Attributed to John Frederick Herring, Sr. (England, 1795-1865) oil on canvas genre painting depicting a couple attending to their livestock within a barnyard interior surrounded by foodstuffs and numerous farm animals, including quail, chickens, a goat being nudged by a white horse, and a cat lying upon the back of a saddled black horse with […]
Lot 86: Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas O/C Horse Portrait, Joker, 1897
Small Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas (United Kingdom, 1848-1943) oil on canvas painting titled "Joker" depicting a horse in profile, standing atop hay, against a tan background. Titled, signed, and dated "'Joker' H.F. Lucas Lucas '97" lower right. Additionally titled, signed, and inscribed, "Rugby July 1897" and stamped for "Winsor & Newton, London" en verso. Housed […]
Lot 83: 5 Animal Figurines incl. attr. Franz Bergmann
1st item: Attributed to Franz Xaver Bergmann (Austria/United States, 1861-1936) cold painted bronze pug depicted crouched with its hind quarters reared and teeth bared. Unmarked. 2 7/8″ H x 4 3/4″ W x 2 1/8″ D. 2nd item: German Meissen porcelain polychrome and parcel gilt pug figure depicted seated on its hindquarters with a blue […]
Lot 84: French Bronze Bird Sculpture, E Delabrierre
Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (French, 1829 – 1912) small bronze sculpture depicting a partridge standing on a raised naturalistic base with leaves, flowers, and a lizard. Signed along the upper rock edge E DELABRIERRE. Mounted onto a green fabric-covered wood base. 6 1/2" H X 6 1/2" W X 4 1/2" D. 19th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate […]
Lot 81: 2 Small Busts of George Washington, incl. Hans Muller
1st item: Hans Muller (Austria/Germany, 1873-1937) bronze bust depicting George Washington, mounted on a tapered conical brass base with pierced decoration. Signed "H. Muller" to back left of bust. 7 1/2" H x 3" W. 2nd item: Warner, Miskey, and Merrill, Philadelphia patinated zinc bust depicting George Washington on a round base. Embossed maker's marks […]
Lot 82: Franz Bergmann Bronze Sculpture, Woman & Snake on Rug
Franz Xavier Bergmann (Austrian/American, 1861-1936) cold-painted bronze sculpture depicting a bejeweled, nude woman with arms raised in caution, kneeling on an oriental rug before a cobra snake reared up in strike pose. Stamped with Bergmann foundry mark to underside. 3" H x 6" W x 5 3/4" D. CONDITION: Minute wear to cold painting and […]
Lot 80: 2 Ernest Rancoulet Bronze Portrait Busts of Nobles
Two (2) Ernest Rancoulet (France, 1870-1915) patinated bronze busts of aristocratic figures. 1st item: Portrait bust of an Elizabethan noblewoman depicted wearing a feathered hat, thick bodice over a quilted collar, pearl or beaded necklace, and high-collared jacket mounted on a hexagonal, plinth base. Signed “Rancoulet” to lower right. Overall: 29 1/2″ H x 15 […]
Lot 78: Napoleon III Boulle Lap Desk & Victorian Inlaid Desk Stand
Two (2) decorative desk accessories, lap desk and inkstand letterbox. 1st item: Napoleon III ebonized lap desk with tortoiseshell, foliate and bird brass boulle inlay, and gilt brass trim made by Vervelle Aine. Upper lid with keyhole opens to reveal three sine-wave letter partitions (frontmost pierced) and a narrow storage well with velvet lid having […]
Lot 79: Napoleon III Boulle Inkstand
French Napoleon III boulle inkwell or writer's desk box with gilt bronze mounts including trim, acanthus knees, paw feet, and bacchus masks to each side, two glass bottles flanking the pen tray and one pull-out dovetailed storage drawer. 6" H x 16 1/4" W X 12 1/4" D. French, late 19th century. PROVENANCE: Property of […]
Lot 76: Sevres Style Porcelain & Ormolu Jardiniere, Signed
French Sevres style porcelain and ormolu jardiniere, comprising a yellow ground wide bowl with hand-painted polychrome vignettes to each side, one depicting figures in an outdoor setting signed lower left LEBRUN and the other depicting various flowers, with gilt highlights throughout. The bowl is surmounted by a pierced gilt bronze foliate rim with stylized and […]