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Fine Australian & International Art & Antiques — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:680
Sale Title:Fine Australian & International Art & AntiquesLots with images:574
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:448
Date:22-Nov-2009
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A Worcester blue and white pierce work oval bowl Blue crescent mark 21 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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A Worcester blue and white scalloped circular plate English, Circa 1775 Crescent mark 25 cm diameter
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A Worcester blue and white butter tub, cover and stand English Circa 1775 Blue crescent mark Stand 18 cm diameter, tub 13 cm diameter
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A Bow octagonal plate, painted in the Kakiemon manner English Circa 1750 With a version of the Flaming Tortoise pattern, with a pair of lively cranes amongst flower sprigs confronting a mythical beast, the center with a parrot on a flowering branch 22 cm wide
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A Rare Chelsea Kakiemon dish, Unmarked English, Circa 1752-54 The decagonal shape with an upturned lip, well painted with two spiky-tailed birds and a tree behind a banded hedge, within an iron red border of scrolling flowers with gold highlights 21 cm wide Reference: Porcelain for Palaces no. 329 for the same dish, Circa 1752-54
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A Chantilly spiral fluted plate in the kakiemon manner French Circa 1745 Painted in bright enamels with a banded hedge pattern, a phoenix flying overhead, with various stylised flower heads and bugs on the rim and a brown line edge. 24 cm wide Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, Ny
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A fine Chantilly kakiemon bowl French, Circa 1735 Of straight sided form with a flared lip, painted in bright enamels with kakiemon flower sprigs. Red hunting horn mark 10 cm wide
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A rare Chantilly baluster apothecary jar French, Circa 1750 11 x 9 cm Decorated with a Kaiemon branch to one side, the other with a cartouche of reeds and red berried vines Reference: Dawson, French Porcelain, Catalogue of the British Museum #43 for a similar example 11 cm high, 9 cm diameter
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A Pair of English hexagonal plates, decorated in the Chinese export manner English Circa 1810 With a central armorial device consisting of a field of three stars on a blue ground, supported by two lions, a mermaid above the knights helmet at the top, holding a mirror in one hand, a comb in the other, a banner below reading Tout Prest. Arms of Murray of Polmaise. Once thought to be bow, these interesting plates were English made replacements for a large Chinese export service of the 1750s. They are…
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An Unusual English hexagonal plate, decorated in the Chinese Export manner English Circa 1820 With a central armorial device consisting of a large heart in a rococo cartouche, titled Spero beneath, a knight s helmet above, a peacock to either side, within a gilt chain border, the rim with scattered flower sprigs 22 cm high A replacement piece for a Chinese Export service of the 1750s, possibly made at Masons in the 1820s. Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, Ny
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An Important Derby guglet (water vessel) English Circa 1760 Of elegant ovoid form with tall flared lip, well painted by the cotton stem painter with a large group of exotic birds, the reverse with large scattered flower sprays. 25 cm high Reference: Similar examples: Ceramics of Derbyshire 1978 #122 for the form, c. 1758. Derby Porcelain 1965 #29 C. 1755 ; Derby Porcelain - the Golden Years 1983 for the same again, but date for the identical pair in the Victoria and Albert museum, revised to 1760, also…
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A superb Meissen broth bowl and cover, and a plate, painted by Johann Gottfried Klinger German, Circa 1740 The bowl with c-scroll handles and an artichoke knop, superbly painted with flower specimens and insects in the Holzschnittblumen ( woodcut flowers ) manner, each with an underlying shadow, including carnations, tulips, caterpillars, butterflies, and a dragonfly.Underglaze blue crossed swords, also impressed 20 to footrim of bowl Stand 23.5 cm wide Johann Gottfried Klinger was active as a flower…
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A Meissen figure group of musical children, attributed to Kaendler German, Circa 1755 18.5 x 17 cm With a semi-clad girl and boy seated in a large yellow upholstered stool with gilt fringe and tassels, singing from an open book with musical notes and the title Aria., with various instruments scattered around including a flute, an oboe, French horn, and a violin, the whole on a rococo scroll base.Small crossed swords in blue to the back, also impressed 16, 18.5 cm high; 17 cm wide This group belongs to a…
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A Meissen group of the child Bacchus, Modelled by J.F.Eberlein German, Circa 1750 Shown reclining feeding grapes to a leopard at his side, a garland of fruiting vine in his hair, seated on a rococo scroll base with gilt highlights. Crossed swords mark 13 cm wide
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An Important Meissen Chinoiserie group of a mother and her child feeding a parrot, Modelled by Reinike German, Circa 1745 She seated on an elaborate wooden chair, the child standing to one side, on a flower-strewn rococo scroll base with gilt highlights, Crossed swords mark Modelled by Reinike Circa 1745-50 as a part of a series of Chinese Groups after engravings by J.J Balechou, from Francois Bouchers 'Les Delices de L'enfance'. This group has its source in a series of engravings of oriental subjects…
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A Meissen plate from an interesting hunt service, moulded with the Gotzkowsky pattern of flowers German, Circa 1760 Finely painted in four panels in natural colours with a hunting dog, flowers, bird, the centre with bunch of cherries. Mark: Crossed swords in underglaze blue. Impressed numerals 24.5 cm wide
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A Meissen plate of Old Brandenstein moulded form German Circa 1745 Painted in soft enamels with Deutsche Blumen, flower sprays 24 cm diameter
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A Meissen plate of Old Brandenstein moulded form German, Circa 1745 Painted with bright Deutsche Blumen flower sprays and specimens, with a gold line rim. crossed swords mark, also impressed 23.5 cm
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A Worcester bell-shaped coffee cup, well painted in the studio of James Giles English, Circa 1770 With three chinoiseire panels spaced by orange panels with gilt lattice and chrysanthemum mon motifs, the front brightly painted with a boy holding a bird, the sides with flowering plants, with grooved loop handle. Unmarked, 6 cm high Reference: In search of James Giles p 228b, James Giles - China and Glass Painter #95 for a bowl in this pattern in the Ashmolean, Oxford; also Zorensky Collection #242 for a…
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A pair of Sevres p_te tendre plates French, Circa 1765 Painted with sprigs of flowers within a feathered gold and blue border.blue crossed L s mark, painter mark, date letter M for 1765 24 cm
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A Meissen chocolate cup and saucer, superbly painted in the manner of Johann Georg Heintze German, Circa 1735 Saucer 13 cm diameter Reference: Wark collection #221 for a very similar cup and saucer by Heintze, and #224 for an example with a scene on the river Elbe, with Meissen to one side. This scene is in the same feel, and judging by the river craft may indeed be another location on the Elbe, the Saxon river responsible for the trade and prosperity of the region. Provenance: The Antique Porcelain…
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A Sevres plate from the Earl of Leinster service, painted by Joseph Chappius
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An Unusual Chelsea octagonal plate English, Circa 1755 The borders moulded with a lattice and flowerhead pattern, well painted with scattered flower sprigs within a brown line rim. Small red anchor mark 22 cm across
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A Meissen cup and saucer, crisply moulded with rococo panels well painted with Bacchus and nymphs German, Circa 1745 Crossed swords mark
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A Pair of Russian dessert plates, after the famous Kremlin Service, made for Csar Nicholas I 1837-8 Russian Circa 1900 Unmarked, 22.5 cm diameter A Pair of Russian dessert plates, after the famous Kremlin Service, made for Csar Nicholas I 1837-8, Russian Circa 1900 Richly decorated in gold and enamels with the Russian double headed eagle surrounded by the inscription Nicholas The Emperor And Ruler Of All The Russians, within a series of enamelled flower and leaf borders on a gold ground. The Kremlin…
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A pair of Meissen plates decorated in rich Imari colours after a Japanese original German, Circa 1740 The centre painted in underglaze blue, iron red and gold with a vase of flowers standing on a low table, the border with four panels of a moth and peony within a shaped reserve on an underglaze blue ground, spaced by a chrysanthemum on a thick gilt ground, the reverse with chrysanthemum branches and a triple blue line to the footrim. Ornate underglaze blue crossed swords mark, also K for the decorator…
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A Pair of Sevres plates painted by Jean-Jacques Pierre French, Circa 1765 With a large group of flowers to the centre including a spray of plums, the green ground border with three further flower groups within rococo palm leaf borders and a continuous flower garland. Crossed -L-s and O, date code for 1767 Artist mark P, for Pierre 25 cm wide These plates are apparently from an important service, ordered by several important European families. One such service can be seen in the Quirinal Palace, Rome, three…
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An Important Sevres dinner plate, from a service commissioned by Prince Napoleon 1856, French date code for 1854 The center with a dionysiac scene in the Pompeian manner, with a leaping leopard above a marble slab, on which stands various ancient drinking vessels, including a horn, a gold kylix, and a silver kantharos, alongside a branch of fruiting vine, a thyrsus with two blue ribbons further emphasising the dianysiac theme; all set on a Pompeian Red ground, within elaborate borders including a…
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A fine etched wine goblet (Pokal) attributed to Christian Gottfried Schneider Silesia,Warmbrunn, circa 1740, engraved with four allegorical panels and inscribed 'Hoffnung' (Hope) 'Gedult' (patience) 'Zeit' (and time) 'Macht Mozlich Die Unmoglichkeit' (Makes the impossible possible). Height 20 cm. Provenance: The Don Barnfather collection, No. 52. Sold Parkside Antiques Melbourne. (collectors label to base)
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An Augustus Rex Meissen porcelain white painted gilt porcelain and gilt bronze mounted jewel casket German, 19th century 19 x 14 cm
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A fine quality painted and gilt porcelain and gilt bronze mounted jewel casket German, Circa 1860 19 x 13 x 10 cm
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A pair of ivory ground rose painted ovoid Royal Worcester vases by Kitty Blake English, late 19th century One signed, numbered 1716, purple mark 27 cm high
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A Royal Worcester ivory ground rose painted cylindrical beaker shaped vase by E Splisbury English, late 19th century Green mark, numbered G923 23 cm high
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A Royal Worcester ivory ground rose painted cylindrical beaker shaped vase by G M Farley English, late 19th century Purple mark, numbered G923 23 cm high
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A large and impressive ivory ground Royal Worcester pot-pourri vase and cover by W H Austin English, late 19th century Purple mark, numbered 2048, with inner cover 32 cm high
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A Royal Worcester blue ground campagna shaped vase English late 19th century Rd no 292746, 1926. 19 cm high
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A Royal Worcester reticulated teapot and cover attributed to George Owens English, late 19th century impressed kite registration mark and Royal Worcester mark. Height 14 cm
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A rare Minton maiolica game tureen by George Jones, English, 19th century Seal mark 26 cm long
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A rare Clarice Cliff 'Umbrellas and rain' pattern water jug and bowl English, 21 x 34 cm Fantasque mark 21 cm high, bowl 34 cm diameter
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A fine pair of gilt and silvered decorated amber glass vases signed J M Pohl Bohemian 19th century 21.5 cm high
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A bronze sculpture of a polar bear early French 20th century. Length 33 cm x. Height 18 cm black marble base. Width 30 cm. Height 7 cm
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Diana the Huntress with a hound Carrara marble French, Alfred Boucher 140 x 80 cm Alfred Boucher was a contemporary and friend of celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin. In his own right he was a master of naturalism and was famous for his sensual sculptures of women in the final decades of the 19th century. He was awarded the Prix du Salon in 1881, the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, and was elected Chevalier and Officier of the Legion d'Honneur. In 1902 Boucher established the famous…
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A large and fine bronze sculpture of naked maiden sipping from a cup Muller-Crefeld, Adolf signed sculpture. Height 78 cm, marble base 34 x 27 x 4 cm
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A fine bronze bust of a North African tribesman Sienna marble Masse, Charles 45 x 30 cm With gilt bronze base
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A fine quality champleve enamel clock French, Circa 1885 With a dove grey and rouge marble and gilt bronze clock garniture Clock 54 cm high, candleabra 44 cm high
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A fine Louis XVI style ormolu and bronze clock French 19th century The enamelled dial with: Le Fancheur, Aurea 46.5 cm high
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A small pale celadon 19th century jade,gilt-bronze,silver-gilt and pink marble vase, stamped Roin Tabure a Paris, Chinese jade and French mounts. Height 14 cm
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An enamel table Hesling, Bernard Signed Hesling 43 cm diameter, 46.5 cm high
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A fine enamel and silver horse racing interest gilt case 2 x 12 x 8 cm Given to Paddy by the 9th Baron Howard De Walden, 1938 Maker Rc, London Worked gold clasp, Engraved - 'Paddy' from us all Howard de Walden 1938
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A pink painted silk and ivorine caned fan French, circa 1860 in J. Duvelleroy, Regent Street, London case canes 32 cm long
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A fine crochet work and mother-of-pearl caned fan French, circa 1860 canes 28 cm long in Maple & Co. Limited London case
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Two crochet-work and mother-of-pearl fans French, circa 1860 one black, one white canes 25.5 cm long, one in E.Creusy, Paris, case, the other in an unmarked case
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A unusual Japanese lacquer tobacco pouch ivory netsuke and ojime Meiji Period (1868-1912) Pouch 10 cm wide, netsuke 3.5 cm square
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A black ostrich feather and Bakelite fan and two other small fans with one non-associated case
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A pierced bone fan,possibly colonial Mid 19th century Canes 27 cm long
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A Georgian style semi-reeded cylindrical chocolate pot London, 1890 Maker T.W and H.D 18 cm high
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A White metal cream jug in the Georgian style Early 19th century Possibly colonial With parcel gilt interior, unmarked 11 cm high
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A Tang dynasty grey pottery and polychrome decorated figure of a courtesan 29 cm high with acrylic stand
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A Continental ivory carving of a man playing pipes, probably Austrian, 19th century
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A pair of Chinese jewelled ivory elephant candle holders early 20th century with wood stands
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A small ivory okimono of a fisherman and his child Meiji period (1868-1912) red seal signiature to base 12 cm high
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A small ivory okimono of a man with an axe and a puppy Meiji period (1868-1912) red seal signiature to base 4.5 cm high
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A very large and fine ivory okimono of a fisherman and his child Meiji period (1868-1912) carved wood stand. Height 37 cm, 45.5 cm overall
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A large brass carriage clock French late 19th century 15 x 10 x 9.5 cm Striking the hours on a gong,serpentine-fronted case corinthian columns, silvered chapter ring, 8 day time strike cylinder platform
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A Fine quality engraved brass carriage clock Grohe Paris, Circa 1850 12 x 8 x 6 cm One piece case,date and alarm striking on bell, with repeating mechanism with subsidiary month and
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A large brass carriage clock French 19th century 14 x 9x xx 8 cm with subsidiary calendar dial and alarm mechanism
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A good brass and bevelled glass carriage clock French late 19th century 14 x 10 x 9 cm gorge case, striking the hours and repeat on a gong, white enamel dial signed DG for Durcebray
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A mahogany and brass cased Tavern or Railway clock English, 19th century with fusee movement. Height 69 cm, dial diameter 57 cm
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A figured oak dumb waiter English, circa 1880 105 x 110 x 51 cm
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A French fruitwood side table, circa 1800 80 x 102 x 61.5 cm
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A Continental pine kitchen table Circa 1800 82 x 177 x 87 cm
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A good George III mahogany D-end, drop leaf extension dining table English, Circa 1780 77 x 292 x 120 cm
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A Scandinavian pine cupboard, circa 1880 188.5 x 150 x 57 cm
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A pine straight front chest of drawers English, 19th century 106 x 120 x 56 cm
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A fruitwood low table French 19th century 52 x 151 x 68 cm
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A mahogany and ebonised two section glazed front cabinet English Circa 1860 210 x 108 x 56 cm
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A parcel gilt oak provincial games table French, 18th Century 70 x 71 x 86 cm
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A stylish satin birch and gilt bronze side cabinet French, Circa 1940 91 x 140 x 45 cm
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An ivory ground Persian design rug 336 x 226 cm
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Display cabinet and bookcase 221 x 138 x 52 cm, signed by Louis Majorelle
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A Worcester Chinoiserie polychrome chocolate cup cover and saucer English, circa 1770, Psuedo Chinese mark saucer 16 cm diameter, cup. Height 13 cm. Provenance: Klaber and Klaber, label to saucer
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A Worcester blue scale ground Chinoiserie tea cup and saucer English, circa 1770 14 cm diameter
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A Worcester gilt decorated and blue underglaze slop bowl English, Circa 1770 Open crescent mark 17 cm diameter
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A Worcester blue glazed Imari style tea bowl and saucer English, circa 1770 saucer diameter 13 cm, tea bowl 8.5 cm diameter
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A Florentine marble mosaic picture of birds and flowers Italian, 19th century 19 x 13 cm In ornate gilt frame
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A Florentine marble mosaic and bronze jardiniere Italian, 24 x 28 cm
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An impressive Victorian Gothic-revival walnut bracket clock English, 75 x 50 cm three train movement with slow fast regulation dial, chime silent and chime selector dial,full chime mechanism, triple fusee movement and recoil escapement
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A fine Kashan part silk carpet 370 x 277 cm with central stork and foliage arabesque on a red ground
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A Queen Anne walnut side table possibly Dutch, early 18th Century and later 70 x 84 x 56 cm
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A good pair of George IV mahogany armchairs English
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A gilt-wood rectangular overmantel mirror English or French, 152 x 111 cm
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A Louis XVI style rectangular gilt-wood overmantel mirror French, 19th century 158 x 111 cm
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A black painted cast iron garden table French, 19th century 76 x 63 cm
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A black painted cast iron garden table French, 19th century 79 x 60 cm
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A Victorian rosewood gentleman's armchair English, circa 1860. Height 96 cm
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A Victorian rosewood slipper chair English, circa 1860 96 cm high
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A nest of four Chinese hongmu side tables, Qing Dynasty 19th century 73 x 51 cm Largest table 51 cm wide, 73 cm high
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An Italian Carrara marble figure of a young maiden early 20th century. Height 56 cm
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A fine coromandel and blue jasperware mounted display cabinet, English Circa 1865 107 x 86 x 40 cm
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A very decorative Chinoiserie lacquer library desk 76 x 150 x 76 cm
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