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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:498
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:497
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:318
Date:23-Nov-2020
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A finely carved Chinese ivory dragon boat with figures, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, finely carved, the boat with fourteen oarsmen and six officials, the boat ornamented with scales to the body, a chicken head to one end and a dragon head to the other, profusely relief carved throughout, height 9 cm, width 32 cm
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A pair of vintage ivory ladies, the opposite pair of figures each in lightly inked robes with hints of red pigment and holding shaped fans, one with loss to hair, raised on wooden double lotus stands, height 20 cm
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A vintage ivory netsuke of an elder deity figure, the standing figure carrying a staff and holding a peach, lightly engraved and inked upon a 'Tea stained' ground, signed underside, height 5.5 cm
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Two vintage ivory elephants, naturalistically carved, the larger with a curled trunk and raised on a wooden base, width 11 cm, and smaller
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A vintage coloured ivory netsuke of an Elderly artist, an expressive older man with a paint brush and red ink block, a basket of red flowers at his feet, decorated with green and brown colours upon a 'Tea stained' ground, signed underside, height 5.5 cm
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A vintage ivory netsuke of a peasant figure carrying a fan, the bulky figure of a peasant with inflated bloomers and a lightly engraved and inked haori jacket with lotus designs, carrying a folding fan, a finger to his lips, signed to the side of the haori, height 5 cm
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A vintage ivory carving of a lion, naturalistically carved as a stealthy growling male lion, raised on a fitted wooden base, width 15.5 cm
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A vintage ivory netsuke of a rodent with a head of maize, the naturalistic study of a squirrel type rodent upon its haunches holding its prized cob, engraved and coloured, signed underside, height 4.5 cm
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A Japanese boxwood netsuke of a dog, 19th century, apocryphal signature of Tomotada, a study of an emaciated seated dog with glass eyes, signed underside, height 6.5 cm
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Hasui, Kawase (1883-1957), lake Chuzenji, originally issued 1930, signed Hasui with red artist's seal, 'Kawase'; a post 1989 Heisei edition printed from the original woodblocks, height 33 cm, width 21 cm
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Hasui, Kawase (1883-1957), snow at Ueno Toshogu shrine - Mitsugiri, originally issued 1929, signed Hasui with red artist's seal, 'Kawase'; a post 1989 Heisei edition printed from the original woodblocks, height 33 cm, width 21 cm
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Hasui, Kawase (1883-1957), snow at Ueno, Kiyomizudo, originally issued 1929, signed Hasui with red artist's seal, 'Kawase'; a post 1989 Heisei edition printed from the original woodblocks, height 33 cm, width 21 cm
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Kunisada, Utagawa (Toyokoni III) 1786-1864, Edo period, 1850s, a fine woodblock triptych (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper depicting three half length Kabuki actors amidst blossom and lanterns, signed to each panel within bordered cartouches, with publisher and other seals, height 35.5 cm, width 75 cm
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A vintage Japanese three tier Bento box in a timber Carry case, early 20th century, the small upright box with a removable sliding door revealing the jubako stacked set of boxes, the exteriors in a strongly defined woodgrain, black lacquer to the bases and red lacquer to the interiors, the upper box with lid, the case with a swing handle and painted character marks to the base, height 19.5 cm, length 14 cm, width 14 cm
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A famille verte baluster vase, the large vase decorated throughout with writhing dragons amidst iron red flowers and pale grey scrolls on a mottled emerald glaze ground between yellow ruyi and lappet borders, unmarked, height 43 cm
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A flambe glazed bottle vase, the large vase of squashed profile with a thick purple lilac and maroon glaze throughout, the rim in mottled olive tones, with kiln grit to the lower body, height 34.5 cm
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A large bottle vase, of traditional shape with an even iron red glaze, unmarked, height 40 cm
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A Japanese silk fan, four Tutanka Hinode cloisonne enamel dishes, mid 20th century, a straw coloured silk folding fan with bone sticks, decorate with painted grasses and yellow flowers, and; a fine set of patterned yellow ground small dishes featuring red crested cranes in flight, unmarked but attributed to the Tutanka cloisonne enamel school, width 62 cm, (fan) length 12 cm, width 10 cm, (dish)
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A Japanese timber toiletries box with mirror, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the table top box with a single long drawer and two short drawers flanked by a slender vertical drawer, a framed mirror held in shaped vertical supports to the top, height 74 cm, width 41 cm, depth 23 cm
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A large Satsuma vase, probably Showa period, 1920s, signed, the baluster vase with trumpet neck decorated with fighting foot soldiers and warriors on horseback, patterned reserves to the neck and base; double bordered red cartouche underside, height 40 cm
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A pair of bronze mounted Satsuma oil lamps with electric conversion, Meiji period, 1968-1912, 19th century Kosmos wild & Wessel (Berlin), the pair both finely decorated with two shaped reserves featuring figural narratives set in gardens and interiors, in moriage enamels and gilt surrounded by brocaded borders and decorations, with a Kosmos oil burner set in cast and pierced mounts, later slub silk deep gold shades, height 70 cm
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A Japanese lacquer ware box or tray with stand, 20th century, a two tier tray style box with a cushion profile lid elegantly decorated with a single flower centred with an abalone shell 'Eye' and sparse foliage on black, applied red cartouche, modern characters underside, together with a footed stan, height 9.5 cm, length 29 cm, width 24 cm, (box)
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A Chinese album in the manner of Ren Bonian (1840-1895), eight images depicting figures engaged in everyday rural activities, in ink and colours on handmade textured paper, with script and red seals to each, in a concertina album with silk frames to the pages, and fabric hard covers, length 39 cm, width 40 cm
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A Chinese album in the manner of Qi Baishi (1863-1957), eight scenes of landscapes and village life in ink and colours on paper with red seals to each, in a concertina album with yellow fabric hard colours, length 39.5 cm, width 31 cm
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A set of four hanging scrolls attributed to Pu Ru (1896-1963), our scenes in muted colours and ink upon silk, each depicting a lady in seasonal landscapes with auspicious foliage, length 111 cm, width 30 cm
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A vintage Japanese wooden Hako-Sumitori (tea ceremony) box, 20th century, the light weight square box in probably mulberry wood with high set vertical supports and an arching handle, the lift off lid revealing a recessed removable partition with impressed character marks
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A set of seven Japanese 'Shaker Style' Kiridame boxes, the vintage set of seven oval nesting boxes fabricated from a series of blonde wood staves with cane plaited central girdles and to the bases, the outer box with a fitted lid, two character incised marks to each box, and to lid, height 22 cm, length 45.5 cm, width 37 cm
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An antique traditional Japanese Zakori silk reel, Edo period, 19th century, the mechanical timber spinning reel with cogs and crank and an itomaki bobbin with thread, stamps and character marks to uprights, height 44 cm, width 53 cm, depth 17 cm
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An antique Japanese copper lined wooden hibachi, probably 19th century to early 20th century, a utilitarian object used for home heating, the light weight cushion form circular wooden surround, open to the base, with a copper insert for housing charcoal, height 23 cm, diameter 39 cm
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A Chinese moulded polychrome pottery vase, early 20th century, the thickly potted high shouldered baluster vase with lion head and ring handles, depicting courtly narrative scenes in high relief decorated with thin glazed colours to two reserves upon a diaper patterned yellow ground; moulded apocryphal reign mark underside, height 34 cm
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Three Chinese porcelain deity figures, 20th century, small slip moulded polychrome decorated deities holding their respective attributes, height 10 cm, and smaller
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A group of vintage Japanese Hakata Urasaki ceramic elder figures, 20th century, Engaging studies of elder couples in traditional attire engaged in everyday pursuits, one couple lighting and smoking a cigarette, the other couple to eat and drink, he with his bento box, and she to pour from a double gourd vase, in muted matte colours, unmarked, height 17 cm, width 23 cm, and smaller
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A Chinese jade head rest, featuring a pierced shou medallion to the centre and twin heads to the short ends, in a mottled mid green colours, height 8.5 cm, length 24 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A vintage carved ivory tusk, mid 20th century, intricately carved and pierced depicting a village and landscape scene with figures engaged in everyday pursuits, mounted on a carved wooden stand, height 19 cm, width 41 cm
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A vintage coloured ivory netsuke of a Noh figure, a demonic figure with long red hair and fearsome teeth, wearing a kimono and carrying attributes, engraved and brightly coloured, signed twice underside, height 5.5 cm
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Two ivory figural Netsukes, early to mid 20th century, a signed Japanese netsuke of a seated boy with a basket, as found, and a Chinese netsuke of a seated Buddha with a child attendant, height 4.5 cm, and smaller
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An Indian ivory model of a bullock cart with driver, mid 20th century, a pair of bullocks pulling a two wheel cart, upon a pierced base, height 7.5 cm, length 14 cm, width 6 cm
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A vintage ivory netsuke of a geisha, the figure dressed in lightly engraved and inked attire with blackened coiffed hair and carrying a fan, signed underside, height 5 cm
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Two vintage figural Netsukes, a netsuke of a crouching man holding a melon fruit, and an elder figure with a small child attendant standing upon a rock, signed to the latter underside, height 4.5 cm
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An antique Chinese export ware ivory cribbage board, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, of wedge shaped form and relief carved to the edges with writhing dragons, four counters enclosed to the broad end held by a screw top button, length 16 cm
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A rosewood and celadon jade, a ruyi sceptre set with three relief carved jade plaques, the largest featuring double gourd vines, a swastika to the central plaque, and the smallest depicting a trio of auspicious objects: ruyi, calligraphy brush and fly whisk, length 53 cm
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An unusual carved jade snuff bottle, a triangular shaped rock richly encrusted with a range of creatures including a viper, a centipede and a scorpion holding a string of coins, a spider, and the three legged money toad Jin Chan, with an emerald green stone stopper, height 4 cm, length 7 cm, width 6 cm
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Four vintage ivory ornaments, probably chess pieces, mid 20th century, Brickwork towers with double doors and each with a figure in a window, height 8 cm
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A vintage ivory head of Buddha carving and a small comb, utilising the natural curvature of the tusk, carved and pierced in low relief with the calm visage of the Buddha, engraved characters underside to cartouche, and; a small comb with a pierced frame, height 11 cm, (buddah head) length 9.5 cm, (comb)
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A vintage Oriental ivory elephant bridge, mid 20th century, utilising the natural curvature of the tusk and depicting ten naturalistically carved elephants of descending size, length 67 cm
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Two Oriental ivory mystery balls on stands, mid 20th century, both carved as dragon balls, one upon a turned stem with a reticulated dragon drum base, the other ball balanced atop a trio of elephants upon a small stem to a fringed base, height 20 cm, and msaller
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A vintage ivory okimono of two tigers, Showa period, mid 20th century, a tiger with cub prowling upon rocky and vegetated ground, the figures in a roughcast finish with inked stripes, signed underside, height 12 cm
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An antique Chinese ivory mystery ball on stand, early 20th century, the finely carved dragon ball of multiple layers posted upon a cup and slender turned stem, the lower register with a female figure bearing a fly whisk and raised on a circular foot with a fringed leafy base, height 38 cm
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A mixed group of vintage bone and ivory figures, a Chinese peasant with hat, a Indian Hindu goddess figure of Saraswati on a lotus throne, a pair of reticulated Indian vase ornaments with dragon masks and deity figures, one as found, and a pierced and carved bone figural and vegetal ornament or vase, 24 cm, and smaller
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An antique Japanese ivory walking cane handle, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a faceted tapering handle decorated with engraved and inked howling monkeys and a scattering of insects, length 24.5 cm
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A primitive style covered bronze bowl, the ovoid bowl on a tripod base with a domed cover with bird finial, decorated throughout with semi circular and wedge shaped motifs and snakes, height 19 cm
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A silver plated candelabrum, 20th century, by Viner's, reproduction Old Sheffield Plate with copper highlights, the three light candelabrum with twin scrolling reeded arms with urn form sconces and removable rococo style dishes, (silver over brass), the shaped square base of stepped form with embossed borders, mark underside, height 34.5 cm, width 34.5 cm
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A Georgian Old Sheffield Plate teapot, circa 1790, the elegant neoclassical boat shaped pot with a serpentine spout, ebonised handle and domed lid with oval ivory finial, with contemporary otter crest to the body and motto, 'Initium Sapientiae est Timor Domini' (the beginning of wisdom is the fear of God), height 14.5 cm, width 37.5 cm
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A pair of small American silver plated taper sticks, 20th century, with maker's mark for Webster Wilcox, heavy gauge turned and knopped sticks in the Georgian manner with well and raised on stepped octagonal bases, height 10 cm
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A pair of silver plated coffee pots, late 19th century and after, with maker's stamps and trademarks for Hawkesworth Eyre & Co; and Garrard & Co., an electroplated British metal baluster shaped pot with an ebonised handle, and a Garrard & Co Regent plate compressed baluster pot with gadroons to the lower body rim and lid, with a '7' shaped ebonised handle; stamps underside, height 27 cm
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A refined American silver plated creamer, circa late 1860s, with maker's mark for Wilcox silver plate Co, Meriden, ct, the elegant tankard style creamer with applied anthemion and rope borders to the rim, a scroll handle and broad classical guilloche frieze to the lower register upon a lightly textured ground, trademark underside, height 12 cm
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A fine American silver plated tea caddy, early 20th century, with Soc mark with Crown, the oval canister finely embossed in the antique manner with Teniers style decoration to the body and lid, silver on copper; trademark stamp underside, height 12 cm
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A pair of Teniers style silver plated candlesticks, 1890s, with maker's mark for Barbour silver plate ct, Prolifically repousse worked throughout, the slender faceted sticks with hexagonal sconces and conforming domed bases, height 31 cm
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A refined pair of crested George III Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks, circa 1790, unmarked, the elegant neoclassical pair of navette shape with urn form sconces above tapering pedestals to broad bases, with fluted details and ribbed bands, engraved with contemporary crests and Ducal coronets, height 30 cm
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An Italian .800 silver framed harbour scene, post 1968 mark, polygon with star mark, Ancona, marked 'R' (filled), a resin filled relief scene of an intimate harbour scene with fishing boats beside antique stone buildings, silver marks lower right to image, plaque for .800 silver by Emyl Sere, height 12 cm, width 18 cm, (silver scene)
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A part sterling silver flatware service, and a Christening set, 1892 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Walker & hall (service with canteen), and; 1929 London Josiah Williams & Co., in Old English pattern, thirty five pieces comprising dessert spoons and forks, teaspoons, egg spoons, two salt spoons, large forks and table spoons, and; a two piece christening set in Hanoverian pattern; hallmarked, silver weight 1850gr, length 18 cm, (spoon) and smaller
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A Georgian Old Sheffield Plate chamberstick with snuffer, circa 1815, the rectangular tray and urn form sconce with bright cut edges replicating gadroon borders, with conical snuffer, unmarked, height 10 cm, length 16 cm, width 12 cm
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A fine Elkington plate Adam style pedestal sweet meat dish, 1865, with marks for Elkington & Co, date cipher, an elegant scalloped boat shaped dish with shapely arched swing handle, engraved borders and enrichments, the base of conforming design, height 10.5 cm, length 17 cm, width 10 cm
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Three French silver plated serving wares by Alfenide (Christofle), 19th century, stamped Alfenide and with goat head mark to rhombus, (Alfenide purchased by Christofle in 1888), two large serving forks and a matching sauce pouring spoon, with thread edge and foliate design and palm leaf motif to finial, length 23.5 cm, and smaller
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A quality Sheffield Plate Candlewick Trimmer with tray, 1820s, with maker's mark for Gilbert, the heavy 'Close' plated set cast in the rococo manner with shells and leafy embellishments to the tray and with engraved enrichments, the wick trimmer with King's pattern type scissors, marked to throat, length 24 cm, width 10 cm, (tray)
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A boxed set of six Polish silver liqueur goblets, 1970s Krakow, with post 1963 marks, the plain goblet flutes with brushed interiors, each with a spiral stem and a small tulip motif to the throat and having a domed spreading; hallmarked underside, silver weight 221gr, height 9 cm
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A set of sterling teaspoons and tongs, and a Christening set, 1895 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William Devenport (spoons), and 1898 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Rowlands & Frazer, both sets cased, a set of spoons and tongs with shell patterned bowls, twist handles and decoratively engraved terminals, and; a three piece christening set comprising knife and fork with ivorine handles and a fiddle pattern spoon; hallmarked to all, total weight 141gr (knife with silver blade, fork with plated…
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An unusual American acid etched silver plated tray, circa late 1860s, with maker's mark for Wilcox silver plate Co, Meriden, ct, the rectangular tray with applied neoclassical borders and twin handles, acid etched decoration to the centre featuring the goddess of America, Columbia, with bison and indigenous peoples of north and south America; trademark underside, length 49.5 cm, width 31 cm
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A 58 piece sterling silver flatware service, 20th century, with maker's mark for Wilkens, with crown, crescent, .925 standard, with canteen, the 'Baroque' pattern service for eight comprising large and smaller knives and forks, soup, dessert and teaspoons and two serving spoons, hallmarked to each element, knives with steel blades, total weight 3416gr, height 9 cm, length 58.5 cm, width 33 cm, (canteen)
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A silver plated rose bowl, late 19th century, Sheffield, with maker's mark for Walker & hall, the electroplated Britannia metal bowl of ovoid waisted form with a ruffled rim and footed base, decorated with applied floral pendants, height 17.5 cm
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A pair of George III sterling silver candlesticks, 1836 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Creswick & Co, Knopped weighted sticks with removable lobed dishes and raised on shaped and moulded square bases with formal leafy corners, hallmarked to stem of dishes and bases, total weight 1887gr, height 28.5 cm
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A mixed group of sterling silver tea wares, 1856 to 1908 London, Birmingham, Sheffield various makers, two petite sugar sifter spoons, two sugar tongs, one set bright cut, and a novelty presentation teaspoon with the stem in the form of two hockey sticks united by a ball with a shield form terminal; hallmarked to all, silver weight 106gr, length 14 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver gravy boat, 1932 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William suckling Ltd, a traditional gravy boat with a barbed and lobed rim and a wide pouring spout, raised on three pad feet with cusped mounts and having a flying scroll handle with a plain thumb spur; hallmarked to upper body, silver weight 98gr, height 8.5 cm, width 15.5 cm
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A sterling silver sweet meat bowl, 1926 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Charles Boyton & Son Ltd, a bombe ovoid bowl with pierced reserves enclosing stylised flora, an elegant triple scroll swing handle and raised on stepped and waisted feet, with a Bristol blue glass liner; hallmarked underside, silver weight 120 gr (without liner), height 7.5 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A cased set of Victorian sterling silver teaspoons and tongs, 1891 London, with maker's mark for Josiah Williams & Co., (spoons), and; 1892 London, with maker's mark for Wakely & Wheeler, Old English pattern spoons engraved 'B' to the terminal, hallmarked underside, and; tongs of matching profile, hallmarked, silver weight 139gr, length 13 cm, (spoon)
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A Victorian cased silver plated carving set, 1863-1878 period, with maker's marks for Martin & hall, the Gothic revival set comprising two steel bladed knives and two forks, decorated with heart shaped scrolls, beaded borders and petal form domed terminals, housed in a velvet and silk lined oak case, length 39 cm, (carving knife)
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A fine pair of Spanish silver and coloured crystal bird oil and vinegar cruets, post 1934, with pentagram 915 standard, amphora punch to mounts, a pair of crested standing birds in red and green coloured crystal, with ruffled feather collars and naturalistic feet, gilded crests and beaks, hallmarked to mounts, height 15 cm
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Two cased sets of sterling silver coffee spoons, 1933 Sheffield (both sets), with makers' marks for Walker & hall, and angora silver plate Co, a delightful set of spoons with cusped terminals bearing crossed hockey stick motifs in low relief, and; a set of elegant Art Deco thread edges spoons with and spines terminating in stepped fan motifs, hallmarked to all, silver weight 150gr, length 11 cm
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A set of four American sterling silver dessert spoons, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Alvin Corporation, new jersey, elegant Art Deco spoons with pointed bowls, stems with deeply channelled edges and arched terminals, engraved with initials, hallmarked underside, silver weight 146gr, length 17.5 cm
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A set of four sterling silver knives with unmarked forks, 1979 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Hardy Bros, steel blades marked Hardy Bros Australia, four hollow sterling knives, with thread and classical anthemion decoration, hallmarked to three items, and a set of four forks of similar design, unmarked, total weight 388gr, length 21.5 cm, and smaller
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A Canadian sterling silver brush and mirror set, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Roden Bros Ltd, Toronto, with shield shape backs and swollen ribbed and fluted handles, decorated with fine engraved stripes and floral festoons, initialled to cartouche; hallmarked to throats, length 33 cm
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A cased set of sterling silver salts and a set of plated forks, 1893 London, with maker's marks for Charles Stuart Harris, and later, embossed cauldron salts with floral and shell designs and gadrooned rims, raised on paw feet, with Bristol blue liners and accompanied by Onlsow and Albany pattern condiment spoons, housed in a shell shaped box, hallmarked, and; a vintage cased set of delicately patterned Harrison & Howson fruit forks, silver weight 217gr length 12.5 cm, (forks)
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A fine George III sterling silver tea caddy, 1791 London, with maker's mark for Robert Hennell I, the oval boat shaped caddy with bright cut bands to the hinged domed lid and convex shoulders, a cast pineapple finial, the upper body with a fine bright cut border of rosettes and pendant flora, twin shaped cartouches, one with a lion passant crest; crisply hallmarked to cover and underside, silver weight 428gr, height 16.5 cm, length 15 cm, width 10 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver reticulated basket, probably 1850 London, with maker's mark for Joseph & Albert Savory, cylindrical with an everted scalloped rim, a plaited swing handle with a central rococo cartouche, formal Gothic strapwork and raised on a cast base with four scrolling feet, original ruffled blue glass liner; hallmarked to base, silver weight 182gr (without liner), height 11 cm, diameter 11 cm
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A fine large Victorian sterling silver toast rack, 1855 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Henry Wilkinson & Co, the six slice toast rack of shaped arching strap form, the rectangular base with canted corners and raised on ball feet, the handle of cusped form; hallmarked to short end and engraved with the initial 'D' and a fir tree to the other, silver weight 389gr, length 17 cm, width 11 cm
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A rare George I armorial sterling silver salver, 1726 London, with rubbed maker's mark,W.with dropped pellet to cartouche for possbly William paradise, a small square salver with incurved corners, a moulded border and centred with an engraved coat-of-arms with lion rampant within a bordered roundel hallmarks to tray, silver weight 150gr, length 14.5 cm, width 14.5 cm
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A rare George III sterling silver hand bell, 1798 London, with maker's mark for Solomon Hougham, of traditional form with a swollen turned handle with knop and waisted cup with threaded bell line and clapper, contemporary engraved initials, hallmarked to cup and to clapper, silver weight 213gr, height 14 cm
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A sterling silver neoclassical style condiment dish, 1915 London, with maker's mark for Hendeles & Co., the navette shaped pierced bowl with embossed festoons between bead borders, raised on reeded feet, and enclosing a Bristol blue glass liner; hallmarked near rim, silver weight 77gr (without liner)
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A good pair of Old Sheffield Plate salts with complementary Victorian sterling silver condiment spoons, 1820s (salts); 1867 London, with maker's mark Ga for Chawner & Co., rectangular gilt washed salts with gadroons and embossed neoclassical shell and acanthus forms, raised on ball feet; the fiddle pattern condiment spoons with gilt washed bowls; hallmarked, silver weight 34gr (spoons), height 4 cm, length 10 cm, width 6.5 cm
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A sterling silver gravy boat, a sterling silver gravy boat, 1939 Birmingham, with maker's mark S Blanckensee & Son Ltd, the Georgian style boat with a channel grooved rim, a double scroll flying handle and raised on three double pad feet with shell mounts, hallmarked near rim, silver weight 81gr, height 9 cm, width 14 cm
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A cased set of six sterling silver teaspoons, 1934 London, with maker's mark for Josiah Williams & Co; king's head punch, a boxed set of King George V and Queen Mary 1910-1935 silver jubilee spoons, the spoons with tapering handles, the terminals decorated with shields enclosing initials surmounted by a crown; hallmarked underside, silver weight 67gr, length 10.5 cm
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A four piece sterling silver bachelor tea set, circa 1960s, with maker's mark for Fajardo, .925 standard, the heavy gauge setting of elegant compressed plain form, comprising a tea pot with insulators, creamer and covered sugar basin, with a matching oval tray; hallmarked to bases of all pieces, silver weight 1794gr, length 35 cm, width 25 cm, (tray) height 10 cm, (teapot) and smaller
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Twelve sterling silver 'Advance Australia' coat of arms demitasse spoons in the manner of W.J Sanders, 1908-1912 period, unmarked, X ray tested as sterling, in two known Sanders neoclassical designs, five spoons with beaded twist and scroll stems, seven spoons with slender threaded stems and lyre capitals, all bearing identical Commonwealth of Australia coat of arms finials, silver weight 181gr, length 13 cm, and smaller
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Two Victorian sterling silver pin dishes, 1884 & 1894 London, with maker's mark for John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater, and Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, an oval dish with a fluted rim embossed with Jacobean style birds and vegetal arabesques, hallmarked to rim, and; a rectangular dish with a square fluted rim, embossed with rococo style dolphin and mask heads; hallmarked to tray, silver weight 80gr length 11.5 cm, width 7 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver mounted leather purse sized compendium and an Art Deco sterling silver lady's cigarette case, 1897 and 1936 Birmingham, with mark for Gpb, John Newton Mappin (case), a flat grained brown leather compendium with a silver frame and corners, silken nubuck compartments in buff to the interior, hallmarked, and; a small engine turned case with canted edges, hallmarked twice to the interior, total weight 106gr (cigarette case only), length 13.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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Two Edwardian sterling silver button hooks & a pair of tongs, 1906 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Crisford & Norris Ltd; other, similar, no assay or maker's mark; indistinct marks to tongs, probably Continental, a button hook with a charming twin pug dog head finial to one, the other with an embossed cupid head and dove, both with steel shafts; the tongs with griffin finial and stamped twice to the frame, length 17.5 cm, and smaller
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A group of nine sterling silver King's pattern flatware items: seven George III knives and two Victorian tablespoons, probably 1816, no assay mark, knives by William Bateman (blades) and handles probably by Sarah Purver, and; 1866 London, with maker's marks for Chawners, double struck table spoons; all items hallmarked, silver weight 635gr, length 22 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver teapot, creamer and sugar bowl, 1927-1930, Sheffield, maker's marks for James Deakin & Sons, design H6298, the teapot of Art Deco boat shaped profile with a stepped collar, domed lid and raised on a pedestal foot, with rosewood bracket handle and finial, and including a removable tea infuser, with conforming sugar bowl and jug; hallmarked to body, total weight 1035gr teapot height 15 cm, width 27.5 cm
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A pair of Edwardian sterling silver Jewish Sabbath candlesticks, 1906 London, with maker's marks for Sigmund Zyto, Knopped sticks with embossed and chased floral decoration, with downturned collar sconces and shaped square form bases; hallmarked underside, silver weight 493gr, height 31 cm
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A four piece sterling silver Victorian Gothic tea and coffee service, 1851 London, with maker's mark for Joseph Angell II, an exceptional service of carinate profile with engraved lappets to the neck and lower register, domed lids and pointed finials to the pots, elaborate vegetal bracket handles, applied rims and formal scrolling feet, an identical design to that shown by Angell at the 1851 great exhibition; crisply hallmarked, silver weight 2370gr height 32 cm, (coffee pot)
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