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Directors Selection, Day 2 — Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers

Auction House:Vickers & Hoad AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:197
Sale Title:Directors Selection, Day 2Lots with images:197
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:144
Date:12-Nov-2013
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Richard Wilson R.A 1713-1782, Carnarvon Castle, view of the castle with angled towers in the walls, on the right, overlooking a river, with wooded banks opposite on the left and fields in the distance, on the far side of a broad stretch of water, a woman milking a cow and two other figures resting on the bank in the foreground. Original Estate condition. Painting size 99 cm x 152.5 cm, mounted in its original gadrooned 18th century carved pine frame with gilt gesso decoration. Frame size 181 cm x 124.5 cm.…
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Portrait of Sir (Charles) Michael Robert Vivian Duff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 1907-1980) was a British statesman and socialite, signed lower right illegible, dated 1947, mounted in a 18th century carved gilt gesso frame. This portrait dates from 1947, two years before he married his second wife, on 14 July 1949, Lady (Alexandra Mary Cecilia) Caroline Paget (died 1973), the eldest daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey. 40.5 x 31 cm
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Unattributed, 18th/19th century oil on canvas, putti with still life, ex Sir Charles Duff Vaynol Bangor, mounted in a stepped ebonised frame, 86 cm x 119 cm
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Antique Japanese Samurai sword with later World War II leather protective sleeve to sheath
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Gustave Frederic Michel (1851-1925) French, fine antique bronze figure of cupid, (early work ) standing 67 cm high, Inscription reads to base
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Two antique William IV mahogany hall chairs (2)
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First period Worcester vertically fluted bowl circa 1780s.
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Antique Japanese carved ivory short sword with elaborate carvings
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Worcester tea pot & stand. Flight period circa 1790s.
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A Dutch Delft Chinoiserie coffee pot, circa 1705 - 1720, iron red Pak monogram mark for Pieter Adriaensz Kocx at de Grieksche A, the body of tapering fluted design, C scroll handle and straight angular spout, painted in Kakiemon style with flowering branches and birds in flight, stepped trellis fence and rockwork, 28.5 cm high. Ex Fitz-Wentworth Estate
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Rare antique 17th/18th century German sword, marked with the makers marks of 'Iohannis Coll Iefecit' with a beautifully basket hilt & pommel, 99 cm long
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19th century Meissen garlic knob vase
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Rare antique Spode yellow ground dessert plate Felspar circa 1830's, painted to the centre with water birds and flowers. Provenance; Belonged to Edward Charles Close of Morpeth
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Silver decorated Continental Boudoir accessory with silver mounts, circa 19th century.
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Fine antique French ormolu figural mantle clock and figural garnitures, clock standing on a shaped gesso wood stand, dial signed but rubbed, total clock height 39 cm, sticks 43 cm high each (3)
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World War II German Nazi officers dagger & sheath, the Nazi Swastika has been removed at some period in time. Marked for E.U.F Horster Solingen
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World War II German Nazi dagger with a deers foot as the handle
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Thai naval dagger with sheath, single edged blade with a shagreen hilt & elephants head pommel
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World War II German Nazi Luftwaffe parade dagger with sheath, marked for SMF Solingen
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Antique Wedgwood black basalt jug with metal mounts & handle.
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Japanese World War II samurai sword with World War II mounts & sheath. Note the Tang has been cut at one point.
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Caughley fluted tea bowl & saucer with blue printed temple pattern, circa 1780s.
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Extensive suite of Lalique Barsac pattern glasses to include champagne, red and white wine etc, approx 89 pieces, some with boxes
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Nantgarw hand-painted relief moulded plate circa 1817-1820s. Provenance: Abbott's Antiques
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Fine antique 19th century French carved walnut console and mirror, the front apron of the console carved in high relief with an open mouthed mask, flanked by large C scrolls, inset marble top, standing on out swept carved scroll legs, mirror 185 cm high, 125 cm wide console 95 cm high total 1.8 M high
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Fine antique two tiered inlaid occasional table, fitted with bronze mounts, pierced galley & mounts, 63 cm wide, 72 cm high
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Antique French marble topped oval occasional table, with caned lower shelf, 63 cm wide, 71 cm high
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Antique French Empire three drawer marble topped pedestal cabinet, 77 cm high, 47 cm wide
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Fine antique English Regency four drawer chest, of slight bow front shape, fitted with original oval brass bale handles, standing on out swept fluted feet, 105 cm x 121 cm
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Antique French Louis XVI high back arm chair
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Antique 17th century map titled Oceano Settentrionale ouero Scitico. La Gran Tartaria, hand coloured cartouche, dated 1683, 44 x 57 cm
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Rare J. Bleau antique map of the entire Middle East with Arabia prominent. Region: Maps of the Middle East, Turkey and Central Asia, mapmaker: J. Bleau. Place and date of publication: Amsterdam 1640. Medium and colour: copperplate, hand coloured. 41 x 52 cm
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John Speed, North Wales, and the Irish Sea, performed by John Speed and are to be sold by John Sudbury and George Hunble in Popes head Alye, 1610. 39.5 x 52.5 cm
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Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola. Circolo Elettorale del Reno. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, 1686. 57 x 42.5 cm
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Giacomo Cantelli, Il Circolo di Westfalia, da G.C. Da Vignola, 1687, 57 x 43 cm
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Rare 17th century De Rossi, G., Penisola dell India di la dal Gange et Isole intorno ad essa adiacenti, Rome, 1683-1688. Giacomo Rossi's fine late 17th century map of India with Ceylon and Maldives. Issued in Il Mercurio Geografico in lower right hand corner a large title cartouche with dedication to Tavernier and Mandeslo, supported by exotic Asian figures and surmounted by an elephant. The cartographer was Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola(1643-1695) who was active in Modena inItaly. The principal settlements,…
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John Ogilby (1600-1676),the road from London to Montgomery, This antique strip map is from the 'Britannia' by John Ogilby, published in 1675. The colouring is later, ' the road from London to Montgomery.' from Campden to Evesholme to Worcester to hundred house to Tenbury to Ludlow to Bishops Castle to Montgomery.
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John Speed (British, 1552-1629) Caernarvonshire 'Caernarvon Both Shyre and Shire-Towne with the Ancient Citie Bangor Described. Anno Domini 1610.' engraved map, hand coloured. 41 x 54 cm
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Giacomo de Rossi, 1687, map, 57 x 43 cm
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Antique French empire five piece suite (5)
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Set of three French Art Deco period distressed brown leather armchairs (3)
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Rare set of twelve high back period style dining chairs (12)
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Pair of premium quality turned brass adjustable arm candlestick wall lights, recently rewired. (2)
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Antique French gilt framed mirror fitted with a panelled crest draped with floral swags, and central flower crested medallion, 206 cm high, 113 cm wide
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Rare French Art Deco wrought iron door, 231 cm high, 93.5 cm wide
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Antique French gilt surround mirror, lions mask to the crest flanked by a pair of griffins, 166 cm high, 102 cm wide
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After Richard Wilson, 'Landscape with Banditti' the Murder 1752, oil on canvas laid down, 29.5 x 41 cm, mounted in antique painted frame
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Attractive Georgian style large deep buttoned wingback chair in green leather with mahogany stretcher base
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Set of four antique mounted and framed large hand embroidery Japanese silks, various birds .1530 mm tall x 660 mm wide. Edo period
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Three tier bronze fountain, putti playing lutes, standing approx 175 cm high
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Antique French painted and gilt framed mirror, 169 cm high, 115 cm wide
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Antique Wedgwood majolica triple cherub table centrepiece probably modelled by the French artist Hughes Protat, impressed factory marks to base, approx 33 cm high
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A rare pair of antique Majolica quail candlesticks circa 1870, appro 33 cm high
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Antique French Louis XVI column formed mantel clock & garniture set by Jean-Gabriel Imbert l'Aine, marked to porcelain dial Imbert l'Aine a Paris. Cast with a bronze figure of a young girl to top. 22 cm high
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Antique early 20th century French single door vitrine, arched top fitted with later electric light, carved panelled door below, 173 cm high, 82.5 cm wide
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Pair of antique late 19th century French Louis XVI arm chairs (2)
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European school, a pair of early paintings of nudes, both oil on panel and one signed faintly lower left, approx 30 cm x 16 cm
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Fine French Art Nouveau wrought iron and mottled art glass shade ceiling light, with applied metal leaves and flowers, with central square form support
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French Art Nouveau ceiling light, signed shades, in mottled glass, held by three arms with applied metal leaves and foliage. Signed Degue
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Pair of vintage Murano figures of a lady and gent, turquoise & clear, 20 cm high (2)
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Pair of vintage Murano red & clear glass figures of a lady and gent, 25.5 & 26 cm high (2)
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Fine antique 19th century French Louis XV carved walnut five piece suite, comprising a settee, pair of arm chairs and pair of side chairs (5)
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Best Friends, oil on board, signed verso Henriette Ronner attributed to Henriette Ronner Knip Dutch 1821 - 1909 size 21 cm x 25 cm
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An outstanding burr walnut and ebonised French mirror-back credenza, circa 1850-1860, with superbly carved animals and fruits, two tier walnut shelves atop shaped Italian Carrara marble. Four door, fully lined, cutlery drawer, side swinging drawers and pull-out servers to each side. 1,600 mm wide x 2000 mm high x 620 mm deep
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The Farmyard by Eugene Galien-Laloue French (1854-1941) signed lower right with one of his many Pseudonyms, oil on canvas, size: 50 cm x 65 cm
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Set of four antique French ebonized and gilt decorated chairs (4)
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Small scale French floral marquetry marble topped commode, early 20th century
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French Impressionist still life by Victor Simonin (Belgium 1877-1946), oil on canvas, signed size: 50 cm x 76 cm
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Early 20th century French oak square form games table, with upholstered and studded top, fitted with two drawers and corner pull out slide, standing on slender legs terminating with carved hoof feet, 90 cm square
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Antique French late 18th/early 19th century painted and gilt framed pier mirror, 87 cm high, 58 cm wide
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'Le Pont St. Michael Paris' by Raymond Besse French 1899 - 1969 Impressionist oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 cm x 40 cm
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Impressive antique 19th century carved walnut hunting clock, carved in high relief with a pair of hunting hounds, above a horned beast, the crest carved with a trapped wolf above a spray of foliage, with key. 92 cm high, 63 cm wide
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French Louis XV style floral marquetry marble topped two drawer commode of bombe shape, fitted with bronze mounts, mid 20th century
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Three well carved old Chinese soapstone figures, one of a sage & the other two of fisherman, 27 cm high & 40 cm high (3)
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Pair of antique Chinese floral decorated plates Guang Xu period, 24 cm dia (2)
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Pair of antique Chinese black ground porcelain baluster form vases with gilt decoration, 25 cm high. (2)
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Antique Chinese Qing blue & white jar. 18 cm high
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French Art Deco mantle clock of a lady & goat, seated on a marble base, by P. Sage. 36 cm high, 54 cm long (has pendulum & no key)
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Antique French Louis XV style boulle clock on a red velvet studded stand. Signed to back 'Medaille De Bronze. S. Marti Et. Co' includes key & pendulum. 43 cm high
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Six vintage Lloyd Loom chairs, circa 1930's some with dates under frame, in distressed painted finish but sound. Designed by Jim Lusty, circa 1930. (6)
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Antique French 19th century carved walnut day bed
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Antique early 20th century French 'Old England Brand' travel trunk, with fitted interior. Manufactured in Paris
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Albert Naur (1889 - 1973) Denmark, Harvest Landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 66 x 85 cm
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Georg Papperitz (1846 - 1918) Germany, nude female playing flute in a forest setting, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 78 cm x 55 cm
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Fine antique French bronze Empire inkstand, modelled to the cover with two fighting stallions, lifting to reveal a central cut glass ink well, seated in a bronze base with three winged lions on a stepped bronze base, 25 cm high
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Antique Chinese bronze Buddha Samantabhadra on a lotus base, 31 cm high
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Antique Chinese export jug decorated in polychrome enamels, 15 cm high
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Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Ming style blue & white Garlic knob vase, 24.5 cm high
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A 19th century French ormolu and porcelain mounted mantel clock, Farret a Paris, with white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in ormolu case surmounted by a cresting of two doves and a torch and inset with four porcelain panels enamelled in colours with floral sprays, exotic birds and flowers within turquoise and gilt borders, standing 29.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide
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Pair of antique 19th century French high back armchairs and matching single side chair (3)
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Antique French Empire marble topped pedestal table, 70 cm diameter
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French hand forged domed topped casket with decorative hearts & banding. Includes two keys. 25 cm high, 34 cm long
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Antique French gilt bronze Art Nouveau mantle clock, fitted with glazed sides, mercury pendulum, 36 cm high
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Rare engraving, Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839) England 'The Glorious Conquest of Seringapatam' engraving illustrated by John Vendramini, dated January 1802, mounted in a 18th century carved gilt frame, engraving 61 x 82 cm. Frame 77.5 x 97 cm. See British library collection & Getty Museum USA
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Rare pair of late 18th century French Louis XV grey painted arm chairs (2)
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Vintage French three light, bouillotte lamp, fitted with adjustable painted tin shade, standing 80 cm high
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Antique English brass & ebony maritime sextant signed Thomas Bassnett Liverpool
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A impressive tall French Renaissance style silvered metal pricket lamp, 140 cm high
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Pair of antique French silver on copper period style three stick candelabra, 37 cm high (2)
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Pair of French Louis XVI style metal candelabras, impressed makers mark to the base rim unclear, 36 cm high (2)
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