Fine and Rare English George III Birdcage on Stand, circa 1780

A rare George III English mahogany metamorphic library step ladder from the 19th century that converts into a bench (also ideal for use as a side table, cocktail table). Having red i...

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 ...

Stunning vintage Brutalist decorative birdcage. Beautiful copper construction. Sliding tray below. Rests on a copper pedestal on casters. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Exquisite bird cage on stand featuring intricately hand carved mahogany Victorian style palatial structure with a porticoed temple and spires on the tops. Mounted on a carved square ...

Each with chenille embroidered panel within a reverse glass border, adjustable, raise on a tripod base with lions head carvings. Scroll feet.