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Lot 561
A RARE HIGHLY NATURALISTIC FRENCH LIMEWOOD TROMPE L'OEIL CARVING OF A DEAD BIRD BY TO JEAN DEMONTREUIL, C1780-1790 backed on silk in glazed oval walnut frame, 37 x 28cmFew superlatives can adequately describe the great delicacy and astonishing realism of Demontreuil's carvings. He seems to have specialised in birds and exhibited at the Paris Salons between 1791 and 1798. The little serin, swallow and nightingale are known. Even the string or cord from which his life size birds hang is part of the carving. Lifelike works of art appealed to exactly those connoisseurs in whose libraries might be found the great botanical and natural history books of the period. Objects such as the finest carvings or miniature bronzes would be a focus of the boudoir or cabinet (study), that 18th century version of the kunstkammer of the 16th and 17th centuries. Other closely comparable bird carvings by Demontreuil are at Burghley House, Lincolnshire, the V & A, the Louvre and the Historisches Museum, Basel.++In unrestored condition, the silk backing threadbare and worn, glass of frame loose, shrinkage cracks around moulded rim of frame, the carving in apparently very good condition
Lot 67
A VIENNA CABINET CUP, C1810-20 of flared shape finely painted with a view of Prague with two figures in the foreground, in tooled gilt frame reserved on a fawn ground with etruscan red paterae and swags, replacement ormolu handle, 12cm h, underglaze blue shield, painted title Vue de la Ville de Prague in black script, 137 in gilt, a contemporary early 19th c Continental empire shaped cabinet cup and saucer painted with a young woman in the guise of Diana the Huntress, reserved on a claret ground with oak leaves and acorns and a further Continental saucer (4)++Foot of Vienna cup chipped. Claret ground cup broken and riveted with small losses. Saucer undamaged but with wear to the central gilt ring. Additional saucer worn
Lot 299
ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND INTERIOR DECORATION. A COLLECTION including Saumarez Smith - Eighteenth Century Decoration, Thornton - Authentic Decor the Domestic Interior 1620-1920, Beard - Craftsmen and Interior Decoration in England 1660-1820, Bishop & Atkins Folk Art in American Life, Honor - Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers, Agius - British Furniture 1880-1915, Cotton - The English Regional Chair, Gilbert - Chippendale, Blairman's - Bullock, Hayward - Thomas Johnson and English Rococo and various others including photography (approximately 50)++++
Lot 278
VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHY. AN ALBUM OF CARTES DE VISITE AND CABINET PORTRAITS OF THE OHLSON FAMILY OF LONDON, JEWELLERS AND PAWNBROKERS compiled early in the 20th c by George Henry Ohlson (1854-1942) by whom unusually extensively annotated with the names of the sitters and their kinship also including several others such as "old Saunders - Chapel Keeper Kings Cross", chromolitho title and borders, diced leather covered boards, very worn and loose, brass clasp (128)++++
Lot 424
A 20thC HMV His Masters Voice wooden cased gramophone, numbered 16 to the arm, White and Sentance retail label, the rectangular cabinet fronted by a material speaker front, with compressed domed lid and part fitted interior with articulated arm, baize lined turntable and space for records, with a small quantity of various classical records and winding handle, the cabinet 94cm H, 72cm W, 48cm DFrom the estate of R J 'Bob' Curry (Dec'd) of Grantham.
Lot 271
A late Victorian mahogany floor standing corner display cabinet, shaped cresting above a glazed rectangular door enclosing moss velvet lined shelves, flanked by turned pillars, the projecting bow fronted base with open undertier above an apron drawer, outlined with barber pole and boxwood stringing, outswept legs, 166cm high, 63cm wide, c.1900
Lot 293
A Chippendale revival mahogany corner cabinet on stand, possibly Irish, architectural pediment above a deep frieze and an astragal glazed door, flanked by reeded pilasters, shaped apron carved with acanthus, shaped stretchers with octagonal upstand, cabriole legs, fluted pad feet, 219cm high, 90cm wide, c.1890
Lot 96
A Sheraton revival mahogany shaped serpentine salon display cabinet, outswept cornice and deep frieze above a glazed door enclosing adjustable shelves, the projecting base with two long graduated drawers above an undertier, outlined throughout with boxwood and ebony stringing, tapered square legs, spade feet, 203cm high, 117cm wide, c.1900
Lot 104
A Victorian Franglais walnut and parcel-gilt pier cabinet, of narrow proportions, hipped rectangular marble top above a porcelain mounted frieze painted with colourful summer flowers, rectangular door with brass grille flanked by lotus capped pillars, plinth base, 96cm high, 59.5cm wide, c.1860
Lot 211
Ceramics - a quantity of Royal Worcester Evesham pattern tableware, lidded dishes, mugs, dinner plates, side plates, etc; an Aynsley cabinet cup, saucer and plate, printed with fruit, the cup with gilded interior; a Royal Grafton Indian Tree pattern part tea service; a Royal Albert Lily of the Valley cup, saucer and plate; other ceramics including Minton, Wedgwood, Paragon, Spode, Worcester, etc
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