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Nikolai Iwanowitsch Lieberich (model by) for the Woerffel Foundry in Saint-Petersbourg - Antique Bronze and black marble writing set

Important and rare bronze and black marble writing set with bears at rest decor. The set consists of a desk-top blotter, a card holder, an inkwell and a pen holder. The large inkwell features a lying adult bear. In front of him, a tree trunk is an ink reservoir where two bear cubs play. The small inkwell is in the same spirit, with a smaller bear, figured in a different position. Both bears are known models made by the great Russian sculptor Nikolai Iwanowitsch Lieberich and realized by the bronze manufacturer Woerffel in St. Petersburg which is 'Official Imperial Supplier' in 1895. The Great Bear model was designed in 1866. This complete writing set, with a superb bronze chiseling, is quite exceptional and extremely rare. It was probably made around 1880-1890 by Woerffel foundry. See illustrations in the book 'Николай Либерих. 1828–1883' published in 2012 at Palace Editions.

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Important Louis XVI style overmantel pierglass decorated with knotted ribbons and flowers

This large antique Louis XVI style overmantel pier glass was made out of wood and gilded stucco in the 19th century. The frame has an important frieze of flowers inscribed in interlacing. The upper part of the mirror is decorated with knotted ribbons. The upper corners are decorated with poppy flowers in high relief with acanthus leaves.

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Set of around 15 m² of terracotta floor tiles in square shape, 19th century

Antique terracotta floor tiles of around 15 m² in a square shape, from the 19th century. The sides are 6" 1/2 for 13/16" to 1" thick. The whole surface is about 15m².

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Persian vases from the Manufacture de SÈVRES, a historic model

Our pair of vases are among the beautiful pieces of bourgeois decor from the Belle Epoque. The model, known as the “Persian Bottle”, was created by the Sèvres Manufacture in 1874, based on a Persian (metal) prototype. The Manufacture de Sèvres produced other examples of this model, with variations in color and ornaments. It was chosen by Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a renowned sculptor who took over as artistic director of the Manufacture between 1874 and 1887. The particularity of the Persian bottle is that it has a very elongated neck, made of white porcelain generally decorated with patterns or flat areas of blue color. The pair of vases we are presenting was made in 1887. They are in plain cobalt blue glazed porcelain. The decor, composed of fine golden borders, dates from 1888. Blue is considered the favorite color of ceramics from Persia, a culture which was of great interest to earthenware makers in the second half of the 19th century. The era, tired of neo-Greek and neo-Etruscan fantasies, was indeed keen on exotic and oriental references.