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Click here to subscribeA 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's Dress sword, 81cm flattened diamond section blade, engraved J J Runkel Solingen in the lonb central fuller, regulation copper gilt hilt with heart shaped guard, urn pommel and silver wire bound grip, contained in its engraved copper gilt mounted leather scabbard.
A late Victorian silver galleried tray of rectangular form, having canted corners, the wavy classical gallery having a gadrooned rim, leaf cut frieze, pierced urn dividers, twin end carry handles, the central ground engraved with classical swags and having centre monogram, all raised on eight scroll feet, maker Thomas Bradbury & Sons, Sheffield 1893, 102oz, width 52cm (Illus.)
A pair of Napoleon III classical bronze and ormolu pedestal five light candelabra, third quarter 19th century, by Victor Paillard of Paris and Henri Picard, the five lights supported on acanthus leaf cast scroll arms, the centre urn issuing flowers and fruit, the urn each held aloft by twin robed maidens, the whole standing on shaped oval plinths with flutings and leaf cast rims, the whole raised on six turned feet, stamped to plinths Victor Paillard, Paris and H. Picard, height 95cm (drilled for electricity), and each raised upon ebonised and gilded square tapering torcheres (Back Cover Illus.)Footnote: Although best known as a fondeur, Victor Paillard (d.1886) also created and produced his own sculptures, chenets, candelabra, other decorative objects and clocks. In the 1830s he opened his own business of Bronze d'Art et d'Ameublement at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint-Claude, first showing his own work at the Exposition des produits et d'industrie in 1839. By 1855 he was employing about a hundred workmen, and was able to offer his clients hundreds of models in bronze and zinc imitations. As a founder he also worked for numerous well-known sculptors such as Pradier, Barye and Carrier-Belleuse .
A circa 1900 French marble and gilt metal mounted three piece clock garniture, the clock supporting a pedestal urn and cover, the circular dial with gilt metal Roman numerals, beaded surround, twin winding holes for a French brass eight day cylinder movement having outside count wheel and striking on a bell, the case with rams head mounts, height 40.5cm, flanked by twin marble garniture with pedestal tazza, garniture height 22cm
A fine 19th Century gilt brass champlevé and micro-mosaic inlaid Chamber Stick, the trefoil base set to the front edge with an urn-shaped sconce with detachable drip pan, and opposed by a shaped and scrolling handle, and further centred with a micro-mosaic panel of black marble, inset with a depiction of “Doves of Pliney”, and further raised on four compressed bun feet, length 8 1/8”
A mid-19th Century Oak Cased Stick Barometer, A Deck of Kings Parade, Cambridge, the overhanging cornice to a glazed panel enclosing bevelled ivory plates, with scale of 27-31 and twin vernier adjustment, over a further ivory backed single scale mercury thermometer, to an urn-shaped cistern cover, height 39”
A late 19th Century horse mounted gilt metal cased Mantel Clock, the waisted drum case surmounted by an urn, and flanked by further foliate capped roundels to a broken plinth base, and raised on square section feet, all over set with turquoise blue backed floral decorated porcelain panels, centred with a head and shoulders portrait and cherub, to a 3 ½” Roman enamel dial with turquoise chapter ring and floral decorated centre, and pierced gilt hands to a circular Brass movement with back mounted count wheel and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 14”
A 3rd quarter of the 18th Century Mahogany Cased 8-Day Long Case Clock, W Clark of York, the arched hood with overhanging cornice, free standing columns and ogee throat with plain frieze to a long arched trunk door and plinth base, to a 12” arched brass dial, signed to a date subsidiary in the arch, over cast and pierced floral, foliate and urn spandrels, enclosing a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre and subsidiary seconds with blued steel hands, to a movement with plates united by four knopped pillars and anchor escapement, strike on a bell (movement and case associated), height 85 ½”
A set of four 18th century Dutch marquetry side chairs, each with a shaped top rail above a vase shape splat decorated a bird amongst flowers issuing from an urn, to a later drop-in seat on shell carved cabriole legs to pad feet. (4) Losses to veneer and inlay, wormed, old damages, in need of restoration.
A Continental Moser style purple glass urn and cover, early 20th century, the urn form with faceted bands, unmarked, 26 cm high overall, together with a small Moser style vase in brown, a c1950 Daum clear glass vase with air inclusions, a Whitefriars style iridescent glass goblet (broken) and a pair of Art Deco style glass candlesticks.(6)
A pair of Sevres green celadon glazed vases, 20th century, of tapered dodecahedron faceted form upon silver-plated circular stands, 24 cm high, marks to bases, together with a purple glass drug jar with white metal band, 30 cm high, a French milk and gilt glass vase, 25 cm high and a etched glass urn on plinth base, 36 cm high, (5).
An Edward VIII silver cased travelling communion set, London, comprising of a chalice, glass wine bottle, circular paten and host box, 1936 & 1961, A.R. Mowbray & Co Ltd, together with a silver cased glass chalice and host box, London 1932, J. Wippell & Co Ltd and a silver spoon, London 1911, J. Wippell & Co Ltd, a glass and silver banded wine urn, London 1883, John Batson, three silver bound prayer books, London 1903 1904, possibly William Comyns, (10 items).
A Louis V style ormolu clock garniture, the clock in a floral and garlanded pedestal urn, the base with two reclining female figures holding staffs,amidst floral festoons, on scroll feet, the eight day movement striking on a single bell, with white enamel dial inscribed Raingo Fres a Paris, height, 71.5cm, with pendulum, together with a pair of nine light candelabra of naturalistic form supported by bearded figures, en-suite, (3).
A small Bilston enamel oval-shaped patch box, the lid inscribed "A Token of Regard" (lid slightly cracked), 1 1/2in. wide; together with an oval Bilston enamel patch box, the lid inscribed "Look and Remember Me", within garlands of flowers (lid damaged), 2in. wide; and one other oval-shaped Bilston enamel patch box, inscribed "Love for Love" below an urn, standing on a pedestal (lid and base damaged), 2in. wide.
A late 19th Century French ormolu and Paris porcelain mantel clock, the case surmounted by an urn motif, painted with female bust portrait panels on pink ground, the porcelain dial with roman numerals and painted panel of female figures, flanked by turned pilasters, the eight day movement by Japy Frere, striking on a single bell, the plinth base stamped P.H. Mourey, 11in. x 16 1/2in. high.
A Berlin KPM two-handled covered Urn of campana shape, the domed cover crested with a finial formed as a winged putto clutching a bunch of grapes, and applied on either side with ram mask mounts with ring handles below, joined by garland swags and also painted below in colours with a scene of 18th Century musician and his female companion in a garden, terminating in a canted square base (base chipped), 7” high
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