Works of Art

  • A Large Italian Syrup or Drug jar

    A Large Italian Syrup or Drug jar

    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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  • 9064 German Alms dish

    A Large German Relief Moulded Alms Dish
    9064 German Alms dish
    9064 German Alms dish

    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

    A Late Medieval German Brass Alms or Sideboard Dish

    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

    A French Palissy Style Oval Dish

    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

    An Italian Carved Giltwood Picture Frame

    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

    Italian White Marble Bust of Sappho or Venus
    8397 William Stukely, the Wilton Sappho

    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

    A Pair of Japanese Patinated and Gilded Bronze Vases

    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

    Victorian Silver Plated Communion Ewer by William Butterfield

    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

    Large English Alabaster Recumbent Bull

    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'

    Joseph Goupy after Raphael: ‘Healing the Lame Man’

    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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  • Large Dutch Delft Chinoiserie Charger

    Large Dutch Delft Chinoiserie Charger

    Large Dutch Delft Chinoiserie Charger

    9566 A large Dutch Delft chinoiserie charger, decorated with two figures in a pavilion, the border similarly decorated with four figures in a wooded landscape, the back simply decorated with stars and circles, with mark for De Paeuw (The Peacock) factory. Small rim chips and one hairline crack.

     

    Dutch, Delft

    1690-1705

     

    Width: 15.75 ins (40 cms)                                        SOLD

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  • An Italian White Marble Standing Figure of a Parthian Captive

    An Italian White Marble Standing Figure of a Parthian Captive
    9557 Tiridates, Versailles9557 Farnese captive

    An Italian White Marble Standing Figure of a Parthian Captive

     

    9557 An Italian white marble standing figure of a Parthian soldier in Roman Antique style, probably a captive, dressed in leggings and a cloak and wearing a Phrygian cap, leaning on a tree stump on a circular base.

     

    Italian, Rome or Naples

    Circa 1800-1850

     

    Height: 48.5 ins (121 cms)

    SOLD

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  • Pair of Roman Patinated and Gilt Bronze Candelabra

    Pair of Roman Patinated and Gilt Bronze Candelabra

    Pair of Roman Patinated and Gilt Bronze Candelabra

    9544 A pair of Roman patinated and gilt bronze five light candelabra, the scrolled arms issuing from a basket supported by a patinated standing vestal figure after the Antique on a gilt plinth, and resting on a stepped square plinth base in Verdi Antico with gilt bronze masks to all sides.

     

    Italy, Rome

    1800-1810

     

    Height: 31 ins (79 cms)                                              £16,000

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  • Louis XIV Olivewood and Brass Mounted Coffer

    Louis XIV Olivewood and Brass Mounted Coffer

    Louis XIV Olivewood and Brass Mounted Coffer

    9336 A French or Flemish Louis XIV olivewood and brass mounted coffer, the top with pierced gilt brass centre panel of birds and flowers and conforming corner mounts and lock plates.

     

    French

    1680

     

    Height: 11 ins (28cms)

    Depth: 16.5 ins (42 cms)

    Width: 24 ins (61 cms)                                          £2,800

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  • French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Qianlong Vase

    French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Qianlong Vase

    French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Qianlong Vase

    9524 A French Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted Qianlong vase, the relief moulded vase decorated with four raised panels of figures in landscapes, pierced rim mount with satyr head handles and supported on a base with ram’s head legs on a shaped square base.

     

    French or English

    1800 (porcelain 1760)

     

    Height: 11.5 ins (29 cms)

    Width: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                          £4,500

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  • French Gilt Bronze Mounted Vellum Casket

    French Gilt Bronze Mounted Vellum Casket

    French Gilt Bronze Mounted Vellum Casket

    9494 A French gilt bronze mounted vellum casket with gilt tooled decoration, stamped by ‘Chalmette, Paris’.

    French, Paris

    1900-1920

    Length: 11 ins (28 cms)

    Width: 7 ins (17.5 cms)

    Depth: 5 ins (13 cms)                                            £950

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