SELEZIONE ANTIQUARIATO

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.

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.

Emilia Romagna, Late XVIII Century

Neoclassical table in poplar with a square section, completely veneered. Top with inlay with a geometric score made of olive and carob borders, crossed to form four small inlaid rosettes, the reserves are veneered in quadripartite walnut, the fillets that outline the borders are in maple and black-stained chestnut. The same motifs decorate the bands while the legs, truncated-conical, are veneered in olive wood. Small missing parts. Emilia, last quarter of the 18th century.

Gilded Neoclassical Mirror

Neoclassical mirror, carved and gilded in gouache. The rectangular frame has a string of carved pearls and a chiselled and then gilded background; the frame is decorated with typical Lucca carvings, a cymatium with facing dragons holding floral festoons that start from the central vase, at the feet of the dragons a shelf with a cascade of leaves descends to the sides, at the base two feral feet with acanthus leaves hold the mirror, two sheets of mercury mirror.

Italy 17th century

Seventeenth-century sideboard with front with two doors surmounted on the top by a decorative support. The whole piece of furniture is made of walnut split into two by large pilasters, with a projecting cornice with indentations decorated with gilded highlights like the decorative frames and roundels. Italy 17th century

Lombardy second quarter XVIII century

Writing desk resting on wavy legs with goat feet, drawer in the band under the top, top and riser with carved crown depicting plant motifs and central star. On the bottom, the riser has a coeval protrusion indicating that the piece of furniture belongs to a boiserie, probably a bookcase. The piece of furniture is decorated with inlays depicting floral motifs present in the solid wood of the top and walnut briar veneer with maple threads also present on the drawer and upstand. Lombardy second quarter XVIII century

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.

Italy, 1980s-1990s

Pewter tray with salt, pepper and monkey toothpick holder. Designer signature under the base.

Italy, Late XVII-Early XVIII Century

Large noble coat of arms placed within a symmetrically developed crumpled frame, made of wood painted in polychrome and partially gilded. The frame is decorated with scrolls and fruit festoons, while in the upper part there is a ribbon bearing the Latin motto “INTVS EST CANDIDUS RECTA LIBERALITATE ROBV(R) PRUDENTIAE” (“A righteous liberality is clearer than force or prudence”). The shield, supported by a pair of cherubs and decorated in the lower part by a grotesque mask, is surmounted by a crown and three gorgets, in the upper part in the center it features the head of a cherub; it is quartered, in the first and third of azure wedge-shaped with gold, head of Anjou, in the second and third of red bordered in black with gold balls, azure band bordered with gold, head of Anjou. In the center there is another coat of arms banded in blue and gold with a blue band, head of the Medici.

Hungary, Late XIX Century

Silver cutlery set with initials engraved on the handles, composed of 16 serving cutlery, 12 spoons, 12 forks, 12 knives, 12 fruit forks, 12 fruit knives, 12 dessert spoons, 12 dessert forks, 12 dessert knives sweet, 12 teaspoons. 6035 grams net of the 24 knives. Marks of silver incussi. The service is kept in a mahogany cabinet with a wavy front and three drawers, the top of which, embellished with a brass insert, can be opened and conceals an additional cutlery compartment. The body can be separated from the truncated pyramidal legs. The front and top of the small chest of drawers are embellished with maple and dark wood threads, while only the first has a bois de rose border. On the sides of the front two small doors allow you to block the drawers. Locks marked Lever and internal label bearing the name of the manufacturer "James Weir Jeweler & Silversmith 66 Buchanan Street Glasgow".

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.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of obelisks in red granite surmounted by two terrestrial and celestial globes in gilded bronze. The obelisks rest on two granite plinths with a base and capital in Giallo di Siena marble resting on gilded bronze feet; the two obelisks rest on plinths supported by 4 gilded bronze turtles. The bronze turtles are later embellishments.

Camillo Borghese

The gilt bronze mantel clock has a base decorated on the front with leafy phytomorphic motifs and a central floral element, and is supported by elaborate spinning top feet that streamline its shape. On the base rests a large plinth in which the dial is housed and on the side the figure of a young man leaning against the plinth. The display of the clock in Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes bears the writing at the top “Lu. Lacroix H.er. " and under the heading "De S. A. I. Lu Prince Camille, A Turin". Under the dial, in gilded and chiseled bronze, there is a panoply with a basket overflowing with fruit and vegetables, above which a shovel and a lituo are crossed and from which two rich vegetable garlands hang; on the side a mask with female features within a crown consisting of two cornucopias and laurel branches. To the left of the plinth there is a young man with a short cassock and a long shovel held in his hands, in a relaxed attitude and leaning with his left arm against the structure of the clock, above which a bagpipe is placed. The mechanism is original. to the wind. The quadripartite tops, always in striped walnut, have an almond-shaped reserve in the center with floral decorations that is started inside by two fans and a central rose window. The feet are in the shape of a truncated pyramid.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of large self-supporting eclectic shelves in carved and gilded wood, Italy third quarter 19th century. Shaped tops covered in velvet, uprights made up of a shaped back part against which, on the front, are carved pilaster-style architectural elements in Baroque style, the latter composed of "S"-shaped volutes with curls at the ends. The pilasters are also decorated with leaf elements and floral festoons held together by ribbons. Partially recovered gilding.

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.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Large table in solid walnut, Italy late 19th century. Turned legs embellished with moldings and ending with pear-shaped feet.