A fine late 19th century, French, ormolu mounted cut glass vase in the Empire style. The finely cut body topped with a flared ormolu neck, mounted to either side with swan handles. The stepped socle base with square plinth decorated with wreaths to the corners. Mounts re-gilded. Fine condition.
Height 33cm
Width with handles 12.cm
Square plinth 9cm
French
Circa 1890
A fine pair of Charles X ormolu and patinated bronze candlesticks from the first half of the 19th century. The waterleaf cast drip pans above a bronze acanthus moulded sconce with a reeded tapering column support. The triform base with hipped paw feet resting on a concave sided plinth base.
Height 11 1/4” (28.5cm)
Width 4” (10cm)
Depth 4” (10cm)
French
Circa 1830
A fine pair of late 19th century, French, ormolu mounted onyx table lamps. The well figured Alabastro verde bodies mounted with swags of vine leaves, flanked by bacchic masks with rams horns and a pierced frieze. The acanthus cast flared socle base with a square plinth. Sympathetically converted to electricity. Regilded & rewired. Cast initials to the mounts ‘JT’.
Height 15 1/4″ (38.5cm)
Width 5″ (11.5cm)
Depth 4 1/4″ (10.5cm)
French
Circa 1880
A late 19th century, French, ormolu mounted celadon ground pâte-sur-pâte lamp. The bottle shaped base finely decorated with a spray of flowers to both front and back, standing on a stepped plinth base with acanthus cast scroll feet. Sympathetically converted from an oil lamp and professionally rewired. Regilded. Stamped to the collar ‘M & Sons 179 Piccadilly’. (Miller & Sons Oil Lamp manufacturers)
Height to bayonet 23 3/4” (60.5cm)
Height to neck 14” (36cm)
Base square 6” (15cm)
French
Circa 1880
A delightful small bronze & ormolu ink standish in a naturalistic rural style from the first half of the 19th century. The animalier figure of a grazing ewe with her lamb suckling, standing on a rectangular plinth cast with naturalistic plants and grasses, inset with the original pounce sifter, tray, inkwell and cover. The base with a waterleaf cast ormolu band on plinth base. Retaining the original ormolu & bronze patinations.
Height 3 3/8” (8.7cm)
Width 5 1/2″ (14cm)
Depth 3 9/16” (9cm)
English
Circa 1825
A fine pair of 19th century, French, gilt bronze candlesticks in the form of young satyrs. The sconces modelled as a woven basket overflowing with fruit and flowers, held aloft by a standing young horned satyr, looking down with his hands on his fat belly. The square stepped plinth base with acanthus leaf and berried border. Retaining the original mercury wash gilding. The base undersides with cast ’H’. Very minor wear to gilding.
Height 7 3/4″ (19.7cm)
Width 3″ (7.2cm)
Depth 3” (7.2cm)
French
Circa 1880
A handsome George IV ormolu & bronze patinated desk stand. The original twin cut glass square ink bottles, flanking a removable taper stick, standing on an ormolu base with embossed band of grape & vine leaves, the sides with scroll handles and base with finely cast ball feet. Regilded. Excellent condition.
Reserved.
Height 5” (12.5cm)
Width 13 1/2” (34.5cm)
Depth 7 1/2” (18cm)
English
Circa 1825
Claude Galle,(1759-1815).
Pair Of Egyptian Candlesticks from The Empire Period, ‘Retour d’Egypte’.
Fine pair of Empire period candlesticks, in patinated and gilded bronze. The central tapering column crowned by three heads of Egyptian women wearing the ‘nemes’ supporting the sconce decorated with palmettes.
The circular base with three pairs of feet to the priestesses, above a a band of stylized palmettes.
Height 8 5/8″ (22cm)
Base Diameter 3 7/8″ (9.8cm)
French
Circa 1805
An identical pair were in the bedroom of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint-Cloud (ref: 1807 inventory). Then from 1837 to 1861 at the Grand Trianon.
In 1886 the pair returned from Versailles to the Garde-Meuble (inventory number GML 4927 001).
This pair of candlesticks is illustrated and described in “L’heure, le feu, la lumière”, the bronzes of the Mobilier National de Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, on page 146.
A fine pair of French, Charles X, ‘Romantic period’ bronze & ormolu candelabra. The classically dressed bronze figures holding aloft a three branch candelabra standing on stepped plinths with hexagonal bases. Retaining the original mercury gilding. Usual signs of wear commensurate with age. Both with cast ‘DUB’ to each mount. Both numbered to each part ‘7’ & ‘8’ respectively.
Height 17” (43cm)
Width 7” (17.5cm)
Depth 4” (10cm)
French
Circa 1825
A pair of Victorian Derbyshire Pietra Dura inlaid paper weights. Of oval form the Sienna marble bases with an oval cartouche of finely inlaid hard stones depicting floral sprays, inset an ormolu frame. Minor nibbles to marble edges.
Height 6 1/8″ (15.5cm)
Width 4 3/4″ (12cm)
Depth 5/8″ (1.5cm)
English
Circa 1880
François Linke 1855-1946
A delightful kingwood & ormolu mounted heart shaped table vitrine. The bevelled glazed top with marquetry border, opening to reveal the original velvet lined interior. The shaped sides each with fruitwood foliate marquetry on a satiné ground, the three slender cabriole legs mounted with acanthus cast knees and sabots. Numbered ‘III’ to the underside of hinge and lock. See page 56 ‘Francois Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture’.
Height 28 3/4″ (73cm)
Width 13 3/4″ (35cm)
Depth 14 3/4″ (37.5cm)
French
Circa 1889
François Linke 1855-1946
Index number 7
A fine rosewood & ormolu mounted table vitrine. The glazed top with ormolu trim, opening to reveal the original velvet lined interior. The shaped sides each with cube parquetry panels, centred to the front and rear with a shell mount stamped ‘Linke 1763’, the four slender cabriole legs mounted with acanthus cast knees and sabots. Retaining the original gilding to the finely cast and chased mounts. Lockplate with original key, lock stamped ‘CT Linke Serrurerie Paris 7’.
Height 28 3/4″ (73cm)
Width 22″ (56cm)
Depth 13″ (33cm)
French
Circa 1900
ANDRAU & BLANC TOULOUSE
A fine French Empire revival mahogany, ormolu mounted marble topped console table from the last quarter of the 19th century. Of rectangular form, veneered in quilted mahogany (Amarillo), the slim frieze above tapering columns to the front topped with ormolu caryatids, a bevelled mirror plate to the rear panel, with a platform base standing on hairy paw feet. The original thick marble top with a moulded edge. The reverse stencilled ‘ATELIERS ANDRAU & BLANC TOULOUSE’ 3454.
Height 33 1/2” (85cm)
Width 47 3/4” (121.5cm)
Depth 19 1/4” (49cm)
French
Circa 1880
An Empire Revival Austrian ormolu mounted bronze patinated four light table lamp. In the Empire style, the four candle arms with central wired stem, issuing from a tapering column with berried leaf spiral decoration. The cylinder base with ormolu swags and a square plinth base and squat feet. The back stamped ‘Made in Austria’. Original patination. Rewired.
Height 23 3/4″ (60.5cm)
Width 4 1/2″ (11.5cm)
Depth 4 1/2″ (11.5cm)
Austrian
Circa 1910
The Mckinley tariff came into act in the US in 1890, requiring imported goods to be stamped with the country of origin.
Joseph D’Aste, Italian (active 1905-1935)
A pair of gilt bronze & ivory figures of a Dutch boy and girl dressed in traditional costumes, standing with their hands in pockets. Both supported by turned onyx socles, signed ‘D’Aste to each base. Numbered ’54’ to the boys clog.
Born in Naples he worked as a portrait and figure sculptor in the early part of the 20th century.
Height 9 ¼” (23.5cm)
Width 3 ½” (8.9cm)
Depth 3 ½” (8.9cm)
French
Circa 1910
Georges-François Alix, French, 1846-1906
A fine French ormolu mounted purpleheart, kingwood, parquetry and Vernis Martin side cabinet. The breche violet marble top above a shaped front, the cabinet door painted with putti warming themselves by a fire, opening to reveal three walnut lined drawers, the sides with parquetry panels, standing on slender cabriole legs. Stamped numerous times to the carcass ‘ALIX’. Mounts cast with ‘ALIX’ from the master moulds. This version became Index No 1646 in the Linke Archive on the death of Alix.
Height 30 3/4″ (78cm)
Width 24 1/2″ (62cm)
Depth 12 1/2″ (32cm)
French
Circa 1900
After Jean-Demosthène Dugourc (1749-1825)
A fine quality late 19th century, French, ormolu candlestick lamp. The gadrooned lion-mask sconce above a stem of floral draped female terms, on acanthus foliate-wrapped circular spreading base with bead border. Fine original gilding. Rewired.
With their triple female caryatid shaft swagged with floral garlands, laurel collar and domed, acanthus-cast plinth, these candlesticks are based on a design attributed to Jean-Demosthène Dugourc (1749-1825) in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Candlestick height 12 1/2” (31.5cm).
Overall height 17” (43cm)
Width 5 3/8” (13.5cm)
French
Circa 1890
A pair of early 19th century, French, gilt bronze candlesticks. The sconce with palmette leaf body above a tapered column decorated with bands of small sunflowers, the circular base with fish scale & palmette leaf decorated border. Regilded.
Height 9” (23cm)
Diameter at base 4 3/8” (11.2cm)
French
Circa 1830
SOLD
A very fine pair of French, late 19th century, ormolu table lamps in the early Louis XV style. The single sconce above a stem cast with acanthus leaves standing on a spreading stepped base with scroll and shell border. Finely cast and chased with the original matt & burnished gilding. Rewired.
Height 11″ (28cm) Lamp Height 16 3/4” (42.5cm)
Width 6″ (15cm)
Depth 6″ (15cm)
French
Circa 1890
A pair of late 19th century gilt brass candlestick lamps in the Empire style. The single sconce over a central stem cast with florets, issuing from a spreading circular base, with bands of sunflower heads. Regilded. Sympathetically converted to electricity. Rewired.
Height to bayonet 13 3/4” (35cm)
Candlestick height 9 3/4” (24.5cm)
Base diameter 4 3/4” (12cm)
French
Circa 1870
