AUCTION
Thursday 12 December 2024, from 2.30 p.m. (lots 1-309)
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
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Two fans
19th-20th Century
One paper fan with partially gilt mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, the guards with applications of a cameo on the front and a small mirror on the back; the other in paper with gilt mother-of-pearl sticks and gilt metal and green glass guards.
The largest 10.6 x 19.7
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Starting price: € 200
Carpet
Kazak, 20th Century
Polychrome decoration on red and cream ground.
97.6 x 41.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
SCUOLA PIEMONTESE DEL XIX SECOLO
Lady full-length portrait
Oil on canvas.
78.74 x 51.97 in.
Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 24.000
Frieze
18th-19th Century
Frieze
18th-19th Century
Carved gilt-wood, with grape shoots centered by scrolled leaves fall.
37.8 x 18.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX-XX SECOLO
The secret garden
Oil on canvas.
Lot including also a still life.
35.04 x 56.69 in.
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.500
Miscellaneous group of ten chairs
20th Century
Group of six walnut chairs with openwork backrests carved with shells and rocailles, on spiral legs, together with four chairs with openwork backrests carved with garlands of fruits, on scrolled legs. Upholstered in light fabrics with white canvas housses.
36.2 x 19.3 x
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
SCUOLA DEL XIX SECOLO
Eternal memory
Tempera on canvas.
41.34 x 51.97 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Candelabra
Second half of 19th Century
Chiselled metal, six-flame, round base with three masks on which the figure of Mercury stands out.
27.2 x 9.1 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
Pygmalion and Galatea
Mixed media on paper.
25.98 x 16.93 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Pair of candle-holders
19th Century and later
Carved gilt-wood stem in the shape of a twisted column on square wooden base, electrified and mounted as a lamp, fabric lampshades.
26 x 13.8 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Austrian pendulum clock
Wien, second half 18th Century
Ebonized wooden case with upper handle and bronze pinnacles, signed Schreiblmayr, embossed silver dial, subdials dials at the top to exclude the alarm, silvered hour ring with engraved Roman numerals, satellite for the alarm indication. Movement with verge escapement
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 700
Group of four armchairs
19th Century
Shaped, with walnut legs, covered in red matelassé chinz.
Damage, a leg broken and glued.
37 x 30.3 x 29.5 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Silver flatware
Early 20th Century
Twelve-piece flatware, with shaped handles decorated with intertwined ribbons and scrolls, composed of twelve forks, knives, spoons, twelve fruit forks, knives, spoons, twelve tea spoons and six serving cutlery, in original case in red leather and cloth, with shelves,
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Group of five dishes
Saint-Clement, Richard Miguet, 18th-19th Century
Majolica, with polychrome decoration of animals and insects.
One with a slight chip.
Diameter 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Group of six small silver salt cellars
Argenteria Lupo, Palermo, 20th Century
Cylindrical, with internal silver-plated metal containers, with original blue leather and silk case.
Oxidation and wear.
200 g total weight
1.6 x 0.8 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Music box
20th Century
With roll and three bells, in a rose wood box inlaid with a central musical frieze on top, ebonized inside.
To be restored.
7.1 x 10.2 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Chandelier
19th Century
Chandelier
19th Century
Golden metal, glass and crystals, montgolfier shaped, with six lights.
Damage and small losses.
46.1 x 29.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 350
EDWARD GOODALL 1795-1870
Amalfi 1856
Burin engraving.
10.24 x 13.78 in.
Derived from a painting by George Edwards Hering, The Amalfi Coast, part of the Royal Collection Trust.
Starting price: € 100
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI 1720-1778
Vedute di Roma 19th Century
Beautiful group of four etchings in a 19th-Century edition. All framed.
Slight browning, minimal foxing, margins probably slightly trimmed.
The larger 24.8 x 33.1 in.
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Group of monumental amphorae and cup
Central-southern Italy, circa 1880
Majolica, ‘Raphaelesque’ decoration, on the bodies reserves with mythological scenes, handles and spouts with masks and mythological figures.
Amphorae 43.3 x 17.7 x 10.2 in.
Cup 30.3 x 26.4 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Silver teapot
Naples, late 18th Century
Oval, smooth, with wooden handle.
484 g including wooden handle
6.9 x 9.6 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Group of four silver candlesticks
Naples, 1809-1824
Circular base, with tapered column stem, smooth.
1.180 g
9.6 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Silver coffee pot
Naples, 1809-1824
Ovoid body with eagle feet and paws with masks on top, zoomorphic beak and geometric wooden handle.
A dent on the lid.
572 g including wooden handle
10 x 8.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 500
Chest-of-drawers
Piedmont, 18th Century
Walnut, shaped, with edges with light wood inlaid borders, a parquetry reserve on the top, with three drawers.
Damages, losses to the veneer.
37.2 x 48.8 x 21.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 550
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
The Promenade
Oil on board, signed 'De Nittis' lower right recto.
12.40 x 16.34 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
GIUSEPPE PURICELLI 1825-1894
Portrait of a lady
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Group of seven silver salt cellars
Naples, circa 1840
Pair of double salt cellars, circular, with feral feet and handles with beasts, gilded inside. The lot includes a group of four circular salt cellars with eagle feet, one with a paw missing, and another circular salt cellar with goat feet, gilded inside.
Wear and
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Starting price: € 400
Part of silver inkstand
Naples, 1802
Small rectangular tray with openwork gallery and three smooth cylindrical containers.
740 g
Tray 2.2 x 8.7 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Pair of silver candlesticks
Naples, 1809-1824
Circular base, with tapered column stem, smooth with geometrically decorated rims.
456 g
9.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
GIOVANNI RIVA 1890-1973
The Player
Bronze with dark patina, signed at the base.
15.75 x 6.89 x 6.89 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700
GIOVANNA TOMMASINI BLAETTEL
Portrait for Maria Elisabetta Francesca Princess of Savoia Carignano
Watercolor on paper.
13.39 x 11.42 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 500
Portico clock
France, 19th Century
Movement with hour and half chime, anchor escapement and spring suspension, compensated pendulum type.
Missing suspension, pendulum unhooked.
16.9 x 9.4 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 250
Chest-of-drawers
Probably Veneto, 19th Century and later
Walnut, with inlays in various essences, with five drawers, metal handles and locks.
Damage, restorations and renovations.
40.6 x 53.1 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 400
Two dishes and one trembleuse
Paris and Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, the trembleuse decorated with flowers and cherubs on a blue background, gilded, marked Sèvres; the plates both monochrome with a portrait.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Group of four dishes
Probably Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, two depicting a gallant scene, flowers and gilding on a cobalt blue background, one depicting Madame de Montesson and one Louis XVI.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Group of five dishes
Probably Sèvres, 19th Century
Porcelain, two depicting puttos, flowers and gilding on a cobalt blue background, one depicting the Château de Chantilly, one the Château de Chambord and one the Duchesse du Maine.
Diameter 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 550
Cup
France, 20th Century
Oval, porcelain mounted in gilt bronze, with a blue background, on the body two oval reserves with a gallant scene and a landscape, in the Sèvres style.
11.8 x 15.4 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Napoleon on horseback
19th-20th Century
Miniature on parchment within a gilt-bronze frame in neoclassical style.
5.3 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
ÉMILE CARLIER 1849-1927
Veille de bataille 1900 circa
Bronze with brown patina, on quadrangular base of green Alpi marble.
8.66 x 10.04 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Pair of candlesticks
19th Century
Blue porcelain, mounted in gilt-bronze with shaped onyx bases.
Chips to the onyx base, one of the two with a dent and a break to the bronze base of the bud and some small chips to the porcelain glaze.
10.2 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Chest-of-drawers
19th Century
Walnut, veneered in briarwood, with three drawers, the front shaped, on arched feet.
Damages, losses and restoration.
34.3 x 35.4 x 21.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE 1791-1872
Portrait of President James Monroe 1818-1819
Oil on canvas.
31.50 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 25.000 | Sold for : € 25.000
Mirror frame
18th-19th Century
Octagonal, carved gilt-wood, carved with double leaf volutes and rocailles top.
Damage, cracks, missing and worn gilding.
39.4 x 34.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
GIUSEPPE CIVELLI 1816-1882
Gran carta d’Italia disegnata ed incisa colla scorta delle opere più recenti ed accreditate di geografia Milan, 1845
Twenty-eight loose sheets, borders with coeval watercolouring, individually framed, published by G. Civelli e Comp. and dedicated to the Illustre Geografico Italiano Adriano Balbi, Imperial Counsellor in the service of S.M.I.R.A.
105.12 x 82.68 in.
Rare first edition
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
JOSEPH VAN DIEGHEM 1843-1885
Sheep grazing 1973
Oil on canvas, both signed and dated lower recto.
9.84 x 12.40 in.
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Carpet
Caucasus, 20th Century
Geometric and stylized decorations in shades of red and sand.
79.9 x 49.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 475
Group of gilded silver place-holder salt cellars
Cipollina, Genoa, 20th Century
Oval, openwork, with blue glass jacket and lids with game on it, with eight silver-gilt teaspoons en suite.
The tallest 2.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 in.
292 g
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 850
Chandelier
19th Century
Carved gilt-wood with scrolls and acanthus leaves decoration, with six lights on scrolled arms.
32.7 x 26.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Flatware
20th Century
Silver-plated metal cutlery set for twelve people composed of twelve large forks, knives and spoons, twelve fruit forks, knives and spoons, twelve teaspoons and six serving cutlery, with original case with wooden and cloth drawers.
Box 8.9 x 20.1 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 500