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THE COLLECTION OF 
 
 ENGLISH AND FOREIGN 
 
 PORCELAIN, 
 
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 OF 
 
 SIR ROBERT PALMER HARDING, 
 
 DECEASED, 
 
 Late of Wetherby Gardens, South Kensington : 
 
 which (by Order of the Executors) 
 
 &2HUI tie rolii bi> Auction t)j; 
 
 Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 AT THJOE <£®JIAT 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On MONDAY, JULY 1, 1895, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 May be viewed Friday and Saturday preceding, and Catalogues bad, 
 at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, 
 St. James’s Square , S. W. 
 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
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 I. TIIE 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 Is.; 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. 
 
 IY. 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. 
 
 Y. 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 tho 
 Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on delivery. 
 
 VIT. 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, JULY 1, 1895, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
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 ORIENTAL PORCELAIN. 
 
 1 A pair of oviform hawthorn-pattern vases and covers 4 C? cAAShJ 
 
 2 Two old Nankin cups and saucers, brown outside; and four cups, 
 
 with flowers in panels .o—^/ 
 
 3 An oviform ditto vase, painted with horses; and a smaller vase, 
 
 with figures and trees 
 
 4 A pair of ditto bowls and covers, painted with flowers and mounted 
 
 with metal-gilt—6 in. high, CL, 
 
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 5 Five plates, enamelled with landscapes and buildings; and two, 
 
 with flowers in medallions on brown ground dCo 
 
 6 Four plates, enamelled with utensils in yellow borders; three 
 
 ditto, with flowers and insects ; and one other 
 
 7 Six plates, enamelled with flowers in colours, and pink trellis 
 
 borders with medallions 
 
 8 Six plates, enamelled with figures of ladies and children on a 
 
 terrace; and one, with sages and fish in medallions ^ , 
 
 9 Six hot-water plates, enamelled with river scenes, figures, kylins, 
 
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 with figures in panels and landscapes in -^nedallions—12^ in. 
 
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 and other plants in colours 
 
 pair of small ewers and covers, with red and green trellis- 
 pattern ground, and heart-shaped medallions 
 
 on brown ground 
 
 
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 enamelled with birds and flowers in colours—19 in. high (l 
 
 A pair of vases, with wide lips, painted with birds, butterflies, &c. 
 
 in red and gold—17£ in. high 
 
 pair of vases and covers, enamelh 
 in colours and gold—18 in. high 
 
 
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 flowers in medallions on red ground—19^ in. high —carved 
 wood stands 
 
 in colours on pale green ground—13 in. high 
 
 and a pair of globular vases, with dragon and clouds in 
 green 
 
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 large jar, with elephant’s-head handles, with flowers 
 foliage in relief in colours on brown ground—20 in. high 
 
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 buildings, birds, butterflies and flowers in compartments— 
 25 in. high 
 
 
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 25 A Pair of Powdered Blue Vases, pencilled with flowers and 
 
 ^ ornaments in gold, and enamelled with landscapes/^d figures 
 
 in colours in four compartments—19 in. high 
 
 26 A pair of bronze beakers, with butterfly handles, engraved with 
 
 * birds; and a pair of cylindrical ditto vases, with dragons in 
 
 relief 
 
 27 A pair of oviform vases, of old Chinese cloisonne enamel, with 
 — r arabesque ornament and borders in colours on turquoise ground 
 
 — 11 high i 
 
 28 A cup and cover and two square trays of Canton enamel, dark blue 
 
 -v ground; three enamel porcelain trays, gold ground ; and a pair 
 
 of small bottles 
 
 29 A pair of white figures of kylins with a ball, on pedestals / 
 
 30 A pair of ditto, larger 
 
 ENGLISH PORCELAIN. 
 
 31 An old Worcester cup and saucer, with flowers in medallions on 
 dark blue scale ground ; and a bowl, with flowers in Japanese 
 taste 
 
 ^32 An Oviform Ditto Canister and Cover, with flowers in medal¬ 
 lions in gilt scroll borders on dark blue scale ground 
 
 33 An Oval Tureen and Cover, similar 
 
 34 A Pair of Old Worcester Square-Shaped Dishes, dark blue 
 
 and gold borders, painted with sprays of flowers in colours 
 
 
 35 A Pair of Worcester Semicircular Jardinieres, pale blue and 
 
 white ceil-de-perdrix ground, painted with classical heads in 
 grisaille on brown ground in medallions 
 
 36 A. pair of flat-shaped bottles and stoppers, with arabesques, animals, 
 
 fruit, &c. in grisaille on black ground; and a pierced pink and 
 white cup, m case 
 
 
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 A Pair of Old Chelsea Figures, of a lady and gentleman 
 holding flowers, on pink, white and gold scroll plinths 
 encrusted with flowers — 11 in. high v< 
 
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 A Pair of Ditto, of a sailor and a girl dancing, on open scroll 
 plinths encrusted with flowers —9^ in. high Cc , 
 
 A two-handled Lowestoft cup, cover and stand, with coats-of-arms 
 and festoons of flowers in colours; and a fea-pot and cover, 
 with trophies and vine branches 
 
 A pair of oviform Wedgwood vases and covers, blue and white 
 jasper, with friezes of nymphs dancing .7 
 
 A pair of taller ditto vases, green and white jasper, with a frieze 
 of classical figures and trophies in relief—7 in. high 
 
 An Oviform Ditto Vase, pale blue and white jasper, with mask 
 and upright handles, and Pomona and Ceres in medallions, and 
 festoons in relief—9f in. high , '. 
 
 Pair of Oviform Vases and Covers, ditto, with friezes of 
 nymphs and festoons of flowers in relief, on square bases— 
 11 in. high # 
 
 44 
 
 A light brown cup and saucer, with rams’ heads and festoons in 
 white in relief; and two small blue and white pedestals 
 
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 FOREIGN porcelain. 
 
 45 A Paris ecuelle, cover and stand, with festoons of flowers, doves 
 and other ornaments in colours and gold 
 
 46 An Amstel bowl, painted with a river scene and figures; and a 
 
 Dresden dish, painted with sprays of flowers L~l r 
 
 47 A Vienna jug and cover, with bands of ornament in green and 
 
 gold ; and a cup and saucer, with nearly similar decoration 
 
 48 A cup and saucer, with a male head, arabesques, &c. in grisaille; 
 and a small cup, cover and saucer, with classical figures in 
 medallions on dark blue ground 
 
49 A Vienna plate, with border of arabesque figures and animals; 
 and two ditto soup-plates 
 
 50 A Berlin dark blue milk-jug, with classical figures in medallions; 
 and a Dresden ditto cup and cover 
 
 51 A Berlin white glazed group of Apollo and Minerva, with 
 attributes—12 in. high . "n 
 
 52 A pair of Copenhagen vases and covers, with mask handles, 
 
 painted with cupids and clouds in pink, the covers surmounted 
 by infant Satyrs—12 in. high 
 
 53 A Set of Three Octagonal Vases and Covers; and a pair of 
 
 beakers, of Delft, decorated with flowers in panels and on 
 green ground, and surmounted by kylins in imitation of famille 
 verte—16 J in. high rZ-GL- £ - u 
 
 54 A Pair of White Ginori Vases, with dolphin handles, and 
 
 friezes of nymphs, cupids, &c. in relief—20 in. high 
 
 OLD DRESDEN. 
 
 
 55 A tea-pot, cover and stand, painted with^ three subjects of garden 
 
 scenes and figures 
 
 56 Two cups and saucers, with landscapes in medallions in pink and 
 
 gold scroll borders _. 
 
 57 A pair of cups and saucers, each painted with a landscape, and a 
 
 seaport with figures in two medallions in gilt borders L ‘ 
 
 58 A cup and saucer, with flowers in panels on green ground in 
 
 Oriental style 
 
 59 A sucrier and cover, with pink scale borders, painted with birds 
 on branches of trees in colours 
 
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 60 Two plates, painted with birds and festoons of flowers, and with 
 
 
 blue scale feuille-de-choux pattern borders 
 61 An oval dish, on foot, painted in the centre with a village scene 
 and peasants, and with seaports in lake in medallions 
 
 
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 62 A Flat-Shaped Ecuelle, Cover and Stand, painted with sea¬ 
 
 ports and figures in numerous medallions on pale blue 
 ground 
 
 63 A Suorier and Cover, similar; and a milk-jug and cover 
 
 64 Four cups and saucers; and two two-handled cups and saucers, 
 
 similar ^ ^ f ( ^ ~ 
 
 65 A Tall Cup and Cover, similar, the lower part painted with 
 
 seaports and figures in panels in pink and lake alternately 
 
 66 Two cups and saucers, with flowers in medallions on pale green 
 
 ground; and a pair of fluted ditto, with flowers in pink / / ./V c\. 
 
 67 A pair of hexagonal vases and covers, white and gold ground, . 
 
 with flowers and landscapes in small shaped panels 
 
 68 A pair of minute fluted vases, with dolphin handles; and a scent- 
 bottle, painted with a landscape and figures and pink scale 
 
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 69 A pair of small white and gold vases, with female mask bandies ; 
 
 and a square-shaped box and cover, with figures in grisaille on 
 blue ground in panels <_.s 
 
 70 A figure of a girl, with a basket of flowers; and three other 
 
 small figures a ./jwq-v 
 
 71 A group of Jupiter and an eagle ; a figure of a lady carrying a 
 
 mask; and a Nymph, with a basket of flowers 
 
 72 A white glazed group of children, representing Winter 
 
 73 A figure of Minerva, with shield 
 
 74 A group of Pluto and Proserpine—10^ in. high 
 
 75 A figure of a gentleman, with a lamb—10^ in. high & 
 
 76 A pair of large figures of swans—10£ in. high 
 
 77 A Pair of Vases and Covers, with mask handles and gilt- 
 
 festoons in relief, painted with cupids and bouquets ol 
 flowers in colours—11 in. high 
 
 78 An oval tureen, cover and 'stand, painted with flowers in lake in 
 
 medallions, the cover surmounted by a figure of a child and 
 encrusted with flowers CX - /VW 
 
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 79 A cup and saucer, bell-shaped, with arabesques and garlands in 
 
 colours on gold ground, and painted with mythological 
 subjects in medallions Cl .tfCcx^ 
 
 80 A large toilet-pot and cover, with dark-blue and white trellis 
 
 border, painted with landscapes and birds ' 
 
 81 A small canister and cover, bleu-de-Vincennes ground marbled 
 
 with gold, painted with birds in four medallions } 
 
 82 A gros-bleu and gold cup and saucer, painted with dogs and game 
 
 in two medallions— by Chalot 
 
 83 A large cup and saucer, gros-bleu border spotted with gold, 
 
 painted with the Triumph of Danae and emblems— Dodin and 
 Vincent C tC c\^- 
 
 84 A cup, cover and saucer, rose-du-Barri and gros-bleu ground 
 painted with exotic birds and foliage in medallions— by 
 Chajmis 
 
 A turquoise toilet-pot and cover, richly gilt and painted with a 
 shepherd, shepherdess and dog in a medallion, and trophies 
 in smaller medallions 
 
 Two gros-bleu custard-cups, painted with cupids and trophies in 
 pink in medallions; and a coffee-cup, painted with a named 
 
 bird Cl .CCcL-CZ:- 
 
 Two small cups and saucers, turquoise and gold trellis-pattern, 
 painted with flowers 
 
 A small sucrier, cover and stand, painted with birds and insects 
 in medallions on gros-bleu ground 
 A coffee-cup and saucer, painted with birds in two medallions on 
 similar ground, with gilt festoons 
 
 A gros-bleu cup, cover and saucer, with borders and ornaments in 
 gold, painted with two pastoral subjects in medallions, by 
 
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 From the Eibbert Collection 
 
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 A gros-bleu cup and saucer, covered with filigree gilding, painted 
 with exotic birds in medallions —by Evans ; and a white cup 
 
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 and saucer, painted with garden implements 
 An Oviform Tea-Pot and Cover, with dark blue ribbon decora¬ 
 tion, and flowers and colours in gold and festoons in green 
 
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 Another, fwith vertical bands of flower and other decoration 
 
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 A two-handled ecuelle, cover and stand, painted with tropical 
 birds and blue lines on the border 
 
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 A Two-Handled Cup, Cover and Saucer, dark blue, red 
 white trellis ground, with gilt spots, painted with gardening 
 implements— by Veillard OUV, 
 
 A coffee-cup and saucer, apple-green ground, painted with 'groups 
 of fruit and flowers in medallions ([ si j* <{ / 
 
 A gros-bleu cup and saucer, painted with landscapes and figures 
 in two medallions in borders of gilt scrolls and flowers '2r- -C « 
 A coffee-cup and saucer; and a tea-cup and saucer, dark blue and 
 gold borders, painted with festoons of flowers and oval 
 ornaments Ck.etc ^. 
 
 A cup and saucer, bleu-de- Vincennes ground, painted with cupids 
 in lake in medallions, in gilt rush and flower borders (41c cx f~i 
 A small white cup and saucer, with festoons of roses and blue 
 ribands ; and one with festoons of foliage and pink ceil-de- 
 
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 A tea-cup and saucer, turquoise border, painted with sprays of 
 flowers; and a pair of small two handled cups and saucers 
 A small toilet-pot and cover, pink and gros-bleu ground, painted 
 with birds in two medallions C— • - - 
 
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 A cup and saucer, painted with landscapes and birds on white 
 ground ; and a coffee-cup, with arabesques in colours on gold 
 ground 
 
 A plate, painted with flowers and fruit, turquoise border with 
 birds in medallions ; one, with green border ; and two small 
 oval-shaped green dishes \jW-C- 
 
 Two plates, painted with sprays of flowers, and with blue lines 
 on the borders ; and two plates, with similar borders, painted 
 with festoons of flowers ^ ^ 
 
 
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 106 Two plates, painted in the centre with a landscape and birds, 
 „ blue and gold trellis borders, with sprays of flowers in 
 
 colours 
 
 From the Napier Collection 
 
 107 Five plates, painted in the centre with a group of fruit and 
 flowers, dark blue borders marbled with gold, with flowers in 
 medallions t 7 
 
 108 A plate, painted with birds, sprays of flowers in medallions and 
 
 gilt festoons on turquoise ground; and two plates^with rose¬ 
 buds and birds in medallions £ 
 
 109 Two white coffee-cups and saucers, painted with sprays of flowers ; 
 
 and one, with blue lines on the border 
 
 110 A coffee-cup and saucer, with pink and gold borders, painted 
 / j. with festoons of flowers ; and one, with powdered blue and 
 gold border, painted with festoons of flowers and drapery 
 <5 111 A white sucrier and cover, painted with cupids in pink 
 
 112 A plate, painted in the centre with a bouquet of flowers, gilt 
 ( & ' wreaths and insects on the border : and one, with a view of a 
 
 garden, with turquoise and gold border / 
 
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 A majolica medicine-jar, with St. Francis ; and a lustred dish, 
 brown and white ; and a pair of heart-shaped Delft trays 
 A copy of an Etruscan amphora, with figures in red; and a Hydria 
 A pair of square modern Worcester trays, richly gilt with birds; 
 and a Minton plate, blue, white and gold S ^ 
 
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 A pair of Sevres-pattern gros-bleu and gold vases and covers, on 
 metal-gilt plinths; and a dark-blue bowl, with insects and 
 flowers in gold 
 
 A pair of oval openwork Derby baskets, white and gold; and 
 four smaller ditto, en suite 
 
 A two-handled vase and cover, turquoise, white and gold, painted 
 with children, metal-gilt plinth 
 
 A Sevres-Pattern Dessert-Service, painted with bouquets of 
 flowers, and with blue lines on the border, consisting of four 
 shell-shaped dishes, six square ditto, two oval dishes, and 
 thirty-three plates 
 
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 120 The Venus of Milo— 14 in. high 
 
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 121 A Pair of Figures, of dancing boys—14 in. high 
 
 
 festoons and masks, on tripod feet—22 in. high —and fitted 
 with lamps vV < 
 
 seven lights each, surmounted by Satyrs, on tripod feet —33 in. 
 high . 
 
 lamps—6 ft. high 
 
 
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 FURNITURE, Etc. 
 
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 127 A Pair of Louis XIV. Candelabra, of or-molu, with scroll 
 
 branches for four lights each, chased with medallions, lions’ 
 
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 masks and cornucopias—17^ in. high 
 128 A Pair of Louis XVI. Or-molu Candelabra, with branches 
 for three lights each, chased with acanthus leaves and 
 festoons, surmounted by a flambeau, on circular white marble 
 plinths—16L in. high 
 
 
 129 An Emfire Clock, formed as Cupid’s car drawn by a swan^of 
 chased or-molu, on griotte marble plinth and claw feet-—’ 
 
 2 . £ 
 
 130 A Louis XVI. Clock, by Lenoir, in square or-molu case sur¬ 
 mounted by a Sevres porcelain vase painted with birds in 
 medallions on turquoise ground ; and a pair of vases, en 
 suite—15 in. high 
 
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 131 A Louis XVI. Small Parqueterie Table, of rose-wood, satin 
 ^ and ebony, with drawer and shelf beneath, mounted with 
 
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 borders and ornaments of chased or-molu 7 <Z 
 
 132 A Louis XVI. Parqueterie Pier Table, of satin-wood, with 
 
 shelf below and fluted legs, mounted with frieze and gallery 
 of chased or-molu, surmounted by a white marble-slab—42 in. 
 iv ide —l. 
 
 133 An Oblong Parqueterie Table, of Louis XVI. design, with / 
 
 curved ends, inlaid with a frieze of ornament in coloured 
 woods, mounted with or-molu and leather top—54 in. wide 
 Similar Table, with marqueterie panels on the top—42 in. 
 wide '■" ;/ 
 
 136 A Louis XV. Parqueterie Commode, of tulip and rose-wood, 
 
 
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 with four drawers, shaped front and ends, richly mounted 
 with escutcheons, handles and ornament of chased or-molu, 
 and surmounted by a Breccia marble slab—52 in. wide CX- f/c 
 
 136 A Louis XV, Parqueterie Commode, of tulip and rose-wood, 
 with three drawers above, two drawers below, cupboards at 
 the sides, mounted with frieze and goats’ heads, masks at the 
 angles of or-molu, surmounted by veined grey^marble slab— 
 
 3 ft. 10 in. wide i/_ j ^..77 
 
 137 A Louis XVI. Oblong Rose-Wood Table, with drawer and 
 
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 shelf below, mounted with brass gallery and white marble 
 *" ' slab—39 in. wide S*e. /'aX 
 
 
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 138 An Upright Louis XVI. Cabinet, of tulip-wood, with glass 
 door and sides, and shelves, mounted with chased or-molu 
 and surmounted by a grey marble slab—4 ft. 3 in. high, 
 
 2 ft. 8 in. wide ■ 9— 
 
 139 The Companion Cabinet / 
 
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 140 A Shaped Marqueterie Table, with tray/op and two drawers, 
 inlaid with a vase of flowers, birds and scrolls in coloured 
 woods — 29 in. wide P<$^cr^. 
 
 A Louis XVI. Settee, with scroll ends, carved and painted 
 white and gold, and covered with tapestry with flowers in a 
 shaped medallion on pale blue ground 
 
 
 
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 142 Six Louis XVI. White and Gold Carved Chairs, the backs 
 and seats covered with buff figured satin 
 
 143 A Fauteuil and a low chair, en suite 
 > 144 A Settee, en suite 
 145 The Companion 
 
 
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 146 Six Louis XVI. White and Gold Carved Chairs, the backs 
 
 and seats covered with old French tapestry embroidered with 
 flowers on crimson ground 
 
 147 A Screen, with shield-shaped panel of old Beauvais tapestry 
 
 with trophy and flowers in scroll medallions, in carved painted 
 wood frame—21 in. high OCcy 
 
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 An Old English Chime Clock, in square-shaped ebony case 
 mounted with masks, foliage and ornaments of chased metal- 
 gilt, on bracket en suite Ct— * CL3l. <9t . 
 
 A Semicircular Sheraton Satin-Wood Pier Table, with 
 shaped front and legs, painted w^th medallion head and 
 flowers in colours— 40 in. wide Ql v l <3^ C l 
 
 A Semicircular Sheraton Card Table, of walnut-wood, with 
 inlaid borders— 36 in. wide 333^. 
 
 A Semicircular Card Table, of amboyna-wood, with inlaid 
 edges— 38 in. wide oCo 
 
 A Pair op Semicircular Card Tables, the tops inlaid with 
 scroll foliage and masks in coloured woods, with carved 
 frieze and legs, painted white and gold —38 in. icide 4- 
 
 An Oval Satin-Wood Table, with escalloped border, the top 
 and shelf beneath inlaid with foliage in coloured woods— 
 
 28 in. wide (^C c 
 
 A Small Circular Three-Tier Table, of sat/n and rose-wood, 
 
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 inlaid with wreaths of flowers in coloured woods, mounted 
 with gallery and ornaments of or-molu CX. t /^f i 
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 156 A Small Commode, of tulip and other woods, with two drawers 
 j __ " _ ^ escutcheons and handles of chased or-molu, surmounted by a 
 
 white marble slab—26 in. wide v o 
 
 157 A Large Upright Secretaire, of mahogany, of Empire design, 
 
 ^ /3 with fall-down front enclosing drawers, and drawers above 
 
 and below, with escutcheons and handles of metal-gilt— 
 
 41 in. wide CC ^ i i/AsiAH <jlL v x 
 
 0 .158 A Mahogany Secretaire, with fall-down front enclosing 
 drawers, and five drawers below, escutcheons and handles of 
 metal-gilt -- 
 
 159 A Pair of Italian Gilt Torcheres, boldly carved with foliage 
 
 design, on tripod feet —52 in. high ^ ^ w v 
 
 160 A Pair of Square-Shaped Black Wood Chinese Tables, 
 
 C 3 with pierced and carved borders, and surmounted by white 
 
 marble slabs—28 in. high vVtA^t 
 
 161 A moderator lamp, on green porcelain column stand, and square 
 plinth painted with wreaths of flowers C'q/s 2-C w it S 
 
 162 A pair of turquoise porcelain bottles, with lizards in relief, 
 fitted with moderator lamps and or-molu stands 
 
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 163 A Pair of Oviform Yases, of veined yellow marble, mounted 
 with Satyrs’-mask handles, top and foot of bronze, on souare- 
 shaped pedestal mounted with bronze—15 in. high d Q 
 
 ^ 164 A Pair of Griotte Marble Columns, on green marble bases, ^ 
 
 with border and capitals of chased or-molu—49 in. high At 11 
 
 165 A pair of square-shaped pedestals, of red and white marble- 
 
 52 in. high a / 
 
 166 A square pedestal, of red and green scagliola, with fluted 
 
 panels Jp 
 
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 SCULPTURE. 
 
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 167 Ceres, a bust on socle, on scagliola column 
 
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 168 The Thorn, a life-sized figure of a girl—48 in. high — on 
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 GUILD OF IMPOVERISHED IRISH 
 GENTLEWOMEN, and were recently Exhibited 
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 169 A three-leaf folding-screen, with two panels of needlework, with 
 
 arabesque foliage and flowers in coloured silks, the centre 
 panel of velvet—57 in. high . i— . .. . 
 
 170 Another, of Louis XV. design, the centre panel embroidered 
 
 with bouquets of flowers in colours, on white ground, and two 
 panels of velvet—54 in. high 
 
 171 A tall ditto, with two panels of embroidery, with flowers and 
 
 foliage on white ground, and velvet centre panel, three glazed 
 panels above—76 in. high l * 
 
 172 A two-leaf ditto, with a large panel of embroidery, with flowers 
 
 and ribbons, and velvet panels, glazed panels above—78 in. 
 high ' ’ 
 
 173 A large carved oak chair, with high back, and seat stuffed and 
 
 covered with embroidery, with flowers in colours [ / „ 
 
 174 A carved and painted overmantel, with a panel of embroidery, 
 
 with doves, flowers and ribbons, an oval mirror with bevelled 
 edge in the centre—39 in. high , 54 in. wide YlfSdUXs-j.. 
 
 175 A 
 
 
 pair of oblong - shaped Capo-di-Monte plateaux, with 
 Bacchanalian subjects and festoons of flowers in relief, in 
 colours, the borders painted with flowers and gilt—15 in. by 
 
 
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 176 A pair of Sevres porcelain two-handled Beaux, each painted with 
 
 a garden and figures, and a group of flowers and fruit in gilt 
 borders on turquoise ground Cp (XA^T 
 
 177 An Oblong Plaque, of Old Sevres Porcelain, with shaped 
 
 raised border, the centre painted with a garden scene, figures 
 and sheep, in the style of Boucher, on rose-coloured trellis 
 ground—in metal-gilt frame— *.n. by 12 in. 
 
 Formerly the properly of Marie Antoinette 
 
 178 A Hague Service, consisting of large jug and cover, sucrier 
 
 and cover, and twelve cups, covers and saucers, painted with 
 landscapes, buildings and figures, and with dark blue and 
 gold borders 
 
 179 A Derby Service, richly decorated with birds, flowers, &c. in 
 
 colours and gold, in Chinese style, consisting of sugar-basin, 
 jug, twelve tea-cups, ten coffee-cups, twenty saucers, a round 
 dish, and eighteen plates c£o 
 
 180 An Old Chelsea Dessert-Service, consisting of two large 
 
 oval baskets, painted and encrusted with flowers, four oval 
 dishes and thirty-four plates, painted with bouquets of 
 flowers 
 
 181 A pair of old Chelsea oval dishes, with basket-pattern borders, 
 
 and painted with flowers (L.4/ A C - a. -l /C\ 
 
 182 A Set of Three Large Oviform Vases Aip> a Pair of 
 
 Beakers, of old Chinese porcelain, dark blue marbled with 
 gold, and enamelled with flowers in large leaf-shaped medal¬ 
 lions in brilliant colours, and in smaller medallions on the 
 neck and lower part—24 in. high 
 
 183 A Vase and Cover and a Pair of Beakers, en suite / 
 
 184 A Louis XIV. Boulle Clock, by Hanet, with enamelled and 
 
 chased dial, richly mounted with a group of a centaur and 
 nymph, terminal female busts at the angles, rams’ heads 
 and borders of chased or-molu, and surmounted by a figure 
 
 of Bellona ; and bracket, en suite—57 in. high 
 
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 185 A Louis XYI. Parqueterie Secretaire, with cylinder revolving 
 
 front and drawers beneath, mounted with' Apollo mask and 
 border of chased or-molu, surmounted by a grey marble 
 slab—32 in. wide v 
 
 186 A Louis XYI. Marqueterie Cabinet, of various inlaid woods, 
 
 with folding doors with satin-wood panels inlaid with vases 
 and ribands, mounted with or-molu, and surmounted by a 
 white marble slab \JlCXs' ituU-S 
 
 187 A Cabinet, with shaped front, door in the centre and open 
 . shelves at the ends, of inlaid satin and rose-wood, with a 
 
 frieze of flowers and scrolls in marqueterie, mounted with 
 ornaments and borders of or-molu—white marble slab—80 in. 
 
 wide 
 
 
 - 188 A small old English mahogany table, with satin-wood border, on 
 
 fluted legs 
 
 j 189 A small oblong parquetorie table, with shaped border, inlaid with 
 
 * ' r ' trellis ornament and mounted with or-molu 
 
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 190 A Sheraton Sideboard, of mahogany, rose and satin-wood, with 
 shaped front, drawer in the centre and cupboards at the ends 
 
 —4 ft. 8 in. wide X /■O'*-* - 
 
 191 A Pair of Window Curtains, of crimson, white and green silk 
 
 damask, and holders with tassels—12 ft. long , 5 ft. wide ; 
 
 and a pair of smaller ditto, en suite—10 ft. by 5 ft. 
 
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 London: Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street 
 
 and Charing Cross. 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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