Anglo Japanese & Aesthetic Movement For more items from the above movements see Godwin Exhibition pages
AE 3
A pure Anglo-Japanese oak Hallstand of very fine quality in the manner of E W Godwin, with upper panels depicting songbirds perched in a cherry blossom tree & a central bevelled mirror with the lower panels depicting apples & pears, the central section with central drawer flanked by arched & half turned details with turned uprights to the front & a strong Anglo-Japanese design incorporated into the umbrella/stickstand compartments to each side with Sunflower carved details to the front & back with a lower shelf encorporating the drip tray compartments to each side with zig zag detailing to the chamfered edges all stood on turned ball feet with shaped supports to each side.
Height 73 3/4". Width 78", Depth 17 1/2". Circa 1870.
£POA.
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AE 4
A Rare & Important Aesthetic Movement display cabinet.
Design attributed Dr C Dresser
Probably made for Bushloe house & originally bought in Leicestershire where Bushloe House was built. This outstanding commissioned piece has all the character intimate to Dresser. On close examination of the Frog wardrobe, dressing table, chest of drawers & dressing table mirror designed by Dr C Dresser which also came from Bushloe House exhibited in Harry Lyons shop New Century in Kensington Church Street where I was lucky to examine it many times (I later bought the shop from Harry) & after close inspection of the bedroom suite while it was there & also the cabinet they would all seem to be made by the same maker, the Ebonising is quite thick & the gilding is also applied with a number of coats. The construction also points it to Bushloe house pieces. As you can see there are many elements particular to Dressers intimate style especially the Elephant sidetable & the Elephant corner chair both in a similar style as this.
There is a painted mark to the base that reads Betts & a date in pencil for Feb 6 1871 which puts it at the correct time for Bushloe House. The condition is very good & without any restoration. The blue felt lining although quite worn in places is original & probably an indication that this cabinet was made to hold an extensive collection of chinese porcelain.
Height 95", Width 60", Depth 21". Circa 1871.
£POA.
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A cabinet made Ogden's of Manchester also attributed to Dresser has the same deeply incised gilding to the door pillars are also very much the same, & that particular chamfering to the doors which is identical to the sides of the display cabinet, even the base is similar in shape & the incised gilt star to the central base mirrors that on the stretcher of a chair by him.
The differing gilded details to the shelves of the display cabinet which are quite remarkable are devices in all his work, & the dot & zig-zag details are quite unique to Dresser & also used on his incredible angular coal box, & his remarkable chair with arched base, & even his Egyptian style stool has that incised line & dot details which the display cabinet has. A number of his fire dogs have identical zig-zag details to the base of the pillars. A Wedgwood plate by Dresser has the same boarder detail to the carved & gilded details to the base of the cabinet.
The Knurl post at Bushloe house has the same style of carving to the top of the door pillars which is also quite similar to the twin pillars on a drawing by Moyer Smith who we know worked for Dresser especially the zig-zagging just below the carving. Dresser was known not to be able to draw the human figure or face competently & it is known that where there is this figural detail in a design it was usually worked on by Moyar Smith or a designer working under Dresser, therefore it is important point that this cabinet has no figural work making it likely a pure Dresser design.
For relevant images relating to the Ogden's cabinet, coal box, chair & stool & the other items I have mentioned above please e mail me on sales@puritanvalues.com

AE 5
An outstanding mantle clock attributed to Dr Christopher Dresser, the style & period of this clock all point towards Dresser, having eight-day fusee quarter chiming & striking movement on bells & gong made by William Tucker, who Worked in Bristol between 1862 - 1900. It has a beautiful chime & is in full working order.
Height 26", Width 12". Circa 1870.
£POA.
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AE 6
A good quality Anglo-Japanese writing desk in the manner of E W Godwin.
Height 47 3/4", Width 36", Depth 20 3/4".
£POA.
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AE 7
A good quality Aesthetic movement Ebonised & Amboyna sideboard in wonderful original condition with hand painted stylised floral details to the central cupboard door. Attributed to Bruce Talbert & probably made by Gillows of Lancaster.
Height 84 1/2", Depth 18", Width 5' 9 1/2". Circa 1880's.
£SOLD.
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AE 8
Dr Christopher Dresser (attributed), an ebonised music cabinet, with six painted panels attributed to Moyr Smith, the upper pair in the shape of crosses with painted Japanese floral details, the central pair depicting a violinist and a harpist sitting on a Greek stylised chair, the lower pair square shaped with applied circular cross and Japanese flower, the doors with incised geometric latch style handles enclosing ten drop-front drawers, compartments to the base. See Lyons, Harry ‘Christopher Dresser: The Peoples Designer 1834-1904’, p. 144, plate 260.
Possibly made by Chubb.
Height 46" 120cm, Width 31" 79cm, Depth 19 1/2". Circa 1870's.
£POA.

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AE SOLD.
A rare & Important Anglo-Japanese Exhibition cabinet by Charles Spooner.
Height 66 3/4", Width 56 1/4", Depth 18 1/2". Circa 1905.
£SOLD.
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AE 9
A Marsh Jones & Cribb stunning quality Aesthetic Movement Walnut filing/music cabinet with pierced back flanked by capped uprights & subtle upper sides high lighted with ebonised lines with an open area to the top & fabulous carved stylised floral doors the carving of superior quality & in 4 seperate panels highlighted with ebonising & the doors opening to reveal sliding open drawers, the lower sectiction divided by 4 crisply turned supports.
Height 52 1/2", Depth at top 14" x Width 18". Circa 1870's.
£POA.

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AE 10
A rare & important 2 drawer Gothic Revival/Aesthetic library table attributed to W.R.Lethaby or possibly Charles Bevan & made by Marsh Jones & Cribb (Late Kendal works) with original paper label to the underneath. Marsh Jones & Cribb were important furniture makers in Leeds in a similar league to Gillows of Lancaster specializing in Medieval or Gothic Revival furniture, they made from C1865 under licence to Charles Bevans his famous 'New Registered reclining chair' & Bevan designed for them until C1867. M.J & C made all the furniture for the marital home of Titus Salt Junior in Basildon near Saltaire & also made furniture to the designs of Bruce Talbert. W.R. Lethaby became their top designer in the 1880's.
Height 31", Width 2'1" 63cm, Length 6'1" 184cm.
£POA.
The style & period of this table is somewhere within the late 1870's or C1880's & because Marsh & Jones absorbed Kenton & Co in 1864 & became Marsh Jones & Cribb in 1868 it cannot be pre C1868. It has a 5 digit number '50792' on the paper label which could be the registered design number for C1886 which is around the time Lethaby started designing for them. Lethaby worked with Morris & Co & Phillip Webb on occasions & particularly on Stanmore with Webb. One can see a likeness in this table to the one Webb designed for Morris's own home in Hammersmith 'Kelmscot House'. (Last 2 images).
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AE 11a
A matching dining table to the above Library table & also made by Marsh Jones & Cribb with original paper label to the underneath.
Width 4'1" 122cm deep, Length 6'1" 184cm. Length just along the straight side before the D ends 4' 6". Circa 1870's
£POA.
See above table for the history.
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AE 12
An Anglo-Japanese sideboard in the manner of Thomas Jeckyll with stylised fret work almost identical to his designs for Barnard Bishop & Barnard with Amboyna serving area possibly designed by by W J Estall. Lambs were one of the very best cabinet makers of the period a pure Art Furniture company who's furniture designs were at the forefront in England in the late 1800's. Alfred Waterhouse is also believed to have designed for them. £POA. A set of 4 matching dining chairs below.
Made by Lambs of Manchester.
Height 53 1/2", Width 42", Depth 16 1/2". Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 13
Lambs of Manchester. A rare set of 4 Walnut Aesthetic Movement dining chairs with circular carved details & ebonised turned & incised details, a cup handle to the back of the head rest on turned front legs with brass & ceramic castors & a wonderful kick out back leg united by a H stretcher.
Made by Lambs of Manchester, stamped on the top of the door.
Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 14
An ebonised Anglo-Japanese cabinet of supreme quality with Amboyna serving area possibly designed by W J Estall but very much in the style Of T E Colcutt like E W Godwin Colcutt also designed for Collinson & Lock & his ebonised furniture shown in Philadelphia & exhibited at the Paris Exhibition in 1878 contributed to the fashion & style in the United States at that time. Alfred Waterhouse is also believed to have designed for Lambs. Lambs were one of the very best cabinet makers of the period a pure Art Furniture company who's furniture designs were at the forefront in England in the late 1800's. £POA. A set of 4 matching dining chairs above.
Made by Lambs of Manchester, stamped on the top of the door.
Height 6' 11", Width 44", Depth 17". Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 17
A rare Heal & Son pure Aesthetic Movement ebonised bedside cupboard with marble top & incised gilded decoration with a subtle Dr C. Dresser influence. Stamped Heal & Son London on the top of the door.
Width 16" Depth 14" Height 2' 11". Circa 1875.
£1295.
Heals started making furniture in 1801.
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AE 18
Ebonised & Gilded Aesthetic Movement sideboard attributed to Bruce Talbert 1838 to 1881, he originally trained as a wood carver & later trained as an architect but his main activity was in domestic furniture design. He also designed metalwork, cast ironwork, wallpapers, carpets & textiles for many important & prestigious companies of his time. The side cabinet is very probably made by Gillows of Lancaster, they were in business from C1729 to C1900 probably the most important furniture making company of that time. Numbered 1150.
Height 60" Depth 1'3" Width 4'9". Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 19
An extremely rare Gothic Revival Walnut & Amboyna Bedroom suite designed by Bruce Talbert & made by Gillows of Lancaster consisting of a treble wardrobe, 2 x 3'6" double beds & 2 x matching bedside cupboards. The treble wardrobe with full length bevelled mirror to the centre door with central carved rosette to the top flanked by 2 carved panels depicting 16 carved floret's with further carved rosettes to the side doors & to the lower parts each carved with a different floret on Ebonised & Gilt backgrounds, the central panels of Amboyna framed with ebonised strips & further smaller rosettes to each corner, the front sides with further floret's & carved tramline details, the cornice with dental moulding & all on Egyptian revival feet, the doors opening to reveal hanging space to the left hand side, Linen slides to the upper double right hand side (not shown but all original & all there) & drawers below. The beds & bedside cabinets with conforming identical details.
corresponds exactly to ones made by Gillow for the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras. See Arts & Crafts Furniture by John Andrews Printed by The Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1-85149-483-9 page 37 for a comparable sideboard.
Wardrobe Height 82 1/2" 208cm, Width of cornice 81 1/2" 208cm, Depth of cornice 24", Beds Height of head board 51", Height of foot board 32", Width 41" 124cm, Bedside cupboards Height 35" 85cm, Width 15" 35cm, Depth 15" 35cm. Circa 1880's.
£POA.
Bruce James Talbert originally trained as a carver then an architect, he became an influential and very successful furniture designer. He served an apprenticeship in Dundee and had his own carving business for two years where he learnt the skills to apply carved details to furniture and then joined the architectural offices of Charles Edward. In 1856 he moved to Glasgow, and worked for the architects W. N. Tait and Campbell Douglas. He moved to Manchester in the early 1860s, where he gained employment with the cabinetmakers Doveston, Bird and Hull, which was short lived, then moving to to Coventry gaining work with Skidmore’s Art Manufactures. In 1863 he won the competition to design the masthead for ‘The Building News’ and in the mid 1860s moved to London, where he started designing furniture for Holland and Sons. His ‘Pericles’ Gothic sideboard was displayed on their stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867 where it was Grand Prix winner. It was at this point that his most prolific period began and also when he started designing furniture for Gillows of Lancaster from 1868. in the same year he published his very influential first book ‘Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes’, which he dedicated to George Edmund Street. This was followed in 1876 by ‘Examples of Ancient and Modern Furniture, Metalwork, Tapestries and Modern Furniture’ and in 1881 by ‘Fashionable Furniture’. Other companies he designed for were Marsh, Jones and Cribb, Jackson and Graham and, for a short time, was a partner with Daniel Cottier. He designed textiles for Templeton’s, Warner’s, Cowlishaw and Barbour and Miller; carpet designs for Templeton’s and Brinton & Co.; and his wallpaper designs were printed by Jeffrey and Co. He also designed church metalwork and furniture for Cox and Sons, cast iron for the Colebrookdale Co., Nichol and Co, Barbone and Miller and Cowlishaw. In 1869 Talbert returned to London working as prolific and successful freelance commercial designer and decorator.
I'm sure you know this already, but you don't mention it in the description so I thought I'd just say that your bedroom suite (or certainly its wardrobe) corresponds exactly to ones made by Gillow for the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras. There was an article on the subject in The Magazine Antiques a few years ago.
Thanks for this info from Nicholas Williams



AE 20
Aesthetic Movement Ebonised wall shelf with wonderful hand painted oil on boards of a Medievil Arthurian scene.
Height 24 1/2", Width 31 1/2", Depth of shelf 5 1/2". Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 21
Aesthetic Movement Ebonised mirror with brass inlay.
Height 31", Width 44", Depth ". Circa 1875.
£SOLD.
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AE 23
Aesthetic Movement Ebonised & Gilt mirror with sconces.

Height 26 1/2", Width 16", Length of candle sconce 9". Circa 1875.
£1295.
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AE 24
Aesthetic Movement Ebonised & burr walnut mirror with incised stylised floral decoration & a hand painted scene of the Sun & birds on a berry bush.
Height 32", Width 21", Depth 13". Circa 1875.
£SOLD.
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AE 25
An Aesthetic Movement canterbury with precision turnings separating the newspaper slides, a lower drawer on corresponding turned legs on original brass & ceramic castors.
Circa 1880.
£POA.
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AE 26
An Aesthetic Movement Walnut sideboard attributed to Gillows with central 3 arched opening with twin florettes & turned uprights & central drawer below with tramline details flanked by 2 upper drawers with further tramline details & carved foilage to the bottoms & arched floral details below with further open areas below backed with 45 degree slatted backboards. A twin door central cupboard with stylised brass & floral engraved hinges flanked by 2 further cupboards with carved florettes & twin stylised brass & floral engraved elongated hinges on arched feet with carved floral details. Sadley the original top is missing.
Circa 1880.
£POA.
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AE 27
A good quality Aesthetic Movement Ebonised coffee table with a fantastic Marble speciman circular top & incised gilt details on brass castors which have a kite mark impressed with the date code for the 25th March 1872. Probably made by Wyman a big commercial company of the late Victorian period.
Height 19", Width 28". Circa 1870.
£POA.
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AE 29
A good Aesthetic Movement brass wall mirror with candle sconce & engraved with birds in trees & sunflowers.
Height 17", Length 10 1/2".
Circa 1895.
£SOLD.
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AE 31
A superb quality Lambs of Manchester Aesthetic Movement writing desk with leather work area to the top a bank of 4 graduating drawers to the left & a large upper drawer to the right with turned & fluted legs to the right united by upper & lower side stretchers with wonderful detailing probably designed by Estell.
Height 28", Width 39", Depth 21". Circa 1880.
£POA.

AE 31
A good pair of Aesthetic Movement cast iron console tables with exquisite stylised floral details & birds in flight with black marble tops (not shown).
Circa 1870's.
£POA.
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AE 32
A cast iron stickstand by Robbins & Co attributed Thomas or Henry Jeckyll. Barnard Bishop & Barnard co produced with Robbins.
Height 34" 84cm, Width of base 20" 51cm, Depth of base 10". Circa 1875.
£POA.

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AE 32a
A cast iron stickstand attributed to Thomas or Henry Jeckyll. Barnard Bishop & Barnard co produced with Robbins.
Height 33" 80cm, Width 18 1/2" 49cm, Depth 8 1/2". Circa 1875.
£POA.

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AE 33
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fireplace with curved sides & honesty motif with rose detail to the centre.
Height 40 1/4", Width 42", Internal Height 24", Internal Width 18". Circa 1875.
£995.
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AE 34
A pair of Aesthetic Movement cast iron fireplaces with a peacock sat on a tray above a wind God attributed to Thomas Jeckyll & probably made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard.
Height 36", Width 17". Circa 1875.
£POA.
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AE 35
Thomas Jeckyll. Made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard of Norwich.
£POA.
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AE 36
Thomas Jeckyll. Made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard of Norwich.
Height 36", Width 18 1/2", Height of opening 23 1/2", Width of opening 12".
£995.
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AE 37
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert designed by Thomas Jeckyll & made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard of Norwich.
Height 36", Width 18", Height of opening 24 1/2", Width of opening 15". Circa 1880's.
£995.
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AE 38
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert designed by Thomas Jeckyll & made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard of Norwich.
Height 36", Width 18", Height of opening 24 1/2", Width of opening 15". Circa 1880's.
£995.
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AE 39
A Superior quality display cabinet in the pure Anglo-Japanese style in the manner of EW Godwin with restrained inlay to the door, wonderful stylised leaded & coloured glass to the door, sweeping apron above & sweeping lower shelf. There is another shelf behind the inlaid panels of the door, 3 more behind the glass & with the top 5 in all.
Height 49", Depth 14", Width 20". Circa late 1890's.
£POA.
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AE 40
An Aesthetic corner cabinet with turned Gallery to the top & bottom, a pair of doors with beautiful hand painted panels that depict a Swan amongst the lily's & a Heron in flight.
Height 41 1/2", Width at the front 22", Depth from front centre to the back 14 1/2". Circa 1880.
£SOLD.
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AE 41
A superb quality card table attributed to Gillows, with half moon support's to each side, turned gallery below the top which conceals a compartment which is exposed when one slides it round, for storing cards, chess pieces, games etc, the bottom of this is unebonised revealing the Beautiful grain of The Red Walnut, long slender turned legs on original circular brass & ceramic castors.
Height 29 1/2", Width 36", Depth 18", when it is folded out it measures 36" x 36". Circa 1885.
£POA.
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AE 42
Large Walnut centre table in the manner of E.W.Godwin, superb quality.
Length 44 1/2", Width 32". Circa 1880.
£POA.
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AE 43
A Walnut sidetable in the manner of EW Godwin.
Height 29 1/2", Length 31 1/2", Width 21 1/2".
£SOLD.
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AE 44
A Pair of Walnut Aesthetic Movement wall brackets in the manner of John Henry Chamberlain 1833-1883 (Architect) with semi-circular shelves a turned gallery below & hand painted roundels of a Swan & a Crane on a river seen (a little distressed) & turned knobs. Chamberlain was also Chairman of The Birmingham School of Art Committee. The candlesticks are attributed on stylistic grounds to Dr C Dresser see metalwork pages.
Height 11" width 15 1/2". Circa 1880.
£895 the pair.
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AE 45
A pair of ebonised sidetables after a design by Edward William Godwin (1833-86). I also have another 2 in stock very similar.
C1885.
£POA.
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AE 46
A good quality Walnut sidetable after a design by Edward William Godwin (1833-86) & made by Wells & Co Bedford.
C1885.
£POA.
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AE 47
Anglo Japanese side table after a design by E W Godwin Circa 1875. 16.5" square, Height 26.5". Priced at £895. I do come across variations of this table in Walnut or ebonised from time to time. I have five in stock at the moment. Feel free to enquire.
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AE 49
Henry & Lewis Foreman Day. Manufactured by Howell & James for Elkington & Co. An Aesthetic Movement Ebonised & Enamelled mantel clock with a beautiful hand painted & 6" porcelain dial with stylised Arabic numbers each separated by a sunflower with a full sun detail to the centre with London & Glasgow hand painted between the winders & further hand painted porcelain oblong floral panels, 1 above with stylised budding flowers & 1 below with stylised sunflowers & around the dial with carved florets to each corner, with a gong-striking eight-day movement.
See ‘Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art: The Handley-Read Collection’ Royal Academy 1972, p. 63, no. D17 for a clock with an identical face and similar floral work. Also see Spencer, Richard ‘The Aesthetic Movement’, p. 36, illus. 18 and Askin, Elizabeth ‘The Aesthetic Movement’, p. 69-70.
£POA.
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AE 50
A black marble brass gong-striking movement mantle clock with an Arabic numeral 6.5 inch dial with a painted central sunburst,with hand painted panels of the 4 seasons to the base & Signs of the Zodiac to the top.
Circa 1875.

Height 16 3/4" 42cm, Width 11 3/4 27cm", Depth 6 1/4 15cm".
£POA.
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AE 51
An Aesthetic Movement ebonised and gilt painted panel mantel clock, the gong-striking movement with outside countwheel no. 1543, the dial & panels painted with Japanese birds, fans & objects, turned finials, columns & feet.
Height 19" 49cm, Width 17 1/2" 44cm, Depth 8 1/4" 18cm.
£POA.
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AE 52
An impressive Marble mantle clock attributed to Bruce Talbert (for a similar example See 19th Century Design by Michael Whiteway & Charlotte Gere page 119) of triangular Architectual form with angled top & a Bronze circular device just below, stylised Gothic Floral details to the side & central lower section flanked by Bronze columns with Ormulo mounts to the top & bottom, on a solid brass base. The face with Roman Numerals incised into red marble, the centre I believe is black marbel with gilded stylised pointers seperating each hour & the hands are gilded brass the bezel is bronze with bevelled glass.
£POA.Height 18", Width 14", Depth 6 1/2". C1875.
£POA.£POA.
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An Aesthetic Movement gilt & ebonised sidetable.
In the manner of E.W.Godwin.
Made by Woof & Whitaker of Sheffield.
A complicated yet wonderful design with good proportions, the octagonal top with shaped supports below with 8 turned & incised legs united by a double row of turned strtchers on ceramic & brass castors.

Height 25", width 22", Depth 22". Circa 1880's.

£SOLD
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AE - A superb quality Gothic Revival Ebonised clock designed by Lewis.F.Day. with ormulo brass mounts & a beautiful blue & white stylised ceramic dial with carved Anglo-Japanese devices surrounding each corner & further stylised floral ceramic details above & below.

Height 17 1/2", Width 12 1/2", Depth 10". Circa 1870.
£SOLD.
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