An apprentice piece miniature mahogany chest of drawers, 19th century, with bowfront above two short and three long drawers each with turned bone knob handle and all on ceramic bun feet. Width 8.5 cm, height 8.7 cm, depth 6 cm. CONDITION REPORT: This is very much an apprentice piece. The colour is as you would expect from a 19th century chest of drawers however it has been unsympathetically varnished giving it a rather shiny appearance rather than an actual patination. There is a 5.5 cm fine crack running down the rear of the right hand side approximately 4 mm from the back edge. There is a repaired crack on the left hand rear side issuing from the centre of the bottom to approximately 4.5 cm up the rear but this is an old crack and repair. The rear board has a full length crack across the upper section most of which has lost its varnish. There is some unusual scuff marks to the bottom drawer around the left hand knop. This looks more so like dolls house furniture than an apprentice piece for grading.
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A Victorian drop arm Chesterfield style settee, with paisley print fabric and raised on short legs with ceramic castors. Width 154 cm. CONDITION REPORT: We do not know when this was last upholstered. All legs are in good condition with no repairs. They do have the usual scuffs and scratches as one would probably expect. The castors all match but all are a little loose. When viewed from the underside there do not appear to be any protruding or significantly loose springs. The outer cover fabric is a form of linen. There is no significant movement of the back or either arm. Obviously the drop arms section does allow for slight movement. The settee in our opinion is reasonably comfortable to sit on. There is very little wear to the fabric only very slight rubbing to the piping around the tops of the arms. The metal knob that operates the drop arm section is detached. It requires a replacement screw in the section which is broken we cannot therefore operate the drop arm which is currently set in the upright position.
A Rado Jubile Diastar ceramic ladies bracelet watch, Reference 153.0383.3, Serial No. 05583583, the dial with diamond markers, quartz. Dial 18 mm x 25 mm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The watch glass is in generally very good order with no significant scratches. All diamonds are present and the dial appears to be in good condition also. The hands adjust as they should. The rear of the case is in good order as is the strap which operates as it should. There are some scratches to the underside edge of the clasp and the gold plating to the bracelet is a little rubbed in places. The watch is not currently ticking but being quartz may well need a battery.
Architectural: A Coade stone keystone of the laughing satyrstamped Coade Lambeth 179126cm high by 24cm wide by 23cm deepEleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade’s Artificial Stone Manufactory. The London 1774 Building Act provided great opportunities for the Coade firm. The Act reduced exterior woodwork to the absolute minimum in an attempt to make houses as nearly incombustible as possible. A set of blocks and voussirs could be bought for less than £3, while a suitably-sized keystone cost 2 guineas. A whole page from the “Etchings of Coade’s Artificial Stone Manufacture” is devoted to keystones. The factory also made a habit of stamping their keystones on the underside at the front, as in this example, so that the Coade name could be seen by the pedestrian underneath, even when the keystone was rebated into a wall. Provenance: From the collection of Alison Kelly, 1913-2016, renowned academic, Coade stone expert and author of Mrs Coade’s Stone, published 1990 by SPA in which this piece is illustrated on page 158, attributed to the author’s collection.
Three Arts and Crafts ceramic brooches and a cameo brooch, a turquoise Ruskin brooch 40mm x 30mm, in a gold-plated mount, a puce Ruskin brooch 40mm x 30m in a plain silver coloured mount, a lime green Kensington Art Works brooch 45mm diameter in a plain silver coloured mount and an oval carved shell cameo 38mm x 28mm in a "Sterling Silver" mount. (4)
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