Fine Mahogany Miniature Spiral Staircase Attrib to Maitland Smith

Shark skin cedar cigar box with bronze feet and shaking hands cover lift.

Architectural miniature staircase model, masterpiece A miniature staircase model, partly of oak with pressed wood, which is also called a masterpiece in the craft school of the earl...

Georgian-Style Architectural Model of a Grand Spiral Staircase England, Early 20th Century (c. 1900s) Height: 25 in. Base: 17 in. diameter Upper Landing: 16 in. W × 8 in. D, Gallery...

Highly decorative spiral staircase — scale 1:2.5, black, 115 cm high This highly decorative spiral staircase, built at a 1:2.5 scale, stands 115 cm tall and is finished in a deep bl...

Pair Obelisks with travertine and marble veneer. Handsome pair of high quality stone veneered obelisks. Done in a pale travertine outlined with gray marbl...

Maitland Smith Art Nouveau style large standing nautilus magnifying glass. Lots of intricate details capture the beauty of this intriguing sea crea...

World globe with brass horizon band. Intricately carved pedestal base with ball and claw feet. Quite detailed. By the famous Maitland Smith, globe itself is from Replogle. 62" H x 26...

Original Italian film poster for the 1946 mystery, horror film The Spiral Staircase. This film was directed by Robert Siodmak and stared Dorothy McGuire...

An attractive and good quality early 19th century Georgian mahogany miniature chest having well figured top over two short and three long drawers with later brass lions mask knobs...

A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers With Original Brass Knobs And Boxwood Inlaid Escutcheons, Over Elegant Shaped Apron With Original Splayed Bracket Feet.  There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few items were produced as scale models but a well established workshop as a form of physical catalogue in advance of a travelling salesman’s road trip around the country, for him to use to try and fill his order book with full size counterparts. We believe that this particular little Georgian Miniature Chest was probably made as an apprentice piece, due to the relative simplicity of it, combined with the exceptional execution, which maybe suggests that somebody was very much trying to impress somebody else. It is also slightly unusual in form, which again suggests it was made more as a one off item with a specific purpose, as opposed to a scale model of other items. It is certainly a charming piece of antique miniature furniture...