A set of six George II walnut ladder back dining chairs, by Giles Grendey. Giles Grendey was one of London`s most successful 18th century furniture makers. He was apprenticed in London Joiner`s Company in 1709 and became `free` in 1716. By 1720 he was running his own workshop, taking his first apprentice in November 1720. Grendey set up shop in St. John`s Square, Clerkenwell, where it remained for the rest of his career. His dwelling house was close by at No.2, Lyon Street. In 1729 Grendey was elected to the Livery of the Joiner`s Company and served as Upper Warden in 1747 and 1757, before becoming Master in 1766. By this time he was 72 years old and had probably retired from full time business. By 1779 he had moved to a country estate in Palmer`s Green, where he died on 3 March 1780, aged 87. Grendey`s workshop was on the site of the former London house of the Earl of Aylesbury. It was far larger than most furniture shops, and this suggests that Grendey was both ambitious and well funded. When his workshop was struck by fire in 1731 over £1,000 worth of stock destined for export was destroyed. Yet compared with contemporaries such as Thomas Chippendale, relatively little is known of Grendey`s work. Known documented commissions are few and cannot easily be reconciled with extant furniture His reputation rests primarily on surviving pieces bearing his trade label. About fourteen labelled items and suites are known, including the spectacular Lazcano commission of at least seventy-seven red and gold japanned items, now widely dispersed. The Newport church chairs were first recognised and published by Simon Jervis in 1974. No documentation survives and it is not known how and when these dining chairs came to be in Newport Church.. The chairs can be approximately dated by the style of the label which, although fragmentary, corresponds to the shorter of two versions employed by the Grendey workshop. Other furniture bearing this label can be dated on stylistic and technical grounds to the 1740s or later, and so the present chairs are likely to have been made in the middle years of the 18th century. The ladder-back style derives ultimately from the so-called `Dutch chairs` of the early 18th century; these ladder-backed, turned and rush-seated chairs were imported from Holland in huge numbers from the late 17th century onwards, and were also widely copied by English chair-makers. The Grendey examples are `polite` versions of the form, demonstrating its acceptance into mainstream English furniture-making. Chairs of this type were typically furnished with rush or `matted` seats, a cheap and popular alternative to the more expensive upholstered drop-in seat. The present boarded seats are replacements, installed some time before 1974. The rush seat now fitted to no. VI was made while the chair was on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Marks and stamps: the chairs frames are not numbered, but the later boarded seats are numbered I to V in ink on the undersides. Chair no. V and the labelled chair are stamped T C on the inside of the back rails (other chairs may be stamped but the later seats obscure much of the seat rails). This stamp is hitherto unrecorded. Others chairs bearing Grendey`s label are also stamped with various initials, assumed to be those of journeymen employed in Grendey`s workshop. Selected literature: R. W. Symonds, `Giles Grendey (1693-1780) and the Export Trade of English Furniture to Spain`, Apollo (1935), pp. 336-342. R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, `Georgian Cabinet-Makers VIII - Giles Grendey and William Hallet`, Country Life (1942), pp. 176-77. R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 3rd edn. (1955), pp. 47-48, 144-5. Christopher Gilbert, `Furniture by Giles Grendey for the Spanish Trade`, Antiques, XCIX (1971), pp. 544-50. Simon Jervis, `"A Great Dealer in the Cabinet Way" - Giles Grendey (1693-1780),` Country Life (6 June 1974), pp.1418-1419. G. Beard & C. Gilbert, eds., Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leed, (1986), pp. 371-372. Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds (1996), pp. 31-2, 238-249.
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The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Thee American commemorative Naval envelopes addressed to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten each containing a card from Admiral Rickover (3). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma including some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill Memorial library (5). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma with some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill, two Lord Mountbatten commemorative covers and postcard sent to Lord Mountbatten`s butler (8). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Edwina Countess of Mountbatten of Burma signed book The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - signed presentation photograph in original gilt tooled blue leather easel frame with crowned garter collar M of B monogram - the photograph of Lord Mountbatten in Admiral`s uniform wearing Garter Star - signed Mountbatten of Burma AF (Admiral of the Fleet), 28cm x 21cm overall. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) - pair gold (9ct) presentation cufflinks of oval form with chain links and raised Earl`s coronet and garter collar containing M of B monogram (hallmarked Birmingham 1959), both measuring 1.5cm approx. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
HRH Prince Charles - royal presentation turned hardwood stud box with silver inset plaque to lid with crowned garter collar and C monogram, 7.5cm diameter, 4.25cm high. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - a 1950s German Exakta Vanex camera with Carl Zeiss lens in original leather case - stamped Mountbatten of Burma Provenance: Given by Lord Mountbatten to his Steward. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - handwritten postcard depicting official stamps of Monaco with portraits of Princess Grace - inscribed to W Evans, Esq, Broadlands, Romsey, Hants written from The Royal Palace Monaco 17/2/1966 - This is for your stamp collection. The Colonel commanding the Prince`s Guard Regiment met me with the usual gang of officials and is attached to me here. Remind me for a photo. Best wishes to Charles and everybody at Broadlands. Mountbatten of Burma. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma autographed Fleet Air Arm Museum commemorative envelope with scribbled helicopter pseudo postmark. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - two amusing and grovelling Christmas greeting cards sent from an admirer in India dated 1969 and 1971 addressed to His Most Gracious Majesty The Most Honourable, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Ex-Viceroy and Governor-General of India, London, England UK (2). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Registered envelope from HRH The Prince of Wales sent from the Bahamas 12th July 1973 with Prince of Wales crest to flap and franked Bahamas stamps to front (1). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Souvenir of the German Battleship Graf Spee, sunk off Montevideo 17th December 1939 - a brass instruction plate from the Anemometer (wind gauge) which was mounted in the fire control station with typed note of history (given by Lord Mountbatten to the son of his steward). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Old copper printing plate depicting Broadlands, 9cm x 14cm. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Victorian volume - Broadlands As It Was, inscribed to The Hon. Evelyn Ashley 1890 and two other books including London Fashionable Repository 1804 (3). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Wedgwood Lord Mountbatten commemorative white and blue Jasper ware plaque - limited edition No 634 of 750 in original fitted case with certificates. The plaque measures 11cm x 8.5cm. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Late Victorian Royal lady`s gold (18ct) half hunter fob watch with keyless movement, blue enamelled back with Victoria and Royal ducal cornet to centre - the inside of the case engraved H Moser & Co No 48745, 2.6cm diameter, 4cm overall. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Pair Edwardian silver letter scales with engraved Royal crown B monogram to top, ivorine scale to front and drawer below on ball feet (hallmarked Birmingham 1906). The monogram may be that of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) the daughter of Queen Victoria. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Simpson.Sketches..Seat of the War in the East First and Second Series 2 vol. in 1 tinted lithograph vignette titles and 68 plates only (of 79) all with fine hand-colouring 27 outline key plates only (of 36 one defective) lacking dedication and list of plates titles foxed (the first with marginal tears) plates with some light spotting and soiling (mostly marginal) a few slightly soiled and frayed at edges with 2 additional hand-coloured lithograph portraits (Florence Nightingale and Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons) and 11 hand-coloured lithograph plates from Dolby`s `Sketches in the Baltic` loosely inserted also a hand-coloured lithographed view of Varna (torn and frayed at edges) loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folder with ties rubbed and marked ties defective [Abbey Travel 237] folio 1855-1856.
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