BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHANDELIER - NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT COFFER - WROUGHT-IRON STRONG BOX - GENOESE WALNUT CABINET - FLEMISH CABINET ON STAND - DUTCH PAINTED THREE-FOLD CHIMNEY BOARD
BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHANDELIER - NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT COFFER - WROUGHT-IRON STRONG BOX - GENOESE WALNUT CABINET - FLEMISH CABINET ON STAND - DUTCH PAINTED THREE-FOLD CHIMNEY BOARD
A PAIR OF ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, with flower-
cast nozzles and the circular engine-turned stems
with feather tops, on circular bases cast with lyres and
butterflies, Hin. high (28cm.) circa 1820, one drip-pan
missing.
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS with
engine-turned stems and circular bases, lOin. high
(25cm.), early 19th Century.
A BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHANDELIER, the stem
in the form of a flaming amphora supporting six horn-
shaped arms cast with leafy faces, lft. 6in. high by lft.
9′/2in. diameter (46cm. by 55cm.) early 19th Century,
French or German.
A MAHOGANY MUSICAL NECESSAIRE in the form
of a piano, the interior fitted with a scent bottle, thimble
and scissors, 6in. high by Whin. long (15cm. by 29cm.)
circa 1830, possibly Viennese.
A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT COFFER, with a hinged lid, the front decorated in sgraffitto-work with griffons, flowers and animal heads, on solid lozenge-cut base, and with iron
carrying handles, lft. Hin. high by 5ft. lin. wide (155cm. by 59cm.) late 16th Century.
A POINT D’HONGRIE RUG of 17th Century style with a central cartouche surrounded by birds and meandering flowering branches, all in pastel silks on a chrome yellow ground, lft.
8in. by 4ft. (232cm. by 122cm.) early 20th Century.
A GOOD BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TRAVELLING
WRITING BOX with flush-mounted brass mouldings and handles, the mirror-lined lid enclosing a hinged baize-lined surface with two flaps, one enclosing numerous compartments and
Attings including coffee cup and saucer, and a pair of white metal detachable candie arms, also with a pair of glass white metal stoppered glass ink bottles, all with walnut
linings and divisions, lft. 6in. wide (45.5cm.) circa 1820, French or German.
A PAIR OF POINT D’HONGRIE SOFA COVERS AND
SIXTEEN CHAIR COVERS, similar to above lots, sofa covers
lft. 8in. by 2ft. 2in. (233cm. by 65cm.) early 20th Century.
ANOTHER STRONG BOX in iron overlaid with riveted woven strapwork, the lid with a six-tongue interior lock, the guard with a pair of pierced and engraved sea monsters, lft. 2in.
high by 2ft. 5in. wide (36cm. by 73cm.) 17th Century, now painted green.
A WROUGHT-IRON STRONG BOX, of rectangular
shape overlaid with strapwork, the interior with an
elaborate locking mechanism, lft. 6in. high by 2ft. 103Ain.
wide (46cm. by 88cm.) 17th Century.
ANOTHER STRONG BOX, painted and iron-bound,
with hinged lid, decorated in black and red, the sides
with iron-carrying handles, lft. 7in. high by 2ft. 93Ain.
long (48cm. by 85cm.) 17th Century.
A GENOESE WALNUT CABINET, the frieze with a pair of drawers, the handles in the form of wreathed Roman heads and divided by cartouches, the door with an architectural
arrangement of figures surrounding a niche with a carving of Diana and a young satyr and enclosing an arrangement of nine drawers and two cupboards flanked by pilasters carved
with figures, 2ft. 2lhin. high by 2ft. VMn. wide (67cm. by 80cm.) circa 1600, with restoration, carving of Diana late 19th Century, raised on a late 19th Century walnut stand
with six turned legs joined by moulded stretchers.
A WALNUT TABLE CABINET, the interior with eight
drawers, 17in. high by 16in. wide (44cm. by 40cm.) late 17th
Century, the door now inset with a panel of early 17th
Century Augsburg marquetry.
FLORENTINE CARVED GILTWOOD WALL CUP-
BOARD of architectural form, with a central niche for a
figure flanked on each side by a cupboard, the base with
a small drawer at each side, 3ft. 2in. high by 2ft. lOin.
wide (97cm. by 86cm.) early 17th Century.
A PAINTED AND GILT SlDE CABINET in Italian 17th
Century style, of inverted double breakfront form, with
fluted pilasters flanking a pair of cupboard doors carved
with polychrome figures of saints, 3ft. 6in. high by 4ft.
Gin. wide (94cm. by 137cm.).
A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE LEATHER-COVERED
BEECHWOOD CHAIRS, the tall backs with shaped tops and
bases and covered in leather stamped with flowers and
figures, held by giant brass-headed nails, the seats with
floral design and raised on turned legs with shaped front
stretchers, late 17th Century.
A FLEMISH CABINET ON STAND, with an archi-
tectural moulded superstructure above three cupboard
doors flanking six short drawers, set with ivory panels
engraved with figures, landscapes and fruit and flowers,
the lower part with a frieze drawer similarly decorated,
on six later spirally turned legs and waved X-stretchers,
4ft. 4in. high by 3ft. 8in. wide (133cm. by 113cm.)part 17th
Century, distressed.
A PAINTED, LEATHER-COVERED CHEST, the domed
top, front and sides painted with armoriai designs, with
carrying handles, 2ft. 3V2in. high by 3ft. 2in. wide (70cm.
by 97cm.) late 17th/early 18th Century, probably German,
on later bun feet.
A FLEMISH WALNUT ARMCHAIR, the toprail carved
with scrolls flanking a Coronet, with spirally-turned
supports and oval caned splat within a scroll-carved
frame, with outcurved scrolling arms and spiral supports
on a caned seat and scrolling acanthus-leaf-carved front
legs with scrolled coronet-carved front stretcher, circa
1680, extensively restored.
A DUTCH PAINTED THREE-FOLD CHIMNEY BOARD
showing the interior of a mill with a horse operating a
treadmill and the miller baling flour at one side, painted
with the legend van boekwyt maakt men meel van gerste
maakt men grutten den gever die geeftveel omt lichaamt
onderstutten, circa 1900.
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