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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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A Victorian tile decorated with a scene from ‘The Merchant of Venice’ in black and white with a gold trim to the border, Minton & Hollins China Works. 15 x 15 cm
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A Victorian tile decorated with a scene for November (Sagittarius) in sepia tones, Minton Hollins China Works. 15 x 15 cm
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A Victorian tile decorated with a Greek woman standing in front of a flowering shrub and curtain, full colour, some chipping, Minton & Hollins China Works. 15 x 15 cm
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A Victorian period blue and white earthenware lidded two-handled soup tureen of footed circular shape on original stand. Decorated with an ‘Italian Lakes’ design. Diameter 26 cm. Some small faults.
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A Victorian butter crock from the Buttercup Dairy Co., the front of crock decorated with a cow, 3lb crock, two-tone made by Buchan, Edinburgh. 18 x 15 cm
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A Y.C.C. Chow Chow two-tone pickle jar, transfer decorated to front with flags of the empire and the company name, hairline crack. 9 x 12 cm
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A Victorian four piece toilet jug and basin set, floral decorated in the Imari pallet, includes jug, basin and pair of chamber pots.
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A large and impressive Vienna porcelain lidded urn on stand, the front with hand painted coloured decoration of a classical Greek scene in Angelica Kauffman style, the main body of the urn, lid and stand with green, maroon and deep cream panels with gilded decoration, the large ornate scrolling handles also gilded, the stand with a small hand painted coloured classical decoration to the front. Height on stand 110 cm
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A Royal Worcester two handled vase and cover painted by William Ricketts with roses, ovoid shape with moulded handles, circular spreading foot and mouth highlighted with gilt. One handle with manufacturing flaw. Puce mark, shape 2336, c.1905. Finial re-stuck and gilded. Height 37 cm
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A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover painted with highland cattle by E. Townsend, ovoid shape with moulded shoulder and foot highlighted with gilt, the pierced cover with cupola finial. Black mark, shape H169, c.1960. Height 16 cm
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A Royal Worcester two handled vase painted by J. Stinton with pheasants, professionally restored. Green mark, shape 998, c.1904. Height 15.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester pedestal ewer, baluster form, the ovoid body painted with 'Storks in Oasis' on duck-egg blue ground signed Powell, the scroll handle with mask detail to body, ornate gilt enrichments, printed marks for 1913. Height 24 cm
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A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover, hand painted with fruit and signed 'H. Ayrton', elaborate gilt enrichments, the pierced cover with spike finial. Printed marks for 1950. Height 19.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester small two handled vase painted with Highland cattle by Stinton, the small trumpet mouth re-gilded, as is the circular spreading foot. Green mark, shape 287, c.1911. Height 12 cm
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A Royal Worcester miniature cabinet cup and saucer decorated with Highland cattle, signed H. Stinton. The cup handle and interior gilded. Puce mark, c.1924
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A Royal Worcester porcelain plaque by G. Delaney, painted with Highland cattle in a misty landscape. Oval, broken and re-glued, framed in gilt moulded and shaped frame. Plaque 25 x 18 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase painted with a cock pheasant by L. Maybury, conical shape with flaring, scalloped rim. Black mark, shape G957, c.1951. Height 8.5 cm
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A small Royal Worcester cream jug painted with a cock pheasant by Jas Stinton on a blush ivory ground. Green mark, shaped G1022. Height 5.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester small mug, cylindrical shape, painted with a bird amongst flowers, signed Everett. Puce mark, c.1924. Height 6.7 cm
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A Royal Worcester ewer vase painted with roses in the manner of Millie Hunt, squat ovoid shape on gilded foot and with re-gilded mouth and handle. Green mark, shape H209, c.1910. Height 11.5 cm
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A small Royal Worcester vase, ovoid shape, raised on moulded gilt foot (restuck), painted with roses in the manner of Kitty Blake. Puce mark, shape 2260, c.1919. Height 10.5 cm
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A Worcester porcelain, Kerr & Binns period small spill vase, painted with a view of the city of Worcester framed by raised gilding reserved on a bright green ground, c.1852-62. Height 10.2 cm
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A Royal Worcester small plate painted by Rushton with a rural scene with windmill. Puce mark, c.1929. Diameter 15.5 cm
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A small Royal Worcester plate, hand painted with a chaffinch to the centre. Puce mark, c.1912. Diameter 13 cm
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A small Royal Worcester dish, hand painted with a yacht under sail. Puce mark, c.1922. Diameter 8.5 cm
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A small Royal Worcester porcelain dish and cover, hand painted to the lid with a thrush and various flowers. Puce mark, c.1926. Diameter 65 cm
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A Royal Worcester small spherical vase, hand painted with blackberries and signed ‘K. Blake’, gold rims. 8.3 x 6.5 cm. Date marked 1950
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A Royal Worcester rack plate decorated with a country scene of thatched cottages and a farmer with sheep entitled ‘Offenham’, date mark 1949. Diameter 17 cm
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An Art Nouveau Aurelian Ware inverted baluster vase, decorated with flowers and motifs in blue, white and gold, produced by William Moorcroft and James MacIntyre & Co., 1897. Printed mark and registration number to base. Height 30 cm
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A William Moorcroft flambe ginger jar decorated in grapes and leaves from the leaf and berry design, 1925-30, this rare piece in bright vibrant yellows, blues, reds on a flambe ground, impressed marks and signature to base.15 x 10 cm
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A MacIntyre William Moorcroft Florian type pattern small jardiniere, decorated with red poppies and panels of forget-me-nots in blue and green tones, painted full signature in green above the date 10/1913.18.5 x 13 cm
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A large impressive Walter Moorcroft vase, baluster form in the anemone pattern, impressed mark, signature and painted signature to base, restoration to neck. Height 32 cm
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A Walter Moorcroft lidded ginger jar, the deep cobalt blue ground with magnolia decoration in tones of soft red, green and blue with tubelined definition, impressed and painted marks. Height 20.5 cm
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A William Moorcroft vase in the pansy pattern on cobalt blue ground, signature and impressed mark to base. Height 19 cm
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A Walter Moorcroft miniature vase, the inverted baluster form vase decorated with hibiscus flowers on a green ground. Height 5.5 cm
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A Moorcroft pin dish decorated with a finch, fruit and berries on a deep cobalt blue ground, impressed marks and initials ‘D.H.’ to base. Diameter 12 cm
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A Moorcroft pin dish decorated with a Hibiscus flower on a light creamy blue ground, impressed marks, initials and date to base. Diameter 12 cm
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A Royal Doulton 'Old Moreton' teapot, the oval body with coloured transfer decoration of 'Queen Elizabeth at Old Moreton. 1589', oval section body
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A Royal Doulton teapot, Cardinal Wolseley pattern.
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A Royal Doulton cabinet plate, hand painted to the centre with a bouquet of summer flowers, signed E. Percy, within a powder blue broad border and edged with tooled gilt. Diameter 26 cm
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A Royal Doulton china cabinet plate painted with fish to the centre by C. Hart within a jewelled and tooled gilt border. Diameter 22.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton ‘Kia Ora’ vase, decorated with tiki faces in blue/green tones on a mustard ground with a cobalt blue base, the ‘Kia Ora’ in lozenge shape cartouches, restoration to rim, together with a Royal Doulton two-tone brown tankard also decorated with a tiki, Maori motifs and the word ‘Kia Ora’. Crack to body. 15.5 x 8 cm
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A Royal Doulton porcelain vase decorated in the Coaching scene, tapered cylindrical form narrowing to the top with silver rim hallmarked Birmingham 1908. Height 14.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton titanian tall hand painted vase signed H. Allen, the square section body painted with a squirrel seated on a branch under moonlight, soft blue ground. Printed and incised marks to base. Height 26.2 cm
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A Royal Doulton vase, tall ovoid form, hand painted with a flowing-haired maiden, the reverse with wreath, ribbons, flowers, etc, gilded embellishment to base and neck, painted by and signed Arthur Leslie, professional restoration. Height 28 cm
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A large Doulton flambe vase of cylindrical form with pinched neck in the woodcut pattern (1619). 11 x 28 cm
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A pair of Doulton Slater's patent baluster vases, the ovoid bodies with fine pale brown scale type ground with tubelined decoration of blossoms and leaves within a scrolling border, dominant tones, blue, brown and green with pink and white highlights. Impressed marks for Jane Rumbol and incised 'L.B.'. Height 29.6 cm, one with repair to foot.
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A Royal Doulton rack plate in the Gaffers series. Diameter 24 cm
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A Royal Doulton gnomes plate, traditional hand coloured transfer decoration of six various gnomes within and around a tree trunk with toadstools and gilt highlights of spider webs, etc. Diameter 24 cm
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A Royal Doulton Kingsware “Memories” jug, decorated with a gentleman drinking and remembering times and friends past, 9 x 13.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton jug, decorated with the figure of a coach driver, “William Ye Driver”, 11 x 23 cm
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A Royal Doulton Rembrandt Ware vase decorated in typical sienna tones, with a portrait of a 17th century gentleman, an encircling frieze at the shoulder inscribed with “Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty”, from the Keats poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. Probably a design by Walter Nunns. Factory mark under base and incised Anthony van Dyke, impressed number 7423. Professional restoration at rim. Height 33 cm
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A Keith Murray Wedgwood ink stand, matt green glaze, the rectangular tray base with two impressions for pens, the circular finely ridged ink pot with original liner and lid with ridged disc form finial. Printed marks to base including early facsimile signature. Length 25.5 cm, depth 14.5 cm
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre large Lotus jug painted in an early geometric diamond form pattern, orange bands and diamond forms, triangular green panels and singular band, red/brown linial detail, printed and impressed marks to base. Height 29 cm
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre serpentine circular plate, the centre hand painted with stylised green trees with black trunks and yellow outline highlighted with various red and orange florals, graduated green banded border, printed marks to reverse. Diameter 24.5 cm
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A Clarice Cliff vase in the 'My Garden' pattern, pink and red Hollyhocks handle with leaves to the base, trickle glaze in mustard and brown over body of jug.14 x 28 cm
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An Art Deco Susie Cooper jug, hand painted with large geometric designs and leaves in apple green, turquoise, yellow and black on a cream ground, printed mark to base. Diameter 15 cm
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A cake plate with hand painted illustration by Beatrice Mallet of two small children playing,a verse to the top. 21 x 21 cm
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A Swedish Nittsjo pottery ewer, gourd shape with lustre yellow glaze. Height 24 cm
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An Arts & Crafts Elton studio pottery vase, the spout and handle as a stylised fish, open vase type top, a blue and dark streaked glaze, painted marks to the base, terracotta body. Restored rim, small chip. Height 24.5 cm
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A decorative plate by Martin Boyd, Australia, painted with an aborigine holding a boomerang and club, green border to the rim. Diameter 26 cm
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A small china box decorated with tiki to the lid, the body with geometric wave forms in sea green tone. 11 x 9 x 5 cm
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A Lladro dove, the tail feathers fully spread, E113.16 x 20 cm
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Two Lladro figurines, one from the Winter Whimsey Collection entitled ‘I’ll Keep You Warm’, the other a young girl putting a sun hat on a puppy, both with original boxes.
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A Beswick figurine of a jumping horse and rider, designed by Arthur Gredington 1941-1965, small professional restoration, 27 x 7 x 26 cm
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A Beswick figurine of the world Champion jockey, Lester Piggot on Nijinsky, 1970 winner of the English triple crown, in matt finish on a wooden base with label. Printed mark and information to base of horse, designed by Albert Hallam, 1971-1982.36 x 34 cm
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A Beswick wall plaque in the form of a dog’s head. 25 x 27 cm
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Two Beswick wall ducks, one large (5960), one medium (5961), repair to wing.
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A Hutchenreuther float and posy bowl with central nude figurine on gilded ball, the bowl cream with gilded decoration. Diameter 23 cm. Height 25 cm
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A New Chelsea china tea caddy in the manner of an 18th century piece, front and back decorated with pictures of an 18th century lady and gent having tea in the garden, black on a white ground, the top, two sides and lid in cobalt blue with gilt embellishment, repair to lid, date mark 1919-1936. 7.5 x 4 x 12 cm
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A Villeroy & Boch ‘Heinrich’ porcelain icon plaque ‘Thronende Madonna Mit Kind’, depicting The Madonna and Child flanked by angels within a border of multiple figures, polychrome with lavish gilt enrichments, printed details to the back including the Ltd. Ed. #1197/3000, printed details to reverse. 24.5 x 18 cm, framed.
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A similar Villeroy & Boch Heinrich porcelain icon plaque to above ‘Verkündigung von Ustjug’, Ltd. Ed. 73/500
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A pair of Naples terracotta and black glazed urn vases in the neoclassical Greek style decorated with Grecian figures and repeating anthemion motifs, the lid in the form of a matching urn, these pieces were probably made by the Giustiniani factory in Naples who produced the items for the tourist trade in the 18th and 19th centuries (some damage). Height 39 cm
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A large slip cast porcelain model of a stork, a frog held in its beak, modelled standing before a group of lily leaves forming a vase to its back. Marked underneath, ‘Made in Czechoslovakia’, in the manner of Amphora. Some old hairline cracks to base. Height 52 cm
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A Royal Crown Derby six person steak knife and fork set, steel ends, porcelain handles in the Imari pattern, some damage, in original named fitted box.
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An Edwardian period 9ct. gold Art Nouveau pendant, the scrolling form set with three small seed pearls and two facet cut peridots, with later gold chain.
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An estate gold and silver heart pendant, the front of the heart profusely set with small facet cut rubies with a small round brilliant cut diamond to the centre, three smaller rubies to the bale, with sterling silver chain.
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A 19th century gold and crystal oval hinged locket, the gold frame with fine wire mounts and suspension loop to the top, heavy clear concave rock crystal panels to the rub-over mounts. Tests as 20ct. 2.1 x 1.8 x 3 cm
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An Edwardian 9ct. green garnet brooch of circular form claw set with eight facet cut green garnets.
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A 14ct. gold brooch, the flower form brooch set with seven good sized facet cut amethyst coloured stones.
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An Edwardian period unmarked gold brooch, the bar brooch encrusted with old facet cut garnets, with a domed cut garnet to the centre surrounded by tiny stones with X-form decoration, an old repair to frame.
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A Victorian gold brooch, the unmarked gold brooch of Etruscan design set with a large facet cut citrine to the centre, possibly 15ct. gold, with safety chain.
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Two Edwardian 9ct. gold floral and leaf form brooches set with pale blue and green stones and numerous seed pearls.
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A Victorian 18ct. gold mourning brooch, the Etruscan style brooch of ‘eye’ form, the centre set with a dark banded agate stone, the border decorated with a black enamelled Greek key, woven and feathered hair under glass to reverse, marked in memory of J.A. who died 26 March 1868, unmarked but tested at 18ct. Length 5.5 cm
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A Mikimoto cultured pearl necklace, the single strand of graduated pearls of a deep lustrous cream, knotted between each pearl, with original stamped Mikimoto clasp.
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A Mikimoto cultured pearl necklace, the single strand of graduated size pearls of a deep lustrous cream, hand knotted between each pearl, with original stamped Mikomoto clasp.
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A 9ct. diamond and sapphire pendant, the oval form pendant with five small princess cut sapphires, channel set and surrounded by small round brilliant cut diamonds, together with a pair of 9ct. sapphire and diamond ear studs, pendant has a 14ct. gold chain.
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An 18ct. gold and diamond pendant, round target form pendant set with one central brilliant cut diamond and surrounded by 10 smaller round brilliant cut diamonds, with suspension bale, with gold plated chain.
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A 9ct. gold opal and diamond pendant, the teardrop shaped opal in a rub-over mount and surrounded by 20 small brilliant cut diamonds with a further band of diamonds across the front. Gold suspension bale.
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A gold and lapis suite comprising an 18ct. gold lapis and diamond pendant with a very fine 10ct. gold chain, a 14ct. gold diamond and lapis hinged bangle, a pair of 14ct. gold earrings and an additional pair of plain 14ct. gold lapis drop earrings.
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An 18ct. gold, black pearl and diamond pendant, the large baroque black pearl with an 18ct. gold naturalistic fitting set with five small brilliant cut diamonds, together with a pair of 14ct. gold and black pearl stud earrings.
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A modern stylised carved ivory elephant pendant, scrolling gold mounts claw set with precious stones, rubies, emeralds and sapphires.
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A Middle Eastern wedding collar set with beads and coins. Length 37 cm
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An ivory bead necklace, the uniform size beads with wrythen decoration with ivory screw clasp.
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An early 20th century fancy gold mounted tiger’s claw brooch with applied sculptured grape leaf and scroll mount, bar and ball rod to the back, gold strapping and cap.
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An antique 18ct. gold and diamond ring, 17 small old cut diamonds set into a mount in the form of a swastika, the ancient symbol for auspiciousness and long life.
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An estate 18ct. gold diamond and ruby ring, the gypsy style top set with four small diamonds and four small rubies.
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A Victorian period 18ct. gold mourning ring, the exterior of shank impressed with deceased’s name, worn, with cobalt blue enamelling, the central shield shape also enamelled with an old cut .50ct. diamond, minor damage to enamelling, date stamped for London 186 cm
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A William IV period 18ct gold mourning ring, the wide band decorated with florals, Maltese crosses, black enamelling, the initials of deceased to the centre of the band, some damage to enamelling, gate stamped London 1831, together with a damaged Victorian period mourning ring, dated 186.9 cm
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An 18ct. diamond estate ring, the nine small round brilliant cut diamonds set in a flower form, approximate diamond weight .45cts.
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