CARL FR?SCHL 'AFTER THE BALL' OIL ONCARL FR?SCHL 'AFTER THE BALL' OIL ON CANVAS Carl Fr?schl (Austrian, 1848-19340, "After the Ball", oil on canvas painting in Romantic taste, depicting a young woman in bed, her ball gown and shoes on the chair next to her, signed and dated '1873' lower left, framed, with old export stamps in Russian on the back of canvas and frame. Sight: 29.5" H x 23.25" W. Frame: 36" H x 30" W. Provenance: Removed from a 1 Irving Place Estate.
A RARE LEONARD MOREL-LADEUIL (1820-1888)A RARE LEONARD MOREL-LADEUIL (1820-1888) BELLE EPOQUE F...A RARE LEONARD MOREL-LADEUIL (1820-1888) BELLE EPOQUE FIRE GILT BRONZE EWER
Dance of the Wilis
Continental, mid-19th century, bronze. Crowned with the figure of an owl with outstretched wings at the top of the handle overlooking the ewer adorned in Art Nouveau fashion with cattails, lily pads, and nine wilis, a reclining figure across the shoulder of the vessel (Myrtha) playing kymbala.
A scene after the ballet Giselle, depicting the wilis, who are spirits of young virgins betrayed by men and having died of heartbreak, take revenge in the night by dancing men to death by exhaustion.
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820 - 15 March 1888), French goldsmith and sculptor, was born at Clermont-Ferrand, and would be regarded as one of the most expert of French chasers, and a pioneer in the art of repousse, as well as master to Tiffany silversmith Eugene J. Soligny. He was apprenticed first to Morel, a manufacturer of bronzes, then to Antoine Vechte, and quickly absorbed the skill of both. He studied further under JJ Fuchre, during which time he caught the eye of the comte d'Orsay and the duc de Morny, through whose recommendation the French government, desirous of popularizing the idea of the new Imperialism, commissioned him to produce the Empire Shield.
Napoleon III notified his warm approval, but the trade, annoyed that a craftsman should obtain commissions direct, resented the innovation and thenceforward boycotted the young artist, whose newest work and the piece offered, Dance of the Willis none would take. He was encouraged, nevertheless by a foreign dealer in Paris, Marché, who employed him on statuettes, mainly religious in character, until 1859, when Messrs Eikington, in view of the Great Exhibition of 1862, engaged him to work for Elkington Silversmiths in Birmingham for three years in repoussé.
Following his silver "Night came Day," and then the "Inventions" vase, which placed him at once at the top of his profession, came the beautiful plateau called "Dreams," which was subscribed for (£500) by Birmingham as the town wedding-gift to the prince and princess of Wales. Morel-Ladeuil's contract was then renewed for five years, though in full he spent twenty-three years at their London house. His masterpiece the "Milton Shield: Paradise Lost", in repoussé steel and silver, was the sensation of the Paris Exhibition. It was bought by the English government for £3000, and thousands of copies made by galvanoplastie or electrotype were sold and spread all over the world. Another masterpiece, the "Helicon Vase", was presented by the ladies and gentlemen of the royal house to Queen Victoria on her first jubilee. Decorated with gold damascening by the Spanish craftsman Plácido Zuloaga, it was described on its exhibition as "one of the greatest Art productions of the century". For the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876 Morel-Ladeuil produced "A Pompeian Lady at her Toilet," followed by the "Bunyan Shield," a companion to the Milton. After the reliefs "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "The Merchant of Venice," and "Much Ado about Nothing," and suffering from poor health, Morel-Ladeuil retired to Boulogne, where he died of angina pectoris on 15 March 1888, and was buried with much ceremony at Clermont-Ferrand.
26 1/4 in. (66.7 cm.); 16.3293 kg (36 lbs.)
Condition:
Originally, this piece would be accompanied by an underplate (though its grandeur remains uncompromised).
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[LITERATURE]. A group of 28 works of[LITERATURE]. A group of 28 works of art, history, and literature, including:
DRYDEN, John. The Works. NY: Croscup & Sterling Company, n.d. 10 volumes (of 18, vols., lacking vols. I-II of Drama, vols. I-II of Poems, and vol. I-II of Prose and 2 others). Contemporary half green crushed levant gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 13 of 26 copies for American of the "Cambridge edition." -- Winter Poems by Favorite American Poets. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1870]. -- [Breviary Treasures]. Boston: Privately printed by Nathan Haskell Dole, 1903. 11 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 266 of 550 copies on French hand-made paper of the "Doric edition." -- SMITH, F. Hopkinson. In Dickens's London. NY, 1914. FIRST EDITION. -- COLE, Timothy. Art by the Way. NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. Original printed dust jacket. -- HARRIS, Charles K. After the Ball Forty Years of Melody an Autobiography. NY., 1926. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 22 of 550 copies of "Edition de Luxe," SIGNED BY HARRIS. -- ANSON, W.S.W., editor. The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs. L et al: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, n.d. Glassine. -- WHISTLER, James McNeill. Modern Masters of Etching James McNeill Whistler... Number 13. Malcolm C. Salaman, introduction. L et al: The Studio Ltd. et al, 1927. -- And 20 others. Together, 28 works in 60 volumes, various sizes, most illustrated, most in original bindings, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
A Regina 'Rookwood' Paint DecoratedA Regina 'Rookwood' Paint Decorated 20 Inch Drum Music Box
Circa 1905-06
serial no. 85285.
Height 31 3/4 x diameter 30 inches.
together with twenty 20 ¾ inch Metal Music Box Discs, including “Seguidilla - Spanish Dance,” E. Holst (5006), “Home, Sweet Home- Popular Song” (5034), “On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Waltz,” Strauss (5041), “My Country ‘Tis of Thee (America) and Sweet Bye and Bye - Songs,” Webster (5067), “The Enquirer Club March,” Brand (5073), “Then You’ll Remember Me – The Bohemian Girl,” Balfe (5104), “Love’s Dream After the Ball – Intermezzo,” Czibulka (5106), “Dance of the Demon - Galop,” Holst, (5017), “Mignon - Dost Though Know That Fair Land - Romance,” Thomas (5147), “Der Freischutz - Huntsmen’s Chorus,” Weber (5153), “Hungarian March,” Berlioz (5206), “Miss Helyett - Waltz,” Audran (5212), “Figaro’s Wedding - Silently Blending,” Mozart (5259), “The Holy City Song,” Adams (5294), “Aida, Egyptian March,” Verdi (5337), “Just Laughin’ - Ragtime,” Heinrick (5395), “Lazarre Waltzes,” Blanke (5417), “Rock of Ages - Sacred Song,” Millard (5440), “Abide with Me - Sacred Song,” Monk (5444), “Jesus, Lover of My Soul – Hymn,” Holbrook (5447).
with two copper 15 ½ inch Porter Music Box Company discs: “Last Rose of Summer,” Moore (1031) and “Ave Maria,” Gounod (1493).
TWENTY-SEVEN REGINA 15.5 INCH METALTWENTY-SEVEN REGINA 15.5 INCH METAL MUSIC BOX DISCS 15.5"Twenty-seven Regina 15.5 Inch metal music box discs, Discs include: My Best Girl's A New Yorker, Don't Be Cross, In The Baggage Coach Ahead, Faust-Waltz, Love's Dream After the Ball, The Holy City Song, The Hydropaten Waltz, Monastery Bells, The Blue and the Gray, Jingle Bells, Tenting on the Old Camp, The Last Hope Melody, Ellerslie Two Step, La Fiesta, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Swallow Song, Push Dem Clouds Away, The Sunshine of Paradise Alley, The Song of the Evening Star, The Sweetest Story Ever Told, Anvil Chorus, Belle of the Cake Walk, Flower Song, Sweet Spirit Hear My Prayer, Hot Time in the Old Town, Love Story Dimensions: 15.5"
Coalport Ladies of Fashion After theCoalport Ladies of Fashion After the Ball