May 21, 2025 10:00 EST

Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts

 
Lot 512
 

512

Regency Ormolu-Mounted, Brass Inlaid, Parcel-Gilt and Rosewood Games Table

Circa 1810

The sliding ratcheted rectangular top opening to a well fitted with a tooled leather backgammon playing surface, flanked by two outset ormolu-molded galleried sections over short and two false drawers, the leaf-tipped panel frieze above a checkerboard playing surface and long lower drawer, on trestle supports joined by a double-scrolled arched stretcher, on splayed legs and brass paw feet on casters.

Height 29¾ inches (75.5 cm), width 40 inches (101.5 cm), depth 20¾ inches (52.5 cm).

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May 15, 1976, lot 177.
Acquired from Devenish & Co., Inc., New York in 1978.
Acquired from Christie's New York, Property from the Estate of Doris Merril Magowan, May 22, 2022, lot 215.

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Circa 1810

The sliding ratcheted rectangular top opening to a well fitted with a tooled leather backgammon playing surface, flanked by two outset ormolu-molded galleried sections over short and two false drawers, the leaf-tipped panel frieze above a checkerboard playing surface and long lower drawer, on trestle supports joined by a double-scrolled arched stretcher, on splayed legs and brass paw feet on casters.

Height 29¾ inches (75.5 cm), width 40 inches (101.5 cm), depth 20¾ inches (52.5 cm).

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May 15, 1976, lot 177.
Acquired from Devenish & Co., Inc., New York in 1978.
Acquired from Christie's New York, Property from the Estate of Doris Merril Magowan, May 22, 2022, lot 215.

With previous restorations, sunfading, center of top with age cracks, shrinkage cracks, some rippling to veneer, scratches to leather playing surface, minuscule traces of inactive worm underneath, old marks and scratches, scuffs to feet.

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Auction: Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts, May 21, 2025

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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on May 20, 2025 saw strong results for 19th Century & Old Master Paintings & Drawings spanning the Italian Renaissance through the early 19th century. The sale showcased a wide range of landscapes, still lifes, portraits and religious and mythological subjects.

Highlighting the sale was an 18th century French School view of Ships Loading Cargo in a Mediterranean Harbor estimated at $2,500-5,000 that achieved a stunning $38,500. Property of a Distinguished European Collector, the painting depicted a fantastical scene of sailing ships in a harbor surrounded by classical ruins.

The selection of Old Master drawings in the sale featured Studies of a Juvenile Spoonbill, Greenfinch, and Butterfly by Vincenzo Leonardi (Italian, 1589-1657) that sold to a private collector for $20,460, many times its $3,000-5,000 estimate. Consigned by the Estate of Joanne duPont Foster, the watercolor had a distinguished and lengthy provenance dating back to the prominent Roman collector Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657). It was later sold to Pope Clement XI in 1703, and eventually to King George III of England in 1762, leaving the royal collection during the reign of King Edward VII.

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