An exciting example of an 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase c 1780. Beautifully proportioned & sporting the original acanthus enriched cast brass swan neck handles, the drawers fully lined in mahogany. With fine cavetto moulded pediment, over a pair of astragal glazed doors. The interior with mahogany grooves for the mahogany faced shelves, all with original pink wash interior. The bureau base with beautifully figured best Spanish mahogany fall, original four pinned brass lock & typically simple, high quality fitted interior of drawers & ink / quill compartment. Over four graduated drawers -entirely of best mahogany. On the original bracket feet, the backs of the feet with laminated pine blocks & pink wash to the backings etc
George III Mahogany Batchelors Chest c1780
A rare English George III period ‘batchelor’s chest’ of useful very small proportions, in excellent original condition. Made of heavy Cuban mahogany, oak lined, with original brass swan neck handles, iron locks & ogee bracket feet. The corners with inset quadrant columns. Perfect for a modern apartment or small space beside a bed. 82cm.W x 78cm H x 46cm D. UK c1780
English Chinoiserie Overmantel or Pier Mirror c1920
A stylish English Edwardian period red, black & gilt lacquer pier or overmantel mirror c1920. The carved pine frame in black & gilt, the front in dark red ‘Chinese’ lacquer, with gilt scrolls & peonies, the corners carved as HoHo birds. With original mirror plate, in excellent original decorative condition. A wonderful addition to any room. 150cm H x 97cm W x 7cm D
George IV plum pudding Mahogany Grecian Centre Table c1825
An extraordinary English George IV period supper / centre table, made of the most wonderful ‘plum pudding’ mahogany, in late Greek revival taste, c 1825.
Mint original condition & super quality
74cm H x 121cm diameter
Price inc GST $5,950
Scottish Regency Rosewood Tea or Card Table c 1815
A fine Scottish Regency rosewood dog paw foot folding tea / card table in untouched mint original condition. When open & unfolded the interior finely veneered. Edinburgh c 1815.
75cm H x 92cm W x 46cm closed
72cm H x 92cm W x 92cm open
Price inc GST $2,750
Chinese Qianlong period Jardinere c1780
A finely potted Chinese porcelain, famille verte enamelled Qianlong period jardinere. The sides decorated with green enamels of Ho Ho birds in exotic landscapes, peonies & the seasons in arabesque panels. Old English tinker repairs to the body. Canton, for the export market c 1780. Ht 260mm x 230mm diameter.
Savoy Table 1932
An original AG Mobelfabrik Horgen Glarus, Savoy table, Swiss c1932 in oak & cast iron. This table specified by architect Le Courbusier, as ideal work / dining tables for his model housing units in Nice, France – l Unites d’habitation.
It is comfortable, strong & flat packs.
Le Courbusier exhibited furniture made by Horgen Glarus in his “Pavillion de l’Esprit Nouveau” at the Exposition internationale des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, as exemplars of functional modernity.
[The iron ends cast with the maker’s name]. 75.5cm H x 130cmW x 80cmD
Price inc GST $4,400
Anglo Indian Campaign Chest c 1830
A well proportioned example of an officer’s brass bound two part teak campaign chest. Made in India, with fine English made cut brass handles, rosewood escutcheons, for the inter-Colonial market. A wonderful example, in Tasmania since the 19th century, of a two part campaign chest, with elegant cut back handles, cross-banded edge to the jointed top, with original iron lug handles, turned feet and terrific colour and patination.
Tibetan Silver Mounted Trunk c 1880
A wonderful repousse silver mounted, fur, vellum & iron bound trunk onto a timber carcass. Tibetan, 19th century.
49cm H x 110cm.W x 48cm.D
Price inc GST $950
Regency Reproducing Machine Writing Box c1810
A rare English Regency period reproducing machine / writing box, inlaid with ebony & brass stars & Greek key fret. UK c 1810. 23 x 28 x 46cm
DM.for $
With secret compartments & an early type of reproducing / letter copier. Sensitised paper was placed between two layers of felt over which a small roller was passed. Variants were developed in the 18th century by industrialist James Watt, and Thomas Jefferson.
Cork Picture of Arcadia UK.c1840
A rare picture made of cork, from a cork tree, with watercolour background, of an Arcadian scene with tower lake & verdant foliage. Related examples in the collection of the Regency architect Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. Excellent condition.
U.Kc 1840
51cm × 54cm o/a. frame width3cm
Price inc GST $950
Huon Pine Dining Table c1990
A well designed & beautiully made Tasmanian Huon pine dining table, of rectangular form, slowly maturing to a good colour. The whole of the same timber, the top in two ancient boards each approx 500 years old. With the stopping of all commercial felling of Huon pine, this table has a great future.
The table c1990 very comfortably seats 8
Ht 78cm x 190cm W x 105cm.D
Price inc GST $3,300
Six Gillows ‘Hackwood Park’ type Dining Chairs c 1815
A rare set of six Gillows of Lancaster mahogany dining chairs, with reeded legs & pierced & upholstered backs, closely related to a set of 18 supplied for Lord Bolton of Hackwood Park, UK in 1813, demonstrating the advanced nature of the firm’s designs. UK c 1815 -20.
The third image from Susan E Stuart’s ‘Gillows of Lancaster & London 1730-1840’ of the Hackwood Park chairs.
With a great patina & really comfortable.
Price inc GST $3,700/set
Mughal Manuscript Leaf c1780
A fine Mughal manuscript leaf illustrating a scene from Akbar’s Adventures with the Elephant Hawa’i.
Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad or Akbar the Great (1543-1605) , was the third Mughal Emperor. The drawing is allegorical, from the book The Life of Akbar.
Northern India c1780
230mm x 130mm
Frame size 340mm x 230mm
Price inc GST $850
Queen Anne period Walnut Longcase Clock London c1710
A fine example of a London made, walnut cased Queen Anne period longcase clock, by Samuel Ogborn (active 1698 -1722), c1710.
Eight day, hour striking with 5 finely turned pillars, subsidiary seconds dial & date aperature, 12″ square dial with crowned angel spandrels to the corners & finely matted dial. Original hands, brass cased weights, iron bell & pendulum. Accurate to 3 minutes a week.
The original case veneered onto oak with quartered walnut veneers to the trunk & sides & lovely patina. The plinth not reduced & original hood. Quartered veneers to trunk & sides.
Newly cleaned, serviced & warranted for 2years.
Ht 255cm
Regency Egyptomania Chest of Drawers c1825
A really stylish & useful English Regency chest of drawers, in mahogany with cast iron heads of Isis mounts & temples to the handles. Ex Cintra Galleries.
U.Kc 1820
90cm H x 126cm W x 56cm D
Irish Chippendale Armchair c1765
,A magnificent Irish Georgian armchair, of very large proportions,in richly carved mahogany. The carving with typically Irish punched ground & leafy front seat rail. 98cm H x 77cm W x 68cm D
With a great patina & really comfortable.
Price inc GST $3,300
Pair of Egyptian Regency Fire Dogs c1825
A rare & large pair of English late Regency period fireirons in retour d’Egypte taste, cast with a nice mix of Sphinx heads, acanthus leaf & dog paw feet, by Edingtons of Glasgow. An identical pair supplied to Clarendon, on the River Nile,Tasmania c 1835.
61cm H x 32cm W x 42cm D
Winter Exhibition Open from Saturday 3rd August
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Plus many more items, and daily new additions
Regency rosewood brass inlaid Grecian sofa
A beautiful example of a Regency period ‘Grecian’ sofa, made of rosewood, inlaid with brass. Supported on sabre legs, with anthemion cast sabots to the brass casters. Good original colour & finish, newly re-upholstered, and very comfortable. UK origin c1810. Ht 89cm x 204cm W x 62cmD Price inc GST $6,750
George IV Irish Dining Table c1825
A magnificent Irish George IV period mahogany dining table with solid top, reeded edge, on the most wonderful carved & triple ring turned column, leaf carved legs & massive paw feet.
Great colour & finish.
Reasonably by Mack, Williams & Gibton of Dublin.
c1825.
144cm dia x 74cm H
Price inc GST $3,800
Regency Griffin Tea Urn c1815
A wonderful example of a Regency bronze tea urn, with traces of gilt. Topped by a Sphinx vent, with Griffin to base, gilt feet, eagle handles, Greek key borders & lioness bosses. Complete. U.K c1815.
Ht 35cm x 35cm w x 32cm D
Price inc GST $1,200
Regency Brass Inlaid Bracket Clock c1815
A terrific quality large English Regency period bracket clock
London c 1820
In best quality mahogany case, with ebony & brass inlay & fish scale silk backed sound frets. 8 day hour striking movement, twin fusee powered with substantial plates & bob pendulum.
Retailed by Streeter New Bond St London.
430mmH x 29mm W x 184mm D
Price inc GST $3,750
Pair of Australian Villa Dioramas c1880
A wonderful & rare pair of Australian Victorian period crushed glass & timber dioramas of model suburban villas.
One with corrugated iron verandah, the other with slate & Italianate loggia. c 1870.
Ex Josef Lebovic’s private Collection of Australian Folk Art.
Renaissance Lead Tondo c1620
A fine Renaissance cast lead tondo of Minerva Presenting the Personification of Painting to the Seven Liberal Arts
from the workshop of Hans Jacob Bayr (Germany 1574-1628).
German, c1620
Cast lead, traces of gilt. The casting in lead allowed detail finer than bronze.
155mm dia x 20mm.
Price inc GST $950
The Soldiers Farewell watercolour c 1810
THE SOLDIERS FAREWELL. A rare English Regency period watercolour, with pencil & ink, of a Red Coat Officer farewelling his young family. UK c1810
Original octagonal gilt frame 41 x 37cm
Price inc GST $850
Irish Georgian Serving or Lobby Table c1780
A rare Irish Georgian serving / lobby table c 1780, of terrific scale & quality, great for a grand entry or drinks station behind a sofa. Mahogany onto white pine, with rough dressed framing under, later marble.
82cm H x 71cm D x 158cm W
Price inc GST $3,500
Charles II Oak Gateleg Table c1680
An excellent example of a late 17th century English oak gateleg table, with an end drawer, well turned baluster legs & good old patina.
c 1680 – 1700.
75cm H x 124cm x 105cm
Price inc GST $3,300
Grecian Bronze Inkwell UK c 1825
A beautifully cast & patinated English George IV period bronze inkwell, with original cut glass liner. The lid in the form of a pine cone, egg and dart vase shaped well, supported on tripartite winged fauns with lion paw feet. After designs by C.H. Tatham, taken from ancient oiginals. Ht 115mm. UK c1825.
Regency Greek Revival Tea Urn c1815
A magnificent old Sheffield plate tea urn, complete with original interior insulator, lids and ivory mounted tap. Of lobed urn form, the body with a band of raised Grecian fret motif, with cornucopia handles. In almost mint condition, the borders lightly ‘bled’. Ht 42cm x 31cm x 31cm