Fine Interiors 2pm Tuesday 30 April 2019
Fine Interiors 2pm Tuesday 30 April 2019 Sale number: 300419 Sale Venue: Moor Park Mansion Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1QL www.thepedestal.com 020 7281 2790 info@thepedestal.com
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Viewing: 12pm-4pm Saturday 27 April 2019 11am-3pm Sunday 28 April 2019 9am-5pm Monday 29 April 2019 9am-12pm Tuesday 30 April 2019 Catalogue: £10 Front cover: Lots 152, 190, 315, 298 Inside front cover: Lot 259 Inside back cover: Lots 94, 95 Back cover: Lot 18, 256, 258, 259, 261, 266, 273
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Location Moor Park Mansion is located at the heart of the exclusive Moor Park golf course, easily accessible from the M25, M40 and M1. Moor Park is served by Metropolitan Line tube stations at both Moor Park and Rickmansworth (followed by a short taxi ride) and is only 22 miles from Central London. There is plenty of on-site car parking available.
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1 An oak armchair, Yorkshire, 17th century The back profusely carved with a stylised flower within a foliate and guilloche arched surround and below a bold foliate and scroll-carved crest with scrolling ear supporters, with a later seat on turned legs joined by stretchers, with brass plaque PROPERTY OF HOPE LODGE 302, 56cm wide, 50cm deep, 117cm high. £1,500-£2,000 The Lodge of Hope 302 is the oldest Masonic Lodge in Bradford and most recently was based at Spring Bank Place from 1926-2015.
2 A Charles II oak plank chest, English, mid 17th century The front carved with a pair of facing birds or peacocks, gouge-carved for effect, the sides extending to V-cut feet, the edges also gouge-carved, 91cm wide, 35cm deep, 58cm high. £1,200-£1,800
3 An oak armchair, Yorkshire, late 17th century The back profusely carved with a stylised flower within a foliate and guilloche arched surround and below a bold foliate and scroll-carved crest with scrolling ear supporters, with a later seat, on turned legs joined by stretchers, with brass plaque PROPERTY OF HOPE LODGE 302, 57cm wide, 53cm deep,116cm high. £1,500-£2,000 The Lodge of Hope 302 is the oldest Masonic Lodge in Bradford and most recently was based at Spring Bank Place from 1926-2015.
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4 A pair of carved oak figures, North European, early 17th century Representing St Luke with an ox at his feet and St John with an eagle at his feet, also carved to the reverse with flowing robes, each 16cm wide, 55cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500
5 An Elizabethan or James I oak plank chest, circa 1600 With channel-moulded lid and V-cut ends, the front carved with two large foliate lunettes, 105cm wide, 38cm deep, 82cm high. £1,000-£1,500
6 A small Charles II figured oak two-drawer chest, circa 1680 The top drawer geometrically moulded, the bottom drawer with twin raised panels, each flanked by pyramidal bosses, on stile feet, 83cm wide, 56cm deep, 69.5cm high. £500-£800
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7 A pair of oak corbels, possibly East Anglian, circa 1450 Carved in the round as Angels, one holding a shield, one holding a scroll, with modern perspex display stands, each 23cm wide, 33cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
8 A small bronze mortar with a band of shell and scroll decoration, English, 17th century 13.5cm diameter, 11cm high, together with a small bronze mortar, Dutch, 17th century, 10.5cm high. (2) £300-£500
9 A large bronze mortar and pestle, English, 17th century 27cm diameter, 21cm high. (2) £300-£500
10 An oak corbel, English, circa 1450-1500 Carved as a Bishop holding his crozier, his right arm missing, 16cm wide, 12cm deep, 28cm high. £800-£1,200
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11 A carved limewood figural group, probably South German, circa 1700 One of the Stations of the Cross, depicting Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns and the Roman soldiers throwing the dice to see who would win his clothes, originally painted, traces of polychrome remaining, 54cm wide,12cm deep, 71cm high. £2,000-£3,000
12 A silvered copper processional cross, Italian, 16th century Engraved with symbols and portraits of the Apostles, Saints and God the Father and with a later applied brass figure of Christ to the centre, 29cm wide, 38cm high, together with a small German Historismus cross centred by portraits of Mary and another, English import marks for Berthold Muller, Chester 1909, 8cm high. (2) £500-£800
13 A Flemish bronze figure of the crowned Virgin Mary, circa 1400 Mounted on red velvet backing, 11cm high. £600-£1,000
14 A small alabaster figure of St Catherine, medieval style 15cm high. £200-£400
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15 A French Renaissance Revival carved walnut dressoir/cabinet on stand in the manner of Hugues Sambin The rectangular leaf moulded breakfront cornice above a ‘C’ scroll and acanthus carved frieze and a pair of panelled doors carved with winged mermaids and central amorini with roundels, within leaf moulded panels flanked by mermen caryatids and central mermaid caryatid, above a central grotesque mask and two frieze drawers carved with hippocampi flanked by lion’s masks, above a central pendant armorial cartouche flanked by putti, on large squatting satyr supports, with leaf and paterae carved back boards, on a leaf and paterae carved plinth base, parts 16th century and later, probably Burgundy, with Bedel & Cie depository label above one support numbered ‘56148’, 160cm wide, 57cm deep, 181cm high. £8,000-£12,000 Provenance: Appleby Castle, Cumbria See J.Boccador, Le Mobilier Français Du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, pp 202240 for various examples of similar meuble à deux corps and dressoirs.
16 A small walnut chest, Italian, early 18th century With hinged lid and panelled sides, the front with central mythological panel flanked by narrow panels of male herms, on stepped plinth with arcaded block feet, 61cm wide, 32cm deep, 37cm high. £800-£1,200
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17 A large six-light brass chandelier, 19th century Each branch adorned with grapes and obelisks and with drop finial reflectors to the upper tier, a bearded warrior sitting atop, a ball knop below, 77cm wide, 82cm high. £800-£1,200
18 An Italian walnut open armchair, 17th century The serpentine padded rectangular back and seat with outswept scrolling moulded arms and baluster arm supports, on scrolling legs, joined by a wavy ‘H’ stretcher, 78cm wide, 48cm deep, 144cm high. £600-£800
19 A walnut centre table, Italian, mid 19th century The rectangular top raised on shaped trestle supports carved with geometric motifs and joined by an arched shaped under stretcher, 128cm wide, 65cm deep, 78cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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20 An early 17th century Italian carved gilt wood mirror/frame, possibly Rome The later rectangular plate within a leaf moulded frame and a profusely carved pierced scrolling acanthus outer frame, re-gilt, 88cm high, 69cm wide. £2,500-£3,000
21 An oak chest, French, circa 1500 The front with a pair of opposing male portrait medallions within architectural arches, flanking a plain narrow arch, the sides with large raised panels, 93cm wide, 51cm deep, 67cm high. £3,500-£4,500
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22 A Charles I oak chest, probably West Country, early 17th century With a two-panel lid and a two-panel front below an arcaded upper frieze and channel-moulded lower frieze, standing on original turned and block legs, 94cm wide, 47cm deep, 62cm high. £800-£1,200
23 A small walnut side table, Italian, late 19th century With frieze drawer and spiral-twist legs joined by an Hstretcher and with turned feet, 54cm wide, 37cm deep, 51cm high. £400-£600
24 An oak armchair, Yorkshire, late 17th century The back profusely carved with a Tree of Life panel within an arched surround and below a bold double scroll crest with strap-work uprights and ear supporters, the arms with tight ring-turned supports, the later seat on turned legs joined by stretchers, 62cm wide, 58cm deep, 115cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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25 A pair of carved oak door spandrels, possibly East Anglian, circa 1500-1550 Each depicting winged angels, 42cm wide, 35cm high and 34cm wide, 33cm high respectively. (2) £800-£1,200
26 A pair of oak spandrels, English, circa 1450-1500 Each carved with foliage, one with a Green Man face, each 68cm wide, 33cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
27 Three oak portrait medallions carved in deep relief, circa 1900 Possibly by James Plunkett & Co of Warwick Depicting Queen Elizabeth I and possibly Sir Robert Cecil and the Earl of Essex, each wearing a ruff, the Queen 17cm wide, 16cm high; the gentlemen 19cm wide, 16cm high. (3) £300-£500
28 A carved beechwood head, French, early 20th century 18cm wide, 20cm deep, 36cm high. £300-£400
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29 A pair of brass baluster candlesticks, French, early 18th century Each 15cm high. (2) £150-£250
30 A pair of iron rushnips, circa 1900 Each standing on in-curved tripod base, each 27cm high. (2) £200-£300
31 A pair of large Italian green painted and parcel gilt table lamps, circa 1900 Each 82cm high. (2) £400-£600
32 A small brass mounted time-piece composed from an 18th century dial from a wall clock by Thomas Ketford of Royston The 18th century 4”dial with Roman numerals and engraved decoration and signed around the centre Thos. Ketford, Royston and retaining the original alarm setting and case frets, now in a custom made brass frame with a French cylinder platform movement, 11cm wide, 5cm deep, 15cm high. £100-£200
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33 A Charles II oak chest The rectangular top above three long graduated drawers with geometric mouldings, with panelled sides and block feet, 99cm wide, 58cm deep, 81cm high. £500-£700
34 A Charles II oak panelled chest, mid 17th century With a four-panel hinged top and four plain panels to the front, the uprights and rails carved with rosettefilled guilloche and linked chain motif, on stile feet, 139cm wide, 60cm deep, 72cm high. £600-£900
35 A large late 17th/early 18th century oak gate-leg table The oval top with drawer to one end and single gate-leg on ring turned baluster legs, joined by square stretchers,152cm wide (extended), 131cm deep, 74cm high. £600-£900
36 A Charles II oak centre table or cricket table, mid 17th century With circular plank top raised on block and baluster-turned legs joined by a triangular under-tier and with an unusual triform stretcher arrangement, 68cm diameter, 59cm high. £1,500-£2,000 14
37 A small Charles II oak gate-leg table, circa 1680 With oval twin-flap top and frieze drawer, on ball-turned legs joined by square stretchers, 84cm wide, 66cm deep, 71.5cm high. £400-£600
38 A Charles II oak chest The rectangular top above three long graduated panelled drawers on a moulded plinth and block feet, 85cm wide, 52cm deep, 80cm high. £500-£700
39 A pair of William and Mary oak hall chairs, late 17th century Each with arched crest and open spindle gallery back between uprights with scroll finials, the baluster legs joined by turned front stretcher and square side and angled stretchers. (2) £300-£500
40 A Charles II oak gateleg table, circa 1680 With oval top and plain friezes, on baluster legs joined by square stretchers and standing on original feet, 167cm extended, 147cm deep, 70cm high. £500-£800
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41 A set of six George IV ash, elm and beech Gothic Windsor chairs Buckinghamshire, second quarter 19th century Each with tracery hoop back, figure elm seat and turned legs joined by H-stretchers. (6) £2,500-£3,500
42 A George III small oak tavern table, late 18th century With rounded rectangular top, plain friezes and square legs joined by an H-stretcher. £400-£600
43 A Charles II oak two door panelled cupboard, circa 1680 With channelled moulding and standing on stile feet, the sides with four panels, 159cm wide, 53cm deep, 182cm high. £600-£800
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44 A beech and sycamore stick-back armchair, Irish, mid 19th century, originally painted, traces still visable, 58cm wide, 34cm deep, 77cm high. ÂŁ500-ÂŁ700
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45 A William and Mary carved beechwood and walnut circular stool The circular moulded seat with a caned seat on ‘S’ scroll legs joined by a ring turned ‘X’ stretcher centred by a turned finial, with oval ivorine label to the underside ‘COWDRAY 48 1919’ and numbered ‘2784’, 36cm diameter, 43cm high £800-£1,200 Provenance: The Viscounts Cowdray, Cowdray Park, West Sussex.
46 A Queen Anne walnut and chequerbanded toilet mirror The replaced plate with a leaf carved slip and moulded swing frame, the rectangular base with concave drawer on later plinth and ogee bracket feet, 41cm wide, 22cm deep, 63cm high. £300-£400
47 A Queen Anne walnut crossbanded and featherbanded chest The rectangular cavetto moulded quarter veneered top above two short and three long graduated drawers, on replaced bun feet, 95cm wide, 53cm deep, 92cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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48 A George I walnut longcase clock by Burges of Gosport The walnut crossbanded and featherbanded case with rectangular ogee moulded cornice above an arched door with pierced frets and parcel gilt pilasters, the 12" arched silvered dial with Roman and Arabic engraved numerals and calendar dial in the arch with wheatear border, subsidiary seconds and applied name plate signed Jno Burges, Gosport, with pierced foliate spandrels, female masks and dolphins, the five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike, the arched trunk with double moulded door above an ogee moulded waist and rectangular plinth base, 43cm wide, 21cm deep, 204cm high. £1,000-£1,500
48A A 17th century and later oak joined stool Of unusual design, with canted square top and tall baluster legs joined by moulded stretchers, 32cm square, 55.5cm high £1,000-£1,000
49 An unusual George I oyster veneered yew wood bureau Crossbanded and inlaid with sycamore bands, the rectangular top above a sloping fall enclosing a replaced baize lining, seven pigeonholes and four short drawers, above a drawer and waist moulding; above three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 79cm wide, 54cm deep, 107cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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50 A William and Mary walnut, crossbanded, ebonised and sycamore floral marquetry chest Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the cavetto moulded rectangular top with banded oval inlaid with floral sprays, acanthus leaves and birds, with similarly inlaid filled spandrels with cornucopiae, above two short and three long drawers inlaid with double bird's heads, flowers and leaves, the sides with urn filled marquetry panels, on later feet, 96cm wide, 57cm deep, 97cm high. £15,000-£20,000 An olive wood and marquetry table top of similar design of the same period is illustrated in A.Bowett, English Furniture 16601714, From Charles II to Queen Anne, p. 61, plate 2:43, showing the variety created by transposing elements of the design, so that no two quadrants of marquetry are identical, as illustrated here. A similar chest from Clevedon Court, Somerset is illustrated in R.Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol II, p.34, fig 16. See also Bonham’s, London 4 November 2015, lot 128 for a closely related chest (sold for £43,750 inc. premium).
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51 A Queen Anne black japanned bureau cabinet Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the rectangular moulded cornice above a pair of arched bevelled plates enclosing a faux tortoise-shell and gilt chinoiserie decorated interior with a central cupboard door enclosing four short drawers, surrounded by ten short drawers and twelve pigeonholes; above a pair of candle-slides; the lower part with a sloping fall with reading rest, enclosing a sliding well, five drawers and four shaped pigeonholes, above two short and two long graduated drawers on bun feet, 98cm wide, 58cm deep, 203cm high. £18,000-£22,000
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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The unusual faux tortoiseshell interior reflects the vogue for this expensive and difficult to acquire material. Cabinet-makers in this period also tried to emulate tortoiseshell with the use of what was historically called ‘Mulberry wood’. Burr alder, ash and elm were amongst the timbers treated using aqua fortis or nitric acid, heat and lampblack to create a tortoiseshell-like effect. Tortoiseshell was made fashionable by the influential designs produced by French cabinet makers such as Pierre Golle and André Charles Boulle. For more information on the use of aqua fortis see A. Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Antique Collector’s Club, 2009, p.311.
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52 A Queen Anne style black japanned corner cupboard Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the arched moulded cornice above a pair of cupboard doors each enclosing a shelf, above a simulated frieze drawer and a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a shelf; with canted angles, on a plinth base, 120cm wide, 48cm deep, 193cm high. £800-£1,200
53 A George II walnut crossbanded and featherbanded press cupboard In two parts, the rectangular ogee moulded cornice, with concealed compartment, above a pair of cupboards doors enclosing a later rail, the lower part with a deep base drawer, above a shaped frieze on tall bracket feet, 100cm wide, 49cm deep, 180cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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54 A George I walnut crossbanded and featherbanded chest on stand The rectangular cavetto moulded cornice above two short and three long graduated drawers, flanked by fluted canted angles, the lower part with a long drawer above a short drawer flanked by a deep drawer, with shaped apron, on replaced cabriole legs and pad feet, 109cm wide, 53cm deep, 167cm high. ÂŁ5,000-ÂŁ7,000
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55 A George II walnut and parcel gilt carved fret mirror The rectangular bevelled replaced plate within a leaf moulded slip surmounted by a scrolling cresting centred by a pierced leaf, with an undulating apron below, 97cm high, 59cm wide. £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: Private Collection, London
56 A George II walnut and parcel gilt mirror The replaced rectangular bevelled plate within a gilt leaf slip surmounted by a broken arch cresting centred by a later vacant leaf carved cartouche, with pierced trailing leaf, fruits and flowerhead to the sides and undulating apron below, some carved elements of later date, 153cm high, 71cm high. . £4,000-£6,000
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57 A George II grey painted and carved pier table The later white veined rectangular marble top above an egg and dart and shell carved cavetto moulding with pierced acanthus, beaded and scroll work side supports and central inswept volute scroll monopodiae with leaf scrolls, bellflowers and husk chains, on leaf moulded block support, redecorated, 84cm wide, 47cm deep, 103cm high. The unusual form of single central leg with side brackets for wall fixing on a pier table can be seen on the George II carved mahogany example formerly in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and sold Christies New York, 27 November 2015, lot 45 and also illustrated in H.Cecinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 1968, p.241. Similar end supports appear on a console in carved mahogany dated to 1745 and formerly with Hotspur Ltd, illustrated in E.Hulton, Furniture, London 1958 and later sold Christies New York, 13 April 2000, lot 22. £5,000-£7,000 The marble-topped pier table is designed in the George II ‘Roman’ fashion and owes a debt to patterns issued in William Jones’ The Gentleman or Builder’s Companion, 1739 and Batty Langley’s, City and Country Builders and Workmans Treasury of Designs, 1740. Further inspiration may have been drawn from patterns issued in Gaetano Brunetti’s, Sixty Different Sorts of Ornaments very useful to painters, sculptors, stone-carvers, wood-carvers, silversmiths etc., 1736-7. thepedestal.com
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58 A polychrome pine dummy-board depicting Jeffry Hudson, 19th century Dressed in cravat, coat and hat, leaning on his cane, handwritten letter to the reverse: £500-£800 At Oakham in Rutlandshire in England in 1619 was born Jeffry Hudson; when 7 years old he was not above 15 inches high; at that age he was taken into the family of the Duke of Buckingham to invest the Court who on a progress through the country were entertained at the Duke’s Seat at Burley-on-the-Hill – he was served up in a pie dish to table; at this time, between 7th to 30th years of his age he did not advance perceptibly in stature – but soon after 30 he shot up to the height of 2 foot 9 inches, which height he never exceeded. He was given to Henrietta Maria, Consort of King Charles the 1st and the princess kept him as her dwarf; he was employed taking messages abroad, in the civil war he was made a Captain of Horse in the King’s Service and accompanied the Queen his mistress to France from whence he was banished for killing a brother of Lord Croft in a duel in Rosbach; he was afterwards taken at sea by a Turkish Corsair and was many years a slave in Barbary, but being redeemed he came to England & in 1678 upon suspicion of being concerned in Oates’s plot was taken up and committed a prisoner to the Gate House in Westminster where he lay a considerable time but was at last discharged and died in 1683 – aged 64 years 36cm wide, 84.5cm high.
59 A George II Irish walnut stool The rectangular padded seat with later needlework, above a deep undulating frieze on cabriole legs and pad feet, 60cm wide, 41cm deep, 37cm high. £500-£800
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60 A George II walnut and pewter strung chest on chest The upper part with a moulded shaped pierced cresting with stylised eagles head above two short and three long graduated drawers, the lower part with a brushing slide enclosing a ratcheted writing surface and open well with pen tray; above three long graduated drawers and bracket feet, 102cm wide, 54cm deep, 188cm high £4,000-£6,000. Provenance: Christies, London, A House on the Wiltshire Downs, 6 March 2008, lot 205 (realised £11,250 including buyer’s premium). Christies New York, 9 April 2003, lot 61, (realised $14,340 including buyer’s premium).
61 A pair of mid 18th century walnut and parcel gilt open armchairs The pierced scrolling shell and acanthus carved crestings above vase shaped splats and out-swept leaf carved arms and serpentine drop-in seats, on serpentine shell carved seat-rails on cabriole shell, acanthus and trailing bellflower carved legs, joined by block and reel and wavy stretchers, on acanthus carved pad feet, possibly Altona, each 66cm wide, 49cm deep, 126cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
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62 A Queen Anne walnut crossbanded and featherbanded bureau The rectangular top above a sloping fall enclosing seven pigeonholes, five short drawers and a sliding well; above two short and two long graduated drawers on replaced shaped bracket feet, 92cm wide, 51cm deep, 97cm high. £800-£1,200
63 A small George III oak coffer/box The hinged lid above double locks, with swing brass carrying handles to the sides, on bracket feet, previously fitted with divisions, 78cm wide, 52cm deep, 58cm high.. £400-£600 With close similarities to an oak chest with triple locks made by William Chippendale (second cousin to Thomas) for the village school at Burnt Yates, Yorkshire in 1770 at a cost of £1 11s. 6d. See C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, fig. 27, p.15.
64 An early George III mahogany single flap table The square top above a frieze drawer on square moulded legs, 62cm wide, 65cm deep, 72cm high. £800-£1,000
65 A George I oak and walnut chest The rectangular top above two short and two long graduated crossbanded drawers on replaced bun feet, 80cm wide, 48cm deep, 78cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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66 A pair of George III carved mahogany dining chairs in the Chippendale Gothic taste The serpentine acanthus and bellflower carved top-rails above pierced splat above serpentine padded seats on square moulded legs with leaf carved brackets and ‘H’ stretchers, 59cm wide, 50cm deep, 94cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
67 A small George III mahogany chest The rectangular top with canted corners above a slide and four long graduated drawers flanked by blind fret carved canted angles, on ogee bracket feet, 90cm wide, 52cm deep, 79cm high. £1,000-£1,500
68 A George II mahogany reading desk, possibly Colonial The rectangular top with a low moulded back rail above a sloping fall with a book rest enclosing a divided interior, each side with a small pen drawer, one with fittings for an inkwell and with an amber glass sand pot, both sides with further larger drawer, above a shaped frieze, on tapering legs and pad feet, 89cm wide, 59.5cm deep, 87cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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69 A George II mahogany chest on press, probably Lancashire, possibly by Gillows The overhanging dentil moulded cornice above a pair of short drawers and three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted canted angles, the lower part with a pair of panelled cupboard doors enclosing four slides, with supports applied to the reverse of the doors, the sides applied with carrying handles, on three front shaped bracket feet, 131cm wide, 57cm deep, 183cm high. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ5,000
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70 A George III mahogany bureau attributed to Thomas Chippendale The rectangular top above a sloping fall enclosing a central stellar inlaid door enclosing an apron drawer and two drawers; flanked by two narrow drawer and six drawers; above two short and three long graduated drawers on ogee bracket feet, 107cm wide, 56cm deep, 110cm high. £1,200-£1,800 Certain constructional features which can be seen on the lot offered here allow this bureau to be tentatively attributed to the workshop of Thomas Chippendale. This includes the laminated blocking behind the bracket feet, the red wash to the underside and the use of packing nails. This combination of features appear on many of the pieces at Dumfries House supplied by Chippendale and notably not on furniture with a documented link to other cabinet-makers.
71 A George II mahogany and crossbanded chest Inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular moulded top above a slide and two short and three long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 86cm wide, 49cm deep, 78cm high. £800-£1,200
72 A George II mahogany drop flap dining table The rounded rectangular hinged top with double gate-leg concertina-action, on turned legs and pad feet with recessed castors, 152cm wide, 120cm deep, 72cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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73 A George III mahogany and blind fret carved secretaire bookcase The rectangular ogee and dentil moulded cornice above a pair of octagonal glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, the rectangular moulded top above a secretaire drawer with blind fret carved frieze enclosing a central cupboard door flanked by two reeded ‘secret’ drawers, four pigeonholes and twelve drawers; above four long graduated drawers flanked by reeded canted angles on ogee bracket feet, 120cm wide, 58cm deep, 210cm high. £3,000-£5,000
74 A George III mahogany kneehole desk The rectangular moulded top above a drawer and undulating shaped frieze drawer, above a recess with arched cupboard door flanked by three short drawers, with blind fret carved canted angles, on shaped bracket feet, 90cm wide, 50cm deep, 83cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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75 A pair of George I style silver cafe-au-lait pots by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd., London, 1973 With domed covers, tapering sides and cut card decoration around spouts and junctions of handles, 27cm high, 51 oz. (1581 gm.) (2) £400-£500
76 A matched set of four early/mid-Victorian silver chambersticks by Wrangham & Moulson Three by John Wrangham & William Moulson, London, a pair 1837 and one 1838, the fourth by William Moulson, London, 1858. With deep pierced sides and conforming pierced handles each centred by a heart motif, each with detachable nozzles and conical snuffers, 11.5cm diameter, 7cm high, 34oz. (1054 gm.) (4) £1,800-£2,200
77 A George II cast silver cream jug by John Pollock, London, circa 1740 Maker’s mark only struck four times to base, the pear-shaped body with leafcapped scroll handle, sides chased with floral and fish-scale panels within ‘C’ scrolls and incorporating a lady’s rococo arms, on circular foot with textured border, 12.2cm high, 5.5 oz. (approx. 170 gm.) £1,200-£1,500
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78 A good George II silver coffee pot by Thomas Whipham (II) and Charles Wright, London, 1757 A pair of George III solid silver candlesticks by John Scofield, London, 1798. Of plain tapering form on circular bases, with tongue and dart borders, ribbed narrow band around top of column, the capitals with stylised stiff leaf decoration, bases engraved with large lion rampant crest, later inscribed around foot rims 'From W.O.G. 30th. Sept.r 1885', 30cm high, 44 oz. (1364 gm.) (2) £4,000-£5,000
79 A good George II silver coffee pot by Thomas Whipham (II) and Charles Wright, London, 1757 Baluster form with spiral fluting and scalloped fluted spout, conforming fluting to cover and foot, gadroon rim to cover, engraved on either side with contemporary rococo cartouche, one with coat of arms, the other with crest, fully marked to base, lion passant only to rim of cover, 28cm high, 31oz. (961 gm.) £1,000-£1,200
80 A late Victorian silver two-handled cup in the George II style, by James Garrard, London, 1896 With leaf-capped scroll handles and broad applied ribbed girdle, on pedestal foot, 24cm high, 19.5cm diameter, 32cm wide handle to handle, 48 oz. (1488 gm.) £400-£600
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81 A George III mahogany pembroke writing table The rectangular moulded hinged top above a baize lined slide and a fitted stationery drawer with opposing faux slide and a drawer on square chamfered legs with pierced brackets, on castors, 99cm wide (extended), 69cm deep, 73cm high. £1,000-£1,500
82 A George III carved mahogany two-tier dumb-waiter in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The circular moulded tops above ring turned and wreathed shafts on cabriole moulded downswept tripod legs with scroll feet, 60cm diameter, 89cm high. £1,500-£2,000
83 A George III mahogany and crossbanded blind fret carved card table in the Chippendale style The later rectangular hinged top with carved edge enclosing a tan tooled leather, above blind fret frieze and square chamfered blind fret carved legs with pierced spandrels, 86cm wide, 42cm deep, 72cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Private Collection London, purchased Florian Papp, New York, May 2001.
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84 An unusual George III mahogany night commode The rectangular shaped galleried top with pierced carrying handles above a pair of cupboard doors and a pull-out drawer now with a later gilt tooled leather lined panel over the original aperture, on moulded square section legs, the sides with carrying handles, the reverse with a pull-out slide inset with a gilt tooled writing surface, 58cm wide, 46cm deep, 79cm high. £2,500-£3,500
85 A George III mahogany rectangular pierced fret carved tray With pierced carrying handles to the sides, 55cm wide, 43cm deep, 7cm high. £800-£1,200
86 A Regency mahogany cheese coaster The divided interior with moulded over-scrolled ends with carved roundels, on small brass and leather castors, 44cm wide, 27cm deep, 18cm high. £300-£500
87 A George III style mahogany circular tray Dished with pierced gallery and scrolling pierced carrying handles, 65cm diameter. £400-£600
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88 A George III mahogany library/centre table in the Chippendale Gothick taste The rectangular moulded top above a plain frieze joined by a moulded ‘X’ stretcher, with pierced brackets, 121cm wide, 75cm deep, 77cm high. £3,000-£4,000
89 A small George III carved mahogany serpentine card table in the manner of Wright and Elwick The moulded edge hinged top enclosing a baize lined interior, on square section moulded legs with foliate carved spandrels, 71cm wide, 35.5cm deep, 74cm high. £2,000-£3,000
90 A George III mahogany side table The rectangular moulded edge top above a single drawer, on square section moulded legs, 86.5cm wide, 50cm deep, 75.5cm high. £400-£600
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91 An unusual George III mahogany chest on chest in the manner of Thomas Bradshaw The ogee moulded cornice above a Greek key carved frieze, above two short and three long deep drawers, the lower part with a long deep drawer on shaped bracket panelled feet, with paper depository labels to the reverse, ‘Mr Western’, 147cm wide, 72cm deep, 202cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The distinctive feet on this lot has close similarities to a labelled bureau bookcase illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 17001840, plate 150 & 151, p.119 by the Thomas Bradshaw. Bradshaw is listed in G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 16601840, p.99 as at 10 St. Paul’s Churchyard 1754-75. He subscribed to Chippendale’s Director of 1754 and was declared bankrupt in 1772. He probably was the same Thomas Bradshaw who supplied Sir John Griffin Griffin of Audley End with ‘a neat gressing (sic) glass wth deal case & packing’ costing £2 2s, in 1772.
92 A George III mahogany, satinwood crossbanded and sycamore marquetry tripod table The circular tilt top inlaid with a fan roundel, above a wreathed baluster turned shaft, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and claw and ball feet, 78cm diameter, 71cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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93 A George III silver cube-shaped tea caddy in the form of a tea chest, by Aaron Lestourgeon, London, 1771 Engraved with guilloche borders, capped by a bud finial, timbered sides and cover, the sides engraved with pseudo-Chinese characters and floral drapery around the keyhole, inside of cover engraved with large contemporary foliated initial ‘E’, engraved scratch-weight to base ‘12-3’, fully marked on base, lion passant and maker’s mark in cover, 9cm high, 9.5cm. wide, 11.6oz. (362 gm.) £3,500-£4,000
94 A pair of solid silver candlesticks by Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd., London, 1911 Corinthian columns with large square knops above the octagonal bases which have incurved sides and gadroon borders, 32.6cm high, 34oz. (1054 gm.) (2) £1,000-£1,200
95 A George III carved mahogany octagonal tripod table attributed to Thomas Chippendale The octagonal moulded edge top with radiating veneers on a fluted and reeded baluster column with downswept moulded and scroll carved legs and scroll feet, 79cm wide, 79cm deep, 71cm high.. £12,000-£18,000 The lot displays the distinct stylistic characteristics associated with a group of documented tables supplied by Thomas Chippendale and also a wider group of tables attributed to his workshop. The design of the baluster tripod support clasped in reeding appears on a design attributed to Chippendale and preserved in the collection at Harewood House, Yorkshire. The hexagonal top with radiating veneers was a frequent feature of Chippendale’s occasional tables and appears on two tables supplied to the Lodging Rooms at Harewood and which are illustrated in G.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Avon 1978, p.256, pl. 469. Two further tables in ‘Guadalope’ wood and made for Sir Lawrence Dundas for 19 Arlington Street, London also feature hexagonal tops , one of these tables formerly at Aske Hall is illustrated in C.Gilbert, ibid, pl.470, p.257. The sunken Gothic leg panels appear on a related tripod table attributed to Chippendale and sold Christie’s London, 27 November 2003, lot 15 and also on a satinwood tripod from the N.M.L Watson collection, sold Christie’s London 21 November 1985. Other examples including this feature were sold Christie’s London, 7 July 1994, lot 68 and Christie’s London, 11 November 1999, lot 30. This form of panel can also be seen on the Chippendale firescreen with Gobelin tapestry panel which was supplied to the tapestry room at Newby Hall, Yorkshire and is illustrated in C. Gilbert, ibid, pl.373, p.184. The underscrolled foot appears on the painted candlestands by Thomas Chippendale at Blair Castle, Perthshire circa 1758 and on the six torchere stands supplied by Chippendale for the Gallery at Harewood House, Yorkshire, circa 1779 and which are again illustrated in G.Gilbert, ibid, p.383, p.209.
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96 An unusual George III carved mahogany tripod table The circular tilt top on a baluster turned shaft carved with trailing vines and grapes, on cabriole legs and pad feet, possibly Irish, 57cm diameter, 72cm high. £1,500-£2,000
97 A George III mahogany serpentine chest The shaped rectangular top above three long graduated drawers, with shaped sycamore banded apron below on slender outswept bracket feet, 95cm wide, 47cm deep, 83cm high. £2,000-£3,000
98 A George III mahogany kneehole desk The rectangular moulded top above a slide and frieze drawer above an apron drawer and recessed kneehole with a cupboard, flanked by three graduated drawers to each side, with blind fret carved canted angles on replaced ogee bracket feet, 88cm wide, 52cm deep, 84cm high. £3,000-£5,000
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99 A George III mahogany centre table The rectangular moulded edge top above a plain frieze, on square section tapering legs and spade feet, 91cm wide, 60cm deep, 72cm high. £800-£1,200
100 A George III mahogany pedestal desk The rectangular moulded top with red and gilt leather above three frieze drawers and opposing drawers, each pedestal with three drawers an opposing panelled cupboard doors on shaped bracket feet, 152cm wide, 95cm deep, 75cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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101 A George III tooled red and gilt leather document box Embossed with three GR coronets and remains of wax seals, 72cm wide, 10cm deep, 10cm high. £600-£800
102 A George III mahogany dished tray With moulded edge, 50cm diameter. £200-£300
103 A George III mahogany and brass bound oval tray in the manner of Gillows With gallery and scrolling twin handles, 76cm wide, 50cm deep, 6cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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104 A rare mid 18th century black japanned long case clock with trip repeat facility by Charles Harvey, London Heightened with gilt chinoiseries, the rectangular moulded cornice above a glazed arched door flanked by turned pilasters, above a door and ogee moulded plinth base; the 12 inch arched brass dial with subsidiary date dial in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, with half quarter marks and floating fleur-delys half hour marks, the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds and shaped signature cartouche, all framed by India mask spandrels, the movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, with additional facility to repeat the hours, comprising of a hand wrought iron lever pivotted on a stout iron tapering post set into the seat board, old paper label to rear of dial reads ‘Mr Rhodes’, 45cm wide, 25cm deep, 225cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The trip repeat lever is pivoted so that it is activated from above to allow the repeat cord to be run through a hole in the case, through the ceiling and into the bedroom above.
105 A George III mahogany and brass bound octagonal celleret on later stand The hinged lid above octagonal body, with carrying handles to the sides, the stand on square legs with castors, 45cm diameter, 73cm high. £800-£1,200
106 An early George III mahogany corner pot cupboard The moulded top above a bowed cupboard door on square chamfered lapelled legs, 46cm wide, 31cm deep, 92cm high. (2) £400-£600
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107 A George III carved gilt wood oval mirror The replaced plate within a leaf moulded frame surmounted by a scrolling acanthus carved marginal plate cresting, re-gilt, 109cm high, 58cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
108 A George III carved gilt wood mirror The rectangular later plate surmounted by a pierced leaf ‘C’ scroll cresting with pierced trailing leaves to the sides with pierced scrolling apron below, re-gilt, 98cm high, 52cm wide. £600-£800
109 A George III gilt wood mirror The rectangular plate with a leaf moulded slip surmounted by a double ‘C’ scroll cresting with trailing flowerhead with leaf carved apron below, re-gilt, 96cm high, 59cm wide. £600-£800
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110 A George III carved gilt wood mirror The oval plate surmounted by a tied leaf canopy cresting above icicles, branches and acanthus leaves to the sides, with double ‘C’ scroll and pierced fret carved apron below, 120cm high, 68cm wide. £10,000-£15,000 thepedestal.com
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111 A large George III carved gilt wood mirror The later rectangular plate within a pierced rocaille and ‘C’ scroll carved frame, surmounted by a double ‘C’ scroll and pierced leaf cresting, with similar apron below, 137cm high, 93cm wide. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman sold Christies, London, 23 February 1989, lot 31. Private Collection, London
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112 A George III satinwood and tulipwood crossbanded and sycamore marquetry demi-lune tea table in manner of William Moore of Dublin Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged top above a tablet inlaid frieze classical urn on square tapering legs, 98cm wide, 42cm deep, 73cm high. £1,200-£1,800 William Moore began his career working with the famous London cabinet-makers William Ince and John Mayhew where he learned much of his trade. Moore moved to Dublin some time before 1782 and worked at first from premises in Abbey Street, he had moved by 1791 to a more fashionable address in Capel Street, where he remained until his death in 1815, see G.Beard and C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p.622
113 A George III solid satinwood pembroke table The rectangular hinged top above a frieze drawers and opposing faux drawers, on square section legs and brass castors, 53cm wide,100cm wide (extended), 70cm deep, 72cm high. £800-£1,200
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114 A George III mahogany and sycamore marquetry serpentine commode Inlaid with boxwood lines and harewood fan inlay, the shaped top above a reeded frieze incorporating a drawer and a deep drawer, above a drawer to the left and a pair of doors enclosing a shelf flanked by reeded angles on rectangular block feet, 127cm wide, 51cm deep, 94cm high. £800-£1,200
115 A pair of late George III satinwood, purplewood and polychrome painted display cabinets in the manner of Seddon, Son & Shackleton Each inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular moulded tops with chequerbanded friezes above part glazed doors with panelling to the lower parts decorated with Prince of Wales feathers, paterae and riband tied leaves enclosing four adjustable shelves, on square tapering legs and spade feet, inscribed to the reverse ‘Hope Esq....’ ,70cm wide, 41cm deep, 169cm high. (2) £5,000-£7,000 The above lot reflects the sophistication in painted decoration commonly linked with the firm of Seddon, Son & Shackleton. George Seddon took his son-in-law Thomas Shackleton into the business around 1790 and they traded as Seddon, Son and Shackleton from 150 Aldersgate Street, at one point employing over four hundred men. The firm traded under different names, reflecting which family members were involved in the business; they were styled Seddon, Son and Shackleton for only eight years, from 1790 until Thomas Shackleton (George Seddon’s son-in-law) left to go into partnership with George Oakley in 1798. The firm’s painted furniture is particularly well known from two surviving documented commissions, Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey (179*?) and Bridwell House, Dorset (1792-3). The Hauteville commission included a set of eighteen painted satinwood elbow chairs with three matching window seats (see ‘A Catalogue and Index of old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, Pt III’, M. Harris and Sons, p.386-9) and the Bridwell commission, a satinwood card table and pair of pembroke tables, see C.Gilbert and G.Beard The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds 1986, pp.796-7. Christopher Gilbert discusses Seddon, Son & Shackleton in his article for Furniture History, London, 1997, pp.1-29.
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116 A George III satinwood and tulipwood crossbanded pembroke table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, with chequerbanding, the hinged rectangular top with oval figured panel, above a bowed frieze drawer on square tapering legs with square brass cappings and castors. ÂŁ1,000-ÂŁ1,500
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117 A George III mahogany serpentine chest The shaped rectangular top above four long graduated drawers on slender outswept bracket feet, 94cm wide, 53cm deep, 86cm high. £3,000-£4,000
118¥ A George III satinwood, rosewood and tulipwood crossbanded demi-lune card table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged top above a line inlaid frieze on square tapering legs, 91cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high. £1,000-£1,500
119 A George III mahogany, satinwood banded and sycamore marquetry low linen press The shaped rectangular top above a reeded edge and a pair of oval panelled doors inlaid with borders of bellflower chains with conch shell inlaid spandrels, enclosing four slides, on shaped bracket feet, 107cm wide, 54cm deep, 108cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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120¥ A George III satinwood and purplewood banded bonheur du jour Inlaid with rosewood and tulipwood bands and applied with gilt brass mounts, in two parts, the undulating shaped threequarter gallery above an open recess flanked by two oval panelled cupboard doors, each enclosing a drawer, the lower part with hinged rectangular top enclosing a replaced green tooled leather above a frieze drawer, on square tapering gaitered legs joined by a shaped platform under-tier, with ivory knob handles, 65cm wide, 44cm deep, 116cm high. £4,000-£6,00 The US Government has banned the import of ivory so this cannot be exported to the USA
121 A late Victorian satinwood and polychrome painted open armchair in the manner of Wright & Mansfield The pierced shield shaped splat painted with flowers and acanthus leaves above downswept arms and bowed caned seat, on ring turned legs with spool feet, 56cm wide, 50cm deep, 95cm high. £1,200-£1,800 See F. Collard, Regency Furniture, London, 1985, p.235 for a similar painted satinwood chair by Wright and Mansfield and dated c.1880. Gillow & Co. also illustrate a very similar ‘Satinwood Sheraton Chair’ in their Estimate Sketch books, dated February 23rd 1877.
122¥ A George III satinwood, rosewood and tulipwood crossbanded and ebonised pembroke table in the manner of Henry Kettle The hinged rectangular top inlaid with an oval paterae, on square tapering gaitered legs on brass cappings and castors, 93cm wide (extended), 76cm deep, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Private Collection, London purchased Mallett, London, October 1988.
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123 A pair of George III mahogany open armchairs in the Hepplewhite style The pierced vase decorated backs and outswept arms above upholstered seats, on square section legs joined by Hstretchers. (2) £1,000-£1,500
124 A large George III mahogany serpentine stool The shaped rectangular padded seat, upholstered and close-nailed in brown fabric, on square tapering legs on square brass cappings and castors, 70cm wide, 79cm deep, 44cm high. £700-£1,000 Provenance: Private Collection, London.
125 A George III figured mahogany serpentine sideboard Inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular top above a central bowed drawer flanked by a deep celleret drawer to one side simulating two drawers and fitted with divisions, the other side with two drawers, on square tapering legs, 198cm wide, 69cm deep, 95cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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126 A George III and later, kingwood, harewood, sycamore marquetry and purplewood banded serpentine commode in the manner of Pierre Langlois Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the shaped rectangular quarter-veneered brass bound top inlaid with scrolling acanthus leaves, cornucopia, flowers and leaves, above a pair of shaped later glazed doors, enclosing a shelf, flanked by shaped angles headed by swagged rams heads with trailing bellflowers, with later glazed sides, above an undulating apron on short cabriole legs with pierced leaf sabots, most mounts of later date, 128cm wide, 60cm deep, 86cm high. £4,000-£6,000
127 A George III figured purplewood, satinwood and tulipwood banded card table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised chequerbanding, the rectangular hinged top enclosing a replaced baize lining, above a tablet applied frieze on square tapering legs and spade feet, 94cm wide, 45.5cm deep, 74cm high. £400-£600
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128 A Regency mahogany and satinwood banded and marquetry library table The rounded rectangular top with red tooled leather above two simulated drawers and similar opposing simulated drawers with single drawer to each end, on turned fluted tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 127cm wide, 68cm deep, 76cm high. £2,500-£3,000
129 A George III satinwood, tulipwood crossbanded and sycamore inlaid card table Inlaid with boxwood lines, the hinged top with paterae and riband tied radiating fans, above a panelled frieze on square tapering legs and spade feet, 90cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high. £600-£800
130 A Regency fiddle-back mahogany, tulipwood banded and ebonised sofa table by Wilkinson of Ludgate Hill The recatangular hinged top with canted angles above a pair of frieze drawer with opposing simulated drawers, with turned roundels, on ring turned end supports with platform bases on ring turned legs with brass cappings and castors, stamped to top right drawer WILKINSON. LUDGATE HILL 1786, 151cm wide extended, 66cm deep, 74cm high. £2,000-£3,000 Provenance: Private Collection, London. William Wilkinson (d.1833) of 14 Ludgate Hill was trading from 1808. He used this stamp until circa 1820 when the business became Wilkinson & Sons. From 1833-34 the firm made furniture for the new Goldsmith’s Hall in London, to the designs of the architect Philip Hardwick. 58
131 A pair of George III cream painted and polychrome decorated settees The shaped top-rails above padded backs flanked by pierced fluted columns, the downswept arms on shaped supports, the upholstered seats, on tapering fluted legs with acanthus capitals and scaly carved spool feet, 161cm wide, 56cm deep, 94cm high. (2) £3,000-£,5,000 The decoration of the settees offered here with the running green leaf and red berry decoration relates to the decoration seen on a group of fashionable furniture presumably commissioned by William Brummell for Donnington Grove between 1783-1794 and sold Bonhams, London, 19th October 2011, lots 149-158 and attributed to a several makers including Gillows, George Brookshaw and Henry Clay. William Brummell was the father of the celebrated Regency dandy Beau Brummell (1778-1840) who spent part of his childhood at Donnington Grove.
132 A pair of Victorian cream painted and parcel gilt carved stools With needlework covers, the rectangular padded seats above undulating foliate carved seat rails, on cabriole legs and scroll feet, slight differences in widths, each approximately 59cm wide, 54cm deep, 40cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
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133¥ A Regency rosewood three-tier buffet The rectangular tops on ring turned baluster supports with turned finials, on brass cappings and castors, 81cm wide, 38cm deep, 102cm high. £1,000-£1,500
134¥ A Regency mahogany dome-top celleret attributed to Gillows Inlaid with boxwood lines, the hinged lid enclosing a baize lined divided interior, ring handles to the sides; on fluted turned tapering legs with brass capping and castors, with ivory escutcheon, 55cm wide, 40cm deep, 63cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The US Government has banned the import of ivory so this cannot be exported to the USA
135¥ A small George IV carved rosewood long stool The rectangular padded seat with close nailed needlework, above a moulded seat on turned lotus leaf carved tapering legs headed by roundels, on spool feet, 91cm wide, 31cm deep, 49cm high. £600-£800
136 A matched pair of Regency mahogany demilune bedside commodes in the manner of Gillows Inlaid with boxwood lines each with a hinged lid top above a pair of curved doors and four simulated drawers, on three shaped bracket feet, 68cm wide, 43cm deep, 78cm high and 69cm wide, 44cm deep, 73cm high respectively. (2) £2,000-£3,000 See L.Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 17601800, plate 102 for an earlier design for these commodes dated June 1789 and made by R.Clarkson.
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137 A Regency gonzalo alves carved open bookcase in the manner of Gillows The rectangular top above a bead and reel moulded frieze and two adjustable shelves flanked by scrolled moulded uprights on a bead and reel moulded plinth base, 122cm wide, 32cm deep, 91cm high. £1,500-£2,000 Provenance: Private Collection, London 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.
138 A Regency mahogany tub bergere chair Upholstered and close-nailed in green suede, with curved reeded backs, padded sides and padded buttoned seat on reeded downswept legs with square brass cappings and castors, 62cm wide, 53cm deep, 91cm high. £2,000-£3,000
139 A Regency mahogany three division canterbury The bowed slats with baluster turned uprights, above an apron drawer, on turned legs with brass cappings and castors, 48cm wide, 36cm deep, 48cm high. £500-£700
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140¥ A set of Regency rosewood quartetto tables The rectangular moulded tops above ring turned legs joined by bowed stretchers, on moulded downswept legs, the largest 56cm wide, 33cm deep, 77cm high. (4) £1,300-£1,500
141¥ A Regency rosewood five-tier whatnot The rectangular tops joined by ring turned supports with apron drawer below, on turned legs with brass cappings and castors, 43cm wide, 40cm deep, 162cm high. £600-£800
142 A small Regency mahogany three-division canterbury The slatted divisions above a frieze drawer on ring turned tapering legs with cappings and castors, 46cm wide, 30cm deep, 49cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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143 A set of eight Regency Scottish mahogany dining chairs Including a pair of open armchairs, the panelled toprails with draped fluted backs above drop-in leather seats, on downswept moulded legs, four stamped ‘TB’, each 53cm wide, 44cm deep, 85cm high. (8) £1,200-£1,800
144 A Regency mahogany twin pedestal dining table and leaf The rectangular top on twin ring turned column tripod bases with downswept legs and foliate and scroll work cast cappings and castors, 200cm wide, 129cm deep, 74cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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145 A Regency carved mahogany bergere in the manner of Gillows The curved scrolling toprail above caned back and serpentine seat, with lotus leaf scrolled arms and arm terminals, on turned tapering reeded legs, with brass cappings and castors, together with a loose needlework cover squab cushion, 58cm wide, 53cm deep, 90cm high. £1,000-£1,500
146 A Regency mahogany tripod table Inlaid with ebonised lines, the rectangular tilt top above a ring turned shaft, on downswept legs, 52cm wide, 47cm deep, 71cm high. £200-£300
147¥ A Regency rosewood and tulipwood crossbanded centre table Applied with gilt metal mounts, the rounded rectangular top above scrolling end supports applied with riband tied wreaths joined by a platform stretcher, on lotus leaf carved scrolling cappings and castors, 117cm wide, 56cm deep, 73cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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148 A Regency patinated bronze inkwell after the Master of the Duplicated Dolphin Fashioned as a Triton riding on a dolphin with hinged lidded shell, on a rectangular brescia marble base, 15cm wide, 10cm deep, 15cm high. £800-£1,200
149 A large late 19th century gilt bronze gilt bronze ‘Warwick’ vase The classical body with entwined twin handles, on a socle base, 45cm wide, 31cm deep, 27cm high. £800-£1,200
150 A pair of late Regency gilt bronze vases The flared necks cast as baskets, above putti caryatids with dolphins & goats, on circular guilloche bands and square bases, on square ebony plinths with gilt bronze mounts and square bases, slight differences in design, each 16cm square, 42cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
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151 Charles-Auguste Lebourg (1829-1906) Enfant Jouant Avec un Lézard A patinated bronze of a young boy seated playing with a lizard, on an oval base 47cm wide, 23cm deep, 29cm high. £3,000-£5,000
152 A pair of small Regency patinated bronze and gilt bronze tazze The circular dishes above dolphin triform supports and plinth bases, each 14cm diameter, 10cm high. (2) £600-£800
153 A late 19th century patinated bronze ‘Townley’ vase With twin-handles and tapering ovoid body with leaf cast circular foot, 18cm wide, 31cm high. £400-£600
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154¥ A Regency sabicu, satinwood and rosewood octagonal games table Applied with gilt brass mounts and inlaid with brass lines, the ebony chequered top above an octagonal leaf mounded shaft on scrolling tripod legs, 54cm diameter, 71cm high. £1,500-£2,000
155¥ A Regency rosewood and satinwood octagonal games table Applied with gilt brass mounts and inlaid with brass lines, the ebony chequered top above an octagonal leaf mounded shaft on scrolling tripod legs, 53cm diameter, 71cm high. £1,500-£2,000
156 A Regency mahogany concave dressing table attributed to Gillows The shaped rectangular top with a reeded edge and a three-quarter gallery above a concave drawer and a kneehole flanked by two drawers to each side on turned tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 109cm wide, 59cm deep, 80cm high. £2,500-£3,500 This type of concave-fronted dressing table appears in the Gillow Estimate Sketch Books for 1806. An almost identical example sold Christies, London, 21 April 1994, lot 121. Four were supplied to Parlington Hall, Aberford, W. Yorkshire in 1811, although all have an additional row of drawers below. Two sold Christies, London 10 July 2003, lots 86 and 87 (both realised £13,145 each including premium). See also C.Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 1978, vol. II, p.389, no.500). 68
157¥ A set of Regency amboyna, thuya, maple and rosewood banded quartetto tables attributed to Gillows With rectangular tops, the smallest with chequerboard, on baluster turned legs joined by stretchers, the largest 58cm wide, 41cm deep, 74cm high. (4) £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, sold Christies London, 6 July 1995, lot 30. Private Collection, London. A related set of quartetto tables form part of the collection at Leighton Hall, Lancashire and are thought to have been supplied by Gillows. A set of tables identical to those offered with the addition of a trough to the smallest table were part of a group of furnishings supplied to William Senhouse in the West Indies by Gillows, the Senhouse tables were sold Christies London, 17 November 1983, lot 3.
158 A Regency mahogany side table by Gillows The rectangular moulded top with pierced threequarter gallery above a drawer to one side, on square tapering legs with square brass cappings and castors, stamped to the drawer GILLOWS.LANCASTER, 76cm wide, 45cm deep, 74cm high. £800-£1,000
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159¥ A Regency rosewood and brass marquetry chiffonier The rectangular shelved superstructure with pierced brass 3/4 gallery on pierced brass columns and ‘X’ supports, with three frieze drawers, the rectangular top above a pair of frieze drawers and a pair of arched panelled doors enclosing two shelves flanked by turned columns on plinth feet, 92cm wide, 36cm deep, 141cm high. £1,000-£1,500
160¥ A Regency rosewood three tier whatnot With central drawers, each tier joined by baluster and ring turned supports with turn finials; on turned feet with brass cappings and castors, 49cm wide, 40cm deep, 102cm high. £600-£800
161 A small Regency burr oak circular centre table The radiating tilt top on an octagonal baluster turned shaft with ebony banding on tripartite platform base and lotus leaf carved scroll feet, with castors, 82cm diameter, 71cm high. £1,800-£2,000
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162 A set of six Regency simulated rosewood and brass inlaid dining chairs The over-scrolled channelled top rails, pierced backs with inlaid roundels and caned seats on sabre legs, each 44cm wide, 42.5cm deep, 82.5cm high. (6) £800-£1,200
163¥ A Regency rosewood and brass marquetry side cabinet in the manner of Louis Le Gaigneur The rectangular top above a pair of inlaid frieze drawer flanked by brass marquetry panels above a pair of doors with replaced panels applied with gilt bronze Apollo masks, enclosing a shelf, on turned feet, 107cm wide, 33cm deep, 93cm high. £1,200-£1,800
164 A 19th century mahogany and simulated vide poche Applied with gilt brass mounts, the oval galleried top above a shaped frieze drawer, with pierced lyre ends joined by a curved under-tier on downswept legs applied with gilt brass foliate mounts, 48cm wide, 35cm deep, 71cm high. £400-£600
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165 A pair of late 18th century engravings of the Full Blown Macaroni and The Houndsditch Macaroni Published 6 Dec 1772 by J Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street, in modern ebonised and gilt Hogarth frames, each 26cm high, 24cm wide. (2) £250-£350 Provenance: Private Collection, London.
166 A pair of late 19th century George III style carved mahogany storm lanterns The trumpet shaped glass shades above turned socles, on paterae and riband tied carved square bases, each 17cm diameter, 35cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: Private Collection, London.
167 An early 19th century Chamberlain’s Worcester kidney shaped dish and a pair of early 19th century Flight Barr & Barr square dishes The Chamberlain’s dish decorated with floral sprays within a cobalt blue border with a crest depicting a standing lion and the motto ‘Semper Fidelis’ within dentil gilded borders, red printed mark, 26cm wide, the Flight Barr and Barr square dessert dishes with gadrooned wavy edges centred by floral sprays and decorated with gilt weed, impressed marks. (3) £150-£200
168 A group of three 19th century Minton lattice plates decorated by Antonin Boullemier in the manner of William S Coleman Two of the plates with a buff ground to the centre decorated with two young children with in gilded pierced lattice borders, signed A.Boullemier, 23.5cm diameter, with printed Minton marks and retailers marks for Phillips & Pearce, New Bond Street and with date cypher for 1883, the other plate with a figure of a young girl in a diadem standing on a spring of fruiting blackberries, signed A Boullemier, 23.5cm diameter, with printed Minton mark and date cypher for 1881. (3) £400-£600
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(open) 169¥ A fine Regency rosewood, ebonised and brass foliate marquetry writing box by Edwards, London The rectangular hinged lid with a shaped central brass plate with engraved rampant lion crest enclosing a blue and gilt tooled leather lined hinged writing slope, three compartments and two lidded compartments, enclosing a secret well accessed via the hinge screws, with flush carrying handles to the sides, labelled EDWARDS, manufacturer, 21 Kings St, Bloomsbury Square, London, with Bramah locks, 45cm wide, 27cm deep, 19cm high. £1,300-£1,500 David Edwards is listed at 21 King St, Bloomsbury Square (1813-40), he was writing and dressing case maker to the Royal Family, inventor of the patent military travelling cases. See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p 269. Edwards was known for using the highest quality timbers, intricate inlaid brass, decorative handles and complex mechanisms for secret compartments, he was bought out by Asprey in 1859.
170¥ An early 19th century mahogany table timepiece with alarm by Frodsham, Gracechurch St, London The backplate punch-numbered 21273, the rectangular case with ivory finial, side handles and feet, the 5 1/2” arched painted dial with alarm setting subsidiary over the Roman chapter ring, with matching moon hands, the single gut fusee movement with bottle-shaped plated united by four slender knopped pillars, with anchor escapement, the alarm sounding on the bell above, 42cm high. £1,000-£1,500 The US Government has banned the import of ivory so this cannot be exported to the USA
171 A late 19th century gilt brass bouilotte lamp With claret shade and triple light, on a circular dished base, 34cm diameter, 68cm high. £600-£800 Provenance: Private Collection, London purchased Michael Lipitch Ltd, Fulham Road, London, November 1989.
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172 A pair of late Victorian patinated bronze colza oil lamps by Perry & Co. Modelled as storks standing on rock work bases, with removable reservoirs, stamped PERRY & Co. 72 NEW BOND ST, each 71cm high (including fitting), 19cm square. (2) £3,000-£5,000 Formerly named Parker & Perry and founded by William Parker in 1756, the firm received commissions from many prominent patrons including the Royal family. They supplied the Prince of Wales at Carlton House and on Queen Victoria's accession they were one of two lustre makers called upon to supply the Royal household (R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 674) William Perry traded at 72 New Bond Street from 1817 and was joined by his nephew George in 1822. After 1833 the firm traded as George Perry & Co.
173 A pair of Regency patinated bronze and gilt bronze lamp bases In the form of classical female caryatids holding aloft baskets of grapes and vine leaves, on octagonal scrolling plinths and leaf cast shaped bases, 64cm high, 18cm wide. (2) £2,000-£3,000
174 A Regency black lacquer, ebonised and parcel gilt side cabinet The Harlequin Breccia marble top above a panel of 18th century Chinese black lacquer heightened with gilt decoration including pavilions and boatmen, with a single long drawer, the sides with pierced gilt metal grilles, the left hand side with a door, on hairy paw feet, 94.5cm wide, 54.5cm deep, 92cm high. £4,000-£6,000 Provenance: Purchased Christies London, 14 April 1988, lot 88 (£11,000 hammer). Private Collection, London 74
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175 A fine silk Kashan rug, Central Persia, circa 1910 209cm x 124cm. £1,500-£2,500
176 A Kashan prayer rug, Central Persia, circa 1920 206cm x 133cm. £700-£900
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177 A fine silk Tabriz carpet, North West Persia, circa 1960 Approximately 100 knots per square centimetre. 282cm x 205cm. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ4,000 thepedestal.com
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178 A Kirman carpet, Central Persia, circa 1920 393cm x 266cm. £1,000-£1,500
179 A Tekke carpet, West Turkestan, circa 1900 298cm x 203cm. £1,000-£1,500
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180 A Heriz carpet, North West Persia, circa 1890 54cm x 368cm. ÂŁ7,000-ÂŁ10,000
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181 A Tabriz carpet, North West Persia, circa 1925 396cm x 275cm. £2,000-£3,000
182 A Kurdish Runner, North West Persia, circa 1900 387cm x 97cm. £1,000-£1,500
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183 A Ziegler Mahal carpet, Central Persia, circa 1890 363cm x 275cm. ÂŁ3,000-ÂŁ4,000 thepedestal.com
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184 A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs The shaped and pierced backs with channelled decoration above tapered seats on inswept legs. (2) £1,000-£1,500
185¥ A William IV rosewood cheval mirror The rectangular later plate with an arched frame, on lotus leaf carved supports with swing brass hinged candle arms on lotus leaf scroll end supports with scroll feet, with castors, 100cm wide, 66cm deep, 161cm high. £600-£800
186 A William IV carved mahogany long stool Upholstered and close-nailed in buttoned tan leather, on turned fluted legs with brass cappings and castors, 148cm wide, 62cm deep, 45cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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187 A pair of George IV simulated rosewood bergere chairs The curved panelled backs with foliate roundels above caned backs and seats on downswept moulded legs with square brass cappings and castors, with tan leather loose squab cushions, each 54cm wide, 52cm deep, 88cm high. (2) £1,200-£1,500
188 A George IV mahogany writing table The rounded rectangular top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery above a green tooled leather and a pair of frieze drawers on turned fluted tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 91cm wide, 53cm deep, 77cm high. £1,200-£1,800
189¥ A Regency thuya and rosewood crossbanded tripod table Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rounded rectangular top on an octagonal shaft and downswept legs ad turned feet, 43cm wide, 33cm deep, 73cm high. £1,200-£1,800
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190 A pair of Regency white and green painted and parcel gilt open armchairs The curved moulded top-rails decorated with swans, acanthus leaves and central urns, above pierced lyre shaped splats, downswept scrolled arms and wreathed arm supports, above bowed padded seats upholstered in green silk, on turned reeded legs with spool feet, 54cm wide, 42cm deep, 89cm high. (2) £600-£800
191¥ A fine Regency rosewood, brass marquetry and ormolu mounted library table attributed to Wilkinson of Ludgate Hill The rectangular top with rounded corners inlaid with scrolling lines and fleur de lys, with panels of pendant mounts of the corners and the centres of each side, on inswept supports joined by a shaped platform stretcher and downswept legs applied with paterae, acanthus, lyre, anthemion and beaded mounts, on large lotus and scroll cast cappings and castors, 122cm wide, 91cm deep, 72cm high. £6,500-£7,500 The applied guilloche mounts relate to a sofa table stamped WILKINSON LUDGATE HILL which is illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, p.478, pl.977. See also a library table with the same mounts attributed to Wilkinson and offered Sotheby’s London, 22 November 2006, lot 127. For further information regarding Wilkinson of Ludgate Hill see lot 130. 84
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192 A small Regency carved gilt wood convex girandole The circular plate with an ebonies slip and ball encrusted frame surmounted by a twin-handled urn with trailing husk trains, with double candle branches below and pendant finial apron, re-gilt, 77cm high, 45cm wide. £600-£800
193 A Regency black tôleware, polychrome painted and parcel gilt oval tray on later stand With pierced carrying handles and a central oval painted panel of a mother and her children, fixed to a later stand, on square tapering legs and ‘X’ stretcher, 72cm wide, 56cm deep, 67cm high. £500-£800 Provenance: Private Collection, London
194 A 19th century mahogany drum top library table The circular top with moulded edge and inset tooled gilt leather, above four drawers and four simulated drawers on leaf carved and turned shaft on cabriole ‘C’ scroll, shell and acanthus carved legs and scroll feet, 127cm diameter, 79cm high. £1,200-£1,800 86
195¥ A pair of William IV carved rosewood salon chairs The curved buttoned backs and serpentine seats with close-nailed tan upholstery above downswept leaf and scroll carved sides on rung turned lotus leaf carved tapering legs, headed by roundels, with brass cappings and castors, 48cm wide, 42cm deep, 90cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
196 A matched pair of Regency mahogany three-tier whatnots The serpentine tiers joined by baluster turned supports with turned finials; with turned feet and bass cappings and castors, slight differences in the turnings, each 38cm wide, 32cm deep, 80cm high. (2) £1,500-£2,000
197 A Regency mahogany four division canterbury With curved slatted divisions, turned finials, ring turned supports on turned feet, 46cm wide, 30cm deep, 61cm high. £800-£1,200
198 A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs The ‘C’ scroll and leaf carved splats with an oval painted crest (rubbed) on rectangular seat and ring turned tapering legs, each 39cm wide, 39cm deep, 82cm high. (2) £600-£800
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199 A very fine early Victorian silver-mounted lime green glass claret jug by E., J., E. & W. Barnard, London, 1839 The body cut with overlapping crescent-shaped swags and with star-cut base, ribbed neck, the mount applied with fruiting vines which continue around the base of neck, the handle of vine form, hinged cover with vine leaf and grape cluster finial, marked in cover and around upper mount, 29.5cm high. £2,000-£2,500
200 An unusual Victorian silver-fronted photograph frame by Judah Rosenthal & Samuel Jacob, London, 1890 The front with hinged and glazed silver cover pierced with scrolls and flowers, the varnished wood back with pinned-on silver border pierced with grotesque masks, scrolls and hippocampi and a strut at back, frame containing a vintage sepia photograph of a young girl holding a basket of flowers, 20cm high, 13.5cm wide. £700-£800
201 A matched pair of Victorian silver novelty oil lamps in the form of water-lilies on lily leaf bases, one by Stephen Smith, the other by Heath & Middleton, both Birmingham, 1892 Bifurcated stalk handles, modern glass shades and detachable silverplated oil reservoirs on top stamped ‘Hinks & Son Birm.’ 32.1cm high to top of shade, 16.5cm wide, weighable silver 26oz (806 gm). (2) £2,500-£3,000
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202 A silver-cased combination timepiece and barometer, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd., London, 1910 Rectangular with rounded corners, the timepiece with black Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial and blued steel hands, the barometer with ‘Stormy, Rain, Change, Fair, Very Dry’, green leather easel back, 18.5cm long. £600-£700
203 A silver swivel-action double coaster trolley of Regency style, by I. Freeman & Son Ltd., London, 1973 The disc securing wheels to base hallmarked for Sheffield, 1973, the coasters with wood bases centred by silver bosses, shell, gadroon and foliate rims, together with a pair of associated Edwardian silver-mounted, double-lipped, cut-glass decanters by Saunders & Shepherd, Chester, 1905, of inverted thistle shape, hobnail-cut, with fluted bands below, star-cut base and bulbous stoppers, trolley 43cm long, decanters 23cm high. (3) £500-£800
204 A late 19th century gilt bronze lamp base in the manner of William Bullock With leaf cast stem on quadripartite base with tragic masks, on lion paw feet, 15cm wide, 44cm high including fitting. £500-£800
205 A late 19th century silver-plated lamp base In the form of a corinthian column, on a stepped base with riband tied wreaths and engraved family crest, ‘malo mori quam foedari’, 56cm high (including fitting), 21cm wide. £200-£300 Provenance: Private Collection, London.
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206 A fine Art Deco silver cup and cover by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd., London, 1928 Of heavy gauge, hemispherical with narrow rope-work girdle under rim and projecting acanthus leaf side handles, on eight scroll supports above a faceted tapering stem descending to a circular pedestal foot with conforming rope-work girdle above foot rim, cover rising to a faceted central dome in centre and capped by a leafy knop finial, on ebonised wood plinth, 38cm high, with plinth 45cm high, 37cm span, 72.5oz (2248 gm) £1,500-£2,000
207 A Victorian silver novelty sugar caster by Edgar Finley & Hugh Taylor, London, 1890 In the form of a Norse drinking horn, terminating in a dolphin’s head and raised on two scroll feet, bead girdle and chased band of diagonally-shaded chevrons below rim, screw-on cap engraved with crest of a lion rampant supporting a garb between his fore paws, 18cm high, 13oz (403 gm) £200-£250
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208 A pair of Victorian satinwood bookcases The painted green faux marble tops above reeded friezes with carved central scallop shell and scrolling leaves, each with two shelves, flanked by fluted uprights, headed by paterae on turned feet, each 129cm wide, 29cm deep, 99cm high. (2) £4,000-£6,000
209 A Victorian walnut folding folio stand With hinged side, a sliding rear support, hinged rest and hinged rear leg, on brass cappings and castors, 81cm wide, 88cm high. £600-£800
210¥ A William IV mahogany chest attributed to Gillows The rectangular moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers on turned feet, with rosewood turned handles, 118cm wide, 56cm deep, 104cm high. £1,000-£1,500 A very closely related chest by Gillows, signed by the cabinetmaker J.Barrow, was sold Christie’s, London 26 April 2007, lot 306 and a further example signed by the cabinet-maker Thomas Tasker (who worked for Gillows circa 1815-1825) was sold 26 January 2007, lot 1045. See also Bonhams, London 10 December 2013, lot 319 for another similar by the cabinetmaker William Clemmy who was apprenticed to Leonard Redmayne (see S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Suffolk, 2008, p.226). 92
211 An early 19th century Maltese pietre dure table top attributed to Darmanin on a later patinated bronze and gilt bronze base The circular brass bound top inlaid with various specimen marbles including porter, siena, jasper, verde antico, brêche violette and antique red, with central circular medallion of a Grecian warrior inlaid with 'CART' 'HAGO', the triform base with three large dolphin supports, on moulded tripartite base, 94cm diameter, 75cm high. £7,500-£8,500 Marble tops decorated with emblems of Carthage recalling Malta’s ancient past as part of the Phoenician Empire are particularly associated with the firm of J. Darmanin & Sons of Malta (known to the local market as Guiseppe Darmanin e Figli). Many of their tops were arrived in Britain as souvenirs of European travels although the firm were originally known for decorating Churches and Church monuments. The table top offered here depicts a Carthaginian warrior who appears on other tables by the Darmanin firm notably the pair of tables supplied to the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry at Wynyard Park and sold Christie’s, New York, 27 September 2007, lot 300. Another top featuring the warrrior is illustrated in E.T Joy, English Furniture, 1800-1850, London 1977, p.284. A table top depicting the warrior and attributed to Darmanin formerly with Adrian Alan Ltd, London is illustrated by Kate Hay in Mosaic Marble Tables by J.Darmanin & Sons of Malta, Furniture History, 2010, Figure 25. The table Darmanin showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London is now in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace.
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212 A pair of George IV carved oak hall chairs The shield shaped backs with scrolling leaf carved toprails and vacant cartouche backs above rectangular seats, with beaded edges on octagonal turned tapering legs and spool feet, each 47cm wide, 41cm deep, 89cm high. (2) £500-£800
213 A rare mid 19th century French chimney board Oil on canvas on board, of a young chimney sweep beside a fireplace, with knob handles, 143cm wide, 96cm high. £2,000-£3,000 94
214 A Victorian mahogany and brass bound crenellated bucket With tapering sides and swing brass carrying handles, 46cm diameter, 54cm high. £2,000-£3,000
215 An 18th century Italian carved white marble rectangular chimney-piece tablet Of bacchanalian putti, 41cm wide, 4cm deep, 24cm high. £400-£600
216 A large pair of George IV brass ornamental fire dogs, early 19th century Each with bulbous gadrooned columns and triform base, pointed finials atop, each 31cm wide, 81cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500 Provenance: By repute from Warwick Castle.
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217 A William IV mahogany circular centre table in the manner of Gillows The tilt-top above a lotus leaf carved turned shaft on cabriole scrolling lotus leaf carved downiest legs with acanthus carved feet with recessed castors, 122cm diameter, 74cm high. £1,500-£2,000
218¥ A mid 19th century rosewood and sycamore marquetry display cabinet The shaped moulded top and frieze inlaid with scrolling leaves above an astragal glazed door and sides flanked by turned pilasters enclosing three shelves, with a mirror back, above an apron drawer, on turned feet, with castors, 85cm wide, 47cm deep, 162cm high. £500-£800
219 A small pair of mahogany bedside chests Each with rounded rectangular moulded tops above four short drawers, on moulded plinth bases, Victorian and converted, 41cm wide, 35cm deep, 72cm high. (2) £800-£1,200
220 A William IV Irish mahogany celleret Of sarcophagus form, the hinged rectangular stepped lid with grape and leaf carved finial, above a wreathed edge enclosing eight lead lined divisions, with tapering sides, on hairy lion paw feet and rectangular plinth base, with castors, 82cm wide, 52cm deep, 50cm high. £800-£1,500
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221 A pair of late Victorian mahogany open bookcases in the aesthetic style The rectangular moulded top above three adjustable shelves flanked by fluted uprights headed by gilt metal roundels, the panelled sides with later handles, on square tapering feet, each 92cm wide, 27cm deep, 106cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
222¥ A Victorian carved rosewood chesterfield sofa by Johnstone & Jeanes The shaped back, scroll arms and rectangular seat upholstered in brown buttoned leather, the scrolling leaf carved arm supports on ring turned lobed feet, with brass cappings and castors, stamped to the underside JOHNSTONE & JEANES, 67 NEW BOND ST, LONDON, 186cm wide, 68cm deep, 66cm high. £1,500-£2,000 The firm of Johnstone & Jeanes was established in London around 1840. One of the founding partners, John Johnstone had previously worked with the cabinet-maker Robert Jupe, the inventor of the Capstan extending dining table.
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223 A large Victorian mahogany butler’s tray on stand The rectangular tray with pierced carrying handles to the sides, on a folding ring turned stand, 91cm wide, 54cm deep, 85cm high. £400-£600
224 A large William IV walnut carved stool The rectangular padded seat above scrolling moulded ‘X’ form supports, 91cm wide, 61cm deep, 42cm high. £500-£800
225 A pair of Victorian Gothic painted cylindrical cupboards Each with pinnacle finials above gothic arch mouldings and a door enclosing two shelves, on scroll feet, each 109cm wide, 46cm diameter. (2) £1,000-£1,500
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226 A fine Victorian satinwood carved circular centre table Applied with gilt metal stiff leaf edge border, above a stiff leaf and paterae carved shaft and tripartite double ‘C’ scroll carved cabriole legs carved with trailing bellflowers and scrolling shells, on leaf carved scroll feet, with castors, 120cm diameter, 75cm high. £1,000-£1,500
227 A Victorian brown and polychrome painted rectangular papier-mâché tray on stand Heightened with gilt flowers and leaves and painted with birds, 77cm wide, 57cm deep, 46cm high. £800-£1,000
228 A Victorian burr walnut, kingwood crossbanded and tulipwood marquetry bureau plat in the Louis XV style Applied with gilt metal mounts, the shaped rectangular quarter veneered and marquetry top with pierced gilt metal three quarter gallery, above similarly inlaid frieze with central drawer, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus scrolling mounts trailing to sabots, 101cm wide, 53cm deep, 77cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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229 A George IV mahogany centre table The circular moulded St. Anne marble top above a fluted baluster turned shaft on quadripartite platform base and lobed feet, with recessed castors, 80cm diameter, 73cm high. £1,500-£2,000
230 A George IV mahogany chamber table in the manner of Gillows The rectangular moulded edge top with a hinged compartment to the back edge above a frieze drawer, on ring turned tapering legs, brass cappings and castors, 76.5cm wide, 53cm deep, 73.5cm high. £1,000-£1,500
231 A large George IV burr oak and crossbanded breakfast table The rounded rectangular tilt top above an octagonal shaft on a quadripartite lobed base and acanthus carved lion paw feet, with castors, 152cm wide, 121cm deep, 80cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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232 Three 19th century oil on board coach panels Each with various family crests, in modern gilt and parcel gilt rectangular frames, 35cm high, 48cm wide and 31cm high, 27cm wide and 25cm high, 28cm wide respectively. (3) £800-£1,200
233 A pair of Victorian bronze and cast iron table cannons On pierced carriages, 44cm wide, 18cm high. (2) £600-£800
234 A pair of bronze figures, probably French, circa 1900 Representing the Goddess Hera in Greek mythology and her messenger Iris, pictured holding the caduceus, with stamped numbers to the reverse of each figure, Iris stamped 18522, Hera stamped 18341, each 12cm wide, 31cm high. (2) £300-£500 The caduceus is traditionally carried by the Heralds of the Gods, notably Mercury and is a winged staff with two snakes entwined around
235 A pair of small Italian carved white marble ionic capitals, possibly Gothic period On later pink granite turned columns, each 40cm high, 12cm diameter. (2) £400-£600 102
236 Miniature Furniture: A Victorian burr walnut and tulipwood banded serpentine credenza The rectangular leaf carved mirrored superstructure with shell carved cresting above a shaped top and three oval mirrored doors enclosing a shelf, on a shaped platform base, 62cm wide, 21cm deep, 51cm high. £600-£800
237 A matched pair of large Victorian Minton majolica polychrome garden urns Of different colourways, the leaf moulded rims above tapering bodies, with friezes of tied bands, putti, oak leaves and acorns, both stamped ‘MINTONS’ and numbered 923, damaged, 41cm diameter, 36cm high. (2) £200-£300
238 A pair of 18th century Italian carved marble figures of Venus and America On rock work bases, Venus damaged, each approximately 31cm high, 14cm wide. (2) £500-£700
239 Miniature Furniture: A 19th century mahogany secretaire à abattant The rectangular top above a faux drawer and fall hinged to enclose a void interior, above two faux and one apron drawer flanked by gilt metal ebonised pilasters, on gilt bun feet, 27cm wide, 20cm deep, 31cm high. £600-£800
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240 A large 19th century George III style gilt wood carved marginal pier mirror in the Chippendale style The rectangular divided plate within a ‘C’ scroll, acanthus, swagged flowerhead and icicle carved frame, surmounted by an acanthus carved cresting with double ‘C’ scroll apron below, 206cm high, 101cm wide. £2,500-£3,000
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241 A Ushak carpet, Central Persia, circa 1900 530cm x 314cm. £6,000-£8,000
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242 A Karabakh runner, circa 1910 580cm x 117cm. £2,500-£3,500
243 A Shirvan rug, East Caucasus, dated 1343 AH (1925) 186cm x 132cm. £1,000-£1,500 106
244 A pair of Donegal runners, circa 1910 362cm x 107cm. (2) £3,500-£4,500
245 A small Tabriz carpet, North West Persia, circa 1930 252cm x 170cm. £400-£600
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246 A Kashan rug, Central Persia, mid 20th century 389cm x 306cm. £1,500-£2,000
247 A Hamadan runner, West Persia, circa 1920 300cm x 80cm. £250-£350
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248 A pair of large late 19th century gilt bronze six light wall-lights in the Louis XV style Each with three swirling sconces and acanthus leaf twisting branches with three further gilt light fittings to the centre, each 56cm wide, 22cm deep, 81cm high. (2) £2,000-£3,000
249 A pair of Empire gilt bronze chenets in the form of twin cornucopia with acanthus leaves, centred by anthemion, each 28cm wide, 39cm high. (2) £1,000-£1,500
250 An iron and brass fire grate, probably French, circa 1900 The spindle gallery basket with brass finials flanked by standards with tasselled drapery and lion mask cartouches, 88cm wide, 52cm deep, 60cm high. £300-£500
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251 After Frans Hals Portrait of Catharina Hooft with her nurse Oil on canvas 88.5cm x 67cm £500-£800 The present painting is after the original in the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin.
252 Circle of Ignacius van der Beker (1689-1773) After the hunt Oil on canvas 57cm x 73.5cm £800-£1,200
253 A pair of late 19th century French patinated bronze and gilt bronze candelabra bases, now as lamp bases Of classical semi-clad muses, on circular bases with bacchanalian putti friezes on square plinths and turned feet, each 96cm high (including fitting), 17cm square. (2) £3,000-£5,000
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254 After François Rude (French 1784-1855) A large French gilt bronze figural group depicting Chiron holding an arrow with a lyre at his feet and instructing Achilles in archery, a serpent lying coiled at the feet of Achilles, on a naturalistically modelled base, 44cm wide, 18.5cm deep, 49cm high. £3.000-£5,000 Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever The group was inspired by Jean-Baptistes Regnault's monumental canvas entitled L'Education d'Achille par le centaure Chiron, which was exhibited at the salon of 1784, and was his morceau de réception at the Academy in the same year.
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255 A 19th century French terracotta group of The Triumph of Bacchus after Clodion On a circular base, with a turned gilt wood plinth, 26cm diameter, 45cm high (including plinth). £800-£1,200 Provenance: Private Collection, London
256 A pair of 19th century Chinese blue porcelain and gilt bronze mounted twin-handled pots and covers With circular lids and acorn finials, above ovoid bodies, one with a character mark, each 12cm wide, 17cm high. (2) £400-£600
257 A pair of Louis XVI style celadon glazed and gilt bronze mounted lamp bases The cylindrical necks and baluster turned bodies with applied twin carrying handles and grotesque masks, on shaped moulded bases, each 49cm high, 16cm wide. (2) £2,000-£3,000
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258¥ A Louis XIV rosewood rosewood and kingwood brass bound parquetry medal cabinet With stellar inlay, the rectangular top above a hinged fall enclosing thirteen narrow fitted lined drawers, 34cm wide, 26cm deep, 35cm high. (2) £2,500-£3,000
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259 A pair of late 19th century French white marble and gilt bronze mounted urns in the Louis XVI style The ovoid bodies with scrolling leaf mounted rims and swagged laurel leaves on leaf moulded turned stems and square bases, 6cm wide, 21cm high. (2) £600-£800
260 A Louis XIV walnut and brass bound casket The rectangular hinged lid with leaf clasps to each corner, the shaped escutcheon with an armorial enclosing velvet lined interior and inner lid, with swing handles to the sides with scrolling pierced back plates, 43cm wide, 27cm deep, 20cm high. £1,500-£2,000
261 A Louis XV tulipwood and gilt bronze mounted writing table The rectangular top with tooled gilt leather above a simulated drawer and a frieze drawer with opposing simulated drawer, with drawers to each end on cabriole legs headed by leaf mounts and sabots, 64cm wide, 48cm deep, 74cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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262 A good mid 18th century French quarter-repeating ormolu cartel clock signed and numbered Herbault à Paris., No. 159 The assymetric case surmounted by the figure of a musician playing the hurdy-gurdy, over applied sprigs of nine flowerheads in full bloom, the signed enamel Roman & Arabic dial with good pierced and engraved gilt hands and regulation dial set above XII, the spring driven movement with tic-tac escapement and silk-suspended pendulum, circular plates united by four knopped pillars pinned through the signed and numbered backplate, the brass rack activating the two hammers on the bell above, by pulling the repeat cord guided by a pair of brass rollers below, the pendulum aperture glazed, the case punched with poinçon ‘C’ couronné, 23cm wide, 47cm high. £4,000-£6,000
263 A 19th century French gilt bronze cartel clock in the Louis XVI style by Le Roy, Paris The case surmounted by a putti holding a dolphin aloft above laurel swags and flanked by fish spouting water with a shaped laurel swag hung vase with a foliate terminal, the 9 inch dial with black Arabic and Roman numerals, signed Le Roy Palais Royal with pierced and engraved hands, the movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell, 36cm wide, 10cm deep, 82cm high. £1,000-£1,500
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264 A Restauration gilt bronze ‘evening Prayer’ mantel clock by Griebel, Paris After a design by Jean-Andre Reiche, the eight day brass cased drum movement with a silk suspension and outside countwheel on a bell, the circular white enamel signed dial with Roman numerals, the case with tasselled drapes flanked by terms, with the Duchesse de Berry nursing her son, the future Duc de Bordeaux, with his sister Louise kneeling in prayer beside them, on a plinth base and turned feet, 31cm wide, 13.5cm deep, 41cm high. £3,000-£5,000 Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever Designed by Jean-Andre Reiche, one of the most important bronziers of the Empire period, the model for this clock tells the story of the recently widowed Duchesse de Berry and her children. Her husband the Duc de Berry was stabbed and murdered by a Bonapartist after leaving the opera in February 1820. The Duchesse gave birth to her fourth child, Henri nine months later, the Légitimistes thought Henri to be the rightful heir to the French throne. See Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, p.165. 265 A first half of 19th century French white marble and gilt metal mounted pillar clock by Gavelles L’ainé à Paris Surmounted by an urn and twin sphere finials moulded on a pair of stopfluted columns on an inverted breakfront base on toupie feet, the signed enamel 4.25 inch Arabic dial with Arabic quarters and pierced gilt hands, the spring driven movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell, the pendulum with cast bob in the form of a female mask, 28cm wide, 10cm deep, 43cm high. £400-£600
266 A late 18th century French ormolu and marble annular dial clock by Le Roy, Paris Surmounted by an openwork finial formed of floral festoons centred on a basket of flowers, over the enamel Arabic minute and Roman hour annular chapter rings, raised on applied volutes over four tapered columns with pinecone finials, framing two doves on an altar with trophy group below, the rectangular marble base with projecting corners flanking the enamel signature plaque, raised on four toupie feet, the two train drum movement mounted horizontally with anchor escapement and silk suspension to a sunburst pendulum, 19.5cm wide, 14cm deep, 41cm high. £5,000-£7,000 Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever A related clock is illustrated in Tardy, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française (Paris 1997), p. 139.
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267 A Louis-Philippe mahogany and boxwood line inlaid fauteuil The scrolling padded back and rectangular seat upholstered in green gingham check, with downswept padded arms on ring turned legs with brass cappings and leather castors, 58cm wide, 52cm deep, 99cm high. £400-£600 Provenance: Private Collection, London Purchased Christie’s South Kensington, London, 19 Jan 2000, lot 811.
268 A Louis XVI style beechwood day-bed The upholstered ends within moulded frames, the mattress and box springs supported on short fluted legs headed by carved paterae, on spool feet, 212cm wide, 91cm deep, 81cm high, (aperture for the mattress 200cm x 92cm). £600-£800 Provenance: Private Collection, London Purchased Christie’s South Kensington, London, 19 Jan 2000, lot 813 (£1600 hammer).
269 A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted writing table after the model by Riesener in the Louis XVI style The rectangular brass bound top with three-quarter gallery above a frieze drawer on turned legs headed by flowerhead festoons with Apollo masks to the sides, joined by a shaped platform under-tier with gallery; on sabots, 87cm wide, 56cm deep, 78cm high. £2,500-£3,500 Provenance: Formerly in the Von Bulow Collection, sold Sotheby’s New York, Clarendon Court, Newport, Rhode Island, 28-29 October 1988, lot 408. Private Collection, London. The above lot is based on the model supplied by Riesener to Marie Antoinette and now in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. 118
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270 A 19th century Empire style gilt bronze inkstand and cover The removable cover forming a presspapier modelled as a pair of horses, the circular base with winged lion monopodia and acanthus leaves on a stepped base, 14cm diameter, 25cm high. £300-£500
271 A late 19th century French gilt bronze twin-handled urn/lamp base in the Louis XVI style The handles cast as leopards above an ovoid body with female masks and leaf cast stem, on circular plinth with masks, 72cm high, 24cm wide. £300-£500
272 The Frick Collection, New York, Illustrated catalogues, 8 Vols Vol.I: Paintings- American, British, Dutch, Flemish & German, 1968 Vol II: Paintings-French, Italian & Spanish, 1968 Vol III: Sculpture- Italian, 1970 Vol IV: Sculpture- German, Netherlands, French & British, 1970 (8) £400-£600 120
Vol V: Furniture- Italian & French (Pt 1), 1992 Vol VI: Furniture - French (Pt 2) and Gilt Bronzes, 1992 Vol VII:Porcelains- Oriental & French, 1974 Vol VIII: Enamels, Rugs & Silver, 1977
273 A pair of late 19th century French Empire style patinated bronze and siena marble urns Of classical twin-handled form, on rectangular plinth bases, applied with musical trophies and wreaths, on leaf cast bases, each 20cm high, 44cm high. (2) £2,500-£3,500
274 A 19th century French terracotta bust of a young girl Looking to sinister, on a turned brown porphyry socle, 18cm wide, 29cm high. £400-£600
275 An Empire gilt bronze circular papillon encrier The lid cast as a sunflower with a butterfly finial enclosing a removable pounce and ink pot and well, on leaf cast base, 10cm diameter, 10cm high. £200-£300
276 A pair of late 19th century French four-light gilt-bronze candelabra in the Louis XVI style With detachable sconces and branches with leaf cast arms and turned reeded stems with swags, on leaf cast circular bases, marked CP 1 & CP 15 on the undersides, each 14cm wide, 43cm high. (2) £600-£800
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277 A Louis XVI style ebonised commode With silvered mounts, the white an grey veined marble top above two short and one long drawer with shaped apron below applied with a tied riband and cornucopia mount, on square tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 114cm wide, 52cm deep, 82cm high. £800-£1,200
278 A 17th century ebony table casket with 19th century giltbronze mounts Of sarcophagus form with octagonal hinged lid, applied Apollo masks to the sides, with carrying handles, on lion paw feet, 29cm wide, 18cm deep, 19cm high. £400-£600
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279 A late 19th century Italian patinated bronze antique style oil lamp Of a naked bearded man with his legs raised, held by chains, on a turned walnut base, 23cm high, 10cm wide. £600-£800
280 A pair of 19th century ebony and ormolu mounted pier cabinets incorporating 18th century carved cabinet panels The sienna marble tops with moulded edges, the frieze drawers with incised decoration above cupboard doors centred by octagonal panels with ripple moulding and incised borders and outer-panels, one cabinet depicting a male and female figure, the other with a Roman soldier, attendants and horses, the reverse of the doors with incised floral panels, enclosing a shelf, the sides with further incised decorated panels, on shaped plinth bases, one cabinet with a fragment of a label inscribed ‘Laura Shaw Leferve’, each 69cm wide, 36cm deep, 102cm high, £4,000-£6,000 Provenance: According the label on the reverse Laura Shaw Lefevre, presumably Emma Laura Shaw Lefevre (1820-1899) daughter of Charles Shaw Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley of Heckfield (17941888) and Emma Laura Shaw Lefevre (1798-1857) the youngest daughter of Samuel Whitbread.
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281 A German silver novelty tobacco jar, stamped ‘900’, circa 1880 Modelled as a black plantation worker resting on his spade, a straw hat in one hand, shirt loosely over his shoulders and trousers rolled up above the knee, smoking a cigarette and standing in front of a large barrel to hold tobacco or cigarettes, a smaller barrel beside him to take matches, on an oval base with she’ll and scroll supports, larger barrel with gilt interior, 16cm high, 15cm long, 15oz (465 gm) £700-£800
282 A large pair of Continental silver pheasant table ornaments Stamped under feet ‘A835’, 20th century, 37cm and 35cm long, both 17cm high, 49oz (1519 gm) £3,000-£4,000
283 A pair of German silver table ornaments modelled as a stag and hind, made for the American market With pseudo marks and both stamped ‘STERLING’, circa 1900, the stag throwing back its head in a roar, stag 23cm high, 27cm long, hind 18.5cm high, 25cm long, 44oz (1364 gm) £3,500-£4,000 124
284 A 19th century French mahogany and brass bound gentleman’s travelling box (nécessaire de voyage) with silver-gilt fittings by Aucoc Ainé, Paris The hinged lid engraved with a plate ‘WJ’ with coronet, enclosing a ratcheted mirror, a tooled leather document pocket, a kettle and coffee pot, two cut glass cologne bottles, one rectangular lidded pot, three circular lidded pots (one damaged and one with glass missing), two cut glass bottles, a pencil, a pair of scissors, seven mother of pearl handled manicure tools, and a thimble, lifting to reveal there lidded leather trays (one tin lined) and a secret drawer; with flush handles to the sides, engraved Aucoc ainé à Paris, fittings hallmarked for Paris, 1st standard, 1819/38, 38cm wide, 24cm deep, 16cm, high. £500-£800 Provenance: Private Collection, London Jean-Baptiste Casimir Aucoc founded the Parisian firm in 1821 after taking over an existing business from Pierre-Dominique Maire. Aucoc worked mainly as a silversmith specialising in the manufacture of Nécessaire de Voyage (dressing and travelling cases). He moved to 4 & 6 rue de la Paix, Paris in 1835 and expanded into goldsmithing. Joined by his son Louis in 1850, they won a prize medal for their dressing cases in the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851.
285 A fine Austrian silver-gilt and enamel clock, maker’s mark a large W with small capital A to left and pellet to right, Vienna, circa 1880 Of keyhole form on four caryatid supports, with lion mask drop handles and finial of a putto playing cymbals, on rectangular stand raised on foliate scroll feet, complete with key, painted to front with Classical couple under a tree, with attendant putto and further putti peering down from clouds above, the back with a Classical female lyre player with attendant female musicians and others reading sheet music, the sides and base with similar Classical figures, the dial with hinged and glazed cover, painted with a barebreasted woman, gilt hands, black Roman numerals for the hours and smaller Arabic numerals above for the seconds, marked on back of put to finial with town mark, on top of base with town mark and maker’s mark and on left bottom edge of body with maker’s mark, 18cm high, 9.5cm wide. £3,000-£4,000
286 A 19th century French fused plate and cranberry glass twin-handled chestnut vase, circa 1830 Of campana form, the circular lid with acorn knop above handles cast as fruiting cornucopia, the pierced sides with classical figures, on a lobed circular stem base, second quarter 19th century, 24cm high, 23cm high. £250-£350
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287 A late 19th century French kingwood and tulipwood table en chiffonier in the Louis XV/XVI Transitional style Applied with gilt metal mounts, the rectangular quarter-veneered gilt brass bound top above a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs headed by leafy mounts trailing to sabots, joined by a shaped under-tier, 28cm wide, 26cm deep, 69cm high. £800-£1,000
288 A late 19th century French kingwood, purplewood, tulipwood and sycamore marquetry table en chiffoniere in the Louis XV/XVI Transitional style Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the circular pierced gilt brass galleried top inlaid with quill and ink pot, vases and pots above similarly inlaid sides and door, enclosing three short shelves; with pierced mounts on cabriole legs joined by a floral marquetry under-tier, with sabots, 32cm diameter, 77cm high. £1,500-£2,000
289 A late 19th century gilt bronze and Algerian onyx marble gueridon or occasional table in the Transitional style The serpentine shaped top with a three quarter pierced galleried top above a foliate and Vitruvian scroll frieze on slender supports with a similar shaped galleried undertier, on scroll legs with acanthus mounts and animal paw feet, 49cm wide, 31cm deep, 46cm high. £600-£800
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290 A pair of Empire carved mahogany open armchairs The reeded and turned toprails above lateral and leaf carved cross bars, with overswept arms, on caned seats with square tapering downswept legs, together with squab cushions, each 56cm wide, 47cm deep, 87cm high. (2) £500-£700
291 A 19th century French Empire mahogany and parcel gilt gueridon Applied with gilt metal mounts, the circular verde antico marble top with anthemion and lateral applied frieze on eagle’s head and leaf carved tripod legs joined by an undertier on lion paw feet, 45cm diameter, 88cm high. £600-£800
292 A Louis XVI mahogany and applied brass commode The rectangular moulded white and grey veined marble top with rounded projecting corners, above three long drawers flanked by turned fluted angles, on spool feet, with gilt metal cappings, 127cm wide, 61m deep, 92cm high. £1,500-£2,000
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293 A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted gueridon or occasional table by Paul Sormani, Paris The circular Campan Green marble top within a gilt bronze border on tapering fluted legs joining an under-tier with a high gilt bronze trellis gallery with toupie feet, stamped SORMANI, PARIS to the underside, 40.5cm diameter, 76cm high. £2,000-£3,000
294 A 19th century French gilt bronze torchere stand in the Empire style The circular black marble top above a frieze with classical mask, rosette and foliate decoration on slender reeded supports, outswept foliate decorated legs and animal paw feet, 30cm diameter, 102cm high. £800-£1,200
295 A 19th century French Empire style burr elm circular centre table Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the circular top above a frieze with single frieze drawer, on turned legs with collars joined by a shaped rectangular walnut platform under-tier, 105cm diameter, 85cm high. £4,000-£6,000
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296 A Restauration mahogany carved open armchair The curved scrolling top-rail above lion head carved arms, lotus leaf downswept arm supports, above a close-nailed green leather padded seat on downswept scroll legs, 63cm wide, 47cm deep, 82cm high. £400-£600
297 A Napoleon III ‘plum pudding’ mahogany and applied brass pedestal desk The rectangular moulded top with tooled green and gilt leather, above three frieze drawers, the kneehole flanked by three short drawers to each side flanked by fluted brass columns, with slides to each side; on plinth bases and bun feet, 145cm wide, 81cm deep, 76cm high. £1,200-£1,800 130
298 A 19th century and later, ebonised, gilt wood and composition console table in the Empire style, after Percier & Fontaine The rectangular inset black fossilised marble top above anthemion and thrysus applied frieze, on griffin supports applied with wreaths, lion masks and flaming torches, on a plinth moulded base, 93cm wide, 50cm deep, 79cm high. ÂŁ4,000-ÂŁ6,000
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299 A set of six 19th century mahogany and gilt-metal mounted dining chairs, probably Russian Including a pair of open armchairs, the shaped padded top-rails above vertical splats on padded seats, thrysus mounted seatrails on square tapering outswept legs, 56cm wide, 51cm deep, 86cm high. (6) £1,000-£1,500 300 An early 19th century Austrian fruitwood centre table Applied with gilt brass mounts, the square top inset with an oval stipple engraving of a young woman and child, above a frieze drawer on cabriole legs applied with pierced brass mounts and sabots, with collectors label to the underside, ‘Prinz Liechenstein’, 51cm wide, 51cm deep, 75cm high. £800-£1,200 Provenance: According to the label to the underside, Prinz Liechenstein.
301¥ A 19th century Italian brown and blonde tortoiseshell demi-lune vitrine/display cabinet on stand Inlaid with ebony bands, the mouded top above a bowed glazed door flanked by bowed glazed sides enclosing a shelf, the stand with panelled frieze on square tapering outswept legs joined by an undertier, part labelled to the top UBALDO STEFANUCCI, with paper depository label to the reverse, 66cm wide, 36cm deep, 174cm high. £1,000-£1,500 132
302¥ A large 19th Italian century carved walnut, ivory and marquetry free standing cassone The hinged stepped lid with carved borders above tapering sides inlaid with figures riding in sleighs and scenes of bear hunting, flanked by projecting griffin carved angles and large carved animal paw feet, 187cm wide, 77cm deep, 85cm high. £5,000-£7,000 The US Government has banned the import of ivory so this cannot be exported to the USA
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303¥ A late 17th century bois satiné, rosewood and ebony marquetry panel on a 19th century table base The top inlaid with scrolling stylised hop leaves, vines and grapes with two small birds; the base with a above crossbanded drawer and spirally turned legs, joined by a shaped platform stretcher, on ebonised bun feet, with recessed castors, 132cm wide, 72cm deep, 81cm high. £1,500-£2,000
304 A matched pair of late 19th century Chinese camphor wood and brass bound chest The rectangular hinged lids with carrying handles to the sides, 97cm wide, 48cm deep, 45cm high and 102cm wide, 52cm deep, 49cm high respectively. (2) £800-£1,200
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305 A pair of large Indian silver comport stands, unmarked, probably Bombay, circa 1900 The wavy-rimmed bowls chased in relief with panels of buildings and profuse floral decoration on textured ground, incorporating a vacant shield cartouche, each on three scroll supports meeting above the foot at a central ovoid, on six-footed pedestal base chased with flowers and vacant oval cartouches, 33.5cm high, 22.5cm diameter, 73oz (3100 gm). (2) £1,600-£1,800
306 An Indian silver ice bucket, unmarked, probably first quarter of 20th century Tapering form and chased in relief with frieze of Hindu deities, narrow upper and broader lower band of scrolls and flowers, two fixed upright ring handles on top of rim, 23cm high to top of handles, body 19cm high, 28oz (868 gm) £750-£850
307 A pair of 19th century Peruvian unmarked silver llamas One lid missing, 15cm wide, 18cm high. (2) £600-£900 Provenance: Private Collection London, purchased Mallett, London, June 1984.
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308 A pair of mid 19th century Persian tiles, Qajar period The rectangular blue and pink glazed tiles of huntsmen on horseback, one with a kestrel, within gilded and velvet lined frames, each 18cm high, 14cm wide (approximately). (2) £500-£800
309 A Chinese porcelain and gilt bronze mounted lamp base The polychrome floral decoration on a yellow ground, with leaf cast fitting above a circular neck and square tapering body, on a square mounted plinth base, 79cm high, 17cm wide. £2,000-£3,000
310 A pair of late 19th century Chinese powder blue and polychrome decorated temple vases, converted to lamps Each of baluster form, with polychrome decorated reserves of leaves, birds, vases and flowers on a white ground, on gilt bronze bases, 64cm high (including fitting), 22cm diameter. (2) £1,200-£1,800 Provenance: Private Collection, London purchased Mallett, London, October 1988. 136
(open) 311¥ A mid 19th century Vizagapatam ivory sewing/work box The hinged domed lobed lid enclosing a removable fitted interior with pin cushion, five lidded compartments and twelve divisions, the tapering sides on lobed feet, 32cm wide, 24cm deep, 15cm high. £2,500-£3,500 The US Government has banned the import of ivory so this cannot be exported to the USA
312 A late 19th century Chinese padouk, brass bound and mother of pearl inlaid travelling toilet box The hinged mirrored lid enclosing two winged drawers, with four further drawers and carrying handles to the sides, 25cm wide, 33cm deep, 21cm high. £500-£800
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313¥ A 19th century Chinese huali centre altar table The rectangular top above a pierced roundel and scrolling frieze, on square tapering legs joined by side stretchers, on scroll feet, 109cm wide, 39cm deep, 81cm high. £1,000-£1,500
314 A late 19th century Chinese elm table The rectangular cleated top above a pierced scrolling and moulded frieze, on square chamfered legs and scroll feet, 121cm wide, 66cm deep, 82cm high. £2,000-£3,000
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A separate fee may be levied and separate registration may be required for online bidding, whether on our own or a third party platform. 7. Commission bids may be refused unless they have been entered on our registration form and accepted in advance of the auction. 8. We may at our discretion accept bids from someone acting on behalf of a third party, subject to receiving a letter of authorisation which is satisfactory to us. In the event that such a bid is successful we reserve the right to treat either the bidder or the third party as the successful bidder for all purposes including as regards obtaining payment for the lot. 9. Auctions are conducted according to our discretion and that of our auctioneer. 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If you believe that you are the successful bidder for any lot but have not heard from us within three working days of the auction we recommend that you contact us to arrange collection and avoid potential storage charges. 15. We will charge a buyer’s fee of 25% 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, plus VAT. 16. 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. Please note that we do not accept payment by credit card. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. All lots must be collected from our shipper as notified to you in the auction catalogue and otherwise, within 14 days after the auction. Storage and handling fees will be charged in relation to lots left uncollected after that date at the shipper’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. 20. 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. 21. Lots which we believe to be covered by the CITES regulations will be marked with ¥ in our catalogue, but 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. If you purchase a lot requiring an export license it is your responsibility to obtain it, and we cannot accept rescission of the sale or offer a refund if you are unable to so obtain a permit. 22. 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. 23. General Terms: a. 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. b. 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. c. 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Sale Title Fine Interiors Date 2pm Tuesday 30 April 2019 Sale number: 300419 Sale venue: Moor Park Mansion Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1QL Tel: 020 7281 2790 Bidding, purchasing and all matters relating to this sale will be governed by The Pedestal Limited’s Terms and Conditions for Auction Purchasers, which can be found on our website and in the printed sale catalogue. We recommend that you read them before registering to bid. If you have not previously registered with us, please provide photographic proof of your identity and proof of address such as a utility bill or bank statement. If you are not attending the sale in person, please provide details of the Lots on which you wish to bid at least 24 hours prior to the sale. Bids will be rounded down to the nearest increment. The Pedestal will endeavour to execute these bids on your behalf but will not be liable for any errors or failing to execute bids. All sales are subject to a buyer’s premium of 25% plus VAT on the first £50,000 hammer price of each lot, and 20% of any portion of such hammer price which is above £50,000. Additional charges may apply for bidding online via a third party platform.
Registration and Bidding Form Please note that you may also register for this sale, request a telephone bid and/or leave a commission bid online at www.thepedestal.com First Name
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