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The Dr. Peter Brew Collection — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:509
Sale Title:The Dr. Peter Brew CollectionLots with images:338
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:450
Date:29-Mar-2015
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Mary Talbot Australia 'Silver mirror' 62 x 50 cm
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A Qing period Chinese embroidered fan presently mounted in a frame
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An Art-Deco pottery table lamp, the base an African-American woman. Overall height: 54 cm
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A French Louis XV style jardiniere parquetry decorated table and cover on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 76 x 67 x 38 cm
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An oriental woven Egyptian carpet of geometric design with virgin wool. 274 cm x 198 cm
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Artist Unknown. Italian school, Rome. 'Original city wall'. Line and wash. 43 x 62 cm. Late 60's 70's
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Glen Preece Australia. 'Bowral'. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. 34 x 44 cm
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A French gilt metal and Art-Nouveau jewelled mantel clock, with a panel cast of a draped woman. Arabic numerals, bordered with semi-precious stones. 27 cm high
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A pair of Limoges vases and covers, each celeste bleu with reserves of flowers and gilt highlights on ormolu base. 54 cm high
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A French kingwood and floral marquetry secretaire abattant, with a marbled top above full enclosing doors. 147 x 87 x 35 cm
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A Chinese lacquered box and cover. Republic period. 16 cm high, 32 cm diameter
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A late 19th century oak side table with carved edge, above a carved frieze drawer on end supports with round dell decoration. 78 cm high, 115 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A fine retro tiffany style ceiling lamp shade purchased by Mrs Brew from a notable Melbourne decorator of high Street in the 1970's. Trumpet shape, with leaded deep orange and black panels. 44 cm high, 51 cm wide
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A Continental bronze tazza, circular on a dome base with neoclassical central panel, cast with neoclassical Greek figures. Height 17 cm, diameter 32 cm
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Louis XV 19th century French side table. Rectangular form with floral marquetry, on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 89 cm wide
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A Regency conservatory chair with turned uprights and caned seat
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Antonio Frilli. A statue of a young lady inscribed A. Frilli Firenze 1881. White marble. Standing on a verde antico marble pedestal. Overall height approximately 190 cm
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A late 19th century basket chandelier
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A French painted cartel clock on bracket, with Roman numerals, painted with gilt highlights. 76 cm high
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A Royal Worcester vase. Tapered shape, with applied scroll handles with acanthus decoration. The dome cover with pineapple finial, the vase painted with mixed flowers and signed Frank Roberts. Shape 2225. Green mark. Date Cipher 1903. 39 cm high
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A 19th century Louis XV style vitrine. The top inset with glass, banded with ormolu, above a glazed door with ormolu banding, on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 110 cm high, 43 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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An Iranian carpet with geometric design. 188 cm x 119 cm
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A William IV rosewood wheel barometer. Inscribed: Fisher, Nottingham, circa 1840. Ex: Bamfords, Derby (UK)
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A George V silver salver 1922 Sheffield Harrison Bros. & Hawson. Presented by the officers of the London rifle Brigade to Major HL Johnstone MC. 872 grams. 31 cm high
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Pair of Egyptian gilt busts. 33 cm high
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A Victorian plated tray, circular with chased decoration with a raised C scroll and shell border. 32 cm diameter
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A late Victorian Maple & Co. London gentleman's chest, with a raised back and centre mirror, below graduating doors, flanked by pilasters. 170 cm high, 107 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A pair of 18th century Chippendale mahogany dining chairs, each with pierced vase shape splat on square chamfered legs
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A French tapestry coat of arms. 150 cm high
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A carved walnut figure, late 19th century, depicting a young man dressed in renaissance style attire looking upward with his left arm raised and right hand holding a staff. Sotheby's, New York
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Leon Percel. 'Leschenaultia'. Signed and marked 32-40 in the lower margin. 18 x 16 cm
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John Gould 1804-81. Wildlife prints. 'Singing honey', 'Honey-eater, Melithreptus Chloropsis; black-headed Melithreptus Melanocephalus', 'Derby's Wallaby, Halmaturus Derbianus', 'Jaoru-nosed Wombat, Phascolomys Lasiorhinus', 'Lunulated honey-eater, Melithreptus Lunulatus', 'Long-billed honey-eater, Meliphaga Longirostris' 'Parry's Wallaroo, Osphranter', 'Stripe-tailed Belideus, Belidues Notatus', 'Honey eaters'
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A William Moorcroft lamp, pomegranate pattern with period lead-light shade. 38 cm high
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A pair of Art-Deco marble swan bookends. 14 cm high
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An early Victorian calamanda writing slope, circa 1860. Bought from Theodore and Alexander Goff limited (Hong Kong)
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A Regency mahogany card table, with box wood banding, the hinged top enclosing a baize interior. 74 x 97 x 45 cm
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A French boulle desk set, circa 1850, faux tortoiseshell set with elaborate ormolu banding inlay and mounts the surface, with recessed pen tray and a pair of matching glass ink bottles with tortoiseshell and ormolu mounts and covers. 49 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 17 cm high
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A French Renaissance style library table, with inset leather top, on ring turn end supports . 75 cm high, 130 cm wide, 80 cm deep
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Victorian leather upholstered walnut library armchair 3rd quarter 19th century. The rectangular upholstered back with padded arms raised on spiral-turned supports, the bow fronted seat raised on similarly turned legs ending in brass feet with castors. Ex. Sotheby's, New York
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A Sarough carpet, central Persia. 210 x 132 cm
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Blackamoor bronze figure. Cast of a Roman centurion holding a light with a flame shade. 87 cm high
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A 19th century carved oak pedestal with squared column on a hexagonal base. 110 cm high
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A brass and onyx electrified table lamp, with fabric shade. 55 cm high
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A French gilt metal mounted marble pedestal 19th century, the square stepped marble base rising to a classical circular column. 115 cm high
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A late 19th century walnut side table with painted neo-classical decoration on bulbous legs with under shelf. 75 cm high, 76 cm long, 43 cm wide
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A Persian carpet on a deep blue ground with flowers within a beige border. 207 cm x 160 cm
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A pair of 19th century French Louis XIV style oak fauteuils, each with a padded back and armrests on scroll supports, with a padded seat on short turned carved legs, with carved stretcher
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Art Deco light. Figure of a woman holding a bird. 64 cm high
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George Washington Lambert 1873-1930 a set of 14 ink, pencil, watercolour sketches all signed
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Gilt metal roosters, circa 1920. 40 cm high
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An early 19th-century Welsh dresser base, with moulded edge, three frieze drawers with turned handles on square chamfered legs. 87 cm high, 183 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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Yoshida Hiroshi 'Fuji Suzukawa' 1936 wood block print. 34 x 25 cm
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Yoshida Hiroshi. 'Fuji from Miho.' wood block print. 34 x 25 cm
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Ando Hiroshige. Japanese triptych woodblock print. 'The wedding Procession'. Inscribed on the mount. 36 x 80 cm
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Indian print of the original 1660 drawing 'Two elephants Beneath a tree'. Reproduced from the office of library Records, India. Print. 1845. 50 x 45 cm
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Seascape oil on canvas board. Bears label verso oil colour Sketching tablet. Windsor & Newton. Rathbone place, London 13 x 22 cm
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Yoshida Hiroshi 'Avenue of cherry trees'. Woodblock print. 25 x 36 cm
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Yoshida Horishi 'Yashaka shrine, Kyoto'. Wood block print. 25 x 36 cm
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A late 19th century oak dining chair, with carved cresting rail, and padded back with seat with tapestry upholstery on square fluted tapering legs
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Ernest Vogel 1909-1993 Australia 'Country Shack' watercolour. Signed 'E. Vogel' lower right. 30 cm x 37 cm. Together with another piece by the same artist
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Artist, 20th century. Bronzed sculpture, late Art Deco. French bronze. Unsigned. 46 x 35 cm
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An early 20th century Chinese umbrella with painted cranes
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A pair of sculptured brass figured fire dogs. 52 cm high
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A late 19th century fender, 136 cm long, and two fire dogs, 54 cm high
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Cast of an Afro-American dancer and a musician on a step base. 58 cm high, 55 cm high
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A French Chinoiserie decorated brass mantel clock. 17 cm high
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Pair of gilt metal cherub figure and marble bookends titled 'Hide & Seek'. 14 cm high
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A gilt wall mirror, circa 1920, the oval plate within a reeded frame, surmounted by ribbon decoration. 99 x 87 cm
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A Qing period Chinese chest with brass banding, painted with foliate. 40 cm high, 80 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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An old Tabiz carpet. Signed by the weaver in border, circa 1950. 290 x 214 cm
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A pair of French XVI style walnut fauteuils' with pink upholstery
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A pair of antique Chinese figured Pricketts, each cast with a woman on a square flared base
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Archie Cowan Australian Active '1269 high Street' drawing together with a print of woman going to bed
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A French spelter deer on marble base. 15 cm high
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A pair of Venetian bookends, each with carved parrot on logs. 14 cm high
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A pair of Japanned table lamps with spiral columns. 61 cm high
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A late 19th century dressing table with swing mirror, d-shaped, on ring turned end supports with plinths. 162 cm high, 123 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A Masons-Ashworth iron stone ginger jar and cover, with chrysanthemum and foliage decoration. 25 cm high
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A pair of French bronze and marble bookends, each cast with dogs
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A George II mahogany bureau. Circa-1750. The fall enclosing a door flanked by small drawers, above graduated drawers with brass backing plates and swing handles on bracket feet. 94 cm high, 69 cm wide, 46 cm
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A pair of painted and gilt terracotta table lamps with fabric shades. 100 cm high
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A pair of Chinese side cabinets with painted frieze drawers above a pair of doors painted with foliate and birds. Republic period. 92 cm high, 60 cm wide, 35 cm deep
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An Edwardian oak elbow chair with carved vase shaped splat with cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet
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European school. 'Coastal scene' aquatint. 30 x 36 cm
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An Art Deco marble clock garniture. 28 cm high
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A Louis XV French kingwood and floral marquetry commode, with a marble top, a bombe outline, with two drawers. 81 x 91 x 41 cm
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Oval gilt mirror. The oval plate within a gadrooned frame surmounted by ribbon decoration. 82 cm high
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Thomas Rowlandson. British school. Three hand coloured engravings, Dr syntax series, in original frames. 10 x 18 cm
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Norman Lindsay 1879-1969 Australia 'In the Dock' signed lower right. Pencil 25 x 22 cm
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Murano glass figure, modelled of a Messiah holding a plaque. Purchased in Venice circa 1970. 67 cm high
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Pair of bronzed figures. Cast of nude women with gilt headdress. 28 cm high
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A painted miniature. 18th century lady wearing a pink dress and hat. 11 cm high
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Three miniatures of 18th century ladies mounted in gilt frame
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Queen Anne silver tankard. Maker: Seth Lofthouse, London 1708. 200 grams
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A Queen Anne silver tankard. Maker Seth London 1708 Lofthouse. 200 grams
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Two Moorcroft vases (designed by Carol Lovatt) both dated 2003. One called 'Echo' (larger one-9.5 cm high) and one 'Chrysanthemum' (smaller one-6.6 cm) together with a yellow vase titled 'Hepatica'designed by Emma Bossoms
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George III silver spoon. Maker: Hester Bateman, London 1787. 33 grams
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Antique 18th century Chinese silver & porcelain teapot
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Pair of late 19th century English silver casters, (Los Angeles import) each with putto adorned shell cast base. 788 grams
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Sterling silver & lapis lazuli box. Maker: Padget & Braham Ltd London 1937. 380 grams
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