A French, Napoleon III, kingwood, marquetry inlaid & ormolu mounted card table of small proportions. The serpentine shaped top opening to a baize lined interior supported by two gate legs to the rear, above a single frieze drawer above four slender cabriole legs. The whole finely inlaid with trellis pattern marquetry surrounded by acanthus scrolls and central floral bouquets.
Height 29 1/2” (75cm)
Width 27 1/2” (70cm)
Depth 12 1/2” (32cm)
French
Circa 1870
A late 19th century, French, cut brass inlaid red tortoiseshell mantel clock in the Louis XIV style, of small size. The tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid case surmounted by a fruit filled vase, the gilt dial with enamel Roman numeral tablets, with the eight day movement, numbered 608, rack striking the hour & half hour on a bell. The whole dressed with re-gilded bronze mounts.
Height 12 1/2“ (32cm)
Width 6“ (15.3cm)
Depth 4 1/2″ (11.5cm)
Circa 1870
French
A pair of mid 19th century, English, gilt bronze cassolettes of small proportions. The removable top, inverting to a candle holder, above an urn with rams heads flanking a garrya swag supported by a fluted column with stepped platform base and ball feet. Regilded.
Height 7 3/4” (19.8cm)
Width 3” (7.7cm)
Depth 2 1/2” (6.3cm)
English
Circa 1860
F P Sanson Succ 4 Neuerwall Hamburg
A late 19th century German bronze figure after Michelangelo of Moses. Depicted seated with tablets under his right arm, the finely cast and chased bronze with brown patination and circular seal to the reverse.
The Moses (c. 1513–1515) is a sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the Biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a description in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time. Michelangelo’s Moses was unequalled by any modern or ancient work. Seated in a serious attitude, he rests with one arm on the tablets, and with the other he holds his long beard, the hairs, so difficult to render in sculpture.
Height 11 5/8” (29.5cm)
Width 5 1/2” (14cm)
Depth 5 1/2” (14cm)
German
Circa 1870
A pair of late 19th century carrera and gilt bronze mounted cassolettes. The pinatum finial above a domed lid reversing to reveal a single sconce, above an ovoid body with three rams head mask and floral swags, supported by a turned marble socle with beaded border. Retaining the original Gilding.
Height 11” (28cm)
Width 4” (10cm)
Depth 4“ (10cm)
French
Circa 1870
Julius Schmidt-Felling Wk c1895-1930
An early 20th century bronze figure of a young farm girl carrying a goose under one arm and a basket on the other. Signed to the reverse ‘Schmidt Felling XIX’. Standing on a stepped marble plinth base. Original brown/green patination.
Figure height 4 3/4” (12cm)
Overall height 6 1/2” (16.5cm)
Depth 1 7/8” (4.8cm)
Width 2 1/2” (6.3cm)
Circa 1910
German
Joseph Victor Chemin (1825-1901)
Chien léchant sa patte antérieure
A late 19th century, French, bronze animalier of a dog licking his foreleg. A finely detailed sand cast model on oval naturalistic base. Signed to the base.
Height 4″ (10.3cm)
Width 6 3/4” (17.2cm)
Depth 2 5/8“ (6.6cm)
French
Circa 1870
John Joseph Mechi (1802-1880) 112 Regent Street London
Pierre Jules Mȇne (1810-1879)
Retriever ‘Chien Epagneul Francais’
A 19th century, French, patinated bronze animalier of a retriever cast after PJ Mȇne.
The base inscribed ‘MECHI MAKER 112 Regent Strt LONDON’.
The firm of JJ Mechi traded from 112 Regent Street from 1859-1880.
Height 4 5/16″ (11cm)
Width 8 1/4″ (21cm)
Depth 3″ (7.6cm)
French
Circa 1859-1880
An early 20th century bronze figure of Silenus holding the infant Dionysus, after the antique. The well cast figure of Silenus standing beside a tree stump, cradling the infant Dionysus in his arms. Dark brown patination,
Height 23” (58.4cm)
Width 10” (25.4cm)
Depth 8” (20.2cm)
French
Circa 1900
‘Galata Morente’ cast by Michele Amodio Naples
A ‘Grand Tour’ bronze from the second half of the 19th century of ‘The Dying Gaul’, after the antique. The slumped figure with broken sword to his side, on an integral oval base. Original dark brown patination. Signed to the reverse ‘M Amodio Naples’.
Bronze Height 6 1/2″ (16.5cm)
Width 12 3/4″ (32.3cm)
Depth 5 3/4″ (14.6cm)
Italian
Circa 1880
A late 19th century, French, bronze bust of Menelaus (Ajax). Of large size, the classical bust after the antique, head turned to dexter with helmet depicting men at war, standing on a cast socle with traces of original gilding. The underside impressed ‘BB P’, and with ink numbering 1387. Possibly cast by Bardedienne.
Height 16 1/2″ (42cm)
Width 9″ (23cm)
Depth 6 1/2″ (16.5cm)
Circa 1880
French
A ‘Grand Tour’ late 19th century, Italian, carved serpentine marble model of the ‘Alcibiades’ dog, after the antique. The seated dog, looking up with mouth open, upon a rectangular naturalistic base. Chips to ears restored.
Height 6 1/4” (15.8cm)
Width 6 1/8” (15.5cm)
Depth 3 1/8” (7.9cm)
Italian
Circa 1890
A continental patinated bronze figure of the ‘Milo of Croton’ after Jaques Edme Dumont (1720-1775) from the late 19th century. The figure in the act of splitting the tree trunk in two, standing on a naturalistic base.
Height 11 1/2″ (29cm)
Width 5 3/4″ (14.5cm)
Depth 6 1/2″ (16.5cm)
Circa 1900
Continental
A pair of late 19th century porcelain and silvered gilt mounted spill vases, probably French, in the Japonaise style. The cylindrical porcelain body painted with a gilt trellis pattern on a turquoise ground, the front enamelled with exotic birds in prunus blossom, the reverse with a further spray of flowers. The tops and bases with finely cast and chased parcel silver gilded mounts.
Height 9“ (23cm)
Width 4“ (10cm)
Depth 4“ (10cm)
French
Circa 1880
A 19th century bronze sculpture, after the influential Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1755-1822), depicting Paolina Borghese, Napoleon’s sister Princess Borghese, reclining as Venus Victrix.
The original was commissioned by Paolina’s husband, the Italian prince Camillo Borghese, following their marriage in 1804, and resides in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
Height 8 3/4” (22.5cm)
Width 13” (33.5cm)
Depth 6 1/8“ (15.5cm)
French
Circa 1870
A pair of, French, Charles X period patinated & gilt bronze tazzas standing on sienna marble plinths. The circular dish tops with beaded rims flanked by entwined scroll handles, above flared socles supported by stepped square marble plinth bases with a cast bronze rim. One lower plinth base replaced. Regilded.
Height 11” (28cm)
Width 7 1/2” (19cm)
Depth 4 3/8” (11cm)
French
Circa 1830
A pair of French, Charles X, gilt bronze candlesticks. Each cast with reeded tapering column supporting a single sconce, above a triform base with anthemion and paw feet standing on a circular plinth socle.
Height 13 3/4″ (35cm)
Diameter 5 3/4″ (14.7cm)
French
Circa 1830
A pair of late 19th century, French, pâte-sur-pâte celadon porcelain & ormolu mounted lamps. Each porcelain body decorated with a classical maiden to the front, the reverse decorated with a floral arabesque. One initialed ‘AP’. Converted to electricity. Regilded mounts.
Height 18” (46cm)
Width 8” (20cm)
Depth 8” (20cm)
French
Circa 1880
A late 19th century, French, pâte-sur-pâte lamp base. The celadon green ground with classically dressed Greek muse painted to the front, a floral panel to the reverse, with regilded ormolu enrichments. Re -wired and Pat tested.
Height 18 1/2“ (47cm)
Width 9” (23cm)
Depth 7” (18cm)
French
Circa 1890
Ferdinand Barbedienne A Collas Reduction Mechanique
A late 19th century, French, patinated bronze ‘Laurent De Medicis’ probably cast by F. Barbedienne, with the A. Collas Reduction Mechanique seal to the reverse. The well cast and chased figure after the renowned Michelangelo sculpture of Lorenzo di Piero de Medici (1492-1519), in the Medici tomb, Florence. The base with inset seal to the reverse. The base with ink numbering, and the original price 250 F. The Barbedienne catalogue index ‘La Reduction nº 7’.
Height 37 cm (14 1/2”)
Base Width 13 cm (5 1/4”)
Base Depth 14 cm (5 1/2”)
Circa 1880
French
