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Lot 25 - A
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Polychrome and Gilt-Decorated Campagna
Urns, mid-19th c., attributed to Carl August Müller, painted in
the Majolica "style", each with flared lip, scroll handles,
jeweled collar, over spreading foot; one with scenes of "Hades
Abducting Persephone" and "Demeter Searching for Persephone",
the other with "The Toilet of Aphrodite" and "Orpheus and
Eurydice", each with underglaze blue crossed swords and incised
"V34." and stamped "8", height 10 1/2 in.
Sold for $11053.75 |
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Lot 26 -
A Fine Continental Polychrome and Stencil-Gilt Porcelain
Oval Platter, c. 1810, by Johann Ferstler (Austrian, b.
1776), "Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis", inscribed "Joh.
Ferstler pinx 1810" lower right, extensively and illegibly
inscribed in German en verso, 12 7/8 in. x 16 1/4 in. oval.
Sold for $9560.00 |
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Lot 37 -
A George III Crested Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, Benjamin
Brewood (ent. 1755), London, 1764-65, plain baluster form
with acanthus decorated goose neck spout, applied gadrooned
circular foot and cover, retains original carved and
ebonized handle, height 10 3/4 in., weight 28 troy oz.
Sold for $1952.00 |
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Lot 49 -
An American Classical Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Pier Table,
New York, the original marble top with reeded edge, above a
figured frieze with Classical mounts and inlaid brass
stringing, bronze-mounted columns to the front and tapered
gilded pilasters to the rear, incurvate plinth, tapered,
lobed and gilded feet, height 37 1/8 in., width 43 1/4 in.,
depth 18 in.
Sold for $6710.00 |
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Lot 54 -
A Fine American Classical Carved Mahogany Sofa, early 19th
c., Boston, the serpentine crest with scrolls and anthemion
petals, scroll arms with bolsters, reeded seat rail outswept
legs, brass cuffs, casters, height 36 in., width 85 3/8 in.,
depth 25 1/8 in.
Sold for $2987.50 |
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Lot 55 -
A Good George III "Plum Pudding" Mahogany Bureau
Bookcase, late 18th c., the dentilated cornice with Gothic
moldings, lancet-glazed doors opening to a shelf interior,
tambour cylinder desk, interior fitted with letter slots,
drawers, and an adjustable leather writing surface, three
graduated drawers, shaped apron, "French" feet, height 85
1/2 in., width 42 in., depth 22 in. [6,000/9,000] |
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Lot 79
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A Large Meissen Polychrome and Gilt-Decorated Porcelain
"Elements" Ewer, 19th c., "Air", the body highly modeled
with birds in flight amongst clouds, figures of Juno and
Zephyr, a peacock, and winged putto, marked with underglaze
blue crossed swords, incised swords, "327" and impressed
"121", after a model by J.J. Kändler, height 25 1/2
in.
Sold for $12547.50 |
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Lot 80 -
A Large Meissen Polychrome and Gilt-Decorated Porcelain
"Elements" Ewer, 19th c., "Water", the body highly modeled
with a fleet of warships amongst waves between figures of a
mermaid and hippocampi below a figure of Neptune in a shell
chariot, the handle surmounted by a winged putto, the foot
with stylized dolphins, underglaze blue crossed swords,
incised swords, "327" and impressed "121", after a model by
J.J. Kändler, height 26 in.
Sold for $11352.50 |
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Lot 90 -
A Napoleon III Carved and Gilt Mirror, 19th c., scrolled
crest with grapevines, central cabochon flanked by putti,
over floral swags, beveled mirror plate bordered by egg and
dart and acanthus, height 90 in., width 48 3/8 in.
[3,000/5,000] |
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Lot 112 -
A Vintage Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk, early 20th c.,
the brass and leather-bound case with yellow and green
striped paint, stenciled with the initials "A.J.B. Jr." (for
Major General Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia
1896-1961), completely fitted interior, retaining shipping
labels from several countries and old tag stating contents
(general's uniforms), height 30 in., width 44 1/4 in., depth
21 1/2 in.
Sold for $19717.50 |
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Lot 124
- A Fine and Rare Renaissance Revival Carved, Ebonized and
Burl Walnut Parlor Cabinet, c. 1870, attributed to Allen &
Brother, Philadelphia, superstructure with a gadrooned
pediment, rectangular door centered with the bust of a
maiden carved in high relief and lion head brackets; lower
case with blocked front female terms and frieze drawer, the
cabinet door with foliate-carved and beribboned reserve
containing a lyre-incised panel, two acroteria wells
flanking conforming plinth with egg and dart molding, height
65 1/2 in., width 60 in., depth 25 in.
Sold for $17327.50 |

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Lot 127 -
A Fine Louis Philippe Gilt Bronze and Rouge Marble Figural
Mantel Clock, silk thread movement marked "Pons, 1827",
depicting a lady on seated on a sphinx, marked "Babylone \
Cartage Persepoles", the book of fame inscribed "Hamere \
Lycurgue Solon\ Pericles\ Socrate \ Numa \
Ciceron \ Virgile \ Aristotle \ Alexander \ Alexandre \
Demosthene \ Anibal", height 30 7/8 in., width 26 in., depth
11 in.
Sold for $4980.00 |
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Lot 128 -
Felix Ziem (French, 1821-1911), "A Richly Embellished Ship
at the Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice", oil on canvas,
signed lower right, "For General Collection November 1929"
label en verso, 25 1/4 in. x 36 1/4 in., in an elaborate
gilt, gessoed and carved wood frame.
Sold for $44812.50 |
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Lot 129 -
A Russian Patinated Bronze Sculpture Group of a Bear
Attacking Two Men, 19th c., after Nicolai Ivanovich
Lieberich (Russian, 1828-1883), cyrillic cast signature,
foundry mark "Fabr. C.F. Woerfrel/ St. Petersbourg", dark
brown patina, height 15 1/4 in., width 15 1/2 in., on a
period ebonized walnut octagonal base, base height 2 3/4
in., width 17 in.
Sold for $28680.00 |
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