245 |
A REGENCY KINGWOOD BREAKFRONT LIBRARY CABINET with a crossbanded top edged with boxwood and ebony stringing over three glazed doors incorporating three simulated drawer fronts at the top and the rounded angles inlaid with an ebony cross over panels to simulate fluting, on iron paw feet, 54" wide x 16" deep. #3000-5000 | Nil |
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3600 |
| 246 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OR SABICU AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR retaining the original bevelled plate with re-entrant upper corners, the swan-neck cresting centred by a ho-ho bird perched on rockwork over an eared frame with fruit and flowers cascading from acanthus leaves and an undulating apron, the parcel-gilt edge moulding carved with stylised leafage and scrolls, 57.25" high x 27" wide. A mirror of almost identical form and size is illustrated by Graham Child in "World Mirrors 1650-1900" published London 1990, as plate 97. £3000-5000 | Nil |
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2700 |
| 247 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED SIDE CHAIRS in the French Hepplewhite style with padded cartouche-shaped backs over serpentine seats, with moulded seat rails continuing into slender cabriole legs and peg toes, the decoration refreshed, 24" wide (2) #800-1500 | Nil |
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750 |
| 248 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU in two parts, the upper section with a fall flap enclosing a fitted interior with a central fielded-panel door flanked by rectangular pilasters, pigeonholes and drawers over two short drawers flanked by lopers and with two further drawers below, all apparently retaining the original brass handles with pierced backplates, the sides with conforming carrying handles to the top and base, on shaped bracket feet with concealed roller castors, 43.75" wide x 24" deep £3000-5000 | Nil |
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4200 |
| 249 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY "GAINSBOROUGH" ARMCHAIR with a padded back and seat and conforming outscrolled arms carved with curling acanthus leaves, the cabriole front legs with acanthus-carved corner brackets, rocaille-work knees and claw and ball feet, the outswept back legs with block feet, 25.5" wide x 28.5" deep #5000-10000 | Nil |
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7500 |
| 250 | A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR in the manner of William Kent with an oval plate enclosed by egg and dart inner frame surmounted by a stylised scallop-shell and surrounded by bullrushes clasped at the side with stylised acanthus leaves, the apron with a stylised scallop-shell on a cartouche-shaped panel with scrolling sides, 44" high x 33" wide #6000-10000 | Nil |
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7800 |
| 251 | A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND CUT-BRASS INLAID SOFA TABLE, the rectangular flap top with rounded corners and inlaid with a band of six-pointed stars enclosed by brass stringing over a frieze composed of a drawer and a simulated drawer on either side, apparently retaining the original gilt-brass leopards-mask handles and with applied brass cockbeading, on twin standard end supports turned to simulate bamboo and with reeded downswept sabre legs joined by a turned and reeded lateral stretcher and terminating in chamfered rectangular brass toe caps and castors, 59" x 26.75" extended £4000-600 | Nil |
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4680 |
| 252 | A WILLIAM AND MARY BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE, the upper section with a moulded cavetto cornice over a pair of doors set with bevelled rectangular mirror plates and enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower section with a fall flap composed of six veneered panels edged with herringbone banding and a crossbanded border and enclosing a stepped interior with pigeonholes, drawers and a well, the exterior with two short and two long drawers inlaid with herringbone banding and with brass pear-drop handles with engraved backplates and conforming escutcheons, on later bun feet, 39" wide x 77" hig | Nil |
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9000 |
| 253 | A GEORGE III IVORY PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SOFA of serpentine form with a fluted frame and padded arms carved with leafage and husks, on panelled square tapering legs headed by carved foliage paterae and carved with husks over fluting and toupie feet, 78" wide x 30" deep £3000-5000 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 254 | A FINE EARLY GEORGE II MAHOGANY "WINGED" CHINA CABINET, the upper section with a moulded and dentilled cornice supported on acanthus and cabochon-carved "S"-scroll "consoles" over three glazed doors with geometric glazing bars and enclosing adjustable shelves with moulded front edges, the slightly projecting lower section with a moulded edge over four well-figured doors with applied rectangular panels with canted corners enclosed by a border of blind fretwork decoration with turned roundels in the corners, the interior of the base also with adjustable shelves, 63.25" wide x 96.75" high | Nil |
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| 260 | A GEORGE I WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK by James Drury, London, with an eight day five-pillar bell-striking movement and a brass dial with a silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with a panel inscribed "James Drury, London" over a date aperture, the lunette with the unusual feature of a sweep seconds hand with a silvered chapter ring flanked by dolphin and scroll gilt-metal spandrels, the principal spandrels with masks flanked by leafy scrollwork and tendrils, in a well-figured walnut case inlaid with herringbone banding and surmounted by a moulded pediment and a | Nil |
|
7500 |
| 261 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRAVELLING CLOCK by "Miller, Lombard Street", the circular silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals in black, in a rectangular mahogany case with a moulding surrounding the dial and applied acanthus-carved spandrels, with a brass swan-neck carrying handle, 12.25" high x 5.75" deep #1000-2000 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 262 | A GEORGE II BRASS AND IRON FIRE-GRATE with adjustable sides and brass "spire" finials, the plain apron with a moulded lower edge continuing into tapering columnar front supports surmounted by spire finials and with square plinth bases with bracket feet, 28.5" wide x 20.5" deep £2000-4000 | Nil |
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7500 |
| 263 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE with a circular tip-up top on a baluster-turned and spirally-fluted shaft and three downswept legs terminating in pad feet, 31.75" dia. #800-1500 | Nil |
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2000 |
| 264 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR with padded ears and outscroll arms over an arched apron, on square chamfered legs with shaped corner brackets, 34.5" wide #1500-2500 | Nil |
|
1800 |
| 265 | A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT TALLBOY, the upper section with a moulded cavetto cornice over three short and three long graduated drawers apparently retaining the original brass handles and escutcheons and inlaid with herringbone banding within crossbanded borders flanked by fluted and canted angles, the conforming lower section with a brushing slide over three graduated drawers, the bottom drawer divided into three inlaid panels, the central section inlaid with a "sunburst" medallion in boxwood and ebony, on shaped bracket feet, 40. 75" wide x 21.75" deep x 69.75" high £12000-18000 | Nil |
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17000 |
| 266 | A GEORGE II STONE AND CREAM PAINTED LIBRARY BOOKCASE of architectural form, the upper section with a moulded and dentilled cornice over two glazed doors, each composed of twelve rectangular panels with moulded glazing bars, the lower section with a waist moulding enclosing a band of blind fretwork over a pair of rectangular fielded-panel doors enclosing adjustable shelves, on a plinth base, sections of the cornice and the plinth base removed to fit into the alcove, 76.5" wide x 103.25" high x 17.5" deep #5000-8000 | Nil |
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6500 |
| 267 | A JAPANESE LACQUER CABINET decorated in polychrome, gilt and inlaid in mother of pearl with blossoming branches, dogs playing on a mound, leafy trees and sprays of foliage, the interior with an arrangement of eight drawers and the exterior with engraved gilt brass strap hinges, an escutcheon plate engraved with a landscape within a diaper border and the sides with carrying handles, on a Charles II silvered wood stand with a deep apron carved and pierced with a displayed eagle flanked by amorini amidst leafy scrolls, on hipped scroll legs carved with acanthus leaves, foliage and beading, | Nil |
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8500 |
| 268 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIR of Chippendale design with a serpentine cresting rail carved with curling acanthus leaves over a pierced and interlaced baluster splat and downswept arms over a stuff-over serpentine seat, on square moulded and chamfered legs united by conforming stretchers, 27" wide. #1000-2000 | Nil |
|
1800 |
| 269 | A LOUIS XV KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BUREAU PLAT apparently retaining the original chased ormolu handles, escutcheons and mounts, the rectangular leather-lined top with gilt tooled decoration within a band of tulipwood and a moulded brass edge with rounded corners over an arrangement of three drawers and simulated drawers to the reverse over an undulating apron, the sides with quarter veneered panels on a kingwood ground and with a valanced apron, on cabriole legs with ormolu mounts and sabots, 57.75" wide x 31" deep £4000-7000 | Nil |
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4000 |
| 270 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST of Chippendale design, the rectangular top with a moulded edge over four graduated drawers apparently retaining the original gilt-brass swan-neck handles, the upper drawer fitted with a sliding baize-lined writing surface enclosing open compartments with serpentine-shaped divides, on shaped bracket feet, 42" wide x 24.75" deep #2000-3000 | Nil |
|
2400 |
| 271 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COMB-BACK ELBOW CHAIR with a shaped serpentine cresting rail over "U"-shaped arms and a solid seat, on turned legs united by ring-turned "H"-stretchers, 26.25" wide #800-1500 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 272 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY "GAINSBOROUGH" ARMCHAIR with a padded back and seat and conforming downswept arms, on square chamfered legs joined by conforming stretchers and terminating in brass toe caps and castors, 27.5" wide #1000-2000 | Nil |
|
1900 |
| 273 | A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR with a bevelled rectangular plate in an "eared" frame carved with a continuous band of guilloche and stylised flowerheads, with an inner border of spiralling ribbons and flowerheads and an egg and dart outer border, the projecting rectangular ears with entwined acanthus foliage, 59.25" high x 35.25" wide #1000-2000 | Nil |
|
7000 |
| 274 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III FLUTED COLUMNS now painted a pale stone colour with ionic capitals carved with cherub's masks and wings, on circular plinth bases, 125.5" high (2) #1000-2000 | Nil |
|
1800 |
| 275 | AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT LIBRARY BOOKCASE with a moulded and dentilled cornice centred by a broken-arch triangular pediment over a pair of glazed doors with plain rectangular glazing bars enclosing adjustable shelves and flanked by conforming glazed doors, the lower section with four well-figured panels with applied rectangular mouldings of scalloped corners enclosing adjustable shelves, on a moulded plinth base, 135" wide x 113" high x 15" deep #20000-40000 Provenance: Kirkgate House, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. This bookcase, in the Roman fashion with its' dentilled | Nil |
|
20000 |
| 276 | AN "HERIZ" CARPET, the rectangular blue field containing stylised leafy branches and foliate medallions and enclosed by a wide principal border containing foliate medallions and stylised flowerheads joined by flowering branches on an ivory ground, 118" x 150" #1000-2000 | Nil |
|
6500 |
| 281 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, the rectangular crossbanded top inlaid with banding and with a moulded edge over a brushing slide and four graduated drawers apparently retaining the original gilt-brass swan-neck handles and with crossbanded fronts inlaid with kingwood banding, on shaped bracket feet, 39.75" wide x 20.75" deep £1500-2500 | Nil |
|
3800 |
| 282 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD of Sheraton design with a bowed central drawer outlined with boxwood edging and flanked by a cellarette drawer with a double simulated front and two further drawers, on square tapering legs terminating in spade feet, 60" wide £2000-3000 | Nil |
|
1900 |
|
283 |
A PAIR OF GEORGE II STONE-PAINTED WALL BRACKETS carved with eagles perched on scrollwork and flowers supporting shaped tops carved on the underside with rocaille-work, 13" high x 12" wide (2) #3000-6000 These wall brackets may be compared to a similar bracket in painted and partly gilded softwood from the collection of Percy B. Meyer and illustrated by Ralph Edwards in "The Dictionary of English Furniture", reprinted London 1986, vol. 1, page 119. fig.13. |
Nil |
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5000 |
