2024 Contemporary Furnishings, Fine Art, and Decorative Accessories Archives

Auction Date: August 24, 2024
Auction Time: 10:00 AM EST
Auction Preview Date: Thursday August 22nd 2pm-6:30 pm | Friday August 23rd 12pm-5pm |Saturday August 24th 9am-10am

Buyer's Premium: In House 23% / online 28%
CT Sales Tax: 6.35%
Auction Terms and Conditions: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past. Condition Reports are available by request and answered in the order they are received starting the week of the sale. Our online buyers premium is 28%.

Lot 1: Three Boxes

Three Boxes
one pate-sur-pate, one 19th century having gold mounts, one shagreen with wedgwood style plaque
tallest 3 3/4 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 2: Two Silver Boxes

Two Silver Boxes
one Russian having Russian gold eagle and clasp, one having blue enameling with pink stone
3.4 t.oz.
longest 3 3/4 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 3: Silver Enamel Trinket Box

Silver Enamel Trinket Box
of octagonal form having motifs of the four seasons, gold wash interior and carved finial, marked on underside with touch marks
height 2 1/2 inches, top 3″ x 3″
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $800
Lot 4: One Boville String Box with Scissors

One Boville String Box with Scissors
19th century, French
height 3 inches, top 3″ x 3 5/8″
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 5: Sevres French Porcelain Snuff Box

Sevres French Porcelain Snuff Box
having heavy gilt gold decoration around painted figure and painted flower interior, Imp. le de Sevres on bottom
3 3/4″ x 3″
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 6: Six Piece Lot

Six Piece Lot
to include delft box having hinged orange and blue marked H.V., likely 18th century, one brass framed, one cloisonne lamp, three small silver boxes one of which is enameled
largest top 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 7: Three Piece Lot

Three Piece Lot
Chinese hardstone round box, small apple green cabinet vase, Worcester miniature cup and saucer
hardstone box diameter 2 1/4 inches, vase height 2 3/4 inches

Estimate: $100 - $200
Lot 8: Four Russian Enamel Spoons

Four Russian Enamel Spoons
having gold vermeil, light blue enamel leaves and white flowers on dark blue base, signed in cyrillic and marked 916
length 5 3/4 inches

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 9: Three Vintage Silver Purses

Three Vintage Silver Purses
to include
two purses marked sterling, one compact marked 875 having floral motif
total weight 22.0 t.oz.

Estimate: $100 - $300
Lot 10: Four Piece Group

Four Piece Group
to include
small continental silver box with flower finial, Russian silver and vermeil cigarette box marked 84, Russian silver and enameled pill box having forest scene 84 standard
pill box diameter 2 1/4 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 11: Four Piece Perfume and Scent Bottle Group

Four Piece Perfume and Scent Bottle Group
to include
one double sided cut glass bottle, one cut glass bottle, one cameo and etched glass Galle style bottle having flower motif, champleve enamel French scent caddy
tallest 6 1/2 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 12: Tiffany Sterling Silver Strawberry Container with Gilt

Tiffany Sterling Silver Strawberry Container with Gilt
height 1 1/2 inches, 1.3 t.oz.

Estimate: $150 - $250
Lot 13: Six Small Sterling Silver Cartier Animals

Six Small Sterling Silver Cartier Animals
to include
two seagulls, two donkeys, two poodles
height 1 1/2 inches, 4.8 t.oz.

Estimate: $200 - $350
Lot 14: Two Piece Lot

Two Piece Lot
to include Danish silver vinaigrette set having colored glass and opening bottom & top, along with ornamental spoon figure
length 7 1/4 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 15: Pair of Sand Pictures in Glass Bottles

Pair of Sand Pictures in Glass Bottles
moose and elephant, having decorative bottoms
height 4 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of Michael and Elizabeth Ponak Pomfret Center, Connecticut

Estimate: $100 - $200
Lot 16: Five Piece Cloisonne and Champleve Group

Five Piece Cloisonne and Champleve Group
to include
quatrefoil enamel dish, round enamel dish, hexagonal dish having raised leaf design, Chinese cloisonne opium snuff box, French champleve enamel and porcelain tray having putti/cherub signed “Callot”
tray 4″ x 7 1/2″

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 17: Four Vintage Purses

Four Vintage Purses
to include
two metal one of which being marked GER. silver, one red beaded purse, one blue beaded purse, one gilt purse frame

Estimate: $100 - $200
Lot 18: 14K Yellow Gold Longines Pocket Watch

14K Yellow Gold Longines Pocket Watch
chip on dial
diameter 1 3/4″

Estimate: $300 - $450
Lot 19: Silver English Fusee Pocket Watch Embossed with Three Dimensional Scene

Silver English Fusee Pocket Watch Embossed with Three Dimensional Scene
embossing on back of outer case, 18th century
diameter 2″

Estimate: $250 - $450
Lot 20: Kienzle Silver Pocket Watch having Israeli Numerals

Kienzle Silver Pocket Watch having Israeli Numerals
with silver chain
diameter 2″

Estimate: $150 - $250
Lot 21: Black Starr and Frost Sterling Silver Covered Vegetable Tureen

Black Starr and Frost Sterling Silver Covered Vegetable Tureen
length 11 1/2 inches, 35.3 t.oz.

Estimate: $600 - $800
Lot 22: Two Sterling Silver Tiffany and Company Wine Coasters

Two Sterling Silver Tiffany and Company Wine Coasters
one marked “Tiffany & Co. AG 925 Spain”
diameter 5 inches, 7.6 t.oz. without wooden base

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 23: Cartier Sterling Silver Weighted Candelabra

Cartier Sterling Silver Weighted Candelabra
having three lights each, marked for Cartier 456
height 13 3/4 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 24: Four Piece Silver Grouping

Four Piece Silver Grouping
to include
pair of cobalt and silver open salts each on four clawed feet one having ram head motif, two bowl serving stand having two etched glass bowls and silver putti base, silver plate Georgian style and cut glass cruet stand having seven cut glass decanters
two bowl serving stand height 5 inches
Georgian style cruet stand height 11 1/2 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $100 - $300
Lot 26: Tiffany and Company Sterling Silver Reticulated Compote

Tiffany and Company Sterling Silver Reticulated Compote
height 2 3/4 inches, diameter 7 1/2 inches, 8.8 t.oz.
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 27: Eight Piece Sterling Silver Lot

Eight Piece Sterling Silver Lot
to include Tiffany and Company bowl as well as four plates
Tiffany and Company bowl height 4 inches, diameter 9 inches
35.6 weighable troy ounces plus two small bowls

Estimate: $600 - $900
Lot 28: Continental Silver Oval Box having Medieval Scene

Continental Silver Oval Box having Medieval Scene
gold wash interior
height 2 inches, length 8 inches, 12.6 t.oz.

Estimate: $100 - $300
Lot 29: Five Silver Candlesticks

Five Silver Candlesticks
to include
two pairs of Continental silver candlesticks along with single sterling candlestick
tallest 13 inches, 39.9 t.oz.

Estimate: $400 - $600
Lot 30: Four Piece Silver Plate Lot

Four Piece Silver Plate Lot
two near pairs of three part Sheffield silver plated covered dishes, one pair having lids, likely late 19th century
height 5 inches, top 11 1/2″ x 12 1/2″

Estimate: $100 - $200
Lot 31: French Champleve Enamel and Alabaster Centerpiece

French Champleve Enamel and Alabaster Centerpiece
having oval alabaster platter set over pedestal base highlighted by gilt putti swinging from handles
height 8 inches, length 15 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 32: Three French Sevres Style Champleve Enamel Vases

Three French Sevres Style Champleve Enamel Vases
to include
lidded urn having bronze mounts depicting a romantic scene surmounted by acorn finial and signed, urn mounted on onyx base having scene depicting putti/cherubs and signed, champleve enamel and onyx centerpiece having tapering onyx supported by four gilt legs and set on a platform base
height of urn mounted on onyx base 9 1/2 inches, onyc centerpiece height 7 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 33: Export Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Centerpiece Gilt Bowl

Export Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Centerpiece Gilt Bowl
having medallion and fishermen motif with gilt lion or griffin handles and set on three claw footed legs
height 6 1/4 inches

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 34: Two Bronze Figures

Two Bronze Figures
to include
After Agathon Leonard (French 1841-1923)
“Danseuse tambourin a droite”
Gilt bronze
Initialed on bottom
Height 11 1/2 inches
along with a
Gilt bronze peasant girl on a green marble base
Unsigned

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 35: Albert Moritz Wolff (German/Russian 1854-1923)

Albert Moritz Wolff (German/Russian 1854-1923)
Cossack couple on horseback
Patinated bronze
Signed on base
Height 11 1/2 inches
Condition: the man missing his spear

Estimate: $400 - $800
Lot 36: Group of Eight Small Bronze Figures of Children

Group of Eight Small Bronze Figures of Children
to include
Franz Katzgraber (Austrian) boy with a cage, pair of Dutch peasant children signed O. Opitz, pair of Dutch boys in overalls, W. Longe boy in slippers, little girl signed Kowalczewski, some on marble pedestals
tallest 8 1/2 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 37: Marcel Debut (French 1865-1933)

Marcel Debut (French 1865-1933)
“Watteau” (Jean-Antoine Watteau with his sketch pad and cane)
Dark patinated bronze
Signed on verso “Marcel Debut” and titled
Height 21 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $800
Lot 38: Pierre Jules Mene (French 1810-1879)

Pierre Jules Mene (French 1810-1879)
“Whippet Gigi”
Bronze featuring a dog with its tail tucked and a ball
Signed on base “P.J. Mene”
height 5 1/2 inches, length 6 1/4 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $100 - $300
Lot 38A: Five Piece Decorative Group

Five Piece Decorative Group
to include
pair of cut crystal sweetmeat covered urns chip to bases of urns, Baccarat glass caviar server in two parts and marked, and cameo glass bowl having enamel and etched scene of trees and a lake with scallop rim
urns height 10 1/2 inches, server height three inches and diameter 8 inches, bowl height 3 1/4 inches and diameter 4 1/4 inches
along with
Pierre Jules (P.J.) Mene (French 1810-1879) stag with tree, dark patinated bronze depicting a deer, signed on base P.J. Mene
Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc. New York, New York

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 39: Pair of Bronze Lamps After Georges Charles Coudray (French 1863-1932)

Pair of Bronze Lamps After Georges Charles Coudray (French 1863-1932)
Vase form having gilt flowers sprouting with nude nymphs on the outside
Signed “George Coudray”
Height 19 1/2 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 40: Pair of Bronze Putti After Claude Michel Dit Clodion (French 1738-1814)

Pair of Bronze Putti After Claude Michel Dit Clodion (French 1738-1814)
one with drum, the other with with drumsticks, both on rouge marble base and signed “Clodion”
height 8 inches

Estimate: $200 - $00
Lot 41: Three Bronze and Brass Inkwells

Three Bronze and Brass Inkwells
to include
Grand Tour tripod form having lion heads on clawed feet surmounted by cherub and lion lid on red marble base, Grand Tour tripod form having harpi motif surmounted by fawn/satyr lid with insert and set on lacquered base, gilt bronze of a farm girl feeding dog in a dog house tree trunk pen holder on lacquered base
tallest 9 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $600
Lot 42: Paul Romaine Chevre (French 1866-1914)

Paul Romaine Chevre (French 1866-1914)
“Combat de Coqs” (The Cock Fight), circa 1890
featuring a semi-clad boy with a chicken in one hand and another chicken at his feet
Patinated bronze
Signed on base “Paul Chevre” foundry marked Paris
height 29 1/2 inches

Estimate: $800 - $1200
Lot 43: Four Bronze Figures

Four Bronze Figures
to include
Hella Unger (Austrian 19th/20th century)
“Tanzerin” Dancer
Patinated bronze on marble base
Signed
Gilt bronze classical nude woman on marble base
Inscribed “Goding”
Art Nouveau dancing woman
Bronze
Signed J Garnier
Patinated bronze standing nude
Signed, on marble base
Tallest Height 24 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 44: Contemporary Foosball Table

Contemporary Foosball Table
height 35 inches, top 29″ x 56″

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 45: Steinway Baby Grand Piano and Bench

Steinway Baby Grand Piano and Bench
small chips to front, #250215, good soundboard
length 67 inches

Estimate: $3000 - $5000
Lot 46: Cybex Exercise Bike

Cybex Exercise Bike
in working condition

Estimate: $150 - $250
Lot 47: Custom Audio Tower

Custom Audio Tower
to include Crestron CNX-PAD8A, Crestron Aroz, Luxman K-110, Luxman TP-117, Crestron Fusion Pro Mitsubishi U52, SOny PS-FL7II, Integra DTR-7.3, Yamaha BD-5671, Shure stereo prep, etcetera
height 90 inches
Provenance: Gentlemen’s Estate Watch Hill, Rhode Island

Estimate: $200 - $400
Lot 48: Two Remote Control Sailing Pond Boats

Two Remote Control Sailing Pond Boats
untested
length 44 inches, length of other 36 inches

Estimate: $200 - $300
Lot 49: Hand Painted Satirical Life Size Figure of John Ashcroft

Hand Painted Satirical Life Size Figure of John Ashcroft
doubles as a coffin, base reads “John Ashcroft by PAA Willie G Feet Ent Art by Wonders Signs Oltana- Allra Nungua”, made of wood
height 72 inches, width 26 inches, depth 26 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500
Lot 50: Set of 12 Artistic Frame Dining Chairs

Set of 12 Artistic Frame Dining Chairs
in antique silver leaf upholstery having ebony frames and ending in brass capped feet, originally retailed for $12,500
height 42 inches

Estimate: $1000 - $2000