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Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909).
The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by th...
Category
1870s English School Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Awakening - Important Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Awakening’ by Herbert James Draper (1864-1920).
This monumental masterpeice oil painting – which depicts two wood nymphs rising to meet the morning sun – is signed by the artist an...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Vigilance, Loyalty & Devotion - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Beauty & Dogs
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vigilance, Loyalty, and Devotion’ by Arthur Wardle R.B.C. R.I. (1864-1949).
The painting – which depicts a young beauty surrounded by poppies and her three faithful canine companio...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Vale of the Conwy, Snowdonia - 19th Century Oil Painting Wales Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting King Arthur's Queen Guinevere Camelot
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English medieval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lov...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Large Vintage Medallion Design Pink Wool Oriental Style Rug
Located in London, GB
This large very elegant fine quality medallion design vintage pink wool oriental style rug.
This beautiful pink rug features a central medallion with abstract patterns, foliated and...
Category
1980s Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Wool
"Nautilus" & "The Ameer" - Arabian horses
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent)
'The Ameer, an Arabian' and 'Nautilus'
Signed and dated 'J.F.Herring. Senr./1842' lower right
Inscribed 'The Ameer./An Arabian' low...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Horses in a farmyard
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Jnr (1815-1907)
Horses in a farmyard
Signed 'JF Herring' lower right
Oil on panel
Painting Size - 7 x 9 in
Framed Size - 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in
Provenance
With Art...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
George III Rare Bronze Cased Chronology of the Sovereigns of England
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and very interesting antique Georgian bronze medallion cased set of printed discs titled CHRONOLOGY OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND and believed to have been produced around 1815...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Bronze
George II English Wall Mirror Walnut Fret Cut and Original Glass, Ca 1750
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This English hanging wall mirror is from the mid 18th Century, George 11nd period circa 1750.
It has a softwood frame construction, probably pine with hardwood figured walnut veneer...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Glass, Walnut
$980 Sale Price
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Vintage English Leather Captains Desk Swivel Chair Green 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a vintage leather 'Captains chair' in a beautiful sage green colour, hand-made in England with materials of the finest quality and dating from the late 20th Century.
Height ...
Category
1990s English Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Leather
Masons Ironstone Jug or Pitcher in Basket Japan Pattern, Georgian circa 1818
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good, very early Mason's Ironstone Hydra jug or pitcher in the Basket Japan pattern, made in the English, late Georgian period, circa 1815-1820.
This jug is very decorativ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ironstone
$312 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion Hand Painted, Qing, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export, porcelain, Rose Medallion dish or plate which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1875.
I...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Porcelain
$290 Sale Price
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Georgian Rummer Drinking Glass Hand Blown with Square Foot, English circa 1790
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good English "RUMMER" Drinking Glass, which were originally drinking glasses used in English taverns in the late 18th and early 19...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Glass
$239 Sale Price
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Georgian Masons Ironstone Large Platter in Table & Flowerpot Pattern, circa 1818
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone large Platter or Meat Plate, in the Table and Flowerpot gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818.
The p...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ironstone
$684 Sale Price
44% Off
Vintage Sheraton Revival Low Burr Walnut Open Bookcase
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful vintage low open bookcase in the Sheraton style, with adjustable shelves.
The bookcase has two adjustable shelves, is made from burr walnut and has superb satin...
Category
Late 20th Century Sheraton Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Vintage Pair of Flame Mahogany Bedside Chests Cabinets With Slides 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of flame mahogany chests with slides in elegant Georgian style dating from the late 20th Century.
The chests are masterfully crafted from gorgeous flame ma...
Category
1990s English Georgian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England 1930
By Cooper Brothers & Sons
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Cranberry Glass Milk or Cream Jug Wrythen Moulded, English Ca 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good wrythen (spiral) moulded cranberry glass milk or cream jug, which we date to the mid-late 19th century of Victorian England, circa 1870.
The body is made from cranb...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Glass
$323 Sale Price
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PAIR of Chinese Foo Dogs Hand Carved Hardstone Good Colour and Detail, Ca 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good pair of antique Chinese foo or lion dogs, sometimes called temple lions made of a hardstone, hand carved with fine detail and polished, dating to the mid 20th c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Stone
Vintage 13 ft Three Pillar Mahogany Dining Table and 14 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb dining set comprising a 13ft Vintage Regency Revival dining table with fourteen Hepplewhite revival dining chairs., dating from the second half of the 20th Century....
Category
Late 20th Century Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Mahogany
Antique PAIR of Chinese Bronze Foo Dogs good detail, Qing early 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good PAIR of antique Chinese foo or lion dog sculptures, sometimes called temple lions, made of a brass-bronze metal alloy, with excellent detail, dating to the early 19th century, Qing period or possibly earlier back to the 18th century.
They are a male and female pair, the male with the slightly larger head. These pieces are very well cast with good detail and wear, showing a very good depth of colour. Both dogs have a small hole on the top of the head for incense to be placed.
Each piece weighs about 700gm unpacked
Overall a lovely pair of antique Chinese Foo Dogs...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Brass
Three Delft Ceramic Wall Tiles Blue & White figures Hand Painted, Circa. 1800
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very decorative set of Three small ceramic wall tiles, with a Blue and White figural scene, dating to the later part of the 18th century or early in the 19th Century.
Al...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ceramic
$202 Sale Price / set
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Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export cloisonné lidded box which we date to the 20th century, Circa 1930.
The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beauti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Bronze
$246 Sale Price
44% Off
Pierre Le Faguays Figurine-Intoxication Signed Guerbe, French Circa 1930
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original metal figurine of a Dancer by Max Le Verrier / Pierre Le Faguays, called GRISERIE, and signed GUERBE, made in France in the Art Deco period, circa 1930 .
The fig...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Marble, Metal
$871 Sale Price
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Antique Porcelain & Ormolu Zell Hammersbach Vase 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb porcelain & ormolu mounted Zell Hammersbach vase, with makers mark and dated 1882.
This vase comes from the small German town of Zell am Harmersbach, between the Bl...
Category
1880s German Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage 13ft Three Pillar Mahogany Dining Table with 14 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb dining set comprising a 13ft Vintage Regency Revival dining table with fourteen Hepplewhite revival dining chairs., dating from the second half of the 20th Century....
Category
1980s English Regency Revival Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Art Deco Burr Walnut Dining Table & 8 Cloud Back Chairs C1920
Located in London, GB
A truly stunning antique Art Deco burr walnut dining suite attributed to the world renowned cabinet makers, Harry & Lou Epstein, comprising a dining table and the original matching s...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Campaign Era Military Secretaire Chest of Drawers 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is beautifully crafted antique early Victorian teak military campaign secretaire chest of drawers dates from Circa 1840.
The top drawer opening to a pull out secretaire fitted with a small drawer, pigeon hole compartments and an inset gold tooled brown leather writing surface. This is over two short drawers over two full width drawers.
The brass-bound chest was made in two parts, accented with inset brass hardware, for ease of transport.
Add this splended military secretaire...
Category
1840s Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Wood
An Arabian stallion in a wooded landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849)
An Arabian stallion in a wooded landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 12 x 14 in
Framed Size 21 x 22 in
Provenance
Believed to have passed by descen...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Townshends Birmingham Aluminium and Electroplated Patent Communion Set
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual Art Nouveau Townshends Ltd, Birmingham aluminium and electroplate patent communion set comprising of 24 silver plated wine cups and...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Aluminum, Silver Plate
Vintage Tripod Searchlight Standing Floor Lamp Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a highly attractive interwar revival industrial design tripod searchlight floor lamp, late 20th Century in date.
This splendid nautical...
Category
Late 20th Century Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Other
A pair of Classical landscapes
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
George Smith of Chichester (Chichester 1714-1776)
Landscape with figures resting by a river; River landscape with figures outside a thatched cottag...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Russian Faberge Attributed Blue Glass Egg with Engraved Designs
By Fabergé
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality large antique/vintage Russian hand-blown engraved cobalt blue glass egg attributed to Faberge and probably dating from the early 20th century. The egg is hollow hand b...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Blown Glass
Clarice Cliff Pot in Lily Orange Fantasque Pattern, Art Deco period circa 1929
By Clarice Cliff
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a circular pot in the rare, hand painted "Lily Orange" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This piece dates to 1929, having the transitional period "Fant...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Pottery
$465 Sale Price
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Otto Lindig German Bauhaus Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Otto Lindig (German, 1895-1966) started his training in the arts and crafts at the Kunstgewerbeschule in 1915. In 1919 he continued his studies at the College of Fine Arts in Weimar....
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ceramic
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London)
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770)
Oil on canvas
Canvas size - 40 x 50 in
Framed size - 48 ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
$44,518 Sale Price
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Mid 19thC Large 42cm Chinese Export Vase Porcelain Rose Medallion, Qing Ca 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality, highly decorative Chinese export Large porcelain Vase, finely hand decorated in the Imperial Canton, Rose medallion figural design, which we date to the mid 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1850.
This is a large vase over 16 inches high. ( ~42cm)
The vase has a baluster shape with a flared rim and is embellished with gold gilded dragons or salamanders at the shoulder with gold Foo Dog side handles. This is a well potted heavy vase indicative of the earlier Canton pieces, weighing about 3.5 Kg unpacked.
It is hand-painted in the Canton or Chinese export, rose medallion decoration with two sets of four panels...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Porcelain
$1,309 Sale Price
50% Off
Colliers lying in the Thames at Deptford and unloading their cargoes for London
By Peter Monamy
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Peter Monamy (London 1681-1749)
Colliers lying in the Thames at Deptford and unloading their cargoes for the London market
signed 'P: Monamy: Pinx' lower left
Oil on canvas
Canvas Si...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
$36,984 Sale Price
25% Off
Victor Mayer, Modern Faberge 18ct Gold Pill Box & Stand
By Fabergé
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning, modern limited edition Russian Faberge 18ct gold box mounted on a detachable fitted four leg stand. The rectangular box has a hinged cover decorated with green guilloche enamels overlaid with rope twist trellising the joints to the cover mounted with diamonds and red rubies. The box has cut out corners which correspond with the matched stand. Both have impressed FABERGE marks along with 750 marks for 18ct gold and the box is numbered 39/100 and the stand 20/300.
In 1990 Victor Mayer & Co was commissioned to resume manufacture of original Faberge objects.
Category
20th Century Russian Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Gold
Chinese Export Vase porcelain Blue & White hand painted dragons, Circa 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an elegant porcelain Chinese export porcelain Bottle Vase raised on a low foot, all hand painted in a blue and white dragon pattern, which we date to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
The vase is fairly large and very well hand potted in a Classic bottle shape on a low foot having a clear white glaze with a light blue tinge. The base is also glazed to the centre and the foot rim has been carefully hand-cut.
The vase is finely hand painted in a large range of cobalt blue tones from a light blue to a deep dark, almost black tones of cobalt blue, all around the body with two five toed dragons dancing among clouds. There are border patterns around the foot rim and the lower body all between blue circles with double blue circles just below the top rim.
The base has a carefully hand painted underglaze-blue six-character apocryphal Qing - Qianlong ( 1736 to 1795) seal mark, though we date this vase to the mid 20th century.
Approximate Weight: about 2.3Kg. unpacked.
Overall a beautiful Chinese blue and white hand painted Vase
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Porcelain
$641 Sale Price
44% Off
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Scipione Pulzone, called Il Gaetano (Gaeta 1544 - Rome 1598)
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Oil on canvas
A Royal Coat of Arms lower left
Canvas size...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Oil
Elio Schiavon Italian Figurative Sculptural 'Guerriero' Pottery Vase
By Elio Schiavon
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stunning Italian hand painted abstract figurative sculptural 'Guerriero' (warrior or fighter) ceramic vase by Elio Schiavon (1925-2004) dating from around 1960. This very stylized hand crafted vase portrays a figure holding a shield and is hand painted in textured colored enamels on a contrasting light grey ground. The figure has a painted face with locks of hair and what may be a beard and supports a rounded shield on their right shoulder. The vase is signed SCHIAVON ERHART to the base.
Elio Schiavon studied at the Scuola d'Arte Ceramica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Pottery
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Miniature Cameo Glass Vase with Violets
By Daum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional French Art Nouveau Daum Frères Violets miniature cameo glass vase wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etched ground dating from around 1900. The tal...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Blown Glass
Ashby Potters Guild Pair Art Nouveau Streak Glazed Candlesticks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair of Art Nouveau purple and blue streak glazed art pottery candlesticks dating between 1909 and 1922. The stoneware candlesticks are heavily potted standing on wide rounded bases with tall graduating column stems with bud shaped tops with flat rounded rims. The candlesticks are decorated in streaked blue and purple glazes over a lighter red glazed ground and both have clear glazed foot rims with recessed bases. The candlesticks are both impressed ASHBY GUILD...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Swiss 10 Air Musical Box Langdorff & Fils 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 10 airs Gonçalo Alves cylinder music box, manufactured by Langdorff & Fils, circa 1880.
The case is inlaid and crossbanded with floral marquetry and banded decoration. The lid opens to reveal an ebonised interior with a glazed hinged cover showing the comb, and a paper label to the underside of the lid stating 'Fabrique De Geneve' Langdorff & Fils, Fabricants
The music box has got its original tune sheet which is stamped:
"No 24017 Fabrique de Geneve" and lists the ten tunes and composers.
Condition:
It is is in excellent condition and in working order.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 18 cm x Width 69 cm x Depth 27 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 7 inches x Width 2 foot, 3 inches x Depth 11 inches
Music box
(also musical box) is a 19th/20th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique...
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Other
Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A stunning large antique French wood Vernis Martin five panel display cabinet in the Louis XV manner and of extravagantly shaped Bombe form, circa 1870 in date, with exquisite hand painted decoration and exquisite ormolu mounts.
It has five decorative Vernis Martin panels with beautiful hand painted decoration, the central panel depicting a courting couple and the others with classical figures in pastoral country scenes. The central panel bears the artists signature, Le Brun.
The large central clear serpentine glazed door opening to a large capacious cupboard below, flanked by clear glazed serpentine panels, with further shaped glass on the sides.
It is smothered in gorgeous gilded ormolu mounts, the shaped apron with foliate mounts and sabots, standing on cabriole legs. The mirror backed interior is fitted with glass shelves, the lower shelf lined with golden velvet, to display your collection of china or silver beautifully.
This magnificent piece is in excellent condition and the quality and attention to detail throughout is second to none.
Add a touch of unparalleled style to your home.
Condition:
In really excellent original condition having only been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
height 193 x width 115 x depth 50
Dimensions in inches:
height 6 foot, 4 inches x width 3 foot, 9 inches x depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Vernis Martin
is a lustrous lacquer substitute widely used in the 18th century to decorate furniture and such personal articles as brisé fans...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ormolu
Hornsea Mid-Century Hand Painted Rainbow Pattern Art Pottery Vase
By Hornsea Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish mid-century hand painted vase decorated in the rainbow pattern by Hornsea and dating from around 1960. This finely made ceramic vase stands on a narrow round unglazed ...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and very rare antique Victorian burr walnut twin pedestal partners desk, Circa 1860 in date.
It is made from fabulous burr walnut, the rectangular top with a fabulous inset gold tooled green leather writing surface.
One side has an arrangement of three drawers in the frieze over a pair of pedestals each with three graduated drawers, the other side has a central frieze drawer with a cupboard in each pedestal, each opens to a central shelf.
The desk is fitted with the original turned walnut handles and it stands on a plinth base raised on brass castors.
The desk has its original locks and keys and the locks are stamped H&C, By Royal Letters Patent.
Instil the elegance of a bygone era to a special place in your home with this fabulous decorative antique desk...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Walnut
Palais Royal French Ormolu Mounted Desk Writing Set with Pen
By Palais Royal
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made antique French Palais Royal ormolu mounted mother of pearl desk stand with pen dating from around 1900. The stand comprises of an ornate looped wire work carrying handle with a candle holder mounted on a shaped metal body embossed and engraved with floral designs and with a coiled pen support one with a snake head terminal and other with a flower with a polished mother of pearl bowl...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Metal
Antique French Painted Demi Lune Cabinet Commode 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis XVI revival demi lune commode with beautiful hand painted decoration in the manner of Francois Boucher, Circa 1920 in date.
The half moon s...
Category
1920s Louis XVI Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Satinwood
Josef Rindskopf Austrian Art Nouveau Silver Mounted Iridescent Art Glass Vase
By Josef Rindskopf’s Söhne
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Bohemain Art Nouveau art glass vase with an iridescent marbled design and silver rim by Josef Rindskopf and dating from around 1904. The vas...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Exceptional Continental Lidded Brass Casket with Maiden
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Continental, probably Austrian, Art Nouveau Brass lidded casket with a molded portrait of a maiden dating from around 1900. The heavily made casket is of rectangular f...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Magnificent Large Pair of Cast Bronze Medici Lions Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a historically interesting bronze sculpture of a pair of lions after the original Medici Lions placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. This pair dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The lions are sitting on their haunches with one front paw on a sphere, and they are facing right and left with their tails on opposite sides. They feature beautifully toned muscles and sleek detailed manes, which signifies their masculinity and reflects their health.
This high-quality hot cast solid bronze pair was produced using the traditional "lost wax" process, otherwise known as the "cire perdue" method.
It is a majestic pair which will look lovely equally at home indoors or outdoors.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 96 x Width 43 x Depth 95
Dimensions in inches:
Height 3 foot, 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 5 inches x Depth 3 feet, 1 inch
Lost Wax Method
sometimes called by the French name of cire perdue or the Latin, cera perduta is the process by which a bronze or brass is cast from an artists sculpture.
In industrial uses, the modern process is called investment casting. An ancient practice, the process today varies from foundry to foundry, but the steps which are usually used in casting small bronze sculptures in a modern bronze foundry are generally quite standardised.
The Medici lions are a pair of marble sculptures of lions, one of which is Roman, dating to the 2nd century AD, and the other a 16th-century pendant; both were by 1598 placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. Since 1789 they have been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. The sculptures depict standing male lions with a sphere or ball under one paw, looking to the side.
Copies of the Medici lions have been copied and publicly installed in over 30 other locations, and smaller versions made in a variety of media; Medici lion has become the term for the type.
The Albani lion, a similar ancient sculpture, now at the Louvre
A similar Roman lion...
Category
1970s Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Bronze
Antique George III Sterling Silver Salver by Paul Storr 1811 19th Century
By Paul Storr
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful English antique George III sterling silver 10 inch salver, by the world famous silversmith Paul Storr.
It has clear hallmarks for London 1811 and the makers mark of Paul Storr.
It is typical of his work with the raised gadrooned rim with anthemion at intervals, on four fabulous foliate bracket feet. The salver is engraved with a crest and motto and the underside is later engraved
Charlotte J. Parke from C. J. Parke, March 1893'
The centre is engraved with a crest above a motto 'True and Fast' and I have researched this crest:
The Crest of Parke
The crest as engraved upon this George III English Sterling Silver Footed Salver by Paul Storr hallmarked London 1811 is that of the family of Parke. It may be blazoned as follows:
Crest: A stag’s head couped sable holding in the mouth a key or
Motto: True and fast
The family of Parke originally hailed from the County of Cumberland in the northeast of England1 later settling in the County of Dorset at Henbury House, Sturminster Marshal, near Wimborne. Given the evidence of the inscription found on the underside of the salver ‘Charlotte J. Parke from C. J. Parke, March 1893’ it was undoubtedly at one time in the possession of Charles Joseph Parke (died 9th March 1893) of Henbury House aforesaid and gifted to Charlotte Josephine Parke (baptised 4th January 1857 died 2nd January 1941) his third daughter by his wife, Ellen Mary Ethelston. I would venture the following hypothesis that the salver was bequeathed to Charlotte in her father’s will that was granted probate at London on the 20th May 1893. The ‘March 1893’ of the inscription acts as a remembrance of the month of the death of her father. It was noted that Charlotte’s father left an estate worth some £66,892, 19 shillings and one pence, a very considerable sum in the last decade of the 19th Century and even thereafter. Charlotte never married and was living at the time of her death at The Coppice, Sixpenny Handley in the County of Dorset. Her will was proved for probate at Llandudno on the 25th March 1941. She left an estate worth £18,866, 10 shillings and 4 pence. Again, a comfortable sum in 1941.
See the photo of Henbury House, Sturminster Marshal, near Wimborne, Co. Dorset. The former seat of the Parke family. The house was destroyed by fire, the remains of which were demolished in the 1990's.
There is no mistaking its unique quality and design, which is sure to make it a treasured piece by any discerning collector.
Condition:
In excellent condition with clear hallmarks and no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 2 x Width 26.5 x Depth 26.5
Weight 0.69 kg
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 inch x Width 10 inches x Depth 10 inches
Weight 1.5 lbs
Paul Storr
born in London England in 1771, was to become one of the most talented silversmiths of the nineteenth century. Today his legacy of exceptionally well crafted silver, found worldwide in museums and private collections, leaves one in awe when compared to that of his contemporaries.After having served a seven year apprenticeship from the age of 14, he began his career in 1792 when he went into a brief partnership with William Frisbee. This did not last and in 1793 a new mark, (his initials ‘P S’) was entered. By the beginning of the nineteenth century he had established himself as one of London’s top silversmiths producing, amongst others, commissions for Royalty.
In 1801 he married Elizabeth Susanna Beyer with whom he was to have ten children. In 1807 Paul Storr entered into a working relationship with Philip Rundell and by 1811 was a partner, and managing the workshops for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell.
During this period he kept his own marks and separate workshop. However it was through Rundell, Bridge & Rundell who were appointed Goldsmith in Ordinary to George III in 1804 that his reputation as a master silversmith grew. His talents lay in being able to transform ideas and designs from Rundell, Bridge & Rundell’s designers, William Theed...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique Dutch walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase, circa 1780 in date.
It has been made from the finest burr walnut w...
Category
1780s Dutch Antique Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Walnut
Stuart Devlin Silver Gilt Novelty Egg with Humming Bird
By Stuart Devlin
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A highly collectable and delightful silver gilt novelty egg containing a hummingbird by renowned silversmith and artist Stuart Devlin (Australian, 1931-2018) and dated 1977.
Stuart D...
Category
1970s Australian Modern Vintage Antiques Associations Members
Materials
Silver
