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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:811
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:782
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:647
Date:17-Jul-2018
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Three various diameter pottery 90° bends, stamped with maker's marks. Tallest 33 cm. Provenance: The following collection of commercial salt glaze chimney pots and associated pottery has been formed over the past 30 or so years by a keen collector who has travelled New Zealand in his pursuit. He has purchased from top dealers, builders and drain layers alike. The collection was displayed in his specifically built shed and through his house and garden, see further photos with this lot.
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A Carder Brothers right angle pipe section, with impressed maker's marks to both sections. Height 36 cm
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A New Zealand Brick Co. New Lynn salt glaze chimney pot, lustrous mid-brown glaze, with ring turning beneath the castellated rim. Impressed maker's marks. Height 73 cm.
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A Carder Brothers salt glaze chimney pot, dark chocolate brown, with ring turning beneath the hand cut castellated rim. Height 67 cm.
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A tall George Boyd chimney pot, octagonal with stepped base, cut out vents at the neck beneath a louvred mouth, partly broken with piece absent. Height 100 cm.
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A Carder Bros. large square top gully trap, stamped marks, rich brown salt glazed with gem highlights, double stamp marked. The top 37 cm x 37 cm. Note gem highlights occur when salt added to the firing builds up upon the kiln roof and drips off landing upon the kiln contents.
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A Carder Bros. large square top gully trap, mid-tan glaze, double stamp marks. 36.5 cm x 36.5 cm top section.
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A Carder Bros. large square top gully trap, mid-dark tan glaze with golden highlights, stamped mark at the top. 37 cm x 37 cm.
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Carder Bros. stamped gully trap, S-form, golden grey-brown salt glazed with numerous gem highlights. Height 34.5 cm.
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A large New Zealand colonial pipe section, cylinder form with collar.
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A salt glazed chimney pot attributed to the Amalgamated Brick Co., with 'Chinaman's hat' top and triple draw vents to the tapering walls. Height 71 cm
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A dark lustrous brown salt glazed chimney pot, with T-shape top raised on a reduced section from a wider base with double draw vents. Height 84 cm
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A T-form chimney pot by W. Murphy Wellington, with triple ring base, double side draw vents and decorative ringed mouths. Height 62 cm
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A T-form chimney pot with single ringed base, double side draw vents and decorative ringed mouths. Height 88 cm
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A salt glazed chimney pot by W. Murphy Wellington, with octagonal 'Chinaman's hat' top and triple draw vents to the tapering walls. Height 73 cm
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A late 19th century attributed Christchurch Brick Company octagonal form chimney pot, four flared side vents, finely made, unmarked, matt terracotta/tan tone. Height 89 cm.
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A large H-top chimney pot by W. Murphy Wellington, with tapering body, double side draw vents and decoratively ringed mouths. Impressed maker's mark. Height 87 cm
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A T-form chimney pot by H. Hill Wellington, with ringed base, double side draw vents and decorative ringed mouths. Height 81 cm
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A late 19th century Lambert of Dunedin New Zealand, salt glazed 'pineapple' decorated chimney pot, the cylindrical body with fine pineapple/diamond type form, stiff acanthus leaves and scrolls encircle above, rich dark salt glaze, impressed maker's mark to the base. Height 72 cm.
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A tall fancy salt glazed chimney by the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co. Ltd, the cylindrical body with a flaring base with three large side vents, the capital with four cut out openings beneath a 'Chinaman's hat' rain shield. Height 98 cm.
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A tall unmarked 19th century stoneware chimney pot by George Boyd, with swollen base, plain body with single ring, flaring collar beneath a reduced mouth. No maker's mark. Height 90 cm
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Two New Zealand salt glazed square gully trap top sections, one stamped 'Carder Bros. Co., Auckland'. Approx. 39 cm x 39 cm ea.
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Carder Bros. Auckland salt glazed gully trap, tan glaze, double stamped. Top diameter 34 cm.
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R.O. Clark gully trap, mid-chocolate brown salt glaze, oval impressed stamp. Top diameter 32 cm.
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Two New Zealand colonial gully traps, Carder Bros. with damage to rim section and other. Outlet diameters 10.5 cm and 14 cm.
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Carder Bros. large gully trap, mid and pale tan salt glaze with gem highlights. Top diameter 35 cm.
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An R.O. Clark salt glazed gully trap, unmarked, chocolate brown glaze. Height 36 cm.
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Two smaller gully traps, unmarked. Diameter of outlet 10.5 cm and 11 cm.
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An unmarked S-form gully trap, rich red/brown salt glaze. Height 32.5 cm.
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A Carder Bros. salt glazed gully trap, stamped, fitted with a conforming lid. Height 38 cm.
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Six Carder Bros. & Co. building piles, square section with chamfered corners, mostly with stamped marks. Heights approx. 52 cm.
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A Carder Bros. decorative plinth stand for a garden urn, each face with a floral rosette in relief, stamped mark, hand salt glazed. Height 49 cm.
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A Carder Bros. dark chocolate garden plinth stand, similar to above.
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Two G. Boyd stamped pipe sections, both with lustrous dark brown salt glaze. Length 64 cm.
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A New Zealand Brick Tile and Pottery Co. pipe section and another, with stamped mark including a kiwi before a mountain group (Ruapehu). Length 65.5 cm and 69.5 cm.
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Two Carder Bros. pipes, stamped marks. Diameter 10 cm and 18 cm.
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Two named pipes, R.O. Clark and G. Vazey. Diameters 19 cm and 19.5 cm.
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Two junction pipes, unmarked, lustrous dark glazes, one with junction at 45° angle, the other at a right angle. Length approx. 65 cm.
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Three colonial pottery items, two pipes, Carder Bros. and G.F. Vazey, together with an unmarked vented top 'mushroom'.
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An extra large G. F. Vazey pipe section, rich mid salt glaze, collared rim. Stamped mark.
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A late 19th century Carder Bros. (Auckland) tall salt glazed chimney pot, castellated top, cannon barrel type body, mid-brown tone. Unmarked. Height 103.5 cm. Note: A number of similar chimney pots are located on the Tongue Building, corner Mount Eden Road and New North Road, southern corner.
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A colonial salt glazed toilet pan, pale butterscotch colour. Height 30.5 cm.
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A colonial dark toffee coloured salt glazed square top gully trap, the top 38.5 cm x 39.5 cm.
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An octagonal salt glazed chimney pot, attributed to the Christchurch Brick Company, with octagonal walls raised on a stepped base and with removeable mouth with eight heart-shaped side vents. Height 84 cm.
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A colonial salt glazed chimney pot, of octagonal section raised from a stepped conforming base and with a spreading capital with a stepped reduced mouth.
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A Carder Brothers cylindrical gully trap, caramel coloured salt glazed, impressed mark to side. Height 42 cm.
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A colonial green-grey salt glazed gully trap, cylindrical with swollen side outlet. Height 41.5 cm
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An attractively salt glazed Avondale Brick & Pottery Co. gully trap, maker's mark impressed to swollen outlet pipe. height 41 cm
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A pottery cylindrical gully trap by R.O Clark, with front inlet and opposite outlet. Height 36 cm
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A round gully with screw in lid by R.O Clark, salt glazed. Height 30.5 cm
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CARDER BROS SALT GLAZE SIDE INLET GULLY TRAP 39.5 cm, A Carder Brothers caramel salt glazed side inlet gully trap. Impressed maker's mark to the cylindrical body. Height 39.5 cm
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A Carder Brothers gully trap, salt glazed with flanged bend, impressed marks. Height 34 cm.
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A collection of 20 New Zealand variously named bricks
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A selection of 20 Carder Bros. edging tiles, rope edged. Stamped mark
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14 various double tulip design edging tiles, includes eight by Carder Bros.
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Six rope decorated edging tiles, includes Boyd, Hutson and Carder Bros.
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13 various salt glazed edging tiles, by Carder Bros, Boyd etc.
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13 George Boyd half size colonial edging tiles and 1 other.
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A colonial salt glazed round P trap. Height 33 cm
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A whalebone and wood walking stick, the whalebone shaft terminating in a silver collar and turned ebonised wood handle. Length 89 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An impressive whalebone and marine ivory walking stick, the main portion of shaft in whalebone with five smaller sections of marine ivory and ivorine carved in varied patterns with baleen embellishments, the shaft terminating in clenched fist carved from marine ivory. Length 90 cm. The tip broken but the pieces remain. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A whalebone and ivory walking cane, the shaft of alternating plain and patterned bone sections, terminating in a wide silver collar and spherical ivory handle. Length 88 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A lady's silver topped whalebone walking cane, the fine tapering whalebone shaft terminating in a small silver plate collar, decoratively carved ivorine section and an engraved silver handle. Length 85 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A whalebone walking stick, the shaft and handle made of one piece of whalebone, plain with no decoration, metal ferrule to tip. Length 87 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A shark or ray vertebrae walking stick, the shaft of 69 graduating vertebrae terminating in a turned teak handle, metal ferrule to base. Length 87.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A rosewood and silver walking stick engraved: 'R.J. SEDDON, 1897' the finial with encircling machine engraving, marked 'Sterling'. Length 92.5 cm. Presumably the property of the Premier of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An ivory handled Malacca cane walking stick, the cane shaft terminating in a turned ivory handle with a carved garter collar, the shaft with large ivory ferrule. Length 87 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A mahogany and ivory walking stick, the mahogany shaft terminating with a silver collar engraved S.S. Wairarapa (referencing the sinking on the reef at Great Barrier Island in 1894 with the loss of 140 lives) and a Japanese ivory handle carved with lions. Length 90 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An early Bakelite type short walking stick with ivorine handle, the tapering black shaft hand carved and terminating in an ivorine handle carved in the form of a turtle with rhinestone eyes, a tapering silver sleeve at the base of the shaft dated Chester 1902. Length 61.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A rewarewa walking stick, the shaft terminating in a moulded ivorine handle decorated with theatre curtains and the Greek comedy masks, metal ferrule to the tip. Length 88 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A rhinoceros hide horse crop, the flexible crop terminating in a silver collar and black glass band, the silver plate handle in the form of a horse's leg and hoof. Length 95 cm. This particular piece is mentioned in an article on William Mincher, Tui's maternal grandfather in 'Te Karere' a New Zealand Mormon Mission pamphlet. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An antler handled mahogany walking stick, the shaft terminating in an antler handle carved in the form of a long beaked creature, a silver collar engraved 'ORPHEUS, 7.2.1863'. Length 91 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A Malacca and Anglo-Indian cane, the shaft terminating in a heavily embossed Indian silver handle. Length 93 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A pizzle walking stick, plain shaft with traditional curved handle. Length 92 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A French porcelain handled cane, the tapering ebonised wood shaft terminating in a French porcelain handle decorated with one of the muses (music), embellished in gilt on a pink ground. Length 94 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A burr timber concealed umbrella walking stick, the hollow timber shaft in three sections, the curved handle with attached umbrella. Length 92 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An old polished sperm whale's tooth, the base cut flat to allow standing. Height 15.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A 19th century large fine scrimshaw, the polished tooth with classic engraved scrimshaw decoration of an elegant young woman in long dress. Length 16.5 cm. The tooth cut flat at the base, one section broken away at the back. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An old set of four large lion's teeth and 16 claws, the teeth as two pairs. Lengths 10.3 cm and 9.7 cm approx.
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A vintage lion's tooth, natural polished tip end. Length 11.2 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An old African solid carved ivory bust of a young woman, traditional elaborate coiffure. Height 14.5 cm.
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A 19th century turned ivory and tortoiseshell box, two bands of lathed decoration to the body with a collar of tortoiseshell to the top, a turned domed top. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection. 4.5 cm x 7 cm
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A small carved ivory bust of a gent, with horn cap and ebony shoulder mount, detailed with inlaid glass eyes. Height 6.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A small 19th century ivory carving of a cherub musician, standing playing a lute, on turned plinth stand. Height 10 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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Nine small ivory pieces, including masks of Okame, Hannya, Okina, an elephant head, miniature containers, etc. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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Six finely detailed late 19th century carved ivory brooches/plaques of floral form, most lacking fittings. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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Six finely detailed late 19th century carved ivory brooches/plaques of floral form, most lacking fittings. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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Two 19th century turned ivory barrel shaped bobbin containers, screw lids with captured bobbins, pierced to the sides to eject thread. Height 5.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A pair of large heavy old ivory elephants, both with trunks curling towards the ground. Lengths 19 cm and 21 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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An early 20th century finely carved ivory Asian elephant, its small ears slightly extended, all carved from one piece. Good detail. Length 13.5 cm, height 9 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A large old tortoise shell, in old polish, minor losses. Length 82 cm.
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A large vintage framed display of 26 exotic butterflies, includes Morpho Didus (giant blue morpho), etc. 47 cm x 66 cm.
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