RONALDPHILLIPS CHRISTMASCATALOGUE
A SET OF FOUR REGENCY DECANTERS
English, circa 1815
Height: 10 in; 25.5 cm
Diameter: 4 ¼ in; 11 cm
A SET OF FOUR COASTERS BY WILLIAM FOUNTAIN
English, hallmarked London, 1799
Height: 2 in; 4cm
Diameter: 5 in; 12 ½ cm
AN ENORMOUS EDWARDIAN BRASS MOUNTED GLASS WORLD TIME BALL DESK CLOCK
The dial with six subsidiary dials for London, Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, Karachi and Beijing respectively.
Signed: Elgin National Watch Company, Illinois, USA.
American, circa 1905
Height: 8¼ in; 21 cm
Width: 6¾ in; 17 cm
A PAIR OF REGENCY BALUSTER VASES ATTRIBUTED TO EDME SAMSON, MOUNTED AS LAMPS
The painted armorial is a creation with elements of the British royal crest in conjunction with the German motto Treu und Fest - 'faithful and firm'.
French, circa 1815
Base height: 15½ in; 39.5 cm Width at widest point: 9½ in; 24 cm
Provenance: Private collection, London, England.
A PAIR OF BRASS-BOUND
MAHOGANY BOTTLE CARRIERS
A pair of mid-19th century mahogany and brass bound bottle carriers of circular form with a raised back and pierced carrying handle.
English, circa 1840
Height: 12 ¾ in; 32.5 cm
Diameter: 6 ½ in; 16.5 cm
A SET OF FOUR ORMOLU MOUNTED BLUE JOHN CANDLE VASES BY MATTHEW BOULTON
English, circa 1775
Height: 8 in; 20.5 cm
Height:: 8½ in; 21.5 cm (the lid inverted to use as a candlestick)
Diameter: 3 in; 7.5 cm
Literature:
Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, 2002, p. 333, fig. 335.
A PAIR OF SLICE AND FLUTE SHIPS DECANTERS
English, circa 1815
Height: 8 ¾ in; 22 cm
Width: 6 ½ in; 16.5 cm
A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV
GILTWOOD STOOLS
The stools have been re-gilded and covered in 17th century Italian velvet.
French, circa 1700
Height: 17 in; 43 cm
Width: 20 in; 51 cm
Depth: 15 ¼ in; 39 cm
Provenance:
Alexander & Berendt Ltd., London, England; Private collection, London, England.
Literature:
Guillaume Janneau, Le Mobilier Français, 1970, p. 52, illus. 81; a pair of Louis XIV carved stools upholstered in 17th century Italian velvet.
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY KETTLE STAND
English, circa 1750
Height: 22 ¾ in : 58 cm
Diameter: 11 in; 28 cm
Provenance:
Charles Lumb & Sons, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.
Private collection, London, England.
A PAIR OF BLUE JOHN INLAID
WHITE MARBLE URNS
English, circa 1815
Height: 13 ¼ in; 33.5 cm
Diameter: 5 in; 13 cm
Provenance:
The Earls Cowper, Panshanger House, Hertfordshire; England; Ethel Anne Priscilla Grenfell (née Fane), Baroness Desborough, Panshanger House, Hertfordshire, England.
A QUEEN ANNE GILT GESSO MIRROR
A fine early 18th century carved gesso and giltwood mirror, the original Vauxhall bevelled mercury plate within a shaped giltwood frame with brass sockles holding twin brass candle arms; an old storage label to the reverse for W. Page and Sons, St Albans.
English, circa 1710
Height: 30 in; 76 cm
Width: 19 in; 48.5 cm
Depth: 8 in; 20 cm
A PAIR OF QIANLONG PERIOD
CHINESE EXPORT CLAY NODDING
FIGURES
The figures retain much of the original decoration, with some retouched areas.
Chinese, circa 1775
Height: 14 in; 35.5 cm
Width: 5 in; 12.5 cm
Depth (arms to the front): 4 ¼ in; 10.5 cm
Depth (arms to the side): 3 ½ in; 9 cm
A GEORGE II ROSEWOOD AND PADAUK
MINIATURE COLLECTOR’S CABINET
The cabinet is in original condition and retains all its original brass handles and locks. The interior is fitted with a bank of eleven drawers of various sizes.
English, circa 1750
Height: 13 in; 33 cm
Width: 11 in; 28 cm
Depth: 7¼ in; 18.5 cm
A PAIR OF QIANLONG FAMILLE
ROSE BALUSTER VASES, MOUNTED AS LAMPS
Chinese, circa 1750
Base height: 17 in; 43cm
Width at widest point: 8 in; 20 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, London, England.
A PAIR OF REGENCY CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS BY EDWARD FARRELL
English, hallmarked 1814
Height: 7 ¾ in; 19.5 cm
Width: 4 ¼ in; 11 cm
Depth: 3 ½ in; 9 cm
Little is known about Farrells early years. His earliest silver mark was not registered until 1813 making these candlesticks early examples of his creativity. His most productive period is when Farrell worked alongside the silversmith Kensington Lewis who supplied much of the silver to HRH The Duke of York (1763-1827). Farrell's style during this period was very much influenced by seventeenth century Dutch, Italian and German designs. Later work by Farrell after the Duke of York's death is more restrained, working with embossed surfaces rather than extravagant sculptural forms like these in the chinoiserie style of a mandarin and his consort.
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD WALL
BRACKET ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHIAS LOCK
The wall bracket has been re-gilded at some stage in the 20th century.
English, circa 1755
Height: 14 ½ in; 37 cm
Width: 10 ½ in; 27 cm
Depth: 8 ¼ in; 21 cm
A GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED
JAPANNED THREE TRAIN
QUARTER CHIMING TABLE
CLOCK BY SMITH & SON
London, circa 1785
Height: 25¼ in; 64 cm
Width: 14¼ in; 36.5 cm
Depth: 9 in; 23 cm
The clock face is fitted with a subsidiary strike/silent dial within the arch, with scroll spandrels and a matted centre and inset shaped signature plate and date aperture. The triple fusee movement has a verge escapement, striking and quarter chiming on eight bells.
Provenance: Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England; Private collection, Europe.
Illustrated:
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2004, p. 59.
A PAIR OF LACCA POVERA PAPIER MACHE LIDDED BALUSTER VASES
Italian, probably Venice, circa 1750
Height: 22½ in; 57.5 cm
Diameter: 12¼ in; 31 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, New York, USA; Private collection, England.
‘Lacca Povera’, was a technique of decorating papier-mâché surfaces and simulating porcelain by pasting cut-outs, onto a prepared coloured ground and then varnishing over the whole. With gold leaf highlights added, the effect is deceptive. The centre of production was Venice. As a technique, it has similarities to collage today.
Augustus the Strong (1670-1733) used similarly deceptive vases made of turned wood and then lacquered to simulate oriental porcelain for his Porcelain Palace in Dresden as early as 1725. Few examples of Lacca Povera have survived, and pairs are even rarer.
AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY
DECANTER STAND
The square glass bottles are of later date.
Irish, circa 1750
Height: 22 in; 56 cm
Width: 16¼ in; 41 cm
Depth: 16¼ in; 41 cm
The square outline of this stand is highly unusual, as is its capacity for just four decanters. Most Irish decanter stands are oblong in shape and are designed to hold six or more decanters.
A GEORGE III PERIOD CHINESE EXPORT MIRROR PAINTING
The painting: Chinese export, circa 1770
The giltwood frame: English, circa 1880
Height: 10¼ in; 26 cm
Width: 14 in; 35.5 cm
Provenance: Private collection, England.
A LARGE GEORGE III BLUE
JOHN AND ALABASTER URN
English, circa 1800
Height: 16½ in; 42 cm
Diameter: 7¼ in; 18.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, USA.
A GEORGE III ANGLO-INDIAN
IVORY INLAID ROSEWOOD TEA CADDY
The purple velvet lined interior fitted with three removable canisters similarly decorated, having sliding lids with silver Dutch axe handles and retaining the original foil lined interior.
Indian, Vizagapatam, circa 1760
Height: 7 in; 18 cm
Width: 10 ¾ in; 27 cm
Depth: 5 ½ in; 14 cm
Literature:
Amin Jaffer, ‘Furniture from British India and Ceylon’, 2001, p. 187, fig. 85; p. 190, fig. 41.
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND MARBLE
ATHENIENNE, DESIGNED BY JAMES
‘ATHENIAN’ STUART AND
ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHEW
BOULTON
The pierced lid is a restoration.
English, circa 1775
Height: 20 ¾ in; 53 cm
Diameter: 12 in; 30.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Denmark.
Literature:
‘Mallett at Bourdon House’, catalogue, autumn 1996, pp. 54-5.
Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam, 1973, pls 1, 2, 3 & 6.
Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, 2002, p. 72, figs 23-4, p. 76, fig. 32.
Matthew Boulton collaborated with James Stuart in 1769 on a massive tripod for Shugborough House, Staffordshire, England. It is likely that the design for the considerably smaller athenienne tripod became part of Boulton’s repertoire after this. There were four such athenienne tripods in Boulton’s sale at Christie’s, labelled ‘after a design of Mr. Stuart’. The design drawings by James Stuart are preserved in Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, England.
Tripod for Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bart.
Copyright Sir John Soane’s Museum, London.
An example of this perfume burner is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and was formerly at Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, England. A pair with candle branches, but with a different type of marble base, is in the collection at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, England; another pair, again with candle arms and with the same type of marble base, were photographed by Country Life magazine at Spencer House in London.
A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER
TEA CADDY BY FRANCIS CRUMP
A rare and fine mid 18th century repousse silver tea caddy by Francis Crump in the chinoiserie taste, having a hinged lid and sides decorated profusely with Chinese figures, palm trees, flowers, shells and cscrolls.
This exquisite tea caddy exemplifies the high rococo, a style promoted by Thomas Chippendale in his publication the Gentlemen and Cabinet-maker's Director as the 'modern taste'.
English, hallmarked for London 1763.
Height: 5 ½ in; 14 cm
Width: 4 ¼ in; 11 cm
Depth: 3 ½ in; 9 cm
A PAIR OF GEORGE III
MAHOGANY PLATE BUCKETS
The brass liners are of later date.
English, circa 1780
Height (handle up): 17½ in; 44.5 cm
Height (handle down): 12¼ in; 31 cm
Diameter: 12¼ in; 31 cm
Provenance:
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, London, England.
Exhibited:
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques
Fair, London, 2002; with Ronald Phillips Ltd.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III 21 INCH GLOBES
BY CARY, RETAILED BY P. & G. DOLLOND, ON MAHOGANY STANDS
WITH REEDED LEGS
The globes retain their original compasses including needles and papers.
English, circa 1800
Height: 47½ in; 120.5 cm
Diameter of globe: 21 in; 53 cm
Diameter of horizon ring: 27½ in; 70 cm
Provenance:
Michael Hughes Ltd., London, England.
Illustrated:
‘88 Fulham Road Fine Antique
Furniture’, catalogue, 2012, pp. 4-5.
THE NARYSHKIN CZETWERTYNSKA DECANTERS
A PAIR OF ALEXANDER I CUT GLASS DECANTERS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST. PETERSBURG
The body of each decanter is polychrome enamelled with the combined Naryshkin and Czetwertynska family crests. The decanters retain their original stoppers, numbered 12 and 16 respectively.
Russian, circa 1815
Height: 10½ in; 27 cm
Diameter: 5¼ in; 13 cm
Provenance:
Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin and his wife Maria, née Czetwertynska, mistress to Emperor Alexander I; Private collection, USA.
Literature:
Paul Jokelson and Dena K. Tarshis, ‘Cameo
Incrustation: The Great Sulphide Show’, exhibition catalogue, 1988, p. 23, no. 55.
Dena K. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass
Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, 2001, p. 151. Christie’s, ‘Russian Works of Art’, sale catalogue, New York, 16 April 2012, lot 117.
Maria Czetwertynska was the mistress of Alexander I for nearly twenty years and bore several illegitimate children by him. A Polish princess in her own right, she married Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin, who belonged to one of the most influential and important aristocratic families in the history of imperial Russia. The decanters were part of a lavish banquet service made in the Imperial Glassworks in St. Petersburg.
The exceptional quality of the heavy glass and deep cutting is further enhanced by the execution of the crests, which are engraved and polychrome enamelled with gold on the reverse side of a glass disk. The disk was then fused to the outside of the decanter body, leaving a smooth finish inside and out.
A single decanter from the same set was sold at auction in 2010 for $32,500.
The Naryshkin family crest
The Czetwertynska family crest
A SET OF TWELVE CHINESE
PAINTINGS
A set of twelve mid-19th century Chinese paintings on rice paper, each depicting finely painted and brightly coloured interior scenes with twin Chinese figures in various roles, within later carved moulded and gilt frames.
Chinese, circa 1860
Height: 17 ¼ in; 44 cm
Width: 13 ¼ in; 33.5 cm
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILVER MOUNTED IMARI PORCELAIN POTS AND COVERS
The porcelain: Japanese, circa 1700
The silver mounts: French, hallmarked for Paris 1717 - 22
Height: 4 ½ in; 11.5 cm
Diameter: 3 ½ in; 9 cm
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WINE COOLER
The cooler retains the original brass bands and the original lead lining.
English, circa 1770
Height: 9 ¼ in; 23.5 cm
Diameter: 7 in; 18 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, London, England.
THE STOBO CASTLE WALL LIGHTS
The brass nozzles are of later date.
English, circa 1815
Height: 28 in; 71 cm
Width: 12 ¼ in: 31 cm
Depth: 7 ½ in; 19 cm
Provenance: Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Baronet, Stobo Castle, Scotland; By descent to Kinross, Scotland; Peter Lipitch Ltd., London, England.
Illustrated: Peter Lipitch Ltd., ‘Fine Antique Furniture’, catalogue, no date, p. 22.
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III CUT GLASS SHIPS DECANTERS
The decanters retain two original target stoppers and two repaired stoppers.
English, circa 1795
Height 13 ¾ in; 35 cm
Diameter: 6 ¾ in; 17 cm
Provenance
Private collection, USA.
Each decanter is engraved with the family crests of the Graham and Cunningham families, probably to celebrate a wedding joining the two families.
A PAIR OF QING DYNASTY FAMILLE
VERTE VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS
The brass base and electric fittings are modern.
Chinese export, circa 1850
Height of base: 17 ½ in; 44.5 cm
Width at widest point: 6 in; 15 cm
A GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDY
BY EDWARD DARVILL
A fine mid 18th century sterling silver tea caddy of pagoda form by Edward Darvill, having an octagonal domed hinged lid with a Chinaman finial and fine scroll decoration to the rim, base and each corner.
English, hallmarked for London 1771
Height: 6 ½ in; 16.5 cm
Diameter: 4 ¾ in; 12 cm
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ROYAL
PATTERN BAROMETER BY JOHN RUSSELL
The barometer retains all the original brass mounts. The top and bottom verre églomisé panels are of later date.
Scottish, circa 1810
Height: 47 in; 119.5 cm
Width: 13 ½ in; 34.5 cm
Depth: 3 ½ in; 9 cm
This barometer belongs to a small group of nearly identical banjo wheel instruments of exceptional quality made by the Scottish clockmaker John Russell. This type is referred to as the ‘Royal Pattern’ following Russell’s gift of one barometer to the Prince of Wales, later Prince Regent and then George IV. Two mahogany examples and a gilded version are still in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, inscribed ‘Watchmaker to his R H the Prince of Wales’, indicating manufacture prior to 1811. The third is inscribed ‘Watchmaker to his R H the Prince Regent’.
A contemporary account in the Edinburgh Evening Courant of 6 July 1812 states:
On Monday, Mr. Russell of Falkirk, waited on his Royal Highness at Carlton House, when he had the honour of delivering a superb gold chronometer of his making, according to R.H. gracious order. His Royal Highness, with his usual condescension, was pleased to declare his satisfaction with this specimen of Mr. Russell’s workmanship.
An invoice from John Russell in the Royal Archives for a chronometer and two barometers amounts to £153 6s.
Provenance:
Private collection, Ireland.
Private collection, England.
Illustrated:
Ronald Phillips, Great English Furniture, 2022, pp. 68/69.
Literature:
Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers 1680 - 1860: A History of Domestic Barometers and their Makers, 1969, pp. 233 - 5, pls 160 - 62.
Cedric Jagger, Royal Clocks: The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers, 1300 - 1900, 1983, p. 217, pl. 285.
Nicholas Goodison and Robin Kern, Hotspur - Eighty Years of Antiques Dealing, 2004, no. 10, pp. 255 - 6.
ASILVERPIGBYWILLIAMCOMYNS
English, hallmarked on the lower back, 1966
Height: 5 ¼ in; 13.5 cm
Width: 10 in; 25.5 cm
Depth: 4 in; 10 cm
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU
MOUNTED CUT GLASS CANDELABRA
BY PARKER & PERRY
English, circa 1780
Height: 20 ¼ in; 51.5 cm
Width: 15 in; 38 cm
Depth: 5 in; 13 cm
Provenance:
M. Harris & Sons, London, England; Private collection, Europe.
Illustrated:
A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, Vol. III, 1931, p. 336.
Literature:
Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, 2000, p. 108, pl. 55. Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2011, pp. 70-71.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT BRONZE
WINE COOLERS BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL TO A DESIGN BY JEAN-JACQUES BOILEAU
One liner is of later date.
One wine cooler is engraved on the side of the platform: ‘RUNDELL BRIDGE & RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIA LONDINI FECERUNT’.
English, circa 1805
Height: 11 in; 28 cm
Width: 12 in; 30.5 cm
Depth: 9 ½ in; 24 cm
Design for a silver or ormolu wine cooler by Jean-Jacques
Boileau, 1803.
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD CARTEL
CLOCK WITH A MOVEMENT BY PATRICK COCK OF NOTTINGHAM
The case has been re-gilded.
English, circa 1770
Height: 44 in; 112 cm
Width: 20 in; 51 cm
Depth: 7¾ in; 20 cm
The silvered dial is marked with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, and is signed below the centre ‘PAT COCK NOT’.
Provenance:
M. Harris & Sons Ltd., London, England; Clifford Wright Antiques Ltd., London, England; Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England; Private collection, USA.
Illustrated:
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 1997, p. 12.
A PAIR OF QING DYNASTY
CLOISONNE QUAIL INCENSE BURNERS
A fine pair of Chinese export cloisonné incense burners in the shape of brightly coloured quails, mounted on 19th century ormolu bases terminating in scroll feet.
The quails: Chinese export, circa 1810
The bases: English, circa 1880
Height: 7 in; 17.5 cm
Width: 4 ½ in; 11.5 cm
Depth: 3 ¾ in; 9.5 cm
A GEORGE III OLD TOR VEIN
BLUE JOHN URN
English, circa 1800
Height: 12 in; 30 cm
Width: 3 ½ in; 9 cm
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD BORDER GLASS MIRROR
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This mirror is much smaller than usual. The frame has been regilded, the mirror retains some of the original border glasses with some replacements. The centre plate is of later date.
English, circa 1795
Height: 21 ½ in; 55 cm
Width: 20 in; 51 cm
Depth: 1 ½ in; 4 cm
With best wishes, Simon and all at Ronald Phillips
