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CERAMICS & GLASS :
Ming Kraak Dish with Molded Lotus Petal Border China, Wan Li, c1595-1610, Rinaldi Type I, Border B SOLD
Unusual Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate Early Qianlong, c1740 / 9" Diameter SOLD
Pair of Chinese Export Quatrefoil Bowls, Covers & Stands, Qianlong In blue & white, with applied foliate & floral decoration, c1750 SOLD
George II Engraved Airtwist Ale Glass ,c1750 Exhibited "The Loan Exhibition of English Drinking Glasses" SOLD
Chinese Export Grisaille Armorial Teabowl & Saucer Qianlong, Dutch Market, c1750 Very thinly potted, the verso of each with enamel script cypher AA For Abraham or Arnoldus Abeleven, both with the Dutch East India Company, Abraham Governor of Ternate 1755-57 SOLD
First Period Worcester Moulded Cornucopia Wall Pocket England, c1755-56, in the Cornucopia Floral Pattern, verso with 2 painters' marks mark of 3 parallel lines & a "4"
Continental Engraved and Gilt Light Baluster Wine Glass Mid-18th Century, Probably Low Countries Teared and knopped stem and folded foot 6-1/8" High SOLD
Chinese Export Bell Form Tankard Qianlong, c1760 The large lightly molded body painted reservesagainst a roe-diapered ground 6" High x 7.25" Over Handle SOLD
First Period Worcester Feather Molded Punch Bowl with Rare Sans Serif W Mark England, c1762-75, 8" Diameter
SOLD
Early George III Double Series Opaque Twist Wine Glass Irish Interest, England, c1765, 7.75" High engraved THE YOUNG ROCKS OF HOWTH SOLD
Good Liverpool Molded Sauceboat Possibly James Pennington, c1765 / 7.5" Wide Well molded with scrolling foliate and flora between upper and lower acanthus borders
First Period Worcester Small Circular Basket, Pinecone England, c1765, 6.5" Wide
First Period Worcester Circular Basket, Pinecone England, c1765-70, 7-5/8" Diameter SOLD
Rare Red, Green & White Enamel Twist Wine Glass, c1770, Continental Of soda glass composition, the red and green threads encasing an opaque white gauze SOLD
Associated Pair of George III Red & White Opaque Twist Stem Dram Glasses England, c1770, 4.5" High SOLD
Rare First Period Worcester Basket, K'ang Hsi Pattern England, c1770, Chinese lozenge for victory verso Meticulously painted, 7.5" Wide SOLD
First Period Worcester Fluted Teabowl & Saucer In the Gillyflower Pattern,England, c1770 The Saucer 5" Wide SOLD
Liverpool Underglaze Blue and Polychrome Waste Bowl An early version of "The Smoker's Valet" England, c1770-5, 5" Diameter Provenance : J. Geddes Brown Collection, with sticker verso SOLD
First Period Worcester Cress Dish and Underplate England, c1775 In the Pinecone Pattern, each with hatched crescent verso 7.25" Diameter (Dish) / 8.5" Diameter (Underplate) SOLD
George III Engraved Opaque Twist Stem Ale Glass England, c1780 / 7' High Provenance : Christie's London 1982 SOLD
Set of Three George III Engraved Facet Cut Wines England, c1780
Chinese Export Silver-Mounted Famille Rose Chocolate Pot Qianlong / Jiaqing, late 18th century / 10.5" High In the early 18th century silver "lighthouse" form, the neck and lid with silver mounts Chinese export chocolate pots are quite scarce.
Victorian Staffordshire Fox-Head Stirrup Cup Provenance : Miss M.A. Orme Collection of Staffordshire pottery, sold at Christie's London, 1957; and Alistair Sampson, London SOLD
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FURNITURE :
RECENTLY ARRIVED - IMAGES IN PROGRESS
Associated Pair of William & Mary Long Stools, England, c1695, with turned legs and H-stretchers, one of walnut, one of elmwood; the needlework upholstery in the Jacobean taste, executed in the early 20c SOLD
Rare William & Mary Walnut and Yewwood Caned Child's High Chair England, c1695
Queen Anne Stained Burr Maple and Kingwood Traveling Bureau England, c1710, in the manner of Coxed & Wooster, fitted with mirror and writing drawers SOLD
Queen Anne / George I Walnut "Writing" Chair England, c1710-15 With round seat raised of 4 cabriole legs SOLD
George I Walnut Upholstered
Side Chair
England, c1715-20
From the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
SOLD
George I Walnut Veneered Diminutive Chest of Drawers England, c1720, 38” High x 36" Wide On antique bun feet, with original brasses and early surfaces SOLD
England, c1720-25 With original gilding and thin Vauxhall beveled mirror plate
With antique brass girandoles
on the original engraved brass mounts
SOLD
England, c1720
Of generous proportions
Bearing a museum acquisition label
(yellow cloth) with number 1936-291
Very Good & Rare Early George I
Padouk Chest of Drawers
England, c1725
Heavy timbers, exquisite color and patination, with
early finish and original brasses
Caddy top
above two over three graduated molded drawers
(having a drawer construction that ended c1720,
the high tariffs on imported woods ending with the
Naval Stores Act of 1721)
36" High x 36"
Wide x 20" Deep
SOLD
Irish George II Carved Mahogany Tea Table Ireland, c1750 The convex ruffled apron centering and escallop shell, raised on shell and leaf headed cabriole legs SOLD
Fine George II Carved Cuban Mahogany Swing Leg Oval Table England, c1745, original gilt brass dolphin handle 27.5" High x 39" Deep, 51.5" Wide Open, 17" Closed SOLD
England, c1750 with carved and pierced splat, early surfaces SOLD
Fine George II Carved Giltwood Mirror England, c1750 surmounted by a dimensional Asian phoenix extending out over the mirror plate Original gilt; antique replaced plate; 48" High x 26" Wide overall SOLD
Good George II Mahogany Basin (Washing) Stand) England, c1750-60 Of quite elegant proportion and design / 28.5" High Provenance : Apter-Frederick Ltd., London ; Alfred Bullard, Philadelphia
Early George III Brass-Bound Mahogany Cellaret on Stand England, c1760, original brass cooperage and handles, having a zinc liner and raised on small brass casters
Early George III Diminutive Mahogany Chest of Drawers England, c1760, the original finish with wonderful patination, and retaining the original rocaille brasses SOLD
Fine Early George III Carved Mahogany Upholstered Open Armchair England, c1765, as shown in Thomas Chippendale's 1762 Director, Pl. XIX, "French Chairs" of unique form with very fine rococo carving SOLD
Fine Pair of Early George III Acanthus-Carved Mahogany Side Chairs England, c1765, well carved with excellent color and patination
Rare George III Mahogany Breakfast Table with Fretwork Compartment England, c1765 An identical table with the same fretwork patterning is pictured in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman's & Cabinet-Maker's Director," Breakfast Tables" (above right). It is also shown in MacQuoid & Edwards Dictionary of British Furniture, under the same heading, Figure 2, and also in the collection of the V&A. SOLD
Early George III Diminutive Mahogany Chest with Brushing Slide & Blind Fretwork Panels, England, c1765 34.25" H x 34" W x 18.5" D SOLD
George III Mahogany Writing Table England, c1770 with leather top, satinwood stringing and satinwood and harewood fan corner brackets 31" High x 45" Wide x 28" Deep, retaining key SOLD
George III Mahogany Brass-Coopered Staved Oval Tray England, c1770 with boldly scrolled handholds 23" Wide x 15" Deep SOLD (before it could be photographed)
George III Brass & Iron Trivet England, mid-late 18th Century Of good size - 16.25” High x 15” Wide x 14” Deep SOLD
George III Mahogany & Brass Bottle Carrier English or Irish, c1780, removable brass inserts SOLD
George III Brass, Iron & Wood-Handled Trivet England, c1780, Illustrated P., N. & H. Schiffer, The Brass Book (1978), p. 400, Figure C SOLD
Fine George III Gonçalo Alves Serpentine Commode Of Hepplewhite Design, England, c1780, having bombe stiles and French splay feet SOLD
George III Mahogany-Framed Loveseat, England, c1780 Tacked down & feather cushion, ultrasuede covering, raised on brass & leather casters 34-7/8” H x 64” Lx 29” D, The seat 19” H SOLD
George III Carved Bow Front Window Seat In the Hepplewhite Manner England, c1780 with outscrolling arms and tapering legs; Scalamandre silk toile upholstery 36.75" Long SOLD
Fine George III Mahogany Book Caddy with Carrying Handle England, c1790 The frieze with two short and one long drawers Excellent faded color and satinwood stringing 18.5" Long. retaining key SOLD
George III Highly Figured Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers England, c1790 with Brushing Slide & Original Dublin Style 2-Part Brasses
Fine Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers Late 18th Century, Probably New England Pine & Chestnut Secondaries
Fine George III Cuban Mahogany Reading Stand, in the Georgian "Gothick" Manner England, c1790-1810 with adjustable height and ratcheting top
Height : 59.75”, closed / 59.75”, extended
England or Ireland, c1815 A rare and "one off" stand, possibly for desserts; The round splayed supports ending in scrolled toes, stippled and resembling rams' horns; 31" High Provenance, and bearing tag for Apter-Frederick Ltd., London SOLD
George IV Mahogany Folio Stand, England, c1825 SOLD
George IV / William IV Irish Rosewood Portable Book Stand Williams & Gibton, Dublin, c1830, stamped for the maker SOLD
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FINE ART :
Hugh Bolton Jones, American (NY / MD) 1848-1927 "Spring Reflections" Oil on Canvas Housed in 22K giltwood custom Federal Frame (original giltwood frame available) Image Size 16" x 24" / Framed Size 27" x 35" An exceptional example of this fine Hudson River School painter's work In Stock - Linked
Robert Cozad Henri, American (NY / PA) 1865-1929 SOLD
Theresa Ferber Bernstein (NY / MA) 1990-2002 "Sunny Path, Central Park", 1917 Oil on Board Image size : 9' x 11.5" / Framed size : 15.75" x 18.5" Provenance : Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC, 1988, with label verso Extraordinary brushwork and figural depiction in Central Park, NYC
Arthur Clifton Goodwin / (MA / NY) 1866-1929 "White Boat on the Hudson River" (West Point) Oil on Canvas / Custom American Impressionist style frame Image Size : 20" x 24" / Framed Size : 27" x 31" Boldly executed in an impasto manner, almost contemporary in feel In Stock - Linked
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SILVER & VERTU :
Elizabeth I Provincial Silver-Gilt Apostle Spoon, St. Paul, Probably Norwich or East Anglia, England Unascribed, thrice marked with bird, c1570-80, the bowl verso with a later monogram 7.25" Long / 2.1 oz. SOLD
Elizabeth I Silver Seal Top Spoon Mullet over Annulet; London, 1586-7 Mark : Jackson's 2009, p.100 / The seal pricked E S ; 6.75" Long / 1.6 oz SOLD
James I Provincial Silver Seal Top Spoon Bristol, c1610, the Seal pricked '1612' Marked with a fleur de lys and 4 pellets to the bowl & an incuse reversed R sided by two five-petaled roses to the shaft SOLD
Charles I Silver Slip Top Spoon Ingram Francis, London, 1638-9 ; Mark Jackson's 2009 Edition, p. 117 (as found on a seal top) / (Francis apprenticed to spoon-maker Edward Hole) 6-5/8" Long / 1.6 oz. SOLD
Late 17th Century Engraved Silver Bodkin, England Unmarked, Scratch-Engraved with initials M B SOLD
Rare Set of Three Irish Queen Anne Britannia Silver Dognose Forks Dublin, 1704, makers marks rubbed 7.5" Long / 7.9 oz. SOLD
Queen Anne Britannia Silver Sugar Caster, Charles Adam, London, c1705-10, Girdled baluster form with bayonet mounts, crested for Jackman or Jackaman, 6-3/8" High / 4.8 oz. SOLD
Early 18th Century Silver "Memento Mori" Pyx, 1700-40, Unmarked The cover scratch-engraved with skull at the foot of a cross, gilt interior SOLD (prior to being photographed)
Set of 4 Queen Anne Britannia Hanoverian Tablespoons, Initialed D * S Joseph Smith I, 1710-11 (2) ; William Mathew I, 1712-13 (2) SOLD
Rare Set of 6 Queen Anne Britannia Hanoverian Silver Dessert Spoons Thomas Sadler, London, 1711-12, crested for John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington, 1678-1734 SOLD
Set Of 12 George I Three-Tine Silver Dessert Forks George Lambe, London, 1718-19 (Britannia Standard) (11); George Lambe, 1719-20 (Silver Standard) (1) SOLD
Rare Early 18th Century Silver Mustard Spoon, c1720, Hanoverian, with strong upper ridge, rattail attachment; terminal verso scratch engraved S+W Unmarked; 2-5/8" Long SOLD
George I Britannia Silver Marrow Spoon Partial Maker's Mark S?, London, 1723 Rattail attachment with initials to heel ; the bowl crested & scoop upturned 9" Long / 1.75 oz. SOLD
Rare George I / II Silver Long Serving-Tongs, c1720-30 Samuel Hitchcock, London, with crested pivot (mullet of 6 points between wings), and scrolled handles with finger rings 10-5/8"/ Long / 5.8 oz. SOLD
George I / II Silver & Agate Table Tobacco / Snuff Box England,c1720-30, 4" Long / 6.4 oz. SOLD
Maker's Mark Rubbed, London 1733 Crested with a moor's head couped at the shoulders and radiated (Brocas, Lord Mayor of London 1730; and Brocas of Beaurepayre, co. Hants.) 8" Long / 1.1 oz. SOLD
George II Silver & Carved Mother of Pearl Snuff Box England, c1735-45, Unmarked Extremely well carved SOLD
Early Georgian Brass Pedestal Snuffer Stand & Scissors England, c1720-40, the stand with a 2-hole container 7.5" Overall Height SOLD
Assembled Set of 6 George II Hanoverian 3-Tine Silver Forks Philip Roker II (3), London 1729-30, & 1730-31; William Young (1), 1739; Elias Cachart (1), London, 1746-7; Elizabeth Oldfield (1), 1752 SOLD
William Soame, London, 1735 In the Hanoverian pattern with upper ridge and double-drop heel 14.25" Long / 5.7 oz. SOLD
Set of 6 George I / II Hanoverian 3-Tine Silver Forks Dublin, Probably William Walsh, 1741-2 (5) London, c1725-28, date and marker’s marks rubbed (1) SOLD
Georgian Silver Marrow Spoons & Scoops 1731-1830 SOLD
Set of 9 George II Silver Hanoverian Tablespoons Ebenezer Coker, London, 1744-45 23.6 oz / Crested with a griffin segreant (Ackworth, Aldrich, Annand et al - Fairbairn's 62.2) SOLD
George II / III Cast & Pierced Silver Sugar Tongs William Cripps, London, c1760 SOLD
Georgian Silver Sugar Nips & Tongs Pair of George I Silver Sugar Nips, John Gray, London, c1722, the pivot engraved AH - SOLD Early George III Silver Pivot-Sprung Sugar Tongs, c1760-65, Mark : I.H within a shaped punch below a device. - SOLD Pair George III Silver Engraved Sugar Tongs, Peter& Ann Bateman, London 1796 Pair George III Silver Engraved Sugar Tongs, Peter, Ann & William Bateman, London 1805 SOLD
Pair of George III Irish Silver Patens Richard Williams, Dublin, 1760-1770, each centering an engraved Bishop's Mitre, (Anglican) one above a crowned eagle displayed SOLD
South Staffordshire Enamel with Gilt Metal Mounts England, c1765-70, unmarked 1-5/8" High / .6 oz. SOLD
Early George III Silver Salver Thomas Hannam & Richard Mills, London, 1764 with cast pierced border and feet, centering arms for the family of Watson 8.75" Wide, 11.5 oz. SOLD
George III Scottish Silver-Mounted Wooden Quaich, 18th Century, 6.75" Diameter SOLD (see below for an incoming silver-mounted 3-lugged wooden quaich)
Pair of George III Silver Column Cluster Candlesticks, John Carter II, London, 1770 South Carolina Interest, Smith Families, bearing the crest & bannered motto FIDEM SEVABO of Landgrave Thomas Smith (10th Colonial Governor of South Carolina, and second owner of Medway Plantation; also the gentleman who introduced rice to South Carolina) SOLD
George III Silver Stand with Reticulated Border Robert Makepeace & Richard Carter, London, 1776 crested for the Earl of Leicester (an ostrich on a chapeau, in mouth a horseshoe) SOLD
Very Good George III Crested Silver Soup Ladle Thomas Evans, London, 1776, Feather-Edge, with stop-fluted shell-form bowl 14" Long / 5.8 oz. SOLD
Pair of George III Silver Hanoverian Sauce Ladles Thomas Chawner, London, 1776 SOLD
Fine Pair of George III Silver Pedestal Form Sauceboats, Thomas Elliot, London, 1780, each with coat of arms for Hobson, 9" Long, 31.2 T. oz. SOLD
Dutch Silver Tobacco Box, Amsterdam, c1796 With panels of Biblical scenes to the hinged cover and verso : Solomon and his dual nature to the cover, The Prodigal Son to the verso, Inscribed on the rim A C F H 6-1/8" Long / 6 oz. SOLD
George III Fruitwood Pear Form Tea Caddy, late 18th Century SOLD See also Georgian pear and apple caddies below :
George III Large Fruitwood Apple Form Tea Caddy England, c1790-1810, of large size
George III Large Fruitwood Pear Form Tea Caddy, England, c1790-1810, of large size, and retaining original key
Rare Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Bellows-Form Snuff Box England, late 18 / early 19c SOLD
Good Set of 4 George III Silver Snuff Spoons, Peter, Ann & William Bateman, London, 1801 Rare Set of 6 George III Silver Snuff Spoons, John Blake, London 1803 SOLD
George III Silver Large Basting Spoon Richard Crossley, London, 1806 Crested for the family of Ormesby (Ormsby) 12.5" Long / 4.8 oz. SOLD
George III Silver Snuffer Scissors & Stand, London 1807 The Stand, Peter, Ann & William Bateman, The Scissors, Maker's Mark W B, and likely Wilkes Booth (William Bateman did not register his WB mark until 1815) SOLD
Good Pair Regency Silver Candlesticks John Roberts & Co., Sheffield, 1813 Cast & embossed with palmettes, crested with a stag's head erased, attired 10.75" High
South American Silver Tastevin Probably Brazil, 19th Century, Crown over ?, and another badly rubbed mark with silver dependent sea serpent loops and chain SOLD
Georgian Tobacco / Pipe Box with Clay Pipe, mid to late 18th century, naval interest SOLD
Dutch Brass Tobacco Box, 1809, with tavern scene and engraved song verso : "Kees sits from early morning in the tavern..." SOLD
George III / IV Silver-Mounted Cowrie & Tortoiseshell Snuff Box Early 19c, Scotland (Probably), Unmarked, 4" Long SOLD
Early 19th Century French Provincial Silver Tastevin Double snake ring handle, maker's mark A over N.G within a lozenge SOLD
George III Old Sheffield Plate Meat Dish Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, c1810-15, 21" Wide
Pair George IV Scottish Silver Toddy Ladles John Caw, Edinburgh, 1826-27 Crested and motto for Bremner, Brymer SOLD
Scottish Silver-Mounted 3-Lugged Wooden Quaich Unmarked, 19th Century SOLD See below for an incoming mid-19c Scottish silver-mounted quaich, central belt and buckle inscribed 'SGUAB ASE'C
Good Pair George IV / William IV Silver Serving Tongs Francis Higgins, London, 1830 King's Honeysuckle, Crested / Quite large at 10-7/8" Long / 10.1oz. SOLD
Fine Pair of William IV Silver Candlesticks Kitchen, Walker & Curr, Sheffield 1832 Of particularly nice form, 11.25" High SOLD
Early 19th Century Engraved Dutch Silver Box Possibly Beschuit (Biscuit) Box Gesina Voorthuis (widow of J.H.) Stellingwerff & Abraham Bernardus van Grasstek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1837 The hinged lid engraved with dancing villagers - elements apparently taken from David Teniers "Flemish Kermess", 1652 5.25" Diameter x 3" High / 13.2 oz. SOLD
Rare - Two Pairs of Early Victorian Silver Nutcrackers (2) Francis Higgins, London,1846 each pivot crested to each side with a unicorn's head erased SOLD
Victorian Silver Hunting-Horn Vinaigrette / Scent Flask with Dependent Chain Sampson Mordan & Co, 1872, the Lid with a George III Gilt Token
Large Edward VII Scottish Provincial Silver Clan Badge - Campbell Arthur Medlock, Inverness, Scotland, c1900-1910 Boar's head within belted motto 'NE OBLIVISCARIS' (DO NOT FORGET) SOLD
Two Edward VII Scottish Provincial Silver Clan Badges William Buchanan, Inverness, Scotland, c1910, for the families : Fraser, 'JE SUIS PREST' (I AM READY) - SOLD Malcolm, 'IN ARUA PETIT' (HE AIMS AT DIFFICULT THINGS) - SOLD
Edward VII Scottish Silver Clan Badges William Buchanan Taylor, Inverness, c1910 "Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove" & "S Rioghal Mo Dhream" for M'Bean, MacGregor, Mackintosh, et al SOLD
Mid-19th Century Scottish Provincial Silver-Mounted Quaich Unmarked, 4-7/8" Wide Over Handles The silver handles as overlapping antlers The center with buckle and strap engraved 'SGUAB ASE' (Drink Up) SOLD
Victorian Silver Hunting-Horn Vinaigrette & Whistle with Dependent Chain, Sampson Mordan & Co, 1870, pierced floral and foliate silver-gilt interior hinged grill SOLD (before it could be photographed - see example above with flask and coin lid)
Large Naval Interest Dutch Brass Tobacco Box, 1769 (top box), depicting the First Sea War, 1652-54, with the words een groute, and zee slagh (Zee-Slagh Tusschen de Hr. Michiel de Ruiter en den Hr. Georg Ascue by Plymuyden op den 26 August 1652, published 1700 by D. Stoopendael commemorating 17th c. Dutch Admirals Maarten Tromp & Miguel De Ruyter in cameos verso SOLD Other Boxes : Please see above in stock listings
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