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France  2274  M00501

A Generously Proportioned 18th Century French Copper Cauldron with exceptional patina

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Complete 19th Century French Set of Philosophical Writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero, leather bound and in excellent condition

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

The American Encyclopedia in 19 Leather Bound Volumes, circa 1881

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Harlequin Pair of 18th Century Majolica Albarelli Parlante, used for storing pharmaceutical ingredients, both tin glazed with narrow waists and painted with floral festoons, cartouches and ribbons

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Pair of 19th Century French Empire Bronze Urns with Scrolled Handles, depicting scenes of love and family, with depictions of Cupid, Winged Victories and other neoclassical figures, all raised on stepped marble plinths with brass feet

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Rare and Unusually Large Italian 18th Century Mortar and Pestal, turned from blocks of solid lignum vitae hardwood (now a protected species), sourced in the West Indies and one of world’s hardest and heaviest exotic woods

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 19th Century English Regency Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy inlaid with bone and silver stringing, the pagoda lid centered by a silver medallion above an unusual “waisted” rectangular base with concave plinth raised on ball feet

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Sophisticated 19th Century Regency Bow Front Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with bone and silver inlaid stringing, silver escutcheon and matching medallion centering the pagoda lid, all raised on silvered ball feet

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Two 19th Century Volumes of Scribner’s Monthly of serialized fiction, light verse, and topical essays

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Scrolled Wrought Iron Italian Book Ledger

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Rare and Unusually Large 19th Century Becco Aperto Majolica Urn, featuring a fleur-de-lys cartouche, candalieri, and a stylized motif of birds, grapes and foliage, all on a faux gadrooned round base

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 19th Century Ginori Maiolica Urn with Leopard Spotted Coiled Snake Handles and Mascarones, hand-painted with the biblical scene of Christ and the Samaritan Woman in a verdant, purple mountainous landscape, raised on a faux marble socle and tripartite moulded plinth, the underside inscribed with a maker’s mark and title: “Ginori 29-724 La Samaritana”

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

An Impressive 17th Century Carved Wood Statue of Saint Jude, the saint of hopeless causes, in a glorious gold robe with original polychrome accents and a burgundy cape

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

The Magnificent 18th Century Oil on Canvas, “The Nurturing Mother,” portraying a serene figure nursing her infant and offering a pomegranite to another of her hungry children, all displaying a masterful and luxurious brush stroke in the depiction of the subjects, fabrics and details

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

An 18th Century Dutch Four Panel Hand-Painted Screen, each panel depicting pastoral scenes and embellished with putti, mascarones and scrolling acanthus leaves

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 19th Century Four Volume Set of the Works of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), 19th Century British novelist and poet Height

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Fur Volumes of Various Titles including Robinson Crusoe and The Man from the Sea

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Five Volumes of Harvard Classics

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Seven Volumes of Harvard Classics, 1938 edition

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Seven Volumes of Harvard Classics , circa 1937

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 1919 Set of Four Volumes of The Life of John Marshall (b.1755-d.1835), U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1797 until 1831,leather bound with gilt embossing

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Carved 18th Century Roman Marble Urn, the cup adorned with swags of fruit with floret centers, flying banners, and laurel lambrequins, surmounted by a cover with ball finial, all on a plinth base

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Pair of 18th Century Carrara Marble Lions in Repose, with exquisitely carved heads, claws, eyes and rib cages, on octagonal plinth bases

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

“Mother and Two Children”, oil on canvas, signed and dated by John Alfred Vinter (1828-1905), English portrait, genre, literary and historical painter and portrait lithographer to Queen Victoria

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 17th Century French Tapestry of Villagers by a Stream, showing a castle near a waterfall amid verdant foliage, retaining partial red pigment

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Glorious 17th Century Aubusson Tapestry of “Alexander Crossing the Granicus” (334 B.C.), from The Story of Alexander the Great depicting Alexander astride Bucephalus and defeating the Persians to gain access to Asia Minor, in wool and silk with complete alentour interwoven with armour, crossed canons, and drums

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A 19th Century English Regency Ledger or Music Stand with adjustable burl walnut stand inset with gilt-embossed leather writing surface and raised on carved mahogany pedestal above four outswept legs fitted with castors

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Fine Set of Matching Soup and Sauce Tureens, all with covers, base plates, and double-strapped grapevine handles, decorated with gold, salmon, and Prussian blue enameling with urns, festoons, lotus blossoms, and foliate motifs

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Pair of 18th Century Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Wood Figurines of two women in bonnets, vests and skirts, one holding a pair of billing turtle doves, and the other holding a basket of fruit

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

A Palazzo-Scaled 17th Century Italian Copper Cauldron/Jardinière, from the Benedictine Abbey of San Gregorio, with ring handles held by lion masks, with the whole raised on lion paw feet

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

Benjamin William Leader’s 19th Century (1831-1923) Bucolic Landscape “Fishing by the Stream”, evidencing his trademark style of softly handled paint surfaces, minute tree details, and placement of diminutive figures against vast landscapes, oil on canvas with original mounting; Leader’s works are part of numerous museum collections, including the Tate Gallery, London

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   


France  2274  M00501

An Early 18th Century Italian Carved Wood Reliquary, with gilt metal handle and fittings on a lichen green polychrome exterior with double doors revealing a cerise interior

Excl. handle, Height 14 1/2″; Diameter 22 3/4″
   

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