This November, our live online Five Centuries auction will feature Select Contents from Bryn Eglwys Hall, Colwyn Bay, Wales (Lots 451-514) including a selection of fine furniture; sculpture by artists such as Mathurin Moreau and Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse; and beautifully detailed works of art.
Here, we take a closer look at a few of the highlights from Bryn Eglwys Hall...
LOT 451 | NAPOLEON III BRASS, TORTOISESHELL, AND EBONISED BOULLE MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
LOT 451 | NAPOLEON III BRASS, TORTOISESHELL, AND EBONISED BOULLE MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET | LATE 19TH CENTURY
arc en arbelette form, with a black slate insert top, above a cupboard door with an oval panel flanked by gilt bronze terms, the whole covered in foliate and scroll marquetry, raised on a shaped ebonised plinth base | 128cm wide, 111cm high, 40.5cm wide | £1,500 - £2,500 + fees
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LOT 456 | ALBERT CARRIER-BELLEUSE (FRENCH 1824-1887) | LA BACCHANTE
LOT 456 | ALBERT CARRIER-BELLEUSE (FRENCH 1824-1887) | LA BACCHANTE
bronze dark brown and medium brown patinas, signed 'A Carriere-Belleuse' with foundry stamp 'B.D. Paris Vrais Bronze'; on an associated circular bronze socle with Salon de Beaux Art plaque | 62cm high | £1,000 - £1,500 + fees
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LOT 471 | PAIR OF GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRRORS
LOT 471 | PAIR OF GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRRORS | 19TH CENTURY
the oval bevelled mirror plates in deep moulded frames surmounted by shell, leaf and scroll crestings | (Qty: 2) 119cm high, 85cm wide | £1,000 - £1,500 + fees
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LOT 461 | LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK, BY SUSSE FRERES, PARIS
LOT 461 | LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK, BY SUSSE FRERES, PARIS | 19TH CENTURY
the circular signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and twin winding holes, in an architectural case with lion mask loop handles, acanthus, laurel trails and an urn finial, raised on paw feet on a shaped platform base; the eight day movement striking a bell and stamped 1482 | 55cm high, 35cm wide, 20cm deep | £1,000 - £1,500 + fees
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LOT 462 | WHITE MARBLE BUST OF MADAME RECAMIER, AFTER CHINARD
LOT 462 | WHITE MARBLE BUST OF MADAME RECAMIER, AFTER CHINARD | 19TH CENTURY
on a square veined green marble plinth | 63cm high | £1,000 - £1,500 + fees
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Auction Information
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
Lot: 1 to 450 - Wednesday, 18th November 2020 10:00
Lot: 451 to 719 - Thursday, 19th November 2020 10:00
Live Online | Edinburgh
Viewing by appointment from 14th to 17th November in Edinburgh.
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