28 September 2020 - 0318 Chatsworth Fine Art Sale

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Lot 1538/0318

SOLD Hammer price €180

An Austrian Bentwood Hat & Coat Stand. (1)

Lot 1539/0318

SOLD Hammer price €480

An attractive Irish Victorian Low Armchair, covered in yellow floral brocade, the upholstered arms with turned pillar supports and turned front legs, Strahan & Co., Dublin, stamped on legs. (1)

Lot 1540/0318

SOLD Hammer price €280

A Georgian period satinwood drop leaf Table, with D ends and rosewood crossbanding with central inlaid oval panel, over a single frieze drawer on square tapering legs with brass castors. (1)

Lot 1541/0318

SOLD Hammer price €120

A late Georgian period circular mahogany three tier Dumbwaiter, with turned pillar supports on a tripod base with outsplayed reeded legs, and brass castors. (1)

Lot 1542/0318

SOLD Hammer price €500

A rare and unusual Georgian mahogany rectangular lift top Games Table or Work Table, with pull out frieze supports and shaped carved corner brackets on square tapering legs with pad feet, approx. 92cms (36″)w x 73cms (29″)h x 51cms (20″)d. (1)

Lot 1543/0318

SOLD Hammer price €280

A William IV period rosewood and grained rosewood Davenport, attributed to Williams & Gibton, with three quarter gallery above a leather inset writing slope, on four mock and four pedestal drawers one drawer stamped with the digits 40880, the front with two turned cylindrical columns, on bun feet, 22″ (56cms). (1) ** Sold with a Photograph Portrait of its original owner Mr. Purdon sitting in front of the desk.

Lot 1544/0318

SOLD Hammer price €170

A late 19th Century French painted Fan, depicting two Ladies chatting, with ornate ivory sticks, another lace and mother-o-pearl Fan, a monogrammed and floral decorated mother-o-pearl Fan, a pierced giltwood Fan by Lepault, Paris, and a scene with group by a lake, a pierced bone Fan and three other distressed Fans. (9)

Lot 1545/0318

SOLD Hammer price €1050

A good 19th Century mahogany and parcel gilt Settee, the cream upholstered back with straight gilded top, the arms with moulded gilt dolphin heads, the padded seat on four out swept short legs, approx. 178cms (70″) wide. (1)

Lot 1546/0318

SOLD Hammer price €110

A 19th Century brass Hunting Horn – Bugle, approx. 119cms (47″) long. (1)

Lot 1547/0318

A large late 18th Century Continental stained pine Coffer, with panelled top and front, with heavy wrought iron hinges, handles, and intricate lock (with original key), 59cms (23 1/4″) high, 138cms (54 1/2″) long, on ball feet. (1)

Lot 1548/0318

SOLD Hammer price €600

A very unusual mahogany Plate and Cutlery Stand, 19th Century, the plate compartment with a turned gallery and a saw handle to the cutlery compartment on spiral fluted and turned stem and on tripod base, 26 1/2″ x 22″ (67cms x 56cms). (1)

Lot 1549/0318

SOLD Hammer price €400

A good quality 19th Century polychrome and parcel gilt Blackamoor wall mounted Console Bracket, with semi clad black female amongst drapes and tassels, supporting a serpentine shelf, 26″ x 19 1/2″ (66cms x 49cms). (1)

Lot 1550/0318

SOLD Hammer price €230

A 19th Century oak Stationery Box, containing seven compartments, with monogrammed brass crest on exterior, by Austen of Dublin; together with an attractive 19th Century inlaid satinwood Knife Box, converted to Stationery Box with oval shell decorated inlay and oval brass carrying handles. (2)

Lot 1551/0318

SOLD Hammer price €3200

An important early 18th Century miniature Dutch Museum in a Bottle, depicting the ‘Felix Meritis’ Building in Amsterdam, a three storey red brick classical building with stacked roof, crested triangular centre surrounded by balustrades, the front with five bay windows over three floors, the centre set with domed windows and half classical columns, with typical fanlight door, and with figures gathered outside in period attire. All contained inside a glass bottle, approx. 33cms (13″) high. (1)Note: It was built according to a winning design by the architect Jacob Otten Husly for the new society called Felix Meritis established in 1776 for Music, Drawing, Physics, Commerce and Literature in the modern neo-classical style. Husly had won a similar design contest for the city hall of Groningen in the previous year. The building itself was meant to exemplify the Enlightenment ideals the society stood for. The classical temple fa‡ade with its colossal Corinthian pilasters and pediment represent the society’s five departments with five sculptures representing the visual arts and architecture, literature, trade, natural sciences and music. The interior includes original 18th-century features such as the central staircase, the oval concert hall (renowned for its acoustics) and the domed roof – underneath which there used to be an astronomical observatory.On 31 October 1788 the building of the same name opened its doors. The society focused on the promotion of arts and sciences in a broader sense than the artists’ collectives popular at the time. Husly was himself a board member of the Amsterdam City Drawing Academy Stadstekenacademie, that had close contacts with the Oeconomischen Tak van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (economics branch of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, which met in the Trippenhuis). The society was abolished in 1888.Felix Meritis’ oval concert hall was the main music hall in Amsterdam until late into the 19th century and enjoyed a great international reputation. Many famous musicians performed there, including Robert and Clara Schumann, Camille Saint-Sa‰ns, Johannes Brahms and Julius R”ntgen. The orchestra of Felix Meritis was regarded as the best of the Netherlands and accompanied many Dutch premieres, directed by conductors such as Johannes Bernardus van Bree. Thus, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique had their Dutch premiere in the concert hall of Felix Meritis. The small hall of the Concertgebouw is a replica of this concert hall.

Lot 1552/0318

SOLD Hammer price €340

A very good and rare 19th Century Anglo-Indian ivory inlaid ebony Spice Box, decorated overall with porcupine quills, 13cms high x 31cms long (5 1/4″ x 12 1/4″). (1)

Lot 1553/0318

SOLD Hammer price €850

A very good 19th Century Vizigapatam Chess Box, in the typical style with etched decoration etc., and 32 chess pieces in white and red ivory. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1554/0318

SOLD Hammer price €140

A Regency yew-wood Tea Caddy, of casket form, the rectangular tapering body with hinged cover enclosing a double lidded interior fitted with brass handles and brass ball feet, 8 1/4″ (21cms); together with a rectangular walnut Jewellery Box, 10 3/4″ (25cms). (2)

Lot 1555/0318

SOLD Hammer price €130

A fine bronzed model of an Elephant, with Clock, and with the pendulum hanging from trunk, 29cms (11 1/4″) high. (1)

Lot 1556/0318

SOLD Hammer price €160

A 19th Century German circular brass cased Holosteric Barometer, by E. Schrodtor, Dusseldorf, on a carved ebonised wooden table stand; and a tall Bellermine blue Jug, profusely decorated, 30cms (12″) high. (2)

Lot 1557/0318

An Edwardian mahogany Table Carousel, of coloured markers, with brass handle, a rectangular case of similar items; a modern cased carved wooden chess set, another lot of markers and two boxes. A lot,w.a.f. (1)