0-A.T^LOOXJE 18% Apr. /g LoC4 A COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH AND FLEMISH FURNITURE Of tin 16tlj anil irtb Cmtimcs, ARMOUR & ARMS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, C&ARR'jO-.'Q Which have been removed from an old Mansion in the Country ; ALSO Porcelain & Decoratiye Objects, FROM OTHER PRIYATE SOURCES: WHICH Mill be Solti bu Auction bg Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT THEIR GREAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Friday and Saturday preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. W . hi u*. CONDITIONS OF SALE. - 0 - I. THE highest bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than l«t.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-money, if required ; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. ❖ On MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. The following are the Property of A GENTLEMAN , and ham been removed from an old Mansion in the Country. ARMS. L A basket-hilted sword, trebly fluted Andrea Ferrara blade —circa 0 * 1660 ^2 Another, nearly similar ? » ^3 A basket-hilted sword, back-edge blade —circa 1720 f 4 A sword, with back-edged Georgian blade; and a sword, with < y double shells and fluted blade —circa 1660 ~ , O 5 A flint-lock blunderbuss, by Clarke, with spring bayonet—18ik Cf-__ century ' . c? 6 A sporting piece, with flint-lock and octagonal barrel, the stock p inlaid with hunting subjects and flowers in engraved stag s/^ * horn— German, 17th century ' ^ 7 A wheel-lock sporting piece, by Parrett, partly octagonal barrel, /zzzz-y the stock slightly inlaid with silver / O 8 A stiletto, oviform pommel and ends to the quillons, turned horn/? ^ grip, the blade engraved with numerals —circa 1620 V R 2 ^ 4 rca A plug bayonet, fluted steed quillons, ivory and cd>ony grip 1680 __ A dagger, fluted grip, pierced blade ^ A wheel-lock sporting piece, the lock engraved with hunting 12 /*//«, & 13 qJ? * iS , £ 14 (15 JL6 quillons— Italian , 1 6th century f & 26 A left-hand dagger, depressed pommel, drooping quillons and knuckle ring, stiff four-sided blade ' ^ 27 A maine gauche dagger, fluted guard, spiral quillons V'C , 0 28 A halberd, with cutting beak, hammer and spear head ^. T' * g) 29 A bardiche— Austrian , 16 5 66 67 A Small Square Cabinet, of inlaid walnut and other woods, with fall-down front inlaid inside with an allegorical female figure, and enclosing nine drawers, each inlaid with buildings si? r S and foliage in coloured woods An Old English Oak Writing Desk, with rising top carved with the Royal Arms of James 1st in high relief, birds and the initials P.P., geometric designs round the sides, fluted base „ &68 ^ 69 , 0 70 k , O 71 . ^ 72 7 * 73 , 71 An old English mahogany sofa, the back inlaid with a shelly ornament, stuffed, and covered with brown twill A ditto couch, on eight legs with stretcher, stuffed, and covered with tapestry An old oak oblong chest, with panelled and carved front, inlaid /g ^ with geometric design An oblong oak table, with carved border, legs and stretcher A mahogany double wash-stand An oak bench, with carved border and drawer A ditto settle, with stretcher A long oak table, on two supports with stretcher A long oak chest, the front carved with terminal figures, amorini ^ _ zy,. ’ and scrolls, on claw feet— Italian, 16/7j century 7 , & 75 A set of four Chippendale mahogany chairs, and an arm-chair, . similar, with carved open shield-shaped backs, the seats covered with old flowered brocade ^ 76 A mahogany arm-chair, with square back, covered en suite , £ 77 A high-backed carved walnut-wood arm-chair, with cane seat and ^ , t back ; and another, with stuffed seat ty / A mahogany arm-chair, with open back and stuffed seat An oval toilet-glass, in Chippendale carved mahogany frame, and , with stand of the same t/' * > y , a 78 7 C 79 ' ^ 80 % 81 A Chippendale circular folding mahogany table, with carved / border A square-shaped Sheraton table, containing cupboard uud drawers, slightly inlaid with satin-wood 8 . X, ^ 82 . & 83 / . JL - * 84 ^ 85 /> et^V— Jhr Z^, 7. / 94 /£, /£, ^ 95 A 96 Two old English perforated brass fenders A pair of old steel fire-dogs, with scroll bases A pair of Venetian ditto, with gun-metal tops A pair of fluted copper bowls, on wrought-iron tripod stands^; with flowers and scrolls d-' A curious old iron gridiron, of circular form A double-barrelled muzzle-loading gun, by Joe Manton, in case with fittings A Pair of Italian Ebony Chairs, with high carved backs inlaid with figures and arabesques of engraved ivory, and . inlaid with lapis lazuli ^ A Pair of Ditto A Pair of Ditto An Old Italian Small Cabinet, of ebony, inlaid with engraved ^ ivory and mounted with metal corners An Eight-Day Clock with Chimes, in carved walnut-wood /)/ case of 16th century design, mounted with chased brass l*- A Louis XIII. Oak Settle, with high back in three panels, carved with scroll foliage and strap ornament in relief, and with three smaller panels of similar ornament below, and carved pilasters, the seat forming a chest—65 in. high, 51 i wide An oak cabinet, with folding doors above and below, drawers in the centre, carved in relief with grotesque masks, acanthus foliage, &c.—17 th century Eenaissance credence, with single door and drawer, shelf (7 ) beneath, carved in low relief with medallion heads, acanthus scrolls, &c. A Chippendale Mahogany Wardrobe, with hanging cupboard ^ and four drawers, and fluted columns at the angles 0 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. z 97 A Japanese oblong tortoiseshell box, lacquered with birds, &c,, ** in s° ld X 98 An old Chinese bronze koro and cover, formed as a duck m (J? 99 A circular two-handled ditto, with arabesque ornament in relief v on wood stand (100 A small tripod ditto, with kylins in relief and foliage handles ^ (JOOa A Chinese carved ivory card-case; a netsuke, formed as Shoki; « _ and a button netsuke, carved with Ysbishu 3 CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL. . ^ 101 A pair of hexagonal match-pots, with flowers and arabesques on blue ground 102 A globular bowl, with flowers on red ground; and a pair, smaller, on wood stands O 103 A pair of vases, with flowers on turquoise ground -22 104 A pierced metal-gilt stand, partly enamelled - & 105 An oviform bronze ewer, of Eenaissance design 'Z. 106 An Old Derby Dinner Service, richly decorated with flowers y and other ornament in colours and gold in the style of old Japan, consisting of— Pair of soup-tureens, covers and stands Four sauce-tureens, covers and stands Three vegetable-dishes and four covers Salad-bowl Sixteen meat-dishes, in sizes Fifty-three dinner-plates Twenty-four dessert-plates, and Twenty-one soup-plates 10 107 /f'* #—rz> C h 108 6 109 /J./a . “° An old English table clock, with enamelled dials at the front and back, in case of tortoiseshell mounted with borders and pierced panels at the sides of chased metal-gilt, and sur¬ mounted by a seated male figure striking on gong in canopy above—20 in. high An old walnut-wood arm-chair, with carved back and spiral fluting, the seat covered with plush, a cane panel in the back A carved walnut-wood chair, with high back and cane panel; and a smaller chair, of similar character An Old Chinese High Four-Leaved Lacquer Screen, with cAi. incised and coloured decoration of figures, buildings an landscapes An Old Oak Cabinet, the centre elaborately carved with Gothic ornament, the upper part with figures of boys bearing pennants, and with friezes of foliage A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases, decorated with buildings^^-^ vu- V- 114 A? ' V , 0 foliage, &c. in gold and pink—28 in. high A Crown Derby Dessert Service, painted with flowers and y foliage in colours and gold, consisting of— Ad? Two tureens, covers and stands Centre-dish, on foot Three square, three oval and two shell-shaped dishes, And eighteen plates An old Nankin porcelain pear-shaped bottle, with flowers and utensils in blue; and one, with a landscape, flowers and-z^f^ utensils in three medallions THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN y tf'• , 0 115 A Life-Sized Bust of Mme. de Pompadour, in statuary marble 116 A Pair of Massive Square Sculptured Pedestals, of veined.* brown and white marble S 11 ARMOUR AND ARMS, THE PROPERTY OP A GENTLEMAN. c> £ ■ -t 117 118 19 120 121 A breast-plate and back-plate— temp Waterloo si y A breast-plate and back-plate —temp Cromwell ' ' ' s » , O 122 K , ^ 123 124 A russet iron brank, or scold's mask—17/A. century A sword bayonet; a plug bayonet ; a dirk; a cutlass; and a Malay knife 5 A Pair op Wheel-Lock Pistols, partly octagonal barrels, engraved with acanthus leaves, similar decoration on the ^ lock, the stocks overlaid with plaques of polished stag’s horn engraved with military subjects and trophies—17 th century A wheel-lock sporting piece, partly octagonal barrel, the lock engraved with hunting subjects, stocks overlaid with plaques of polished stag’s horn engraved with animals—17 th century Wheel-Lock Sporting Piece, the barrel and lock chiselled with hunting subjects, and figures in the costume of 1610, the^J^ f ■ j stock overlaid with plaques of stag’s horn similarly engraved with figures /T <0 128 A pair of gauntlets, slightly engraved with double lines circa ^, 1600 <7.0 129 ^ f - 30 ' ^ 031 ft ' Lu L32 J33 -ro 134 A mechanical hand, of russet steel—16/A century A schiavona, with doubly grooved blade A broadsword, with basket hilt and back-edged blade A schiavona, with oviform pommel, doubly grooved blade A gun-metal mace A main gauche dagger, straight quillons, the shell slightly engraved with acanthus leaves, double sword broakers—- early 17 th century 12 J. /£. /S', a iso A prodd and wheel-lock sporting piece, combined stock of dark ?■ // , JZ 0 137 /?* wood slightly inlaid with ivory—17t/t century A Chanfron, with Criniere Attached, of fine form, engraved in bands with interlaced foliage, traces of gilding, studded with brass-headed rivets— Spanish, middle af 16th century A wheel-lock pistol, with straight dark wood stock inlaid with engraved and polished stag’s horn, shaped barrel and spirally fluted trigger guard and hammer—17 th century A wheel-lock pistol, with ball pommel, partly octagonal barrel, the stock of dark wood inlaid with hunting subjects in engraved ivory— German, 1 6th century /.//, .*139 a wheel-lock pistol, with slender barrel, ebony stock and flutcd^/^^^ /£, /■*-, o 138 /140 (ill ivory pommel— 11th century The case of a Hirshfanger, of pierced steel mounted with brass ; and a Spanish bayonet, with pierced blade—18f7i century a n3./7. /ba A/J. a 113 A Soudanese sword, with flattened pommel and straight quillons, leather scabbard and belt A swept-hilted sword, with flattened cylindrical pommel, triply fluted blade— circa 1600 —probably Venetian ' A pistol, mounted with metal-gilt, the butt formed as an eagle’s head, the barrel partly damascened with gold; and a small 'pyfo*. mnnnorhnca fnr* TT.o cforn onKinofa * 2 * * . * 146 */ , «/ T O M7 cAy » & 148 4-. 0 149 150 o blunderbuss, the barrel chased with Eastern subjects— Albanian A hunting horn, mounted with bands of engraved metal-gilt A Turkish gun, the stock inlaid with coloured ivories, the barrel damascened with gold A scimetar, mounted with metal-gilt, engraved blade A catchpole— German, 16th century ////AU A small guisarme ; and a spetum A pair of halberds, with pierced cresent blades— 11th century / A chased steel partisan; a spontoon; and two Oriental hafted weapons 13 OLD ITALIAN BRONZES. / ^ Athlete in * high, — Italian, 1 6th century—on giallo /ri ? marble plinth • 0 152 A Pair of Statuettes of Pomona and Flora— in. high— ; early 11 th century r O ^1^3 Neptune 11 ^ in. high — Italian, 1 6th century—on marble plinth (-154 Venus—10^ in. high—on white marble plinth 55 Hercules leaning on his club—7| in. high—Italian, early 17 th 7 f oy century—on marble plinth 156 A pair of bronzes, after the antique— Italian, early 17 th century-s¬ on Empire plinths * 157 Hercules with the apple of Hesperides—13^ in. high—Italian, /y£^ ^ 16th century—on porphyry plinth ' ^ 158 A boy bolding a book, in the style of Donatello—16^ in. high—^ j marble plinth ' . & 159 Venus and Cupid : an old Italian bronze—9£ in. high - 0 160 Apollo — 9 in. high — Italian, 1 6th century , 0 161 A Della Eobbia bust of a saint, glazed robe—18 in. high—on carved mahogany bracket of Louis XIV. design * ^ 162 A carved and partly gilt walnut-wood frame, of architectural ' j design— Florentine PT^c^*' V/c 4 163 A pair of carved and gilt wood brackets, formed as grotesque masks ; and a pair of ditto, smaller 4 VZ> THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. 164 An Old English Bust of a Lady, in classical costume, in two coloured marbles—23 in. high—attributed to Flaxman FINIS. London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. ' - ■ . 1 3 3125 01074 7109