A rare suite of three patent gilt bronze Argand lamps, the bases with heavy lion paw feet and masks of Bacchus, for burning whale oil, by the leading maker of the day, Thomas Messenger.
UK origin c1835
The gilding still with smoke stains of use.
Cast signature to bases ‘Published as The Act Directs, Messenger & Sons, London & Birmingham’.
Suite of Argand lamps c 1835
Regency campaign shell box c 1815
A rare English Regency period campaign shell collector’s box, made of rosewood inlaid with brass with flush folding handles & bound corners
The yellow interior original, with a shell list to the inside of the lid.
Original key
40cm wide x 32cm deep x 9cm high
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set of Gothic plaster panels c.1880
A marvellous set of Gothic 15th century religious panels,
cast in plaster from original oak carvings c 1880, the finish oak grained so perfectly they are impossible to discern from the original until very close up!
UK origin
each 70cm x 40cm, with iron hangers.
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Regency Grecian tea caddy
A magnificent English late Regency large tea caddy, in highly figured mahogany, with double bands of Greek key and flower inlay.
Collectors Cabinet or Wunderkammer in red tortoiseshell c 1680
A rare late 17th century Wunderkammer – a magnificent cabinet, for collections of exotic and rare objects. Itself, conceived as a magnificent and rare object, veneered in exotic Pacific red tortoiseshell, ebony, walnut and gilt copper repousse.
Regency mahogany Doctor’s table c 1825
A fine English Regency period small table, well fitted with a pair of slim drawers to one end & a deep drawer to the other, the fronts with dummy drawers. Well crossbanded & inlaid, the fine reeded legs & idiosyncratic form relate closely to examples designed by Gillows of Lancaster.
PAIR OF ENGLISH GEORGE III PERIOD LIBRARY GLOBES, By J & W. Cary, London 1800
A RARE AND FINE PAIR OF ENGLISH GEORGE III PERIOD LIBRARY GLOBES,
Irish Georgian wake table c 1750
A RARE IRISH GEORGIAN MAHOGANY HUNT OR WAKE TABLE c. 1750
Mahogany, brass, steel, elm
202cm long x 170cm wide (extended), x 72cm high
Of rounded rectangular form, with moulded edge, the two drop sides forming a large oval when extended on two pairs of hinged bracketed legs, with eight square chamfered legs, the whole made from beautifully patinated Cuban mahogany.
George III period satinwood tea caddy c 1800
An elegant English George III period tea caddy, of beautifully coloured West Indian satinwood, with sunflower and shell inlays, with two inner lids & zinc lined interior.
Regency satinwood tea caddy c 1810
A stylish English Regency tea caddy, veneered with finely figured East Indian satinwood & ebony Greek key stringing.