Europe, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Oval-shaped tray in embossed and engraved silver, decorated with leaf and Greek scrolls. Silver mark engraved on the reverse. 2680 grams.

Italy, Mid XX Century ca.

Circular silver legume bowl, ring-shaped. Silver and silversmith's marks engraved on the edges. 1120 grams.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Silver salt shaker with an elongated shape supported by four zoomorphic feet. 136 grams.

London 1832

Sterling silver oval tray. In the centre engraving depicting shoots with flowers and leaves, finely chiseled snake-like edge and handles. Marks of the silversmith, the silversmith and the dealer Joseph Mayer engraved on the reverse. 2516 grams.

Italy, 1930s

Virgin Mary and Child in ceramic cast by Lino Berzoini for Ars Pulchra. Author's signature engraved at the bottom and manufacturer's mark on the reverse.

Italy, Early XVII Century

Circular marble bowl shaped like a pod. On the front, a finely sculpted face.

Paris, Early XIX Century

Group of four Empire candlesticks in gilded bronze and burnished bronze, Paris, early 19th century. Vase-shaped holder with pods in the lower section, faceted quiver shaft ending with a trio of claw feet, circular support base. The gilded bronze parts are finely chiseled, decorated with various types of frets including foliaceous frets. The group of candlesticks described here is a close variant of a model created by André Antoine Ravrio (1759-1814) around 1808 and supplied in several examples for the imperial furnishings of the Château de Fontainebleau. Ravrio was one of the most talented French bronze workers of the early 19th century, together with Claude Galle and Thomire, being supplier to Emperor Napoleon. His adopted son, Louis-Stanislas Lenoir-Ravrio (1783-1846), who like his father was one of the main bronzesmiths of his time, also worked in André's workshop. The two worked together from 1811, the year in which Louis officially became a collaborator, until 1814, the year of his father's death, continuing the activity until 1840.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Large chest of drawers with barocchetto shelf from Emilia, with the typical curved and rounded on silhouette on the front and on the sides, which can be opened. Supported by curved feet, the under-the-top band is shaped, it has three drawers and two upper ones side by side, under the top. The shelf has a grooved base with a drawer and a smaller drawer on the front: the upper part with glass panels on the front and on the sides used to be a display case for a statue, which originally could only be opened with a door on the back, but it was modified in the 19th century by adding a wooden panel on the back, while a small door and a shelf have been added on the front. Maple burl veneer with walnut edges, the interiors are in poplar, the handles are in bronze with pendants and nozzles with a coat of arms depicting a pair of rampant lions topped by a two-headed eagle with the imperial crown.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Venetian baroque console supported by wavy legs, the apron on the front and sides is carved with characteristic rocaille motifs. In walnut, the shaped top is in alabaster with a border in black marble and white Botticino.

Japanned longcase

Tower clock lacquered with gilded chinoiserie and polychrome on a green lacquered background. The trunk stands on a large plinth and has a central door crowned on the top and frame by a rich moulding; iside is painted a landscapee with pagodas in a garden where we can meet huma figures in domestic scenes revived by beautiful volatiles, a rich triage enriches the lateral reserves; the tank containing the machanism also has a central crowned door with glass with a hat going up as a pagoda again decorated with landscapes and flowers, on the sides there are dence plant decorations. The 8 days movement relized by Thomas Phippard hits the hours on a bell; it has a brass quadrant with a silvered brass ring with roman numbers for hours and arabic numbers for minutes; there is also an elaborated brass center carved with leaves that contains the vise whit a small hand for seconds; the blued steel hands hare finely made. The fabrication name an the place onf making are engraved on a silver plate placed above the compartment where ther are the lunar dates. The brass vise is enriched by chiselled bronzes and gilded in the corners, it opens up on the upper part giving space to a cobalt night sky on which is painted a vassel

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of planters with the features of teardrop consoles, they are supported by curled uprights and carved with neo-baroque leaf motifs, they are entirely gilded.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Sideboard with a semi-circular front. Supported by four truncated pyramid shaped uprights with vase-shaped feet, it has a narrow under the top drawer in the middle part, while there are two more thin drawers on the sides, under which there are two larger service drawers, on the corners there are two decorated doors that imitate the front of the drawers. Mahogany with mahogany feather banded veneer in the front, with maple and ebony threading, a carved maple reserve decorates the uprights; the drawers and the doors are enriched with an ebony thread on the edges, as well as the border of the mahogany head of the top; the top is a single mahogany board. The handles are gilded bronze pendants with a central rosette. On the back of the top there are inserts for the fastening of the brass beams that were supposed to hold the lights and other service equipment.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Neo-Renaissance showcase in walnut, Italy, late 19th century. Showcase section equipped with a pair of glass doors, lower section with drawer. Richly carved with Renaissance-style elements, such as frets, phytomorphic and leaf elements, masks, cartouches and caryatids. The internal shelves have a Greek motif carved on the front edge. Fir interior. Glasses replaced.

Reggio Emilia, Late XVII Century

Walnut sideboard with front decorated in a band under the top with small architectural shelves, 3 drawers decorated with parallelepiped carvings and 2 doors underneath decorated with geometric carvings typical of the region. On the top there is an owl's beak frame.

Northern Italy, 1877

Steelyard scale in solid iron and bronze with a maximum capacity of 252 kilograms. Graduated rod with square section. It has wrought iron hooks in the shape of fantastic animals, shaped gilt bronze plates and a wrought iron and bronze weight. On the rod and on the weight there is a stamp and engraved brand of the artisan producer. Absence of chains. Coeval fir wooden case.

Italy, Second Quarter XIX Century

Ancient safe from the restoration period with internal walnut structure and iron cladding decorated with studs, Italy second quarter of the 19th century. Front with door decorated with lozenge elements and applied faces in classic bronze style; Steel door lock mechanism embellished with rosettes, leafy frets and engraved phytomorphic elements. Interior equipped with document compartments, six drawers, pair of shaped shelves and compartment located in the lower section, the latter hidden under a folding door with lock. Keys present. Small shortcomings.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Bronze sculpture depicting a faun with cymbals on a red marble base.

Europe, Mid XVII Century

Small wooden travel box covered with iron foil straps fixed with small studs. The metal bands are adorned with a decoration of vegetal racemes with flowers, made in embossed and burin. Between the metal plates the casket is covered in worked leather and features a Greek decoration and vegetal motifs. Interior covered in fabric.

China, Late XIX Century

Porcelain stool, richly decorated on the entire surface with a dragon and a phoenix within circular reserves on a continuous background of meanders and frets. Various decorative bands interspersed with reserves with plants and fruit embellish the upper edge and the seat.

Japan XIX Century

Pair of refined candle holders with evocative porcelain subjects mounted on burnished and gilded bronze garden seats. The two "Erxian"brothers of Chinese origin but replicated in the Hirado factories in the 19th century hold candle holders in the form of plants with flowering branches. The bronze settings were most likely made in Europe.