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Fine & Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:402
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:402
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:327
Date:5-Jul-2021
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A multi-coloured jade bi disk, the large form disk in speckled wheaten colours, diameter 19 cm
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A porcelain brush pot decorated with a snow scene, 20th century, the rectangular pot with cusped corners decorated mostly 'En grisaille' to all four panels with a snowy landscape and house scene depicted with restrained enamel colours, with delicate black borders to the and script and seals to all panels, one panel signed, bordered seal script mark underside, height 18.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 12 cm
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A Japanese Moriage enamel earthenware vase, Meiji period, 1900, the baluster vase with a trumpet neck and ornate scroll handles to the neck, profusely decorated throughout with figural narrative scenes, patterns and floral embellishments in glossy raised enamels in a green, blue, and rust coloured palette with white highlights upon a matt ground, characters underside, height 38 cm
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A blue and white Chinese bowl, a blue and white Chinese bowl
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A small decorative Chinese enamel display stand, early 20th century, a fret shaped open stand decorated throughout with cartouches of flowers and insects in pink, mauve, yellow and emerald colours upon a bright aqua honeysuckle strewn ground, height 9 cm, length 23 cm, width 8 cm60-80
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A soapstone figure, featuring a seated young woman reading a book upon a slanted rectangular plinth, with engraved red script to face, height 20 cm
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A covered jade tripod vase, in pale cream to grey colours flecked with amber, of baluster shape with a domed cover and lion finial, chevrons and bats in relief and raised on bold fantastic creature mounts and feet, height 23.5 cm
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A group of five Chinese cloisonne items a covered bowl and four vases, second half 20th century, the bowl with flowers on a white diaper ground and four similar baluster vases with flora on a black diaper ground between ruyi and patterned borders, height 18.5 cm, and smaller
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Two Japanese Imari plates, early 20th century, a transferware underglaze blue plate with painted petals with birds and flora, and a plate with a floral roundel surrounded by shaped cartouches enclosing shi shi dogs, both unmarked, diameter 24.5 cm, and 22 cm
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A Japanese Yamatoku type polychrome plate, Taisho to Showa period, 1920s-40s, the black ground plate brightly decorated with a pair of birds with fine tail plumage amidst blossom and peony blossoms and enclosed by a decorated yellow border, embossed fan shaped mark with characters underside and other, diameter 32.5 cm
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A small bronze 'Calling the earth to Witness' Buddha, the contemplative figure with tightly coiled blue tinted hair, long lobed ears and wearing a dhoti, seated upon a near triangular moulded base, height 10.5 cm
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An antique signed ivory netsuke of a man with a pumpkin, Edo to Meiji period, 19th century, a man sitting on his haunches over a rough skinned pumpkin, lightly engraved and with brown colouring, with himatoshi underside, also signed to a red cartouche, height 4 cm
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An antique signed ivory netsuke of an elder at work, Edo to Meiji period, 19th century, an elder figure with a long beard and pounding and washing clothes in a barrel, lightly engraved with brown colouring, with himatoshi to the reverse and signed with two characters underside, height 5 cm
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A miscellany of Oriental items, a single spinach jade bowl in pale colours, a single Cantonese salt with twin phoenix, three cinnabar type carved lacquer buttons, and a silver and enamel decorated vanity set comprising two boxes with floral lids with butterfly finials on pale aqua bases, and a conforming tray, marked 99% silver to base, height 5 cm, diameter 10 cm, (jade bowl)
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Two jade pendants and a snuff bottle, a slightly shaped rectangular pendant with an arching pierced top in celadon to emerald colours and a pierced and relief carved pendant of archaistic design with script to both faces, and an unadorned shouldered rectangular snuff bottle in celadon colours with touches of emerald, with a blue stone snuffer and short spoon, length 9 cm, and smaller
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Two similar Chinese cloisonne bowls, both of everted shape and decorated to the interior with wired prunus blossoms and branches in colours, iris blooms to the exterior, one upon a black diaper ground, the other upon a mottled peacock blue ground, height 6 cm, diameter 20.5 cm
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A pair of iron-red decorated dragon cups, finely decorated bell shaped cups with a pair of writhing dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amidst fiery clouds and above a wave border, apocryphal Yongzheng marks underside, height 5 cm, diameter 6.5 cm
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A pair of presentation Malayan silver and horn salad servers, 1959, large scale servers with pistol grip handles and traditional pierced and engraved decorations, presented to Sir Chester Manifold, President of the Victorian Racing Club, by the Prime Minister of Malayan Federation, November 1959, Jawi script underside to throat, length 30 cm
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A blue and white decorated dragon cup, the bell shaped cup with a pair of writhing dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amidst fiery clouds, apocryphal bordered Ming marks underside, height 5 cm, diameter 6 cm
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A vintage Chinese Majolica bowl, early 20th century, the ovoid bowl in modulating toffee coloured glazes, with tube lined flora and flying phoenix and applied frogs and lizards to the collar, an unglazed base, unmarked, height 13.5 cm, diameter 18 cm
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Two vintage Balinese carved hardwood busts, probably 1940s, a well carved serene figure of a Janger dancer, and a man with a traditional head dress with a flower, height 31 cm, and 24 cm
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An unusual polychrome octagonal jardiniere, an unusual polychrome octagonal jardiniere, of straight-sided zig zag shape decorated throughout with gilt scale dragons and white peony and chrysanthemums with grey foliage upon a mustard yellow ground, four character marks underside, height 20.5 cm, length 30 cm, width 17 cm
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An antique dragon dish, decorated with two dragons in iron and gilt colours chasing twin flaming pearls amidst fiery and coloured ruyi clouds, a roundel in emerald and white to the centre enclosed by a lingzhi fungus border in lemon and raspberry colours, bearing Guangxu reign marks underside, height 4 cm, diameter 21 cm
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A fine large rose Canton punch bowl, Qing Dynasty, second half 19th century, beautifully decorated to the interior and exterior with panels, fans shapes and cloud cartouches populated with abundant flora, birds and insects amidst richly brocaded enamel and gilded borders, height 18 cm, diameter 46.5 cm
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A jade embellished wooden ruyi sceptre, the deep toned ruyi, probably zitan, inset with three cushion profile jade plaques, lingzhi shaped to the head, oval to the shaft and square to the base and all engraved with archaic script, with a bead, coral and seed pearl tassel attachment, length 40 cm
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A 'Silver Jubilee' silver gilt Royal state coach ornament, 1977 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Toye, Kenning & Spencer, with Queen's head punch, a cast model of the Regal coach, commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee year, mounted on a timber display base, hallmarked to top of coach, height 5 cm, p 9 cm, width 5.5 cm
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A pair of low grade silver Sabbath candlesticks, 19th to early 20th century, apparently unmarked, tested for approximately 650/1000 silver, the heavily weighted candlesticks with urn form sconces and removable dishes, lightly engraved baluster stems and radiating gadrooned frills to socles and square bases, total weight 1032gr height 26 cm
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A Christofle silver plated tray, 1935-1983 marks (probably 1980s manufacture), the rectangular tray with rounded corners and a simple bead border to the edges, Christofle stamps underside, length 35 cm, width 27.5 cm
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A group of four antique silver plated coffee and kettle pots, 19th to early 20th century, two by James Dixon & Sons, two baluster pots of similar manufacture with engraved and raised floral decoration, conforming beaded scroll handles and floral finials to the domed lids, a James Dixon & Sons baluster coffee pot with presentation inscription to the connections of 'Midlander', the 3rd place winner at the 1965 Melbourne Cup, and an ornate floral embossed and engraved spirit kettle also by James Dixon, height…
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A Christofle silver plated tray, 1935-1983 marks (probably 1980s manufacture), the rectangular tray with rounded corners and decorated with neoclassical stiff leaf and bead edges, Christofle stamps underside, length 41.5 cm, width 31.5 cm
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A 182 piece 12 place sterling silver King's pattern flatware service with a large double tier canteen stand, the 1965/66 Sheffield service by Viner's comprising large knives and forks, small knives and forks, knives and forks for fish and fruit, soup, cake, coffee and tea spoons, eleven cake forks, eleven dessert spoons, six serving spoons, two butter knives, a soup ladle, berry spoons, carving knife and fork, bread knife and a fish serving knife and fork, hallmarked, silver weight 5343gr, total weight…
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A sterling silver mounted claret jug, 1913 Birmingham (probably), with maker's mark for William Hutton & Sons, an elegant tapering jug with a fine diamond cut frieze above a spiral twist lower register, a plain collar and flat hinged lid with a pierced shell form thumb piece and a slender bracket handle, hallmarked to collar (assay mark rubbed) and to lid, height 24.5 cm
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An antique silver-plated table warmer, early 20th century, with maker's marks for Hardy Bros Ltd to burners (post 1907 mark), the rectangular frame with a separate steel plate, ebonised wooden bracket handles and raised on curvaceous legs with paw and ball feet, with wirework compartments for the burners, height 14 cm, length 56 cm, width 24 cm
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32 sterling, Continental silver, & 8 plated novelty / souvenir spoons, 20th century, Danish, Norwegian, English, Australian, other European, Nth American and Asian spoons including a Tasmania shell spoon, three cast Australian floral and faunal spoons by Zygmunt Libucha, Scandinavian spoons by D. Andersen, th Marthinsen, hallmarked, total weight 314gr (32 spoons only), length 12.5 cm, and smaller
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A Yogya .800 silver bowl and a pair of silver plated American candlesticks, circa 1930-40, marked .800 and maker's marks Tp, and later Reed & Barton candlesticks, an oval lobed and reticulated bowl with typical Yogya embossed designs including lotus and other flora, and a hammered tray, hallmarked underside, and a pair of slender box tube sticks, with waisted short stems upon square bases, one stick as found, marked underside, pattern 4088, silver weight 160gr (dish only), height 25.5 cm
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A set of four sterling silver teaspoons and two embossed sterling spoons, 1896 London, with maker's mark for Charles T. Maine, a set of four bright cut single struck fiddle pattern teaspoons, 1823 London, a bright cut berry-type spoon with a floral embossed bowl by John, Henry & Charles Lias, and 1837 Exeter, a similar tea or jam spoon by William Rawlings Sobey, all hallmarked, silver weight 134gr, length 18 cm, and smaller
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A group of ten silver plated items, mid 19th century to 20th century, comprising a large comport with a cupid stem, a fabric lined rococo jewel box, a set of four cast pie crust silver over copper salvers in differing sizes, a small galleried tray and a matching floral cast Victorian coffee, hot water and creamer set, with registration marks dated 1855, height 45 cm, (comport) diameter 38 cm, (tray) and smaller
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A near pair of .800 silver two light candlesticks and a small Italian silver bowl, 20th century, weighted candlesticks with slender stems upon domed scale and floral bases, wire branches supporting floral dishes and crown sconces, marked .800 to foot, and a boat shaped cauldron dish in a hammered finish raised on paw feet, hallmarked, total weight 520gr height 15 cm, (candlesticks)
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A Georg Jensen sterling silver covered pedestal bonbonniere
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A sterling silver caster and a sterling pounce pot, 1911 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Joseph Gloster Ltd, a baluster shaped pounce pot with a pull off low domed lid with petite star perforations, hallmarked to neck, and 1911 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Lee & Wigfull, a baluster shaped sugar caster with a pierced domed lid, applied decorations to the body and raised on a stepped pedestal, hallmarked to neck, silver weight 369gr height 19 cm, and smaller
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A fine sterling silver presentation table snuff box, 1845 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Wheeler & Cronin, richly ornamented, the shaped rectangular box having a finely cast and chased rococo border enclosing an inscription, engraved foliate details throughout, twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior, with case, silver weight 144gr, height 2 cm, length 8.5 cm, width 6 cm
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A silver plated clam shell biscuit box, 19th century, with maker's mark for Walker & Hall, the box with an ornate stretcher-based cast frame with a ring handle, a pierced internal divider section, stamp of Walker & Hall underside, small fault, height 27 cm, width 20.5 cm
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Two Victorian sterling silver mustard spoons, 1878 London, with maker's mark for Henry John Lias & James Wakely, Queen's pattern spoons with oval gilt washed bowls and honeysuckle heals, hallmarked to stems, silver weight 54gr, length 11 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver snuff spoon and a later sterling wishbone, 1869 London, with maker's mark for probably George fox, (spoon) and 20th century, an elongated slender spoon with a petite bowl and a domed finial with knop, hallmarked to stem, and a large size wishbone, marked sterling and signed (indistinct), silver weight 40gr, length 10 cm
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A Continental .930 silver figure of a female bowler in a wooden rotunda, early 20th century, with star and moon stamp, 930 standard, initials SR, also 1892 London, partial importer's marks, foreign make mark, the cast figure in antique dress holding a boule, within a redgum 'Rotunda', hallmarked to base of figure, silver weight 94gr (figure only), height 19.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver four egg breakfast cruet, 1888 London, with maker's mark for James Garrard, featuring a lobed wire work stand and a conforming dome and ring handle, housing four egg cups each with a central rib, thread edged bases and engraved crests, silver weight 337gr, height 13 cm, length 19.5 cm, width 15.5 cm
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A sterling silver tankard with a glass base, 1907, London, with maker's mark for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, of elegant tapering form with an applied rib to the slightly everted rim, the scroll handle with an acanthus thumb piece, the glass base with a sunburst design, hallmarked below rim and to base, total weight 599gr, height 16 cm
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A sterling silver Etrog box, 20th century, the oval box with embossed borders to the lid and a matching frieze to the body, a cast motif to the lid and pierced handle to the hinged lid, raised on petite cast feet, gilt washed to the interior, stamped Stg 925 underside, silver weight 318gr, height 11 cm, length 15 cm, width 12 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver beaker and Christening mug, both Birmingham, 1870 mark for Hirons, Plante & Co (beaker), 1881 George Unite, a straight-sided large beaker with an applied rim and gilt washed interior, hallmarked below rim, and a baluster shaped footed mug, gilt washed inside, a 'C' scroll handle, engraved in the Gothic manner, with a presentation inscription to the cartouche with earlier date, hallmarked underside, silver weight 305gr height 10.5 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver card case and an ivory aide-memoire, 1891 Birmingham, with maker's mark for George Unite (case), 19th/20th century, a pretty card case delicately engraved throughout with a variety of fern species, hallmarked, and an aide-memoire with shaped ivory covers with decorative silver borders rivet joined to the top and enclosing five ivory leaves, a spiral enclosure to the side originally housing a pencil, silver weight 58gr (card case only) length 10 cm, width 6.5 cm, and smaller
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A silver gilt replica Mycenaean pedestal cup, modern, maker's mark for Ilias Lalaounis, stamped .925, in the antique manner, the goblet with a high loop flat handle embossed with a frieze of fantastic animals, with a lightly hammered finish throughout and a verdigris touched gold finish, stamped underside, silver weight 121gr, height 13 cm
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An American sterling silver footed bowl, circa 1900, marked sterling, with maker's mark and trademark for probably Dominick & Haff, New York, the deep bowl with a waisted base and a flattened rim decorated with neoclassical applied borders and four embossed acanthus and floral motifs, trademark underside, silver weight 387gr height 11 cm, diameter 21 cm
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A pair of Georgian sterling silver armorial candlesticks, 1835 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Thomas Bradbury & Son, the baluster stem sticks with stiff leaf designs and similarly decorated sconces with removable dishes upon well cast weighted bases with scroll, shell and acanthus motifs, engraved Snell family crest featuring an owl with expanded wings standing upon a chapeau to bases and dishes, hallmarked to foot, total weight 1971 graduated height 24.5 cm
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A modernist Mexican sterling silver tea and coffee service, circa 1950, with maker's marks for Tango Aceves with eagle 25 stamp, comprising a coffee and teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl and a small bowl of elegantly plain baluster form with slightly stretched rolled rims, elongated loop handles and slanted twig form finials, on an oval tray with conforming handles, hallmarked to all components, except tray, silver weight 4683gr, length 50.5 cm, width 36.5 cm, (tray) height 26 cm, (coffee pot)
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A Victorian sterling silver figural inkstand, 1854 London, with maker's mark for Edward & John Barnard, a neoclassical style lobed and engraved tray featuring a cupid seated upon two volumes reading a book and holding a taper stick, an inkwell modelled as an urn vase to the side, hallmarked underside and to lid, silver weight 684 gr, height 13 cm, length 30 cm, width 20 cm
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A pair of reticulated footed sterling silver dishes, a pair of American sterling dishes and one other, 1909 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Roberts & Belk, a pair of scalloped dishes of radiating pierced design, with wirework knotted handles, a 1904 Birmingham ornate pierced pin dish, and a pair of late 19th century Reed & Barton scroll rimmed miniature dishes with embossed vegetal designs, hallmarked to all items, silver weight 287gr height 9.5 cm, diameter 11.5 cm, and smaller
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A finely embossed German .800 silver box, post 1886 crown and crescent mark, 800 standard, and single letter 'N' to shield, probably Ludgwig Neresheimer & Co, Hanau, richly embossed throughout, the lid featuring a processional of 17th century gentleman and ladies in a garden setting enclosed by foliate borders, the sides with a repeat border of acanthus, gilt washed to the interior, hallmarked to rim, silver weight 167gr height 2.5 cm, length 11 cm, width 8 cm
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A sterling silver bowl, 1927 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Albert Edward Jones, the compressed low bowl with a pedestal base and twin loop handles with applied grapevine decorations to the mounts, in a fine hammered finish, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 521gr height 7.5 cm, width 30.5 cm, diameter 22 cm
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A 9 carat gold engine turned box, early 20th century London, .375 standard and with maker's mark for John Collard Vickery, the rose gold oblong box with a vacant circular cartouche, hallmarked to the yellow gold interior and to the short end, gold weight 36gr, height 2 cm, length 7 cm, width 2.5 cm
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Eight sterling silver kiddush cups in three designs, two vases, all Birmingham 1906-1919, with maker's marks for Rosenzweig & Taitelbaum, three urn shaped bright cut cups, two similar marked at for probably Aaron Taitelbaum, three conical engraved cups by Jacob Fenigstein, and a pair of petite urn shaped wavy edged pedestal vases by Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings, weighted, all items hallmarked, total weight 322gr height 10 cm, and smaller
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An American sterling silver dish, 1869-1888 period, marked sterling, maker's mark for Shreve, Crump & low Co, Boston, Lavishly embossed with spiral gadroons to the bowl and having applied cast scroll and pendant flower rims, hallmarks underside, silver weight 291gr, height 6 cm, diameter 26 cm
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An American sterling silver neoclassical dish, mid 19th century, marked sterling, maker's mark for J.E. Caldwell & Co, Philadelphia, the shallow dish with a reed and embossed stiff leaf border enclosed by a narrow decorative band, initialled to the centre, hallmarks underside, silver weight 384gr, height 5 cm, diameter 26.5 cm
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A fine fluted bowl soup ladle with armorial, 1772 London, with maker's mark for possibly John Bayley, the Old English ladle with an engraved armorial to the terminal, the bowl of fluted shell form, hallmarked underside to throat, silver weight 131gr, length 33 cm
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A fine sterling silver pudding slide, 1774 London, with maker's mark for Charles Aldridge & Henry green, the Old English feather edged slide of trowel shape pierced and engraved with mirror image floral forms issuing from a vase bearing an armorial, a shell form mount to the handle & Hallmarked underside to edge of slide, silver weight 152gr, length 32 cm
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A rare Georgian Scottish point sterling silver basting spoon, 1792 Edinburgh, with maker's mark for probably Alexander Spence, the old Scottish pattern spoon initialled to the terminal & Hallmarked underside, silver weight 82gr, length 30.5 cm
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A Christofle 'Malmaison' silver plated tea tray, 1935-1983 marks (probably 1980s manufacture), the rectangular tea tray with rounded corners, with Empire style stiff leaf and bead edges and twin reeded handles with lappet motifs and rosette mounts, Christofle stamps to one handle, length 62 cm, width 39.5 cm
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An American sterling silver reticulated dish, late 19th to early 20th century, marked sterling with trademark for Redlich & Co, New York, also marked for Hardy & Hayes, a quatrefoil shaped oval dish with a pierced decorative rim and applied scrolling rims with vegetal motifs, marked sterling with maker's mark underside, silver weight 480gr, height 5 cm, length 33 cm, width 23.5 cm
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A 134 piece German .800 silver flatware service, other, early 20th century, by Bremer Silberwarefabrik, Bsf, of Bremen, all hallmarked, an 'Englisch Chippendale' service with extras comprising 10 large and 6 small knives, 8 dinner forks, 12 salad forks, 11 table/soup spoons, 9 dessert spoons, 6 cake forks, 6 teaspoons, serving spoons, pair of servers, 2 pie servers, a ladle, 4 spreaders, jam spoon, gravy ladle, plus two unrelated silver tea spoons, silver weight 3274gr, total weight 4353 gr (including…
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A pair of Continental silver menu holders, a tiny posy vase, and a sterling silver three piece cruet set, late 19th century, probably Dutch (menu holders), 1932 Birmingham with marks for Barker Bros silver Ltd, and other 19th century rococo style shaped menu holders featuring romantic scenes, a petite baluster vase on ball feet, and a reticulated cruet set with blue glass liners, with three spoons (two EPNS) all hallmarked, silver weight 200gr height 7.5 cm, width 7.5 cm, (menu) and smaller
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A sterling silver clad biscuit bowl or preserve pot, 1902 Sheffield, with maker's mark for James Dixon, Ellipse shaped with a low domed lid, the body comprising a series of vertical wire worked loops of graduating size to a shaped border, gadroons to the rims, the heavy clear glass liner with a starburst base, crisply hallmarked to the lid and base, also with registration mark, silver weight 299gr (without liner) height 10 cm, (pot rim)
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A cased German .835 silver four piece vanity set, early to mid 20th century, Crown and crescent standard, maker's mark for probably Forster & Graf, comprising a mirror, brush, clothes brush and comb, of shaped profile and engraved with scrollwork and flora upon a textured ground, hallmarked, housed in the original satin lined case, length 28 cm, and smaller
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A fine Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Poppy' two branch candelabrum, 1933-1944 Gj stamp, marked 925.S. Denmark, sterling, design 324 issued 1919, rising from a circular base with a lobed peony poppy head issuing vegetal stems and cascading berries, with crossed scrolling arms supporting flared dishes and shaped floriform sconces, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1137gr height 22.5 cm, width 25.5 cm
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An Art Nouveau sterling silver chain and plaque belt, 1902 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Levi & Salaman, also marked for Sth Australian maker and retailer, Basse, the clip double buckle with a pierced and cast floral and figural design, and seven similar scalloped medallions, united by twin chains, hallmarked to all components, silver weight 120gr, length 73.5 cm
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A four piece sterling silver tea and coffee service, 1964 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Viners Ltd, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, creamer and sugar bowl, all with gadrooned edges and converging gadroons to the body, ebonised bracket handles and rectangular terminals, hallmarked to all, total weight 1877gr, height 23 cm, width 26 cm, and smaller
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A Georgian sterling silver salver, 1814 Sheffield, with maker's mark for S C Younge & Co, an elegantly plain gadroon edged salver with a moulded cavetto raised on three cast acanthus and shell feet, hallmarked underside, silver weight 461gr, height 3 cm, diameter 23 cm
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A fine pair of Victorian silver plated Corinthian column candlesticks, 19th century, with maker's mark for James Dixon & Sons. Provenance: Purchased Richard Gardner Antiques, West Sussex, in 2000 for £920, elegant large sticks with removable dishes, delicate neoclassical ribbon tied swags with bell flowers to the columns and raised on similarly decorated domed square bases, initials and trademark symbols to bases, height 31 cm, (candlestick)
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A cased set of sterling silver Australian state flower spoons, 1977 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Franklin Mint, with Silver Jubilee stamp, spoons with oval terminals individually relief decorated with a state floral emblem, described verso, issued by the Royal horticultural Societies of Australia, complete with certificate of authenticity and a description of each of the floral specimens, hallmarked to stems, silver weight 168gr length 14 cm
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Four sterling silver items a mug, creamer, pepper pot, posy vase, late 19th to 20th century, London and Birmingham, various makers, an 1881 Aesthetic movement mug with engraved floral and insect designs, an 1889 small repousse creamer in the 18th century manner, a 1918 baluster pepper pot, and a weighted 1990 petite trumpet posy vase, all hallmarked, total weight 200gr, height 9.5 cm, (bud vase)
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Two silver plated circular trays, a tureen and a Christofle silver plated ladle, mid to later 20th century, two circular drinks trays, one with gadroon edges punctuated by shell and acanthus motifs and having a pierced stiff leaf border, mark of W. M. Mounts, and a Renown bead edge tray with a wreath of flora to the tray, a dog bone shaped rectangular tureen of plain form and a fiddle pattern ladle, Christofle stamp underside to stem, diameter 28 cm, (tray) and other smaller items
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A Christofle silver plated tea tray, 1935-1983 marks (probably 1980s manufacture), the rectangular tea tray with rounded corners, reeded edges and twin scroll handles united by a cast shell motif, Christofle stamps underside, length 68 cm, width 42 cm
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Four sterling silver items a cigarette case, a card case and two Vestas, late 19th to early 20th century, London and Birmingham, various makers, an 1882 vesta with radiating gadroons to the short ends, a 1903 floral engraved vesta, a 1911 slender floral engraved card case (as found), and a small 1920 cigarette case with arabesque engraving in the Victorian manner, all items hallmarked, silver weight 136gr, length 8.5 cm, width 6.5 cm
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A sterling silver mustard pot, 1920 London, with maker's mark for Robert Frederick fox, an antique style pot, the domed lid having an applied cast bird and maple leaf finial and curvy gadrooned edges above the body pierced with arabesques and bird life, with vacant cartouche and blue glass liner, hallmarked, silver weight 126gr, height 8.5 cm
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An Israeli sterling silver timber lined box, 20th century, stamped 925, a low plain box with horseshoe style feet, the hinged lid with a handworked textured finish, ebonised lining to the interior, marked made in Israel with tonneau shaped trademark in Hebrew, total weight 501gr, height 4 cm, length 19 cm, width 13.5 cm
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A ninety six piece American sterling silver flatware service, production period, 1957-2009, Towle sterling, 'Fontana' pattern designed by Robert J. King, for twelve place settings, an elegant hour glass shaped service with vegetal borders, comprising main knives and forks, fish knives and forks, salad forks, dessert spoons, and twenty four teaspoons, knives and fish forks with stainless blades and tines, all stamped Towle sterling with trademark and pattern, silver weight only 2328 gr total weight 5028 gr…
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A large Victorian ruby glass comport, 19th century, with a series of twelve radiating lappets with lobe and barb rims above a faceted baluster and knopped stem to a flat twelve sided circular base, height 22.5 cm, diameter 31 cm
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A French illuminated glass table fountain, mid 20th century, the illuminated table pedestal centrepiece with a textured bowl with icicles supporting a similar flared central bowl and a stalagmite surrounded by a series of tiny water jets, with vintage globes and motor underside, height 26 cm, diameter 41 cm
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A vintage silver plated six trumpet epergne, on a triangular base with three rising double scroll supports with sconces holding clear cut glass frilled trumpets, the central trumpet of differing design, height 36 cm
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A Moderne Daum glass vase and two items by Baccarat, mid 20th century, a heavy gauge freeform vase of flaring square form with handkerchief points, mark of Daum France with cross of Lorraine to lower body, a Baccarat petal form bowl on a hexagonal base and matching pot with domed lid, both with Baccarat stencil marks, height 23 cm, and smaller
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Two Victorian glass pitchers, 19th century, a Bristol blue glass pitcher of swollen form on a short pedestal base, and an ovoid cranberry pitcher with an applied fine webbed decor and a clear ribbed scroll handle, both items with polished pontils, height 20 cm
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A group of three vintage glass items, early 20th century, probably French, comprising a carafe, a pitcher and a double handled bowl, with simple cuts and etched designs, the carafe and pitcher with polished pontils, the bowl with a starburst base, height 21.5 cm, (decanter)
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A vintage eight piece moulded glass dressing table set, first half 20th century, comprising a long tray, a dish, four stoppered bottles, a glass and a covered box, with a textured design and a floral border, height 16 cm, and smaller
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A set of twelve vintage Baccarat tumblers, 20th century, the petite suite of straight-sided glasses with lappets of slice cuts to the lower bodies, stencil mark of Baccarat underside, height 9 cm
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Two crystal vases, a heavy gauge thistle shaped pedestal vase with a diamond point frieze and slice cuts to the everted rim and lower body, a notched base with a star burst, and a Polish rose bowl by Sudety with bold incisions and fan cuts, with remnant label, height 26 cm, and 16 cm
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A Kosta Boda red 'Floating Flowers' vase by Olle Brozen, the tapering cased vase with mottled and speckled floral forms in brick red and cream colours, with etched mark of Kosta Boda and O. Brozen signature underside, with numbered 7040320, height 16 cm
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An Art Deco moulded glass vase, circa 1930s, the frosted globular vase with arching panels of roses, flute patterns to the neck, marked made in France in relief underside, height 20.5 cm
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An amethyst 'Biches' vase by Lalique, design introduced 1932, this model post 1989, the baluster vase moulded throughout with does in a woodland setting, etched mark of Lalique France with registration mark underside, decal to rim, height 17.5 cm
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A mixed group of coloured glasswares, Bohemian and other, early to mid 20th century, a red flash glass urn and matching bell with rococo and scenic etched designs, a ruffle edged dish in clear turquoise having a quilted design and an opalescent rim, and a moulded bowl in clear glass with amber trims, height 23 cm, (vase)
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An Art Deco moulded glass vase, circa 1930s, the heavy gauge frosted globular vase decorated throughout with unusual and asymmetric overlapping scales, unmarked, height 20.5 cm
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A large Orrefors bowl, later 20th century, pattern 4260-131, the heavy gauge crystal bowl of low cushion form having six impressions underside, a polished base and engraved 'Orrefors' with pattern number, height 12.5 cm, diameter 26 cm
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A Kosta Boda blue 'Floating Flowers' vase by Olle Brozen, the tapering cased vase with mottled and speckled lily forms in cobalt and white, with polished pontil, etched mark and O. Brozen signature, with numerals underside (indistinct), decal to rim, height 21.5 cm
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