AUCTION
Tuesday 22 September 2020
9.30 am | lots 1-292
2 pm | lots 293-665
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Thursday 10 September by appointment only (+39 011 0199101; info@astebolaffi.it).
From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Porcelain case pendulum
France, 1830 circa
Polychrome porcelain case topped by a reclined female figure, on rectangular porcelain base with putti and dolphins.
18.5 x 15.7 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 825
Tripod table
First half of 19th Century
With column legs on triangular shaped base, circular white marble top and brass à jour gallery.
Damages and cracks to the marble top.
27 x 34.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Large samovar
19th Century
Red, green and gilt painted wood, baluster shaped, with quadrangular base, cover with pine-cone on top, gilt-metal top.
24 x 10.4 in.
Starting price: € 500
Pair of maiolica service plates
Probably India Company, late 18th-early 19th Century
Oval, in white maiolica, with blue and gilt geometrical decoration rims, in the center a monogram within a scroll surmounted by a greyhound.
18.7 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Portico clock
France, 1820 circa
On rectangular base, with four gilt bronze columns, white enamel dial with Roman numeral of the hours, signed 'F[ran]çois Allamand A PARIS', mechanical with anchor escapement, flush suspension, bell at half-hour on passage on a bell via starting wheel.
An engraved
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Madonna with the Child
Indian ink on paper.
10.83 x 7.20 in.
The von Hess's drawing is a copy of the Paolo Veronese's
altarpiece in San Zaccaria, Venice.
Signed and titled lower right recto.
Starting price: € 800
Soup tureen with dish
19th Century
White marble carved, circular, landscapes carved rims, the center of the plate carved in high relief with large eagle with spread wings.
10.6 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 600
Walnut chest of drawers
19th Century
With three drawers and a smaller one on the frieze, with grey marble top.
The marble top of a later period. Some lack of veneer.
37.4 x 52.4 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Silver sugar bowl
Naples, second half of 19th Century
Baluster body on circular base, with female-head handles and domed cover, an acorn on top.
334 g
5.9 x 4.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Silver sugar bowl
Richard Morton & Co, Sheffield, 1775-1776
On quadrangular base, urn-shaped, with lambrequins, fall of ribbons and acanthus leaves, domed cover with a spire on top.
292 g
7.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Silver sugar bowl
France, mid-19th Century
On circular domed base, edges chiseled with laurel and eagle garlands, curled handles, domed cover with an acorn on top.
238 g
5.5 x 5.5 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Group of two armchairs and seven chairs
19th Century
Walnut, with gondole backrests and turned legs, the armchairs with scrolled arms, upholstered in ivory velvet.
Damages and restorations.
Armchairs 32.7 x 21.7 x 22.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 850
Portrait of a lady 1849
Pastels and watercolor on paper.
14.96 x 11.81 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto. In elegant shaped brown velvet frame.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 750
Pair of armchairs
First half of 19th Century
Mahogany, with gondole back and column armrests, upholstered in striped canvas and trimmings.
35.4 x 23.2 x 19.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Group of four seats
19th Century
Upholstered in striped silk, with a-jour back centered by a baluster, on scrolled legs. In the lot also a different armchair, Empire, with swan armrests and lyre back.
33.9 x 18.5 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Roman senator
19th Century
Gilded and patinated bronze depicting a pensive Roman senator seated on lion skin with a letter in his left hand.
15 x 17.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.100
Mantel clock
19th Century
Gilt bronze, with black marble base, white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, a female figure from the ancient on top.
22.4 x 19.7 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 600
Library ladder
19th Century
Walnut with wrought iron applications, spiral-shaped, with five steps.
35.4 x 24 x 21.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 2.200
Table clock
Charles Oudin, Paris, second half of 19th century
Gilt-bronze and white marble, two cherubs depicting the allegory of hunting and fishing on top, white enamel dial with blue and gold enamel Roman numerals, signed 'Ch.s Oudin - Palais Royal 52'.
Minor damages
Starting price: € 2.000
Large shaped box
Mid-19th Century
Rosewood veneer inlaid with palmettes and leaf scrolls, urn-shaped, the interior lined in yellow fabric.
13 x 23.6 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
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: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Young lady with a basket of grapes 1866
Oil on canvas.
42.91 x 31.50 in.
Signed, dated and dedicated to the artist's brother in law Fortunato Farinoni, lower left recto. In elegant carved gilt-wood frame. Artwork registered at the 'Istituto Matteucci', Viareggio, under the number 402758 and accompanied by
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Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
Oak wood bergère
19th Century
Shaped, upholstered in striped fabric.
40.9 x 24.4 x 22.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Group of ten walnut armchairs
Second half of 19th Century
With gondole biparted backrest and turned legs.
31.9 x 19.7 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.300
Fall-front cabinet
19th Century
Walnut, with three doors, a drawer on the frieze, with pigeon holes inside the fall front.
42.5 x 49.2 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300