Two Antique English papier mâché shoe form match safes (or ‘vesta case’), one with hand painted decoration with a butterfly, the other with inlaid piqué work, oval hinged lid, and ‘strike’ on bottom of shoe. Circa 1870.
Fine pair of antique English firedogs, or tool rests, in brass, with vasiform finials above a turned pillar, with applied rose form decoration and cast anthemion form central motif. The whole raised on a stepped plinth base. Circa 1880.
Antique French miniature prie-dieu in rosewood with fretwork top opening to a small compartment, turned supports and a base lined kneeler opening to reveal a hidden drawer. Circa 1870.
Antique Chinese Hong-Mu Dressing Box, rectangular with rounded edges and having a hinged lid opening to a mirror and removable tray, also having silvered mounts. Circa 1830. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley.
Ornate Antique French Bronze Dore Jewelry Casket, with inset painted porcelain plaques; having a hinged lid opening to a velvet lined well, above two doors opening to shelves and raised on dragon form feet. Circa 1870. (n.b. doors close but do not lock)
Small Scale English Regency Rosewood Jewelry Box with inset carrying handles, brass banding, inlay, escutcheon and plaque. Originally a lap desk. It is lacking its interior fittings; currently felt lined. Circa 1820.
Extremely Rare George III Tea Caddy in the shape of an urn-form knife box, in partridge wood with satnwood stringing, octagonal with pagoda shaped lid and acorn-form finial, urn-form body and turned socle with square plinth base having inlaid banding (lock replaced). Circa 1790. Provenance: The Terence J. Fox Collection of Tea Equipage, Formerly the Collection of Iroquois Brands, Ltd.. Height, 10.”
