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	Stripped Pine Kitchen Table F191 Original, quality, late 19th century, stripped pine kitchen table of good proportions and great quality, with a thick top and square tapered legs. Perfect height for sitting and dining at. Stripped, cleaned, waxed and complete and in good order. 60" x 38" x 30" tall + 24" under the apron. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £485.00


Mahogany Corner Cabinet F188 Original, quality, late 19th century, small corner wall cabinet in mahogany, with a sepia decorated tile to the face of the hinged door, with a lock and key. The top has a shaped backmount and the base has a simulated wall bracket design. The tile has a boating scene and is signed indistinctly to the lower right corner and all is in the original finish. A great looking bathroom cabinet complete and in good order. Cupboard 12" tall x 15" wide at front + 21" tall in total at back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £245.00


	Stripped Pine Trunk F187 Original, quality, circa 1900, stripped pine shallow trunk with a plinth to the base, and a trim to the top of the base and the lid. This trunk has wrought iron lifting handles to the sides, a lock with a brass escutcheon to the front and a key. A good clean stripped pine blanket box or tool trunk. Complete and in good order. 12.25" tall x 22.75" wide + 19.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


Yew and Elm Hoop Back Carver Chair F186 Original, quality, Windsor hoop back carver chair, circa 1800, with bullseye designs within each of the pierced back slats. This superb example has a good shaped elm seat, two short stretchers to the legs in beech and otherwise all is in yew wood of a great colour and patination. The three main slats are copied under the arms, the front arm supports sweep back gracefully and the turned legs are each wedge fitted through the elm seat and supported by a shaped crinoline stretcher between. Many good old repairs have been made thoughout this chair but all is good and firm. Just to confirm the hoop back, splats, arms, supports, legs and crinoline stretcher are all in yew. A great looking Windsor armchair of an unusual form. Complete and in good order. 37.5" tall at back x 22" widest, 18" tall at front seat + 21.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £750.00


	Pair of Slat Back Kitchen Chairs F185 Pair of original, quality, late 19th century, slat back kitchen chairs in beech, elm and fruitwood. These chunkier than normal slat back chairs have a reddish tinge from the original red ochre finish. The seats are in elm, the slats and stretchers are beech and the legs and top rail are fruitwood. A super pair of chairs complete and in great condition. 34.25" tall to back top, 17.5" height of seat front, 18" widest at front on floor, 18" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £265.00


Stripped Pine Dresser Rack F184 Original, quality, late 19th century, stripped pine dresser rack with close boarded, tongue, grooved and bevelled backboards, four shelves and a top cornice. A good heavy dresser, shelf unit of super quality and colour. Complete and in good order. 74" width of base x 50" tall, 76" width of top + 8.5" front to back main body. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £500.00


	Huge Pine Plate Rack F182 Original, quality mid to late 19th century large pine plate rack, with round bars to the front and square bars to the rear and with good signs of wear to the base of the cross bars. This was designed to be used with the larger depth to the top but it would do just as well the other way up. A great looking plate drainer, good and sturdy. Complete and in good and working order. Much larger than average. 44" tall x 48" x 14" front to back at top, 8.5" front to back at base. Click on photo for larger and other views Price: £650.00


Bamboo Wall Shelf F183 Original, quality late 19th century small bamboo wall unit with two shelves in the original covering and a diamond shaped bevelled mirror, with an overall scorched effect to the bamboo. A delightfully small shelf unit, ideal for the hall, with the mirror and shelves for clothes brushes etc. All is complete and in good order. 24" x 13" + 5.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


	Pair of Slat Back Kitchen Chairs F180 Pair of original, quality late 19th century slat back kitchen chairs in beech, with good figured elm seats. This pair of chairs are fairly standard in design although the seat backs are squarer than normal. All has had an old dark varnish which has worn away in the most part and now although darker than average a good colour shows through. Good sturdy and tight chairs, complete and in good order. 35" tall to back, 18" tall to seat, 16.5" widest + 19" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £250.00


Oxford Kitchen Chair F174 Original, quality, late 19th Century, beech and elm Oxford kitchen chair with an unusual rope twist bar to the back in beech and a fruitwood top rail. Old signs of worm, now well treated. An unusual chair in super condition and complete. 33.5" tall at back, 18" tall at seat front, 19" front to back at floor and 18" widest. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Pair of Pitch Pine Glastonbury Chairs F171 A pair of original, quality, late 19th Century, Glastonbury chairs in pitch pine. These superb all wooden chairs with arms are in the Aesthetic Movement style, with a carved castellation to the tops and a trefoil motif in relief to the back panels and pierced to the arms. These will dismantle and flat-pack or tighten up, using the pegs to each side and they have been cleaned and refinished to a super standard with no cracks, splits or signs of worm. A great pair of unusual chairs. Complete and in good and working order. 27" widest including pegs, total 20" front to back, 33" tall at back, 17.5" tall at front of seat and seat 17" x 14" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £400.00


Original Paintwork Blanket Box F170 Original, quality, late 19th Century, satin walnut blanket box in the original dark green and brown paintwork, with side lifting handles and a hinged lid. The interior was never painted and is good and clean, although there are some scuffs to the paint on the lid, otherwise a clean, sturdy blanket box; complete and in good order. 36.5" x 17.5" x 19" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


	Oak Filing Cabinet F168 Original, quality, 1920's, oak, twelve drawer, cabinet top index filing cabinet. Each drawer has a brass pull handle with a card label holder. The front of the cabinet is backward sloping and all has been refinished and is now complete and in good and working order. Drawer front 5.75" x 3.5", drawer to take 5" x 3" index card, cabinet base 26" x 18.5" and 16" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £400.00


Walnut Gentleman's Wardrobe F165 Original, quality, superb, fitted, gentleman's compact wardrobe in walnut, with a bevelled mirror to the door and all the original brass and copper fittings, circa 1880/1900. The left hand side is a full hanging section, with a pull out central rail and the right is an open shelf above a cupboard with a removable shelf above a short drawer, and all over a double drawer. The top is stepped down in form and the base has a shaped bottom trim. All is in super condition, complete and ideal as wardrobe or a hall cupboard. Be aware that this item is all one piece and will not dismantle into several sections for moving. External 78.5" tall, body width 38.25", width including cornice 41.25", internal width of hanging section 18" and internal depth of hanging section 14.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £950.00


	Bamboo Bookshelf Cabinet F151 Original, quality, late 19th Century, scorched bamboo, floor standing bookcase with three shelves. The top, sides, shelves and inside back are covered in the original rush and all is complete and in good order, very firm and absolutely no signs of woodworm. Top 30" wide and 15" front to back, body 23" x 12.5" front to back and total 39.5" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £125.00


Bamboo Bookshelf Unit F150 Original, quality, late 19th Century, scorched bamboo, three tier bookshelf, with the original rush covered shelves and the top button mounts. Complete and in super condition and absolutely no signs of woodworm. 29.5" tall at back, 20" wide and 6.5" front to back. 24" tall at front. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Ash Dressing Chest F149 Original, quality, late 19th Century, ash dressing chest in the original finish and with all the original brass fittings. This dressing chest has two short drawers over two long for the main body and two very small drawers, with a swing mirror above with an arched top bevelled mirror, which will lift off for travelling. A super dressing chest, as clean inside as out. All is complete and in good order. Main body: 35.5" wide, 20" front to back, 31.5" tall to work surface and 62.5" tall to top of mirror. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £385.00


Walnut Side Cabinet F147 Original, quality, late 19th Century, walnut side cabinet with a central shelf to the interior, a hinged door and a drawer above. The two sides and the door have multi fielded panels and the front edges of the uprights have stop champer. The original brass fittings to the drawer and door have been polished and lacquered and all has been refinished. The key is a replacement made to suit and, apart from some staining to the shelf and inside floor, all is complete and in good order. 39" high, 19.5" wide and 13.75" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £385.00


	2 Similar Walnut Bedside Cupboards F141 Two similar, walnut bedside cabinets, circa 1880. Both have the same handed hinged doors, each with vertical reeded decoration and both have brass drop loop catch handles and a removable shelf. Some minor worm holes to the floor of one, which has been well treated and all is now complete and in good order. Not a pair, but good lookers. Both 30.5" to top surface, 1 x 14.5" and 1 x 15" width of top surface, both with 3" top mounts and both approximately 14" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £650.00


Cast Iron Pub Table with Mahogany Top F136 Original, quality, late 19th Century cast iron table base with an original, circular mahogany top. The base has three leg sections with a central adjoining shelf, all in an aesthetic movement design, and is embossed to the underside with the registration number for the year 1890. The cast iron has been stove enamelled gloss black and the mahogany refinished. An unusual of a cast iron pub table, complete and in good order. Top 24" and 29" high, 20" diameter spread of feet. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £385.00


	Marble Topped Pub Table F135 Original, quality cast iron pub table base, circa 1900, with an off white and veined circular marble top with a bevelled edge. The round, cast iron base has three supports, a central adjoining shelf and has the figure of Bodicea with a shield of the Union Jack to the legs, each with a lions paw to the foot. The cast iron table has been cleaned and stove enamelled black. All is complete and in good and working order. A superb pub table or occasional table, ideal for indoor or outdoor use. Top 27.5" diameter, total 30" high and 20" diameter spread of feet. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £485.00


Small Stripped Pine Box F98 Original quality, 19th century, very small stripped pine trunk with the original lock and key and a feint tracing of 'Weights' in upper case to the front. All is complete and in good order.14.5" x 8" x 8.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


	Ash Bookshelf F78 Original quality, late 19th century, wall hanging or free standing book shelf with three shelves and decorative shaped side panels in quality ash, fitted with three brass mirror brackets to take countersunk screws for mounting to the wall. A super shelf unit with a very clean finish retaining the good original colour. Manufactured around 1880. 28" high x 24" wide x 6" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


Liberty Oak Coatrack CR56 Original, quality, circa 1900, oak wall mounted coatrack, with the original mirror to the centre and nine brass hat and coat hooks, in the original bronzed finish. This rack has an interesting Arts and Crafts form and has an ivorine label to the reverse detailing "Liberty London". A superb coatrack all in original condition, complete and in good order. Backboard 38.5" x 18.5" + 21" tall including the hooks + 3" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £360.00


	5ft Brass Bedstead BB16 Original, quality, circa 1880/1900, superb, all brass five foot wide bedstead. Old five foot examples are hard to find and this is a beauty, in square tubed brass with a cast fretted brass panel to the front and four urn shaped finials, all mounted on the original castors with ceramic wheels. The original wrought iron side irons are included and all has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. This bedstead will take a standard 5ft wide x 6.6" long modern bed base and mattress. Some minor rubs to the lacquer for this was polished and lacquered several years ago. Head end 60.5" tall, foot end 49" tall + set up 60.5" x 82.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £1,600.00


3ft Brass & Iron Bedstead B1 Original quality single iron bedstead, with brass fittings and the pair of side irons, circa 1900. The ironwork has been stove enamelled black and the brass has been polished and lacquered. Will take standard 3 ft x 6' 3" bed base and mattress. Height 54" head end, 43" foot end. Apart from some minor damage to the rails all is complete and in good order. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £240.00


	Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Umbrella Stand US53 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron umbrella stand, with a lift out cast iron drip pan. This example has six ring compartments, a shaped base, four cast iron finials to the top and end panels in an Aesthetic Movement designs and are marked with a registration lozenge mark for the year 1879 and the number 330925 - this mark and number are also on the underside of the base. The base is also marked to the upper surface 'C-B-Dale' for the manufacturer, Coalbrookdale, and 'No 249' for the model number. All has been cleaned and finished in a coat of lacquer, and is complete and in good order. A great looking umbrella stand. Base 25.5" x 8" + total 25.25" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £650.00


Chromed Umbrella Stand US51 Original, quality 1920's chromed umbrella stand with an eight section top mount, chromed finials and a drip pan to the cast iron base. The replacement galvanised drip pan has been made to suit. The brass is bleeding through the chrome plating in a couple of places but this is hardly visible, otherwise all is complete and in good order. Base 14.5" x 9.5" x 25" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £350.00


	Wrought Iron Umbrella Stand US50 Original, quality 1920's semi circular shaped wrought iron umbrella stand, with brass finials to the top, cast iron base and a lift out steel drip pan. All has been cleaned, lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Unusual to find the half round models and very unusual in iron. 16.5" x 9" x 24" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £350.00


Coalbrookdale Cast Iron Umbrella Stand US49 Original, quality, late 19th Century, cast iron umbrella stand with a lift out cast iron drip pan. This example has four ring compartments to the top and four replacement finials copied from an original. The side panels have Aesthetic Movement designs and are marked with a registration lozenge mark for the year 1879 and the number 330925 - this mark and number are also on the underside of the base. The base is also marked to the upper surface 'C-B-Dale' for the manufacturer, Coalbrookdale, and 'No 249' for the model number. All has been cleaned and finished in a coat of lacquer, and is complete and in good order. A great looking umbrella stand. Base 17.5" x 7.5" and 25" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £450.00


	Stoneware Umbrella Tub US46 Original, quality, 1920's, tall, coffee brown, glazed stoneware, cylindrical umbrella tub. Superb glazing, no chips, but a short 2" hairline crack to the top rim. A great looker and useful piece. 22" tall, 10.5" base diameter and 9" top diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Art Nouveau Umbrella Tub US45 Original, quality, brass and copper umbrella stand, circa 1900/1920's, in the original, oxydised finish. This superb tub has a top band of brass with a deep relief of roses and leaves, a pair of cast brass drop ring side handles and a hammered finish, tapered copper body, all mounted on three cast brass bun feet. A replacement base has been fitted and all is now complete and in good and working order. This can be polished back to the brass and copper on request, if required. A very unusual item and a great looker. 23.5" tall, 11" base diameter including feet and 7.75" top diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £325.00

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