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15 February 2022 | starting at 10:00 GMT | with lot 1
16 February 2022 | starting at 10:00 GMT | with lot 464
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A mid 19th century 'Exhibition quality' kingwood, tulipwood, walnut, rosewood, ebony and boxwood 'mosaic' inlaid and parquetry centre table by Johann Martin Levien (1811-1871)A mid 19th century 'Exhibition quality' kingwood, tulipwood, walnut, rosewood, ebony and boxwood 'mosaic' inlaid and parquetry centre table by Johann Martin Levien (1811-1871). Sold for £37,750 inc. premium
A 15-inch Leonard Cushee Terrestrial Table Globe, English, circa 1760,A 15-inch Leonard Cushee Terrestrial Table Globe, English, circa 1760,. Sold for £14,000 inc. premium
A silver novelty 'Pineapple' ice bucket stamped Cartier SterlingA silver novelty 'Pineapple' ice bucket stamped Cartier Sterling. Sold for £2,805 inc. premium
Walter Harrowing (British, active 1877-1904) Dogs with the day's bagWalter Harrowing (British, active 1877-1904) Dogs with the day's bag. Sold for £2,295 inc. premium

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Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, British (1850-1925): A patinated bronze figure of 'The Iron Age'
A pair of decorative Chinese style coral glazed ceramic lamps bases
A pair of 19th century French patinated and gilt bronze candlesticks, later converted to lampbases
A pair of 19th century French patinated and gilt bronze candlesticks, later converted to lamp bases
A pair of 19th century bronzed gilt and bronzed metal garniture urns, later converted to lamp bases
Pierre Jules Mène (French, 1810-1879): A late 19th century patinated bronze of 'L'Accolade'
Jules-Bernard Gélibert (French, 1834-1916): A bronze model of a bloodhound entitled 'Druid'
Pierre Jules Mene (French 1810-1879): A late 19th century patinated bronze of 'Cheval a la Barriere'
A pair of mid Victorian 'Geometric gothic' oak and ebonised hall seats
A pair of George IV giltwood bergeres
A pair of William IV 'Wilkie Patent' rosewood library armchairs by John Wilkie or the firm of Wilkie and Cochran
A third quarter 19th century French gilt bronze and porcelain panel inset clock garniture in the Troubadour style, the movement signed and numbered Leroy & Fils A Paris, 5673
A late 19th century brass faux bamboo and pietre dure inset miniature carriage timepiece
A mid 19th century French engraved silvered brass carriage clock with push repeat
A late 19th century French gilt brass and porcelain clock garniture the dial signed R.STEWART, PARIS, the movement stamped A*B 3
A George III mahogany and brass mounted bracket clockthe dial signed Charles Howse, London
A George II giltwood cartel clockthe dial signed John Halifax, London
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and champleve enamel four glass mantel clockthe movement stamped Japy Freres
A mid 19th century oak chiming bracket clock with pull repeatthe dial signed Barnard, London
After Pierre Jules Mêne French, 1810-1879): A patinated bronze equestrian group of 'Vainqueur'
Thomas François Cartier (French, 1879-1943): A patinated bronze model of two terriers
A pair of late early 20th century gilt bronze and white marble urn lamp basesin the Louis XVI style
A pair of mid 20th century gilt brass mounted beige veined marble urn lamp bases in the Louis XVI style
A pair of impressive nine light gilt bronze and verde antico marble torchieresprobably mid 20th century in the Napoleon III Empire revival style
A French late 19th century Empire revival gilt bronze mounted mahogany bureau a gradin together with a closely matched French late 19th/early 20th century bergere the bureau dating to 1875-1890, the bergere circa 1900
A Napoleon III rosewood and tulipwood inlaid armoire
An Italian late 19th century Neo-Baroque carved giltwood and silvered mirror
Of Napoleonic interest: A terracotta bust of Prince Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), known as the 'Prince of Milan' Possibly workshop of Joseph Chinard (French, 1756-1813), early 19th century
Of Napoleonic interest: A collection of ten late 19th century French patinated and gilt uniface 'medal' plaques mounted on an oval board
A late 19th / early 20th century carved alabaster bust of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul
After Louis-Marie Morise (French, 1818-1883): A late 19th century French bronze equestrian figure of Napoleon ('Napoleon Bonaparte à cheval')
Vincenzo Vela (Italian 1820-1891): A bronze figure of 'The Last Moments of Napoleon'
A late 17th/early 18th century walnut and featherbanded cabinet on chestthe William and Mary cabinet circa 1690, the matched chest almost certainly George I period
A satinwood, rosewood crossbanded and mahogany secretaire bookcase the secretaire chest circa 1790, the upper section evidently 19th century
An early Victorian oak secretaire tall chest by Gillows
A George III mahogany and ebonised banded secretaire bookcase after designs by Thomas Sheraton
Attributed to Thomas Compigne (Franco-Italian, fl. late 18th century): A collection of six Louis XVI embossed gilt, silver and polychrome tinted and varnished, decorated foil pictures of topographical views together with a similar circular embossed gilt profile miniature bust portraitcirca 1775-1790
A rare Minton Parian figural group of 'Atala and Chastas' after Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet (Italian, 1814–1870)
A pair of French black patinated and gilt bronze three light wall appliquesin the Restauration style
An early 20th century Baccarat cut and moulded glass and gilt brass twelve light chandelier
An impressive late 19th / early 20th century French gilt bronze four light candelabrumin the Louis XIV taste
After Alfred Emile O'Hara Nieuwerkerke (French, 1811-1892): A patinated bronze equestrian portrait figure of William I, Prince of Orange
After Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746): A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze models of the 'The Marley Horses'
A 19th century mahogany metamorphic stool/set of library steps
A late Victorian mahogany and brass mounted bijouterie table in the George III styleby repute originally used as a shop display cabinet at Garrard's, the jewellers of Regent Street
A Regency rosewood Canterbury of small proportions
A German or North European early 19th century painted and parcel gilt x-frame stool
A pair of French 19th century Renaissance revival carved walnut caqueteuses or open armchairs
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