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Stock: 15600

A set of eleven transfer printed Aesthetic Movement tiles, with a foliate design in sepia and ochre. Embossed factory marks verso.
English, late 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	6" 15.3 cms	6" 15.3 cms	0 5⁄8" 1.5 cms

Stock: 15589

A large pair of French Baroque andirons, cast in bronze and partially gilded. The bronze finials are strung with gilded rings and chains and the bulbous bronze centre of the andirons are supported by three gilded and scrolled legs which are mounted on a serpentine base. French, late 19th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 15587

A pair of antique giltwood wall brackets in the Rococo taste, with a serpentine shelf resting on scrolling acanthus leaves. Perfect as a candle bracket or for small ornaments. Italian, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 15586

An early 19th century pierced steel fender with three rosettes and beaded edges.
English, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	52 13⁄16" 134 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 15582

A grand French Louis XVI gilded overmantel mirror with a cartouche forming the crest, from which emanate sprigs of loosely ribboned laurel. The rest of the frame is decorated with a tightly bound laurel design, very much in the French tradition. The gilding has been deliberately distressed to partially reveal the warm red ground.
French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height
	49 3⁄16" 125 cms	66 7⁄8" 170 cms

Stock: 15575

A set of three nineteenth-century fire tools with decorative gilt bronze knopped handles and a simply pierced shovel. English, c.1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 15508

A good example of an early twentieth century time recorder clock in an oak case, serial number 51947. The glass door panel bears the words, "National Time Recorder Co. (Patentees) Blackfriars London. S.E.". The clock face with Roman numerals is set within a wood frame and bears the name "National Time Recorder Co. Ltd. Aquinas St, Stamford St. London EC1". beneath which is a small metal plaque stating "Local service, The National Time Recorder Co Ltd. Phone: Central 3655 . This Time Recorder is in full working order.
English, circa 1935.

Notes: Time Recorders like this one would have been used to record the times workers came in and out of their place of work. The National Time Recorder Co. Ltd (incorporated in 1917, company number 146424, though possibly founded around 10 years earlier in 1907) was one of the two largest UK manufacturers of time recorders. The head office and factory was originally based in Blackfriars London, and moved to the Lagoon Works in St Mary Cray (Orpington) Kent in 1951, on the site of the Blue Lagoon swimming pool which had been damaged during the war. Other branches were established in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. [Source: World Clocks]

	Width	Height	Depth
	12 1⁄2" 31.8 cms	42" 106.7 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15553

A pair of large gilt bronze triple branch candelabra in the Louis XV style, ornately cast with foliate motifs and with elegant tapered stems and scrolled feet mounted on a shaped plinth. French, mid 19th century.

	Width	Height
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	23" 58.3 cms

Stock: 15546

A Victorian giltwood overmantel mirror, with rounded corners and a carved surmount of Rococo form above the simple egg and dart frame. English, c.1880.

	Width	Height
	42 1⁄8" 107 cms	65" 165 cms

Stock: 15544

A magnificent 19th century Oxblood or "Sang de Boeuf" jardiniere on stand, with a lobed planter supported by a base mounted with three griffin monopodia with paw feet.

Attributed to Pierre Clément Massier. French, c.1880.

Notes: Clément Massier was born into a family of ceramicists and took an interest in the business from an early age. His factory-gallery complex in Golfe Juan became a destination for the elite who summered in Monaco, Nice, and Cannes. He was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 and subsequently became an of official supplier to the British crown.

Sang de boeuf glaze first appeared in Chinese porcelain at the beginning of the 18th century. In Europe, many companies tried to replicate the glaze, and it particularly took off in France.

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	Diameter	Height	Inside dia.
	13" 33 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms

Stock: 15548

A rare pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh. The chimneypiece is a celebration of the Scottish coast, and painstaking care has been taken to render the sea life and flora with a great deal of accuracy. The composition decoration has also been carefully wood-grained to make it appear like carved pine; this finish is a great survival.
The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a band of composition moulded into acorns and mushrooms, and the frieze is decorated with swags of ribboned bellflowers in the neoclassical taste. Between these swags is the unusual detail of a fan of seaweed at their centre, a request of the patron no doubt.
The central tablet has a floral ribboned swag studded with roses and other small blooms and the centre is filled with a spray of flowers and ferns within a woven basket. The endblocks feature a bound posy of roses and the jambs are decorated with trailing oak leaves and acorns. A very fine thing.

Scottish, c.1800.

Notes:
Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases. The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object. The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄2" 169 cms	58 1⁄2" 148.6 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.6 cms
Internal	48 1⁄8" 122.3 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms

Stock: 15502

A 19th century white marble fireplace with a moulded shelf over a panelled frieze, featuring a central acanthus patera and foliate endblocks. The stop fluted jambs rest on plain footblocks.

Belgian, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 7⁄8" 187.7 cms	49 7⁄8" 126.7 cms	13 1⁄8" 33.2 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 15537

A very elegant Regency pine and gesso chimneypiece decorated in the Adam style. The inverted breakfront shelf is decorated with a beaded cornice and sits above an elegant frieze decorated with opposing gryphons holding ribbons of bellflowers in their beaks, centred by urns on stands. The tablet is more naturalistic, with Venus and attendants depicted in a pastoral landscape. The slender endblocks are decorated with classical urns on stands, and rest above the gently fluted pilaster jambs.

English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 3⁄16" 186 cms	61 1⁄8" 155.1 cms	7" 17.7 cms
Internal	54 11⁄16" 139 cms	48" 122 cms

Stock: 15532

An early 20th century century Chinese blue and white porcelain onion pattern table lamp, profusely decorated with a hand painted decoration of chrysanthemums, insects and scrolling leaves and mounted on a pierced patinated bronze base.
Chinese, c.1910.

( shade not included )

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	Diameter	Height
	5 7⁄8" 15 cms	13" 33 cms

Stock: 15485

An elegant pedestal, carved from an off-white and grey variegated marble, the circular top over a partially-ribbed cylindrical body, on a stepped circular and octagonal base.

Early 20th century.

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	Diameter	Height
Top	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms
Bottom	13" 33 cms

Stock: 15519

A very fine English 19th century giltwood mirror in the Florentine manner, with a beautifully carved frame of scrolling acanthus leaves. Original mercury glass.

English, c.1850.

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	Width	Height
	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 15433

A superb Victorian walnut and solid ebony Gothic library table. This outstanding table is made especially rare by having solid ebony legs, stretcher and finials. The beautifully carved Solomonic legs and stretcher support a fine burr walnut top.

This table is incredibly diverse, and can be used as a centre table, or even a desk.
English, circa 1860.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	54 1⁄4" 138 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms

Stock: 15516

A set of four Victorian cast iron garden chairs, with spoon backs featuring crisply cast decoration above circular seats cast with a radiating circular pattern and resting on elaborate cabriole shaped legs. This is not an identical set, as is formed form 2 very similar pairs. Very much in the Coalbrookdale style, and would work well as a patio set as they are very heavy.

English, c.1880

Photographs before restoration.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄2" 42 cms	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms

Stock: 15511

A rare and perfectly detailed live steam scale model of a rotative vertical reciprocating beam engine with James Watt type parallel motion linkage. This hand-built engine has been made from burnished steel, cast iron and bronze, which has developed a good patina from over a century of enjoyment. It also retains its original paint and comes with its original carrying case. The single Mahogany clad double action, low pressure cylinder has a stroke of 2 5/8 inches and a bore of 1 1/8 of an inch, the piston produces power on both the upward and downward strokes. The fly wheel measures 11 inches in diameter and the beam, pivoting on a single bronze column, measures 8 1/4 inches. This engine was built between 1865 and 1870, most probably as an apprentice piece, or for demonstrating the workings of this type of engine. It is mounted on a Mahogany plinth with a brass plate with the inscription “MADE BY ROBERT GILCHRIST OF BERWICK ON TWEED 1865 1870”

English, circa 1870.

Scottish engineer, James Watt invented His parallel motion mechanical linkage for the double acting Watt steam engine in 1784. In a letter to his son written in 1808 James Watt wrote “I am more proud of the parallel motion than of any other invention I have ever made”. Watts' new double acting engines were powered by steam on both the upward and downward strokes, along with his parallel motion, these engines were much more efficient than previous engines built by Thomas Newcomen and Watt.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15509

A set of three Victorian brass fire tools, with Aesthetic Movement style pierced floral shovel and ribbed and knopped finial handles. English, c.1880.

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		Height
		25 5⁄8" 65 cms

Stock: 15507

An ornate Renaissance Revival French Mirror with an imposing upper crest featuring a male mask, whilst the lower cartouche features the fearsome mask of a lion. The rest of the gilt and gesso frame is similarly opulent. The central bevelled mirror is also bordered by four champagne hued pieces of handmade mirrored glass.

French, c. 1930.

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	Width	Height
	38" 96.5 cms	48" 122 cms

Stock: 15541

An Art Nouveau Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardiniere on stand, decorated in shallow relief with a stylised flower pattern on a blue and green ground. Impressed marks and artist's initials. English, c.1910.

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Stock: 15506

A set of four framed 18th century copper-engravings of exotic birds with original hand colour. This set comprises three engravings from George Edwards', Gleanings of Natural History Containing Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, published by G. Sidney for George Edwards, London, 1758-1764. One engraving from Francois Nicholas Martinet's engraving from the Comte de Buffon's superb work, the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. These are two of the most important ornithological publications of the 18th century, Darwin being a great admirer of both.

The birds are as follows:

Francois Nicholas Martinet bird engraving, plate 289, of the "Tyran hupè, de Cayenne" which is Crested Tyrant Flycatcher from Cayenne.

Frame: 28cm x 32.5cm Engraving: 19.5cm x 24cm

George Edwards engraving, of "Huming [sic] Birds from Surinam, Published according to act of Parliament 1742 by Geo Edwards".

Frame: 27.3cm x 31.2cm Engraving: 18.5cm x 22.4cm

George Edwards engraving, of "The Chinese Teal", published circa 1740.

Frame: 27.4cm x 31.2cm Engraving: 18.4cm x 22cm

George Edwards engraving, of "The Alpestris, or Larkof North America" titled ALAUDA. Published circa 1740.

Frame: 27.4cm x 31.9cm Engraving: 18.5cm x 23cm


These engravings can be sold individually or as a set.

Stock: 15500

An elegant Victorian arched fireplace carved from white statuary marble. The simply moulded shelf is supported by tapered pilaster jambs decorated with trailing foliage, which is echoed on the panelled spandrels which frame the arch. The endblocks are decorated with roses carved in high relief, as is the cluster of oak leaves and acorns crowning the arch.

English, c.1860.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	70 11⁄16" 179.7 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	12 13⁄16" 32.5 cms
Internal	37 3⁄16" 94.5 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms

Stock: 15183

A Dutch Brass Planter, with lion's mask and ring handles, embossed with two armorials and roses in the Tudor manner.
19th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	15" 38 cms	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms

Stock: 15486

A large and grand French chandelier in the Louis XVI style, with two tiers of sixteen arms mounted on a bulbous central stem which is profusely decorated with cast foliate decoration. The patinated gilt bronze finish gives this chandelier a subtle lustre that glows when illuminated.

French, circa 1950s.

Ceiling rose and hook not included.

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	Diameter	Drop
	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms

Stock: 15348

A pair of 18th century Dutch Delft Faience blue and white vases of octagonal baluster form the covers with scrolling foliate finials. They are very finely painted in cobalt blue. The front panels decorated with peonies and willow trees within scrollwork cartouches the back panels with leaf sprigs on a white background. There are makers mark and initials to the base of each vase. Dutch, circa 1764-70.

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	Width	Height
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 15457

A William IV rosewood fold over tea table, the top is supported on a swivel action over an octagonal column which is mounted on a pedestal base with scroll feet. English, c.1830.

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	width	height	depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 15324

A simple and elegant bolection fireplace carved from a dove grey limestone. The polished and undulating surface reveals the subtle veining and mottling, which would be just as well suited to a contemporary interior as a period one. English, c.1930.

Provenance: Removed from a property on Eaton Square, London.

The Queen Anne style of the late 17th century saw the emergence of the simple bolection fireplace, often situated within a panelled room. It was far more simple in design that what had preceded it, and it was this striking simplicity that secured its enduring popularity.

	Width	Height	Depth
	61" 155 cms	47" 119.5 cms	3" 7.6 cms

Stock: 15491

A High Victorian tiled register grate with a decorative hood above the grate, which still features its original ash pan. The handpainted tiles are neoclassical in design, with the exception of the narrower tiles, which feature a very convincing faux-tortoiseshell design. English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	38" 96.5 cms	38" 96.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms

Stock: 15490

A decorative 19th century cast iron register grate with original embossed floral tiles. It embodies the high Victorian Style, and would look lovely installed with a Victorian chimneypiece of the same date. English, c.1890.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36" 91.5 cms	38" 96.5 cms	12" 30.5 cms

Stock: 15459

A fine oak longcase clock by Philip Avenell of Farnham with later lacquered chinoiserie decoration. The eight day movement strikes the hours on a clear bell. The clock face has a 12 inch brass break arched brass dial flanked by ornate gilt brass spandrels. The raised silvered chapter ring is crisply engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five minute numerals to the outer aspect. The central dial has a subsidiary seconds dial, a date aperture and is profusely engraved with floral decoration. The maker's signature is signed within a cartouche. The chinoiserie decoration was likely added in the early twentieth-century. English, c.1780

Notes: Philip Avenell was part of a 200 year dynasty of clockmakers based in the South of England. Watchmakers and clockmakers of the world’ by Brian Loomes records Phillip Avenell as working in London circa 1765 then in Farnham from circa 1775, roughly when this clock was made. Philip Avenell died in 1809.

	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms	86 5⁄8" 220 cms	10" 25.5 cms

Stock: 15488

A Pair of large Renaissance Revival patinated bronze ewers, with pierced, openwork decoration. They are likely to be cassolettes, with the pierced design intended to diffuse sweet perfume kept within them. They are mounted on red griotte marble base. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 15483

A fine and very decorative Nahavand carpet, with geometric floral motifs on a bright red and blue ground, typical of Nomadic designs. Iranian, mid to late 20th century. Notes: Navahand is a small province located in Western Iran and is one of the most prolific carpet making regions of Iran.

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	Length	Width
	82 11⁄16" 210 cms	54 1⁄4" 138 cms

Stock: 15480

A decorative Afshar Persian carpet of relatively small proportions, the diamond shape central medallion framed by a golden border, echoed by similar tones throughout the floral decorative scheme. Iranian, c.1950.

The semi-nomadic Ashfar tribe originated in North-West Iran, but are now located in the South-East of the country.

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	Length	Width
	66 1⁄8" 168 cms	57 7⁄8" 147 cms