fine art sale

2nd December 2010

Lot 1100

A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded lowboy, the rectangular top with mahogany banded edge above three frieze drawers with brass drop handles with shaped backplates, with cockbeading to each drawer front also crossbanding and raised on legs of square chamfered section. Width 32 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1101

A Regency mahogany turnover top tea table, with moulded edge and rounded corners above three frieze drawers, with cockbeading to each drawer front and raised on turned and reeded front legs terminating in brass capped ceramic castors. Width 40 ins.

Sold for £620

Lot 1102

A near pair of early 19th century yew wood occasional tables, each with well figured top to turned column with three downswept legs. Diameter 14 ins, height 29 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1103

A George III mahogany tripod occasional table, with shaped top with moulded edge supported by a turned column being foliate carved and with three downswept legs terminating in claw and ball feet. Diameter 14 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1104

A late 19th century rosewood floral marquetry ladies bureau, with pierced brass gallery and sloped front hinging to a well and drawers, with shaped frieze and raised on cabriole legs with metal mounts. Width 27 ins.

Sold for £260

Lot 1105

A mahogany and brass lamp table, with centre adjustable column to brass mahogany table top, raised on four bellflower moulded brass legs terminating in pad feet.

Not Sold

Lot 1106

A Victorian walnut worktable, the top of serpentine outline hinging to a green tooled leather writing surface with adjustable support and apertures for pens and inkwells, with frieze drawer beneath, with sliding bag below, with spiral twist turned supports with centre stretcher and raised on downswept foliate carved legs terminating in castors. Width 23 ins.

Sold for £560

Lot 1107

A Regency mahogany worktable, of Pembroke form, each flap with rounded corners, the recessed frieze fitted with a single drawer with brass knob handles, with sliding cloth bag beneath, with lyre shaped supports, with stretcher below, with downswept moulded legs terminating in cast brass castors. Width 20 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1108

A George III mahogany Pembroke table, being crossbanded and boxwood strung and fitted with a frieze drawer with brass knob handles and opposing dummy drawer and raised on tapered legs of square section with fan medallion to each knee and with brass roller castors. Width 21 ins, length 30 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1109

A Victorian mahogany occasional table, rectangular, with rounded corners and fitted with a frieze drawer with mother of pearl lock escutcheon and with barley sugar twist column beneath raised on three downswept legs terminating in pad feet. Width 20 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1110

An early 20th century Moorish games table, rectangular, hinging to a green baize lined reversible playing surface with chequerboard and backgammon playing surfaces beneath, with swivel top, shaped frieze and raised on cabriole legs with low shelf inlaid in mother of pearl, bone and a variety of woods. Width 24 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 1111

A Victorian oval marquetry topped centre table, the oval top with floral and scroll marquetry supported by a recessed frieze with boxwood stringing and raised on tapered legs of square section with bellflower ornament and united by a raised oval centre shelf. Width 27 ins.

Sold for £110

Lot 1112

A George III mahogany dining table, drop leaf, each leaf with moulded edge and rounded corners and supported by six tapered legs of square section terminating in brass capped castors. Length 66 ins, width 48 ins.

Sold for £160

Lot 1113

An Edwardian mahogany four tier cake stand, with turned finial to scroll supports, with three reeded side supports and four circular shelves. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £120

Lot 1114

A George III mahogany dining table, with leaf and associated centre pedestal section, comprising a pair of D ends each with rounded corners with moulded edge and recessed boxwood strung and crossbanded frieze, with turned centre column and four downswept moulded legs terminating in brass lions paw castors, the leaf similar, the centre section conforming. Width 48 ins, length with original leaf 71 ins and including associated centre section 104 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1115

A William IV rosewood Canterbury, four fretwork divisions with turnings between, fitted with a drawer to the frieze with wooden knob handle and raised on turned legs with castors beneath. Width 20.5 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1116

A Sheraton Revival worktable, the rectangular top being boxwood and ebony strung and satinwood crossbanded hinging to an interior fitted with a sliding tray and with urn, swag and scroll panel to front and sides and raised on splayed tapered legs. Width 22 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1117

A Regency mahogany dressing table, with three quarter gallery to the rectangular top, fitted with three frieze drawers with wooden knob handles and ebonised beading to each drawer front, raised on turned tapering legs. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £325

Lot 1118

A cast iron table base with specimen marble top, foliate design.

Sold for £150

Lot 1119

An Edwardian mahogany satinwood crossbanded and mahogany worktable, octagonal and inlaid, with pleated cloth sides and raised on a turned base with three downswept ebony strung legs. Width 19.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1120

An early Victorian mahogany Canterbury, three division with lyre shaped fretwork panels between, fitted with a single drawer with wooden knob handles and raised on turned legs with brass castors. Width 21.5 ins.

Sold for £370

Lot 1121

An oak square occasional table, together with a circular stool with carrying aperture.

Sold for £58

Lot 1122

A Sheraton Revival inlaid mahogany display case, of shaped outline with centre open aperture, with bevelled mirrored back above a short drawer and glazed cupboard door, flanked on either side by a bowed glazed and quarter panelled door inlaid with swags and baskets of flowers, the whole raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in spade feet. Width 55 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1123

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany demi lune cabinet, with fan decoration to the top, with crossbanded edge above a pair of doors hinging to left and right with amboyna wood oval centre panels and raised on three tapered legs of square section being boxwood strung and terminating in spade feet. Width 24.5 ins.

Sold for £360

Lot 1124

A Victorian walnut four tier graduated whatnot stand.

Sold for £45

Lot 1125

A late Victorian oak dwarf Sutherland table, well figured, with twist supports and sledge feet. Width 21.5 ins.

Sold for £190

Lot 1126

A Sheraton Revival rosewood standing corner cabinet, in two sections, with turned and lobed finial above a swans neck pediment and with urn, scroll and bellflower frieze above a pair of thirteen pane glazed doors with wooden astragals enclosing shelves and flanked by flat pilasters with bellflower ornament and reeded supports beneath, the base fitted with a pair of well figured doors inalid with musical emblems and classical motifs. Width 33 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1127

A marble topped console table, with grey and white variegated marble top supported by a recessed frieze, with fluted column to either end and with plinth base green and gilt painted. Width 50 ins.

Sold for £200

Lot 1128

A Regency mahogany turnover top tea table by Louis & Anthony Morgan, bearing label to the interior "Louis & Anthony Morgan, 21 Henry Street, AD 1776 by Spiegel Appointment Cabinetmakers to The King, etc.", the rectangular top with crossbanded edge and rounded corners supported by a recessed frieze with fluted centre column with four foliate carved downswept moulded legs terminating in brass capped brass castors. Width 36 in (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

Lot 1129

An Edwardian mahogany square revolving bookcase, with moulded edge above apertures for books and with table base raised on cabriole legs with low shelf. Width 18 ins.

Sold for £225

Lot 1130

A Regency mahogany snap top rectangular occasional table, with turned centre column and four downswept incised legs terminating in ball feet. Width 27 ins.

Sold for £180

Lot 1131

A George III oak livery cupboard, with detachable moulded cornice above a pair of portrait carved panelled doors, with turtle panels beneath with brass furniture opening to hanging space, the base fitted with three dummy and four further drawers foliate carved and with brass drop handles and oval backplates and raised on stile feet. Width 62.5 ins.

Sold for £1600

Lot 1132

A mid 17th century joined oak court cupboard, with moulded cornice above a scroll and foliate carved frieze with turned column supports, the centre arched panel flanked by a foliate carved panel door to either side, each door with inked label stating that the "Old Carved Oak Cabinet - Removed from Penley Hall, Flintshire 1796" and with pair of panelled cupboard doors to the base enclosing shelves, the whole raised on scratch moulded stile feet and with panelled sides. Width 61.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Lot 1133

A George III oak dresser base, fitted with three frieze drawers with brass drop handles with shaped backplates and similar lock escutcheons, with turned column supports to open pot board and raised on short stile feet. Width 66 ins.

Sold for £560

Lot 1134

A Regency mahogany hanging corner cupboard, bowfronted, with two shelves above the well figured panelled door. Width 23.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1135

A Victorian mahogany wine table, the circular top with three turned supports united by a triform base with three downswept legs with square turned feet. Diameter 19.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1136

A Victorian carved oak bookcase on cupboard, with foliate and scroll carved moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors flanked by figural pilasters, the base with moulded and carved edge above a single frieze drawer and pair of panelled cupboard doors with portrait masks and griffin and scroll carving further flanked by fruit and figural pilasters, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 46 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1137

A Victorian mahogany double chair back settee, upholstered in deep buttoned green velvet, with scroll carved moulded exposed showframe and serpentine front rail, raised on short cabriole legs. Width 77 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1138

A late Victorian/Edwardian mahogany bookcase, in the Chippendale style, with detachable moulded cornice and blind fretwork frieze above four glazed doors with wooden astragals enclosing adjustable shelves and raised on a plinth base. Width 103 ins.

Sold for £320

Lot 1139

A George III mahogany chest on chest, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and one long drawer, the base fitted with two long drawers each with brass drop handles with oval backplates, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 42 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1140

A Victorian mahogany specimen Wellington chest, the rectangular top with moulded edge above thirteen drawers with brass knob handles enclosing butterfly and moth specimens, with Wellington chest action and raised on a rectangular plinth base. Width 26 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1141

A Victorian mahogany pole screen, the adjustable screen with rectangular needlework panel of an equestrian scene, raised on a turned support with triform base and turned feet.

Sold for £55

Lot 1142

A 19th century wine table, with circular slightly dished top with moulded edge supported by a turned and carved column with three downswept legs terminating in pad feet. Diameter 19 ins.

Sold for £220

Lot 1143

An Arts & Crafts marquetry wardrobe, with detachable moulded cornice above a full length panelled and marquetry door with brass drop handle and stylised backplate, with similar planished hinges, flanked on either side by canted angles, with three marquetry panels to either side and raised on short feet. Width 54 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1144

An early 18th century walnut chest on stand, with quarter veneered crossbanded and herringbone strung rectangular top above a single ogee moulded frieze drawer, with two short and three long graduated drawers beneath with brass teardrop handles with pierced backplates and brass lock escutcheons, the base with moulded edge above three frieze drawers and raised on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. Width 38.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1350

Lot 1145

A Georgian mahogany side table, the rectangular top with moulded edge and one long frieze drawer with brass drop handles with oval backplates and raised on legs of square section, with hinged supports to drawer. Width 49.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1146

A George III mahogany breakfast table, the rectangular top with moulded edge with snap action supported by a reeded and turned column with four downswept ebony strung legs terminating in lions paw capped brass castors. Width 36 ins, length 48 ins.

Sold for £130

Lot 1147

A 19th century mahogany extending dining table, comprising two ends and three leaves, with extending action, rounded corners and raised on eight turned tapered legs terminating in brass castors. Length extended 105 ins, width 49.5 ins.

Sold for £380

Lot 1148

A continental walnut bench, 19th century, with dished top and moulded frieze raised on six scrolling moulded legs united by stretchers. Width 88 ins.

Sold for £420

Lot 1149

A George III elm hanging corner cupboard, with moulded cornice above a panelled door with brass furniture enclosing shelves, with canted angles and plinth base beneath. Width 31 ins.

Sold for £140

Lot 1150

An oak court cupboard, of large proportions, in the Elizabethan style, with moulded cornice above a scroll and medallion carved frieze with pair of foliate carved cupboard doors beneath flanked by canted angles and with lobed and turned heavy supports, the base fitted with a series of drawers and cupboard also foliate carved and raised on stile feet. Width 68 ins.

Sold for £500

Lot 1151

A Victorian walnut Canterbury, three divisions with turned spindles between, fitted with a frieze drawer with wooden knob handles and raised on turned legs terminating in brass capped castors. Width 22 ins.

Sold for £150

Lot 1152

A George III mahogany side table, of good colour, with rectangular top and fitted with a frieze drawer with brass drop handles with shaped backplates and cockbeading to each drawer front and raised on tapered legs of square moulded section with corner brackets. Width 27 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1153

A Regency mahogany combined work and writing table, of twin drop flap form with moulded edge and rounded corners, fitted to the frieze with two drawers, one fitted with a tooled leather writing surface, inkwells and pen slide, the other with a series of compartments, with sliding bag beneath with pleated cloth covering, raised on a half round cradle with turned and carved support beneath with quatreform base raised on foliate carved scrolling legs with castors. Width 21 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Lot 1154

A George III mahogany side table, the rectangular top with moulded edge above three frieze drawers with brass drop handles and shaped backplates, with shaped apron beneath and raised on legs of square chamfered section. Width 31 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1155

A George III mahogany bureau, with crossbanded slope front and well fitted interior above three short frieze drawers and three long graduated drawers with later wooden knob handles, flanked by fluted quarter column corners and raised on bracket feet. Width 41 ins.

Sold for £300

Lot 1156

A walnut veneered and crossbanded turnover top card table, the front of serpentine outline and fitted with a drawer, raised on shell carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. Width 32 ins.

Sold for £240

Lot 1157

A George III mahogany corner washstand, with apertures for bowls, middle shelf with drawer with brass knob handle and lower shelf and raised on splayed feet. Width 24 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1158

A Georgian oak hanging corner cupboard, with dentil cornice above a panelled door with mahogany crossbanding enclosing shelves and flanked by fluted canted angles. Width 29.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1159

An Edwardian inlaid rosewood octagonal occasional table, with circular fan and Florentine medallion, boxwood stringing and satinwood banded edge, with recessed boxwood strung frieze and raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in castors and united by a shaped low shelf. Width 35.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1160

An 18th century walnut chest of drawers, the rectangular top with crossbanded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers also crossbanded. Width 35 ins.

Sold for £460

Lot 1161

A pair of Edwardian inlaid mahogany plant stands, each with circular top with boxwood tramline decoration, with recessed frieze and raised on legs of square section united by a lower circular shelf. Each diameter 12 ins, height 36.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1162

A Regency mahogany tallboy, with moulded dentil cornice, with canted angles and crossbanded frieze above two short and three long graduated drawers with cast brass drop handles with oval backplates and matching lock escutcheons, flanked by canted fluted angles, the base fitted with three long drawers, with moulding below and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 49 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1450

Lot 1163

A George III oak lowboy, the rectangular top being mahogany crossbanded and with moulded edge above one long drawer with two short drawers beneath and shaped apron raised on legs of tapered square section. Width 32.5 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1164

An early 18th century walnut bureau, with boxwood strung slope front, with fitted interior and with four long graduated frieze drawers with brass drop handles with engraved shaped backplates and lock escutcheons, with moulding below raised on bracket feet. Width 35 ins.

Sold for £300

Lot 1165

A late Victorian Aesthetic Movement oak wardrobe, with detachable moulded cornice with triangular centre pediment above a right hand full length mirrored door and to the left a full length panelled door, with moulding below. Width 48 ins.

Sold for £360

Lot 1166

A Victorian walnut veneered hall whatnot stand, with rear upstand, shallow shelf and mirrored back above four open divisions, with spindled gallery to front and raised on short turned legs terminating in castors. Width 36 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1167

A 19th century Dutch commode chest of drawers, with serpentine front above four drawers with brass drop handles with pierced backplates and similar lock escutcheons, with shaped apron below and raised on splayed bracket feet with sabot mounts. Width 38 ins.

Sold for £400

Lot 1168

A Victorian mahogany pedestal sideboard, with rear pediment being foliate and scroll carved, the rectangular top with crossbanded edge above a frieze with central drawer flanked on either side by a further drawer in turn above a panelled cupboard door with corbals to left and right and raised on a plinth base. Width 66 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1169

An Edwardian floral marquetry envelope card table, of typical form each flap with floral marquetry spray and boxwood stringing, fitted with a single frieze drawer with brass knob handles and raised on tapered legs of square section united by a raised shelf. Width 21 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1170

An Art Deco desk, double sided, with centre upstand with calendar and pigeonholes, with black leather writing surface, brass inkwell and pen stand and fitted with a frieze drawer to one side and raised on sabre legs (one drawer missing). Width 35.5 ins.

Sold for £80

Lot 1171

A 19th century walnut veneered serpentine fronted chest of drawers, continental, with moulded edge above four long graduated drawers flanked by canted angles with applied mouldings, with shaped apron beneath. Width 39 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Lot 1172

A Victorian burr walnut oval centre table, inlaid with boxwood and with centre book matched marquetry motif, raised on four fluted supports united by a centre boss and with four downswept legs incised and terminating in castors. Width 35.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Lot 1173

A Georgian oak Delft rack, with moulded cornice and pierced frieze above two open shelves. Width 42.5 ins.

Sold for £80

Lot 1174

A George III mahogany bureau, with crossbanded slope front and fitted interior above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 40 ins.

Sold for £140

Lot 1175

A Regency mahogany bowfronted chest of drawers, with ebony strung top and crossbanded moulded edge above four long graduated drawers with punched brass knob handles, well figured drawer fronts with cockbeading, with shaped apron beneath and raised on splayed bracket feet. Width 41.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1176

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany coal receiver, being satinwood crossbanded, boxwood and ebony strung and with hinged vent to fitted interior and raised on castors. Width 16 ins.

Sold for £80

Lot 1177

An Edwardian mahogany foliate carved and fluted column lamp standard, raised on three scrolling foliate carved feet.

Sold for £205

Lot 1178

A Victorian walnut corner whatnot stand, with fretwork gallery and turned finials, with three open shelves and panelled cupboard beneath and raised on short turned legs. Width 25 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1179

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany serpentine fronted display case, with rear upstand, moulded cornice and bellflower and swag inlaid frieze with satinwood crossbanding above a pair of serpentine doors enclosing shelves and raised on splayed feet. Width 38 ins.

Sold for £420

Lot 1180

A late 17th/early 18th century oak cupboard, the rectangular top twin planked with moulded edge above a pair of panelled doors enclosing two shelves with iron butterfly hinges and raised on stile feet. Width 44 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £950

Lot 1181

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with lion mask embossed and beaded punched brass knob handles, bone lock escutcheons and cockbeading to each drawer front, with shaped apron beneath and raised on splayed bracket feet. Width 35 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £290

Lot 1182

A William IV rosewood occasional table, of shaped outline, with chessboard top, raised on a spiral twist column with stylised carving beneath and with three downswept legs terminating in pad feet. Diameter 19.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 1183

A George III oak bedside cabinet, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a tambour front and single drawer, raised on tapered legs of square section. Width 18.5 ins.

Sold for £90

Lot 1184

A late 19th century mahogany sofa table, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two frieze drawers with brass knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front with moulding below, each drop flap with rounded corners, with solid end supports and downswept legs united by a turned centre stretcher and with brass capped brass castors. Width 37 ins.

Sold for £90

Lot 1185

A George III mahogany turnover top tea table, crossbanded, boxwood strung edge above a recessed frieze and raised on four tapered legs of square section with an inlaid shell to each knee. Width 36 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 1186

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany bedside cabinet, with rear upstand to the rectangular top, with moulded edge above an open aperture with panelled cupboard door beneath and raised on a plinth base. Width 15.5 ins.

Sold for £30

Lot 1187

A George III mahogany side table, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a single frieze drawer with brass drop handle and raised on chamfered legs of rectangular section. Width 29.5 ins.

Sold for £200

Lot 1188

A painted satinwood breakfront secretaire bookcase, second half 20th century, having a swans neck pediment with foliate scroll fretwork carving between above a moulded dentil cornice and painted frieze, with pair of glazed doors to the centre section with wooden astragals enclosing adjustable shelves flanked on either side by a further door, the breakfront base fitted to the centre with a secretaire drawer with well fitted interior and tooled leather writing surface, with pair of panelled cupboards below flanked on either side by a drawer with cupboard beneath, each piece painted in the classical style with urns, swags and bellflower ornaments. Width 97 ins, depth 21 ins, height 108 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1189

A George III oak twin drop flap dining table, raised on four chamfered legs. Width 42.5 ins, length 51 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1190

A 19th century oak and mahogany crossbanded hanging corner cupboard, with swans neck pediment and rectangular crossbanded door enclosing shelves and flanked by canted angles. Width 31 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 1191

An Edwardian mahogany tripod occasional table, the circular top with moulded edge supported by a turned column with three downswept foliate carved legs terminating in pad feet. Diameter 14 ins.

Sold for £105

Lot 1192

A late 19th/early 20th century oak desk, the superstructure with gallery and three drawers with brass knob handles above a recessed mirror and with pigeonholes to left and right, with tooled brown leather surface beneath and fitted with two frieze drawers to the base with brass drop handles and raised on turned lobed and fluted legs. Width 42 ins.

Sold for £400

Lot 1193

A pair of William IV rosewood pole screens, each with stylised tulip carved and turned finial, with adjustable height panel with fine still life needlework, with well carved scrolling moulding frame to turned base with circular foot raised on three downswept scroll legs. Height 79 ins (see illustration). PROVENANCE - Originally from Raby Castle, Country Durham.

Not Sold

Lot 1194

A Regency mahogany drum table, circular, with green tooled leather surface and crossbanded edge above a frieze fitted with four drawers with wooden knob handles and raised on a turned centre column with four downswept ebony inlaid legs terminating in brass capped castors. Diameter 41 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 1195

A Victorian walnut centre table, oval, with well figured top to moulded edge with recessed frieze and raised on four carved and fluted legs united by shaped stretchers and raised on brass and ceramic castors. Width 27 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1196

An Edwardian Sheraton Revival ladies desk, with rear stationery cabinet flanked on either side by an aperture with inkwell, with green tooled leather writing surface and with frieze drawer with brass knob handles and raised on tapered legs of square section terminating in castors. Width 30 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 1197

A Regency mahogany twin drop flap Pembroke table, with frieze drawer and turned centre column with four moulded downswept legs terminating in castors. Width 40 ins.

Sold for £90

Lot 1198

A Georgian mahogany crib, of turned spindle variety, with open framework and supported by turned columns with four downswept reeded legs with centre stretcher.

Sold for £260

Lot 1199

A George III mahogany tripod table, with octagonal top and associated fretwork gallery, with snap action and raised on a turned and stiff leaf carved column with three foliate and bellflower carved downswept legs terminating in claw feet. Width 28.5 ins.

Not Sold