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Pair of 19th Century 'Sèvres' Beau Bleu Painted Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of Ormolu-mounted Beau Bleu 'Sèvres' porcelain vases
Beautifully hand-painted on a dark cobalt blue background, each vase supported on square ormolu bases with incurved cor...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Mahogany Chippendale Partners Pedestal Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
A high quality partners library table
By H Samuel of Oxford street
The design by Thomas Chippendale
Constructed in mahogany, of hour-glass shape, the...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Carved Giltwood Mirrors in the Chippendale Style
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
A good pair of looking glasses
In the manner of Thomas Chippendale
The oval mercury glass plates housed within ornate rococo carved and pierce...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Top Table Depicting Birds on a Carved Base
Located in London, GB
An Italian Pietra dura top occasional table
Constructed in carved gilt wood, having a pietra dura inlaid circular platform; rising from a tripartite base, the legs terminating in ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
19th Century Kingwood Table in the Louis XVI Style by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style table Ambulante
By Francois Linke
The master ébéniste using kingwood and tulipwood to great effect, with foliate ormolu mounts, rising form hoof-foot and acanth...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century Brass Engraved 'Inkwell' Table Clock attributed to Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)
Located in London, GB
An Unusual 'Inkwell' Table Clock
Attributed to Thomas Cole
Constructed from gilt brass, the novelty timepiece rising from a turned ebonised base inset with a concave brass tray e...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century English Giltwood Mirror in the George III Style
Located in London, GB
A fine mirror in the George III manner
Constructed from giltwood, housing an oval mirror plate within a carved moulding, the top and base issuing scrolling acanthus leaves, a cent...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Magnificent George IV Period Ormolu Chandelier by Messenger & Phipson
By Messenger & Phipson
Located in London, GB
A George IV period gilt bronze chandelier
In the Régence Manner
By Messenger & Phipson
The 8-light chandelier of gilt bronze constructed around a central baluster and vasiform s...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George IV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Ormolu
Large Gilt Brass Engraved Oval Table Clock by Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)
Located in London, GB
A large oval strut clock
By Thomas Cole
The case constructed from gilt brass and designed to be as thin as possible, finely engraved throughout, of substantial oval size, and supported by means of a fold-out foot, the outer frame with floral engraved border, the silvered dial decorated in conforming manner and denoting the hours in Roman numerals with blued steel hands, its centre decorated in foliate patterns; the movement with four turned pillars, spring barrel, steel balance and lever escapement and signed to the backplate by the retailer, also denoted on the dial's cartouche "Thos Boxell, Brighton," and numbered to the rear.
Circa 1860
Dimensions: H: 11 in / 28 cm
Comparative Literature:
Hawkins, J. B. Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1975; p. 90 (item 28), illustrating a related large oval strut clock.
Thomas Cole (1800-1864)
Son of Thomas Cole Snr, a Somerset clockmaker, Cole is known as a specialist in making decorative timepieces of the highest quality. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851; he warranted an 'honourable mention' in the Paris Exposition universelle of 1855 and the London 1862 International Exhibition, where he was awarded a medal for 'excellence of taste and design'.
Thomas Boxell of Brighton...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Impressive Belle Époque Lantern in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
An Important Lantern
In the Louis XV Manner
Constructed in gilt bronze, the ovoid body composed of six blown crystal facets interspersed with orm...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Display Cabinets
In the Louis XVI Manner
Constructed from kingwood and bois satiné with ormolu mounts throughout, each cabinet s...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Table in the Louis XV Style by Maison Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Table à Écrire
By Paul Sormani
Constructed from bois satiné and amaranth, with geometric cubed parquetry inlay, the writing table on slender cabriole legs with ormolu ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Late Georgian Adjustable Mahogany Tripod Tables
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Late Georgian adjustable tripod tables
Attributed to Gillows
Carved from mahogany, the tables supported on fluted and splayed legs with carved ball feet, the turned and...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Serving Table of the Georgian Period
Located in London, GB
A fine George IV serving table
Constructed from richly patinated mahogany, the rectangular serving table rising from turned and tapering reeded legs; the top supported by a carved...
Category
Antique 1820s European Georgian Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Armchairs with Red Upholstery of the Regency Period
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency Period bergères
After a Design by Thomas Sheraton
Constructed from goncalo alves, the chairs with curved backs supported on reeded front legs and splayed legs t...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Chairs
Materials
Other
Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs
By Maud Earl 2
Located in London, GB
A Rare four-fold screen
The panels by Maud Earl
The screen of rounded rectilinear form and constructed from mahogany, with two pierced broken swan-neck pedi...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mahogany
English 19th Century Marquetry Circular Center Table
Located in London, GB
A Remarkable Late Georgian Circular Table
Of a size most unusual in circular tables, constructed in various specimen woods on a San Domingo ma...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Kidney Table with Marquetry and Gilt Brass
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A burr yew, marquetry and gilt brass-mounted Kidney shaped table
Attributed to Gillow & Co
The top inlaid with a border of strapwork, husks and paterae within multiple bands of m...
Category
Antique 19th Century English French Provincial Center Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swiss Carved 'Black Forest' Cattle Group
Located in London, GB
A black forest cattle group
Carved in lindenwood, the naturalistically carved swiss cow, calf and bull stand on an elliptical base of grass and rocky outc...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Extremely Rare Pair of Ormolu and Crystal Chandeliers in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An important pair of ormolu basket chandeliers
In the Louis XVI style
Constructed from gilded bronze of the finest quality with clear crystal cut drops and cascading beads, the pair of chandeliers of rounded basket shape suspended from six decorative foliate-twined ribbons tied to the circular corona with foliage crescendo and dangling tassels beneath; the rim of the basket having patinated bronze panels and a trio of horn-playing putti perched on the ledge interspersed with ribbon-tied vases; all fitted with lights; below; the six ormolu ribs dressed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
English 19th Century Walnut Occasional Table with Watercolor Top
Located in London, GB
Constructed in walnut; rising from a quadripartite base, the cabriole and hipped legs with scrolled toes, and a central carved oblate pendant finial; the tapering and turned column, ...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Early Victorian Center Tables
Materials
Walnut, Glass, Paint
19th Century Pair of Carved Relief Limewood Shadow Boxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of carved limewood shadow boxes
Finely carved in high relief, and depicting two famous scenes of an eagle attacking a man, and a poacher being shot, housed within rectangul...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Aesthetic Movement Chair by Lamb of Manchester
By Lamb of Manchester
Located in London, GB
An aesthetic movement chair
By Lamb of Manchester
designed by W.J. Estall
Of unique elegance and design, the black ebonised chair fashioned in the...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Italian Micro-Mosaic Grand Tour Table Attributed to Roccheggiani
By Cesare Roccheggiani
Located in London, GB
A rare grand tour table
Possibly by Cesare Roccheggiani
The circular platform of marmore nero, inset with fine micromosaic panels consisting of thousands of coloured glass tesserae; a central roundel depicting The Vatican from St Peter's Square within a malachite border, surrounded by a border including four cartouches in polychrome reserves of Roman views including the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, with the remnants of the Temple of Vespasian; the Temple of Vesta, and the Pantheon, all interspersed and linked by voluminous bouquets of fruit and flowers representing the 4 seasons; the outer stylised border inlaid with deep blue tesserae evocative of exotic Lapis Lazuli. Supported on a finely carved Italian giltwood base, its design incorporating baskets of fruit and floral garlands echoing the 4 seasons theme of the table.
Italian, Circa 1875
Other table tops inspired by this design, although not as finely executed, can be found in several Russian collections (which house the greatest micromosaics) including Vorontsov Palace, Muranovo House, as well as the imperial State Hermitage Museum. A tabletop with profuse floral micromosaic work was commissioned by the Belgian Royal family (sold Sotheby's, 2003).
The floral garlands, the magnificent quality of the inlay and the use of distinct curved tesserae support the present attribution to Cesare Roccheggiani. According to Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, the world expert on micro mosaics, curved tesserae pieces were used in foliage, grass and animal fur by only the very best mosaicists such as Roccheggiani. Evidence of curved pieces, for instance, is observed in the foreground of the Temple of Vesta cartouche, to name but one observation of the master's hand.
The scion of a dynasty of mosaicists, Roccheggiani was perhaps the most successful mosaicist in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He is doubtless related to Lorenzo Roccheggiani, a late eighteenth-century master mosaicist at the Vatican, whose work included the altarpiece, Crucifixion of St. Peter after Guido Reni. Nicolo Roccheggiani, possibly Lorenzo's son, was also a principle artist at the Vatican, involved in executing the famous tabletop Achilles Shield...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Center Tables
Materials
Malachite, Marble, Belgian Black Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry Commode in the Manner of Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
A very fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry commode
After the design by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806)
After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener, supplied to Princess Adélaïde for Versailles. Constructed from amaranth with veneered tulipwood "en semelle" and dressed with a profusion of finely cast & hand-chased ormolu mounts, with a Sarrancolin marble platform, atop a breakfront frieze, set with three drawers, over a unified central panel divided in two drawers depicting a 'bois de bout' marquetry floral still life within a gilt-bronze frame, flanked by panels of quarter-cut tulipwood with ormolu handles suspended from lover's knot bows, with conforming matched panels to the concave sides. The apron is mounted with a finely cast central scroll, and the canted corners dressed with cascading ormolu foliate mounts terminating in lion's paw feet.
French, circa 1910
Madame Adélaïde's commode
The design for this commode was one of the earliest royal commissions awarded to Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), the master craftsman who was later appointed cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and his court in 1774. The commode, with its architectural features, extensive ormolu mounts and immaculate marquetry work, was ordered in 1776 and delivered that same year for Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), the daughter of king Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska. The commode was later moved to château de Bellevue when it was given to her by king Louis XVI.
The famous commode was later part of the Earl of Carnarvon's collection, who also bought furniture made for Napoleon. Carnarvon's wife, Lady Elmina Wombwell, was the child of Alfred de Rotschild, which may explain the post-revolutionary history of the royal commode. In 2018, the Riesener commode was bought for the nation for the sum of 3.5m€ and returned to Versailles.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Extraordinary 19th Century Carved Cabinet by Maison Guéret of Paris
By Guéret Frères
Located in London, GB
An Important Napoleon III Exhibition-Quality
Ormolu-Mounted Carved Cabinet
By Maison Guéret of Paris
A tour-de-force glazed boxwood cabinet celebrating the art of woodcarving, the monumental vitrine of slight breakfront proportions, with rounded corners, all surfaces carved with the most exquisite designs and refined detail with ormolu banding, the base of tripartite design, the central cupboard door with a carved roundel depicting a triumphant muse, flanked by two doors with carved musical trophies enclosing a single adjustable-shelved interior, the frieze incorporating a further three drawers with slides above; the superstructure with three glazed casements separated by carved and fluted pilasters with ionic capitals; enclosing a red velvet-lined and shelved interior; the tripartite pediment each with rounded cornices, the central tympanum carved with laurel leaves and instruments of the arts & wisdom topped with a carved finial and a draped lambrequin below, the flanking entablatures with cartouches depicting Bacchus and Ariadne below urn finials with carved Vitruvian scrolls and ribbon-tied cascading bunches of laurel leaves, the symbol of triumph. Signed on the cartouche "Guéret Frères...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Carved 'Black Forest' Drinks Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
A magnificent 'Black Forest' carved
Drinks cabinet on stand
Hand-carved from Lindenwood, the drinks box of D-end shape carved in exquisite high relief...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Dry Bars
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Bookmatched Cabinet with Marble Top by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Bois Citronnier Meuble d'Entre Deux
By François Linke
Constructed from satiné quarter-veneered bois citronnier, with rosewood crossbanding and ormolu mounts, the rectangular ca...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Micromosaic Table Top with Views of Rome from the Grand Tour
Located in London, GB
A grand tour circular table top
Possibly by Domenico Moglia
The circular platform of marmore nero, inset with fine micromosaic panels consisting of hundreds of coloured glass tesserae; a central flower bouquet sit within a malachite border surrounded by a border including four cartouches in conforming malachite reserves representing Roman views including the Arch of Titus, the Temple of Vesta, the Capitoline Hill, and the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, connected by floral garlands.
Italy, circa 1855
Domenico Moglia (1780 - 1862)
Brothers, Luigi and Domenico Moglia, are celebrated as two of the few great mosaicists of the 19th century. Both are recorded as exhibiting at the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. Domenico's work included micromosaics plaques depicting views of 'the roman forum', 'the colosseum', and the 'temples of Paestum.'
The Lombardi Museum contains a collection of architectural...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Tables
Materials
Malachite, Marble
19th Century Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Kidney-Shaped Occasional Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of ormolu-mounted tables Ambulates
In the transitional style
The tables of kidney-shape and veneered with fine mahogany, supported on cabriole legs with lion's paw sabots ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century English Oak Miniature Presentation Wheelbarrow
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century oak presentation wheelbarrow
Commemorating the Great Western Railway Extension
The presentation wheelbarrow carved from oak with finely carved ivy leaves and ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
19th Century 3-Fold Screen with Vernis Martin Panels in the Louis XV Style
By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in London, GB
A three-fold Vernis Martin screen
In the Louis XV Manner
The frame constructed from carved and gilded wood in the Rococo manner, the triptych Vernis Martin panels depicting idyll...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Very Rare 19th Century Extending Jupe Table by Maple & Co
By Maple & Co., Robert Jupe
Located in London, GB
A very rare ‘Jupe’s’ extensible mechanical action circular dining table
By Maple & Co
Constructed in mahogany, rising from four ‘lions paw’ feet, which support four reeded and st...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Coromandel and Inlaid Table Attributed to Jackson & Graham
By Jackson & Graham
Located in London, GB
A magnificent library table
Attributed to Jackson & Graham
Of free standing rectangular form, constructed in coromandel, with inlays in thuya, ebony, boxwood, and honeysuckle; the fluted legs rising from square brass castor-shod feet; the frieze housing two lockable drawers fitted with rare ‘tamper proof’ Chubb locks and having quadrant moulded cedar lined interiors; the platform having a central panel of beautifully chosen matched coromandel veneers, with an outer guard border of a running pattern of stylised anthemions; the ebony edges having a thumb nail moulding,
circa 1865
The firm of Jackson & Graham established in 1836 by Thomas Jackson and Peter Graham at 37 Oxford Street London, and for the next fifty years produced predominately high quality furniture and represented Britain at many of the international exhibitions. Their clients included Queen Victoria, Napoleon III, the Grand Khedive of Cairo and the royal palace in Siam. They were particularly noted for their fine marquetry work, the use of Wedgwood plaques, rare woods, and fine casting of bronze mounts. They engaged the leading designers of the period, inter alia, Owen Jones, Bruce Talbert, Alfred Lorimer and Eugene Prignot. In the mid-1850s the workforce was recorded as 250, and by 1875, the company was employing 600 workers. They were feted exhibitors at many of the Great Exhibitions of the 19th century, and frequent prize winners. At the Paris International Exhibition of 1878, the furniture jury noted of them ‘ the workmanship is so perfect that even with the aid of a magnifying glass scarcely the slightest imperfection is to be found’. In 1885 the company was absorbed by Collinson and Lock, who continued their standard of excellence.
Charles Chubb was apprenticed as a blacksmith before starting business as a ships’ ironmonger in Winchester. Jeremiah soon joined the business, and by 1818 the brothers had branched out into lockmaking, founding the famous Chubb Company.
The business really got started when Jeremiah Chubb patented his new ‘detector lock’ in 1818. The lock was constructed so that if someone tried to pick it or open it with the wrong key it became inoperable. To make the lock work again the owner had to use a special key supplied with the lock. The aim of the detector lock was to prevent burglaries, and to warn the owner that someone had tried to break into their property.
The lock soon became popular, and sales of the Chubbs’ products increased even more when they won a government competition to design a lock that could only be opened using its own key. After the invention of the detector lock, the Chubbs decided to move to Wolverhampton, which already had an established lock making industry. By 1838 they were making 28,000 locks a year at their Wolverhampton factory. Another product was added to the Chubb range in 1835 when a patent was taken out for a burglar resistant safe, and in 1837 the Chubb safe...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Satinwood and Marquetry Kidney-Shaped Writing Desk with Leather Top
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
A satinwood and marquetry kidney-shaped writing desk
in the manner of Maple & Co
The moulded and tooled leather inset top above an arrangement of nine drawers, inlaid throughout ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Desks
Materials
Leather, Satinwood, Wood
Pair of Biedermeier Style Satin Birchwood and Ebonized Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Biedermeier style satin birchwood armchairs
The plume shaped top rail extending to midway between the stiles, terminating in an ebonised fan shaped splat, above a s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Birch
19th Century French Charles X Period Foliate Inlaid Mantle Clock with Calendar
Located in London, GB
A French mantel clock of the Charles X period.
Constructed in palisander, foliate and line inlaid in boxwood; rectangular form case, surmounted by a gilt bronze carrying handle, h...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Clocks
Materials
Boxwood
French Antique Ormolu Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
An attractive Parisian mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner
Retailed by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Constructed in Carrar...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkwell with Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
A Louis-Philippe Gothic Revival gilt and patinated bronze inkwell
Rising from two-tone gilt bronze bracket feet, the patinated bronze rectangular inkwell having a band of circular...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Gothic Revival Inkwells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Austrian Lifelike Figure of a Seated Brown British Bulldog
Located in London, GB
A lifelike size figure of a British Bulldog in the manner of Goldscheider, potted in terracotta and realistically hand-painted.
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Mantel Clock and Candelabra of Gilt Bronze and Blue ‘Sèvres’ Porcelain
Located in London, GB
A Good French mantel clock garniture
By Charles Oudin, Paris
The garniture comprising a clock and two candelabras, constructed in gilt bronze and ‘Se...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Coromandel Vanity Box with Silver Gilt Fitted Interior by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
A Victorian Coromandel and Brass bound Dressing Case
By Asprey
The hinged cover with an inset brass monogram, the base with a jewellery drawer and two fitted internal trays, contai...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Silver, Vermeil
Pair of Antique Elkington & Co Plated and Parcel Gilt Candelabra
By Frederick Elkington
Located in London, GB
Each with six curved candle branches, the reeded column raised on a foliate shell and griffin tripartite base and decorated with hanging chains.
Bearing the marks for the year 1865.
Literature:
Elkington and Company, formed by the brothers George and Henry, was founded in the 1830s, after perfecting their newly patented method of electro plating in gold and silver, for which their first patent was granted in 1840. They exhibited at the European and British nineteenth century Great Exhibitions, and were given permission by Queen Victoria in 1868 to copy the collection of Royal Plate...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Candle Holders
Materials
Silver Plate
French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture "The Falconer" by Pierre Jules Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
"The Arab Falconer" by Pierre Jules Mene
The finely cast and planished bronze, depicting a falconer walking on a naturalistic ground, with a hare ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English 19th Century Cast Gilt Bronze Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A good pair of candelabra of the William IV period
Constructed in gold leaf gilt bronze; rising from square bases, with scrolled plinths supporting octagonal sided imbricated cast columns...
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Travelling Dressing Case
By Edward & John Barnard
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century lady’s travelling dressing case.
The case is constructed in a finely marked coromandel, with inset brass handles and brass guard bands to the angles. The hinged lid rises to reveal in the upper section, a drop down document holder, with a mirror to the back, the parcel gilt pieces are engraved with a Viscountess’s coronet, probably Charles, 2nd Viscount Hardinge Cornwallis (1822-1894) and inset with turquoises and comprise a suite of four cut-glass jars, a liqueur flask with a fitted cup, the pull-out rear shelf houses seven jars for ink, potions and unguents. The lift out platform has sectional jewellery compartments, over, a pair of hexagonal based silver hall marked candlesticks, a thermometer, button hook, folding ruler...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Pair of Carved Black Forest Trophy Plaques depicting Deer, a Hare, and Fox
Located in London, GB
A pair of large black forest game plaques
Expertly carved in lindenwood, the shaped plaques, carved with oak leaves, depict a buck and a r...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Blue & Gold Porcelain-Mounted Rosewood Table Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A Fine Table Cabinet
Rising from scrolling foliate bracket feet, the rectangular cabinet constructed in rosewood and surmounted with a hinged cavetto moulded lid set with a Sèvres-s...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood
French Three Piece Jardinière Garniture of the Empire Period
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in London, GB
A Three Piece Jardinière Garniture of the Empire Period
Constructed in tole, being hand painted and decorated in the French Empire Neo-Classical manner of Jacques-Louis David; th...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Tin
19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
By Elkington & Co.
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket
Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
Category
Antique 1890s English Gothic Revival Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Vermeil
Louis XVI Period Carved Marble Clock by Bruel of Paris
By Bruel
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI period mantel (fireplace) clock by Bruel of Paris
Constructed in Carrara marble and ormolu, rising from an ormolu dressed elliptical base supported by bronze toupie feet, the figures of Psyche and Cupid rest on a rocaille ground, housing the eight day twin train clock...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Carrara White Marble Bust of Marie Antoinette
By Félix Lecomte
Located in London, GB
Bust of 'Marie Antoinette'
After the original by Felix Lecomte
Constructed in Carrara statuary marble, the bust of the Queen is set on a truncated ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Pink Porcelain Clock with Cupid & Romantic Emblems
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
A Symbolic clock in the Louis XVI style
By Japy Fréres et Cie.
The finely chased ormolu case encompassing pink porcelain panels decorated with beads to the face and sides; the wh...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Unique 19th Century Carved Oak Barrel Set
Located in London, GB
A Tour-de-Force carved oak barrel drinks set
Composed of four barrels and two carafes, with twelve silver gilt and oak glasses from the silversmith Odile Lamy, the entire set rest...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Barware
Materials
Brass
Pair of Swiss 19th Century Carved Wooden Cattle
By Johann Huggler
Located in London, GB
A pair of Black Forest cattle, probably by Johann Huggler
Carved in lindenwood, the naturalistically carved swiss cow and bull stand on elliptical bases.
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Category
Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Pair of Decorative Vases in Royal Blue Porcelain and Gilt
Located in London, GB
A pair of gilt bronze and porcelain vases.
Rising from a rounded cut-corner square marble base, the miniature blue de roi-glazed porcelain ewers dressed with gilt bronze mounts; t...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Vases in Red Alabaster and Gilt Bronze
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of urns in the Louis XVI Manner.
Carved from Egyptian Alabaster Rosso and dressed with gilt-bronze mounts, rising from in-curved square stepped bases, the twin-handled...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Alabaster, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Carved Marble Bust in the Neoclassical Taste
Located in London, GB
A male portrait bust in the Roman manner by Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Carved in Carrara marble, rising from a round socle supporting a waisted column, the bust having resemblances to Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington as a young man. Signed by the artist, 'L. MacDonald, Romae, 1847'. Dated 1847 Dimensions: H: 26 in / 65 cm W: 19.5 in / 49 cm D: 10 in / 26 cm Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Macdonald worked as an ornamental sculptor for the architect James Gillespie Graham before entering the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, in 1822. In Rome, in 1823 he was one of the founders of the British Academy of Art. He returned to Edinburgh in 1826 and became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829. Four years later he settled in Rome, and from 1844 he worked in Bertel Thorvaldsen's former studio. He became the city's most fashionable portrait sculptor and, according to the Art Journal, his studio was filled with 'the peerage done into marble, a plaster galaxy of rank and fashion'. His sitters included the essayist Henry Taylor...
Category
Antique 1840s British Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Ormolu Figural Cartel Clock
Located in London, GB
An ormolu cased Cartel clock by Vincenti & Cie
Constructed in gilt bronze, depicting a well modelled figure of Father Time, carrying his scythe, with a winged cherub surmount, hou...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique French Hand-Painted Enamel Carriage Clock with Allegorical Themes
Located in London, GB
A fine cased carriage clock
The substantially sized 'Gorge' case houses a lever platform escapement, striking the hours and half hours on a blued st...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Ormolu
