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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Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
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Status ecclesiastici
Nürnberg, 1748
Etching printed by Johann Baptist Homann, contemporary colouring, within gilt frame.
20.1 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Portugal
Paris, 1751
Pair of etchings printed by Robert depicting northern and southern Portugal, contemporary colouring, within gilt frame.
19.1 x 20.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lombardie
Paris, 1750
Pair of etchings with contemporary coloring depicting the eastern and western parts of Lombardy, printed by Robert.
20.1 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Etat present de l'Italie
France, 18th Century
Etching with contemporary coloring.
12.8 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Naval compass
Henry Browne & Son Ltd., Sestrel , Barking & London, 20th Century
Brass compass inscribed Sestrel Circum Dead-Beat n. 7159N.
5.3 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Pair of navigation lights
Veb, Hellerau, Germany, 1968
Copper and metal, on the upper band marked Veb, one no. 86867 and the other no. 86852 and dated 1968.
22.8 x 13.8 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Naval compass
20th Century
Brass and glass water compass with binnacle.
Damage.
8.7 x 8.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Table with scagliola top
20th Century
Painted scagliola top with rectangular reserves with sailing ships at full sail with indication of the winds and a shaped reserve with the dedication "A Sua Eccellenza Sig. Cav.re Francesco Seratti Comandante in Capite della R. Marina di Guerra del Littorale Toscano
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
SCUOLA INGLESE DEL XIX SECOLO
Seascape
Oil on canvas.
30.12 x 50.00 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 900
Large silver soup tureen
Fratelli Bagliani, Alessandria, 20th Century
Large soup tureen with plate and cover, embossed with wave decoration, a shell on top of the cover, the handles in the shape of mermen chasing dolphins.
6.170 g
13.8 x 21.3 x 14.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 5.750
G.H. ANDREWS
Scarborough Yorkshire
Watercolour and oil on cardboard mounted on wood.
20.08 x 38.39 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Ship chandelier
20th Century
Painted gilded and openwork tole and wrought iron, with opaline and cathedral glasses, chains in the shape of ropes with sailors' knots, with snakes at the base.
Wear.
18.1 x 37.4 x 26.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Diorama
20th Century
Rectangular walnut frame with applied shaped frieze and central rope handle, containing diorama of a three-masted wooden boat with fabric lateen sails and a smaller sailboat missing the sails, front glass missing.
Damage and signs of the time.
21.5 x
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Pair of armchairs
Early 20th Century
Rattan, with openwork edges and backrest.
Damage and breaks.
45.5 x 22.4 x 35.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Silver and silver-gilt box
Stefani, Bologna, 20th Century
Embossed and chiselled in the shape of a shell.
360 g
2.6 x 5.1 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 350
SCUOLA FIAMMINGA DEL XVII SECOLO
Storm
Oil on canvas.
8.66 x 13.58 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 500
Silver bowl
Probably Sweden, 19th Century
Embossed and chiselled, shell shaped.
136 g
2.2 x 5.4 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Motorship Esperia Chronometer
Thomas Mercer, London, circa 1960
Marine chronometer with brass case and double wood, brass and glass box.
Dial signed Thomas Mercer, on the case applied brass plate "Supplied by Hezzanith Heath & Company London No. 21202".
Accompanied by correction notebook with M/N Esperia blue ink stamps and pencil
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Fog horn
Tyfon Patent, 20th Century
Copper, iron, metals and wood. Not working.
Height 22 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Group of sailing cups
20th Century
Group of five silver cups, a small silver vase and four silver-plated cups, six of which on a shaped wooden base.
892 g weighable silver.
Different measurements.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 375
Nautical telescope
20th Century
Brass, with leather cover and caps, inscribed "La Filotecnica Milano", mounted on a wooden, brass and metal tripod, with original wooden case with wrought iron side handles and metal hooks. Inside the case, paper label "Ufficio Nautico Marconi Genova Via Cairoli 14-16
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Starting price: € 800
GABRIELE CARELLI 1820-1900
Houses by the sea
Watercolour on paper.
6.69 x 10.04 in.
Signed on lower right recto and handwriting "Mentone".
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 325
Group of silver plated dishes
Yacht Club Tigullio, 20th Century
Group of twenty-six silver-plated plates for the Yacht Club Tigullio, similar to each other, engraved in the center with the logo or with the name, including nine dinner plates, ten small plates, three underplates and four bread plates.
Wear and damage.
Different
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
GIOVANNI ROVERO 1885-1971
Bathing establishments
Oil on cardboard.
9.53 x 13.15 in.
Signed on lower right recto.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Miscellanea of naval dinnerware
20th Century
Lot including twelve soup cups with saucer, two égoiste teapots with saucer and twelve bread plates Richard Ginori porcelain for Lauro Lines, six numbered hexagonal nickel silver placeholders, two butter dishes, a saucer and a
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Miscellanea of naval dinnerware
20th Century
Lot including a nickel silver flatware for twelve people, six nickel silver lobster forks, six engraved glass champagne cups for Italia Navigazione, six Schönwald porcelain oyster plates, two large and twelve small Schönwald ravieres for Italia Navigazione, one golden
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Miscellanea of naval dinnerware
20th Century
Lot including twelve Richard Ginori porcelain ravieres for Fin Mare Group, Leonardo da Vinci, twelve Richard Ginori porcelain ravieres and a smaller one for Italia Navigazione, two Broggi nickel silver butter dishes with plate for Italia Navigazione, six numbered
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Starting price: € 300
Miscellanea of naval dinnerware
20th Century
Lot including four Broggi nickel silver bread plates, twelve Broggi steel underplates for Italia Navigazione, twelve small square Broggi saucers, a Broggi nickel silver milk jug for Sitmar Cruises, a set of three egg pieces for Italia Navigazione, six Krupp steel
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Starting price: € 400
HENRI MAURICE CAHOURS 1889-1974
French landscapes
Le Baous: watercolour on paper.
3.78 x 4.33 in.
Paysage de Normandie: watercolour on paper.
5.12 x 4.33 in.
Falaise des petites dalles: watercolour on carboard.
8.27 x 11.22 in.
Starting price: € 500
Ship's writing desk and armchair
20th Century
Mahogany writing desk with brass handles and inserts, three drawers and two shutter doors on the front. The armchair with mahogany circular base, steel column and structure and mahogany seat.
Wear and small damage, oxydation to the metals.
Writing desk 30.7 x 55.1 x
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Starting price: € 500
SCUOLA FRANCESE DEL XX SECOLO
Bourg de Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Oil on plywood.
21.26 x 17.91 in.
On the verso handwriting which attributes the artwork to Charles Gadenne and dates it 1928.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Pair of marine chest-of-drawers
20th Century
Mahogany with leather top and brass handles and inserts, with two drawers.
Wear and small damage, oxidation.
21.7 x 34.6 x 17.7 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
ANTONIO BARRERA 1889-1970
Terracina
Oil on board.
19.49 x 20.08 in.
Signed and dedicated on lower left recto: "Alla Signora Giulia De Nicola amichevolmente beneaugurandovi...Natale!..". Dated and titled on lower right recto.
Starting price: € 1.000
Carpet
Pakistan, 20th Century
Kashmir Bukhara rug with cotton weft and wool and silk pile.
Slight wear.
122 x 95.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Marine sofa bed
20th Century
Mahogany with brass handles and inserts, with three drawers at the base.
Wear and small damage.
31.9 x 78.3 x 34.3 in.
Starting price: € 400
Pair of marine cabinets
20th Century
Rectangular, mahogany, with brass handles and inserts, with three drawers and a compartment.
Wear and small damage, oxydation.
27.6 x 11.8 x 33.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Large vase
Probably Salviati, Murano, 19th-20th Century
Enamel on glass with a scene of triumph of ancient Rome.
9.6 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Cachepot
Probably Salviati, Murano, 19th-20th Century
Blue glass cachepot painted and gilded with figures from the ancient, with circular blue glass underpot.
11.8 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Group of placeholders
Dresda, 20th Century
Fourteen polychrome porcelain figures depicting ladies, knights, musicians and peasants, mounted on a silver base, within three original velvet and silk cases.
Minor wear and defects, the smallest case broken.
3.9 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Centerpiece
Probably Capodimonte, 19th Century
Composed of seventeen detachable parts in white porcelain, with cherubs and vases, in the center a group with cherubs on a plinth.
9.8 x 27.6 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.100
Miscellanea of vases and ewers
19th-20th Century
Three ampoules, a bottle and a vase in transparent, gilded, colored and cut glass.
Defects.
Different measurements, the highest 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
NICOLA ARDUINO 1887-1974
Lago di Viverone 1960
Oil on canvas.
15.75 x 21.85 in.
Signed and dated on lower right on the recto. On the verso dated, signed and titled.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
GIUSEPPE AJMONE 1923-2005
Lago di Avigliana 1992
Oil on canvas.
21.46 x 25.39 in.
Signed on lower right recto. Label, dated and signed on the verso.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
Rural landscape with woman
Oil on plywood.
15.75 x 21.65 in.
Signed "A. Milesi" on lower left recto.
Starting price: € 400
Writing table
20th Century
Center desk, with inlaid briar top, with three drawers, two doors on the front and a sliding plane on the frieze.
32.5 x 41.9 x 21.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
OTTO MARAINI 1904-1970
The sculptor at work
Bronze with dark patina
27.56 x 18.90 x 11.02 in.
Signed at the base.
Starting price: € 1.000
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Carpet with geometric and stylized floral decorations in shades of red, green and blue.
59.1 x 50.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Rudbar carpet with cotton weft and wool pile, with floral and zoomorphic decorations within a light reserve on red ground.
72 x 42.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Joshagan Mei Mei carpet, cotton weft and wool pile, with red ground.
59.1 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
ARTURO CARRERA 1897
Muses 19th Century
Five bronze with patina sculptures, on quadrangular green marble base.
17.72 x 6.69 x 5.91 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.500