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Netsuke

A Japanese eighteenth century carved ivory netsuke by Masanao of Kyoto

Sold for £41,000.00

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February 26th 2006

 

Highlights for 2009

Image An Edwardian mahogany serpentine display cabinet, raised over a secretaire sideboard base. With open swan neck pediment over an inlaid Doric freeze, decorated throughout in the Adams style with fine marquetry inlay depicting neo classical motifs, raised on slender splay legs, 94".

£3,600.00
Image A Chinese Celadon jade ruyi sceptre, carved as a scrolling branch, 14". Provenance; The Duke of Rutland sale from Aske Hall, September 1994.

£2,800.00
Image A fine nineteenth century French gold brooch/pendant, set with a Limoges enamel roundel, depicting a classical figure in a niche framed within a scrollwork border, set with diamonds and seed pearls, 3".

£2,200.00
Image A Royal Worcester six place coffee set in fitted case, painted with peaches, apples, blackberries, grapes and blossom, comprises; coffee pot, sugar and saucers, five silver gilt teaspoons and sugar bowl, signed Ricketts, Lockyer, Flexman, Austin, Harper and Powell, printed puce marks.

£2,900.00
Image An antique Jacobean style heavily carved oak milliners cabinet, decorated between panels with portrait roundels and linen folds, 73".

£2,800.00
Image William Sidney Cooper large gilt framed oil on canvas, cattle resting in an extensive landscape with sheep and cottages in the background, signed 1895, 23" x 35".

£2,600.00
Image A small Chinese pale Celadon jade model of a recumbent deer, its head tilted back biting a ruyi branch, raised over a carved hardwood plinth, 2.5" wide.

£2,400.00
Image A ladies 18ct gold Cartier powder compact, in original case with fluted herringbone decoration and spring loaded hinged lid, inscribed Paris, November 19th 1946, 120.5 grams.

£2,200.00
Image A unique solid silver model of the world war II Churchill tank MK VII OR 'Heavy Churchill' closely detailed and with rotating turret, commissioned by the vendor the moulds then destroyed 8", assayed London 1980, 1322 grams.

£2,000.00
Image A unique solid silver model of the world war II Churchill tank MK VII OR 'Heavy Churchill' closely detailed and with rotating turret, commissioned by the vendor the moulds then destroyed 8", assayed London 1980, 1322 grams.

£2,000.00
Image A nineteenth century unusual Belleek pottery wall charger, finely enamelled with two putti riding on the back of a giant eagle under a gilt line rim, impressed and printed marks, 12" diameter.

£2,000.00
Image A Regency rosewood gentleman's desk of Kidney shape and with oxblood leather insert, painted in the Adams style with ribbon swags and with strung inlay, 72" wide.

£1,900.00
Image A Regency tortoise shell and ebonized bow front display cabinet on stand with carved mouldings, the cabinet with mirrored back and shield shaped escutcheon's has a single drawer to the lower freeze, the stand formed as four scrolling legs is united by shaped under tier, 62" high.

£1,700.00
Image After Emile Jean Horace Vernet large nineteenth century gilt framed equestrian portrait of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte riding Marengo at the battle of Wagram July 5-6 1809, troops in the background, signed A.Baumgartner, 39" x 28".

£1,700.00
Image A seventeenth century Turkish Iznik earthenware dish, glazed with stylized flowers in red, green and blue, 12" diameter.

£1,700.00
Image A Victorian ebonized shop display cabinet, curved to one end and the pediment inscribed in gilt lettering caps, gloves, scarves, hosiery, etc, 69" wide.

£1,600.00
Image A Japanese Meiji period square cloisonne vase, raised on a carved fruitwood plinth, blue ground and ornamented with scrollwork and Buddhistic symbols, 10.25".

£1,600.00
Image A large antique Persian dish with barbed rim and painted in pale blue with a stylized design, 15.75" diameter.

£1,600.00
Image A Victorian apprentice model of a spiral staircase under glass dome, with a bisque figure hung from the top step on a swinging chair, raised on a parquetry inlaid hexagonal plinth, 21".

£1,500.00
Image A nineteenth century Lincolnshire ash and elm comb back country arm chair of broad proportions, made for a tavern in Folkingham for a portly customer, seat width 32".

£1,100.00
Image A pair of nineteenth century French gilt hall mirrors with beaded and scroll work frames reserved on claret grounds 41" tall.

£1,000.00
Image A pair of nineteenth century Staffordshire spill vases, each modelled as a St Bernard dog holding a bird in its mouth, raised on cobalt blue bases, 10".

£1,000.00
Image An early twentieth cnetury African mangbetu dagger with tribal carved hardwood hilt, formed as a man.

£1,100.00

Highlights for 2008

Image Victorian ebonized boule work credenza, decorated throughout with ormolu mounts, 69" wide.

£2,900.00
Image Period oak milliners cabinet, raised on heavy bun feet, 43" w x 70" h.

£1,200.00
Image George III mahogany chest on chest with original brightwork, raised on bracket feet, 45" w x 67" h.

£1,900.00
Image Good pair of mid Victorian carved mahogany fold over tea tables, raised on octagonal baluster pedestals and terminating over a circular carved base, supported on scroll feet, 41" wide.

£2,800.00
Image Regency yew wood sofa table, having two drawers to the freeze and ebony stringing throughout, raised over a twin lyre base with arched cross stretcher, terminating on box taper castors, 34" w x 26" d.

£3,700.00
Image Excellent set of fourteen carved mahogany Hepplewhite style ladder back dining chairs, raised on square fluted supports and upholstered in blue cotton material (the set includes two carvers).

£2,300.00
Image George Hamilton Constantine gilt framed watercolour, near Holmsfield "the harvest" 10" x 14"

£2,600.00
Image A sixteenth century bronze mounted bible box and rosary case both with contents, the bible leather mounted imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, printer to the queens most excellent majesty 1587.

£6,200.00
Image An Art Deco octagonal onyx figural card tray, surmounted with a silvered bronze and carved ivory dancing girl, possibly Lorenzl, 7".

£2,100.00
Image A Georgian mead glass with hollow stem, raised over a folded foot, 5".

£1,250.00
Image A Tokyo school nineteenth century ivory okimono carved as a fisherman, wearing waraji and holding a large net, raised over a naturalistic rock work base, signed Isshin, 16".

£5,400.00
Image An Art Nouveau Moorcroft biscuit barrel with tudric pewter mounts, decorated with poppies, impressed marks and monogram, 7.5"

£1,100.00
Image A magnificent pair of nineteenth century Sevres vases and covers with ornate tooled gilt cartouches, containing ovoid panels painted by Genets with figures in a country garden, the reverse panels depict rural river landscapes ground on a rich gros-bleu, mounted with scrolling gilt bronze handles and shaped rotating pedestals, crossed L`s with a letter F inside the covers and inscribed 'Marquise de Villette' 1777, 31".

£9,000.00
Image A rare Derby tureen and cover, modelled as a nesting pigeon, feather detail picked out in enamels and the nest with applied decoration 8". Cover broken and restored tail feathers restored.

£660.00
Image A large cold painted metal figural standard lamp, modelled as a gent in medieval dress with a dog and bearing a torch, 53".

£1,600.00
Image A early nineteenth century mahogany campaign four poster bed, by John Durham with carved fluted supports, raised on baluster legs, brass plaque inscribes (paient) John Durham manufacturer successor to Morgan and Co. 16 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 74" x 55".

£1,600.00
Image Small Victorian Adams revival display cabinet, the dome top with two glazed doors, raised over a bow front drawer, inlaid throughout and raised on slender tapering supports, 48" h x 18" w x 13" d.

£1,650.00
Image An Anglo Indian satinwood, ivory, tortoise shell and horn pedestal chess table, raised on carved paw feet with a box of miniature carved ivory chess pieces, 9". Some very minor cracks to the ivory and tortoise shell.

£1,900.00
Image A Queen Anne red walnut fold over tea table with original tapestry inset top, embroidered with stylized flowers over a secret folding compartment, raised on slender tapering legs terminating with pad feet, 30" d x 29" h.

£2,800.00
Image Excellent quality Regency mahogany chest of four graduated drawers, the top drawer fitted as an escritoire, raised on carved lion paw feet with original lion mask handles, 32" wide.

£3,000.00
Image A fine Derby bough pot with ram mask handles and painted with a gilt and cobalt ground, hosting a central cartouche, framing a painted bouquet in the manner of William Billingsley, blue mark, c1800, 10".

£1,000.00
Image A Nicole Freres walnut cased polyphon with marquetry inlay, along with a quantity of discs.

£1,100.00
Image Edouard Adam 1910 oil on canvas coastal seascape with large steamer "havre" 24" x 36". Some damage to canvas.

£1,300.00
Image A late nineteenth / early twentieth century Chinese padouk wood side table, with inset marble top and extensively carved with vines, leaves and berries, raised on slender scrolling legs with paw feet 48" wide.

£1,400.00
Image A pair of Chelsea Derby Sevres style cups and saucers, ground in gros bleu and with tooled gilt cartouches containing birds in flight, pseudo Sevres marks and incised N mark, c1775.

£1,400.00
Image A fine quality kingwood and rosewood card table by Edwards and Roberts, of serpentine form with gilt mounts and raised on slender cabriole supports, 33".

£1,600.00
Image An Art Deco gilt bronze and ivory figure of a young ballerina by Ferdinand Preiss, signed F.Preiss and raised on an Octagonal plinth, 6.75".

£1,800.00
Image A fine Wedgwood fairyland lustre pedestal bowl by Daisey Makeig-Jones, decorated with an idyllic evening landscape ground in flambe orange, populated with an array of imps, pixies and fairies and with gilt cobwebs, printed mark Z3487, 9.5" diameter.

£2,700.00
Image A Chelsea raised anchor period octagonal teacup, painted in the kakiemon style with the lady and the pavilion pattern, unmarked c1750-52.

£1,200.00
Image E.Dahlberg early nineteenth century large leather bound book 'Suecia' containing engravings both monochrome and hand tinted, all of architectural nature.

£1,200.00
Image An ornate Victorian brass half tester double bed.

£2,000.00
Image An Art Deco maple cocktail cabinet fluted and of demi lune shape, 69".

£2,100.00
Image An antique finely carved eastern jade dagger handle, modelled in the form of a giraffe, 4.5".

£3,000.00
Image Henri Paul Motte nineteenth century French school large unframed oil on canvas 'the Trojan horse' 38" x 57".

£3,200.00
Image A mid Victorian ebonized ladies side cabinet with bur walnut inlay, crossbanded in yew wood, with gilt metal mounts and inset with Sevres porcelain panels, 53".

£3,400.00
Image An exceptional Regency mahogany wine cooler of sarcophagus form, crossbanded and with ebony stringing, the hinged cover surmounted with four carved lion masks opens to reveal the lead lined and divided interior, the main carcass with canted corners adorned with reeded moulding, supported on carved lion paw feet with ionic capitals, 30" wide.

£4,100.00
Image A large Chippendale period mahogany bureau bookcase with Doric pediment and blind fret carved freeze, over a fitted bookcase top with astrigal panelled doors the lower bureau section with fitted interior, comprising; two banks of drawers each with blind fret carved fronts flanking a small central cupboard with fluted corinthian pilasters the base with three over three graduated drawers is cornered by two fret carved quarter column and supported on Chinese Chippendale fret carved bracket feet, 96" tall. Note; See the gentleman and cabinet makers directory by Thomas Chippendale page no. LXXXIX the design displaying the same model foot.

£13,000.00

Highlights for 2007

Image A 1942 Ford GPW Jeep. 2200.cc, registration DSU 416, Fully tested for one year and tax exempt. This vehicle has been meticulously restored at various stages since service and must surely be one of the best examples left in existence today, there is a wealth of documentation and past history along with spare parts and accessories to be included in the sale.

£8,400
Image A Royal Worcester twin handled pedestal urn, finely painted with a heron in a desert landscape signed A Shuck. Printed mark dates 1912.

£1,250.00
Image A mahogany cased two tier magic lantern with brass mounts.

£1,400.00
Image John Russell gilt framed oil on canvas, salmon on a river bank 17" x 35".

£2,600.00
Image Nineteenth century Italian school framed oil on canvas, panoramic view of Naples, signature indistinct 9" x 40".

£3,400.00
Image Hindley of York early Georgian longcase clock, The 11" brass dial with silvered chapter rings, housed within a castellated caddy top hood, raised over a slender Japanned and lacquer work chinoiserie case. Its slender door with bullseye lenticle 92" high.

£2,400.00
Image A good quality period walnut chest on stand, raised on carved cabriole supports and terminating on pad feet.

£2,600.00
Image Regency rosewood four tier music stand manufactured by John Howard and son London, the top section with adjustable stand, supported on elegant turned and fluted spindles with single drawer to the base 50" high.

£1,400.00
Image A fine Royal Worcester twin handled pedestal urn and cover decorated by C.Johnson with ornately moulded gilt borders, framing a central band ground in pale mat blue and painted with two herons watering in a dessert landscape, printed puce mark and signed dates 1915 9.5"

£2,300.00
Image A Galle overlay glass tablelamp with pointed dome shade and slender wasted base, decorated over a frosted amber ground with flowers in tones of blue and amethyst, signed 18".

£5,000.00
Image A large nineteenth century Blue John pedestal comport, raised over a spreading base 7.5" diameter.

£2,200.00
Image Alfred Montague 1869 large gilt framed oil on canvas, hunting dogs with a fallen deer in a highland landscape 26" x 40".

£1,700.00
Image Richard Keally of London eight day mahogany longcase clock, the silvered arch dial with musical movement, is housed within a dome top hood 98" high.

£3,300.00
Image Eighteenth century pine dowry chest, painted with applied raised decoration, heightened in gold leaf, depicting courtiers and mythical animals, the whole raised on a carved break front support, terminating on bun feet 74" wide.

£1,600.00
Image Pair of antique Blackamoor figures, heightened in gold leaf, raised on heavy barleytwist pedestals 70" high.

£1,800.00
Image Georgian mahogany Pembroke table, having two end drawers, crossbanded and inlaid throughput in Kingwood and rosewood, raised on square tapering supports.

£1,800.00
Image Edwards and Roberts mahogany Sheraton revival Carlton house desk of serpentine form with gilt metal gallery and fitted open drawers, delicately inlaid throughout and raised on square tapering supports 45" wide.

£2,200.00
Image A light oak shoe cupboard by Stanley Davis c1931. Cotswold school, markers mark SWD 931 inside top left. 21in w x 37in h x 15in d.

£3,400.00
Image Heavily carved oriental hardwood tea table with inset marble top and birdcage pedestal. 45" diameter

£7,000.00
Image Ferdinand Preiss gilt bronze and ivory figure "the torch holder" raised over a square marble plinth, signed F Preiss 10".

£6,400.00
Image An Art Deco onyx powder box, surmounted with an ivory figure of a young girl, with outstretched arms, entitled "the good fairy" 9.5".

£1,950.00
Image An Art Deco Preiss Kassler bronze ivory and onyx figural mantle clock, the oval dial with cream painted numbers is flanked by a figure of a young boy and one of a girl, monogrammed stamp PK 9.5".

£13,500.00
Image A pair of German silver gilt jousting knights on horseback with inset carved ivory faces, raised over oblong plinths ornamented with crests, hallmarks 12.75".

£6,800.00
Image After Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) a fine pair of patinated bronze figures modelled as Cupid, one sharpening arrows and the other stringing his bow, raised over slate plinths, Paris foundry marks, one signed Moreau Malhurn, the other Lemire 17".

£3,800.00
Image Early nineteenth century Italian school gilt framed oil on canvas, view of Venice across the grand canal 18" x 22".

£5,400.00
Image Eighteenth century English school pair of oval gilt framed oils on canvas portraits of children, girl with a canary and young boy with a spaniel 11.5".

£2,200.00
Image Excellent set of eight Georgian mahogany dining chairs, in the manor of Chippendale, comprising; six plus two carvers.

£2,800.00
Image Carved Regency rosewood serpentine form settee, upholstered in deep button red velvet, heightened throughout in gold leaf decoration 79" wide.

£2,600.00
Image Edwards and Roberts style mahogany Sheraton revival pedestal writing desk 54" wide.

£2,000.00
Image Flemish carved walnut two drawer commode chest, of serpentine form raised on cabriole supports 64" wide.

£3,200.00
Image A rare and important Mintons aesthetic vase by Charles Toft c1875, with shell mounted body ground in lilac and decorated in the pate sur pate technique with stylized flowers issuing from a central urn, the neck enamelled with cloisonne style decoration is flanked by two looped handles with white jewelled decoration, raised over a Japanese style moulded base on four scroll feet with gilt decoration, signed C.Toft on one foot, impressed Minton 9.25". Footnote; Charles Toft was a former pupil of Louis Solon. He was a master potter at Minton and made many of their early exhibition pieces. Examples of signed Charles Toft pate sur pate works rarely turn up for sale. This important example shows two particular influences, the aesthetic movement and devices in particular employed by DR Christopher Dresser, as this particular example combines both influences, it is possibly unique.

£3,200.00
Image A Richard Chaffers and Co. Liverpool octagonal cup and saucer, painted in underglaze blue with the oriental inspired jumping boy pattern, Pseudo character marks c1760.

£1,000.00
Image An Art Nouveau Verdis Gris bronze ivory and marble card tray, surmounted with the figure a mermaid with arms outstretched sitting at the rim of the shallow dish 9".

£1,500.00
Image An Art Nouveau cold painted bronze and ivory figure by Dimitri Chiparus, modelled as a dancing girl, raised over a large marble plinth, signed Chiparus 16".

£7,600.00
Image A silver wine coaster by Faberge with shaped border chased with leaves and scrolls, hallmarks St Petersburg 1892 7.5" diameter.

£3,400.00
Image A Japanese carved ivory okimono modelled as a mother and child with a seated street trader, raised over a hardwood plinth, cinnabar signature tablet 9".

£1,800.00
Image A Russian silver and pearlised enamel cigarette case with diamond set clasp by Ivan Brizan, hallmarks 3.5".

£3,200.00
Image John Henry Mole gilt framed watercolour, near Ambleside extensive rural landscape with children to the foreground 19" x 26".

£1,400.00
Image Exceptional George III figural walnut serpentine chest of four graduated drawers, crossbanded in rosewood with original brightwork and supported on scrolling bracket feet 43" W.

£5,200.00
Image A fine nineteenth century French gold brooch/pendant, set with a Limoges enamel roundel, depicting a classical figure in a niche framed within a scrollwork border, set with diamonds and seed pearls, 3".

£2,200.00
Image An early twentieth century African Mangbetu knife with tribal carved hardwood hilt, formed as a man.

£1,100.00