Secrétaire Louis Philippe Mahogany France XIX Century - France, Mid XIX Century

France 1810-1812

Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer. The saucer has refined gold decorations along the brim with female faces alternating with palmettes. In the spout with a small basin intertwined with a vine branch in reserve. On the cup painted with figures of excellent pictorial quality. Under the brand foundations of the manufacture.

Oil on canvas. Lombard School. Portrait of a middle-aged austere and composed lady, The painting is in good conditions and comes in a coeval frame. that shows small drops of the gilding.

Oil on canvas. Lombard School. Portrait of a woman that highlights the lace of the dress and the crucifix around the neck. It is in good conditions and comes in a gilded coeval frame that shows small drops of color.

Paintings under glass, on a convex glass surface. The two oval paintings offer landscapes enlivened by figurines of people intent on various activities: in one the setting is in the mountains, with small chalets below by the stream and below rocky peaks; in the other instead at night, a placid river flows near wooded banks, illuminated by the full moon. The paintings are presented in contemporary gilded frames, to be restored due to deficiencies.

Pencil on paper. Good use of the hatching and chiaroscuro are shown in this portrait of a young woman. The portrait comes with a 19th century wooden frame that had beeen embellished with leafy and floral leather inserts; the frame has some color drops and some missing parts.

Italy, XIX Century

Horse in carved wood covered in leather on a coeval base. The attention to detail highlights the good sculptural ability of the anonymous artist.

OIl on canvas. North Italy School. Small glimpse of a steam that flows between the houses; we can see two figures, one is a soldier that is passing under the bridge on his boat; the other man is crossing the bridge while pulling a dunkey that is pulling a cart. The painting needs to be restored because of several drops of color of which the biggest one is on the left side of the bridge. It comes in a gilded coeval frame.

Pencil, charcoal and white lead on paper. Signed (Amalia Bianchi?) and dated at the bottom right. Very effective is the use of different pigments that creates a play of chiaroscuri that underlines the figure. The portrait come in a 19th century wooden frame with leather leafy and floral inserts; it has missing parts and color drops.

Oil painting on canvas. The picture proposes a glimpse of the countryside centrally occupied by an architectural structure on several levels, a farmhouse in which arches, small columns, stairs and entrances intersect, all occupied by weeds. On the path and in front of the structure, the scene is enlivened by figures of peasants and common people. The rosy light from the sky spreads over all the elements, creating a romantic atmosphere. The work, relined, is presented in a late 1800s-early 1900s gilded frame, with various drops of color.

Penci, charcoal and white lead on paper. Signed E. Bianchi at the bottom left. Very effective is the use of different pigments that creates a play of chiaroscuri that underlines the figure. The portrait comes in a 19th century wooden frame decorated with leather leafy and floral inserts; it shows small color drops and missing parts.

Pencil, charcoal and white lead on paper. SIgned (Amalia Bianche?) and dated at the bottom right. Very effective is the use of different pigments that creat a play of chiaroscuri underlined by the figures. The portrait come in a 19th century wooden frame that had been embellished with leather floral and leafy inserts. It shows small drops of color and missing parts.

England Late 19th Century

Briar lady's casket with brass inserts. Inside compartments with coeval glass flasks and compartments in velvet and purple silk. The opening front reveals two drawers. The lids of the bottles are missing.