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Lot 123
A George II carved giltwood console table, circa 1740, in the manner of William Kent, the frieze carved with foliage and bellflowers, centred by a large baroque shell, the scrolled legs carved with fish-scales and headed by winged lions, raised on acanthus scrolled feet, the vacant rectangular top carved with a foliate edge, 82cm high, 130cm wide, 58cm deep overall The prominent carved shell at the centre of the frieze recalls the prominent carved central shells on the suite of seat furniture at Holkham Hall, designed by William Kent and carved by James Richards. (see Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, page 193, fig 4:101).Scallop shell and fish-scale decorative motifs were frequently employed by William Kent and refer to the mythical birth of Venus and her emergence from the sea. Please note: This lot should be equally described as a cabinet stand. Condition Report: Please note: This lot should be equally described as a cabinet stand. The condition report for this lot has not been completed. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 182
A George I gilt gesso and giltwood wall mirror, circa 1720, in the manner of John Belchier or James Moore, the shaped rectangular twin plate within a moulded frame, surmounted by a shaped foliate moulded cresting with turned finials, centred by a masks and feather terminal, 169cm high, 65cm wideRemarkably similar wall mirrors by John Belchier are in the collection at Erddig, Clwyd, North Wales (NT 1146961), see Adam Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Antique Collectors Club, 2009, page 292, plate 6:50 and 6:51. The renowned Huguenot immigrant cabinet maker John Belcher supplied furniture and mirrors to John Meller at Erddig during the 1720's (during this period he also received orders for mirrors for St. Pauls Cathedral). Many parallels can be drawn between this mirror and know examples by Belchier.
Lot 140
A George II walnut and feather banded bureau, circa 1740, the sloped and hinged fall opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes and small drawers flanked by a cupboard door to each side, above a frieze drawer and three long graduating concave shaped drawers, on tapering square feet, 121cm high, 103cm wide, 71cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions, consistent with age and use,Some old splits and cracks, chips and losses, The handles to the long frieze drawer are later associated, and also to the recesses of the serpentine drawers belowSome surface marks and stains to the fall, One loper is recessed into the carcass - the other is lacking its handle Overall with a polished appearance, areas may have had a shellac or varnish applied previously. The design of this bureau is unusual, all features would support it being English/ British. It is perhaps by a Huguenot cabinet maker of Dutch or German origin in England? Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 71
A George I carved giltwood wall mirror, circa 1720, in the manner of John Belchier or James Moore, the shaped rectangular bevelled mirror plate within a foliate and egg and dart moulded frame, surmounted overall by a scrolling foliage moulded architectural cresting centred by a plume of feathers and putto mask above a lambrequin, 180cm high, 72cm wideProvenance: Newton Sumaville, Yeovil, SomersetRemarkably similar wall mirrors by John Belchier are in the collection at Erddig, Clwyd, North Wales (NT 1146961), see Adam Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Antique Collectors Club, 2009, page 292, plate 6:50 and 6:51. The renowned Huguenot immigrant cabinet maker John Belcher supplied furniture and mirrors to John Meller at Erddig during the 1720's (during this period he also received orders for mirrors for St. Pauls Cathedral). Many parallels can be drawn between this mirror and know examples by Belchier.Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits, chips and losses. Mirror plate and backboard appear to be 19th century replacements. some minor depletion to mirror plate. Frame has been thoroughly cleaned at one point and the gilding refreshed. Joints of the underlying construction opening slightly to the two upper corners of the frame. Carved scroll to one side of the cresting with section of loss. Old repair to central feather of cresting. Old holes to back from previous fixtures. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 55
A Dutch Colonial exotic hardwood and brass mounted cabinet, late 17th/early 18th century, on an associated George IV pine stand, circa 1830, the rectangular top above a pair of doors opening to an arrangement of ten drawers of various sizes, flanked by lion head cast brass side carrying handles, the stand with two long graduated drawers, on turned feet, 103cm high, 78cm wide, 50cm deepCondition Report: As catalogued, cabinet and stand are associated. Cabinet-Cabinet measures 63cm high, 71cm wide, 47cm deep. Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Various old chips, splits and some losses. Some old repairs. Mounts with wear, dents, some elements misshapen and some losses. One corner mount is detached but present. One front corner mount is a later replacement. Lock plate and escutcheon are later replaced but have significant age. No key present. Hinges with some loose securing nails. The ebonised moulding to drawer fronts with areas of lifting and a section lacking. Side handles are possibly associated but of the period. No previous handles have sat on the sides and they are using old holes to the interior of the cabinet. Some later nails to backboards. Stand-Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old chips and splits.Various losses to surface (as illustrated). Handles appear original. One is lacking its securing fixture. The other securing fixtures/nuts vary from one another. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 298
A Regency simulated rosewood side cabinet, circa 1815, the superstructure with shaped scrolling back and two graduated shelves on turned and spindle supports, the rectangular top above a frieze drawer and a grille panel door, flanked by turned tapering columns, on turned tapering feet, 158cm high, 90cm wide, 38cm deep
Lot 21
A Queen Anne figured walnut collector's cabinet, circa 1710, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a quarter veneered door, opening to and arrangement of pigeon holes above short drawers, on turned bun feet, 53cm high, 40cm wide, 24cm deep Provenance: Christie's (ref label present) Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old splits and chips. Hinges have been replaced. All other metalware appears original. Key present and operates lock. small amounts of filler used in places. Some old repairs to moulding. Evidence of old worm to backboard. Feet are later associated. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 228
A George III mahogany table top display cabinet, second half 18th century, the hinged, sloped and panel glazed top opening to a baize lined interior, 18.5cm high, 92.5cm wide, 37cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasion commensurate with age and use. Some old minor chips and splits. Escutcheon lacking. Metalware appears original. Key present and operates lock. Hasp has some small amounts of filler to surrounding area. Glazing appear original. Some later putty neatly applied to backs of glazed panels to help secure. Later baize surface applied to interior. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 259
A Chinese Export Coromandel lacquered table cabinet, 18th century, decorated with figures in traditional dress and flowers and musical instruments throughout, with hinged rectangular cavetto moulded top opening to a line compartment, above a pair of panel doors opening to four drawers, the interior decorated with seated figures, 37.5cm high, 41cm wide, 34cm deep
Lot 276
A George III red painted hanging wall cabinet, late 18th/early 19th century, the glazed doors opening to a shelved interior, 53cm high, 76cm wide, 23cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits, chips and small losses. Surface with wear and marks throughout (as illustrated).Vacant screw holes to backboards from previous fixtures. One glazed panel is detached but present, a cracked corner of the panel remains in place and glue residue is visible. The putty securing two other panels is later. Some old filler applied to cover two nails securing the moulded cornice. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 260
A Chinese Export Coromandel lacquered cabinet on stand, 18th century, decorated with figures in traditional dress and floral motifs throughout, the cabinet with rectangular cavetto moulded top, above a pair of panel doors opening to four drawers, the interior decorated with figures in village scenes and exotic birds, the stand with shaped tapering cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet, 112cm high, 46cm wide, 40cm deep
Lot 279
A George II oak hanging wall cabinet, mid 18th century, the moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors, opening to a shelved interior, 60cm high, 97cm wide, 25cm deepCondition Report: Marks, scratches and abrasions comensurate with age and use. old splits and chips. some old losses. some old repairs. A small filled hole below the escutcheon of the door (possibly from a very small handle) and another similar to the opposite door. The lock to the door has been changed for a later example. There are some old small holes where the screws from the hinges have poked through each side panel. The section of the interior the left side of the cabinet has original apertures making the shelf adjustable. There are apertures to the floor and 'roof' of the opposite side suggesting it would be possible to introduce vertical division(s) . Currently there is a horizontal shelf in position. This may be associated but of the period as the front edge of the shelf is not rounded as the other is.No cracks to glass. Please not this lot should be described as a 'hanging wall cabinet' and not as described in the catalogue. Atleast one of the the glass panels is a later but an old replacement and the putty securing it is fairly crudely applied. Some elements of putty to other panes is lacking but the glass is fairly securely in place. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 166
A George I walnut and featherbanded secretaire cabinet, circa 1720, the divided domed top above a pair of arched doors, opening to two shelves above a central drawer fronted by two false drawer fronts flanked by a drawer on each side, the lower section with a secretaire fall fronted drawer, opening to an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, above three long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 219cm high, 109cm wide, 54cm deep For a related form secretaire cabinet see Sothebys London, 10th July 2013, Lot 25 (£18,750). See also Christie's, English Furniture, 8th July 1999, Lot 71 (£27,600) for a further related example. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old splits, chips and losses. some old repairs and replacements. some old worm damage.some fading overall.The handles and escutcheons appear to be replacements but of the period. (see images) There are alternate plugged holes adjacent at each position. The two false drawers to the interior drawer of the cupboard have plugged holes from previous handles, there are now no handles present there. The lock to the fall front drawer appears to be a replacement (due to slender sliver of timber adjacent) but a fine example of period. There is a key present to operate. The same key operates the drawer locks beneath. some pins/ screws lacking from locks. some screws are later associated. The handles to the drawers of the secretaire drawer appear original. The velvet inset to the secretaire (writing surface) is later but in keeping with period style. The key is present to operate the lock of the upper cabinet doors. The feet are later associated and mahogany but of a form closely related to that which one might expect if of bracket type, The cabinet may have been on bun feet however the holes that one might expect to the floor of the the cabinet for bun feet to engage into. There is later neatly stuck down material covering the top of the cabinet. The 'roof' has all been black painted as has the interior of the upper cupboard section. (apart from shelf fronts and drawer fronts. The rear panels of the upper cupboard section have been later replaced. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
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Lot 1200
The Glasgow StylePhotographs: Wylie & Lockhead, Ltd., Glasgow: A very good set of three Albums (numbered 1, 2, 3) containing approx. 180 original photographs, c. 1870, each approx. 21cms x 28cms (8 1/2" x 11"), mostly showing fine interior scenes of varied buildings, mostly in Gt. Britain, with close views of architectural importance, furniture, fireplaces, beds, mirrors etc & other furnishings. Vols. I & III with manuscripts lists recording the subject, architect and owners, all mounted on card, in 3 uniform 4to Albums, hf. mor. & each inscribed in gilt, 'Photographs / Wylie & Lockhead Ltd.' As photographs, w.a.f. (3)* The firm of Wylie & Lockhead was an extensive business in Glasgow & flourished from 1829 - 1883. They were cabinet makers and designers, and were very important in the part played in the new decorative style, known as the Glasgow style.
Lot 1059
A Fateful Document'The Murder Members' a single folio sheet, verso blank, stating The following are the names of the members of the Partition Parliament who voted for the Murder Bill, and listing 56 names in two columns, including W.T. Cosgrave, Desmond Fitzgerald, Richard Mulcahy, Michael Staines, Padraig O'Maille, Dr. James Crowley, Sean McKeon, Ernest Blythe, Sean Milroy, Sean McGarry, Joseph McGrath, Sir James Craig, Pierce Beasley, Kevin O'Higgins, Alec. McCabe, etc., and concluding Keep This List For Reference. Beside the name of Dr. James Crowley, a contemporary hand has written Con's Doctor - presumably a reference to Constance de Markiewicz. (1)A fateful document. The Murder Bill, so-called, was an Act of the Free State parliament which authorised sentence of death upon those taken with arms. Soon after this document was issued, gunmen opened fire on Pádraig Ó Maille TD, deputy Speaker of the Dail, in a Dublin street while he was on his way to the Dail with another TD, Sean Hales, Ó Máille was wounded, and Hales - whose name is not on this list - was shot dead, apparently in mistake for another. In reprisal for these shootings, and in fear for their own lives, the Free State cabinet ordered the summary execution of four Republican prisoners detained since the seizure of the Four Courts, Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellows,Dick Barrett and Joseph McKelvey, entirely without any legal process or justification. The present document is very rare. Fold marks, a few minor marginal tears, else v.g.
Lot 161
Rare Hand-Coloured AtlasAtlas: Starling (Thomas) Geographical Annual or Family Cabinet Atlas, Sm. 8vo L. (Perkins & Bacon) & Published by Mr. Bull, 1834. Engd. & hd. cold. title, engd. dedit, contents leaf etc. (engraved throughout), 96pp, with 49 hd. cold. maps (include. one dbl. page) a.e.g., cont. blind stamped mor. In fine condition. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 936
Yeats Family An album inscribed by Erma Norah Franks of Weston House, Churchtown, Dundrum, a gift from her mother, containing her manuscript copies of poems by W.B. Yeats, also a drawing in the style of a Cuala Press card signed E.C.Y[eats], and a poem by Joseph Campbell in Lily Yeats' hand and Signed by her; (with) a Victorian album of cabinet photos of members of the Franks family; and a prayer book inscribed to 'Nonie Franks / on her Confirmation Day / from her godmother / Lucy Franks / March 28 [19]34'. As an Album, w.a.f. (3)
Lot 656
VINTAGE VINYL RECORDS. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF 45 RPM SINGLES, LATE 1960'S - MID 1980'S, INCLUDING MANY OBSCURE LABELS AND PROMOS, IN TWO VINTAGE CALNE CABINET MAKERS RECORD CASES (APPROXIMATELY 650)Provenance: The working collection of Tony Hodges (d. 1991), proprietor of Slough Record Centre and DJ with Solar FM (Sound of London)
Lot 598
ROYAL. AUGUSTA VICTORIA, LAST EMPRESS OF GERMANY AND QUEEN OF PRUSSIA, PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED, DATED 1887 AND INSCRIBED, VINTAGE CABINET PORTRAIT BY REICHARD & LINDNER, BERLIN, IN FINE CONTEMPORARY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED GILT BRASS AND ENAMEL STRUT FRAME SURMOUNTED BY THE INITIALS V A AND IMPERIAL CROWN, 34 X 23.5CM OVERALL Photograph with light foxing; enamel slightly chipped. Original and unrestored
Lot 923
A HABERDASHERY SHOPKEEPER'S STAINED OAK THREAD CABINET, SECOND QUARTER 20TH C, ONE SIDE FITTED WITH SEVEN GLAZED DRAWERS, THE OTHER WITH BRASS HANDLES (TO PUSH THE DOORS OPEN), LETTERED IN BLACK ON CREAM 'CLARK'S ANCHOR EMBROIDERY THREADS FAST COLOURS', THE SIDES PANELLED, 59CM H; 35 X 44CM Scratches on top, complete, handles original, no restoration
Lot 981
A VICTORIAN SERPENTINE GILT BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT AND FLORAL MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET, C1860, THE TOP IN BUTTERFLY VENEERS, CROSSBANDED IN TULIPWOOD, THE CENTRAL PANELLED DOORS EACH MOUNTED WITH AN OVAL SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN PLAQUE PAINTED WITH GROUPS OF THREE GIRLS IN A ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE RESERVED ON A BLEU CELESTE GROUND, IN CAST SURROUND OF PUTTI AND FOLIAGE FLANKED BY SERPENTINE GLAZED DOORS, THE EGG AND DART BASE WITH FURTHER MOUNTS TO THE APRON, 109CM H; 46 X 191CM A good quality and well preserved example with minor hairline veneer splits on top, but no significant scratches or damage, veneers original save for two small old pieces at the rear ends of the top. The blue ground of one of the panels somewhat degraded, the painting unaffected. In the present private family ownership for several generations
Lot 349
A PAIR OF VIENNA STYLE CLARET GROUND CABINET CUPS AND SAUCERS AND A LARGER SIMILAR CUP AND SAUCER, 20TH C, THE PAIR OF CUPS PAINTED WITH CLASSICAL SCENES IN RAISED GILT FRAME, THE LARGER CUP AND SAUCER PRINTED AND PAINTED WITH PUTTI, SMALLER SAUCERS 95MM DIA, PSEUDO SHIELD IN BLUE ENAMEL WITH OR WITHOUT AUSTRIA One of the small saucers with chip on underside not normally visible. Large cup with light wear to gilding on rim and handle
Lot 962
A FRENCH GILT BRASS MOUNTED, EBONISED AND BOULLE PIER CABINET, C1870, INLAID WIH CUT BRASS SCROLL WORK ON A GROUND OF RED STAINED HORN, THE MOUNTS TO THE SIDE INCLUDING A CENTRAL ESPAGNOLETTE, KEY, 117CM H; 31 X 81CM Localised lifting of the stringing in places, small veneer chips to sides, all mounts present except for one. Glass undamaged
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