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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:709
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:136
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:473
Date:4-Apr-2017
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A Victorian walnut work table, the octagonal top opening to reveal a fitted interior raised upon a tapering well from a baluster column and tripod base. Diameter 46 cm, height 72 cm
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A pair of large pedestal based garden pots, the wide ovoid bodies with shino type glaze with pale grey on rust red/brown mottled tones, each with four relief fleur-de-lis motifs to the sides, fine relief encircling bands to the rim and body. Diameter 30, mmheight 64.5 cm
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A pair of tall standing bronze storks, both with green patina, one with upraised head, the other with neck curled over. Height 110 cm
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A 1951 Francis-Barnett 'Merlin' 122cc motorcycle. One of Francis-Barnett's first post-war offerings was the Model 51. Introduced in 1946, it was powered by the 122cc Villiers 9D single-port engine, within a rigid frame equipped with a girder front fork. Handsome and lightweight, the well-equipped Merlin came with a speedometer and direct lighting as standard. A particularly neat touch was the oil tank- complete with petrol mix measure - attached to the rear chain stays. Recently restored and in working…
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An Edwardian walnut music Canterbury, with gallery tray top, ornate pierced double lyre shaped supports, blind fretwork base with single drawer, brown china casters. 50 x 38 x 78 cm
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A Regency mahogany cased banjo barometer by Peter Canova of Halesworth, the case with swan neck pediment, set with a Dry/Damp gauge, thermometer, silvered dial barometer and positioning level with engraved maker's name, ivory adjusting knob. Height 99.5 cm
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A late 19th century Italian alabaster statuette lamp on column stand, the lamp base carved as two lightly draped figures supporting a spherical shade encircled by a band of laurel leaves, supported from a fluted socle base upon a tall tapering cylindrical column with ring turnings and of various variegated tone. Overall height 200 cm.
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A Victorian toilet swing mirror, the arched shaped glass supported on barley twist arms issuing from a serpentine box base with marble top and single drawer. 64 x 24 x 71 cm
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A leadlight glass artwork of Edgar Demange, reverse painted monochrome within a multi-panelled leadlight framing, timber outer frame. Note: Demange (French 1841-1925) was a winner of the National Eloquence Competition, he came to fame by winning the acquittal of Prince Pierre Bonaparte, the killer of the Republican Victor Noir in 1870. A specialist in criminal law. He and Labori failed to win the acquittal of Alfred Dreyfus at either of his trials, Dreyfus was eventually pardoned by the French President…
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