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February Art & Antique Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:719
Sale Title:February Art & Antique AuctionLots with images:125
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:565
Date:28-Feb-2012
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An African sword stick, the stitched leather covered steel body with spike end, pinned hardwood plates to the crook form handle, the fullered steel blade with sharp edge. Length 102 cm
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A pair of vintage gig lamps, steel, copper and brass, each with an oval glazed panel to the front and square panel to the side, original fittings for candles.
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Two vintage lamps, includes one with black painted pyramid form body, the hinged front revealing hinged amber and red glass panels, kerosene receptacle absent from base, the other an English Miller & Co. ‘Cyclight’, red glass circular panel.
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A quality Art Deco chrome, bakelite and glass table lamp, the circular chrome base with three green plastic dome mounts, the chrome column with green and ivory bakelite twists, the chrome mount with a spherical ribbed cream glass shade. Height 52 cm, with extra tapered star form glass shade.
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A Heubach K¸ppelsdorf doll, stamped numbers to her head 312 9, Germany, in original old clothes, leather boots, etc., sitting in an early Victorian dark stained mahogany child's chair, with Wickham cane back, sides and feet. Needs some repair. Height of doll 75 cm, width and height of chair 43 x 58 cm
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A rare late 19th century French tortoiseshell and brass Boulle cigar humidor of rectangular serpentine form with ornate ormolu mounts, the lid with raised panel, the sides with conforming concave panels flanked by ebonised panels, the lid and hinged front raising to reveal six slides each with 12 cigar cut-out supports, raised on fancy shaped ormolu feet, some restoration. 32 x 23 x 22.5 cm
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A cast brass figurine of a young boy playing the flute, a Ltd. Ed. by Luis Martinez La Funte, No. 884 of 2500, with certificate, flute missing. Height on stone base 31 cm
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A Jenny Burgess bronze artwork ‘Cats Medal’ as a circular fan lidded box opening to reveal sculpted interior, lid and base, Ltd. Ed. of 200. Diameter 8.2 cm. Complete with certificate.
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A bronze statuette, an African-American seated on a hitching post, signed indistinctly (Waltman?). Height 39.5 cm
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A German bronze statuette, a farmer standing with plough, by Hans Müller (1873-1937), Vienna, signed and with foundry mark, raised on black marble plinth base. Height 24.5 cm
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A large old rosewood sailor’s fid, the top with lathed decoration. Length 47 cm
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An English made brass pocket sextant with silvered scale with Vernier adjustment, hinged magnifying glass, telescope eye piece, black finish. Length 12 cm
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A bronze ship’s porthole, with glass and hinged screw-down cover. Overall diameter 37.5 cm
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A laminated wood marsh boat propeller with applied metal long cap to two edges, the circular centre with central hole flanked by six smaller, six laminated sections, highly varnished. Length 198.5 cm, diameter of centre 7.7 cm
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A 19th century mahogany boxed sextant by T. Hensley & Son, Tower Hill, London, all brass with silvered scale complete with various lenses and fittings, named to the arc, ebony handle, in original fitted mahogany box.
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A selection of antique reference books including antique pewter of the British Isles, The Book of Old Silver, etc.
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A selection of antique reference books including ‘Jewellery Through the Ages’, ‘Oriental Carpet’, etc.
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An ostrich feather and tortoiseshell fan, with woven tassel and holding ring.
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A selection of leather vintage driving accessories, including helmet, gloves and goggles.
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An Italian crucifix, the white metal (low grade silver) with skull and cross bones to base, Dove of Peace above figure, some damage. 38 x 23 cm
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An early 19th century pictorial sampler decorated with a scattered floral design framing a walled Georgian house, inscribed ‘Margaret Findlay’ and with random alphabetical inscription, figures, birds and an equestrian figure. 61 x 51 cm
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An Eastern embroidery fragment, worked in metallic and coloured threads with a stylised floral design incorporating Papyrus on a linen background. Framed and glazed. 20 x 26.5 cm
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An old copper diver’s helmet with green verdigris patina, brass mounts with circular screw on face plate, glazed side panels with grill covers and wing nuts to the shaped base rim. Height 36 cm. Honourable wear.
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A Tibetan temple box in the form of a skull, adorned with white metal (low grade silver) skulls, demons, the eyes, nose and teeth also in white metal. 14 x 18 x 18 cm
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An old Tibetan temple box similar to above.
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Three old irons, the large charcoal iron with wooden handles, the base with large flange, a smaller charcoal iron with back swivelling gate and chimney, a Belgian slug iron with slug, turned wooden handle, the base with flange.
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Three old irons and two trivots, the large charcoal iron with wood and dolphin handles, a small heavy No. 5 flat slug iron with wooden handle/back gate, the decorative trivot with turned wooden handle.
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Three vintage cigarette lighters, includes one gold plated Dunhill, rectangular form with bark like finish, one Christian Dior, gold plated with monogram in relief and one other.
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Three vintage cigarette lighters, includes a gold plated Cartier, fine angular ribbed form, other Cartier and a boxed Ronson.
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A 1970s/1980s Dupont cigarette lighter of rectangular form in brown, red and orange marbelised panels to the gold plated frame, original fitted box.
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An album of Canadian stamps, incomplete from Queen Victoria to early 1990’s, used, postmarked examples.
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‘The Tasman Loose Leaf Album’ of New Zealand stamps, incomplete used examples, includes two full face Queens through to 198.7 cm
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A ‘Seven Seas Stamps’ hingeless Australian Stamp Album with incomplete pre-decimal collections from 1913 to 196.5 cm
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A similar album to above of Australian stamps from 1966 to 1988, used, nearly complete.
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Two Lighthouse stamp albums of world stamps, includes modern Australian, modern German and various Canadian, New Zealand and world.
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Two Lighthouse stamp albums of mainly South African stamps, mint and used, Swa (South West Africa) and German examples.
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Two Lighthouse stamp albums of world stamps, Brazil, Great Britain, Kenya, Zambia, Romania, Chile, etc.
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A German ‘Davo’ album of German stamps, mint and used, all held in protective sleeves, from 1940 to 197.7 cm
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Two Lighthouse albums of South African stamps, includes modern issues, full sheets, blocks and miniature sheets, mint and used.
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Four smaller albums of world stamps, includes Germany, Spain, mint and used, mainly more modern issues.
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Two albums of First Day Covers, Germany, South Africa, etc.
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Two albums of First Day Covers, includes New Zealand, Australia, South Africa (Swa), etc.
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Two similar albums of First Day Covers similar to above, includes Australia.
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Two albums of South African stamps and First Day Covers, includes a Davo album of South Africa from 1910 to 1981, incomplete, mint and used and a large album of Rsa First Day Covers, mainly 1980s issues and some earlier.
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Four albums of stamps and Fdc’s, the three stamp albums of German and world collections, the Fdc’s mainly Swa.
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A collection of bulk mint New Zealand stamps, etc., includes more recent issues, packs etc, also older East India covers etc.
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A world stamp collection in two boxes, includes loose stamps sorted in bags, modern issues, covers etc.
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A stamp collection including loose issues, Fdc’s, plastic containers of stamps etc.
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An old cast iron and brass book press, original black paint finish and brass ends to handle. 40 x 26 x 34 cm
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A classical carved white marble sculpture of a young girl reading, seated with summer flowers at her feet. Height 41 cm
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A Whitefriar’s paperweight decorated in turquoise, blue, red and white canes, internally dated and marked, 1978, in original box.
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A Whitefriars paperweight decorated with white, blue, red and yellow canes, internally marked and dated, 1974, also with paper label, in original box.
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A mid-20th century art glass basket, deep amber colour with four clear feet. 22 x 8 x 40 cm
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A mid-20th century art glass bowl, ‘green and amber wings’ with another two upright ‘curls’, four clear glass feet. 60 x 17 x 22 cm
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A Murano crystal sommerso vase of square section, with submerged amber and sapphire blue in clear casing. Height 25 cm
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A mid-20th century century art glass vase, the slender teardrop form vase in green and blue. 7 x 24 cm
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A 1980’s Cristal Daum heavy glass table light, the shaped square thick clear glass frame with incised and frosted restrained serpentine decoration to the corners, the hole to the centre supporting the bulb and light fitting, paper label and incised maker’s marks to front, working. 19.5 x 5.2 x 19 cm
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An early 20th century opalescent small glass table clock, the circular chromed bezel framing the white enamel dial in a square chamfered block type opalescent glass case. 8 x 5.5 x 7.8 cm
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A good Lalique vase of tapered cylindrical form, six panels of relief and frosted stylised leaf decoration curving from the base, engraved maker’s mark to base. Height 23.5 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A Lalique ‘Bagatelle’ crystal vase, frosted and clear finish deeply cast with love birds and spring foliage. Etched marks under the base. Height 16.5 cm
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A Loetz type emerald green iridescent glass bowl, circular with folded rim forming three 'spouts'. Diameter 17 cm
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A Bohemian cobalt cased white glass vase, hand painted in an oval panel with a portrait of a woman, ovoid with two handles raised on a circular domed foot. Height 21 cm
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Two Victorian celery vases decorated with optic thumb cuts. Heights 20.5 cm and 19 cm
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A large impressive Victorian period green glass ‘Stourbridge dump’. Height 17 cm
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A Swarovski Crystal macaw in red, blue and green, the face, beak and feet in a white metal, perched on a turned wooden stand. In original box with original bag. 240 high.
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A Swarovski Crystal cockatoo, pink, his crest in silver, yellow and gold, beak and feet in a white metal, perched on a turned wooden stand. In original box with bag. Height 25 cm
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A Swarovski Crystal Toucan in smoky grey, red, yellow and green, the beak and feet in a white metal, on turned wooden stand, in original box with bag. Height 21 cm
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An old Solomon Islands small fishing box of barrel form, the body from a wide bamboo section with woven fine cane binding, the fitted lid carved with birds and repeating banded designs, also with central bar form section pierced for the woven cord handle, showing patina of age, binding strap to base absent. Height 18 cm, diameter 15 cm
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An old Fijian Kiakavo long club with classic knobbed head and spur, roughened textured panel. Length 92 cm
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A vintage Fijian Sali club with a long cylindrical shaft, broad cheek, large spur and dark patina. Length 101 cm
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An old large Cook Islands palmwood carved figure of Tangaroa, traditional stylised form. Height 105 cm
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An old Papua New Guinea large carved wood shallow bowl of oval form, mildly curved base, tapered straight rim, one protruding bar form handle with a pierced hole for the short length of fibre lashing, good dark patina. 57 x 42 x 10 cm
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APapua New Guinea pit fired pottery bowl with loop decoration around rim, some cracking. Diameter 17 cm
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An Ethiopian wooden headrest, with curved upper panel raised on two flattened uprights issuing from a small oval base, the uprights carved with a complex endless knot panel and with similar carving on relief tabs that support the upper section, the upper surface carved with a cruciform design. 16 x 6.5 x 17.5 cm
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A Nigerian carved wooden headrest, the upper section raised on two small carved wooden seated figures from an oblong plinth base. 19.5 x 7.5 x 15.5 cm
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A heavy, dark wood carved African bust, the elongated face with exaggerated ear lobes, raised on a cylindrical trunk plinth. Height 47.5 cm
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An African hardwood low stool, circular, raised on three short feet and with a triangular handle to one side. Diameter 25 cm
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An old Maori carved bone stylised figure, hands to abdomen, stylised base, a cream/tan colourway. Being assessed for registration. 17 x 5 cm
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A 19th century or earlier Maori greenstone part Pekapeka, of large form with typical traditional stylised bird’s head with curved beak and tapered suspension hole, dark green colourway. 6 x 4.5 cm.
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A New Zealand historical silver presentation trowel, engraved 'Presented To The Rt. Hon. W.F. Massey, Prime Minister of N.Z. On The Occasion Of His Laying The Foundation Stone Of The Otahuhu Presbyterian Church 1914. Hugh C. Grierson. Architect'. Silver maker's marks to blade arm support, exotic banded tapered wood handle. 25 x 7.7 cm
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A 15ct. yellow gold Royal Agricultural Society of N.Z. Life Member Medal presented to the Rt. Hon. W.F. Massey, ‘Prime Minister 1924’, blue exterior enamelled ring to front enclosing coat of arms, engraved to reverse, by Mayer & Kean. Diameter 6 cm, weight 13.8gms.
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A 15ct. yellow gold Royal Agricultural Society of N.Z. Life Member Medal presented to the Rt. Hon. W.F. Massey, ‘Prime Minister 1924’, blue exterior enamelled ring to front enclosing coat of arms, engraved to reverse, by Mayer & Kean. Diameter 6 cm, weight 13.8gms.
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A New Zealand colonial greenstone and silver paper knife by M. Sandstein, ‘Watchmaker and Jeweller, Christchurch’, the long rectangular blade with pointed ends and of pointed oval cross section, the engraved fancy silver mount with applied coronet bands, the tapered greenstone handles with pointed ends, unmarked, in original card box with green silk ruched lining, maker’s/retailer’s paper label to base. Length 18 cm
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A selection of art books including 20th century New Zealand artists, New Zealand painting 1839-1980, etc.
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Two books on Michael Smither.
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A selection of art books including The Magpies, Art of the Pacific, etc.
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A selection of reference books including Minerals and Gems of Maoriland, The Story of New Zealand Jade, etc.
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Sir Walter Lawry Buller, ' a History of the birds of New Zealand ', in Two Volumes, 2nd Edition, London. Published (For the Subscribers) By the Author 1888. Some Foxing, the Plates Mainly Clean, Black Leather Spines and Deep Green Covers with Gilt Tooling.
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C.F. Goldie Limited edition book, ‘Prints, Drawings & Criticism’, by Alister Taylor & Jan Glen, 1979, leather spine with gilt highlights, in fitted outer box and with original packaging.
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A Barry Brickell spiromorph sculpture of hand built terracotta, tall narrow tapered form with central oval angular mildly curved section, the swollen top and flared base with short angular ribs, combed decoration to the top section. Height 137 cm
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A large Duncan Shearer vase of baluster form, anagama fired with variable glaze effects, dark textured areas and unglazed sections, short sculptured lug handles. Impressed potter’s mark to base. Height 39 cm
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A Briar Gardner studio pottery vase of swollen gourd form, glazed with lustrous and flat colours of emerald green, bright yellow and pale lilac/silver over a pale yellow ground. Incised signature under the base. Height 16.5 cm
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A large Briar Gardner studio pottery trough of oval shape, in lilac and pale green mottled glazes, incised signature under base. Length 30.5 cm
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A Briar Gardner studio pottery boat shape trough, yellow and blue glaze. Incised signature to base. Length 17 cm
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A Briar Gardner ribbed trough vase, sea blue glaze. Along with an oval shallow trough dish by Gardner, the latter signed. Lengths 185 and 25 cm
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Three Briar Gardner trough vases with lemon yellow glaze, one with repairs. Longest 28 cm
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Three Briar Gardner trough vases, two smaller, one turquoise glazed, the other pale plum (faulted), along with a larger one in similar plum glaze. Largest 28.5 cm
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A Crown Lynn Wharetana lidded box, decorated with tiki faces and Maori designs on a mustard ground, the lid with printed inscription 'Appreciation From George Harrison & Co. Ltd, the Quality Men's Outfitters, Wellington, N.Z. (21st Anniversary)', impressed No. 1002 to the base, some chips to rim of box.14 x 9 x 6 cm
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A New Zealand folk art lidded trinket box, round form, the base in poker work decoration, the lid hand painted with portrait of a Maori woman. Diameter 23 cm
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A figure of a crouching Maori warrior, copper overlay with silvered paint finish. 10 x 14 x 19 cm
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