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FRENCH FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS | LOTS 1-164
Tuesday 20 October | 12Pm
Opposite: Lot 102 A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces
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1* Artist Unknown (French, 18th Century) Allegories of the Senses (four works) pencil and gouache Each: 13 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches (framed). Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $500-700 2* Artist Unknown (French, 18th Century) Heralding Angels (two works framed as one) ink and gouache Each: 4 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $300-500
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3 A Regence Giltwood Mirror
18TH CENTURY rectangular, with a floral carved frame. Height 16 x width 14 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $300-500 4* An Aubusson Silk Tapestry
18TH CENTURY centered by a floral medallion within a foliate scroll border spaced by urns and musical trophies. 71 x 40 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Rita Dee Hassenfeld, Palm Beach, Florida $800-1,200 5* A Regence Style Giltwood Mirror
19TH CENTURY with a domed crest enclosing a basket of flowers. Height 31 x width 24 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $300-500
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6 A Regence Walnut Commode en Tombeau
18TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with a molded edge over two short and two long drawers, raised on stile feet with sabots. Height 33 1/2 x 51 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. $8,000-12,000
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7 A French Renaissance Revival Walnut Armoire
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a foliate and cartouche carved crest over twin mirrored doors above a low drawer, raised on short toupie feet. Height 94 x width 46 1/2 x depth 16 3/4 inches. $600-800
8 A Louis XV Provincial Oak Sideboard
18TH CENTURY having a rectangular top above three short drawers and three doors with carved vine decoration along the doors and skirt, raised on short cabriole legs. Height 39 3/4 x width 76 1/4 x depth 19 3/4. $800-1,200
9 A Provincial Walnut Stepback Cupboard
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY in two parts, the superstructure with a molded cornice over three shelves, the base with a rectangular top above two drawers and two doors, the whole raised on short cabriole legs. Height 88 1/2 x width 48 1/2 x depth 19 1/2 inches. $700-900
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11 A French Provincial Walnut Occasional Table
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble-inset top with rounded corners over a single frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs with carved knees. Height 27 1/2 x width 29 x depth 22 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $600-800
12 A Provincial Hanging Cupboard
18TH CENTURY having a molded, domed cornice over three shelves, the base set with four aligned drawers. Height 53 1/2 x width 60 x depth 11 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $1,000-1,500
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13 A Louis XV Provincial Armoire
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with a projecting molded cornice above two doors, the apron centered with an inverted shell, raised on short cabriole legs. Height 91 x width 65 x depth 26 inches. $600-800
14 A Provincial Walnut Sideboard
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY having a rectangular top over three doors and a shaped skirt with incised foliate decoration, raised on short cabriole legs. Height 40 1/2 x width 80 x depth 24 3/4 inches. $800-1,200
15 A French Provincial Commode Chair
EARLY 19TH CENTURY having a padded leather back and seat with nail heads, raised on tapering cabriole legs. Height 31 1/2 x width 12 x depth 22 1/4 inches. $200-400
16 A Louis XV Provincial Walnut Bureau en Pente
18TH CENTURY having a slant front writing surface opening to a fitted interior above a drawer, raised on cabriole legs. Height 36 x width 33 1/2 x depth 22 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $500-700
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18 17 Jules Gustave Leroy (French, 1856-1921) Trois chats oil on canvas signed Leroy (lower left) 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. $700-900
18 A French Iron and Marble Pastry Table
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with a green painted base with brass decorative elements. Height 31 x width 39 x depth 23 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $700-900
19 A French Faience Tulipière modeled with ribbon tied floral festoons in relief. Height 11 5/8 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $300-500
20* A Painted Tôle Hanging Vitrine
19TH CENTURY decorated with floral garlands on a yellow ground. Height 24 x width 20 1/2 x depth 9 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $300-500 21 A Provincial Walnut Armoire
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY set with two doors above a drawer, raised on short cabriole legs. Height 82 1/2 x width 51 1/2 x depth 22 inches. $600-800
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22 A Provincial Walnut Occasional Table
18TH CENTURY having a rectangular top with rounded corners over a shaped skirt, raised on carved cabriole legs. Height 30 3/8 x width 24 1/2 x depth 19 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
23 A Provincial Oak Occasional Table
18TH CENTURY the rectangular top with rounded corners over a carved frieze, raised on slender cabriole legs. Height 26 3/8 x width 29 x depth 18 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600 24 A French Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette raised on a fluted columnar base. Height 12 1/8 inches. $300-500
25 A Louis XV Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
19TH CENTURY having a circular dial signed Janvier à Paris with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes at five-minute increments, striking on a bell, the case formed as a putto atop a drum-form clock case resting on the back of a rhinoceros, on an openwork foliate scroll base. Height 19 3/4 inches. $2,000-3,000 26
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GILBERT FABRE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the clock with a quiver and torch crest over an enameled dial with Arabic numerals signed G. Fabre / a Paris, with time and strike movement, the twolight candelabra each formed as a quiver of arrows. Height 11 1/2 inches. $400-600
27 A French Bronze Tazza signed J. Richards 1874, cast with Cupid carrying a torch near a butterfly. Height 6 1/2 inches. $300-500
28* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode having a serpentine front marble top over the conforming case fitted with two drawers inlaid sans traverse to show a basket of flowers, raised on slightly splayed legs ending in sabots. Height 35 x width 78 3/4 x depth 17 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $1,000-2,000 29* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
20TH CENTURY having a rectangular leather inset top over three drawers opposed by three false drawers, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 30 x width 67 x depth 31 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $1,000-2,000
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30 A Pair of French Gilt Bronze and Marble Ornaments
19TH CENTURY in the form of a man and a woman standing on large marble socles ending in circular bases. Height 13 inches. $400-600 31* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Low Table having a circular marble inset top raised on three cabriole legs joined by stretchers. Height 21 x diameter of top 17 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $600-800
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32* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Eight-Light Chandelier of cage form with C-scroll candle arms and applied acanthus ornaments. Diameter 30 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Yolanda Saul, Beverly Shores, Indiana $1,000-2,000
33 A Rococo Style Giltwood Pier Mirror
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a floral and shell carved crest over a beveled plate. Height 69 1/4 x width 30 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
34 A Pair of Rococo Style Walnut Mirrors
LATE 19TH CENTURY each with a double domed crest. Height 37 1/2 x width 29 1/2 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
19TH CENTURY comprising a clock and a pair of seven-light candelabra, the clock surmounted by a figure of a putto with wheat over a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, further decorated with a musical trophy and having an unsigned movement striking on a bell. Height of clock 24 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
36* A Pair of Louis XV Style Giltwood Fauteuils having padded tapestry backs, arms and stuffover seats within foliate carved frames, raised on cabriole legs. Height 44 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $1,000-2,000
37* A Pair of Louis XV Style Giltwood Canapés having damask padded backs, sides and seats within foliate and shell carved frames, raised on cabriole legs. Width 101 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $4,000-6,000
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38 A French Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Figural Centerpiece
19TH/20TH CENTURY the shell form glass bowl supported by a nude carried on the back of a dolphin, raised on a shell cast base. Height of base 11 inches. $700-900
39 A Pair of Charles X Gilt and Patinated Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra each with a tapering diamond cut Baccarat standard, raised on a tripartite paw base, converted for electricity. Height 35 inches. Property from the Estate of a Chicago Area Collector $1,000-2,000
40* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table having a shaped rectangular marble top over the conforming frame, raised on cabriole legs joined by X-form stretchers. Height 35 x width 41 1/2 x depth 24 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $1,500-2,500
41* A Pair of Louis XV Style Bergères
FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY each having a floral carved crest rail over an upholstered back, arms and seat, raised on cabriole legs. Height 36 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $200-400
42* A Louis XV Style Poudreuse
19TH/20TH CENTURY having a shaped rectangular hinged top opening to a fitted interior and over a series of drawers and faux drawers, raised on tapering legs. Height 28 x width 29 1/2 x depth 16 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $700-900
19TH CENTURY having a serpentine marble top over the conforming bombé case fitted with two drawers inlaid with flowers, raised on splayed legs ending in sabots. Height 35 1/4 x width 44 1/2 x depth 25 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500
44 A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Shagreen Figural Mantel Clock having a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes at five-minute increments, the movement signed Romilly à Paris and striking on a bell, the case formed as a trumpeting Chinese boy seated on a drum-form clock case with a shagreen band carried on the back of a boar, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 14 5/8 inches.
Provenance: Sotheby’s Chicago, circa 2000 $2,000-3,000
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45 A French Cold Painted and Parcel Gilt Bronze Lamp of baluster form with foliate handles joined to the body in two sections, one corner of the rectangular base marked Exclusivement pour Khouri Studios par LaPointe, Paris. Height overall 31 inches. $300-500
46 A French Cast Metal and Glass Eight-Light Chandelier of cage form with a repeating baluster glass standard, hung with prisms throughout. Height 43 inches.
Provenance: Mary Adams Antiques, Birmingham, Alabama Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, October 14 2007, Lot 383 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, July 13, 2008, Lot 282 $2,000-3,000 46A A French Gilt Metal Eight-Light Chandelier
19TH CENTURY with beaded candle arms terminating in leafy nozzles, hung with fruit-form prisms throughout. Height 36 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
47* Manner of Jean-Antoine Watteau Fête galante oil on board 19 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Ned Barthelmas, Columbus, Ohio $500-700
20TH CENTURY each tapering stem applied with acanthus leaves and foliate scrolls. Height overall 30 inches. $500-700 49 A Louis XV Style Vernis Martin Decorated Giltwood Vitrine
19TH/20TH CENTURY having a carved shell cornice over the glazed door and sides, the door further decorated with a courting couple in a landscape, raised on slightly splayed legs. Height 69 3/4 x width 30 1/2 x depth 15 1/2 inches. $400-600
19TH/20TH CENTURY each having a shaped rectangular top, raised on cabriole legs. Height 27 1/4 x Width 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 Inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
51 A Louis XV Kingwood and Parquetry Bureau Plat
18TH CENTURY having a rectangular top over a writing slide above one long drawer and two deep drawers, raised on shaped, tapering legs. Height 32 x width 40 1/2 x depth 27 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $700-900
52* A Louis XV Style Parquetry Side Table
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a reniform galleried top over two aligned drawers, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 31 1/2 x width 24 1/2 x depth 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $400-600 53 A Louis XV Painted and Parcel Gilt Commode
18TH CENTURY WITH LATER PAINT having a shaped rectangular marble top and two drawers, raised on cabriole legs with scrolled toes. Height 33 x width 34 1/2 x depth 18 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
54* A Louis XV Style Painted Stool
19TH CENTURY having a rectangular tapestry upholstered seat, raised on cabriole legs. Height 8 x width 31 1/2 x depth 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $150-250
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55 A Louis XV Provincial Walnut Writing Table
18TH CENTURY with a rectangular marble top over a lattice carved frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs. Height 32 x width 34 x depth 23 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $500-700 56*
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A Louis XV Style Painted Diminutive Chaise Longue
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a domed padded back and a pierce carved section above a cushion seat, raised on cabriole legs. Height 32 x width 40 1/2 x depth 24 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $400-600 57* A Louis XV Style Kingwood Occasional Table
19TH CENTURY having a rectangular top with canted corners over a frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 27 x width 38 1/2 x depth 21 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $700-900
58 A Louis XV Provincial Walnut Commode
18TH CENTURY with a serpentine front top over a conforming case with three drawers, raised on short cabriole legs. Height 34 3/4 x width 49 x depth 25 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $1,000-2,000 59 A Louis XV Style Painted Tabouret
19TH CENTURY with a rectangular padded seat raised on foliate carved cabriole legs. Height 19 x width 25 x depth 20 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $300-500 60 A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Table en Chiffonier
CIRCA 1900 having a three-quarter galleried top with linear inlays, the case with ram mask mounts, fitted with drawers at the sides and two drawers at the front opening with a hidden mechanism, the upper drawer opening to a leather-inset writing slide, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 29 x width 23 1/8 x depth 18 inches. $500-700
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18TH CENTURY WITH LATER PAINT having a serpentine front marble top over a conforming case with two drawers, the upper drawer with an inscription dated 1870, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 33 x width 38 1/2 x depth 22 1/4 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
62 A Louis XV Provincial Fruitwood Fauteuil
18TH CENTURY with a cartouche form padded back, padded arms and a stuffover seat with damask upholstery, raised on carved cabriole legs. Height 41 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
63 A Louis XV Limed Wood Bergère
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a shaped padded back, padded arms and a cushion seat within a channel molded frame, raised on cabriole legs. Height 36 1/2 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
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64 An Assembled Set of Ten Louis XV Style Painted Dining Chairs
LATE 19TH CENTURY comprising a uniformly later painted set of three armchairs, six side chairs and an additional armchair, each with a caned back and seat raised on cabriole legs joined by stretchers. Height of first armchair 40 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $600-800 65 A Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table
20TH CENTURY having a serpentine marble top over a pierce carved conforming frieze, raised on cabriole legs joined by stretchers. Height 39 x width 60 1/2 x depth 21 inches. $800-1,200 66 A Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table having a serpentine rouge marble top over the conforming pierce carved frame, raised on scrolling legs joined by an X-form stretcher and centered with a plume. Height 33 3/4 x width 54 x depth 27 1/4 inches. $800-1,200
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19TH CENTURY having a reniform leather-inset top raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 29 5/8 x width 48 1/2 x depth 26 1/2 inches.
Provenance: Butchoff Antiques, London $700-900
20TH CENTURY the rectangular leather-inset top mounted with frieze drawers and busts at the corners, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 31 x width 68 x depth 35 inches. Property of a Lady. $800-1,200
69 A French Gilt Bronze Mounted Onyx and Cut Glass Fluid Lamp the flattened spherical cut glass font supported by a columnar stem, raised on three feet. Height overall 39 inches. $400-600
70 A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
MID-19TH CENTURY the movement stamped E.B. and striking on a bell, having a circular dial signed Levy à Paris, the case of open worked foliate scroll form with four scroll feet and a similarly decorated base. Height 21 1/8 inches. $700-900
71* A Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chenets
19TH/20TH CENTURY each of tapering form with open rocaille decoration. Height 18 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Alice Ann Hunzicker Weckbaugh, Denver, Colorado $600-800
72* Manner of Nicolas de Largillière Portrait of a Princess oil on canvas 32 x 25 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $800-1,200
73* A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Tall Chest having a serpentine front marble top over the conforming bombé form case fitted with five drawers having floral inlays, raised on tapering legs ending in sabots. Height 40 1/2 x width 19 1/2 x depth 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $800-1,200
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY having a breakfront marble top surmounting a conforming case with a center door and two side doors opening to a shelved interior, raised on cabriole legs. Height 42 x width 74 x depth 22 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
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19TH/20TH CENTURY having a rectangular flip top pivoting and opening to a felt lined playing surface, raised on cabriole legs and having foliate inlays throughout. Height 31 x width 31 1/2 x depth 22 1/4 inches closed. $800-1,200
77 A Louis XV Style Burlwood Veneered Commode having a later serpentine front marble top over a bombé form case with three drawers, raised on splayed legs ending in stylized hoof feet. Height 37 x width 44 x depth 27 1/4 inches. $1,000-1,500
78 A Set of Four French Marquetry Panels
MID-19TH CENTURY depicting floral and musical trophies in various woods inlaid to ebony panels. Height of each 32 x width 25 inches (framed).
Provenance: Butchoff Antiques, London $1,500-2,500
79 A Set of Four Louis XVI Style Walnut Side Chairs
19TH CENTURY each with a lyriform back over an upholstered seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 32 inches. $500-700
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80 A Louis XVI Style Mahogany Occasional Table having a circular marble inset top over frieze drawers and candle slides, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 26 x diameter 29 inches. $300-500 81 A Louis XVI Style Giltwood Parlor Suite
LIKELY 19TH CENTURY comprising a settee, a fauteuil and two side chairs, each having a rectangular padded back with acorn finials above a stuffover seat, raised on twist fluted cylindrical tapering legs. Height of settee 42 inches. $2,000-4,000 82 A Louis XVI Style Marquetry Tall Chest the rectangular marble top with canted corners over six drawers, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 47 inches. $500-700
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SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY having a serpentine front marble top over the conforming case fitted with two drawers, raised on splayed legs ending in sabots. Height 28 1/4 x width 38 1/2 x depth 14 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $800-1,200 84 A Pair of French Gilt Metal Mounted Turquoise Glazed Vases each vase of bottle form, modeled with lotus blossoms, foliate scrolls and lingzhi in relief, mounted as lamps. Height overall 30 3/8 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $500-700 85 A Louis XVI Style Parlor Suite comprising a settee and a pair of fauteuils, each having a ribbon twist and floral carved crest rail over a square padded back and a cane upholstered seat with a lift-off cushion, raised on fluted cylindrical tapering legs. Width of settee 62 inches. $600-800
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86 A Louis XVI Style Painted and Parcel Gilt Lit du Jour
19TH CENTURY with padded sides and a cushion seat with bolster pillows, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 32 1/2 inches. $500-700
87 A Group of Louis XVI Painted Seating Furniture
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY WITH LATER PAINT comprising a pair of fauteuils and an associated settee, each having a padded back, padded arms and a stuffover seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height of settee 34 1/2 x width 45 1/2 x depth 24 inches. $500-700 87A A Louis XV Style Giltwood Trumeau Mirror
19TH/20TH CENTURY having a pierce carved foliate and shell crest over a floral decorated panel and a rectangular plate. Height 52 3/4 x width 35 inches. $300-400
19TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with rounded front corners over the conforming case fitted with three drawers, raised on tapering legs. Height 31 1/4 x width 40 x depth 19 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Yolanda Saul, Beverly Shores, Indiana $1,000-2,000 89 A Louis XVI Walnut Occasional Table
LATE 18TH CENTURY with a rectangular top and a plain frieze, raised on fluted square tapering legs. Height 29 x width 36 3/4 x depth 25 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
90 A Louis XVI Walnut Commode
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a rectangular top and three drawers relief carved with ribbon tied laurel wreaths, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 36 1/2 x width 40 1/2 x depth 23 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $1,000-2,000
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91 A French Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
19TH CENTURY having a circular enameled dial with Roman numerals, striking on a bell, the case of breakfront outline surmounted by a flowering urn finial enclosed by three supports with torch finials and hoof feet, further cast with female herms flanking the dial and draped Ionic columns at the sides, raised on toupie feet. Height 24 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000 92 A Baccarat Gilt Bronze Mounted Glass Bowl mounted at the sides with openwork handles, the glass with molded Baccarat Deposé marks, raised on a rectangular base with four feet. Width over handles 13 1/2 inches. $600-800
93* A Pair of Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils
19TH CENTURY WITH LATER GILT each with needlepoint upholstered back, arms and seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 34 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $300-500 94 A Louis XVI Painted Tabouret
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a rectangular padded seat with inwardly curving sides, raised on rosette carved fluted tapering legs. Height 15 x width 24 x depth 24 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
95 A Louis XVI Painted Side Chair
18TH CENTURY having a domed padded back and a stuffover seat with beaded borders, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 36 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $200-400
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18TH CENTURY, BOTH STAMPED GREFFIER each having a padded back with slightly curving sides, padded arms and a cushion seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 36 1/2 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
97 A Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pier Mirror having a vertical plate within a twist carved frame with a foliate crest. Height 71 1/4 x width 25 3/4 inches. $400-600
98 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Two Light Sconces
20TH CENTURY each with flaming urn finial over a tapering back plate issuing the draped S-scroll candle arms. Height of each 17 1/2 inches. $500-700
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AFTER THE MODEL BY GUILLAUME BENNEMAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with turret corners, the case with two aligned drawers above two paneled doors centered with a gilt bronze medallion depicting a maiden with a putto playing a horn, raised on toupie feet. Height 33 1/4 x width 55 1/4 x depth 22 1/2 inches. $4,000-6,000
100 A Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal and Sèvres Style Porcelain Inset Mantle Clock
MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRÈRES, 19TH/20TH CENTURY having an urn form final over the rectangular case, the face having a circular dial with Roman numerals over a painted scene depicting a courting couple in a landscape, with time and strike movement. Height 17 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,000
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CIRCA 1775 each having ribbon tied torch form back plate with flaming finial issuing the scrolling acanthus cast candle arms. Height 30 1/2 x width 14 1/2 inches. $20,000-40,000
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CIRCA 1785 each having a ribbon tied foliate decorated torch form back plate with a flame finial issuing leaf cast arms. Height 30 1/2 x width 16 3/4 inches.
Provenance: Possibly the Collection of François Marie Ménage de Pressigny (1734-1795) His daughter, Françoise Louise d’Aubigny, and by descent to Baron de Charette Purchased Bernard Steinitz, Paris, 2007
A set of six sconces of this model are in the Wrightsman collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; that set was reputedly part of a royal order placed by Marie Antoinette and given as a gift to François Marie Ménage de Pressigny’s wife. This pair may have been acquired for de Pressigny’s Paris townhouse, from which the furniture was seized during the Revolution. $40,000-60,000
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WASSMUS FRÈRES, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY having a rectangular leather-inset top and two frieze drawers, the proper left drawer stamped Wassmus on one edge, raised on square tapering legs ending in sabots. Height 29 x width 40 x depth 25 inches.
Jean-Henri-Chretien and Jean Henri-Christophe Wassmus moved from Hanover to Paris in the early 19th century and established their firm around 1810. Wassmus Frères flourished during the First Empire, producing furniture in numerous styles, and during the Second Empire under the direction of Jean-Henri-Chretien’s son Henri Leonard Wassmus. Wassmus Frères closed in 1868. $1,000-2,000
104 A Louis XVI Style Parquetry Commode
EARLY 20TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with turret corners over a conforming case fitted with three drawers, raised on tapering legs. Height 36 1/4 x width 40 1/2 x depth 17 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
105 A French Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Eight-Light Chandelier of cage form, hung with prisms throughout. Height 28 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $600-800
105A A Pair of Continental Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Three-Light Sconces each backplate cast as an urn billowing smoke, hung with prisms. Height 15 inches. $1,500-2,500
106 A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Cassolettes
LATE 18TH CENTURY each of handled baluster form with reversible flame finials, mounted at the shoulder with Greek key bands and festoons. Height 7 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
107 A French Marble and Gilt Bronze Three-Light Figural Candelabrum
LATE 19TH CENTURY cast with three Bacchic cherubs at the base, mounted as a lamp with a damask shade. Height overall 27 1/2 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
108* An Aubusson Wool Rug having a foliate center medallion on a cream field within foliate and egg-and-dart decorated borders. 11 feet 9 inches x 8 feet 11 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $800-1,200
109* An Aubusson Style Wool Rug having a foliate center medallion on a cream field within scrolling borders. 12 feet x 8 feet 8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $1,000-2,000
110* An Aubusson Style Wool Rug having a foliate center medallion on a cream field within scrolling borders. 12 feet x 8 feet 8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $2,000-4,000
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LATE 18TH CENTURY with a pierce carved crest in the form of an urn issuing flowers. Height 51 1/2 x width 36 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
112 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces each in the form of a ribbon tied quiver of arrows, with foliate candle arms suspending floral garlands. Height 29 1/2 inches. $300-500
113 A Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror
18TH CENTURY the rectangular beveled mirror plate within a conforming frame surmounted by a ribbon and garland crest. Height 38 1/2 x width 23 inches. $800-1,200
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114* A Louis XVI Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Gilt Bronze Table Clock
MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRÈRES having a circular dial with Roman numeral hours on a shaped face painted to show a courting couple, within a shaped case worked to show putti and floral bouquets. Height 17 inches. Property from the Collection of Waltraud Legat, Chicago, Illinois $700-900
115 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Painted and Parcel Gilt Trumeau Mirrors each of rectangular form, the first decorated with a woman with a muff, the second decorated with a couple in a landscape. Height 97 x 39 1/2 inches. $2,500-3,500
116 A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Walnut Commode
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a breakfront marble top over a conforming case fitted with three drawers, raised on shaped legs ending in sabots. Height 35 x width 51 x depth 25 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $1,500-2,500
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117 A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Kingwood Table en Chiffonier
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a rectangular top over three drawers, the top drawer fitted with a leather inset writing surface and writing implements, raised on tapering legs ending in sabots. Height 26 x width 17 1/2 x depth 13 1/4 inches. $800-1,200 118 A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY having a breakfront marble top over a conforming case with three short and two long drawers flanked by bellflower mounts at the sides, raised on acanthus-capped cabriole legs ending in sabots. Height 35 1/2 x width 53 1/2 x depth 24 3/8 inches. $2,000-4,000 119* A Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Onyx and Gilt Bronze Guéridon having a circular onyx top raised on four quiver form legs, each decorated with a classical maiden and signed Bruniex, joined by an X-form stretcher centered with a foliate finial. Height 30 1/2 x diameter 20 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $4,000-6,000
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120 A Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urn of baluster form with a cobalt ground, painted with a continuous scene of exuberant ladies and putti with sashes and floral garlands, lacking lid. Height 37 inches. $1,000-2,000
19TH/20TH CENTURY of tapering form decorated on one side with a courting couple and on the reverse with a floral spray, mounted with ram mask ring handles at the sides. Height 14 1/4 inches. $300-500
122 A Sèvres Style Porcelain Covered Cup
MID-19TH CENTURY of tapering handled form, both cup and cover decorated with polychrome floral sprays within gilt ovals on a celeste bleu ground, with circular L’Escalier de Cristal/Lahoche mark to base. Height 5 1/2 inches. $150-250
123 A Sèvres Bisque Porcelain Bust
AFTER ETIENNE-PIERRE-ADRIAN GOIS (1731-1823) depicting Louis XV after the marble example at Chateau de Versailles, raised on a gilt cobalt porcelain socle, the reverse incised Gois 1770, bearing a blue interlaced Ls mark to the underside. Height 26 inches. $1,500-2,500
123A A Sèvres Bisque Porcelain Bust depicting the bust of German-born French comedienne Mademoiselle Dugazon wearing a floral decorated hat, raised on a gilt cobalt socle, the reverse incised Portrait de Mademoiselle Dugazon 1778 and bearing an impressed interlaced Ls mark. Height 27 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500
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19TH/20TH CENTURY of oval form decorated with a scene of three ladies and polychrome floral sprays on a gilt decorated blue ground, the base with CH/DEDRUEX stamp and S.43, the mounts cast with allover foliate decoration. Width over handles 16 3/4 inches. $500-700
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126 A Sèvres Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Casket
19TH CENTURY of ovoid form with a white ground, the hinged lid painted to show a courting couple in a landscape, the body further decorated with bouquets of flowers and gilt foliate scrolls, raised on a circular base with four foliate feet. Height 11 inches. $500-700 127 A Pair of Champlevé, Gilt Metal and Onyx Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
19TH/20TH CENTURY each of baluster form decorated with a courting couple signed Geo. Rochelle on a gilt highlighted cobalt ground, the reverse with landscapes. Height 16 3/4 inches. $800-1,200 128 A Sèvres Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urn of baluster form with a white ground and pink reserves at the neck and foot, painted on the one side to show a pastoral landscape with ruins and a gentleman and two ladies on the other side, mounted at the shoulders with foliate handles suspending wreaths. Height 25 1/4 inches. $2,000-3,000
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129 A Sèvres Porcelain Table Casket of rectangular form with rounded ends and a turquoise ground, the hinged lid transfer printed with a scene of a courting couple. Width 8 3/4 inches. $300-500 130 A Sèvres Porcelain Table Casket of shaped lozenge form with a white ground and polychrome gilt highlighted borders with rocaille motifs and floral cartouches, the hinged lid painted to show a mythical scene, the sides painted to show alternating scenes of classical figures and landscapes. Width 12 3/4 inches. $800-1,200 131 A Sèvres Porcelain Table Casket of oval form with a cobalt ground, the hinged lid painted to show a courting couple in a landscape signed Rechelle. Width 7 1/2 inches. $600-800
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132 A Pair of Sèvres Porcelain Vases and Covers each of flask form with a blue ground, painted with circular portraits of ladies surrounded by floral garlands with gilt highlights, raised on a square foot. Height 15 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000 133 A Sèvres Bisque Porcelain Figural Group depicting four nude muses with doves, floral garlands and a putto, raised on a giltwood base. Height overall 15 inches. $500-700
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134 A Sèvres Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Urn
19TH CENTURY painted with an allegorical scene of a woman and putti, the lid marked France with interlaced Ls centered with an A. Height 29 inches. $800-1,200
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135* A Pair of Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urns each of baluster twist form, decorated with alternating celeste blue and white bands painted to show polychrome flowers and gilt highlights, mounted as lamps with acanthus scroll handles at the shoulders. Height 17 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Wenneker, Lexington, Kentucky $3,000-5,000
136 A Pair of Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urns each of baluster form, mounted as lamps. Height 13 inches. $800-1,200 137 A Pair of French Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Lamps each of baluster form with gilt decoration on a cobalt ground. Height overall 35 inches. $400-600
19TH CENTURY of urn form with a flaring rim, the sides with floral garlands and sashes hung from rings. Height 9 1/2 inches. $400-600 139* A French Iron Six-Light Chandelier
20TH CENTURY of cage form, hung with prisms throughout. Height 38 inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
140 A French Steel and Marble Pastry Table the rectangular top raised on a scrolled base. Height 28 x width 48 1/4 x depth 29 inches. $600-800
141 A Pair of Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze and Marble Candlesticks
19TH CENTURY in the form of a man and woman draped with serpents and holding the candle cups aloft, raised on sarcophagus mask feet. Height 12 7/8 inches. $300-500 142 An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table
CIRCA 1810 having a circular top over a conforming frieze with star form mounts, raised on inwardly curving legs headed by palmette mounts and joined by a quadripartite base. Height 31 x diameter 55 1/2 inches (closed).
Provenance: Purchased Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, 2003 $5,000-7,000 143* A Pair of Empire Style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
EARLY 20TH CENTURY each nozzle issuing from a tapering column suspending bellflower garlands. Height 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirle N. Westwater, Columbus, Ohio $400-600
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PROBABLY SPANISH, CIRCA 1820 having a rectangular top over a single drawer mounted with opposing hippocampi and set on four columns above a medial shelf, raised on four downswept legs ending in paw form caps and casters, bearing a crowned GMF mark. Height 28 1/4 x width 41 3/4 x depth 25 1/8 inches.
Provenance: Purchased Ariane Dandois Antiquaires, Paris, 2003
The crowned GMF mark stands for Garde-Meuble Ferdinandino and appears on certain royal property from the reign of King Ferdinand VII of Spain (1813-1833). The same mark is found on furniture in the Spanish royal collections. Spanish cabinet makers often reinterpreted elements of the French Empire taste to produce furniture like this table. $10,000-20,000
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145 An Empire Style Mahogany Tall Case Clock
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING VARIOUS ELEMENTS in two parts, the upper section with an associated eagle and flaming urn finials above Egyptian revival herms flanking a circular dial with Roman numerals, the lower section with Corinthian columnar supports over paw feet. Height 88 3/8 inches. $400-600
20TH CENTURY each with an oval back plate issuing the twisted C-scroll candle arms ending in foliate cast nozzles. Height of each 20 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000 147 An Empire Parcel Gilt Mahogany Pier Mirror
19TH CENTURY having a peaked pediment over a rectangular plate. Height 52 x width 25 inches. $400-600
148 An Empire Patinated and Gilt Metal Faux Painted Five-Light Chandelier
19TH CENTURY AND LATER the pan form body suspended from chains connected to acanthus ornaments, painted at the top and bottom to simulate marble. Diameter 28 inches. $2,000-4,000 149* A Pair of Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candlesticks
19TH CENTURY cast with three addorsed figures standing on a circular foot. Height 10 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
150 A Louis Phillipe Walnut Day Bed the headboard and footboard with cylindrical crests over straight supports. Height 41 3/4 inches. $500-700
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LATE 19TH CENTURY with reeded columnar standards raised on three legs each with paw feet over tripartite bases, mounted as lamps. Height overall 45 1/4 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $800-1,200
19TH CENTURY each having a columnar stem on a tripartite base. Height 24 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
153 A Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantle Clock
19TH CENTURY with an urn form cobalt porcelain case mounted with satyr masks suspending festoons from a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, the urn surmounted by a putto with a sheaf of wheat, the base cast with two figures of Cupid, a dove on a quiver trophy and toupie feet. Height 29 inches. $1,500-2,500
154 A Napoleon III Brass Inlaid Ebonized Cave à Liqueur opening to four decanters and sixteen cordials with gilt decoration. Height 9 1/4 x width 11 1/2 x depth 9 inches. $600-800
155 A Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mounted Brass Inlaid Meuble d’Appui
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with canted corners on a conforming case with masks at the sides and two doors opening to two shelves, the corners headed by putti holding shells aloft, all over a shaped apron with block feet. Height 45 3/4 x width 49 3/4 x depth 20 inches.
Provenance: Purchased Sotheby’s New York, 22 November 2005, Lot 230 $5,000-7,000
156 A Napoleon III Silvered Metal and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Ebony Cave à Liqueur
19TH CENTURY opening to four decanters and a series of cordials. Height 11 1/8 inches. $500-700
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LATE 19TH CENTURY each having a rectangular marble top over a glazed door opening to two shelves and flanked by acanthus leaf corbels, mounted at the sides with masks, with a shaped apron and bracket feet. Height 43 x width 27 1/2 x depth 15 inches. $4,000-6,000
158 A French Gilt Bronze and Enamel Table Screen of three-panel form depicting 18th century figures in pastoral scenes, the center panel inset with a clock having Roman numerals. Height 13 x width overall 15 1/4 inches. $800-1,200
159 A Napoleon III Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Low Table
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY B. ALTMAN, NEW YORK the oval top inlaid with radially arranged herringbone parquet, raised on shaped legs headed by Bacchic masks and ending in sabots. Height 22 x width 27 3/4 x depth 20 inches. $400-600
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160 A French Porcelain Mounted Brass Wall Clock
GUIETEAND AMACON the dial with Roman numeral hours beneath an openworked crown depicting playful cherubs and the sun, set on a later case. Height 75 1/2 inches. $700-900
161 A French Brass Carriage Clock
RETAILED BY J.E. CALDWELL, PHILADELPHIA having a repeater movement with two dials and Arabic numerals. Width 3 1/4 inches. $400-600
162 A French Brass Carriage Clock
19TH CENTURY in a glazed rectangular case, the repeater movement’s dial with Roman numerals. Height 6 3/4 inches. $500-700
163 A Paris Porcelain Urn of baluster form, one side painted to show a dancing couple with a bagpiper, the base painted to simulate marble, mounted as a lamp with a damask shade. Height overall 28 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $300-500
164 A Paris Porcelain Urn with Bacchic mask handles and floral decoration, mounted as a lamp. Height overall 34 1/2 inches. Property of a Lady, St. Augustine, Florida $400-600
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