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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:504
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:504
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:302
Date:5-May-2019
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A group of three antique buckles, early 20th century, one possibly American marked sterling silver, a rectangular sterling silver buckle with engraved decoration, one with, enamel floral decoration, and one of cast and pierced design with gold, silver and black decoration, length 7.5 cm and smaller
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An antique, possibly Georgian, burr walnut patch box, early to mid 19th century, with fine figuration and patina, the box of compressed barrel shape with a hinged lid and opal cabochon, length 5 cm, width 9 cm
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A former DC-3 auto Pilot Gyro, mid 20th century, Item sourced from an aircraft that spent two decades post war in regular, service, runs at 26,000 R.P.M and is apparently, in working order, height 10.5 cm, length 10.5 cm, width 9 cm
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A quality set of five tin lined copper saucepans, a straight-sided nesting set with rivet joined steel handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A quality set of seven all copper saucepans, a straight-sided nesting set with rivet joined steel handles, height 10 cm, diameter 21 cm and smaller
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Four reference books pertaining to Chinese jade, export porcelain, and Bronzes, Stanley Nott, 'Chinese jade throughout the ages', H.P and N Schiffer, Chinese export Porcelain...', Jean McClure Mudge, 'Chinese export porcelain, in North America', and Christian Deydier, 'Chinese Bronzes
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A large quantity of 'Arts of Asia' magazine, approximately 80 plus copies from the 1970s to the late 1990s
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A pair of vintage French brass lamps, late 19th century, 'Lampe Pigeon' lamps with all fittings and glass chimneys, height 25 cm
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A pair of Anglo Indian brass ware vases, plus one other, early 20th century, a pair of baluster vases with engraved flora and figures, and a compressed, bottle vase with a pedestal base and knopped stem, ornately decorated with, patterns and friezes of deity figures and animals, height 25 cm and 27 cm
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A pair of vintage onyx and brass candlesticks, 20th century, moulded ringed sticks each with two white onyx knops and raised on spreading, circular bases, height 24 cm
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A small gilt wood wall mirror in the Regence manner, with a shaped channelled frame, with shell and fleur-de-lis carved, embellishments, length 58 cm, width 32.5 cm
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A pair of Anglo Indian rosewood clock cases, early 20th century, mantle clock cases with barley twist side pillars, height 20.5 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 12.5 cm
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A group of Anglo Indian brass wares including elephant and cobra stands, bowls, and a spare snake, circa 1920s-30s, two heavy gauge tripod based trumpeting elephant stands and two writhing and twisted cobra snake stands designed to support bowls, two ornate squat bowls, and an additional brass cobra, height 23 cm (large cobra) height 12 cm, diameter 21 cm (large bowl)
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An emu egg and Silver-Plated epergne beneath a glass dome, 19th century, the relief carved emu egg surmounted by an emu figurine and flanked by two, frilled conical glass vases held in silvered framework with fern frond, embellishments and little kangaroo decorations, upon a red velvet ground and an ebonised base, height 27.5 cm, length 41 cm, width 24 cm
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An Australian themed Silver-Plated inkstand set, 19th century, with a fern surmounted by an emu, an aboriginal figure and a kangaroo, upon a velvet ground, with two glass inkpots and an ivory pen with a sterling mount, the whole raised on an ebonised base, height 20 cm, length 29 cm, width 14 cm
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A group of four Anglo Indian brass trays, plus one other, mostly early 20th century, four trays profusely decorated in the traditional kutch manner with scrolling, forms and animals, plus a delightful naive style tray with floral and patterned prickwork bearing the sentiment 'Good Bye, diameter 76 cm and smaller
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An antique marble and alabaster carved bust of a woman, circa 1900, the serene study of a young woman in a head scarf and laced dress gazing into, the distance, finely carved in white marble, her dress in flecked alabaster, height 37 cm, width 34 cm
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A white marble figural group, later 20th century, probably signed Nguyen (Huan), Vietnamese school, a female nude figure cradling her child, faint incised signature lower right, to base, height 44 cm, length 47 cm, width 12 cm
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A fine antique marble statue of a water carrier and plinth, 19th century, a kneeling woman in antique dress, modestly posed and holding a small water, bottle in her right hand, upon an integral base, together with the original, architectural style marble display plinth with dentil details, three quarter, pillars to the corners and carved details to each face, plinth not, photographed, height 121 cm (figure) height 104 cm, width 71 cm, depth 71 cm (plinth)
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An Indian teak carved folding table, early to mid 20th century, the octagonal table typically decorated in relief with vegetal forms and raised on a collapsible base finely pierced and carved with fretwork panels, height 54 cm, length 56 cm, width 56 cm
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A vintage Anglo Indian Bidri Ware and brass table lamp base, circa 1930s, the egg shaped embellished body supported upon a brass stem with cast and pierced three sea horse legs, with a long stem and antique fabric cord, fittings, height 49.5 cm
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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 fuel lamp, 19th century, the lamp with a porcelain font decorated with the transfer design of a woman, in a plumed hat amidst foliage, raised on a shaped cast brass base, with original, brass fittings and dials, and having a white dome glass shade and glass, chimney, height 58 cm
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A Satsuma vase banquet lamp, late 19th century, with later mounts, the vase featuring figural narrative scenes with gilt enrichments set within, a cast base and metal mounts, with chimney, and a frosted and patterned glass, shade, with electrical conversion, height 60 cm
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An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic globular font decorated with floral, bird and insect, transferware designs, raised on a circular metal base, with original mounts, and fittings, glass chimney and a pink domed glass shade, height 48 cm
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An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic globular font decorated with floral, bird and insect, transferware designs, raised on a circular metal base, with original mounts, and fittings, glass chimney and a mint green ribbed and domed glass shade, height 54 cm
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A French porcelain and metal fuel lantern, early 20th century, having a shaped porcelain font with floral transferware decoration raised on, a metal base, with metal mounts and glass chimney, height 53.5 cm
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A French fuel lamp, 19th century, the lamp with a shaped porcelain font in autumnal colours raised on a pierced, and cast brass base, with original brass fittings and dials, and having a white glass conical shade and glass chimney, height 57 cm
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A Victorian banquet lamp, later 19th century, now converted to electricity, the lamp with a moulded and waisted ceramic base with a conical stem to a clear glass kerosene font with an internal vertical decor, with the original, brass fittings, chimney and a frosted glass floriform shade, height 58.5 cm
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An antique marble bust, later 19th century, the white marble bust of a young woman with a serene expression dressed in a ribboned bonnet, upon a pedestal base, height 52.5 cm
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A pair of vintage bronze five light candelabra, circa 1930, the pair cast with formal neoclassical elements and having four curvaceous, arms supporting dishes and sconces, height 34 cm
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A pair of rococo revival ormolu candlesticks, circa 1900, the cast sticks with Art Nouveau influence having a pair of vegetal arms with, floral dishes and sconces, to swirling scroll and floral bases, height 19.5 cm, width 20 cm
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A pair of vintage girandole mirror wall sconces, early 20th century, in the Louis XVI manner with rectangular mirrors set within pierced and scrolling vegetal frames, with mascaron crests and pendants, the lower, issuing three curvaceous arms supporting sconces and dishes, height 44 cm, width 30 cm
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A pair of vintage bronze five light candelabra, circa 1930, the pair cast with formal neoclassical elements and having four curvaceous, arms supporting dishes and sconces, height 35.5 cm
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A pair of vintage bronze four light candelabra, circa 1930s, of knopped form with three scrolling arms supporting dishes and sconces, decorated with neoclassical elements, height 41 cm
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A pair of bronze candlesticks in the Louis XVI style, circa 1900, Knopped cast sticks with neoclassical decoration throughout, height 22.5 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter pheasant book ends, circa 1930s, the birds in lustrous colours raised on upon two tone marble bases, height 11 cm, length 15 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of leaping deer spelter bookends, circa 1930, in lustrous gold colours with green painted foliage above black marble bases, height 13 cm, length 11.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter squirrel bookends, circa 1930, cold painted in gold and green colours depicting squirrels eating nuts and vegetation, mounted on red suffused white marble bases, height 11.5 cm, length 11 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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A pair of Art Deco spelter squirrel book ends, circa 1920s-30s, the stylised pair in lustrous brown colours upon figured rose and white, marble bases, height 11.5 cm, length 11.5 cm, width 7 cm
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A pair of spelter gazelle bookends, circa 1930s, an opposite pair of gazelles in brown colours upon mottled taupe marble bases, height 15.5 cm, length 13 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A geometric frosted pendant light, early 20th century, the hexagonal shade with frosted tiles narrowing to a point, supported by a gilt metal mount and with ceiling cup, length 30 cm
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An Art Deco moulded glass and iron lamp, circa 1920s, with an apricot pink moulded bullet style shade supported on a rustic cast, iron birdcage stem base with applied ball decorations to a circular base, height 39 cm
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A pair of signed Art Deco Hare bookends, signed M. Font, circa 1930s, in patinated green colours, one hare seated, the other crouching, both, supported on mottled taupe marble bases, height 15.5 cm, length 16 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A pair of Art Deco cold painted spelter gazelle book ends, circa 1930s, an opposite pair of gazelles in green colours upon black marble bases, height 15 cm, length 15 cm, width 7 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure of a woman walking a dog, circa 1920s-30s, the glamorous figure of a woman in a medieval style long trailing gown with, bell sleeves and cold painted decoration, with ivorine face and hands, walking a greyhound and raised on a brown and cream onyx and portoro marble, base, height 52 cm, length 76 cm, width 18 cm
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A signed Art Deco spelter figure of a woman with a goat, circa 1920s-30s, signed D.H. Chiparus, a woman in a beaded and scroll patterned gown and a textured cloche, with, hands and face in ivorine, teasing a goat with a bouquet of flowers, raised, on a portoro marble base, etched signature to base, height 48 cm, length 60 cm, width 15 cm
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An Art Deco panther on a marble base, circa 1920s-30s, a large figure standing upon a chiselled plinth and a long portoro marble, plinth, height 41.5 cm, length 49 cm, width 18 cm
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A spelter dog group, circa 1920s-30s, a pair of matching recumbent dogs posed on an orange veined marble base faced, with green onyx and black marble tiles, height 14 cm, length 41.5 cm, width 12.5 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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A spelter model of a dog, circa 1920s-30s, the cold painted model of a flexed and alert dog with its forelegs positioned, on a rock, with a portoro marble sphere and raised upon a black marble, ellipse shaped base, height 27 cm, length 50 cm, width 15 cm
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A signed white 'Metal D'Art' vase by Chevalier, signed L.Houzeaux, circa 1930s, a baluster vase with bold geometric rays and rose heads in relief upon a textured ground, incised signature near base, stamped marks underside, height 17.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter and marble deer lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a prancing deer amidst foliage beside a frosted apricot pink globe shade with, gilt bands, raised upon a veined black marble base, height 21.5 cm, length 28 cm, width 8 cm
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An Art Deco spelter and marble Cockerel lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a flying cockerel in vibrant gold and peacock green lustrous colours beside a white globular shade and raised on a veined cream marble base, height 18.5 cm, length 28.5 cm, width 8 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 and marble seagull lamp, circa 1930s, a yellow ochre mottled globe shade beside a gold coloured seagull flying over, a green wave, raised on a cream marble base, height 15 cm, length 25 cm, width 9 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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A spelter model of a pheasant, circa 1920s-30s, signature of R.Varnier and foundry stamp, the naturalistically modelled fowl posed upon a rocky outcrop and cold, painted in muted ochre and bronze colours, above a green veined black marble, base, height 41.5 cm, length 45 cm, width 17 cm
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A signed spelter fox pocket watch holder, circa 1920s, the figure of a fox with forelegs raised on stylised rockwork, signed Pienel, to the base, and raised on a black marble stand, height 23.5 cm, length 19.5 cm, width 12 cm
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An Art Deco spelter model of an elephant, circa 1920s-30s, a naturalistically modelled trumpeting elephant with ivorine tusks raised, upon an ellipse shaped veined marble base, height 29.5 cm, length 32 cm, width 14.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter gazelle group, circa 1920s-30s, a pair gazelle in lustrous colours, one standing, the other recumbent, and raised upon a taupe coloured marble base, height 21.5 cm, length 34.5 cm, width 10.5 cm
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A small Art Deco spelter panther figure, circa 1920s-30s, the stylised panther moving through grasslands and mounted on a mottled, yellow ochre marble base, height 9 cm, length 20 cm, width 8 cm
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A spelter model of an Alsatian, circa 1920s-30s, naturalistically modelled as an alert recumbent dog on a mottled oyster grey, marble base, height 20 cm, length 34.5 cm, width 13.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter seagull group, circa 1920s-30s, a pair of dramatically posed gulls in full flight sweeping over waves, in lustrous copper and bronze colours, the waves in green, raised upon a marble, base with contrasting trims, height 47.5 cm, width 70 cm
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An Art Deco spelter model of a pheasant, circa 1920s-30s, the stylised pheasant in lustrous brown colours raised on a black marble base, height 25 cm, length 83 cm, width 12 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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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 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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An Art Deco spelter and marble figural lamp, circa 1920s-30s, an elegantly seated female figure in lustrous colours supporting a white, mottled shade with gilt bands and raised upon a well figured marble base in terracotta and rich green colours, height 22.5 cm, length 27.5 cm, width 11.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter female figure on a multi-coloured marble and onyx, base, circa 1920s-30s, the cold painted figure of a woman descending a marble step dressed in a long, green and gold flowing gown and holding a bird, another perched on a globe, and plinth beside her, height 32 cm, length 29c width 15.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter Alsatian group, circa 1920s-30s, two naturalistically modelled dogs, one seated, the other in a recumbent pose, in bronze and gold lustrous colours, raised on a veined marble base faced, with contrasting onyx, height 30 cm, length 58 cm, width 14 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1920s-30s, the figure of a young woman in a semi kneeling pose with a fanned cape and flanked by a pair of stalking panthers walking through foliage, in lustrous, colours upon a veined dark grey marble base, height 20 cm, length 53 cm, width 12.5 cm
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An Egyptian themed bronze Art Deco table lamp, circa 1920s-30s, the striking figure of a nude male figure in gold colours with head dress and holding aloft a moulded glass shade and raised upon a trapezoid shaped marble, base, height 39 cm
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A fine Art Deco spelter and glass figural table lamp, circa 1920s-30s, in working order, the verdigris coloured figure of a female archer upon a rectangular frosted, and moulded glass shade with geometric patterns and raised upon a pale ochre, marble base, height 35.5 cm, length 16.5 cm, width 13 cm
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An Art Deco bronze dancing figure by Limousin, circa 1920s-30s, a nude female figure with 'Garcon' hairstyle posed on one leg and holding a sweep of draped fabric, incised signature to base, raised on a black marble, plinth with a band of striking green onyx, height 43.5 cm
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A signed Art Deco style bronze dancing girl, the figure of a young girl holding out her ballet skirt, raised on a mottled, green marble plinth, with incised mark of F. Paris to base and foundry stamp, height 32 cm
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An Art Nouveau bronze figure, 'Flutiste, circa 1900, signed E. Piron, (Eugene), a dancing pan type figure clad in a fur loin cloth and playing a double, flute, incised signature to base and Unis-France stamp, raised on a stepped, octagonal green marble base, height 30 cm
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An Art Nouveau Bacchanalian bronze figure, circa 1900, unsigned but attributed to Eugene Piron, a male reveller with a grape vine girdle and a similar wreath to his head, dancing and clashing cymbals, unsigned and raised on a stepped octagonal, green marble base, height 34 cm
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Cast iron figure of a dog, circa 1930, a seated dog with a ruffled collar and a curly coat raised on a cast base, above a red veined grey marble base, height 16.5 cm, length 17.5 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stag, circa 1930, in bronze pewter colours, the bellowing stag raised on a grey beige marble, base, height 19 cm, length 19.5 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer, circa 1930, a stylised recumbent deer mounted on a two tone marble base, height 21 cm, length 35.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A cold painted spelter dancing figure, circa 1920s-30s, the silver painted figure of an acrobatic female dancer in a short tunic, posed on one foot and spinning a large hoop, raised on a portoro marble, plinth, marked made in France to hem, height 50 cm
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A signed cold painted Art Deco spelter dancing figure, circa 1920s-30s, signed Le Verrier (Max), in verdigris colours, a nude female figure on one foot striking a balletic, pose, incised signature to base and raised on a black marble stand, height 27 cm
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A signed Art Deco style spelter dancing figure, in verdigris green colours and depicting a nude dancing with a crescent, shaped sweep of fabric, incised mark of Denis to base and raised on a stepped, portoro marble base, height 29 cm, width 20 cm
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An Art Deco bronze dancing figure after Pierre laurel, the cold painted figure of the rose dancer in patinated green colours raised, on a tiered brown onyx demi-lune base, unsigned but numbered 45, height 26.5 cm
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A signed Art Deco style bronze figure of a girl with a hoop, circa 1920s-30s, the model of a young girl in pantaloons playing with her hoop, incised mark, of F. Paris to base, with foundry mark and design number a 7685, raised on a portoro marble plinth, height 26.5 cm
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An Art Deco signed cold painted spelter musician figure, circa 1920s, signed Leste, the green toned figure of a seated female figure playing a double flute and raised on a two-tone marble base, signed to marble, height 11.5 cm, length 31 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stork group, circa 1920s-30s, a striking composition with two stylised storks posing on a shaped and multi, toned onyx base with additional geometric elements, height 34 cm, length 48 cm, width 17 cm
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An Art Deco spelter and marble deer lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a standing deer in lustrous colours beside a mottled mid green shade and raised upon a veined black marble base, height 15 cm, length 24 cm, width 8 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 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 gazelle lamp, circa 1920s-30s, the lamp with a banded glass shade flanked by two cold painted recumbent, gazelles upon a black marble base, height 14 cm, length 27 cm, width 9.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter and marble seagull lamp, circa 1930s, a tapering ovoid shade with vertical veining beside a pair of seagulls in lustrous green, gold and near black colours flying over waves, upon a veined, black marble base faced with contrasting white and green onyx tiles, height 21 cm, length 30 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A spelter deer and gazelle group, circa 1920s-30s, a recumbent deer and a recumbent gazelle in lustrous gold and brown colours, raised upon a two-tone marble base faced with contrasting tiles, height 22.5 cm, length 55 cm, width 12.5 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 spelter gazelle group, circa 1920s-30s, featuring three deer leaping from foliage upon a veined black marble base, with contrasting trims to the face, height 23 cm, length 54 cm, width 12 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer and gazelle group, circa 1920s-30s, in lustrous copper tones featuring a gazelle gazing back at a deer, on an onyx and contrasting marble base, height 23.5 cm, length 50 cm, width 12.5 cm
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