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The Graham Geddes Collection, Part 1 — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:695
Sale Title:The Graham Geddes Collection, Part 1Lots with images:660
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:212
Date:15-Sep-2012
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A French provincial refectory table, with a rectangular top raised on baluster support united on a cross stretcher, 300 x 77. 5 x 101 cm.
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A Moroccan pierced metal light shade, ovoid, with pierced decoration, 85 cm high.
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A pair of walnut framed bergeres moulded and scalloped open frame with rolled arm rests all upholstered in a William Morris cloth, raised on short cabriole legs.
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A contemporary cushion front over mantel mirror, with a projecting segmented rectangular plate, within a giltwood surround, 152 x 101. 5 cm.
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An 18th century Spanish walnut side table, rectangular, with shaped rectangular supports united by entwined wrought iron cross stretchers, 125 x 75 x 81. 5 cm.
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A pair of French giltwood torcheres, each with a leaf carved stem rising to a gallery edged top, above a triform base, 123 cm high.
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A pair of French carved pine doors, each carved with recessed panels and applied with architectural and foliate mouldings, 260 cm high, 170 cm wide approximately.
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A pair of Louis XV style fruitwood framed fauteuilles, each with a tablet back with a foliate carved crest above scroll arms and a fitted seat upholstered in William Morris style fabric, cabriole legs.
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A taxidermied leopard skin mounted with the head on a felt backing (some claws missing and with loses), 237 cm long.
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An unusual Victorian style buttoned leather porter's chair, with an enclosed high domed body, buttoned to the interior and seat with a storage compartment to the lower section, 176 cm high.
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A George III mahogany wine table, with a circular tilt top above a turned standard and a tripod base, 75.5 cm diameter, 72 cm high.
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A 17th century Spanish Carlos II walnut framed open arm chair, the leather back and seat with brass studs and an open frame.
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A 17th century Spanish walnut vargueno, with a stepped cornice and an apron drawer above a fall front writing surface enclosing drawers and compartments raised on a separate base with twist turned supports with a colonnaded stretcher, 94 x 152 x 42 cm.
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A pair of French provincial style oak Bibliotheques, each with a stepped arched cornice, above pierced panelled doors with iron grills, the lower section with carved panelled doors, plinth base, 153 x 258 x 60 cm.
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A cold painted Eastern grey kangaroo, realistically resolved, 25 cm length.
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A collection of porcelain and pottery dog figurines, includes four British bulldogs, two airedale terriers an a single bulldog bookend, various dimensions. (7)
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A collection of tin and lead dog figurines, includes daschunds, bulldogs and setters, various dimensions. (8)
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A cold painted bronze Jack Russell together with two hounds, the Jack Russel realistically resolved together with two cold painted metal pointers, various dimensions (3).
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Two cold painted bronze hounds on marble bases, including a pointer on a rouge marble base and another canine on green marble base, various dimensions. (2)
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A 19th century cold painted macaw, inset with glass eyes, realistically resolved in a standing position, 46 cm long.
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A cold painted bronze kookaburra 19th century, cast realistically, 8 cm high.
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A Franz Bergman cold painted bronze galah, 19th century, cast realistically, 16 cm high.
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A pair of cold painted bronze budgerigars, 19th century, each cast realistically, 8 cm high.
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A cold painted bronze kingfisher 19th century, cast realistically, 10 cm high.
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A large classical style bronze figure, 19th century, modelled as young man draped in an animal hide lounging against a tree stump, 47. 5 cm high.
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A Franz Bergman cold painted bronze finch 19th century, cast realistically, some loss to paint, 9 cm high.
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A cold painted bronze sparrow 19th century, cast realistically, 6 cm high.
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A cold painted bronze kingfisher 19th century, cast realistically, 10 cm high.
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two bronze classical harvest figures, depicting a young woman holding a sheaf and sickle together with a young man wrapped in a skin holding aloft a cup, each on square base with gilt metal mounts, 20. 5 cm high.
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A pair of patinated bronze putto garden ornaments, each standing figure with its arms raised supporting a shell raised on a naturalistic circular base together with a white painted plinth, each figure; 120 cm high, each plinth; 49 x 73 x 49 cm.
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A taxidermied fly catcher on stand 18 cm high.
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A taxidermied regent parrot on stand 31 cm high.
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A taxidermied eastern rosella on stand 29 cm high.
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A taxidermied tortoise ink well, the standing animal with a recessed metal tray inset to its back, 16. 5 cm wide.
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A pair of 19th century French gilt wood wall mirrors, each with a shaped rectangular plate etched with a central figural scene within a pierced and foliate carved surround, 98 x 56 cm.
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A small pair of polychrome wooden torcheres, each with a knopped stem above a triform base, painted in blue grey, 78 cm high.
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A pair of French walnut framed bergeres, each with a bowed back above padded arms and a fitted seat, upholstered in flocked black velvet fabric, fluted supports.
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A marble specimen mosaic inlaid table, rectangular, with a radiating multi coloured pattern above a wrought iron base, 183 x 78 x 112 cm.
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A pair of faux marble pedestals cylindrical, each painted with a grey marbled finish, circular foot, 92. 5 cm high.
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A late 17th century Charles II oak credence table, the demilune fold over top supported by a gate leg, above turned supports and a canted plinth base, 106 x 79 x 51. 5 cm.
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A fallow antler chandelier, with an open work body formed from intertwined antlers with twelve sconces, 92 cm high.
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A Louis XV walnut framed armchair, with a tapestry upholstered back and seat and scroll arms above cabriole supports with an x-stretcher.
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A Louis XV style cherry wood sideboard, rectangular, with a central door and two side drawers and further cupboards, 163. 5 x 109 x 56 cm.
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A pair of flashed blue glass lights, each of cylindrical form with engraved decoration, 52 cm high.
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A 19th century painted leather six panel screen, depicting bird life in a garden setting with magnolias, and lilies on a black ground, 241 x 333 cm.
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A 17th century Spanish walnut side table, rectangular, with four geometric carved frieze drawers raised on shape supports united by a wrought iron cross stretcher, 200 x 82 x 80 cm. Provenance: Jose Maria Del Rey collection, Madrid.
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A Louis XV style silver foil overlaid commode, with a serpentine top above a bombe base with three full length drawers, cabriole supports, 118 x 89 66 cm.
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A pair of French wrought iron and marble gueridons, each with a circular marble top raised on three reeded iron supports with lion mask head terminals on paw feet and a concave platform base, 40 cm diameter x 119 cm high.
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A pair of Queen Anne marquetry inlaid walnut side chairs, each with a shaped rectangular back and a vase splat above a drop in seat, the whole finely inlaid with foliate marquetry, raised on shell capped cabriole legs with cross stretchers.
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A George I walnut bureau cabinet early 18th century, with an arched cornice above a shaped rectangular mirrored door and fall front writing surface opening to pigeon holes and drawers, the lower section with two short drawers and three full length drawers, bracket feet, 75 x 191 x 45 cm. Provenance: Acquired Christie's London, 15th September 2005, lot 84. Note: the cabinet's mirrored 'Palladian' or 'Roman Ionic' facade relates to the work of cabinet maker Samuel Bennett (d. 1741) (C. Gilbert, pictorial…
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A Moroccan pierced metal light shade, ovoid, inset with paste cabochons with embossed and pierced decoration, 109 cm high.
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A composite stone fire surround, with a serpentine mantel piece, above a shaped apron and side supports, 149 x 111 x 29 cm.
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A pair of fruitwood torcheres, each raised on a tripod base, columnar with multi turned standards, 79. 5 cm high.
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A French embossed brass mounted cushion front wall mirror, the projecting rectangular plate within a foliate pierced and mirrored surround beneath a foliate crest, 110 x 70 cm.
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A French provincial style fruitwood refectory table, rectangular inlaid to the centre with an ebonised border raised on dual turned supports united by a cross stretcher, 300 x 76 x 99 cm.
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A pair of Louis XV walnut framed armchairs, the tablet back, arm and seat with tapestry upholstery raised on cabriole legs united by a concave stretcher.
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An Art Nouveau bronze fire screen shaped rectangular with a radiating stylised foliate design on scroll feet, 70 x 86 cm.
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An 18th century French gilt bronze and glass candelabra, the diamond glass cut standard rising to six leaf cast arms with sconces and a further central sconce, raised on three scroll cast feet and concave platform base, 81 cm high.
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A pair of wrought iron fire dogs, each with a pierced and scroll body, 77 cm high.
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An important Louis XV period kingwood gilt bronze mounted commode by Francois Fleury, circa 1740, the shaped rouge marble top above a bombe body with two short and two full length drawers, each with finely foliate cast handles and escutcheons, the whole with parquetry inlay raised on tapering block supports with sabots, stamped F. F, 130 x 92 x 67 cm. Provenance: Acquired at Bonham's & Goodman, 18th May 2009, lot 57. Illustrated catalogue page 44.
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An Italian fruitwood credenza, early 18th century, the rectangular top with a recessed gallery supporting a series of three small drawers, below a single cupboard door with internal shelving raised on a deep moulded pedestal base, 76 x 92 x 36 cm.
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A French Empire style ormolu and marble banquet lamp, the cylindrical standard rising to a leaf cast and lion mask head capital and a cut crystal font, stepped square foot, 88 cm high.
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A pair of Italian gilt wood candle stands, each of shaped outline, foliate pierced and carved with three sconces, 106 cm high
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A wrought iron and coloured glass chandelier, the open work body with three tiers, three light to the top nine lights to the centre and a further three lights to the lower section, hung with swags and drops in clear and coloured glass,130 cm high.
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An 18th century French walnut buffet de corps, the dentil cornice beneath two carved panelled doors, the projecting lower section with two frieze drawers and a further two cupboard doors, raised on a plinth base with block supports, 144 x 207 x 62 cm.
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A Flemish painted leather and brass mounted storage chest, with a stepped rectangular top above an ogee moulded body applied with strap work and studs, 53 x 44 x 35 cm.
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A pair of French Empire style polychrome and giltwood gueridons, each with a circular top raised on three tapering legs with ram mask heads, 35 cm diameter x 106. 5 cm high.
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A 19th century Italian miniature drop front bureau, rectangular, with a drop front above a sham front rectangular door opening to a storage compartment, bracket supports, 70 x 57 x 38 cm.
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An Italian walnut commode, rounded rectangular with two full length drawers with carved recessed panels, raised on cabriole legs, 129 x 81. 5 x 57 cm.
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A 19th century tortoiseshell veneered wall mirror, the projecting rectangular plate within scarlet tortoiseshell veneered borders 130 x 110 cm.
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An 18th century Italian specimen marble inset centre table, inlaid to the centre with a wreath within a Greek key and radiating circular border, raised on a triform wrought iron base, 81 cm diameter, 75 cm high.
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A French provincial style pine armoire, with an arched cornice above a recessed panelled frieze and two carved panelled doors, scroll supports, 140 x 232 x 54 cm.
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An 18th century Italian walnut side cabinet, two sectional, the top with panelled doors flanked by barley twist columns, the lower section with two frieze drawers, raised on a plinth base, 125. 5 x 176 x 65 cm.
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A pair of Louis XV style walnut framed armchairs, each with a semi wing back above scroll arms and a fitted cushion upholstered in striped and embroidered fabric, cabriole supports.
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A rare cocuswood side table, late 17th/early 18th century, rectangular, oyster veneered with a radiating pattern above a frieze drawer of conforming decoration, raised on barley twist supports united by cross stretchers, bun feet, 92 x 73 x 65 cm. Published: Sotheby's Melbourne, 26th May 2009, lot 187.
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A pair of 19th century Spanish pine open framed armchairs, each with a velvet back and seat, painted with a crest above straight arms and block supports, united by a cross stretcher.
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A pair of gilt metal mounted crystal lamp bases, each with a baluster faceted stem rising to a foliate gilt metal capital, raised on a circular foot, together with a pleated shade, each lamp base, 44. 5 cm high.
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A pair of silver foil overlaid torcheres, each with turned, knopped stem rising to a sconce and drip pan, raised on a triform base, 78 cm high.
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An 18th century Italian walnut side table, rectangular, with two foliate carved frieze drawers raised on turned and carved supports united by cross stretchers, 144 x 82 x 72 cm.
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A set of four polychrome painted wooden cherub figures, each figure supporting a shield, raised on a naturalistic base, 88 cm high. Provenance: Jose Maria Del Rey Collection, Madrid.
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A pair of French gilt metal mounted porcelain lamp bases, ovoid, each flanked by foliate gilt metal cast handles rising to a pierced rim, raised on rocaille cast base, together with a shade, each lamp base, 42 cm high to the top of the handles.
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A French crystal and gilt metal chandelier, with an open work body and eight sconces, hung with diamond and prism drops, 90 cm high.
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An antique Anglo Indian marble top mahogany framed centre table, circular, the apron carved with c-scrolls and acanthus leaves above a tripartite stem, raised on three scroll legs, 140 cm diameter x 73 cm high.
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A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted kingwood bureau plat, with a serpentine rectangular leather inset top applied with brass to the edges above a shaped apron and three frieze drawers, the whole applied with foliate cast gilt metal mounts, raised on cabriole supports with sabots, 140 x 79 x 77 cm.
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A Louis XV style armchair and matching stool, the carved and arched back, padded arms, shaped frame and cabriole legs are overlaid with silver metal, upholstered in black and white fabric.
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A 17th century Dutch Colonial coromandel cabinet on stand, the arched pediment with moulded edges over a panelled and glazed two door cabinet, opening to three shelves, over two half-width horizontal drawers supported on carved supports and terminating in ball and claw feet, united by a carved x-stretcher base with a vase finial, 183 x 223 x 62 cm. Provenance: Deaccessed from the National Museum Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1956. Property of Mahinda Dharmapala, Cotta Borella, Colombo.
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An early 17th century Louis XV armchair, the upholstered rectangular back supported by two shaped arms over a seat also with brass buttoned upholstery supported on two shaped supports to the front and united by an 'X' stretcher.
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An 18th century Italian marquetry and ivory inlaid table, the quatre panel top with marquetry fleur de lys and further floriate designs, surmounted by a continuous and repeating band of ebony and ivory over a single full width rectangular drawer with small brass handles supported by twisted column supports and united by a stretcher with further ebony and ivory banding, 91 x 71 x 63 cm. Provenance: Acquired Sotheby's Melbourne 5th May 20102, lot 303.
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A Louis XV style French armchair and matching stool, the carved and arched back, padded arms, shaped frame and cabriole legs overlaid with silver foil, upholstered in black and white fabric.
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A large classical style composite statue of a Bacchanalian figure, the male figure modelled in contrappossto stance, holding aloft a wine goblet, a bunch of grapes held in his right hand, together with a modern white painted plinth, the figure 195 cm high; the plinth 77 cm high.
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A classical style carved marble male torso, naturalistically rendered, raised on a modern metal plinth, the torso 43 cm high, the plinth 114 cm high.
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A 17th century Spanish Carlos II walnut chest of drawers, rectangular, with two full length panelled drawers with iron loop handles, block supports, 124 x 94 x 54 cm. Provenance: Jose Maria Del Rey collection, Madrid.
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A faux tortoiseshell wall mirror, the bevelled rectangular plate within repeating rectangular borders, 71 x 53 cm.
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A 17th century Spanish walnut side table, rectangular, above scroll carved supports united by wrought iron cross stretchers, 141 x 82 x 78 cm.
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A monumental pair of 19th century French blackened cast iron figural torcheres, each bearing a plaque inscribed L. Denonvilliers & Fils Maitres de Forges 174, Rue Lafayette, Paris, each cast as a classically draped woman, holding aloft a light, raised on a separate pedestal base, gilt highlights, 306 cm high. Note: Said to have originally been on Blackpool pier, England.
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A large classical bust, 19th century, modelled as a man with downcast gaze, his head adorned with a bacchanalian wreath raised on a turned socle, 36 cm high.
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A 17th century Charles II oak and marquetry chest of drawers, rectangular, with four graduated drawers each with projecting carved and inlaid panels and brass drop handles, bracket feet, 112. 5 x 106 x 55. 5 cm.
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A painted leather six fold screen, each panel depicting scenes of figures in pagoda and foliate panels, 243 x 318.
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An 18th century oak side table, rectangular, with two carved panelled frieze drawers with iron handles and escutcheons, raised on turned supports united by cross stretchers, 194 x 84 x 77. 5 cm.
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A monumental classical style composite figure of an archer, the semi-draped male figure in contrappossto stance, leaning against a tree stump, a quiver of arrows to his back, raised on a naturalistic base, together with a modern white painted plinth, the figure 226 cm high; the plinth 66.5 cm high.
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