At Peter Wedde Antiques we provide Commission
Purchasing as part of our client service.
Scouring International Auctions is a speciality & securing the
perfect piece for an interior is what we thrive on.
Items purchased by us on behalf & in close consultation with special
clients.
See below for recent examples of Commission Purchases.
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A New Zealand timbers marquetry table by
Anton Seuffert. |
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A New Zealand Colonial marquetry inlaid
centre table. |
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A Regency Irish carved
giltwood mirror.
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A pair of
Regency gilt bronze Garniture Urns.
Later
adapted as table lamps. |
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A pair of large French Terracotta
Classical Muses.
A Brault, Late 19th Century. |
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A pair of Gilt-Bronze
Candlesticks of Empire Style, Third Quarter 19th Century.
The Acanthus-clasped tapering shafts on foliate circular bases,
Adapted for electricity.
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A Pair of large
Mahogany, Walnut & Yew crossbanded side tables.
George II style, early 20th
Century.
“G. Jetley/ 52 South Audley St. London.W.”
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C.N. Worsley
watercolour of Wellington Harbour. |
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A pair of Sheffield Plate
campana urn shape wine coolers,
with engraved armorials.
Circa 1820.
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A Ziegler carpet, Sultanabad
(Arak)
North West Persia late 19thC.
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A pair of
large William and Mary style carved walnut
open Armchairs
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A pair of
late 19th/early 20th century carved mahogany
Wing-back Armchairs in the
George II style.
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A massive Savioneerie Carpet. |
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A good Regency four pedestal Dining Table
With three
additional leaves, the reeded edge top with D-shaped end sections, the
ring turned tapered columns on tripod bases with reeded downswept legs,
brass cappings and castors, each pedestal stamped WILKINSON & SONS, 14
LUDGATE HILL.
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Frank Wasley
(1848-1934).
A trading vessel under tug escort with other vessels on the river
crowded with spectators.
Watercolour.
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Circle of Charles Baxter (1809-1879)
A moments reflection.
Oil on canvas. |
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Joseph Mellor, circa 1872
Barnard Castle, on the river Tees, Durham.
Oil on canvas.
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Frank Wasley (1848-1934).
Durham Cathedral from the banks of the Wear.
Watercolour and bodycolour.
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Frank Wasley (1848-1934).
Arundel Castle.
Watercolour and bodycolour.
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Frank Wasley (1848-1934).
Windsor Castle from the Thames.
Watercolour and bodycolour. |
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Seven
Hand-Coloured Etchings for designs taken from the vases in the
collection of Sir William Hamilton.
After
Pierre Francois Hughes, Call D’Hancarville.
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A pair of
Gilt-Brass & Glass Chandeliers of Regency style.
First half of 20thC.
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A Set of
Fifteen Italian ‘Grand Tour’ Engravings, Late 18th early
19thC.
Various titles including 'Forze d'ercole', 'Achille In Sciro' & 'Geni de
Circensi', by A.Mochetti, Ang.Testa and others, in later silvered frames.
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A George III Large Mahogany Demi Lune Serving Table.
C1770.
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A
massive Bidjar carpet.
Parsian/Kurdistan.
24 ft 6 in x 14 ft (745 x 426 cm).
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A pair
of early 19th century white painted and parcel gilt tub armchairs. |
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A pair
of Edwardian satinwood and polychrome decorated armchairs
circa 1910. |
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A pair
of late 17th Century walnut and tapestry covered side chairs each with
rectangular padded back and stuff-over seat upholstered in 17th Century
tapestry of diaphanous robed maidens representing 'The Four Seasons', |
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A pair of Portraits of Queen Mary II & William III.
English
School, late 17th Century, after Willem Wissing
Oil on canvas.
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A pair of
tapestry panels possibly cut down from a Flemish tapestry, one panel
depicting a lady and sword, the other a lady seated holding a tablet,
mounted and framed.
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A large
18th Century needlework chair back depicting two ladies at a well in
exotic landscape with castle in the distance, two sheep and a rabbit to
the foreground, walnut framed.
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Three 18th
Century floral needlework pictures all depicting floral sprays in pinks,
blues and yellows to a brown background.
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A mid-18th
Century tapestry sofa back and seat, the back depicting a frieze of
children playing amidst classical ruins,
the seat with birds amidst foliage. |
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An
Illuminated Elizabethan pedigree of the de Euro family of
Northumberland, barons of Warkworth and Clavering.
By Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, signed and dated in his calligraphic
hand & illuminated with armorial shields on four skins of vellum. |
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An English
‘Knole’ Sofa,
the back applied with 17th century floral tapestry fragment depicting
fruit, birds and figures.
The drop ends with turned supports and brass finials. |
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A Wedgwood
Queen’s ware part dinner-service.
Circa 1790, impressed marks, gilt 1255.
Painted in green and gilt with a geometric pattern band beneath pierced
border and gilt rims. |
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A
Worcester Large Baluster Milk-Jug Circa 1765-70.
Decorated with the Imari style with panels of bamboo, prunus and
chrysanthemum alternating with dark-blue-ground panels with a flower
medallion and gilt leaves.
Blue fretted square seal mark. |
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A
Worcester “Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Pattern scalloped dish, a small plate
and a coffee cup with blue fretted square seal mark.
The long-tailed bird perched on a tall turquoise rock, flowering
branches issuing from either side, surrounded by insects in flight. |
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Two
Worcester Bowls.
The faceted example painted with the 'Jabberwocky' pattern, the second
fluted bowl painted with the 'Hop Trellis' pattern above a pink
herringbone border above the footrim. |
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A
Worcester “Marchioness of Huntly’ pattern Sauce-Tureen,
cover & stand.
With artichoke finial and shell handles, decorated loose flower sprays
within gilt c-scrolls and shaped green-ground borders.
Circa 1775. |
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A
Worcester Cylindrical Butter-Tub & Cover.
With flower finial and scroll handles, painted with scattered flower
sprays & gilt-line rim. |
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