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May 2008 Fine Art & Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities, Artifacts & Persian Pottery
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-45
Fine Paintings
46-70
71-95
96-120
121-145
146-170
171-175
Paintings in Miniature
176-185
186-195
196-200
Works on Paper
201-225
226-250
251-275
276-300
301-317
Sculpture
318-327
328-337
338-347
348-349
Decorative Arts
350-364
365-379
380-394
395-409
410-424
425-428
Silver
429-438
439-448
449-458
459-468
469-478
479-488
489-497
Fine Jewelry
498-522
523-547
548-572
573-597
598-622
623-647
648-672
673-697
698-722
723-747
748-772
773-797
798-822
823-847
848
Porcelain, Pottery and Ceramics
849-868
869-888
889-908
909-928
929-948
949-951
Orientalia
952-976
977-1001
1002-1026
1027-1051
1052-1076
1077-1084
Indian & Asian Sculpture
1085-1094
1095-1103
Glass
1104-1113
1114-1123
1124-1133
1134-1143
1144-1153
1154-1163
1164-1171
Furniture
1172-1181
1182-1191
1192-1201
1202-1206
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
1207-1216
1217-1219
Fine Oriental Carpets
1220-1229
1230-1239
1240-1244


A Pair of Art Nouveau Wine Ewers

1104. A Pair of Art Nouveau Wine Ewers


A pair of enameled cameo glass Art Nouveau wine ewers, each on a silver plate cast base and with a cast collar, handle and hinged lid. The tall tapering shapes are designed with curvilinear vines and fuschia flowers in colors over a clear textured glass. The bases have a slightly rococo design and are marked on the underside with the maker's hallmark "WMFB". The handle, collar and lid are especially well shaped in the Art Nouveau mode, with stylized flowing foliate vines and other elements and a naturalistic bud at the top. They measure approx. 13-1/2"H to the top of the metal ornament.

2,500/3,500 Sold: $2,300.00

A Superb Enameled Glass Set of Plates and Goblets

1105. A Superb Enameled Glass Set of Plates and Goblets


A superb enameled glass set of plates, goblets and champagne glasses, ca.1900, the four goblets are approx. 8-1/8"H, with a circular base, tall stem, twisted knop, and a circular bowl flaring out to an octagonal rim. The lip is decorated in gilt and the sides of the bowl are decorated in designs and figures in carmel, green, red and blue. The knop and base are also decorated with these colors. The pontil is not polished under the base and inside the bowl. The exterior of the slightly amber colored glass also has some ornamental teardrops rising up from the center. The glass is thin and delicate in the Venetian manner. There are three matching champagne glasses, approx. 5-7/8"H, and six matching plates are approx. 8-5/8" in diameter.

1,500/2,000

A Rare Signed Moser Art Glass Vase

1106. A Rare Signed Moser Art Glass Vase


The vase is ribbed with the glass shading from a darker green at the top to a very light green towards the bottom. Approx. 19-3/4"T.

200/400 Sold: $287.50

A Large Mueller Art Glass Vase

1107. A Large Mueller Art Glass Vase


A large Mueller Fres art glass vase, with a slightly irregular shape, approx. 15-3/4"H, in a heavy mottled blue with internal gold foil accents, signed on the side.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $1,380.00

L. C. Tiffany Favrile Wave Bowl

1108. L. C. Tiffany Favrile Wave Bowl


Gold iridescent gold bowl with curved wave body, flaring to the opening, tapered at the base. Shades of blue and magenta throughout. Deep bowl, signed on the bottom edge, near polished pontil. Approx. 3-7/8"T x 8-3/8"D.

600/800 Sold: $488.75

A Large Steuben Gold Aurene Vase, ca. 1922-27

1109. A Large Steuben Gold Aurene Vase, ca. 1922-27


Signed Steuben Aurene and numbered #2908 on the bottom. Yellow gold body with magenta at neck and flared base, with accents of blue/green. Approx. 12"T.

800/1,500 Sold: $1,006.25

A Gold Iridescent Quezal Salt Dish

1110. A Gold Iridescent Quezal Salt Dish


A lovely Gold iridescent Quezal salt dish, approx. 1-1/8"T x 1-1/2" in diameter. Signed on bottom in the polished pontil. Pinkish iridescent interior; exterior gold with hues of light blue. Ribbed "wave" body.

150/200 Sold: $51.75

A Steuben Verre de Soie Bowl on a Metal Stand

1111. A Steuben Verre de Soie Bowl on a Metal Stand


A Steuben Verre de Soie bowl with a turquoise lip, approx. 10-1/8" in diameter, unsigned, set in it's original painted metal stand with flowers and scrolls, overall approx. 6"H with the stand.

100/200 Sold: $235.75

Rene Lalique

1112. Rene Lalique "Sauterelle"s Vase, ca. 1912


Clear glass vase with raised pale green grasshoppers on clear stalks decorate a blue field. This pattern was introduced in 1912. Approx. 10-3/4"T. Incised under foot R. LALIQUE. Provenance: colletion of Samuel L. Mather, Cleveland OH.

1,000/1,500 Sold: $920.00

A Enameled Pictorial Vase, Bohemian, ca. Late 19th/Early 20th Century

1113. A Enameled Pictorial Vase, Bohemian, ca. Late 19th/Early 20th Century


Cup raised on column with decorated base, gilt stenciling, front with painted romantic scene, unsigned. Approx. 12-1/2"T.

800/1,000

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