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A Large Chinese Spinach Green Jade Double Brush Pot
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A Large Chinese Spinach Green Jade Double Brush Pot
9733 A large Chinese spinach green jade double brush pot carved with a bat and a deer amongst gnarled pine trees, the tree stumps forming the bodies of the pots, the tree roots combining to form the base.
Chinese.
18th century.
Height: 6.75 ins (17 cm) SOLD
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A Large Meissen Allegorical Figure of a Lady Representing Touch
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A Large Meissen Allegorical Figure of a Lady Representing Touch
9723 A large Meissen allegorical figure of a lady representing touch, her partially draped body with a striking blue cloak painted with Indian Flowers and with a parrot on her right hand, her left foot resting on a turtle on a square plinth base. Cross swords mark, faint.
German, Meissen factory.
1745
Height: 10.5 ins (26.5 cm) £2,800
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Pair of Regency or Early Victorian Wax Diorama Pictures
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Pair of Regency or Early Victorian Wax Diorama Pictures
9704 A rare pair of Regency or early Victorian wax diorama pictures, a lion and a tiger set in a naturalistic cave opening surrounded by foliage, and in original gilt gesso glazed box frames.
Collection of Lord Berners, Faringdon House.
English
1825-1835
Width: 13.5 ins (34.5 cm)
Height: 11.75 ins (30 cm)
Depth: 4.5 ins (11.5 cm)
£7,500
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Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Tureens and Covers
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Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Tureens and Covers
9718 Pair of Chinese Kangxi period tureens and covers, together with a lobed undertray, with slightly later European over-decoration, probably Dutch
Chinese.
1700.
Overall width: 18 cm (7 ins) £1,600
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A French Wax Cast of L’Ecorche After the 1766 Model by J.A Houdon
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A French Wax Cast of L’Ecorche After the 1766 Model by J.A Houdon
9682 A French wax cast of L’Ecorche after the 1766 model by J.A Houdon, standing, looking to his right and with his right arm outstretched, resting on a tree stump and on a shaped rectangular base. Slight damage to the fingers, arm possibly reattached.
Probably a workshop reference model for a bronze foundry.
French.
Mid 19th century.
Overall Height: 73.5 cm (29 ins)
Base Dimensions: 23 cm (9 ins) x 24 cm (9.5 ins) £12,000
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Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923) Bust of a child
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Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923) Bust of a child
9150 Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923)
Bust of a child,
Signed and dated 1883
Terracotta with bronzed patination
Possibly the bust exhibited Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1884, (2248, Childs Head, £6 6s).
A student of the Royal Academy Schools and gold medal winner (composition sculpture)1879 and member of Royal Society British sculptors (1911-1923). Regular exhibitor RA, Walker Art Gallery and Paris Salon (1898)
Overall Height: 18 ins (46 cm) SOLD
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A Large Italian Syrup or Drug jar
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A Large Italian Syrup or Drug jar
9459 A large Italian, Deruta(?) syrup or drug jar, the ovoid body with loosely painted borders putti and scrolling foliage and with two scrolled handles and pouring spout. Restored glaze losses and a large rim chip.
Italian, Deruta(?)
1680-1700
Height: 12.5 ins (32 cm) £2,200
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A Large German Relief Moulded Alms Dish
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A Large German Relief Moulded Alms Dish
9064 A large German relief moulded alms or sideboard dish, the bowl with two bands of fine Gothic “nonsense” script centring on a spiral boss, pierced for suspension. Very fine condition.
German, Nuremburg
1550
Diameter; 17.25 ins (43.5 cms) SOLD
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A Late Medieval German Brass Alms or Sideboard Dish
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A Late Medieval German Brass Alms or Sideboard Dish
8902 A late medieval German brass alms or sideboard dish, the centre shaped as a gothic flower head, with a band of “nonsense” gothic script, the lobed bowl with a wide rim with punched decoration and a roll over rim. Pierced for suspension. Fine condition.
German, possibly Nuremburg
Circa 1500
Diameter: 18 ins (45.5 cms)
SOLD
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A French Palissy Style Oval Dish
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A French Palissy Style Oval Dish
9668 A French Palissy style oval, footed dish, the central relief showing Christ washing the feet of St. Peter, enamelled with five colours, the raised gadrooned rim with a foliate edge, the reverse with marbled agate decoration and a low foot rim. Rim chips and loses to the foot rim
French.
1640-1660
W: 14.25 ins (36 cm)
H: 10.5 ins (26.5 cm) £4,000
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An Italian Carved Giltwood Picture Frame
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An Italian Carved Giltwood Picture Frame
9659 An Italian carved giltwood picture frame, the rectangular inner border finely carved with pendant bell-flowers and supported by a frame of scrolling acanthus. Original gilding.
Italian, Rome
1700-1720
Height: 24 ins (61 cms)
Width: 21.5 ins (55 cms) £2,800
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Italian White Marble Bust of Sappho or Venus
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Italian White Marble Bust of Sappho or Venus
8397 An Italian white marble bust of Sappho or Venus, after the antique, the hair tied up, partially draped in Roman style, on original marble socle. The hair showing old repairs in imitation of Ancient sculpture.
1780-1820
Rome
Height: 23 ins (58.5 cms) £8,000
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A Pair of Japanese Patinated and Gilded Bronze Vases
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A Pair of Japanese Patinated and Gilded Bronze Vases
8925 A pair of Japanese patinated and gilded bronze vases, in French Japonisme style, the cyclindrical bodies cast with dragon chasing the sacred pearl with a turtle underneath, the base with four elephant head supports.
Japanese, 1870-80
Height: 12 ins (30.5 cm) SOLD
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Victorian Silver Plated Communion Ewer by William Butterfield
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Victorian Silver Plated Communion Ewer by William Butterfield
9201 A mid Victorian silver plated communion ewer designed by William Butterfield (1814-1900), the scroll handle with pierced roundels, the body inscribed ‘Glory be to God on high’ and on a stepped circular base. Handle reattached.
Attributed to John Keith, unmarked. The original model commissioned for St Mary’s Church Lambeth in 1854, collection of the V & A Museum.
English
1855-1860
Height: 11 ins (28 cms) £480
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Large English Alabaster Recumbent Bull
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Large English Alabaster Recumbent Bull
9316 A large English George IV Derbyshire alabaster model of a recumbent bull, looking to one side and with his legs tucked underneath, on a black Ashford marble base. Repair to the horns and possibly front legs. Attributed to the Joseph Hall Marble Works, Derby
English, Derbyshire
1830
Width: 16.25 ins (41.5 cms)
Depth: 9 ins (23 cms)
Height: 8 ins (20 cms) Sold
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Joseph Goupy after Raphael: ‘Healing the Lame Man’
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Joseph Goupy after Raphael: ‘Healing the Lame Man’
8316 Joseph Goupy (1689-1769)
after Raphael, Healing the lame man from “Acts of the Apostles” tapestries designed for the Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Raphael’s cartoons were on public display at Hampton Court from 1690 until 1763. Goupy is known to have made copies of the series.
Gouache on paper
1740-60
Width: 30.5 ins (78 cms)
Height: 25 ins (64 cms) £5,000
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