Specialist spots oak sleeper in garden venture
A TIMELY debut for a garden and architectural items section at Andrew Hartley's April 9-10 sale (10% buyer's premium) brought in private buyers who usually fire this market but also a specialist who spotted a sleeper – a pair of carved oak corbels, each depicting the head of a cherub over an acanthus leaf and scroll base.
Catalogued as late 19th/early 20th century, but probably 200 years older, the 10 1/2in wide by 21in …