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Lot 428
A 19th century walnut ladies writing desk in the Louis XVI style, the fall front enclosing eight drawers, central cupboard and well, over a long drawer and shaped apron, ornate pierced gilt metal cherub and swag handles and escutcheon, cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts, 98cm high x 92cm wide x 54cm deep Formerly at Dinder House, Somerset
Lot 200
A Napoleon III mahogany and gilt metal mounted partners pedestal desk, circa 1870, in the Empire taste, decorated with gilt metal mounts in the neo-classical taste throughout, the rectangular top with gilt tooled leather inset, above three frieze drawers and three opposing false drawers, with a gilt tooled leather inset slide to each shorter end, each plinth section with three drawers, flanked by tapering pilasters surmounted by female portrait terms in the Egyptian taste, on plinth bases, 79cm high, 150cm wide, 85cm deep
Lot 62
A South German walnut serpentine fronted desk , second quarter 18 th century , the gilt tooled leather inset top above an arrangement of five drawers around the kneehole, each cast gilt metal handle incorporating the monogram A R between armorial devices and surmounted by a crown, on square section tapering cabriole legs, 79cm high, 118cm wide, 65cm deep The gilt metal handles of this desk incorporate the crowned monogram A R . It seems very likely that the initials are for Augustus Rex King Augustus II of Poland or his son Augustus III. The monogram is strikingly similar to the initials used by the Meissen porcelain factory during the same period. The Meissen AR monogram was introduced in the early part of the 18 th century. It was a special mark reserved for objects used by the court of Elector Augustus the Strong, founder of the Meissen factory and later reigning monarch of Poland, King Augustus II. The monogram was also added to pieces produced for the court of his son, Augustus III, who succeeded him in 1733. All court pieces were marked with the AR monogram, and occasionally the mark was added to gifts produced for royal visitors. Whilst impossible to conclude for certain that this desk was part of the collection of the Royal House of Saxony, it is certainly interesting to note how the details correlate. Provenance: Bequeathed by the Major Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot KCVO, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury to the Hon. Mrs E. W.H. Eliot, thence by direct descent to the current owner. Copies of paperwork are available with this lot to support the provenance. The seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury was Alton Towers until it was sold in 1924.
Lot 99
A Royal Flying Corps Trench Art Brass Desk Ornament, as a biplane with .303 bullet shell body and support, mounted on a 3 1/2'' shell, dated 1917 and set with a cap badge, 14.5cm; five RFC Related Items, comprising a Trench Art paper knife ''To Mother from Cyril'', a plated dessert spoon and a pair of plated fish knives, the handles monogrammed RFC, a pewter hip flask engraved with the RFC badge and with screw top (6)
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