Shields (targone) 1807. COLLECTION PHILIPPE MISSILLIER, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6-7, 2025.
Sold out
PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
EARLY PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6
EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05
GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33(0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
with approval
No. 2002 389
CONTACT
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net
SPECIALIST
Marina Viallon
+33(0)6 72 42 57 24
marina.viallon@yahoo.fr
Lots No. 93, 94, 95 (from the auction)
Shields (targone) 1807
93
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte in the colors of the squad of San Michele, Tramontana area.
Pisa (Italy), dated 1807
L. 98 cm – W. 21 cm
599 CH
€1,200/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Karsten Klingbeil (b.1925-2016), Kleinen Wannsee, Berlin (Germany) until 2011
- Bergé and Hermann Historica Auction, Brussels, December 13, 2011, lot 81
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted with a red and white chevron motif. Two strong wooden handles nailed to the back. Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the initials V M N and the crowned date 1807, for Viviani Marchese Nicolò, civil and military governor of Pisa. Several targoni made for the 1807 game bear the same mark on the back, for example, in the Pisa city museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (14.25.770).
Good condition, some damage, wood slightly worm-eaten at the back.
94
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte, in the colors of the Delfini squad, Mezzogiorno area.
Pisa (Italy), late 18th century (repainted in 1807)
L. 115 cm – W. 23 cm
597 CH
€1,500/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Georges A. Douglass
- Sotheby's New York Auction, January 12, 1996, lot 1316
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted in blue-green with a white border, featuring a vegetable ornament and a fish (representing the dolphin of the Delfini?), topped with the inscription 1807 R.C.P. (for Regio Commissario Pisa?). In low light, relief decorative elements and the letters of a previous late 18th-century decoration motto can be seen. Two strong wooden handles nailed to the back. Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the initials A B C of a Pisan auditor.
Some gaps in the paint, wood slightly worm-eaten in places at the back.
95
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte, in the colors of the Delfini and Sant’Antonio squads, Mezzogiorno area.
Pisa (Italy), late 18th century (probably 1785), repainted in 1807
L. 100 cm – W. 22 cm
598 CH
€1,500/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Karsten Klingbeil (b.1925-2016), Kleinen Wannsee, Berlin (Germany) until 2011
- Bergé and Hermann Historica Auction, Brussels, December 13, 2011, lot 82
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted with a blue and white chevron motif (colors of the Delfini squad at the end of the 18th century). It was repainted, likely for the 1807 edition, in the colors of the Sant’Antonio district (a running boar on a red background), but this layer is very incomplete. Wooden handle nailed to the back (the second one is missing). Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the crowned initials AVC, for Auditore Vicario Cercignani. A targone dated from the 1785 game edition, bearing the same auditor's mark, is preserved at the Pisa city museum. A copper collector's plate nailed to the handle bearing the number 0259.
Incomplete paint, one of the handles is missing.
EARLY PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6
EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05
GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33(0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
with approval
No. 2002 389
CONTACT
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net
SPECIALIST
Marina Viallon
+33(0)6 72 42 57 24
marina.viallon@yahoo.fr
Lots No. 93, 94, 95 (from the auction)
Shields (targone) 1807
93
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte in the colors of the squad of San Michele, Tramontana area.
Pisa (Italy), dated 1807
L. 98 cm – W. 21 cm
599 CH
€1,200/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Karsten Klingbeil (b.1925-2016), Kleinen Wannsee, Berlin (Germany) until 2011
- Bergé and Hermann Historica Auction, Brussels, December 13, 2011, lot 81
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted with a red and white chevron motif. Two strong wooden handles nailed to the back. Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the initials V M N and the crowned date 1807, for Viviani Marchese Nicolò, civil and military governor of Pisa. Several targoni made for the 1807 game bear the same mark on the back, for example, in the Pisa city museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (14.25.770).
Good condition, some damage, wood slightly worm-eaten at the back.
94
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte, in the colors of the Delfini squad, Mezzogiorno area.
Pisa (Italy), late 18th century (repainted in 1807)
L. 115 cm – W. 23 cm
597 CH
€1,500/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Georges A. Douglass
- Sotheby's New York Auction, January 12, 1996, lot 1316
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted in blue-green with a white border, featuring a vegetable ornament and a fish (representing the dolphin of the Delfini?), topped with the inscription 1807 R.C.P. (for Regio Commissario Pisa?). In low light, relief decorative elements and the letters of a previous late 18th-century decoration motto can be seen. Two strong wooden handles nailed to the back. Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the initials A B C of a Pisan auditor.
Some gaps in the paint, wood slightly worm-eaten in places at the back.
95
Shield (targone) for the Gioco del Ponte, in the colors of the Delfini and Sant’Antonio squads, Mezzogiorno area.
Pisa (Italy), late 18th century (probably 1785), repainted in 1807
L. 100 cm – W. 22 cm
598 CH
€1,500/€2,000
Provenance:
- Collection Karsten Klingbeil (b.1925-2016), Kleinen Wannsee, Berlin (Germany) until 2011
- Bergé and Hermann Historica Auction, Brussels, December 13, 2011, lot 82
Carved from poplar wood. Front face painted with a blue and white chevron motif (colors of the Delfini squad at the end of the 18th century). It was repainted, likely for the 1807 edition, in the colors of the Sant’Antonio district (a running boar on a red background), but this layer is very incomplete. Wooden handle nailed to the back (the second one is missing). Slightly hollowed reverse for arm passage, marked with the crowned initials AVC, for Auditore Vicario Cercignani. A targone dated from the 1785 game edition, bearing the same auditor's mark, is preserved at the Pisa city museum. A copper collector's plate nailed to the handle bearing the number 0259.
Incomplete paint, one of the handles is missing.
Reference :
Étude Giquello, Drouot - salles 5-6, les 6 & 7 mars 2025
Next update Friday, april 4th at 1:30 PM
FOR ALL PURCHASES, PAYMENT IN MULTIPLE CHECKS POSSIBLE
bertrand.malvaux@wanadoo.fr 06 07 75 74 63
An authenticity certificate of the item including the description published on the site, the period, the sale price, accompanied by one or more color photographs is automatically provided for any item priced over 130 euros. Below this price, each certificate is charged 5 euros.
Only items sold by me are subject to an authenticity certificate, I do not provide any expert reports for items sold by third parties (colleagues or collectors).