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Click here to subscribeA hand built model artillery carriage complete with ammunition boxes, cannon balls and powder kegs, 17in. (43.2cm.) long; together with a model depressing cannon with 3in. (7.6cm.) bronze barrel on oak column; and a model cannon in an 'A' frame cradle with velocity measure, 6¼in. (15.9cm. long. -3
A hand made model of a mortar cannon the 5in. bronze barrel on elongated chain driven base, with two wheels to underside to enable rotation, 11½in. (29.5cm.) long. * CONDITION: In good condition, with no damage. Light surface rust to the few steel detail parts and part of chain. Chain wind working well.
A CHINESE BRONZE AND ENAMEL MOON FLASK with applied foo dog handles, the body with central enamelled kylin design in a diaper border with cabochon roundels and an outer enamelled rim, seal mark to underside. 31.5cm(h) x 26cm(d) CONDITION: Some pitting to enamel, one cabochon missing some discolouration to remainder.
A CHINESE BRONZE TWO-HANDLED CENSER of compressed cauldron-form, the body decorated with various animal-form roundels, the handles formed as fierce lion masks, on three short legs, moulded seal mark to underside. 19.5cm(h) x 38cm(d) CONDITION: Some oxidation and marks but nice quality and generally good condition.
TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY FOOD TRADE EXHIBITION BRONZE MEDALLIONS one for 'Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition, Honoris Causa Londini' dated 1905, the other for awarded to 'J. Poole, Hanley' by the 'The Confectioners, Bakers and Allied Traders Annual International Exhibition, London', both showing reliefs of commerce, each in a fitted case, the larger 5cm in diameter
EDUARDO ROSSI (ITALIAN 1867-1926): CASTANET DANCER ivory and gilt highlighted bronze dancing female figure, early 20th century, signed in the bronze Rossi and numbered 7399, on trapezoidal onyx base 43cm high overall Illustrated in Bryan Catley's Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, 1981, p.94.
EDUARDO ROSSI (ITALIAN 1867-1926): CASTANET DANCER ivory and gilt highlighted bronze dancing female figure, early 20th century, signed in the bronze Rossi and numbered 7399, on trapezoidal onyx base 43cm high overall Illustrated in Bryan Catley's Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, 1981, p.94.
RENE-PAUL MARQUET (FRENCH 1875-1939): AN INCROYABLE AND A MERVEILLEUSE a pair of gilt highlighted bronze figures with ivory heads and hands, early 20th century, the dandy with bicorne hat, his companion in a bonnet and carrying a parasol, signed in the bronze MARQUET and numbered 7952 and 7951 respectively 21.5cm high (2) The shockingly tight and sometimes diaphanous clothing, heady musk scents and decadent mannerisms of the 'Incroyables' caused many more sober citizens of 1790s Directoire Paris to exclaim 'I don't believe it!' Illustrated in Bryan Catley's Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, 1981, p.216.
MAXIMILIEN LOUIS FIOT (FRENCH, 1886-1953): TWO PANTHERS a French dark green patinated bronze group, Susse Frères, Paris, of a recumbent panther stood over by another panther licking its head, signed in the bronze M. Fiot, foundry stamp 64cm long Provenance: Sotheby's, Olympia, 20 May 2003, lot 118. Susse Frères cast a number of models for Fiot and bought the copyright for this model directly from the artist in the 1930s.
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO FANELLI (1577-AFTER 1642), BRONZE FIGURE REPRESENTING THE AMERICAS, ANGLO-ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY modelled seated on a caiman atop a rock, rectangular base (partially lacking) 12cm high For a figure attributed to Fanelli representing Africa, see Christie's, London, 6 December 1988, lot 189. These models are probably from a set of the four Continents. For a virtuoso bronze bust of Charles I, see Victoria & Albert Museum No. A.3-1999. Francesco Fanelli, 'the one eyed Italian', came to London in the early 1630s from Genoa. By 1635 he was employed by Charles I and in 1640 he signed himself as Sculptor to the King of Great Britain. He appears to be the first to manufacture such bronzes in England. (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11798/king-charles-i-bust-francesco-fanelli/ - accessed 07.10.2015)
A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE ROUNDELS, CIRCLE OF CLAUDE MICHEL CALLED CLODION (1738-1814), PROBABLY PARIS, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY one depicting a Vestal making a sacrifice, the other depicting a couple embracing (possibly Ares and Aphrodite) 13cm diameter excluding giltwood frames Clodion is known to have executed a series of reliefs of young women at altars, very much in the spirit of these bronze roundels. Such bronzes were produced by a number of Parisian workshops for the emerging bourgeoisie in the late 18th and early 19th century. The 1992 Clodion exhibition catalogue refers to such work as sculptures d'amateurs (A.L. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion, 1738-1814, Louvre, Paris, 1992, pp.157-61). For a gilt bronze example of the Vestal roundel, see Sotheby's, Paris, 9 April 2008, lot 85.
A GROUP OF CHINESE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES' ACCOUTREMENTS, MID 19TH CENTURY comprising; two sets of tortoiseshell chopstick and knife holders, one shagreen chopstick and knife holder, a pair of ladies silk embroidered shoes, an embroidered panel with vase and flowers, a small bottle marked Canton peppermint oil, another bottle in a gilt silk tasseled case, a plain fan with carved sticks, a carved nut bracelet, a damaged pierced boxwood pomander, a nit comb with agate monkey toggle, cash coins and a horn cylindrical box in a silk net holder, an abacus, two silk embroidered peach-form drawstring bags, a silk wallet, a small carved cherry stone bracelet, a silk embroidered pouch, a set of silver and bronze monkey dress buttons in a small box, and a green hardstone seal and a box containing three opium pipes, a Japanese knife, an opium tool and two ancestral tablets (qty) Provenance: acquired circa 1858 by Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824-1901); thence by family descent. See footnote to lot 78 for more information.
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF THE INFANT BUDDHA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY depicted standing on a lotus base, wearing an apron in relief, with an embroidered apron, holding two fingers aloft 25cm high Provenance: acquired circa 1858 by Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824-1901); thence by family descent. See footnote to lot 78 for more information.
RMS Queen Mary Maiden Voyage 27th May 1936: A ship-screw souvenir dish commemorating the event, featuring a miniature propeller replica of the ship’s screws to central plinth, made by the Manganese Bronze & Brass Co Ltd, London inscribed weight 35 tons, nickel-plated alloy variously inscribed to rim and to underside of base
A Meissen biscuit porcelain figure of The Bowls Player c.1900, modelled by Walther Schott, stooped in concentration and with a ball poised in her extended right hand, raised on a circular base, impressed crossed swords in triangle mark, incised Q180, some restoration to her right hand, 30cm. Following the acclaim given to Walther Schott's bronze of The Bowls Player at the 1897 Dresden Art Exhibition, Meissen bought the rights to produce the figure in porcelain.
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