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The Ngaire Hart Estate Collection — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:455
Sale Title:The Ngaire Hart Estate CollectionLots with images:455
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:434
Date:25-May-2020
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An etching attributed to Trevor Lloyd (1863-1937), 'Poi Dancer', unsigned. 31.5 cm x 20 cm
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Two Trevor Lloyd sketch book covers, one canvas, one red buff paper, sketched with cartoon characters, opened flat and framed. 24 cm x 44 cm and 26 cm x 44 cm.
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A reproduction 'Pictorial Map of the North Island of New Zealand', and 'Pictorial Map of the Middle Island of New Zealand', 77 cm x 114 cm each.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved tokotoko/walking stick, the knob form handle above four pairs of graduating back-to-back stylised figures, paua inset eyes, spirals to the base, old varnish, length 88 cm.
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A 20th century Maori carved tokotoko/walking stick, the handle as a clasped tiki hand, bands of heart form koru and lineal and notch carving spaced by paua inserts, length 90 cm. Remnants of old tag attached.
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An early/mid 20th century Maori carved tokotoko / walking stick, the handle as a stylised standing figure above rows of lineal notch carving, length 94 cm.
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A late 19th century hardwood carved clasped hand handled walking stick, the shaft top with ball and hand design, plain tapered shaft, length 96 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved honey suckle vine walking stick, the twisted shaft with bands of lineal and notch carving highlighted with variously shaped paua inserts, some absent, old varnish remains, length 95 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved walking stick, the handle base with stylised full standing figure, paua inset eyes, the reverse with notch carved name 'KING H.', various lineal, diamond and angled carving to the shaft, detailed 'KIA ORA' towards the base, length 88 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved malacca cane walking stick, the shaft one-third carved with a band of stylised figures and fine lineal, notch and scroll decoration. 88 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved walking stick, the handle with extended tongues to the mask highlights, the shaft with two wide bands of concentric circle decoration, 'N.Z.' between, length 87 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved malacca cane walking stick, traditional curved handle, the shaft finely detailed with bands of various alternating lineal and notch and part form Koru designs, a stylised mask to the handle end and front, length 92 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with two women, a man and dog to the foreground, a lake with waka and background with whare and further figures beyond; raised on upon a figural column from a stepped base. Signed and dated 1944. Inscribed under the base: 'Mrs. Brenkley Snr., Norsewood, via Ormondville, height B.' 49.5 cm x 33.5 cm x 58 cm.
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An oval Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori themed table-top/wall plaque, three figures and two dogs to the foreground, a waka on a lake behind with whare on the shore, with original paint and staining, signed and dated 1943, the edge with relief carved repeating leaf design. 34.5 cm x 61 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley Maori decorated circular lidded box, the lid carved with a wheku head flanked by manaia, the rim and sloping walls with other wheku masks Maori inspired designs. Signed and dated 1945 under the base. Raised on four short feet, diameter 29.5 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved wood 'Friendship' box, the hinged lid and walls carved with roses with painted highlights, the interior with pokerwork landscape and epithets, dated 1951'. 48 cm x 24 cm x 18 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori themed table top/wall plaque, four figures to the foreground, a waka on a lake behind, with original paint and staining, signed and dated 1948, the edge with relief carved repeating leaf design. 29.5 cm x 46 cm
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An oblong Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori themed table top/wall plaque, three figures to the foreground, a waka on a lake behind with whare on the shore, with original paint and staining, signed and dated 1943, the edge with relief carved repeating leaf design. 29.5 cm x 46 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley Maori decorated box, the lid with stylised figure in relief upon a koru and notch carved ground, stylised taniwha figures to the front and rear on carved ground, two bar form feet to the base, the interior lid carved and painted with lake scene including figure in waka, signed and dated 1944, some paua inserts remain. 28 cm x 15.5 cm x 11 cm. Some borer to lid.
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A Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with five figures a dog and a pig to the foreground, a lake with waka and background with a carved pataka storehouse beyond; raised on upon a figural column from a stepped oblong base. Signed and dated 1949. Remnant stained and painted colours. Crack to the top. 67.5 cm x 46 cm x 49 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved wood 'Friendship' box, the hinged lid and front and back carved with deer with paint and stained finish, the ends with pokerwork landscapes, the interior with pokerwork landscape and epithets, dated 1952. 36 cm x 19 cm x 16.5 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved wood 'Friendship' box, the hinged lid incised and inset with shells and cats-eyes, the sides with carved roses, the interior with pokerwork landscape and epithet, signed and dated 1950. 270 x 19.5 cm x 12 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved wood 'Friendship' box, the hinged lid and sides carved with roses with paint and stained finish, the interior with pokerwork landscape, roses and epithets, signed and dated 1956. 36 cm x 16.5 cm x 17 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley turned and carved vase, relief carved with leafy branches painted and stained in autumnal tones, signed and dated 1948, height 39 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley turned and carved vase, low relief carved with a wahine in a landscape, painted and stained, signed and dated 1943, height 30 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley New Zealand Exhibition 1940 box and Maori themed desk calendar, the small box with poker work and painted lake side whare, the calendar with busts of Maori women, length 11 cm and 29.5 cm
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A Jane Brenkley turned and carved small box, circular, relief carved with roses, painted and stained, signed and dated 1949, diameter 13 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved wood trinket box, the hinged lid and walls carved with roses with colour staining and paint, the interior with pokerwork landscape and epithet, signed and dated 1951'. 22 cm x 17.5 cm x 8 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley Maori carved wood trinket box, the hinged lid and walls carved with tiki, manaia and tiki masks with inlaid paua eyes, the interior lid painted with fantails, signed and dated 1943. 19 cm x 12.5 cm x 10.5 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley Maori carved wood trinket box, the hinged lid carved with tiki with inlaid paua eyes, the sides with notch and lineal designs, the interior lid with painted and pokerwork landscape, signed and dated 1944. 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 7.5 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley carved and painted box, rose decorated, highlighted with shells, the interior lid with poker work rural house scene and the words 'How Often We Reach Out To The Far Horizon - And Forget the Beauty That Was At Our Feet', signed and dated 1955. 32 cm x 15 cm x 11.5 cm.
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An early Jane Brenkley carved wood box, the lid hinged with copper wire; carved with Maori motifs, the walls carved with leaves; the lid interior with a tui perched on a kowhai branch finished with coloured paint. 18 cm x 14.5 cm x 7.5 cm.
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A Jane Brenkley Maori carved small box, the lid with two figures in coastal landscape, conforming scenes carved and painted to the sides, the interior lid with two fantails, wallpaper lining. 'Fantails' inscribed to the lid. 17 cm x 12 cm x 10.6 cm.
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A studio portrait photograph of Hannah Eliza Jane Brenkley, in oak and moulded resin frame, along with one of a gentleman (possibly her husband John Thomas Brenkley) in matching frame. 12.5 cm x 8 cm (image).
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A Jane Brenkley pokerwork decorated gourd, with two portraits of Maori women and two studies of fantails, height 28 cm.
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An early/mid-20th century sectional horn walking stick, displaying a pale toned centre, star cut ball end. 80 cm.
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An early 20th century bamboo shafted horse measuring walking stick, the removable bamboo root-ball knob handle revealing a gilded white metal and beech measure, the scale measuring in 'hands', the swing arm with bubble level fitting. 94 cm.
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Four vintage walking sticks, includes one with small icepick handle, one bone, one horn and one leather folding handle as a shooting stick.
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Two early 20th century decorative walking sticks, one with open handle and silvered metal fitting with hieroglyphic type engraving, the other tribal highlighted with animals and spiral banded section.
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Two vintage sectional walking sticks, one with horn banded sections, the other with fish vertebrae.
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Four vintage bamboo walking stick, two with root form handles.
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Two 'Chatham Islands' wooden walking sticks, highlighted with shells, cat's eyes, painted robins, etc.
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Two vintage decorative walking sticks, one Tyrolean with curved antler handle, the other covered with snakeskin.
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A 'wizard's' staff, with rootstock end carved as a wizened hand, height 140 cm; along with a walking stick, with clenched fist finial and pierced and carved stem, length 99 cm.
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A rare Thomas Norman Lovatt terracotta pottery bust of 'Te Rangi Pikanga', finely modelled with moko kauae, a woven cloak to her shoulders and two hei tiki to her neck; the base incised with the subject's name and 'T.N. Lovatt, Temuka'. Te Rangi Pikinga born circa 1800 was an important figure in Ngati Apa history, witnessing the turmoil of inter-tribal warfare. As a young woman she was captured by a war party led by Te Rauparaha and his nephew Te Rangihaeata, the latter's subsequent chiefly marriage to…
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A rare Thomas Norman Lovatt glazed terracotta pottery bust of 'Pomar-e', finely modelled with incised moko, wearing a cloak to his shoulders; incised to the base 'No. T.N. Lovatt, Temuka, NZ' and with the subject's name. 24.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 17 cm. Pomare II (Ngapuhi) was an important Maori chief, born in the latter part of the 18th century, a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. Lovatt (1896-1968) emigrated from England in 1923 taking up the position of manager at the Benhar Pottery in Otago, and…
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Temuka Pottery lidded Maori design tobacco jar, the lid as a bust of a Maori Warrior, stylised full figures and masks to the body, relief spiral 'carved' and other designs to the swollen base, brown glaze, impressed maker's details to base, height 27.2 cm.
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A vintage Grimwades 'Maoriland' octagonal plate, depicting a Pa gate scene, Maori carving decorated border, diameter 25 cm
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A Grimwades 'Maoriland' jug, ovoid form, hand coloured with Lake Taupo and mountains. Hairline crack, height 11 cm
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A Grimwades 'Maori Ware' teapot, lustre hand coloured decoration titled 'Maori Carver', the lid and spout faulted.
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A Continental porcelain Maori souvenir ware plate, decorated with dark sepia transfer vignettes of Maori life, framed by a border of fish and lizards, diameter 23 cm.
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A Maori patterned mug produced at Titian Studios or Crown Lynn, designed by Hemara Hemara circa 1971, dark brown glaze, impressed number B1110 under the base, height 12 cm.
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A rare Titian Studio rugby boot, designed and modelled by Cam Brown in 1956 to commemorate the victory by Waikato over the Springboks in 1956. Don Clarke was instrumental in winning the match and his boot size '9' is impressed on the sole. It reads 'Waikato 14, Springboks 10, June 9th 1956' handwritten in the glaze. 13 cm x 13 cm.
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A Titian Studio glazed toby jug in the form of a M'ori kuia, 'Wahine' impressed to the upper back, height 13 cm.
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A Titian Studios tiki mask ashtray, impressed marks and number S.105 along with printed mark, height 12.5 cm.
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A Titian Studio 'Wahine' character jug, glazed in colours, impressed marks, height 12.5 cm.
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A Titian Studio seagull ashtray, the swooping bird with wing dipping to the wave base. Impressed maker's name and number F.105.' height 25.3 cm
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A Titian Studios Maui platter, of shaped rectangular form with relief seabirds as handles and depiction of Maui fishing up Aotearoa in relief to the centre, tones of brown, green/blue etc., impressed factory marks (S.111) to back. 31 cm x 19 cm.
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A Titian Studio model waka trough vase, coloured glaze of brown, yellow and green, 'Maori War Canoe' to front and Titian Studio to base, length 28 cm.
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A Titian Studio trough vase, cobweb and spider moulded. (T.104), width 18.5 cm
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A Titian Studio fantail wall vase, height 13.5 cm
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A Titian style pottery Maori portrait wall mask, with 'Maori Art Designs' foil label affixed verso and inscribed 'GT', height 15 cm.
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A Spartan Santa figure, along with two Centennial souvenir Maori gateway ornaments and a slip cast rugby boy figure/
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A Jim Beam 'Hone Heke' decanter, with music box base, height 34.5 cm.
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A Jim Beam 'Hongi Hika' decanter, with music box base. Repaired hand, height 34 cm.
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A Jim Beam 'Te Rauparaha' decanter, with music box base (Pokarekare ana), complete with taiaha, height 38.5 cm.
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A Parker Pottery wine bottle for Lincoln Wines, lozenge section, the walls decorated with tiki and manaia figures on a kowhaiwhai patterned ground, caramel coloured glaze, height 21.5 cm.
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Three Ti-Toki liqueur bottles, one with original swing booklet, various brown glazes. Two at height 30 cm, one at height 20 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Ti-Toki liqueur bottle, in blue-grey glaze, with original swing booklet and sealed; along with a similar bottle. Tallest height 26.5 cm.
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A rare vintage pottery bust of a Maori wahine, plaited hair, moko to chin, painted matt glazed face, semi-gloss glaze highlights. Marked to the base 'Temuka N.Z', height 24.5 cm. Some firing faults.
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A rare Temuka Pottery lop eared rabbit, in rich blue glaze. Ears restuck, height 19 cm.
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An uncommon Temuka Pottery bulldog sculptural vase, rich brown glaze. Repair to back foot, length 24.5 cm
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A rare Temuka Pottery sculptural bulldog heater, the moulded base with tan glaze, the back with an open basket with attachment holes for heater element, length 24.5 cm.
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An early Crown Lynn large elephant, trunk raised, mottled tan glaze, incised numbers to one foot, length 23 cm
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A Crown Lynn hippopotamus 'Khama', after the hippo born 1950 at Auckland Zoo, black glaze, number to base 207, length 15.5 cm.
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Two early Crown Lynn Specials Department figures, an elephant in mottled tan glaze, trunk connected to right front foot; the recumbent rabbit in blue/green glaze, fractional number to the base, length 14.3 cm and 11.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn trickle glaze Mickey Mouse jug, in tan and pale blue tones, with fraction mark to base, height 11 cm
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An early Crown Lynn (Amalgamated Brick & Pipe) large bowl, mottled red brown glaze, incised fractional number to base, diameter 20.5 cm.
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An early Crown Lynn (Ambrico) large blue glazed vase, squat baluster form with green streaky highlights, circular mark to base, star crack to base, diameter 20 cm.
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A large Crown Lynn white swan, printed marked to base, length 30 cm
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A Crown Lynn earthenware Expo '70 table dish of oblong shape, designed by Dave Jenkin, decorated with Maori motifs in pale grey and black on a cream ground. Printed marks. 30 cm x 18.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Potteries 'Legend' plate, rounded square form with gilt highlighted relief decoration of stylised iconic New Zealand imagery including kiwi, taiaha, flowers, etc. on uncommon cream glazed ground. 28.5 cm x 28.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn 'Native Flora and Fauna' teapot stand, relief gilded decoration on brown ground, the reverse with moulded details. 14 cm x 14 cm.
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A Crown Lynn ball handled coffee pot designed by Dorothy Thorpe, circa 1966, 'Pine' colourway (blue), impressed shape number 1020 to base, height 30 cm.
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A selection of Crown Lynn 'Last Wave' patterned china, designed by Juliet Hawkins 1980, including two coffee pots, coffee and teacups and saucers.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, matt and glazed banded decoration, height 24 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, baluster body in traditional matt and glazed decoration, printed tiki mark, height 24 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, impressed banded decoration, gloss glaze to the base. Unmarked, height 19.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, impressed, incised and traditional glaze, printed tiki mark, height 22.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn (unmarked) circular plate decorated with various hotel, club, business and institutional monograms and logos, as used on various service wares, in various colours, possibly a salespersons' sample. circa 1950, diameter 22.8 cm.
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A Crown Lynn circular ashtray, with relief encircling manaia in Wharetana ware style, highlighted in green on a cream ground. Printed beneath: 'With the Compliments of Crown Lynn', impressed number 1017, diameter 12 cm
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Three vintage Air New Zealand tiki cups, paneled tiki designs and impressed: 'Air New Zealand knows the South Pacific best', dark and pale brown glazes, height 7.5 cm.
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Crown Lynn small tiki box and pair Maori figured salt and pepper shakers, the circular lidded box with tiki in relief to the brown lid, the shakers in green glaze, maker unknown, height 5 cm and 12.3 cm
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, traditional banded decoration and printed tiki mark. Minor flaking to rim, height 23.5 cm.
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A small Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, traditional decoration and mark, height 10 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes tall vase, matt, combed and glazed banded decoration, printed tiki mark, height 25 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, the cylindrical body in traditional decoration, printed tiki mark, height 17.5 cm.
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A Crown Lynn Arthur Rhodes vase, angular sectioned body in traditional matt and glazed decoration, printed tiki mark, height 17.5 cm.
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A Minton majolica game tureen and cover, the body decorated with oak leaves on a basket woven ground, the cover modelled in high relief with game grouse, duck and a hare on a background of oak leaves and ferns, the interior a bright turquoise. Restoration to base and lid edge, width 40 cm.
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A Royal Doulton stoneware 'Kia Ora' jardiniere, decorated in relief with tiki, masks, spiral motifs and 'Kia Ora' panels, in a pale mottled blue band, the lower body decorated in dark blue, diameter 23 cm, height 17.5 cm.
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