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Lot 463
‡A pair of Art Deco patinated bronze owl andirons attributed to Edgar Brandt (French 1880-1960), each in the form of a horned owl perching on a pair of entwined snakes, on an inverted breakfront plinth, (struts lacking), 52.5cm high, 35.7cm wide. (2) Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. For similar examples see: Sotheby's, New York, 6th December 1996, lot 304. A single, signed, unmounted version of this andiron sold at Sotheby's, Monte Carlo, 11th March 1984, lot 343. A similar pair sold at Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 21st April 2012, lot 545.
Lot 458
Emmanuel Hannaux (French 1855-1934). An Art Deco cold painted bronze of a naked maiden, holding aloft a dragon helmet, standing on a wavy mound, with a dragon wrapped around her legs, stamped 'EL2', the stepped marble plinth signed 'Hannaux', 39cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. See Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, p.177.
Lot 446
Johan Peter Molin (Swedish 1814-1873). A biscuit porcelain group of the 'Knife wrestlers' or 'Baltesspannarna' by Gustafsberg of Stockholm, depicting two athletic men wrestling, each holding a dagger, the naturalistic base impressed with 'I P MOLIN STOCKHOLM 17/3/1864', mounted on a classical plinth base, decorated with serpents and panels of classical figures, with impressed marks 'GUSTAFSBERG with an anchor', 80.2cm high (overall), 43.4cm wide, 23.7cm deep. Provenance:The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. See the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool for another version of this work. See Sotheby's, Amsterdam, A distinguished private collection from Corsica, 29th September 2008, lot 156 for a similar example. The Knife Wrestlers was first exhibited in Paris in 1859. During the 19th century there was a revival in interest in Norse mythology and this sculpture represents a form of combat described in the Nordic tales. A bronze of this group can be found in the centre of Gothenburg.
Lot 460
Bruno Zach (Ukraine 1891-1945). A large Art Deco bronze figural lamp, modelled with a standing nude female, the base signed 'B. Zach', mounted with a brass Corinthian capital column fitted with three lights, on a veined black marble plinth, c.1925, the bronze: 80.5cm high, overall: 137.2cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 452
‡Pierre Le Faguays (French 1892-1962). An Art Deco bronze figure 'Olympian', with an athletic young man standing on a rocky plinth holding a victor's laurel wreath aloft, signed 'P LE Faguays' and applied with a metal plaque inscribed 'EXPOSITION PHILATELIQUE NATIONALE GRENOBLE 1934', 108cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. By repute this bronze featured in the feature film '39 Steps' by Alfred Hitchcock and belonged to a man in Elstree.
Lot 413
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian 1475-1564). A pair of French bronze and parcel gilt Grand Tour models of Day and Night, from the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici in the Sagrestia Nuova by Barbedienne, each signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR' and with 'A. COLLAS' pastille, 20.7cm high, 40.8cm long. (2) Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 423
An early 19th century French classical gilt and patinated bronze Grand Tour inkstand, of sarcophagus form, the lid modelled with a kneeling Cupid and with four quill holders, the body decorated with Venus being drawn by two dolphins in a shell, accompanied by a triton, the interior with two porcelain inkwells (one broken), a sander and a lift-out tray, 15cm high, 12.5cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 461
Marcel-Andre Bouraine (French 1886-1948). A French Art Deco bronze model of Penthesilia Queen of the Amazons, lying firing her bow, signed 'Bouraine' and 'Susses Fre Edts Paris', 'cire perdure' with the Susse Freres foundry pastille, 29cm high, 45.2cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. See Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, p.49.
Lot 428
After Provin Serres (French b.1840). A French bronze group of Jupiter and the eagle, the god clutching a thunderbolt and riding an eagle on billowing clouds, signed 'Serres scpt', 49.3cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. Provin Serres was a pupil of the sculptor Mathurin Moreau.
Lot 491
λ A Regency kingwood and rosewood side cabinet, applied with gilt bronze beading and mounts, with a verde antico marble top, above a pair of crossbanded cedar lined drawers inlaid with stylised Greek key and arrow stringing, with anthemion escutcheons and mounts, above a pair of mirrored doors enclosing two adjustable shelves and on ring turned mushroom feet, 109cm high, 109.5cm wide, 31.9cm deep.
Lot 407
After the antique. A late 19th century bronze Grand Tour figure of the Borghese Gladiator, standing on an ebonised wooden plinth, 28.8cm high. Although known as the Borghese Gladiator the original marble is in fact based on a fighting warrior and it dates from 100BC. Since its discovery in the early 17th century at Antium, the Borghese Gladiator has been praised as an aesthetic male nude in motion.
Lot 383
A 19th century Italian Florentine ebony and ebonised pietra dura cabinet in Baroque style, inset overall with various marble and hard stone panels, including: lapis lazuli, breche d'alep, Spanish brocatalle, red serpentine, Siena, vert maurin, onyx, alabasters, the swan neck pedimented top surmounted by a bronze bust of Cosimo de Medici, above architectural mouldings, with a recessed arch flanked by urn finials, above five drawers, with gilt bronze Moor's head handles, flanked by four alabastro fiorito Corinthian columns, the sides with cupboard doors above a single deep drawer with a faux front, the inside with a typed paper label inscribed 'Bought from Mr Cleverly, Swindon, about 1926.', the base with a frieze drawer above a panelled cupboard door, 275.5cm high, 99.5cm wide, 52cm deep.
Lot 573
λ After Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian 1783-1855). A Victorian electrotype rondel with a bronze finish of the obverse side of the Waterloo medal, relief decorated, depicting the four rulers of the nations triumphant at the battle of Waterloo, with an outer band with a mythological allegory evoking peace, 13cm diameter, mounted in a rosewood frame, together with a bronze medallion depicting a relief bust of a lady, inscribed 'ELEONORA.MED.FRAN.I.M D ETR.FILIA.MANT.DVX', 8.7cm diameter. (2)
Lot 453
Charles Octave Levy (French 1820-1899). A large bronze figure of a miner, standing bare chested on a naturalistic base holding his pickaxe and with a lamp, inscribed 'Mineur par Levy Salon des Beaux Arts', signed 'CH LEVY' and with a pastille inscribed 'BRONZE GARANTI AU TITRE L.V. DEPOSEE', numbered '7109', 101.4cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 258
An Empire ormolu mantel clock by Le Roy of Paris, the twin train eight day brass drum cased movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with silk suspension, the circular annular enamel dial set within a chariot wheel with the movement visible through the spokes, with Roman numerals and signed 'LEROY PALAIS ROYAL No.114 A PARIS', the classical case depicting Minerva standing holding her shield, riding the lion chariot Diomedes, the plinth base applied with wreaths, the corners modelled as fasces with halberd finials and with a central scene of classical figures in a landscape setting, 45.5cm high, 49.2cm wide. Provenance: Purchased at a Christie's House sale. The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. Basile Charles Le Roy (1765-1839) founded The Maison de Le Roy in 1785 at Palais Royal in La Galerie de Pierre, Paris and was well known for producing fine quality clocks to the aristocracy and wealthy elite. He was the Master Clockmaker to Napoleon and worked for the King of Westphalia, Princess Pauline and the Duc de Bourbon. See Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, p.69.
Lot 408
A late 19th century French classical bronze Grand Tour tazza by Barbedienne, with leaf and scroll handles, the centre with a relief portrait bust of Venus, the base stamped 'F. BARBEDIENNE & CIE' and with a printed paper trade label 'F. BARBEDIENNE, 30, Bt Poissonniere BRONZE D'ART', 13cm high, 26cm wide.
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