'Let There Be Light' - The Christopher Butterworth Collection

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'Let There Be Light' - The Christopher Butterworth Collection

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A scagliola circular marble table top,mid/late 19th century, worked with palmette motifs on a pink ground within a veined grey border,82cm diamete...

A pair of stone sphinxes,18th century, each noble beast on a rectangular plinth, 70cm long50cm high (2)Provenance: Chateau Guillemineau-Roche.Mino...

A pair of First French Empire mahogany console tables,c.1810, each Sienna marble top over a frieze with applied ormolu mounts on simulated bronze ...

A pair of spelter amphora vases,late 19th century, each with cast Grecian masks and classical friezes on a turned marble base, adapted as lamps,64...

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843),a pair of bronze three-branch candelabra, early 19th century, each surmounted by an antique-style oil ...

Alexandrie: Elévations de deux faces de l'Obélisque appelée Aiguille de Cléopatre,an 18th century etching,85 x 53cm, and'Ygiée ou La Santé'an engr...

A mahogany French Empire console table,early 19th century, the grey veined marble top over a frieze with applied classical gilt-metal mounts and E...

A Carrara marble and ivory statue of the goddess Diana,19th century, the huntress dressed in a diaphanous shift with stag buckle detail, nuzzled b...

A pair of Italian neoclassical alabaster lamp vases,c.1930, Volterra, each of campana shape, with carved decoration and a lamp fitting, inscribed ...

An Italian Empire giltwood wall mirror,early 19th century, the tall crest carved with a lyre, scrolling foliage and trailing husks, over a moulded...

A Swedish Gustavian giltwood console table,c.1800, the white marble top over an ornately worked 'fish scale' carved frieze, supported on two boldl...

The Thomire Altar clock,designed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843), the triform body in the form of an ancient altar, having a Sienna...

An Italian inlaid walnut commode,late 18th century, the grey marble top over two drawers, each with a shallow breakfront, strung and crossbanded b...

A pair of carved wooden wall lights,early 20th century, in the 18th century taste, each painted gold, of lyre shape, with two scrolled arms,53cm h...

The Pradier Nessus,1870, depicting the centaur Nessus attempting to abduct Deianira, the marble group inscribed 'J Pradier et F.F. Roubaud son Elv...

A mahogany guéridon or centre table,early 19th century, French, with a circular, moulded, black marble top, on a concave triform base with scrolle...

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Joseph Smith,

Joseph Smith,three pokerwork panels, after George Stubbs, two indistinctly signed and dated 1825, depicting tigers,one 51 x 69cm two 27 x 42cm (3)...

A mahogany fauteuil de bureau,19th century, French, the rounded back and arms with boldly carved lion heads, over a leather seat and turned front ...

A large William IV gilt-bronze colza lamp,c.1835, the urn-shaped finial with scrolled handles, over four scrolled arms, now with electrical fittin...

A Regency mahogany elbow chair,probably by Peters of Genoa, the scrolled bar back over carved and scrolled arms, a leather seat and lappet carved,...

A pair of Rouge Griotte marble balls,19th/20th century, each on a square base,23cm high, anda yellow veined marble bowl,late 19th century, on a sq...

An Empire bronze ten-branch chandelier,the lights around a central ring with cast and applied classical decoration, suspended from solid two-part ...

A French Empire mahogany console table,early 19th century, the grey veined marble top slides forward on rollers to reveal a rise and fall back wit...

A French Empire cheval mirror,with applied classical gilt gesso mounts, the shallow bevelled mirror on octagonal supports, the base with four carv...

A Renaissance marble column base,dated 1521, with carved, stiff leaves over a square base, indistinctly dated '1521',34cm high21cm squareCondition...

A white marble shell-shaped wall fountain,19th century, of clamshell form, on a supporting volute carved pilaster,bowl 60cm wide45cm deep19cm high...

A massive flambé-glazed faience urn,late 19th century, French, by Massier, after a model designed by Claude Ballin for Louis XIV's South Parterre ...

Two framed black and white photographs,of classical Roman or Florentine sculptures,36 x 26cm (2)Condition report: Later frames. ...[more]

A painted wood trumeau mirror,19th century, French, with an 18th century panel, the panel centred with an urn flanked by scrolling foliage, the mi...

A pair of polished terrazzo orbs,each on an original, canted square stand, c.1930,26cm high (2)The orbs with general surface scratches, light wear...

A grey and gold painted wooden standard lamp,early 20th century, the column fluted above carved stiff leaves, the base carved with a band of acant...

A pair of pottery krater vases,mid-19th century, Danish, attributed to Peter Ipsen of Copenhagen, each of classical Greek form with loop handles a...

A George III ormolu three-light candelabrum,almost certainly designed by James 'Athenian' Stuart and probably supplied by Diederich Nicolaus Ander...

A Victorian brass gasolier,the central support cast as stiff leaves, the arms with chinoiserie decoration, supporting two opaline glass shades, co...

A pair of Bayeux faience vase table lamps,late 19th century, each decorated in the Oriental taste and later converted into a table lamp, on a turn...

A Napoleon III gilt, faux bamboo, card or centre table,with the original sumac moquette top,71cm square74cm highTop worn and with moth damage.Old ...

A pair of red toleware tea canister table lamps,late 20th century, each with gilt and enamel chinoiserie decoration,46cm high (2)No obvious major ...

A fine marquetry, lacquered and inlaid table,late 19th century, French, retailed by Bain Taburet, 3 rue Pasquier, Paris, the canted, rectangular t...

A pair of Orientalist patinated and gilt metal moderator lamps,c.1870, French, each baluster-shaped lacquered body with gilt 'Japonesque' decorati...

A painted toleware birdcage,early 20th century, French, of pagoda form with two feed compartments and a tray,74cm highCondition report: Paint rubb...

A pair of Napoleon III celadon-glazed pottery table lamps,late 19th century, French, each of baluster shape with brass animal mask ring handles an...

A pair of Napoleon III Chinese powder-blue porcelain table lamps,mid/late 19th century, each baluster-shaped body with gilt decoration within well...

A large red-lacquered porcelain lamp vase,late 19th century, Japanese, decorated with panels depicting finches amongst fruiting foliage and fisher...

A pair of Japanese patinated bronze perfume burners,late 19th century, French, each triform base intricately cast with pierced scrolling foliage, ...

A pair of Chinese cloisonné vase table lamps,20th century, each with stylised foliate decoration on a blue ground within gilt-metal mounts,39cm hi...

A large and impressive George IV gilt-bronze free-standing colza candelabrum,c.1825, after the antique and of Athénienne form, the four lights sup...

A William IV bronze and parcel-gilt colza oil chandelier,having four arms below an urn-shaped reservoir with applied masks and floral swags, the a...

A pair of George III mahogany candlesticks,each with a turned and reeded column, supporting a cast brass sconce,35.5cm high (2)Condition report: R...

Two Senneh Kelim rugs,now mounted as wall hangings,190 x 137cm and 188 x 130cm (2)Faded. Please see images.The larger probably lacking part of th...

A set of four green-painted wrought iron wall lights,c.1930, Italian, in the rococo taste,65cm high (4)Condition report: Designed as wall lights, ...

Three Congolese basketwork shields,probably early 20th century, the largest Ngombe from the Oubangui region of the DRC, the elegant basketwork sup...

A beechwood linen chest,19th century, with a hinged top over a front with a painted inscription 'Keep Locked, Cawston Hall, Norfolk, Laundry Room,...

An extraordinary strung shell chandelier,mid-20th century, supported on a wire frame,113cm highCondition report: Minor losses.Modern wire re-infor...

A Victorian mahogany centre table,the rectangular parquetry inset top within a crossbanded border, on a turned column and three outswept supports,...

Two pairs of delftware blue and white vases,20th century, of octagonal shape, one pair with covers, all with typical painted 'panelled' decoration...

A William IV, parcel-gilt and bronze, fifteen-light chandelier,in the rococo taste with scrolled foliate arms, ornate chains and a ceiling rose,81...

A large Louis Philippe cast iron billiard chandelier,with cast scrolling decoration and three 'tole piente' gaslight shades,197cm long51cm highCon...

A pair of Victorian gilt-bronze wall lights,with opaline glass shades, c.1850, modelled as sprays of arum lilies, each with three twist turned arm...

A pair of wrought iron three-branch wall lights,c.1900, the painted iron worked as acanthus leaves,57cm high (2)Condition report: Wired, probably ...

A rare 'chaise percée' in the Louis XVI style,late 19th century, with a carved and painted beechwood frame, a caned back and base, and a lift-out ...

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