An American Diorama
Eugene Kupjack
After France's 18th Century Golden Age, fitted with a Louis XIV style console table having a rectangular top; a pair of Louis XIV style console tables; a Louis XIV style simulated marble fireplace and fire fender; a pair of Louis XVI style two-light wall sconces; a Louis XIV style wall clock; a Louis XIV style four-arm chandelier hung with nine rock crystals, together with a collection of gilt bronze table articles, including: an inkstand; two rectangular salvers; a pierced compote; an oval centerpiece bowl; two Louis XVI style covered sauce tureens; a Louis XIV style ginger jar; a pitcher; a pair of Louis XII style coasters; a Louis XIV style spice box; two Louis XIV style nut baskets; a pair of two-tier flower baskets after Charles Spine; three teapots of various sizes; a two-handled urn; a small urn; a sugar sifter after Nicolas Besnier; a leaf form dish; a pair of Charles II style honey pots; a creamer; two wine coolers after Edme-Pierre Balzac; a figural mantel clock modeled as a standing Napoleon; a Louis XII style chalice; a pair of Empire style candlesticks; four hexagonal gilt plates; an Empire style fruit basket on stand; a sauce boat; a cake basket; a rectangular flatware tray; a monteith bowl and punch ladle; a chamberstick; a Neoclassical style patinated and gilt two-light candelabra; two Empire style pierced oval jardinieres; five Louis XVI style plates; a fork and a spoon in the Rococo taste; a goblet; a pair of figural candlesticks after Thomas Heming; a silver and silver-gilt table plateau; a peacock form table ornament; a mirrored table plateau, and an oil lamp.
Height of diorama 11 1/4 x width 17 x depth 8 1/2 inches.
Footnote:
Please note that all lots included in this auction, the O'Meara Benedict Collection of Dollhouse Miniatures, are miniature-sized.