Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries, Ceramics and Carpets
Catalogue Information: 507 lots with images
Lot 1: A KLOSTER-VEILSDORF COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE MINIATURE FIGURE OF PANTALONE
Circa 1770, iron-red painted 920., modeled by Wenzel NeuThe miserly father typically modelled bearded, wearing red pantaloons and the black full-length robe of a Venetian gentleman, leaning forward in a bow and holding a candle in his left hand, his [...more]
Lot 2: A MEISSEN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE FIGURE OF SCAPIN FROM THE DUKE OF WEISSENFELS SERIES
CIRCA 1744, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT THE BACK, MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND P. REINEKEWearing pink cloak and breeches and yellow tunic with gilt braid frogs5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) long
Lot 3: TWO MEISSEN MINIATURE VASES
THE FIRST CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND PRESSNUMMBER 21, THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDSThe baluster vase painted in the 'dragon' pattern, the bottle vase painted and enriched in gilt in the Tischchenmuster pattern2 3/8 in. ( [...more]
Lot 4: A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN MINIATURE FIGURE OF 'THE MARQUIS' AS A NEEDLE CASE
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE INTERIOR OF THE FIGURE, THE MOUNT 19TH CENTURYEn dehabille in a dressing gown and holding his night cap; together with a German cane handle of similar date, painted with figures after Watteau on one side, s [...more]
Lot 5: A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED THURINGIAN DOUBLE-SIDED RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVERS
CIRCA 1760, almost certainly FürstenburgPainted with bouquets within rocaille moulded borders, the interior of each cover similarly painted, each cover with a bow-shaped thumb-rest
