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Lot 217
A George III crossbanded oak boxwood and ebony strung longcase clock, the broken scroll swan neck pediment above an arched glazed door enclosing a 12” white painted dial with Roman numerals painted with pheasants to the corners and a boy admiring a peacock against a balustrade in the arch, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, between mirrored baluster pilasters above a three quarter length shaped top trunk door flanked by fluted quarter pilasters over a tablet and ogive moulding and further raised panel, lacking plinth or feet, 214cm high
Lot 396
A pair of white marble Grand Tour Greek style caryatid figures, carved in the round in the form of standing classical maidens, each sporting a hairband and with tresses and wearing a peplos, on a marble plinth, late 18th / early 19th century, French or Italian, the top of the heads formerly mounted, possibly originally bases for candelabra or torcheres, slight differences to carving, 93.8cm high, 28.8cm wide. (2) Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 142
A pair of mahogany console tables in George II style, each with a verde antico marble top, above a leaf moulding and a Vitruvian scroll carved frieze, the lion monopodia support carved with a lion's mask holding a ring with ribbon tied flowers flanked by carved acanthus leaves, with a claw and ball foot, on a floret carved plinth base, 19th century with possibly earlier elements, 75.7cm high, 70.7cm wide, 44.8cm deep. (2) Provenance: Christie's, Important English Furniture, 30th November 2000, lot 345. From the Collection of A. C. J. Wall Esq., and thence by descent. The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 255
A late 19th century French gilt metal mantel clock, the eight day brass movement with an outside count wheel and striking on a bell, the backplate stamped 'BLOT & DROUARD PARIS 965', the brass circular dial applied with blue enamel Roman numerals, the case in the form of two classical maidens supporting a globe decorated with the signs of the zodiac, on a black marble plinth base, 53cm high, 41.3cm wide.
Lot 228
A George III mahogany longcase clock by John Smith of Chester, the eight day brass movement with four turned pillars, with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the arched dial with a silvered chapter ring, with Roman and Arabic numerals, the recessed centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and engraved with scrolling leaves and flowers and with an eagle, with gilt brass foliage and mask spandrels, the arch with a painted moonphase, with figures gazing at sailing ships and signed 'JOHN SMITH CHESTER', with a swan neck pediment with eagle brass ball finials, above a shell and verre eglomise panels and Corinthian capital columns, with a conforming trunk, with a crossbanded and a panelled plinth, 242.5cm high.
Lot 463
‡A pair of Art Deco patinated bronze owl andirons attributed to Edgar Brandt (French 1880-1960), each in the form of a horned owl perching on a pair of entwined snakes, on an inverted breakfront plinth, (struts lacking), 52.5cm high, 35.7cm wide. (2) Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. For similar examples see: Sotheby's, New York, 6th December 1996, lot 304. A single, signed, unmounted version of this andiron sold at Sotheby's, Monte Carlo, 11th March 1984, lot 343. A similar pair sold at Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 21st April 2012, lot 545.
Lot 458
Emmanuel Hannaux (French 1855-1934). An Art Deco cold painted bronze of a naked maiden, holding aloft a dragon helmet, standing on a wavy mound, with a dragon wrapped around her legs, stamped 'EL2', the stepped marble plinth signed 'Hannaux', 39cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. See Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, p.177.
Lot 446
Johan Peter Molin (Swedish 1814-1873). A biscuit porcelain group of the 'Knife wrestlers' or 'Baltesspannarna' by Gustafsberg of Stockholm, depicting two athletic men wrestling, each holding a dagger, the naturalistic base impressed with 'I P MOLIN STOCKHOLM 17/3/1864', mounted on a classical plinth base, decorated with serpents and panels of classical figures, with impressed marks 'GUSTAFSBERG with an anchor', 80.2cm high (overall), 43.4cm wide, 23.7cm deep. Provenance:The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. See the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool for another version of this work. See Sotheby's, Amsterdam, A distinguished private collection from Corsica, 29th September 2008, lot 156 for a similar example. The Knife Wrestlers was first exhibited in Paris in 1859. During the 19th century there was a revival in interest in Norse mythology and this sculpture represents a form of combat described in the Nordic tales. A bronze of this group can be found in the centre of Gothenburg.
Lot 229
A George III mahogany longcase clock by William Smith of London, the eight day brass movement with four turned pillars, with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the arched dial with a chapter ring and seconds dial, with Roman and Arabic numerals, with a date aperture, with scrolling foliage, urn and dolphin spandrels, with strike/silent dial, signed 'Wm Smith LONDON', the arched pagoda hood with brass finials and a later fretwork panel, above a moulded edge trunk door and a plinth base, 248.5cm high.
Lot 460
Bruno Zach (Ukraine 1891-1945). A large Art Deco bronze figural lamp, modelled with a standing nude female, the base signed 'B. Zach', mounted with a brass Corinthian capital column fitted with three lights, on a veined black marble plinth, c.1925, the bronze: 80.5cm high, overall: 137.2cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 452
‡Pierre Le Faguays (French 1892-1962). An Art Deco bronze figure 'Olympian', with an athletic young man standing on a rocky plinth holding a victor's laurel wreath aloft, signed 'P LE Faguays' and applied with a metal plaque inscribed 'EXPOSITION PHILATELIQUE NATIONALE GRENOBLE 1934', 108cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. By repute this bronze featured in the feature film '39 Steps' by Alfred Hitchcock and belonged to a man in Elstree.
Lot 407
After the antique. A late 19th century bronze Grand Tour figure of the Borghese Gladiator, standing on an ebonised wooden plinth, 28.8cm high. Although known as the Borghese Gladiator the original marble is in fact based on a fighting warrior and it dates from 100BC. Since its discovery in the early 17th century at Antium, the Borghese Gladiator has been praised as an aesthetic male nude in motion.
Lot 215
An Adam style giltwood four-division stickstand in the form of an athenienne, with a band of guilloche moulding and supporting six arrows, with a laurel leaf base and painted plinth, with a lift-out metal tray, the underside with a branded mark 'M crowned' and with a printed paper label inscribed 'PRIVATE PROPERTY M crowned', 72.3cm high, 31.5cm diameter. Provenance: The Duke of Somerset.
Lot 258
An Empire ormolu mantel clock by Le Roy of Paris, the twin train eight day brass drum cased movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with silk suspension, the circular annular enamel dial set within a chariot wheel with the movement visible through the spokes, with Roman numerals and signed 'LEROY PALAIS ROYAL No.114 A PARIS', the classical case depicting Minerva standing holding her shield, riding the lion chariot Diomedes, the plinth base applied with wreaths, the corners modelled as fasces with halberd finials and with a central scene of classical figures in a landscape setting, 45.5cm high, 49.2cm wide. Provenance: Purchased at a Christie's House sale. The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. Basile Charles Le Roy (1765-1839) founded The Maison de Le Roy in 1785 at Palais Royal in La Galerie de Pierre, Paris and was well known for producing fine quality clocks to the aristocracy and wealthy elite. He was the Master Clockmaker to Napoleon and worked for the King of Westphalia, Princess Pauline and the Duc de Bourbon. See Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, p.69.
Lot 265
An Empire ormolu mantel clock by de Verberie, the eight day twin train brass cased drum movement, with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, with silk suspension, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, pierced hands and signed 'de Verberie', the case depicting allegories of music and theatre with a classical lady playing the lyre accompanied with a cherub holding a Punch puppet and a mask, above a central tablet with caryatid figures supporting swags and garlands flanked by classical figure on a white marble plinth, 52cm high, 41.5cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
Lot 412
After the antique. A pair of Victorian painted cast iron Medici and Borghese garden urns, each with an ovolo rim above a body with classical figures, with a pair of handles with satyr mask terminals, on a fluted base and an integral stepped plinth, possibly Handyside Foundry, 138.8cm high, 60cm diameter. (2)
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