An English Regency period metamorphic library chair c.1815 with ‘sabre legs and scroll elbows’. Mahogany with lovely old patina, caned seat and back.
Pair of Anglo Cantonese portraits of flower boat courtesans c. 1840
An extraordinarily rare pair of Anglo Cantonese 3/4 life size portraits of ‘European ladies’ – flower boat courtesans.
Weslyn Chapel at Ross, Tasmania c1924 by Hardy Wilson
The tipped in collotype frontispiece from William Hardy Wilson’s “Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania”, published 1924.
Panshanger by William Hardy Wilson
An original collotype print of Panshanger near Longford, Tasmania.
Gillows type cross back chair c 1800
A well patinated dining chair of a form designed by Gillows of Lancaster, the ‘cross back’ with central Lancashire rose.
Regency revival mahogany camp table
A very practical and good quality mahogany and brass double jointed table of a type first described by JC Loudon in 1833 as a ‘ camp table’ for taking on campaign or for travel.
Portrait of Admiral Rodney c1800
A fine quality pastel portrait on coloured paper of Admiral Rodney as a young Midshipman.
Etling of Paris sunflower lamp c. 1920
A rare Etling of Paris glass lamp, in excellent original condition. With the original gilt copper lamp fitments, double switched with a bulb inside the glass lamp, to provide soft art deco mood lighting, and one beneath the shade. Rewired with woven silk covered conduit and new handmade vellum Welsh shade.
Chinese red lacquer pillow cupboard c1919
A Chinese red black and gold lacquer pillow cupboard, incised with a nice Chinese poem, ‘piano’, ‘ feather’ ‘goodluck’ ‘Mr Lui Lui’ &,1919.
Regency rosewood Greek key inlaid chest of drawers
A nicely drawn Scottish Regency period chest of drawers, the top and drawer fronts inlaid with Greek key decoration, on swept bracket feet. Now faded to a wonderful colour, it is unusual to get a chest of drawers in rosewood.