European Furniture & Decorative Arts | Skinner Auction 3875B

European Furniture & Decorative Arts 3875B | December 3, 2021 | Marlborough

European Décor & Design online 3850T | November 18–December 2 | skinnerinc.com

European Furniture & Decorative Arts featuring Fine Silver & Wedgwood December 3, 2021 | 10AM | Marlborough

European Décor & Design online featuring The Zeller Collection, Part I November 18–December 2 | www.skinnerinc.com Our live December sale encompasses an impressive array of fine 16th to 20th century decorative arts and furniture.

Highlights include British, European, and American fine silver, Flora Danica, a selection of bronze sculpture, Wedgwood, including Fairyland lustre, and French gilt-bronze-mounted furniture. Join us in the auction room or bid from the comfort of your home via the web or telephone.

Our online sale features the first session of The Zeller Collection of 18th to 19th century British blue transferware. An extensive early toby jug collection, Meissen porcelain, and a selection of over 200 lots of Wedgwood are also on offer. Other highlights include a group of chatelaines, fine French, English, and Swedish furniture, and an eclectic mix of English and European curios. To view the entire sale, visit www.skinnerinc.com.

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Stuart Slavid

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Emily Stegner

182 Italian Micromosaic Still Life, sale 3875B $800-1,200

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back cover: 1370 Blue Transfer Zebra Pattern Platter, sale 3850T $400-600

opposite: 207 Continental School, 18th Century, Still Life of Flowers and Fruit in a Rustic Landscape, oil on canvas $700-900 Selections from a Group of Flora Danica

this page: 214 Malachite-top Center Table $1,500-3,000 67 Tiffany & Co. Terrapin Soup Tureen $6,000-8,000 203 Bilston Enamel Box and Cover $1,500-2,000

202 Continental Enamel Box and Cover $5,000-7,000 201 Continental Enamel Box and Cover $1,500-3,000 246 Delft Blue and White Landscape Charger $2,000-2,500 241 German Delft Blue and White Charger $2,000-3,000 243 Dutch Delft Blue and White Charger $3,000-4,000

The toby jug has been a novelty in English pottery for over 250 years. The first of these taverners were produced in the 1760s and include potters such as Ralph Wood I of Burslem, Thomas Whieldon of Fenton and John Astbury of Shelton. There were several theories as to the name “toby.” One of which refers to a song written in 1761 by the Reverend Francis Faulks, titled “The Brown Jug.” The song refers to “Toby Fillpot, a thirsty old soul.” Although many early tobies were produced by a variety of manufacturers throughout England, the seated figure wearing a tricornered hat and holding a jug of ale was a most popular theme and is referred to by collectors as an “ordinary” toby whereas other early and more unusual subjects include Martha Gunn, the Thin Man, the Thin Boy, the Sailor and Sharp Face. Varying use of underglaze enamels also adds to the rarity of many examples.

Highlights from a Large Selection of Toby Jugs

205 Iron Garden Sculpture $2,000-4,000

237 After Paul Romain Chevre, (French, 1857-1914), Near Life-size Garden Sculpture $2,000-4,000

217 Flemish Verdure Tapestry $6,000-8,000

182 Italian Micromosaic Still Life $800-1,200

212 Lapis and Giltbronze Egyptian Revival Low Table $1,000-2,000

204A Edwin Cassius Taylor (American, 1874-1935), Apollo, oil on canvas $1,500-2,500

220 Guillaume Schwingkens Signed Louis XV Bureau En Pente $4,000-6,000

199 Carl Deffner Art Nouveau Copper Tea Set $700-900

192 Pair of Pietra Dura and Gilt-bronze-mounted Parquetry Side Cabinets $3,000-5,000

247 Siegburg or Westerwald Salt-glazed Stoneware Jug $1,800-2,200

242 German Pewtermounted Faience Birnkrug $3,000-4,000

249 German Pewtermounted Faience Birnkrug $2,200-2,800

314 Wedgwood Lustre Amherst Pheasant Imperial Bowl $700-900

309 Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Poplar Tree Listal Bowl $1,000-2,000

310 Wedgwood Lustre Daventry Imperial Bowl $700-900

282 Wedgwood Gilded and Bronzed Black Basalt Campana Vase and Cover $1,000-1,500

312 Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Butterfly Woman Vase $800-1,200 313 Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Geisha Bowl $700-900

238 A.H. Davenport Mahogany Sideboard $700-900

265 Pair of Wedgwood Encaustic Decorated Black Basalt Vases $800-1,200

102 Seven-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Tea Service $5,000-7,000

191 Louis XVI-style Marble-top and Gilt-bronze-mounted Cylinder Desk $3,000-5,000

1157 Dutch Marquetry Two-door Breakfront $1,000-2,000 1557 Wedgwood Lilac Jasper Dip Campana-shape Vase and Cover $400-600 1206 Bronze Figure of an Officer or Statesman $400-600

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1044 Carved Wood Adoration of the Three Kings $1,000-2,000

Chatelaines are waist-hung adornments popular among women in the 18th century. The term derives from the French medieval use, describing the mistress of a castle whose symbol of office was the keys jangling at her waist. A hooked or clasped waist plaque may have several chains suspended from it, terminating in rings to attach a wide variety of small, useful objects like watches, keys, perfumes, small purses, or even needlework tools. Many of the chatelaines featured in this sale are specifically for needlework, and include thimble buckets, scissors scabbards, pincushions, needlecases, and notebooks.

1200 French School, 19th Century, Leading the Charge, oil on canvas $400-600 1255 Sewing Chatelaine, from a large selection on offer $400-600 Group of Blue Transferware from The Zeller Collection

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