Divining the Details

Divining the Details

Late 19th century Continental school oil on panel still life with an abundance of fruit, possibly Dutch

Unusual petite French Charles X period mahogany “cabinet de gentilhomme” with satinwood stringing, circa 1820

Late 19th century Scottish oil on panel village scene, identified as Killian Scotland and signed R. Franck, 1883

Quartet of French Napoleon III period hand-burnished gilded brass two-arm sconces in the Empire Revival taste

English school pastel on paper still life with fruit and glass, signed F.M. Norfolk, 1908

Large 19th century French glazed pottery “cruche a vin” wine jug with painted decoration, St. Laurent Macon, circa 1820

19th century French glazed pottery oil jug with spout, Normandy, circa 1840

19th century French yellow glazed pottery jug with lid and striped decoration, Normandy, circa 1840

Large 19th century French brown glazed pottery “cruche a vin” wine jug with three handles, Macon, circa 1830

19th century French glazed pottery oil jug, Normandy, circa 1840

19th century French glazed pottery jug with painted decoration, Macon, circa 1850

Pair of 19th century French Napoleon III period bronze-patinated metal vases in the neo-greque taste, on marble bases

Early 19th century Italian Grand Tour alabaster calix with ram’s head decoration

Early 18th century Italian copperplate engraving of an heroic battle procession, with dedication to the Duke of Mantua, by G. Lepore, Milan, circa 1720s (reference Benezit, volume 8, page 541)

Late 17th century French Aubusson tapestry panel, circa 1690, depicting a bird in a landscape with a chateau in the background

Exceptional large scale early 19th century French Directoire period mahogany documents box

Large scale 18th century French faience platter with ornate polychrome decoration, Rouen, circa 1780

Early 19th century French Charles X period gilded mirror, circa 1820

Framed 19th century French tempura on paper gouache “cartoon” design for Aubusson, circa 1850

Pair of 19th century porcelain “rafriachissoirs” with hand-painted and gilt decoration in the Sevres taste, possibly Meissen

French Napoleon III period wall clock with mother-of pearl decoration, circa 1860

Early 19th century English school gouache watercolor landscape with a stone bridge and fishermen, signed S.D. Phipps, 1829

Large scale English Georgian mahogany tray with scalloped rim and brass handles

Pair of high style early 19th century French Directoire period brass candlesticks in “le gout d’egypte”

Pair of 19th century pewter baluster candlesticks with push-up device, possibly Dutch

Pair of 18th century French Regence/Louis XV transition period brass candlesticks, circa 1740

Pair of 18th century French Regence style brass candelabra with swirl base, circa 1740

Pair of 18th century French Louis XV period silvered brass candlesticks, marks at base untraced, probably Paris

19th century French brass push-up candlestick

Pair of late 19th century lithographs of St. John’s wort and dianthus, from a book on Alpine plants edited by David Wooster and published in London, 1874, based on watercolors by Alexander Francis Lydon

French Louis XVI period Provencale carved and gilded mirror with floral basket ornament at crest, circa 1790

Pair of French Louis XVI period silvered brass candlesticks in the classic taste

French Napoleon III period brass kerosene “lampe a suspension” with opaline shade and nine candle arms, later adapted to electricity