The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show 2010

The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show

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www.haughton.com

2010

a HAUGHTON FAIR

Thursday October 21:

5.45pm to 9.00pm

Friday October 22:

11.00am to 7.30pm

Saturday October 23:

11.00am to 7.30pm

Sunday October 24:

11.00am to 6.00pm

Monday October 25:

11.00am to 7.30pm

Tuesday October 26:

11.00am to 7.30pm

Wednesday October 27:

11.00am to 7.30pm

Thursday October 28:

11.00am to 6.00pm

The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show The Park Avenue Armory Park Avenue at 67th Street New York, NY 10065

Friday October 22 through Thursday October 28, 2010

Preview Party benefiting The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Thursday October 21, 2010

a HAUGHTON FAIR

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ORGANISED BY:-

THE INTERNATIONAL FINE ART AND ANTIQUE DEALERS SHOW Directors: Brian and Anna Haughton 15 Duke Street, St. James’s, London SW1Y 6DB Telephone (London):

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SHOW OFFICE Telephone (New York): 1 646 619 6030 (October 21-28)

While The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show Ltd, the organisers, the advisory and honorary vetting committees of The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show cannot be held responsible for, or warrant, the genuineness or age of any article exhibited, visitors are requested to note that all articles have been submitted for inspection by a panel of advisers to ensure, as far as possible, that they conform to the regulations laid down, and that all articles are genuinely of the period they represent. The organisers and/or their agents cannot be held responsible for any items sold at the Show. This is the sole responsibility of the dealer/dealers selling the object/objects. Please also note that because of the early printing datelines for the catalogue, all illustrations were printed before vetting took place.

Visitors are reminded that all exhibits are for sale.

Acknowledgements:We would like to express our gratitude to the following for their help:The Park Avenue Armory John Hamilton of Select Inc.; Citadel Security Agency; Our staff: Paul Crane, Felicity Glanville, Magda Grigorian (US Press Officer), Day Hasler, Emma Jane Haughton, Giles Haughton, Chris McMahon, Anthea Roberts, Beverly Simpson, Richard Webster Helena Power Catalogue Advertising Cadman Creative Design Services Catalogue Design and Production Phoenix Lithographing Corporation Catalogue Printers

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Contents 6 Organisers’ Welcome

7 The Vetting of a Fine Art and Antiques Fair

8 The National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America, Inc.

9 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

17 ‘Curiously Enchased’ Goldsmiths & Diplomats in Baroque Europe

by Philippa Glanville, FSA

31 Directory of Exhibitors

39 Exhibitor Pages

119 Advertisements

151 Index

152 Floorplan to the Show

Organisers’ Welcome We are delighted to welcome you to the 22nd International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show.

One of the world’s most spectacular art fairs, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show attracts a superlative roster of exhibitors, drawn from among the most prestigious and knowledgeable art and antique dealers in the United States and Europe. The fair takes place each year in October at the start of the Fall art, antiques and social season in New York City and offers a second-to-none selection of works of art.

Visitors to The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show are privileged to be able to view and buy from among the most important and rarest works of art currently available. The range on offer at the fair is enormously diverse, spanning many different cultures, materials, periods and styles and from antiquities to contemporary art.

Over the last 22 years, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show has evolved into more than just a marketplace for high-end art and antiques. We are delighted that it provides a valuable international meeting ground for a global community of collectors, curators, dealers and interior designers. For the public and the trade, it has come to serve as an essential forum — an exciting blend of culture and commerce through which we hope to energize future generations of collectors and art lovers.

Every object exhibited at the Fair is rigorously examined and vetted for quality and authenticity by our honorary vetting committee so collectors can be assured they can buy with absolute confidence. The honorary vetting committees are made up of advisers, museum curators and dealers. We are extremely grateful to the committee members for giving so freely of their knowledge, expertise and time and in particular our Honorary Vetting Committee Chairman, Edward Munves.

Finally, we look forward to seeing you here again next October to celebrate the 2011 International Fine Art

and Antique Dealers Show, which will take place from 21st – 27th October.

Brian and Anna Haughton Directors: The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show Ltd

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The Vetting of a Fine Art and Antiques Fair What it is and why?

It has long been standard practice at all major international fine art and antique fairs, for all exhibits to be examined before the opening of the fair by panels of advisers, to ensure that they are accurately described and of a quality to justify their exhibition at a prestige event.

There are separate Honorary Vetting Committees for each category, such as furniture, clocks, silver, paintings, sculpture etc., and their membership is drawn from leading authorities in the field and includes many museum curators.

There are two main reasons for vetting.

Firstly, to reassure the public that everything submitted to the Honorary Vetting Committees conforms to the regulations laid down and that, as far as possible, all items are authentic and of the period stated. As potential purchasers may not have sufficient expertise themselves in a particular subject or category, this assurance of authenticity will, we hope, give them the confidence to buy.

Secondly, vetting guarantees to all the exhibitors and to the public that standards are being maintained at a high level. It is crucial to the commercial and academic success of such an event that its reputation for only having the best in all categories is never compromised. The integrity of the fair and the reputation of the exhibitors is therefore ensured.

Our thanks to all the members of the Honorary Vetting Committees for their help and co-operation.

Honorary Vetting Committee Chairman Edward Munves

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220 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022, USA • TELEPHONE 1 212 826 9707 FAX 1 212 832 9493 • www.naadaa.org

The National Art & Antique Dealers Association of America (NAADAA) is a non-profit trade organization of the leading dealers in the United States, with specialists in virtually all of the major collecting areas. Since our founding in 1954, the membership, which is by invitation, has mutually pledged to adhere to the highest standards of honorable and ethical business practice. All are recognized experts in their fields.

NAADAA is a member of CINOA (La Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art), an international confederation comprised of thirty-two leading associations of art and antiques dealers, from twenty-two nations.

NAADAA has enjoyed a close association with the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, collaborating with Brian and Anna Haughton at the show’s inception in 1989. Members not only exhibit, but also lend their specialized expertise as vetters. This, New York’s first vetted show, revolutionized antiques fairs in America. It is considered to be among the greatest of fairs, here or abroad, and this year continues the tradition of showing world class art and antiques to collectors from all over the country and the world in vital, vibrant New York City. The show is always a highlight of the fall season here.

NAADAA welcomes you to this wonderful show, and invites you to visit our member shops and galleries, easily identified by the red NAADAA logo. There you will find complimentary copies of our membership directory, or visit www.naadaa.org. We look forward to meeting you.

James McConnaughy PRESIDENT

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Dear Friends,

On behalf of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show Preview Party. We are extremely grateful for your continued support and to Brian and Anna Haughton for making this lovely evening possible. For the past twenty two years, we have been proud to host this prestigious fund-raising party, set against the backdrop of the rarest and most important works of art to be found from global art and antiques dealers.

Founded in 1946, The Society is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting cancer research and providing public education on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer. As extraordinary advances in medicine, science and new technologies are introduced, The Society has continually responded to the needs of the Center and its patients through the assiduous efforts of its fundraising and volunteer committees. Society volunteers work in close collaboration with the Center’s physicians and staff to support the Center’s mission of delivering the best cancer care to its patients.

Throughout the year, The Society hosts a number of events for MSKCC patients. We delight in the collection of Halloween costumes for our pediatric patients, as well as holiday gift bags for both pediatric and adult patients in December. One of our most cherished events is the Pediatric Prom, a wonderful party complete with music, dancing, designer dresses and tuxedos for all children receiving treatment at the hospital. The Associates Committee’s newest initiative, the Pediatric Family Housing Endowment, will support overnight stays at nearby accommodations, such as the Ronald McDonald House, for families of pediatric patients who are undergoing medical treatment at MSKCC.

Each year The Society supports basic and clinical research projects at MSKCC that would otherwise not receive funding. To educate the public, The Society presents a variety of programs including an annual Health Education Seminar during which MSKCC physicians and researchers make in-depth presentations on current cancer issues. The Society reaches out to hospital representatives for projects they feel will improve the environment of MSKCC and the experience of the patients. Through campaigns such as our Annual Appeal, board members solicit support for a particular area of the Center by reaching out to friends and relatives. This year we are proud to announce that we will raise funds to support Melanoma research.

I would like to thank this year’s sponsors of the Preview Party, Giorgio Armani and 1stdibs and thank ELLE DECOR for their additional support. Your continued commitment ensures that The Society’s work will continue to play a vital role in enabling MSKCC to achieve its mission of providing the best cancer care anywhere to its patients.

Heather Leeds President of The Society of MSKCC

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Board of Overseers and Managers Chairman of the Board Douglas A. Warner III

Vice Chairmen of the Board Richard I. Beattie Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Treasurer Clifton S. Robbins

Honorary Chairman of the Board James D. Robinson III

Frederick R. Adler Richard I. Beattie Mrs. Edwin M. Burke Mrs. John J. Byrne Mrs. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Stanley F. Druckenmiller Anthony B. Evnin Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. Steve Forbes Richard N. Foster Stephen Friedman Ellen V. Futter Philip H. Geier, Jr. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

President Emeritus Paul A. Marks, MD

Secretary Norman C. Selby

Jamie C. Nicholls James G. Niven Hutham S. Olayan E. Stanley O’Neal Bruce C. Ratner Clifton S. Robbins James D. Robinson III Virginia M. Rometty Benjamin M. Rosen David M. Rubenstein Jack Rudin Lewis A. Sanders Fayez S. Sarofim Norman C. Selby

Jonathan N. Grayer John R. Gunn* Mrs. Charles Gwathmey William B. Harrison, Jr. Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. Mrs. Ann Dibble Jordan David H. Koch Marie-Josée Kravis Evelyn H. Lauder Mrs. Thomas V. Leeds Jean Remmel Little Mrs. John L. Marion Paul A. Marks, MD Donald B. Marron

Stephen C. Sherrill Peter J. Solomon William C. Steere, Jr. J. McLain Stewart Scott M. Stuart Lucy R. Waletzky, MD Douglas A. Warner III Sanford I. Weill Peter A. Weinberg Jon Winkelried Deborah C. Wright Jeff Zucker Mortimer B. Zuckerman *MSKCC Acting President

The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Administrative Board President Mrs. Thomas V. Leeds

Members-At-Large Courtney Arnot Muffie Potter Aston Mrs. Alan J. Blinken Mrs. Andrew M. Blum Tory Burch Mrs. Bryan J. Carey Mrs. Michael Carr Nancy Coffey Dianne G. Crary Jennifer Creel Mrs. Michael J.A. Darling Mrs. Marvin H. Davidson Mrs. Hilary Dick Webb Egerton Ruth G. Fleischmann Mrs. Lars Forsberg Mrs. Robert M. Gardiner Mrs. Mark V. Giordano Mrs. Peter S. Gregory Stephanie Griswold Mr. Thomas Guinzburg Alexia Hamm Ryan Mrs. Andrew P. Heaney Mrs. Kenneth Joseph Victoria Greenleaf Kempner Mrs. Michael Kennedy Mrs. Richard S. LeFrak Mrs. Roman Martinez IV Mrs. Brian A. McCarthy

Vice Presidents Mrs. John B. Glass, Jr. Mrs. Thomas S. Glover Dr. Annette U. Rickel

Mrs. S. Christopher Meigher III Mrs. Richard A. Miller Mrs. George F. Moss Mrs. George K. Moss Mrs. Richard T. Perkin Debra L. Pipines Mrs. Samuel F. Pryor IV Mrs. Bambi Putnam Ms. Dee Dee Ricks Shafi Roepers Mrs. Louis Rose Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen Mrs. Elizabeth Savage Mrs. Paul C. Schorr IV Mrs. Stephen C. Sherrill Mrs. Brian Snyder Mrs. Paul Soros Mrs. Richard J. Sterne Mrs. Andrew S. Thomas Barbara Dana Tollis Mrs. Jerome L. Villalba Mrs. Douglas A. Warner III Mrs. Martha Webster Mrs. Thomas E. Zacharias

Sustaining Board Mrs. Andres Bausili Mrs. Kevin A. Bousquette Mrs. Henry R. Breck Mrs. D. Wayne Calloway

Treasurer Mrs. Scott C. Johnston

Secretary Mrs. Thomas M. Fitzgerald III

Assistant Treasurer Mrs. James Halsey Bell

Assistant Secretary Mrs. Alexis Waller

Mrs. W. Ward Carey Mrs. Edmund M. Carpenter Nancy Mulholland Conroy Mrs. James F. Curtis III Mrs. Christopher R. Davis Mrs. James H. Dean Mr. Thompson Dean Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Mrs. Thomas J. Fahey, Jr. Mrs. Lee Gammill, Jr. Mrs. Roberto de Guardiola Mrs. Peter K. Hills Mrs. John S. Hilson Mrs. Ann F. Jeffery Julie Kammerer Jeanette W. Loeb Suzanne McDonnell Long Mrs. Minot K. Milliken Mrs. Charles H. Mott Mrs. Charles D. Peebler, Jr. Mrs. Francois de Saint Phalle Mrs. Roy R. Plum Evelyn Angevine Silla Leith Rutherfurd Talamo Mrs. Michael L. Tarnopol Mrs. Cecil Wolfson Debbie Zoullas

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‘Curiously Enchased’ Goldsmiths & Diplomats in Baroque Europe Philippa Glanville FSA. Noted writer and social histororian within the field of the Decorative Arts

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n 1557 Mary I, Queen of England, instructed Thomas Randolph

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Figure 1. Silvergilt bottles, London 1579–80. Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg/A.Hagemann

her ambassador to Ivan the Terrible as to how to present her gifts; the highlight was a “rich standing cup containing a great number of pieces of plate artificially wrought…you shall rec-

with significance beyond their actual form, they had travelled to

ommend it for the Rarity of the fashion, assuring him that We do

Brandenburg after a failed marriage negotiation with King James I,

send it him rather for the newness of the devise than for the value,

almost certainly presented to the returning German ambassador.

it being the first that was made in these parts in that manner“.

(figure 1).1

The Queen’s instructions sum up the essence of gift-exchange

Presenting beautiful, costly and preferably rare objects has

in early modern statecraft. Emphasized for their novelty and excep-

always been central to diplomacy, alongside lavish hospitality.

tional workmanship, objects fashioned in gold and silver lay at the

Both were public acts, played out before an audience. When mon-

heart of these exchanges, since they perfectly combined the finest

archs conducted diplomacy personally, an exchange of presents

craftsmanship with a recognised expression of value, as indeed

helped to cement alliances; prized for their prestige, such gifts

they still do. A young enameller Fiona Rae, who received the Royal

were widely displayed and publicised through the reports which

Warrant in 2001, makes silver boxes with the Prince of Wales’s

diplomats sent home. Many anthropologists and art historians

Feathers, which Prince Charles dispenses on appropriate occa-

have written from their contrasting perspectives about the theory

sions. Intended to delight, to impress and ultimately to persuade,

and practice of gift exchange. Historians have been slower to

these values are exemplified in Berlin’s famous baroque buffet, to

recognise how much exceptional objects embodied subtle mes-

which this essay will return. The Berlin buffet embodies some ear-

sages, messages which call for curatorial skills in decoding

lier diplomatic associations: two Elizabethan bottles with chains,

meanings and context.2 As we know from studies of the French, Danish, Swedish,

made in London in 1579–80 were recently rediscovered. Imbued

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English and Russian courts, pres-

Figure 2. Dagger and scabbard, gold and silvergilt, set with hessonite garnets and emeralds. Traditionally called ‘Henry VIII’s dagger’. Iranian, early 17th century. Portland Collection/D. Adlam

tigious, hard to come by and luxurious products were central to the gift exchange.

Recent international exhibitions have explored specific themes from Goa to Moscow. Landmarks were the Lisbon exhibition in 1996, The Heritage of Rauluchantim, on the impact of Indian goldsmiths on Portuguese diplomatic gifts and in 2002 Gifts to the Tsars 1500-1700, Treasures from the

Kremlin, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In 2000 Treasures of Catherine the Great opened the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset

Isfahan

House and Baroque Style in the Age of Magnificence 1620-1800,

to the Russian

The Victoria & Albert Museum 2009 explored the world of the court.3

ruler. A jewelled Persian dagger with a

Objects of exceptional quality and workmanship which have lost their history may have been devised originally as diplomatic

known English ownership from

gifts. For goldsmiths’ work, the paper trail allows this to be recon-

the 17th century preserved in the

structed, even if conjecturally. Francis I, for instance, chose exotic

Portland Collection may well represent that

Indian goods, notably mother of pearl, which had been imported

princely gift. But even a fashionable and costly

into Europe through Lisbon, by Queen Joanna of Portugal, sister to

choice might actually be inappropriate. In the 1650s,

his second wife Eleanor. A handsome Goanese mother of pearl

when the Emperor ordered a suite of silver furniture in Augsburg

casket, embellished in Paris by the royal goldsmith Pierre Mangot

for the Sultan from D. Schwestermuller, he found that it was quite

with silvergilt mounts in 1532, now in the Louvre but for many

unsuitable to send to Muslim Constantinople, as the tabletop was

years in English ownership., could well have been a French royal

chased with three naked women (The Judgement of Paris).5

gift to Anne Boleyn on her honeymoon visit to France in 1532.

When an ambassador took his wife, she played a part in these

When King Henry VIII died in 1547, his huge inventory included

ceremonial exchanges. Protocol might deny or discourage male

seven treasured caskets of mother of pearl, one of which had

visitors to the significant women of the court, but these women

mounts of precious metal & was comparable in size to this rare

could contact, entertain and exchange gifts with the Queen, the

survivor.

King’s mistress or his mother. These entertainments also involved

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exchanges of precious metal. In the 1660s gifts to Lady Anne

Rulers chose gifts carefully. Flattering phrases such as ‘From

the Kings own hand ’ might be deployed by the agent handing over

Fanshawe, wife of the English ambassador to Madrid included ‘a

the gift. Accounts by diplomats make it clear that these presenta-

very noble present of India plate’ from the Governor’s wife. In the

tions were observed, judged and their effect on relations evaluated.

1680s when Louis XIV wanted to make an alliance with the

Gifts were graded, so that a ruler with a son still unmarried might

Ottoman Sultan, he sent magnificent official presents to

be sent personal weapons suitable for a boy. When the Russian

Constantinople and apparently added a gold mirror enamelled

Tsar sent a bundle of costly and prestigious black sables to

with flowers and set with gems, in recognition of the particular

James I, King of England in 1617, to cement their trade treaty, he

influence of the Sultana Valide, the Sultan’s mother.6

added a gold dagger set with emeralds and rubies for the King’s

In April 1687 the Levant Company presented the gold Trumbull

son, Prince Charles, as a symbol of young manly values. In fact

Beaker, marked by George Garthorne for 1685 to Katherine, Lady

this ‘Ritch dagger beset with stones’ was Persian, itself a gift from

Trumbull, first wife of Sir William Trumbull, as they were taking a

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ship at Greenwich for Constantinople, where he had been

Figure 3. Dessert table in Rome, arranged for the English ambassador Viscount James Castlemaine. Engraving Rome 1687

appointed Ambassador. Lady Trumbull could consume sherbets and other cool non-alcoholic drinks from her gold beaker with ladies of the Ottoman court in the manner befitting a royal repre-

dinners.8

sentative. According to the Levant Company’s minute book, ‘the

Diplomacy was costly, since the choice of gifts had to be care-

Lord Amb[assador]s Lady was in expectation of a Present as her

fully matched to the recipients. We can see this, indirectly, in

Ladyship had understood other Amb[assador]s Ladys had had, it

1604. After making the obligatory presentations to the Spanish

was left to Mr Husband to provide a piece of gold plate to the

ambassadors at their peace negotiations, James I had to replenish

value of about £60 to be presented to her Lady[ship] in the

the English Jewel House. Fifteen thousand ounces of plate, includ-

Company’s name’.7

ing some early 16th century Spanish buffet plate, had been taken

The memoirs of Lady Anne Fanshawe, widow of Sir Richard

from his Great Cupboard of Estate, deliberately selected as fitting

Fanshawe, Charles II’s ambassador to Lisbon in 1662, and sub-

for the high status Spanish legates. These great pots had probably

sequently to Madrid, record how gold and silver glistened in their

accompanied Catherine of Aragon to England a century earlier.

official world. Lady Anne appreciated the lavish furnishings issued

Sadly they have not survived although the senior nobleman, the

from the Stuart Wardrobe: ‘a crimson velvet cloth of state, fringed

Constable of Castile, received one of the greatest, or at least

and laced with gold, with a chair, a footstool, and cushions, and

oldest, treasures in the Jewel House, the 14th century Royal Gold

two other stools of the same, with a Persian carpet to lay under

Cup, now in the British Museum.9

them, and a suit of fine tapestry hanging for that room ’. Their

Official gifts could include exceptionally costly regional special-

Chapel had two velvet altar-cloths fringed with gold, and their

ities, such as Tokay from Hungary, Champagne from France, furs

table and buffet were dressed with eight hundred ounces of gilt

from Russia, hardstones from Saxony, exotic birds from North

plate, and four thousand ounces of white plate, all on loan from

Africa and even a polar bear, sent from the Tsarina to Dresden.

the Crown. Displayed in a room of state, beneath a cloth and a

Jerome Horsey, an English merchant who travelled to Russia on

portrait of the monarch, the sumptuous silver issued to English

behalf of the Muscovy Company in 1586 took to Boris Gudonov

ambassadors glistened by candlelight at official receptions and

an eclectic mix of rarities; ‘2 lions, dappled bulls, 2 mastiffs,

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bulldogs (presumably for the sport of bullbaiting), gilt halberds, pistols, guns, armour,

wine, store of drugs of all kinds (spices), organs, virginals , musicians, scarlets (dyed cloth), pearl chains, plate of curious making …’. In 1663 Charles II’s embassy to Moscow took pigs of Cornish tin, as well as examples of London-made fire-arms. The latest technology, notably guns and clocks, became an English speciality.10 Porcelain opened a new phase in diplomatic gifts. In 1713 only two years after the secret of the magical ‘white gold ’ had been discovered, August II the Elector sent the first gift of this dazzling novelty to his cousin, King Frederick IV of Denmark. We are now familiar with its prestigious role, from its first discovery,

exemplified

by

the

Fragile

Diplomacy Meissen Porcelain for Foreign Courts 1710–1763 exhibition at the Bard in New York, through the Imperial exploitation of the products of the

Figure 4. The Berlin Buffet. Painting of the Rittersaal by T. Kjellberg, 1847 Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg

Du Paquier factory, to its full flowering under the kings of Prussia and of France. But goldsmiths’ work maintained its special status.

Diplomats had great prestige and attracted many gifts of plate

set out at dinners and receptions, were a prestigious necessity,

from their merchant communities. In Madrid, Lady Anne recorded

particularly before the concept of a matching dinner service

‘…the English Consul with all the merchants brought us a present

emerged. They became larger and larger. In 1663 a cistern and

of two silver basins and ewers, with a hundred weight of choco-

sconces appear in the issue to the Earl of Carlisle for his embassy

late, with crimson taffeta clothes, laced with silver laces, and

to Russia and the Earl of Peterborough was issued with a cistern

voiders, which were made in the Indies, as were also the basins

weighing 1185 ounces for his embassy to the Emperor in 1672.

and ewers… the English merchants of Seville, with their Consul,

Famously, the Earl, later Duke of Marlborough, as Ambassador to

presented us with a quantity of chocolate and as much sugar, with

the States General selected in September 1701 a trend setting

twelve fine sarcenet napkins laced thereunto belonging, with a

issue of silver dining furniture, much of it still at Althorp: one large

very large silver pot to make it in, and twelve very fine cups to

cistern of 1944 ounces, with a smaller cistern and fountain for

drink it out of, filigree, with covers of the same, with two very large

rinsing glasses and two ice pails. To this was added in December

salvers to set them upon, of silver.’

‘a paire of large Bottles curiously enchaised ’ weighing 653

Until the 1820s English ambassadors, the embodiment of the

ounces, display plate for the buffet. Having been lent 7,390

monarch, were equipped with silver from the Jewel House for

ounces for his embassy he received another 7,351 ounces on

public entertainments, to support their role as royal representa-

being appointed Captain General of His Majesty’s forces in

tives. This generous English system, which explains the former

Holland.12

royal origin of plate in many aristocratic collections such as

A case study linking England and Brandenburg-Prussia illumi-

Althorp, Anglesey Abbey, Woburn Abbey, Welbeck Abbey, Belton

nates the role of goldsmiths’ work in diplomatic exchanges. Its

and Burghley House, required ambassadors and other officers of

origins lie in the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-1697, which

state to select plate from the Crown’s reserves, or to have new

ended with the Treaty of Ryswick. Silver featured in a set of showy

services made at the Crown’s expense but to their own taste. Lent

reciprocal gifts. Only the common enemy Louis XIV was excluded,

for the period of duty, these services were often then converted into

and in effect mocked in the Dutch press, for having sacrificed his

family possessions later, by the simple step of obtaining a writ of

palace silver to the melting pot in 1689.

discharge under the Privy Seal. This process cost little more than a

The basis of the famous Augsburg buffet, a prestigious suite of

hundred pounds , whereas a single tureen might cost as much or

display silver set up in Berlin in 1701, had originated in London.

more.11

(figure 4) This was a massive pair of cisterns and fountains with

For ambassadors in northern Europe cisterns for cooling wine

the Garter Badge, ordered by William III in January 1693 and

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completed in 1694 for his German cousin and ally. Described in

was to be another cousin of William’s, the Elector of Hanover.

the Jewel House books as “ One large silver cesterne curiously

Raby needed to reinforce the message of friendship between mon-

chased and embossed with the Duke of Brandenberg’s arms 5129

archs and give exceptional honour to the new King of Prussia, a

ounces. One other the like 5073 ounces’, the English royal gift

valuable future ally in the north. In 1706, the unusually large Raby

came complete with ‘(cuir bouilli) leather cases’. When melted in

cistern made up the greater part of the plate issued to Thomas

1745, these weighed 10,203 Troy ounces or 317.3 kilos. For

Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby. He was clearly determined to have it

comparison the Raby cistern sold in July 2010 weighs 2,514

made as heavy as possible, as his instructions spell out; ‘The cistern cant be to(o) big so all the plate that is

ounces or 80 kilos. William III’s exceptional order for

Left out of the other things must be put in that to

cisterns from the English Jewel House, by far the

make up the full weight ’. However, this was

largest ever recorded, might have been partly a courteous response to the Elector’s gift of a

not merely self-aggrandisement but a nec-

suite of cabinet, stands and mirror made of

essary piece of statesmanship on behalf of

Figure 5. The Raby Cistern, London 1706. Sold at Sothebys 10 July 2010

white Baltic amber to Queen Mary, which John Evelyn saw at Whitehall Palace in July 1693.13 Prince Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (1657–1713)

Queen Anne’s reputation as a generous and wealthy monarch and

thought he might become King William’s heir to the Orange title in

worthy successor to William III.14

the Netherlands, so the massive Augsburg buffet he commissioned

Diplomatic dinners were a kind of competitive warfare, carried

in the late 1690s for the Rittersall (Knights Hall) or throne room of

out without shots being fired in anger. In the 18th century as the

the Berlin Palace is ornamented with the red eagle of Brandenburg

buffet declined, so the table became the main vehicle for display-

and the lions of Holland.

ing silver. The French court was again the innovator. From the

This episode of princely extravagance had an aftermath. In

1670s, Louis XIV’s designers and artists generated new ideas,

1701 Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby, was a witness in Berlin

from ways of eating to the form of gifts, ideas which rapidly

when the Elector declared himself King of Prussia. The largest ele-

spread across Europe. Lacking easy access to silver and exploit-

ments in his new buffet, literally its dual foundations, were the two

ing the newly arrived technique of gem-cutting, Louis XIV started

massive cisterns ordered by William III as presents for the Elector

presenting foreign diplomats with gold boxes set with diamonds,

in 1694. By the time Raby was appointed Ambassador in 1706,

accompanied by some delicious Paris-made novelty, such as a

the English throne was occupied by Queen Anne, and her successor

jewelled mirror, a watch or a fan, for the ladies.

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Figure 6. Dinner for William of Orange and Mary Stuart at the Hague, c.1680; detail of engraving by Romeyn de Hooghe. Ann Eatwell/VandA

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Figure 7. The White Drawing Room at Waddesdon Manor, laid for a royal dinner. George III Service by R-J Auguste, Paris and F P Bundsen, Hanover,1775–1824. ©The National Trust. Waddesdon Manor/ the Rothschild Collection, Rothschild Family Trust/M.Fear

Goldsmiths’ work ‘in the new fashion ’ was perceived as a symbol of national or at least royal policy. Embracing this strategy, the French court pursued Colbert’s policy of emphasizing the luxury trades and L’Art du Vivre as national characteristics. For many years silver historians have cited references in the Mercure

arranged the marriage of his daughter Princess Mary to Prince

de France in the 1690s to Louis XIV’s newly invented tableware,

Frederick of Hesse, later Landgrave of Hesse. Her English retinue

from the surtout to the sauceboat ‘avec deux anses et deux becs’

was led to Kassel by the Duchess of Dorset. Immediately after their

devised by the royal goldsmiths for his private dining room at

arrival Frances Countess of Hertford wrote back to the Countess of

Marly . However, the true meaning of these newspaper stories has

Pomfret describing their reception, the dinner and public ball and

been missed; they are propaganda, inserted to demonstrate the

emphasizing the nature of the gifts, carefully selected as fitting for

King’s continuing wealth and his inventive menus. The policy

a noblewoman ‘The whole was conducted with surprising magnif-

worked. French innovations in tableware were emulated by other

icence and order; and the English who were present were treated

courts, as the news spread, so that by 1700 English ambassa-

with all imaginable distinction and politeness. The Duchess of

dors were also rapidly demanding tureens, this new kind of

Dorset was presented with a fine diamond ring; a set of Dresden

centrepiece or surtout (as depicted by Francois Massialot in the

china; and a tea table with a gold tea-canister, kettle and lamp.’

1712 edition of his famous Cuisiniers roial et bourgeois) and the

This personal witness would be passed on, shared within court

more convenient deeper sauceboats for their services. Although the

circles and redound to the honour of both parties.16

French King had lost a huge amount of face and damaged his

Although the dry entries in court ledgers may seem opaque,

international standing by the colossal sacrifices of plate and silver

silver has the unique advantage that its weight was usually

furniture to the melting pots in 1689 and indeed again in 1708/9,

recorded. Jet Pijsel Dommisse’s recent research on Hague silver

he had found a way to create a more positive image through these

identified the origin of two magnificent silver Buires or waterfoun-

new commissions.

tains in the Portland Collection in England. Unmarked and with no

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In an age when royal marriages cemented alliances, these

contemporary documentation in family papers, these great buffet

were a high point of diplomacy, requiring many gifts for the atten-

pieces, clearly French in design, have a parallel in a Paris fountain

dants, themselves aristocrats, who would bear witness later as to

Figure 8. Pair of fountains or Buires, the Hague, Adam Loofs 1680–1.

Portland Collection/D. Adlam

the successful achievement of the occasion. In 1740 George II

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Understanding the context explains the choice. This spectacular cup, Hamburg work of about 1600, stands almost 30 inches tall and is crowned with a figure of Justice. More important, it is chased with portraits of northern European rulers who were Protestant or sympathetic to reform. As elucidated recently for the Schroder exhibition at the Wallace Collection, the portraits probably depict the kings of Sweden, Poland and France, and the rulers of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Brandenburg and Hesse-Kassel. The link appears to be the various roles they

played

in

the

German

Reformation. Originally one of a pair presented to Luneburg by Leonhardt Tobing in 1602, this massive cup also bears three cold-enamelled figures of Fortitude, Temperance and Prudence. In 1706 the city of Luneberg

needed

to

mark

its

homage to the Elector; a new relationship had emerged, since the Duchy of Celle was now united with the Electorate of Hanover under his rule. The Protestant theme was entirely appropriate to the Elector, who had been fighting the French for most of his adult life.18 Publicity was also a feature of the giftFigure 9. William of Orange (William III).

Drawing in crayon by Kneller. Portland Collection/D. Adlam

exchange. Moscow’s policy of publicising tributes from foreign monarchs is particularly well-documented. Carried in ceremonious processions through the streets and accompanied by music, gifts such as a spectacular set of tall cups from Sweden or a rock crystal chandelier and

of the early 1660s (now at the Getty),

fifty nine pieces of plate from the States General were an essential

but are not French in their execution and workmanship. We now

element in the formal reception of an arriving ambassador.

know that the States General ordered them in 1681 as a present

However, from Constantinople to London the public were given the

for William of Orange. The Dutch goldsmith Adam Loofs had

opportunity to enjoy these spectacles. Until the late 17th century

indeed spent many years in Paris working for Louis XIV, but

the Banqueting House in Whitehall was the setting for ambassa-

returned to the Hague in time to be given this prestigious commis-

dorial receptions; the Russian embassy of 1662 was a particularly

sion, which he executed with high baroque bravura. He had not

impressive occasion. As the diarist John Evelyn noted, 165 of the

yet been re-admitted to the Hague guild, hence the absence of

retinue carried the presents of sables, fox and ermine, Persian car-

marks. These spectacular objects left the Hague after William

pets, ‘hawks , such as they said never came the like; horses said

became King of England; they are now crowned with the stag crest

to be Persian ’ into the Banqueting House. When the Moroccan

of the Cavendish family.

ambassador brought 2 lions and 30 ostriches, Charles II joked

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that all he could send in return was a flock of geese.19

Gifts of gold and silver had to be showy, eye-catching, and if not actually ‘in the latest fashion’, at least curious, or incorporating

Plate contributed to a realm’s self-presentation. Court officials

flattering messages or historical associations. Why in 1706 did

arranged exhibitions of exceptionally large objects intended for for-

the city of Luneburg in the north German duchy of Celle choose a

eign recipients, as occurred several times in London’s West End in

cup already a hundred years old as a presentation to the Elector

the 1720s and 1730s, when the King himself was shown the cis-

George Ludwig (later King George I of England)?

tern (or bath) ordered from Paul Crespin by the King of Portugal.

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Figure 10. The Hanover Cup. Schroder Collection

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Newspapers in London, Paris and the Hague published stories

Figure 11. Silver furniture and chandeliers acquired by George II for Hanover, evacuated from Hanover in 1803 and displayed in the Ballroom, Windsor Castle from 1805 to 1816. Aquatint from W.H. Pyne, Royal Residences 1819. ©The National Trust. Waddesdon Manor, the Rothschild Collection/M. Fear

about exceptional silver commissions, no doubt fed by the contemporary equivalent of press agents. When George III wanted to promote British support against Napoleon’s invasion of his electorate of Hanover, he held a magnificent party for princes, dukes

behind a Dutch newspaper story in 1698, reporting a story from

and diplomats at Windsor Castle on 25 February 1805 with a

London about a new and impressive suite of silver furniture being

German theme. For the press, the highlight of the event was the

made for William III. This, the newspaper claimed, was intended

‘choice and valuable furniture saved from the plundering hands of

as a gift for Louis XIV, who had been forced at the Treaty of

the common enemy, when he unjustly invaded the King’s electoral

Ryswick in 1697 to make peace with the Dutch Republic and

dominions’; that is the dazzling silver tables, mirrors, chandeliers

England. His costly military campaigns had famously forced him

and tableware from Hanover, accumulated over the previous hun-

to sacrifice twenty tons of precious metal in 1689 including one

dred and fifty years and seen for the first time in Britain. The sheer

hundred and twenty pieces of silver furniture from Versailles, plus

splendour of his Hanover silver, some of which is now on show at

even his showy tableware. So the story was a calculated public

the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, with a French dinner service

insult. In fact, William III ordered this suite as his celebration of the

split between The Louvre and Waddesdon Manor, was intended to

Treaty of Ryswick; intended for prominent display at his evening

impress and persuade the British audience that the Electorate was

Appartements in the State Rooms of Kensington Palace, the silver

worth defending.

table, gueridons & mirror are still in the Royal Collection.21

Not necessarily accurate, newspaper stories in fact might be a

In London there was always acute and competitive awareness

deliberate snub to a recently defeated enemy. This motive lies

of Paris design and craftsmanship in goldsmiths’ work. French

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Figure 12. Detail of the George III Service by R-J Auguste, Paris and FP Bundsen in the White Drawing Room at Waddesdon Manor. Waddesdon Manor ©The National Trust/ the Rothschild Collection. Rothschild Family Trust/M.Fear

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plate cost more, just as French chefs demanded higher wages and more expensive ingredients. Because of the sheer cost of warfare, Louis XV found it necessary to call plate into the melt in 1759, to

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finance his war against England and her allies. At once, a carica-

12

ture was published in London showing Louis XV and his favourite, the notoriously extravagant Mme de Pompadour wielding shears 13

to cut up the royal tableware, including a rococo tureen, a candelabrum and a fancy casket bearing the signature of the famous Meissonier. However, these ancient enmities and the exorbitant cost of Paris-made plate were no bar to foreign courts commis-

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sioning from French royal goldsmiths. When George III, as Elector of Hanover, required a new service in the fashionable neoclassical

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style for his Electoral palace, his German officials commissioned 16

designs from Joseph and Ignaz Wurth in Vienna and Luigi Valadier in Rome. But it was in Paris, and to the royal goldsmith Robert Joseph August, that the commission was made, as Dr

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Lorenz Seelig has demonstrated.22

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Connoisseurship has its limitations; we now benefit from a subtler historical understanding of the mysterious world of diplo-

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matic gifts. The messages embedded within exceptional objects can be unlocked only by archival probing. In the last twenty five

20.

years we have benefitted from a flowering of reconstructive history; the Society for Court Studies published valuable conference papers

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in 2009. Equally, sales of major objects attract stimulate research, as with the Raby cistern.

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Thanks are due to Derek Adlam, Deborah Lambert, Felicity Glanville, Alfred Hagemann and Diana Stone for their kind assistance with images

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A. Hagemann, “A Prussian Rediscovery Two Elizabethan chain bottles in Oranienburg Palace” Silver Studies Journal of the Silver Society, no.23, 2008, pp.135-140 A. Morrall, Introduction, The Court Historian Gift-giving in eighteenthcentury courts, The Society for Court Studies, vol.14, no.2, 2009 Royal Treasures from Denmark 1709 Frederik IV in Florence, Museo degli Argenti, Florence 1994, dealt with the unusual event of a king travelling abroad, with goldsmiths work lavishly deployed.

M.Bimbenet Privat, L’Orfevrerie Parisienne de la Renaissance Trésors Disperses, Centre Culturel du Panthéon Paris 1995, no.73a, pp.110-111 The National Archives, State Papers, vol.91, part 2, f 37. “The Emperour of Russia his Presents to the Kings Majesty”. S. Korner, “Une Ambition royale Le mobilier d’argent des Princes Esterhazy” Quand Versailles etait meuble d’argent, Chateau de Versailles/ Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, pp.169-186, fig.169. The offending table is on show at the Esterhazy Castle outside Vienna Mirrors had a special significance at the Ottoman court. The Paris-marked gold mirror, which had passed by marriage to an Indian princely family, was recently on the London market The Trumbull Beaker is in the British Museum. Horatio Walpole Envoy to France in the 1720s, complained bitterly “I have little or no plate and must be obliged to have a handsome sett”. P and G Glanville” French fancy Silver from Paris and its English patrons”Rococo silver in England and its colonies, edited by V.Brett Silver Studies Special Paper, vol 20, 2006, pp.27-28 Lady Anne Fanshawe, Memoirs, online Gutenberg Project The Royal Gold Cup, Paris c.1370-80, is in the British Museum.

P.Glanville, Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England, Victoria & Albert Museum 1990, p.122 Y.Yablonskaya, “Seventeenth-Century Firearms in the Kremlin” Britannia and Muscovy English Silver at the Court of the Tsars, Yale 2006.

M.Cassidy Geiger,“The Politics of Porcelain”, The 25th International Ceramics Fair and Seminar 2006, pp.28-30 J.Lomax, “Royalty and silver: the role of the Jewel House in the eighteenth century” Silver Society Journal vol 11,1999, pp.133-139 P and G Glanville, “A la Cour des Stuarts” Château de Versailles, Quand Versailles etait meuble d’argent, Réunion des musées nationaux, 2007, pp.198-200 M.Winterbottom and A Hagemann, “New discoveries concerning the Berlin silver buffet”, Silver Studies Journal of the Silver Society, no.22, 2007, p117-122. Also discussed by L.Seelig,”Late baroque wall-mounted buffets in Berlin and Dresden” in Silver and Gold Courtly Splendour from Augsburg, Prestel Munich/New York 1995 H. Jacobsen, “Ambassadorial plate of the late Stuart period and the collection of the Earl of Strafford”, Journal of the History of Collections, vol 19, no.1, 2007, pp.1-14 Versailles et les tables royales en Europe XVIIième-XIXième siècles, Château de Versailles /Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993 Correspondance between Frances Countess, of Hartford afterwards Duchess of Somerset and Henrietta Louisa Countess of Pomfret, 2nd ed, 1806, vol. 2, p.12, to the Countess of Pomfret Richkings 23 July 1740.

J. Pijsel Dommisse, Haags goud en zilver, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 2005, pp.25-27 R. Hatton, George I Elector and King, Thames & Hudson 1978, p. 89 and passim. T.Schroder, Renaissance Silver from the Schroder Collection, Wallace Collection/Holberton 2007, p.158-9 A.Kudriavtseva ”Ambassadorial ceremony at the Tsar’s court”, Gifts to the Tsars. pp.43-62; Diary of John Evelyn, 27 Nov and 29 Dec 1662 The Times 26 February 1805 .E Alcorn, English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston vol 2 Silver from 1697, MFA Boston 2000, pp.72-75, col.pl. 3 and 4 Royal Treasures A Golden Jubilee Celebration ,edited by J.Roberts , The Royal Collection 2000, pp.149-51.M.Winterbottom “Such massy pieces of plate; Silver furnishings in the English royal palaces 1660–1702,” Apollo, August 2002, pp.19-26 L.Seelig, “The King George III silver service by RJ Auguste and FP Bundsen”, Silver Society of Canada Journal, vol 13, 2010, pp.44-91

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Exhibitors

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Directory of Exhibitors A La Vieille Russie, Inc. • F1 • page 39

J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd • B6 • page 45

781 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 752 1727 www.alvr.com email: alvr@alvr.com

24 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6BU, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 4714 Cell 44 (0)7769 974366 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 3951 email: enquiries@bourdonsmith.co.uk Gallery personnel: John H. Bourdon-Smith, Edward J. Bourdon-Smith, Julia Bourdon-Smith

European and American antique jewellery, Fabergé, gold snuffboxes and objets de vertu, Russian decorative and fine arts, including porcelain, glass, furniture, silver, paintings and icons

Silver specialists in early spoons, collectables and objects from the Georgian and Victorian periods, with an emphasis on English, Scottish and Irish silver including all the provincial centres of the British Isles

Agnew’s • E10 • page 40 35 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JD, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7290 9250 Fax 44 (0)20 7629 4359 www.agnewsgallery.co.uk email: agnews@agnewsgallery.co.uk Gallery personnel: Julian Agnew, Christopher Kingzett, Gabriel Naughton

W. M. Brady & Co • D4 • page 46

Old Master paintings and drawings, English paintings and drawings

22 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075, USA Telephone 1 212 249 7212 Fax 1 212 628 6587 email: markcwmbrady.com or lauracwmbrady.com Gallery personnel: W. Mark Brady, Laura Bennett

Apter-Fredericks Ltd • D11 • page 41

Old Master and 19th century drawings and paintings

265-267 Fulham Road, London SW3 6HY, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7352 2188 Cell 1 917 693 4063 Fax 44 (0)20 7376 5619 www.apter-fredericks.com email: antiques@apter-fredericks.com Gallery personnel: Harry G. Apter, Guy D. Apter

Sandra Cronan Ltd • A14 • page 47 First Floor, 16 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HW, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7491 4851 www.sandracronan.com email: enquiries@sandracronan.com Gallery personnel: Sandra Cronan, Catherine Taylor, Catherine Edwards

18th and 19th century English furniture, mirrors, chandeliers, lustres and objects; Chinese Canton and cloisonné enamel

Fine antique and period jewels

Ariadne Galleries • E7 • page 42 Douglas Dawson Gallery • A5 • page 48

11 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 772 3388 Fax 1 212 517 7562 www.ariadnegalleries.com email: info@ariadnegalleries.com Gallery personnel: Torkom Demirjian (President), James, Paul and Gregory Demirjian

400 North Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60642, USA Telephone 1 312 226 7975 Fax 1 312 226 7974 www.douglasdawson.com email: info@douglasdawson.com Gallery personnel: Douglas Dawson, Wallace Bowling

Ancient and historic non-western art from Africa, Asia and the Americas Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, and Asian Antiquities

Charles Ede Ltd • D12 • page 49 H. Blairman & Sons Ltd • B16 • page 43

20 Brook Street, London W1K 5DE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 4944 Fax 44 (0)20 7629 5797 www.charlesede.com email: info@charlesede.com Gallery personnel: James Ede, Serena Ede

PO Box 6374, London W1A 3UR, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 0444 Fax 44 (0)20 7495 0766 www.blairman.co.uk email: blairman@blairman.co.uk Gallery Personnel: Martin P Levy (Director)

Classical and Egyptian antiquities 19th century furniture and works of art

Finch & Co. • F8 • page 50 Galerie Boulakia • E5 • page 44

Suite 744, 2 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3DQ, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7413 9937 Cell 44 (0)7768 236921 www.finch-and-co.co.uk email: enquiries@finch-and-co.co.uk Gallery personnel: Jan Finch and Craig Finch

10 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0)1 5659 6655 Cell 33 (0)6 1185 5855 Fax 33 (0)1 4225 4913 www.boulakia.net email: galerie@boulakia.net Gallery personnel: Fabien Boulakia, Daniel Boulakia

European works of art, antiquities, ethnographic art, natural history

Modern and contemporary art

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Directory of Exhibitors Peter Finer • D1 • page 51

Dr Jörn Günther Rare Books AG • A8/9 • page 57

38 & 39 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DF, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 5666 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 5777 From USA & Canada: Telephone & Fax 1 800 270 7951 (24hrs) www.peterfiner.com email: gallery@peterfiner.com Gallery personnel: Peter Finer, Redmond Finer

Moosboden, Stalden, Obwalden 6063, Switzerland Telephone 41 41 669 7000 Cell 41 79 414 9898 Fax 41 41 669 7001 www.guenther-rarebooks.com email: info@guenther-rarebooks.com Gallery personnel: Dr Jörn Günther, Heikedine Günther, Beatrix Zumbült

Antique arms, armour and related objects

Illuminated manuscripts, early prints, incunabula, rare books, miniatures, 12th–17th century

Galerie Fleury • A12 • page 52 36 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0) 142564611 Cell 33 (0) 61039 1825 Fax 33 (0)1 42564611 www.galerie-fleury.com email: alri2@wanadoo.fr Gallery personnel: Christian Fleury (Director), Alexandre Fleury

Hancocks • B2 • pages 58-59

Modern 20th century painting and sculpture

Antique and 20th century jewellery, silver and objets d’art

Foster-Gwin, Inc. • D6 • page 53

Brian Haughton Gallery • E1 • pages 60-63

38 Hotaling Place, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA Telephone 1 415 397 4986 Fax 1 415 397 4988 www.fostergwin.com email: info@fostergwin.com Gallery personnel: S. Collier Gwin, Oliver Colt, Bryan James

15 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7389 6550 Fax 44 (0)20 7389 6556 www.haughton.com email: gallery@haughton.com Gallery personnel: Brian Haughton, Paul Crane

16th, 17th and 18th century Continental furniture and works of art, antiques and contemporary painting

English and Continental ceramics

52 & 53 Burlington Arcade, London W1J OHH, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 8904 Fax 44 (0)20 7493 8905 www.hancocks-london.com email: info@hancocks-london.com Gallery personnel: Stephen Burton, Duncan Semmens, Janie Burton

Donald A Heald • B8/9 • page 64 Gander & White Shipping Ltd

124 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 744 3505 Cell 1 917 453 9124 Fax 1 212 628 7847 www.donaldheald.com email: info@donaldheald.com Gallery personnel: Donald Heald, Jeremy Markowitz, Patrick Bavasi, Tom McLaughlin

Unit 1, St Martin’s Way, Wimbledon, London SW17 OJH, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 8971 7160 Fax 44 (0)20 8946 8062 www.ganderandwhite.com email: oliver.howell@ganderandwhite.com and 21-44 44th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA Telephone 1 718 784 8444 Fax 1 718 784 9337 www.ganderandwhite.com email: michael.jaque@ganderandwhite.com

18th and 19th century books, prints, drawings and maps

Bernd Goeckler Antiques, Inc. • D9 • pages 54-55

Jeffrey Beal Henkel • J1 • page 65

30 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 777 8209 Fax 1 212 777 8302 www.bgoecklerantiques.com email: bgantiques@mac.com Gallery personnel: Bernd Goeckler, Mike Freels, Sylvanus Shaw, Katja Hirche, Robert Zurcher

82 Poor Farm Road, Pennington, NJ 08534, USA Telephone 1 609 306 4996 Cell 1 609 306 4996 Fax 1 609 537 1287 email: henkel.Jeffrey@gmail.com

Garden objects and statuary High style European furniture, lighting, ceramics and decoration with an emphasis on mid-20th century design

Hostler Burrows • C4 • page 66 104 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013, USA Telephone 1 212 343 0471 Fax 1 212 343 0472 www.hostlerburrows.com info@hostlerburrows.com

Michael Goedhuis • D3 • page 56 61 Cadogan Square, London SW1X 0HZ, UK Telephone: 44 (0)20 7823 1395 www.michaelgoedhuis.com email: london@michaelgoedhuis.com Gallery personnel: Michael Goedhuis, Joanna Sparber, Su-en Wong, Anna McKenna, Rosa de Mello de Rego

Specialising in 20th century Scandinavian design with an emphasis on studio ceramics, furniture and carpets by leading architects and designers of the period

Chinese contemporary ink painting, Chinese works of art

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Directory of Exhibitors Hyde Park Antiques, Ltd • D8 • page 67

Kentshire • A3/4 • pages 74-75

836 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 477 0033 Fax 1 212 477 1781 www.hydeparkantiques.com email: info@hydeparkantiques.com Gallery personnel: Bernard Karr, President

37 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 673 6644 Fax 1 212 979 0923 and 700 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 212 421 1100 Fax 1 212 421 1180 www.kentshire.com email: info@kentshire.com Gallery personnel: Robert Israel, Fred Imberman, Matthew Imberman, Ellen Israel, Marcie Imberman, Carrie Imberman

18th and early 19th century English furniture; Chinese export porcelain and English ceramics; British sporting and marine paintings

Hyland Granby Antiques • B13 • page 70

18th and early 19th century English furniture and objects. Antique and 20th century jewellery

PO Box 457, Hyannis Port, MA 02647, USA Telephone 1 508 771 3070 Cell 1 508 878 4400 Fax 1 508 778 4842 www.hylandgranby.com email: alan@hylandgranby.com Gallery personnel: Alan Granby, Janice Hyland

Keshishian • A15 • page 77 73 Pimlico Road, London SW1W 8NE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7730 8810 Fax 44 (0)20 7730 8803 and By appointment in New York Telephone 1 212 956 1586 www.keshishiancarpets.com email: info@keshishiancarpets.com

18th and 19th century maritime artifacts and paintings, including woodcarvings such as eagles, cannons, ship clocks, etc.

Il Quadrifoglio Srl • D7 • pages 68-69

Antique carpets, tapestries and Aubussons

Via Carlo Pisacane 40, 20129 Milan, Italy Telephone 39 02 2951 8031 Cell 39 3353 71907 Fax 39 02 2040 8637 email: ilquadrifogliomilano@libero.it Gallery personnel: Augusto Brun, Marco Brun, Pilar Pandini

Jack Kilgore & Co Inc. • E11 • page 78 154 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 650 1149 Fax 1 212 650 1389 www.kilgoregallery.com email: info@kilgoregallery.com Gallery personnel: Jack Kilgore (President), Kay Fausel (Director)

17th and 18th century Italian furniture and works of art

Jason Jacques Gallery • G6 • page 71

Old masters, specialising in 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings and 19th century European

29 East 73rd Street, #1, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 535 7500 Cell 1 646 321 3999 Fax 1 212 535 5757 www.jasonjacques.com email: fish@jasonjacques.com / Jason@jasonjacques.com Gallery personnel: Jason Jacques, Johnathan (Yoni) Ben-Yosef, Marilyn Fish

Koopman Rare Art • D10 • page 79 The London Silver Vaults, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1QS, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7242 7624 Fax 44 (0)20 7831 0221 www.koopmanrareart.com email: enquiries@koopmanrareart.com

European art pottery created between 1875–1925; European posters of Art Nouveau era works of art by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele

Antique silver and objets d’art

Galerie Lefebvre • B11 • pages 80-81 Japonesque • E3 • page 72

15 Rue du Pré aux Clercs, 75007 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0) 14548 1813 Cell 33 (0)6 9802 1813 Fax 33 (0) 14548 0469 www.gallery-lefebvre.com email: gallerylefebvre@gmail.com Gallery personnel: Romain Lefebvre, Hillary Keeguin, Yana Mihailuka

824 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA Telephone 1 415 391 8860 Cell 1 415 533 5151 Fax 1 415 391 3530 email: koichihara@earthlink.net Gallery personnel: Koichi Hara

20th century decorative arts: furniture, paintings, sculpture and photography

Japanese contemporary and antique works of art

Jane Kahan Gallery • G3 • page 76 922 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 744 1490 Fax 1 212 744 1598 www.janekahan.com email: janekahan@janekahan.com

20th century European and American masters: paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, tapestries

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Directory of Exhibitors Lillian Nassau LLC • G8 • page 82

Jill Newhouse • C6 • page 89

220 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 759 6062 Cell 1 917 863 5649 Fax 1 212 832 9493 www.lilliannassau.com email: info@lilliannassau.com Gallery personnel: Arlie Sulka, Erik Silver

4 East 81st Street, New York, NY 10028, USA Telephone 1 212 249 9216 Fax 1 212 734 4098 www.jillnewhouse.com email: maildrop@jillnewhouse.com Gallery personnel: Jill Newhouse, Christa Savino

Specialising in works on paper by modern masters Tiffany Studio lamps, glass, ceramics, windows and metalwork; European and American decorative arts and sculpture of the late 19th and early 20th century; mid-century modern furniture

Frank Partridge • E6 • page 90 7 Thurloe Square, London SW7 2TA, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7225 3654 Cell 44 (0)7801 480548 Fax 44 (0)20 7581 9387 www.frankpartridge.org email: mail@frankpartridge.net Gallery personnel: Frank Partridge, Susan Partridge

H.M. Luther • G1 • page 83 The Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 439 7919 Fax 1 212 439 0966 and Greenwich Village, 61 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 505 1485 Fax 1 212 505 0401 www.hmluther.com email: info@hmluther.com Gallery personnel: Daniel Harrison, Scott Vanderhamm, James Harrison, Jean Tucker

English and French furniture; French clocks

Ronald Phillips Ltd • B3/4 • pages 92-93 26 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QL, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 2341 Fax 44 (0)20 7495 0843 www.ronaldphillipsantiques.com email: advice@ronaldphillips.co.uk Gallery personnel: Simon Phillips, Tekin Fuad

18th, 19th and 20th century European and Asian furniture, decorations and works of art; Russian and Swedish; French and Italian; Chinese and Japanese

18th and 19th century English furniture, clocks, barometers, and works of art

MacConnal-Mason Gallery • G5 • page 88 14 & 17 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 7693 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 6797 www.macconnal-mason.com email: fineart@macconnal-mason.com Gallery personnel: David L. Mason OBE, David M. Mason, Marcus Halliwell, Simon Carter

Phoenix Ancient Art • E2 • page 91 47 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 212 288 7518 Cell 1 516 987 4574 Fax 1 212 288 7121 www.phoenixancientart.com www.e-tiquities.com email: info@phoenixancientart.com and 6 rue Verdaine, 1211-3 Geneva, Switzerland Telephone 41 (0)22 318 8010 Cell 41 79 353 6403 Fax 41 22 310 0388 email paa@phoenixancientart.com Gallery personnel: Hicham Aboutaam, Emily Davis (New York); Ali Aboutaam, C.Michael Hedqvist (Geneva)

19th and 20th century British and European paintings and sculpture, including 19th century Dutch Romantic, Victorian and British sporting paintings, Post-Impressionist and Modern British paintings

Maison Gerard Ltd • G2 • pages 84-85 53 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 674 7611 Fax 1 212 475 6314 www.maisongerard.com email: home@maisongerard.com Gallery Personnel: Gerard Widdershoven, Benoist F. Drut, Christopher Knight

Art from Western civilisations, including the ancient Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Islamic world, as well as Byzantium and European works of art

20th century French furniture, lighting and objects d’art, specializing in Art deco, Danish ceramics, Italian glass, contemporary French decorative arts

Potterton Books • B7 • page 94 The Old Rectory, Sessay, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 3LZ, UK Telephone 44 (0)1845 501218 Fax 44 (0)1845 501439 www.pottertonbooks.co.uk email: ros@pottertonbooks.co.uk Gallery personnel: Clare Jameson

Mallett Inc. • E12 • pages 86-87 929 Madison Avenue at 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 249 8783 Fax 1 212 249 8784 www.mallettantiques.com Gallery personnel: Henry Neville, Joao Magalhaes and Gutierrez-Folch

International booksellers of new and unusual out of print titles, specialising in architecture, design, interior decoration, antiques and the fine and decorative arts

18th and 19th century English and Continental furniture, glass, works of art, fine paintings and watercolours

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Directory of Exhibitors Primavera Gallery NY • F7 • page 95

The Silver Fund • C5 • pages 102-103

210 11th Avenue at 25th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001, USA Telephone 1 212 924 6600 Fax 1 212 924 6602 www.primaveragallery.com email: contact@primaveragallery.com Gallery personnel: Audrey Friedman, Haim Manishevitz, Bella Neyman

472 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA Telephone 1 415 391 4151 Cell 1 917 447 1911

Exceptional Georg Jensen and 20th century silver and specialists in the work of Jean Puiforcat and other great 20th century makers

Fine 20th century furniture and objects including glass, silver, ceramics, sculpture, painting and lighting. Additionally, we have fine and unusual signed period antique jewellery from the Georgian period through the 1980s

The Sladmore Gallery, London • A16 • page 105 New York Office: 36 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 646 708 3720 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6LX, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7629 1144 Fax 44 (0)207 495 3668 www.sladmore.com email: edward@sladmore.com Gallery personnel: Edward Horswell, Oliver Wootton

Raffety & Walwyn Ltd • B1 • pages 96-97 79 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BG, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7938 1100 Cell 44 (0)7768 096869 Fax 44 (0)20 7938 2519 www.raffetyantiqueclocks.com email: raffety@globalnet.co.uk Gallery personnel: Nigel Raffety, Howard Walwyn

19th and early 20th century European sculpture

Somlo Antiques • B10 • page 108

Selected British and Continental 17th and 18th century tallcase and bracket clocks, barometers and period furniture

35-36 Burlington Arcade, London W1J 0QB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7499 6526 Fax 44 (0)20 7499 0603 www.somloantiques.com email: mail@somlo.com Gallery personnel: George Somlo, Sandi Somlo

Red Fox Fine Art • C1 • page 98 At the Red Fox Inn, 2 East Washington Street, 2nd Floor, PO Box 385, Middleburg, VA 20118, USA Telephone 1 540 687 5780 Cell 1 703 851 5160 Fax 1 540 687 6306 www.redfoxfineart.com email: tr@redfoxfineart.com Gallery personnel: Turner Reuter, Alex Orfila, Claudia Pfeiffer.

Vintage wristwatches and antique pocket watches

Galerie Steinitz • F3 • pages 106-107 77 rue du Faubourg St Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0)1 56 43 66 70 Fax 33 (0)1 56 43 66 71 email: Steinitz@steinitz.fr

Fine paintings and sculpture, 1750–1950

17th and 18th century French furniture, objects, sculptures and boiseries

James Robinson, Inc. • F2 • page 100 480 Park Avenue at 58th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 752 6166 Fax 1 212 754 0961 www.jrobinson.com email: info@jrobinson.com

TAI Gallery/Textile Arts • F5 1601 B Paseo de Paralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA www.textilearts.com email: gallery@textilearts.com Gallery personnel: David Halpern, Everett Cole, Koichiro Okada

Antique and period jewellery, antique English silver, antique porcelain and glass, handmade sterling silver flatware

Contemporary and antique signed Japanese bamboo baskets and sculpture, historic Indonesian museum-quality textiles and contemporary Japanese photography

Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books • C2 • page 101 32 St George Street, London W1S 2EA, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 0876 Fax 44 (0)20 7495 5010 www.shapero.com email: rarebooks@shapero.com

Tambaran Gallery • F6 • page 109 5 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028, USA Telephone 1 212 570 0655 Fax 1 212 744 1256 www.tambaran.com email: tambaran@verizon.net Gallery personnel: Maureen Zarember, Owner/Director

Antiquarian and rare books, maps, prints and photographs; specialities are: travel books, cartography, colour plate books, modern literature, early English, natural history, and Baedeker travel guides

Ancient art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas

S.J. Shrubsole Corp. • A6/7 • page 104 104 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 753 8920 Fax 1 212 754 5192 www.shrubsole.com email: inquiries@shrubsole.com

Antique English, Irish and American silver; Antique jewellery and glass

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Directory of Exhibitors Erik Thomsen • E9 • page 110

Wienerroither & Kohlbacher • B15 • page 115

23 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 212 288 2588 Fax 1 212 535 6787 www.erikthomsen.com email: info@erikthomsen.com

Strauchgasse 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria Telephone 43 1 5339977 Cell 43 699 13017899 / 699 13233447 Fax 43 1 5339988 www.austrianfineart.at email: office@austrianfineart.at Gallery personnel: Alois Wienerroither, Eberhard Kohlbacher, Philip Mezzatesta

Japanese fine art from the 14th to the early 20th century, specialising in screens, paintings, tea ceramics, gold lacquer and ikebana baskets

Austrian and International modern art

Tomasso Brothers Fine Art • A2 • page 111 Bardon Hall, Weetwood Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 8HJ, UK Telephone 44 (0)113 275 5545 Gallery personnel: Raffaello Tomasso, Tobias Desmet www.tomassobrothers.co.uk email: info@tomassobrothers.co.uk

David & Constance Yates and Associates • A11 • page 118 PO Box 580, Lenox Hill Station, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 879 7758 Cell 1 33 60757 5823 Fax 1 212 794 4680 www.dcyates.com email: info@dcyates.com Gallery personnel: David Yates, Constance Yates, Alfred Van Lely Veld, Olivier Trebosc

European sculpture, paintings and decorative arts pre 1820

Trinity House • G7 • page 114

European sculpture, medals and paintings

50 Maddox Street, London W1S 1AY, UK and 67 High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7DP, UK Telephone 44 (0)1386 859329 Cell 44 (0)7866 419566 Fax 44 (0)1386 859298 www.trinityhousepaintings.com email: art@trinityhousepaintings.com Gallery personnel: Simon Shore, Steven Beale

British and French paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Axel Vervoordt • D2/5 • pages 112-113 Kasteel van ’s-Gravenwezel, St Jobsteenweg 64, B-2970 ’s-Gravenwezel, Belgium KANAAL Stokerijstraat 19, B-2110 Wijnegem, Belgium Telephone 32 3 355 3300 Fax 32 3 355 3301 www.axel-vervoordt.com email: info@axel-vervoordt.com Gallery personnel: Axel Vervoordt, Boris Vervoordt, Robert Lauwers, Philip Feyfer

Eclectic combination of East and West with high quality works of art ranging from Egyptian stone vessels, through Renaissance bronzes and 18th century furniture to contemporary paintings

Wartski • A1 • pages 116-117 14 Grafton Street, London W1S 4DE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 1141 Fax 44 (0)20 7409 7448 www.wartski.com email: wartski@wartski.com Gallery personnel: Geoffrey Munn, Katherine Purcell, Jeremy Harding

Antique jewellery, works of art by Carl Fabergé, English and Continental silver, objets de vertu

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A La Vieille Russie, Inc. F1 781 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 752 1727 www.alvr.com email: alvr@alvr.com

Richly gilded silver Imperial teapot engraved with the Russian Imperial Eagle.

St. Petersburg, 1785; inventory no. 63.

Literature: From the inventory of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, catalogued by Baron A. de Foelkersam in 1907 in Inventaire d l’Argenterie Conservée dans Les Garde-Meubles des Palais Impériaux, Vol. II, pg. 419.

Height: 6 inches (15.24 cm)

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Agnew’s E10 35 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JD, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7290 9250 Fax 44 (0)20 7629 4359 www.agnewsgallery.co.uk email: agnews@agnewsgallery.co.uk

Giovanni Battista Crosato (circa 1685/6–1758) Jason and Medea charming the Sleepless Dragon of the Golden Fleece 32 x 39 inches (81.3 x 99.1 cm) One of a set of four, each oil on canvas

Collections: Ernesto Ponti (1875–1937), Turin, his sale, Geneva, 2 April 1938, lots 2-5, as Claudio Francesco; Beaumont (unsold or purchased by the vendor’s family), and by descent in Switzerland to Ernesto; Ponti’s great-grandson

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Apter-Fredericks Ltd D11 An exceptionally fine bookcase attributed to Mayhew and Ince and made for Weald Hall, Essex English, circa 1775 Height: 100 inches (254 cm) Width: 81½ inches (207 cm) Depth: 24 inches (61 cm)

265-267 Fulham Road, London SW3 6HY, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7352 2188 Cell 1 917 693 4063 Fax 44 (0)20 7376 5619 www.apter-fredericks.com email: antiques@apter-fredericks.com

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Ariadne Galleries E7 11 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 772 3388 Fax 1 212 517 7562 www.ariadnegalleries.com email: info@ariadnegalleries.com

Crouching Venus Roman Marble First to Second Century AD Height: 15 inches (40.6 cm)

Provenance: VĂŠritĂŠ collection, Paris, since 1960s.

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H. Blairman & Sons Ltd B16 PO Box 6374, London W1A 3UR, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 0444 Fax 44 (0)20 7495 0766 www.blairman.co.uk email: blairman@blairman.co.uk

Cabinet on stand Possibly manufactured by George Oakley (active circa 1782–1820s or later) English, London Circa 1810 Ebony, with ebonised mahogany and fruitwood, parcel-gilt; Japanese lacquer, partly japanned, with papier mâché borders; brass inlay of gilt-bronze mounts; black slate top Height: 56½ inches (143.5 cm) Width: 35½ inches (90 cm) Depth: 16 inches (40.4 cm)

Provenance: Probably Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837), Longleat, Wiltshire; thence by descent

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Galerie Boulakia E5 10 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0)1 5659 6655 Cell 33 (0)6 1185 5855 Fax 33 (0)1 4225 4913 www.boulakia.net email: galerie@boulakia.net

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Saint-Paul dans la nuit bleue 1969–1970 Oil on canvas Signed: Marc Chagall lower right and on the reverse 48⅛ x 41⅝ inches (125 x 105.9 cm)

Provenance : Galerie Maeght, Paris.

Exhibitions: Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Magician of Love-Chagall, 1971; Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, et Kumato, Prefectural Museum of Art, Chagall, Aout-décembre 1976, august-december 1976, no.134 du catalogue illustrée, no. 134 illustrated; Tokyo, Ota, Morioka, Master: Chagall, 1980, no. P-12; Nagano Prefectural Shinano Museum, A Song in Praise of Love and Life, Avril-Mai 1981, April-May 1981, no. XV illustrated; Tokyo, Ota Memorial Museum of Art. Marc Chagall Committe has confirmed the authenticity of this work

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J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd B6 24 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6BU, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 4714 Cell 44 (0)7769 974366 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 3951 email: enquiries@bourdonsmith.co.uk

A fine pair of George III silver-gilt Krater form cups made in London in 1819 by Paul Storr.

Weight: 946gr (30oz 8dwt) the pair Height: 4⅞ inches (12.3 cm)

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W M Brady & Co. D4 22 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075, USA Telephone 1 212 249 7212 Fax 1 212 628 6587 email: markcwmbrady.com or lauracwmbrady.com

Théodule-Augustin Ribot (1823–1891) Signed: lower left, t. Ribot Oil on board 6¾ x 7 3⁄16 inches (17.1 x 18.3 cm)

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Sandra Cronan Ltd A14 First Floor, 16 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HW, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7491 4851 www.sandracronan.com email: enquiries@sandracronan.com

Fine Chaumet diamond necklace, may be worn as a tiara. French, circa 1950.

Diamond cocktail ring, having a 4.77 brilliant cut to the centre French, circa 1930.

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Douglas Dawson Gallery A5 400 North Morgan Street, Chicago, Ill 60642, USA Telephone 1 312 226 7975 Fax 1 312 226 7974 www.douglasdawson.com email: info@douglasdawson.com

Yoke (yugo) Veracruz, Mexico Circa 600-900 A.D. 16 x 15 x 5 inches (40.64 x 38.10 x 12.70 cm) Carved greenstone

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Charles Ede Ltd D12 20 Brook Street, London W1K 5DE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 4944 Fax 44 (0)20 7629 5797 www.charlesede.com email: info@charlesede.com

Greek limestone statue of a muse Taras late 4th century BC Limestone 18½ inches (47 cm)

Provenance: Ex US Private collection acquired circa 1960’s

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Finch and Co. F8 Suite 744, 2 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3DQ, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7413 9937 Cell 44 (0)7768 236921 www.finch-and-co.co.uk email: enquiries@finch-and-co.co.uk

A very rare and interesting documentary English Sailors Scrimshaw oil on whale pan bone panel depicting the influential Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaff on the shore waving his hat in farewell.

Etched in a na誰ve hand to the reverse Isaac Bickerstaff

In good un-restored condition Circa 1800 Height: 8 inches (20 cm) Width: 6 inches (15.5 cm)

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Peter Finer D1 Antique Arms & Armour 38 & 39 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DF, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 5666 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 5777 From USA & Canada 1 800 270 7951 (24 hrs) www.peterfiner.com email: gallery@peterfiner.com

E Granger A French model armour for man and horse in sixteenth-century style Paris, circa 1850

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Galerie Fleury A12 36 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0)1 42564611 Cell 33 (0) 61039 1825 Fax 33 (0)1 42564611 www.galerie-fleury.com email: alri2@wanadoo.fr

Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927) Circa 1900 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 18 ⅛ x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm)

Provenance: Collection E Blot, Paris Literature: no. 515 in Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre de Guillaumin by Fabiani

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Foster-Gwin, Inc. D6 38 Hotaling Place, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA Telephone 1 415 397 4986 Fax 1 415 397 4988 www.fostergwin.com email: info@fostergwin.com

A collection of contemporary art, antiquities and 17th and 18th century furniture

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Bernd Goeckler Antiques, Inc. D9

Photo: Keith Scott Morton

30 E 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 777 8209 Fax 212 777 8302 www.BGoecklerAntiques.com email: BGAntiques@mac.com

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Bernd Goeckler Antiques, Inc. D9 Desk and chair André Sornay (1902–2000) France, circa 1937 Mahogany studded with Sornay’s hallmark clouté technique, comprising open shelves and three drawers braced with a hinged panel, which locks with its original cubist key. Signed.

Desk: Height: 29½ inches Width: 59 inches Depth: 27½ inches Chair: Height: 34¾ inches Width: 20½ inches Depth: 20 inches Seat height: 18 inches Arm height: 26 inches

Literature: Thierry Roche’s André Sornay chair model pictured on p.108.

Desk illustrated in Sornay archive.

Table lamp Pietro Chiesa (1892–1948) Italy, circa 1940’s Alternating glass and wood discs with nickel hardware and original ring finial.

Height: 18½ inches Diameter: 5½ inches

Literature: L. Falconi’s Fontana Arte una storia transparente, Skira 1998, p.68.

Detail of clouté

Detail of lock

Detail of key

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Michael Goedhuis D3 61 Cadogan Square, London SW1X 0HZ, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7823 1395 www.michaelgoedhuis.com email: london@michaelgoedhuis.com

Wei Ligang Bird No 1 2010 48他 x 48他 inches (123 x 123 cm)

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Dr Jörn Günther Rare Books AG A8/9 Moosboden, Stalden, Obwalden 6063, Switzerland Telephone 41 41 669 7000 Cell 41 79 414 9898 Fax 41 41 669 7001 www.guenther-rarebooks.com email: info@guenther-rarebooks.com

Ludolphus Carthusiensis Vita Christi French translation by Guillaume Lemenand, Vol II. Manuscript on vellum, illuminated by the Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse.

France, Paris 1506–08 Dimensions: 14 x 9⅞ inches (35.5 x 25 cm) 333 leaves

Provenance The manuscript with the popular Life of Christ in French was commissioned for Philippine de Gueldre, Duchess of Lorraine and her husband, René II Duke of Lorraine between 1506 and 1508, before the Duke’s death. It was made in two volumes and their coat of arms is in the border on fol.1; their initials P and R variously on fol.1; most likely their portraits in the architectural frame of the miniature on fol.137. Dedicational poem for Philippine on fol.336, her name mentioned in the fourth stanza. The Parisian illuminator or Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse, is famous for various precious codices mainly for royal patrons.

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Literature: A Descriptive Catalogue of fifty manuscripts from the Collection of Henry Yates Thompson, by Montague Rhodes James. Cambridge University Press, 1898; No. 39, pp.216-225 Illustrations of One Hundred Manuscripts in the Library of Henry Yates Thompson, Volume 1, containing forty-eight plates illustrating Ten French Mss. from the XIth to the XVIth Centuries, London 1907, Pl. XLV-XLVIII

Hancocks B2 52 & 53 Burlington Arcade, London W1J OHH, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 8904 Fax 44 (0)20 7493 8905 www.hancocks-london.com email: info@hancocks-london.com

Exquisite and rare yellow gold brooch designed as a foliate spray in green translucent enamel with three diamond set Anemone flowerheads by René Lalique, Paris Art Nouveau circa 1900

Literature: The design for this piece appears in Sigrid Barten’s book René Lalique: Jewellery and Objets d’Art 1890–1910 please see page 405, image 1008 4¼ inches (11 cm)

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Hancocks B2

Magnificent Art Deco Tutti Frutti style bracelet by Cartier 1928 Carved rubies, sapphires and emeralds with onyx beads and diamond accents 71⁄16 inches (18 cm)

Provenance: Previously property of a lady Literature For discussion of the “Tutti Frutti” style and similar examples please see Cartier: Jewellers Extraordinary by Hans Nadelhoffer, pp. 172-175

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Brian Haughton Gallery E1 15 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7389 6550 Fax 44 (0)20 7389 6556 www.haughton.com email: gallery@haughton.com

An extremely rare Mennecy model of a parrot, perched on a pierced mound, standing with wings tightly together and beak open as if calling, painted in tones of turquoise, iron red and manganese with detailed dark markings to differentiate feather types.

Circa 1735–40 Height: 7 inches (18 cm)

Provenance: English private collection It would appear that this model is unrecorded in the literature

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Brian Haughton Gallery E1

An extremely rare and highly important early Chelsea model of a finch perched on a branch, of the Incised Triangle Period.

Circa 1745–49.

Height: 7½ inches (19 cm)

Provenance: Formerly Thomas Burn, the Rous Lench Collection, Worcestershire Exhibited: Chelsea China Exhibition, Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1951, no. 22 Literature: Frank Tilley, The Clue of the Oak Leaf: Its place in Identifying Unrecorded Triangle Period Chelsea, Antique Collector, January-February 1950, pp.

13-15 and Arthur Lane and Robert Charleston Girl in a Swing Porcelain and Chelsea, E.C.C. Trans, vol. 5, pt.3, pp.119 and 120

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Brian Haughton Gallery E1 A very rare Wedgwood pearlware trompe l’oeil oyster barrel, cover and stand, the stand and barrel painted as faux bois with darker iron banding to the barrel, the edge of the stand and the cover moulded and painted to simulate oysters.

Circa 1850–60.

Height: 12 inches (30 cm) Diameter of the stand at the widest point: 12½ inches (32 cm) Mark: Impressed ‘Wedgwood Pearl’ to the underside of the barrel and stand.

15 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7389 6550 Fax 44 (0)20 7389 6556 www.haughton.com email: gallery@haughton.com

Provenance: Private English Collection

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Brian Haughton Gallery E1

A very rare pair of fayence, probably Proskau exotic bird tureens and covers, modelled seated and looking to one side, with fanned-out tails and ruffed necks. Decorated in grand feu colours in tones of manganese, blue, ochre and brown, the covers incorporating the wings and seated chicks as the finials.

Circa 1760.

Height: 6½ inches (16 cm) Length: 11 inches (28 cm)

Provenance: Vanderbilt family collection.

Purchased from James A. Lewis Inc. New York.

A very rare pair of miniature fayence chick tureens and covers, probably Proskau, each seated and looking to one side.

Circa 1760.

Height: 2½ inches (6 cm) Length: 3 inches (7.5 cm)

Provenance: Vanderbilt family collection Purchased from James A. Lewis inc., New York

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Donald A Heald B8/9 124 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 744 3505 Cell 1 917 453 9124 Fax 1 212 628 7847 www.donaldheald.com email: info@donaldheald.com

Govard Bidloo (1649–1713) Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III The Hague, 1691 A magnificent, hand-coloured copy of a noted 17th century fête book

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Jeffrey Beal Henkel J1 Wrought iron garden bench English, Regency, 1810–30 Height: 43½ inches (110.49 cm) Width: 60½ inches (153.67 cm) Depth: 29½ inches (74.93 cm)

82 Poor Farm Road, Pennington, NJ 08534, USA Telephone 1 609 306 4996 Fax 1 609 537 1287 email: henkel.jeffrey@gmail.com

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Hostler Burrows C4 104 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013, USA Telephone 1 212 343 0471 Fax 1 212 343 0472 www.hostlerburrows.com info@hostlerburrows.com

Axel Salto Fetish Royal Copenhagen, Denmark Circa 1955 Stoneware Artist inscribed signature with factory marks Height: 22 inches (55.9 cm)

Literature Pictured in the Axel Salto catalog, Den Spirende Stil, pp.78

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Hyde Park Antiques, Ltd D8 836 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 477 0033 Fax 1 212 477 1781 www.hydeparkantiques.com email: info@hydeparkantiques.com

A Charles II black and gilt japanned cabinet with original giltwood cresting and stand Circa 1685 Height: 86 inches (218.4 cm) Width: 41 inches (104.1 cm) Depth: 21Âź inches (6.1 cm)

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Il Quadrifoglio Srl D7 Via Carlo Pisacane 40, 20129 Milan, Italy Telephone 39 02 2951 8031 Cell 39 3353 71907 Fax 39 02 2040 8637 email: ilquadrifogliomilano@libero.it

A pair of armchairs ‘da parata’ Venice, first half 18th century Each armchair with cabriole legs terminating with an eagle claw clutching a globe and joined by carved stretchers and scrolling arms with carved supports.

The front and sides are decorated in red chinoiserie on a blue painted base.

Height: 60 inches (150 cm) Width: 32 inches (80 cm) Depth: 22 inches (55 cm)

Literature: Mobili Veneziani Laccati, G Morazzoni, Ed. Luigi Alfieri Milano, Vol 1

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Il Quadrifoglio Srl D7

A pair of painted and parcel-gilt Venetian commodes with serpentine front and sides on cabriole legs (one illustrated) Floral inlayed decoration Two drawers with painted classical scenes Eighteenth century Height: 37ž inches (96 cm) Width: 59 inches (150 cm) Depth: 21⅞ inches (55.5 cm)

Literature: Published in Morazzoni, Mobili Veneziani Laccati, vol II

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Hyland Granby Antiques B13 PO Box 457, Hyannis Port, MA 02647, USA Telephone 1 508 771 3070 Cell 1 508 878 4400 Fax 1 508 778 4842 www.hylandgranby.com email: alan@hylandgranby.com

Tim Thompson (English 1951–) America Triumphs August 22,1851 Oil on canvas Painting depicts yacht America crossing the finish line while being reviewed by Queen Victoria onboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert.

30 x 48 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

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Jason Jacques Gallery G6 29 East 73rd Street, #1, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 535 7500 Cell 1 646 321 3999 Fax 1 212 535 5757 www.jasonjacques.com email: fish@jasonjacques.com or Jason@jasonjacques.com

Maurice Gensoli Dragon Box Stoneware Sèvres, France, circa 1925 Impressed artist’s cipher Height: 7½ inches (19.3 cm) Width: 11 inches (27.9 cm) While a lovely muted glaze coats this stoneware container, its most outstanding feature is the knop composed of stylized dragons that seem to chase each other around the lid. This feature resembles the Japanese netsuke avidly collected by Europeans for decades before Gensoli created this piece.

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Japonesque E3 824 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA Telephone 1 415 391 8860 Cell 1 415 533 5151 Fax 1 415 391 3530 email: koichihara@earthlink.net

Inoue Yuichi (1916–1985) Mountain, Yama (1963) Calligraphy, ink on Japanese paper 23¾ x 35¾ inches (60.5 x 91cm) Signed with seal Mounted on Torinoko paper, screen style 80½ x 55¾ inches (204.5 x 141.6 cm)

Exhibited: Yuichi Inoue Kalligraphien (1965) Kunst-und Museumsverein, Wuppertal, Germany

Kannon Japan Circa late Heian (12th century) Wood figure Height: 56 inches (142.2 cm) Izumi Masatoshi (b. 1938) Magatama (2007) Granite sculpture 11 x 18 x 12 inches (27.9 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm)

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Kagedo Japanese Art F5 520 First Avenue South Seattle, Washington 98104, USA Telephone 1 206 467 9077 Fax 206 467 9518 www.kagedo.com email: kagedo@kagedo.com

Painting on silk in mineral pigments, gofun or powdered clam shell, and sumi ink mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting an autumn river gorge deep in the mountains.

Signed by the artist on the lower left: Shunkyo, and sealed (Yamamoto Shunkyo, 1871–1933).

Early Showa ¯ era, circa 1930–1932 With a double tomobako or original box, titled on the exterior of the inner box lid: Dorokyo¯ Hekizan (no) Zu or Image of the Dorokyo¯ Gorge (and) Deep Blue Water; and signed: Shunkyo Jidai or Titled by Shunkyo, and sealed. Included in the box is a hand-brushed exhibition label by Shunkyo, and sealed. Included in the box is a hand-brushed exhibition label by Shunkyo which reads: Yamamoto Shunkyo and with the title: Dorokyo, ¯ and sealed.

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Kentshire A3/4 700 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 212 421 1100 Fax 1 212 421 118037 www.kentshire.com email: info@kentshire.com

East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 673 6644 Fax 1 212 979 0923

A fine antique diamond brooch in the form of an olive branch, set with old mine diamonds.

France Circa 1870 Approximately 13.50 cts

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Kentshire A3/4

A fine pair of George III mahogany stools, with original gros-point needlework covers.

Circa 1780

Provenance: Bramshill Park, Hampshire

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Jane Kahan Gallery G3 922 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 744 1490 Fax 1 212 744 1598 www.janekahan.com email: janekahan@janekahan.com

Fernand Léger (1881–1955) Les Constructeurs à l’aloes Circa 1950/1990’s Aubusson tapestry 65 x 80¾ inches (165 x 205 cm)

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Keshishian A15 Rear carpet A rare Hadji Jalili Tabriz carpet Persia, circa1890 12 feet 4 inches x 8 feet 7 inches (375 x 261 cm)

73 Pimlico Road, London SW1W 8NE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7730 8810 Fax 44 (0)20 7730 8803 and By appointment in New York Telephone 1 212 956 1586 www.keshishiancarpets.com email: info@keshishiancarpets.com

Front Tapestry An exceptionally fine Louis XV Aubusson tapestry from the royal workshop of Franรงois Grellet French, circa 1750 10 feet 4 inches x 8 feet 5 inches (315 x 258 cm)

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Jack Kilgore & Co Inc. E11 154 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 650 1149 Fax 1 212 650 1389 www.kilgoregallery.com email: info@kilgoregallery.com

Charles Hoguet Shepherds and their Flock resting under a Tree Signed and dated: C Hoguet/68 Oil on canvas 46½ x 56¼ inches (118 x 142.5 cm)

Provenance: Private collection, Amsterdam

Charles Hoguet was born in Berlin on 21st November 1821 from French parents.1 His father was a ballet master and belonged to the Huguenot community, which formed part of the French colony in Berlin.

Although Hoguet started his training with the marine painter Wilhelm Krause in Berlin, he left in 1839 for Paris to train with Eugène Cicéri and Eugène Isabey, who was of great influence for his artistic development.

Hoguet made several study trips to England, Holland, Belgium and the coast of Normandy. He exhibited at the Salon from 1842 until 1853 with marines painted at the coasts of the Channel, Normandy and in England, and views of Paris and Pyrenean landscapes.

In 1848, he returned to Berlin and became a prolific

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painter of still life, marine and landscape paintings, as well as architectural pictures. Probably in the early 1850’s, he visited the Forest of Fontainebleau and stayed with Troyon. Hoguet was awarded a medal in Paris in 1848, and in 1859 in Berlin. In 1869, Hoguet became a member of the Berlin Academy. The following year, on 4th August 1870, Hoguet died in Berlin.

Literature: 1 E Lammers, Charles Hoguet. Ein Beitrag zur Berliner Kunstgeschichte im 19. Jahrhundert, Berlin 1933 (published dissertation)

Koopman Rare Art D10 The London Silver Vaults, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1QS, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7242 7624 Fax 44 (0)20 7831 0221 www.koopmanrareart.com email: enquiries@koopmanrareart.com

An impressive George IV silver-gilt presentation vase London 1822 Maker’s mark of Philip Rundell Height: 28⅛ inches (71.5 cm), Height of vase: 1515⁄16 inches (40.5 cm), Height of stand: 12¼ inches (31 cm) Weight: 546 oz (17,000 g) Applied with two armorials and two presentation plaques, A TRIBUTE OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE HYDERABAD DIVISION OF H.H. THE NIZAM’S REGULAR TROOPS TO HENRY RUSSELL ESQUIRE.

Provenance: Sir Henry Russell, (1783–1852) 2nd Baronet, and thence by descent to the current owner.

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Galerie Lefebvre B11 15 Rue du Pré aux Clercs, 75007 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0) 14548 1813 Cell 33 (0)6 9802 1813 Fax 33 (0) 14548 0469 www.gallery-lefebvre.com email: gallerylefebvre@gmail.com

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927–2008) An exceptional pair of Oiseaux de marbre armchairs, large model, sculpted in white pentelic marble and supported on a black patina steel structure.

Artist’s encrusted signature F.X.L. on the front.

Circa 1974 Height: 47⅝ inches (120.9 cm) Width: 35¾ inches (92.9 cm) Length: 36⅝ inches (90.9 cm)

Provenance: From Mr D’s private collection in France, given to him by his good friend François-Xavier Lalanne in 1976 Exhibited: Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, June 1975 Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17th March- 4th July 2010

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Galerie Lefebvre B11

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Lillian Nassau LLC G8 220 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 759 6062 Cell 1 917 863 5649 Fax 1 212 832 9493 www.lilliannassau.com email: info@lilliannassau.com

An exceptional Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp in the Tulip design.

American, circa 1906 Overall height: 28½ inches (72.39 cm) Diameter of shade: 22 inches (55.88 cm)

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H.M. Luther G1 Greenwich Village, 61 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 505 1485 Fax 1 212 505 0401

André Arbus A Murano gold-flecked glass twelve light chandelier Circa 1950 Height: 47 inches (119.38 cm) Diameter: 44 inches (111.76 cm)

The Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 439 7919 Fax 1 212 439 0966 www.hmluther.com email: info@hmluther.com

The four-pointed fluted corona above a conforming standard, the spiral-ribbed bowl issuing twelve S-curved arms supporting light holders surmounted by obelisks, terminating with a flower bud finial.

Provenance: A Private Collection, Paris

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Literature: A similar chandelier from circa 1950–1952 is illustrated by Yvonne Brunhammer, André Arbus, Paris, 1996, p. 264.

Maison Gerard Ltd G2 53 East 10 th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 674 7611 Fax 1 212 475 6314 www.maisongerard.com email: home@maisongerard.com Ramsay fine black lacquered standing cabinet raised on a gilt-iron base Lacquered wood, sycamore interiors and gilt-bronze hardware Stamped: RAMSAY France, circa 1940 Height: 57 inches (144.8 cm) Width: 31½ inches (80 cm) Depth: 15ž inches (40 cm)

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Maison Gerard Ltd G2

Maison Jansen (1880–1972) Fine lacquered rectangular table, raised on scroll carved apron and cabriole legs Lacquered wood Stamped: JANSEN 9 Rue Royale France, circa 1950 Height: 29 inches (73.7 cm) Width: 38½ inches (98 cm) Depth: 27½ inches (70.1 cm)

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Mallett Inc. E12 929 Madison Avenue at 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 249 8783 Fax 1 212 249 8784 www.mallettantiques.com

An extremely rare Louis XIV ormolu eight-light chandelier with the finest casting and vigorously detailed decoration, attributed to AndrĂŠ-Charles Boulle.

France, circa 1680 Height: 34 inches (86.5 cm) Diameter: 33 inches (84 cm)

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Mallett Inc. E12

A magnificent George I parcel gilt burr-walnut bureau bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey England, circa 1725 Height: 98.8 inches (251 cm) Width: 46.9 inches (119 cm) Depth: 26 inches (66 cm)

Provenance: Gerald Hochschild Collection; Mallett & Son (Antiques), London; Private Collection

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MacConnal-Mason Gallery G5 14 & 17 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7839 7693 Fax 44 (0)20 7839 6797 www.macconnal-mason.com email: fineart@macconnal-mason.com

Provenance: Paris, Drouot 18th March 1988 no. 32A; Private Collection U.S.A; MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London; Private Collection UK by 2000

Jean Béraud (1849–1935) La Devanture du Couturier Doucet at the Corner of Place de l’Opera and Rue du Quatre-Septembre Signed Oil on panel 14¾ x 18 inches (37.4 x 45.7 cm)

Literature: Patrick Offenstadt Jean Béraud 1849-1935, The Belle Époque: A Dream of Times Gone By Catalogue Raisonné, Taschen, 1999 pp.154-155 no.153 illustrated in colour Exhibited: Paris Autour de 1900 Galerie Charpentier 1950 no.16 as La Rue de la Paix, XlVe Biennale International des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, 1988

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Jill Newhouse C6 4 East 81st Street, New York, NY 10028, USA Telephone 1 212 249 9216 Fax 1 212 734 4098 www.jillnewhouse.com email: maildrop@jillnewhouse.com

Eugene Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) Study of the bedroom ceiling in the Reines Mères apartment at Fontainebleau Circa 1832 Watercolour and pencil on paper Estate stamp lower right 11⅝ x 18½ inches (29.5 x 47cm)

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Frank Partridge E6 7 Thurloe Square, London SW7 2TA, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7225 3654 Cell 44 (0)7801 480548 Fax 44 (0)20 7581 9387 www.frankpartridge.org email: mail@frankpartridge.net

An Empire bronze ormolu elephant clock on sienna marble Circa 1810 Height: 17 inches (43 cm) Width: 17½ inches (44 cm) Depth: 8 inches (20 cm)

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Phoenix Ancient Art E2 47 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA Telephone 1 212 288 7518 Cell 1 516 987 4574 Fax 1 212 288 7121 www.phoenixancientart.com www.e-tiquities.com email: info@phoenixancientart.com 6 Rue Verdaine, 1211-3 Geneva, Switzerland Telephone 41 (0)22 318 8010 Cell 41 22 310 0388 Fax 41 (0)22 310 0388 email: paa@phoenixancientart.com

An ivory duck dish Egyptian, New Kingdom, XVIIIth Dynasty, 1400–1300 B.C. Length: 5¼ inches Width: 2½ inches

produced examples from the tombs of both men and women, as well as from temples, which suggests that they may have had a ritual or religious function.

Whatever their precise use, they are elegant examples of the decorative spirit in the minor arts that prevailed in ancient Egypt during the XVIIIth Dynasty.

A dish in the form of a trussed duck with its back hollowed to act as a receptacle, its neck gracefully arched to the side and long bill resting along its shoulder; its webbed feet and tucked wing joints carved in relief on the underside; slight cracking along grain, cleanly broken and repaired at neck and across body.

Dishes in the form of trussed ducks were popular in the New Kingdom, but the majority of preserved examples are in wood rather than ivory. An ivory duck dish was included amongst the grave goods in King Tutankhamun’s tomb and two other ivory examples are in the collections of the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Some dishes were painted to more closely resemble a duck’s plumage while others had swivel lids to protect the contents.

Although generally described as cosmetic dishes, the actual purpose of these and related carved spoons is not altogether certain. Archaeological excavations have

Literature: N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankamun, London 1990, p. 158 (inv. No. 54s); J. Vandier d’ Abbadie, Catalogue des objets de toilette egyptiens, Paris 1972, pp. 31-2, no. 74; D. Arnold, An Egyptian Bestiary, Metropolitan Museum Bulletin, Vol. LII, number 4, Spring 1995, p. 28, no. 26; E. Brovarski, S. Doll, R Freed et al., Egypt’s Golden Age, The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558–1085 BC, Boston 1982, p. 207 and 213, no. 258.

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Ronald Phillips Ltd B3/4 A magnificent pair of George I gilt-gesso mirrors by John Ody

26 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QL, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 2341 Fax 44 (0)20 7495 0843 www.ronaldphillipsantiques.com email: advice@ronaldphillips.co.uk

English, 1727 Height: 65他 inches (167.5 cm) Width: 37 inches (94 cm)

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Ronald Phillips Ltd B3/4 Provenance: Commissioned by Thomas Foley (d.1737), for Stoke Edith, Herefordshire; Thence by descent to the Lords Foley, Stoke Edith, Herefordshire; The Moller Collection (formed under the guidance of R. W. Symonds); Hotspur Ltd, London; The Hon. Simon Sainsbury, Woolbeding, Sussex.

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Potterton Books B7 The Old Rectory, Sessay, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 3LZ, UK Telephone 44 (0)1845 501218 Fax 44 (0)1845 501439 www.pottertonbooks.co.uk email: ros@pottertonbooks.co.uk

Original French twentieth century hand painted jewellery design

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Primavera Gallery NY F7 Alfred-August Janniot (1889–1969) Tête Idéale (Ideal Head) Circa 1924 Plaster Height: 18 inches (45 cm) Width: 19 inches (48 cm) Depth: 13 inches (33 cm)

210 11th Avenue at 25th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001, USA Telephone 1 212 924 6600 Fax 1 212 924 6602 www.primaveragallery.com email: contact@primaveragallery.com

Exhibited: Study for the head of the central figure of the group Homage à Jean Goujon.

Janniot created this piece while in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome.

The final sculpture was exhibited at the Exposition Intérnationald Des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modèrnes in Paris, April – October, 1925, where it graced the façade of the Hôtel du Collectionneur Bibliography: Reproduced in 1925, Paul Vitry La sculpture à l’Exposition des Arts Décoratifs.

1925, Alexandre A. Les sculpteurs à l’Exposition

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Raffety & Walwyn Ltd B1 79 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BG, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7938 1100 Cell 44 (4)7768 096869 Fax 44 (0)20 7938 2519 www.raffetyantiqueclocks.com email: raffety@globalnet.co.uk

Joseph Knibb, London A fine William & Mary period walnut longcase clock of rare small size by this celebrated maker.

The 8-day movement which strikes the hours on a single bell has bolt and shutter maintaining power and a countwheel on the outside of the backplate.

Circa 1690 Height: 81 inches (206 cm)

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Raffety & Walwyn Ltd B1

An exceptional George III period mahogany and carved gilt gesso tablet dial tavern clock. An almost identical example can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Circa 1760 Height: 74 inches (188 cm)

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Red Fox Fine Art C1 Alexander Pope (American, 1849–1924) Setter and Pheasant, 1899 Signed: Alexander Pope Dated: October 1899 on verso Oil on canvas 34 x 26 inches (86.4 x 66 cm)

At the Red Fox Inn, 2 East Washington Street, 2nd Floor, PO Box 385, Middleburg, VA 20118, USA Telephone 1 540 687 5780 Cell 1 703 851 5160 Fax 1 540 687 6306 www.redfoxfineart.com email: tr@redfoxfineart.com

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Ritter Antik G3 35 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA Telephone 1 212 673 2213 Fax 1 212 673 2217 www.ritterantik.com email: contact@ritterantik.com

Neo-classical étagère from the property of her majesty Queen Charlotte Auguste Mathilde of Wuerttemberg, daughter of King George III of England.

The étagère was Queen Charlotte’s present to her stepson King Wilhelm I. The oval porcelain plate was painted by the Queen herself, who initialled and dated it CAM 1825. Made in the 1820’s by court cabinetmaker Johannes Klinkerfuss, exemplary for his furniture of highest perfection.

Mahogany on pine. Finest bronze ormolu mounts. Porcelain plate.

Door enclosing 6 pull-out shelves.

Original owner label on back

Provenance: King Wilhelm I of Wuerttemberg, Princess Auguste of SachsenWeimar-Eisenach.

Literature: Dr. Wolfgang Wiese, dissertation ‘Johannes Klinkerfuss’, 1988.

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James Robinson, Inc. F2 480 Park Avenue at 58th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 752 6166 Fax 1 212 754 0961 www.jrobinson.com email: info@jrobinson.com

Nineteenth and twentieth century jewellery

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Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books C2 John Gould A monograph of the ramphastidae, or family of toucans.

London, 1854.

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The Silver Fund C5 472 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA Telephone 1 415 391 4151 Cell 1 917 447 1911

Incredibly rare pair of Georg Jensen stone set bonbonnières.

One with amethyst; one with chrysoprase.

Circa 1920 and circa 1930, respectively.

Designed by Georg Jensen Sterling silver, Denmark.

Height: 8½ inches (21.6 cm) Width: 4¾ inches (12 cm)

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The Silver Fund C5

Unique Chaumet Paris centerpiece.

Magnificent carved agate bowl surmounted with a 18k gold ram encrusted with diamonds, moonstones, coral, diamond-banded bloodstone horns, and emerald eyes. The fur is naturalistically carved to emulate the fleece of a goat.

Circa 1960’s.

11 inches (27.9 cm) x 13 inches (33 cm) tall to the top of horns

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S.J. Shrubsole A6/7 A superb Queen Anne antique English silver chocolate pot London 1710 by Humphrey Payne Height: 9½ inches (24.1 cm) Weight: 31 oz. 16 dwt.

104 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA Telephone 1 212 753 8920 Fax 1 212 754 5192 www.shrubsole.com email: inquiries@shrubsole.com

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The Sladmore Gallery, London A16 New York Office: 36 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 646 708 3720 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6LX, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7629 1144 Fax 44 (0)207 495 3668 www.sladmore.com email: edward@sladmore.com

Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944) A fine quality, early twentieth century bronze model of a Standing Bather with Drapery over Right Arm This sculpture was cast using the sand cast process at the Bingen and Costenoble Foundry, Paris, between 1905 and 1913. Before casting it was signed by the artist Aristide Maillol and inscribed by the foundry A. BINGEN et COSTENOBLE Fondeurs Paris and has a medium brown patina with darker undertones.

Height: 25 inches (63.5 cm)

Exhibited: This actual cast was exhibited at the Maillol Exhibition at the Guggenheim, New York, 1975

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Galerie Steinitz F3 Jean-François Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener Secrétaire à abattant Paris, Transition period, circa 1765 Stamped: JF-OEBEN four times, visible under the marble top Oak frame; rosewood, purpleheart and kingwood veneer; gilded bronze; Brèche d’Alep marble; leather

77 Faubourg St Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Telephone 33 (0)1 56 43 66 70 Fax 33 (0)1 56 43 66 71 email: Steinitz@steinitz.fr

Height: 55¼ inches (140 cm) Width: 41¾ inches (106 cm) Depth: 17¼ inches (43.5 cm)

Provenance: Collection of the Princess Cécile Murat, née Ney d’Elchingen (1867–1960), from her hôtel particulier, located at 28 rue de Monceau, Paris; Sale of her estate, Paris, Palais Galliéra, 2nd March 1961, lot 117

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Galerie Steinitz F3 Vase Médicis ornated with Renommées by the Manufacture de Sèvres and Pierre-Philippe Thomire Sèvres, Empire period, circa 1810 Hard-paste porcelain; gilt bronze; jasper (base) Height: 24½ inches (62 cm) Diameter: 9½ inches (24cm)

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Somlo Antiques B10 35-36 Burlington Arcade, London W1J 0QB, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7499 6526 Fax 44 (0)20 7499 0603 www.somloantiques.com email: mail@somlo.com

Patek Philippe 18 carat yellow gold early rectangular wrist watch with “Explosion” dial.

Made in 1918

Lacloche Frères platinum minute repeating dress pocket watch Made circa 1920

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Tambaran Gallery F6 5 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028, USA Telephone 1 212 570 0655 Fax 1 212 744 1256 www.tambaran.com email: tambaran@verizon.net

Maori male figure New Zealand 19th Century Height: 32Âź inches (82.3 cm)

Exhibited Ex Budapest Ethnographic Museum, Hungary Published Die Kunst Ozeaniens, Tibor Bodrogi, 1960, Plate 137

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Erik Thomsen E9 23 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA Telephone 1 212 288 2588 Fax 1 212 535 6787 www.erikthomsen.com email: info@erikthomsen.com

Tosa Mitsuyoshi (1539–1613), attr.

Scenes from the Tales of Genji Momoyama Period (1568–1615), early 17th century Six-panel folding screen Ink, mineral colors, gofun, silver, gold and gold leaf on paper Height: 63½ inches (161.3 cm) Width: 146½ inches (372.3 cm)

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Tomasso Brothers Fine Art A2 Bardon Hall, Weetwood Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 8HJ, UK Telephone 44 (0)113 275 5545 www.tomassobrothers.co.uk email: info@tomassobrothers.co.uk

Roman, 18th century A bust of the young Emperor Commodus Gilt bronze and Rosso Antico marble Height: 29½ inches (75 cm)

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Axel Vervoordt D2/5 Kasteel van ’s-Gravenwezel, St Jobsteenweg 64, B-2970 ’s-Gravenwezel, Belgium KANAAL Stokerijstraat 19, B-2110 Wijnegem, Belgium Telephone 32 3 355 3300 Fax 32 3 355 3301 www.axel-vervoordt.com email: info@axel-vervoordt.com

A Torso fragment of a seated Dignitary Egypt, Middle Kingdom, XII th Dynasty, circa 1976–1794 B.C., circa 1900 B.C. Black granite Height: 15 inches (38 cm)

Provenance: Ex collection Gawain McKinley, acquired before May 1996

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G端nther Uecker (Wendorf, 1930) Untitled 1962 Acrylic, nails on canvas laid on panel.

Signed and dated 62 and dedicated f端r Edu Albert on the reverse 39 x 32 inches (98 x 81 cm)

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Provenance: Edu Albert, Germany Galerie Reckermann, Cologne J端rgen Pierburg, Neuss Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1993

Trinity House G7 50 Maddox Street, London W1S 1AY, UK and 67 High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7DP, UK Telephone 44 (0)1386 859329 Cell 44 (0)7866 419566 Fax 44 (0)1386 859298 www.trinityhousepaintings.com email: art@trinityhousepaintings.com

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) Head of a Woman with Gold Earrings, circa 1878 Signed and inscribed, upper left: To my friend Mrs Branson/J.S. Sargent 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Provenance: Private Collection: painted circa 1878–1880, presented to Mrs Juilet Branson (to whom the painting is inscribed), Hertfordshire; 1926 with Oscar Cintas, Cuba. Oscar Cintas Foundation, New York; 1963 Private collection Literature: John Singer Sargent, Complete Paintings: Volume IV, by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, p.49, ©2006 Yale University

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Wienerroither & Kohlbacher B15 Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-Bauer I 1903–4 Black chalk on paper 18⅛ x 12⅜ inches (46 x 31.5 cm)

Literature: Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt Die Zeichnungen 1878–1903, vol. I, Verlag Galerie Welz Salzburg 1980 cat.rais. no.1080

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Wartski A1 14 Grafton Street, London W1S 4DE, UK Telephone 44 (0)20 7493 1141 Fax 44 (0)20 7409 7448 www.wartski.com email: wartski@wartski.com

A rare rock crystal parasol handle by Carl Fabergé, carved in the form of a hand holding a handle, the gold mount enamelled pink.

Signed with the initials of the chief workmaster Henrik Wigström.

St Petersburg, 1903–1917 Height: 4¼ inches (10.2 cm)

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Wartski A1

Two diamond set brooches convertible to a tiara in the form of wings mounted in platinum.

Probably French, circa 1900 Diameter: 5â…“ inches (13.5 cm)

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Anonymous Italian School Circa 1790 Marble Height: 27½ inches (69.9 cm)

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possibly because it served several purposes.

While the 1762 edition of the dictionary of the AcadĂŠmie Française does not include the term, in subsequent editions its meaning is given as a small lamp that remained lit during the night, which was always present in the bedrooms of ladies of high birth. In 1768, veilleuse was deďŹ ned as an object made of enamelled metal used to warm broth by means of a spirit lamp, of utmost necessity for those who were ill as well as for those who were well.

The ingenious design of this Sèvres object appears to combine all these functions, and more. A soft light emanated from the openings in the cover when the small dish, ďŹ lled with spirit (esprit de vin), was lit (Fig. 1). As a touch of extreme sophistication and reďŹ nement, the underside of the handle in this example is

beautifully decorated with gilt ornament.

When the central, octagonal section is removed, it is possible that a bowl containing broth (bouillon) could be placed over the exposed opening to be warmed. Sèvres made many of these bowls, known as ĂŠcuelles, from which to drink the bouillon served in the morning, in bed or at oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toilette. The bowl was held by its two handles to avoid burning oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ngers. Ă&#x2030;cuelles, veilleuses and spirit lamps were often included in nĂŠcessaires â&#x20AC;&#x201C; coffers containing objects considered indispensable for the toilette, which could also accompany the owner on a journey so as not to be deprived of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accustomed luxuries.

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