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Click here to subscribeAn Italian black patinated bronze model of the Herculaneum Satiro Ebbro, later 18th/early 19th century, portrayed nude and reclining on a lion-skin covered rock, mounted to a rectangular bardiglio marble base, 15.5cm high, 14cm wideThe present bronze takes its inspiration from the large Roman bronze of the drunken satyr, excavated at the Villa dei Papiri in Naples in 1750, now in the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
A patinated bronze table salt in the form of a clam shell, 19th century, naturalistically modelled overall, raised on a stem cast with coral sprays and mounted to a rectangular black marble base, 10cm high, 12cm wide Condition Report: Mid-brown patina overall, with small traces of gilding. A handful of small chips and nibbles to edges and corners of the base, though overall the lot is in perfectly presentable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
An Italian patinated bronze model of a putto with a dolphin after Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488), late 18th/early 19th century, on a domed circular socle, 12.5cm high, 7cm wide; and a patinated bronze model of Cupid, portrayed holding a quiver of arrows and seated on a domed base, 9.5cm high
An Italian patinated bronze figural inkwell with Atlas supporting the globe, in the manner of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, possibly 18th century, the crouched, bearded figure seated on a circular base raised on paw feet, 19cm high, 14cm wideThe present lot takes its inspiration from inkwells produced in the Paduan workshop of sculptor Severo Calzetta da Ravenna (1465-1543), who was renowned for his whimsical small-scale bronze inkwells, lamps and other objects in bronze, often incorporating mythological themes. An example of related design is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. It is there noted that the ink basin in the raised hand would likely once have supported a large globular oil lamp.
A green patinated bronze model of Mercury after Giambologna, second half 19th century, the deity portrayed balancing on his left leg, on a stepped circular white marble and granite socle and square plinth, the bronze 51cm high, overall height 72cmCondition Report: Mottled green patination. Lacking elements including wings to helmet and staff. The edges of the base have some chips and nibbles.The arm has a casting join from manufacture and there is some radial movement between the feet and wings.Condition Report Disclaimer
A French parcel gilt and patinated bronze model of a centaur, early 19th century, of small proportions, portrayed holding a bow and arrow in his raised arms, on a rectangular socle, 10cm high, 7cm wide overallCondition Report: Tiny firing crack to the front left leg. Some very slight bending to bow and arrow.Condition Report Disclaimer
An Italian or French gilt bronze model of the Uffizi Boar after the Antique, 19th century, on a rectangular serpentine marble base, 12cm high, 15cm wide overallCondition Report: Some wear to gilding, including losses of gilt to snout and base.The bronze is detached from its marble base, and has traces of adhesive residue where formerly attached. Condition Report Disclaimer
A fine North Italian patinated bronze model of a seated nymph, 17th century, after the Antique and in the manner of examples by Giovanni Fonduli da Crema and Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacorsi, called l'Antico, the maiden portrayed partially draped and seated on a loosely modelled tree stump, mounted to a flecked black marble base, 21.5cm high, the base 14cm wide The present bronze is an interpretation of a known and much admired Roman type, such as the marble group currently in the Uffizi, formerly the Caffarelli Collection and known to have been excavated during the late 15th or 16th century, and the nymph at the Museo Archeologico in Naples (Pompeiian Collection, inv. no. 6365). The seated nymph reaching for her outstretched foot inspired several Italian sculptors revisiting the Antique, as early as the latter part of the 15th century. The best-known example is the graceful seated nymph by Antico, who was primarily active in the North-Italian court of Mantua, under the patronage of Isabella d'Este. A rare circa 1503 cast of his seated nymph, remarkably similar in composition, was sold at Sotheby's, 8 December 2009. That statuette may have been created to accompany Antico's statuette of the Spinario, which depicts a male youth in a similar pose, cradling his foot. The seated marble nymph this bronze may have been derived from was sometimes also referred to as the 'ninfa alla spina', further drawing attention to the thematic affinity between the two Ancient groups in the eyes of a Renaissance admirer.While similarities with the Antico model are certainly striking, the arm extending all the way down to the foot instead of resting on the calf as well as the handling of the facial features and hair can also be compared to the statuette of the seated nymph by Giovanni da Fonduli in the Wallace Collection.Like the examples by Fonduli and Antico, the present bronze also retains traces of gilding to the hair and drapery.See Wilhelm Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, M.A.S. De Reinis, New York, Vol 2, plates XCI-XCII for the Wallace Collection model and other, similar versions of the nymph.See also W. Terni de Gregory, 'Giovanni da Crema and his Seated Goddess', in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 92, No. 567 (Jun., 1950), pp. 158-161 for further background on the Fonduli statuette and its connection to the ancient marble prototype
A rare German gilt bronze alloy model of a giraffe, possibly 17th century, likely Augsburg or Nuremberg, the animal portrayed with a turned neck and stylised features, 18.5cm highThe present bronze is possibly an early rendition of a giraffe as viewed by European craftsmen. The sloped back, buckled hind legs and elongated face may not have derived from a first-hand encounter with the exotic animal, but instead bear distinct similarities to prints of giraffes that circulated at the time.A direct influence may have been the Icones, by 16th century Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner, which includes an illustration of a giraffe in an almost identical pose and with similarly pointed features.Exotic animals provided popular subject matter for bronziers and silver smiths in 16th and 17th century Southern Germany, where they were not only seen as collectible curiosities but also used as table ornaments. A well-known example of this tradition is the silver ostrich by Elias Zorer in the Wallace Collection, whose stylised and elongated features share a similar visual language to the present bronze.Condition Report: The giraffe bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age.There are some areas of loss and wear to the gilding, including to the face and feet. Some dark parts to gilding in the shape of 'drips', to the belly and right haunch. The gilding is quite lustrous and 'oily' overall. The giraffe appears to have been cast in two halves and there is a join running along the belly and back, and up to the neck. The hind legs are quite strongly buckled which is likely the design, though there may possibly have been some bending or damage (if this is the case it is not at all apparent). Overall this unusual and fascinating bronze is in perfectly presentable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Regency gilt and patinated bronze candlesticks, circa 1815, each foliate cast nozzle raised on a dolphin stem, 18.5cm highCondition Report: These sticks bear the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use.The dolphins have a rich brown patina.Aside from slight bending to interior of drip pans, slight wear to edges of gilding and some blu-tac residue inside the nozzles (which could of course be easily cleaned), these are in satisfactory condition overall.Please note that these are also iron-weighted to the underside. Condition Report Disclaimer
An Italian patinated bronze Grand Tour souvenir model of the Uffizi Wrestlers, after the Antique, 19th century, the group mounted to a rectangular rouge griotte base, the bronze circa 9cm high, 12cm wide, 12cm high, 15cm long overallCondition Report: The present bronze is an interesting cast as it appears to have been made in sections and shows multiple joins. There is some radial movement between the bronze and the base. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Venetian bronze alloy candlestick, late 16th/early 17th century and later drilled, the nozzle cast as a twin handled urn with grotesque masks, the drip pan and domed base engraved with arabesques and Greek key motifs, 15.5cm high, the base 14cm diameterCondition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer
Coffey (George) The Bronze Age in Ireland, lg. 8vo D. (Hodges, Figgis & Co.) 1913, First Edn., illus., cloth; MacAlister (R.A.S.) Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times, 8vo D. (The Talbot Press), n.d. First, blue cloth gilt lettered spine; Romilly Allen (J.) Early Christian Symbolism, 8vo L. (Whiting & Co.) 1887, First, frontis, illus., gilt decor. cloth; Sexton (E.H.L.) A Descriptive and Bibliographical List of Irish Figure Sculptures of the Early Christian Period, 4to Maine 1946, Ltd. Edn., illus., cloth and d.j. (4)
A BRONZE CORPUS CHRISTI AND THREE OTHER SIMILAR, SMALLER SCULPTURES, 19TH/20TH C, 67CM H AND SMALLER AND THREE OTHER BRONZE RELIEF SCULPTURES, COMPRISING CROWN OF THORNS, CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS AND ONE OTHER, UNEVEN GREEN OR BROWN PATINA (7) Generally much encrusted with smoke or dirt, water/verdigris stained
SILVER COINS. ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE 1977, UNITED KINGDOM PROOF COMMEMORATIVE CROWN (9), THE SAME, CROWN DEPENDENCIES, OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND MAURITIUS (7), SILVER JUBILEE 1977 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL, OFFICIAL ROYAL MINT ISSUE, SILVER (2; LARGE AND SMALL) AND BRONZE (2; LARGE AND SMALL) AND Cu Ni CROWNS (9), ALL IN CASE OF ISSUE (29)
AFRICA GSM - WWI GROUP OF FIVE, AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, ONE CLASP, SOMALILAND 1902-04, 1914-15 STAR, BRITISH WAR MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL WITH MENTION EMBLEM AND ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY MEDAL (BRONZE, SMALL, UNSUCCESSFUL) SUB LIEUT C CALLAGHAN RN HMS NAIAD [ON AFRICA GSM, LT COMMR C CALLAGHAN RN ON TRIO, LIEUT C CALLAGHAN RN APRIL 1 1904 ON LAST] AND 1939-1945 STAR, AFRICA STAR, WAR MEDAL AND AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL 178942 M J CALLAGHAN, A RIBBON BAR AND MINIATURE AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL WITH SOMALILAND 1902-04 CLASP
A FRENCH BRONZE SCULPTURE OF TWO BAREFOOT GLEANERS AND A YOUTH CARRYING A HARE, C1880, DIVIDED BY THREE SCROLLING FOLIATE UPRIGHTS TERMINATING IN A CLOVEN HOOF, ON TRI-FORM BASE WITH GUILLOCHE AND PALMETTES, PROBABLY ORIGINALLY AN OIL LAMP BASE AND NOW SUPPORTING A CUT GLASS BOWL, 49CM H OVERALL Good quality and condition, the glass bowl cracked
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