Rococo Collectibles
![A Victorian silver snuff box, of rectangular form, the hinged cover with cast top depicting Neptune: A Victorian silver snuff box, of rectangular form, the hinged cover with cast top depicting Neptune or Poseidon, with Rococo scroll surround, the sides decorated with a foliate scroll border, John Sep](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6577/332242/179191300_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717417149)
![An eighteenth-century English silver-coloured metal and agate Rococo snuff box, inset with a moss: An eighteenth-century English silver-coloured metal and agate Rococo snuff box, inset with a moss banded agate cabochon, the exterior decorated with fancy birds, flowerheads and foliage, the underside](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6577/332242/179191306_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717417149)
![A late nineteenth or early twentieth-century Continental silver snuff box, of oval form, the body: A late nineteenth or early twentieth-century Continental silver snuff box, of oval form, the body decorated with rococo scrolls, flowerheads and opposing vignettes of a classical scene, the hinged cov](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6577/332242/179191307_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717417149)
![RARE MATTHEW BRADY (AMERICAN, 1822-1896) PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE AND STAFF: RARE MATTHEW BRADY (AMERICAN, 1822-1896) PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE AND STAFF, albumen print on cardstock, depicting Lee seated in a Rococo Revival armchair with his son, General George](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332785/179539727_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717796071)
![Le Sage, Adventures of Gil Blas, Complete Smollett UK Ed. 1791, Stothard illustrated: "The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane", by Le Sage, translated from the French by Dr. Smollett; complete four volumes in one, Rococo style engraved plates by Stothard, published by Harrison, Londo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6304/326876/176210565_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716298906)
News about Rococo Collectibles
![Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/174371559_4_x-1.jpeg)
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams
PARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]
![Alexander Calder tapestry ‘The Star’ leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Roland-NY-Feb-20-Calder-tapestry-The-Star-1.jpg)
Alexander Calder tapestry ‘The Star’ leads our five auction highlights
Alexander Calder Tapestry, The Star, $38,400 The Star, a tapestry after Alexander Calder, which hammered for $30,000 and sold for $38,400 with buyer’s premium at Roland New York. GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Alexander Calder (1898-1976) first produced designs for tapestries made at the Aubusson factory in the early 1960s. However, most that come to auction […]
![Sterling features art, furniture, decoratives and jewelry from Florida estates March 13](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/60.png)
Sterling features art, furniture, decoratives and jewelry from Florida estates March 13
NORWOOD, N.J. – Sterling Associates has returned from Florida with two estates packed with art, furniture, and decorative accessories that will be featured in a boutique auction of 177 lots on Wednesday, March 13. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. European furniture is led by a 19th-century Northern Italian ebony and bone […]
![Manolovici estate George II armchairs, Faberge donkey carving stand out at Doyle Jan. 24-25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/169616025_1_x.webp)
Manolovici estate George II armchairs, Faberge donkey carving stand out at Doyle Jan. 24-25
NEW YORK – Three exceptional George II-period chairs lead the line in the Thursday, January 25 Old Masters, English & Continental Furniture auction at Doyle. They are among the English furnishings from the Manhattan Upper East Side apartment of Wall Street research analyst Gerard Manolovici (1937-2020). There are 23 lots from the estate in this […]