French three-piece Neoclassical style clock and garniture. Mantel clock with enameled circular dial enclosed in a Neoclassical style white marble case, surmounted by a column with a basket containing gilt Neo-Classical elements, flanked by patinated and parcel gilt bronze figural putti and supported on a shaped plinth base, with turned gilt feet. Gilt bronze mounts […]
Lot 199: French Ormolu Figural Clock, Astor history
Neoclassical French gilt-bronze figural clock, circa 1820, decorated with symbols of the dawning of a new day. At left stands a winged female figure of Aurora, holding a torch and lifting the veil of darkness from the world, with a cockarel or rooster figure at right. The front of the globe holds a clock face […]
Lot 200: French Bronze Mantle Clock, Baullier FLS Paris
French gilt bronze Neoclassical style mantle clock, comprised of a gilt bronze figural dog and child, tree, and clock tower atop a rectangular plinth base and bun feet. Clock face marked "Baullier FLS A Paris". Pendulum, stamped "made in England," is likely a replacement. 11 7/8" H x 10 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D. […]
Lot 198: Pair of French Bronze Mounted Covered Urns
Pair of French Sevres style lidded porcelain lamps having spiral ribbed magenta and white ground with enameled floral and gilt decoration throughout, lids with gilt bronze pineapple finials, and mounted onto square gilt bronze bases. Marked with red hallmark and stamped "France" in blue to the underside of the lids. 18 3/4" H. Late 19th/early […]
Lot 195: Pair Bronze Mounted Urns signed Raingo
Pair of Neoclassical ormolu mounted red marble or hardstone urns attr. Raingo Freres, Paris; each with domed basket weave style lids having pineapple finials and supported by three caryatid ram figures, each with a single, curved, leaf-overlaid leg ending in a hoof, joined by a low-relief gilt bronze band with scene of cherubs at work […]
Lot 196: Pair French Jollet et Cie Candelabra plus Candlesticks
Pair French Rococo style Jollet et Cie candelabra and two (2) Second Empire candlesticks, 4 items total. 1st-2nd items: French Rococo style pair of gilt bronze 6-arm candelabra. Foundry marks for Jollet et Cie, Ave. Mon Colin A Paris stamped to bases. Electrified. 24 1/2" H x 12" dia. Late 19th century. 3rd-4th items: Pair […]
Lot 197: Pair Ormolu Candelabra with Cherubs
Pair of gilt bronze 5-light candleabra, each candle arm issuing from a central branch, held by a cherub or putti standing on a circular, Neoclassical plinth base encircled with laurel leaf wreath, atop a square base with concave corners and marble insets atop two scrolled and four toupie feet. 21 3/8" H x 9" dia. […]
Lot 193: Italian Carved & Painted Venetian Blackamoor
Italian carved and polychrome painted blackamoor figure depicting a young male standing atop a tassled pillow and attired in a colorful turban, vest and sash with red coat and blue breeches, with outstretched arms, one holding a torch and the other holding a platter, mounted atop an integral painted wood pedestal with octagonal base. Base […]
Lot 194: Pr. Gilt Bronze Candelabra & Bronze Mounted Centerpiece Bowl
Pair of Louis XVI style pair candelabra and gilt mounted crystal centerpiece bowl, 3 items total. 1st-2nd items: French Louis XVI style pair of gilt bronze 6-arm candelabra with central urn. Marked "Bronze Made France with foundry mark for Jollet et Cie, Mon Colin A Paris. Electrified later. 24" H x 12 1/2" dia. 3rd […]
Lot 191: Decorated Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar
Edgefield, South Carolina decorated stoneware jar, possibly Chandler pottery. Ovoid form with crescent lug handles and olive/brown alkaline glaze, Both sides decorated in iron slip with a "broken stem flower" design. 13 1/4" H. Second quarter of the 19th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with some minor scattered expected glaze wear and glaze imperfections […]