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1115	A GEORGE II GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR with a shaped plate in a cartouche-shaped frame carved and pierced with rocaille-work, foliage and scrolls, 39" high. See illustration Estimate: 500-1000	Nil	650
1116	A GEORGE III STYLE PAINTED SATINWOOD COMMODE in the manner of George Hepplewhite, the top with an oval en grisaille panel flanked by urns of fruit with drapery swags and the four cupboards with oval panels of flowers, on square tapering legs, 60" wide. See illustration Estimate: 1500-3000	Nil
1117	A VICTORIAN BURR-WALNUT KIDNEY-SHAPED WRITING TABLE, the inside of the drawer with a label "From T.H. Filmer & Sons, Berners Street, Oxford Street, London W", the top with panels of floral marquetry, rosewood banding and a three quarter gilt brass gallery over a single frieze drawer with a rococo gilt metal escutcheon, on shaped cabriole legs with gilt-metal mounts ending in ceramic castors, 41" wide. See illustration Provenance: The auction on the premises at The Old Vicarage, Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset, conducted by R.B. Taylor and Sons, 20th October, 1983. Estimate: 2000-4000	Nil
1118	A VICTORIAN WALNUT CONVERSATION CHAIR with buttoned upholstery, the frame carved with naturalistic fruit, stylised foliage and scrolls, with a moulded seat rail and on four carved scroll legs ending in knurled toes, 72" wide x 54". See illustration HP Provenance: Skindells Hotel, Windsor from the mid-19th century until 1978. Skindells Hotel was a fashionable watering hole and attracted notable visitors including Queen Victoria, who it is believed was photographed seated in the present lot.	Nil	3600
1119	A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CENTRE LIBRARY TABLE in the manner of Giles Grendey, the rectangular top with a tooled green leather writing surface enclosed by a moulded edge with re-entrant corners over an arrangement of three drawers surrounding a cartouche-shaped kneehole and apparently retaining the original brass handles with open back plates, the sides with large brass carrying handles, on club legs and pad feet, 48.25" x 24.25". See illustration Provenance: Probably acquired from the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair in the 1950's or 1960's. The interior of a drawer with a label printed with a description of the desk at the fair. The unusual cartouche-shaped kneehole is reminiscent of furniture attributed to Giles Grendey and his workshop. Similar legs appear on a dining table bearing his trade label illustrated in Christopher Gilberts "Marked London Furniture 1700-1840". Estimate: 2000-4000	Nil	4500
1120	No Lot	Nil

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