Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Miscellaneous

A Rare Victorian "Huntsman and Hound" Cast Iron Stick / Umbrella Stand, Probably by W.H. Micklethwait Foundry.
A Novelty Silver Plated Cigar Lighter & Cutter
A Silver Plated Spirit Barrel
A George III Tea Caddy of Urn Form
An Exceptionally Large Romanticised Cork Picture of Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
A Regency Period Japanned Fire Bellows,
A Nineteenth Century Oak Post Box in the Form of a Sentry Box.
A Novelty Brandy Glass Warmer in the Form of a Steam Engine
A Most Unusual Oak & Silver Mounted Spirit Barrel on Stand
A Pair of Bronze Gladiators
A Pair of Late 18th Century Pontypool Chestnut Urns
A Pair Of Chinese Painted Clay Nodding Figures
An Outstanding Nineteenth Century Chinese Lacquer Screen
An Unusual Chinoiserie Cream Ground Screen
A George III Sheraton Period Oval Tray
A Rare 'Penfold' Hexagonal Oak Letter Box
An Eighteenth Century Chinese Export Reverse Painted Mirror
A 19th Century Mahogany Presentation Wheelbarrow and Spade with Silver Plated Mounts by Elkington & Co.
An Eighteenth Century Wine Jug Decorated With The Royal Coat of Arms
A Nineteenth Century Tole Watering Can
A Victorian Oak and Silver Plate Caddy
A Regency Period Brass Tea Caddy
An Unusual Silver Cigar Table Lighter
A Regency Period Painted Tole Basket with Pierced and Gilded Decoration
A Pair Of 'Chinese' Painted Clay Nodding Figures
A Pair of George III White Marble & Ormolu Candle Vases By Matthew Boulton
A Rare Pair of George III Mahogany Plate Buckets
A Nineteenth Century Mahogany Tobacco Jar
An Unusual Regency Period Mahogany Cellaret
A Silver Plated Double Wine Coaster in the Form of a Clinker-Built Dingy and inscribed "The Jolly Boat" on the stern
A Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne
A Pair of Small 'Lacca Povera' Hanging Shelves
A Nineteenth Century Decorated Tole Tray
A Rare Pair of George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Pole Screens
A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli
A George III Mahogany Oval Wine Cooler
A Garniture of Three 19th Century Bloor Derby Porcelain Bough Pots
A Novelty Victorian Silver Atomiser
A Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Paper Weights
A Pair of Canton Enamel Dishes With Handles
A Rare Mahogany Miniature Dumbwaiter
A Most Unusual Tea Caddy
A Nineteenth Century Country House Post Box
A Fine Pair of Canton Enamel Flasks
A George III Period Personal Weighing Machine or 'Sanctorius's Balance'
A Charming Nineteenth Century Flower Press
A Mid Nineteenth Century Decorated Tole Jardiniere
A Rare George III Mahogany and Brass Champagne Cooler
A Regency Period Rosewood Tray
A George III Mahogany and Cross-banded Barometer
A Set of Three Cut Glass Decanters with a Claret Jug Ensuite
A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli

A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli

Height: 51" 129.5cm
Width: 17" 43.8cm
Depth: 12" 31.8cm

The prototype for Chinese figures, which were imported by East India Companies and served as ornament for mantelpiece decorations etc., was further increased circa 1800 by the popularisation of the Chinese style evident in the redecoration of Carlton House, London and Brighton Pavilion for George, Prince of Wales, later George IV. The figure is similar to a pair of regency polychrome-decorated and parcel-gilt plaster figures from the collection of David Style, Esq., at Watering Place in Kent. The pair bears the 1807 patent of the Danish-born sculptor/modeler Giovanni Domenico Gianelli of Cock Lane, West Smithfield, who later exhibited wax sculpture at the Royal Academy from 1809-1820. The similar modeling of the figures (each holds a handkerchief in a hand and the figures' robes are gathered in the same way) suggest a strong case for an attribution to Gianelli.

English, Circa 1810