Decorative Arts

Bust of Menelaus, hollow cast in spelter gilded with bromide, mythological subject bearing the head of the king of Sparte after the marble statue in the Vatican Museum, represented helmeted and bearded, in profile, basin style on a square foot. Dimensions 37 x 17 cm. Good condition and very attractive!

Very rare: DROZ (Gustave, attributed to) - A SUMMER IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, fragments of correspondence from two young Parisians, decorated with B&W chisel engravings and Ming's pen drawings - Private edition in-8 ° (16,5 x 12,5 cm), 48 pages, cardboard parchment gray, copy countersigned by the illustrator, 3rd large paper N ° 24 (small edition of 150) on luxury bouffant paper. In the continuity of the famous original 1868 edition of Poulet-Malassis, our edition, probably clandestine printed during the Second World War, echoes the shamelessness of society under the Second Empire.

Large desk decorative element paper-cut type, consisting of a large amber blade and a silver handle embossed with a relief about a satyr. Good condition, slight fragility at the junction. Gross weight 119 g, length 32 cm. No brand, France (?) Circa 1900.

Serving cutlery in filled silver and steel, serrated knife and fork with movable edge, handles with homogeneous decoration finely engraved with a guilloche background, feather appliques, mude cartridges. Minerve guarantee mark (925/1000), France around 1900, length 32 & 28 cm. Good condition.

Lot of 2. Half- Bond of 5000 Francs, dated 1948, 271x198 mm, for the reconstruction of the Cherbourg harbour, strongly damaged during ""The Battle of Cherbourg"", the 6th June 1944; Document, dated 1877, 370x238 mm, for the construction of the Hotel of the National Geography Society, by President of the Republic, Marechal Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta. Interesting group of historical documents! I - II (2)

Pastel on strong paper about a young athlete (probably Italian) wearing medals from Swiss competitions on his chest. Signed and dated 1936. Dimensions 34.5x26.5 cm at sight, 46x38 in a modern frame. Very fresh, good condition! Gaston-Robert Peytrequin, Swiss painter, was very influenced by the 1930s and the rise of totalitarianism. Although colorful, its aesthetics and themes often give pride of place to the realistic trend of the time.

Silver trophy for the 24th Shooting contest in Morgarten. Hallmarked “800” . Height 108 cm, weight 130.70 g.

Two oriental formal knives, engraved painted wooden handle and curved copper blades. Decorative wall trophy from the mid 20th Century from North Africa, probably Kabylia. Length 36 cm each. Good condition.

1 / A pair of the firm Keller Paris, guarantee Minerve, height 10 cm. Good condition. 2 / A bottle of the firm Keller, guarantee Minerve, height 10 cm, a hole in the crystal. 3 / A bottle guarantee 800, probably Belgian. Circa 1900!

1 / A shovel sweets and cake, molded engraved and decorated model, length 20 cm, weight 41 g, France guarantee Minerva, silversmith Massart Brothers (hallmark) late nineteenth. 2 / An engraved sugar tongs, length 8.5 cm, weight 15 g, garantee 800 Italy. 3 / Pair of salt-cellar and glass, tripod model, guarantee 800 Italy, height 2,5 cm, silver weight 20 g net. 4 / Art Deco sugar spoon 1930. Length 11 cm, weight 24 g. Good condition.