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Italy  4331  M00572

A Pair of 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Pedestals accented with a graceful floral and foliate motif

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Set of Fourteen 18th Century Leather Bound Books: 2 Bibliot Des Predic TOM VII and VIII; 12 Sainte Bible TOM II (x2), III, V, VI, VIII, X, XI, XIII, XV, XVII

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Rare and Unusually Large 19th Century English Statue of a Champion English Short Haired Pointer, made of spelter and standing atop a patch of foliage; this outdoor statue is more than twice as large as a life-sized pointer. English pointers are a distinctly aristocratic dog breed celebrated for their even and kind dispositions

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A 4th Century A.D. Ancient Greco-Roman Marble Portrait Head, perhaps of Emperor Constantine the Great

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Exquisite 18th Century French Louis XV Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Boiserie Panel the gilded rinceau motif contrapuntal to the powder blue ground and framed in giltwood moulding

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Late 17th-Early 18th Century English Solid Oak Bowl

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Elaborate 18th c. Giltwood Architectural Element, most likely that of Leopold II (5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792), born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa. His crest is exquisitely carved with feathered plumes, winged putti, floral and foliate motifs, lambrequins and crested with the Ducal Crown, the peacock feathers representing power, beauty and knowledge

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Rare English Regency 19th Century Brass Umbrella or Walking Stick Stand, with eight separate compartments, toupie finials and raised on an ebonized cast iron base

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Pair of Unusual 19th century French Grand Tour Porcelain de Paris Gold Urns, embellished with depictions in painted and glazed Parisian monuments the La Porte St.Denis, L’Arc du Triumph, La Place Vendome and La Chambre de Deputes, all accented with unpainted and ungilded contrapuntal bisque elements, raised on squared gilded plinth bases

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A 19th Century Austrian Empire Style Brilliant Geometric Cut Crystal Cachepot, raised on three Egyptian caryatids on a tripartite base and with the whole accented with gilt ormolu

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A 19th Century Italian Siena Marble and Brass Inkstand, with two covered inkwells centered by a scallop shell bowl for holding pounce along with a delicate spoon for applying it to the wet ink, the whole raised on lion paw feet

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Pair of Polychrome, Ebonized and Parcel-Gilt Florentine Pedestals, with an exotic leopard print design embellishing the columns and with the whole raised on pied de biche feet

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau White Porcelain Vase in the Shape of Cala Lilies with a Graceful Muse Standing in the foreground, in its original pristine condition and raised on a base of calla lily leaves

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Mid 19th Century Silver Pique Inlaid Tortoiseshell Coin Purse, with accordion style pockets; the piece is in perfect original condition

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An 1810 French Tortoiseshell Table Snuff Box with 18k Rose Gold Hinge and Mounts, accented with an exquisitely hand painted miniature portraiture on porcelain of a beauty, the portrait protected by a crystal cover; the box itself is solid shell, thick and in perfect condition. This piece is pristine, with no warping, damage or restorations

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Late 18th Century Octagonal Ridged Bone Tented Top Tea Caddy, with tortoiseshell stringing, silver knob finial, escutcheon and oval monogrammed cartouche

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Early 19th Century George III Pagoda-Top Pressed Tortoiseshell Double Tea Caddy, with architectural pressed panels and flute pressed canted corners, inlaid silver piping, escutcheon and cartouche titled, “Jane Thomas”

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A 19th Century Palmwood Snuff Box with tortoiseshell interior

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Late 19th Century English Lund Tortoiseshell Box with fitted interior with bone trim

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Unusual Square 19th Century English Red Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with bone stringing, a sterling silver pull, and exotic wood herringbone parquetry inlay embellishing the top and sides

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An 18th Century English Green Tortoiseshell Double Tea Caddy with cut corners and inlaid fruitwood piping, silver escutcheon and monogrammed cartouche and matching interior lids

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An Early 19th Century Continental Ebony and Bone-Inlaid Red Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, of rectangular form with geometric mosaic bone inlay on the sides and top, the top centered with a sterling silver pull and accented with a sterling cartouche engraved “Green,” with matching interior lid

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


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An English Regency 19th Century Tortoiseshell, Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone, and 925 Sterling Silver Sewing Box, complete with a mirrored interior lid along with the original sewing accoutrements including awls, thread, thimbles, seam rippers, spools, original pearl, brass, abalone and semi-precious stone buttons, a bodkin, a sterling tape measure with silk tape, and charming mementos including a tiny silver metal candlestick and slipper, cufflinks and other personal treasures belonging to the original owner

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Late 18th-Early 19th Century English Bone-Inlaid Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy octagonal in shape with silver finial, escutcheon and pique framed oval cartouche

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Vintage Machine Woven Belgian Wool Oriental Rug in tones of blues and pinks

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Rare and Unusual Late 19th/Early 20th Century Persian Mahal Hand Woven Wool Rug, with an exotic asymmetrical medallion distinguishing it from other Oriental carpets, and rendered in subtle shades of pink, blue, green and grey

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A 19th Century Hand Woven Wool Malayir Rug from North West Iran with natural vegetable dye colors

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Spectacular and Unusually Large 19th Century Meiji Period Hand Painted Imari Charger that can be used either as a centerpiece on a dining table, or as art on a stand, or hung on a wall (brackets for dramatically decorated and uniquely detailed in brilliant shades of orange, blues, gold, vermillion and cream tones in the shapes of whimsical lobsters, pagodas, conch shells, fans and swirling decorations and diapering to create a show-stopping effect

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Bronze Bacchanalian Putti, each playing instruments and mounted on squared marble plinths

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An 18th Century Still Life Oil On Canvas Painting of assorted fruits sitting on a solid walnut table in a giltwood frame.

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Bronze Doré Playful Putti, each mounted on rouge royal marble and conforming bronze doré pedestals

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   


Italy  4331  M00572

An 18th Century Venetian Parcel-Gilt, Silvered and Polychrome Pedestal, featuring an eagle atop a globe encircled with a gold sash and covered in clouds, representing the powerful city/state that was Venice

Height: 44 3/4″; Width: 18 1/4″; Depth: 9 3/4″
   

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