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T I M B O W E NANT IQUES

CHWEFROR/FEBRUARY 2014

Arddangosfa Chwefror 201421ain Chwefror – 23ain Chwefror10 yb – 5 yh yn ddyddiol Mae’r eitemau ar werth yn unionOriel Gyferbyn Ivy House Glan y Fferi Sir Gâr SA17 5SS

Mae ein catalog cyntaf am 2014 yn cynnwys nifer o eitemau gydagaddurniadau gosod neu frithwaith, nodwedd arbennig o ddodrefn De a Gorllewin Cymru. Hefyd mae gennym ddarluniau o longau, ynghyd achloc mawr o waith Ezekiel Hughes, Machynlleth, prentis i’r gwneuthurwrclociau John Tibbot o’r Drenewydd. Yn ôl y wybodaeth hanesyddolamdano ymfudodd i UDA, prynodd dir ger Paddy’s Run, Ohio a daeth ynddyn mawr ei barch yn y gymuned. Mae gan bob un darn ei hanes, ondmae'n anghyffredin i ddarganfod gymaint o wybodaeth am wneuthurwr.Gobeithio y gwnewch fwynhau'r catalog a’r arddangosfa.

Tim Bowen Antiques February Exhibition 2014

This, our first catalogue of 2014, includes many items which have beeninlaid, a particular feature of some South and West Wales furniture.There are also items featuring ships, and a clock made by EzekielHughes of Machynlleth who was apprenticed to another Welshclockmaker, John Tibbot of Newtown. There are many sources ofhistorical information about this eighteenth century clockmakerbecause he emigrated to USA, bought a plot of land from theGovernment near Paddy’s Run, Ohio and became a respected andimportant member of the community. All of these pieces have ahistory, but it is rare to find so much information about a maker.We hope you enjoy the catalogue and exhibition.

February Exhibition 201421st February – 23rd February10.00am – 5.00pm every dayAll items are for sale immediatelyGallery Opposite Ivy House Ferryside Carmarthenshire SA17 5SS


1. Bread and cheese cupboard/Cwpwrdd bara cawsA fine example in oak with mahogany crossbanding, boxwood escutcheons, stringing androsewood handles

These distinctively designed cupboards, withventilation panels to the top section, aretypically found in Caernarfonshire andAnglesey

Caernarfonshire circa 1840

42” wide x 771/4” high x 181/2” deep

See L Twiston Davies & H J Lloyd-Johnes, Welsh Furniture, University of Wales Press,Cardiff 1950

2. Oak hanging corner cupboard/Cwpwrdd cornel crogThe elaborately inlaid star is made fromvarious contrasting woods such as holly,mahogany and bog-oak and with mahoganyhearts inlaid to each corner

British circa 1800

24” wide x 351/4” high x 14” deep


3.Welsh bureau/Biwro CymreigMade from wonderfully figured oak

Carmarthenshire circa 1800

401/2” wide x 44” high x 181/2” deep


4. Dresser base/Rhan waelod dreselA small Welsh oak dresser base, which has a wonderful colour and with someelaborate detail such as spice drawers, a panelled pot-board and bog-oak inlayto each drawer

Swansea Valley circa 1790

55” wide x 371/2” high x 171/4” deep

5. Set of four Windsor chairs/Set o bedair cadair Hoop back with crinoline stretchers. Each chair stamped with maker’s name ‘F Walker Rockley’

Ash with elm seats

English circa 1860

171/2” wide x 34” high x 15” deep

Frederick Walker was a chair maker at Rockley near the village of West Markham, Nottinghamshire

See Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Antique Collectors Club


6. Small Welsh oak low-boy/Bwrdd iselAn elaborate low-boy with very individual and unusual inlaid decoration which is made from coloured andcontrasting timber, such as holly, mahogany and bog oak. Carved corner brackets

Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire circa 1800

31” wide x 31” high x 173/4” deep

7. Rare miniature Welsh oak bureau/Biwro bychan CymreigThis bureau is very similar in proportion and style to a ‘coffor bach’. It is inlaid with contrastingholly and bog-oak and with the initials ‘WW’. The interior has three small drawers




8.Welsh oak chest of drawers/Cist ddroriau CymreigWith a mahogany frieze which is inlaid withholly and bog-oak


443/4” wide x 443/4” high x 20” deep

9. Miniature slate model bureau/Biwro bychan o lechenA fine example

North Wales circa 1890


Miniature chests, bureaus and similar pieces of folk art were carved by quarrymen of North Wales and most datefrom the late 19th century. Many were probably made to decorate their own homes and were given as gifts orentered into competition at local Eisteddfodau

10. Oak arm-chair/Cadair freichiau o dderwA beautifully carved 17th century chair withwonderful colour, stamped with previousowners initials’ ‘TS’

West Country circa 1660



11. Small carved oak box/Cist dderw fechan British circa 1680

13” wide x 6” high x 8” deep


12. Oak settle/Setl dderwA solidly built panelled settle with wonderful colour

Mid Wales circa 1780

601/2” wide x 40” high x 191/2” deep

13. Early oak side chair/Cadair dderwWelsh circa 1690

18” wide x 37 high x 16” deep


14. Longcase clock/Cloc MawrA rare Welsh clock by Ezekiel Hughes of Machynllethwith brass dial and thirty hour movement in awonderfully patinated oak case

Machynlleth, Mid Wales circa 1790

201/2” wide x 781/2” high x 91/2” deep

See W Linnard, Wales Clocks & Clockmakers, Mayfieldbooks 2003 for clock details and also an image of a clockhood by John Tibbot which has similar fret-work decoration

Ezekiel Hughes was born at Cwmcarnedd Uchaf, Llanbryn-mair,Montgomeryshire in 1767 and was apprenticed to John Tibbot a clockmaker of Newtown in 1786. (The apprenticeship deed is held at theNational Library of Wales). He worked as a clock maker in Machynllethbetween 1786 – 1795. In July of 1795, along with his cousin EdwardBebb he led a group of people from Llanbryn-mair to America, becomingsome of the earliest Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A. Afteravoiding the press gang at Carmarthen, they departed from Bristol inAugust and reached Philadelphia on the 25th of October 1795. Afterbuying land at Paddy’s Run in West Ohio, he returned to Wales in 1802to marry his Welsh wife and returned to Ohio in 1803. He helped manyimmigrants from Wales settle in America and was a founding member ofthe Congregational Church at Paddy’s Run, he was the first magistrate forthat district and was also appointed by the state governors to design anew highway from the river Miami to the town of Hamilton. He diedSeptember 1849

The Wales-Ohio project: http://ohio.llgc.org.uk/people-ezekiel.php

‘A Distinguished Son of Llanbrynmair’, Montgomeryshire Express, 25 January 1910.

Welsh Biography Online http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/index.html

Iorwerth C. Peate,‘Ezekiel Hughes’s Autobiography’, Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol.70

The Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, ‘The Welsh Pioneers in the Miami Valley’, The Cambrian, Volume IV

15. Candle box/Blwch canhwyllauFruitwood with heart shaped back and thelid inlaid with bone

Welsh circa 1800

51/4” wide x 181/4” high x 4” deep

(old repair)


16. Candle box/Blwch canhwyllauOak with the lid inlaid with rosewood and holly

Welsh circa 1800



17. Large Welsh sampler/Sampler CymraegA Welsh language sampler by Sarah Evans aged 14 and dated 1884. The Welsh text is froma hymn by ‘William Williams Pantycelyn’.

Illustrated in ‘Sampleri Cymraeg’ –Welsh samplers by Eleri Davies and Chris C Stephens,Gomer Press 2009

281/2” wide x 281/2” high

18. Primitive ship portrait/Llun cyntefig o longPainted on pine, which was formerly the lid of a sailors chest

Welsh circa 1860

40” wide x 171/2” high


19. Portrait of a sea captain/Darlun o Gapten LlongThis sea captain is depicted holding atelescope and also with a ship in thebackground

Oil on canvas

British circa 1840

201/2” wide x 26” high

20. Ship portrait/Darlun o longOil on canvas

British circa 1850

323/4” wide x 261/4” high

An unnamed British Barque. The ship’s bow rising out of the waves appears to show her to be ‘copper-bottomed’. Thelower hull of the ship was shrouded in thin Swansea-made copper sheets to prevent marine worms and growth, and soimprove navigability and speed

Thanks to Dr David Jenkins, Principal Curator, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea


21. Rare pair of folk art mantel ornaments/Pâr prin o gelf werinolIn the form of two dogs made from brass and surmounted on bases madefrom pine which are clad in copper with brass fixing studs

Welsh circa 1880

7” wide x 71/2” high x 23/4” deep

22.Two dairy cans/Dwy stên laethThe smaller stamped ‘FMDF East Finchley N’. The larger stamped to the lid ‘E Wellard’ and with maker’s stamp ‘Dairy Sundries Maker Leyton London’

Steel and brass

English circa 1900

Small: 71/4” wide x 71/4” high x 51/2” deepLarge: 9” wide x 91/4” high x 71/2” deep


23. Dolls house/Tŷ doliauPine with wonderful original decoration

Herefordshire circa 1880

19” wide x 18” high x 13” deep

24. Miniature chairs/Dwy gadair fechanLeft: Miniature Windsor chair, mahoganyEnglish circa 188061/2” wide x 14” high x 61/2” deep

Right: Miniature Wing-back rocking chair, pine with original paintEnglish circa 188061/2” wide x 111/2” high x 111/2” deep


25. Ladle/LletwadSycamore

In wonderful condition, possibly made for a competition

West Wales circa 1900

161/2” long x 53/4” wide

26. Oatcake peel/Rhawlech bara ceirchBeech

Welsh circa 1880

191/2” long x 101/2” wide


27. Pestle and mortar/Pestl a morter Lignum Vita

British circa1720

Pestle: 91/4” long

Mortar : 51/2” diameter x 61/2” high

28. Rushlight holder/Canwyllharn frwynAn unusual wrought iron floor-standingrushlight and candle holder, on a three-leggedstool base made from ash

Welsh/English circa1800

111/2” wide x 321/2” high x 81/2” deep


29.Two 19th century stools/Dwy stôl o’r 19eg ganrifLeft: Elm top with hole, on ash legs with original paintWelsh 19th century9” wide x 8” high x 61/4” deep

Right: Elm top on ash legs English 19th century101/2” wide x 111/2” high x 8” deep

Catalogue No. 13This catalogue is designed, photographed and printed in Walesby www.nb-design.com and Kevin Thomas

Tim Bowen Antiques Summer Exhibition 2009

Tim Bowen AntiquesGallery Opposite Ivy House Ferryside Carmarthenshire SA17 5SS

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