July’s auction highlights were largely dominated by The Summer Sale: Antique & Modern Furniture, Fine Art & Decorations, presented by Litchfield County Auctions. Highlights from the sale include: a Regency Parcel Gilt Ebonized Marble-top Gueridon, English, 1810-1820; Attr. Jakob Bogdani, Hungarian, 1660-1724, Still Life of Fruits, Flowers & Animals; Circle of Melchior Hondecoeter, Dutch, Ornamental Birds in a Landscape, O/C, 17th C.; Paul Madeline, French, 1863-1920, ‘Le Baie de Launay Bretagne’, 1913, oil on canvas; and a Biedermeier 3-Part Fruitwood & Ebonized Lacquer Secretaire a Abattant, E 19th C.

Regency Parcel Gilt Ebonized Marble-top Gueridon, English, 1810-1820

Description
Regency Parcel Gilt Ebonized Marble-top Gueridon, English, 1810-1820, with round pietra dura and porphyry inlaid top, three eagle-headed monopedia legs with talon feet, on a simulated green marble triangular base. (ROLO901)

Provenance
Purchased from R.L. Harrington, Ltd., London, July 11, 1966.

Property Title
Property from the Estate of Helen Rolo, New York City

Price Realized
$17,400

Attr. Jakob Bogdani, Hungarian, 1660-1724, Still Life of Fruits, Flowers & Animals

Description
Attributed to Jakob Bogdani, Hungarian, 1660-1724, Still Life: Fruits and Flowers on a Ledge, with Monkey, Squirrel and Parrot, Oil on canvas, back bears gallery label. (ROLO918)

Provenance: 
Purchased from Appleby Brothers Ltd., London, June 27, 1960. (ROLO918)

Property Title
Property from the Estate of Helen Rolo, New York City

Price Realized
$15,600

Circle of Melchior Hondecoeter, Dutch, Ornamental Birds in a Landscape, O/C, 17th C.

Description
Circle of Melchior Hondecoeter, Dutch, Ornamental Birds in a Landscape, Oil on canvas, 17th C., framed. Verso bears John Everett Millais label. (ROLO916)

Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, December 17, 1969, lot 56.

Property Title
Property from the Estate of Helen Rolo, New York City

Price Realized
$14,625

Paul Madeline, French, 1863-1920, ‘Le Baie de Launay Bretagne’, 1913, oil on canvas

Description
Paul Madeline, French, 1863-1920, ‘Le Baie de Launay Bretagne’, 1913, oil on canvas, signed ‘P. Madeline’ lower right, framed in a simple gilt frame with linen liner. Verso of canvas bears 1926 Exhibition label; a small jelly label with title of work and two additional paper labels.

Exhibition
Paris, 1926

Property Title
Property from a Private Westport, CT Collection. Born in London and educated privately, Albert Woodley’s career began in advertising at the American Express Company in London, and continued on in Paris with the United States Lines. His career then led him to New York, where he worked at an advertising agency handling transportation-oriented accounts for American Express, Japan Mail, and British Railways. In 1943 he decided to branch out on his own and established the Albert Woodley Company Inc. to handle a variety of advertising, promotional, and public relations materials. One of his most successful forays was in the fur industry, where he arranged shows in Frankfurt, Sydney, Melbourne, Madrid, Portugal, London, Paris, Milan, and other locations. The works he acquired are a reflection of his life experiences, international travel, and connoisseurship. Litchfield County Auctions Inc. is delighted to offer selections of fine and decorative arts from his collection.

Price Realized
$9,300

Biedermeier 3-Part Fruitwood & Ebonized Lacquer Secretaire a Abattant, Early 19th C.

Description
Biedermeier Three-Part Fruitwood and Ebonized Lacquer Secretaire a Abattant, Early 19th C., of urn and pedestal form, the interior with mirror backed and parquet alcove flanked by carved, painted and gilded caryatids, small drawers and cubby holes, on a platform base, finished on the reverse.

Property Title
From the Rose Gutmacher Residence at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, by descent to the Estate of Interior Designer Barbara Girard

Other notable lots include:

Chinese Blue and White Baluster-form Porcelain Vase Lamp, Late 17th C.
$ 6,750

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Hexagonal Covered Vases, 19th/20th C.
$ 4,901

William & Mary Mahogany Veneered Flat-Top High Chest of Drawers, Boston, 18th C.
$ 4,550

28 Asian and Other Metal, Porcelain, Lacquer, and Other Articles, Lot
$ 4,500

Red Painted Tavern Table, Probably New England, 18th C.
$ 4,300