Serpentine marble from the Vosges Mountains; green ‘granite’ ou ‘jasper’ from the Vosges; Spanish brocatelle marble; chiselled and gilt bronze (original gilding). H. 39 cm. (15 1/2 in.); Total D. with the handles: 23 cm. (9 in.). DIMENSIONS OF THE CUPS: H. 7.8 and 7.9 cm. (3 x 3 1/8 in.); D. 19.1 and 19.4… Continue reading PAIR OF LARGE MOUNTED BOWLS IN ‘SERPENTINE MARBLE FROM THE VOSGES’
Silver Weight: 5753.5 gr. (185 oz). H. 20.2 cm. (7 7/8 in.). ON THE FRONT OF EACH COOLER: arms of John Stuart (1713-1792), 3rd Earl of Bute: d’or à la fasce échiquetée d’argent et d’azur, chargée d’une tresse fleuronnée et contre-fleurie de gueules (“or, a fess chequy argent and azure, charged with a tressure flory and… Continue reading PAIR OF SEAUX À RAFRAÎCHIR (WINE COOLERS)
Possibly the first example, now considered lost, woven with gold and silver wefts between 1685 and 1700 under the supervision of Philippe Béhagle (1641–1705), on behalf of Louis Auguste de Bourbon (1670–1736), Duke of Maine, the son of Louis XIV and the Marquise of Montespan, who was legitimised in December 1673. Wool and silk tapestry,… Continue reading THE RETURN FROM THE HUNT
Hard porcelain and chiselled and gilded bronze. Total height with bronze handles: 82.5 cm. (32 ½ in.). Total length with bronze handles: 45 cm. (17 ¾ in.). H. of vases without their bronze mounts: 68 and 67.8 cm. (26 ¾ and 26 5/8 in.). Widest diameter of the vases without their bronze mounts (at the… Continue reading PAIR OF VASES
H. 14.5 cm. (5 ¾ in.); W. 27.5 cm. (18 7/8 in.); D. 20.5 cm. (8 in.). ‘Première partie’ marquetry in brown tortoiseshell, brass and tin; ebony; interior veneered in rosewood. MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS: From North Lodge bought at Mr. Beckford sale at Fonthill, manuscript inscription in black ink visible on a rectangular beige paper… Continue reading ‘BOULLE’ MARQUETRY CASKET
Gilt silver ; mother-of-pearl; wood ; and original glass. SIGNATURE: Ed. AMORY Fecit, signature of silversmith Edward Amory engraved on the reverse of the gilt silver base of the rear foot of the mirror. H. 74 cm (29 ¼ in.); W. 42.2 cm. (16 5/8 in.); D. when open: 35.5 cm (14 in.). PROVENANCE: acquired in… Continue reading TABLE MIRROR
Porfido rosso antico. H. 71 cm. (28 in.) ; D. 18 cm. (7 in.); D. de la base : 16.5 cm. (6 ½ in.). PROVENANCE: offered in 1813 by King Charles XIII of Sweden (1748-1818), along with four other vases—a red porphyry tazza, a monumental vase also in porphyry, and a pair of Swedish brown… Continue reading PAIR OF VASES IN PORFIDO ROSSO ANTICO
Saint Petersburg, early 19th century, circa 1805. Ural pink granite, carved at the Imperial Lapidary Manufactory in Yekaterinburg, Ural, Western Siberia. Chiselled and gilt bronze: Saint Petersburg Imperial Bronze Foundry H. 56 cm. (22 in.). PROVENANCE: collection of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov (1733-1811), at the Stroganov Palace in Saint Petersbourg, then descendants; Sammlung Stroganoff, Leningrad,… Continue reading LARGE COVERED VASE IN URAL PINK GRANITE AND GILT BRONZE
Chiselled and gilded bronze; lapis lazuli; painting on ivory. H. 62 cm (24 ½ in.); W. 40 cm (15 ¾ in.); D. 13 cm (5 ¼ in.). PROVENANCE: private collection. A masterpiece of the art of gilded bronze in the 18th century Rome, this stoup, dated around 1760, is attributed to Luigi Valadier, arguably the most inventive Roman… Continue reading STOUP IN GILT BRONZE AND LAPIS LAZULI
Korgon red porphyry vases: Kolyvan imperial stonecutting workshop, end of the 18th century. Chased and gilded bronze mounts: Saint-Pétersbourg, end of the 18th century. H. 75 cm. (29 ½ in.); W. 57.5 cm. (22 ½ in.). PROVENANCE: Almost certainly ordered as part of a set of six vases by Count Alexander Stroganov in the 1780s… Continue reading PAIR OF LARGE RUSSIAN VASES
