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Directors

The Board of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood consists of four directors: Christopher Hampton (Managing Director), Daniel Goddard, Rachel Littlewood and Nic Saintey.

	Christopher Hampton Managing Director
	Daniel Goddard Director
	Rachel Littlewood Operations Director
	Nic Saintey Director

About John Blair Anderson (1945-1997)

About

John Blair Anderson (1945-1997)

Discover Old Masters

Discover

Old Masters

Meet Christopher Hampton

Meet

Christopher Hampton

Explore Books, Maps and Manuscripts

Explore

Books, Maps and Manuscripts

Explore Ceramics and Glass

Explore

Ceramics and Glass

Explore Furniture

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Furniture

Sale FS39; Lot: 0730: Grignon Meusnier, a French mantel clock with calendar the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the maker's details Grignon Meusnier, Paris, Breveté, 117, the skeletonised dial having a white enamelled chapter ring with black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, with the balance to the movement visible within the centre along with a silvered alarm setting disc and winding arbor, with three further subsidiary dials set below within the case depicting the day, month and date, the gilt-metal case of scroll form and surmounted by a cast matching handle, the case numbered 117 and stamped with the initials GM to the decorative rear, height 19cm * Biography the founder Pierre Grignon is recorded as working in Paris from the mid-18th century. by circa 1860 the business was known as Grignon Meusnier recorded at rue Charlot 60in the heart of the clockmaking region of the city. in 1853 they had been granted a patent for the fitting of a movement pendulum (balance).

Grignon Meusnier, A French Mantel Clock with Calendar (FS39/730)

Sold for £820

Sale FS37; Lot: 1162: A Regency mahogany sofa table, the hinged top with a rosewood crossbanded border and rounded corners, fitted with two short frieze drawers with ebonised cockbeading on ring turned column end and dual splayed reeded legs, united by a similar stretcher and terminating in brass foliate cappings and castors, the top 66cm (2ft 2in) x 162.5cm (5ft 4in) extended.

A Regency Mahogany Sofa Table (FS37/1162)

Sold for £600

Sale FS39; Lot: 0797: A George III mahogany rectangular side cabinet, the top with a moulded edge, the central cupboard fitted with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of satinwood crossbanded and boxwood and ebony strung oval panel doors, flanked by two small, two deep and two lead lined cellarette drawers, having a shaped apron base, on splayed bracket feet, 128cm (4ft 2 1/2in) length, 48cm (1ft 9in) depth, 98cm (3ft 2 1/2in) height.

A George III Mahogany Rectangular Side Cabinet (FS39/797)

Sold for £3,100

Sale FS40; Lot: 0896: A Qashgai rug, the indigo field with a central ivory lozenge medallion and all over geometric designs, having brick red spandrels and main light brown serrated medallion meander border, 253 x 151cm.

A Qashgai Rug (FS40/896)

Sold for £380

Sale FS37; Lot: 0879: A 19th century Cantonese carved ivory card case the lift off lid carved with European military trophies, the base decorated with a village and garden landscape, 8.5cm high.

A 19th Century Cantonese Carved Ivory Card Case (FS37/879)

Sold for £250

Sale FS37; Lot: 1151: A George IV mahogany and inlaid serpentine-fronted chest, the moulded top of serpentine outline, fitted with a brushing slide and containing two short and three long drawers with hexagonal brass handles, between chequer feather banded canted angles, having a shaped apron base, on splayed bracket feet, 122cm (4ft) wide.

A George IV Mahogany and Inlaid Serpentine-fronted Chest (FS37/1151)

Sold for £880

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