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
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From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Lot 201
Large mirror frame
Parma, first half of 18th Century
Carved gilt-wood with a double frame of mirrors, on scrolled legs, with a high leaf scrolls top, surmounted by a flower trophy, with lateral flowers falls.
Some damages and lacks.
74.4 x 35.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 202
Tortoise-shell and silver-gilt paper knife
London, 1891-1892
With tortoise-shell blade and shaped and openwork silver-gilt handle. With paper label 'Serra Roma Collection', within 'Serra Roma' box.
19.7 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 203
Still life with mushrooms, pumpkin and flowers
Oil on canvas.
29.92 x 42.72 in.
Flower painter among the best known of the Neapolitan school, Belvedere was a man of various interests, from literature to theater, as told by De Dominicis, his biographer (who also tells of a long stay in Spain). And on closer
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Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 204
Large console table
Built with ancient material, with shaped top inlaid in ivory and precious essences with ribbons, volutes and lambrequins, centered by an inlaid gallant scene, with double-scrolled legs.
Serious damage, losses, remakes and replacements.
32.9 x 49.2 x 26.4 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 205
Maiolica serving dish
Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, Turin or Lodi, 1730 circa
Octagonal, in white and blue maiolica, with 'Rouen' decoration on the rim, at the center the view of the Monte dei Cappuccini and the Po river.
Marked GR at the back.
A crack at the back, chips to the borders.
1.2 x 11.8 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 206
Group of prints
Set of five engravings from the 16th to the 19th Century including two after Adrian van Ostade, one after Rembrandt and a Chinese view of the 19th Century.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 207
Veduta del Padiglione Reale ornato per l'esposizione della SS.ma Sindone
Turin, 1737
Etching produced on the occasion of the wedding of Carlo Emanuele with Elisabetta di Lorena. The lot also features the 'Vue de la Maison de la Ville', 1737, a pair of engravings by Thomas Salmon with contemporary coloring and two other views of Turin.
11.8 x 18.5 in.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 208
Piazza di Monte Cavallo
Rome, 19th Century
Group of four views of Rome, engraved by Cottafavi for Tommaso Cuccioni and a view of the Piazza del Mercato in Vicenza.
7.9 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 209
Bureau cabinet
Piedmont, first half of 18th Century
Walnut inlaid in light woods and olive root, with ribbons, leaves scrolls and moved reserves decoration, on onion feet, the lower part with three drawers, inside the flap six small drawers, a compartment and a sliding secret, the upper part with two mirror doors, with
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Starting price: € 8.000
Lot 210
Il ciarlatano After 1648
Etching signed in slab with a curved shape, good impression of the final state, trimmed to the plate, framed. Minor defects. Together with another engraving by Ostade.
5.91 x 4.92 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 211
Maiolica tazza
Rossetti, Turin, first half of 18th Century
White and blue maiolica with 'Rouen' decoration.
Restorations.
2.6 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 212
Pair of silver candlesticks
Perhaps Giovanni Francesco Paroletto, Turin, mid-18th Century
Baluster shaped, with scrolled flutes and leaf clasps at the base and on the stem.
Assay mark by Carlo Micha and recognition marks.
896 g
10 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 213
Silver stand
Genoa, 1778
Polylobate with fluted rim, on circular base.
Some scratches to the plate.
764 g
3.1 x 10.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 214
Silver écuelle
Turin, mid-18th Century
Circular, with rocailles and flower falls handles, the cover embossed and chiseled with rocailles, godroons and flower falls, a berry on top.
Assay and contre-assay marks by Carlo Micha.
696 g
4.9 x 10.6 x 6 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 215
Silver écuelle
Giuseppe Valle, Turin, 1760 circa
Circular, with rocailles handles, the cover with scrolled and partially opacified reserves and embossed and chiseled flower falls, a rose on top.
Assay and contre-assay mark by Carlo Micha.
824 g
4.9 x 11.2 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 216
Silver soup tureen
Turin, 1780 circa
Oval, smooth, with geometrical handles, on four square lambrequin feet, an egg on top of the cover.
Assay and contre-assay marks by Giuseppe Vernoni and Bartolomeo Bernardi.
Restorations.
1.664 g
7.9 x 13 x 7.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 217
Corner cupboard
Piedmont, 18th Century
Carved walnut, central door with applied scrolled reserve, with two inside shelves.
38.2 x 25.2 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 218
Pair of maiolica dishes
Rossetti, Turin, 1740 circa
Polylobed, in polychrome maiolica with chinoiserie floral decoration.
Chips to the borders.
11.8 x 8.9 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 219
Faldstool
Piedmont, 18th Century
Walnut inlaid with ribbons and flowers, on bracket feet, with a drawer, a central door with shelves and a secret compartment inside the step.
Small damages, wear.
33.3 x 23.6 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 220
Bedside table
Piedmont, 18th Century
Carved walnut, rectangular, shaped, with two frontal drawers, on scrolled legs.
26.8 x 19.7 x 14.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 221
Two silver sugar bowls
18th Century
The larger sugar bowl oval, shaped, with leaf curl feet, Turin, assay marks of Giovan Battista Carron and contre-assay marks of Bartolomeo Promis. The smaller one oval, fluted, with curled feet.
398 g
The larger one 4.3 x 4.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 222
Small center table
Piedmont, 18th Century
Rectangular, shaped, with a front drawer and scrolled legs with goat feet.
Restorations and replacements to the top.
27.6 x 23.2 x 14.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 223
Silver sugar bowl
Probably Giacomo Gerard, Turin, 1750 circa
Oval, a rare decoration with zig-zag geometrical flutes, on curled feet, a bud on top of the cover.
Without silversmith mark, assay and contre-assay marks by Carlo Micha and Giovan Battista Carron.
258 g
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.5 in.
The decoration of this sugar bowl is absolutely
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 224
Small silver sugar bowl
Turin, 1760 circa
Oval, vertically fluted, on leaf feet.
98 g
3.1 x 3.5 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 225
Silver sugar bowl
Francesco Ghiotti, Turin, 1770 circa
Oval, with twisted flutes, a bud on top of the cover, on leaf feet.
228 g
4.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 226
Silver sugar bowl
Turin, 1793-1803
Oval, shaped, with geometrical curled feet, a rose on top of the cover.
Assay marks by Matteo Promis, marked also with Napoleonic period marks.
238 g
4.1 x 5.2 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 227
Silver sugar bowl
Turin, 1780 circa
Oval, shaped, with opaque band with leaf clasps on the body and on the cover, on feral feet.
Assay mark by Francesco Pagliani.
284 g
4.5 x 5.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 228
Silver sugar bowl
Turin, second half of 18th Century
Oval, with embossed and ciseled flower garlands on the body and on the cover, on curled feet.
Worn marks, contre-assay mark by Giovan Battista Carron.
278 g
3.7 x 5.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 229
Silver and silver-gilt sugar bowl
Turin, 1780 circa
Oval, with embossed and chiseled leaf clasps on opacified ground, a rose on top of the cover, on curled feet, gilt inside.
Silversmith G.C. with I.H.S. mark, assay and contre-assay mark by Giuseppe Vernoni.
Wear to the inside gilding.
270 g
3.7 x 5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 230
Verdure tapestry
Probably Aubusson, 17th-18th Century
Embroidered in wool, depicting a wooded landscape with real and fantastic animals with a large border with phytomorphic decoration, green and ocher selvedge, lined on the back in green canvas.
Restorations, resewings.
111.4 x 77 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 231
Group of ten silver dishes
Vienna, 1791
Polylobed, with fluted rim and leaf clasps.
6.470 g
Diameter 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 232
Bookshelf
20th Century
With three shelves, on bracket feet, edges with a geometrical inlaid decoration, a carved lambrequin frieze under the top.
56.7 x 47.4 x 13.2 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 233
Contadina ciociara
Oil on board.
8.46 x 4.53 in.
Signed lower left recto.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 234
Silver coffee pot
Perhaps Giuseppe Gattinara, Turin, second half of 18th Century
Piriform, with torchon flutes, scrolled beak, scrolled ebonized wood handle, on circular base.
Assay and contre-assay marks of Giovan Battista Carron.
882 g compreso il manico in legno
10.2 x 8.1 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 4.800
Lot 235
Silver coffee pot
Turin, circa 1780
Piriform, fluted, with scrolled ebonized wood handle, on circular base.
Assay and contre-assay marks by Giuseppe Fontana and Bartolomeo Bernardi.
702 g comprising the wooden handle
10.4 x 7.7 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 236
Silver coffee pot
Turin, circa 1780
Piriform, with torchon veining and torchon beak, tripod, with scrolled wood handle.
Assay and contre-assay marks by Francesco Pagliani.
626 g comprising the wooden handle
8.9 x 6.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 237
Silver coffee pot
Turin, second half of 18th Century
Piriform, with a high fluted neck and lambrequin beak, turned wood handle.
Assay mark by Giuseppe Vernoni.
606 g comprising the wooden handle
9.6 x 9.3 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 238
Silver coffee pot
Turin, late 18th Century
Piriform, smooth, tripod, with lambrequin beak, turned wood handle, an engraved monogram on the body.
Assay mark by Giuseppe Vernoni.
840 g
9.1 x 9.8 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 239
Silver coffee pot
Marchand, Piedmont, second half of 18th Century
Piriform, smooth, tripod, with lambrequin beak, a rose on top of the cover.
Assay mark by Hyacinthe Favre.
778 g comprising the wooden handle
9.4 x 10.2 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 240
Maiolica pharmacy vase
18th Century
Polychrome maiolica baluster vase with floral decoration, the preparation name in black at the center.
Some chips at the borders.
6.7 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 241
Small maiolica pharmacy vase
18th Century
Polychrome maiolica baluster vase, with leaves and ribbons decoration in blue, green and yellow, the preparation name in black at the center.
A longitudinal passing crack.
4.7 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 242
Maiolica dish
Probably Delft, 18th Century
White and blue maiolica, smooth, the rim with floral decoration, in the center a chinoiserie decoration with peony branch. On the back a waved decoration on the rim.
Diameter 12.20 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 243
Group of three maiolica dishes
Attributed to Rossetti, Turin, mid-18th Century
Two round plates and one oval dish, in white and blue maiolica with 'Rouen' decoration with flowers, palmettes and half-timbered reserves.
The oval dish broken and glued.
10.8 in. the larger round dish diameter
Starting price: € 500
Lot 244
Maiolica écuelle
Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, Turin or Lodi, 1740 circa
White and blue maiolica with scrolled beak and ear handles, with geometrical patterns and leaf scrolls.
Restorations.
2.4 x 7.9 x 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 245
Small maiolica dish
Rossetti, Turin, first half of 18th Century
White and blue maiolica with floral decoration and half-timbered reserves.
Marked TR at the back.
A passing crack.
Diameter 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 246
Maiolica soup tureen with dish
Rossetti, Turin, first half of 18th Century
White and blue maiolica, a leaf scrolls decoration on the rim.
Cracks, chips and restorations. The dish probably not coeval.
5.5 x 13.4 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 247
Silver tray
Venice, 18th Century
Rectangular, shaped, polylobed rim, with applied handles.
714 g
16.5 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 248
Center table
19th Century
Geometrical inlay, top upholstered in partially gilt-leather, a front drawer, legs joined by crosspiece.
30.7 x 34.6 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 249
Center table
17th Century and later
Rectangular top with lambrequins rim, a reserve inlaid at the center with a knight and four on the sides with lilies, scrolled shaped legs, joined by a crosspiece.
Restorations, replacements and remakes.
30 x 56.9 x 21.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 250
Silver tray
Italy, early 20th Century
Rectangular, with threaded rim and geometrical handles.
2.650 g
25 x 15.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200