943 |
A George III mahogany dining table, with semi-circular ends and drop-leaf centre section, on square tapered legs, 72cm h; 284 x 118cm £400-600 | Minor alteration; repolished | Nil |
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650 |
| 944 | A George IV mahogany teapoy, of sarcophagus shape with fitted interior, retaining the pair of rectangular tea canisters, on reeded baluster pillar with fluted pedestal, platform and conforming feet with sunken castors, 73cm h; 47 x 35cm £200-300 | Water stained to the top and upper surface of the platform but a well made example in complete and good entirely original condition | Nil |
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800 |
| 945 | A Scottish William IV mahogany serving table attributed to William Trotter & Son of Edinburgh, the swan neck back boldly carved with a cornucopia and fruiting vines above a ledge, the frieze with moulded drawer between flower tablets, on acanthus forelegs with massive lion paw feet, 134cm h; 156 x 70cm £800-1200 | Reduced on to one half of its original size but in otherwise good condition in terms of structure, colour and patination | Nil |
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1600 |
| 946 | A set of five Regency mahogany dining chairs, with brass stringing and rope turned back-rail, on tapering turned legs, 82cm h, early 19th c, a similar elbow chair (6) £200-300 | ++ | Nil |
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900 |
| 947 | An elm chest of drawers, crossbanded in pollard elm, the moulded quarter veneered top above two short and three long graduated and moulded drawers, on bracket feet, 80cm h; 84 x 46cm, 18th c and later £1200-1600 | Some restorations but of attractive colour/patina | Nil |
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3800 |
| 948 | A George III oak dresser, the projecting rack with moulded cornice, the base crossbanded in fruitwood and fitted with two pairs of drawers with brass handles and oval keyplates, on square tapered legs, 202cm h; 182 x 51cm £1000-1500 | A good example in fine original condition, the brass work original, lacking one of the handles. Somewhat affected by damp with wide horizontal shrinkage crack in the top | Nil |
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1200 |
| 949 | An English joined oak box settle, the back with four raised-and-fielded, foliate carved panels inscribed AD1683 WR and crested by a grotesque mask, the twin panelled front with rope stringing, 130cm h; 185 x 42cm, early 18th c, embellished and carved in the late 19th c £500-800 | In good condition | Nil |
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950 |
| 950 | A Charles II joined oak blanket chest, with three geometric panels to the front, on stiles, 46cm h; 115 x 48cm £300-400 | Various old losses and repairs, the centre of the lid with a circular water stain | Nil |
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| 951 | A painted ash Windsor chair, probably Herefordshire, in black with grey-green 'stringing' having spindle back, elm circular seat and turned legs with stretchers, 96cm h, early 19th c £300-500 | The painted decoration contemporary but with areas of wear on the arms and seat and numerous other small areas of flaking and chipped paint. One or two of the spindles loose but original | Nil |
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550 |
| 952 | A primitive dark green painted ash Windsor chair, probably Herefordshire, with raked hoop back and cleft arm-supports to the foremost arm supports, on turned legs, 96cm h, late 18th/early 19th c £300-500 | The front part approx 2 inch deep of the seat re-attached or extended probably at the time the chair was made or soon after. Much original paint under coats of further paint and lacquer, badly worn and flaking in places. The legs probably original | Nil |
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650 |
| 953 | A George III joined oak table, possibly Welsh, the four plank boarded top with cleated ends and fitted with a drawer, having scratch moulded rails to the sides (partly reduced in depth), on square tapered legs with stretchers, 78cm h; 180 x 77cm £500-700 | In good original condition with some localised old worm infestion | Nil |
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2000 |
| 954 | A George III joined oak press cupboard, later embellished in the 'antiquarian' fashion, the upper part enclosed by a pair of panelled doors carved with effigies of kings framed by strapwork and flowers, the lower part fitted with drawers, the sides with lozenges, 194cm h; 132 x 36cm £200-400 | Minor faults and much accretion of dust and grime over time, the carved decoration and dark staining probably 1870 | Nil |
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260 |
| 955 | A George III oak bureau, the interior fitted with drawers and pigeon holes, the front having four graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 106cm h; 95 x 52cm £200-300 | The interior fitments slightly damaged, the flap with several old scratches and minor knocks, small losses to the beading around the drawers fronts | Nil |
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200 |
| 956 | A Charles II joined oak chest, the leaf carved and arcaded frieze above two panels with roundels in chip carved frame, the interior with a till, 66cm h; 118 x 57cm, late 17th c £300-500 | The underside of the lid with two wooden strengthening bearers added probably in the late 19th/early 20th c and with two later iron strap hinges. The lid with water stains and ring marks etc but in basically good and original condition | Nil |
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440 |
| 957 | A George III oak chest-on-chest, the upper part with cavetto cornice and fitted with two short and two long drawers above a secretaire, the lower part with further drawers, on bracket feet, 183cm h; 112 x 56cm £600-800 | Shrinkage cracks in the sides, lacking some of the beading, old strip repair to the lower edge of one of the two small drawers, the drawer above the secretaire drawer and the one above that with small corner chips, the handles and lockplates Victorian gilt brass replacements | Nil |
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600 |
| 958 | A Charles II joined oak gateleg table, with oval top on bobbin-and-baluster turned underframe, 73cm h; 123 x 100cm, late 17th c £200-300 | Old worm damage to the lower parts, the top with old stains and scratches etc, | Nil |
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220 |
| 959 | A Victorian oak plate-chest, the boarded sides with dovetails and brass brackets, the lock stamped BARRONS PATENT, having iron carrying handles, on plinth, baize lined, 71cm h; 156 x 46cm £200-300 | The brass hasp and loop for padlock added probably in the later 19th c. In otherwise good original condition | Nil |
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340 |
| 960 | A George III oak splay fronted corner cupboard, with cavetto cornice and moulded surround framing the two pairs of panelled doors, 235cm h; 131 x 63cm £600-800 | Lacking the floor and a small piece from either side of the cornice. The panel in one of the lower doors with a vertical shrinkage crack. The interior gutted and adapted as a wardrobe with a modern shelf and brass hooks | Nil |
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| 961 | A George II oak bureau, the architectural stepped interior with pierced, break arched door in blind fret surround, the front fitted three moulded drawers above three further graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 107cm h; 92 x 48cm £200-400 | The handles and key plates Victorian gilt brass replacements, stamped WT&S beneath a sun. In basically good original condition with small losses to the narrow parts of the moulding around several of the drawers | Nil |
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320 |
| 962 | An English oak bureau, applied with double reed mouldings, the fitted interior with well above three graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 110cm h; 90 x 56cm, early-mid 19th c £300-500 | Old stain and marks on the top, shrinkage separation of the boards on the sides and of generally untidy appearance. The brass keyplates and wire ring handles probably original | Nil |
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| 963 | A George III oak corner cupboard, with cavetto cornice, the upper part enclosed by a pair of triple panelled doors and with serpentine shelves, the lower part with a further pair of doors, 202cm h; 96 x 82cm £1000-1500 | Of good deep original colour, lacking a strip of moulding from the waist, the panels free from splits or repairs, one of the brass lockplates lacking, another an old replacement | Nil |
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| 964 | An English elm chest of drawers, fitted two short and three long graduated drawers with brass handles, on bracket feet, 75cm h; 75 x 50cm, 19th c £200-300 | A piece made-up probably in the 19th c incorporating some earlier elements, of pleasing colour and compact proportions, the top with various old marks and stains, the sides coated with a dark stain | Nil |
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350 |
| 965 | A George III oak corner cupboard, the low stepped cornice above a pair of twin panelled doors with brass H hinges enclosing three serpentine shelves, 105cm h; 94 x 50cm £250-300 | In good condition, one of the doors lacking the brass keyplate | Nil |
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250 |
| 966 | A pair and two similar walnut chairs, Charles II and later, with caned splat and seat, crested by a plume or foliage, c130cm h £200-300 | Wormed and with old repairs/staining. Cane damaged | Nil |
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200 |
| 967 | A George III oak dresser, the (associated) rack with blind fret cornice, the crossbanded chest fitted with drawers beneath blind drawers and flanked by fluted pilasters, on ogee feet, the sides panelled, 187cm h; 156 x 53cm £400-600 | Lacking several of the brass handles and somewhat unevenly faded. A so called Lancashire chest adapted as a dresser. The lid now secured as the top | Nil |
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400 |
| 968 | A pair of James I carved oak Atlantes, probably from an overmantel, bedhead or chest- front, carved as the head and torso of an heroic male figure on a tapered pedestal with mask and foliage, 51cm h, 9cm w £200-300 | In very good condition with minor losses, re-backed on oak in the 19th or early 20th c, one with a small hole about 8cm up from the base | Nil |
|
360 |
| 969 | An oak dresser-rack, with cavetto cornice and ogee arched frieze, having two spice cupboards, 123cm h; 142 x 22cm £200-400 | In good condition but in need of cleaning, unevenly dark stained and with some water bleaching in places, in sound structural condition | Nil |
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190 |
| 970 | The Lea Castle Table. An Elizabeth I oak six-leg refectory table, the massive one-piece top on joined frame with chamfered legs and short stretchers, one of the side rails and two of the legs stamped at the top with the initials 'ML', 80cm h; 363 x 77cm; depth of the top 6cm Provenance: Acquired by Joshua Procter Browne-Westhead, MP, JP (1807-1877) with Lea Castle (demolished 1943) and its estate at Wolverley, Worcestershire from John Browne; thence by descent to the vendor. John Browne acquired the estate in 1823 from John Knight (1765-1850), the third generation of the celebrated family of West Midlands Ironmasters resident at Wolverley and related by marriage to the descendants of William Sebright of Wolverley, Town Clerk of London in 1574. The table may well be estate-made for as late as 1848 the estate was described as "… a noble mansion surrounded by 550 acres of land enriched with plantations of oak…" Lea Castle was reconstructed by Edward Knight in 1762 and further embellished by John Browne or Joshua Procter Browne-Westhead in the fashionable Norman style (possibly by the Worcestershire architect Richard Varden) promoted by Edward Knight's cousin once removed Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824) of Downton Castle, Herefordshire. A dendrochronological survey of the table prepared by the Nottingham Tree Ring Dating Laboratory dates the discernible rings to pre-1570. On this premise, it is likely that it was constructed between the mid 1580s and 90s and certainly pre-dates 1600. The timber used is proved to have been growing in 1403. Analysis available on request. An important 16th century portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1 on panel, dendrochronologically dated 1595 was sold at Sotheby's on 22 November 2007 (lot 6) which had also been long associated with Lea Castle. £6000-8000 | Lacking the long stretcher rails and the legs slightly reduced in height. On the top a 4 inch (approx) diagonal cut from one end and a c5.5 x 7 inch old rectangular let-in 'plug' which does not penetrate through to the underside. Of fine colour and patina. | Nil |
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22000 |
