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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:974
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:277
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:819
Date:24-May-2016
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Two George III silver tablespoons, one Hanoverian with initials to finial, 1755 by John Gorham; the other Old English, Newcastle 1786 by John Langlands & John Robertson
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A George III silver tablespoon, fiddle pattern, London 1819 by William Eley & William Fearn;
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A Victorian silver serving spoon, Old English pattern. Sheffield 1896 by Walker & Hall. 156gms
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A pair of George IV silver pie spoons, Old English pattern. London 1823 by Charles Hollinshed. Total 200gms. Length 29 cm
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A George III silver pie spoon, Old English pattern. London 1805 by Thomas Harper. 97gms. Length 30.5 cm
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Two George III silver tablespoons. London 1790 by Thomas Wallis and Thomas North century ote. Total 130gms
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Two Dutch silver birth spoons, with cast handles surmounted by figurative finials, one engraved to the back of the bowl with a date 1684
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A pair of Dutch silver birth spoons with cast stems surmounted by figurative finials, one engraved to the bowl with the date 1527
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Three silver utensils, a George III Old English pattern dessert spoon, a Victorian fiddle, thread and shell dessert spoon and a slender double ended marrow scoop without hallmarks
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A Georgian silver toddy ladle, the circular bowl inset with a George II coin and engraved with a monogram within a foliate outline. Fixed with a socket joint to a twisted baleen handle. Length 33.5 cm
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A set of six Victorian silver fiddle pattern dessert forks, London 1876 by George Angel. 265gms
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A pair of Peruvian sterling silver wine bottle holders, the frames with handles and supports modelled as fruiting vines, each with an affixed satyr figure balanced to the rear and imbibing from a goblet. Marked 'Camusso' for Carlo Mario Camusso SA, Lima, Peru. Total weight 1930gms
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A rare quality George IV silver tea-urn, the octagonal vase-shaped body on conforming plinth with flaring pedestal, four paw feet, with two reeded loop handles, the reeded spout with ivory tap, the body, foot and detachable tapered conforming cover and urn finial each engraved with bands of floral swag and foliage, crested London 1828 by Robert Hennell. Weight 1252gms. Height 35 cm
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A George V four-piece silver tea set, squat circular shape, squat circular shape with ridged shoulder, comprising tea and hot water pots, milk and sugar. London 1914 by H.H. Plante
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A George V four-piece silver tea service, comprising teapot, hot water jug, milk and sugar, Georgian style with serpentine rims and shell and pad feet. London 1924 by C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd. Total weight 1509
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A Georgian Revival teapot, oval with half lobed body and conforming domed lid, boxwood square scroll handle, monogrammed. London 1897. 490gms
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An unusually small Victorian (bachelor's) silver coffee pot, baluster pedestal form, embossed scrolling leaf and floral design, an oval vacant cartouche to each side with bead frame, baluster finial, ivory heat rings to the loop handle. London 1872 by Robert Hennell IV. 308gms. Height 15 cm
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An elegant Victorian silver hot water/coffee pot of Georgian style, baluster shape with fluted decoration, wood handle and finial. Sheffield 1893 by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Height 23 cm
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An Edwardian silver salver, with pie-crust rim, shell and scroll border, engraved centre, raised on three bun feet. Sheffield 1901 by James Deakin & Sons. 674gms. Diameter 27 cm
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A commemorative silver plate, designed by Annigoni for the marriage of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips 1973. Cased with certificate. 270gms. Diameter 23 cm
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A silver waiter, the pie-crust rim with shell highlights, raised on three scroll feet, plain un-engraved surface. Birmingham 1973 by Frank Hawker Ltd. 271gms. Diameter 19.5 cm
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An early 20th century silver salver, octagonal serpentine form with pie-crust rim, un-engraved, raised on three substantial short scroll legs with disc form feet. London 1911 by Mappin & Webb. 565gms. Diameter 25.5 cm
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A George II silver waiter, the pie-crust rim with shell detail, crested with a demi-lion, framed by encircling C-scrolls, florals and leaves, raised on three pad feet. Hallmarks indistinct. 200gms. Diameter 16.5 cm
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A silver bowl commemorating the tri-centenary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London 1975 by J. Burton. 248gms. Diameter 11.5 cm
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A George III silver mug, spreading circular base, S-scroll handle, marks worn. Height 9.3 cm. 190gms
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A Victorian silver presentation cup, baluster form, panelled stiff leaf design, floral embossed, double S-scroll handles, pedestal base. No presentation inscription. Birmingham 1863 by George Unite. 533gms. Height 25.5 cm
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Ten Victorian silver small bowls, circular form, plain fluted rims. Sheffield 1900 by Atkin Bros. 880gms. Diameter 12.4 cm
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A silver rimmed and lidded crystal jug, hallmarked Birmingham 1921 by John Grimsell & Sons. Small chip to handle. Height 14 cm
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Two .900 European silver dishes, circular shaped with pierced acanthus leaf rim and raised on three acanthus scroll feet. Diameters 14 cm and 16 cm. Total 335gms
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An Edwardian silver embossed oval dish, the serpentine wide flaring rim with heavily embossed scroll, floral and fruit decoration, plain convex centre. London 1903 by William Comyns & Sons. 267gms. Length 26 cm
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A pair of Edwardian silver trumpet vases, the top rims with applied cast fancy shaped detail, embossed fluting, scrolls and oval cartouches to the body, spreading bases. Birmingham 1905 by William Hutton & Sons Ltd. Minor attention required. 289gms. Height 17 cm
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A silver trinket box with repousse lid, Birmingham 1909, together with a small pierced and embossed bonbon dish, Birmingham 1896
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A George III silver seven-bar toast rack with wire-work bars, raised on an oblong frame with ball feet. Birmingham 1774, maker's mark obscure. 200gms. Length 16 cm
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A George V silver sauce boat, oval shape with hammered finish, raised on three pad feet. Birmingham 1923 by A.E. Jones. 155gms
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A set of three unmarked silver decanter labels, shield shaped, decorated with grapes and vine leaves, engraved 'Claret', 'Madeira' and 'White-Wine'
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An Edwardian silver three-piece dressing table set, comprising a hand mirror, hair brush and clothes brush, the backs of each piece decorated with a profusion of flowers. Birmingham 1907 by Charles S. Green & Co. In case
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An Edwardian silver miniature four-piece tea and coffee service on tray, of Georgian style. Birmingham 1906-07 by Samuel M. Levi
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A set of four Victorian silver bonbon dishes, oval floral and wrythen embossed with fixed handles with suspension rings (to hang from a centrepiece). Sheffield 1895 by C E Nixon. 525gms
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An early 20th century tall cut crystal silver topped scent bottle, baluster form, damage to internal top. London 1912
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A pair of New Zealand colonial silver and greenstone 'N.Z.' knife rests, the N.Z.-form ends of shaped and engraved silver joined by rectangular greenstone bars, no maker's marks. Length 10 cm
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A Danish silver candlestick, Art Nouveau style. 169gms
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A French silver cup and saucer, both pieces with guilloche engraving and vacant cartouches. 118gms
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Two unmarked Indian silver oil lamps, of matching form. Total weight 380gms
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An Old Sheffield Plate coffee pot, baluster shape raised on circular foot, floral and scroll embossed, double scroll boxwood handle. Height 26 cm
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A silver plated copper and brass 19th century spring loaded candlestick with swivelling reflector shade and chimney. Height 38 cm
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An old silver on copper porringer, with scroll and acanthus framed cartouche engraved with a crest: a hunting horn above a pair of wings and the motto 'Audacter et Strenue' (Pollock). Diameter 12 cm
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A pair of 19th century Sheffield plate candlesticks
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A silver plated campana shaped champagne bucket, with liner, half lobed body with branch handles issuing from the sides. Height 25 cm
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A pair of English baroque Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks with campana shaped nozzles raised on fluted stems with acanthus and shell decoration. Height 29 cm
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A large Victorian silver plated oval butler's tray, engraved with ferns and with stylised foliate border and acanthus scroll handles. Width across handles 70 cm
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A semi-antique Afghan Turkoman rug, all wool, the field decorated with 12 cruciform medallions framed by multiple geometric borders and guards, in soft reds and charcoal vegetable dyes, c.1920s. 103 x 120 cm
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A semi-antique Kerman Laver prayer rug, decorated with a shaped niche patterned with a vase of flowers with leafy and flowering tendrils, song birds, vase designs with roses repeating in the quadrants, framed by narrow guards and a main border decorated with birds, antelopes and flowers in cartouche frames. In a polychromatic palette. 200 x 130 cm
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A semi-antique Persian rug, fine wool pile, decorated with a central floral medallion with pendant ends on a clear red field, framed by a Herati border between narrower guards, the border colour reflecting the central medallion. 202 x 133 cm
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A large Turkoman carpet, the field decorated with five rows of gul motifs, five border guards with central wide guards, serrated leaf motifs at either end, colours of rich wine red, ochre and ivory, 392 x 247 cm
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A large old Afghan Turkoman carpet the field decorated with three rows of large gul motifs, the border with various narrow and one wide guard of geometric motifs. 245 x 370 cm. Worn
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An antique Afghan picture rug, with two panels, one with geometric columns, chandelier and vase of flowers; the other decorated with a scene of a walled mosque surrounded by a townscape, dated 1906, both surrounded by geometric borders. 146 x 105 cm. Some faults
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An Afghan Turkoman all wool rug, the field with repeating rows of octagonal star form and other lattice floral type guls, multiple border guards. 238 x 172 cm
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A large old Persian Bokhara rug, the plain rectangular field with three rows of repeating octagonal guls interspersed by latch hook outlined diamond motifs, all within multiple narrow border guards. 300 x 205 cm
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A Persian Qashqai rug, with central hexagonal medallion and three border guards, the field with intricate designs of animals, birds and flowers. 15 x 210 cm
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A Turkish kilim rug, strip geometric designs, crosses, stylised bird's heads, boteh motifs, etc., with three narrow border guards. 123 x 195 cm
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A kilim rug, vertical strip designs with intricate geometric motifs. 140 x 196 cm
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A Turkish kilim rug, decorated with lines of bold geometric motifs. 170 x 220 cm
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An Afghan rug, the field decorated with three large square shaped medallions, multiple border guards with central wide guard, stylised floral motifs.128 x 225 cm
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A Berber rug, the field decorated with zig-zag motifs and Caucasian designs, two border guards, the outer guard with serrated leaf motifs, soft lustrous pile. 300 x 145 cm
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A small finely knotted Persian rug, formal floral decoration with a large central medallions and three border guards. 82 x 130 cm
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A large kilim cushion. Length 95 cm
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An old Persian Hamadan rug, decorated with bold geometric plant motifs and hexagonal medallions, serrated leaf border guards with one wide central guard. 155 x 200 cm
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A Persian silk rug, the field with a central floral medallion and four corner designs, intricate trailing floral decoration, multiple border guards with one central wide guard. 165 x 110 cm
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A Baluchi rug, decorated with geometric motifs on a tan background framed by three borders decorated with floral meander designs. 140 x 53 cm
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An Afghan Andkhoi small runner, decorated with three medallions on a cherry red ground, framed by a narrow guard and floral border. 150 x 50 cm
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A large kilim cushion, geometric patterns in varying colours, the back in plain coloured stripes
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A Baluchi rug, decorated with multiple diamond medallions and geometric motifs framed by multiple narrow borders. 200 x 107 cm
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A large Baluchi rug, the field with three diamond shaped medallions and hooked running dog motifs framed by three border guards. 284 x 165 cm
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A large Kashan carpet, the field with large central medallions (the same decoration in each corner) trailing floral designs, multiple narrow border guards and one wide Herati. 325 x 200 cm
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A large Persian Kashan carpet, the field with circular medallion (the design repeated in each corner), all-over floral designs, five border guards with central wide Herati guard. 243 x 340 cm
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A finely knotted Persian silk hunting rug, the field decorated with scenes of four riders on horseback with gazelle, hares and plant motifs, seven border guards and a central wide guard decorated with tigers, gazelles and plant motifs. 102 x 154 cm
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An Iranian Kordi broad runner, the lozenge-shaped field decorated with multiple geometric conjoined panels filling the entire field, step-sided diamond motifs, rosettes and stylised animals decorate the quadrants, framed by a broad rosette border and narrow guards. 297 x 109 cm
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A finely knotted Persian silk rug, the field with a central medallion, four corner designs and all-over trailing floral motifs, multiple narrow border guards with one central wide Herati guard, intricate detailed designs 108 x 156 cm
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A Turkoman tribal rug, the field decorated with three rows of gul motifs, multiple narrow border guards with one wide guard. 150 x 180 cm
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A Persian Caucasian runner rug, the caramel ground with four-star form medallions on a ground with scattered guls and animals, three dominant border guards. 453 x 100 cm
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A Persian rug, the field with elongated medallion, (the design repeated in each corner), five narrow border guards with trailing floral motifs. 110 x 240 cm
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A wool and silk prayer rug, the mihrab decorated with flowering branches, multiple border guards with matching floral decoration. 90 x 132 cm
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A Persian Meshkin runner, the field with two large medallions and floral motifs, two border guards, in rich lustrous colours. 308 x 82 cm
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An Afghan Turkoman runner, decorated with two rows of small octagonal guls and cruciform medallions, framed by three narrow borders
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A small Persian Kashan rug with central medallion, floral decoration and three border guards. 128 x 76 cm
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A Turkish Kazak rug, the field decorated with rows of geometric medallions with hooked running dog borders, three border guards.176 x 220 cm
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A large Persian Heriz carpet, the field with a central diamond shaped medallion, four corner designs and intricate bold geometric motifs, three border guards with central wide guard. Some damage on reverse. 400 x 300 cm
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A Saruqi carpet, decorated with three rows of seven geometric medallions surrounded by small rosettes in red on an indigo ground, framed by multiple narrow borders decorated with rosettes and hooked key motifs. 300 x 200 cm
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A c. 1900 chromed kerosene table lamp, frosted spherical glass shade, the rounded body sitting in the pierced sided stand with riven-turned column and spreading base, ebonised stand. 73 cm
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A Victorian brass and copper bar top beer pull, converted to a table lamp, frosted flaming shade
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A fancy French style kerosene standard lamp, the shaped brass rod top supporting the ruby and clear frosted and frilled glass shade, the fancy column with four shaped arms to the fancy cast and pierced platform base. 190 cm
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Four various vintage kerosene table lamps, includes; carnival glass, silver plate, blue glass and brass and china with lithographic printing to the bowl 'Hobby. Horses, Tops, Shuttlecocks and Dolls...'
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A good Victorian gilt brass and glass hanging kerosene lamp, the milk glass bowl and shade with pink tinge and floral painted highlights, festooned with facet-cut glass prism drops, multi-tiered
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A good Victorian hanging gilt brass and glass kerosene lamp, similar to above
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An early 20th century hanging brass and glass light fitting, the tapered glass body with flared top, diamond cut decoration, enclosing three fittings for screw bulbs, turned and tapered brass fittings top and bottom, ring suspension. 49 cm
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A Victorian brass and glass hanging gas lamp later electrified, the opalescent wide cylindrical glass shade with brass mounts and framing, restrained scroll and finial decoration. 85 cm
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A c.1900 brass and leadlight porch hanging light shade, diamond section, embossed frame detail, the panels with coloured glass diamond and circular detail
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A Victorian white glass and gilt brass hanging kerosene lamp, the glass bowl and shade floral painted, fancy metalwork mounts
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An elaborate Victorian brass and milk glass hanging kerosene lamp, undecorated white glass shade, the brass body with fancy cherub and cast metal mounts, adjustable height
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An old gilt metal and glass large fancy hanging light fitting, oval glass body engraved with florals, the re-gilded fancy fittings, top and bottom, supported by plain rods. Height 57 cm
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