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Lot 496
Caligula, with Germanicus, AR Denarius. Rome or Lugdunum, AD 37-38. C CAESAR•AVG•GERM•P•M•TR•POT, laureate head of Caligula right / GERMANICVS•CAES•P•C•CAES•AVG GERM, bare head of Germanicus right. RIC 18; BMCRE 19; RSC 4. 3.73g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone. Well centred on a very broad flan; among the finest known examples of the type. Struck at the beginning of Caligula’s reign, as part of a series honouring his dead father, mother and brothers, this particular coin pays homage to his father Germanicus. A talented military commander, Germanicus famously led eight legions in three campaigns against the Germanic tribes (AD 14-16), in the course of which he avenged the humiliating defeat suffered by Varus in the Teutoberg Forest and reclaimed two of the lost legionary eagles. He was awarded a Triumph upon his return to Rome in AD 17, and was subsequently dispatched to Asia to restructure the provinces and kingdoms of Asia, which were in such disarray that the direct attention of a senior member of the imperial family was considered necessary. In AD 19, in the midst of a feud with the governor of Syria Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Germanicus was suddenly taken ill with suspected poisoning, and soon died. Piso was implicated in his death, with suspicions falling on the emperor’s chief advisor Sejanus, and even on Tiberius himself. Several historians of the time including Tacitus and Suetonius discuss how beloved Germanicus was by the people and how they regarded him as a model Roman. They took it upon themselves to commemorate Germanicus by honouring him with a Justitium (a suspension of public and private business) and the mourning was felt throughout the empire; “When the news of his death finally broke, neither edicts nor official expressions of sympathy could console the commons...” (Suetonius, The Tweleve Caesars, p. 153). Caligula’s decision to include his fathers portrait on this coinage would no doubt have gone over well with the people of the Rome who remembered his father, and would certainly have helped endear him to them as he began his reign as emperor.
Lot 135
Modern Art Deco Style Satinwood Console Table. Minor Rubbing and scuffs otherwise good condition. Measures 32-1/4" H x 60" W x 16" Depth. Provenance: Collection from 2100 South Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida. A luxury condominium in the Historic Sloan's Curve Area of Palm Beach. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $500-$700)
Lot 136
Modern Art Deco Style Satinwood Console Table. Minor Rubbing and scuffs otherwise good condition. Measures 32-1/4" H x 60" W x 16" Depth. Provenance: Collection from 2100 South Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida. A luxury condominium in the Historic Sloan's Curve Area of Palm Beach. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $500-$700)
Lot 135
**Oak and Country**A contemporary chrome reproduction champagne trough, inscribed with Lily Bollinger quote 'I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it-unless I'm thirsty' and Napoleon Bonaparte quote, 'I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate…and drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself'
Lot 153
A pair of George III satinwood, burr yew and harewood semi elliptical console tables, circa 1790, each top incorporating a marquetry fan motif, within harewood and kingwood banding, the tablet moulded frieze centred by a marquetry flowerhead motif, above square section tapering legs, each 74cm high, 72cm wide, 35.5cm deep
Lot 214
Ω A George IV rosewood and marble mounted console table, circa 1825, attributed to Gillows, the variegated black marble top above a moulded frieze and a pair of scroll carved downswept legs surmounted by acanthus carved terminals and terminating in carved lion paw feet, backed by a mirror panel flanked by moulded pilasters and on a plinth base with a bead moulded edge, 90cm high, 98.5cm wide, 44cm deep Provenance: Property from a deceased estate, Berkshire For closely related design of legs and carved detail, see Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Antique Collectors Club, 2008, page 323, Plate 367. Whilst the book illustrates an elegant mahogany sideboard table (made for Stephen Tempest of Broughton Hall, Yorkshire) , the similarities between key elements of it and the current table being offered are clear. Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 231
A carved giltwood, composition and marble mounted console table, circa 1860, of bowfront form overall, the shaped marble top with moulded edge above a roundel and bellflower carved frieze centred by a cartouche terminal centred by a cabochon motif, above lappet carved and stop fluted legs surmounted by patera terminals, the legs centred by pierced guilloche decorated stretchers, 94cm high, 155cm wide, 48cm deep
Lot 40
A George I giltwood and gesso console table , circa 1720, the gadrooned oblong top incised with a symmetrical arrangement of strapwork and foliage and patera above a leaf decorated moulded frieze and espagnolette mask apron on winged Melusine with a scrolling frieze, 78cm high, 93cm wide, 54cm deep Provenance: From the estate of Philippa Bradstock of Longbottom House, Biddesden Related giltwood side tables include a George II Irish example with a bass relief top, sold Christie s, South Kensington `Property From Encombe, Dorset & La Chasse, Jersey , 23 January 2007, lot 226 and another George II example sold by the same auction house, New York, 18 October 2001, lot 148. The present table features caryatid supports which are characteristic of those seen on Dutch giltwood or silvered cabinet stands of the late 17 th century. Typically stands of this kind were supplied for 17 th century Chinese or Japanese lacquer cabinets which had been exported to the West via the Dutch and English East India Companies. The form of the supports is inconsistent with the more advanced design of the top and frieze which relate to the work of the Royal cabinet-maker James Moore (d. 1726) who supplied gilt furniture of a similar genre to Hampton Court and Stowe, Buckinghamshire. A further aspect of this table illustrating its hybrid design is the distinctive mask to the frieze which has affinities with those exhibited on Irish tables of the first half of the 18 th century (See James Peill , the Knight of Glin and James Peill, 1rish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007).
Lot 70
A pair of carved giltwood console tables, circa 1740 and later, each breche violette marble top above a moulded Vitruvian scroll carved frieze and eagle support, each depicted with its wings spread and standing on a naturalistically carved outcrop, the rectangular plinth incorporating a carved frieze incorporating tongue and dart and patera carved motifs, each 83cm high, 97cm wide, 50cm deep Carved and gilt console tables in the form of an eagle with splayed wings were highly fashionable in grand neo-Palladian apartments of the second quarter of the eighteenth century, in both town and country houses. Numerous variations survive, but the treatment of the present example, with fully splayed wings supporting the frieze, is relatively unusual and comparisons may be drawn to a table attributed to William Bradshaw and illustrated in Apter-Fredericks Volume III.
Lot 72
A George II mahogany console table, circa 1740, the serpentine marble top above the moulded frieze centred by an acanthus carved terminal incorporating twin scroll motifs, above tapering cabriole shaped tapering legs surmounted by acanthus carved terminals and terminating in pad feet, 77cm high, 140cm wide, 72 cm deep
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