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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.

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, Mid XX Century

Finely engraved and chiselled pod silver service. Decorations with leaf scrolls and vegetal motifs. Service consisting of teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk jug. Marks of the silver and the silversmith engraved. 2800 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, Early XIX Century

Robert & Courvoisier temple table clock in gilded bronze, finely chiselled and engraved. Decorations with lion heads, winged dragons and plant motifs. The enamelled metal display with hours and minutes in Arabic numerals is held by a gilded bronze frame with the twelve zodiac signs. In the center of the dial signature of the well-known watchmakers. Movement with striker for the hours and quarters, on two bells.

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.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Rectangular table made of chestnut wood veneered in dark walnut and inlaid with various woods, mother of pearl and bone. The inlay with floral motifs presents the top starting from four mirror reserves created around the central oval reserve where a classic vase is depicted with a panoply inlaid with a sample of flowers including roses, daisies, bluebells, lilies of the valley, tulips and lilies. while the lateral reserves are composed of leaves and flowers animated by birds. The bands, as well as the pyramidal trunk legs, are inlaid with plant motifs and the connecting bundles of the legs are embellished with butterflies.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Porcelain inkwell, with a shaped body entirely enamelled with chinoiserie-style motifs: there are large red flowers on a decorated blue background, on the sides two reserves in which there is a floral composition; the inkwell rests on three feet painted with monstrous faces, also reproduced in the two side handles. In the upper part there are the two ink containers equipped with gilded bronze lids worked with leaf motifs and pinecone-shaped grip; the large grip is also entirely in gilt bronze and worked with Regency-style motifs.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

On a round base is placed the nativity scene composed of the Holy Family with the ox and the donkey, three cherubs flying in the sky. The seated Madonna and standing Saint Joseph turn an adoring gaze to the baby Jesus placed in a sheet on the manger, the faces of the two animals appear between them, while three cherubs hang in flight on a sort of architectural capriccio with a column. Missing protective glass case. The figurines are typically made with a terracotta bust and limbs with glassy eyes joined together in an integral manner with an iron and cloth mannequin, covered in silk clothes. The architecture is made of wood, cork and various materials.

Secretaire Bottega Maggiolini

Secrétaire consisting of drawer under the plan, tilting door, with cabinet and two drawers at the bottom. Veneered in pedulle walnut and inlaid in various woods. The secrétaire is bipartite with a decoartive motif of the lower part entrusted to the marked grain of the walnut, in the upper part of the sides and the door are framed by the frame drops and lagging, at the center of the sash, place on a shelf, a wicker basket containing a bouquet of flowers. In the range under plan a Greek stylized leaves , on the uprights, two reserves candelabra bunches of ivy leaves held together by ribbons. The cabinet has two rows of three small drawers inside, which are veneered in mahogany with in the centre a row of four cherry wood with knobs in bronze, above a glove compartment. Different springs permit access to numerous hidden compartments. The lock of the door to double-lock also closes the upper drawer, while the door has counterweights that allow it to stand still in the open and then to close automatically raising it.

Nancy 1918-1930

Orange vase in multilayer blown glass with marbled effect, decorated with applied glass scarab. The insect is made by carving both the vitreous application and the body of the vase to create legs and antennae. Signature “Daum Nancy” with Lorraine cross engraved near the base.

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.

England, Late XIX Century

Silver cutlery set consisting of 12 spoons, 12 forks, 12 fruit spoons, 12 fruit forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 coffee spoons, 6 serving cutlery, James & William Marshall manufacture, Edinburgh 1850. 12 knives and 12 knives from fruit Manufacture S&L Sheffield 1985. Silver and manufacturing hallmarks engraved on the handles. 4166 grams net of the 24 knives. The service is kept in a mahogany chest of drawers with four drawers on the front, resting on grooved truncated pyramidal legs; the furniture body can be separated from the legs. Lever branded locks.

Florence, Early XVIII Century

Large baroque coat of arms enclosed within a crumpled box, made of poplar painted in polychrome and partially gilded, Florence, early 18th century. The crumpled piece is characterized by a symmetrical design composed of volutes of strong architectural style and is surmounted by a mask placed within leafy elements in the form of wings, while in the lower section it presents a laurel festoon which, developing from the sides, ends up serve as a background. Lambrecchini, bows with galls and a rosette-shaped button further adorn the crumpled. In the centre, placed within a shield composed of curls, stands the insignia of the Pasqui family ("D'azzurro, alla faith di complexion, [...], surmounted by an eight-pointed gold star"), flanked by a red and gold bandit. Gold is used both to create some of the decorations and to define the profile of curls and volutes, helping to give the coat of arms a three-dimensional perspective effect (trompe-l'oeil). Restorations and touch-ups in color. The Pasqui family is a very ancient family of Tuscan origins, which since 1200 has figured in the roles of the Santo Spirito district of Florence, where it had a stable residence until 1300. It was also ascribed to Florentine citizenship in 1606.

Italy, Late XX Century

Pair of five-flame candelabra in chased and chiselled silver. Decorations with repeated motifs on the base and arms with leaf volutes. Engraved silver marks under base, Milanese silversmith unidentified. Grams 2900.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

French neoclassical chest of drawers inlaid with breccia top, front with 2 drawers, front and sides inlaid with architectural whims enclosed within gilt bronze borders, wavy legs. Entirely decorated with neoclassical gilt bronze elements. Veneered in bois de rose; among the woods used there are palm, maple, green stained maple and boxwood. Interior in oak.

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.

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Chandelier in gilded bronze and ground glass. The open cartouche-shaped structure develops through 12 sliding arms with fluted bell-shaped candle holders and corolla-shaped bobeches over pierced acanthus jets, interspersed with 4 amethyst-colored terminals in the shape of an urn. The frame is centered by an urn-shaped column with a pinnacle terminal. Entirely decorated with transparent, amber and amethyst glass pendants, including a faceted sphere pendant. Attributable to Baccarat production.

Italy, Late XIX Century

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

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.

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

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.

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.