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Emporium Auction; Interiors; Curios — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:625
Sale Title:Emporium Auction; Interiors; CuriosLots with images:611
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:458
Date:25-Jun-2017
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Three crystal coasters bearing the Family crest, together with two ruby stemmed ruby glasses and one other, diameter [coaster]
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A Georgian three ring decanter, height 27 cm
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A Handblown Pinch form 'Glug Glug' decanter, height 27 cm
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A boxed set of Viners cutlery
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A glass and timber cased Nula clock, with metal face in the form of a cog, height 26 cm
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A pair of hallmarked English sterling silver salt and pepper grinders c 1984, and five sterling teaspoons 1905, height 7 cm
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A hallmarked Brittania standard silver Christening cup, engraved 'Allen W Thorborn McGraw, from his Grandparents Alfred and Blanche tete' dated May 23rd 1908, London 1908, 280g, height 6 cm
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A Wilson and Gill three-piece sterling silver Christening set, in original case, engraved 'A W T McG, from W Williams, 25/5/08', hallmarked London 1908, 101 g
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A French L'Esprit Levin silver plate wine funnel
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Two sterling silver bon bon dishes, Sheffield 1892, 148 g, length 14 cm
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A pair of Victorian silver plate bottle coasters with gadrooned edge, diameter 12 cm
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A silver plate Dalvey Collapsible cup in leather case bearing the initials 'R. T McGaw, diameter 7 cm, height 7 cm
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A cased Mappin and Webb sterling silver Pusher and spoon together with a cased Goldsmith Alliance, part sterling silver Christening set, pusher and spoon engraved 'Alan', christening set missing mug, engraved 'I W T McGaw', hallmark London 1872, total wt 192 g
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A cased mother of pearl handled fruit knives and forks for twelve, gold leaf lettering to lid 'A W T August 1922'
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A silver plate asparagus Draining dish, J Cockburn, 30 x 25 cm
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A pair of rat tail tablespoons, Birmingham 1898, 144 g
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An oak cased set of six fish knives and forks
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A sterling silver mustard pot and three spoons, hallmarked Sheffield 1921-22, 106 g, height 8 cm
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A modern burl centre bowl, in excellent condition
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An antique oak bellows, condition: in original, untouched order
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An Edwardian English oak coal scuttle, shovel, in original condition
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An early 20th century Tudor-style Schoolroom chair with lion and Mouse carving from the St Leonards Forest workshop, with tan leather upholstery, the carvings feature the initials 'A.W.T. McG.' a series of mice run along the top frame of the chair, whilst the arms feature two carved lions holding shields and bearing the date '1911', the chair was made in the St Leonard's Forest workshop at St Leonard's Forest Manor, Sussex for Alan William Thorburn McGaw, overseen by Jack McGaw, condition: excellent…
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An antique English oak foot stool, in original condition
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A good pair of Edwardian tapestry armchairs, in overall excellent condition, height 97 cm
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A Georgian mahogany armchair, in excellent original condition
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A large English Arts and Crafts oak trunk on bun feet, condition: original cast bronze hardware in tact, original finish, 76 x 122 x 50 cm
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A pair of arch-back woven cane armchairs, in overall very good to excellent condition
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A late Victorian upholstered bedroom chair, upholstery in very good condition
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A William IV mahogany hall chair, in original condition
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An English oak mirrored hallstand, c. 1910, in overall excellent condition, 196 x 106 x 35 cm
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An antique American oak trunk, original lining paper depicting American scenes, condition: original lock and hinges intact, restored condition, 35 x 83 x 54.5 cm
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A J Blatt of Brighton, stick barometer, condition: in untouched original condition, minor colour fading to finish
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A mid-Victorian mahogany hall chair, in original condition
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A matched pair of early 20th century English oak servery tables, gadrooned rail and fluted and carved legs, condition: repolished tops over in tact carved bases, 82 x 137 x 51 cm (Ea)
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A magnificent 19th century inlaid marquetry foldover card table, single hinged rear leg to support open top, condition: in overall very good condition, floral inlays in tact, 72 x 78 x 39.5 cm (Closed)
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A mid 19th century ebonised boulle pier cabinet, condition: solid brass ormolu fittings in tact, as are all brass inlays, minor inlay repairs, overall excellent condition, 111 x 84 x 31 cm
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A Georgian mahogany bow front chest of drawers, in overall very good restored condition, minor veneer and cockbeading blemishes, 102 x 105 x 53 cm
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A fine 19th century breakfront sideboard in satinwood and inlays by Pratt and Sons, stamped Pratt and Sons, Guildford, condition: very good, minor veneer and string repairs needed, 107 x 128 x 46 cm
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A quality Georgian-style bow front cabinet, in excellent condition, 90 x 90 x 47 cm
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Felix Emile Andrews, (1888-1975) British, cattle coming to Drink, watercolour, signed lower right, 37.5 x 54 cm
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Felix Emile Andrews, (1888-1975) British, View of the Castle, watercolour, signed lower right, 35 x 55 cm
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Gieves Ltd, Portsmouth, portrait of a naval Officer, handcoloured lithgraph, 39 x 28 cm. Provenance: This is a portrait of World War II Royal Navy Commander Alan McGaw
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Emile Charles Lambinet, (1815-1877) French, La chemin au bord de l'eau Octobre 1860, oil on panel, signed lower right, 31 x 48 cm. Other Notes: The artist's cousin Victor, gifted l'hotel Lambinet to the town of Versailles, it is now the musee Lambinet
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Emile Charles Lambinet, (1815-1877) French, the duck pond, middle green Longley 1859, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, 34 x 51 cm
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Petrus Johannes Schotel, (1808-1865) Dutch, after, high Seas off the Coast, oil on panel, bears signature lower right, 32 x 48 cm
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Petrus Johannes Schotel, (1808-1865) Dutch, after, Rowing the Crew out, oil on panel, bears signature lower right, 29 x 39 cm
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French school, Palais du Senat + Rue de Rivoli et Le Louvre + Colonne et place Vendome + Vue des Quais + Palais des Tuileries + Arc de Triomphe et Etoile (6), handcoloured reproduction engravings, 21 x 27 cm
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Edwards, the Belvoir + the Berkley Hunt (2), reproduction prints, 32 x 59 cm
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John Thorburn McGaw, (1872-1952) British, Belfry in Luz, Haute-Pyranees + coastal scene, France + Maubre and Garton's works from Hammersmith bridge + Alps, Switzerland + on the Loch (5), watercolours, each signed, each 26 x 37 cm
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[Charles Dickens] a complete thirty-four volume Gadshill edition set of the works of Charles Dickens [1897-99], pub. Chapman and Hall, London, bound by Bickers and Son, Leicester square, with black and white illustrations [some behind protective papers], leather and cloth bound, stamped with gilt writing and decoration to each spine, marbled endpapers. Enscribed 'Drawing room case 61' to each, and in the first volume 'To Pauline from Jack,' Xmas 1899', condition: fading to the brown leather, some yellowing…
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[Thomas Ingoldsby] a complete three volume set of 'The Ingoldsby Legends,' by Thomas Ingoldsby Esq. [1894], edited by Mrs Edward A. Bond, pub. Richard Bentley and Son, London, bound by Bickers and Son, Leicester square, leather and cloth bound, illustrated, stamped with gilt writing and decoration to each spine, marbled endpapers and includes bandw illustration on steel by George Cruickshank. Enscribed 'Drawing room case 62' to each, condition: fading to the brown leather, some yellowing and very slight…
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[William Pitt] a complete three volume set 'The life of the right Honourable William Pitt,' by Earl Stanhope (1879), pub. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, bound by Hatchards 187 Piccadilly, printed by Spottiswoode & Co., new Street square and Parliament Street, with steel engravings and bandw illustrations, leather and cloth bound, stamped with gilt writing and decoration to each spine, marbled endpapers, volume III features a facsimile of Pitt's writing. Enscribed 'Drawing room case 6.2' to each,…
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[children's Classics] a set of twelve matching Soft leather bound children's Classics, pub. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, condition: very good, some foxing and mould to one cover
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[Literature] four classic volumes including, two copies of 'The two jungle books', by Rudyard Kipling [1936], pub. Macmillan & Co., London, illus. By J. Lockwood and W.H. Brake, colour and bandW illustrations, hardcover, red cloth bound, stamped with gilt lettering and illustrations + 'Oeuvres de Victor Hugo: Odes de Ballades, Les Orientales,' edited by Alphonse Lemerre, red leatherbound hardback, gilt page edges, marbled endpapers + 'Redgauntlet,' by Sir Walter Scott, from the library of Classics series,…
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[Australian History] six volumes 'A History of Australia,' by C.M.H Clark (1991), pub. Melbourne University press, illustrated throughout, each hardback bound in red leather
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[Tennyson] a complete set of twelve 'Edition de Luxe' volumes 'The life and works of Alfred Lord Tennyson,' (1898), pub. Macmillan & Co., leather and board bound hardbacks, stamped with gilt lettering and decoration, gilt edge papers, marble endpapers, with bandw illustrations and reproduction photographs, each enscribed 'Drawing room, case B.1,' and each a limited edition of 1050 copies. Volume I features a previously unpublished version of 'To the Queen, condition: all in excellent condition considering…
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Eyre, Edward John. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery in Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's sound, in the years 1840-1, [1997], friends of the state library of South Australia, 1997, in 2 volumes, 2 end pocket maps, 8vo, green cloth, embossed design
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[South Australia] 8 facsimile volumes including, Horton James, T. Six Months in South Australia, with some account of port Philip and Portland Bay in Australia Felix, FOSLSA 1999 Ltd edn ed. 90/600 +Kinloch, A. The Murray River being a Journal of the voyage of the lady Augusta, FOSLOSA 1997. Ltd edn 500 + Williams light's Brief Journal and Australian Diaries, Wakefield press, Adelaide, 1984 + Woods, JD. The Native Tribes of South Australia, FOSLOSA 1997, Ltd edn 77/600 + Leigh, W.H. Reconnoitering Voyages…
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[Sturt and Stuart] 3 facsimile volumes, Brock, DG. To the Desert with Brock, Royal Geographic Society of Australasia, Adelaide. 1975 + John McDouall Stuart's Explorations 1858-62FoSLoSA, 2001, Ltd edn ed. 83/600 + the Journal of John McDouall Stuart's second Journey April-July 1859 FOSLOSA, 2002 Ltd end. Ed. 83/600
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[Australian Exploration] 5 facsimile Editions including, Davis, J. Tracks of McKinlay and party Across Australia, FOSLOSA, 1996, Ltd edn 600 + MItchell, TL. Journal of an Expedition to the interior of Tropical Australia, FOSLOSA, Ltd edn ed. 83/600 + Ernest's Giles Explorations 1872-76, FOSLOSA, Ltd edn ed. 83/100 + Forrest, J. Explorations in Australia, FOSLOSA, Ltd end. Ed. 77/600 + Wills, WJ. Successful Exploration through the interior of Australia, FOSLOSA, 1996 Ltd edn.500 (5)
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[Australian Exploration Central Australia] 5 facsimile volumes, Davdson, AA. Journal of Explorations in Central Australia,FOSLOSA, 2004 Ltd edn. Ed. 83/300 and maps + Journal Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, FOSLOSA, 2000 Ltd edn ed.83/500 + white, SA. Into the dead heart, FOSLOSA, 1998, Ltd edn ed. 83/500 + McKinley's, J. Northern Territory Explorations 1866, FOSLOSA Ltd edn ed. 90/600 (5)
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Flinders, M. A voyage to Terra Australis undertaken for the purpose of completing the Discovery of that Vast country...., Australiana facsimile Editions no. 7 Libraries board of South Australia, 1966, including charts case with folded facsimile charts, tan cloth (3)
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Shaw, George and Sowerby, James. Zoology of new Holland, [1998], friends of the state library of South Australia, Adelaide, 1998, Ltd edn of 600, includes folio of the plates limited edn ed. 137/200
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Shaw, George and Sowerby, James. Zoology of new Holland, [1998], friends of the state library of South Australia, Adelaide, 1998, limited edn of 600, includes folio of the plates limited edn ed. 157/200
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Baudin, Nicolas. The Journal of post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander in Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturalist [1974], Libraries board of South Australian, Adelaide, 1974, translated from the French by Christine Cornell, green cloth, some wear
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Peron, Francois + de Freycinet, Louis. Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, Vols I + II, [2006], the friends of the state library of South Australia, 2006, facsimile Ltd edn ed. 83/99, 1 folded map, blue cloth, embossed, half brown leather
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Bull, John Wrathall. Early Experiences of Colonial life in South Australia, Adelaide, 1878, printed at the Advertiser, Chronicle, and Express Offices, King William and Waymouth Streets, first edition, hard cover, bandw frontispiece, dark brown cloth with gold stamping cover and spine, front hinge cracked, wear to cover edges, Berkelouw Bookdealers stamp inside front cover
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Boots, Jeremy. Birds of South Australia, Oaklands Publishing, Oaklands Park, 1985, 1st edn, 19 tipped in plates, 4to, hardcover, bound 1/4 calf with cloth boards, clear plastic dj
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Broinowski, Gracius Joseph. Birds of Australia, a selection of his Finest lithographs 1887-1891 [1987], Broinowski Publishing Co, Perth, 1987 Ltd edn ed.104/850, folio, bound in red leather, gilt lettering
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Jackson, Andrew. Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860 [1862], Smith, elder & Co. London 1862, 8vo green cloth, new endpapers, foxing, folding map small tear to crease, foxed, title page ragged to lower edge, cover shows wear
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Smith, Meredith J. Marsupials of Australia: Possums, the koala and Wombats Vol 1 [1980] + Aslin, Heather J. and Smith, Meredith J. Marsupials of Australia: Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots: Vol 2 + Calaby, John. and Flannery, Tim. Marsupials of Australia: kangaroos, Wallabies and rat-kangaroos: Vol 3, Lansdowne Editions, Ltd edn ed. 1/1000, 19/1000,19/650 illus. Rosemary Woodford Ganf, signed by authors and illustrator, large folio, beige cloth, embossed leather inserts, boards and spine, mint +…
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Flinders, Matthew. A voyage to Terra Australis: in two volumes and an Atlas, [1989], (3), facsimile Ltd edn ed.106/500, South Australian Government Printing division, 1989, large folio, white cloth boards, blue leather spine, gilt embossed lettering, mint
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Diggles, silvester, the Ornithology of Australia volumes 1-3, [1989-92], facsimile Editions, SA white collection facsimile Ltd edn, ed. 33/500,pub. South Australia state Publishing 1989-1992, grey leather and cloth
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Mathews, Gregory M. The birds Australia volumes 1-3, [1990-92], SA white collection facsimile Ltd edn ed. 33/500, South Australia state Publishing, folio, grey leather and cloth
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Gould, John, the birds of Australia Supplement 4 and 5 [1989] + folio of Selected prints numbers 1 and 2 (3), SA white collection facsimile Ltd edn. Ed. 33/500, South Australia state Printer, includes 2 loose folded prints, oversize folio, grey leather and cloth
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Cook, James. Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world made in HM bark Endeavour [1968], Australiana facsimile Edtions no. 188 Libraries board of South Australia, Adelaide 1968, foreward by a Grenfell Price, incls maps etc. Cream cloth, 4to
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[Japanese History] an English edition of 'The crown Prince's European Tour,' by Yoshinori Futara and Setsuzo Sawada, 1925, pub. Osaka Mainichi Publishing, revised by Harold E. Palmer, leather bound, condition: extensive damage to spine, taped, loss of leather
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An elaborate Turkish three-part cobalt glazed terracotta kettle with Orante metal framing, height 73 cm
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A pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelain plates, some chipping to rim commensurate with age, diameter 21 cm
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A Japanese Imari porcelain plate, diameter 21 cm
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A Moroccan wide Lipped stoneware bowl, painted with bird to centre and Sanskrit to Lip, height 8, diameter 21 cm
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An early stoneware half dome decanter, painted in mosaic motif, repair and damage commensurate with age, with ceramic cork, 15 x 16 x 5 cm
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A pair of early Middle Eastern bowls, barely any damage, some loss to glaze, 10 x 14 cm
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An early Middle Eastern lidded bowl, 8 x 14 cm
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An antique stoneware vase, painted with Moroccan mosaic motif, crazing commensurate with age, height 23 cm
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An early stoneware vase with elongated neck, painted with Persian mosaic motif, repair to crack where neck meets body, significant crack to body remains unrepaired, crazing and fading, height 27 cm
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A Persian stoneware bottle vase, repairs throughout, loss to glaze, height 22 cm
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An early stoneware bottle vase, painted with Persian mosaic motif, slanted from build, repaired at neck, chip to spout lip, crazing commensurate with age, height 17 cm
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An early stoneware vase, with frilled rim and painted Moroccan stained glass motif, chipping and damage to rim, body in good condition, height 17 cm
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An antique Oriental footed dish with fluted rim, handpainted delicate floral design, some chipping to underside of rim, minimal cracking, height 5, diameter 10 cm
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A handpainted porcelain bottle vase, in excellent condition, height 16 cm
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A turquoise painted glass ewer, with a porcelain tea caddy, both with painted gilt framed portraits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, ewer with non-original cork, ewer in excellent condition, some loss to gilt painting on tea caddy, height 17 cm [ewer]
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An antique bulbous Indian stoneware vase, chipping to lip, underside of lid and foot, height 31 cm
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A north African black terracotta double handled urn, together with an early black terracotta bowl, incision pattern throughout, very good condition, height 29 cm [urn]
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Three earthenware ewers, chips, cracks and restoration mostly to mouths commensurate with age, height 10 - 18 cm
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Two miniature glass handled urns with marbled glaze, repair to both, height 11 - 17 cm
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Three interesting earthenware Middle Eastern figures together with an carved stone, some damage and restoration to all, height 10 - 19 cm
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Five ancient artefacts, one incised rock, one moulded ceramic stamp and three others, diameter 18 cm [rock plate]
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An early turquoise glaze stoneware oval serving dish, some chipping to edge, length 27.5 cm
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A carved timber food platter, height 7 cm, length 49 cm
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