PAUL PHILIPPE (1870-1930)The Turbaned DancerBronze and ivory, 61cm highSigned and No.4067Raised on a stepped baseA French Art Deco sculptor who worked predominately in the bronze medium. He was a student of fellow artist Antonin Larroux (1859-1937) and both exhibited successfully at the Paris Salon. Philippe specialized in chryselephantine figurines that were iridescently painted and jewelled bronzes with carved ivory flesh on specially created onyx and marble bases. Images of woman depicted as dancers holding theatrical poses pervaded his work. As a commercial sculptor these were not one off works but Philippe excelled in ensuring fine quality and innovative subjects. He often worked with Rosenthal & Maeder and Preiss-Kassler foundries in Berlin to cast his work. The remarkable anatomical detail of the carved ivory faces and jewellery were enhanced by coloured tints as indicated on the dancer’s dress.
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A FINE JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY, GILT AND SHIBIYAMA DECORATED TABLE SCREEN, the gilt rectangular lacquer panel decorated with an elaborate hanging flower basket and garden landscape and objects picked out in hardstones and mother of pearl, contained in a simulated bamboo frame, the obverse decorated with a black and gilt laquer panel depicting flowers in landscape, all above a pierced carved ivory panel of a peacock in foliage, all signed. 50cm high x 31cm wide, Panel 36 x 22.5cm
MUGHAL, C.1820The Court of the Mughal Emperor Aldwar Shah II at Delhi c.1820Miniature oil on ivory, 15 x 11cmThe scene represents the Court of the Mughal Emperor Aldwar (Akbar) Shah II at Delhi as it was in about 1820. The European is the British resident at Delhi, probably a Mr. Seton, or else his predecessor, Sir Charles Metcalf. The prince with long hair immediately to the left of the Emperor was imprisoned at Allahabad and died there in 1821, aged 31, after having been there for several years. His crime was to discharge a pistol at Mr. Seton, or, indeed, at Sir Charles Metcalf - the sources are not clear exactly which British resident was the intended assassination target.Coming from an Anglo-Irish gentry background, the Metcalfe family were central to Indian affairs for four generations, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe 91785-1846), son of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, M. P. and director of the East India Company, was described as 'portly equable'. Due to his ability generally, and linguistically in particular, and helped by his family's friendship with another Anglo-Irish scion, Richard Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, Metcalfe was rapidly advanced. After stints in Calcutta and The Punjab, he became resident at Delhi, 1811-1819 and again in 1825-1827, where his mission was directed at neutralising the authority of the Mughal emperor and to get a grip on civil administration. He afterwards became Governor-General of Canada. Somewhat a radical and with a genuine interest in Indian culture (he had a son by a Sikit woman), he was, however, a dedicated imperialist but one who realised that English governance of India was tenuous. His nephew, Theophilus, by his vengeful behaviour after the mutiny, ensured that this empire would be cursed.
A set of twelve steel bladed table knives, with ivory handles, crest engraved, a set of six tea knives, with plated blades and with loaded silver handles, Sheffield 1921 and mostly plated wares, comprising, a cake basket with a swing over handle, an oval large teapot stand, a hand bell, a pair of small toastracks and sundry.
A group of four Chinese ivory carvings, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising; a cylindrical brush pot carved with two figurative panels, 9cm. high; a needlecase carved with dragons, birds and insects, 16cm; a small stained ivory apple,2.5cm.high; and an ivory section carved with figures in a landscape, 10cm. wide.
Silver and silver mounted wares, comprising; a sugar bowl having a shaped rim, raised on three feet, a set of six pastry forks, a salt with a blue glass liner, a faceted glass caster, a pair of sweetmeat forks and a tea caddy spoon, commemorating The Silver Jubilee, London 1977, also a plated table bell, with an imitation ivory handle, combined weight of weighable silver 244 gms, (7).
J Hutton (early 19th century) an English portrait miniature on card of Thomas Hill, Civil Engineer, painted March/May 1842, with inscription to reverse, 8cm high, in a gilt oval frame, together with a portrait miniature of a woman in a similar frame, two early 19th century portrait miniatures on ivory of young men in ebonised frames and another early 19th century portrait miniature. (5)
A gold and sapphire set single earring, mounted with four foil backed cushion shaped sapphires, circa 1840, a gold mounted globe charm, detailed 9 CT, a gold charm, designed as The Little Mermaid, detailed 585, Denmark, a 9ct gold brooch pin, fitted with a swivel, a blue enamelled folding glove button hook, a gilt metal small buckle, two ivory dress studs, a model of a skull, a colourless gem set pendant with chains and an oval rock crystal pendant locket, (11).
A Chinese ivory concentric puzzle ball, late 19th century, the ball carved on the exterior with figures amongst pavilions and trees, above a cluster of finger citron suspending a silk knot and tassel, surmounted by a seated figure emerging from a shell suspended from a chain link and dolphin, ivory 34cm. high.
A rare late George III map measurer or opisometer by William Frodsham, with a 2" white enamel dial inscribed "Plan Meter, Frodsham, Kings Gate St London" and with scale markings for rods/chains/furlongs, brass case numbered 168 to the reverse and a turned ivory handle (a.f), 5.2cm long overall.Footnote; a similar example of a Frodsham mapmeter is held in the National Museum of Scientific Instruments.
A George V mahogany cased set of silver plated dessert flatware with ivory handles, and hallmarked collars for Sheffield 1922, the 18 setting service is presented in a blue baize lined ogee mahogany box with Hirst Brothers of Leeds label to the inside lid 29cm W, together with an Old Sheffield Plate chamber stick, complete with candle snuffer, decorated with rope edge design, pineapple mark for Daniel Holy, Parker & Co c.1810
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