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Lot 160

A set of five 19th century Chinese export blue and white 23cm diameter dishes, each decorated with table, urn, peonies and insects, together with eight other dishes/plateds, variously decorated (13)

Lot 423

An Edwardian mahogany, boxwood strung sewing table, the crossbanded rectangular hinged top over sliding silk bag, on reeded, turned tapering legs, 75 x 48 x 38cm

Lot 427

An early 19th century mahogany low tripod table, the circular dished snap top on a baluster column, three downswept legs and pad feet, 52 x 61cm, together with a parquetry top oak and mahogany side table and a reproduction mahogany wine table with fan inlaid circular top (3)

Lot 443

An early 19th century Rosewood breakfast table, the circular tilt top on a stout column with gadrooned collar, concave quatrefoil base and brass castors, 80 x 129cm

Lot 445

A 19th century, George II style tripod table, the scallop moulded snap top on a ring turned baluster column, foliate carved downswept legs, talon and ball feet and brass castors, 75cm diameter

Lot 448

A George III mahogany Pembroke table, the oval flapped top over a frieze drawer, raised on tapered legs and castors, w78cm

Lot 452

A George III oak tripod table, the circular snap top on a baluster turned column, downswept legs and pad feet, 75cm diameter

Lot 455

A George III provincial oak occasional table, the circular plank top raised on tripod supports, d56ccm

Lot 472

An early Victorian rosewood and crossbanded card table carried on a faceted column, raised on a platform base, paw feet and castors, width 90cm

Lot 477

A Victorian walnut 'trumpet' form work table, the floral marquetry and later scriber set top on tapering column, three leaf carved downswept legs and pad feet, silk lined card fitted interior, 75cm high

Lot 485

An Edwardian satinwood, boxwood shell and fan inlaid needlework table, the top with pierced carrying handle, two covered compartments and bow front shelf, on strung square tapering legs and brass castors, 89cm high

Lot 491

An early 19th century mahogany Pembroke table, the rectangular top and drop leaves with single gate support, on chamfered square legs, 74 x 106 x 96cm

Lot 497

An early 20th century Colonial carved hardwood low table, the octagonal top richly decorated with fruits and foliage, on a pierced folding base, 60 x 60cm 

Lot 501

An early 19th century mahogany supper table, D shape reeded fold over top above satinwood and ebony banded frieze, on square tapering double gate leg supports. 75 x 92cm

Lot 504

George III mahogany supper table, the satinwood crossbanded demi-lune fold over top with double gate supports above a frieze drawer, on box strung square tapering legs and brass castors, 77 x 100 x 47cm (closed)

Lot 508

A late Regency rosewood library table, the rectangular top over two frieze drawers opposed by false drawers, on lyre shape end supports, sledge and scrolled feet, 72 x 145 x 70cm

Lot 430

A cane seated bentwood chair together with a stool, a brass coffee table and an armchair

Lot 438

A 19th century mahogany side table together with a mahogany childs writing desk

Lot 463

A Regency mahogany and Satinwood crossbanded work table with wool box raised upon turned supports with undertier and turned centre colum with shaped legs

Lot 481

A Spanish Pine Refectory Style Dining Table together with a set of eight spindle back chairs, 182cms x 80cms

Lot 162

◆ SAMUEL JOHN PEPLOE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1871-1935) STILL LIFE WITH WHITE JUG AND PEARS Signed, oil on canvasDimensions:18in x 16in (45.7cm x 40.7cm)Provenance:Provenance: Sotheby’s Gleneagles, Scottish and Sporting Pictures and Sculpture, 2 September 1998, lot 1479, as ‘Still Life with Pears (The White Jug)’Portland Gallery, LondonExhibited: London, Portland Gallery, The Scottish Colourists, 14 June-19 July 2002, no.52London, Portland Gallery in association with The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, S. J. Peploe (1871-1935), 7-29 November 2012, no.18, Ill.col.p.29.Note: Still Life with Jug and Pears of c.1925 reveals Peploe’s mastery of the still life genre, which came to maturity in his practice during the 1920s. He summed up his dedication to the theme, even beyond the landscapes and portraits for which he is also celebrated, in 1929, when he declared: ‘there is so much in mere objects, flowers, leaves, jugs, what not – colours, forms, relation – I can never see mystery coming to an end.’[i] The still life was the primary focus of the work made in his longest-serving studio, at 54 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh’s West End. Peploe moved there in 1917 after it was vacated by his friend, the artist James Paterson and maintained it until a move to nearby Castle Street in 1934. The Director of the National Galleries of Scotland, Stanley Cursiter, described it thus: ‘the room had a large, high and well-placed window. The scheme of decoration was…kept in a very light key and he surrounded himself with brilliant colours.’[ii] As Roger Billcliffe has explained: ‘Peploe set himself as a target the perfect still-life painting. It had been his first love and his first serious achievements had been in still-life. His temperament made him ideally suited to the task. His calm reasoning and thoughtful manner enabled him to make a careful analysis of the problems which face the still-life painter and he set about resolving them.’[iii] A sense of this dedication is clear in a description of visiting Peploe in his studio by his niece, Margery Porter: ‘How well I recollect my Mother and myself climbing those steep stairs and arriving panting at the top to ring his bell in fear and trembling lest our climb had been in vain. But usually he would usher us in wearing a white painting coat and a crownless hat…The studio was a large one, round which I would prowl entranced, after strict warnings not to disturb the still-life group which would almost inevitably be covering the table. My uncle would arrange and re-arrange these groups for perhaps three days before he was satisfied that the balance and construction were perfect, then he would paint them quite rapidly.’[iv] Alongside a cast of cherished objects, including jugs, plates, bowls and various lengths of fabric, Peploe would introduce flowers or fruit to his still lifes according to the season. The apples and pears of Still Life with Jug and Pears would suggest that it is an autumnal painting. This caused some consternation amongst the purveyors of such produce, as explained by Cursiter: ‘When he selected his flowers or fruit from a painter’s point of view he presented a new problem to the Edinburgh florists. They did not always understand when he rejected a lemon for its form or a pear for its colour and he remained unmoved by their protestations of ripeness or flavour.’[v] Still Life with Jug and Pears contains all the hallmarks of Peploe’s work of the mid-1920s as he developed from the highly-complex and high-pitched still lifes of earlier in the decade and progressed towards the more raw and expressive style of the early 1930s. There is an overall feeling of dignity in the arrangement, subtle palette and natural lighting of this painting. The depiction of the pears in the foreground is a masterclass in perspective, whilst the warm tones of the apple to the right provide the colour focal point of the composition. Peploe’s enduring interest in the work of Paul Cézanne is clear, for example in the strength of form created by defined planes of colour, particularly in the fruit. Deliberately distinct brushstrokes convey shadow and reflection. The arrangement of objects is asymmetrical yet perfectly balanced, presided over by the jug. The edge of the table on which they are presented is aligned to the lower horizontal plane of the canvas, as Peploe skilfully plays with notions of reality and representation. Moreover, the cropping, such as of the dish on the left, suggests the space beyond the table and the frame. Peploe was to explore these concerns further in works such as the related and slightly later Still Life with Jug and Grapes (The Courtauld, London, acc.no. P.1992.XX.1). In this painting, the same jug has taken centre stage in the foreground, drapery plays a more significant role on the table-top and Peploe has extended the sense of distance by including a covered chair in the background. The poise and classical simplicity of Still Life with Jug and Pears has given way to a less polished vigour. Still Life with Jug and Pears dates from a particularly propitious period in Peploe’s career. During the 1920s his reputation was cemented in Scotland and spread to London, Paris and New York. He had regular solo exhibitions at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh and La Société des Beaux-Arts in Glasgow. When the latter business merged with the Lefèvre Gallery in London in 1926, Peploe’s work was also shown there. In 1923, paintings by Peploe, Cadell and Hunter were shown at the Leicester Galleries in London and again in 1925, joined by the work of John Duncan Fergusson. The four artists were celebrated in an exhibition at the Galerie Barbazanges, Paris in 1924, from which a painting by Peploe was acquired for the French national collection. In 1927, he was elected a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy and the Tate acquired one of his still lifes, meaning that he was represented in the British national collection. In 1928 a solo exhibition of his work was staged at the C. W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York and a room was dedicated to his work in the newly extended Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery. Corsan Morton, Curator at Kirkcaldy, summed up Peploe’s achievements of the period in his catalogue foreword: ‘It is in his still lifes, his arrangements of flowers, fruit, utensils and so on, that he has of late years achieved a very definite personal style of great beauty, which places him in a class by himself…He handles with distinction everything he touches.’[vi] [i] As quoted in Stanley Cursiter, Peploe: An Intimate Memoir of an Artist and of his Work, Edinburgh 1947, p.73.[ii] Cursiter, op.cit., p. 41.[iii] Roger Bilcliffe, The Scottish Colourists: Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter, Peploe, London 1990, p.51.[iv] As quoted in Alice Strang et al, S. J. Peploe, Edinburgh 2012, p.23.[v] Cursiter, ibid., p.55.[vi] As quoted in Cursiter, ibid., p.63.

Lot 2753

Knoll, Florence (1917 Saginaw - Coral Gables 1919) "Low table". Verchromtes Metallgestell mit heller "Arabescato"-Marmorplatte (min. best.). Kratzer, Flugrost. Nach einem Entwurf von 1954. Ausführung Knoll, 60er/70er Jahre. Ca. 48x 90x 90 cm.

Lot 112

Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, plates, illustrations, some full-page, 4 maps, of which 3 folding, 2 with short marginal tears, folding table at end vol. 2, bookplates to front free endpaper verso, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, else an excellent copy, 1890; Coomassie and Magdala: the Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, second edition, portrait frontispiece, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, 1 with short marginal tear and tissue repair, advertisements at end, occasional marginal finger-soiling, scattered faint spotting, recased in modern cloth retaining original backstrip, 1874, [Hosken p.189], 8vo (3).

Lot 180

NO RESERVE Africa.- Migeod (Frederick William Hugh) The Languages of West Africa, 2 vol., first edition, folding map, folding table, original cloth, spines sunned, spine ends and corners bumped, 8vo, 1911-13.

Lot 193

Australia.- Westgarth (William) Victoria, late Australia Felix. or Port Philip District of New South Wales, first edition, presentation inscription "Major Mercer with the author's regards" to endpaper with later gift inscription from the Mercer family below, folding map (short split to one fold), hand-coloured in outline, errata slip, folding table, 8pp. advertisements at end, original pink blind-stamped cloth, slight sunning to spine, slight bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, occasional fraying to joints, light surface soiling to covers, but a very good example overall, [Ferguson 18415], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1853.

Lot 207

China.- Davis (John Francis) The Chinese: a General Description of the Empire of China, 2 vol., half-titles, plates and illustrations, ex-library with label and blind-stamps, scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, shelfmark to spines, vol. 2 with small split to upper joint, 1836 § Scidmore (Eliza Ruhamah) China: the Long-Lived Empire, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900 § Caunter (Rev. Hobart) Caunter's and Daniell's Oriental Annual 1839. Eastern Legends, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 20 engraved plates, tissue-guards, scattered spotting, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary morocco, split to upper joint but holding firm, a little rubbed, 1838 § Beresford (Lord Charles) The Break-Up of China, half-title, 2 folding maps, 1 folding table, previous owner's ink signature to title, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1899; and others, China, 8vo (18)

Lot 212

China.- Le Comte (Louis) Memoirs and Observations ... Made in a late Journey Through the Empire of China, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, 1 folding table, 1 folding engraved map, small marginal tear, old repair to verso, engraved illustrations, scattered spotting and staining, trimmed occasionally affecting signature of catch-word, previous owner's ink signature to title, lacking final free endpaper, near contemporary ink signature to front free endpaper, later panelled calf, rubbed, small loss to lower board, bumping to corners and extremities, [Wing L833], 8vo, for Benjamin Tooke, 1699.

Lot 218

China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of An Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol., first 8vo edition, 2 folding maps only (of 3), 1 with split to fold and laid down, 1 with short marginal tear and old repair to verso, 1 folding table, occasional spotting and staining, vol. 2 with small paper label to head p.v, ex-library with labels, modern cloth, sunned spines, 8vo, 1797.

Lot 219

China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 2 vol. bound as 1, first American edition, engraved frontispieces, 6 engraved plates, folding table, spotting and staining, previous owner's pencil signature and inscription, previous owner's ink-stamp to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Philadelphia, 1799 § The Chinese Traveller. Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political History of China, vol. 1 only (of 2), engraved frontispiece, 1 folding plate, 1 folding table, small marginal loss just touching text, scattered spotting, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, 1775; and another, vol. 22 only of 'Histoire Generale des Voyages ...', 8vo (3)

Lot 234

Holy Land.- Wilkinson (Robert) Wilkinson's Atlas Classica, engraved vignette title, index, 46 engraved maps and 7 tables, all with hand-colouring, 7 double-page maps, and one folding table, all mounted on stubs, some beginning to come away from spine, damp-stain to title and first map, otherwise minor spotting and light offsetting in places, half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, 1820.

Lot 53

Africa.- Ethiopia.- Holland (Major Trevenen J.) & Captain Henry Hozier. Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia compiled by order of the Secretary of State for War, 3 vol. including portfolio, first edition, additional lithographed titles, 14 lithographs, 18 maps and plans, 1 folding table, 4 large folding maps housed in portfolio as issued, occasional faint spotting, vol. 2 with new endpapers, bookplate, vol. 1 with abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, lightly sunned spines, faint abrasion marks to spines where small labels removed, printed paper labels to portfolio reading "Note. - This Volume is incomplete, no perfect copies are available for issue. H. M. Stationery Office.", a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities,vol. 2 with neat repairs to spine ends, [Shapero, Africana 183], 4to, 1870.⁂ The portfolio with this copy includes an additional map to the copy referenced by Shapero.

Lot 7

Africa.- Archaeology.- Caton-Thompson (Gertrude) Kharga Oasis in Prehistory, first edition, plates, folding table, bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tiny loss to spine foot, 1952 § Clark (J. D.) Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site, 3 vol., plates and illustrations, tables, many folding, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 & 3 only with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, Cambridge, 1969-2001, 4to (4).

Lot 74

Africa.- Holub (Dr. Emil) Seven Years in South Africa, 2 vol., second edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding colour map, tears at gutter, tape repairs to verso, advertisements dated Jan. 1881 at end vol. 1, small loss to front free endpaper upper corner in vol. 1, previous owner's ink and pencil signatures, bookplate, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1881 § Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, second issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 tinted lithographs, wood-engraved plates, 1 folding table, 2 folding maps, 1 in pocket at end, publisher's advertisements dated Nov. 1. 1857 at end, plain brown endpapers, occasional marginal water-staining, original cloth, recased, neat repairs to spine extremities, slight bumping to corners, 1857 § Baines (Thomas) The Victoria Falls Zambesi River, portrait frontispiece, 11 plates, tissue-guards, bookplate, original cloth, Bulawayo, 1969; 8vo (4).⁂ The first has the ink-stamp of Edward C. Tabler to the final free endpaper verso. Tabler (1863-1977) was an Africanist and author. His correspondence, research notes and related ephemera are housed in the archives of Yale University. With the second mentioned there is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, second issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the tinted lithographs by T. Picken facing pp.66 and 225.

Lot 82

Africa.- Kammerer (M. Albert) La Mer Rouge L'Abyssinie et L'Arabie, 3 vol. bound in 7 as issued, vol. 3 part 1 inscribed and signed by author, vol. 3 part 3 inscribed and signed by author's wife, vol. 1 part 1 with 2 frontispieces, 469 plates and plans, many folding or colour, 1 with short marginal tear, illustrations, many full-page, vol. 2 part 2 with folding table bound upside down, vol. 1 part 1 with odd short marginal tear and expert tissue repairs, vol. 1 parts 1 & 2 with original wrappers bound-in, small chipping and loss to edges, neat tape repairs, ex-library with occasional discreet ink-stamps, bookplate, vol. 1 parts 1&2 and vol. 2 parts 1&2 in contemporary half-morocco, gilt, vol. 1 parts 1&2 rebacked retaining original backstrip, vol. 3 parts 1-3 in original cloth-backed printed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Cairo, 1929-52.⁂ A fine set of this important work, commissioned by King Fouad I of Egypt. It consists of vol. 15-17 of the Mémoires de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Égypte.

Lot 90

Africa.- Livingstone (David) The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, wood engraved frontispieces and 19 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps, 1 on pocket at end vol. 1, short splits to folds, vol .1 with one or two marginal pencil notes or underlining, school prize with inscription to early blank, bookplate, contemporary calf by Zaehnsdorf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners, [Hosken p.126], 1874; Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, second issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait plate, 2 tinted lithographs, wood engraved plates and illustrations, 1 folding table, 2 folding maps, advertisements dated Nov. 1 1857 at end, 1 in pocket at end, brown and cream patterned endpapers, newspaper clipping tipped-in at p.140, scattered spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, 1857; Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures, first edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, bookplates, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1858, 8vo (4).⁂ With the second mentioned there is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, second issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the tinted lithographs by T. Picken facing pp.66 and 225.

Lot 10

A circular mahogany occasional table with pierced gallery on three carved outswept legs with ball and claw feet, 63 x 46cm

Lot 11

A circular mahogany side table on three outswept legs, 65 x 49cm

Lot 122

Schierholz porcelain table centre piece on raised triform base decorated with putti and painted flowers, marks to the base, 20.5cm (h)

Lot 196

A continental late 19th century bronze and glass table centre piece, the central column with scrolling arms supporting six lights with glass terminal all on raised square base on four ball feet, 79cm (h)

Lot 2

A mid 20th century Rosewood rectangular dining table with one drop in leaf and six matching chairs, table 72 x 181 x 89 extended, to include CITES Article 10 certificate

Lot 238

A quantity of gold plated WMF table ware in original packaging (5)

Lot 24

A pair of gilt metal and bronzed table lamps, cluster column stems, leaf chased capitals, the raised square base with bead and leaf borders, 64cm (h)

Lot 25

A Victorian style brass and wooden table lamp, the scrolling arm supporting a lamp with fluted frosted glass shade on raised circular base, 48cm (h)

Lot 26

A Moorcroft baluster vase converted to a table lamp decorated with flowers on raised hardwood base, 32cm (h)

Lot 27

A Moorcroft table lamp of baluster form decorated with pink flowers on raised hardwood base, 29cm (h)

Lot 32

Jack Vettriano framed and glazed limited edition polychromatic print 236/295 titled Table for One, signed bottom right, 49 x 40cm

Lot 376

A pair of hallmarked silver table candlesticks of tapering rectangular form on raised square bases, Birmingham 1959, approx total weight 646g, 27cm (h)

Lot 377

A pair of hallmarked silver table candlesticks, cylindrical with husk swags and ribbons on raised circular bases, Birmingham 1970 and a white metal Kiddush cup and stand

Lot 402

A cased hallmarked silver dressing table set to include a hand mirror, a hair brush and a clothes brush

Lot 403

A hallmarked silver four piece dressing table set to include a hair brush, a clothes brush, a hand mirror and a comb

Lot 405

An early 20th century silver plated table centrepiece of naturalistic form with leaves and stems, supporting a detachable frosted glass bowl, all on naturalistic base, 37cm (h)

Lot 9

A late Victorian shaped circular two tier side table with inlaid floral spray to the top on four cabriole legs, A/F, 71.5 x 45.5 x 45.5cm

Lot 21

George Kennerley (British 1908-2009) Still life with vase of flowers on a table Signed, acrylic on board.41cm x 31cm (16.25in x 12.25in)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

Lot 240

Pair of George V silver and chinoiserie lacquer dressing table brushes, Birmingham 1925, 23cm long (2)

Lot 246

Two George V silver-backed dressing table brushes with Adam's-style classical engraved decoration, London 1912, together with a George V shaped oval dressing table top box, Birmingham 1918

Lot 247

George V silver circular lidded dressing table box raised on three Art Nouveau feet, Birmingham 1911, together with two silver napkin rings (57.1g approx)

Lot 262

Edward VII oval silver dressing table box with hinged lid, Birmingham 1906, together with an oval dish with pierced decoration, 16cm long, 203.1g approx (2)

Lot 270

Group of silver comprising, cigarette case, Chester, 1923, sponsors mark for Walker & Hall, square table top box, 9.5cm x 9cm, match holder/ case and a snuff/ tobacco box, 282.5g of weighable silver (4)

Lot 460

Bottle of Glen Deveron 8 year old Single Highland Malt, together with three bottles of table wine and two miniature bottles of wine (6)

Lot 609

George IV pedestal fold-over card table (crack to platform), on claw feet raised on castors, 91cm x 95.5cm (open) x 73cm high

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