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Special Sale — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:515
Sale Title:Special SaleLots with images:502
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:425
Date:20-Jul-2014
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A good French 19th century gilt metal clock garniture, the clock surmounted with a cherub, the dial with Roman numerals and painted cherub, below three panels of painted cherubs with conforming ormolu side pieces
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An important French 19th century Louis XV walnut and kingwood commode. Bombe shape with a marble top, ormolu mounts and three drawers. 86 cm high, 126 cm wide, 55 cm deep
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Five Staffordshire figures, circa 1860
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A Duesbury Derby teapot. Imari palette. London shape on bun feet. 14 cm high
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A Moore bowl with a scalloped border, the exterior with moulded cacti flowers on moulded gilt feet, with an under glaze red mark. 8.5 cm high
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An early Coalport coffee can, together with Duesbury coffee cans and eight other French coffee cans
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A good French gilt and Vernis Martin painted vitrine, with a shaped glazed door and sides, the lower section painted in the Vernis Martin style, on cabriole leg with ormolu sabots. 189 cm high, 67 cm wide, 42 cm deep
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A pair of French circular brass and circular hall lanterns
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A WMF Art Deco plated table lamp with a leadlight shade. 41 cm high
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An impressive 19th century French amboyna pedestal desk. The shaped top with an inset tooled leather, above a central frieze drawer flanked by pedestals, each with three drawers and ormolu swag decoration, the reverse with two fine marquetry panels of two classical maidens and conforming ormolu decoration. 75 cm high, 149 cm wide, 69 cm deep
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A small terrestrial globe on a turned base
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An impressive Schiern centrepiece, with a flower encrusted bowl on a flower encrusted stem with two figures in 18th century costume, with a rococo flower encrusted base. Marked 'Schiern Germany'. 43 cm high
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A Victorian walnut credenza, with marquetry decorated frieze and ormolu banding, above a glazed door flanked by ormolu corbels and curved glazed doors. 102 cm high, 144 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A French six branch gilt metal chandelier with crystal drops
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A Napoleon III cylinder top mahogany bureau de dame, the rouge marble top with a brass gallery, above a cylinder front on tapering fluted legs with gilt highlights. 110 cm high, 85 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A small terrestrial globe on a turned base
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A pair of Victorian burr walnut bedside chests, each with two small drawers, above a bank of four drawers on a plinth
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British school. William Mathew Hale (1849-1929). Difficulty at sea. 37 x 17 cm
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A French late 19th century oil lamp, with a Cantonese porcelain font, with domestic scenes with a carved base, later electrification with fabric shade. 73 cm high
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A French metal group. Cast of a young draped girl and boy holding a billowing scarf on a circular base, after Emile Bruchon entitled 'L'orage'. 64 cm high
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A French Louis XV style gilded mirror
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A French rosewood card table, with serpentine front, a hinged top enclosing baize interior on cabriole legs. 76 cm high, 85 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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A pair of impressive German bisque Count figures decorated in traditional costume on fluted wooden pedestals
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A French 19th century sculptured brass mantle clock, with enamelled dial and rococo decoration
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A French transitional period commode with a yellow marble top above three drawers with brass banding. 83 cm high, 129 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A Victorian kerosene lamp, on a brass plated base with ruby glass font and etched ruby shade
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A French Louis Philippe style mahogany upright eight drawer chest with secretaire
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A Victorian burr walnut table. Octagonal form, the hinged top enclosing compartments, trumpet shape on three out swept carved legs. 71 cm high, 46 cm wide
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A French 19th century figure. Cast of a lady leaning on a marble pedestal on a rectangular marble base
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A superb French rosewood and floral marquetry secretaire à abattant, with a marble top above a fall with satinwood urn and swag marquetry decoration enclosing writing surface, below graduated drawers with marquetry decoration on a plinth
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A George III mahogany knife box, with a sloping hinged top, above a serpentine front with the interior fitted with latter decanter compartments. 37 cm high, 24 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A J Longman & Co Cheapside London pianoforte, 1802. The square form pale mahogany case with ebony wood stringing throughout, inscribed '1802'
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A working mahogany banjo barometer, circa 1830
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A superb Victorian burr walnut card table, the hinged top enclosing a beige interior, with ornately carved end supports on carved legs. 74 cm high, 95 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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An antique Kerman vegetable dye rug. Over 70 years old. 324 x 252 cm
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An Arthur R Ward Australian watercolour. Entitled 'The Pool at Evening Tide Near Wandiligon Vic'. 28 x 22 cm
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A pair of fine French XVI style bronze maiden figured chenet
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A French Art-Deco marble clock. Decorated with a winged maiden with lyre and a young boy holding a notebook and a pen
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A French gilded foliate decorated mirror
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A pair of impressive sculptured marble Fo dogs
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An interesting pair of bronze elephants. 73 cm high
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A pair of impressive sculptured marble urns on square marble plinths
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A 19th century mahogany single drawer work table
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A French twelve branch crystal chandelier
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A Victorian walnut marquetry inlaid music canterbury
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A French Louis XV style side table, with a shaped top, above a drawer and a cupboard, each with ebony stringing and marquetry, on high cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 72 cm high, 66 cm wide, 42 cm deep
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An impressive boulle work poudruese signed F.Tahan, Paris. Ebonized with inset boulle panels, the hinged top enclosing a mirror and compartments, on cabriole legs with brass stringing
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A fine Victorian burr walnut three tier whatnot
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A French games table. the hinged top, with a chess board, enclosing a baize interior on high cabriole legs. 75 cm high, 72 cm wide, 38 cm deep
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A Feurich baby grand piano in a mahogany case.
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A Victorian carved walnut piano stool with a screw mechanism, floral upholstery with a carved column and carved splay legs
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Art Deco alabaster and marble table lamp, the base carved with musician seated on steps
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A green marble cylindrical marble pedestal. 100 cm high
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A pair of Australian cedar ladies and gentleman's chairs on cabriole legs
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A fine Italian walnut and floral marquetry decorated four drawer commode with fine brass handles
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A cylindrical rouge marble pedestal having square top
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A bronze mantle clock and a pair of side urns, circa 1890
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John Fairhall. Australia. Watercolour landscape of the blue Mountains. 42 x 28 cm
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A decorative Italian Louis XV style gilt wood mirror
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A decortative Italian Louis XV style gilt and marble top console table
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A Georgian mahogany corner wash stand, bow front, with two tiers, and two drawers. 107 cm high, 59 cm wide
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A sculptured marble bust of a King Charles I of England
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A walnut wall regulator with a Roman Numeral dial
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A mahogany Georgian wine cooler. Sarcophagus form, the hinged top enclosing the original lead liner, raised on scrolled feet. 46 cm high, 68 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A sculptured marble fountain decorated with a lion heads and foliate
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A Kashan rug. 395 x 303 cm
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A stoneware mug with a moulded, horizontally ribbed base and with white sprigged decoration on a sky blue ground of a classical urn, between swags of flowers to the centre and cupids, with a sheep and goat drawn chariots to either side. Turner Spode, circa 1810. Height 9 cm
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A Clarice Cliff floral encrusted cylindrical base
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A pair of Flight, Barr and Barr dessert dishes
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A set of Royal Crown Derby cased entree knives and forks together with a Royal Crown Derby carving set and a cake server
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A fine quality stoneware sprig moulded jug with classical scenes on a blue body. the Chrysanthemum factory. Chetham & Robinson. Pad mark with the number 5, circa 1825. Height 17 cm
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A fine Copeland and Garrett porcelain plate decorated with the arms of Henry Winchester and his wife Elizabeth Ayerst. He had been the Sheriff and also the Lord Mayor of London. C&G mark, circa 1835. Width 24 cm
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A rare Wedgwood earthenware, black dipped, cup and saucer sprigged in white with classical scenes separated by anthemion sprigging. Unusually the cup has a green handle. Unmarked, circa 1890
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A fine quality Spode pearl ware basket decorated with the 'Long Bridge' pattern, with a wavy top, fretted sides and printed border inside and out and with printed handles. Mark underglaze cross, circa 1810. Width 21 cm
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A Worcester dessert plate with on glaze print in black of 'The Milkmaids', with a scalloped edge and a gilt rim. Unmarked, circa 1765 diameter 20 cm. Ex Amos collection
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A fine Wedgwood cream ware cup and saucer with feather moulding to each and a mauve print of fancy birds to each piece. Intertwined handle with moulded terminals. Impressed Wedgwood. Circa 1835
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A Meissen plate with alternate painted reserves of 18th century figures and flowers, within a moulded shell and scroll border, with blue cross baton mark. 8 cm wide
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A pair of treacle glazed window rests in the form of a lions head, circa 1880
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A Riley blue and white pottery plate decorated with the arms of the Drapers Company with a cell and floral border. the Motto 'Unto God to Be Only Honour and Glory' made for 'The Fellowship of Drapers of Coventry'. Mark Riley semi china, circa 1829. Diameter 25 cm
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A finely painted and rare cup and saucer of moulded form and decorated with tulips and butterflies and a gilt rim, probably Hilditch. Unmarked, circa 1835
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A rare Machin drop shell moulded porcelain dessert plate with an unusual palette of claret and green with a scene of an Oriental garden and birds. Marked pattern 784 in green. Diameter 23 cm, circa 1830
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A Meissen Marcolini period cup and saucer. Finely painted with a pink rose and bud and leaves. a brown lined rim and a classical shaped handle. Marcolini blue mark, circa 1800
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A Wedgwood pearl ware blue and white plate decorated with the 'Chinese Vase' or 'Blue Bamboo' pattern
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A Staffordshire pink lustre moulded porcelain creamer painted in a rustic style with a church amongst trees and a blue dot and crossed pink lustre border to the top. Unmarked, circa 1830. Height to the top of lip 11 cm
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A pair of Brown Westhead Moore & Co plates. the dark blue ground with gilt and platinum tooled decoration of birds and insects and flowers and with a gilt dentil rim, circa 1890. Retail mark for Collamore & Co N.Y. Pattern B/5233 diameter 22 cm
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Two Meissen figures. One emblematic of touch, late 19th century, with a blue crossed swords mark, incised model no. 1136, after the model by J.J. Kändler Meissen statuettes, the other emblematic of Summer. Incised '688' and impressed. 29 cm high
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A framed fine quality KPM lithophane with an image of 'Laura'. Sceptre mark & KPM and 285
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A Swansea cup and saucer decorated in pattern 219. Unmarked, circa 1816
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A Worcester blue and white mug with straight sided and printed with the 'Fruit Sprigs'. Pattern BFS 11C25, with a grooved handle. Hatched crescent mark, circa 1770. Height 12 cm
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A fine Chamberlains moulded armorial plate with a gadrooned edge and with three floral bouquets in between elaborate gilt decoration and an armorial to the centre. Unmarked, circa 1825. Width 23 cm
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A Spode bute shaped cup and saucer richly decorated with new Halls pattern number 556. the saucer having an armorial crest. Unmarked, circa 1820
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A Worcester claret ground lobed edge plate with gilt flowers and wreaths containing cartouches painted with fancy birds on a yellow ground amongst foliage. Unmarked, circa 1775. Width 19 cm
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A factory X or E Keeling creamer of obconical shape painted with a spray of flowers and cornucopia to the front with a dotted line around the body and a decorative border. Pattern 209, circa 1795. Height 13 cm
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A fine quality plate with moulded and gilt edge, a pink border and with finely painted flowers and a bird's nest to the centre. Coalport or Swansea. Unmarked width 25 cm, circa 1820
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A Staffordshire Squire Toby jug. Mid 19th century. Height 28 cm
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A Spode stone china pottery plate printed in blue and painted with a floral border and the centre with a lady and child in front of a harbour scene with a four masted ship. Printed mark pattern 3067, circa 1820 diameter 22 cm
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A pearl ware jug with prints to either side. One of Knippels Brow (bridge) and the other of Fredensborg Castle. Unmarked Danish, circa 1820. Height 16 cm
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A Chinese red glaze vase. Marks to base. Height 31 cm
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Various style vases and covers, each with a rose du barrie ground with painted reserves, and a cover with a flower finial. 20 cm high
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A turner smear glazed bluff coloured stoneware mug with moulded decoration of a tree. a tree and flowers and the central group with cupids and a sheep. Moulded and banded decoration to the base with a coffee coloured band around the top. Impressed turner, circa 1805. Height 15 cm
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