PAIR OF JARDINIERE STANDS ACHIEVE $79,000 AT DOYLE NEW YORK'S SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 AUCTION OF THE BELLE EPOQUE

Gorham Aesthetic Movement Silver Fish Soup Tureen Sells For $55,000

A Celebration of the Fine and Decorative Arts of the Fin de Siecle

Doyle New York's auction on September 26, 2007 showcased fine and decorative arts reflecting the opulence of the Belle Epoque. Extravagant furniture and decorations of the Louis XV and XVI revivals, Victorian, Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras were offered, as well as art glass, porcelain, silver, marble statues, bronzes, ivories, clocks, sconces, chandeliers, rugs, and a selection of Tiffany Studios articles. Complementing the furniture and decorations were an assortment of fin de siecle paintings.

Highlighting the sale was an impressive pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and rouge marble jardiniere stands measuring 50 1/2 inches in height. With competitive bidding from the salesroom and the telephones, the pair sold for a strong $79,000. A pair of Empire style gilt and patinated-bronze and marble brule parfums by Henry Dasson, dated 1884, sold for $33,400.

Top prices were also paid for silver objects in the sale. A Gorham Aesthetic Movement sterling silver two-handled covered fish soup tureen in the Japanesque style achieved a surprisingly strong $55,000. Measuring 8 1/2 inches in height, the tureen was decorated with swimming fish and the domed cover featured a cast turtle finial. Heavy competition resulted in strong prices for silver by other makers. A silver coffee and tea service by Odiot in the Louis XVI style sold for $31,000, and a Whiting Mfg Company Aesthetic Movement sterling silver and mixed metal seafood salad set in the Japanesque style achieved $20,000.

The selection of Art Glass was led by a delicate Quezal Jack in the Pulpit vase measuring 12 inches in height, which sold for $16,250. Highlighting the fin de siecle paintings was Margent Allen's oil on canvas depicting An Important Arrest. The work was purchased by a European buyer for $27,400.

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A SELECTION OF AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS

	Lot 3629 Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Rouge Marble Jardiniere Stands  Each deep circular bowl decorated with a running wave, laurel and acanthus leaves, paterae and other classical motifs, supported on three guilloche and leaf decorated incurved legs, each surmounted by a female head, joined by double rope twist braids tied with ribbon knots, raised on hairy paw feet ending in a shaped triangular plinth, metal liner. Height 50 1/2 inches. Sold for $79,000
	Lot 3183 Gorham Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Two-Handled Covered Fish Soup Tureen  In the Japanesque style, of squat globular form, the body decorated with fish swimming in calm waters on one side and in turbulent waters on the other side, each aquatic themed handle surmounted with a cast and applied turtle, domed cover with conforming decoration and cast turtle finial. Height 8 1/2 inches, width 11 1/2 inches, approximately 43 ounces. Sold for $55,000
	Lot 3413 Pair of Empire Style Gilt and Patinated-Bronze and Marble Brule Parfums  Henry Dasson, dated 1884 Each squat circular urn having a pierced and foliate decorated band, raised on three classical female herm form legs decorated with a fruit and floral garland and continuing to hoof feet centering a foliate device, all ending on a stepped trefoil plinth and toupie feet, surmounted by a  flat cover with a large cast fruit and floral finial. Height 26 1/4 inches. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, March 28, 1992. Doyle New York sold an identical pair dated 1882, February 7, 2007, lot 2488. Sold for $33,400
	Lot 3184 Odiot Silver Coffee and Tea Service  In the Louis XVI Style, comprising a kettle on stand, coffee pot, teapot, two-handled covered sugar bowl, creamer, waste bowl and an oval tray, each decorated with fluting, beading, garlands, oval medallions, ribbon knots and scrolling foliate motifs, in a fitted case. Length of tray 33 1/2 inches, total approximately 454 ounces. Sold for $31,000
	Lot 3181 Whiting Mfg Company Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver and Mixed Metal Seafood Salad Set  In the Japanesque style, comprising an oval footed bowl, with clam and oyster shells, seaweed and other aquatic motifs against a hand hammered ground; and a serving spoon and fork, each decorated on the handle with an applied crab and engraved foliate motifs against a hand hammered ground, original fitted box. Height of bowl 3 7/8 inches, width 10 inches, length of serving spoon 12 1/4 inches. Sold for $20,000
	Lot 3385 Pair of Paris Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Ewers  19th Century Each of vasiform, with a scrolling foliate handle, decorated with a flower filled basket including lilacs, pink peonies, parrot tulips, etc. on a marble terrace with columns, against a puce and turquoise ground. Height 24 1/2 inches. Sold for $20,000
	Lot 3210 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Flatware Service  In the English King pattern, comprising fourteen dinner forks, seventeen luncheon forks, fifteen fish forks, fifteen dessert forks, seventeen ice cream forks, five oyster forks, nine chowder/gumbo spoons, twelve bouillon spoons, eighteen ice cream spoons, nine citrus spoons, eight dessert spoons, nine iced tea spoons, five teaspoons, four demitasse spoons, ten luncheon knives, twelve fish knives, ten dessert knives, six butter knives, five large serving spoons, asparagus server, ice cream slice and seven other serving pieces. Total approximately 300 ounces, weighable. Sold for 17,500
	Lot 3516 Quezal Jack in the Pulpit Glass Vase  Of floriform, the large undulating flower in striated opal and decorated with green leaf motifs, banded in gold, the reverse side of the blossom with swirling coiled motifs, on a straight standard, signed Quezal R 86. Height 12 inches. Sold for $16,250

PAINTINGS

Lot 3045 Margent Allen 19th Century An Important Arrest  Signed M. Allen and inscribed ..ANA (ll) Oil on canvas 38 x 32 inches Sold for $27,400