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Lot 232
A Georgian bracket clock by Henry Bell Lancaster, mahogany case with gilt pierced decorated door, glass sides having gilt metal acorn finials, raised bell top, lacquered brass carry handle, bracket feet, encasing a double fusee movement, silvered dial with engraved floral swags, Roman numerals and second subsidiary calendar dial, 51 cm high x 28 cm wide x 19 cm deep, as featured in 'The Georgian Bracket Clock' 1714/1830 by Richard C. R. Barder, p. 126case in generally good condition, minor cracks to the veneer, gilt good, some knocks to the feet, movement untested, veneer coming loose to the rear door, glass good, face with some minor surface scratches and scuffs, some very minor discolouration
Lot 240
George III mahogany and inlaid secretaire bookcase, possibly associated top with dentil cornice and inlaid tablet frieze, enclosed by a pair of astragal glazed doors, the base with finely fitted secretaire drawer, three further drawers below, on splayed bracket feet, 118cm wide x 53cm deep x 241cm CONDITION REPORT Minor deterioration commensurate with age, some suggestion of minor repairs, some re-veneering to front, overall ok
Lot 301
George III mahogany chest on chest with dentil cornice and two short over three long graduated drawers between canted fluted angles, the base with three graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 112cm wide x 54cm deep x 180cm high CONDITION REPORT Overall restored state (colour etc) but in good condition, no significant damage to report just minor wear, brass fittings appear to be original
Lot 55
Pair of early twentieth century Japanese bronze jardinières decorated in high relief with birds in branches, on figural bracket feet, 37cm CONDITION REPORT One jardinière has no base but is fitted with a removable liner otherwise minor wear commensurate with age but basically good condition. one has hole in its base and fitted liner, the other does not
Lot 63
Pair of Victorian mahogany framed salon chairs with buttoned back upholstery on carved scroll legs and castors CONDITION REPORT The bigger chair is missing a bracket at front left leg, the arms are slightly loose at the joints. Small chair has loss to moulding front right bracket, otherwise chairs are ok, structurally sound well upholstered in quality material, upholstery in good order
Lot 33
A FAMILLE ROSE DECALOBED LEMON GROUNDTEA-TRAY JIAQING MARK (1796-1820),with rounded sides and raised on four bracket feet,decorated to the exterior and interior with lotus spraysand florets reserved on a lemon-yellow ground that surroundsan imperial poem in praise of fine tea, inscribed iniron red reserved in white and dated to the cyclical dingsiyear of Jiaqing’s reign (1797), the reverse with a six-characterreign mark of Jiaqing reserved in a white square ona lemon-yellow ground, 16cm wideProvenance: by repute, formerly in the possession ofBarnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchasedat an auction of chattels from his house, GranstonManor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin,5 May 1938.‘Finest tea of the first picking, and a bright full moon, prompt a line of verse’Stephen Bushell’s translation of an extract from the poetic inscription borne by the two trays offered in lots 32 and 33 helps to bring alive for those who do not know the Chinese language the eminence of tea in early Chinese society. Irish society, of course, would quickly acknowledge how wedded it is, and has been for many years, to all things associated with the ritual ‘cuppa’ and its restorative effects; Chinese society, by contrast, would perhaps be even quicker in its acknowledgment, because from far earlier times than it first became popular in Europe, tea drinking and its associated benefits were praised in the East in a variety of contexts: ‘one cup is enough to lighten the heart, and dissipate the early winter chill’, as the poetic inscription on these trays goes on to say. In the present sale, Chinese ‘tea culture’ is represented here at its highest social level. Cyclically dated by inscription to 1797, the first year of his reign, the trays also bear the seal marks of the Jiaqing Emperor (reigning 1796 to 1820). His father, the Qianlong Emperor, still alive though now as emperor emeritus, had abdicated in the previous year in favour of his son.Trays of this type proved popular, and several examples are known, either in quadrilobe, decalobe (as here), or, more rarely, rectangular form with rounded corners. A tray identical to the one with the lime-green ground (lot 32) was auctioned by Christies, New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1375; and the sister to the second of our two lots, that with a lemon-yellow ground (lot 33), and which came from the same original collection (see the note on provenance below), was auctioned by Sotheby’s, London, 16 May 2012, lot 291.Provenance: by repute, formerly in the possession of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchased at an auction of chattels from his house, Granston Manor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin, 5 May 1938.Prof. Alan J. Fletcher MRIA
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