A Treasure Trove of Sumptuous Materials and Superb Craftsmanship

A Treasure Trove of Sumptuous Materials and Superb Craftsmanship

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  Property of the Prince of Prussia, the Elector of Brandenburg’s Italian etched and gilt three quarter cuirassier armour, probably Milan, circa 1600-10.
  Estimate £300,000–500,000

  A cuirassier was the descendant of the medieval mounted knight and this armour was likely commissioned by an Italian nobleman and presented to the noble German owner.
  
  

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  A gold and hardstone portrait snuff box presented by Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, to the Danish envoy Christian Sehestedt Juul, by Johann Christian Neuber, signed: Neuber a Dresde, Dresden, circa 1770.
  Estimate £400,000–600,000

  Created by Johann Christian Neuber, one of the most creative artist-craftsmen patronised by the Royal Court of Dresden, this exquisite box is one of the earliest recorded examples attributed to the crown jeweller and the first of the five surviving diplomatic boxes given by the Elector. It was given by the elector to the Danish envoyé extraordinaire, circa 1770, and remained in the family since then.
  
  

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  Property of the Prince of Prussia. A pair of Royal German silver six-light candelabra from the Rittersaal (throne room) of the Berliner Schloss, Johann Engelbrecht, Augsburg, 1729-33.
  Estimate £800,000–1,200,000

  Of prestigious German Royal Provenance, this is a unique pair made to this design which becomes part of the Silver Buffet in Berlin Castle and remained part of it despite the successive silver melting and wars through the centuries.
  
  
  
  

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  The Three Graces, Edward Hodges Baily (1788 – 1867), signed and dated: E. H. BAILY. R.A. / Sculpt. / 1849.
  Estimate £600,000–1,000,000

  This magnificent model of the Three Graces is wholly original and a true icon of British Sculpture, with Baily’s best known work being the iconic figure of Nelson on the top of the Column in Trafalgar Square, London.  Commissioned by Joseph Neeld for Grittleton House.
  
  

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  The Wanstead House Shields.
  A monumental pair of George III silver-gilt sideboard dishes, after a design by Thomas Stothard, Paul Storr of Storr & Co., for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, London, 1813.
  Estimate £500,000–700,000

  These are the only pair from the series of ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ sideboard dishes created by the workshop of Paul Storr for the Royal goldsmith Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. It is also the earliest, made in 1813 and purchased by William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4^th Earl of Mornington (1788-1857), nephew of the Duke of Wellington, subsequently acquired by the 3^rd Duke of Northumberland.
  
  

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  A Louis XIV gilt-bronze mounted pewter, brass, tortoiseshell and ebony boulle marquetry coffre en tombeau, attributed to André-Charles Boulle.
  Estimate £150,000–250,000

  A new addition to the oeuvre of André-Charles Boulle, this coffre en tombeau is one of only four known such coffers which can be dated to around 1695-1700 and which were intended as écritoires and serre-paperies of unprecedented opulence.
  
  
  
   
  
  

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  A carved giltwood, lacca povera and painted bureau cabinet, mid-18th century.
  Estimate £150,000–250,000

  This magnificent bureau cabinet stands apart as one of the most successful pieces of Venetian lacca povera furniture, acquired by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929),  probably for Villa Delahante-Rosebery at Posillipo around 1897.
  
  

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  The Fettercairn Commodes.
  A pair of Italian gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and marquetry bombé commodes, Genoa and Rome, second half 18th century.
  Estimate £250,000–400,000

  Possibly attributed to Sir William Forbes, 6^th Bt. of Pitsligo (1739-1806), but more likely acquired by his son, Sir William Forbes, 7^th Bt. of Pitsligo (1773-1828), or grandson, Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Bt. of Pitsligo (1804-1866).  Undoubtedly the best pair ever to have been produced by Genoese cabinet-makers, these commodes have no direct comparable pieces.
  
  

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  A South German Baroque gilt copper and steel Hapsburg armorial strongbox, probably Nuremberg, Mid-17th Century.
  Estimate £40,000–60,000

  This exceptionally rare casket , unpublished until now, is a museum piece deserving a special place in the history of European furniture. As one of the most accomplished pieces created by South German craftsmen in the second half of the 16th century, it was conceived during the glorious years of the German Renaissance, the city of Nuremberg, bearing witness to the complex relationship between Renaissance rationale and that of antiquity.
  
  

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  A pair of large scale Swedish gilt-bronze mounted Blyberg porphyry vases, circa 1830, by the Elfdahls Porfyrwerk, the mounts, Paris, circa 1830.
  Estimate £300,000–500,000

  These remarkable vases , inspired by the classical Medici vase, are amongst the largest vases known made in Swedish porphyry, and one of the most impressive to ever appear on the market.
  
  

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  The Durham Orders: The Order of St Alexander Nevsky, set of Insignia. Estimate £80,000–120,000. The Order of The White Eagle, set of insignia. Estimate £80,000–120,000. The order of St Anne, Grand Cross, set of insignia. Estimate £30,000–40,000

  These three lots of insignia of Russian Orders of Knighthood bestowed upon the Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, Baron Durham (1792-1840) is evidence that,  Durham was highly regarded by some. That he inspired respect from Nicholas I, Tsar of all the Russias, is manifested by his bestowal upon him of the highest honours in his gift.
  
  

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  Friedrich’s Army, Adolph Menzel, Die Armee Friedrichs des grossen in ihrer uniformierung, Berlin, 1851-1857.
  Estimate £80,000–120,000

  The most famous work on Frederician military uniform , by Prussia’s leading court artist, Adolf Menzel.  Unique as it is Menzel’s own copy, with the plates coloured by him, also including extensive autograph introductions, commentaries, captions, other notes.
  
  

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  John Deare’s Eleanor and Edward, bearing the signature: ROUBILLIAC. SC., white marble, Italian, Rome, circa 1789.
  Estimate £200,000–300,000

  Edward and Eleanor is one of John Deare’s (1759 – 1798) most significant works, with the plaster having been presented as the sculptor’s first exhibition piece at the Royal Academy in 1788. The ownership of the present relief by Hugh Honour FRSL (1927-2016), for Villa Marchiò, Tofori, Tuscany is ultimately a testament both to its quality and to its historical importance.
  
  

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  'Le Paon', a large, enamelled silver scent flask, Eugène Feuillâtre, Paris, circa 1900.
  Estimate £50,000–70,000

  This shimmering blue and emerald masterpiece of enamel was created by Eugène Feuillâtre, a celebrated French artist of the Art Nouveau. By the time of its inception and its inaugural display at Paris Universal exhibition in 1900, the peacock had become a symbol of fashionable exoticism and conspicuous opulence and a popular motif of the Art Nouveau movement.
  
  

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  Imperial Splendour.
  Four busts of Roman Emperor, probably representing Julius Ceasar, Marcus Aurelius, Titus and Domitian.
  Estimate £400,000–600,000

  Attributed to the Della Porta Workshops, Rome, second half of the 16^th century and possibly commissioned by the Farnese family, these four magnificent busts of Roman Emperors evoke the grandeur of High Renaissance Rome and are amongst the earliest and rarest of this genre to have come to auction.
  
  

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