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Click here to subscribeNine 18th Century Delft blue and white tiles decorated with children playing and mythical animals, 5ins square (somewhat chipped and slightly damaged), and thirteen other Delft blue and white tiles decorated with standing figures and animals, and some with fleur de lis pattern corners, 5.25ins square (all slightly chipped and fritted)
Circle of Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) - Oil painting - Portrait of the Gower Family - Four young girls dancing with their mother, dressed in classical costume and playing a tambourine, relined canvas 20ins x 24ins, in gilt Florentine pattern frame (frame extensively damaged and part missing)
An early 19th Century Chinese black lacquer octagonal games box and cover, the whole boldly decorated in shades of gilt with numerous figures on a terrace within stylised borders, the interior containing seven lidded compartments with similarly decorated covers, and twelve rectangular counter trays (eight decorated with stylised playing cards), and a selection of mother-of-pearl and bone gaming counters, on carved paw feet, 14.75ins x 12ins x 5.25ins high (one foot missing)
An early 19th Century ormolu mounted mantel timepiece by Leroy of Paris, the 2.25ins silvered dial with Roman numerals to the eight day timepiece movement with silk suspension, contained in case surmounted by a standing figure playing a lyre and with musical trophies, on rectangular base with leaf ornament and scroll toes, 9.25ins high, on birdseye maple veneered oval musical base and dome for same
A George IV rosewood pedestal card table, the D-shaped fold-over top having swivel action and opening to reveal baize lined playing surface above a plain frieze with beaded edge, all supported on a flaring square column with canted corners to a quatroform platform on reeded bun feet, width 91.5cm (Illus.)
A Victorian aesthetic movement stained walnut and amboyna card table, the rectangular top having a brass beaded edge, crossbanding and centre inlays opening to reveal baize lined playing surface with further amboyna banding, the whole with swivel action, amboyna banded frieze, the whole raised on double turned end supports united by shaped stretcher, the whole with further amboyna banding, beaded brass mounts, and raised on square cut scroll feet with brass castors, width 86.5cm (Illus.)
Good French ormolu musical mantel clock circa 1835, the movement signed Raingo Fes a Paris striking on a remote gong in the base and simulated striking on a bell in the tower, the 3.25" rose window dial within a case modelled as a Gothic tower with outset columns, crocketted finials and surmounted by a cupola containing the bell under a cockerel finial, raised on a stepped birds eye maple base containing the gong and a pull wind musical mechanism signed F. Nicole on the comb and Freres Nicole on the bed plate, playing a selection of airs, the music control to the side of the base with the original glass dome, 24" high
Large and impressive black slate two train musical mantel clock, the movement playing on eight bells and striking on a gong, the 6.25" black dial with gilded foliate centre within a stepped case with ormolu Corinthian columns surmounted by a classical copper frieze and stepped pediment, 18.5" high
A Victorian burr walnut rounded rectangular card table, the folding top rotating to reveal a baize playing surface above an arrangement of compartments, inlaid in boxwood with scrolling foliage and stringing, trestle base with turned end supports and stretcher, stiff leaf carved cabriole legs, white ceramic castors, 91cm wide, 77cm high, c. 1865
A good Victorian Walnut Games Box, with ebonised rims, lifting lid and opening front enclosing fitted chess pieces, cribbage scoreboard, dice, counters and draughts pieces, and with further lift-out trays below fitted with playing cards and counters, racing game below with lead horses and fences etc, ebonised gavel, dice cup etc, 12 ½” wide
A silver tapered rectangular tea caddy by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1930, with gadrooned borders, lion mask ring handles and on bun feet; a pair of oblong napkin rings, Birmingham 1931; a silver mounted leather 'Patience' playing card box, London (marks worn); an American silver coloured serving fork by Gorham Mfg. Co.; an Indian embossed trumpet specimen vase; a plated muffin dish and cover and a pair of Old English pattern fish servers To be sold on behalf of 'Help for Heros' (charity no. 6363256)
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK LACQUERED GAMES BOX of rectangular form with canted corners on gilt metal paw feet, profusely decorated in two-colour gilt with central panel to the cover depicting an island garden with figures greeting a rider,as two ladies watch from a terrace within a border of celestial dragons chasing a flaming pearl, and further borders of scrolling tendrils, the interior fitted with eleven trays painted with playing cards suites and seven lidded boxes containing pierced and carved mother-of-pearl counters engraved with a family crest, the motto 'Spectemur Agendo' and initials, 37cms wide, 19th century
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