A rare & classic English oak ‘joynt’ stool, with pegged construction, lovely faded colour and well turned legs. The top, as usual, probably replaced from wear c1800.
James Shoolbred Aesthetic Movement Hallchair c 1870
A rare aesthetic movement stool, designed by James Shoolbred, japanned walnut, mounted in brass. Excellent original condition, with nicely worn edges to the finish. The ends brass disk bosses. Conceived in a functional, sabre legged form, mounted in brass, the design both revived earlier Regency designs & incorporated the rectangular, ebonized forms of the ‘Japonisme’ of EW Godwin. A closely related stool in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 65cmH x 54cm W x 33cm D
Tasmanian Huon Pine & Blackwood Double Bed c1870
A rare & wonderful quality Tasmanian blackwood & Huon pine double bed. The frame generously turned in blackwood, with inset panels of superbly figured & patinated birds – eye Huon pine, with a slobbered finish. Both head & foot boards of equal detailing. 125cm H x Width (an English double) 138cm (54″) x Length 210cm. New rails &slats.
Shagreen Box c1930
A finely made example of preserved shark skin, mounted with ivory & lined in cedar. Probably originally for cards or panatella cigars. 70mm H x 190mm W x 104mm w. French or English c 1930
Pair of Irish Regency Glass Candelabra c1815
A good quality pair of Irish Regency period glass candelabra. With rectangular, lead glass, hobnail cut bases, shaped for a mantelpiece, with urn shaped shafts and pinecone finials. The junction to the sconces with gilt bronze anthemion cast branches and cut glass candle vases & lustres. Cork c1815. 39cm H x 32cm W x 11cm D
Marble top Medical Cabinet by George R McLean of Launceston c 1930
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