An attractive George III period mahogany hall chair, with a terrific patina, the back a gentle play on the idea of diminishing perspective in architecture.
They also make nice bedside tables or style up a dull corner.
c.1810.
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Regency mahogany hall chair c.1810
Chinese Wanli period Kraak dish c 1600
A good large Chinese export ware Kraak (cargo exported from China to Holland) dish, the body modelled in raised lambrequins of pineapples and fritallaries.
Perfect save for the usual rim flea bites and pitting.
Late Ming / early Qing c. 1573 – 1620 (Wanli).
372mm diameter x 62mm high.
Ex F Buxton Collection, London Art Market prior to 1970.
Tasmanian Colonial period cedar Grecian chaise c 1835
An elegant, Australian cedar vernacular Grecian chaise.
Hobart c 1835 – 40.
Nice original waxed finish and faded colour.
It has no evidence of ever having been fitted with casters.
Length 2.1m x 62cm deep 77cm high
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Wingfield type steel rocker c 1840
Invented c 1833, an example was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Related curved steel campaign chairs are illustrated on the front verandah of Camden Park, NSW in 1857.
Portrait miniature of a General of the Fourth Regiment of Foot, c 1820 – 1830
A finely painted English George IV period, gold framed portrait miniature c 1830 of a General of the Fourth Regiment of Foot, which served in Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales from 1832 -37, escorting convict ships.
In extraordinary unfaded condition
Tasmanian bluegum Stickley pattern library chair c 1920
A rare Tasmanian bluegum library chair.
Hobart c 1920.
From a pattern by the pioneering American designer, Gustav Stickley.
The back adjustable & extraordinarily comfortable.
Large Staffordshire hunting mug c1820
A handsome English Regency period large hunting mug, with three hound – form handles, the sides applied with buccolic scenes and a hunter on horseback.
Tasmanian huon pine side table c 1860
A serpentine front Tasmanian Huon pine side table.
Regency period entrance gate and original posts c 1820
A rare forged iron Regency period entrance gate, with the original Egyptian revival posts.