2017/11/10

Bone automaton, carved as a woman operating a spinning wheel flanked by two polychrome figures, one smoking a hookah pipe

https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/sale/-mil17b/lot-632

Photo: https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/sale/-mil17b/lot-632

(artiste et date inconnus)

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2017/10/19

Spinning jenny avec 3 personnages...

(artiste et date inconnus)

http://www.martelmaidesauctions.com 20170118

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/martel-maides-auctions/catalogue-id-srmart10019/lot-89381f2f-a585-4a71-8683-a6f2012a4acc

http://www.martelmaidesauctions.com St. Peter Port , Guernsey

An early 19th century Napoleonic Prisoner of War spinning jenny bone automaton, French, with two partially painted polychrome Breton ladies, both sat on high open carved chairs with mechanically moving arms and head, one making a ball of thread with a short length of twine, the other working the spinning wheel, together with a painted gentleman with articulated head, arms and leg, appearing to operate a treadle lathe and drawknife, all raised on a bordered platform over gears, some losses and modern repairs, 4½in. (11.4 cm.) high. source : https://www.the-saleroom.com

Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP

(artiste et date inconnus)

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2017/10/02

Guillotine, spinning jenny, urne....vente Sotheby 2017 .....

Guillotine, spinning jenny, urne....vente Sotheby's 2017 .....

(artiste et date inconnus)

sources and pictures http://www.sothebys.com

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/collections-n09611/lot.226.html

all pictures Sotheby's

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/collections-n09611/lot.226.html

all photos Sotheby's

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2017/08/27

CARVED BONE CALVARY SCENE

NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR CARVED BONE CALVARY SCENE

Charles Miller

may 2016

(artiste et date inconnus)

constructed from a section of shin bone, with lattice cut glazed door opening to reveal polychrome Calvary scene on a platform painted with flowers to the front and mounted on three feet, the reverse ornately carved overall, - 5in. (12.5cm.) high
£700-900 AUCTION ALREADY HELD

2017/08/17

Femmes et enfants prisonniers des pontons, dont Julienne David ...

Women and children napoleonic PoW on hulk

voir These de Marie Genin 2007

LA SANTE DES PRISONNIERS DES PONTONS 1797 1814 (extraits)

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2017/07/24

Bone mechanical drummer boy

A Napoleonic prisoner of war bone mechanical drummer boy, early 19th century, with painted tunic and drum, and standing on box concealing mechanism, with crank handle to side, 10.5cm high

source

(artistes, lieu, et date inconnus)

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CARVED BONE MODEL OF A PERPETUAL MOTION ENGINE AND WHEEL.

CARVED BONE MODEL OF A PERPETUAL MOTION ENGINE AND WHEEL ( ???? )

(artistes, lieu, et date inconnus)

Mounted in a glass case with molded wooden base, the base affixed with a bone panel engraved “Perpetual Motion.” Height of case 8 ¼ inches, length 16 inches, width 9 inches.
Provenance: Rafael Osana Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts.