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Fine Decorative Arts

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87 lots available

1^TP —
A vibrant Biblical Flemish tapestry
Late 16th century 250cm x 219cm

Sold for £8,960 inc. premium

2^TP —
A Flemish Mythological tapestry
Late 16th/early 17th century 385cm x 297cm

Sold for £8,960 inc. premium

3^TP,Y —
A George III satinwood, kingwood and rosewood crossbanded commode
Circa 1780

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

4 —
An Italian 16th century silver and gilt bronze of 'Christ at the Column'
After a model by Guglielmo della Porta (circa 1500 / 1510; d. Rome 1577)

£20,000 - £30,000

5^TP —
An Italian carved walnut mythological and biblical figural panel
Probably second half 16th century

Sold for £3,200 inc. premium

6^TP —
A carved wood and polychrome decorated figural group of St. Anne teaching Mary
Probably South German, late 14th/15th century

£4,000 - £6,000

7^TP —
A large Italian 19th century Baroque revival walnut trestle or dining table

£7,000 - £10,000

8^*,TP —
A fantastical Oudenaarde Hunting tapestry
Circa 1550 250cm x 213cm

Sold for £5,120 inc. premium

9^TP —
A Flemish Game Park tapestry
Circa 1600 386cm x 214cm

£8,000 - £12,000

10^TP —
A Queen Anne or George I giltwood and gilt gesso mirror
Circa 1715, in the manner of John Belchier

Sold for £3,072 inc. premium

11^TP —
An early Victorian walnut, ebonised, tulipwood crossbanded, sycamore and fruitwood marquetry breakfast table
Circa 1845, possibly retailed by Edward Holmes Baldock

Sold for £4,864 inc. premium

12^Ф,TP,Y —
A large German walnut schrank or wardrobe
Early 18th century but apparently with some later elements and/or timbers

Sold for £5,760 inc. premium

13 —
A late 15th century carved and polychromed wood figural relief depicting the departure of the Magi
Flemish or Lower Rhenish

£7,000 - £10,000

14^TP —
An impressive Flemish Biblical tapestry, from the story of Jezebel and Ahab
Probably Antwerp, late 17th century 429cm x 246cm

£7,000 - £10,000

15^TP —
A Flemish Mythological tapestry
Mid to late 17th century 298cm x 275cm

£8,000 - £12,000

16 —
A Medieval Nottingham alabaster relief panel depicting the Entombment
Circa 1450

£15,000 - £20,000

Selected Property from a Private Collection

17^TP —
A William IV or early Victorian specimen marble, hardstone, mineral and blue John inlaid Ashford marble topped mahogany side table
1830-1845

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

Selected Property from a Private Collection

18^TP —
An important early Victorian 'Antiquarian' walnut and ebonised breakfront low cabinet mounted with sixteen Italian pietra dure plaques and twenty-two marble tablets
some of the Florentine pictorial pietra dure plaques probably date to the early 18th century; the cabinet: 1845-1865

Sold for £23,680 inc. premium

Selected Property from a Private Collection

19^TP —
A mid Victorian ormolu mounted figured burr walnut, ebonised, tulipwood crossbanded, purplewood banded, yew wood, stained sycamore and marquetry breakfront low cabinet
Circa 1865, possibly by Holland and Sons

Sold for £2,816 inc. premium

Selected Property from a Private Collection

20^TP —
An early Victorian hardstone inlaid Ashford black marble centre table
1850-1860, in the manner of Samuel Birley

Sold for £2,816 inc. premium

Selected Property from a Private Collection

21^TP —
A mid Victorian specimen marble, hardstone, mineral and blue John inlaid Ashford marble centre table

Sold for £1,792 inc. premium

22 —
A marble head of an Italian woman
Probably 15th Century

£1,500 - £2,500

23 —
A Flemish carved marble bust of a young boy
Probably Antwerp, late 17th / early 18th century

Sold for £1,408 inc. premium

24^Ф,Y —
A near pair of early 19th century boxwood and ebony strung and crossbanded amboyna and mahogany miniature collectors cabinets containing an interesting contemporary collection of sulphide 'buttons', various English and French sulphide profile portrait plaques, red and green paste intaglio 'gems' and a part set of red wax miniature reliefs of British royal portraits
The boxes manufactured by the same cabinet maker and apparently acquired at the same time to house a contemporary collection,

Sold for £4,608 inc. premium

25^* —
An Italian sculpted terracotta tondo relief or bozzetto depicting an angel holding the Sudarium
Probably Roman, late 17th/early 18th century, in the manner of drawings by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Italian, 1639-1709) for Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) for the altarpiece of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

26 —
After Giambologna (Italian, 1524-1608): A late 18th / early 19th century patinated bronze figural group depicting Nessus and Deianira
Probably Italian

Sold for £4,864 inc. premium

27 —
Attributed to Ferdinand Tacca (Italian, 1619–1686) or Damiano Cappelli (French, fl. 1662-1688): An Italian patinated bronze model of a goat
Florentine, mid 17th century

£5,000 - £8,000

28^TP —
A George II walnut armchair
1750-1755, either made by the firm of Wright and Elwick or executed by Paul Saunders

Sold for £5,760 inc. premium

29^TP —
Attributed to Claude Galle (French, 1759-1815): A good early 19th century French gilt bronze and rouge griotte marble figural mantel clock
The figural mount perhaps in the manner of Louis-Simon Boizot (French, 1743-1809)

Sold for £16,640 inc. premium

30^TP,Y —
An early Victorian porcelain and ormolu mounted rosewood and tulipwood jewellery coffer on stand or coffre a bijoux attributed to Johann Martin Levien (1811-1871)
Circa 1845, an identical model forms part of the Royal Collection

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

31 —
A Baltic early 19th century marble topped ormolu gueridon
Possibly Russian, in the Directoire style

Sold for £11,520 inc. premium

32^TP —
A striking Pastoral tapestry
Probably Brussels, early to mid 18th century 241cm x 205cm

£5,000 - £8,000

33^*,TP —
A vibrant Mythological tapestry
Probably Brussels 17th/18th century

Sold for £9,600 inc. premium

34^TP —
An Aubusson carpet
Late 19th/early 20th century 690cm x 408cm

Sold for £3,200 inc. premium

35^TP —
A monumental Aubusson carpet
19th century 700cm x 467cm

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

36 —
A cased set of six 18 carat modern design gold goblets
C J Vander Ltd, London 1969 (6)

Sold for £91,840 inc. premium

37 —
OMAR RAMSDEN: a rare silver presentation 'Lotus Bowl'
London 1939, also engraved OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT

Sold for £8,320 inc. premium

38^* —
Two George III Royal silver sauceboats
full marks only clear on one, Thomas Heming, London 1766

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

39^* —
A rare William III Irish silver lidded tankard
Joseph Walker, Dublin 1699

Sold for £8,960 inc. premium

40^* —
A Charles II silver lidded tankard,
maker's mark EG, possibly for Edward Gladwin, London 1679

£6,000 - £8,000

41 —
MILITARY INTEREST: a good George III silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover
William Pitts, London 1802

Sold for £10,240 inc. premium

42^* —
A pair of George IV silver wine coolers
John Edward Terrey, London 1827 (2)

£20,000 - £30,000

43 —
A George IV large silver six-light candelabrum
Paul Storr, London 1828, underside of base stamped 198

£25,000 - £35,000

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS' AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS Lots 44-52

44 —
The 'Worshipful Company of Stationers' silver-gilt and enamel table centrepiece
William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield 1924

Sold for £7,936 inc. premium

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS' AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS Lots 44-52

45 —
A Regency silver-gilt two handled cup
Benjamin Smith II, London 1808, incuse stamped to rim RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT

£4,000 - £6,000

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS' AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS Lots 44-52

46 —
A monumental pair of George IV silver-gilt four-light candelabra
Benjamin Smith II, London 1827 (2)

Sold for £96,920 inc. premium

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS' AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS Lots 44-52

47^AR —
STUART DEVLIN: a 'Stationers' Hall' silver and silver-gilt ten-piece condiment set
London 1973 (10)

£3,000 - £5,000

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS' AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS Lots 44-52

48^AR —
STUART DEVLIN: a 'Stationers' Hall' silver and silver-gilt seven-piece condiment set
London 1973 (7)

£2,500 - £3,500

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