1st item: English Regency double compartment tortoiseshell tea caddy, comprised of a casket shaped top, sterling silver nameplate and line inlay to the top and base, bone inlay to lid edge, top base edge, and bone ball feet. The top interior lined with red satin, the inner compartments with mother of pearl knobs, the base […]
Lot 138: 4 Wooden Boxes, incl. Chinoiserie Tea Caddy & Apothecary Kit
Four (4) wooden boxes, including burlwood and chinoiserie items. 1st item: Burlwood veneered mahogany doctor's travel or apothecary's chest having brass hardware and escutcheons. Lid opens to fitted insert with pencil labeling containing twenty-two labeled vials of various heights with cork stoppers, eight containing homeopathic pilules. Pin-latched lower drawer composed of five compartments, one with […]
Lot 135: Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Grand Tour bronze equestrian sculpture depicting the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius on horseback, mounted atop a rouge marble oval plinth with Latin inscriptions and coat of arms. Modeled after the original on display in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. Sculpture is unsigned. Sculpture measures: 8 1/2" H x 8" W. Overall: 12" H x […]
Lot 136: English Regency Double Compartment Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
English Regency silver mounted and inlaid tortoise shell tea caddy with double compartments. Slightly domed sarcophagus form hinged top having line inlay and a central inset silver medallion engraved with star and bar crest, over a bombe form body with silver escutcheon and line inlaid edges, quarter round molded base and four wooden ball feet. […]
Lot 132: English Regency Inlaid Clock, Barwise
An English Regency mahogany bracket clock, with brass and ebony inlay to front, base and sides, and turned brass feet. Enameled circular dial with Roman numerals, signed Barwise, London. Brass works additionally engraved "Barwise, London". 13" H x 8" W x 5 1/4" D. Early 19th century. PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Dial with […]
Lot 133: Sevres Style Porcelain Centerpiece Bowl, Gilt Bronze Mounts
Sevres style ormolu mounted oval porcelain centerpiece bowl, blue ground with floral reserve decoration to interior and scene of courting couple to exterior, with gilt highlights, mounted onto a gilt bronze pedestal stand with scrolling foliate arms and beaded rim. 14 1/8" H x 21 3/4" W x 12 1/4" D. Bowl measures: approx. 5 […]
Lot 134: 3 Zsolnay Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Jardinieres
Three (3) Zsolnay porcelain ormolu mounted cachepots or jardinieres. Includes one large oval centerpiece and two smaller round side urns, the white porcelain crackle glaze bodies all decorated with hand painted cranberry colored flowers, green foliage and gilt trim, mounted with a pierced and molded gilt bronze rim, handles with dragon or serpent heads, and […]
Lot 130: 3 Pc. Cloisonne and Ormolu Clock Garniture Set, Japy Freres
French gilt bronze and cloisonne clock garniture set in the Chinese taste, including Japy Freres clock flanked by a pair of covered urns. The cloisonne clock case decorated with scenes of birds on flowering branches, having a pagoda style top and gilt bronze fruit finial, gilt bronze columns with foliate finials flanking a gilt dial […]
Lot 131: Jabez Smith Inlaid Balloon Clock, 18th C.
George III brass mounted inlaid Balloon Chime Clock by Jabez Smith, London. Crossbanded satinwood case with urn finial having rams head masks at sides, over a pagoda top, inlaid medallion with incised floral decoration, and balloon shaped center enclosing a dial with Roman numerals and shaped pierced steel hands, signed Jabez Smith, Fenchurch Street, London. […]
Lot 127: Large Pair of Sevres Style Bronze Mounted Decorated Porcelain Urns
Pair of large French Sevres style bronze mounted lidded porcelain urns having fond jaune or yellow grounds with hand-painted landscape vignette decorations depicting lovers with putti, signed POITEVIN. Floral vignettes verso, floral band decoration to the lid and base, and gilt painted highlights throughout. Gilt bronze mounts throughout including an acorn finial to the lid, […]