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Antiques & Decorative Arts — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:387
Sale Title:Antiques & Decorative ArtsLots with images:386
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:358
Date:19-Aug-2020
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Victorian Salters brass clockwork roasting jack with winding key, 38 cm height
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Vintage brass and steel miners lamp 27 cm height.
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Vintage Joseph Lucas Ltd brass carbide bicycle lamp with faceted green cabochons to each side of the lamp, 18 cm height.
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Vintage bronzed pocket compass with silverised dial, 7 cm diam.
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Two vintage steel block planes comprising a Stanley no 220 and an unmarked example, 18 cm length
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Two cased sets drawing instruments together with a small measuring gauge
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W. Watson and Sons 'Service' monocular microscope in original mahogany carrying case
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Set of late Victorian mahogany and inlaid scales with white marble top, 2 brass pans and selection of small weights, 36 cm width
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Set of vintage cast metal kitchen scales and weights with brass pan
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A small antique figure of a muse 15 cm height, together with a reproduction Egyptian cat figure and small Roman terracotta scent bottle
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Pair of bronze seated Egyptian God bookends 18 cm height
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Two small antique Bronzes of Isis and Osires with Egyptian dealers letter of authenticity to Iona Tyrell of New York from 1958, stating they reputedly date to c1350 BC
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Bronze lion of St Mark traditional winged form with his paw upon an open book on a rectangular base, 27 cm length.
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Art Nouveau style female bronze bust, indistinctly signed (20th century) 42 cm height.
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Small late 19th century European bronze figure of a man carrying 2 ducks, 20 cm height.
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19th century French bronze group of hunting cherubs, one with spear and horn the other with a fishing net, 21 cm width, 27 cm height
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Cased pair of miniatures of sisters Thomine and Aliette finely painted, oval shape, the tan morocco case stamped with their names.
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Grand Tour micro mosaic floral framed miniature the miniature on ivory depicting a young woman in an interior, 11.5 x 9 cm overall
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19th century miniature portrait of a lady oval in a scroll inlaid tortoiseshell frame.
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Hand coloured portrait photo miniature of a young girl in an oval sterling silver gilt frame with folding brown morocco leather outer case, together with a cast brass oval photo frame.
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19th century genuine union photo case by S Peck & Co octagonal shape, tooled velvet and gilt metal interior, c1850, made from shellac and wood fibre, the material for these Union cases was called thermoplastic by the maker Samuel Peck.
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Two framed Victorian Baxter print groups the smaller with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the larger with a Royal procession, equestrian scene and naval gala, both in original ebonised frames.
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Pair of Italian Grand Tour style miniatures depicting St marks square Venice, and Milano 1849, in ornate green painted and gilded frames, 19 x 22 cm overall
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Victorian mahogany framed sepia photo of a lady with a letter, 16 x 14 cm, together with maple framed cartoon titled Scherzo, and small watercolour cartoon
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Victorian gilt framed Chrystoleum traditional concave form depicting 2 women on a balcony, one seated painting a classical urn, 38 cm by 34.
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Victorian petit point embroidery of the Last supper worked by Emma Lucretia Smith 1849, 40 cm by 33
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17/18th century Italian miniature of the sacred heart of Jesus in an ornate period gold thread surround with floral and shell decorated corners and a Venetian style mirrored outer frame, 33 x 21 cm (some faults)
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Antique Russian icon of St Pantaleon on wooden panel, traditionally painted with a spoon in one hand and box of medicaments in the other, 27 x 22 cm overall
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Antique Russian icon of the nativity painted on wooden panel depicting the holy family, the shepherd, star and 3 wise men, 34.5 x 26 cm overall.
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Victorian Morocco leather and floral painted photo album with fixed gilt metal mount and clasp on tooled leather base, 38 cm height
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Two small Victorian Morocco leather photo albums with brass clasps and hinges, one with 4 portraits including 2 New Zealand photographers.
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Victorian tortoiseshell calling card case with scroll decoration to each side.
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19th century ebonised circular snuff box glazed top inset with a silvered portrait of the Hon Earl Fitzwilliam, 9 cm diameter, together with an HMV mahogany and green velvet record cleaner and small resin figure of an emperor.
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Cast iron dog Nutcrackers 32 cm length
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Antique bone pastry cutter 18 cm length, together with a wooden handled pewter soup ladle
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Five various vintage pipes including 2 Meerscahaum, another with the bowl carved as a terrier, a small gilt metal pipe and plain one in an oval stiff card box.
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Victorian papier mache hand fan black lacquered with hand painted floral spray and gilded corners on ebonised baluster handle, 23 cm width
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Chromed steel 'Original Safety' bottle opener Reg no 543083, with ebonised handle, 25 cm height
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Oak and chromed steel wine bottle Pourer with winding ratchet mechanism, 24.5 cm diam.
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Large steel Bladed wooden handled Cleaver 69 cm length
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New Zealand burr totara cigarette box the slightly domed lid inlaid with paua shell in a foliate scrolling design, 18 cm width
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A sepia photo of a World War I soldier by Dolby of Lewisham, oval and contained in a wooden propellor tip frame.
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New Zealand burr totara demi lune stand or wall bracket, with 4 graduated tiers, 26 cm width
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Small late 19th century marble urn footed circular form, the detachable domed lid with mask finial, 16 cm diam.
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Pair of Edwardian gilt metal hanging light fittings with outset leaves and hung with clear glass prismatic drops, together with other odd glass drops and 2 bowls.
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Small Edw mahogany and mirrored wall shelf applied with small gilded rosettes, 35 cm height
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Small Art Deco wall mirror upright oblong form with 3 outset triangular panels, 38 by 36.5 cm overall.
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Large stained kauri presentation shield with painted central roundel, surrounded by mother of pearl palm trees, swordfish and turtle decorations, awarded to Sgt R E Spencer RNZAF Luacala bay Fiji
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Small Victorian oak barrel ovoid shape with applied slender cane bands, 30 cm height.
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Miniature oak flat front chest with 3 drawers on shaped apron base, 29 cm width
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A miniature oak chest of 2 short and 2 long drawers with white opaque glass handles, 34 cm width
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Taxidermied Victorian mopoke owl in glazed display case 53 cm height
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19th century pine box with steel carrying handle, hinges and lock plate
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19th century oak and burr totara collectors cabinet the doors applied with burr totara panels, revealing an interior of 4 drawers with folding brass handles on box base, 50 cm by 41.
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Victorian ebonised walking cane the handle with sterling silver mounts.
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Oak reading stand with arched top, green leatherette inset, folding ratchet mechanism, 40 cm width.
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Two Victorian Morocco leather writing cases both with tooled fronts, the larger with Bramah lock.
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Vintage black Morocco atache case containing a selection of trunk and suitcase travel labels, cigarette tins and sundry ephemera
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Two 18th century pewter plates the larger by Humber, together with a 19th century baluster tankard (of sizes)
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Eight various pewter items comprising a soup tureen and ladle, 4 graduated tankards, christening mug and Chinese pewter bowl
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Pair George III pewter plates with London touch marks, c1760-80, 23 cm diameter.
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19th century pewter two handled soup tureen by Shaw & Fisher footed oval shape with detachable lid, the base with applied Royal patentees plaque (damage to foot) together with a Victorian baluster wine ewer and tankard, and small Georgian bowl and spoon
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George III pewter plate 24 cm diameter.
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Archibald Knox for Liberty's pewter vase, design no 0290 c1905 with scrolling tendril supports 26 cm height.
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Lidded pewter hot water jug baluster shape with open thumbpiece, 20 cm height, together with a pair of commemorative pewter plates depicting Archduke Albert and Princess Isabella, 23 cm diam.
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Regency rosewood tea caddy sarcophagus shape, (lacks interior fittings and escutcheon), together with a burr walnut stationery stand with gilt metal embellishments.
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Regency mahogany stationery box, adapted from a tea caddy oblong shape with small swing handle to the lid, 29.5 cm width
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Regency rosewood and brass tea caddy sarcophagus shape with ornate brass floral and scroll inlays, 25 cm width.
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Victorian rosewood tea caddy oblong shape with mother of pearl roundel to the lid, 2 division interior, lacking lids, (cracks and small chips to rear corners), 20 cm width, together with small circular barometer with ceramic dial, 9 cm diameter.
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Regency rosewood and brass inlaid tea caddy oblong shape, the hinged lid revealing an interior with 2 lidded compartments and central well, with ornate brass handles and ball feet, 31 cm width
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19th century black lacquered portable writing box the lid with ornate gilding and oval inlaid abalone panel the centre painted with a Victorian cottage interior showing a mother and daughter by a spinning wheel, 25.5 cm width
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Regency mahogany tea caddy/stationery box, sarcophagus form with boxwood stringing on ball feet adapted from a tea caddy to a stationery box, 30 cm width
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Regency rosewood sarcophagus tea caddy the interior with 2 lidded compartments and central glass mixing bowl, 31 cm width
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After William B. Wollen, a Rugby match polychrome print, published by Messrs Mawson, swan and Morgan, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 31st March 1896, 55 x 82 cm
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Herring's Fox-Hunting Scenes, The Meet polychrome engraving, engraved by J Harris, after J F Herring Snr, published October 1867 R Dodson, 147 strand, 56 x 86 cm
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Stipple engraving, The Truth of Infancy drawn and engraved by F Bartolozzi, after drawing in the collection of M. Bovi. London, published January 1792, by M. Bovi, no. 207 Piccadilly, 23 x 30 cm in period gilt frame
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Two nautical chromolithographs W F Mitchell of hallmarked Sterling Undaunted and Hallmarked Sterling Hero, both c1890, 16 x 22.5 cm each (2)
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Three assorted framed prints chromolithograph of pink terrace, Rotomanhanga, 16 x 36 cm together with two small hand coloured engravings 'Rio Janeiro' and 'Le Chateau de Marly' (3)
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Victorian coloured lithograph 'The Latest Scandal Depicting a Group of Laughing Maori Women by a Whare, published by a E Willis, Wanganui, 49 by 62 cm.
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Engraving, A Curiously Arched Rock on the Coast of New Zealand / A New Zealand Chief Whose Head is Ingeniously Tatawed [sic] and A Subaltern Warrior Of The Same Country engraved by Page, published by Alex. R Hogg at the Kings arms no. 16 Paternoster row, 30 x 20 cm, unframed/Mounted
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Engraving, A Family in Dusk bay New Zealand, after William Hodges, a family in Dusk bay, New Zealand, engraving, 23 x 34.5 cm, unframed/mounted
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Engraving, The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand engraved by John Rennoldson, published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings arms. No.16 Paternoster row, 22 x 35 cm, unframed/mounted
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Engraving, a larger view (by another artist) of That Celebrated Natural Curiosity the Perforated Rock in Tolaga Bay in New Zealand engraved by Gerald Sibelius, published by Alex. R. Hogg at the Kings Arma no. 16 Paternoster row, 22.5 x 35 cm, unframed/mounted
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Engraving, a Fortified Town or Village called a Hippah built on a Perforated Rock at Tolaga in New Zealand, engraved by Thomas Morris, published by Alex. R Hogg at the Kings arms no 16 Paternoster row, 22 x 35 cm, unframed/mounted
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Anscombe and Associates, plan of the 1939-1940 New Zealand Centennial exhibition complex, original watercolour with title and key to the top left corner, 94 x 110 cm, Interestingly the Miramar bowling club pavilion is the only remaining building designed by Edmund Anscombe is the sole surviving building from the complex. A rare and possibly unique drawing.
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Rare 19th century plan of the harbour of Port Nicholson showing the Relative Positions of the town and country sections, published for the New Zealand Company by James elder & Co., London. William Mein Smith, Royal artillery, Surveyor general, 73 x 48 cm, framed
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J D Moultray and other, Colonial oil (2) James Douglas Moultray, on the Eddleston near Peebles, Scotland, oil on card, 15 x 29 cm, together with a Colonial oil on circular ceramic panel, 15 cm diameter.
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William Langley (British), Seascape William Langley, Seascape, possibly Tahuna Nelson c1917, oil on canvas, signed (lower right), 39 x 60 cm
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Manner of Frances Hodgkins, windmill with woman Tending fields manner of Frances Hodgkins, windmill with woman Tending fields, watercolour, 42 x 33 cm
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George S Walters (British), on the Stour at Manningtree George S Walters (British), on the Stour at Manningtree, watercolour heightened with white, signed (lower left), 31.5 x 49 cm
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Maurice Courant (French), sailing boats on Calm Waters Maurice Francois Courant (French), sailing boats on Calm Waters, oil on board, signed and dated 1891 (lower left), 44 x 63 cm
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Romain Steepe (Dutch), fishing vessels at Dusk Romain Steepe (Dutch 1859-1927), fishing vessels at Dusk, oil on canvas, signed (lower left), 50 x 40 cm
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Romain Steepe (Dutch), boats by Moonlight Romain Steepe (Dutch 1859-1927), boats by Moonllight, oil on panel, signed (lower left), 23 x 30.5 cm
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S Reid, Shepherd with Grazing Sheep S Reid (Scottish), shepherd with grazing sheep in snow clad field, gouache, signed (lower left), 34 x 49 cm
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19th century European, Barn Interior 19th century European, Barn interior, oil on canvas, 34 x 44 cm in traditional gilt frame
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Attrib Egon von Vietinghoff (Swiss/German), still life with orange attributed Egon von Vietinghoff (Swiss/German), still life with orange, attributed Egon von Vietinghoff (Swiss/German), still life with orange, oil on panel, signed (lower left), 20 x 26 cm
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European 19th century artist, portrait of Urchin European 19th century artist, portrait of Urchin, oil on canvas, 45 x 29 cm
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European artist, portrait of lady, European 19th century artist, possibly French, portrait of a lady, oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm
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Modern Japanese woodblock print of swans, limited edition 11/100, signed and dated 1982, 41 x 40 cm
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Japanese woodblock print landscape at Dusk, signed (lower right), no 95, 26 x 36 cm
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