Antique Victorian Milliner’s Box, oval with ebonized lid and later ebonized wood stand and stenciled: “Richard Williams, Milliners & Outfitters, High Street, Clapham. S.W. (London)” English. Circa 1840-60.
Fine Antique William and Mary Style Stool in walnut having an oval seat supported by turned and trumpet form legs joined by an “X” turned stretcher. English. Circa 1870. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley.
Antique Queen Anne Style Stool in mahogany having a shaped seat and carved cabriole legs. English. Circa 1870. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA.
Antique English Regency Tole Tray, black with silver and gold Chinoiserie decoration of birds and blossoms. Now mounted
on an ebonized wood stand. Provenance: The Estate of Ruthann Coggins Bardes, Greenwich, CT.
Impressive large-scale Black Forest carved armchair in walnut with all over carved decoration of bark, branches, leaves and berries. Swiss. Circa 1870-1880. Provenance: Anniee McCarthy, Newport, RI and NYC (label). Minor loss to tips of leaves on crestrail, caned seat was once over upholstered.
Exceptional red ground papier-mâché tray by Henry Clay, London, early 19th century, rectangular with rounded corners with all over stencil and gilt butterfly flower and leafage decoration. The underside stamped: “Clay, King St., Covt Garden.”* Now mounted on faux bamboo ebonized stand. Provenance: from the Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA. Circa 1800.
* Henry Clay was well known for his japanning and papier-mâch ...click for details
Classical ormolu mounted dressing table in mahogany having a rectangular top with two incurved small drawers and an elevating cheval mirror above a frieze drawer and two cabriole legs ending in hoof form feet on an incurved platform base. Probably Baltic, circa 1830-1840.
Fine Antique Continental carved and partial gilt marble top stand, having circular grey-veined white marble inset into a carved leaf and gilt border, supported by a turned pillar with three carved supports restings on a tripartite plinth base with gadrooned feet. Made with satinwood and fruitwood. Circa 1830-40.
Unusually Small Tambour Fronted Lap Desk (possibly
a child’s lap desk) in
mahogany having a single
drawer that opens the
tambour lid to an interior
fitted with two small drawers and a well. English. Circa
1780-1800. Provenance: The Estate of Joseph Stanley,
New Hope, PA.
Antique English Child’s
“Dales” Armchair in ash
with a rush seat and a single
row spindle back. Note the
rich, dark patina. Circa
1800-1840. See Cotton, The English Regional Chair, pages 327-335 for examples of
“Dales” chairs. Provenance:
The Estate of Joseph
Stanley, New Hope, PA.
