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The Gentleman's Library Sale

23 February 2021 | starting at 10:00 GMT | with lot 1

24 February 2021 | starting at 10:00 GMT | with lot 332

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An important early 18th century walnut and marble mounted cabinet on stand inset with eleven Italian pietra dura and pietra paesina tablets the Italian tablets late 17th/early 18th century, the cabinet work circa 1720 and either English or German in origin. Sold for £31,500 inc. premium

A life-size pair of silver pheasants Asprey, London 1962 (2). Sold for £15,250 inc. premium

A pair of very large mahogany library bergeres in the Regency style, after Charles Heathcote Tatham and Thomas Hope (2). Sold for £12,750 inc. premium

Field Marshal Montgomery: a silver freedom casket James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1949. Sold for £6,120 inc. premium

Frederick Rowland Emett (British, 1906-1990): A 1-inch scale model of Emett's masterpiece automaton 'A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley', English, early 1980's,. Sold for £4,462.50 inc. premium

After Guillaume Coustou the elder, French (1677-1746): A large pair of late 19th century / early 20th century patinated bronze models of the Marly horses. Sold for £3,570 inc. premium

BINDINGS [ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. with Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of the Nights... by Richard Burton [-Supplement. 17 vol. (complete), "Connoisseur Edition", NUMBER 14 OF 100 SETS, Printed for the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c.1900]. Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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The Gentleman's Library Sale

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145TP — A Kashan carpetCentral Persia, 201cm x 136cm

146TP — A Ghom ivory ground silk rug Central Persia, 164cm x 108cm

147TP — A Gashgai runner South West Persia 321cm x 117cm

148TP — A charming lot of four village and town carpets, 198cm x 118cm, 195cm x 118cm, 243cm x 176cm, 273 cm x 219 cm

149TP — A good Serapi carpetNorth West Persia, 350cm x 294cm

150TP — An Isfahan ivory ground carpet Central Persia 342cm x 222cm

151TP — A Hereke silk rug with trees and birds, West Anatolia 149cm x 108cm

152 — Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze Orientalist figural group of an Arab warrior seated on a camel

153 — Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze of an Arab carpet seller

154 — After Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861 -1936): A cold painted bronze figural group of an eastern slave trader

155 — Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze metamorphic erotic figure of a slave girl

156 — Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1934): A cold-painted and patinated bronze figural group circa 1925

157TP — After Alfred Barye (French, 1839-1882) & Emile Guillemin (French 1841-1907): A late 19th century French patinated and cold painted spelter Orientalist equestrian group of an Arab huntsman, together with a pair of similar attendant figures after Guillemin of an Arab falconer & huntsman

158 — A Victorian black japanned and parcel gilt cast iron 'Jumbo' the circus elephant novelty doorstop

159TP — Indian School, early 20th century: Portrait of a Maharajah signed Ramesh Gramin(?)

160TP — A pair of late Victorian ebonised, amboyna, purplewood and chequer inlaid display cabinets

161TP — A George IV mahogany breakfront wardrobe attributed to Gillows

162TP — A 17th century oak gateleg table

163TP — A near set of eight provincial 19th century ash chairsin the manner of Philip Clissett (1817-1913)

164TP — A pair of 18th century Italian provincial carved walnut open armchairs

166TP — A William and Mary kingwood, rosewood, oyster veneered and featherbanded kneehole desk in the manner of Thomas Pistor

167TP — A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid library table attributed to Gillows

168TP — An early 19th century French matched gilt bronze figural clock garniture

169TP — A 19th century mahogany and brass table clock with trip repeat the dial signed Brooks, Lynn

170TP — A pair of French black patinated and gilt bronze three light wall appliquesin the Restauration style

171 — A French Restauration bronze & parcel gilt encrier

172 — A pair of French Restauration gilt bronze three light wall appliques

173TP — A pair of 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze figural six light candelabra in the Empire taste

174 — A 19th century French gilt bronze and Lapis Lazuli figural mantel clock, in the Louis XVI style, the movement stamped for Vincenti et Cie

175*,TP — A French late 19th century gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and marquetry table a ambulant

176TP — A French 19th century carved walnut fauteuil a la Reine in the Louis XV style

177TP — A George III mahogany open armchair in the manner of B. Harmer

178TP — A German late 18th/early 19th century brass mounted mahogany writing table

179TP — A harewood, tulipwood, satinwood, purplewood and marquetry demi-lune pier table the frieze apparently late 18th century, the top probably later and almost certainly associated

180Ф,TP,Y — A George III mahogany, tulipwood crossbanded and chequer inlaid bonheur du jour

181TP — A 19th century carved walnut double chairback settee in the George II style

182TP — A pair of Regency rosewood 'curricle' or 'curule' bergeres

183 — Of Royal interest: A William IV gilt bronze and agate, turquoise matrix and red stone 'gem' set ink stand with provenance to Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV

184TP — A good late 19th / early 20th century Derbyshire Ashford black marble and 'twelve vein' blue john fluorspar inlaid obelisk

185TP — After Emile Pinedo (French, 1840-1916): A patinated bronze model of 'Venus Victrix' after the model by Antonio Canovaprobably early 20th century

186TP — A good late 19th century specimen marble table on standprobably attributable to John Woodley's Royal Marble Works, St Marychurch, near Torquay, Devon

188TP — A vibrant mythological French tapestry fragment, possibly late 17th/early 18th century, probably Beauvais 255cm high x 272cm wide

189Ф,Y — David Le Marchand (Anglo-French, 1674-1726): An early 18th century relief carved ivory oval portrait medallion of a gentleman, possibly depicting Sir Robert Walpole (British, 1676-1745)

190TP — An important early 18th century walnut and marble mounted cabinet on stand inset with eleven Italian pietra dura and pietra paesina tablets the Italian tablets late 17th/early 18th century, the cabinet work circa 1720 and either English or German in origin

191 — An Irish George II embossed picture of a chaffinch by Samuel Dixon, circa 1775 from Dixon's 'basso relievo' set of 'Foreign and Domestick Birds'

192TP — A pair of Chinese export cinnabar lacquered vase lamp basesprobably early 20th century

193 — A 19th century Chinese Export gilt and black lacquered games box, containing a collection of similar period Chinese export mother of pearl gaming counters

194TP — A pair of polished brass mounted Chinese famille rose porcelain vase lamp bases

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145^TP —
A Kashan carpet
Central Persia, 201cm x 136cm

146^TP —
A Ghom ivory ground silk rug
Central Persia, 164cm x 108cm

147^TP —
A Gashgai runner
South West Persia 321cm x 117cm

148^TP —
A charming lot of four village and town carpets,
198cm x 118cm, 195cm x 118cm, 243cm x 176cm, 273 cm x 219 cm

149^TP —
A good Serapi carpet
North West Persia, 350cm x 294cm

150^TP —
An Isfahan ivory ground carpet
Central Persia 342cm x 222cm

151^TP —
A Hereke silk rug with trees and birds,
West Anatolia 149cm x 108cm

152 —
Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze Orientalist figural group of an Arab warrior seated on a camel

153 —
Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze of an Arab carpet seller

154 —
After Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861 -1936): A cold painted bronze figural group of an eastern slave trader

155 —
Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): A cold painted bronze metamorphic erotic figure of a slave girl

156 —
Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1934): A cold-painted and patinated bronze figural group
circa 1925

157^TP —
After Alfred Barye (French, 1839-1882) & Emile Guillemin (French 1841-1907): A late 19th century French patinated and cold painted spelter Orientalist equestrian group of an Arab huntsman, together with a pair of similar attendant figures after Guillemin of an Arab falconer & huntsman

158 —
A Victorian black japanned and parcel gilt cast iron 'Jumbo' the circus elephant novelty doorstop

159^TP —
Indian School, early 20th century: Portrait of a Maharajah
signed Ramesh Gramin(?)

160^TP —
A pair of late Victorian ebonised, amboyna, purplewood and chequer inlaid display cabinets

161^TP —
A George IV mahogany breakfront wardrobe attributed to Gillows

162^TP —
A 17th century oak gateleg table

163^TP —
A near set of eight provincial 19th century ash chairs
in the manner of Philip Clissett (1817-1913)

164^TP —
A pair of 18th century Italian provincial carved walnut open armchairs

166^TP —
A William and Mary kingwood, rosewood, oyster veneered and featherbanded kneehole desk
in the manner of Thomas Pistor

167^TP —
A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid library table attributed to Gillows

168^TP —
An early 19th century French matched gilt bronze figural clock garniture

169^TP —
A 19th century mahogany and brass table clock with trip repeat
the dial signed Brooks, Lynn

170^TP —
A pair of French black patinated and gilt bronze three light wall appliques
in the Restauration style

171 —
A French Restauration bronze & parcel gilt encrier

172 —
A pair of French Restauration gilt bronze three light wall appliques

173^TP —
A pair of 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze figural six light candelabra in the Empire taste

174 —
A 19th century French gilt bronze and Lapis Lazuli figural mantel clock,
in the Louis XVI style, the movement stamped for Vincenti et Cie

175^*,TP —
A French late 19th century gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and marquetry table a ambulant

176^TP —
A French 19th century carved walnut fauteuil a la Reine
in the Louis XV style

177^TP —
A George III mahogany open armchair
in the manner of B. Harmer

178^TP —
A German late 18th/early 19th century brass mounted mahogany writing table

179^TP —
A harewood, tulipwood, satinwood, purplewood and marquetry demi-lune pier table
the frieze apparently late 18th century, the top probably later and almost certainly associated

180^Ф,TP,Y —
A George III mahogany, tulipwood crossbanded and chequer inlaid bonheur du jour

181^TP —
A 19th century carved walnut double chairback settee
in the George II style

182^TP —
A pair of Regency rosewood 'curricle' or 'curule' bergeres

183 —
Of Royal interest: A William IV gilt bronze and agate, turquoise matrix and red stone 'gem' set ink stand with provenance to Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV

184^TP —
A good late 19th / early 20th century Derbyshire Ashford black marble and 'twelve vein' blue john fluorspar inlaid obelisk

185^TP —
After Emile Pinedo (French, 1840-1916): A patinated bronze model of 'Venus Victrix' after the model by Antonio Canova
probably early 20th century

186^TP —
A good late 19th century specimen marble table on stand
probably attributable to John Woodley's Royal Marble Works, St Marychurch, near Torquay, Devon

188^TP —
A vibrant mythological French tapestry fragment,
possibly late 17th/early 18th century, probably Beauvais 255cm high x 272cm wide

189^Ф,Y —
David Le Marchand (Anglo-French, 1674-1726): An early 18th century relief carved ivory oval portrait medallion of a gentleman, possibly depicting Sir Robert Walpole (British, 1676-1745)

190^TP —
An important early 18th century walnut and marble mounted cabinet on stand inset with eleven Italian pietra dura and pietra paesina tablets
the Italian tablets late 17th/early 18th century, the cabinet work circa 1720 and either English or German in origin

191 —
An Irish George II embossed picture of a chaffinch by Samuel Dixon, circa 1775
from Dixon's 'basso relievo' set of 'Foreign and Domestick Birds'

192^TP —
A pair of Chinese export cinnabar lacquered vase lamp bases
probably early 20th century

193 —
A 19th century Chinese Export gilt and black lacquered games box, containing a collection of similar period Chinese export mother of pearl gaming counters

194^TP —
A pair of polished brass mounted Chinese famille rose porcelain vase lamp bases