Product Description
Marchesini, Rome (attr.) Etruscan Revival mid-19th Century elaborate jeweled “Maltese Cross” 18k gold ring set with four rectangular step-cut sapphires and one round-cut sapphire and eight pearls, c.1860
Marchesini, Rome (attr.) Etruscan Revival mid-19th Century elaborate jeweled “Maltese Cross” 18k gold ring set with four rectangular step-cut sapphires and one round-cut sapphire and eight pearls, c.1860
BAUHAUS Germany (1919-1933).
Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna.
Nesting tables, circa 1930.
Tubular chrome base with exotic wood and burl, glass inset half tops.
For more information see: Deutsche Stahlrohr Möbel, Alexander von Vegesack (München: Bangert Verlag, 1986), Bauhaus Furniture: A Legend Reviewed, exhibit. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 2002.
Smaller table: 22″ H x 17″ D x 26 1/4″ W.
Larger table: 24 1/2″ H x 17 1/2″ D x 29 3/4″ W.
Price: $11,750
MAURICE BOUVAL (born Toulouse, died 1920) France
M. COLIN France
“Nymph Embracing a Blossom” candle holder c.1900
Silvered cast bronze in the form of a nymph on a leaf embracing a blossom
Marks: M. Bouval (script signature) and COLIN, (Foundry) written above
For other examples of Bouval’s work see: The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. V: Objets d’Art & Metalware, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999), p. 127; Ecole to Deco, Small Sculptures from a Private Collection, Stephen C. McGough ed. (Oberlin, Ohio: Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1979) pp. 33-4; Art Nouveau Sculpture, Alastair Duncan (New York: Rizzoli, 1978) pp. 30-1.
H: 3″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″