Decorative Antiques & Furnishings - Exceptional London Antiques

Stock: 13291

An very attractive Doulton Lambeth, saltglazed Lambeth stoneware Jardiniere stand, in the Art Nouveau manner. There would have been a matching bowl similar to the one in image 4 below.
English circa 1910.

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	Top diameter	Height	Base diameter
	8" 20.4 cms	30 3⁄8" 77.3 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 12058

A large antique cast iron wall figure in the Greek Revival manner of a young kneeling Greek Warrior or Herald holding a horn.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.5 cms

Stock: 12431

A very large Arts and Crafts aluminium Lion Rampant believed to have been part of an external wall decoration removed from the external wall of an Inn.
Scottish 1930s.

Notes: Casting of monuments and works of art in aluminium is a practice first used for Alfred Gilbert's statue of Eros, actually Anteros, the Greek God of Requited Love who was placed in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in London, in 1893. The gilded eagle over the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square by sculptor Theodor Rozac is in the same vein.

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	Width	height	Depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 12615

A pair of cast iron 20th century replica field cannon in the 17th century style, each with a ribbed barrel mounted on a foliate cast carriage running on twin spoked wheels.
English, early 20th century.

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	Length	height
	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 12558

An antique Gothic Revival carved and painted wooden jardiniere, with four foliate pine cone scroll supports to the upper section, painted in green, gold, blue & red.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	55 1⁄2" 141 cms

Stock: 11900

A historic propeller from the Le Rhone Rotary engine of an Avro 504 airplane.This fine early, large laminated, mahogany and oak propeller, made around 1919 bears identification stamps indicating its British Air Ministry registration, and technical specifications. The particular 110 HP LE RHONE engine was unusual in that the entire circular cylinder block rotated around the crankshaft, in contrast to RADIAL and in-line engines when it was the crankshaft that rotated.

The AVRO 504K was a fighter bomber aeroplane used by the RAF in the First World War. 10,000 were built from the first flight in 1913 to 1932 making it the most produced plane from WW1. It was later flown by 40 air forces world wide. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English, circa 1919.

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	Length	Height	Depth
	106 1⁄4" 270 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms	6 3⁄8" 16.3 cms

Stock: 11898

A Large 1920 laminated polished walnut, broad two bladed aircraft propeller. Each blade has a brass cap to the tip, the leading edge pinned with scallop decorative brass protective strip, the boss stamped OCM No. 73 OCM over the date 20.6.927, further stamped CA73 ASSO 500 Diam 295 PAS 172 194 DIS 014, and finished in deep green over perhaps red with white banding, paint surface now aged with crackle finish. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English circa 1927.

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	diameter
	116 1⁄8" 295 cms

Stock: 11897

A rare walnut laminated aircraft two bladed propeller, the markings denoting that it was intended for the Isotta Francini 7 370 HP engine powering an early 1930's Italian Piaggio Seaplane. There was much cross licensing between aero engine and propeller manufactures and this one greatly resembles designs by Dr H.C.Watts of the Weybridge Airscrew Co of the 1930s. They made the two bladed propellers for the first Hurricanes and Spitfires, which during the course of WW II graduated to 3 and 4 bladed higher performance propellers made by ROTOL an alliance between Rolls Royce and Bristol aero companies. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1930's

RINALDO PIAGGIO were a North Italian airframe construction Company founded in 1884, of considerable standing who specialised in marine aircraft until the factory was obliterated by allied aircraft in the 1940's. They resumed after the war producing the ubiquitous Vespa scooters and still produce mostly executive and airline feeder aircraft.

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	diameter
	106 1⁄4" 270 cms

Stock: 11896

A rare Handley Page HP 1930's two bladed aircraft propeller. Two of these very large laminated mahogany propellers were fitted on each of the four Bristol Jupiter XIF radial engines of this early Imperial Airways Airliner which carried 24 passengers and 4 crew in 500 mile hops cruising at 100mph. Initially these four classically named behemoths reached in up to 28 stages destinations as far as Karachi in then India. Later based in Cairo they were to provide the ultimate long distance connection to South Africa and eventually to Australia. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1930's.

With the names Hanno, Hannibal, Hadrian and Horsa there were four of these rather impressive clippers of the skies on Imperial Airways', later B.O.A.C., intercontinental run. They, their crews and ground staff were pioneers using what now is seen as elementary Boy's Own technology but whose personnel, installations and expertise were used to great advantage when war came in the 1940's and a flood of military aircraft were ferried from the Canadian and American factories over the Caribean and South America to the North African, Far and Near East theaters of the war.

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	diameter
	141 11⁄16" 360 cms

Stock: 11895

The markings of this mahogany Bristol Bulldog Propeller show that it was fitted to a Bristol Mercury IV S.2 Radial aircooled aircraft engine and dated May 1932 . This one has a 10ft diameter with brass leading edge covers. These engines were first fitted to Bulldogs in March 1932. At this time it was the front line RAF fighter. The provenance is obscure but it is believed that it was found in an Italian mountain village. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1930's.

The Bulldog was a sophisticated and powerful biplane and one of the last of the RAF's frontline biplane fighters. It was replaced in 1937 by the Hurricane. It was in one of these Bulldogs that the RAF fighter ace, Douglas Bader, became one of the RAF's leading air pilots.

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	diameter
	120 1⁄2" 306 cms

Stock: 11894

An original propeller from the Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 6 cylinder radial aircraft engine aircraft engine propeller dated July 1933 and much used for Avro “Anson” twin engined aircraft which was a between the wars RAF and American Army Air Corps training aircraft. It also equipped the famous Bristol Bulldog single seat fighter and others. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English 1933.

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	width
	88 3⁄16" 224 cms

Stock: 11893

A historic World War I De Havilland two blade mahogany, ash and walnut propeller. The eight stud fitting holes indicate that this propeller would have been fitted to a De Havilland Gnome 14 cylinder, 100hp two row radial rotary engine which powered the BS, later designated the SE2, single engine World War 1 scout/fighter designed and first flown by a young Geoffrey De Havilland around 1913. It was the first aeroplane in the world specifically designed as a fast single seat scout and as Bleriot was said to have originated the tractor biplane, was known as the Bleriot Scout, or B.S.1. It was manufactured at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, England. From a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
English early 20th century.

Notes: The wooden, circular section monococque fuselage was a masterpiece of the cabinet maker's art and years ahead of its time. It merged smoothly into the lines of the closely cowled engine to give the B.S.1 a very good streamlined shape. Lateral control was by warping the single bay wings and the tail unit featured a diminutive rudder, without fixed fin, mounted above a one-piece tailplane and elevator. For its day the B.S.1 was very fast and in March 1913 its designer, now Lt. de Havilland, Special Reserve, was timed over the speed course at 91.4 m.p.h. Unfortunately the rudder was far too small for the considerable keel surface of the deep front fuselage and directional control was poor. Consequently, later on the day of the speed trials, it went out of control in a turn and de Havilland was injured as it struck the ground in a flat spin.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	97 5⁄8" 248 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 12076

A pair of exotic carved polychrome Far Eastern Oriental architectural elements in the form of ornate scaled, serpentine stylised Dragons.
Late 19th century.

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		height
		66 1⁄8" 168 cms

Stock: 11657

A 20th century composition circular Tondo plaque in the Italian Renaissance Revival manner, decorated in high relief with a maiden and attendant cherubs within a foliate border.
English 20th century.

Notes: A tondo (plural "tondi" or "tondos") is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art, either a painting or a sculpture. The word derives from the Italian rotondo, "round."

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	Diameter	Depth
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 11383

An attractive suite of 332 antique Victorian green and white floral tiles of varying size including the rose coloured edging tiles.They had been installed using lime mortar which enabled their safe removal as opposed to the more common use of Portland cement which would have made them almost impossible to remove.
English, circa 1900.

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	width	height
	129 7⁄8" 330 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms

Stock: 9363

A pair of oval Portrait Plaques of Mozart and Haydn. The low relief profiles of the 18c Classical Austrian Composers Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn, in gilt and patinated cast iron ,both contained in frames seperate to the plaques, in the Rococo manner.
Stamped: Gesetzlich Geschuzt (patented) Lauchhammer, crossed hammers with crown , and serial numbers. Lauchammer , a German art and bell foundry near Dresden since 1725 .German circa 1880.

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	Width	Height
Each	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	19 1⁄2" 49.5 cms

Stock: 8696

A large antique circular embossed brass plaque, centred by the bust of Emperor Charles V (1500 - 1558 ) and surrounded by portrait medallions, putti and leaf scrolls. He was the Duke of Burgundy and ruler of the Netherlands from 1506, became the ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1516 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1519. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in central, western, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia, the first to be described as "The empire on which the sun never sets".
French late 19th century.

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	Diameter
	35" 89 cms

Stock: 2998

A round embossed patinated brass Victorian roundel in the Renaissance manner depicting a group of men smoking and drinking in a tavern.
Late 19th century.

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	Diameter
	24" 61 cms

Stock: 11638

One of three plaster panels with painted bronze effect this one with leaping deer and decorative trees after the original design from The Derry & Toms stores, London, after Walter GIlbert circa.1870-1946.

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	width	height	depth
	72 3⁄8" 184 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 11637

One of three Art Deco plaster panels with painted bronze effect this one decorated with leaping gazelles, after the original design from The Derry & Toms stores, London, after Walter Gilbert circa 1870-1946.

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	width	height	depth
	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 11636

One of three large Art Deco plaster panels with painted bronze effect, this one depicting strutting peacocks in a field of flowers, after the original design from The Derry & Toms stores, London, after Walter Gilbert circa 1870-1946.

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	width	height	depth
	33 1⁄4" 84.5 cms	64 3⁄16" 163 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.5 cms

Stock: 11470

A large pair of Art Deco bronze pier finials of elongated ovoid urn form with flowers and four sentinel Parakeets upon stepped plinths. Circa 1930

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	Width	height	Depth
	9 13⁄16" 25 cms	26 3⁄8" 67 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 11314

A very large intricately carved giltwood and red lacquer antique Chinese screen surround with open fretwork carved in high relief throughout depicting ho-ho birds, peacocks, cranes and other exotic birds, lilies, lotus blossoms, realistic twigs and branches, clouds and profuse scrolling foliage. and folkloric Chinese figures. A veritable oriental nature study. Image before restoration.
Chinese, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	152" 386 cms	143 1⁄4" 364 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms
Internal	94 1⁄2" 240 cms	108 1⁄4" 275 cms

Stock: 8887

An early 19th century wrought iron external triple bell & pull with scrolled leaf and silhouette figures of possibly Father Time or The Grim Reaper or an Angel - who can say ! In working order with later chain.
English, circa 1800.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	12 5⁄8" 32 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms

Stock: 8176

A solid cast iron three dimensional antique Heraldic Griffin, with folded wings and decorated armoured breastplate.
Flemish, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 8943

A Gaming Wheel, made by H.C. Evans & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Circa, 1900.

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	width	height	depth
	60" 152.5 cms	86" 218.5 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 7179

A Theatrical pair of large, carved wood polychrome and gilt Egyptian masks, based on the funerary mask of King Tutankhamun.
Late 20th century

Two funerary masks of Tutankhamun, Pharaoh of Egypt (1336 – 1327 BC) based on the famous original housed at the Museum of Cairo, Egypt and excavated by the English archaeologist, Howard Carter in 1922.
Tutankhamun ruled from Memphis, Egypt and was around seventeen years old when he died. The original masks are considered to be the finest examples of art and craftsmanship of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom, and the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb and its extraordinary treasures in the Valley of the Kings was an international sensation, influencing art and design of the Art Deco period. The original mask, illustrated below, was created from hammered gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, quartz, turquoise, obsidian and coloured glass and covered the head of the mummy on the innermost third coffin. His forehead in a striped royal headdress bears Egyptian symbols of divine authority and protection, Nekhbet the vulture and Wadjet the cobra, and stylised falcon heads decorate his shoulders. Tutankhamun was the living representation of the deity and his mask would aid his magical transition from mortality to divinity. The reproduced kohl eye make-up endows him with an eternal glamour.

A mysterious curse has been associated with the discovery of the tomb and its treasures, perhaps initiated by the press who invented a text:
"They who enter this sacred tomb shall swift be visited by wings of death.
The reverse of Tutankhamun’s beautiful original gold mask carries a protective spell in hieroglyphics:

"Your right eye is the night bark [of the sun god], your left eye is the day bark, your eyebrows are [those of] the Ennead of the Gods, your forehead is [that of] Anubis, the nape of your neck is [that of] Horus, your locks of hair are [those of] Ptah-Soker. [You are] in front of the Osiris [Tutankhamen], he sees thanks to you, you guide him to the goodly ways, you smite for him the confederates of Seth so that he may overthrow your enemies before the Ennead of the Gods in the great Castle of the Prince, which is in Heliopolis...the Osiris, the king of Upper Egypt Nebkheperura, deceased, given life like Ra."

The sell-out, touring exhibition of the original treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb at the British Museum in London in 1972 may have inspired the creation of Westland’s representations of the young & serene, God-King Tutankhamun.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20" 50.8 cms	32 13⁄16" 83.2 cms	16" 40.6 cms

Stock: 7129

A pair of Royal Navy metal cartouches in the Baroque style.
Circa 1850.

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	Width	Height	depht
	27" 68.6 cms	28" 71.1 cms	3" 7.6 cms