Furniture, paintings and works of art
AUCTION
Thursday 12 December 2024, from 2.30 p.m. (lots 1-309)
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
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Lot 226
GIUSEPPE PURICELLI 1825-1894
Portrait of a lady
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 227
Group of seven silver salt cellars
Naples, circa 1840
Pair of double salt cellars, circular, with feral feet and handles with beasts, gilded inside. The lot includes a group of four circular salt cellars with eagle feet, one with a paw missing, and another circular salt cellar with goat feet, gilded inside.
Wear and
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 228
Part of silver inkstand
Naples, 1802
Small rectangular tray with openwork gallery and three smooth cylindrical containers.
740 g
Tray 2.2 x 8.7 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 229
Pair of silver candlesticks
Naples, 1809-1824
Circular base, with tapered column stem, smooth with geometrically decorated rims.
456 g
9.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 230
GIOVANNI RIVA 1890-1973
The Player
Bronze with dark patina, signed at the base.
15.75 x 6.89 x 6.89 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 231
GIOVANNA TOMMASINI BLAETTEL
Portrait for Maria Elisabetta Francesca Princess of Savoia Carignano
Watercolor on paper.
13.39 x 11.42 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 232
Portico clock
France, 19th Century
Movement with hour and half chime, anchor escapement and spring suspension, compensated pendulum type.
Missing suspension, pendulum unhooked.
16.9 x 9.4 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 233
Chest-of-drawers
Probably Veneto, 19th Century and later
Walnut, with inlays in various essences, with five drawers, metal handles and locks.
Damage, restorations and renovations.
40.6 x 53.1 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 234
Two dishes and one trembleuse
Paris and Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, the trembleuse decorated with flowers and cherubs on a blue background, gilded, marked Sèvres; the plates both monochrome with a portrait.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 235
Group of four dishes
Probably Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, two depicting a gallant scene, flowers and gilding on a cobalt blue background, one depicting Madame de Montesson and one Louis XVI.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 236
Group of five dishes
Probably Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, two depicting puttos, flowers and gilding on a cobalt blue background, one depicting the Château de Chantilly, one the Château de Chambord and one the Duchesse du Maine.
Diameter 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 237
Cup
France, 20th Century
Oval, porcelain mounted in gilt bronze, with a blue background, on the body two oval reserves with a gallant scene and a landscape, in the Sèvres style.
11.8 x 15.4 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 238
Napoleon on horseback
19th-20th Century
Miniature on parchment within a gilt-bronze frame in neoclassical style.
5.3 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 239
ÉMILE CARLIER 1849-1927
Veille de bataille 1900 circa
Bronze with brown patina, on quadrangular base of green Alpi marble.
8.66 x 10.04 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 240
Pair of candlesticks
19th Century
Blue porcelain, mounted in gilt-bronze with shaped onyx bases.
Chips to the onyx base, one of the two with a dent and a break to the bronze base of the bud and some small chips to the porcelain glaze.
10.2 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 241
Chest-of-drawers
19th Century
Walnut, veneered in briarwood, with three drawers, the front shaped, on arched feet.
Damages, losses and restoration.
34.3 x 35.4 x 21.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 242
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE 1791-1872
Portrait of President James Monroe 1818-1819
Oil on canvas.
31.50 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 25.000 | Sold for : € 25.000
Lot 243
Mirror frame
18th-19th Century
Octagonal, carved gilt-wood, carved with double leaf volutes and rocailles top.
Damage, cracks, missing and worn gilding.
39.4 x 34.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 244
GIUSEPPE CIVELLI 1816-1882
Gran carta d’Italia disegnata ed incisa colla scorta delle opere più recenti ed accreditate di geografia Milan, 1845
Twenty-eight loose sheets, borders with coeval watercolouring, individually framed, published by G. Civelli e Comp. and dedicated to the Illustre Geografico Italiano Adriano Balbi, Imperial Counsellor in the service of S.M.I.R.A.
105.12 x 82.68 in.
Rare first edition
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 245
JOSEPH VAN DIEGHEM 1843-1885
Sheep grazing 1973
Oil on canvas, both signed and dated lower recto.
9.84 x 12.40 in.
(2)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 247
Carpet
Caucasus, 20th Century
Geometric and stylized decorations in shades of red and sand.
79.9 x 49.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 248
Group of gilded silver place-holder salt cellars
Cipollina, Genoa, 20th Century
Oval, openwork, with blue glass jacket and lids with game on it, with eight silver-gilt teaspoons en suite.
The tallest 2.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 in.
292 g
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 249
Chandelier
19th Century
Carved gilt-wood with scrolls and acanthus leaves decoration, with six lights on scrolled arms.
32.7 x 26.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 250
Flatware
20th Century
Silver-plated metal cutlery set for twelve people composed of twelve large forks, knives and spoons, twelve fruit forks, knives and spoons, twelve teaspoons and six serving cutlery, with original case with wooden and cloth drawers.
Box 8.9 x 20.1 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 500