Richard Gardner Antiques

Spring 2011

Welcome to our first brochure of 2011, which we hope you will enjoy.

We have been able to acquire some very exciting items for you, including the Carl Kauba bronze figure Metamorphosis, illustrated on the front cover, a small collection of fine miniature furniture, the fantastic miniature table cabinet on page 22, together with a good selection of paintings and two large porcelain plaques, one of which is illustrated on the back cover. We hope that these together with our normal selection of furniture and interesting objects will entice you to visit our showrooms in Petworth.

If you are unable to visit the showrooms, then the new web site is the next best thing. This went live towards the end of January and we hope that will enjoy this new format and if there is anything you would like to see added, please let us know.

Although a little late, we would like to wish you all a very happy 2011 and look forward to seeing you all during the coming year.

Richard & Janice Gardner

Detail from miniature table cabinet on page 22

3Richard Gardner Antiques exceptional antiques for exceptional people

Over the next four pages a selection of some new miniature furniture.

44 Richard Gardner Antiques exceptional antiques for exceptional people

A charming 19th Century walnut example of a late 17th

Century South Yorkshire/North Derbyshire oak armchair

with carved rose motif to the top rail.

Carved miniature chair

19th Century

Height: 14¾ inches / 37.25 cm

Width: 7½ inches / 19 cm

Depth: 7¾ inches / 19.5 cm

A Queen Anne miniature walnut veneered kneehole desk,

the top and drawers with boxwood line inlay, the long top

drawer over two banks of three drawers flanking a central

recessed cupboard with a drawer above, all on shaped

bracket feet.

Queen Anne miniature kneehole desk

Circa 1710

Height: 8½ inches / 21.5 cm

Width: 9¼ inches / 23.5 cm

Depth: 4¾ inches / 12 cm


A lovely and rare early 19th Century Dutch miniature mahogany canted corner side cabinet, the top, front and corners with chequer line inlay, together with flower inlays to the top and doors, the top lifts up to reveal a water cistern and bowl for the washing of glasses etc in the dining room, on either side of the cistern are four lift up flaps and on either side of the bowl are two fold over flaps, both supported on two lopers at the side of the cabinet, this is over two real and one dummy drawer, over twin cupboard doors.

Miniature Dutch side cabinet

Circa 1810



Depth: 6½ inches / 16.5 cm


A lovely late 19th Century miniature satinwood bow

fronted chest of four graduated drawers, the top and

drawers with line inlay decoration, with shaped apron and

splayed feet.

Miniature satinwood chest of drawers

Circa 1890


Width: 9¼ inches / 23.5cm


A superb late 19th Century miniature satinwood bow

fronted chest of four graduated drawers, the top and

drawers with line inlay decoration, all on splayed feet.

Superb miniature satinwood chest

Circa 1890


Width: 9¼ inches / 23.5cm

Depth: 6¼ inches / 16 cm


An early 19th Century miniature mahogany linen press

of fine colour and condition.

Linen press

Circa 1830

Height: 22¼ inches / 56.5 cm

Width: 13 inches / 33 cm

A fine set of miniature mahogany step ladders with six

treads and excellent attention to detail.

Miniature Ladders

19th Century

Height 9¾ inches / 24.75 cm


Depth: ¼ inch / 2 cm


Provenance: John Henderson, 3 Montague Street, Russell Square, London. 1871. The private collection of a Lady, East Sussex, 1970-2011.Exhibited: London Royal Academy 1871.

Holland was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, where his father and other members of his family were employed at the pottery works of William Davenport in Longport. James was himself employed there, from the age of 12, for 7 years, painting flowers on pottery and porcelain. In 1819, he came to London where he continued to work as a pottery painter, and concentrated on flower painting.He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1824 and in 1830 visited France and made studies of its architecture. In 1823 he exhibited a picture of ‘London from Blackheath’. In l835 he became an associate exhibitor of The Society of Painters in Watercolours, but he left

James Holland 1800 - 1870 British

Hollyhocks

Frame size: 25 x 32 inches / 63.50 x 81.25 cm

Signed & dated 1839

London Royal Academy exhibition label on stretcher verso

Original gilt carved exhibition frame

the society in 1843, and joined the Society of British Artists, of which he remained a member until 1848. He rejoined the Watercolour Society in 1856, and was elected a full member two years later.Holland did a great deal of drawing for the illustrated annuals of the day, and for this purpose visited Venice, Milan, Geneva, and Paris in 1836, and Portugal in 1837. His paintings of Portugal were published in the book, “The Tourist in Portugal”. In 1839 he exhibited a painting of Lisbon at the Royal Academy. In 1845 he went to Rotterdam, Portugal again in 1847, in 1850 to Normandy and North Wales, in 1851 again to Geneva, and in 1857 again to Venice.In the course of his life he exhibited, in addition to his contributions to the Watercolour Society, 32 pictures at the Royal Academy, 91 at the British Institution, and 108 at the Society of British Artists. Though generally classed as a watercolour painter, he was equally skillful in oils. He was one of the finest colourists of the English school, and his pictures, especially those of Venice, though neglected in his lifetime, became much sought after in the years after his death. The V&A and Tate Gallery hold his work, as well as museums in many major cities in the UK, Ireland and Canada.

‘Hollyhocks’ is the only major flower oil painting by Holland to come on the market in the last century, painted just 2 years into Victoria’s reign in 1839 it would complement the finest of Victorian art collections.


A superb cast of a walking bull with dark brown rubbed

patination, signed Rosa B and with the peyrol foundry

stamp.

Rosa Bonheur only modelled sculptures until 1853,

after which she dedicated herself entirely to painting.

She only modelled thirteen different subjects in her brief

career as a sculptress and very few were cast in bronze.

Her bronze sculptures are extremely rare and do not

come onto the market very often and are highly prized

for their extreme detail and accuracy of the subjects.

Rosa Bonheur 1822 – 1899 French

Taureau Marchant

Circa 1845

Height: 7¼ inches / 18 cm


Depth: 4 inches / 10 cm

A very large brass bound walnut writing box of fine

colour, with recessed brass carrying handles, bramah

lock and key and side document drawer. The inside

with a leather slope, two candle sconces, two inkwells,

pen tray and secret compartment with four velvet lined

drawers, inscribed ‘Presented to Mr James Bridge, by the

Workpeople at Myrtle Grove Bleach Works– 1874’.

Large walnut writing box

Circa 1874


Width: 19¾ inches / 50.25 cm



Queen Anne walnut chest of drawers

Circa 1710


Width: 39¾ inches / 109 cm


A Queen Anne walnut chest of rare design, the drawers

inlaid with graduated compass inlays, the top similarly

inlaid within an oval and quartered spandrels, feather and

cross banded, all of fine colour and patination.


A late 19th Century ten division brass stick stand with cast

iron base and drip tray, there are diamond registration

marks for 1883 on each corner.

Brass stick stand

Circa 1883

Height: 24 ½ inches / 62.5 cm

Width: 17 inches / 43.25 cm


An early 20th Century brass demi-lune shaped stick stand

with five divisions and supported on a cast iron base with

brass feet.

Brass stick stand

Circa 1900

Height: 23 inches / 58.25 cm

Width: 15 inches/ 38 cm

Depth: 8 inches / 20.5 cm


Brass stick stand

Circa 1900

Height: 25 inches / 64 cm

Width: 15¼ inches / 38 cm


An early 20th Century brass demi-lune shaped stick stand

with five divisions and supported on a cast iron base.

Brass stick stand

Circa 1920




An early 20th Century brass stick stand of unusual form,

with a black painted base.


A late 19th Century Berlin (K.P.M) rectangular plaque,

impressed monogram and sceptre mark and H, incised

18¼ - 11 and signed A. Knye. Finely painted after

Makart with Charles V entering Antwerp dressed in

elaborate ceremonial robes astride a charger, in a

procession accompanied by scantily draped nymphs and

various attendants, all in original gilt frame.

Hans Makart, Austrian (1840 – 1884)

Hans Makart, ‘The Modern Rubens’ was an allegorical

painter and designer. He studied under Rubens at the

Academy in Vienna and won face as the ‘Prince of Taste’,

even governing ladies’ fashion. One of Makart’s greatest

achievements was staging the vast costumed parades

held to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of

Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth, 1879.

Charles V was born in Ghent and brought up as a

Fleming. In 1516, at the age of sixteen, he became

King of Spain. Three years later he inherited the Holy

Roman Empire. During his reign the Spanish Empire was

expanded throughout the globe by the conquests and

journeys of Corets, Pizzaro, de Soto, Coronado, Ponce

de Leon and Magellan. He ended his reign by abdicating

most of his titles and retiring to a monastery. He died in

1558 at the age 58.

A Berlin (K.P.M.) rectangular plaque of Charles V entering Antwerp Circa 1890

Plaque size: 18¾ x 11¼ inches / 47.6 x 28.5 cm


A George III mahogany demi lune tea table of lovely

colour, crossbanded in tulipwood, the interior banded

in yew wood, the taper legs with unusual carved

beading and foliate penwork paterae.

Queen Anne walnut wing chair of early design, raised

on square section cabriole legs tied with shaped

stretchers, the beech frame of elegant shaping and good

condition. A very similar chair is illustrated in Ceszinsky

‘Furniture-Gothic to Sheraton.’

George III demi lune tea table

Circa 1790

Height: 28¼ inches / 71¾ cm



Queen Anne walnut wing chair

Circa 1710



Depth: 24½ inches / 62 cm


A Queen Anne walnut veneer and feather banded toilet

mirror, the double bank of drawers with concave and

convex fronts, beneath a shaped and bevelled glass, fine

colour and condition (replaced finials).

Queen Anne walnut toilet mirror

Circa 1710

Height: 28¾ inches / 73 cm



A very elegant Art Deco tortoiseshell and ivory dressing

table mirror, with a bevelled plate, the front of the mirror

is finished in tortoiseshell with ivory spacers with a shaped

crest and the supports with ivory handles and finials, the

back of the mirror is in wood.

Art Deco tortoiseshell & ivory dressing mirror

Circa 1920





George III mahogany and tulipwood banded box base

mirror of full serpentine shape, with canted corners

inlaid fluting, ogee feet, shield shape mirror, of superb

faded colour.

George III mahogany boxbase mirror

Circa 1785




A George III mahogany serpentine boxbase mirror of

attractive small size with single drawer between canted

corners and raised on ogee bracket feet, the moulded

mirror frame supported by attractively tapered uprights.

George III mahogany serpentine boxbase mirror

Circa 1760

Height: 19¾ inches / 50.5cm

Width: 13½ inches / 34.25 cm



A miniature late 17th Century oyster

veneered and geometric inlaid cabinet

on stand, the doors opening to reveal

Augsberg, architectural marquetry panels

on the inside and the interior with an

arrangement of eight various sized

drawers with similar marquetry scenes,

above a single drawer raised on bun feet.

Possibly Dutch.

Oyster veneered table cabinet

Circa 1690





A very fine ladies twelve piece tortoiseshell and silver

dressing table set by William Comyns & Sons Ltd, this

exceptional set consists of a large and smaller tray, pair

of candlesticks, small round trinket box, dome topped

box with velvet lining, larger rectangular box on legs,

hand held mirror, two hair brushes and two clothes

brushes, it is very difficult to be able to acquire such a

large set of such quality.

Very fine ladies dressing table set by William Comyns

London 1909—1910


An elegant rosewood and satinwood console table inlaid

throughout with delicate satin bandings and stringing lines,

raised on taper legs to solid rosewood feet.

This breakfront D shape design is typical of the firm of Gillows.

Rosewood and satinwood console table

Circa 1795

Height: 33½ inches / 85 cm




A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases converted to lamps,

decorated with flowers, insects and birds on a deep

rouge ground, on hardwood stands.

Pair of Japanese cloisonné vases

Circa 1920



Exhibited from 1880-1940 at Royal Academy. The Society

of British Artists (Suffolk Street) and elsewhere. London

animal painter, daughter of F.W. Moody and pupil of

Nettleship. Specialised in whimsical animal studies. Lived in

London part of a set that included Holman Hunt, Gabriel

Rossetti and others.

Fannie Moody 1861-1948

The Unexpected Visitor

Signed & dated 1892

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 29¾ x 34½ inches / 75.5 x 87.5 cm


An attractive pale blue guilloche

enamel and silver rectangular

box with chamfered corners,

the top with a silver cut out

of a bowl of flowers, a lovely

example. Continental.

A superb mid 19th Century brass bound coromandel ladies dressing case by Edwards, the top opening to reveal a blue leather, velvet and silk interior containing twelve silver gilt topped bottles and containers all stamped with the makers mark FD, together with a removable pad with a selection of silver gilt and mother of pearl handed tools and other implements, the top tray lifts out to reveal another removable tray, above a silk lined space which also has two small drawers, the interior of the lid contains a removable mirror. Each of the twelve bottles is engraved not only with the owners initials, but also with the coronet of a Viscountess.Provenance: The dressing case was the property of Viscountess Exmouth, Madeline Honorine Dobrowolska who married Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, in 1850. In one jar is a note saying that this box was given by the Duchess of Kent to Lady Portman.

Enamel box

Circa 1920

Height: ½ inch / 1.75 cm


Depth: 2¼ inches / 5.75 cm

Ladies dressing case by Edwards, the property of Viscountess Exmouth

London 1854 – 1855

Height: 6 ¾ inches / 17.25 cm

Width: 14 ¼ inches / 36 cm

Depth: 10 ½ inches / 26.5 cm


A lovely figure of a carpenter surrounded by the

tools of his trade and holding a delicately carved

saw in his hand.

A beautiful hexagonal lacquer and shibayama box

decorated with a cockerel, chickens, birds and flowers.

An unusual feature is the sun appearing over the brow of

the hill, only viewable at a certain angle.

Okimono

Meiji Period

Height 4 inches / 10 cm

Lacquer & shibayama Box

Meiji Period




A Bontems No 11 silver gilt and tortoiseshell singing

bird box. A superb French Bontems No 11 model from

the late 19th Century. The silver gilt lid is engraved.

On sliding the operating lever the lid opens and the full

bodied bird pops through the grille and begins singing. It

has a moving ivory beak, the bird turns, flaps his wings

and tail and after his performance pops down through

the grille and the lid lowers.

Bontems singing bird box

Circa 1890





Gilt bronze engraved singing bird box with signed

Bontems movement with key compartment. A fine

French Bontems engraved and gilt bronze singing bird

box. A beautifully feathered bird with ivory moving beak

and gilt slide, pierced grille and lid. The gilt lid engraved

with scrolling. The box all over engraved with flowers

and scrolls and engine turned with a hatched design

and having hinged key or snuff compartment. On sliding

the operating lever the lids opens and the full bodied

bird pops through the grille and begins singing. It has a

moving beak, the bird turns, flaps his wings and tail and

after his performance pops down through the grille and

lid lowers.

Singing bird box

Circa 1910





A fine pair of George III Hepplewhite period

mahogany salon or side chairs raised on husk and

bead carved taper legs, provenance by repute to

Daylesford Park, Glos.

A small Regency rosewood drum table, the leather

inset top over three real and three dummy drawers,

supported on an octagonal column onto a triform base.

Fine pair of George III side chairs

Circa 1785




Regency rosewood drum table

Circa 1820


Diameter: 23¾ inches / 60 cm


A pair of mid 19th Century French bronze greyhounds

with gilt collars, seated at attention, raised on Verde

antico plinths.

A necessaire made from a walnut shell, the interior

mounted in engraved silver coloured metal and fitted

with a pair of miniature scissors, thimble, pen knife,

needle, pin case and stiletto.

Pair of French bronze greyhounds

Circa 1840


Length: 7¾ inches / 19.75 cm

Walnut shell necessaire

Circa 1850




An Anglo-Indian solid coromandel wood sewing box

with undulating sides, opening to reveal an inlaid lid

with ivory elephant and flowers, the box contains two

removable trays with ebony stringing, the top tray with

eleven lidded compartments with ivory, and ebony and

tortoiseshell covers, the second tray with six lidded

compartments with sandalwood and inlaid covers.

An early 19th Century Rosewood sewing box the front

and top inlaid with mother of pearl decoration and the

owners name ‘Fanny’, the lid opens to reveal a pale

blue silk interior, inside the lid is a drop down stationary

compartment, the removable tray of the box contains

twelve mother of pearl cotton reel holders and six

silk winders, a selection of tools, thimbles and lidded

compartments.

Coromandel Sewing Box

Circa 1850




Rosewood sewing box

Circa 1835





19th Century continental agate & gilt metal mounted

etui of tapering form, the hinged lid enclosing a fruit

knife with gilded handle, gilded pencil and needle

holder, scissors, tweezers, ear wax spoon with

toothpick etc.

A beautiful oval tortoiseshell necessaire by Lund, 56 &

57, Cornhill, London, with silver initial plate, opening

reveals an ivory faced interior with a purple velvet lining

containing a selection of silver, mother of pearl handled

tools and a pair of cut steel scissors, the thimble, needle

case and tweezers/waxer are beautifully engraved.

Agate & gilt metal etui

19th Century


Tortoiseshell necessaire by Lund

Circa 1840

Height: ¾ inches / 1.75 cm




A selection of three glass and silver plate lemonade

jugs, all with their original ice containers, being sold

individually, from left to right, height 10½ in, 10 in

and 11¼ in.

An early 19th Century rosewood pembroke work table

of very high quality, inlaid throughout with boxwood

lines, including through the rule joint, all of fine colour

and original condition.

Lemonade jugs

Circa 1920’s

Rosewood pembroke table

Circa 1815


Unopened width: 14½ inches / 36.75 cm

Opened: 29¼ inches / 74.25 cm



A William IV mahogany window/ hall bench, the seat

with a moulded edge with a turned mahogany scroll at

each end, raised on tapering, turned and reeded legs.

A fine Italian carrera marble bust of a young woman of

classical form with her hair up and tied with ribbons.

William IV hall bench

Circa 1835




Marble bust

Circa 1830



A good quality mandolin music box by Bremond in a

line inlay decorated rosewood case, with top inlaid with

a marquetry flower, the box plays eight airs on a single

comb with a zither bar.

Mandolin music box by Bremond

Circa 1870





A pair of late 19th / early 20th Century paintings of dogs,

both signed Yates Carrington (although we think this

signature has been added later.)

Pair of dog paintings

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 16¾ x 16½ inches / 42.75 x 42.5 cm


A lovely pair of 19th Century satinwood oval trays

with scalloped rims, the centres inlaid with shells.

An important mid 18th Century Irish tallboy of rare

form, the seven graduated drawers flanked by stop

fluted chamfered corners, beneath a dentil moulded

swan neck pediment with rosette carved terminals,

together with the conforming but not original cabriole

stand. Probably the pair to an identical chest that

survives, with its original stand, at Convoy House, Co.

Derry, Northern Ireland.

Pair of Satinwood trays

19th Century

Height: .8 inch / 2 cm



Mid 18th Century Irish tallboy

Circa 1750





A late 19th Century mahogany and brass bound stick

barrel with lion ring handles.

19th Century stick barrel

Circa 1890


Diameter: 11½ inches / 29 cm

An unusual early 19th Century circular mahogany boot

and riding crop rack on turned column support to triform

base, there is a glass shelf available to enable this to be

used as a table.

Boot and riding crop rack

Circa 1830


Diameter: 14½ inches / 37cm


A pair of mid Victorian gilt metal photograph frames. The

finely cut pierced fretwork and engraved frames depicting

roses, thistles and clover leaves. The centre with oval glazed

recess. Surmounted by family crest ’EL’ & ’L’. Motto to base,

’HOC VIRTUTIS OPUS’, (This is the work of virtue). Retailed

by Howell. James & Co, Regent Street. Family crest belonging

to Edward Robert Lytton (Bulwer-Lytton), 2nd Baron Lytton.

Created Viscount Knebworth & 1st Earl of Lytton 1880.

Pair of Victorian gilt photograph frames

Circa 1870


Width: 8¾ inches / 22.25


A lovely tortoiseshell photograph frame inlaid with a silver

laurel wreath.

A beautifully shaped tortoiseshell photograph frame inlaid

throughout with silver flower baskets, trailing flowers,

swags and initial plate.

Photograph frame

Early 20th Century



Photograph frame

Early 20th Century




An unusual 19th Century double photograph frame by

Betjeman in the form of a gate in satinwood and onyx,

decorated with trailing plants.

Betjeman photograph frame

Circa 1880

Diameter of Subject

Height of Subject


A lovely small pair of heart shaped tortoiseshell

photograph frames surmounted by a silver bow.

A large Mappin & Webb silver photograph frame with

wooden back.

Tortoiseshell photograph frames

London 1895—1896



Large silver photograph frame

London 1931




A mid 18th Century George III mahogany birdcage table

with finely figured dish top, raised on an elegantly turned

column lappet carved knees and pointed pad feet.

George III mahogany birdcage table

Circa 1750


Diameter: 23¼ inches / 58.5 cm

A 19th Century French style mahogany four tier étagère/

whatnot on a plinth base, the top inlaid with star motif

(possibly later).

Mahogany étagère/ whatnot

19th Century



Depth: 16 ¼ inches / 41.25 cm


Painter of genre and animals. Born in Dublin in 1842.

Studied in England under Herkomer and Calderon, in

Paris under Lazare.Visited Brittany in 1891, based in

Quimper painting street scenes and studies of local girls.

Her sister Charlotte was also a painter.

Exhibited 1879-90 at the Royal Academy. Titles at R. A.

‘Why thus longing.. .’ and ‘Kittens’, 1884. Also exhibited

at Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

Mary Kate Benson Fl.1879-90 Irish

An Elegant Lady Playing the Violin

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 30½ x 24½ inches / 77.5 x 62 cm

Monogrammed MKB


George I solid walnut lowboy of diminutive size, raised on

bold cabriole legs, the drawer retaining original brass, the

top with neat re-entrant corners.

George I walnut lowboy

Circa 1725




A George III mahogany washstand with caddy moulded

twin flap folding top, bowl ring and soap cups, on turned

pillars above a drawer and taper legs.

George III mahogany washstand

Circa 1775





Three cloisonné vases

Meiji period

From left to right, a dark blue cloisonné vase of a bird flying around a tree, signed Miwa.Height: 6 inches / 15 cm

Centre, a small dark blue Cloisonné vase of birds among branches, signed Ota Tameshiro.Height: 4¾ inches / 12 cm

Right, a dark blue cloisonné vase with two gold wire green birds amongst branches.Height: 7¼ inches / 18.5 cm


A good English Regency rosewood centre table,

probably by Gillows of Lancaster. The circular

well figured top with a bold gadrooned edge

is supported on a solid rosewood

central column with bulbous centre section above a

boldly carved collar over three cabriole legs ending

on fantastically carved eagle claw and ball feet, superb

quality throughout.

Regency rosewood centre table probably by Gillows

Circa 1820


Diameter: 54½ inches / 138.5 cm


A lovely thuya wood cabinet with two swing out doors which open to reveal a rosewood faced silk lined interior with mirror back and containing four cut glass scent bottles, a button releases a silk lined satinwood drawer.A label on inside of lid gives provenance: ’To my grandniece Anna Daniell, perfume box, given to me by my mother on my 16th Birthday, Janet Couper.’

Three fine quality tortoiseshell and silver boxes all made in Birmingham in 1894, which are being sold individually, the top box is an elegant tortoiseshell and silver ring box, the top opening to reveal a pale blue velvet and silk interior and spaces for twelve rings, width 7¼ inches / 18.5 cm, in the middle a tortoiseshell and silver glove box, the top with pierced scrolling silver collars and silver name plate, the lid opens to reveal a green silk velvet lined interior, width10½ inches / 26.5 cm, lastly, a tortoiseshell and silver jewellery box, the top with pierced scrolling silver collars and decorative cartouche, opening the box reveals a green silk and velvet lined interior with a removable tray, width 7 inches / 19.75 cm.

Thuya wood scent bottle cabinet

Circa 1850

Height 8¾ inches / 22.25 cm



Three tortoiseshell and silver boxes

Birmingham 1894

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An early 20th Century brass

standard lamp with ebonised

column, adjustable in height.

Standard lamp

Early 20th Century





A fine Regency rosewood breakfront bookcase cabinet

by George Oakley, the centre cupboard flanked by

recessed adjustable shelves, divided by tapered pilasters

inlaid with broad strips of brass, further inlaid throughout

with brass stringing and raised on original ormolu claw

feet.

The firm attribution to Oakley is based on his

documented work for J.H.Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey,

Warwickshire, including side cabinets sharing this

identical form of pilaster and gilt claw feet. (Vide

Christies, April 2009, 2006).

Regency rosewood breakfront bookcase

Circa 1810 - 1815





An Art deco design silver plated champagne cooler by

G.Peak & Co, London. The tapering sides with four bottle

apertures centred by an ice compartment with detachable

cover, on stepped circular base, originally brass and

copper, now silver plated.

Art Deco design champagne cooler

20th Century




An Art deco design silver plated champagne cooler by

G.Peak & Co, London. The tapering sides with four bottle

apertures centred by an ice compartment with detachable

cover, on stepped circular base, stamped SS Boston.

The SS ’Boston’ was an American built steam passenger ship

completed in 1924. It was given to Britain in 1942 and was

sunk by German U-Boat 216 on 25th September 1942.

Art Deco design champagne cooler

20th Century





Possibly ‘Spiders Nest’, 1954, of the same proportion, medium and subject. Tunnard ledger LG1; caralogue No 629, John Tunnard his life and work by Alan Peat and Brian A. Wilson,

Provenance: The estate of John Tunnard’s cousin, Peter Tunnard, Co-owner of the London Gallery ‘McRoberts & Tunnard’. Private Collection UK.

John Tunnard was a successful painter, designer and teacher. Educated at Charterhouse public school where he distinguished himself in art, then studied textile design at Royal College of Art, 1919-23. During the 20’s he

Attributed to John Tunnard 1900 - 1971 British

Abstract composition with spiders nest, butterflies and

insects

Gouache on paper, laid on board

Frame size: 21 x 27 inches / 53.25 x 68.5 cm

played jazz semi-professionally and was also a textile designer and art adviser to the carpet- makers H M Southwell. Married the artist Mary Robertson.Tunnard began painting seriously in 1929. In 1930 he moved to Cadgwith, Cornwall and began a hand-blocked printed silk business with his wife. From this time his painting began to take off, with 3 paintings at the R.A. in 1931, and a first one-man show at the Redfern Gallery two years later. Exhibited in the Surrealist section in AIA in 1937. Although Tunnards work has strong realist elements, there is usually a Surrealist flavour.Tunnard served in the coastguard during World War II, and was art master at Wellington College in 1945, then from 1948 taught at Penzance School of Art for many years. Designed a mural for the Festival of Britain 1951. Retrospective at R.A., 1977. The Tate Gallery holds his work.Exhibited: Art’s Council, John Tunnard 1900-71, Royal Academy, 6 March-11April 1977, No.1, lent by Tunnard Estate.Literature: John Tunnard-His Life and Work; Alan Peat and Brian A. Whitton, 1977‘Lefevre for Show 15.10.47’ Inf. Source. Tunnard record p.4: ’40 guns’ .


Provenance: The estate of John Tunnard’s

cousin, Peter Tunnard, Co-owner of the

London Gallery ‘McRoberts & Tunnard’.

Private Collection UK.

Attributed to John Tunnard 1900 - 1971 British

Waterspout

Oil

Frame size: 22¼ x 19¼ inches / 56.25 x 49 cm

John TunnardHarbourGoucheFrame size: 22¼ x29¼ inches


An early 20th Century French patinated bronze, gilt

bronze Pique à jour enamel and marble figure of a

butterfly perched on a naturalistic base. The butterfly,

with clockwork movement, rising from the base to

reveal a naked woman with outstretched wings.

Original patination to base and gilded body. Pique à jour

restored. Each piece stamped 2.

Carl Kauba 1865—1922

Metamorphosis

Circa 1900





A very fine and rare George III mahogany sofa table the

top banded with amboyna wood, itself set within palm

wood crossbanding, boxwood strung throughout, the

frieze incorporating two drawers and opposing dummy

drawers, on end standard supports to four splayed legs

with brass capped castors.

George III rare sofa table

Circa 1795


Width closed: 37¾ inches / 96 cm

Width open: 59½ inches / 151 cm



A small 19th Century single drawer mahogany writing

table with leather inset top, on turned and reeded legs

joined by conforming stretchers all with ebonised detail.

Mahogany writing table

19th Century




An early 19th Century rosewood music canterbury with

finely turned spindles, centre slats, single drawer below,

raised on original castors.

Early 19th Century rosewood music canterbury

Circa 1830





A George III mahogany pembroke table of fine colour and

patina, raised on taper legs to original leather castors.

George III mahogany pembroke table

Circa 1775




A George III mahogany cabriole leg tea table of small size,

with single drawer, gate leg action to fold over top.

George III tea table

Circa 1850





Commissioned by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre the painting shows Prospero in his magic robes in act 5.1 of ‘The Tempest’ releasing Ariel from his prison inside a tree, before finally renouncing magic. The Dragonfly almost certainly represents one of the characters in Prospero’s circle, and Calaban as the toad.Arthur Bentley Connor was a portrait painter from London who exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Academy from 1903-18. Provenance: This fabulous painting was commissioned by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford –Upon-Avon for the production of ‘The Tempest’ by the Royal Shakespeare Company which opened July

31, 1911.According to the artists daughter the painting was returned to her father for restoration after being slightly damaged by a fire at the theatre. The Great War then took place and the painting remained in the artist’s possession until his death, and left to his daughter-Isabel Ward, née Conner. The theatre was destroyed in the great fire of 6 March, 1926 and not re-built until 1932.The painting was sold by Isabel Ward together with a note of provenance in 2002.The artists restoration to fire damage has since been carefully reversed and the painting conserved and restored using modern techniques to museum standards.

Arthur Bentley Connor Fl. 1903 – 1918

Prospero Releasing Ariel From The Tree

The Tempest by William Shakespeare Act 5. 1.4-5

Signed and dated 1911

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 66 x 44 inches /162.5 x 111.75 cm


A superbly sculptured bronze of a seated monkey

holding a magnifying glass in his left hand,

examining his feet.Guerilla feugait vendit nulla

consequatum delit lum zzrit

Bronze monkey

Meiji Period



A Georgian painted two compartment tea caddy in the

form of a country house.

Painted house tea caddy

Circa 1810


Width: 7 ¼ inches / 18.5 cm


A single compartment Georgian painted tea caddy in the

form of a country house.


Circa 1810





Georgian painted tea caddy in the form of a country

house with dormer windows. The lid opens to reveal

two lidded compartments.


Circa 1800




A single compartment Georgian tea caddy in the form

of a country house.


Circa 1810





A fine inlaid mahogany two compartment cube tea

caddy with tulipwood oval panels to four sides and

inlaid with chevron lines, trailing flowers, and the top

with a stained oval and shell inlay.

A rare fine late 18th Century decagonal ivory single tea

caddy with tortoiseshell stringing, the top decorated

with a mother of pearl star with a gold handle, the front

with a gold escutcheon and inlaid gold husk swag and

surround to a central glazed watercolour on ivory of a

young girl holding a bird.

Mahogany cube tea caddy

Circa 1790




Rare decagonal ivory tea caddy

Circa 1790





Vernon Southward 1909-1981

Osterley Park in snow

Signed & dated 1970

Provenance: The studio of Vernon Southward,

private collection UK

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 27½ x 31¾ inches / 69.75 x 80.5 cm

An English Post- Impressionist from Sussex.Vernon Southward was born and educated in France. He moved to Southampton in the 1930s where he met his wife Alwyn, a teacher at Southampton University. They married in 1942, and moved to Osterley in Middlesex. Southward joined the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1941 and was one of the first to work at Heathrow in the days of ‘mud and marquees’, he became station officer, a position he held

until his retirement in 1976.At the end of the second world war, Southward embarked on his artistic education at the Heatherley School of Art, London, where he was one of a select group of talented pupils to be taught by the renowned Scottish colourist and engraver, Iain MacNab. Southward progressed quickly and by 1950 Southward began to exhibit, in London at the Royal Institute of Watercolorists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and also at several provincial exhibitions.Southward’s wife, Dr.Alwyn Ruddock, was a respected maritime historian and her research took them to Paris and on to the ancient ports of the Mediterranean. Southward recorded these visits in detailed sketch books, later to be worked up into paintings in watercolour and in oil, and studied the works of the great Impressionists in local museums and art galleries. His sketch books provide a fascinating diary of their travels. From the mid 60s, the couple travelled extensively each spring and autumn to Europe, visiting Greece, Italy, Malta, Gozo, and Libya.


Vernon Southward 1909-1981

Pines Near Midhurst

Signed

Oil

Frame size: 27½ x 31¾ inches / 69.75 x 80.5 cm

From the early 70s, Southward’s pictures display the influence of the great Impressionists, including Monet and Cezanne, and he found inspiration in the vibrant landscapes of the Mediterranean that he and Alwyn visited, including Aix-en-Provence, Menton, Italy, Portugal and Yugoslavia.His exhibited pictures gained success and public notice and in 1972 the London publishers, W & G Foyle, having admired his Mediterranean views shown at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, commissioned a series of book covers.

Southward retired from BOAC in 1976 and moved to Midhurst, West Sussex, where he devoted the remaining years of his life painting the surrounding countryside. Increasingly his works were exhibited at the Paris Salon where he was an Associate Member of the Society of French Artists. Thirteen major works, all landscapes were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1972-1981, and in 1975 he received an ‘Honourable Mention’ for A Snow in Mottisfont.Southward died suddenly on 7th September 1981, whilst on a walking holiday in Somerset, and was buried at Midhurst Cemetery. He was survived by his devoted wife Alwyn, who kept the Midhurst studio just as Vernon left it until her death in 2006.Landscape in snow was a favourite subject of Vernon Southward, and his last exhibited picture, Snow near Midhurst, was shown in May 1981 at the Salon of the Grand Palace of Champs-Elysees


A George III mahogany demi-lune fold over tea or

card table of unusually large size with crossbanding and

boxwood stringing incorporating a useful frieze drawer

the tapering square legs capped with inlaid paterae.

A good size Regency mahogany armchair, upholstered

in a gold fabric, with a curved buttoned back, the

carved front panels on tapering turned and reeded

legs to castors.

George III demi lune card table

Circa 1780




Regency mahogany armchair

Circa 1825





A pair of early 20th Century Art Deco period silver

plated ducks with original glass eyes.

A pair of French Napoleon III, onyx and gilt bronze

‘Carcel’ oil lamps. The turned oynx bodies with

champlevé border, mounted with oval cipher depicting

coronet of an Earl with two interwined ‘S’ on three

gilt metal supports with hoof feet, standing on circular

base with central finial and turned onyx plinth. Now

converted to electricity, but retaining the original

clockwork mechanism ’Carcel’ oil pumps.

Pair of silver plated ducks

Circa 1920




Pair of French lamps

Circa 1860


Diameter: 8 inches / 20.5 cm


A large Japanese bowl from the Showa period, matt black,

background with gilt decoration of buildings, mountains,

trees and a waterfall.

Japanese bowl

Circa 1935



A chrome car radiator decanter, made in the shape of a

Bentley radiator.

Bentley radiator decanter

20th Century



John Syer exhibited at the R.A. from 1846 – 1875 and

elsewhere. He lived in London. He painted landscapes

and coastal scenes particularly in Devon and Wales.

Works by him are in Bristol, Leeds, Leicester and

Sheffield national art galleries.

John Syer R.I. 1815 - 1885

Figures by a Tumbling Stream

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 25 x 36 inches


A 19th Century circular carved ivory trinket box

depicting a classical lady reclining next to a basket of

flowers to the lid, the base carved with two cupids

resting before an urn with swags and flowers, mounted

in rose gold with laurel wreath form hinges and

tortoiseshell interior.

Carved ivory trinket box

19th Century



A George III mahogany bowfront sideboard the central

drawer flanked by a cupboard each side and further

storage behind a recessed tambour door, good colour

and size. Replacement handles.

George III mahogany bowfront sideboard

Circa 1810


Width: 45 inches / 114.30



An unusual pair of round Regency mahogany stools on

four cabriole legs with carved decoration to the knee,

joined by stretchers.

A Satsuma tea jar with its original inner and outer lid by

Kinkozan and artist signed Konen, two painted panels,

one women and children, the other a lake scene.

Pair of Regency stools

Circa 1810



Kinkozan tea jar

Meiji Period



A bronze Egyptian sphinx with hieroglyphics to the

front on black marble base with further gout d’egypt

bronze mount to base.

A fine rosewood table cabinet, the top and sides with inlaid panels banded with ivory stringing, the front is inlaid throughout with decorated ivory banding, the cabinet has two banks of five drawers, each of which has two inlaid marble panels surrounded with ivory inlay and retaining their original lions mask handles. The drawers flank a central architectural section which has a drawer over a door, which is over another drawer, the door and lower drawer have panels of agate, the door opens to reveal a silk lined interior (replaced.) This is a very fine example and we think it may possibly have come from Antwerp.

Bronze French

Circa 1880




Fine Continental table cabinet

Circa 1790





Painter, principally of landscape, but also of genre and

marine subjects. Living in London, Walmer Beach and

Yapton, Sussex. Exhib from 1870 at the RA, 1871 –

1910 SS, OWS (83 works), and elsewhere. AJ 1877

August ‘In Pastoral’ (RA 1877) the lighting up of the hill

beyond is remarkably like nature, and ‘Nearly Home’

is very faithful to rural circumstances, as well as natural

fact…This artist is making rapid strides, and bids fair to

become one of our great landscape-painters.’

Thomas James Lloyd 1849 – 1910

Afternoon Tea


Watercolour

Frame Size: 38½ x 23 in / 97.75 x 58.5 cm


A ladies lovely ivory dressing table set with a large

manicure box complete with tools, a small box, scent

bottle with silver collar, hair brush and clothes brush.

A 19th Century burr walnut ladies dressing case with makers stamp for W&J Milne, makers, 126 Princes St, Edinburgh, the top opening to reveal a purple velvet and leather lined interior containing eleven silver gilt topped bottles and containers, all stamped with makers mark HTB, together with two removable pads with a selection of mother of pearl tools, scissors, etc, the interior of the lid contains a removable mirror and blotting paper holder, the pop out drawer has a leathered writing surface under which is a jewellery compartment.

Ivory dressing table set

London 1940

Diameter of Subject

Height of Subject

Burr walnut ladies dressing case

London 1875-1876





A harlequin ladies tortoiseshell dressing table set

consisting of a large tray, a large octagonal box, two

circular pots, hand held mirror, three clothes brushes

and a selection of tools.

A mid 19th Century brass bound and strung burr walnut ladies dressing case with makers stamp W.H.Tooke, manufacturer, Liverpool, the top opening to reveal a blue velvet and leather lined interior with the lid containing a removable mirror and a stationary compartment, the top section splits and opens on a roller mechanism, with each section having five silver topped bottles and containers and a tool pad with mother of pearl tools, scissors etc all stamped with makers mark T.J. The lower drawer has a split top opening to reveal the jewellery compartment, a fine example.

Tortoiseshell dressing table set

Circa 1910

Diameter of Subject

Height of Subject

Burr walnut ladies dressing case

London 1859-1860





A late 19th Century silver plated lemon/ lime squeezer,

possibly by Fenton Brothers, with two replaced spoons.

Silver plated lemon squeezer

Circa 1890


A mid 19th Century glass magnum decanter/ carafe with

honeycomb decoration.

Magnum decanter

Circa 1860



A beautiful iron vase with enamels and gold and silver

wire, in the style of Komai.

Iron vase

Meiji Period


A blue Satsuma vase with panels of figures and tea

ceremony implements, by Kinkozan.

Kinkozan vase

Meiji Period



Large late 19th Century Victorian

red glass wedding bell with white

rim, clear glass handle with white

knop (ringer replaced).

A pair of late 19th Century

Victorian green glass wedding

bells with clear glass handles

(ringers replaced).

Large late 19th Century Victorian

red glass wedding bell with white

rim, clear glass handle with green

knop (ringer replaced).

Left

Glass wedding bell

Circa 1880



Middle

Pair of glass wedding bells

Circa 1880

Height: 11 inches

Diameter: 5½ inches

A selection of glass wedding bells

Right

Glass wedding bell

Circa 1880

Height: 13¼ inches/ 33.5 cm



A good and useful George III mahogany side cabinet

with tulipwood crossbanding and boxwood stringing the

frieze incorporating two oak lined drawers above two

fielded panel cupboard doors on four ogee bracket feet.

George III mahogany side cabinet

Circa 1780





19th Century shaped edged papier

mache tray decorated with gothic

ruins and a male and female figure.

An antique Ferdinand Barbedienne bust of a lady in patinated bronze on a fine ormolu mounted and reeded black marble base. This large bust of a lady is of fine quality and shows off the skill of Barbedienne as the pre eminent French fondeur of the second half of the 19th Century. Her hair is high, the detail and quality of the casting is second to none. Every detail is fine and clear. To the back of the bust is found the full Barbedienne signature together with the Collas reduction stamp.The bust stands on a superb ormolu mounted and reeded black marble base. The F. Barbedienne foundry was started in Paris in 1838 by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Collas died in Paris in 1859 leaving Ferdinand Barbedienne as the sole owner of the foundry, the workshop was at 63 Rue de Lancry in France. Barbedienne died in 1891.

19th Century paper mache tray

Circa 1860



Bust of a lady

Circa 1880

Height: 26.5 inches / 66.25 cm

Diameter: 10.25 inches/ 25.63 cm


A large early 20th Century Edwardian eight division

country house oak stick stand with original tray.

Country house oak stick stand

Circa 1910



Depth: 12 inches / 30.5cm

An early 20th Century singing bird cage with two birds in a

gilt metal cage, when switched on each bird takes a turn in

singing and moves its head and tail whilst opening its beak,

playing both intermittently and full time.

Singing bird cage

Circa 1930



A small Regency D front mahogany side table with a

single drawer, inlaid to the front and sides, raised on

turned and reeded tapering legs.

Regency side table

Circa 1810





A late 19th Century set of eight press moulded

candlesticks.

Set of 8 candlesticks

Probably French



A lovely art deco octagonal decanter with stopped neck

and silver collar by Mappin & Webb.

Art Deco decanter

Birmingham 1935




A lovely Art Deco shaped decanter with stepped neck and

silver collar by Adie Brothers.

Art Deco decanter

Birmingham 1938





A pair of George III mahogany open arm library

chairs, upholstered in close buttoned hide, raised

on square legs to castors.

A lovely glass inkwell with an unusual mechanism for

holding a pocket watch in a silver mount which also

has space for displaying a monthly calendar, which

could now hold a photograph, the design is by Edward,

Glasgow and was patented by them.

Pair of open arm library chairs

Circa 1775




Silver clock inkwell

Birmingham 1913—1914





From left to right, an early 20th

century turned lignum vitae string

box, height 3½ in, an early 20th

century turned lignum vitae barrel,

height 4½ inches, early 20th century

turned lignum vitae barrel with lid,

height 4¾ in.

A Georgian walnut bureau cabinet of diminutive proportions, with fine colour and patina, the cabinet top with broken arch pediment above a mirrored door enclosing adjustable shelves, the bureau with a fitted interior of drawers and pigeonholes above graduated drawers, inlaid throughout with delicate herringbone stringing. Whilst conforming in design to the early 18th Century this small scale cabinet appears to date from the later 18th Century judged on its constructional detail, in particular the continuation of the sides to form shaped bracket feet. It is possible that this piece was made by a cabinetmaker as a particular gift or novelty for a loved one, perhaps a young daughter, with no view to commercial value or fashion, in the style of some 100 year earlier.

A selection of treen boxes

Early 20th century

Georgian walnut bureau cabinet

Circa 1800 – 1820





A large Dresden porcelain plaque of ‘The Penitent Magdalene’ after Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1701-1787), the reverse inscribed by L.Sturm (who is listed as an independent porcelain painter in Dresden, see Robert Röntgen, ‘The Book of Meissen’ Atglen, 1996, P322, No 190) with the recumbent Mary reading in a rocky landscape, her book resting upon a skull, within a leaf moulded gilt wood rectangular frame. Bussende Magdalena by Batoni hung in the Staaliche Museum in Dresden until it was destroyed in World War II.Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1701-1787)See website for biography.

Dresden Porcelain Plaque of ‘The Penitent Magdalene’ Circa 1871

Plaque size: 177/8 x 11½ inches / 45.4 x 29.2 cmFrame Size: 26 x 19¾ /66 x 50 cm


A group of four early 20th Century brass doorstops in the form of dolphins

Circa 1930


An early 20th Century brass doorstop in the form of St.George slaying the dragon, stamped ‘Peerage England’ on the base with original iron weight insert

Circa 1900


An early 20th Century brass doorstop in the form on a dolphin with original cast iron base

Circa 1900



A pair of late 19th Century brass doorstops in the form of seated dogs with original cast iron bases

Circa 1890


A late 19th Century brass doorstop in the form of a swan with original iron weight insert

Circa 1880


A late 19th Century bell shaped brass doorstop with original iron weight, stamped W.T & S for William Tonks & Sons

Circa 1880


Late 19th Century brass doorstop in the form of a cornsheaf, with original iron weight insert

Circa 1880

Height: 15¾ inches 40 cm

A tall late 19th Century bell shaped brass doorstop with original iron weight insert

Circa 1880



A Regency rosewood letter box, the top with two

openings for letters, one answered, the other

unanswered and these are labelled with inscribed mother

of pearl plaques, at either end are compartments for

storage of stationery. A lovely example.

Regency letter box

Circa 1820





A George III mahogany lazy Susan with dished top. The

stand carved with acanthus leaves.

George III lazy Susan

Circa 1800



An early 20th Century mahogany cigar box by Alfred

Dunhill Ltd with movable divider.

Dunhill cigar box

20th Century





A large pair of mid 20th Century silver plated

wine coolers.

A lovely thuya wood humidor by Alfred Dunhill Ltd,

unusually they have included the heart wood to give

this striking design, the edges to the box are finished

with coromandel banding which again unusually is cut

on the angle rather than straight, all on ogee feet which

have also been inlaid with coromandel banding.

Wine coolers

Circa 1950



Dunhill thuya wood humidor

Circa 1930





A Regency mahogany campaign secretaire chest of small

size, the fall front writing drawer with well fitted interior,

two further long drawers, original brass furniture, raised

on slender splayed feet (restored).

Campaign secretaire chest of drawers

Circa 1820





Glendening rose to become one of the finest Victorian

landscape painters with a highly individual style. His

subjects were often views of the Thames and the

mountainous landscapes of Scotland and Wales.

He exhibited 130 works including 41 at the Royal

Academy from 1865 to 1903. His son and pupil was

Alfred Glendening Jnr 1861 – 1907. Works represented:

Adelaide; Sydney; Tate Gallery and other museums.Bibl:

Victorian Painters - Christopher Wood. Benezi.

Alfred A. Glendening (FL. 1861 – 1903) British

Cattle Watering by a Loch

Signed

Oil on canvas

Frame size: 22¼ x 36 inches / 56.5 x 91.5 cm


A small early 19th Century mahogany medicine cabinet,

the twin doors opening to reveal an arrangement of

bottles, some with labels and contents, a drawer contains

scales and weights, mortar and pestle, more bottles and a

trade label for Allen & Hanburys, pharmaceutical chemists,

Plough Court, Lombard Street, London E.C.

19th Century medicine cabinet

Circa 1820




An early 19th Century rosewood medicine chest by J.Bell

& Co. 338 Oxford Street, London. The lid opens to

reveal a selection of eight bottles many with their original

labels, the lower drawer contains more labelled bottles,

pill holders, measuring jug, scales and weights.

Early 19th Century medicine cabinet

Circa 1820





A large mid 19th Century mahogany medicine cabinet complete with a large selection of its original bottles and their contents, including stomach powder, turkey rhubarb, and many more, these surround a removable compartment with scales, weights, and a glass eye bath, beneath this are compartments for a mortar and pestle, measuring jug and more bottles and jars, all the labels are from John M’Guiffie & Co, Chemists, 24, Castle Street, Liverpool.

Medicine cabinet

Circa 1850





An English goblet engraved with a large boxer and two

smaller boxing figures, also with the National Sporting

Club Challenge Belt (Bantamweight). This was first

awarded to George (Digger) Stanley, who won it in

1909, 1910 and 1912 and then kept it. It was called the

Lonsdale belt after 1929.

(The foot appears to have been reglued at some time).

A George III mahogany graduated chest of four drawers

with slide, the top veneered with an oval within a cable

stringing and quartered banding, superbly figured,

retaining the original cast brasses and bracket feet.

Engraved goblet

Circa 1909



George III mahogany chest of drawers

Circa 1775




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A William IV mahogany hat

stand on square base with split

turned columns to the corners,

all on bun feet, possibly

Gillows.

William IV hat stand

Circa 1835





Early 19th Century rosewood open bookcase of

unusual form with inverted breakfront, the adjustable

shelves flanked by elongated lotus carving, raised on a

plinth base.

Rosewood open bookcase

Circa 1825




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Origin and Date of Subject

Diameter of Subject

Height of Subject

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feum vent et nonum velendigna consequam vel ulla

consequis alisl et wisci eu faccum del diam, quismod

olendio nsequat nos dolore con ver ilita vel ullam volor

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praessenit aliquis sequatem zzriure faccum alissi.

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Richard Gardner Antiques exceptional antiques for exceptional people

A Staunton boxwood and ebony chess set by Jaques

and son, London, weighted and felted ‘lasker’ style,

inscribed ‘Jaques, London’ on the rim of the King, in

original box with Green label showing ‘The Staunton

Chess-men.’

Jaques Staunton chess set

Circa 1880

King Height: 3½ inches

An early boxed Staunton boxwood and ebony chess

set by Jaques, London, weighted and felted, ‘Anderson

dropped-jaw’ style, inscribed ‘Jaques, London’ on the

rim of the king, in original box with green label showing

‘The Staunton chess-men,’.

Jaques Staunton chess set

Circa 1855

King Height: 3½ inches


A rare George III mahogany wine box of great colour

and figuring crossbanded throughout and with chevron

stringing, carrying handles to sides and all on ogee

bracket feet, to one side is a small cupboard door.

The top opens to reveal numerous compartments for

bottles and decanters.

Rare George III mahogany wine box

Circa 1780





A mahogany combination scoring board for Billiard

Snooker & Life Pool probably by Thurston of London,

but retailed by Benetfink & Co, London. Revolving

number bars, central slate panel and lettered sliding

panels with ivory bosses which reveal boxwood circle

and ebony ‘life pool’ stars.

A revolving billiard cue carousel probably by

Burroughes & Watts of London tri form top mounted

with turned finials, ivory cue clips for cue retention,

central column flanked by three smaller uprights, all

standing on a revolving base with bun feet.

Mahogany combination scoring board

Circa 1880



Revolving billiard cue carousel

Circa 1890


Diameter: 20½ inches / 52 cm


A finely detailed cased shipbuilders model of a 1930’s

gentleman’s motor yacht ‘Kittihawke’ by Maurice

Griffiths, London.

Shipbuilders model of the ‘Kittihawkwe’

Circa 1930

Height: 15½ inches/ 39.25 cm



John Callow 1822 – 1878

Edinburgh, From The Firth of Forth


Watercolour

Frame size: 20 x 34½ inches / 50.75 x 87.75 cm

John Callow was a marine and landscape painter. He was

a pupil of his elder brother William, who took him to Paris

in 1835 where he studied for several years. In 1844 he

returned to England and started up as a landscape painter

in watercolours. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of

Drawing in the Royal Military Academy at Addiscombe,

and six years later he took the post of Sub-Professor of

Drawing at Woolwich. Some years later he retired and

painted for exhibitions as well as taking pupils. He excelled

in marine painting more than landscapes. He exhibited

yearly at the OWS and RA, BI, SS and NWS.

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