Regency! 21 objects over 21 days.
Day 5, item 5.
Cant quite tell if it is a moth or a butterfly? Let this terrific quality Regency gilt metal lognette help.
In good unscratched condition, with a Corinthian capital to the shaft. Nice lens too
UK c 1820
90mm x 50mm
PRICE INC GST SOLD In the language of the Regency Colonial press, a Corinthian (as well as being an architectural order), was a leader in taste or fashion. Vis “Sir John Jamieson & Capt. Piper, the first Corinthians of the Colony”
Regency lognette / magnifying glass c 1820
Regency zebrawood Grecian writing cabinet c 1810
A lovely English Regency Zebrawod (calamander), ebony and ormolu mounted Grecian writing cabinet / bookcase. The interior lined in West Indian satinwood & ebony, with original ormolu inkwells & keys,all on concealed revolving casters.
Terrific original colour & finish.
Reasonably by the elusive & elegant cabinet maker, George Oakley.
79cm high x 49cm x 162cm high
UK c 1810
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Regency terracotta Bacchic wine cooler c 1820
A juicy & rare English Regency Davenport terracotta Bacchanalian wine cooler – rare & in essentially mint condition (a few tiny flea bites consistent with the subject)
Of joyful plump form, sensuously modelled, with a grinning Roman faun admidst fruiting vines. The terracotta body is porous, effective damp in a breeze to keep your champagne cool on a hot day on the loggia or verandah!
Impressed mark & anchor to base.
24cm high x 23cm across the Fauns
UK c 1820
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English Regency overmantel mirror c 1815
REGENCY! Day 2 of 21, Object No.2
A terrific English Regency overmantel mirror, with Egyptian term ends and bronzed lion mask frieze. Original oil gilding & mirror plate.
95cm x 63cm x 10
UK c 1815
Price inc GST $2750
Regency campaign writing box c 1815
REGENCY! Day1 of 21, Object No.1
Are you gentle reader, on your tablet, phone or lap top, confined to barracks?
A Regency tablet for your happiness with this wonderful quality English Regency period campaign (for travel) reading / writing slope, in mint original condition.
(With secret compartments)
Brazillian rosewood inlaid with ebony & brass, original red Morocco leather, key, release plunger for secret compartments & inkwell / pounce pots.
31cm x 26cm x 15cm
UK c 1815
Set of six Tasmanian cedar dining chairs c 1845
A scarce set of six Tasmanian Colonial period Australian cedar dining chairs, of finely figured flitches of timber, veneered mid rails, no repairs, good patina, & horsehair squabs with original frames. Numbered to rails, once part of a set of twelve.
Launceston c 1845
PRICE inc GST $500ea ($3,000/ set)
William IV rosewood card table
A wonderfully lush little William IV period best rosewood card table, the tipping point between academic Roman / Greek revival of 1830s and abyss of gardenesque curls of 1840s.
Price inc GST $1500
Northern Caucasian kilim c 1820 or before
An extraordinarily complex and rare large Northern Caucasian soumac weave kilim, possibly from Dagestan, with lovely colours and forms.
Regency oak writing table c 1820
An elegant and very useful English Regency oak writing table, with Gillows type ends and academic ‘Elizabethan’ detailing.Designed to stand in the middle of a room, the table is polished & panelled to both sides & in mint condition.
Original brass gallery & two drawers.
UK c 1820
108cm x 64cm x 73cm high
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Scottish Regency library cabinet c1810
A rare Edinburgh Regency period library cabinet, with rising top, fitted freize drawers, keys & original brass grilles & handles.
c 1810
The line & dot ebony detail described in The Edinburgh Cabinet Maker’s Books of Prices.
Of diminutive size, perfect as a small lamp table when closed 59cm wide x 43cm deep x 76cm high.
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