An elegant French Empire Console table – perfect for an entrance or dining room. With finely figured mahogany veneers & bronze paw feet mounts, original statuary white marble top & a frieze drawer.
Clan Leslie Cabinet c 1700 and 1830
CLAN LESLIE CABINET
Scottish c.1700 & 1830.
Leather,
steel, brass, pine
[perfect for
Scotch Whiskey]
A delightful Scots Baronial leather covered cabinet, on an 1830s Gothic stand. The top with family crest & armorial ‘Hold Fast’.
Regency Pier Mirror c1820
An elegant English Regency gilt pine pier mirror, with original mercury silvered plate.
James Yates polished cast iron Console Table 1840
Cast iron, filled with plaster,original blued metal finish & white St Anne marble top.
William IV mahogany Library Bookcase c 1835
A grand and beautifully made English William IV period library bookcase. The upper section with four fully adjustable original sheles, finely moulded pediment, lotus flower ends to the glazing bars and original glass. The base with two freize drawers, a pair of cupboards with adjustable shelves, the doors with well carved Louis Revival panels. All with Horne Patent metalware, supported on massive steel revolving Hobbs patent casters. Original polish & surface finish in mint condition.
Tasmanian Colonial Cedar & Huon pine Library Cupboard c1850
A terrific quality & mint Tasmanian Colonial period library cupboard. The whole of extraordinary cuts of cedar,original waxed finish. The fully adjustable original shelves solid 1″ boards of Huon pine with cedar fronts. Original locks and metal ware. In three parts,with an elegant Grecian cornice.
Pair of Wax Miniature Portraits c1830
A handsome pair of wax portrait profiles of two fashionable men,facing to sinister & dexter. Signed to truncation of each indistinctly. Profiles 68mm x 72mm high. Gilt frames 140mm diameter.
Nailsea Glass Basket c 1860
A nice quality Nailsea glass basket, for flowers, in clear, white & deep chocolate / red blown glass. Perfect.
William IV Ale & Loving Glasses
Three William IV period wine / ale glasses c 1830, 12-14cm high,
Regency Yew Tea Caddy c1805
A rare English Regency burr yew wood veneered tea caddy, with original interior lids & key. Of diminutively small size, reflecting the age of the tea caddy (the smaller the caddy, the earlier, as tea was very expensive during the late 18th century until the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815). UK c.1805
Secretaire Clothes Press c 1790
A fine quality English George III period best mahogany clothes press, the doors and drawer front with rosewood bandings & strung edges and original handles. Original oak lined trays, keys & a secret compartment.
Scottish Horn Snuff box c 1810
A finely carved Scottish Regency horn snuff box, in excellent condition, with reeded body & base.Nice patina. c 1810
George IV Penwork Chess Table c1825
A delicious English George IV period penwork decorated chess / wine table.
The top decorated with butterflies, flowers and shells,on a palm frond column.
UK c 1825
Height 67cm x 51cm x 54cm
Price inc GST $3,700
Anglo Indian rosewood bookcabinet c 1840
A really charming & useful Anglo Indian solid rosewood small cabinet or bookcase, in two parts for ease of travel.
Bombay c 1840.
With vigorously reeded frames to the doors, the upper section glazed, with slide out scalloped edge tray, the lower with sunburst carving in imitation of pleated silk, and a similar interal tray, over two drawers on beehive turned feet.
177cm high x 123cm wide x 50cm deep
Price inc GST $2,650
Tasmanian Colonial Stone Corinthian buttresses c 1840
A pair of Tasmanian Colonial period carved stone Corinthian brackets, with old limewashed paint, for an entry doorcase or window lintel. Nice for a library or bookcase.
Hobart c 1840
43cm H x 13cm W x 22cm D
Price inc GST $650 / pair
Police Office Cedar cupboard c 1860
A cedar & Huon pine fitted cupboard, from the central Police Office, Liverpool St, Hobart. With telling edges marked ‘Executions’, ‘Court Affidavits’, ‘Warrant Orders’ etc. Reasonably by the Government Cabinet Makers, James Whitesides & Sons, their manufactory less than 100 feet away in Liverpool St.
Hobart c 1860
189cm H x 130cm W x 48cm D
Price inc GST $2,800
Lead Tobacco Box c 1810
A Regency period lead tobacco box,for keeping it cool, of canted rectangular form. Original lid in the form of a hound & polychrome paint. Cast with merry making scenes to each side.
UK c 1820
13cm H x 13cm w x 10cm deep.
Price inc GST $450
Library Chair c 1825
An English George IV period mahogany mechanical library chair in late Greek revival taste, with richly carved lion paw feet, dolphin brackets and paterae to the seat rail. Terrific quality and patina.
c 1825
Price inc GST $6,250
Grecian rosewood chaise longue c1825
A beautifully carved ‘Grecian’ George IV period chaise longue, in best solid black Brazillian rosewood.
UK c 1825.
With the original engine turned casters, bolster & good patina.
200cm x 66cm x 96cm high
Price inc GST $6,500
Paperclip chair 1985
A chic chromed steel & suede chair, Paperclip, designed & made 17th April 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia by TubeMasters of Magill. (label & date stamp under).
Price inc GST $650
Gillows 1765 model Bureau
An untouched George III period bureau with original interior ‘prospect’, with clam shell carved door, gilded lead Corinthian columns & 5 secret compartments. A near identical example, signed & dated 1765 illustrated in Susan E Stuart’s Gillows of Lancaster & London 1730 – 1840.
Made of lead heavy Cuban mahogany. Original handles, locks, keys, feet & dry waxed surface finish. UK c 1760
Price inc GST $6,600
11th Century AD Coptic Christian robe
An Egyptian Christian (Coptic) yellow wool jacket, largely complete. Finely woven, including inserts of designs of birds on water. These finely woven bands and mons, were often removed when the garment wore out. The yellow identified the wearer as Christian. The purple woven inserts dyed with murex shells.
c 11th Century A.D
Full robes such as this are rare.
L. Approx 96cm
Price inc GST $2,200
William IV Polished Steel Fire Fender c1835
A heavy quality cast & burnished steel fire fender, the frieze of scrolled acanthus leaves. UK c 1835
Architectural Drawings by George Edwards 1825
- Three framed pencil drawings of nice quality by George Edwards.
Price inc GST $325 ea (framed).
Bronze Infant Hercules c 1745
A well cast & patinated bronze of the Infant Hercules. He is draped in the Nemean Lion skin, & leaning of the Bow of Apollo. Originally a finial & with traces of gilt all over.
French Empire period vase clock c 1825
A beautifully carved French Empire period ormolu mounted alabaster vase clock, Signed to the enamel dial by the esteemed maker, L. Simon of Paris (active c1794 – 1822). The vase for flowers, the column with garlands of roses & oak leaves, in mint condition. The now the most beautiful colour.
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Pair of Regence bronze candlesticks c1730
A lovely pair of coppery bronze candlesticks in the Regence manner. Remnants of gilding to underside and softly worn with many a night of good fun.
French c 1730.
Height 24cm
PRICE inc GST $1,250
A NUREMBERG GILT COPPER MOUNTED COCONUT CUP c1580
Coconut was prized not only because of its exoticism, but also for its purported medical properties. Coconut milk alleviated, among other things, tapeworm, fever, kidney and bladder afflictions and served as an aphrodisiac as well. The nut’s shell was rumoured to possess the ability to reveal poisons. This particular attribute of the fruit of the coconut palm predetermined its use as the cup element in drinking vessels. The design of this standing cup, with lion & lambrequin straps, is typical of southern Germany in the second half of the sixteenth century.
Height 223mm
Set of 9 Regency cut glass ice plates c 1815
A rare set of nine English Regency period ice plates, for fresh oysters, or a sorbet course.
Of nice heavy quality lead glass with sunburst cut bases & fluted rims. A terrific way to smarten up your next dinner in.
208mm diameter x 23mm high.