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Lot 826
Square piano probably by Thomas Culliford for Longman & Broderip, London, circa 1785, the case of mahogany with chevron stringing on the lid and holly and harewood stringing on the sides, the keywell with satinwood panels, holly and harewood stringing and kingwood crossbanding, inlaid with floral swags, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3, with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, three brass-knobbed hand levers controlling the damper lift split between g♯ and a and the buff stop, on trestle stand.the fascia board inscribed Longman and Broderip, Instrument Makers, No. 26, Cheapside and No. 13 Haymarket, London, also stamped with the serial No. 380 under the stopleversLength 5ft. ⅝in., 154cm,; width 1ft 9in., 53.3cm., case depth 8in., 20.2cm
Lot 827
Single manual harpsichord by Thomas Culliford, London, 1785 for Longman and Broderip, the case sides veneered in 'plum pudding' mahogany with boxwood stringing and Indian laurel crossbanding, the lid veneered in standard mahogany with shaped brass strap hinges, the keywell veneered with burr walnut with holly and ebony stringing and kingwood cross banding, the fasciaboard inlaid with floral scrollwork and a central musical trophy, the soundboard with an inset gilt-metal rose pierced ends carved with a figure playing a lyre and the inscription Longman & Broderip, Cheapside, the later five octave keyboard, FF to f3 omitting FF♯, with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, seven brass-knobbed hand levers with ivory inserts inscribed Machine, Harp, Lute [8ft.], Octave [4ft.], silent [dummy], 1st Unison [8ft.] and 2nd Unison [8ft.], two pedals controlling the machine stop and the Venetian swell respectively, with later music desk, on trestle stand.The later name baton inscribed Longman and Broderip, Instrument Makers, No. 26, Cheapside and No. 13 Haymarket, London also stamped on the wrest plank L & B. and with the serial No. 381. Inscribed Culliford on the underside of the soundboard.Length 7ft. 2¼in., 219cm.; width 3ft. 1⅜in., 95cm.; case depth 1ft. ⅝in., 32cm,*Recorded by Donald Boalch in Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord, 1440-1840 (3rd edition edited by Charles Mould), pp. 486-487. Formerly owned by Violet Gordon Woodhouse for whom Arnold Dolmetsch converted it into a two manual instrument (1899). There is an illustration of the keyboards as adapted by Dolmetsch in Violet, The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse by Jessica Douglas-Home and a further one which originally appeared in Music and Letter (1920). Subsequently owned by Lady [Georgina Beatrice] Headlam. Acquired by Mackenzie of Ord in 1965 who eventually (1991) arranged for it to be converted back into a single manual instrument
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Lot 406
SOWERBY; a pair of Queens ivory candlesticks, both with impressed mark inscribed 'Queen Ann [sic] Candlestick, J. Mortlock & Co, London', height 16.6cm (one af). CONDITION REPORT: Firing cracks to sconce, caused in manufacture, on both. One has a break and crude repair to corner of base and has a chip to upper corner. These pieces are made of glass.
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