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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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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 small French porcelain oil lamp, late 19th century, brass neck marked boulle and Paris, a cylindrical porcelain font with indigo transferware decoration of a bird, amongst bramble berries on a white ground, set within brass mounts and having, a globular clear glass shade, height 29 cm
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A French bronze banquet lamp in the Chinese manner, circa 1900, Paris made, the lamp of bottle vase form with scrolling handles and an octagonal base, above oriental cabriole feet, with mechanism to collar, glass chimney and an ovoid acid etched shade, height 74 cm
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An antique brass table lamp with a glass shade, 19th century, with electrical conversion, having a fluted knopped stem and a pair of scrolling arms supporting the mint green mushroom domed glass shade, height 51 cm
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A French Renaissance revival lamp with a glass shade, late 19th century, originally an oil lamp, with a pierced cast base decorated with mascarons, a festooned urn form stem decorated and supporting a domed white glass spiral, ribbed shade, height 55 cm
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A French brass table lamp with a white glass shade, early 20th century, a slender pillar stem with a circular base with two arms supporting a ribbed, mushroom shade with knop, with provision for a single electric globe, height 55 cm
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A French argand or Quinquet type oil lamp with a red shade, 19th century, with partial electrical conversion, with a cast figural spelter base supporting a brass stem with a faceted oil, font and separate burner mechanism with chimney and red painted metal shade, height 52 cm
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A fine French argand or Quinquet type bronze oil lamp, 19th century, with maker's mark of Love & Harvey, Paris, finely modelled in the Renaissance revival manner as an antique style oil, lamp with a central stem and spreading base, original burner mechanism, a glass chimney and a waisted pink glass shade, height 58 cm
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A French bronze and porcelain argand or Quinquet type oil lamp, 19th century, mechanism marked H.P Bec Rond Parisien, having a pierced rococo style base, a moulded green glazed shaped font and burner with glass chimney and flute edged white glass 'Optima' shade, height 66 cm
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A French glass and brass wall sconce, second half 20th century, a curved glass panel within a brass frame with reeded side supports, cast, ribbons and fruiting finials, with two electric candles, length 35 cm, width 19 cm
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A pair of cast bronze sconces in the rococo manner, mid 20th century, of typically exuberant foliate form the mount issuing three curvaceous arms, and supporting leafy dishes, sconces and electric candles, length 50 cm, width 29 cm
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A Renaissance revival brass wall sconce with a vaseline glass shade, late 19th century, the cast blackplate with shell, mask and scroll ornaments, issuing a reeded, leafy arm supporting a press moulded floriform shade, length 36 cm, depth 50 cm
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A pair of a Louis XVI style brass sconces, mid 20th century, elegant mounts cast as quivers issuing scrolling arms and supporting fluted, dishes with electric candles, length 25 cm, width 25 cm
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A pair of French Renaissance revival brass wall sconces, circa 1950, cast sconces having shaped long mounts with formal acanthus and shell motifs, issuing two scrolling arms supporting everted dishes and electric candles, length 28 cm, width 32 cm
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A pair of Louis XVI style brass sconces, mid 20th century, the mounts cast as waisted ribbed pillars with ribbon ties and formal, ornaments terminating in pine cone drops and issue two scrolling acanthus, decorated arms supporting dishes and electric candles, length 22 cm, width 25 cm
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An antique gilt bronze lamp base, later 19th century, having a globular body embellished with vine leaves and fruits in relief, high set bracket 'Bamboo' handles, a spiral fluted stem and a pedestal base, height 34.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer table lamp, circa 1930, a deer in lustrous copper bronze colours posed beside a flecked white, globular glass shade and raised on a mottled marble base, height 17 cm, length 26 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer table lamp, circa 1930, a deer in bronze colours beside a white globular shade with slender, concentric gilt bands, raised on a mottled grey marble base, height 15 cm, length 25 cm, width 8 cm
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An Art Deco spelter Seagull table lamp, circa 1930, a gold coloured seagull in full flight above cold painted vegetation and rockwork supporting a two-tone shell pink frosted globular shade with gilt, concentric rings, raised on a two colour marble base faced with contrasting, onyx, no fitting attached, height 22 cm, length 25 cm, width 9.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figural table lamp, circa 1930, a cold painted figure of a woman in 19th century attire beside globular shade, with contrasting pale gold and white frosted bands and narrow gilt rings, raised on a mottled yellow marble base, height 23.5 cm, length 21.5 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter bird table lamp, circa 1930, a gold coloured bird with extended wings and neck beside a globular crackle, glass shade and raised on a striated grey marble base, height 14 cm, length 28 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer table lamp, circa 1930, a recumbent doe in lustrous bronze pewter colours beside a flecked light, green globular shade and raised on a veined marble base, height 13.5 cm, length 28 cm, width 9 cm
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A signed Art Deco spelter squirrel table lamp, circa 1930, a squirrel in golden colours perched upon a green and gold branch beside a white crackle glazed globular shade, raised on a white marble base with, signature of A.Vidion, height 13.5 cm, length 23 cm, width 9.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter Seagull table lamp, circa 1930, a seagull in full flight above waves in copper bronze colours beside a globular frosted celadon green shade decorated with concentric gilt rings, raised upon a veined marble base faced with contrasting marble and onyx, height 17 cm, length 25 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter bird table lamp, circa 1930, a songbird in lustrous copper pewter colours perched upon a craggy base, beside a globular amber yellow shade, raised on a mottled grey and tan marble, base, height 17.5 cm, length 25.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter squirrel table lamp, circa 1930, a large squirrel in bronze and gold lustre colours eating a nut beside a globular crackle glass shade, and raised on a limestone coloured base, height 17 cm, length 21 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer table lamp, circa 1930, a stag with its foreleg raised and decorated in cold painted verdigris, colours beside a white crackle glass globular shade and mounted upon an elongated mottled grey marble base, height 18.5 cm, length 38 cm, width 10 cm
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A blue and white floor vase, the baluster vase with a waisted trumpet neck and applied pierced handles, decorated with song birds in a 'Three friends of winter' landscape setting, height 57.5 cm
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A large polychrome decorated bottle vase, early to mid-20th century, the bottle vase decorated in the famille rose palette depicting a narrative, between courtly figures, sages and scholars in a fenced garden with rockwork, a ruyi border to the rim and a diaper and lappet border to the lower body, with apocryphal Qianlong stamp underside, height 40.5 cm
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A framed Chinese export 'Mandarin' fan, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, finely painted in rich blue, green and red gouache colours with a continuous, panel of figures with painted ivory faces engaged in narratives in pavilion, and garden settings, floral and Buddhist symbols to the borders, and black, lacquered sticks with gilt enrichments, housed in a box frame, height 25 cm, width 48 cm
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A famille rose vase, circa mid 20th century, the ovoid vase with a broad neck and pierced lug handles, continuously, decorated with various figural narrative scenes in pavilion and fenced garden, settings between ruyi and lappet borders, the neck with symbolic flora upon a teal ground, Qianlong type iron red stamp mark underside, height 22.5 cm
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A blue and white dish in the Ming manner, the Wanli type kraak Ware dish with partitioned figural borders, barbed edges, and a central design of a figure in a rockwork garden setting enclosed by concentric blue bands and floral motifs, height 5.5 cm, diameter 30 cm
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A famille verte baluster vase, 20th century, the slender vase with broad neck and everted rim, enamel decorated with, scholarly figures and attendants engaged in a narrative in a fenced garden, setting, a continuous village scene to the neck, a diaper collar with Daoist, symbols, ruyi and lappet borders, height 25.5 cm
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A pair of Satsuma vases, Meiji period (1868-1912), baluster vases with waisted necks, reserves of muted brown, tan, blue with, bright gilt and moriage enamel enrichments, and depicting Kannon with sages, character marks in gold and iron red underside, height 30 cm
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A small Chinese carved stand and five Shousan stone seals and 'Mountains, the stand with a pierced floral gallery above a waisted section with a diaper, pattern, a shaped skirt and cabriole legs to a box stretcher base, with two, seals and three petite mountains in typical ochre and toffee colours with, relief carved scenes and figures, height 10 cm, length 21 cm, width 21 cm, (stand)
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A Chinese style covered tureen, 20th century, Straight-sided and circular with small handles and a domed lid, enamel, decorated with insects, fruits and flora, painted mark underside, height 14.5 cm, diameter 19 cm
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A Chinese polychrome enamel decorated plate, 20th century, decorated to the centre with sages, scholars and a tiger, with four floral, reserves to the rim interspersed with pairs of grape eating squirrels, rubbed, four character painted marks underside, diameter 26 cm
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A jade archer's ring, in muted deep celadon colours engraved and coloured in gilt with a pavilion, in a landscape and tiny character script, height 3.5 cm
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A jadeite snuff bottle, the high shouldered cushion profile bottle in rich bright green colours with, a short straight neck and a pale green stone stopper with brass mounts, height 5.5 cm
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A Shou medallion jade pendant with jadeite beads, a rectangular pierced pendant in celadon colours attached to a jadeite, necklace comprising forty-five tubular beads in bright green punctuated by small black beads, length 7.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, (medallion)
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A carved jade lion, a lion accompanied by a cub, in celadon colours and carved in high relief, the polished part carved stone utilising its natural organic form and fissures, in modulating brown and tan tones, width 7.5 cm
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A carved jade lion dragon figure, in near white celadon colours depicting a prostrate and curled creature with, a scrolling mane and tail, width 7.5 cm
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A carved jade cloud shaped ornament, carved and pierced in pale celadon colours and depicting a processional of five figures, three on horseback, against a pierced diaper ground, width 10.5 cm
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A large Satsuma baluster vase, first half 20th century, partial characters and marked Made in Japan, a carinate shouldered baluster vase with a waisted neck, decorated in broad, planes of colour in a muted tan, blue, green, brown and black palette with, moriage enamel enrichments and depicting Kannon with two sages, height 31 cm
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A large Satsuma baluster vase, first half 20th century, red characters in a diamond cartouche, shimazu crest, to collar, the vase with a waisted neck decorated in broad planes of colour in green, blue, dull red, chocolate, black and brilliant orange with moriage enamel and gilt enrichments and depicting Kannon with four sages, mark underside, height 32 cm
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A blue and white brush pot, cylindrical and decorated in the Kangxi manner with a continuous scene of courtiers in a pavilion and landscape setting, an engraved scrolling border, to the rim, height 17 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A stone Chilong ornament, in beige and red colours carved to depict a curled chilong biting its tail, attached to a cord with white glass bead, length 5 cm
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A Yixing type teapot, of simple compressed globular shape, domed lid and a side spout, bearing, apocryphal seal of Hui Mengchen underside, boxed, height 7.5 cm
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A hanging scroll, in watercolours and ink wash on paper, depicting a cluster of songbirds in bamboo branches, with flowers to the lower part, bearing script and seal to, right margin, length 120 cm, width 33 cm
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A hanging scroll, Boldly decorated with two magpies against red bamboo and perched on turquoise, rocks, with script and seal marks, length 114 cm, width 41 cm
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A carved boxwood figure of a Guanyin, the deity seated upon a cloud throne floating above a rock and water garden, setting with lotus, in traditional robes, headdress and jewels, the right, hand raised in vitarka mudra and the left clasping a ball, height 20 cm
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A large Imari bowl, 19th to early 20th century, the profusely decorated and lobed bowl with a central bowl of flowers, enclosed by reserves of fenced gardens, quatrefoil floral motifs, similar, decoration to the exterior, height 12.5 cm, diameter 35 cm
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An Imari charger, late 19th century, with scalloped edging with a pomegranate and reserved border enclosing four, reserves between diaper patterned bands with pairs of floral designs and landscape scenes with flowering trees, a pot of flowers to a central roundel, height 5 cm, diameter 39.5 cm
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A vintage Japanese silk hanging embroidery of two peacocks, Taisho period to Showa period, 1920s-30s, in an autumnal and teal palette, richly textured and hand over-embroidered, throughout with silk and metallic thread and depicting two peacocks flanked, by flowering trees before Mt Fuji, framed with silk patterned fabric, and backed with block printed silk, length 200 cm, width 145 cm
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Two carved ivory revolving face netsuke, early 20th century, Entertainer type figures with benevolent and malevolent faces, one carrying a double gourd, the other with a money bag, both with long hair and dressed in robes, with incised and inked decoration, unsigned, with himatoshi verso, height 5.5 cm
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Two signed ivory netsuke, early 20th century, one carved as a cheerful seated drummer, the other a recumbent domestic cow, with incised and inked decoration, signed underside, width 5 cm, and smaller
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A pair of ormolu mounted famille verte blue ground bottle vases, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, mark of Kangxi, elegant vases with lobed diamond cartouches enclosing scenes of rockwork, flower gardens on a mottled deep blue ground, later European mounts, the rim, with an exquisite floral knop, artemesia leaf mark underside, remnant paper, label of L'Escalier De Cristal, 6 Rue Scribe (at this date from 1872), height 23 cm
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A characterful Longquan celadon bowl with a timber stand, probably Sung Dynasty, the bowl of collapsed form with a series of fine radiating ribs and raised on a short unglazed foot rim, glazed underside, with kiln grit and glaze, distortions, provenance purchased from East West gallery in 1983, height 12 cm, width 15.5 cm
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An antique polychrome chrysanthemum plate, Qing Dynasty, probably mid 19th century, centred with an orange yellow flower surrounded by smaller lilac blooms, foliage and butterflies, a fleur-de-lis and pendant border, the rim with an orange band enriched with gilt honeycomb designs within a green fret border, diameter 24 cm
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A pair of Translucent jade bowls, the bowls of ogee everted profile and raised on small foot rims, in flecked, olive colors, height 5 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A pair of Chinese export 'One hundred Butterflies' plates, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, in a vibrant palette of iron red, blue, black, yellow, green and gold, decorated centrally with two large butterflies and a profusion of others, the rim with four shaped cartouches of similar design, height 5.5 cm, diameter 24.5 cm
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A jade seal, depicting a carved recumbent lion upon a square plinth, with seal script, underside and an engraved and coloured ribbon and coin border to the base, height 9.5 cm
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A pair of vintage Chinese cloisonne vases, mid 20th century, baluster vases finely decorated throughout in a rich autumnal and light green, palette with a profusion of flowers, a ruyi border below the rim, and a scale, border to the foot above silver plated bases, marked china, and resting in the original 'Woven textured' paper stands, height 16.5 cm, and 15.5 cm
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A Sang-De-Boeuf vase with a timber stand, ovoid with a broad waisted neck and a thick white glazed rim, a rich rouge, glaze throughout with interesting figuration above an unglazed foot rim, glazed to the base, height 25 cm
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A profusely carved Indian hardwood jardiniere stand, early 20th century, pierced and carved to the stem with a writhing cobra constricting and devouring a stork, with four fish tailed mythical dragon creature legs, the upper register with tiers of relief carved petals, height 98 cm
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An Edwardian silver plated mechanical cover warming dish, early 20th century, with maker's mark of Boardman, Glossop & Co., Sheffield, the ovoid dish with a retractable lid embellished with radiating ribs and pendant husks to reserves, applied handles and raised on fluted legs with, formal mounts and lion's paw feet, a fitted pierced dish to the interior, height 22 cm, length 36 cm, width 22.5 cm
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A Victorian silver-plated tureen and ladle, later 19th century, with maker's mark for James Dixon & Sons, of typical oval form with a domed lid and twig and fruiting leaf finial, an egg and dart cast border to the rim, an engraved frieze, twin handles with, leafy mounts and raised on rococo style cast legs with whorl feet, accompanied by a silver-plated King's pattern ladle, length 40 cm, width 26 cm
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A large WMF glass and Silver-Plated punch decanter, 1910-1914, ostrich trademark for Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik, the tapering jug with a waterfall arrangement of flute cuts and scroll, motifs, with a thread edged collar and flat lid, the bracket handle with, reticulated feature, thumb spur and elegant hinged mechanism, an internal, removable ice cooler and frame, trademark of period to lid, height 35 cm
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Three boxed sets of Christofle silver plate two pairs of 'K&T' salt, pepper shakers, a pair of 'Malmaison' place name holders, stylish salt and pepper shakers, cylindrical with concentric bands of ribs, the salt with ribs to the base, the pepper with ribs to the top, and a pair, of Empire style place name holders having circular bases cast with stiff leaf, designs and vegetal knops, all items stamped, retail price approx $1450, height 5.5 cm, and smaller
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A large French Silver-Plated jardiniere on a mirrored stand, later 19th century, Flamboyantly cast in the rococo manner and of shaped canoe form with, scrolling feet and exaggerated handles, with lead liner, the conforming stand, with the original mirrored tray, length 70 cm, width 40 cm
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Two Yogya.800 silver cigarette cases, mid 20th century, both stamped.800, one initialled Dm, the other Pn, of typical Indonesian design, one centred with addorsed peacocks and a mirror, image arrangement of stylised flora, the other with a central lotus bloom and other flora, both on textured grounds, hallmarks underside, total weight 245gr, length 123 cm, width 8 cm
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Two Yogya .800 silver cigarette cases, mid 20th century, both stamped.800 one initialled Md, the other rubbed, of typical Indonesian design, one with addorsed peacocks surrounded by stylised flora, the other depicting an gamelan puppet to a floral cartouche, both on textured grounds, hallmarks underside, total weight 248gr, length 11 cm, width 8.5 cm, and smaller
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A French.950 silver chocolate pot, circa 1819-1838, with standard of period, partial maker's mark, bigorne, a pear-shaped plain body with a low domed lid with a ribbed border to the rim, and a spiral knop, vegetal motifs to the spout and a rosette mount to the ebony looped handle, marks below rim, total weight 467gr, height 20.5 cm
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A sterling silver clad bear, 2012 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Cs, realistically cast as a rearing bear, with hallmarks verso and also marked, filled', heavily weighted, height 10.5 cm
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A five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service, 1897, 1913 Sheffield, 1910, 1929 Birmingham, various makers including Martin, Hall & Co, Hardy Bros., Alexander Clark & Co., T.M, all pieces of neoclassical boat shape with gadroons to the lower registers, and bracket handles, comprising pedestal coffee and hot water pots, a teapot, covered sugar basin and hinged creamer, hallmarked to all, total weight 2015gr height 25.5 cm, and smaller
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A 75 piece part American sterling silver cutlery service, introduced 1907, 'Francis' pattern service by Reed & Barton, with canteen, comprising eight knives in two sizes, five dinner forks, three entree forks, eight other forks, seven large spoons, eight long stemmed spoons, nine soup, spoons, eight large tea spoons, eight demitasse spoons, eight butter, spreaders, three servers, all marked sterling to the stems, dinner knives, with steel blades, total weight approximately 3,300gr length 24.5 cm, (dinner…
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A Forty-Three piece American sterling silver cutlery service, introduced 1913, 'Wentworth' pattern, with maker's marks for Watson Company, designed by Charles F. Simms, comprising six main knives (steel blades), forks, table spoons, tea spoons, twelve dessert or salad forks, a butter knife, three small serving wares, a cake server, two-piece meat carving set, hallmarked to stems, total weight 1718gr length 21.5 cm, (dinner knife)
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A four piece German.800 silver brush and mirror vanity set, early 20th century, crown and crescent mark, marker's mark for Heinrich Mohr, of Pforzheim, comprising a hand mirror, hair brush and two clothes' brushes, of plain form, with elegant bead and foliate borders, cartouches with monograms, hallmarked, to some, length 27 cm, (mirror)
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A part sterling silver fruit set, 1893 and 1896 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Harrison Bros & Howson, in solid silver and comprising ten knives and two forks with elegant tapering, hollow handles with restrained incised decoration and canted terminals, hallmarked to bladed and throats, silver weight 490gr, length 20 cm, and smaller
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Eighteen matching pieces of Victorian sterling silver flatware, 1849 Exeter, with maker's marks for Robert, James & Josiah Williams, a six piece setting comprising large and smaller forks with dessert spoons, in Queens pattern with decorative throats and impressive oyster backs, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1483gr, length 21 cm, and smaller
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A cased thirty seven piece silver plated cutlery service by Christofle, first issued 1933, atlas pattern, a twelve place setting comprising table spoons, main forks and tea spoons, and a large ladle, in the original case of issue, atlas pattern was used in 1935 as the first Class service on board 'SS Normandie, length 20.5 cm, (fork)
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A large Victorian sterling silver salver, 1866 London, with partial maker's marks, with a pie crust rim with applied bead and scroll embellishments, engraved, running and foliage designs to the tray and raised on three pierced foliate, feet, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1352gr, diameter 38 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Silver Jubilee' letter opener, 1977 London, with maker's mark Sd, special Jubilee punch, Royal mint issue, the slender tapering opener with a gilt coin finial stamped with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion her silver jubilee with the Royal coat of arms verso, hallmarked to blade, housed in the original presentation box, total weight 67gr, length 17.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver letter opener, 1977 London, with maker's mark Sd and special Jubilee punch, an elegant slender spear shaped opener with a sculptural crystalline stem, hallmarked to blade, housed in a presentation box, silver weight 83gr, length 23 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Bristol 600' goblet, 1973 London, with special Bristol assay stamp, maker's mark Sd, number 36, from a limited release of 600 for 'The Heritage collection, a straight sided goblet gilt washed to the interior with a rough cast gilt, stem supporting five gilt single-sided coins above a circular base, hallmarked to foot, information and Bristol assay mark underside, with papers, and original box, total weight 398gr, height 15 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver commemorative goblet, 1981 London, with maker's mark Sd, numbered 25, a gilt lined triangular shaped goblet with a Prince of Wales feather gilt, stem to a Crown and a circular base, commemorating the wedding of HRH Prince, Charles to lady Diana Spencer, hallmarked underside, total weight 337gr, height 19 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver goblet, 1976 London, with maker's mark Sd, a hammered barrel shaped goblet with a cluster of gilt cast violets above a reeded stem to a hammered circular base, gilt washed to the interior, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 297gr, height 21.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver goblet, 1978 London, with maker's mark Sd and stamped 453, with an elegant conical bowl and a sculptural crystalline stem in gilt to a circular spreading base, hallmarked underside, stamped near rim with Falcon, insignia and housed in a presentation box marked Senior Falcon Award 1978, total weight 218gr, height 22.5 cm
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A pair of Stuart Devlin sterling silver goblets, 1980 London, with maker's mark Sd, sequentially stamped 349 and 350, elegant conical bowls with sculptural crystalline stems in gilt to circular, spreading bases, hallmarked underside, stamped near rim with Falcon insignia, and housed in a presentation box marked Senior Falcon Award 1979, total weight 383gr, height 22.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Lily Pad' candlestick holder, 1973 London, with maker's mark Sd, three cast lily pads and a finely pierced multi petalled lotus flower with, stamens in gilt, a tiny holder to the side for a slender taper, hallmarked, underside, total weight 227gr, height 5.5 cm, length 17 cm, width 13.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Royal Wedding' Surprise egg, 1981 London, with maker's mark Sd, numbered 123, the egg with a rough spun gilt finish opening to a plume of Prince of Wales, feathers with enamel floral decoration, engraved to the plate, hallmarked, underside, in the original presentation box, total weight 88gr, height 6.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Frog in the Pond' Surprise egg, 1978 London, with maker's mark Sd, numbered 287, a floral cast gilt egg opening to reveal a leaping articulated frog on a green enamelled lily pad, hallmarked underside, in the original presentation, box, total weight 174gr, height 7.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Kangaroo' Surprise egg, 1974 London, with maker's mark Sd, numbered 212, the egg with a spiral rough cast gilt finish opening to a gilt kangaroo with, a reticulated joey on a tinted and textured ground, hallmarked underside, in the original presentation box, total weight 215gr, height 7.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver 'Silver Jubilee' Surprise egg, 1977 London, with maker's mark Sd, special Jubilee punch, numbered 41, cast with gilded floral emblems of the realm thistle, clover, Tudor rose and daffodil and the Royal coat of arms, the interior housing an enamel jewelled, crown with red velvet, hallmarked underside, in the original presentation box, total weight 230gr, height 7.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver salver, 1972 London, with maker's mark Sd, an elegant plain tray enclosed by a 'Moon crater' textured rim in gilt, hallmarked, underside, total weight 338gr, diameter 23 cm
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A German.800 silver tray, circa 1900, crown and crescent mark, maker's mark for Gebr. Friedlander, of elegant and restrained oval form with a shaped edge and applied laurel, leaf and ribbon rim, central monogram, hallmarked to rim underside, silver weight 851gr, length 39 cm, width 31 cm
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A fine Jugendstil WMF silver plate candelabrum, circa 1900, with ostrich in Rhombus mark of 1880-1925 period, a striking candelabrum with two horizontal arms with whorl terminals each, supporting twin sconces, centred with a pierced heraldic lion rampant and shield enclosed in a circle, a tapering vegetal stem to a spreading, rectangular base, marks underside, height 28.5 cm, width 36 cm
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Three Victorian sterling silver bon bon dishes and a set of six sterling, demi-tasse spoons, 1882, 1886 Birmingham, 1896 Chester, various makers (dishes), 1920s spoons, three pierced bon bon dishes of florid embossed form with ball feet, and a set of six 'Coffee bean' spoons marked sterling silver and housed in an Apex, box, total weight 158gr, length 13.5 cm, width 11 cm, (dish) and smaller
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A French.950 silver napkin ring, late 19th century, with Minerva 1 mark, no maker's mark, in the neoclassical manner with running guilloche borders, floral festoons, and pendants, and an initialled formal cartouche, silver weight 38gr, diameter 5 cm
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A Chinese export silver comport, early 20th century, with factory mark and character for Zeewo, in the Western manner, the comport of octagonal form with shaped pierced, facets and raised on a faceted stem to a stepped base, hallmarked underside, silver weight 197gr, height 9.5 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A cased set of sterling silver handled fruit knives, 1933 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Thomas Bradbury & Sons, Art Deco plain knives of faceted swollen profile with stainless steel blades, hallmarked to handles and housed in the Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh, hard case of issue, total weight 162gr, length 18 cm
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