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Lot 3106
Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Service
Pattern No. 16631, circa 1907-38
In the St. Dunstan pattern, comprising a kettle on stand, coffee pot, teapot, two-handled covered sugar bowl, creamer, two-handled waste bowl and an oval two-handled tray, each decorated with applied stylized leaf motifs.
Height of kettle on stand 12 inches, length of tray 28 inches, total approximately 265 ounces, all in.
This service was purchased by the present consignor's grandfather, Harold Irving Clayton, a Wall Street stockbroker responsible for the Colgate-Palmolive merger. It was bought from Almira H. Torrey, Pelhamdale Lodge, Pelham, New York in 1938 for $450 for Mr. Clayton's wife Emily Boone Clayton.
Sold for $37,000
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Lot 3503
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood and Tulipwood Inlaid Cabinets
In two parts, the galleried upper section of break front outline with rounded corners, enclosing a pair of doors with Sevres style porcelain plaques painted with a flower filled urn within a turquoise reserve heightened with gilt, flanked by a pair of stacked open compartments, the conforming lower section with a frieze drawer with floral decorated plaques, raised on tapering fluted circular legs joined by an elongated X-form stretcher.
Height 49 inches, width 41 1/4 inches, depth 12 1/2 inches.
Sold for $34,000
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Lot 3504
Osler Style Cut Glass Throne Chair
Last quarter of the 20th century
In colorless glass, the serpentine-shaped crest with a central fan motif, above a padded and tufted back flanked by columnar stiles surmounted by ball finials, continuing to straight padded arms with five short columnar supports, over a padded and tufted seat, raised on faceted flattened ball and tapering paneled circular legs.
This chair is closely related to a design for an armchair in the F&C Osler archives, circa 1880 in the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Sold for $28,000
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Lot 3258A
Unsigned Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Leaded Glass Three-Panel Folding Tea Screen
Decorated in the Aesthetic Movement style, with amber colored butterflies in flight, in textured and iridized glass, bamboo shoots and blossoms in shades of green colored glass against a sky blue ground, on ball feet.
Height 7 3/4 inches, width overall 13 inches.
Sold for $25,000
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Lot 3534
Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze and Ivory Figure of a Torch Dancer
After a model by Ferdinand Preiss
Modeled as a young woman in a high stepping pose, a torch in each hand, standing on one foot on a pedestal, on a green onyx dish base.
Height 11 3/4 inches.
cf. Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, p. 281
Sold for $21,250
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Lot 3640
Meissen Gilt and Polychrome Decorated Porcelain Allegorical Figural Ewer
Second half of the 19th century
From a set of the Four Elements, this example representing Earth, of flattened baluster form with an elongated pouring spout and S-shaped handle formed by a bundle of wheat, one side with a mountainous landscape with a fox, deer, boar and a bear being pursued by a dog, an applied figure of Diana seated on the shoulder, and Pan adorns the rear, the other side with an idyllic landscape, the base and top with applied figures of putti.
Height 24 1/2 inches.
Sold for $17,500
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Lot 3210
Vienna Style Gilt Decorated Porcelain Mantel Clock
Late 19th/early 20th century
The domed top with four medallions depicting pairs of women continuing to a square hood fitted with a circular white enameled dial with black Arabic numerals, on elongated columnar legs painted with women, ending in a square base with conforming decoration against a pink ground, on bun feet.
Height 35 inches.
Sold for $16,250
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Lot 3155
Swiss Guilloche Enameled Silver and Ivory Mirrored Mystery Clock
Attributed to E. Gubelin, Lucerne, No. 58686
Of circular form, decorated with a turning mirrored center surmounted by a figure of cupid standing inside of a shell-shaped gondola holding an oar pointing to hours of the clock.
Height 3 1/2 inches, diameter 4 1/4 inches.
A similar clock attributed to E. Gubelin, No. 58059 was sold by Antiquorum Online, Geneva, May 12, 2007, lot 174
Sold for $16,250
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Lot 3161A
French Gilt Silver Flatware Service
Late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising twelve dinner forks, twelve luncheon forks, twelve fish forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve pastry forks, twelve soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve ice cream spoons, twelve coffee spoons, twelve teaspoons, twelve dinner knives, twelve luncheon knives, twelve fish knives, twelve butter spreaders, master spreader, sugar tongs and fifteen serving pieces, fitted chest.
Total approximately 250 ounces, weighable.
Sold for $16,250
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Lot 3440
Loetz Glass Vase
Of tapering ovoid form, in colorless iridescent glass, decorated with cascading green and gold bands against a yellow ground, strong pink, blue and gold highlights.
Height 13 3/4 inches.
Sold for $16,250
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Lot 3068
Carl Budtz-Moller
Danish, 1882-1953
Agapanthus before a Mirror
Signed C. Budtz M. (ll)
Oil on canvas
38 x 29 1/2 inches
Provenance: Guarisco Gallery Ltd., Washington D.C.
Sold for $40,000
A WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
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Lot 3015
Pasquale Celommi
Italian, 1851-1928
The Dance
Signed PCelommi (lr)
Oil on canvas
17 x 23 inches
Sold for $10,625
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Lot 3028
Vaclav Brozik (Wenceslas von Brozik)
Czech, 1851-1901
Self Portrait
Signed with conjoined initials VBrozik (ll)
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches (54.5 x 45.0 cm.)
Provenance: Waldesova Obrazarna, Prague, no.2132
Exhibited: Prague, National Theatre, Anniversary Exhibition of Art, June-August 1932, no.87
Sold for $10,000
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Lot 3329
Assembled Pair of Minton Majolica Figural Candlesticks
Each in the form of a putto standing beside a tree trunk holding a cornucopia formed from cattails or wheat sheaves, on a stepped circular base, stamped MINTON and 653.
Height 15 inches.
Sold for $8,125
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Lot 3353
French Majolica Figural Centerpiece
The green glazed foliate shallow bowl with an irregular rim, on a putto-form standard surrounded by four putti, on a rocaille decorated circular base.
Height 24 3/4 inches, diameter 19 1/4 inches.
Sold for $8,125
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Lot 3345
Minton Secessionist Majolica Garden Seat
Of tapering hexagonal form, decorated with blue and plum iris blossoms against a brown, orange and yellow ground, stamped MINTON and shape number 3363, date cipher for 1908.
Height 21 1/4 inches.
Doyle New York sold a similar Minton majolica garden seat on May 17, 2006, lot 198.
Sold for $7,500
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