fine art sale

A Maple & Co. Edwardian inlaid mahogany bedroom suite, comprising sectional wardrobe and dressing table, the wardrobe with an arched moulded dentil cornice above a pair of bow fronted doors enclosing a series of shelves and with four graduated drawers beneath each with brass drop handle with pierced shaped backplates, flanked on either side by a full length mirrored door with bevelled glass enclosing hanging space. Width 88 ins, dressing table width 53.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £400

An early 19th century mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with crossbanded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with wooden knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 45.5 ins.

Sold for £150

A late Victorian Chesterfield settee, upholstered in pink velvet type material with braiding and raised on short turned legs.

Sold for £140

A George III mahogany turnover top tea table, the rectangular top with moulded edge and rounded corners with tablet to the well figured frieze, with edge moulding and raised on a turned column with four downswept legs terminating in lions paw caps to brass castors. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

An oak longcase clock, circa 1930, with moulded cornice above the arched glazed door enclosing the 8 inch silvered brass dial with three-train movement striking on nine gongs, with long trunk door and conforming base. Height 65.5 ins.

Sold for £180

A George III mahogany tallboy, in two sections, the top half with a moulded cornice above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles with pierced backplates and matching lock escutcheons flanked by fluted quarter column corners, the base with edge above three long graduated drawers flanked by canted angles and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 45 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £800

A fine George III satinwood occasional table, of shaped outline, with banded and moulded edge fitted with a frieze drawer and raised on fine and elegant cabriole legs. Length 18 ins, width 14.5 ins, height 28 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1800

A George III mahogany breakfast table, rectangular, with crossbanded edge and rounded corners, with tilt action and central turned column with downswept incised legs terminating in brass capped castors. Width 40.5 ins, length 57 ins.

Estimated: £300 - £500

a Victorian rosewood loo table, oval, well figured and with moulded edge and recessed frieze supported by a foliate carved centre column with four downswept legs terminating in scroll feet and castors (see illustration).

Sold for £620

An oak sectional bookcase, with three quarter gallery to dentil cornice above four glazed sections and with further drawer to base, by the Lebus Bookcase Company. Width 35 ins.

Sold for £220

A Regency mahogany dining table, in three sections, the centre section with single pillar raised on four downswept legs being boxwood strung and terminating in lions paw brass castors, the frieze with drawer and opposing dummy drawer with brass knob handle, each end section with D shaped drop leaf raised on six turned legs terminating in lions paw gilt brass feet raised on castors. Height 28.75 ins, width 50 ins, length 123 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £4000 - £6000

A pair of 19th century giltwood and gesso pedestals, each with hexagonal top with gadrooned edge above foliate carved column and raised on three scroll carved legs. Heights 44 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £3000

An Edwardian mahogany occasional table, octagonal, with turned legs with galleried stretchers beneath raised on castors. Width 24 ins.

Estimated: £75 - £125

An Edwardian style inlaid mahogany side cabinet, raised on cabriole legs. Width 23 ins.

Sold for £110

A Victorian walnut veneered Davenport desk, with rear stationery compartment, with three quarter brass gallery to slope top with tooled leather writing surface, the interior fitted with drawers and raised on turned supports flanked to the right by four drawers with wooden knob handles and with four opposing dummy drawers and raised on a plinth base with short turned feet (see illustration).

Sold for £400

A late Victorian walnut bedside cabinet, with rear pediment to rectangular top with chamfered edge and panelled cupboard door enclosing shelves, with plinth base beneath. Width 14 ins.

Sold for £100

A Victorian rosewood Canterbury, three divisions with fretwork carved dividers, the rectangular top with chamfered edge above a bombe frieze drawer and raised on four turned legs terminating in ceramic castors. Width 24 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £400

A good Victorian mahogany wardrobe, in three sections, with detachable moulded breakfront cornice with cross banded frieze above a central full length mirrored door with applied foliate mouldings opening to an interior fitted with a series of pullout trays and three graduated drawers with recessed brass drop handles and flanked on either side by a further full length panelled cupboard with applied foliate scrolling mouldings and flanked to the left and right by a figural corbal and with plinth base below. Width 82 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

A Georgian oak cricket table, the circular top supported by three legs of chamfered triangular section united by a raised triangular shelf. Diameter 23 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £170

A George III style mahogany centre table, with Chippendale border to snap top, with bird cage and turned centre column with three downswept legs with shell carved knees terminating in pad feet. Diameter 36 ins.

Estimated: £350 - £450

An early 19th century oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, with swans neck pediment above the arched glazed door enclosing the painted dial with Roman numerals, painted spandrels and village scene to arch, with thirty-hour movement, flanked by turned columns, with crossbanded trunk door beneath with flat pilaster and conforming base. Height 83 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £260

A George III mahogany longcase clock by D. Simpson of Carlisle, with swans neck pediment with floral terminals above the arched door enclosing the 13 inch arched painted dial with moon phase and eight-day striking movement by Simpson, Carlisle, with Arabic numerals and date aperture, flanked by fluted columns, the case with long crossbanded arched trunk door flanked by fluted quarter column corners and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height 90 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £680

A George III mahogany hanging corner cupboard, with rosewood crossbanded edge to the moulded cornice above a crossbanded frieze, with panelled cupboard door below, also crossbanded and enclosing green painted shelves and flanked by canted angles. Width 36 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A late Victorian mahogany music cabinet, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a glazed door enclosing a series of velvet lined shelves and with moulding below. Width 19 ins.

Sold for £35

An oak dresser with Delft rack, with moulded cornice above a central panelled door flanked by shelves and with further shelves beneath, the base with moulded edge above two frieze drawers and pair of panelled cupboard doors, with barley sugar twist turned supports beneath and stretchers, circa 1920. Width 54 ins.

Sold for £210

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A South African stinkwood dining room suite, comprising dresser with rack, extending dining table and six chairs, each raised on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet.

Estimated: £250 - £350

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with applied moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles with pierced backplates flanked by fluted quarter column corners, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 43 ins.

Sold for £260

A George III mahogany cupboard on chest, the top half with a moulded dentil cornice above a crossbanded boxwood and ebony strung frieze in turn above a pair of oval panelled doors in satinwood and mahogany opening to an interior fitted with adjustable shelves, with matched base with two short and two long graduated drawers with brass drop handles with oval backplates and cockbeading to each drawer front, raised on bracket feet. Width 52 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £300 - £500

A George III oak dresser base, the rectangular top with moulded edge above four central graduated drawers with brass drop handles with shaped backplates, flanked on either side by an arched panelled cupboard door and with shaped apron and all raised on stile feet. Width 73 ins.

Sold for £800

An Edwardian mahogany occasional table, the circular top being satinwood crossbanded, boxwood and ebony strung and with recessed frieze with banded edge supported by four downswept splayed legs being boxwood strung and united by serpentine stretchers to centre boss. Diameter 26.5 ins.

Sold for £75

A Victorian oak bookcase, the top half with a foliate carved cornice flanked by a lions mask and above a pair of glazed doors, the base fitted with two drawers above a pair of panelled cupboard doors with lion mask centres, all flanked by canted angles with lion and scroll pilasters and moulding below. Width 49 ins (see illustration)

Sold for £420

An Edwardian mahogany display case, with breakfront and crossbanded frieze above a glazed door with wooden astragals with applied bellflower opening to a shelved interior and with panels beneath with satinwood centre, with moulding below and raised on cabriole legs. Width 47 ins.

Sold for £100

A Victorian mahogany dining table, the rectangular top with moulded edge and rounded corners supported by a recessed frieze and raised on four turned tapered legs terminating in brass capped ceramic castors. Length 60 ins, width 42 ins.

Sold for £150

A Victorian mahogany Scotch chest of drawers, with moulded cornice above a frieze drawer with five further graduated drawers beneath with wooden knob handles and well figured drawer fronts, flanked by column corners, with shaped apron beneath and raised on turned bulbous feet. Width 53 ins.

Sold for £240

A George III mahogany dining table, twin drop flap, with moulded edge and rounded corners, supported by six turned tapered legs terminating in brass capped castors. Width 45 ins, length 67 ins.

Sold for £140

A William IV rosewood breakfast table, circular, with well figured top with crossbanded edge and recessed frieze, with snap action to faceted column with triform base raised on bun feet with castors. Diameter 50.5 ins.

Estimated: £500 - £800

An early 19th century oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, by Jos. Slack, Hipstones, having a swans neck pediment above the square glazed door enclosing the 12.5 inch square painted dial with Arabic numerals and two-train movement, with date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial flanked by fluted columns and in turn above a shaped trunk door crossbanded also flanked by fluted columns and with conforming base. Height 82 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £400

A George III knife box and combined plate stand, similar to one drawn by Gillows on 25 July 1794, and impressed "J.W. Hetherington, Lancaster" twice. A similar piece is a Leighton Hall today. Sheraton explained in his dictionary published in dated 1803 that such pieces were made to stand by a table a supper with a circular end and three partitions crosswise to hold knives. The circular end was designed for plates. See Susan E. Stewart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 volume 2 page 248. Height 27 ins, length 23 ins, width 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £750

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany wardrobe, with moulded and blind Greek key cornice above a crossbanded frieze in turn above a central full length panelled door inlaid with a basket of flowers and bellflower opening to a series of drawers, trays and shelves, flanked on either side by a full length door with bevelled oval mirror glass. Width 80 ins.

Sold for £70

An oak monks bench, early 20th century, the rectangular top with carved edge hinging to lion mounts with lift up seat and carved front and sides. Width 42.5 ins.

Sold for £380

A late Victorian walnut marble topped washstand, with marble splash back fitted with a frieze drawer and raised on turned legs united by a raised shelf, with towel rail to left hand side.

Sold for £120

A William IV mahogany Pembroke worktable, each drop flap with rounded corners and fitted to the frieze with two drawers with wooden knob handles and raised on a faceted column with quatreform base, bun feet and recessed castors. Width 18 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £520

A blue Edwards & Roberts Empire style mahogany armchair, with bowed top rail with applied metal mounts in the classical style, the upholstered back and seat in a floral and scroll patterned silk, with downswept arms with stylised dolphin terminals, with bowed front rail and raised on sabre front legs and bearing Edwards & Roberts plaque to the rear stretcher.

Sold for £500

A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, by T.C Clarke of Ulverstone, having a moulded cornice with crossbanded frieze above a glazed door enclosing the 13 inch square painted dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary date and seconds dials and shell painted spandrels with thirty hour movement by T.C. Clarke, Ulverstone, flanked by turned columns and with arched crossbanded trunk door beneath flanked by flat pilasters and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height 79 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A 19th century rosewood wine table, or candle stand, the circular top raised on a turned column with three downswept legs terminating in pad feet.

Sold for £80

A George III oak tripod occasional table, the circular top with snap action with turned column beneath with three downswept legs terminating in pad feet.

Sold for £155

A walnut veneered dwarf tallboy, circa 1930, the rectangular top being crossbanded and with moulded edge above a slide and three graduated drawers with brass drop handles with pierced backplates and lock escutcheons, the base with single drawer and with shaped apron beneath raised on cabriole legs. Width 25 ins.

Sold for £240

A Victorian brass topped low table, with dished centre to foliate embossed and rope twist border, supported by a folding, turned, painted frame. Diameter 30.5 ins.

Sold for £38

A late Victorian/Edwardian mahogany desk, stamped "Smart & Brown, Nottingham", the rectangular top with moulded edge above three frieze drawers with kneehole beneath the centre drawer, with three further graduated drawers to each side, flanked by fluted pilasters and with moulding below and raised on castors. Width 54 ins.

Sold for £330

A Victorian brass club fender, with pink upholstered seat to either end supported on rails of square section and with moulded base. Internal measurement 53.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £600

An Edwardian rosewood octagonal centre table, stamped "Goodall, Manchester", raised on four legs of square section united by a raised galleried shelf, with brass castors to feet. Width 36 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

An oak roll top desk, with S shaped tambour front to fitted interior and raised on a pedestal to either side with four drawers and panelled all round. Width 54 ins.

Sold for £180

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany dressing chest, the oval bevelled mirror above a shelf and short drawers with brass drop handles above the bow front fitted with two short and one long drawer and raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in brass castors. Width 48 ins.

Sold for £80

A Victorian mahogany turnover top tea table, the rectangular top with crossbanded edge with rounded corners and recessed frieze with edge moulding, with turned finials to each corner and raised on a turned and carved centre column with four downswept legs with scroll feet and castors. Width 34 ins.

Sold for £250

An Edwards & Roberts Empire style settee, with bowed top rail with applied metal mounts in the classical style, the upholstered back and seat in blue floral and scroll patterned silk, with downswept arms with stylised dolphin terminals, with bowed front rail and raised on sabre front legs (see illustration).

Sold for £750

A George III mahogany tripod occasional table, with centre turned column and three downswept legs terminating in pad feet.

Sold for £110

A George III mahogany hanging corner cupboard, with moulded cornice above a crossbanded frieze, with panelled door beneath enclosing a series of green painted shaped shelves, flanked by canted angles and with further moulding below. Width 34.5 ins.

Sold for £150

A late Victorian carved walnut occasional table, the rectangular top being scroll and foliate carved and with moulded carved edge above a frieze drawer, with X shaped side supports with mask centres united by fluted and carved stretchers and raised on paw feet. Width 27.5 ins.

Sold for £80

An early 19th century mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top cross banded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with wooden knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on short turned feet. Width 43 ins.

Sold for £200

A George III oak drop leaf dining table, each flap with rounded corners and with shaped recessed frieze and raised on turned tapered legs terminating in pad feet. Width 39 ins, length extended 60 ins.

Sold for £320

A 17th century style oak refectory table, circa 1920, the three plank top supported by a fan carved recessed frieze and four turned legs united by low stretchers. Length 90 ins, width 30.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A late 19th century oak Arts & Crafts sideboard, having a stylised tulip and scroll carved pediment above shelf and bevelled mirror flanked by turned columns, the base fitted with two drawers above three panelled cupboard doors with further stylised carving, with moulding below and raised on short square feet. Width 72 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £280

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany nest of three tables, each with boxwood ebony strung and crossbanded moulded edge and raised on ring turned supports with sledge feet. Width 20.5 ins.

Sold for £320

An Edwardian folding cake stand, of propeller form, with five circular supports.

Sold for £85

A Victorian ormolu mounted walnut credenza, the well figured top crossbanded in amboyna wood and with ebonised edge above a central door with Sevres porcelain panel in ormolu frame, flanked by fluted ebonised and gilt pilasters with Corinthian capitals and with bowed glazed door to either side enclosing velvet lined shelves, raised on short bun feet. Width 60 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1700

An oak torchere, circa 1930, the circular top with moulded edge supported by a twist column with three downswept legs. Height 39 ins.

Sold for £30

A George III oak dresser with Delft rack, the moulded cornice above three open shelves with green painted boarded panelled back, the base having an applied moulded edge above three frieze drawers, with pair of panelled cupboard doors flanking three centre dummy drawers each with wooden knob handles and bone escutcheons, with shaped apron beneath and raised on bracket feet. Width 67 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £2000 - £3000

A George III oak farmhouse dining table, single drop flap with double gate leg, raised on tapered legs of square section united by stretchers. Length 66 ins, width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £520

A 19th century mahogany sideboard, in the George III style, with serpentine front, with rosewood crossbanded and boxwood strung edge above a central frieze drawer with shaped apron beneath, flanked to right and left by a cupboard door being boxwood and ebony strung and with brass drop handle with pierced backplate and raised on angled legs of tapering section terminating in spade feet. Width 61 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

A Victorian mahogany occasional table, the well figured rectangular top with rounded corners supported by a faceted column and raised on three downswept legs terminating in ball feet. Width 19 ins, depth 18 ins.

Sold for £250

A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, by Josiah Blackhurst Weaverham, with swans neck pediment above a crossbanded frieze with centre shell medallion and glazed door beneath enclosing the 14 inch square painted dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with two-train striking movement by Blackhurst Weaverham flanked by fluted columns, with crossbanded frieze beneath, shaped trunk door and cluster column corners, raised on a conforming base with bracket feet. Height 88 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £280

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany nest of three tables, each with boxwood ebony strung and satinwood banded moulded serpentine edge and supported by legs of splayed tapering square section. Width 21 ins.

Estimated: £180 - £220

A mahogany Sutherland table, Edwardian, each flap with moulded edge and canted corners supported by turned legs with centre stretcher. Width 24 ins.

Estimated: £150 - £200

A Victorian walnut pier cabinet, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a boxwood strung frieze with glazed panelled door beneath enclosing adjustable shelves and flanked by flat pilasters with ormolu mounts and with plinth base below raised on short turned feet. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £340

A 17th century walnut gate legged table, of good colour, oval in plan and fitted with a frieze drawer and raised on turned tapered legs united by stretchers with short turned feet beneath. Width 30 ins, length 37 ins, height 28.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A William IV Anglo-Indian padouk wood teapoy, of sarcophagus form with lobed lid hinging to interior with three compartments, two lidded, raised on an inverted tapering square stem with foliate carved and lobed column, with quatreform base raised on scroll feet. Width 18 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

An Edwardian satinwood circular occasional table, being boxwood and ebony strung and with moulded edge and recessed frieze supported by four turned tapered fluted legs. Diameter 24 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £260

A Regency mahogany secretaire bookcase, in two sections, the top half with a moulded cornice above a crossbanded frieze with pair of glazed doors beneath with brass edging strip and arched applied astragals enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with moulded edge above one long secretaire drawer modelled as two and opening to a well figured interior with leather writing surface and satinwood drawer and cupboard fronts inlaid with ebony and with ebonised knob handles in turn above a pair of panelled cupboard doors with brass edging strip opening to two short and two long graduated drawers with brass drop handles, the whole raised on lobed feet. Width 49 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1800

A mahogany torchere, the octagonal top supported by a Victorian bedpost and raised on three downswept legs. Width 17 ins.

Sold for £35

A mahogany longcase clock, circa 1930, with arched three quarter length door enclosing the silvered brass dial inscribed "Bravington's Limited, Kings Cross and Ludgate HIll, London", with three-train movement with repeat mechanism striking on eight gongs, the door with large oval lenticle with moulding below, with conforming base raised on short feet. Height 76 ins.

Sold for £280

A Victorian walnut serpentine fronted chiffonier, with marble top above three arched mirrored panelled doors and with serpentine plinth base. Width 53 ins.

Sold for £80

A 19th century sandstone garden decoration, in the form of an Adam style lidded urn with stylised leaves and raised on a socle base with rectangular plinth beneath. Height 32 ins, width 18.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A Victorian octagonal walnut worktable, with well figured top with moulded edge supported by a recessed frieze and opening to a fitted interior, with faceted column beneath and raised on three carved scroll legs. Width 17 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A Victorian walnut chaise longue, with bellflower carved scrolling moulded showframe, with deep buttoned back and stuff over seat upholstered in a foliate patterned material, with serpentine front rail and raised on carved cabriole legs (see illustration).

Estimated: £800 - £1200

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany Sutherland table, satinwood banded, boxwood and ebony strung and with moulded edge to each semicircular flap, raised on splayed legs united by a low shelf.

Sold for £95

A 19th century sandstone figure group, with pineapple finial to column above three carved and draped children. Height 46 ins, width 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £460

A 19th century Scottish mahogany longcase clock, by M. & D. Ferens, with eight-day striking movement. Height 83 ins.

Estimated: £600 - £800

A large late Victorian carved oak sideboard, in two sections, the top half with an egg and dart moulded breakfront cornice, with faun supports, well carved panels to back depicting Knox and Queen Mary and Mary Queen of Scott's abdication, flanked on either side by standing cherub carved panels with further carved panels beneath, the base with moulded edge above a pair of recessed cupboard doors flanked by drawer and cupboards and raised on a plinth base. Width 72 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1800

A 19th century mahogany dressing table, bearing plaque "Robson & Sons Limited, Newcastle on Tyne", in the style of Gillows, with three quarter gallery and with concave frieze drawer with kneehole recess beneath flanked on either side by two short drawers each with brass knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front and raised on turned an reeded legs terminating in brass castors. Width 51 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £1200 - £1800

An Edwardian mahogany bijouterie table, the rectangular top glazed and with blind fretwork surround hinging to a plush lined interior and raised on four tapered legs of square section with blind fretwork carving united by a raised centre shelf and terminating in spade feet. Width 27 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £210

A late Victorian carved oak side table, with fold over flap above a frieze drawer with brass drop handles and raised on four foliate and scroll carved legs terminating in pad feet. Width 22.5 ins.

Sold for £30

A George III painted iron garden bench, of simple form with scroll supports and slatted seats, raised on cabriole front legs. Width 51 ins.

Sold for £1100

A set of two carver arm and ten single late Victorian oak dining chairs, each chair with carved mask top rail set between scroll stiles, with leather upholstered back panel with further carving beneath, with stuff over seats raised on turned front legs (see illustration).

Sold for £1800

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with applied moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading to each drawer front and with brass lock escutcheons, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 42.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £700

A Georgian oak longcase clock, later carved, with swans neck pediment above the glazed door enclosing the circular brass dial and two-train striking movement by Savage Clifton flanked by turned columns, the trunk door carved with thistles and scrolls and with conforming base. Height 90 ins.

Sold for £240

A late Victorian mahogany music cabinet, with mirrored back to the rectangular top, with moulded edge above a frieze drawer and glazed door beneath enclosing plush lined shelves, with moulding below and raised on cabriole legs united by a low serpentine shelf.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A pair of cast iron garden urns. Height 24 ins.

Sold for £480

A Regency sandstone garden bench seat, with bolster ends, with inverted breakfront, carved. Width 24 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £460

An 18th century sandstone fire surround.

Sold for £360

A George III mahogany lowboy, last quarter 18th century, the rectangular top with moulded edge above three frieze drawers with brass drop handles, with shaped apron beneath and raised on moulded legs of chamfered square section. Width 29.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £880