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Stock: 16125

A rare American giltwood wall mirror by E. F. Caldwell & Co. This finely carved oval mirror embodies the Baroque Revival style, the winged ignudi and other details carved in high relief. This mirror was likely specially commissioned to accompany wall sconces of the same design made by the company, with the addition of three branches.
Original mirror plate.

United States, c.1900.

Notes: See the E. F. Caldwell & Co. Collection, Smithsonian Institution, C012765 to see this model catalogued as three light wall appliques. Edward F. Caldwell & Co. were America’s preeminent lighting manufacturers of the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, illuminating some of the most notable buildings in the United States. In addition to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and the White House in Washington, D.C., the company’s masterful light fixtures also adorn the homes of some historically prominent figures, such as J.P. Morgan and Phillip Lehman.
The firm was founded in 1895 by American Edward F. Caldwell and Victor F. von Lossberg from Latvia.
In 1901 Edward F. Caldwell & Co. opened a foundry and quickly rose to the top of the electric light manufacturing business with their shared vision, choosing to deliver quality elegant fixtures that frequently drew on historic European designs. The firm produced magnificent lighting pieces, as well as finely crafted decorative objects and mirrors. Their neoclassical designs borrowed heavily from Baroque and Rococo styles.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	44 7⁄8" 114 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 15904

An unusual Belgian fireplace in statuary marble. The deep moulded shelf rests over the frieze and jambs, which have been unified in carving with a wide band of bound laurel in low relief and frames the stepped opening.

Belgian, mid-19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	70 7⁄8" 180 cms	43 1⁄4" 110 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms
Internal

Stock: 16076

A small neoclassical style gilt gesso wall mirror with marginal plates, surmounted by a broken pediment and and a lidded urn.
French, c.1910.

Provenance: Property from a private collection of European Decorative Arts

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	Width	Height
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms

Stock: 15997

A fine French giltwood wall mirror, the gilded frame carved with scrolls and foliate flourishes over a wide mirrored border.

Southern French (possibly Provence), c.1770 with restorations.

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	Width	Height
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	49 3⁄16" 125 cms

Stock: 16051

A rare eighteenth-century English Rococo chimneypiece. Finely carved from pure white statuary marble, this fireplace epitomises Georgian England's interpretation of the Rococo style, which had originated in France.

The serpentine shelf rests above an ornately carved frieze, where the decorative elements appear to take the form of seaweed, with ribbon kelp and a central scallop shell cartouche.
English, c.1780

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	43 3⁄8" 110.2 cms	13 3⁄8" 34 cms
Internal	36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms	36" 91.4 cms

Stock: 16140

A large George II mahogany tripod table of provincial manufacture, with a circular tilt top carved from beautifully figured mahogany, over a turned column and wide splayed legs.
English 1750.

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	Diameter	Height
	37" 94 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms

Stock: 15835

An antique fire basket in the neoclassical style in bright polished steel. The basket has elegant shoulders engraved with garlands of bellflowers which flank the three barred grate which stands over a pierced apron studded with neoclassical paterae. The elegant urnular andirons are surmounted by a pair of lidded urn finials.
English, c.1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	30 7⁄8" 78.5 cms	28 1⁄2" 72.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Back width	17 1⁄4" 44 cms

Stock: 16023

A substantial Victorian cast iron fire basket with a pierced apron and urn topped andirons. Perfect for a fireplace of grand proportions.
English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms	22" 56 cms	20 1⁄8" 51 cms
Back width	22 3⁄16" 56.5 cms

Stock: 16083

A good George III carved statuary and Siena marble chimneypiece with a games theme! The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a frieze depicting putti playing a game of 'blind man's bluff' within a classical setting. This scene is flanked by endblocks depicting putti playing battledore and shuttlecock, whilst the jambs below show putti skipping over neoclassical vases hung with swags. These sit either side of the generous Siena marble slips.
This is a really unusual chimneypiece with a wonderfully lighthearted subject.

English, c.1790 with later restorations.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	72" 183 cms	60 5⁄8" 154 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms
Internal	42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms	44 3⁄16" 112.2 cms

Stock: 16081

A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze garniture urns cast as models of the Warwick vases. The pedestal bodies with lion pelt and mask-head decoration in high relief and elaborately entwined handles, each raised on a waisted circular fluted socle base, supported on stepped Belgian black marble square plinths, raised on paw feet.

English, c.1880.

Notes: The Warwick Vase was excavated from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli in 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, and dates to the second century AD. Hamilton sold the vase to his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Warwick, who built a specially commissioned conservatory in the grounds of Warwick Castle to house it.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 16135

A William IV giltwood rectangular wall mirror with foliate mouldings and foliate cusp half pillars.

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	Width	Height
	28" 71 cms	36 3⁄16" 92 cms

Stock: 16134

A 19th century gilt gesso sectional wall mirror with a bird, cornucopia and quiver surmount above a beaded and foliate scroll frame, with marginal plates.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	37" 94 cms	49 5⁄8" 126 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 16090

A fine and large Regency cast brass hanging hall lantern of octagonal form, with fine scroll and leafwork, arched windows and a hinged door.
English, c. 1820.

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		Height
		30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 15890

A fine Regency convex mirror with parcel-gilt frame surmounted by a giltwood foliate crest.
English or Scottish, c.1820.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18" 45.8 cms	33" 83.8 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 15967

An early nineteenth-century gilt gesso wall mirror surmounted by a lidded urn and oak leaf decoration over a simply moulded frame.
English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height
	29 1⁄2" 75 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms

Stock: 15877

A rare set of plaster intaglios by Nathaniel Marchant. Originally, this set of casts of Nathaniel's gems was sold by subscription with the accompanying catalogue, published in 1792. It is rare to have a collection of any great quantity, this set is complete, bar four intaglios which are not present. They are mounted within their original ebony strung, mahogany case, which is glazed and fashioned as a book, complete with remnants of marbling. When the spine is removed, the interior is revealed.
Complete sets are exceptionally rare, and one set is held at the John Soane Museum, purchased by Soane in 1793.

English, c.1792.

Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816) was arguably the most famous gem engraver of the 18th century, prolific in both Italy and England. He was gem sculptor to the Prince of Wales and engraver to The King.

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	Width	Height	Depth
Closed	10" 25.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	1 13⁄16" 4.6 cms
Opened	19 3⁄8" 49.4 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 16082

A fine late 19th century Neapolitan patinated bronze figure of the Venus de Medici after the antique. Likely cast by the Fonderia Sommer, Naples. The Fonderia Sommer offered three different types of patination on their bronzes, as this exmaple features the "Herculaneum Patination", which shows a level of patina and verdigris often seen on ancient bronzes.
Italian, c.1870.

Notes: The Venus de' Medici or Medici Venus is a monumental Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite dating from the 1st-century BC. The sculpture was originally recorded in 1638 at the Medici Villa, Rome and is now in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.

The Sommer Foundry was one of the main Neopolitan foundries that manufactured Grand Tour bronzes for the grand-tourists of the nineteenth-century. Giorgio Sommer was a German photographer and artisan and started the foundry in the 1870s.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 16069

A terracotta group of Ariadne and the Panther, after the marble sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker, which was one of the most renowned works of sculpture of the nineteenth-century, drawing huge crowds to view it in Frankfurt, in the "Ariadneum" built solely for its display. It depicts the Cretan princess Ariadne, wife of the god of wine Dionysus, seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine, and here, his wreath of vine leaves emphasizes his connection with the deity.
L Hjorth Factory, Danish, c.1880.

Provenance: Coleridge Collection. Anthony Coleridge was well-known in auction circles, a Director of Christie's as well as Chairman and later President of Christie’s South Kensington. He was a keen collector, not just of furniture, but in particular of works of art and ceramics, and he looked after his collection meticulously and recorded it in considerable detail.

Notes: Johann Heinrich Dannecker(1758-1841), a German sculptor who found that the works of classical antiquity made a deep impression on him, as well as the work of Antonio Canova.

The Hjorth Factory was located in Roenne on Bornholm, and island off Denmark, and was founded in 1859.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	3 3⁄8" 8.6 cms

Stock: 16068

A Parian Ware group of Ariadne and the Panther, after the marble sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker, which was one of the most renowned works of sculpture of the nineteenth-century, drawing huge crowds to view it in Frankfurt, in the "Ariadneum" built solely for its display. It depicts the Cretan princess Ariadne, wife of the god of wine Dionysus (identified by her crown of vine leaves), seated on a panther in a relaxed pose. The panther was a creature associated with the god of wine.

English, c.1860. Although this example of Parian Ware is unmarked it is the same model produced by Minton & Co in 1847 until the 1860s for Summerly’s Art Manufactures. The model - by John Bell (1811-1895) was available as tourist souvenirs.

Provenance: Coleridge Collection. Anthony Coleridge was well-known in auction circles, a Director of Christie's as well as Chairman and later President of Christie’s South Kensington. He was a keen collector, not just of furniture, but in particular of works of art and ceramics, and he looked after his collection meticulously and recorded it in considerable detail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 1⁄4" 16 cms	7 3⁄16" 18.4 cms	3 1⁄2" 8.9 cms

Stock: 16100

A pair of nineteenth-century terracotta twin-handled urns painted in black to simulate Josiah Wedgwood's renowned black basalt. Later converted to table lamps with gilt stands and covers and a base fitted with the lamp fitting, leaving the urns unaltered, so they could be displayed in their original format.
German, mid-19th century.

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		Height
		15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms

Stock: 16102

A set of six ornithological copper engravings, depicting five birds drawn and painted by Peter Brown, recorded from specimens collected during Captain Cook's voyages with Joseph Banks. In his publication, Peter Brown asserted that these birds hadn't been recorded before, so these were the first commercially available depictions and descriptions of these birds.
Peter Brown was a leading zoological artist of his day but the ornithologist George Edwards was also a prominent figure in eighteenth-centruy Britain, and this set includes one engraving by him, of a Great Bustard. The set is a beautiful and fascinating record of the great discoveries of their age.

Peter Brown, published by B White, 1775, George Edwards, published c. 1751. Copper-engravings, original hand colour.

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	Width	Height
	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	10" 25.5 cms

Stock: 16053

A pair of large patinated bronze table lamps in the form of the Townley vase, mounted on Belgian black marble bases with applied bronze adornments.

French, late nineteenth-century.

Notes: The Townley Vase is a large Roman marble vase after a Greek original. The vase, dating from the 2nd century, was discovered in 1773 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish Antiquarian. Its name comes from the English collector Charles Townley, who purchased the vase after its discovery. After his death, the vase was brought to its final home, the British Museum.

Shades not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	6 3⁄8" 16.2 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms

Stock: 16072

A pair of William IV tea tables, with book matched veneered tops in the rare Goncalo Alves, or Brazilian tiger wood, the mirror image of the other. The folding tops are mounted on sweeping hexagonal baluster supports, over swept feet. The tables are on oak carcasses, which is a further mark of quality.
English, c.1830.

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	Width	Height	Depth open
	35 13⁄16" 91 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	35 3⁄8" 90 cms

Stock: 16104

A pair of late 19th century bronze copies of the Townley Vase, each cast in relief with classical figures, raised upon stepped Belgian black marble plinths with incised gilt foliate detail.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 5⁄8" 14.1 cms	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 16097

A vibrant Heriz wool carpet, from North-west Persia, with a terracotta field with a central floral medallion, within a trailing vine border.
Iranian, c.1950.

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	Width	Height
	73 5⁄8" 187 cms	56 1⁄4" 143 cms

Stock: 15886

A pair of early 20th century Dutch style brass five branch chandeliers, featuring knopped bulbous stem with ring terminals and scrolling branches.
English, c.1900.

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	Diamter	Drop
	24 3⁄8" 62 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 16041

A pair of good quality nineteenth-century ormolu wall lights in the Louis XVI style, topped with ribbons and urns to the backplates. Could easily be converted to electricity, which is included in the price.
English, c.1890.

Provenance: Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	15 1⁄8" 38.4 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms

Stock: 16008

An Aesthetic Movement ebonised and parcel gilt centre or library table by Maple and Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. The gilt and painted panelled frieze with a single lockable draw is decorated with stylised foliage and sunflowers with carver foliate details to the corners. All supported on turned legs and a lower shelf with galleried ends, above a double stretcher with turned spindles. The top edge of the draw is stamped MAPLE & CO.

English, circa 1880.

Established in 1841, Maple and Co were leading makers and retailers of fine furniture, operating from their warehouse and showroom on Tottenham Court Road. They enjoying international acclaim, and had an outfit in Paris in order to satiate the continents appetite for their wares.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms

Stock: 15535

A set of three small silver plated five arm chandeliers in the Dutch Baroque style.
English, c.1930.

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	Diameter	Drop
	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms

Stock: 15639

An antique gilt brass fire screen in the shape of a fan, commonly known as a peacock screen. The intricately pierced leaves fold within an ornate gilt brass frame with bound laurel decoration, topped with an urn finial.
French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	27" 68.5 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms

Stock: 16005

A wonderfully ornate mirror, lavishly gilded with gleaming gold leaf. The egg and dart frame is adorned with an intricate cartouche, centred by a scallop shell motif, surrounded by opposing Roman style dolphins, bullrushes and roses.
French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	37 13⁄16" 96 cms	61 13⁄16" 157 cms

Stock: 16061

A romantic Rococo Revival firescreen in gilt brass. The central cartouche depicts two doves beak to beak in a bower of scrolling foliage, a popular symbol of love and romance in French art. The rest of the frame forms a scrolling foliate decoration and is supported by four splayed feet.
French, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27 3⁄8" 69.5 cms	32 1⁄8" 81.5 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 16060

A rare and large firescreen of exceptional quality, crisply cast with floral and foliate swags over an unusual round frame which rests of four lion paw feet.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	25 3⁄8" 64.5 cms	33" 83.8 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms

Stock: 16059

An antique gilt cast brass Louis XVI style wire mesh fire screen with adorned with bagpipe decoration, which would perhaps indicate that it was made for sale in Brittany, where Celtic piping remains popular.
French, c.1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	30 1⁄8" 76.5 cms	29 11⁄16" 75.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms

Stock: 15898

A large and ornate pair of Rococo two branch wall lights in gilt brass, comprising intricately scrolling foliage, and slender arms which are mounted with drip pans in the form of flowers.

English, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	21 1⁄4" 54 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms