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
Group of six placeholders
20th Century
Octagonal, mother-of-pearl and silver-gilt, centered by a Wedgwood style cameo with hunting scenes on blue ground. In rectangular red leather, silk and velvet box.
Diameter 1.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Large silver-plated légumière
20th Century
Oval, the shaped rim with leaf clasps, with domed cover, handle in the form of a knot on a bed of leaves
5.3 x 13.8 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 250
Group of twelve small silver salt-cellars
Italy, 20th Century
Oval, open-work, with blue glass inside lining and silver-gilt spoons, six with bunches of flowers on top of the cover, six with animals and hunting scenes.
Unweighable silver.
1.4 x 1.6 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.200
Group of six silver salt-cellars
Piccini, Florence, 20th Century
Made in the form of a turtle holding a shell on its back, gilt inside, with partially gilt silver spoons.
1.104 g
2.4 x 3.1 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.600
Cime nevose
Oil on canvas.
18.50 x 28.35 in.
Signed lower right recto. Bearing on the reverse label of the 'Galleria Milano', Milan, dated '1-7-931', and label of the 'Mostra Celebrativa di Cesare Tallone', 1953-1954.
Mostre/Exhibits
Mostra Celebrativa di Cesare Tallone
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 4.600
River landscape
Oil on canvas.
13.78 x 19.68 in.
Bearing inscription 'Scaramuzza Parma' on the reverse.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Herds on a bridge
Oil on canvas.
8.86 x 17.91 in.
Signed 'A. Tiratelli Rome' lower left recto.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 900
Large walnut bench-sofa
18th-19th Century
Arched openwork back with lateral uprights surmounted by baluster knobs, scrolled legs, the seat lined in dark blue fabric.
Two central removable strengthening legs added later.
47.6 x 87.4 x 20.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Table clock
Mid-19th Century
Walnut and painted wood, on rectangular shaped base, eagle-shaped stem with spread wings that grips a prey and partially guilloché metal dial with Roman numerals.
Minor damages.
16.1 x 11.2 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 400
Chaise longue
First half of 19th Century
Partially painted and gilded wood, back with swan-head edges, two feral and two turned columns with Corinthian capitals legs, lined with yellow silk.
47.2 x 79.5 x 20.5 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
The Virgin with the Baby, St. John and angels
Oil on copper.
13.78 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 850
Pair of cabinets
Partially 17th Century
With two fixed doors and two central opening ones, partially inlaid with marqueterie, with three shelves inside, on bracket feet. One cabinet slightly taller.
Replacements and reassemblages.
The taller 42.3 x 32.1 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Pair of small silver salvers
Robert Rew, London, 1772-1773
Round, with shaped and godrooned rim, a coat of arms with motto engraved in the center. Inside leather, velvet and silk box by Faraone, Milan. A paper label under the base 'Faraone Collection'.
600 g
1.2 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Silver tray
Sandonà, Treviso, 20th Century
Rectangular, with shaped rim and scrolled handles, in Venetian 18th Century style.
1.500 g
1.8 x 18.7 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 700
Silver salver
George Hindmarsh, London, 1736-1737
Circular, with shaped rim, on goat feet, a cartouche engraved in the center. Inside a leather, velvet and silk box by Faraone, Milan. A paper label 'Faraone collection' at the verso.
700 g
1.4 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Silver stand
Probably Venice, 18th Century
Round, shaped, on four curl feet, a coat of arms engraved in the center.
800 g
1.8 x 11.2 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 900
Walnut writing desk
First half of 19th Century
Rectangular, two drawers on the front, with leaf scrolls legs joined by crossbar.
Damages, cracks to the top.
30.9 x 42.9 x 26.8 in.
Starting price: € 800
Pair of gondole chairs
19th Century
Walnut, with lyre backrest, upholstered in banded moiré silk.
35.2 x 18.5 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Small writing desk
Mid-19th Century
Walnut, rectangular, with lyre legs on shaped rectangular base, briar veneered top with inlaid reserve, an internal sliding top lined in green leather and a compartment with three small drawers.
Small damages.
30.7 x 27.8 x 18.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Chest-of-drawers with mirror and pair of bedside cabinets
First half of 19th Century
Veneered in light wood, with lateral fluted column and falling gilt-wood water leaves, with turned painted and gilt wood legs, the rectangular light wood mirror with gilt-wood leaves
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Small table coin cabinet
19th-20th Century
Built with ancient panels, in light wood inlaid with precious essences and wood painted in green and red with floral motifs and olive branches, wrought iron edges and keyholes, the front door inlaid with architectures centered by a vase of flowers, inside eleven small
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Starting price: € 3.000
Armchair
19th Century
Walnut, with fluted openwork back centered by a bunch of carved corn ears, scrolled armrests and tapered legs.
38.2 x 21.1 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
The arts
Oil on canvas.
29.92 x 24.02 in.
The three paintings depict architecture, sculpture and poetry personified by young girls, recognizable by the attributes of the arts.
Extensively repainted.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.300