An Unusual Set of Twenty Japanese Makiye Lacquer Samples, demonstrating the process within fitted case

Hammer Price £2,700

 

Lots 481, 482: An 18th Century Chinese oval tureen and cover sold for £1200 and another similar armorial Chinese tureen and cover made £1000

 

Lot 819:  George I walnut chest on chest

Hammer Price: £3200

 

November 2008 Auction Report
 

The one thousand lot sale began with over two hundred lots of Silver, to include an Oriental white metal filigree and enamel decorated card case fetching £440, a Continental white metal model in the form of a cockerel together with two similar which sold for £230, a George V silver large octagonal tray made £440, a Victorian silver candelabra attracted £660 and an Art Deco silver four-piece tea and coffee service sold for £400. In the Watches section an 18ct.gold pocket watch fetched £430 and an 18ct.gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer Gentleman’s wristwatch made£1500. The two hundred lots of Jewellery included an 18ct. white gold, diamond and sapphire ring fetching £980, from the House of Igor Carl Faberge a royal blue enamel and central sapphire and diamond mounted cross, together with a pair of matching earrings attracted £340, a gold 20 dollar coin with mount sold for £500, a group of four 19th Century micro mosaic tablets fetched in excess of £1300 and the hammer fell at £2700 for an 18ct.gold and diamond encrusted necklace.
The Ceramics section included an 18th Century Chinese oval tureen and cover fetching £1200 and another similar armorial Chinese tureen and cover made £1000 proving the Chinese market to still be strong. A Victorian porcelain table clock in the form of an owl sold for £360, a large 19th Century porcelain rectangular plaque made £300, a Victorian cranberry glass epergne fetched £230 and an impressive 19th Century glass four-branch candelabra brought £400. A Royal Worcester reticular ewer decorated by George John and unfortunately damaged, still obtained £500, a large 19th Century Meissen porcelain group, again with unfortunate damage, fetched £460 and another large 19th Century Meissen porcelain figure, ‘The Gardener’ again, with damage, obtained £440.
The Picture and Books included a good pair of late 19th/early 20th Century Neapolitan gouache by Guianni reaching £1000. Highlights in the Works of Art section included a 19th Century rosewood and marquetry inlaid Swiss musical box which made £360 and an unusual set of twenty Japanese Makiye Lacquer samples which finally reached  £2700.
The highlights of the Furniture section included a George I walnut chest on chest selling for £3200, a George III mahogany secretaire bookcase making £700, a George III mahogany chest on chest gaining £700, a 19th Century kingwood and marquetry inlaid envelope card table fetched £680, a George I walnut chest on chest achieved £1000. A good pair of George III yew and elm Windsor armchairs sold for £880 and a Sheraton Revival painted satinwood three-seater sofa settled at £750, a Regency mahogany D-end dining table made £850 and the hammer fell at £550 for a Regency circular gilt frame wall mirror .

Lot 941:  good pair of George III yew and elm Windsor armchairs sold for £880


 Lot 41: Continental white metal model in the form of a cockerel together with two similar which sold for £230

 

Lot 66: a George V silver large octagonal tray made £440

Lot 593: A Royal Worcester reticular ewer decorated by George John and unfortunately damaged, still obtained £500,

 

lot 316:  gold 20 dollar coin with mount sold for £500

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