Thursday 5 December 2024 | Lots:
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Fine & Decorative
Thursday 5 December 2024 10:00
With Christmas fast approaching, the winter Fine & Decorative sale showcases fine examples of works of art, ceramics, textiles and furniture that will make a special gift for a loved one or a fine addition to any collection. There is a group of 18th and 19th century Neapolitan creche figures and accessories to add Italian flare to your Christmas decorations, suites of Baccarat and Christofle glassware, and a group of fine 18th century French gold-mounted fruit knives. Further highlights include a pair of English library globes made by the prestigious Cary firm, two fine Meissen portrait busts, a group of furniture and lighting designed by Ralph Lauren and the exquisite Berlin Chinoiserie tapestry of ‘The Emperor’s Banquet’.
VIEWING AT ROSEBERYS:
Sunday 1 December: 10am - 2pm
Monday 2 December: 9.30am - 5pm
Tuesday 3 December: 9.30am - 5pm
Wednesday 4 December: 9.30am - 5pm
Highlight Lots
LOT 13
Edward Hodges Baily RA FRS, British, 1788-1867, a white marble portrait bust of a lady, dated...
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
LOT 62
A French gold and mother-of-pearl mounted folding fruit knife, third quarter 18th century, of...
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
LOT 97
A pair of English fifteen-inch terrestrial and celestial library globes, by Cary, London, dated...
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
LOT 101
A Victorian Gothic Revival painted, stained and leaded glass panel depicting Music, the design...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 134
A pair of ormolu mounted Sèvres porcelain bleu lapis ewers, the porcelain c.1760, the ormolu...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 175
A fine and rare Berlin Chinoiserie tapestry of ‘The Emperor’s Banquet’ from the...
Estimate: £20,000 - £40,000
LOT 183
An Italian macchievecchia marble chimneypiece, early 18th century, the serpentine frieze with...
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
LOT 277
A set of four Louis XVI parcel gilt and grey painted fauteuils, by Jean Francois Marcoul Langon,...
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
LOT 300
A Florentine giltwood and painted cassone, possibly early 16th century and incorporating later...
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
LOT 340
A Persian Tabriz silk carpet, signed, second quarter 20th century, the central field with floral...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 1
An Italian 'Grand Tour' specimen marble plaque, 19th century, of oblong form, containing various...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 2
A Florentine pietre dure plaque, in the manner of Giovanni Montelatici, Italian, 1864-1930,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 3
A group of 'Grand Tour' plaster intaglios in double-sided book-form boxes, 19th century, the...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 4
An Italian marble model of Spinario, After the Antique, 19th century, depicted seated on a rock...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Starting Bid: £1,000
LOT 5
Five 'Grand Tour' etchings, after Richard Dalton, late 18th century, published by J. Boydell,...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 6
Percier, Charles, 1764-1838, and Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853, Palais, maisons,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 7
A Regency bronze and siena marble desk stand, early 19th century, with central lidded urn on...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 8
A pair of Italian bronze urns, attributed to Chiurazzi & Fils foundry, early 20th century, each...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 9
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Limoges porcelain pale apricot ground vase lamps, late 19th...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 10
A pair of French gilt-bronze mounted marble urn table lamps, 20th century, each with twin...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 11
A pair of Italian marble busts of Roman Emperors Augustus and Nero, the torsos 18th century, the...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 12
A pair of Spanish wrought-iron floor-standing andiron/candlesticks, of Gothic style, 19th...
Estimate: £250 - £350
Starting Bid: £160
LOT 13
Edward Hodges Baily RA FRS, British, 1788-1867, a white marble portrait bust of a lady, dated...
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
Starting Bid: £1,600
LOT 14
Horace Montford, British, d.1918, a painted terracotta portrait bust of William Ewart Gladstone,...
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 15
Attributed to Joseph Plura the Younger of Bath, British, fl.1750-86, a wax portrait relief of a...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 16
Richard Cockle Lucas, British, 1800-1883, a large coloured wax portrait relief of Anna Brownell...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 17
Ethel Bower (later Lady Ethel Alice Chivers Harris), British, 1867-1933, a plaster portrait...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 18
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE REVEREND JOHN WATSON (LOTS 18 - 27) Alexander Munro, Scottish,...
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Starting Bid: £800
LOT 19
A plaster bust of a young girl, first quarter 20th century, unsigned, depicted wearing a...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 20
After Jules-Clément Chaplain, French, 1839-1909, a circular bronze relief plaque of a domestic...
Estimate: £180 - £220
Starting Bid: £120
LOT 21
Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA, Scottish, 1853-1888, a bronze portrait relief of Thomas Carlyle,...
Estimate: £150 - £250
Starting Bid: £100
LOT 22
After Pierre Jean David D'Angers, French, 1788-1854, a bronze relief plaque of Samuel Hahnemann,...
Estimate: £250 - £350
Starting Bid: £160
LOT 23
A North European bronze relief plaque or mount, mid-18th century, depicting a captive lady...
Estimate: £100 - £150
Starting Bid: £70
LOT 24
A bronze fragmentary figure of Mercury, after the Antique, 19th century, the Messenger of the...
Estimate: £150 - £250
Starting Bid: £100
LOT 25
A bronze bust of a lady, early 20th century, unsigned, 30cm high, 21cm wide Provenance: The...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 26
A plaster bust of a sleeping child, early 20th century, contained in a mahogany box with...
Estimate: £150 - £250
Starting Bid: £100
LOT 27
Ernest Chiwaridzo, Zimbabwean, b. 1954, a stone sculpture of an owl, signed to reverse E...
Estimate: £120 - £180
Starting Bid: £80
LOT 28
Joël Blanc, French, b.1946, a pair of bronze antelopes, each signed and numbered 3/25 to base,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 29
A pair of William IV gilt and patinated bronze twin-light candelabra, by Thomas Abbott, c.1830,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 30
Two French gilt-bronze salts, early 20th century, in the Renaissance style, each cast as a...
Estimate: £250 - £350
Starting Bid: £160
LOT 31
After Claude Michel, called Clodion, French, 1738-1814, two gilt-bronze groups of Bacchic putti,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 32
After Claude Michel, called Clodion, French, 1738-1814, three gilt-bronze mounted biscuit...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 33
After Étienne-Maurice Falconet, French, 1716-91, late 19th century, a Parian figure of a bather,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 34
After Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French, 1834-1904, a French allegorical bronze of Asia from...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Starting Bid: £700
LOT 35
After Henri Louis Levasseur, French, 1853-1934, a French bronze figure of a miner, late 19th /...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 36
After Louis Hottot, French, 1834-1905, a pair of large bronze North African figures holding...
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Starting Bid: £1,400
LOT 37
After Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin, French, 1841-1907, a pair of bronze models of Ottoman...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 38
A pair of Venetian gilt and polychrome decorated crouching figures, early 20th century, each...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 39
After Vincenzo Gemito, Italian, 1852-1929, a small Italian bronze bust of a priest, late 19th /...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 40
A Neapolitan polychrome decorated terracotta and wood creche figure of an inn keeper, late 18th...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Starting Bid: £420
LOT 41
Two large Neapolitan polychrome decorated terracotta and wood creche figures of noble women,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Starting Bid: £1,400
LOT 42
A Neapolitan polychrome decorated terracotta and wood creche figure of angel, late 18th / early...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 43
A Neapolitan polychrome decorated terracotta and wood creche figure of an angel, late 18th /...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Starting Bid: £340
LOT 44
A Neapolitan polychrome wood creche model of a recumbent hound, 19th century, inset with glass...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting Bid: £200
LOT 45
A collection of Neapolitan creche accessories, 19th century, comprising: a basket of wax fruit...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting Bid: £280
LOT 46
A carved oak Corpus Christi, North European, late 19th century, with rope-tied perizonium, later...
Estimate: £200 - £400
Starting Bid: £140
LOT 47
A South German parcel-gilt polychrome carved wood figure of Saint George slaying the dragon,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Starting Bid: £1,400
LOT 48
Four parcel-gilt polychrome carved pine reliefs of the Four Evangelists, South Germany, 17th /...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Starting Bid: £550
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