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Fine & Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:360
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:360
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:226
Date:24-May-2021
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An antique copper basin, late 19th century, the roll rimmed flared basin with cushion bands on a stepped base, with twin rivet joined brass handles, height 26.5 cm, diameter 41.5 cm
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A copper marmalade cauldron, with a rolled rim, a hammered finish to the base, the twin brass handles with rivet joins, height 14.5 cm, diameter 40 cm
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An antique copper cauldron, 19th century, having a fine aged patina, the slightly flared cauldron with a compressed base, having folded joins to the base and sides, the iron swing hand with rivet joins, height 18 cm, diameter 38.5 cm
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An antique copper 'Egg White' beating basin, 1890-1900, having a fine aged patina, the heavy gauge rounded bowl with a rolled rim and a brass hanging ring, stamp of E. Dehillerin, 18 Rue Coquilliere, Paris, height 17.5 cm, diameter 35.5 cm
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A set of all copper saucepans, a nesting set of Le Trefle (clover) saucepans with rivet joined iron handles, with original swing tags, height 9 cm, diameter 18 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five tin lined copper saucepans, heavy gauge nesting saucepans stamped made in France and having rivet joined iron handles, height 10.5 cm, diameter 21 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five all copper saucepans, a nesting set with rivet joined iron handles, height 10.5 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five tin lined copper saucepans, a nesting set of four heavy gauge copper saucepans and an additional lighter gauge milk saucepan with pouring spout, with rivet joined iron handles, French trademark stamp to four items, height 10.5 cm, diameter 20.5 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five tin lined copper saucepans, the nesting set with rivet joined iron handles, height 9 cm, diameter 20 cm and smaller
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A vintage set of five tin lined copper saucepans, a nesting set of Les Cuivres de Faucogney saucepans with rivet joined iron handles, height 10 cm, diameter 21.5 cm
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A set of four vintage copper saucepans, 20th century, lined saucepans with rivet joined steel handles, height 12 cm, diameter 22.5 cm and smaller
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A vintage French violin with a wooden case, mid 20th century, bearing label for maker, H. Emile Blondelet, the red toned violin without bridge, tuners or working strings and housed in a timber style case, length 61 cm
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A Victorian brass mounted rosewood box, 19th century, the oval box clad with Gothic revival style brass strapping and studs, with a central pierced brass cartouche, lined with black moire taffeta, height 9 cm, length 18.5 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A small Sorrento Ware burr walnut inlaid box, late 19th century, the octagonal box inlaid with boxwood stringing and intricate arabesques and fantastic creatures to the lid, with key, label for Sorrento Italy underside, height 5 cm, length 15 cm, width 10.5 cm
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Two vintage Continental miniature paintings of Bucolic scenes, 20th century, circular watercolours depicting a watermill scene, signed Grim, and two figures with a donkey signed Lancret, in matching wooden frames, height 12.5 cm, width 12.5 cm
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An antique Berlin (KPM) porcelain portrait plaque by Wagner after Hyland, depicting a portrait bust of a young woman with long flowing hair, after Hyland's girl with Sunflowers, signed Wagner lower right (under frame), impressed mark 15 verso and marked in pencil, Hyland, length 9 cm, width 7 cm
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A portrait miniature of a lady, an oval watercolour portrait bust of an elegant woman dressed and coiffed in the 18th century manner against a blue sky and cloud background, housed in a simple brass frame, glazed to both sides, length 8.5 cm, width 6.5 cm
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A portrait miniature plus a pair, early to mid 20th century, a pair of hand coloured photo-miniatures of a man and woman in matching oval frames, and a portrait of an older lady, described verso as Lena Mitchell (1865-1955), signed, and displayed on a red velvet covered board with a press metal frame, height 17 cm, width 15 cm and smaller
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A pair of portrait miniatures of a gentleman and a lady, 1925, both signed by E. Fairhurst, (Enoch Fairhurst 1874-1945, one dated, finely painted watercolours, she wearing a Bohemian mauve jacket with applied motifs, and he in a sombre brown suit, in matching oval frames with easel backs, one portrait with crack, height 13 cm, width 10.5 cm
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Three small vases, a Japanese style buckle, an etched glass, 20th century, a flared olive green Wedgwood vase with applied decorations, a tiny glass spill vase within a reticulated holder, a cloisonne and alabaster vase, a composite material disk shaped part buckle decorated in relief with the image of a geisha, and an etched glass, height 11 cm and smaller
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An antique French glass dome and base, mid 19th century, a tall cushion profile dome raised on an ebonised and inlaid base, height 59 cm, length 28.5 cm, width 18.5 cm
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A decorative antique brass jardiniere, late 19th century, the pierced oval jardiniere of compressed form with a broad neck and integral lion head and wreath handles, decorated throughout with floral and shell forms between rope twists and raised on lion paw feet, with an internal removable basin, height 16.5 cm, length 37 cm, width 25.5 cm
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Two antique pewter vases, circa 1900, one in the form of a figural pitcher featuring a female nude, cupid and trailing vegetation in high relief, incised mark of J. Garnier to base, and a pictorial baluster vase with a conical neck decorated with the moon, wispy clouds stars and flying bats in high relief, incised mark of N.S. Leri, Paris, height 19.5 cm and smaller
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A refined Napoleon III inlaid amboyna veneer Palais-Royal glove box, circa 1860, maker's stamp of E. Bonhomme, 61-62 Palais-Royal, the rectangular box with canted edges having a hinged lid and fall front, with brass and ebony stringing, cross banding and centred a brass and abalone shell cartouche, the beautifully intact interior lined with buttoned turquoise silk, with key, height 9 cm, length 30.5 cm, width 11 cm
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A small Swiss carved wood music box by Thorens, circa 1940s, the linen fold carved box having a spray of flowers in low relief to the lid, playing two operatic tunes from La Traviata and the Tales of Hoffman, label of Thorens to the lid, height 8 cm, length 22 cm, width 10 cm
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An inlaid amboyna veneer jewellery box, early 20th century, the square box with shaped ebonised edges having an intricately inlaid cartouche with formal vegetal designs in bone, the sides with amboyna panels enclosed by bone stringing and raised on small bun feet, the interior with buttoned red silk, with key (some ink staining to interior), height 10.5 cm, length 33 cm, width 22 cm
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A Napoleon III glass jewellery or reliquary box, circa 1860s, the square box with bevelled glass and gilt metal mounts, raised on four decoratively cast feet, the interior with aged rose pink buttoned silk lining, height 10 cm, length 11.5 cm, width 12 cm
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Two antique oval dome glass frames, one with religious subject, 19th century and later, a gilded frame on red bole enclosing a plaster religious figural scene in high relief enclosed by a gilt bezel and ribbon twist, the other of ebonised form, length 29 cm, width 23 cm
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A Napoleon III inlaid amboyna 'Cave a Liqueur', 19th century, the hinged box with a cartouche inlaid to the top and front with brass and abalone shell enclosed by brass stringing and cross banded edges, four etched glass decanters and ten matching glasses, height 27 cm, width 32.5 cm, depth 24.5 cm
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A pair of neoclassical bronze mounted marble urns, late 19th century, white marble baluster urns with trumpet necks and integral covers, with a slender stem to a shaped square base, a fruiting finial to the cover, high set vegetal handles with bifurcated terminals, stiff leaf borders and wreath bands, height 42.5 cm
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An American 'Art Metal' jewellery box by Jennings Bros, circa 1910, Lavishly decorated in the Art Nouveau style with maidens, whiplash motifs and sinuous iris blooms, raised on cabriole feet and lined with blush pink silk; mark of Jb with trademark underside, height 12 cm, length 16 cm, width 16 cm
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A pair of French bronze and cloisonne vases, late 19th century, in the oriental manner, having cast and reticulated mounts with prunus branch decoration in relief and running vegetal borders, small loop handles with decorative drops, the cylindrical bodies exquisitely decorated with coloured birds perched in fruiting vegetation picked out in gilt against reeds upon a rich teal ground, height 19.5 cm
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An antique framed Corpus Christi, early 20th century, an arched giltwood frame on red bole enclosing a gilded crucifix and ivorine figure mounted on tan silk damask, fabric as found, length 47.5 cm, width 31.5 cm
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An alabaster bust of a woman by Bessier, early 20th century, a pensive young woman in a head scarf gazing upwards to her left, wearing a gown in contrasting mottled amber colours with a drawstring bodice, incised Bessier, verso, height 24 cm, width 20 cm
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A marble and gilt bronze bust of a medieval woman by Georges Flamand (1862-1940), circa 1900, with foundry mark, H. Mazet-edit, Paris, no. 20, signed, a contemplative woman with medieval headdress and a one shouldered cloak with fur trim, holding an ivory hinged box with Gothic decoration, raised on a grey marble base, signature and foundry mark verso and to side, height 26.5 cm, width 25 cm
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An antique marble bust of a woman, circa 1900, the serene figure of a young woman with downcast eyes, dressed in a frilled and pierced bonnet, her dress with pleated cap sleeves, unmarked, height 25.5 cm, width 23.5 cm
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An antique French barometer in a carved wooden frame, circa 1900, the barometer with visible escapement and thermometer set within a intricately carved and pierced Art Nouveau inspired frame with entwined poppy and seed heads, length 70 cm, width 31 cm
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An Industrial style wooden pedestal, in the form of a gigantic bolt supported on a square base, height 137 cm, length 38 cm, width 38 cm
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A gilt bronze and Sevres style porcelain mantle clock, 19th century, with maker's mark of H & F Paris to mechanism, the Louis XVI style clock with an urn form finial above a porcelain dial with enamelled Roman cartouches, a porcelain hamlet scene below, with cast borders, scrolling acanthus and grotesques throughout, with key and pendulum, height 41 cm, length 23 cm, width 15 cm
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A spelter figural mantle clock, 19th century, with key and pendulum, the drum head set within a narrow plinth surmounted by a fruit basket and flanked by a pair of allegorical female figures in draping costume, one holding a cornucopia and a sheaf of wheat, symbols of abundance the other holding a branch and a caduceus, raised on a veined cream marble base, height 62 cm, length 49 cm, width 18 cm
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An Art Deco bronze and marble mantle clock with panther, circa 1920s, with key and pendulum, the model of a prowling panther by Michel Decoux (1837-1924) upon a chromed bronze plinth raised on glass balls to a black marble base and flanked by pairs of stepped chromed columns, the hexagonal dial with Arabic numerals, height 46 cm, length 48 cm, width 13 cm
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A Chinese cloisonne mantle clock, circa 1970s, the brass and glass case with overall turquoise ground cloisonne designs, having six pillars, dome with finial, and a white porcelain dial with Roman numerals, with gong strike, key and pendulum featuring a maritime scene, height 48 cm, width 33 cm, depth 18.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and marble mantle clock, early 20th century, marked to dial, Au Soleil d'Or, Maison Lagache (jeweller), Lille, the glazed case housing an enamel Arabic dial decorated with festoons and gilt hands and surmounted by twin cast birds, the white marble base with neoclassical trims and a trophy, with key and sunburst pendulum, height 41 cm, width 19 cm, depth 13.5 cm
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An Art Deco marble and spelter mantle clock, circa 1930, with maker's mark for Pierre Megnin, Seloncourt, with a rectangular white metal dial with Arabic numerals, marked Salamon, Noyon, set within a rectangular multi-coloured marble case and flanked by a pair of Alsatian dogs, raised on a long marble base, with key and pendulum, height 25 cm, width 46 cm, depth 11 cm
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An ormolu figural clock garniture in the Louis XVI style, circa 1900, with maker's mark for Samuel Marti et Cie, a richly ornamented mantle clock with cupids bearing attributes and festoons surrounding a drum head enclosing an enamel dial with Arabic numerals and marked Margarin Freres, Palenciennes, raised on marble based trimmed with bead borders and neoclassical ornaments, with conforming boy and girl candelabrum sidepieces, height 36 cm, width 30 cm, depth 12 cm
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An ormolu figural mantle clock in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, with maker's mark for Japy Freres, a richly ornamented eight day movement clock, featuring an enamel Arabic dial set within a case surmounted by a gentleman farmer with his horse, harvest produce and implements at his feet upon a rocky ground, the lower body embellished with bucolic and musical trophies in high relief, with key and pendulum, height 36 cm, width 42 cm, depth 17 cm
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A Jager Lecoultre smoked glass and copper desk clock, mid 20th century, with a doubled wall smoke glass dial having Roman numerals and hands with clover leaf terminals enclosed by a reticulated copper clover leaf border, supported on a pierced bracket base also with clover leaf designs, marked Jager Le Coultre and 'Swiss' to face, height 23.5 cm, diameter 20 cm
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A small Louis XV style ormolu mantle clock, later 19th century, with key and pendulum, the waisted clock well cast with a cupid finial and scrolling acanthus and pendant forms, an enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and minute markings and finely pierced hands, raised on scrolling feet, height 28 cm, width 14 cm, depth 11 cm
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A French portico clock, late 19th century, in ebonised wood with boxwood inlay, the enamel dial with Roman numerals set within an ornately cast bezel and supported between spiral twist columns with cast capitals and bases, with key and elaborately cast pendulum, height 44.56 cm, width 13 cm, depth 13 cm
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A spelter animal group, circa 1930, two Alsatian dogs, one seated, the other recumbent, in bronze lustre colours and raised on a veined black marble base faced with contrasting tiles in celadon and maroon flecked white marble, height 18 cm, length 40 cm, width 10 cm
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A bronze putto head, 19th century, the bust with full spread wings and accompanied by bursting fruits, upon a square base, unmarked, height 24.5 cm, width 35.5 cm
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A French bronze urn on a marble base, 19th century, the Napoleon III urn vase with pendant fruits, rococo cartouches and a pierced rim raised on espagnolette supports with paw feet to a triangular veined red marble base, height 28.5 cm
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A bronze model of Mignon by Jean Garnier (1853-1910), the serene standing model of Goethe's character, Mignon carrying her mandolin, upon a round base, incised mark of J. Garnier, also with title plaque, height 29 cm
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A pair of resting bronze pig ornaments, one hollow, the other solid, and depicting a pair of fitted sleeping pigs, height 7.5 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A spelter Belle Epoque lady by Louis Moreau (1855-1919), late 19th century, the smiling figure of a young lady in a modish dress with puff sleeves and a buttoned bodice, in bronze and gold colours, inscribed mark of L. Moreau to side, height 40 cm
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A vintage cold painted spelter model of a bull, naturalistically modelled as a bull pawing the ground, in deep verdigris colours and raised on a flecked black marble base, height 11.5 cm, length 18 cm, width 7 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter bird bookends, circa 1930, swallows with spread swings in gold and bronze lustre colours upon stylised flora and raised on mottled grey marble bases, height 11.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter squirrel bookends, circa 1930, marked Tedo, stylised spelter squirrels in a verdigris finish raised on black marble bases, height 12 cm, length 10 cm, width 7 cm
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A pair of Art Deco leaping spelter gazelle bookends, circa 1930, Animated gazelles in gold lustrous colours raised on veined cream marble bases, height 10 cm, length 11 cm, width 7 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter fawn bookends, circa 1930, in gold colours and raised on veined black marble bases, height 12.5 cm, length 13 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter seagull bookends, circa 1930, marked Tedo, seagulls in full flight and touching cresting waves, in gold and bronze lustre colours and raised on cream marble bases, height 16.5 cm, length 13.8 cm, width 8 cm
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A cast spelter figure of a hound', circa 1930s, the naturalistic model of a hound' attracted by a scent, in muted brown to olive colours and raised on a veined black marble base, unsigned, height 10.5 cm, length 20 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure of a woman, circa 1930s, a modishly clad part kneeling woman with arms outstretched and holding a bird, in bronze and verdigris colours, raised on a mottled oatmeal marble base, signed indistinctly to hem of dress, height 17.5 cm, length 24 cm, width 8 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter swan bookends, circa 1930, in gold and bronze lustre colours with spread swings and swimming amidst stylised waves, raised on veined marble bases, height 9.5 cm, length 13 cm, width 7.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stag, circa 1930s, a stylised and proud recumbent stag with one leg raised, in bronze and gold lustre colours, raised on a veined peach and cream marble base, height 22 cm, length 36 cm, width 10.5 cm
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A spelter model of a stag, circa 1930s, an eight point stag in verdigris colours grazing at his foreleg, raised on a veined black marble base, height 14.5 cm, length 23 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco spelter figure, circa 1930s, in gold and bronze lustre colours featuring a seating woman in a modish one shouldered gown cradling a bird, raised on an ellipse shaped veined black marble base, height 22.5 cm, length 35 cm, width 11.5 cm
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An Art Deco spelter panther, circa 1930s, a prowling panther in dull olive colours raised upon a white flecked grey black marble base, height 18 cm, length 46.5 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A bronze animal group by Alex Alphonse Arson (1822-1880), the naturalistic model of a group of four dogs avidly following a scent, signed Arson to base, height 21 cm, length 29 cm, width 16 cm
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An Art Deco spelter dog figure, circa 1930s, in copper and bronze lustre colours featuring an alert Alsatian dog, raised on a veined cream marble base, height 23 cm, length 28.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A pair of Art Deco spelter bird bookends, stylised geometric style birds with bold vertical tails, in muted olive colours and raised on mottled and veined cream bases, height 13 cm, length 15 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A spelter animal group by Thomas Cartier (1879-1943), early 20th century, a naturalistic model of two animated and alert hounds, in bronze and gold colours, signed T. Cartier to the rocky base, also 1909 copyright mark and foundry medallion, height 23 cm, length 38 cm, width 22 cm
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A spelter bust of a Belle Epoque lady by Auguste Moreau, circa 1900, the pedestal bust in bronze colours featuring a fashionably attired young woman in a tightly laced frilled bodice, her coiffed hair dressed with a ribbon, inscribed Aug. Moreau to base, height 31 cm
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An Art Deco spelter stag and doe group, circa 1930, the stylised recumbent pair, both with one foreleg raised, upon a dark veined cream marble base, height 22 cm, length 54 cm, width 14 cm
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An Art Deco spelter dog group, circa 1930, the Alsatian pair, one standing, the other recumbent, in bronze and gun metal grey lustre colours, raised on a flecked grey marble base, height 19.5 cm, length 48 cm, width 12 cm
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An Art Deco cold painted bronze pheasant, circa 1930, stamped bronze, the stylised pheasant with delineated tail feathers in black, iron red and gold colours, raised on a black marble base with a silver plated panel, height 28 cm, length 48 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A cast iron horse with a distressed painted finish, the naturalistic model of a galloping horse with a verdigris, deep green and distressed gilt finish, height 21.5 cm, width 30 cm
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A large bronze figure 'Devoir Civique' by Eugene Marioton (1854-1925), circa 1900, the lean muscular figure of a gesturing swordsmith standing by an anvil, the tools of his trade by his feet, title incised to the square base, incised signature, Eug. Marioton to the side, height 98 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer group, circa 1930s, the high prancing duo in gold and bronze lustre colours raised on a striking two tone black and white marble base, height 35 cm, length 55 cm, width 12 cm
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A bronze model 'The girl with the Lamb' by Charles Raphael Peyre (1872-1949), a girl on her haunches affectionately cradling the face of a recumbent lamb, signed in bronze Ch Raphael Peyre, with inscribed abbreviated foundry mark for Susses Freres edition, Paris, and also marked 'Lost wax' in French to base, height 31 cm, length 63 cm, width 13 cm
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An Art Deco spelter deer family group, circa 1930, a stag, doe and a fawn in lustrous bronze colours upon a buff marble base faced with contrasting marble tiles, height 31 cm, length 61 cm, width 15 cm
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A fine pair of Louis XVI style bronze and white marble candelabra, late 19th century, elegant candelabra with stems in the form of quivers issuing pairs of vegetal scrolling arms with sconces and raised on marble bases with neoclassical trims, height 29 cm, width 24 cm
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A pair of cast gilt bronze four light candelabra, late 19th century, in the rococo manner with serpentine scrolling vegetal arms supporting floriform dishes and sconces, and raised on ornate knopped stems to spreading bases, height 51.5 cm
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A signed Art Deco cold painted spelter figure of a woman holding a baby by Uriano (Ugo Cipriani 1887-1960), the silvered female figure in a knee length tunic with train decorated with fine gold marbled swirls and raised on a stepped and decoratively tiled portoro marble and onyx base, signed Uriano to train, height 67 cm, length 23 cm, width 15 cm
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An Art Deco spelter girl and dog group, circa 1930, an animated group featuring a running girl in a short tunic with two spirited borzoi hounds on leashes, in bronze colours and raised on a grey and white flecked marble base, height 43 cm, length 77 cm, width 16 cm
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A large Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1930, featuring an elegant woman attired in cold painted medieval attire with two gold lustre coloured greyhounds, raised on a bold black marble and celadon onyx tile base, height 53 cm, length 82 cm, width 20 cm
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A wooden bead bracelet with a jade attachment, thirteen spherical beads in a dark grained wood with an oblong jade bead attachment and miniature timber bead tassels, diameter 10 cm
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An antique ivory netsuke of a dog, an appealing study of a dog grasping a hollow log, with himatoshi and two character signature underside, height 3 cm
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A jade bi disk, in pale celadon colours with amber inflections, decorated to both sides with stylised animal figures and scrolls, diameter 8.5 cm
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An antique Inside-Painted glass snuff bottle, the cushion profile bottle depicting figural narrative scenes in landscape settings to both sides, with script and signatures, a jade green glass stopper and spoon, height 8 cm
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A Kutani 'Geisha Girl' Lithophane porcelain tea set, circa 1950s, maker's stamp of Haysai, the egg shell porcelain service comprising teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl and twelve cups with associated saucers, all decorated in a refined grisaille palette picked out in gilt, the base of each cup featuring the portrait bust of a geisha in low relief, visible when held up to the light, backstamps underside, height 14.5 cm, width 21.5 cm, (teapot)
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A small bronze brush wash, a petite bowl of high shouldered form with an inverted rim, in dull gold colours, single archaic character mark in relief underside, height 3.5 cm, diameter 6.5 cm
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A jade ornament of Jin Chan, the money Toad, the auspicious three-legged toad carved in relief and accompanied by coins and a smaller version of self, in mid green colours and raised on a fitted stand, length 12 cm, width 9 cm
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A Chinese jade snuff bottle, a pear shaped cushion profile bottle with twin pierced scrolling handles, in vibrant mottled emerald tones, with stopper (spoon absent), height 5.5 cm
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A group of six vintage ebony elephants, mid 20th century, a graduated group of elephants with toenails, tusks in bone and ivory, height 10 cm, width 10 cm and smaller
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A famille rose bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the low bowl featuring a dragon and phoenix contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and ruyi clouds between a key fret border and waves to the base, apocryphal red seal mark underside, with stand, height 5.5 cm, diameter 16 cm
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A Shoushan stone seal, a relief carved column richly decorated with writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl and surmounted by a lion dog, seal mark underside, with case, height 15.5 cm
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A pair of Chinese Imari animals, 20th century, a cat and a pig, both slip moulded and decorated in the typical Imari palette upon a cream ground, four character marks to the cat, height 9 cm, width 17.5 cm and smaller
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A pigeon Blood-Type seal, rectangular and boldly flecked in red and oatmeal colours, relief carved with landscape and figural scenes, archaic seal mark with remnant ink to base, length 15 cm
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A mixed group of five polychrome decorated Chinese Porcelains, late 19th to early 20th century, a pair of crackleware baluster vases with applied matt brown borders with chilongs and lug handles decorated with figural scenes in landscapes, a bowl and two cups with famille rose decorations, red bordered stamp marks to three, height 20.5 cm, (vases)
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