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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:412
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:412
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:212
Date:17-Feb-2019
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A large antique copper pot with cover, late 19th to early 20th century, of compressed ovoid form with dove tail joins to the lower register, twin, strap rivet joined handles and a fitted tin lined cover, height 26 cm, diameter 40 cm
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Two vintage copper saucepans, 19th - 20th century, a dovetail joined saucepan with pouring lip and an iron handle, a copper, saucepan with a brass rivet joined handle, height 10.5 cm, diameter 20.5 cm, and smaller
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A set of four vintage Villedieu heavy gauge 2.5 mm copper saucepans, 20th century, a graduated tin lined nesting set with iron handles, height 11.5 cm, diameter 21 cm, and smaller
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A set of five vintage copper Les Cuivres De Faucogney saucepans, 20th century, a graduated tin lined nesting set with steel handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm, and smaller
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A set of antique brass balance scales, circa 1900, of typical form with a stem on a stepped base and marble platform, the two, arms with mask finials supporting chain suspended dishes, height 49 cm, width 36 cm
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A vintage desk set in a book style case, circa 1930, the brown leather covered 'Book' opening to reveal five components including, a letter opener, seal, pencil and brass vial for leads, stem of an ink pen, in brass and russet Lucite, length 20 cm, (letter opener) and smaller
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A pair of spelter urns by Louis & Francois Moreau, late 19th century, neoclassical urns in bronze colours with formal decorations, borders and festoons, marked 'France' in relief to collar border and impressed signature, of L & F Moreau to base with 'France' above stem, height 39.5 cm
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Two Persian copper and brass ewers, mid 20th century, of typical form with ovoid bodies, long necks and pouring spouts and raised, on pedestal bases, one in copper with applied brass embellishments, the other, in brass with copper embellishments, height 54 cm
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A cloisonne epergne base, early 20th century, with Eastern influence and decorated with stylised flora in colours upon a russet ground, having a shaped four-point sconce to a dish with skirt, a turned pedestal to a spreading shaped base, height 17 cm
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A pair of French bronze and crystal, pedestal vases, 19th century, cut crystal vases with everted petal rims supported in neoclassical bronze, mounts with floral festoons and formal decorations and borders, raised on alabaster bases, height 20.5 cm
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A signed Art Nouveau pewter vase, early 20th century, an ovoid vase with a shaped waisted neck, decorated with a border of lily, leaves and a single trumpet lily and two cicadas, signed to body, apparently, Coslezi, and marked Etain Garanti underside, height 21.5 cm
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A signed Art Deco pewter vase, circa 1930, signed Irman, of slender barrel form and decorated with geometric stepped shapes in plain, hammered and bark like textures, signed Irman lower body and impressed Etan, Irman D'art underside, height 16 cm
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A single cast brass candlestick, early 20th century, the neoclassical style candlestick with a tapering flute and rib column, surmounted by an acanthus capital and thistle form sconce, the circular base, with acanthus in relief upon a hammered ground, height 28.5 cm
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A finely carved pair of emu eggs set in huon pine mounts, circa 1900-1920, huon pine stands of later make, beautifully relief carved to oval reserves, one depicting Australia fauna, including koala, possum, quoll, sugar glider and flying fox, the other, depicting an aboriginal male throwing a boomerang, with emu and kangaroo, (later professionally restored), height 21.5 cm
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A pair of cast gilt bronze curtain hangers, 19th century, incised 403 Eg, with shell and scroll backplate mounts, fluted shaped arms terminating in cushion form pierced finials of conforming design, width 24 cm
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A large bronze German Art Nouveau vase by Kayser, circa 1910, a high shouldered baluster vase with a broad neck and a lightly hammered, finish to the lower register decorated with four applied ducks in flight, trademark and stamp of Kayser underside, height 37.5 cm
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A fine Jaeger-Lecoultre 'Atmos' four glass brass clock, circa 1990s, Swiss made, marked 560532, a mechanical torsion pendulum clock with chapter ring, visible escapement, annular dial and spirit level, deriving energy from atmospheric and temperature changes eliminating requirement for manual winding, marked to, top, dial and underside, in working order, height 23.5 cm, width 21 cm, depth 16 cm
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A French marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, a triangular mantle clock with a white veined marble case faced in grey green, marble with bead decoration and a cast bronze floral embellishment, the enamel dial with Arabic numerals and enamel festoons, accompanied by shallow, cup form tazze on conforming triangular bases, with key and pendulum, height 28 cm, width 31 cm, depth 11.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style ormolu figural clock, early to mid 19th century, with maker's mark of LeRoy Freres Paris, with silk suspension and count wheel movement, having an enamel dial with, Roman numerals set within a floral embellished tree trunk base, a young woman, to the side and raised on a stepped base with formal borders, floral and leafy decorations, monogram to the tree trunk, key and pendulum, height 42 cm, width 33 cm, depth 13 cm
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A small vintage brass desk clock by Lancel, a small square quartz movement clock with a matt black dial with Roman, numerals, a ring handle and a rotating base, cased, height 9.5 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 6.5 cm
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An Art Deco Soviet Russian Majak crystal desk clock, circa 1930s-40s, with a distinctive honeycomb facet cut crystal frame enclosing an anodised, green dial with a brass chapter ring and Arabic numerals, marked 'Majak 11, Jewels Made in USSR' to dial, raised on a pair of curved chrome rods mounted, on a circular Bakelite base, height 20.5 cm
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A black marble mantle figural clock, later 19th century, with maker's mark for S Marti et Cie, of plain architectural form having a black dial with Roman numerals set, within a plinth with an extended cornice and stepped base, surmounted by the seated spelter allegorical female figure holding scythe and wheat sheaf, emblematic of summer, with key and pendulum, height 47.5 cm, width 31 cm, depth 14.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style ormolu cartel clock, mid 19th century, with maker's mark for S. Marti, finely cast and pierced with neoclassical ornament throughout, surmounted by an urn with flame finial, centred with an enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings below a glass dome, with key and pendulum, length 55 cm, width 27 cm
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An Art Deco clock garniture, circa 1930, with maker's mark for Lardot et Boydon Paris, in onyx and portoro marble, a glazed cabinet housing the dial with Arabic, numerals and flanked by stylised pheasants upon a shaped base, the accompanying tazze of conforming design, with key and pendulum, height 34 cm, width 39 cm, depth 13 cm
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A rococo revival ormolu mantle clock, later 19th century, with maker's mark of Japy Freres, an eight-day bell strike clock of waisted form with floral pendants and leafy, embellishments, a pierced crest and trellis decoration to the lower border, above acanthus feet, the enamel dial beneath a domed glass with Roman, numerals, Arabic minute marks and pierced hands, key and pendulum, height 41 cm, width 25 cm, depth 16 cm
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A French Renaissance revival ormolu cartel clock, 19th century, with maker's mark for Raingo Freres, case marked B.D, finely cast with formal ornaments, decorative borders and a winged lion, centred, with an enamel chapter with Roman numerals beneath a glass dome, with key and pendulum, length 67 cm, width 28 cm
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An antique walnut wall barometer, late 19th century, in an architectural style frame with fluted pillars, turned spindles and ornaments, enclosing a barometer and a thermometer to the stem, length 67 cm, width 25.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style ormolu figural clock, early to mid 19th century, with mark of Jc to mechanism, with silk suspension and count wheel movement, having an enamel dial with, Roman numerals set within a formally decorated shaped base surmounted by a toiling gardener figure with the tools of his trade before a fruiting, trellis, with key and pendulum, height 31.5 cm, width 31.5 cm, depth 12 cm
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A fine Louis XV style ormolu clock garniture, later 19th century, with mark of Honegger of Lyon to the dial, pierced and cast in the rococo manner with Art Nouveau influences, the enamel, dial with Roman numerals and minute markings, accompanied by a pair of elegantly sinuous twin candle side pieces, with key and pendulum, height 33.5 cm, width 26.5 cm, depth 16 cm
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A black marble mantle clock, later 19th century, of plain architectural form having a black dial with Roman numerals set, within an elongated plinth of geometric shaped form with an extended cornice, and stepped base, restrained incised decoration picked out in gilt, with key, and pendulum, height 20 cm, width 41 cm, depth 16 cm
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A striking Egyptian inspired Art Deco clock garniture, circa 1920s, with maker's mark of Lardot et Boyon Paris, a portico style clock in contrasting portoro marble and white onyx having an encased octagonal dial with Arabic numerals with stepped supports and kneeling polished bronze caryatids above a two-tone base, a pair of tazze, with conforming caryatid stems, with key and pendulum, height 36.5 cm, width 32 cm, depth 12.5 cm, (clock)
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A Louis XV style ormolu cartel clock, late 19th century, pierced and cast with shell and scrolling leaf motifs and housing an enamel, dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings beneath a domed glass, with key and pendulum, length 56 cm, width 32 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figural clock of a water carrier with hound', circa 1925, mark of Js Paris to mechanism, depicting an elegantly seated woman in a flowing black dress with gilt, enrichments and a modish cloche, a dog at her side and one arm over a water, urn beside a dial with Roman numerals set into an arching black marble stand, and raised on a long marble base faced with onyx, with key and pendulum, height 32 cm, width 64 cm, depth 20 cm
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A Regence style dome top oak comtoise clock, early 20th century, a waisted top enclosing a pressed brass face with figural and scroll details, and an enamel dial with Roman numerals above a pear shaped and glazed case, and a bulbous base, and raised whorl feet, channel groove and relief carved, details throughout, with lyre style pendulum and two weights, height 232 cm, width 50 cm, depth 32 cm
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A French Renaissance revival bronze clock garniture, 19th century, with maker's cartouche of Raingo Freres Paris to dial, Lavishly cast and embellished with architectural and decorative elements in contrasting gold and silvered bronze, the dial with enamel cartouches and Roman numerals flanked by caryatids, an ornamented surmount with buttress, type scrolls and conforming five light candelabra, with key and pendulum, height 47 cm, width 27.5 cm, depth 15 cm
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A Bold Art Deco marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, in richly figured red and yellow ochre marble, the clock of pointed arch, design, having an enamel dial with Arabic numerals, trimmed with olive onyx, stripes and cast floral motifs, with side tazze of conforming design, with, key and pendulum, height 42 cm, width 33 cm, depth 12 cm
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A large Louis XVI style spelter figural clock, circa 1900, mark of Bareier Lyons, with key and pendulum, a large cold painted cupid holding a pair of doves and leaning on a plinth, supporting a floral decorated enamel dial with Roman numerals and raised on an elongated base with rounded ends with gilt bronze trims, height 54 cm, width 31 cm, depth 20 cm
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A signed spelter figure by Auguste Moreau (1834-1917), 1906, with copyright mark for that year, Paris foundry stamp, signature, the large animated figure of a small child wrestling with an alarmed, squawking duck, in cold painted colours upon a rocky base, various impressed, and applied marks verso, height 55 cm
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A Domenech Et Pfeffer spelter group, 'Char De La Victoire, circa 1900, inscribed mark of Domenech et Pfeffer to marble base, the dynamic casting of a Roman charioteer and his two rearing horses, mounted, on a portoro marble base, bearing a 1934 plaque, height 54 cm, length 75 cm, width 26 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stag, circa 1930, in lustrous copper bronze colours, the bellowing stag raised on a mottled, rouge, grey and cream marble base, height 19 cm, length 20 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure of a woman with a dog, circa 1920s, the cold painted figure of a woman with ivorine face, attired in a fanciful, laced medieval dress and accompanied by a borzoi, upon an onyx and black, marble base, height 33 cm, width 38 cm, depth 14 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter fawn bookends, circa 1930, stylised 'Bambi' style prancing fawns in lustrous gold and brown colours, mounted on veined grey marble bases, height 13.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter squirrel bookends, circa 1930, large recumbent squirrels in lustrous brown colours each with a nut between, the front paws, mounted on mottled cream and ochre marble bases, height 11.5 cm, length 16.5 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter gazelle bookends, circa 1930, standing gazelles in lustrous brown and gold colours, mounted on near black, marble bases, height 15 cm, length 13.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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An Art Deco bronze figure of an exotic woman, circa 1920s-30s, the woman of elongated mannerist proportions daringly attired in a slipping diaphanous, gown and a jewelled cloche upon her 'Garcon' style hair, seated upon two, cushions decorated with patterns and tassels, unmarked, height 25.5 cm
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A spelter pair of rustic boy and girl figures by a. Rucho, early 20th century, Fileuse' and 'Attillio in muted cold painted tones depicting a boy with a fiddle and a girl with her staff and spinning wheel, raised on waisted bases, impressed signature and title plaques to bases, height 31 cm
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A pair of Art Deco stylised bird bookends, circa 1930, phoenix style birds in golden bronze colours with extended wings and wave, like tails raised on veined black marble bases and two tone shaped vertical, supports, height 12 cm, length 13 cm, width 7.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer group, circa 1930, two posed deer in lustrous gold and bronze colours raised on aubergine veined, white marble base faced with contrasting dark marble, height 16.5 cm, length 39 cm, width 11 cm
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An Art Deco spelter gazelle, circa 1930, a recumbent gazelle gazing over its shoulder, in lustrous colours mounted on a black marble base, height 19 cm, length 35 cm, width 10 cm
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A cold painted spelter figure by Jean De Roncourt, circa 1920, La Lance Brisee', the finely modelled figure of a fallen warrior in a striking triangular classical pose, his broken spear before him and shield, raised, mounted on a black marble base faced with onyx, signed J.de Roncourt, to the marble, height 40 cm, width 52 cm, depth 15.5 cm
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A French eagle and Portoro marble pocket watch holder, early 20th century, the realistically modelled eagle with spread wings holding a small hook in its mouth and raised on an oval base with a shallow circular tray, height 13.5 cm
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An Art Deco style cold painted bronze dancing figure, 20th century, signed J. Philipp to base, probably after the original, an exotically clad dancing girl in shorts, midriff top and a cloche to her, hair elegantly balanced on one leg with arms outstretched, in olive green, painted colours with foundry stamp verso, 'Bronze Garanti Paris, J.B, Deposee', and raised on a red marble drum and black stepped base, height 55.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter elephant group on a marble base, circa 1930, a pair of identical trumpeting elephants realistically modelled and decorated, in modulating bronze tones upon an elongated two-tone marble base, height 22 cm, length 60 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A bronze figure of a Husky dog by Emmanuel Fremet, naturalistically modelled as a recumbent dog, incised signature of E.Fremet, with stamped number 490 and raised on a small timber base, height 9 cm, length 16.5 cm, width 6 cm
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A signed Art Deco spelter dancing figure, circa 1930, a nude dancing girl poised on one foot in a cold painted verdigris finish, holding an amber coloured glass ball and raised on a black marble base, mark, of Briano to base and marked Made in France, height 26.5 cm
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An Art Deco bronze figure by Claire Colinet (1880-1950), circa 1920, Darling' depicting a rather coy standing nude in a pair of slippers and wearing a mother of pearl bonnet, signed Cjr Colinet to base plate and raised on a green, black marble truncated pyramid, cited in Bryan Catley, 'Art Deco and other, figures, height 46.5 cm
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An Art Deco bronze figure by Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962), circa 1925, the bronze figure of an athletic and dramatically poised female cymbal, player, raised on one foot, and her arms over her head to clash her, cymbals, upon on a waisted turned marble plinth, signed faintly Le Faguays to, the marble, cited in Bryan Catley, 'Art Deco and other figures, height 38.5 cm
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La Glaneuse' by Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (1821-1902), in bronze, a pensive female gleaner holding a sheaf of wheat and a staff over, her shoulder, mark of E. Aizelin Hors Concours to foot and plaque marked, Glaneuse d'Aizelin to circular base, height 68 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure, 'Atalante', the Archer, circa 1930, signed Demarc (Max Le Verrier), modelled as an animated semi-clad young woman poised on one foot, arms raised, and holding a bow, in a green patinated finish and raised on a shaped ebonised, base, signed to lower image, height 32.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter animalier group of a stag and deer, circa 1930, Synchronised prancing figures, the deer in lustrous brown and copper tones, brown and pewter colours to the stag and mounted on a layered white and black, marble base, height 21.5 cm, length 44.5 cm, width 11.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter dog and duck figural group, circa 1920s, signed M. Font, in bronze colours with a verdigris finish, a recumbent Alsatian dog and a standing duck, both mounted on a long coffee coloured marble base, signature, to tail of dog, height 23 cm, length 60 cm, width 12 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer figural group, circa 1920s, signed Leduc, comprising a recumbent and a standing deer flanking a fawn, in chocolate, bronze colours upon a mid grey marble base, incised signature to the short, end, height 29 cm, length 65 cm, width 16 cm
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An Art Deco spelter dog group, circa 1920s, two realistically modelled Alsatian dogs in deep bronze tones, one seated, the other recumbent and mounted on an onyx and marble base faced with, contrasting brown and green onyx panels, height 35 cm, length 63 cm, width 11 cm
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An Art Deco bronze pheasant group by Ignacio Gallo, circa 1920, a realistically modelled pheasant pair in burnished gold bronze colours, mounted upon a stepped black marble base, incised mark of Gallo to base, height 35 cm, width 77 cm, depth 20.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter dancing figure, circa 1930, signed Fayral (Max Le Verrier), modelled as a young woman in a short Greco Roman tunic dancing with cymbals, in a deep olive patinated finish and raised on a portoro marble plinth, signed to lower image, height 26.5 cm
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A signed Art Deco spelter figural group of a maiden with a dog and pheasant, circa 1920s, signed G. Arisse to the base, the cold painted silvered figure of a young woman in a short loose decorated, tunic and capes flowing from her armbands, accompanied by a recumbent dog and a dead pheasant, raised on a long brown and green onyx base, height 45 cm, length 85 cm, width 19 cm
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An Art Deco spelter elephant table lamp, circa 1930, a pair of mirror image elephants flanking a spherical pink and white glass, shade decorated with gold bands and raised on a flecked green and cream, marble base, height 14 cm, length 38 cm, width 10.5 cm
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An Art Deco wrought iron and glass lamp by Muller Freres, circa 1925, glass shade with cameo signature Muller Freres Luneville, wrought iron base signed Amiot (Jean?), the lamp base modelled as a swollen stem comprising slender leaves and stems, to three whorl feet, surmounted by an acid etched shade, height 28 cm
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A signed Art Deco wrought iron and frosted glass table lamp, circa 1930, signed S.E.V.B.A and numbered 257, with a slightly bulbous triple stem and petite leaves to a square base, surmounted by a mushroom cap shaped glass of moulded design, signed in relief, to the interior, height 36.5 cm
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A pair of Louis XV style ormolu candelabra, circa 1900, with shaped foliate embellished stems and issuing four curvaceous arms with, vegetal dishes and sconces, raised on shell and leaf form spreading bases, height 35.5 cm
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A large spelter deer table lamp, circa 1930, an impressive and well modelled prancing stag with a cold painted verdigris, finish beside a spherical green and white frosted shade with gold bands, raised on a black marble base, height 33.5 cm, length 52.5 cm, depth 10.5 cm
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A French argand or Quinquet type oil lamp with a pink glass shade, 19th century, with a bronze base and stem supporting a cylindrical oil font and separate, burner mechanism with glass chimney and a pink glass shade, height 54.5 cm
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A small French earthenware oil lamp, late 19th century, by Keller et Guerin, Luneville, a pear-shaped earthenware base with bird and floral transfer decoration, supporting a brass mechanism and a globular pink glass shade with a ruffled, rim, maker's stamp underside, height 23.5 cm
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