The major highlights include:
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Sèvres vases
A pair of Sèvres porcelain vases “œuf”, which form part of a garniture with the central vase now in the Hermitage, made in 1779 with painting by Jean-Jacques Dieu and mounts by Duplessis and acquired by Louis XVI in 1780 for 3,600 livres. Recently returned to the Château de Versailles in a transaction negotiated on behalf of a private collector.
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Boulle console tables
A matched pair of Louis XIV gilt bronze-mounted and brass-inlaid brown tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry and ebony pier tables, attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle, circa 1710-1720, formerly belonging to the Earls Brownlow of Ashridge Park, recently acquired by a French private collector in a transaction negotiated on behalf of a private client.