Vintage Pocket Emptier Onyx Shell-Shaped Italy XX Century - Italy, Mid XX Century

Naples, XX Century

Pair of late Baroque-style walnut chests of drawers with rosewood inlays and fillets. Curved front with two drawers, flush brass escutcheons with six-pointed star inlays, which are repeated on the sides and top. Bronze handles and feet, poplar interiors. Restored and missing parts. Naples, early 20th century.

Cambodia, XX Century

Bronze sculpture of a Bodhisattva. He is depicted standing bare-chested, wearing a draped dhoti and a decorated waistband with a floral motif at the center. The upper body is adorned with a chest band and necklaces. The face has a serene expression. The subject represents a Bodhisattva prince from Khmer-era Cambodia.

Italy, Early XX Centuery

Pair of lacquered and gilded Late Baroque chairs. Open backrest with perforated central panel, curved legs. Gilded leaf-shaped moldings and carvings, along the entire surface. Italy, early 20th century.

France, Early XX Century

Bronze turtle signed Moreau.

Italy, 1930s-1940s

Polychrome and glazed majolica column with neo-Renaissance-style decorations. The manufacturer's trademark, ICAP Gualdo Tadino, is engraved under the base. ICAP (Industria Ceramica Angelo Pascucci) was a renowned kiln in Gualdo Tadino, active primarily between the 1920s and 1940s. Specializing in artistic majolica, it was known for producing ceramics in the traditional Gualdo Tadino style, gold and ruby ​​lustres, and replicas of antiques.

Italy, Early XX Century

Sewing table table in various woods. An inlaid floral composition in the center of the top, echoed on the lower shelf. The top folds open, revealing internal open compartments. Ebonized moldings and legs, trim and appliques in wrought and gilded metal. Italy, early 20th century.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right "J. Dupont da Velzquez". This is a copy of Diego Velazquez's famous masterpiece, painted around 1657 and housed at the Prado Museum. Until the mid-20th century, the painting was titled "The Tapestry Factory of Santa Isabel in Madrid": only in 1948 did studies by art historian and critic Diego Angulo Íñiguez identify a connection between the painting and the ancient Greek myth of Arachne. In the foreground, several spinners work in a bare, dimly lit room, with a soft light reflected from the background. Five women are depicted: on the left, in the dim light, the eldest spinner operates the reel; in front of her, on the right, in full light, a young girl is collecting thread on the reel; They are respectively the representations of Athena, still hidden under false guise, and the human Arachne, during their contest. The other three women are merely surrounding elements; the central one is merely a static silhouette. In the background, central and illuminated by a powerful beam of light emerging from the left, and enlivened by the bright colors of the tapestry and the robes, is the scene of the goddess's revelation to the woman. Compared to the original, this copy, while faithful in the figures and details depicted, is painted with more nuanced brushstrokes and less defined outlines, as well as less vibrant colors. The work is presented in a frame.

France, XIX-XX Century

Gilded antimony clock with a wide base decorated with leafy scrolls. Enamelled metal dial with Roman numerals surmounted by the figure of a courtier and a portrait of a young woman painted on porcelain. Gilded wood and velvet stand.

Italy, Early XX Century

Bronze sculpture depicting a mother with a child taking his first steps. Artist: Anonymous.

Mid XX Century

Chippendale style display cabinet in the taste of the famous English cabinetmaker. Base supported by turned uprights with two doors and upper section with pair of shaped glass doors with multiple rows of walnut frames.

Italy, Early XX Century

Small Art Nouveau walnut display cabinet. Glass front door supported by curved wooden frames, glass sides, and curved feet. Internal glass shelves, one of which is missing. Italy, early 20th century.