A delightful pair of candelabra in chased, gilded and patinated bronze, made in Paris in the 19th century in the Louis XVI style. Each candelabra depicts a standing faun, a mythological figure full of charm and elegance, holding two finely decorated light arms.
France 19th century
Umbrella dog, black forest work.
19th century
Switzerland
Important overmantel of gilded and carved woodwork, mercury glass.
18th century
Italy
Polychrome painted papier-mâché marotte presenting a female figure with black hair and a scalloped bodice, wearing a lace bonnet with a fly-patterned brooch.
19th century
France
Set in yellow gold composed of a barrette brooch decorated in a bezel setting on a paillon with 5 rose-cut garnets and a cross in yellow gold decorated in a bezel setting on a paillon rose-cut garnets.
Cross pendant in yellow gold with applied decoration of foliage and adorned in its claw setting with fine orange stones.
Large oil on canvas “Saint Michael the Archangel slaying the demon” according to Guido Reni. This religious painting depicts the famous episode of the Apocalypse according to Saint John where the archangel Saint Michael defeats the demon.
Early 19th century
Italy
Painting on alabaster depicting Saint John the Baptist pointing with one hand towards a lamb and holding in another hand the pastoral staff in the shape of a cross with an inscription ‘Ecce agnus Dei’ – ‘Behold the Lamb of God’, wooden frame polychrome sculpted.
19th century
France
Large oil on canvas representing a landscape with Roman ruins and characters.
18th century
Italy
Large six-leaf screen in painted canvas, panels decorated with a motif inspired by Chinoiserie, as was fashionable in the mid-18th century, reverse decorated with simple trompe l’oeil panels.