RENAISSANCE REVIVAL TABLE CABINET
HARDSTONE MOUNTED EBONY AND ENGRAVED IVORY MARQUETRY
BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA GATTI (1816-1889)
Circa 1865
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MIRROR
GILTWOOD
CIRCA 1690
FLEMISH
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CLOCK WITH POLO PLAYERS
SILVER-GILT AND MALACHITE
BOUCHERON
PARIS
1946-1952
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Clock
Hardstones, amethyst, lapis lazuli, malachite, labradorite, jasper, agate, marble, glass micromosaic, gilded bronze and clock movement.
Rome
1804
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Tall chalice
Jewelled and enamelled emerald green glass and gilt
Moser
c. 1910-1920
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The Sgt. Pepper’s Piano, on which John Lennon composed Lucy in the Skies, A Day in Life and many others. A cottage upright piano from 1872, made by John Broadwood and Sons. On auction: Sotheby’s. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USd.
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Ernst Plank, “Climax” Laterna Magica with clockwork drive, 1885. Including rotating lantern slides Ø 150 mm. Nuremberg, Germany. Via Liveauctioneers
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Backgammon and Chess Board, 1590. Plum wood, invory inlay, painted in indian ink. Southern Germany. Via imm.hu
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Oil lamp
Bronze, glass
1898
Tony Selmersheim
Paris
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Diptych with the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters
The Cloisters Collection, 1971 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Ivory with metal mounts
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471980
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Mandora
Boxwood, rosewood, ebony
ca. 1420
Italian
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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and marquetry piano
By Ignace Pleyel & Cie, Paris, No. 20919
Of serpentine outline, inlaid all-over with foliate panels, the hinged top inset with a circular medallion to the interior, engraved in high relief Medaille d'Honneur A. PLEYEL & Cie/Exposition Universelle 1855, the hinged key cover with monogram HBB, inset to the interior with cut brass signature Medailles d'or 1827, 34, 39, 44./Hors Concours 1849/IGNACE PLEYEL & Compie, Paris, above ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, flanked to each side by a three-branch candelabra with a cherub caryatid support, the front soundboard flanked by a winged caryatid to each side, on block feet.
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Pomander
Parcel-Gilt Silver, Rose-cut Diamonds, Sapphires & Malachite
West India or Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
circa 1800
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SNUFF-BOX
Gold, malachite
CIRCA 1880
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NEEDLE CASE
GOLD AND ENAMEL
SWISS
circa 1790
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HAND MIRROR
silver-plate on brass with inset malachite
Patriz Huber
probably Austrian
c.1900
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