Arcade Furniture and Decorative Works of Art: Including a Fine Collection of Fine Canes and Chess Sets from a Gentleman of Title
Catalogue Information: 1,095 lots | 889 with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: A SELECTION OF BOOKS PERTAINING TO CHESS
including: Chessmen for Collectors, by Victor Keats, B.T. Batsford, Ltd. London 1985 and signed by the author; Chessmen, by A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., 1967; Chess East and West, Past and Present, a selection from the [...more]
Lot 2: A CHINESE IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Natural ivory and stained tan, each figure a member of the Chinese court or a warrior, on lotus-shaped bases; the emperor and empress enthroned; the knights and pawns mounted soldiers; the rooks are castles.
Lot 3: A FINE AND IMPRESSIVE DIEPPE FULL-FIGURAL NAPOLEONIC POLYCHROME IVORY CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 19TH
A FINE AND IMPRESSIVE DIEPPE FULL-FIGURAL NAPOLEONIC POLYCHROME IVORY CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURYeach piece carved on a square base; Napoleon vs. the Duke of Wellington, at the decisive Battle of Waterloo; the rooks on the French side are ins [...more]
Lot 4: A VIENNA AUGARTEN ENAMEL - DECORATED PORCELAIN 'RENAISSANCE' FIGURAL CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 20TH
A VIENNA AUGARTEN ENAMEL - DECORATED PORCELAIN 'RENAISSANCE' FIGURAL CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURYDesigned by Mathilde Jaksch-Szendro, impressed with an H and Made in Austria on the underside and each piece marked in under-glaze blue Wien with [...more]
Lot 5: A VIENNA AUGARTEN ENAMEL - DECORATED PORCELAIN 'RENAISSANCE' FIGURAL CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 20TH
A VIENNA AUGARTEN ENAMEL - DECORATED PORCELAIN 'RENAISSANCE' FIGURAL CHESS SET, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURYIdentical to the preceding lot but each piece impressed Made in Austria on the underside and with the crowned shield mark and Wien, some marked wi [...more]
