A Fabulous Pair of Late 19th Century Hand Made Miniature Wooden Cannons

A very rare late 19th Century Sanderson well figured mahogany plate camera with well cast brass mounts in excellent condition and of exceptional quality with extra plates and carryin...

A fabulous pair of 19th Century mahogany bedside chest, finely hand carved, of exceptional quality and richly patinated with beautiful grain. The moulded, well figured top of rectan...

A fabulous pair of 19th Century walnut bedside chests of exceptional quality, finely hand carved and richly patinated with beautiful grain. The well figured and moulded top of recta...

A fabulous pair of 19th Century oak hall chairs of superb quality and finely hand carved with gorgeously rich patination and grain. The well figured shaped, panelled and pierced shi...

A 19th century miniature wooden bookcase An oak miniature bookcase, raised on plinth and 2 charming shelves. (2 loose shelves) Decorated at the fron...

A late 19th century scale model of field cannon, the barrel with a flared muzzle on an oak carriage with twin twelve spoke steel rimmed wheels and steel m...

Pair 19th Century decorative desktop cast iron signalling cannons set on carriages with working wheels.

A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles raised on Original brass ball feet (Often much debate is had as to whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which the salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and take orders from. This particular miniature chest of drawers is probably the latter and would have been made as a sample piece. The construction is exquisite and the attention to tiny detail phenomenal in all honesty. They work that would have gone into constructing this with all of its fine details would actually have been more of a challenge and taken a more skilled craftsmen than its full size counterparts would have done. It is also super quality and unusual being constructed from burr oak which has taken on an exceptional rich colour and patina over the years of its life. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...