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Click here to subscribeËœA GEORGE III SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, BENJAMIN & JAMES SMITH AND STORY & ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1810/14 compressed circular, chased to the shoulder with a band of paterae, gadroon rims, the handles formed as double serpents, gilt interior to sugar bowl sugar bowl 24cm wide, 1959gr (63oz) including ivory teapot handle
ËœA PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY, MANNER OF PHILIP JEAN, CIRCA 1790 powdered hair adorned with strands of pearls, wearing a grey dress and a gold-edged fichu, on ivory, glazed, associated case, oval 6.8cm; together with a portrait miniature of a gentleman, English School, circa 1815, wearing a blue coat, on ivory, gilt frame, oval 6.1cm (2)
ËœA GEORGE III GOLD, IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY, LATE 18TH CENTURY octagonal, the ivory panels applied with rows of gold beads and pellets between tortoiseshell stringing, a tortoiseshell band to the base, applied to the front with a bright-cut bordered gold oval initialled H below the gold key escutcheon, the lid rising to a silver loop hinged handle, foiled interior 13cm wide
ËœA PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG LADY, BY AIMEE PERLET (ACTIVE 1798-1854), CIRCA 1815 wearing a straw hat adorned with black ostrich plumes, an ochre dress and a cashmere shawl, on ivory, signed, gilt-metal mount, set in a contemporary French poudre d'ecaille snuff box with silver-gilt mounts and lining oval 8.8cm, box 10.1cm diameter
ËœA PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG GIRL, BY JOHN SMART (1740-1811), 1781 with brown hair, wearing a muslin cap trimmed with black ribbon and flowers, her black dress with muslin trimmings matching the cap, on ivory, signed and dated, gold frame with bright-cut sides, the reverse with glazed aperture containing hair-work monogram oval 4.8cm
ËœAN IVORY CORPUS CHRISTI, FRENCH OR TYROLEAN, 19TH CENTURY finely carved with detailed perizonium, Crown of Thorns and the five Holy Wounds, mounted on a giltwood cross against a red velvet ground within a foliate carved giltwood frame with blue painted inner border figure 37cm high, frame 70.5cm high excluding iron suspension ring
Tribal Art - an African figural earthenware pipe bowl, modelled as a stylised face and torso, 15.5cm high, possibly Frafra or Ashanti, museum type display stand; a Baule sling shot catapult, of traditional Y-shape, the stem carved with two stylized geometric masks, to verso with a single mask in the opposing orientation, 22cm high, Ivory Coast, museum type display stand (2)
AN ANGLO INDIAN CALAMANDER WORKBOX, CEYLON, GALLE DISTRICT, C1830-50 the interior inlaid with ivory decorated in lac with an elephant, flowers and foliage, fitted with two trays divided into compartments with ivory, tortoiseshell or specimen wood covers and wire loop handles, 41cm w ++One or two minor faults including the loss of a small piece of veneer from the front edge of the lid but in very good unrestored condition with no major faults or losses
A SET OF NUMBERED GLASS SPECIFIC GRAVITY SPHERES IN PAINTED PAPIER MÂCHÉ CASE, MID 19TH C a printed table affixed to the underside of the lid, the lid painted with a double head of a woman in a bonnet, 6cm diam and a Victorian mahogany cased Sikes's hydrometer of brass with weights and ivory thermometer (2) ++Both complete and in good condition
A PAIR OF UNUSUAL ENGLISH ART DECO CARVED AND PARTLY CREAM PAINTED WALNUT BEDSIDE CHESTS WITH INTEGRAL SHELL SHAPED LAMPS, C1930 with Norwegian pink marble top, the three graduated drawers each with ivory mounted ring pulls, escutcheons and brass lock stamped JDB & CO LONDON IMPROVED 4 LEVER ++Of high quality and in good entirely original condition with chipped paint, one of the six drawers lacking some of the ivory elements to the ring pull, slight wear around the feet, the marble tops undamaged and original, also retaining both the original electric switches not electrically safe, sold as a vintage item. Highly decorative and most unusual, one or two of the tassels to the shell shaped lamp holder broken off and neatly restuck but extraordinary furniture redolent of the roaring 20s
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND LINE INLAID CHEST ON CHEST, EARLY 19TH C with ivory escutcheons, the sides of pine in the original 19th c red stain, 206cm h; 53 x 114cm ++In good unrestored condition, the handles later 19th c replacements, shallow losses to the edge of the cornice in places, minor gouge and shrinkage cracks to the sides, small edge knocks to drawer fronts
A PAIR OF GEORGE III PIERCED SILVER WINE COASTERS engraved with armorials, inset turned mahogany base, 12.5cm diam, by Richard Morton & Co, Sheffield 1775 ++Both in good original condition with light wear, the marks well spaced and struck except on one coaster the maker's mark is rubbed and only just legible. The wood bases original, one lacking the small central ivory circle
A CHINESE EXPORT IVORY BRISÉ FAN, LATE 18TH C very finely carved and pierced with birds and flowers around a shield with initials within mantling, mother of pearl rivet, sticks 25.5cm l ++Three guards with slight damage at the narrowest part. Another with minute damage to the piercing near the top, one stick snapped off and restuck near the thinnest part, requires new silk ribbons but a Chinese fan of exceptionally fine workmanship
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