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The expressive model featuring a toy cannon at the child's feet, all set on a circular marble base The cannon signed 'Adriano Cecioni', with cartouche to the base inscribed 'ENFANT AU COQ...

**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 15 INCHES x 13 INCHES** Henry Schafer German/British, (1841-c.1914) Chartres, France & Metz, Lorraine Oil on canvas, pair, both signed Image size: 10 inches x 8 inches (each) Size including frame: 15 inches x 13 inches (each) Henry Schafer was born in Hanover, Germany in 1841. Although little is known about his upbringing, he was known to have studied at the l'Ecole National de Beaux-Arts in Paris. After leaving art school, he travelled throughout Europe painting town scenes and buildings of Northern France, Belgium and Germany. By 1864, Schafer had travelled to England with his wife Theresa, to work in London where they settled and started a family. All four of their children were born in England. One of his daughters Emilie Anna Schafer (1871-1937) became a painter and art teacher. Around 1871, the family were living at 53 Vauxhall Bridge Road and in 1881 were recorded as residing at 6, Sophia Terrace, Beulah Road, Thornton Heath in Surrey, with Henry continuing to work as an artist. By 1891, he had moved to 7 St Peters Road in Islington where he lived for the rest of his life. Sometime around the turn of the century, he became a British subject. Schafer is believed to have died in London c1914. Many of his works depict the architecture of gothic cathedrals and churches, as in these two fine examples. He also produced interior studies of churches. Schafer's style resembles that of Alfred Montague...

Hubert Thornley British, (exh. 1858 -1898) Fresh Breeze off Scarborough Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 11.5 inches Size including frame: 19.5 inches x 17.5 inches H...

These wonderful porcelain plaques were created in circa 1860 by the prestigious Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur or KPM (German, founded in 1763). The plaques feature beautiful paintings based on works by the famous Seville-based Baroque artist, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1618-1682). One plaque is decorated after Murillo...

This is a beautiful Teapot made by Mason's Ironstone during the mid-19th century, when Mason's was owned by Ashworth Brothers, circa 1870. It has ...

Sn4749, exceptional Regency rosewood bookcase, having adjustable leather top with removable book holder above 2 panelled and arched sections and 2 open sections, each with 2 height a...

An important gilt-bronze mounted parquetry inlaid piano a queue, by François Linke, the Movement by Erard.  Signed 'F.Linke' on the keyboard cover mold...

This is a very good early Mason's ironstone pottery soup bowl or deep plate hand painted in the Fence, Blue Leaf & Lilac pattern, produced by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staf...

Charles X period gilt-bronze and malachite sculptural mantel clock. French, c.1830. Measures: height 55cm, width 40cm, depth 18cm. Mounted by a seated maiden in robes with books to her feet upon a circular dial with enamelled chapter ring, and set on a base with further bronze icons and acanthus darting, this excellent piece is a large mantel clock...

A beautiful late 19th century Louis XVI style five-piece carved giltwood Aubusson tapestry parlor set Comprising of a settee and four armchairs. Each with an oval upholstered b...

A rare pair of Continental porcelain table lamps, probably Samson in the Meissen style, 19th century of baluster form, pierced with a trellis pattern and applied with fruits and flow...

A pair of large and finely patinated bronze models of a standing bull and a running cow after models by Isidor-Jules Bonheur, Cast on a Naturalistic Base. French, circa 1890. Signed 'I BONHEUR' and stamped 'PEYROL EDITEUR'. Bonheur was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon and his naturalistic depiction of farm animals, including cattle, was one of his most popular subjects. The bronze was cast by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, who ran one of the most successful art foundries in Paris at this time. Isidore-Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) was the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and younger brother of Rosa Bonheur, the famous sculptor. He was born in Bordeaux and studied painting, at first with his father and then with the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, moving on to sculpture in 1848. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 with a painting and plaster study of the same subject ‘African horseman attacked by a lioness’. From then onwards, Bonheur exhibited regularly at the Salon as well as other exhibitions, winning medals in 1865 and 1869 together with the prized Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1895. Most of Bonheur’s casts were by his uncle by marriage, Hippolyte Peyrol, whose tiny foundry mark is often very difficult to find. Bonheur’s studies range from farm animals, bears and tigers in a very naturalistic vein to equestrian groups. Although noted primarily for his small groups he did complete two large scale commissions, one to his sister Rosa, at Fontainbleau and the other, two stone lions at the steps of the Royal...

Early 19th century rosewood inverted breakfront side cabinet, having a green marble top above a central open compartment with two adjustable shelves, flanked by two pleated fabric panel doors...

This is a rare shape vase, made by Mason's Ironstone, England, in the early 19th century, late Georgian period, circa 1818. This vase has a rarely found shape and is a very early...

An unusual French Empire mahogany reclining wing back armchair of high proportions. French, Circa 1820. Of elegant proportions, having an un...

19th century French empire fruitwood armoire cupboard circa 1810. Made in 1 piece and of grand proportions. Shaped cornice with 2 double door cupboards below. Upper cupboard opens...

This is a good spill vase or beaker made by Mason's ironstone, Lane Delph, England in the mid 19th century, circa 1850. The pattern is called Japan Willow...

A wonderful English Stourbridge Burmese uranium satin glass bowl by Thomas Webb & Sons and dating from around 1890. The rounded bowl has a narrow rounded slightly recessed base and i...

A rare and hard to find desk of the finest quality. Most likely made by the firm of Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a kidney shaped top with a new tooled green leather top an ex...

A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry cylinder bureau. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'PB'. The top of Sarrancolin marble above a tambour with a central mount depicting Minerva. The marquetry depicting allegories of Geography and Astronomy. The interior has a green-leather covered pull out writing slide below an arrangement of drawers and cubby-holes. The back and sides intricately inlaid with marquetry of military and Maritime trophies. The sides with pullout leather-lined slides. The kneehole with a frieze drawer and three short drawers to the sides. France, Circa 1880. This desk is inspired by the bureau de roi, begun by Jean-François Oeben and completed by Jean-Henri Riesener for Louis XV in 1769 (now at Versailles) featuring similar marquetry panels, as well as a bureau à cylindre, also by Riesener, formerly thought to have been made for King Stanislas of Poland, but now identified as being supplied to the comte d'Orsay (now in the Wallace Collection). The present lot is however most similar in form to a secrétaire à cylindre...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver soup ladle; an addition to our silver cutlery collection This...

Sn5290 Attractive 19th century gilded wall mirror with original glass with air bubbles and some foxing in gilded frame with decorative floral carvings to corners. This antique mirror...

A fine shipyard model of an early sailing steam screw ship of the transitional sail to steam period with good detailed deck fittings including hatches, ...

A pair of Napoleon III kingwood freestanding open bookcases, each of oval form with four angled, fluted pilasters, the top and three shelves covered with tooled black leather, applie...

Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beautiful piece is a large, ebonized wooden casket or coffer, mounted with extensive ormolu decorations, and inlaid on front and back with Florentine pietra dura hardstone panels. It was made in English in the early 19th century during the regency period, using a host of stylistic influences, and amalgamating various outstanding decorative techniques. The front and reverse are set with hardstone panels, depicting flowers, fruits and insects in the corners. It is attributed to Robert Hume Jr., of Hume & Son, leading English makers of the Regency period, engaged for a time as interior designers for the wealthy 10th Duke of...

Hubert Thornley British, (exh. 1858 -1898) Hay Barge on the Medway Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 23.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 24.5 inches Hubert...

A very fine quality pair of French ormolu-mounted jewelled Sèvres porcelain lidded vases. Having classical romantic scenes and landscapes set between the cobalt blue, the gilded ormo...

This is a good Chinese porcelain Tea Bowl which we attribute to a piece from the Tec Sing Shipwreck Cargo, of the early 19th C, circa 1820 The bowl is circular and well hand hand potted, sitting on a low foot. The bowl is hand decorated, inside and out, in a lotus pattern with a swirl center, all in varying shades of cobalt blue. THE TEK SING...

This is a beautiful porcelain duo of a cup and saucer by the Derby factory, made during the late Georgian, Regency period of the first half of the 19th century, circa 1830 The han...

A late Regency bird’s-eye maple cylindrical open bookcase attributed to Gillows, the circular leather-inset top above four sections divided by panelled uprights, each with two adjust...

Landing of General Lafayette Staffordshire Plate by James and Ralph Clews, circa 1830. This deep blue Staffordshire plate is made of white earthenwar...

A very rare and important exhibition encrier by François Linke and Léon Messagé. French, circa 1900. Index number 709. Signed to the edge 'F. Linke'. This exceptional and ambitious encrier is modelled as two putti, each holding a standard and sitting on the water's edge, the two inkwells with hinged spirally-fluted covers with glass liners. This important inkwell is based on Léon Messagé's celebrated sculptural group 'La Source' and was originally intended by Linke to form part of his spectacular Stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Like seven or eight other pieces originally intended for inclusion on the Stand, it would seem the encrier was a casualty of both Linke's over-ambitious production schedule and the financial burden that the manufacture of such ornate and high quality work imposed. It was eventually shown on the Stand in September after the gilding was finished by Picard at a cost of 90 French francs. The costs of the model were very high: some 2024 francs (of which Message's combined fee was 1158 francs 40 centimes), underlining the originality and complexity. The 1900 Exposition example was sold, along with three important pieces of furniture from the Stand (the Grand bureau and associated armchair, and the Bahut Louis XV Mars et Vénus), to the South African banker and diamond merchant Solomon Joel. A further six encriers were produced up until 1925. Object Literature: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Époque of French Furniture, p. 90, pl. 97; p. 149, pl. 157; p. 150; pp. 182-183, pls 197 & 198 as exhibited at the Liege exhibition in 1905 & p. 480 for the original notes in Linke's Blue daybook of the late 1890s. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period. He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in Paris in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, and during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. The quality of Linke's craftsmanship was unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries and reached its peak with his spectacular Stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where his Grand Bureau took the Gold Medal. He gambled his fortune and reputation on this Stand, exhibiting several breathtaking items of furniture with sculptural mounts of the most exceptional quality and proportion. His gamble worked and his reputation was established to such an extent that Linke continued to be the pre-eminent furniture house in Paris until the Second World War. As the Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's Stand: 'The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the Classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed....' The formation of Linke's distinctive style was made possible by his collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé. Together Linke and Messagé designed furniture for Linke's 1900 exhibition Stand, with exuberant allegorical figures cast in high relief, that exemplified Linke's ability to seamlessly merge the different mediums of wood carving, bronze and marquetry into a dynamic unified whole. Today Linke is best known for the exceptionally high quality of his work, as well as his individualism and inventiveness. All of his work has the finest, most lavish mounts, very often applied to comparatively simple carcasses. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented were never to be repeated. Bibliography: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003. Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions - London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; pp. 298 - 300. LeDoux - Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 439-43. Revue Artistique & Industrielle, (Paris), July-August 1900. Coral Thomsen, D. (ed), The Paris Exhibition 1900, The Art Journal, 1901; p.341. Léon Messagé (1842-1901) had a brilliant, but short lived career. He is best known for his incredible sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A gifted sculptor, Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet and Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. Messagé enjoyed great success as a designer/sculptor before his collaboration with Linke. Indeed he was mentioned as a Gold Medal winner at the 1889 International Exhibition and was especially praised for his work on a cabinet by Zwiener. He came into contact with Linke in 1885 and it appears from then on Linke employed him on a regular basis. Messagé was primarily influenced by Rococo ornament but he strove to re-interpret it. He did not produce slavish copies, and his original approach can be appreciated in Linke's celebrated Grande Bibliothèque and Grand Bureau exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A number of drawings by Messagé are recorded and after his success at the exhibition of 1889 he was encouraged to publish his designs. 'Cahier...

19th Century rosewood tilt top breakfast / centre table, with a beautifully figured top with frieze below, supported on a turned column with lovely crisp carved tulip decoration at t...

A large and important Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-crystal thirty-light cage chandelier. French, circa 1870. This fine chandelier is of a grand scale at 223 cm high (88 ...

A rare gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Folio document cabinet by François Linke, with a unique locking system by Clément Linke. French, circ...

This is a mid-19th century Mason’s patent ironstone Dinner Plate produced at the time when Mason's was owned and controlled by George L Ashworth after the bankruptcy of C J Mason in ...

Hallmarked in London in 1890 by Dobson & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, antique sterling silver dish, stands on 4 ball and claw feet, a...

Spode pottery neo-classical Greek pattern blue deep dish, Bacchus Mounted on a Panther, Early-19th Century The Spode Greek pattern pottery shaped rectangular dish with cantered...

A large Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry table vitrine by Linke French, Late 19th Century Height 76cm, width 108cm, depth 67cm In the Louis XV...

An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry buffet cabinet, by François Linke, Paris. This handsome buffet or side cabinet has its original Swedish green marble top. The veneers are of the finest figured acajou flammé. The frieze is fitted with a long drawer with citronnier and ebonised marquetry panel depicting a Etruscan chariot...

Empire period French gilt bronze six light chandelier French, c. 1810 Height 80cm, diameter 45cm Made in France around 1810, at the time when the Empire style was in vogue, the chan...

A decorative 19th century sailor made or scrimshaw model of Peggy, a four masted schooner presented in a glazed mahogany case.  

Original antique circus advertising poster - Cycling The Air of the Bros. Wichmann - featuring a colourful design depicting two men performing tricks on...

This is a hand-painted Mason's ironstone jug or pitcher, in the Table and Flower Pot gilded pattern, from their earliest George 3rd period...

A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century Burr Walnut Baby Sutherland Type Coffee Table, Having Superbly Figured Oval Drop Flap Top, Raised On Elegant Turned Legs And Supports Retaining Original Castors. The epitome of versatility, Baby Sutherland tables are one of our best selling articles. This one is veneered with attractive burr walnut and stands at coffee table height, which means that with both flaps raised it makes a great portable coffee table with the additional bonus of being able to have its flaps folded down and can be tucked away when not in use, taking up effectively no floor space whatsoever of consequence. The term “Sutherland Table” is believed to originate from the first full size, non “baby” variants of these tables being named after The Duchess Of Sutherland...

A large pair of Irish mahogany library armchairs in the Georgian style , each with the shaped rectangular back, arm rests and seat upholstered in chestnut leather with close studde...

A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bombé Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels, by François Linke. French, Circa 1900. Signed 'F. Linke' to one bronze mount. The reverse ...

A good quality set of twelve (10 + 2 arms) late 19th century mahogany Chippendale style mahogany dining chairs, each having wo...

A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Alabaster 16 Light Chandelier Bronze casted with an alabaster bowl, each set of arms centered with a rams heads, flowers and bows. Bronze fe...

This is a fairly small Chinese Export Tea Bowl, all hand decorated in the Canton Famille Rose Medallion pattern and comes complete wit a carved...

A fine quality and rare, Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Signed Miyao bronze mantel clock. Having a charming drummer boy above a drum like surround to t...

Made circa 1900, this striking, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate tray, features a shell and scroll border and handles, and an original presen...

A freestanding 19th century French mahogany writing desk, the moulded edge top having a green leather writing surface decorated with blind...

Set of Judaica silver Rimonim (Torah finials) Middle-Eastern, c.1800 Pair: height 46cm, diameter 8cm Single: height 24cm, diameter 17cm Weight approx...

A large Victorian leather stool, of long rectangular form, the deep buttoned top reupholstered in blue-black leather, the frieze pierced with a band ...

An imposing and very good quality pair of Cantonese / rose medallion vase. Each having wonderful bold colors, the inset hand painted panels depicting interior scenes of courtiers and...

Exceptional early 19th century Gustavian tilt-top table with exquisite burled root grain veneered top. Signed AI ROSENDAHL ARBOGA, master carpenter Anders Jacob Rosendahl (1762 - 183...

A Pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and polished steel candlesticks By Emmanuel-Alfred (dit Alfred II) Beurdeley. Stamped 'BY' for Beurdeley. Each modelled as a bacchic putto standing on a tambourine holding atop his head a basket of fruit concealing a candle nozzle. The circular spreading base of polished steel above a band of beads and stiff-leaf foot. Provenance: Collection Pierre...

A fine quality 19th century Meissen Porcelain lidded tureen, having wonderful bold coloured raised floral decoration, berries and insects. Underg...

A fine early 19th century mahogany writing table with 6 drawers, 3 to the back and 3 to the front, with Egyptian mask handles, green leather top, all suppor...