114 114 LOUIS BOURDERY (FRENCH 1852-1901): ST HILARION, A LIMOGES ENAMEL PLAQUE, 1879 the saint shown reading in his shelter above a Latin inscription, initialled LB, the reverse signed, dated either side of a crescent moon and inscribed ‘Limoges’ 15 x 10cm excluding ebonised and gilded frame As well as producing his own enamel works, Louis Bourdery carried out the first major work on Renaissance enamellers, publishing in conjunction with Emile Lachenaud the still much referenced L’Oeuvre des peintres émailleurs de Limoges in 1897. £180-220
112 112 A SOUTHERN ITALIAN PRESEPIO (CRIB) FIGURE OF A TURK, PROBABLY NAPLES, LATE 18TH CENTURY with realistically painted and expressively modelled head and hands, clothed in a silk damask and brocaded long coat and vest and with red short trousers and corded boots 25cm high excluding later stand £600-800 ‡ 113 A FIGURE OF A BISHOP SAINT, PROBABLY NETHERLANDISH, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER in typical pose, hands missing 65cm high £600-800
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