A Pair of Unusual 19th Century Italian Ecclesiastical Reliquaries, each carved in giltwood with diadem cresting above diaper and acanthus motifs surrounding a framed window in which the reliquaries would be displayed on embroidered pillows, one reliquary in this pair removed but the other intact in a locket, purportedly a small swatch of the wimple of St. Catherine of Siena, circa late 14th c., the whole raised on a tripartite acanthus baluster and base

A Pair of Imposing Early French Empire Recumbent Sphinxes, carved from solid variegated celadon marble and each a female with a human face and a lion’s body draped in an elaborate ceremonial mantel and with their long tresses in tightly rolled braids in the front and a chignon in back, raised on a simple rectangular plinth

A Pair of 19th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas Winterscapes signed by Danish Artist Nils Hans Christiansen (1850-1922), one entitled Midwinter in Ribe and the other Windmill on the Lake, Aarhus, both in their original carved giltwood frames. Available as a pair or individually.

A Pair of Whimsical Oil on Canvas Paintings of Playful Putti, in a woodland setting

A Pair of 19th Century Imari Porcelain Covered Jars, in inverted pear shape with melon-ribbed body and dome covers with ball finials, the surface hand painted with floral motifs in tones of coral and blue

A Set of Four 19th Century Monte Lupo Faenza Dinnerware Plates of terra cotta glazed with lustrous scenes of Tuscan noblemen on horseback

A Pair of Early 19th Century Roman Carrara Marble Statues, one of Diana the Huntress and one of Heracles, both exquisitely sculpted and poised on later rectangular stone pedestals; available individually or as the pair

A Pair of English 19th Century Staffordshire Spaniels, of rust red color and presented on later custom mahogany museum mounts

An 18th Century Italian Collection of 10 Volumes of Giorgio Vasari’s Vite de’ Più Eccelenti Pittori Scultori e Architetti (Lives of the Artists), the books comprise the quintessential art historical text by the Florentine artist, each bound in marble-printed vellum with cream colored spines and burgundy titles

A Pair of 18th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Paintings mounted in their original giltwood frames, the scenes and style from the circle of Claude Joseph Vernet, born in France but prolific in port maritime scenes during his years in Italy, these depicting ships in a harbor guarded by stone fortresses giltwood frames

An English Set of Six Luncheon Plates detailed with gold accents, Stamped: Minton for Tiffany & Co.

A Pair of Italian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Decorative Architectural Pilaster Urns in the form of a kylix

An Imposing Pair of Late 19th Century Cast Stone Borghese Urns Embellished with Bacchanalian Masks and raised on squared and lozenged pedestals above stepped and moulded plinths

An English Set of Six Dinner Plates with gold accents, Stamped: Minton for Davis Collermore & Co.

A Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Chenets, each fitted with a seated figure, one female supporting an exotic bird on her wrist and one male, both dressed in fanciful Oriental costumes and raised on a rocaille bases cast with scrolls and acanthus leaves; cf. the pair included in the Estate of John Hay Whitney, 1982

A 19th Century English Six-Piece Silvered Tea Set, comprised of a tea pot, coffee pot, slop bowl, creamer, sugar bowl, and serving tray

A Magnificent Pair of Late 18th Century French Brass Andirons with spheroid finials and thick brass volutes affrontees bases

A Graceful Pair of 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Bianco Buca Marble Urns, with foliate pinecone finial and scrolling acanthus leaf handles, all raised on a square marble plinth

A Regal Pair of 18th Century Terra Cotta Marzocco Florentine Lions, each with one paw atop the world, representing the powerful global position of the Renaissance Florentine city state

A Pair of Glazed 19th Century Italian Ceramic Centerpieces each with a fretted bowl raised on three neoclassical caryatids standing on hexagonal socles with scrolled feet

A Striking Pair of Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Neoclassical Pedestals, the faux marble columns embellished with trailing husks and lambrequins above a notched plinth base

A Rare Set of Six 18th Century Italian Doric Columns each in solid breccia pernice marble

A 19th Century Pair of Italian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Columns

A 19th Century Louis XV en Suite Marble and Bronze Mantle Clock and Pair of Candlesticks (Garniture Set), the face embellished with garlands and the mounts featuring putti, scrolling acanthus leaves, ribbons and cornucopia

A Pair of 18th Century Polychrome Sopraporta framed wood panels depicting victory attributes of garlands, swords, arrows and trumpets

A Pair of Fine 17th Century Calcite Chalk and Graphite Sketches by Pierre Parrocel (b Avignon, 16 March 1670; d Avignon, 26 Aug 1739) of putti on beige parchment

A Haunting and Rare Pair of 17th Century Neoclassical Oil on Canvas En Camaieu Panels, one panel portraying a classical sculpture of an imprisoned hero (most likely Herakles) guarded over by a vicious hound and the other depicting the escape in which he slays the hound with his bare hands, both panels in their original wood and gesso carved gilt frames

A Pair of Unusually Large Italian Olio Earthenware Amphorae, with dripped ocher glaze, handles and spout

A Pair of Boldly Scaled Italian Olio Earthenware Amphorae, with dripped ocher glaze, handles and spout

A Set of Four Late 17th Century Carved Giltwood Architectural Columns, with Corinthian capitals embellished with scrolling fruited vines, and raised on squared verdi issori marble plinths; also available in pairs

Ten 19th Century Volumes of The English Cyclopedia (London), published by Charles Knight for the working and middle class in England

Complete First (1889-1891) Set of Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, leatherbound in 6 vols, produced under the supervision of William Dwight Whitney of Yale University and long regarded as among the greatest achievements of American lexicography