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The Graham Geddes Collection, Part 2 — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:729
Sale Title:The Graham Geddes Collection, Part 2Lots with images:716
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:234
Date:16-Sep-2012
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An Anglo Indian marquetry inlaid box early 20th century, squared with chamfered corners inlaid with intricate tessellated motifs worked in varicoloured timbers, bone and mother of pearl to the exterior with a further inlaid panel to the underside of lid, 30. 5 cm wide.
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A quill inlaid box, the exterior inset with individual quills modulated in chevron like patterns, rectangular with hinged lid, 29. 5 cm wide.
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A red agate and gilt metal box, rectangular, pierced and supported by gilt metal banding, raised on spherical feet, 13 cm wide.
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A red agate and gilt metal box, rectangular, pierced and supported by gilt metal banding, raised on spherical feet, 9 cm wide.
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A 19th century brass telescope cylindrical, raised on a tripod base, the barrel 98 cm long.
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A pair of floor standing celestial and terrestrial globes, each housed within a calibrated brass radius and octagonal surround raised on four tapering cylindrical ebonised legs and bun feet, 105 x 135 cm.
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A gilt bronze and enamelled miniature trunk signed Tiffany & Co Union square, styled as a travelling trunk with turquoise enamelled buckles to the exterior, internally the lid fitted with a hinged surround for a travel clock (now missing), the body lined in azure velvet, 18 cm wide.
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two glazed basalt jasper sphinx paperweights early 19th century, each cast in a recumbent manner on rectangular bases, (one with a loss to the tail), 16 cm high.
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A pair of French Empire style bronze and marble tazzas, shallow ovoid, each with scroll handles above a reeded socle raised on a rectangular marble dais, 21 cm wide across the handle x 26. 5 cm high.
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A pair of 18th century Dutch brass candlesticks, each with a turned standard rising to a sconce and circular drip pan raised on a stepped rectangular base, bun feet, 51 cm high.
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A detailed static model of the ship Cutty Sark, with a painted and varnished hull and detailed rigging, sails and deck fixtures, 108 x 160 cm.
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A bronze and ebonised armillary sphere, the body comprising interlocking radial bands, raised on a turned ebonised base, 60 cm diameter x 86. 5 cm high.
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An Anglo Indian marquetry inlaid box, 20th century, rectangular and arrow ended, inlaid with intricate tessellated motifs worked in varicoloured timbers, bone and mother of pearl to the exterior with a further inlaid panel to the underside of the lid, 32 cm wide.
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A rosewood and cut brass inlaid boulle tea caddy, early 19th century, rectangular, with chamfered corners and monogrammed cartouche to lid incised 'Ggb' within a boulle application, internally with removable canisters with boulle lids flanking a cut crystal decanter with gilt application, 28 cm wide.
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A large blue agate and gilt metal box, rectangular, pierced and supported by gilt metal banding, raised on spherical feet, 22. 5 cm wide.
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A brass cased single draw telescope on stand, manufacturer's mark Binola, 5. Rue. Nationale, Rennse, raised on a brass and cast iron tripod base, the barrel 99 cm long.
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Three horn and tortoiseshell snuff boxes, early 19th century, each rectangular with silver inlay to the lid, the largest 8. 5 cm wide.
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two malachite boxes, the larger lined with a padded interior, the smaller on a footed base, (with loss and loose hinges), the largest 11. 5m wide.
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Three horn snuff boxes, early 19th century one rectangular, the other two ovoid with metal cartouches to lid, one inscribed 'D. Forbes 1849', the largest 9 cm wide.
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A pair of French gilt metal mounted marble cassolettes, each with an ovoid body rising to a slender neck and domed cover, applied with foliate cast swags and ram masks heads, 44. 5 cm high.
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A pair of 18 inch terrestrial and celestial globes by W. & A. K Johnston, circa 1887, housed within a calibrated brass radius and a circular frame, raised on four ebonised turned legs, raised on an x-stretcher, 57 cm diameter x 68 cm high.
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An 18th century Italian walnut table, rectangular, with a dentil border and a central long drawer, raised on turned supports united by cross stretchers, 176 x 81. 5 x 97. 5 cm.
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A French provincial style oak armoire, with a chamfered rectangular cornice above pierced and carved doors with brass mounts raised on cabriole legs, 155 x 233 x 66 cm.
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A French Empire style wall mirror, the bevelled rectangular plate within a leaf tip carved surround beneath an elaborate pierced and carved crest with putti and dragons, 125 x 83 cm.
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A German brass cased telescope on stand, manufacturer's mark A. Meissner, Berlin, with a subsidiary lens raised on a wooden tripod base, 44 cm long.
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A brass telescope on stand, manufacturer's mark Gardner & Co, Glasgow, raised on a tripod base, the barrel; 101 cm long.
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An Indian brass astrolobe, with a pierced spherical body housed within a calibrated radius and a circular frame, raised on three twist turned wooden supports and a stretcher base, 40 cm diameter x 72 cm high.
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A Sri Lankan quill inlaid writing slope, the exterior inset with individual quills modulated in chevron like patterns, internally ebonised and inset with bone dots, fitted with a fold down writing slope and lidded compartments, 43 cm wide.
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A quill inlaid writing slope, the exterior inset with individual quills modulated in chevron like patterns, rectangular with a chamfered front internally fitted with writing slope and inkwell voids, 36 cm wide.
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two tortoiseshell boxes, 19th century, including an octagonal tea caddy with ivory trimmings and a conforming rectangular box with a silver cartouche to the lid inscribed 'S. A. Jenkins', the latter 15. 5 cm wide.
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A moss agate and gilt metal box, rectangular, pierced and supported by gilt metal banding, raised on spherical feet, 13. 5 cm wide.
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A French Empire style bronze lamp base, the fluted stem raised on three lions paw feet and a platform base, together with a shade, 45 cm high.
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A pair of gilt bronze and marble candelabra, each with a tapering cylindrical rouge marble standard rising to three arms with sconces and a further central sconce, raised on three lion's paw feet and a concave platform base, 62 cm high.
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An 18th century Italian polychrome pine reliquary figure, the shrouded figure in classical attire, with a central aperture for storing the Host, raised on a square base, 61 cm high.
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A large specimen marble inlaid centre table, the circular, richly inlaid with a multi coloured foliate design above a tripod wrought iron base, 180 cm diameter x 77 cm high.
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A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze mounted Variegated marble cassolettes, each with a lobed ovoid body, applied with a central classical trophy, flanked by leaf cast scroll handles, rising to a slender neck and an integral domed cover, raised on a square foot, 53 cm high.
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A French embossed brass and ebonised cushion front mirror, the projecting bevelled rectangular plate within a mirror and embossed brass surround all beneath a foliate crest, 165 x 102 cm.
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A French provincial style fruitwood side cabinet, with a rectangular marble top above three panelled frieze draw and cupboard doors, bracket supports, 180 x 92. 5 x 64 cm.
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A 17th century oak Lambing chair, with a curved top rail over a solid back, flanked by timber wings leading to scroll arms, on an enclosed box seat supported on rockers.
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A French provincial dining table, the rectangular top with moulded edge over wrought iron end supports united by a wrought iron stretcher, 295 x 75 x 110 cm
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An 18th century Italian polychrome figure, the bearded figure dressed in a classical robe within embossed and foliate decoration on a gilt ground, 43 cm high.
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A classical style composite figure of a male nude, the figure in contrapposto stance, raised on a circular base, 57 cm high.
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European School shepherdess and musician, oil on canvas on board 145 x 121 cm
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Dutch School still life, oil on canvas on board 60. 5 x 50 cm
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A French Empire style gilt brass banquet lamp, with an ovoid font raised on three scroll supports united by a concave stretcher, together with a pleated silk shade, the lamp base, 46 cm high.
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An 18th century Flemish ebonised and gilt wood side cabinet, the stepped top with a hinge lid above panelled doors opening to short drawers and a central cupboard door each with an etched glass mirror panel, painted in faux tortoiseshell with gilt highlights, the apron with frieze drawer, raised on a separate base with two drawers and an open lower section, 86 x 186 x 44 cm.
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two laminated cardboard 'Book' storage boxes, each applied to the front with simulated bound leather book spines, the largest 38. 5 x 27. 5 x 27. 5 cm.
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two bronze figures of ducks, the tallest 55. 5 cm high.
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A pair of French Empire style cast spelter urns, each of baluster form, cast with a frieze depicting a centurion riding on a chariot, flanked by scroll handles rising to suzani covered shades, raised on a square slate foot with bracket feet, each lamp base 45. 5 cm high.
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An 18th century Italian polychrome and gilt devotional figure, the standing figure in ecclesiastical attire, surmounted by a pierced silver Crown (probably associated), raised on a modern painted wooden base, the figure 48 cm high including the Crown.
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Three hand painted papier mache boxes, 19th century, each with a decorated lid, one depicting sailing ships, another a fox hunt, the other a figurative scene, the largest 8. 5 cm length.
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A Russian papier mache troika box, 19th century, rectangular, on a shaped base, the lid displaying a figurative scene of a horse drawn sled on a black ground, 13. 5 cm wide.
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A sorrento ware box together with another box, 19th century, the rectangular sorrento ware box inlaid with a figurative scene and floral borders together with another square box inlaid with a heraldic scene to lid, the sorrento ware box 17 cm wide.
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A Victorian carved beech novelty miniature box, 19th century carved realistically as a travel trunk with a vacant brass cartouche to the lid, 13. 5 cm wide.
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A miniature tortoiseshell veneered mandolin music box, realistically styled with mother of pearl inlay, winding key to the base, 22 cm long.
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A Victorian tortoiseshell veneered tea caddy, 19th century sarcophagus shaped with silver inlay stringing and vacant cartouche to lid, internally with twin tortoiseshell veneered lids, 22. 5 cm wide.
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A group of eight faux shagreen document canisters, each lacquered burnt orange, the tallest 55 cm high.
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A group of five faux shagreen document canisters three lacquered emerald green, two lacquered saffron yellow, the tallest 55 cm high.
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A large Suzani cloth, 20th century, embroidered in rayon threads, with stylised geometric floral motifs on a light cloth ground,150 x 230 cm.
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A spelter animalia glove box, the ovoid box surmounted by a figure of a poodle, enclosing a pair of leather gloves, 29 x 32. 5 x 22 cm.
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An Anglo Indian antler veneered tea caddy, 19th century, the sarcophagus shaped caddy with stepped lid, internally inlaid with a vizagapatam band to the underside of lid and fitted with antler veneered hinged lids, all raised on cross hatched bun feet, 35 cm.
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An 18th century Spanish brass brazier, with a pierced domed cover above a shallow circular body, raised on a circular frame on scroll legs, 63 cm diameter x 70 cm high.
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An 18th century George III mahogany supper table, with a rounded rectangular tilt top above a turned standard raised on four out swept legs with brass caps and casters, 153. 5 x 70 x 118. 5 cm.
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A four panel retractable dressing room screen, the camel hump top over four upholstered panels, each side and each panel with matching twill fabric and applied with decorative border embellishments, 200 x 170 cm.
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A Louis XV style three piece lounge suite, comprising a three seat settee and a pair of bergeres, each upholstered in linen with perimeter brass studs, serpentine shaped back, flanked by wings and carved walnut scroll arms and supports in a floriate and shell pattern, (some damage to arms), the settee 212 cm width.
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A large architectural background three sectional, painted with figures in a courtyard, oil on canvas, 230 x 339 cm
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A set of four Louis XV French giltwood fauteuilles, with carved and gilded frames, tablet backs above padded arms, on cabriole supports and upholstered in pale tones, 66 x 95 x 58 cm
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A European painted writing desk, rectangular, with a moulded edge over a recessed body with a central cavity flanked by two drawers with ormolu handles and escutcheons, a skirt to the rear with shell and floriate carving, all decorated in a painted green marble pattern surface, 160 x 78 x 80 cm.
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A pair of French Empire marble and polychrome gueridons, each with a circular top above reeded supports with Egyptian mask heads, concave platform base, 34 cm diameter x 133 cm high.
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A Pietre Dure table, the octagonal top, profusely decorated with inlaid polychrome stone and marble in a continuous floriate pattern, on a tripartite base realised as three white marble lions, 145 x 73 x 145 cm
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A Grand Tour style miniature architectural model, in the form of a rotunda with an octagonal body and domed roof, 62 cm high
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A bone inlaid Camphorwood document box, rectangular with a hinged lid, the exterior inlaid with foliate marquetry, 46. 5 x 13. 5 32 cm.
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A pair of French gilt metal mounted Variegated marble cassolettes campana, applied with foliate swags and pierced borders, raised on a square foot, 54 cm high.
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two cameo carved Conch shells, each carved with a cartouche depicting Roman figures in profile, the largest 19 cm high.
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A silver plate and faux shagreen tray, rounded rectangular with a pierced and embossed gallery edge, 52 cm wide.
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An automaton singing bird group, comprising three birds within a rectangular cage raised on a gilt wood base, 55 cm high.
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A classical style composite figure of a male nude, the figure in contrapposto stance, raised on a circular base, 62 cm high.
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A pair of patinated bronze urns campana, each with a fluted socle raised on a foliate cast plinth 33 cm high.
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A walnut and cast iron bracketed vargueno, 18th century, rectangular with front fold down panel, opening to reveal a fitted interior of ten alternating drawers with moulded rims and carved knops, 64 cm x 45 x 29 cm.
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An 18th century Italian carved walnut crest carved with a central figural tableaux within a foliate pierced and carved surround, 58 x 71 cm.
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A 17th century Spanish provincial pine kitchen cabinet, with a break arched pediment above pierced panelled door and two further doors, 104 x 199 x 38 cm.
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A neoclassical style tortoiseshell veneered and metal mounted jewellery casket, ovoid with a break front, the lid tapered and with putti finial, each segment metal banded all raised on a beaded bracket support, 26 cm wide.
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A Victorian tortoiseshell veneered bobbin box, 19th century, stamped Lund St. Cornhill London, rectangular and shallow, the interior fitted with concave partitions to store sewing equipment banded with ivory, 13. 5 cm wide.
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two faux tortoiseshell laminated boxes, the first a high domed casket with gilt metal bracketing, the second low set rectangular with undulating lid, casket 17 cm wide.
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Three folding games boxes, 19th century, including a marquetry inlaid and two leather tooled and bound boxes, each with chess and backgammon playing surfaces, the largest 45. 5 cm wide.
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A Victorian tortoiseshell veneered tea caddy, 19th century, rectangular with serpentine front, silver inlay stringing and vacant cartouche to lid, the interior with tortoiseshell veneered lids, all raised on wooden bun feet, 17 cm wide.
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A 17th century Dutch oak draw leaf refectory table, rectangular, with extensions at either end, above a concave frieze and turned baluster legs united by a stretcher, 328 (extended) x 79 x 84 cm.
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A pair of French Empire style bronze figural lamp bases, each cast in the form of winged Victory supporting a light fitting and shade, raised on sphere and a rectangular plinth base, each lamp base 59. 5 cm high.
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A French brass and glass chandelier, with a knopped glass stem and eight sconces, hung with fleur de lys drops and swags, 90 cm high.
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A pair of brass framed lanterns unglazed, with a brass framed body inclosing four light, beneath a pagoda top and base, 95 cm high.
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Miklos Mihalovits, Hungarian, 1888-1960, The Odalisque, oil on canvas signed 'Mihalovits. M' lower left 78 x 58 cm
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Artist Unknown, European School, 19th century Flirtations and assignations, oil on tin panel 30 x 23 cm
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Artist Unknown, French style, 18th / 19th century blue scene: flower seller, shepherdess and flock at rest, oil on hessian 126 x 72 cm
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Miklos Mihalovits Hungarian, 1888-1960 Oriental Slave Trader and Slave, oil on canvas signed 'Mihalovits. M' lower left 77 x 58 cm
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Artist Unknown, European School, 17th-18th century Madonna and Child and Female Attendants, oil on linen 35. 5 x 28. 5 cm
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Artist Unknown, European School, 18th-19th century, Pan Playing His Pipes Watched By Angel With Harp, oil on metal panel 24 x 19 cm
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An Italian walnut side table, rectangular, with a panelled apron, raised on turned supports, 163 x 74 x 60. 5 cm.
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A 19th century French painted pine corner cabinet, the break arched cornice above two arched panelled doors, with a further two doors to the lower section, painted in egg shell white with grey borders, 130 x 278 x 60 cm.
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A pair of Louis XV style leather upholstered armchairs, upholstered in tan leather, each with a shaped rectangular back above a fitted cushion, cabriole legs.
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A Spanish walnut side table, with a planked rectangular top above shaped supports united by interlaced wrought iron cross stretchers, 129 x 76 x 70 cm.
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