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Click here to subscribeA Victorian rosewood, satinwood banded and boxwood strung seven piece salon suite, circa 1870, recovered in green velvet, comprising sofa with buttoned back overstuffed seat, raised on square tapering legs, 146cm by 57cm by 80cm, a pair of armchairs with padded back supports, arms and serpentine shaped seat rails, 63cm by 51cm by 99cm, and four single side chairs with pierced splats and overstuffed seats, 44cm by 43cm by 91cm
A suite of three Robert ''Mouseman'' Thompson Oak Chairs, comprising armchair with shield school crest to the top rail, stepped arms, blue hide upholstered seat and back, on fluted front section legs, with plaque 1890-1963 IN MEMORY OF ALBERT E NORMAN SCHOLAR 1900-1904 GOVERNOR 1952-1963, with recessed carved mouse signature, 121cm; and Two Matching Chairs, each with plaques IN MEMORY OF ALBERT E NORMAN and MRS L M KENDALL BA MEMBER OF THE STAFF 1928-1962, 95.5cm (3)
Late 19th century two seat round spindle back driving stanhope gig, adjustable foot rest, black finish with yellow pin stripe, brass hubs inscribed 'Anna Cowburn Manchester', approx. 13/14HH, L340cm (overall), H170cm (overall), wheel D120cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
*Control Column. An aircraft control column from a Westland Wapati, circa 1920s, the top with black celluloid grip, two paddle firing buttons, stamped B.S.A. (Birmingham Small Arms) 587/34, the long shaft with fixing bracket stamped WA 123, 77 cm long overall The Westland Wapiti was a British two seat general purpose military biplane built in the 1920s to replace the Airco DH.9A in Royal Air Force Service. (1)
*Miles Master Aircraft. A 1930s control column grip, of cast circular aluminium construction stamped AH 2235 and DR520, retaining celluloid covered hand grip and paddle firing button, 19cm long The Miles Master was a British 2-seat monoplane advanced trainer built by Miles Aircraft Ltd. for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm during WWII. (1)
*Monoplane Evocation. Built in the late 20th century, this quarter-size, scratch-built fanciful representation of an early Bleriot-style monoplane, the construction appears to be based on a late Victorian bath chair, with 65cm solid-tyred direct-spoked wheels fitted to a 60cm wide common axle with plain bearings, the galleried back driver's seat is supported by full elliptical springing, the chassis is completed with direct steering to a single front wheel with acute castered forks and single vertical pin bearing, a 'U'-shaped bar allows for the support of the feet on either side of the steering tiller, mounted above the driver is a single-cylinder four-stroke engine, probably removed from a lawn mower, but featuring spinning magneto-electrics, a cooling fan, carburettor, exhaust and petrol tank, the crank spins a three-bladed propeller via a stabilising gear, the tail fin, wings and propeller have been created by stretching a doped fabric-style material over a solid-bar framework, creating a birdlike effect, clearly manufactured to a high standard, its specific original purpose is unknown, although possibly designed for a soapbox derby, or a cycle race of the Goodwood variety, height 116cm, width 270cm, length 206cm Exhibition as a fun display piece in a motoring museum or transport collection would be ideal. (1)
*R101 Airship. A fine wooden propeller seat believed to be from the R.101 or R.100, the wide laminated propeller tips sheaved in brass with aluminium rivets to form a high backed seat, 104.5 cm high, with a recent label stating 'seat made from propeller tips from a spare propeller. Believed from the airship R.101 or R.100' By repute purchased through a sale of airship artefacts recovered from the R.101 at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (1)
A Peter 'Rabbitman' Heap of Wetwang oak dining table, of plain circular form with x-shaped pedestal on x-shaped platform base with carved rabbit motif, 137cm diameter 73cm high together with a set of four oak dining chairs each with red upholstered oblong panelled back and seat and block turned and octagonal front legs with carved rabbit motif (5)
A Peter Rabbitman Heap of Wetwang oak dining suite, comprising refectory table with adzed oblong top on two turned octagonal supports with carved rabbit motif, splayed feet and chamfered stretcher 136cm long, 81cm deep, 73cm high with four single and two carving chairs, the carvers with plain top rail, interwoven lattice splat, curving arms, upholstered seat with studded edges, turned octagonal front legs with carved rabbit motif and H-stretcher (7)
Howard & Sons, a late 19th century Gothic taste parquetry decorated oak centre table, the octagonal top on knopped column supports and chamfered legs 72 x 121 x 121cm (28 x 47 x 47in) Other Notes: One of the most successful and fashionable furniture companies of the 19th century, Howard & Sons was founded in 1820 by John Howard. They moved to premises in Berners Street London W1 in 1848, trading as "cabinet makers, upholsterers and decorators". In 1865 they obtained patents for wood veneer used for parquet flooring and the following year a patent for an "elastic seat", a re-design of traditional upholstery for sofa and armchairs. Their furniture won medals at International Exhibitions throughout Europe and notable commissions included Elton Hall, Stokesay Court and Mr Vanderbilt's yacht. They worked in a variety of fashionable styles, neo-Renaissance, Anglo-Japanese and Louis XVI. The present table belongs to the firm's Puginan range of Gothic Revival furniture for which they produced a series of tables with parquetry tops using the patents they had established in 1865. Examples of their furniture can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A near pair of 19th Century elm Windsor elbow chairs Each with a hooped back and a central pierced splat, the arms supported on a pair of baluster and ring turned supports above a shaped seat, raised on four ring turned legs and joined by crinoline stretchers, restoration and replaced front leg on one chair, height of chairs 90cms.
A 19th Century Elizabethan style hall elbow chair, with two scroll terminals above a concave padded back covered in a scrolling leaf pattern fabric above a seat covered in conforming material and flanked by two plain open arms with scroll terminals , raised on legs of tapering square section with a front galleried stretcher, height 112 cms.
A rare 19th Century yew wood and oak child's Windsor high chair The hooped back with a central pierced splat above outswept arms each raised upon ring turned baluster supports above a nicely figured oak seat, overall raised upon four ring turned baluster legs joined by a crinoline stretcher, height of chair 93cms.
An elegant late Victorian mahogany open armchair, by Cornelius V.Smith The canted back with carved flowerhead upper pediment, inlaid with central laurel garland, tied with ribbon swags before fluted back supports, 'X' frame, the swept armrest with lion head terminals, the red upholstered open seat supported on four cabriole supports and terminating at claw feet,impressed mark C V S 91cm high. NB: Cornelius V.Smith was a renowned London cabinet maker who operated at Marshalls Yard, Hampstead, London in the late 19th/early 20th Century.
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