A late 17th Century Geometric Moulded Chest Of Drawers of good small proportions and superb honey colour, in very good original condition. The linings are wonderfully clean and original. It retains the original escutcheons, the handles and feet are replaced. This piece has never been lashed with dark varnish as so many from this period were in victorian times, it has a lovely patina that really glows.
Price £1950
Height = 87 cm (34.3″)
Width = 89 cm (35.0″)
Depth = 58 cm (22.8″)
A wonderful early 18th Century Oak Bureau of superb golden colour in impressive original condition with original handles, escutcheons, knobs to the interior and bracket feet. The linings are fabulously clean and original throughout. The interior is in immaculate condition and has a star inlaid into the central door which is flanked by split turned Mahogany Columns that pull out to reveal a thin drawer that has a secret locking device hidden in the drawer division. The other secret compartments are hidden behind the two drawers to the far left and right of the interior.
Price £2,200
Height = 104 cm (40.9″)
Width = 91 cm (35.8″)
Depth = 51 cm (20.1″)
A small 17th Century Oak Plank Coffer of good colour with a few small patches and replacement hinges.
Price £1200
Height = 52 cm (20.5″)
Width = 83 cm (32.7″)
Depth = 36 cm (14.2″)
A good 17th Century Oak plank Coffer of small proportions and good colour, retaining the original hinges.
Price £1400
Height = 55 cm (21.7″)
Width = 94 cm (37.0″)
Depth = 38 cm (15.0″)
A rare and remarkably solid 16th Century Oak Coffer made from heavy section timber with clamp ends and back. The wonderful wooden hinges are original, the front is carved with nulled decoration and the shaped brackets to the bottom rail are out of the solid. Fabulous untouched dry back and underneath surface.
Price £3,400
Height = 70 cm (27.6″)
Width = 140 cm (55.1″)
Depth = 55 cm (21.7″)
A 17th Century Oak Bible Box with carved thistles on the front, probably Scottish. The box has good colour and patina and is in good clean condition, it has a one piece top. The hinges are replaced through the same holes as the originals.
Price £850
Height = 20 cm (7.9″)
Width = 62 cm (24.4″)
Depth = 43 cm (16.9″)
18th Century Oak box of lovely colour in very good original condition with nice original metal work. Initialled A B and dated 1738.
Price £1100
Height = 28 cm (11.0″)
Width = 82 cm (32.3″)
Depth = 54 cm (21.3″)
17th Century Oak Box in good original condition with original shaped lock plate and hasp. Original ring drop handles to the interior drawers, one hinge replaced.
Price £950 SOLD
Height = 25 cm (9.8″)
Width = 64 cm (25.2″)
Depth = 41 cm (16.1″)
Offered for sale is this good late 17th Century antique oak gateleg table of wonderful colour and patina in very original condition including the original hinges.
Price £1500
Height = 73 cm (28.7″)
Width = 142 cm (55.9″)
Depth = 118 cm (46.5″)
A large and imposing 17th Century Yorkshire Wainscot Chair in Oak. With well carved top rail and wonderful elongated scrolled ear pieces. The panel is carved with a lozenge, these are often referred to as a Halifax lozenge. The chair has had repairs to the base over the years including a new leg and seat that now blend in very well.
Price £1450
Height = 128 cm (50.4″)
Width = 57 cm (22.4″)
Depth = 43 cm (16.9″)
A Fine 18th Century Mahogany Dumb Waiter of good colour and patina with gun barrel turnings, in very original condition, retaining the original casters.
Price £1400
124cm High, 58cm wide, 58cm deep
A wonderful 17th Century Oak Coffer from Lancashire with superbly carved Dragons or Wyverns to the panels. In excellent original condition with great colour and patina. Retaining the original ring hinges.
We do have another coffer in stock of the same design but with the bottom drawer missing should you be interested in buying a matching pair. It was almost certainly made in the same workshop as this example.
Price £3,800
76cm high, 131cm wide, 57cm deep
A fine 18th Century Mahogany Tallboy of the most fabulous colour and patina in original condition. The wonderful pierced handles and locks are original as are the well shaped ogee bracket feet. To the top of the piece is a fine blind fret and dental cornice. The linings are clean and original, made in oak. The panelled Oak back boards are another quality feature.
Price £4,800
Dimensions: 184cm high, 98cm wide, 53cm deep
A Rare And Highly Important Charles II Olive Oyster-Veneered And Floral Marquetry Cabinet On Stand.
Circa 1665-1680.
Probably by Gerrit Jensen cabinet-maker to the royal household.
The moulded cornice and cushion drawer with marquetry panels above a pair of doors each centered with an arrangement of flowers and a perching Parrot surrounded by foliate spandrels. The outstanding interior with eleven marquetry drawers and central door with three further drawers behind all lined in oak and retaining the original gilded fish tail handles. The drawers are clearly numbered we believe by the maker in roman numerals. The sides are also decorated in similar marquetry panels. The stand with a long frieze drawer oyster-veneered with marquetry panels on twist turned walnut legs with shaped stretcher and bun feet. The twist legs and stretcher replaced to match the original design.
The striking similarities in the detail of the marquetry work and handles on this cabinet and that on the one at Ham House by Gerrit Jenson lead us to believe it is likely they were made by the same maker. Elizabeth Murray of Ham House was the countess of Dysart a former town and borough close to Edinbrough where this cabinet was discovered. The Murray family home was Tullibardine Castle that was dismantled in 1747 and then completely demolished in the 1830s. Elizabeth Murray who was close to Charles II had an eye for the finest furniture and works of art, she significatly extended and refurbished Ham house around 1670-1680.
A Cabinet very similar to this one was recently acquired by the National Museum Of Victoria, it was sold previously at Christies in ( The English collector & Tapestries ) London on the 31 of October 2012, Lot 62.
Literature
for other examples of this type see:
Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, page 129 & 135.
Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the 18th Century, page 96 & 97.
Adam Bowett English Furniture from Charles II to Queen Anne, page 57 to 59.
Herbert Cescinsly and Ernest R.Gribble, Early English Furniture and Woodwork, page 260 & 261.
Price £45,000
Height = 165 cm (65.0″)
Width = 105 cm (41.3″)
Depth = 48 cm (18.9″)
An exceptional early George II solid red Walnut Lowboy in completely original condition of outstanding colour and patina. The top is made from one piece of solid Walnut with nicely carved corners, the cabriole leg with well carved knee and scrolled ear pieces. The handles are original and the drawer linings wonderfully clean are made in Oak.
This is a fabulous piece of English furniture that has been well cared for over the years, it really glows.
Price £4,800
Height = 73 cm (28.7″)
Width = 76 cm (29.9″)
Depth = 46 cm (18.1″)
A rare 16th Century English Oak Coffer with panelled front and shaped ends retaining all its original boards. The colour and patina is particularly good as is the quality of the linenfold carving to the front. The back board and underneath are wonderfully clean and dry and in the condition we love to see them in having never been varnished or tampered with. This model is often referred to as a Henry VIII Coffer.
Price £5,800
Height = 69 cm (27.2″)
Width = 127 cm (50.0″)
Depth = 40 cm (15.7″)
A very good 18th Century Oak Bureau Bookcase of fabulous colour and patina of pleasing small proportions. A banding of contrasting wood has been inlaid around the drawer fronts ,fall and doors, even the original feet are most unusually inlaid. The interior is centred with a door surrounded with inlaid sun burst, the whole section can be removed to reveal secret drawers behind. The handles to the exterior are replaced. This is a lovely example of English country furniture in very original condition.
Price £3,400
Height = 192 cm (75.6″)
Width = 94 cm (37.0″)
Depth = 52 cm (20.5″)
18th Century Oak Side Table of very good colour and patina in wonderful original condition retaining the original handles.
Price £1,500
Height = 71 cm (28.0″)
Width = 91 cm (35.8″)
Depth = 55 cm (21.7″)
A fine quality 18th Century English Oak Bureau of very good light warm colour with original handles, feet and fittings in superb overall original condition. The piece has been made from highly figured oak and has a very good interior with shaped central door flanked with flat pilasters opening to reveal drawers. The decorated handles retain much of there original gilding.
Price £1,600
Height = 103 cm (40.6″)
Width = 92 cm (36.2″)
Depth = 50 cm (19.7″)
A striking late 17th Century English Walnut and marquetry chest of drawers of good colour and patina in remarkably original condition. The bun feet and handles replaced with fine examples that are in keeping with the period.
Price £7,800
Height = 96 cm (37.8″)
Width = 59 cm (23.2″)
Depth = 93 cm (36.6″)
