Classic Design: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
28 October - 8 November 2022 • London
1 A Venetian enamelled glass tazza, circa 1500
2 A façon-de-Venise latticino footed bowl, 16th century
3 A Venetian glass enamelled and gilt footed bowl, early 16th century
4 A Deruta maiolica gold lustre pinecone jar and cover, circa 1525
5 Two Castelli maiolica blue-ground armorial 'Turchino-Ware' dishes, late 16th century
6 An English delftware dated Claret bottle, Southwark, 1651
7 A pair of polychrome and parcel-gilt carved oak wall brackets, probably English, 15th century
8 A Flemish Classical Tapestry, from the Story of the Romans and the Sabines, Brussels, probably from workshop of Joost van Herzeele, after Nicolas van Orley, 16th century
9 A 17th century silver-gilt-mounted coconut tankard, unmarked, probably German, circa 1612
10 A Commonwealth brass lantern clock with alarm, John Samon, London, circa 1650 and later
11 An Indo-Dutch ivory-inlaid carved ebony side chair, probably Coromandel Coast, circa 1660-80
12 A Queen Anne brass lantern clock, William Wood, Nailsworth, dated 1707
13 A George I walnut and feather-banded bureau cabinet, circa 1715-25
14 A French Louis XIV Classical Allegorical Tapestry, Gobelins manufactory, depicting 'Air', from the series 'The Elements', after Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), cartoons by Baudouin Yvart (1611-1690), probably from workshop of Jean de la Croix, third quarter 17th century
15 George Graham No.638. A previously unrecorded walnut longcase clock, London, circa 1722
16 An Italian brass-mounted pietre dure and ebony cabinet, Florence, circa 1700
17 A pair of London Delftware polychrome ballooning dishes, circa 1785, Lambeth, probably Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith
18 An Italian scagliola table top, Florence, second quarter 18th century
19 A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze three-light wall appliques
20 A Louis XIV gilt-bronze mounted bone, walnut, ebony and fruitwood floral marquetry commode, circa 1720, attributed to Thomas Hache
21 A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze one-light wall appliques, possibly 19th century
22 A French Allegorical Months Tapestry, 'January', from the series 'The Months of Lucas', Gobelins manufactory, workshop under direction of Michel Audran (1701-1771), woven circa 1732-1737, after designs by the Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlands, circa 1535)
23 A South German walnut, fruitwood and brass marquetry cabinet, Würzburg, second quarter 18th century, attributed to Carl Maximilian Mattern
24 A Nymphenburg crucifixion group, circa 1780
25 A South German gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, kingwood and parquetry commode, second quarter 18th century
26 A Meissen gilt-metal mounted baluster vase, circa 1745-50, the mounts later
27 A Louis XVI silvered, parcel-gilt and polychrome vernis martin single-action harp, by Godefroy Holtzmann, Paris, circa 1780
28 A pair of Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze chenets, late 18th century, in the manner of Philippe Caffieri
29 A pair of Louis Philippe gilt-bronze five-light candelabra, circa 1840
30 An Italian neoclassical carved giltwood demi-lune side table, probably Roman, late 18th century
31 A pair of French gilt-bronze mounted verde antico vases, mid-19th century
32 An Italian blue and white painted and porphyry inset neoclassical side table, late 18th century
33 A George II mahogany adjustable reading table, circa 1750
34 A pair of late Regency oak and pollarded oak Gothic Revival armchairs, second quarter 19th century, possibly Scottish
35 A pair of Chinese export famille-rose vases and covers, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
36 A pair of George III mahogany vase stands, circa 1770
37 A small gold bowl, possibly Chinese, early 18th century
38 A Chinese Export reverse glass painting, probably Canton, mid-18th century
39 A fine Japanese lacquer cabinet and stand, Signed Shojusai Kakushu and kao [cursive monogram], Meiji period, late 19th century
40 A George II mahogany polescreen, mid-18th century
41 A pair of Regency 12-inch celestial and terrestrial table globes by Cary, both dated 1816
42 The Sherborne House Hall Chairs
A pair of George II mahogany hall chairs, circa 1730, the design almost certainly by William Kent, the carving attributed to James Richards with James Moore the Younger
43 A pair of Cary terrestrial and celestial pocket globes, late 18th century
44 A George II carved giltwood and gilt gesso pier mirror, circa 1730
45 A George III mahogany 'rent' drum table, circa 1770
46 A George II carved giltwood mirror, second quarter 18th century
47 A set of twelve Regency mahogany and ebony 'Klismos' dining chairs, circa 1815, after a design by Thomas Hope
48 A set of four George I silver salts, Robert Kempton, London, 1714