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Click here to subscribeA Flemish tapestry depicting a skirmish, 17th century, the foreground with swordsmen in Classical armour and drapery attacking other figures, the middle ground with further swordsmen attacking cattle, the background with mustering soldiery, a military encampment and distant towns in a mountainous setting; within later borders and rebacked, 247 x 116cm
A French gilt metal and enamelled casket by Tahan of Paris, circa 1870, of oval section, the domed cover surmounted by a silvered bronze group of a boy with a hound on a cross-hatched ground, surrounded by four enamelled floral panels, the waisted sides applied with cast metal standing figures interspersed with floral and foliate festoons, above scrolling foliate cast feet, inscribed TAHAN A PARIS to the interior, 16cm high, 21cm wide Alphonse Tahan (1830 ~ 1880) was the official ébéniste de l'Empereur or master cabinet maker to Emperor Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugénie. Known for her beauty and impeccable taste, the Empress Eugene was viewed as a trend setter and very much favoured the productions of Tahan's workshop at 30 Rue de La Paix and subsequently at Boulevard des Italiens. The firm exhibited at The London Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 and the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1855, and on both occasions was awarded medals. Pierre-Alexandre Tahan continued the legacy of his father, and his business in Paris was celebrated for its imaginative, exhibition-quality work.
A silver and silver-gilt Renaissance Revival bracelet by Froment-Meurice, c1850, the central section designed as an oval plaque embossed with the figure of a maiden playing a lute, in an elaborate frame decorated with two figures holding either a hawk or a mirror with an angel above, profusely decorated with birds midst scrolls, coiling branches and the heads of angels on scrolling baton spacer bars, signed, 18.1cm longAccompanied by original purchase receipt from Sheldon Shapiro & Co. Ltd, dated 23rd March 2001
A gold 'Helios'-inspired Revivalist brooch by Melillo, c.1870, in the form of the chariot of the Sun supported on a bar with lion's head terminals, a cupola-shaped ornament supporting two Victories holding palms and circlets hanging from the chariot, and supporting a tassel of many fine link chains mounted with pearls and enamel-set circles and leaf motifs, signed to the reverse GM in applied cartouche, 7.5cm high, modern fitted case by LavenderFor a similar brooch see MUNN, G., Castellani and Giuliano; Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th century, page 24 and for another example by Castellani see SOROS, S. and WALKER, S., Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewellery in which a check list note no. 91 states that, translated from the Italian, ' Gold taken from a small tomb near Bolsena excavated 1861, restored and reworked Neo-Classical Castellani.This brooch was almost certainly inspired by jewellery that was discovered from the Kul-Oba Scythian burial site from the 4th century B.C. and was excavated in 1830, see SOROS, S. and WALKER, S., Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewellery, page 208, figures 810 and 811, and for a similar pair of 4th century B.C. Etruscan gold earrings, see SOROS, S. and WALKER, S., Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewellery, p.54, fig 242Accompanied by original purchase receipt from D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd, dated 1st October 2002.
An Arts & Crafts silver tabernacle pendant by Ramsden & Carr, the rectangular silver plaque with double front door embossed with the figures of Medieval troubadours and hinged opening revealing a polychrome enamel plaque of three kneeling saints with golden haloes on blue enamel; the frame set with a kite-shaped peridot with an emerald-cut peridot below, suspending three silver sphere drops, on fancy silver wirework necklace, London hallmarks for 1905, maker's mark, pendant 7cm high, chain 70cm longAccompanied by original purchase receipt from Didier Antiques dated 5th June 2009.
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