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Connoisseur’s Evening Auction — Small & Whitfield Auctions and Valuations

Auction House:Small & Whitfield Auctions and ValuationsNumber of lots recorded:424
Sale Title:Connoisseur’s Evening AuctionLots with images:424
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:323
Date:6-Jul-2020
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New Haven American eight-day cathedral clock with hand painted and gilt castle scene to glass with origianl key and pendulum
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Ansonia American rectangular mantle clock with marbled effect and hand gilt with key and pendulum
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Sessions American ebonised Grecian colosseum column clock
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New Haven American eight-day steeple clock with hand painted and gilt decoration with original key and pendulum
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English made ebonised mantle clock with lion mask handles and gilt face
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Jaeger LeCoultre brass floating skeleton clock with visible Swiss 15-jewel baguette movement, marked 355
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Cast metal puppy dog mystery clock, marked 'T.H.' to face, with rounded glass and Roman numerals appears to be in working condition
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Bronzed figural statue of a stork in flight
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Pair of 19th century French Egyptian revival cast metal candlesticks depicting seated winged sphinx on socle slate base, height 25 cm
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Cold painted bronze American Indian and buffalo hunt on marble base
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Cold painted bronze figure of horse and rider on a white marble base
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Cold painted bronze figure of a six point resting stag
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Cold painted bronze dog figure with conch shell applied wagon
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Pair of Pompeian bronzed busts of Dante and Wagner
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Pygmalian sonata piano musical powder compact
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Rustic metal oil burner in the form of a bird
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Bronzed cast metal charger depicting semi-clad maiden and cherub at a water fountain, diameter 24 cm
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German Gesetzlich overlaid enamelled bowl on brass ornate stand
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Bronzed metal mythical creature decorated bowl with wheels
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Bronzed figure of a hound dog in recumbent position
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Vintage figural matchbox holder with cold painted bronze Arab boy
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Unusual table lighter depicting a bird and three crossed rifles
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Cast iron cow and calf sculpture signed by P. J. Mene, length 24 cm af to horn and tail
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Antique Malaysian kris with a decorative brass scabbard
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Japanese military Samurai sword World War II issue, original leather scabbard, shagreen handle with bronzed tsuba in good original condition
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Edwardian carved bone Stanhope needle case viewer depicting Constantinople battleships at dock missing screw base
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A Victorian mother of pearl and paua shell overlaid card case case and fitted note pad
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Scarce Irish pewter noggin measure I. Gill, Dublin made c.1880's
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Attributed to Johann Heinrich Hamer maker, later part 18th century German tobacco box, depicting Prince Ferdinand battle scene one side, verso Lisbon Town scenes Nov 1755, with later engraved name and date 1832, John Wells Hoddesdens, width 15.5 cm
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Rare English horn and sterling silver beaker with sterling silver shield shaped plaque inscribed 'Worcester Regatta 1901 T. Green, hallmarked Birmingham 1900
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Carved Meerschaum Pipe of a Persian Prince with case, length 18 cm
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Pair of Art Nouveau pewter vases resting on three loop feet
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Carved alabaster figure of a young peasant boy c.1900, height 35 cm
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Bronze statue depicting a mother and a child
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William Rickets pottery plaque depicting an Aboriginal boy, signed to base, height 18 cm
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Bronzed bust of a boy
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Handpainted pottery charger depicting a lady, signed verso Jean Sims
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Large vintage soapstone walrus with original lable for Canadian Esquimaux Eskimo, height 33 cm
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Diana Following the Chase' a rectangular plaque in relief of electrotype silver and copper panel depicting Diana with a spear, surrounded by attendants and hounds pursuing a stag, 25 x 54 cm
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The Diadem, A Book for the Boudoir' edited by Miss Louisa H. Sheridan 1838, in the original blind-stamped gilt decorated full leather binding, illustrated title page and twelve steel engravings
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Australian Chivalry 1933' original book of official war paintings
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Rev. Samuel Kinns 'Moses and Geology: or, The Harmony of the Bible with Science' 1889
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Harold Brock: fifty-five original photographs, captions provided, from Rowley Park Speedway about 1959-1961
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J.A. Manson 'Indoor Amusements' 1911 Revised and Enlarged Edition 'Almost every branch of indoor recreation' covered and richly illustrated
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Eyres Central Australia Volumes 1 and 2
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Journals of Two Expeditions, Gray Edition, Volumes 1 and 2
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Norman Lindsay 'Halfway to Anywhere' 1947 First Edition, illustrated by the author
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The Barrier Silver and Tin Fields in 1888' Adelaide 1888 First Edition
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May Gibbs 'Boronia Babies and 'Gumnut Babies', both Sydney 1922
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T.G.H. Strehlow 'The Sustaining Ideals of Australian Aboriginal Societies' Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press 1956 First Edition
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James Duncan 'Introduction to Entomology' in the Naturalist's Library, Edited by Jardine, 38 hand-coloured plates by Lizars c.1850
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Pair of vintage bronze bookends on black glass bases minor a/f to bottom of bases
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Rev. Julian E. Tenison Woods 'North Australia: It's Physical Geography and Natural History' Adelaide 1864 First Edition
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The Australian Aborigines' issued by the A.F.A. in support of David Unaipon and including his plea for his race and his re-telling of two legends
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De Buffon 'Mammiferes' volumes 1-4 First Editions 1828-1830, in French
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F.J. Ironside 'Fifty Years of Cricket Third Edition: World of Cricket: England v Australia: Colony v Colony 1856-1895 Records etc.', includes Australian Lawn Cricket, Aboriginal Cricket and Ladies Cricket
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Victorian leather bound cartes de visites photograph album including fourteen photographs, five of them Australian tintypes, with brass clasp
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Leatherbound 'Pictorial Family Bible, Red Letter Art Edition' presented in 1907 to William Tonkin, includes family tree
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Douglas Stewart 'The Garden of Ships, A Poem' Sydney, The Wentworth Press 1962 First Edition with pen drawings by Norman Lindsay, Ian Mudie's copy, signed by the author
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F. Algar 'A Handbook to the Colony of SA' London 1858 First Edition, with the Adelaide facsimile of 1980
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Group of 7x 1901 South Australia, Adelaide Boer War related Photographs, including images of the 2nd Contingent Passing York Hotel, North Terrace, Rundle Street and the departure of the 2nd Contingent, Governor Tennyson's arrival Town Hall. 10.5 x 15 cm image.
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c.1900, 1910 Qty 47x Edwardian Period Department Store Mahogany and Oak Furniture Catalogue Photographs of Sideboards, bedroom suites, buffet's, etc. 16.5 x 22 cm image
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Chinese wooden sculpture decorated with applied cast metal dragons on marble base
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Cast metal Chinese figure of a dragon on a stand a/f
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Chinese beautifully carved jade statue of a mythical creature, length 31 cm, height 14 cm
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19th century Chinese cloisonne charger decorated with flowers and butterfly against blue ground, diameter 30.5 cm
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Thai cast metal head of a Buddha
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Carved Thai figure with interesting vintage woven coin body
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Rosewood Indonesian carved and hand painted mask
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Oriental bronze statue of a man holding a stick, height 25 cm
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Early 20th century Scottish dinner bell in the form of a Regency dolphin with horn and silverplated mounts, Reg number 19318
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Ancient Chinese Neolithic creamware pottery twin handled vase, with certificate of authenticity height 12.8 cm
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Rustic metal hanging oil burner in the form of a bird
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Rare Japanese bronze model of a crab with articulated legs and claws
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Large ivory and bone temple sculpture with intricate engraved foliage, phoenix and dragon decoration height 38 cm
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Oriental finely carved wooden figurine depicting four mice, length 20 cm
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Finely carved jade duck figurine length 9.5 cm A/F
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An early Chinese carved bamboo brush pot decorated wtih foliage and bird, height 30.5 cm
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19th century Chinese carved bamboo brush pot depicting scholar scene, height 19 cm
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Pair of early Japanese bronze vases decorated with dragons and foliate, height 24 cm
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19th century carved agate double gourd snuff bottle of flattened form, the translucent pale yellow stone with russet inclusions 6.6 cm purchased at Mossgreen Auctions for $1896, receipt available
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19th century Chinese carved boxwood statue of a boy riding a water buffalo, supported by it's original hardwood naturalistic stand, length 38 cm height 23 cm repair to horn
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19th/20th century Buddhist prayer book written in Thai script by hand with needle on bamboo or palm leaves, with wooden covers adn and single central cord
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19th century polychrome inkwell stand with pen insert holes decorated with hand painted flowers
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19th century Delft blue and white porcelain vase, height 23 cm
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An early twin handled porcelain blue and white vase decorated with various world scenes a/f to handle height 17 cm
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Japanese bronze twin handled vase decorated with berries and leaves, height 22.5 cm
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Japanese Imari hand painted porcelain plate, four character marks to reverse, height 21.5 cm
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19th century Japanese bronze vase decorated with applied flower, height 26.5 cm
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19th century Japanese spill vase in the shape of bamboo with six character marks to base, height 14 cm
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Japanese bronzed small bowl raised on three children figural feet with a central raised face to inside, diameter 12 cm
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An early Chinese glazed pottery plate decorated with handpainted enamel stork birds, diameter 19.4 cm
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19th century Delft blue and white porcelain plate depicting a vase with flowers, diameter 16 cm
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An early Oriental boubus bronze vase, height 15 cm
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19th century Japanese bronze vase decorated with applied foliate, three character mark to base, height 29.5 cm
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Art Deco Czechoslovakian frosted crystal owl figurine on black glass base, signed Desna to base, height 21 cm
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Edwardian shaped crystal basket vase with leaf decoration and matching blue glass basket repair to basket
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Lalique art glass plate depicting flowers, etched Lalique France to reverse
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Pair of Waterford cut crystal candlesticks with original box
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Group of three Victorian cornucopia swirl glass posie vases
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