Posts Tagged ‘bun’

French maple musical Etui Case, Queen Anne Bureau Bookcase, Victorian mahogany shoe Snuff Box, Victorian birds-eye maple Work Box

Friday, January 1st, 2010

French maple musical Etui Case, Queen Anne Bureau Bookcase, Victorian mahogany shoe Snuff Box, Victorian birds-eye maple Work Box
A Regency tortoiseshell veneered and ivory banded Tea Caddy,  with silver-coloured metal monogram and stringing, the hinged cover revealing a pair of lidded divisions, on ball
feet, cm. wide. Ain.
A Regency tortoiseshell veneered Tea Caddy,  with a shaped [...]

Antique English Mule, Dover and Counter Chests

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

CHESTS: MULE, DOWER OR COUNTER CHESTS
About 1630-1800
Late-17thC oak mule chest.
Alidded chest with one or two drawers added below. A transitional piece in the 17thC, marking the change from simple chest to full chest of drawers; a country piece in the 18thC.
Thought by some to have been used by tradesmen; many have a small till or [...]

Early 18th Century Chests of Drawers

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

CHESTS OF DRAWERS - 1690-1720
A very fine oyster veneered chest of drawers on bun feet which are a bit small in proportion. Parquetry work of this kind, involving geometric designs made up from small oyster veneers, requires a high degree of skill. Note the ‘thumbnail’ top edge moulding and deep proportion. Just short of 2ft. [...]