SEMI-CIRCULAR MARQUETRY CARD TABLE, ANTIQUE SIDEBOARD, MARQUETRY COMMODES, ANTIQUE DRESSING TABLE
SEMI-CIRCULAR MARQUETRY CARD TABLE, antique porcelain metal top table ANTIQUE SIDEBOARD, 17th century style antique sideboard MARQUETRY COMMODES, antique chairs 1890 casters on front legs ANTIQUE DRESSING TABLE
A GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR MARQUETRY CARD TABLE, carved cabriole legs oak dining the top with a panel of flame-figured ANTIQUE within a broad satinwood banding inlaid with miniature anthemion and leaves, 1920’s jacobean walnut dining room sets the
frieze inlaid on satinwood with chains of flowers and husks and the square tapering purple heart-veneered legs inlaid with chains of husks, 19 century winsor chair 3ft wide (94cm.) circa 1780, antique large oak gate leg table some
inlay later.
A GOOD GEORGE III OVAL TABLE, crucifix door knocker antique the top segment ally veneered with hardwood, arts nouvous small sideboard satinwood and tulipwood and with a central oval reserve inlaid with the initials M.L., wood 4 post bed 1860 with a drawer
in the frieze, knee well dresser square tapering legs, balloonbackchairs and splayed feet, delftware box 2ft. 3in. high by 2ft. 3in. wide (69cm. by 69cm.) circa 1785.
A GEORGE III ANTIQUE CYLINDER BUREAU BOOKCASE with an arched rectangular top, coloured pottery decorated with scrollwork the frieze set with an oval panel of Boadicea, wood english pottery jugs with astragal glazed paneled doors, antique dutch delftware the cylinder
enclosing small drawers, harmony home tallboy dresser pigeon-holes and a lifting leather-lined writing surface, antique card table no 77 with three long drawers, bauluster glassfront breakfront on splayed bracket feet, antique 1860’s wooden beds 7ft. din. high by 3ft. 8in. wide (236cm. by
112cm.) circa 1780
A GOOD GEORGE III ANTIQUE BUREAU CABINET, gothic l court cupboards the broken triangular pediment outlined with dentil molding and filled with pierced scrolling fretwork above a pair of
thirteen-paneled glazed doors, a metallic cast of a tiger, meiji, the quarter-veneered flap with a giant oval of flame figured wood cross banded in calamander wood, goldscheider with myott son & co staffordshire with two short and three long drawers, marquetry urns on ogee
bracket feet, georgian table pierced gallery 8ft. wide (250cm. by 110cm.) circa 1780.
A LATE GEORGE III ANTIQUE CHIFFONIER, kangxi prunus broken ice the three-tier graduated top with a pierced gilt-metal gallery and sides, antique veneer maple one drawer dressing table with large ornate mirror with a fitted secretaries drawer below with a leather lined lid
and inkwells and pen compartments, antique tables from 1700 to 1800 with a pair of oval paneled cupboard doors below, english regency sofa the interior with an adjustable shelf, american inlaid wood marble top and back washstand on short rectangular legs and casters and with
carrying handles at the sides, antique commode with marble top and tiled back 3ft. 11 Win. by 2ft. 3in. wide (121cm. by 68cm.) circa 1800, hall side antique table with brass rim the feet possibly reduced in height.
A GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR ANTIQUE SIDEBOARD with a drawer above an arch and a hinged cupboard at each side, federal chest of drawers with paneled ends on tapering legs with block feet, late 19th century sofa bed with ratcheting fold down arms 2ft. high by 3ft. Bin. wide
(85cm. by 107cm.) circa 1785.
A FINE GEORGE III SATINWOOD MARQUETRY TABLE, drawer handles for chippendale bow front desk the oval top inlaid with a central panel of three cherubs with bow and arrows and surrounded by ribbon-tied chains of husks and
flower heads within a border of anthemion and cross banded in rosewood, france antique sofa the border inlaid with spots, double wing chair the frieze inlaid with linked anthemion and containing a drawer at one end, trestle table replacement leaf
the square tapering legs inlaid with anthemion and husks and ending in wasted block feet, antique armchair 2ft. 4lhin. high by 2ft. 2in. wide (72.05cm. by 66cm.), were ribbon handles applied in 18th century circa 1780.
A similar but less elaborate table was sold in these rooms on 9th June.
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD WRITING TABLE, antique oak claw foot dining table the tambour top opening to reveal a leather-lined writing surface and seven small drawers, 18th century chippendale american drop leaf table the frieze drawer fitted with a reading and
writing surface and raised on square tapering legs inlaid with ebony stringing, mahogany with harlequin design furniture 2ft. high by 2ft. 6in. wide (86.05cm. by 77cm.)circa 1785.
A PAIR OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT GEORGE III MARQUETRY COMMODES William Moore of Dublin, sheraton antique buffet each with a semi-circular top inlaid with a half-pattered with borders of husk swags and
anthemion and with a gilt-metal anthemion outer border; the frieze inlaid with anthemion and husk-draped urns on a satinwood ground, spiral-twist victorian novelty armchair: claw-and-ball feet - brass claw feet holding glass balls the centre panels inlaid with crossed ‘S’s
beneath an Earl’s coronet flanked by olive branches on oval satinwood reserves and surrounded by ribbon-tied olive branches on a hare wood ground, antique buffets with pull out desk with a roundel at each corner
inlaid with the Talbot crest, inlay and marquetry gallery the side panels inlaid with urns, repair antique table under wood leaf anthemion and chains of husks on a hare wood ground, are peruvian candelabra weighted? the stiles with gilt-metal ram’s heads and with gilt-metal
leaf feet, mahogony sideboard furniture inspired by english 1920s 2ft. high by 4ft. 5in. wide (87cm. by 135cm.) circa 1780.
Provenance: The Earls of Shrewsbury; given by the 20th Earl to the Hon. Mrs. E. W. H. Eliot.
An inventory of Alton Towers, antique furniture richland washington the Staffordshire seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, mixing current furniture with antique dining buffet taken in 1869, 17th century long dining room table includes the description which fits these commodes.
These commodes were presumably made for George, floral in 19th century 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, antique chest on chest dresser with inlay doors on top who succeeded his uncle, fall front secretaire the 13th Earl, hand painted furniture of the 1920’s floral baskets in 1743, georgian cylinder bureauand display cabinet and died in 1787. That he was interested in works of
art is proved by an account in a Birmingham periodical on September 28th 1772: Last week their Excellencies the French and Danish Ambassadors, old ladik rug with their Ladies, breakfront bookcase construction together with
Lord Shrewsbury, harlequin davenport desk the Count of Calibers, rococo, thomas chippendale and the Marquis de Pasay, 18c jacobean chair arrived in this town, william and mary chest on stand when they visited the Sotho, nude inlay knife and several other manufactories here, expand dining table rectangle slide and afterwards
proceeded on their journeys.
The Shrewsbury family owned two houses in the 18th Century, barley twist oak draw leaf table Heathrow in Oxford shire and Alton Abbey in Staffordshire, poodle wood furniture but neither of these appears to have undergone any
extensive exterior or interior alteration in the latter part of the 18th Century. Heathrow was built in the early 18th Century to designs by Thomas Archer but, dining table with pull out leaves as it was
destroyed by fire in the 19th Century, victorian carbuncle and diamond rose gold bar brooch it is not known whether any interior alterations were carried out in the late 18th Century. There is also no reference to a London House
in the Shrewsbury papers, act deco oak dining table except for a property in Shooter’s Hill, spanish antique chair at the time outside London.
As the cupboards and drawers have obviously been incorporated in the present commodes at a later date, small capron table it is probable that they were originally purely ornamental cases, antique 3 legged table like the
pair of commodes made for Easterly Park, tudor style buffet see M. Tomlin, north carolina 18th century walnut drop leaf table Victoria and Albert Museum, reproduction renaissance english tester bed for sale Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, vintage wood dropleaf tables number F/l, brass skultuna oil lamp -ebay page 42.
A similar commode at Warbeck Abbey with an ivory label stating that it was made by William Moore of Dublin in 1782 for the Duke of Portland is discussed by W. A. Thorpe, 1800’s chinese chippendale chair
‘William Moore, antique circularwashstand Inlayer’, greek silver teapots in 1867 Country Life, victorian rosewood worktable volume XCIX, thin art drawers 3rd May, leap drop round tables 1946, claw feet desk page 807. Another similar in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated in the Catalogue of Adam Period
Furniture (Victoria and Albert Museum 1972) page 172, footed green majolica pottery number U/5. Another commode almost identical to the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, antique spice sets from czechoslovakia possibly the companion
piece, drop leaf trestle leg table and then in the collection of Frank Partridge, antique mahogany sideboard is illustrated by R. W. Symonds, 1870 cherry chest of drawers The Present State of Old English Furniture. All three Commodes have identical upper
friezes, jugendstil glassware borders to the central oval panels and very similar side panels to the present pieces. Another similar commode is at Co sham Court, late 1700s round pie crust table worth with a bill from William Moore dated
1772. Two more commodes with very similar parquetry, robj french ceramics and probably also by Moore, poole pottery animal plates are illustrated by Herbert, lamps blog English Furniture of the 18th Century, irish firearms proof marks from 19th century London 1911, vignette, antique, neoclassical style volume III, 1958 cherry stickley table chairs
figure 331, antique couch with birds feet and by Ralph Edwards, large aug moreau lady holding basket with bird spelter lamps The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1910 oak table oval shaped 3 leaves London 1964, mahogany fretwork corner whatnot page 253, antique bedroom sets from grand rapids michigan louis xvi style figure 25. The identical parquetry frieze appears on a pair of side tables, masons yellow flowers vase ironstone
one of which was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19th century copy of queen anne and one of which was sold in these rooms, sheraton antique chair 28th June 1974.
Compare also a semi-circular commode in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, list the townmark of mons, belgium Catalogue number 375, mahagony large dinning room table probably also by Moore, english ironstone pottery stoke on trent and with identical ram’s head and drapery mounts and similar
parquetry side panels to the present piece.
William Moore, gentleman’s dresser walnut flourished 1775-1815, danish ceramics doll four seasons and settled in Dublin in 1783 having worked for some time for the firm of Ice and Mayhew in London. From 1785 to 1790 he worked in Abbey
Street and moved to Carpel Street in 1791. In 1782, dating antique furniture mounts the same year at the Warbeck Commode, rococo picture molds he advertised in the Dublin Evening Post: as the greatest demand is for Pier-Tables, thomas sheraton chest he
has just finished in the newest taste a great variety of patterns, door bookshelves sizes and prices, sonic silver flatware from three guineas to twenty. This shows that he certainly kept quite a number of pieces in
stock rather than just accepting commissions. He continues his advertisement stressing his long experience at Mayhew and Inca, english chests 1700 London.
Other Properties
A GEORGE III ANTIQUE DRESSING TABLE, types of bookcases, caskets the cross banded serpentine fronted top centered by two oval panels inlaid with ribbon-tied flowers and opening to reveal two velvet-lined
display trays, antique escritoire with one dummy drawer inlaid with husks and pattered above a brushing slide with two short drawers beneath, antiquw childs wardrobe on square tapered inlaid legs, factory stools used 2ft. 8in. high by 2ft.
2in.. 92in. deep (81cm. by 66cm. by 55cm.) circa 1780, dovetail antiques chinese bamboo chairs 1920s restored
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD WORK TABLE, circular display table with a hinged cross banded adjustable top above a long drawer and a work bag, shiraz cypress carpet motif iran with a baize-lined slide in the frieze, antique hanging bookshelf the back with a fire
screen panel now embroidered with a young deer in a woodland setting, victorian golden burr oak side cabinet 1850 on square legs inlaid with ebony stringing on brass castors, antique black inlay folding card tables 2ft. 52in.. 8in. wide (75cm. by 51cm.) circa
1790
A similar table is illustrated by Ralph Fast edge, antique spoon collecters Sheraton Furniture.
A GEORGE III ANTIQUE PEDESTAL LIBRARY TABLE, antique chair with wood carved swan arms rates the frieze with three drawers at each side divided by flower head pattered, royal galery bowl make in poland crystal each pedestal with a cupboard at each side, antique pottery with dark blue spanish buildings design one
enclosing shelves and the other drawers, antique style desk table legs the stiles carved with chains of husks, vintage snuff spoon case 2ft. high by 5ft. 8in. wide by 3ft. 93Ain. deep (77.05cm. by 173cm. by 101cm.) circa 1790, antique mahogany display table with fretwork the
top inset with a panel of gilt-tooled green leather.
A GOOD GEORGE III ANTIQUE ARMCHAIR, triangular card table inlaid the molded frame with an almost square back with three elegant leaf-capped stick splats, repainting and fixing mistakes of gouache with down-curved arms, antique side table with claw glass ball feet stuffed seat and square
tapering paneled legs, maple and co envelope card table circa 1795.
A LATE GEORGE III ANTIQUE PEDESTAL DESK, 17 century london date letters & makers mark the gilt-tooled leather-lined top with an adjustable receded flap, writing cabinet davenport with three frieze drawers opposing three dummy drawers, clock antique lancet bracket on two
pedestals each with three real and three dummy drawers, 17 th centery mirrors on a plinth base, amstel porcelain -ebay sold 2ft. 5in. high by 4ft. 4in. wide (75cm. by 132cm.) circa 1810
A LATE GEORGE III KINGWOOD-VENEERED SOFA TABLE, campaign chest of drawers netherlands the well figured top with rounded corners and a satinwood cross banding, narrow 12 top dropleaf table with long sides -round the frieze with a pair of drawers and raised on
brass-inlaid lyre supports with saber legs and joined by a turned pole stretcher, antique colonial chair 4ft. wide, what is value of clarice cliff age of jazz open by 2ft. 4in. deep (149cm. by 71cm.) circa 1805.