Over six hundred and fifty lots are presented in the Auction of Antique Furniture and Paintings of 18, 19 and 20 October 2023, ideally subdivided into two macrocosms that constitute the heterogeneous and diversified content of the four auction rounds.
Going through the whole of Italy and even beyond the Alps, the catalogue presents a substantial section dedicated to porcelain and majolica from the 16th to the 19th century. Among the most iconic are three pieces from the second half of the 18th century from the Milanese manufactory of Felice Clerici: the Magot watch stand in blue majolica with gold highlights (€ 22,000 - 24,000) and two extremely rare 'fiamma' vases (€ 22,000 - 24,000) that have never appeared on the auction market and of which the only known exemplary is currently kept in the collection of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.
Lot 101
Manufacture of Felice Clerici, Milan, circa 1750 Light blue and gold majolica Magot clock case (25x34 cm).
A similar model is kept at the Musei Civici of Castello Sforzesco in Milan in the Civic Collections of Applied Arts.
Estimate € 22,000 - 24,000
Lot 102
Manufacture of Felice Clerici, Milan, second half of the 18th century.
Pair of blue majolica double-handled vases (h. tot cm 44).
A similar model is kept at the Musei Civici del Castello Sforzesco in Milan in the Civic Collections of Applied Art.
Estimate € 22,000- 24,000
Lotto 90
Sculptor of the late 18th century - beginning of the 19th century. "Marcus Aurelius Caesar",
statuary marble and breccia bust (h. 97 cm) resting on marble column with square base of later period (h. 110 cm).
Estimate € 8.000 - 10.000
Two statuary marble busts, the work of a late 18th - early 19th century sculptor, immortalise the faces of Emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius, depicted with their typical breeches resting on their shoulders (both estimated € 8,000 - 10,000).
The fascination for the Orient is reflected in the 18th-century Venetian trumeau, painted and lacquered in chinoiseries (€ 55,000 - 60,000) and the unusual group of four Piedmontese Magots in painted plaster with tilting heads (€ 9,000 - 10,000).
Lot 108
18th-century Venetian carved, painted and lacquered wooden trumeau (130x238x62 cm).
Estimate € 55,000 - 60,000
Lot 83
Piedmontese manufacture, end of 18th century - beginning of 19th century.
Four polychrome plaster magot on shelves (h. magot cm 89; h. shelves cm 38).
Estimate € 9,000 - 10,000
The preciousness of the materials and the richness of the ornaments typical of the 18th century can also be found in the elegant collection of clocks and table clocks, including: a musical clock attributed to the Swiss Pierre Jaquet-Droz (€ 18,000 - 20,000), a lyre clock by the Parisian Capel Le jeune (€ 10,000 - 12,000) and a 19th century portico clock by the papal clockmaker Raffaele Fiorelli (€ 3,500 - 4,000).
Lot 93
Pierre Jaquet-Droz (att.) Lacquered wood and ormolu musical clock.
White enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes.
Two-train movement with hours and quarters chime on bells. In the lower part of the case is a cylinder organ with ten pipes and eight melodies.
Switzerland, second half of the 18th century (cm 47x78x34)
Estimate € 18,000 - 20,000
Lot 82
Capel Le jeune, Paris Ormolu and marble lyre clock.
Band dial with Arabic numerals and centre seconds hand. Two-train movement with ankle escapement and hour and half-hour chime on bell.
France, last quarter of the 18th century (cm 18x44x11).
Estimate € 10,000 - 12,000
The charm of heraldry and the mastery of French, Danish and English silversmiths is expressed in some of the most interesting lots in the section dedicated to silverware, in which stand out a pair of vermeille plates by Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot engraved with the royal coat of arms of George III (€ 3.500 - 4. 000), a precious lidded vase by the Danish silversmith Anton Michelsen made in 1850 as a gift from King Frederick VII to the English ambassador Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn (€ 8,500 - 9,000) and a large 19th century English tankard finely decorated with antique coins and floral ramage (€ 8,500 - 9,000).
Lot 80
Silver vase with lid surmounted by a crown, feet in the shape of crowned lions holding coat of arms.
Copenhagen, 1850, silversmith Anton Michelsen (h. cm 30) (g gross 1900)
Estimate € 8,500 - 9,000
Lot 86
Large 19th-century silver tankard with lid. Bearing English import hallmarks,
London 1892. Sterling title (h. cm 39) (g 3200).
Estimate € 8,500 - 9,000
Adding to the varied offerings are a valuable fragment of a Flemish tapestry from the 17th century depicting Joseph being sold by his brothers (€ 3,800 - 4,000), a small tortoiseshell inkwell of Neapolitan manufacture from the early 19th century (€ 2,800 - 3,000) and a very elegant Agra, Indian carpet from the late 19th century (€ 3,300 - 3,500).
Lot 686
Brussels manufactory, 17th century.
Fragment of wool and silk tapestry depicting Joseph sold by his brothers (cm 341x231).
Estimate € 3,800 - 4,000
Lot 341
Neapolitan manufacture, early 19th century.
Small tortoiseshell inkwell joined to a not pertinent quill (cm 15,5x7x11).
Estimate € 2,800 - 3,000