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Decorative Arts & Furniture — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:345
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & FurnitureLots with images:345
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:240
Date:15-Nov-2006
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A pair of Japanese Satsuma vases signed, Meiji period, each of square baluster form, painted and gilt with panels of figures and birds in landscape settings, within trellis borders on a deep blue ground. Height 30 cm
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A pair of massive Chinese blue and white covered jars Qing Dynasty, each of baluster form with a domed cover decorated with scrolling lotus and flowers, four character underglaze blue marks to base. Height 44 cm
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A Chinese famille rose porcelain dish Guangxu seal mark (1875 - 1908), the exterior painted in the millefleur design, the interior decorated with a bat and medallion motif, 24 cm diameter
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A pair of Japanese Satsuma vases late Meiji period baluster, each ornately decorated with panels showing court scenes and an opposing landscape scene, within foliate and geometric borders. Height 24 cm
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A carved Chinese jade calligraphy brush, the pale green body relief carved with a bird perched on a flowering blossom bough, the cover etched with calligaraphy, 24.5 cm long
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A Japanese Bronze Vase Signed, Meiji Period Of squat baluster form, the body with incised floriate decoration and overlaid with an open silver chrysanthemum bloom, 13 cm high
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A Chinese celadon covered bowl possibly late Ming Dynasty circular, the base and cover decorated with stylised lotus flowers and petals, 16 cm diameter
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A Japanese Celadon Koro and Cover Incised mark Banko, Late Edo/Meiji Period Modelled as a standing Shi shi with curled tail and fierce expression, pale green celadon glaze, 15 cm high
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A Chinese celadon bowl circular, the interior decorated with scrolling lotus, 19 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl Chia Ch'ing nien chih seal mark (1796 - 1820) of lobed form, painted and gilt with a scene of Shi Shi within trellis and cloud borders, 17 cm diameter
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A Large Chinese Jardiniere On Stand Circular, painted to the interior and exterior with grasshoppers, frogs and fish in a lotus pond, 58 cm diameter, the bowl and stand 83 cm high
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A Chinese porcelain famille rose dish Ch'ien Lung mark and period (1736 - 1795) painted with pink flowers on an incised green enamel ground, underglaze blue seal mark to base, 20 cm diameter
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A Chinese Lacquered Rosewood Altar Table The rectangular top above an ornate pierced and carved scroll and dragon decorated frieze, raised on square supports united by cross stretchers, 200 x 121 x 54 cm
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A pair of Chinese bamboo armchairs late Qing Dynasty, the spindled back and arms above a lacquered softwood seat, the legs united by cross stretchers
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A Chinese Carved Ivory Figure Showing a standing bearded fisherman, holding a pipe in his left hand and a fishing rod in his right hand, hardwood base, 34.5 cm high
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A Japanese bronze figural gong Meiji period, modelled as the standing semi draped figure of Shoki holding aloft a gong bowl, together with a wooden striker, 57 cm high
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A Chinese stone head of a Bodhisattva possibly Yuan Dynasty, modelled with downcast eyes and wearing a Crown, raised on a later wooden stand, 51 cm high
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A Pair of Chinesefamille rose Porcelain Plates Ch'ien Lung period (1736 - 1795) Each decorated with a garden scene of a trellised fence with flowering prunus and peony, 25 cm diameter, together with a similar period sparrows beak jug decorated with floral sprays, 12 cm high
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A pair of 19th century Japanese Imari chargers signed, each painted and gilt with panels of phoenix and dragons amongst foliage, reserved on a trellis ground, incised marks to base, 40 cm diameter
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A Japanese bronze okimono signed Masamitsu, Meiji period, modelled as a smiling male Sanbaso dancer wearing a hat and holding a drum in one hand, raised on a wooden stand, 25 cm high
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A Chinese Carved Ivory Figure Showing a robed Geisha, holding a branch in her left hand and lotus blooms in her right hand, hardwood base, 35 cm high
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A pair of Chinese bone floor vases, each of baluster form with fo dog drop ring handles, carved and moulded with panels showing scenes of warriors on horseback in landscape settings, surmounted by a fo dog finial, raised on a shaped wooden stand. Height 205 cm
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A Pair of Gilt Brass Ecclesiastical Pricket Candlesticks Each raised on a tripartite gargoyle moulded base rising to a foliate decorated knopped stem with pierced scroll drip pans, 58 cm high
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A cast bronze Spanish Morion helmet late 19th/early 20th century relief decorated to each side with a cartouche showing heroic scenes within bands of arms, trophies and mythical figures. Height 40 cm
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A 19th century Swiss Walnut and Satinwood Inlaid Cylinder Music Box Retail label for Fabrique de Geneve Playing eight airs, with a bed plate mounted control lever, the hinged cover with a central inlaid vignette showing cornets amongst foliage, within cross banded and ebonised borders, 71.5 x 19 x 27.5 cm
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A pair of Victorian milk glass lustre vases, each of waisted form, hung with crystal prism lustres, rising to a cut-out rim, gilt highlights, 32 cm high
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A 19th century maple violin, the two piece back embossed with the head of a man in profile and inscribed beneath 'Cleveland', spurious label to the interior Laurentius Guadagnini Pater & alumnus Antoni Straduari, fecit lacentie Anno 1743, together with a bow and a black travel case, 60 cm long
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A Winsor and Newton Paint Box Rectangular, fitted with compartments housing a selection of paint lozenges, a ceramic palette, glass mixing bowl, charcoal and a protractor, a single frieze drawer containing a second palette, paper retail label to interior, 23 x 7.5 x 20.5 cm
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A Regency mahogany and cut brass inlaid writing box rectangular, decorated in cut brass foliate borders and strapwork, the hinged lid with a central cartouche inscribed A. Alston, flanked by recessed handles, 28 x 11 x 19.5 cm
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A Victorian Burr Walnut Cased Travelling Vanity Set Rectangular, the hinged lid and escutcheon with an inlaid mother-of-pearl crest, opening to a fitted interior housing a mirror and twelve sterling silver mounted jars of maker's mark T.W, London 1867 and a further compartment, with a concealed frieze drawer to the front, 30 x 17.5 x 23 cm
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A pair of gilt brass candelabra, each raised on a tripartite platform base rising to knopped standard with three scrolling arms surmounted by drip pans and sconces, 38 cm high
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A Heubach bisque head baby doll Germany, circa 1910, impressed rising sun factory stamp, numbers 76, 8, 08 and Germany, the bisque head with moulded hair, intaglio eyes and closed mouth, jointed composition body and linen and lace clothing, together with a metal stand. Height 33.5 cm
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A Cuno and Otto Dressel Bisque Head Baby Doll Germany, Circa 1910 Impressed marks Cuno & Otto Dressel, Germany, 6/10, the bisque head with sleepy blue glass eyes and an open mouth, wearing a brown wig, having a jointed composition body, woollen clothing, together with a metal stand, 33.5 cm high
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A 19th century sampler, embroidered with a geometric floriate border and a rhyme, signed 'Mary Cooper, Campden 1800', within a later ebonised frame, the sampler 28.5 x 30.5 cm
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A 19th century sampler, embroidered with a repeating pattern of foliate vignettes within a stylised border and 'Jane Susan Rive her work Done in the eight year of her Age, 1848', the sampler 57.5 x 57.5 cm
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A German Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Signed F. Peleschka, Circa 1900 Modelled as a standing semi-draped female in contrapposto stance, on a naturalistic base, raised on a circular rouge marble base, inscribed signature to base of figure, 53 cm high
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A Neapolitan bronze figure of an athlete, attributed to J. Chiurazzi & Fils, Naples, circa 1900, after the antique, on a rectangular base, circular foundry stamp to base. Height 55 cm
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A 19th century German bronze figure signed E. (Eugen) Schlipf. Fec., Munchen 1898, modelled as a standing female nude with arms raised, on a circular marble plinth. Height 55 cm
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Pair of majolica lions, each seated with one paw raised and supporting a shield
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A 19th century Bronze Figure of the Venus De Milo Raised on a stepped circular marble plinth, 34 cm high
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A large Belgian Art Deco Bakelite figure, modelled as a hotel bell hop holding a champagne bucket, impressed Usine Av Peur Bruxelles, 140 cm high
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A Bronze Figure Signed Anderson and dated 1948 Modelled as a standing semi-draped bearded male figure with hands joined to the front raised on a square marble plinth, 54 cm high. Provenance: the Estate of the late Hector Crawford
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A 19th century Italian marble and alabaster figure of a water carrier signed, the standing female dressed in Venetian attire with a gourd raised to her right shoulder, on a naturalistic base with a tree stump in the background, raised on a stepped alabaster plinth. Height 73 cm
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An Italian Alabaster Bust of A Boy Modelled as a boy in 19th century attire wearing a jaunty hat and smoking, raised on a stepped socle, 65 cm high
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A Signed Cricket Bat From the 1932 - 33 Bodyline Test Series and THE1946 - 47 Test Series A Jack Ryder Special English Willow full size cricket bat with a complete set of signatures by the English team from the 1932 - 33 'Bodyline' series; together with the signatures of both the Australian 'invincibles' team and the English team from the 1946 - 47 Test series, the bat further inscribed Melbourne Returned Soldiers, C. Club.' Provenance: The Test series between Australia and England in the summer of 1932-33…
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The right to display Numberplate VIC 41, the black and white enamel number plate measuring. Height 12 cm x. Width 14.5 cm. Provenance: The original plates were purchased by the current owners family in 1950 on a 1936 V8 Cadillac bought second hand from an advertisement in the Age used car section. Ownership has remained with the family until the present day
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Unusual dinner gong with two curved tusks joined by a silver plate stand, a beaten nickel disc, a wooden base and an ivory handled gong
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A 19th century marble figure group of the Three Graces, modelled as three standing embracing semi-draped females, raised on a naturalistic base; together with a later marble plinth, the figure group. Height 49.5 cm
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A beaded Russian theatre costume and head-dress, circa 1920, the Kokoshnik style head piece and blue velvet dress heavily beaded and sequined with a stylised floriate design in colours of yellow, green, pink, blue and red within faux pearl borders
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A 19th century Marquetry and Walnut Cased Polyphon Music Box The hinged, panelled and crossbanded top opening to an interior with a brass arm and movement, flanked by a wooden handled winder, with twenty six discs, the later lower section with a single door opening to a fitted interior, 54 x 110 x 47 cm
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A 19th century French Bronze Centrepiece Circular, with a Chinoiserie landscape scene of Ho Ho birds perched in a prunus tree, within a quatrefoil pierced rim, flanked by dragon moulded handles, scroll feet, 59 cm wide across the handles
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A Walnut and Marquetry Cased Polyphon Disc Music Box Late 19th century The hinged panelled top with floriate satinwood inlay opening to a brass mechanism, together with twelve discs, 54 x 24 x 46 cm
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A 19th century gun metal and brass surveyor's level reputedly from the estate of John Helder Wedge, with four screw adjustable base plate, non original wooden mount, 51 cm long. Note: John Helder Wedge, (1793-1872) migrated to van Diemen's Land from London in 1824 on an appointment as a surveyor. From this time until 1835 he participated in numerous expeditions in conjunction with the van Diemen's Land Survey Department and latterly in Victoria
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A Victorian marble bust of Augustus Stevens signed J E Boehm (1834-1890), 1874, modelled as a bearded gentleman wearing a waistcoat and jabot, inscribed to the reverse 'In Grateful Memory to Augustus Stevens by J.E Boehm 1874', raised on a stepped socle; together with a veined marble plinth, the bust. Height 73 cm, the plinth. Height 104 cm. Note: Edwin Augustus Stevens (1795-1868) was an American industrialist and inventor and founder of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken new Jersey
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A 19th century Itailian marble figure titled Messaccio D'Amore, modelled as a semi-draped classical female in contrapposto stance, releasing a dove, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 76 cm. Provenance: part of the original furnishings of Ellerslie, Hampden Road batterypoint, Hobart, which was the residence of Joseph Zellig Bidencope (1837-1915)
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A pair of fine Renaissance style bronze and ormolu figural ewers French, 19th century, each of baluster form, the body relief decorated with a continuous frieze of putti playing amongst symbols of Art, science and literature, the handles decorated with mask heads and cherubs. Height 104 cm
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A Victorian mother-of-pearl inlaid papier mache writing compendium of serpentine rectangular outline, with a central foliate cartouche within pendant borders, fitted interior, gilt highlights, 33 x 10 x 27 cm
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A Marble Bust of the Arab Sheik of Cairo After the 1866 original by Charles Cordier Finely modelled in white and grey marble, showing a bearded man wearing a turban and robes, stepped socle, 69 cm high. Note: The original is illustrated as item 86 in the catalogue raisonne Facing The Other: Charles Cordier 1827-1905, Ethnographic Sculptor, by Laure de Margerie and Edouard Papet, Paris 2004, published to accompany the retrospective exhibition of the same title at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris 2 February - 4 May…
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A 19th century Belgian gilt bronze and ivory figure Lisuese, signed A. Carrier-Belleuse, circa 1871, the figure dressed in classical attire, her hands and face of carved ivory, standing with her eyes downcast reading a book, raised on a marble plinth, inscribed signature to the base of the figure. Height 26 cm
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A patinated bronze bust of Emperor Hadrian, modelled as a bearded male in classical attire, raised on a fluted composite plinth, 172 cm total height
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A Pair of Marble Pedestals French, 19th/20th Century The stepped square plinth base and capital of serpentine verte marble, the central standard in rouge griotte marble with an incised monogram, 110 cm high
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Armin Glatter 1861-1931 'Young Girl Sewing' Oil on canvas, 44 x 31.5 cm
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An Italian Art Nouveau marble and alabaster figural light, modelled as a curtsying female figure, her head bowed and her arms outstretched holding the edges of her skirt, raised on a circular alabaster plinth with inscribed foliate decoration, 48 cm high
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Painted and gilt elm wood icon with Cyrillic text, the archangel Gabrielle holding the child Jesus, scenes of saints, martyrs and God the father above
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A Victorian glass carboy campana, with starburst and diamond cut decoration and enamelled Mooneys & Cowans whiskey signs, above a brass tap, surmounted by a domed cover with faceted finial, raised on a fluted circular foot, 76 cm high
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Emile Bednes 'The Young Mozart' Oil on board, 59 x 49 cm
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Emile Bednes 'Madonna and Child with John the Baptist', Oil on board, 85.5 x 71 cm
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Chateau Margaux Premier Grand CRU1985 (1)
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Penfolds Grange Hermitage Vintage 1992, bottled 1993, bin 95, (1)
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A Victorian Brass Mounted Banquet Lamp The Corinthian columnar standard surmounted by a faceted crystal font and an etched glass shade, stepped square base, 84 cm high
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A Fine Pair of 19th century French Brass Wall Sconces Electrified, each modelled as a cherub supporting two branches decorated with budding flowers and leaves, pierced geometric mounts, 69 cm high
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A William Ricketts earthenware sculpture relief moulded to the front with the image of an indigenous Australian female, the reverse showing the faces of two children, inscribed Wm Ricketts Sanctuary mount Dandenong to underside. Height 29 cm
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Earthenware wall plaque, relief moulded to the front with the image of an indigenous Australian boy, inscribed 'Wm Ricketts' to the underside
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A William Ricketts earthenware wall plaque relief moulded to the front with the image of an indigenous elder, the reverse showing the face of a boy, inscribed Wm Ricketts to the underside. Height 18 cm
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A Remued gum nut and leaf vase, ovoid, with applied leaves and gum nuts, in colours of mauve and green, incised Remued, 16 cm high
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A Remued gum nut and leaf vase, of ovoid shape, with applied leaf and gum nut decoration in high relief, flanked by a branch handle, in drip glazed colours of mauve, green and blue, incised Remued hand made
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A Remued gum nut and leaf vase, cylindrical, with a drip glaze in colours of mauve and green, with applied gum nut, leaf and branch decoration, inscribed '145/9m Remued hand made', 23.5 cm high
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A Small Remued Gum Nut and Leaf Vase Ovoid, decorated with a single applied leaf and two gum nuts, in colours of mauve, brown and green, incised Remued, 12 cm high
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Royal Doulton New South WalesSettlement limited edition (no. 153 of 350) commemorative cylindrical jug with moulded scenes of the first settlers celebrating the establishment of the British colony in Sydney Cove, inscribed 'Sydney Cove Colony New South Wales, Founded January 1788' and signed 'Noke' and 'H. Fenton'
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A South Australian art glass Bottle Signed Samuel J. Herman, 1976, SA Of compressed rectangular form, the blown glass body with cased internal colouring in orange, blue and yellow on a mottled ground, inscribed signature and SA, 965, 14 cm high
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A 19th century Australian Cedar Dumb Waiter Rectangular, with three open shelves, raised on turned supports, toupie feet, 104 x 103 x 46 cm
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A 19th century Australian huon pine chest of drawers, the rounded rectangular top above an arrangement of seven drawers, bun feet, 106 x 129 x 52 cm
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Harold Hughan circular stoneware pottery bread crock with a speckled pale green glaze and blue banding
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Harold Hughan stoneware pottery bread crock of ribbed circular form with a speckled yellow green glaze, signed 'Hughan' to the base
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Pair of Harold Hughen stoneware bowls with speckled pale green glaze, signed 'Hughan' to the base
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Harold Hughan stoneware lidded jar and teapot set with speckled green glazes, and signature and seal marks to bases. Provenance: The teapot bears a label for ' Hughan Retrospective Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria 1969', and the numbers '349' and '221'
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A Harold Hughan stoneware vase, of ribbed bottle form with a speckled pale green glaze, signature and seal marks to base, 27 cm high
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Pair of Harold Hughan stoneware plates with speckled pale green glazes centred by stylised calligraphy symbols, signed 'Hughan' to the bases
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Harold Hughan celadon pottery covered jar of faceted circular form, with a pale green glaze, a mottled cover, and signature and seal marks to the base
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Harold Hughan stoneware lidded jar of ribbed circular form, with a speckled pale green glaze, and a signature and seal marks to the base
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Pair of Harold Hughan stoneware plates with speckled pale green glazes, centred by stylised calligraphy symbols
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An Australian carved cedar photograph frame, stamped R. Prenzel of shaped rectangular outline with an oval cartouche housing a black and white photograph of a young sailor, the frame finely carved with golden Wattle blooms on a leafy branch and a kookaburra perched amongst the foliage, stippled ground, stamped signature, 48 x 29 cm
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A Merric Boyd Australian pottery jug, signed M. Boyd, 1915, of waisted cylindrical form, painted with a landscape scene in ochre on a cream ground, flanked by an angular handle, incised signature and date. Note: a similar jug is displayed in the city of Glen Eira Boyd collection
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A pair of Australian silver plate and gilt metal mounted presentation emu eggs ovoid, each with an applied cartouche inscribed 'Presented to Alfred Cornwell Esq. By His Employees as a Token of Their Esteem, 30th July 1881', the lower section emanating fern leaves, above a naturalistic standard, the base applied with an Indigenous Australian figure, a kangaroo, gilt metal foliage and a coiled snake, surmounted by an emu finial, each with a wooden socle, 40.5 cm total height. Note: Alfred Cornwell,…
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A Robert Prenzel Carved Cedar Panel Stamped R. Prenzel Rectangular, showing a cockatoo perched on a leafing branch with an opening seed pod, within a rough hewn frame, stamped to the branch, the panel 55.5 cm high, 29 cm wide; the frame 65.5 cm high, 37 cm wide
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Fine Robert Prenzel carved panel featuring a kookaburra perched on a leafing eucalyptus branch with gum nuts and blossoms, a stamped 'R. Prenzel' signature to the lower right and a further stamp to the reverse, 'Robert Prenzel, Toorak Road, south Yarra, European Labour Only'
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An oak Melbourne Stock Exchange chair 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the upholstered back flanked by carved fleur de lys finials, the roll over arms and contoured seat raised on turned legs and stretchers
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A Robert Prenzel Carved Panel Signed R. Prenzel, 1924 Rectangular, showing the image of a bearded Indigenous Australian male, with polychrome highlights, inscribed signature and date lower right, 63.5 x 58.5 cm
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A French Carriage Clock Circa 1900 The eight-day platform escapement movement with white enamel Roman numeral dial, mounted in a brass case, 11.5 cm high
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A French clock barometer early 20th century, the barometer and clock both with enamel Arabic numeral dial mounted in a brass side by side case containing an eight-day platform escapement movement with later thermometer. Height 11.5 cm
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