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Mahogany french Bureaux Plat

A late 19th century, French, mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureaux plat. The serpentine shaped top inset with a leather writing surface and banded with a gilt bronze border, above three oak lined frieze drawers with milled gilt bronze bandings and foliate escutcheons, the four cabriole legs headed by bearded satyrs with acanthus leaf fronds and hairy paw sabots. Mounts re gilded.

French

Circa 1890

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Gillows Walnut Work Table

GILLOW
A figured walnut and tulipwood crossbanded work table. The finely figured central rectangular top, flanked by further compartments with flaps opening to the sides, the serpentine shaped sides with wool basket, standing on four slender cabriole legs. Stamped ‘Gillow’ numerous times.

Circa 1860

English

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Dancing Fauns

‘The Dancing Faun’ Pompeii & ‘The Dancing Faun’ after Soldani.

A pair of 19th century ‘Grand Tour’ bronzes after the antique. The Pompeii faun, a bearded male, standing with his right foot forward, hands held aloft, the other depicted with his right foot on a scabellum and with a cymbal in each hand. Each on a rectangular sienna marble plinth. Original patination.

Circa 1860

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Antique French Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Clock

A Napoleon III, French, gilt bronze and porcelain mantel clock. The urn surmount with floral and hung with chains, above a circular porcelain dial, with acanthus scroll sides, the inverted breakfront base with scroll inset panels on toupie feet. The front and sides inset puce painted porcelain panels in a ‘Wateauesque‘ style. The Vincenti eight day movement with brocot suspension striking the hour & half hour on a bell, numbered 1830. Original two tone matt & burnished gilding.
The porcelain panels signed to reverse ‘Morel Carpentier 1831’

Circa 1860

French

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Grant Fleet Street Rosewood Bracket Clock

John Grant Fleet Street

A George IV rosewood bracket clock in the Gothic taste. The shouldered lancet shaped case surmounted by a carved stepped plinth with turned and carved finials, the sides with pierced brass fretwork. The front glazed door opening to a resilvered dial engraved with acanthus scrolls and roman numerals, and signed ‘Grant Fleet Street’. The eight day double fusee five pillar movement with strike/silent lever and anchor escapement, striking the hour and quarter hour on two bells.

English

Circa 1830

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Edwardian Nest Of Tables

A set of four Edwardian mahogany and satinwood crossbanded ‘Quartetto’ tables. The rectangular graduating tops with cockbeaded border and satinwood banding, standing on four slender ring turned supports with trestle ends and splay feet, united by a curved rear stretcher. Good original patination and condition.

Circa 1900

English

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Morris & Co Satinwood Cabinet

Morris & Company

An Edwardian satinwood, kingwood crossbanded and ebony line inlaid side cabinet. The top inlaid with oval central panel and quarter veneered, above two oak lined drawers with original silvered pulls, and a pair of doors under with oval yew wood panels, standing on bracket feet. The sides with matched book veneers.

Circa 1900

English

Morris & Company picture this cabinet in their Catalogue of ‘Drawing Room Furniture’

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Venetian Mirror

A late 19th century, Venetian, octagonal cushion wall mirror of small size.  The central octagonal plate surrounded by segmented plates, hand cut and engraved with flowers, surmounted by acanthus and ‘c’ scroll pediment, inset an ebonised frame. The original silvering with signs of age to all plates.

Circa 1880

Venetian

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Barbedienne Hippomene & Atalante

A pair of late 19th century figures of ‘Hippomene ‘ & ‘Atalante’ cast by Barbedienne. Each figure in expressive pose, standing on a ring turned and octagonal Belgium marble base. Original dark brown patination, each signed to base. Some fritting to base of each marble.

Cast after the marbles situated in the ‘Jardin des Tuileries’, and shown in the Bardedienne catalogue of 1886. The size of each is ‘Petite No 4’.

Circa 1890

French

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French Giltwood & Gesso Mirror

A Napoleon III gilt wood and gesso wall mirror. The original bevelled central plate inset moulded slip surrounded by a further five shaped panels. The ornate rococo frame of  acanthus leaves and scrolls with central pediment flanked by floral swags. Original matt and burnished water gilding.

Circa 1870

French

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‘Gillows’ Style Rosewood Games Pembroke Table ‘Miles & Edwards’

Miles & Edwards Oxford Street London 7104

A Rosewood Pembroke games table in a style strongly associated with Gillows. The rectangular top with central slide, concealing a removable tray decorated for backgammon, reversing to an inlaid chequers board, flanked by twin drop flaps supported by knuckle jointed lopers. The front with a dummy and a real mahogany lined drawer, retaining the original rosewood turned pulls, standing on four turned reeded legs ending in ‘Copes Patent’ brass caps and castors.

Stamped to top Miles & Edwards Oxford Street London 7104

English

Circa 1825