A rare 19th century circular three tier wire plant stand for your flower pets, typically for a sunny bay window or verandah, with the unusual feature of a wire basket for a central pot down below. Remains of original paint,in excellent condition.
Australian or U.K c 1870, 110cm x 62cm .
Price inc GST $2,650
Victorian Wire Work Circular Plant Stand c1870
Harlequin Top Campaign Box Hong Kong c1850
A rare labelled Anglo Chinese harlequin top tambour campaign writing box, Hong Kong c1850.
Made of brass bound teak,with brass flush campaign handles, with horn inlay to the front & Persian lilac wood interior.
When the drawer is unlocked & pulled the tambour top retreats revealing lidded compartments & rosewood ruler. This rises to reveal pigeon holes & compartments as 18th century English harlequin desks. Labelled by the Hong Kong cabinet maker Ah Foo,who was active from 1846, supplying to the export market, with the British administration of the Island from 1841.
Pushing a lever behind Ah Foo’s label reveals three more secret drawers. Mint condition.
The design first illustrated 1788 in Thomas Shearer’s ‘The Cabinet Maker’s London Book of Prices’.
44cm H x 54cm W x 70cm D open
28cm H x 54cm W x 43cm D closed.
Price inc GST $1,750
RW Winfield Campaign Rocking Chair c1845
A forged strap iron rocking chair, that dismantles for travel, with ornamental brass nuts & the original red mohair velvet upholstery in good condition. The green paint a close approximation of the original. The design illustrated c1833 & similar examples exhibited by RW Winfield in the 1851 Great Exhibition. 105 H x 65 Wx 85 D
Rosewood Campaign Table U.K c1840
A good quality solid black rosewood campaign supper / serving table. Typically called coaching tables, this example has a large timber turning block underneath to fix the folding top firmly in place. The base shaped to form a neo-classical X, with well turned stretchers. U.K origin c1840. 71cm h x 101cm w x 53cm D
Regency Chamber Organ UK c1810
Southwell & White (organ builders)
Liverpool & London.
Winged Hermes Plaster Bust by D Brucciani c1850
Dominico Brucciani
Boxwood Crucifix Flemish c1680
A late Baroque domestic crucifix, the body of Christ in boxwood, on a cross of ebony inlaid with ivory lines. The base of ogee Gothic form, veneered with red tortoiseshell and ripple moulded ebony. The body of Christ sensitively carved, with a fine patina. Examples of this age are rare. 57cm H x 19cm L x 10cm W.
Chinese Porcelain Vase c1760
Canton, of archaic bronze form, decorated in famille rose enamels, with underglaze cobalt blue enamels of butterflies. Damaged. 37cm H x 19.5cm W. Price inc GST $350
Egyptian Revived Brolly or Stick Stand c1840
Cast iron. 44cm W x 79cm H. Price inc GST $1,400
Irish Chippendale Chair c1760
Dublin c 1760. / Mahogany, pine Closely following the Chinoiserie back English types of the period, the hairy carved paw feet are finely carved and typical of Dublin, and much rarer than English furniture. 95cm H x 60cm L x 60cm W. price inc GST $2,750