Biedermeier Highly Figured Mahogany Pier Mirror, c1800

This exceptional two tiered table has intricately, parquetry inlaid tops banded with gilt pierced galleries. It stands on a reeded central column and inlaid tripod feet with gilt Acanthus shoes. An elegant small table...

Large antique sheffield tray with Armorial Engraving on a silver cartouche with Bone Handles c1800. The silvering is not worn through.  

The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread. This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.' Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork. However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...

French Louis XVI tall case clock, c1800. They also are referred to as “St Nicolas-Clock” because they were made around the village Saint Nicolas d'Aliermont in Normandy. The oak case...

Pair of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns with garden scenes, c1800. Miniature urns of this type are rare and the decoration is exceptional. The urns have bolted construction with scrolling handles and molded face mask terminals. The beautiful hand painted panels are of a seated young man and woman in traditional dress in a neoclassical garden with classical urns, landscaping, architecture and a fountain. Fine condition with mild typical wear to the gilt. Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for...

Geo III Rolling mahogany cheese and biscuit server, circa 1800. When dinner ended in the 18th century and early 19th century the cheese server was brought out. It was filled with che...

Rectangular with ebonized cornice over a panel with central cornucopia over a mirror plate with a conforming bronze mounted frame. Frame flanked with pair of candleholders.

A very fine German pier mirror having a good color and finish. The frame made of walnut finished in a rich warm brown has mellowed to a very nice color. The carving though space is v...

A Biedermeier fruitwood pier mirror 19th century having a molded projecting cornice above a panel carved to show a demilune and a vertical rectangular beveled mirror plate. Mea...

Continental flame mahogany pier mirror.

Biedermeier mahogany and crotch mahogany veneered pier mirror with cornice above a paneled and arched entablature. The entablature is supported by mahogany half columns which flank a looking glass above an architectural plinth...

The very fine water-gilded frame showing an architectural cornice above a rectangular frieze decorated with burnished relief moulded neoclassical motifs, surmounting a very old recta...