A rare & very original Georgian ‘batchelor’s’ chest, in best Cuban mahogany, with brushing slide & crossbanded top, of very useful small size.
Original handles, locks & handsome bracket feet. UK c1760.
87H x 80W 46cmD
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George III Batchelors Chest c1760
Irish pine Kichen Dresser c1860
An appealing Irish pine kitchen dresser c1860. The top a depth that allows modern cookery books. Surprisingly hard to find in this very useful format.
216cm H x 145cm W x 53cm
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Pair of Regency Bronze Perfume Burner Candlesticks c1820
A rare pair of English Regency period perfume burner / candlesticks in two colours of bronze, finely engine turned, on griffin supports. c1825.
Ht 25cm
Campaign Chest c 1860
A good quality & scarce English made mahogany campaign chest in two sections, brass bound & flush mounted for travel. With the original detachable turned feet, Hobbs & Co of London patent brass locks & in excellent condition.The drawers with a line mould to the edges, with internal quadrant moulds & ash lined. 113cm H x 106cm W x 50cm deep.
French Empire Console Table c1820
A chic French Empire mahogany console table, of perfect size for a hall. With a drawer, original fossil laden marble top. The legs finely formed with carved paw feet. Good patina & colour. 91x 91 x 41cm.
c 1820
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Coalport Gardenesque Inkstand c1835
A rare ‘gardenesque’ 1830s flower encrusted Coalport porcelain ‘Strephon Ink 3 Fittings’ inkstand c1830 -1847.
The shape & name are in the 2nd Travellers’ Design Book with a price of 31s 6d without flowers, by the chief Coalport modeller named Peter Strephon (or Stephan), working from 1821 -47.
Firing cracks & minor losses associated with ware, otherwise in excellent condition. 130 H x 370 x 220mm.
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Australian Needlework of a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo c1845
A rare 19th century Australian needlework in petit point wool, of a naughty sulphur crested cockatoo, booting over a basket of flowers. Excellent colour & condition. Australian c1845.
55cm x 40cm
Bow Porcelain Figure of the Nun Heloise c1758
Bow porcelain manufactory. Ex E.J Handley
Collection. Traces of silvering. Different versions of this 12th Dominican nun, were produced as the earliest examples of English porcelain sculpture at the Bow manufactory, after models by JJ Kandler for Meissen. They are very rare, exhibiting the desire to.imitate Chinese blanc de chine porcelain, with the inherant limitations such as small firing cracks and loss of strength to the tips of the body, as shown by the loss of the thumb & forefinger. It is otherwise in excellent unrestored condition.
Regency Combination Work Gaming Table c 1810
A superb quality English Regency period combination gaming / work table in Brazillian rosewood inlaid in brass. The hinged anthemion inlaid top with adjustable reading scriptor, and removeable book ledge. Beneath is a satinwood and rosewood inlaid backgammon well. The top removes to allow the chessboard, which is removeable & under the backgammon board to be inserted. The games board is flanked by a pair of gallery edged compartments for chess pieces etc, both in use & in storage. Below the chess board is a drawer for sewing implements, and below this is a silk lined rosewood pouch for sewing work. With brass inlaid & ormolu mounted hockey stick ends, on brass inlaid sabre legs & cast brass casters. Inlaid in brass to five sides. The anthemion inlaid top, combination form, mounts & quality suggest the London maker, John Maclean (1770 -1825). UK c1810. 74cm H x 72cm W x 40cm D
French Art Deco Amboyna Writing Table c1920
A fine quality French Art Deco period writing table, mounted with bronze. The inset leathered top with gilt Greek key stamped border, the edges crossbanded in palisander, the large drawer to the front, sides & back veneered in amboyna & ebony allowing it to stand centred in a room. On solid amboyna bronze mounted legs. Good patina & mint condition. A stylish addition to any room. French c1920. 750mm H x 980mm W x 600mm D.