European Furniture & Decorative Arts - Skinner

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Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Boy with a
Donkey, late 19th/early 20th century, bearing B within vase mark, the
boy standing beside the donkey adjusting its reins and saddle, ht. 5 1/4
in.
$1,000-1,500
655.
Franz Bergman Cold-painted Bronze Miniature
Carpet, late 19th/early 20th century, bearing B within vase mark, the
rectangular carpet with one corner turned back slightly, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
$400-600
656.
Small Cold Painted Bronze Figure of a Bulldog, likely Vienna, early
20th century, with impressed mark “Cross” to underside of one foot,
the dog modeled standing, ht. 4 in.
$600-800
657.
American Victorian Walking Stick with Yellow Gold Handle, Simons,
Bro. and Co., Philadelphia, engraved for W.C. Lawrance and dated Oct.
5th, 1891, with flowerheads and scrollwork, on tapered malacca shaft,
handle lg. 2 7/8, total lg. 35 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
658.
Two Framed British Needlework Samplers, one dated 1734, stitched
with central prayer plaque, surrounded by motifs of vases of flowers,
birds, trees, and a rosette vine, by Amanda Pullen, dated April 26, sight
size 18 x 13 7/8, frame size 19 7/8 x 15 3/4; the other with central
plaque stitched with a prayer, within flowering vine surround, stitched
by Mary Minisie, Honiton, November 21, 1817, sight size 15 5/8 x 12
1/2, frame 18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.
$400-600
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Henry Vincent (British, fl. 1879-1897)
Young Anglers
Initialed and dated “HV. 82” l.r., identified on a inscription on the frame.
Oil on canvas, 12 x 10 in., framed.
Condition: Craquelure, surface grime.
$800-1,200
660.
Two European Figural Ivories, one of a pious woman in flowing robes,
ht. 4 1/4; the other a male flute player, ht. 4 1/2 in., each on a circular
pedestal base.
$200-300
661.
Carved Ivory Figural Group, 19th century, of a man and woman on
sitting on a bench with a dog at their feet, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$400-600
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Two Carved Ivory Figures of Musicians, a woman with a tambourine
and a man with a bagpipe, affixed to circular ebonized pedestals, ivory
ht. to 3 1/8 in.
$400-600
663.
Two European Carved Ivory Figures of Cherubs with Storks, one
with the cherub’s arm around the bird, the other with a smaller cherub
astride the bird, each on circular pedestals, ht. 3 3/4 in.
$300-500
664.
Miniature Cold Painted Bronze Figure of a Mouse on Ivory
Base, late 19th/early 20th century, the mouse modeled seated on its
haunches, set atop a curved section of ivory, ivory lg. 2 5/8, full ht. 1
1/2 in.
$150-200
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