The Gentleman's Library Sale

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The Gentleman's Library Sale

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A pair of Victorian silver four-light candelabraJoseph & Horace Savory, London 1885The detachable branch sections with three reeded scroll arms is...

A seashell collector's mahogany cabinet, English, circa 1900,with a glazed door at the front opening to eight drawers mounted with various Briti...

A George III mahogany, purplewood, chequer banded and marquetry kneehole desk almost certainly made for the 9th Duke of NorfolkCirca 1770-5, with ...

A small walnut and line-inlaid lowboyelements mid-18th centuryWith two short deep drawers flanking a central long drawer, above a shaped apron, on...

An unusual Victorian mahogany library armchair with an adjustable head restThe adjustable head rest on brass runners, above scrolled arm supports,...

A Regency mahogany library bergereCirca 1820, with a scrolled back and tablet toprail, above ring turned baluster and reeded arm terminals, on con...

A mid Victorian figured walnut piano top davenportthe hinged slope enclosing two drawers, a hinged leather inset surface and stationery compartmen...

A George II mahogany bureau bookcaseCirca 1750, the arched pediment and reverse ogee moulded cornice above a pair of astragal glazed panelled door...

An Italian late 19th century Renaissance revival ivory marquetry ebony and ebonised display cabinetInlaid with busts of youthful Renaissance figur...

Two George III mahogany Gainsborough armchairsin the manner of Thomas Chippendale's 'Director'Each with blind fretwork downswept arm terminals and...

A pair of early Victorian porcelain and gilt bronze mounted amboyna and purple wood pier cabinetsCirca 1860, each inlaid with stringing and mounte...

A Spanish 17th century iron mounted walnut, decorated bone-inlaid and parcel gilt 'bargueno de taquillon'The hinged fall front enclosing an archit...

A pair of rare 16th century Italian carved walnut, patinated bronze and parcel gilt leather fireplace bellowsprobably Florentine or Venetian, circ...

A rare Regency cast-iron and gilt brass boat shaped fenderin the Egyptianesque taste, circa 1810-20of unusual boat-shaped form with angular lotus ...

A 19th Century walnut stoolin the George II styleWith an 18th century needlework seat depicting a shepherd sitting within a thriving verdant lands...

A George III mahogany serpentine commodeCirca 1760, the reverse ogee moulded top carved with an acanthus and stiff-leaf edge above a Greek key mou...

A George III and later mahogany architect's deskthe blind fretwork and carving of a later date, probably VictorianThe opposing twin-hinged adjusta...

A French 19th century 'Empire' gilt bronze mounted fauteuilWith a dished and scrolled back, the frames mounted with laurel-leaf trails each centre...

A large early Victorian figured walnut Canterbury by GillowsCirca 1850, with two divisions, S-scroll end terminals and ring turned baluster stretc...

A George IV mahogany reclining armchairin the manner of GillowsThe scrolled and curved adjustable back above channelled and scrolled arm supports,...

A George III mahogany sofaCirca 1790, with stiff-leaf clasped, scrolled and ring turned columnar arm terminals, on three square tapering front leg...

A set of four Louis XVI painted fauteuilsEach with an oval channelled back and scrolled channelled arm supports, above a bowfront moulded seat fra...

A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid breakfast tablein the manner of George OakleyThe circular tilt-top inlaid with a stylised foliate border inter...

A Louis Philippe gothic revival oak and bronze alloy mounted library centre tableThe moulded top above a frieze mounted with opposing twin-headed ...

A Regency mahogany reading chairpossibly by Morgan and SandersCirca 1810, the yoke-shaped arm supports mounted with a rectangular hinged adjustabl...

A William IV mahogany kneehole desk by GillowsThe top with a moulded edge and inset with a tooled leather writing surface, above one long central ...

MINIATURE FURNITURE - A Queen Anne walnut armchairWith a shaped and scroll carved crest-rail centred by an acanthus spray, on ring turned baluster...

A William IV simulated rosewood chaise longueWith a lotus-leaf wrapped volute scrolled back and conforming arm terminals, on tapering lappet clasp...

A George III fiddleback mahogany, sabicu banded and satinwood inlaid serpentine bookcase-on-deskCirca 1780, with stringing, the shaped pediment su...

A 1960s John Makepeace walnut vanity mirrorthe plate set within a circular frame on column support and spreading circular base, the underside mark...

A 1950's gilt wrought-iron and wire mesh novelty cellarette on standof domed casket form with scrolling carrying handle, the front with fleur de l...

A carved giltwood mirrorpossibly 18th centuryThe later plate within a foliate and floral branch, C-scroll and rocaille carved surround, surmounted...

A carved giltwood mirrorpossibly 18th century The later plate within a foliate branch, C-scroll, rocaille and acanthus carved surround, surmounted...

A 19th century French gilt bronze fenderin the Empire stylethe chenet ends of rectangular form with applied floral roundel and scrolling anthemion...

A pair of 19th century gilt bronze mounted Swedish porphyry tazza garnitureof low lobed campana urn form on soccle bases raised on tall cylindrica...

A French brass bound kingwood, rosewood and oyster veneered coffre-fortprobably early 18th centuryof rectangular form with fleur de lys strap work...

A kilim upholstered stained beech sofaon baluster turned front legs terminating in brass cappings and castors, with splayed square section rear le...

A George I stained field maple ('Mulberry' wood) and featherbanded bureau of small proportionsCirca 1715, the fall enclosing seven drawers, six pi...

A George II walnut and featherbanded kneehole deskCirca 1730, the ovolo and reverse ogee moulded top above two short frieze drawers, over six shor...

A George IV mahogany 'Imperial' extending dining tablein the manner of GillowsIn two parts, with a rounded rectangular top, on ten ring turned bal...

A Regency mahogany side cabinetCirca 1810, the pierced brass galleried top above a pair of panelled doors with ebonised line-inlaid borders, enclo...

A William and Mary walnut, fruitwood and oyster veneered chestThe moulded top inlaid with concentric roundels and interlaced motifs, above two sho...

A Queen Anne japanned cabinet on chestCirca 1710-15, decorated with figures, pagodas, trees and flowers within exotic landscapes, the pair of door...

A George III satinwood, rosewood crossbanded and purple wood secretaire display cabinetCirca 1790, with ebonised and boxwood stringing, the oval g...

A carved rosewood novelty humidorof undulating rectangular form, the hinged lid with rusticated top, carved to one side with a lizard, 26cm high, ...

Of Danish maritime interest: A Georg Jensen copper clad commemorative cigar boxdesigned by Johan Rohdefor the United Steamship Company, Denmark, o...

A late 19th/early 20th century brass bound burr walnut humidorof rectangular form with twin hinged doors opening to three compartmented drawers wi...

A good Victorian brass bound and mounted amboyna collector's table cabinet or chestthe rectangular hinged cover with a brass oval presentation pla...

A pair of 19th century turned wood and faux sienna marble painted tazzaprobably Venetianthe fluted dish circular tops on knopped corresponding cir...

A late 19th century gilt brass mounted ivory and marquetry inlaid circular wall plaque by Maison Giroux, the inlaid decoration by Ferdinand Duvina...

A set of sixteen early Victorian oak open armchairsCirca 1860, possibly Irish, each carved with three and four leaf clover, overlapping discs, fol...

A late George III rosewood, ebonised and sycamore line-inlaid sofa tableCirca 1800, inlaid with stringing, with two short cedar lined frieze drawe...

A pair of gilt bronze mounted beige veined marble garniture urnsin the Louis XVI style, probably first half 20th centurythe ovoid pedestal bodies ...

A Regency gothic revival oak breakfront dressing table after a design by George SmithCirca 1810, surmounted by six spherical finials, the top comp...

A pair of George III mahogany armchairsprobably of North Country origin, late 18th/early 19th centuryEach with a shaped toprail pierced with assor...

A set of mahogany folding library stepsin the Regency stylethe hinged steps and top with green and gilt tooled leather inserts, raised on turned ...

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