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Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris

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HALF-HEIGHT CABINET “SOCRATES AND ASPASIA” WITH CONTRE-PARTIE BOULLE MARQUETRY

Lot 1001* ♣ - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

HALF-HEIGHT CABINET “SOCRATES AND ASPASIA” WITH CONTRE-PARTIE BOULLE MARQUETRY

Louis XIV style, Paris, ca. 1870. Stamped Befort Jeune. The bronzes are signed on the back in part with the name Befort Jeune or a monogram BJ, and numbered (Mathieu Béfort, known as Béfort Jeune, 1813–1880). Based on a model by André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732).
Ebony in veneer and brown-backed tortoiseshell with engraved brass inlays in the form of arabesques, flowers, foliage and fillets. Rectangular body with straight frame on a slightly protruding base with round feet. Stepped, slightly protruding cornice. Front with double door. The front is architecturally structured with gilt bronze decoration in the form of a seated figures of Socrates and Aspasia, a female mask, scrollwork, corner scrolls, fleurons, rosettes, leaf friezes, shell scrolls, cartouche medallions and garlands. Black marble top (later). 1 key.
126 × 48 × 133 cm.
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CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

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A PAIR OF IMPORTANT SHIELDS, so-called “MILTON SHIELD”

Lot 1002* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF IMPORTANT SHIELDS, so-called “MILTON SHIELD”

Edwardian, England. Facsimile of the design by Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820–1888) from 1859, created by Elkington & Co.
Synthetic resin, imitating tortoiseshell. Oval plaque with scenes from John Milton's “Paradise Lost” with the Archangel Raphael in the central medallion, proclaiming the victory over the rebellious angels to Adam and Eve.
H 83, W 64 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

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MONUMENTAL MANTEL CLOCK WITH THE ALLEGORIES OF DAY AND NIGHT

Lot 1003* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

MONUMENTAL MANTEL CLOCK WITH THE ALLEGORIES OF DAY AND NIGHT

Napoleon III, Paris, last quarter of the 19th century. The movement is marked Jappy & Cie.
“Rouge de France” marble and gilt bronze with dark green patina. Stepped architectural case with a vase finial flanked by two seated bronze figures, allegories of Day and Night after designs by Michelangelo for the tomb epitaph of Giuliano de' Medici. The lidded vase with three ram legs and ram heads and vine tendrils. On a rectangular, rounded marble base with a central projection, on flattened, gadrooned feet. Decorated with cornucopias, drapery and reliefs with playing putti. White enamel dial painted with a flower garland. Parisian movement with half-hour strike on bell (pendulum missing).
H 67 cm.

CHF 6 000 / 8 000 | (€ 6 190 / 8 250)

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A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES "LE BAISER DONNÉ ET LE BAISER RENDU" ("THE KISS GIVEN AND THE KISS RETURNED")

Lot 1004* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES "LE BAISER DONNÉ ET LE BAISER RENDU" ("THE KISS GIVEN AND THE KISS RETURNED")

France, beginning of the 19th century. Based on a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828).
Brown-patinated bronze. Mounted on a gilt bronze foot with pearl frieze, and a cylindrical "Gris Sainte-Anne" marble pillar and a black marble plinth. Brass plates inscribed: Becaux and Encore, respectively.
H in total 27 and 28 cm, respectively.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

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DECORATIVE VASE “JUPITER AND ANTIOPE”

Lot 1005* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

DECORATIVE VASE “JUPITER AND ANTIOPE”

Napoleon III, Paris, late 19th century.
Gilt bronze, partly with a brown patina. The bowl designed as a ship with a mythological frieze decoration. A sleeping naked nymph, Antiope, as a figure on the finial, and Jupiter in the form of a satyr on the volute handle. The bow with a winged chimera with a forked tail. Recessed oval base decorated with a frieze.
L 41 cm, H 31 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 5 000 | (€ 4 120 / 5 150)

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HALF-HEIGHT CABINET WITH “PIETRA-DURA” INLAYS

Lot 1006* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

HALF-HEIGHT CABINET WITH “PIETRA-DURA” INLAYS

Napoleon III in the style of Louis XIV, France, 19th century. “Pietra-Dura” inlays, Italy, probably 17th century or later. The bronzes in part monogrammed on the back bT.
Ebony inlaid with brass fillets. Rectangular body on a cut-out and slightly protruding base. Front with door flanked by pilasters decorated with female busts. The door with eight rectangular pietra dura inlays, depicting birds, butterflies, insects and branches. Multilevel cornice with black marble top with a glued, wooden plate covered with velour. Rich bronze decoration in the form of female busts, leaf masks, acanthus and floral friezes, as well Hermes as a boy, and a boy with a globe on the sides. With dealer's label on the back, dated 8.5.1975. The bronze fittings on the sides are monogrammed bT on the back.
95 × 40 × 128 cm.

CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)

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A PAIR OF CANDELABRA DESIGNED AS FIGURES

Lot 1007* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF CANDELABRA DESIGNED AS FIGURES

Napoleon III, France, 19th century. One candelabrum signed H. Pi (Henri Picard, active 1831–1864) and numbered 4026 on the base.
Gilt bronze, in part with a brown patina. Central male figures, probably mythological figures, one standing on a fish, the other on a shell. Both with cornucopiae in their hands, and with five curved light branches with vase-shaped nozzles on the lower level and four light branches with bud-shaped nozzles on the second level, crowned by a central torch. On a square pedestal with openwork acanthus leaf and rocaille feet. Rich decoration in the form of flower garlands, flower still lifes and various flowers and branches. Both candelabra numbered 4026.
H 89.5 cm.

CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)

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ELEGANT BOULLE “MEUBLE D'ENTRE DEUX”

Lot 1008* ♣ - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

ELEGANT BOULLE “MEUBLE D'ENTRE DEUX”

Louis-Philippe style, Paris, ca. 1840/50. Attributed to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé (1797–1861). The bronze mounts partly monogrammed on the back bT.
Ebony and reddish-brown underlaid tortoiseshell, in part polychrome colored, with partially engraved brass, copper, tin, and mother-of-pearl inlays in the form of geometric fillets, arabesques, floral diamonds, and foliage. Trapezoidal body with concave sides on a cut-out frame and plinth. Single-door front between slanted corner pilasters. Stepped, slightly protruding cornice. Rich, finely chased matte and polished gilt bronze decoration in the form of triton masks, flora and faun masks, Hercules heads, allegorical trophies with symbols of art and science, panthers, rocailles, acanthus leaves, decorative friezes, rosettes, etc. 1 key.
196 × 61 × 190.5 cm.
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CHF 70 000 / 90 000 | (€ 72 160 / 92 780)

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IMPORTANT BOULLE VITRINE CABINET

Lot 1009* ♣ - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

IMPORTANT BOULLE VITRINE CABINET

Louis-Philippe style, Paris, ca. 1840/50. Attributed to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé (1797–1861). Some of the bronzes are monogrammed on the back bT.
Ebony and tortoiseshell with red underlay, decorated with engraved brass inlays in the form of geometric fillets, arabesques, birds and flowers. Rectangular body on a cut-out frame, merging directly into stepped feet. Glazed, single-door front between slightly flared pilaster strips. Rich, finely chased and gilt bronze decoration in the form of leaf masks, allegorical trophies, satyr heads, rocailles, leaf and acanthus friezes, rosettes and mesh. Escutcheon with rocaille mask. 1 key. Restoration plaque on the back.
131 × 57.5 × 207 cm.
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CHF 55 000 / 75 000 | (€ 56 700 / 77 320)

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A PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS, WITH A YOUNG SATYR

Lot 1010* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS, WITH A YOUNG SATYR

Louis XVI style, France, 19th century.
Bronze with a brown patina and gilt bronze, in part chased and embossed. A young satyr with an opulently filled fruit basket as a nozzle on a round, retracted base with pearl frieze garlands and an acorn pendant on spherical feet.
H 26 cm.

CHF 1 000 / 1 400 | (€ 1 030 / 1 440)

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LAMP STAND DESIGNED AS A VASE WITH A HANDLE

Lot 1011* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

LAMP STAND DESIGNED AS A VASE WITH A HANDLE

Louis XVI style, France, 20th century. Bronze monogrammed EB.
Gilt bronze, in the shape of an urn, the handles connected by an oak leaf garland and resting on cloven feet. The front of the vase decorated with putti making music. Decorated with laurel frieze, rosettes and leaves. On a rectangular, violet/grey veined marble base.
H 42 cm.
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CHF 2 500 / 3 000 | (€ 2 580 / 3 090)

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A PAIR OF SCONCES.

Lot 1012* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF SCONCES.

Louis XVI style, France, ca. 1880/90. Monogrammed HD (Henry Dasson, 1825–1896) on the back.
Gilt bronze. Narrow wall plate decorated with a mesh border, buds, grapes and grape leaves. Two curved light branches shaped like twisted, bound acanthus leaves with vase-shaped nozzles on wide drip pans. Formerly fitted for electricity. Monogrammed HD on the back.
H 56 cm.

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

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TABRIZ

Lot 1013* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

TABRIZ

Beige central field with a central medallion, opulently patterned with trailing flowers and palmettes. Red edging. Stained and with signs of wear.
230 × 330 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

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GHOM SILK signed

Lot 1014* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

GHOM SILK signed

White central field with a central medallion, opulently patterned with colorful plants and birds. Slight signs of wear.
140 × 205 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)

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ISFAHAN, signed Mohsen Fatehi

Lot 1015* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

ISFAHAN, signed Mohsen Fatehi

White ground, patterned throughout with colorful plants and animals. Beige border. In good condition.
158 × 240 cm.

CHF 1 400 / 1 600 | (€ 1 440 / 1 650)

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A PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS

Lot 1016* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS

Louis XVI style, France, 19th century. Signed Picard (Henri Picard, active 1831–1864).
Grey marble, and gilt and chased bronze. Conical marble shaft tapering towards the bottom, with a vase-shaped nozzle on a round base. Decorated with pearl and leaf friezes. Signed Picard and numbered 1855 and 1544, respectively, on the bottom.
H 19 cm.

CHF 500 / 800 | (€ 520 / 820)

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A PAIR OF FAUTEUILS “À LA REINE”

Lot 1017* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF FAUTEUILS “À LA REINE”

Louis XV, France, mid-18th century.
Walnut, carved with flowers, leaves and scrolls, and molded. Curved, trapezoidal seat on a slightly wavy cut-out frame with curved legs. Flat, yoke-shaped backrest with padded armrests on curved supports. Blue silk cover with decorative nails.
67 × 54 × 97 cm.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

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FIGURATIVE MANTEL CLOCK “LES GLANEUSES”

Lot 1018* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

FIGURATIVE MANTEL CLOCK “LES GLANEUSES”

Paris ca. 1860. Signed on the base H. Dumaige (Henry Étienne Dumaige, 1830–1888). Foundry stamp Raingo on the base.
Gilt bronze and dark-lacquered sheet metal. Two young women walking, accompanied by a boy with a double flute, carrying a spherical clock with a child wearing a straw hat sitting on top. On a rectangular base, round at the front, decorated with playing putti, the side panels with applied openwork acanthus leaf volutes. The spherical case is decorated with Arabic numerals for the hours (digits 3 and 4 missing). Parisian movement with half-hour strike on a bell. (Pendulum, key and one hand missing).
H 75 cm.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

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A PAIR OF CANDELABRA “CHILDREN WITH LILIES”

Lot 1019* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF CANDELABRA “CHILDREN WITH LILIES”

Napoleon III, France, 19th century. After a model attributed to Jean-Louis Prieur (ca. 1732–1795).
Bronze, gilt, engraved and partly with dark patina. Five curved light branches in the shape of lily stems on different levels around a central light branch with round, flattened nozzles, carried by two putti. Round base with a surrounding dark patinated bronze decorative frieze with allegorical putti. On a retracted square base with a laurel wreath.
H 104 and 105 cm.

CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

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A PAIR OF LYRA SCONCES 'AUX SERPENTS'

Lot 1020* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF LYRA SCONCES 'AUX SERPENTS'

Louis XVI style, Paris, late 19th century. Monogrammed on the reverse (BY – Maison Beurdeley, probably Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, 1808–1882)
Matte and polished gilt bronze, chased. Lyre-shaped wall plate, with blued metal on the inside. Decorated with snakes, garlands and ribbons, the lower section with lavish decoration in the form of a satyr mask, vine tendrils, a rosette and a musical trophy. Two curved light branches with acanthus leaves, connected by fruit garlands, with drip pans in the form of fruit still lifes and a vase-shaped nozzle, and a central light branch protruding from the snake's mouth.
H 69 cm, L 32.5 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

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FRANCE, 19th century.

Lot 1021* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

FRANCE, 19th century.

Bacchanal.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated bottom left: P. Daubin 1873.
70 × 230.3 cm.

CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)

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A PAIR OF PUTTI MAKING MUSIC

Lot 1022* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF PUTTI MAKING MUSIC

France, end of the 19th century.
Gilt bronze. Seated putti, probably depicting Poseidon and Dionysus as children, one holding a fishing net and a triangle, the other with vine leaves and grapes in his hair as a cymbal player. On a painted wooden base in the shape of a rock.
H 27 cm.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

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MANTEL SET

Lot 1023* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

MANTEL SET

Louis XVI style, Paris, ca. 1880. Probably Henry Dasson (1825–1896).
Chased and punched bronze, matte- and polished gilt, in part with a dark patina. Brass and white marble. Comprising: a pair of brûle-parfums “à l'Athénienne” and a mantel clock “à cercle tournant”. The brûle-parfums feature a cylindrical flat bowl and openwork rim, and a flat removable lid, and are lavishly decorated with fruit and flowers. The bowl is supported by three caryatids with rich garlands and cloven feet, resting on a retracted trefoil base with a central grape palmette and fluted gilt round feet. The clock has a spherical case with a removable cover featuring a putto holding a torch, seated on a cloud. White enamel chapter ring “à cercle tournant” with Roman numerals for the hours, the time indicated by an arrow. The case is supported by three graces entwined in a floral garland. On a retracted trefoil base in white marble, and round feet. Movement with balance and half-hour strike on bell. Gilt mounts and applications in the form of fleurons, palmettes and bead and reel.
Clock: 33.5 × 33.5 × 73 cm; Brûle-Parfum: Ø 20.5, H 67 cm.

CHF 35 000 / 55 000 | (€ 36 080 / 56 700)

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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DECANTER TROLLEY

Lot 1024* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DECANTER TROLLEY

London, 1867/68. maker's mark Stephen Smith & Son.
Silver-gilt and cut crystal glass. Two mounted glass aiguières and a silver-gilt pouring ewer on a carriage with two putti in the guise of Bacchantes. Lavish vine leaves and tendril decoration. On the central, slightly raised plateau, a magnificent cartouche with coats of arms of the Worshipful Company of Distillers and motto on either side.
Carafes: H 31 cm; ewer: H 33 cm; carriage: L 60 cm. Ca. 3400 g (without carafes).

CHF 30 000 / 50 000 | (€ 30 930 / 51 550)

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A PAIR OF SCONCES WITH A MALE HERM

Lot 1025* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.00 AM

A PAIR OF SCONCES WITH A MALE HERM

Louis XVI style, France, the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century.
Gilt bronze. Wall mount in the form of a Bacchanalian male herm with pilasters and pine cones on top. The boy is holding two crossed foliage light branches with laurel nozzles. One numbered 523-3862 on verso. Perforations for fittings for electricity.
H 35 cm.

CHF 600 / 1 000 | (€ 620 / 1 030)

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