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Click here to subscribe18th CENTURY; oil painting of a canal scene, figures boating, architectural buildings with ornamental clipped hedges, figures walking on the bank, a man fishing, a viaduct in the distance, traces of a signature, on canvas, 8.75in x 12in, contained within an early 19th century gilt gesso moulded frame.
An early Victorian rosewood dead -beat timepiece, by Vulliamy, London, the 4.5 inch silvered dial signed vuilliamy london, with roman chapters, blued steel hands, fusee movement, adjustable steel rod pendulum with large brass bob, signed again on the back plate vuilliamy london and numbered 1534 and 182, in architectural case with triangular pediment, cavetto cornice and stepped plinth, the stay also numbered 1534, 31cm h
A FINE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH-CENTURY OAK BAROMETER having a scroll topped arched surmount with carved 'wings' above a clock, the silvered dial with Roman numerals (the quarters red), the movement stamped "V.A.P./BREVETE/S.G.D.G.", above a carved eagle surmounting a Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometer, the scales both alternately red and black on a silvered backplate, between rosettes and carved half anthemion, all on an architectural "broken" pediment with silvered aneroid barometer within brass bezel, 112cm, (44in) high
Pain, William, The Practical Builder; or Workman's General Assistant, London, for I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1793, 4to (260 x 200mm.), 82 engraved plates, some marginal water staining, title laid down, marked margins torn, loss, new endpapers, later half morocco, black morocco lettering piece
*English School, early 19th century- 'Drawing of a Portico'; pen and black ink and watercolour, signed with initials and dated 1838, inscribed Gray's Inn Road, 23.4x36.8cm: English School c1860- Prospect of a detached villa; pen and ink and watercolour: together with a mixed folio of drawings of architectural related subjects, various sizes, (a lot), (unframed)
Irish country houses, Maurice Craig, Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size, Architectural Press Ltd, London, 1977. Illustrated throughout with photographs, elevations and floor-plans. Very difficult to come by. Also, Desmond Guinness and William Ryan, Irish Houses & Castles, Thames & Hudson, London, 1978 (second impression), the much reprinted and lauded volume, illustrated with copious photographs, many of them interesting and little-seen interior views. Plus, Brian de Breffny and Rosemary Ffolliott, The Houses of Ireland: Domestic architecture from the medieval castle to the Edwardian villa, Thames & Hudson, London, 1975 (first edition) with photographs by George Mott; and Mark Bence-Jones, Burke's Guide to Country Houses. Volume 1: Ireland, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 1980 (reprint); a useful reference. All in exceptionally nice condition. (4) €250-€300
A 17TH CENTURY SPANISH METAL MOUNTED EBONISED CABINET ON LATER STAND, the later cornice above an architectural arrangement of eight drawers around a cabinet door enclosing six further drawers, the stand with barleytwist supports united by a similar stretcher, 46in wide (117cm), 15in deep (38cm), 65in high (165cm).
A late Victorian oak cased mantel clock by Birch & Gaydon, Fenchurch Street, London, the 8.5ins diameter circular silvered dial with Roman numerals to the eight day three train chain and fusee movement striking and chiming on eight bells and a gong, contained in case of architectural design with shaped and moulded cresting, five turned finials and five carved lion's head and ring handles, glazed side panels, the shaped and moulded base carved with beadwork, paterae and oval panels, on shaped apron, 29ins high.
A LATE GEORGE III OAK CUPBOARD with a triangular architectural pediment, inlaid with boxwood lines and centred by a floral lozenge medallion, enclosed by four fielded panel doors, each with mahogany crossbanding and inlaid with a shell medallion, the lower part fitted with nine short drawers in three banks flanked by cluster column pilasters, on ogee bracket feet, possibly Lancashire, 80 1/2in. (204cm.) high x 85 1/2in. (217cm.) wide
A LATE 19TH CENTURY WALNUT VIENNA TYPE WALL CLOCK with two train striking movement, the arched brass dial with white enamel chapter ring and Roman numerals, with gridiron pendulum, contained in a rectangular architectural glazed case with gadroon moulded tapered base. Lacking cresting and base finial. Height 32".
A George IV mahogany triple wardrobe, circa 1830, with architectural pediment above two inset panel cupboard doors enclosing a later lined hanging space over two short and two long cock beaded drawers flanked by cupboard doors, each with three false drawer fronts and enclosing slides on a plinth base, restorations, 98" wide, 20" deep, 78" high
A Victorian Aesthetic Style Brass Mounted and Cast Iron Fire Grate, the backplate of arched architectural form, centred by a smiling sun motif, over a rippled rectangular panel, the two bar grate with main ropetwist central bar topped by brass vase finials, on forward swept arched pierced integral andirons as brass multiple knopped and fluted stems on pairs of bowed legs with stylised paw feet, (62.5cm by 77cm by 32cm)
A Gilt Brass Gothic Mantel Clock, W Robson, Newcastle, of architectural form, with battlemented cornice centred by an upswept crocket over the 5 1/4 inch silvered dial inscribed "W Robson, Newcastle", ogival arched side panels, eight day fusee bell striking movement, upon four inscrolled feet, (40cm high)
An Austrian Mahogany Wall Timepiece, circa 1830, the 6 1/4 inch annular white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, with engine turned gilt copper floral bezel, the weight driven movement with deadbeat escapement and wood rod and brass pendulum, the case with architectural triangular pediment, veneered in mahogany and outlined in fruitwood, with an under-curved base, (100cm high)
An Early 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Wheel Barometer, the 8-inch silvered dial inscribed "Whitehurst & Son, Derby", the broken architectural pediment centred by a turned bone vase finial over a thermometer, the case inlaid with two shells and two petal florets, the whole outlined in ebony and box stringing, (98.5cm high)
James Gilray- 'L'Avocat de la Republique', from 'French Habits' Plate No. 7, publ. May 21st, 1798 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street; aquatint, 25.2x18.4cm: together with two engravings of Trajan's Column and three chromolithographs of historical and architectural subjects by different hands, various sizes, (6)
A LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH-CENTURY BLACK FOREST/SWISS CARVED CUCKOO CLOCK of architectural form, the "tiled" roof with vine carved front surmount by a carved cuckoo, above a door concealing the operative cuckoo itself, the dial with blackletter Roman numerals between further carved vines and a carved fence, the movement sounding on the half hours (single "cuckoo") and the hours, the cuckoo emerging at each occasion, the double-fusee movement stamped G.H.S., 55cms, (21.7in) high
Jos. Kirk, Skegby, (unrecorded Baillie) AN OAK-CASED 8-DAY LONG-CASE CLOCK having a dentil "broken" architectural pediment with central brass ball-and-spire ornament, the associated square glazed door between columns with brass capitals, on a shaped trunk door, plain base and bracket feet, the hour-striking movement having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, inscribed "Jos.Kirk, Skegby", framing a silvered seconds ring and a calendar aperture (present but loose) to the matted centre, the spandrels cast with opposing cherubs holding coronets, 203cm, (80in) high (sold with two weights, pendulum and key)
A mahogany bookcase, the architectural pediment with turned urn finials and carved with an urn and swags, above a dentil cornice and two astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with two short drawers, two short brushing slides and two panelled doors with fluted borders and roundels, on bracket feet, 286 high x 58 deep x 139cm wide
An unusual and interesting mother of pearl snuff box, Dresden or Naples, circa 1770, oval, the lid with a central moss agate boss, the ground inlaid with green and red hardstones and engraved with formal motifs, the sides and base further inlaid with hardstone columns and engraved with lively architectural, park and harbour views enclosed within gilt-metal cagework mounts, the interior tortoiseshell-lined, the interior of the lid with a panel decorated in tortoiseshell and silver pique pose with an astronomer gazing at the moon and stars width 8.5cm, 3 3/8in
BLACKBURN, Edward L. - An Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, London 1834, additional watercolour, numerous notes/clippings, letters loosely inserted mainly by Maria Hackett, some on 'Preservation of Crosby Hall' headed note paper, a letter from Blackburn, etc., green cloth, some faults.
An impressive 'Arts & Crafts' longcase clock. The architectural case in oak, walnut and inlaid hardwoods, with carved roof tiles, and bird and griffin finials, over a pointed Gothic arch with a roundel carved with the initials ‘T.R.’. This above finely carved friezes, semi reeded Corinthian columns, marquetry panels showing unusual animals amongst foliage and a pair of carved dragon panels. The sides also decorated and with an access door for the three large weights. The 14” silvered brass dial inscribed Hurt & Son, Birmingham, with a subsidiary seconds dial and strike silent facility, the three train movement with a dead beat escapement, striking the quarters on eight bells. Now 2.48m high x 71cm wide (plinth base) x 30cm deep. This clock has apparently been reduced in height in the past.
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