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Click here to subscribeA Bertha Hummel nativity set, comprising; wooden stable, Mary BH 26/A, Joseph BH 26/B, Jesus /C, Angel /D, Angel /E, Melchior /F, Gaspar /G, Balthazar /H, Shepherd /I, Shepherd /K, Camel /L, Donkey /M, Ox /N, Boy with Calf /O, Peasant Girl with Basket /P, Sleeping Shepherd, Q, Girl with Lute, R, Girl with Recorder. All boxed (19 in total) Please see illustration
Hans VON AACHEN (1552-1615)OIL ON PANELS, A PAIR The Preparation for, and the Feast of Belshazzar.The former with figures processing toward the Banqueting Hall carrying covered dishes and tazzas of food, to the left further figures obtaining opulent precious metal table wares from a tiered display of sacred objects from the Temple of Jerusalem, the latter picture with many figures sat feasting at a table in a sumptuous Banqueting hall lit by a chandelier and caryatid candle brackets, with numerous other figures in attendance.Belshazzar the Babylonion regent sat beneath a richly embroidered canopy alarmed at the sight of a hand high-up in the vaulted ceiling pointing to an inscriptionMene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin` (Weighed in the balance and found wanting) below which a vision of the ball of Babylon, to the lower left of the composition a group of musicians centered by an elegant lady gazing out at the spectator whilst playing an organ,surrounded by men playing a lute, sackbut, viol, and violin, the banqueting table lit by candles, with numerous figures holding long torches29 1/4" x 34 1/4" (75.5cm x 87cm)
Composite lute currently strung for six double courses, 18th century and later, the body of twenty-five rosewood ribs intersected by bone inlay, the table with pierced parchment architectural rose encircled by multiple stringing, one band inset with mother of pearl segments, further inlaid below the bridge and at the base of the fingerboard with mother of pearl hearts and with a polygonal tortoiseshell plaque above the bridge, the back of the neck with a fine ebony and ivory chequerboard inlay, rosewood fingerboard with eight frets and a further six frets on the table, guitar-style shaped head with reverse pegs, length of body 17", 43.2cm, string length 20 1/4", 51.5cm
A Derby porcelain figure, circa 1700, of a bag piper modelled standing on a rococo scroll base backed by bocage, 19cm high, figure of a standing lady holding a flower, 19cm high, two Derby type figures of a seated bag piper with hound and a seated lute player with a lamb, 13.5cm high, and a Derby figural candlestick, sconce lacking, of a seated boy with a dog, 15cm high. (5)
1067 A Berlin / KPM plaque, A. Scherf after N. Sichel Second half 19th century, signed lower right ``A. Scherf`` and ``nach N. Sichel`` (Nathaniel Sichel 1843 - 1907 German), titled verso ``Fille de l`etranger d`apres N. Sichel``, marked verso with impressed ``KPM`` and scepter mark and various ciphers, further impressed ``138`` and ``237``, rectangular, depicting a brunette beauty holding a lute, within a giltwood frame, overall: 12`` H x 9`` W; plaque size 9.75`` H x 6.25`` W, est: $2000/3000 Provenance: Property of a Private Southern California Collection. Condition: Overall good condition. General marks and scratches commensurate with age, including a 2``-long scratch near top edge. The frame with losses. The plaque taped to frame verso. Not examined out of frame. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
1117 After Auguste Moreau, a bronze figure Early 20th century, signed in the cast ``Aug. Moreau`` (Auguste Moreau 1834 - 1917), depicting a fairy seated on a basket playing a lute, mounted on an octagonal base, 7.5`` H x 5.75`` W x 3.75`` D, est: $400/600 Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena,CA. Condition: Overall good condition. General light marks, scratches and rubbed wear commensurate with age and use. Screws in need of tightening. The patination of the figure and base a medium brown. The patination of the basket a dark greenish brown. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Set of Five Meissen Porcelain Figures of Maidens Allegorical of the Senses, 19th century, Sight holding a telescope and looking glass, an eagle and cherub holding glasses at her feet, Smell holding a posy, a vase of flowers on a pedestal at her side, a putto and dog at her feet, Hearing playing a lute, a singing cherub and stag at her feet, Taste eating an apple, a monkey in a basket of fruit on a pedestal at her side, a cherub eating from a bowl at her feet, and Touch holding a parrot, two fighting cherubs and dog at her feet, each on scroll moulded bases applied with various appropriate attributes, crossed swords marks, 28cm and 29cm high Hearing with damage and repairs to antlers. Sight with damage to wings of eagle. Touch with repair to parrot. Typical chips and losses throughout. Some firing faults and surface wear throughout. 050713
A parcel lot of ceramics to include a Staffordshire figure of a girl with lute, Hummel figure entitled `Village Boy`, a Royal Worcester cabbage leaf jug, German fairing of Welsh teaparty A/F, Victorian moulded jug and bowl, cottage box, Coalport loving cup A/F and a selection of crested china to include three by Goss, two by Shelley and others by Grafton, Carlton etc, some A/F, approx. 27 pieces
A Derby patch mark figure of a gentlemen, circa 1770 in salmon and turquoise jacket and floral frock jacket, holding hat in left hand, bocage back with gilt turquoise scroll base, incised No 317, 22 cms h approx and a Derby patch mark figure of a seated lady playing a lute, lamb to her right side, pierced rocaille base, 18.5 cm h approx (2)
Émile André Boisseau (French, 1842-1923) OYSEL LE TROUBADOUR, parcel gilt and patinated bronze figure modelled as a seated young minstrel playing lute, title plaque to base with Salon des Beaux Arts, height 24" — 61 cm., incised signature, with foundry stamp Société des Bronzes de Paris and impressed EW 3457 Starting Price: $500
Directoire Gilt Bronze Clock. The classically draped square form "table a la truncheon" with a lyre, a open book of music, and a floral arrangement, housing the clock movement, an integrated dial with black enameled Roman numerals, flanked by a classically dressed female figure of Calliope, symbolic of Music, the other side by a lute, the plinth base with applied musical trophy adorsed by wreaths, the movement with an outside counter wheel striking on a bell, raised on four belleflower feet, movement stamped "Tourbier A Paris". 19th Century. Dimensions 15 x 11 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (38 x 28 x 12 cm). PARTS (pendulum, key and bell); missing backplate for clock Starting Price: $1500
Nigri, Stephanus (1475-c. 1540) [Heroica Philostrati & Dialogus Stephani Nigri: in qu[a]e quicquid apud Pausanium scitu dignum legitur, summa cum diligentia congestum est.] Milan: Minutiana, [1517]. Small folio, text printed in a clear Roman letter, with words and phrases in Greek; a-c6, A-D8, E6, F-Z8, AA-CC8, DD-EE6, FF10, lacking the final signature GG; the extensive ten-leaf errata apologizing for the poor Greek complete and present, comprising signature FF; contemporary marginal manuscript notes throughout; bound in full contemporary blind-rolled calf binding, with floral and bee motifs in the central compartment, flanked by an outer border of cherbus and acanthus, one cherub with a lute, holes from eight silk ties on both boards, ties lost, large contemporary parchment labels on front board, author and title on one and shelf mark on the other, ink title on fore edge, leather cracked along front joint, starting to crack at back, later end leaves, otherwise intact and unrepaired, very large margins throughout, printed on fine diaphanous paper throughout, minor water stain to fore edge, affecting only the blank margin, 11 x 7 1/2 in. The interlocutors in Nigri`s Dialogus include his former teacher, Demetrios Chalkokondyles (1423-1511); the work itself is dedicated to Jean Grolier.
A Meissen porcelain allegorical figure of 'Hearing', 19th century, modelled as a semi-clad lady playing a lute, a singing cherub and stag at her feet, also a horn blowing into an ear, all on a rococo scrolling gilt highlighted base, crossed swords mark, incised model numbers 1062 and 73, 29cm high.
Royal Dux large figural study of a lady in classical dress with a lute seated alongside a pond with waterlily, pink pad mark to base and impressed no 1955 Condition Report In good condition although some painted wood dowling applied to the rear of the pond - unsure why and how it is attached or fixed
A set of four Berlin porcelain figures including a naked figure standing on a globe, with America and Asia highlighted, a seated figure in a turban, holding a child on a rectangular base, 32cm high. A female figure holding a tablet with Roman numerals, a seated gentlemen in an orange frock coat resting his foot upon a book, with a child on the rectangular base 32cm high. A semi naked lady and a child holding a paint brush on a rectangular base, 33cm high and a semi naked figure holding a lute and scroll of music, a figure playing a bagpipes and a cloven hoofed child pulling a cats tail, 31.5 cm high, blue sceptre mark to the bases.