Betjeman (John) 'Ghastly Good Tasteor, a depressing story of the rise and fall of English Architecture', including a fold-out plate by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh 'The Street of Taste, or the March of English Art...
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(26) RIEDEL & SPIEGLEAU COLORLESS BEERGLASSES(lot of 26) Group of beer glasses, all bearing acid-etched mark underfoot, comprising: (18) Riedel colorless glass pilsner beer glasses, approx 9.5"h, 3 7/8"diam, (8)...
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TWO ART EASELS IN THE ROCOCO TASTE Twoadjustable art easels one parcel gilt and mahogany in the Louis XV Rococo taste and one Spanish and covered in 24k gold leaf in the Neoclassical taste, neither having apparent...
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AN EDWARDIAN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE CONSOLETABLE IN THE ADAM TASTE An Edwardian Neoclassical style console table in the Adam taste, the demilune top above a conforming marquetry and polychrome decorated apron with...
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Group of Four Porcelain Items, consistingof a large R. S. Prussia (Reinhold Schlegelmilch, Tillowitz/Suhl) covered two-handled sugar basin in the Art Nouveau taste and "Poppy" decor, first quarter 20th century, marked...
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Four Pieces of English Georgian Porcelain,including an attractive, richly polychromed and gilded broth plate, ca. 1785-1810, possibly Derby, in the neoclassical taste, dia. 8-3/4", a pair of Mason's Patent Ironstone...
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Important American Classical Parcel-Gilt,Ebonized and Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood Games Table, first quarter 19th century, attributed to the workshop of Duncan Phyfe, New York, the fold-over top with canted corners,...
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Pair of Italian Turned and Antique-White-PaintedTwo-Handled Vasiform Pricket Candlesticks, in the neoclassical taste, the painted finish tastefully accented in bole red and distressed throughout, now mounted as table lamps,...
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Large Northern European Cast-Iron andWood Eight-Light Chandelier, in the neoclassical taste, dressed with parallel wood tube-and-bead chains, the whole painted in tastefully distressed matte white, fitted for...
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Good Six-Piece Collection of AmericanSterling Silver, comprised of a Mauser footed fruit bowl in the Georgian taste, dated 1911; a Ball, Black and Frost hammered bowl with everted pierced rim, first quarter...
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Collection of Four Silver Boxes, consistingof a German .800-standard silver dressing table box, first quarter 20th century, of circular form in the "Dutch Rococo" taste, dia. 3-1/8"; a George V sterling silver powder...
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Large Pair of Italian Turned and AntiqueWhite-Painted Vasiform Wooden Table Lamps, in the neoclassical taste, the painted finish tastefully distressed throughout, each lamp fitted with a custom gray linen shade...
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Edwardian Mahogany Server, ca. 1900,in the Adam taste, the demi-lune top with an annulated and lotus-molded edge above a conforming case fitted with a central baize-lined cutlery drawer over two tambour cupboards,...
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French First Standard Silver (.950)Taste-Vin, in the Lilleois taste, of circular form with threaded rim, ring handle and oval thumb piece, dia. 4-1/2", l. 5-3/4"....
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Southern French Carved Giltwood LookingGlass, fourth quarter 18th century, in the Louis XVI taste, the rails centered with inset period mirrored glass strips, retains the tastefully disintegrated period plate,...
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Five-Piece Collection of Silver Items,consisting of a Continental silverplate bottle coaster in the Louis XVI taste, dia. 5"; a smaller Wallace pierced silverplate glass-lined bottle coaster in the Georgian taste,...
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Ten-Piece Collection of Sterling Silverand Silverplate, comprised of a large silverplate footed sauce boat with integral stand, first quarter 20th century, h. 7", l. 9-3/4", w. 5-1/2"; a highly reticulated oval...
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Collection of Eight Serving Items, consisting of a trio of silverplate punch ladles comprised of a double-lipped example in the Louis XV taste, first quarter 20th century; a Continental silverplate "Beaded...
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Collection of Four Pieces of FrenchPorcelain, including an attractive Edme Samson, Paris, gilt-brass-mounted porcelain vase of baluster form, fourth quarter 19th century, in the Chinese taste, forming a potpourri...
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Good Edwardian Polychrome-DecoratedSatinwood Occasional Table, ca. 1900, in the Adam taste, the rectangular top canted and centered by a scene of putti among clouds, in the manner of Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807),...
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Large French Haut-Relief Cast-StoneGarden Group of Two Putti, first quarter 20th century, in the Louis XVI taste, of cenotaph form, modeled as a pair of partially draped child putti in the Classical taste,...
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Ten-Piece Collection of Hand-PaintedAmerican Belleek Porcelain, comprised of a Lenox cider pitcher in floral decor, first quarter 20th century; a Lenox oblong octagonal two-handled covered sugar basin, 1906-1924;...
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George III-Style Polychromed Games Table,second quarter 20th century, in the Japonesque taste, the rectangular top with turreted corners, hinged and opening to a leather-lined gaming surface, with corner gaming compartments...
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Italian Carved Giltwood Looking Glass,first quarter 20th century, of kite form and small size in the neoclassical taste, fitted with a conforming mirrored glass plate, the gilding tastefully antiqued throughout,...
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Fine and Rare Chamberlain's WorcesterPorcelain Cabinet Figure, second quarter 19th century, depicting a figure of a putto seated in a First Empire-style throne and bearing a white biscuit porcelain wreath in...
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Interesting Seventeen-Piece Collectionof American and English Sterling, Silverplate and Silvered Brass Items, comprised of an American sterling porringer in the 18th-century style, first quarter 20th century;...
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Large Pair of Franco-Bohemian LavishlyGilded Porcelain Garniture Vases, third quarter 19th century, in the rococo taste, each example with a galants facade reserve in the Louis XV taste, each reverse with a large...
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Fine Carl Thieme, Potschappel, LavishlyGilded Bronze Fonce Porcelain Portrait Vase, in the neoclassical taste, 1888-1901, the facade centered with an oval portrait reserve of a pensive maiden in the antique taste,...
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Tall Northern Italian Carved GiltwoodLooking Glass, in the late 18th-century neoclassical taste, third quarter 19th century, the primary mirror plate enframed by multiple conforming mirrored glass panels, the...
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Handsome, Large Pair of French Ormolu-MountedBleu Royale Porcelain Six-Light Candelabra, third quarter 19th century, in the Louis XVI Sevres taste, the vasiform central porcelain elements and the porcelain pedestal...
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Italian Carved Giltwood Looking Glass,third quarter 18th century and later, in the rococo taste, the side rails modeled as stylized pilasters and set with mirrored glass strips, the period mirror plate tastefully...
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Seven Pieces of English and BavarianPorcelain, including a good pair of Flight, Barr and Barr, Worcester porcelain saucers in "Brocade Imari" decor, first quarter 19th century, dia. 5-3/4", a good Flight, Barr...
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Three Pieces of Late Georgian EnglishPorcelain, first quarter 19th century, including a Coalport dinner plate, dia. 9-1/4", and cylindrical coffee cup, dia. 2-1/2", both in the "Imari" taste, and a Minton dessert...
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Continental Elaborate Matte and BrightGilt-Lacquered Brass-Mounted Porcelain Circular Salon Table, fourth quarter 19th century, in the Louis XVI Sevres taste, the dished porcelain top of richly gilded fond jonquille-banded...
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Interesting Twelve-Piece Collectionof Sterling, Coin Silver and Silverplate Napkin Rings, including a near-pair of American sterling elliptical examples; an American silverplate ovoid ring in the Aesthetic...
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Two Pieces of Jacob Petit, Paris Porcelain,third quarter 19th century, consisting of a fine oblong flat-sided spill vase in the Louis XVI taste, with a facade spray of applied flowers, the reverse with a gilded festoon...
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