Vintage Mirror Lacquered Wood Glass Design Italy 1970s

UK Size 12

Black cotton summer dress with a multicolored floral print. It features a halterneck, a flared skirt, and a back zip fastening. Fits Italian size 42/44 (Length: 110 cm; Skirt length: 60 cm; Waist: 74 cm).

Copy from Eugène Le Poittevin

Oil on canvas. This is a copy of the painting by Eugène Le Poittevin, housed at the Musée Maritime de l'île Tatihou in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy. The Parisian painter and engraver painted primarily coastal landscapes, frequently set on the coasts of northern France, and scenes of maritime life, often dramatic, including shipwrecks and boats adrift in stormy seas. He was a masterful interpreter of French realism, often rendered with dark atmospheres. This painting depicts a particular scene: several sailors brave the rough seas at night in a small boat, carrying out the difficult task of lighting the signal lamps in the middle of the sea. The painting shows traces of previous restoration and overpainting. It is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. In imitation of the game still lifes of previous centuries, this composition features hunted animals, specifically a hare, a pheasant, and a woodcock. Presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Central European School, 19th century. Date and unidentifiable signature at the lower right. The landscape depicts a verdant valley, with pastures and a small lake, nestled in a mountain range reminiscent of the Alps. In the foreground, a group of shepherds in traditional Northern European costumes are sitting, resting and enjoying a snack. The shepherd boy offers an apple from his basket to the child clinging to his mother's skirts. The scene is serene and peaceful, the colors soothing. Framed in period style.

Oil on canvas. The fruit composition, with grapes, strawberries, peaches, and figs, is placed outside, spilled from a bowl onto the ground near a rock, with mountain peaks in the background to the right. The painting has been previously restored. It is presented in a period frame.

Female Portrait, 1898

Oil on canvas. Signature, location (Venice), and date (1898) are at the lower right. The Venetian painter Vittorio Messori was also a skilled portraitist: he painted portraits of prominent figures from the Veneto region where he lived and worked. Here, a stern and dignified lady in deep mourning is portrayed, dressed strictly in black, although set against a green background that illuminates and highlights her. The painting is presented in a contemporary gilded wooden frame.

UK Size 10/12

Gold satin overcoat by Peony Brand, the renowned Shanghai-based label. The fabric is embroidered with floral motifs and features hand-woven fabric buttons with a frog closure. The size indicated on the label is 36 (Length: 128 cm; Shoulder width: 42 cm; Waist: 98 cm).

Pair of armchairs, foam padding, original fabric upholstery from the period.

Double-tier service trolley, brass-plated metal and smoked glass. Good condition.

Pair of armchairs in stained beech wood with foam padding and velvet upholstery. Decent condition, to be restored.

Oil on canvas. 19th-century Italian school. The myth of Procris and Cephalus is a famous and tragic story of love, jealousy, and betrayal recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Cephalus, a handsome hunter, and Procris, princess of Athens, were involved in a series of misunderstandings and traps that led to her accidental death. In particular, the scene depicted here depicts the myth's tragic epilogue: Cephalus finds Procris dying, accidentally wounded by her unsuspecting husband's spear. The scene depicted here is modeled after Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, a leading exponent of the Lombard Baroque, for the same dramatic setting of the figures, set in a very different landscape, here uninhabited by other figures. The painting has been restored and re-stretched with a new professional stretcher frame.