High Victorian Furniture

From circa 1860, five beautifully turned baluster legs on brass castors, beautiful oak patina on top with a high gloss finish. It is very rare to find one of these made of solid oak...

Manufactured by Chapman and Retailed by Leuchars From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to bring to market this extremely rare Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman retailed b...

Late 19thC Brass & Copper Floor Standing Cranberry Glass Oil Lamp by Jones & Willis Birmingham - mounted on a lacquered brass column set to a tri-form base with paw feet - Doty Light No 893' - fully working - 8" diam at lamp, 18" at the base, adjustable height from about 4' - 1875 Jones & Willis; Newton, Jones & Willis - Birmingham & London; church furnishers (fl.1847-1930) Established in Birmingham c. 1847 the firm was originally called Newton, Jones & Willis. By 1858 they were known as Jones & Willis. By this date they held the royal warrant as silk mercers and over the next seventy-five years produced more than eighty illustrated catalogues of church furnishings, both textile & furniture. In 1874 they were located at Temple Row in Birmingham, with showrooms at 43 Great Russell Street and workshops Stanhope Street, in London. Jones & Willis were listed as church furniture makers, cabinet carvers...

This pair of antique banquet or parlor lamps likely originate from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The l...

Pair of 19th Century Scottish Monogrammed Hardwood Lawn Balls  A pair of 19th-century Scottish monogrammed hardwood lawn balls. Each ball, measuring 5 inches in diameter, is crafted...

Pair of Diminutive Antique Staffordshire black & white seated Spaniels, C. 1860s England, Circa 1860s A good pair of antique black and white Staffordshire...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rather stunning 1860 Silk Embroidery based on the 1598 Annibale Carracci oil painting of "The Three Mary's Waiting At The Tomb" I will include the full history of the original art work below, this silk sampler can be see as displayed in the National Trust (Picture included) its is a super fine example of this type of work. The frame has exhibition glass which refracts the light, its the reason the colours have stayed so vibrant The condition is as you can see in the pictures which is sublime, it was complete by the hand of a master for sure, the frame has some small losses but otherwise its exquisite Just to confirm, the pictures included of the oil painting and print are not included in the sale, they are for reference only Dimensions Height:- 61.5cm Width:- 71.5cm Depth:- 5.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask DETAILS OF THE ORIGINALS WORKS The Three Marys at the Tomb, The Three Marys or The Pious Women at Christ's Tomb is a 1598 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Baroque artist Annibale Carracci, now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, which acquired it in 1836. The painting was commissioned by Lelio Pasqualini (1549–1611), a native of Bologna then resident in Rome, where he was a canon at Santa Maria Maggiore. Its unusual composition may be linked to Pasqualini's antiquarian interests – he owned one of the most notable collections of the time. It is one of the best examples of Annibale's synthesis of the artists then active in Rome, as also seen in The Loves of the Gods frescoes around 1600 In this work we specifically see the influence of classical sculpture and Raphael, particularly the latter's cartoons for the Vatican tapestries. It is typical of Annibale's style in Rome but still linked to his early style – Mary Magdalene's red and gold dress...

A Victorian Antique Mahogany Balloon Back Window Seat With Floral Upholstery & Splayed Legs Has been reupholstered in a floral material..

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Boulle stationery box by Leuchars & Sons, dating to the late nineteenth century during the Victorian period, circa 1880. The box is of rectangular form with...

Heavily Inlaid with Mother of Pearl and Abalone From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this stunning Antique Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg. The Writing Box of rec...

This exceptional solid bronze Victorian plantstand end table showcases refined craftsmanship and timeless design, making it a striking statement piece for any interior. The stand fea...

This set of four antique cast iron claw tub feet are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1880 in the period Vi...

This stunning full-sized 12ft x 6ft billiard table, crafted from mahogany with ebony marquetry, is a true masterpiece circa 1875. The side frame features exquisite decorative marque...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare and original Howard & Son's circa 1880 two seat sofa with duvet feather padded arms and seat cushions, with Aesthetic movement ebonised frame and Claw & Ball feet in the original Chinese Chinoiserie upholstery. I have a large collection of very fine restored and original unrestored Howard & Son's seating listed under my other items. This is simply put the most comfortable sofa in the world, the arms back and base are all feather and fibre filled, you sink when seated in a similar manner to a very plump feather filled duvet. The upholstery is super rare original Victorian, heavily distressed, its Chinese Chinoiserie and has wonderful colours. The frame is period Victorian, it is the only Aesthetic movement ebonised frame I have seen and one of very few Claw & Ball examples as well. Howard & Sons are simply put are the finest sofa and armchair makers in history, the Queen even had a private collection. This piece is totally original and unrestored, it will only every be original once, as such I have left it as it is for the new owner to decide what to do with it, I can help with full restoration should the new owner wish. To confirm though, as you can see the upholstery is very distressed, the frame is structurally solid and does not require any repairs Dimensions Height:- 74cm Width:- 137cm Depth:- 77cm Seat height:- 44.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. A History of Howard and Sons The name of Howard and Sons is probably one of the best known and highly sought-after names in Upholstered furniture. Over the next few paragraphs, I will do my best to give you a brief history of the company. The company was started by John Howard in 1820 trading from 24 Leman St, London as a Cabinet Maker. Over the next 25 years they would make several changes of premises within the Whitechapel area. First to 27 Great Alie St (Now just Alie St) before moving a short distance to 34 Great Alie St. In 1844 the company made its first venture into upholstered furniture by opening a showroom/workshop at 36 Red lion St. This was also to be a big move towards what would be their next and most famous location. In 1848 they moved to a new address much more accustomed with the name; Berners St. London as “Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Decorator” under the name John Howard and Sons. The business seemed to boom at this location with workshops opening up at Tottenham St, Charlotte Mews and Fitzroy Sq and an expansion to a second Berners St building in 1853. In 1869 the company consolidated its many workshops into the one building on Cleveland St. By 1872 the company was occupying 25, 26 and 27 Berners St. These adresses would remain unchanged until 1935. During this period they became a limited company in 1899 and won the first of their Royal warrants in 1901. In 1935 the the well-established decorators Lenygon and Morant...

A superb Victorian deconstructed button back armchair of diminutive proportion’s with a rounded barrel back. Mahogany turned front legs and splayed back legs, all raised on origina...

Group of three high-relief cameos carved from Bullmouth shell Large: 3.5mm x 4.5mm. Medium: 3.4mm x 3.4 × 2.6 Small: 8mm x 2.5mm

Charming 19th Century handcrafted parlor sofa reupholstered in heavy weight fabric in dark blue. The sturdy walnut frame has been lightly ebonized. New linen or velvet upholstery is ...

A wonderful Victorian farmhouse pitch pine larder cupboard with an arrangement of shelves split into two sections. The shelving cupboard has an inverted moulded trim, complemented w...

Naturalistically glazed rooster in porcelain by Bing & Grondahl in Denmark. Based upon a antique dessin this particular example was made circa 1970. Decoration number 2192. The condi...

19th century English brass resting dog double inkwell, the wells opening to the left and the right.

A tall and impressive Victorian hall stand in walnut. The central domed top is complemented with an arrangement of two rows of seven substantial painted brass hooks. The base is fl...

Victorian Coromandel Letter Box and Blotter Pad Book - with Studded Brass Banding of Anthemion Form with Central Jasper Ware Wedgwood Plaques - Blotter 8.5"w x 12"h - Box 9"w x 5"d x...

Two original English watercolor/drawings circa 1854,1855, Ellen Dumbleton, from her sketchbook, Humble House and Summer house, Hall Grove. Beautifully pr...

Hallmarked Silver 1886 From our Boxes collection, we are pleased to offer this Coromandel Silver Mounted Cigar Box. The Cigar Box of rectangular shape beautifully veneered in exotic...

We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of original circa 1860-1880 English William Morris style wingback armchairs with grey linen summer cushions A good looking and well-m...

Today, I present a true rarity: a pivoting, masterfully crafted Victorian wall lamp. The light blue lampshade was replaced in the 1940s and is in remarkably good condition for its ag...

Very ornate walnut cupboard with three shelves with glass doors on the upper case. On top, the cornice features a reticulated crown with carve...

Splendid Elkington & Co. Roman Foot Sterling silver oil lamp, England 1840s

Set of 4 19th century walnut coronation armchairs circa 1860. We are pleased to offer this rare set of 4 coronation chairs.  Straight arms and back, standing on front turned legs united to the back legs by stretcher.  All made from solid walnut. The main feature of this chairs is that they are presented in the original embroided fabric and stud work. Known as coronation chairs because this is the design used for coronations, also known as cromwellian chairs...

19th century Victorian glazed walnut sideboard circa 1870. Good quality high Victorian walnut credenza. Beautifully shaped front with concave centre.  Central glazed door flanked e...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This Wedgwood black jasperware plate is decorated with white relief work on a black ground and is set within a circular wooden frame and dates to the late 19...

This antique sterling silver serving dish or tray was made by the renowned Tiffany and Co. of the United States in approximately 1860 in the period Victorian style. This oval sterling silver tray...

Large 19th Century Reception Salon Chaise in Green Velvet This is a Large and very comfortable piece, it is upholstered in soft green velvet and has 2 matching elbow cushions, leadi...

Late 19th Century Circa 1880 From our Silver collection, we are delighted to introduce this superb Silver Plated Novelty Boat Inkstand Desk Set. The Desk Set of novelty form modelle...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1860 Porters hall chair with Jacobean Gothic...

A superb pair of vases made in the manner of Royal Worcester pieces that were made around 1890. These vases are uniquely shaped and have a blush ivory Japanese lotus decoration. This style was influenced by the wonderful Persian artefacts that found their way to Britain and that soon became an influence on British design. You can see the finely carved and reticulated shapes on the surface of the neck of the vases. The decoration on the body of the vase is done in the "blush ivory" style, which became popular in the late 19th century and early 20th century. This was based on the Art Nouveau movement in Europe and Aesthetic Movement in Britain, creating designs based on natural shapes rather than the familiar ornamental shapes from the Victorian times. The production process was complex; items received a glossy glaze on the inside, and a matt glaze on the outside. Colors were achieved by spraying an apricot-colored glaze near the rims with the newly invented "aerograph machine" - this was one of the first examples of air brushing. Eye catching Pair of Austrian Hand-Crafted Porcelain Vases will enhance any setting. Each measures: 8" High x 4 1/2" Wide x 4" Deep Outstanding Pair of Royal Austrian...

Gorgeous Silver Pair of Nicest Candlesticks of finest manufacturing quality as well as of most elegant appearance. - These candlesticks were made during HIGH VICTORIAN PERIOD (c.1...

Victorian Sheffield Plate Corinthian Column Lamp with Cut Crystal Font, Hinks & Sons Patent, Attributed to James Dixon & Sons or Elkington & Co., Victorian Sheffield Pl...

A superb original high quality cast iron Coalbrookdale Victorian bird bath. Wide basin top with decorative detailing to the stem, over a triform b...

Russian Silver and Enamel "Mizpah" Sentimental Brooch, Judaica Interest, Circa 1880, Unmarked. Museum Quality. 340 Grams of Silver A finely crafted Victorian-era silver brooch, deli...

Victorian Rosewood Canterbury Whatnot - with Galleried Top Above Slender Spoked Music Canterbury with Sigle Drawer Supported on Turned Feet and Brass Castors - 21"w x 16"d x 39"h

A beautiful and functional antique Victorian tree hall stand, made in England and dating from around the 1870-1890 period. It is of very fine quality and has a really useful design....

We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian circa 1860-1880 fully restored oxblood leather Knole sofa with overstuff feather filled cushions. This sofa was fully rest...

Antique Folding Pedestal Card Table, Mid 19th Century. This is a wonderful folding card table with a very distinct pedestal base. Made in the middle of the 19th century, this is a t...

Mid 19th century pollard oak davenport desk circa 1850. We are pleased to offer this elegant example of a davenport made in pollard oak. Top surface with original brass gallery, le...

19th English Victorian color lithograph print titled 'Eminent Women' with the faces of prominent women crowded together in a large oval, in the original giltwood frame. Unusual and v...

Vienna Woven Bronze Basket Box with Cold-Painted Rabbit, Attributed to Franz Bergman School, Austria, Circa 1890 Presenting an exceptional Vienna woven bronze basket box with a cold...

A Rare "Virtuoso" Mid-Victorian Sculptural Stool Traditionally Upholstered in Bennison ‘Banyan’ Hand-Printed Linen The Masterpiece of the Carver’s Art This is an extraordinary exampl...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this fully restored, exquisite, hand made in England Victorian circa 1860-1880 Mahogany framed Chessboard Ga...

19th Century Victorian Blackened Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog with Bow Tie Inkwell England, circa 1880s Presenting a remarkable 19th-century Blackened Victorian Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug D...

This is a wide antique taxidermy dome. An English, glass over ebonised mahogany specimen or ornament showcase, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1870. Usefully broad in dia...

A framed, over-painted Chromolithograph on canvas, a portrait of a young girl, circa 1880 -1890. The original oil painting was painted by Philipp Hoyall, (1816-1876) a German-Polish...

Some 150 years ago this Volk Art Work was presented as a gift to a wedding. It is called a declaration of love or a Honorable Gratulation attesting two people bonded in marriage. A l...

Circa 1860s English cast iron lion doorstop mounted as a lamp. The lion passant figure cleaned & repainted with integral base and now on wooden base for a table lamp. 12 5/8" x 7.5"...

PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor. From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut. The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood. Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward. This would have belonged to a VERY ELEGANT LADY in the mid to late 19th Century. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900. Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people. Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death. In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge. Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture. The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927. Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies. ‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface. Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.

P0332 Victorian brass umbrella stand of half moon design with three decorative finials, five umbrella and walking cane compartments raised on three uprights terminating in cast iron...

A pair of finely molded and hand painted English Staffordshire dogs. This pair features full body reclining hounds with the most charming of hand painted faces and colors. On their o...

Victorian Copper Planter Log Bucket of footed half bulbous form with embossed floral and leaf work shoulder panels with mask handles - 19"w x 16"d x 14"h

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and desirable, circa 1860-1880 wrought iron with marble top radiator cover Please note the...

This pair of clear glass figural dolphin lustres are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Italy in circa 1900 in the Victorian style. These candle holders are made of heavy mo...