Hot Air Balloon Chandelier - Italy Last Quarter 19th Century

Italy, Late XIX Century

Carved, gilded and silvered wooden lectern. Eclectic decoration with leafy scrolls and plant motifs.

Italy, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Patinated plaster statue depicting Alessandro Volta.

France, Late XIX Century

Gilded wooden footrest with bamboo branch-shaped parts. Studded seat covered in velvet.

England, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Salom & Co. Edinburgh & London Weather Station consisting of a clock, barometer and central barograph above the thermometer, all contained in a walnut case. Swing-open front door.

United States, XIX Century

Cast iron piggy bank painted with polychrome enamels with figures playing baseball. Mechanical movement to throw coins into the working piggy bank. On the front written "Darktown Battery".

England, Late XIX Century

Accessories for R. & J. Beck binocular compound microscope. The special wooden container shows the lack of some parts.

Switzerland, XVIII-XIX Century

Neuchateloise pendulum clock in ebonized wood with plant motif decorations and gilded parts. Enamelled metal dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes. Finely perforated bronze hands. Complete with winding keys.

France, Late XIX Century

Boulle style clock veneered in wood and fake tortoiseshell surmounted by an angel in gilded bronze. Greek fret inlays and leafy scroll decorations in bronze and a female figure in the center. Gilded metal face with panoply decoration in relief, hours with Arabic numerals painted on enameled metal plates.

France, Late XIX Century

Pair of flat plates, in earthenware, decorated with a motif of polychrome flower bouquets. A blue festoon runs along the edge, repeated in the hollow of the plate to frame a bouquet of flowers.

Europe, XIX Century

Wooden temple clock with alabaster columns and feet, mirrored back and mother-of-pearl applications. Enamelled metal dial with Roman numeral hours protected by glass cover.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Small gilded bronze box with a lid in inlaid hard stone.