Flip in Style - Italy, 20th Century

England, Second Half XX Century

Marie Louise dinnerware set consisting of a soup tureen, a sauceboat, 6 serving plates, 21 dinner plates, 12 soup plates, and 10 dessert plates. 51 pieces in total. Manufacturer's mark under the base.

Christ the Worker ca. 1950

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right F. Venzo SJ (Societas Jesu, the motto of the Jesuits). This is a work by the Jesuit friar Mario Venzo, a Venetian painter who, after painting during his bohemian youth in Paris, devoted himself to monastic life in 1940, while continuing to paint. This work depicts a young worker in the foreground, inside a modern artisan's workshop, his head surrounded by light: this is likely a modern projection of the young Jesus at work in his father's workshop. The style of the work harks back to Venzo's pictorial period before 1953, the year after which his work became more vibrant with bright, vivid colors and a more stylized figure, while still often focusing on sacred subjects. The work is presented in a frame.

Harvest Scene 1959

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. The Brescian artist Eliodoro Coccoli "was not by vocation an easel painter" but rather established himself primarily as an interior and exterior decorator, creating secular frescoes for various Lombard villas and sacred subjects for numerous churches. His canvases are very few, and mostly date from before 1922, the year in which his decorative production greatly expanded, but numerous sketches and several preparatory canvases for frescoes remain. This grape harvest scene may also be part of this type of production, although it is defined and detailed in its details. Coccoli's style cannot be traced to any particular movement; indeed, he is considered an expert in eclecticism: he selects the figurative repertoire best suited to the client's needs, adapting his style to the subject and the architectural characteristics of the location. Furthermore, it demonstrates a refined, at times virtuosic, technical expertise. The work is presented in a frame.

Portrait of a Dame with Dog, 1934

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. A work by the Hungarian painter Géza Kövesdy, who primarily painted female portraits and landscapes, sometimes enlivened by naive figures. The female figure with a small dog is a recurring theme, almost a symbol of the social status of these wealthy bourgeois ladies. The pictorial style is influenced by Impressionism, in the nuances and interplay of light. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame.

England, Second Half XX Century

Porcelain dinnerware from the Arcadia series. The set includes 1 soup tureen, 1 sauceboat, 6 serving plates, 25 dinner plates, 11 soup plates, and 12 side plates. 56 pieces in total. Manufacturer's mark under the base.

Africa, Late XX Century

Wooden breastplate for the fertility dance. Makonde art, Mozambique.

Italy, 1930s

Majolica display plate decorated in shades of blue with ochre details. The centerpiece features a family crest supported by cupids. The rim has a contoured and wavy edge with reserves decorated with landscapes alternating with incised shells. Manufacturer's mark on the reverse in underglaze blue.

Landscape with Lake Glimpse

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Little biographical information is available about Angelo Rovida, a landscape painter from Lodi who painted landscapes and urban views, primarily in Northern Italy. The painting is presented in a contemporary guilloché frame.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. An elegant and refined composition of roses in delicate shades of pink and white, arranged in a gilded metal basin, sits on a small table along with pomegranates, a symbol of fertility and prosperity, an embossed silver plate, and a casket containing a pearl necklace. The background, in a single, earthy, nuanced color, highlights the light effects of the flowers and objects.

Africa, Late XX Century

Wooden and metal granary door with representations of sacred animals and a lock carved with figures of the primordial couple. Dogon art, Mali.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. Decorative panels with various flowers—roses, carnations, violets—scattered freely on a light background. There are several small, scattered losses of color, the background color predominating. Framed with slat frames.

Europe, XIX-XX Century

Group of six glasses in blown glass and in cut and engraved glass of different manufactures, shapes and colors.