South African and International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 30 July 2014
Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
About this Item
A tôle and metal-mounted jardinière, 19th century
hexagonal, the sides painted with panels of summer flowers within gilt-lined borders against a black ground, the sides applied with leaf swing-handles, raised on three scroll-and-leaf feet, fitted with a black painted metal two-handled liner, some paint loss, dents, 60cm high; a pair of early Victorian papier-mâché face screen fans, mid-19th century, each inlaid with mother-of-pearl and painted with flowers against a black ground, with ring-turned handles, gilt highlights, repairs, crazing, chips, small areas of damage, 40cm high; and another example, painted with a peacock above a spray of flowers with mother-of-pearl inlay, some damage, some paint loss, cracking, 43,5cm high
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