November 11, 2017

‘COLONIAL’ INDIA ENGLISH COLONIAL CARVED ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED EBONY AND CARVED SIDE CHAIR, IN THE REGENCY STYLE ANGLO-INDIAN SPECIMEN WOOD AND CARVED EBONY SIDE TABLE, SRI LANKEN PARIAN BUST OF INDIAN OFFICER PAIR OF INDIAN MACCASSA EBONY TALL CANDLESTICKS TWO ENGLISH TRANSFER-PRINTED POTTERY TABLE ARTICLES		THE NATURAL WORLD FOSSILIZED MASTADON MOLAR, RAISED ON A BASE LARGE FOSSILIZED STALAGMITE, RAISED ON A MARBLE SOCLE AND BASE BRASS-MOUNTED COCO DE MER SHELL FOOTED BOWL, STAMPED ‘B.S. & CO.’ AND OLIVER VICTORIAN SHELL-ENCRUSTED TREE, NOW MOUNTED ON A BASE WITH GLASS DOME TWO RAY SKELETONS ON STANDS RARE BERING SEA ESKIMO FOSSILIZED SEAL PENIS BONE CLUB
BRITISH SILVER VICTORIAN ENGRAVED AND CRESTED SILVER MELON-FORM TEAPOT, CHARLES T. AND GEORGE FOX, LONDON, 1844 PAIR OF RENAISSANCE STYLE PARCEL-GILT SILVER TAZZAS, POSSIBLY INDIAN, UNMARKED TWO MATCHING GEORGE III SILVER GILT SNUFF BOXES, A VICTORIAN SILVER GILT BOX AND A FRENCH OVAL BOX PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUPS, MATTHEW WEST, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1780		INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN SILVER VICTORIAN MONOGRAMMGED SILVER CYLINDRICAL BOWL, IN THE KUTCH STYLE TWO INDIAN EMBOSSED SILVER QUATREFOIL BOWLS, IN THE KUTCH STYLE, UNMARKED GROUP OF FOUR SILVER-PLATED FIGURES INDIAN SILVER SLENDER PYRAMID-FORM SPICE CONTAINER AND LID, WITH APPLIED COIL BANDS
ANTIQUITIES AND ETHNOGRAPHIC ROMANO-BRITISH TERRACOTTA POT EGYPTIAN PREHISTORIC POTTERY JAR RARE SA HUỲNH CALCIFIED HARDSTONE EAR ORNAMENT, VIETNAM, PROBABLY NEPHRITE		SOUTHEAST ASIAN WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES
FURNITURE EMPIRE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE WILLIAM IV INLAID MULBERRY AND ROSEWOOD TILT-TOP MUSIC STAND PAIR OF AESTHETIC MOVEMENT METAL-MOUNTED EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT PEDESTALS, IN THE NEO-EGYPTIAN TASTE MIDDLE EASTERN MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND BONE INLAID HARDWOOD SETTEE, UPHOLSTERED IN DAMASK REGENCY STYLE FRUITWOOD CHAIR		THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT JAPANESE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT OVAL CLOISONNÉ PANEL ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT PAPIER MÂCHE TRAY ON LATER STAND SET OF SIX ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BURL WALNUT AND EBONIZED SIDE CHAIR, UPHOLSTERED IN LEATHER ENGLISH ARTS AND CRAFTS THREE-LIGHT CHANDELIER, ATTRIBUTED TO W.A.S. BENSON ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PARCEL-GILT AND EBONIZED HANGING SHELF ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT CARVED BIRD-FORM EBONIZED TABLE GROUP OF FOUR ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT GLAZED TILES, MINTON HOLLINS & CO., EACH MOUNTED IN A FRAME
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Including Objects and Fine Art ENGLISH SCHOOL: STUDY OF A MOSQUE, Pencil and wash on paper, mounted on card, indistinctly inscribed lower left FRENCH SCHOOL: ARCHITECTURAL STUDY, Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, unsigned FRANK HEISSINGER: ‘LANDSCAPE DESIGN’ AND ‘GARDEN FOLLIES’, Two ink on silk		THE GRAND TOUR PAIR OF PRATT & FENTON PORCELAIN ‘OLD GREEK’ CANDLESTICKS AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608): MERCURY, Bronze, raised on a marble plinth base FRENCH CARVED MARBLE FIGURE OF AN EGYPTIAN PHAROAH FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL STYLE PAINTED CERAMIC AND PLASTER MODEL OF THE TEMPLE OF LOVE, RAISED ON A FAUX MARBLE PLINTH FRENCH SCHOOL: PORTRAIT OF BARON VIVANT-DOMINIQUE DENON AND FAMILY, Painted metal roundel EUROPEAN SCHOOL: VIEW OF PISA, Mixed media, fish scales and skin on paper
HAMPTONS COTTAGES & GARDEN, JULY 2010 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, July 2010 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, July 2010 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, July 2010S		TROMPE L’OEIL WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY AND TROMPE L’OEIL PAINTED SLATE TABLE SMALL VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND TROMPE L’OEIL PAINTED SIDE TABLE, FEET OF LATER DATE PAIR OF ENGLISH TROMPE L’OEIL PAINTED METAL CORNUCOPIA VASES

SALE INFORMATION

“A canny collector possessed by a calling, Paul F. Walter learned as if by osmosis, amassing decorative objects and works of art almost daily, chronicling purchases in an orderly fashion, noting every delicate detail on page after page in spiral binders. Acquisitions nourished his creative mind and, over time, subtle patterns emerged like ribbons of intellect underpinning a decorative web. There is no question that the process, for Paul, was organic. His helix of avid purchasing was punctuated by many different collecting phases, each a skipping stone radiating concentric rings.

Paul liked to acquire in bulk, he built themed collections that dangled tendrils, it was his lifelong passion and lofty pursuit. Voracious buying was balanced by targeted gifts to institutions, a specific generosity for which he will be widely remembered. Of necessity, Paul periodically sold the fruits of his labors too thereby raising cash for future chapters. He was practical and  purposeful; he researched, read, travelled, was endlessly inquisitive and equally sensitive to shaping new sensibilities with fresh finds. Just as a sculptor kneads clay, so Paul molded collections — such was his art form, a true plasticity.

A man of enormous physical bearing, Paul’s mind was ever so nimble. His elegant fingers fluttered in tempo with his thoughts. Acumen, an acquisitive nature and a forceful appetite for life fueled his indefatigable fine and decorative arts quest. While he digested expert information along the way, Paul’s true impetus was a profound curiosity; he remained ahead of his time as a collector and those in his company absorbed, and were informed by, “the school of continuing education” he naturally imparted. A necklace of words, a thread of ideas, it was an elusive language that Paul silently taught in zigzag stitches.

A true polymath, Paul continues to teach. The mosaic poetry of this sale is as palpable as its provenance, a richly layered stratum of cultivated ownership to which his name is now posthumously added. Bravo to Paul, artistic pioneer forever in pursuit, and gentlest of friends full of visionary wisdom.”     — ANGUS WILKIE 

Stair Galleries is delighted to offer property from the Estate of Paul F. Walter, Sag Harbor and New York City, on November 11, 2017 followed by an online auction on November 15, 2017.

All purchases are subject to a 22% buyer’s premium discounted to 20% for cash or check.

We accept absentee and phone bidding for this sale. The necessary forms can be found on our website under “For Buyers” and can now be filled out electronically and emailed directly to us. To register for bidding by absentee or phone, click here. For more information on bidding, click here. We must insist that all bidding be arranged by 12pm EST, Thursday, November 9^th.

We also accept online bidding via Invaluable.com or Bidsquare.com. Click the preceding links or click on the logos at the bottom of our homepage. All internet bidding requests must be approved the day prior to the auction. Information: 518-751-1000 or info@stairgalleries.com.

For inquiries regarding the items in this sale please contact us at 518-751-1000 or info@stairgalleries.com.