FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
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
Lot 601
Three sabres
19th Century
One with ivory handle and brass ferrule, another with gilt-metal handle with geometrical decoration and curved blade, the third with bone and brass handle, brass hilt, the steel blade with the upper part engraved with arabesques, inscribed 'J.R. Gaunt & Son - Limited -
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 602
Large propeller of the Airship 'Norge'
Italy, 1923-1924
Wood and metal.
Wear.
126 x 10.2 in.
Evocative and magnificent witness of one of humanity's largest flight companies. The N-1 airship, known as Norge, was the first aircraft in history that flew over the North Pole on the historic date of May 12, 1926. Giving up dog
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Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 603
Automaton with an orchestra of monkeys
Early 20th Century
Wooden theatre with painted backdrop and orchestra made up of 10 moving monkeys, electrified music box in the lower part, shaped frame with high top containing coat of arms within an oval cartouche. On the drum of the central monkey the arms of the French Republic.
48 x
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Starting price: € 8.000
Lot 604
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: € 300
Lot 605
Small center table
Emile Gallé, France, 1906-1910
Walnut inlaid in different woods and painted with carnation leaves and flowers, signed on top, left.
29.9 x 22.6 x 13.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 606
Silver duck
20th Century
Realistically engraved and chiseled.
350 g
6.3 x 8.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 607
Tray with en suite pliant
Emile Gallé, France, 1910 circa
Walnut inlaid in different woods with floral decoration, rectangular, with shaped plian with canvas crosspieces.
26.6 x 28.3 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 608
Pair of silver presse-papiers
Miracoli, Milan, 20th Century
Depicting a pair of flying ducks.
1.528 g
7.5 x 6.7 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 609
Two-tiered tea table
Wood and briar wood with a motif of leaves and butterflies inlaid.
Signed.
32.28 x 36.22 x 26.77 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 610
Portrait of a young lady 1917
Oil on board.
36.61 x 27.95 in.
Signed V. W. Krauss and dated upper left recto.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 611
Porcelain and silver two cups and sugar bowl on stand
20th Century
Oval silver tray with shaped edge, two cups in white and gold porcelain with silver cup-holders and silver sugar bowl, gilt inside.
370 g
3.5 x 10.2 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 612
Large tray
Emile Gallé, France, 1910 circa
Walnut inlaid in different woods with umbrella flowers, rectangular, with shaped lateral handles.
3 x 24.4 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 550 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 613
Étagère
20th Century
Walnut, with four shelves, with column uprights with a pine cone on top.
48.4 x 26.4 x 13.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 614
Silver and wood inkstand
Richard Crossley, London, 1933-1934
Rectangular, with two cylindrical glass cups and a central compartment. With paper label 'Faraone collection'.
Closing defects.
800 g comprising wooden parts
2.4 x 7.8 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 615
Book case
1920 circa
With two upper doors in wood and yellow glass with internal curtains and two lower wood paneled doors, in the center two sliding floors.
92.5 x 51.4 x 17.7 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 616
Five large tin dishes
Probably Turkey, 19th Century
Circular, with engraved geometrical decorations.
The larger diameter 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 617
Silver vase
Tiffany & Co., early 20th Century
Cylindrical with flared collar, an engraved floral decoration.
Marked and inscribed on the bottom 'Original in the Clearwater collection Metropolitan Museum of Art' e 'Reproduction original American 17th Century'.
925 silver
508 g
7 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 618
Silver and glass inkstand
20th Century
On a rectangular base with openwork edge, cylindrical glass containers with openwork silver band and smooth covers.
168 g weightable silver
4.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 619
Small desk
Early 20th Century
Veneered in briar, with inclined leather top, four drawers on each side, three small drawers inside the top and a small upper riser containing a pen holder and various compartments, with shaped base, on wheels.
32.7 x 21.1 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 620
Group of twelve silver dishes
Miracoli, Milan, 1920 circa
Round, smooth, with a large threaded rim.
3.640 g
Diameter 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 621
Group of silver and silver-plated objects
20th Century
Including three silver and glass jugs, a pair of silver nutcracker with leather, silk and velvet case, Elkington, Birmingham and a set of silver-plated and blue glass salt-cellars.
Damages and oxidations.
The higher jug 11.6 x 5.5 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 622
Group of eight silver plated objects
20th Century
Including four quadrangular trays, a round plate, a sauceboat with dish, a rectangular légumière and an écuelle with dish marked Christofle.
Oxidations and dents.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 623
Silver tray
Carlo Mozzoni, Milan, 20th Century
Octagonal, shaped, plain.
988 g
1 x 15.4 x 13.2 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 624
Silver bowl
Italy, 20th Century
Round, polylobed in the form of a flower, hammered.
668 g
2.7 x 6.8 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 625
Two silver and silver-gilt punch bowls with spoon
Milan, 20th Century
A circular bowl, embossed and chiseled with floral reserves, gilt inside, with not pertinent silver dipper, gilt inside and another one, smaller, circular with ear-shaped handles, the base embossed with twisted godroons, gilt inside, with not pertinent openwork spoon.
Da
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 626
Silver coffee and tea set
Montano, Turin, 20th Century
Comprising teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk jug, piriform, smooth, with wooden handle.
1.272 g comprising the wooden handles
Tea pot 7.9 x 7.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 627
Silver ice-holder tankard
Faraone, Milan, 20th Century
Plain, with inside lining and ring handle.
1.248 g comprising the inside lining
7.1 x 6.7 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 628
Pair of silver baskets
Faraone, Milan, 20th Century
Round, smooth, with large ring handle.
702 g
8.5 x 7.9 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 629
Group of six small silver whisky tankards
20th Century
Various shapes, the name of six different whiskies engraved on the body, in a velvet and silk case.
400 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 630
Silver coffee pot 2012
With rosewood handle, signed, marked, dated and numbered 2/20 under the base.
925 silver
810 g comprising the wooden handle
7.87 x 4.33 x 4.33 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 631
Glass and silver bowl and two silver candlesticks
Cleto Munari, 1990 circa
Circular cup in blue Murano glass with silver waved border, silver column-shaped candlesticks, smooth, one higher and one lower. The cup with applied label 'Cleto Munari Murano glass Italy', the candlesticks marked and signed at the base.
925 silver
Candlesticks 440 g
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 632
Silver tray
De Vecchi for Cirio, Turin, 20th Century
Oval, with the right hand imprinted in the center. Marked and numbered 48/50 on the back.
256 g
9.1 x 7.2 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 633
Silver tray
Pomellato, 20th Century
Rectangular, on four small feet, with asymmetrical border. Marked and signed on the back.
925 silver
815 g
11.8 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 634
Blessed Pope Paul VI's chalice
Enrico Manfrini, 20th Century
Silver-gilt, opacified on the outside, on a circular base, the cylindrical and flared cup, with Agnus Dei on the front, with Paul VI coat of arms impressed in the center under the base. With a trapezoidal lapis lazuli stand.
Marked and signed Enrico Manfrini under the
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.800
Lot 635
Bicchierografia silver cup
Pampaloni, Firenze, 20th Century
Hammered silver, conical on round base, with scrolled handles ending in a flower. Marked and numbered 53 under the base.
Argento 925
208 g
4.3 x 3.3 in.
The 'Bicchierografia' series takes up the forms contained in the four volumes of drawings depicting extravagant and
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Starting price: € 150
Lot 636
Silver and silver-gilt bowl
Jezler, Geneva, 20th Century
Flower shaped, gilt inside, a coin set in the center.
256 g
1.4 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 637
Silver box
Faraone, Milan, 20th Century
Square, satinated, a coin set in the cover's center, held by silver-gilt ring.
1.2 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 638
Group of four silver-gilt small dishes
Bulgari, 1971
Polylobed, with shaped and fluted rim, in the center a Tarì of Charles II of Spain and Naples set.
Damages to the gilding, wear to the coins.
925 silver
790 g
0.8 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 639
Group of six silver and silver-gilt wine glasses
Bulgari, 1975
Cylindrical, with rounded base.
925 silver, marked and dated on the rim.
1.032 g
2.6 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 640
Group of six silver and silver-gilt wine glasses
Bulgari, 1975
Cylindrical, with rounded base.
925 silver, marked and dated on the rim.
1.032 g
2.6 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 641
Group of six silver and silver-gilt water glasses
Bulgari, 1975
Cylindrical, with rounded base.
925 silver, marked and dated on the rim.
Oxidations to the gilding.
1.384 g
3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 642
Group of six silver and silver-gilt water glasses
Bulgari, 1975
Cylindrical, with rounded base.
925 silver, marked and dated on the rim.
Oxidations to the gilding.
1.410 g
3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 643
Suitcase
Louis Vuitton, second half of 20th Century
Soft Monogram printed leather and leather, with brass buckles, the initials N.P.L. imprinted on the front, rigid structure lined in canvas inside.
10.2 x 31.1 x 20.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 644
Sac
Louis Vuitton, second half of 20th Century
Soft Monogram printed leather and leather, with brass buckles, the initials N.P.L. imprinted on the front.
21.5 x 17.7 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 645
Briefcase Louis Vuitton, second half of 20th Century
Damier canvas and leather, with handle.
Wear.
14.96 x 2.76 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 646
Clothes suitcase
Louis Vuitton, second half of 20th Century
Soft Monogram printed leather and leather, with brass buckles, the initials N.P.L. imprinted on the front, foldable, inside an upper compartment with a zip with a woodenhanger-holder marked 'Louis Vuitton - Made in France' and five hangers and a lower compartment with a
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 647
Silver trousse
Fasano, Turin, 20th Century
Rectangular, fluted, with three inside compartments and a tortoise-shell small comb.
Within Fasano silk and velvet case.
Closing defects, lacking of the inside mirror, minor damages to the comb.
364 g
0.8 x 5.3 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 648
Group of four silver and silver-gilt hunting cups
Gucci, 20th Century
Cylindrical, with flared rim, gilt inside, with applications of trophies of wild boar heads.
925 silver.
Minor wear to the gilding.
618 g
4.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 649
Silver and silver-gilt pochette
Gucci, 20th Century
Cylindrical, fluted, with two internal compartments, with powder holder and mirror. Inside silk and velvet Gucci case.
248 g
5.9 x 2 x 1.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 650
Silver inkstand
Attributed to Contardo Buccellati, Milan, late 18th Century
The oval shaped tray supported by four curly feet, with circular invitations for the three containers, the pen holder and the bell. All the pieces are marked with the moor's head, mark attributed to Contardo Buccellati's workshop.
1.204 g
5.5 x 12.8 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.400