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Antiques & Decorative Arts — Watson's Auctioneers (No longer trading)

Auction House:Watson's Auctioneers (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:371
Sale Title:Antiques & Decorative ArtsLots with images:337
Auction Location:ChristchurchPrices available:255
Date:14-Sep-2009
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Brass Turkish coffee pot
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Brass blow lamp. British monitor made
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Victorian brass fireman's helmet manufactured by Merryweather & Sons, firemans outfitters, London
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Brass miners lamp
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Seated wooden buddha figure
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Pair of Carlton Ware candlesticks
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Late 19th century Japanese bronze vase
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Royal Albert 'Lady Gay' cup, saucer and plate
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Crown Devon lustre vase
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Staffordshire portrait bust of W M Cloves, a methodist preacher by Enoch Wood, one of the finest and most artistic makers of portrait bust. (repaired)
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Teachers highland cream water jug
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Pair of Royal Winton paisley cups and saucers
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Royal Doulton tobacco jar with Art Nouveau decoration
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Royal Doulton stoneware tobacco jar decorated with clematis in the Art Nouveau style. Impressed Doulton mark and number 6076
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Torquay ware jug
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Torquay Ware teapot
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Staffordshire double handled frog mug
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Victorian cedar bookcase with geometric astragal glazed top above and two cupboards with panelling below. The shelves to the bookcase are adjustable and the cupboards below are fitted with drawers. One glass pane damaged. 2020 mm height x 470 mm width x 1260 mm length
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Oak armchair with bentwood arms, decorative pressed back splat above vertical slats and a circular upholstered seat
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Torricelli barometer - Evangelista Torricelli invented the first barometer known as Torricelli's tube
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Doulton Burslem vase of slender form decorated with irises and leaves on a green and yellow mottled ground with applied gilt and floral decoration to the base of the vase. Signed D Dewsbury Height 740 mm
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Small kingwood French occasional table with shaped parquetry top, gilt metal rim and ormulu mounts on the legs
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Colonial mission work coal scuttle with brass handle.
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Framed enamel sign 'Brown and Polson Corn Flour', some damage, 37 x 75 cm
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Sheraton revival Carlton House desk with a central bow front drawer over kneehole opening flanked by two drawers. Leather gilt writing surface with an upstand over four drawers. On four tapering legs with brass castors
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Large brass bound mahogany writing box of exceptional quality, the sides have two flush brass handles and the lid a brass cartouche, the lid opens to reveal leather writing slope, inkwells and a secret drawer
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A handsome Georgian III mahogany slope front knife box complete with interior. The interior lid is inlaid with a starburst decoration and stringing to rim
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Large amphora ovoid two handled vase with basket weave decoration to body and with applied blue flowers to rim and on vertical bands to body. Height 370 mm
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Framed enamel sign 'Chancery Lane', 170 x 114 cm
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Art Deco ceiling light with chrome center piece and circular flat etched glass shade
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A painted pine trunk with a canvas covering and rope handles
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Victorian mahogany dressing table with oval mirror. Interior fitted and decorated with fretwork back and scroll supports
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Late 19th century titanium glazed Japanese figure with rosewood stand
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Shelley tazza light blue ground and decorated with carp by Walter Slater
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Hand painted wash bowl and jug
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Spectacular New Zealand Colonial three drawer, three door totara sideboard. The central moulded door has an inset puriri panel and the two side doors and drawers have matai panels.The cupboards are flanked with totara pilasters. 1030 mm height x 1935 mm length x 540 mm width
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Len Castle glazed earthenware bowl impressed with artists monogram. c.1990
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New Zealand timbers geometric inlaid jewellery box of rectangular form. Made by E G Meyer Marne St Claudelands in the style of H Hansen. 260 x 140 x 100 mm
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New Zealand specimen timber jewellery box with shaped lid and base and inlaid star design within a hexagon on lid. Maker Authur Richardson Papakura. 220 x 150 x 90 mm
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Sterling silver cream jug on ball feet and sterling silver ashtray
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Sterling silver 'Batchelors' teapot with half reeded body, ebony handle and finial on four ball feet. Sheffield 1891. Maker Martin Hall & Co
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Silver toddy spoon with coin base and wooden handle
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Set of 6 Victorian sterling silver fiddle thread dessert spoons, London 1874, 75
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Pair of WMF pepperettes
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19th century gilt metal and cloisonne double handled inkwell with acorn finial on a tray with gilt gallery. Complete with ceramic inkwell
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18th century Dutch rat tail silver spoon with cast handle featuring mother and children
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36 piece sterling silver Old English flatware set with snake round stump armorial. One table fork replaced with Georgian Old English fork, Sheffield 1922
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Small sterling silver fiddle pattern sauce ladle. Edinburgh 1814. Maker J Hay
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Rare Irish sterling silver Georgian sauce boat with a beaded edge, scroll handle and hoof feet. Dublin 1763, maker Mathew West
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Pair of 'Old English' sterling silver teaspoons. London 1801. Maker Stephen Adams
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Sterling silver christening mug with a plain loop handle, gilded interior and striking bright cut engraved fern detail. London 1875. Marker Alexander Macrae
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Sterling silver hipflask with hinged top
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Three sterling silver napkin rings
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Silver plate oval gallery tray with shaped and pierced gallery and engraved decoration
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Sterling silver golfing trophy. Hallmarked Chester 1911
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George III silver helmet shaped cream jug with a loop wire handle on a square pedestal foot, London 1796, 4.5oz, maker Frederick Elkington
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A sterling silver fiddle pattern serving spoon. London 1810
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The Canterbury Agricultural & Pastoral Assc.1st Prize sterling silver Trophey.awarded To 'McCormack Harvester and Self Binder'. Avonhead Farm Jan 16th 1879. Hallmarked 1876
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Two Victorian sterling silver fiddle pattern mustard spoons, London, maker T.W. 1842 and London Hyan Hyams 1855
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Sterling silver three footed George II cream jug. London 1745, maker William Gwillim and Peter Castle
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Sterling silver straight sided plain christening mug with an applied empty cartouche and a plain loop handle. Birmingham 1899
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Carved walnut occasional chair with elaborately carved and pierced back
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Regency mahogany sofa table with two frieze drawers and opposing dummy drawers, splayed legs terminating in brass claw castors and joined by a turned stretcher base
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Victorian oak library table with a rectangular moulded top with a green tooled writing insert above five drawers, on four turned legs. 1950 mm length x 1070 mm width x 750 mm height
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Oak spindle back office chair with cane seal and back on a swivel base
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An early 20th century stuffed specimen of a fox with pheasant in a naturalistic setting
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Model of the Basset lake motor Launch. Engine missing. 910 (length) x 440 (height) x 180 (wide) mm
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Old oak horn speaker
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Unusual large blue canvas folder containing 84 vintage coloured plates for children
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Large rigged pond yacht 'Moeraki'. 3 masted. Hull of hollowed timber with a varnish timber deck. White to waterline and teal below. Wooden spars and cotton sails. 1330 (height) x 1550 (length) x 270 (wide) mm
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Impressive model of 68 P Pivot Gun (cannon) H.M.S. Algiers, carriage and slide on a rectangular mahogany base. Made from a Chinese Gingall Beyrout, Coast of Syria, 1861
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Victorian single drawer drop leaf table on turned pedestal base
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Book; image of early New Zealand by Hamish Keith. Published Bateman 1983
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Early Terracotta figure of a young female. Impressed MW45
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Artist unknown, Maori village scene, near the hot Pools, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm
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Wooden Indian bow made from a single piece of wood, dated 1867
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Sword fish bill
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The Standard Atlas of the World. Comprised in 100 maps by T. W. Lowry, Edward Weller, B. R. Davies, John Dower and T Ettling. Ward & Lock 158 Fleet Street, London. Hand coloured
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Victorian print of Gladstone in an attractive gilt papier mache frame
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Late 19th century mahogany military chest in two halves with two short and three long drawers, recessed brass handles and brass locks. Inscribed S Jennings & Sons cabinet makers. 915 mm length x 495 mm width x 937 mm height
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An important Colonial walnut settle with lift up seat. The back panels are carved with two dragons facing each other, in the Jacobean style. Between these two panels is a mark carved in relief. The arms are heavily carved and decorated with sunflowers and palmettes in the Grecian style and the heavily ornate base is also carved with dragons and Jacobean style carving. It rests on two Regency style paw feet. Typically Victorian, this settle is very eclectic in style and uses decoration from several…
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Magnificant Colonial totara chiffonier; the carved back in burr totara inset with New Zealand woods in the form of a pyramid above a shaped shelf. Below the shelf is a decorative moulded totara panel. The two panel doors of the chiffonier base are also of burr totara below a single freize drawer of inlaid and crossbanded New Zealand woods. 1620 mm height x 1210 mm length x 505 mm width
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Impressive set of 12 mahogany Chippendale style dining chairs with upholstered seats
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Victorian mahogany extension dining table on tapered and fluted legs. (one extra leaf)
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Victorian walnut nursing chair with carved top rail above an upholstered seat standing on carved cabriole legs with original castors.
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A large facetted Baccarat bowl etched 'Baccarat France' to the underside
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Silver plate centre piece with figural design of a female dancing
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Silvered metal sculpture 'The Kiss' on a square black base, signed by Catrone
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'Louis Roederer' champagne bucket or ice cooler
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Bassett Lowke Motor Launch Empress of Britain, scale 1:96
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Victorian mahogany extension dining table with rounded ends resting on facetted legs terminating in brass castors. (one extra leaf)
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Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese print Ukiyoe fuzoku
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Treen bowl and pounder
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Pond yacht 'Bluebird', polished wood deck complete with sails and rigging
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Tri-ang speed boat
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Pair of Victorian upholstered arm chairs
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Alister Simpson Show Gate watercolour signed 450 x 670 mm The item is sold together with a wooden plaque; the Benson and Hedges Horse of the Year Award conducted by the New Zealand Racing Journalists Association 1976 - 77 and awarded to Show Gate for Top Stayer
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Royal Worcester bisque flat back jug with floral decoration and gilt handle and base. Shape no.1094. Circa 1875
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Attractive Royal Worcester pot pourri, hand painted with black berries in autumnal tints and enriched with gilt decoration, signed M Miller
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A rare Royal Worcester cup and saucer hand painted by Harry Davis and depicting black face sheep in a highland setting with a gilded interior to handle and base. Harry Davis is viewed by many as the master of Royal Worcester artist and this is a rare opportunity to purchase a piece by him, print mark in puce to the underside and date marks for 1922
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