Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
TREASURES
18 November - 10 December 2020 • London
1 An Italian maiolica istoriato plate, circa 1530-5, Urbino, workshop or circle of Nicola da Urbino
2 A fine German silver-gilt drinking cup modelled as a bear, Hans auf der Burg, Nuremberg, circa 1598-1602
3 A German silver-gilt mounted ostrich egg cup and cover, Andreas Klette, Torgau, circa 1622
4 Attributed to Battista Lorenzi
Bust of a Young Man
5 A James I black and gilt japanned table cabinet, probably London, circa 1620
6 A set of four single-light wall sconces unmarked, probably English circa 1670, matching branches, drip pans and candle holders
7 A Dutch Delft flower pyramid or tulipière, 1687-1701, Adrianus Kocx, De Grieksche A factory
8 Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode
Neoptolemus and Astyanax
9 A George I cut and blown glass eighteen-light chandelier, Circa 1720-25
10 An Italian Baroque rock crystal and carved giltwood mirror, Genoa late 17th/early 18th century
11 A Meissen presentation service decorated in Augsburg, the porcelain circa 1725, the decoration circa 1731
12 A Louis XV wrought iron, red painted and parcel gilt tole and brèche d’Alep console table circa 1740, Provence
13 A magnificent pair of Sicilian ten-light silver and gilt bronze chandeliers, assay master Nunzio Gino, Palermo, 1758
14 After Giovanni Battista Foggini
Laocoön and his Sons
15 A Louis XV ormolu and patinated bronze Rhinoceros mantel clock attributed to Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Paris, circa 1755
16 A gold-mounted Meissen porcelain topographical snuff-box, Circa 1750
17 A Vincennes bleu céleste cased presentation service, 1755-6
19 A Royal George III giltwood frame, Circa 1765
20 A Feathered Cape (‘ahu ‘ula), Hawaiian Islands, 18th century
21 A George III monumental gilt-mounted ebony quarter striking musical automaton clock for the Chinese market, English, circa 1780
22 A remarkable Chinese silver-gilt filigree and polychrome enamel table ornament, unmarked, probably 2nd half of the 18th century
23 A pair of French gilt-bronze five-light wall appliques, attributed to Pierre-François and Lucien-François Feuchère, early 19th century
24 A pair of George III carved alabaster urns and pedestals, late 18th/early 19th century, possibly to a design by Sir Robert Smirke
25 The Galfridus Walpole and Maurice Suckling silver-hilted hanger believed to be that carried by Captain (later Admiral Lord) Horatio Nelson, by Nixon, Strand, London silver hallmarks for 1752
26 A ceremonial sword for a member of the Egyptian club, Rundell & Bridge, London, circa 1798
27 A fine painted silk hatchment from the State Funeral Carriage of Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson, 1805
28 A late George III gilt-bronze mounted mahogany library bookcase incorporating a concealed door, circa 1805-10, attributed to Marsh and Tatham after designs by Thomas Hope
29 A pair of late George III ormolu-mounted blue-john vases, Circa 1802, the mounts attributed to Alexis Decaix
30 A gilt-bronze double jumping and singing bird musical automaton with waterfall and timepiece in the manner of Jaquet-Droz and Leschot, Swiss, circa 1800
31 A George III gilt and patinated bronze quarter chiming musical automaton clock with world time for the Chinese market, English, circa 1800
32 An impressive pair of George IV five-light silver candelabra, Robert Garrard, London, 1827
33 An Italian ebonised and parcel-gilt circular centre table, Milan early 19th century
34 A Highly Important Fabergé Varicolored Gold-Mounted Nephrite Desk Set, Workmaster Henrik Wigström, St Petersburg, 1903-1912