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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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195 — A late 19th century Devonshire white statuary marble and fossil marble inlaid large tazzaprobablyby John Woodleigh's Royal Marble Works at St Marychurch, nr Torquay, Devon

196TP — Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, British (1850-1925): A patinated bronze figure of 'The Sandal'

197TP — After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608): A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze figures of Mercury and Fortuna

198 — Aimé-Jules Dalou, (French, 1838-1902): A bronze figure of 'Baigneuse Avant Le Bain (Bather before the bath)'posthumously cast by the Susse Frères foundry

199 — A pair of Regency gilt and patinated bronze figural lustre candlesticks in the Egyptian taste

200TP — A late 19th century French polished bronze Egyptian revival mantel clockthe movement for Achille Brocot and numbered 5485, 16 & 3

201 — A pair of 19th century French patinated bronze busts of Dante and Charon

202TP — Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821-1902): A bronze figure of 'Nymphe de Diane'

203 — After Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-85): A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze figural groups of a infant boy and girl with a birdcage and a bird, together with a later Asprey retailed bronze hippo paperweight

204TP — A late 19th century French patinated bronze and marble figural mantel, the figure after Jean-Jacques, called James, Pradier (Swiss, 1790-1852)the movement stamped Richond F. A. Paris

205TP — A Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted tulipwood, rosewood and marquetry hauteur d'appui or low cabinet

206TP — A set of four tole peinte 'drum' chairs after the model by Cecil Beaton

207TP — A pair of 18th century French provincial 'Louis XV' solid walnut fauteuils

208TP — A pair of mahogany Gainsborough armchairs elements apparently 18th century

209TP — A pair of mid Victorian giltwood pier mirrors in the Chippendale Director style

210* — A late 19th / early 20th century Vishniakov papier mache lacquered and painted plate depicting a topographical view of Moscow together with a similar period Russian papier mache plate

211 — A late 19th century patinated bronze novelty 'Lucifer' match or cigarette holder probably Continental (20cm high)

212 — A small Regency penwork work box

213 — An early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze fox novelty letter clip

214 — A mid 20th century Punch and Judy puppet set used by Professor Le Fay, Southport

215 — An early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze equestrian inkwell formed as a horses head

216 — After Carl Milles (Swedish, 1875-1955): A patinated bronze model of 'The Struggle for Existence'

217TP — A 1930s Austrian or German patinated bronze figure of Icarus signed Furstwith contemporary presentation plaque to Otto Lilienthal, dated 1935

218 — Of Aboriginal interest: Two snake carved wood walking sticks, probably early 20th century

219TP — A late 19th patinated bronze floor standing lamp standard in the neo-grec style

220TP — A late 19th century / early 20th century Empire revival mahogany and gilt brass hat stand

221 — After Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1935): A gilt bronze metamorphic erotic figure of a 'fur coat lady'circa 1920

222 — Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): An unusual cold painted bronze metamorphic female figure of 'The thief'

223TP — Martin Götze (German 1865-1931): A patinated bronze figure of 'Die Stille ('The Quiet)'

224 — A late 20th century painted terracotta waist length bust of a girl

225TP — Marcel Andre Bouraine (French, 1886-1948): A gilt and shaded bronze model of a satyr and fauncirca 1930

226TP — A good late 19th century Swiss 'Black Forest' carved linden wood liqueur cabinet with fitments on matching table stand

227*,TP — Jules Edmund Masson (French, 1871-1932): A patinated bronze model of two hounds with a hare

228TP — An Italian late 18th/early 19th century kingwood, tulipwood banded and inlaid commodino of Milanese/Lombard origin

229TP — A large mid Victorian figured mahogany and birds' eye maple cellaret of sarcophagus form

230TP — A George II walnut caddy top chest of small proportions

231TP — A Dutch early 19th century marquetry bombe serpentine chest

232TP — A Queen Anne walnut and featherbanded chest

233TP — A Victorian brass mounted mahogany campaign chest

234Ф,TP,Y — A pair of late George III mahogany breakfront display cabinets

235 — Of Tower Bridge interest: A late 19th century painted lead and copper lamp finial

236 — A 19th century painted leather fire bucket decorated with a Kings crown royal coat of arms

237 — Of early 20th century Welsh amateur musical and theatrical interest: Two Edwardian silver Eisteddfod crowns

238TP — An early 18th century and later walnut veneered table cabinet

239TP — A large vintage mid 20th century pond yacht

240 — A 'Cairo-ware' parquetry, bone and wood inlaid table cabinet

242TP — A Regency green painted and parcel gilt open armchair in the manner of George Smith

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195 —
A late 19th century Devonshire white statuary marble and fossil marble inlaid large tazza
probablyby John Woodleigh's Royal Marble Works at St Marychurch, nr Torquay, Devon

196^TP —
Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, British (1850-1925): A patinated bronze figure of 'The Sandal'

197^TP —
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608): A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze figures of Mercury and Fortuna

198 —
Aimé-Jules Dalou, (French, 1838-1902): A bronze figure of 'Baigneuse Avant Le Bain (Bather before the bath)'
posthumously cast by the Susse Frères foundry

199 —
A pair of Regency gilt and patinated bronze figural lustre candlesticks in the Egyptian taste

200^TP —
A late 19th century French polished bronze Egyptian revival mantel clock
the movement for Achille Brocot and numbered 5485, 16 & 3

201 —
A pair of 19th century French patinated bronze busts of Dante and Charon

202^TP —
Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821-1902): A bronze figure of 'Nymphe de Diane'

203 —
After Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-85): A pair of late 19th century patinated bronze figural groups of a infant boy and girl with a birdcage and a bird, together with a later Asprey retailed bronze hippo paperweight

204^TP —
A late 19th century French patinated bronze and marble figural mantel, the figure after Jean-Jacques, called James, Pradier (Swiss, 1790-1852)
the movement stamped Richond F. A. Paris

205^TP —
A Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted tulipwood, rosewood and marquetry hauteur d'appui or low cabinet

206^TP —
A set of four tole peinte 'drum' chairs
after the model by Cecil Beaton

207^TP —
A pair of 18th century French provincial 'Louis XV' solid walnut fauteuils

208^TP —
A pair of mahogany Gainsborough armchairs
elements apparently 18th century

209^TP —
A pair of mid Victorian giltwood pier mirrors
in the Chippendale Director style

210^* —
A late 19th / early 20th century Vishniakov papier mache lacquered and painted plate depicting a topographical view of Moscow together with a similar period Russian papier mache plate

211 —
A late 19th century patinated bronze novelty 'Lucifer' match or cigarette holder probably Continental
(20cm high)

212 —
A small Regency penwork work box

213 —
An early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze fox novelty letter clip

214 —
A mid 20th century Punch and Judy puppet set used by Professor Le Fay, Southport

215 —
An early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze equestrian inkwell formed as a horses head

216 —
After Carl Milles (Swedish, 1875-1955): A patinated bronze model of 'The Struggle for Existence'

217^TP —
A 1930s Austrian or German patinated bronze figure of Icarus signed Furst
with contemporary presentation plaque to Otto Lilienthal, dated 1935

218 —
Of Aboriginal interest: Two snake carved wood walking sticks, probably early 20th century

219^TP —
A late 19th patinated bronze floor standing lamp standard in the neo-grec style

220^TP —
A late 19th century / early 20th century Empire revival mahogany and gilt brass hat stand

221 —
After Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1935): A gilt bronze metamorphic erotic figure of a 'fur coat lady'
circa 1920

222 —
Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936): An unusual cold painted bronze metamorphic female figure of 'The thief'

223^TP —
Martin Götze (German 1865-1931): A patinated bronze figure of 'Die Stille ('The Quiet)'

224 —
A late 20th century painted terracotta waist length bust of a girl

225^TP —
Marcel Andre Bouraine (French, 1886-1948): A gilt and shaded bronze model of a satyr and faun
circa 1930

226^TP —
A good late 19th century Swiss 'Black Forest' carved linden wood liqueur cabinet with fitments on matching table stand

227^*,TP —
Jules Edmund Masson (French, 1871-1932): A patinated bronze model of two hounds with a hare

228^TP —
An Italian late 18th/early 19th century kingwood, tulipwood banded and inlaid commodino
of Milanese/Lombard origin

229^TP —
A large mid Victorian figured mahogany and birds' eye maple cellaret of sarcophagus form

230^TP —
A George II walnut caddy top chest of small proportions

231^TP —
A Dutch early 19th century marquetry bombe serpentine chest

232^TP —
A Queen Anne walnut and featherbanded chest

233^TP —
A Victorian brass mounted mahogany campaign chest

234^Ф,TP,Y —
A pair of late George III mahogany breakfront display cabinets

235 —
Of Tower Bridge interest: A late 19th century painted lead and copper lamp finial

236 —
A 19th century painted leather fire bucket decorated with a Kings crown royal coat of arms

237 —
Of early 20th century Welsh amateur musical and theatrical interest: Two Edwardian silver Eisteddfod crowns

238^TP —
An early 18th century and later walnut veneered table cabinet

239^TP —
A large vintage mid 20th century pond yacht

240 —
A 'Cairo-ware' parquetry, bone and wood inlaid table cabinet

242^TP —
A Regency green painted and parcel gilt open armchair
in the manner of George Smith