We have recently acquired a rare large Chinese blue & white porcelain wine cistern, circa 1780, of English Queen Anne silver shape. This wine cistern, made for the export market and to appeal to European taste, was an ambitious undertaking and is a rare survivor. It is surprisingly heavy, weighing in at 10kg! It might [...]
June's Item of the Month is a Rosso Antico column of Trajan, Italian, circa 1850, on a Nero Belgio plinth. The original marble Trajan's Column stands at the centre of The Forum of Trajan, just north of the Roman Forum in Rome, and was built to commemorate Emperor Trajan's two successful campaigns against the Dacians [...]
April's Item of the Month is a Large English School Oil Portrait, circa 1805, in the manner of George Dawe. A portrait of an elegant young mother, her three children and dog, one child showing a butterfly, in a river landscape with a bridge beyond presumably the family seat, unsigned, oils on canvas, the gilt [...]
March's Item of the Month is a rare Ashford black marble centre table, Derbyshire, England, circa 1850, attributed to Thomas Woodruff, the top inset with asymmetrical samples of Sicilian Jasper. Thomas Woodruff was described as ‘Inlayer, and Worker in Marble’, ‘Black Marble Inlayer’ and ‘Black Marble Worker’, and started a business in Bakewell, Derbyshire in 1842; [...]
February's Item of the Month is a fine carved Giallo Antico bath model, after the Antique, Rome, Italy, circa 1820, on a Verde Antico plinth. The Grand Tour of the late 17th, 18th and 19th centuries saw many upper class, wealthy and aristocratic gentlemen travel to Italy and Europe, particularly Rome, Venice and Florence, for pleasure, education [...]
January's Item of the Month is an exceptional set of eight yew smokers bow type kitchen chairs, probably by I. Allsop & Son, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, circa 1870, of good colour, with elm seats, in original unrestored condition. I. Allsop & Son, Windsor Chair Manufacturers, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, circa 1871-87; their trade card details the ‘Yew Office’ [...]
As we take a break for the festive season, we wish all our customers a Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2025! With very best wishes, Mark Jones
December's Item of the Month is a patinated bronze lioness and cubs by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (American, 1876-1973), circa 1906, signed ‘Anna v. Hyatt. Sc’ numbered ‘5’ and stamped ‘G.C’ flanking a lion, also ‘Q.9’ for Gorham Manufacturing Company, Number 5, of 84 only casts from 1906. Provenance: Estate of the American artist Emma [...]
November's Item of the Month is a rare early coffee type low table by Max Kuehne, American, circa 1930, in silver leaf with unusual incised decoration, signed ‘Max Kuehne’. Provenance: Estate of the American artist Emma Fordyce Macrae, thence by descent; see image of a work by the artist ‘The Lily’ including this table. Max [...]
October's Item of the Month is a rare Jamaican specimen wood box, by Ralph Turnbull, circa 1840, unlabelled, the interior tray with nine compartments each with a different specimen solid wood lid and each with pen inscribed paper identification label, including Juniper Ceader, Jamaica Mahogany, Ebony, Yacca, Mahoe, Grey Sanders. Provenance: Private Collection, Scotland. Identical [...]
