European Furniture & Decorative Arts | Skinner Auction 2645B

European Furniture & Decorative Arts Featuring Fine Silver and the Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia

Sale 2645B

April 6, 2013

Boston

European Furniture & Decorative Arts

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Table of Contents 1

Auction & Specialist Information

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Web Site & Online Bidding

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Event Announcement

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Provenance

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Glossary of Terms

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Lots 1-900

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Conditions of Sale

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Absentee Bid Form

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Company Directors & Specialty Departments

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Administrative Staff & Client Services

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Map & Driving Directions

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Treasures of the Romanovs: Splendors of the Decorative Arts

Lecture presented by Scott Ruby, Associate Curator of Russian and Eastern European Art at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Friday, April 5th, 2013 6:30PM Reception, 7PM Lecture 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA RSVP 508.970.3240 or events@skinnerinc.com

Held in conjunction with a preview of Skinner’s April 6th auction of European Furniture & Decorative Arts, featuring the Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia

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Provenance From the Estate of Harry A. Root Jr., Highland Park, Illinois: Lots 568, 569, 583, 584, 585, 590, 590A, 599, 605, 610, 618, 630, 639, 644A, 649, 659, 670, 677, 689, 690, 696, 699, 710, 721, 722, 723, 768, 770, 778, 778A, 809, 818, 830, 846, 847A, 849, 870, 878, 890, 897, 899

From the Collection of a Midwest Gentleman: Lots 71, 72, 75, 120, 214, 549, 550, 561, 562, 563, 564, 571, 572, 573, 578, 579, 587, 592, 593, 601, 602, 603, 607, 609A, 615, 616, 617, 622, 624, 625, 631, 632, 632A, 633, 638, 644, 646, 647, 648, 653, 654, 655, 656, 660, 661, 661A, 663, 672, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 692, 693, 697, 698, 700, 701, 702, 703, 703A, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 712, 713, 714, 715, 724, 726, 727, 734, 736, 736A, 741, 743, 745, 746, 750, 751, 752, 752A, 753, 753A, 756, 763, 764, 771, 772, 773, 773A, 774, 775, 777, 779, 780, 781, 782, 786, 787, 788, 789, 793, 793A, 797, 798, 805, 806, 807, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 817, 819, 820, 820A, 821, 822, 823, 826, 827, 831, 834, 835, 837, 841, 842, 844, 847, 848, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 859, 860, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 869, 869A, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 881, 882, 883, 884, 888, 889, 893, 894, 895, 896, 898, 900

The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia

additional provenance for select lots is available upon request

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Glossary of Terms All items in this catalogue are described according to the following table of terminology.

Please note that all statements in this catalogue as to Authorship, Period, and Origin, are qualified statements subject to the Conditions of Sale.

Authorship will be described in the following ways: John Joseph Enneking In our judgment, the work is by the artist.

Attributed to John Joseph Enneking In our judgment, the work may be ascribed to the artist on the basis of style, but leaves some question as to actual authorship.

School of John Joseph Enneking In our judgment, a work of an unknown follower executed in the style of the artist and contemporary in period.

Manner of John Joseph Enneking In our judgment, a work executed in the style of the artist by an unknown hand and probably from a later period.

After John Joseph Enneking In our judgment, an intended copy of the work of the artist.

American School, 19th Century In our judgment, the work of an unknown hand that can only be identified as to period and culture.

Other terms: Bears signature In our judgment, the signature not of the artist. This term is generally used separately, or together with a description of the work as “attributed to,” “school of,” “manner of,” or “after” the artist.

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Fine Silver Lots 1–344

British Silver

1 George I Silver Lighthouse Coffeepot, London, 1720-21, Christopher Canner, maker, of typical form, the domed lid with urn-form finial, tapered body with engraved armorial to one side, and carved fruitwood handle, ht. 10 in., approx. 27.5 troy oz. $800-1,200 2 Two George II Sterling Silver Spoons, London, 1731-32, maker’s mark “JJ” topped with a fleur-de-lis, with engraved armorial to underside of terminal, lg. 8 1/8 in., approx. 3.9 troy oz. $300-500

3 George II Sterling Silver Salver, London, 1735-36, Philip Rainaud, maker, scalloped shell and scroll edge interspersed with putti heads, with a central engraved armorial raised on four scrolled feet, dia. 18 1/2 in., approx.

78.4 troy oz. $1,200-1,800

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4 Two Pieces of English Silver, a George I Britannia standard cream jug, London, 171819, William Fleming, maker, with repoussé rocaille decoration and gold-washed interior, ht. 3 1/2 in.; and a George V sterling silver sugar bowl, London, 1923-24, Henry Vander & Arthur Vander, maker, Thomas, 153 New Bond St., retailer, circular form with repoussé floral decoration, ht. 2 3/8 in.; approx. 10.9 total troy oz. $500-700 5 George II Onslow Pattern Sterling Silver Stuffing Spoon, London, 1756-57, illegible maker’s marks, monogrammed to reverse, lg.

11 3/8 in., approx. 4 troy oz. $300-400

6 Four George III Silver Candlesticks, London, 1762-63, Ebenezer Coker, maker, each with detachable bobeche with shells to canted corners, over knopped ropetwist stem with central inverted baluster with conforming shell design, on square bases decorated with further shells to corners, each fully marked to underside of base, ht. 8 5/8 to 8 3/4 in., approx. 59.4 troy oz. $1,000-2,000

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7 George III Silver Coffeepot, London, 176566, maker’s mark “JS,” probably for John Swift, tall baluster-form body with a wood flying scroll handle, swirled acorn finial, and gadrooned edging to lid rim and foot-rim, ht.

12 1/2 in., approx. 39 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 8 George III Silver Cake Server, London, 1766-67, Edward Aldridge, maker, with pierced arabesques, dolphin-form shoulder, and wood handle, total lg. 13 1/8 in., approx.

5.1 troy oz. $250-350 9 George III Silver Dish Cross, London, 177273, Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, makers, of typical form with pierced floriform splayed feet, rod lg. 10 5/8 in., approx. 11.4 troy oz. $700-900 10 George III Reticulated Silver Basket, London, 1775-76, maker’s mark “PF,” possibly for Philip Freeman, with a leaf and berry border, raised on a reticulated foot, wd. 12 1/2 in., approx. 17.9 troy oz. $300-500

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11 Four Pieces of Georgian Silver, all London, similarly decorated with shallow neoclassical motifs, teapot with wood handle and finial, ovoid, paneled body, 1787-88, Charles Aldridge, maker, ht. 5 1/2; sugar basket with a ovoid paneled body and gold-washed interior on a similarly shaped foot with a bail handle, 1795-96, maker’s mark “C.C,” possibly for Charles Chesterman I, ht. 6 1/2; squat creamer with a reeded handle, 1804-05, Samuel & Edward Davenport, makers, ht.

3 5/8; and pair of sugar tongs bearing only sterling standard and maker’s mark “GB,” lg. 5 1/4 in.; approx. 25.3 total troy oz. $500-700

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12 George III Silver Goblet, London, 1787-88, maker’s mark illegible, the bell-shaped bowl with gold-washed interior raised on a flared circular foot with beading to stem and footrim, ht. 5 7/8 in., approx. 8.1 troy oz. $600-800 13 George III Silver Shell-back Ladle, London, 1787-88, George Smith & William Fearn, makers, lg. 13 in., approx. 4.7 troy oz. $150-250

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14 Three Georgian Silver Casters, London, an egg-shaped caster, 1791-92, rubbed maker’s marks, ht. 3 7/8; an urn-shaped caster engraved “Dickson,” 1808-09, maker’s mark “F_,” ht. 6 1/8; and a squat urn-shaped caster, 1804-05, Starling Wilford, maker, ht. 4 5/8 in., approx. 8.2 total troy oz. $400-600

15 George III Silver Teapot and Stand, London, 1794, Peter and Anna Bateman, makers, teapot with wood handle and pineappleshaped finial, decorated allover with small registers of shallowly engraved abstract motifs and a central register of gadroons, ht. 6 3/4; stand with reeded rim and shallowly engraved register, on four reeded and splayed feet, dia.

7 1/4 in., approx. 19.8 troy oz. $2,000-3,000 16 George III Silver Teapot, London, 1795-96, Robert Sharp, maker, ovoid body with a wood handle and finial on a reeded foot, ht. 6 1/4 in., approx. 16.1 troy oz. $700-900 17 George III Silver Salver, London, date letter for 1779-80 or 1819-20, Alexander Field, maker, circular, with a shell and scroll border, and engraved decoration centering an armorial, on three scrolled feet, dia. 8 7/8 in., approx. 15 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 18 Group of Assorted English Silver Items, an ovoid tray with beaded rim, London, 1785-86, maker’s mark “H_,” lg. 6 5/8; a pair of circular salts on three splayed feet, Birmingham, 1871-72, Hilliard & Thomason, makers, dia. 2; and a salt spoon, London, possibly 1879-80, maker’s mark “AS,” lg. 2 3/16 in., approx. 6 total troy oz. $300-500 19 Three English Silver Creamers, a squat creamer with engraved decoration, monogrammed, London, 1756-57, George Burrows, maker, ht. 4 1/4; a bulbous creamer with reeded rim, monogrammed, London, 1804-05, maker’s mark “_.M,” ht. 4; and a footed creamer with a double scroll handle, decorated with a central rocaille cartouche and birds and flowers in a landscape, with rubbed marks, ht. 4 in., approx. 8.7 total troy oz. $300-500 20 Assembled Four-piece George III Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1801-08, teapot Solomon Hougham, maker’s marks on other pieces rubbed but appear to be the same, various dates, each of a similar pattern with a paneled body decorated with registers of leaves, urn-form coffeepot and squat teapot with wood handle and ivory finial, creamer and open sugar both with gold-washed interior, coffeepot ht. 9 5/8 in., approx. 56.1 troy oz. $2,000-3,000

21 George III Silver Gravy, London, 1804-05, illegible maker’s mark, with flying scroll handle and gold-washed interior raised on three paw feet with lion heads to knees, ht. 3 1/4 in., approx. 3.9 troy oz. $200-300 22 George III Irish Silver Teapot, Dublin, possibly 1805-06, with engraved decoration including a wheat motif to body, with monogram and armorial, raised on four ball feet, with ivory heat stops, lacking maker’s mark and duty mark, ht. 7 in., approx. 20.7 troy oz. $400-600 23 Group of Georgian Silver Items, an ovoid, footed tray with gadrooned rim raised on four scrolled feet, London, 1815-16, William Bateman I, maker, lg. 9 1/2; and a pair of circular salts on three splayed feet with rubbed, illegible marks, with associated American salt spoons, dia. 2 1/2 in., approx.

15.3 total troy oz. $300-500 24 George IV Silver Salver, London, 1821-22, Joseph Craddock & William Reid, makers, with a central engraved armorial framed

by C-scroll and floral border, shaped rim decorated with scrolling leaves and flowers, raised on three similarly decorated scroll feet, dia. 9 1/2 in., approx. 18.7 troy oz. $600-800 25 George IV Silver Covered Urn, London, probably 1822-23, maker’s mark “SM,” tall cover with a berry finial on urn with acanthusmounted loop handles and body decorated with various classical-style registers including ram’s heads and festoons with a central medallion with putti, raised on a square plinth on four ball feet, ht. 15 1/2 in., approx. 39.1 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

26 George IV Sterling Silver Tea Kettle on Stand, London, 1823-24, John Edward Terrey & Co., maker, kettle with wrapped handle decorated with stylized dolphins, cover with Chinaman final; bulbous, repoussé-decorated body with four chinoiserie scenes separated by floral vine-work featuring Chinamen in various pursuits; spout with an eagle and spout mouth modeled as a bird’s head; stand with pierced pendant floral garlands between three legs decorated with Chinaman portrait heads to knees terminating in splayed feet, with monogrammed burner with ivory knob, total ht. to handle 15 1/2 in., approx. 105.6 troy oz. $1,500-2,500

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27 Four-piece George IV Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1823-24, Jonathan Hayne, maker, monogrammed, each with vertical repoussé-decorated panels of foliate scrolls and flowers, a teapot and coffeepot, each with ivory heat stops, and a creamer and sugar, each with gold-washed interior, coffeepot ht. 9 1/4 in., approx. 79.7 troy oz., in a wood case.

N.B. Additional information regarding provenance available upon request. $1,200-1,800

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28 George IV Silver Vinaigrette, London, 182425, maker’s mark “W.E,” possibly for William Ellerby, rectangular, monogrammed to front with a scrolled border, opening to reveal a gold-washed interior with pierced, hinged, and floral-decorated grill, wd. 1 9/16 in., approx.

0.9 troy oz. $250-350 29 George IV Irish Silver Fish Server, Dublin, 1829-30, Edward Power, maker, of typical form, with pierced motif to center and engraved armorial to terminal, lg. 12 3/4 in., approx. 5.2 troy oz. $400-600 30 Four Pieces of Sterling Silver Hollowware, a George III or IV two-handled serving dish, London, 1813-14 or 1833-34, maker’s mark rubbed, lg. 8 3/4; two Tiffany & Co. leafform dishes, mid-20th century, lg. 5 7/8; and Cartier handmade woven basket, ht. 3 1/8 in., approx. 27.3 total troy oz. $200-300 31 William IV Irish Silver Creamer and Sugar, Dublin, 1834-35, William Law, maker, additional “G_” in script mark, each with gadrooned and shaped edge, engraved decoration including armorial to body, raised on four ball feet, approx. 13.9 troy oz. $300-500

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32 William IV Silver Two-Handled Bowl, London, 1836-37, Charles Thomas Fox, maker, with a gold-washed interior, decorated allover with rocaille motifs including C-scrolls and scrolling foliage, with a paneled body and flared mouth and foot-rim, ht. 4 5/8 in., approx. 14.7 troy oz. $600-800

36 Victorian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Frame, Birmingham, 1851-53, maker’s mark “ABL.,” square, with canted corners, green enamel and a circular opening, supported by two silver legs on a silver, enamel-decorated, and weighted plinth raised on four ball feet, ht. 4 1/2 in. $300-500

33 Silver Center Bowl, possibly Irish, only partially marked, with swing handle decorated with dragons and flowers, the bowl repoussédecorated with birds, flowers, and scrolling leaves, with an engraved armorial, on a flared foot, dia. 13 in., approx. 51.5 troy oz. $700-900

37 Victorian Silver Tobacco Box, London, 1856-57, Charles Rawlings & William Summers, makers, cylindrical, with hinged lids enclosing three compartments, engraved with scrolling foliage and vacant cartouche to central lid, lg. 5 3/8; together with a French .800 silver eyeglasses case, 1819-38, with allover fish scale design broken by three foliate bands and fabric-lined interior, lg. 5 5/8 in., approx. 9.5 total troy oz. $400-600

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34 Assembled Georgian Silver Flatware Service, various dates and makers, London, early 19th century, all monogrammed and of the same pattern, comprised of twelve each: tablespoons, teaspoons, dinner forks, luncheon forks, hollow dinner knives, and hollow luncheon knives; eight dessert spoons, two salt spoons, mustard spoon, pair of sugar tongs, sugar sifter, cheese scoop, master spreader, small pair of tongs, two sauce ladles, large soup ladle, pierced fish slice, and three-piece hollow carving set: fork, knife, and sharpener; together with a pierced fish slice with a different pattern and monogram, approx. 114 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted case.

Provenance: Purchased at Phillips, New York, Sale 485, Lot 395, March 24, 1983. A catalogue from this sale accompanies the lot. $2,000-3,000

35 Victorian Silver Ewer, London, 1846-47, Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr., makers, decorated allover with scrolled cartouches and roses, with a slender acanthus-mounted handle and gold-washed interior, on a flared foot raised on four scrolled brackets, ht. 12 1/4 in., approx. 24.6 troy oz. $800-1,200

38 Victorian Silver Standish, London, 1857-58, Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, makers, rectangular, with pierced and scrolled threequarter gallery, removable taperstick to center flanked by two inkwells with hinged lids and further pierced scrollwork, and pen tray, on four scrolled feet, lg. 9 1/2 in., approx. 21.9 troy oz. $600-800 39 Sheffield Silver-plate Three-light Convertible Banquet Candelabrum, 19th century, Dixon & Co., maker, central sconce with removable bobeche topped by a flame finial, all sconces modeled as Corinthian capitals, bypass candle arms with scrolling leaves, on a reeded columnar stem and stepped weighted base, full ht. 26 in. $300-500

41 Nine Victorian Silver Forks, London, 187172, George W. Adams, maker, Hanovarian pattern, monogrammed, approx. 21.1 troy oz. $200-400 42 Four-piece Victorian Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1875-77, Martin, Hall & Co., maker, a teapot, coffeepot, open sugar with gold-washed interior, and a creamer with gold-washed interior, each decorated with acanthus-mounted handles, pendant panels of repoussé flowers and scrolls, and engraved with monogram “EJW,” each numbered “1606,” teapot and coffeepot with ivory heat stops and incised to inner foot-rim “MANUFACTURED BY T.SHAW, 56 GORDON STREET, GLASGOW.,” coffeepot ht. 11 1/4 in., approx. 79.2 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 43 Victorian Silver and Malachite Vinaigrette, Birmingham, 1877-78, James Fenton, maker, waisted floriform shape with monogram to underside and malachite-inset panels to front, interior gold-washed, with hinged, pierced, and floral-decorated grill, wd. 1 1/4 in., approx. 0.4 troy oz. $150-250 44 Victorian Silver Toddy Spoon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1883-84, maker’s mark “EM,” possibly for E. McKensie, with a spiral-turned baleen handle, lg. 9 in., approx. 1 troy oz. $300-500

40 Victorian Silver Salver, London, 1868-69, piecrust rim decorated with chrysanthemums, surface further engraved to the edge with arabesque floral scrolls, raised on four feet, dia. 11 1/8 in., approx. 26.5 troy oz. $600-800

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45 Five-piece Victorian Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1888-89, tray 189091, Walter & John Barnard, makers, each decorated with cloth festoons interspersed with starburst-inset medallions, coffeepot and teapot with wood handles and finials, creamer and sugar with gold-washed interiors, and a tray raised on four claw-and-ball feet, coffeepot ht. 8 1/4 in., approx. 138.7 troy oz. $4,500-5,500 46 Victorian Silver Teapot, London, 1890-91, John Septimus Beresford, maker, circular, bulbous form with a wood handle and finial, body decorated with two registers of inverted gadroons and beading, on a circular foot, ht. 5 in., approx. 12.2 troy oz. $500-700 47 Victorian Silver Bowl, Birmingham, 189192, Elkington & Co., Ltd., maker, with lion’s head bail handles, decorated allover with pendant garlands and acanthus leaves, with gold-washed interior, on a flared foot, monogrammed, dia. 9 3/4 in., approx. 22 troy oz. $400-600

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48 Victorian Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot Silver Trophy, London, 1892-93, Charles Frederick Hancock & Co., maker, shield-form, depicting characters and a scene possibly from the life of King Arthur: the central high relief panel showing two embattled horsemen, within a Neo-gothic cusped arcade surrounded by three portrait medallions possibly of Guinevere, Merlin, and Arthur, the lower medallion with the presentation inscription: “ROYAL HUNT CUP/1892/ASCOT/won by/“SUSPENDER”/3 YEARS 7ST 10LBS,” hallmarked throughout with additional “HANCOCKS & CO. 39.

BRUTON ST LONDON” to edge, mounted to a wood backing with an easel support, dia.

32 in.

N.B. This 1892 Royal Hunt Cup win for Suspender marks the third and final win of his racing career, which ended after sustaining an injury during the race. Trained by James Jewitt, this race was the fourth of his five win record that the trainer still holds at the Royal Hunt Cup. $20,000-40,000

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49 Pair of Victorian Gilded Silver Herd Trophies, London, one 1896-97, the other with date letter rubbed, maker’s mark with a crown over a shield bearing the initials “AB” above “AHB,” stamped for retailer “Hunt & Roskell late Storr & Mortimer,” and numbered “1460,” both cast as a cattle bust and inscribed “Purchased out of Prize Money/won by/Sir Jeremiah Colman’s Short Horn Herd,” dp. 5 3/8 in.

N.B. Jeremiah Colman (1859-1942) was an industrialist whose wealth stemmed from the mustard brand of the same name. He pursued cattle and sheep breeding as a gentleman farmer at Gatton Park, his estate in Surrey. $3,000-5,000

50 Assorted Seven-piece English and American Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, late 19th/early 20th century, each with gadrooning to bodies, four Victorian pieces: a teapot, creamer, and doublehandled sugar, London, 1889-91, Frederick Bradford McCrea, maker, and another creamer, London, 1897-98, William Hutton & Sons, makers; and three American: monogrammed coffeepot, Watson; open waste bowl, Gorham, 1900; and a pair of sugar tongs, Wallace, coffeepot ht. 6 7/8 in., approx. 37.4 total troy oz. $600-800

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51 Four-piece Victorian Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Sheffield, 1899-1900, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, maker, coffeepot and teapot each with wood handle and finial, and an open sugar and creamer, all with gadrooned bodies raised on four bun feet, coffeepot ht. 8 3/4 in., approx. 67.2 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

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52 Assembled English Silver Flatware Service for Eight, Sheffield, E. Viners, maker, range of date ciphers from last quarter of the 19th to the 20th century, all with slender pointed terminals with an engraved flowerhead and pendant garlands extending down the stem, eight each: egg spoons, salad forks, teaspoons, forks, hollow knives, berry spoons, soupspoons, and dessert forks; seven each: place spoons and solid spreaders; four serving spoons, a gravy ladle, a cheese scoop, a casserole spoon, and a three-piece hollow carving set: knife, fork, and sharpener, approx.

104.3 troy oz. weighable silver, in a wood case. $2,000-3,000

53 Assembled Victorian Silver Presentation Trowel with an Ivory Handle, Sheffield, Harrison Brothers & Howson, makers, handle 1895-96, engraved trowel 1910-11, silvermounted ivory handle with palmettes, trowel engraved allover with flowers and scrollwork centering an inscription: “This Trowel/was used by/Mrs. Gerald Moor/at the laying of/ The Foundation Stone/of the Church Hall, Preston./10. October 1912./&/Presented to her by the architect/Francis Hooper FRIBA,” with an armorial formed as a garter with “IN DEO CONFIDO,” lg. 13 5/8 in., approx. 9.9 troy oz. $500-700 54 Three English Silver Casters, an urn-shaped caster on a square foot, Chester, 1896-97, George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, makers, ht. 7 3/8; a baluster-shaped caster, London, 191213, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., makers, ht.

6 1/2; and an urn-shaped caster on a circular foot, Birmingham, 1927-28, Mappin & Webb, makers, ht. 6 3/4 in., approx. 11.5 total troy oz. $400-600

55 Victorian Silver Tankard, London, 1900-01, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., maker, with a domed and hinged lid, grotesque-mask spout, handle mounted with ivory heat stops, gold-washed interior, and body decorated with oval cartouches framed by beading and floral and foliate scrollwork, ht. 8 1/2 in., approx.

28.7 troy oz. $500-700 56 Victorian Silver Bowl, London, 1900-01, James Henry & Bernard Barraclough, makers, with gadrooned body and two bail handles joined by lion heads raised on a flared foot, further marked to base, dia. 8 5/8 in., approx.

20.7 troy oz. $400-600

57 Edward VII Silver Tea Tray, Birmingham, 1904-05, Elkington & Co., maker, with a reeded border, a register of geometric moldings offset by engraved foliate scrollwork, and the center with engraved scrolls, fleursde-lis, and geometric patterning, raised on four scrolled feet with a central ovoid boss, dia. 21 in., approx. 115.3 troy oz. $1,200-1,800

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58 Edward VII Silver Muffineer, Chester, 190405, Stokes & Ireland, makers, of typical form, the paneled body raised on octagonal foot, ht.

8 5/8 in., approx. 6.4 troy oz. $300-500

59 Pair of Edward VII Sterling Silver Compotes, London, 1906-07, W. Jackson & Son, maker, each with a lobed, pierced, and floral-decorated rim, with an engraved armorial to the center, on a narrow stem raised on a flared, pierced, and floral-decorated base on four scrolled feet, ht. 8 3/4 in., approx. 77.1 troy oz. $1,500-2,500

60 George V Silver Sugar and Creamer, London, 1910-11, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., Ltd., retailer, each ogee-shaped, with handle surmounted by acanthus leaves, engraved armorial to body, and rocaillebordered foot, creamer ht. 5 3/4 in., approx.

23.1 troy oz. $300-500 61 George V Presentation Silver Cigar Box, London, c. 1912-13, maker’s mark “SC & Co.” within a rectangular lozenge, the hinged lid inscribed “To Jack Norworth. The 8 Marvellous Hoofers and Their Tamer. Alhambra. 1914,” with engraved signatures for Lee White, Oscar Schwartz, Jack Morrison, Phyllis Monkman, Teddie Gerard, Beatrice Lillie, Clyde Cook, Alfred Austin, and one unidentified signature, wood-lined interior, lg. 9 in.

N.B. “The 8 Marvellous Hoofers” was an act from the production Not Likely, which was reviewed in the October 22, 1914 edition of The Stage. $700-900

62 George V Restoration-style Silver Sugar Box, London, 1915-16, Lionel Alfred Crichton, maker, retailed by Crichton Bros., with finial shaped as a snake surrounded by a chased foliate border and a further border of ovoid bosses, with marked latch to center surrounded by rounded rectangular bosses on four scrolled feet, ht. 5 in., approx. 25.2 troy oz. $600-800 63 George V Silver Footed Cup, Birmingham, 1921-22, Hukin & Heath, Ltd., maker, with a wide domed bowl, raised on three slender legs joined to the bowl by an acanthus leaf flanked by scrolls and mounted to a domed circular foot with foliate quatrefoil, ht. 6 1/8 in., approx. 9.5 troy oz. $300-500

65 Elizabeth II Silver Flute, London, 1961-62, Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., maker, serial number “195110,” marked “SERIES 2000,” in a fitted case with cleaner, total lg. 26 in., approx. 15.7 troy oz. $400-600 66 Elizabeth II Silver Flatware Service, Sheffield, 1976-77, Garrard & Co., Ltd., maker, eight each: dinner forks, salad forks, hollow fish forks, soupspoons, teaspoons, demitasse spoons, hollow fish knives, hollow luncheon knives, and hollow dinner knives; four serving spoons, two sauce ladles, and a hollow carving set including a knife, fork, and sharpener, approx. 77.5 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted wood case. $1,200-1,800

64 Two George V Silver Figural Spoons, London, 1928-29, F. J, Ross & Sons, makers, one with a king to terminal and the other a pig in clothes, lg. to 8 1/4 in., approx. 4 troy oz. $200-300

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Continental Silver 67 Dutch Auricular-style Silver Spoon, possibly Amsterdam, mid-17th century, with oval rat-tail bowl, pyramidal foliate stem, and hoof to terminal, underside of bowl with indistinct marks and engraved initials “H:I,” lg. 6 5/8 in., approx. 0.5 troy oz. $200-400 68 Continental Silver and Parcel-gilt Box, 18th/19th century, bearing a variety of marks including Paris charge, maison commune, and “MLD” maker’s marks, also with Dutch local tax marks, decorated with a central cartouche of a couple with putti framed with a shell-andscroll border, reverse side similarly decorated, with gold-washed interior, lg. 3 in., approx. 2.4 troy oz. $400-600

69 Six Continental Silver Condiment Items, four French: two salts, each with a pierced diamond-pattern rim and colorless glass liners raised on four hoof feet, Paris c. 1785, maker’s mark “LTA”; two condiment holders, monogrammed, lacking liners, circularframe raised on three figural terms, variety of marks, possibly Paris, c. 1795, maker’s mark “AHD”; another condiment holder lacking or with rubbed hallmarks, possibly French, monogrammed, lacking liner, circular frame with a hinged lid and scrolled handle, raised on three figural terms; and a circular salt with a silver-mounted glass inset, raised on three tapered pad feet with pierced scrollwork to the knee, probably Italian, early 19th century, approx. 13.6 total troy oz. $600-800

70 Pair of Continental Silver Tall-legged Urns, possibly Italy, marked illegibly to each “_833,” bulbous-form with a pendant knob, decorated allover with classical-style registers and raised on three long feet with lion masks to the knee and terminating in paw feet, illegible marks, ht.

6 1/8 in., approx. 16.1 troy oz. $500-700 71 Two Miniature Continental .800 Silver Items, 19th century, a reindeer and sleigh, the sleigh with gold-washed interior, lg. 9, and a chaise a porteur, likely Hanau, with colorless glass liner, ht. 2 3/4 in., approx. 11.7 total troy oz. $400-600

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72 Large Revival-style Silver Flagon, probably Hanau, Germany, late 19th century, bearing spurious 17th/18th century German marks to interior rim of cover, body near top of handle, and foot-rim, the domed cover surmounted by a lion supporting a shield, repoussĂŠ-decorated with scenes of putti on a hunt, and amorini thumbpiece, with register of putti masks, scrolling foliage, and tear-shaped lozenges above a slender spiraled body with four protrusions decorated with putti, over swelling lower section with applied dragons to four corners, on pedestal base with four owl-filled niches, with dragon-form handle, ht. 19 1/4 in., approx. 70.6 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

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76 Assembled German .800 Silver Flatware Service, Hamburg, late 19th/early 20th century, assorted makers including Brahmfeld & Gutruf, Fredrich Peters, and other, assorted monograms, each of a similar pattern with a rounded terminal with reeded detail extending down the stem, twenty-four each: forks, large soupspoons, and demitasse spoons; eighteen five o’clock spoons; twelve each: teaspoons, luncheon forks, and hollow luncheon knives; two gravy ladles with gold-washed bowls, sauce ladle, three egg spoons with goldwashed bowls, pierced ladle, and a large and small hollow cheese scoop, approx. 186.3 troy oz. weighable silver; together with some unmarked pieces of a similar pattern: twelve hollow dinner knives, six nut picks and a large punch ladle with an illegible mark. $2,000-4,000

73 German .800 Silver Pierced Center Bowl with Brass Insert, Heilbronn, after 1886, Bruckmann & Sohne, makers, oval, with repoussé floral scrolls and medallions, scrolled handles, and raised on four foliate legs, liner marked “Utrecht,” lg. 13 in., approx. 8.5 troy oz. weighable silver. $300-500

74 German Parcel-gilt and Silver Hunting Goblet, probably Hanau, late 19th century, bearing single “N” hallmark on foot, possibly for Neresheimer & Sohne, bell-shaped bowl with gold-washed interior, decorated to the exterior with rocaille, gilded cartouches framing an elaborate etched hunting scene extending across the surface of the bowl, supported by a faux bois stem entwined with a leafy vine and further raised on a domed foot with rocaille cartouches against a naturalistic ground, ht. 13 7/8 in., approx. 21.8 troy oz. $1,500-2,500 75 German Rococo-style .800 Silver Basket, probably Hanau, late 19th century, marked with a crowned three-leaf clover, the bail handle and ovoid body with reticulated strapwork, the body with two putti-filled cartouches, on four feet, with removable zinc liner, lg. 10 1/4 in., approx. 15.4 troy oz. $200-400

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77 Norwegian .830 Silver Flatware Service, c. 1888-1925, David Andersen, maker, each monogrammed and decorated with two intersecting dragons, six each: tablespoons, teaspoons, dinner knives, luncheon knives, hollow dinner knives, and hollow luncheon knives; and eleven demitasse spoons, approx.

52.6 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted case. $400-600 78 Seven Assorted Silver Boxes, late 19th/ early 20th century, four sterling silver: a Tiffany & Co. large segmented rectangular box with a gold-washed interior, two monogrammed match boxes lacking maker’s marks, and a Victorian box, Birmingham, 1860-61, maker’s mark “ES”; three Hanau .800 silver boxes: a stone-mounted box with an inset mirror made

by Simon Rosenau, a gadrooned shell-form box made by Gebruder Dingeldein, and a box with a pierced lid with putti made by Gebruder Neumann, approx. 21.4 total troy oz. $600-800

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79 Four Continental Silver Boat Miniatures, 19th and 20th century, a large boat with four wheels, flag, and anchor, lacking or rubbed hallmarks with British import marks after 1904; a sailboat with a single sail and eight people on board with marks including “B.H.M,” possibly for B. Neresheimer & Sohne, Hanau, also with British import marks after 1904; a sailboat with a sails decorated with a rising sun and a boy onboard, with rubbed maker’s marks and British import marks before 1904; and a sailboat with two putti, marks including “B.M” possibly for B. Neresheimer & Sohne, Hanau, and British import marks before 1904, ht. to 5 3/8 in., approx. 13.5 total troy oz. $400-600

80 Three Dutch .833 Silver Ship Miniatures, 19th and 20th century, two on rockers: a large three-masted ship with maker’s mark “J.V” over a pickax and rubbed date letter, and a smaller two-masted ship bearing a date letter for 1901 and lacking or indistinct maker’s mark; and a three-masted ship with a later wood platform bearing hallmarks “HB,” possibly for Herbert Hooijkaas, ht. to 6 7/8 in., approx. 11.2 total troy oz. $500-700 81 Pair of Sterling Silver Candlesticks, possibly Hanau, Germany, maker’s mark possibly for Wilhelm Weinranck, each with removable bobeches above a bulbous sconce and raised on a baluster stem terminating in a domed foot decorated allover with a spiraling pattern of flowers, on four scrolled feet, lacking German hallmarks, ht. 12 1/2 in., approx. 38.6 troy oz. $400-600

82 Group of German .800 Silver Flatware, late 19th/early 20th century, maker’s mark possibly for Gebruder Reiner, twelve each: place spoons, egg spoons with gold-washed bowls, teaspoons, demitasse spoons with gold-washed bowls, tablespoons, luncheon forks, dinner forks, salad forks, solid large spreader, solid small spreaders with goldwashed blades, berry forks with gold-washed tines, hollow luncheon knives, and hollow dinner knives; two small carving forks, three berry spoons with gold-washed bowls, two large serving spoons, cold meat serving fork with gold-washed tines, salad serving spoon with a gold-washed bowl, two bouillon ladles with gold-washed bowls, large soup ladle, solid cheese spreader, solid master butter spreader, large carving fork with gold-washed tines, fish slice with gold-washed blade, pastry server with gold-washed blade, cake server with gold-washed blade, and tomato server with gold-washed bowl, approx. 208 troy oz. total weighable silver. $1,500-2,500

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83 Continental .800 Silver Tray, late 19th/20th century, the oval tray with leaftip border and two handles, with crown and partially rubbed marks, lg. handle-to-handle 15 7/8 in., approx.

22.3 troy oz. $300-500 84 Assembled French .800 Silver Flatware Service, Paris, most: Henri Soufflot, 1884-1910, several of the same pattern, Olier & Caron, 1910-36, makers, some monogrammed, each with rocaille foliate scrolls to terminal and stem, twelve each: dinner forks (eleven monogrammed), place spoons, luncheon spoons (five Olier & Caron), demitasse spoons (five Olier & Caron, four of which are monogrammed), and eleven large bouillon soupspoons (nine monogrammed), together with a large German .800 silver bouillon soupspoon of a different pattern with illegible marks, approx. 114.2 total troy oz. $500-700

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86 German .800 Silver Flatware Service, Schwabisch Gmund, late 19th/early 20th century, Wilhelm Binder, maker, twelve each with gold-washed bowls or tines: demitasse spoons, pastry forks, mocha spoons, hollow spreaders, and hollow fruit forks; twelve each: soupspoons, fish knives, fish forks, dinner forks, luncheon forks, teaspoons, and hollow dinner knives; eleven luncheon knives, pair of hollow salad servers, two serving spoons with gold-washed bowls, smaller serving spoon, two gravy ladles with gold-washed bowls, soup ladle with a gold-washed bowl, pair of sugar tongs with gold-washed bowls, fish knife and fork serving set, hollow pie server with a gold-washed blade, two berry spoons with gold-washed bowls, two small hollow carving forks with gold-washed tines, hollow master spreader with a gold-washed blade, hollow cheese knife with gold-washed blade, hollow lemon fork with gold-washed tines, two-pronged serving fork, and a sardine server with gold-washed tines, approx. 171 troy oz. weighable silver, in fitted wood case with four drawers all labeled with German plaques. $2,500-3,500

85 German .830 Silver Armorial Tray, Hanau, possibly Schleissner, with pseudo hallmarks, oval, with central engraved armorial and rim decorated with repoussé festoons and fasces, lg. 13 5/8 in., approx. 19.7 troy oz. $400-600

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87 Six Miniature Silver Windmills, 19th and 20th century, five hallmarked, Dutch .833 silver: one with rotating clock hands and a man on a ladder, 1901, marked “H2R”; another with a flag and a man with his arms raised at its base, marked “HH”; the third with a large flag and three figures, possibly 1897; another on a building with four figures, 1899, marked with British import marks before 1904; the fifth with a large building and three figures, 1899; the last windmill decorated allover with the labors of Cupid, and a hatched roof marked with a crowned “C” and British import marks before 1904; ht. to 4 3/4 in., approx.

10.9 total troy oz. $400-600

88 Four German Silver Miniatures, Hanau, 19th and 20th century, two with possible maker’s marks for Karl Kurz: a gondola with British import marks before 1904, and a puppet theater decorated allover with figural scenes, with a hinged opening to the front; a gondola, each side decorated with figures in a landscape with British import marks before 1904, and another boat with two figures, ht. to 3 3/8 in., approx. 6.7 total troy oz. $400-600

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89 German Rococo-style .800 Silver Basket, late 19th/early 20th century, cast with reticulated rocaille and flower sprays in high relief, on base with four feet, monogrammed, marked with crescent moon, crown, eagle, and six-pointed star, ht. 10 1/2 in., approx.

34.8 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 90 Six Assorted Silver Items, an Austrian .800 silver tea strainer with floral decoration and wood handle, Vienna, 1872-1922, maker’s mark “J.C.K.,” lg. 9 1/2; a Victorian silver condiment jar with pierced octagonal frame and hinged lid, Chester, 1898-99, John & William Deakin, makers, ht. 2 1/4; and a boxed set of four silver monogrammed napkin rings, Birmingham, 1915-16, William Aiken, maker, dia. 1 7/8 in., approx. 7.4 total troy oz. $400-600

91 Seven Dutch .833 Silver Figural Miniatures, 19th and 20th century, a woman reading at an oversized desk, a peg-legged street performer with his monkey, a blacksmith, two men carrying a stack of balls, two men bowling, a man feeding birds in front of a birdhouse, with English import marks for London, before 1904, and the last a town with a church, windmill, and bridge, dated 1918, maker’s mark “JvBH,” ht. to 2 3/4 in., approx. 6.3 total troy oz. $300-400 92 Eight Decorative Silver Objects, a Gorham weighted sterling silver miniature shoe, lg.

3 5/8; a small German .800 silver bowl, circular form with a scrolled rim, dia. 2 3/4; a miniature baby’s carriage decorated allover with repoussé figural scenes, bearing French import mark indicating fineness over .800 and illegible maker’s marks to underside, ht. 2 1/8; a German .800 silver and glass-inset inkwell in a rocaille-decorated stand, ht. 2 7/8; a Dutch .833 silver miniature chest on chest, ht.

3 5/8; a .800 silver miniature dressing table, otherwise unmarked, ht. 1 5/8; and a Dutch .833 miniature chair, maker’s mark “H,” ht. 2 1/4, approx. 10 total troy oz. weighable silver; together with an unmarked rocaille-decorated plaque with a cherub painting a flower, wd. 6 1/2 in., approx. 2.6 troy oz. $600-800

93 Austrian Art Nouveau .800 Silver Tray, Vienna, 1872-1922, maker’s mark “L&C,” rectangular, with pierced, naturalistic scrollwork to each end, lg. 14 1/2 in., approx.

9.3 troy oz. $300-500 94 Portuguese .833 Silver Dish, Oporto, 18861938, maker’s mark of a heart pierced by an arrow, repoussé-decorated with a central raised medallion with a ship framed by a foliate border and ruffled rim, dia. 10 1/4 in., approx.

10.2 troy oz. $200-400

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95 German .800 Silver and Ivory Figure of a Medieval Woman, Hanau, Ludwig Neresheimer, maker, c. 1900, crowned figure with ivory face and hands, in an elaborately decorated dress with lions and eagles, with a heraldic shield propped against her leg, raised on a pierced and foliate-decorated stand, marked to outside with silver standard scratched out, ht. 9 in., approx. 17.9 troy oz. $600-800 96 Loetz-type Silver Overlay Art Glass Vase, early 20th century, iridescent blue-green squat glass vase with a flared rim mounted with engraved silver overlay in the form of lily pads and flowers, silver marked indistinctly “9_9/1,000 FI_ _E,” ht. 3 1/4 in. $200-400

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97 Three Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Items, two Denmark, 1933-44: an Acorn pattern bell designed by Johan Rohde, and a bulletshaped salt shaker designed by “GP”; and a Georg Jensen Ltd. circular, footed salt cellar with a blue glass liner designed by Harald Nielsen, approx. 12 total troy oz. $800-1,200 98 Twelve Norwegian Two-handled Sterling Silver Bowls with Lenox Porcelain Liners, 20th century, each with a hammered finish, decorated with a band of leafy scrolls, liners with gilded rims, maker’s mark “B S” in diamond cartouches with a lion’s head, dia. from handle to handle 5 3/8 in., approx. 30.4 troy oz. $300-500

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99 Five-piece Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service with an En Suite Tray Denmark, 1933-44, designed by Johan Rohde, model 45, each with a paneled lower body and scroll and bead details to handles, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and pitcher, each with wood handle, a covered sugar, and tray of a similar pattern with a beaded rim, wood handles, and scroll and bead details, coffeepot ht. 9 1/2 in., approx. 148.8 troy oz. $6,000-8,000 100 Four Georg Jensen Cactus Pattern Serving Pieces, Denmark, all with hollow handles, a fish serving fork and slice, each with an engraved fish, lg. to 8 3/4, and large carving set, lg. to 14 in. $700-900

101 Six Miniature Silver Figures, an Elizabeth II silver figural miniature of a chimney sweep, Thomas Charles Jarvis, 1976-77; three Dutch: a miniature of a horse-drawn sleigh, illegible maker’s mark, a .833 silver miniature of a man driving a cart with oxen, lacking or indistinct maker’s mark, and a man driving a cart with a dog, lacking maker’s marks; and a 20th century pair of Japanese .950 silver salt and pepper shakers of a man and woman, approx.

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102 Three Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Pieces, Denmark, all marked Georg Jensen Silversmiths Ltd., a Blossom pattern pie server, and two Acorn pattern serving spoons, approx. 11.9 troy oz. $700-900

103 French .950 Silver Double Salt Cellar, Paris, 1906-56, Maison Odiot, maker, cast as two shell-form bowls with gold-washed interiors supported by a pair of entwined dolphins, on a scrolled ovoid plateau with four shell-form feet, numbered “4568,” ht. 3 7/8 in., approx.

11.7 troy oz. $800-1,200 104 Sixteen Greek .900 Silver Bowls, 20th century, marked to interior “M&K AOHNAI,” each with a shaped and reeded rim, dia. 4 1/2 in., approx. 60.9 troy oz. $900-1,200 110

105 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Pitcher, Denmark, 1933-44, designed by Harald Nielsen, pear-shaped, with circular handle scrolled back to join body and a teardropshaped mouth, ht. 7 1/4 in., approx. 16.8 troy oz. $700-900 106 Five Sterling Silver Serving Pieces, three Denmark, 20th century: a Georg Jensen Acorn pattern cheese scoop, and Orla Vagn Mogensen serving fork and spoon with Jensen-style curved blossoms and beads to terminals; and a Durham Silver Co. Jensenstyle salad serving fork and spoon with blossoms and beads to the terminals, approx.

15.7 total troy oz. $500-700 107 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Pitcher, Denmark, 1933-44, Johan Rohde, designer, slender pear shape with a long handle joined to the body with a stylized leaf and bead motif, ht. 9 in., approx. 17.2 troy oz. $700-900

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108 One Buccellati and Three Buccellati-type Sterling Silver Shells, Italy, 20th century, all upturned, with two shell-form feet, largest shell impressed “BUCCELLATI ITALY STERLING,” lg. 6 1/2 in., the other three impressed “STERLING,” approx. 52.9 total troy oz. $800-1,200

109 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Bernadotte Pattern Flatware Service, Denmark, after 1945, seven each: hollow knives, bouillon spoons, and forks; salad fork, hollow spreader, food pusher, and napkin ring, approx. 21.1 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

110 Three Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Items, two Denmark 1933-44: a cream pitcher with a wood handle designed by Johan Rohde, ht.

5 3/8, and a paneled and footed goblet with a flared mouth designed by Gundorph Albertus ht. 5 1/8; and a Georg Jensen Silversmith Ltd. compote with a leaf and bead motif to the stem, marked with a bundle of wheat, ht. 4 1/2 in., approx. 26.7 total troy oz. $1,000-1,500

111 Four-piece Christofle Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Paris, c. 1951, also bearing marks for Cardeilhac, teapot, coffeepot, creamer, and covered sugar, each with paneled pear-shaped bodies, the covers with floriform finials, coffeepot ht.

9 7/8, approx. 98.2 troy oz.; together with a Christofle silver-plated tray, lg. handle to handle 25 3/4 in.

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112 Pair of Italian Five-light Sterling Silver Candelabra, Milan, 1944-68, Boggiali Giuliano, maker, each with floriform nozzles, drip cups, and arms, on a baluster standard and foot with rocaille, flowerheads, and scrolling leaves, ht. 18 3/4 in., approx. 297.7 troy oz. $6,000-8,000

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113 Buccellati Sterling Silver Shell-form Centerpiece, Italy, 20th century, cast as six large upturned nautilus shells on a base of clamshells and accented by small conch shells, impressed “BUCCELLATI ITALY STERLING,� lg. 14 in., approx. 79.4 troy oz. $6,000-8,000

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114 Four Buccellati Sterling Silver Figural Table Ornaments, Italy, mid to late 20th century, the four dancing cherubs representing the seasons, each with accoutrements of their season and signed “Buccellati/Italy� to underside, ht. to 6 5/8 in., approx. 46.5 troy oz. $8,000-12,000

115 Diamond-set Gilded Sterling Silver Chalice, Holland, retailed by Adrian Hamers, set with a full-cut diamond weighing approx. 0.50 cts., ht. 8 3/8 in., approx. 28 troy oz. $800-1,200

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Russian Silver

116 Russian .875 Silver Tongs, St. Petersburg, 1871, maker’s mark Latin “IAL,” assayer’s mark Cyrillic “B.C,” with gold-washed interior and tampers to terminals, lg. 5 5/8 in., approx.

2.4 troy oz. $200-400 117 Russian .875 Silver Ladle, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1872, unidentified Cyrillic maker’s mark, Timofye Tripitsky, assayer, with wrigglework foliage and “SL” monogram to terminal and large bowl, lg. 14 3/4 in., approx. 8.8 troy oz. $400-600 118 Ten Assorted Russian Silver Spoons, late 19th century, nine gold-washed, with 84 zolotnik standard, various makers and cities: a large soupspoon with an engraved bowl and engraved spiral to stem, maker’s mark “RM,” rubbed city and assay marks, 1882, another with a long spiral-turned stem and round bowl Kiev, 1883, Igor Zaviyanov, maker, with engraved decoration around inscription “I. Funi/1883.,” a teaspoon with a spiral-turned stem and engraved bowl, with rubbed marks, 1884, maker’s mark “BM,” and six demitasse spoons with engraved bowls and spiralturned stems, with rubbed or indistinct marks, three 1883, marker’s mark “PA,” approx.

5.3 troy oz.; the tenth spoon with rubbed marks, lacking or indistinct standard, with an engraved monogram to bowl and spiral-turned stem. $600-800

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119 Russian .875 Silver and Niello Mug, Moscow, 1885, maker’s mark “G.K,” for Andrei Kovalsky, assayer, with a central scene of a couple dancing surrounded by scrolling vines and flanked by two circular cartouches with monograms, with a Russian inscription encircling the lower segment, raised on flared foot, ht. 3 1/2 in., 4.9 troy oz. $500-700 120 Russian .875 Silver Box, Moscow, 1882, maker’s mark Cyrillic “IA,” assayer’s mark Cyrillic “B.C,” possibly for Viktor Savinsky, casket form, with a domed and hinged lid, hinged handles to sides, and four ogee feet, allover engraved with Pan-Slavic ornament, ht.

3 1/8, wd. 4 5/8, dp. 3 1/8 in., approx. 10.6 troy oz. $300-500

121 Russian Silver Trompe l’Oeil Basket, Moscow, 1885, “AA/1888,” possibly for Anatoly Apollonovich Artsybashev, assayer, oval form with two handles with a chased imitation of a wicker basket with a folded linen napkin, on four feet, lacking visible standard mark, maker’s mark illegible, wd. 11 5/8 in., approx. 14 troy oz. $500-700

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122 Pair of Russian .875 Silver Filigree Goblets, 1896-1908, “GK,” assayer, first Kokoshnik standard, each with a tall cylindrical body with a flared mouth raised on a beaded stem and flared circular foot, ht. 5 5/8 in., approx. 7.5 troy oz. $400-600

123 Russian .875 Silver and Enameled Egg with Associated Stand, 1896-1908, maker’s mark “I.KH” in Cyrillic, possibly for Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov, assayer’s mark “IL” in Cyrillic possibly for Ivan Lebedkin, first Kokoshnik standard mark, also marked with Russian Imperial coat of arms in circular cartouche possibly indicating Court Supplier, lacking city mark, decorated allover with cloisonné enamel, in two parts, with a gold-washed interior, ht. 3 1/8 in., raised on a marked 84 standard stand cast as three chicken feet mounted to a circular ring, approx. 3.9 troy oz. $800-1,200

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South Asian, Chinese, Mexican & South American Silver

124 Six South Asian Silver Items, a Thai napkin ring decorated with four panels depicting a seated Buddha with a scrolling lotus motif, marked “Siam/STERLING”; four Indian rice bowls of varying sizes, all with elaborate repoussé Hindu figures, the three largest with engraved markings within a lotus cartouche to underside, dia. to 6 1/8 in.; and a stonemounted and gold-washed metal footed bowl, approx. 26.3 total troy oz. weighable silver. $800-1,200 125 Three-piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Service, possibly Cumshing, a teapot, creamer and sugar; creamer and covered sugar with gold-washed interiors, all with repoussé birds and leafy bamboo on a stippled ground, with bamboo-style handles and finials, character marks to undersides, teapot ht. 5 1/4 in., approx. 27.8 troy oz. $1,200-1,800

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126 Four South American .900 Silver Bowls, probably Peru, each with circular scalloped body supported by scrolled feet, three with bands of foliage and circular maker’s mark with an eagle, two dia. 3 3/4, one dia. 10 1/2; the other dia. 6 3/8 in., approx. 60.7 total troy oz. $800-1,200 127 Three-piece Mexican Sterling Silver Tea Service, a creamer, covered two-handled sugar, and a teapot with rubber heat stops and an engraved monogram, each of squat form with shaped ridges, raised on four splayed feet, teapot ht. 8 3/8 in., approx. 66.1 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 128 Mexican Sterling Silver Wine Basket, Taxco, 20th century, maker’s mark “Villasana,” with two braided handles joined to basketweave body on a flared foot, lg. 10 1/8 in., approx.

16.6 troy oz. $300-500

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129 Peruvian Sterling Silver Covered Serving Bowl, circular form with hammered surface, the cover converting to a dish on three feet, bowl on conforming foot, unidentified maker’s mark, handle over handle dia. 11 in., approx.

34.6 troy oz. $500-700 130 Pair of Basketweave Sterling Silver Cups, probably Mexico, 20th century, each circular with an upturned leaf, unmarked, ht. 2 1/4 in., approx. 5.3 troy oz. $200-400 131 Mexican Sterling Silver Dish, 20th century, parallelogram-shaped dish with a slightly upturned shaped rim, impressed “E.M. WNOS/925 DF” and “Hecho en Mexico” to base, lg. 11 1/2 in., approx. 14.4 troy oz. $300-500

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132 Eight .900 Silver Goblets, possibly Bogota, Colombia, 20th century, maker’s mark “ATN” with crossed hammers within a shield-shaped cartouche, monogrammed, of typical form, with hammered finish and raised on a narrow stem terminating in a circular flared foot, ht. 6 3/8 in., 35.8 troy oz. silver. $500-700 133 Peruvian Palm Frond-form Sterling Silver Center Bowl, with hammered surface, maker’s mark, lg. 24 3/8 in., approx. 15 troy oz. $200-300 134 Five-piece Mexican Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service with Tray, 20th century, maker’s mark “CLS,” teapot, coffeepot, creamer with cover, sugar, and sterling silver tray, each decorated with beaded detail to handles and finials, coffeepot ht. 9 3/4 in., approx. 153.8 troy oz. $2,500-3,500

135 Pair of Mexican Sterling Silver Candelabra, 20th century, each with three sconces raised on an angle by a pair of thinly turned coils with a silver sphere inserted between them at one end, lg. 8 in., approx. 28.0 troy oz. $500-700 136 .900 Silver Box, possibly South America, 20th century, oval form, top oval pendant filled with green enamel and framed by a spiral wirework border and stylized ribbons, indistinctly marked to lid, lg. 12 1/2 in., approx. 31.6 troy oz. $500-700 137 Mexican Two-handled Sterling Silver Bowl, maker’s mark “CLS,” with an elongated, lobed bowl raised on a flared foot with rim, foot and handles decorated with scrolled border, ht. 7 in., approx. 41.3 troy oz. $700-900

138 Sanborns Sterling Silver Tray, Mexico City, mid-20th century, ovoid, with a gadrooned rim and auricular handles with floral decoration, lg.

26 1/2 in., approx. 80.9 troy oz. $1,500-2,000 139 Five Peruvian Sterling Silver Beakers, each cylindrical, with protruding rim and tapered body, unidentified marker’s mark, ht. 5 1/8 in., approx. 25.8 troy oz. $300-500 140 Six-piece Mexican Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Mexico City, 194855, Heather y Hijos S.A., maker, each with bulbous body on four scrolled feet, hot water kettle, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl, approx. 142.2 troy oz. $1,800-2,200 141 Pair of Mexican Sterling Silver Salad Servers, Mexico City, 1948-55, each with looped foliate terminals, lg. 10 in., approx. 8 troy oz. $200-300

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142 Myer Myers Rococo Coin Silver Milk Pot, New York, c. 1760-70, the bulbous body with everted scalloped rim and generous pouring lip, with multi-scroll handle, on three spiraling shell-form supports and conforming feet, “Myers” triple-struck and engraved “S/IF” on bottom, ht. 4 3/8 in., approx. 4.6 troy oz.

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123-25. $15,000-25,000 143 Five-piece Robert & William Wilson Coin Silver Tea Service, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1825-46, each with a bulbous body raised on a flared circular foot with registers of leafy grapevines, lid with domed top decorated flowers and a pinecone finial, a kettle on stand with burner, teapot with ivory heat stops, covered sugar, open waste bowl, and a creamer, kettle ht. 15 in., approx. 167.5 troy oz. $5,500-7,500

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144 Kirk Silver Teapot, Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1830, bearing Baltimore Assay marks including: coat of arms and “C,” each in a canted corner cartouche, monogrammed, squat waisted form with bulbous, leafdecorated handle with wood heat stops, raised on a flared ovoid foot, ht. 8 1/4 in., approx. 26.7 troy oz. $400-600 145 Bennett & Caldwell Coin Silver Water Pitcher, Philadelphia, 1843-48, monogrammed, urn-form with acanthusmounted and scrolled handle, beaded rim and registers of foliate scrollwork to neck, and flared circular foot, ht. 13 in., approx. 28.7 troy oz. $400-600 146 John Polhemus Kings Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, c. 1850, Tiffany & Co., retailer, various monograms, six knives with flat handles and blunt sterling silver blades, five oval soupspoons, two stuffing spoons, and one serving spoon, approx.

31.3 troy oz.; together with four Tiffany & Co. English King pattern silver-plated knives with flat handles and blunt silver-plated blades. $800-1,200

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147 Gorham Coin Silver Figural Goblet, Providence, Rhode Island, before 1868, monogrammed, with the stem modeled as a classically draped maiden with a torch, raised on a flared circular foot, marked to base “S&M,” possibly for retailer Starr & Marcus, ht.

9 1/2 in., approx. 14 troy oz. $1,500-2,500

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148 John Polhemus Honeysuckle Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, 1850-69, retailed by Tiffany & Co., monogrammed, twelve each: dinner forks, large bouillon soupspoons, tablespoons, and solid luncheon knives; eighteen luncheon forks, and eleven teaspoons, approx. 134.2 troy oz. $2,000-4,000 149 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Pitcher, New York, c. 1854-69, with a molded rim and collar, handle reeded with faux bois foliate joints to the body, engraved with the Order of the Garter symbol with a monogram to the center, ht. 9 5/8 in., approx. 30.4 troy oz. $400-600

150 Pair of William Bogert & Co. Sterling Silver Compotes, New York, c. 1866-75, each with circular bowl over a knopped standard, three ram’s head masks, and three legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, on tripod bases, with two “B” monogram marks and impressed “ENG’STERLING 925-1000,” one also marked for retailer “D. Austin & Sons 95 FIFTH AVE.,” ht. 9 in., approx. 44.8 troy oz. $600-800 151 Silver Egg Set, New York, 1867-74, Ford & Tupper, retailers, six each: sterling silver egg cups, coin silver salt cellars, marked Ford & Tupper egg spoons, and marked Ford & Tupper saucers, all partially gold-washed and with engraved decoration, in an original fitted case, approx. 17.9 troy oz. $500-700 152 Gorham Coin Silver Dish, Providence, Rhode Island, before 1868, ovoid, with two handles, each with a portrait medallion of a woman, dish with a Greek Key fret border and an engraved register of palmettes interrupted by two central portrait medallions of a man and woman, lg. 15 3/8 in., approx. 27.9 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

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156 Gorham Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1879, barrel-form body decorated with leafy vines interspersed with flower buds on a textured ground, with reeded handle and patterned neck, ht. 7 1/2 in., approx. 23 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 153

157 Gorham Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Mug, Providence, Rhode Island, 1881, engraved to center “Horace H. Eaton,” decorated with an upper and lower register of abstract patterning, ht. 3 1/2 in., approx. 5.2 troy oz. $250-350 158 Gorham Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1883, waisted form with a wide cylindrical neck and bulbous body divided by a register of acanthus leaves and on a reeded circular foot, with a central presentation inscription, ht. 8 3/8 in., approx.

29.5 troy oz. $400-600 159 Gorham Sterling Silver Coffeepot, Providence, Rhode Island, 1887, Persianstyle pot with a tall neck, domed and ribbed cover with a shell-form finial, and a wickerwrapped, scrolled handle, bulbous lower body decorated with stylized plantain leaves and flowers, ht. 7 1/8 in., approx. 10.4 troy oz. $500-700 160 Gorham Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1894, paneled body with acanthus-decorated handle and beaded rim, monogrammed, underside with date “1885,” ht. 8 1/4 in., approx. 22.3 troy oz. $500-700

153 Tiffany & Co. Japanesque Sterling Silver Tea Kettle on Stand, New York, c. 1870-75, squat kettle with gadrooned urn-form finial, handle with ivory heat stops, body decorated with a variety of motifs including cherry branches and blossoms, bands of geometric brocade designs, insects, a crane, a portrait head of a samurai, and a central scene of three figures surrounding a cooking fire; kettle stand with ivory knob to latch kettle in place, decorated with leafy branches and raised on four legs with applied decoration to knee terminating in claw feet, with burner, total ht. to handle 10 1/2 in., approx. 35.3 troy oz. $1,500-2,500

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154 Two John R. Wendt Moresque Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Serving Pieces, New York, c. 1875, retailed by Starr & Marcus, monogrammed to underside, fish slice/server lg. 11 1/2, fork lg. 9 7/8 in., approx. 8.5 troy oz. $400-600 155 Three-piece Kirk & Son Sterling Silver Coffee Service, Baltimore, Maryland, coffeepot and creamer 1868-90, sugar 1861-68, urn-form coffeepot with repoussé flowers framing two central cartouches of rustic buildings, ht. 9 1/2 in., creamer and sugar each urn-form, decorated allover with repoussé flowers and with flying scroll handles, approx. 25.1 troy oz. $600-800

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161 Twelve Sterling Silver and Enamel Vanity Items, late 19th century, most pieces marked Saart Brothers, Attleboro, Massachusetts, harlequin set, each with sky blue engineturned ground centering a basket tied with ribband and filled with polychrome flowers, two each: hand mirrors, hair brushes, and comb frames; a clothes brush, glass perfume bottle, jar with lid, jar lid, nail buff, and scissors. $500-700

162 Five-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1898, monogrammed, coffeepot and teapot, each with ivory heat stops and urn-form finials, covered sugar, creamer, and open waste bowl, each with gadrooned body, coffeepot ht.

8 in., approx. 37.4 troy oz. $800-1,200

169 Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Fish Platter, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, monogrammed, ovoid, with a shaped shell and scroll rim, lg. 24 1/2 in., approx. 75.3 troy oz. $600-800

170 Reed & Barton Frances I Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, late 19th/20th century, some monogrammed, ten cream soupspoons, eight each: hollow knives, dinner forks; six each: teaspoons, cocktail forks; five each: butter spreaders, salad forks, approx. 52 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

163 Gorham Cut-to-clear Green Glass and Sterling Silver Vase, Providence, Rhode Island, 1898, tall cylindrical vase with a slightly flared mouth decorated to the top with leafy dandelions above a swirled gadroon and diaper pattern, mounted to a flared and lobed sterling silver foot with a pierced shell and flower foot-rim, ht. 15 1/2 in. $500-700 164 Durgin Sterling Silver Center Bowl, late 19th/early 20th century, rim decorated with shell and C-scroll motifs, pierced bowl with a central monogram, raised on a flared foot, dia.

15 1/2 in., approx. 49.5 troy oz. $700-900

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165 Four-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Scientific Instrument Set, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, a compass, mercury thermometer, barometer marked for Keuffel & Esser Co., and tape measure, each with an applied monogram, in a fitted leather carrying case, thermometer ht. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 166 Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Meat Platter, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, ovoid, with shell and scroll rim and well to center, raised on four scrolled feet, lg.

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167 American Sterling Silver Repoussé Center Bowl, likely Baltimore, Maryland, late 19th/ early 20th century, with scalloped edge, decorated allover with repoussé flowers raised on a flared foot, underside marked “Sterling,” with later additional scratch marks, dia. 12 in., approx. 67.4 troy oz. $800-1,200 168 Black, Starr & Frost Sterling Silver Presentation Platter, New York, late 19th/ early 20th century, circular, with shaped rim decorated with floral vines and central presentation inscription, dia. 14 1/4 in., approx. 29 troy oz. $600-800

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171 Six-piece Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, New York, late 19th/ early 20th century, kettle on stand with burner, teapot, coffeepot, covered sugar, creamer, and open waste bowl, each decorated with scrolls and shells and raised on four wide feet, the teapot, coffeepot, and kettle with ivory heat stops, kettle ht. 12 3/4 in., approx. 203.8 troy oz. $1,500-2,500 172 Reed & Barton Elegante Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 19th/20th century, monogrammed, four oyster forks, five demitasse spoons, two teaspoons, three ice cream spoons, eight dinner forks, nine luncheon forks, six tablespoons, nine large bouillon soupspoons, six solid spreaders, nine hollow dinner knives, nine hollow luncheon knives, six five o’clock teaspoons, and five chocolate spoons, approx. 81 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,500-2,500

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173 Black, Starr & Frost Sterling Silver Presentation Dish, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, lobed, ovoid body with a large projecting rim with pierced and scrolled floral decoration and engraved to top and bottom with a presentation inscription to the “Carteret Gun Club,” lg. 20 1/2 in., approx. 44 troy oz. $800-1,200 174 Four American Sterling Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, 19th/early 20th century, two asparagus servers decorated with lilies and marked “SILVERCRAFT,” a Wood & Hughes serving spoon with branch-form handle with leaf to terminal and gold-washed bowl, and a Whiting Ivory pattern monogrammed fish fork, approx. 13.9 total troy oz. weighable silver. $500-800 175 Unger Brothers Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, late 19th/early 20th century, oval, the flared rim decorated with repoussé flowers and vines, lg. 13 in., approx. 9.2 troy oz. $400-600

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176 Tiffany & Co. Olympian Pattern Sterling Silver Footed Bowl, New York, c. 1873-91, with a relief frieze depicting putti at various pursuits, raised on squat stem and flared circular foot with a register of foliate scrolls, dia. 10 in., approx. 38.6 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 177 Kirk & Son Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Baltimore, Maryland, mid to late 19th century, with shaped rim and engraved monogram to body, underside with inscription “F.A.E. to M.B.C.E./May 9th, 1948,” ht. 8 1/8 in., approx. 23.6 troy oz. $1,000-2,000 178 Six Pieces of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Flatware, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, two St. James pattern: a casserole spoon with kidney-shaped bowl and small pea serving spoon; two Richelieu pattern small sugar sifters, monogrammed Palm pattern gravy ladle, and ice cream server with ferns and flowerheads to handle, approx. 14.8 total troy oz. $500-800

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179 Pair of American Weighted Sterling Silver Candlesticks, late 19th/early 20th century, unidentified maker’s mark with an eagle in profile, Shreve, Crump & Low, retailer, each with removable bobeche, balustroid stem, and circular foot, cast with shells, acanthus leaves, and scrollwork, monogrammed, ht. 10 in. $600-800 180 Durgin Bradford Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Concord, New Hampshire, late 19th/early 20th century, Shreve, Crump & Low, retailers, monogrammed, twelve each: dinner forks, luncheon forks, teaspoons, place spoons; and six tablespoons; together with five bone-handled luncheon knives and a bone-handled spreader, in a fitted wood case, approx. 74.9 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500 181 Pair of Graff Washbourne & Dunn Sterling Silver Candlesticks, New York, retailed by J.E. Caldwell & Co., with scrolled decoration, weighted to base, ht. 9 3/4 in. $500-700

182 Whiting Sterling Silver Cup, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated to body with a repoussĂŠ scene of four cherubs among foliate scrolls with flowers and central monogrammed cartouche, gold-washed interior, ht. 4 1/4 in., approx. 8.3 troy oz. $200-400 183 Pair of Howard & Co. Sterling Silver Candlesticks, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, each with a swirled bobeche and a narrow baluster stem on a flared circular foot, decorated allover with scrollwork, ht. 8 3/4 in., approx. 30.6 troy oz. $800-1,200 184 Two Silver Shell-form Spoon Warmers, 19th century, each cast as an upturned nautilus shell with hinged cover on a rocky base with shell-form handle, with cruciform mark, ht. 5 1/4 in., approx. 35.7 troy oz. $500-700

185 Assembled Six-piece Silver Tea and Coffee Service, late 19th century, each of a similar pattern with pineapple finials, pear-shaped bodies decorated with leafy vines and flower buds, and faux bois handles and spouts, comprising three pieces of Bigelow, Kennard & Co. sterling silver: coffeepot, teapot, and open waste bowl, coffeepot ht. 10 3/4; and three pieces of Ball, Black & Co. coin silver: teapot, covered creamer, and covered sugar, teapot ht. 9 1/2 in., approx. 150.3 total troy oz. $3,000-5,000 186 Pair of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. Sterling Silver Plates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, late 19th/early 20th century, monogrammed with reticulated edges decorated with foliate scrolls and putti, dia. 10 in., approx. 23.5 troy oz. $300-500

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187 Dominick & Haff Century Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, monogrammed, some retailed by Hansel, Sloan & Co., twelve each: dinner forks, luncheon forks, dessert spoons, soupspoons, demitasse spoons with gold-washed bowls, hollow luncheon knives, hollow dinner knives, five tablespoons, seven teaspoons, and a long-handled chocolate muddler with a gold-washed bowl; together with two monogrammed International Sterling teaspoons of a similar pattern, approx. 104.1 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted leather case. $2,500-3,000 188 Howard Sterling Co. Sterling Silver Teapot, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878-1902, squat urn form with paneled body, urn-form finial, ivory heat stops, and beaded rim, raised on an octagonal foot, ht. 8 1/2 in., approx. 20.5 troy oz. $400-600 189 Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Horse Trophy, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, presented by the National Horse Show Association of America: Hackney Stallion Challenge Cup awarded to Henry Fairfax and his horse Bagthorpe Sultan in 1908 and 1909; trophy with paneled body and gold-washed interior, tall lid with acanthus engravings and berry-form finial, trophy body decorated with a register of floral garlands, presentation inscriptions to each side, acanthus leaves to lower body and scrolled acanthus-decorated handles, raised on a flared foot with a fasces-decorated rim, ht. 15 1/2 in., approx. 100.7 troy oz. $1,500-2,000 190 Black, Starr & Frost Sterling Silver Presentation Bowl, New York, late 19th/ early 20th century, with a deep circular bowl and overhanging rim decorated with flowers and engraved with various presentation inscriptions, raised on squat stem and a domed foot, ht. 8 5/8 in., approx. 68 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 191 Five American Sterling Silver Gravy and Sauce Ladles, late 19th/20th century, a Gorham Melrose pattern, monogrammed International Wellesley pattern, Towle Lady Constance pattern, Frank M. Whiting Marquis pattern, and Whiting Mfg. Co. Louis XV pattern, approx. 8.1 total troy oz. $150-250

192 American Sterling Silver Basket, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, marks for Marcus & Co. and Thomas G. Brown & Sons, oblong, with pierced latticework bordered by palm fronds, scrolled bail handle and foot, monogrammed. lg. 12 1/4 in., approx. 21.9 troy oz. $300-500 193 Pair of Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Platters, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, monogrammed, each ovoid with shaped shell and scroll border, lg. 15 and 19 in., approx. 79.5 troy oz. $600-800 194 Seven American Sterling Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, late 19th/20th century, four Gorham: Chippendale pattern beef fork, Coligni pattern beef fork, Empress pattern serving spoon, King Albert pattern cold meat fork; George W. Shiebler & Co. Sandringham pattern serving spoon with gold-washed bowl, Whiting Mfg. Co. Oval Twist pattern serving fork, and a lemon fork with lily decoration by an unidentified maker, approx. 14.9 total troy oz. $300-500 195 Towle Arlington Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Newburyport, Massachusetts, late 19th/early 20th century, monogrammed, seven luncheon forks, six each: place spoons and teaspoons; and a master butter knife, approx. 25.8 troy oz. $200-250

196 Gorham Sterling Silver Coffeepot, Providence, Rhode Island, 1891, slender, tapering to the top, with a long spout and handle with ivory heat stops, decorated to the center with repoussé flowers and framed by leaf-form registers, ht. 11 1/4 in., approx. 23.3 troy oz. $1,200-1,800

197 Stieff Repoussé-decorated Sterling Silver Ewer, Baltimore, Maryland, 1917, with a scrolled handle and flared foot, decorated allover with a variety of flowers and foliage, ht.

14 1/4 in., approx. 42.7 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

198 S. Kirk & Son Silver Coffeepot, Baltimore, Maryland, 1868-90, baluster-form, with ram’s head-mounted handle with ivory heat stops, engraved armorial to one side, and floral finial, decorated allover with repoussé flowers and buildings, raised on a flared circular foot, marked “S. Kirk & Son/11 oz.,” ht. 11 3/4 in., approx. 28.7 troy oz. $2,000-2,500 199 Three-piece Repoussé-decorated Sterling Silver Tea Service, late 19th/early 20th century, retailed by Black, Starr & Frost, each decorated allover with flowers and monogrammed to underside, a tall, slender teapot with ivory heat stops, a creamer with gold-washed interior, and covered sugar with gold-washed interior, teapot ht. 8 in., approx.

23.1 troy oz. $700-900 200 Four American Sterling Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, late 19th/20th century, two Durgin casserole spoons: one Dauphin pattern, the other Madame Royale pattern; an Alvin Old Orange Blossom pattern casserole spoon, and a Frank M. Whiting Lily pattern serving fork, approx. 13.8 total troy oz. $400-600 201 American Sterling Silver Basket Centerpiece, late 19th/early 20th century, lacking hallmarks, scalloped rim decorated with a pierced register of flowers, leaves, and vases of flowers, stationary handle also decorated with flowers, raised on a oval foot, with silver-plated insert, ht. 13 in., approx.

39.3 troy oz. $800-1,200 202 Dominick & Haff La Salle Pattern Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, New York, late 19th/ early 20th century, with flaming torch mark to underside, monogrammed, with an acanthus mounted rim, scrolled handle, and lobed body, on a circular foot, ht. 10 in., approx. 30.9 troy oz. $600-800

203 Seven-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, New York, 18911907, tray and kettle dated 1902-07, all other pieces 1891-1902, each repoussé chased with bands of flowers, scrolls, and acanthus leaves, a kettle on stand with burner, coffeepot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste bowl, and tray; kettle ht. 12 3/4 in., approx. 270.6 troy oz. $7,000-9,000

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204 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bread Tray, New York, 1891-1902, oblong, cast with reticulated border of shells and rocaille, lg. 11 1/8 in., approx. 13.9 troy oz. $400-600

205 Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Vase, Providence, Rhode Island, 1900, with a floriform rim and tapered body with organically modeled flower petals extending down the rim, monogrammed and raised on a naturalistic inverted floriform base, ht. 7 1/4 in., approx. 7.8 troy oz. $300-500 206 Reed & Barton La Marquise Pattern Gold-washed and Polychrome-enameled Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, late 19th/early 20th century, twelve each: hollow dinner and luncheon knives, dinner and luncheon forks, dinner and luncheon spoons, and teaspoons, all monogrammed, in original brass-mounted oak case, approx. 106.8 troy oz. weighable silver. $3,000-5,000

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207 Gorham Sterling Silver Asparagus Tray, Providence, Rhode Island, 1901, monogrammed, rectangular, with shaped shell and scroll border and pierced inset drain tray, lg. 13 in., approx. 28.3 troy oz. $300-500 208 Three-piece Unger Brothers Sterling Silver Coffee Service, Newark, New Jersey, 1872-1914, each decorated with repoussé poppy flowers, Persian-style coffeepot with tall slender neck, domed cover, and bulbous lower body with ivory heat stops to handle, ht.

8 1/4 in., creamer and sugar each with goldwashed interior, approx. 12.7 troy oz. $400-600 209 Pair of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Compotes, New York, c. 1902-07, monogrammed to center, each rim decorated with repoussé and pierced floral medallions and C-scrolls, raised on a tapered stem terminating in a flared base further repoussédecorated and raised on four scrolled feet, ht.

5 in., approx. 39.3 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

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210 Jacobi & Jenkins Sterling Silver Soup Tureen, Baltimore, Maryland, late 19th/early 20th century, ovoid, with domed and handled cover, two handles with ivory heat stops, and oval foot, allover floral repoussé-decorated, interior of bowl engraved “Lobe,” lg. 17 in., approx. 65.5 troy oz. $2,500-3,500 211 Seven-piece Gorham Plymouth Pattern Sterling Silver Tea Service, Providence, c.

1902, with various monograms, hot water kettle, coffeepot, and teapot with ebony handles and urn-form finials; creamer, covered sugar, open sugar, and waste bowl all with gold-washed interior, approx. 85.7 troy oz. $2,500-3,500 212 Three Pieces of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Chrysanthemum Pattern Flatware, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, two monogrammed: a pair of asparagus tongs and jelly knife with gold-washed blade; and a tomato server, approx. 14.7 total troy oz. $700-900

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213 Three-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea Service, New York, 1902-07, each engraved “Vera” to front, with squat, paneled bodies raised on ovoid feet, a teapot, creamer, and covered sugar, teapot and sugar with floral bouquet finals, teapot ht. 8 in., approx.

46.8 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 214 Mauser Sterling Silver Presentation Goblet, New York, c. 1904, the waisted bowl with a banner reading “VIERTES NATIONALES BUNDES-SCHUETZENFEST NEW-YORK 1904,” one side with a shield, flag, and laurel wreath surmounted by an eagle, the other with a wreath centering the inscription “JUNE 12-20,” on a baluster stem and circular foot with oak leaf wreath, ht. 8 1/4 in., approx.

11.2 troy oz. $500-700 215 Three-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Tea Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1906-07, teapot, creamer, and covered sugar, decorated allover with rocaille floral cartouches, monogrammed, teapot ht. 5 5/8 in., approx. 43.1 troy oz. $800-1,000 216 Pair of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Baskets, New York, 1902-07, each monogrammed to center, with a foliate scrollwork handle, pierced and flared rim, raised on four scrolled feet, ht.

7 in., approx. 35.3 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

217 S. Kirk & Son Sterling Silver Porringer, Baltimore, Maryland, early 20th century, of typical form, with pierced lug handle and body repoussé-decorated with flower sprays, lg. to handle 7 1/4 in., approx. 7.1 troy oz. $100-150 218 Three-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Tea Service, Providence, Rhode Island, late 19th/ early 20th century, each squat and cylindrical, decorated allover with repoussé floral vinework with a central, open, oval cartouche, raised on a foot decorated with a band of palmettes, a teapot, creamer, and sugar, teapot with ivory heat stops, ht. 4 7/8 in., lacking date marks, approx. 21.5 troy oz. $700-900

219 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bowl and Dish, New York, 1873-91, each with a ribbed wave border, decorated allover with repoussé flowers and with presentation inscription to center of the dish and underside of the bowl, dia. of dish 6 3/4 in., approx. 13.4 troy oz. $500-700 220 Theodore Starr Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Ewer, New York, early 20th century, with a hinged lid and dolphin-form handle mounted to bulbous cut glass body and raised on a flared silver foot, ht. 7 1/4 in. $400-600

221 Five-piece Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, New York, early 20th century, each piece with lobed body and circular stepped foot, coffeepot and teapot with ivory heat stops, covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl, each numbered “1476,” coffeepot ht. 8 3/4 in., approx. 79.4 troy oz. weighable silver, together with a silver-plated tray. $800-1,200 222 Five-piece Gorham Plymouth Pattern Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1905-06, a teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl, coffeepot ht. 9 in., approx. 54.3 troy oz. $800-1,200 223 Six-piece Theodore Starr Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Service, New York, first quarter 20th century, a kettle on stand with burner, squat teapot, squat coffeepot, covered sugar, creamer with a gold-washed interior, and open waste bowl with gold-washed interior, all with monogram “MLB,” with engraved decoration throughout; together with a pair of Dominick & Haff sugar tongs; approx.

129.8 total troy oz. $5,000-7,000 224 Gorham Sterling Silver Creamer and Sugar, Providence, Rhode Island, sugar 1907, creamer 1908, each urn-form, with paneled body and reeded rim, sugar with a reeded bail handle, approx. 8.1 troy oz. $200-300

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225 Four-piece Gorham Martele .9584 Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, teapot 1905, other pieces 1915, all retailed by Spaulding & Co., Chicago, each squat, bulbous form with registers of flowers and leafy scrolls with undulating rims, teapot and coffeepot with ivory heat stops, creamer with gold-washed interior, and a covered sugar, all monogrammed and dated to underside, coffeepot ht. 11 in., approx. 97.3 troy oz. $12,000-18,000

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226 Assembled Graff, Washbourne & Dunn Robert Bruce Pattern Flatware Service, New York, early 20th century, most monogrammed, comprised of fourteen each: dinner forks (twelve monogrammed), luncheon forks (twelve monogrammed), salad forks (twelve monogrammed), oyster forks (ten monogrammed), hollow dinner knives (twelve monogrammed), hollow luncheon knives (twelve monogrammed); thirteen each: gumbo soupspoons (eleven monogrammed), cream soupspoons (twelve monogrammed); twelve each: ice cream forks (seven monogrammed), monogrammed iced tea spoons, solid spreaders (eleven monogrammed), monogrammed demitasse spoons, hollow dessert knives; twenty teaspoons (fifteen monogrammed), four monogrammed tablespoons, two dessert spoons, three monogrammed serving forks, monogrammed serving spoon, larger monogrammed serving spoon, monogrammed serving spoon with a teared bowl, monogrammed gravy ladle, monogrammed sauce ladle, monogrammed pair of salad servers, monogrammed pierced waffle server, monogrammed pair of sugar tongs, later, slightly larger cream soupspoon, small monogrammed preserve spoon, monogrammed hollow pie slice, hollow master spreader, and monogrammed hollow fourpiece carving set including large knife, small knife, sharpener, and fork, approx. 249.8 troy oz. weighable silver. $3,000-5,000 227 Durgin-Gorham Sterling Silver Handhammered Bowl, Providence, Rhode Island, 1905-30, with slightly flared rim and register of abstract patterning, on a circular foot, dia. 9 in., approx. 16.5 troy oz. $600-800 228 Gorham Lancaster Pattern Sterling Silver Punch Ladle, Providence, Rhode Island, early 20th century, with engraved monogram to the terminal and presentation inscription to the reverse, lg. 14 in., approx. 4.5 troy oz. $300-500 229 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tray, New York, 1907-47, with removable dividers, monogrammed to upper left corner, 10 x 11 1/2 in., approx. 32 troy oz. $700-900

230 Tiffany & Co. Flemish Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed, twelve each: dinner forks, fish forks, luncheon forks, oyster forks, teaspoons, soupspoons, demitasse spoons, solid spreaders, hollow dinner knives and hollow luncheon knives; six each iced tea spoons, fruit spoons, salt spoons with gold-washed bowls; cream ladle, three place spoons, four tablespoons, sugar spoon, two-tine butter pick, hollow carving fork and knife, gravy ladle, lemon fork, caviar fork, small cheese scoop with gold-washed bowl, and a small solid cheese server; together with a hollow Rogers Bros. cheese server, approx. 175.3 troy oz. weighable silver, in a wood case. $3,000-4,000 231 Gebelein Sterling Silver Sugar Bowl, Boston, early to mid-20th century, monogrammed, circular, with flying scroll handles and raised on a circular foot, dia. 5 3/8 in., approx. 17.1 troy oz. $250-350 232 Sixteen-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Dresser Set, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed, a pincushion, shoe horn, hand mirror, lidded jar with gold-washed interior, two clothing brushes of different sizes, hair brush, nail file, corset/button hook, cuticle pusher, nail buffer, small tray, small rectangular box, and three small cylindrical boxes of varying sizes, each with gold-washed interior, approx. 24.4 troy oz. weighable silver. $500-700 233 Six-piece Gorham Plymouth Pattern Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1912-14, monogrammed, kettle on stand with burner, teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl, each with paneled urnform body, kettle total ht. 13 1/2 in. to handle, approx. 115.7 troy oz. $1,500-2,500 234 Gorham Sterling Silver Vase, Providence, Rhode Island, 1915, with engraved flutter-rim, monogram to lower body on a squat, stepped foot with flower sprays, ht. 8 1/4 in., approx.

23.6 troy oz. $400-600

235 Gorham Sterling Silver Footed Dish, Providence, Rhode Island, 1916, lobed dish with a pierced scrollwork border and engraved foliate scrolls and flower extending inward along the edge of the dish, on a short flared base, dia. 12 3/4 in., approx. 27.1 troy oz. $400-600 236 Tiffany & Co. Windham Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed, twelve each: luncheon forks, salad forks, oyster forks, place spoons, cream soupspoons, iced tea spoons, fruit spoons, demitasse spoons, solid spreaders, hollow luncheon knives; ten dinner forks, eleven cream soupspoons, seven teaspoons, eleven hollow dinner knives, salad serving fork and spoon, sugar spoon, two serving spoons, two serving forks, two salt spoons, and gravy ladle, approx. 226.8 troy oz. weighable silver. $5,000-7,000 237 Richard Dimes Sterling Silver Tray, Boston, 1908-55, retailed by Hodgson, Kennard & Co., circular, with engraved monogram to center, dia. 14 in., approx. 23.4 troy oz. $400-600 238 Tiffany & Co. Faneuil Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, early to mid-20th century, monogrammed, twelve each: dinner forks, salad forks, cream soupspoons, and spreaders; thirteen each: luncheon forks and hollow dinner knives (two without monogram); seven place spoons, and twenty-five teaspoons, approx. 134.9 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted wood case. $1,500-2,500 239 Two Pieces of Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Hollowware, New York, a teapot and creamer of the same pattern, each with monogrammed, bombĂŠ-form bodies decorated with registers of floral arabesques and raised on a flared foot with four paw feet, teapot with a floral bouquet final and ivory heat stops, ht. 8 1/2 in., approx. 50.7 troy oz. $600-800

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240 Seven Pieces of Hartford Sterling Co. Sterling Silver Hollowware, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1900-30, all monogrammed and of a similar style with urn-form paneled bodies: a four-piece tea and coffee service comprising teapot, coffeepot, creamer, and covered sugar, all raised on octagonal feet; small open sugar with a circular foot, small creamer with circular foot, and a pitcher raised on an octagonal foot, approx. 105 total troy oz. $3,000-3,500 241 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bowl, New York, c. 1907-47, with wide rim and raised on a short circular foot, ht. 2 1/4 in., approx. 7.8 troy oz. $300-500

242 Four Tiffany & Co. Chrysanthemum Pattern Sterling Silver Candlesticks, New York, early 20th century, the removable bobeches edged in leaf tips, the bulbous sconces, baluster stems, and domed foot chased with spiraling pattern of flower buds and foliage, on four scrolled brackets, numbered “12575” and “18535,” monogrammed, ht. 10 in., approx.

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243 M. Fred Hirsch Co. Alexandria Pattern Sterling Silver Bowl, Jersey City, New Jersey, early to mid-20th century, with a flared floriform rim with a leaf and berry motif, on a circular foot, dia. 10 in., approx. 26.8 troy oz. $600-800 244 Nine Stieff Rose Pattern Sterling Silver Serving Pieces, Baltimore, Maryland, 20th century, a sugar spoon, monogrammed coldmeat serving fork, monogrammed gravy ladle, monogrammed olive spoon with pierced bowl, two salad serving spoons (one slightly smaller marked “reg.”), monogrammed sauce ladle, monogrammed mustard ladle, and S. Kirk & Son pair of sugar tongs of the same pattern, approx. 14.2 troy oz. $300-500 245 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Center Bowl with Pierced Gilt-brass Insert, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed to center, rim decorated with acanthus leaves, raised on a circular foot, dia. 11 5/8 in., approx. 37.5 troy oz. weighable silver. $600-800 246 Nineteen Pieces of Tiffany & Co. Faneuil Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, New York, first half 20th century, monogrammed, eleven egg spoons and eight terrapin forks, approx.

14.1 troy oz. $400-600

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247 Alvin Apollo Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, Rhode Island, early 20th century, monogrammed, six each: tablespoons, teaspoons, luncheon forks, and hollow knives; master butter knife, and sugar spoon, approx. 23.4 troy oz. weighable silver. $600-800 248 Durgin Iris Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Concord, New Hampshire, early 20th century, twelve each: cream soupspoons, salad forks, ice cream forks, luncheon forks, demitasse spoons, and hollow dinner knives; eleven each: fruit spoons and hollow spreaders; eighteen each: place spoons and teaspoons; thirteen dinner forks, four serving spoons, two sugar spoons, small cold meat serving fork, hollow master spreader, gravy ladle, hollow punch ladle, hollow carving set, hollow pie server, and a hollow cheese server; together with an assorted group of American pieces, twelve flatware: five unmarked, six sterling, including two Gorham, and an engraved coin silver spoon; an unmarked sterling shell-form dish, and a pair of unmarked salt and pepper shakers, approx.

192.4 total troy oz. weighable silver. $3,000-5,000

249 Four-piece Whiting Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, New York, early 20th century, teapot, coffeepot, creamer, and open sugar, each ovoid, with gadrooned lower section, teapot and coffeepot with ebony finials and handles, monogrammed, teapot ht. 7 in., approx. 23.1 troy oz. $300-500 250 International Minuet Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, some monogrammed, twenty-two teaspoons, fourteen each: tablespoons, salad forks; thirteen each: dinner knives with hollow handles, gumbo soupspoons; eight each: dinner forks, butter spreaders; three serving spoons, master butter spreader, sugar spoon, and sugar tongs, approx. 103.9 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,200-1,800

251 R. Blackington & Co. Marie Louise Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Samuel H. Kirby & Sons, New Haven, Connecticut, retailer, 20th century, monogrammed, twenty-one teaspoons, twelve each: hollow dinner and luncheon knives, dinner forks, luncheon forks, salad forks, cream soupspoons, oval soupspoons; ten each: bouillon soupspoons, demitasse spoons; four butter spreaders; two each: serving spoons and bonbon spoons with pierced bowls; small cold meat serving fork, gravy ladle, cream ladle, sugar spoon, sugar tongs, master butter knife, pickle fork, lemon fork, jelly server, and large and small carving knives and fork with hollow handles, approx. 145.3 troy oz. weighable silver, in a wood case. $3,000-5,000 252 Twelve Gorham Buttercup Pattern Sterling Silver Soupspoons, Providence, Rhode Island, retailed by Bigelow, Kennard & Co., monogrammed, approx. 17.2 troy oz. $200-250

253 Wallace Grand Colonial Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Wallingford, Connecticut, 20th century, some monogrammed, eight each: hollow knives, butter spreaders, dinner forks, salad forks, and cream soupspoons; four cocktail forks, three serving spoons, jelly server, pickle fork, master butter knife, gravy ladle, sugar shell spoon, hollow carving knife and fork, hollow cake server, and youth fork and spoon; together with thirteen pieces of Madam Jumel pattern flatware, four Gorham teaspoons, six Gorham five o’clock teaspoons, medium and small Whiting cold meat forks, and Whiting five o’clock teaspoon; five Edward VII demitasse spoons, Sheffield, 1906-07, Cooper Brothers & Sons, maker; Manchester Silver Co. Manchester pattern youth knife and fork, Baker-Manchester Mfg. Co. sauce ladle, Victorian master salt spoon, London, 185758, George W. Adams, maker; American coin silver tongs marked “MUNGER” and “ITHICA,” and three pieces of silver-plated flatware, approx. 77.7 total troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

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254 Gorham Florenz Pattern Sterling Silver Center Bowl, Providence, Rhode Island, 1925, flared rim decorated with repoussé grotesques and foliate arabesques, monogrammed to three cartouches, interior electroplated, the gilt frog lid with engraved, pierced designs and a pinecone finial, dia. 13 in., approx. 39.5 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,500-2,500 255 Tuttle Sterling Silver Centerpiece, Boston, 1926, with a central monogrammed vase surrounded by three shallow circular dishes, all raised on a dolphin-form stem on a circular base cast with repoussé waves, ht. 8 1/2 in. $700-900

256 Five-piece F.B. Rogers Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, monogrammed, with tapering, cylindrical bodies raised on circular feet, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl, coffeepot ht. 10 in.; together with a Roger’s & Bro. silver-plated oval tray, approx. 52.7 troy oz. weighable silver. $500-700 257 Two Reed & Barton Salem Pattern Sterling Silver Bowls, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, each with flared flutter rim, dia. 10 and 12 in., approx. 48.6 troy oz. $800-1,200 258 Tiffany & Co. Olympian Pattern Sterling Silver Pastry Server, New York, 1907-47, with gold-washed blade and handle depicting Paris, the Son of Priam, lg. 11 1/4 in., approx.

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259 Tuttle George II Pattern Sterling Silver Dish, Boston, 1927, monogrammed to center, oval, with shallow bowl and a floriform, chased edge, and shield-form cartouches to each end, raised on a flared oval foot, lg. 15 1/8 in., approx. 35.6 troy oz. $600-800

260 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed to underside, cylindrical body and lid with registers of palmettes and scrolls, ht. 4 1/4 in., approx. 10.6 troy oz. $500-700 261 Three-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea Service, New York, 20th century, a kettle on stand, creamer, and covered sugar, each monogrammed, decorated with registers of palmettes and scrolls, and raised on wide paw feet, kettle with ivory heat stops, ht. on stand 14 in., together with a Gorham Martele burner, approx. 97.5 troy oz. $2,000-3,000

262 Gorham Sterling Silver Pitcher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1928, of typical form, the paneled body engraved with neoclassical-style pendant floral medallions, ht. 9 7/8 in., approx.

25.7 troy oz. $400-600 263 Set of Six Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Cordials, New York, 1907-47, monogrammed, with bell-shaped bowls on a baluster stem and flared circular foot, ht. 4 1/4 in., approx. 16.9 troy oz. $500-700 264 Tuttle “Paul Revere Reproduction” Sterling Silver Coffeepot, Boston, 1929-30, retailed

by Shreve, Crump & Low Co., monogrammed and dated to underside, of typical form, with urn-form finial and ivory handle, ht. 7 1/4 in., approx. 13.8 troy oz. $200-275 265 Gorham Sterling Silver Tazza, Providence, Rhode Island, 1930, marked “Sutherland Period 1770” to base, with two bail handles, shaped and beaded rim and gadrooned body raised on a gadrooned stem terminating in a circular stepped foot, ht. 4 3/4 in., approx.

20.6 troy oz. $500-700 266 Two American Sterling Silver Ladles, one Dominick & Haff Renaissance pattern, retailed by Bigelow, Kennard & Co., the other with beaded handle and shell to terminal, unmarked, approx. 12.4 total troy oz. $200-300 267 Twelve Frank Smith Priscilla Pattern Forks, Gardner, Massachusetts, 20th century, approx. 19.1 troy oz. $300-500

268 Group of Sterling Silver Hollowware, mostly America, 20th century, twelve Gorham monogrammed butter pats, eight monogrammed bread and butter plates with unidentified maker’s mark, two Tiffany & Co. monogrammed leaf-form butter pats, Gorham porringer with scrolled border, and a small circular hammered bowl marked “HIRSON,” approx. 42 total troy oz. $500-700 269 Sterling Silver Mirror, marked “JR .925” in an oval cartouche, shield-form, decorated winged putti, grotesques, and rocaille foliate scrollwork, with velvet backing, ht. 17 1/4 in. $400-600 270 Six-piece Cartier Sterling Silver Children’s Dining Set and Gorham Sterling Silver Child’s Bank, mid-20th century, all monogrammed, Cartier set comprising a plate, bowl, cup, spoon, fork, and hollow knife; the small barrel-form bank decorated with engraved inscription and three figural cartouches with a boy, girl, and king surrounded by money, approx. 23 troy oz. weighable silver, in Cartier box. $300-500 271 Three Durgin Sterling Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, Concord, New Hampshire, 20th century, each in unidentified pattern, a pair of monogrammed salad servers with engraved handles, and a lettuce fork with a corkscrew handle, approx. 5.8 total troy oz.; together with a pastry server with pierced foliate blade and foliate handle, marked “800ZK.” $300-500 272 Assorted Group of American Silver Items, a pair of Duchin Creations weighted sterling silver convertible candelabra, ht. 9 7/8; an unmarked leaf-form dish, dia. 5 1/4; and an International weighted sterling silver footed dish, ht. 2 5/8 in. $500-700

273 Reed & Barton Town and Country Pattern Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, monogrammed, teapot and coffeepot with ivory heat stops, covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl, coffeepot ht. 9 3/8 in., approx.

61.9 troy oz.; together with a William A. Rogers silver-plated tray. $800-1,200 274 Five-piece Frank M. Whiting & Co. Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Massachusetts, first half 20th century, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl; all with gadrooned bodies decorated with repoussé and chased foliate collars and oval floriform medallions to each side; together with unmarked silverplated tray, coffeepot ht. 11 1/4 in., approx.

81.4 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,200-1,800 275 Marshall Field & Co. Sterling Silver Serving Spoon, Chicago, Illinois, early to mid-20th century, hand-hammered with scrolling, leafy vine with rose bud to terminal, lg. 10 3/8 in., approx. 3.5 troy oz. $200-300 276 Assembled Gorham King George Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, with assorted monograms, retailer’s marks and Gorham marks, twelve each: demitasse spoons, place spoons, and dinner forks; eleven luncheon forks, nine teaspoons, and eight serving spoons; together with silver-plated articles of the same pattern, including twelve hollow luncheon knives and a hollow carving set; also with twelve sterling silver Dominick & Haff King pattern cream soupspoons, and a group of Reed & Barton silver-plated Kings pattern flatware: sixteen salad forks and twelve hollow knives, approx. 124.5 total troy oz. weighable silver. $2,000-3,000

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282 Six American Sterling Silver Serving Pieces, 20th century, pair of International Frontenac pattern salad servers; pair of Wood & Hughes Angelo pattern salad servers; and two Reed & Barton Love Disarmed pattern items: casserole spoon and pierced fish server; approx. 28.1 total troy oz. $500-700 283 Three-piece Watson Exemplar Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee Service, Attleboro, Massachusetts, 20th century, tall coffeepot with wood handle, creamer, and open sugar, coffeepot ht. 9 1/2 in., approx. 31.1 troy oz. $400-600 284 International Royal Danish Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, twelve each: forks, hollow knives, and soupspoons; eleven salad forks, twenty-three teaspoons, eight hollow spreaders, and a gravy ladle, approx. 84 troy oz., in a wood case. $3,000-4,000

277 International Sterling Silver “Paul Revere Reproduction” Bowl, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, monogrammed, of typical form, with slightly flared rim, on a circular foot, dia. 9 1/4 in., approx. 27.5 troy oz. $400-600 278 Five Pieces of American Sterling Silver, 20th century, a Baldwin & Miller monogrammed sauceboat and undertray, Gorham creamer and open sugar, Gorham ovoid dish, and Stieff small, circular, monogrammed tray, approx. 37.3 total troy oz. $500-700 279 Reed & Barton Francis I Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, twelve each: salad forks, place forks, hollow knives, soupspoons; seventeen teaspoons, four spreaders, six demitasse spoons, and a hollow carving set; together with eight silver-plated oyster forks marked “Rogers & Son AA,” all in a fitted wood case, approx. 81.1 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

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280 Twelve Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Dinner Plates, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, decorated with engraved flowers to edges and panels with a hammered finish, numbered “730CW,” dia. 10 3/4 in., approx.

191.6 troy oz. $2,500-3,500

281 Two American Silver Ladles, a Towle Old English pattern sterling silver punch ladle, monogrammed “S,” lg. 14 1/2; and a Wood & Hughes Medallion pattern silver punch ladle with a terminal with a high-relief portrait medallion of Mercury supported by two scrolled brackets with acanthus leaves, bowl with repoussé palmettes, lg. 15 1/4 in., approx. 14.7 total troy oz. $400-600

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285 Pair of Redlich Sterling Silver Compotes, New York, 20th century, with a shallow bowl decorated with putti heads around the rim, raised on a squat stem with a flared foot with pierced rocaille and floral motifs, dia. 10 in., approx. 56.1 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 286 Gorham Buttercup Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, nine each: iced tea spoons, place setting forks, soupspoons, teaspoons, hollow spreaders, and hollow knives; seven salad forks, two place size salad forks, hollow pie server, and serving spoon; together with a W.M. Roger & Son fruit fork and twelve .800 silver German flatware pieces with rose terminals: six pastry forks and six demitasse spoons, approx. 65.6 troy oz. total weighable silver, in a wood case. $800-1,000

287 Five-piece Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, monogrammed, teapot and coffeepot, each with ivory heat stops, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl, coffeepot ht. 9 3/4 in., together with a Reed & Barton silver-plated tray in a similar pattern, approx. 87.3 troy oz. weighable silver. $2,000-4,000 288 Towle Chippendale Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 20th century, monogrammed, eight each: place forks, salad forks, spreaders, and hollow knives; six each: soupspoons and tablespoons; thirteen teaspoons, two serving spoons, gravy ladle, sugar spoon, master spreader, and cold meat serving fork, approx.

63.1 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

292 Three Assorted Silver Pieces, 20th century, each monogrammed, two Gorham sterling silver “Revere Reproduction� pieces: a bowl, dia. 10 1/4, and a muffineer, ht. 7 1/4; and a Norwegian .830 silver muffineer, H.M. Thune, maker, ht. 7 3/4 in., approx. 44.9 total troy oz. $800-1,200

294 Two American Sterling Silver Items, a Watrous shallow bowl with a floral motif to rim, dia. 10 1/8; and a Gorham dish with a scalloped edge and wave motif to rim, dia. 10 1/8 in., approx. 21.3 total troy oz. $300-500

293 Five Pieces of American Sterling Silver, 20th century, three Gorham shell-form dishes with gold-washed interiors: two small and one larger on three ball feet, lg. 5; a Reed & Barton dish in the form of two leaves joined at the central stem, dated 1948, lg. 9; and a Gorham lobed dish, dated 1948, lg. 13 3/8 in., approx.

33.7 total troy oz. $500-700

295 Arthur Stone Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Gardner, Massachusetts, c. 1908-37, Herbert A. Taylor, maker, monogrammed, squat baluster form with four low-relief tulip buds along the lower body, raised on a stepped circular foot, ht. 8 7/8 in., approx. 30.4 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

289 Two American Sterling Silver Floriform Dishes, 20th century, a Watson Irish pattern dish, monogrammed, dia. 11; the other retailed by Black, Starr & Frost, monogrammed, dia. 10 5/8 in., approx. 34.6 total troy oz. $400-600 290 J.E. Caldwell Sterling Silver Center Bowl, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20th century, with pierced and scrolled rocaille rim, center of the bowl with engraved monogram and further decorated with foliate scrolls, dia. 18 1/2 in., approx. 78.7 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 291 Pair of Towle Sterling Silver Dishes, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 20th century, each with flared, scroll-decorated rim and pierced, arabesque-decorated sides above a deep dish raised on four scrolled feet, ht. 4 1/2 in., approx. 42 troy oz. $600-800

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296 Tuttle Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Boston, 1931-32, monogrammed, with wide mouth and scrolled handle on a flared circular foot, ht. 9 in., approx. 30.1 troy oz. $600-800 297 Six-piece Gebelein Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Boston, early to mid-20th century, monogrammed, a kettle on stand with burner, coffeepot, teapot, two-handled sugar, waste bowl, and creamer, each with tapering, squat cylindrical body on circular feet, kettle on stand ht. 12 in.; approx. 114.3 troy oz. $2,000-3,000 298 Tuttle “Paul Revere Reproduction” Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Boston, 1944-45, retailed by Shreve, Crump & Low Co., monogrammed to front, of typical form with bulbous body, ht. 7 in., approx. 19.9 troy oz. $300-400

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301 Gorham Handwrought Sterling Silver Center Bowl, Providence, Rhode Island, second quarter 20th century, retailed by Shreve, Crump & Low Co., oval, with foliate and reeded border, on conforming foot, lg. 13 1/2 in., approx. 36.6 troy oz. $800-1,200

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302 Three American Sterling Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, each monogrammed, an International Silver Revere pattern vegetable serving spoon, Whiting King Edward pattern gravy ladle, and Frank W. Smith Federal Cotillion/Edward VII pattern place spoon, approx. 7.75 total troy oz.; together with an unmarked silver-plated berry spoon. $300-500 303 Towle Craftsman Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 20th century, twenty dinner forks, thirteen luncheon forks, four oyster forks, six tablespoons, two soupspoons, twenty-nine teaspoons, seven hollow luncheon knives, two serving spoons, two cold meat serving forks, master spreader, sugar spoon, preserve spoon, two gravy ladles, two hollow pie servers, hollow small carving set, and large carving set, approx. 105 troy oz. weighable silver, in a wood case. $1,500-2,500

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304 Three American Sterling Silver Serving Dishes, 20th century, an M. Fred Hirsch Co. dish with a pierced motif to the rim, dia. 10 1/2; an Alvin dish with a floral motif to the rim, dia. 9; and a large International platter with repoussĂŠ bouquets and a pierced rim, dia. 12 in., approx. 31.7 total troy oz. $400-600 305 Six-piece Poole Old English Pattern Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, kettle on stand with burner, teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl, all decorated with floral registers and central rocaille cartouches; teapot, coffeepot, and kettle with ivory heat stops, kettle ht. 14 in., approx. 159 troy oz. $1,200-1,500 306 Three Pieces of International Sedan Pattern Sterling Silver Hollowware, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, a circular, footed bowl, dia. 8 3/4, a circular, footed serving plate with monogrammed handle, dia. 11 3/4, and an oblong, monogrammed, two-handled tray, lg. 14 in., approx. 37 total troy oz. $700-900

307 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Ice Bucket, New York, 20th century, monogrammed, squat, cylindrical form with domed lid with urn finial and two handles, raised on a circular foot, with glass liner, ht. 10 in. $400-600

308 Pair Tiffany & Co. Grapevine Pattern Sterling Silver Serving Pieces, New York, salad serving spoon, lg. 8 3/4, and cold meat fork, lg. 8 7/8 in., each monogrammed to underside, approx. 4.1 troy oz. $600-800 309 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Strawberry Pattern Serving Spoon, New York, 1907-47, square terminal with threading extending down the bowl, lg. 9 3/8 in., approx. 4 troy oz. $200-400 310 Twelve International Sedan Pattern Sterling Silver Bread and Butter Plates, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, monogrammed, dia. 5 7/8 in., approx. 26.5 troy oz. $400-600

311 Assorted Group of Sterling Silver Tableware, tea strainer: Birmingham, 1984-85, J.B. Chatterley & Sons Ltd., dia. handle to handle 4 3/4; boxed set of eight monogrammed salt and pepper shakes, four with gold-washed tops, Cartier, 20th century, ht. 1 1/2; and a boxed set of twelve Whiting Alhambra pattern demitasse spoons, monogrammed, 20th century, lg. 4 1/2 in., approx. 9.2 total troy oz. $300-500 312 International Royal Danish Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, twelve each: teaspoons, soupspoons, dinner forks, hollow dinner knives and hollow spreaders; eleven salad forks; eight each: oyster forks and iced tea spoons; preserve spoon, and two bonbon spoons, approx. 89.5 troy oz. weighable silver, in a wood case. $2,000-4,000 313 Gorham King George Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, eight each: hollow dinner knives, dinner forks, salad forks, and teaspoons; salad serving fork and spoon, cold meat serving fork, hollow master spreader, sugar spoon, and gravy ladle, approx. 54.3 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,500-2,500

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314 Three American Sterling Silver Dishes, 20th century, a Reed & Barton rectangular, gadrooned-edge dish, 1948, lg. 9 1/8; and two Wallace dishes: a footed bowl with a rim and foot-rim decorated with classical-style motifs, dia. 10 1/4, and a shallow bowl with floral-decorated rim, dia. 10 in., approx. 35.7 total troy oz. $500-700 315 Wallace Sir Christopher Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Wallingford, Connecticut, mid-20th century, twelve each: cream soupspoons, cocktail forks, forks, and hollow dinner knives; twenty-four each: salad forks and teaspoons; and eleven solid spreaders; together with a solid Gorham spreader and a hollow Wallace dinner knife of a different pattern, approx. 116 total troy oz. weighable silver. $1,500-2,500 316 Five-piece Fisher Silversmiths Tea and Coffee Service, Jersey City, New Jersey, mid-20th century, each with urn-form body, gadrooned registers, and acanthus-leaf decoration to handles, finial, and spout, coffeepot, teapot, covered two-handled sugar, creamer, and open waste bowl, coffeepot ht.

12 in., approx. 79.4 troy oz. $1,200-1,800 317 Gorham Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1953-54, coffeepot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl, each with austere body and circular foot; together with S. Kirk & Son sterling silver sugar tongs, Dominick & Haff sterling silver sugar tongs, and a Gorham oval, monogrammed, silver-plated tray; approx.

65.5 total troy oz. weighable silver. $800-1,200 318 Tiffany & Co. Enameled Sterling Silver Charger, New York, c. 1956-65, polychrome enameled with cherry branches, flowers, and butterflies, dia. 12 in., approx. 24.2 troy oz. $300-500

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319 Three Pieces of Gebelein Sterling Silver Hollowware, Boston, mid-20th century, coffeepot, teapot, and tea urn, monogrammed, each urn-form, with bulbous body on a flared foot, spiral finials, tea urn with burner included ht. 14 1/2 in., approx. 132.3 troy oz. $700-900 320 Two Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bowls, New York, second half 20th century, each with shaped rim and paneled sides, on three ball feet, dia. 4 3/4 in., approx. 14.1 troy oz. $400-600 321 International Sedan Pattern Sterling Silver Waiter Tray, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, oblong, monogrammed, and with two handles, lg. 23 7/8 in., approx. 68 troy oz. $1,200-1,500 322 Twelve International Royal Danish Sterling Silver Oyster Forks, Meriden, Connecticut, mid to late 20th century, approx. 7.7 troy oz. $400-600 323 Five-piece F.B. Rogers Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service with Associated Silver Tray, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, with tapering, cylindrical bodies raised on circular feet, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and open waste bowl; together with a William Rogers Avon pattern rectangular silver-plated tray, coffeepot ht. 10 in., approx. 53.7 troy oz. weighable silver. $500-700 324 Frank Smith Sterling Silver Footed Bowl, Gardner, Massachusetts, mid-20th century, monogrammed, with slightly flared rim, on a circular foot, dia. 9 in., approx. 11.9 troy oz. $200-400

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325 Four-piece Canadian Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Montreal, Carl Poul Peterson, maker, 20th century, monogrammed, each decorated with oak leaves and flower buds with a hammered finish, coffeepot and teapot, each with a wood handle, and creamer and sugar with gold-washed interiors, coffeepot ht. 10 1/4 in., approx. 62.2 troy oz. $800-1,200 326 Canadian Sterling Silver Sauceboat, Montreal, Carl Poul Peterson, maker, 20th century, wide-mouth sauceboat on a circular foot, with a hammered finish and decorated with a flower bud and leaf motif to each side, ht. 3 3/4 in., approx. 9.1 troy oz. $200-400 327 Three Canadian Sterling Silver Nut Dishes, Montreal, Birks, maker, 20th century, each with a pierced and scroll-decorated rim with female terminals at each end, raised on four scroll feet, ht. 2 5/8 in., approx. 10.7 troy oz. $200-400 328 Pair of Reed & Barton Love Disarmed Pattern Sterling Silver Salad Servers, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, each terminal with the figures of Psyche and Cupid surrounded by scrolling floral and foliate vines, lg. 10 3/4 in., approx. 15.7 troy oz. $300-500 329 Gorham and Whiting King Albert Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, monogrammed, six each: hollow knives, dinner forks, gumbo soupspoons, and teaspoons; and master butter knife; together with eight Durgin Fairfax pattern salad forks; approx. 32.2 troy oz. weighable silver. $300-500

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330 Twelve International Sedan Pattern Sterling Silver Cordials and Six Demitasse Cups, Meriden, Connecticut, 20th century, both monogrammed, the cordials ht. 4 1/4, the demitasse cups with Lenox porcelain liners, ht. with liner 2 3/8 in., approx. 28.5 total troy oz. $600-800

333 Ellmore Silver Co. Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Meriden, Connecticut, mid-20th century, hot water kettle, teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl, each urn-form, with gadrooned borders, with an unmarked sterling kettle stand, approx. 76.5 total troy oz. $1,800-2,200

331 Gorham & Co. Marie Antoinette Pattern Sterling Silver Tray, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, monogram to center, with repoussĂŠ and engraved decoration, dia. 17 in., approx. 36.7 troy oz. $800-1,200

334 Towle Chippendale Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 20th century, eight each: place forks, spreaders, soupspoons, ice tea spoons, and hollow knives; nine salad forks, eleven teaspoons, three serving spoons, sugar spoon, master spreader, gravy ladle, lemon fork, cold meat serving fork, pierced serving spoon, jelly server, hollow pie server, hollow cheese server, and pickle fork, approx. 70.6 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,500-2,000

332 Tiffany & Co. Hampton Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, New York, mid to late 20th century, monogrammed, twelve teaspoons, six each: luncheon forks, dinner forks, and hollow dinner knives, approx. 44.4 troy oz. weighable silver. $1,000-1,500

335 Set of Four Tiffany & Co. Gilded Sterling Silver Candlesticks, New York, 20th century, with bamboo-style stems and foot-rim edge, ht. 4 5/8 in., approx. 14.8 troy oz. $700-900

336 Five Pieces of American Sterling Silver, 20th century, four Gorham items: two small dishes with gadrooned borders, dia. 6, a plate with a wave-decorated rim, dia. 9 5/8, and scalloped-edge plate with scroll decoration, dated 1949, dia. 10 1/2; and a Wallace plate with a pierced and beaded rim, dia. 10 1/8 in., approx. 34.3 troy oz. $400-600 337 Gorham Old Colony, New Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, monogrammed, seventeen butter spreaders, thirteen hollow knives, eleven salad forks, ten each: cream soupspoons and teaspoons; eight luncheon forks, seven demitasse spoons, two each: dinner forks, serving spoons, and jelly spoons; small hollow carving set, hollow pastry server, hollow salad serving spoon with wood bowl, serving fork, two-tine butter pick, and gravy ladle; together with twenty-seven pieces of Dominick & Haff Pointed Antique pattern flatware: twelve luncheon forks, eight teaspoons, five dinner forks, and two serving spoons; approx. 129.9 total troy oz. weighable silver. $2,500-3,500

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338 Four American Silver Items, mid to late 20th century, a small monogrammed Frank Smith sterling silver compote with pierced rim, ht.

4 1/4, approx. 5.7 troy oz.; the three other pieces each with a hammered finish: a Reed & Barton sterling silver center bowl, ovoid, raised on ball-form stem and weighted ovoid foot, lg.

12, and a pair of unmarked candlesticks, with vasiform sconces and cylindrical stems raised on weighted circular feet, ht. 8 1/4 in. $500-700

341 Six Pieces of American Sterling Silver Hollowware, 20th century, a Gump’s footed bowl, monogrammed, ht. 2 1/2; a Frank Whiting monogrammed gravy boat with undertray, lg. 7 1/2; a Stieff saucer with monogram to underside, dia. 5 1/8; a Ariston presentation bowl with pierced rim and inscription to center, dia. 9 3/4; and a Frank Smith Chippendale pattern plate, dia. 10 1/4 in., approx. 40.7 total troy oz. $300-500

339 Lunt William and Mary Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Massachusetts, 20th century, some monogrammed, including thirty-eight teaspoons, twenty-five each: cream soupspoons and bouillon soupspoons; twenty flat butter spreaders, eighteen new French hollow knives and six blunt hollow knives, seventeen salad forks, sixteen dinner forks, eight demitasse spoons, six cocktail forks, six serving spoons, five iced tea spoons, two lemon forks, two sugar shells, two mayonnaise servers, two flat master butter knives, serving fork, jelly server, gravy ladle, tomato server, and bonbon spoon, approx.

171.6 troy oz. weighable silver. $3,000-5,000

342 Sterling Silver and Stone-mounted Cross Pendant, late 20th century, maker’s mark “JM” possibly for James Mason, with abstract Southwestern-style patterning in mother-ofpearl, stone, and enamel, lg. 8 in. $200-400

340 Reed & Barton Hepplewhite Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, 20th century, monogrammed, seven each: hollow dinner knives, hollow luncheon knives, dinner forks, and luncheon forks; six each: place spoons and teaspoons; five hollow fruit knives, four demitasse spoons, two each: bouillon soupspoons, fish forks, and jelly servers; cold meat serving fork, butter spreader, gravy ladle, olive fork, olive spoon, and hollow carving set; together with a Gorham Villa Norfolk pattern monogrammed sauce ladle with gold-washed bowl and six Rogers Bros. silver-plated demitasse spoons; approx. 61.7 troy oz. weighable silver, in wood box. $1,500-2,500

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343 International Orchid Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Meriden, Connecticut, mid to late 20th century, monogrammed, twentyfour teaspoons, twelve each: forks, salad forks, solid spreaders, hollow knives, and soupspoons; six serving spoons, salad serving fork and spoon, relish spoon, gravy ladle, sugar spoon, pair of sugar tongs, pickle fork, and cold meat serving fork, approx. 106 troy oz. weighable silver, in a fitted wood case. $1,200-1,800 344 Pair of Watrous Mfg. Co. Weighted Convertible Sterling Silver Candelabra, Wallingford, Connecticut, each with removable upper portion of a central sconce and twisted arms, on spreading foot with gadrooned edge, can be converted to squat candlesticks, total ht. 6 in. $300-500

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The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia Lots 345–546

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345 Gelatin Silver Print of the Russian Imperial Family Aboard the Standart, c. 1905, the tsar, empress, and their children are seated in the front, surrounded by friends, including Anna Vryubova, and the crew, framed, sight size 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 346 Menu from the Imperial Yacht Standart, 1912, printed with a crown and crossed swords above the various courses, the reverse signed by guests of the dinner, framed, approx. sight size 8 1/4 x 5 1/2, frame 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. $500-700

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347 Imperial Russian Medal for Bravery, late 19th/early 20th century, the obverse with Tsar Nicholas II’s head in profile, framed with an orange and black striped ribbon, dia. 1 1/8 in. $500-700

348 The Boisson and Eggler Workshop (St. Petersburg, Early 20th Century) The Russian Imperial Family, collodion print, c. 1905, rectangular, with Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei, framed, image size 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. $700-900

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349 Four Items Relating to the Romanov Family, a prayer book in Church Slavonic from an 1884 ceremony honoring Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, later Tsar Nicholas II, with Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich’s bookplate, 10 1/4 x 7; a carte-de-visite for Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, framed, sight size, 3 3/4 x 2 1/4; a Cyrillic decree issued by Tsar Alexander II in 1876 announcing the birth of Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich, son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2; and a German photographic postcard depicting Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich and his wife Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburg, 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. $700-900

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350 Photograph of Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich as a Young Boy, oval format, depicting the future tsar wearing a sailor uniform and leaning from a studio prop window, framed, image ht. 2 5/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Argyll Etkin Ltd., London. $150-250

352 Cabinet Photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna and Her Signature, the photograph attributed to Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 1819-1898), oval format, the empress wearing formal court dress, the signature purportedly given to Reverend Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage (American, 18321902), in a common frame, photograph ht. 4 1/4 in. $600-800

351 The Boisson and Eggler Workshop (St. Petersburg, Early 20th Century) Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, collodion print, c. 1914, rectangular, the empress in white and the tsarevich in a sailor’s uniform, framed to display the studio’s embossed trademark, image size 5 1/4 x 4 in. $800-1,200

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353 Photogravure of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Her Signature, the photogravure c. 1907, depicting the empress in court attire, image size approx. 6 5/8 x 3 1/2, with signature below, in a common frame; together with a photograph of the invitation for Reverend Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage (American, 1832-1902) to visit the empress at Peterhof in 1900 and the signature of Prince Jean Galitzine, in a common frame. $800-1,200

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354 Autographed Postcard with Three Framed Photogravures of Tsar Nicholas II’s Children, 20th century, the postcard sent as an Easter card in 1909 by the children of Nicholas II and bearing all their signatures, a chicken cut out of the card; together with three portraits from a 1914 Russian portfolio, each titled in Cyrillic, sight size 8 x 9 3/4 in.

Provenance: Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $4,000-5,000

355 Cabinet Photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and Her Signature, the photograph attributed to Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 1819-1898), the grand duchess as a young girl seated in a chair, the signature dating from her exile in Canada and using her married name, Olga Kulikovsky, in a common frame, photograph 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. $400-600 356 Two Porcelain Cabinet Plates with Transferdecorated Napoleonic Scenes, early 20th century, each with green and gilt border decorated with griffins and lyres, one depicting the Treaty of Tilsit, dia. 8 1/4, the other the Battle of Jena, dia. 9 1/2 in., each identified, marked with gilded crowned “N,” and red “W” within a wreath above “Austria.” $500-700

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357 Russian Icon Depicting Our Lady of Kazan, Moscow, c. 1838, Cyrillic maker’s mark, Nikolai Dubrovin, assayer, mounted with a 84 zolotnik standard gilded silver and enameled oklad with inscription plaque, halo, and pendant collar, 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

359 John Sartain (Anglo/American, 1808-1897), After George Dawe (English, 1781-1829) Alexander I, the engraving depicting the tsar in half-length and in military uniform, framed, engraving sight size 8 1/2 5 12/4, frame 11 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. $700-900

358 George Edward Perine (American, 18371885), After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873) Empress Maria Alexandrovna, the engraving depicting the empress in half-length adorned with copious pearls, in a period frame with reticulated scrollwork, engraving 7 5/8 x 5 1/2, frame 18 x 15 3/8 in. $300-500

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360 Russian Silver and Enamel Kovsh, Moscow, 1896-1908, Maria Semenova, maker, 84 zolotnik standard, of typical form, with extended prow and hooked handle, the exterior fully covered with polychrome enamel foliate decoration, accented by raised silver droplets and un-enameled spheres, lg. 5 3/4; together with a fragment of lace decorated with the Imperial double-headed eagle, lg. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Atzbach & Thomas, Inc., Redmond, Washington. $2,000-4,000

361 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate, period of Nicholas I, gilded trim to a scalloped edge and with brown and blue enamel floral and foliate decoration, underglaze factory mark, dia. 9 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Andre Ruzhnikov, California. $400-600

362 Six Kuznetsov Shell-shaped Porcelain Butter Dishes, Russia, late 19th century, gilt and blue enamel border with cipher for Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Elizabeth Feodorovna, believed to be a special commission for either the Beloselsky Belozersky Palace or the Ilyinskoe Estate, with factory marks, lg. 5 5/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $600-800

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363 Six Kuznetsov Porcelain Coffee Cups and Saucers, Russia, late 19th century, gilt and blue enamel border with cipher for Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Elizabeth Feodorovna, believed to be a special commission for either the Beloselsky Belozersky Palace or the Ilyinskoe Estate, one cup with factory mark, saucer dia. 5 1/2 in.

365 Russian Porcelain Charger, possibly Gardner, late 19th century, the central transferdecorated scene depicting a richly attired boyar and boyarina in a city square, the border with green, red, and gilded bands, unmarked, dia. 13 7/8 in. $500-700

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $800-1,200

366 Collodion Print of Tsar Nicholas II and Count Vladimir Borisovich Fredericks, taken aboard the Standart, framed, sight size 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.

364 Kornilov Porcelain Soup Bowl, St. Petersburg, 1893-1917, the border with Slavic design in red, green, gilt, and black, with Russian bear mark indicating it was made for the export market, dia. 7 3/4; together with a bisque figure of Ded Moroz labeled “1903 Russia,” ht. 5 in. $200-400

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Provenance: Purchased from Elva Mylroie, New York, who bought it from Pehr Wallin, Sweden. $700-900

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367 Rotogravure of Tsar Nicholas II and Igor Sikorsky, c. 1913, depicting the tsar and the aviator on the balcony of Sikorsky’s Bolshoi Baltisky, sight size 4 1/2 x 6 1/8, in a common frame with a small printed card of Tsarevich Alexei, 2 3/4 x 1 1/4, frame 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.

N.B. The Bolshoi Baltisky was the world’s first four-engine plane. In July 1913 Sikorsky flew it to Krasnoe Selo for Nicholas’s inspection. $700-900 368 Russian School, 19th Century Old St. Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Column Inscribed in Cyrillic l.l. and indistinctly signed l.r.

Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, sight size 9 x 12 5/8 in. (22.9 x 32.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Tears and creasing to bottom edge, not examined out of frame. $300-500

369 Gelatin Silver Print of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, c. 1910, depicting the tsar and tsarevich meeting the honor guard, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and a Delaunay-Belleville are also pictured, framed, sight size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. $700-900 370 Two Engravings of Tsars Nicholas I and Alexander II, Russia, 19th century, each wearing military uniform and with Cyrillic titles and inscriptions, framed, Nicholas sight size 12 x 10 3/8, Alexander as a young man, sight size 12 x 10 in. $500-700 371 Lithograph of Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana, c. 1899, framed, sight size 9 5/8 x 7 in. $200-400

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372 Gelatin Silver Print of Tsar Nicholas II Inspecting Troops During World War I, c.

1914-17, Count Vladimir Borisovich Fredericks stands among other men in the group gathered around the tsar, framed, sight size 6 x 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Elva Mylroie, New York, who bought it from Pehr Wallin, Sweden. $800-1,200

373 Henry Meyer (British, 1782-1847), After Roman Maximovitch Wolkoff (Russian, b.

1773) Alexander the First, Emperor of all the Russians, published by Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street, London, c. 1814, the engraving depicting the tsar in half-length, dressed in military uniform, with his hand resting on a book, framed, approx. plate size 17 1/2 x 13 1/4, frame 35 x 29 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, London. A copy of the Grosvenor receipt, which accompanies the lot, claims the engraving belonged to the estate of the 4th Baron de Saurmarez (1843-1937), who inherited it through marriage from Sir William Fowle Middleton. $700-900

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374 Presentation Imperial Porcelain Factory Easter Egg and Photogravure, c. 1914, the egg with Empress Alexandra Feodorovna’s cipher to one side and a cross to the other, the photograph depicting Alexandra and two of her daughters dressed as nurses, with Cyrillic inscription, framed, egg ht. 2 1/2, photogravure approx. 6 5/8 x 4 1/2, frame 17 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.

Provenance: Egg purchased from Marie E. Betteley, New York. $400-600

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375 Signature and Engraving of Tsar Nicholas I, Russia, 19th century, the signature sight size 2 x 4 1/2, the engraving by John Sartain (Anglo/ American, 1808-1897), after Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863), sight size 7 5/8 x 4 7/8, frame 15 7/8 x 8 in.

377 Ivan Diky (American, 20th Century)

Provenance: The signature purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600

N.B. Commissioned by John Fletcher, the portrait depicts Nicholas in a Cossack uniform and wearing the Cross of St. George. $500-700

376 Andre Joseph Mecou (French, 1771-1837), After Henri Benner (French, 1776-after 1833) Empress Maria Feodorovna, the hand-tinted oval portrait depicting the empress in a tiara, multiple strands of pearls, and black gown, framed, sight size 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. $600-800

Tsar Nicholas II Signed l.l.

Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Good.

378 Attributed to Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 1819-1898) Hand-colored Cabinet Photograph of Tsar Alexander III, oval format, shown in profile, wearing a military uniform, framed, sight ht.

4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Argyll Etkin Ltd., London. $200-400

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379 Russian School, 21st Century Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich in Uniform Unsigned.

Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Good.

380 Photogravure of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, c. 1895, depicted in half-length with a strand of pearls at her neck, under glass, framed, photograph 2 x 1 5/8 in. $300-500

N.B. John Fletcher commissioned the portrait based on Alexei’s likeness in 1917. $600-800

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381 Three Framed Pieces Related to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Her Brother Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, a Russian postcard with a reproduction of Kotarbinsky’s Mist of the Nile sent by Alexandra to Ernest, reading in English, “Ernie Dear May the new year bring you rich blessings and happiness. I send you these new cards, as you like Egyp. things. Kisses, Sunny”; a c. 1914 photogravure of Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II aboard the Standart, in a common frame; and a framed cabinet card of Ernest signed by students in the duchy of Hesse. $300-500

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382 Framed Note with Photograph of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, Russia, the note with Imperial crest written by the Grand Duchess in pencil, the envelope from Livinia, together with a portrait, note 4 3/8 x 7, photo sight size 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: Note and envelope purchased from Argyll Etkin Ltd., London; photograph from ArtCo., San Antonio, Texas. $500-700

383 Photographic Postcard of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, c. 1910, depicting Alexei in a sailor suit, titled, numbered “262E” and “Rotary Photo, E.C.,” 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from T. VennettSmith. $200-400

384 Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 18191898) Carte-de-visite of Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and Grand Duchess Olga, St. Petersburg, c. 1895, card 4 x 2 3/8; in a common frame with a pink envelope and Alexandra’s name in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial crown, 4 x 2 1/2; frame 9 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. $700-900

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385 Framed Photograph of Grand Duchess Irina Alexandrovna and Signature of Felix Yusupov, early 20th century, the photo 5 1/4 x 7 1/2; together with an autographed photograph of her husband Felix Yusupov.

Provenance: Photograph purchased from Argyll Etkin Ltd., London; autograph from Schmolt Krefeld. $300-500 386 Photogravure of Tsar Nicholas II’s Daughters, Russia, 1914, depicting Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna, titled below in Cyrillic, image size 4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.; set in a contemporary frame.

Provenance: Purchased from Alexis Rubinovich. $700-900

388 Engraving of Queen Victoria and Her Signature, 19th century, the engraving by John Sartain (American, 1808-1897) after Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 18051873), depicting the queen in full regalia, sight size 9 3/8 x 6; the signature in ink on pale blue paper, sight size 1 1/2 x 4; frame 17 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.

Provenance: Signature purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $500-700 389 Gelatin Silver Print of Queen Marie of Rumania, c. 1933, signed and dated by Marie, sight size 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Kotte Autographs. $200-400

387 Pair of Fabergé Gilded Silver and Enamel Napkin Rings, Moscow, 1908-17, Feodor Ruckert, workmaster, 88 zolotnik standard, each with entire exterior covered with shaped pan-Slavic enamel ornament, one with Ruckert mark overstruck with Fabergé mark to interior, each with standard marks, and small unidentified Cyrillic marks to rims, wd.

1 3/8 in., with original Fabergé fitted box with oval plaque engraved with a crown above the monogram “CGM.” Provenance: Purchased from Atzbach & Thomas, Inc., Redmond, Washington. $6,000-8,000

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390 Russian Icon Depicting the Theotokos Enthroned with Christ, late 20th/early 21st century, Xenia Pokrovsky, iconographer, in the Cretan style, the kovcheg panel with gold-leaf ground, 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. $400-600

392 Period Postcard of Prince Constantine Constantinovich, Russia, early 20th century, the prince is seated and wearing a military uniform, with Cyrillic caption, framed, postcard 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. $200-400

391 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate from the Standart Service, St. Petersburg, period of Tsar Nicholas II, 1913, the border hand-painted with a yellow flag emblazoned with the Imperial double-headed eagle, reverse with green factory mark, dia. 9 1/4 in.

393 W. & D. Downey Studio (English, active c.

1860-1910)

Provenance: Purchased from Dmitry Alexandrov, Chicago. $400-600

Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, c. 1890, the gelatin silver print depicting the heir in nonmilitary garb during a trip to England, framed, image size 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. $400-600 394 Letter from Princess Vera Constantinovna, framed so that her embossed cipher and signature are exposed, with a card with pressed flowers from Jerusalem, in a common frame, 14 1/2 x 10 1 /2 in. $500-700

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395 Period Photographic Postcard of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, Russia, c.1913, depicting Michael in his costume for the Tercentennial Ball celebrating 300 years of Romanov rule, with Cyrillic caption, framed, sight size 5 x 3 3/8 in. $200-400

396 Russian Icon of Christ Pantocrator, c. 1900, painted in the Western style, the gilded silver and enamel riza 84 zolotnik standard with first Kokoshnik mark and Cyrillic maker’s mark, with Cyrillic inscription to velvet on reverse, 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

397 Russian Icon Depicting the Resurrection, c.

1900, painted in the Western style, with Christ outside the tomb and gilded border, 10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. $500-700

398 Russian Icon of St. George Slaying the Dragon, c. 1892, enameled floral and foliate frame surrounding a silver riza over an enamel painting, impressed mark for A. Astceyden (Kuzmichev), 5 3/4 x 7 in. $800-1,200

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399 Albumen Print of Tsar Nicholas II and Igor Sikorsky, c. 1913, depicting the Tsar and the aviator on the balcony of Sikorsky’s Bolshoi Baltisky, in the foreground Grand Duke Michael and Grand Duke Nicholas, approx. image size 4 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.

N.B. The Bolshoi Baltisky was the world’s first four-engine plane. In July 1913 Sikorsky flew it to Krasnoe Selo for Nicholas’s inspection. $700-900 400 Braun, Clément & Co. (French, ac. 18771928), After Paul Delaroche (French, 1797-1856) Napoleon I, the oval-format mezzotint depicting the emperor with his hand in his waistcoat while reclining on a chair, framed, approx. plate size 12 5/8 x 10 1/4, frame 19 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. $400-600

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401 Two Period Carte-de-visites of the Russian Imperial Family, c. 1895, one depicting Tsar Nicholas II in half-length, the other Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, each labeled with a St. Petersburg photography studio in Cyrillic, framed, cards 4 x 2 1/2 in. $600-800

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402 Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky (Russian, 1846-1920) Two Peasant Women Signed and dated “B. Makovsky 1885” in pencil l.r.

Graphite on paper, sight size 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.

(24.1 x 16.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $500-700

403 Russian Brass Samovar and Kettle, 19th century, the samovar with stamped Cyrillic maker’s marks and turned wood knobs and handles, ht. 17, the squat kettle with copper pull and turned wood handle, unmarked, ht.

3 1/4 in. $200-400 404 Two Russian Hammered Brass Pieces, Tula, 19th/early 20th century, a large pot with lion and ring handles, ht. 9 1/8, and a slender ewer, ht. 7 7/8 in., each marked with the Imperial double-headed eagle. $50-100

405 Cabinet Photograph of Tsar Alexander III and His Signature, the photograph attributed to Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 18191898), oval format, the tsar wearing a military uniform, the signature purportedly given to Reverend Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage (American, 1832-1902), in a common frame, photograph ht. 4 3/8 in. $600-800

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409 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Cup and Saucer with Maria Alexandrovna’s Cipher and Her Carte-de-visite, the cup and saucer St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, c. 1914, saucer dia. 5 3/4; the unsigned card depicting the grand duchess in half-length, framed, image size 3 3/8 x 2 in.

Provenance: Cup and saucer purchased from Atzbach & Thomas, Inc., Redmond, Washington; the carte-de-visite from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600

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406 Russian School, 20th Century Grigori Rasputin Signed indistinctly c.r.

Polychrome pastels on gray paper, sight size 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (48.9 x 33.7 cm), framed; a framed signed letter from Maria Rasputin, Grigori’s daughter, to John Fletcher and a reproduction photograph of the Rasputin family also accompany the lot, the letter reads: “5-18-74 Dear Mr. Leland Fletcher, I am sorry my book not yet published, we ____ to _____ aigene [sic]. When you will be in L.A. call me [sic]. I will be glad to meet you. Respectfully, Maria Rasputin,” frame 22 3/4 x 14 in.

Condition: Good, not examined out of frames. $500-700

407 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate from Her Majesty’s Guard Cuirassier Regiment Service, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II, c. 1861, border decorated with the gold and blue ribbon and badge of the order, the bottom with the cipher for Nicholas I and dated 1831, the reverse with green factory mark, dia. 9 5/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased at auction by Mimi & Steve Levine Antiques, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. $600-800

408 Tintype of a Boy Seated on a Sleigh, late 19th century, wearing a Russian-style fur hat in a winter scene with mock snow background, 2 1/2 x 3 in.; set in a half leatherette case.

Provenance: Purchased from Vintage Works Ltd., Chalfont, Pennsylvania, from the David B. Holcomb Collection. $200-400

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410 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Soup Plate, c. 1909, period of Nicholas II, from Lividia Palace, gilded and with a pale lavender trim line, inscribed title to rim, green factory mark, dia. 9 3/4 in. $500-700

411 Cabinet Card of Empress Maria Feodorovna and a Handkerchief with Her Cipher, the cabinet card sight size 5 x 3 1/8, framed with a note from Prince Cantacuzene of the Russian Imperial Legation in Washington, D.C., dated “December 7, 1894” to the reverse; the handkerchief 21 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. $400-600 412 Imperial Russian Brass and Copper Umbrella Stand, 19th century, the copper body with applied leaf motif, collar, foot-rim, and three handles in brass, impressed Tula Brass Works and Imperial eagle seal under the base, ht. 24 1/2 in. $50-100

413 Russo-American School, 20th Century 411

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Signed “C. Yale” in pencil l.r.

Graphite on paper, sight size 14 x 10 1/8 in.

(35.6 x 25.7 cm), framed.

Condition: Good, not examined out of frame. $400-600

414 Period Photograph of and English Exercise

by Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, c. 1917, the photograph depicting the tsarevich next to nursing sister Klavdia Mikhaelovna Bitner outside the governor’s mansion in Tobolsk, and taken by Bitner’s niece, approx. sight size 3 1/2 x 2; the exercise on paper printed with a canteen and reads “Dear Kate, I would be very pleased if you would let Tolly [?] come with you. Gertie and Poppet also. Please come as soon as you can as I have nothing to do.

Alexis,” approx. sight size 5 3/4 x 3 1/2, in a common tabernacle frame, 24 x 17 3/4 in.

Provenance: Letter purchased from Marvin Lyons, Executive Secretary of the Vorontsov Palace and Corps of Pages Memorial Trust, a copy of a letter from Lyons accompanies the lot; the English exercise from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England, it purportedly belonged to tutor Sidney Gibbes. $4,500-5,500

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415 Period Postcard of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Russia, c. 1910, depicted dressed in the uniform of a Cossack, with Cyrillic caption, framed, postcard 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. $300-500 416 Pair of Photographic Postcards of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, early 20th century, each titled below, framed as a pair in contemporary frames, card size approx.

3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. $400-600

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417 Russian Gilded Silver and Enamel Cup and Saucer, Moscow, 1908-17, 6th Artel, maker, floral and foliate decorated with shaded cloisonnĂŠ enamel, saucer dia. 4 5/8, cup ht.

3 3/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from John Atzbach, Redmond, Washington. $1,500-2,500

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418 Enamel Beaker and Silk Scarf Commemorating the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, Russia, 1896, the polychrome and gilt beaker decorated with the cipher for Nicholas and Alexandra, Imperial double-headed eagle, date, and strapwork, ht. 4; the scarf with the Kremlin framed by an oak branch and an olive branch, Imperial double-headed eagles to the four corners, and a red band of scrolling foliage 20 x 22 in.

Provenance: Beaker purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington, D.C.; silk scarf from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $400-600

419 Two Images of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich in Uniform, each with Cyrillic caption, a 1914 lithograph, framed, sight size 15 3/4 x 11; and postcard, c. 1911, framed, sight size 5 1/8 x 3 in.

Provenance: Lithograph purchased from ArtCo., Frederick, Maryland. $400-600

420 Six Framed Items Relating to the Imprisonment and Murder of the Imperial Family, Russia, early 20th century, a photographic postcard of the Imperial family c. 1914, a photographic postcard of Ipatiev House c. 1918, a gelatin silver print of the room in Ipatiev House where the Romanovs were killed, c. 1918, an envelope and dried Roses sent by Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and a gelatin silver print of Maria in Denmark after the revolution, frame 21 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. $1,000-1,500

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421 Two Period Photographic Postcards of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Germany, c.

1909, in each Alexei is about five years old and wears the naval uniform of the Imperial yacht Standart, one with a forest setting, the other taken aboard the ship, each with German caption, sight size 5 1/8 x 3 1/8, in a common frame, 12 x 14 3/8 in. $500-700

422 Three Items Related to Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich (1843-1865), 19th century, a portrait carte-de-visite, sight size 2 1/8 x 3 3/8; together with a three-page letter written by Nicholas to his mother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna, in 1857, 4 3/4 x 7 5/8; set together in a contemporary frame, 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.; along with a booklet titled The Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich - Crown Prince of Russia, 7 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.

Provenance: Carte-de-visite purchased from Romanov Russia, Chicago; letter from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England; booklet from Lion Heart Autographs, New York. $500-700

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423 Carte-de-visite by Ivanov Ekaterinoslav, c.

1874, likely depicting Nicholas II as a young boy, in an antique leather frame marked for V.L. Veidle, St. Petersburg, card size 6 3/8 x 4 3/8, frame 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.

Provenance: Carte-de-visite purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England; frame from John Atzbach, Redmond, Washington. $400-600

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424 Henry Dawe (English, c. 1790-1848), After George Dawe (English, 1781-1829) Pavel Andreevich Shuvalov (1776-1823), the mezzotint “published August 1, 1825 for the Proprietor by Mess.rs Colnaghi,” framed, plate size 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, London, as Ex-collection of the Honorable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.

425 Framed Cabinet Photo and a Silver Baptismal Cross, c. 1900, the photo by Pisetti depicting Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and Grand Duchess Olga, approx.

3 3/4 x 5 1/8; together with an enameled silver cross, marked MKR, lg. 1 5/8 in.; set in a modern frame.

Provenance: Photograph purchased from George Karpis, New York; cross from Mark Gallery, London. $800-1,200

N.B. George Dawe’s painting was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I to commemorate the senior military staff who defeated Napoleon during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Over 300 such portraits hang in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. $300-500

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426 The Boisson and Eggler Workshop (St. Petersburg, Early 20th Century)

428 Christian Gottfried Schulze (Dresden, 17491819)

Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna, collodion print, c. 1914, oval format, each in a white dress, framed to display the studio’s embossed trademark, photograph ht. 7 1/4, total 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. $600-800

Prince Alexander Mikhailovitch Belosselsky (Russian, 1752-1809), the engraving depicting the prince at work in his study, with a Voltaire quotation and heraldic shield on the bottom, framed, sight size 24 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. $500-700

427 Color Postcard of Tsar Nicholas II and His Family, Russia, early 20th century, in a processional ceremony with Prince Boris, believed to be in Kiev, 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from ArtCo., Decatur, Georgia. $200-400

429 Collodion Print of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with Cousins, c. 1910, the Tsarevich standing behind his younger cousins George Donatus and Ludwig, sight size 3 1/4 x 5 1/8; set in a modern frame, 8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600 430 Russian Silver Pectoral Cross, unidentified maker’s mark, 84 zolotnik standard, the obverse with Christ crucified, the reverse with Tsar Nicholas II’s cipher, with Cyrillic inscriptions, ht. 4 1/2 in., approx. 1.7 troy oz. $500-700

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431 Albumen Print Depicting Tsar Nicholas II with a Model T Ford, early 20th century, the scene with several figures including the tsar standing around the car, dia. 2 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Romanov Russia (Dmitry Alexandrov), Chicago.

N.B. In 1912 Russia had its first car endurance test and for the first time Tsar Nicholas included a Model T for the Imperial garage. $200-400

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432 Russian Icon of Christ Pantocrator, c. 1800, the kovcheg panel with applied gold leaf, 20 7/8 x 17 1/4 in. $800-1,200 433 Frank Krautcuk (American, 20th/21st Century) Alexander Palace in Winter Signed in pen l.r.

Watercolor and gouache on paper, sight size 10 1/2 x 16 in. (26.7 x 40.6 cm), framed.

Condition: Minor rippling to paper, not examined out of frame. $300-500

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434 Engraving of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, France, 18th century, titled Maison de Plaisance, drawn by de Lespinasse, engraved by Nee, approx. size 9 1/4 x 25 3/4; set in a contemporary frame, 15 1/2 x 31 in. $500-700

435 Russian Icon Depicting Christ Pantocrator, probably Moscow, c. 1800, painted on a gilded ground, with mustard yellow border, 14 x 12 in. $700-900

436 Russian Icon Depicting St. John the Forerunner, 18th century, the saint clad in a hair shirt, holding a scroll with text, and raising his hand in blessing, 16 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Jan Morsink Ikonen, Amsterdam. $3,500-5,500 437 Five Framed Items Related to Princess Tatiana Constantinovna, 20th century, a letter from Tatiana to John Fletcher in 1972; two colored postcards near Mt. Olive’s Convent in Jerusalem sent by Tatiana Romanov; a period photo postcard of Grand Duchess Tatiana prior to her becoming a nun; and an original postcard of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo; overall frame size 17 x 21 in. $700-900

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438 W. & D. Downey Studio (English, active c.

1860-1910) Queen Maud, Queen Alexandra, and Empress Maria, c. 1909, the gelatin silver print of three women in black evening gowns and pearls, white silk flowers attached to their bodices, mounted to a mat with Alexandra’s autograph and a silk flower from her dress, framed, photograph approx. 7 1/4 x 5 3/4, frame 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. $800-1,200 439 Group of Framed Items Related to Napoleon, including a specimen supposedly from the willow trees near Napoleon’s grave on St. Helena; a carte-de-visite portrait of Napoleon, 2 1/4 x 3 1/2; and a 19th century Carrick-style photograph of a Russian peasant and his children, 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: Specimen and carte-de-visite from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Willtshire, England.

N.B. Willow sprig has accompanying letter from the Secretariat, The Castle, St. Helena. $600-800

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440 Russian Gilded Silver and Niello Cup, Moscow, c. 1883, Vasily Semyonov, maker, Vasily Aleksandrovich Petrov, assayer, 84 zolotnik standard, the tapered body with two circular medallions depicting the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral set amidst foliate strapwork, with angular handle and circular foot, bearing additional Cyrillic and standard marks, ht. 27/8 in., approx. 6 troy oz. $600-800

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441 Russian Silver Lampada, Moscow, c. 1869, maker’s mark “ae,” assayer’s mark “B·C,” 84 zolotnik standard, of typical form, with piercework, molded reserves alternately filled with strapwork, cobalt blue glass insert, and three scrolled supports mounted to marked white metal chains and hook, lamp ht. 4 1/2 in.

442 Tsar Alexander III Commemorative Glass Beaker and Saucer, Russia, 1883, for the Tsar’s Coronation, the frosted glass beaker decorated with the entwined initials “AA” for Alexander Alexandrovich, Moscow, 1883, below a Romanov crown, all framed within a laurel wreath, the reverse inscribed with a Russian drinking adage, beaker ht. 3 1/2 in.

444 Postcard of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna, early 20th century, the woman in their nurse’s uniforms during World War I, titled in Cyrillic, sight size 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. $800-1,200

Provenance: Purchased from Mark Gallery, London. $800-1,200

Provenance: Purchased from Marie Betteley Associates, New York. $400-600

445 Four Russian Coins, 19th and 20th century, including a half kopec with monogram for Nicholas II, dated 1911; silver ruble for the tercentennial celebration, the obverse with Michael I and Nicholas II, the reverse with Imperial double-headed eagle and 1613-1913; silver coronation ruble for 1896; two kopecs coin with Imperial double-headed eagle and dated 1812. $500-700

443 Gelatin Silver Print of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and an Autographed Letter, the photograph depicting him in uniform, aboard the Standart, sight size 8 3/4 x 6 1/2; together with an autographed letter from Michael to his brother Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, sight size 5 3/4 x 7 1/2, in a common frame, 26 x 15 3/4 in.

Provenance: Letter purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600

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446 Gelatin Silver Print of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, standing on the deck of the Standart, framed, sight size 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. $800-1,200

447 Russian Porcelain Egg Decorated with Archangel Michael, 19th century, polychrome enameled and gilded, with ribbon, ht. 3 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington D.C. $600-800

448 Russian Porcelain Easter Egg, late 19th/ early 20th century, the pale green ground decorated with pink and red flowers and “XB,” ht. 2 3/4 in.

450 Imperial Porcelain Presentation Easter Egg, Russia, c. 1915, gilt-decorated with the cipher for Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, ht.

2 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $200-400

Provenance: Purchased from Marie E. Betteley, New York. $500-700

449 Russian Porcelain Egg, late 19th/early 20th century, mauve ground decorated with Tsar Nicholas II’s cipher and gilded scrollwork, ht.

3 1/4 in. $600-800

451 Imperial Porcelain Factory Easter Egg, Russia, 20th century, polychrome enamel and gilt-decorated with depiction of St. Helen’s arrest in 1918, within a cartouche to a celeste blue ground, the reverse with gilded eagle and laurel wreath, lg. 4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington, D.C. $1,500-2,000

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452 Porcelain Easter Egg, Russia, 19th century, polychrome enamel decorated, light blue ground with vignette on one side of Christ’s Resurrection and tomb, the guards looking away, the reverse with Cyrillic letters XB for Christ is Risen, ht. 3 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $600-800

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454 Three Imperial Russian Pins and Pendants, 19th/early 20th century, an 84 zolotnik standard silver pendant with unidentified maker’s mark, cast as a crowned “E” above an enameled red cross, with Cyrillic inscriptions and dated 1905; a silver pin to commemorate the canonization of St. Seraphim of Sarov in 1903, and a pendant commemorating the death of Tsar Alexander III with his head in profile to the obverse and the dates 1881-1894 between a crown and a cross on the reverse. $800-1,200

453 Imperial Porcelain Easter Egg, Russia, early 20th century, gilt-decorated with monogram for Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, ht. 2 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Romanov Russia (Dmitry Alexandrov), Chicago. $1,000-1,500

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455 Russian Handkerchief, c. 1911, the machine-made lace and mesh rectangle with central eight-pointed star hand-embroidered on cotton with the Imperial crown above the letter “T” and the Russian date September 20, 1911, 13 x 12; in a common frame with a period photographic postcard of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, sight size 5 1/4 x 3 1/4, and a reproduction photograph of the Imperial Family inspecting work done at a charity craft school, sight size 4 1/2 x 6 1/4, frame 26 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.

Provenance: Postcard purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England.

N.B. The central star on the handkerchief was probably embroidered by a girl at one such school. $600-800

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456 Two Porcelain Plates Decorated with Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna’s Cipher, Paris, late 19th/early 20th century, each with gilt border and monogram beneath the Imperial crown, and marked for retailer Escalier de Cristal on the reverse, dia. 9 7/8 in.

N.B. Maria was the wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Nicholas II’s uncle. $700-900 457 Russian Enameled Brass Crucifix, with Cyrillic text and accented with yellow, pale blue, and deep blue enamel, unmarked, ht. 6 3/8 in. $400-600

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458 Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (Russian, 1870-1960) Costume Designs for a Nurse and Coachman from Petrushka Inscribed in pencil u.c., signed in pencil l.l.

Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper, sight size 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.9 x 21.6 cm), framed.

Condition: Two vertical tears to either side of coachman’s head, not examined out of frame. $500-700 459 Russian Enameled Brass Crucifix, 19th century, accented with black and white enamel, with Cyrillic text, unmarked, ht. 10 3/8 in. $400-600

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460 Portrait Miniature of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on Ivory, 19th century, oval format, with the seated empress in formal court attire, unsigned, framed, ht. 2 5/8 in. $400-600

461 Two Carte-de-visites and Two Period Postcards of European Royalty, 19th century, the carte-de-visites depicting Queen Victoria and her daughter Princess Alice, 3 7/8 x 2 3/8; the postcards of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, size to 5 1/4 x 3 1/2; in a common frame, 12 x 19 3/4 in.

N.B. The photographs depict the maternal line of hemophilia passed down to Alexei from Queen Victoria. $500-700

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462 Invitation Ticket to the Coronation of Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, Russia, 1881, ticket number 288, under Plexiglas, ticket 3 3/4 x 7 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $600-800

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463 Postcard Depicting Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, 20th century, the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II shown seated and wearing a white dress, published by J. Beagles and Co., titled, sight size 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. $300-500

464 Menu from the Imperial Ship Dmitri Donskoi, late 19th/early 20th century, the reverse with numerous signatures including Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, sight size 6 3/4 x 9 3/4; set in a modern frame, 15 x 19 in.

N.B. The Dmitri Donskoi was an armored cruiser built in the early 1880s. The ship visited the U.S. on the 400th Anniversary of America.

It made stops including Boston, Newport, Rhode Island, Philadelphia, and New York. $400-600

465 Russian Silver Spoon, c. 1893, 84 zolotnik standard, unidentified maker’s mark, partial assayer’s and city marks, the back of the bowl engraved with Empress Maria Feodorovna’s cipher, birds, and flowers, with hexagonal stem and finial to terminal, lg. 7 7/8 in., approx. 2.1 troy oz. $200-400

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466 Russian Metal Cross, 17th/18th century, the face inscribed God of Glory, Jesus Christ, Son of the Holy Father, the reverse bearing the remains of the inscription Before Thy Holy Cross we bow and in Thy Holy Resurrection we glorify. God Save Our Lives, lg. 2 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1933 from the Hammer Collection’s Russian Imperial Exhibit.

A copy of a letter related to the sale, which claimed the cross originally belonged to Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, accompanies the lot. $800-1,200

467 C.E. de Hahn & Co. (Tsarskoe Selo, Early 20th Century) Members of the Russian Imperial Family, collodion print, c. 1900, depicting Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, and various Grand Dukes out for a stroll, mat with the firm’s embossed trademark, framed, image size 6 5/8 x 8 1/2; together with a metal pin commemorating fifty years of Grand Duke Michail Nikolaevich as Inspector General of the Artillery, cast as crossed cannon barrels superimposed by the monogram “M” and the roman numeral “L” between the dates “1856” and “1906,” and surmounted by the Imperial crown, ht. 2 in. $800-1,200

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468 Russian Brass and Enamel Triptych Depicting St. George Slaying the Dragon, 18th century, with white and blue enamel, unmarked, ht. 4 1/4 in. $500-700 469 Enameled Silver Vodka Cup, Russia, 19th century, blue ground and foliate-framed cartouche with depiction of a woodland scene at sunset, ht. 1 7/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Stockholm Akvert Auction House. $300-500 470

470 C.E. de Hahn & Co. (Tsarskoe Selo, Early 20th Century) Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, collodion print depicting the Imperial couple in a summer troika, mat with the firm’s embossed trademark, framed, image size 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $1,000-1,500

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471 Russian School, 20th Century Smolensk Church Artist monogram l.r., signed “M. Pavlov” in Cyrillic on the reverse.

Acrylic on canvas, 23 x 15 1/2 in. (58.4 x 39.4 cm), framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Purchased at an art show in Moscow. $300-500 472 Photographic Postcard of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna as a Nun, Russia, early 20th century, in a leather and velvet frame, sight ht. 3 1/4 in. $300-500

473 White Leather Child’s Shoe, by Tradition Belonging to Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, made by Henry Weiss, St. Petersburg, Nevsky 66, early 20th century, with white silk rosette to vamp, ankle strap with button, lined in white leather, possible remains of monogram to heel, and sole stamped with maker’s trademark in gilt, lg. of sole 5 15/16, with a framed period photograph postcard of the tsarevich wearing the shoe, sight size 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased by Sophie Dupre at a French auction in 2000. A copy of a letter from Dupre authenticating the shoe accompanies the lot; in it she claims the shoe is one of the two in the photograph, that it directly descended from the family of Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, and was sold with other family possessions. $3,000-5,000

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474 Autographed Collodion Print of Queen Olga of Greece and a Postcard of King George, late 19th century, the court photograph signed lower right and dated 1896, 10 x 15 1/4; postcard of King George with title below, 3 x 4 7/8 in. $800-1,200 475 Photographic Postcard of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia, early 20th century, the tsar in military uniform, with Cyrillic caption, framed, sight size 5 x 2 7/8 in. $300-500

476 Menu from the Banquet of St. George at the Winter Palace, 1904, designed by Viktor Vasnetsov (Russian, 1848-1926), the polychrome lithograph depicting St. George slaying the dragon above Tsar Nicholas II’s cipher, the order’s badge, and the Imperial double-headed eagle, framed, menu 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

N.B. Held annually on November 26th, the banquet honored the members of the Order of St. George. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1769, it was the highest military decoration. $500-700 477 Woodbury-type Photograph of Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Tatiana Nikolaevna, c. 1916, visiting wounded soldiers in their hospital at Tsarskoe Selo, 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from John Atzbach, Redmond, Washington. $800-1,200 478 Book on the Election of Michael Romanov in 1613, Moscow, 1856, published by Church Synod in French, with inventory mark for the Annechkov Palace Library in St. Petersburg. $200-400

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479 Anatoli Alexandrovich Sokoloff (American/ Russian, 1891-1971) Troika in Red Square Signed and dated l.r.

Oil on canvas, sight size 15 x 20 1/4 in. (38.1 x 51.4 cm), framed.

Condition: Good, not examined out of frame. $300-500

480 Tercentenary Medal, c. 1913, the base metal disc celebrating 300 years of the house of Romanov, the obverse depicting Michael Romanov and Nicholas II, the reverse with a Cyrillic inscription, dia. 1 1/8 in. $400-600 481 Nicholas II Silver Coronation Medal, 1896, portrait of the tsar on one side, an inscription on the reverse, engravers Vasyutinskiy and Klenov, with a purple ribbon, dia. 1 1/8 in.

482 Alexander II Silver Coronation Medal, 1856, struck by Smirnov, engraved by A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin, a portrait to one side, God with Us in Cyrillic above a double-headed eagle to the reverse, dia. 2 in. $400-600

484 Enameled and Engraved Presentation Medal, 1916, a crown atop an oval shape with white ground and blue enamel monogram of Tsar Nicholas II’s daughter Olga, purportedly given to Count Vladimir Borisovich Fredericks, inscribed and dated on the reverse, lg. 1 1/4 in.

483 Russian Silver and Enamel Medal, unidentified maker’s mark, 84 zolotnik standard, with a crown above Imperial cipher, enameled red cross, and Cyrillic inscription, the reverse with further inscription, supposedly given to Count Vladimir Borisovich Fredericks, ht. 1 5/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Elva Mylroie, New York, who bought it from Pehr Wallin, Sweden. $500-700

Provenance: Purchased from Elva Mylroie, New York, who bought it from Pehr Wallin, Sweden. $500-700

Provenance: Purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington, D.C. $400-600

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485 Imperial Russian Medal Commemorating the Crimean War, mid-19th century, the obverse with the entwined ciphers for Nicholas I and Alexander II above the dates “18531854-1855-1856,” the reverse with Cyrillic inscription, dia. 1 in. $500-700

486 Cossack-style Coat and Four Medals, the long navy blue coat with metallic trim and shoulder boards with Tsar Nicholas II’s cipher; two Imperial Russian medals for bravery, late 19th/early 20th century, the obverse with tsar Nicholas II’s head in profile, the reverse with Cyrillic inscription, dia. 1 1/8; an 84 zolotnik standard silver medal to celebrate the birth of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, maker’s mark “BMP,” the obverse with a seated female figure, the reverse with Cyrillic inscription, ht.

1 1/4; and an 84 zolotnik standard silver pin to celebrate three hundred years of Romanov rule, partial maker’s mark, cast as a laurel wreath surrounding a heraldic crest, with Cyrillic inscription to the reverse, ht. 1 3/4 in.

487 Bronze Victory Medal, c. 1878, produced to celebrate the Russian victory in Russo-Turkish War, motif of an Orthodox cross over a Turkish crescent, original ribbon, dia. 1 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Paul Paulson, Washington, D.C. $500-700

488 Imperial Russian Bronze Medal Commemorating Grigory Orlov, c. 1771, struck in recognition of the count’s role in delivering Moscow from The Plague, the obverse with the count in profile, the reverse with Orlov dressed as a warrior and riding a horse, both sides with Cyrillic inscriptions, dia.

3 1/2 in. $400-600

Provenance: Cossack coat purchased from Paul Golubovs, California, and originally from a Hollywood costume shop; medal celebrating the birth of Alexei from Romanov Russia (Dmitry Alexandrov), Chicago. $1,200-1,800

489 Two Framed Views of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, 19th century, from an original painting by Bydgoszcz with depiction titled The Bridge & Church of St. Isaac, engraved by A.L. Dick, 5 1/4 x 6 7/8; together with a photocard view by A. Felisch, 4 x 6 1/4 in.; each in modern frame. $400-600 490 Turkish School, 19th Century Hagia Sophia Inscribed “P. Sibah (attributable a) vers 1868 ___,” in pencil l.r.

Albumen print, image size 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.

(26.0 x 34.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Light foxing, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Shapiro Rare Books, London. $600-800

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491 Postcard of Tsar Nicholas II’s Children and an Autograph Album, early 20th century, the postcard showing his four daughters and Alexei with a pony, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2; the autograph album purported to have belonged to Sidney Gibbes, tutor to Nicholas’s children, including signatures of Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexandra, Tsar Nicholas, Grand Duke Sergius, Elizabeth and others, Peterhof Palace, 1904.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $500-700 492 Photographic Postcard of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich on Horseback, early 20th century, dressed in a Cossack uniform, Cyrillic text to lower left, 3 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. $300-500 493 Victorian Dinner Menu from Windsor Castle, 19th century, the lithograph with the royal coat of arms flanked by the letters “V” and “R,” above a view of the castle and a list of the courses served, within a gilded border of thistles and oak branches, framed, sight size 8 x 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600

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494 Gelatin Silver Print with Depiction of Nicholas II Under Arrest, March, 1917, seen working at Tsarskoe Selo with Nicholas and two soldiers standing with shovels, another figure, possibly that of Alexei, with head lowered in the act of shoveling, sight size 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Romanov Russia (Dmitry Alexanderov), Chicago. $800-1,200 495 Gelatin Silver Print of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, c. 1912, the boy dressed in military uniform with a sabre at his side, with English caption, framed, sight size 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. $200-300

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496 Photogravure of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Russia, c.

1914, aboard the Standart, inscription in Cyrillic below, image size 5 1/8 x 6 1/2, set in a modern frame, 11 x 14 in. $300-500

497 Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Coronation Proclamation, 1896, after design by Ivan Nikolaevich Ropet (a.k.a.

Petrov-Ropet), chromolithograph printed in polychrome and gilt, the elaborate border topped by a crown and Nicholas II’s cipher flanked by a pair of Imperial double-headed eagles, the sides with various heraldic shields, with old Slavonic text, framed, sight size 15 x 10 1/2 in. $400-600

498 Lithograph of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia, c. 1911, half-length depiction of the tsar in military uniform, upper left corner signed and dated, surface embossed to imitate the texture of canvas, framed, sight size 24 x 19 in. $700-900

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499 Russian Icon Depicting Our Lady of the Sign, probably Houli, 19th century, with gilt ground and carrot orange border, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. $600-800

500 Russian Icon Depicting the Kazan Mother of God, 18th century, the kovcheg panel with the central figures flanked by saints Nicholas and Paraskeva, the reverse bears paper label indicating that the icon was blessed in 2007, 12 x 9 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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501 Russian Icon Depicting Our Lady of the Sign, 19th century, the kovcheg panel with burnt sienna border, 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. $500-700 502 Imperial Glass Factory Easter Egg, 19th century, pale lavender glass enamel decorated with foliage surrounding “XB,� ht. 1 1/2 in. $400-600

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503 Popov Porcelain Landscape-decorated Cup and Saucer, Russia, c. 1830, gilded trim to a dark blue ground, the cup with polychrome decorated cartouche of a harbor scene, the saucer with buildings in landscapes, factory mark, saucer dia. 6 in. $600-800

504 Popov Porcelain Cup and Saucer, Russia, c. 1850, the pale yellow ground decorated with hand-painted polychrome flowers and gilt accents, each with blue factory mark to the reverse, saucer dia. 5 1/4 in. $600-800

505 Pair of Popov Porcelain Cups and Saucers, Russia, c. 1885, each gilded and polychrome enamel decorated with lattice borders and floral vignettes, factory marks, saucer dia. 5 1/2 in. $600-800

507 Replica Peers Chair from Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation and Guard’s Sash, England, 20th century, the chair made by Hands of Wycombe, and numbered 1790, in 1977 for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, of blue velvet and limed oak, seat ht. 18 in.; the sash burgundy and gold brocade.

506 Popov Porcelain Teapot, Russia, first half 19th century, pear-form, with hand-painted polychrome flower sprays to a cobalt-blue ground, with gilded handle, spout, and accents, with blue underglaze factory mark, ht. 6 in. $500-700

Provenance: Chair purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England; sash from Wallis and Wallis, Sussex, England. $300-500 508 Flag with Prince of Wales’ Standard, England, 20th century, handmade, 34 x 69 1/2 in. $200-400

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509 Russian Silk and Metallic Brocade Panel, 19th century, with silver, gold, and polychrome silk threads woven in a pattern of crosses, flowers, baskets filled with heads of wheat, and leaves, composed of four separate fragments sewn together and finished with a metallic binding, 82 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1934 as an Imperial altar runner by Mrs. George W. Deegan from the Hammer Collection of Russian Imperial Treasures at Marshall Field & Co. A letter and description relating to the sale accompany the lot. $300-500 510 Enamel Crucifix, 19th century, polychrome, with Christ flanked by Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, while Mary Magdalene kneels at his feet, in a silver mount with partially rubbed Cyrillic mark, ht. 3 3/4 in. $200-400 511 Queen Victoria Bust and Group of Framed Items, England, 19th century, the plaster bust manufactured to commemorate the 60th anniversary of her reign, ht. 5; together with a framed group comprising a carte-de-visite of The Prince & Princess of Wales, Edward and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 2 1/2 x 4; an albumen print of Queen Victoria, 4 x 5 1/4; carte-de-visite of Albert, 2 1/2 x 4; and an autograph of Queen Victoria, 2 3/4 x 4; contemporary frame size 12 1/2 x 16 in.

Provenance: Carte-de-visite of Prince & Princess purchased from Hills & Standards, Oxford, United Kingdom; print of the Queen from Bernard Shapiro, London; carte-de-visite of Albert from Abbleton & Co. New York; autograph from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $400-600

512 Albumen Print of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich on the Beach, early 20th century, taken on the beach of Crimea following a hemophilia attack, sight size 2 1/4 x 2 7/8, set in a modern enameled frame, 5 3/8 x 7 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $1,000-1,500 513 Carte-de-visite of Ludwig of Hesse, Princess Alice, and Victoria of Hesse, c.

1864, the mat with watercolor border of violets and branches and reading “Prince Louis and Princess Louis of Hesse-Dormstadt with Princess Victoria-1864,” framed, image size 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. $200-400 514 Russian Silver and Enamel Cross Pendant, possibly Kostroma, 20th century, Cyrillic maker’s mark, 84 zolotnik standard, decorated with turquoise and dark blue enamel, ht. 2 in., on an Italian sterling silver chain, approx. 0.6 troy oz. $500-700

515 Framed Gelatin Silver Print of the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with His Dog, Joy, c.

1915, supposedly taken by Alexei’s tutor, Pierre Gilliard, in a 19th century champlevé frame, image sight size 4 1/8 x 2 3/4, total size 8 x 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Photograph purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England; frame at Skinner, Sale 2254, Lot 882, October 28, 2004. $700-900 516 Russian School, 20th Century Eastern Orthodox Church in Winter Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, sight size 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (29.2 x 34.3 cm), framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame. $400-600

517 Limoges Enameled Copper Plaque, France, c. 1900, depicting Jesus and Mary Magdalene, marked “L (fleur-de-lis) L,” framed, plaque size 5 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased at Skinner, October 26, 1996, Sale 1739, Lot 216. $500-700

518 Attributed to Efim Efimovich Volkov (Russian, 1844-1920) Russian Landscape Signed l.l.

Watercolor on paper, sight size 11 1/2 x 6 in.

(29.2 x 15.2 cm), framed.

Two early paper labels for Hammer Galleries, Inc., New York, a third paper label with handwritten inventory numbers, and the Cyrillic initials “T.N.” in pencil to the reverse.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Purchased from Father David of the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. In a letter, a copy of which accompanies the lot, Father David relates that he purchased the watercolor from Vincent Nesbert, a professor of art at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. According to the letter, Nesbert’s widow claimed the painting was originally in the personal collection of Tatiana Nicholaevna and that her late husband purchased it from Hammer Galleries, New York. $400-600 519 Enameled Copper Plaque Depicting St. Mark, Continental, 19th century, oval, depicting the evangelist reading from the gospel, with a lion at his side, framed, sight ht.

2 3/4 in. $150-250 520 Postcard of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, early 20th century, depicted wearing a sailor’s uniform of the Standart, titled in Cyrillic below, 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. $300-500

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521 Two Period Postcards Depicting Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, and His Bookplate, the postcards c. 1914, the two photographs from the same portrait session, with Alexei wearing a sailor suit, seated at a table, and holding a book, one also bears his signature, approx.

5 1/2 x 3 1/2; the bookplate designed by Baron Armin Foelkersam in 1907 and depicts an angel holding a shield bearing the Imperial double-headed eagle and Nicholas II’s cipher, approx. 4 1/8 x 2 1/2; in a common frame, total 23 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.

Provenance: Postcards purchased from Galerie Gerda Bassence, Berlin; bookplate from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England.

Literature: Bookplate illustrated in Bookplates and Their Owners in Imperial Russia, by Marguerite Studemeister, p. 55. $4,000-5,000 522 Signed and Dated Albumen Print of Tsar Alexander III, Russia, c. 1881, oval format, the tsar dressed in military uniform, framed, sight size 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. $700-900

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523 Russian Silk and Metallic Panel, 18th/19th century, embroidered with scrollwork, foliage, and leaves, finished with tassels, 47 x 6 1/4 in. $300-500

524 Collodion Print of Tsar Nicholas II with the British Royal Family, Balmoral, 1896, among those pictured are Edward, Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII), his wife Alexandra of Denmark, their daughters Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, Tsar Nicholas II, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, framed sight size 4 x 7 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 525 Russian Imperial Dinner Napkin, 20th century, cipher with eagles and monogram of Tsar Nicholas II, 27 1/4 x 33 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $300-500 526 Portfolio of Imperial Family Photographs, Russia, c. 1914, the purple paper cover with embossed gold double-headed eagle, consisting of eight photomechanical images published by Princess Malitsa Nikolayevna for the benefit of wounded soldiers during World War I, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Alexis Rabinovich. $800-1,200

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527 French Book with Tsar Nicholas II’s Bookplate and Cipher, c. 1907, titled Chantecler, Paris 1910, the tooled cipher designed by Baron Armin Folkersam, the bookplate from His Majesty’s own library, possibly at the Winter Palace.

Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York. $200-400

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529 European School, 19th Century

Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg Signed l.l. and dated “1997.”

Graphite on paper, sight size 17 x 21 1/4 in.

(43.2 x 54.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

Vegetable Sellers Signed “Culverhouse,” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 10 1/4 x 14 in., framed. $300-500

Provenance: Dmitry Gerrman.

530 Gelatin Silver Print of Tsar Alexander III, seated on the deck of the Standart with binoculars in his lap, framed, sight size 9 x 6 1/2 in. $500-700

N.B. Framed together with two postcards of Tsarevich Alexei, 2 3/4 x 5 and 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. $400-600

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531 Two Framed Photogravures of the Russian Imperial Family, c. 1914, one with Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei, image size 5 3/8 x 6 1/2, in a common frame with a photographic postcard depicting the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo; the other with Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei in matching military uniforms, image size 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in., in a common frame with a photographic postcard of the Chinese Bridge at Tsarskoe Selo. $500-700

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532 Jack Coughlin (American, b. 1932) Dostoyevsky Labeled “Artist’s Proof,” titled and signed in pencil.

Color etching, image size 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

(16.5 x 21.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame. $200-400

533 Gelatin Silver Print of the Russian Imperial Family Aboard the Standart, c. 1896-97, among those pictured: Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, and Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, framed, sight size 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

534 Collodion Print of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, depicting a group of men and women in a forest, possibly in the Caucus, near the Grand Duke’s estate, Abbas Tuman, framed, sight size 3 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. $300-500 535 Photogravure Depiction of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich in Uniform, Russia, c. 1914, from a portfolio, titled in Cyrillic below, image size 5 x 7; set in a contemporary frame, 11 x 14 in. $500-700

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536 Tsar Nicholas II Autograph Letter and Photogravure, the letter in Cyrillic, reading, “Ts[arskoe] S[elo] 2nd May 1900 Dear Illarion Ivanovich, I wish to see you and have a talk with you about a certain matter, would you please come here tomorrow the 3rd at 1 p.m, of course in frock-coat. Yours sincerely, Nicholas,� 6 3/4 x 5; in a common frame with the photogravure, c. 1914, of the tsar in military uniform and with Cyrillic caption, image 6 1/2 x 4 1/2, frame 26 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.

537 Cabinet Photograph of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Russia, late 19th century, set in a painted and giltwood portrait frame of classical orthodox architectural form, sight size 3 3/4 x 5 1/2; overall frame 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $1,000-1,500

Provenance: Letter purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England. $2,000-3,000

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538 Kuznetsov Porcelain Plate, Russia, early 20th century, the border with polychrome hand-painted floral motif and gilding, the reverse with overglaze blue factory mark and numbered “746,� dia. 8 1/2 in. $200-400

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539 Two Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plates from the Tsarskoe Selo Service, St. Petersburg, period of Tsar Nicholas II, one 1909 the other 1915, each with Imperial double-headed eagle and blue band to border, with green factory mark to reverse, dia. 9 1/4 in. $800-1,200

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540 Two Kornilov Porcelain Plates, St. Petersburg, late 19th/early 20th century, each circular, with central red simulated crossstitch Imperial double-headed eagle within a geometric border and blue cavetto band, the borders with Cyrillic sayings within blue and peach strapwork, the reverse with printed blue factory marks, dia. 9 3/4 in. $500-700

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541 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate from the Farm Palace Banquet Service, St. Petersburg, Period of Alexander III, 1892, circular, with gilt and white scrolls to a lavender ground, the center with the initial “A� surmounted by a crown for Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich, the future Emperor Alexander II, with green factory mark to the reverse, dia. 9 7/8 in. $600-800

542 Two Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Dinner Plates from the Ropsha Palace Service, one period of Alexander II, the other period of Nicholas II, c. 1903, each with blue ground, gilded foliate border, and double eagle crest to centers, green printed factory marks, dia. 9 7/8 in.

543 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate from the Red Tsarskoe Selo Service, period of Nicholas II, c. 1905, scalloped rim with enameled landscapes between scrolled foliate reserves, green cipher mark, dia. 9 3/4 in. $400-600

Provenance: Purchased from Andre Ruzhnikov, Palo Alto, California, and Atzbach & Thomas, Redmond, Washington. $1,000-1,500

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544 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, 1825-55, with central garland of polychrome flowers and a blue and gilt border, black factory mark to the reverse, dia. 9 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Atzbach & Thomas, Redmond, Washington. $500-700

545 Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate, St. Petersburg, early 19th century, period of Nicholas I, after the original from the Elizabeth Petrovna service, scalloped rim, molded, gilded, and enamel-decorated with puce enamel flowerheads, factory mark, dia. 10 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Atzbach & Thomas, Redmond, Washington. $600-800

546 Icon of Christ Pantocrator, Russian, early 19th century, enamel-decorated to a wood panel, 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Mark Gallery, London. $1,200-1,800

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549 After Rudolph Kaesbach (German, 18731950) Bronze Figure of a Female Nude with a Deer, cast as a gilded standing figure of a woman holding a cup in one hand and reaching out to touch the doe beside her, raised on a long octagonal marble base, signed to bronze “R. Kaesbach,” with a chocolate brown patina, bronze ht. 12 1/4 in. $500-700

550 Attributed to Affortunato Gory (Italian/ French, fl. 1895-1925) Marble Sculpture of a Boy Playing a Flute, leaning on a tree stump with a leafy branch extending across his body, signed to reverse “A Gori,” raised on a shaped, stepped base, figure ht. 26 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 551 French Bronze and Glass Carriage Clock, the case chased with arabesques and flowers, with beveled glass panels, the dial with Roman numerals, with auxiliary seconds dial, numbered “339,” unmarked, case ht. 5 1/2 in. $700-900

547 Staffordshire Green-glazed Earthenware Partial Dessert Service, England, 19th century, each leaf-molded, covered sauce tureen, ht. 6 3/8; compote with twig handles, overall lg. 13 1/4; three leaf-shaped serving dishes, lg. (2) 9 5/8, 10 7/8; and eleven plates, dia. 8 in. $250-350

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548 Italian School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Marble Bust of a Smiling Woman, with upswept hair, raised on a base carved with a rising sun, signed to side “Prof. V. Pochini,” ht.

20 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800

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552 Turned Oak Armchair, possibly Netherlands or England, 17th/18th century, shaped top-rail with two registers of turned stiles to back flanked by turned knob finial, with single paneled seat, turned supports to arms, and shaped seat-rail, on four rectangular feet joined by four low stretchers, ht. 35 1/2, wd.

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553 Louis XV-style Marble-top Cabinet, serpentine peach-colored marble top above a conforming case with frieze drawer with arabesque marquetry within a burl veneer, all on two burl-veneered doors, each with central ovoid boss framed by brass mounts and inlaid with a floral designs, raised on squat brassmounted cabriole legs, ht. 42, wd. 46 1/2, dp.

16 1/2 in. $800-1,200 554 Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy, England, c. 1815, of sarcophagus form with ivory ring handles and key escutcheon, on four pad feet, the interior with central well and two foil-lined compartments, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 14, dp. 8 in. $200-300

554A Thirteen Pieces of Davenport Pearlware, England, early 19th century, each leaf-molded and with polychrome enamel decorated botanical decoration and deep red trim, twelve plates, dia. 8 1/2, and a compote with scrolled handles, lg. 12 1/4 in., impressed anchor marks. $300-500 555 Liturgical Brocade Altar Linen, 19th century, D-shaped, with woven gold arabesque design to a blue silk ground, trimmed in gold brocade and tassels, approx. lg. 101 1/2, dp. 49 1/2 in. $300-500

556 Framed Pietra Dura Plaque, ovoid pietra dura panel depicting rooster and hen with an ear of corn against a variegated background, in an ebonized wood frame mounted to the edge with various hardstone specimens, total 19 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. $800-1,200

557 Two Lapis Lazuli Boxes, 20th century, each rectangular with hinged lid, unmarked, lg. 4 1/8 and 6 1/4 in. $200-300 558 Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Serving Dish, Denmark, 20th century, polychromeenameled and gilded, titled on the reverse “Carlina vulgaris L,� printed factory mark, dia.

14 in. $300-500 559 Mahogany-veneered Three-drawer Commode, possibly Germany, late 18th century, serpentine, with crossbanded veneer throughout and rocaille-style brass hardware, ht. 32 1/2, wd. 40 1/4, dp. 24 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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560 William and Mary Dutch Carved Walnut Side Chair, 17th/18th century, in the manner of Daniel Marot, with a pierced and carved, high-back, upholstered seat, raised on scrolldecorated legs joined by three stretchers, ht.

47 1/2, wd. 21 3/4, dp. 18 in. $600-800

563 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing male figure with arms raised and mouth agape, on a circular base, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “2507,” ht. 16 3/4 in. $800-1,200

561 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing male figure with arms outstretched as he gazes out in wonder, on a circular base, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, indistinctly numbered, ht. 12 3/4 in. $800-1,200

564 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, Austria, early 20th century, the standing male figure with arms outstretched as he gazes in wonder, on a circular base, impressed “BERGMANN,” indistinctly numbered, ht. 12 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500

562 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, Austria, early 20th century, the standing male figure with a slain gazelle and a rifle slung across his shoulders, on a circular naturalistic base mounted to a verde marble pedestal, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, indistinctly numbered, probably “4633,” bronze ht. 10 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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565 Mother-of-pearl-inlaid Lacquer Lap Desk, England, 19th century, gilt and enamel decorated with Greek key banding bordering coastal landscape cartouches, the interior compartmented for letters, pens, and inkwell, with an inlaid velvet writing surface, lg. 10 1/2, dp. 9 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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566 Joseph Gerte Regency-style Drum Table, Boston, c. 1920, mahogany-veneered top above frieze mounted with two drawers opposite one another and four faux drawers all separated by lion’s head mounts, raised on a triangular pedestal supported on a tripartite chamfered plinth further raised on three paw feet, with stamp to drawer interior, ht. 29 5/8, dia. 38 in. $700-900 567 Queen Anne Compass-seat Chair, 18th century, scroll crest with vasiform splat back, the upholstered drop-in seat raised on cabriole legs with shell carving to the knees, terminating in claw-and-ball feet, ht. 39 3/4, wd. 23, dp. 22 in. $300-400

568 Pair of Neoclassical Gilt-bronze Urns, France, 19th century, the patinated vasiform urns with scrolled bird-form handles and gadrooned body, mounted atop a raised square plinth with applied wreath, ht. 11 1/4 in. $300-500

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569 Pair of Neoclassical Gilt-bronze Urns, France, 19th century, with entwined twig handles, mounted atop a raised square black onyx plinth, ht. 8 7/8 in. $300-500 570 Bronze Figure of a Child, early 20th century, modeled sitting and playing with his feet, mounted atop a marble cube, overall ht. 4 3/4 in. $800-1,200 571 After Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (French, 1880-1950) Silver-colored Bronze Figure of an Egyptian Dancer, cast balanced on one foot and wearing an elaborate headdress, jewelry, and full skirt, on a base signed “CJ.R.COLINET,” raised on a marble pedestal, bronze ht. 13 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

572 After Peter Tereszczuk (Austrian, 18751963) Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Girl, cast raising the folds of her gilt-bronze skirt, with ivory face and neck, raised on a giltbronze pedestal, signed “P. Tereszczuk.” and with monogram “TU,” ht. 11 5/8 in. $500-700 573 After Dominique Alonzo (French, fl. 19121926) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman with a Flower, cast standing barefoot in a low flowing gown with a small flower in one hand, reaching with the other to pick another petal off, signed to reverse “D. Alonzo,” stamped “8” to underside, ht. 13 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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576 Victorian Brass-bound Calamander Stationery Box, mid-19th century, with large Gothic-style brass strapwork hardware further mounted with rounded agates, opening to letter and document slots, fitted compartments for writing implements, and upper calendar slot with included cards, ht.

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574 Pair of Veneered Three-drawer Commodes, probably southern Germany, 18th/19th century, each rectangular with chamfered corners, veneered throughout, with inlaid strapwork to corners and drawer fronts, raised on shaped bracket feet, ht. 34 1/4, wd. 25 1/4, dp. 13 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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575 Continental Iron-bound and Domed-top Trunk, 18th century, painted oak surface mounted with strapwork hardware with incorporated date “1737” to front and large bail handles to each side, raised on later bun feet, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 40, dp. 22 1/4 in. $300-500

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577A After Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, 18101879) Bronze Figure of a Pheasant, chocolate brown patination, cast on a naturalistic ground, further mounted on a oval marble base, artist signed, lg. of bronze 8 1/4 in. $300-400

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578 Charles Korschann (Czech, 1872-1943) Art Nouveau Bronze Figure of a Woman with Flowers, cast in a long, form-fitting dress with flowers clutched to her chest, standing on a base decorated with bouquets of flowers, signed to reverse “CH, KORSCHANN,” numbered “17,” and stamped with the Louchet foundry mark, ht. 13 1/8 in. $1,000-1,500 579 After Gaston Veuvenot Leroux (French, 1854-1942) Rebecca, cast walking down an ivy-entwined stairway, supporting the amphora above her head, the base inscribed “LEROUX,” raised on a circular plinth mounted with a cartoucheshaped title plaque, bronze ht. 29 1/2 in. $2,000-4,000

580 Pair of Irish Cut Glass Compotes, 19th century, each with scalloped rim and paneled diamond designs, dia. 10, ht. 7 7/8 in. $300-500 581 English Tall Case Clock with Thirty-hour Movement, late 18th/early 19th century, painted metal clock face with Arabic hour and minute numerals, date aperture, painted with floral sprays and a parrot, and signed “Wainwright/Nottingham,” movement further marked with impressed “ILSON BIRM,” with a pendulum, in an oak case, the hood with a stepped molding and glass door flanked by brass-mounted columns, body with a central long door, approx. ht. 76 in. $800-1,200

582 Burlwood Credenza, string-inlaid throughout, with two central doors inlaid with an arabesque motif, flanked by two demilune, glass-mounted doors, on a conforming base, ht. 42 1/3, wd. 71 3/8, dp. 17 1/2 in. $500-800

583 Two Bronze Busts of Napoleon, France, 19th century, one set on an ormolu and ebonized metal plinth, ht. 11 3/4; the other set atop a raised square plinth, ht. 12 5/8 in. $500-700

584 Noel Ruffier (French, 1847-1921) Bronze Bust of Napoleon, chocolate brown patina, inscribed signature, ht. 11 1/2 in. $500-700

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585 Four Bronze Busts of Napoleon, 19th century, each similarly posed, one all bronze including socle, ht. 7 1/2; one mounted atop a marble socle, signed “Noel,” ht. 6 1/4; and two with enameled medal, raised square marble plinth, and bronze crown and “N,” each signed “Pinedo” and with Paris foundry mark, ht. 7 1/2, 9 in. $500-700

586 Victorian Boullework Pen Tray, England, mid-19th century, rectangular, with sloping surface to accommodate pens, allover decorated with brass arabesques inlaid in tortoiseshell, with ebony trim, on four pad feet, lg. 11 in. $300-500 587 Heinrich Hirschler (Canadian, 20th Century) Owl Bookends, the bronze pair each cast as an owl standing on a rocky outcropping, incised “Heinrich W. Hirschler” and impressed “MADE IN AUSTRIA,” on verde marble plinths, bronze ht. 5 in. $600-800

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588 Victorian Yewwood Linen Press, last half 19th century, veneered throughout with finely figured burl yewwood offset by crossbanding to edges and flame mahogany to sides, with a broken pediment above upper section made up of two doors enclosing shelved interior, raised on a lower section made up of series of segmented drawers and a small single door on the lower right, raised on bracket feet, approx. ht. 93 1/2, 45 1/2, dp. 25 1/4 in. $1,500-2,500

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589 Renaissance Revival Carved Oak Cabinet Bookcase, 19th century, carved projected pediment above glass-enclosed shelves framed by vertical panels of carved fruits and flowers topped by a portrait medallion, raised on lower section with gadrooned edge above a shelved interior enclosed by two doors, each carved with portrait medallions framed with a wreath and foliate arabesques, total approx. ht. 86 1/2, wd. 50, dp. 20 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800 590 German School, 19th Century Figure by a Tree-lined Stream Signed and dated “P. Geist./’96” l.r.

Oil on canvas mounted to board, 37 x 27 in.

(94.5 x 68.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Scattered minor abrasions, areas of stable craquelure, surface grime. $700-900

590A After Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 18031902) Cows in a Landscape Inscribed “After T. Sidney Cooper R.A.” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 26 x 40 in. (66.0 x 101.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Paint losses and flaking, retouch, surface grime. $600-800 590B Anders Andersen-Lundby (Danish, 18401923) Two Works: View of the Promenade, Langeline, Copenhagen, Denmark and Winding Thunderstorm, c. 1870 View inscribed, dated, and signed or inscribed “Parti fra Langelinie/malet omkring 1870 af [Picture of a part of Langeline painted around 1870 by] A Andersen-Lundbye” on the reverse; Thunderstorm titled, dated, and signed or inscribed “optrækkende tordenvejr malet omkring 1870 af [winding thunderstorm painted around 1870 by] A AndersenLundbye” on the reverse.

Both oil on canvas, 11 x 14 1/2 in. (27.9 x 36.8 cm), framed.

Condition: View with retouch to u.l. quadrant, craquelure, minor surface grime; Thunderstorm with retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $1,500-2,500

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591 Sarouk Rug, West Persia, early 20th century, (very slight end fraying), 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. $1,200-1,500

592 Auguste Passaglia (Italian, 1838-1918) Ciociara, Florence, the white marble sculpture modeled as a standing woman wearing an embroidered peasant costume and holding a tambourine, titled and signed and dated “Prof. A. Passaglia Flli Lapini Scolpirono 1877/ Firenze V. Fossi 6” to the circular base, ht. 36 1/2 in. $2,000-4,000

593 After Bertel Thowaldsen (Danish, c. 17701844) Venus with Apple, shown leaning on a tree stump, with a ball in one hand, signed to reverse “Romanelli Firenze,” ht. 35 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500

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594 Six Colorless Glass and Crystal Decanters, most France, late 19th/early 20th century, one with sterling silver grape-form mount and teared stopper, total ht. 11 1/8; the others with silver-plated mounts, ht. to 11 3/4 in. $400-600

597 Late Georgian Double-pedestal Partners Desk, 19th century, with tooled leather-inset writing surface, each side with central frieze drawer flanked by row of four drawers, ht. 35 1/2, wd. 72, dp. 29 3/4 in. $1,500-2,000

595 Gilt-bronze and Marble Mantel Clock, France, 19th century, the circular enameled dial with Roman numerals, surmounted by a putto and two lions, with flower-filled urns to stiles, plinth base, and four stemmed pad feet, works unmarked, ht. 20 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800

598 Small Bronze Bird, Continental, 19th/early 20th century, in the style of Ferdinand Paurot, cast as a sparrow hanging upside-down from a branch and eyeing a beetle, medium brown patina, signed indistinctly, possibly “G. Lomolera,” ht. 4 5/8 in. $500-700

596 Three Renaissance Revival Carved Chairs, late 19th century, two armchairs and a corner chair, each heavily carved with variety of motifs including grotesque masks, putti head crest rails, dolphins, and griffins, with turned acanthus-mounted arm supports and upholstered seats, raised on turned legs, armchairs ht. 44, corner chair ht. 31 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

599 Alfred de Bréanski Sr. (British, 1852-1928)

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A Perthshire Valley Signed “Alfred.deBréanski” l.r., titled and signed “.../Alfred.deBréanski.Sen.” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 in. (303.7 x 36.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Minor retouch. $300-500

599A Joseph Nash (British, 1808-1878) Figures at Leisure Before a Grand Facade Signed and dated “Joseph Nash 1840” l.r.

Watercolor and gouache on paper, sight size 26 5/8 x 18 1/4 in. (67.5 x 46.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Scattered surface losses, minor foxing, toning, not examined out of frame. $550-750 599B Abraham Johannes Couwenberg (Dutch, 1806-1844) Summer Landscape with a Peasant Woman on a Sandy Track Signed “A.J. Couwenberg ft” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 13 x 16 3/4 in. (33.0 x 42.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, craquelure, minor surface grime.

600 Two Hand-painted Porcelain Items, Continental, 19th century, each decorated with a foliate border and Netherlands landscape to center, a charger with wooded landscape, artist signed, dia. 17 3/8; and a covered vegetable dish with village landscapes, titled below the base, dia. 8 in. $400-600

602 After Eugene Barillot (French, 1841-1900)

601 After Theophile Francois Somme (French, 1871-1952)

603 Continental School, Early 20th Century

Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Crowned Woman, cast stepping down with her hands clasped victoriously in front of her, her robes flowing around her feet, further mounted to a marble base, signed to bronze “Th. Somme,” and stamped “FRANCE,” bronze ht. 12 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman in a Bonnet, cast stepping forward on a naturalistic bronze base with her ivory arms in the air, on a marble pedestal, signed “E. Barillot” to bronze base, bronze ht. 10 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Courtly Gentleman, cast striding forward, in 18th century clothing with a hat tucked under his arm, sword in his hand, and gloves at his feet, on an agate base, bronze signed “de Kerias” and numbered “4751,” bronze ht. 9 7/8 in. $1,500-2,500 604 Three Giltwood and Plaster Mirrors, 19th/20th century, a rectangular mirror with applied molding and low relief carving to the edges, 24 1/4 x 16 5/8; another with carved acanthus leaves to edge, with applied label from “J.F. Olsson & Co./Art Dealers,” 21 3/4 x 17 1/2; the third with applied flowerheads and foliate scrolls on a painted red background, 21 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. $100-200

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, Sale 2510, June 19, 2001, Lot 17. $1,500-2,500

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605 Pair of Dore Bronze Boudoir Lamps, France, late 19th/early 20th century, each three-light, with scrolled arms, fluted columnar stem, and pierced dish, painted tole shades, overall ht. 27 in. $500-700

607 Breche Violette Marble Pedestal, late 19th/ early 20th century, square-top with a columnar stem with gilt-metal-mounted capital and foot on a square stepped base, ht. 41 1/2, wd.

11 in. $400-600

606 Georgian Tilt-top Tea Table, early 19th century, circular top raised on tripod support with a baluster stem terminating in three pad feet, ht. closed 28 1/2, open 46 3/4, dia. 32 5/8 in. $300-500

608 Portfolio of Approximately Seventy-eight Etchings by Various Artists, Paris, published

by Cadart & Luquet, for the Societe des Aquafortistes, varying plate sizes, portfolio size 22 x 15 3/4 in. $400-600 609 Silk Brocade Runner, 19th century, with woven gold design of rampant lions, crowned double-headed eagles, and foliage to a green ground, with gold trim and tassels to bottom, approx. 81 x 22 in. $300-500

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610 David Roberts (British, 1796-1864) Sailboats in Venice at Dusk Signed “David Roberts” l.r.

Oil on board, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.3 x 24.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Vertical abrasions with areas of paint loss and flaking, retouch, surface grime. $300-500 610A After Edwin (of Bath) Loder (British, 18271885) Pair of Portrait Heads of Terriers Both signed “Fritz” l.l. or l.r.

Oil on cardboard, sizes to 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.

(13.0 x 16.4 cm), unframed.

Condition: Minor retouch to background, slight wear to corners, toning and staining to reverse. $400-600

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610B Salvatore Colacicco (Italian, b. 1935) Two Works: A Man of War in a Stiff Breeze in the Bristol Channel and Shippin in a Calm in the Solent Both signed “-Salvatore Colacicco-” l.l., both signed and titled on the reverse.

Oil on panel, 16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61.0 cm), both framed.

Condition: Minor surface grime.

Provenance: Shippin Doyle, New York, Fine Furniture, Decorations and Paintings, June 30, 1999, Lot 14. $1,500-2,500 611 Persian Carpet, second quarter 20th century, (small areas of wear, some glue residue along one edge), 12 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. $2,500-3,000

612 Set of Twelve Lenox Porcelain Handpainted Portrait Plates, Trenton, New Jersey, 20th century, by Bruno Geyer, raised gold foliage to a wide red ground border, each center with polychrome-enameled depiction of a maiden, retailed by Tiffany & Co., artist signed and with factory and retailer printed marks, dia. 10 1/2 in. $2,000-4,000

613 Three Italian Rococo Polychrome-painted and Parcel-gilt Side Chairs, possibly Piedmont, late 18th century, each with shell crest above a cartouche-form backrest with inset cushion and a drop-in upholstered seat, with a carved seat rail raised on cabriole legs joined by low stretchers and terminating in raised scroll feet, ht. 41, wd. 20, dp. 16 1/2 in. $500-1,000 614 Painted and Delft Tile-inset Side Table, tiles 18th century, table 19th century, the fifteen manganese tiles each depicting a vase with flowers, mounted within a white- and pucepainted table with tapering reeded legs, ht. 24 1/2, wd. 31, dp. 20 1/2 in. $500-700 615 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figural Group, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an Arab man and a monkey on a donkey, on a rectangular rouge marble base, unmarked, bronze ht. 8 1/4 in. $700-900

616 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing male figure with one hand at his waist, the other grips a shoulder strap supporting a rifle, on a freeform naturalistic base, total ht. 10 in. $1,000-1,500 617 Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab on a Carpet, the seated figure with a shoe balanced on his knees, body incised “Nam Greb,” underside of carpet with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, both for Franz Bergman, lg. 4 5/8 in. $800-1,200 617A Franz Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936) Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab Man on a Rug, the seated figure with a cup in his hand in front of a coffeepot, on a polychrome-painted and patterned rug, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark above impressed “GESCHUTZT.” and numbered “3884,” ht. 3 3/8 in. $600-800

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618 Georges William Thornley (British, 18571935) Ships along a Coast Signed “W. Thornley” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 16 x 13 in. (40.5 x 33.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, broadly brushed retouch to sky, craquelure, surface grime. $300-500 618A English or Dutch School, 17th Century Style Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly Sir Francis Drake Unsigned, identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Oil on oval panel, 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.3 x 18.3 cm), in a carved frame.

Condition: Paint losses, craquelure, surface grime, bowing to support. $2,000-3,000 618B Dutch School, 19th Century Portrait of Man in 17th Century Attire Unsigned.

Oil on paperboard, 8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.2 x 17.7 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, craquelure, $300-400 619 Senneh Rug, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, (spots of minor wear, small corner gouge, reovercast), 4 ft. 11 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. $800-1,000 620 Georgian Mahogany-veneered Chest of Drawers, 19th century, bow-front with four rows of graduated drawers on bracket feet, ht.

41, wd. 41 1/4, dp. 21 in. $800-1,200 621 English Penwork Side Table, early 19th century, rectangular top with canted corners decorated to frieze with chinoiserie scenes, raised on a pedestal further mounted on a plinth on three bun feet, decorated allover the base with scrolling rose vines and ferns, ht. 26 5/8, wd. 16 3/4, dp. 12 5/8 in. $300-500

622 Continental School, Early 20th Century Art Deco Dancer, cast with both arms raised in a costume with pom-poms, illegibly signed to skirt, mounted on bronze base further raised on a hardstone base, bronze figure ht.

13 1/4 in. $700-900 623 Victorian Boullework Letter Box, London, mid-19th century, the tortoiseshell veneer inlaid with brass arabesques, the slanted and hinged lid enclosing three silk-lined compartments, stamped “C. VICKERY. REGENT ST. W,” ht. 6 1/2, wd. 8 1/2, dp. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 624 Italian School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Marble Bust of a Gypsy Maiden, shown in a striped head scarf decorated with medallions and a winged uroboros, her bust decorated with a central rose and leaves flowing up to her arms, signed “E. Del Santa” to reverse, ht.

21 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

625 After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 17411828) Marble Bust of Diana, shown with the crescent moon in her hair and a robe held to her body by a band across her shoulders, signed to reversed “HOUDON,” and raised on a socle, ht. of bust 23 in. $2,000-4,000 626 Grand Tour Book of Thirty-seven Plaster Intaglios, Italy, 19th century, the descriptions handwritten in ink on the covers, marbleized paper boards, intaglio ht. to 2 3/4, book 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. $300-500 627 Grand Tour Book of Thirty-six Plaster Intaglios, Italy, 19th century, the descriptions handwritten in ink on the covers, marbleized paper boards, intaglio ht. to 2, book 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. $150-250

629 Veneered Writing Desk, 18th century, demilune form with an upper section of drawers and a central compartment behind book bindings, inlaid throughout with various burl and oyster veneers, raised on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees, ht. 37 1/2, wd.

33 1/4, dp. 21 3/4 in. $500-700 630 Charles Jones (British, 1836-1892) Three Sheep in a Winter Landscape Monogram signed and dated “CJ 73” l.r., identified in an inscription on the mat.

Oil on panel, 6 x 9 in. (15.3 x 23.0 cm), framed (under glass).

Condition: Surface grime. $600-800 630A School of Paul Delaroche (French, 17971856) Portrait of the French General Jean Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800) as a Young Man Unsigned, inscribed “Delaroche...665,” and stamped “THOMPSON COLLECTION/NEW YORK-1870/Geo. P. Rowell” on the stretcher.

Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Craquelure, blooming, losses/ flaking, surface grime.

Provenance: Executrix’s Sale of Mr. Thomas Thompson’s Extensive and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures Being the Most Important and Costly Collection ever offered in this Country To be Sold at Auction, Positively Without Reserve, Boston; Henry H. Leeds & Miner, New York, February 7, 1870, no. 665; private New England collection. $300-350 630B Attributed to Etienne Prosper BerneBellecoeur (French, 1838-1910) Two Soldiers on a Road Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, craquelure, skinning, surface grime. $1,000-1,500

628 Mahogany-veneered Slant-lid Desk, late 18th/early 19th century, with feather-banded inlay across drawer-fronts and upper surface, slant-lid enclosing typical compartments, all on a row of four graduated drawers on bracket feet, ht. 40, wd. 36 1/8, dp. 20 in. $700-900

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631 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925)

632A After George van der Straeten (Belgian, 1856-1928)

Bronze and Ivory Figure of an Exotic Dancer, modeled in a turban, harem pants, and a vest, her arms raised stretching a flowing bronze sash across her back, raised on a circular base, signed “Omerth” to reverse, bronze ht. 11 1/2 in. $600-800

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Reading, the gilt-bronze and ivory standing figure in Empire dress, reading a book, and holding a pail, on a marble base, numbered to bronze “157,” signed to marble “Van der Straeten.” and “Made in France,” bronze ht.

10 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800

632 After Charles Emile Jonchery (French, 1873-1937) Bronze and Ivory Figure of Carmen, cast with her dress hung low over her body revealing her ivory chest, raised on a stepped circular pedestal mounted with a title plaque, signed to pedestal “Jonchery,” bronze ht. 11 1/8 in. $800-1,200

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633 Dominique Alonzo (French, fl. 1912-1926) Bronze and Ivory Figure of Salome, raised on a stepped base, partially signed “D. Alon,” numbered to base “3824,” bronze ht. 11 3/8 in. $1,000-1,500

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634 Dominique Alonzo (French, fl. 1910-1930) Art Nouveau Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of an Elizabethan Woman, signed “Alonzo” on the figure’s train, stamped “MADE IN FRANCE HM,” mounted to an onyx base, bronze ht. 13 1/4 in. $600-800

635 Dutch Walnut and Marquetry Armoire, mid-18th century, with a molded and crested pediment centered by a rocaille-style corbel, above a pair of doors finely inlaid with urns of flowers, birds, and butterflies, the shelved interior with two lower rows of drawers all similarly inlaid; raised on a serpentine case with three rows of graduated drawers, all inlaid with floral and foliate marquetry; the canted corners inlaid with grotesque masks terminating in large bun feet, ht. 91, wd. 67, dp. 23 1/2 in. $5,000-7,000

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636 Pair of Louis XVI-style Fauteuils, early 19th century, upholstered, each with painted and carved frame, rectangular back with padded armrests raised on baluster turned arm stumps, with rounded seat raised on four turned legs, ht. 33 1/2, wd. 22 1/4, dp. 20 in. $400-600

637 Fereghan-Sarouk Carpet, West Persia, late 19th century, (even wear, spots of touch-up, crease), 11 ft. 9 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. $2,000-3,000

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638 After Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1865-1922)

639A Dutch School, 17th Century

The Cardiologist, the patinated bronze cast as an elderly doctor checking his female patient’s heartbeat against his own, impressed “AUSTRIA,” on a rectangular marble base, bronze ht. 8 1/4 in. $800-1,200

Portrait of Frederik van Dorp Unsigned, inscribed “Frederick van Dorp/...” and “Frederik van Dorp/...” on the reverse, and with a handwritten label affixed to the reverse.

Oil on panel, 16 1/4 x 13 in. (41.4 x 33.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Craquelure with lifting, retouch, bowing to panel. $700-900

639 British School, 19th Century Portrait of an Officer Signed indistinctly and dated “J...von Rom.../1899” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 34 x 27 in. (86.5 x 69.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, surface grime. $400-600

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639B Anglo/American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Lady in Pink Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (60.5 x 47.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Puncture to u.c., patch reinforcements, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $300-500

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640 After Duchoiselle (French, fl. Mid-19th Century) Pair of Female Busts, each bronze cast as a maiden, one wearing a cap and cloak, the other a bodice and fur mantle, each incised “Duchoiselle,” on slate pedestals inlaid with verde marble, bronze ht. 9 1/2, total ht. 14 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500 641 Portrait Miniature on Ivory, Continental, 18th/19th century, circular, with a scantily clad woman resting her head in her hand, unsigned, framed, dia. 3 in. $400-600 642 Pair of Louis XV-style Fauteuil, early 19th century, upholstered, each with a painted frame, cartouche back, scrolled and padded armrests, wide seat, floral carving to top-rail, seat-rail, and legs, and raised on cabriole legs, ht. 35 1/4, wd. 24 5/8, dp. 19 5/8 in. $600-800

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643 Dutch Marquetry Corner Cabinet, 18th century, inlaid throughout with leafy arabesque scrolls, birds, and flowers, with a central door enclosing a shelved interior, ht. 35 5/8, wd. across diagonal 32 5/8, dp. 20 1/8 in. $200-400 644 Continental School, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Punch, cast in typical costume, stepping off his pedestal, body and hat lined with peg-holes, raised on cylindrical bronze and painted plinth, unsigned, figure ht.

4 3/4 in. $400-600 644A Bronze Figure of a Young Elizabethan Man, France, 19th century, the standing figure modeled holding his sword, unidentified inscribed signature, ht. 9 1/2 in. $200-400

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645 Samson Porcelain Partial Dinner Service, France, late 19th century, in the Chinese export famille rose style, gilded borders with polychrome enameled floral sprays, including two octagonal platters, lg. 15; fourteen soup plates, dia. 9 1/8; twenty-one dinner plates, dia. 10 1/2; seventeen luncheon plates, dia. 9 1/2; and twenty-two side plates, dia. 7 1/4 in. $500-700

646 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Bust of a Peasant Woman, shown with long braids, in a patterned dress, tapering from the shoulders into a socle carved with a lion holding a book, signed to reverse “Morin,” possibly for Georges Morin, further raised on a separate square plinth, bust ht. 21 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800

647 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Bust of a Female Warrior, possibly representing Justice, shown in a helmet with a lion’s head and a scale, wearing armor, and raised on a carved base modeled as a broken column with oak leaves and a low relief depiction of a woman with a sword, unsigned, ht. 29 in. $800-1,200

648 Italian School, 19th Century Bust of a Young Peasant Girl, the carved white marble mounted atop a tapering square base, ht. 23 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500

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649 Alfred Edouard Tourillon (French, 18711942) Two Still Lifes: Shrimp and Oyster Shells and Shrimp Both signed “A. Tourillon” l.r.

Oil on canvas, sizes to 8 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. (22.0 x 35.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Oyster Shells with small paint losses u.c., Shrimp with mild canvas deformation l.c., both with craquelure and surface grime.

N.B. Sales receipts from Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, accompany the lot. $700-900 649A Hungarian School, 20th Century Portrait of a Man on Horseback Inscribed, dated, and signed “Z...Karacsonyi L. ...H.R./Gyimes Bükk 25 XI 16/WB...ard” u.r.

Oil on canvasboard, 22 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (57.2 x 40.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Minor losses, abrasions, surface grime. $400-600

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649B Dutch School, 18th Century Landscape with Trees Unsigned.

Ink, wash, and whiting on gray laid paper, sheet size 17 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (43.8 x 56.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Foxing, restored tears, tape hinged to backing mat.

Provenance: Sothebys.com, June 6, 2002. $800-1,200 650 Queen Anne Mahogany Drop-leaf Table, of typical form, raised on slender legs terminating in pad feet, ht. 28 1/2, wd. closed 14 1/2, open 46, dp. 42 in. $700-900 651 Mahogany-veneered Secretaire Bookcase, 19th century, upper section with shelves enclosed by two glass-mounted doors, raised on a lower section with upper dropfront drawer with interior writing surface and compartments, on two lower doors, raised on bracket feet, ht. 87 1/4, wd. 42 3/8, dp. 20 1/4 in. $800-1,200

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652 Sarouk Rug, West Persia, early 20th century, (fringes added), 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. $700-900

653 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze and Onyx Tray, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an Arab riding a camel, mounted to a circular rose marble tray, with impressed “B” within a vase and “Namgreb” marks, bronze ht. 5 1/8, tray dia. 6 3/8 in. $800-1,200

654 Austrian Figural Cold-painted Bronze Inkstand, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as a Bedouin atop a camel exploring ancient ruins, a fallen statue opens to reveal an enameled inkwell, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman to base, camel, and rider, ht. 8 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800 655 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze and Onyx Tray, late 19th/early 20th century, the bronze cast as a pheasant, and mounted to a circular base with a shallow reservoir, unmarked, dia.

5 1/2 in. $300-500

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656 Two Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Birds, late 19th/early 20th century, a yellow and black bird with impressed “B� within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, ht. 3 1/4, and a gray, white, and red bird, unmarked, ht.

1 1/2 in. $400-600

657 Renaissance Revival Carved Oak Cabinet, 19th century, with highly carved foliate and lion mask frieze over two doors with arched glass panels enclosing a shelved interior, on conforming base with long frieze drawer, each stile with a figural support above a dolphin and scrolling rocaille, ht. 84, wd. 56, dp. 19 in.

Provenance: Originally purchased by August Hemenway, a prominent shipper in Boston in the 19th century, whose family contributed heavily to the arts and culture of Boston over the last 200 years. Harriet Hemenway was the founder of the Audubon Society. $1,500-2,500

658 Five-piece Louis XV-style Seating Suite, 19th century, each with similarly carved and painted frames decorated with foliate scrolls and flowers, with different upholstery, a settee, two side chairs and two cushioned armchairs, settee: ht. 42, wd. 61 1/2, dp. 23, side chairs: ht. 37, wd. 22 1/2, dp. 17 1/2, armchairs: ht.

39 1/2, wd. 28, dp. 23 in. $2,000-3,000

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659 Modesto Texidor y Torres (Spanish, 18541928) Boys Sailing Toy Boats in a Tide Pool Signed, inscribed, and dated “Modesto Texidor/Caldetas - 1892” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 32 1/4 x 49 1/4 in. (82.0 x 125.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Craquelure, surface grime.

N.B. The lot is accompanied by a sales receipt for the painting from Chicago Art Galleries, Inc., dated 9/13/70, and with several unnumbered pages from the firm’s auction catalogue in which the painting is illustrated under the title Boys on the Beach. $2,000-4,000

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659A After Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)

659B Italian School, 17th Century

Virgin of the Annunciation Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 26 x 19 7/8 in. (66.0 x 50.5 cm), framed Condition: Canvas trimmed and lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.

Cephalus and Procris Unsigned.

Ink and wash on paper, 16 1/4 x 19 in. (41.3 x 51.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Sheet pricked with tiny holes at even intervals along most of the lines in the drawing, small hole u.c., toning, soiling, sheet creased down the middle and lined on the reverse around the perimeter and at center crease with secondary paper support, wear and losses to edges of original sheet.

N.B. The original painting, attributed to Reni, is in the collection of the Landesmuseum, Oldenburg, Germany. This copy is likely 19th century. $1,500-2,000

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N.B. The drawing at hand most probably dates from the last half of the 17th century.

The tiny holes pricked in the composition allowed the drawing to be “pounced” or transferred to another sheet by forcing chalk or other powdery substance through the holes to a paper below. This technique also allowed the composition to be reversed, if desired. $400-600

660 After Affortunato Gory (Italian/French, fl.

1895-1925) Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Female Nude with a Hoop, cast seated with hoop around her body, on a multi-layered marble base, signed to bronze “A. Gory,” bronze ht. from lowest foot to head 13 1/2, wd. approx. 18 in. $1,000-1,500

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661 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Figure of a Little Girl and a Kitten, the girl in a bonnet leaning over the back of an upholstered chair with her hand raised as if to feed the begging kitten on the patterned floor, unsigned, ht. 22 1/4 in. $700-900 661A Continental School, Early 20th Century Alabaster Statue of a Woman Leaning on a Fence, a peasant woman in a gray-veined dress and cap holding a flower spray to her chest, on an alabaster plinth, unsigned, figure ht. 21 in. $600-800 662 Bahktiari Carpet, West Persia, second quarter 20th century, (small areas of wear, crude repair in outer guard stripe), 18 ft. x 12 ft. 4 in. $3,000-4,000

663 After Adrien-Etienne Gaudez (French, 1845-1902) Bronze Figure of a Gypsy Maiden, cast in patterned, polychrome dress, wearing a bracelet, standing on a sheepskin rug and holding a small salver, incised signature “A. Gaudez” to the ovoid base, further raised on a rotating plinth, figure ht. 30 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500 664 Rosewood Sewing Table, late 19th century, drop-leaf top with central arabesque marquetry, with two frieze drawers to side, raised on turned legs terminating in casters, ht. 28, wd. open 28 7/8, closed 13 1/4, dp.

19 in. $400-600 665 English Mahogany Canterbury, 19th century, of typical form, with a four compartments above a single frieze drawer raised on four turned legs terminating in casters, ht. 19 1/2, wd. 18 1/4, dp. 13 1/4 in. $400-600

666 Pair of Rococo Gilt Mirrors, 19th century, each cartouche-shaped, with pierced scrollwork crest and a lower shell and scroll pendant, ht. 34 3/4, wd. 19 in. $300-500 667 Floral Silk Brocade Panel, 19th century, a patchwork of various size remnants, woven with gold, pink, green, and blue foliate design to a cream and silver ground, bound in gold and backed by green silk, approx. 92 x 41 in. $50-75 668 Two Meissen Porcelain Figurines, Germany, late 19th/early 20th century, each polychrome enamel-decorated, one depicting a flower girl, ht. 5 1/2; another of lovers, ht. 6 3/4 in.; underglaze crossed swords marks. $600-800

669 Meissen Porcelain Plaque, Germany, late 19th century, oval shape with polychrome enameled depiction of a maid serving hot chocolate, crossed swords mark, mounted in an embossed brass frame, plaque lg. 6 in. $800-1,200 670 John Wright Oakes (British, 1820-1887) Coastal View with a Figure Monogram signed and dated “JWOakes/78” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in. (56.0 x 91.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, scattered paint losses, craquelure with areas of lifting, surface grime. $1,200-1,800

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670A School of George Webster (British, 17971864) The Vessel Northampton and Small Sailing Craft Off the Coast Signed indistinctly “W...” l.l., inscribed and dated “SARAH 1804” on the stern of a dinghy l.l.

Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 7/8 in. (63.5 x 76.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, scattered retouch, areas of skinning. $2,000-3,000 671 Four Meissen Porcelain Figures, Germany, late 19th century, each polychrome enameldecorated and with gilded trim, the seated figures modeled as ladies at leisure, one feeding a bird in a cage, one playing piano, one eating and drinking, and one adorned with flowers, underglaze crossed swords mark, ht. 4 3/4 to 5 7/8 in. $600-800

672 Onyx-top Table, late 19th century, finely figured square onyx top raised on a gilt-metal stand with a pierced frieze on four slender, turned, columnar supports with a medial onyx-inset shelf, on four paw feet, ht. 35, wd.

15 1/2 in. $400-600

675 Meissen Porcelain Figural Group, Germany, late 19th century, gilded and polychrome enamel-decorated depiction of The Broken Bridge, underglazed crossed swords mark, ht.

9 1/2 in. $400-600

673 Continental Chest of Drawers, possibly Italy, 18th century, string-inlaid, with three drawers, each drawer front with stepped molding to each side, raised on bracket feet, ht. 33 1/4, wd. 35 1/4, dp. 15 5/8 in. $300-500

676 Meissen Porcelain Figural Group, Germany, late 19th century, gilded and polychrome enameled depiction of The Good Father, a man seated on a settee surrounded by children and a dog, underglazed mark, ht. 7 7/8 in. $400-600

674 Twenty Meissen Porcelain Plates, Germany, late 19th/early 20th century, each with gilded trim to a molded basketweave border, polychrome enamel-decorated with floral centers bordered with florets, underglazed crossed swords marks, nine luncheon plates, dia. 9 5/8; eleven soup plates, dia. 9 1/2 in. $300-500

677 Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902) The White Cow Unsigned, identified on a partial receipt from Marshall Field & Company.

Oil on panel, 6 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (17.5 x 13.8 cm), framed.

Condition: Bowing to panel, minor retouch, surface grime. $200-400

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677A Manner of Jusepe (Giuseppe) de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652) Portrait of Saint Stephen Unsigned, titled and inscribed “...RIBERA.../ Collection of JOS. BONAPARTE” on a presentation plaque and “...Ribera...” on a label affixed to the reverse.

Oil on panel, 24 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (62.2 x 50.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, bowing to panel, varnish inconsistencies, surface grime. $1,000-1,500 677B Robert Parker (British, 18th/19th Century) Drake’s Island, Plymouth Sound Signed “Robt Parker” and inscribed “unfinished” l.c.

Ink and wash on paper, 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.

(39.0 x 54.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Creasing, handling creases, sheet taped to window mat at intervals along the perimeter of the reverse, soiling and tape residue to the reverse.

N.B. A note affixed to the frame backing suggests this scene to be a view from the caves beneath Staddon Heights looking towards Drake’s Island in Plymouth Sound (Devon, England). $200-250

678 Ghiordes Prayer Rug, West Anatolia, late 19th century, (even wear, end fraying, reovercast), 6 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. $500-700 679 English Mahogany Chest of Drawers, 19th century, of typical form, with five drawers, bone inlaid keyhole, and ovoid mounts with bail handles, ht. 35 5/8, wd. 36 3/8, dp. 17 1/2 in. $700-900 680 Italian Bone-inlaid and Veneered Table Cabinet, 17th/18th century, bone stringinlaid into ebonized veneers across the outer surface, with two doors enclosing an eleven drawer interior, each drawer-front with ebonized veneer inlaid into bone backing in an arabesque pattern, ht.19, wd. 25 1/4, dp.

12 1/4 in. $1,000-2,000

681 Emil Meier (Czech, b. 1877) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Girl with Flowers, cast wearing a bonnet, carrying a basket of flowers in each hand, and on a naturalistic bronze base with flowers, with polychrome cold-painted details to flowers, base signed “E. Meier” and “AR,” foundry mark, ht. 7 1/2 in. $800-1,200

682 After Joseph d’Aste (French, 1905-1935) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Girl with a Hoop, cast with a bow around her waist and in her hair, with a hoop in her hands, on a rough marble base, marble signed “D’Aste” in red, bronze ht. 7 1/2 in. $500-700

683 After Joseph d’Aste (French, 1905-1935) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dutch Boy, cast in traditional clothing with wood clogs, hat, and his hands in his pockets, on a hardstone base, unsigned, bronze ht. 8 1/2 in. $500-700

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684 After Joseph d’Aste (French, 1905-1935) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dutch Girl, cast in traditional clothing with wood clogs, bonnet, and her hands in her pockets, on a rough marble base, numbered to underside of bronze “87,” unsigned, bronze ht. 8 3/8 in. $500-700 685 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Young Girl, cast in a bonnet and long, layered dress, leaning forward with her hands clasped at her waist, on hardstone base, stamped to underside “D,” “246,” and “BRONZE/AG/ PARIS,” bronze ht. 8 1/8 in. $1,000-1,500 686 Six Leather-upholstered Louis XVI-style Side Chairs, 19th century, each with a painted frame, raised on four turned, fluted legs, ht. 36 3/8, wd. 18, dp. 14 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 687 Mahogany Chest of Drawers, 19th century, of typical form, with four rows of graduated drawers raised on bracket feet, ht. 31, wd. 33, dp. 20 3/4 in. $700-900 688 Embroidered Liturgical Vestments, 19th century, a chasuble, stole, maniple, and an altar linen, 20 x 20 in., each with polychrome and metallic embroidery of scrolling fruit and flowers to a cream-colored silk ground. $1,000-1,500 689 Pair of Enameled and Gilded Cut Glass Urns, 19th century, each with faceted sides above teardrop panels and mounted atop a raised square plinth, allover gilded trim lines with white and blue florets, ht. 11 1/8 in. $500-700

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690 British School, 19th Century The Drawing Lesson Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 25 in. (78.0 x 63.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, surface grime. $500-700 690A Juliette Peyrol Bonheur (French, 18301891) Gathering Kindling Wood Signed “J. Peyrol Bonheur” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (40.9 x 32.7 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, fine craquelure. $400-600 690B Continental School, 18th Century Portrait of an Elegant Lady in a Red Cloak Unsigned.

Oil on canvas on an oval stretcher, 26 x 23 3/4 in. (66.5 x 61.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, varnish inconsistencies, scattered paint losses, craquelure, surface grime. $600-800

691 Persian Carpet, late 20th century, 13 x 10 ft. $2,000-2,500

692 Franz Bergman Erotic Metamorphic Coldpainted Bronze Group, Austria, late 19th/ early 20th century, the recumbent sphinx opening to reveal a nude woman seated on a rug, incised “Nam Greb” to base behind pull and with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark to interior base, underside stamped “18,” lg.

5 1/8 in. $400-600

693 Franz Bergman Erotic Metamorphic Coldpainted Bronze Group, Austria, late 19th/ early 20th century, the seated Egyptian figure opening to reveal a nude woman seated on a pedestal, incised “Nam Greb” to base behind locking mechanism and with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark to back of pedestal, ht.

5 3/8 in. $500-700 694 Georgian Mahogany-veneered Chest of Drawers, 19th century, with slight bow-front and string-inlay to top, and three rows of graduated drawers, on bracket feet, ht. 35 3/8, wd. 35 1/2, dp. 19 5/8 in. $600-800

695 Louis VI-style Marquetry Table, Continental, early 19th century and later, brass-mounted top with various inlaid motifs, raised on four fluted legs joined by a lower rounded H-form stretcher with a brass urn to the center, on four toupie feet, ht. 30 5/8, wd. 40, dp. 23 3/4 in. $800-1,200

696 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Bronze Group, early 20th century, the recumbent sphinx opening to reveal a nude woman holding flowers and seated on a rug, unmarked, lg. 5 7/8 in. $300-500 697 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Cold-painted Bronze Group, late 19th/early 20th century, the upright Egyptian sarcophagus opening to reveal a nude woman, bearing incised “Nam Greb” and impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, base stamped “AUSTRIA” and “GESCHUTZT,” ht. 8 1/2 in. $600-800 698 Continental School, Early 20th Century Bronze Figure of an Exotic Dancer, cast in a long skirt draped low across her hips and one arm raised to her head, on a marble base, unsigned, bronze ht. 12 1/4 in. $500-700

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701 After Peter or Paul Tereszczuk (Austrian, Late 19th/Early 20th Century)

699 Samuel W. Calvert (British, 1828-1913)

699B British School, 19th Century

Fishing Boats off the Coast Signed “Sam Calvert” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. (51.0 x 75.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Patch reinforcement, retouch, scattered paint losses, craquelure with areas of lifting, surface grime. $1,200-1,800

A Little Cottage Concert Signed “F. Hill” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 35 in. (70.0 x 89.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, probable old retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $800-1,200

699A British School, 19th Century

700 After Theophile Francis Somme (French, 1871-1952)

Portrait of a Gentleman Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (68.0 x 55.4 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, possible skinning. $1,000-1,500

Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Peasant Woman with Wheat, cast with a bundle of wheat across one hip and a knapsack on her back, stepping forward on a naturalistic base, bronze signed “Somme,” ht. 13 in. $800-1,200

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Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Satyr and a Faun, cast on a naturalistic base, the satyr holds a faun with ivory hooves, face, and arm, signed to base “P. Tereszczuk” with “AR” foundry mark, ht. 9 in. $1,000-1,500 702 French School, Late 19th Century Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer, cast on tiptoe in a long gown, on an onyx pedestal, signed to reverse “L. BARTHELEMY” and stamped “MADE IN FRANCE,” bronze ht. 6 3/4 in. $400-600

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703 Theophile Francis Somme (French, 18711952) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Seated Woman in a Garden, cast on a stone bench covered in leafy vines, with an open book beside her, signed “Th. Somme,” and with a mounted plaque to interior “D691,” ht. 11 3/4 in. $1,200-1,800 703A After Gustav Schmidt-Cassel (German, 1867-1954) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Drinking, cast as standing woman in a loose gown raising a small bowl to her lips, on a circular pedestal, chocolate brown patina, bronzed signed “Schmidt./Cassel.,” bronze ht.

13 1/2 in. $700-900

704 Fereghan-Sarouk Prayer Rug, West Persia, late 19th century, (areas of wear to bottom of field, small corner repairs, minor end fraying, reovercast), 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. $1,000-1,500

705 After Affortunato Gory (Italian/French, fl.

1895-1925) Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Nude Acrobat with an Ivory Ball, cast kneeling with one arm raised, about to drop the ivory ball from the raised arm to her lower arm behind her back, raised on a marble base with a mounted plaque “A. GORY,” bronze signed “A. Gory,” bronze ht. 21 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500 706 After Charles Theodore Perron (French, 1862-1934) Bronze Figure of a Robed Woman with Spheres, cast with a silver-colored ball in each hand and a basket at her feet with another ball, possibly playing boules, on a naturalistic base, signed “Charles.Perron,” ht. 28 in. $2,500-3,500

707 Onyx and Champlevé Enamel Pedestal, 19th/20th century, square top with enameled apron, raised on a onyx columnar stem with enamel and ormolu capital and foot, further raised on square marble base with brassmounted corners, ht. 43, wd. 11 5/8 in. $800-1,200

708 Onyx and Champlevé Enamel Table, 19th/20th century, square table-top framed by champlevé enamel and raised on group of four enameled columnar legs further mounted on a stepped onyx plinth on four ormolu paw feet, ht. 30 1/2, wd. 17 1/2, dp. 18 1/4 in. $800-1,200

709 Onyx and Ormolu-mounted Pedestal, 19th/20th century, square top raised on a columnar stem with ormolu capital and base further raised on a stepped square onyx base with brass corner brackets, ht. 40 1/2, wd.

11 in. $400-600

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710 Benjamin Champney (American, 18171907) Conway Meadows Signed and dated indistinctly “B. Champney 186...” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 13 x 21 in. (33.0 x 53.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Possible old retouch, craquelure, surface grime.

N.B. The suggested location of Conway Meadows is provided in a letter from Charles Godwin of Godwin Gallery, Pepperell, Massachusetts, dated March 11, 1992, which accompanies the lot. $1,200-1,800 710A A. Galeotti (Italian, 19th Century) Madonna of Milan by Botticelli Signed “AGaleotti” l.l., titled and inscribed “.../A Copy by A. Galeotti” on the stretcher.

Hand-colored collotype on paper, 23 x 16 in. (59.0 x 40.5 cm), in a period frame (under glass).

Condition: Scattered small surface losses, small accretion to surface and to glass, paper support backed with linen and tacked to a stretcher. $800-1,200

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710B After Domenichino (Italian, 1581-1641) A Sibyl, 1616-17 Unsigned, identified on a partial label affixed to the frame.

Oil on canvas, 47 x 34 1/2 in. (119.0 x 88.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Tear to l.l. quadrant, skinning, scattered abrasions, craquelure, surface grime.

N.B. The original work by Domenichino is in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. $1,000-2,000 711 Silk Brocade Wall Hanging with Red Velvet Border, 19th/early 20th century, woven with a polychrome pattern of foliage and fountains, composed of several remnants sewn together, approx. 52 1/2 x 33 in. $300-500 712 Franz Bergman Erotic Metamorphic Coldpainted Bronze Figural Group, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an owl with glass eyes seated atop two books, owl opens to reveal a standing nude woman, incised “Nam Greb” and with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark to book spines, ht. 7 5/8 in. $800-1,200

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713 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze and Marble Tray, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an owl with glass eyes atop a closed book, mounted to an oval veined tray with circular reservoir, unmarked, lg. 10 in. $600-800 714 Franz Bergman Erotic Metamorphic Coldpainted Bronze Figural Group, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an owl seated atop two books, lever opens owl to reveal a standing nude woman, incised “Nam Greb” and with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark to book spines, ht. 7 1/2 in. $800-1,200

715 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Vase with an Owl, late 19th/early 20th century, the bird perched on a branch extending from a tree trunk, the owl impressed “GESCHUTZT” and numbered “478,” the trunk impressed “BERGMANN GESCHUTZT,” ht. 6 1/2 in. $500-700 716 Georgian Side Table, early 19th century, with single frieze drawer raised on tapered legs, ht.

32 1/4, wd. 33 1/2, dp. 18 3/8 in. $400-600

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717 English Mahogany Chest of Drawers, 19th century, of typical form, with four drawers and bone-inlaid keyholes, ht. 33 1/4, wd. 30 1/4, dp. 16 1/4 in. $400-600

718 British School, 19th Century Portrait of an Officer Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.1 x 63.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $1,200-1,800

718A British School, 19th Century Pair of Portraits of Women in Fashionable Elizabethan Dress Unsigned, both inscribed “By Swan” on the stretcher.

Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (68.0 x 55.2 cm), in oval frames.

Condition: Retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $800-1,200 718B Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888) Leading the Flock Stamped initials “AM” l.r.

Charcoal on paper, sheet size 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

(12.1 x 16.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Mat burn, minor toning.

719 Northwest Persian Carpet, early 20th century, (small corner repair, very slight moth damage), 15 ft. x 13 ft. $2,000-3,000 720 Susse Freres Louis XVI-style Bronze Mantel Clock, Paris, France, c. 1900, the circular enameled dial with Arabic numerals, polychrome floral swags, and inscribed “Susse Fres. Hors Concours 1900 Paris,” the case with foliate finial, above a fluted column adorned with flowerheads, pendant swags of laurel, and a vignette celebrating the arts, on five toupie feet, case incised “Susse Fres.

Edts. Paris,” works stamped “Susse Fres.

Paris” and numbered “3220,” ht. 14 1/4 in. $600-800

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings, February 3, 2004, Sale 2613, Lot 138. $800-1,200

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721 Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Four-light Candelabra, 19th century, the scrolled foliate and floret decorated arms supported on a fluted column, the tripod base set with three bird heads, ht. 19 1/2 in. $250-350 722 Iron Figure of Napoleon, France, 19th century, the standing figure mounted atop a raised and shaped black onyx plinth, overall ht. 16 in. $400-600 723 Six Napoleon-related Brass and Bronze Items, France, 19th century, a brass bust set on an octagonal plinth, ht. 4 1/2; bronze figure set atop a raised cylindrical column, ht. 9; a rectangular-shaped brass inkstand, the cover mounted with a standing figure, ht. 4 7/8; a bronze standing figure set on a stepped square plinth, traces of silvering, ht. 6 7/8; a brass figure set atop a raised cylindrical column, ht. 8 1/2; and a patinated brass casket-form inkstand set on a raised rectangular marble plinth, ht. 5 3/8 in. $600-800

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724 Onyx-top Table, late 19th/early 20th century, square onyx top within a brass frame, with brass and onyx finials to the four corners, raised on slender reeded legs joined by a medial onyx-inset shelf, and terminating in four splayed scroll feet, ht. 33 3/4, wd. 16 in. $100-150

725 English Oak Settle, 18th century and later, paneled back, top-rail craved with foliate scrolls above carved demilune panels, two-paneled seat, legs joined by three low stretchers, with removable velvet seat cushion, ht. 40 1/2, wd. 53 1/2, dp. 19 1/4 in. $700-900 726 After Charles-Octave Levy (French, 18201899) Bronze Figure of Le Faneur, cast as a standing figure of man with a hat leaning on a pitchfork, on a naturalistic base with wheat, signed “CH. LEVY,” titled “Faneur par CH. LEVY Salon des Beaux Arts,” stamped “Bronze Garanti au Titre/L.V Deposee,” and numbered “5 5876,” bronze ht. 9 1/2 in. $500-700

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727 After Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) Bronze Figure of a Dueling Cavalier, cast with a hand to his head in a dueling position with a sword in his other hand, on a stepped oval base, signed “E le GUILLEMIN L.M.I.,” total ht. 9 in. $500-700 728 Pair of Neoclassical Bronze and Copper Two-light Wall Sconces, early 20th century, each with two scrolling foliate stems issuing from the horns of a ram, backplate decorated with leaftips and flowers, unmarked, electrified, ht. 15 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purportedly from the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Boston. $300-500

729 Rose Mandarin Decorated Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th century, polychrome enamel-decorated with panels of figures in courtyard settings framed by bands of foliage and ornaments, dia. 14 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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730 British School, 19th Century Sheep in a Hillside Pasture Signed “Chas. B. Yeaton” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 26 x 33 in. (66.2 x 84.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure. $1,000-1,500

730A Manner of Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, c. 1602-1670) Village on a River with a Ferry Setting Out Signed “S.v.d. Berg” l.l.

Oil on panel, 23 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (59.7 x 80.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, minor surface grime.

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings Including Two Collections of Old and New Frames, March 20, 2001, Sale 2496, Lot 23. $2,000-3,000

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731 Sarouk Rug, West Persia, second quarter 20th century, (fringes added), 5 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. $700-900 732 Pair of Georgian Side Tables, early 19th century, each with shaped square top, two small drawers, raised on turned and fluted legs, ht. 28, wd. 15 1/2 in. $500-700

734 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Bust of a Woman with Curls, shown with a gray-veined dress with a foliate arabesque pattern to the collar, raised on a separate alabaster socle, unsigned, bust ht.

14 1/4 in. $1,200-1,800 735 After Carl Milles (Swedish, 1875-1955)

733 Louis XV-style Giltwood and Needlepoint Footstool, 19th century, with short cabriole legs with floral carvings to knee and apron, ht.

9 1/4, wd. 15 1/4, dp. 13 1/2 in. $300-500

Woman with Baskets, the bronze cast as a peasant woman with a yoke suspending two baskets, dark black/brown patina, the naturalistic base incised “Carl Milles” and “H. Bergman. Fud.,” ht. 4 3/8 in. $700-900

736 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of Lohengrin, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast with the warrior standing on a swan-form boat, titled on the base, figure and base with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “3834,” and “GESCHUTZT,” base numbered “3,” ht. 6 7/8 in. $1,000-1,500 736A Continental Patinated Bronze Figure of a Boy, probably Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as a small boy in a feathered cap holding a long staff and a large rifle, unmarked, on rectangular marble base, ht. 10 3/8 in. $500-700 737 Sarouk Carpet, West Persia, early 20th century, (small edge tear, fringes added), 12 ft.

6 in. x 8 ft. 10 in. $1,000-1,500

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738 Francisco Morales (Spanish, 18th Century) Portrait of Homer, Blind Poet, with His Guide Signed “F. Morales” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 21 in. (64.0 x 53.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, craquelure, surface grime. $1,000-1,500 739 Mahogany Tilt-top Breakfast Table, 19th century, rectangular, raised on a turned pedestal with four splayed legs terminating in brass paw feet with casters, ht. closed 28, wd. 48, dp. 40 in. $500-700

739A After Tiziano Vecellio (Italian, c. 1488-1576), called Titian La Femme au miroir Signed and inscribed “Mrs. Schoenfels/Titian” l.l., with a label from James Bourlet Inc., New York, affixed to the frame reverse.

Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 28 in. (92.7 x 71.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, minor abrasion.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, Old Master and Nineteenth Century European Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, January 20, 1993, Sale 1418, Lot 66.

N.B. The present work is a copy after the original work, c. 1515, located in the Salle de la Joconde, Musée du Louvre, Paris. $2,000-3,000

740 English Upholstered Mahogany Tub Chair, early 19th century, with reeded armrests terminating in the scroll and raised on columnar supports, with a seat cushion and upholstered back and sides, all on four reeded, tapered legs, ht. 34, wd. 26, dp. 22 in. $400-600

741 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Bronze Group, early 20th century, cast as a sleeping dragon, when wings are pressed dragon lifts to reveal a nude woman, on rectangular marble base, dragon incised “C Kauba” and impressed “AUSTRIA,” bronze lg. 6 3/8 in. $700-900

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744 Carved Wood Door Panel Depicting St. Francis of Assisi, Continental, 17th/18th century, rectangular, with carved depiction of the saint with a bird on each shoulder, another in one hand, overall ht. 63 1/4 in. $400-600 745 Four Mother-of-pearl Opera Glasses and a Magnifying Glass, late 19th/early 20th century, two marked “LEMAIRE FI/PARIS,” one with a central handle, another with a handle to one side marked “IRIS/PARIS,” and the fourth in a leather case marked “RAMEAU FT/PARIS”; the magnifying glass engraved “C.J.A. 1913,” with missing terminal. $200-250 742 After Eugene Laurent (French, 1832-1898) Psyche, the cast bronze kneeling female figure holding an oil lamp, with copper- and gold-colored patina, oval base incised “E. Laurent” and numbered “679,” ht. 8 1/4 in. $400-600 743 Continental School, Early 20th Century Gilt-bronze Figure of a Gypsy Water-carrier, cast holding a pot on her head, her other hand at her hip, raised on a brass-mounted onyx plinth, signed to bronze “E. Wante,” bronze ht.

12 1/4 in. $800-1,200

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746 Alabaster Floor Lamp, domed top with a removable alabaster shade with a spiral finial on an acanthus-mounted base raised on a narrow, spiral-turned stem with a lower register of roses, further raised on a stepped base, approx. total ht. 70 in., electrified. $1,200-1,800

747 Biedermeier Slant-lid Desk, early 19th century, feather and crossbanded veneer throughout, slant lid opening to reveal two small drawers within an arcade, all on two drawers flanked by pilasters with ormolu capitals and base, raised on four tapered feet, ht. 38 1/2, wd. 35 1/4, dp. 15 5/8 in. $400-600

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748 Kurd Rug, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, (crease, crude selvage repair), 6 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. $500-700 749 School of Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824-1886) Fête Galante Unsigned.

Oil on panel, 19 3/4 x 22 15/16 in. (50.2 x 58.3 cm), framed.

Condition: Mounted to cradled panel, retouch, craquelure. $500-700 749A Manner of Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691) Cattle on the Banks of a River, Boats Beyond Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 12 x 18 1/4 in. (30.5 x 46.4 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, minor retouch, craquelure. $1,500-2,000

750 After Henri Fugere (French, 1872-1944) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer with Castanets, cast with castanets in each hand, a gilt-decorated comb in her hair, raising one foot with her skirt flowing around her, a rose beside her on the ground, polychrome cold-painted details to her dress, on an onyx pedestal, bronze signed “Fugere” and numbered “7794,” bronze ht. 12 3/4 in. $700-900

751 After Affortunato Gory (Italian/French, fl.

1895-1925) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of an Exotic Dancer, cast in an Arabian-style costume, balancing on one foot with an arm raised as drapery flows around her, raised on a marble pedestal, signed to bronze “A. Gory” and stamped in three places “H MADE IN FRANCE M” in an oval cartouche, bronze ht. 16 in. $1,000-1,500

752 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

753 After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belluse (French, 1824-1887)

Cold-painted Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman with a Rose, cast wearing a blue coat with a protruding comb in her hair and a rose behind her ear, raised on an onyx base, signed “Bailly,” bronze ht. 8 in. $800-1,200

Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Reading, cast in medieval-style dress with a book in her hand, on a circular bronze base, signed to base “A.CARRIER BELLEUSE,” mounted with a title plaque, ht. 13 in. $1,500-2,500

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753A Continental School, Late 19th Century

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman in a Cap, cast on tiptoe, with one hand clutching her ruffled skirt and the other outstretched, on a stepped marble base, signed to marble “Cl. J. R. Colinet,” bronze ht. 12 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Victorian Woman, cast in a plumed hat and voluminous dress with lace and ribbon details along the collar, the hem of her dress extending down the back of the marble base, golden-brown patina, unsigned, bronze ht. 13 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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754 Mahogany Gate-leg Table, early 19th century, rectangular, drop-leaf form, with four cabriole legs with shell carving to each knee terminating in claw-and-ball feet, ht. 28 1/4, wd. 51, dp. open 64 1/4, closed 20 1/4 in. $800-1,200

757 English Leather Waste Bucket, late 19th/ early 20th century, cylindrical form with upper and lower band, swing bail handle, printed with the Royal crest to one side, ht. 14, dia.

13 1/2 in. $300-500

755 Continental Painted Pine Tall Case Clock, possibly Bornholm, Denmark, 19th century, with a circular painted metal clock face, weight-driven movement regulated by a small brass-faced pendulum, within a red-painted case with gilt details, hood with glass bezel framed by carved gilt wreath, topped by a dentil cornice, ht. 78 1/2, wd. 22, dp. 8 in. $600-800

758 Fourteen Assorted Porcelain Cabinet Plates, France, 19th and 20th century, gilded and polychrome enamel-decorated, including portraits and bucolic subjects, various border colors, hand-painted and transfer printed, approx. dia. 9 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

756 After Louis Ernest Barrias (French, 18411905) Nature Revealing Herself to Science, bronze cast with a silvered shroud and greencolored medallion to her chest, on a bronze base further raised on a stepped black marble plinth, bronzed signed “E. Barrias,” stamped with Susse Freres foundry mark with additional inscription “P/Susse Fres. Edtrs.,” bronze ht.

21 in. $800-1,200

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758A Paris Porcelain Punch Bowl, France, 19th century, blue ground with polychrome floral cartouches within gilded foliage, brick-paneled gilt band to center and above foot, dia. 11 in. $200-400

759 British School, 19th Century Elegant Young Woman in Gold and Green Signed and dated “L.E. Lawrance/1895” u.r.

Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 in. (112.0 x 86.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Puncture to l.r. quadrant, patch reinforcements, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $1,500-2,500

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760 Victorian Staffordshire Figure of William Shakespeare, England, 19th century, polychrome enamel-decorated, trace of a gilded title and highlights, ht. 18 1/2 in. $300-500 761 Carved Giltwood Mirror, 19th century, the crest carved as an urn raised on a fluted crest, with a pierced lower gallery and lower pendant swags, ht. 38, wd. 14 in. $300-500

759A George Burrell Willcox (British, 1811-1852) Landscape with Thatched House Unsigned, identified on labels affixed to the reverse.

Oil on panel, 10 x 14 1/4 in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm), framed.

Condition: Fine hairline cracks to surface, craquelure, minor surface grime, minor varnish inconsistencies.

Provenance: Property of the University of Northern Colorado Foundation, Inc., Sotheby’s New York, Old Master Paintings and 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, July 17, 1997, Sale 1579, Lot 329. $1,000-1,500

762 Large Queen Anne-style Mahogany Veneer and Parcel-gilt Pier Mirror, America, c.

1876, with a reticulated leaf surrounded by scrollwork, above a two-part beveled mirror with molded frame, ht. 57 x 24 1/4 in. $200-300

763 After Roland Paris (Austrian, 1894-1915) Art Deco Cold-painted Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Pierrot Playing the Mandoline, signed to underside of cloak “Roland Paris,” stamped “BILDGIESSEREI/KRAAS/ BERLIN/S.42,” further raised on a stepped marble base, bronze ht. 12 1/2 in. $600-800

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764 Paul Philippe (French, 1870-1930) Art Deco Cold-painted Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Spanish Dancer, cast by Rosenthal und Maeder before 1929, figure with on hand on her hip and the other with a tambourine, raised on a circular bronze base further raised on a marble base, signed to bronze “Philippe. Ru.M,” bronze ht. 13 in. $800-1,200

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766 Bidjar Rug, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, 4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. $500-700

767 Limoges Enamel Plaque, France, 18th century, rectangular, with enameled and gilded depiction of a nativity scene, 5 x 6 in.; set in a brass frame. $300-500

765 Kerman Carpet, Southwest Persia, late 19th/ early 20th century, (cut), 16 ft. x 12 ft. 4 in. $4,000-6,000

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768 French Provincial Tall Case Clock, late 18th/ early 19th century, circular clock face signed “Gve Collin/a Monville” with Roman numerals, within a painted metal frame, powered by two weights and regulated by a painted metal pendulum, in an oak case with a foliatescrolled crest centering on a floral decoration, with linen-fold panel to base, ht. 93 3/8, wd.

21 3/4, dp. 10 1/2 in. $700-900 769 Victorian Gate-leg Drop-leaf Side Table, late 19th/early 20th century, small, ovoid form with slender turned legs, ht. 21 1/4, wd. 23, dp. closed 7, open 33 3/4 in. $300-500

770 Italian School, 19th/20th Century Still Life with Currants Signed indistinctly l.r., identified “P. Tornesi” on a presentation plaque.

Oil on panel, 9 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (23.3 x 32.3 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, scattered abrasions, fine craquelure, varnish inconsistencies, surface grime. $300-500 770A Attributed to Johannes Christiaan Janson (Dutch, 1763-1823) Pair of Wooded Landscapes with Men Standing in the Road Talking Unsigned, both inscribed “Jacob Janson.../ flourished about 1785” in pencil on the reverse of their backing mat, one identified on a label affixed to the paper backing.

Watercolor and ink on laid paper, sheet sizes 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (13.3 x 17.1 cm), both framed.

Condition: Mounted to paper/board and decorative mats.

Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Old Master Drawings, January 27, 1999, Sale 7260, Lot 238. $1,000-1,500 771 After Eduardo Rossi (Italian, 1867-1926)

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Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Bowing, cast with one foot out, leaning forward and smiling, wearing a hat with peacock feathers, on an onyx pedestal, signed to back “Rossi” and numbered “3417,” bronze ht. 12 1/2 in. $700-900 772 After Alexandre Clerget (French, 18561931)

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Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Reading, cast in a long, flowing dress, her head bent in concentration reading the small book in her hands, raised on a square bronze base, signed to back corner “A. Clerget” and stamped “SOIT.PARIS,” ht. 13 in. $300-500

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773 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figural Group of a Couple on Horseback, cast as a man and woman in Arabian-style clothing astride a horse leaping over the naturalistically cast base with foliage, with polychrome coldpainted details, further raised on a marble base, signed to bronze “G.OMERTH,” bronze ht. 11 in. $400-600

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773A After Theophile Francois Somme (French, 1871-1952) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Enthroned, cast seated in a large bronze chair, in a gilt-bronze dress, and holding one finger raised, ht. 11 in. $700-900

774 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Indian on Horseback, 20th century, the underbelly of the horse with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, “GESCH,” “MADE IN AUSTRIA,” and numbered “6250,” ht. 9 3/8 in. $1,000-1,500

775 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Indian, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing figure shielding his eyes with one hand while the other holds a tomahawk, on a naturalistic freeform base impressed with “B” within a vasiform mark, “GESCHUTZT,” and “10,” ht. 6 3/4 in. $500-700

776 Rosewood Display Cabinet, late 19th century, made up of a hinged top with locking mechanism enclosing two shelves, each accessed by drop-front, open-paned panel, all on an arcade with two block feet with casters, ht. 36 3/4, wd. 33, dp. 8 1/4 in. $300-500 777 Chinese Export Carved Hardwood and Marble-top Stand, 19th/20th century, ht. 15, wd. 15 1/2 in. $200-300 778 Alfred Edouard Tourillon (French, 18711942) Still Life with Oyster Shells and a Lemon Signed “A. Tourillon” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 13 x 16 1/8 in. (33.0 x 41.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, craquelure, surface grime. $400-600

778A Alfred Edouard Tourillon (French, 18711942) Still Life with Snails Signed “A. Tourillon” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 18 3/8 in. (38.5 x 46.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, minor retouch, subtle rippling to u.r. quadrant, craquelure, surface grime. $400-600

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779 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Girl, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing figure wearing a peasant’s dress, carrying a basket, and holding a baton, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “7294,” and impressed “GESCH,” mounted to a rectangular rouge marble base, bronze ht. 6 1/8 in. $600-800 780 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Match Safe, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast in the Art Nouveau style as a woman lighting a cigarette, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “4866,” and impressed “GESCHUTZT,” lg. 5 1/8 in. $200-400

781 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Boy in a Canoe, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the boy wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a net with a sting ray, the canoe with caught fish in the bottom, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, and numbered “3605,” the boy numbered “3412,” lg. 7 in. $800-1,200

782 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figural Group, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as a small child standing just outside a thatched tent, reverse with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “3712,” and “4,” ht. 5 1/8 in. $700-900 783 Forty-four Pieces of Cut Glass Stemware, late 19th/early 20th century, in four sizes, twelve ht. 8 1/4; eleven 7 3/8; ten 6 1/4; and eleven 5 1/4 in. $600-800 784 Chippendale-style Mahogany Veneer and Parcel-gilt Mirror, England, second half 18th century, with reticulated plumage surrounded by fret-carved scrollwork, and shaped mirror plate, ht. 44, wd. 21 1/2 in. $800-1,200 785 After Demetre H. Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) Bronze Figure of an Art Deco Dancer, cast on tiptoe in an exotic costume with a headdress, on a cylindrical marble plinth, signed to bronze “D.H. Chiparus,” bronze ht.

16 in. $400-600 787

786 Possibly Eugene Bernoud (French, fl. Late 19th/Early 20th Century) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Valkyrie, cast with a helmet mounted with a winged horse, a spear in one hand, and wearing a flowing cape, further raised on a stone base, signed to bronze “E. Bernoud,” bronze ht. to helmet 9 1/8 in. $700-900

787 After Pierre Le Faguays (French, 18921962) Bronze Figure of Diana Releasing an Arrow, cast balanced on one foot with her bow raised, in a loosely draped dress, on a naturalistic base, dark green/brown patination, signed “Le Faguay” to one side and “Susse Fres Edts Paris” to the other, impressed “FRANCE” and stamped with Susse Freres foundry mark, ht. 25 5/8 in. $600-800

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788 After Theophile Francis Somme (French, 1871-1952) Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Peasant Woman, cast in a flowing dress, stepping forward with arms raised, a basket of flowers at her feet, on a naturalistic base, bronze signed “Somme” and numbered to underside of figure “784,” ht. 14 1/4 in. $600-800

790 After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) Copy of the Madonna del Granduca Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (86.0 x 60.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Probable old retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, rippling, surface grime.

N.B. This copy is thought to be 19th century. $1,000-1,500

789 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Silvered Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman, cast leaning forward with her hands clasped behind her back, on a marble base, bronze numbered “13,” marble incised to two sides “van der Straeten,” bronze ht. 14 1/8 in. $600-800

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791 Kasvin Small Carpet, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, 9 ft. x 6 ft. $1,000-1,500 792 Carved and Giltwood Santos Figure of Madonna and Child, Southern Europe, 17th/18th century, the standing figure of the Virgin crowned and clad in robes, carrying Jesus in one arm, on a detachable circular base decorated with swags of ribband and flowerheads, total ht. 23 in. $400-600

790A French School, 18th Century Portrait of a Lady in Blue Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (65.0 x 55.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. $500-700

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793 Italian School, Late 19th Century Alabaster Statue of a Nude Maiden, shown with her hair braided atop her head and cloth draped over one leg, reaching down to her foot which is lifted on a stone, signed to reverse “R. _umigni” and raised on a circular plinth, figure ht. 34 in. $800-1,200

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793A Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Bust of a Woman with Long Hair, shown smiling, her hair falling over one shoulder, with a flower spray to her bust, raised on a separate base carved with a flower vine extending up one side, total ht. 18 1/2 in. $800-1,200

794 Framed English Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler, 19th century, top section with poetic verses surrounded by various plants and animals, the lower section with an illustrated Biblical verse of Adam and Eve surrounded by other figures and various motifs, signed to bottom “Harriot Hammond finished this work in the tenth year of her age June the 5th 1811,” in an ebonized wood frame, sight size 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. $400-600

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795 Lacquered Chinoiserie Tray, probably England, 19th century, rectangular, allover decorated with gold and red scenes to a black ground, lg. 30, dp. 22 1/2 in. $300-500 796 After Louis Vidal (French, 1831-1892)

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798 After Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1865-1922) Dancer, 20th century, the spelter figure standing with castanets in her hands, with removable dress in two pieces joined by a chain, base incised “Kauba _,” mounted to a verde marble pedestal, figure ht. 7 7/8 in. $700-900

Bronze of a Lion, modeled as a striding lion, with dark patina, signed and dated “VIDAL, 1874,” 14 1/4 x 25 in. $1,000-1,500

799 Painted Wood Figure of Christ, Continental, 19th century, modeled seated on a later hardwood bench, overall ht. 32 in. $500-700

797 Carved Figure of Blind Love, possibly walnut, depicting a blindfolded cupid with his arrows slung across his hip, on a naturalistic carved base with ferns and his bow, ht. 18 in. $400-600

800 Eleven Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Fruit Plates, France, 19th century, scrolled and raised gilt border to a green ground, the centers polychrome enamel-decorated with a variety of fruits, “B” monogram, inscribed on the reverse “Boyer,” dia. 9 1/4 in. $600-800

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801 Italian School, 16th Century Style Holy Family Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (62.5 x 52.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, paint losses, frame abrasions, craquelure, surface grime. $800-1,200 801A Attributed to Jan Miel (Flemish, 1599-1663) Fallen Tree Bears inscription “Jean Miel...” l.l., numbered “108” l.r., with a collector’s stamp “PM” within an oval l.r., inscribed “Jan Miel...” in pencil on the reverse.

Charcoal on laid paper with unidentified watermark, 4 1/16 x 7 9/16 in. (10.3 x 19.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Creasing, soiling, hinged at top two corners to backing mat.

Provenance: Ex-collection of Mathias Polakovits (Hungarian/French, 1921-1987), Sotheby’s London, Old Master Drawings, April, 22, 1998, Sale LN8226, Lot 329. $400-600

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802 Royal Bonn Porcelain Delft Vase, Germany, late 19th century, globular shape with underglaze blue printed portrait of Beethoven to one side, the reverse a still life with lyre, mandolin, and quill pen, artist signed “naar Jager,” printed factory mark, ht. 13 in. $400-600 802A Italian Maiolica Blue-decorated Pottery Jar, 19th century, white glazed redware body with foliage surrounding a central crest with double-headed eagle, ht. 11 1/4 in. $400-600 803 Pair of Parcel-gilt Three-arm Tole Wall Sconces, each formed as a gilt vase with a single vertical stem mounted with scrolling grapevines and gilt roses, electrified, ht. 35 1/4, wd. 13 in. $500-700 804 Possibly After Antoine Rosset (French, 1749-1818) Alabaster Bust of Voltaire, depicted as an older man, with cloth draped across his shoulders, on a later socle and stepped base, signed to underside “A. Rosset,” alabaster ht.

5 1/4 in. $200-400

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805 After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887) Psyche, the bronze winged figure shown pouring oil from an amphora into an oil lamp, standing beside a column, her robes falling from her arms, inscribed “A.CARRIER,” on a shaped, stepped base titled to the front, total ht. 28 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

806 After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887) Bronze of a Woman with a Basket, cast as a woman in a flowing robe stepping forward and carrying a basket decorated with a floral wreath on her head, signed to base “A. CARRIER” and raised on a circular bronze plinth, figure ht. 30 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500

807 After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1897) Nude Bather, cast as a woman stepping out from amidst bullrushes, with an overturned urn at her feet, the shaped naturalistic base incised “A. Carrier,” ht. 30 in. $2,000-3,000

808 Karabagh Runner, South Caucasus, late 19th century, (spots of wear, small hole, end fraying, selvage damage, dark brown oxidation), 15 ft.

6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. $1,500-2,000 809 Staffordshire Fowler’s Phrenology Bust, England, 19th century, brown printed and blue enamel trimmed, titled and inscribed on the sides and reverse, ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500 810 After Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616-1686) The Angel of the Annunciation Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 29 x 23 in. (73.0 x 58.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Puncture to l.c., craquelure, rippling, surface grime.

N.B. After the picture of c. 1650 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence. $1,000-1,500 810A Continental School, 18th Century Thatched Cottages on a Country Road Signed and dated “palmieri f 1770” l.r., monogrammed “CJE” l.c., and with a collector’s stamp “PM” within a circle l.r.

Ink and wash on laid paper, 6 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.

(15.6 x 21.7 cm), framed.

Condition: Toning, sheet trimmed to edge of image and affixed to mat board support on all four sides.

Provenance: Ex-collection of Mathias Polakovits (Hungarian/French, 1921-1987); Sotheby’s London, Old Master Drawings, April, 22, 1998, Sale LN8226, Lot 329. $700-900

811 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Bronze Champagne Bottle, early 20th century, bottle opens to reveal a nude woman, unmarked, ht.

4 3/4 in. $300-500

812 Franz Bergman Erotic Cold-painted Bronze Group, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as a nude woman peeking out from behind the curtains of a bathing tent, with knob to rotate figure so that her backside is on display, reverse incised “Nam Greb” and impressed with “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, ht. 5 in. $600-800

818 After Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)

813 Franz Bergman Erotic Metamorphic Bronze with Bedouin, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, modeled as a standing figure of an Arab man holding a cat, his hinged cloak opening to reveal a young lusty maiden, impressed urn mark, additional illegible signature, ht. 4 1/2 in. $700-900

818A Dutch School, 18th Century

814 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Cold-painted Bronze, early 20th century, the standing woman with a hinged robe opening to reveal her nude figure, unmarked, ht. 4 1/8 in. $300-500 815 Austrian Erotic Metamorphic Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Woman, late 19th/early 20th century, the woman wearing a hinged coat opening to reveal her nude figure, impressed “AUSTRIA,” on a circular marble base, bronze ht. 7 1/8 in. $800-1,200 816 Redlich & Co. Cut Glass Pitcher with Horn Handle, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, retailed by Bigelow, Kennard & Co., flat circular body with sterling silver spout and band across the middle, joined by horn handle, ht. 7 3/4 in. $800-1,200 816A Pair of Bronze Bookends, Newark, New Jersey, early 20th century, cast by Griffoul Foundry, chocolate brown patina, each with depiction of a worker, ht. 5 3/4 in. $300-500 817 Marble Vide Poche with a Well-dressed Bronze Woman, late 19th/early 20th century, bronze cast leaning forward with a clover in her hand, on a pink-veined marble tray, lg. 9 3/8 in. $500-700

Pair of Genre Scenes: Dentist Extracting a Tooth and Scholar Sharpening a Quill Unsigned.

Oil on panel or tin, sight size 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.

(22.5 x 18.5 cm), framed (under glass).

Condition: Craquelure with areas of lifting, not examined out of frames. $400-600

View of a River with Fisherman in a Boat, Pulling Eel Traps Unsigned, dated “2 ianuarius 1743” l.l.

Ink, wash, and watercolor on laid paper, sheet size 7 5/16 x 12 1/4 in. (18.6 x 31.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Mounted to backing sheet, trimmed sheet.

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, Old Master Drawings, April 22, 1998, Sale LN8226, Lot 286. $1,000-1,500 819 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925) Art Deco Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer, cast dancing off her marble pedestal with her dress flowing around her legs, signed to bronze “Omerth” and stamped “FRANCE,” bronze ht. 7 3/8 in. $1,200-1,800 820 Continental School, Early 20th Century Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer, cast in a heart-decorated top and a skirt and ballet shoes, with both arms raised, on a trapezoidal onyx base, signed to onyx ‘‘L. Maupertius, France,” bronze ht. 10 1/2 in. $800-1,200 820A Possibly After Luca Madrassi (Italian, 18481919) Silvered Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Theodora, cast as a standing woman holding the train of her dress, with a star-mounted crown, mounted to an onyx base with a title plaque “THEODORA/par Madrassi/Sculp,” ht. 10 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800

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825 Pair of Cast Brass Sconces, early 20th century, electrified, each in the form of an arrow with a face within a circular sunburst, above four scrolled arms joined to body by a lion’s head, total ht. 24 1/2 in. $700-900 826 After Emmanuel Villanis (French, 18581914) Bronze Saida Bust Mounted to Griotte Italian Marble Inkwell, bust titled to base, with “Societe des Bronzes de Paris” foundry stamp to reverse, with a gilt inkwell, raised on five gilt toupie feet, lg. 9 3/8 in. $500-700 827 Italian School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

821 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

823 After Charles Arthur Muller (French, b.

1868)

Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Nude Dancer, ivory nude holding a bronze cloth above her head, stepping off a bronze platform, further raised on an onyx pedestal, signed to bronze “J ULRICH/MADE IN AUSTRIA,” bronze ht. 8 5/8 in. $800-1,200

Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman, cast in a flowing bronze skirt with a nude ivory body with one arm raised, stepping forward on her bronze base, further raised on a marble base, bronze signed “Ch. Muller” and stamped “MADE IN FRANCE,” bronze ht. 9 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800

822 After Louis Barthelemy (French, fl. Early 20th Century) Art Nouveau Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer, poised with one foot raised, in a long gilt-bronze skirt, with ivory feet and upper body, mounted on an onyx pedestal, signed “L. Barthelemy” to skirt, bronze ht. 6 in. $700-900

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824 Kerman Carpet, Southeast Persia, second quarter 20th century, (area of moth damage along one edge), 16 ft. x 9 ft. 8 in. $1,000-1,500

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Marble Figure of a Woman on a Wave with a Lyre, shown stepping forward with a wave at her feet, with a lyre raised in one hand, and a leafy wreath on her head, signed to reverse “A Piazza/Carrara,” ht. 37 in. $500-700

828 Extensive Herend Rothschild Bird Pattern Luncheon Service, Hungary, 20th century, with gilded trim and polychrome enameldecorated with flowers and birds, including a covered tureen, covered coffeepot, covered teapot, cream jug, two covered sugar bowls and covers, sauceboat, pair of candelabra, ht.

9, hot water jug, ht. 6 1/4, two oval platters, lg. 14 1/2, 16 1/4, twelve crescent-shaped bone dishes, scallop-rimmed oval serving dish, lg. 8 5/8, triangular serving dish, scalloprimmed circular serving dish, dia. 10, twelve plates, dia. 8, twelve soup plates, dia. 9 3/4, twenty-four plates, dia. 10, twelve coffee cups, twelve teacups, twenty-three saucers, double open salt cellar, oval side dish, lg. 3 3/4, and twelve napkin rings. $3,000-5,000

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829 After Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875) Bronze Bust of La Rieur Napolitain, cast as a laughing boy with a cap, raised on bronze pedestal, stamped to reverse “PROPRIETE CARPEAUX” with an eagle and “M” and signed “B. Carpeaux,” total ht. 10 3/4 in. $600-800 830 After George Morland (British, 1763-1804) Sow with Piglets Partial signature “S Will” c.r., indistinct signature l.r.

Oil on panel, 9 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (24.0 x 29.7 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, fine horizontal surface cracks and slight bowing to panel, scattered paint losses and abrasions.

N.B. Painted in the style of George Morland, the work at hand appears to have been trimmed along the right side, cropping the signature, which is located at the base of the fencing on the right. $400-600

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832 Just Andersen (Denmark, 1884-1943)

Two Works: Stag Hunt and Shipping Both unsigned.

Stag watercolor and ink on laid paper, Shipping watercolor, graphite and ink on wove paper, sheet sizes to 13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (34.9 x 45.1 cm), framed.

Condition: Stag mounted to hand-decorated mat, Shipping with minor foxing, tack hole to l.r. corner.

Art Deco Bronze Figure of Boys Riding a Dolphin, mounted atop a raised oval base, impressed mark, ht. 3 1/2 in. $500-700

Provenance: Christie’s New York, Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, January 22, 2004, Sale 1340, Lot 244 (2 of 3). $800-1,200 831 Emile Pinedo (French, 1840-1916) Battle Scene, the dore bronze cast as two knights on horseback engaged in hand-tohand combat, on a green onyx base with identification plaque, bronze unmarked, total ht. 6 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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833 Pair of Bohemian Cased Glass Lustres, late 19th century, white cut-to-ruby, with prism drops, ht. 9 3/4 in. $400-600 834 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Alabaster Bust of a Young Gypsy Girl, shown with a hat and medallion necklace, raised on a socle, unsigned, ht. of bust 14 in. $800-1,200 835 After Joe Descomps (French, 1869-1950) Bronze Figure of a Nude Woman with a Fur Coat, cast with her coat hanging low on her back and arms, on a bronze base, further raised on a onyx pedestal, bronze signed “Joe Descomps,” bronze ht. 14 in. $800-1,200

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836 Two Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Pheasants, Austria, early 20th century, both with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, one with red body, numbered “5724,” ht.

8 1/2, lg. 18; the other with brown body, numbered “6250,” ht. 9 3/4, lg. 15 3/4 in. $600-800 837 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Marble Pair of Children Singing, each leaning on a tree stump, the boy playing a lute and the girl holding the sheet music, unsigned, raised on a circular plinth, total ht. 34 in. $1,500-2,500 838 Northwest Persian Rug, second quarter 20th century, (fringe added), 5 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. $500-700 839 Karl Kaufmann (Austrian, 1843-c. 1901) Autumn in the Ardennes Signed “B. Lambert.” l.l., titled on a gummed label on the reverse.

Oil on panel, 12 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (31.0 x 45.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Frame abrasions, discolored varnish, surface grime. $400-600

839A Dutch School, 19th Century Ships Approaching Port Unsigned.

Oil on panel, 9 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. (24.8 x 30.8 cm), framed.

Condition: Loss to paint and panel l.r., minor losses and abrasions, craquelure, surface grime. $400-600 840 Greek Icon Depicting the Adoration of the Magi, 19th century, polychrome painted and gilded, with the three wise men making offerings before the Christ child, Mary, and Joseph, 13 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. $400-600 841 After Paul Philippe (French, 1870-1930) Bronze Figure of a Russian Dancer, cast poised on one foot with her arms outstretched, raised on a marble pedestal, unsigned, bronze ht. 18 in. $800-1,200

842 After Auguste Henri Carli (French, 18681930) Alabaster Figure of Cupid, shown seated on a rock with his sheaf of arrows at his feet and his unstrung bow in his hand, with detachable wings, signed to reverse “Carli,” ht. 19 in. $800-1,200 843 English Leather Wastebasket, late 19th/early 20th century, cylindrical form with two banded supports, swing bail handle, printed with the Royal crest to one side, ht. 15, dia. 11 1/4 in. $200-400

844 French School, Early 20th Century Clytie, bronze cast of a nude woman laying on the ground, one side of her body sprouting leaves and with a sunflower in her hair, titled to base “Clytie” and signed “F. Virieux,” possibly for Francois Louis Virieux, and stamped “J.A. Boeuf Rouard/Founders a Paris/10 & 22/L’Aisle Popincourt” within a sphere, lg. 23 in. $1,000-1,500

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845 Pair of Boehm Limited Edition Porcelain Ptarmigan, America, 20th century, each modeled atop a freeform rocky base, and with an additional rocky pad, numbered “463E,” ht.

9, 13 3/4 in. $800-1,200 846 Pair of Dore Bronze Wall Sconces, 19th century, each two-light, with rope and tassel motif, nozzles, and drip pans with stiff leaves and berries, overall lg. 24 1/2 in. $300-500

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847 After Emmanuel Villanis (Italian, 1858-1914) Art Nouveau Bronze Bust Bohemienne, cast with long flowing hair, looking ahead, in a patterned dress tied at the neck, raised on a flared rectangular base, signed “E. Villanis,” titled to base, and stamped “Vrai Bronze Garanti Paris,” ht. 15 in. $600-800

848 Onyx Vide Poche with a Bronze Figure of a Mountain Climber, late 19th/early 20th century, the man with a large pack on his back and a staff in his hand, signed to side “B. Zach,” positioned in the center of the tray, dia.

6 3/4 in. $800-1,200 849 Ezio Marzi (Italian, b. after 1875)

847A Neoclassical Bronze Bust, Germany, 19th century, the reverse inscribed “R. Bellair & Co. Berlin,” mounted atop an associated cylindrical marble pedestal base, overall ht. 9 7/8 in. $400-600

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Natura Morta: Finocchi e cipolline Signed, inscribed, and dated “Ezio Marzi/ Firenze 1946” l.l., titled, signed, and inscribed on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 12 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (32.0 x 47.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Abrasions, craquelure, surface grime. $600-800

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849A Dutch School, 18th Century Rider in a Wooded Landscape Unsigned.

Oil on panel, 14 x 17 1/2 in. (35.6 x 44.4 cm), framed.

Condition: Craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Billingshurst, Sotheby’s at Margam Park, Port Talbot, South Wales, March 23, 2001, Sale B01500, Lot 618. $800-1,200 850 Sarouk Small Carpet, West Persia, second quarter 20th century, (some edge wear and curling, fringes added), 9 ft. x 6 ft. $500-700

851 Figure of a Woman Praying, northern Europe, carved wood and papier-mâché, with a dark brown finish, on a red velvet base, figure ht. 15 in. $500-700

852 Cast After a Model by Gerda Iro Gerdago (fl. Early 20th Century) Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Enameldecorated Figure of a Dancer, in an elaborate costume with ivory hands and face, on an oval onyx pedestal, onyx incised “TH. ULLMANN/AUSTRIA,” bronze ht. 12 3/4 in. $800-1,200

853 After George van der Straeten (Belgian, 1856-1928) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Reading, the gilt-bronze and ivory standing figure in Empire dress, reading a book, and holding a pail, on a marble base, numbered to bronze “460,” signed to marble “Van der Straeten.,” bronze ht. 10 3/4 in. $800-1,200 854 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman with a Bundle, cast as a woman in a bonnet and dress with polychrome cold painted ruffle and flower accents carrying a cloth bundle in one hand, raised on a onyx base, signed to bronze “Omerth,” and numbered “7326,” bronze ht.

8 3/4 in. $600-800

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855 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancing Maiden, cast stepping forward with her skirt twisting around her and her arms raised, on a naturalistic bronze base further raised on a circular bronze pedestal, with a dark brown patina, signed to base “G.OMERTH,” ht. 12 in. $1,200-1,800

857 After Louis Sosson (French, fl. 1905-1930)

859A Robert Dodd (British, 1748-1816)

Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Seated Woman, cast in an empire-waist gown with a large bonnet, seated on a naturalistic base with leafy vines, further mounted to an onyx platform, signed “L. Sosson” and numbered “21,” bronze ht. 8 3/4 in. $700-900

Portrait of an East Indiaman Sailing from Madras Inscribed “Painted & Engraved by R. Dodd” l.l. and “Published No. 22 Lifson Green, Novr.

1797” l.l.

Colored engraving and aquatint, sight size 16 x 21 1/4 in. (40.6 x 54.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Toning, minor foxing, not examined out of frame. $200-300

856 After Georges Omerth (French, fl. 18951925)

859 After Charles Raoul Verlet (French, 18571923)

Gilt-bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancer with a Rose, cast in a short dress with a train, with one foot raised, her arms outstretched, and a rose in one hand, on an onyx base, signed “Omerth,” bronze ht. 9 1/4 in. $800-1,200

Silvered Bronze Figure of a Woman with Roses, cast bending over to reach a raised foot with roses in one hand, on a circular platform, further raised on a square plinth signed “R. Verlet” to one side and “F. Barbedienne, Foundeur, Paris” to the other, ht.

16 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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860 After Jean Antonin Carles (French, 18511919) Silvered Bronze Figure of a Young Bacchus with a Panther, cast with a hand on his hip and the other holding a goblet, with a crown of grapes and a panther at his feet, signed “Antonin Carles/Paris,” with Susse Freres foundry stamp, “V,” and incised “Susse Fes. Edts. Paris,” on a naturalistic base, ht. 17 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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861 Pair of Bristol Glass Vases, England, 19th century, blue ground bottle shape with polychrome enameled birds perched on flowering branches, electrified, vase ht. 11 1/2, overall ht. 23 3/4 in. $400-600

862 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figural Group, early 20th century, cast as an Arab man disrobing a woman, both standing on a large carpet, the nude with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, carpet stamped with Westel Allgayer & Co. Wien, seal with double-headed eagle and “REAL VIENNA BRONZE,” and incised “Nam Greb,” underside of carpet with large impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered indistinctly, and stamped “GESCHUTZT,” ht. 6 7/8 in. $1,000-1,500 863 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Woman Reclining on a Rug, late 19th/early 20th century, the figure wearing a romper and slippers, unmarked, lg. 4 3/4 in. $600-800

864 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Snake-charmer, early 20th century, cast as a woman kneeling, smoking a cigarette and watching a snake coiled in a basket, atop a polychrome rug, stamped “Austria,” lg. 8 1/4 in. $1,200-1,800

867 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of an Arab, Austria, early 20th century, the standing male figure with a rifle slung over his shoulder, on a freeform base, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, indistinctly numbered, ht. 5 7/8 in. $1,000-1,500

865 Vienna Erotic Metamorphic Cold-painted Bronze Figural Group, Austria, early 20th century, cast as an Arab man and a nude woman standing on a carpet, one of the man’s arms hinges to disrobe the woman, stamped “Austria,” ht. 4 7/8 in. $1,000-1,500

868 Persian Carpet, early 20th century, (minor selvage damage), 17 ft. x 7 ft. 4 in. $2,000-3,000

866 Pair of Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Busts, Austria, early 20th century, cast as a male and a female Bedouin, on square socles with strapwork and marble bases, each with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark and numbered “3605,” bronze ht. to 5 in. $800-1,200

869 Continental School, Late 19th Century Alabaster Bust of a Woman with a Large Hat, shown smiling and wearing an elaborately patterned hat tied around the neck with a ribbon, in a dress adorned with a rose, signed illegibly to reverse “A. Bat_,” on a later pedestal, bust ht. 24 in. $400-600

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869A After Antonio Pittaluga (Italian, fl. 18251850) Marble Figure of a Woman with a Flower Spray, shown in a loose dress with a floral wreath in her hair and a flower in her hand, on a naturalistic base, signed “Pittaluga” ht. 32 in. $600-800 870 Henk Bos (Dutch, 1901-1979) Apples and Jug Signed “Henk Bos” l.r., identified on a label from Guildhall Galleries, Ltd., Chicago, on the frame backing.

Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in. (45.0 x 50.5 cm), framed.

Condition: Rippling to u.r. corner, surface grime. $500-700

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872 After Antoine Orlandini (French, 1886-1956)

Study for a Kneeling Angel Unsigned.

Pencil on gray paper, 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (41.9 x 30.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Horizontal crease, tack hole to u.l. corner with a small patch on the reverse, handling creases, taped to window mat with masking tape. $600-800

Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Dancing Maiden, cast in flowing robes with one leg raised and her head tilted down, raised on a marble base with bronze-mounted feet, signed to bronze “Orlandini,” bronze ht.

9 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500 873 After Gotthilf Jaeger (German, 1871-1933)

871 After Ferdinand Lugerth (Austrian, fl. 18851915) Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman with Her Hands on Her Hips, cast in a full skirt with a floral-decorated apron, raised on a marble base, signed to back “F.LV(U)GERTH” and with “AR” foundry mark, bronze ht. 10 1/2 in. $700-900

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Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Woman Adjusting Her Shoe, cast as a young woman with one foot resting on a stool, adjusting the heel of her shoe, raised on a marble pedestal, signed to bronze “Jaeger.,” bronze ht. 7 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

874 Pair of Classical Revival Three-light Giltbronze Candelabra, France, 19th century, the scrolled arms supported by a foliateadorned stem set atop a stepped rectangular plinth with applied decorative shield, each with a dark brown patinated figure of a Roman, overall ht. 18 in. $3,000-5,000

878A Continental School, 18th Century

875 Gilt-bronze Figure of Winged Victory, France, 19th century, the dark brown patinated figure with outstretched arms supporting a floral wreath and modeled standing on an orb set atop a cylindrical plinth, overall ht. 23 3/8 in. $700-900

879 After Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 17951875)

876 Bronze and Marble Figural Inkwell, early 20th century, modeled as a young satyr seated facing a covered inkwell with floral and foliate decoration, all set on a green marble base, overall lg. 7 1/2, ht. 4 3/4 in. $800-1,200

879A After Paul Edouard Delabrierre (French, 1829-1912)

877 After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887)

880 Northwest Persian Small Carpet, early 20th century, (some end fraying, reovercast), 9 ft.

10 in. x 6 ft. 9 in. $800-1,200

Painted Terra-cotta Figure of a Woman with a Baby and Goat, woman in an elaborate silver- and gold-painted dress and bonnet, clutching a baby in one arm, with the other feeding wheat to the goat, on a naturalistic base signed “A.L. CARRIER BELLEUSE,” further raised on a terra-cotta oval plinth, total ht. 36 1/2 in. $500-700 878 Henk Bos (Dutch, 1901-1979) Quince Signed “Henk Bos” l.l., identified on a label from Guildhall Galleries, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, on the frame backing.

Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 27 1/2 in. (60.0 x 70.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Surface grime.

N.B. The lot is accompanied by an illustrated brochure on Henk Bos published by Guildhall Galleries, Ltd. $500-700

Floral Still Life Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 in. (42.5 x 56.8 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, old retouch, scattered paint losses, craquelure, surface grime. $1,500-2,500

Ours Assis, the cast bronze bear with chocolate brown patination, on a marble base, signed, lg. of bronze 5 in. $350-450

Bronze Model of a Lion, mounted on a stepped oval base, ht. 7, lg. 10 1/2 in. $300-500

881 Continental School, Early 20th Century Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Seated Woman with a Rose, cast in cushioned seat, leaning forward in a long gown with a carved ivory rose in her hand, ht. 7 3/4 in. $800-1,200 882 French School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Bronze and Ivory Figural Group of a Couple, cast as a couple embracing as the gentleman reaches out to a winged cherub seated on a dolphin fountain reading from a book, with polychrome cold-painted details and ivory faces and arms, mounted on a marble base, signed to reverse “D. La Monaca/France,” bronze ht. 11 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

883 After Raphael Corniziere (fl. Early 20th Century) Spelter and Ivory Figure of a Crusader, silver and gilt-decorated knight in armor standing with his sword, raised on a marble base, signed “Corniziere,” figure ht. 12 1/2 in. $700-900 884 Continental School, Early 20th Century Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Knight, cast in armor with a spear and shield standing on a naturalistically cast base signed “TREM. HG,” and stamped “VRAI BRONZE GARANTI PARIS,” ht. 10 3/4 in. $800-1,200 885 Anatolian Prayer Rug, late 19th century, (area of wear in border), 6 ft. x 4 ft. 2 in. $300-500 886 After Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 17951875) Panthere de Tunis, the bronze panther with red-brown patination, cast crouching on a naturalistic base, all on a black slate base, signed, bronze lg. 9 1/2 in. $500-700 887 Chinese Carpet, late 19th/early 20th century, (light stains), 11 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. $800-1,200

888 Continental School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Bronze Figure of a Young Boy with a Bow, unsigned, cast just releasing the arrow, standing on a naturalistic base with a tree stump, chocolate brown patina, ht. 22 in. $1,200-1,800

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889 After Jean Baptiste Claude Eugene Guillaume (French, 1822-1905)

890A Frank Convers Mathewson (American, 1862-1941)

V’lailes Gendarmes, the bronze figure of a boy with a fishing rod cast wearing a hat and holding his trousers and fishing rod in one hand while holding the other aloft, stepping off the naturalistic base, on a square pedestal, signed “Guillaume,” bronze ht. 21 3/4 in. $700-900

Interior, Godshuis de la Fontaine, Bruges Signed twice “F C. Mathewson” l.l., inscribed and dated “Bruges 1905” l.r., titled, dated, and signed “...Godshuis de la/Fountaine [sic].

Bruges 1905/by/Frank C. Mathewson” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 1/16 in. (50.8 x 38.3 cm), framed.

Condition: Areas of thin pigment, mild surface grime. $800-1,200

890 Henk Bos (Dutch, 1901-1979) Green Cabbage Signed “Henk Bos” l.l., identified on a label from Guildhall Galleries, Ltd., Chicago, on the frame backing.

Oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (70.0 x 80.0 cm), in a House of Heydenryk frame.

Condition: Area of surface mold u.c., surface grime. $500-700

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891 Marble Bust, Continental, 19th century, possibly of a young Napoleon, mounted on a marble socle, total ht. 13 in. $500-700 892 Bronze and Marble Standish, 19th century with two glass inkwells and compartment with hinged lid above two drawers and two pen rests, on marble plinth with four paw feet, unmarked, lg. 12 in. $400-600

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893 Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a North African Youth, Austria, late 19th/early 20th century, the figure seated next to a pile of kindling, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark, numbered “2897,” ht.

2 3/4 in. $400-600 894 Pair of Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figures of North Africans, early 20th century, a man with a rifle slung over his shoulder and a woman carrying a container on her head, each with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, indistinctly numbered, and stamped “geschutzt,” ht. to 4 3/8 in. $500-700 895 Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figures of Arab Children, early 20th century, cast as a boy and girl seated on a rug, unmarked, lg. 4 1/2 in. $400-600

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896 Austrian Figural Cold-painted Bronze Boudoir Lamp, late 19th/early 20th century, cast as an Arab musician with a basket and lantern strapped to his back and a companion monkey, mounted to a rectangular marble base, with impressed “B” within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman to both male figure and monkey, indistinctly numbered and stamped “Made in Austria,” bronze ht. 12 in. $1,500-2,500 897 After Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899) Two Figures of a Bronze Sheep and Ram Grazing, each set atop a stepped oval base inscribed Rosa B, ht. 3 1/4, 5 1/2 in. $300-500

898 After Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) Gilt-bronze Figure of a Gypsy, cast with a polychrome-painted red jacket and shoes, raised on a circular base, signed “E le Guillemin,” total ht. 9 1/8 in. $500-700

899 Henri Joseph Piéron (Belgian, 1856-1912) Boating on a Quiet River Signed and dated “Henri Piéron 1881” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (108.0 x 81.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Retouch, scattered paint losses, craquelure with flaking and lifting, surface grime. $800-1,200

899A Continental School, 19th Century Apollo on His Sun Chariot Unsigned.

Oil on canvas mounted to panel, dia. 45 7/8 in. (117.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Creasing, scattered retouch, surface grime. $800-1,200 900 After Etienne Maurice Falconet (French, 1716-1791) Marble Figure of a Nude Bather, late 19th/ early 20th century, shown seated on a rock washing her foot with a cloth, signed to rock “Falconet,” and signed to reverse “F. BARBEDIENNE. Editeur.,” total ht. 20 1/4 in. $800-1,200

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Upcoming Auction European Furniture & Decorative Arts Featuring Fine Silver

Gorham Sterling Silver Loving Cup Auctioned for $7,380

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