Furniture, paintings and works of art
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Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 3.00 p.m. (lots 301-652)
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Lot 501
WILLIAM EDWARD FRANK BRITTEN 1848-1916
Suggestion for a portrait 1888
Pen and pastels on paper.
12.40 x 6.50 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, on the reverse label inscribed 'Suggestion for a portrait/W E F Britten/139 Bloomfield Place/SW’.
Mostre/Exhibits
1888,
Starting price: € 700
Lot 502
Drawing room forniture
19th Century
Carved gilt-wood, comprising four chairs, two armchairs and a sofa, oval backrests centered with floral clasps, on fluted legs, yellow and ivory striped satin upholstery.
Sofa 37.8 x 49.6 x 25.6 in.
Armchairs 37.8 x 24.8 x 21.7 in.
Chairs 35.8 x 18.9 x 17.7 in.
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 503
Pair of wall candle-holders
18th-19th Century
Carved and polychrome-painted wood, richly decorated with floral motifs and scrollwork. Shaped structure with winged figures and putto heads in relief; upper candleholders.
Wear, losses to paint and minor chips.
The highest one 9.25 x 16.73 x 2.16 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 504
Large scagliola top
19th Century
Round, decorated with rich polychrome floral motifs, with a central fruit basket and naturalistic scrolls, applied to a not coeval burl wood base.
Diameter 39.4 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 505
Pair of Neo-Renaissance cups
Probably France, second half of the 19th Century
Majolica, decorated with poured colors.
10.2 x 13.4 x 13.4 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 506
Mirror frame
19th Century
Carved gilt-wood, double frame, richly decorated with scrolls and rocailles, floral clasps and tripartite cymatium.
Wear and tear, breaks, losses and widespread oxidation to the mirrors.
68.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 507
Pair of pitchers
Southern Italy (probably Sicily), late 18th-early 19th Century
Polychrome decoration majolica with geometric motifs.
Defects.
8.7 x 7.5 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 508
Chest-of-drawers
18th Century
Walnut inlaid with ebonised wood and precious woods with ribbons inlays, with three drawers, on bracket feet.
Wear and tear, replacement.
40.9 x 51.8 x 22.6 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 509
SCUOLA INGLESE DEL XIX SECOLO
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on oval canvas.
40.16 x 30.91 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 510
FRANCESCO GHITTONI 1855-1928
Girl's head 1914 circa
Oil on board.
13.58 x 8.66 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Bibliografia/Literature
Bonfanti L. (a cura di), Francesco Ghittoni. Inediti e disegni della collezione Banca di Piacenza, Tip.Le.Co. Piacenza, 2018, ill. p.
Starting price: € 600