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The Temple of Vespasian
A finely sculpted architectural model of the Temple of Vespasian. The alabaster structure showing a trio of reeded columns with Corinthian capitals supporting an entablature with a carved frieze illustrating various symbols relating to the priestly collegia of Rome.
Italian, Circa 1900. Height - 17.25”

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A Fine 19th Century Gilt Framed Pier Mirror of Exceptional Proportions.

The rectangular plate set within a carved and gilded framework showing a pierced cornice and similarly detailed sides. Dimensions: 99” high by 72” wide.

French, Circa 1890.

Purchased by Parks Canada and in-situ at ‘Crysler Hall’ in Upper Canada Village.
(Crysler Hall is a Heritage property built on the grounds of Crysler Farm where the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought, part of the War of 1812)
 

‘Gypsy Girl Reading’
Jerome Uhl (1842-1916) American
Oil on canvas, measuring 25” x 20.75”.
Signed & dated, Paris 1885
Set within its original and extremely fine giltwood frame.

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A Rare Set of Six George II Hand-Coloured Botanical Studies taken from the Gardeners Dictionary, published by Philip Miller. Five of these fine copper engravings were executed by John Miller (1715-1790) after drawings by Richard Lancake and dated 1757, the sixth is both drawn & engraved by John Miller and dated 1758. Each plate measures approximately13" x 8 " and set within an acid-free mat and a giltwood frame. Note: The dating of these plates would indicate they are most likely from the 6th edition of the Gardeners Dictionary as they predate the 7th edition which was published in 1759.

Philip Miller (1691-1771) was the principal horticulturalist in England during the mid 18th century, and as a long time curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden and an active member of the Society of Gardeners, he had the opportunity to interact with some of the most important naturalists of his day as well as some of the most gifted botanical artists of the period.

The Society of Gardeners was a trade union formed in 1724 by prominent horticulturalists of the time to protect the interests of plant sellers. One of the projects undertaken by the group was to create an illustrated guide to plants currently being grown in Britain. Philip Miller was chosen to organize the undertaking of the Gardener's Dictionary which was first published in 1731, and amongst those artists whose illustrations he used for his publications were Georg Ehret, Robert Furber, John Miller and Richard Lancake.

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‘Saint Christopher’
Mid 18th Century Italian School.
Oil on canvas, measuring 20” x 13”
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An Early 19th Century Biedermeier-Period Centre Table in Maple. The ebony banded circular top affixed to a tilting mechanism atop a hexagonal sided column braced by three splayed supports atop a tri-form base. German, Circa 1825. Height - 30" Diameter - 48". SOLD

An 18th Century Inlaid Neoclassical Commode in Walnut. The case showing diamond-shaped strung motifs on the top and sides, fitted with 3 tiers of drawers, their fronts similarly decorated and fitted with brass back-plates and ring pulls. Raised overall atop tapering, squared supports. South German, Circa 1780. H - 37.5", W - 43", D - 21". SOLD

A Very Good and Highly Figured 19th Century Biedermeier Bureau-Commode in Walnut. The canted top with an ebonized trim, over four tiers of drawers with highly figured fronts and original hardware, the uppermost with a drop down mechanism opening to a galleried and ebonized writing surface backed by small drawers. Raised overall upon block supports atop ebonized feet. Austria, Circa 1825. Height: 38.5” Width: 49.5” Depth: 24.5” SOLD

 

 

 

A George III Tall Chest/Secretaire in Oak. The stepped cornice surmounting two short drawers & six full-width drawers with period brasses- the third & fourth being false and front a drop-down leather lined writing surface backed by short drawers and a portico over pigeonhole compartments. Raised upon bracket feet. English, Circa 1775. Height - 65.5" Width - 42.5" Depth - 20.5".

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An 18th Century Federal-Period Mahogany Chamber Table. The overhanging serpentine top trimmed with ebony & satinwood stringing, above a conforming feather-strung frieze fitted with a single drawer retaining its original turned brass pulls. Raised on squared and tapering supports inlaid with paterae. New Hampshire, Circa 1790. H: 29.5” W: 39.5” D: 19.75”

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An Exceptionally Fine Hand Painted Shield-Back Open Armchair in Satinwood. The frame showing a pierced splat sided by open armrests atop inverted supports, over an upholstered seat raised on squared & tapering legs terminating to cuffed feet. Decorated overall with hand painted neoclassical motifs of urns, laurel leaves and swags. English, Circa 1900.

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Woman in a Powdered Wig.

Oil on canvas. 18th Century Italian School. Dimensions: 28" x 21". Set within its original and finely carved Rococo frame. Circa 1750.

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’Near Barnet, London’

Claude Hayes (1852-1922) RI, ROI, RWS. Irish.

 Watercolour. Titled on reverse. Dimensions: 13” x 18”. Signed bottom left. Original gilt gesso frame.

 Claude Hayes studied art at the Royal Academy of London, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Oil Painters 1883 and to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1886. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernia Academy in 1874 and at the Royal Academy in London from 1876 to 1916. His work is on permanent display at the Ulster Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery, as well as at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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‘Haying in the Meadow’

 Claude Hayes (1852-1922) RI, ROI, RWS. Irish. Watercolour. Dimensions: 18.5” x 22”. Signed bottom left.

 Claude Hayes studied art at the Royal Academy of London, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Oil Painters 1883 and to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1886. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernia Academy in 1874 and at the Royal Academy in London from 1876 to 1916. His work is on permanent display at the Ulster Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery, as well as at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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''Signor Nicolo Sanchi, Firenze'

 A Fine 18th Century Portrait of a Florentine Magistrate. Canvas dimensions: 27.5” x 21”, re-lined, set within a period ebonized frame. Italian School, Circa 1730.

Title referenced to the sitters calling card shown in hand.

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A Finely Sculpted Ivory Model of a Fan-Tail Goldfish.

Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Length: 4.75”

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An Exceptionally Fine Neoclassical Style Walnut and Marquetry Commode Executed in the Manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini.

The case showing three tiers of full width drawers richly inlaid with neoclassical   elements and retaining their original brasses, the top and sides similarly decorated with inlaid marquetry panels. Raised overall atop squared and tapering inlaid supports.             

Italian, Circa 1890.  Height: 34.5”  Width: 49.5”  Depth: 21.5”    SOLD

 

A Very Fine Art Deco Sterling Silver & Ivory Handled Café au Lait Service. The set consists of an octagonal sided hot milk and coffee pot, both fitted with finely sculpted ivory handles and finials, the matching sugar bowl of similar form. Hallmarked Sheffield, 1936. Makers marks for George Howson.  Total weight 963.8 grams, 30.98 troy ounces

 

A Rare Mid 19th Century Anglo-Colonial Sugar Chest in Solid Mahogany. The rectangular body having a locking, hinged top set within a moulded edge above a base fitted with two short drawers retaining their original turned pulls, raised overall upon turned and tapering supports. Original finish (top re-polished). West Indies,

Circa 1850. Height: 31 ” Width: 30” Depth: 16.5”

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A Very Fine Classical Period Mahogany Fold Over Card Table Executed in the Manner of Duncan Phyfe. The hinged, double elliptical-shaped top opening to a figured interior and rotating over a conforming frieze decorated with lozenges of curly maple and turned drops, raised atop a cluster of four richly carved columnar supports affixed to a fluted plinth base. Raised overall upon four splayed and waterleaf-carved supports terminating to paw -shaped brass toe-caps on castors. New York City, Circa 1815. Dimensions: Height - 30” Width - 35.75” Depth - 18.5”

 Provenance: By descent through the family of Henry Franklin Bronson (1817-1889). H.F. Bronson was born in New York State and later moved to Ottawa in 1852. He became one of Canada’s great ‘Lumber Barons’ and was one of the first to ship timber to the United States market.

Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) was a highly noted American cabinetmaker working in New York City during the early 19th century and is considered to be the most influential of all the New York cabinetmakers during that period. This table is unquestionably of the period and bears several features strongly associated with Phyfe’s workshop, often cited when forming attributions to his work. At the present there is little more evidence to further an attribution, as Phyfe very seldom signed or labeled his pieces, plus the fact that there were also a number of other highly skilled cabinetmakers such as John Hewitt, working in New York City at that time, turning out very high quality furniture of similar design. The matter of attribution aside, this is a superior Classical Period card table of very fine timber, exacting proportions and of exceptional graining & colour.

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A Fine 18th Century Hand Painted Portrait Miniature on Enamel. Set in a silver filigree mount sided by Griffins inset with garnet eyes. Continental, probably Spanish, Circa 1770.

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‘Tiger’

John Trivett Nettleship (1841-1902) British.
Oil on canvas. Signed & dated 1893 bottom left.
Dimensions: 28.5” x 45.5”, set within its original giltwood frame.
John Trivett Nettleship is recorded as having exhibited several ‘Big Game’ paintings at the Royal Academy in London from 1874 until 1901.

Provenance: From the Estate of Firasat Ali Khan

Firasat Ali Khan grew up in Rampar, India during the time of British rule and was of ‘Pathan’ stock - part of the very privileged ‘Zaminder’ land-owning aristocracy, often referred to as a ‘king-making’ family. Mr. Ali Khan served as Captain in the British army from 1940 to 1946, and in 1968 Mr. Khan met his wife, who was then a Canadian diplomat posted to India, and subsequently moved to Canada in 1970, bringing with him many of his family’s possessions, including this painting by John Trivett Nettleship. SOLD

 

A Very Fine and Important 19th Century Fold Over Card Table in Cuban Mahogany.

 The canted top of richly figured radiating veneers opening to a conforming panel above a cavetto moulded frieze, raised atop double lyre-shaped supports strung with brass ‘strings’ rising from a plinth base decorated with a carved anthemia motif. Raised overall atop four hipped & splayed supports terminating to original paw-shaped brass toe-caps and castors. Philadelphia, Circa 1825. Height: 29.5” Width: 35.5” Depth: 18” (36” open).

Note: the use of two open lyre supports is somewhat unusual, as tables of this design often incorporated a solid lyre-shaped panel in the back, thereby making this is a relatively more elegant and sophisticated example than most.

 Provenance: Purchased directly through descent from the family of Sir John Thompson (1845-1892), Prime Minister of Canada 1892-94.

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A Fine 18th Century Flemish Ivory Corpus executed in the Manner of Francois Duquesnoy. The dying Christ shown wearing a crown of thorns, his head turned upwards, a finely carved Perizonium knotted about his waist with a cord. Circa 1780. Height 10”.

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Birks of Aberfeldy & Moness Water. Murray James MacDonald, (fl. 1887-1914), Scottish. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 19.5" x 29.5". Signed & dated 1898. Set within its original and exceptionally fine giltwood frame. Exhibited works at RSA - Represented in Paisley AG — Royal Collection (Balmoral Castle). SOLD.

‘Lady in an Interior’

Oil on canvas. Late 19th / Early 20th Century, British.

Partial signature, possibly for Ethel Wright (flourished 1887-1939).

Dimensions: 51” x 29”, re-sized & re-lined.

Ethel Wright was both a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters. She exhibited 39 works at the Royal Academy of London between 1888 and1939. SOLD

'David'

A Fine 19th Century Bronze by Adrien-Etienne Gaudez (1842-1902). The full-length

figure shown standing, sling in hand, atop a naturalistic mound of rockwork, raised upon a revolving base. Signature inscribed on mound. Height: 32" SOLD 

A Rare 17th Century Silver Roemer by Reinhold Riel (1652-1686).

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'Bacchante Courant avec deux Thyrse'.

A Very Fine19th Century Bronze after Clodion’s Original Work Executed in 1804.   

Height: 14.5” SOLD   

 
Portrait of Daniel Stanton (1777-1834) former Mayor of Bristol, England, and that of his first wife Elizabeth Biggs. Oil on panel. Each 6.25" high x 5.25" wide. Original gilt frames. Although unsigned, strong attributions can be made to include artists Nathan Cooper Branwhite (1775-1857) or Edward Villiers Rippingille (1798-1859). Ref: Sheena Stoddard, Curator of Fine Art, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK. SOLD.
Young Boy in a White Collar & Black Tunic. A very well executed Biedermeier period portrait. Oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Set within a period carved & gilded frame. German School, Circa 1820. SOLD.
An important 18th century portrait miniature on ivory of Sir Robert Murray Keith (1730-1795), Scottish general and diplomat. Mounted within a gold frame and retaining its original leather fitted case. Also, a 22kt gold and enamelled mourning ring, hallmarked London, 1795 and bearing the inscription "In Memory of A Dear Friend". Possibly worn by a member of the Hepburn family. SOLD.
A Very Fine Regency Period Tea Caddy in Tortoiseshell. The exterior showing a cavetto molded front strung with sterling silver line inlay and having a conforming & similarly strung hinged lid inset with a silver cartouche, raised overall atop original bun-shaped ivory feet. The interior fitted with twin compartments complimented by tortoiseshell lids with turned ivory pulls. English, Circa 1830. Height - 4.25", Width - 7", Depth - 4.5". SOLD.
View of Constantinople. 18th Century Watercolour. Attributed to Luigi Mayer (1750-1803) Italian. Dimensions, 15.25" x 21.5". Text in bottom margin reads as follows: VEDUTA DEL CANALE DI COSTANTINOPLI CON LA FORTEZZA DI EUROPA PRESA DALLA SCALA DEL. G.S. NELLÕASIA. Inscribed in script bottom right, Chiara Mayer dipense. SOLD.
"Looking Out To Sea". Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919) American. Oil on Canvas. Dimensions 18 " x 24 ". Signed lower left. SOLD.
A Most Impressive and Decorative Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures. Both in Middle Eastern attire and shown seated in naturalistic poses atop rocky mounds on squared plinth bases, she holding an amphora shaped vessel, he clutching a branch in one hand, the other resting on a scabbard and gun. In untouched condition and with much of the original cold painted decoration intact. Each base signed in script, J.Guillot, for Anatole J. Guillot (1865-1911). Height 31.5" For a similar comparison Ref: Sotheby's Nineteenth Century Decorative Arts, London, March 1987, Lot #287 . SOLD.
A Fine and Rare Queen Anne Period Open Arm Chair in Walnut. The frame showing a waisted back sided by dished arm-rests terminating to finely turned grips atop in-swept supports, raised overall upon cabriole front supports with slipper feet and chamfered rear supports braced by a turned stretcher. English, Circa 1710. SOLD.
Wood Nymph, Art Union of London 1864. SOLD.
Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa. English. Circa 1825. SOLD.
Pair of Gilt Bronze Wall Lamps. English. Dated 1868. SOLD.
Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood Pier Tables. SOLD.
Suite of Eight Biedermeier Dining Chairs. German. Circa 1820. SOLD.
17th Century Panelled Chest of Drawers in Oak & Fruitwood. England. Circa 1670. SOLD.
George III Mahogany & Satinwood Linen Press. England. Circa 1780. SOLD.
19th Century Extension Dining Table in Mahogany. England. Circa 1840. SOLD.
Suite of 4 Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils. France. Circa 1870. SOLD.
A Fine 19th Century painting in the manner of Vecellio Tiziano (Titian) 1485-1576, entitled Sacred & Profane Love. The original, painted in 1516 now hangs in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, and is considered by scholars to be Titians most celebrated work. This sensitively executed rendering was painted during the 2nd half of the 19th century, and shipped to Canada from Britain in 1903. The dimensions of this monumental work are quite remarkable, measuring 43" high by 109" wide (canvas only), while the extreme dimensions which incorporate it's original carved & water gilded frame measure approximately 5 feet high by 10 feet in length. SOLD 2002.
A Very Fine 19th Century Ebonized & Amboyna Banded Credenza by Thomas Cadwallader, London. The rectilinear top surmounting a pair of central cupboard doors inset with Neoclassical inspired Jasperware plaques, flanked on either side by arched & glazed cabinet doors sided by fluted columns terminating to gilded Corinthian capitals. SOLD.
A Rare Louis XV French Colonial Side Cabinet in Mahogany. The peg- joined case showing a canted top above a plain frieze and a pair of panelled doors that front a shelved interior. Raised on short cabriole front supports with 'whorl' feet, and block-shaped rear supports. Martinique, Circa 1750. Provenance: Shipped from a St. Kitts plantation estate. SOLD.
An Early 19th Century Federal Period Secretaire Bookcase in Mahogany. Boston, Circa 1820. SOLD.
An exceptionally fine 19th century bureau a' cylindre in mahogany, tulipwood and kingwood. A marble topped bank of four ormolu banded drawers surmounts a retracting domed front housing an interior fitted with a pull-out writing surface and a theatre of both functional and false drawers. Raised on amaranth banded supports. French. Circa 1890. Dimensions, Height - 48.5", Width - 51.5", Depth - 24.5". SOLD.