European Furniture & Decorative Arts | Skinner Auction 3000B

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629 Continental Cameo-mounted Bronze Casket, possibly Italy, late 19th century, octagonal box with silvered accents, the lid set with a large oval cameo depicting Moses in the bullrushes, and the sides set with eight shell cameos with various biblical scenes, on four scrolled feet, ht. 5 3/8, lg. 6 3/4 in. $800-1,200

630 Three-piece Gilt-bronze Clock Garniture, France, 19th century, Desfontaines Paris clock works, the rococo-style case with sleeping child above the enameled dial, two children below, ht. 24 1/2; with a pair of four-light candelabra with a child seated below scrolled foliate arms, ht. 19 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

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631 Pair of Gilt-bronze Three-light Mirrored Candle Sconces, France, early 20th century, scrolled foliate candle arms below an oval frame adorned with cherubs and with beveled glass mirror, electrified, lg. 19 1/2 in. $400-600 632 After Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, 18101879) Bronze Model of a Panther, mounted atop a naturalistic rectangular base titled “Panthere de Constantine,” impressed sculptor’s mark, overall lg. 6 3/4 in. $200-400

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633 Luca Madrassi (French, 1848-1919) Bronzed White Metal Vase Femme, Amour et Fleurs, c. 1900, with irises to the body of a vase modeled with a nymph to the shoulders, a cupid to the rim, inscribed signature, ht. 20 1/2 in. $500-700 634 Bisque Figural Group of Theseus Defeating the Centaur, France, 19th century, after the original by Antonius Canova (Italian, 17571822), heavily carved, on a naturalistic ovoid base, ht. 16 in. $600-800


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