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Oil on canvas still life table-top painting of fruit by Robert Spear Dunning (American, 1829-1905). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image
CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will ring in the new year in grand fashion with a 379-lot Winter Antiques & Fine Arts Auction on Saturday, Jan. 6, featuring fine items pulled from several prominent New England homes. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Kicking off the auction at 11 a.m. Eastern time will be 100 lots of fine art from several estates, including pieces from a gentleman’s collection out of Dorchester, Mass. Art will be followed by 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts, to include fine bronzes, elegant and unusual chandeliers and Part 1 of a collection of more than 60 lots of Chinese Export porcelain out of New York.
The furniture category will feature many large pieces of French furniture, plus several large armoires, marble-top stands and dressers and an extensively carved three-piece parlor set. Items of interest will include a circa 1900 strand of pearls by Tiffany & Co.
A strong candidate for top lot of the sale is a fine bronze sculpture (below) by Mexican-born realist Enrique Alferez (Louisiana/Texas, 1901-1999), titled The Bather (1983), 8 ¼ inches tall (est. $10,000-$15,000). “It will be exciting to see how the sculpture performs, seeing that it’s been off the market for over seven years,” said Travis Landry, a Bruneau & Co. specialist and auctioneer.

The sale’s expected top lot is this bronze sculpture by Mexican-born realist Enrique Alferez (American, 1901-1999), titled ‘The Bather’ (1983), 8 ¼in. high. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image
A French late 16th- or early 17th-century oil on board allegorical mannerist painting depicting the conversion of St. Paul is expected to hit $3,000-$5,000. It’s believed to be Huguenot (Protestant) in origin, relating to the School of Fontainebleau (1530-1610). The art comes with extensive research and paperwork from several respected institutions.
Original artwork will also feature an oil on canvas still life table-top painting of fruit by Robert Spear Dunning (Massachusetts, 1829-1905), a founder of the Fall River School and a revered still life painter (est. $2,000-$3,000); and an oil on canvas laid on Masonite study painting of dogs in a landscape attributed to Henry Bernard Chalon (English, 1770-1849), framed (est. $300-$500).

Oil on canvas laid on Masonite study painting of dogs, attributed to Henry Bernard Chalon (English, 1770-1849). Estimate: $300-$500. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image
French Art Deco furniture pieces, from an estate in Newport, R.I., will be highlighted by a pair of circa 1920 figural servers being sold as single lots, each with an estimate of $2,000-$3,000. Both servers are burl veneer and mahogany, standing on reeded bun feet, supporting a shapely body. One is elephant themed, while the other shows birds and foliate and has a mirror.
And speaking of elephants, a late 19th-or early 20th-century European Moorish cast-iron marble-top elephant pedestal, 40 ½ inches tall, of the finest quality and an exposition-worthy example, has an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.

Late 19th- or early 20th-century European Moorish cast-iron marble-top elephant pedestal, 40 ½ in. tall, of the finest quality and an exposition-worthy example. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image
Other lots to watch include a fine and rare Italian Baroque carved walnut figural table stand, made circa late 18th or early 19th century, 35 inches tall, beautifully carved with figured busts of wolves, blossoming bellflowers, putto and more (est. $3,000-$5,000); and a pair of Egyptian Revival bronze bookends by the sculptor Ephraim Keyser (Maryland, 1850-1937), titled The Wireless, depicting a nude male whispering into the ear of a sphinx while a female nude listens in on the other end (est. $1,500-$2,500).

Pair of Egyptian Revival bronze bookends by Ephraim Keyser (American, 1850-1937), titled ‘The Wireless.’ Estimate: $1,500-$2,500. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image
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