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18th century French weight-driven roasting jack made of wrought iron, wood, rope and its leaden weight. It was used for cooking in a kitchen fireplace. T...

‘Fire and Moonlight’ by Abraham Pether FSA (1752–1812). The painting – which depicts an extensive moonlit view across the City of London with a cottage on fire in the foreground – was exhibited at the Society of Artists Exhibition in London in 1790 and is sold with detailed provenance going back over 230 years. Such is the painting’s quality that for over 150 years it was thought to be by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) and was exhibited as such on many occasions alongside many of Joseph Wright’s paintings then in the important private collection of Lord Belper of Kingston Hall. This contemporary view of London in the late 18th century is seen from One Tree Hill in what was once the Great North Wood three miles south-east of the capital; prominent amongst the dozens of famous landmarks of Georgian...

This is an antique bow front corner cabinet. An English, mahogany and oak wall mount cupboard, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1750. Attractive mid Georgian example with appea...

Beautiful hand carved wooden ornament depicting two angel holding a laurel wreath. Unique period piece . Spain, circa 1700-1750 Weathered. Small losses and old repairs. Measurement ...

Antique Iberian pendant earrings set with rose-cut diamonds and emeralds in silver and gold, closed on the back, with scrollwork details. Period. 18th...

Rare red pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain, circa 1750 a rare piece from a Private collection. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With g...

Very beautiful 18th century French Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design and beautiful with red, blue and green, entirely handwoven at Aubusson manufacturing with wool and silk wov...

English George III (1760-1820) two branch hurricane sconce with scrolling branches and original mouth blown bell shaped hurricane shades. Originally silvered 'Old Sheffield Plate' w...

Beautiful pair 18th century neoclassical carved oak ornaments. France circa 1780. Weathered, small losses and old repairs. Measurements are individual and include the wooden base.

This hand-colored engraving, titled "Avis mellivora viridis macroura" (Long-Tailed Green Hummingbird) and "Le Colibri-Vert à longue-queue" in French, is a stunning depiction of a gre...

2 Italian 18th century solid silver candlesticks altar Church candlesticks Style: Rococo, Italian, Antique, Louis XV, One of it can be converted to a candelabra Each on a shaped cir...

An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian giltwood sunburst, with the All Seeing Eye of God to the centre surrounded by a formation of clouds, in beautiful time worn cond...

A rare antique wooden bucket from the 18th century. Handmade in France in hardwood with ironwork. This bucket is made of wooden staves and a bas...

Beautiful Maria Theresa Chandelier - Restored and Ready to Shine This magnificent Maria Theresa chandelier is a real highlight for any room. The frame is completely covered in glass...

This is a magnificent set of two Venetian armchairs lacquered in light green with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration. The pieces have a delicate and refined drawing of poly...

Very beautiful and unique gilt bronze French cage chandelier from the Louis XV period. With 6 candle arms, 3 between arms and 3 cage arms. On the cage arms and between arms there are...

The Close of Day English artist, second half 18th century circle of Thomas Gainsborough (British 1727-1788) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24.5 x 29 inches provenance: private colle...

Large Swedish pine table from the late 1700s. The table is rustic and primitive with clean and lightly patinated surfaces on both the table top and X-base. The table top consists of ...

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) circle of - Hunting scene with greyhounds. 21 x 27 cm without frame, 26 x 32 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on panel, in a car...

18th Century, Italian Rococo Carved Walnut Wood Corbeille Sofa This refined corbeille sofa, made in Genoa, Italy, around the mid-18th century during th...

French 18th century old master portrait of a majestic lady dressed "à la Turque" The sitter at the viewer with a kind and enigmatic smile and twinkling eyes. She looks elegant and kind, yet also has an intelligent and determined aura, reflecting the character of someone who is in charge of her own life and destiny. De Silvestre paid great attention to her spectacular outfit, which is striking in its portrayal of the sumptuous fabrics and their decorative richness. She is wearing a luxurious royal blue robe à la...

A very good quality late 18th century George III Period mahogany oval breakfast table having well Figured oval tilting top with crossbanded decoration Raised on elegant barrel turned...

Title: 1792 Hand-Colored Plan of St. Petersburg and Moscow Description: This rare 1792 map features detailed plans of two iconic Russian cities, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The upp...

‘The British Fleet with a Vice-Admiral of the Red off Dover’ by Dominic Serres R.A. (1722-1793). French-born Dominic Serres didn’t just paint the drama of...

A beautiful and incredibly decorative Italian 18th century Venetian hand painted polychrome chest of drawers. The two drawer chest is raised upon eleg...

Pretty 18th century English painted four drawer chest of drawers with a brushing slide. 1780. Code: 8881 Dimensions: W: 32" (81.3 cm) H: 32.5" (82.6 cm) D: 20.5" (52.1 cm)

This outstanding piece of French Nobility history with its opulent hand painted lacquered decoration featuring classical figures and motifs, set upon a deep, dark olive green backgro...

A lovely rare late 18th century French ironstone pitcher for olive oil, HUILE D' OLIVE. A beautiful and quite a rare piece as I've never seen another for olive oil. The glaze is crac...

Pair of quality figured mahogany antique George III demi lune console tables having a quality figured mahogany demi lune shaped top above a mahogany frieze with a cockbeeded edge sta...

Pair of quality figured mahogany antique George III demi lune console tables having a quality figured mahogany demi lune shaped top above a mahogany frieze with a cockbeeded edge sta...

This 18th century "Kano school" six-panel screen is truly special. The author is unknown, but his singular genius in portraying these cranes near the water creates an emotion that ca...

Very rare Antique hard paste porcelain figure of a Cat made at the Royal Porcelain factory of Vienna in 1784 , Sorgenthal period (1784 - 1805). Detailed Overglaze hand - painted deco...

George III amazing cabinet desk or secretary in mahogany wood, brass and leather with a drawers attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1780. The secretary in the photo was exhib...

Swedish Trestle Table from Järvsö, Hälsingland, circa 1760-1780 It has markings, cracks, and letters carved into the top, to say it has a rustic feel is an understatement. Addition...

circa 1790 French Ebonised 18thC Oak & Walnut Cupboard sku 2043 W136 x D46 x H173 cm Internal shelf depth 36 cm Weight 85Kg

Rectangular cabinet has nine drawers inside. Hinges, corner mounts and lock plates in gilt brass. Decorated with river landscapes, insects, birds and animals in pairs. The stand is i...

A late 18th Century oil on canvas laid on board of a young beauty in period costume carrying a basket of flowers on her head. Presented in a very fine gilt, period 'Directoire' frame...

Useful 18th century Swedish two door pine linen cupboard. 1790. Code: 8865 Dimensions: W: 45.5" (115.6 cm) H: 48" (121.9 cm) D: 19.5" (49.5 cm)

Carl Malmsten “Tidlösa” Longcase clock in Birch and Masur birch. Case signed Malmstens Verkstadsskola 1977, Carpenter Master Artur Jönsson, clock marked Westerstrands Sweden.

Beautiful oak chest of drawers, a wonderful testament to craftsmanship and timeless elegance. At first glance, the dresser enchants with its intricate details. The three drawers are ...

Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Luscinia'. The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best kno...

Portrait Of Patrick Moir (1769-1810) Reading, 18th Century after Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823) Large 18th century portrait of young Patrick Moir reading, oil on canvas. Excellent...

18th century Dutch log basket. The firewood basket is made of polished copper and an iron rim on top and has a wrought iron handle. Also called 'aker'. Used to draw water from the we...

Rare sentimental oval-shaped, rotating, in pink 18kt gold decorated on one side with a painted miniature depicting a portrait of a man in profile under quartz crystal, on the other a...

Antique map titled 'Geografische Kaarte van de Oude Weereld (..).' Original antique map of the ancient world depicting Europe, Asia, and northern Africa with ancient place names....

An exceptional Pyrenean 18th C. Mountain cupboard. Constructed from thick slabs of hewn chestnut. Heavily Heavily Patinated due to hundreds of ye...

Huile sur toile dim avec cadre 44/52 cm Dim sans cadre 33.5/41 cm Ecole française Entourage Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard  né le 17 novembre 1612 à Troyes et mort le 30 mai 1695 à Pa...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique George III English sterling silver cow creamer made by John Schuppe; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. This exceptional antique Georgian silver creamer, in sterling standard, has been realistically modelled in the form of a cow. The body of this antique silver creamer...

Charming Bresse cabinet from the 18th century. It is made of various fruit woods. It opens in front of two doors whose panels are carved of curves and counter-curves.The overflowing ...

Magnificent donkey back desk, sloping desk from the Louis XV period from the 18th century. It opens with a flap which reveals 4 interior drawers, 1 shelf and 2 lockers as well as a s...

A hardback book with original dust jacket. Chinoiserie is one of the strongest, mostt consistent strains in western taste. It has affected every area of decor and design from Chippen...

Architectural whimsy with Roman ruins, column and ancient arches. Year 1718. Oil on Canvas. Original canvas. Roman school of the early 18th century. The painting is part of the seri...

Late 18th century Swedish drop-leaf table from the Gustavian era. The model is very unusual with a middle much narrower than typical, it's only 14 cm wide when the table is folded to...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Well, Carcere XIII , from “ Images of Prisons”, Buchard , Rome, 1749-50 Etching on laid paper. Signed on plate “ Piranesi F.” lower-right. Very good ...

Vedutist painter of the 18th century View of Venice with the Grand Canal, the Punta della Dogana with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute on the left, the Palazzo Della Zecca wi...

Set of 3 'Boerendelft' Blue and White floral plates decorated with stylized flowers. Early 19th century unmarked Good condition; some some...

This stunning British Old Master landscape oil painting, with excellent provenance, is by George Lambert. Lambert was a pioneer of British landscape in art for its own sake. Painted in 1744, the painting is entitled View of a Manor House and Cottages in Elizabeth Einberg's 63rd volume of the Walpole Society 2001 and is described as follows: In the foreground a road emerges from a wood to cross a ford and then leads up the hill to the right, towards a manor house seemingly built into the remains of a medieval or Tudor edifice. The main track, crowded with sheep and rustic figures, passes the massive square gateposts lower down the hill on the left. Further to the left is a thatched cottage with smoke coming out the chimney. In the distance is a wide coastal view. The main buildings, which are in the dead centre of the composition, represent almost certainly an as yet unidentified English view. The colouring and detail in the trees and foliage are superb. This is an excellent Old Master oil painting by one of the all time great British landscape artists with extensive provenance. Signed and dated 1744 lower left on rock in black. Provenance. Elizabeth Einberg, “Catalogue Raisonnè of the works of George Lambert” The Annual Volume of the Walpole Society, 2001 Vol. 63, page 149 no P1744, fig.71. Antonacci Efrati Antichità Rome Gallery. Burden sale, Parke Bernet, New York, 20-21, April 1938 (376 repr.) Robert E. Peters, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, March 1975 (41 repr.) Lit. Schnackenburg 1995, pp 83-84, cat. no.14 fig 13. Condition. Oil on canvas, 54 inches by 52 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame, 64 inches by 62 inches and in good condition. George Lambert (1700-1765) was an English landscape artist and theatre scene painter. With Richard Wilson he is recognised as a pioneer of British landscape in art, for its own sake. Lambert was born in Kent and studied art under Warner Hassells and John Wootton, soon attracting attention by the quality of his landscape painting. He painted many large and fine landscapes in the style of Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa. Many of his landscapes were finely engraved by François Vivares, James Mason (1710–1785), and others, including a set of views of Plymouth and Mount Edgcumbe (painted conjointly with Samuel Scott), a view of Saltwood Castle in Kent, another of Dover, and a landscape presented to the Foundling Hospital in London. Lambert also obtained a great reputation as a scene-painter, working at first for the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, in London, under John Rich. When Rich moved to Covent Garden Theatre, Lambert secured the assistance of Amigoni, and together they produced scenery of far higher quality than any previously executed. Lambert was a man of jovial temperament and shrewd wit, and frequently spent his evenings at work in his painting-loft at Covent Garden Theatre, to which men of note in the fashionable or theatrical world resorted to share his supper of a beef-steak, freshly cooked on the spot. Out of these meetings arose the well-known "Beefsteak Club" which long maintained a high social reputation. Most of Lambert's scene-paintings unfortunately perished when Covent Garden Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1808. Lambert was a friend of William Hogarth and a member of the jovial society that met at 'Old Slaughter's' Tavern in St Martin's Lane. In 1755 he was one of the committee of artists who proposed a royal academy of arts in London. He was a member of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, exhibited with them in 1761 and the three following years, and during the same period contributed to the Academy exhibitions. In 1765 he and other members seceded and formed the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain, of which he was elected the first president. In conjunction with Samuel Scott, Lambert painted a series of Indian views for the old East India House in Leadenhall Street. He also etched two prints after Salvator Rosa. Lambert was associated in 1735 with George Vertue, Hogarth, and John Pine (engraver, 1660–1756) in obtaining a bill from parliament securing artists a copyright on their works. Lambert's portraits were painted by Thomas Hudson, John Vanderbank (engraved in mezzotint by John Faber the younger in 1727, and in line by H. Robinson and others), and Hogarth. Lambert's most famous painting is "A view of Box Hill, Surrey" (1733) which depicts a well-known beauty spot south of London. Hogarth considered Lambert a rival to the famous French landscape painter Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) with respect to his use of soft light to unify the scene in this painting. Though he never visited Italy he was inspired by the classical tradition of landscape painting. Lambert died on 30 November 1765 at his home on the Piazza in Covent Garden. His pupils included John Inigo Richards...

This drawing by Johann Rudolf Feyerabend, known as Lelong, is a finely executed still life that captures a rustic yet elegant composition. The detailed rendering of objects—such as t...

18th century Louis XIV French fireback with pillars, IHS monogram, angels and the date of production 1734. The monogram IHS stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus the Savior of ...

Mid 18th century Blue Delftware platter with Daniel Marot style decoration of a shield amidst flowers and foliage scrolls within a decagon. Beautiful border decoration in rich blue ...