German Porcelain Lidded Boxes 19Th Century, Each Molded With
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LOW HIGH Lot Description Estimate Estimate (Lot of 2) German porcelain lidded boxes 19th Century, each molded with polychrome painted floral sprays, the first (Berlin early 19th century) with canted corners, Gitterwerk bands and a molded branch form handle; the second with gilt-metal mounts, the larger with 2000 a blue scepter mark impressed K22, largest: 6"h x 9.5"w x 7.5"d Provenance: Berlin example acquired from Alexandre Popoff, Paris in 1952. Second Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 2,000 - 4,000 Pair of Sevres style urns, late 19th century, executed in the Louis XVI taste, hand-painted and with ormolu mounts, the obverse painted with courting couples, and the reverse decorated 2001 with luminous landscapes with distant castles, mounted with gilt-bronze bases, ring pulls and pinecone knops, 15.5"h x 7"dia $ 3,000 - 5,000 Pair of Nymphenburg porcelain reticulated "green landscape" service plates circa 1775, the 2002 centered painted with a landscape vignette above rocaille framework, the border pierced as trellis, 10" dia. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 1,200 - 1,800 Meissen porcelain baluster cruet and cover circa 1750, having a mask form spout, notched mouth, domed cover and C scroll handle, painted front and back in purpurmalerie with a 2003 hunting vignette of the taking of a boar or a stag, above a gilt rocaille-scroll bracket, polychrome sprays of forget-me-nots and a rose below the spout handle, 6.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 2,500 - 4,500 Pair of Sceaux faience potpourri lidded vases circa 1780, each having a pierced and notched cover with fruit cluster finial, the compressed cylindrical vase with pierced flat shoulder and 2004 upright bracket handles, painted with loose bouquets of roses and other flowers, rising on a socle foot, the rim as faux marbre, 9.25"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 1,500 - 2,500 Pair of German Volkstedt porcelain white lidded tureens, executed in the Jugenstil taste, the 2005 shaped rectangular tureen with wave edge and raised on stylized shell feet, the cover finial as a laughing Buddha, 8"h x 8"w x 5"d. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 1,500 - 2,000 Meissen porcelain lidded caddy and cover circa 1750, the pear form vessel having a small 2006 domed cover with acorn form finial, having hand-painted polychrome and gilt depictions of court figures in a continuous landscape, with a blue crossed swords mark, press number 28, and gilt monogram AL. mark, 4"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 1,500 - 2,000 French Sevres porcelain lidded box, having bronze mounts, hand painted with polychrome 2007 and gilt depictions of floral sprays framed by blue columnar banding, underside with Sevres conjoined L mark, 2"h x 3"w x 2.25"d $ 300 - 500 (Lot of 3) Sevres style centerpiece bowl and a pair of associated urns, early 20th Century, each with polychrome decoration and accented with ormolu mounts, the body depicting 2008 classical beauties and putti in a grassy meadow, urns: 15.5"h x 5.5"w, centerpiece: 13.5"h x 17"w x 11.5"d $ 800 - 1,200 2009 Pair of Louis XVI style porcelain oval portrait plaques, 19th Century, depicting Louis of Prussia and Maria Antoinette, each in elaborate giltwood rocaille frames, 6.5"h x 5"w $ 500 - 700 Page 1 of 57 (Lot of 7) Desk accessory group, late 18th and 20th Century, comprising a George III 2010 satinwood cut-steel and jasperware-inset box, a Cartier silver stamp box and five Baccarat glass paperweights including zodiac signs, Queen Elizabeth II and Dwight D. Eisenhower, largest: 2"h x 3"w x 3"d. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art. $ 600 - 900 Continental Madonna della Seggiola porcelain plaque, 19th century, the oval form having finely hand painted enamels after the masterpiece by Raphael Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, 2011 1583-1520), "Madonna della Sedia" also known as "Madonna della Seggiola"-1514, currently housed in the Palzzo Pitti in Florence, depicting the Madonna and Child (infant Jesus) in loving embrace with a young John the Baptist at right side holding a cross, overall framed: 10"h x 10"w, plaque unframed approximately 4.5" round $ 700 - 1,000 (lot of 2) Royal Vienna style lidded urns in the Neoclassical taste, each having an ovoid body 2012 centering a reserve depicting classically draped beauties, surrounded by beauties and putti in a bucolic landscape, framed in gilt tracery on a teal and red ground, and rising on a stepped square plinth with gilt accents, 18"h x 7"w x 5.5"d $ 600 - 900 (Lot of 3) Continental ceramic mantel clock and garniture, early 20th century, each formed as a gray stone pillar mounted with a baluster form urn, depicting children in period dress 2013 climbing and cleaning the columns, the largest inset with a round enamel dial having Arabic numerals, 14.5"h x 10.5"w x 5.5"d $ 300 - 500 Jane Hutcheson for Gorham "Fleurs des Siecles" porcelain and enameled floral centerpiece, 2014 having detailed gilt silver sculptural floral sprays supported in a white porcelain tazza with gilt accents, the whole rising on a rectangular plinth, 10.5"h x 10"w x 7.5"d $ 200 - 400 Jaegar Le Coultre Atmos brass mantel clock, the round face having Arabic numerals and a 2015 glass center that exposes the movement, encased in brass and glass, and rising on bracket feet, 9.5"h $ 500 - 700 French porcelain clock with garniture executed in the Chinoiserie taste circa 1920, each two arm garniture with polychrome decorated urn form supports continuing to the ormolu 2016 reticulated base 15"h x 8"w, each flanking the floral encrusted clock having a French movement, and rising on the elephant form standard terminating on the reticulated gilt bronze base, 15.5"h x 11"w $ 4,000 - 6,000 French Napoleon III tantalus, third quarter 19th century, having an ebonized case with 2017 marquetry medallion, opening to the lift out gilt bronze holder containing (4) decanters, and (12) cordial stems, each with gilt accents, 10.5"h x 13"w x 10"d $ 800 - 1,200 (lot of 3) Royal Vienna hand painted porcelain clock, the case having gilt bronze mounts flanking the scenic panels depicting alternating views of a beauty, surrounding the brass dial 2018 with retailer mark Mercod and Jaccard Jewelry Co. / St. Louis, fronting the French movement and rising on a footed base, 17"h x 8"w, together with two urn form garniture, each depicting an alternating scenic reserve, 13"h $ 5,000 - 7,000 2019 No Lot (lot of 5) German roll operated mechanical accordion (street organ), having a marquetry 2020 decorated case, together with 4 player rolls, 9"h x 12"w x 11"d $ 300 - 500 Page 2 of 57 Louis XVI style mantle clock, 19th Century, executed in verigated pink marble with brass 2021 ormolu mounts, the enamel dial with hand-painted Arabic numbers and floral swag garlands, the whole rising on a square marble base, 10.5"h x 3.5"w x 3"d $ 500 - 700 New Universal Atlas of the World, 1822, by Jedidiah Morse and Sidney E. Morse, published 2022 by Howe and Spalding, 11"l x 9"w $ 1,000 - 1,500 Swiss cylinder music box, late 19th century, having a marquetry decorated lid opening to the 2023 11" cylinder playing 12 tunes, the case with a faux grain painted surface, overall 5.5"h x 10.5"w x 8.5"d $ 1,000 - 2,000 English Edwardian gentleman's travelling case circa 1904, the fitted interior having assorted brushes, a large Swiss pocket watch on stand with a Doxa button set movement, diary, card 2024 case, match case, grooming tools, all monogrammed, humidor, sterling capped bottles hallmarked George Betjenmann and Sons, London, 1904, spirits flask, and bevelled mirror, all in a green monogram case with canvas outer case, overall, 16"h x 24"w x 8"d $ 1,000 - 1,500 2025 Peerless Forte Piccolo cylinder music box circa 1900, having a carved quartersawn oak case housing the 7.5" cylinder playing 6 songs, and rising on a footed base, 8.5"h x 20"w x 12"d $ 800 - 1,200 Alan Marks (Los Angeles, 20th century), maple, bocate and figured red gum humidor, 1980, the hinged and paneled door opening to reveal a fitted interior with two drawers and hinged 2026 pipe holders accommodating 14 pipes, 16"h x 26"w x 8"d Provenance: Exhibited at the landmark California Woodworking Exhibition, 'An Exhibition of Contemporary Handcrafted Furniture' Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA December 16, 1980-February 15, 1981, Illustrated in color on page 10 (exhibition catalog included in this lot) $ 400 - 600 Spanish Colonial religious Santos figure, 19th Century, the articulated carved wood body 2027 painted in peach, blue and red, having animated stylized features, the whole rising on a rectangular base, 18"h x 6.25"w x 5.5"d $ 600 - 900 Spanish Colonial style polychrome decorated Santos figure, 19th century, depicting John the 2028 Baptist, the whole rising on a square plinth, 14"h x 4"w x 4.5"d $ 300 - 500 Pair of French enamel decorated and porcelain palace urns, late 19th Century, having gilt bronze rocaille mounts flanking the ovoid form with waisted neck, having a continuous 2029 landscape, the front with depictions of Classical buildings, the reverse with courting couples in period attire, each rising on a cobalt and gilt tiered quatrefoil base, signed "Kouracka" 20"h x 8.5"w x 6.5"d $ 3,000 - 5,000 Large Staffordshire lion, 18th century, depicted with mouth open, and foot resting on ball, 2030 the whole rising on a rectangular base, 8"h x 11"w x 5.5"d $ 1,000 - 2,000 Emma B.