Works of Art

  • Bronze of Pluto and Cerberus After Michel Anguier

    Bronze of Pluto and Cerberus After Michel Anguier

    Bronze of Pluto and Cerberus After Michel Anguier

    10094 An Italian bronze statue, after Michel Anguier of Melancholic Pluto and Cerberus, Pluto standing and looking to his right with his left hand on his beard, his left leg slightly forward, behind him sits the three-headed Cerberus, on a rectangular plinth base.

     

    French

    1800-1820

     

    Height: 9.5 ins (24 cms)                      SOLD

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  • Bronze of Silenus Holding the Infant Bacchus

    Bronze of Silenus Holding the Infant Bacchus

    Bronze of Silenus Holding the Infant Bacchus

    10093 An Italian bronze statue, after the Antique, of Silenus holding the infant Bacchus, Silenus standing, his left leg forward, his head adorned with fruiting vine, holding Bacchus in both arms and resting on a tree stump, the square base worked with vegetation.

     

    French

    1800-1820

    Height: 9.5 ins (24 cms)                            SOLD

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  • Pair of Wanli Kraak Porcelain Bottle Vases

    Pair of Wanli Kraak Porcelain Bottle Vases

    Pair of Wanli Kraak Porcelain Bottle Vases

    10062 A pair of Wanli Kraak porcelain garlic-necked bottle vases, the lobed bodies decorated with alternating panels of flowers and Buddhistic simples, with turned foot rims. One vase with pieces to the neck re-stuck, and firing crack to the luting.

     

    Chinese

    1640

     

    Height: 11 ins (28 cms)                                        SOLD

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  • Pair of Neoclassical White Marble Vases

    Pair of Neoclassical White Marble Vases

    Pair of Neoclassical White Marble Vases

    10105 A pair of Neoclassical white marble slender vases, the bodies carved in relief with a procession of maidens and satyrs carrying garlands of flowers above a stiff-leafed border and turned circular feet.

     

    French or Italian

    1820

     

    Height: 11.5 ins (29 cms)                                            SOLD

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  • Large Louis XV Style Meissen Bronze Mounted Casket

    Large Louis XV Style Meissen Bronze Mounted Casket

    Large Louis XV Style Meissen Bronze Mounted Casket

    10068 A large Louis XV style Meissen (outside decorated) bronze mounted casket fitted as a sewing box, finely decorated on all sides with vignettes of gallant scenes in the style of Wouwerman within a background of gilt lattice decoration, the interior similarly decorated, the lift out velvet tray containing complete set of sewing accoutrements. The porcelain in perfect condition, damage to one scissor handle.

    Sword mark, cancelled, engraved No 11

     

    German

    1850

     

    Width: 8 ins (20 cms)

    Height: 3.5 ins (9 cms)

    Depth: 6 ins (15 cms)

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  • Pair of French Mounted Japanese Imari Trumpet Vases

    Pair of French Mounted Japanese Imari Trumpet Vases

    Pair of French Mounted Japanese Imari Trumpet Vases

    10072 A pair of French gilt bronze mounted Japanese Edo Period Imari trumpet vases, the bodies with pavilions amongst flowering prunus with a band of scrolling chrysanthemums to the rim, decorated with green and yellow enamel, overglazed gilt and iron red, the mounts in Louis XV style.

     

    Japanese porcelain 1700

    French mounts 1860

     

    Height: 14.5 ins (36.5 cms)

    Diameter: 7 ins (18 cms)                                             Sold

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  • Large French Japonisme Mounted Imari Trumpet Vase

    Large French Japonisme Mounted Imari Trumpet Vase

    Large French Japonisme Mounted Imari Trumpet Vase

    10071 A large French Japonisme gilt bronze mounted Imari trumpet vase, the octagonal body decorated with panels of dragons against a background of peonies with displayed phoenixes, the mount with rectangular ‘bamboo’ handles and scrolled bamboo feet. The mounts in the style of Lièvre.

     

    Japanese porcelain 1700

    French mounts 1875

     

    Overall height: 28.5 ins (72.5 cms)

    Diameter: 11.5 ins (29 cms)                                           £5,500

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  • Dutch Burr Walnut Longcase Regulator by Gerrit Rensman of Zwolle

    Dutch Burr Walnut Longcase Regulator by Gerrit Rensman of Zwolle

    Dutch Burr Walnut Longcase Regulator by Gerrit Rensman of Zwolle

    10025 A fine Dutch burr walnut, Amsterdam longcase clock by Gerrit Rensman of Zwolle, the eight day arched movement with a 13 inch silvered dial with Roman numerals, the corners with spandrels of the seasons against a matted gilt centre with triangular apertures showing engraved day and month characters, a subsidiary seconds dial in the centre and date aperture below together with ringed winding holes, above in the arch, a painted and silvered moon phase with date notation, Dutch striking on two bells, an alarm dial now disconnected.

    The arched hood with cresting and fretwork panels surmounted by giltwood Atlas and angel figures, the trunk with canted corners and arched door with glazed lenticle, on a square plinth base with crossbanded side brackets and small bun feet. The dial signed Gerrit Rensman Zwol (sic).

    Amsterdam, Zwolle

    1735

    Height: 112 ins (285 cms)

    Width, max: 25.75 ins (65.5cms)

    £18,000

     

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  • Large French Cast Iron Andromeda

    Large French Cast Iron Andromeda

    Large French Cast Iron Andromeda

    9286 A large French cast iron figure of Andromeda (?), seated on a draped plinth with books at her feet, her left arm raised above her head and her right hand grasping the Gorgon’s head, at her feet a chained anklet, and on a shaped stepped base.

     

    French

    1860

     

    Height: 38 ins (97 cms)

    Width: 13 ins (33 cms)

    Depth max: 19.5 ins (50 cms)                                       £5,500

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  • Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    Pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso Vases

    10002 A pair of Egyptian Granito Rosso open vases, the spirally gadrooned bodies deeply carved and on turned socles with square, plinth bases. Private European collection.

     

    Italian, Rome

    1760-1800

     

    Height: 18.25 ins ( 46.5 cms)

    Diameter max: 16.25 ins (41cms)

     

    Sold

     

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  • Regency Style Bronze and Marble-Topped Gueridon after Vulliamy

    Regency Style Bronze and Marble-Topped Gueridon after Vulliamy

    Regency Style Bronze and Marble-Topped Gueridon after Vulliamy

    9944 A Regency style bronze and marble-topped gueridon after the model of Vulliamy, the circular white marble top within a burr-elm border with bronze edge mount, supported by three patinated bronze figures, ‘The Weeping Women’, on a circular patinated and gilt bronze pedestal with swags between bucrania, with a burr-elm stepped plinth.

     

    English?

    Mid-20th century

     

    Diameter: 24 ins (61 cms)

    Height: 31 ins (79 cms)                                           £15,000

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  • Panel of Four Dutch Delft Tiles

    Panel of Four Dutch Delft Tiles

    Panel of Four Dutch Delft Tiles

    9978 A panel of four Dutch Delft tiles, pomegranates, tulips and grapes surrounding a central eight-pointed star.

     

    Dutch

    1620-1640

     

    Each tile: Width: 5.25 ins (13.3 cms)

    Height: 5.25 ins (213.3 cms)                                       Sold

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  • Large French Charles X Mantel Clock by Lenoir-Ravrio

    Large French Charles X Mantel Clock by Lenoir-Ravrio

    Large French Charles X Mantel Clock by Lenoir-Ravrio

    9967 A large French Charles X mantel clock attributed to Lenoir-Ravrio, the reclining Cleopatra (or Ariadne) on a patinated rockwork base with applied gilt foliage, the 4.5 inch enamelled dial with Roman numerals, striking on a bell with outside count wheel and silk suspension, the back plate signed ‘Charles, Rue Saint Honoré’, on a stepped rectangular plinth base, and resting on lion paw feet.

     

    French

    1825

     

    Width: 27 ins (68.5 cms)

    Height: 22.75 ins (58 cms)

    Depth: 12 ins (30.5 cms)                                                                    £14,000

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  • Pair of Japanese Mounted Vases

    Pair of Japanese Mounted Vases

    Pair of Japanese Mounted Vases

    9891 A pair of French Regence silver mounted Japanese porcelain cups and covers, the porcelain decorated in Imari style, the lids with pomegranate finials, the rim with engraved lozenge decoration and resting on a gadrooned foot rim (probably replaced). Restored chip to one lid.

     

    The silver: French, 1720 and later

    The porcelain: Edo period, 1700-20

     

    Height: 6 ins (15 cms)

    Diameter: 3 ins (7.75 cms)                                          SOLD

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  • Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Blue and White Octagonal Baluster Vase

    Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Blue and White Octagonal Baluster Vase

    Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Blue and White Octagonal Baluster Vase

    9955 A large Japanese Arita porcelain blue and white octagonal, baluster vase, the body finely decorated with alternating panels of slender bamboo, prunus and flying birds, with a scrolling floral border above and unusual jagged diamond pattern to the neck. Restored chip to neck and crack to the base.

     

    Japanese

    1670-90

     

    Height: 19.25 ins (49 cms)                              Sold

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  • Large Rouen Faience Blue and White Flared Bottle Vase

    Large Rouen Faience Blue and White Flared Bottle Vase

    Large Rouen Faience Blue and White Flared Bottle Vase

    9785 A large Rouen blue and white flared bottle vase, painted in Chinese Transitional style with a continuous band of figures in landscapes, the neck with a leaf motif above a scrolling floral border. Neck damaged and restored, no losses.

     

    French, Rouen

    1690 – 1710

     

    Height: 15.25 ins (38.5 cms)                                          £2,650

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