FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
AUCTION
Tuesday, April 2 2019 - Sala Bolaffi, Via Cavour 17, Turin
11am
VIEWING
from Thursday 28 March to Tuesday 2 April (Sunday included) from 10am until 6pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin
Lot 301
LARGE MIRROR
Piedmont, 18th Century
Shaped, with carved gilt-wood frame with large floral and foliage scrolls, with lateral falls of flowers. With original mirrors.
Oxidations to the mirrors, minor lacks.
84.6 x 46.1 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.800
Lot 302
CONSOLLE
Piedmont, 18th Century
Carved gilt-wood, with foliage scrolled legs, with a shaped gray marble top, of a later period.
Restorations and replacements, some damages.
31.9 x 46.5 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 303
PAIR OF PAINTED WOOD SOFA
One of them 18th Century
Shaped, with scrolled arms and legs, upholstered with white and blu floral fabric.
One is a later copy.
39.4 x 45.7 x 21.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 304
PAIR OF PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES
China, early 20th Century
Circular section, ovoid body and cylindrical neck with flared rim, toward the base and to the shoulders two biscuit band with geometrical motifs, between the shoulder and the neck a pair of moulded biscuit dragons
Starting price: € 200
Lot 305
PAIR OF CARVED GILT-WOOD STOOLS
Piedmont, 19th Century
In 18th Century style, round, on scrolled legs, the border with foliage scrolls and four à-jour clasps. Upholstered in mustard velvet.
11 x 13.4 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 306
Oil on copper, in beautiful carved gilt-wood frame.
6.30 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
Lot 307
BRONZE FAUN
19th-20th Century
Dark patina bronze. In the lot also two other smaller dark bronze patina figures from the ancient.
16.5 x 5.9 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 308
WOODEN STOOL
Late 18th Century
The gilt-wood border at the base of the seat carved in the form of a falling valance, on tapered and fluted column legs, upholstered in red leather of a later period.
11.8 x 18.5 x 14.2 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 309
FIREPLACE MIRROR
19th Century
Carved gilt-wood, shaped, a leafy clasp at the center of the upper part, from which two falling laurel wreaths depart.
Minor lacks and damages, the mirror replaced.
40.6 x 61 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 310
TABLE TRIC TRAC GAME
Piedmont, 18th Century
Walnut inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl and various essences, with fourteen ivory and ebonized wood pieces.
28 x 19.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 311
BUREAU À ABATTANT
18th Century
Walnut, inlaid with geometric decoration on all sides, an inlaid leaf decoration on the front, a drawer on the front and four smaller inside the fallfront, on square baluster legs.
Minor damages and losses to the veneer.
38.4 x 40.6 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 312
PAIR OF FIREPLACE WINGERS
17th-18th Century
Wrought iron, with large engraved gilt-metal knobs.
21.3 x 9.4 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 313
BOITE À MUSIQUE
Late 19th Century
Within a walnut rectangular case, a glued label with the names of the music pieces.
5.1 x 17.5 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 314
BRONZE PLAQUE
19th Century
Dark patina bronze, round, depicting Adam and Eve with the snake. In the lot also another dark patina bronze plaque.
6.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 315
SMALL OVAL WALNUT TABLE
19th Century
Tripod, with feral feet, the top with an inlaid linear thread in light wood.
Some damages to the veneer.
26 x 33.9 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 316
TABLE CLOCK
1840 circa
Patinated an gilt-bronze, in the form of Atlas that holds the celestial sphere, white enamel dial with Roman numerals.
7.9 x 3.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 317
Dark patina bronze.
Signed under a foot.
5.91 x 11.81 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 318
MARBLE SCULPTURE
Probably 16th Century
Depicting a knight with armor and crown, with ax in his hand.
10.6 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 319
FOLDING WALNUT TABLE
Piedmont, 18th Century
Walnut, with rectangular top and semi-circular wings, two small drawers on the front, with turned legs joined by crosspiece.
Lacking of the drawers key.
28.3 x 52 x 22.8 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 321
TABLE CLOCK
Probably England, early 20th Century
Rectangular wooden case, dial with Roman numerals for hours and Arabic for minutes.
13.8 x 11 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 322
GROUP OF THREE SMALL SCULPTURES
China, 19th-20th Century
A Buddha and two buffaloes, in ivory, jadeite and soapstone.
The Buddha 3.8 x 2.8 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 323
Pastels on cardboard, one amongst them signed and dated on the reverse.
25.59 x 20.08 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 324
CARTEL D'APPLIQUE WITH CONSOLE
Switzerland, second half of 18th Century
Green lacquered wood with floral decoration, mounted in bronze, topped by a vase. White enamel dial with Arabic numeration for minutes and Roman for hours, ringtone at hours and quarters.
41.3 x 16.9 x
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 325
TABLE CLOCK
Paris, 19th Century
The white enamel dial with Roman numeral signed 'Rolland à Paris', mounted on a purple and gilt porcelain baluster vase, on quadrangular base.
Damages.
13.8 x 6.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 326
PAIR OF BOOK-HOLDERS
19th-20th Century
Representing two dark patina bronze horses on rectangular base in Siena yellow marble.
Danni.
3.9 x 5.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 327
NEUCHATEL PENDULUM CLOCK WITH CONSOLE
1850 circa
Bordeaux lacquered wood with floral decoration, the white enamel dial signed by Robert with Arabic numerals for the minutes and Roman for the hours.
27.6 x 12.2 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 328
WOODEN SNUFF BOX WITH MINIATURE
19th Century
With tortoise-shell internal rim, a rural scene miniature on the cover.
A crack on the cover's rim.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 329
SILVER GOBLET
Probably Austria, Late 18th Century
Oval, smooth, a crowned monogram on the front, gilt inside. In original leather case.
A dent on the base, damages to the case.
126 g
3.5 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 331
IVORY BOX
19th Century
Rectangular, in ivory partially painted in china ink, on the cover a bas-relief of dogs that hunt a wild boar and on the sides bas-reliefs of hunting dogs.
Some break ans lack to the borders.
1.2 x 3.7 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 332
BRONZE SNUFF BOX
19th Century
Round, dark patina bronze, with lady profile in high-relief at the center of the cover.
Diameter 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 333
GROUP OF SIX BOXES
19th Century and later
Three tortoise-shell round small boxes, one in briar with bas-relief of landscape with architectures on the cover, one silver-plated metal and one rectangular in inlaid wood.
Breaks and lacks.
The briar box 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 334
PAIR OF BRIAR AND TORTOISE-SHELL BOXES
18th-19th Century
Circular, with Mars and Jupiter profiles in high-relief on the covers, the inside lined in tortoise-shell.
Damages and breaks to one of the boxes.
Diameter 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 335
GROUP OF MINIATURES
Antonio Masutti, Turin, 1894
The largest, rectangular, depicting the sons of Charles I of England, from the famous painting by Antoon van Dick, signed and dated, two depicting Charles I and Charles II of England, also from van Dick and two depicting
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 336
TORTOISE-SHELL SNUFF BOX WITH MINIATURE
France, first half of 19th Century
Rectangular, in tortoise-shell and silver-gilt, a lady miniature on the cover.
Breaks.
3 x 1.8 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 337
TWO TORTOISE-SHELL SNUFF BOX WITH MINIATURES
Late 18th Century
One round, in piqué tortiose-shell with small gold stars applied, a reclining lady miniature on the cover and one with a mythological scene on the cover, broken.
Diameter 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 338
POCKET WATCH WITH KING VITTORIO EMANUELE II MONOGRAM
Piedmont, 19th Century
Ivory and gold, the white enamel dial signed 'C.H. Oudin Breveté, Palais Royale', with double numeration, Arabic on the dial and Roman in gold on the ivory cover. With rope chain and ivory and
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 339
WAX PORTRAIT OF MARIA ANNA ELISA BONAPARTE
Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, early 19th Century
Fine wax sculpture on blue glass, mounted on a wooden architectural frame, with four circular reserves with carved musical trophies, at the base a rectangular reserve with the
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 340
BRIAR SNUFF BOX WITH CARVED FLOWERS
Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, early 19th Century
Circular, with ebonized wood rims, a carved wood flower vase on the cover, under a domed glass.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 341
WAX PORTRAIT OF GIUSEPPE BARETTI
Giuseppe Plura il Giovane, 1777
Wax sculpture of Giuseppe Baretti facing left. Incribed at the back '1777 My portrait made by the English Plura from Piedmont, small son of the famous sculptor Plura'.
6.1 x 4.3 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 342
IVORY CHRIST WITHIN CARVED WOODEN FRAME
In the manner of Bonzanigo, early 19th Century
Within walnut, ebonized wood and carved fruit wood frame, with vines and trophies, at the top of the cross the Crown of Thorns and below a Veronica.
Damages.
8.7 x 5.9 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 343
TORTOISE-SHELL SNUFF BOX
19th Century
Circular, with gilt-metal internal rim.
Minor wear, on the cover traces of an applied crown, now missing.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 344
GROUP OF FOUR PROFILES
First half of 19th Century
Wax and stone sculptures, one depicting the famous politician, historiographer and wrighter Carlo Botta, one Napoleon and two others, in ebony, ebonized wood and gilt-metal.
Tha Carlo Botta portrait 5.3 x 5.3 in. with
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 345
BRONZE SHIELD
Entirely embossed with figures of warriors and centered by Attila's profile, lined at the back in fabric and rope.
21.7 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 346
SILVER CRUET
Naples, 1835-1863
Rectangular base on feral legs, the two cylindrical containers with three floral decoration bands, the central handle baluster-shaped, the top ring with opposing birds of paradise, two cylindrical stopper-holders on scrolled arms.
Mark of the
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 347
PAIR OF SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Giuseppe Felice Borrani, Turin, late 18th Century
Smooth, with fluted column stem and palmettes rims and fluted knot.
872 g
10 x 5 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 348
TEA AND COFFEE SET
Carlo Balbino, Turin, after 1824
Comprising teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl, with poly-lobed pyriform bodies, scrolled handles, a teapot and a coffee pot with ivory rings inserted into the handles. In the lot also a silver flower tea
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 349
TOLE PAINTED CHANDELIER
19th Century
Green painted tole, with eight lights on scrolled arms, the central part with laurel wreath.
Repainted. In the lot also a ceiling hook, not painted in green.
31.1 x 41.7 x 25.6 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 350
PAIR OF SILVER CANDELABRA
Turin, mid 19th Century
On a circular domed base, fluted column stem, detachable upper part formed by a large spherical knot, three scrolled arms and a central candle-holders, with baluser-shaped candle holders.
Weighed at the base.
16.5 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800