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Fine & Decorative Arts, Silver & Jewellery — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:633
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative Arts, Silver & JewelleryLots with images:621
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:518
Date:19-May-2012
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Gordon, Jeremy (b.1947), 'Processional,' 1988; and 'Diversions.', Tempera and oil on board, 20 x 53 cm and 27 x 34 cm
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Wynne, James (b.1944), 'City scene,' 1973. Oil on canvas on board, 37 x 45 cm
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Rowe, Reginald George, 'From no. 13 Myrtle St - a Misty morning', oil on board, 45 x 90 cm
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Long, Leonard (b.1911), 'The Gorge, Boggy Creek, Nowa Nowa, Vic.' Wagner Art gallery label, and personal inscription by the artist describing the picture verso. Oil on board, 39 x 50 cm
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Gude, E.C. (Nornie) (1915-2002), 'Flowers', watercolour, 72 x 48 cm
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Bromley, David (b.1960), 'Jillian,' 2011. Screenprint 4/100, 74 x 56.5 cm
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Fennell, Peter (b.1949), 'Golden Glow', oil on canvas on board, 35 x 25 cm
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Bromley, David (b.1960), 'Leap frog,' 2011. Screenprint 2/100, 57 x 73 cm
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Australian school (3), Charles Blackman (2) 'Loves Mystical spiral,' 1983 silkscreen; and 'Loves Mystic spiral, wedding cake,' 1982 (both A/P); and James Willebrant 'And Nobby's to the north,' lithograph 119/600. Various
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Bassett, Helen, Valley landscape, 1977. Oil on canvas on board, 100 x 90 cm
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Wilson, Stephen (b.1942), 'Dusk at the Warrumbungles', oil on canvas, 60 x 75 cm
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Fizzell, Allan (b.1944), 'Dawn Mists, Moonan flats,' 1983. Oil on canvas on board, 45 x 60 cm
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Swift, Ian, Rabbitoh's dog mascot. Avant Garde series, 2006. Painted wood and fabric sculpture, length 44 cm height 26 cm
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Swift, Ian, Doggie girl, wood, Rubber and vinyl sculpture. Height 65 cm
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Palmer, Janet (b.1940), 'The red Arrows at Australia day Celebrations, Sydney.', acrylic on canvas, 121 x 152 cm
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Tandori, Stephen (b.1936), floral study, oil on board, 24 x 19 cm
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Wendel, Robert (Australian school 1860s) (4), four plates as issued in Charles Troedel's 'New South Wales album,' 1878. Fortification, middle head; zig zag Railway, Lithgow; Sydney Harbour Westerly View; and Sydney Harbour from the North Shore. Chromolithograph (4), 15 x 20 cm (each)
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Sharp, Martin (b.1942), the Festival of Sydney, 1981. Not signed. S/print, 102 x 76 cm
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Sommers, John (Snr) (1846-1930) (2), 'Going to church, Sunday, afternoon; lower Bridgewater, Jan 1899;' and triptych of Tasmanian studies including Old mill on Maria Island. Watercolour, and pencil, 10.5 x 15.5 cm and 12 x 19 cm
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Three various Australian pottery items. Frog mounted float bowl; vine decorated oval bowl; and leaf decorated trough vase. Depth 23 cm (frog bowl)
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Moon, Milton (b. 1926), four sided vase. Variegated brown glaze. Incised signature to base. Height 18 cm
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Book, 'Nine Artist Potters.' Littlemore and Carlstrom. Pub. Murray Distributors, 1978.
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Gravelot, Hubert Fr d'Anville (French 1699-1773), 'Affecting interview of two Muskito Men, one of whom had been left three Years on the Island of Juan Fernandez by Captain Dampier.', copper engraving, 19 x 29 cm
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Tandori, Stephen (b.1936), floral study, oil on board, 34 x 27 cm
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Nowra District - cabbage tree Creek, Nowra. Photograph taken c.1910. Silver Gelatin photograph, 28 x 36 cm
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Nolte, Henri R (2), river landscape with Sandy Bay; river landscape. Oil on board (2), 24 x 29 cm
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Palmer, Janet (b.1940), 'Harbour no.1', oil on Hardboard, 60 x 90 cm
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Australian school (2), two Images of koala and cub. Unsigned. Macquarie Galleries labels verso. Mixed Media on paper (2), 29 x 22 cm (each)
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Nolte, Henri R, river landscape with Boatshed, oil on board, 41 x 53 cm
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Nolte, Henri R, Bush Track, oil on board, 41 x 53 cm
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Federation carved plaque. Wallaby surrounded by gum blossoms. Stained Queensland maple. 25 x 28 cm
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Walker, Sidney F, 'Timber Barges,' 1923. Etching 46/50, 14 x 15 cm
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Bears signature Tom Roberts, Farmer and Wife with cattle at the Ford, dated 1880. Oil on board, 14 x 31 cm
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Hart, Pro (1928-2006), Dragonfly, oil on board, 24 x 22 cm
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Original early Arnott's Biscuits factory sign, enamel on hardboard, 45 x 246 cm
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Calvert, H H, Perching kookaburra, watercolour, 57 x 41 cm (oval)
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Ingleton, Geoffrey, 'Botany Bay Welcome - hallmarked bark Endeavour', etching 27/50, 22.5 x 29 cm
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White, Michael (b.1967), river landscape, oil on board, 45 x 61 cm
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Hart, Pro (1928-2006), 'Landing Stores', Offset print 428/700, 45.5 x 62 cm
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Parsons, Hedley (act.1920's-40's), coastal rock platform, watercolour, 27 x 33 cm
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O'Shea, Molly, 'Reconstructing the Argyle cut,' 1931. Etching 5/60, 25 x 24 cm
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Ure Smith, Sydney (1887-1949), 'The Hawkesbury Windsor', etching 20/30, 20 x 22 cm
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Parkinson, John (b.1921), 'Afternoon at Bayview', oil on board, 75 x 100 cm
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Tristram, John William (1872-1938), beach and Headland, 1906. Watercolour, 29.5 x 47 cm
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Australian school, 'Fort Denison (Pinchgut)', ink and wash, 28 x 25 cm
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16 Colonial Australian black and white engravings, including 'Hobart Town;' 'The Quay, Hobart Town;' 'Port Arthur, Tasmania;' and 'Black man's Cove, Tasmania.', steel engravings (16), 12 x 20 cm (average)
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Fullwood, Albert Henry (1863-1930), 'Cnr. Liverpool Street and Victoria place, Sydney.' part label verso, 'Liverpool St. 4gns. Liverpool Street, old Disappearing Sydney, N.S.W Australia.', watercolour and white highlights, 15 x 19 cm
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Morgan, James Squire (1886-1974), 'Swamp Ti trees', etching 20/50, 29 x 30 cm
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Parsons, R, Bush river, oil on board, 29 x 37 cm
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Park, Andrew, 'The river Camp', oil on board, 40 x 50 cm
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Long, Leonard (b.1911), 'Morning beauty, Grampians, Victoria.' signed by the artist. Offset print, 60 x 77 cm
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Reid, David G (?-1933), 'The Merrie Springtime', watercolour, 26 x 36 cm
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10 Books, ''s. T. Gill, the South Australian Years,' Appleyard; 'Paintings of S. T. Gill,' Dutton; 'Bohemians in the Bush,' Agnsw; 'Australian watercolours 1802-1926,' Clemente; 'Historic Sydney - as Seen by its early artists,' Evans; 'Australian Waterco
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Book, 'Kamilaroi and other Australian Languages,' by Rev William Ridley, pub. Thomas Richards, NSW. Govt Printer 1875.
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Book, 'Drawings by William Westall.' landscape artist on board hallmarked sterling Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia by Captain Matthew Flinders. Pub, the Royal Commonwealth Society, London 1962.
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Colonial Australian sketch book, including moonlit view of Sydney Harbour heads; pencil sketch of Henry Parkes; harbour scenes etc. 13 x 18 cm
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Book, 'Pen Drawings of Norman Lindsay.' Special number of Art in Australia, 1918. Covers shabby and detached. Interior straight and clean.
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Two Books, '250 Choice Views of Australia,' c.1910; and '100 Views Sydney, Descriptive and Illustrative, and country scenes in NSW,' c.1910.
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Book, 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,' with plates by Edmund Dulac.' c.1901.
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Book, 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,' J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Hodder and Stoughton, London. No date.
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8 Books, 'Haddon hall library of Pastimes and Pursuits,' Deluxe edition. 8 volumes of 9, including Hunting; outdoor games; cricket and golf; Wild life in Hampshire; Farming; bird Watching; Our Forests and Woodlands; Shooting; Our Gardens. Pub. By J. M. Dent, Londo
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Six Books and Winston Churchill letter. 'Second World War,' pub. Cassell & Co.Ltd. Complete volumes 1-6. 1st pub. 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1954. All with dust covers. Together with separate original hand-written and signed dedication by Winston Churchi
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After Samuel Prout (British 1783-1852), 'A Fishermans cottage, Falmouth.' various old labels and inscriptions verso. Watercolour, 22 x 25.5 cm
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British school, Making Hay. Initialled Rcr (?), watercolour, 25 x 36 cm
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Attributed to Alexander Nasmyth, Travellers Resting at Ford with Distant Town, oil on canvas, 19 x 23 cm
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Hogarth, William (1697-1764), 'The Times plate I,' 1762. Engraving, 22 x 29 cm
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Von Gallen (?) (European school) (2), river and Waterfall, oil on panel (2), 41 x 31 cm (each)
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Nasmyth, Alexander (British 1758-1840), 'View at Inverary N. B.' paint loss. Oil on canvas, 29 x 44 cm
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Lara, Edwina, Ketch in Rough Weather, oil on canvas, 27 x 42 cm
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Malcolm, J (New Zealand school), Mountains and Lake, watercolour, 22 x 40 cm
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Christmas, Ernest W (1863-1918), sheep in the Valley at Sunset, probably New Zealand. Oil on canvas, 39 x 55 cm
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Chovet, L. (French 19th century) (4), four Stations of the cross. 1 inscribed 'L. Chovet et Cie, a Paris.' Others unsigned. Oil on canvas (4), 43 x 32 cm
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Two framed Pictures, circa 1880 musical caricature tableau, 'Our National music -' 62 living and dead musician drawn by 'Ion' and pub. By John Heywood of London and Manchester. Also, dry point etching of Beethoven, signed Wmn Hoffman (?), lithograph (1) etching (1), 51 x 65 cm, and 23 x 17 cm
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Pair Japanese Kutani vases. Decorated with mother and children in outdoor setting. Height 25 cm
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Pair 19th century Chinese famille rose bowls. Faceted shape, decorated with travelling courtesan and retinue. Rim chip to 1, cracks to the other. Depth 18 cm height 9 cm
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Chinese famille rose Republic vase. Decorated with roosters and flowers. Unusual 6 character mark to base. 'Made for the Pavilion for Echoing Moral character.'. Height 44.5 cm
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Chinese Majolica rooster, hen and Chickens group. Three seal mark to base. Height 26 cm
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18th century Tibetan copper ritual vessel, the spouted pot with finger ring trimmed; with embossed and chased silver. Height 9 cm
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Chinese stoneware green parrot figure. Perched on a rock. Possibly incense holder. Height 24 cm
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Pair Chinese famille rose Canton vases. Hand painted scenes of Chinese life and birds. Height 30 cm
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Thai bronze Buddha wearing gilt brass mantle. Dhyana mudra pose on double lotus throne. Height 18 cm
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Early Tibetan iron food bowl case, with gilded damascened 'Shou' character and scrollwork. Collector's label States 16th-17th century Depth 18 cm
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Thai Sawankhalol lidded jar. Decorated with reserves of floral tendrils and hatching. Cover decorated with brown sawtooth rings, with outer band of text. Fitted case. Height 11 cm
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Chinese bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara. Seated, and wearing Crown and jewels. Height 16 cm
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Chinese celadon incense burner, with fish form handles and stand. Height 9.5 cm
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Signed Japanese eggshell porcelain bowl. Painted interior of cranes. Outer decorated with Fuji and Ptarmigan. Depth 15 cm
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18th century Tibetan copper ceremonial bowl, formed silver handled mounts, rim and foot rim, central silver ohm medallion to interior. Depth 28 cm height 9 cm
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Chinese bamboo brush pot. Decorated with Chinese characters to exterior. Height 16 cm
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Chinese blackwood Inkstone box. Fitted with inkstone. Double gourd shape. Length 20 cm
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Two various early Chinese items, including terracotta teapot (signed to base); and pottery bowl (Sung?) purportedly recovered from cargo of a wrecked ship. Height 8.5 cm (bowl)
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Chinese blue and white frieze footed bowl. Running dragon decoration and 5 dragon interior. Six character mark to base. Purchased Hong Kong 1960s. Depth 19 cm
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Early Chinese brass opium pan, depth 27.5 cm
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Chinese blue and white ginger jar. White peony decoration on blue ground. Old lid restoration. Double blue circle to base. Height 15 cm
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Japanese carved bamboo walking stick, length 88 cm
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Chinese celadon octagonal footed planter bowl. Quad footed, and with floral decoration. Purportedly purchased in China during the early 1920s. Width 32 cm
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Bears signature 'Shen Quan' (1682-1760), flower and bird. Provenance: private purchase Australia. Ink colour scroll, 90 x 41 cm (image only)
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Yu and Lu Zhizhen and Lishang, Roosters and Hens. Purchased from 10 artists Exhibition 1993, Dalian, china. Ink colour scroll (4), 157 x 59 cm (image only)
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Zhong Shi Shan Ren, spray of flowers. Purportedly purchased from artist, 1995. Ink colour scroll, 45 x 68 cm (image only - horizontal)
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Mu Ma, 'Zhonkui.' Purchased at auction, Dalian, china c.1997. Ink colour scroll, 44 x 28 cm
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YiN Li, tea Ceremony. Purchased at auction, Dalian, china. Ink colour scroll, 48 x 44 cm (image only)
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