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Italian Bronze Callipygian Venus
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Auguste Baussan Pair of Plaster Reliefs of Summer and Autumn
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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
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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
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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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An English George III Marble Relief of Urania
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An English George III Marble Relief of Urania
9910 An English George III white marble relief of Urania, reclining and supported by books studying a planetary diagram and with a globe and scrolls behind, originally a chimney piece tablet. Uncleaned, Style of John Bacon.
English
1770-1780
Width: 19 ins (48.5 cms)
Height: 9 ins (22.5 cms)
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Pair of Chinese Imari Tankards
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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
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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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A Very Fine George III Statuary Marble Rectangular Relief
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A Very Fine George III Statuary Marble Rectangular Relief
9846 A very fine George III statuary marble rectangular relief, in the style of John Flaxman, possibly Achilles retrieving the body of Patroclus, Achilles lunging with a shield towards a mounted warrior with Patroclus lying down. Originally a chimneypiece tablet.
English.
1795 – 1815
Width: 18 ins (45.75 cm)
Height: 8 ins (20.5 cm) £12,000
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
9665 The Michelangelo Clock by Jean-Jacques Feuchere
A large Napoleon III gilt bronze and patinated bronze mantel clock by Feuchere and Vittoz, with a figure of Michelangelo seated, leaning on the Rebellious Slave and turning to his right with a folio cover inscribed Michel Ange Buonaroti Pittore Scultore e Architetto Fiorentino, the base supported by crouching figures with a garland of fruit on a shaped black marble base. Signed: J Feuchere scpt and Vittoz bronzier. Dark bronze patination; signs of later overpainting and some repair to patination.
1849-1851
French, Paris
Height: 32 ins (81 cms)
Width: 20 ins (51 cms)
Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cms) Sold
Jean Jacques Feuchere came from a distinguished family of Parisian bronze workers. Through his training under the Academic sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot, he first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1831, winning a 2nd Class Medal in the Salon of 1834. Important commisions for monuments followed at this time; panels for the Arc de Triomphe and St Theresa for the Madeleine church among others, during a period of monumental building projects motivated by King Louis Philippe. Although trained as a Statuaire or figure sculptor, he is most well known for his work in the industrial arts, regarded as a slightly lower achievement. He contributed figures to the legendary surtout de table commissioned for the Duc D’Orleans in 1834, parts of which were coincidentally later bought by Vittoz in 1853 at the auction organised by the state following seizure from the family.
The original model for Michaelangelo was refused for the 1843 salon, following this disappointment he sold the model and all rights to the decorative bronze manufacturer Vittoz. Feuchere was an avid collector of renaissance art, paintings, drawings and works of art, most of his income was spent in this direction. He seems to have had little interest in copyright editions of his work and prefered to sell the models outright, this of course also suited the decorative bronze foundries who could benefit from long production periods without having to share the proceeds.
Vittoz had a well established bronze foundry for over 30 years at this point, but was keen to enter the new arena of trade exhibitions. His first Expo was in Paris in 1849, where among others he exhibited this clock as well as three others after Feuchere but his most well known display was at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. His products are described and illustrated in several editions of the exhibition journal and the Michaelangelo clock is very clearly shown in the illustrated catalogue. The Vittoz business and the rights to all models was sold to a rival company, Labroue, in 1852, allowing us to date this clock to between 1849-1852.
A later version of this clock, an edition signed by Labroue, is in the Louvre Museum
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A Large Victorian Octagonal Miniature on Ivory
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A Large Victorian Octagonal Miniature on Ivory
9848 After Carlo Dolci
St. Cecilia.
A large Victorian octagonal miniature on ivory, St. Cecilia seated and playing her instrument, signed with an indistinct monogram.
Height of miniature: 7.25 ins (18.5 cm)
Width of miniature: 5.75 ins (14.5 cm)
Overall height: 11 ins (28cm)
Overall Width: 9.5 ins (24 cm) £1,650
This item has been declared under the ivory act, registration RCY1SCWD
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A Large French Faience Jardinière or Pot Jassemin
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A Large French Faience Jardinière or Pot Jassemin
9416 A large French faience jardinière or Pot Jassemin, Nevers factory, decorated in blue and manganese in imitation of oriental porcelain with a continuous scene of figures in landscapes, the turnover rim with two twisted rope handles, the tapering body with a small circular foot. With original glazed drainage holes to the base.
French, Nevers (Paris)
1670-1680
Height: 13ins (33cms)
Width: 23.75ins (60cms) SOLD
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Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Kangxi Baskets
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Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Kangxi Baskets
9843 Pair of Empire gilt bronze mounted Kangxi baskets, the octagonal dishes decorated with flowers and pomegranates with a pierced strap handle joined to a milled rim and standing on scroll brackets with paw feet.
English, 1810-1820
Porcelain Chinese Kangxi period 1720
Width: 6.5 ins (16.5 cm)
Height: 6.75 ins (17 cm) £1,850
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A Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Kangxi Period Ewer
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A Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Kangxi Period Ewer
9842 A gilt bronze mounted Chinese Kangxi period ewer decorated with panels of famille verte flowers, the gilt bronzed hinged cover with an M finial, the thumb piece with a musician. The handle cracked and repaired, restored chip to the spout. Probably originally with a simple foot mount.
Porcelain; Chinese, 1700
The mounts; European, Dutch? 1700-1720
Height: 22 cm (8.75 ins) £2,450
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