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New York, NY, United States
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The Pleasure of Objects
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.
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0050: A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Covered Beaker, Johann Christoph Pfeiffelmann, Augsburg, Circa 1700Est. US$3,000-US$5,000Lot Closed
0052: Royal: A Pair of German Silver Large Flower Vases, Johann Adolff Lambrecht, Hamburg, Circa 1670Est. US$20,000-US$30,000Lot Closed
0053: A Pair of Neoclassical Style Giltwood Brackets, late 19th/20th CenturyEst. US$1,500-US$2,500Lot Closed
0054: A Pair of Neoclassical Style Giltwood Brackets, late 19th/20th CenturyEst. US$1,500-US$2,500Lot Closed
0055: A Late Louis XV White-Painted Tall Back Fauteuil à la Reine, probably by Delion, Circa 1765Est. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Closed
0056: A Pair of Pale Blue and Ivory Painted Wood Jardinieres in the manner of Madeleine Castaing, 20thEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Closed
0060: A Large Italian Silver Tazza, Maker's Mark AC, Probably For Andrea Califano, Naples, 1716, AssayEst. US$5,000-US$8,000Lot Closed
0061: A Silver Filigree Casket, Probably Batavian, Late 18th-Early 19th CenturyEst. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Closed
0063: A Continental Directoire Mahogany and Ebonised Wood Guéridon, Circa 1800Est. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Closed
0064: A Pair of Napoleon III Turned and Ebonised Wood Side Chairs, Second Half 19th CenturyEst. US$600-US$800Lot Closed
0065: Royal: A Pair of German Silver Candlesticks, One Conrad Hermann Mundt, The Other Alexander HeinrichEst. US$18,000-US$25,000Lot Closed
0066: A Pair Of George II Silver Candlesticks, Charles Frederick Kandler I, London, 1730Est. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Closed
0067: A Pair Of Sicilian Silver Candlesticks, Assay Master's Mark Of Giuseppe Palumbo, Palermo, 1717Est. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Closed
0068: A Pair Of Spanish Silver Candlesticks, Juan Farquet, Madrid, 1778Est. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Closed
0069: A Set Of Four George III Silver Salts And Mustard Pot, Henry Nutting, London, Circa 1806Est. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Closed
0072: An Early George III Silver Naturalistic Epergne, Thomas Heming, London, 1764Est. US$20,000-US$30,000Lot Closed
0073: A Louis XV and XVI Silver Armorial Table Service For Eighteen, Paris and Versailles, Circa 1750-85Est. US$6,000-US$8,000Lot Closed
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