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Il Sogno

The Collection of Howard and Yvette Mimieux Ruby

21 September 2022 | starting at 10:00 PDT

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AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TABLE TOP Probably Rome, 17th century. Sold for US$38,175 inc. premium

Attributed to Jean Charles Niçaise Perrin (French, 1754-1831), late 18th century A portrait of a young woman seated by a column, leaning on an open book 50 1/2 x 38 1/2in. Sold for US$31,875 inc. premium

A DERUTA MAIOLICA BEL UOMO GOLD-LUSTERED CHARGERCirca 1535. Sold for US$25,500 inc. premium

Circle of Jacob van Hulsdonck (Antwerp 1582-1647) A still life with peaches, plums, grapes and cherries in a basket, apricots in a porcelain bowl and cob nuts on a table 27 x 35in (68.6 x 89cm). Sold for US$25,500 inc. premium

FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL SALT CELLARS by Robert Garrard II, London, 1855-1858. Sold for US$22,950 inc. premium

Follower of François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) Figures in bucolic settings (a set of four) 81 1/2 x 36 1/2in (207 x 92.7cm). Sold for US$16,575 inc. premium

A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP: PLUTO ABDUCTING PROSERPINEAfter Francois Girardon, circa 1700. Sold for US$14,025 inc. premium

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A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Early 18th century

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Sold for US$15,300 inc. premium

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A VENETIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD MIRROR WITH INTEGRATED MARBLE TOP GILTWOOD TABLE
18th century and later

US$6,000 - US$8,000

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1 — A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRAEarly 18th century

2W — A RÉGENCE SARRANCOLIN MARBLE TOP GILTWOOD CONSOLEEarly 18th century

3 — A SET OF FOUR MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEF PLAQUES OF SCHOLARS18th/19th century

4 — AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA BUTTERFLY TOP GILTWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE19th century

5W — A VENETIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD MIRROR WITH INTEGRATED MARBLE TOP GILTWOOD TABLE18th century and later

6 — Giuseppe Borsato(Venice 1771-1849 Vienna)The entrance of Napoleon into Venice 23 3/4 x 31 1/2in (60.4 x 80cm)

7W — A PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE GILT METAL AND CARVED STONE TORCHÈRESCirca 1680

8 — A FRENCH MARBLE AND GILT BRASS THREE-TIERED GUÉRIDON 19th century

9 — A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER FOOTED SALVERS by Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III, London, 1812

10 — A CHINESE EXPORT GILT DECORATED AND LACQUERED DRESSING TABLE19th century

11 — AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE OVAL DEPICTING BACCHIC PUTTIAfter François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), 18th century

12 — Follower of Michele Marieschi(Italian, 1696-1743)The courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice 27 1/2 x 42in (69.9 x 106.7cm)

13W — A RÉGENCE GILTWOOD MIRROR18th century and later

14 — A PAIR OF RÉGENCE NEEDLEPOINT UPHOLSTERED WALNUT FAUTEUILS À LA REINE18th century

15 — Attributed to Jean Charles Niçaise Perrin(French, 1754-1831)late 18th centuryA portrait of a young woman seated by a column, leaning on an open book 50 1/2 x 38 1/2in

16W — A SET OF SIX LOUIS XIV PAINTED SILK WALL PANELSCirca 1700, manufacture attributed to Royale de Gobelins

17 — Spanish School18th CenturyPomegranates and grapes in a wicker basket beside a bread roll on a table 27 1/2 x 30 3/4in (69.9 x 78.2cm)

18 — A SMALL PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A CROUCHING VENUSAfter the Antique, 17th/18th century

19 — A CONTINENTAL PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT PUTTO18th century

20 — A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE SERVICE PLATES by Maison Odiot, Paris, late 19th/20th century

21 — A FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE SERVING PLATTER retailed by Odiot, Paris

22 — A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE PLATES by Maison Odiot, Paris, late 19th/20th century

23 — A FRENCH SILVER-PLATED GRAVY BOAT ON INTEGRATED FOOTED STAND by Maison Odiot, Paris, 20th century

24 — A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER PASTRY FORKS most retailed by Thorel, Paris, late 19th/20th century

25 — A FRENCH STERLING SILVER TWO-HANDLED SERVING PLATTER marked FB 20th century

26 — AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE Tétard Frères, Paris, early 20th century

27 — A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS FOOTED EWERS by Martial Gauthier, Paris, last quarter 19th century

28 — A SET OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER FORKS AND SPOONS FOR EIGHTEEN by Emile Puiforcat, Paris, 20th century

29 — A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER SQUARE SERVING DISHES by Maison Cardeilhac (Amélie Cardeilhac), Paris, first quarter 20th century

30 — A FRENCH STERLING SILVER CHARGER by Manant, Paris late 19th century

31 — A SET OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER-GILT FRUIT FORKS AND SPOONS FOR TWELVE Paris, 1819-1838

32 — A FRENCH SILVER-PLATED SERVING PLATTER by Louis Ravinet & Charles Denfert, Paris, late 19th/early 20th century

33W — A FRENCH CARVED STONE FIGURAL GROUP: L'AMOUR EMBRASSANT L'AMITIÉJean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-1785), 1759

34 — A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGÈRE Mid-18th century

35 — A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE, METAL AND GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER20th century

36W — A GEORGE III STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE20th century

37 — A LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD BERGÈRE

38W — Follower of Hubert Robert(French, 1733-1808)An Italianate capriccio with figures by a fountain and colonnade in the foreground 57 x 41 3/4in (144.8 x 106cm)

39W — A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUERED CHEST ON GILTWOOD FEETEarly 18th century

40 — A FRENCH SAVONNERIE CARPET18th/19th century

41 — A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II RED AND GILT-JAPANNED DINING CHAIRSIn the manner of Giles Grendey, circa 1740

42 — A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASESCirca 1860

43 — A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASES AND A SIMILAR CHARGEREarly 20th century

44 — A PAIR OF IMARI PORCELAIN COVERED JARS19th/20th century

45 — Circle of Jacob van Hulsdonck(Antwerp 1582-1647)A still life with peaches, plums, grapes and cherries in a basket, apricots in a porcelain bowl and cob nuts on a table 27 x 35in (68.6 x 89cm)

46 — A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRECCIA MARBLE URNS19th century

47 — A PAIR OF ITALIAN PORTASANTA MARBLE COVERED URNS19th century

48W — A SET OF FOUR MARBLE COLUMNSPossibly 17th century and later

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A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Early 18th century

2^W —
A RÉGENCE SARRANCOLIN MARBLE TOP GILTWOOD CONSOLE
Early 18th century

3 —
A SET OF FOUR MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEF PLAQUES OF SCHOLARS
18th/19th century

4 —
AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA BUTTERFLY TOP GILTWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE
19th century

5^W —
A VENETIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD MIRROR WITH INTEGRATED MARBLE TOP GILTWOOD TABLE
18th century and later

6 —
Giuseppe Borsato
(Venice 1771-1849 Vienna)
The entrance of Napoleon into Venice 23 3/4 x 31 1/2in (60.4 x 80cm)

7^W —
A PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE GILT METAL AND CARVED STONE TORCHÈRES
Circa 1680

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A FRENCH MARBLE AND GILT BRASS THREE-TIERED GUÉRIDON
19th century

9 —
A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER FOOTED SALVERS
by Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III, London, 1812

10 —
A CHINESE EXPORT GILT DECORATED AND LACQUERED DRESSING TABLE
19th century

11 —
AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE OVAL DEPICTING BACCHIC PUTTI
After François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), 18th century

12 —
Follower of Michele Marieschi
(Italian, 1696-1743)
The courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice 27 1/2 x 42in (69.9 x 106.7cm)

13^W —
A RÉGENCE GILTWOOD MIRROR
18th century and later

14 —
A PAIR OF RÉGENCE NEEDLEPOINT UPHOLSTERED WALNUT FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
18th century

15 —
Attributed to Jean Charles Niçaise Perrin
(French, 1754-1831)
late 18th century
A portrait of a young woman seated by a column, leaning on an open book 50 1/2 x 38 1/2in

16^W —
A SET OF SIX LOUIS XIV PAINTED SILK WALL PANELS
Circa 1700, manufacture attributed to Royale de Gobelins

17 —
Spanish School
18th Century
Pomegranates and grapes in a wicker basket beside a bread roll on a table 27 1/2 x 30 3/4in (69.9 x 78.2cm)

18 —
A SMALL PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A CROUCHING VENUS
After the Antique, 17th/18th century

19 —
A CONTINENTAL PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT PUTTO
18th century

20 —
A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE SERVICE PLATES
by Maison Odiot, Paris, late 19th/20th century

21 —
A FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE SERVING PLATTER
retailed by Odiot, Paris

22 —
A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER GADROON EDGE PLATES
by Maison Odiot, Paris, late 19th/20th century

23 —
A FRENCH SILVER-PLATED GRAVY BOAT ON INTEGRATED FOOTED STAND
by Maison Odiot, Paris, 20th century

24 —
A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER PASTRY FORKS
most retailed by Thorel, Paris, late 19th/20th century

25 —
A FRENCH STERLING SILVER TWO-HANDLED SERVING PLATTER
marked FB 20th century

26 —
AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE
Tétard Frères, Paris, early 20th century

27 —
A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS FOOTED EWERS
by Martial Gauthier, Paris, last quarter 19th century

28 —
A SET OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER FORKS AND SPOONS FOR EIGHTEEN
by Emile Puiforcat, Paris, 20th century

29 —
A PAIR OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER SQUARE SERVING DISHES
by Maison Cardeilhac (Amélie Cardeilhac), Paris, first quarter 20th century

30 —
A FRENCH STERLING SILVER CHARGER
by Manant, Paris late 19th century

31 —
A SET OF FRENCH STERLING SILVER-GILT FRUIT FORKS AND SPOONS FOR TWELVE
Paris, 1819-1838

32 —
A FRENCH SILVER-PLATED SERVING PLATTER
by Louis Ravinet & Charles Denfert, Paris, late 19th/early 20th century

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A FRENCH CARVED STONE FIGURAL GROUP: L'AMOUR EMBRASSANT L'AMITIÉ
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-1785), 1759

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A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGÈRE
Mid-18th century

35 —
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE, METAL AND GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
20th century

36^W —
A GEORGE III STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE
20th century

37 —
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD BERGÈRE

38^W —
Follower of Hubert Robert
(French, 1733-1808)
An Italianate capriccio with figures by a fountain and colonnade in the foreground 57 x 41 3/4in (144.8 x 106cm)

39^W —
A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUERED CHEST ON GILTWOOD FEET
Early 18th century

40 —
A FRENCH SAVONNERIE CARPET
18th/19th century

41 —
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II RED AND GILT-JAPANNED DINING CHAIRS
In the manner of Giles Grendey, circa 1740

42 —
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASES
Circa 1860

43 —
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASES AND A SIMILAR CHARGER
Early 20th century

44 —
A PAIR OF IMARI PORCELAIN COVERED JARS
19th/20th century

45 —
Circle of Jacob van Hulsdonck
(Antwerp 1582-1647)
A still life with peaches, plums, grapes and cherries in a basket, apricots in a porcelain bowl and cob nuts on a table 27 x 35in (68.6 x 89cm)

46 —
A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRECCIA MARBLE URNS
19th century

47 —
A PAIR OF ITALIAN PORTASANTA MARBLE COVERED URNS
19th century

48^W —
A SET OF FOUR MARBLE COLUMNS
Possibly 17th century and later