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  • Wonderful late 18th century Italian mirror with fine carving - later plate Width: 29" / 74 cms Height: 42" 107 cms
  • 18th century stipple engraving and etching of Mr Horace Beckford in gilded frame with hand cut mounts (William Horace Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Pitt-Rivers, (2nd Dec. 1777 – 23rd Jan. 1831) known as Horace Beckford until 1828 was a British Peer. After Richard Cosway – (Oakford, Devon 1742–1821 London). Cosway was the famous miniature artist and principal painter to the Prince of Wales in 1785. Engraved by Jean Condé, French artist and print maker (Born Ĩle-de-France 1765 - Died London 1794) Published by Colnaghi, London - August 1st 1793 Beckford succeeded his father’s estates in 1811. As Horace Beckford, he was a notorious gambler and a member of Crockford's during the Regency Era. His mania for high play was so pronounced that when his maternal uncle, George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers died on 20 July 1828, he left Beckford (who succeeded him in the title by special remainder) only £4,000 per year directly, leaving the bulk of his estate, worth £40,000 per year, in the hands of trustees for Horace's eldest son George. On 20 November, Horace assumed the name of Pitt-Rivers for himself and his successors in the Pitt estates, the rest of his issue to take the name of Pitt. In January 1831, he was persuaded by friends to take up gambling again and lost. Frightened that he would once again become addicted, he drowned himself in The Serpentine on 23rd Editions of this work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, The British Museum, The National Museum of Scotland and the National Trust Property of Kingston Lacy, Dorset Width: 18" / 46 cms Height: 22" / 56 cms
  • 18th century stipple engraving of Michal Y Izabella Z Lasockich Ogińscy in gilded frame with hand cut mounts After Richard Cosway – (Oakford, Devon 1742–1821 London). Cosway was the famous miniature artist and principal painter to the Prince of Wales in 1785. Engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano 1 April 1765 – 7 June 1810 London) An Italian engraver and etcher. In London he was employed by Bartolozzi and became an eminent engraver. Interestingly, Schiavonetti engraved a drawing of Maria Cosway that her husband, the artist Richard Cosway, had drawn. He also engraved a portrait that Maria Cosway had commissioned that was the first portrait of Napoleon seen in Britain. Published – London According to Act, March 20, 1793, By Colnaghi & Co. No.132 Pall Mall The subjects of this engraving are Michał Kleofas Ogiński (25 September 1765 – 15 October 1833) who was a Polish diplomat and politician, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania and a senator of Tsar Alexander I. He was also a composer of early Romantic music and was painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Izabela Ogińska née Lasocka was born in 1764 and died in 1852. She was the only child of Antoni Lasocki and Teresa Laskowska. Wife of Michal Ogiński from 1789-1802. In 1815, she established a factory settlement focused on cloth production. In order to commemorate the family's presence in Brzeziny, she named it Lasocin. She supported German and Jewish settlement in the settlement, trying to attract craftsmen and merchants. In 1826, she sold the Brzeziny estate to her sons, Tadeusz Antoni (1798–1844), Franciszek Ksawery (1801–1837). She outlived her children. A print in The British Museum made by Michael Sloane, after Richard Cosway, of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales was originally engraved as a portrait of Michal and Isabella Lasockich Oginscy, with Schiavonetti named as the engraver and publisher, from which the heads were entirely re-engraved and the background altered.
  • 18th century cabriole leg stool with pad feet with needlework drop in seat. Lovely soft faded colour and patination Width: 19" / 48 cms Depth:17" / 43 cms Height:18" / 46 cms
  • Mid 18th century Welsh Oak coffer bach or marriage/dowry chest. The lifting lid on lopers. The front with three shaped and fielded square panels. A single long drawer over bracket feet. Circa 1750 Width: 27.5" / 69 cms Depth: 14" / 36 cms Height: 21.5" / 54 cms
  • 18th century Welsh oak hanging corner cupboard of wonderful colour and patination. Shaped cornice over a single door with a shaped and fielded panel. The interior with shaped shelves showing traces of original paint. Circa 1740/50 Width Along the Wall: 20.75" / 53 cms Height: 40" / 102 cms
  • Large antique carved and gilded Italian mirror with later plate. Width: 31" / 79 cms Height: 53" / 135 cms
  • Antique chip carved sailor's fid or implment of some kind - open to opinions/information on this A lovely piece of chip carving with good colour. Length: 12" / 30.5 cms
  • Antique carved and gilded mirror with original colour - later plate Width: 20" / 51 cms Height: 46" / 117 cms
  • Large antique carved wood and gilded mirror with lattice design cresting - later plate Width: 31" / 79 cms Height: 52" / 132 cms
  • Late 18th century small Welsh Oak Deuddarn Cwpwrdd or Cupboard. Narrow proportions.Two parts, the upper with a shaped cornice over double cupboard doors with shaped fielded panels. Two short drawers over lower double cupboards - the whole on bracket feet. Interior shelves. Circa 1780. Width: 47" / 120 cms Depth: 21" / 53 cms Height: 72" / 183 cms
  • Impressive18th century Oak North Wales cupboard dresser. Cupboards to each side of a bank of two short and three long drawers with moulded fronts. The cupboards with three rectangular moulded panels. Iron hinges and brass drop handles. Good rich colour and patination. Very heavy ! Width: 74" / 187 cms Depth: 21" / 53 cms Height: 35.5" / 90 cms
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