A fine quality mid 19th century, Victorian, walnut, tulipwood crossbanded & marquetry inlaid ormolu mounted card table. The rectangular top with yew panel and stiff leaf banding opening to reveal a baize lined playing interior and polished well, supported by four tapering turned legs ending in castors. The whole mounted with finely cast ormolu embellishments.
Height 29″ (74cm)
Width 38″ (96.5cm)
Depth 20″ (51cm)
English
Circa 1850
Firmly attributed to François Linke (1855-1946)
Index number 83
A late 19th century marquetry inlaid and gilt bronze mounted guéridon after Weiswieller, by François Linke. The circular top with parquetry centre surrounded by a wide marquetry ribbon band, supported by four pairs of open cluster columns united by a pierced wavy stretcher standing on paw feet. See page 488 ‘Françoise Linke The Belle Epoque of French Furniture’ by Christopher Payne for an identical table.
Height 30 3/4” (78cm)
Diameter 24” (61cm)
French
Circa 1890
A mid Victorian black lacquer chinoiserie japanned flower table in a style associated with Gillows. The shaped top with removable centre Chinoiserie panel revealing a tin tray liner with mesh, standing on a turned stem with open cluster columns and three cabriole legs.
Height 28 3/4“ (73cm)
Width 13 3/4“ (35cm)
Depth 10 1/2“ (27cm)
English
Circa 1860
A pair of Napoleon III Sèvres style ormolu mounted porcelain vases. The gilt pinatum finial mounted lids above bodies with jewelled panels painted with putti at play to the front, a panel of flowers to the reverse, standing on ormolu flared socle and plinth.
Height 10 1/4“ (26cm)
Width 6” (15cm)
Depth 4 1/2” (11.5cm)
French
Circa 1860
A pair of 1st Empire period, French, gilt and patinated bronze tazzas with griotte uni marble plinths. The shallow dish tops with twin handles above flared socles and marble plinths on stepped bases. The bases mounted alternately with ‘Winged Victory’ & ‘Roman Brazier’. Finely chased and mercury gilded mounts.
Height 12” (30.5cm)
Width 8 1/2” (21.5cm)
Depth 7” (18cm)
French
Circa 1815
A George IV rosewood Library table. The richly figured rectangular top with split bead edge, above a pair of mahogany lined drawers with original turned pulls and double cockbeaded edge, with dummy en verso, standing on rectangular moulded pillar ends with carved scroll decoration, and carved hairy paw feet with concealed castors.
Height 29″
Depth 26″
Width 53″
Circa 1830
English
A late 19th century satinwood & marquetry inlaid display cabinet of small proportions, probably retailed by Maples. The polished top with tulipwood cross banding above an inlaid frieze with single astragal glazed door below enclosing a relined interior with shelves and cupboard under, flanked by curved glazed sides, and standing on short square tapering legs with spade feet.
Height 57″ (145cm)
Depth 15″ (38cm)
Width 42″ (106.5cm)
English
Circa 1900
A late 19th century, French, mahogany and gilt bronze mounted guéridon possibly by Paul Sormani. The circular galleried top with onyx panel, above a frieze, each section with scrolling foliate cast mounts, one concealed as a drawer, standing on four turned fluted legs united by a shaped stretcher with central finial. Mounts regilded. Lock stamped ‘Duvivier 77 Rue St Antoine Paris’.
Height 30” (76cm)
Diameter 26 1/2” (67cm)
French
Circa 1880
A late 19th century, French, mahogany, gilt bronze & Jasper mounted ‘Gaine’ attributed to Francois Linke. The square marble top with pierced gallery above a single sprung frieze drawer with leather lined slide above, each side mounted with foliate acanthus ormolu and central ‘Sèvres’ jasper panel, standing on four tapering legs united by a shaped stretcher with pineapple finial.
Height 34″ (86.5cm)
Width 11″ (28cm)
Depth11” (28cm)
French
Circa 1890
A late 19th century, Victorian, walnut baby Sutherland table. The twin drop flaps opening to form an oval top supported with gate leg action, above turned end supports on trestle ends.
Height 62cm
Width closed 17cm Width Open 74cm
Depth 60cm
English
Circa 1880
An early Victorian rosewood Wellington chest. The rectangular top above a slim frieze and six graduated drawers flanked by pilasters, one locking, headed by acanthus carved corbels, and standing on a plinth base.
Height 49 3/4″ (126.5 cm)
Width 24″ (61cm)
Depth 17 1/2″ (44.5cm)
English
Circa 1840
A pair of early Victorian Minton porcelain and ormolu candlesticks of rococo design. The finely enamelled porcelain figures of flower sellers seated beneath a scrolling acanthus candle sconce with a floral cast ‘C’ scroll base. Bronze regilded. Restoration to his hat & hand.
Height 10″ (25.4cm)
Width 6″ (15.2cm)
Depth 6″ (15.2cm)
English
Circa 1840
After Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814)
A pair of Napoleon III gilt & patinated bronze candelabra after Clodion. The patinated bronze figures of putti each holding aloft twin candle sconces cast with fruiting vines, and standing on turned marble columns with rouge marble plinths.
Height 17″ (43cm)
Depth 5 3/4″ (14.6cm)
Width 9″ (23cm)
French
Circa 1870
Ferdinand Barbedienne A Collas Reduction Mechanique
A late 19th century, French, patinated bronze ‘Laurent De Medicis’ cast by F. Barbedienne, with the A. Collas Reduction Mechanique seal. The well cast and chased figure after the renowned Michelangelo sculpture of Lorenzo di Piero de Medici (1492-1519), in the Medici tomb, Florence. The base with inset seal to the reverse, and inscribed twice F. Barbedienne Fondeur. The base with ink numbering. The Barbedienne catalogue index ‘La Reduction nº 7’.
Height 37 cm
Base Width 13 cm
Base Depth 14 cm
Circa 1890
French
F Bartolozzi & PW Tomkins after William Hamilton
‘Celadon and Amelia’
A pair of George III sepia stipple engravings & etchings published for ‘The Seasons’ by James Thomson. Inset gilt frames with verre églomisé.
Height 21 1/2 “ ( 55cm)
Width 18 1/2“ (47 cm)
English
Circa 1810
Attributed to Edwards & Roberts
A late Victorian mahogany and marquetry inlaid bijouterie table. The rectangular bevelled glazed top with interlaced inlaid border opening to a relined damask interior, above four panelled sides each inlaid with scrolling acanthus, the four square tapering legs each headed by an inlaid frond with trailing garrya below and ending in brass caps and castors. Although not stamped this table vitrine is almost certainly by ‘Edwards & Roberts’.
Height 30 1/2″ (77.5cm)
Width 34″ (86.5cm)
Depth 20 1/4″ (52cm)
Circa 1890
English
Billiet & Cottebrune Paris
A late 19th century, French, brass inlaid scarlet red tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted mantel clock. The finial modelled as a basket of fruit above a waisted shaped case, the sides and front inlaid with engraved scrolling brass and mounted with rococo gilt bronze. The circular gilt dial with twelve piece enamel tablets, an eight day movement with brocot suspension, rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell. Movement and pendulum numbered 8559.
Height 12″ (30.5cm)
Width 6 1/2″ (16.5cm)
Depth 4″ (10.3cm)
French
Circa 1880
An Edwardian satinwood and marquetry inlaid side table. The book veneered rectangular top with purpleheart banding and fan inlaid quadrants, supported by four square sectioned cabriole legs united by a platform stretcher.
Height 26″ (66cm)
Width 22″ (56cm)
Depth 15″ (18cm)
English
Circa 1900
An unusual George III Kingwood & Indian rosewood teapoy now fitted with a brass liner. Of rectangular box form, the rising lid revealing a fitted interior of three tea caddies, one above the other, and a brass liner replacing the mixing bowls. The finely figured Kingwood top and front with tulipwood crossbanding, the sides with brass carrying handles, a small drawer to the right, supported by four square tapering legs with fine line inlay and ending in brass caps and castors.
Height 27″ (60cm)
Width 16″ (41cm)
Depth 12″ (31cm)
English
Circa 1800
A mid 19th century, Victorian, Gothic brass skeleton timepiece with rosewood plinth and glass dome. The single fusee movement with anchor escapement of eight day duration, with five & spoke wheel work throughout (six spoke to the escape wheel). The circular dial retaining the original gilding and painted roman numerals with signs of wear to some numerals. The shaped plates with six turned pillars, brass bob pendulum retains the knurled locking nut for transportation.
Timepiece dimensions
Height 11″ (28cm)
Width 5 1/2″ (12cm)
Depth 4″ (10cm)
English
Circa 1840
