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Lot 46
dating: circa 1900 provenance: Fiji, Wooden, with a big head shaped as a pumpkin, with longitudinal grooves, a big, semi-spherical button above, decorated with bone-inlaid stars. Cylindrical haft, the part under the head decorated en suite, handle embossed with undulated bands. See similar specimen in 'A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor' by Stone, pages 646/647. Stone describes these clubs with very big head. Our club could also be a tribal chief club, given the fine execution. length 48 cm.
Lot 199
dating: provenance: Europe, In iron with a key-lock (the key is missing), joined with a chain to a big, spherical stone (diameter circa 20 cm). See a similar specimen in 'Tortura Inquisizione Pena di Morte' by Aldo Migliorini with description on pages 140/141.Provenance: Museum of Torture and Death Penalty in San Gimignano. length circa 70 cm.
Lot 200
dating: provenance: Europe, Iron collar with hook, joined with a chain to a big stone, embossed with a face. See similar specimen in 'Tortura Inquisizione Pena di Morte' by Aldo Migliorini with description on pages 140/141 and in 'Inquisizione ed il crimine della pena di Morte' by Robert Held, pages 112/113.Provenance: Museum of Torture and Death Penalty in San Gimignano. length circa 88 cm.
Lot 838
ART-DÉCO-BILDHAUER/IN 1. Hälfte 20. Jh., "Panther", nach Eichholtz, Metallguss, in Bronzeart schwarz patiniert, auf schwarzem Steinsockel montiert, HxL: Figur ca. 13,5x42,5 cm, gesamt ca. 16x42,5 cm. Altersspuren. ART DÉCO SCULPTOR 1st half of the 20th century, "Panther", after Eichholtz, cast metal, with a black patina in bronze, mounted on a black stone base, HxL: figure approx. 13.5x42.5 cm, total approx. 16x42 , 5 cm. Signs of age.
Lot 1
An 18th century German gold and amethystine quartz pug dog boxDresden circa 1750, with later Swedish 18 carat gold marks Carved in the form of an alert pug dog reclining with finely detailed fur and curled tail, the darker purple veins in the stone used to highlight the head and a patch on the back, with paste-set eyes and an amethyst-set collar, the hinged base with wavy gold mount and asymmetrical scrolling thumb-piece, length 8.8cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceA private Swedish collection.For a very similar pug box with turned alert head and curled tail, see Grandjean et al, The James A de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century, cat. 10, p. 38, inv. W1/34/5**, where the natural colours within the stone have similarly been used to great effect to highlight the head and the fur; it also has a very similar wavy gold hinge mount.There are other boxes with similarly carved alert reclining pugs with curled tails, though here the cushion bases are the more dominant features; the Royal Collection, RCIN 4048, and the Rijksmuseum, see plate 649, p.314, Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe (Woodbridge 1990).The present lot forms part of a select group of carved hardstone animal and figural snuff boxes where the colours and textures within the stone are used to great effect. See these rooms, Burton Collection, 18th June 2014, lot 7, a horse's head. Charlie Truman points out in his note to Cat.67, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, p.195 (LA 1991), that these boxes are attributed to Dresden because of the similarity to the models produced at the Meissen factory. Furthermore, Dresden was a centre for skilled hardstone carving. A fine collection of similar boxes was sold by Baron de Redé and Baron Guy de Rothschild, Sotheby's 25th May 1975, lots 10-27, including ram dudlesacks, a figure of Polichinelle, a cow, a goat, cats, lambs, a tortoise, a chicken, a squirrel, a horse's head and various dogs. The Hermitage in St Petersburg holds several German agate snuff boxes, including mocha agate twin lions, Inv Ð-4035 and a striped agate lion, Inv Ð-4146.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 169
dating: 19th Century provenance: Timor, Slightly curved, single-edged blade, with slight groove on the back, base marked 'BASTARD'. Wooden grip, embossed with horsehair. Wooden scabbard, engraved in the center and with enlarged ends, chape with a coin and animal hair, three pendants, two in wood and one in stone, embossed in a fish shape. Small damages and parts missing. Scarce. length 66 cm.
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