Nice small antique English Regency firefender with painted, pierced metal body and brass top and bottom rails and ball feet. Circa 1790-1830.
(Originally had center foot).
English mahogany tea chest of simple rectangular form. The beauty of this chest lies in its interior with its 2 silver plate sugar caniste rand matching silverplate sugar canister. Circa 1825.
Rare Chinese Export Roll Top Lap Desk, Asian Hardwoods
with ebony and brass mounts having single lower drawer that when opened reveals a fitted interior, sloped writing surface and "pop-up" storage compartment with tambour doors.
Circa 1830.
*See Crossman, The ChinaTrade,
color plate 96 (page 248) for
another example. ...click for details
Impressive George III pierced and engraved steel firefender of serpentine form and with two rows of beading flanking the pierced work which is reminiscent of silver decoration of the 1780s.
Antique American Faux Rosewood Grained Tea Caddy, rectangular with gilt painted stringing, stenciled escutcheon surround and pressed brass ring handles; opening to a divided interior. Circa 1870
(Repaired cracks to lid)
Unusually Tall Regency Brass and Iron Firefender, D-form with brass crest and foot rails, cross-hatched brass wire body and raised on three squashed ball feet. English or American, circa 1800.
Fine antique Chinese export lap desk, Asian hardwoods with brass inlay and banding, having a rectangular top opening to a fitted interior with a fold out sloped writing surface, pen and ink wells, hidden compartments and having a side drawer. The turned leg stand in mahogany is antique but not original. Circa 1830.
Antique English Red Painted Tin Tea Canister, cylindrical with fluted shoulder, yellow painted decoration and a stencil of a sailing ship. Inscribed: Clipper Teas, Blend No. 12
Circa 1840.
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).
