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The Connoisseur's Collection - Part 2 — Sotheby's

Auction House:Sotheby'sNumber of lots recorded:487
Sale Title:The Connoisseur's Collection - Part 2Lots with images:466
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:282
Date:29-Oct-2008
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A pair of silver cockerel, Hardy Brothers, London, 1959 and London, 1961, realistically modelled as two cockerel in fighting stances, textured feathers, 1175gms total weight, 17.5 cm high and 20.5 cm wide respectively
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A Pair Of Silver Pheasants, Marked Abd, London Import Mark For 1908, realistically modelled as a female and male pheasant, 117.5gms, 23.5 cm and 130.9gms, 20.5 cm long respectively
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A Large Irish Silver Basket, West And Son, Dublin, 1923, the pierced sides elaborately decorated with flora and fauna and sea scrolls, trailing vine leaf border, 365gms total weight, 26 cm diameter
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A fine pair of electroplated comports, probably Thomas Bradbury and Son, circa 1860, the glass bowls have scalloped rims with incised leaf decoration, supported on entwined branches with grapes and vine leaves, the shaped rounded base with vacant cartouche raised on scrolling feet. Height 25 cm, bowls 30 cm diameter
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A large Irish 18th century footed bowl, circa 1790, with roll-over lip, diamond cut border and faceted bowl on square platform with star cut base, 30 cm diameter
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An English Glass Bonbonniere, Circa 1800, the double domed diamond-cut cover with mushroom stopper, scalloped rim, the rounded diamond-cut vase shaped body on a waisted panelled stem with rounded foot raised on square hobnail cut base, 29 cm high
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Five English cut glass decanters, early 19th century, a pair with multiple ring necks, flower head stoppers with diamond and fluted sides, together with, 22.5 cm, 22.5 cm, 23 cm, 19.5 cm and 19 cm respectively
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Two English Triple Ring Neck Decanters, Circa 1800, of plain bottle shape with faceted lozenge stoppers, t, 28 cm high 22 cm high 17 cm high respectively
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A Group Of Various Glass, Early 19th century And Later, a pair of regency boat shaped salts on diamond shaped bases, together with
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A Large Campagna-Shaped Footed Bowl, with mixed cuts throughout the body, hexagonal base and star cut underside, with a small circular comport with scalloped rim and diamond cut side on a circular star cut base, and a spherical shaped covered comport with strawberry diamond cutting, faceted support and star cut base, together with, 28 cm high, 14 cm high, 22.5 cm high and 11.5 cm high respectively
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A Pair Of French Opaline Glass Lustres, Late 19th century, each a gilt enriched rounded flower head bowl with zig-zag rim suspending ten arrow-shaped lustres, the slender neck entwined by green glass serpent, on gilt enhanced circular foot, each 35.5 cm high
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A Baccarat Close Pack Millefiore Glass Paper Weight, Dated 1848, the brightly coloured canes include silhouette canes of a rooster, horse, goat, deer, a signature 'B' and dated 1848, 6.9 cm diameter by 4.6 cm high
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A Rare Brass Pomander, Early 18th Century, of pillow form, pierced shamrock decoration, 14 cm high
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A Mid-19th century Terrestrial Travelling Globe, the papier machier globe reading 'The earth', published by C Abel Klinger in Nuremberg' on a later wooden stand, 16.5 cm high
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A Carved Bone Head, Probably Portuguese, Late 18th Century, modelled as a head of a bearded saint, with traces of colouration remaining, 13 cm high
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A Russian Ivory And Enamel Letter Opener, 1908 - 1926, the long rectangular ivory blade with cloisonne enamel floral and foliate decorated handle, 25.5 cm long
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Two Japanese ivory okimono, late Meiji period, one realistically carved as a half apple with soft red blush, signed; the other as a group of four onions
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Three Japanese lacquer Inro, Meiji period, comprising a five case inro decorated with gilt bamboo and prunus on a black ground; together with, 9.5 cm, 6.2 cm and 9.2 cm respectively
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A Japanese bronze bowl, Meiji period, of squat rounded form with lobed sides applied in high relief with iris and peony. Diameter 35 cm
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A Chinese Figure Of Buddha, 18th Century, seated in vajrasana, 13 cm high, 9.5 cm high respectively
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A Chinese Metal Covered Tea Tin, 19th century, of cylindrical form, the black ground with gold 'Chinoiserie' painted decoration and key pattern border, 44 cm high
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A Chinese Cream-Glazed Figure Of Guanyin, 20th Century, wearing long flowing robes, holding a basket of fish in her right hand, standing amidst foaming waves and lotus, 60 cm high
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A pair of Chinese Wucai ‘Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, mark and period of Daoguang, each of deep rounded form, the sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted with two dragons in pursuit of ‘Flaming pearls' alternating with two plunging phoenix, among scattered flowering stems, all below a border of the bajixiang, each 15 cm diameter. A Daoguang bowl of this pattern from the collection of Simon Kwan was included in the exhibition Imperial porcelain of late Qing
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A ‘Famille-rose' Canton enamel bowl, late 19th century, the interior with a central floral panel within a surround of similar panels interspersed with iris vignettes below a floral border, the exterior similarly decorated, and interspersed with oval vignettes depicting portraits of young Middle Eastern women. Diameter 35 cm
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A group of Chinese ‘Famille-rose' wares, 18th century, comprising three plates and a rectangular meat dish decorated with central peony within trailing ribbon and flower head borders; together with
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A Worcester Blue And White Bowl, Wood Stand, Circa 1758, depicting pagodas and figures in landscape in underglaze blue, the interior with trellis border, 14.5 cm diameter
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Two Blue And White Tea Caddies, 18th Century, a Worcester tea caddy, circa 1780 in underglazed blue, decorated with flowers and foliage, two blue lines around the lip, blue crescent mark, missing cover; together with
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Five blue and white Worcester tea bowls and saucer and a Salopianware tea bowl, all late 18th century, with five blue and white Worcester tea bowls and saucer and a blue and white Liverpool jug transfer-printed and painted in a variety of floral, foliate and 'Chinoiserie' patterns, some marked in underglaze blue, some unmarked
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A Group Of Assorted Blue And White Plates, 19th century, comprising a Spode fan-shaped dish 'The Castle' pattern, 1810 -1815 with a view of the Gate of Sebastian, impressed Spode 40, with
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A Wedgwood Dish, Chinese Garden Pattern Circa 1807-1815, an oblong dish with wavy rim in underglaze blue, impressed mark Wedgwood 50, together with, dish 24.5 cm long
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A Staffordshire slipware oblong dish, 18th century, an overall brown and cream candy stripe design, central flowerhead motif, t, 30 by 23 cm and 13 cm diameter respectively
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A New Hall Part Tea And Coffee Service, Circa 1820, comprising tea pot, two plates, slop bowl, six teacups and saucers, five coffee cans each with a white ground with wide borders of trailing branches of cobalt blue and gilt acorns and leaves and acorn centres
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A Derby Part Tea/Coffee Set For Six, 1782 - 1800, comprising slops bowl, sugar bowl, spoon tray, creamer, two teapot stands, two dishes, six cake plates, six tea cups & saucers and six coffee cans with blue lined border with trailing gilt foliate decoration, Dr Sinclair Gillies
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A Group Of English Porcelain, 19th century, a Wedgwood plate with a canal scene, polychrome multiple border, impressed mark with, 24 cm diameter, 16 cm high, 24 cm diameter, 13 cm diameter, 2 cm by 17 cm diameter
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An English Derby figure of Britannia, circa 1765, the figure holding a spear in one hand the other a shield decorated with a lion and a boar with purple helmet, gilt bodice and floral skirt on a gilt and puce base against bocage. Height 28 cm
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A Pair Of Framed Copenhagen Terracotta Plaques, Mid 19th century, each circular with finely modelled allegorical subjects with olive green velvet mount, 7 cm diameter
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Elijah Mayer Black Basalt Oval Covered Sugar Basin, 1784-1805, the cover with flower head finial and scrolling floral motifs, the base with trailing flowers and anthemion border, impressed '21' and E. Mayer, 14 cm diameter
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Justin Maurice O'Brien, (1917 - 1996), from the series 'Stations of the Cross', pencil and wash, signed top right hand corner, O'Brien, 30 x 25.5 cm and 32 x 22.5 cm, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
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Charles Wulsten Bunny (1864-1947)Female Nude Rear View, ink on paper monogram to lower right, 29.5 cm by 20 cm, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
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Brian Dunlop (B. 1938)Character For Tennessee Williams 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof', Early 1960's, watercolour on paper signed lower right, 15 cm by 22.5 cm and 42 cm by 36.5 cm respectively, Dorothy Thornhill work was exhibited at David Jones art gallery in 1976 (Gallery sticker on reverse)
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Derek Smith ceramic spherical form sculpture, 1976, a large slim circular disk, incised with concentric lines surrounding two glazed cobalt blue half moons on a cylindrical base, signed, 54 cm high
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An African Osanyin Staff, Yoruba, West Nigeria, this iron sacrificial staff is designed with a central bird surrounded by sixteen smaller birds and a offering bowl, 66 cm high, Sold at David Jones Art Gallery, July 1971
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- A Rare Italian Plaque By Giovanni Battista Gatti 1816-1889, the ebony, ivory and semi-precious stone inlaid decorative plaque,centred with a rectangular panel depicting a milk glass cameo of a garlanded young woman set within an elaborate cartouche and surrounded with floral and foliate scrolls, within a mount set with semi-precious coloured stones, above a pediment with finely inlaid ivory, lapis lazuli and a coloured central semi-precious stone, approximately 30 cm by 25 cm, Giovanni Battista Gatti was…
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A group of eight whales' tooth scrimshaws, 19th century, the teeth incised as follows: a young man, a canon and six flags bearing the British ensign, 11.5 cm long; a young woman in colonial dress with a potted plant to the reverse, 12 cm; a whale with two fish and a harpoon H.R dated 1841 and inscription 'For the Fish', 13.5 cm;
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A Narwhal tusk walking stick, 85 cm long
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An Impressive Pair Of Scrimshaw Horns, 19th century, each horn naively carved with lizards, fish, snakes, emus kangaroos exotic trees, sailing vessels and houses on a later wooden plinth, 52 cm high (including base), By repute collected by Dr Theodore Wanke in the middle of the 19th century
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A Group Of Ten Whales' Tooth And Bone Items, 19th century, comprising; an ivory shoe horn incised with fully-rigged ship to one side and an anchor to the reverse, a cigarette holder incised with a large prowling cat, a whale tooth with figures in medieval costumes, five various whale tooth undecorated, a bone rope working implement and a bone conducting stick
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Two Whale Tooth Scrimshaws, 19th century, each depicting a young woman in colonial dress with her hair covered, 14 cm
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Two Whale Tooth scrimshaws, mid 19th century, the first tooth incised to one side Cambrian 40
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Two Whale Tooth Scrimshaws, 19th century, each incised with a portrait of a military officer in a cartouche, 11 cm long
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A William Ricketts Figured Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1950, modelled as a curved tjuringa with applied gum leaves to one end, emanating three possum spirit boys, 24 cm long, 16 cm high
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A Rare And Important William Ricketts 'Man In The Moon' Sculpture, Circa 1949, moulded in high relief with the face of an Aboriginal elder in a large round moon face, the arms and legs modelled in low relief on a rock face ground, 36 cm wide, 29 cm high
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An Early William Ricketts Earthenware Mask Jug, 1934, the circular foot embossed with figures, the body relief decorated with delicate trailing gum nuts and leaves, with a branch handle and Aboriginal mask decorated spout, 17.5 cm wide, 10.5 cm high
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A Large And Impressive William Ricketts Earthenware Vase, Circa 1941, modelled in the form of a tree trunk relief moulded with the figure of a standing tribal elder, 48 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, relief decorated with the mask of an Aboriginal tribal elder, 12 cm high
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A Small Glazed Plaque - Tribal Elders Face And An Unglazed Thumbnail Of A Tribal Elder, the relief decorated with the mask of a bearded Aboriginal tribal elder, together with, 21 cm and 9 cm respectively
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A Rare William Ricketts Tree Trunk Coffee Pot, Circa 1940, the unglazed earthenware body in the form of a tree trunk, the finial moulded with the upper torso of a boy and a child's head in relief to the base, 32 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A William Ricketts Figured Earthenware Dish, Circa 1940, modelled in the form of a shallow bark dish with a branch to one end, relief decorated with Aboriginal children and a possum, inscribed to the base 'the spirit can emerge free even from the limb of a gnarling old gum tree', 31.5 cm long
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A rare William Ricketts koala figured branch vase, modelled as a hollow trunk with an arching branch handle and an applied koala to the base, 28 cm high
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A William Ricketts Figured Earthenware Bowl, 1941, modelled as a coolamon with a branch handle relief moulded with the upper torso of an Aboriginal child and a possum, 12 cm high, 27.5 cm long, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Figure, 1941, modelled as the figure of an Aboriginal boy seated next to a koala on the bough of a tree, 12.5 cm long, 9 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Figure, Circa 1940, modelled as the figure of a seated Aboriginal tribal elder, 11 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Figure, Circa 1940, modelled as the figure of seated Aboriginal elder, 17.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Plaque, modelled as a large leaf terminating in the face of an Aboriginal boy, 30 cm long
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A Rare William Ricketts Glazed Earthenware Sculpture Of Four Kookaburras, Circa 1936, modelled as four kookaburras on a knotty eucalypt bough, 24 cm long, 11 cm high
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A Fine William Ricketts Earthenware Twin Spouted Branch Coffee Pot, 1934, the green glazed trunk body delicately moulded with trailing leafy branches and applied parrots, flanked by a branch handle and dual bough spout, the cover with a parrot and branch finial, 19 cm high
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A William Ricketts Green Glazed Gum Nut Man Toby Jug, 1934, in the form of a rounded gum nut with twig feet and a moulded Aboriginal face to the spout, 7.4 cm high
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A Rare And Unusual William Ricketts Twin Spouted Earthenware Tea Pot, 1934, the body modelled in the form of a hollow tree trunk with a knotty branch handle surmounted by a koala and double spout, the cover relief moulded with a koala in the fork of a bough, 16.5 cm high
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A Rare William Ricketts Glazed Earthenware Cunningham Lizard, Circa 1935, hand modelled in high relief showing the brown lizard atop a mossy rock form base, 30 cm long, 13.5 cm high
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An Early William Ricketts Glazed Earthenware Gumnut Vase, 1936, signed Wm Ricketts, Potters Sanctuary, Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, 1936, 15.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Figured Dish, 1935, modelled with an applied Aboriginal female figure beside a water hole, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A William Ricketts Figured Earthenware Dish, 1935, the dish in the form of a coolamon with a branch handle inset with a cameo showing an Aboriginal figure, 18.5 cm long, 7.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts earthenware figured dish, 1934, modelled with an applied Aboriginal boy and a frill-neck lizard beside a water hole, 11 cm long, 8 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Figured Dish, Circa 1935, modelled with an applied Aboriginal elder beside a water hole, 9 cm long, 8 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A Rare William Ricketts Brown Glazed Toby Jug, Circa 1934, relief moulded with an Aboriginal face mask, the body moulded in the form of a trunk flanked by a branch handle, 21 cm wide, 17.5 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A Rare William Ricketts Glazed Gum Nut Man Vase, Circa 1935, raised on three branch feet the fluted body moulded with an Aboriginal face and gum nut ears, 22.5 cm high
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An Early William Ricketts Bough And Branch Coffee Pot, 1936, the body modelled as a tree trunk with a branch spout and handle sumounted by a twig finial cover, 16.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Tree Spirit Vase, 1936, modelled with branch arms and legs and an applied possum, the face slightly off centre, 18 cm high
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An Early William Ricketts Glazed Earthenware Jug, Circa 1935, modelled as a hollow tree trunk with a branch handle moulded with an applied kangaroo, 12.5 cm high
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An Unusual William Ricketts Moon Flask, Circa 1950, of compressed circular form relief moulded with the face of an Aboriginal elder on a stippled ground, dark brown glaze, 26 cm wide, 29 cm high
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A Rare And Important William Ricketts Ancestral Kangaroo-Men Figure Group, Circa 1940, the central figure of an Aboriginal elder flanked by two kangaroo men holding tywerrenge, on a naturalistic rock form base, 26 cm wide, 32 cm high, For a similar example see Kevin Fahey et al, Australian Art Pottery 1900 - 1950
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture And A Fire Starter, Circa 1940, modelled as the head of a tribal elder emerging from a rock, together with, the scupture 11.5 cm high, the fire starter 23.5 cm long
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1950, modelled with the upper torso of an Aboriginal boy, the reverse with a face, 23 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Plaque, 1958, hand modelled with the figure of a young Aboriginal female to one side and the heads of two boys to the reverse, 16.5 cm wide, 29.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Cup, Circa 1940, the body relief decorated with the face of an Aboriginal boy beneath a small loop handle, fluted green glazed interior, 12 cm high
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A Large William Ricketts Self Portrait, Circa 1940, the full length standing figure with hair swept back, dressed in work boots, pants and a shirt against a rocky ground, 60 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1960, modelled in high relief with the faces of two Aboriginal boys, 19 cm long, 16 cm high
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A Glazed Earthenware Sculpture In The Style Of William Ricketts By Reg And Stan Gilbert, relief moulded with the face of an Aboriginal tribal elder, 11 cm high
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A William Ricketts Sculpture, Circa 1940, modelled with the face of tribal elder set into rock, 12 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1950, modelled as the upper torso of a tribal elder emerging from a rock, 11 cm high
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A William Ricketts Unglazed Earthenware Plaque, Circa 1950, relief moulded with the visage of William Ricketts surrounded by the faces of five Aboriginal children, 17 cm wide, 28 cm high
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A Large William Ricketts Unglazed Earthenware Head Of A Tribal Elder, Circa 1950, the large sculpture made from Finke river clay, completed during Ricketts time at Ernabella, modelled with high forehead and full beard, 41 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, hand-modelled unglazed earthenware showing the face of an Aboriginal boy emerging from a rock, 35 cm high
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A Large And Important William Ricketts Sculpture Of Sir Baldwin Spencer With The Tribal Elders, 1936, hand modelled earthenware, the standing figure of Sir Baldwin Spencer flanked by two seated Aboriginal tribal elders, against a rock form ground, 43.5 cm high, Artist, environmentalist and advocate of Aboriginal reconciliation, William Ricketts is one of the most original, not to say eccentric, figures in 20th
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A Large William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1940, hand modelled with the figures of two tribal elders seated on a large rock form with relief moulded faces of children to the base, 35 cm high
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A William Ricketts Glazed Earthenware Dish, 1936, modelled as a shallow coolamon with an applied figure of a boy squatting with his chin on his hands, 12.2 cm long, 7 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Wall Plaque, Circa 1950, relief moulded with the face of an Aboriginal elder with a long flowing beard, the reverse with a cameo of a face, 8.5 cm wide, 17.5 cm high
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A Large William Ricketts Unglazed Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1955, modelled in high relief with the heads of five Aboriginal boys, three gazing upwards and two looking outwards, 32 cm wide, 33 cm high
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A William Ricketts Two Handled Vase, 1937, of compressed form, the body with relief moulded leaf decoration surmounted by an elongated aperture in the form of a coolamon, 23 cm wide, 19 cm high
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A William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture, Circa 1940, modelled as the figure of a seated Aboriginal tribal elder, on a rock form base relief moulded with the faces of Aboriginal children and possum spirits, 33 cm wide, 34 cm high
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