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May Emporium — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:857
Sale Title:May EmporiumLots with images:848
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:602
Date:29-May-2016
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A Regency style side table
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A Queen Anne style two door press with two drawers and four slides, 80 x 94 x 52 cm
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A leather pouffe
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A two seater white cane settee. Width 120 cm
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Two garden statues
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A four shelf Indonesian mahogany floor standing bookcase, 124 x 120 x 40 cm
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A rectangular coffee table in burl walnut veneer with translucent glass top, 20th century, Art-Deco style with curved shaped legs. Height L
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Two bronze lions standing foursquare on a rocky base. Provenance: Imperial Peking collection. Length 49 cm. Height 48 cm
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A black bust of a Pharaoh with a nemes Crown & central cobra, on a wood pedestal with marble finish. Provenance: Imperial Peking collection, pedestal. Height 107 cm head. Height 65 cm
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A carved Goose looking straight ahead, painted in black & red. Condition: some wear cracks. Provenance: Imperial Peking collection. Height 80. Length 72 cm
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A games table with brass edges, drawers & four chairs height 80 cm, 80 x 80 cm
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A two drawer bedside cabinet in the Queen Anne style 65 x 51 x 42 cm
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A two tier traymobile with brass mounted handles, 80 x 90 x 50 cm
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A kauri pine Edwardian two door, one drawer kitchen cabinet 90 x 100 x 38 cm
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A life-size seated mythical Beast, painted carved wood, vicious snarling face & ears pricked resting on human style legs & feet. Condition: chip to one ear, & crack along body. Provenance: Imperial Peking collection. Length 95 cm. Height 78 cm
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A cedar five drawer chest of drawers on bracket feet 100 x 107 x 53 cm
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A cedar centre pedestal oval top dining table 73 x 137 x 100 cm
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A cedar serpentine front c.1880 two door, one drawer chiffonier 138 x 104 x 46 cm
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Six slatback Regency style armchairs and two carvers (8)
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A set of six mahogany balloon back dining chairs of extreme quality
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A superb quality burr walnut centre pedestal dining table circa 1860, 72 x 150 x 113 cm
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A set of four beechwood armchairs with upholstered seats
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A Laura Ashley button back armchair in grey
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An Italian inlaid wood drinks trolley
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A two-tier occasional stand
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A Maritime occasional table
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A two-drawer, two-tiered occasional table
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A wrought iron mirror
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A half moon console table
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A gentleman's library stool
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An oval occasional table
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A pine roll-top desk
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A leadlight Art Nouveau (?) glass door in frame, 203 x 86 cm in total
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A wooden artist's easel with two palettes
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An Edwardian four door one drawer carved sideboard/display cabinet
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An Art Deco dining suite comprising table, six chairs and sideboard, by Sid Barrie, Newcastle.
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A Edwardian chaise longue with decorative fretwork back
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An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair
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An inlaid Edwardian tub chair
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A late Victorian corner chair
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A 19th century armchair upholstered in red leather
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An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair
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A red leather upholstered Captain's swivel chair
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A contemporary twin pedestal dining table
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Two circular travertine marble side tables 50 x 50 cm each
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A breakfront front six-drawer six-door sideboard
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A double-height illuminated bookcase
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A four-shelf bookcase with glazed doors to the upper three shelves
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A leadlight fan light AF, 46 x 70 cm
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A rustic tree saw
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A pair of Georgian style oak carver chairs
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A superb Museum quality full tester iron bedstead c. 1860 Following the early Victorian styles featured in the great Exhibition of 1851, tapered posts on full tester metal beds appeared for the first time with hand-forged head boards and applied brass/ormolu decorative castings. This bed is complete with all mosquito netting apparatus. 250 cm high, 210 cm long, 150 cm wide
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A gilt rococo-style carved timber wall mirror, 95 x 56 cm
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An oak framed mirror, 135 cm high, 80 cm wide
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A white glazed terracotta pedestal, 70 x 26 cm
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An English mirrored display cabinet
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A Victorian cedar two-drawer desk, stamped 'August 1869' with original ebony handles
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