Highlights from our Early Spring Estates Auction, March 27th & 28th, 2010 - Page 2
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Lot 257 - An American Classical Fancy-Painted Grecian Sofa, early 19th c., New York, outscrolled arms centered by tablet splats, old rush seat, saber legs on spherule feet; the whole with a striated aquamarine ground, Classical motifs executed in yellow, red and black with gilt highlights, the legs in "fish scale" paint-decoration, curly maple secondary wood, height 34 in., length 71 in., width 23 in.[8,000/12,000]


Lot 260 - A Very Fine Pair of George III Satinwood Inlaid and Paint-Decorated Games Tables, 19th c., the D-shaped foldover top opening to green baize playing surface, tablet apron, gate legs, square tapering legs with block colar, spade feet, height 31 in., width 36 in., depth 18 in[8,000/12,000]
 


Lot 264 - A Fine Pair of American Classical Carved Mahogany Armchairs, early 19th c., New York, incurvate back having figured crest, reeded and scrolled arms, turned legs, brass casters.  [5,000/7,000]


Lot 277 -  Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (French, 1845-1916), "A Bacchante Toying with the Young Pan", a carved white marble figural group depicting a life-sized bacchante teasing the young faun who pleads for his reed pipe, a lion cub at his side, signed "a. Mercie" on base, raised on a carved marble pedestal, figural group height 54 in., width 40 in., pedestal height 37 in., overall height 91 in.[50,000/75,000]


Lot 284 - A Very Fine Napoleon III Parquetry, Marquetry and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode, 19th c., Paris, original rouge fossilized marble top above two deep drawers, on saber legs ending in sabots, height 35 1/2 in., width 42 1/2 in., depth 22 in.  [4,000/6,000]


Lot 290 - Italian School, 19th c., a life-size marble figure of Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, depicted with her usual attribute of a Lyre, height 64 in., width 21 in., depth 15 in., on a circular white marble plinth.  [8,000/12,000]


Lot 292 - A Fine French Gilt Bronze and Chinese Porcelain Centerpiece, 18th and 19th c., rare monumental Chinese Export bowl, 18th c., with extensive Famille Rose vignettes and reserves in "Mazarin" blue and gilt, the interior bowl with centered enamel landscape, mounted within the mid-19th c., dolphin supported Napoleonic bronze centerpiece, probably Paris, height 20 in., diameter 18 in. [10,000/15,000]


Lot 294 - A Very Fine Pair of Italian Carved and Polychrome Blackamoors, 19th c., each handsome figure holding aloft a circular plinth; retaining vividly painted elements, height 65 in., width 16 1/2 in., depth 18 in.; presented on associated carved and painted bases.  [8,000/12,000]
 


Lot 305 - A Fine Edwardian Mahogany and Brass-Inlaid Bureau à Cylindre, c. 1900, in the Louis XVI style, galleried top above a tier of four small drawers, cylinder lid enclosing a complex fitted interior, leather writing surface, fluted tapering legs with cuffs, probably a "presentation" example bearing a label: "by his friends Rt. Rev. the Bishop Luffragan of Leicester, Easter 1803", locks Hobbs & Co. London, height 49 in., width 60 in., depth 29 1/2 in. [4,000/6,000]


Lot 307 - A Fine Louis XV-Style Carved Rosewood and Aubusson Tapestry Salon Suite, 19th c., comprising a canape, pair of fauteuils, and four chaises, covered en suite in tapestry with Neoclassical floral sprays, pale rose ground, each frame with arched crest, shell cartouche and floral sprays, shaped padded arms serpentine shell carved scalloped rail, cabriole legs, casters, sofa height 47 1/8 in., width 76 in., depth 25 in., (7 pcs.) [12,000/18,000]


Lot 343 - Clarence Millet (American/Louisiana, 1897-1959), "Beyond Flows the Mississippi", oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed and titled en verso, 30 in. x 35 in., in a period frame.  [12,000/18,000]
 


Lot 369 - After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), "American Flamingo", No. 87, Plate CCCCXXX1, hand colored engraving, Havell edition, from @Birds of America@, the elephant folio-paper watermarked "J. Whatman/ 1838", sheet 38 1/8 in. x 25 3/8 in.  [40,000/60,000]


Lot 379 - George Washington Autograph Letter, to Robert Morris and Blair McClenachan, 20 June 1780 from Springfield, NJ, thanking them for their letter and a gift of spirits, 1 folio page, ink on paper, formerly folded in half and then in quarters, now spread flat and matted, 13 1/8 in. x 16 5/16 in. (33.4 cm. x 41.4 cm.), in a fine clear hand with bold signature and full address, indexed in a later hand with details of protagonists, date, and place. [50,000/70,000]


Lot 387 - Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French, 1790-1866, active New Orleans, 1831-39), "Portrait of Charles Victor Foulon, Notary (1805-1892)", oil on canvas, signed and dated "1834" upper right, 28 3/4 in. x 23 1/2 in., in a period giltwood frame. [30,000/50,000]


Lot 388 - George Louis Viavant (American/New Orleans, 1872-1935), "Mallard Duck: Nature Morte", watercolor, signed and dated "N.O.,1922" lower left, sight 28 in. x 19 in., matted and in a period wood frame.  [15,000/25,000]

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