NEW YORK – Elegant crystal and porcelain from the finest European makers are featured in a Jasper52 decorative arts auction that will be conducted Saturday, July 29, at 11 a.m. Eastern. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Stunning in cobalt blue is a set of six champagne flutes by Saint Louis of France (above). The glasses, which stand 9 1/4 inches high, feature hand-cut “bubbles” on the sides.
Murano art glass is well represented in the auction, topped by a 12-inch-tall Dino Martens “Bianca Nera” vase (below), which was developed in 1954 for Aureliano Toso.
A Murano hand-blown cornucopia designed by Archimede Seguso features cranberry glass with gold flecks .
Standing nearly a foot tall is a Gustave Gillot bronze sculpture of a woman and a fox, which has the auction’s high estimate at $1,000-$1,500.
A nice selection of beautifully painted porcelain plates is in the auction, including an ornate pair of Limoges cabinet plates. One depicts a courting scene while the other depicts a trio of women attending another woman.
A 19th-century hand-painted Sevres plate that pictures a young couple and a monk has an iridescent teal border and scalloped rim decorated in raised floral gilt. It is marked Sevres on the reverse.
Other hand-painted plates in the auction are by Royal Vienna, Dresden and Quimper.
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