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October Art and Antique Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:598
Sale Title:October Art and Antique AuctionLots with images:117
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:449
Date:8-Oct-2013
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A large impressive Georgian period blue and white earthenware two-handled lidded soup tureen on matching stand, decorated with a scene of Slingsby Castle, Yorkshire. Old hair crack on rim of lid. Length 35 cm
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A collection of English china, Georgian blue and white teacup and saucer overlaid with gold, an English Delft circular plate decorated with a fence pattern (hair crack) and an English ironstone plate with polychrome 'Japan' decoration. Sold as one lot
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A Victorian period Wedgwood black basalt tea set, circular shape with raised classical decoration of garlands and laurel leaves, teapot, sugar basin, cream jug and two tea cups and saucers. The teapot, jug and basin all with silver mounts. Sheffield 1879 by Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes and Barber, the teapot with ivory heat rings to the handle
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Two Red Anchor porcelain plates, both with floral painting and shaped borders. Tiny rim chips and some crazing. Diameter 22 cm and 24 cm
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An 18th century English porcelain coffee cup, with polychrome painted Chinese decoration. Attributed to Liverpool. Faults. Height 6 cm
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A Georgian period Chamberlains Worcester tea bowl and matching saucer dish, typical spiral fluted design with restrained green and gold floral painting, c.1800
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A Meissen porcelain shallow bowl, decorated to the centre with exotic birds, butterflies and beetles decorate the rim, blue crossed swords mark with incised erasure. Diameter 20.5 cm
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An 18th century English creamware plate, decorated with a chinoiserie landscape, multiple frits to the rim. Diameter 24.5 cm
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A George III period William & John Turner jug, of oval baluster form with raised decoration of huntsmen outside a tavern, grapevine border and dark brown glaze to the rims. Embossed mark 'TURNER'. Height 20.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton Pansy pattern octagonal teapot with a matching cream jug and a lidded two-handled sugar basin, black borders and spout. Width of teapot 14.5 cm height 12.5 cm
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Six Royal Doulton Pansy pattern trios, octagonal shape, the side plates square with indented corners, all with black borders. One or two small rim frits on underside edges
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A pair of Royal Doulton Pansy pattern two-handled oblong sandwich trays with black borders. Length of each 27 cm
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A high quality Royal Doulton white bone china ovoid vase, with painted heart shaped vignette of fruit, signed F. Hatten, the blue ground richly gilded. Height 14.5 cm
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A mid-20th century Royal Doulton flambe elephant, modelled with trunk raised, traditional striking red glaze, printed mark to foot. Height 16.7 cm length 21 cm
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A Royal Doulton 'veined' vase, squat baluster form with shaped top rim, dark blue and orange mottled 'veined' glaze effects to the flambe glaze. Printed marks and model #1605 to base. Height 11.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton Grimm's Fairy Tales rack plate, 'The Six Swans', printed in tones of brick red, green and soft yellow. Diameter 27 cm
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A Royal Doulton Gnomes pattern square shallow dish, decorated with five gnomes amongst the base of a large tree, traditional toadstool, spider web and caterpillar decoration, gilt highlights. 21.5 cm x 21.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton Kingsware Golfing pattern jug, baluster form, decorated to one side with a golfer and his caddy, five golfers in a smaller profile to the reverse. Printed mark. Height 22.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton Slater's specimen vase, the tall narrow cylindrical neck with a patterned finish, the compressed ovoid body with gilt, turquoise and green glazed highlights, blue to the interior flared rim. Height 17 cm
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A Royal Doulton white bone china 'Coaching Days' jug, circular section, flared at the base. Height 15.5 cm
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A collection of Mason's ironstone Strathmore pattern china, lidded two-handled tureen, hors d'oeuvres dish, pair of octagonal plates, ashette, pair of egg cups, oval dish and ewer. Nine pieces
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre lidded mustard pot, decorated with concentric circles and bright colours. Printed marks. Height 6 cm
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre fruit bowl, of tapering circular section on short foot decorated with concentric circles in bright colours. Printed Newport pottery marks. Signs of wear on inside rim. Diameter 20.5 cm
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A Clarice Cliff Celtic Harvest salad bowl, together with a pair of servers, all with moulded and painted fruit handles. Diameter 24 cm
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A Shelley bone china coffee set, decorated with the Daffodil Time pattern, coffee pot, jug, basin, six cups and saucers and a large circular cake plate
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A fine quality Carlton Ware Art Deco period circular bowl, on short foot, painted in coloured enamels with a Chinese lake scene and buildings on a rich dark blue ground, the borders lavishly gilded. On original tripod stand. Diameter 25 cm
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Two polychrome painted Delft plates, both with floral designs. Diameter 23 cm one probably English Delft
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A pair of 19th century hand painted portrait plaques, the farmer's children, young boy with grapes, young girl with flowers, finely painted in colours and in ebonised frames. 19.5 cm x 15 cm ea
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A William Moorcroft baluster vase, decorated with the pomegranate pattern on a dark blue ground. Impressed marks and green signature. Height 16 cm
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A Walter Moorcroft orchid pattern candlestick, the nozzle raised on a flared circular base decorated with two orchid flowers in red and purple dominant tones on a green ground, impressed marks and painted initials in blue. Height 10.5 cm diameter 13 cm
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Two old Scottish pottery whiskey flasks, 'Watson's Whisky' and 'The Royal Blend Whiskey' converted to a table lamp. Height of each 22 cm
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An old Spanish tin glazed blue and white earthenware circular bowl, with bold stylised floral painting. Crack on rim. Diameter 34 cm
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A Chinese pale green jade brush pot, of oval shape with carved and pierced decoration and deep relief of hornless dragons amongst clouds. Length 8 cm
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A pair of Chinese light green jade hair pins in the form of ceremonial sceptres, beautifully carved and pierced with reishi fungus. Length of each 16.5 cm
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A good quality Chinese pale green and brown jade brush washer, beautifully carved and pierced with birds and prunus branches. Height on wood stand 12 cm
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A good quality Chinese green jade boulder carving with deeply carved and pierced decoration of figures in a mountainous land. Height of wood stand 11.5 cm
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A collection of 12 19th century Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming counters, various shapes and sizes, two in the shape of fish
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A pair of large impressive Chinese carved soapstone figures of standing fishermen on rocky bases, each with fish and baskets. Height overall 40.1 cm
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A Chinese jade pendant carved as twin fish, on 9K gold suspension loop. Height 4.7 cm
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A Chinese translucent green jade pendant, carved as a sinuous dragon. Height 6.5 cm
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An old Chinese scholar's rock (Gongshi or 'spirit' stone), naturally formed with various holes and water worn surfaces, the central base fitted to a carved hardwood stand raised on five restrained scroll legs, the stone of dark grey colouring. (Reputedly Ming). Height 38.5 cm maximum width 24 cm
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A Chinese horn libation cup carved in deep relief with a four clawed dragon and cloud forms. Length 10 cm
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A large Chinese red cinnabar circular lidded box with traditional designs in relief, mountainous landscape with building and scroll borders. Diameter 24 cm
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A set of five vintage Chinese miniature watercolours on rice paper, studies of figures in traditional costume with matching gilt metal frames. Some distress. 10 cm x 75
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A large modern Chinese famille rose porcelain circular charger, decorated with figures in a garden. Diameter 33 cm
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A 19th century Chinese famille rose shallow circular dish, painted with figures in a courtyard in typical coloured enamels. Diameter 25 cm
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A large Chinese porcelain baluster vase, with polychrome enamelled painted decoration of birds and pink prunus blossom. Daoguang painted seal mark on base. Height 38.5 cm
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A pair of 18th century Chinese armorial export porcelain octagonal plates, one with small rim frits, painted with the arms of Dean King of Skelling in Yorkshire who died in 1795. Of his five sons, 2nd Lt. James King accompanied Capt. Cook on his last voyage to N.Z. in 1776 and was later appointed Captain to command Discovery on the death of Cook. His cousin Henry King had sailed with Anson and was living in Liverpool in 1776. Of the more than 5,000 armorial services produced in the 18th century, less than…
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Two Ming Dynasty Chinese blue and white porcelain oil jarlets. Height 50 and 6.5 cm
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A large Chinese blue and white porcelain teapot, painted with dragons and cloud forms with a brass swing handle. Character marks on base. Height 26 cm
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An old Chinese early Ching style blue and white brush pot, cylindrical form, the immortal figure on the back of a deer confronting a devil soldier figure, within a landscape, unglazed section to base. Height 14 cm
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain tulip vase, the body with five apertures framing a central slender neck rising to a globular terminal, all painted in underglaze blue with dragons and foliate tendrils, Kangxi four character mark under the base. Height 23.5 cm
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A large Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, of squat baluster shape painted with a fenced garden scene with figures and landscape. Painted rabbit mark on base. Height 26 cm
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A collection of 19th century small fine quality Chinese blue and white porcelain dishes and lidded bowls, painted with traditional designs and figures in a garden. Diameters of dishes approx. 11 cm many with painted character marks. Some faults
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A large modern Chinese blue and white porcelain punch bowl, of circular shape, with flared wide rim, painted with water lilies, the rims bound with brass. Sold together with adjustable wood stand. Diameter 38 cm
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, of squat baluster shape painted with flowers and leaves in the Ming style. Small chips on base. Height 14 cm
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A Chinese export porcelain plate, painted in polychrome famille rose enamels with a scene of cockerels in a garden. Diameter 23 cm
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A Chinese export porcelain plate, with polychrome painted decoration of birds in a garden, pink the predominant colour. Diameter 23 cm
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A Chinese export porcelain plate with shaped rim and polychrome painted floral decoration. Diameter 22 cm
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A Chinese porcelain sauce boat, of European silver shape decorated in famille rose enamels with figures in landscapes, the rim decorated with stylised flowers on a yellow ground. Width 18.5 cm
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A fine Chinese porcelain small footed bowl, flared form, the exterior decorated with cranes in flight above architectural forms rising from the sea, angular scrolls to the rims. Six character marks in underglaze blue to the base. Diameter 10.6 cm
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A Chinese porcelain shallow bowl, with incised decoration of dragons and phoenixes in green, blue and aubergine on an egg yolk yellow ground. Diameter 25.5 cm
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A large old Chinese champleve jardiniere with shield shaped enamelled panels on circular base. Impressed character marks. Diameter 32 cm
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A Chinese ivory figure of the Buddha Pu-tai, carved standing with two children clambering on his shoulders, he holds a reishi fungus in his left hand. On carved double lotus plinth base. Signed with two character mark underneath. On wooden stand. Height 15.5 cm
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A Chinese ivory immortal, carved standing holding in his right hand a dragon headed staff and in his left a pipe. Two character signature under the base. Height 18 cm
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A Chinese ivory snuff bottle, of triangular section, carved in low relief to either side with figures of young boys, a calligraphic inscription to one side. Height 7.4 cm
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A Chinese carved ivory ball on stand, of at least ten carved and pierced concentric ivory balls, on original figural stand. Diameter 65 cm height overall 27.5 cm
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A good Chinese wood carving of a standing sage. Height 19 cm
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A fine old Chinese zitan hardwood carving of the seated Kuan Yin. Height 25 cm
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A fine old Chinese yellow wood paperweight, beautifully carved in the form of a bound bundle of bamboo. Length 23 cm
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An old Chinese bamboo brush pot, beautifully carved in deep relief with village scenes, figures, trees and buildings. Character marks to one side. Height 15 cm
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A small Chinese yellow wood carving of the seated Kuan Yin. Height on carved wood lotus stand 16 cm
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An old Chinese black inkstone, decorated on one side with a standing kylin and on the reverse a poem. 12.5 cm x 12 cm
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A good quality Chinese heavy zitan wood tray of plain oblong shape with shaped corners. Length 37 cm width 24.5 cm
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A pair of Chinese carved ivory Emperor and Empress figures, both with ornate headdress, well detailed robes highlighted with a dragon amongst scrolling clouds, the Emperor with a sword to his left hand, holding his beaded necklace to his right, the Empress holds a sceptre to her left hand and tassels to her right. Height approx. 26 cm ea. Raised on turned and pierced carved hardwood stands
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A good Chinese porcelain baluster vase with finely painted decoration of butterflies and flowers on a mid-blue ground with finely worked lattice designs, the neck and base with classical Chinese designs on a brick red ground. Four character seal mark on base. Height 22 cm
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An antique Korean lidded jar of plain circular shape with four lug handles around the shoulder, covered in a light oatmeal coloured glaze falling short of the base which has been burnt orange in the firing. Diameter 17 cm height 17 cm
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An old Korean Silla Ware circular section pottery bowl with fish and turtle lug type moulded handles and simple cross hatched decoration. On a traditional shaped stand with cut-out 'window' decoration to the truncated base. Diameter 24 cm. Height overall (bowl on stand) 29 cm
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An old Korean Silla Ware pedestal bowl, or stand, of traditional design with 'cut-out window' decoration to the truncated base. Some faults. Diameter 17 cm height 15 cm
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An old Korean Silla Ware stoneware bottle of simple domed circular section with projecting spout. Probably used to carry cool water to a work place such as a rice field. A spout plug was usually made by wrapping a stick or stone with a piece of cloth to prevent spilling. Height 18 cm
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A Japanese Meiji period bronze elephant, fine naturalistic detail with smooth ears and raised trunk .Two character signature to base of one foot . Carved hardwood stand. Tusks replaced. Length 35 cm height 24 cm
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A vintage Japanese articulated metal lobster, with fine detail and a bronze coloured patina. One feeler with tip missing. Length 26.5 cm
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A large Japanese Satsuma earthenware baluster vase painted with figures in a landscape and richly gilded. Height 32 cm
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A pair of large and impressive 19th century Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases, of rouleau shape, each painted and with raised and gilded decoration of entwining dragons, along with decoration of numerous immortals and attendants painted in enamels and gilt on a ground patterned with a trellis net of cherry blossom motifs in white raised enamel, backed by various fine brocade diaper patterns in gilt. Height 48 cm
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A Japanese ivory Manju netsuke with inlaid awabe shell decoration of Ono no Komachi, a Japanese poet. Signed on inlaid red tablet. Diameter 4.5 cm
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A pair of old Japanese Kutani egg shaped vases, painted with birds, bats and flowers, the borders gilded, each standing on four small feet. Height 10 cm
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An Imari shallow dish, circular with serpentine rim and fluted walls decorated to the centre with a vase of flowers framed by a border of various garden and floral panels in traditional red, blue and green colours. Diameter 30.5 cm. Along with a Japanese porcelain blue print bowl, rim chip. Diameter 15 cm
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A late 19th century 18ct. yellow gold and thirteen cameo panelled necklace, the white and mauve cameo panels each carved with a dog, posed standing and seated with various objects to the mouth, each panel linked by a double rail link chain, push-in clasp. Minor attention required
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A c.1900 15ct. gilded rose gold cricketing locket, shield form, the front with an embossed set of cricket wickets and crossed cricket bats, hinged opening with oval panels, hallmarks for 15ct. Weight 6.8gms
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A 9ct. Royal Air Force sweetheart locket and brooch, the fernleaf brooch with central heart supporting a locket with embossed cover
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A contemporary Tahitian pearl multi-strand necklace, the six leather cords mounted with 12 sliding large dark Tahitian pearls, large barrel form fitting with push-in clasp
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An Art Nouveau silver pendant on chain, the butterfly form pendant with green and blue enamels, central section absent, mother-of-pearl panel, three solid silver drops, on a fine chain suspended from a conforming neck chain
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An opera length single strand cultured pearl necklace, deep cream uniform size pearls, knotted between each with a 14ct. daisy form clasp set with seven pink rubies. Length 9 cm
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An opera length single strand cultured pearl necklace, deep cream uniform size pearls, knotted between and with a 14ct. gold clasp. Length 9.2 cm
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A 1930s amber style uniform bead necklace and earring set, rich deep red tone, screw thread fitting, the singular bead earring drops with silver chain and wire fittings, in fitted box with hinged double opening front
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An Edwardian 9ct. yellow gold photo locket, circular form, glazed panels to both sides, full open wirework scroll border, jump ring suspension. Birmingham hallmark for 1907
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A 19th century 9ct. yellow gold framed Pietra Dura pendant, oval form, black marble ground inlaid with a coloured floral design, the gold frame with rope border, the back stamped 9ct. and 18ct., on a fine gold plated neck chain
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A vintage micro mosaic necklace, the hexagonal form pendant decorated with micro mosaic flowers with three mosaic set tear drops suspended from pendant, gilt metal mount and chain
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A vintage micro-mosaic pendant and chain, the round target form mosaic set pendant with two mosaic tear drops suspended, the chain also with four small mosaic set sections to each side
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A Victorian 18ct. yellow gold oval locket/brooch, the solid central oval panel engraved with floral designs and set with three red stones framed by a band supporting the eight triangular engraved sections, glazed panel to the reverse, suspension bale to the top. Tested as 18ct. Weight 11gms
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