Highlights from our Winter Estates Auction, February 4th & 5th, 2012
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Lot 8 - George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925), "The Death of Gold", 1922, Conte crayon and pencil on paper, signed and titled lower center, H.V. Allison and Co., NY label en verso, sight 22 in. x 22 in., image 21 in. x 21 in., framed.  [3000/4000]


Lot 24 - An Antique Louis XVI-Style Carved Giltwood Mirror, flared pierced crest flanked by phoenix birds atop volutes, pierced acanthus scroll surround, cabochon cartouche drop, antique mirror plate, height 56 in., width 41 in., depth 9 in.  [2500/3500]


Lot 31 - An American Classical Mahogany Mixing Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, marble top above a cove-molded frieze, distinctively scrolled drawer, Gothic arch paneled door, pylon case, beveled plinth base on half-round feet , height 38 in., width 31 7/8 in., depth 18 in.  [2000/3000]


Lot 53 - A Fine Continental Patinated Bronze and Marble Athenienne, 19th c., after the Antique, circular copper lined basin, swagged garlands, winged sphinx supports, anthropomorphic legs ending in paw feet, incurvate plinth, conforming marble base, height 57 1/2 in., width 27 in.  [2000/3000]


Lot 70 - A Fine American Renaissance Gilt Bronze-Mounted, Ebonized and Marquetry Center Table, c. 1860, attributed to Alexander Roux, New York, shaped top with outset corners inlaid with quatrefoils and centered by a bookmatched "C" and "S" scrolled acanthus medallion, molded paneled frieze, scrolled supports centered by turned stem on octagonal plinth, molded legs, scrolled toes, casters, height 28 1/4 in., width 33 1/2 in., depth 37 1/2 in.  [2000/3000]


Lot 71 - An Associated Pair of American Classical Carved Mahogany Games Tables, 19th c., Boston, foldover top with canted corners, cove-molded skirt; one with cased lyre support, the other open, incurvate plinth on acanthus-carved saber legs, brass paw feet, casters, height 30 in., width 35 5/8 in., depth 18 3/4 in.  [5000/7000]


Lot 75 - A George IV Carved Mahogany Rent Table, c. 1825, revolving top with inset green tooled leather, frieze drawers, ring-turned columnar supports, incurvate triangular plinth, sabre legs, brass cuffs, casters, height 29 in., diameter 45 in.  [3000/5000]


Lot 83 - Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament, 1856, first edition, large folio (22 in. x 14 1/2 in.), published by Day and Son, London, 100 chromolithographs, plus decorative title page, original three-quarter morocco, with decorative gilt-stamped morocco title panel mounted on cover, conforming decorative spine.  [1800/2500]
 


Lot 109 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), "The Pier with a Lamp", c. 1760, etching, from Carceri d'invenzione, WE 40, R 41, sheet 18 3/4 in. x 24 3/8 in.  [3000/5000]


Lot 117 - Giambattista Nolli (Italian, 1692-1756), Nuova Pianta di Roma Data in Luce, 1748, first edition, second issue, folio (19 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in.), marbled boards, calf, with engraved title, Avviso al Lettore, 4 leaves of street indices, plan of Rome on 12 double-page, numbered sheets, and 4 more leaves of street indices, lacking 2 reduced maps.  [4000/6000]


Lot 129 - A Good Charles X Scagliola and Mahogany Center Table, c. 1825, scenic top variously rubbed within leafage and acorn border, height 29 1/2 in., diameter 33 in.  [3000/5000]


Lot 131 - A Fine Spanish Ivory and Inlaid Walnut Vargueno, probably early 18th c., central prospect door above small drawer, paired banks of three drawers to each side; on a later stand with turned legs joined by iron stretcher, height 53 in., width 40 1/2 in., depth 21 ½ in.  [3000/5000]


Lot 138 - An Antique Biscuit Porcelain Portrait Bust of Napoleon, mid-19th c., after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828), cast signature "Houdon" and inscription "Buste Officiel /Napoleon/ Empereur/ 1805" at back of neck; impressed and underglaze blue "Sevres" mark, cobalt socle on bronze pedestal, height 27 1/4 in.  [4000/6000]


Lot 144 - Luigi Rossini (Italian, 1790-1857), Le Antichita Romane, 1819-23, Volume I only, large folio, with 51 plates, some folding, includes frontispiece, in period three quarter leather, sheets 27 1/2 in. x 19 in.  [5000/7000]


Lot 145 - Jacques Courtois (Giacomo Cortese), called Il Borgognone (French, working in Italy, 1621-1676), "The Battle of Podhajce", 1667/1676, oil on 17th-c. canvas, retaining conspicuous impasto, unsigned, with name of the battle ("Perdhacy", evidently a misspelling during very early relining) in 18th-c. p unmarked 18th-c. red wax seal, en verso of 18th-c. herringbone-weave canvas; former owner's name "Monsieur Raymond Sancery" typed - and in a second instance handwritten - on 19th-c. printed paper labels en verso of stretcher.  [20000/30000]

 

Lot 155 - A Regency Inlaid Mahogany and Calamander Banded Games Table, early 19th c., foldover top with canted corners, baize-lined playing surface, vasiform stem on a circular plinth, hipped sabre legs with brass paw feet, casters, height 29 1/4 in., width 35 1/4 in., depth 17 3/4 in.  [1200/1800]


Lot 168 - Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (English, 1829-1896), "Reclining Female Nude" (recto) and "Standing Male Nude" (verso), two life studies, c. 1845, black, brown and white chalk on buff-colored wove paper, signed with given-name initials J[ohn] E[verett] at right center on male image, and later inscribed with the artist's full name on repair tape, showing at upper left on the male figure; sides of sheet irregularly trimmed, but averaging 17 3/8 in. x 12 1/4 in. between deckled top and bottom edges.  [2000/3000]


Lot 170 - Benjamin West, P. R. A. (British, 1738-1820), "Seated Female Figure (Probably Study for a Portrait)", probably c. late 1770s/early 1780s, graphite on buff laid paper, unsigned, 7 5/8 in. x 8 1/2 in., in a composite dealer's mount inscribed "from his studio/ D23 917C/6 [in a circle]".  [2500/3500]


Lot 174 - John Ruskin (British, 1819-1900), "The Roman Arch at Susa in Piedmont", c. 1830s/40s or later, traces of graphite with black and white gouache on gray paper, unsigned, 6 1/4 in. x 6 1/2 in., on a decorated French mat, hinged to a modern mount.  [2000/3000]


Lot 177 - Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British, 1812-1852), "The Eschenheim Tower, City Gate of Frankfurt", c. 1833/34, graphite on light cream-colored laid paper, very faintly signed "Aug. Pugin" (and possibly dated?) lower left, paper watermarked "[18]33" behind upper right, edge-bordered in thin black ink, 9 7/8 in. x 7 in., in modern mount.  [1000/1500]

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