Posts Tagged ‘Victoria’
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 [...]
Tags: A WILLIAM IV, architectural interior, ARMCHAIR, ball feet, blue silk, BOXWOOD, cabriole legs, CADDY, CARVED, CHAIR, CHEST, chinese hardwood, cupboard, DECORATION, dragon head, dragon mask, DUTCH, EBONISED, GEORGE II, grained hardwood, hardwood table, japanese lacquer, Mahogany, mahogany chest, METAL, MOUNT, oriental furniture, panel doors, paw feet, PLAQUE, Regency, rosewood, TANTALUS, tea caddy, Victoria, VICTORIAN, WILLIAM
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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 [...]
Tags: 18th century, anthemion, Art Nouveau, Ash Trays, baluster, CADDY, CAL TANKARD, candlestick, CANDLESTICKS, capstan, CAPSTAN-SHAPED, caster, circular base, circular plate, circular plates, DECORATION, English, FINIAL, glass bottom, half pint, HOLLOW-WARE, INVERTED, meat dish, milk jug, MUGS, NOUVEAU, pattern, PEAR-SHAPED, PIECE, PINT, pint measure, PLATE, PLATES, PORRINGER, shallow bowl, shallow bowls, TANKARDS, Tapered, tea pot, Victoria, VICTORIAN, water pot, William Scott
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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 [...]
Tags: 18th century, 19th century, ANDIRONS, Antique, baluster, british lion, BRONZE, cast fire, coal helmet, COMBINED, COPPER, copper and brass, copper log, FIGURE, fire grate, fire guard, furniture, George Dobie Dunfermline, george iii, horn ram, LAN-TERN LIGHT, MARTINGALE, mesh panel, PAINTED, PLAQUE, POWDER, quarter, Rebecca, RECTANGULAR, REIN HANGER, SADDLERS, STEEL, steel fire, STYLE, Victoria, WALLACE, WROUGHT, wrought iron
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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 [...]
Tags: 19th century, Antique, Art Furniture, Cabinet, Canterburies, canterbury, Dictionary, Mahogany, Regency, rosewood, stand, Victoria, victorian reproductions
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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 [...]
Tags: Antique, Canterburies, cellaret, characteristic, COOLERS, cupboard, DECORATION, inlaid, Mahogany, sheraton, tulipwood, Victoria, VICTORIAN, victorian features, WHATNOTS, wine, Wine Coolers, workmanship
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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 [...]
Tags: Antique, bedroom suite, CLOTHES, Mahogany, relative values, towels, two pairs, value, VALUES, Victoria, VICTORIAN, victorian reproductions, wooden framework
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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 [...]
Tags: bedroom furniture, cupboard, furniture, furniture style, Mahogany, Victoria, Wash Stands
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