12th Jul, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
The Summer Sale
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Kashan Rug, Probably Motasham
Central Iran, Circa 1900
The tan curvilinear lattice field profusely decorated with flowers and plants, enclosed by indigo borders of scrolling vines flanked by carnation guard stripes and arrowhead outer guard stripes.
200cm by 134cm
£600 - £900
Buyer's premium: 24.00%
Both ends complete. Selvedges probably re-bound. Pile is evenly low throughout, might benefit from washing but suitable for immediate use.
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Auction: The Summer Sale, 12th Jul, 2025
A Sèvres Porcelain Tea Service of Royal Provenance is one of the outstanding lots of Tennants Auctioneers’ Summer Fine Sale; this exquisitely painted service is dated 1820, and comprises a teapot and cover, a sucrier, a milk jug and five cups and saucers, all decorated with portraits of great composers including Gluck, Haydn and Mozart, painted by Jean Georget. Leading the furniture in the sale is a fine George III Carved Mahogany Tripod Table, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, and further outstanding highlights include an impressive George IV Gilt Bronze Ten-Branch Chandelier in Regencé Style and a Monumental Carved Marble Model of the Borghese Vase by Randolph John Rogers.
A particularly good selection of clocks include a Late 17th Century Kingwood Eight Day Table Timepiece made by Nathaniel Hodges circa 1685, a Walnut and Marquetry Month Going Longcase Clock made by Philip Corderoy in London in 1690, and a fine and rare 1000 Year Calendar and Moon Phase Atmos du Millenaire Atlantis Clock by Jaeger LeCoultre, made to celebrate the Millenium.
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