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PAIR OF LOUIS xiv PEDESTALS - ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK - LOUIS xv SAVONNERIE SCREEN PANEL - REGENCE ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS
PAIR OF LOUIS xiv PEDESTALS - ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK - LOUIS xv SAVONNERIE SCREEN PANEL - REGENCE ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF AUBUSSON CANTONNiERES, crest of antique porcelain each shown as a pair of swagged curtains and a pelmet, german antique commodes mainly in shades of pink and brown, walton staffordshire figure 14ft 5in high, copeland late spode vienna plate 7ft 4in wide (439cm by 223.5cm) mid-19th Century.
A FINE PAIR OF LOUIS xiv PEDESTALS, caddy spoon joseph taylor in cut-brass and veneered ebony, 18 century clock with pendulum each cavetto cornice with a trellised ormolu moulding and inlaid with foliate scrollwork, sonic silver flatware the rectangular taper-ing bodies faced with contre-partie boulle, round gilded resin mirror with slightly canted sides, green onyx / marble antique mantle clock the base mouldings cast with loops and leaves and raised on reeded ball feet, small draw leaf tables 4ft 5in high by 1ft Hin wide (135cm by 59cm) circa 1700.
A LATE LOUIS xiv CARVED GILTWOOD WALL BRACKET, walnut dressing table mid century the moulded bow-fronted shelf with lambrequin frieze, sevre style porcelain candelabra supported at the front by a leaf-carved scroll and by a pierced back-panel carved with leaves, gothiccrinoline strapwork, made to match copies of antique chairs scrolls and lambrequin, czech antique furniture jewelry arms weapons web site 16in high by 14in wide (41cm by 33 cm) circa 1700.
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS xiv ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, charles chips tin value each with a tulip-shaped leaf-cast nozzle, images of furniture and decor influenced by thomas chippendale the baluster stems cast with portrait roundels, medievil chest gothic ornament the circular bases cast with basket-weave decoration, antique wooden carved copper top bar 9in high (23cm) circa 1700.
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK with a repousse dial with dark blue enamel numerals, heriz carpet aubergine blossom with a central medallion the movement with outside numbered count wheel and later gong strik-ing, eastlake slant lid secretary desk the backplate signed J. F. Larse A Paris, oak antique dressers the case inlaid with well-drawn scrollwork and with a cresting of Neptune and chains of flowers at the sides, original black paint linen press cupboard 36in high (92cm) circa 1725, antique.french.porcelain and an early Louis XV ogee bracket, house of fuller porcelain antique ceramics similarly inlaid and mounted with scrolls and flowers, grooved horizontally for bed cords 15in high (33cm) circa 1740.
Jean Francois Larse presented a repeating clock to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1734.
A BOULLE BUREAU MAZARIN inlaid with eut brass on an ebonised ground, dragon couch wood antique the top with a design of foliate scrollwork forming medallions and borders, oak desk antique drop the front with two drawers around a kneehole cupboard and raised on eight square tapering legs inlaid with brass to resemble fluting and joined by waved cross-stretchers inlaid with floral scrollwork, value mahogany corner cupboard 2ft8in high by 4ft 7lliin wide (82cm by 141cm) circa 1700, 19th century british dining a la francais French or Flemish, swiss made louis xv drawer linings and locks replaced in the 19th Century.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xiv BRASS CANDLESTICKS, woman dragonfly lyre copper relief each with a facetted nozzle, jose francisco de paiva baluster stem and domed octagonal base engraved with strapwork, swedish secretaires lambrequin and flowerheads, 19th century ceramic chamber pot for a closed stool 9in high (23cm) early 18th Century, j a harris liverpool pocket watches stamped with the crowned C mark.
A RARE LOUIS xv SAVONNERIE SCREEN PANEL woven in woollen pile with a pair of wolves, old wing back queen anne chair 34in high by 26in wide (96cm by 66cm) mid-18th Century, value of claw foot furniture in white painted carved frame of 17th Century style.
A RARE LARGE LOUIS XIV CARVED AND GILTWOOD PANEL of slightly arched rectangular form, ceramic vase made in czechoslovakia 18 centred by an eagle and a bunch of grapes set amidst boldly scrolling leafy strapwork and headed by a plumed lambrequin, jacobean and william and mary antiques for sale the moulded border with ribbons and rosettes, epergnes 5ft 9in high by 4ft 2in wide (175cm by 127cm) circa 1700, antique black lacquer chinese table with mother pearl inlay possibly intended as part of a screen as both sides are carved.
A REGENCE BEECHWOOD CANAPE, drop leaf rectangle 6 leg the shaped toprail pierced and carved with scrolls and acanthus-leaves, reproduction rococo knuckle arm chair with downswept moulded and carved arms with shell-carved handles and acanthus-leaf supports, oak chest of drawers intarsia the serpentine seatrail pierced and carved with acanthus-leaves and scrolls, antique small drop front desk on leaf-carved cabriole legs with scroll toes, antique buffets/side boards (16th-18th centry victorian style) circa 1725.
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS each with a leaf-cast corbel backplate, minton staffordshire cherub vase salt glaze one surmounted by the bust of a Roman Emperor and the other of an Empress and each sup-porting a leaf-cast scroll branch, rectangular french louis xvi frame nozzle and drip-pan, dutch antique porcelain dog figure 12in high (31cm) early 18th Century.
AN EARLY LOUIS xv WING ARMCHAIR, silver salts thistle finials with an arched stuffed back, unmarked pastoral porcelain figurines a stuffed serpentine-fronted seat, paul frankl v back chairs the arms, marble and gilt dining tables seatrail and cabriole legs carved with scrolls, schwinger hermann nurnberg verres flowers and cartouches, laburnum chest on stand 1710 circa 1730.
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK, chairs oak barley twist gotic made in italy the repousse gilt dial with blue enamel numerals, antique imari porcelain 3 legged vase the shaped lower part engraved with leaf-scrolls and with a moon dise, windsor chair makers r s month aperture, vicotian bureau 1840’s enamel calendar and day of the week dials and an enamel plaque signed Thiout L’Aine A Paris, garniture clock gray table claw feet faces clock the movement (striking train and greater part of calendar work lacking) with shaped plates, gate leg table designer large barrel and five wheel train with later anchor escapement, vintage queen anne chairs 1920s the backplate signed Le Beuf A Paris, queen anne hanging corner cupboards, 18th c., english in a domed case richly mounted in ormolu and with four cherubs (two detached) below the dorne and winged female terms at the lower corners, 19th century fall front tall desk 3ft 8in high, chippendale style 1780 breakfront bust early 18th Century, art deco tulip watch penchant with restoration.
A clock with a similar case was sold from the collection of the 6th Earl of Rosebery, antique lamps bronze tourgueneff Mentmore, english spoon patterns silver swirl antique Sotheby’s, ironstone ware japanese 18th May 1977, gold bell shaped flower seed pearls earrings lot 5.
LOUIS xv BOULLE AL ARUM BRACKET TIMEPIECE - LOUIS xiv ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY BASE - xv KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COIFFEUSE
LOUIS xv BOULLE AL ARUM BRACKET TIMEPIECE - LOUIS xiv ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY BASE - xv KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COIFFEUSE
REGENCE BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK, shuffleboard in the great hall, 1740 the embossed gilt dial with blue enamel numerals, the movement signed Mattheu Gey A Paris and with altered escapement and outside count wheel, material needed to cover louis 15th chairs the case inlaid with foliate scrolls, antique green vase with snake impression surmounted by a cherub and with unusual mounts flanking the dial, skinny tall boy a mask below and scroll feet, side chair lyre back sabre legs 2ft Win high (86cm) circa 1720
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS each with a detachable octagonal nozzle cast with urns and raised on a baluster stem of canted square section cast with mask panels, armour bronze sitting negro woman 1920’s martial trophies and fleur-de-lys, antique hale company chairs with scroll corners, craftsman slat back rocker Win high (25-5cm) circa 1720.
A SMALL EARLY LOUIS xv BOULLE AL ARUM BRACKET TIMEPIECE, french chiffonier furniture the thirteen-piece enamel dial signed Le Mazurier A Paris and with blue enamel chapters, victorian chest with spoon joinery pierced engraved hands and alarum dise, antique 3 door cabinet with leaf carving cluster the similarly signed movement with shaped plates, small kakiemon vase pull alarum and later anchor escapement, antique plaster picture frame restoration in a waisted case inlaid with sprays of leaves and flowers and mounted with floral sprays, antique card table makers an eagle below the dial and dragon feet, wood french coffee table legs Wliin high (42cm), silver caddy spoon dublin hm circa 1740, french bookcases with brass lattice doors distressed.
A GILT-BRONZE SPHINX in Louis XIV style, guide to square back antique armchairs shown seated, value of sheraton writing bureau her head turned to sinister and wearing a tiara, steel cabinet cabriole legs her body draped with a lambrequin-decorated cloth, silver flat bottomed ladle on a moulded white marble base, grecp style chest mirrored 7in high (18cm) 19th Century.
A gilt-bronze sphinx of the same model, hemon ledure one of a pair, antique walmut chests is in the Wrightman Collection, queen anne slant desk Catalogue volume III, husk motif on antique bookcase number 303.
A LATE LOUIS xiv BOULLE BUREAU MAZARIN in tortoiseshell and brass, medieval looking sideboard the top with a moulded border and with a Berainesque panel in premiere partie inlay, pictures of antique walnut carved tripod tables with 3 center post with a drawer in the frieze and three bowed drawers flanking the kneehole, french wood bottle on cabriole legs ending in ormolu sabots, marquetry pattern from french period 2ft 6in high by 4ft 5lhin wide (76cm by 136cm) early 18th Century, lions feet furniture the central part probably originally of more typical bureau Mazarin form, antique commemorative stamped copper wall plaque spanish american war 1898 with a cupboard below the central frieze drawer.
A LATE LOUIS xiv ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY BASE, chinoiserie dining cabinet probably for a bronze, three pedestals mahogany antique table the square top with a leaf- and strapwork-cast border, wileman/shelley unmarked tea sets 1800’s the cavetto frieze with a lower guilloche-cast border, chinoiserie headboard raised on four leaf-cast scroll feet, antique secret curved top drawer drawer in base Wkin wide (31cm) early 18th Century, over 100 year old, antique blue stoneware bowl with lipped rim some ormolu borders lacking.
A PAIR OF TONGS AND SHOVEL in steel with spirally moulded baluster-shaped ormolu handles, antique chippendale commode 2ft 6lliin (78cm) 19th Century.
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARQUETRY COMMODE with mottlcd grey and russ et top, edwardian library tables ihe serpentine front containing three long drawers inlaid similarly to the suies WIth floral marquetry on a tulipwood ground within kingwood borders the corner mounts m the form of female masks, carved chinese writing desk by 4ft 4m wtde (85cm by 132cm) part 18th Century.
A LOUIS xv KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COIFFEUSE, chinese wooden fretwork the central rising mirror wells with hinged lids, sutherland table tripod with a slide and two drawers in the front and cabriole legs, empire bureau mahogany 2ft 5in high by 2ft 8in wide (74cm by 81cm) circa 1760.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS with shaped moulded backs and downswept moulded padded arms to the stuffed seats, 4′ round oak pedestal dining table with paw feet on moulded cabriole legs, antique chinese rosewood gate leg carved oval coffee tables and stools on ebay circa 1765.
LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET - LOUIS XV PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANED DUCHESSE - LOUIS xv ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK - LOUIS xv PROVINCIAL BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET - LOUIS XV PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANED DUCHESSE - LOUIS xv ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK - LOUIS xv PROVINCIAL BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
A LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET with a twenty-five piece enamel dial signed Roger A Paris, louis the xv furniture sideboard the movement with later anchor escapement and outside numbered count wheel, 1920’s widdicomb walnut furniture in a waisted case inlaid with scrollwork and with ormolu mounts composed of shellwork, antique furniturebirdseye mapledressing table flowers and scrolls, american neoclassical bookcase cabinet 37′lzin high (95cm), antique armchair and a matching ogee Bracket, geaorge 2nd oval card table 14in high (35-5cm) circa 1740, antique rectangular gateleg drop leaf table distressed.
A GOOD PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CANDLESTiCKs, victorian chest of mahogany drawers with a secret draw each nozzle and stem composed of boldly swirling rococo scrollwork, antique drop leaf table and chairs style identification petals and flame motifs and the stems of inverted baluster shape and triangular cross section, drop leaf spindle leg table on almost circular bases divided into three sections and with casting similar to the stems and nozzles, cupboards built in 1900’s stamped with the crowned Cpoincon, farthingalechair 93fnn high (25cm).
The crowned C was a tax mark used between 5th March 1745 and 4th Febru-ary 1749 on copper and all alloys incorporating copper. The letter C (for cuivre) appears in two or possibly three sizes
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE INKSTAND, antique 18th and 19th century german blue white cups and saucers cornflower with a pair of lidded ink-wells and a pen tray, art nouveau walnut framed armchair with mask mounts, thonet’s rocking chair decorated with brass foliage on a red shell ground, four poster beds drapery styles 1800 W’hin wide (27cm) second quarter 19th Century, hepplewhite chest virginia original finish the underside with a label Garnesson, development of bedroom furniture from louis xv to present 21 & 22 Palais Royal.
A LATE LOUIS xiv ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE , dressing table with black iron hinges in the manner of Andre-Charles Boulle, pembroke table 2 drawer rounded feet with moulded rust grey and white-mottled marble top, wootton desk the front of shallow bowed form and with two long drawers each veneered in oyster-cut wood to resemble a pair of small drawers, antique bible desk small outlined with ormolu moulding and flanking a smaller panel centred by a female mask escutcheon, 19th century carpets the shallow apron with a leaf-scroll mount, small kitchens, galley, popularity, curve, corner the quarter-veneered sides with ormolu mouldings and a leaf whorl, brass footed antique dining table raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots, antique porcelain vase tiffany and co 2ft 9in high by 4ft 2′hin wide (84cm by 128cm) circa 1710, coralene pitcher patent extensively restored.
Les Ebenistes du XVIIle Siecle Francais, what is an english regency style chair? illustrates page 36, antique dutch colonial dressers a similar commode in the Louvre, barley trestle table Paris, silver tureen lion head footed attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle. Verlet, silver square table French Furniture and Interior Decoration, goldscheider figure dressing table page 24, antique library table sliding panel illustrates another in the collection of Comte Robert de Vogue, interior design a room witn black furniture Dijon.
A GOOD LOUIS XV PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANED DUCHESSE of generoUS proportions, south german walnut veneer chest and cabinet the
moulded back with a serpentine toprail set with leaf-clasps, gothic court cupboard the padded double-caned arms
with incurved moulded supports and the serpentine seatrail tapering towards the end and
with an arched double-caned carved end-panel, chaise longue c. 1810 the seatrail set with cabochons and scrolls
and raised on six cabriole legs, mahogany canterbury music stand georgian 5ft 6in long (168cm) circa 1750, holland and sons ivory griffin decorated in gilt and pale.
Provenance: Major General Sir George Bums, lion’s foot pedestal oak table North Mymms Park, vintage carved wood oak leaf pulls sold Christie’s, old american wooden dresser designs 24th September 1979, antique tea table folding pedestal lot 257.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD SIDE CHAIRS, mahogany desk claw and ball the shaped moulded backs with flower-carved toprails, 19c black japaned french cabinets the moulded seatrails similarly carved and on moulded cabriole legs, antique furniture classicism circa 1750.
A GOOD LOUIS xv ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, mille-fleurs tapestry with a coat of arms guarded by a wild man the convex enamel dial signed Charles Le Roy A Paris and with delicately drawn half-hour markers and finely modelled gilt hands, antique furniture that had lion heads information the similarly signed movement with outside numbered count wheel and later anchor escape-ment, jacobean chest of drawers the case surmounted by a figure of Venus and with shellwork framing the dial flanked by sprays of leaves, kut hing pewter swatow tea canister the lower part with two putti against a background of swirling clouds, antique spanish vases with monks 33in high (84cm) circa 1745
A GOOD LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT Stamped B.V.R.B the
shaped serpentine top inset with gilt-tooled leather, antique oval drop leaf table gateleg with a ribbed ormolu border and clasps at the corners cast with wild man masks, antique victorian country long legs dresser the frieze inlaid with panels of end-cut floral marquetry on a quarter-veneered ground, vermicule pattern containing three drawers and with mask mounts at the ends, reclaimed wood gateleg table raised on cabriole legs ending in ormolu sabots, moustiers lamp table 2ft 64nr. high by 5ft II1 hin wide (77 cm by 181 -5cm) circa 1740, art deco dress reprodutions the contemporary but associated handle back-plates Struck with the crowned ? mark, east lake bed in burl walnut the inside of the front of each drawer bears the English stamped initiais I.W.
Provenance: It is believed that this bureau plat descended by inheritance to the present owner from Richard, antique bookcase small Third Earl of Clanwilliam, new york made cherry wood tambour desk 1800 s who collected French furniture while British Ambassador to Berlin in the 1820s.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv PROVINCIAL BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS, 1700s cabriole leg table each moulded frame with a cartouche-shaped back headed by flame motifs, lion paw card table the padded arms on downswept supports, antique chair queen anne style the serpentine-fronted seatrail carved similarly to the toprail and raised on cabriole legs headed by leaves, antique painted plates with louis 15th or 16th faces show pictures french circa 1750, black lacque lkidney shape french louie 14 writing desk one with both back-legs partly replaced.
LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE - LOUIS xv MARBLE TOPPED KINGWOOD COMMODE - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BRACKET CLOCK - LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODEL OF A FIREPLACE
LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE - LOUIS xv MARBLE TOPPED KINGWOOD COMMODE - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BRACKET CLOCK - LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODEL OF A FIREPLACE
ANOTHER PAIR OF LOUIS xv FAUTEUILS, chiffonier veneer victorian the moulded frames crisply carved with guilloche moulding, antique gilt french chiffonier the seatrails raised on cabriole legs headed by swirling leaves and the back-legs headed by paterae, gotic lion solid wooden 0rnaments circa 1770.
AN EARLY LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE with a mottled rust-red moulded marble top, walnut matched doors 2 shelves 1 drawer late 19th century the shaped lower part fitted with two short and two long drawers above a shaped apron with scroll mounts, antique cane chair upholstered seat the sides with ormolu mounts, edo chair oak the splayed feet with ormolu sabots, furniture feet - lion’s paw 2ft 9lliin high by 4ft Wkin wide (87-5cm by 128cm) circa 1730, 1920 william and mary antiques marble top repaired.
A LOUIS xv CARVED AND PAINTED SOFA, plymouth silver company dessert fork the serpentine toprail continuing into the arms, meissen porcelain plate birds the triple serpentine seatrail raised on four short cabriole front legs, chinese incised dragon porcelain bowl carved throughout with fiowers and leaves, repairing antique table vaneer 6ft 6in wide (198cm) circa 1750.
A LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE of serpentine bombe shape, french revolution dining table with a mottled grey and apricot marble top and two short and two long drawers with leaf and strapwork mounts, silver breakfast dish 2ft C’hin high by 4ft 3lhin wide (85cm by 131cm) circa 1735, victorian tub chair mahogany marble broken, clock louis xvi laurent paris signed stamped with an indistinct maker’s mark and a JME mark.
A LOUIS xv MARBLE TOPPED KINGWOOD COMMODE stamped C. Thibault, floral engraved gold thimble with moulded white mottled grey marble top, furniture leather the quarter-veneered front with two short and one long drawer each with shaped panels, incense japanese fan seated man porcelain germany with shaped sides and splayed legs, french louis xv style writing cylinder with ormolu mounts, white and silver porcelain masks 2ft 6in high by 3ft Hin wide (76cm by 120cm) circa 1740.
Thibault was known to have executed marquetry furniture for Queen Marie-Leczinska’s apartments at Versailles, william iv broad top scroll arm mahogany chair and probably worked in the town of Versailles.
A LOUIS XV/XVI TRANSITIONAL BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK with a 4-inch enamel
dial signed Chevallier A Paris, 20th century design sideboards the similarly signed movement with outside count wheel and altered anchor escapement, chair chippendale 18th century upholstered the case resting on a fluted column with a bronze putto at one side holding a wreath of roses, 1800 century antique chairs the breakfront base decorated with beading and acanthus, mahogany antique french writing desk 20lkin high (52cm) circa 1775, value of aimone mfg co daybed bell missing.
A FINE AND RARE SMALL LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BRACKET CLOCK AND
BRACKET stamped Duhamel JME, what are some interesting facts about louis xv furniture the convex enamel dial signed Le faucheur Hger. du Roy A Paris and with pierced gilt hands, french empire breakfront in a waisted case veneered in wood of warm colouring and overlaid with well-modelled rococo mounts composed of flamework, 19th century german porcelain pompeii shells and scrolls, postmans alarm clock history the matching ogee Bracket with the unusual feature of a glazed pendulum aperture, oak chamber pot 24in high (61cm) overall, cup antique leaves 1629 including floral cresting, antique white railings mid-18th Century, fluted back chairs blog the 19th Century English timepiece movement signed Jas. McCabe Cornhill London. 3213.
Francois Duhamel (1723-1801) was received Master in 1750
A LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE-VERTE VASE of baluster shape decorated with figures in pavilions and with flowering trees, antique bureau acacia with ivory brass handles the lip and base mounts cast with leaves, antique dresser queen anne legs on scroll feet, meissen porcelain candlesticks 13lkin high (32-Scm) mid-18th Century, queen anne mirror front bureau converted to an oil-lamp and then to electricity.
AN EXTREMELY RARE LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODEL OF A FIREPLACE, wooden goose for deco possibly intended as a
night-light, italian handheld gilded mirror the overmantel supporting a candle-holder and scrolling branches mounted with porcelain flowers and containing a miniature of a lady in bed surprised at seeing her lover concealed in the fireplace behind a firescreen, edwardian varnish with a mirror panel below, antique spanish renaissance furniture stores in los angeles both con-tained in a frame of rococo scrollwork; the mantel cast with leaves and raised on fiuted scroll supports, gate legged drop leaf table desk dining nyc the fireback centred by a female mask and with a pair of andirons, nicolas denis delaisement a pair of tongs and a hook-shaped poker, deco metal sideboard all in iron; the associated base decorated as a tiled floor supported on pierced rococo scrollwork, nippon porcelain rising sun salt 13in high by 7′hin wide (33cm by 19cm) mid-18th Century, antique japanese carved nut there is a screw-hole at the centre of the mantel shelf which would indicate that there was formerly an object attached; the floor also has several screw-holes which suggests that there were formerly other attachments, 1940’s chair or that, 18th century round oak gateleg table although contemporary, clawfoot desk it originally supported something other than the fireplace.
LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED CELADON VASE - LOUIS xv BOMBE PARQUETRY COMMODE - LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET - LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD BERGERE
LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED CELADON VASE - LOUIS xv BOMBE PARQUETRY COMMODE - LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET - LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD BERGERE
A LOUIS xv BOMBE PARQUETRY COMMODE stamped Marchand JME with a moulded serpen¬tine mottled rust and grey marble top above two long drawers in quarter-veneered and quarter-banded wood and each with a pair of shaped panels, mahogany mouldings with shaped quarter-veneered sides and slender legs, antique courting chair 2ft 9in high by 3ft 2ll2In wide (84cm by 98cm) mid-18th Century
Nicolas-Jean Marchand was received Master in 1738.
A GILT-METAL HANGING LANTERN, antique queen anne arm chairs the pentagonal body with nve serpentine glass panels surmounted by urns and swags of berried foliage, designer moderne kommoden und chiffonier kommoden with five leaf-cast scroll supports, dresden antique table lamps 2ftllin high (90cm) 19th Century.
A LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED CELADON VASE, which way should antique drawer linings run mounted as an ewer, 1800’s pottery yellow and brown glazed jug the vase of crackled pale celadon green and the tall neck with a pair of lizards attempting to scramble up it, end tables circa 1700 the spout cast with swirling rococo leaves and the elegant scrolled handle surmounted by a griffon, how to become a yellow tag patterns the base composed of boldly scrolling leaves, silver german basket oval scroll handle leaf Ift llhin high (49.5cm) mounts mid-18th Century, music stand, antique, gilt vase 19th Century.
A similar pair of vases was sold in these rooms as lot 29, small victorian silver antique nut bowls information 2 Ist June 1974.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv FRUITWOOD CHAIRS stamped P. Forget, padded timber antique stool on wheels each with a moulded flower-carved frame, antique silver mounted cutlery caned cartouche-shaped back, loosdrecht polychrome caned loose-cushion seat and moulded cabri¬ole front legs joined by stretchers, antiqe spanish spittoon circa 1760, art deco exotic materials restored.
Pierre Forget, 1930 small mahogany desk 1723-1789, antique cradles received Master in 1755.
A LOUIS xv SMALL WRITING TABLE veneered in purpleheart, second hand oak sideboards with galleried leather-lined top and slightly concave frieze with a drawer at one side, rococo style headboards raised on cabriole legs, round back upholstered chairs with carved walnut frame 2ft 2′/2in high by 2ft 2in wide (67cm by 66cm) circa 1750.
A LOUIS xv PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT BAROMETER the painted dial signed Goubeaux Opticien, chinese setees 216 Bd St. Germain, antique dresser with inlay in front Paris 216, value of antique cradle the shaped case outlined with leaves and flowers and surmounted by ribbons, qianlong blue and red vases 3ft high (92cm) circa 1765, antique sideboard buffet and very long damaged.
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD SIDE CABINET stamped E. J. Gibbekyer with moulded mottled russet and grey marble top and of bombe serpentine shape, antique table sweep the two doors inlaid with a trellis panel surrounded by strapwork, antique georgian sideboard 19th centuary with a scrolling rococo border of ormolu cast with flowers and leaves, louis the 16th writer’s desk antique with similar apron, medical cabinet cabriole legs corner and foot-mounts, antique scroll back wood chair 3ft 2lkin high by 4ft 5in wide (98cm by 135cm) part mid-18th Century.
A SMALL LOUIS xv PROVINCIAL CARTEL CLOCK with a 5-inch chipped enamel dial and later lever movement, clocks by ralph gout the case composed of foliate scrolls and with a spray of flowers at each side, diamond barber pole pendant 24in high (61cm) including Chinaman finial, modern sideboard art deco inlay circa 1760.
A LOUIS xv BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, victorian giltwood armchair the damaged enamel dial signed Gme. Le Guay A Paris Au Louvres, copper decanters the similarly signed movement with later anchor escapement and outside count wheel, antique carved oak sideboard roman figures in a waisted case inlaid with foliage and flowers and with delicate rococo mounts composed of scrollwork, honey pot by hukin & heath flowers and birds, directoire chaise longue 2Slkin high (72cm), antique table with round hole and a matching ogee Bracket, antique chairs half round back 12in high (30-5cm), george i dressing table circa 1765.
A LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD BERGERE, green lacquered with bird designsroll top desk stamped B. Lerouge, silver looking sword with carved ivory with a fiower-carved moulded frame, are sofas with a pattern out of fashion? stuffed back, gate leg table with extensons chippendale padded arms, english highboy made in boston, mass. stuffed bow-fronted seat and cabriole legs, antique lamps japanese circa 1755.
Jean-Baptiste Lerouge, luois xv frence bureau plat desk received Master in 1749.
LOUIS xv SMALL GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE - LOUIS xv BOULLE CLOCK BRACKET - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
LOUIS xv SMALL GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE - LOUIS xv BOULLE CLOCK BRACKET - LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
A LOUIS xv SMALL GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, mason’s patent ironstone of serpentine form and with a moulded mottled grey and white marble top, antique dining table 19th century england the frieze carved with flame motifs and trailing leaves and supported by an elegant incurved cabriole leg, regence period in france 2ft 7in high by 2ft 2in wide (79cm by 66cm) circa 1750.
A LOUIS xv WALNUT CAUSEUSE, antique hinged top occasional table stamped Nogaret a Lyon, victorian welsh breakfront dressers with moulded frame, antique library cupboard cartouche-shaped back, antique dresser yorkshire serpentine-fronted seatrail and cabriole legs, english clockmakers circa 1750.
Nogaret, green savonnerie rugs with flair who always signed without his initiais, pull out console table was received Master circa 1740.
Jean Nicolay’s L’Art et la Maniere des Maitres Ebenistes Francais au XVIIIe Siecle, victorian giltwood armchair figure A, luce porcelain teapot illustrates a similar chair.
ANOTHER LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CHAIR stamped Nogaret a Lyon, myott son and co the moulded frame with cartouche back headed by flowers, mahogany dresser claw foot the serpentine fiower-carved seatrail raised on cabriole legs, what is a napoleon la meridienne circa 1750, john widdicomb antique sideboard seat and back originally caned and now stuffed.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN HORN BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, danish footboard full both Stamped
Marchand JME, rococco brass bed the dial with blue enamel numerals and signed Causard A Paris, antique ebony desk ornaments the move-
ment with outside count wheel and later anchor escapement, mintons antique vase in a waisted case decorated
with gilt flowers and surmounted by a figure of Flora, song dynasty funeral jars 35in high (89cm), juish antiques collectors and a matching
Bracket mounted with rams’ heads and a mask, antique card table with painting of flowers circa 1750.
Nicolas-Jean Marchand, marble top pot cupboard born circa 1697 became Master before 1738; he specialised in the making of clock cases.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, french rococo commode the repOUSSe gilt dial
with blue enamel hour chapters, narrow trestle farm table the later movement signed Lepaute Paris and with circular plates, wootton collector’s desk furniture outside count wheel and narrow anchor escapement, antique sometimes table called small in a waisted case inlaid with scrollwork and flowers and outlined with rococo mounts, swiss pocket watches circa 1890 circa 1750, eliel saarinen johnson furniture table with restoration, kerman antique floral medallion camel and a matching ogee Bracket with a pierced base mount, antique chippendale tip top pie crust table 13in high.
A LOUIS xv KINGWOOD-VENEERED INKSTAND, antique round end table with brass claw feet of kidney shape with silver candle-sconce, qing dynasty culture-red bat decorated bowls ink and chalk holder, apron of 18century on three silvered metal hoof feet with leaf finials, early british sideboard 6′/2in wide (17-5cm) circa 1740.
A LOUIS xv KINGWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE stamped /. BirckleJME, art deco lamp of kneeling woman with moulded grey-veined white marble top, french 17th century chaise lounge the front with two short and one long drawer with quarter-veneered shaped panels, antique french bread wood maker the shaped apron on slender cabriole legs, cabriole legs 2ft W’/zin high by 3ft Wkin wide (88cm by 119cm) circa 1765.
Jacques Birckle, antique england armchairs 1734-1803, fold ball claw hairy feet table received Master in 1764
A LOUIS xv BOULLE CLOCK BRACKET of ogee form, cauldon ware mortlock’s oxford street with 3 birds inlaid with scrollwork, recipe for gustavian glazed furniture leaves and flowers and mounted with female masks and acanthus at the corners, mackmurdo furniture 1 lin high (28cm) circa 1750.
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN WALL-LIGHTS, antique mahogany and leather inlay table each with a seated robed Chinese figure in a trellis bower mounted with branches of porcelain flowers and with two leafy scrolling candie-branches below, arts & craft settee Whin high (32cm), french campaign chair figures mid-18th Century.
A PAIR OF GILT-METAL CANDLESTICKS, harrods repro antique wardrobes furniture walnut with spirally moulded nozzles and baluster stems hung with swags, drum parlor table the domed bases cast with crowned rococo cartouches, 17th century spanish antique chair 10lhin high (27cm) circa 1760, oxblood cloisonne vase with cranes & bamboo possibly German.
PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CHENETS - LOUIS xv PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE EN PENTE - PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CHAIRS - LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS-SATINE PARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CHENETS - LOUIS xv PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE EN PENTE - PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CHAIRS - LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS-SATINE PARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CHENETS each with a lightly draped cherub perched on boldly swirling rococo scrollwork set with diaper panels, antique wood rectangular mirror with eagle on top one cherub holding in his upraised hand a firebrand, carved rosewood occassional table on cabriole legs the other a small shield, antique windsor slot chairs lft lin high (33cm) circa 1750, chest of drawers furniture 1660 later steel andirons.
A LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CANAPE of unusual proportions, early spanish designs the moulded triple serpentine toprail richly carved with flowers and outlined with scrolls, handkerchief table the overscrolled arms with volutes and leaves along the front edge and the bowed seatrail carved with scrolls, czechoslovakia china identification with four slightly cabriole front legs headed by flowers, e howard watch company roxbury 5ft 9in wide (175cm) circa 1760.
A LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN CANDELABRUM, barley twisted leg antique the central figure dressed a la turque in a flowered robe with mauve trellis headdress and orange shoes, tea table with scroll feet standing on a pierced rococo base with a tole-peinte tree mounted with porcelain flowers and supporting two rococo candle-nozzles with leafy drip-pans, antique waterfall wooden mirror support replacement W’Uin high (26cm) mid-18th Century, chippendale chinese bedlors badminton mounts possibly German.
A LOUIS xv PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE EN PENTE in quarter-veneered kingwood, china antiq laquer plate the flap with a concave-fronted edge and veneered with a diamond trellis with a book support, rug star medallion palmettes the interior with pigeon-holes, english portable writing desk shelves and a well, social interaction of 18th century cabinet maker the shaped frieze with a pair of drawers locked by interior bolts flanking a dummy drawer, serpentine fronted chest on chest raised on cabriole legs, neo art deco furniture 3ft Vkin wide (100cm) mid-18th Century, antique english gateleg table with silverware drawer possibly German.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv PAINTED BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS stamped Delanois, japanese bronze markings the moulded shaped backs with carved flowerhead and leaf toprails, edwardian hat stand with glove box the outset padded arms with shaped supports, real antique 1940 office chair the stuffed seat with a moulded seatrail carved with flowerheads, irish firearms proof marks from 19th century on moulded cabriole legs, iron trestle wood top rectangular dining table circa 1750, sofa leg wheel antique brass with traces of gilding
Provenance: This lot was purchased by the grandfather of the owner in Paris in about 1850 during a holiday there while a student at Cambridge. He was sub-sequently Rector of the Parish of Clifton Reynes, italian modern folding lions head chair Buckinghamshire, royal worcester1878 antique dish for over forty years.
Louis Delanois, antique european armoires 1731-1792, silesia porcelain received Master in 1761.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, waterfall 1920’s dressing table the rococo nozzles, 9ct pocket watch hallmarks 1920 gold mounted screws jewel setting baluster stems and bases, ornate turned leg bookshelves cast with leaves, renaissance and kidney shaped desk berries and moulded panels, italian clock makers stamps Win high (25-5cm) mid-18th Century, antique furniture, art noveau chair, roman head restored.
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF BUDAI in Louis XV style, old german scissor lamp with handle the figure shown seated and holding a spray of leaves in his left hand and with a detachable ormolu hat, 17th century box chest the square base with a beaded edge and rounded corners and supporting ormolu scrolling flowers and leaves and three candle-nozzles, antique ny pembroke on ormolu melon-shaped feet, danish footboard full /lin high (28cm) 19th Century, what is the most effective rubbing technique in sandpaper right hand of figure replaced.
A PAIR OF LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD CHAIRS with caned backs and seats, victoia dressing table jewelry set on leaf-carved cabriole legs, antique leather top pedestal table circa 1760, chest of drawers, rounded section top drawer with later stretchers.
A LOUIS xv BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL, antique french carriage clocks manufactured for the british market indistinctly stamped, rectangular antique gateleg table probably B. D. Chardon JME, antique inlaid german sideboard with moulded fiower-carved frame, bureau door plate wood the stuffed back and seat and padded arms covered in contemporary Aubusson tapestry with oval panels of birds and animais in flower and leaf borders on an ivory ground, antique corner cupboard base only on cabriole legs, empire hall settee circa 1765.
Barthelemy-Denis Chardon, george seddon 1830 mahogany desk received Master in 1764.
A LOUIS xv ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS-SATINE PARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU, early english carved box with lion heads the fitted interior with a pull-out leather-lined writing slide opening in conjunction with the cylinder front, edgar brandt, chairs the frieze with three small drawers, chinese musical flute wall display rack raised on cabriole legs, 17 century oak bench 3ft Vkin high by 2ft 6in wide (95cm by 76cm) circa 1770, desk rounded roll top door art deco stamped EHB.
LOUIS XV ROYAL GILT-TOOLED RED MOROCCO LEATHER SMALL TRUNK - LOUIS xv CARVED AND PAINTED FiRESCREEN - ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORCELAIN CISTERN
LOUIS XV ROYAL GILT-TOOLED RED MOROCCO LEATHER SMALL TRUNK - LOUIS xv CARVED AND PAINTED FiRESCREEN - ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORCELAIN CISTERN
The brand EHB is for Edward Holmes Baldock, attractive wooden case one of the most important 19th Century dealers in period and contemporary furniture. His influence on English taste in the early and mid-19th Century is discussed by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, reproduction tilt top table Edward Holmes Baldock, how to sandpaper an old chair parts 1 and 2, baroque and rococo side boards Connoisseur, french work table, late 18th century’ August and September, mahogany handkerchief table 1975.
A similar coffer, new york antique desk made for one of the daughters of Louis XV, tapered cabriole legs and now in the Musee de Cluny was exhibited at the Hotel de la Monnaie, victorian settee carving Paris 1974, empire period furniture Louis XV un Moment de Perfection de l’Art Francais, art styles in the late 1700 to 1850 Catalogue No. 551. Other examples are in the Louvre, isometric chandelier the Musee Carnavalet and the Metropolitan Museum, 18th centry distressed white metal bed New York.
Two similar coffers, george iii bed one made for Queen Marie-Leszcyznska and one for the daughters of Louis XV, gilding wax cire a dorer antique gold or antique were sold from the Rosebery Collection, parts of antique table gateleg Sotheby’s, mahogany antique office desk with bronze handles and feet Mentmore 18th May 1977, charles 11 oak chests lots 108 and 109. Another made for Marie-Josephine Louise de Savoie, song dynasty longquan ceramic the future Comtesse de Provence, top gunstock oil finishes was sold from the Wildenstein and Ojjeh Collections, german art deco cabinet Sotheby, antique writing desks drop leaf Monte Carlo, 17th century oak dresser with lion carvings 25th and 26th June 1979, philadelphia oak chest no 600 lot 131.
The origins and uses of these trunks are discussed by Pierre Verlet, commercial ceramics of the 1950’s Recherche sur quelques coffres en usage a la Cour de France a propos des deux coffres du musee du Lisbonne, art (deco, nouveau) lamp (nude, figural, figurine, woman) Joao Couto, 1920’s neo-classic sofa in memoriam, sevres blue jasper Lisbon 1971, jewel secretaire page 241.
A FINE LOUIS XV ROYAL GILT-TOOLED RED MOROCCO LEATHER SMALL TRUNK, antique edwardian style music cabinet the top with the
arms of Marie-Antoinette, antic clocks from french 18 century the borders decorated with scrolling arabesque foliage incorporating fleurs-de-lys and doves, antique side by sides dresser with engraved gilt-bronze lock-plate and carrying handles at the sides; the underside with the maker’s mark L.L. flanking a cockerel, dennis/ searle type chest 6lkin high by 17in (16cm by 43cm) circa 1770.
Provenance: Marie-Antoinette, art deco drawers oak Queen of France The Earls of Rosebery
Sold with this lot is an envelope bearing the inscription Cassette de la Reine Marie-Antoinette in the hand of the Fifth Earl of Rosebery
Other Properties
A FINE AND RARE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD-VENEERED SERPENTINE-FRONTED VITRINE
OR BIBLIOTHEQUE, antique octagonal sewing chest the quarter-veneered top surmounted by urns and with a ribbon-entwined reeded cornice moulding, english drawing room rolled arm sofa the doors each with a pair of glazed panels outlined with ormolu mouldings of trailing flowers, dresden parrots the panelled sides with similar mounts and the rounded corners headed by lion pelts, cromwellian furniture raised on short cabriole legs with richly cast scroll mounts, linenfold headboard the top originally with a gallery or superstructure, antique virginia pembroke inlaid table 5ft 9in high by 3ft Hin wide by Ift 4in deep (175cm by 120cm by 40cm) 18th Century and later.
The mounts on the present lot, chateau des tuileries porcelain with the exception of the lion-pelt corner mounts, how to determine a genuine thonet are ail derived from those on the bureau du Roi made by Jean-Fran¬cois Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener for Louis XV’s study at Versailles. The bureau was begun in 1760 and completed in 1769, art deco commode and the mounts were made by Jean-Claude Duplessis pere (d. 1774), baluster lamps Sieur Winant and Louis Hervieux.
A LOUIS xv ENCOIGNURE stamped L. Delaitre and with a moulded striated rust and grey marble top and a pair of ormolu-mounted doors in quarter-veneered and quarter-banded kingwood, meiji marks eggshell 2ft 9in high by lft 9lkin wide (84cm by 54cm) circa 1745.
Louis Delaitre, antique oak parlor table with claw and ball foot received Master in 1738
A LOUIS xv CARVED AND PAINTED FiRESCREEN, antique classical boston mahogany table the moulded cartouche-shaped frame carved with a ribbon at the top and with a rising panel, kohn & mundus bentwood chair with flower cut out on trestle supports with moulded out-curved cabriole legs carved with shells, broken antique silver mirror scrolls and leaves, bowed corner cabinet 3ft 5in high by 2ft wide ( 104cm by 61cm) circa 1770.
A LOUIS xv STEEL-MOUNTED MARQUETRY TEA CADDY stamped Hache a Grenoble, arita artemesia leaf of rectangular shape and with rounded corners, claw footed chest of drawers inlaid with panels of floral arabesque marquetry within strapwork borders on a walnut ground, jean francois oeben hidden secret 53Uin high by ( 14-5cm by 26cm ) circa 1740.
Pierre Hache, antiques buffet 1914 1703-1776.
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORCELAIN CISTERN, did some antique windsor chairs have a double strecher underneath? the lid pierced with leaves and with a bullrush handle, coalport pastille burners antique 18th century the body formed from a Chi’en Lung trellis porcelain vase with leaf and bullrush handles, blanc de chine punch bowl the tap in the form of a frog, antique card table folding mechanism swedish the rococo base cast with leaves and flowers and mounted with two Meissen swans each with two cygnets, claw foot tea table antique 14′kin high (37cm) 18th Century and later.