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The Collection of John and Marita McIntosh — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:82
Sale Title:The Collection of John and Marita McIntoshLots with images:79
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:71
Date:15-Oct-2013
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'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829' by Dumont D'Urville (Jules Sebastian Cesar) [1790-1842] 22 volumes (various sizes), comprising engraved plates, maps, charts and extensive text descriptions and explanations. The Astrolabe, named in honour of one of the ships of La Perouse, sailed from Toulon on 22 April 1826, towards the Pacific, for a circumnavigation of the world that was destined to last nearly three years. Dumont D'Urville skirted the…
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'The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia' by John Gould, F.R.S. [1804-81] & Richard Bowdler Sharpe [1847-1909] 5 volumes; 320 hand-coloured lithographic plates. Gould's last great work. With only about 250 sets made, it is amongst the rarest of all his works and was completed after his death by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Gould's protege and devoted friend. Sharpe was more than forty years junior to Gould, whom he had meet when he was…
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'A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Captn James Cook in this and his two preceding Voyages; with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command by Lieut Heny Roberts of His Majesty's Royal Navy' [W. Palmer sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)]; bound together with 60 full plate etchings illustrating the voyages and the 'Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 & 1779'.
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'Voyage au Pole Sud et dan l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee, execute par ordre du Roi pendant les annees 1837-1838-1839-1840' by Dumont D'Urville (Jules Sebastian Cesar) [1790-1842] in 30 volumes (in 3 sizes), comprising volumes of text, engraved and lithographed plates, maps and charts. The full official account of the great French expedition, commanded by Dumont D'Urville under the patronage of King Louis-Philippe, to explore in the Pacific and the Antarctic. Departing in 1837 in the…
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'The Banksias' by Celia E. Rosser and Alexander S. George Volumes I & II [1981-88, published in association with Monash University] Numbered 392 from the Limited Edition of 730.
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'Voyage autour du Monde,...sur La Corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825,...par L.I. DUPERREY,....' 'Hydrographie' [ATLAS), Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1827. Folio; engraved title-page, 22 text pages, 52 engraved maps (of which 20 are double-page) by Ambroise Tardieu after Duperrey and others, and 4 engraved plates of various native sailing vessels by Berard after Duperrey and others. The Atlas of sea-charts published to accompany Duperrey's account of his…
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'Voyage autour du Monde,...sur La Corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825,...par L.I. Duperrey,....' A collection of Plates: 'Botanique', 'Zoologie' and 'Historique' - 323 plates, mainly coloured, contained in 57 folios of original issue.
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Webber, John, 'Views in the South Seas, from drawings by the late James Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780. With letter-press, descriptive of the various scenery, & c... The drawings are in the possession of the Board of Admiralty. London: Published by Boydell & Co., [1808]' Folio, title-page and 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates with 15 leaves of descriptive text (one describing two plates); bound in period-style half calf and marbled boards. The only…
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A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry bureau-plat. 79 cm high, 194 cm wide, 95 cm deep
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A rare George I walnut bureau-cabinet in the Dutch influence, English, circa 1730. 223 cm high, 113 cm wide, 60 cm deep. Provenance: The Cunningham family, Somerset, England. John Dunn Antiques, Melbourne
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A fine mythological landscape tapestry, Flemish, circa 1700 depicting a mythological scene of Europa and the bull. Approx. 265 cm high, 380 cm wide. Provenance: Grosvenor House Antiques Fair London, 1989 - Mayorcas Ltd, Jermyn Street, London
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A Georgian oak book-press, on chest, English, early 19th century. 174 cm high, 72 cm wide, 44 cm depth
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A Louis XVI parquetry circular games table, French, 18th century. 79 cm high, diameter 66 cm
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A Flemish tapestry, late 17th/early 18th century Woven with 3 figures hunting in a landscape 225 x 220 cm
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A Moroccan iron red ground stitched kilim. Approx. 285 x 163 cm
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A Kilim rug with linear design. 295 x 167 cm
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A Large Kilim geometric rug. Approx. 350 x 170 cm
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An Aubusson tapestry panel. Approx. 210 x 115 cm
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An Aubusson tapestry, rose centre. Approx. 204 by 137 cm
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Two Neo-Egyptian quilted wall hangings. Approx. 175 x 155 cm and 203 x 170 cm. Provenance: Lord Alistair McAlpine
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A Shiraz rug. Approx. 305 x 220 cm
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A large and very well patinated Spanish walnut side table, 17th/18th century. 80 cm high, 71 cm depth, 208 cm length
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A pair of Regence style beech-wood bergeres. 108 cm high, 68 cm wide
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After the Antique a bronze model of a Roman foot with sandal. 14 cm high, 31 cm long
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A gilt metal cased clock and aneroid barometer, French, circa 1900. 19 cm high
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A pair of rare spa painted octagonal hare-wood tea caddies, Belgian, circa 1800. 10 cm high, 13 cm wide
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Four Chinese green glazed parrots 22-24 cm high
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A pair of 18th century pewter flagons initialled and with touch marks to base. 23 cm high
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A pair of grey painted and gilded marble top console tables, French, circa 1865 carved with shields to the frieze, carved with the initials S, M. 73 cm high, 91 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted clock, French circa 1900. 36 cm high
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An engraved gilt-bronze cased repeating carriage clock, French circa 1880. 13 cm high
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A pair of large French turned walnut pricket candlesticks. 70 cm high
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A green Serpentine marble top cast iron garden table with 6 matching chairs. 250 cm high, 101 cm wide
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A large red and black lacquer covered bowl. 31 cm high, 38 cm diameter
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A rare pair of Coade stone pedestals, English dated 1840 Impressed: Coade's Lambeth 1840. 111 cm high, diameter at base approx 48 cm. Provenance: Seago London (35,000 pounds)
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A rare pair of eighteenth century walnut stools, French, circa 1710 with tapestry seats. 42 cm high, 61 cm wide
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A rare pair of gilt and polychrome decorated wall mirrors, Continental, 18th century. 185 cm high, 114 cm wide. Provenance: The Lillian Whiteman Collection South Yarra founder of Le Louvre
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A George II walnut lowboy, English, circa 1710. 70 cm high, 70 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A good George I walnut and feather-banded bureau, English, early 18th century. 94 cm high, 87 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A George II walnut and feather-banded lowboy, English, circa 1720 with three drawers. 70 cm high, 78 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A fine George III painted satinwood card table, Irish, circa 1790 with Irish removalist's paper label beneath. 73 cm high, 90 cm wide, 45 cm deep. Provenance: John Dunn Antiques, Melbourne
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A Regency pen-work and lacquer work box, English, circa 1820. 15 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A George III mahogany tea-caddy, English 18th century with sliding side panel revealing secret drawer. 16 cm high, 23 cm wide, 13 cm deep. Provenance: Woolcombe House, Stow-on-the-Wold
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A brass mounted elm casket, Korean, 19th century. 21 cm high, 34 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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A lignum-vitae grinder, 18th/19th century. Approximately 21 cm high,. 12 cm diameter
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Two 19th century mortars and pestles, probably French. 19 cm and 20 cm diameter
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A Louis XV walnut and fruitwood serpentine commode, French, 18th century. 81 cm high, 124 cm wide, 67 cm deep
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A Biedermeier ash and ebonised small drop-side table, Swedish, 19th century. 74 cm high, 62 cm wide closed, 41 cm deep. Provenance: Roy's Antiques, Melbourne
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A Biedermeier birch and ebonised chest of drawers, Austrian, circa 1820. 80 cm high, 98 cm wide, 50 cm deep. Provenance: Roy's Antiques, Melbourne
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A burr-elm and marble top circular occasional table, French, circa 1840. 73 cm high, 81 cm diameter
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A Louis XV bronze mounted and polychrome decorated bracket clock, French 18th century. 90 cm high, 40 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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A rare red Chinoiserie lacquer wall mirror, English, circa 1700. 104 cm high, 70 cm wide. Provenance: John Dunn Antiques, Melbourne
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A pair of polychrome decorated and gilt figural candle-stands, Italian 17th/18th century. 94 cm high
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A set of twelve upholstered dining chairs covered in checked red and gold fabric
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A good quality George III style mahogany triple pillar dining table, English 19th century with three leaves. 72 cm high, 365 cm long for the extended, 129 cm wide
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A finely carved gilt-wood mirror, Italian, 18th/19th century. 180 cm high, 105 cm wide
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A Chinese red lacquer low cabinet. 67 cm high, 72 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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A pair of Regency style red and gilt lacquer chairs. 88 cm high, 55 cm wide
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A fruitwood chest of drawers, French, 19th century. 83 cm high, 102 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A plaster replica of a Roman marble female torso. 93 cm high, 57 cm wide
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A pair of pine and glass framed door portico's, 19th century. 95 cm high, 170 cm wide
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A Spanish four-fold painted leather screen decorated with exotic birds and shrubs on embossed ground. 230 cm high, 260 cm wide
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A polychrome decorated embossed leather four-fold screen, Spanish, 19th century. 181 cm high, 208 cm wide
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A very decorative painted and carved wood wall mirror, French, 19th century. 148 cm high, 93 cm wide
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A walnut ottoman in the French manner covered in floral covered moquette. 166 cm long, 74 cm wide, 50 cm high
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An early Victorian black papier mache and shell inlaid tea tray coffee table, English circa 1840, stand later. 50 cm high, 70 cm high
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A George III oak pillar wine table, English 18th century. 73 cm high, 76 cm diameter
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A Louis XVI carved pine armoire, French, 18th/early 19th century. 225 cm high, 130 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A Northern European painted pinewood cupboard, dated 1799. 172 cm high, 135 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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A good Venetian cut glass wall mirror, circa 1940. 140 cm high, 80 cm wide
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A bronze and gilt decorated floor lamp, French or Italian, early 20th century. 181 cm high
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A Derby porcelain figure of a young man, English, 18th century. 20 cm high
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Boris Chetkov, Russian (born 1926) Glass head. 19 cm high
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Boris Chetkov, Russian (born 1926) Glass vase. 42 cm high
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A first period Worcester porcelain kakiemon and scale blue trio, English, 18th century Teacup 6 cm high, saucer 12 cm diameter, teabowl 8 cm diameter
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A pair of white glazed Neo classical ceramic vases. 31 cm high
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A Mason's iron-stone part dinner service, English, 19th century comprising 27 plates, 2 meat plates, 4 serving dishes, 2 covered tureens
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A good pair of Worcester porcelain reticulated bowls, English, 18th century. 19 cm diameter. Provenance: Winifred Williams London. Sold to a Mr Stephens Pamela Rowan - British Antique Dealers Fair Australia 1987
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A Chinoiserie plate and matching teacup and saucer, English, circa 1820 Plate 25 cm diameter, teacup 9 cm diameter, saucer 14 cm diameter
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Boris Chetkov, Russian (born 1926) Foot vase Glass sculpture 22.5 cm high
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A William and Mary floral marquetry and walnut cushion wall mirror, English circa 1690 58 by 46 cm
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A painted leather four-fold screen, continental 19th centurypainted with exotic birds on an Italian terrace, 200 cm high by 191 cm wide extended  
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