After Pierre Lepautre (French, 1660-1744): A 19th century patinated bronze figural group of Anchises, Aeneas and Ascaniuson a naturalistic square base signed Lepautre, raised on a later stepped wooden square plinth, the figure, 41cm high, 46cm high overall including plinth (2)Footnotes:Pierre Lepautre was a French sculptor and a member of a prolific family of artists who were active in the 17th and 18th centuries. He also become a member of the modest artists' Académie de Saint-Luc, for which he held a lifetime post as Rector rather than applying for the more prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.Lepautre won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome, where he was a pensionnaire' from 1683 to 1701. While in Rome he sent back to France a number of sculptures demonstrating his skill, among which were the 'Faune au chevreau' of 1685 which went to ornament the gardens at Château de Marly. Lepautre returned to Paris in 1701 and his figure of 'Atalante' from 1704 also decorated the gardens at Marly. From 1705 to 1710 he was occupied with decorative bas-reliefs and sculptures of Saint Ambrose and Saint Agnes for the royal chapel of Versailles under the artistic supervision of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. The sculptors celebrated sculpture of Aeneas carrying Anchises was begun in Rome where Lepautre made numerous terracotta bozzetti for it. Subsequently a number of bronze reductions of the work were made for a number of famous collectors in the 18th century before it was much more widely copied in the 19th century for collectors and sculptors alike including the famed Neo-Classical sculptor David d'Angers who's widow subsequently bequeathed his copy of the famous work to the French nation.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
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Of Indian (Assam) racing interest: After John Willis Good (British, 1845-1879): An early 20th century silvered bronze presentation equestrian model of the 'Tired Hunter' together with a silver plated mounted hoof candlestickthe horse standing on an oval presentation base, signed J. Willis Good, raised on a contemporary ebonised wooden plinth with applied engraved silver presentation plaques marked DIBRUGARH RACES 1906, PRESENTED BY The Honble Nawab Salimullah Bahadour C.S.I, Won By 'TOPSY' III, the candlestick engraved to the base MR C. H. HOLDERS / TOPY(sic?). BY. COMMODORE. / B. AUST. M. TOPSY. III BY. GONSALVE, the side engraved FROM JANUARY 1902 TO JANUARY 1909 WON 47 RACES AND RAN SECOND 25 TIMES. IN ASSAM. INDIA, DIED 24TH AUGUST. 1909, the bronze, 38cm high, 42cm high including plinth, the candlestick, 20cm high (2)Footnotes:John Willis Good was talented English animalier sculptor who can be compared to the French masters of the animalier school. During his short but prolific career he mainly concentrated on studies of hunting scenes, dogs and racehorses producing them in bronze and terracotta. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1870 to 1878 and Elkington & Co cast many of his pieces. He made his debut at the Royal Academy with his plaster model of 'Putting hounds into cover'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A pair of Louis Phillipe gilt and patinated bronze candlesticks, later converted to lamp basesthe elaborate lotus and acanthus cast baluster column supports below foliate cast urn nozzles, with stiff-leaf cast drip pans on acanthus and lions paw tripartate supports, on shaped corresponding platform bases, later adapted for electricity and with gold silk pleated shades, 61cm high overall including shades (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A late 19th century/early 20th century patinated bronze figure of Venuspossibly English, the nude Goddess with her arms uplifted, standing on a conch shell above a stylised wave with nymph and sprite, on square moulded integral soccle base, 83cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze mounted Charles Ficquenet Sevres faiences turquoise glazed vase lamp basesin the Japanesque tastethe bottle necked vases in the archaistic style, with incised palmette and foliate scrolling decoration, with pierced adjustable burners and corresponding pierced Chinese style footed bases, the vase bodies with impressed factory marks to the interior, each later adapted for electricity, 49cm high overall (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A pair of late 19th/early 2Oth century French gilt bronze mounted crackle glazed ceramic lamp basesin the Louis XVI stylethe baluster bodies with applied angular scrolling handles with ribbon tied laurel terminals, the lamp fitting with lobed and acanthus cast decoration, raised on Laurel wreath and re-entrant cut corner bases, together with two cream silk shades, possibly originally oil lamp bases and later fitted for electricity, 47cm high (not including electrical fitting and shades) (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A large patinated bronze figure of a nude femaleunsigned, circa 1910 in the classical-style, the figure wearing a snake armlet and balancing two balls, the integral base with a Greek key band, raised on a stepped and striated black marble plinth 77.3cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A patinated bronze figure of a nude female dancerunsigned, circa 1920the figure holding a large hoop over her head, raised on a black marble plinth,42.3cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A 19th century French gilt bronze fenderin the Empire stylethe chenet ends of rectangular form with applied floral roundel and scrolling anthemion mounts surmounted by recumbant Egyptian sphinxes, the adjustable central section with further corresponding mount, 22.5cm high, 110cm wide overall fully extended (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A pair of French patinated bronze models of rearing horses in the manner of models by Francesco Fanelli (Italian, 1577-after 1641) raised on gilt bronze basesprobably late 18th or early 19th centurythe rearing beasts with open mouths and curling manes, each with an elaborate strapwork cast tasselled saddle cloth, the rectangular swept plinth bases with hatched panelled decoration within foliate and ovolo, gadrooned and acanthus borders, raised on bun feet, the horses, 22cm high, overall 39.5cm high, 33cm deep, 55cm wide (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceChristies Le Bois Muralt: The Collection Of A European Noble Family, 19 January 2000, lot 660 The rearing horse models of the present lot are raised on bases which originally appear to have been mounted as fireplace chenet. The horses probably originally influenced by the earlier rearing horse models of by Fanellli have delineated hooves to the underside of the feet and tooled strapwork tasselled saddlecloths. For a comparable pair of horses to the offered lot with patinated bodies and gilded saddlecloths, see Sotheby 'Property from a New York Private Collection' 27 October 2017, lot 137 'Pair of Italian Baroque parcel-gilt bronze figures of rearing horses, Venice', provenance: Collection of Pamela Churchill Hayward Harriman, -purchased Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York 1986., exhibited Rosenberg & Stiebel 'A Bronze Bestiary' April - June 1985, cat. no. 35.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A large green patinated bronze figure of a Native American cast from a model by Bruno Zachsigned 'Bruno Zach' in the bronze, circa 1925,modelled as an native American in traditional costume and feather headdress, and seated on a rearing horse holding a rifle over his lap,62.5cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
Bacchante': A patinated bronze figure cast from a model by Georges Omerthsigned 'G.Omerth' in the bronze, circa 1900 modelled as a semi-clad bacchante sitting on a pedestal holding up a bunch of grapes in each hand42cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
Danae': A patinated and gilt bronze erotic figure cast from a model by Paul Ludwig Kowalczewskisigned 'P. Ludw. Kowalczewski d. ältere' in the cast, circa 1900modelled and cast as as a naked woman on a draped chair and depicting the seduction of Danae by Zeus disguised as golden rain; with integral bronze base mounted on a later wood plinth,the integral base 30.4cm long overall
Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1865-1922): A patinated and gilt bronze metamorphic figure of a 'Nuremberg Iron Maiden'/erotic maidenthe faux riveted case with twin hinged doors with articulated bale handles surmounted by a female mask head within an inverted heart shaped backing, opening to a later green plush lined interior revealing a removable nude female in coquettish pose, on stepped square shallow plinth base, the signed C Kauba, fitted for electricity, 25.5cm high overall
Franz Xaver Bergmann (Austrian, 1861–1936): An early 20th century cold painted bronze metamorphic seated Buddha/female deity lamp the figure of the rotund seated buddha opening to reveal an exotic scantily clad jewelled female deity or goddess raised on a platform before a shell light fitting, on oval lotus base, the rear with Nam Greb and amphora B factory marks, mounted on a Porto marble rectangular plinth, fitted for electricity, 26cm high
A Carved Ivory and Patinated Bronze Figure of an Aviatorunsigned, circa 1925the figure in flight overalls, cap, googles and a scarf, and pulling on one of his gloves27.6cm highFootnotes:Same model (on a different plinth) illustrated in Statuettes of the Art Deco Period, Alberto Shayo, ACC Books, Woodbridge, 2016, p.242.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ?Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.? This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.
A late 19th/early 20th century French Algerian gilt bronze and champleve enamel mounted onyx pedestalin the manner of F. Barbedienneof tapering square section column form in green and brown onyx, the moulded top above a foliate and roundel frieze with enamelled button decoration, the shaft with Moorish style shaped and tasseled corner mounts, the stepped tapering and footed base with further applied shaped and square plaques on block feet, 16cm high, 36cm x 36cm topThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.NOTE: Please note that this should read '116cm' high
A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze figural candlesticksin the Louis XV style, each modelled after a design by Juste Aurele Meissonnier (French 1695-1750)the foliate candlesticks each modeled as a pair of children wrapped around a central stems supporting a foliate urn nozzles, on shell footed swept base, 26cm high Footnotes:Provenance: Property of a Gentleman CollectorFootnote:The design of the current lot is based on Meissonnier's 1728 published design for a candlestick,and the three drawings for this model being engraved by Louis Desplaces (French 1682–1739)
An early 20th century French gilt bronze mounted and cafe au lait glazed and famille rose decorated porcelain lamp basethe porcelain possibly Samsonthe vase of squat ovoid form, with domed cover painted with floral enamelled leaf shaped panels reserved on a coffee glazed ground, the base with laurel cast mount, the electrical fitting with fruiting knopped finial, 75cm high overallThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A matched garniture of three French gilt bronze mounted famille rose decorated porcelain vasesthe porcelain probably Samsoneach vase of ovoid form with domed cover, variously painted with figures within oval panels, vases of chrysanthemums and other flowers and precious objects, peony sprays and birds, all within foliate and formalised stylised borders, the matching footed mounts in the Louis XVI style with laurel cast garland borders, one cover with Buddistic dog finial, all later adapted, the largest 75cm high overall (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A good decorative continental gilt bronze mounted porcelain garniture vasein the Napoleonic Sevres style, probably early 20th centurythe vase of baluster form with cylindrical neck, painted to one side with an oval reserve of a battle scene depicting Napoleon on horseback, the rear with a similar reserve of a plain landscape, both within laurel borders reserved on a gilt vermiculated blue de roi ground and with applied gilt bronze N monogram and gilded eagle insignia decoration, the rim with pierced foliate border, raised on an elaborate square base and scrolling paw feet, 86cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
Paul Paulin (French, 1852-1937): A patinated bronze figure of the young Mozartthe boy composer holding his violin in one hand and his bow in his other hand, the cartouche shaped base signed to the rear Pauli and with integral titled plaque MOZART, 61.5cm highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A Louis XIV gilt bronze mounted and brass inlaid tortoiseshell bracket clockthe movement and door signed for Gilles Martinot, Paristhe arched rectangular case with swept caddy top with urn finals surmounted by a winged classical figure, above a shaped apron on foliate toupie feet, the 7' gilt foliate dial with enamel Roman numerals below a pierced figural and cornucopia frieze with central signed plaque, the brass twin train striking movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and outside countwheel, with pendulum, case key and winder, 64cm high, 26cm wide, 13cm deepThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.
A verdigris patinated bronze model of a classical youth's head together with a carved marble model of a classical maiden's headboth after the antiquethe first hollow cast looking to sinister with curling hair, the second modelled full face, her chignon dressed hair surmounted by a diadem, on later metal base, the first 26cm high, the second 27cm high
A World War II Royal Artillery Officer's Service Cap with bronze cap badge; a set 15 large York & Lancaster Regiment buttons; another set of 8 smaller; a set of four Officer 'pips' or Bath Stars, brass & enamel, the central crowns surrounded by the motto 'Juncta In Uno Trio'; a pair of Drummers Proficiency Trade Badge; a York and Lancaster WWI Regiment cap badge; a pair of Y & L shoulder title badges; a York & Lancaster Regiment collar badge; a Royal Engineers WWII collar badge; a brass Royal Coat of Arms; a Third Reich Nazi German cloth badge (qty)
RAF ATHLETICS MEDALS. Six cased bronze & two silver coloured medals: two Royal Air Force Athletics & Cross Country Association bronze medals; a 1930 winners medal for the 440 Yards Team Relay Race & a 1931 360 Yards Hurdles Relay runners-up medal; also four other bronze & two silver coloured RAF athletics medals for relay (2), hurdles (2), running & football. Also one other unrelated 1935 silver medal.All awarded to T.H.B. Watson. Provenance: His family (see previous lot).
*Michael Ayrton (1921-1975) bronze sculpture - Woman Wringing Out Her Hair, conceived in 1959, on wooden base, 26.5cm high Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by Nigel Balchin, a close friend of Ayrton's, thence by descent Literature: Michael Ayrton, Drawings and Sculpture, with a Forward by C. P. Snow, Cory, Adams & Mackay, London, 1962, illustrated pl.73 (another cast)
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