AUTUMN (The Harvest) c 1590
Neolithic Shell Bracelet c2200 – 200BCE
Neolithic Shell Bracelet. Thailand (Ban Chiang Culture). Circa 2,200 – 200 BCE. Tridacna Giganta (giant clamshell). Incised with mostly worn auspicious symbols, the bracelets were both worn in life, and in death. 110mm dia x 4mm. Old wear, lateral repair. A finely formed example.
Regency Tortoiseshell Card Case UK c1810
A fine quality English Regency period card case, the front & rear faces with engine engraved tortoiseshell, inlaid with silver lines,the interior in velvet & ivory. Mint original condition. 86mm H x 60mm W x 12mmD U.K origin c1810.
Pair of Moderator Lamps Paris c1845
A rare pair of French, Canton porcelain mounted, gilt bronze ‘moderator’ lamps, c 1850.
Invented in 1837, running on whale or colza oil, with double piston integral clockwork pumps and original wick raisers , keys and burners, never drilled or wired for electricity. The pumps pushed two pistons into the cisterns, to raise the low ignition fuel, to a circular wick, without shadow. The circular chimney multiplied the flame, the outer globe shaped shade aiding in drawing the air through the pierced sleeve, the circular wick also drawing air up the cente, aided by the tall chimneys. They became unfashionable c1860 with the invention of shale oil kerosene, a high ignition, thin fuel that would explode such compressive devices.
Life size Portrait Bust of Robert Burns c1840
A rather nice, large painted plaster library bust of Robbie Burns, by Agostini, of the marvellously named Liquorpond St London.
Sadly the street, once a hive for artists, no longer exists. The bust with original socle & nicely signed & inscribed to the reverse.
Ht 75cm
UK c 1840
Price inc GST $1,850
Regency Mahogany Hanging Shelf c1820
A Regency mahogany hanging shelf of elegant form with a good patina c 1810. 115cm H x 89cm x15cm
Price inc GST $1,450
Victorian Wire Work Circular Plant Stand c1870
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
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