Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/fineoldsevresdreOOchri CATALOGUE OF jFine ©lir Relives, IDtcssticn, aitU ©rtenlal PORCELAIN, MAGNIFICENT FRENCH BRONZES, 8SM¥iim CLOCKS AND CANDELABRA, And a great Variety of Decorative Objects: WHICH benVt ncKL Lt>. Seymour 323ill fie “01 is fij) ^uetton, fig Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, ii.T THEIR GREAT ROOMS, 8, KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1863, L A'f3^S AT ONE O CLOCK PRECISELY. - 0 -- May be viewed Two days preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8, King Street, St. James s Square , S. IV. CONDITIONS OF FALE. I. ~77Z : ^ ~ : ier - xe Z ijrrr mti if wscf isscfne im~e 'ierr -n m r maim Sufier*. tie mt fci zl nspr^ iiaZ be immenAiem hit td i^u and re-*-. tL EL Uj person ta feVicee iess man I*. ibwie 2 iw?OTcawat.; Mai =e ja in pro men. 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V7 Upon fulnr® if men 7:112 Vtii Tie arwi^e CoittasoR- The Xii-sey iepoated in iat" ir pamneni; mail leftdesne-t dLiCiah TearV wiciin lie :me ifenaud diail be by pmv c «r irbraie Sale, and die i ncienrm if any fiaeatfinc men r-t-sue snaT -e made zoerf hy 'be Deiaader it Tita CATALOGL K - o On FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1863, AT OXE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. - 0 - OLD DRESDEN. 1 Twelve soup plates 2 Twelve ditto 3 Twelve ditto 4 Twelve ditto, table plates 5 Twelve ditto 6 Twelve ditto 7 Twelve ditto 8 Twelve ditto 9 Nineteen ditto 10 A salad bowl 11 Seven dessert plates, with openwork border 12 Six round dishes 13 Six oblong ditto 14 Two large oval dishes 15 Two smaller 16 A dish, with cover and stand 17 Two butter-boats and stands 18 A water-jug 4 19 Two double salt-cellars 20 Nine custard cups and covers 21 Twelve knife-handles 22 A pair of wine-coolers 23 A centre-piece, painted with birds 24 A group of figures 25 A soup-tureen, cover, and stand 26 A ditto 27 Three small cups and two covers 28 A shell-shaped dish OLD SEVRES, &c. o 29 Eight fine old Sevres plates, with cypher in flowers, and flowers in medallions 30 A beautiful dejeuner of old Dresden, with Watteau figures—four pieces 31 An old Sevres dejeuner, with roses—six pieces 32 A ditto, with flowers 33 A ditto sucrier, with roses O. A 34 A blue and gold dejeuner, with birds—nine pieces c , u .■* ... •„ / V ' 35 A Sevres cup and saucer di' ■ r r> - /v. o 36 A ditto 37 A ditto 38 A ditto ‘-yiv- ’ vv. 39 A ditto $. 40 A ditto . '■ 41 A pair of flower-pots i dfc ■ 42 A clock, in or-molu case, with Victory in a biga 43 A handsome clock 44 A Louis XVI. clock 45 A pair of bronze and or-molu candelabra, for seven lights 46 A group in bronze: a huntsman and dogs 47 A ditto: figure of a huntsman 48 A ditto 49 An Egyptian pattern vase 5 / j (/ 77 fa M fa JT -0 % . 5 $ t-o 1 k - o 7 I o o 7 O S - f fc - 6 £■£• 6 £-*■ o 1 4~ • o L, . V 0 50 A gilt, bronze, and crystal vase, in Grecian style 51 A FINE PIECE OF OLD TAPESTRY, OF ITALIAN DESIGN, with figures and finely designed arabesque border ; and the Prince of Wales s feathers and crown , probably made at Mortlahe for Charles I. when Prince of Wales 5*2 A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT ORIENTAL JARS AND COVERS—52 in. high 53 A PAIR OF DITTO CISTERNS 54 A pair of bronze tazzi 55 A pair of candelabra 56 An old Dresden inkstand, in colours, painted with flowers on canary ground 57 A Frankenthal cup and cover 58 A triple shell-shaped stand, of Plymouth porcelain 59 An old German glass cup and cover, engraved with Cupids and wreaths of flowers 60 A fine old ruby glass scent-bottle, mounted with engraved silver, gilt /» 61 A pair of small candlesticks^ of or-molu, with branches and old Sevres flowers, and old Dresden dogs beneath 62 A pair of old Dresden cups, with pink and gold edges, painted with Cupids 63 A circular dish, with white and gold, with turquoise ribbon border, painted with festoons of flowers y vw v ' ► 64 A cup and saucer, striped green, gros-bleu, and white, with wreaths of flowers ^ •" Uk 65 A beautiful Cabaret, with borders of ribbons and flowers in colours, and with corn flowers on white ground; consisting of teapot, sucrier, and cup and saucer /j/|W , ; , 66 A cup and saucer, bleu de Vincennes, with flowers in gold on white medallions / y L 67 A cup and saucer, white with blue and gold borders, painted with wreaths of flowers 68 A ditto, with green ribbons, painted with flowers 69 A cup, cover, and saucer, gros-bleu with green ribbons, painted with pastoral figures ' . > \wt 6 C ■ ! i b 70 A circular dish, turquoise and gold, with conversations in two medallions * • 71 A saucer, rose-du-Barri and green, with children in two medallions ' - ' ' * 72 A pair of small cups, turquoise and white, painted with figures in medallions, and flowers mounted with or-molu as ewers 73 A cup and saucer, grey ground, with Grecian borders 74 AN OVIFORM CUP AND COVER, OF THE FINEST jt5 OLD TURQUOISE SEVRES, exquisitely mounted on a , tripod of silver gilt, with wreaths of flowers suspended from rams’ heads-on plinth of turquoise Sevres, the cover surmounted by a vase of flowers, of silver gilt. Of the finest work of the time of Louis XV. 75 A PAIR OF OCTAGONAL SALT - CELLARS —en suite. Equally fine 76 A SET OF FIVE MAGNIFICENT JARS AND BEAKERS, OF THE FINEST OLD JAPAN, of unusual size and ) > t> 77 An old Delft blue and white jug, with silver-gilt top, engraved ' ~ the royal rose ’CIO 78 A smaller ditto 79 A beautiful Stand of Ancient Chinese Enamel. From the Summer Palace 80 An old Chelsea candelabrum, with figure 81 Caractacus, a statuette in bronze 82 A girl with a kitten, after Sir J. Reynolds— enamel by Bone 83 The Holy Family. A beautiful small relief in marble of early Italian work 84 A Very fine Louis XIII. Casket, of tortoiseshell inlaid with engraved mother-o’pearl, with the aurora on the top, and flowers round the sides—richly mounted with or-molu 85 A pair of oviform Sevres vases, elegantly mounted on tripods of or- molu # . 86 A BEAUTIFUL Casket, of steel inlaid with gold, of exquisite Googerat work 87 A Ditto Dish 88 Two ditto paper-weights; and a dish 7 FINE BRONZES. 89 A small model of the Fontaine Louvois, at Paris 90 Venus rising from the sea 91 A casket of silvered bronze 94 A. figure bathing, from a Florentine bronze of the 16th century 95 A figure of Geometry, from a Florentine bronze of the 16th century 96 A bronze lamp, of Italian work of the 14th century 97 A Figure of Mephistopheles, by E. Hebert 98 The First Step, a group by Vittoz 99 Silence : a mask in bronze by A. Preault— unique 100 A Vase, of Grecian design, with the Triumph of Love by Ferrot and Vittoz —unique 101 A large Garden Vase. From the original at Versailles by Crozatier 102 An Oval Vase for Flowers, with stand 103 A Magnificent Candelabrum, for thirteen lights with highly finished figures of a faun and nymph, by Clodion, gilt—on marble pedestal 104 The Companion 105 A magnificent Bronze Candelabrum for Ten Lights, with a figure of an Indian slave by A. Toussaint, richly gilt 106 The Companion 107 THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE, BY GIRARDON: cast from the original bronze in the Louvre 108 BOREAS AND ORYTHEA, by Girardon : also from the original in the Louvre 109 ST. SEBASTIAN, BY PUGET: unique copy, cast from an original terra-cotta, executed with great care; probably a sjudy for the Sebastian on the altar at Genoa 110 OCEAN’S SECRET, by Vittoz—life-size—unique copy 111 A VERY RARE Old RUSSIAN POT-POURRI AND PLATEAU, with fine old or-molu mounting J 12 A Pair of rare Old Russian raised Beakers, with fine old or-molu mountings 8 113 A CONSOLE, OF THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV., of or-molu and silvered bronze 114 A MAGNIFICENT BRONZE CLOCK, with moving dial representing the first Mongolfier: a unique cast from a terra¬ cotta by Clodion—on rich bronze-gilt pedestal. Of very fine worhmanship SCULPTURE. J. LAWLOR. 115 “ Summer.” A beautiful bust in statuary marble J. LAWLOR. 116 CLIO. A life-size statue, exquisitely finished. Exhibited at the International Exhibition CAREW. 117 INDUSTRY AND PLENTY. A fine group in statuary marble 118 A NYMPH WITH FLOWERS. A beautifully finished statuette PORCELAIN, &c. 119 Three small Oriental jars and covers; and a beaker with figures 120 A crimson vase with figures 121 A Japan vase ; a teapot; three cups and saucers; and a basin 122 A pair of green cups and saucers with figures 123 A Dresden inkstand, with two inkbottles and taper 123a A large oval French dish, with vines in relief 1236 A Turner’s-ware luncheon service—five pieces 123c Two ditto, broth-basins, covers, and stands 9 JADES, &c. 105 A Draped Figure holding a Bowl, carved out of a fine piece of dark-green jade, on wood stand—14 in. 106 A carved Wood Table Skreen, with a very large slab of lapis lazuli, engraved with figures and characters partly gilt 107 The Companion 108 A carved Wood Table Skreen, with a large black slate slab, carved with plants and with ore imbedded 109 A Pair of Large Reliefs, in composition and carved wood, with birds and plants in soapstone—in rosewood frames PORCELAIN— Imperfect. 110 Two globular jars 111 Two ditto 112 A vase, with reptile handles 113 A deep-blue bottle 114 Two cylindrical vases 115 A lotus-shaped grey crackle flower pot 116 A beautiful Bombay Workbox, of inlaid ivory, lined with sandal wood 117 A Writing-desk, of the same 118 A Bombay ware blotting-book 119 A ditto 120 A basket of the same, with ivory handle 121 A workbox of Japan lacquer, with figures in landscapes, in gold on black ground c 10 The following are the PROPERTY of AN OFFICER of Fanes Horse , and brought from the Summer Palace at Pekin. 122 A Table Skreen, of ancient enamel, with a view of buildings in a garden, in brilliant colours 123 A Pair of Bowls, of the same, with ornaments in colours, on turquoise ground 124 An oval-shaped box, of the same, with eyes and ornaments 125 A pen-rack of the same 126 A flat seagreen crackle bowl; and a small square stand 127 Two reed paint-brushes, carved with characters ; and a Japan lamp- stand 128 A two-handled marble vase, with heads of animals 129 An agate stand for a lamp 130 Five Japan stands and covers, partly gilt 131 A carved and painted figure of a demon; and a pair of lions 132 A pair of jambs of wood, beautifully carved with dragons 133 A wood match-pot, with flowers in green ivory 134 A piece of wood, carved as half a melon, with foliage 135 A slab of Indian ink ; and a slab for rubbing Indian ink—in case 136 A figure of a joss, carved in wood 137 Two figures carved in ivory, and painted in colours 138 A worfcbox, of red lacquer, richly carved with figures and orna¬ ments 139 A small cabinet of the same, enclosing drawers, carved with dragons 140 A mirror, with chased metal-gilt handle, set with pastes 141 A seagreen porcelain jardiniere JADES, &c. 142 A circular-box cover, carved with ornaments; and a green jade ring 143 A beautiful Basin, of pale-green jade, very thinly cut 11 144 A basin, carved with dragons 145 1 wo small rings, a carved white feather-holder, and a plain green ditto 146 A carved and pierced hairpin, of green jade 147 A two-handled basin, with masks and knobs in relief 148 A large flat basin 149 A leather purse, silver mounted, with boars’ tusks and two green jade charms attached 150 Three flat pieces of green jade, carved with dragons 151 Two ditto, carved with fish and plants 15*2 A fine Beaker, of green jade, carved with foliage, dragons, and ribs in relief 153 A flat-shaped Ditto, of grey jade, carved with eyes, foliage, and ribs in relief 154 A Rocky Landscape, with buildings, trees, and figures, beautifully carved in a very fine and large specimen of lapis lazuli 155 A small circular pedestal, of green jade, carved and pierced—on oblong stand 156 A seated figure of a deily, with gold necklace 157 A beautiful flat-shaped Vase, with flower and ring- handles, the surface delicately carved with flowers and foliage 158 A beautiful flat-shaped Vase, with long neck, carved with kylins and flowers, the handles formed of kylins, with rings attached 159 A small green vase, carved with ornaments in relief 160 A Flower-shaped Cup, surrounded by branches and flowers, beautifully carved and pierced. A very fine specimen 161 A smaller Ditto, with handle of fruit and foliage 162 A very small Ditto, of pure white jade, carved with a figure and dragon 163 A dragon on a group of foliage, beautifully carved and pierced, in white jade 164 A small round while bottle, carved with ornaments in relief 12 165 A ditto flat-sided two-handled vase 167 A verv small ditto, with lions, masks, and ring-handles 168 A paper-weight, carved as a flower 169 A child, in white jade, and a cat FINIS. London: Printed by W. Clowe 3 and Sons, 14, Charing Cross.