1st item: English Regency rosewood tea caddy with hinged, sarcophagus form lid having brass hinged handle and latch, cord inlay to edges and base, diamond-shaped escutcheon, and bracket feet. Opens to a triple compartmentalized interior with green-fabric lined lid, two rectangular metal containers having round lids, and one rectangular metal container with hinged, domed lid. […]
Lot 296: Pair Sevres Style Porcelain Urns, Mounted as Lamps
Pair French Sevres style porcelain urns, now mounted as lamps, having robin's egg blue grounds and painted vignette decoration to each side including figural landscape and birds amongst flowers, raised gilt garlands and shaped parcel gilt handles to each side, with additional gilt and enamel decoration throughout. Mounted on pierced square brass bases. Lamps measure […]
Lot 297: Georgian Mahogany Urn Form Knife Box, Converted to Lamp
Georgian mahogany urn form knife box with extensive carving throughout including figural bird head handles, now fitted with double socket brass lamp mounts and wired. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Urn measures: 26" H x 11" dia. 46 1/2" H w/ lamp fittings. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Margaret Harold Roberts, Lookout Mountain, Georgia. CONDITION: Urn overall […]
Lot 294: Louis XV Style Red Painted Cartel Clock
Large Louis XV style cartel clock, in the manner of Jacques Dubois. Consisting of a red painted wood case with polychrome floral decoration, gilt bronze and porcelain dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, and gilt bronze mounts throughout, including a carved foliate crest and figural hen and fox decoration below the dial. Gilt bronze sunburst […]
Lot 295: French Figural Bronze Inkwell Desk Lamp w/ Tole Shade
French double inkwell figural bronze desk lamp, comprised of a central winged bronze cherub figure holding a laurel wreath above his head flanked by two glass inkwells and candleholders, all on an oval base with a foliate gallery and four paw feet. Fitted with a robin's egg blue tole shade with gilt trim. 26" H […]
Lot 292: Black Forest Carved Lion Wall Clock
European Black Forest wall or hanging clock, comprised of a carved oak case including a scrolled rococo style pediment with central pomegranate and foliate decoration, flanked by opposing carved lions and carved a scrolling rococo foliate base. Clock face having enameled cartouches with blue painted Roman numeral hour markers and shaped brass markers. 37 1/2" […]
Lot 293: French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Shelf Clock
French gilt bronze and crystal mantle clock. Top features a gilt bronze urn with floral finial and lion mask handles over a decorative frieze and crystal rectangular case having gilt bronze mounts above and below the dial and to the side, resting a a black marble plinth and gilt bronze footed base. Dial with enameled […]
Lot 291: Carved & Painted Allegorical Hanging & George III Barometer
1st item: Carved and polychrome painted allegorical wall or overdoor hanging with various carved elements including an hourglass, an anchor, a sickle or harpoon, holly leaves, a bird’s wing and a batwing, all symbols of life and death. 13 1/4″ H x 24″ W. Probably Continental, 19th century. 2nd item: George III mahogany banjo barometer, […]
Lot 290: Papier-Mache Sculpture, Madonna and the Milk
Grand Tour paper mache relief sculpture coated in polychrome plaster of the Madonna and Child depicting Mary nursing the Christchild, who is attired in a red garment and Italian "cornicello" or red coral horn, representing Christ's blood. They both sit on a wood-supported base embossed with a Christogram. 29 1/2" H x 18 7/8" W […]
Lot 289: 3 Continental Decorative Items Incl. Ecclesiastical Stained Glass Window & Carved Wall Ornaments
Three (3) Italian decorative items. 1st item: European ecclesiastical leaded and stained glass circular form window depicting the Madonna and Child in an interior scene in colors of clear, yellow, blue, green, amber, and red. Housed in a wrought iron frame with a foliate lead border and fleur de lis decoration. Sight: 11" dia. Framed: […]