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A Fine and Imposing Pair of Large-Scale Carved Walnut Venetian Figures in Elaborate Costume by Valentino Besarel (1829-1902) Provenance By repute the collection of Harvey c. Wheele...

A Rare and Highly Significant Pair of 18th-Century Venetian Murano Girandole Mirrors Venice, circa 1730–1750 This exceptional pair of Venetian Murano girandole mirrors represents...

An Highly Important Set of Four Louis XV Ormolu Three-branch Wall-lights Circa 1770. PROVENANCE Wanecq Ltd, Paris, 1974 The collection of Monsieur and Madame François Christie'...

A Fine and Rare Mahogany George III Period Table Wine or Bottle Cooler, c.1790 Of coopered construction, this fine piece is made of mahogany bound together with brass bands, having extremely rare brass Grecian scroll handles. The top, having a useful inset handle, lifts off to allow the section below to be easily emptied and cleaned. That section has copper lined sections to hold the bottles and a lead lined section designed to be filled with ice to chill their contents. Wooden table coolers are much rarer than their silver or porcelain equivalents and far rarer than standalone wine coolers or cellarets. A virtually identical piece, quite possibly the pair to the present example, was sold by Christie's in the Apter-Fredericks stock sale on the 19th of January 2021, making £17,500. Like the Apter-Fredericks piece, another aspect of the present example which makes it so unusual are the curving handles set into the side of the cooler. Usually table coolers have much simpler ring handles. These curving handles are indicative of the neoclassical taste and are seen on some of the Matthew Boulton ormolu perfume burners of the 1770s which may have provided the indirect inspiration for these pieces. See for example A double bottle cooler is featured in R. Butler and G. Walkling, Wine Antiques...

Extremely Rare and Important Regency Gilt Brass Hall Lantern Supplied by George Bullock to the Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte in Exile at Longwood House, St Helena 1816. Provenance Su...

A Very Fine and Rare Late 18th Century Painted Demi-lune Pier or Side Table very possibly by Seddon, English London made Circa - 1795 Of semi-circular or demi-lune shape, this ...

A Wonderful Contemporary Copper Lionfish Sculpture by Tony Evans on a Limestone Plinth The fish captured diving towards the seabed and mounted on a limestone plinth for contrast an...

Extremely Fine and Rare George III Mahogany Octagonal Tripod Table With Extensive Provenance. English c.1760 Provenance J. Rouse esq., c.19...

A Fine Pair of Mid Century Hand Blown Glass Chandeliers Designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso, Murano, Italy c.1955 Of vase-form, these wonderful chandeliers consist of a metal frame...

A Fine French 1940s Parchment-Covered Cabinet, Firmly Attributed to Maurice Jallot French circa 1940 The cabinet of broadly rectangular form with a shaped lower apron adding signif...

A Large Mid Century Italian Coffee Table with Original Onyx Marble Top, Italy circa 1970 This fine table has a frame made of gilt brass. The table is of rectangular section with c...

A Fine and Unusual Early Art Deco Commode in Palisander with Parchment-Covered Drawers, French - circa1930’s This fine and interesting commode is veneered primarily in palisan...