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Maine Antique Digest, December 2016 35-B
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This swing-leg mahogany Sheraton
drop-leaf extension table dates circa 1820.
The table features a rectangular top and
will accept three leaves. The table is 36"
wide and extends with an
accordion mechanism to
a maximum length
of 140½". The
table is raised
on round,
turned legs
and sold in the
room for $2000
(est. $800/1200).
This bronze sculpture dates circa 1932 and
is by Jean Lambert-Rucki (Polish/French,
1888-1967). The 24¼" high figure is titled
Taureau
Assis
(
Sitting Bull
) and is signed “Lambert-Rucki
2/8” lower front. The figure depicts a seated bull
arched backward with its nostrils flared and
its mouth open. The body has a black patina,
and the eye is highlighted with red paint.
The piece is mounted on a rectangular slate
base. Lambert-Rucki is best known for his
association with the Cubist, Surrealist, and
Art Deco movements during the early 20th
century. This example of Lambert-Rucki’s
work brought $23,750 (est. $4000/6000).
Here is a George III inlaid mahogany butler’s table.
The table has a two-over-one drawer configuration
and is raised on tapered square-section legs. The
drawers display cockbeading, and the faces are inlaid
with an arrowhead-type pattern. The rectangular top
is inlaid with graduated interlocking circles within a
frame and highlighted with corner fan-form inlays.
The table measures 28" x 31½" x 18" and sold for
$531.25 (est. $400/600).
This writing desk dates from the
19th century and has a distinctive
Moorish look. The desk is
mechanical, with the letter file
and drawer array disappearing
when the leaves are closed. The
intricately inlaid desk has a
21¼" square top when closed.
This interesting little desk sold
for $1625 (est. $550/700).
The Loetz-type favrile granulated glass square-
section vase stands 8½" high. The body features a
vertical striated green and violet iridescent surface.
The top border displays a pierced metal band
decorated with fruiting grapevines. Each corner is
fitted with an owl mask holding a laurel wreath in
its beak. The vase sold for $812.50 (est. $180/220).
These two Regency-style corner
shelves feature beveled oval
mirrors within wood and bamboo
frames. Each unit displays two
shelves, and the two examples
are constructed in nearly
identical designs. One unit has
been japanned, and both have
decorative gold-enhanced details.
The corner shelves measure 33"
and 32" high respectively. They
sold as a single lot for $500 (est.
$300/400).
The Egyptian Revival carved marble
sphinx figures are probably Italian and
date from the late 19th or early 20th
century. Each measures 31" x 47" x
18". They sold as a pair to an Internet
buyer for $6250 (est. $10,000/15,000).
The American sideboard table is mahogany and dates
circa 1780. The secondary wood is poplar. The catalog
suggests that the table may be from the circle of Maryland
cabinetmaker John Shaw (1745-1829). The table features
a 60" x 27" rectangular top with a molded edge. The
apron displays vertically figured mahogany. There is a
single drawer on the side. The table is raised on tapered
square-section Marlborough legs with pierced corner
frets. The table sold to an Internet buyer for $1187.50 (est.
$1500/2500).