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Lot 144
A pair of Regency style bronze colza-oil rhyton lamps, late 19th century in the manner of Thomas Messenger, each later fitted for electricity and with frosted lappeted flared rim shade, 35cm high overall (2) Note: the boar headed Rhyton horn lamp derives from a celebrated antiquity illustrated in G.B. Piranesis, Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi..., 1778, the stamp of Thomas Messenger & Sons of Birmingham is recorded on a pair of closely related lamps in The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and a Rhyton also features on the firms trade card of the 1830s
Lot 145
A pair of 19th century patinated bronze urns after the antique, each of classical form, cast depicting putti within vines between rams head handles, on a spreading circular foot and rouge marble column, 33cm high, 15cm diameter (2) Note: the vases are loosely based around antique Kraters such as the Medici and Borghese vases
Lot 157
A French Sienna marble and gilt metal marble three piece clock garniture, the clock with serpentine outlines, the pediments surmounted by a bronze lion passant and supported on four fluted columns, the four glass case enclosing a white enamel dial with ring of Arabic numerals, the French eight day cylinder movement stamped 'C.H. Paris, no 8259 58' striking on a coiled gong with mercury pendulum, 47cm high, flanked by a pair of ovoid urns 39cm high (3)
Lot 63
A Chinese bronze incense burner and cover, 18th century, the body cast with lotus leaf panels, with a ribbed banding, birds head handles, below a reticulated cover, detailed with dragons amongst clouds, the underside cast with a coiled dragon, the flat finial bearing apocryphal Xuande mark, 14cm high. Note: A similar example was sold Christie's New York, 30th March, 2005, lot 194.
Lot 68
A Chinese bronze kylin censer, 18th/19th century, modelled as a crouching kylin with its head turned to the left, tight curls to its mane, dragon's ridge with flames to body, tight curls all down to its paws and suspended flame-shaped tail, hinged head with a later fitting under the chin, standing on a ruyi-cloud rosewood stand, 80cm overall height. Note: 'crouching' pronounced in Mandarin 'fu', also can be translated as 'bring under control' or 'destroy', Chinese mythological beasts in crouching posture play a significant role of protecting the house from evil spirits. As a propitious symbol they would often be placed at temples, scholars' college and homes, in the main passage between the front door and the main hall.
Lot 2652
Giles Penny - `Miss A27`, an aluminium and bronze figure of a flying woman, raised on a stepped square section support, the plinth with cast title, initials `GP` and date `00`, total height approx 70cm, together with related paperwork. Note: the smaller version of the sculpture which was placed on the Arundel roundabout and which now resides at Broomhill Sculpture Park in Devon.
Lot 2700
An early 20th Century Italian green patinated cast bronze figural stand in the form of Bacchus holding a serpent aloft, supporting a circular ring with three applied anthemion mounts, the portly figure wearing a loincloth and appearing to strain under the weight, the circular base cast with scrolls and stylized grapes, height approx 61cm.
Lot 2781
A French Art Deco gilded phosphorus bronze and frosted glass forty-four light theatre chandelier, fitted with twenty upturned faceted branches, each supporting a globular shade and angular moulded glass panels decorated with flowerheads, centred by a circular domed shade below a tall cylindrical stem supported by a series of hexagonal shafts, total height approx 320cm, diameter approx 140cm. Provenance: this chandelier was one of a set installed in the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket, London, in the late 1920s. Images of the chandeliers in their original setting can be seen on the Theatres Trust website www.theatrestrust.org.uk.
Lot 2782
A French Art Deco gilded phosphorus bronze and frosted glass forty-four light theatre chandelier, fitted with twenty upturned faceted branches, each supporting a globular shade and angular moulded glass panels decorated with flowerheads, centred by a circular domed shade below a tall cylindrical stem supported by a series of hexagonal shafts, total height approx 320cm, diameter approx 140cm. Provenance: this chandelier was one of a set installed in the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket, London, in the late 1920s. Images of the chandeliers in their original setting can be seen on the Theatres Trust website www.theatrestrust.org.uk. Note: the globular shades on this chandelier are later replacements.
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