Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts

OPULENT LIDDED TANKARD WITH A SILVER MOUNT

Historicism, Vienna ca. 1875. The silver mounts with maker's mark Christian Friedrich Rothe (1817–1892) and inscribed C.F. Rothe K.K. Hof- u. Kammer-Juwelier, probably in collaboration with Anton Dominik von Fernkorn (1813–1878).

The walls of the ivory vessel are circumferentially carved with a Medieval battle scene, carved in relief. Base, cover and handle in silver, finely decorated with leaves, scrolls and mascarons. Opulently decorated handle featuring a knight during a sword fight. The cover features an ivory figure designed as a Tatar on horseback, wielding a battleaxe.

H 46 cm.

BUREAU PLAT

Louis XV, France ca. 1740/50.

Rosewood and tulipwood, inlaid in reserves framed by fillets. Rectangular top, edged in brass, with brown, embossed leather lining; on curved legs with bronze sabots. Front with three drawers, the center drawer slightly recessed. Same but sham arrangement on verso. Gilt bronze mounts designed as rocailles, leaves and blossoms, revenue stamp "C couronné". 3 keys. Requires some restoration.

146 × 77 × 77.5 cm.

TAPESTRY, PROBABLY FROM A SERIES DEPICTING THE LIFE OF JACOB

Brussels or Enghien, ca. 1550/75.

This tapestry features an old bearded man leaning on a stick and being welcomed by a younger man. He is followed by a servant with a long staff, looking back at a seated woman with a child. Biblical depiction, probably of the Reconciliation between Jacob and his son Joseph, King of Egypt (Genesis 47: 5-6). Floral border decorated with fruit.

390 × 463 cm.

LARGE TAPESTRY FROM THE SERIES "THE LIFE OF CAESAR"

Brussels, mid-17th century. City mark BB (Brabant-Brussels) and signed G. Peemans (Gérard Peemans, active 1660-1707).

Depicting a battle scene, the upper part inscribed in a cartouche "IULIUS CAESAR ET POMPEUS CONFLIGUINT". Wide border with an opulent floral garland featuring figures and a depiction of shepherds in a cartouche.

400 x 600 cm.

LARGE PICTORIAL PANEL WITH SCENES FROM THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Historicism ca. 1860/80.

Architecturally structured wooden frame, applied with ivory carved in bas-relief. Opulently decorated with tendrils, mascarons, busts, and figures. The top, featuring the coat-of-arms of James IV, King of Scotland, flanked by two angels. The central panel, flanked by freestanding columns, depicts King Charles I of England, after a painting by Anthony van Dyck (Charles I at the Hunt, 1635), with a portrait of the young Mary Stuart on the throne, above. Below, a small depiction of Charles I's three eldest children, also after a painting by van Dyck (ca. 1636). On the left, a depiction of the Dissolution of the Long Parliament by Oliver Cromwell, after a painting by Benjamin West (ca. 1782). Above, an oval portrait of James, son of Mary Stuart and Henry Stuart, later James XI, King of Scotland and James I, King of England and Ireland. Below, a cavalry battle from the Civil War of England, probably after a painting by Ernest Crofts. On the right, the landing of King Charles II on the coast at Dover in 1660, after a painting by Benjamin West (ca. 1782). Above, probably an oval portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh. Below, a naval battle, probably at Barfleur and La Hougue (1692) or at Terheide (1657).

100 × 128 cm.

PAIR OF PLATES FROM THE SERVICE "CAMPAGNE NAPOLÉON"

Paris, 1809-1812. Maker's mark: Martin-Guillaume Biennais.

Silver. Engraved with the coat-of-arms of Napoléon I. The back with engraved numbers: 471 and 483.

D 21 cm. Weight: 487 g.

COMMODE

Louis XV, France, probably Nantes or Bordeaux ca. 1760. Indistinctly signed and with guild stamp.

Rosewood, tulipwood and in part tinted precious woods, inlaid in the form of laurel vines, flowers, scrolled leaves and reserves. Convex body on curved legs with sabots. Front with two sans-traverse drawers. Gilt bronze mounts, probably in part replaced. Grey, red and white speckled "Breccia" marble top. 2 keys.

122 × 62 × 85 cm.

RARE PENDANT WATCH

Southern Germany, probably by Hans Christoph Kreizer, Augsburg ca. 1630.

Pierced, engraved and gilt brass, and cut glass. Oval-shaped, the sides decorated with facetted glass elements, in brass mounts decorated with scrolled leaves and buds. The front and the back open up, and are decorated with glass elements. The rear cover is likewise decorated with facetted glass elements. Silvered dial with hours in Roman numerals, enameled with a Phoenix and foliage (with losses). Fine movement with verge escapement, and striking the hour on a bell arranged in the rear cover. Iron cut-outs designed as tendrils. Barrels engraved with foliage. Suspension eyelet.

H 8.5 cm.

IRON CASKET BEARING THE COATS OF ARMS OF THE "PEYER" AND "VON WALDKIRCH" FAMILIES

Schaffhausen, 17th century.

Wooden core with iron mounts, and painted; the cover bearing the coats of arms of the "Peyer" and "von Waldkirch" families. The front, triple-paneled, the central panel is painted with a wreath of flowers around the escutcheon, which is designed as two double-scrolls featuring King David playing the harp or the lyre and Orpheus as a singer with a lion at his feet. Both sides of the casket are painted with flowers. Rectangular body with a hinged cover. Forged handles. Iron lock. 1 key.

46.5 × 24.5 ×23 cm.

LARGE, OPULENT PLATE

Germany, ca. 1860/80.

Ivory, carved in relief, and silver, in part enameled. Mounted on a bowl in dark stained oak. Oval shape, the mirror with a relief depicting the Abduction of Europa by Zeus. The wide rim set with four semicircular reserves depicting mythological dances of aquatic creatures, and with four silvered medallions with mythological depictions, in a scrolled frame with polychrome enamel inlays and glass stones. Dutch import stamp: J.

77 x 60 cm.