Fontaines Auction Gallery To Offer Fine And Decorative Arts On Jan. 27 And 28 Ca. 1910 Peony Tiffany Table Lamp Among Expected Top Lots
January 26, 2024
Fontaines two-day Fine and Decorative Arts Auction to take place Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 27 and 28, will begin both sessions at 11 a.m. and include over 750 lots of 19th/20th century lighting, art glass, leaded glass windows, fine silver, porcelain, marble and bronze statuary, paintings, American and European furniture, clocks, watches and jewelry. Available bidding methods for day one are internet, phone and absentee; bidding for day two is online-only. No surprise to bidders that Tiffany Studios offerings will likely carry the first day with more than 70 lots on offer, half of those being table lamps and other lighting examples. Highlights include a ca. 1910 Peony table lamp, standing 33.5 inches tall; a ca. 1910 Curtain Border floor lamp, 78 inches tall; and a desirable Arrowroot table lamp dated ca. 1902. A nice grouping of paintings will be led by a Birger Sandzn (American/Swedish, 1871-1954) oil-on-board titled Mountain Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park). Fontaines notably sold a Sandzn painting last year for $62,500, and this example is expected to perform well. The jewelry department has ramped up its platform and has sourced several major collections of diamond jewelry. A standout will be a platinum and 4.57-carat old European cut diamond ring and sure to attract mens attention is a ca. 1959 Rolex chronograph wristwatch, reference #6234. Intricately designed pictorial leaded glass windows are always a buyers favorite at Fontaines, and they dont come around that often. A finely-detailed and brightly-colored American leaded glass window depicting a mythological musical scene, ca. 1900, features a man playing the flute, a dancing maiden with cymbals, and two women and a child observing. The window measures 62-by-61.5 inches. The market for furniture has seen its share of ups and downs but cream-of-the-crop pieces dont go unnoticed, such as a rare Aesthetic Movement burl walnut four-piece bedroom set. The ca. 1880 set has striking burl walnut panels and carvings of flowers, foliate, birds in nests with eggs, turned columns, acanthus, geometric motifs and incising. Featured in this auction are several original works of art in full color from noted film illustrator John Alvin (American, 1948-2008), for Lorelei, depicting film star Carol Channing, and Quest for Camelot. Rounding out the auction are a set of 15 Tiffany Studios favrile glass King Tut shades, ca. 1910, and an 18th century Continental carved fruitwood wall clock with Father Time and the goddess Nemesis. Fontaines Auction Gallery is located at 1485 West Housatonic St. (Route 20), Pittsfield, Mass. For more information, visit www.FontainesAuction.com or call 413-448-8922.
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