fine art sale

A Victorian coromandelwood casket, brass bound, with applied brass cartouche inscribed "Terris Peregrinus et Hospes". Width 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £60

A 19th century mahogany veneered Chippendale style fretwork wall mirror, with fretwork head and foot and gilt slip. Width 17 ins, height 27.5 ins.

Sold for £90

An Edwardian mahogany dressing table mirror, of rectangular form with angled uprights and raised on downswept sledge feet.

Sold for £22

A gilt framed mirror, 19th century, rectangular, with rose and floral moulded corners. 35 ins x 56 ins.

Sold for £120

A late Victorian/Edwardian pier glass, of shaped rectangular outline with applied swags and moulded frame, with bevelled mirror glass. Width 16.5 ins.

Sold for £20

A gilt framed mirror, with applied scrolling and floral mouldings to the upper portion, with shelf below and with arched mirror glass beneath flanked by further mouldings. Width 19 ins, height 50 ins.

Sold for £35

A gilt framed mirror, three bevelled glass panels in giltwood frame. width 51 ins, height 19 ins.

Sold for £60

A mahogany dressing table mirror, the rectangular mirror with moulded edge set between angled supports and fitted with three drawers to the base.

Sold for £20

A Regency convex mirror, with ebonised slip and gilt border with applied circular balls. Diameter 25 ins.

Sold for £50

A walnut dressing table mirror, circa 1930, of triple form, with turned supports and short downswept legs.

Sold for £90

A George III mahogany boot and whip stand, of good colour, with centre brass carrying handle, turned end supports and low stretcher between the scroll feet. Width 37 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

A pair of Regency/William IV mahogany simulated rosewood stools, upholstered in pale blue material and raised on scroll supports with turned stretchers. One width 16 ins, the other 15 ins.

Sold for £165

A set of four Victorian mahogany spear back dining chairs, of typical form with drop in seats, bowed front rails and raised on turned front legs.

Sold for £340

A set of four Victorian mahogany balloon back dining chairs, of typical form with drop in seats, moulded front rails and raised on turned front legs.

Sold for £90

A set of eight William IV mahogany dining chairs, comprising two arm and six single chairs, each armchair with a bowed scroll carved top rail, downswept scroll arms with turned supports, with drop in seats, moulded front rails and raised on turned tapered reeded front legs (see illustration).

Sold for £1220

A large Victorian mahogany stool, with rectangular tapestry top, with serpentine moulded exposed show frame and cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet. Width 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A set of four 19th century rush seated kitchen dining chairs, with turned top rails, comb shaped backs and raised on turned legs.

Sold for £100

A set of four early 19th century country oak Chippendale style dining chairs, each with a yoke shaped top rail, splat and solid seat, raised on moulded legs of square section.

Sold for £200

An oak settle, circa 1910, with gadrooned top rail, moulded arms with turned supports, with hinged seat and raised on turned legs.

Sold for £260

A wing easy chair, upholstered in corded material with fringed borders, raised on foliate carved front cabriole legs.

Sold for £75

A set of six Victorian mahogany balloon backed dining chairs, of typical form with drop in seats, moulded front rails and turned front legs.

Sold for £370

An Edwardian mahogany Chippendale style armchair.

Sold for £10

A set of ten boardroom chairs, attributed to Heals, circa 1960, with green leather upholstery and teak frames.

Sold for £280

A Victorian office armchair, with horseshoe shaped back, turned spindle and shaped seat raised on turned legs.

Sold for £110

A George III oak side chair, with scroll and plume carved top rail, carved back support and stiles with solid seat raised on turned legs and stretchers.

Sold for £30

A 19th century Windsor armchair, yew wood, with bowed back, shaped seat and crinoline stretcher (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A 19th century Windsor armchair, ash and elm, with shaped seat, turned legs and stretchers (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A George III mahogany Hepplewhite style occasional chair.

Sold for £30

A set of six Chippendale style mahogany dining chairs, comprising two arm and four single chairs each with yoke shaped top rail, pierced splat back, drop in seat and raised on legs of square moulded section.

Sold for £380

A Victorian double ended settee, with bleached walnut exposed scrolling showframe, with deep buttoned back, roll arms and seat upholstered in a floral patterned silk type material and raised on foliate carved cabriole legs terminating in castors. Width 54 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £440

An Edwardian double chair back kidney shaped settee, upholstered in basket of flowers and swag patterned silk type material in light green and with exposed boxwood and ebony strung showframe, with serpentine front and raised on legs of square section terminating in brass capped brass castors (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A late Victorian mahogany framed armchair, with carved moulded exposed show frame, back and seat upholstered with a velvet type material and raised on front cabriole legs.

Sold for £80

A late Victorian mahogany framed armchair, with carved moulded exposed show frame, back and seat upholstered with a velvet type material and raised on front cabriole legs.

Sold for £80

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany corner chair, in the Arts & Craft style, with upholstered seat and raised on turned legs.

Sold for £130

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany chair, of horseshoe shape, with upholstered seat and raised on legs of tapered square section.

Sold for £280

A Queen Anne style mahogany stool, of rectangular form, upholstered in blue and gold material, with moulded showframe and raised on cabriole legs with shell carved knees terminating in scroll feet. Width 24 ins, depth 15 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A set of five Victorian walnut balloon backed dining chairs, with moulded rails, foliate carved back supports and solid seats upholstered in beige moquette material with serpentine front rails and raised on front cabriole legs.

Sold for £50

A Victorian carved oak corner armchair, with drop in seat and front cabriole leg.

Sold for £70

A set of six Queen Anne style mahogany dining chairs, two carver arm and four singles, each with pierced splat backs, drop in seats, moulded front rails and raised on front cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.

Sold for £280

A 19th century mahogany framed wing easy chair, upholstered in a foliate and figural patterned material, with scroll arms and raised on legs of square chamfered section united by a centre stretcher.

Sold for £30

A 19th century wing easy chair, upholstered in a floral and figural patterned material, raised on tapered front legs of square section.

Sold for £230

A pair of Edwardian inlaid mahogany armchairs, each with exposed moulded show frame being boxwood strung and with deep buttoned backs and stuff over seats, raised on tapered front legs of square section outlined in boxwood stringing and terminating in brass capped castors (see illustration).

Sold for £320

A continental walnut footstool, of shaped outline, with moulded frame and raised on short turned fluted legs. Width 26 ins.

Sold for £80

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany armchair, with exposed showframe being satinwood banded, boxwood and ebony strung and later upholstered in a William Morris style fabric, raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in spade feet with castors.

Sold for £160

A pair of Victorian stools, with circular woolwork tapestry tops and with waisted pleated velvet upholstery beneath and raised on three short turned feet.

Sold for £105

A pair of continental walnut occasional chairs, with balloon shaped backs and deep buttoned stuff over upholstered seats in a pale ivory and blue patterned material, with serpentine front rail and raised on cabriole legs.

Sold for £20

A pair of Edwardian inlaid occasional chairs, with upholstered seats, possibly satinwood, and with ebonised inlay.

Sold for £20

A set of four George III mahogany Hepplewhite style dining chairs, shield back with pierced splats and with drop in seats upholstered in horsehair and raised on tapered legs of square section united by stretchers.

Sold for £100

A Victorian country kitchen rocking chair, fruitwood, raised on turned legs with rockers beneath.

Sold for £65

A 19th century Glastonbury style chair, with parquetry back, moulded arms and solid seat.

Sold for £50

A set of four Victorian mahogany balloon back dining chairs, of typical form with foliate and scroll carved back supports, drop in seats upholstered in horsehair and raised on turned tapered front legs.

Sold for £100

A pair of Victorian rosewood upholstered chairs, inlaid with ivory on wood and decorated with penwork, signed "Maple & Co.".

Sold for £180

A set of six Queen Anne style mahogany dining chairs, four plus two, each with a yoke shaped top rail, splat back and drop in seat and moulded front rail raised on cabriole legs.

Sold for £100

A set of four Italian walnut veneered dining chairs, in the Regency style, with a deep bowed top rail, shaped stiles and stuff over seats upholstered in a floral patterned material and raised on sabre front legs.

Sold for £100

A pair of late Victorian open armchairs, with pierced and scroll carved exposed carved frames and pink velvet upholstery.

Sold for £120

A George III mahogany occasional chair, with pierced splat back, woolwork tapestry seat with Prince of Wales feathers and raised on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.

Sold for £80

A set of four Regency mahogany dining chairs, each with a bowed incised top rail, set on shapes stiles wit bellflower ornament carving, with simple back rail, with drop in seats upholstered in Regency striped material and raised on sabre front legs (see illustration)

Sold for £120

A George III walnut tallboy, in two sections, the top half with a moulded cornice above a crossbanded frieze and with two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles with shaped backplates and lock escutcheons, flanked by fluted quarter column corners, the base fitted with three further graduated drawers, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 43 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

A George III mahogany sideboard with brass gallery, with adjustable scrolling candle sconces to the stage back with centre foliate carved tablet and fitted to the front with a series of drawers, the two large drawers fitted for bottles and decanters, and raised on six tapered legs of square section, each drawer front and leg being boxwood strung. Width 59.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £2000

An Edwardian mahogany corner display cabinet, having an arched foliate carved pediment above a small glazed cupboard door flanked on either side by mirrors and with open shelf beneath, the base fitted with a glazed door flanked by panels and with further shelf below and raised on stile feet. Width 29 ins.

Sold for £160

A George III oak longcase clock by W. Muncaster Whitehaven, with ball and steeple finial between the swans neck pediment, with punched brass terminals in turn above the arched painted dial with moon phase, Roman numerals and subsidiary Arabic numerals with date hand, width 12.5 ins and with thirty-hour movement, flanked by fluted columns with 3/4 length arched trunk door flanked by fluted columns and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height including finial 87 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1180

A Victorian mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with applied moulded edge above one deep drawer, with geometric panels above, three long graduated drawers with wooden knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, raised on bracket feet. Width 46.5 ins.

Sold for £140

A Victorian stained pine standing corner cupboard, in two sections, the top half with a moulded cornice above a pair of arched panelled doors enclosing green painted shelves and flanked by canted angles, the base with pair of panelled cupboard doors, the whole raised on short turned feet. Width 44 ins.

Sold for £140

A set of tennis net supports, by B. Hurst Halifax.

Sold for £80

A Victorian mahogany settee, with exposed moulded showframe, carved and incised, the back and seat upholstered in pink and beige patterned material, the back being deep buttoned, the whole raised on short turned front legs terminating in castors. Width 67 ins.

Sold for £160

A Regency mahogany secretaire linen press, attributed to Gillows, in two sections, the top half with a moulded arched pediment above a crossbanded frieze in turn above a pair of well figured doors enclosing pullout trays, the base fitted with one long secretaire drawer with oval centre medallion, brass knob handles and interior fitted to a Gillows design above three further drawers with brass knob handles and raised on bracket feet. Width 49.5 ins (see illustration). NOTE - this piece of furniture bears all the attributes of Gillows of Lancaster. Interestingly, it has a pencil signature underneath the bottom drawer dated 1st May 1811"T. Atkinson". T Atkinson was a cabinetmaker known to have worked in Lancaster in the Regency period.

Sold for £3000

A Victorian walnut veneered cylindrical pot cupboard, with grey and white veined marble top, panelled door with wooden handle enclosing a shelf and with circular base (see illustration).

Sold for £260

A Victorian mahogany oval Loo table, with moulded edge and recessed frieze supported by four turned and one centre lobed column with four downswept scroll legs terminating in castors.

Sold for £120

A fine George III ladies dressing/writing table, circa 1800, in the Sheraton style, being bow fronted, crossbanded, boxwood and ebony strung and fitted to the frieze with a series of four drawers with brass drop handles with embossed oval backplates and bone lock escutcheons, raised on angled legs of tapering section terminating in spade feet. Width 42 ins (see illustration). NOTE - this item is sold with a receipt dated September 1998 for £2500.

Sold for £1250

A Victorian oak pedestal sideboard, the back with centre arch and applied shield flanked by turned pillars and fitted with three frieze drawers and with a panelled cupboard door to each pedestal flanked by corbals, raised on a plinth base. Width 66.5 ins.

Sold for £110

A George III oak dresser base, later carved, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a carved frieze fitted with three drawers with wooden knob handles, with carved apron beneath, raised on turned legs and knulled low stretchers. Width 72 ins.

Sold for £300

A Victorian mahogany worktable, with inverted bow front and canted angles, with rosewood fitted interior and raised on a foliate and scroll carved centre column with three downswept legs terminating in scroll feet.

Sold for £180

A 19th century Scottish mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with crossbanded edge above a series of short drawers and three long graduated drawers with brass drop handles and embossed oval backplates and with cockbeading and boxwood stringing to the drawer fronts, flanked by quarter turned columns and raised on bracket feet. Width 47 ins.

Sold for £140

A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded mule chest, North Country, the rectangular top with moulded edge crossbanded in mahogany and in turn above two dummy frieze drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and with five further drawers beneath flanked by fluted quarter column corners with moulding below and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 58 ins.

Sold for £340

An 18th century oak coffer, with three panels to the top, with foliate carved frieze beneath and three further panels below with carved fronts in the form of flower heads and raised on stile feet. Width 49 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £400

A George III mahogany tripod table, with circular dished top, with centre turned column and three downswept legs terminating in pad feet. Diameter 20 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £450

A set of eight Hepplewhite style mahogany dining chairs, from the same property as lot 820, circa 1900 and comprising two arm and six single chairs, each armchair with a bowed moulded top rail with canted angles supported by three vertical splats with wheat carving and pierced, with downswept shaped moulded arms, with drop in seats upholstered in green velvet type material, with straight front rail flanked by carved tablets and raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in spade feet (see illustration).

Sold for £750

A large pair of Blackamoor figures, each female in standing posing holding aloft a torch and wearing a three quarter length dress and boots, raised on a hexagonal plinth, decorated in a variety of colours and heightened with gilding. Height 95 ins.

Sold for £650

A Victorian mahogany ladies writing desk, of Pembroke form with bow fronted rear stationery cabinet, green tooled leather writing surface and single frieze drawer with egg and dart moulding and turned knob handles flanked by foliate carving and with drop leaf to either side with rounded corners and raised on four tapered legs, the front two fluted, and terminating in spade feet. Width 24.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

A Regency mahogany Pembroke table, the rectangular top with moulded edge and rounded corners supported by a recessed frieze and fitted with a single end drawer with opposing dummy drawer and cockbeading to the drawer front, raised on a square tapering column and four downswept moulded legs terminating in brass capped brass castors. Width 30 ins.

Sold for £170

An early 19th century mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with applied moulded 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 46 ins.

Sold for £190

A marble topped console table, of serpentine outline with shell and scroll carved gilt painted wooden base beneath. Width 51 ins.

Sold for £150

A George III mahogany Pembroke table, each flap with rounded corners and with a frieze drawer with brass drop handle, raised on four tapered moulded legs of square section. Width 36 ins.

Sold for £80

A Regency/William IV mahogany Pembroke table, each flap with moulded edge and rounded corners supported by a recessed frieze and fitted with one end drawer, with faceted centre support, quatreform base and lions paw feet with castors beneath. Width 41 ins.

Sold for £70

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany desk, the rectangular top with tooled leather writing surface and boxwood strung surround above a central frieze drawer with kneehole beneath and flanked by four further graduated drawers each with brass knob handle and boxwood drawer fronts, all raised on eight tapered legs of square section terminating in castors. Width 45 ins.

Sold for £280

A George III mahogany dining table, twin drop flap, raised on circular section terminating in claw and ball feet. Width 42 ins, length 51 ins.

Sold for £130

A Regency rosewood turnover top card table, with rounded corners, being boxwood strung and with recessed frieze flanked by canted angles and raised on turned tapered lobed legs terminating in short lobed feet. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £130

A Loius Seize style marquetry bureau, second half 20th century, with pierced metal gallery and marble top above a cylinder bureau with floral marquetry opening to a sliding green tooled leather writing surface and series of drawers and fitted to the frieze with a series of marquetry drawers with metal mounts and raised on cabriole legs terminating in sabot feet. Width 35 ins.

Sold for £240

A Lamb of Manchester dressing table, Hungarian ash, with rear upstand to well figured top with moulded edge above a central drawer, stamped "Lamb Manchester 6774" and fitted with four graduated drawers to each pedestal, with wooden knob handles and applied geometric mouldings to the drawer fronts, raised on a plinth base. Width 51 ins.

Sold for £190

A George III longcase clock by D. Simpson Carlisle, mahogany and oak, with swans neck pediment above the arched glazed door enclosing the 13.5 inch brass dial with moon phase to the arch and with eight day striking movement, with centre date and inscribed to the dial "D. Simpson Carlisle" and "Tempus Fugit", with plaque to the arch "Matthew and Barbara Cape", with Roman numerals, subsidiary Arabic numerals, with long crossbanded trunk door flanked by quarter column corners and with conforming base. Height 86.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £600

A Regency mahogany tripod table, the circular top with moulded edge supported by a turned column and with three downswept legs. Diameter 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A Victorian mahogany extending dining table, with two leaves, circular when closed, the top with moulded edge and recessed frieze raised on four turned tapered legs terminating in castors. Width 44 ins, length extended 84 ins.

Sold for £270

A George III oak wardrobe, with moulded cornice above a pair of arched panelled doors 3/4 length, with rectangular panel beneath and raised on bracket feet. Width 53 ins.

Sold for £210

A George III mahogany corner cupboard, with swans neck pediment above a boxwood strung frieze and panelled cupboard door enclosing green painted shelves and flanked by canted angles with boxwood stringing, with moulding beneath. Width 33 ins.

Sold for £100

A sandstone birdbath, with circular top, cylindrical column and circular base.

Sold for £140

An 18th century oak coffer, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a single rectangular front panel. Width 48 ins.

Sold for £30

A Georgian oak lowboy, the rectangular top with moulded edge above three frieze drawers with brass drop handles and with shaped apron beneath with cockbeading, raised on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. Width 32.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £580

A mahogany dining table, circa 1900, from the same property as the previous lot, and comprising a pair of D ends and with single leaf, having a recessed crossbanded frieze with applied moulded edge and supported on four slightly angled fluted tapered legs of square section being applied with wheat and bellflower ornament and raised on spade feet. Width 48 in, length including leaf 92 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A George III oak four panelled settle, with downswept silhouette arms with turned supports, with solid seat with later squab cushion, with front moulding and raised on three turned tapered front legs terminating in pad feet. Width 72 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

A George III mahogany Pembroke table, each flap with rounded corners supported a recessed frieze and fitted with an end drawer with brass knob handle and raised on tapered legs of square section. Length 36 ins.

Sold for £20