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Stock: 15492

A very fine Italian white marble chimneypiece, profusely carved in the Renaissance Revival manner. The elegantly moulded shelf sits above a highly decorative frieze, the centre carved with mythical beasts with the heads of lions and the bodies of sea creatures. From these beasts emanate swirling acanthus leaves, and flowers with twisting stems. This is framed by the endblocks, carved with striking masks reminiscent of green men, but with winged cheeks. Supporting the endblocks are the wonderfully ornate jambs, a profusion of floral and foliate carving surmounted by classical urns. The similarly decorative spandrels framing the gently arched opening are centred by a beautiful high relief mask of a young woman with ribbons in her hair.

Italian, early 20th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	69 1⁄8" 175.5 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	10 1⁄4" 26.2 cms
Internal	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms	33 7⁄8" 86.1 cms

Stock: 15458

An Elegant 30 hour Georgian longcase clock with an arched hood and small wooden ball finials. The arch of the hood is decorated with blind fretwork which frames the lunette engraved to denote the maker. The lunette and the rest of the brass dial is adorned by Baroque spandrels, which frame a chapter ring with engraved Roman and Arabic numerals, and at the centre of the dial is a subsidiary seconds dial and a date window. The glazed door is flanked by two plain columns, and this is echoed by the plain pilasters on the trunk. By Thomas Clark of Warrington.

English, early 18th century.

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	width	height	depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	86 3⁄16" 219 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15470

An antique Louis XV chimneypiece carved from beautifully veined Pavonazzo marble. The curved moulded shelf rest above a panelled serpentine frieze, which is flanked by scrolling endblocks and panelled console jambs.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	51 3⁄16" 130 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 15558

An exceptionally finely carved and very large alabaster group of the Judgement of Paris, depicting Paris seated and wearing his Phrygian cap, offering the Hesperidean apple to a lightly draped Venus, whilst the jealous figures of Hera and Athena consol each other. The scene is mounted on a rectangular plinth. Italian, mid 19th century.

Photograph before restoration.

Provenance: A collection within a fine Wiltshire Townhouse.

	Width	Height	Depth
	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	21 11⁄16" 55 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 15613

A large eighteenth century neoclassical painting depicting female worshippers bringing offerings to an altar dedicated to the Goddess Minerva; identified by her shield and the owl at her side.

Italian, 18th century with some restorations and slight craquelure to the surface. Christie's stencil on the stretcher.

Notes: The canvas is likely to have been designed within an architectural scheme, and may have been set into the wall to form part of an overmantel. Canvases of this type were first installed in Venetian palazzi, as frescoes were not practical with regular flooding, and such canvases could be removed if necessary.

	Width	Height	Depth
Frame	69 11⁄16" 177 cms	49 13⁄16" 126.5 cms	1 3⁄16" 3 cms
Canvas only	63 3⁄16" 160.5 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms

Stock: 15536

A large Regency plaster figure, by Humphrey Hopper, painted with a simulated bronze patina, on a circular base and holding the fitting for a torchere. The figure is mostly likely to be a depiction of a Vestal Virgin given her hooded robes.
English, early 19th century. Unsigned.

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		Height
		43 1⁄4" 110 cms
		9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15542

A large and ornate gilt bronze lamp, modelled as a putto holding the lamp fitting aloft whilst kneeling on a hexagonal base embellished with foliate Rococo decorations.

French, c. 1880.

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		Height	Width
		20 7⁄8" 53 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15539

An interesting Arts and Crafts fire basket, the back panel depicting the Day of Judgement within a medieval scene complete with a hilltop castle. God appears from swirling clouds, holding a ladder on which an angel pulls up the souls of the redeemed. In the foreground a crowd gathers around a hole where a man is being plunged into the depths of hell. This figure is intended to be licked by the flames of the fire in the grate, adding to the dramatic effect. The stylised sunflower brass andirons turn slightly outwards and are mounted on tapered legs.

English, c.1890.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	39" 99 cms	13" 33 cms
Back panel	17 11⁄16" 45 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.

		Height
		18 1⁄8" 46 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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		Height
		9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15583

An elegant oval gilt wall mirror, surmounted by a scrolling cartouche and a cascade of flowers. The egg and dart frame meets the original bevelled glass with a dainty beaded edge. The gilding has been rubbed back to give it a subtle glow.

French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	29" 73.7 cms	42" 106.7 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: 2711

A pair of high backed, deep buttoned leather and mahogany Gainsborough style chairs. The leather has acquired a lovely patina and is fixed in place with decorative with stud work and is supported by square legs and an H stretcher.

English, early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	26" 66 cms	45" 114.3 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 15560

A late 18th century, mahogany longcase clock by Joseph Grey of Durham. The case is enriched with satinwood crossbanding, bordered by ebony and box wood stringing. The moulded, inlaid trunk door is flanked by a pair of reeded quarter pilasters over the the generously moulded plinth, on ogeed feet.
The brass arched top dial with gilt pierced spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes has a matt centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture. This is flanked by a pair of reeded columns with brass Corinthian capitals, beneath a swan-neck pediment with brass finals and central brass eagle. The four pillar eight day movement strikes the hours on a single bronze bell.
English, circa 1760.

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		Height	Width
		90 3⁄16" 229 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms

Stock: 15559

A pair of very finely carved 19th century alabaster figures of muses, in classical dress, each standing on circular pedestals intricately carved with flowers and beading. Italian, c.1850.

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		Height
		19 11⁄16" 50 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: 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: 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, probably Florentine, c.1890, possibly Cantagalli workshop. .

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	Width	Height
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 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: 15468

A large Regency cast iron hob grate of neoclassical design, with integral side panels. English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35" 89 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms	12" 30.5 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: 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.

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

Stock: 15487

A French gilt gesso wall mirror in the Louis XVI style, the crest centred by an oval cartouche which is bordered by a ribbon tied floral cascade and framed by two urn finials brimming with flowers. The gilt frame also features garlanded trophies and to the bottom, a lyre, a violin and sheet music. Original beveled mirror plates.

French, c1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	54 1⁄4" 138 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 13544

A large and comfortable William IV mahogany and leather arm chair, with elegant scrolled arms and brass studded upholstery. The legs stand on original brass castors. The leather has acquired a beautiful patina from over a century of use, but this could be refreshed if desired. English, c.1820.

	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄16" 64 cms	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	29 1⁄2" 75 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.

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

Stock: 15519

A 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: 15268

A vintage mounted fan coral on a hand turned ebonised plinth.

	Width	Height	Depth
	16 7⁄8" 43 cms	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 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: 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: 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: 15505

A fine late 19th century framed oil on canvas by Joseph Horlor (British, 1809-1887). The pastoral scene depicts fishfolk with their boats moored and their meagre catch in wicker baskets. They work under the looming ruin of a castle, a romantic vision of crumbling turrets built in to the rocky crag. In the distance there is a glimpse of a village nestled in the trees, completing the vision of a pastoral idyll. Scenes of this type were immensely popular in 19th century Britain, as they both conveyed the romance of the British countryside and the moral virtue of manual labour. This scene was possibly set in Wales, where Horlor found the landscape immensely inspiring .

Signed and dated 1836. Framed in 19th century gilt frame. In fine condition, professionally relined recently.

Notes: Not a great deal is known about Joseph Horlor, but he exhibited from 1834-1866 at the British Institute and Suffolk Street (Later to become the Royal Society of British Artists) in London. He lived in Bristol and Bath and specialised in landscapes, coastal scenes and seascape subjects, mainly painting in Wales, Devon and Cornwall. There are 8 paintings by Horlor in the British National Art Collection, predominantly in Bristol.

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	Width	Height
	37 3⁄8" 95 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms