Mounted Objects

  • Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley Blue Jasper Oval Plaques

    Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley Blue Jasper Oval Plaques

    Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley Blue Jasper Oval Plaques

    10204 A pair of Wedgwood and Bentley (1769-1780) blue jasper oval plaques, French King Henri IV and his Chief Minister Duc de Sully, in original gilt brass frames with suspension rings. Clearly impressed ‘Henry IV’ and ‘Sully’ to the front, ‘WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY’ to the back. Excellent condition.

     

    English, Staffordshire

    1776

     

    Overall height without suspension: 4.25 ins (10.5 cms)

    Overall width: 3.5 ins (9 cms)                                       £3,200

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  • French Gold Mounted Agate Cameo Brooch

    French Gold Mounted Agate Cameo Brooch

    French Gold Mounted Agate Cameo Brooch

    10331 A French gold mounted agate cameo brooch, the agate deeply carved with a female classical head wearing a wreath of oak leaves, the frame with a blue enamelled inner border surrounded by natural pearls with large peridot stones at the cardinal points. Perfect condition. In contemporary but not original leather box.

     

    French, Paris

    1860

     

    Length: 5.5 cms

    Width: 4.6 cms                                                 £4,500

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  • French Gilt Bronze Mounted Japanese Imari Bowl

    French Gilt Bronze Mounted Japanese Imari Bowl

    French Gilt Bronze Mounted Japanese Imari Bowl

    10359 A large French gilt bronze mounted Japanese Imari bowl and cover, the two tone mounts with rearing dragon handles attributed to Maison Marnyhac or  Barbedienne, the Imari porcelain bowl decorated with panels of flowers and butterflies reserved on unusual blue and green ground, and with a replaced onion-shaped finial. Lid cracked and restored, the finial restored.

     

    Japanese porcelain, French mounts

    Porcelain 1720, mounts 1870

     

    Height: 13.5 ins (34 cms)

    Width: 15.75 ins (40 cms)

    Bowl diameter: 10 ins (25.5 cms)                              £4,500

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  • Chinese Qianlong Lotus Teapot

    Chinese Qianlong Lotus Teapot

    Chinese Qianlong Lotus Teapot

    10453 Chinese Qianlong period lotus teapot and cover, the lid with shaped gilt finial above lotus petals, the body as a lotus flower with puce petals in relief, with reserved circular panels of flower sprays, with contemporary English silver spout. Restored rim chips.

     

    Chinese

    1750

     

    Height: 5.5 ins (14 cms)

    Width: 7.75 ins (19.5 cms)                                            £1,650

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  • Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Teapot

    Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Teapot

    Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Teapot

    10454 A Chinese Kangxi period famille verte octagonal teapot and cover, the lid with diamond-shaped finial, the body decorated with panels of birds in flower bushes, with shaped square handle and with contemporary English silver spout. Restored crack around the base, small chips to the lid.

     

    Chinese

    1680 – 1700

     

    Height: 5.75 ins (15 cms)

    Width: 7.75 ins (19.5 cms)                                         £1,800

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  • Pair of French Mounted Marble Vases

    Pair of French Mounted Marble Vases

    Pair of French Mounted Marble Vases

    10469 A pair of French gilt bronze mounted marble vases and covers in Louis XV style, the covers with flower spray finials, the compressed bodies with leaf scroll handles above a spreading circular socle with tied reeded moulding on indented square plinth bases.

     

    French

    1860-1880

     

    Height: 12.5 ins (32 cms)

    Width: 10 ins (26 cms)                                             £6,500

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  • Pair of Italian Mounted Baroque Alabaster Vases

    Pair of Italian Mounted Baroque Alabaster Vases

    Pair of Italian Mounted Baroque Alabaster Vases

    10322 A pair of Italian gilt bronze mounted Baroque alabaster vases with covers, the large pineapple finials above domed covers, the bodies with everted rims and finely chased, winged dragon handles, on spreading circular base.

     

    Italian

    1730

     

    Height: 18 ins (46 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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  • Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    10292 A pair of Viennese Louis XVI gilt bronze candlesticks au carquois (‘quiver’) in the style of Etienne Martincourt, the fluted bodies supported by tripods on a circular base decorated with laurel leaves, the plinth with a milled edge and studded with marguerites, and on raised feet.

     

    Austrian, Vienna

    1780-1790

     

    Height: 7.5 ins (19 cms)                                             Sold

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  • Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    10270 A Japanese Imari silver-mounted teapot, the body decorated in relief with flowering prunus and butterflies, the cover missing and with engraved silver replacement, the spout with a silver cap.

     

    Japanese, 1720

    Silver, 19th century

     

    Height: 5.5 ins (13.5 cms)                                             £750

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  • French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    10156 A French Regence silver mounted Japanese Arita cup and cover with saucer, the cup very finely decorated with children playing in a pavilion, the cover and saucer en suite and painted with flowering trees, the ribbed silver mounts with an indistinct discharge mark?, the lid possibly with a further finial. Handwritten label for Beckford collection and RA Pfungst collection.

    Japanese

    1710

    Diameter of cup: 3.75 ins (9.5 cms)

    Diameter of saucer: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                               £4,500

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  • Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    9830 A finely carved German alabaster oval plaque, ‘Bacchus and Ceres’, Bacchus holding his thyrsus and seated on a rocky outcrop.

    Provenance; Susan Gutfreund, New York

     

    German

    1740

     

    Plaque width: 10.5 ins (27 cms)

    Height with stand: 9.5 ins (24 cms)                                SOLD

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  • Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    10257 An Italian bronze group in the style of Boschetti after the Antique, Lion Attacking a Horse, with fine details and good mid-brown patination, on the original oval marble base with a slate plinth.

     

    Italian, Rome

    1840

     

    Width: 15 ins (38 cms)

    Height: 9 ins (23 cms)                                               £4,800

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  • Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    10278 A large French gilt bronze mounted octagonal celadon tureen and cover by Escalier de Cristal, the cover with a dragon handle and moulded relief in Sung style, the stepped body with bold Regence style mounts and plinth base with engraved signature to the base mount, Escalier de Cristal, Paris.

     

    Chinese 18th or 19th century

    French mounts circa 1880-1900

     

    Width: 12.5 ins (32 cms)

    Depth: 10 ins (25 cms)

    Height: 7 ins (18 cms)                                              £7,500

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  • Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    10237 A rare silver-mounted Chinese white glazed crackleware teapot, the body with applied prunus relief, the lid with silver strapwork attached by chain to the handle mount, the short spout similarly mounted, on a raised foot rim with glazed base. Lid with restored crack.

     

    Chinese, 1680-1700

    Contemporary silver mounts Dutch or German

     

    Height: 4.25 ins (11 cms)                                          £3,000

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  • Japanese Arita Porcelain Jug

    Japanese Arita Porcelain Jug

    Japanese Arita Porcelain Jug

    10200 A Japanese blue and white Arita porcelain jug, the globular body decorated with figures in a mountainous landscape, the neck with a single band of leaf decoration and a strap handle, remains of pewter cover.

     

    Japan

    1670

     

    Height: 10 ins (25 cms)                                                 £2,500

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