Posts Tagged ‘Victoria’

A Japanese hardwood Cabinet, Japanese lacquer and grained hardwood Table Cabinet, A Chinese carved and ebonised hardwood Cabinet

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

A Japanese hardwood Cabinet, Japanese lacquer and grained hardwood Table Cabinet, A Chinese carved and ebonised hardwood Cabinet

ORIENTAL FURNITURE
A Japanese black lacquer Zushi,
modern, with brass mounts, the pair of
doors revealing a pair of trellis doors
and an ornate architectural interior, the
base with an arrangement of three
drawers.
A Burmese carved rosewood Side
Cabinet,  the front enclosed
by two pairs of [...]

ANTIQUE CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS, CIRCULAR PLATE, VICTORIAN HOLLOW-WARE, INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CASTER, VICTORIAN CIRCULAR COMMUNION PLATES, BELL SHAPED GOBLET, CIRCULAR HEATER PLATES

Monday, December 28th, 2009

ANTIQUE CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS, CIRCULAR PLATE, VICTORIAN HOLLOW-WARE, INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CASTER, VICTORIAN CIRCULAR COMMUNION PLATES, BELL SHAPED GOBLET, CIRCULAR  HEATER  PLATES
TWO CAPSTAN-SHAPED PINT MUGS with scroll handles; a tapered cylindrical example with a glass bottom; two tapered cylindrical half-pint mugs, one with glass bottom, sizes between
33/4in (9cm) and 5ty2in (14cm) high, all English, late Victorian [...]

ANTIQUE CHIMNEY FURNITURE: BRASS AND IRON FIRE BASKET, CAST IRON PLAQUE, CAST IRON CHIMNEY ORNAMENTS, BRONZE ANDIRONS, IRON MINIATURE FIRE GRATE

Monday, December 28th, 2009

ANTIQUE CHIMNEY FURNITURE: BRASS AND IRON FIRE BASKET, CAST IRON PLAQUE, CAST IRON CHIMNEY ORNAMENTS, BRONZE ANDIRONS, IRON MINIATURE FIRE GRATE
A GEORGE III STYLE BRASS AND IRON FIRE BASKET, with a cast fire back, shaped basket and pierced brass apron, 32in (81cm) by 30in (76cm), 20th century.
A GEORGE III STYLE POLISHED STEEL FIRE BASKET, of [...]

ANTIQUE CANTERBURIES

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

ANTIQUE CANTERBURIES
Above, typical early Regency mahogany canterbury.
n 1803 Thomas Sheraton used the term ‘Canterbury’ to describe two different items: a small stand with partitions to hold music which could slide under the piano when not in use; and a small trolley for transporting cutlery, condiments and so forth for an informal supper. Although the term [...]

ANTIQUE WHATNOTS AND WINE COOLERS (CELLARETS)

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

ANTIQUE WHATNOTS
A whatnot is a term usually applied to a shelved piece of furniture for incidental use, with or without a drawer and either mobile (on castors) or fixed. Examples date from about 1800 and have the usual characteristic turned uprights with collars or ‘bamboo’ double-collared designs. Later, like Canterburies, they exhibit Victorian features such [...]

Antique Clothes and Towel Stands

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

CLOTHES AND TOWEL STANDS (HORSES)
About 1750 onwards
A light wooden framework over which clothes or towels could be spread to dry, Seldom seen before the late 18thC, but common in the 19thC, when it often formed part of a bedroom suite.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
In the 18thC could be simply two or three narrow horizontal bars tenoned into [...]

Antique Wash Stands

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

WASH-STANDS
About 1740 to 1915
Mahogany wash-stand with bowl and soap-ball, about 1770-1790.
Ffirst introduced during the 1740s when hygiene was recognized as a matter of importance. By 1780 ‘bason’ stands were present in every fashionable bedroom. They were utilitarian and discreet, rather then showy. Late-19thC washstands were generally made en suite with other bedroom furniture.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
Designed [...]