Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 159. A Transitional kingwood, amaranth and fruitwood oval bonheur du jour, circa 1755, by Charles Topino.

Property from a Rothschild Family Collection, formerly on loan at Waddesdon Manor (lots 154-168)

A Transitional kingwood, amaranth and fruitwood oval bonheur du jour, circa 1755, by Charles Topino

Restricted SpeciesUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Live auction begins on:

November 19, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 GBP

Bid

3,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the curved galleried back with two small banded doors, opening to a shelf, flanking an open shelf and a drawer, the bowed banded front with a drawer to the frieze fitted with a writing flap inset with green leather and compartments, on hipped squared cabriole legs with gilt-bronze chutes and sabots joined by a banded kidney shaped lower tier, inlaid overall with vases, tea-cups, bowls, caddies and vases of flowers, stamped C. TOPINO and JME; restorations


90.5cm high, 60cm wide, 42cm deep; 35 5/8in., 23 5/8in., 16 1/2in.

This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby’s recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby’s will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer’s inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation.

Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (1910-1990);

Thence by family descent.

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