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Stock: 15588

A pair of small 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
External	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	3 1⁄4" 8.5 cms

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: 15604

A collection of late 19th Century transfer printed tiles, comprising a series of ten tiles, printed with central concentric floral designs, on a Japanese inspired hatched background. Very much of the Aesthetic Movement style. Embossed with factory mark verso.
English, c.1890. Notes: Webbs Tileries of Worcester made many of their own designs but also supplied blank tiles to companies such as Wedgwood.

	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	0 3⁄8" 1 cms

Stock: 15601

A late 19th Century Aesthetic transfer printed set of tiles, depicting an with urn brimming with flowers, printed in dark brown. Unmarked, possibly The Decorative Art Tile Company.
English, c.1890.

	Width	Height	Depth
	6" 15.3 cms	6" 15.3 cms	0 1⁄4" 0.8 cms

Stock: 15599

A set of twelve pictorial tiles by John Moyr Smith for Minton. The tiles depict the Idylls of the King, poems about King Alfred written by Tennyson and were first manufactured in 1876. Some of the tiles depict the following characters; Guinevere, Vivien, Gareth, Geraint, Enid et al, whilst others show scenes such as the death of Arthur.

English, c.1876.

	Width	Height	Depth
	6" 15.3 cms	6" 15.3 cms	0 1⁄4" 0.8 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: 15577

A pair of late 19th century bronze tazzas, profusely decorated and supported by stylised winged griffin like creatures with the faces of women and clawed feet.
They would look wonderful as part of a table display or stands for fruit or confectionary.

Probably French, c.1880.

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	Width	Height
	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 15574

A very decorative maiolica vase hand painted with a Roman battle scene to the bulbous body. The statement handles have been modelled into winged putti grotesques, much like a figurehead on the bow of a ship. Signed by the renowned Cantagalli workshop in Florence. Italian, late 19th century.

Ulisse Cantagalli was born into a family of potters in Florence. He was obsessed with replicating the fine tin glazed maiolica of the Italian Renaissance, and when he took over the family's factory in Florence he began to specialise in producing reproductions of these exquisite pieces, and also produced his own designs in this style.

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		Height
		24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 15557

A pair of 19th century Meiji period Imari bottle vases, with handpainted red and blue fan and circular reserves of oriental pheasants and paulownia. A very decorative pair, perfect as single stem vases.

Japanese, mid-19th century. #

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	Diameter	Height
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	12 3⁄16" 31.1 cms

Stock: 15551

A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ariadne reclining within an allegorical scene. Bacchus loosely hold his thyrsus, a wand of giant fennel whilst Ariadne embraces him.

On the verso is a depiction of a Bacchic procession, Bacchus holds grapes aloft whilst he rides in a chariot drawn by a lion and a goat, as maenads dance around in ecstasy. These scenes are framed by winged grotesque handles and the entirety of these vase is decorated profusely, including the socle, where a putto is depicted inscribing a tablet.

Italian, c.1890. Possibly Neapolitan. .

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	Width	Height
	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 15540

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardinière on stand, the pie crust vase is decorated with a stylised blue foliate motifs on an ochre ground. The stand has a raised blue floral decoration in a more traditional manner. English, c.1900

	Diameter	Height
	12" 30.5 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 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: 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: 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: 14078

An important piece of London's dockland history. This large bell was originally cast in 1737 for The East India Company. The cast inscription reads " R.P. 1737 THE HONARABLE EAST INDIA COMPANYS BELL AT THEIR CHAPEL IN POPLAR." and on the reverse "RECAST 1966 MEARS LONDON.
English circa 1737, recast in 1966.

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	Diameter	Height
	22" 56 cms	16 11⁄16" 42.5 cms

Stock: 15434

A very large, hand painted maiolica urn in the form of a classical wine krater. The exquisite painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting the Judgement of Paris, the other Venus and Cupid with attendants. This is set against a blue ground decorated with foliate scrolls, masks and shells. The handles are fashioned into winged, leopard like beasts.

It would make a fantastic centrepiece on a table and is designed to be seen in the round.

Italian, late 19th, early 20th century. Unmarked.

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	width	height	depth
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Base	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 11845

An un-restored Patterson Edwards 'Leeway' of London dapple grey rocking horse on a pine & beechwood cradle and complete with a stud saddle, reins and stirrups. A label bearing the brand name 'Leeway' can be seen to the back of the upper stand. Rocking horses by this maker are easily identified by the general shape of the body, rather large hooves, the shape of the mouth and square stand columns. Leeway made this particular model between 1890 to 1947 a/f.
English, 1920's.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	51 7⁄8" 131.7 cms	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 9334

A beautiful, fully restored Victorian rocking horse complete with a studded leather saddle, blue saddle blanket and leather reins and stirrups. The handsome horse securely rocks on it's pine and beechwood cradle.
English, late 19th century.

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	length	height	width
	52 3⁄8" 133 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 11414

A charming pair, one of two pairs, of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11413.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 11413

One of two pairs of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11414.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 12736

A large, aluminium Edwardian mounted wall sign in the shape of a powerful, rearing horse. Reclaimed from a West Country public house possibly called The White Horse Inn.
English, early 20th century.

Please note the tail is missing a/f

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	width	height	depth
	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	59 1⁄8" 150 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 12601

A small, early 20th century figurine composed of pressed steel parts, of a Knight of St John in full armour with a paper label to the base for C Galdies Valletta. Based on the full sized suits of armour in the Grand Master's Palace in the centre of the old walled city of Valletta. Malta, early 20th century.

Notes: The Knights of St John were of the order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and were an early Catholic military order. They were based in Jerusalem until 1291, on the island of Rhodes from 1310 until 1522, in Malta from 1530 until 1798 and at Saint Petersburg from 1799 until 1801.

	Width	Height	Depth
	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 7159

A pair of charming Georgian parcel-gilt female terms or caryatids, mounted above tapering shafts with carved anthemion decoration. Possibly once part of a fireplace or equally they may have been a wall decoration framing a doorway in a salon.
English, circa 1770.

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	Width	Height
	9" 22.9 cms	72" 182.9 cms

Stock: 14505

A traditional, Victorian copper pouring jug in good condition. The jug tapers down to a wide base. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	11 1⁄2" 29.1 cms	10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms	9 11⁄16" 24.6 cms

Stock: 12207

A pair of small, Victorian brass and cast iron revolving tazza stands raised on baluster form stems and with spreading, foliate feet.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 11330

A pair of small carved walnut lion monopodia terms or columns in the Roman Baroque manner. English, 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	5 1⁄2" 14 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 8194

A large, nickel plated cast iron plaque in the Renaissance manner. The central oval medallion, depicting a battle scene is surrounded by four similar, smaller ovals amid warriors, satyrs, grotesques and maiden masks within strapwork borders. Possibly by Thomas Elkington.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 11640

An Arts & Crafts embossed copper rectangular plaque in the manner of the Newlyn School, with a galleon in full sail and bearing a monogram SO or OS and set in an oak frame.
English, circa 1910

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	width	height
	19" 48.2 cms	23" 58.5 cms

Stock: 14237

A pair of bronze 19th century Scottish shop signs. The scrolled cartouche shaped signs are centred, on the central bulbous lozenge, by the initials DI representing the Edinburgh based Dunedin Interiors company. Scottish, mid 19th century.

Provenance: Formerly hung in 6 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh and later in Austin Reed on Princess Street.

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	width	height
	13" 33 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms

Stock: 12387

A small bronze vase or urn elaborately decorated in the manner of the Chinese Shang Dynasty.
Mid 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 12386

A gilded spelter Rococo style ewer or pitcher with a stylised dragon handle of fine quality casting, moulded to the body with cherubs, masks and shields amid floral detail and raised on an elaborate round pedestal. French, circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 13023

A pair of small early 20th century Rouge Royal Marble obelisks usually displayed on the shelf of a mantelpiece.
English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	3 7⁄8" 10 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 15261

A pair of small Neoclassical style polished fossil marble urns in tones of soft brown and aubergine, possibly Connemara Red Marble, with an abundance of marine fossils throughout and each with a gilt brass anthemion style mounting to the base. English, circa 1910.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 13⁄16" 12.3 cms	15" 38 cms	4 13⁄16" 12.3 cms

Stock: 12880

A delightful, early and rare Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) charity collection box of a dog painted brown and seated on a green painted base. The dog looks to be carved in resin. A collection box hangs around his neck bearing the words 'The RSPCA Invites Your Support' and the green base states that 'A coin will ring the bell'. Happily the bell still rings when you drop a coin in the box. These collection boxes would have stood in doorways of shops to catch the eye of passers by.
English, late 19th century.

Notes: The Charity was founded in 1824 in a London coffee shop. It was the world's first animal welfare charity. and was originally called the SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Royal patronage followed in 1837 and Queen Victoria gave permission to add the royal R in 1840, making it the RSPCA as it is known worldwide today.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 15225

A large Victorian antique brass gadrooned jardiniere. English, circa 1880.

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	Diameter	Height
	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms