Puritan Values

Joseph Maria Olbrich was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders.

William Birch. Liberty and Co retailer. A classic pair of Arts and Crafts rush seat oak chairs with a wide curved headrest and attractive wild grain. Ring turned legs with ring turne...

Liberty and Co attributed, style of a Morris and Co. An Aesthetic Movement rush seat armchair with incised turnings to the back and below the arms, the arms follow through to the sid...

A set of four English lead Parish Boundary plaques marked and dated: P S S and 1804. P S S with a rams head between the S's and 1820. M S P with crossed keys between the S and P and ...

A pair of Arts and Crafts rush seated chairs designed by Ambrose Heals. These chairs are part of one of the first bedroom suits he de...

A set of four Arts and Crafts dining chairs with nicely carved floral decoration to the head rails with slatted and circular details to th...

An Aesthetic Movement amboyna and ebonized music cabinet with incised and gilt decoration. The open top with amboyna and incised gilt decoration...

An Arts and Crafts copper conical coal bucket and lid with a hand hammered sun rise to the front. With cold copper riveting to the four corners and organic brass handles to the sides...

A set of Mid-Century teak bookshelves with five shelves, the upper shelf is set back slightly.

Charles Bevan. Marsh Jones and Cribb. A good quality pair of Gothic Revival oak desk or side chairs with inlaid and chamfered decoration.

Shapland and Petter. A rare Arts and Crafts two tier Walnut three leg plant stand, the upper apron with a row of incised turnings with the original good quality copper flower pot. Th...

Joseph Sankey and Sons. A large Arts and Crafts heavy copper planter decorated with a flower head in seed. Stamped J S & S. Made in England. Solid Brass. RD 403903 for Circa 1903.

An Aesthetic Movement ebonized clock with finely carved decoration, the clock movement is by Edwards and Sons with a pair carved devices below and a blue and white floral ceramic bor...

WAS Benson. A pair of Arts and Crafts patinated silver table lamp with heart shaped base with counter weight ball. Height fully extended 12 , Width of base 6, Depth of base 7".

An Arts and Crafts super quality teak hall bench in the style of Arthur Simpson with a flowing heart shaped design to the back and a moulded head rail, scroll hand carved arms, and d...

Lambs of Manchester. Attributed to Charles Edward Horton. An Anglo-Japanese secretaire bookcase with a Japanese lacquered panel to the drop down writing area, an array of drawers wit...

Howell and James in the style of Lewis Foreman Day. A small Aesthetic Movement walnut mantle clock with brass finials and brass feet, a pierced gallery to the top centred with a fan ...

Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. An Aesthetic Movement Anglo-Japanese brass fender with circular motifs decorated with birds, moths, butterflies, flowers, cherry blosso...

Gillows of Lancaster attributed. An Aesthetic Movement tilt top dining table with floral inlays to the oval top walnut. Stamped mark under the top 8198

A Moorish corner cabinet by Liberty and Co. Circa 1890. Height 71 1/2, Width at the front 25 1/2, Depth from back corner to front 13".

W A S Benson. A good quality small copper and brass teapot.

An Art Nouveau armchair in carved walnut retaining the original period fabric that has an extra back pad stitched to the top of the back rest. A slight variation to this armchair can...

A good Arts and Crafts oak sideboard attributed to Harris Lebus with stylised Glasgow Style stain glass to the upper cupboard and 2 open shelves, with two central drawers with copper...

C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft. A rare Arts and Crafts oak armchair with larger proportions than usual. The shaped back makes this armchair ergonomically perfect and rather c...

Liberty and Co attributed. An Arts & Crafts oak sideboard in the Glasgow style with a generous flat display area to the very top, dentil moulded cornice below with central upper angl...

Hewetson & Thexton, in the style of Bruce Talbert. An Aesthetic Movement walnut and gilt octagonal centre table with ring and spiral turned legs terminating in turned finials, united...

Silver plated hot water jug by WAS Benson (Stamped on Handle).

WAS Benson. An Arts and Crafts brass table lamp with Heart shaped base.

WAS Benson. An Arts and Crafts four leg table oil lamp converted to electricity.

Walford & Donkin. A high Gothic Revival oak armchair with carved and fretwork sides for The Art Furniture Company who were an architectural interior and furniture design partnership at 25 Garrick Street. Seat height: 42.5 cm Arm height: 62 cm The Illustrated London News on the 17th June 1867 wrote:, The Art Furniture Company was 'prepared to supply at ordinary trade prices, domestic furniture of an artistic and picturesque character, designs by C L Eastlake, A W Blomfield, and E W Godwin and other architects'. Eastlake's Hints on Household Taste of 1868 featured a cabinet designed by him and exhibited by Heaton, Butler & Bayne but probably made by the Art Furniture Co. Godwin designed 16 pieces of furniture for the firm in Japanese and Gothic Revival styles. His Anglo-Japanese buffet (illus. Soros (1999), CR 304-a) was executed by AFC as were some of his Gothic revival chairs for Dromore Castle, including the eagle chair...

A small Liberty and Co 1/4 sawn oak Arts and Crafts sideboard with subtle detailing and superb stylised handles, with a central mirror. An upper shelf to the top, two drawers below a...

Dr Christopher Dresser for Coalbrookdale. An Aesthetic Movement cast iron fender with floral and pierced decoration.

In the style of Bruce Talbert. Made by Gillows of Lancaster, stamped' Gillow & Co 11425' to centre drawer. An Aesthetic Movement oak knee hole desk with an upper gallery of which the...

The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. An Arts and Crafts heavy gage copper and brass chocolate jug with an intricate handle, lid and support mechanism incorporated into the design. Sta...

Liberty and Co. A Glasgow Style Arts and Crafts walnut three fold screen with pink roses and green leaf decoration to the upper three stain glass panels. See Liberty's Furniture 1875...

WAS Benson. An Arts and Crafts cast iron four leg table oil lamp.

A good quality oak Moorish dresser attributed to Liberty and Co with plate rack to the upper section and two drawers with two cupboards below, superb quality stylised handles and hin...

A Liberty and Co Arts and Crafts oak over mantle or hanging bookshelf, with Motto by Sir Francis Bacon :- 'READING MAKETH A FULL MAN' 'WRITING MAKETH AN EXACT MAN'. With a green bott...

A rare pair of simple Arts and Crafts oak plant stands with square tops, and tapering legs united lower down by twin stretchers with a circular plant holder above, (the plant holders...

An Arts and Crafts Glasgow style oak side table with square details to the lower stretchers. Height 28 3/4, Depth 23 1/2, Width 17 1/2".

M H Baillie Scott made by John P White at the Pyghtle Works. A rare Arts and Crafts oak dining table. The end cross planked top sails...

C F A Voysey. A rare Arts and Crafts 12' x 6' full size oak snooker table in outstanding original condition, made by Thurston and Company. London. With eight tapering legs and subtle...

A good quality copper and brass kettle by WAS Benson, wonderful design and in good condition. Length 10, Height 6 1/2.

Charles Mills and Sons Bradford. A set of three Aesthetic Movement side chairs with ebonized turnings to the backrest and all over turned detailing with through pegged joints to the double stretchers. Charles Mills and Sons Bradford was the maker of the furniture for the New Liberal Club House, Bradford, in 1877 and walnut fittings and furniture for the new restaurant and reading room at the Boar’s Head, Bradford, in 1885 (The Furniture Gazette, 7 July 1877 & 1 January 1886 respectively). The firm exhibited two oak sideboards, a rosewood mantel with overmantel and other furniture at the Yorkshire Fine Arts Society Show, Leeds, 1881 [The Furniture Gazette, 5 March 1881]. Its display at the Industrial & Fine Art Exhibition, Bradford Technical School, 1882, included a bedroom suite of wainscot oak, with purple wood mouldings, the panels of figured ebony and carvings of cedar, design modern Queen Anne. Also a Tudor bedstead, drawing room and Jacobean oak dining...

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. An Arts & Crafts four piece beautifully hand-hammered dressing table or desk set consisting of a copper jewelry box with a domed lid and incised flora...

An Arts and Crafts bureau bookcase in the Glasgow Style by Harris Lebus design model 156 with display area to the top, subtly shaped cornice wit...

A good Quality oak Arts and Crafts Glasgow style sideboard with good crisp stylised floral carvings to the top, sides and cupboard doors, central oblong bevelled mirror with 2 drawer...

An Arts and Crafts walnut Hall stand by Shapland and Petter with a copper panel depicting a mythical creature to the top, leaf cut-outs to the centre with circular ball uprights to e...

A E Poston Co Ltd London. An Art Deco hand-hammered pewter fruit bowl or centrepiece with stylish extending handles. Stamped A E Poston Co Ltd London...

Thomas Webb. A large Vaseline and Cranberry shade. C 1900.

E. W. Godwin William Watt,. Probably made by William Watt. An Anglo-Japanese oak statue or plant stand with wide inlaid top, tiny dovetail joints to the ...

A similar set of shelves, with Lethaby's initials and marked for Kenton & Co (1890-92) sold at Phillips London, 24 March 1987, lot 292. For another set, exhibited by Kenton & Co. at...

C R Ashbee for the guild of handicraft. A rare pair of Arts & Crafts silver salt bowls with roll-over rims and dot decoration to the bowl edges stood on fou...

A Gothic Revival oak armchair designed by John Pollard Seddon, made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co). Based in Bond Street, they supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors. Seddon's also worked with E.W. Godwin, was a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites. Some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown...

The Victor. An Arts and Crafts Glasgow Style period cast iron fireplace, the mantle with scalloped details to the edges. The main body with a central upper stylised floral seed pod ...

A large Gothic Revival oak blanket chest or linen trunk with deeply carved linenfold decoration to the lift up lid and to all four sides. Each linenfold panel is framed with half con...

Alfred Waterhouse attributed for James Lamb. A Gothic Revival oak hall chair with carved rosette to the domed top and further stylized carving with ebonized incised details, and a cu...

An Arts and Crafts hall seat in the Glasgow Style with extended capped tops and curved detail to the seat front with shaped supports.

A pair of Morris and Co rush seated armchairs, designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti with newly laid rush seats.

Jones and Willis. A fine quality heavy brass Alms plate engraved with a five pointed star and a flower to the centre with an inscripition which reads : 'GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER'.