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Click here to subscribeCircle of Justus Sustermans (Flemish, 1597-1681) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 112 x 84cm Provenance: Audley End House, Essex (by repute) Christie’s, Sale, 1 June 1962, lot 70, J. Sustermans Portrait of a Lady, three -quarter length, in green brocade dress, white lace collar and cuffs, and pearl-sewn headdress - 44in by 33in, sold for £231. Justus Sustermans was Court Painter to the Medici family and feted as the best portrait painter of his day in Italy
A important kingwood, padouk, mahogany and rosewood writing cabinet, circa 1880. Attributed to Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906). in the Japanese taste, inlaid and banded with mother of pearl, ebony and strung in brass, the pagoda roof hung with bells and with stylised marlins to the corners, above three recesses with mother of pearl inlaid draweres flanked by crouching winged dragons looking down on younger dragons, above three cupboard doors divided by figures of Oriental men and flanked by larger outer cupboards, the central lower section with a drawer and fall front with entwined banding and central mother of pearl birds and flowering vase above a bell dated '1860', above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing sliding trays, the fall front revealing a central mirror panel of recess with chequer floor and sliding out to reveal twelve drawers, flanked by apertures and six burrwood drawers, the lower side sections comprising a cupboard door modelled as four dummy drawers above three drawers with two outer cupboard cupboard doors with applied carved birds and seated figures, the whole raised on a plinth base with grotesque mask feet. 275cm wide, 297cm high, 48cm deep . Gabriel Viardot is largely remembered for his particular version of Asian style furniture, and was advertised as créateur des meubles dans le genre chinois et japonais. He exhibited widely, including at Crystal Palace in 1851, and was both participant and jury member for the 1867, 1878 and 1889 International Exhibitions in Paris. His major success was at the 1889 Parise Exposition Universelle where the firm was awarded a gold medal. The cabinet is typical of pieces by Gabriel Viardot. Beginning his career as a wood carver, he took over the family firm from his father Charles in 1861. By 1870 he specialized in exotic furniture influenced by Chinese and Vietnamese styles, Vietnam being one of France's most important colonies. In 1860, he was located at 5, rue du Grand-Chantier, later moving to several locations including 36, rue Rambuteau where objects d'art et de fantaisie were sold and finally to 36, rue Amelot where he stayed until the end of the century. Around 1885 he employed about 100 men.
A Victorian coromandal and mother of pearl inlaid drop dial wall clock, with a single fusee movement having shaped plates and a 12inch dial, inscribed 'Tait, Nottingham', within an octagonal frame and pierced aperture drop with vine carved ears, 28in (71cm) h; pendulum. W. Tait Nottingham 1849-55.
A Victorian Celtic cross, with a split pearl claw set at the centre to a hand engraved Celtic knot ground with white champleve enamel border; together with an early 19th Century moss agate cross, decorated with acorns, scrolled leaves and beadwork, together with a Victorian lapis lazuli Latin style cross, with an Etruscan style bail (3)
A Victorian Etruscan style brooch, with an old European cut diamond set at the centre of a star flower with white coral bead petals and glazed locket verso, together with a pearl and enamel ring, with royal blue guilloche enamel ground, with a white enamel edge, to a border of split pearls to engraved shoulders, finger size approximately N
An Arts & Crafts ring, by Bernard Instone, c. 1925, with centre oval cabochon chalcedony to a rectangular head, with an oval faceted amethyst to each corner and split pearl top and bottom, one deficient, applied gold bead work, scrolls and wheatear at each shoulder, marked silver and BI makers mark, finger size L Bernhard Instone 1891-1987 studied both in Great Britain and Germany, working with John Paul Cooper and later supplying pieces to Sybil Dunlop and by the 1940s Liberty & Co.
A late Victorian split pearl bangle, c. 1900, with a central flower head set with split pearls to a graduated row of split pearls at each side, one deficient, to a knife edge wire frame marked 15c, together with an 18ct gold split pearl and diamond double cluster crossover ring, one diamond deficient, finger size J¾
An Edwardian moonstone and seed pearl brooch, with a heart shaped cabochon moonstone, surrounded by a split pearl frame with trailing ivy set with split pearls, together with a polychrome enamel Cadeseus brooch, c. 1900, with red enamel wings, a green guilloche enamel snakes with gem set eyes, and a pearl at each end of the bar Although the Cadeseus brooch is unmarked, there were art jewellers producing pieces like this in the early part of the 20th Century that can only be identified from an original case.
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