We found 3231 price guide item(s) matching your search

Amy C Bertchou (19thC). Study of a young woman playing a lute, watercolour, signed, 32cm x 21cm, framed and glazed.

Lute with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl decoration, labelled No.2244,Viennese College of Music

Four Lladro figurines comprising a polar bear and inuit, height 14cm, a girl holding a doll and applying pink lipstick, height 18cm, a cherub playing a flute and a girl playing a lute (4)

"Victorian Staffordshire earthenware group of a seated lady with a bird and her gallant with a lute, 26.3cm h"

"Italian rosewood lute, the pine sound board with tortoiseshell mounted oval hole with mother-of-pearl inlaid boarder and similar paste set outer border, 61.5cm l"

A 19th century Dutch scent bottleapparently unmarked, modelled as a lute, the case with well chased decoration of C scrolls and foliage, hinged cover with small stopper16.5cm

A 19th century Dutch scent bottleapparently unmarked, well modelled as a lute, the whole with chased country decoration within C scrolls, hinged cover to the top17cm long

Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Lambert, Paris, c. 1900 With paper-mâché head, painted insects on the cheeks and chin, fixed brown glass eyes, two-color mohair topknot, bisque hands holding inlaid mother-of-pearl lute with bone neck and carved pegs (one missing), on velvet-covered base with single-air going-barrel movement driving four cams with five levers that cause the musician to strum with his right hand while raising the neck of the instrument in his left, leaning back and forth on his stool, crossing one leg and then lifting both together, bending his head in concentration, looking left and right as though to survey his audience, and then saucily sticking out his tongue. Dressed in painted cream satin suit with blue latticework bolero jacket, height 23 in. (58 cm), (face retouched), with brass LB key and stop/start. - Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", pp 181, 351. - A very handsome example of a classic Lambert automaton with a complex series of motions.Please Watch & Listen on: Youtube.com/AuctionTeamBreker Musik-Puppenautomat "Lautespielender Clown" von Lambert, um 1900 Lambert, Paris. Kopf aus Papiermaché, gemalte Insekten auf Wangen und Kinn, feststehende braune Glasaugen, zweifarbige Perücke mit Haarknoten, Hände aus Biskuitporzellan, fein gearbeitete Laute mit Perlmuttintarsien, Stimmwirbel aus Bein, 1 Wirbel fehlt, Seidenkleidung, Bolero-Jacke mit Streifen. Auf samtbezogenem Holzsockel. Federwerk, Walzenspielwerk und Mechanik im Sockel. Der Clown zupft mit seiner rechten Hand über die Laute, lehnt sich auf dem Stuhl vor und zurück, überkreuzt die Beine und hebt sie an, schaut rechts und links und streckt die Zunge heraus. Gesamthöhe 58 cm, mit "LB"-Schlüssel und Starthebel. - Literatur: Bailly: "Automata, the Golden Age", S. 181 und 351. - Ein sehr attraktiver Lambert-Automat mit einer komplizierten Abfolge von Bewegungen!Please Watch & Listen on: Youtube.com/AuctionTeamBreker Condition: (2/2) Starting Price: €6000

Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Vichy, c. 1900 With character head modeled as a smiling man with upturned nose, brown glass eyes and articulated eyelids (without leather), seated on the back of a chair containing two-air going-barrel movement driving four cams that cause figure to turn and nod his head, blink, strum and lift and cross his right leg, in sequined black and gold satin costume decorated with musical motifs, height 23 in. (58 cm), (professionally redressed in antique fabrics to an original pattern), with Vichy key and "acorn" stop/start. - A beautifully modeled automaton by Vichy, in good working order.Please Watch & Listen on: Youtube.com/AuctionTeamBreker Musik-Puppenautomat "Lautespielender Clown" von Vichy, um 1900 Charakterkopf, fein modelliert als lächelnder Mann mit Stupsnase, mit braunen Glasaugen und beweglichen Augenlidern (ohne Leder). Die Figur sitzt auf der Lehne eines Stuhls, in dem sich das Federwerk für das Walzenspielwerk (2 Melodien) und die Bewegungen befindet. Im mit Pailletten besetzten schwarz-goldenem Satin-Kostüm, dekoriert mit musikalischen Motiven (Kleidung mit alten Stoffen nach Originalmuster professionell ergänzt), Höhe 58 cm, mit Vichy-Schlüssel und eichelförmigem Starthebel. - Der Clown dreht seinen Kopf und nickt, blinzelt mit den Augen, zupft die Laute und hebt sein rechtes Bein an. Ein ausdrucksstarker Vichy-Automat in gut funktionierendem Zustand.Please Watch & Listen on: Youtube.com/AuctionTeamBreker Condition: () Starting Price: €6500

A large gilt framed crystoleum after W Mensler depicting female figures in a flower garden, one playing a lute, 28 x 37cm.

A pair of Carl Thieme, Potschappel, Malabar Musicians, c1880, after Meissen originals, each playing a lute, cross and T marks, (some damage or restoration), 18cm and 19.5cm

A miniature Qingbai Vase, Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279, the inverted pear body with prominent lute line below a flared mouth and on stepped foot, the glaze a faintly blue-tinged white, 10cm

A 17th Century Framed Carved Oak Panel of a Lute Player, 16" x 12"

Lute, `Il Globo`, manufactured in Italy, cased

An early 19th century copper samovar/tea kettle with lute naturalistically formed handles and urn form finial, with brass tap, raised on naturalistically modelled four toed claw feet, height 60cm

GEORGE-ARTHUR JACQUIN OIL/CANVAS OF DANCING SCENE - George-Arthur Jacquin (FRENCH, 1851) oil painting on canvas depicting a scene of three women and a man in a parlor room playing the lute and piano with two people dancing. Signed lower right "G. Jacquin" to lower right. Holds plaque to lower center with "G. Jacquin". Authenticity guaranteed. Gilded scrolled frame. Measures 16" height x 24" width + 4 1/4" mat & frame (40.6cm x 60.9cm + 10.7cm).

After Jean-Jacques Pradier, an angel playing a lute, with a baby asleep on her knees, bronze, signed, 22cm

After Adrien Étienne Gaudez - `Mignon`, a late 19th Century French brown patinated cast bronze figure of girl holding a lute, standing on a naturalistic base with cast signature `A. Gaudez`, the integral circular plinth with titled plaque, height approx 32cm.

A serpentine fronted black marble and malachite inlaid mantel clock, late 19th century, unsigned, the moulded top surmounted with a bronze group modelled as a classical woman playing a lute, seated on a stool with hoof legs, above a circular marble dial with gilt Roman numerals and an eight day movement with outside count wheel, striking on a steel bell, raised on a conforming plinth, 20.5” (52cms) h x 17.5” (45cms). (1)

Pair of late 19th century Dresden porcelain figures, a man playing a flute and woman with lute seated beside a pug, both figures seated on armchairs ( 2)

Jean Marchand, a gold, enamel and paste set verge pocket watch, no.19067, circa 1770, the two piece case with rose cut paste bezel, the back with bands of enamel and paste set decoration, to a central oval cartouche with lute, sword and basket, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes track, and Louis XV hands set with paste, the verge fusee movement with waisted pillars, pierced and engraved bridged balance cock, brass three armed balance with polished end piece, and Tompion styled regulator disc, the case 37mm diameter

A silver cigarette box, Berhold Muller, Birmingham 1899, the front embossed with a lute player serenading two young ladies, the reverse embossed with a country house landscape, the plain polished hinged cover opening to reveal silver gilt interior, 9.5cm wide, weight 3oz, together with a shallow silver dish, Emile Viner, Sheffield 1936, 14.5cm diameter, weight 4.4oz (2) For details of the condition of this lot please contact the auctioneer.

Lladro porcelain figure - Pierrot with lute and dog entitled Melancholy Musician, boxed

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MUSICIAN the classical young woman in a puce lined turquoise drapery and playing the lute, her right leg exposed, on square gilt pedestal, 12.5cm h, painted crossed swords, c1750 ++Some restoration

Pair of large Royal Dux porcelain figures, depicting a gallant and lady, he with a guitar and she with a lute, 53.5cm high

A collection of five 9 carat gold charms, comprising: a fish with a cultured pearl to its mouth, a cat, a profile of Nefertiti, a lute and a blunderbuss; with a Maltese Cross, stamped `9.C`; and an initial C, stamped `9ct`; 8.3g gross; an owl with blue paste eyes, stamped `585` to the jump ring; and a dolphin charm, stamped `585`; 3.2g gross

A 19th century Continental silver scent flask in the form of a lute with hinged head, embossed and chased with figures and scrolls in the Rococo manner, 17 cm

Continental porcelain coffee can, the oval cartouche painted with a seated lady and man playing a lute, with musical white metal casing and date 1895, 5.5 cm h.

A 19thC horn snuff box (AF), a Victorian paper maché snuff box, a pewter engraved snuff box, a small silver snuff box bears London Hallmark, four base metal snuff boxes, a small modern hardwood snuff box, a cloisonné modern box, a Vogue vanities compact and a faux tortoiseshell miniature lute.

A watercolour, girl lying on a bed with a lute, spear and small shield, 19" x 38", indistinctly signed, relined

A 20th Century French white marble and gilt metal clock garniture, the clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the circular white enamel dial painted with Arabic numerals and flower garlands, the drum case surmounted with a quiver, bow and a foliate branch above a glazed door flanked by scrolls, raised on four reeded columns and a crescent shaped base applied with a lute, on turned feet, height approx 45cm, with a mask and sunburst pendulum, together with a pair of matching five light four scroll branch candelabra.

FLEMISH SCHOOL Lute player performing for a young Lady, unsigned, oil on tin, 7 1/2" x 6"

A pair of bocage figures, of a lady playing a lute, and a man playing a hurdy gurdy

A Chinese soapstone carving of a gentleman on a horse, height 13cm, an eastern bronze of a Hindu god, a bronzed Japanese figure playing a lute and an Art Nouveau style bust.

French Art Deco ivory walking cane handle having finely carved decoration depicting three muses, holding a cornucopia of fruit, playing a lute and releasing a bird from a cage, standing on an unassociated white metal base, 7.25cm high

A 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL GILT BRASS AND COPPER CLOCK GARNITURE, the clock with an eight day movement, striking on a gong, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and pierced gilt metal roundel to the centre, above a small aneroid barometer with circular dial, the architecturally inspired case having a domed top with lute and floral cresting, cast and pierced overall with foliate scrolls, the sides with mask panels, on a bracket foot, the associated three light candelabra on leafy scroll supports, on square bases with bracket foot, the clock 50cm high, the candelabra 29cm high. See illustration

A German Porcelain Rectangular Plaque, late 19th/20th century, depicting an Arab girl beside a well, 18.5cm by 13cm, mounted in a plush frame; and A Similar Plaque, with Cupid playing a lute, 9cm by 13cm (2)

An early 20th century Vienna porcelain plate decorated with a lady playing a lute, a gentleman looking on

A pair of stained glass door panels, 23" x 6", three carved wooden panels and a plaster angel with lute mould

"Pair of Derby Porcelain Bagpiper/Lute figures, he seated with dog to one side, she with sheep each before a flowering bocage, on foliate scroll bases, incised No 301, 14cm h, and an English porcelain figure of a fiddler, 13cm"

A porcelain figure of a lady playing a lute, a parian figure group of a mother and child, and a Royal Devon tongue dish

A KPM Berlin porcelain lithophane, second half 19th Century, of rectangular shape decorated with a minstrel playing a lute accompanied by a female companion in a woodland setting, impressed `KPM` and sceptre marks with numerals `402` and `N`, dimensions approx 24.5cm x 19cm.

A small group of Staffordshire porcelain figures early to mid-19th century, including a busker standing holding a lute, a group depicting two figures seated on a settee, a seated lady with lute, lute repaired and a small model cottage with garden, damaged, together with a pottery flatback figure of a musician, 4in. to 6in. (10cm. to 15cm.) high. (5)

A PEARLWARE ARBOUR GROUP, early 19th century, modelled as two pairs of musician groups, one female playing a lute, the other a triangle beside their male companions on naturalistically moulded rockwork beside a stream and swan, the arbour with applied shredded clay, all on a canted oblong dark brown base with blue herringbone type border, 7 3/4" high, base 8" x 4" (Illustrated)

A PEARLWARE FIGURE GROUP, early 19th century, "Rural Past-Times" modelled as a male piping and his female companion playing a lute, with their two small dogs before bocage and seated on rocks over a stream and two ducks on an oval base, 8 3/4" high

An Italian guitar with lute body

Royal Worcester figure `The Lute Player` modelled by Ethelwyn Baker

Two English porcelain figures, late 18th Century, modelled as a gallant and companion, he standing before fruiting vine, she seated playing a lute, a sheep at her feet (faults and losses), together with a Susie Cooper hors d`oeuvre dish and a Belleek jug.

R.HILLINGFORD. Signed with monogram oil on canvas, study of a man in carolean dress playing a lute `Melody of Love`. 9.1/2" x 7.1/2"

An early 18th century hunting sword, with stag horn grip and brass crossguard and shell guard, cast with a lute player, hunting dogs and stags, the single bar handle also cast with figures and their muskets, heavily pitted, slightly curved sawback blade, 48cm, overall length 61.5cm

A collection of miniature instruments, to include lute, guitar and mandolin, together with a quantity of miscellaneous items, (a lot).

* A three string lute, length 70 cm.

A 19th century Dresden style encrusted porcelain mantel clock with an 18th century couple, the man playing a lute and a finial depicting a boy playing a pipe, decorated with polychrome garlands and roses, having circular dial and French movement striking on bell, height 17.5"

A matched set of Meissen porcelain groups allegorical of the seasons and modelled after the originals by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Spring modelled as a couple with a garland before a cage, nest of chicks and a basket of flowers, Summer as a garlanded lass playing a lute besides a lad seated on a sheaf of corn, Autumn with a bare foot piper with a female companion placing a garland of fruiting vine upon a goat and Winter with a lad seated on a sledge of firewood, his female companion warming her hands on a brazier, each on oval bases, blue crossed swords, incised G.91, G.92, G.93 and G.94 respectively, 16.5 cm high, some minor professional restoration. (4)

J.C. Cailly, Paris, a bronze and ormolu mantel clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with an outside countwheel and silk suspension, the silvered dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, the bronze case in the form of a rocky outcrop, with a figure of a minstrel playing a lute seated above, the base with an ormolu acanthus leaf moulded decoration to the edge and an applied classical moulding to the front, all standing on decorative winged feet, height: 38.5cm. * J.C. Cailly is recorded as working in Paris circa 1840.

Framed & Some Glazed Items inc. oil on board, watercolours, prints, R. Pankhurst country scene of horses & cottage & snowy town scene, Sanlat-la Maison De La Boctie, Honfleur, Le Clocher St. Catherine, interior scene of man playing lute serenading female, pair watercolours by J. Belyard-Bought dated 1991, print Canterbury Cathedral & mountain scene (9)

Chinese pipa lute & sheng mouth organ.

A BERGMAN OF AUSTRIA COLD PAINTED BRONZE TABLE LAMP BASE, cast as a female playing a lute, seated cross legged, on rugs on a camel beneath a tasselled tent structure, and being lead by her male companion bearing a rifle and sword, painted in shades of red, blue, green and cream, 14 1/2" high, 10 1/2" wide, fixed onto a later base, marked "B" in shield

Nao harlequin figure with lute instrument at his feet, 36cm high.

Two Lladro porcelain figures, the first a young pierrot seated on a chair with a cat on his lap, the second a seated pierrot playing a lute.