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The Connoisseurs Auction — Small & Whitfield Auctions and Valuations

Auction House:Small & Whitfield Auctions and ValuationsNumber of lots recorded:401
Sale Title:The Connoisseurs AuctionLots with images:401
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:243
Date:1-Feb-2021
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French ormolu mounted three piece mantle clock decorated by cherubs, ornate floral enameled face mounted on white marble base with a matching pair of candelabra
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Royal Worcester 'Fallen Fruits' potpourri with hand painted and gilt decoration with gilded pierced lid signed T. Lockyer. HN 278 marked to base
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Royal Worcester miniature cup and saucer and painted peacock scene unsigned
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Royal Worcester miniature cup and saucer decorated with fruits and berries signed by artist John Freeman saucer diameter 8.5 cm
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Royal Worcester fallen fruits potpourri with hand painted and with gilt pierced lid signed Roberts HN 261 marked to base
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Venetian silvered handpainted silhouette plaque in original fitted box
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Victorian silvered papier mache lidded box with cherub silhouette decoration
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Indian miniature doll in original traditional beaded costume
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Rare small dolls, porcelain and bisque heads
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A delightful antique walnut pocket watch holder/stand together with Swiss made pocket watch
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A large Chinese porcelain charges c.1920 depicting deers amongst foliage and mountains
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Bronze French figure 'Gloire Au Travail' signed Bruchon of a young blacksmith
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Large and impressive vintage table top bronze and oak coffee grinder
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A bronze standing nude model of 'Bacchus'
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A bronze figure of 'Apollo' modelled naked in a classical pose
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Large etched fern decorated silver plated and crystal four bottle cruet set
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Australian gumnut pottery basket signed F.M. Reynolds
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Milton Moon handmade pottery large serving bowl beautifully decorated with floral embellishments and painted decoration, full signature to base. Diameter 38 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery large serving plate with crackle ware design signed to base diameter 36 cm
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Australian white glazed clay pottery figure of sheared and a sheep, signed to base simpson, Charleston SA 1945
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Australian white glazed clay pottery figure of a boy with a dog, signed to base K.A. Simpson, Charleston SA 1945
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery squat vase decorated with applied tree decoration signed and dated 1983 height 13 cm
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Milton Moon handmade pottery large serving bowl beautifully decorated with floral embellishments and drip glaze stunning coppered coloured rim full signature to base. Diameter 40 cm height 10 cm
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Australian gumnut glazed pottery dish Annie Mitchell school inscribed to base 'Lig Automne with Blue' diameter 20 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery incised vase with reeds decoration signed to base. Height 25 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery bulbous vase with reeds decoration signed to base. Height 23 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery twin handled serving bowl decorated with blossoms tiny chips diameter 27 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery miniature bud vase initialled to base height 8 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery handpainted lidded jar/potpourri initialled to base with gallery label height 10 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery handpainted crackle ware design vase signed and dated to base with cherryville gallery label height 15 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery handpainted crackle ware design vase signed and dated to base with cherryville gallery label height 13 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery handpainted crackle ware design vase signed and dated to base with cherryville gallery label height 15 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery handpainted water jug initialled to base height 20 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery large Japanese design lidded box raku fired with designed interior width 32 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery Japanese design teapot raku fired large, signature to base. Height 23 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery large Japanese design twin handles serving bowl raku fired. Diameter 35 cm
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Green glazed 'Bennett' vase with handles height 39 cm
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Green glazed 'Bennett' vase height 39 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery huge tall floor vase decorated with reed design signed and dated to base '82' height 70 cm chip to base
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery wood fired large bulbous vase height 32 cm
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Jeff Mincham Australian local pottery huge bulbous floor vase with crackle ware design signed to base. Height 52 cm
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Tim Strachan Australian local pottery bulbous vase with handpainted bamboo crackle ware design signed and dated1982 to base height 32 cm
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Rare original very large early postcard album mainly of Aden, Egypt, the middle East compiled by a salesman from Germany moving through these areas. Pages double in size when unfolded. The present owner has added to the empty spaces original photographs taken or purchased in Egypt by men of the AIF during World War I. Not stuck down so inscriptions are obvious.The cover needs immediate repair, over 100 years old and still hanging together. Needs to be preserved for posterity
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald with drawings by Eliho Vedder. Haughton Mifflin & Co.. And Bernard Quaritch dated 1884. Modern rebinding, some foxing and moisture damage, glorious illustrations
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Frederick J. Mills 'Cheer up a story of war Work' the Cheer-Up Society, Adelaide June 1920 first edition, author's signed and inscribed presentation copy
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Annie E. Ridley 'A Backward Glance, the story of John Ridley a Pioneer' 1904 first edition
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Ex-Inspector C. Le. Leivre 'Memories of a old Police Officer' Adelaide: 1925, first edition signed by the author
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Mrs. Aeneas Gunn 'The little black Princess' edition printed on superior paper with the Duncan bookplate by Elizabeth Skottowe
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Captain Crawley 'Manly games for boys. A practical Guide' 1870
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F.H.H. Guillemard 'The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu and various islands of the Malay Archipelago' London: 1886 first edition, two volume set, maps and numerous wood cuts
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Leatherbound Williams and Mofatts Missionary enterprises and Labour 1827 and 1826 and two other south Seas and African volumes
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When We were Young' 1927 and 'Winnie the Pooh' 1929, both by A.A. Milne
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Mrs Archibald little 'Intimate china: the Chinese as I have seen them' London 1899 first edition and 'In the Far East: letters from Geraldine Guiness in China' 1901 third edition
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G. Verschuur 'Aux Antipodes. Voyage en Australie...1888-1889' Paris 1891, 50 wood engravings
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Henry copper 'South Australia: containing Hints to Emigrants a map of the Eastern coast of St. Vincent and a plan of Adelaide' 1838 second edition, considerably augmented
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'A Commentarie upon the book of the Revelation' 1660, James Durham, Netherlands, printed by John Fredericksz, Stam Amsterdam, full leather bound, front board detached but otherwise complete. Third edition in English, Durham 1622-1658 Chaplain to King Charles II in 1650, extremely rare
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'The Centenary history of South Australia' 1936 first edition
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Mark Shephard 'A Lifetime in the bush: the biography of Len Beadell' no. 17 of 100 copies in full leather, 1998 first edition with four other Corkwood press editions of books by Len Beadell bound in kangaroo leather and each limited of fifty copies
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'Lady Galway Belgium Book' Adelaide 1916. Proceeds from this book went to the Belgian relief Fund. Name of Ainslie Roberts inscribed to front.
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A.A. Milne 'The house at Pooh Corner' 1928 first edition
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A group of five interesting 19th century Egyptian studio photographs
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A rare and important early photograph album containing scenes of major cities, towns and monuments in early Egypt and Suez
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A rare and massive postcard album containing 1000 postcards of European subject matter, monuments and landmarks
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An exceptional French art glass large and shallow bowl by 'P.D'Avesn - France' the circular opalescent centre bowl finely decorated with swallows hirondelles note: Pierre D'Avesn worked for Rene Lalique and other French renown studios diameter 35 cm
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Rene Lalique Formose vase model Marcilhac 934 moulded and cased opalescent glass depicting swimming fish in cameo
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A superb large and shallow clear art glass bowl decorated with entwining dragons in high relief to the undercarriage, probably French, early 20th century, diameter 35 cm
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A fine French Lalique hand cut bowl 'Pinsons' 1933, exquisitely designed with finches nesting in stylized brambles, clear and etched glass, signed to base, diameter 24 cm
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Nina Ricci boxed perfume in Collectors Lalique bottle with dove stopper
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Zsolnay Hungarian figural jug with iridescent glazed finish marked to base
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Zsolnay figure of a fountain with iridescent glazed marked to base
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Cast metal vase / urn decorated with cherubs in the Regency style
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Quality embossed brass ink and pen stand with shield and cherub decoration with three glass inkwells with flame finials
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Sterling silver Kings pattern letter opener hallmarked Sheffield 1901
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Millefiori paperweight signed and dated 1978
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Minton Spellbound porcelain figurine with bronze head and hands
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Belleek green mark shell shaped pair of table salts together with shell milk jug
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Superb and rare Art Nouveau ewer by 'Rozenburd-Den Haag' with hand painted and glazed panels depicting birds
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Rare Art Nouveau hand painted highly glazed Dutch vase Rozenburg den Haag, marked to base, height 22 cm. Two minor chips to base
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Heavy bronze gondola centrepiece large from Venice in fine detail not souvenir wear
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Pair of yellow ground Oriental bowls. With blue interiors one depicting carp, the other with children playing with carp. Copper rim signed to base
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19th century bronze turtle belt buckle with articulated feet
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Vintage Chinese intricately carved bone card case
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Meiji period Japanese three-case lacquer inro 'Chinese Subject' double-faced ojime, silk cord, netsuke: boxwood manju
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19th century Chinese engraved goard depicting heron and a tree with inscription and signature character mark
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19th century Japanese bronze crab
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19th century Chinese carved wooden tea scoop with dragon finial signed by the artist
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Edo period Japanese stag horn netsuke, 'Fukurokuju' 7 Gods of good Luck. Classic old netsuke features
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Meiji period Japanese stag horn netsuke, 'Monkey' wearing a coat holding a persimmon
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Carved ivory figurine of a sage on carved wooden base minor damage to staff
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A perfect cloisonne slim vase 19th century Japanese
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A perfect Satsuma 19th century vase showing exquisite workmanship. Both panels depict scenes from Japanese life, with a rich brocade fabric pattern around the neck and base. Height 18.5 cm
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A superb 19th century Chinese bronze in two parts of a sage riding a buffalo
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Jade carved figure of mythical beast on fruit
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19th century carved jade double gourd shape obi depicting a lion
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Chinese wood toggle 'Retainer'
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Japanese traditional bizen pot by Australian ceramic artist Heja Chong
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Stuart cut crystal bulbous decanter
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18th century porcelain flow blue barber's bleeding bowl
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18th century Delft porcelain plate
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Superb carved cameo shell c1900 depicting Bacchus and two maidens dancing. Drilled to make a light fitting. When light shines through the effect is magical. Superb carving
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