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  • Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer

    Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer

    Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer

    10429 A Chinese bronze tripod censer, with wide-bellied body and integral handles, on shaped tripod feet, large Xuande seal mark underneath. Old repair.

     

    Chinese

    19th Century

     

    Width: 6.75 ins (17 cms)

    Height: 5 ins (12.5 cms)                                       £400

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  • William IV 18 Inch Library Globe by John & William Cary

    William IV 18 Inch Library Globe by John & William Cary

    William IV 18 Inch Library Globe by John & William Cary

    10356 A late Regency 18-inch library globe.
    John & William Cary, 1835
    CARY’S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, EXHIBITING The Tracks and Discoveries made by CAPTAIN COOK; Also those of CAPTAIN VANCOUVER on the NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA And M. DE LA PEROUSE, on the COAST of TARTARY TOGETHER With every other Improvement collected from Various Navigators and Travellers to the present time. LONDON: Made & Sold by J.& W. Cary, Strand, March 1st.1816. WITH CORRECTIONS and ADDITIONS to 1835, made up of two sets of eighteen hand-coloured engraved split half-gores, with fully graduated equatorial, ecliptic and four meridians, the oceans with an analemma, many explorers’ routes of Butlers, Cook, De La Perouses, Gore, Pickersgill, Ross and Vancouver given, the continents with nation states colour-outlined and fully coloured, showing cities depicted by a small building, towns, rivers, mountains in pictorial relief, marshland, caravan routes and African salt and copper mines, the Oceans in blue; the sphere with engraved brass hour dial and engraved meridian, the hand-coloured engraved paper horizon ring with degrees, Zodiac and calendar scales and wind directions, mahogany stand with three quadrants to the meridian support with turned inverted finial, the three tapering reeded legs terminating in castors and united by turned stretchers to the glazed compass box with blued-steel needle and engraved thirty-two point wind rose with degree scales.

     

    Height: 45 ins (114 cms)                                                               SOLD

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  • Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    10332 A group of four George III and later cut glass and silver shakers of various shapes, the baluster-shaped cut bodies with pierced and decorated tops.

     

    English

    Three shakers 1780-1820, one mid 19th century

     

    Max height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                      £450

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  • Large Pair of Baroque Venetian Corner Torcheres

    Large Pair of Baroque Venetian Corner Torcheres

    Large Pair of Baroque Venetian Corner Torcheres

    10179 A large pair of Baroque Venetian gilded and painted corner torcheres, a rampant lion standing on a ball with three scroll feet, supporting a shaped scarlet lacquered top, decorated in imitation of textiles.

     

    Venetian

    1700-1720

     

    Width of tops: 28 ins (71 cms)

    Height: 44 ins (112 cms)                                             SOLD

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  • Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood and Japanned Candlestands

    Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood and Japanned Candlestands

    Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood and Japanned Candlestands

    10289 A pair of Queen Anne period giltwood and japanned candlestands attributed to James Moore, the octagonal tops decorated with landscape views with a gilt border, supported by acanthus capitals on a square section baluster stem carved with leaf scrolls, and standing on a fluted circular base with scrolling tripod feet.

     

    English

    1715

     

    Height: 39.5 ins (100 cms)

    Top diameter: 10.75 ins (27.5 cms)

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  • French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    10275 A French or Italian lacca povera Regence period fitted games box, the domed lid decorated with fête galante garden scene, the interior with four fitted counter boxes with tally markers similarly decorated, original metalwork.

     

    French or Italian

    1720

     

    Width: 7.5 ins (19 cms)

    Depth: 5.75 ins (14.5 cms)                                    £2,400

     

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  • Large George II Giltwood Wall Bracket

    Large George II Giltwood Wall Bracket

    Large George II Giltwood Wall Bracket

    10180 A large George II boldly carved giltwood wall bracket, the shaped top supported by an eagle with wings outstretched, amongst C-scrolls and trailing flowers. Later gilding, unrestored.

     

    English

    1745-1755

     

    Height: 16 ins (41 cms)

    Width: 16 ins (41 cms)                                                SOLD

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  • Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    10002 A pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso open vases, the spirally gadrooned bodies deeply carved and on turned socles with square, plinth bases. Private European collection.

     

    Italian, Rome

    1760-1800

     

    Height: 18.25 ins ( 46.5 cms)

    Diameter max: 16.25 ins (41cms)

     

    Sold

     

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  • Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    9965 A fine George IV Regency Period tortoiseshell Boulle inkstand, the top with two cut glass lidded ink bottles and pen tray, the body with a continuous scrolling design with gilt bronze masks to either side and frieze draw, standing on gilt bronze paw feet with a scrolled carrying handle. One ink bottle with a cracked neck.

     

    English, London

    1820

     

    Width: 10.5 ins (26.5 cms)

    Depth: 8 ins (20.5 cms)

    Height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                           £2,400

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  • An Unusually Large George III Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler

    An Unusually Large George III Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler

    An Unusually Large George III Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler

    9880 An unusually large George III oval mahogany wine cooler, the coopered body enclosed with three brass bands, supported by four integral legs with ringed lion mask handles.

    English or Irish

    1. 1800

    Width: 31.5 ins (80 cms)

    Depth 25 ins (64 cms)

    Height: 24 ins (61 cms)                                             £5,500 

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