Fontaine’s Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
September 24-25, 2022
1485 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
www.fontainesauction.com
jf@fontainesauction.com
413-448-8922

PITTSFIELD, MASS. — Fontaine’s Auction Gallery will present a two-day auction on September 24-25, offering more than 800 lots, each session starting at 11 am. This auction will include the collection of Howard and Arlene Lubkin of Rye Brook, N.Y., and Tiffany Studios lighting from private collections, as well as several important estates. Bidding is available via online, phone and absentee.

The first day will include early Twentieth Century lighting, art glass, leaded glass windows, silver and porcelain. Part two will include marble and bronze statuary, paintings, American and European furniture, jewelry and Nineteenth Century American and European lighting.

Not surprisingly, Tiffany Studios will be prominently featured with more than 80 examples crossing the block in Saturday’s session. Ranging from chandeliers and table lamps to sconces and floor lamps, the grouping is led by a “Peony Border” chandelier ($80/120,000), circa 1910, 24-inch diameter, which hails from a private collection in Chicago; a “Poppy” table lamp from a Florida estate ($70/90,000), circa 1905, with vibrant red poppies surrounded by blue and yellow background glass, 22½ inches high.

Two examples of Dragonfly table lamps will be on offer. First up is one estimated at $50/75,000, having yellow and amber toned leaded glass with a Pepper base, standing 19½ inches tall, followed by one having sky blue and spring green leaded glass ($40/60,000), 21½ inches tall.

Also highlighting the Tiffany offerings is a circa 1910 pair of Tiffany Studios leaded glass windows in the Gothic Revival style ($40/60,000). Each arched-form window, framed in oak, measures 73 by 30 inches and is decorated with leaves and grape clusters.

In addition to a selection of Tiffany lamps, other renowned makers are well represented, including an early Twentieth Century Handel Poppy table lamp ($20/30,000), 23 inches tall with an 18-inch diameter shade; and an early Twentieth Century Gorham Mfg Co leaded glass and overlay table lamp with silvered bronze, 23¼ inches tall, ($10/15,000).

Also crossing the block will be an American three-panel leaded glass window of the three theological virtues, depicting three women as faith, hope and charity ($15/25,000); the middle panel frame measures 108½ inches tall and the side window frames are 98½ inches tall.

Shining standouts among silver offerings will be a Victorian silver tray, John Hunt & Robert Roskell, London ($8/12,000), circa 1881, set on four claw feet with animal heads having berry cluster below, approximately 144.37 troy ounces; and a Nineteenth Century Continental repoussé silver wine cooler, having mermaid and serpentine handles ($7/9,000).

The second session kicks off with a grouping of fine art, including paintings and bronze sculptures, led by an Ernst Karl Eugen Koerner (German, 1846-1927) oil on canvas, “Sunset Cityscape of Iraq” ($10/15,000), signed and dated 1907; and a Joseph Gustave Cheret (French, 1838-1894) bronze grouping of children frolicking, which measures 27 by 36 by 14 inches ($8/12,000).

Leading jewelry offerings is a platinum bracelet with more than 45 carats of diamonds ($60/80,000).

Another expected standout is an R.J. Horner & Co. oak grandfather clock ($30/50,000) with caryatids and winged griffins, circa 1895, in carved oak with brass and a silvered metal dial marked “Joseph Jennens / Skinner Street / Clerkenwell, London.” The clock stands 103 inches tall. The Horner brand remains desirable and ten separate lots will be on offer in this sale, including an oak 12-piece dining room set with griffins ($12/15,000), two circa 1895 mahogany sofas with griffins ($6/8,000 each) and a circa 1890 partners’ desk in mahogany with winged maidens ($6/8,000).

American furniture will be well represented. Headlining this grouping is an Eastlake walnut four-piece bedroom set ($16/22,000), circa 1880, comprising a two-door armoire, bed, marble-top dresser and marble-top commode. Each piece has beveled glass mirrors and is elaborately carved with filigree, scrollwork, flowers and seashells.

Standout lighting fixtures include several French examples: a pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne bronze and marble eight-light candelabra ($5/7,500) in patinated and gilt bronze with rouge marble, each marked “F. Barbedienne, Fondeur,” 34½ inches tall, and a French Louis XV-style bronze six-light figural chandelier ($5/7,500), late Nineteenth Century, 35 by 34 inches. The latter is decorated with three patinated bronze cherubs holding two gilt-bronze arms with glass shades and the top with three maiden heads.

Rounding out the final session is a monumental pair of Venetian carved and painted blackamoor figures, late Nineteenth Century and classically draped, 8½ inches tall ($8/12,000); and a lot of two Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. Aesthetic Movement plant stands with Longwy tiles ($4,5/6,500).

Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is at 1485 West Housatonic Street (Route 20). For information, www.fontainesauction.com or 413-448-8922.

Royal Crown Derby, Two Vases and a Covered Urn
Tiffany Studios “Poppy” Table Lamp
Louis J. Convers (French, 1860-1915) “Justice”
Tiffany Studios “Moorish” Chandelier
Elkington & Co. Porcelain & Silver Plate Epergne
Platinum & 4.74 Carat Diamond Flower Brooch
Tiffany Studios Counter-Balance Floor Lamp
R.J. Horner & Co. Mahogany Hall Tree
Tiffany Studios “Woodbine” Table Lamp
Steuben Acid Cut Back Glass “Dragon” Vase
Tiffany & Co.
Sterling Silver “Sturgeon” Bowl
Tiffany Studios “Peony Border” Chandelier
Platinum & 45.17 Carat Diamond Bracelet
Tiffany Studios “Dragonfly” Table Lamp
Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958) “Barn & Breezeway”
George E. Ohr Glazed Earthenware Vase
Pair of Tiffany Studios “Turtle-Back” Sconces
American Figural Carved Oak Lamp Table
Tiffany Studios “Geometric” Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios “Dragonfly” Table Lamp
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Six-Piece Tea & Coffee Service
Chapman Co. “Lily” Table Lamp
Pair of J.H. Belter Rosewood Meridians
R.J. Horner & Co. Mahogany Sofa