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June 2009 Auction Catalogue - 1st Session

First Session:
Monday June 8, 2009, 7:30pm
Lots 1-210
Second Session:
Tuesday June 9, 2009, 7:30pm
Lots 300-570
19th century furniture and decorative art, important Art Nouveau and Art Deco Important paintings, estate silver and jewellery, cabinet items.
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113 A fine circular Old Vienna porcelain plate with a central medallion handpainted with a mythological scene and surrounded by a gilt floral border on maroon ground. 9 1/2" diameter. 1300-1500
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114 A very good antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted and porcelain inlaid vitrine. Elaborate parquetry inlaid body, upper and lower frieze inlaid with Sevres plaques featuring a procession of playful cupids and musical instruments. Bevelled glass doors. 68" high, 45" wide, 20" deep. 30000-35000
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115 An antique French Sevres Louis Philipe porcelain jewelry casket. Square shape, top with gilt bronze rim, hand painted by A. Collot with figural scenes within a relief gilt border. Sides hand painted with floral medallions. Signed, fully hallmarked underside. 9" square, 4 1/2" high. 5000-6000
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116 An antique French hand painted Sevres porcelain tray of rectangular form, fitted in a champleve decorated frame. Centre is hand painted with a maiden surrounded by a putto and flowers. Signed Collot. 17"x 8". Circa 1880. 3000-3500
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117 A fine pair of antique French vitrine size Sevres porcelain vases with champleve decorated mountings and base. The campagna form vases are hand painted with mythological figural scenes. Mounted with mask handles. Each 10" high. 4500-5500
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118 An antique French Louis XVI style cabinet with gilt bronze mounts. Parquetry inlaid front with two side doors fitted with shelves. Raised on four tapering legs. Circa 1880. 33 1/2" wide, 13" deep, 57 1/2" high. 6000-7000
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119 A well carved and stained mythological marble figural group of Judith with the head of Holofernes. Probably Eastern European, 18/19th century. 28" high. 2500-3500
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120 A fine antique French Empire style gilt bronze mounted mahogany occasional table. Circular green marble top raised on three grooved metal columns, gilt bronze mounted frieze. Triangular base with lion's paw feet. Top 19" diameter, 30 1/2" high. 6000-7000
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121 An unusual antique French Sevres procelain covered urn. Sky blue ground superbly hand painted by F. Bellanger with a fairy tale design of putti and butterflies surrounding a young beauty. 43" high. Signed. Hallmarked, circa 1900. 15000-18000
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122 A Biedermeier style burled fruitwood small commode. Burled fruitwood frame with ebonized trim. Fitted with three marquetry inlaid drawers with mother-of-pearl inlaid knobs. 18" x 23", 23" high. 3000-4000
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123 A fine antique French gilt bronze mounted Louis XV style ladies desk. Of bombe shape, sides with kingwood veneer work, top covered with green tooled leather. Well detailed bronze mounts. 23" x 39", 30" high. 10000-12000
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124 A fine antique French gilt bronze figural centerpiece. The central tazza with basket weave rim and ram's head handles casped by putti. Raised on a shaped engraved base with a guilloche border with ball and claw feet. 23" wide, 9" deep, 12" high. A similar example was sold at Sotheby's London, May 26, 1995, lot 117. 20000-25000
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125 HENRYK KOSSOWSKI JR. (1855-1921) Polish school. "Young Girl Feeding Chickens". A French bronze and Carrara marble figure. Signed and with French bronze stamp on a naturalistic base. 29" high. Ref. Benezit, vol. 5, p.301. 15000-20000
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126 An antique Italian gilt wood carved stool with hexagonal pietra dura inlaid top. 18" wide, 16" high. Circa 1880. 5000-6000
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127 A fine antique French Sevres bisque porcelain figural group of a pair of playful putti. On naturalistic stepped base. Signed Tranciony and hallmarked. 17" high. 5000-6000