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Fine Decorative Arts; Fine Jewellery — Lawsons

Auction House:LawsonsNumber of lots recorded:424
Sale Title:Fine Decorative Arts; Fine JewelleryLots with images:424
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:274
Date:28-Sep-2017
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Alfred Saunders, Anniversary clock under a glass dome, having a painted face dial, made in Silesia, with a double sided key, height 29 cm
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Alfred Saunders, oak cased miniature grandfather clock with a brass plaque 'H.A.C. Make Made in Wurttemberg', with a key & pendulum, height 20.5 cm
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Allan Lowe, Australian pottery vase with two applied handles & sgraffito detail. Signed to the base, height 23 cm
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Art Deco chrome figural lady lamp with a pink glass ball shade mounted on a triform platform, with a Bakelite fitting & a Elmaco Australia switch, height 52.8 cm
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Australian Aboriginal elder carved root mounted on a similar stylised base, height 30.5 cm
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Australian sterling silver Arts & Crafts sugar scoop spoon with agate stone finial by Sargisons, wrought by hand with hand beaten bowl finish, length 13 cm, weight 23g
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Australian sterling silver Gumleaf condiment spoon probably for mustard, length 12 cm, weight 9g
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Australian sterling silver opera house paperweight hallmarked 'Collette Solid 925 Aust', length 6 cm, weight 127g
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Australian sterling silver pair of koala & lyrebird spoons each figure mounted on a shaped stand, the bowls with hand beaten detail. Stamped 'S Sil', weight 21.5g
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Baccarat two branch candelabra with crystal drops. the central finial is removable to form a single stem, height 38.5 cm
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Bafang blue & white dragon vase painted with bands of flowers, a four claw dragon to the body & repeating patterns around the base, height 43.5 cm
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Bajiao blue & white Chinese flask of octagonal shape with panels of rural scenes, painted with flowers throughout, with two handles. Signature panel to the base, height 31 cm
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Belleek painted lattice basket having applied flowers, painted with pastel highlights & a brown stamped 'Belleek Ireland' lozenge to the base, diameter 22.5 cm
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Beswick figure 'Cockatoo' by Arthur Gredington modelled with one foot on a stump, model number 1180, circa 1949, height 21 cm
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Bhumisparsha Mudra Shakyamuni bronze Buddha figure seated on a double lotus throne with rounded lotus petals, in dhyana asana or meditative pose. in this position, the legs are crossed, closely locked with the soles of both feet visible. His youthful face conveys a gentle inward expression. the protuberance above his head denotes superb mental acuity & his long earlobes denote superb perception, height 63.5 cm
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Blanc de chine figure of a seated Chinese Chancellor draped in flowing robes, holding a ruyi sceptre, height 29 cm
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Bohemia crystal candlesticks comprising two graduated pairs of rectangular form, height 30.5 cm & 25.5 cm
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Brass figure of Matador & bull mounted on an onyx base, length of base 31.2 cm
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Bronze archaic Infulenced Lala bear figure having a rounded belly, seated in a playful pose, height 9 cm
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Bronze figure of a wild boar, after Fritz Diller mounted on a black slate base, with a signature, length 53 cm
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Caithness art glass perfume bottle by Peter Holmes having splash effect detail, with a signed 'Ph' cane in stopper, height 14.2 cm
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Carlton Ware 'Paradise Bird & Tree' pair of vases of cylinder shape, on a blue lustre ground. Pattern number 3155, production era 1927 to 1931, with original price stickers, height 14.8 cm
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Carnival glass emu master bowl in Marigold having a ruffled border decorated with gum leaves, of larger proportions, diameter 25.4 cm
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Carnival glass Kingfisher master bowl in amethyst having a ruffled border decorated with gum leaves, numbered 'Rd 4184', of larger proportions, diameter 23.6 cm
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Castle Harris fish float bowl having a blue, yellow & green glaze with pink painted highlights, & two applied fish, diameter 17 cm
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Chinese blue & white Imperial dragon vase having a flared mouth with painted banana leaf patterns, a band of six flying cranes amongst clouds, with ruyi motifs below. the body decorated with five windows of five clawed dragons playing amongst flames over ocean waves. a central panels bears a signature above Chinese poetry, height 35.3 cm
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Chinese silver dish by Tien Shing having pierced shaped detail depicting four dragons amongst clouds, standing on three bamboo shaped feet, stamped to the base. Hong Kong, circa 1910, maker Tien Shing, diameter 20.6 cm, weight 339g
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Chinese silver mounted carved rosewood dragon drinks tray with an engraved plaque 'Presented to Mr L. Le Brenton & Miss E.M. Wilks By the Vicar & Choir of St Andrew's Church Kowloon January 7th 1914', dimensions 53.5 x 39 cm
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Chinese sterling silver bowl by Wang Hing of lotus shape, having six raised motifs, a cockeral under a bamboo tree, a crab on a bamboo branch, a pheasant in a cherry blossom tree, a crane in a pine tree, a small bird in a peach tree & a flowering chrysanthemum tree, with dragon supports, on a carved timber stand. Canton, circa 1920, maker Wang Hing, diameter incl handle 18 cm, weight 330g
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Chinese sterling silver dagger implements with agate stone finials of various grades, blades all unique being hand wrought, length 10 cm
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Chinese sterling silver wine cup by Wang Hing with triple twisted bamboo stem, signed Wh to base, height 12 cm, weight 165g
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Christofle bread basket of wicker work construction with a wire work border. Stamped 'Gallia, Prod. Christofle', length 22.5 cm
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Christofle silver plated oval tray having reeded borders & handles. Stamped to both handles, length 62 cm
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Christofle silver plated rectangular tray having a raised reeded border with scrolled shell form handles. Stamped to both handles, dimensions 55 x 31 cm
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Clarice Cliff Newport pottery 'Cherry Trees' vase standing on three feet, with a tree form handle. Stamped to the base, height 26 cm
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Cold painted bronze of a man on elephant modelled as a Indian gent riding an elephant carrying the carcass of a tiger, height 11.8 cm
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Colonial van Diemen's Land & Victorian Tasmanian photo album comprising sixty photos including port Arthur, Kings bridge Launceston, Tessellated Pavement Eaglehawk neck, Franklin square Hobart, custom house Hotel Hobart, the Bank of van Diemen's Land Building Hobart, & Salamanca Market Hobart.
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Contemporary bronze horse & rider statue having painted detail, height 55 cm
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Continental bronze gilded pair of marble tazzas heavily decorated with flowers, grapes & lion heads, height 21.5 cm
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Copeland Spode 'Spode's Polka Dot' dinner wares comprising eight main plates, eight entree plates, eight side plates, eight soup bowls, seven cups with eight saucers, two graduated serving trays, two lidded tureens & a gravy boat & underdish.
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Crown Devon Fielding Rouge Royale Chinoiserie jug painted with colourful gilded flowers in classic Art Deco shape, with ribbed detail. Stamped to the base, painted numbers '5002 Rv' & incised marks '434 M/S', height 22 cm
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Curt Schlevogt malachite glass vase adorned with figures, height 24 cm
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Dan Se double gourd Chrysanthemum vase having a yellow crackle glaze overlay with a monochrome floral detail, signed to the base with a four character mark, with a dragon & caligraphy lozenge & signature to the body, height 32.2 cm
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Delfts Blauw fruit basket having reticulated detail around the body, with pie crust edges. Signed to the base, length 28 cm
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Denis Risley Shona stone sculpture of a seated lady signed & dated 'Denis Risley 89' to the base, height 32 cm
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Domboshawa opal stone Shona abstract sculpture signed with initials 'H.N.' to the base, length 31 cm
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Doucai Chrysanthemum vase having a round bellied body, with painted enamelled decoration of a chrysanthemum tree, with a double ring mark & six character signatures to the base, height 29.4 cm
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Doucai double ring floral bowl the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly decorated around the exterior with floral medallions surrounded by leafy scrolling tendrils, the interior with a similarly decorated medallion, the base with six-character mark in underglaze-blue, diameter 22 cm
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Doucai floral stem cup finely painted with repeating motifs & signed around the underside, height 10.7 cm
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Early Continental violin with Jacobus Stainer label to interior, with a bow. in a fitted case, length 59 cm
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Early ivory carved elephant figure modelled walking with his truck raised, symboling good luck, height 12.5 cm, weight 189g
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Early ivory carved figure of an African elephant some damage & restoration. Length 8.5 cm, weight 126g
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Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris depicted mummiform, holding the crook & flail & wearing the atef-crown fronted by uraeus, mounted on a marble base, with a paper label stating B.C. 1600, height including stand 44.5 cm
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Elkington & Co silver plated oversized food dome having a branch form handle & engraved with heraldic emblem & monogrammed 'Pch', length 49.4 cm
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Els Houwen 'Dancing with a Tiger' platter painted with gilt detail, signed & dated '95', diameter 55.5 cm
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Els Houwen female nude pottery sculpture with crossed arms painted in realistic tones, signed, on a plinth, height of figure 68 cm
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Els Houwen female pottery sculpture in red dress painted in realistic tones, signed, on a plinth, height of figure 80 cm
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Els Houwen nude figure platter painted with gilt detail, signed, diameter 56 cm
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Els Houwen nude figures platter painted with gilt detail, signed & dated '95', diameter 54 cm
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Els Houwen seated female nude pottery sculpture painted in realistic tones, signed, on a plinth, height of figure 114 cm
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Els Houwen standing female nude pottery sculpture painted in realistic tones, signed, standing on a plinth, height of figure 150 cm
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English brass carriage clock having Roman numerals on a white enamelled face & brass columned supports, with a single sided key, height 13.5 cm
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English hallmarked sterling silver Edward VII berry spoons having pierced foliate bowls, of rattail pattern, set in a silk & velvet lined case. Sheffield, 1905, maker Allen & Darwin, weight 106g
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English hallmarked sterling silver Edward VII toast rack having six bars, with shaped wire-work bars, a shaped handle, sitting on a rounded rectangular base with a strengthening strut, & four cast cushion feet. London, 1903, maker Hukin & Heath, length 12.9 cm, weight 158 cm
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English hallmarked sterling silver Elizabeth II stem vase by Stuart Devlin having a rounded base with five leaf clover work with gilt detail. London, 1977, maker Stuart Devlin, height 12 cm, weight 168g
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English hallmarked sterling silver George III milk jug having a rectangular baluster body with rounded corners, a reeded handle with cut mounts, an applied gadroon border, sitting on four ball feet. Monogrammed 'J.E.L'. Chester, 1800, maker Joseph Walley, length 15 cm, weight 159g
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English hallmarked sterling silver George V Ceroot case & 9ct gold cuff Cheroot with an amber mouthpiece. Birmingham, 1917, maker W Smith, length of case 7.8 cm, weight 95g
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English hallmarked sterling silver George V tortoiseshell dressing table set comprising two hair brushes, two clothes brushes & a mirror. Birmingham, 1924, maker Adie Brothers Ltd
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English hallmarked sterling silver Georgian & Victorian cutlery comprising two forks, two dinner spoons, two teaspoons, one coffee spoon, one sugar shovel, one ladle & a fish slice in the spoon fiddle thread & shell pattern. Ladle && two forks, London, 1847, maker Chawner & Co, two dinner spoons, London, 1832, maker William Collins, two teaspoons, London, 1820, maker Paul Storr, coffee spoon, London, 1852, maker Elizabeth Eaton, sugar shovel, London, 1837, maker William Eaton, fish slice, London, 1821,…
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English hallmarked sterling silver Victorian centrepiece having a tree form stand, with applied resting stag & doe figures. Vacant cartouche to base. Sheffield, 1859, maker Henry Wilkinson & Co, height 43.5 cm, weight approximately 3000g
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English hallmarked sterling silver Victorian pair of dishes having hand-chased floral & scroll decoration, with panels of hand-pierced work, sitting on three cast foliate feet. Birmingham, 1894, maker Henry Matthews, diameter 15 cm, weight 344g
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English hallmarked sterling silver Victorian pair of salad servers having presssed foliate detail throughout, each with a vacant cartouche. Set in a burgundy silk & velvet lined case. Retailed for Hardy Bros, Sydney. Sheffield, 1888, maker Atkin Brothers, length 30.5 cm, weight 234g
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Epiphone Sg special cherry electric Guitar having a maple body with a bolt-on hard maple neck & a rosewood twenty-two fret fingerboard, cut in the original Les Paul shape, length 100 cm
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Famille rose flowers & butterfly vase having raised detailto one side & Chinese poetry to the other. Signed with character marks to the base, height 17.4 cm
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Frederick J Mole Australian sterling silver teaspoon set having applied floral detail, & shaped stems. Set in original silk lined case. Brisbane, circa 1930, maker Frederick J Mole, weight 73g
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French brass carriage clock having a rectangular bevel edged glass & thick side glasses, with an oval bevel edged top glass, with an eight day movement & a repeater button. It has a white enamel dial with fine Roman numerals, with a double sided key, height 11.2 cm
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French brass carriage clock having Arabic numerals on an enamel face dial within a brass & bevelled glass casing, with a double sided key, height 11.2 cm
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French brass carriage clock having a rectangular bevel edged glass & thick side glasses, with an oval bevel edged top, with an eight day movement & a repeater button. It has a white enamel dial with fine Roman numerals. Numbered 8284, with two keys, height 14 cm
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French brass carriage clock having a rectangular bevel edged glass & thick side glasses, with an oval bevel edged top glass & turned suppoirts. It has a white enamel dial with fine Roman numerals. in a glass front hard case, without key, height 11 cm
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French inlaid clock by G. Henry having faux tortoise shell, turquoise & enamel painted detail with mother of pearl inlay, with an enamel face dial, height 44.4 cm
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French Ormulu casket bejewelled & delicately cast, with blue celeste painted panels, & having a hinged lid flanked to each side by a pair of love birds, standing on six feet, length 28.5 cm
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Fruit serpentine stone Shona abstract sculpture signed with initials 'H.N.' to the base, length 31 cm
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Gebruder Heubach all bisque baby piano dolls one with an angry demeanour, the other surprised. Stamped to the feet, height 12.6 cm
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Gebruder Heubach bisque piano baby painted in soft tones, with impressed stamp, length 13 cm
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German salt glazed four Litre beer Stein having a metal hinged lid, marked around the body with Germanic emblems & motifs. Incised numbers to the base '1397', height 53 cm
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Gouda 'Atrium' charger painted with brown, greens & orange free flowing flowers. Signed to the base, diameter 36 cm
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Heavy gauge art glass vase having blue insert bowl, internal bubble detail, with a part frosted exterior. Unsigned, height 18 cm
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Hermes silk scarf 'Concours D'etriers' with original box & purchase receipt. Dimensions 89 x 89 cm
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Hohner twenty-one button Accordion in a timber casing, with metal mounts, dimensions 28.5 x 28 x 14.5 cm
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Huali wood horseshoe chair with interesting geometric carved patterns, a fllying bat motif to the back rest, all constructed with timber dowels & joins, height 103 cm
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Indian silver floral serpent jug having raised all over floral detail, a shaped spout, with an applied cobra handle, all sitting on a square collet foot. Unmarked, height 8.3 cm, weight 226g
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John Sands 'Plans of Sydney By Executed H. Percy Dove' Licenced Surveyor 1 & 2 Vickerys Chambers Pitt Street. Scale 40 feet to an inch. Totaling ninety-six hand coloured lithographed pages on inner Sydney circa 1880. the first, unnumbered, map on the title-page is an index map, each map shows street names, building occupants' names, type of business, building names & street numbers, if any. the legend on the index map indicates building materials, walls, some windows, iron doors & roof materials,…
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Joseph Inwald blue Poisson Volant centrepiece fish float bowl in three sections, unmarked, height 22.5 cm
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Jules Rolez limited French slate mantle clock of architectural shape, with four bronze coloumn form pillars, having a gilt faced dial with Arabic numerals, with a pendulum, height 35 cm
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Jerôme Thibouville-Lamy French brass Euphonium Tenor Tuba engraved 'Hors Concours Paris 1878-1889-1900 1re Ote Thibouville-Lamy Fourn De Musique De Paris Et De Larmee 68 Rue Reoumur Paris P.O.' with a lion & sun raised logo titled 'Phebus', length 47.7 cm
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Kangxi period style blue & white lidded ginger jar painted with Geishas in traditional dress against a landscape, with double ring marks, height 33 cm
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Kangxi style porcelain famille verte ginger jar probably early Republic, depicting an Imperial battle scene, height 29 cm
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Kevin Rowe art glass bowl with swirling fishscale patterns, unsigned, diameter 39.4 cm
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Kosta Boda 'Rainbow' vase by Bertil Vallien on a white frosted ground, signed & numbered to the base '48288', height 19 cm
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Ladislav Dostal etched black glass paperweight depicting two Australian Aboriginal men sand drawing, signed & dated to the side, length 17.2 cm
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