Inkstand in piqué with decoration
depicting the four seasons with bell,
penholder, powder case and inkwells
Attributed to Giuseppe Sarao
Naples, circa 1735–1745

Gilt copper mounted mother-of-pearl marquetery
ewer inset with garnets and turquoises
Gujarat, early 16th century
The mounts: Naples, circa 1640

Egyptian wooden dignitary from the New Empire
Egypt, 19th dynasty, Ramses II period (1290–1224 B.C.)

Johann Christian Neuber (1736–1808)
The “Table de Teschen”, or “Table de l’Europe”,
offered by the Elector of Saxony to the Baron de Breteuil in 1779
Dresden, 1779

An exceptional red Chinese lacquer and ormolu commode
By Bernard II Van Risenburgh
Paris, circa 1753-1756

An important silver, ormolu and lapis lazuli
holy water stoup with its original case
Rome, circa 1760–1765
Silversmith: Giovanni Antonio Fornari
(active between 1760 and 1791)

A rock crystal silver-gilt and lacquer casket
Venice, circa 1595

A pair of monumental silver-gilt double sconce mirrors
Commissioned by Augustus the Strong
for the throne room of the Residence castle in Dresden
Augsburg, 1717–1718

François Girardon (1628–1715)
The bust of Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617–1677)
Paris, 1671–1673

The böttger porcelain ormolu mounted candelabras
from the last commission of the duc d’Aumont
Paris, 1782
By Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813)
Probably after a drawing of François-Joseph Bélanger (1744–1818)

Johann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822)
The countess de Forbach with her sons
Signed and dated “Mänlich f. 1764”
Oil on canvas

Double-Headed Bronze cast by Francesco Primaticcio
for King François I at Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau, circa 1541

The marquis de Chauvelin’s planetarium
A highly important clock with “sphère mouvante”
by Antide Janvier after a design of Percier and Fontaine
Paris, circa 1800