Auction Preview: Home & Interiors at Bonhams, London, Mar 13
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What: Home & InteriorsWhere: Bonhams, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London SW7 1HH, UKWhen: 13 March, 10.00 GMTPublic Viewing: 10 Mar 2019 11:00 - 15:00 GMT; 11 Mar 2019 09:00 - 16:30 GMT; 12 Mar 2019 09:00 - 16:30 GMTTop lots of the sale:- A NapoleoAuction Preview: Home & Interiors at Bonhams, London, Mar 13
What: Home & InteriorsWhere: Bonhams, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London SW7 1HH, UKWhen: 13 March, 10.00 GMTPublic Viewing: 10 Mar 2019 11:00 - 15:00 GMT; 11 Mar 2019 09:00 - 16:30 GMT; 12 Mar 2019 09:00 - 16:30 GMTTop lots of the sale:- A Napoleon III Sevres style porcelain and gilt bronze mounted gueridon. The dished circular porcelain top painted after Antoine-Francois Callet with Louis XVI dressed in Royal attire standing before his throne, the latter decorated with the allegorical figure of lady Justice, within a gilt stylised scrolled foliate surround, encompassed by a strapwork-incised border interspersed with eighteen oval porcelain plaques, of which seventeen depict busts of elegant ladies from the court and one bears the Royal fleur-du-lys coat of arms, on a stained beech baluster column terminating in three bellflower pendant capped and acanthus clasped scroll corbels, united by floral swags, on a plinth base with a tasselled rope twist edge, 80cm wide x 80cm deep x 73cm high, (31in wide x 31in deep x 28 1/2in high). Estimate: £ 10,000 - 15,000 ($13,061 – 19,592)- A late 16th/early 17th century Genoese cisele velvet hanging. The voided gold satin ground worked with large flowering cornucopias, set within a foliate border, the whole with later 19th century and backing and repairs, 264cm x 374cm. Estimate: £ 10,000 - 12,000 ($13,061 – 15,674)- A set of four George III silver entree dishes and covers by Paul Storr, London 1815. Rectangular form with rounded corners, the gadroon borders interspersed with shell and acanthus, detachable acanthus and reeded loop handles, with lion mask and paw junctions on a flower calyx, covers engraved with armorials on each side and the bases crested, all pieces with pattern numbers 587. The dexter arms are those of the Fitzhugh family of Waverdon Buckinghamshire., length of bases 32cm, weight 292oz. (4). Estimate: £ 8,000 - 12,000 ($15,673 - 15,674)- A pair of unusual George III silver three-branch candelabra by John Swift, London 1777. Neo-Classical form, each stem with a removable three-branch section, each nozzle with removable drip-pans, the stems with ram head and swag decoration, leading the filled square bases with Classical urn motifs, crested, height 48cm. (2). Estimate: £ 8,000 - 12,000 ($15,673 - 15,674)- An extensive Victorian Abercorn pattern silver tea and coffee service with pieces by John Samuel Hunt, Hunt & Roskell and Robert Garrard, London 1842 – 1892. With diaper and strap-work decoration, comprising: a tea kettle and burner stand, a teapot with ivory handle, a further teapot, a small teapot, a coffee pot with filter mechanism, a biscuit barrel, two covered bowls and stands, a further covered bowl, a milk jug with cover, two further milk jugs, a tea caddy, two pierced bowls, height of tea kettle 44.5cm, weight total 363oz. Estimate: £ 8,000 - 12,000 ($15,673 - 15,674)- A pair of French 19th century gilt bronze mounted mahogany low open bibliotheques. One bibliotheque stamped: 'L. Dromard', in the Louis XVI style. Each with a galleried marble top above an entrelac mounted frize flanked by mille raie angles, over a total of seven adjustable plum pudding mahogany shelves, flanked by engaged columns, on toupie feet, each approximately: 54cm wide x 33cm deep x 103cm high, (21in wide x 12 1/2in deep x 40 1/2in high) (2). Estimate: £ 7,000 - 10,000 ($9,143 – 13,061)- A Napoleon Iii Gilt and Patinated Bronze and White Marble Clock Together With A Pair of Six Light Garniture Candelabra En-Suite the clock signed to the dial L. Marchand A Paris, Rue Richelieu 57. The clock, 65cm high, the candelabra, 88.5cm high (3). Estimate: £ 7,000 - 10,000 ($9,143 – 13,061)For details, visit: https://www.bonhams.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more