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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:410
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:410
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:340
Date:16-Feb-2020
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Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Durers, by Friedrich Winkler, 1936-1939 Berlin, published by Deutscher Verein fur, Kunstwissenschaft, the complete drawings of Albrecht Durer from 1471-1528 in four first edition, green cloth bound volumes, with German text and nearly 1000 illustrations
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A collection of twenty books related to Art, porcelain and glass, includes seminal texts: Australian Art encyclopaedias by McCulloch, Max, Germaine, British porcelain texts by Godden, Sandon, Twitchett, cushion, German porcelain texts by Rontgen, glass texts including Schiffer and Millers, guides, history of British glass, Lalique, others
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A collection of thirteen books related to clocks, watches and jewellery, including: Schofield & Fahy, 'Australian Jewellery', Hinks' 'Victorian, Jewellery', references by Michael Poynder, Harold Newman, and other, Britten's 'Old clocks & Watches', other by Millers, Schiffers guides to wristwatches and others by Selby, Brunner/Pfeiffer-Belli
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A collection of sixteen books related to silver and Faberge, includes seminal texts: Jackson 'S, silver and gold marks, silver texts by Wyler, Waldron, Crisp Jones, Jan Divis, (world marks), Faberge texts by Geza von Habsburg, Snowman, Solodokoff, others
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A collection of Nineteen books related to Antiques and decorative Arts, Miscellaneous, including: five encyclopaedic references on antiques and decorative arts, Daphne foskett's 'Collecting Miniatures', Bryan Catley's 'Art Deco, other Figures', James Mackay's 'The dictionary of Sculptors in bronze, miscellaneous
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A vintage set of six French copper pots, five tin lined nesting pots and a similar pot with a pouring spout, all with riveted steel, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of six French copper pots, a tin lined copper nesting set with riveted steel handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of six French copper pots, five tin lined nesting pots and one all copper pot with riveted steel handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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Three French copper wares: modern and antique, a quality tin lined heavy gauge two handled casserole, a Gaillard of Paris, antique roll topped small cauldron pot with brass handles and folded joins, (stamped Gleneagles to the base), and a footed pot with a compressed lower, section and a swing steel handle, height 18 cm, length 32 cm, width 23 cm and smaller
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Two vintage French copper cauldrons, a spun copper roll top cauldron and a taller cauldron with a distinctive, dimpled finish, both items with iron swing handles, height 21 cm, diameter 32 cm and smaller
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A vintage tribal Goatskin covered drum, probably from Mali, with stretched skin and twisted hide ties, height 45 cm, diameter 37.5 cm
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A large collection of over 150 Miscellaneous keys and Oriental Locks, a miscellany of keys for mostly furniture and clocks, two clock winding, cranks, and an assortment of oriental brass locks including novelty animals, various shapes and sizes
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A Russian brass samovar with stand and bowl, late 19th century, a peasant shaped barrel charcoal burner samovar with kettle mount, hinged, side handles and burner mounted on a footed stand, maker's stamps to the body, flanked by 19th and early 20th century grand Prix stamps, cover also stamped, with maker's marks and stamps, with original stand and drip bowl, height 50 cm
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A Victorian fuel banquet lamp, 19th century, with maker's mark for John Scott, England, with a cast pyramidal base, a clear blue font with a quilted decor, surmounted, by a egg shaped frosted and moulded shade, with glass chimney and winder, mechanism, height 54.5 cm
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An antique American fuel lamp, 19th century, marked made in U.S of America to winder, with a pierced rocaille base, a compressed and waisted font and a mushroom, shade, both in a painted mint green finish with transferware floral, decorations, with a glass chimney and winder mechanism, height 49.5 cm
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An antique fuel banquet lamp, 19th century, with a decorative pierced brass base with Corinthian column, a moulded font, with flower head details, and an enamel decorated shade with panels of birds, on foliage, with glass chimney and winder mechanism, height 74.5 cm
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Three fuel lamps, two shades, and a brass chamberstick, 19th to 20th century, six items including a cobalt blue glass fuel lamp, an iridescent glass lamp, base with chimney, and a painted ruby glass lamp base with a frosted shade, two shades in blue and cranberry and a brass chamberstick, height 58.5 cm and smaller
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An antique fuel banquet lamp, circa 1900, a moulded cream glass base and stem supporting a bubble infused green glass, font, a milk glass mushroom shade with a waisted everted top, with chimney, and star motif to winder mechanism, height 55.5 cm
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An antique German fuel banquet lamp, circa 1900, maker's mark for Brenner Kosmos, a pierced foliate spelter base supporting a clear turquoise font with an internal lobed decor, a spiral twist mushroom milk glass shade with a frilled, top, glass chimney and winder mechanism with trademark, height 53.5 cm
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A Victorian fuel banquet lamp, 19th century, maker's mark for Hinks, a 'Number 2 lever' lamp with a waisted glass base, a ribbed brass stem and font surmounted by tapering cranberry glass shade with an internal, height 68 cm
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A pewter lamp with a frosted shade, 20th century, an electrical lamp in the form of a banquet lamp with an ovoid base with a waisted neck surmounted by a glass chimney and a globe shade etched with formal floral motifs, height 56 cm
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A Victorian fuel banquet lamp, circa 1900, with maker's mark for John Scott, England, a pierced and cast pyramidal base of Art Nouveau design with a white font, decorated with trailing green threads and surmounted by a tapering, translucent opaline shade with an internal quilted decor, with chimney and winder mechanism, height 57 cm
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An antique fuel banquet lamp, 19th century, duplex winder with sailing ship trademarks, with a cast and pierced pyramidal metal base supporting an amber glass font, with an internal honeycomb decor, a tapering frosted and etched pale amber, shade with moulded panels, with chimney and trademarks to winders, height 61.5 cm
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An antique ivory religious group of the holy family, 19th to 20th century, a traditional rendition with Joseph carrying his attribute of a flowering, staff, Mary with hands in prayer and Jesus with hand raised in benediction, raised on a later shaped wooden base, height 20 cm
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A pair of Georgian portrait miniatures, Charles and Anne Harwood, 1823 and 1824, description of sitters in contemporary hand with dates verso, both portraits in watercolour on ivory panels against russet brown and ochre, backgrounds, apparently unsigned but by the same hand, housed in identical, ebonised frames with cast rose, thistle and shamrock mounts and hanging rings, height 16 cm, width 14.5 cm
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Two pairs of binocular Magnifiers and a desk Magnifier, mid to later 20th century, a boxed set of Japanese made 3 X magnification binocular magnifiers, another, similar pair, and a folding frame large desk magnifier marked 2 X 140
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A Russian Orthodox 'Mother of God' icon, 19th century, oil on a timber panel surrounded by an embossed gilt metal oklad with simple, border patterns and floral motifs to the upper arch, with a raised and applied nimbus, set within a giltwood frame and a brass strung glazed, ebonised cover, height 23.5 cm, width 20.5 cm
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A Russian Orthodox icon of mother of God Kazanskaya, 18th century, a highly stylised image of the mother of God gazing at the Christ child who, stares directly forward, with right hand raised in blessing, surrounded by a pierced, embossed and tooled brass oklad upon a single timber panel with batten inserts to the short ends, antique incised lettering verso, height 32 cm, width 27 cm
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A Persian Jambiya Kanghar knife with scabbard and belt, 19th to 20th century, a traditional curved blade with a waisted wooden handle, an associated timber, lined leather scabbard with white metal or silver decorative work attached to a cotton belt with coloured and metallic thread designs and applied silver, linked panels, length 37 cm (dagger)
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A small bronze hand Canon, possibly antique and in the form of a Malay straits 'Lantaka' type canon, with a rustic wooden display cradle, height 12 cm, length 35 cm
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Two antique photograph cases and a vintage leather 'Ties' box, late 19th to 20th century, a pressed Victorian photograph case with a pinchbeck frame to the interior, and lined to the opposite cover with a floral pressed velvet design, a larger, textured leather case with glass and velvet lining, and a brown leather box, with tooled gold lettering, 'Ties, height 6 cm, length 26.52 cm, width 9.5 cm (leather box)
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Three vintage cigarette holder components, and a retractable enamel, pencil, early 20th century, cigarette mouthpieces in ivory and blue tinted Lucite and a brown enamel, trumpet cigarette holder piece, together with a light blue guilloche enamel, retractable pencil, length 7 cm and smaller
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A vintage miniature painting of a tiger, in original frame and case, mid 20th century, a naturalistic portrayal of a walking tiger, in gouache on cellulose, the surround with pierced designs, with a gilt metal Moseley of England frame and housed in a hinged, easel back cream leather display case, length 10.5 cm, width 8 cm
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A group of five vintage ivory wares: small trays, box, vase, Chopsticks, early to mid 20th century, a small rectangular pin tray, and a similar oval tray, a small hinged box, a specimen vase on a footed base, and a pair of mechanical chopsticks, height 8.5 cm (beaker) length 20.5 cm (chopsticks)
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Two pewter wares: a vase and a charger, circa 1920s, a tapering vase with a stepped base featuring an iris in high relief, signed, Ricpal, and a hammered charger on stand with a bunch of grapes also in relief, one marked Crispal, both marked with Etain guarantee underside, diameter 32 cm (plate) height 19.5 cm (vase)
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A set of seven French pewter measures, 19th to 20th century, traditional gun barrel cylindrical measures with square bracket handles in descending order from one litre to a centilitre, all measures inscribed to vessels, with various pewter touchmarks to bases, height 18 cm and smaller
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A vintage sterling silver and lapis lazuli mounted alabaster box, 1929 London, with maker's mark for George Betjemann & Sons Ltd, the white alabaster box with fluted decoration to the lid and base, with a sterling silver frame and a lapis lazuli border, a single cabochon to the lid, hallmarked to frame, height 4.5 cm, length 15.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver 'Carpet Screw' scent bottle, circa 1890, with probable French maker's mark Ec or Eg to lozenge, with additional initials, also Ec and the date letter 'P, Solidly made with the original glass liner and a hinged 'Slotted head' lid, and suspensory ring to the collar, hallmarked to collar, length 10 cm
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A Victorian polychrome enamel scent bottle, 1884 London, with maker's mark for Charles May, a slender tear drop floral decorated bottle in white delicately embellished, throughout with a raised dot decoration and gilt stems, the screw on sterling, silver stopper with engraved fern leaves and birds, hallmarked to collar, length 13 cm
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An English porcelain scent bottle, first half 20th century, decorated by T.G Abbotts, the conical ivory porcelain bottle decorated with a pheasant in a naturalistic setting, with a conical gilded porcelain screw in stopper, signed, to lower image, T G Abbotts was a decorator for Aynsley, length 11 cm
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A French Lithyalin glass scent bottle, circa 1819-1838 period, with Paris 'Petite garantie' hare stamp, with a three tier faceted edge to the oval slightly concave body, the silver, hinged lid enclosing the original glass stopper, guarantee mark to lid, height 7 cm
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A French crystal cornucopia scent bottle, circa 1870, the facet cut 'Gun powder horn' cornucopia with the original stopper, a hinged silver lid and a capped end united by a suspension chain, unmarked, length 9.5 cm
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Two Royal Worcester porcelain scent bottles, later 19th century, a shield shape blush ivory bottle decorated with polychrome floral, decorations, with a moulded collar, and a tapering ribbed fruit shaped bottle, in ivory with raised gilt decoration, the latter with puce mark to terminal, without stoppers, one with hairline to collar, length 8 cm and 8.5 cm
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Five vintage faux tortoiseshell items, mid 20th century, comprising a tiny hinged and lined box, a purse magnifier, a petite folding, magnifier with an ivory case, an English 1956 diary, and a marquise shaped, brooch inlaid with the word, 'Mother, length 8 cm, width 5 cm (book)
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A pair of antique French ivory and brass opera glasses, circa 1890, adjustable glasses with mark of 12 and Verres to the frame, housed in the original silk lined soft leather case, width 11 cm
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A pair of French brass and guilloche enamel opera glasses, circa 1900, with maker's mark of Jules Carpentier, the jumelle glasses with folding handle finely decorated with blue enamel, floral sprigs upon a pattern pink guilloche enamel ground, with mark of Jumelle, and Carpentier to the frame, Carpentier was an inventor in the field of optics, pioneering early cinematic cameras as used by the Lumiere Brothers, width 11 cm
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An antique French gilt metal jewellery casket and a vintage silver plated, cigarette box, late 19th century to mid 20th century, a gilt metal box cast as a Louis XVI style cabinet, the original red silk, lining to the interior, and a cigarette box with scrolling floral motifs, upon a textured ground, with a kite shaped armorial to the lid, yacht motif, mark underside, height 12 cm, length 14.5 cm, width 9.5 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five French copper pots, a tin lined copper nesting set with riveted brass handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A set of three French copper pots, a tin lined set of three pots in differing sizes with riveted steel handles, height 11 cm, diameter 22.5 cm and smaller
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A set of five French copper pots, the all copper nesting set with hammered bases, one marked Lecellier, Villedieu, all with riveted brass handles, height 10 cm, diameter 21.5 cm and smaller
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A vintage upholstered footstool, early 20th century, rectangular with turned legs and upholstered with a striped and patterned, red, gold and black textured fabric, height 20 cm, length 32 cm, width 27 cm
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A group of four French pewter wares, 20th century, comprising a lidded jug with twin acorn thumb spurs, a lobed covered tureen, with scroll handles, a platter with a moulded edge, and a double branch, candelabrum, with Etain guarantee mark and various marks, height 27 cm (jug) diameter 29.5 cm (plate)
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A Swiss timber Intarsia music box and a satinwood box, mid 20th century, music box by Ivolene, the music box inlaid with a Swiss village scene to the lid, bird's eye maple, veneer to the body, and a plain box of golden toned satinwood with a low, cushion profile lid and fine medullary ray figuration, height 7 cm, length 15 cm, width 11 cm (music box)
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Two jewellery caskets: cast metal, and metal trimmed walnut veneer, 20th century, a cast metal box in the rococo revival manner in a painted gold finish, and a Louis XVI style oval domed box with walnut veneer and cast metal borders, with lock and velvet lined to the interior, height 11 cm, length 14.5 cm, width 13 cm and smaller
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Three antique postage stamp dispenser boxes and an ornament, circa 1900, a German Judgendstil style metal box with embossed festoon, mark of Ges, Gesche underside, a heavy brass cast and pierced Art Nouveau sunflower box, a small gilt metal and champleve enamel box, all with curved compartments to facilitate selecting stamps, and a cast silver plate elephant train ornament, length 8.5 cm, width 6.5 cm and smaller
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four antique snuff boxes, three Georgian and one Victorian, circa late 18th to early 19th century, two snuff boxes in horn with tortoiseshell lids, one with decorative silver, inlay, a lacquerware box with remnant gold stencil designs, and a mauchline, ware sycamore box with worn black stencil leaf designs, length 10 cm, width 5.5 cm and smaller
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A group of three Eastern inlaid boxes, 20th century, a Syrian box inlaid with bone and mother-of-pearl patterns, and two Indian, boxes, one with copper and brass floral inlay, the other with patterned brass, borders and strapwork, height 6 cm, length 23 cm, width 12.5 cm and smaller
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Seven greenstone items: pendants, tiki, patu, other, comprising two tiki, a patu pendant, a Polynesian spiral design, assorted, other pendants, length 10.5 cm and smaller
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Three semi-precious polished stone spheres, in rose quartz, amethyst and diopside, diameter 11 cm and smaller
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An Art Deco spelter Pierrot and Columbine mantle clock, circa 1920s, with mark of Societe Clusiennes, Cluses France to mechanism, sculpture marked Limousin France to rear, with key and pendulum, an enamel dial with Arabic numerals housed within a shaped and picket crested, frame flanked by the seated figures of Columbine and Pierrot in cold painted, verdigris colours, upon a shaped portoro and cream marble base, height 32.5 cm, width 55.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style ormolu cartel clock, mid 19th century, with maker's mark for S. Marti, finely cast and pierced with neoclassical ornament throughout, surmounted by an urn with flame finial, centred with an enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings below a glass dome, with key and pendulum, length 55 cm, width 27 cm
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A Louis XV style ormolu mantle clock, 19th century, with maker's mark for Vincenti, key and pendulum, the well cast waisted clock with an extravagant rocaille crest housing an enamel dial with Roman numerals, minute markings and delicate pierced hands, acanthus decoration throughout and raised on leafy splayed feet, height 47 cm, width 28 cm, depth 16 cm
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A striking Egyptian inspired Art Deco clock garniture, circa 1920s, with maker's mark of Lardot et Boyon Paris, a portico style clock in contrasting portoro marble and white onyx having an encased octagonal dial with Arabic numerals with stepped supports and kneeling polished bronze caryatids above a two-tone base, a pair of tazze with conforming caryatid stems, with key and pendulum, height 36.5 cm, width 32 cm, depth 12.5 cm (clock)
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A Scottish giltwood wall clock, 19th century, with maker's mark for McInnes Brothers, Glasgow, a ship's bulk head style marine clock with an enamel dial and Roman numerals, set within a decorative rococo style giltwood festoon, height 30 cm, width 65 cm
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A Louis XV style ormolu mantle clock, 19th century, with maker's mark for Japy Freres, the waisted clock housing a floral painted enamel dial with Arabic numerals, a scrolling acanthus leaf finial, and rocaille shell, lattice and leafy forms, throughout, the sinuous pierced base incorporating Art Nouveau elements, with key and pendulum, height 35 cm, width 26 cm, depth 14.5 cm
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An Art Nouveau spelter 'Diana' mystery clock, circa 1900, probably by Junghans, an Art Nouveau maiden in a diaphanous gown and loosely coiffed hair raised on a rose embellished foot and ebonised stand, her right hand supporting the eight day brass cased time piece, the dial with Arabic numerals, height 35 cm
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A Louis XVI style three piece ormolu mantle clock garniture, late 19th century, marked Au Negre and Sarazin Paris to dial, finely cast with a drum head enclosing an enamel dial with Roman numerals, ram's head and laurel wreath handles, an urn surmount and other pierced and patterned neoclassical elements, the four light candelabra side pieces, conforming, with key and pendulum, height 38 cm, length 29 cm, width 15 cm
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A Dutch bracket clock, second half 20th century, with German mechanism, Fhs (Hermle clocks), the arched timber veneer clock with side fret work, having a decorative, brushed steel chapter ring with Roman numerals and minute markings, a central, scene and angel head spandrels surmounted by a moon phase dial, marked made, in Holland to dial and reverse, with key, height 24.5 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 15.5 cm
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A black marble mantle clock, 19th century, with maker's mark for Japy Freres, of simple rectangular profile enclosing a white enamel dial with Roman, numerals and minute markings, raised on a spreading base with rounded edges, light engraved decoration to the face, key and pendulum, note: without bell, height 23 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 13.5 cm
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A Dutch Wuba Warmink triple Westminster chime bracket clock, second half 20th century, with German mechanism, Aug. Schatz & Sohne, the bonnet style walnut cased clock with side fretwork, having a steel, chapter ring with Roman numerals, applied spandrels and moon phase dial, applied brass demi figure embellishments and pine cone finials to the case, playing three tunes, St Michael, Whittington && Westminster, Wuba label, with key, height 26 cm, width 23 cm, depth 17.5 cm
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A John Thomas of London and Wuba Warmink bracket clock, second half 20th century, a walnut cased clock with a rectangular domed top and carry handle, with a steel chapter ring with Roman numerals, minute markings, and applied pierced, spandrels, with double strike bell, Wuba label to interior, with key, height 24 cm, width 18.5 cm, depth 12.5 cm
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A Swiss brass Corniche style carriage clock, 20th century, maker's mark for Chs Gorge S.A, an elegant plain clock with white enamel dial with Roman numerals, visible, escapement, maker's mark underside to platform, with key, height 11 cm, width 8 cm, depth 6.5 cm
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Two aneroid marine Barometers, 20th century, unmarked, a brass and copper mounted wall barometer and a heavy polished brass open, dial ships barometer with a visible escapement, diameter 16 cm and smaller
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four Swiss vintage desk or bedside clocks, plus a Stopwatch, 20th century, a Cartier red enamel and gilt metal alarm clock with Arabic numerals set, within a clipped square frame, with a jewelled winder, serial number 7512, 08945, an octagonal clock with an engine turned panel, a brass clock in a faux tortoiseshell square frame, a pretty painted floral faced clock with blue morpho butterfly wing accents, and a Meylan stop watch, number 233, boxed, length 7.5 cm, width 7.5 cm and smaller
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A classical style black marble mantle clock, 19th century, without strike, of architectural profile with a triangular pediment, the case enclosing an enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and minute markings enclosed by a beaded gilt bezel and bevelled glass, raise on a spreading base, with white, veined black marble trims and engraved details, with key and pendulum, height 30 cm, width 22 cm, depth 13 cm
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A walnut gong strike mantle clock, early 20th century, mark of Junghans, Wurttemberg, mechanism number B32, an architectural style case with a stepped and square domed pediment and turned finials, a large enamel dial with Roman numerals, with applied metal, spandrels, studs and turned decorations above a stepped base, with key, height 50 cm, width 29 cm, depth 15.5 cm
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An American Ansonia 'King' walnut mantle clock, early 20th century, with bell strike, an arched cornice with figural crest and finial, the dial with Roman numerals, and pendulum within an etched glass case flanked by carved fluted supports, with lion's head motifs, with key and original paper label to the reverse, with key, height 49 cm, width 35 cm, depth 12.5 cm
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A French marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, a triangular mantle clock with a white veined marble case faced in grey green, marble with bead decoration and a cast bronze floral embellishment, the enamel dial with Arabic numerals and enamel festoons, accompanied by shallow, cup form tazze on conforming triangular bases, with key and pendulum, height 28 cm, width 31 cm, depth 11.5 cm
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Two quality vintage Swiss leather bound travel clocks, circa 1945-50, an Angelus 'folioluxe' travel clock with a full calendar, eight day movement, alarm and a moonphase dial, first released in 1947, and an eight day, movement gilt metal crocodile skin covered Imhof alarm clock, with a copper, coloured dial, luminous hands and Arabic numerals, serial number 477476, length 7 cm, width 7 cm (clockface) and smaller
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An Art Deco clock garniture, circa 1930, with maker's mark for Lardot et Boydon Paris, in onyx and portoro marble, a glazed cabinet housing the dial with Arabic, numerals and flanked by stylised pheasants upon a shaped base, the accompanying tazze of conforming design, with key and pendulum, height 34 cm, width 39 cm, depth 13 cm
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An Art Deco marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, in striking yellow marble with black strap trims, the arching breakfront, plinth with sloping shoulder buttresses, Arabic numerals and pierced hands to the floral enamel dial, with a pair of conforming side tazze, with key and pendulum, height 24.5 cm, width 32.5 cm, depth 10.5 cm
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A Napoleon III black marble mantle clock, 1850-1870, with maker's mark for S. Marti et Cie, the elegant plinth style case enclosing an enamel chapter ring with Roman, numerals and a visible escapement, raised upon an extended base with verde, antico decoration to the cusped edges, with key and pendulum, height 33 cm, width 28 cm, depth 14.5 cm
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A Napoleon III black marble regulator mantle clock, 1850-1870, with key and mercury regulator pendulum, the drum head clock with an enamelled chapter ring with Roman numerals and visible escapement above a glazed case and flanked by ribbed pilasters and volutes to an extended base, with contrasting granitic trims, height 47 cm, width 38 cm, depth 17 cm
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A Louis XVI white painted bronze clock with Sevres style panels, 19th century, with maker's mark for Japy Freres, the drum head with a painted porcelain dial with Roman numerals enclosed by festoons and surmounted by an allegorical winged figure in flowing attire, scroll work and leafy embellishments to the sides, a pair of cherubs, above a shaped base, with key only, height 41.5 cm, width 37.5 cm, depth 14 cm
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A fine Louis XVI style ormolu mantle clock, 19th century, with key and pendulum, having an enamel dial with Roman numerals and minute markings set within an arched architectural style body, with pendant husks and acanthus flourishes, to the sides, applied vegetal motifs, pine cone finials and surmounted by an urn with lion head mounts, raised on an extended base with waisted column, style front legs, height 50 cm, width 35 cm, depth 13 cm
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A Napoleon III three piece marble clock garniture, circa 1870, with maker's mark of A.D Mougin to mechanism, a glazed portico clock with fluted Corinthian columns surmounted by a bronze, lion with ball and enclosing a bronze engine turned dial with enamel chapter, ring and Arabic numerals, raised on a stepped and shaped base, accompanied by a pair of urn form vases with high set handles, with key and pendulum, height 48 cm, width 35 cm, depth 18.5 cm
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An Arts & Crafts oak 'Faux' long case clock, early 20th century, winding mechanism, mock weights and pendulum, the flat topped clock with an extended cornice, a brushed white metal dial, with Roman numerals and brass strapped spandrels, a six pane bevelled glass, door above an extended base with fielded panels and delicate ebonised, decorations, with keys, apparently unmarked, height 206 cm, width 50 cm, depth 24 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure by Jean de Roncourt, circa 1930, a powerful study of a triangular and tautly posed man holding a spear, in dark bronze colours and raised on a stepped and shaped black marble base, incised signature to base, height 42.5 cm, width 62.5 cm, depth 22 cm
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Vozzo, Vince (B.1954), two figures, solid black bronze, signed Vozzo to foot, exhibited in 'Mind & body, Dualism', Eastgate gallery October/November 1998, as catalogue entry 3, illustrated to cover of exhibition brochure, height 12.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A signed spelter figure by Auguste Moreau (1834-1917), 1906, with copyright mark for that year, Paris foundry stamp, signature, the large animated figure of a small child wrestling with an alarmed, squawking duck, in cold painted colours upon a rocky base, various impressed, and applied marks verso, height 55 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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A pair of Art Deco stag spelter bookends, circa 1930, leaping stags on veined black marble bases, height 12.5 cm, length 14 cm, width 8 cm
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A spelter tiger ornament and a desk lamp featuring 'The Reader' designed, by Gerdago, mid 20th century, a pair of reclining tigers upon a granite base, and a lamp featuring an exotic seated pixie figure, with dramatic pointed headwear beside a millefiori patterned glass shade, height 18.5 cm, length 28.5 cm, width 9 cm (lamp)
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An Art Deco spelter dancing figure, circa 1930, signed Fayral (Max Le Verrier), modelled as a young woman in a short Greco Roman tunic dancing with cymbals, in a deep olive patinated finish and raised on a portoro marble plinth, signed to lower image, height 26.5 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 bronze Mephistopheles figure after Jacques-Louis Gautier (b.1831), the elongated and hunched Faustian demon with a long staff and one human leg, and one goat's leg, raised on a black marble base, unmarked, height 69.5 cm
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An antique cast bronze charger, mid 19th century, numbered 387, possibly French, in the Renaissance revival manner with a central roundel of a reclining nude, surrounded by a wide border of bacchanalian scenes in relief, formal, decorative bands to the rim, apparently faintly inscribed 'Phelon' to plinth, otherwise unmarked, diameter 46.5 cm
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A fine gilt bronze figure by Claire-Jeanne-Roberte Colinet (1880-1950), girl with a Rope', finely cast as a joyful and animated running girl with flowing robes playing with a rope, one foot poised on a naturalistic base, with signature, C.J.R. Colinet, and foundry mark, above a waisted marble, stand, height 40 cm
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An Austrian gilt bronze figure by P. Tereszczuk (1875-1963), early 20th century, depicting a young woman in a crinoline and a bonnet carrying a parasol and a book, standing upon the edge of a Blue John basin in grey black colours with vigorous banding and blooms, height 23 cm, diameter 21.5 cm
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A Grand Tour bronze figure of Diana the huntress, after Jean-Antoine, Houdon (1741-1828), 19th century, after the 1777 original now housed in the Louvre, Paris, depicting the nude Diana posed on one foot holding her bow in her left hand, and an arrow in her right, inscribed Houdon to base, height 61.5 cm
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