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Westminster Bridge – the parapet,
£250,000 plus VATWestminster Bridge – the parapet,
the cast iron balustrade, cast in sections, each with barrel hand rail above a frieze pierced with repeating trefoils, all raised on a substantial kerb, bearing some original paint, The run is approximately 350 running metres although there are plenty more of the sections included – details below.£250,000 plus VAT -
An historically important, richly ornamented, Carolean plaster ceiling,
£215,000An historically important, richly ornamented, Carolean plaster ceiling,
the central oval with a border of wrythen fruiting acanthine scrolls and spirally moulded ribbons within a square field, compartmentalised into spandrels with stiff-leaf moulded ribs, each quarter centred either by an armorial cartouche or a stop-fluted vase issuing vines and roses; four short and two long rectangular panels line two opposing sides of the square – each cast in deep relief with fruiting boughs – and the rectangular whole is bordered by a lavish cornice, each length cast with floral and fruiting scrolls and centred with an armorino,£215,000 -
A spectacular French parcel-gilt oak panelled dining room,
£85,000 the lot, including VATA spectacular French parcel-gilt oak panelled dining room,
The boiserie comprises a 17.5m run of panelling (8No. 3-panel sections 154cm wide, 2No. 2-panel sections 107cm wide, 5No. 1-panel sections 62cm wide) – the cornice set at 287cm high – beneath an additional register of fielded panels adding 45cm in height. The format is of repeating long panels above registers of circlets and square dado panels, each carved with gilded foliate clasps and rocaille ornament, a panelled frieze runs above with conforming gilded ornament – all surmounted by the moulded cornice; the vertical panels are spaced at 47cm centres and each element is framed with pilasters – of which there are 16No. (Three of the triple panels respectively incorporate: a discreet service door, a large cupboard door and a secret compartment for silver and flatware). Additionally, an arched overmantel measures 213cm high by 200cm wide, three arched window-ways include embroidered silk hanging pelmets. Lastly, a grand pair of arched entrance doors complete the room, with finely cast brass door furniture, hung within a moulded frame – to the reverse the doors have raised plain moulding.
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Sir William Chambers’ Doorcase
£48,500Sir William Chambers’ Doorcase
the triangular pediment with dentil mouldings above the rusticated cushion moulded frieze centred by a keystone in Coade Stone modelled in relief with a female mask, the jambs constructed with alternating rusticated quoins,
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The Duveen Chimneypiece, a massive Edwardian marble fireplace,
£39,500The Duveen Chimneypiece, a massive Edwardian marble fireplace,
the rectangular shelf with inset corners and egg-and-dart under-moulding above the convex frieze centred by a rectangular tablet incised with a dedication to Joseph Duveen, the aperture with eared mouldings, raised on block feet,£39,500 -
An Italian Baroque marmo nero chimneypiece
£33,000An Italian Baroque marmo nero chimneypiece
the square edged rectangular shelf (later) with inverted break-front under-mould atop the shaped frieze of opposed acanthine volutes, flanked by pilaster jambs of inverse taper form, with scallop and foliate clasps above tapering bellflower pendants to the incised panels, all raised on plinth blocks,£33,000 -
An extraordinary cut-glass window
£32,000 the two panelsAn extraordinary cut-glass window
the pair of plate glass panels cut with stylised lightning, rain and abstract forms,
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A notable Victorian sandstone chimneypiece, with rouge royale marble details,
£26,350A notable Victorian sandstone chimneypiece, with rouge royale marble details,
the rectangular shelf edged with carved studs, above two friezes – an undermoulding dentil ornament following the inverted break and the main frieze incised with a geometric Greek key band, each of the pilaster jambs incised with opposed stylised plant forms and flanked with subsidiary corner pilasters in the contrasting marble, all raised on block feet,£26,350 -
A Monumental English Bronze Entranceway
£25,000A Monumental English Bronze Entranceway
each of the doors with lambrequin moulded panels and applied with lion-mask door knockers and a letterplate, hung within a bolection moulded frame and a pierced guilloche overdoor grill (previously glazed), panelled teak to the reverse,£25,000 -
A good run of Jacobean oak panelling,
£25,000A good run of Jacobean oak panelling,
the panelling comprising a field of recessed rectangles, the styles reed-moulded, the noggins stop-chamfered; peg-jointed into panels of differing widths,£25,000 -
An English Blue John inlaid white marble chimneypiece,
£15,600An English Blue John inlaid white marble chimneypiece,
the rectangular shelf above the panelled frieze centred with an oval patera and inlaid with a string-course of Derbyshire fluorspar, terminating with conforming greek-key inlay to the end-blocks, the Blue John bands extending down the jambs, all raised on block feet,£15,600 -
A pair of English bronze doors,
£15,500A pair of English bronze doors,
comprising two pairs of folding leaves, each leaf cast with five convex raised roundels each in a square panel linked with a geometric moulding,£15,500