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A small oil painting of a fishing boat leaving Calais Harbour by E W Cooke
By Edward William Cooke
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A rediscovered small oil painting of a fishing boat leaving Calais Harbour by E W Cooke, depicting a fishing boat from Trouville battling stormy seas as it a...
Category
Antique 1810s English Paintings
Materials
Paint
A pair of generous mahogany wing armchairs with shell carved knees
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of generous mahogany wing armchairs with shell carved knees, each with close buttoned scroll arms and generous seats, the legs carved with shells on the knees and ball and cla...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Satinwood antique demi-lune commode
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Victorian satinwood demi-lune commode in the Sheraton revival taste, with a central door showing a painted romantic scene between two panels of pleated silk, decorated throughout with delicate bands...
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood
A fine pair of generous late Victorian mahogany eagle armchairs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of generous late Victorian mahogany eagle armchairs, each with a square back and scrolling armrests, the face of each arm boldly carved with...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A George I walnut wing armchair of generous proportions
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George I walnut wing armchair of generous proportions re-upholstered in distressed green leather, English, c1720.
H 51 ½ in W 37 ½ in D25in
Seat depth 20in width 28in.
Category
Antique 1720s English George I Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A pair of Majorcan Carlos IV mirrors
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The rectangular mirrors are surmounted by and allegorical crest and hung with strings of graduated beads, painted in cream, blue and grey with gilding.
Category
Antique 1790s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
A William IV mahogany book carrier
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A William IV mahogany book carrier the shaped ends with openwork handles, the frieze with a single drawer.
Category
Antique 1830s English Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Late Victorian Brass Kerb Fenders
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of superb quality Victorian brass fenders, each with rounded and moulded ends and four small turned finials, decorated with pierced tied bows in the frieze. English 1860.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chimney ...
Materials
Brass
An oak and pollard oak writing table attributed to George Bullock with designs b
By George Bullock
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An oak and pollard oak writing table attributed to George Bullock with designs by draughtsman Thomas Wilkinson, the rectangular top with a small gallery on three sides, the centre with a hinged and ratchetted reading slope, all above a panelled frieze with one long drawer, decorated with asymmetrical pollard oak veneers, with a border of ovals and spheres within crossbanding and ebony stringing, all raised on unusual graduated bead legs...
Category
Antique 1840s English Tables
Materials
Oak
Napoleon III French oval mirrors
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large pair of handed Napoleon III French oval mirrors. The cresting carved in wood and representing the arts with sheet music and instruments.
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Marble Bust of a Young Lady as Flora by John Adams-Acton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Marble Bust of a Young lady as Flora by John Adams-Acton (English, 1830-1910)
Signed and dated: JOHN ADAMS-ACTON FECT ROMA 1864 with inscription ELLEN A. HALL
White Marble
Provenance: Adams-Acton won the Royal Academy’s Gold Medal for sculpture in 1858 and his prize was to study in Rome under John Gibson, the important British Neoclassical sculptor. This bust of a young lady as Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and the Spring, was probably executed by Adams-Acton in Gibson’s studio in Rome, where he spent a successful period making portraits of Grand Tour patrons. The inscription, ‘Ellen A. Hall’, is probably the name of the sitter, who was most likely a young British tourist in Rome. Adams-Acton exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1854 until 1892, where his sitters included William Gladstone...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Busts
Materials
Marble
A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809, of deep rectangular form with a hinged lid, three brass locks, brass carrying handles and an applied b...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Presentation silver to the Master Shipwright of Captain Cook’s Endeavour
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III shaped circular silver salver, plain within a shell and scrolling wave border and outer gadrooned edge, engraved with the royal coat of arms, crest and motto (period 1714-1800) of King George III and, on the reverse with a presentation inscription: For the Launching of His Majestys sloop ‘Otter’ 14 Gunns 305 Tonns 26 October 1767 & His Majestys ship ‘Egmont’ 74 Gunns 1643 Tonns 29 August 1768 by Mr Adam Hayes Master Shipwright of his Majestys yard at Deptford; further monogrammed A*H P A*M. Hallmarked for Benjamin Cartwright, London, 1769
Adam Hayes (1710-1785) began his career as ship’s carpenter in Centurion during Commodore Anson’s famous voyage around the world...
Category
Antique 1760s English George III Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
A high Victorian burr walnut games box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A high Victorian burr walnut games box, fitted for cribbage and bezique, also retaining its original ivory counters and beautiful gilt bronze cribbage board, with a brass plaque for ...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Games
Materials
Walnut
A black oak snuff box made from timber recovered from H.M.S. Boyne, sunk 1795, r
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A black oak snuff box made from timber recovered from H.M.S. Boyne, sunk 1795, raised 1833, of circular form with turned lid and base, the lid with printed description of Boyne’s car...
Category
Antique 1830s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Oak
A Meiji bronze vase by Nobuhira
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji bronze vase by Nobuhira, of baluster shape with a spirally twisted neck, the body decorated with four high relief crabs and several partially...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A miniature George III mahogany bureau
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted secretaire interior above two short and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet....
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George II Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
A pair of teak bookends from the Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, 1916
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of teak bookends from the Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, 1916, each in the form of a battleship under sail with a copper plaque reading ‘From the Teak of HMS Iron Duke, Admiral...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Bookends
Materials
Teak
A Grand Tour Regency bronze figure of Mercury (Hermes) on a marble column
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Grand Tour Regency bronze figure of Mercury (Hermes) on a composite marble column, the messenger of the gods is shown running on winged feet supported on a puff of wind with a torc...
Category
Antique 1810s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Miniature George III Mahogany Bureau Apprentice Piece
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau apprentice piece, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted pine interior with an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes, all abo...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European George III Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Elegant George I Walnut Wing Armchair
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An elegant George I walnut wing armchair, the high barrel back with shallow curving wings and scroll arms, the shallow seat set on four swept cabriole legs with barrel castors enclos...
Category
Antique 1720s English George I Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
A white Parianware bust of the Duke of Wellington by E W Wyon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A white Parianware bust of the Duke of Wellington by E W Wyon, the Duke is shown in classical draperies looking slightly to the left, the reverse impressed ‘E.W. Wyon & F,. English,...
Category
Antique 1850s English Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Vase by Kiryu Kosho Kaisha
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period patinated bronze vase by Kiryu Kosho Kaisha, the baluster body applied with gold, silver, bronze and copper designs of bogbean and arrowhead plants with a frog, dragon...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Victorian White Painted Terracotta Bust of a Young Woman
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian white painted terracotta bust of a young woman, wearing a draped shawl over a bodice with a lace trim, her hair elaborately coiffed with a broad plait and multiple ringle...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Walnut Wing Armchairs in the Queen Anne Style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of walnut wing armchairs in the Queen Anne style, the front legs carved with shells on the knees. English, circa 1920.
Category
Vintage 1920s English Queen Anne Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Victorian Half Hull Model of the Three Masted Sailing Ship ‘Elizabeth’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian half hull model of the three masted sailing ship ‘Elizabeth’, shown facing right, the shaped soft wood hull with black painted top sides and applied shear line and gunwal...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
French Kingwood Marquetery Commode
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood marquetery commode, the shaped rectangular top inlaid with tulipwood, harewood and boxwood marquetry comprising a flowerhead trellis flanked by floral panels and wi...
Category
20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood
Large Late Regency Six Door Mahogany Bookcase Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815.
Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820
The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors.
Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson,watercolour heightened with white on artist board showing a gaff rigged yacht in the foreground with two astern in the distance, the water realistically painted with an approaching line squall to weather, signed ‘MONTAGUE DAWSON’. In the original gilt frame with a label stating ‘Windy Day Montague Dawson’ and a trade label from the Old Customs House on the back.. English circa ….
Provenance: Sold by The Old Customs House Gallery, Lymington.
Private collection, USA.
Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row...
Category
20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
Victorian Rosewood Medallion Backed Open Armchair by Holland & Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian rosewood medallion backed open arm chair by Holland & Sons, the rounded back and seat raised upon stop fluted front legs and kicked out ...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Charming Bust of a Child’s Head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, Dated, 1910
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A charming bust of a child’s head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, dated 1910, the girl has her head slightly tilted forwards as she looks out from under a lock of hair, set on a square block signed on the reverse ‘E Whitney-Smith 1910’.
This bronze is a reduction of Whitney-Smith’s original marble piece, a photograph of which survives in the V&A (object number AAD/1990/12/63). Another version can be seen in a 1920s photograph of the artist in his studio owned by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x194201). Neither the identity of the sitter nor title of the work is known.
Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) was one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day. Born in Bristol in 1880, he became a student of William Harbutt, the headmaster of Bath School of Art, best remembered today for inventing plasticine. Whitney-Smith showed great promise from an early age, opening a studio in St John’s Wood, London, in 1910. He exhibited over 40 pieces at the Royal Academy and despite not achieving Academician status, even with list of illustrious proposers, he became a dear friend of Sir Alfred Munnings, the famous horse painter, and sculpted his portrait. He was, however, elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and his works were generally well-received by critics and the general public alike.
Aside from the RA, he exhibited in Bristol, at the Paris Salon and the Scottish Academy and his work attracted the attention of such important patrons as the Courtauld family. One of his most famous works, The Waking Child, is in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and another, The Irishman, is in the Tate. One version of his bust of Ernest Bevin, the trade unionist, stands in Tooley Street in Bermondsey to this day. An article in The Sphere, published on the 3rd of May 1924, referred to the sculptor as “a well-known sculptor of smiling children” and mentioned his “famous babies’ heads”.
Category
Vintage 1910s English Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Napoleon III Satinwood Side Tables or Bedside Tables
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Napoleon III satinwood side tables or bedside tables, each of rectangular form with a marble top (repaired) surrounded by a brass pierced gallery, all above a single frieze...
Category
Antique 1860s Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood
Watson Collection of 97 Fishing Priests
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This collection comprises 97 varied antique fishing ‘priests’, or despatchers, diligently collected by Dave Watson over several decades, made from a var...
Category
Antique 19th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bone, Ivory, Wood, Ash, Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood, Yew
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Four Door Side Cabinet, Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront four door side cabinet, attributed to Gillows, the shaped top with a brass gallery above four doors fitted with trellis-and-rosette grilles relined...
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood, Silk
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Open Bookcase, Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront open bookcase, attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with three adjustable shelves, with tooled leather dust fringes, divided by four fluted p...
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Delicate Walnut Easel Dressing Table Mirror
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A delicate walnut easel dressing table mirror, the oval plate within an asymetrical frame of C-scrolls in the Rococco manner, .deocorated in glass mosaic with a Venetian scene and fl...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Rococo Table Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Irish Miniature Satinwood Piano Sewing Box Painted by Herbert Cooper
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Irish miniature satinwood piano sewing box painted by Herbert Cooper, in the form of a grand piano with a hinged lid opening to reveal a silk lined interi...
Category
Antique 1890s Northern Irish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Carved and Shaped Teak Seat Back from the Launch of Minesweeper H M S Bluebell
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A carved and shaped teak seat back from the launch of minesweeper H M S Bluebell, of shaped rectangular form with a central panel with 3in brass lettering HMS Bluebell, with braced b...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Teak
Very Large George III Rosewood Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very large George III rosewood gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a rosewood frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bracket in the rim. English, circa 18...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Scientific Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
George III Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a mahogany frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bracket in the rim, the handle with a brass collar. Engli...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Period Rosewood Sofa Games Table Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency period rosewood sofa games table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster; the top with rounded ends covered in the original distressed leather, with a central reversible chess board which can be removed to display a backgammon board beneath, the frieze with a dummy drawer retaining its original gilded handles and decorated with ormolu mounts; having elegant lyre ends raised on outswept legs terminating in acanthus cap castors. English, circa 1815.
Provenance: Hermione Countess of Ranfurly
The Countess of Ranfurly was the author of ‘To War with Whitaker’ her memoirs of life in Cairo with Eisenhower. Her husband was the 6th Earl of Ranfurly and the Governor General of Bahamas between 1953 and 1956.
Footnote: The design for a rosewood sofa table in the sketch book of 13 April 1813, made for John Gladstone of Liverpool, father of the future Prime Minister, is published in Susan E Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2008 Vol I, p.265, pl. 270. When the firm made the ‘sofa backgammon table, to suit the above’ (p267, pls 272 and 273) no expense was spared. With the extra tooled morocco...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sofa Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Large and Impressive George iv Mahogany Serving Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive George IV mahogany serving table, the rectangular top surmounted by a carved back with a central cartouche of an eagle with outstretched wings holding a pistol...
Category
Antique 1820s English George IV Serving Tables
Materials
Mahogany
West Indian Satinwood Gentleman’s Compactum/Press Attributed to Holland & Sons
By Holland & Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A West Indian satinwood gentleman’s compactum/press attributed to Holland & Sons, of rectangular form with central cupboard doors opening to reveal four slides, flanked on both sides with five banks of drawers, decorated throughout with book matched veneers, orignal turned knob handles. English, circa 1840.
Holland & Sons, originally founded in 1803 by Stephen Taprell and William Holland, a relation of the architect Henry Holland, the firm of Holland & Sons soon became one of the largest and most successful furniture making companies in the 19th Century. The firm worked extensively for the Royal Family, taking a leading part in the decoration and furnishing of Osborne House...
Category
Antique 1840s English Cupboards
Materials
Satinwood
Large and Imposing Victorian Mahogany Partners’ Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Victorian mahogany partners’ desk, the rectangular top inset with replaced green leather within cross-banding and a moulded edge, the frieze with three drawers which can be opened from either side and thus extend across the full depth of the desk, above eight drawers and a kneehole, the ends fitted with a pair of cupboard doors with arched...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Victorian Free-Standing Painted Satinwood Two-Tier Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mid-Victorian free-standing painted satinwood two-tier table, of rectangular form with turned and painted legs, decorated throughout with garlands of flowers, original castors. Eng...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Pair of Regency Classical Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Regency classical gilt bronze vases, each in the form of a shallow gadrooned bowl with an acorn finial supported by three goat-headed terms ...
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Exceptional Giltwood English Chinese Chippendale Period Mirrors
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of carved giltwood mirrors, each having connected cartouches, with framed of s-and c-scrolls, waves, and rocaille, surmounted by a carved and gilt phoenix, the top cartouche d...
Category
Antique 1840s English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Presentation Model of America’s Cup Winner America by G. L. Watson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This cased presentation half hull model is of the first winner of the America’s Cup, the schooner America. The copper coloured bottom is painted with black topsides and has a finely carved garland around the bow. There are two stump masts, a caprail and bowsprit. It is set on a mahogany backboard with a Bakelite name plaque engraved ‘Schooner Yacht ‘America’ Scale ¼ = 1 foot to W.G.J. from G.L.W’. A label identifies the case maker as ‘Lambert Picture Frame Manufacturer, 34 Albert Gate, Hyde Park, S.W.’ and another describes the model, including the fact that the case was added in 1903. It then explains the initials W.G.J. and G.L.W. ‘This model was presented by G.L.Watson to W.G.Jameson. George L.Watson was one of England’s leading yacht designers. He designed four America’s Cup Challengers which included: Thistle, Valkyrie, Valkyrie II and Shamrock II. He also designed the King’s Britannia, and the Kaiser’s Meteor. William G.Jameson was probably the most successful amateur helmsman in the U K in the 1880’s and the 1890’s. Jameson introduced Lord Dunraven to yacht racing in 1887. Dunraven was to build three challengers for the America’s Cup, all designed by G.L.Watson. Jameson in 1892 acted as an adviser to the Prince of Wales and introduced him to Watson who designed his Britannia. Jameson also advised Thomas Lipton in his Shamrock II challenge. Clearly, Watson and Jameson worked closely throughout their careers. Scottish, 1887.
Provenance: 1887 George L. Watson presented this half hull to William G. Jamieson
1903 Unknown owner(s) thence The Glen Foster Collection
1999 Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
2002 The Kelton Collection of Maritime Art & Artifacts
Probably the most famous racing yacht ever built, and the first winner of the America’s Cup, this schooner, designed by James and George Steers, was built by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members to sail to England. The purpose of this visit was twofold: to show off U.S. shipbuilding skills and make money through competing in regattas. Only launched on 3rd May 1851, she had crossed the Atlantic and won the 53-mile race around the Isle of Wight by 22nd August that same year. America was captained by Richard Brown, who was a skilled member of the Sandy Hook Pilots group, renowned worldwide for their expertise and speed in manoeuvering schooner-rigged pilot boats...
Category
Antique 1880s Scottish Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Late George III Revolving Mahogany Drum Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late George III revolving mahogany drum table attributed to Gillows, the circular top inset with a faded and gilt tooled green leather above four full and four dummy frieze drawers...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon Kingwood Marble Free-Standing Writing Table Attributed to Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Napoleon kingwood marble free-standing writing table attributed to Sormani, the shaped rectangular top inset with Breche d’Alep marble within ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Pair of Bronze Figures Entitled ‘Avant Le Combat’ and ‘Après Le Combat’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of bronze figures entitled ‘Avant le combat’ and ‘Après le combat’ cast from models by Etienne-Henri Dumaige, each showing a French infantry officer, and the other adjusting t...
Category
Antique 1880s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large and Impressive Meiji Period Bronze Bison by Sano Takachika for the Kakuh
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive Meiji period bronze bison by Sano Takachika for the Kakuha Company, the animal powerfully modelled with his head low and turned slightly to the left and with a...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Fine Early William IV Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Firmly Attributed Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine early William IV mahogany breakfront bookcase firmly attributed Gillows of Lancaster, in four sections, the top with astragal glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves between reeded pilasters with anthemion scroll corbels, the base with four panelled arched doors between acanthus scroll and reeded pilasters, the frieze with two short drawers and a central secretaire drawer fitted with a reading slope and two slides above small compartments, decorated throughout with rich book-matched veneers. The secretaire drawer stamped ‘Preston’. English, circa 1835.
Footnote: Many closely related acanthus carved terminals, anthemion corbels and other typical Gillows features can be seen on the pair of bookcases, on this website, made by Gillows & Co for the library at Dallam Tower, Cumbria in 1829, and on a bookcase shown in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, vol. I, p.379, pl.450. A similar large breakfront bookcase...
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Detailed Owner’s Model or Shipyard Model of a Double Ended Harbour Launch
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A detailed owner’s model or shipyard model of a double ended harbour launch, painted pale blue, the coach house with eight portholes, fitted with port and starboard lights...
Category
Vintage 1940s English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
A fine Meiji period bronze of a fruit picker by UDAGAWA
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
His bronze work is a collection in the Japanese Art Department of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This work, a farmer’s wife feeding a baby at lunch on a bench (bronze), is also reproduced in Professor HARADA Jiro’s article Studio: Japanese Art and Artists of Today V Metal work (page 102)
His original name was UDAGAWA Sutejiro 宇田川捨次郎, which he used on his work until Meiji 39. He exhibited at the Third (Meiji 23, 1890) and Fifth (Meiji 36, 1903) at the Inland Industrial Exhibition (Naikoku kangyo hakurankai) --- in both cases using his earlier name Udagawa Sutejiro. In Meiji 39 he adopted his new art name Udagawa Kazuo. He exhibited at major exhibitions abroad: P-142 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, section 1), Q-43, 88 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, section 2), R-531 (Paris Great Expo in 1900, award winning section), S-123 (St Louise...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray, of rectangular form with two pen trays and a small circular well centred under a bronze handle in the form entwined serpents, the pen trays decorated with inlaid pietra dura borders. English, circa 1850.
Ashford marble is a type of limestone which can be polished to a glossy black finish. It is quarried in only two sites in Derbyshire and has been used as a decorative building material since Bess of Hardwick commissioned a chimney piece of Ashford stone for Chatsworth. In the 18th century Henry Watson...
Category
Antique 1850s English Desk Sets
Materials
Marble
Silver Cheroot Case from Mtb ‘Brave Borderer, ’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A silver cheroot case from MTB ‘Brave Borderer,’ of rectangular form, the exterior textured, the interior gilt and incised with an image of the boat above the legend ‘H.M.S. “Brave Borderer” 1858-59’ and the initials ‘N.D.F’. Fully assayed.
The Brave-class fast patrol torpedo boats...
Category
Antique 1850s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
George Edward Horton: the Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick Shipyard
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
George Edward Horton: The Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick shipyard of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1887, watercolour and pencil heig...
Category
Antique 1880s European Paintings
Materials
Paint
A pair of small Napoleon III kingwood display cabinets on stands
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of small Napoleon III kingwood display cabinets on stands, each of rectangular form with a single glazed cupboard set on a base with two disguised frieze drawers flanking a la...
Category
Antique 1870s Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Kingwood
Long Early George III Irish Mahogany Dining or Wake Table, circa 1760
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A long early George III Irish mahogany dining or wake table of exceptional colour, the highly figured veneered oval top with two drop flaps down over ei...
Category
Antique 1760s Irish George III Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
