Projet un Cabinet de bronzes - Vente Bonhams 29 janvier 2008
A late 19th / early 20th century bronze figure of a naked athlete after the antique
Holding a baton, dark brown patination, on later rectangular marble base, 59cm high - Estimate: £600 - 800 - Unsold.
A 19th century black patinated bronze figure of a faun with a wine sack after the Antique
on later grey marble base, 24cm high - Sold for £420 plus Premium and tax
A late 18th / early 19th century bronze figure of Apollo
with a cloak draped over his left arm, holding an apple in his right hand, on a dark green marble stepped plinth, 21cm high - Sold for £750 plus Premium and tax
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822): A late 18th /early 19th century Italian bronze figure of a Damosseno, possibly Venetian,
black patination, raised on a later rectangular white marble base, 29cm high - Estimate: £800 - 1,200 - Unsold.
An early 19th century bronze model of a bacchanalian fawn
his head turned to sinister, holding a grape in his left hand, on a naturalistic base, brown patination, raised on a wooden square plinth, 30cm high - Sold for £700 plus Premium and tax
After Antonin Mercié (French, 1795-1875) : A bronze figure of David and Goliath
signed C.VALTON, dark brown patination, 84cm high - Estimate: £400 - 600 - Unsold.
A William IV rosewood breakfast table
the tilt-top above a nine-sided lotus leaf carved base on brass castors, 75cm high x 132cm diameter - Sold for £1,200 plus Premium and tax
A Victorian leather upholstered buttonback armchair
Sold for £550 plus Premium and tax
After Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746): A pair of bronze model of the 'Marley Horses'
typically modelled on naturalistic bases, 45cm high, (2) - Sold for £750 plus Premium and tax
After Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677 - 1746): A late 19th century bronze model of the Marley horse
on naturalistic bases, dark brown patination, signed to the base COUSTOU, 38cm high - Sold for £190 plus Premium and tax
A pair of Empire style patinated and gilt bronze bronze three light figural candelabra, second half 19th century
the spiral reeded fruiting foliate scrolling arms with rope twist edged cylindrical nozzles and flared drip pans, issuing from semi-clad classical maidens holding cornucopia, on beaded and engine turned cylindrical pedestals and shallow square plinth bases, later fitted for electricity, 65cm (25.5") high. - Sold for £2,500 plus Premium and tax
A 19th century cast iron twin handled urn in the Neo-classical taste
the bulbous body cast with foliate decoration and flanked by cast mask heads, on circular pedestal foot, converted to a lamp base, raised on a rectangular ebonised stepped base, 29cm high - Sold for £50 plus Premium and tax
A Regency Irish mahogany and crossbanded sideboard
The central bowed top with one short and two long drawers to each side, the pedestals with reeded 'caddy' moulded tops above concave drawers and frieze drawers, with bowed panelled cupboard doors below flanked by stop-fluted columns with Doric capitals, one enclosing a drawer and a deep cellarette drawer and a pair of panelled doors, on large hairy paw feet, 290cm wide, 77cm deep, 140cm high (114" wide, 30" deep, 55" high). Sold for £4,000 plus Premium and tax
A pair of 19th century French patinated and gilt bronze figural candelabra
the twin scrolling and fruiting arms with cast nozzles supported by semi-clad dancing putti wearing wreaths of fruiting vines in their hair, each standing on naturalistic bases and on shaped platform bases, 39cm high (2) - Sold for £1,300 plus Premium and tax
After Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1814): A bronze figural group of two cherubs
one resting on the back of a goat and feeding grapes, on oval naturalistic, 28cm high - Sold for £550 plus Premium and tax
A 19th century German (Berlin) cast iron bust of the Infant Hercules strangling two serpents after the Antique,
protruding from a circular backplate, 9.5cm high - Sold for £30 plus Premium and tax
A Regency ebonised oak and gilt penwork open bookcase
adapted from the top section of a larger bookcase, the cornice decorated with anthemia, the sides decorated with stylised dragons and sea serpents, on later bracket feet, the decoration refreshed, 94cm wide x 28cm deep x 118cm high,(37" wide x 11" deep x 46" high) -
Sold for £500 plus Premium and tax
A pair of Regency hall chairs
with later painted armorials, Sold for £600 plus Premium and tax
A late 18th/ early 19th century bronze figure of a goddess
cast after a model by Danese Cattaneo (Italian, circa 1509-1572), the nude female holding a conch shell aloft in her left hand, on naturalistic base, 49.5cm high, raised on a green marble socle - Sold for £1,300 plus Premium and tax
After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (Italian, 1656-1740): An early 18th century bronze figure of Venus de Medici
the figure with her arms covering one breast and her modesty, a dolphin and putto support at her left leg, 13cm high, black patination, on square marble base, Estimate: £600 - 800 - Unsold.
Footnote: The present lot is a bronze reduction of the 1st century BC marble figure of Venus in the Uffizi, Florence. Various sculptors, after 1638 when it was first recorded in the Villa Medici, Rome, reproduced this composition with some variations, for an example please see lot 487.
After Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828): A 19th century bronze figure of Diana the Huntress
on circular base, signed Houdon, bearing a brass plaque inscribed 'DIANE CHASSERESSE Houdon', dark brown patination, 62cm high - Estimate: £600 - 800 - This lot has been withdrawn.
An 18th century Italian (Roman) bronze figure of Venus de Medici
after the Antique, dark greenish patination, 33cm high - Sold for £1,300 plus Premium and tax
Footnote: The present lot is a bronze reduction of the 1st century BC marble figure of Venus in the Uffizi, Florence. Various sculptors, after 1638 when it was first recorded in the Villa Medici, Rome, reproduced this composition with some variations
A William IV rosewood circular breakfast table in the manner of Gillows
with beaded moulding to apron and base, 107cm diameter x 73cm high - Sold for £1,500 plus Premium and tax
A Regency style mahogany and ebony inlaid armchair,
with drop-in seat on sabre legs - Sold for £100 plus Premium and tax
A Kirman carpet - South East Persia
547cm x 347cm - Sold for £750 plus Premium and tax
Bonhams. The Knightsbridge Sale, 29 Jan 2008. Knightsbridge