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Lot 934
Contemporary hardwood freestanding medal / collectors' cabinet with brass handles, supplied with construction drawings dated 12th March 1992, approximately 77.5cm high CONDITION REPORT Several layers of boards to house as many medals/badges as possible. Smaller drawers 3.5cm deep; larger drawers 9cm deep
Lot 575
AN OCTAGONAL SHELL WORK SAILOR'S VALENTINE, BARBADOS, POSSIBLY FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET, LATE 19TH C each half with contemporary cabinet portrait photograph and inscribed FOR MY SISTER/AND BROTHER in stained wood folding case, 33cm wThe figures are posed in what appears to be a North American photographer's studio since the chair is much in the style of those of, for example, Herter Brothers of New York++A good example in fine condition with only a few shells dislodged, one of the mouldings around the glass on one half missing and made up with old composition, the case in two halves as it lacks the hinges
Lot 610
Joseph Parkinson (b 1853) A PAIR OF VICTORIAN MARBLE LIONS, SECOND HALF 19TH C on rectangular base, inscribed J PARKINSON LINCOLN, black painted moulded stone plinths, 88cm h overall; 59 x 130cm Provenance: Believed originally to have been in the grounds of a substantial Victorian house in Nottingham Park from whence removed in the 1960s. The hitherto unnoticed sculptor is here identified as the Nottingham Stonemason Joseph Parkinson. Born at Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire something of his career can be deduced from consecutive censuses. In the first, that of 1861 the eight-year old son of a carpenter is recorded as living with his parents and four siblings. By 1871 he had left home to work as a "Groom (Servant)" at nearby Frisby. Sometime between then and the next census in 1881 he was presumably apprenticed to, or at least had some rudimentary practical experience in a mason's yard, perhaps in Lincoln for from that date until the census of 1911 his trade is that of Stonemason, probably initially working as a journeyman firstly at Birmingham and in 1891 Chapel Allerton, before settling in Nottingham. In the censuses of 1901 and 1911 he and his family are living at 13 Derwent St in the Meadows. Since the lions are inscribed Lincoln they were presumably executed early in his career, perhaps as a demonstration of his aptitude, akin to a cabinet maker's 'apprentice piece'. The properties of the sandstone on which Nottingham is built make it ideal for working. Over five hundred caves are recorded in the city but the most interesting are the 19th century underground follies of Nottingham Lace Manufacturer Thomas Herbert and his cousin William Herbert, created from the 1850s to the 1870s. As originally conceived the scheme for an unusual picturesque Summerhouse-Cave at the end of Thomas Herbert's sloping garden on the edge of the fashionable Park Estate soon expanded to became a grotto and with it the romantic notion of a hermit's cave followed by several tableaux of ancient lore and long dead heroes. Herbert's eccentricity reached its apotheosis in the 'Lions Den', which soon became Nottingham's most celebrated cave. Herbert's cave carvings are all the more strange, fantastical, sometimes comical, because he employed stone and marble masons, rather than professional sculptors, artisans instead of artists. The Nottingham Stonemason William Jennison is known to have worked for Herbert, his carvings including full length figures of Wesley and Lord Brougham. The startling similarity between the form and scale of the present lions and Herbert's bizarre, terrifying beasts in their gloomy underground den, suggest the same mason may well have been responsible.++ s. Extensive old damage and losses made up with composition at various periods, flaking and more recent breaks, under many layers of now peeling and chipped white paint, one plinth broken in two
Lot 534B
AN ENGLISH OAK AND MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, WILLIAM HEWSON, LINCOLN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH C the painted dial with a girl and caged bird to the arch, with spandrels with deer at lodge, trade labels including JAMES USHER CABINET & CLOCK CASE MAKER, LINCOLN++In goo original, clean condition, movement overhauled and in working order
Lot 384
A late 17th century laburnum oyster veneer cabinet on stand, with a blind frieze drawer, a further eight small drawers with a central cupboard, enclosed by two doors, above one long drawer to the base, on later barleytwist legs united by incurved stretchers, on turned feet 169 x 133 x 57cm (66 x 52 x 22in)
Lot 418
A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid library table in the manner of Gillows, unusually designed in two halves, each with a leather lined top inlaid overall with panels of scroll and strapwork cut brass, and with eight mahogany lined frieze drawers, two each to the front and back and two shallow drawers to each end, the front and back with pleated green fabric concave doors, on an ormolu mounted gadroon moulded plinth, with bold scrolling cabriole legs with lion's paw feet 84 x 214 x 138cm (33 x 83 x 54in) Provenance: High House, Westacre, Norfolk. The table is believed to have been made for the library extension between 1824-1829 Literature: Stuart ( E.S) Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 289, plate 306 Lot . 21 Christie's Hackwood Park sale, 20, 21 & 22nd April 1998 The Hackwood Park Library Table is of very similar design and proportion, supplied by Gillow of Oxford Street, London, in 1813 to William Powlett (1782-1850), the second Baron Bolton, for Hackwood Park. With the exception of the corner columns, the boulle cut brass inlays, drawer arrangement and incurved pleated doors follow the design of the Hackwood table. A library table with similar design features was sold at Christie's sale in London on 18th May 2017, Lot 577 Other Notes: Gillows of Lancaster and London were one of the great furniture and cabinet makers of the late 18th Century and 19th century. Founded in 1730 by Robert Gillow, the company remained in business until 1938 - albeit having merged with Waring of Liverpool in 1897. Gillows' designs were never worked up to a finished state or formally published. Instead they retained Estimate Sketch Books containing some 20,000 sketches used for the firm's private records or for customer's confidential perusal. The Gillows archive from 1731-1932 contains under 200 volumes of records. The company attracted commissions from a wide social spectrum: from tradesmen to the aristocracy and a wide range of products: from altarpieces and coffins to sideboards and chairs. Their furniture is collected and displayed in public collections and houses including; Erddig, Wrexham: Kingston Lacy, Dorset; and Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. Country house condition with losses of inlays and mouldings as well as wear to the leather
Lot 460
An Edward VII oak and iron bound silver chest, formerly used at the Royal residences, bearing a brass plate to the front 'Buckingham Palace Edward VII' 69 x 82 x 53cm (27 x 32 x 21in) Provenance: A gift from the Sandringham Estate to former chief cabinet maker on the Estate, S. M. Kowalczyk, and thence by descent
Lot 114
Circa 1920, a walnut display cabinet with extended back, a central cupboard door with internal shelves flanked by astrigal style glazed display doors and further internal shelves, on short cabriole legs (with key) 44" x 53 1/2" x 11 1/2", along with a later display cabinet with sliding glass doors
Lot 1892
A Regency/William IV pollard oak and burr walnut chiffonier, with rear upstand, frieze drawer, recessed cupboards and plinth base. Width 108.5 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The chiffonier is in very good original condition. There is a warp to the top shelf but in our opinion this fairly insignificant. The scroll supports are in good condition. The top is of good colour with no significant losses. The polish is a little dry in places. The sides of the cabinet are in very good condition. Both doors close as they should without warping. We have the lock and key. The shelf linings are in good condition. The plinth base is in good order all around with only very minor marks and scuffs. The bottom right hand corner block beneath the turned column inexplicably has a small area of woodworm to the right hand corner. This is clearly long gone. We cannot see any woodworm anywhere else on the piece.
Lot 778
An English porcelain two handled cabinet tray, early to mid 19th century, finely painted in polychrome enamels of the Virgin Mary and the infant child Christ all within an apple green ground border with gilt foliate garlands with geometric decorated band, shaped handles with gilt floral medallions with leafy terminals, inscribed verso Virgin and Child, 31.5 cm diameter (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There are four very tiny surface scratches to the right hand side of the quatrefoil in the centre panel, three of these are smaller than a pin head. There is some very light rubbing to the bottom edge gilt rim. There are tiny scratch marks to each handle (almost invisible to the naked eye but can be seen using a jewellers loupe). The body rings out nicely when lightly tapped.
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