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 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