The Pedestal | Fine Furniture & Objects | March 14 2017

Fine Furniture & Objects 2pm Tuesday March 14 2017

Fine Furniture & Objects 2pm Tuesday March 14 2017 Sale number: 140317

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Viewing 11am-4pm Saturday March 11 2017 11am-4pm Sunday March 12 2017 9am-5pm Monday March 13 2017 9am-12pm Tuesday March 14 2017 Catalogue: £10 Front cover: Lot 27 Inside front cover: Lots 210 & 212 Inside back cover: Lots 199, 200 & 201 Back cover: Lot 46

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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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All sold lots not collected from Moor Park by 12 noon Wednesday 15th March 2017 must be collected from: Alban Shipping Unit 4, Premier Business Park Dencora Way Luton Bedfordshire LU3 3HP Tel: 01582 493099 Email: info@albanshipping.co.uk Collections may be made between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. You are advised to arrange a collection time in advance to help avoid delays. Alban Shipping would be pleased to quote delivery or shipping of items, if you wish them to do so.

Collections must be made within 14 days after the auction (Tuesday 28th March). Storage and handling fees will be charged in relation to lots left uncollected after that date at Alban Shipping’s standard rates. All lots must be paid for in full before collection.

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1 A William & Mary olive oyster veneered, walnut and ash banded chest on stand The rectangular moulded top inlaid within an arced banding above two short and two long drawers, the stand with moulded edge above one long drawer on spirally turned legs, joined by a flattened shaped apron, on bun feet, 93cm wide, 58cm deep, 117cm high. ÂŁ5,000-ÂŁ7,000

2 A William & Mary oak ‘Master’s’ open armchair The shaped toprail above a panelled rectangular splat flanked by turned split bobbins above downswept arms, on a boarded seat and baluster and block turned legs joined by a turned fascia stretcher and double side stretchers, feet re-tipped, 65cm wide, 45cm deep, 131cm high. £1,000-£1,500

3 A William & Mary oak side table The rectangular moulded top above a frieze drawer, on baluster ring turned legs, joined by a wavy ‘X’ stretcher, on bun feet, 89cm wide, 57cm deep, 71cm high. £1,000-£1,500 4 A small early 18th century walnut double gateleg table The oval top above a frieze drawer on turned legs joined by moulded stretchers, on turned feet, 86cm wide, 66cm deep, 70cm high. £600-£800 4

5 A rare George I walnut, crossbanded and featherbanded child’s bureau on a base of a slightly later date The rectangular top above a sloping fall enclosing four pigeonholes, a thin tray drawer and two short and one long drawer flanked by three shaped stepped drawers to each side; above a long drawer, the George II walnut and crossbanded base inlaid with boxwood lines, the moulded edge above two long drawers on later turned feet, 49cm wide, 35cm deep, 64cm high. £4,000-£6,000

6 A large William & Mary walnut oyster veneered & sycamore banded lace box The rectangular hinged lid inlaid with concentric circles, on a moulded plinth base, 48cm wide, 48cm deep, 12cm high. £400-£600

7 A William & Mary walnut and sycamore marquetry lace box With ash mouldings, the hinged rectangular lid inlaid with strapwork and scrolling leaf marquetry, with similarly inlaid sides, 43cm wide, 34cm deep, 11cm high. £400-£600

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8 A small William & Mary olivewood oyster veneered mirror The later rectangular bevelled plate within a cushion and moulded frame, 54cm high, 50cm wide. £1,200-£1,800

9 A large William & Mary walnut oyster veneered mirror The rectangular later plate within a moulded slip and cushion frame, 81cm high, 69cm wide. £2,500-£3,500

10 A 19th century William & Mary style walnut, floral marquetry and parcel gilt centre table The rectangular moulded edge top decorated with a floral filled classical urn and floral marquetry spandrels to each corner, above a pair of frieze drawers, on spiral turned legs and acanthus carved terminus joined by a wavy marquetry flattened stretcher on acanthus scroll feet, 120cm wide, 87cm deep, 81cm high. £3,000-£4,000

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11 Miniature Furniture: A mid 18th century yew chest The rectangular moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers on ogee bracket feet, 37cm wide, 30cm deep, 41cm high. £800-£1,200

12 A William & Mary style walnut stool The square stuff-over top on slender turned bulbous legs joined by a shaped X-stretcher on turned bun feet, 46cm wide, 46cm deep, 47cm high. £300-£500

13 A late 17th century olive oyster veneered and gilt brass repoussé domed coffer Inlaid with ebonised lines, the applied clasped corners, panels and lock plates with birds and flowers, probably Flemish or French, 61cm wide, 43cm deep, 28cm high. £1,800-£2,200 Provenance: P.M.Warde Norbury, Hooton Pagnell, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

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14 A George I walnut, sycamore and ebony foliate marquetry chest The rectangular moulded top with central oval panel of scrolling acanthus, flowerheads, ho-ho birds and mythological beasts within similar inlay to each corner, above two short and three long graduated inlaid drawers, the sides with marquetry panels of flowers and griffins, on a moulded plinth base and turned bun feet, 100cm wide, 57cm deep, 92cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000

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15 A George I carved walnut stool The rectangular padded drop-in seat above a plain frieze on cabriole leaf carved scrolled legs on pad feet, 51cm wide, 40cm deep, 40cm high. £1,200-£1,800

16 A William & Mary walnut and olive oyster veneered and green stained horn marquetry candlestand Inlaid with ebonised lines, the octagonal moulded top with a central circular panel of a bird within a wreath of flowerheads and leaves, on a spirally turned shaft and floral marquetry base, on downswept tripod legs and later turned feet, 33cm diameter, 84cm high. £2,500-£3,500 17 A George II cocuswood, walnut and banded side table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular quarter-veneered top above frieze drawers to each end, on slender cabriole lapetted legs and pad feet, with castors, stamped to one drawer, ‘T.WILLSON 68 GREAT QUEENS STREET LONDON’, 91cm wide, 52cm deep, 75cm high. £2,500-£3,500 A related card table in cocuswood (traditionally thought to be laburnum) and dated circa 1710 can be seen illustrated in G.Beard & J.Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, page 52, figure 3. Another of similar form from Ickworth Park, Suffolk, is illustrated in P.Maquoid and R.Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, p.195, fig.8.

Thomas Willson is listed at 68 Great Queen Street, London as a furniture broker, auctioneer and appraiser (17991854). It has been suggested that the Willson’s were good quality second-hand furniture dealers (brokers), although there is mention of a ‘Furniture Works’ in the 1838-54 entries which may be a reference to a repair workshop rather than a manufactory. See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.985.

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18 A 17th century Flemish repoussé gilt-brass cushion frame marginal mirror Profusely decorated with scrolling leaves, flowers and exotic birds, the arched cresting above a rectangular plate within mirrored border plates, 130cm high, 86cm high. £3,000-£5,000

19 A Queen Anne carved giltwood pier mirror With arched bevelled divided plate the upper part cut with scrolling stylised leaves within a triple moulded frame flanked by cluster columns to each side, regilt, 142cm high, 67cm high. £3,000-£5,000 thepedestal.com

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20 A large William & Mary walnut, ebonised and sycamore marquetry lace box The rectangular hinged lid with moulded edge inlaid with a central bird amongst scrolling leaves and flowers within an oval banding and with further leaves and flowers to each corner, the front and sides similarly inlaid, on a moulded base, 54cm wide, 41cm deep, 13cm high. £2,500-£3,500

21 ¥ A William and Mary kingwood oyster veneered and rosewood cabinet on stand The upper part with a moulded overhanging cornice and cushion frieze drawer above a pair of geometric inlaid doors enclosing an interior of ten various drawers around a central cupboard door enclosing five various small drawers, the stand with a long frieze drawer, on six later square section broken scroll legs joined by shaped stretchers uniting to support a radiating kingwood oyster veneered oval inlaid platform, on turned bun feet, with various old handwritten labels to the interior of the drawers and inscribed ‘1799’, ‘1802’, ‘Jovis’ and another ‘Leverton Papers, to be Kept’, 124.5cm wide, 52cm deep, 172cm high. £8,000-£12,000 The cabinet offered here forms part of a small number of known cabinets which share certain similarities. Two have been published: notably an escritoire from the collection of the architect Basil Ionides with apparently a notably similar arrangement of kingwood oyster veneer roundels and spandrels (Country Life, August 11, 1950). This escritoire was referred to by Christopher Gilbert as a ‘highly important kingwood fall-front cabinet inscribed ‘Thomas Pistor, Ludgate Hill, London, formerly owned by the Hon. Basil Ionides, which unfortunately remains untraced’, see C.Gilbert, The Pictorial

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Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, p.44.

A similarly veneered kingwood cabinet “in two stages” forms part of the Noel Terry collection at Fairfax House, York and is illustrated in P.Brown, The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks, York 1987, p.39, catalogued as c.1690-95 and acquired by Noel Terry from Mallett in 1935.

It is possible that the class as a whole has a common maker (based on Christopher Gilbert’s comments, possibly Thomas Pistor, for further information on this cabinetmaker see lot 27). There are similarities between different examples not only in the use of the veneers, but also in the details of the mouldings and other points of construction.

The name ‘Kingwood’ does not appear in British sources until 1770 before which it was probably referred to as princes wood although the exact Botanical species has not been identified other than being a species of Dalbergia, see A.Bowett, Woods in British Furniture Making 1400-1900, Wetherby 2012, p.104. Bowett notes that kingwood had generally gone out of fashion by around 1730 but was reintroduced, very possibly by the French émigré cabinetmakers in London during the 1770’s. Kingwood was amongst the most expensive woods generally used by cabinet-makers at the time, and its use is invariably associated with furniture of high quality.

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22 A Louis XIV kingwood oyster veneered and brass bound strong box/coffre fort The strapwork hinged lid enclosing and inner hinged lid, the fall front enclosing two short drawers, 36cm wide, 23cm deep, 22cm high. £1,500-£2,000

23 A Louis XIV kingwood crossbanded and parquetry kneehole desk The rectangular hinged top above a secretaire drawer enclosing four short drawers above a recessed kneehole enclosing a shelf, flanked by four short drawer to each side, on six later turned ball feet, 95cm wide, 54cm deep, 77cm high. £2,000-£3,000

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24 A large pair of tôleware red and gilt chinoiserie decorated japanned lamp bases Decorated all over with Chinese figures in landscapes with buildings, birds and foliate decoration, the campana urns with reeded socles and flattened spherical supports on square plinth bases, each 38cm diameter, 75cm high (including fittings). (2) £1,500-£2,000

25 A rare late George II papier-mâché black and gilt chinoiserie cache-pot Decorated with sprays of flowers, a seated female figure and a building in a landscape setting, the urn shaped body, on a moulded foot, 19.5cm diameter, 18cm high. £800-£1,200 The fine surface of this cache-pot suggests that it was made after the early experimental years of papier-mâché, the floral design being taken from Stalker & Parker’s, A Treatise of Japanning & Varnishing, 1668, pl.13.

26 A George II burr yew, walnut and parcel gilt toilet mirror With chequerbanding throughout, the rectangular plate within a shaped swing frame, above a scrolling pierced fret cross support, the rectangular moulded base with three short drawers, on shaped ogee bracket feet, 46cm wide, 19cm deep, 63cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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27 A William & Mary kingwood oyster veneered cabinet on chest attributed to Thomas Pistor The upper part with a moulded overhanging cornice and a cushion frieze drawer above a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with concentric circles and enclosing a fitted interior of eleven various drawers, the housing for two of the larger top drawers concealing sliding compartments with small removable lidded boxes, around a central cupboard door with a sliding panel and concealed box compartment within the door, the door enclosing four further small short drawers, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, on later bun feet, the sides similarly decorated with oyster veneers, 119cm wide, 51cm deep, 180.5cm high £20,000-£30,000 The attribution to the London cabinet-maker Thomas Pistor is based on a group of pieces identified and previously with W.R Harvey including two kingwood cabinets and a desk to which the cabinet offered here is clearly part of the same group.

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 cabinet 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 1770-1840, 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 pieces was marked remain uncertain.

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 1660-1840 (1986) and Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (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.

The overall profile and proportions of the Buxted escritoire conforms to that of the cabinet offered here and the W.R Harvey cabinets as does the pattern of oysters visible on the frieze drawer, and there is a strikingly similar large radiating circular pattern. It is undoubtedly the same maker responsible for the cabinet offered here and for the two W.R Harvey cabinets, one of which is a near pair to the above cabinet. The two cabinets share virtually identical dimensions, profile of the mouldings at the cornice, waist and base. The size and layout of all of the drawers are identical and in both cabinets secret drawers can be found in the underside of the internal door and above the two top internal drawers and the use of veneers is near identical on both pieces. The interiors of both are furnished with two large drawers above and below the central door, three smaller drawers either side, and a small drawer immediately below the door. The veneers on the drawers are again almost identical, the chest sections have dovetails that appear to have been cut by the same hand. The internal door locks appear the same and most strikingly of all, the stylised numbers on the backs of the internal drawers and the corresponding divides were seemingly done by the same hand presumably in the same workshop.

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28 A George III carved giltwood and gesso mirror On a punched ground, the rectangular bevelled plate within a leaf carved moulding surmounted by a scrolling acanthus pierced cresting, with shaped apron below carved with shells, scrolling acanthus and centred by a flowerhead, re-gilt, 101cm high, 55cm wide. £2,000-£3,000

29 A George II cut gesso and giltwood mirror/girandole The later rectangular bevelled plate within a sanded moulded slip and leaf carved border surmounted by a scrolling leaf and shell carved cresting, on a similarly carved undulating apron below, re-gilt, candle-branches missing, the frame slightly reduced to fit the current plate probably during the 18th century, 121cm high, 69cm wide. £1,200-£1,800 Provenance: Sybil Sassoon, late Dowager Marchioness Cholmondeley, CBE (1894-1989), widow of George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley and daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon (1856-1912), 2nd Bt., and Baroness Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909).

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30 A George III mahogany kneehole bureau dressing table, attributed to Thomas Chippendale The rectangular moulded top above a flame figured frieze drawer enclosing seven divisions above a recessed kneehole with panelled door enclosing a shaped shelf, flanked by three short drawers to each side, on ogee bracket feet, with laminated blocks behind the feet, 97cm wide, 57cm deep, 80cm high. £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: The late Hon. Mrs. B. Bruce (1921-2012) wife of the late Hon. Bernard Bruce, the only son of Victor Alexander Bruce 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine and of Culross Abbey House by his second marriage. Considered to be one of the earliest classical buildings in Scotland Culross Abbey House is the dower house to Broomhall, the seat of the 11th Earl of Elgin. See Country Life, Culross Abbey House, Fife : The home of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 16 May 1957, pp 981-983.

This lot may be closely compared with a George III mahogany ‘buroe’ table by Thomas Chippendale supplied to Ninian Home for Paxton House, Berwickshire, at a cost of £6.12s. It recently appeared on the market at Christies, London, 14 May 2003, lot 140 (realised £77,675 including premium). It can also be seen illustrated in C.Claxton Stevens & S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, p.108.

Another version of the same item, but without the entre-lac moulded border was made for the Buff Bedroom at Paxton House, presumably also by Chippendale (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, fig.417) and is illustrated alongside the aforementioned Paxton bureau, together with a design for a bureau dressing table from the Director (1754) PL.XLI (figs 415 & 416).

A George III mahogany kneehole possibly by Thomas Chippendale was sold Christies, London 22 January 2009, lot 29 which can be closely compared with the above lot having a part-fitted mahogany lined frieze drawer and laminated corner blocks behind the feet.

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31 A Queen Anne black japanned bureau cabinet The double-domed cornice, with flambeau finials above a pair of conforming doors with bevelled mirror doors revealing a partially red-japanned interior with an arrangement of shelves, pigeonholes, folio divisions and small drawers, the fall enclosing a fitted interior with conforming decoration including a well, below are two short and two long graduated drawers, on bun feet, restorations, 102cm wide, 58cm deep, 221cm high. £20,000-£30,000 With close similarities to a Queen Anne black japanned bureau cabinet, sold Christies, London, 29 November 1984 (realised £41,040 including buyer’s premium) illustrated G.Beard & J Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, p.62. This pattern of bureau cabinet was produced with other coloured schemes of japanning and is of closely related overall form and decoration to a bureau cabinet exhibited by The Pelham Galleries, Paris at TEFAF Maastricht, 2007 and formerly offered a Della Rocca, Torino, 21 November 2006. A red japanned example of very similar form with the addition of a wavy apron was exhibited by Mallett & Son at The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, London 1959 and illustrated in the accompanying handbook.

The vogue for lacquered objects and screens which were brought back to Europe by the East India Company in the late 17th century resulted in demand for larger pieces with a similar style of decoration. Western cabinet-makers turned to John Stalker and George Parker’s seminal 1688 Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing which provided the recipes for producing the various different colours but also templates of Chinese figures, plants and gardens which could be used to create seemingly authentic Chinese scenes. European ‘japanning’ remained fashionable until the end of the eighteenth century.

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32 A George I burr walnut, crossbanded and featherbanded chest The rectangular moulded edge top banded with a large central medallion and segmented corners above two short and two long drawers, on later bun feet, 105cm wide, 60cm deep, 83cm high. £3,000-£5,000

33 A George III mahogany mule chest The rectangular moulded hinged lid above two short and one long graduated drawer, with carrying handles to the sides, on shaped bracket feet, 105cm wide, 49cm deep, 81cm high. £800-£1,200

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34 An early George III mahogany secretaire bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey The rectangular egg and dart and dentil moulded cornice above a pair of shaped bevelled later glazed doors, with egg and dart moulded slips enclosing two adjustable shelves, above a secretaire drawer enclosing a central arched panelled door enclosing a small drawer flanked by ten pigeonholes and six drawers above a pair of shaped panelled doors with egg and dart moulding on later ogee bracket feet, 122cm wide, 46cm deep, 238cm high. ÂŁ5,000-ÂŁ7,000 Two mahogany cabinets with similar cartouche shaped panels, bearing the label of Giles Grendey, Clerkenwell, London are illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture,1996, pp. 240-241, pls. 432 and 433.

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35 An early George III mahogany bidet The kidney shaped seat with a removable flat lid enclosing a tin liner with plug on baluster turned legs joined by an ‘H’ stretcher, 59cm wide, 33cm deep, 54cm high. £1,000-£1,500

36 A George III Irish carved mahogany stool The rounded rectangular drop-in seat on acanthus carved cabriole legs with trefid feet, 56cm wide, 46cm deep, 41cm high. £800-£1,200

37 A George III mahogany open armchair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The scrolled toprail above a pierced scrolling splat and outswept scroll arms above a drop-in seat on cabriole legs and pad feet, 58cm wide, 50cm deep, 101cm high. £800-£1,200

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38 Miniature Furniture: A George II mahogany and chequerbanded bureau bookcase With oak sides, the chequered lines inlaid in walnut, bog oak and fruitwood, the moulded cornice above a pair of mirrored panel doors enclosing a shelf, above a fall enclosing a later rectangular green velvet writing surface and fitted interior, comprising a collection of four pigeonholes and three small drawers, above three graduated drawers on bracket feet, 25.5cm wide, 14.5cm deep, 44cm high (10in wide, 5.5in deep, 17in high). £1,500-£2,000

39 A George II carved mahogany cheval dressing mirror The arched bevelled plate with a cut gesso slip and moulded frame flanked by fluted uprights, on downswept cabochon carved scroll supports joined by a pierced scroll and shell carved flattened stretcher, 52cm wide, 36cm deep, 54cm high, £1,500-£2,000

Provenance: Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) E.F. Benson was an English author. Born at Wellington College in Berkshire, educated at Marlborough College, Benson was a prolific writer, publishing his first book while still a student. He is principally known for his Mapp and Lucia series about Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp, which was adapted for television and radio.

40 A George III mahogany and brass bound bucket The coopered sloping sides with swing brass carrying handles, together with a later metal liner, 35cm diameter, 33cm high. £1,000-£1,500

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41 A George II carved cream painted girandole The arched later plate within a bead and reel and Vitruvian scroll slip with a sanded outer-border and egg and dart frame with projecting corners, the sides hung with bell flowers, surmounted by a crown and fleur-de-lys flanked by scrolls and overhanging foliage, with a shell and foliate scrollwork apron below with plates for candle arms, 97cm high, 65cm wide. £4,000-£6,000

42 A George III carved giltwood mirror The rectangular bevelled plate within a channelled frame with acanthus carved corners and a beaded outer frame, regilt, the plate 18th century and re-used, 95cm high, 62cm wide. £600-£800

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43 A pair of late 19th century mahogany window seats in the George III style Upholstered and close-nailed in bronze coloured and red leaf upholstery, the scrolling arms above rectangular padded seats on square moulded legs with pierced scrolling brackets joined by ‘H’ stretchers, each 118cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000

44 A 19th century Irish carved mahogany silver/centre table The rectangular moulded top with re-entrant corners above an undulating moulded and paterae carved friezes centred by a shell, on cabriole acanthus leaf carved legs, on claw and ball feet, 78cm wide, 55cm deep, 69cm high. £2,000-£2,500

45 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. £2,500-£3,500

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46 A set of six George III carved mahogany dining chairs in the Chinese Chippendale taste The serpentine toprails with acanthus leaf carved ears above pierced vertical vase shaped splats pierced with quatrefoils and with carved crockets, above stuffover serpentine seats, upholstered in cream damask, on square tapering legs and square feet. (6) £10,000-£15,000 Provenance: Purchased Sotheby’s, London 12 June 2002, lot 25 (realised £25,095 including premium) 28

47 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, possibly previously with a marble top, 140cm wide, 64cm deep, 80cm high. £6,000-£8,000 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).

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48 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. £800-£1,200

49 A George III mahogany night commode The rectangular moulded top above a pair of simulated drawers and a deep drawer simulated as two drawers but enclosing a lidded pot, on shaped bracket feet, 56cm wide, 47cm deep, 71cm high. £1,000-£1,500

50 An early George III mahogany Pembroke table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The rectangular hinged top above a frieze drawer, on square moulded legs headed by pierced brackets, joined by a shaped undertier on reel and block feet, with leather castors, 97cm wide, 70cm deep, 71cm high. £2,000-£2,500

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51 A mid 18th century carved mahogany tripod table The ‘plum pudding’ octagonal moulded tilt top inlaid with a band of boxwood and ebonised lines, above a ‘birdcage’ movement on wreathed baluster turned shaft and hipped cabriole leaf and flowerhead carved legs and claw and ball feet, with castors, ink stamped to the underside ‘OKNA, SATERI, SVERIGE’, probably Swedish, 73cm diameter, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000 A closely related base although with a pie-crust top is illustrated in H.Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 2nd ed 1937, p.298.

52 An early George III mahogany octagonal centre/dining table The top with an associated leaf, on turned tapering legs and pad feet, 191cm wide, 134cm deep, 72cm high (extended). £1,000-£1,500 See S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol I, p.235 where she quotes Richard Gillow describing the numerous ways an ‘octagon table’ could be assembled in 1762. This type of table was introduced during the 1760’s and remained fashionable for more that a decade, but by the 1770’s they were considered old fashioned and were replaced by ‘circular’ tables.

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53 A pair of late 19th century Louis XIV style green and grey painted pedestals The square ogee moulded tops with egg and dart mouldings above shells, scrolls and cabochon carving to the fronts, with swagged bellflowers and lattice work above shells and scrolling acanthus bases, on lion paw feet, with various prop hire labels to the reverse, each 69cm wide, 39cm deep, 97cm high. (2) ÂŁ6,000-ÂŁ8,000

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54 A large and impressive George II style carved giltwood pier mirror in the manner of John Vardy The shaped rectangular divided plate surmounted by a pierced scrolling acanthus leaf carved cresting flanked by ‘C’ scrolls, flowerhead and pierced rocaille above male and female scrolling terms and leafy fronds, the apron with pierced acanthus and ‘C’ scrolls issuing icicles, 247cm high, 113cm wide. £3,000-£5,000

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55 ¥ A George III mahogany and rosewood demi-lune card table The rectangular hinged top enclosing a baize lined interior above a plain frieze carved with a central paterae and swagged bellflowers, on stop-fluted square tapering legs and spade feet, with a depository swing label for Lady Deen, 104cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high. £800-£1,200

56 A George III carved mahogany secretaire side cabinet The breakfront rectangular moulded top above a secretaire drawer inlaid with oval flame panels, flutes and beads; above a pair of moulded panelled doors with foliate roundels to each corner, enclosing two adjustable shelves on a moulded plinth base, 94cm wide, 40cm deep, 91cm high. £2,000-£3,000 34

57 A George III carved mahogany bureau cabinet attributed to Thomas Bradshaw The pierced broken swan-neck acanthus and egg and dart carved and moulded pediment above a leaf and bellflower carved frieze and a pair of Gothic arched astragal glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, the lower part with a sloping fall enclosing a panelled door flanked by triple cluster column ‘secret drawers’ and six pigeonholes with pierced fret arcading, above two short and three long graduated drawers and a wreathed base moulding, on acanthus carved ogee bracket feet, 107cm wide, 57cm deep, 264cm high. £10,000-£15,000 The distinctive pierced cornice is a feature often used by the cabinet-maker Thomas Bradshaw. A bureau bookcase by Bradshaw with this type of cornice is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, p.119, pl.150. Bradshaw is listed as working at St.Paul’s Churchyard 1754-75 and subscribed to Chippendale’s 1754 Director. He was declared bankrupt in 1772, (see G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.99).

A Bradshaw display cabinet of circa 1760 and formerly with Freshfords Antiques with pierced swan-neck fret pediment has comparable acanthus carved glazing bars, a more unusual feature. See Sotheby’s, Important English Furniture, 30 June 2004 for a George III mahogany linen press, circa 1760, attributed to Thomas Bradshaw. A very similar unattributed bureaucabinet, formerly with Hotspur, was sold Christie’s, Important English Furniture, 6 July 2000, lot 150. A secretaire bookcase with pierced cornice, almost certainly attributable to Bradshaw and formerly with French & Co., New York, is illustrated in F.Lewis Hinckley, Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years, 1988, p.138, Ill.212.

Two further unattributed but similar examples can be noted in C. Claxton Stevens & S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, pp.192 & 197, the one illustrated on p.192 has a comparable wreathed moulding, whilst both have ogee bracket feet as seen in the above lot (although this example has more sophisticated feet) rather than the blind fret bracket foot which is often seen in Bradshaw pieces.

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58 A George III mahogany display pedestal The octagonal top above moulded panelled sides with canted angles, on a moulded plinth base, 45cm wide, 45cm deep, 67cm high. £800-£1,000

59 An unusual 18th century carved mahogany writing desk The rectangular moulded top above a double inverted shell carved front flanked

by Corinthian column pilasters, sliding forward and enclosing a tooled leather writing slide enclosing eight pigeonholes; one side with a cupboard door simulating three short drawers and enclosing sixteen pigeonholes, the other side with three short drawers, on shaped bracket feet, with castors, possibly Dutch, 91cm wide, 58cm deep, 81cm high. £3,000-£4,000

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60 A George III mahogany kneehole dressing table/desk The rounded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and a cupboard door enclosing a shelf flanked by three drawers to each side, on shaped bracket feet, 107cm wide, 49cm deep, 76cm high. £1,200-£1,800

61 A small George III mahogany chest The rectangular moulded top above a slide and four long graduated drawers on shaped bracket feet, 78cm wide, 47cm deep, 78cm high. £600-800

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62 A George III mahogany butlers tray on fixed stand The rectangular top with a deep shaped three-quarter gallery on square tapering moulded legs with square brass cappings and castors, 68cm wide, 47cm deep, 57cm high. £800-£1,200

63 A pair of George III carved mahogany side chairs The shield shaped padded and closenailed backs carved with stylised leaves above serpentine padded and close-nailed seats, on stiff leaf carved turned tapering legs headed by paterae, on spool feet. (2) £700-£1,000 64 A pair of George III mahogany Gentleman’s tray top bedside commodes Each with rectangular tops with shaped galleries and pierced carrying handles, above a pair of cupboard doors and deep shaped apron drawers on square chamfered legs, with slight differences to the turned roundels, converted, 58cm wide, 45cm deep, 80cm high. (2) £5,000-£10,000 Provenance: Purchased William Bedford PLC (£14,800).

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65 A George III ebonised and polychrome painted sofa The curved bowed toprail decorated with laurel leaves, berries and flowers above a rectangular padded back above downswept arms painted with ribands and berries above a bowed seat, with loose squab cushion on square tapering legs with trailing bellflowers and paterae on spade feet, 204cm wide, 63cm deep, 90cm high. £2,000-£3,000

66 A George III figured mahogany and crossbanded serpentine Pembroke table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale in the French taste Inlaid with tulipwood banding, the shaped moulded top above a frieze drawer and an opposing simulated drawer on square tapering moulded legs with brass cappings and castors, 91cm wide, 75cm deep, 71cm high. £1,500-£2,000 For a Pembroke table by Thomas Chippendale and with a very similar top, see Sothebys, 10 Nov 2015, lot 122 (realised £68,750 including premium). The Sotheby's table was removed from Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed and was part of a Chippendale commission, appearing in the 1828 inventory. The above table relates to other items of furniture supplied by Chippendale and the unusual figured top can be seen in another Pembroke table by Chippendale at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, see Christie’s, Dumfries House: A Chippendale Commission, 12 July, 2007, lot 33.

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67 A George III figured mahogany linen press attributed to Gillows Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular ogee moulded dentil cornice above a pair of oval panelled doors enclosing four slides, the lower part with two short and two long graduated drawers, on slender outswept backet feet, 125cm wide, 57cm deep, 197cm high. ÂŁ1,200-ÂŁ1,500 This typical Gillow handle pattern from the 1780-1800 period is illustrated in S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Vol. II, Suffolk 2008, p.335, pl. D9.a

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Macquoid, (Percy) - A History of English Furniture, 1904-08, 4 vols, in red and gilt morocco Comprising of The Age of Oak, Walnut, Mahogany and Satinwood, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1908. (4) £400-£600

69 A large George III mahogany and sycamore marquetry oval tray With central large marquetry conch shell and plain gallery, 75cm wide, 52cm deep, 3cm high. £300-£500

70 A late George III mahogany and brass bound oval tray The brass bound gallery with moulded overscrolled brass carrying handles, 74cm wide, 60cm deep, 7cm high. £1,000-£1,500 42

71 A large George III rolled gilt, red and blue paper coat-of-arms in a glazed ebonised case Depicting the arms of the Saunders and Sherwood/Cherwood family, backed onto light blue watered silk, 48cm wide, 10cm deep, 53cm high. £2,500-£3,500

72 An eleven-piece set of 19th century gilt bronze door furniture in a later glazed case in the neo-classical style Comprising of a one large and nine small door handles and a matching covered escutcheon plate, mounted within a rectangular mahogany veneered glazed case, 26.5cm wide, 12.5cm deep, 38cm high. £300-£400

73 A George III mahogany and sycamore marquetry octagonal box Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged lid with circular painted print of a putti within marquetry banded borders, the sides with specimen wood ovals, the interior re-lined, 28cm diameter, 12cm high. £500-£700

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74 A George III mahogany and padouk serpentine cabinet on chest possibly attributable to Wright and Elwick The upper part of stepped form with an astragal glazed door flanked by smaller panelled doors each enclosing six pigeon holes and four graduated short drawers, surmounted by an overhanging drop-pendant and dentil moulded cornice above pierced fret carved crestings with foliate scroll work and acanthus carved turned and fluted acorn topped finials, the lower part with a serpentine moulded edge top above a fitted drawer with a sliding baize lined writing surface enclosing a ratcheted dressing mirror and various compartments and divisions above three graduated drawers, on shaped and moulded bracket feet, restorations, 106cm wide, 60cm deep, 210.5cm high. ÂŁ30,000-ÂŁ50,000 This cabinet on chest or dressing cabinet is almost identical to an example at Fairfax House, York which forms part of the Noel Terry collection of furniture and clocks which resides there.Their dressing cabinet was formerly the property of R.M.Broadhead, Esq., Ockwells Manor, Berks then subsequently with Hotspur, London in 1977 (see P.Brown, The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks at Fairfax House, York, York Civic Trust, fig 43 and illustrated Connoisseur, June, 1966, p.L1.)

See Thomas Chippendale's 1754 Director, pl. LXIX for a library bookcase with stepped breakfront cabinet and similar glazing pattern.

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75 A late George III mahogany and satinwood banded octagonal tripod table Inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines, the tilt top above a wreathed shaft, on downswept legs and turned feet, 41cm wide, 33cm deep, 72cm high. £800-£1,200

76 A George III carved mahogany serpentine stool The shaped rectangular seat above stiff leaf carved turned fluted legs, on turned feet, 82cm wide, 44cm deep, 46cm high. £800-£1,000

77 A pair of George III tray top Gentleman’s bedside commodes Each with rectangular tops, undulating galleries and heart shaped pierced carrying handles above tambour doors and a deep drawer, one still enclosing a lidded pot, on square chamfered legs, with castors, each 60cm wide, 50cm deep, 81cm high. (2) £3,000-£4,000

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78 A pair of 19th century mahogany and brass bound rectangular book carriers With pierced carrying handles to the sides, each 73cm wide, 29cm deep, 12cm high. (2) £600-£800

79 A Charles II cast iron and later polychrome decorated fireback Of arched form cast with the Royal coat of arms and the motto ‘Honi soit qui mal pense’ and ‘Dieu et mon Droit’, 58cm high, 53cm wide. £500-£700

80 A George III paktong and burnished steel fire-grate in the manner of Robert Adam The rectangular cast iron back plate with bowed basket and three crossbars surmounted by turned urn finials, above pierced scrolling leaf engraved apron flanked by ring turned legs, with urn finials, on bracket feet, 64cm wide, 26cm deep, 74cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The design for this fire-grate can be closely compared with an engraving in W.Glossop,The Stove-Grate Makers Assistant, published by I.Taylor in 1771, fig 43 (see C.Gilbert & A.Wells-Cole, The Fashionable Fire Place 1660-1840, p.56).

With similarities to late George II Scottish steel firegrates by David Robertson circa 1760 supplied for Dumfries House, Ayrshire (see Christie’s, Dumfries House, 12 July 2007, lots 16, 59 & 580). See also Christie’s, London, 21 January 2010, lot 47 for another of related form.

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81 A George III mahogany and crossbanded, purplewood banded serpentine serving table Inlaid with boxwood lines, the shaped rectangular top above a plain frieze with single drawers to each end, on square tapering gaitered legs headed by flame figured ovals, 137cm wide, 68cm deep, 92cm high. £4,000-£6,000

82 ¥ A pair of George III mahogany, rosewood crossbanded and chequerbanded serpentine knife boxes Each with sloping shaped lids enclosing a stellar inlaid lid and a fitted interior, above shaped fronts with white metal pierced escutcheons, ring handles and shield shaped cartouches flanked by simulated stop fluted uprights, each 22cm wide, 30cm deep, 39cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Carlton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire 83 A George III carved mahogany window seat in the French Hepplewhite taste The serpentine padded seat and arms with scrolling arm terminals, on slender cabriole legs headed by shells on scroll feet, 119m wide, 41cm deep, 66cm high. £4,000-£6,000 48

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84 A George III carved giltwood marginal mirror The rectangular central plate within a beaded frame and divided marginal plates, within a beaded outerframe, surmounted by an urn cresting issuing flowerheads and swagged leaves, above stiff leaves and flanked by urn finials, with further draped swags and a swagged leaf and flowerhead apron below, regilt, 132m high, 57cm wide. £3,000-£5,000

85 A pair of Victorian carved oak Gothic Revival threetier hanging shelves in the manner of George Smith The rectangular moulded top shelf with wavy threequarter gallery above two further shelves with pierced trefoil and quatrefoil arched ends, carved with flowerheads and Gothic tracery, 69cm wide, 18cm deep, 53cm high. £800-£1,200

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86 A carved giltwood pier mirror in the neo-classical style The oval plate within a fluted and beaded moulded frame surmounted by a riband tied cresting with trailing bellflowers, above a classical urn, the apron carved with a scrolling acanthus leaf, principally George III but with 19th century embellishments, regilt, 218cm high, 85cm wide. ÂŁ2,500-ÂŁ3,500

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87 A late George III mahogany, satinwood banded, amboyna, ebony, crossbanded and chequerbanded serving table The narrow rectangular top with a bowed central section, the frieze with a central inlaid medallion, on square section tapering gaitered legs, 176cm wide, 56cm deep, 90cm high. £2,000-£3,000

88 A late George III satinwood, tulipwood banded, ebonised and line inlaid bowfront side cabinet The shaped rectangular top with projecting corners above a plain frieze and a pair of grille panel doors with pleated silk backing enclosing velvet lined shelves flanked by tapering fluted columns and with similar columns to the back corners on ebonised turned toupie feet, 95cm wide, 37cm deep, 75cm high. £2,500-£3,500

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89 A pair of George III carved mahogany open armchairs attributed to Gillows in the Sheraton taste The square backs with lobed finials above moulded, stiff leaf and paterae carved triple vertical splats, above downswept moulded arms and leaf carved arm supports, on serpentine caned seats and ring turned stiff leaf carved tapering legs with spool feet, together with loose buttoned and braided cream squab cushions. (2) £1,500-£2,000 The splats on this pair of chairs closely relate to the design for a 'Spanish-back' chair of 1789 (Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, 735/1 f.13) see L.Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, pl.279.

90 ¥ A pair of George III satinwood, tulipwood crossbanded painted demi-lune card tables Inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines, the hinged tops decorated with central laurel leaves, swags and paterae, enclosing baize lined interiors, above friezes painted with laurel & berry riband tied swags between simulated flutes, on square tapering legs painted with trailing bellflowers on spade feet, elements of the painted decoration of later date, with indistinct paper labels to the underside, each 92cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high. (2) £4,000-£6,000 thepedestal.com

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91 A George III mahogany fret carved open armchair The undulating toprail above a pierced splat centred by a twin-handled Classical urn, above outswept scroll arms and ‘S’ scroll arm supports, on serpentine padded close-nailed and buttoned seat on square fluted tapering legs and spade feet. £700-£900

92 A George III mahogany Universal Table after a design by Thomas Sheraton The rectangular top above two draw leaf slides above a frieze drawer on square tapering legs and square brass cappings and castors, 99cm wide, 77cm deep, 73cm high. £1,000-£1,500 Thomas Sheraton's design for 'A Universal Table' for breakfast and dining was first published in 1791 and appeared later in his works, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, London 1802, 3rd ed., pl.XXV

93 An early 19th century mahogany Federal carved mahogany side cabinet The rectangular top with fret carved three-quarter gallery with acorn turned finials and two hinges candle boxes, above a pair of frieze drawers and a pair of line inlaid panelled doors with applied roundels, enclosing a divided interior of two short drawers and a deep cellaret drawer and a later shelf, flanked by ring turned projecting angles, on turned feet, 108cm wide, 48cm deep, 116cm high. £1,000-£1,500

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94 A pair of Regency carved mahogany hall chairs The shaped toprails with large central turned roundels and stylised lotus leaves, with drop pendants, above scrolling acanthus carved backs and rectangular seats with moulded seatrails on downswept moulded legs, with restorations. (2) £1,500-£2,000

95 A Regency mahogany four-tier tapering whatnot The rectangular top with three-quarter gallery and turned finials above ring turned supports, the lower tier with an apron drawer on ring turned tapering legs, with castors, 47cm wide, 47cm deep, 151cm high. £1,000-£1,500

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96 A pair of late Regency oak hall chairs The moulded tableted backs centred by raised shields with applied bronze heraldic devices, raised on foliated carved moulded supports, the tapered seats, on octagonal turned legs and spool feet. (2) £800-£1,200 Provenance Probably Titsey Place, Surrey Katherine Maria Gresham (1770-1808), daughter of Sir John Gresham heiress to Titsey Place married William Leveson Gower (1779-1851), a younger son of Admiral the Hon. John Leveson Gower and first cousin of the Marquess of Stafford, later the 1st Duke of Sutherland in 1804. Katherine died four years later in 1808.

Earl Granville's (Leveson-Gower) family crest usually has a better restrained collar chain on the walking wolf, it may also be noted that it is also the crest of LOWE of Highfield, Nottinghamshire. The grasshopper is the crest of GRESHAM, originally of Greasham, Norfolk.

97 A large Regency mahogany centre table in the manner of T & G Seddon The rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above standard end supports, the shaped plinth bases headed by scrolling lotus leaves and flowerheads, 182cm wide, 110cm deep, 77cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The use of good quality timber and carved scrolling lotus leaf design is indicative of the work of T & G Seddon. See C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, fig. 819 for a labelled centre table from the 1815-20 period and another example, twenty years later in date from the 1835-40 period, (fig.829) both using this carved device on the upper part of the end supports.

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98 ¥ A pair of Regency rosewood and brass marquetry card tables Each with a rounded rectangular swivel top enclosing a baize lined interior on spreading rectangular shaft with parcel gilt lobed moulding, on quadripartite base with downswept scrolling legs and leaf cast cappings and castors, each 92cm wide, 46cm deep, 75cm high. (2) £6,000-£8,000 Provenance: The late Dr Tony Ryan, Lyons Demesne, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Purchased: Christies, London, Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of the Late Dr Tony Ryan, 14 July 2011, lot 355 (realised £11,875 including premium).

99 A Regency mahogany, ebonised and brass marquetry sofa table The rectangular hinged top with canted corners and reeded edge above one short freize drawer and one simulated drawer to each side, on reeded ‘X’ form legs joined by a ring turned stretcher on hairy paw feet, 163cm wide, 65cm deep, 72cm high. £1,200-£1,800 The earliest published designs for furniture in the Regency style are in Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary of 1803. The design for this sofa table can be compared to plate 62 in the Dictionary for ‘A new design for a Pembroke table’.

The inspiration of the ‘antique’ style can be seen in the work of major designers of the period and in the published works such as Thomas Hope’s, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) and George Smith’s Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1808). The use of the X-frame support in the ‘antique’ manner can been seen on the Regency rosewood writing table supplied to Southill, Bedfordshire and attributed to Marsh and Tatham, illustrated in Southill, A Regency House, pl.42 London, 1951, pl.46. The influential designs of Charles Heathcote Tatham, which are encapsulated in his 1806 work Etchings representing Fragments of Grecian and Roman Architectural Ornaments is evident in the architect Henry Holland’s work at Southill where Holland was known to have worked with C.H Tatham’s brother Thomas and his partner William Marsh. The X-frame support was also extensively employed by Thomas Hope on the tabouret in the Indian Room at Duchess Street and on the chairs in The Flaxman Room at Duchess Street, both appearing in engravings in Hope’s 1807 publication.

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100 A small Regency carved mahogany console/pier table The rounded rectangular moulded brass bound top above trussed scroll lotus and acanthus leaves on moulded front supports and a rounded rectangular plinth base, 72cm wide, 31cm deep, 94cm high. £2,500-£3,000

101 ¥ A Regency mahogany and rosewood crossbanded circular revolving drum table Inlaid with boxwood lines, the top with later green and gilt tooled leather writing surface above six short drawers and six simulated drawers, above a ring turned shaft, on downswept quadripartite legs and square brass cappings and castors, 137cm diameter, 75cm high. £2,000-£3,000

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102 A Regency mahogany, bird’s-eye maple crossbanded and calamander banded lyre-end sofa table Inlaid with ebony marquetry, the rounded rectangular hinged top with reeded edge above a short drawer and a simulated drawer to each side, flanked by applied stylised flowerheads and scrolling moulded lopers above double scroll ebony stellar inlaid end supports, with turned triple strings above moulded downswept stellar inlaid legs, joined by a turned stiff leaf carved stretcher, with square brass cappings and castors, 156cm wide, 67cm deep, 72cm high. £1,200-£1,800

103 A tall Regency mahogany four tier whatnot The top three rectangular tiers with three quarter galleries above a further tier with a frieze drawer supported on square section uprights with overscrolled roundel decorated terminals, on hipped outswept legs, brass sabots and castors, 55.5cm wide, 41cm deep, 149cm high. £1,500-£2,000 Provenance: According to a pencil inscription to the drawer: A.W Greaves, Nether Broughton Grange 1924-1939.

Fanny Greaves, Orchard Lea, Upper Broughton, 1939-97.

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104 A pair of large George IV mahogany dining room pedestals The stepped ogee moulded square tops above cupboard doors, one enclosing a lead lined interior with two iron grid shelves for warming, the other enclosing a deep lead lined cellaret drawer, with small hinged pot cupboard to the side, on moulded plinth bases, each 67cm wide, 68cm deep, 117cm high. (2) £5,000-£7,000

105 ¥ A pair of Regency style carved rosewood open dwarf bookcases Each with rectangular tops above leaf carved friezes and with two adjustable shelves, flanked by leaf carved trussed scrolled reeded uprights, above beaded bases and turned leaf carved and lobed feet, adapted from a larger open bookcases, 19th century and later, each 74cm wide, 46cm deep, 99cm high. (2) £5,000-£7,000

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106 A set of eight George III walnut ladderback dining chairs The serpentine scrolling toprails above serpentine ‘C’ scroll carved horizontal splats, above stuff over seats, on square chamfered legs joined by ‘H’ stretchers, with restorations, rerailed. (8) £1,000-£1,500

107 ¥ A carved rosewood tripod table The shaped rectangular serpentine tilt top above a triple moulded shaft on cabriole leaf carved legs, joined by a shell on acanthus scroll feet, the base 19th century, the top of later date, 62cm wide, 57cm deep, 73cm high. £1,500-£2,000

108 ¥ A Regency rosewood and parcel gilt side cabinet The rectangular black fossil marble top above a lobed frieze and a later bowed central door with brass grille and backed by pleated silk enclosing three shelves and three later fitted boxes, flanked by a pair of cupboard doors with brass grilles and backed by pleated silk each enclosing two adjustable shelves, above a lotus leaf carved moulding and spirally turned gilt and ebonised feet, with restorations, 123cm wide, 41cm deep, 101cm high. £1,500-£2,000 62

109 An unusual William IV carved oak spindle-back library bergere The scrolling toprail carved with stylised scrolling leaves above ring turned spindle back and sides, with padded closenailed ‘S” scroll acanthus carved arm terminals, above a caned seat on turned tapering legs and brass cappings and castors, together with a loose squab cushion, 70cm wide, 56cm deep, 91cm high. £1,200-£1,800

110 A William IV laburnum occasional table The rectangular top with rounded corners and radiating veneers on a tapered column with ring turned socle and quadripartite base, with shaped feet, 70.5cm wide, 45cm deep, 74.5cm high. £600-£800

111 ¥ A small Regency rosewood and sycamore marquetry chiffonier The rectangular top above a three-quarter gallery and beaded panelled back on ring turned baluster supports, the rectangular top above a frieze drawer inlaid with scrolling arabesque marquetry above a cupboard door with circular pleated silk panel enclosing a shelf flanked by marquetry scrolling pilasters, 91cm wide, 31cm deep, 126cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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112 ¥ A Regency brown tortoiseshell and ivory inlaid tea caddy The rectangular shaped hinged lid enclosing two zinc lined lidded compartments, above shaped sides and a plinth base, on later ball feet, with white metal escutcheon and vacant plaque on the lid, 21cm wide, 13cm deep, 16cm high. £800-£1,200

113 A Regency burr elm and mahogany double sided book carrier attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with a turned spindle filled division and similar ends surmounted by ring turned carrying handles, above a frieze drawer to one side with a bead and reel moulding below, on flattened bun feet, numbered to the underside of the drawer in pencil, 8541, 41cm wide, 31.5cm deep, 23cm high. £1,000-£1,500 Gillows of Lancaster designed very similar book carriers in 1823 and 1825 which are illustrated in their Estimate Sketch Books, pp. 3236 and 3408 at Westminster City Archives. See also Gillow of Lancaster’s design of the same model supplied to the firm’s London partners Ferguson and Co. on October 16th, 1830.

See Christie’s, West-East-The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 22 May 2008, lot 94 for another example attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, also Sotheby’s, London, 23 November 2005, lot 5 and 8 for more similar carriers and another sold Sotheby’s, London 24 November 2004, lot 49 attributed to Williams and Gibton.

114 An early 19th century Grand Tour onyx sarcophagus shaped box Modelled after the ‘Tomb of Agrippa’, in three parts, the ogee moulded lid above a half barrel body on reeded end supports and lion paw feet, on a rectangular portor marble plinth base, 23cm wide, 11cm deep, 22.5cm high. £800-£1,200 A similar siena marble model was sold Bonhams, Los Angeles, 30 March 2009, lot 1050.

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115 A Regency white and polychrome painted papier mâché tray on later stand The rounded rectangular tray with moulded edge decorated with a border of pink and white tree peonies on a speckled gilt ground, on an adjustable cream metal later stand, 66cm wide, 49cm deep, 45cm high. £1,200-£1,800 See Y.Jones, Japanned Papier Mâché and Tinware, plate 27 for a papier mâché handscreen with a 'seldom-found' white ground.

116 An early 19th century patinated bronze and gilt bronze burner/lamp Of classical form, the circular lid with a figure of Bacchus above a pierced acanthus leaf cast scrolling handle and with provision for two wicks, on a leaf cast base, 32cm wide, 15cm deep, 24cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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117 A pair of Regency carved mahogany hall chairs The shell shaped backs on C-shaped supports with painted armorials for the SALWEY family of Moor Park, Richard’s Castle, Shropshire above tapered seats, on octagonal turned legs and spool feet. (2) £1,500-£2,000

118 A Regency mahogany brass inlaid and gilt bronze mounted side table in the manner of James Newton The rounded rectangular top inlaid with a brass line on shaped spreading end supports applied with wreath mounts joined by a shaped platform stretcher on square section supports, scrolling brass sabots and castors, 96cm wide, 53cm deep, 72cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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119 A large Regency mahogany side cabinet Applied with gilt-metal mounts, the rectangular marble top above a leaf moulding and later central Bacchanalian scrolling mount, above a single and double glazed doors backed by pleated silk, both enclosing two adjustable shelves, flanked by carved and fluted columns headed by gilt bronze paterae, on a leaf moulded base, 183cm wide, 45cm deep, 112cm high. £3,000-£5,000

120 A Regency mahogany carved hall bench The rectangular seat with ‘paper scroll’ arms above a plain frieze on ring turned legs and spool feet, 95cm wide, 30cm deep, 56cm high. £1,200-£1,800

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121 A narrow Regency mahogany chest with superstructure in the manner of Gillows With reeded edges, the rectangular shaped superstructure with a shelf above a rectangular top above two short and three long graduated drawers on turned brass cappings and castors, 57cm wide, 46cm deep, 127cm high. £2,500-£3,500

122 A pair of Regency style japanned tray tables Heightened in gilt, the rounded rectangular dished tops decorated with anthemion and acanthus running borders on ring turned simulated bamboo outswept legs, joined by ‘X’ stretchers, late 20th century, each 80cm wide, 60cm deep, 45cm high. (2) £800-£1,200

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123 A Regency mahogany dressing table attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with reeded edge and threequarter reeded gallery above three frieze drawer on fluted tapering legs with brass capping and castors, 107cm wide, 61cm deep, 83cm high. £2,000-£3,000 See catalogue note for lot 127.

124 A Regency mahogany chest attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with reeded edge and rounded projecting corners above three long drawers flanked by reeded angles on ring turned tapering legs, 97cm wide, 52cm deep, 89cm high. £2,000-£4,000

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125 A Regency carved mahogany chest of drawers attributed to T & G Seddon The rectangular top above two short and three long drawers flanked by Corinthian carved pilasters headed by roundels, on a scrolling lotus leaf carved plinth base, 112cm wide, 55cm deep, 104cm high. £3,000-£4,000 An identical chest labelled T&G Seddon and bearing the firm’s Aldersgate Street address and inscribed ‘1786’ and ‘Jaime’? formerly with Carlton Hobbs Ltd., is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, p.414, pl.823.

The unusual handle pattern utilised by Seddon on the lot offered here is seen on bedroom furniture supplied by Morel and Seddon to George IV for Windsor Castle. These include a mahogany chest of drawers circa 1828 (RCIN 21707), see H.Roberts, For the Kings Pleasure, The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV’s Apartments at Windsor Castle, London 2001, p.284, pl.361, on an elm and giltwood secrectaire, now in a private collection and on a further rosewood secretaire (RCIN 90169), see H.Roberts, ibid., p.317, fig 398, and p.327, fig 409. An unidentified cabinet from Windsor Castle with this handle pattern was sold Phillips London, 22 April 1986, lot 73.

The firm of George Seddon existed in various manifestations between 1753 and 1868 and was one of London’s leading furniture producers in the later part of the 18th century. T & G Seddon were Thomas Seddon II and George Seddon III, nephews of the original George Seddon and received a Royal Warrant in 1832.

126 A pair of Regency mahogany bed-steps attributed to Gillows Each with three treads with green and gilt tooled leather inset tops and reeded edges, the hinged top step above a hinged sliding middle step with Greek key double mouldings to the fronts, with panelled sides, on reeded turned tapering legs and spool feet, 53cm wide, 66cm deep, 69cm high. (2) £6,000-£10,000 See J.Hardy, ‘Gillows at Tatton Park’, Furniture History, 1970, p.11B which illustrates one of three surviving bed-steps supplied by Gillows of Lancaster of this pattern to Tatton Park, Cheshire for Wilbraham Egerton (1781-1856). Originally six bed-steps of this type were supplied, each covered with cloth - blue for the Blue Bedroom, scarlet for the Morine Bedroom and green for the Chintz Bedroom. Two of the surviving bed-steps carry the names of craftsmen, namely Thomas Myers and William Lupton, 1811.

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127 A Regency mahogany dressing table attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with reeded edge and three-quarter reeded gallery above a central concave drawer flanked by two short drawers on reeded turned tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 107cm wide, 51cm deep, 81cm high. £2,500-£3,500 Provenance: The Manor House, Thrybergh, Yorkshire, originally possibly constructed as a Dower House to Thrybergh Hall (now Rotherham Golf Club).

For examples of similar dressing tables see Christie’s, London, 26 Janury 2007, lot 1039 and 10 July 2003, lots 86 & 87 (each £13,145 inc. premium) which were supplied in 1811 by Gillows of Lancaster to Richard Gascoigne for Parlington Hall, Aberford. Four identical dressing tables were amongst various items supplied by the firm to the house, one of which is now at Lotherton Hall. See C.Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 1978, pp.375-376 and 380, fig.500.

128 ¥ A George IV mahogany and crossbanded chest in the manner of Gillows The rectangular moulded top above a panelled deep drawer and three long graduated drawers on turned bun feet, with rosewood turned handles, 120cm wide, 55cm deep, 109cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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129 A Regency carved oak and ebonised hall seat in the manner of George Bullock The rectangular panelled seat with reeded edge and turned reeded arms with lotus leaf carved supports, with lunette and ball carved apron, on reeded turned tapering legs and spool feet, 76cm wide, 47cm deep, 62cm high. £3,000-£4,000 The design of this window seat is often attributed to the workshop of George Bullock (1777/8 1818). Bullock had a varied career, having various partners and cabinet works both in Liverpool and London until his death; although, it is clear that he was originally trained as a sculptor and modeller. The above lot relates to the pair of window seats in holly and oak by George Bullock supplied in 1817 to M.R Boulton (died 1842) and thence by descent to Major Eustace Robb, Tew Park, Oxfordshire which were sold at Christie’s Tew Park Sale, 27-29 May 1987 and then subsequently at Christie’s London Fine Furniture, 27 November 2003, lot 179. A set of three window seats of this form from the Lily and Edmond Safra collection sold Sotheby’s. London, November 3, 2005, lot 354 ($48,000) and a further example, Sotheby’s New York, Kentshire: A Legendary Collection, October 18, 2014, lot 328.

130 A Regency mahogany breakfront side cabinet attributed to Gillows The shaped top with rounded projecting corners above a pleated silk and glazed panelled door enclosing a small frieze drawer and an adjustable shelf, flanked by smaller pleated silk and glazed doors to each side and by ring turned pilasters, on oval bun feet, 119cm wide, 39cm deep, 97cm high. £3,000-£5,000

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131 A George IV pollard oak and oak carved lyre-end work table attributed to Gillows The shaped scrolling tray top above a drawers to each side and applied beaded edge above a slide for a work bag (now missing), above leaf carved lyre end supports, joined by a concave undertier on acanthus leaf carved cabriole legs and pad feet, with recessed castors, 70cm wide, 48cm deep, 73cm high. £5,000-£7,000 A work table of the same model is illustrated on the front cover of S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Vol II. Another example with turned legs can be seen illustrated as plate GG36, p.382, which was made to an 1826 design for the Lancaster’s firm’s Oxford Street partners Ferguson & Co.

132 ¥ A Regency rosewood writing table in the manner of Gillows The rectangular top with tooled brown leather writing surface and pierced gilt brass three-quarter gallery above two frieze drawers, with opposing simulated drawer and beaded edge on baluster turned and lobed end supports and scrolling beaded platform bases, with bun feet, 102cm wide, 60cm deep, 76cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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133 A George IV carved mahogany breakfront low open bookcase attributed to Gillows The rectangular top above a beaded and paterae carved frieze, the three sections each with two adjustable shelves flanked by reeded and ‘S’ scroll uprights, on a beaded plinth base and lobed feet, 182cm wide, 44cm deep, 91cm high. £10,000-£15,000 With characteristics indicative of the work of Gillows during this period, this bookcase relates to furniture supplied by the firm to the Library at Tatton Park, Cheshire and to work carried out for the neighbouring Mere Hall in 1815. A similar example was sold Christie’s, A Town House in Mayfair, 20 November 2008, lot 510, (realised (£39,650 including premium). Another very similar side cabinet, but with glazed doors sold Christie’s, The English Collector, 17 November 2016, lot 125 (realised £20,000 including premium).

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134 ¥ A nest of George IV rosewood quartetto tables

by Arthur Blain of Liverpool The rectangular moulded tops above scrolling pierced leaf carved end supports joined by flattened wavy stretchers, on scroll legs and turned feet, two tables stamped under the supports, ‘A.BLAIN, LIVERPOOL’, height of the largest 61cm wide, 36cm deep, 78cm high. £2,000-£2,500 This stamp of ‘A Blain Liverpool’ is commonly seen on pieces from the William IV and early Victorian periods, pieces from the later 19th century seem to carry the A Blain & Sons stamp.

Arthur (or Arbuthnot) Blain is recorded active in Liverpool c. 1835, see C.Gilbert and G.Beard, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986. Arthur was established at 35 Paradise Street, Liverpool and died in 1868. Born in Donegal, Ireland around 1796 his firm worked for the shipbuilders Cammell Laird and furnished the cabins for the Alabama, the fittings and furniture being selected by James Dunwoody Bulloch. The firm had been established in 1796 by his father and the business was continued by his son William Hughes Blain who died in 1909.

135 ¥ A large simulated rosewood and rosewood, brass marquetry stool/window seat The rectangular padded seat above stylised brass inlaid scrolling leaves and flowerheads, on outswept legs with brass leaf cast cappings and castors, early 19th century and converted from a chaise longue, 150cm wide, 67cm deep, 37cm high £600-£800 76

136 A rare small Regency penwork decorated games/card table The rounded rectangular hinged swivel top painted with anthemion and flowerheads with a border of scrolling leaves and paterae enclosing a chequerboard interior with a border of oak leaves, bellflowers and acanthus, above a panelled frieze painted with Vitruvian scrolls and a faceted stylised leaf decorated shaft, on scrolling quadripartite hipped downswept legs with leaf cast capping and castors, 61cm wide, 30cm deep, 73cm high. £5,000-£7,000 Penwork is a form of decoration on furniture and small items such as boxes and tea caddies, usually in reserves, carried out with fine pens or brushes in black watercolour or ink on a pale surface; colour was occasionally used. Among early terms for the technique were ‘voiding’, ‘pen painting’ or ‘imitation ivory inlaying’. Sycamore, pale and close-grained, was the most usual timber, and the work was invariably protected with varnish. This has often mellowed with age, giving a black and yellow effect rather than the originally intended black and white.

While some penwork was professionally generated, particularly among the products of the early nineteenth century Tunbridge industry, most examples appear to have been the work of ladies of leisure. Most of these date from between 1815 and 1850, and standards of technique vary widely.

Penwork designs fall most often into one of three categories: neoclassical, chinoiserie or floral, and these themes frequently appear in combination. See N.Riley, Neo-Classical Designs in Penwork, Furniture History 2001, p.51-66.

137 A Regency kingwood and simulated brass marquetry occasional table Applied with gilt brass mounts, the oval top with leaf marquetry border on ring turned baluster shaft and circular wreathed quadripartite base, on cabriole trailing leaf inlaid legs and acanthus cast cappings and castors, 61cm wide, 43cm deep, 72cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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138 ¥ A pair of William IV carved rosewood console tables The rectangular moulded tops inset with later brown and white veined marble tops above arcaded friezes on ring and baluster turned front legs and square moulded back legs, on plinth bases, each 73cm wide, 39cm deep, 91cm high. (2) £8,000-£12,000

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139 ¥ A Regency rosewood, parcel gilt, ebony and brass marquetry and gilt bronze mounted chiffonier side cabinet in the manner of George Smith The manufacture possible by George Oakley, the superstructure with a three-quarter pierced brass gallery and two shelves with stellar inlaid banding on pierced brass end supports decorated with foliate scroll work and anthemium, the rectangular top with projecting front corners with an acorn and oak leaf banding above a pair of mirror glass doors enclosing two shelves, flanked by projecting pierced scroll uprights, on hipped lions paw feet, 91cm wide, 41cm deep, 133cm high. £6,000-£8,000 The design of the above chiffonier relates to George Smith’s published design for a ‘Ladies Dressing Table’, pl.73, in his ‘A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808 which uses the scrolling panelled uprights and a scrolling animal foot and elements of the brass supports on the superstructure appear in his designs for Book shelf and Brackets, pl.116 An identical oak leaf and acorn border appears on a pair of calamander, ebony and brass marquetry side cabinets in the manner of George Oakley sold at Phillips, London, 24 April 2001, lot 95.

Similar stylised roundels to those employed on the above lot appear on a chiffonier in the manner of George Oakley sold at Christie’s New York, 23 October 2002, lot 17 and on another identical model sold Christie’s New York, 19 October 2000, lot 245.

French influence dominated the Regency period and was popularised by Percier and Fontaine’s Recueil des Decorations Interieures (1812) which showed the grandeur of the Imperial palaces. The same year Rudolf Ackerman showed in colour French style furniture in four numbers of his magazine. It was an Empire style that matched the mood, which followed the abdication of Napoleon and the restoration of Louis XVIII and caught on in England attracting the attention of the Prince Regent. In particular the work of A.C Boulle was popularised in London by Louis Le Gaigneur who opened up a ‘buhl’ manufactory off Edgeware Road. The Prince Regency patronised both Le Gaigneur and Oakley.

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140 A George IV mahogany cheval dressing mirror in the manner of Gillows The rectangular plate within a moulded frame on dividing scroll supports and an inverted plinth base with a three quarter gallery on flattened bun feet, 53.5cm wide, 21cm deep, 50.5cm high. £300-£400

141 An early Victorian carved oak tripod table/flower stand attributed to Gillows The dished rectangular top with scrolling edge and shell carved corners above a turned reeded and lotus leaf carved shaft, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and leaf and cabochon carved pad feet, 43cm wide, 37cm deep, 73cm high. £700-£1,000 The design for this type of table features in the Estimate Sketch Books in 1822. Similar, although more elaborate pair of ‘flower stands’ are illustrated S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Volume II, p.97, pl. 644.

142 A William IV Irish mahogany teapoy/humidor by Williams & Gibton The rectangular hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior comprising of two large removable tin liners with drain hole and drawers and three lidded hinged tin caddies; above standard end supports with applied roundels on plinth bases, joined by a turned stretcher, with scroll feet and castors, stamped inside 'WILLIAMS & GIBTON' and underneath '30402', 58cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high. £400-£600 The partnership of John Mack, Zachariah Williams and William Gibton traded together from 1810 in Stafford Street, Dublin until John Mack's death in 1829, when Williams and Gibton continued to work together as Williams & Gibton until the death of Gibton in 1842.

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143 ¥ A Regency rosewood threetier sculpture stand/ display pedestal The circular stepped top above four square legs with turned roundels joined by a small circular tier, on a stepped plinth base, 43cm diameter, 92cm high. £1,500-£2,000

144 ¥ A pair of William IV rosewood carved card tables The rounded rectangular swivel tops with beaded edges above plain tablet applied friezes, on rectangular spreading and beaded shafts, on quadripartite beaded platform bases and ‘S’ scroll carved lion paw feet, with castors, each 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000 thepedestal.com

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145 ¥ A George IV carved mahogany open bookcase cabinet The rectangular ogee moulded cornice above three adjustable shelves flanked by turned columns with leaf capitals, the lower part with a rectangular top above a plain frieze and a pair of flame figured rosewood crossbanded doors flanked by acanthus trussed scrolls and moulded uprights, enclosing two adjustable shelves, on a plinth base and moulded feet, 91cm wide, 40cm deep, 189cm high. £1,500-£2,000

146 A Victorian carved mahogany three-tier buffet The rectangular top above a three-quarter gallery above two tiers joined by scrolling moulded and stiff leaf carved supports, on down scrolled legs, with castors, 76cm wide, 44cm deep, 111cm high. £700-£900

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147 A set of eight Regency simulated satinwood and ebonised dining chairs The oval toprails painted with scrolling acanthus and lotus leaves flanked by paterae above ring turned bar backs and caned seats on downswept legs. (8) £1,500-£2,000

148 A Regency mahogany and ebony line inlaid writing table The rectangular top with tooled red leather writing surface with a central ratcheted top, flanked by two hinged side compartments, one closing stationery divisions, on cabriole downswept legs joined by a ring turned stretcher, on square brass cappings and castors, 92cm wide, 56cm deep, 74cm high. £2,500-£3,000

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149 A Victorian carved walnut library/reading chair Upholstered in buttoned and close-nailed brown leather, the curved padded toprail above downswept carved arms and circular padded seat above an egg and dart carved seatrail, on ring turned fluted legs with castors, 59cm wide, 54cm deep, 80cm high. £800-£1,200

150 A Victorian burr walnut pedestal desk

by T.H.Filmer & Sons The rectangular moulded top with later black leather and gilt writing surface above a frieze drawer flanked by four short graduated drawers and a plinth base, with castors, with brass label to interior of drawer 'T.H.FILMER & SONS, CABINET UPHOLSTERY, BEDDING & CARPET MANUFACTORY, 28,32 & 34 BERNER'S ST OXFORD ST, LONDON W.' 121cm wide, 67cm deep, 76cm high. £2,500-£3,000 Thomas Henry Filmer is first listed as a cabinet-maker, upholsterer and appraiser at 34 Berner's Street, London in 1835 (see C.Glibert and Geoffrey Beard, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, London, 1986, p.299). See also Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.28 & p.206, fig.351 which illustrates a teapoy by Filmer now in the collection of the V&A.

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151 A William IV pollard oak carved sarcophagus shaped cellaret The ogee moulded hinged lid with lobed and turned finials above shaped sides, with egg and dart moulded panels and scrolling angles, on later square ogee moulded feet, with castors, 77cm wide, 48cm deep, 64cm high. £5,000-£7,000

152 A near pair of Victorian burr walnut and walnut three tier canterbury whatnots/etageres attributed to Gillows Each with a rectangular moulded top with pierced three-quarter gallery above a rectangular moulded tier and a lower tier with pierced divisions, each on turned fluted supports, above a frieze drawer, on turned tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, one stamped ‘07583’, each approximately 55cm wide, 40cm deep, 98cm high. (2) £2,500-£3,000

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153 A Victorian carved mahogany three tier buffet by Rivett & Sons, London The inverted breakfront top tier with a gadrooned border and a three quarter gallery above a pair of frieze drawers, the back rail with a carved shell, foliate scroll work and berries above two further rectangular tiers on large scroll trussed front supports terminating in lion’s paw feet, on an inverted breakfront plinth and castors, stamped RIVETT & SONS, CROWN ST, FINSBURY to the underside of the drawers, 153cm wide, 48.5cm deep, 146cm high. £4,000-£6,000 Little is known about the firm of Rivett & Sons, their partnership was dissolved in January 1852.

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154 ¥ A Victorian thuya, rosewood, purplewood and sycamore marquetry encoignure in the Louis XVI style, applied with gilt-metal mounts The triangular top with turned roundels above a simulated fluted frieze and a pair of marquetry doors inlaid with riband tied floral wreaths and swags, enclosing a shelf, flanked by parcel gilt turned columns above a shaped apron inlaid with laurel wreaths and Vitruvian scrolls, on turned feet with leaf cast sabots, 76cm wide, 41cm deep, 98cm high. £2,500-£3,500

155 ¥ A Victorian satinwood, partridgewood and rosewood banded sycamore marquetry serpentine side table in the Sheraton style Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the shaped top inlaid with a flower filled urn amongst scrolling leaves and flowerheads, above a bowed similarly inlaid purplewood banded drawer, on square tapering legs inlaid with trailing harewood bellflowers, stamped to the drawer ‘5945’, 101cm wide, 46cm deep, 75cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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156 A rare large early 20th century oak carved barrel back wing chair by Howard & Son Ltd in George III style, the padded back, sides and scroll arms upholstered in yellow, pink and green floral patterned ‘Howard stripe’, with loose squab cushion, on leaf carved cabriole legs and claw and ball feet, with castors, stamped to the back left leg, ‘13853/1556 HOWARD & SONS LTD, BERNERS ST’, castors stamped ‘HOWARD & SONS LTD’, 74cm wide, 72cm deep, 124cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Provenace: Carlton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

157 A Victorian buttoned back sofa by Howard & Sons Ltd The shaped padded buttoned back, scrolled arms and rectangular seat retaining its original Howard & Sons monogrammed ticking, on turned tapering walnut legs, with brass capping and castors, numbered ‘2448’ to the back left leg, castors stamped, ‘HOWARD & SONS LTD, LONDON’, 172cm wide, 76cm deep, 86cm high. £5,000-£8,000 88

158 A large late Victorian buttoned back ‘Chesterfield’ sofa by Howard & Sons The padded buttoned back, scroll arms and rectangular seat with red ‘damask’ type upholstery, on ring turned ebonised feet, with brass cappings and castors, stamped 296/6637 to the back left leg, 225cm wide, 91cm deep, 70cm high. £4,000-£6,000 Provenance: A Wiltshire Country House

159 An Antiquarian Japanese black lacquer and olivewood long stool Heightened in gilt, the rectangular padded seat above a leaf carved moulding and a undulating lacquer frieze decorated with stylised leaves and scrolls, on spirally turned legs, elements late 17th century and later, 134cm wide, 47cm deep, 45cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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160 A pair of Victorian carved mahogany Elizabethan Revival hall chairs in the manner of Richard Bridgens The shaped pierced scrolling splat with central cabochons and incised decoration above rectangular panelled seats, on pierced scrolling end supports and downswept moulded legs joined by turned stretchers. (2) £600-£800

161 A pair of Victorian satinwood carved fauteuils in the Louis XV style The circular scrolling leaf and scale carved moulded padded backs above padded scrolling arms and serpentine padded seats upholstered in yellow watered silk, on cabriole legs, leaf and flowerhead carved at the knee, on scroll feet, with castors, each 73cm wide, 62cm deep, 93cm high. (2) £1,200-£1,800

162 A near pair of late Victorian easy armchairs by Howard & Sons Ltd Each re-upholstered in Howard & Sons cream ticking, the padded buttoned backs, arms and seats with loose squab cushions on ring turned tapering legs, with brass cappings and castors, one stamped 16215/6939 HOWARD & SONS LTD, BERNERS ST, the other 10412/3903 HOWARD & SONS, BERNERS ST to the back left legs, both with Howard & Sons stamped castors, each 75cm wide, 81cm deep, 82cm high. (2) £6,000-£10,000 90

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163 A pair of 20th century marbleised parcel gilt and mirrored glass lamps by John Fowler for Colefax and Fowler with two other pink marble and gilt bronze mounted lamps The pair with marbleised and parcel gilt tapered columns on mirror glass plinth bases with lotus carved mouldings, the marble examples with Corinthian capitals and stepped bases, the pair 47cms high. (4) £500-£700 Provenance: The pair of lamps supplied by John Fowler of Colefax and Fowler to Lord and Lady Rothermere for Daylesford House, Gloucestershire.

164 A pair of Victorian Empire style bronze and gilt bronze lamp bases by Elkington & Co. The fluted tapered columns surmounted by acanthus and lotus cast sconces, now with electrical fittings, on anthemion decorated triform bases with hipped legs and lion’s paw feet, on Sienna marble bases, with various Elkington & Co marks to the legs, converted from candlesticks, 37cm high, excluding fitting. (2) £500-£800

165 An Art Deco onyx wrought iron and gilded clock garniture in the manner of Edgar Brandt, the movement by S.Marti, Paris The clock with a circular 4” enamel dial with stylised Arabic numerals, within a moulded bezel, the movement with outside count wheel strike and silk suspension, bell now lacking, and stamped S.Marti, Medaille Bronze and numbered 301 and 48, within a pierced iron work case with hammered uprights, stylised flowers and a drapery swag on a stepped and moulded onyx base, with a pair of matching pierced obelisks with onyx tops and bases, the clock, 31.5cm wide, 16cm deep, 33cm high. (3) £400-£600 92

166 A George IV gilt bronze lamp base in the form of the figure of Atlas The figure supporting a globe with a chapter ring, surmounted by a lamp fitting, now converted to electricity, on a panelled plinth with canted angles applied with satyr mask heads, on a stepped base with projecting corners decorated with lotus scrolls and rosettes, 56cm high. £700-£900

167 A Victorian coromandel and brass bound gentleman’s dressing box by George Betjemann & Sons retailed by Howell James & Co of Regent St, London The hinged rectangular lid enclosing a blue velvet lined fitted interior, with silver fittings comprising seven cut glass bottles, two rectangular cut glass pots and a long tray, all with silver lids and seven manicure tools with mother of pearl handles and a pair of scissors, above a side drawer and a frieze drawer with push button releases, the lock signed ‘G.BETJEMANN & SONS’, the frieze drawer with brass plaque ‘HOWELL.JAMES & CO, REGENT STREET.LONDON’, the silver marked for George Betjemann & Sons, London, 1871, 31cm wide, 23cm deep, 20cm high. £1,200-£1,800 George Betjemann (1798-1886) was the great grandfather of the Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984). George Betjemann was apprenticed to the dressing case maker Gilbert Slater in 1810 and established himself as a dressing case manufacturer, initially in Clerkenwell and later in the Pentonville Road, where they eventually employed 119 people.

168 Miniature Furniture: A mid 19th century Dutch Colonial calamander cabinet In two parts, the rectangular ogee moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors, the lower part with a reeded edge above a further pair of panelled doors enclosing two adjustable shelves above a shaped apron and bracket feet, probably Batavia, 43cm wide, 20cm deep, 69cm high. £1,500-£2,000 thepedestal.com

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169 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. £700-£1,000

170 A Louis XVI style carved gilt wood marginal overmantel mirror The later arched plate with a moulded slip and outer-border of glass marginals applied with carved flowerhead, the outer moulded frame with cartouches and flowerheads, 116cm high, 77cm wide. £500-£700

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171 A pair of late 19th century gilt-bronze three-light wall appliqués in the manner of Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York The foliate back-plates centred by a female bust issuing three scrolling branches, terminating in circular drippans and candle holders, possibly American, electrified, 36cm wide, 22cm deep, 42cm high. (2) £400-£600

172 A pair of Louis XVI gilt bronze twin-light wall lights With flaming urn finials above stop-fluted, swagged backs issuing scrolling leaf branches with wreathed socles and stiff leaf cast nozzles, previously drilled and wired for electricity, each 46cm high. (2) £800-£1,200

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173 A pair of black and polychrome painted papier mâché occasional tables Heightened in gilt, the square tops painted with floral sprays with scrolling gilt leaves above shaped friezes, on square chamfered legs and scroll feet, the tops Victorian panels, the bases of a later date, each 59cm square, 46cm high. (2) £1,200-£1,800

174 A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Chinese carved hardwood two tier centre tables Each with rectangular tops inset with pink veined marbles above scrolling leaf and flowerhead carving and Chinese pierced fret carved friezes, with rectangular panelled undertiers, on square legs and claw and ball feet, each 42cm wide, 31cm deep, 81cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000

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175 A small 18th century Chinese-Export bureau on an associated English mahogany stand The rectangular top above a crossbanded fall with reading rest enclosing a central cupboard door enclosing a shelf, flanked by applied split baluster ‘secret drawers’ and two further drawers to each side, above a pair of undulating moulded drawers with swing paktong carrying handles to the sides, the rectangular moulded stand with square chamfered legs, 57cm wide, 35cm deep, 97cm high. £3,000-£5,000

176 A Louis XV kingwood and tulipwood parquetry serpentine bureau plat The shaped moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long frieze drawer flanked by two short shaped drawers, with slides to each end inset with green tooled leather on cabriole legs and gilt metal sabots, 126cm wide, 63cm deep, 75cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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177 A late 18th century carved giltwood fauteuil Upholstered and closenailed in 19th century floral needlework, the oval padded back with a paterae carved shaped toprail with a bellflower carved frame on a punched ground, above scrolling leaf carved arms and an oval padded seat, with paterae and bellflower carved shaped seat rail, on turned fluted tapering legs and turned feet, probably Swedish. £1,000-£1,500 With similarities to a Gustavian giltwood armchair of circa 1773 made for Gustav III’s Bedroom at Gripsholm, Södermanland, Sweden, (see H.Groth, Neoclassicism in the North, Swedish Furniture and Interiors 1770-1850, p.9).

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178 An early 19th century Swedish giltwood and grey painted console table and en suite mirror, attributed to Pehr Gustaf Bylander The rectangular plate surmounted by a spread eagle and acanthus leaf carved cavetto moulded cornice, flanked by turned paterae carved columns, the table with a rectangular white and grey veined marble inset top above a stiff leaf and paterae carved frieze, on scrolling dolphin supports, with applied sunburst to the rear panel, on a simulated portor marble plinth base, 79cm wide, 66cm deep, 269cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Pehr Gustav Bylander was active in Gothenburg from 1804 to 1859 and was one of Sweden’s most well known and successful mirror manufacturers. He supplied mirrors with console tables to many great houses in Southern and Western Sweden, including Skottorp, Sperlingsholm and Stjernsund.

The Nordislea Museum in Stockholm has several examples of his work.

Similar examples of Bylander’s work are illustrated in Neoclassicism in the North, Swedish Furniture and Interiors 1770-1850 p.162,(ill.168), p.207 (ill.9) and specifically p. 175, where a pair of mirrors with similar eagles and carved columns can be seen illustrated in Skottorp. Skottorp was built for the Royal Secretary Frans Örnestedt, it was bought by his descendant, the Commercial Councillor Peter Möller in 1813.

See Christies South Kensington, Style & Spirit, 4 February 2014, lot 33 for a very similar example by Bylander with eagle cresting and dolphin supports to the base, see also Bonhams, London 25 June 2008, lot 95 for a pier glass and console with similar sunburst.

Further related examples by Bylander include a pier mirror and console table en suite featuring similar dolphin supports and thyrsus attributes, sold Christie’s, London, 28 March 2006, lot 137 a pair of pier mirrors without the consoles, attributed to Bylander sold anonymously Christie’s London, 12 September 2007, lot 219.

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179 An early 19th century Dutch carved oak bureau cabinet The arched pediment inset with carved leaves and branches above a fluted frieze and a pair of panelled doors carved with stylised leaf mouldings, flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters enclosing two shelves, a carved tasselled draped frieze flanked by six short drawers to each side, above a leaf carved moulded and shaped fall enclosing a central cupboard door flanked by six shaped drawers and a further six stepped drawers, above three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted and swagged angles above a guilloche apron and outswept fluted feet, with metal label to interior of drawers ‘LK 994’, previously painted, 136cm wide, 56cm deep, 238cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Provenance: Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod, PC (1911-1992) the British Lord Chief Justice of Appeal.

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180 An unusual early 19th century French Empire gilt bronze figural mantel clock The figure, possibly of Eros making a bow flanked by discarded armour, seated on a circular 4 1/2in dial, within an engine turned bezel, the movement with flat bottomed plates united by pinned pillars with anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell, on plinth bases applied with Classical themed panels, 36cm wide, 12cm deep, 44cm high. £1,500-£2,000

181 A pair of late 19th century green glazed porcelain and gilt bronze mounted lamp bases in the Louis XVI style The bulbous shaped bodies with pierced square section handles with laurel swags, surmounted by laurel swagged ionic capitals, on pierced circular bases with projecting square section supports, one lamp with the original collar remaining bearing a label for CHAs R DIBBEN, SLOANE STREET, LONDON, converted to electricity, 52cms high. (2) £1,200-£1,800

182 An early 20th century Louis XVI style white marble and gilt bronze clock garniture, the clock by Samuel Marti, Paris The clock in the form of Eros and Anteros supporting the movement on bearers, the 4” enamel dial with Arabic numerals, the movement by Samuel Marti and further stamped S.H. Paris and Paris 1900 on the movement, surmounted by a floral filled basket, on a rectangular plinth base with foliate scroll work and a tablet depicting frolicking putti, with a pair of twin branch candelabra with central twist columns surmounted by acorn finials with downswept arms issuing circular scones and drip pans and with similar downswept supports, on shaped marble bases and turned feet, the candelabrum possibly associated, the clock 30cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 4.5cm high. (3) £1,500-£2,000 101 thepedestal.com

183 A pair of late 18th century South German/ North Italian red and yellow painted fauteuils in the Louis XV taste Upholstered and close-nailed in 18th century needlework, the cartouche shaped padded backs with pierced foliate carved crestings with scrolling leaves, above padded outswept scrolling arms and leaf carved arm supports, above padded seats and undulating shell carved seatrails, on cabriole legs and acanthus carved scrolling feet, decoration refreshed, each 56cm wide, 48cm deep, 101cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000

184 ¥ A 19th century Italian rosewood, tulipwood crossbanded and specimen wood stellar parquetry centre table The shaped Almond black fossilised marble top with a moulded lip and edge above an undulating frieze and frieze drawer, on cabriole legs joined by an ‘X’ shaped stretcher, with central turned finial, on castors, third quarter 19th century, with indistinct paper label to the underside, ‘... da Lille’, 147cm wide, 84cm deep, 77cm high. £2,000-£3,000 See Christies, European Furniture, Works of Art, and Tapestries: Including Jansen: The Past Reimagined, 7 October 2008, lot 233 for an Italian gueridon of similar date, profusely inlaid with similar specimen wood parquetry.

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185 A rare mid 18th century North Italian carrubo (carob) wood and walnut commode en arbalète Inlaid with fruitwood bands, the shaped moulded and quarter-veneered top above three long drawers on shaped bracket feet, with indistinct paper labels to the reverse, Veneto region, 140cm wide, 67cm deep, 94cm high. £3,000-£4,000 Provenance: Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod, PC (1911-1992) the British Lord Chief Justice of Appeal.

Thence by decent and purchased by current owner.

See C.Santini, Mille Mobili Veneti, L’arredo domestico in Veneto dal sec.XV al sec. XIX, fig 149 for a bureau crossbanded in carrubo. For an Italian 18th century carrubo commode of very similar form see Bonhams, Bury St. Edmunds, Summer Athenaeum sale, 13 June 2007, lot 601.

186 A large 18th century North Italian carved giltwood stool, probably Venetian The rectangular padded seat on bold profusely carved scrolling acanthus carved legs joined by pierced scrolling leaf stretchers, on scroll feet, rerailed, labelled to the underside, ‘Mrs Dunning’, 78cm wide, 50cm deep, 47cm high. £4,000-£6,000

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187 Charles Cumberworth (Verdun, Anglo-French 1812-1852) ‘The Harvesters’ Paris, circa 1850 A pair of patinated bronze African figures, the male shirtless holding a hat, an axe at his waist and holding aloft a basket of fruit, the female wearing a turban and loose dress holding aloft a vase of flowers, on circular bases and later plinth bases and leaf cast feet, both signed Cumberworth and for the Susse Frères Foundry, formerly candelabra, converted, now fitted as table lamps, height of the tallest including fitting, 71cm high. (2) £3,000-£4,000 See Sothebys, New York, A Private West Coast Collection: 19th Century Decorative Works of Art, 15 April 2011, lot 11 for a pair as nine-light candelabra.

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188 An early 19th century coquilla nut carved jewellery casket/ table cabinet Applied with carved putti, paterae, shells and swags, the rectangular hinged lid enclosing a mirror and purple silk lining above an ebony moulding, mask heads and sunbursts; the front with four drawers enclosing purple silk linings with ring tamed lion mask handles, with four similar smaller drawers to each side, flanked by female caryatids holding scrolling acanthus leaves and standing on winged dolphin heads, above an apron drawer on claw and ball feet, possibly French or German, 20cm wide, 13cm deep, 26cm high. £5,000-£7,000 Coquilla nut is the fruit of the Brazilian Palm, which is related to the coconut palm, it polishes well and is the source of palm oil. Rudolph Ackermann purchased a considerable quantity of this fruit which could be found at his Repository at No.101 Strand and mention is made of the material in Ackermann’s, The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1809, p.240-241.

This nut is of the same species as the cocoa nut, but without milk, and much smaller, and quite different in colour. From whence the Portuguese obtained it, is so little known, that even the botanical library of Sir Joseph Banks cannot ascertain the circumstance. The probably conjecture, however, is that it is the produce of Portuguese possessions in Africa. It is in great measure, unknown in this country, nor can it be otherwise, as it is near sixty years since the custom-house entries mention importation of it. The Dutch appear to have monopolized these nuts, for the purpose of supplying the towns of Nuremberg and Augsburg, where the finest turnery in Europe is generally known to have been produced.

The proprietor of these rare, curious and beautiful materials, has no doubt that the skill of British workmen will enable him to rival the best works of Germany in this branch of manufacture…. as it is susceptible of the most tasteful of forms- on the writing table, in wafer-boxes and seals, pounce, sand-boxes, & c- on the ladies’ worktable, in needle cases and thimble-cases, cotton boxes, pincushions….. in short, whatever has been formed from ivory, may be produced from the shell of the Coquilla, whose beauty will not fail to attract, while the price of the article will satisfy the purchaser.

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189 A mid 19th century Italian pietre dure table top on a carved marble base The circular top with a gilt bronze beaded border, decorated with a central medallion of a bird perched in a cherry branch with an outerborder of thirty seven various specimen marbles including porphery, onyx, lapis lazuli, Sienna brocatelle, breche d’alêp, violet brocatelle and agate, inset into a slate marble base, the white marble pedestal base with a foliate, reeded carved baluster column and a triform scrolling acanthus carved base, 68cm diam., 74cm high £7,000-£10,000 190 A pair of large 19th century Italian pietre dure panels, after the 17th century Corbarelli workshop Each inlaid with various marbles and semi-precious stones including lapis lazuli, agate, verde antico, and Siena depicting twin handled floral filled vases, on a black ground within white marble moulded frames, labelled with dynamo tape to the reverse ‘ST MICHAELS/BURSAR’, each 71cm high, 48cm wide. (2) £5,000-£10,000 Provenance: Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet (1825-1889), composer, organist, musicologist and priest, he was a precentor of Hereford Cathedral and Professor of Music at Oxford. In 1851 Ouseley travelled the Continent for nearly a year visiting many churches and cathedrals, including those in Florence, Siena and Rome, it was at this time he made plans for the building of a church. Ouseley founded the College of St Michael’s at Tenbury in 1856, which was to set new standards in church music, he was both the patron and paid for the construction of the church and the connected college buildings.

Michael’s College closed in 1985 and Ouseley’s library is now housed in the Bodleian, Oxford.

This pair of pietre dure panels are after a panel from the altar of Santa Giustina, Padua, created by the Corbarelli workshops and executed in the 17th century (See A. Giusti, Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay, London, 2006, fig. 88). Similar types of vases can also be seen on cabinets dating to circa 1610-20 such as the one with a view of Villa La Petraia, executed by the Grand Ducal workshops and housed in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence (See A. Giusti, Pietre Dure - Hardstone Furniture and Decorations, London, 1992, pl. 37).

An almost identical pair of 19th century pietre dure panels sold Bonhams, London, 25 November 2009, lot 82 (realised £90,000 including premium).

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191 A late 19th century French gilt bronze mantel clock in the Chinese taste

by Achille Brocot With large turned finial above a pagoda cresting with further finials, the circular 3 1/2in dial with Chinoiserie hands within a surround of Chinese figures and similar panels to the sides, on an ogee moulded base with bracket feet, the movement with Brocot suspension striking on a bell, the rear of the case with punched number 7893, the backplate stamped A*B for Achille Brocot, 22.5cm wide, 12cm deep, 38cm high. £600-£800

192 ¥ A 19th century Palais Royale rosewood and ivory inlaid musical necessaire in the form of a pianoforte Inlaid with boxwood lines, the shaped hinged lid enclosing a mirrored lid and fitted red velvet tray with silver wired embroidery and including a thimble, a cut glass perfume bottle and a nail pusher, above a music box; on turned tapering legs, inscribed to the interior lid, ‘I belong to Sarah Flather of N9 Grove near Mile End Turnpike’, 29cm wide, 18.5cm deep, 14cm high. £500-£700

193 ¥ A mahogany, tulipwood and amaranth obelisk The spreading shaft with an ivory band, on a stepped plinth with ebonised hieroglyphs inlaid in the frieze, on a square base, 21cm wide, 21cm deep, 95cm high. £400-£600 194 A pair of early 20th century carved walnut porters chairs in the Louis XVI style The removable buttoned upholstered hoods with bead and foliate carved frames, above padded backs and sides with similar frames and downswept padded arms, the cushion seats on stop fluted tapering legs and spool feet, each 148cm high.

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195 A narrow Louis XVI mahogany secrétaire à abattant by Conrad Mauter Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the rectangular pink breccia marble top above a frieze drawer and panelled fall front, enclosing a green and gilt tooled leather writing surface, a shelf, two pigeonholes and four short drawers; above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf and fall front coffres fort flanked by stop fluted angles headed by applied mounts, with panelled sides, above a shaped apron with leaf cast mount and square feet, stamped under the marble C.MAUTER, 63cm wide, 37cm deep, 141cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Conrad Mauter 1742-1810, Maître 1777, ébéniste to the comte d’Artois. See Sotheby’s, Parke, Bernet, 27 April 1963, lot 133 for a pair of encoignures by Mauter with identical corner mounts and Sotheby’s, London, 10 June 1994, lot 81 for a writing table by Mauter (realised £24,1150 including premium).

196 A late 19th century stained beech fauteuil à oreilles in the Louis XV style The shaped ribband carved top rail centred by a foliate scroll and floral cresting above a padded back and sides, the downswept arms terminating in ram’s heads, above a cushion seat and carved apron rail, on foliate carved cabriole legs and scroll feet, 112cm high. £800-£1,200

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197 A pair of 19th century patinated bronze five-light candelabra after a model by Francois Remond The central lotus and acanthus decorated column terminating in a circular candle sconce, issuing five scrolling arms with leopard monopodia and circular candle sconces, supported on triform bases of three satyresses with intertwined arms, on moulded triform bases, 52cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000

198 A late 19th century French Egyptian Revival bronze and gilt bronze torchere, attributed to George Servant Modelled as a standing pharaoh supporting a central column surmounted by a twin handled urn, the base with panels of Egyptian figures and hieroglyphics, the base with scarab decoration, later wired for electricity, 154cm high. £2,500-£3,500 A torchere of this model attributed to Servant was sold Christie’s London, 29 Jan 2013, lot 215.

Egyptian-Revival interiors were recorded in Europe as far back as the Renaissance period although the style gained more popularity in the late 18th century. In the 19th century the movement extended beyond an admiration for the style or an interest in Egyptology and became a full blown movement - a key part of the movement now sometimes referred to as Egyptomania. In England in the early 19th century the style was employed to great effect in the Egyptian Hall at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire and in Thomas Hope’s iconic Egyptian Room at Duchess Street, London and featuring in his popular design book Furniture and Interior Decoration, published in 1807. Napoleon Bonaparte’s expedition to Egypt (1798 and 1801) was significant in altering relations between Egypt and the west. Amongst the expedition party were artists who along with scientists and technicians fostered interest in Egypt.The opening of the Suez canal (1869) and of the Cairo Opera house (1871) hugely increased awareness of all things Egyptian across Europe. The Khedive of Egypt commissioned the opera Aida which helped to reinforce notions of ancient Egypt internationally and added fuel to the fashion for all things Egyptian. This movement was to continue in the 20th century with Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (1922) influencing the merging of the Egyptian and Art Deco styles during the 1920’s.

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199 A mid-19th century French gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock by Monbro Aîné, Paris The circular 5” enamel dial with Roman numerals signed MONBRO AINE/A PARIS/Jacquir Her, the movement with outside count wheel strike and Brocot type regulation, numbered 659 8*1, surmounted by a flower and fruit-filled urn, above a female mask flanked to each side by a standing cherub, one playing with a butterfly the other holding flowers, on a rectangular base with plaques depicting playing putti to the front and sides, on a plinth with foliate shells and toupie feet, 38cm wide, 22cm deep, 65cm high. £4,000-£6,000

200 A pair of late 19th century French carved walnut tabourets in the Louis XV style The serpentine padded seats and arms with leaf carved scrolling arm terminals above shell carved seatrails, on ‘X’ form moulded legs centred by shells and joined by ring turned stretchers, on scroll feet, each 64cm wide, 47cm deep, 72cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000

201 A 19th century Louis XV style carved giltwood and specimen marble console table The white marble top inset with a central panel of verde antico with a border of various specimen marbles including Siena, red griotte and serpentine, above a shell and foliate carved frieze with pierced bellflower chain swags on a punched ground, on cabriole moulded legs headed by cabochon carved acanthus leaves and scroll feet, the base principally 18th century, with restorations, 96cm wide, 58cm deep, 83cm high. £6,000-£8,000

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202 A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt-metal mounted four-tier etagere in the Louis XVI style The pierced three-quarter gallery above a breccia marble top and three shelves, each applied with tasselled draped edge mounts, flanked by uprights headed by ram’s head mask mount with trailing leaves, on cabriole legs and acanthus leaf sabots, 48cm wide, 27cm deep, 110cm high. £400-£600

203 A late 19th century Louis XVI style carved giltwood demi-lune console table The moulded shaped St Anne grey marble top above a scrolling leaf, paterae and beaded frieze on cabriole acanthus leaf carved legs hung with bellflower chains, on four moulded downswept legs joined by an undertier, with two indistinct paper labels to the frame, 65cm wide, 34cm deep, 74cm high. £800-£1,200

204 A late 19th/early 20th century carved giltwood salon suite in the Louis XVI style Comprising a canapé and pair of bergeres, the canapé with guilloche, foliate, flowerhead decorated frame, the shaped top-rail and downswept sides above a padded back and arms and upholstered seat, on fluted and foliate clasped legs and spool feet, the bergeres of similar form, upholstery distressed, the canapé, 130cm wide, 56cm deep, 89cm high. (3) £1,500-£2,000

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205 A late 19th century French kingwood and amaranth parquetry three-tier etagere in the Louis XV style and applied with gilt metal mounts, The serpentine gilt brass bound brescia marble top above a frieze drawer applied with pierced riband tied scrolling leaf mounts, above two serpentine quarter-veneered tiers, on cabriole legs headed by pierced ‘C’ scroll mounts, with scrolling leaf sabots, 43cm wide, 34cm deep, 89cm high. £1,500-£2,000

206 A pair of late 19th century French carved walnut bergeres in the Louis XVI style, The shaped curved padded backs and sides with finials above downswept padded arms with paterae carved arm terminals, above bowed sprung seats with leaf carved seatrails on turned tapering stop-fluted legs headed by paterae, each 68cm wide, 50cm deep, 92cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000

207 A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt metal mounted writing table in the Louis XVI style The rectangular top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery above an applied laurel and berry guilloche gilt metal frieze, above three frieze drawers with leaf cast mounts, on fluted tapering legs inset with chandelles and headed by flutes and brass shuttering, on gilt metal turned sabots, 91cm wide, 54cm deep, 76cm high. £1,500-£2,000

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208 A late 19th century French gilt bronze and white marble mantel clock by Samuel Marti The white marble case with gilt bronze spandrels and a gilt bronze figure of a drapery clad putti at rest leaning on the case and holding a torch and bow with a quiver at his feet, the 4” enamel dial with arabic numerals within a beaded and engine turned bezel, the movement by Samuel Marti and further stamped for Richard & Co, with Brocot suspension striking on a bell, on a moulded laurel wreath decorated base and cast toupie feet, 29cm wide, 16cm deep, 43cm high. £2,000-£3,000

209 A pair of early 19th century French bronze goats The figures seated and mounted on later rectangular white marble plinth bases, 20cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 15cm high. (2) £700-£900

210 A late 19th century French patinated bronze and gilt bronze encrier Of dished oval form with two hinged lids for ink pots flanking the head of a Greek philosopher, on a swagged base with scroll feet, 39cm wide, 20cm deep, 23cm high. £800-£1,200

211 A pair of late 19th century French bronze and gilt bronze tazze in the neo-Renaissance style The dished circular tops depicting reliefs of Diana and Cupid, signed indistinctly, within borders of stylised strapwork supported and with pierced scroll winged caryatid handles, on slender columns decorated with arabesques and mask heads, on similarly decorated bases and flattened bun feet, 21cm high, 23cm wide. (2) £1,200-£1,800 116

212 A late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau à cylindre in the manner of Henri Dasson The rectangular breccia marble top with a pierced three quarter gallery above a pair of short drawers, the tambour cylinder enclosing a black tooled writing surface, a pair of short drawers and a long recess, above three short drawers, on stop-fluted tapering legs and spool feet, 90cm wide, 57cm deep, 111cm high. £4,000-£6,000

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213 A pair of late 19th century Empire style gilt bronze candlesticks after Piranesi The flame cast nozzles above circular lobed drip-pans and triform shafts, each with three storks standing on rams heads, on winged lions supports and platform bases, on lion paw feet, each 40cm high, 13cm wide. (2) £800-£1,200

214 A late 19th century French Egyptian Revival gilt bronze and bisque porcelain mounted clock garniture The shaped rectangular porcelain dial painted with Roman numerals and Egyptian gods, the sides similarly painted with hieroglyphs, surmounted by a male figure riding a seashell pulled by crocodiles, flanked by turned columns and urns with sphinxes at the base, with open-winged falcon in the centre, on bracket feet, the circular movement with Brocot suspension, striking on a gong, the rear of the case numbered 6372, together with the similarly matching garniture urns, 29cm wide, 14cm deep, 35cm high. (3) £3,000-£4,000

215 Henri Alphonse Nelson, French (1854-1919) A gilded bronze bust of a young girl Her hair tied in a headscarf and wearing a high belted dress, on an onyx and gilt bronze mounted pedestal decorated with floral swags, the bronze signed A.H Nelson, 59cm high, 26cm wide, 26cm deep. £2,000-£3,000 216 A late 19th century Italian white painted and parcel gilt centre table in the Empire style The circular moulded top with inset pink brescia marble top above a frieze carved with pierced applied anthemion, scrolls and lions masks, on tripod inswept legs, with lion paw feet joined by a triform platform base centred by a large flowerhead, 98cm diameter, 84cm high. £2,000-£3,000

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We will charge a buyer’s fee of 24% on the first £50,000 of the hammer price of each lot, and 20% of any portion of such hammer price which is above £50,000.

Payment for each lot which you have purchased including all associated fees, charges and taxes is due no later than 7 calendar days after the auction. Payment can be made only by the registered bidder. Payment instructions will be given on the relevant invoice or invoices. A credit card surcharge will be applied where relevant.

No lot will be released and legal title will not pass to you until we have received due payment in full of all sums owed to us by you. Risk in any lot for which you are the successful bidder will pass to you on the earlier of collection of the lot by you or on your behalf, or the due date for payment for such lot.

If you fail to make due payment for any lot we may, at our discretion and without limitation to other available remedies, charge you interest at the rate of 12% per annum; bring legal proceedings against you for the unpaid sum and all associated fees and costs including professional fees (“Unpaid Sums”); retain and sell ourselves or otherwise any other lots held by us which are your property or any sums otherwise payable by us to you and use such proceeds or sums to defray the Unpaid Sums; cancel the sale, re-offer the lot and claim any shortfall and any associated costs from you; and/or pass your identity and contact details to the seller so that they can pursue legal remedies against you directly.

All lots must be collected from Alban Shipping of Unit 4, Premier Business Park, Dencora Way, Luton, Bedfordshire LU3 3HP or as otherwise notified, within 14 days after the auction. Storage and handling fees will be charged in relation to lots left uncollected after that date at Alban Shipping’s standard rates from time to time. Any lots not collected within 90 days after the auction may be sold by us at our discretion, with the proceeds applied to cover all Unpaid Sums including storage and handling charges. In this event any surplus will be paid over to you, and we will claim any shortfall from you as an Unpaid Sum. A lot which has been collected from our warehouse by you or a shipper acting on your behalf is deemed to have been delivered to you by us at the time of such collection.

We are not responsible for advising you on any import/export issues including without limitation CITES or the like, and customs and import fees and the like. We recommend that you acquaint yourself with any relevant issues before bidding, as we cannot accept liability for any information which we may provide you with.

Each seller warrants that they are the legal owner of the lot and/or have the unencumbered right to sell the lot at auction and to pass title to the successful bidder. The seller shall not be liable in the event of breach of this warranty for any amount greater than the hammer price of the lot in question. We may be liable only to the successful bidder in the event of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by us and exclude all other liability to such bidder and all third parties to the fullest extent permitted by law. Nothing herein shall limit your rights if any under the Consumer Contracts Regulations, or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

General Terms: These terms are made and must be construed under English law and any disputes arising from them or from the Contract will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

All charges, fees, premiums and any other sums referred to herein or arising herefrom are stated net of Value Added Tax but are subject to VAT or the like at the rate or rates prevailing at the time of any transaction. VAT is not chargeable on the hammer price unless otherwise stated.

We will hold your personal data according to the data protection principles which are set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, as such may be amended from time to time. We will retain and use such data for the purposes envisaged by these terms and conditions and in order to keep you informed of our business activities, unless you request us not to do so. We will not pass your details to any third party other than our own bank and/or professional advisers under conditions of confidentiality, unless required to do so by law. Auctions may be recorded by us as may telephone calls.

We retain copyright in all images and written and other materials prepared by us, which may not be used by you without our prior written consent.

Enquiries: The Pedestal Limited PO Box 61367, London N19 9DU Tel: 0207 281 2790 Email: info@thepedestal.com