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Fine Decorative Arts

3 December 2025 | starting at 13:00 GMT

Celebrating 500 years of the exquisite, our Fine Decorative Arts sale features an outstanding selection of fine examples of European sculpture, French and English and Continental furniture, tapestries, silver and oriental carpets. While different, all pieces are united by their exceptional quality, fine craftmanship and lauded history. The sale includes the offering of a collection of exhibited rare Limoges pieces. Explore the catalogue:

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THE MORRELL TROPHY: A rare monumental Victorian silver trophy / centrepiece Robert Garrard, London 1858, also stamped R & S GARRARD PANTON STTHE MORRELL TROPHY: A rare monumental Victorian silver trophy / centrepiece Robert Garrard, London 1858, also stamped R & S GARRARD PANTON ST. Estimate: £180,000 - £220,000
A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel crozier finial depicting St Michael slaying the devil as a dragon Limoges, 1220-1230A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel crozier finial depicting St Michael slaying the devil as a dragon Limoges, 1220-1230. Estimate: £50,000 - £70,000
A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel book or Evangeliary cover depicting the Crucifixion Limoges, circa 1190-1200A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel book or Evangeliary cover depicting the Crucifixion Limoges, circa 1190-1200. Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Two impressive early Victorian silver-mounted claret jugs Paul Storr, London 1838Two impressive early Victorian silver-mounted claret jugs Paul Storr, London 1838. Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
A monumental German silver and parcel-gilt tankard August Hosse, Halle / Saale, circa 1696, cover with import mark for LatviaA monumental German silver and parcel-gilt tankard August Hosse, Halle / Saale, circa 1696, cover with import mark for Latvia. Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Gregorius Lambrecht, Hamburg, circa 1630A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Gregorius Lambrecht, Hamburg, circa 1630. Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000
A George I giltwood and gilt gesso side table 1715-1720A George I giltwood and gilt gesso side table 1715-1720. Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
A large and impressive George IV rosewood and brass inlaid partners' library table attributed to Gillows Circa 1825A large and impressive George IV rosewood and brass inlaid partners' library table attributed to Gillows Circa 1825. Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
A striking Bessarabian Carpet Probably early 19th century, Ukraine 437cm x 370cm overall approximatelyA striking Bessarabian Carpet Probably early 19th century, Ukraine 437cm x 370cm overall approximately. Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
After Pierre Lepautre (French, 1659-1744) and François Girardon (French, 1628-1714): A patinated bronze figural group of 'Aeneas carrying Anchises' French, probably first half early 19th centuryAfter Pierre Lepautre (French, 1659-1744) and François Girardon (French, 1628-1714): A patinated bronze figural group of 'Aeneas carrying Anchises' French, probably first half early 19th century. Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

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114 lots available

A 15th century carved limestone figure of St George
A pair of mid 16th century Italian patinated and parcel gilt bronze angel candlesticks Probably Tuscan and in the manner of Domenico Becafumi (1484-1551)
A Renaissance Florentine panel woven in silks and metal threadMid 15th century, probably for a Dalmatic garment
A 16th century tapestry fragment Formerly part of a larger tapestry in Gerona Cathedral
A Commonwealth period or Charles II bone and ebony inlaid walnut coffer 1655-1670
A James II or William and Mary olivewood, figured walnut and oyster veneered cabinet on stand C.1685-1695, the legs and stretchers probably replacements of a later date
An extremely rare early 17th century Dutch black, red and gilt japanned casketProbably attributable to Willem Kick (Dutch, 1579-1647)
A William and Mary rosewood, ebony, purplewood and fruitwood marquetry chest Circa 1690
A rare Queen Anne or George I walnut and featherbanded draughtsman's/reading table 1705-c.1715
A carved limestone bust of a kingProbably late 14th/early 15th century, and later
A rare and impressive Charles II leaded bronze 'York' mortar Made for Roger Warde, apothecary, and dated 1684, together with a large associated cast iron pestle
A tapestry fragment depicting the Battle of Marcus Aurelius against the GermansThird quarter of 17th century, Antwerp, probably Atelier of Michiel Wauters (1648-1679) designed by Abraham Van Diepewdeek (Antwerp, 1596-1675) and P.P Rubens (177-1640) 260cm x 177.5cm overall
An early 17th century tapestry panel Probably from the workshop of Jan Raes (Flemish, act.1617-1639) 84.5cm x 68.5cm overall
A George I giltwood and gilt gesso side table 1715-1720
Two 18th century verdure tapestriesProbably Aubusson 267cm x 172cm and 267cm x 128cm overall approximately
A charming verdure tapestryProbably late 19th/early 20th century, French 383cm x 258cm
A Régence ormolu mounted tortoiseshell, brass, polychrome stained horn and mother of pearl 'Boulle' marquetry ebony commode a tombeau attributed to Noël Gérard (d.1736)Circa 1720
After Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, 1770-1844): A carved white marble bust of Melpomene together with a late 19th century grey scagliola pedestal
A late 18th/early 19th century Italian relief carved and part stained wood oval profile portrait plaque depicting a classical warrior maiden, perhaps Minerva Possibly attributable to the workshop of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (Italian, 1745–1820)
Of Grand Tour interest: A collection of six trays of 19th century plaster intagliosProbably from the workshop of Pietro Paoletti (Rome, 1801-1847)
A near pair of George I giltwood and gilt gesso girandoles or mirrorsCirca 1725
An 18th century Flemish tapestry 320cm x 197cm overall approximately
A pair of 19th century white painted and parcel gilt pedestal torcheres In the George III Neoclassical style
A George II giltwood and gilt gesso mirrorCirca 1735
A Régence or early Louis XV ormolu mounted mahogany bombé serpentine commode en bureau Circa 1730, possibly by Etienne Doirat (c.1670-1732)
Francesco Righetti I (Italian, 1738-1819): A patinated bronze figure of the Apollo BelvedereAfter the antique, Roman, the cast dated 1787
After Pierre Lepautre (French, 1659-1744) and François Girardon (French, 1628-1714): A patinated bronze figural group of 'Aeneas carrying Anchises'French, probably first half early 19th century
A set of Aubusson tapestries18th century The main panel, 280cm high, 145cm wide, the smaller panel (with the male gardener) 280cm high x 82cm wide, the other smaller example 280cm high, 90cm wide approximately
A late 18th/early 19th century French tapestry 238.2cm x 193.2cm
A Louis XV or German mid 18th Century giltwood pier mirror1735-c.1750
A Louis XV ormolu mounted tulipwood, amaranth, stained sycamore and engraved fruitwood marquetry serpentine commode by Pierre Fléchy (1715-1769) 1750-1755
A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel crozier finial depicting St Michael slaying the devil as a dragon Limoges, 1220-1230
A rare French gilt copper and champlevé enamel book or Evangeliary cover depicting the Crucifixion Limoges, circa 1190-1200
A French gilt copper and champleve enamel oval plaque of the angelLimoges, 19th century
A large mid-18th century Austro-Hungarian silver and parcel-gilt cup and cover makers mark 'GP' in a shaped punch, Sopron (Ödenburg), circa 1760
Two German Renaissance silver-gilt cups and covers both David Cramer (Kramer), Augsburg, circa 1575 - 1595, one cover apparently unmarked
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard Gregorius Lambrecht, Hamburg, circa 1630
A monumental German silver and parcel-gilt tankard August Hosse, Halle / Saale, circa 1696, cover with import mark for Latvia
A 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt tankard David Schwestermuller I, Augsburg, 1665-70
A 17th century German Baroque silver-gilt tankard Joachim Krumpholtz, Leipzig circa 1669, with later French import mark 1838-1864
A mid-18th century Maltese silver coffee pot no maker's mark, stamped Pinto period (1741-1773), with four pellet mint mark and further unidentified oblong punch mark
Two impressive early Victorian silver-mounted claret jugs Paul Storr, London 1838
THE MORRELL TROPHY: A rare monumental Victorian silver trophy / centrepiece Robert Garrard, London 1858, also stamped R & S GARRARD PANTON ST
A William IV silver centrepiece Joseph Angell I & John Angell I, London 1836
A Victorian silver 'Three Graces' centrepiece Edward, Edward junior, John & William Barnard, London 1842
John Gibson (British, 1791 - 1866): A carved white marble bust of Lucy Charlotte Jervis (née Baskervyle-Glegg), 3rd Viscountess Saint
Jacques-Léonard Maillet (French, 1823-1895): A patinated bronze of Agrippina carrying the ashes of Germanicus
After Louis-François Roubiliac (French, 1702-1762): A patinated bronze bust of 'The Laughing Child' Probably French, second half 18th century
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