A Tasmanian made tin & marble medical cabinet, with the maker’s plaque of Geo. R McLean of Launceston. Terrific size, well made, with drawer, thumb spring catch door & original white Italian marble top. Perfect as a chic bedside or lamp table.
Anglo Indian Cabinet c 1840
An elegant & useful teak Anglo Indian cabinet. The upper cabinet with a shaped gallery to the top,for books, incised with flowers & Greek key, over a pair of glazed doors with finely moulded stepped edges. The lower cabinet with a pair of oval fielded panels, with remains of polychrome painted garlands to the doors. With the original neo-classic stamped brass escutcheons to doors & later handles. Of wonderfully compact size, with evidence of much use & enjoyment, this is a really appealing example of English Regency furniture, transferred to India. 135 h x 106 w x 48cm d
Tasmanian Colonial Period Double Lum Chest of Drawers c1840
A beautifully patinated Tasmanian Colonial period, best ribbon cedar chest of drawers. The top two upper large lum drawers, mock banded & double knobbed to give the impression of four small drawers, over three graduated drawers. Made for a pair of Scots or Welsh lum hats, and therefore commissioned or made by a Scots or Welsh cabinet maker. Untouched original surface, with original cedar blackwood turned feet & knobs & brass double pin locks, pine backings. Tasmanian c1840. 122cm H x 106cm W x 55cm D
Ceylonese Grecian Sofa c1878
A well carved Anglo Ceylonese teak, double scroll end sofa, with central palmette carving, the arms in the form of lotus heads, on reeded melon turned legs, with palmwood pegs to the joints. The form & carving an idiosyncratic Ceylonese interpretation of English Regency & Indian forms of fifty years earlier, demonstrating the success of the design. Newly hand caned to back, arms & seat, with cotton covered palliasse & bolster slipcovers. In excellent original condition. Interestingly, it is signed & dated to the back of the frame, 1879. 95cm H x 232 W x 70D.
A small Giant Clam c1930
A small Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas), in nice sea bed condition. collected c1950 & probably at least 30 years old at time of collection. A wonderfully decorative item 270mm H x 400mm W x 230cmD
Pair of Danish Armchairs c1962 by Hans Olsen
pair of arm chairs
Adam Revival Plaster Bracket and Pedestal c1890
Two nicely distressed examples of Victorian neo-classicism: An Adam revival square tapered pine pedestal. 280 x 280 x 910mmH. A cast plaster bracket or cobel of a Grecian muse,old paint layers. 150D x 270 x 280mm Both c1890.
Carved Stone Niche, Ceylon c1469-1815
A CARVED SANDSTONE NICHE FOR A RELIGIOUS IMAGE
Regency Mahogany Card or Tea Table c1810
A handy small folding top table, made for a table of four open, for a meal or cards. Great for a hall or as a side table closed. With a beautiful original patina, the opening top polished, with baize lined compartment under. On ‘pillar & claw’ turned base, with sabre leg base & original brass trail casters. Excellent original condition.Scottish c 1810. Ht 740 x 910w.x 450mm. wide closed. top.910 x 910 mm open.
Silhouette by Edgar Adolphe c1840
A fine, large example of an early Victorian period silhouette, of a child with ostritch feathers in her hair, pulling her hobby horse. Signed l.r by Edgar Adolphe (1808-1890 France / Dublin). Adolphe was one of the leading 19th century silhouette artists, working from the Brighton pier. In the original Brazillian rosewood veneered frame & glass. Heightened in bronze, gilt & blue ink. Image size 215mm x 170mm H. Frame size 315 x 260mm.