AN IMPRESSIVE FULL-SIZE PLASTER SECTION OF DONATELLO'S EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GATTAMELATALATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURYShowing the rider's right leg, clad in armour, and partial ornate saddle144cm high, 85cm wideProvenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAcquired Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, Historic Plaster Casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lot 124 (with tag)Catalogue note: In 1444, Donatello was commissioned to sculpt a large bronze equestrian group of the condottiero Erasmo da Narni ("Gattamelata", which means "honeyed cat"), who had served various city states during his military career. The piece, finished in 1453, currently sits in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, where Gattamelata had been 'podesta', or chief magistrate. The horse and rider, inspired by the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome and the Greek horses atop the Venetian Church of St Mark's, remain some of the Italian Renaissance's most iconic works of sculpture, and would provide a source of inspiration for Renaissance and later equestrian monuments.Condition Report: Marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age.The leg has been repaired. There is cracking to the saddle in various places including a large vertical crack to the upper moulding, and a horizontal crack to the rear part of the tasselled border. Possible repair to putto's protruding elbow. Further minor areas of surface flaking.This lot is fragmentary and may be fragile to handle. It is currently hanging from a large chain, and the rear (as far as visible) looks hollow and is irregularly modelled. Condition Report Disclaimer
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FIVE VARIOUS PLASTER ARCHITECTURAL MOULDINGSMOSTLY 20TH CENTURYTo include; an impressive column capital after the Erechteion, Athens, with articulated volutes above a band of anthemia, approximately 72cm high; another, smaller capital in Renaissance style, with scrolls modelled as facing dolphins and inscription for LAC LUGAN..; and three various columnar mouldings, 19th century, including a fluted baluster and a Solomonic column, two with inscriptions to rectangular backplatesThe largest example 212cm high, 25cm wide (5)The distinctive capital with the twin dolphins is likely derived from the circa 1520 arcade carvings of the Palazzo Antinori Corsini Serristori, Florence, which is attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. Condition Report: All elements with marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Capitals with some knock and chips revealing underlying white plaster to a relatively minor extent. High number of losses to side edges to the two columns with flat surrounds. One column with cracks across the centre, all with the expected chips and some losses. Some uneven colouring. Please refer to additional images online for visual reference to condition. Please note, we are unable to inspect the items off the wall. Condition Report Disclaimer
* Prussia. Cantelli da Vignola (Giacomo), La Prussia Divisa in Reale che Appartiene al Re di Polonia et in Ducale che Spetta all'Elettore di Brandeburgo..., G. G. Rossi, Rome, 1689, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, one repaired hole in margin just affecting printed image, slight creasing, mounted with another copy similar, each 425 x 580 mm, displayed in a double aperture mount, framed and glazedQty: (1)
* Silesia. Cantelli da Vignola (Giacomo), Il Ducato di Silesia et il Marchesato di Moravia descritti su L'Esemplare delli Carte migliori, e con la direzione delle piu recenti Notizie da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola [with 2nd sheet with dedication cartouche] '"Dedicace. All'Illmo. et Eccellmo. Sigre. Il Sigre. Prencipe Don Gio Battista Pamphilij Aldobrandini... Domenico de Rossi", Rome,1692, two engraved maps (not conjoined), both with contemporary hand colouring, additional titles to horizontal margins, each 420 x 585 mm, displayed in a double-aperture mount, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Vignola (Jacopo Barozzi da). Regola de cinque ordini d'architettura. Con la nuova aggionta di Michael-Angelo Buonaroti, 2 parts in 1 volume, Amsterdam: Jan Janzsoon and Jan van Hilten, 1642, bound with: Passe (Crispijn van de, the younger). Oficina arcularia in qua sunt ad spectantia diversa eximia exempla ex variis autoribus collecta, 1st edition, Amsterdam, in officina Crispini Passei impressum, 1642, Vignola part 1 complete with 95 leaves comprising engraved portrait frontispiece, letterpress title-page in five languages, 42 full-page engravings each with letterpress description in five languages on verso of facing leaf, text for engravings 40 and 41 transposed, Vignola part 2 with 57 engraved plates only (of 84), comprising: I-VI (chimneypieces, unsigned); I-VI (Dutch façades, II-IV signed Pieter Vinckeboons); VII-X (chimneypieces, of which VIII-X signed Sieur de Bros); I-VI (façades of Genoese palaces, V-VI signed Jan van Santen); XIX-XXII (tombs: XX signed Gioan Baptista Montano; XXI signed Bastiano Fulli); XXIII (pulpit); XXIV (font, signed M. H. Keyser); 1-28 (i.e. 29 including 17 bis, the engraved title-page 'Varie inventioni per depositi di Bernardino Radi Cortonese, in Roma. Con licenze su superiori, 1625', here bound at front of part 2; the plates depict altars and tombs, most unsigned but after Montano, 27-28 respectively signed J. Franckardo and J. Francken), i.e. lacking engraved title-page, plates I-XVIII (Roman churches), XXIV-XXV (fountains), and plates I-VI (doorways), Crispijn van de Passe with engraved architectonic title-page (bound before Vignola part 2 sequence 1-28), and 18 plates lettered A-S (of 19: lacking plate T), intermittent spotting and browning throughout, Vignola part 1 pp. 23/4 torn at upper fore corner, pp. 25/6 and 75-82 possibly supplied from a shorter copy, pp. 29-32 stained, a few other marks, contemporary mottled vellum, rubbed, folio (43.2 x 28 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBerlin Katalog 2586 (Vignola parts 1-2), 3644 (Vignola part 2, catalogued separately under Radi but described as 'Enthalten in: Vignola, Amsterdam, 1642'); Fowler 362 (Vignola parts 1-2), 241 (Crispijn van de Passe, but the copy of Vignola described as 'bound with Crispin de Passe, Oficina Arcularia ... Amsterdam, 1642'); cf. Berlin Katalog 1223 (Crispijn van de Passe, second edition, 1651). This pentilingual edition of Vignola, with a second part containing architectural engravings by other artists, is often found bound as here with the first edition of Crispijn van de Passe the younger's Oficina arcularia, a suite of designs for furniture and ornaments including multiple examples of beds, tables and chairs.
Zucchi (Bartolomeo). L'idea del Segretario dal Signore Bartolomeo Zucchi Da Monza...Rappresentata in un Trattato de l'Imitatione, e nelle lettere di Principi, e d'altri Signori, 2 parts (in 1), Compagnia Minima, Vince, 1600, black & white engraved title vignette, bookplate of 'The Hon. George Baillie Esq.' dated 1724 to the front pastedown, front gutters cracked & spine partially detached, some minor spotting & toning throughout, contemporary full vellum with ink title to spine, front & rear boards marked, 8vo, together with; Morton (Charles), Whitelockes Notes Uppon the Kings Writt for Choosing Member of Parlement XIII car II Being Disquisitions on the Government of England by Kings, Lords and Commons, 2 volumes, printed for Andrew Millar, 1766, contemporary inscriptions to volume 2 front endpaper, some light toning throughout, contemporary uniform full calf, front boards detached, boards & spines rubbed with loss to head of volume 1, volume lacking spine label, large 4to, and Burlington (Charles et al), The Modern Universal British Traveller;..., printed for J. Cooke, circa 1782, black & white engraved frontispiece & 1 plate, bookplate to front pastedown, some water stains & toning, lacks rear endpaper, contemporary rebinding retaining tree calf boards, spine & boards rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, folio, plus other 17th - 19th century literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 130 volumes
Shopping Bag von Liebeskind (Berlin), schwarzes Leder, Trageriemen. Wohl ungetragen, da alle Etiketten noch an der Tasche, minimale LagerspurenShopping Bag from Liebeskind (Berlin), black leather, carrying strap. Probably unworn, because all labels still on the bag, minimal signs of storage.
A 19th Century Sevres style 'jewelled' cabinet cup and saucer, painted with an oval portrait of a lady holding a teathered dove, pseudo Sevres marks, cup 7.5cm high; another with agricultural implements to the saucer; and a 19th century Nove cup and saucer, painted with a Da Vinci style portrait of a lady, various marks (3) Condition Report: First with gilding particularly to rim, some mild rubbing to raised enamels of saucer. Second with some small losses to 'jewels.' Third with rubbing and irregularities to gilding throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer
1972 SCOTLAND / IRELAND 1972 BRAZIL INDEPENDENCE CUP Played 7/6/1972 - 9/7/1972 in Brazil. 48-page issue of the Brazilian weekly football magazine ''PLACAR'' which previews the tournament, entitled ''EXTRA A TABELA COMPLETA DA MINICOPA'' the central pages has a large tournament fixture table which includes group details, dates of games, stadium and host City details and fixture tables etc. Generally good
Photography - Travel - Spain, Portugal, Scotland and Isle of Man - an album of photographs, depicting cruising and travel, comprehensively annotated, Ocean Pictures Ltd, Boxing Tournament, Tuesday 13th August 10pm, Promenade Deck Aft.; Overtaking Sailing Vessel near Santa Cruz; Three Cave Dwellers Outside Their Home at Atalaya, Gran Canaria; Ready for Descent to Funchal From Terrreiro da Lucta; Iona; The Green, Oban; The Cathedral of St Columba in Course of Construction at Oban; View of Douglas; etc
A large 1614 bronze mortar, by Thomas Carter (d. 1619), Whitechapel Foundry, London, inscribed beneath the rim ‘WILLIAM CARTER MADE ME FOR JAMES BILL 1614’ and with the trefoil mark and the initials TB for Thomas Bartlet (d. 1632), the waist with a broad band of tracery topped by alternating septfoils and trifoils, spreading base, diameter 34cm x height 26cm.Thomas Carter Another mortar inscribed ‘William Carter made me for George Beere 1615’ is noted in ‘Comminution and English Bell-Metal Mortars, c.1400-1850’ by JK Crellin and DA Hutton (p279) and is described as ‘the earliest dated example of the Whitechapel septfoil and trifoil pattern’. This mortar, made for James Bill, is earlier by a year. The 1615 mortar also bore the mark of William Carter’s foreman or apprentice, Thomas Bartlet, who took over the Whitechapel foundry on Carter’s death in 1619. Bartlet’s descendants ran the foundry until the end of the 17th Century.
VINTAGE PORT, COMPRISING: NIEPOORT COLHEITA 1934, BOTTLED 1972, ONE BOTTLE, NIEPOORT COLHEITA 1937, BOTTLED 1972, ONE BOTTLE, MESSIAS COLHEITA 1962, BOTTLED 1978, ONE BOTTLE, MESSIAS COLHEITA 1966, BOTLED 1992, ONE BOTTLE, C DA SILVA DALVA 1987, BOTTLED 1980, ONE BOTTLE AND BARROS COLHEITA 1991, BOTTLED 2001, ONE BOTTLE (6)
Lindner Album Europa, Blöcke und Briefe Album mit selbstgestalteten Blättern mit Briefen und Blockausgaben verschiedener Länder. Da es sehr vielfältig ist, wäre eine Besichtigung sehr angebracht. Lindner Album Europe, souvenir sheets and letters - Album with self-designed sheets with letters and souvenir sheets of different countries. Since it is very diverse, a viewing would be very appropriate.
Württemberg - Goldene Militärverdienstmedaille Wilhelm II., mit Ring an Öse, dort Punze 333. Wohl ein Kriegsexemplar, da aufgrund Mangels an Edelmetallen die letzten Stücke in 333 anstelle 585 gefertigt wurden. Mit Stempelschneidersignatur K. Schwenzer. Insgesamt ca. 4.200 Verleihungen in verschiedenen Goldgehalten. Raugewicht ca. 13,7 g, ss-vz Württemberg - Golden Military Merit Medal William II., with ring on eyelet, there hallmark 333. Probably a war exemplar, as the last pieces were made in 333 instead of 585 due to a lack of precious metals. With die cutter signature K. Schwenzer. A total of around 4,200 awards in various gold grades. Full weight approx. 13.7 g, VF-EF
Berlin 1948-77 - schöne postfrische Sammlung im Lindner Ringbinder mit guten Anfangswerten. Schwarzaufdruck, Rotaufdruck, 64/67, 42/60, hier fehlt nur die 80er. Block 1 II mit beiden Plattenfehlern (Katalogwert 2500 €). Weiter kleine Lücken, aber doch sehr vollständig. Da die Aufdruckwerte und der Block nicht geprüft wurden, erfolgt die Abgabe ohne Obligo. Bitte besichtigen. Berlin 1948-77 - nice mint collection in Lindner book with good beginning values. Black imprint, red imprint, 64/67, 42/60, here the 80 is missing.For this values we can't give an open item, because there aren't checked. Please visit.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Bologna, Round, smooth-bore, twisted, 16 mm cal. barrel, the upper one with fore-sight; engraved tang; backward spring locks, finely engraved with floral motifs. Wooden, half stock with white metal mounts, decorated en suite. Metal-tipped wooden ramrod with iron cartridge extractor. Leather strap. White metal barrel bracket bands, engraved with floral motifs. Illustrated in 'Antiche Armi da Fuoco' by Paolo Pinti. length 129 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Bologna, Round, smooth-bore, 17 mm cal. barrel, in damask, with raisers, the upper one with silver fore-sight; backward spring locks, signed 'Rossi' or 'Possi' (barely readable first letter); wooden, half stock with checkered grip and iron mounts, decorated en suite. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. Illustrated in 'Antiche Armi da Fuoco' by Paolo Pinti. length 132 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Gardone Valle Trompia, Octagonal, rifled in two different ways, 14.5 mm cal. barrels, in damask, engraved base of the upper barrel, with brass frame, with adjustable rear sight and brass fore-sight; engraved tang with sight. Backward spring locks, signed 'Domenico Sabatti' and 'in Brescia', engraved with a swan and floral motifs and with cocks chiselled with a dolphin. Wooden, half stock with checkered grip and fine rosette on the butt side. Brass mounts, engraved with trophy and floral motifs. Patchbox with iron, shell-cover. Brass-tipped iron ramrod. Scarce. Illustrated in 'Antiche Armi da Fuoco' by Paolo Pinti. length 110.5 cm.
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: Senigallia, Round, 12 mm cal. barrels, with square base, decorated with a frame and a brass-inlaid bust, engraved with floral motifs, with rib signed 'P. MORETTA', nozzle with brass ring; engraved tangs. Beautiful locks, signed 'G.TORSIANI SENOGAGLIA' and engraved with figures, snakes and floral motifs on a dark ground. Wooden, full stocks, slightly embossed and provided with brass mounts, with remains of gilding, engraved with floral and geometrical motifs. Wooden ramrods with iron cartridge extractors. Small damages and parts missing. Provenance: Prof. Giorgio Bini CollectionSotheby's sale, 5/6 November 1973, lot 100 page 41.Literature: Illustrated in 'The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society', Vol. III, No.1; June 1974, page 19, plate XXIX.Exhibition: Catalogue of the 'Mostra delle Armi da Fuoco Anghiaresi e dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, Anghiari', 11 August - 15 September 1968, nr. 197 with text and illustrations. length 48 cm.
A German late 18th century ormolu and white marble mounted mahogany, burr elm, maple, mother-of-pearl and stained sycamore 'Schreibschrank' attributed to the circle of David RoentgenCirca 1795, the superstructure comprising a pierced fretwork gallery surmounted by five urn finials above a pair of mirror-inset panel mounted doors enclosing one shelf, interspersed with three Corinthian columns, over a concealed stepped central drawer flanked by projecting block and urn finial mounted angles, the frieze drawer below with an inset hinged top, above a fall enclosing an architectural interior comprising a catch-activated cedar-lined drawer with triangular pediment mouldings, over a central arched recess with a mirrored interior and chequered lozenge-inlaid floor centred by a model tempietto, flanked by two arched recesses and interspersed with four composite columns and two conforming engaged end columns, with two pierced fretwork secret drawers below, above five catch-activated mahogany-lined drawers, the reverse of the fall inlaid with a central conch shell oval, over a ribbon-tied oak-leaf mounted waist with projecting mille raie block angles, with three long panelled drawers below, flanked by canted classical youth herm-tapering and husk pendant mounted pilaster angles, terminating in square tapering panelled feet, 112cm wide x 54cm deep x 210cm high, (44in wide x 21in deep x 82 1/2in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceFormerly from the Estate of Elizabeth Fondaras, USA.With Peter Muhlbauer, Lower Bavaria, between 2013 and 2017.Then purchased by the vendor from Christie's, London, 4 July 2017, European Furniture and Works of Art, lot 57.A comparable, albeit slightly plainer, version of the offered lot sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 24-25 June 2008, lot 751. This Berlin 'Schreibschrank', or secretaire a abbatant, attributed to Georg Ruppert is of similar design and incorporates related characteristics such as white marble or alabaster columns, the Ionic capitals appearing one level below Corinthian ones, a galleried cabinet superstructure and a fitted architectural interior. It was supplied by Ruppert to the Prussian General Carl Freidrich Henrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1767-1841).Although due to the current absence of relevant documentation the cabinet maker responsible for the present secretaire is unknown, as more academic research is completed and further information made public then this will inevitably change over time. However for now it is clearly the case that whoever produced such a magnificent piece, or meisterstuck, of German craftsmanship had undoubtedly been directly influenced by the incredible output and legacy of one of the most renowned cabinet makers of all time, David Roentgen (1743-1807).This wonderful secretaire perfectly typifies the latter stages of the Neoclassical style, and in particular the gout Grec, which was indicative of the height of fashion across Europe during the period 1770-1800. The impact of David Roentgen, whose output was always distinct, elegant, supremely high quality in terms of its construction and often enclosed ingenious mechanisms, especially dominated Prussia, or what is now modern day Germany. And this impact can be seen in the works produced by the contemporaries and immediate successors of Roentgen, which very often sought to emulate the latter's example and merely introduced subtle variations to his stock designs and clearly defined models. It is also worth noting that, during the peak of its fame, the annual income of the Roentgen workshop rivalled that of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, W. Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, 2012, New York, p. 3.As a result of Roentgen's successful personal and working relationship with perhaps his most important patron, Crown Prince Frederick William who later became Emperor Frederick William II, he was honoured with the title of Royal Prussian Privy Councillor. Then in 1791, by which time Roentgen had evidently already begun to draw back from accepting new commissions, he chose to give his financial backing and influential support to his foreman, David Hacker, so that the latter could set up his own workshop and in essence become Roentgen's most immediate successor. Hacker, who himself went on to supply many of the Prussian Royal palaces with furniture, appears not to be the likely maker of the present lot however Johann Georg Stein and Johannes Andreas Beo, who both trained under and worked for the former, are indeed possible candidates. Stein and Beo, who evidently inherited Hacker's predilection for the working method and aesthetics originally developed by Roentgen, each executed a practically identical model of 'Schreibschrank', which in turn closely relate to the offered example, A. Stiegel, Berliner Mobelkunst, 2003, Berlin, fig.'s 28-9, p. 95. All three of these have characteristics in common including the use of brilliant mechanisms, a la Roentgen, such as concealed drawers and compartments stored within separate central architectural units. In an inventory of the Charlottenburg Palace undertaken in 1800, the secretaire by Stein is documented as being housed in the private dressing room of Empress Louise (1776-1810), wife of Friedrich III. While the Beo version, which seems to have once enclosed an impressive clock mechanism (in direct continuance of the tradition of Roentgen) remains for now at the Getty Museum (84.DA.87).As well as helping Hacker to establish himself, it appears that Roentgen also assisted Johann Cristian Harder, another cabinet maker who had worked for the former, to also found his own firm in Brunswick in circa 1800. Harder even calls it the Braunschweigische Priviligierte Kunst-Meuble-Fabrik von Neuwied in honour of Roentgen. Constructed following the same stock design as the three aforementioned secretaires, Harder's comparable model, in the collection at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, is even more impressive in terms of the extremely complicated and ingenious mechanisms stored within it. And as a result this particular variant features, analysed in meticulous detail, in W. Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions, The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, 2012, New York, app.'s 3.1-3.15, p. 234.Ultimately the difficulty in attributing the above lot to any of the previously referenced makers - Hacker, Stein, Beo or Harder - proves the immense consistency and cross fertilisation in terms of ideas, innovations and artistry among these Prussian cabinet makers during this period. However one common thread uniting all of them is clearly the enormous and understandably all-pervasive influence of David Roentgen.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. 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Ascension from 1922, including: a nice selection of 1938 SG38-45; SG57-69, mm; and later, mostly mm and to high values; Trinidad and Tobago and Tristan Da Cunha stamps including QEII to the high values, some QV and later, mixed mm and used, in a red hinged album; Turks & Caicos Islands, including: SG210-216, mm; SG221-233, mm; SG237-250 plus SG253, mm; and others later including thematics and mini-sheets; Cyprus including: SG151-163 used and mm; SG173-186, mm; SG188-202 one set mm and another used; and others.
Composto da: 12 cucchiai grandi, 24 forchette grandi, 12 coltelli grandi, 12 forchette piccole, 12 coltelli piccoli, 12 coltelli da pesce, 12 forchette da pesce, 12 cucchiaini lunghi, 10 cucchiaini, 12 forchette per dolci, 10 posate di servizio; punzoni 15VC e Fascio Littorio – 800 – GS entro scudo, gr. 8400 circa (coltelli considerati 1/3 del peso - lievi usure)
ORECCHINI CON MONETE ANTICHE, SMERALDI E ORO ciascuno realizzato come un pendente con moneta antica legata in oro giallo 18K e sormontata da cabochon di smeraldo. Peso complessivo: 20,38 grammi. Orecchini ad opera dell'Artista Francesco Brunetti. Gioiello esposto nella mostra "Il racconto della materia", Palazzo Garagnani, Crespellano di Valsamoggia, 22 settembre - 23 ottobre 2016. Gioiello pubblicato nel catalogo "Francesco Brunetti, il racconto della materia", 2016, pag. 84.
ORECCHINI IN ORO 18K E TURCHESI ciascuno modellato come una clip in oro sbalzato e martellato centrata da cabochon di turchese. Peso complessivo: 15,80 grammi. Orecchini ad opera dell'Artista Francesco Brunetti. Gioiello esposto nella mostra "Il racconto della materia", Palazzo Garagnani, Crespellano di Valsamoggia, 22 settembre - 23 ottobre 2016. Gioiello pubblicato nel catalogo "Francesco Brunetti, il racconto della materia", 2016, pag. 84.
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