Fine European Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art

13 December 2012 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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Fine European Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art

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1 — Workshop of Pierre Reymond, French (1513-1584) A 16th century Limoges enamel salt

2 — A French or Italian late 16th/ early 17th century patinated bronze door-knocker or handle

3 — A French late 17th century patinated bronze figure of Cupid firing an arrowafter Prieur

4 — A North Italian 16th century patinated bronze figure of Venus on a dolphin together with a 19th century bronze medal after Andrea Riccio

5 — A French early 18th century small bust of Ceres

6 — A French late 16th/ early 17th century patinated bronze figure of Aenes

7 — A Flemish late 15th century oak Madonna and Childprobably Antwerp

8 — A Spanish 17th century mother of pearl inlaid casket

9 — Attributed to Workshop of Michel Mann A Nuremberg steel and gilt metal miniature casket circa 1600

10 — A late 15th century Northern French carved limestone figure of Christ

11 — Three pairs of Spanish (Seville) arista glazed tiles, circa 1525-50

12 — A panel of sixteen Spanish (Seville) arista glazed tiles, circa 1525-50

13 — A panel of twelve Spanish (Seville) arista glazed pottery tiles, circa 1525-50

14Y — A Spanish 17th century metal-mounted ivory, mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid cabinet

15Y — A Spanish 17th century ebonised, tortoiseshell and bone inlaid panel mounted as a low table

16 — A pair of Spanish 17th century carved wood, polychrome and al estofado decorated reliefs depicting Saints

17Y — An Indo-Portuguese 17th century carved ivory relief depicting the Christ Child steering a ship

18 — A 16th century Italian terracotta bust of John the Baptist in the manner of Antonio Begarelli, Italian (died 1556)

19 — An Italian Baroque 17th century and later walnut armoire

20 — An Italian 17th century pietre dure and gilt tooled and ebonised cabinetinserted in a later frame and raised on a later stand,

21 — A pair of Venetian 16th century bronze models of lionsCircle of Tiziano Aspetti (1559-1606)

22Y — A Spanish late 17th century and later gilt-metal-mounted ivory inlaid ebony, ebonised and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand

23 — A German late 16th / early 17th century patinated and gilt bronze roundel portrait of the Emperor Nero

24 — A 17th century bronze roundel depicting St Philip Neri

25Y — A German 17th century etched ivory and bone inlaid ebony and ebonised cabinet

26 — A 17th century Flemish or Italian three-quarter size terracotta figure of a senior prelate

27Y — An early 18th century Portuguese-Colonial ivory, bone and tortoiseshell inlaid rosewood, fruitwood and parquetry table cabinet

28Y — An Italian early 18th century carved ivory Corpus Christi on an ebony cross

29Y — A Flemish 17th century parcel-gilt, tortoiseshell, ivory, ebony and ebonised cabinet, inset with painted copper panels of the life of Christ, on an Irish Regency stand

30 — An Italian 19th century Jaune de Sienne marble group of the naked dwarf Morgante riding a turtleafter the 'fontanella del Nano Morgante'

31Y — A Spanish late 19th century Baroque style gilt-metal mounted rosewood, ivory, tortoiseshell, parquetry and ebonised wood cabinet-on-stand

32 — An Italian red porphyry head of a Roman emperor

33 — An Italian late 16th/ early 17th century porphyry medallion of a Medusa head

34 — An Italian 17th century white marble and red porphyry bust

35 — An Italian 16th/ 17th century white marble fragment of a putto

36 — An Italian late 16th / early 17th century carved hardstone bust of Venuspossibly Milan

37Y — A German 11th century style ivory relief depicting Christ Triumphantcarved before 1850

38 — A pair of Italian late 18th century giltwood rectangular mirrors

39 — An Italian 19th century polychrome decorated earthenware herm pilaster

40Y — A German late 17th century ivory figure of a boy

41 — A Northern French late 14th / early 15th century parcel gilt and polycrome carved wood group of the Virgin and child

42 — A pair of Italian 17th century patinated and parcel-gilt carved wood reliquary busts

43 — A pair of 16th century brass piques-cierge

44 — A German Upper-Rhine limewood Christ childmost probably 16th century

45 — A French late 18th century bronze Cupidafter a model by François Duquesnoy (1597-1643)

46 — A French 18th century bronze figure of a vintnerin the manner of Barthélemy Prieur (d.1611)

47 — An Italian late 16th century bronze of a man together with a 16th century bronze of an old man

48 — An 18th century bronze model of a bullafter the antique

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1 —
Workshop of Pierre Reymond, French (1513-1584) A 16th century Limoges enamel salt

2 —
A French or Italian late 16th/ early 17th century patinated bronze door-knocker or handle

3 —
A French late 17th century patinated bronze figure of Cupid firing an arrow
after Prieur

4 —
A North Italian 16th century patinated bronze figure of Venus on a dolphin together with a 19th century bronze medal after Andrea Riccio

5 —
A French early 18th century small bust of Ceres

6 —
A French late 16th/ early 17th century patinated bronze figure of Aenes

7 —
A Flemish late 15th century oak Madonna and Child
probably Antwerp

8 —
A Spanish 17th century mother of pearl inlaid casket

9 —
Attributed to Workshop of Michel Mann
A Nuremberg steel and gilt metal miniature casket circa 1600

10 —
A late 15th century Northern French carved limestone figure of Christ

11 —
Three pairs of Spanish (Seville) arista glazed tiles, circa 1525-50

12 —
A panel of sixteen Spanish (Seville) arista glazed tiles, circa 1525-50

13 —
A panel of twelve Spanish (Seville) arista glazed pottery tiles, circa 1525-50

14^Y —
A Spanish 17th century metal-mounted ivory, mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid cabinet

15^Y —
A Spanish 17th century ebonised, tortoiseshell and bone inlaid panel mounted as a low table

16 —
A pair of Spanish 17th century carved wood, polychrome and al estofado decorated reliefs depicting Saints

17^Y —
An Indo-Portuguese 17th century carved ivory relief depicting the Christ Child steering a ship

18 —
A 16th century Italian terracotta bust of John the Baptist
in the manner of Antonio Begarelli, Italian (died 1556)

19 —
An Italian Baroque 17th century and later walnut armoire

20 —
An Italian 17th century pietre dure and gilt tooled and ebonised cabinet
inserted in a later frame and raised on a later stand,

21 —
A pair of Venetian 16th century bronze models of lions
Circle of Tiziano Aspetti (1559-1606)

22^Y —
A Spanish late 17th century and later gilt-metal-mounted ivory inlaid ebony, ebonised and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand

23 —
A German late 16th / early 17th century
patinated and gilt bronze roundel portrait of the Emperor Nero

24 —
A 17th century bronze roundel depicting St Philip Neri

25^Y —
A German 17th century etched ivory and bone inlaid ebony and ebonised cabinet

26 —
A 17th century Flemish or Italian three-quarter size terracotta figure of a senior prelate

27^Y —
An early 18th century Portuguese-Colonial ivory, bone and tortoiseshell inlaid rosewood, fruitwood and parquetry table cabinet

28^Y —
An Italian early 18th century carved ivory Corpus Christi on an ebony cross

29^Y —
A Flemish 17th century parcel-gilt, tortoiseshell, ivory, ebony and ebonised cabinet, inset with painted copper panels of the life of Christ, on an Irish Regency stand

30 —
An Italian 19th century Jaune de Sienne marble group of the naked dwarf Morgante riding a turtle
after the 'fontanella del Nano Morgante'

31^Y —
A Spanish late 19th century Baroque style gilt-metal mounted rosewood, ivory, tortoiseshell, parquetry and ebonised wood cabinet-on-stand

32 —
An Italian red porphyry head of a Roman emperor

33 —
An Italian late 16th/ early 17th century porphyry medallion of a Medusa head

34 —
An Italian 17th century white marble and red porphyry bust

35 —
An Italian 16th/ 17th century white marble fragment of a putto

36 —
An Italian late 16th / early 17th century carved hardstone bust of Venus
possibly Milan

37^Y —
A German 11th century style ivory relief depicting Christ Triumphant
carved before 1850

38 —
A pair of Italian late 18th century giltwood rectangular mirrors

39 —
An Italian 19th century polychrome decorated earthenware herm pilaster

40^Y —
A German late 17th century ivory figure of a boy

41 —
A Northern French late 14th / early 15th century parcel gilt and polycrome carved wood group of the Virgin and child

42 —
A pair of Italian 17th century patinated and parcel-gilt carved wood reliquary busts

43 —
A pair of 16th century brass piques-cierge

44 —
A German Upper-Rhine limewood Christ child
most probably 16th century

45 —
A French late 18th century bronze Cupid
after a model by François Duquesnoy (1597-1643)

46 —
A French 18th century bronze figure of a vintner
in the manner of Barthélemy Prieur (d.1611)

47 —
An Italian late 16th century bronze of a man together with a 16th century bronze of an old man

48 —
An 18th century bronze model of a bull
after the antique