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LOW HIGH Lot Description Estimate Estimate (Lot of 6) Russian porcelain soup bowls, from the Babigon service, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II reign (1894-1917), each decorated with a gilt 2000 central rosette, the border decorated with a delicate frieze of burnished gold vines surrounded by bands of reeded russet, underside with Nicholas II mark, with date marks consisting of 1896, 1902, and 1903, 8.75"w $ 2,000 - 4,000 (Lot of 6) Russian porcelain plates from the Babigon service, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas II reign (1894-1917), each decorated with a gilt central 2001 rosette, the border decorated with a delicate frieze of burnished gold vines surrounded by bands of reeded russet, underside with Nicholas II mark, with date marks consisting of 1897, 1898, and 1912, 9.5"w $ 2,000 - 4,000 Russian sterling silver compote by Aleksandr Lyubavin (St. Petersburg, prior to 1896), 2002 having a cut crystal dish above the figural standard depicting a putto, and rising on a circular base marked with Cyrillic maker's mark, and 84, 8"h $ 3,000 - 5,000 Daum Nancy scenic cameo vase, the diminutive four color vase depicting a lake scene, the 2003 foreground with an imposing oak tree fronting the water's edge, underside marked in script, Daum Nancy, 3.75"h $ 2,000 - 4,000 2004 Moser Karlsbad Bohemian glass vase, having a cylindrical base, executed in topaz, depicting elephants in a naturalistic setting, accented with palm trees, 14"h $ 1,000 - 1,500 Moser green to clear glass vase, the tapered form having gilt floral and scroll accents, 2005 continuing to three handles, and rising on a circular base, underside with Moser stamped mark, 7.5"h $ 400 - 600 2006 Moser Karlsbad Bohemian glass vase, having a footed base, executed in amethyst, depicting elephants in a naturalistic setting, accented with palm trees, 6"h $ 600 - 900 2007 Moser Karlsbad Bohemian glass vase, having a flared rim above a footed base, executed in green, depicting elephants in a naturalistic setting, accented with palm trees, 14"h $ 1,500 - 2,500 (lot of 12) Fine Royal Doulton cabinet plates, late 19th century, each plate with an 2008 elaborate raised gilt and cobalt decorated border, accented with floral and scroll designs, centering a white well, each base marked with a green "Royal Doulton", 10.5"dia. $ 2,000 - 4,000 Framed KPM painted porcelain plaque, 19th century, entitled the "First Snow", depicting 2009 a genre scene of a man in a doorway holding a child in swaddling clothes, standing beside a young girl in the snow, after the painting by Georg Fredrick Bischoff (German, 1819- 1873) , having the KPM mark impressed verso, overall: 19"h x 15"w $ 3,000 - 5,000 KPM porcelain plaque, depicting a gypsy with tambourine, 19th century, the barefoot girl holding a tambourine with a harp in the landscape, the scene from a biblical reference in 2010 Exodus chapter 15 verse 19, KPM mark verso, 7"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 1,500 - 2,500 Page 1 of 68 Tiffany Studios, New York, Grapevine picture frame, first quarter 20th century, executed 2011 in patinated bronze and slag glass, having a beaded border with pierced decorated grapevine pattern, verso stamped Tiffany Studios New York, 946, 10"h x 8"w $ 2,000 - 4,000 (lot of 2) Patinated bronze figural sculptures, designed by Edgar Walter (1877-1938) and cast by C. J. Hillard and Co. installed in 1923, each depicting seahorses, original to the 2012 Steinhart Aquarium, Golden Gate Park, 22"h. Note: Artist name and Caster were provided in a statement by Lewis P. Hobart, Architect on April 27, 1922, these examples were made for the Steinhard as additional sculptural balusters, but never drilled for installation $ 4,000 - 6,000 French Empire style Deroche porcelain teapot, circa 1830, executed in claret and applied gilt banding, having a cylindrical form with a dragon spout, with a band of scrolls and 2013 rosettes, stenciled R.J.J. Rousseau, 6.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 800 - 1,200 French porcelain jug, late 18th century, having a baluster form with polychrome figural 2014 reserves and gilt bulrush surround, the first depicting two putti and a swan, verso a putto with a dolphin fish, 8.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 800 - 1,200 (Lot of 3) Continental soft paste porcelain group, 18th century modeled in high relief with 2015 flowering prunus, including two demitasse cups, one with trembleuse and lobbed saucers; together with a silver mount Saint Cloud porcelain sugar bowl with a Chinese porcelain cover. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 1,500 - 2,000 Pair of Herend porcelain models of guinea fowl, 20th Century, model # 1129 after the J.J. 2016 Kandler model for Meissen, underside with blue shield mark and impressed uppercase marks, 6.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 600 - 900 Louis XV style Chinese porcelain presse papiers, late 19th century, with two peacocks 2017 flanking a tree, the ancient symbol for the division of the soul, rising on a pierced brass ormolu-mounted base, 6.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 400 - 600 Vincennes porcelain two-handled lidded Gobelet with saucers, circa 1750, having a tapering cylindrical form, the shallow domed cover with carnation finial, painted after 2018 Boucher en camaieu bleu, the stand with a boy fishing, the border with three birds in flight, each having blue interlaced L's and painter's marks incised X with serifs to the stand 4.5"h x 4"w. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 800 - 1,200 Pair of Sevres style porcelain turquoise glazed figures depicting Cupid and Psyche, after 2019 Maurice-Etienne Falconet, 19th Century, each depicted in classic pose, unmarked, 7"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 700 - 1,000 Pair of French porcelain beaker vases, each accented with polychrome painted halcyon figures, the reverse with a watery landscape within a gilt cartouche on the trellis pattern 2020 ground, underside with blue crossed swords and dot marks, signed A. Puerin. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 800 - 1,200 (Lot of 2) Louis XVI style ormolu bronze figural sculptures depicting a rooster, 19th 2021 century, each rising on an ebonized spherical standard terminating on a tripod base, 7"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 700 - 1,000 Page 2 of 68 (Lot of 2) French Edouard Honore porcelain soup plates, circa 1860, after the Sevres 2022 'Chiffre Dore' service made for Napoleon III, each having a central "N" and crown monogram with gilt rim, 9 3/8"dia. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 400 - 600 Scheibe-Alsbach (Kister) polychrome and partial gilt porcelain figure of Napoleon I, early 2023 20th century, depicting Napoleon dressed in coronation robes, and rising on a stepped plinth, 13.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 500 - 700 (lot of 3) Continental porcelain figural group, circa 1770, decpicting three allegorical 2024 maidens including Summer, Spring, and Fall, largest: 5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 1,000 - 1,500 (lot of 12) Signed Haviland Limoges hand painted cabinet portrait plates, each with a 2025 scalloped gilt decorated border centering a reserve of a provincial beauty, marked to underside, and each titled verso, signed M. Garnig', 9.5"dia. $ 2,000 - 4,000 Pair of Sevres style porcelain blue ground vases, 19th Century, the baluster form flanked 2026 by lion mask handles, each painted with a maiden and a putto. The reverse with a musical trophy, and rising on an ormolu socle and terminating on the canted square base, 10"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 600 - 900 French Verneuil Factory porcelain plate, 1781-1787, the center with a musical amatory trophy, the border with beaded and floral swags punctuated with a single pansy and rose 2027 blossoms within gilt medallions, verso with conjoined V V mark, 9"dia. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 300 - 500 French Samson porcelain figure of a muse emblematic of sight, 19th century, after the 2028 Meissen model, depicting a maiden standing beside an eagle, holding a telescope to her eye, a mirror in her left hand, rising on a square plinth, blue crossed lines mark, incised square to one corner, 6.5"h. Provenance: from the Birmingham Museum of Art $ 1,000 - 1,500 French gold and tortoise shell snuff box, the top panel attributed to Jacques Frédéric Kirstein of Strasbourg, circa 1825, chased in high relief and superb detail depicting a boar 2029 hunting scene, within a gold and tortoise shell frame with a glass top, tests 18 kyg, 1"h x 3.5"w x 2.25"d; Provenance: Property from the Christian de Guigne' IV Estate, Hillsborough, CA $ 4,000 - 6,000 Rare Sevres style porcelain polychrome decorated candelabrum vase (Vase à Tête d'Eléphant), first half 19th century, originally modelled by Jean-Claude Duplessis, of 2030 baluster form with a scalloped rim, the neck flanked by two stylized elephant heads each trunk scrolling to support a double votive candelabra, flanking the central scenic reserve depicting putti, and rising on a canted base terminating on scrolling feet, 15.5"h. Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA $ 4,000 - 6,000 French Louis XV style gilt mantle clock, featuring a young boy with a basket, base leg 2031 stamped with "P.H. Mourey", original key and pendulum, 13"h $ 800 - 1,200 Page 3 of 68 Rare Sèvres style porcelain pot-pourri gondole, first half 19th century, originally modelled by Jean-Claude Duplessis (active 1748–74), the polychrome and partial gilt decorated 2032 body with depictions of Cupid, the lid encrusted with porcelain floral bouquets, above a lattice pierced body, and rising on rocaille gilt feet, 15.5"h.