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April Art and Antiques Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:733
Sale Title:April Art and Antiques AuctionLots with images:174
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:548
Date:23-Apr-2013
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A large impressive 19th century French fruitwood buffet table with elm platform base, oblong shape with deep thumbnail moulded top edge and broad boxwood stringing, three frieze drawers beneath the top edge, shaped cabriole style legs with central support. 220 cm x 80 cm x 90 cm
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A French Louis Philippe marble top walnut commode, shallow ogee top drawer above three uniform drawers, brass keyhole escutcheons, plinth base above two bracket feet. 117.6 cm x 56 cm x 94 cm
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An French oak Art Deco Odeon style table, the top raised on four curved outer legs, double circular base on conforming feet, 63 cm x 67.5 cm
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An 18th century French oak coffer, three panels to front with Basque style carved detail to lid and front, on square feet, 109 x 51 x 62 cm
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A modern Marcel Breuer chrome plated tubular cantilever armchair with stitched black leather upholstery.
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A 19th century rosewood secretaire à abattant, the drop front opens to reveal small sets of drawers in an architectural form, with arches, inlaid stringing in a brick pattern, one drawer with miniature columns, the drop inlaid with gilt tooled Morocco leather. Two cupboards to the base, the side columns and panels with ecclesiastical decoration, chamfered square feet, top curved pediment opens to reveal a drawer, with a white marble top. 101 cm x 53 cm x 153 cm.
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A pair of French style open elbow salon chairs, the decoratively carved beech frames with floral tapestry seats and backs, one in mustard, the other in apple green.
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A late 20th century French oak country dining table, plank top, with three matching drop-in extensions, stretcher base, square chamfered legs, drawer to one end, together with eight rush seated matching chairs. Length with the three extensions 280 cm x 90 cm x 77 cm
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A 19th century Continental walnut wine table with reeded edge and radiating veneered top, on gun barrel pedestal support with inverted tripod base. Diameter 80 x 73 cm
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A 19th century French cafe style table, the circular mottled brown and dark flecked top on a restrained scrolling iron four way base. Diameter 83 cm
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A 19th century Scandinavian country pine chair, the open rail back with single shaped splat, remains of original old green paint, solid seat, square section tapered legs.
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A long 19th century Scandinavian pine settle with a green paint finish, the back and slightly sloping arms with fleur-de-lis decoration, the hinged seat lifting to reveal an original interior, raised on pegged stile feet. 225 cm x 45 cm x 900 (height to top of back).
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An early Victorian Folk Art child's push-along horse, with a solid cylindrical body and fret carved head, plain tapered spindle legs to the platform base with wooden axles and stretcher, original angled wooden handle with plain turned grip, replacement straw type tail and mane, remnants of old paint finish. Length 60 cm
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A modern Victorian style rocking horse, glossy black and dappled grey, brown leather saddle and bridle, horse hair tail and mane, brass fittings and stirrups. Length overall 150 cm, height 125 cm.
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An early 18th century Dutch marquetry fold-over top games table, the serpentine front with two frieze drawers, the top opening to reveal a circular recessed panel to each corner, baize lined, the cabriole legs with stylised leaf and C-scroll carved knees, ball and claw feet, the figured walnut veneer ornately marquetry inlaid with scrolling leaves, florals, central flowering urn and bird highlights, original decorative gilt/brass plate back swing handles and escutcheons in the French manner, the back swing…
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An Art Deco 1940s showground bumper car, the oval rounded steel body repainted yellow, orange and black, chromed light to the front, original heavy rubber bumper to the base, black vinyl two seater seat, a bracket to the back for the rod supplying electricity, the rod absent, original steering wheel. 110 cm x 200 cm x 78 cm. Provenance: Ex. Luna Park, Australia.
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A pair of large Chinese wall panels decorated with exotic birds within a rocky landscape highlighted with flowers, highlight colours of yellow, orange, red and blue, the heavy paper panels on timber frames with fabric backing. 16.5 cm x 63 cm each
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A teak altar table of Chinese style with ornate carved and pierced apron beneath the top edge, rounded ends with panelled carving on traditional tall legs with stretchers in between. Length 113 cm, width 40 cm, height 81 cm. Made in Burma
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A pair of old Korean elm side cabinets, the panelled fronts each with two small cupboard doors, brass fittings, hinges and locks, shaped aprons between the front feet. One on a fixed stand, the other on a loose stand. 91 cm x 41 cm x 78 cm
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A decorative Tibetan storage cabinet with brightly painted decoration of flowers, leaves and Greek key patterns, the panelled fronts with two cupboard doors and three small shelves, raised on stile feet. 110 cm x 41 cm x 90 cm
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A Victorian style cheval mirror, the bevelled glass mirror with plain hardwood frame, barley twist uprights with turned finials, scalloped shaped marble on top of the shaped base, four scrolling feet with casters. Height 163 cm x 146.5 cm.
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A large Victorian rectangular gilt wall mirror, curved corners, restrained relief rosette decoration, bevel edge to the glass, original timber backing, later re-gilding. 125 cm x 84 cm
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A Victorian tall giltwood wall mirror, rectangular form, the arched main glass flanked by fluted full columns in later ebonised black, moulded detail including lion's heads, two turned ball finials to the top, later re-gilding. 179 cm x 86 cm
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A Victorian style large giltwood wall mirror, scroll detail with fancy corners, burnished tone with old red tones showing through. 134 cm x 107 cm.
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An American Federal late 20th century electric table lamp, the wide circular drip-tray type base supporting the column with three bird's-head scrolling arms and central square section support to the shade.
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A circus elephant table lamp, the column in the form of five circus elephants in full regalia standing on each other's backs, turned finial to top with modern cream shade, attached to a stepped base. Height 83 cm
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A large pottery table lamp of flattened circular form on wooden base in sang de boeuf glaze, modern silk fabric and gold braid shade. Height 83 cm
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An early 1900s Arts & Crafts copper and glass light fitting, the copper and brass outer frame in the form of windmills, the glass shade painted with figures of Dutch boys and girls in national costume, with original brass ceiling rose. 24 cm x 33 cm
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A small crystal chandelier comprising three waterfall tiers of crystal drops, the upper tier surrounded by swags of faceted crystals. Diameter 21 cm
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A vintage brass ceiling light, the decorative brass base with four brass bands leading to a large circular brass fitting decorated with floral embellishments, the brass frame with hanging crystal drops and prisms, a large Victorian Vaseline pink and white shade sits in the centre of the brass frame. Diameter 52 cm
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A vintage basket waterfall chandelier, the gilt frame in the form of a crown with four graduating size tiers liberally festooned with crystal prisms and drops, six bulb fittings to the interior, a central rod connected to another gilt crown with connecting crystal chains. Family provenance attributes this to being from the Regent Cinema, Auckland. Diameter 45 cm
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An early 20th century gilt brass six scrolling arms table lamp, the serpentine three way base with scrolling arms to the central conforming platform supporting the arms and branch form top with facet cut glass finial, festooned with glass drops. Height 81 cm
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A rococo gilt metal ten scrolling branch large chandelier, the stepped circular boss to the base with pineapple finial supporting ten acanthus leaf decorated scrolling arms, each with a single light, the triple wrythen conforming column with further leaf decoration to the top and rows. Diameter 80 cm, height 70 cm
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