Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:: 4-11 August 1915

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/64

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$“ie CuaruEs II. Work-Box, the exterior wholly covered with * white satin, most elaborately embroidered with figures, (] animals, buildings, insects, and sprays of flowers, in My gros and petit-point stitch of silk and tissue thread; in bh) fa | the centre of the cover is an oval panel containing a ) HIV pastoral scene, and the initials “Hi. P.,” and date ‘68 ” im (? 1668), in seed pearls; pink silk interior, with drawers, | pin-cushion, &c.—20 im. by 15 m. | , 79X A panel of white satin, embroidered with the hemispheres, ()) uP 1 / surrounded by a wreath of roses, thistles, and other b : S flowers—EHnglish, early 19th Century—16} in. by 24 in. — VARIOUS OBJECTS OF ART. a { : y) ; Yr (0 792 A small ship, of agate mounted with gold, supported on a dolphin ; two oval agate trays; and two oval enamel ~ 4 tazze 7, << Jf 793 A pen-case, of ivory, engraved with figures, scrolls, &c., ~ Jp) mounted with chased silver, and set with stones—, 17th-18th Century; a silver-gilt and coral rattle; and“ f a black composition circular box, inlaid with flowers, &c., 3 x in mother-o’-pearl, containing a bambino and relics i ) vA a \ 794 Cupid, bound: a bronze statuette—94 in. high; and a bronze , }) } _ group, of Vulcan astride a winged Harpie—on marble | AAC 4 / plinth—104 in. high 795 A bronze statuette of the Madonna—9$ wm. hagh—on turned | wood plinth ; an or-molu group of two children, sporting ( V p on the trunk of a tree: in the base is the partition for { 4) - an ink-vase-——12 in. high; and a silver statuette of a / ~ / Bacchanal—7$ in. high—on ebony and tortoiseshell plinth$

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