An Edo period kake-suzuribako (scroll calligraphy box). Iron hardware all in place. Lock face and key but lock works mostly gutted. Original tray with liner retained. Wood surface naturally distressed from use but with expected, even patina with all the accompanying charm. A smoothly finished zelkova (keyaki) may be used for the primary wood, and sugi (cedar) for the aromatic secondary wood. Length, 14 1/4 inches. Depth, 9 1/2 inches. Height, 9 3/4 inches.

A well made Empire period dressing or shaving mirror. Carved mahogany and mahogany veneer with acanthus shaped feet and bellflower form mirror supports. Style transitional to Art Nouveau. American, 19th century. Good, serviceable condition with expected patina and checking of original wood surface. Probably original glass. Height, 25 1/2 inches. Width at widest, 27 inches. Depth, 12 5/8 inches.

Soon to be introduced for availability of inspection at The Antique Center at Historic Savage Mill, Maryland

A well made and complex burl keyaki wood box of drawers and compartments. Compartments and drawers well suited to hold inkstone, colors, paper, brushes, works and accessories. Nice, handmade hinges and drawer hardware. Painted decoration of Shishi among peonies - nicely done in a charming, mingei (folk art) manner and likely by a previous owner of this kodansu. Late Edo period. There is expected wear from use, movement and checking of wood, and minor losses to the polychrome lacquer decoration. Otherwise an attractive and intriguing furnishing in serviceable condition. Length, 13 3/4 inches. Height, 10 inches. Depth, 8 inches.

Chippendale mahogany reverse serpentine (oxbow) slant front desk. Ball and claw feet. Circa 1770. Good, old surface. Relined drawers. Original back and bottom show the age and oxidation of some original, untouched secondary surfaces. Replaced drawer brasses. Some loose, smaller pulls for slant front slide supports and interior gallery drawers retained. A locksmith need be retained to loose the top drawer. Otherwise good condition. Massachusetts, probably Boston. Height, 44 1/2 inches. Width, 41 1/2 inches. Depth, 27 inches (add another 1.5 inches for convex drawer fronts and foot returns). A rare opportunity to acquire, enjoy and conserve as steward a beautiful specimen born with our country.

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Federal mahogany pembroke table. Nicely proportioned with spacious, shaped top. Line inlay decoration on top, drawer, case and legs. New England (probably Massachusetts), early 19th century. Good, serviceable condition. One leg restored. Refinished, nice light tone. Later drawer pull. Height, 29 inches. Length, about 33 inches. Width, 21 1/4 inches.

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A Hepplewhite manner server. Having the form and proportions of a sideboard but of much smaller size. Stringing, banding, fan inlay and figured drawer fronts grace the elegant, minimalist shape. Would serve nicely in a small dining space or handsomely in any space as an occasional, writing or dressing table. With mahogany and satinwood veneer over nicely oxidized striped pine (not to mention shape and proportion), we lean toward an English, late George III period attribution - early 19th century. Good, serviceable condition with minor veneer losses and later pulls. Height, 31 1/4 inches. Length, 42 1/2 inches. Depth, 15 1/2 inches.

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A Hepplewhite mahogany shield back chair. Carved wheatsheaf motif splat. The frame of the back, and the supporting stiles, are scribed inside the edges. The work of an able furniture maker of the late 18th century to earliest 19th century, made in the popular manner of Hepplewhite. We favor an American Federal attribution. Secondary wood is a darkly oxidized hardwood with hand kerfs and planing. Peeling back the under lining more wouldn’t help us with identification. Good condition with old surface and with no losses or restoration. Expected movement and minor stress of the wood. A strongly made, handsome and serviceable chair, complementary to any period interior. Back height, 36 1/4 inches. About 17 1/2 inches to the upholstered seat. Seat depth about 17 inches. Seat width about 18 1/2 inches at the front.

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A nicely proportioned, elegant Sheraton cellarette. The case joined to the framed base, raised on turned legs. Escutcheon with associated lock but no key. Bottom of the case interior fitted with 4 1/2 inch high dividers for eight bottle positions. Old finish. Appears to be white pine secondary with a red paint wash and quite oxidized on the underside. Looking at our picture of the underside, one board from the back of the supporting frame can be discerned as a replacement. Also from that image, an illegible (to us) maker’s scrawl, large across the bottom of the case, is observed. We believe this cellarette is American Federal rather than English late Georgian. Circa 1820. Good condition. Easily holds champagne and other 750ml bottles. An easily placed size at 26 1/2 inches high, 20 inches wide and 11 1/4 inches deep.

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This Federal lift-top chest with lower drawer reminds of southern American sugar chests. With proportions being comparable, this low-height chest is more formal with mahogany, on the small side and without a divided top compartment. With yellow pine secondary wood, the frame is raised on french feet. Sourced from Middleburg, Virginia. The line of inlay across the front of the lift-top is old but not original (old hinge marks showing that the top was reversed back to front at some point). The other inlay was replaced by us to fill routing where inlay (probably also added later) was missing. The front pulls were added to replace cheap Chippendale style brasses which weren’t appropriate. We’ve used it as a cellarette. Wine bottles fit perfectly in the drawer (as you can see from one of our pictures). Other practical uses may have been as a silver chest or a campaign chest. The top compartment with lift top is likewise well proportioned to take accessories, wine bottles on their side and other, smaller bottles standing upright. Good, restored condition. Height, 27 7/8 inches. Width, 23 3/16 inches. Depth, 17 1/16 inches.

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A Federal sewing table of elegant form. Mahogany legs and mahogany veneered skirt - both with string inlay. Stylized, bentwood stretchers with mahogany veneer bracing the graceful, tapering legs. The top a later replacement and the key escutcheon without a lock mechanism. Early 19th century and later. Refinished. Serviceable condition. Height, 31 1/4 inches. Width 18 5/8 inches. Depth, 14 3/8 inches.

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A George III mahogany table. The pie crust tilt on turned pedestal with three legs terminating on slipper feet. The form and style generally known by reference to Chippendale. The size between what might be used for wine or for tea. 18th century. Fair and serviceable condition with an old repair to the base of the column and to one foot. Height, 27 inches. Diameter, about 24 1/8 inches.

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Federal card table. Figured mahogany single board top leaves and legs. Crotch mahogany veneered skirt. The shaped top leaves with reeded edges. The skirt frame conforming in shape, joined legs with carved flower head decoration within rectangular reserves over tapering, reeded legs on turned feet. Probably Philadelphia based on the form and feeding. Circa 1815. Good condition with some minor veneer loss along the skirt edging. The top with minor stressing of the wood. Height, 29 2/2 inches. Width, 35 1/2 inches. Depth, 17 3/4 inches.

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LATE GEORGE III W.&T.M. BARDIN 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ON STAND 
additions to 1807, dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks, the globe in etched brass frame resting on a corona with months and zodiac on turned support with tapering downswept legs with brass casters

Dimensions: Height: 41 in. (104.1 cm.), Diameter: 24 in. (61 cm.)

This terrestrial globe is supported on a wooden tri-pod pedestal, surrounded by a wooden horizon circle, and it is equipped with a brass meridian . The cartouche in the Pacific Ocean displays a seated female figure of Britannia, a seated woman holding an astronomical quadrant, and a small portrait of Joseph Banks. The text below reads: “To the Rt Honorable / SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART K. B. / This New British Terrestrial Globe / containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications, from the most / correct and authentic Observations and surveys, to the year 1798 / by Captn Cook and more recent Navigators, Engraved on / an accurate Drawing by Mr Arrowsmith Geographer / Is respectfully dedicated / by his most obedient hble servants / W. & T. M. Bardin / 230” A text below reads: “Manufactured & Sold Wholesale & Retail by W. & T. M. BARDIN / 16 Salisbury Square Fleet Street London”

William Bardin (fl. 1730-1798) was a London artisan who began making globes around 1780. Ten years later, now partnership with his son, Thomas Marriott Bardin (1768-1819), he began trading as W. & T. M. Bardin. The 18-inch globes, their most ambitious, were introduced in 1798, and remained in production, by successor firms, for a half century.

Similar globe is in the collection of National Museum of American History

Antique English Tea Chest in the Form of a Sideboard, in mahogany and deal, having a rectangular hinged top with shaped and carved backsplash which opens to a sugarbowl, the front with two cabinet doors opening to lidded tea caddies.

Exhibited: “A Celebration of the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party” at Doyles, Boston 2024

William Smee & Sons, London, published a catalog of furniture designs in 1850 which had sideboards of similar form. (See Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Designs by Edward Joy, pp 435-36.) 14"x5"x12.75"tall (key)

Rare American Federal tea caddy in nicely figured mahogany with three sides and stepped lid inlaid with banding and corner fan decoration; rectangular, with shaped skirt and French bracket feet and divided interior. Probably 1800. Provenance: The Cockrell Collection.

See Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period, #436-439 for other examples.

Exhibited: “A Celebration of the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party” at Doyles, Boston 2024

Height, 9.25”; Length, 12”; Width, 6.5.”

Antique Regency Music or Reading Stand in mahogany, having an adjustable sloped top above, supported by a turned shaft with adjustable height and ending in three down swept legs with replaced ebonized ball form feet.
English, circa 1810

Height closed: 29.5", raised:42.5" Top:12"x 15" (minor scratches to top)

Exceptional 18th Century Inlaid Sewing Box on later stand, having a rectangular hinged lid opening to a fitted interior, brass carrying handles and top and front with extensive exotic wood inlay and banding.

English, circa 1790

Box 14" x 12" x 6.5 "Overall Height: 30.5"

Charming American Miniature Blanket Chest in chestnut, having a hinged moulded edge top opening to a well, a single lower drawer and raised on straight bracket feet. Note the fine dovetail work on the sides.

American 1780-1800.

Many miniatures are labeled as "salesman's samples" but many were the work of apprentices to show their skills to the master craftsman.

12.5 x 7" x 8.5" tall
(one back foot ended out)