The Pleasure of Objects 2024-01-30 Auction - 178 Price Results - Sotheby's in NY
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The Pleasure of Objects
A Chinese Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Ge-Type Moon Flask With George IV Silver-Gilt Mounts, The
An Important German Silver-Gilt Basin, Hieronymous Sailer, Augsburg, 1613-1615
A Large German Parcel-Gilt Silver-Mounted Blue and White Fayence Canister, Christian Mentzel the
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New York, NY, United States
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The Pleasure of Objects: The Ian & Carolina Irving Collection Sotheby’s is pleased to be offering, The Pleasure of Objects: The Ian and Carolina Irving Collection this January during Old Master’s Week. Objects from this collection were never hidden in cupboards but out on display and always in use. A summer lunch at this East Hampton home was served outside on white tablecloths set with white and gilt silver catching the afternoon sun surrounded by a background of lawns and tall grasses. Dinner inside would be a candle-lit presentation rotating between settings of German 17th century silver-gilt with the emphasis on diamond pattern and repeated hearts one night, to all an English setting the following night, the display centered by a superb, covered cup to a design by William Kent, the food served on plates designed by Robert Adam, while on the wall glinted chargers designed by Pugin. Some guests were privileged to experience a Royal and Imperial night, with the emphasis on the courts of Hanover and London, with a glimpse of a tapestry of Queen Anne nearby, the wine bottles sitting in gilded coasters from the Borghese Palace, on a side table a pair of tazze with the arms of the Doge of Venice, bought from the famous Mentmore sale. While other visitors might be treated to candelabra from Cadiz mixed with chargers from Portugal, Alto Peru, and Guatemala, all overseen by an early 19th century Mexican beauty in a frame nearby. While greatly loved, these treasures will now be available for a new generation to enjoy.
A Monumental Agateware Pottery Potpourri Vase And Two-Handled Reticulated Cover, Probably French: the cover of circular section with two high angular handles, pierced with a band of interlocked rings, the rim applied with a band of white flower heads, the vase of square tapering form, applied
0001: A Monumental Agateware Pottery Potpourri Vase And Two-Handled Reticulated Cover, Probably French
Est.
$4,000
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$6,000
Lot Closed
Jean-Guillaume Moitte (1746 – 1810), Presentation Drawing of a Pot a Oille on Stand, decorated: pen and black ink and gray and orange wash over traces of pencil; framed signed in brown ink, lower right: Auguste fils a Paris 22 ¼ by 23 ½ in.; 565 by 595 mm. Provenance Henri
0002: Jean-Guillaume Moitte (1746 – 1810), Presentation Drawing of a Pot a Oille on Stand, decorated
Est.
$8,000
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$12,000
Lot Closed
A Pair Of Venetian Gilt-Copper Salvers on Foot, Circa 1710: conventional form, the feet screwing on, the tops engraved with the arms of Giovanni Cornaro, Doge of Venice from 1709-1722 diameter 14 in.; 35.5 cm Provenance Giovanni Cornaro (1647-1722) Earls
0003: A Pair Of Venetian Gilt-Copper Salvers on Foot, Circa 1710
Est.
$20,000
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$30,000
Lot Closed
An Italian Silver-Gilt Nautilus-Form Cup, Maker's Mark DB, Venice, Late 17th Century: the base formed as four scallop shells, with cast dolphin stem, the nautilus-form bowl chased with a dolphin in an auricular style, marked on the base, stem and bowl, maker's mark Piero Pazzi no.135,
0004: An Italian Silver-Gilt Nautilus-Form Cup, Maker's Mark DB, Venice, Late 17th Century
Est.
$12,000
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$18,000
Lot Closed
A Large Dogtooth Spar Stalactite: height 47 in.; width 9 in.; depth 9 in. 119 cm; 22.9 cm; 22.9 cm Provenance Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 December 2001, lot 335 Catalogue note A large calcite stalactite, with
0005: A Large Dogtooth Spar Stalactite
Est.
$2,000
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$3,000
Lot Closed
French, 18th Century: marble height 34 in.; 86.36 cm. Provenance St Lucian Property of Lord Glenconner, Bonhams London, 28 September 2011, lot 82. Catalogue note For centuries, allegorical figures of the continents
0006: French, 18th Century
Est.
$8,000
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$12,000
Lot Closed
An Italian Cipollino Marble Column on a Square Base: height 48 3/8 in.; 122.9 cm Provenance Sotheby's New York, 31 January 2013, lot 378
0007: An Italian Cipollino Marble Column on a Square Base
Est.
$2,500
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$3,500
Lot Closed
An American Silver "American Indian" Serving Fork And Spoon, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, Circa: in a rustic design influenced by American Indian crafts, engraved with Indian figures, a peace pipe, and a steer's head on matted ground, the spoon stem twisted, the fork stem with bindings, marked
0008: An American Silver "American Indian" Serving Fork And Spoon, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, Circa
Est.
$8,000
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$12,000
Lot Closed
A Sheffield Plate Verrière, Circa 1780: oval form, with acanthus leaves rising up the reeded body and two ram masks with drop-ring handles, length 11 in.; 28 cm
0009: A Sheffield Plate Verrière, Circa 1780
Est.
$2,500
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$3,500
Lot Closed
A George II Silver Covered Jug and Stand, Jacob Marsh, London, 1746: the baluster form jug with leaf-capped scroll handle and pinecone finial, shell-fluted spout, the salver on four scroll feet, with shell and scroll border, both engraved with the contemporary arms of
0010: A George II Silver Covered Jug and Stand, Jacob Marsh, London, 1746
Est.
$6,000
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$8,000
Lot Closed
A Pair of Continental Giltwood Side Chairs, 19th Century: height 39 in. 99 cm Provenance Michele Cassandro, Via Monserrato, Rome Juan Portela Antiques, New York Saul and Gayfryd Steinberg, 740 Park Avenue Catalogue note It has been suggested this pair
0011: A Pair of Continental Giltwood Side Chairs, 19th Century
Est.
$5,000
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$8,000
Lot Closed
North European School, 17th or 18th century: North European School, 17th or 18th century Still Life with Assorted Shells on a Table oil on canvas canvas: 14 ⅞ by 22 ⅝ in.; 37.8 by 57.5 cm. framed: 18 ⅝ by 26 ⅛ in.;
0012: North European School, 17th or 18th century
Est.
$10,000
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$15,000
Lot Closed
Spanish or Mexican School, Circa 1810: Spanish or Mexican School, circa 1810 Portrait of Doña Isidora Navarro inscribed upper right beneath a coat of arms: D.A ISIDORA AVS A NAVA- / RRO. E.SPV. D[E] DAZA ANTES. / MAD. HV. oil on
0013: Spanish or Mexican School, Circa 1810
Est.
$40,000
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$60,000
Lot Closed
A Large Pair Of George III Silver Candlesticks, Frederick Kandler, London, 1777: the circular bases with palmette borders around fluted wells, the acanthus leaf stems leading to goat mask knops, with urn nozzles and removable crested drip-pans, marked on bases and drip-pans 66
0014: A Large Pair Of George III Silver Candlesticks, Frederick Kandler, London, 1777
Est.
$7,000
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$10,000
Lot Closed
A George II Silver Basket, Edward Wakelin, London, 1754: oval, modelled as a wickerwork basket, the handle rising from ribbon-bows, marked on the base rim 38 3/4 oz; 1192 g length 13 1/4 in.; 34 cm
0015: A George II Silver Basket, Edward Wakelin, London, 1754
Est.
$6,000
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$9,000
Lot Closed
The Spitzer Collection. Two sets of works pertaining to this iconic collection. Paris: 1890-1891;: Lot includes: La Collection Spitzer. Paris and London: Maison Quaintin, Librairie Centrale, and MM. Davis, 1890-1891 6 portfolio volumes (lacking atlas volume, as usual), folio (503 x
0016: The Spitzer Collection. Two sets of works pertaining to this iconic collection. Paris: 1890-1891;
Est.
$1,000
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$2,000
Lot Closed
A George I Silver-Gilt Salver, David Willaume, London, 1715: circular, on four scroll feet (applied circa 1730), with a gadroon and acanthus border with an inner band of scrolls and fleurs-de-lis, the center with an applied disc chased with a coat-of-arms, the
0017: A George I Silver-Gilt Salver, David Willaume, London, 1715
Est.
$5,000
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$10,000
Lot Closed
Waterloo: A Victorian Silver-Gilt Equestrian Commemorative Inkstand, John Mortimer & John Samuel: hourglass form, with a ribbon-tied reeded border and a cartouche either side engraved with arms and crest, on four shell and scroll feet, fitted with two horse hoof inkwells either side of a pedestal
0018: Waterloo: A Victorian Silver-Gilt Equestrian Commemorative Inkstand, John Mortimer & John Samuel
Est.
$8,000
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$12,000
Lot Closed
A Very Rare Victorian Parcel-Gilt Silver And Enamel Three-Piece Tea Service With Shakespeare Scenes,: tapering form, each of the three pieces with basse-taille enamel scenes from Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens' and engraved with the act and scene numbers on the undersides, surrounded by engraved
0019: A Very Rare Victorian Parcel-Gilt Silver And Enamel Three-Piece Tea Service With Shakespeare Scenes,
Est.
$15,000
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$25,000
Lot Closed
A Pair Of William And Mary Silver Wall Sconces, Benjamin Bathurst, London, 1692: the backs of oval cartouche shape with embossed gadroon borders flanked by openwork husk pendants, engraved with contemporary arms within matching husk pendants, each with a faceted scroll
0020: A Pair Of William And Mary Silver Wall Sconces, Benjamin Bathurst, London, 1692
Est.
$30,000
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$50,000
Lot Closed
A Large Northern European Creamware Two-Handled Potpourri Vase And Reticulated Cover, 19th Century: of oval form, the cover pierced with rows of rings, the base applied with two shell-form handles and garlands of beads hanging from flowerheads, painted with small bunches of flowers, the rims
0021: A Large Northern European Creamware Two-Handled Potpourri Vase And Reticulated Cover, 19th Century
Est.
$3,000
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$5,000
Lot Closed
A Louis XV Carved and Parcel Gilt Grey Painted Table à Gibier, South of France, mid-18th: with an early 19th century double-moulded grey-veined white marble top; painting refreshed height 32 1/2 in.; width 56 in.; depth 27 3/4 in. 82.5 cm; 142 cm; 70.5 cm Provenance Marie Louise
0022: A Louis XV Carved and Parcel Gilt Grey Painted Table à Gibier, South of France, mid-18th
Est.
$5,000
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$8,000
Lot Closed
A Silver-Gilt Model of a Horse, Probably East German, Late 17th Century: realistically modelled as a leaping equine, with pull-off head, the base chased with frogs, turtles, snakes and a salamander, the saddle with pricked decoration, marked on the base HM and 12, the
0023: A Silver-Gilt Model of a Horse, Probably East German, Late 17th Century
Est.
$8,000
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$12,000
Lot Closed
A Continental Gilt-Metal And Coral Table Ornament, 17th Century and Later: the stem chased with strap-work and foliage, mounted with a red coral growth, height 12 1/2 in.; 32 cm.
0024: A Continental Gilt-Metal And Coral Table Ornament, 17th Century and Later
Est.
$6,000
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$10,000
Lot Closed