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November 2006 Fine Art & Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Paintings
1-25
26-50
51-75
76-100
101-121
Works on Paper
122-131
132-141
142-151
152-161
162-171
172-177
Sculpture
178-187
188-197
198-206
Fine Silver
207-221
222-236
237-251
252-266
267-281
282
Furniture
283-292
293-302
303-311
Decorative Arts
312-326
327-341
342-356
357-371
372-386
387-389
Glass
390-399
400
Orientalia
401-415
416-430
431-445
446-460
461-471
Fine Estate Jewelry
472-496
497-521
522-546
547-571
572-596
597-621
622-646
647-671
672-683
Porcelain & Ceramics
684-693
694-703
704-713
714-718
Fine & Rare Books
719-728
729-738
739
Carpets
740-749
750-759
760-769
770-779
780-789
790-799
800


A Pair of 18th Century Dutch Commemorative Tobacco Boxes

342. A Pair of 18th Century Dutch Commemorative Tobacco Boxes


The first is an all-brass box with the commemorative repousee design with a regent/king portrait and text in Latin on the top lid and a Biblical scene on bottom. Second box is with brass top & bottom and copper sides; the lid depicts a cartouche with a scene titled "Breszlau"; and text in german. The boxes measure approx. 1-1/8" x 1-7/8" x 5-1/2" and 1-1/4" x 1-7/8" x 6-3/8" respectively.

300/500 Sold: $287.50

Persian (Mid-19th Century)

343. Persian (Mid-19th Century)


A pair of hand painted Persian book covers, each framed in a gilt frame with a sloped black velvet liner, 14" x 9" sight size, with framing overall 17-1/4" x 12". Painted in the mid-19th Century Safavid style, each piece is richly adorned with foliate patterning in black, red, cream and gilt accents. Each has a genre scene with two figures within a central medallion surrounded by the patterning that is reminiscent of a Persian carpet.

600/800 Sold: $460.00

A Pair of 18th Century Dutch Brass Tobacco Boxes

344. A Pair of 18th Century Dutch Brass Tobacco Boxes


A Dutch brass tobacco box, ca. 1757, with a hinged lid engraved with perpetual almanac and lunar calendar flanked by crude portraits of Pope Gregory XIII and Julius Caecar and the dates and the introduction of Julian Gregorian calendars. The base engraving with table for the calculation of the speed ship. Second box depicts a series of engraved charming farming scenes. The boxes measure approx. 1-1/8" x 1-3/4" x 6-3/8" and 1" x 3-1/2" x 6" respectively.

300/500

An Eli Terry & Sons American Pillar & Scroll Shelf Clock

345. An Eli Terry & Sons American Pillar & Scroll Shelf Clock


An American Pillar & Scroll shelf clock, made by Eli Terry & Sons, Plymouth, Connecticut, ca. 1825-30. With a pretty walnut veneered case with tapering legs and a scrolling skirt, hinged door with clear glass panel at the top, reverse glass painting on the lower part with a fancy image of a building in a landscape surrounded by a gilt border, with a painted wood face with Arabic numerals and a flower basket at the center and spandrel corner ornaments, the dial approx. 10-1/2" in diameter, with a 30 hour striking movement, and with the original printed papers glued to the inside back. Comes with the original winding key, made in England. The case has two slender columns on the sides, and an architectural pediment surmounted by three brass urn-shaped finials. Overall size is 31-1/2"H x 17-1/4"W x 4-1/2"D. Similar to a clock in the collection of Old Sturbridge Village.

1,800/2,200 Sold: $862.50

An Unusual Clock Framed In A Painting

346. An Unusual Clock Framed In A Painting


An unusual painting timepiece. The painting is a panoramic scene painted on a steel panel with several military companies on an embankment before a river. A beautiful city sprawls beyond. To the left of the composition is a church with and elaborate clock in the central clock tower. The actual clock is concealed behind the panel inside a built-up shadow box frame. No signature was found on the painting, but it appears to be a 19th Century Continental piece of excellent quality. The picture measures 22-1/2" x 32-1/2" and with the gilt beaded frame approx. 30" x 40". The clock has a coiled chime, and comes with a winding key. Lever at the bottom pulls down to reveal the winding mechanisms in the tower-when closed three disks cover the openings. Toggle on left of frame to adjust the chime. Pull cord at bottom. The shadow box creates an enhancing sounding box for the chime.

2,000/4,000 Sold: $17,307.50

An Empire Column Clock On An Inlaid Wood Base

347. An Empire Column Clock On An Inlaid Wood Base


An Empire column clock in an ebonized wood finish with gilt metal decorations, standing on a separate inlaid wood base with small circular feet, with a silver metal textured face with Roman numerals, the dial surrounded by a 1" wide gilt frame in relief with shells and foliate swirls, the columns with gilt metal capitals and bases with an egg and dart motif on the capitals and a scored and rope motif on the bases, and with applied pierced cast decorations on the top and the bottom front faces with armor surrounded by meandering vines and grapes, the pendulum with shell and floral designs that match the frame around the face with swans at the top. Measures overall 18"H (without the separate base) x 9-1/4"W x 5-1/4"D; the inlaid wood base measures 7-1/2" x 11-3/4" x 3"H. No maker's markings found.

200/400 Sold: $368.00

An Ingraham Mantel Clock

348. An Ingraham Mantel Clock


An Ingraham Mantel Clock, mankufactured by the E. Ingraham Company, Bristol, Conn. with a black lacquered case in an architectural manner with antiqued brass fittings and animal feet, with lions' heads with rings on either side of the case, with an ivory face with Arabic numerals covered by convex glass, approx. 19"W x 5"D x 11"H.

200/400 Sold: $161.00

An Ingraham Co. Pressed Wood Eight-Day

349. An Ingraham Co. Pressed Wood Eight-Day "Kitchen" Clock


An American pressed wood eight-day "kitchen" shelf clock made by E. Ingraham Co., Bristol, Connnecticut. The case made in light varnished oak with pressed oak applied ornaments, with a glass panel door on the front, a printed paper dial with Roman numerals, surrounded by a gilt egg & dart metal relief, and with a central gilt relief design. Comes with winding key. The over size is approx. 15-1/2"H x 13-1/4"W x 4-1/2"D.

150/250 Sold: $109.25

A Jaeger Le Coultre Clock

350. A Jaeger Le Coultre Clock


A handsome Jaeger Le Coultre clock, with a squared polished and brushed brass case, with a silvery metal dial with Roman numerals, brass hands, and a faux malachite finish detail around the top and on the base, approx. 6-3/4"H x 5-1/2"W x 2-3/8"D.

350/450

A Round Top Mantel Clock Made In Germany

351. A Round Top Mantel Clock Made In Germany


A round top mantel clock, marked made in Germany on the back of the brass works, and "Unghans Wurthenberg B21" inside a star, in a walnut case on plinth base with small feet, with pine secondary wood, with a door at the back revealing the works and chimes, the face in silver metal finish with brass Arabic numerals, measuring approx. 12-7/8"H x 10-1/8"W x 7"D. Chimes have a very pretty tone.

100/200 Sold: $40.25

A Schatz Wall Clock

352. A Schatz Wall Clock


A German wall clock made by Schatz, in a circular brass case mounted on a shield-shaped walnut wall plaque with a curvilinear brass detail applied to the top and a Fleur de Lis in the center, overall measurements are 13-1/2"H x 11"W x 3-3/4"D. The brass clock case is 6" in diameter. There is a cuphook on the plaque below the movement.

100/200 Sold: $63.25

An Ornate Dore Humidor

353. An Ornate Dore Humidor


A richly embellished dore metal box, the interior with an aromatic wood lining and the lid fitted underneath with a silver tone metal frame and removable screen with blotter paper behind. The wood is joined with pegged wood at the corners. The exterior of the box is carved in an elaborate relief depicting an abundance of classical images including people, architectural sections, statuary, Roman standards, satyrs, putti, griffins, bulls and other creatures. Measures 6" x 4-7/8" x 2-1/2H. *On preview in Pittsburgh, PA.

200/400 Sold: $931.50

An English Salesman's Sample Chest Of Drawers, ca. 1820-30

354. An English Salesman's Sample Chest Of Drawers, ca. 1820-30


A hand-made salesman's sample chest of drawers from England, ca. 1820-30, in rich brown wood with other secondary woods, 9-1/4"W x 7-5/8"D x 11-1/2"H overall, on turned wood legs, with three large drawers and two small drawers above with turned wood pulls.

400/600 Sold: $471.50

A Pair Of Cast Iron Jardinaires With Saucers, French Empire, ca. Early 19th Century

355. A Pair Of Cast Iron Jardinaires With Saucers, French Empire, ca. Early 19th Century


A pair of cast iron jardinaires with matching saucers, the sides cast with designs using classical motifs, the saucers cast with geometric designs on the borders, each measuring approx. 9-5/8"H x 11-1/2" in diameter.

700/900

Two Carved Wooden Architectural Fragments, circa 18th/19th Century

356. Two Carved Wooden Architectural Fragments, circa 18th/19th Century


Two carved oak wooden architectural fragments in the form of several putti floating about fringed draperies, approx. 64"H x 12"W x 8"-9"D.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $2,070.00

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