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‘Tiger’

John Trivett Nettleship (1841-1902) British.
Oil on canvas. Signed & dated 1893 bottom left.
Dimensions: 28.5” x 45.5”, set within its original giltwood frame.
John Trivett Nettleship is recorded as having exhibited several ‘Big Game’ paintings at the Royal Academy in London from 1874 until 1901.

Provenance: From the Estate of Firasat Ali Khan

Firasat Ali Khan grew up in Rampar, India during the time of British rule and was of ‘Pathan’ stock - part of the very privileged ‘Zaminder’ land-owning aristocracy, often referred to as a ‘king-making’ family. Mr. Ali Khan served as Captain in the British army from 1940 to 1946, and in 1968 Mr. Khan met his wife, who was then a Canadian diplomat posted to India, and subsequently moved to Canada in 1970, bringing with him many of his family’s possessions, including this painting by John Trivett Nettleship. SOLD

A Very Fine and Important 19th Century Fold Over Card Table in Cuban Mahogany.

The canted top of richly figured radiating veneers opening to a conforming panel above a cavetto moulded frieze, raised atop double lyre-shaped supports strung with brass ‘strings’ rising from a plinth base decorated with a carved anthemia motif. Raised overall atop four hipped & splayed supports terminating to original paw-shaped brass toe-caps and castors. Philadelphia, Circa 1825. Height: 29.5” Width: 35.5” Depth: 18” (36” open).

Note: the use of two open lyre supports is somewhat unusual, as tables of this design often incorporated a solid lyre-shaped panel in the back, thereby making this is a relatively more elegant and sophisticated example than most.

Provenance: Purchased directly through descent from the family of Sir John Thompson (1845-1892), Prime Minister of Canada 1892-94.

SOLD

A Fine 18th Century Flemish Ivory Corpus executed in the Manner of Francois Duquesnoy. The dying Christ shown wearing a crown of thorns, his head turned upwards, a finely carved Perizonium knotted about his waist with a cord. Circa 1780. Height 10”.

SOLD

Birks of Aberfeldy & Moness Water. Murray James MacDonald, (fl. 1887-1914), Scottish. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 19.5" x 29.5". Signed & dated 1898. Set within its original and exceptionally fine giltwood frame. Exhibited works at RSA - Represented in Paisley AG — Royal Collection (Balmoral Castle). SOLD.

‘Lady in an Interior’

Oil on canvas. Late 19^th / Early 20^th Century, British.

Partial signature, possibly for Ethel Wright (flourished 1887-1939).

Dimensions: 51” x 29”, re-sized & re-lined.

Ethel Wright was both a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters. She exhibited 39 works at the Royal Academy of London between 1888 and1939. SOLD

'David'

A Fine 19th Century Bronze by Adrien-Etienne Gaudez (1842-1902). The full-length

figure shown standing, sling in hand, atop a naturalistic mound of rockwork, raised upon a revolving base. Signature inscribed on mound. Height: 32" SOLD

A Rare 17th Century Silver Roemer by Reinhold Riel (1652-1686).

SOLD

'Bacchante Courant avec deux Thyrse'.

A Very Fine19th Century Bronze after Clodion’s Original Work Executed in 1804.

Height: 14.5” SOLD

Portrait of Daniel Stanton (1777-1834) former Mayor of Bristol, England, and that of his first wife Elizabeth Biggs. Oil on panel. Each 6.25" high x 5.25" wide. Original gilt frames. Although unsigned, strong attributions can be made to include artists Nathan Cooper Branwhite (1775-1857) or Edward Villiers Rippingille (1798-1859). Ref: Sheena Stoddard, Curator of Fine Art, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK. SOLD.

Young Boy in a White Collar & Black Tunic. A very well executed Biedermeier period portrait. Oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Set within a period carved & gilded frame. German School, Circa 1820. SOLD.

An important 18th century portrait miniature on ivory of Sir Robert Murray Keith (1730-1795), Scottish general and diplomat. Mounted within a gold frame and retaining its original leather fitted case. Also, a 22kt gold and enamelled mourning ring, hallmarked London, 1795 and bearing the inscription "In Memory of A Dear Friend". Possibly worn by a member of the Hepburn family. SOLD.

A Very Fine Regency Period Tea Caddy in Tortoiseshell. The exterior showing a cavetto molded front strung with sterling silver line inlay and having a conforming & similarly strung hinged lid inset with a silver cartouche, raised overall atop original bun-shaped ivory feet. The interior fitted with twin compartments complimented by tortoiseshell lids with turned ivory pulls. English, Circa 1830. Height - 4.25", Width - 7", Depth - 4.5". SOLD.

View of Constantinople. 18th Century Watercolour. Attributed to Luigi Mayer (1750-1803) Italian. Dimensions, 15.25" x 21.5". Text in bottom margin reads as follows: VEDUTA DEL CANALE DI COSTANTINOPLI CON LA FORTEZZA DI EUROPA PRESA DALLA SCALA DEL. G.S. NELLÕASIA. Inscribed in script bottom right, Chiara Mayer dipense. SOLD.

"Looking Out To Sea". Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919) American. Oil on Canvas. Dimensions 18 " x 24 ". Signed lower left. SOLD.

A Most Impressive and Decorative Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures. Both in Middle Eastern attire and shown seated in naturalistic poses atop rocky mounds on squared plinth bases, she holding an amphora shaped vessel, he clutching a branch in one hand, the other resting on a scabbard and gun. In untouched condition and with much of the original cold painted decoration intact. Each base signed in script, J.Guillot, for Anatole J. Guillot (1865-1911). Height 31.5" For a similar comparison Ref: Sotheby's Nineteenth Century Decorative Arts, London, March 1987, Lot #287 . SOLD.

A Fine and Rare Queen Anne Period Open Arm Chair in Walnut. The frame showing a waisted back sided by dished arm-rests terminating to finely turned grips atop in-swept supports, raised overall upon cabriole front supports with slipper feet and chamfered rear supports braced by a turned stretcher. English, Circa 1710. SOLD.

Wood Nymph, Art Union of London 1864. SOLD.

Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa. English. Circa 1825. SOLD.

Pair of Gilt Bronze Wall Lamps. English. Dated 1868. SOLD.

Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood Pier Tables. SOLD.

Suite of Eight Biedermeier Dining Chairs. German. Circa 1820. SOLD.

17th Century Panelled Chest of Drawers in Oak & Fruitwood. England. Circa 1670. SOLD.

George III Mahogany & Satinwood Linen Press. England. Circa 1780. SOLD.

19th Century Extension Dining Table in Mahogany. England. Circa 1840. SOLD.

Suite of 4 Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils. France. Circa 1870. SOLD.

A Fine 19th Century painting in the manner of Vecellio Tiziano (Titian) 1485-1576, entitled Sacred & Profane Love. The original, painted in 1516 now hangs in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, and is considered by scholars to be Titians most celebrated work. This sensitively executed rendering was painted during the 2nd half of the 19th century, and shipped to Canada from Britain in 1903. The dimensions of this monumental work are quite remarkable, measuring 43" high by 109" wide (canvas only), while the extreme dimensions which incorporate it's original carved & water gilded frame measure approximately 5 feet high by 10 feet in length. SOLD 2002.

A Very Fine 19th Century Ebonized & Amboyna Banded Credenza by Thomas Cadwallader, London. The rectilinear top surmounting a pair of central cupboard doors inset with Neoclassical inspired Jasperware plaques, flanked on either side by arched & glazed cabinet doors sided by fluted columns terminating to gilded Corinthian capitals. SOLD.

A Rare Louis XV French Colonial Side Cabinet in Mahogany. The peg- joined case showing a canted top above a plain frieze and a pair of panelled doors that front a shelved interior. Raised on short cabriole front supports with 'whorl' feet, and block-shaped rear supports. Martinique, Circa 1750. Provenance: Shipped from a St. Kitts plantation estate. SOLD.

An Early 19th Century Federal Period Secretaire Bookcase in Mahogany. Boston, Circa 1820. SOLD.

An exceptionally fine 19th century bureau a' cylindre in mahogany, tulipwood and kingwood. A marble topped bank of four ormolu banded drawers surmounts a retracting domed front housing an interior fitted with a pull-out writing surface and a theatre of both functional and false drawers. Raised on amaranth banded supports. French. Circa 1890. Dimensions, Height - 48.5", Width - 51.5", Depth - 24.5". SOLD.