Catalogue of the celebrated collection of works of art, from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize, of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal, esq., deceased : also, of the beautiful decorative furniture and service of plate: which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the mansion, no. 93 Eaton Square commencing on Monday, March the 5th, 1855, at one o'clock precisely
A London auction catalogue of 1855 by Christie & Manson, offering the collection of collector Ralph Bernal after his death, from Byzantine works to French Louis Seize pieces, for sale at his Eaton Square mansion. The four pictures show engraved ceramic and metal vessels: a lidded two-handled urn with a cameo medallion, a pedestal ewer with putti in scrolling borders, a Gothic-style tower cup with pinnacles, and a group of a handled vase, a fish-form goblet and a shell-shaped dish.
