Stop Press - 22nd February 2019

We have added two Giclee prints of John Myett on the Art Page, A Paul Klee and a Picasso.

We have also posted an Arts & Craft trunk - a beautiful hand made coffee table or storage box, together with an exceptional and all original C1730 Gentleman's Toilette Cabinet and superb original oak drop leaf table of the same period with a wonderful patina.

We took in a Japanese Doll's House made of timber frames and woven bamboo walls and roof - with some European style crude furniture. It was made in a Singapore internment camp by a detainee and fashioned from what was at hand. The hinges on the window shutters are made from from food tins and a strip of industrial binding strap firms the roof ridge. It's gone to the restorers and we'll start a progress page. What a story it would tell if it could speak.

We have just started a valuation of an estate in East Sussex full of exquisite and well cared for Persian and Anatolian rugs from runners to room size, Tudor, Georgian and Victorian furniture and some quality paintings. If you are currently looking for any specific items - get in touch - we have photos of the pieces taken in situ.

Precious Metals.

Gold & Silver are still fluctuating.

Prices continue to fluctuate so we have to fix any purchases to the applicable price on the day of the transaction. Market prices are posted at 2.00 pm daily. We pay cash for all precious metals and gems and if you're a new customer, you wiil be asked for ID. Home appointments by arrangement. Please consult our Terms & Conditions.

Eastern & Oriental

A new page to reflect our growing reputation for providing genuine Chinese, Japanese and Islamic artefacts all sourced from private estates.

C1920 - A Chinese rosewood low table with carved panels. £340.00

C1890. A heavy inlaid brass Anatolian plaque depicting the Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Constantinople (as it was when this was made). Purchased by a Brigadier in the British Army - we have an impeccable pedigree - around 1905 - inlaid with silver and copper. POA

C1900. Burmese. From the same estate and with the same impeccable pedigree an inlaid brass plaque in typical Islamic patterns of silver & copper inlay. The plaque has bee used as a tray (there is a folding stand) but it was made as a wall plaque. £280.00

1890/1905 A crisply cast bronze representation of Kuan-shi Yin standing on a plinth of lotus leaves. Clear Guanxu Seal impressed to base. 25 inches high. £550.00

C1920. A very rare Chinese blanc de chine figure of a Taoist Goddess - perhaps Mother of the Western World with a Fenghuang - ruler over all birds. Minor old restoration. £480.00

Late 19th Century Chinese lacquered papier mache sweetmealts box 12" square, the lacquer and gilding in superb condition. Holds 9 original dishes (some recent restoration. ££380.00

The interior showing the 9 porcelain dishes.

Late 19th Century. A pair of Chinese bottle vases in the Famille Verte pallette with panels depicting birds & flowers. £220.00

C1900. A Chinese silver hallmarked matchbox holder with a few of the original matches in the box. Original and unrestored. Approx 1 1/2 inch by 2 1/4 inches. £55.00

Late 19th Century. A Chinese blanc de Chine figure of Quan Yin atop a lotus flower plinth. £300.00

Late 19th Century Gu Vase hand decorated with dragors and prunus branches. Yangzhing Period mark. 17 1/2 inches high. £540.00

Ist Half 20th Century Chinese Family Rose baluster vase. 24 inches high. Seal Mark to Base. £150.00.

A mid 20th Century Japanese Satsuma Vase depicting figures in a landscape. 42 inches high. £650.00

C1910/20. A large Chinese blue & white ceramic panel of figures in a landscape. Including frame approx. 35 inches x 18 inches. £570.00

EArly 20th Century Indian watercolour & guauche painting of a contemplative female. £200.00

Early 20th Century watercolour and gauache painting of a lady picking betel berries. £400.00