Treasures
Subtitle: princely taste
Publisher: Sotheby's
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Furniture; Catalogs; Antiques; Art objects; Art metal-work; Silver; Sculpture; Art woodwork
Notes: Sale code: L12307 TREASURES.

Date of sale: July 4, 2012.

Publication date taken from date of sale.

Includes bibliographical references.

Place of sale: London.
Table of contents: title: I-V: Silver from the collection of Dom Fernando II, King of Portugal; title: I, The Lisbon silver bowl and cover; title: II, The Renaissance dish; title: III, The Renaissance flagon; title: IV, The Bishop Salazar tazza; title: V, The Bishop Garabito salver; title: VI, 'Spoliatis Arma Supersunt'; title: VII-IX: Hardstone masterworks from the Galleria Dei Lavori, Florence; title: VII, A gilt-bronze mounted casket; title: VIII, The Foggini frame; title: IX, Francesco Papillion in Fiorenza; title: X, The Von Lerber Skylark drinking cup; title: XI, A sumptuous Roman Baroque casket; title: XII, The Prince de Ligne Beloeil altarpiece; title: XIII, A moralising tapestry for Renaissance rulers; title: XIV, The Habsburg ceremonial silver vessel; title: XV, Augsburg courtly games; title: XVI, Suited for a Roman palazzo; title: XVII, A new addition to Sageot's oeuvre; title: XVIII, Quintessentially Rococo; title: XIX, Armchairs for the court of Louis XV's daughter in Parma; title: XX, Allegories of the elements; title: XXI, The Torckler elephant automaton clock; title: XXII, The elegance of Montigny; title: XXIII, Fauteuils à la reine by Pothier; title: XXIV, Valadier; title: XXV, The Nuthall temple chairs; title: XXVI, The Baron Lionel de Rothschild vases aux Tritons; title: XXVII, Roentgen's mechanics; title: XXVIII, A Jacob table for J. L. David; title: XXIX, Arabesques at the Manufacture Royale de Sèvres; title: XXX, Ferdinand Berthoud and Balthazar Lieutaud a longcase clock; title: XXXI, The 3rd Earl of Egremont's selenographia; title: XXXII, Marchand-merciers; title: XXXIII & XXXIV, Bonzanigo, official woodcarver to the House of Savoy; title: XXXV, The French ambassador's Sevres biscuit candelabra; title: XXXVI, Inlaid "Capricci" by Luigi Ravelli; title: XXXVII, A mosaic by Aguatti on a Russian gueridon; title: XXXVIII, four candelabra 'Aux Vestales'; title: XXXIX, Three cabinets for a member of the Bourbon family; title: XL, The Christofle Anacréon vase, designed by Émile-Auguste Reiber.