A pair of 19th century French ormolu mounted walnut pier cabinets, inset with pietra dura and porcelain plaques, the inverse breakfronts with pietra dura floral plaques set to the frieze and the panelled doors inset with Sevres style porcelain plaques decorated with a nobleman and woman, W.2ft 11in. D.1ft 4in. H.3ft 7in.CONDITION: Both look to have been restored in the past 10 or 20 years and now showing some signs of use, cabinet with the lady to the front has very slight bowing at the top and some short cracks running in the veneer at the top, escutcheon plate is wobbly, comes with key but it does not fully work the lock, one section of foliate ormolu banding is loose from the left side of the door, signs of old restorations to the brass stringing around the door, scuffing where the door rubs against the plinth, cabinet with man to the door, overall similar condition but all ormolu attached, some scuffing and discolouration in the varnish around the lower portion of the door, overall both in fair to good condition.
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A Regency rosewood sarcophagus form tea caddy, 30cm wide, together with an inlaid hardwood cribbage board, 29.5cm wide, an Arts and Crafts oak smokers cabinet with embossed copper penel, 40cm high, an Art Nouveau design pewter trinket box, 16cm wide, one other box and an etched glass dressing mirrorCondition report: Caddy replacement lining to interior,Cribbage box, veneer missing to lower corner of backPewter box, pitting and surface scratchesSmoers cabinet, base mouldind section missing, escutheon loose, surfaces scratches
A Victorian inlaid walnut pier cabinet, the rectangular top with ebonised moulding above patera decorated frieze and single glazed panel door, on plinth base and turned feet, 79cm wide, 29cm deep, 106cm highCondition report: All the inlay is intact, small area where the veneer is slightly raised to the top areas of the ebonised moulding show signs of wear revealing the ground timber, the interior is fabric lined which has faded in the sunlight over the years
A early 20th century Chippendale Revival mahogany display cabinet, the fleurs de lys decorated frieze above pair of astragal glazed doors, on square tapering supports united by platform stretcher, 110.5cm wide, 45cm deep, 175.5cm highCondition report: Small amount of staining to interior fabric with the inclusion of drawing pins, central scratch to right hand door and other minor surface scratches, some splits to glazing bars and split to top of door, small black line to glass upper right, small chip to right hand upright
A William IV rosewood and crossbanded breakfront side cabinet, the cupboard doors flanked by columns with gilt acanthus leaf deocration on gilt reeded feet, 118cm wide, 42cm deep, 90cm highCondition report: Losses to crossbanding on central left doorSplits to veneer on lef and central drawersGeneral wear, chips/dinks to edgesmarble top is very weathered and worn - numerous chips
A walnut collector's cabinet for Chinese and Asian amulets and coins, early 20th century, the pair of arched doors inset with Chinese and S.E. Asian bronze charms or coins, enclosing ten cedar and pine lined drawers, no contents included, height 96cm width 76cm depth 52cm, the coins to be offered as separate lots in our 29th and 30th March sales.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
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