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18 Jun

Posted at 16:55h in

A George II giltwood side table with a massive verde antico veneered marble slab.   83.8 x 177.8 x 88.9 cm   The frieze carved with entrelac-and-rosette edged with egg-and-dart ornament centred by a shell framed by later scrolls and standing on hairy lions' paw legs. The table has been extended and widened in the past. It may originally have been a stand for a cabinet. The back stretcher bears the trade label of 'Weaver, 46 Wardour St. Soho' (Alfred Weaver is listed as...

07 May

Posted at 16:42h in

A set of six George II giltwood wall-lights with six pendant giltwood drops carved with fruit and flowers.   The lyre-shaped backplates are centred by lion-masks, each supporting four serpent branches, now fitted for electricity. These were purchased from the temporary House of Lords in 1847, after fire had ravaged the old Palace of Westminster in 1834.    ...

07 May

Posted at 10:20h in

A Regency gilded mahogany open armchair and footstool supplied by Russell, Valance & Evans in 1820 for Queen Caroline's use as a resting chair at her trial in the House of Lords in 1820.   'A Handsome carved Grecian Chair gilt in burnished Gold for the Use of the Queen at the Throne end of the House (£12.13s.) and a gilt footstool with lions paw feet (£3.3s.)'. It was covered with scarlet cloth by Elliott & Francis.  ...

23 Apr

Posted at 15:49h in

Clementina Sarah Drummond, Lady Willoughby de Eresby (1786-1865), by Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA (1769-1830). Oil on canvas, 203cm x 143.5cm.   Clementina was the daughter and heiress of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth. She succeeded to her father's estates, including Drummond Castle in Perthshire, on his death in July 1800. On October 19th, 1807, Clementina married Peter Robert Burrell, afterwards 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and 2nd Lord Gwydir, thus uniting the estates at Grimsthorpe, Drummond and Gwydir. This portrait previously hung in the...

23 Apr

Posted at 14:48h in

Attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac (1702-1762).   An English terracotta bust of George Frederick Handel, first half of the 18th Century.   58.5cm high....