Works of Art

  • 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)

     

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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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  • Italian Bronze Callipygian Venus

    Italian Bronze Callipygian Venus

    Italian Bronze Callipygian Venus

    9917 An Italian bronze figure of the Callipygian Venus, the face finely detailed and her left leg slightly bent, dark/mid-brown patination with lightly rubbed highlights, standing on a rectangular base with C-Couronne stamp and set into a rectangular ebonised plinth base with gilt bronze swag mounts, two mounts missing.

     

    Italian, Florence

    1650-1700

     

    Height: 10.75 ins (25 cms)

    Overall: 13.5 ins (34 cms)

    Collection of 1st Earl of Leitrim, (1732-1804) probably bought on his Grand Tour 1753/4, inventoried at Killadoon before 1807 and by descent.

     

     

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  • Pair of Dutch Gilded Limewood Appliques

    Pair of Dutch Gilded Limewood Appliques

    Pair of Dutch Gilded Limewood Appliques

    9980 An unusual pair of Dutch gilded limewood appliques in Rococo taste, finely carved with rocailles, C-scrolls and leaf work, the reverse showing the original carver’s red wash design and illegible pencil inscription.

     

    Dutch

    1750-60

     

    Height: 18 ins (46 cms)

    Width: 7 ins (17.5 cms)

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  • Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    Fine George IV Regency Tortoiseshell Boulle Inkstand

    9965 A fine George IV Regency Period tortoiseshell Boulle inkstand, the top with two cut glass lidded ink bottles and pen tray, the body with a continuous scrolling design with gilt bronze masks to either side and frieze draw, standing on gilt bronze paw feet with a scrolled carrying handle. One ink bottle with a cracked neck.

     

    English, London

    1820

     

    Width: 10.5 ins (26.5 cms)

    Depth: 8 ins (20.5 cms)

    Height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                           £2,400

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  • Bronze Pacing or Ambling Horse from Fanelli's Workshop

    Bronze Pacing or Ambling Horse from Fanelli’s Workshop

    Bronze Pacing or Ambling Horse from Fanelli’s Workshop

    9909 Workshop of Francesco Fanelli (1590-1653)

    Bronze Pacing or Ambling Horse.

    The right foreleg raised and head tilted to the right, the mane falling entirely to the right side, a well finished cast, lightly patinated with traces of original dark patination, now mounted on a grey marble plinth base.

     

    Italian or English

    Mid to late 17th century

     

    Height of bronze: 6.25 ins (16 cms)

    Overall height: 10.25 ins (26 cms)

     

    Provenance:

    Formerly collection of Michael Jaffé.

    SOLD

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  • Auguste Baussan Pair of Plaster Reliefs of Summer and Autumn

    Auguste Baussan Pair of Plaster Reliefs of Summer and Autumn

    Auguste Baussan Pair of Plaster Reliefs of Summer and Autumn

    9930 Auguste Baussan  (Avignon 1829-Montpellier 1907)

     

    A pair of plaster relief panels representing Summer (wheat) and Autumn (grapes), women in Renaissance revival style partially draped and with arms outstretched, standing on a circular base with dolphin supports, the plinths signed and dated ABAUSSAN 1875, 9n contemporary walnut and gilt-bordered, glazed frames.

     

    Height overall: 25.75 ins (65 cms) and 19.75 ins (50 cms)

    Width overall: 11 ins (28 cms) and  5 ins (12.5 cms)

     

    £3,500

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  • La Bonté Plaster Cast Relief by François Rude

    La Bonté Plaster Cast Relief by François Rude

    La Bonté Plaster Cast Relief by François Rude

    9956 François Rude (1784-1855)

    La Bonte (Goodness/kindness)

    1838. the cast perhaps later circa 1870.

    A workshop? plaster cast relief of La Bonte, part of a larger panel designed for the tomb of the sculptor, Pierre Cartellier (1757-1831) in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Rude was a pupil of Cartellier on arrival in Paris from Dijon in 1808.

    Height: 43 ins (109 cms)

    Width: 25.25 ins (64 cms)

    Depth: 9 ins (22.5 cms)

     

    £6,500

     

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  • A Group of Four English White Marble Plaques

    A Group of Four English White Marble Plaques

    A Group of Four English White Marble Plaques

    9895 A group of four English Neoclassical marble fireplace plaques, comprising a pair of corner blocks carved with lidded urns, and a pair of frieze panels carved with bellflower swags. Cleaned, some wear.

     

    English

    1850-1900

     

    Height; 6 ins (15cms)

    Block Width; 6.5 ins (16cms) Frieze

    Width; 10.75 ins (27.5cms)                                        £850

     

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  • Pair of Chinese Imari Tankards

    Pair of Chinese Imari Tankards

    Pair of Chinese Imari Tankards

    9871 A graduated pair of Chinese export Imari tankards, the cylindrical, out-splayed bodies decorated in red and gilt with pavilions in riverside landscapes, the ribbed handles with cloud band motif in red, on a broad foot ring.

    Small chips/frits to both handles.

     

    Chinese

    1720

     

    Heights: 4.75 ins (12 cms)

                   4.25 ins (10.75 cms)                                 £1,450

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  • A Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Jug

    A Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Jug

    A Japanese Arita Blue and White Porcelain Jug

    9781 A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain jug, the globular body well decorated with figures in a mountainous, lakeside landscape, the neck with a single band of leaf decoration and with a strap handle. Replaced chip to the neck by the handle, handle re-attached.

    Ex-collection Soame Jenyns.

     

    Japan

    1670

     

    Height: 10 ins (25.5 cms)                                                 £2,600                                                                   

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