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Important Single Owner Auction – European Furniture and Decorative Arts — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:368
Sale Title:Important Single Owner Auction – European Furniture and Decorative ArtsLots with images:366
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:304
Date:14-Sep-2014
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An unusual Charles II silk embroidered stumpwork panel, English, mid 17th century. 25 cm high, 41.5 cm wide
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A Charles II embroidered silk and mica panel, English, mid 17th century. 31 cm high, 28 cm wide
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A large and rare Charles II silk embroidered stumpwork panel, English, mid 17th century, with a central cartouche of King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza. 50 cm high, 60 cm wide
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An unusual Charles II silk and metal thread embroidered stumpwork panel, English, mid 17th century. 17 cm high, 23 cm wide
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A rare embroidered silk and metal thread and sequinned pochette, dated 1688. 18 cm high, 26 cm wide
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A rare beaded stumpwork and silk panel, English, mid 17th century. 37 cm high, 47 cm wide
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An embroidered ecclesiastical velvet orphrey, silk and metal thread vestment panel, probably Italian, 17th century. 135 cm high, 76 cm wide
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An embroidered ecclesiastical velvet, silk and metal thread vestment panel, probably English, 17th century. 107 cm high, 73 cm wide
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A silver and gold bullion thread velvet mounted religious panel, probably Italian, 17th century. 95 cm high, 80 cm wide
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A large brocade embroidered green velvet wall hanging, Italian, 18th/19th century. 302 cm high, 173 cm wide
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A small orphrey panel of a saint, probably Italian, late 15th/16th century. 32 cm high, 17 cm wide
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A large Kashmiri paisley shawl, Indian, 20th century. 340 cm long, 159 cm wide
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A collection of eleven embroidered silk and metal thread tasselled cushions, with 18th century silk-work panels, the largest 52 cm long, 76 cm wide
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A pair of embroidery hangings, gold thread and red velvet, Spanish, 18th century. 155 cm high, 42 cm wide
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A velvet, metal thread and tapestry alter panel, Italian, 18th century. 77 cm high, 161 cm wide
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An Assisi work linen needlework panel, probably Italian, 17th century. 64 cm high, 15 cm wide
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An Assisi work linen needlework panel, probably Italian, 17th century. 24 cm high, 20 cm wide
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Two Coptic textile fragments, 8th-10th century AD. 35 cm high, 15 cm wide, 35 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A fine Brussels biblical tapestry, 17th century. 225 cm high, 260 cm wide
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A 17th century tapestry fragment, titled Titire. 214 cm high, 118 cm wide
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A tapestry of Christ resurrected from the cross, Northern Italian, 17th/18th century. 109 cm high, 64 cm wide
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A pair of tapestry panels, early 17th century, each 94 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A tapestry frieze panel, Flemish, 17th century. 46 cm high, 191 cm wide
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A tapestry depicting Daphne and Apollo, Paris, 17th century. 230 cm high, 195 cm wide
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A tapestry panel, probably Flemish, 17th century. 206 cm high, 87 cm wide
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A large Italian papal origin tapestry, late 17th century. 251 cm high, 296 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Mary Bagshaws and dated 1824. 61 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A Victorian linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Elizabeth Sawyer and dated 1838. 31 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A William IV linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Eliza Smith and dated 1830. 37.5 cm high, 32 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Ann Johnson and dated 1828. 63 cm high, 64 cm wide
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A linen cross-stitch needlework map sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Katherine Skipp and dated 1787. 55 cm high, 46 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by B. Vickers and dated 1777. 44 cm high, 36 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Hannah Athertson and dated 1813. 67 cm high, 54 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Ann Dobson and dated 1821. 35 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A Victorian linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Mary Ann Claggett and dated 1843 40.5 cm high, 31.5 cm wide
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A Victorian linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Elizabeth Claggett and dated 1848. 40 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English,19th century, Solomons Temple worked by Hannah Summerbell and dated 1829. 52 cm high, 46 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, dated 1768. 40 cm high, 35 cm wide
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A Charles II linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 17th century, worked by Mary Dows and dated 1669. 76 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A Charles II linen cross-stitch needlework and lace sampler, English, 17th century worked by Elizabeth Gray Owen and dated 1680. 53 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A Charles I linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 17th century, worked by Elizabeth Henderson and dated 1639. 93 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A George II linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Margret Gatis and dated 1711. 66 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Jane Hearn. 46 cm high, 32 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Mary Fetherston and dated 1779. 38 cm high, 31 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Sarah Browne and dated 1799. 46 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A William and Mary linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, dated 1700. 104 cm high, 23 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Jane Cary and dated 1818. 43.5 cm high, 40 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Elizabeth Garrett and dated 1817. 36 cm high, 31 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Jean Angus and dated 1825. 31.5 cm high, 31.5 cm wide
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A Queen Anne silk and linen needlework sampler, English, early 18th century, worked by Sarah Musgrave and dated 1704. 36 cm high, 33.5 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Frances Macculloh and dated 1781. 40 cm high, 44 cm wide
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A Collection of references books and catalogues on samplers and tapestry embroideries
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Three silk needlepoint oval picture panels, 19th century, the largest, 16 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A silk needlepoint picture panel of the Madonna detta La Perla, 19th century. 20 cm high, 16.5 cm wide
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A Victorian silk needlepoint circular picture panel, 19th century. 30 cm diameter
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A pair of embroidered red silk shoes, Chinese, circa 1860. 14 cm long
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An unfinished silk needlework panel, English, 17th century depicting the judgement of Solomon. 30 cm high, 39 cm wide
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A George III silk and linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, dated 1787, worked by Mary Braine Warkton taught by Mary Blackburn Kettering and dated Northamptonshire, 1848. 53 cm high, 64 cm wide
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An unfinished silk needlework panel, English, probably 17th century. 30 cm high, 38 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Caroline Rylands and dated 1822. 49 cm high, 51.5 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Harriot Rodford and dated 1792. 46 cm high, 20.5 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Ann Hill at M. Chapmans school and dated 1804. 44 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A Regency linen cross-stitch needlework momento mori sampler, English, 19th century, dated 1822. 40 cm high, 31 cm wide
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A William IV linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Eliza Ann Thompson and dated 1838. 32 cm high, 32 cm wide
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A George III linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 18th century, worked by Sally May and dated 1793. 32.5 cm high, 31 cm wide
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A William IV linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Elizabeth Lubben and dated 1833. 21 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A Victorian linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by Fanny Sawyer and dated 1847. 30.5 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A William IV linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, 19th century, worked by A. Jackson and dated 1835. 33 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A Victorian linen cross-stitch momento mori needlework sampler, English, 19th century, dated 1864. 25 cm high, 22 cm wide
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An unusual linen cross-stitch needlework sampler, English, early 19th century, worked by Ruth Hodges and dated 1818. 35 cm high, 31.5 cm wide
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A large carved and gilded polychrome lamentation, probably North German, early 16th century. 119 cm high, 90 cm wide, 22 cm deep. This beautiful piece, in very fine condition, may have originally formed part of a retable, a large craved timber screen placed above and at the rear of an altar. Its possible origins are early 16th century and Northern Germany. Its finely carved tracery, retaining some of its original gilding, is in the form of looping ivy and bears comparison with a large fifteenth century…
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A unusual carved polychrome limestone figure group of an St Anne teaching Mary to read, possibly Northern France, early 16th century. 32.5 cm high. The subject of St Anne teaching her daughter, the Virgin Mary, to read first emerges in English art in the fourteenth century when intense interest in the life of Mary prompted the creation of imaginative episodes showing her everyday life. It is represented sporadically throughout the late Middle Ages and Renaissance but found its greatest popularity in…
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A large and important carved walnut panel depicting the 'Resurrection of Lazarus', German, 16th century. 92 cm high, 88 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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A large polychrome figure, perhaps an Apostle, possibly Austrian, mid 15th century. This large, dignified figure of a saint, perhaps an Apostle, is polychrome, carved limewood that retains significant portions of its original paint and gilding. The figure is shown seated on a substantial bench with a rolled cushion. His left hand gestures outwards and his right holds a Missal. These features, along with his long beard, suggest that he may have originally been one of a group of sculptures representing…
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A rare limestone figure group of the Virgin and child, south west France, circa 1530. 111 cm high, 36 cm wide, 26 cm deep. Renaissance and High Renaissance images of the Virgin and Child often emphasise the humanity of Christ and Mary’s maternal responses. The artist of this beautiful painted limestone statue carved the Christ Child, accordingly, with distinctively chubby and sleepy-looking features. He is also shown with a finger in his mouth as another purely naturalistic representation; emphasizing that…
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A carved oak wood group of the Pieta, probably south German, 16th/17th century. 76 cm high
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A carved wood figure of a Bishop, Italian, late 17th century. 65 cm high
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A large carved oak figure of a monk, French, 15th century. 120 cm high
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A Bohemian polychrome carved wooden panel of the crucifixion, 17th century. 33 cm high, 42 cm wide. Provenance: Clive Brans Antiques, Perth
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A Flemish carved polychrome wooden panel of the Angel of the Anunciation, Netherlands, circa 1500. 27 cm high, 34 cm wide
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A carved and gilt polychrome wooden panel of the nativity scene, Northern European, probably 16th/17th century. 33 cm high, 32 cm wide
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A rare polychrome carved panel of Jacob in the wilderness, English, late 16th century. 61 cm high, 65 cm wide
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A painted wood and textile processional figure, probably Italian, 18th century. 24 cm high
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A carved wood and polychrome decorated Corpus Christi, Spanish, 17th/18th century. 58 cm high, 47 cm wide
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A Continental carved ivory Corpus Christi, probably French, early 18th century, the frame 78 cm high, 43 cm wide, the Christ figure, 30 cm x 16 cm wide
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A polychrome carved wood figure of the crucified Christ, probably Spanish, 16th century. 108 cm high, 92 cm wide
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A polychrome carved wood figure of the crucified Christ, probably Spanish, 16th century. 90 cm high, 68 cm wide
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A small carved wood Corpus Christi, probably French, 17th century. 29 cm high
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A medieval carved granite Corpus Christi. 38.5 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A small provincial carved and polychromed Corpus Christi, 19th/20th century. 26 cm high, 14 cm wide
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A Spanish colonial carved and polychromed Corpus Christi, 18th/19th century. 65 cm high, 40 cm wide
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A large Spanish colonial carved and polychromed Corpus Christi, 18th/19th century. 70 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A large provincial carved and painted Corpus Christi, probably Spanish, 17th century. 110 cm high, 57 cm wide
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A Russian double sided painted processional icon with silver oklad, 19th century. Depicting the Holy Virgin to one side and Saint Nicholas to the reverse. 73 cm high, 47 cm wide. Note: This lot is accompanied by paperwork from Autentied Bei Gunzburg/Donau
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A rare and large carved and painted figure of the crucified Christ, Spanish, 2nd half of 16th century. 135 cm high
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A rare iron mortar, 16th century. 28 cm high, 40 cm diameter
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A Ghandaran grey schist fragment. 35 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A small French silver ciborium, 19th century. 21 cm high
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A large French silver ciborium, 19th century. Inscribed to the base 'M elle Adele Vandewynckele, 1867'. 21 cm high
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A small provincial carved and polychromed Corpus Christi, 19th/20th century. 26 cm high, 14 cm wide
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