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May 2006 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-16
Russian Arts
17-26
27-36
37-46
47-56
57-66
67-76
77-82
Paintings
83-102
103-122
123-142
143-162
163-182
183-202
203-208
Works on Paper
209-228
229-248
249-268
269-288
289-308
309-328
329-348
349-368
369-388
389
Sculpture
390-399
400-409
410-419
420-429
430-431
Furniture
432-441
442-451
452-456
Decorative Arts
457-476
477-496
497-516
517-536
537-556
557-558
Art Lamps & Lighting
559-568
569-578
579
Fine Jewelry
580-589
590-599
600-609
610-619
620-629
630-639
640-649
650-659
660-669
670-671
Versace Watches
672-681
682-691
692-693
Fine Silver
694-703
704-713
714-721
Glass
722-731
732-739
Porcelain & Ceramics
740-749
750-759
760-769
770-779
780-789
790-799
800-809
810-811
Wedgwood
812-821
822-831
832-841
842
Orientalia
843-852
853-862
863-872
873-882
883-892
893-902
903
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photography
904-913
914-923
924-933
934
Carpets
935-944
945-954
955-964
965-974
975-984
985-990


Twelve Sterling Demitasse Spoons

704. Twelve Sterling Demitasse Spoons


A set of twelve delicate demitasse spoons, with a small cast horse at the top of each handle, each is 4-1/2" long, hallmarked. Weight is 5.0 troy oz. total.

50/100 Sold: $143.75

Towle Sterling

705. Towle Sterling "French Provincial" Luncheon Service for Eight


This luncheon service includes eight three-piece place settings with extra pieces. There are 11 knives (approx. 8-3/4"L), 10 dinner forks (approx. 7-1/8"L), 7 salad forks (approx. 6-3/8"L), 10 teaspoons (approx. 5-7/8"L), 5 dessert spoons (approx. 6-1/2"L), small ladle (approx. 6-5/8"L), a soup spoon (approx. 6-1/4"L), a sugar spoon (approx. 5-3/4"L), and a butter knife (approx. 5-7/8"L). All the pieces are marked "Towle Sterling French Provincial," knives are marked "Towle Sterling Handle Stainless Blade" on the blase. Total weight excluding the knives is 45 troy oz. The service rests is in silversmith's tarnish resistant cloth.

500/700 Sold: $488.75

Victorian Luncheon Service for Twelve, ca. late 19th Century

706. Victorian Luncheon Service for Twelve, ca. late 19th Century


This luncheon service for twelve features bone candles with carved palmette decorations, silverplated blades and forks decorated with an etched vine design. Blades bear "W & H S" hallmark. This service is neatly stored in a burled wood box decorated with a brass inlay escutcheon. Forks measure approx. 6-3/4"L; knives measure approx. 8-1/4"L; overall box measures approx. 2-1/2"T x 10"W x 12"L.

400/600 Sold: $149.50

Community Plate Service

707. Community Plate Service "Old English Melon"


A silver plated coffee and tea service comprised of a tray, 16" x 26", a footed coffee pot with a carved wooden handle, a footed melon-shaped teapot with carved wooden handle, a melon-shaped sugar bowl with lid, a creamer, and a waste container. Each lid is a cast sprig and blosssom form. The tray bears the inscription, "You Know What We Wish You...The Bastard's Club...Nov 19 1939". Each piece has the maker's marks on the bottom.

100/200 Sold: $178.25

Sterling Square Tray and a Sauce Boat

708. Sterling Square Tray and a Sauce Boat


This lot includes a silver square plate on four small feet, with an impressed "600" and a unidentified European mark; measures approx. 9" square, weight approx. 9.2 troy oz. Silver sauce boat is marked "sterling" and "1031"; overall this boat measures approx. 4" x 7-3/8" x 3-1/2"; weights approx. 7.9 troy oz.

100/300 Sold: $161.00

Silver Plate Etrog Container, or Esrog Box, ca. 19th Century

709. Silver Plate Etrog Container, or Esrog Box, ca. 19th Century


Oval shaped container with hinged lid. Silver over brass with chased design and inscription. Raised on cylindrical feet, cast bow handle and round closure. Approx. 4"T x 5-1/2" x 4". Marked on hinge.

150/250 Sold: $161.00

Theatre Actress May Yohe (1869-1938), Enameled Cigaratte Case (English, 1894-95)

710. Theatre Actress May Yohe (1869-1938), Enameled Cigaratte Case (English, 1894-95)


Possibly made by George Hunter. English silver case with gold washed interior, hallmarked. Exterior inscribed with block lettering, with description of the actress's career and history, inscribed at a later date, after 1938. Case lid enamled with hand painted portrait of the actress in costume. Approx. 3-1/8" square. Sold by H. Lewis & Co. William Hammerstein hired May Yohe for $1,500 a week to sing at his New York Theatre, and not so incidentally, to show the famous Hope Diamond as her first husband, Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton, was the owner of the Hope Diamond.

300/500 Sold: $667.00

Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Dresser Jar, ca. late 19th Century

711. Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Dresser Jar, ca. late 19th Century


Cylindrical container with slight taper, interior with gold wash, lid with relief image of a fairy in a march setting. Bottom stamped Sterling, 192 and long axe, or hachett mark, probably made by Kerr silversmiths. With original glass insert. Approx. 3"T x 2"D.

150/300 Sold: $115.00

A Sterling Silver Compact in a Georg Jensen Box

712. A Sterling Silver Compact in a Georg Jensen Box


A delicate sterling silver ladies' compact with hinged lid. The compact is 2-3/8" square x 1/2" tall. The exterior perimeter is fluted and has an applied leaf and vine decoration at one corner. The interior of the hinged lid has a mirror with a separate fluted silver rim insert. The base has a circular hinged lid and contains a small powder puff with a wool felt surround. The lid is marked "Sterling" and has a maker's mark as well, though it is indistinct. The compact comes with a grey felt protective bag from Georg Jensen, Inc., New York and a cardboard box with a white satin interior also marked from Georg Jensen, Inc.

50/100 Sold: $120.75

Gorham Sterling Shell Dish and Six Towle Small Shell Plates

713. Gorham Sterling Shell Dish and Six Towle Small Shell Plates


The larger Gorham dish has two ball feet, and is marked with appropriate hallmarks; weighs approx. 5.1 troy oz, measures approx. 5-3/4" x 5-7/8"; Towle small shell plates measure approx. 4-1/4" x 3-1/2", total weight approx. 10.3 troy oz.

100/300 Sold: $172.50

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