A Collection of 69 Antique Leatherbound Books by Voltaire, 1785

A Palazzo-Scaled Pair of 18th Century Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Venetian Blackamoors, in exotic “oriental” skirts and headdresses, one bearing a tray and the other an urn; a blackamoor similar to the male part of this pair was in the collection of Violette de Talleyrand, Duchesse de Sagan and Gaston Palweski until early 2010.

A Small Circular Japanese Papier-Mâché Tray embellished with a single delicate gilt peacock feather against a black lacquered finish

Set of Three 19th Century Italian Cast Iron Borghese Urns

A Late 19th Century Bavarian Silver-Mounted Drinking Horn Centerpiece, the cover crested with a female victory figure, the collar and base featuring a cartand detachable foot chased with scrolls and foliage, the horn lined in silver-gilt

An 18th Century Italian Silver Giltwood and Glass Display Vitrine

An 18th Century Italian Polychrome and Silvered Giltwood and Glass Rococo Vitrine embellished with scrolling acanthus leaf motifs

A Pair of Silver Serving Platters

A Pair of 19th Century Neoclassic Verde Egeo Marble Urns with removable lids

A Palazzo Scaled Pair of Green and Grey Solid Marble Tazza Urns, the bowls with pronounced gadrooning and socle bases

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Solid Marble Neoclassical Urns, the finish hand painted in an exquisite deep burgundy faux porphyry lacquer, each with removable lids and accented with neoclassical handles

A Grandly Scaled 19^th Century Italian Bianca Carrara Cream-Colored Alabaster Tazza with subtle umber striations

A Pair of 18th Century Angouleme Faience Seated Lions, most likely from the Rue de Bondy Manufactory, patronized by the duc d’Angouleme

A Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Regency Fluted Urns with brass-mounted graceful handles

A Magnificent Pair of 18th Century Baroque Giltwood Urns, each standing more than two feet high

A Palazzo-Scaled 17th Century Old Master Oil on Canvas of a Pastoral Scene, unsigned, depicting a shepherd in a mountainous and lush landscape tending to his flock of sheep, horse and cattle

An Early 19th Century Gilded Bronze Rococo Inkwell, with two conforming inkwells

An Unusually Large and Rare English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, in the Neoclassical taste, the pagoda cover above a rectangular form, fitted with two compartments, the whole raised on brass lion’s paw feet

An Early 18th Century Carved Wood Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Figurine of a saint

A 19th Century French Napoleon III Ormolu-Mounted Japanese Export Imari Porcelain Jardinière, the rim accented with diapering and the base conforming with scrolling acanthus leaves

An Early 19th Century Florentine Terra Cotta Urn Finial centered with scrolling banderoles and accented with flower laden swags above waisted socles and crested with a pine finial faux top

A Pair of Late 19th Century Terra Cotta “Borghese” Urns, each raised on pedestals embellished with victory wreaths

A Pair of 19th Century Fabric, Cabochons, and Gold Thread Heraldic Banners of the House of Savoy from the Palazzo Reale in Torino and acquired from the Estate of Luciano Bernardo Toselli, now presented on later custom wrought iron mounts shaped as arrows

A Early 19th Century Solid Bone Valuables Box, with intricately carved floral and foliate motifs

A Pair of Late 18th Century Terracotta Florentine Statues of Grecian Muses dressed in well rendered draping chitons, one carrying a sheath of wheat and a laurel victory wreath and the other holding a cluster of grapes and a cornucopia

A Regal Pair of 18th c. Leather and Polychrome Map Holders, the cylindrical shapes banded near the top and at the base, and centered with the British Sovereign Coat of Arms, the belt surrounding the shield bearing the French motto of the Order of the Garter (“Honi y Soit Qui Mal y Pense”/”Shame be to him who thinks evil of it”) and below the motto of the Sovereign (“Dieu et Mon Droit”/”God and My Right”)

A Pair of 18th Century Pietra di Vicenza Vasiform Gate Finials accented with wrought iron scrolling handles and crested with pineapples stationary lids representing the welcoming nature of the original estate

Pair of Cut Leaded Crystal and Ormolu Urns of vasiform shape presented on conforming bases

A Pair of of 19th Century English Oil on Canvas Landscape Paintings signed George Haller and presented in giltwood frames

An Unsigned 18th Century Oil on Canvas, quite likely to be that of the English Baroque composer George Frideric Handel; cf the full portrait by Jan van der Banck (d.1739 Dutch)

A Large-Scaled 19th Century Papier-Mâché Lacquered Urn decorated with cranes, pine and peony trees with scrolling tendrils, Asiatic lilies and other stylized foliate motifs

An Exceptional Pair of 18th Century French Giltwood Wall Appliqués intricately carved with bows and ribbons, trophies, billing doves, tassels, acanthus leaves, lambrequins, symbols of the harvest, and a wide array of musical instruments including a tambourine, pipes of pan, and a lyre