W E L C O M E
We are very pleased to introduce the Rolleston 2024 Summer Catalogue.
This year’s edition focuses on a select range of pieces for under £20,000. Containing pieces such as the drop-leaf table (XVIII.) and the walnut kneehole (XIII.) the catalogue features some of the best examples of English furniture that are to be found in this price bracket.
The catalogue also includes some pieces for the more academically inclined with a very well-documented giltwood mirror (X.), a mahogany tall-boy (XV.) and a window seat (XIV.) which exhibit the synthesis of the exotic styles of the English Rococo – the Chinese, Gothic and French – in the mid eighteenth century, pioneered most famously by Thomas Chippendale with his GentlemanandCabinet-Maker’sDirector.
Similarly we are also pleased to offer pieces with interesting provenances. The pair of bronzed and parcel-gilt torchères (XXX.) were commissioned by Robert Berkeley (1764-1845) for Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, his magnificent Greek revival villa, one of the most important of the period, completed in 1811. Recently de-accessioned from the Indianapolis Museum of Art is the pair of Neoclassical mahogany pedestals (VII.), which we were happy to acquire. The gilt-gesso mirror (XVI.) and Chippendale period armchair (XI.) have a personal connection for me, being for a number of years in the private collection of my father, Brian.
Other pieces of significant note are the envelope table (IX.), a rare collector's item, the oil cruet (XII.), a fine example of wonderful form, and a William & Mary oyster chest of great colour and patina (XXI.), in addition to others.
The pieces in the catalogue would make fine stand-alone purchases, additions to established collections or foundations for new ones and we are always delighted to advise and offer our expertise in helping clients build their collections. We take great pride in forming these and it is a journey we love sharing with our clients.
We hope you enjoy looking through the pieces in the following pages. If you have any inquiries about a particular item or are interested in creating a collection, we would be very pleased to hear from you at james@rollestonantiques.com and +44 (0) 207 229 5892.
With many thanks and best wishes,
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A QUEEN ANNE BURR WALNUT CARD TABLE
The folding shaped top finely feather-banded opening to reveal a green baize-line interior with guinea wells and candlestands, above a frieze similarly banded, standing on cabriole legs ending in pad feet, concertinaaction
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1710
Height: 28.75”/ 73cm
Width: 34.25” / 87cm
Depth: 16” / 41cm
PROVENANCE
Richard Courtney Ltd. Private Collection: Berkshire, England
Lovely burr walnut veneers with a deeply patinated surface, this example having the sophistication of being concertina action, giving the table a uniform appearance from all sides when open
£12,250
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A PAIR OF REGENCY PERIOD KLISMOS CHAIRS
Parcel-gilt and painted rosewood, crested with an anthemion, standing on swept, sabre legs terminating in leafy brass castors, modelled on ancient Greek forms
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1810
Height: 37” / 94cm
Width: 26” / 67cm
Depth: 24” / 61cm
PROVENANCE
The collection of actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., London, UK
A superb, very stylish pair of chairs, contemporary and fresh £18,500
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE
The satinwood-crossbanded oval top inlaid with a band of penwork marquetry, above one opening and one dummy drawer, crossbanded, above strung square tapering legs raised on castors
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1790
Height: 27” / 70cm
Width (leaves down) : 21” / 51cm
Width (leaves up): 37” / 95cm
Depth: 29.5” / 75cm
A table of lovely warm colour, nicely marked and figured, with fine penwork
£9,500
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A GEORGE III CHIPPENDALE PERIOD MAHOGANY COMMODE
The quartered top above canted stiles decorated with blind fretwork, the serpentine drawer fronts retaining the rocaille foliate chased-brass handles, raised on shaped bracket feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1765
Height: 32.25” / 82cm
Width: 41” / 104cm
Depth: 22.75” / 58cm
Well figured mahogany, retaining its original deeply-patinated skin
£14,500
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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT STOOLS
The drop-in seats covered in eighteenth-century floral needlework standing on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, united by the original turned stretchers
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1710
Height: 16” / 41cm
Width: 20” / 50cm
Depth: 15” / 39cm
PROVENANCE
Richard Courtenay Ltd., London
A charming pair of stools - these are a rare find
£13,500
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A GEORGE I GILT-GESSO MIRROR
The original mirror plate within a shaped frame carved with arabesque foliage strapwork, leaves, rosettes, a central shell and large plume in the pediment
ENGLISH, 1720-25
Height: 54” / 137cm
Width: 30” / 76cm
PROVENANCE
The private collection of a prominent London family
Retaining the original plate and gilding, this mirror has wonderful period atmosphere and dry surface
£14,500
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY PEDESTALS
Attributed to Mayhew & Ince
Each with a figured, moulded top above a panelled door enclosing shelves and carved with husks and paterae, standing on a plinth base
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770
Height: 36” / 91cm
Width: 20” / 51cm
Depth: 19” / 48cm
PROVENANCE
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA
A symbol of the Neoclassical style in England so fashionable at this time and almost certainly made by one of the leading firms, made with fine quality timber with very fluent carving, just as useful by the bedside as in a dining room
£18,000
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A PAIR OF QING DYNASTY WHITE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF QUAILS
Painted with feathers in white and vibrant exotic colours, with gilt beaks and feet
CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Height: 5.5” / 14cm
Charming expressions
£7,500
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY ENVELOPE TABLE
The segmented top with ovolo-moulded edges and re-entrant corners rotating on tapering legs ending in pad feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750
Height: 23.5” / 60cm
Width (leaves down): 26.5” / 67cm
Length (leaves up): 33.75” / 86cm
A rare collector’s piece, this a particularly refined example of great colour
£19,750
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
The original mirror plate in a giltwood frame carved with pilasters, Cscrolls, fronds, rustic branches and a Ho-Ho bird
ENGLISH, 1755-60
Height: 61” / 155cm
Width: 28.5” / 72.5cm
PROVENANCE
Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd.
Jeremy Ltd.
ILLUSTRATED
H. Schiffer, TheMirrorBook:English,American,andEuropean (Pennsylvania, 1997), p. 112, fig. 257
F.L. Hinkley, QueenAnneandGeorgianLookingGlasses:OldEnglish andEarlyAmerican(London, 1987), p. 176, fig. 211
TheGrosvenorHouseAntiquesDealers’FairHandbook(1958), p. 58
A superbly well-carved mirror, documented and with a great provenance, symbolising the synthesis of the exotic styles of the English Rococo
£19,500
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Illus. H. Schiffer, TheMirrorBook:English, American,andEuropean(Pennsylvania, 1997), p. 112, fig. 257
Illus. F.L. Hinkley, QueenAnneandGeorgian LookingGlasses:OldEnglishandEarlyAmerican (London, 1987), p. 176, fig. 211
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Illus. TheGrosvenorHouseAntiquesDealers’FairHandbook(1958), p. 58
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A GEORGE III CHIPPENDALE PERIOD MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
The Directormodel looped splat carved with scrolls and leaves, the shaped top rail and armrests similarly carved, the eighteenth-century needlework seat raised on square legs, carved and moulded, united by stretchers
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1765
Height: 38” / 97cm
Width: 28” / 72cm
Depth: 31” / 79cm
PROVENANCE
Brian Rolleston, Sussex
A beautiful shape, a classic chair with lovely rubbed wear on the terms
£12,500
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A WANLI PERIOD CHINESE EXPORT BLUE & WHITE CRUET
Of pomegranate form, painted with panels of ruyiheads, key fret, water plants, insects, bamboo shoots and sprays of blossoming flowers in contrasting shades of bright underglaze cobalt-blue, the serpentine spout issuing leaves moulded in relief and the tapering neck with a bird atop a rock ending in a six-point ‘pomegranate’ star, made for the Middle Eastern or European market following earlier Islamic forms in metal
Known as a ‘pomegranate ewer’, owing to the globular body and starshape mouth, in Chinese culture the pomegranate (shi-liu), symbolises rejuvenation, abundance, posterity, and a blessed future. Finely painted throughout with blooms and auspicious motifs, the ewer is also symbol of prosperity and good fortune.
CHINESE, WANLI PERIOD 1573-1620
Height: 18” / 45cm
Diameter: 15” / 40cm
PROVENANCE
Jorge Welsh, Lisbon
Private Collection: Lisbon, Portugal
LITERATURE
Rinaldi, M., KraakPorcelain:AMomentintheHistoryofTrade (London, 1989)
Welsh, J., KraakPorcelain:TheRiseofGlobalTrade (Lisbon/London, 2008)
Part of a special group of kraakpouring vessels, other examples of which are in important private and museum collections around the world, this piece, in mint condition, is a more elegant shape than many
£19,500
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A GEORGE II WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK
The quartered ‘caddy’ top cross and featherbanded, the lip-moulded drawers and sides also featherbanded, the central cupboard enclosing shaped shelves moving forwards and backwards, raised on bracket feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1735
Height: 31 .5” / 80cm
Width: 32” / 81cm
Depth: 18” / 46cm
Caddy tops are particularly rare and much sought-after by collectors. This kneehole has the refinements of ovolo-bead mouldings throughout and a strikingly well figured top and patinated timber.
It’s a personal favorite. One of the best of this type you will see.
£14,750
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A GEORGE III CHIPPENDALE PERIOD WINDOW SEAT
The out scrolling arms above bamboo rails and carved and collared cluster column legs with pierced C-scroll brackets terminating in imbricated block feet.
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770
Height: 26" / 66cm
Width: 48" / 122cm
Depth: 18" / 46cm
PROVENANCE
The Arthur Vernay Collection, New York
Showing the profound influence of Thomas Chippendale, this very fine seat combines the exotic, fantastical styles of the Chinese, Gothic and Rococo in classic mid eighteenth-century fashion
£12,500
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A REGENCY PERIOD MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE
Attributed to John McLean
The gilt-tooled green-leather and cross-banded top above a frieze of four fitted and four dummy drawers with the original brass mounts, raised on a brass-mounted tripod base with castors
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1800
Height: 28” / 71cm
Diameter: 42” / 107cm
Sun-faded golden honey colour and old green leather, perfect London or country house piece
£14,500
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A GEORGE I GILT-GESSO MIRROR
The bevelled plate inside a strap-work-carved gilt-gesso frame surmounted by a central cartouche
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1720
Height: 52” / 113cm
Width: 29.5” / 76cm
PROVENANCE
Brian Rolleston, Sussex
Rare early mirror
£19,500
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE
The leaves of the oval, beautifully figured top supported on gate legs terminating in pad feet, seating up to eight people
ENGLISH, 1745-55
Height: 28” / 73cm
Width: 70” / 178cm
Depth: 62” / 157cm
PROVENANCE
Apter-Fredericks, London
Private Collection: London, UK
LITERATURE
Bowett, A., Early Georgian Furniture (Woodbridge: 2009), pp. 256-7
COMPARE
Example standing in the Entrance Hall of Dumfries House, Ayrshire
One of the best examples of this model you will find.
£19,500
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CORNER CUPBOARD
The dentil-moulded broken pediment centering a pedestal and a satinwood oval inlaid with Prince-of-Wales feathers, above panelled cupboard doors enclosing a blue-painted interior with three shelves above three conforming small drawers and a slide, between fluted canted pilasters, the lower section with two cupboard doors with similar interior and a shelf, on shaped plinth base
ENGLISH, 1775-85
Height: 86” / 219cm
Width: 41” / 105cm
Depth: 24” / 62cm
Standing corner cupboards of this size and quality are rare.
This architectural example with fabulous flame-figured mahogany veneers complemented by the original faded blue-painted interior
£19,500
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A REGENCY PERIOD MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
An unusual form, covered in a Jutland horsehair raised on sabre legs with castors
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1810
Height: 34” / 86cm
Width (at arms): 24.5” / 62cm
Depth: 24” / 60cm
A handsome, fine quality chair
£12,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT NODDING-HEAD FIGURES
Depicting a mandarin and his wife, the lady wearing a robe with fourclawed dragons, signifying noble rank, amongst polychrome clouds on a salmon ground above the terrestrial diagram, crashing waves with watery spray and the lishuistripe at the hem, the male figure with turquoise robe with ruyi heads and stylised scrolling grasses
CHINESE, CIRCA 1790
Height: 31.5” / 80cm
Width: 12” / 30cm
Depth: 9.5” / 24cm
Retaining the original, spectacular and finely-painted polychrome surface
It is striking how closely the dress of these figures resembles eighteenth-century Chinese silk court robes.
£16,500
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A WILLIAM & MARY OYSTER CHEST
The oyster-cut olivewood veneers crossbanded and inlaid throughout with strings of holly forming scrolls, hearts, circles and quatrefoils, the whole raised on bun feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1690
Height: 35” / 89.5cm
Width: 37.5” / 96cm
Depth: 22.5” / 57.5cm
A very lovely and fine quality chest, a rare example
£18,500
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A GEORGE III IRISH OVAL CUT-GLASS MIRROR
In the manner of John Dederek Ayckboum
The original plate in a frame of cut blue and leaf-inlaid white glass
IRISH, 1780-90
Height: 24” / 61cm
Width: 15.75” / 40cm
LITERATURE
The Knight of Glin & J. Peill, IrishFurniture(New Haven & London, 2007), p. 269
Child, G., WorldMirrors1650-1900(London, 1990), p. 146, ill. 241 Wills, Geoffrey, English Looking Glasses (1670-1820) (Ldn., 1965), p. 127, fig. 157
Schiffer, Herbert F., TheMirrorBook(New York, 1983), fig. 485
This mirror has a very interesting story and its plate, which is the original, has a wonderful sparkle
£12,500
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A PAIR OF QING DYNASTY BLUE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF QUAILS
Painted with feathers in blue and vibrant exotic colours, with gilt beaks and feet
CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Height: 5.5” / 14cm
Charming expressions
£7,500
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD PAINTED TABLES
Each with a pierced gilt-brass galleried leather top polychrome-painted with flowers and a central fan, above a bead-panelled frieze centered by a pineapple and crossed leafy sprays, raised on paterae-headed turned tapering fluted legs and stiff-leaf feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1790
Height: 32” / 82cm
Width: 44” / 111cm
Depth: 13” / 35cm
With old gilded and painted surfaces, attractive and elegant, the perfect scale and proportions for a narrow hallway or either side of a door in a hall
£16,500
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TALLBOY
Attributed to the St. Martin’s Lane Syndicate, most probably Vile & Cobb
The dentil-moulded and openwork broken pediment above a blind fretwork-carved frieze above two short and three long drawers and canted corners also fretworked, the waist carved with a pagoda moulding above a further three long drawers, raised on ogee feet and retaining the original chased rocaille handle
ENGLISH, 1755-60
Height: 88” / 223.5cm
Width: 48.5” / 123cm
Depth: 23” / 59cm
Very elegantly proportioned and finely carved, this architectural piece with its Palladian pediment combines the Chinese, classical and French elements of the English Rococo
£17,500
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WINE COOLER
The brass-bound oval form with two lidded compartments and a carrying handle, the interior retaining the original lead lining for ice
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1790
Height: 7.25” / 18.5cm
Width: 14.75” / 37.5cm
Depth: 9.5” / 24cm
A staple of the period, a nice party piece
£12,500
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Each with a rectangular plate within a beaded and paterae-carved frame issuing sprays of classical arabesque scrolling leaves with flowers, husks, wheat sheaves, arrows and a central eagle
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1790
Width: 27" / 70cm
Height: 70" / 180cm
PROVENANCE
The Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung
A pair of mirrors of very useful scale and well carved
£19,500
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A GEORGE I WALNUT WING CHAIR
Covered in eighteenth-century English floral needlework, the cabriole legs carved with shells and bell flowers and terminating in pad feet raised on castors
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1720
Height: 48” / 123cm
Width: 39” / 99cm
Depth: 32” / 81cm
Needlework wing chairs are rare nowadays
£19,500
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEAT BUCKETS
The mahogany ribs finely graduated and brass bound with handles, the brass linings later
IRISH, 1790-1800
Height: 18" / 45cm
Diameter: 15" / 40cm
A rare pair of top quality, made for a fine house
£18,500
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THE SPETCHLEY PARK TORCHÈRES
A pair of bronze-painted and parcel-gilt torchères, carved with lion’s masks and acanthus leaves, gadrooned and fluted, on plinth bases
ENGLISH, 1818-25
Height: 62” / 158cm
Diameter of base: 15” / 40cm
Diameter of top: 8.5” / 21.5cm
PROVENANCE
Made for by Robert Berkeley (1764-1845) for Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, probably commissioned by him after his return from his Grand Tour in 1818 when he looked to furnish his Greek revival mansion, recently completed in 1811, in the latest style
REFERENCE
Listed in 1893 Spetchley Inventory: ‘A pair [...] carved black and gilt stands’ on the Grand Staircase
The torchères are a romantic derivative of antique Roman forms and closely relate to a number of designs by the most successful Regency designers.
The bronzed surface and gilt detail are typical of work by George Smith as illustrated by hand-coloured plates in his 1808 ACollectionofDesignsforHouseholdFurnitureandInteriorDecorationand in Edward Joy, PictorialDictionaryofBritish19thCenturyDesign(Woodbridge: 1977), p. 553
A pair of boldly-carved, ebonised and parcel-gilt ‘stands’, after a design by Thomas Hope, the great Regency designer and patron, that relate closely to the present pair is illustrated in David Watkin and Philip HewatJaboor’s Thomas Hope: Regency Designer (London: 2008), p. 414.
The present torchères also bear close stylistic resemblance to works by Robert Oakley, namely a tripod table made by him for Sir William Forbes Bt. (1773-1828) at Fettercairn House. Like the torchères it is conceived in a highly stylised neoclassical form with rising leaf decoration and features a similarly ‘bronzed’ and parcelgilt surface, reflecting the fashion at this time when designers and patrons alike delighted in unusual paint techniques and textures.
Fabulous high Regency style, with provenance
£16,500
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The west front of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire with the grand portico
The west and south fronts of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, the central bay of the south front being a hallmark of the Greek revival style
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A WILLIAM & MARY NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
Depicting King William and Queen Mary in the palace grounds amongst flowers, trees, birds and animals, the original frame inlaid with holly in the shapes of fronds and leaves
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1690
Height: 11.75” / 30cm
Width: 15.5” / 39cm
Height (with frame): 15.5” / 39.5cm
Width (with frame): 19.25” / 49cm
A lovely scene with charming animals, finely executed and in superb condition, the colours remaining bright
£14,500
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHT
In the manner of Robert Adam, attributed to John Linnell
The candle branches issued from a paterae-carved central tablet above leaves and below swags, tied ribbons, tassels, rope, leafy spays with flower heads and a classical urn
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1775
Height: 78” / 198cm
Width: 37” / 95cm
Depth: 14” / 36cm
PROVENANCE
The Collection of Lord and Lady Weinstock, Bowden Park, Wiltshire
COMPARE
Harris, Eileen, TheFurnitureofRobertAdam(London, 1963), p. 88
A rare piece of magnificent scale replete with motifs from antiquity
£19,000
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A REGENCY BRASS AND MAHOGANY INKSTAND
Raised on strong lion’s paws, the central drawer with a lion’s mask, the gadrooned polished top with wells and two cut-glass ink bottles, with a central candle snuff
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1810
Height (of stand): 3.5” / 9cm
Height (to top of snuff): 7.5” / 19cm
Width: 11.25” / 28.5cm
Depth: 11.25” / 23.5cm
An impressive article that stands particularly well
£12,500
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
Opening to reveal a mahogany interior, with a drawer and raised on cabriole legs carved with an acanthus leaf and ending in pad feet
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750
Height: 29.5” / 75cm
Width: 29.5” / 75cm
Depth: 15” / 38cm
Of heavy quality, made in the solid, with a good surface and colour
£8,500
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A QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG WATERCOLOUR OF A LADY
The lady seated by the waterside amongst wildlife and a pagoda in the background
CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Height: 15.5” / 39cm
Width: 11.5” / 29cm
Very finely pained in detail
£7,500
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WING CHAIR
The elegantly shaped back and arms raised on moulded and swept legs united by stretchers and with castors, covered in a herringbone cotton
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770
Height: 45.5” / 113cm
Width: 33” / 83cm
Depth: 30” / 76cm
This wing chairs is drawn particularly elegantly
£4,500
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A CHINESE EXPORT GILT-LACQUER TEA CHEST
The shaped and moulded chest profusely decorated with black and giltlacquer depicting courtyard figural scenes, the interior fitted with lidded zinc compartments finely engraved, raised on gilt carved foo dog feet
CHINESE, 19TH CENTURY
Height: 6” / 15.25cm
Width: 9.5” / 24cm
Depth: 7.25” / 18.5cm
An original surface with a fine interior
£7,500
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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN BRONZE AND OAK SALUTING CANNON
Each muzzle above a tapering multi-stage bronze barrel stamped with the maker’s mark of Fred Barnes, 109 Fenchurch Street, London, dating them to 1849-60, each cannon supported on an oak carriage, very good quality
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1855
Height: 17” / 43cm
Length: 27” / 69cm
Width: 15” / 38cm
Cannon such as these charming and small-scale examples were often used for commencing regattas and other celebrations.
£19,500
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY ‘IMPERIAL’ DINING TABLE
After a design by Gillows
The extendable top of two fixed and three removable leaves of fine figured mahogany, raised on reeded legs with castors
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1810
Height: 28” / 71cm
Width: 51.25” / 137.5cm
Length (extended): 114.5” / 290cm
Fine quality, very practical, dining table
£19,500
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