Furniture, paintings and works of art
AUCTION
Wednesday 31 May 2023
9.30 a.m. | lots 1-279
2.30 p.m. | lots 280-653
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Turin
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Lot 501
Two snuff boxes
St. Petersburg and Hungary, late 19th Century
Engraved silver, one with gallant scene, Hungary 1866-1937 and one with geometric decoration, Mikail Iakovlevich Isakov, St. Petersburg, late 19th Century.
202 g
The St. Petersburg snuff box 0.7 x 3.7 x 2.1
Starting price: € 700
Lot 502
Group of three snuff boxes
France, after 1838
Two silver, silver-gilt and nielloed silver snuffboxes, one with a sledge and one with a hunting scene on the cover, France after 1838 and one with a clock applied to the cover, Paris after 1838.
Clock not working, one hand
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 503
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, 1827-1856
Nielloed and gilder silver with views and monuments.
274 g
The largest 0.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 504
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, 19th Century
Two partially nielloed silver snuffboxes with sled on the lid, Moscow, late 19th century and one partially nielloed silver snuff box, with the engraving "Souvenir du Compte W. Sollohub" inside the lid, Sazikov, Moscow 1845.
288 g
The Moscow 1845 snuff box 1.3 x 3.7 x
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Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 505
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, late 19th Century
Nielloed and partially gilded silver, with views and monuments.
One with internal mirror and a replacement on the cover.
330 g
The largest 0.7 x 3.3 x 2.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 506
Two snuff boxes
Ivan Kaltikov, Moscow, 1822-1855
Gilded and nielloed silver, with landscapes and temples.
240 g
1 x 3.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 507
Two cigarette cases
Moscow, 1875-1880
Silver and niello with architectures on the cover, gilt inside.
Damage and wear to the gilding.
182 g
The largest 0.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 508
Cigarette case and snuff box
Moscow, late 19th Century
Silver and nielloed silver cigarette case with geometric decoration, gilded inside, Moscow 1880 and silver and nielloed silver snuffbox with geometric decoration, gilded inside, Mikhail Vasil'evic Maslov, Moscow, late 19th century.
306 g
Cigarette case 0.4 x 3.9 x 2.8
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 509
Snuff box
Probably Estonia, 20th Century
Silver, with rays shaped flutes, with gilt silver clip, an engraved monogram inside of the cover.
178 g
0.4 x 3.9 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 510
Cigarette case
Dmitry Nikolaev, Moscow, 1899-1908
Silver gilt, with match holder, on the lid a monogram surmounted by a marquis crown, on the back an engraved inscription in Cyrillic characters and the date 15-IV-1904.
Assay mark of Ivan Lebedkin.
252 g
0.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 511
Cigarette case
Chester, 1899-1900
Silver, engraved with scrolls and plant spirals, gilded inside.
130 g
0.7 x 4.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 512
Cigar case
Probably Russia, 19th Century
Engraved, chiselled, gilded and nielloed silver.
Apparently unmarked, except with French import mark after 1897 from non-contracting countries.
72 g
5 x 0.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 513
Pair of figures
Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersbourgh, 1916
Two white porcelain figures depicting two traditional Russian costumes.
Marked and engraved with Cyrillic characters under the base.
The tallest 8.3 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 514
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Leaf decorations on blue ground.
Some wear.
78.7 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 515
Cigarette case
Moscow, 1908-1927
Silver and polychrome enamels with decoration of floral scrolls with a medallion with a view of the monastery on the front, gilded inside.
226 g
0.4 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 516
Cigarette case
Russia, 19th-20th Century
Samorodok silver with gold and onyx clasp.
Apparently not marked.
202 g
0.4 x 3.9 x 3 in.
The Samorodok technique (literally meaning pure metal), very popular in Russia between 19th and 20th centuries, consists of heating silver almost to its melting point and cooling it
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Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 517
Snuff box
Paris, 1819-1838
Silver, silver filigree, silver gilt, niello and rhinestones, on the lid diorama with a heron in a landscape in white silver under glass.
134 g
0.8 x 3.1 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 518
Cigarette case
Vasilii Egorovich Rukavishnicov, Moscow, 1896-1908
Silver with gold, enamel, metal and semi-precious stone applications, with signatures, figures, animals and plaques, a small photograph holder on the front upper corner. Assay mark of Ivan Sergejevitc Lebedkin.
232 g
0.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 519
Silver box
London, 1897-1898
Rectangular, embossed and chiselled with volutes and floral decorations, in the center of the lid engraved the monogram of Princess Frederica of Hanover, gilded inside.
Lot including a silver cigarette case, Chester 1888-1889, gilded inside.
276 g
1 x 4.9 x 3.1 in.
Accomp
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 520
Two silver boxes
20th Century
Cigar box in silver and wood, Birmingham 1966 and oval silver box, Italy 20th century.
704 g including wood liner.
1.8 x 6.7 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 521
Two silver boxes
Italy, 20th Century
Silver and wood, rectangular, one smooth and one with guilloché cover.
Not weightable silver.
The largest 1.2 x 7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 522
Group of four silver small boxes
19th-20th Century
Different shapes and measures, two gilded inside.
Lot includes also a small pewter box.
276 g
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 523
Group of five silver boxes
19th-20th Century
One in guilloché silver with applied coat-of-arms, a silver filigree cigarette case, one embossed and chiselled with vegetal scrolls and two silver and niello snuff boxes, Russia 19th Century.
440 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 524
Small silver chalice with cover
Israel, 20th Century
Openworked with grapevines, with silver-gilt inside liner, an openworked frieze with Hebrew characters.
162 g
4.5 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 525
OTTO EICHINGER 1922-2004
Portrait of a Rabbi with shtreimel
Oil on board.
10.24 x 7.87 in.
Signed upper left recto, within an elaborate gilt frame.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 526
SCUOLA TEDESCA DEL XIX SECOLO
Portrait of a Rabbi
Oil on board.
11.81 x 7.87 in.
Signed Witsch lower right recto.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 527
Besamim
Israel, 20th Century
Spice box.
925 silver.
150 g
5.9 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 528
Buddha's head
Gandhara, 3rd Century
Petrified stucco Sakyaminu Buddha's head on quadrangular ebonized wood pedestal.
7.3 x 3.9 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 529
Silver dish
20th Century
Embossed and chiselled with floral decorations, a lobed reserve with a lion in the centre.
288 g
Diameter 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 530
Peacock
Persia, Qajar dynasty
Chiselled iron sculpture on an octagonal base, the rear feathers forming a large fan, the entire external surface engraved with hunting scenes and enriched by applications in turquoise enamel.
Oxidation, small lacks.
30.7 x 18.1 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 531
Silver wedding wager cup
Italy, 20th Century
Silver and silver-gilt, the dress chiselled and engraved with leaf scrolls.
5.5 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 532
MARIO MORETTI FOGGIA 1882-1954
Strada del Cairo
Oil on board.
17.32 x 7.48 in.
Signed on lower right recto. Titled and signed on the verso.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 533
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
Une rue à Bolaco
Watercolour on cardboard, bearing signature A. Pasini recto lower right.
11.02 x 5.91 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 534
Large silver flatware
Haggiag & Serussi, Tripoli, first half of 20th Century
Large rectangular ebonized wood chest with feral feet and lateral twisted columns, with four drawers, covered in salmon velvet, containing a complete flatware for twelve people, including large, fish, fruit and dessert cutlery, with double large fork and eight serving
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Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 535
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
Souvenir
Oil on canvas.
25.20 x 31.89 in.
The painting could be attributed to Vito D'Ancona.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 536
Silver sprinkler
Probably Turkey, 20th Century
Pumpkin-shaped with flutes and embossed and chiselled leaf decorations.
Small dents and wear.
150 g
6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 537
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Kirman carpet with polychrome floral decoration on light ground.
52 x 85 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 538
Carpet
Turkey, 20th Century
Kirsehir carpet with Mudjur influences in the border.
Widespread damage and wear.
68.1 x 44.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 539
Carpet
Turkey, 20th Century
Wool Kars carpet.
Some wear.
135.8 x 92.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 540
Carpet
Turkey, 20th Century
Wool Kars carpet.
Small wear.
139.8 x 102.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 541
MEKERTICH GIVANIAN 1848-1906
Two landscapes of Istanbul
Oil on canvas.
22.05 x 28.15 in.
Both artworks are signed on lower right recto.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 542
Travel case
19th-20th Century
Rectangular briar case with brass feet, lined inside in crème velvet and silk, with six glass and silver bottles, a sewing set and a carillon.
Damage, breaks, one glass bottle missing, music box not working.
3.5 x 8.7 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 543
Pendule à officier
L'Epée, 1980's
Table pendule à officier with calendars and phases of the moon, movement with hour and half striking and alarm, tourbillon escapement, eight-day charge, serial n.088.
5.9 x 3.7 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 544
Pendule à officier
France, early 20th Century
Mechanics with striking at hour and half and alarm, cylinder block, eight-day charge.
The handle is missing.
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 545
Travel case
Aucoc Ainé Paris, late 19th Century
Black leather and green velvet case, containing, on the upper level, eight partially openwork guilloché silver and cut glass ampoules, a small leather match holder embossed P. Hamm Patent and a small similar inkwell. On the lower level, a sewing set, a small silver
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Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 546
Colonial scene
20th Century
Large papier-peint à pochoir on canvassed paper, on six rolls.
70.9 x 114.2 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 547
Infanta of Spain travel portmanteau
Goyard, Paris, first half of 20th Century
Wood covered in leather with Goyardine motif, wooden reinforcements and brass studs, band with the colors of the Spanish flag on the cover and sides and the monogram M.C.M. on one side.
Inner lined with silk, the inside of the cover matelassé.
Numerous paper labels
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 548
Travel writing desk
Jenner & Knewstub, London, 19th-20th Century
Openable leather writing desk with gilt profiles, inside leather and blue silk moiré compartments for documents, pen holders and removable shelves.
6.7 x 13 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 549
Group of geographical maps
Etched maps with contemporary coloring along the borders from the work "Géographie Moderne, Historique et Politique" published in Paris in 1790 under the direction of Louis Charles Desnos.
11 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 550
Three copper carrriage lanterns
19th-20th Century
Pair of hanging lanterns and one foot lantern.
Wear and defects, the glass of the foot lantern broken.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125