and shaped sides, above two apron drawers on square tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 67cm wide, 31cm deep, 132cm high. £1,500-£2,500
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176 A Regency mahogany four-tier waterfall bookcase The rectangular top with later pierced three-quarter gallery above four graduated shelves on slender outswept bracket feet, 98cm wide, 30cm deep, 127cm high. £1,000-£1,500
177 A Regency mahogany bergère The rectangular moulded back above padded part caned padded arms, with baluster turned arm supports above rectangular caned seat, with baluster turned arm supports on ring turned legs with brass cappings and castors, 61cm wide. £1,200-£1,800 178 ¥ A Regency figured rosewood tripod table The rectangular top above a spiral column with downswept legs and brass ball feet, 45cm wide, 44cm deep, 76.5cm high. £800-£1,200 179 ¥ A Regency rosewood and mahogany banded drop-flap work table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rounded rectangular hinged top above three short drawers with opposing simulated drawers, on standard end supports on down-swept legs with square brass cappings and castors, 82cm wide, 56cm deep, 68cm high. £1,500-£2,000 180 A George IV oak carved drop-flap work table The rounded rectangular top above a drawer and simulated beaded drawer with an opposing arrangement of drawers above a sliding silk work bag, on acanthus carved lyre-end supports joined by a stretcher on moulded leaf carved scrolling feet, with castors, 81cm wide (extended), 56cm deep, 73cm high. £1,500-£2,000 108
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181 ¥ A George IV amboyna and rosewood carved writing table The rounded rectangular top above two frieze drawers, one with a moulded tablet, with opposing simulated drawers, on acanthus leaf carved and turned end supports and egg and dart carved moulded plinth bases, with lion paw feet and castors, 138cm wide, 66cm deep, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000
182 A Regency plum pudding mahogany circular breakfast table in the manner of William Trotter The mouded edge tilt-top on a foliate carved turned shaft and quadripartite base with hipped acanthus carved out-swept legs and feet with foliate cast cappings and castors, probably Scottish, 130cm diameter, 76cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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183 ¥ An unusual Regency rosewood, crossbanded and amboyna banded kidney-shaped sofa table The shaped top above a concave frieze drawer, with simulated drawer to the reverse, on standard end supports on downswept scrolling legs joined by a block and reel turned stretcher, on lion paw feet and recessed castors, 125cm wide, 59cm deep, 72cm high. £2,500-£3,500
184 A Regency mahogany carved and simulated bamboo fourtier what-not The square tiers withing ring turned mouldings an uprights, on scroll and bun feet, 30cm square, 136cm high. £3,000-£4,000
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185 A large George IV mahogany stool in the manner of Gillows The rectangular padded and buttoned seat upholstered and close-nailed in mid brown leather on lobed turned legs, with cappings and castors, 157cm wide. £1,500-£2,000 186 A Regency ebonised and gilt bronze mounted chiffonier attributed to John McLean The upper part with a pierced gilt brass three-quarter gallery and banded top above four drawers, the rectangular top above a frieze drawer centred by a satyr mask and flanked by applied gilt bronze moulded panels, on ring turned tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 74cm wide, 43cm deep, 111cm high. £2,000-£3,000 The above bonheur du jour displays several decorative features that repeat in McLean’s output. A related bonheur du jour with a differing superstructure was offered at Christie’s London, 7 July 1988, lot 25 and is possibly the example also illustrated by S.Redburn in John Mclean & Son, Furniture History Society Journal, 1978, pl.40A. The same grille pattern on the superstructure of the lot offered here is used again on a similar chevret table illustrated in Redburn, ibid., pl.37B. The satyr mount was used repeatedly by the firm and features on many pieces from the group attributed to them. Thomas Sheraton’s, The Cabinet Dictionary of 1803 lists McLean & sons among the foremost English cabinet-makers of the period, and it is some indication of the esteem in which they were held that Sheraton himself made use of one of their designs for a ‘pouch table’, which he illustrated in the Dictionary, (pl.65), remarking that, ‘The design... was taken from one executed by Mr M’Lean in Mary-le-bone street, near Tottenham court road, who finishes small articles in the neatest manner’. McLean and Son was established in London around 1770, trading from premises in Little Newport Street, Leicester Square up until 1783. By 1790 the firm had moved to 55 Upper Marylebone Street, expanding to occupy premises in both Pancras Street and Upper Terrace and continuing to trade until 1825.
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187 A 19th century mahogany butlers tray Of oval hinged form with pierced carrying handles, 65cm wide, 53cm deep, 12cm high. £500-£800 188 A George IV maple and bird’s eye maple armchair The ball and spindle-turned gallery above a caned seat with fitted buttoned-leather squab, on tapering facetted legs with brass cappings and castors, the seat rail stamped TK. £1,500-£2,500 189 ¥ A Regency figured mahogany and rosewood crossbanded dome-top deed box on stand Inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular top with swing brass handle above a drawer enclosing four adjustable divisions, with carrying handles to the sides, the moulded stand with frieze drawer on square tapering legs with square brass cappings and castors, 46cm wide, 32cm deep, 84cm high. £1,000-£1,500 190 A George IV goncalo alves open armchair by Robert Lawson for Gillows of Lancaster The acanthus carved scrolling top-rail applied with paterae above a panelled bar back on downswept arms and fluted arm supports, above a padded stuff-over seat and paterae carved seat-rail, on fluted turned tapering legs and spool feet, stamped GILLOWS.LANCASTER and signed R.Lawson in pencil, 53cm wide. £400-£600 Robert Lawson is listed in the 1834-1839 PL (344/79, pp.46, 110) and with twenty-four other workmen in Gillows’ payroll in 1835, see S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Vol II, p.254. 191 ¥ A William IV rosewood lyre end work table attributable to Gillows The rectangular top with beaded edge above two drawers to each side, on spindle turned lyre-end supports, on cabriole leaf carved legs and scroll feet with castors, the sliding frame for a work bag existing, but fixed closed, 68cm wide, 48cm deep, 74cm high. £1,200-£1,800 With similarities to a work table featured on the cover of S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Vol II.
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192 A set of George III mahogany Gothick two-tier hanging wall shelves The moulded graduating shelves with pierced and shaped pierced fret-work sides, 69cm wide, 26cm deep, 94cm high. £800-£1,200
193 A 19th century gilt bronze standard lamp in the manner of Thomas Hope The circular egg and dart and leaf cast top above a reeded and leaf cast stem and tripartite base with hipped cabriole legs and paw feet on platform base, 126cm wide. £800-£1,200
194 A set of Regency mahogany library steps The two leather lined treads on ring turned baluster turned supports and legs on spool feet, stamped to the underside 3174, 50cm wide, 50cm deep, 48cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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195 A Regency black painted plaster classical female figural lamp by Henry Hopper Of a standing semi-clad classical maiden holding a flaming glass torchere, signed to the reverse ‘Pub July 4 1808, H.Hopper, Sculp, London, now fitted for electricity, the shade replaced, 136cm high. £1,000-£1,500
196 A pair of Regency black tôleware chestnut urns and covers Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the dome lids with gilt knops above ogee form bodies with scrolling twin handles on spreading stems and octagonal bases, one with a BADA export label, each 25cm wide, 28cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
197 A Regency mahogany, ebonised and gilt brass bracket clock by Sibbald, London The rectangular stepped top with gilt bronze pineapple finial, the white enamelled Roman dial within a hinged brass glazed bezel door and gilt brass quadrants, the twin-gut fusee movement with rack strike and anchor escapement, with cornocopiae brass ring handles to the sides, with ebonised ripple mouldings, on a plinth base, with ball feet, 30cm wide, 16cm deep, 50cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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198 A Regency carved mahogany settee in the manner of Gillows The rectangular padded back, arms and seat upholstered in gold damask, with fluted turned arm supports and reeded seat-rail on ring turned tapering fluted legs headed by paterae, on brass cappings and castors, 185cm wide. £1,500-£2,000
199 A large early Victorian carved mahogany wine cooler Of sarcophagus form, the octagonal hinged lid with grape and vine carved knop finial enclosing a divided interior for twenty bottles, above grape and vine applied carved angles, on scroll feet and castors, 75cm wide, 59cm deep, 55cm high. £800-£1,200
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200 ¥ A Victorian rosewood kidney-shaped desk attributed to Gillows The shaped top with tooled red leather writing surface and shaped pierced brass gallery, the central concave frieze drawer with ratcheted leather writing surface above a recessed kneehole flanked by a pair of panelled cupboard doors enclosing four short drawers on a plinth base, with two shelves to the rear, on recessed castors, 141cm wide, 67cm deep, 73cm high. £15,000-£20,000 The kidney shaped desk in this form was a popular Gillow’s model from the middle years of the 19th century although the model was produced to a lesser extent by other firms such as Holland & Sons and Hindley & Sons. The model is derived from a design published in Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, London 1802, pl.58. The design relates to an entry in the Gillow Estimate Sketch Book (1840) for An Oak Pedestal and Kidney Table supplied to Ferguson & Co. An example by Gillows and signed by W.J Barrow was sold Christie’s London 13 November 1997, lot 174. Further unsigned desks sold Sotheby’s London 30 November 2001, lot 126, 29 November 2000, lot 97 and 30 November 2001, lot 126.
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201 ¥ An early Victorian walnut, amboyna and rosewood banded library table by Bell & Coupland of Lancaster and Preston The rounded rectangular top with bead and reel carved moulded edge above two frieze drawers, on turned lobed end supports joined by a lobed and turned stretcher, on cabriole moulded scroll legs and acanthus carved feet, with recessed castors, stamped to one drawer BELL & COUPLAND, 129cm wide, 65cm deep, 73cm high. £1,800-£2,200 The overall design and quality of construction seen in the table offered here mirror the output of the Gillow firm, one of the leading 19th century manufacturers also based in Lancaster. Peter Booth Bell was a junior partner in the firm of John Lodge, Joseph Gunson and Peter Booth Bell, cabinet makers and upholsterers of Lancaster and Preston. Sometime in the 1840s Richard Coupland joined the firm and they traded as Bell & Coupland continuing to trade from premises in Preston and large premises in Lancaster up until 1913. Booth died in 1872 and Coupland in 1884. See S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Suffolk 2008, pp.217-18
202 A William IV maple, ebony and purplewood crossbanded and marquetry tea table in the manner of George Bullock The rounded rectangular swivel top above a scrolling frieze with stylised hop leaves and flowerheads on a turned stiff leaf carved and turned shaft on quadripartite base, with acanthus leaf and paterae carved feet, with castors, 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high. £2,500-£3,500
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203 A late Victorian mahogany and brass bound stick stand The moulded rim above a cylindrical body with ring lion mask handles to the sides, on a moulded base, with liner, 27cm diameter, 63cm high. £500-£800
204 An early 19th century polychrome stained glass armorial panel in a later framed light box The arched panel with Gothic cresting above the motto, ‘Domine in virtute tua’ above a knights helmet, a boar’s head and a shield, within a rectangular framed box with light fitting, 112cm high, 49.6cm wide. £500-£800
205 A set of early Victorian polished steel and gilt brass fire irons Comprising poker, a pierced shovel and a pair of tongs, with foliate cast handles on spirally turned stems, the shovel 79cm wide. (3) £600-£800
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206* A set of three late Victorian carved mahogany bergère chairs by Howard & Sons Ltd The scoop backs, sides and bowed seats upholstered and close-nailed in green leather, on downswept arms and square tapering legs with spade feet, all stamped 7374 and 7441 HOWARD & SONS LTD, BERNER’S ST, 62cm wide. (3) £1,200-£1,800
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208 An early Victorian oak carved centre table in the rococo style The brèche violette veined rectangular moulded marble top above an egg and dart carved edge and a moulded frame on cabriole scrolling acanthus and ‘C’ scroll carved moulded legs with scroll and octagonal block feet, 109cm wide, 60cm deep, 80cm high. £4,000-£6,000
209 A William IV mahogany double-sided folio stand attributed to Gillows The two slatted divisions on ratcheted supports, with moulded brass cappings and castors, 72cm wide, 87cm deep, 107cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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210 ¥ A pair of Regency George IV Scottish rosewood carved tea tables The rounded rectangular swivel tops above beaded and scrolling lotus carved friezes, unusually with full veneered friezes and plain spandrels to the reverse, on spreading beaded shafts and quadripartite bases, on downswept scrolling lobed legs and leaf cast cappings and castors, each 89cm wide, 46cm deep, 74cm high. (2) £5,000-£7,000
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211 A William IV Scottish carved mahogany and brass inlaid bowfront secretaire bookcase The reeded cornice above a pair of Gothic astragal glazed doors enclosing a divided interior with six adjustable shelves, the rectangular bowed top above a pendant carved frieze with brass inlaid central tablet, a ratcheted leather lined writing surface, eleven drawers and nine pigeonholes above three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted turned and leaf carved pilasters headed by scrolling brass inlay; on slender outswept bracket feet, 125cm wide, 58cm deep, 245cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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212 A pair of modern Biggie Best cushions Of green trees on a cream background, 50cm square. (2) £50-£70 213 Three modern Chelsea Textiles dusty pink and white hand embroidered floral sprig cushions With green, brown and orange gingham check backs respectively, one 40cm square, two of complimenting design 33cm square. (3) £80-£120 214 Three modern Chelsea Textiles Napoleonic Bee hand embroidered cushions In gold, with white and gold thread bees within a leaf border, with buttoned backs, one 40cm square, two 34cm square. (3) £120-£180 215 A pair of modern tapestry style cushions of library books on shelves together with a grey chenille tasselled cushion all 42cm square. (3) £70-£90
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216 A Victorian carved mahogany bracket clock The arched anthemion, scrolling acanthus and flowerhead carved case above a circular painted (retouched) Roman enamel dial with matching hands within a minute band framed by painted gilt scrolls, all set within an elaborately shaped bevelled brass sight ring, the twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a coiled steel gong mounted on a substantial block, on ogee moulded gadrooned base with acanthus scroll feet, the restored dial signed for Roskell, Liverpool, 45cm wide, 21cm deep, 59cm high. £1,500-£2,000
217 A large late 19th century oak, ebony, boxwood carved and parcel gilt mantel clock, 1887, in the manner of Bruce Talbert The rectangular moulded top above a ‘Green Man’ mask, grape and vine carved frieze, the central square brass dial with Roman numerals within a moulded frame, the outer moulding inscribed ‘Teach Us To Number Our Days’ and ‘18 W.R.W.87’, flanked by wreathed columns with foliate capitals the movement with a Brocot type suspension with outside countwheel striking on a gong; on a stepped moulded base, one hand missing, 51cm wide, 35cm deep, 74cm high. £1,200-£1,800 The inscription ‘Teach us to Number our Days’ is a quote from Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom”.
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218 A pair of large Victorian pottery Staffordshire dogs The spaniels with black noses and padlock and chains, each 39cm high. (2) £400-£600
219 ¥ Miniature furniture: An early Victorian ebony, rosewood crossbanded and sycamore marquetry tilt-top table The circular tilt top inlaid with a vase filled with flowers, on a spirally turned shaft and tripartite base inlaid with ivory inlaid flowerheads and leaves, on turned feet, 41cm diameter, 50cm high. £1,200-£1,800
220 A Victorian painted and stained pine miniature hand cart The shaped side and base with a turned ash wheel, 72cm wide. £400-£600
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221 A Victorian white painted and parcel gilt tripod table with inset Ashford black marble pietre dure top in the manner of Samuel Birley The circular top inlaid with various marbles with central floral spray and a border of leaves and flowers on a black marble ground inset within a leaf and flowerhead carved and moulded edge top above a pierced leaf and shell carved frieze on a leaf carved and turned shaft on cabriole acanthus carved legs and shell carved scroll feet, 90cm diameter, 72cm high. £10,000-£15,000 Ashford or Derbyshire black marble is a bituminous limestone found in the hills surrounding Ashford-in-the Water, Derbyshire. During the 19th century it became increasingly used as an alternative to Florentine pietre dure. John Mawe’s establishment at Matlock supplied a ‘magnificent table ... inlaid with a wreath of flowers and foliage’ to Queen Victoria for Windsor Castle in 1842. This table top has close similarities to an octagonal table top sold Christie’s, London 19 November 2015, lot 579 and attributed to Samuel Birley. Birley won three medals at the 1862 London International Exhibition for his work, one of his tables is now in the collection of the V&A (museum number 157-1864). thepedestal.com
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222 ¥ A 19th century Antiquarian cabinet inset with mid 17th century Bohemian panels attributed to Adam Eck of Eger The secretaire cabinet in walnut, ebony and sycamore marquetry with a rectangular ogee moulded cornice above marquetry inlaid floral frieze, the earlier inset intarsia panels in various woods within ebony ripple moulded frames, the central doors inset with two small panels, one of a couple within a formal garden, the other of a cavalier on a horse, flanked by two larger panels one depicting War with Mars, the other of Love with Venus, all flanked by turned pilasters; the lower part with a rectangular top above a hinged fall inset with three further similar panels, one depicting a jousting knight, enclosing a rosewood interior of two short and two long drawers and six pigeonholes with baize lined writing surface; on six block and turned legs joined by a wavy stretcher with floral marquetry, with collector’s label to the reverse labelled ‘Gallery’, 130cm wide, 45cm deep, 177cm high. £5,000-£7,000 130
Provenance: The Gallery, Balls Park, Hertford. Constructed between 1637-1640 by the financier Sir John Harrison to the designs of Nicholas Stone Balls Park was remodelled by Harrison’s son, Richard and grandson Edward, who had served in the colonial government of the East India Company. In the late 18th century Balls Park passed to the Marquesses Townshend of Raynham, Norfolk. It was extended by Sir Robert Lorimer for the Faudel-Phillips family in the 1920’s who had purchased the house from the Townshend’s in 1901.The estate was sold in 1946 and became an education centre until it closed in 2002, it is now private apartments. Carved in low relief and constructed in different coloured woods built up into layers, these intarsia panels are indicative of work carried out in family workshops from the German city of Eger during the mid-17th century. High quality examples such as these are often attributed to the Eck family. Peter Eck (b.1538) was a sculptor as well as a journeyman and originated from Nurnberg. It was his grandson Adam (1604-1664) who became the most renowned and is generally recognised as being the first person to introduce this type of three-dimensional marquetry inlay. His patrons included Leopold William of Habsburg and members of the Bohemian, German and Swedish aristocracy. The jousting knight is represented on several other cabinets attributed to Eck; one in the collection of the Duke of Hohenlohe in the Museum Schloss Neuenstein and another on a cabinet in the Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto. See Sothebys, Amsterdam, 21 December 2005, lot 295 for a German Eger marquetry cabinet, 17th century and later, and Christies 13 June, 2002, lot 25 for a table cabinet attributed to Adam Eck. A rare silver-mounted relief-carved fruitwood marquetry and walnut folding games box by Adam Eck, signed and dated 1664 was offered Christies, The Exceptional Sale, 7 July 2016. See also H.Kreisel, Die Kunst Des Deutschen Möbels, Vol I, fig. 382 for an Eger cabinet attributed to Eck in the Frankfurt Museum für Kunsthandwerk
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223 A mid-18th century carved mahogany, mother-of-pearl inlaid gilded and silvered copper tripod table in the manner of Johann Frederick Hintz The circular dished top silvered copper top engraved with a rococo vacant cartouche engraved with grotesque masks, scrolling leaves, vases of flowers, a swan and a water bearer within a shaped separate gilded copper rim engraved with various animals, birds, insects and scrolling leaves on a wreathed and leaf carved shaft on cabriole acanthus carved legs with mother-of-pearl inlaid leaves and flowerheads, with simulated brass lines, on leaf carved pad feet, possibly Moravian, 68cm diameter, 72cm high. £4,000-£6,000 The mother-of pearl inlay on the legs of this table closely relates to decoration found on English guitars made by the German emigré and cabinet-maker Johann Frederick Hintz, a member of the Moravian community in London. Examples of these guitars can be found in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (WA1948.132) and the National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota (NMM 1286), dated 1786 and 1761 respectively. During the 1750’s/60’s Hintz changed from being a professional furniture maker to a musical instrument maker, driven by his work with the Moravian Church and its music. Hintz is mostly known for his brass inlaid furniture and close relationship with the Roentgen family, in May 1738 a London newspaper advertisement lists his stock in sale, ‘Choice Parcel of Desk and Book-Cases of Mahogany, Tea-Tables, Tea-Chests, Tea Boards etc all curiously made and inlaid with fine figures of Brass and Mother of Pearl’. Although there are several other Moravian cabinet-makers listed working in London during the mid-eighteenth century their work is primarily unrecognised and unrecorded making any full attribution difficult. See L. Graf, Moravians in London: A Case Study in Furniture-Making, c.1735-65, Furniture History 2004, pp 1- 52 and L. Graf, John Frederick Hintz, Eighteenth-Century Moravian Instrument Maker, and the Use of the Cittern in Moravian Worship, Journal of Moravian History, No. 5, pp 7-39.
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224 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) £2,500-£3,500
225 A late 19th/early 20th century white alabaster figure of a female nude by A. Cyprien Her hair tied back and holding a drape, on a leaf carved ogee moulded square base, signed A.Cyprien, with restorations, 77cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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226 A late 18th/early19th century white marble bust of a young boy In classical taste, his head slightly turned dexter, above a vacant name plate, on a circular turned socle base, 38cm high. ÂŁ2,000-ÂŁ3,000
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227 An early 19th century patinated bronze figure of Silenus after the antique The semi-clad bearded figure raising one arm, on a plinth and a rectangular siena marble base, 20cm high. £800-£1,200 The original figure dates from late first century BC to the beginning of the first century AD and is now in the Louvre.
228 A late 18th/early19th century patinated bronze bust of Attila, after Algardi His contorted head facing dexter, wearing classical dress on a stepped square column and plinth base, 28cm high. £600-£800
229 A mid-19th century Italian carved walnut ‘Savonarola’ chair The shaped acanthus carved scrolling panelled back with central cypher monogram with a ‘C’ scroll border, the scroll arms with slatted sides and seat joined by a turned roundel on ‘X’ form legs carved to the front with acanthus leaves on scrolling ogee moulded feet, 65cm wide. £800-£1,200
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230 A late 17th century North Italian walnut and burr walnut carved commode Inlaid with fruitwood lines, the rectangular moulded top above three long drawers each applied with six panels, with central carved lions masks within egg and dart mouldings, flanked on the uprights by mask heads and riband tied leaves, on double ‘C’ scroll and paterae carved feet, probably Bergamo, Lombardy, 149cm wide, 60cm deep, 96cm high. £4,000-£6,000
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231 A late 18th century/early 19th century walnut carved canapé Upholstered and close-nailed in red gingham check with tassels and braiding, the rectangular shaped moulded back with oval moulded and padded centre above downswept scrolled and padded arms and serpentine moulded arms supports, with an undulating drop-in seat with loose squab cushion, on turned fluted legs, probably Piedmontese, 186cm wide. £1,500-£2,000
232 ¥ An early 19th century Portuguese rosewood centre table The rectangular top with wreathed edge above ripple-moulded simulated drawers on all sides, on ring turned legs joined by stretchers, on turned feet, 106cm wide, 66cm deep, 75cm high. £1,000-£1,500 138
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233* 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
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234 A pair of late 17th century Italian wrought iron and gilt brass fire dogs With turned finials, wreathed uprights and downswept legs, each 98cm high, 27cm wide. (2) £1,500-£2,000
235 A collection of eleven late 17th/early 18th century German steel locks Eight mounted on a board, the board 96cm high, 72cm wide. (11) £1,200-£1,800 Provenance: Paul and Louise Bernheimer Collection. Paul Bernheimer founded the BernheimerHaus on Lenbachplatz, Munich in 1864, by 1900 the firm were supplying fine and rare antiques to the Court of Bavaria, members of the European aristocracy and wealthy American magnates. Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939 and settling in the U.S, they established businesses in Boston, Cambridge and Cape Cod Massachusetts.
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236 A pair of early 19th century Grand Tour profile portrait medallions of Albia Terrentia and Petonia Vitellius Each portrait carved in siena marble and applied onto a black ground, one inscribed PETONIA VITEL.VX the other ALBIA. TER OTHO.VX, within later gilt circular moulded frames, each 20cm diameter. (2) £500-£700
237 A Louis XV carved giltwood pier mirror with painted plates The divided plates decorated with flora, foliage and putti, within a scallop decorated frame with a moulded division centred by a cartouche, surmounted by a cartouche cresting (partially lacking), 149cm high, 44cm wide. £400-£600
238 A small Italian carved giltwood mirror, probably Florentine, late 18th century Carved with cherubs to each corner, 47cm high. £800-£1,200 thepedestal.com
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239 A pair of mid 19th century Dutch carved walnut side chairs in the manner of Daniel Marot Each with a strapwork carved scrolling cresting above a pierced flower and leaf carved vase splat, on rectangular seats, upholstered and close-nailed in green velvet, with scroll carved pendant aprons on cabriole legs joined by shaped wavy stretchers, with scrolling ‘C’ scroll undertiers, on claw and ball feet. (2) £2,500-£3,500
240 ¥ A late 18th century Russian rosewood, mahogany banded and sycamore marquetry card table The rectangular moulded swivel top inlaid with a central oval of musical trophies on a tulipwood ground within a leaf entwined border and a further harewood border with Greek key inlaid corners, enclosing a baize lined interior with fan inlaid corners, the frieze inlaid with various twin-handled vases, bowls and bottles and a ewer on square tapering legs inlaid with leaves, pendants and bellflowers, with inventory label to the underside, 83cm wide, 41cm deep, 75cm high. £4,000-£6,000 The marquetry decoration seen on the lot offered here is typical of the marquetry decoration produced in Russia in the 1780’s. A marquetry games table (private collection) of this form is illustrated in A Cheneviere, Russian Furniture, The Golden Age, 1780-1840, pl. 24. A kidney shaped marquetry table of this period and on similar tapering legs is in the collection of the Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C and is illustrated in A. Cheneviere ibid., pl.25 142
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241* An early 19th century North Italian mahogany and ebonised five-tier whatnot The rectangular moulded top above an egg and dart gilt moulded frieze and four graduating tiers on carved ram’s head supports, with a mirror back, with a panelled base on square feet, 86cm wide, 54cm deep, 146cm high. £3,000-£4,000
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242 A late 17th century carved giltwood ‘trophy’ frame with a later mirror plate The rectangular later plate within a scrolling acanthus carved frame carved with putti holding various arms and armour, amongst flowerheads and grapes surmounted by a cresting centred by the figure of Mars seated amongst trophies of war flanked by male figures and soldiers and finials, with a stiff leaf and berry carved apron below centred by a shell, possibly Dutch, possibly reduced in size, traces of underlying blue pigment and other layers of decoration, 145cm high, 141cm wide. £4,000-£6,000
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243* 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, possibly Milan, with restorations, redecorated,190cm wide, 67cm deep, 81cm high. (2) £6,000-£8,000
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244 A pair of late 19th century Japanese patinated bronze vases Decorated with exotic birds seated on blossoming boughs, the ovoid bodies with trumpet necks, on turned bases, with generic seal marks to bases, drilled for electricity, each 62cm high. (2) £300-£500
245 ¥ A late 19th/early 20th century Korean brown lacquered and tortoiseshell inlaid low table Inlaid with brass wirework, mother-of-pearl and abalone shell, the rectangular top inlaid with various animals including tortoises, flamingos and deer, together with insects, trees, leaves and flowers and symbols, above a cavetto moulded undulating frieze, on short cabriole legs, with old depository label to the reverse for Sir R.Craigie, May 1956, 100cm wide, 69cm deep, 38cm high. £800-£1,200 Provenance: Presumably Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, GCMG, CB, PC (1883– 1959) the British ambassador in Japan from 1937 to 1941. 146
246 A late 18th/early 19th century Chinese Export carved padouk side table Applied with ebonised mouldings, the rectangular cleated top above a small central door flanked by panelled mouldings above a leaf carved moulding and shaped kneehole carved with scrolling leaves and lotus flowers, each side with two short deep drawers and similarly carved frieze on cabriole moulded shell carved legs and scroll feet, with paktong hardware, 99cm wide, 63cm deep, 76cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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247 An early 20th century Chinese famille jaune vase lamp base Of ovoid form, decorated with peacocks, peonies and vases on a yellow ground, with later gilt brass fitting and blue shade, fitted for electricity, 48cm high (excluding shade and fitting) £300-£500
248 ¥ A late 17th century Spanish Colonial ebony and bone parquetry, padouk and scarlet tortoiseshell inlaid box With geometric inlay, strapwork and scrolls, the hinged lid enclosing a inlaid interior, three divided compartments and a drawer, with wrought iron carrying handles to the sides, with elaborate cast escutcheon plate, on turned feet, possibly Puebla, Mexico, 48cm wide, 32cm deep, 20cm high. £2,000-£3,000
249 A set of four late 19th/early 20th century carved alabaster Egyptian canopic style heads Each on turned socle wooden bases, the largest 19cm high. (4) £600-£800
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250 An early 20th century Indian burgundy velvet and gold thread zardozi embroidered cover With stylised leaves and flowerheads and central stellar within similar borders, some leaves in white silk thread; with tasselled fringe to all edges, 155cm high, 155cm wide. £400-£600
251 A pair of Indian hardwood carved architectural fragment table lamps with shades 50cm high (approximately) (4) £500-£800
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252 A Louis XVI mahogany and gilt brass mounted commode The rectangular Sainte-Anne moulded marble top above three long graduated drawers flanked by brass inlaid reeded uprights, with panelled sides, on ring turned tapering legs, 132cm wide, 60cm deep, 83cm high. £2,000-£3,000
253 A pair of Louis XV cream painted carved chaises Upholstered in gold floral silk, the shaped cartouche padded backs with scrolling leaf and shell carved cresting above serpentine seats on cabriole legs and scroll feet, decoration refreshed. (2) £300-£500
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254 A Louis XV kingwood, amaranth crossbanded and gilt bronze mounted serpentine bureau plat attributed to J.C. Ellaume The undulating serpentine top with black tooled leather writing surface and gilt brass moulded edge with double ‘C’ scroll clasped corner mounts above three frieze drawers and three opposing simulated drawers flanked by acanthus leaves and trailing flowerhead mounts, on cabriole legs headed by pierced double ‘C’ scroll acanthus mounts trailing to hoof sabots, the mounts stamped ‘C.P’, 143cm wide, 80cm deep, 83cm high. £6,000-£8,000 Jean-Charles Ellaume maître in 1754 Ellaume worked for more than 30 years from his Parisian workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. Examples of his furniture can be seen in the collections of the Château de Morlanne, and Vendeuvre, the Château Royal de Wawel, Krakow, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bernay. For similar bureau plats stamped Ellaume see Galerie Koller, Möbel, Zürich, 29 March 2012, lot 1075 and 22 September 2011, lot 1101. See also Christies, New York, 18 April, 2012, lot 131.
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255 An early 20th century Chinoiserie five-fold painted leather screen Each shaped rectangular panel with close-nailed edges and decorated to one side with various figures in river or mountain landscapes, with exotic birds, creatures, flowers and receptacles within shaped reserves, each panel 183cm high, 51cm wide. £800-£1,200
256 A Louis XV blue painted and carved fauteuil The cartouche shaped, moulded and padded back above outswept padded scrolling arms on a serpentine padded seat with reeded turned tapering legs headed by roundels, on turned feet, decoration refreshed, stamped GNY, with paper label to the underside AUX MONTAGNES RUSSE, Rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré 9 and another for ESTABL ALEXANDRE VELAY 7 & 10 Rue de Ponthieu, Paris. £300-£500
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257 A late 18th century white marble bust of Sappho Her hair tied in a chignon, in classical dress revealing one breast, on a turned socle base, 59cm high. £4,000-£6,000 Sappho is often associated with love poetry. This bust of Sappho is after a head of slightly earlier date which was at Wilton House, Salisbury and appears in a wash drawing by William Stukeley dated 1722. The Wilton bust was listed in an inventory by R.Cowdry, A Description of the Curiosities in Wilton-House, 1722 as next to the Great Room, ‘Seneca, Sappho, with the bandage as deified, of the finest Marble like Ivory, the last Perfection of Greek Sculpture; white as at first making, because (with several here) found in a Vault’.
258 A Louis XVI mahogany, bois satiné and gilt bronze mounted secrètaire à abattant by Joseph Stockel The rectangular white veined marble top with rounded projecting corners with pierced three-quarter gallery, above a frieze drawer and fall front enclosing a shelf and four open compartments and six short drawer with red and gilt tooled leather writing surface above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf and two compartments flanked by stopfluted angles with gilt bronze chandelles on turned tapering feet, with brass cappings, stamped twice on the backboard J.STOCKEL and with ‘JME’ mark, 79cm wide, 38cm deep, 140cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: Lady Craven, Peelings Manor, Westham, East Sussex. Elizabeth Gwendolen Teresa Johnstone-Douglas married the 6th Earl of Craven in 1954, his father was the 5th Earl of Craven of Combe Abbey, Warwickshire. Joseph Stockel maître in 1775 Stockel was of German extraction and established himself in the rue de Charenton, Paris until the Revolution, then after at 59 rue des Fossés-du-Temple. His work is almost always Neoclassical in style and in mahogany, examples of his work can be seen in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs and the Assemblée Nationale.
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259 ¥ A Napoleon III ebony, scarlet tortoiseshell and brass marquetry breakfront cabinet on stand attributed to Henri Picard in the manner of A.C. Boulle in the Louis XIV style Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the later black marble top above a gilt bronze egg and dart moulding and running pendant frieze, above scrolling acanthus brass marquetry and a single cupboard door inlaid with leaves, flowerheads, ‘C’ scrolls and strapwork enclosing three shelves, flanked by three open corner shelves to each side; above a central sprung drawer applied with a gilt bronze portrait medallion of Louis XIV with trophies of war, flanked by two hinged corner drawers on square tapering legs headed by female masks and shells, with trailing bellflowers and a shaped platform undertier on turned feet, some mounts inscribed HPR to the reverse, 119cm wide, 42cm deep, 154cm high. £15,000-£20,000 Working in Paris from 1831-1884 the important fondeur and doreur Henri Picard most notably supplied pieces to Napoleon III for the Louvre. Based at 6 rue de Jarente in 1831, he then moved to rue de la Perle in 1839 where he remained until 1864. Picard is most well known for fine quality gilt-bronze garnitures and table ornaments.
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260 A pair of 19th century French Empire patinated bronze and gilt bronze candlesticks The baluster leaf cast sconces on reeded stems with circular floral chain cast circular bases, each 27cm high. (2) £600-£800
261 ¥ A late 19th century French Louis XIV style scarlet tortoiseshell bombé jewellery casket Applied with gilt brass mounts, the rectangular hinged lid with swing brass carrying handle enclosing a padded fabric lined interior, above an egg and dart border and leaf an foliate pendant escutcheon, the angles applied with espagnolette masks with shell carved scrolling apron, on square feet, stamped ‘GP’ under each foot, 24cm wide, 18cm deep, 15cm high. £400-£600 See Christie’s, Amsterdam 23 March 2005, lot 718 for an almost identical example.
262 A pair of Empire gilt brass dwarf candlesticks The guilloche and beaded stems on circular turned stiff leaf and flowerhead cast bases, 17cm high. (2) £200-£300
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263 A pair of early 19th century Louis XIV style gilt bronze twin-light candelabra The scrolling detachable branches above shaped stems cast with figural medallions, draped swags, bellflowers and strap-work on octagonal leaf moulded stepped bases, each 32cm high. (2) £3,000-£4,000
264 The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, various authors and dates, Office Du Livre, (11 Volumes) Comprising: Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century (boxed and signed by 18 well known personalities such as three members of the Rothschild family, the choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and Claus Moser) Furniture, Clocks & Gilt Bronzes, Vols I & II (boxed) Meisson and Other European Porcelain and Oriental Porcelain Sculpture (boxed) Drawings for Architecture Design and Ornament, Vols I & II Savonnerie Arms, Armour and Base-Metalwork Illuminated Manuscripts (boxed) Glass and Enamels (11) £800-£1,200 thepedestal.com
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265 A pair of Louis XVI beechwood carved fauteuils The rectangular tapering padded backs with riband and beaded frames above padded arms and leafy arm supports on bowed seats and carved seat-rails, with turned tapering reeded legs headed by roundels on spool feet, previously painted or gilt. (2) £500-£700 266 ¥ A late 19th century French tulipwood rosewood crossbanded and sycamore floral marquetry table en chiffonière in the Louis XV/XVI Transitional style Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines and chequered bands, the oval top with pierced gilt brass three-quarter gallery above three short drawers and a shaped apron with floral inlaid sides and back, between simulated flutes on slender cabriole legs, joined by a shaped undertier inlaid with a trompe l’oeuil marquetry panel of a book, pen and ink pot; with sabots, 49cm wide, 36cm deep, 80cm high. £700-£1,000 267 A late 19th century French kingwood and tulipwood lozenge parquetry centre table Applied with gilt bronze mounts in the Louis XV/XVI transitional style, the rectangular top with projecting corners and applied milled edge, above a shaped long drawer with opposing simulated drawer on cabriole legs headed by scrolling acanthus leaves trailing to leaf cast sabots, 69cm wide, 48cm deep, 75cm high. £800-£1,200
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268 A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted table en chiffonnière in the Louis XV/XVI Transitional style The kidney shaped violet brocatelle marble top with pierced three-quarter gallery above a frieze drawer on reeded tapering legs headed by chandelles joined by a platform under-tier on cabriole legs with applied bellflowers, on lion paw feet, 61cm wide, 34cm deep, 79cm high. £800-£1,200 269 A late 19th century French palmwood and purplewood crossbanded card table by Sormani in the Louis XVI style and applied with gilt bronze mounts Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines the rectangular brass bound top enclosing a baize lined interior above an inlaid panelled frieze on reeded turned tapering legs with gilt bronze chandelles and turned collars and feet, stamped to the underside SORMANI PARIS, 85cm wide, 42cm deep, 75cm high. £700-£1,000 Paul Charles Sormani was born into a family of noted ebenistes, his father Paul Sormani had established his business during the first half of the 19th century and in 1867 won the Medaille d’Or at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Sormani had an international client base which included many influential figures including Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie, Tsar Alexander III and the Vanderbilt family.
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270 A matched set of three Kangxi Chinese famille verte vases Decorated with exotic birds, flowers and dragons, two with quatrefoil knopped gilt bronze lids, the other with quatrefoil gilt bronze trumpet shaped liner above ringed lions mask handles, the ovoid bodies with quatrefoil bases, two 28cm high, one 27cm high. (3) £3,000-£5,000
271 A pair of Louis XIV style carved giltwood fauteuils Upholstered in green silk damask, the rectangular padded backs and seats with downswept leaf carved and moulded arms with acanthus leaf carved arm terminals, on square bellflower carved legs joined by acanthus leaf carved ‘X’ stretchers, early 20th century, each 61cm wide, 62cm deep, 118cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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272 Franz Bergman (Austrian 1861-1936): A late 19th century French cold painted bronze ink well in the form of a cat The cat’s head as a hinged lid, signed GESCHUTZ to the underside with another impressed but illegible mark, 18cm wide. £400-£600
273 An early 20th century cut glass and gilt bronze mounted champagne bucket The rim with pierced scrolling silver metal band and applied with gilt bronze scrolling leaf mounts, above a hob-nail cut tapering body, 19cm diameter, 22cm high. £200-£300
274 A (group of) early 20th century French Louis XV style verde antico desk top pieces Comprising: a three division letter rack with leaf case gilt bronze dividers, a calendar holder, a desk timepiece, a pair of bookends with specimen marble spheres, an encrier with ink pot and pen tray, a paperweight and an ink blotter. (8) £300-500
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275 An Empire gilt-bronze clock in the form of a classical twinhandled vase Of ovoid form with swan head looped handles, the circular enamelled dial with Roman dial with Arabic quarters, with original matching hands, above a riband tied laurel wreath, twin train movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike (bell lacking) on engine turned and leaf cast square base, with turned feet, 40cm high. £800-£1,000
276 A late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt-metal clock with Sevres style mounts The circular enamel dial with Roman numerals, the movement with Brocot type suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell, surmounted by a festoon draped twin-handled urn, above putti painted on oval medallions and Greek key decoration to the sides, on ogee bracket feet and a giltwood carved base, the case stamped to the reverse P.H.Mourier, the movement stamped for the retailer Woppenheim, Paris. £600-£800
277 A small late 19th century red griotte marble and gilt brass timepiece garniture With twin handled urn finial above a rectangular top with canted corners and a fluted cylindrical gilt brass case, the 2 inch enamel dial with Arabic numerals decorated with floral festoons, above a stepped ogee moulded base, with turned feet, together with matching original twin sconce candelabra, the circular movement with platform escapement, the clock 25cm high, the candelabra 21cm high. (3) £700-£900 thepedestal.com
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278 A pair of Empire style pietre dure, micro-mosaic and gilt bronze gueridons The circular tops inlaid with various specimen marbles and semi-precious stones including lapis lazuli, malachite, verde antico and siena each with a central medallion of the Arch of Constantine, on griffin triform cabriole legs joined by ‘X’ stretchers on lion paw feet, each 32cm diameter, 68cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000 A pair of gueridons of this model were sold Sotheby’s London, 15th May 1998, lot 167.
279 A pair of late 19th century French patinated bronze male and female Egyptian figures He with a helmet and dagger holding a scroll, she wearing a crown, sash and floral dress, on square stepped black marble bases inlaid with brass Egyptian symbols and scarab wings, on red ground, on brass plinths, each 46cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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280 A late 19th century shakudo and gilt brass clock garniture The rectangular case with five turned finials above three panels of shakudo three colour gold decoration depicting herons on a water’s edge, the side panels depicting an exotic bird in flight amongst lilies, together with the original pair of matching side urns on silk and giltwood bases, the circular movement with Brocot escapement and suspension, marked A B 3938-13-8, striking on a gong, the clock 39cm high, the urns 31cm high. (3) £800-£1,200 Shakudo is an alloy of copper and gold and is most often associated with sword fittings for the Japanese Samurai. The opening of Japan to the West following on from the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1853 and the popularity of anything Japanese at the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 brought shakudo to the height of fashion in the 1860’s.
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281 A pair of late 19th century French gilt-bronze seven-light candelabra in the Louis XV style The leaf cast sconces with turned detachable nozzles above putti and flowering urn stems, on leaf cast circular bases with swagged fruits and flowers, on ‘C’ scroll and turned feet, drilled for electricity, 71cm high. (2) £3,000-£5,000
282 A late 19th century French néo-grec style cold painted bronze lamp base in the manner of Louis-Constant Sévin for Barbedienne The fluted column with a winged lion seated on a capital, on cabriole legs and a triform oak plinth base, 162cm high. £800-£1,200
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283 A large late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat by Ernest Sévenier in the Louis XVI style The rectangular brignoles violet marble top within a gilt bronze leaf cast moulded edge above a scrolling rinceaux border centred by a vacant cartouche with leaves and berries within a moulded tablet, the similar sides applied with female masks; on sprially turned legs headed by paterae, acanthus leaves and draped swags, with leaf cast chandelles and stiff leaf and ball feet, some mounts inscribed ‘ES’ for Ernest Sevenier,159cm wide, 86cm deep, 75cm high. £10,000-£15,000 An identical table was sold Sotheby’s New York, 16 November 2011, lot 143. Sévenier is known from his signature on various recorded bronze clocks and candlesticks as well as from the table of this model sold at Sotheby’s. In the 1880 Paris almanach he is listed as “Sévenier (E.), fabricant de bronzes" located in Paris, 110 rue Vieille du Temple. Sévenier is not listed in the almanach of 1901 or later and does not appear in the 1864 edition so the firm is likely to have traded in the last quarter of the 19th century. Our thanks to Camille Mestdagh for additional information for this catalogue note.
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284 A pair of late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and white marble candlesticks In the form of twin-handled urns issuing roses and leaves, on ring turned octagonal white marble bases with wire-work beading, each 45cm high. (2) £800-£1,200 285 A large mid 19th century siena marble and patinated bronze figural clock by E. Courtin The standing classical maiden holding a trumpet and laurel wreath beside the rectangular clock with further wreaths on top, the dial with snake bezel and snake hands signed Shatillon Guyerdet À Paris, the large circular movement with silk suspension striking on a bell, numbered 4566-8-7 and signed E. Courtin, 64cm high. £1,400-£1,800 286 An early 20th century French black japanned serpentine commode in the Louis XV style Applied with gilt bronze mounts and heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the rectangular moulded brêche violette moulded marble top with rounded projecting corners above two graduated drawers decorated sans traverse with pagodas and figures in a river landscape, the lower drawer with a shaped apron and leaf cast mount on cabriole legs and acanthus and ‘C’ scroll cast corner mounts trailing to sabots, the shaped side decorated with exotic birds, insects and flowers, 125cm wide, 50cm deep, 85cm high. £3,000-£5,000 168
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287 A large late 19th/early 20th century cold painted bronze figure of a grey crowned crane by Lange Standing and preening his feathers, on a shaped rouge marble base, signed to the marble base ‘Lange’, 59cm high. £5,000-£8,000 Probably Richard W. Lange (Austrian/German, fl. early 20th century).
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288 ¥ A pair of Napoleon III ebonised, scarlet tortoise-shell 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) £5,000-£7,000
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289 A late 19th century French kingwood and tulipwood banded writing table attributed to Henry Nelson in the Louis XV style and applied with gilt bronze mounts The shaped rectangular tooled leather top, gilt bronze bound with floral rosettes above a frieze drawer enclosing a leather lined slide, and a hinged compartment, both with silver shell ‘crab’ mounts and pen tray with ink and pounce pot, on cabriole legs headed by floral sprays, with sabots, 59cm wide, 42cm deep, 75cm high. £5,000-£8,000 Nelson established his business 46, rue de la Madelaine, Paris, in 1856. His son Henri relocated the shop 79, boulevard Haussmann; 2, rue Tronson-du-Coudray; and finally 27, rue Pasquier in 1870.
detail of interior 290 A late 19th century French satinwood, kingwood crossbanded, harewood and sycamore marquetry centre table in the Louis XV/XVI Transitional style The shaped top inlaid with a central reserve of a riband tied basket of flowers flanked by trelliswork and paterae with scrolling leaf marquetry borders above a sprung long drawer inlaid with a floral spray and applied swagged and tasselled drapes, on cabriole legs headed by double ‘C’ scroll acanthus trailing to gilt bronze sabots, 101cm wide, 62cm deep, 73cm high. £6,000-£8,000 172
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291 A late 19th century Empire style birds-eye maple and gilt-bronze mounted bibliotheque The inverted breakfront rectangular top with a later yellow granite top above a stiff leaf mounted frieze above a central glazed and brass grille door enclosing four adjustable shelves; flanked by single cupboards to each side applied with gilt bronze griffins and sycamore marquetry sunbursts with gilt bronze anthemion mounts at the base, each single door enclosing nine short slides; on a plinth base and turned feet, 148cm wide, 46cm deep, 166cm high. £1,200-£1,500
292 A late 19th century French patinated bronze and gilt bronze of a seated male Classical figure Playing a lyre and singing, on a Grecian style throne, 61cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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293 An impressive Empire style specimen marble and parcel gilt circular centre table The top inset with a central stellar within geometric bands in Belgian grey and Hauteville marble with brown onyx on a white marble ground, above a stiff leaf moulded frieze, on acanthus cabriole legs and paw feet with faux tortoiseshell, joined by a tripartite platform base centred by a leaf and flowerhead turned finial, on turned feet, with an ivorine label for Harrods Ltd to the underside, 111cm diameter, 80cm high. ÂŁ5,000-ÂŁ7,000
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294 A late 19th century Louis XV style gilt metal mantel clock The circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the twin train movement with Brocot type suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell, within a rocaille, pierced ‘C’ scroll, acanthus and flowerhead cast case, surmounted by an urn issuing floral chains, on outswept acanthus feet, 50cm high. £600-£800
295 A late 19th century French Renaissance Revival grey St-Anne marble clock garniture The circular dial with Roman numerals and gilt bronze glazed hinged bezel, the Japy Freres movement with Brocot type suspension and outside countwheel strike (bell lacking) surmounted by a twin-handled urn and flanked by grotesque beasts, on lion paw feet and separate plinth base, together with the matching candelabra, on separate plinth bases, 38cm high. (3) £700-£900
296 A late 19th century French Louis XVI style pink brignoles marble clock garniture The circular enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and riband tied floral chains within a gilt brass bezel, the twin train movement with Brocot type suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell, the rectangular case surmounted by an associated gilt bronze sphinx; on a stepped marble base, together with the accompanying matching twin handled urns of ovoid form, applied with female masks with pineapple finials, on square moulded bases, the dial signed indistinctly, the clock 43cm high, the urns 36cm high. (3) £600-£800 176
297 A set of four late 19th century French gilt bronze and blue ‘jasperware’ mounted twin branch wall lights by Henri Vian in the Louis XVI style The back plates in the form of drapering centred centred by oval ‘jasperware’ medallions depicting two varying scenes of Venus and Cupid within laurel surrounds above upswept acanthus and reeded arms issuing sconces and drip-pans, all surmounted by riband tied bows and terminating in twin tasselled finials, stamped to the reverse on various components, ‘HV 955’, two panels of slightly different blue ground colour, 67cm high, 32cm wide. (4) £2,000-£3,000 Henri Vian was a bronzier active in Paris in the second half of the 19th Century, their workshop was sizeable and output included high quality interior pieces such as chimney pieces, mounted vases and chandeliers and their clients included grand hotels of the period and they trades internationally. The firm was located at 5 rue de Thorigny in Paris (the Salé Mansion, now the Picasso Museum). The firm was continued by Madame Vian after her husband’s death in 1905. The ‘BY’ inscription in addition to the Henri Vian stamps on the lights offered here is one traditionally linked to Alfred Beurdeley. Dr Camille Mestdagh suggests that as Vian purchased various master-models at the Beurdeley workshop sale that the backplates are by Beurdeley but the main part of the lights were most probably conceived by Vian. Our thanks to Camille Mestdagh for the attribution of these lights.
298 A pair of Empire gilt and patinated bronze three-light wall appliqués The pierced anthemion scrolling flowerhead back-plates issuing circular supports and scrolling acanthus cast branches, drilled for electricity, each stamped twice ‘DOR’ on the reverse, each 23cm high, 27cm wide. (2) £700-£1,000 thepedestal.com
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299 An early 19th century Swedish carved giltwood pier mirror in the manner of Bylander In two parts, the rectangular divided later plate flanked by wreathed and tied pilasters, surmounted by an arched cresting with stiff leaf moulding and crossed cornucopie with scrolling acorns and oak leaves with central petasus and caduceus, the attributes of Mercury, above a stepped leaf carved cornice and a stylised leaf and rosette carved frieze and similar apron below, 203cm high, 94cm wide. ÂŁ1,000-ÂŁ1,500
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300 A pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze and white marble five-light candelabra in the Renaissance Revival style The scrolling branches with leaves and flowerheads above triform grotesque monopodiae, on shaped triangular white marble moulded bases and turned feet, each 60cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
301 G. Siber, ‘Mieux Tard Que Jamais’, 1902 A late 19th century patinated bronze possibly representing Peter Pan and Tinkerbell Peter wearing a headscarf, Tinkerbell with quiver and arrows, on a red griotte turned marble socle base, signed G.SIBER and dated 1902, 39cm high. £500-£700
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302 A late 19th century Pompadour pink clock garniture by Japy Freres The rectangular case with twin handled urn above five panels, all decorated with en grisaille flowers and foliage on a Pompadour pink ground framed by rams heads, bosses scrolls and ribbons with the original matching tazze, the decorated dial with black Roman numerals within gilt heightened reserves and green enamelled ‘jewel’ half hour markers, the circular movement by Japy Freres, with Brocot suspension and striking on a bell, the clock 33cm high, the tazze 18cm high. (3) £1,400-£1,800
303 A late 19th century French Louis XV style white marble and gilt bronze clock garniture The circular enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and floral swags surmounted by a turned finial and flanked by reeded columns and riband tied baskets, the movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell and a sunburst pendulum, on a demi-lune base and turned feet, together with the matching twin-light candelabra on circular white marble bases and turned feet, 38cm high. (3) £600-£800 180
304 ¥ A late 19th century French kingwood, mahogany, rosewood crossbanded and sycamore floral marquetry gueridon attributed to François Linke Applied with gilt bronze mounts, in the Louis XVI style, the circular quarter-veneered top with beaded edge above a frieze drawer, the frieze applied with four scrolling cornocopiae, leaf and Apollo mask mounts, on cabriole legs with pierced leaf mounts trailing to scrolling sabots joined by a raised ‘X’ frame undertier, with central flaming finial with applied guilloche bands, 61cm diameter, 77cm high. £3,000-£4,000 See Bonhams San Francisco, 17 March 2014, lot 1124 for a comparable gueridon with marble top and signed Linke and for another see Christies, London 19 March 2008, lot 66. A parquetry top table with the same mounts and attributed to Linke sold from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Richard Schilling, Rockford, Illinois, Christie’s New York, 25, October, 2007, lot 444 ($16,250). Another similar model (No. 156) is illustrated, under the chapter Chiches, A selection from the 2000 glass negatives in the Linke archive, see C. Payne, Francois Linke, the Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Suffolk, England, 2003, p.489.
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Sale Title Fine Furniture & Objects including Early Oak and Carpets Date 2pm Tuesday November 21 2017 Sale number: 211117 Sale venue: Moor Park Mansion Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1QL Tel: 020 7281 2790 Bidding, purchasing and all matters relating to this sale will be governed by The Pedestal Limited’s Terms and Conditions for Auction Purchasers, which can be found on our website and in the printed sale catalogue. We recommend that you read them before registering to bid. If you have not previously registered with us, please provide photographic proof of your identity and proof of address such as a utility bill or bank statement. If you are not attending the sale in person, please provide details of the Lots on which you wish to bid at least 24 hours prior to the sale. Bids will be rounded down to the nearest increment. The Pedestal will endeavour to execute these bids on your behalf but will not be liable for any errors or failing to execute bids. All sales are subject to a buyer’s premium of 24% plus VAT on the first £50,000 hammer price of each lot, and 10% of any portion of such hammer price which is above £50,000. Additional charges may apply for bidding online via a third party platform. Bidding Increments (subject always to the auctioneer’s discretion)
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