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George II Irish Carved Cuban Mahogany Side Chair, c1735
GEORGE II IRISH CUBAN MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
Ireland, c1735
Featuring finely carved paper-scrolls to the yoked crestrail center and volutes above a vertically pierced splat with further scrolls and circular connectors, ending in a large strongly coiled back-scrolled seatrail attachment (2-3/8” from splat front to back of scroll); above a rectangular seat and four cabriole legs, the front knees ...
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Crying Baby
Carved marble bust of a crying baby, dressed in a toga, on a red marble socle.
This is a compelling bust and the subtleties are not apparent in the photograph. If you run your hand across the top of his head you can feel the soft spot. And if you look at it long enough, it becomes a very old man. This object is not for everyone, but it's an amazing sculpture! RM
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GEORGE III SILVER PIERCED SERVER Charles Aldridge & Henry Green
GEORGE III SILVER PIERCED SERVER,
Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, London, 1773
Of the very desirable triangular pierced and bright cut form, the blade pierced with foliate scrolls and circles with finely gadrooned edge, floriform attachment to a double C-scroll shaft; original turned wood handle with finely engraved collar at ferrule.
The second half of the 18th century saw the introduct...
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GEORGE II CUBAN MAHOGANY SMALL TRIPOD TABLE
GEORGE II CUBAN MAHOGANY SMALL TRIPOD TABLE
England, c1740
An elegant and early form of the tripod candlestand, the circular dished top above a plain column stem, terminating in a wide shaped platform base above cabriole legs ending in pad feet
Ref: For a similar c1725 stand in walnut, see British Antique Furniture, John Andrews, figure #890
21 inches high
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BOW PORCELAIN UNUSUAL MOLDED LEAF-MOLDED DISH
BOW PORCELAIN UNUSUAL MOLDED LEAF-MOLDED DISH, England, c1765-70
The modeled overlapping cabbage leaves boldly painted in blue and white, centering an unusually decorated grape stem beginning as a curved stem, issuing 2 opposing grape leaves and ending in 2 clusters of grapes, on a leafy painted blue
ground within a shaped feuille-de-choux rim, the verso with a pseudo Oriental character mark....
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