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Stock: 16977

A very fine single door Victorian, ebonized, ormolu and inlaid pier or side cabinet. The single glazed door is flanked by a pair of turned, ebonised columns with ormolu Corinthian capitals, supporting the frieze. Which is finely and profusely inlaid in the Italianate manner with Amboyna and Box on a Harewood ground with further ormolu detail. The interior retains its original, now pleasantly faded plush, this is fitted with two shelves, finished with Harewood and Box edging. All set beneath a generously moulded Amboyna and Harewood top.

English, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	42 1⁄4" 107.5 cms	16 1⁄2" 42 cms

Stock: 16955

A lovely French Louis XVI breakfront fireplace, in softly mottled green campan marble. This striking fireplace has a wonderfully timeless design, with a moulded shelf resting on a stepped and fluted frieze, which in turn rests on the bolection moulded openings.

French, late 19th century.

A near pair with stock no. 16909.

View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	13 7⁄8" 35.2 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms
Outer footblock	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms

Stock: 16909

A rare French Louis XVI fireplace in a softly mottled campan marble. This striking fireplace has a wonderfully timeless design, with a moulded shelf resting on the stepped, fluted frieze, which in turn rests on the bolection moulded opening.

French, late 19th century.

A near pair with stock no. 16955.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	47 3⁄16" 120 cms	13 7⁄8" 35.2 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	37 3⁄8" 95 cms
Outer footblock	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms

Stock: 17003

A large coopered, quartered oak and bronze bound log bin, with bronze and wood bar handles and a makers' label for R A Lister & Co.

English, circa 1930.

R. A. Lister and company was founded by Robert Ashton Lister (1845-1927) in 1867 in Dursley, Gloucestershire. The company produced a wide range of agricultural machinery and in 1897 the Dursley Pedersen cycle. In 1909 the company introduced its first petrol engine into its range of products; these versatile engines became the mainstay of the company until it introduced a range of diesel engines in 1929. These were used to power electric generators, pumps and Listers' other newly introduced products such as its sheep shearing machines. Such was the demand for its products that in 1909 its Victoria works had to be extended.

Robert Aston Lister took a keen interest in the wellbeing of his workforce, for example he closed the whole works in 1910 and chartered a train to take his workers for a day out at the seaside at Weston-Super-Mare; this trip was to be repeated on several occasions in the following years. Over time the company diversified further to produced among other things Rail Auto trucks, dairy equipment and wooden products like butter churns, pales, log bins and the classic Teak park bench. Now Lister-Petter, the company concentrates on Diesel engines and generators, the sheep shearing business is now a separate company. Although the production of many of R.A.Listers models ceased many years ago many are still in daily use all over the world.

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	Width	Height
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 16997

A fine blue and white tin glazed garlic neck vase, painted with alternating figural and floral panels between flowerhead and scrollwork borders, now sensitively mounted as a lamp.

Delft, c.1700.

Notes: This is an early example of Delftware imitating the Kangxi exportware from China and is a high quality and rare example.

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	Diameter	Height	Height with shade
	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	22" 56 cms

Stock: 6634

A very pretty Regency style, cast brass hall lantern, with curved and bevelled glass, overlaid with ribbon tied bell flower garlands. This lantern is fitted with an ornate three light pendant.

English, mid 20th century.

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	Diameter	Height
	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	23 5⁄8" 60 cms

Stock: 17011

A pair of late Meiji period hand painted Japanese Imari porcelain vases and covers of lobed inverted baluster form. The bodies decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze iron red, with panels containing birds and naturalistic flowers, on a foliate and stylised chrysanthemum ground.

Japanese, Meiji period (late 19th century).

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	Diameter	Height
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms

Stock: 16965

A wonderfully romantic and large burnished carved giltwood oval wall mirror. Rococo in style, the mirror frame comprises beautifully carved twigs and fruiting vines, and is surmounted by a tied ribbon.

Victorian, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	59 13⁄16" 152 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 16938

A very beautiful and dramatic French giltwood and Gesso wall mirror. The mirror is surmounted by a foliate crest centred by a mask, and flanked by two putti holding floral garlands. This is mounted over the frame which is modelled in high relief with scrolling foliage. The cushioned frame encloses marginal plates hand engraved with stars, which border the original mirror plate, now very foxed.

French, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	47" 119.5 cms	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 16961

A heavily enriched Regency card table in flame mahogany and inlaid with brass. The foldover top with a baize interior rests over a beautifully carved and inlaid frieze which in turn is mounted on a tapering square baluster raised on a concave quadripartite base with floral paterae and reeded scroll legs terminating in brass caps on castors.

English or Scottish, c.1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 16943

A large and unusual Victorian corbel fireplace in slate. This fireplace has been made using both black and the aubergine hued heather slate, to create a striking contrast between the different elements.

English, c.1860.

View our collection of: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	74" 188 cms	50 1⁄4" 127.7 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	39 1⁄8" 99.2 cms
Outer footblock	64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms

Stock: 16953

A pair of early 19th century hall chairs in a rich mahogany. The crisply carved, scrolling backs are centred by a hand-painted armorial over the plain seats and turned legs.
The armorial is unidentified, but the same emblem has been used for the Tell family in the early 19th century.

English or Scottish, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms	16 7⁄8" 43 cms

Stock: 16998

A simple but stylish mid Victorian black slate fireplace, of small proportions, with a plain frieze and pilaster jambs over simple moulded footblocks.

English, circa 1860.

View our collection of: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	53 1⁄2" 136 cms	43 1⁄2" 110.5 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.7 cms
Internal	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms
Outer footblock	48" 122 cms

Stock: 16996

A rare 17th century Japanese blue and white vase dating to the early Edo Period (1603-1868). This vase is surviving evidence of the collaborative nature of porcelain decoration between Japan and the Netherlands in this period. The Dutch East India Company was known to occasionally export unfinished porcelain to be finished in the Netherlands in the 'oriental style'.
A piece of export ware, this vase was decorated in Japan in blue and white, with the intention of further Imari style decoration in enamels being added once it arrived in the Netherlands. It is extraordinarily rare to find partially decorated pieces such as these. Perhaps the firing cracks present made it impossible to re-fire with the enamels, and so remained undecorated. Examples of this practice can be found in the Metropolitan Museum and the British Museum.

Notes: During the early Edo period, the Dutch and Chinese were the only nations able to trade with Japan, as their shogun had imposed a policy of strict isolation. A small number of Dutch merchants were permitted to reside on an island outside Nagasaki, close to the Arita porcelain kilns and Imari port. The Dutch exposed the Japanese ceramicists to Chinese blue underglaze porcelain, and this technique was absorbed into the Japanese oeuvre and its influence can be seen in this vase.

Japanese, Arita kilns, Genroku period, c.1680.
From a private Dutch collection.

	Width	Height	Depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	16 3⁄16" 41.2 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms

Stock: 16982

A charming Victorian centre table in rosewood. The slender top is supported by barley twist supports and a central stretcher of the same form, and the whole is mounted on scrolling feet with concealed castors.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	48 1⁄8" 122.3 cms	28 3⁄16" 71.7 cms	24 1⁄8" 61.3 cms

Stock: 16927

A very fine and elegant antique crystal chandelier. Comprising 8 swan neck arms mounted on the baluster column, each with a scalloped drip pan hung with prismatic drops. The lower arms are also strung with beads and faceted pear-shaped drops.

English, c.1900.

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	Diameter	Drop
	31 1⁄2" 80 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 16992

A pair of 'a berettino' ground Venetian maiolica albarelli of dumbbell shape, painted with dark blue flowers, oak leaves, berries and other foliage against a paler blue ground, the waisted middles painted with scrolls inscribed 'V DA CANTVS ne', which roughly translates to ''give me a song and perhaps alludes to this jar once containing a tincture for the throat and EL ELESCOF', which is a term found in medical texts, thought to mean a topical salve.

Italy, Venice, mid-17th century.

Notes: 'A berettino' albarelli were characterised by their distinctive lavender-blue or pale blue tin glaze, often decorated with dark blue, white, or ochre floral, leafy, or armorial motifs. Primarily produced in Venice, Faenza, or Rome, these waisted apothecary jars often feature Latin inscriptions and were used for storing medicine.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	9 1⁄4" 23.5 cms	5 1⁄8" 13 cms

Stock: 16951

A pair of small late 18th century terracotta busts depicting the Greek orator Demosthenes and the philosopher Plato.

Italian, Naples, c.1790.

Notes: The Giustiniani Factory was founded in Naples in 1760 by Nicola Giustiniani and specialised in the production of pieces inspired by the Roman discoveries at archaeological sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum.

	Width	Height	Depth
Demosthenes	2 7⁄8" 7.3 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms
Plato	2 5⁄8" 6.5 cms	6 11⁄16" 17 cms

Stock: 16946

A sixteenth century seated bronze Buddha with traces of the original gilding. Over the centuries, this devotional figure has acquired the most magnificent patina. The figure conforms to the Chien Seng style, which emerged from China in the 3rd century. This saw the Buddhist iconography shift from Indian models to encompass the Chinese decorative style and also Daoist and Confuscion ideals. Seated in virasana with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra and wearing the Buddhist monastic robes known as samghati, his face has been modelled with a serene expression.

Thailand or Laos, 16th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄4" 18.5 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 16970

A rare and grand antique columned Irish Regency Chimneypiece in a terracotta hued petit-tor marble. The slender and wide shelf rests over the undulating frieze, which is framed by cushioned rectangular endblocks. These in turn, are supported by slender freestanding Tuscan columns, which stand forward of the flat fronted jambs with reeded edges.
Irish, c.1810.

Provenance: A fine house in Dublin.

View our collection of: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	70 3⁄16" 178.3 cms	48 13⁄16" 124 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	38 11⁄16" 98.2 cms	38 1⁄4" 97.2 cms

Stock: 16942

A pair of salt glazed pottery models of the Warwick vase, each resting on classical square plinths. Perfect for display both indoors and out.

The Warwick vase was a Roman marble vase discovered by Gavin Hamilton at Hadrian's Villa in 1771, where he had sought and was given permission to excavate the marshes on the site, where it was discovered in need of restoration. It was sold to Sir William Hamilton, who passed it to his nephew Sir George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, where it was placed in the gardens of Warwick castle. It now resides in the Burrell collection, Glasgow.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	23 5⁄8" 60 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 15978

A 19th century giltwood, gesso and verre eglomise Sicilian overmantel mirror, the bevelled mirror plate surmounted by a pair of birds allegorical of love, perched on a cartouche flanked by flowering branches. The verre eglomise panels imitate pink onyx.

Sicilian, c.1850.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	62 3⁄16" 158 cms

Stock: 16966

A mid-Victorian Gothic Revival giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror of triptych form, in the manner of Charles Bevan, the arched ballshot pediment above chamfered pilasters terminating in corinthian capitals. The two painted panels are in the medieval manner.

English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height
	78" 198 cms	46 1⁄2" 118 cms

Stock: 16971

A pair of English stained, painted and leaded glass windows. Very much taking their cue from the Pre-Raphaelite movement, the design for these windows harks back to the medieval period, in both the composition and the dress of the subjects. The twin scene depicts the seasons, spring and autumn, with a woman admiring the blossom on a tree, whilst the man gathers wheat with a scythe.

English, mid-19th century.

At present, these are framed for display but could easily be fitted as a window.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 11⁄16" 47.5 cms	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	7 11⁄16" 19.5 cms

Stock: 16962

A charming mid-19th century Venetian wall mirror with original gilding. This giltwood and gesso mirror embodies the naturalism so celebrated in the Rococo period, with a scrolling foliate surmount, enclosing a frame decorated with further foliate flourishes in low relief.

Italian, c.1850.

Photograph before restoration.

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	Width	Height
	34 5⁄8" 88 cms	51 3⁄16" 130 cms

Stock: 16950

A very beautiful 18th century Dutch delft five piece garniture, comprising three baluster lidded vases with parrot finials and two trumpet vases. Each vase is beautifully hand-painted with pastoral vignettes featuring musicians, and these scenes are surrounded by foliate and floral boarders. On the verso, ythe set is simply decorated with floral sprays. As to be expected from Delft of this period, there are small chips and losses.

Dutch, mid- 18th century.

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	width	Height	Depth
Covered Vase	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms
Vase	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 16949

An elegant late 19th century gilt-gesso pier mirror. This tall and elegant mirror is surmounted by an urnular finial and swags of bellflowers and scrolling foliage. This is mounted above a tall pier mirror with angled, marginal plates.

French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	68 1⁄2" 174 cms

Stock: 16811

A fine French Neoclassical cast iron fire back. The unusual design is centred by a depiction of Diana holding two torcheres whilst balancing on the globe. This is flanked by two palmette motifs, supported on corinthian capitals. Signed by the manufacturer P. Martin.

French, c.1800.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	25 13⁄16" 65.5 cms	0 3⁄8" 0.9 cms

Stock: 16959

A fine Napoleon III period secrétaire à abattant. This secretaire has a carcass in ebonised pearwood, inlaid with fine marquetry; and the fall front door is decorated with a central urn and scrolling acanthus, bell husks and flowering stems. This encloses the drop down writing surface, revealing a niche and four maple drawers, also inlaid with foliate marquetry. Beneath this surface there are four further drawers flanked by fluted pilasters. The whole is supported on elegant, turned feet.

French, Second Empire Period (1852–1870).

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	Width	Height	Depth
	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	53 7⁄8" 137 cms	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms

Stock: 16602

A complete set of twelve tiles designed by John Moyr Smith, for Mintons china works, depicting scenes from Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Each tile has the book title displayed top left, contained within a shield, the scene and chapter are bottom right with the artist's signature to the left. This set of tiles was first exhibited at the Paris exhibition of 1878.

English, circa 1878.

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	Width	Height
	6" 15.2 cms	6" 15.2 cms

Stock: 16963

A fine pair of Irish crystal lidded urns. Taking the form of a Greek krater, the cut glass sweet meat jars or bonbonnières are crisply faceted and the lids surmounted by charming acorn finials. Originally, such urns were designed to hold sweetmeats or similar confections. They are in exceptionally good condition.

Irish, c.1800.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄8" 13 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms	4 1⁄8" 10.5 cms

Stock: 16144

A set of five gilt bronze Greek Revival wall lights. Each with a palmette decoration to the back, whilst the arms are mounted to an oval bracket. There are three lights with four light fittings, and two fitted with twin arm fittings.

English, c. 1890.

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	Width	Height
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms

Stock: 16940

A large cast iron fireback in the French Baroque style. Decorated in relief with the arms of Blancheton and Claude Vallee.

French, 20th century.

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	Width	Height
	33 7⁄8" 86 cms	28" 71 cms

Stock: 16903

A fine George II mahogany serpentine card table in the Chippendale manner. The fold over swivel top has a figured mahogany playing surface and is raised on cabriole legs with acanthus lead detail, terminating in ball and claw feet.

English, c.1760.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Open	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	28 1⁄4" 71.8 cms	32 11⁄16" 83 cms
Closed	31 7⁄8" 81 cms	28 13⁄16" 73.2 cms

Stock: 16896

A handsome Arts & Crafts period fire basket in wrought and cast iron. The fireback is beautifully cast with a central crown, which is surrounded by entwined sprigs of oak. This is mounted with a generous grate which is enclosed by the bow fronted bars and mounted with a fleur de lys log spike and two large orb finial andirons. The grate still has its original ash pan.

English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 3⁄16" 69 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms