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Decorative Arts — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:268
Sale Title:Decorative ArtsLots with images:267
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:206
Date:2-Jun-2016
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Len Castle, five stoneware pebbles, with umber pigment, all with incised initials. Width 6 cm max
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with oatmeal glaze, LC mark. Diameter 17 cm
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Graeme Storm, large stoneware bowl, with matt barium blue glaze. Diameter 49.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with blue jun type glaze to the well over a dark tenmoku ground, LC mark. Diameter 34 cm. Note: an almost identical example illustrated in Len Castle Potter, Ron sang and Len Castle 2002, p. 123
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Graham Ambrose, large earthenware bowl, with blue galaxy glaze, impressed mark. Diameter 56 cm
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Graham Ambrose, large earthenware bowl, with rare rich orange sun glaze, impressed mark. Diameter 56 cm
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Graham Ambrose, large porcelain orb, with deep red crackled glaze, impressed mark. Height 30 cm
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Anneke Borren, two-part high fired earthenware sculpture, with potter's mark and inscribed 'New Vision gallery Anneke Borren'. Height 20 cm
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Len Castle, Volcanic Bomb, earthenware with red lava glaze to the interior, LC mark. Width 25 cm
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Len Castle, Sulphurous bowl, of hemispherical form in earthenware with crackled sulphur glaze, LC mark. Diameter 45 cm
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Len Castle, rare Sulphurous bowl, of unique smaller hemispherical form with vivid crackled glaze effects to the well, LC mark. Diameter 38 cm
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Len Castle, unique alkaline pool bowl, of white earthenware with scored well and richly glazed in turquoise, c.1995, LC mark. Diameter 40 cm
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Len Castle, unique earthenware alkaline blue glazed bowl, with impressed triangular decoration and dark stained exterior, incised LC mark. Diameter 38.5 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware circular planter, with poured green ash glaze, c.1970s, LC mark. Diameter 32 cm
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Charles Holmes, stoneware shaped vase, with textured surface, signed. Height 29 cm
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Ray Finch, Winchcombe pottery butter dish, with brown slip decoration of two fish. Width 14.5 cm
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Warren Tippett, unglazed stoneware vase, with a painted blue band around the body with glazed gestural decoration, marked. Height 25 cm
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Warren Tippett, two small jugs, with ash glazes, both marked. Height 13.5 cm
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Andrew van der Putten, stoneware bowl, with green and yellow poured glazes, marked. Diameter 18 cm
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Chester Nealie, two stoneware bowls, with poured glazes, both with original label, one also marked. Diameter 14 cm max
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Warren Tippett, stoneware teapot, with grey green glaze, marked. Width 17 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bottle vase, with pinched sides and blue/green glaze, impressed LC mark and dated 2000. Height 30 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bottle vase, with green glaze and textured surface, incised initials. Height 30 cm
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John Papas, 'Freedom', earthenware horse sculpture in a white wooden box frame, inscribed to frame verso. Height 43 cm
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Sam Ireland, tall pottery vase, with running green and white glaze effects over the body painted with white and green bands, marked. Height 47 cm
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Sam Ireland, tall pottery vase, with strong throwing lines and impressions, running white and green glaze effects, marked. Height 44.5 cm
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David Usher (Queensland, Australia), stoneware plate, with stylised figural design, signed and dated 1989. Diameter 21.5 cm
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Gavin Chilcott and David Usher, two earthenware beakers, decorated with heart design. Height 10.5 cm max
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Len Castle, rare and unusual Crum Brickworks salt glazed bottle vase, the salt glaze with an unusual 'Flambe' look achieved by a blend of titanium and vanadium, LC mark. Height 18.5 cm. Provenance: originally purchased from the Wellington architectural centre
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Martin Poppelwell and Gavin Chilcott, small terracotta dish, painted with an arrangement of vegetables. Diameter 13 cm
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Martin Poppelwell and Gavin Chilcott, terracotta bowl, painted with an arrangement of vegetables. Diameter 15 cm
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Martin Poppelwell, 'Soltice', terracotta bowl, signed and inscribed to the base. Diameter 21 cm
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Martin Poppelwell, 'One', terracotta bowl. Diameter 25.5 cm
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Martin Poppelwell, 'Two', terracotta bowl. Diameter 23 cm
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Ian Firth, porcelain teapot, with mottled turquoise glaze, impressed mark. Width 23 cm
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Rick Rudd, Raku fired teapot. Width 24 cm
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Michael Lucas, large stoneware bowl, with speckled blue-green glaze decorated with a geometrical design in tenmoku glaze, impressed mark. Diameter 38 cm
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Peter Alger, large stoneware bowl, with tenmoku glaze to the cavetto, the unglazed underside with clinker pattern, impressed fish mark. Diameter 40 cm
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Peter Alger, very large stoneware bowl, with 'Koru and crackle pattern' shino glaze, impressed fish mark. Diameter 47 cm. Provenance: Purchased in 1998 from potter's joint exhibition with Greg Barron
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Duncan Shearer, Anagama fired barrel-shaped floor pot, impressed mark. Height 38 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware pouring bowl, with green and tenmoku glaze, incised initials. Width 14.5 cm
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Juliet Peter, stoneware trough vase, with shaped rim, incised initials. Width 20 cm
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Ray Roger, stoneware slab vase, with iridescent glaze, signed. Height 35 cm
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Art Deco walnut piano. Width 137 cm
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Art Deco style mottled kauri side table. Width 65 cm
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Joel Hammond for Christen Mass, French bronze cubist figure, edition 3 of 4. Height 37 cm
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Rare book of twenty-two French Art Deco period wall paper samples, produced by the French manufacturer Isidore Leroy. Some of the work probably by the well-known French painter and entomologist Emile-Allain Seguy
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Group of seven wall paper samples, produced by the French manufacturer Isidore Leroy
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Emile-Allain Seguy (attributed), large framed French Art Deco period wall paper sample, depicting a stylised clematis and vine design. 90 x 70 cm
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George White for Royal Doulton, large and impressive vase of ovoid form, hand painted with three females in diaphanous clothing being serenaded by a young man playing the aulos. The scene set in a classical garden landscape with waterfall and trees., signed. Height 79 cm. Further description: The top section with gilded lappets and scrolling handles centred by flower heads. The vase is raised from a swivelling pedestal base with a spreading gilded foot. Minor restoration to one handle. George white worked…
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Georgian walnut sarcophagus shaped tea caddy. Width 29 cm
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Art Deco silver plate and green enamel cased toilet set, comprising a brush, three lidded jars and a perfume bottle
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Chinese lacquered wood ruyi sceptre, with mother of pearl inlaid decoration. Length 40 cm
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Chinese pale celadon figural group, carved with a beautiful lady and two young boys holding prunus flowers and surrounding a large vessel, on the back of the lady a long tailed bird perched on a prunus tree. Height 17 cm, wood stand
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Pair of Chinese spinach jade bowls, together with a jade saucer. The bowls, diameter 10 cm
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Japanese ivory okimono of a seated figure, Meiji period, the man seating on a wood trunk holding a tray in his left hand and a seashell in his right (detachable left arm and hand, possible piece/s missing from the tray), signed. Height 12 cm
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Japanese ivory okimono of a monkey trainer, Meiji/Taisho period, the monkey standing on the trainer shoulder holding a fan and a flower. Height 25 cm
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Lalique frosted glass figure of a cat, unsigned. Height 21 cm
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Clarice Cliff designed by Dame Laura Knight, circus pattern Bizarre plate, hand painted with circus seals, c.1934, with factory mark and Laura Knight facsimile signature to the base. Diameter 25.5 cm
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Pair of Staffordshire dogs, marked and inscribed to the base. Height 19 cm
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Paul Beadle, circular metal plaque, cast in low relief with winged figures in various activities. Diameter 8 cm, wood stand
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Taxidermy Tahr head and shoulder mount. Length 70 cm
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George III period mahogany secretaire bookcase, the upper section with astragal glazed doors enclosing three shelves. The lower section with secretaire drawer enclosing a fitted interior above two full width drawers on bracket feet. Height 210 cm
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Oak refectory table, raised on a trestle form base. Length 18 cm
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Victorian sterling silver fish slice and fork, London 1856 by Francis Higgins. Length 32 cm
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Sterling silver matched four-piece cruet set, including a mustard pot, two salts and a pepper shaker, with various Birmingham hallmarks dated 1897, 1904 and 1913. Width 7 cm max
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Georgian sterling silver toast rack, London 1806 by S. Godbehere & E. Wigan; together with a pair of sterling silver gravy boats, Sheffield 1904 by John and William Deakin. Height 13 cm max
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Rare French papier mache bulldog growler toy, 19th century, with well defined musculature and bobbing head with pull chain operating the growler mechanism and with original wooden castors concelaed beneath the paws. Length 56 cm. Provenance: Bryan Jackson collection
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