Antique satinwood tea caddy with penwork decoration, having a rectangular lid opening to a fitted interior with two lidded compartments and a later sugar bowl. The banded edges are decorated with penwork and the front panel and lid have central penwork decoration. English or American, circa 1840.
Rare 18th-century Bilbao mirror; carved and gilt wood and stone, having a rectangular beveled mirror plate flanked by engaged stone and marble columns and an arched cornice. Originally shipped from Spain, these mirrors are also thought to have been produced in America. Circa 1780-90.
Frame size: 25” x 13.5”
Rare pair of Venetian carved and painted wood wall brackets in the form of Blackamoors supporting shells, each with a painted drapery swag and painted and gilt tunic. Late 18th- or early 19th- century. (Minor losses.)
Antique English tea chest
in mahogany with satinwood stringing and crossbanding
in various woods; the rectangular lid is inlaid with
a sunburst pattern surrounding a pointed oval pattera with the British lion holding a shield.
Circa 1800.
Exceptional Antique English
tea caddy in tiger mahogany and heavily inlaid with various exotic woods, the front panel with oval print of two women.
Rectangular form with cut corners inlaid to imitate fluting, and having a silvered copper handle. Late 18th-
early 19th century.
(The interior with later foil
lining.)
Antique English papier mache lap desk in black lacquer decorated with gilt stencil and inlaid with abalone shell, having a shaped top opening to a fitted interior with writing slope and wells for pens and inkwell. Circa 1860.
Antique English D-form brass firefender with rounded mid-rib flanked by openwork bands with grape and leaf decoration. English, circa 1800-1830 (one foot replaced).
