ANTIQUES
 

Italy Late 18th Century

Majolica pod plate decorated with great heat in monochrome blue. Decoration made with two daisies placed side by side surrounded by plant racemes in the center of the cavetto and along the edge.

France Early 1900s

Popular ceramic plate. Polychrome decoration with stylized flower motif in the cord and on the brim.

France, Second Half XVIII Century

Wooden clock covered with green resin in a later period and contemporary gilded bronze decorations. Gilded and chiseled bronze dial with a pair of cornucopias in the center and a bust of a man portrayed in profile. Hours and minutes in enamelled metal. The clock rests on a carved, gilded and green patinated wooden shelf. Mechanism marked Joseph Rebeirony. The clock strikes hours and a half and is equipped with a cord for night recall.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of ceramic plates from the Vicentini del Giglio manufacture with polychrome decoration in the hollow and light blue band on the brim.

Italy, Early XX Century

Rococo style white ceramic shelf with small flowers in relief, bows and ribbons.

China, Ming Era (1368-1644)

Finely modeled Sancai glazed pottery altar table from the Ming dynasty, in every detail. The table is set with several offering plates. The offerings are meticulously rendered, with engraved detail and bright ochre, green and brown pigment. Such terracotta arrangements would have been made for burial purposes, buried with the deceased in the belief that they could enjoy their favorite foods in the afterlife. Ming era China.

Italy, 1864

Chinoiserie box in lacquered and gilded wood with a rectangular shape supported by four curled feet. Shaped side bands with rich gold decorations with frets and repeated motifs. On the lid, a bouquet of flowers painted in polychrome with a dedication on a golden background and engraved with repeated motifs. Interior lined in velvet. Gilded bronze handles with mask.

China Republican Era (1912-1946)

Pair of Guanyin sculptures in Dehua porcelain "blanc de chine". The two mirror figures of the goddess of compassion resting on bases of flowers and lotus plants, like what they hold in one of their hands, are depicted with a serene expression, robes full of rich drapery and rich in detail. China era of the Republic (1912-1949)

J. H. Steward 406 Strand London

Brass laboratory microscope, J. H. Steward, 406 Strand London. The mahogany box containing it has an empty slot and signs of a possible attack on the inside of the lid. The inscription "St. Paul's Churchyard" (active location between c.1867 and 1930) on a component found in the wooden box and the characteristics of the instrument allow us to date it with good probability to the last quarter of the 19th century.

Italy 20th century

Polychrome painted ceramic fountain with bunches of flowers and plant motifs relief decorations. The fountain is presented on a wooden support.

Italy, Early XX Century

Wrought iron perch painted in polychrome with vegetal motif decorations. Podded copper basin.

Italy Late 19th - Early 20th Century

Concrete sculpture with putti in relief in stucco.

Northern Italy Early 1900s

Fir wood urn with bronze elements and handles.

France Last Fourth 19th Century

Triptych bronze clock with six-flame candelabra. Vegetable motifs, volutes and festoons held by a lion's head and lateral caryatids. Display with hours in Arabic numerals presented inside a gilt bronze wreath and protected by a glass lid.

Italy XX Century

Polychrome painted terracotta statues depicting the Holy Family. Glass eyes and dresses in silk, lace and fabric. Wooden support.

Italy, Early XX Century

Early 20th century brass telescope diopter. Alidade composed of a flat rod, called rule, at the ends of which two pinnulae rise hinged; equipped with metric scale, compass, spirit level and distance metric collimator telescope.

Milan XX Century

Group of six silver dessert plates. Brand of silver and silversmith engraved on the edge. 1210 grams.

France, Late 800s

Free-standing clock with rectangular marble base supported by four gilt metal feet. On the base rests the clock and a bronze patinated antimony statue. The statue with engraved signature of the author Auguste Moreau, depicts the allegory of the spring as mentioned on the metal label placed at the base. Display with Arabic numeral hours protected by a bevelled glass cover.

England Mid 19th Century

Table mirror in silver metal with coeval mirror.