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A pair of Chinese reverse painted glass and hardwood panels, 19th century, each depicting figures within formal garden scenes, the rectangular moulded frames with pierced fretwork aprons, original part of a table screen, each panel 51cm high, 17cm wide Provenance: General Trading Company, 1981
A mahogany display cabinet table in George III style, late 19th century, with hinged glazed top above fluted and bullseye moulded frieze and fluted square section legs, 100cm high, 148cm wide, 49cm deep together with another similar, later, to match (2) Provenance: Sotheby’s 17 May 1991, Lot 109
A pair of Blue John columnar table lamps, 19th century and later, the sectional tapering shafts with square tops and stepped square section plinths, later twin light electrical fitments above, with pleated fabric shades, the Blue John 48cm high, height overall 71cm There is only one place where ‘Blue John’, a rare and precious colour banded form of fluorspar, is mined: a single hill in Castleton, Derbyshire. The mineral’s unusual name is said to derive from the French ‘bleu jaune’ which translates to ‘blue yellow’ - referring to its lustrous jewel tones. Another, more local, theory is that the term ‘Blue John’ was used by miners to distinguish it from zinc ore, known as ‘Black Jack’. Though prized for their decorative appeal, fluorspars such as Blue John have long been appreciated for their more functional qualities too. The Roman poet Martial, writing towards the end of the first century AD, for example claimed that wine tasted better when consumed from a ‘murrine’ cup. ‘Murra’ has been identified with fluorspar, and was introduced to the Romans by Pompey the Great after his expeditions in the East (possibly a variety found in Persia, present day Iran) circa 62 AD. Due to its fragility, fluorspar is often heated in the oven with a coating of (pine) resin, in order to stabilise the crystals after the mineral is mined. This longstanding manufacturing process may have accounted for the added aroma referred to by Martial. The mineral was so popular in Ancient Rome that, as naturalist and historian Pliny tells us, Emperor Nero himself apparently paid one million sesterces for a cup. Two Roman drinking vessels made of similar fluorspars are held in the collection of the British Museum (the Barber Cup and the Crawford Cup).In the 18th century, Blue John mining for the decorative arts was in full swing. References to the material can for example be found in the letters of Matthew Boulton, who regularly used the mineral to adorn his opulent ormolu works of art.
A pair of turned and stained hardwood and metal mounted table lamps, in the manner of 18th century candlesticks, modern, each with waisted glass shade, 47cm high overall; and a modern metal table lamp, on stepped plinth, 55cm high overall including electrical fitment Provenance: Mallett, 1981
A William and Mary walnut side table, late 17th century, the moulded rectangular top and frieze drawer with featherbandings, the spiral-twist turned legs joined by an x-shaped stretchers and on later bun feet, 75cm high, 84cm wide, 50cm deep Provenance: Christie’s London, 12 February 1981, lot 93
A Victorian oak octagonal display table, late 19th century, the tope centred by a pineapple finial and fitted with eight hinged sloping glazed panels on eight scrolling carved supports and panelled pedestal with fluted pilasters, 165cm high, 254cm wide Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 15 March 1995, lot 429 (£4,275) This item is viewable at our offsite storage facility. Please call 01635 553 553 to arrange a viewing time.
A mahogany and parcel gilt chess table, circa 1815, the rectangular penwork top decorated with flowers, animals and bucolic scenes, the base with a reeded turned pillar with splayed supports on a tricorn with cabriole legs and gilt-metal paw feet, 74cm high, 50cm wide, 48 deep Provenance: Mallett, 1984
An ebonised and parcel gilt jardinière, early 20th century, the octagonal body with pierced fretwork sides enclosing a removable copper liner, on bracket feet, 43cm high, 36cm wide, together with a black painted and parcel gilt toleware tray, early 19th century, on a wooden stand with central section revolving to hold the top as a table, 52cm high overall the tray 57cm wide, 47cm deep (2)
A English gothic walnut library table, second quarter 19th century, the rectangular moulded top with a tooled leather writing surface, the frieze carved with a series of quatrefoils incorporating a pair of drawers to each end on chamfered tapered square legs headed by pierced spandrels, 78cm high, 132cm wide, 102cm deep Provenance: Beresford-Clark, 1984
A George III mahogany and satinwood banded gentleman’s dressing table, late 18th century, the divided hinged top revealing an adjustable mirror and ceder lined compartments, the dummy freize drawer above a real drawers with basin aperture and further compartments, on tapered square legs with brass cappings and casters, inlaid throughout with stringing and narrow bandings 89cm high, 63cm wide, 52cm deep
A Louis XVI style en grisaille, matched painted and parcel gilt bedroom suite, late 19th / early 20th century, comprising a commode with white marble top and three drawers 89cm high, 117cm wide, 50cm deep; a cabinet with a white marbel top above an arrangement of drawers and cupboard doors 153cm high, 87cm wide, 34cm deep; a pair of bedside tables each with a white marbel top above a drawer and two caned under tiers 69.5cm high, 40cm wide, 36cm deep; a double bed head board and foot board of arched form 135cm high, 158cm wide; a kidney shaped dressing table with an oval bevelled swing mirror flanked by ormolu candle arms 120cm high, 112cm wide, 52cm deep; an armchair with padded back, and sprung seat; a side chair with padded back and seat and duchesse brisee together with head rest and an oval stool, 98cm high, 115cm long, the stool 59cm wide Provenance: Christie's London, 6 July 1994, lot 483
A Regency style mahogany writing table, the moulded rounded rectangular tooled leather inset top above an arrangement of six real and a pair of dummy frieze drawers, on reeded turned tapering legs with castors, 77cm high, 176cm wide, 112cm deep Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 14 March 1990, lot 312 (£5017)
A George II mahogany side table, mid-18th century, possibly Irish, the replaced verde antico marble top above a cavetto frieze centred by a shell and scroll carved apron with conforming cabriole legs on claw and ball feet, 77cm high, 121cm wide, 60cm deep Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 July 1988, lot 1065.
A lacquered and parcel gilt low centre table, last quarter 20th century, in the Chinese taste, almost certainly by Mallett, the glazed top enclosing a band of pierced fretwork on a gilt ground, probably 19th century, the table 35cm high, to top 69cm x 109cm Provenance purchased Mallett, circa 1980 Purchased: Mallett 1980
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