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Chinese and Asian Arts and European Antiques — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:838
Sale Title:Chinese and Asian Arts and European AntiquesLots with images:807
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:492
Date:22-Nov-2012
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An Australian sideboard, circa 1900, 105 cm high, 140 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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A Georgian mahogany sideboard, English, circa 1820, 94 cm high, 162 cm wide and 61 cm deep
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A fruitwood bureau-de-dame, French, 19th century, 88 cm high, 71 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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A Louis XV style carved wood canape, covered in bird pattern cotton, 85 cm high, 220 cm wide, 93 cm deep
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An inlaid mahogany and brass mounted bucket and stand, 19th century, 46 cm high, 35 cm diameter
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A late Victorian inlaid mahogany rail back armchair, English, circa 1900, 85 cm high, 58 cm wide and 50 cm deep
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A George II walnut and inlaid bureau, English, circa 1720, 106 cm high, 95 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A pair of unusual carved bamboo poles, carved with portraits of King George and Queen Mary and other people and the Australian Coat of Arms, 166 cm high
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An Austrian walnut cased regulator clock, circa 1900, 110 cm high, 55 cm wide
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A Victorian figured walnut and marquetry inlaid games and work table, English, circa 1860, 74 cm high, 67 cm wide
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A gilt-wood convex wall mirror with eagle finial and twin candle branches, 95 cm high
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A decorative carved gilt-wood wall decoration of violin bow and ribbon tied design, 100 cm high
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A rare ivory and tortoise-shell specimen box, Portuguese-Colonial, 17th century, 22 cm high, 39 cm wide, 28 cm deep. Provenance: A gift of the 10th Duke of Beaufort to a prominent Melbourne private collector
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An Italianate bronze and silver-plated ewer, circa 1900, 40 cm high
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A classical revival terracotta figure of Pan. Impressed IPSEN, 34 cm high
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A bronze and marble figure of Marcus Aurelius, Italian, 19th century, 28 cm high
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A Chelsea-Derby porcelain figure of Shakespeare, English, circa 1800, 29 cm high
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A Derby porcelain figure of Shakespeare, circa 1810. Orange crown mark and incised No305, 18 cm high
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A fine scarlet boulle and ebony cased liqueur set, French, 19th century, with four gilt decanters and eight gilt glasses plus two etched glasses, 28 cm high, 34 cm wide
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A pair of Grand Tour bronze models of monopodia torcheres, Italian, 19th century, 26 cm high
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A bronze figure of Mercury, Italian, 19th century, on a serpentine marble base, 24 cm high
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A Grand Tour model of a centaur with cupid on his back, Italian, 19th century, 20 cm high
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A bronze figure of Bodicea, Italian, 19th century, 26 cm high
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A pair of unusual bronze candle-stick in the form of a gun dog and fox beside trees, French, 19th century, 20 cm high
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A bronze Grand tour model of a dolphin form fountain, French/Italian, 19th century, 21 cm high
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A carved wood Grand Tour model of a lion, Italian, 19th century, 10 cm high, 22 cm wide
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A pair of bronze medallions of Napoleon and Marie-Louise, 6.5 cm diameter, frames 13 cm square
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A pair of Iznik ceramic vase lamps, French, circa 1880, 38 cm high
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AFTER DURER,. M. STRIXNER. Portrait medallion of an 1815 medal. Ink on paper. Inscribed Commodus AD 192, 12 x 13 cm
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A sterling silver four-piece melon shape tea and coffee service by Henry Birk and Sons, Canada, circa 1920. Coffee pot 22 cm high
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A small circular Georgian sterling silver card tray, 17 cm diameter
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A Queen Ann style three piece sterling silver coffee service. London 1937. Coffee pot 30 cm high
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Six pieces of Australian sterling silver, comprising a gum leaf paper knife, a cheese knife, and two Kelly spoons
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A parcel gilt silver shell shaped dish, Continental 19th century, 22 cm wide
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A hammered sterling silver oval soapbox, English, circa 1810, 9 cm wide
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A pair of sterling silver rectangular pin dishes by Garrard, London 1920, 10.2 cm wide
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A set of six sterling silver dessert spoons and a set six pastry forks, by Gorham USA, circa 1960
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A pair of parcel-gilt sterling silver pedestal salts, London 1812. Makers mark indistinct, 6 cm high, 9 cm diameter, with spoons
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A set of six Russian silver coffee spoons, circa 1900
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A Marquetry serpentine front commode, French, 19th century. with rouge marble top, 85 cm high, 115 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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Two English Georgian silver salt spoons
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Two sterling silver serving spoons and a butter knife designed by Georg Jensen, 10 cm long spoon, knife 16 cm long
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A sterling silver pedestal bowl by Georg Jensen, 6 cm high, 12 cm diameter
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A good pair of large sterling silver scallop shell shaped dishes, London 1911, crested, 25 cm wide
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A matched sterling silver Queen's pattern table service by Henry Birk and Sons Canada. Comprising 96 pieces in total
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A Georg Jensen sterling silver serving spoon, 24 cm long
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Four various sterling silver caddy and preserve spoons by Georg Jensen. 9 to 14 cm long
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A good pair of Louis XV style fauteuils, French, 19th century, 97 cm high, 68 cm wide
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A sterling silver Georgian style sauce boat, Birmingham letter o, circa 1950, 20 cm wide
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An elegant hammered sterling silver elliptical shape pedestal dish, Continental, circa 1930, 28 cm wide
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A set of six sterling silver coffee spoons by Georg Jensen in presentation case
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Five Queen's pattern sterling silver pieces of cutlery
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A pair of parcel gilt shells shaped dishes, Continental, circa 1900. Marked with a pineapple insignia, 14 cm wide
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A pair of sterling silver sugar tongs, two other tongs and a mustard spoon
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A Sterling silver leaf embossed tray, a small dinner bell and a sterling silver miniature urn 8 cm high
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A large mahogany extending dining table, English, circa 1850 stamped makers mark for William Smee and Sons. with two extra leaves, 71 cm high, 240 cm long extended
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Possibly William Trotter, Edinburgh. a Fine George IV mahogany lobby console table, English or Scottish, circa 1825, 68 x 142 x 60 cm. with thick marble top. Provenance: John Hawkins Antiques, 2005
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AFTER HENRY FUSELI. The Enchanted Isle-Before the Cave of Prospero (Act one Scene Two from The Tempest). Oil on canvas, 45 x 59 cm. Provenance: Deutscher Menzies 15/06/2005 lot 472
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AFTER WILLIAM HAMILTON (1751-1801). Leontes looking at the statue of Hermione (Act five, Scene three from The Winters Tale). Oil on canvas, 45 x 57 cm. Deutscher Menzies 15/06/2005 lot 472
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A fine set of ten mahogany dining chairs, English, circa 1830. Comprising two carvers and 8 standards
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AFTER HENRY FUSELI. Figures in a tempest. Oil on canvas, 48 x 59 cm. Provenance: Paul Kenny Sydney and England
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William Fountain, a pair of sterling silver-gilt pedestal beakers, London, 1805, with engraved coat of arms of the Priaulx family of Guernsey and motto Caesar Augusta, 14 cm high. Provenance: Christies Melbourne, March 2001 lot 375
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An ebonised and gilt edged rectangular wall mirror, Australian, circa 1860. The backboards stencilled C.D. Haywood, Excelsior House Hobart. Provenance: Warwick Oakman antiques, Hobart
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A pair of gilt metal and glass lustres on white marble bases, American, mid 19th century, 36 cm high
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A large sandstone bust of Sir Walter Scott, English, 18th century, 62 cm high
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL,. 19th CENTURY. Figures on a stage in collage form and highlighted with foil sequins and decorations, 35 x 47 cm
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A pair of decoupage pictures, French, third quarter of the 19th century, of a pastoral scene and figures by a lake and a mother with children in a landscape. Ebonised frames, the images 43 cm wide, the outside measurement of the frames 69 x 54 cm
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A rare pair of turned and reeded mahogany drapery rings, English, 19th century. Approx. 35 cm high and 45 cm deep. Provenance: Christie's New York April 7 2004
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A good quality purple ground porcelain and bronze oil lamp, French, 19th century, 72 cm high
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A set of six solid ebony dining chairs, Anglo Indian, circa 1825, 84 x 50 cm. Provenance: WF (Bill) Bradshaw, Sydney
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A large Neo-Classical painted plaster figure of Athena, by James Deville, circa 1820, 148 cm high on square Neo-Classical base, 85 cm high approx. 50 cm square. Impressed London Published Jun 1818 by F/J Deville. James Deville (d. 1846) was among other individual makers such as Humphrey Hopper, Robert Shout and Francis Harenberg who were producing figurative lamps in plaster, borrowing models and motifs from the connoisseur-designer, Thomas Hope. Deville was described in the Gentleman's Magazine as 'a…
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A William IV blackwood reclining armchair, English, circa 1830, upholstered in striped velvet, 110 x 65 cm. With adjustable footrest
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A two branch Gothic revival bronze oil lamp, English, circa 1840, 92 x 45 cm
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W. FULLER. A very unusual pen-work picture, 1839. The Spring put forth no blossoms in summer there will be no beauty, and in Autumn no fruit, so if youth be trifled away without improvement, manhood will be contemptible and old age miserable. By W H Fuller dated 1839, 53 x 74 cm in fine burr wood frame and original floated glass. Provenance: John Hawkins, Tasmania
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A pair of William IV papier mache fire screens on parcel gilt and ebonised stands, English, circa 1840, 115 cm high
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A pair of black painted octagonal coaching tables, 19th century. 68m high, the top 41 cm square
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A William IV mahogany over-mantel mirror, English, circa 1835, 90 x 145 cm
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A pair of lavender blue opaline and gilt vases, French, 19th century, 30 cm high
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An Anglo Indian solid ebony side chair, India or Ceylon, circa 1850
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A suite of fine quality amethyst table glass, mostly 19th century. Comprising: 17 red wine glasses in different sizes 4 rummers 23 liqueur glasses in different sizes
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A quality two-seater sofa with one adjustable end. The back seat and arms covered in plum cotton, the foot-rail fringed., 95 x 165 x 90 cm
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Four exceptional George III mahogany hall chairs, English by Thomas and G Seddon, London, English, circa 1800. Bearing painted crests one stamped TB, 92 cm high, seats 44 cm wide. Provenance: One pair Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney the other Horners Auctions Norfolk August 2005. The Seddon family ran a large cabinetmaking and upholstery business in London from 1753 until the mid-19th century (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.414, fig. 821). A pair of…
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A reversed glass painted silhouette painting of Regency style, 20th century. Painted with a family group in a fashionable interior, with some polychrome highlights. Maple frame, 35 x 40 cm
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A fine set of set of ten gilt-wood chairs attributed to Gillows, English, circa 1870. Buttoned backs and seats covered in green velvet the castors stamped 'COPE / & COLLINSON / PATENT', two chairs previously with a printed canvas label 'HIS GRACE / THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, G.C.V.O. D.S.O / BOURDON HOUSE / DAVIES STREET / LONDON, W.I.' . Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor and Ist Marquess of Westminster (d.1845) for Grosvenor House London and by descent to Anne, Duchess of…
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GUTZVILLER, EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19th CENTURY. Portrait of young man holding music beside a piano, Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Gutzviller was a member of a family of painters working in Alsace form the 18th century to the late 19th centuries., 48 x 39 cm. Provenance: Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney
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A fine Carrara marble mask form fountain head, Italian, 16th/17th century, 43 cm high, 36 cm wide
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A George IV rosewood side-table, English, circa 1825. The fold over top with interior lined in leather, 73 x 86 x 54 cm
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ENGLISH SCHOOL,. 19th CENTURY. Portrait of a country gentleman holding a flute and with his dog in a cottage landscape, Oil on canvas, in large gilt-wood frame, 71 x 59 cm
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A pair of four-fold screens. Covered in brown felt with brass studs, the reverse in striped cotton, 205 cm high, 160 cm long
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A wool-work picture of the Edmund Keane as Richard II, in Tasmanian musk-wood frame, circa 1860. Frame 68 x 57 cm, woolwork 57 x 46 cm
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A Georgian mahogany hall chair, English, late 18th century. Painted monogram F J to shield back
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A Colonial cedar chest of drawers, Australian, circa 1850, 115 x 124 x 58 cm
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A sterling silver leaf shaped pin dish, Birmingham M circa 1970
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A Georgian oak press on chest, English, circa 1800, 214 cm high, 125 cm wide, 63 cm deep
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Two Windsor armchairs, English, 19th century, 91 cm high
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A machine woven landscape tapestry, 141 x 190 cm
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A pair of gold brocade upholstered wing armchairs, 102 cm high
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A pair of cream upholstered two seater sofas, 80 cm high, 207 cm wide
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A cast iron and brass fire grate, in the Georgian style, 77 cm high, 94 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A full size Victorian billiard table with accessories, English 19th century, re-fitted in Melbourne, 96 cm high, 303 cm long and 203 deep
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