Louis XVI Transitional Parquetry Inlaid Tricoteuse, c1800

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...

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...

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...

Louis XVI painted and gilt decorated tole cachepot, c1780, decorated in polychrome with a Watteauesque or Angelica Kauffman Neoclassical scene of figures and putti in a landscape...

Louis XVI Provincial Wall Shelf, With 3 Shelves Over A Tambour Fronted Lower Cabinet, c1800. The sides with 3 graduated cartouche windows flanking the 3 shelves. The tambour opens an...

A French Louis XV style side table by Hekman Furniture, of Lexington, North Carolina, USA. Walnut with inlaid parquetry to top, carved apron and cabriole legs. Features the inlaid pa...

A mid-18th century French Louis XV fruitwood table with parquetry inlaid top (checkerboard), drawer and shaped apron below ending on cabriole ...

Late 19th Century French Louis XV/Transition Marquetry a la Reine side table square table à la chiffonière with canted corners and three drawers standing on four cabriole legs, ho...

A good quality late 19th century Louis XVI style side table, having a Sienna marble top, a single frieze drawer, parquetry inlaid decoration to the frieze, raised on elegant cabriole...

Transitional Louis XV-XVI style marble-top side table with exceptional quality bronze mounts with fine parquetry veneers. This is a stunning example of a turn of the century work of ...

A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style parquetry inlaid side table, having a hinged top, opening to reveal a compartment within. Three drawers beneath, raised o...