Treasures | London
4 December - 4 December 2024 • London
1 A silver casket/inkstand, unmarked, Dutch or Flemish circa 1600
2 A Dutch gilt-brass mounted pressed baleen casket by Herman Doomer, circa 1640
3 A pair of Dutch silver-gilt candlesticks, Andries Grill, The Hague, 1648
4 William Yarrell’s Great Auk Egg (“Yarrell’s Egg”)
An egg of the extinct Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), c. 1800
5 An Italian gilt-bronze mounted and pietre dure inlaid ebony cabinet, Rome, second half 17th century
6 An Italian gilt-bronze framed scagliola panel, the panel, Tuscany circa 1670, the frame, Rome, circa 1740
7 A pair of George II carved giltwood oval mirrors, circa 1755
8 A set of four Louis XV gilt-bronze three-light wall appliques, circa 1750-55, attributed to Jacques Caffiéri
9 An Italian gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and tulipwood marquetry commode, Rome, circa 1765, attributed to Giovanni Ermans
10 A pair of George III carved mahogany armchairs, circa 1765, attributed to John Gordon
11 A pair of George III carved mahogany armchairs, circa 1765, attributed to John Gordon
12 A pair of George III carved mahogany armchairs, circa 1765, attributed to John Gordon
13 A George III carved mahogany sofa, circa 1765, attributed to John Gordon
14 A George III gilt-bronze and Blue John candelabrum, circa 1775, by Matthew Boulton
15 A set of eighteen George III giltwood armchairs, circa 1770, attributed to Thomas Chippendale
16 A pair of George III mahogany, harewood, satinwood and marquetry commodes, circa 1780
17 A pair of George III silver wine coolers and stands, Benjamin Smith, London, 1807
18 A George III painted and parcel-gilt cabinet-on-stand, circa 1790, almost certainly by George Brookshaw
19 An Italian gilt-bronze mounted carved 'rosso antico' marble athenienne after the antique, circa 1810-15
20 An impressive ormolu-mounted porcelain vase, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, 1830
21 A French gilt-bronze mounted tortoiseshell and ebony 'Boulle' marquetry table by Henry Dasson, 1878
22 A Victorian parcel-gilt silver testimonial centrepiece, designed by Henry Hugh Armstead RA, Hunt & Roskell, London, 1859
23 A Victorian gilt-brass mounted Blue John centre table, circa 1860, the top attributed to Thomas Woodruff, the base by William Tonks and Sons