Works of Art

  • Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    Group of Cut Glass and Silver Shakers

    10332 A group of four George III and later cut glass and silver shakers of various shapes, the baluster-shaped cut bodies with pierced and decorated tops.

     

    English

    Three shakers 1780-1820, one mid 19th century

     

    Max height: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                                      £450

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  • Unusual Matched Pair of Japanese Ewers

    Unusual Matched Pair of Japanese Ewers

    Unusual Matched Pair of Japanese Ewers

    10178 An unusual matched pair of Japanese Arita blue and white ewers and covers in Ming style, the octagonal lids above a band of scrolling lotus, the bodies decorated with figures in landscapes, the straight spouts with connecting bridges and on raised circular foot rims. One cover replaced, one handle re-stuck.

     

    Japan, Arita

    1670

     

    Height: 9 ins (23 cms)                                              £4,000

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  • Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    Pair of Viennese Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

    10292 A pair of Viennese Louis XVI gilt bronze candlesticks au carquois (‘quiver’) in the style of Etienne Martincourt, the fluted bodies supported by tripods on a circular base decorated with laurel leaves, the plinth with a milled edge and studded with marguerites, and on raised feet.

     

    Austrian, Vienna

    1780-1790

     

    Height: 7.5 ins (19 cms)                                             Sold

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  • Pair of Japanese Imari Hexagonal Bottle Vases

    Pair of Japanese Imari Hexagonal Bottle Vases

    Pair of Japanese Imari Hexagonal Bottle Vases

    10272 A pair of Japanese Imari shaped hexagonal bottle vases, the bodies decorated with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum and with iron red and gilt flower heads to the neck.

     

    Japanese

    1780-1850

     

    Height: 6.25 ins (16 cms)                                              £1,650

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  • Large Japanese Imari Baluster Vase and Cover

    Large Japanese Imari Baluster Vase and Cover

    Large Japanese Imari Baluster Vase and Cover

    10271 A large Japanese Arita Imari baluster vase and cover, the body decorated with three panels of flowering plants on rocky outcrops, with a border of eight oval panels with flowers and blossoms, on a background of iron red and gilt scrolling foliage, the lid with a knop finial and three reserved panels of flowers. Cover with restored crack and rim chips, body crack to the neck restored.

     

    Japanese

    Circa 1700

     

    Height: 23.25 ins (59 cms)                                Sold

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  • Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    Japanese Imari Silver Mounted Tea Pot

    10270 A Japanese Imari silver-mounted teapot, the body decorated in relief with flowering prunus and butterflies, the cover missing and with engraved silver replacement, the spout with a silver cap.

     

    Japanese, 1720

    Silver, 19th century

     

    Height: 5.5 ins (13.5 cms)                                             £750

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  • Italian Armorial Dish

    Italian Armorial Dish

    Italian Armorial Dish

    9574 An Italian armorial flat-rimmed dish, the centre decorated with a crowned double-headed eagle in a shield-shaped cartouche with a crested helmet above, within yellow and blue borders of flower heads on a blue background, the white field scattered with butterflies and insects, the reverse with simple design in blue and on a raised foot rim.

     

    Italian, Padua or Tuscany?

    1680

     

    Diameter: 11 ins (28 cms)                                          £480

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  • Flemish Bronze Plaque Duquenoy Style Five Putti in a Rowing Boat

    Flemish Bronze Plaque Duquenoy Style Five Putti in a Rowing Boat

    Flemish Bronze Plaque Duquenoy Style Five Putti in a Rowing Boat

    10133 A Flemish bronze plaque in the style of Duquenoy, an allegory of Christ calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee, five putti in a rowing boat beneath stormy skies.

     

    Flemish

    18th century

     

    Diameter: 12 ins (30.5 cms)                                     £4,500

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  • French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    French Regence Silver Mounted Japanese Arita Cup and Cover with Saucer

    10156 A French Regence silver mounted Japanese Arita cup and cover with saucer, the cup very finely decorated with children playing in a pavilion, the cover and saucer en suite and painted with flowering trees, the ribbed silver mounts with an indistinct discharge mark?, the lid possibly with a further finial. Handwritten label for Beckford collection and RA Pfungst collection.

    Japanese

    1710

    Diameter of cup: 3.75 ins (9.5 cms)

    Diameter of saucer: 6.5 ins (16.5 cms)                               £4,500

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  • Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    Finely carved German Alabaster Oval Plaque of Bacchus and Ceres

    9830 A finely carved German alabaster oval plaque, ‘Bacchus and Ceres’, Bacchus holding his thyrsus and seated on a rocky outcrop.

    Provenance; Susan Gutfreund, New York

     

    German

    1740

     

    Plaque width: 10.5 ins (27 cms)

    Height with stand: 9.5 ins (24 cms)                                SOLD

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  • Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    Italian bronze Group Lion Attacking a Horse

    10257 An Italian bronze group in the style of Boschetti after the Antique, Lion Attacking a Horse, with fine details and good mid-brown patination, on the original oval marble base with a slate plinth.

     

    Italian, Rome

    1840

     

    Width: 15 ins (38 cms)

    Height: 9 ins (23 cms)                                               £4,800

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  • Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    Large French Gilt Bronze Mounted Celadon Tureen and Cover by Escalier de Cristal

    10278 A large French gilt bronze mounted octagonal celadon tureen and cover by Escalier de Cristal, the cover with a dragon handle and moulded relief in Sung style, the stepped body with bold Regence style mounts and plinth base with engraved signature to the base mount, Escalier de Cristal, Paris.

     

    Chinese 18th or 19th century

    French mounts circa 1880-1900

     

    Width: 12.5 ins (32 cms)

    Depth: 10 ins (25 cms)

    Height: 7 ins (18 cms)                                              £7,500

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  • French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    French or Italian Regence Fitted Games Box

    10275 A French or Italian lacca povera Regence period fitted games box, the domed lid decorated with fête galante garden scene, the interior with four fitted counter boxes with tally markers similarly decorated, original metalwork.

     

    French or Italian

    1720

     

    Width: 7.5 ins (19 cms)

    Depth: 5.75 ins (14.5 cms)                                    £2,400

     

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  • Netherlandish Bronze Plaque 'The Triumph of Poverty'

    Netherlandish Bronze Plaque ‘The Triumph of Poverty’

    Netherlandish Bronze Plaque ‘The Triumph of Poverty’

    10221 A Netherlandish bronze plaque after Van Heemskerck, ‘The Triumph of Poverty’, from a series of plaquettes of ‘The Triumphs’.

     

    Netherlandish

    1650

     

    Width: 12.5 cms

    Height: 6.5 cms                                                            £650

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  • Pair of Japanese Arita Ewers

    Pair of Japanese Arita Ewers

    Pair of Japanese Arita Ewers

    10214 A pair of Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain ewers, the bodies decorated with panels of peonies and a central panel of standing figures, the handles with a scrolling flower pattern, with a double ring decoration to the foot. One with re-stuck rim sections and cracks to the handle restored, the other with restored rim chips.

     

    Japanese, Arita

    1680-1700

     

    Height: 8.75 ins (22 cms)                                             £2,600

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  • Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    Rare Silver Mounted Chinese Teapot

    10237 A rare silver-mounted Chinese white glazed crackleware teapot, the body with applied prunus relief, the lid with silver strapwork attached by chain to the handle mount, the short spout similarly mounted, on a raised foot rim with glazed base. Lid with restored crack.

     

    Chinese, 1680-1700

    Contemporary silver mounts Dutch or German

     

    Height: 4.25 ins (11 cms)                                          £3,000

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