An extraordinary English George IV period supper / centre table, made of the most wonderful ‘plum pudding’ mahogany, in late Greek revival taste, c 1825.
Mint original condition & super quality
74cm H x 121cm diameter
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George IV plum pudding Mahogany Grecian Centre Table c1825
Scottish Regency Rosewood Tea or Card Table c 1815
A fine Scottish Regency rosewood dog paw foot folding tea / card table in untouched mint original condition. When open & unfolded the interior finely veneered. Edinburgh c 1815.
75cm H x 92cm W x 46cm closed
72cm H x 92cm W x 92cm open
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Chinese Qianlong period Jardinere c1780
A finely potted Chinese porcelain, famille verte enamelled Qianlong period jardinere. The sides decorated with green enamels of Ho Ho birds in exotic landscapes, peonies & the seasons in arabesque panels. Old English tinker repairs to the body. Canton, for the export market c 1780. Ht 260mm x 230mm diameter.
English Regency Mahogany Campaign Bookcase c1820
A rare and elegant English Regency period campaign bookcase, formed as a hinged locked mahogany box, opening flat to make a bookcase. With inset plaque for the owner’s name, opening to reveal a useful small bookcase, with the original woven wire grilles & mahogany edged adjustable shelves. Size closed 75cmH x 45cm W x 46cm D. Size open 75cm H x 90cm W x 23cm D. UK origin c 1820.
An exceptionally rare Anglo-Cantonese Marriage Portrait c 1825
An exceptionally rare Anglo-Cantonese Bride Portrait c 1825, contained in the original carved camphor frame. Oils on fine linen.
English made Mahogany Campaign Chest c1830
An English made brass bound mahogany two part military or campaign chest of small proportions. With good original patina, iron carrying handles and removeable feet, of excellent size and proportions. About as original an example as could survive & rare in this virtually untouched condition. The drawers have dust liners between & are finely dovetailed, the edges scribed with a bead for strength. It is a well made piece of furniture. 102cm H x 101cm.W x 48cm D. UK origin c 1830.
A very large Brain Coral (platygyra),
A very large example of Brain Coral (platygyra), Collected from the Gold Coast, Qld, c 1950. Specimens typically live up to 900 years, amongst the oldest living creatures. 25cm.H x 37cm x 38cm
Savoy Table 1932
An original AG Mobelfabrik Horgen Glarus, Savoy table, Swiss c1932 in oak & cast iron. This table specified by architect Le Courbusier, as ideal work / dining tables for his model housing units in Nice, France – l Unites d’habitation.
It is comfortable, strong & flat packs.
Le Courbusier exhibited furniture made by Horgen Glarus in his “Pavillion de l’Esprit Nouveau” at the Exposition internationale des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, as exemplars of functional modernity.
[The iron ends cast with the maker’s name]. 75.5cm H x 130cmW x 80cmD
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Anglo Indian Campaign Chest c 1830
A well proportioned example of an officer’s brass bound two part teak campaign chest. Made in India, with fine English made cut brass handles, rosewood escutcheons, for the inter-Colonial market. A wonderful example, in Tasmania since the 19th century, of a two part campaign chest, with elegant cut back handles, cross-banded edge to the jointed top, with original iron lug handles, turned feet and terrific colour and patination.
A Spanish Dancer in a Mantilla by Philippe Swyncop 1943
Philippe SWYNCOP(Belgian 1878 – 1949).