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Auction House:Vickers & Hoad AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:453
Sale Title:Directors' SelectionLots with images:423
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:280
Date:13-Aug-2017
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Antique French silver (950 mark) tureen with liner, by Massat Freres, marked Minerva to each part and maker's mark to lid, approx 1282g, 21 cm diameter
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Christofle 'Malmaison' cutlery canteen for four, to include lunch and dinner forks and knives, tea soup and dessert spoons, as well as carvers, marked Christofle, post 1983 (30)
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Antique 12 inch salver, in sterling silver with a hammer finish, pie crust borders, marked London, 1907, TB&S, approx 936g & 30 cm diameter
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William Howitt (1792-1879), antique 1st edition Tallangetta, The Squatter's Home - A story of an Australian Life, two volumes in one. Calf spine & cover with gilt embossing. London Longmans, Brown, Green and Longman, 1857.
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Scottish Georgian sterling silver wine funnel, marked Edinburgh, 1801, McHattie & Fenwick, approx 110g & 13 cm high
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Antique French Boulle clock with putti finial, Bozzo of Angers, France, has key and pendulum (in office), approx 46 cm high, 24 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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2.12ct natural ruby drop, set in a 18ct white gold ring and diamond surround, marked 750, approx 0.42ct total white diamonds, 2.12ct natural ruby. Size M
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18ct rose and white gold pink diamond, halo and gallery ring, marked 750, approx 0.70ct white RBC and total 0.49ct pink diamond, approx size L
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0.7ct diamond 18ct white gold ring, set with a sapphire and diamond double halo, marked 750, approx 0.70ct E colour, SI1 clarity centre stone, approx size K
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3.79ct fancy yellow diamond in an 18ct gold ring set with white diamond shoulders, halo bezel and split setting, GIA certificate, marked 750, approx 3.79ct. cut oval, modified brilliant, fancy brownish-yellow colour, natural and even distribution, VS2 clarity, very good symmetry & polish, no fluorescence, 2x pentagonal 30pts-33pts and 72 x BRC white diamonds, finger size K
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1.48ct diamond ring, nicely set in a 18ct gold ring, approx 1.48ct white round brilliant cut diamond, H colour, VS2 clarity, medium symmetry, good polish, inert fluorescence, finger size O, with GSL certificate.
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Extensive antique English mid 19th century tea service, comprising large breakfast cups and saucers, footed bowl, lidded muffin dish, cake plates, various size cups, all decorated with blue and gilt rims with central hand painted sprays of flowers
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1.75ct heart cut ruby and diamond ring, in a split set white gold halo mount, marked P 900. 1.751. DO 92, with GRS (Gem Research Swiss Lab Certificate), approx 1.75ct heart cut natural ruby, colour red, comment H (a), origin Burma, total 12 x round brilliant cut 2-2.2 mm, 16x shoulder round brilliant cut diamonds, ring size L
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White Pearl & diamond set split band white gold ring. Marked 750 approx 12 mm, White diamond total 18x princess cut, 36x BRC. 16.7g, Size L 1/2
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Coloured sapphire & diamond flower pendant set in 18ct rose gold. marked 750, 18k to setting & chain approx 3.6g, 5x coloured sapphires total 2.48ct. White diamond 3x 0.03ct G-H colour, SI
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Sapphire & diamond set 18ct white gold cluster pendant with a recognised certificate, approx total weight 20g, one pear cut (7.90 mm x 6 mm), nine brilliant, eleven marquise cut sapphires (all claw set), diamond spread, fourteen baguette (1.11ct spread), fifty-nine brilliant (2.72ct spread), twelve single cuts (0.14cts spread), diamond colour G-I, clarity SI1
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White pearl & diamond set white gold earrings. Marked 750 Approx 10 mm white pearl, White diamond total 14x princess cut each, 88x BRC each, 35.6g
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2.46ct Emerald Cut Flawless Diamond D Colour. Set in a platinum ring with two tapered baguette diamonds. Approx GIA cert 2.46ct, D colour, Flawless clarity, Polish excellent, symmetry excellent, fluorescence none. Baguettes D-E colour, VS clarity, 0.43ct.
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Set of six antique French silver gilt spoons with grotesque mask decoration, marked Minerva, Leon Baujois, approx 90g & 13 cm long
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Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) New Zealand, oil on panel, untitled, Brittany fishing village scene, signed lower left, approx 31 cm high, 40 cm wide
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Arthur R Boyd (1920-1999) 'Shoalhaven Landscape Pulpit Rock' oil on board, approx 30 cm x 23 cm Purchased from Schubert Art Galleries OLD 1997 Original receipt copy available on request
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A double ended Victorian sterling silver medicine spoon marked London, 1872, George Adams of Chawners, approx 10.5 cm long
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Marcel Debut (France 1865-1933) Antique signed bronze twin handled tray, the centre panel cast in relief with a harvest scene, the rim and handles in the renaissance revival style, approx 52 cm x 28 cm
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Set of four antique easel place settings / portrait frames, in sterling silver, Edwin Thompson Bryant of London (worked 1890-1907), marked London, 1894, ETB, approx 11 cm high (4)
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Set of five Imperial Russian silver vodka cups and one smaller one, marked OC 1896, 84, Warsaw and another, approx 115g (6)
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Frederick Elkington Victorian sterling silver goblet, nicely engraved with a gun dog, marked Frederick Elkington, London, 1874, approx 196g, 17.5 cm high, ex. silver vaults, London, purchased in 1962
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