■ 1 / Most Extensive and Magnificent CONSIGNMENT OF ALABASTER, RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM LEGHORN, In very large Vales, Flower Pots, Tazzas, Ewers, Tripods, Groups, and Figures. A CATALOGUE OF NINETY PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL AND VERT LARGE ALABASTER VASES. i ©f tbe finest Sculpture, ano purest Colour, INCLUDING All the Varieties of the Grecian, Etruscan , Medicean, and Egyptian Forms , Profufely enriched with Flowers, Vine-Leaves, Mafques, Emblems, and Device, MANY WITH CLASSIC BASSO-RELIEVOS, £rtcuteD bp tbe fftat Ittiots at Rolterra, ano recently arctoeo from 3ftalp> 7 he greatest Part of unusual Grandeur and Magnificence ; MATCHLESS GROUPS, Of Mercury and Paris, L'Amour et Psyche, the Seasons, Painting and Sculpture, CAPITAL SINGLE FIGURES, Of Hehe, Ganymede, Apollo, Venus de Medicis et de Canova, Cleopatra , rr Faun, Venus Titiano, Vestal, 8$c. MAGNIFICENT LARGE FLOWER-POTS, Elegant Hebe Ewers, beautiful Tripods, and Tazzinas, Lamps, Bufts, Candelabra?, Letter-Prcflcrs, &c. gftibicb toill be &olD bp auftion. By M ESSR S. ROBINS. J AT THgl^^PACIOUS ROOMS, PIAZZA, CO VENT-GARDEN.. On MONDAY, MARCH lt£, 181 Q, at Twelve, without any Referee. be viewed till the Sale, and Catalogues had at the Rooms. » < t i y / . CONDITIONS Of SALE. FIRST. That the higheft Bidder fliall be the Purchater; and if any Difpute fhall arife between Two or more Bidders, the Lot to be put up again. % SECOND, V. '* Vj > Nq Pcrfon to advance lefs than Three Shillings at each isiUd.ng; above Five Pounds Five Shillings; and fo in Proportion. THIRD. The Purchafcrs to give in their Names and Places of Refidence, if require^ and to p y down Five Shillings in the Pound, as Earneft and in Part of Payment for each Loti which mud be cleared away within Two Days after the Sale. n \ ./• FOURTH. I" As this Au&ion is made on Condition of Prompt Payment tV Remainder of the Purchafe Money to be abfolvtely on or befe the D'*’- . y. FIF VH THE AUCTION DUTY TO r*‘ - TAt r J ?H8 *U • > *, SIXTH. Any Errors in this Catalogue Ihall not vitiate the iaie, and the Lots after they are Sold mult remain at the Risk of the Purchafers, as the Proprietor will not be liable to any Accident, though every Caution will be ufed for the general Care of them. LASTLY. Upon bailure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money depofited to be forfeited, the Lot or Lots to be re-fold by public or private Sale; and the Deficiency (if ar;y) attending fuch Re-lalc, with all Expenfes, Ihall be made good by the Defaulter at this prelent Sah who (hall have no Claim to any Surplus they may produce. A C A r A L O G U E, &c. &c. J uaAd&u On IffiESsiDiETj the l©>ih Day of MARCH, I8ly. Commencing at Twelve . THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT i Ak Pair of two-handled upright vaie.% with covers, On circular pedeftals l \. 2 A pair ©£ imaii bclhihapcd flower-pots, on pedeftals, and a bafket ornament A pair of cups or tazsas for lamps, on circular pedeftals, and a pair of candlefticks 4 Ditto 5 A pai.< of open flower-pots, with perforated necks, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals 6 A pair of upright vafea vkh covers, bouquet tablets, on circular pedeftals 7 A pair of fluted ope^ /ales, with bouquet tablets, on circular pedeftals, and handles a la grec 3 A pair of ten-inch figures, a boy fupporting a candleftick, mounted on circular uedeftals (j A pair of large globe-lhaped open vafes, with perforated necks, and beaded edges, on circular pedeftals to A pair of neat eight-inch figures, Painting and Sculpture, on circular pedeftals 11 A Venus de Medicis, 12 inches high 12 A V enus de Canova, ditto 13 A pair of Cups or tazzas for lamps, on circular pedeftafa, and a pair of candlefticks . 14 Ditto ' 4 > THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT 15 A pair of fluted and beaded ewers, with handles, on circulai fluted pedeftals 16 A pair of fluted open vafes, with bouque tablets, on circular pedeftals, and handles a la grec 17 Ditto 18 A pair of reclining figures, on fluted plinths 19 A pair of l'mall lamps, beaded edges, on circular pedeftals 20 A pair of handfome Medicean flower pots, with bouquet tablets, fluted bottoms, beaded edges, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals 21 A Venus de Me diets, 12 inches high, on circular pedeftai 22 A Venus de Canora , 12 inches high, on a circular pedeftai 23 A pair of neat upright open vafes, a ? a grec. with handles, &rc. or circular pedeftals 24 A pair of handfome globe ewers, with fluted bodies, jcequer. tablets, handies on fquare fluted pedeftals 25 Ditto 26 A pair of handfome Medicean flowerpots, with bouquet > ablets, * bottom , handles ifiuing from heads, and on circular pedefta*- 27 Ditto 28 A pair of upright two-handled Grecian vafes, with covers, perforated necks, V; ■ on circular pedeftals 29 A pair of fluted open vafes, with bouquet tablets, on cucular pedeftals, and handles a la grec 30 Ditto 31 A capital figure of a Veflal, 12 inches high, on a fquare fluted pedeftai 32 A ditto of the Venus de Me diets, 13 inches high on a circular pedeftai 33 A ditto of the Venus de Canova 3 it inches high, on a nrcu> *r pedeftai 34 A ditto of Hebe , 12 inches hign. on a circular pedeftai 35 A pair of elegant upright vafes, with fluted bodies, or J> sculptured balio relievos of dancing figures, proje&ing tohag; a: the iv ek.-;, lanc'omc co\ a handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 23 inches high 36 A pair of large handlome open lamps or flower-pots, with beaded edges, drooping borders, very bold band of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, > high circular pedeftals 37 Ditto 38 A pair of reclining figures, on fquare fluted piintns, a Venus Titiano, and one other 39 A pair of large upright two-handled vafes, with, covers, perforated necks, bands of fcroles and mafearoons round the bodies, &c. on coloured pedeftals, 22 inches high 40 A pair of handsome Medicean flower pots with dancing figures in bas relief, handles ifluing from antique mafques, bottoms fluted, tops raifed in vine leaves and grapes, with beaded edges, on circular pedeftals 41 A pair of rich upright two-handled vafes , with perforated covers and necks, bouque. tablets, bold projecting borders of foliage, &c. on cir ul„> pedeftals, 23 inches high 42 Ditto ( 6 > THE AUCTION DUTY TO EE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT 70 A pair of fnaall fluted open vales, with* bouquet tablets, handles, &con oedfcftals 71 A pair of rich globular flo-iver-pots , the bodies covered with fculpture, perforated necks, projecting borders, handles, &c. on coloured pedeftals J 2 A PAIR OF NOBLi LARGE MEDiCtAN VASES, with ITuilqueS of BaCChuS bftS relief, bottoms fluted, the necks raifed on a band of vine leaves and grapes handles fpringing from antique mafques, beaded edges, on circular fluted ped.ftals, 22 inches high 73 A very fine group of L f Amour et Psyche, on ^ circular pedeftal 74 A pair of elegant large Etruscan vases, the bodies fluted, and* malques of Bacchus in the tablets, the necks with 0 band oi vine leaves and grapes, and beaded, handfomc handles, on circular pedeftals, 20 inches high 75 A pair of handfome ewers, with handles., bouquet tablets 3 sc„ on circular pedeftals 76 A pair of large perforated lamps, the bodies railed iff v AilC leaves and grapes, -he necks turned in drooping foliage, handles of entwined ferpents, on circular pe deftals 77 A pair of large Grecian vafes, with perforated necks. ,ngrayed bodies, handles, &c. on circular fluted pedeftals,. 24 inches high 78 A pair of large handfome Etrufcan vafes, with mafques of oaerhus, in bas relief, fluted bodies, covers, handles, and bold' proje&ing foliage at the necks, or. circular pedeftals, 31 inches high 7£ A pair of Medicean vafes, with band of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, bottoms fluted, handles fpringing from antique mafques, on circular pede¬ ftals, &c. 80 An admirable and very pleafing group of Mercury and Paris,, on a fquare en¬ graved pedeftal 81 A pair of beautiful large Etruscan va/.s s, with vert rich tablets of branches of vine encircling mafques of Bacchus , bold projecting and drooping borders of foliage, perforated necks, large handles, on circular pedeftals, 34 inches high 82 A pair of large and handfome open vafes, bodies rlutcd and ornamented' with heafl's of Bacchus, perforated necks, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 28 inches high 83 A very beautiful copy of the Apollo de M edicts, ic, inches high, and mounted on a fquare fluted pedeftal, a vo>y finefpecimen, executed at hlorence 84 A pair of upright two-handled vafes, with covers, bouquet tablets, rofette bor¬ ders, on circular pedeftals, &c. 85 A pair of very noble and elegant large lamps, the bodies ornamented in- garlands of flowers, feftooned and looped, furmoun ed by a collar of engraved fcroles, and a boldly railed band of vi e leaves and grapes, the edges beaded,. &c. the whole mounted on a very handfomely formed pedeftal, 27 inches high 86 A pair of open fluted vales, with bouquet tablets, handles, 6 cc. and fluted pe¬ deftals 87 Avery handsome large tripod, unred by garlands of flowers, and richly or¬ namented, fupporting a ftarry globe, for a lamp, with a band or zone of the figns of the Zodiac , 31 inches high { 5 ) THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT 43 A pair of neat s 2-inch figures, reprefen ting Sculpture and Painting, on lquare fluted pedeftals 44- A pair of handfome fluted ewers, with bouquet tablets, handles, &c. on fquare fluted pedeftals 45 Ditto 46 Four well executed figures, the Seasons, 12 inches high, on fquaFe fluted pedeftals 47 A Venus de Medids t 12 inches high, on a fquare fluted pedeftal 48 A ditto, exaCtly firnilar 47 A capital buft of tVaJhington , on a circular pedeftal 50 A ditto of Franklin, on a circular pedeftal 51 A pair of elegant upright vafes . with fluted bodies, boldlv fculptured baflo relievos of dancingfigures, projecting foliage at the necks, handfome covers, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 23 inches high 52 A pair of large haudfome Medicean flower pots , with band of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, fluted bottoms, handies ifluing from antique maiques, on circular pedeftals 53 A pair of entwined figures holding a candleftick, 14 inches high, and mounted on circular orname-ited pedeftals 54 A pair of handfome upright two handled vafes, the covers and necks perforated, rich bouquet tablets, on circular pedeftals, 22 inches high 55 A pair of upright open vafes, with rich bouquet tablets, handles a la grcc, pro¬ jecting foilage at necks, &c, on circular pedeftals, 22 inches high 56 Ditto 57 A pair of elegant globular flower-pots, with bold band of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, perforated necks, and beaded edges, on circular pedeftals 58 A pair of plain open vafes, for lamps or flowers, on circular pedeftals 59 A pair of upright open vafes, with engraved tablets, projecting foliage at the necks, ferpent handles, and circular pedeftals, 24 inches high 60 A pair of very rich upright two-handled vfes, the bodies fluted, and enriched with very fine bouquet tablets, perforated necks and covers, projecting foliage at the necks, on circular pedeftals, &c. 27 inches high 61 A capital figure of Ganymede, 14 inches high, on a circular fluted pedeftal 62 A ditto of Bacchus, 13 inches high, on a circular fluted pedeftal 63 A ditto of the Venus djc Canova, 14 inches high, on a circular pedeftal 64 A ditto of the Venus de Medicis, 13 inches high, on a circular pedeftal 65 A ditto of the Venus de Canova, 13 inches high, on a circular pedeftal 66 A pair of upright two-handled vales, with projecting foliage at the necks, on circular pedeftals 67 A pair of upright open vafes, fluted bodies, with mafques of Bacchus, handles a la grec, &c. on circular pedeftals 68 A pair of large ditto, fame pattern, the pedeftals fluted, 23 inches high 69 A pair of upright vafes, with handles and covers, the bodies raifed in bouquets of flowers, on circular pedeftals, 24 inches high ( 7 ) THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT 88 A pair of beautiful large open vases, with female figures and fea monfters, in bus relief, projecting borders of foiiage, necks perforated, and beaded, large handl'omt handles, th j bottoms entwined; the whole mounted on large circular fluted pedeftals,, with bands of oak and acorns, 36 inches high 89 A mafierly and finely executed figure of the Dancing Eaun, 18 inches high, on a iquare fluted pedeftal, a very bold and admirable fpecimen, executed at Flo¬ rence 90 A pair of-open fiowcr pots, with bands of vine leaves and grapes, and heads of Bacchus on the bodies, beaded edges, handles, See. on circular pedeftals 91 A pa'" of bandfome large upright two-handled vafes , vwth dancing figures in bas re¬ lief, bold projecting borders of foliage, &c. on circular pedeftals, 30 inches high 92 A pair of large Mediceon vafes, with bend of vine leaves round the bodies, bot¬ toms fluted, handles fpringing from antique mafques, and on circular pe¬ deftals 93. A pair of very efautiful large Etruscan vases, with admirable bafio relievos of Venus and Cupid ard Diana and her Dog, borders in fcroles, pro¬ jecting foliage vine iraves, See. handles with Bacchanalian mafques, the bot¬ toms entwined ; the whole mounted on circular pedeftals, and 34. inches high A pair of richly perforated and fluted tazzinas for lamps, with beaded edges, en¬ twined ferpent handles, mounted on high fluted pedeftals, 25 inches high 93 A pair of large handsome Grecian vases, with fine bas reliefs of the enle¬ vement of , the bodies nerk* engraved borders of projecting foliage, elegant ferpent handles, dtc . on circular fluted pedeftals, 34 inches high it 1 very noble large lamp, with bold mafques of Bacchus, fluted body, and perfe¬ cted upper border, &c< ou large circular pedeftal, 29 inches high 97 A p sir, of very noble and large Etruscan vases, richly fluted bodies, bold projecting borders of foliage, beaded edges, mafques of Medufa on the mblets, large elegantly fculptured handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 42 inches high -)% 4 pair of bandfome Medicean vafes, with mafques of Bacchus in the tablets, band of vine leaves and grapes above, bottoms ftured, handles ilTuing from antique mafques, See. on circular pedeftals 99 An admirable group of L ; amour et Psyche, a very expreflive performance, 13 inches high, or a circular pedefta 100 A pair of very large and magnificent Etruscan vases, richly orna¬ mented, the bodies fluted and boldly raifed in borders of turned projecting foliage, finely executed tablets in balfo relievo, reprefenting the Chariots of the Sun and Moon , Apollo drawn by Ho fes, and Diana by Deer, large elegant handles of griffins; the whole mounted on circular pedeftals, and oCtagon plinths, 40 inches high 101 An admirable portrait of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, a very cor¬ rect refemblance, painted by Girard for the Marfhal Duke D'Abrantes A fine figure of the Venus de Canova , 14 inches high, on a circular pedeftal 102 LQP 103 >04 105 ( ^ > THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. A pair ef band fame large Mcdicean va/es, with mafques of Bacchus : the tablets, bouol fluted, handles fpringing from antique mafques, &c. on circular pedeftals A P PMR0F SPLENDID AND VERY LARC E.TKUSCAN VASES, With finely fedp- tured bafio-relievos of Cupids fportmg, M bodies richly covered vntn^orna¬ ments in bands of vine leaves and grapes oorders of mafearoons, beads, .0- fettes, and mafques, bold projecting foliage at the bottoms, rhe handles of elegant nouvelle form, the whole 41 inches high, mounted on circular pe e- ftals (one vafe has been repaired) A pair of very richly ornamented globular vafes, the bodies covered with flowers in garlands, feftooned ana looped, projecting borders of foliage, beaded edges, handles, &c. 2b inches high, on circus luted pedeftals _ A pair of very large and neat urns or lamp, w va 1 bando- vine leaves and D rapeo round the bodies, handles, projecting >rders, beaded edges, &c. on arge circular pedeftals, and octagon plinths, 'll inches high A pair of reclining figures, a Venus Tivi.no and ,-/.ic -.ft,her, on iquare fluted A LARGE AND VERY NOBLE SINGLE VA6E, ''’lib pl't-J idling ^Llge fluted body, mafques of Medufa in the tal .ec, hand es. fir-. u V on a circular fluted pedeftal . ,. „ . A pair of handfome Medicean vako, with fluted be ncs, bouquet carets, nuted. bottoms, and circular pedeftals A PAIR OF VERY BEAUTIFUL AMO lARGE UPRIGHT VASES, Vvlth. DOlu y 1 -Ulp- tured bas reliefs, of the enlevemm-. , sands *A projt&ng curleci toll- aae. beaded edges, hand&OK handles, fitc, on circuit pedeftals, 36 inches A Capital copy of the Venus de Medici >, ,1 u.vbes high. >n * c. - u) peder J A ditto of die Venus dc Canova, 13 n^bes high, on 0 “J ” jfr A pair of elegant tamps, with fluted bodies, and mafques of turned <> iiaae at edges, entwined ferpent handles, dec. on high flute- pe.huals, wku engraved band round the cent* e, *<40 inches -*igi. A PAIR OF VERY HANDSOME LARGE » PRIGKI VAS'BS, With fculpt U‘ ed tablets 01 cornucopias, fcroles of foliage, &c. prejeffing and beaded oorders, entwined handles, on circular pedeftals, ja inches high . A pair of very elegant lamps, with malques of Medufa, ano a variety or emblems and pleafing devices, Iculp^ jced "ourd the bodies, b„ad.d edges, handles, &c. on high circular pedeftals, 24 inches high ^ i 117 A pair of verv handsome large Etruscan vases, witl finely executed claffic bas reliefs o f Homer and Socrates , fluted bodies, perforated necks, pro¬ jecting foliage, large handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 33 inches high 1 i 3 1 pair of large elegant lamps , with heads of Bacchus, and wreaths of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, beaded edges, and handfome handles, on high fluted pedeftals, with band of vine leaves in the centre and octagon plinths. 106 107 108 109 110 111 I 12 «u 114 115 »16 28 inches high 2 ^? - ( 9 / THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. LOT 119 A PAIR OF LARGE AND RiCSLY ORVAMBNTED UPRICHT VASES, with fine baflb relievos of Dancing Bacchantes encircled iu vine leaves and grapes, boldly railed borders of foliage at necks., large handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 30 inches high 120 A frn reclining figure of Cleopatra, on a fluted plinth 121 A pair of plain open lamps, t/nouvelle form, wiili perforated borders, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals s 22 A pair of upright two handled vafes, a la grec, with bouquet tablets, on cir¬ cular pedeftals, 22 inches high 123 A pair of upright fluted vafes, with mafques of Bacchus in. the tablets, entwined handles, &c. on circular pedeftals 124 A pair of very plain: and neat large open vafes, for lamps or flowers, with handles, on circular pedeftals 125 Apair of elegant upright; two-handled vafes , with mafques of Bacchus in the tablets, rich collars and borders of projecting foliage, beads, lcroles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 24 inches high 126 Ditto 127 A pair of handfome upright vafes, with theatrical emblems, and garlands of rofes, in bas relief, bold projecting borders of foliage, handles, covers, &c. on circular pedeftals, 2® inches high A pai* of boldly fcv.lt, red lamps, wit! perforated borders, on circular pedeftals <29 A pair of l'mall iiurcd cwo-handled vafes, with bouquet tablets, on pedeftals pgo A pair of upright vifes, with bouquet tabkts^ perforated necks, handles, covers, &c. er» circular pedeftals 1 A pair of uprigh-r fluted des, & Iz grec, wi-h heads of Bacchus, handles, &c. on circular pedeftals ip A pair of large ditto, 23 inches high 133 A "pal: of upright vales, rich bouquet fables, perforated necks, handles, covers, &c on circular pedeftals, 22 inches high 13^ A patf of elegant upright vafes, rich bouquet tablets, bold projecting borders, and beads, perforated necks and covers, entwined handles, &c. on circular pedeftals, 24 inches high 135 A pair of neat lamps, with bold projecting foliage, on circular pedeftals 136 Apair of riel globular flower-pots, with bold band of vine leaves and grapes round the bodies, perforated necks, and beaded edges, on circular pedeftals 137 A pair of neat fluted ewers, with handles, on fluted circular pedeftals 138 A pair of upright fluted vafes, with handles a la grec, bouquet tablets, &c. on pedeftals 130 A pair of handfome tazzas for lamps, with bold foliage ortthe bodies, perforated borders, &c. on pedeftals 140 A pair of upright fluted vafes, with mafques of Bacchus, handles a la grec, the bottoms entwined, and mounted on circular pedeftals 141 A pair of globular flower-pots, with perforated necks, beaded edges, &c. on circular pedeftals THE AUCTION DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE BUYER. L° T 142 A pair of large neat upright two-handled vafes, with engraved tablets, on fluced pedeftals, 22 inches high 143 A pair of candlefticks 144 A pair of circular folid pier tables, of real Siena marble, 3 feet 1 by 2 foot 8 145 A black and gold marble fquare pier table, 2 feet 2 by 1 foot 5 146 A pair of dove marble pier tables, with moulded edges, 1 foot 11 by 1 foot 3 FINIS.