Florence, Mid XVIII Century

Baroque console in carved and gilded wood with top in Siena's marble, Florence, mid-18th century. Supported by four wavy legs connected to each other by a central crosspiece, the console is decorated with curl carvings, "C" shaped volutes and rocaille, leafy and floral elements, the latter placed in the band under the top. Restorations on the floor.

Sheffield, Mid XX Century

Engraved and engraved 925 silver tea and coffee service. Knob-shaped fruit and leaves. The service consists of a teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. Silver and silversmith's marks engraved under the bases. 2090 grams.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Inkwell in yellow Siena marble with a gilt bronze bust of Napoleon at the top. On the sides, gilded bronze inkwells with finely chiseled fret decorations and leafy scrolls. The inkwell is supported by four circular gilt bronze feet.

France Mid 19th Century

Chiseled and gilded bronze clock. The complex decoration of this clock over the apparent eclecticism of the whole makes the structural typologies and figurative details typical of sixteenth-century architecture prevail, proposing the facade of a building with a central staircase and statues of vestal virgins on the sides. The enamelled metal exhibition has the manufacturer's brand in the center but not very legible. The clock is surmounted by putti holding a wreath. Movement marked Cailly Ainè 1839 on the back of the dial.

Italy Last quarter of the 18th century

Lombard neoclassical chest of drawers veneered in briar walnut with borders in bois de rose and violets, Italy, last quarter of the 18th century. On the front, the three drawers as well as the sides are framed by a relief frame, highlighted by the uprights where the pilasters have a third order of projection that outlines the architectural character of the piece of furniture. On the sides as on the frote, thanks to the flush drawers with retractable chain, we find reserves in walnut briar inlaid in boxwood and maple, with floral and phytomorphic motifs arranged circularly and vase elements. On the frames of the reserves are Greek inlaid with successive leaves and on the uprights motifs with sloping discs. Feet in a jar. Top in Bardiglio gray marble replaced, restorations. The piece of furniture presents in the taste of the inlay and in the arrangement of the same, different points of contact with the work of Mortarino both in the furniture attributed to him and in the certain ones; to this example the inlaid motifs on the uprights are reflected in the side borders of the two Mantuan dressers. See Enrico Sala, Maggiolini & Co.

Lombardy First Quarter 19th Century

Lombard fireplace in walnut, with ebonized and gilded parts. In the lower part a base with a broken plinth, with ebonized reserves delimited by carved strokes with successive leaflets and gilded with leaf. In the upper part, a central door with a mercury mirror, with a golden groove between two frames with successive leaves, also re-proposed more externally. The door is framed between two tapered and ebonized pilasters, with a capital carved with gilded acanthus leaves, to support the broken entablature and adorned with pods, leaflets and gilded acanthus leaves, alternating with a walnut band and a notched frame.

Lombardy, Mid XVIII Century

Large double-body library sideboard, on the front it has three pairs of paneled doors with characteristic frames, also featured in the upper body, following the wavy volume of the cymatium. In walnut, the sides are in poplar and the back in fir. The piece of furniture has been reduced in width and has small defects.

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Pair of Sèvres porcelain vases with amorous scenes painted in polychrome inside reserves and signed by Granet. On a cobalt blue background the rich gold decorations with leafy scrolls and plant motifs stand out. The vases are mounted on gilt bronze and have lateral sockets with female heads. Under the branded base of the manufacture.

Trentino First half of the 19th century

Pair of small sculptures in carved Swiss pine; on a circular base there are two standing figures, one of an unidentified bishop, while the other of San Rocco: applied to the cloak are the two shells, symbol of pilgrimage, and the robe allows a glimpse of the plague; the little dog is missing, an attribute with which it is usually accompanied. Both are protected by glass bells.

Naples Third Quarter XVIII Century

Neapolitan Rococo chest of drawers, supported by curved feet, the under-the-top band is curved as well; on the curved front, it features two drawers with retractable chain. Quadripartite veneered wood, with double borders set at 45° degrees, the same motif is proposed in the reserves on the sides. The two drawers are decorated with a central inlay with a poly-lobed threading with a bouquet of flowers inside, inhabited by a parrot. The shaped top is in red breccia marble from the Appennini; the handles is bronzy and bronze appliqués are used on the feet, on the upper part of the uprights and in the centre of the frontal apron.

Italy First Quarter 19th Century

Pair of cups in burnished bronze and yellow Siena marble, Italy, first quarter of the 19th century. Oval marble plinth base, embellished with shell and bead frets in the lower part and a pair of festoons made up of leaves, lake reeds and four valves arranged in a rosette, one of which is partially missing. Upper section of the base with a bronze plate to simulate marine ripples, from which rises a sculpture in the round depicting a two-tailed winged siren, characterized by a "crown" of algae and raised arms, the latter holding a large shell with a segmented placed on top. One of the bronzes that surround the plinth is partially missing.

Lombardy, Early XVIII Century

Pair of baroque walnut consoles, Lombardy, early 18th century. The front is composed of a succession of curls and wavy elements, according to a well-defined design; reserves, leafy and shell-shaped elements and small festoons with a flower in the centre, falling from the upper part of the uprights, complete the front decorative apparatus. Shaped top, crosspieces and turned rear uprights, the latter protruding laterally compared to the front uprights and embellished with a bulbous element placed at half their height. The layout and the carvings of the front present a typically Lombard layout, characterized by a strong resemblance to a group of seats of Fantonian origin, included within the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts at the Castello Sforzesco museum complex in Milan.

Paris Third Quarter of the 19th Century

Napoleon III two-door sideboard, made by the cabinetmaker Georges-Alphonse-Bonifacio Monbro. Structure in ebony veneered oak, embellished with semi-precious stones and gilded bronzes. White marble top arranged within the edge, front with two doors decorated with reserves with vases of flowers and fruit made of stones in the centre, uprights at forty-five degrees, bracket feet. The bronzes, chiseled and gilded, portray leafy friezes, phytomorphic elements, godrons, rosettes, masks and volutes. The pilasters of the uprights are also made of gilded bronze, decorated with bunches and grape leaves and culminating with a caryatid and a telamon. Interior doors veneered in mahogany. Stamped in several parts on the hull and on the bronzes. Restorations and replacements.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

English console resting on a shelf and equipped with two monopod griffins shaped uprights; the rear panel consists of three mirror plates. Entirely veneered in amboina briar, it has a bronze frame and brass covered top edges.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Pair of big corner cabinets with rudentate pillars that end with pyramidal truncated feet and with a two-panels door. In the middle of the panels there are medaillons painted with landscapes of buildings and hills in the backbround; the rose windows are hels by pink ribbons and sourmounted by a basket of flowers in the middle. Coeval iron keyholes. Original lacquering.

Lombardy, XIX Century

Charles X fireplace entirely veneered in elm root, Lombardy, third decade of the 19th century. Attributable to the production of Paolo Moschini, a skilled inlayer and cabinetmaker active between Soncino, his hometown, and Milan in the first half of the nineteenth century. Front with architrave and projecting plinths, connected by double columns finely fluted and embellished with gilded wooden capitals, the upper ones of which are carved with frets and acanthus leaves. Base and architrave edges threaded in amaranth, threaded column profiles in ebony. Central mercury mirror placed within the frame.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Central Italy Empire desk, supported by lion feet, on the front it has a retractable door, which can be opened through a mechanism accessible on the bottom of the cabinet and concealing two drawers, it is surmounted by a smaller drawer. In the upper part there is a retractable roller door, concealing a pull-out desk top with a fake Moroccan insert (replaced later), equipped with a spring system that gives access to secrets; present compartments and drawers. The shelf has a single door with a mirror concealing a castle with compartments and drawers. The uprights on the front have the characteristic truncated-pyramidal shape, ending with gilt bronze drips and surmounted by female herms in burnished bronze in the lower body, while in the upper one there are Egyptian caryatids. In mahogany, the interiors are in chestnut.

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

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Alabaster goblet held by a gilded bronze support with an enamelled decoration realized with the champleve technique. The base is shaped as an upside down goblet and holds a circular bronze structure with enamelled vegetal themed decorations. Handles with spirals, grotesque masks and snakes. Embossed signature of the author on the base.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

French Napoleon III center bookcase, supported by wavy legs, the lower band on both the front and sides is shaped; on the front it has two doors finished with fake books, with applied leather ribs, so as to simulate an open bookcase. In the upper part there is an open compartment and an upper tray shelf. The etagere has a similar shape, but in the central compartment there are various shelves placed at different heights. Interior in mahogany, they are veneered in bois de rose, with a 45 ° cut and quadripartite on the tops; the furniture is decorated with gilded bronzes and worked with leafy volutes, in the shoes, on the uprights, on the lower band and in the side handles.