George III Wine Label Made in London, circa 1775 by Samuel Meriton

The label is of crescent form with an outer beaded edge. This example is engraved for WHITE WINE.

This label is cast with an oval form and displays a comb border interspersed with flower heads. This example pierced for SHERRY.

A George III Wine Label made in London in 1793 by Daniel Pontifex & William Fountain. The Label is broad rectangular in form with incuse corners. This example displays an unusua...

The wine label is plain in design, and has a curved narrow rectangular form. This example engraved for MOUNTAIN. London.

The label is narrow rectangular in form with a bright cut zig zag border and domed section above, pierced and engraved with scroll work. The label is engraved for HOLLANDS. Measu...

This very unusual Wine Label is broad rectangular in form, with cut corners, and displays a beautiful outer pierced border containing flower heads. This very fine example is well mar...

Pocket globe London, between 1775 and 1798 Re-edition of the globe of Hermann Moll (1678-1732) dated 1719 The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in sh...

Large George III antique mahogany cellarette/wine cooler having a splendid quality mahogany lift up top with a moulded edge opening to reve...

George III Lloyds patriotic fund silver and silver gilt vase and cover by Samuel Hennell, of Adam design, the lift-off cover with knop finial above angled swept handles and laurel wr...

This turned commemorative oak bowl is of deep cylindrical form applied with a silver shield-shaped plaque inscribed ‘H.M.S. Royal George. (108 Guns) Capsised 29th Augst. 1782. This P...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

Geo. III mahogany bed step commode with leather inset top. Purchased in England in the 1960's, and used as a sofa side table in an anglophile's home in ...