M&N Uzal, 19th Century Excellence
Catalogue Information: 100 lots with images
Date: 2009
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Viewing Notes:
Sun, 25 Oct 09, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 26 Oct 09, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tue, 27 Oct 09, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wed, 28 Oct 09, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sale Notes:
Mario Tavella
Chairman of Furniture Division, Europe
Private European Collections Department
Tel: +44 20 7293 5052
Fax: +44 20 7293 5982
mario.tavella@sothebys.com
Anne Rossi-Lefèvre
Project Manager
Private European Collections
Tel: +44 20 7293 6190
Fax: +44 20 7293 5982
anne.rossilefevre@sothebys.com
Maxine Fox
Senior Specialist
Furniture
Tel: +44 20 7293 5349
Fax: +44 20 7293 5982
maxine.fox@sothebys.com
Jonathan Meyer
Consultant
19th Century Furniture
jm@jmfineart.com
Louise Errington
Administrator
English Furniture & Decorations
Tel: +44 20 7293 5473
Fax: +44 20 7293 5930
louise.errington@sothebys.com
Elaine Whitmire
Director of Single-Owner Sales
Head of North American Specialists and Decorative Arts, New York
Tel: +1 212 606 7285
Fax: +1 212 606 7038
elaine.whitmire@sothebys.com
Xavier Jover
Assistant Vice President
19th Century Furniture & Sculpture
Tel: +1 212 894 1434
Fax: +1 212 606 7330
xavier.jover@sothebys.com
Lot 1: A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE NEVERS JARDINIÈRES THE FAIENCE LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE GILT-BRONZE MID 19TH CENTURY
each with rope-twist handles applied with dolphins' heads, and fitted with a tôle liner
Lot 2: A PAIR OF BRONZE REARING HORSES FRENCH
each on a rectangular gilt-bronze and Boulle marquetry stand
Lot 3: AFTER GASPARD MARSY (1624-81) AND ANSELME FLAMEN (1647-1717), "'BOREAS ABDUCTING ORITHYIA' ; AND AFTER FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715),'PLUTO ABDUCTING PROSERPINA' FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
a pair of bronze groups, each on a boulle marquetry and gilt-bronze base with scroll feet
Lot 4: A GILT-BRONZE AND CONTRE-PARTIE BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT BY GEORGES MONBRO NAPOLEON III, CIRCA 1860
after the model by André-Charles Boulle, with a leather inset top above three frieze drawers, with a marque au fer, MONBRO, the locks stamped Portois L Fix, Wien
Lot 5: AFTER ANTOINE COYSEVOX(1640-1708) "LA RENOMMÉE CHEVAUCHANT PÉGASE"; "MERCURE CHEVAUCHANT PÉGASE" CIRCA 1850
a pair of bronze groups each signed N. COMPIONI FECIT, on a cut-brass and tortoiseshell boulle marquetry rectangular base
