A fine straw work snuff box, circa 1700 Of shallow circular form, the lid intricately and finely worked with a scene depicting Diana and Callisto, portraying the moment when the goddess Diana, patroness of hunters, discovers her maid Callisto is with child by Jupiter, the Roman King of the Gods See the painting by the late Renaissance master, Titian, ‘Diana and Callisto’ (c.1556-59) purchased by the National Gallery, London and the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh in 2012. Diameter 9cm Some losses to straw work. Lid with vertical lines. Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
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An early 18th century oak gateleg table, the rectangular drop-leaf top above a frieze drawer to each end and an ogee-shaped apron, on slender turned legs united by stretchers, 130cm long, 167cm wide when fully open, 73cm high Simonini collection Later timber to centre of top, losses to feet.Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
An unusual Charles II spiral-turned double end-support gateleg table, circa 1680, the oval drop-leaf top on paired spiral-turned end-supports, joined by conforming paired stretchers, matching gates, on sledge supports, 90cm long, 101cm wide when open, 71cm high Provenance: William Stokes, Cirencester, Gloucestershire and The esteemed John Fardon Collection
A rare and impressive late 16th century/early 17th century walnut, boxwood and bone inlaid table cabinet or arquilla, Spanish/Spanish colonial, the fall front designed with two flower-filled pedestal urns, enclosing an arrangement of five small drawers, the top of geometric design, sides with conforming inlay and iron carry handles, 47cm wide, 28cm deep, 29cm high. Provenance: Rocio Caldevilla, Madrid, dince 1904, thence Chris Pickvance collection For a comparable example see the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (no. 343:1 to 11-1866) Some losses and damage to marquetry inlay. Drawer fronts with some losses. Right hand side frieze partially missing.Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
A highly impressive late 17th century olivewood oyster-veneered cabinet-on-stand, English, circa 1675-90, the block concave cornice above a pair doors, each elaborately oyster-veneered with large roundels and stringing, enclosing an arrangement of eleven drawers around a small central door, opening to reveal three additional drawers, all fitted with brass drop-handles, the stand with a single drawer, on six ball centred spiral turned legs united by concave and straight platform stretchers, on feet, of good colour overall, 107cm wide, 157cm high, 48.5cm deep Provenance: Renowned Edward V. Phillips collection . Illustrated 'Country Life' , 3 June, 1982. With purchase receipt from 'Trevor of Lewes' , 21 July 1982. For a table with extremely similar leg design see the furniture collection at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire (NT1190816)
A Charles I oak table-chair, circa 1650, having a two-plank rectangular pivotal-action top/back, a pair of slightly curved arms and solid seat above a geometric strapwork carved frieze drawer, on columnar-turned legs joined by plain stretchers, 59cm wide, 87cm long, 47cm deep, the seat 45cm highFor a selection of table-chairs, see Tobias Jellinek, ‘Early British Chairs and Seats 1500-1700’, pp. 124 -129 Provenance: Former William Stokes and C.K. Binns Collection, Cold Overton Hall, LeicestershireSimonini collection
Antiques reference books: to include Bernard D. Cotton, 'Scottish Vernacular Furniture, Medieval Ivory Carvings Early Christian to Romanesque', Adam Bowett, 'Wood in British Furniture-Making- 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary', Todd Gray, 'Devon's Ancient Bench Ends', Jonathan Levi, 'Treen for the Table', Embroidery in Britain From 1200 to 1750, etc. (21) Chris Pickvance Collection
A rare and impressive Elizabeth I mastic composition inlaid oak desk box, circa 1580, the inlay in the manner of contemporary needlework (blackwork), the sloping fall with linear inscribed border, chip carved ends and lower book rest, the front board with ogee-profiled lower edge inlaid with the initials 'T' and 'B' against a profuse scrollwork ground, similar shaped plain sides, 68cm wide, 38cm deep, 34cm high Chris Pickvance Collection For an inlaid oak panel with mastic composition designed with the arms of Sir Willaim Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London (d.1540), see Victor Chinnery 'Oak Furniture: The British Tradition', p.154, fig.2:220
An exceptionally large and documented Charles II joined oak ten-leg table, circa 1660The impressive top of three planks, fitted in two-sections, one 665.5cm long, the other 171.5cm long and with an end-cleat, above a plain frieze with applied ovolo-moulded lower edge rail, on inverted-baluster turned legs, joined by robust plain stretcher all round, 838cm wide x 87cm deep x 90cm high. Provenance:At Rufford Abbey in 1938, and sold by Knight, Frank & Rutley in conjunction with Christie, Mason etc. 11 - 22 October 1938. Described in Country Life as a 'noble refectory table 26ft long' (Country Life, Vol. LXXXIV, No. 2173, 10th September 1938, p. 244). Described in a report of the result of the sale as 'a late 17th century English oak refectory table, on ten baluster legs, joined by plain stretcher foot-rails £126' (Connoisseur Vol. 10, 1938). At Thame Park by 1957, where illustrated in Country Life, Vol. CXXII, No. 3176, and described (p.1151) as from Rufford Abbey. Rufford Abbey was founded in 1146 by Gilbert de Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln, as the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary the Virgin. It was suppressed in 1536. The whole estate was quickly acquired by George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. The conversion of the west range of monastic buildings into a house (1560–90) was undertaken by the sixth earl, the fourth and final husband of the ‘invincible’ Bess of Hardwick, from whom he was then bitterly estranged. The estate was inherited in 1626 by Mary Talbot, sister of the 7th and 8th Earls of Shrewsbury, passing to her husband, George Savile. In 1679, the Savile family constructed a new north wing on the site of the abbey church, containing reception rooms and a long gallery. In 1938, the 3rd Baron Savile inherited the Rufford estate as a minor, and sold by the trustees. Simonini collection
Two 16th century pottery jugs, German, one with grey glaze, with facial sun burst and profiles to the neck, the bulbous body with linear panel decoration, 16cm high, the other in a brown glaze, with a ringed neck and bulbous body with impressed foliate motifs, 11cm high, (2) Grey glaze jug handle appears to have been broken and repaired. Surface chips and losses to both. Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
A William & Mary oak gateleg occasional table, circa 1690, having an oval drop-leaf top, lacking draw, on baluster-turned legs, joined by plain stretchers, 108cm long, 19cm wide when open, 67cm high Provenance: William Stokes personal collection, Cirencester, Gloucester
A Regency satin wood and mahogany Pembroke table, a mid 20th century cream painted cabinet on four cabriole legs having an internal drawer and an additional matching tray together with a hardwood cabinet 87cm h x 61cm w x 50cm d, and an early 20th century Adams style dining chairLocation:
A gold painted Empire style circular occasional table together with two silver painted open boxes/umbrella stands with painted images of Oriental figures, green ground rug with images of flora and swirls with tasselled fringe, 155cm x 215cm together with three mid to late 20th century painted Chinse lamp tables with yellow frames and green glazed topsCondition: one table has two holes (see photo)Location:
A modern still life oil on canvas painting in the Dutch style, with a woven basket of fruit, grapes and plums, dish of cherries, oranges, lemons and black grapes with flutes of wine behind on a table, signed indistinctly to lower right, 50cm x 60cm mounted in a gilt frame
BAKER (EZEKIEL)Twenty Two Years Practice and Observations with Rifle Guns, first edition, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, engraved table, lacking front free endpaper, original boards, rebacked, T. Page [1803]; Twenty-Six Years Practice..., third edition, half-title, 9 engraved plates and tables (6 hand-coloured), browning, contemporary half roan, E. Baker, 1806; Thirty-Six Years' Practice..., sixth edition, half-title, 9 engraved plates and tables (6 hand-coloured), modern half calf, E. Baker, 1816; Remarks on the Result of Thirty-Nine Years Practice..., seventh edition, half-title, 9 engraved plates and tables (6 hand-coloured), pasted-in additional leaf ('Gentlemen may be supplied with rifle guns... for shooting tigers'), contemporary half roan, E. Baker, 1819; and 2 facsimiles, 8vo (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BEAUFOY (HENRY)Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns... By a Corporal of Riflemen, first edition, 13 engraved plates, light foxing, contemporary calf, T. Egerton, 1808 - BAKER (EZEKIEL): Remarks on Rifle-Guns, being the Result of Fifty Years' Practice, ninth edition, 9 engraved plates (7 hand-coloured), 6-page engraved table of Lead Balls, contemporary half roan, E. Baker, 1825; ibid., tenth edition, 9 engraved plates (7 hand-coloured), 6-page engraved table of Lead Balls, modern half morocco, E. Baker, 1829; and a facsimile of the first mentioned, 8vo (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VICTORIAN SILVER FIDDLE PATTERN SERVING SPOON JOHN WALTON, NEWCASTLE 1864 Engraved M 30cm (11 3/4in) long Together with a pair of George III Old English pattern table spoons by John Lampfert, London 1764m 21cm (8 1/4in) long; and a silver coloured Hanoverian pattern soup ladle, marks obscured, engraved A, 35.5cm (14in) long 507g (16.3 oz) gross
A COLLECTION OF SILVER FLATWARE Comprising: a George III silver fiddle pattern serving spoon by William Eley & William Fearn, London 1814, 30.5cm (12in) long; six George III Old English pattern table forks by George Gray, London 1803, engraved with a monogram, 21cm (8 1/4in) long; four French fiddle and thread pattern dessert forks and three dessert spoons, 1809 - 1819 1st standard, engraved with a coronet above SB, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) long 936g (30.1 oz) gross Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
A COLLECTION OF SILVER FIDDLE PATTERN FLATWARE VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES, SOME ENGRAVED Comprising: Six table spoons Eight table forks Eight dessert spoons Eight dessert forks Twelve tea spoons And a pair of George III Old English pattern sauce ladles by Thomas Streetin, London 1810, 16.5cm (6 1/2in) long 1899g (61.05 oz) gross
Y A COLLECTION OF SILVER FLATWARE To include: a George III meat skewer by Thomas Chawner, London 1778, 27.5cm (10 3/4in) long; three Edwardian Old English pattern table forks by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, London 1909, 20cm (8in) long; an Edwardian pickle for C. W. Fletcher & Son Ltd., Sheffield 1902, with a mother of pearl handle, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) long; together with other silver and silver coloured flatware 422g (13.6 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
[MASONIC INTEREST] AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM 1840 The cover with an engraved presentation inscription within a chased oak leaves and acorns border, a conforming shaped thumbpiece, the sides and base engine turned, 8.3cm (8 1/4in) long 134g (4.3 oz) The presentation reads Presented to Brother Wm. Davis by the Brethren of Abby Lodge, Nuneaton, No. 625, as a fraternal mark of their high esteem and as a grateful acknowledgment of their sense of obligation to him for his invaluable services in the formation & support of the above Lodge of free & Accepted Masons. Abbey Lodge was founded in 1836 and was the first of the five lodges in Nuneaton. Condition Report: Marks are clear Hinge good Engraving slightly rubbed Light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A SMALL EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL OVAL TABLE BOX OR CASKET GEORGE FOX, LONDON 1906 The cover with an oval panel engraved with two cottages and a wheelbarrow repairing the road, threaded borders and on four bracket feet 8cm (3in) long Condition Report: Maker's marks partial Hinge good Engraving clear Slightly wobbles Slight gap to the cover Light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
THREE SILVER ITEMS To include: an Edwardian shaped oval dressing table box by William Comyns, London 1907, embossed and pierced with a wedding couple in a horse and carriage, bells and scrolls, on four claw feet, 15cm (6in) long; an oval silver tea caddy by George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1916, embossed with a band of classical figures, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high; and an oval box by Henry Matthews, Birmingham 1896, 8cm (3 1/4in) high 305g (9.8 oz) gross
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