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The Property of a Gentleman | Single Vendor — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:532
Sale Title:The Property of a Gentleman | Single VendorLots with images:530
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:489
Date:16-Jun-2019
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Two very large Georgian amethyst glass Rummers with ogee bowls on short stem & wide foot, c.1830s, with well ground pontil mark to the underside & evident wear on the foot, height 16 cm
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A pair of Victorian amethyst glass footed water jugs, late 19th century, condition: one handle with a fracture, height 27 cm
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A Victorian ruby glass & brass trinket box, late 19th century, 9 x 12 x 8 cm
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Three French perfume scent bottles, with a stopper under silver gilt hinged cover, 19th century, ruby red, sapphire blue & emerald green with star cut base [3], height 4 cm, 5 cm, & 7 cm
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A fine pair of 1960s gold & white Seguso Murano glass Cockatoos, excellent condition., height 30 cm
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An 18th century English drawn trumpet bowl wine glass with plain stem & tear drop above conical wide folded foot base, height 18 cm
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An 18th century English bell bowl wine glass with plain stem above conical wide folded foot base, height 18 cm
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Three Georgian wine glasses, air twist, turned foot, tear drop, 18th c., the first with a trumpet bowl with air twist stem on a thick round base, the very elegant second glass with a flared trumpet bowl on a double knopped plain stem with a domed folded foot, the tallest with a wide flaring funnel bowl on a stem with a large knop extending to a flat foot [3], height 11 - 14 cm
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Four Georgian drawn trumpet bowl wine glasses, double Air-Twist stems, above a conical folded foot base, [4], condition: frit to one base, height 15-17 cm
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Four Georgian glass Rummers, trumpet bowl, pedestal base, height 11 cm
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Three Georgian glass Rummers, trumpet bowl, Capstan stem, height 12.5 cm
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Two small Georgian glasses, one with trumpet facetted bowl, the other straight facetted bowl, ground pontils, height 12 cm
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A Worcester cup & saucer, c.1770, decorated at the giles studio in gold with the gold Queen's pattern, the centre with circular cartouche, the ground segmented in gilt, the elaborate twisted handle with a series of graduating dots, ex Bonnett collection, blue crossed swords & 9 marked to base, diameter 13.5
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A Worcester tea bowl & saucer, c.1770, possibly decorated at the giles studio in gold with the gold Queen's pattern, the centre with circular cartouche, the ground segmented in gilt, diameter 12 cm
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A Worcester tea bowl, coffee can & saucer, c.1770, possibly decorated at the giles studio in gold with the gold Queen's pattern, the centre with circular cartouche, the ground segmented in gilt, diameter 12 cm
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A Worcester Queens pattern tea bowl & saucer, c.1770, decorated in purple with gilt foliage, red anchor mark to base, diameter 12.4 cm
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A Royal Worcester Blanc De Chine Foliage sugar bowl, diameter 7 cm
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An English agate & lapis card case with a sterling silver frame, London, 1921, 8 x 7 cm
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A French burr walnut card case with an 18ct rose gold cabochon sapphire clasp, some cracks & repair, 8.5 x 6 cm
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A Portuguese silver gilt filigree card case, c 1900, filigree work with two bands of blue, green & white floral enameling, Wt 71 grams 8.5 x 6 cm
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Two pink, white & gold Murano Latticino glass swirl bowls, mid 20th century, height 8-10 cm, diameter 9-12 cm
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A heavy Murano art glass mint green dish, c.1960s, diameter 21 cm
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A Jan Beranek, Czechoslavakia, amber & clear glass Frond paperweight, original label to base, purchased from David Jones, height 18 cm
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A Murano pale blue Italian art glass swirl vase, c.1960s, height 14 cm
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Three pieces of Murano Latticino & twisted cane glass including, a black & white swirl dish, signed & dated to base, 1983, a blue & white small plate & a white lattice pattern posey vase, diameter 27 cm, diameter 17 cm, height 9 cm
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Three Murano Aventurine glass Vegetables [3], various sizes
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An art glass olive green & red gourd shaped vase, height 23 cm
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Two Gustavsberg Argenta dishes Sweden & a similar green glazed covered melon shaped box, marked to base [3], diameter 14 cm, 9 cm, height 11 cm
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A Wedgwood black Jasperware beaker with embossed grape vine decoration, impressed marks to base, height 5.5 cm, diameter 5.5 cm
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A Coalport turquoise Jeweled dots demitasse cup & saucer, AD 1750, catalogue number 1482 marked to base, diameter 9.5 cm
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A Rene Lalique amber glass Laiterons vase, sage green patina, designed 1931, France, etched mark to base, condition: overall very good condition a rim frit. Provenance: fine decorative Arts, antique furniture, jewellery and silver, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 16 May 1994, length 251, acquired by Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrude Mueller, Sydney, the Hans & Gertrude Mueller collection of Lalique glass, Sotheby's, Australia, Sydney, 21 March, 2018 L100, Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue…
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A Lalique, France, grande Pomme for Nina Ricci frosted glass perfume bottle, etched mark to base, no stopper, height 10 cm
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A Rene Lalique (1860-1945) 'Perles' perfume or Cologne bottle, designed 1926, partly frosted, R. Lalique to foot rim, height 20.5 cm
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A Martinique frosted & clear crystal bottle coaster, a R Lalique, France c.1928 & two Orrefors dishes, a Rosenthal dish & one other, etched to base [4], diameter 10-19 cm
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A Lalique pin dish etched to base, France, 7.8 x 6 cm, oval
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A Lalique, France, Fontainbleau crystal decanter with decorative stopper, c.1996-2000, etched to base, height 26 cm
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A Baccarat, France, faceted decanter & matched stopper with silver ball knop, acid etched mark to base, France, height 23 cm, stopper 7 cm
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A Baccarat crystal decanter, Jensen silver Stoppers, height 25 cm
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Set of ten Baccarat, France crystal coloured Perfection Rhine wine glasses, stamped on base, height 19 cm
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A Georgian Dutch Roemer & a Georgian English Bristol wine glass with Raspberry Prunts, c 1800, both with squat cup bowls, tapering stem with a shoulder blade collar and applied raspberry prunts, dating from the turn of the 18th/19th centuries.
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Two Georgian decanters with fine engraving, one with a bullseye stopper the other with a scalloped edge, early 19th century, an ovoid shape & mallet shape, engraved with ferns, garlands & bows above a band of fluting, H
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A pair of Victorian part facet cut glass decanters with original Stoppers, height 30 cm
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Two heavy Victorian glass decanters, a barrel shape & a mallet shape, with Stoppers, a mushroom cut with Radiating Mitre flutes & a hollow blown ball stopper, height 24 & 26 cm
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Five Georgian glass decanters with applied neck rings, Stoppers, 19th century, height 23 - 30 cm
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Three Georgian glass decanters with a band of cross cut diamonds & Stoppers, circa 1820, height 24 - 27 cm
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Five Georgian & Victorian glass decanters with applied neck rings, bullseye & mushroom Stoppers, 19th century, height 24 - 27 cm
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A Georgian barrel shaped decanter with three blade neck rings over plain glass & a bullseye stopper, probably Irish, circa 1800, height 28 cm
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A Georgian decanter, the pear shape with diamond Facets & original stopper, height 28 cm
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A tall elegant shaped glass decanter on raised foot, c.1900, height 31 cm
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France-Britian Union 1854 embossed stamp, 2 Silouhettes of horses & two wax seals, framed together, 13.5 x 6.5 cm
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Attributed to George Richmond, (1809-1896) English, study for a miniature, sepia ink on paper, inscribed verso, 8 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Sothebys London 25 July 1981 length 14
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English school, (19th century), a miniature portrait of a young gentleman, watercolour on ivory in a double sided gilt frame, 7 x 5.5 cm
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English school, (18th century), portrait of a young man c.1793, pastel, inscribed verso, indistinct, 24 x 19 cm
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James Warren Childe, (1778-1862) English, portrait of Thomas Cooke, Actor (1786-1864) 1822, watercolour, signed & dated lower right, 20 x 14 cm. Provenance: Woolley & Wallis, Wiltshire 13 March 2013 length 5
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Attributed to Luke Clennell, (1781-1840) English, portrait of Lord Lynedoch, pencil & wash, label verso, 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Provenance: Woolley & Wallis, Wiltshire 13 March 2013 length 5
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English school, (early 19th century), portrait of a young man + study of Drapery, verso, pencil, heightened with chalk on grey paper, 19 x 14 cm
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Oscar Kunath, (1830-1909) USA, a miniature portrait of a gentleman, watercolour on ivory, signed lower right, 7.5 x 6 cm
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English school, (early 19th century), a miniature portrait of a gentleman in a dark coat, watercolour on ivory, 10 x 7 cm
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After Heinrich Freidrich Fuger & Co, (1751-1818) German, a miniature portrait silhouette of Margaret field 1802 + John Deacon, aged 11, 1830 + three other silhouettes [5], ink, heightened, inscribed verso, 6 x 5 cm, 7.5 x 6 cm, 7.5 x 6 cm, 6 x 4.5 cm, 7.5 x 6 cm
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English school, (20th century), portrait of Mona Stephenson 1930, watercolour on ivory, in at silver gilt frame, maker Eml, Birmingham, 1930, in a tan gilt tooled leather travelling display case, 10.5 x 8 cm
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English school, (20th century), portrait of an Edwardian lady, watercolour on ivory in oval gilt standing display frame, 5.8 x 4.8 cm
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English school, (18th century), portrait of a young Officer, watercolour on ivory, oval gilt & lacquer frame, thistle decoration, 7.4 x 6 cm
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English school, (18th century, portrait of a woman in a frilled bonnet, plaster bas relief cameo, original circular gilt & leather travelling display case, diameter 12 cm
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English school, (18th century), portrait of a gentleman & Gentlewoman [2], watercolour on paper, 8 x 6.5 cm, each
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English school, (18th century), a portrait miniature of a gentleman, watercolour on ivory, original ebonised oval frame, Connoiseurs Store, Toorak, label verso, 4.5 x 4 cm
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Hannah Elizabeth Smith, (1855-1919) English, Mrs Sarah Siddons after Thomas Gainsborough, oil on ivory, gilt oval & lacquer frame, thistle decoration, signed centre right, 8 x 6.5 cm
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Attributed James Ferguson, (1710-1776) English, portrait of Mrs Graham, watercolour on paper, in orginal gilt oval black lacquer frame, oak leaf & acorn decoration, label, verso, 8.5 x 7 cm
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Charles Hayter, (1761-1835) English, portrait of a woman in an elaborate flower Bedecked lace bonnet, oil on ivory in a gilt oval black lacquer frame, inscribed verso, 11 x 9 cm
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Daniel Orme, (c.1766-1832), portrait of a woman, lace collar & Empire line dress, watercolour on paper, original oval gilt & black lacquer frame, oak leaf & acorn decoration, Artitst's label, verso, 9 x 7 cm
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English school, (19th century), portrait of a young man, watercolour on paper in a gilt black lacquer frame with oak leaf & acorn decoration, 7 x 5.5 cm
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English school (Rhg), (19th century) England, a portrait miniature of a young man 1827, watercolour on ivory, Initialled & dated lower left, 7 x 5 cm
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Francesco Brinati, (c.1856) Florence, portrait of an elegant lady, on ivory, signed lower right, 8 x 6.5 cm
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English school, (early 20th century), a miniature of an Edwardian gentleman, watercolour on ivory, Initialled lower right, 7 x 5 cm
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English school, (19th century), Miss Mary Scanlon, supposed to be take in the year 1822, aged 26, (died May 9, 1868 aged 72), in Macclesfield, pencil & watercolour, heightened, inscribed label verso, 10.5 x 9 cm
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English school, (19th century), portrait miniature of a Tousled hair young gentleman, on ivory, 7 x 5.5 cm
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Walter Stephens, Lethbridge, (1771-1831), a portrait of a young gentleman 1803 + a portrait of a young Officer [2], watercolour on ivory, one inscribed verso, 6.5 x 5 cm
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English school, (19th century), a miniature portrait of a man in a blue jacket, watercolour on ivory, original oval lacquer frame, new glass, 9 x 7.5 cm
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Four Victorian amethyst glass, a small carafe & tumbler with a diamond pattern & a bowl on a raised stem, condition: minor frits to base of bowl, height 7-14 cm
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Four Victorian green glasses
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A pair of Argento 925/1000 cobalt blue glasses, with silver foliage falling from the rim, height 14 cm
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Four 18th/19th century olive green tapered Gin bottles, height 22-28 cm
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Two 18th century Onion-Shaped deep green wine bottles, both with tapering necks & high kick base & pontil scars, height 18 cm
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Two large French perfume bottles, the square form with rounded shoulders embellished with gilt, original Stoppers, condition: a hairline crack to the shoulder of one bottle, height 25 & 27 cm, width 11 cm
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Two French handpainted perfume bottles, one with a coat of arms, 19th century, one in cranberry glass with white & gilt swirl detail the other with a coat of arms, height 14-18 cm
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Three clear glass handmade cake stands, height 17-13.5 cm, diameter 20-25.5 cm
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Five carved horn bowls plus two carved horn spoons [7], largest bowl diameter 10 cm
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Five carved horn cups or beakers one with a glass bottom plus three carved horn spoons [8], largest height 13 cm
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Four carved horn cups or beakers two with glass Bottoms plus two carved horn spoons [6], with some old minor damage evident, largest H. 13 cm
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Five carved horn cups or beakers two with glass Bottoms plus two carved horn spoons [7], largest H. 13 cm
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A large carved horn cup or beaker with silver rim & glass bottom, Edward Mayfield, London 1806, height 13.5 cm, diameter 10 cm
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Two silver collared carved horn bowls with two horn cups or beakers both with glass Bottoms [one star cut], plus another tall cup with monogram [5], largest height 13 cm
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A fine horn beaker with two bands of silver, decorated with birds & scrolling flower vines, mid 20th century, height 6.5 cm, diameter 5.5 cm
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A long horn Shoehorn & two curved & shaped dishes, length 50 cm, depth 14-11
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A thumb cut Orrefors glass vase, the Eliptical shape etched to the base Orrefors G C 4573/45, height 22 cm, diameter 22 cm
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An Orrefors blue glass & crystal candlestick, with original red shield label, height 29 cm
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A Daum, France vase, t heavy transparent crystal with vertical wave pattern, etched to base Daum, France, height 20 cm, diameter 20 cm
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A tall cut crystal glass vase, cylindrical shape, flange lip, height 28 cm
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Two Orrefors crystal spherical glass vases + a glass vase marked Ld, height 16-8.5 cm
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An opalescent art glass dish & jug, depth 15 height 14 cm
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Two Edwardian circular boxes with gilt monogram & a tortoiseshell tray
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