Decorative Arts
Baraset House offers a fine selection boxes, silver and fine decorative objects, with particular focus on items of rare or unusual design, exceptional quality & craftsmanship & notable provenance.
French, gold & enamel snuff box by Frères Jordan, circa 1790
A magnificent late 18th century gold and enamel snuff box by Frères Jordan (Hanau, active c.1790-1820),
with enamel plaque
after Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741-1807)
maker's mark FJ crowned incuse
circa 1790
Of shallow rectangular form with rounded corners, the cover set with a miniature enameled plaque en pleine depicting a mother and child in a wooded landscape, the sides and base set with turquoise enameled ground stamped at intervals with gold fleur-de-lis and within white enamel fillets, the outer sable gold borders with scrolling foliage.
Marked inside the base and cover with maker's mark FJ crowned incuse, the town mark for Vienna, interlace S, sunray and monogram mark, sunbursts. The flange stamped with inventory number 4686.
French, Gold toothpick case
Barthelemy Cabaille, Paris 1784
A fine Louis XVI engine-turned tri-colour gold
toothpick case bearing makers mark for
Barthélemy Cabaille (master 1775; active 1791)
and the poinçons of Henri Clavel
with the tête de vanneau decharge,
Paris 1784
George III French toothpick cases of this period are exceeding rare and this is a magnificent example from a rare and sought-after master Parisian goldsmith. The elongated oblong shape features rounded end, and the cover shows a crisply engine-turned central panel within a scrolling leaf-and-bead border. The sides and base with similar engine-turned panel, separated by relief yellow-gold laurel and paterae pilasters.
Italian, gold & enamel box by Faraone Milano, circa 1950-60
An exceptionally fine mid 20th century
Italian jewelled guilloché enamel gold cigarette case
by Faraone Milano
gold hallmarked & signed Faraone, Milan, Italy
circa 1950s/60s
Rectangular with rounded corners, the solid gold body enamelled in translucent yellow over a moiré guilloché ground, within gold borders, with a rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece, marked inside cover and base
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide
The gem-set solid gold case with a guilloché wave moire pattern covered with a yellow gold translucent enamel of the finest quality, the thumbpiece set with a row of five graduated rose-cut diamonds. The design of this guilloché wave moire pattern cigarette case was popularized by Fabergé at the turn-of-the-century. Tracing its roots back to 1860, the august House of Faraone was patronized by a venerated client list comprising many members of the European royalty, aristocratic Italian families including the Savoys, and international celebrities. After World War I the company opened its first salon on the Via Montenapoleone in Milan and was celebrated for its exquisite workmanship.
Italian, gem-set gold compact by Faraone Milano, circa 1950-60
A very fine mid 20th century
Italian jewelled gold powder compact
by Faraone Milano
gold hallmarked & signed Faraone, Milan, Italy
circa 1950s/60s
Of oval textured gold form, the solid gold body with a rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece, marked inside cover and base
The gem-set solid gold case with a attractive striated pattern, the thumbpiece set with a burst of rose-cut diamonds. The interior featuring an oval mirror and powder compartment.
Tracing its roots back to 1860, the august House of Faraone was patronized by a venerated client list comprising many members of the European royalty, aristocratic Italian families including the Savoys, and international celebrities. After World War I the company opened its first salon on the Via Montenapoleone in Milan and was celebrated for its exquisite workmanship.
English, George III campaign desk,
circa 1805
An excellent labelled George III brass bound mahogany Naval campaign portable desk with secret drawers
by Nicholas Middleton,
circa 1805
Beautifully brass-mounted and constructed from thick panels of solid Cuban mahogany, with all secondary timbers also in solid mahogany highlighting what a magnificent quality example of early 19th century Naval campaign furniture this is. The large case opens to reveal a sumptuous Navy blue and gilt tooled leather sloped writing surface alongside compartments for an inkwells, quills and a pounce pot. A stack of finely constructed secret drawers is brilliantly concealed beneath the forward compartments, and is accessed by a labyrinth of removable mahogany slides, a push-chamber and hidden spring-loaded catch. Another long, shallow spring-loaded secret drawer is hidden beneath the pounce pot chamber in the forward compartment and magically pops out when the pounce pot slide is lifted.
Known as a Captain's portable writing desk this multi-use box would have been used by Officers at sea and secured to the wooden deck floor by means of a spring-loaded deck screw operated by a large "key" - this original key is retained with the box.
English, Charles I period brass warming pan, circa 1630
A rare and interesting Charles I engraved and pieced brass and iron warming pan, produced for 'THE DIERS ARMS' Public House,
Cheapside, London,
punch-decorated with the Arms for The Worshipful Company of Dyers,
circa 1630
This exceptionally fine and rare early engraved warming pan belongs to a small group of dated and undated engraved warming pans which can be attributed to one unidentified maker working through the reigns of James I, Charles I and The Commonwealth period in London. This example is one of a group of 'Pub warming pans' likely produced for the earliest known signed Public Houses which came into official existence by proclamation of James I to have all registered Pub Houses bearing their signs - thereby becoming legal and tax-paying ale houses/inns. This sparked the registration of Pubs to name and sign their establishments most often under the names of their patron or local Guild. This example is engraved 'THE DIERS ARMS', with the central engraved Coat of Arms of The Worshipful Company of Dyers of London (Three Madder Bags).
English, George III tea caddy,
London 1782
An elegant George III sterling silver drum-form tea caddy, by John Denzilow
London 1782
A very fine George III sterling silver
Neoclassical drum-shaped tea caddy, elegantly decorated with bands of bright-cutting and engraved with floral swags and garlands, the hinged cover with urn-form finial.
The body engraved with two oval cartouches, the back cartouche with an armorial crest of a crescent, the front cartouche featuring a very finely engraved armorial shield above a motto.
Fully hallmarked to the underside of the base for John Denzilow, London 1782.
Weight 375 grams (12.05 oz)
12.2cm long
English, George III tea caddy,
circa 1790
A delightful and possibly unique George III
mahogany tea caddy
inlaid with 'The Tea Service' silhouettes in boxwood
circa 1790
A highly unusual, and possibly unique, Georgian double tea caddy, each side inlaid with very fine boxwood silhouettes of a teapot, creamer and sugar, the top inlaid with a boxwood silhouette of a teacup and saucer, further inlaid with exceptionally fine crossed spoons in rosewood.
The interior and exterior banded in ebony and boxwood, each compartment retaining the majority of its original foil lining, the compartment covers with ebony knops.
Superb condition. Original key and original working lock.
English, George III tea caddy,
circa 1800
A fine George III rosewood double tea caddy
with superb inlays of Britannia and Her Lion
possibly to commemorate Nelson's victory at The Nile
circa 1798
This superb rosewood caddy features a highly rare inlaid medallion to the lid featuring an amusing Britannia and Her Lion, executed in dyed green harewood and hot-sand shaded boxwood. To the front panel is a fine example of the more often-used Georgian conch shell medallion.
It has been suggested that the pairing of these two motifs may pay tribute to Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory against Napoleon at the Nile (1798); Britannia, the Lion and the Conch symbolizing England's complete domination of the waves.
English, 19th century
Painted Stained Glass Window
An rare & important 19th century
Neo-Gothic painted stained glass window,
representative of
The Union of Great Britain,
attributed to Thomas Ward (1808-1870)
& Henry Hughes (1822-1883)
Emblematic of England, Saint George and his Dragon are flanked by Saint Andrew of Scotland to the left and Saint Patrick of Ireland to the right.
