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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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