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Interiors — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:548
Sale Title:InteriorsLots with images:530
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:369
Date:28-Mar-2021
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A Persian Tabriz carpet, Iran, circa 1950's, in tones of red and cream on a rich blue ground with an intricate Minakani design, 332 x 252 cm
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A Persian Kashan carpet, Iran, woollen pile with floral palmettes in tones of gold and green on a deep blue ground, 352 x 266 cm
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A Persian Kashan carpet, Iran, 20th century, woollen pile with the floral palmets design of a central medallion in tones of green and gold on a cream ground, 419 x 303 cm
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A Persian Kashan carpet, Iran, with traditional shah abbasi floral motifs and a central medallion in tones of red and cream, signed and inscribed by the master weaver Edalatmand studio, 384 x 301 cm
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A Persian Tabriz carpet, Iran, the central field with arabesque design in tones of cream and reds on a blue ground, 312 x 200 cm
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A Persian Yazd carpet, Iran, with a central medallion in tones of blue and red on a cream ground, signed and inscribed by a master weaver, 320 x 200 cm
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A Persian Kashan carpet, Iran, with a shah abbasi floral medallion in tones of gold and greens on a cream ground, 312 x 212 cm
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A Persian Bakhtiari carpet, Iran, the woollen pile with a tribal garden panel design in rich red and cream tones, 308 x 210 cm
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A Persian Songor kolyaie rug, Iran, the woollen pile with a geometrical central medallion in soft red and blue tones, 324 x 158 cm
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A Persian Touserkan rug, Iran, the woollen pile with a bold geometrical central medallion in colours of green, 302 x 150 cm
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A vintage Persian tribal Malayer rug, Iran, the woollen pile in rich dark brown and cream tones, 315 x 160 cm
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A Persian Sarouk carpet, Iran, the floral field in tones of rich Burgundy reds and French blue corner medallions, 213 x 133 cm
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A Persian Bakhtiar rug, circa 1960's, the hand spun woollen rug with garden diamond motifs in rich tones of blue and red
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A tribal Persian Herati Hamedan carpet, with a pattern of floral motifs in tones of red on a cream ground
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A Persian Bidjar rug, the woollen pile with a central medallion in rich red and cream tones, 187 x 115 cm
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An Irish Chippendale style carved open arm library chair, late 18th century, together with a small conforming Chippendale style single drawer side table side table, the chair with down-swept arm supports and carved scroll feet, upholstered in green silk, the side table 53 cm high, 27 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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A George III style wingback armchair, circa 1900, with mahogany ball and claw feet and silk upholstery by Colefax and Fowler
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A Sheraton style Chinoiserie painted green armchair, 19th century
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A Louis XVI transitional style fruitwood book cabinet, French, circa 1770, 110 cm high, 92 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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An English carved mahogany dining chair, late 18th/early 19th century
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A Hepplewhite style mahogany dining chair, 19th century, with a pierced shield back upholstered in green silk
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A George III oak fall front writing bureau, circa 1790, 97.5 cm high, 76 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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Circle of Pieter Muilier (Dutch, 17th century), figures in a classical wooded landscape, oil on canvas, 76 x 99.5 cm. Provenance: Mossgreen, a private Toorak collection of international Art and Antiques, Melbourne, September 2011, lot 118
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An Arts & Crafts bobbin turned Sussex corner chair, late 19th century, with blue and white floral upholstery, 70 cm high
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A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted walnut occasional table, 19th century, with a gallery edge and central drawer, 78 cm high, 47 cm long, 33 cm deep
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A Louis XVI style gilt metal mounted marble top walnut pedestal, 19th century, 84 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 30.5 cm deep
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A Louis XV style mahogany pedestal, 19th century, 108 cm high, 32 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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A French provincial caned beech arm chair, 19th century, with a black leather upholstered seat
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A Regency black lacquer tray on stand, 19th century, painted with grape vines, on a later ebonised black and gold painted stand, impressed 'London' with a crown mark to back of tray, 54 cm high, 82 cm long, 68 cm wide
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French school (late 18th century), portrait of girl with flowers in her hair, pastel on paper on canvas, 60 x 49 cm
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A collection of seven glass paperweights and dumps, 19th century and later, the largest 8 cm high
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A Wong Lee porcelain monkey candlestick holder, 20th century, with iron red character and factory mark for 'Wong Lee 1895' and editioned '671' to base, 21 cm high
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A framed segment of Jouy-en Joy blue and white cotton toile, French, early 19th century, depicting a Dutch dam and windmill, 23.5 x 31 cm (image size), 53.5 x 59.5 cm (frame size)
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A framed French black lace mourning fan in shaped fan box, 19th century, the frame 30 x 46 cm
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A hand painted fan, French, 19th century, decorated with a nocturnal garden scene, within a velvet lined conforming glazed and gilded case, 29 x 55 cm (case size)
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An embroidered wool work panel, 19th century, depicting a Scottish couple, housed within a later birds eye maple frame, 34 x 27 cm (panel size), 42 x 35.5 cm (frame size)
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Artist unknown, two girls and spaniel and portrait of a lady, two pencil and chalk on paper, 60 x 50 cm (oval, image size)
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A pair of George III cut crystal decanters, 23.5 cm high
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A collection of four English salt glaze jugs, 19th century, comprising a large green jug decorated in high relief with a bacchanalian scene, a powder blue jugs decorated with ears of wheat, a cream pewter lidded jug and a blue and white jug relief decorated with birds and vines with a pewter cover, the largest 22 cm high
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A gilt framed portrait miniature of a lady, French, circa 1820, wearing a blue dress with a lace bodice, within an oval frame, 6 cm high
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A Louis XVI style painted canape, French, 19th century, with a foliate carved crest rail, upholstered in pale aqua 'Snow Tree' fabric by Colefax & Fowler
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A portrait miniature of Robert Burns, after the original by Alexander Nasmyth, painted with a portrait of the poet in a black coat and white jabot within an oval 9 carat gold frame, 5.5 cm long
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A pair of portrait miniatures, 19th century, painted as a lady in a lace bonnet and a gentleman in a brown coat, each within an ebonised wooden frame, 3.5 cm high
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Four 19th century green wine glasses, 12 cm high
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A Georgian style gilded and ebonised wood wall shelf, 44 cm high
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Artist unknown studio nude Australian school (attributed to Lindsay Bernard hall), studio nude, oil on canvas, 87 x 70.5 cm
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European school, portrait of a lady, hand coloured photograph, 37.5 x 30 cm (oval)
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English school, portrait of a young girl with flowers in a classical landscape, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 cm
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A silver mounted tortoiseshell and silver pique snuff box, English, 18th century, 2 cm high, 8 cm diameter
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A George IV rosewood chest of drawers, first half 19th century, with an arrangement of three short and three long drawers with cross-banded decoration, 101 cm high, 107 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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Two Victorian mahogany dining chairs
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A Royal Worcester gilded cabinet plate together with an Imari decorated cabinet plate, 19th century, numbered 421 to back, the largest plate 23 cm diameter
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English school, sheep in a winter landscape, oil on canvas, 34 x 50 cm
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A William IV rosewood fold-over card table, the hinged swivel top opening to a baize lined interior, 75 cm high, 91 cm wide unfolded, 91 cm deep
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Artist unknown (early 18th century), portrait of a young lady, oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm
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A bronze pheasant inkwell by Le Blanc, Paris, 20th century, on a grey stepped circular marble base, Barbedienne factory mark, 15 cm high
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A portrait miniature attributed to Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois, French, circa 1800, profile portrait of a gentleman in a black coat, signed 'Bourgeois 1800' lower right, 4 cm diameter
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A portrait miniature of a gentleman, 18th century, finely painted with a gentleman in a taupe coat and white jabot, within an oval paste mounted frame, 3.7 cm x 3 cm. Provenance: a gentleman's collection – Mr Neil Robertson, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, December 2 2018, lot 507
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A gilt framed portrait miniature of a lady, 19th century, the figure painted in supplicant pose and inscribed verso 'La Duchesse de la Balliere', within an ornate pierced and carved giltwood frame, the miniature 8 cm high
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An Italian carved giltwood verde marble console table, 19th century, with painted cartouche to the frieze, raised on foliate decorated scroll carved legs, 69 cm high, 108 cm wide, 55 cm deep
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A seed pearl mounted portrait miniature brooch, 19th century, showing a portrait of Julia Tatham wearing a red dress and lace head scarf, 4.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Estate of George Richmond thence by descent, a fine small-scale portrait of Julia Tatham, daughter of, Charles Heathcote Tatham (1772-1842), painted by George, Richmond. Other Notes: 1826 George Richmond fell in love with Julia (1811-1881), the beautiful fourteen-year-old sister of the Tatham Brothers, whose father had engaged Richmond to…
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A Victorian 9 ct gold mounted ivory portrait miniature of a gentleman, 19th century, painted with a portrait of a gentleman in a black coat and cravat with a finely chased oval gold frame, 6 cm high
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English school (mid 19th century), oval miniature of a gentleman, dressed in a black morning coat and a black jabot, 13 x 9.5 cm (oval)
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A portrait miniature of a young man, 19th century, painted with a young gentleman in a black coat and cravat, within a hinged leather case, the portrait 8 cm long
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A portrait miniature of a gentleman in a Moroccan leather case, probably American, circa 1890, painted wearing a black coat and vest with a white collar, in a silk lined leather case, the portrait 3.5 cm high
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An English mahogany half tester bed, 19th century, 220 cm high, 239 cm long, 153 cm deep
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A Chinese lavender glaze peach form wine pot, 10.5 cm high
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Two horn snuff mulls, English, 18th/19th century, comprising a ribbed table snuff box with a rose gold banding and shield to the hinged lid, and a brass mounted polished horn box, the polished horn box 5 cm wide, 10 cm high
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A George IV sterling silver fish server by Thomas Jenkinson, London 1815, together with a sterling silver mounted miniature hip flask, the server 125 grams, 28 cm long
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A Japanese tortoiseshell cigar case, late19th century, with gilded decoration of a crane and bamboo, 10 cm long
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A malachite handled pierced ivory letter opener, the page turner 30 cm
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A collection of carved Pacific Island tribal tortoiseshell and shell discs, together with two polished slices of agate, the largest shell disc 10 cm diameter
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English school (mid 19th century), girls in the garden, watercolour, 33.5 x 27.5 cm (image size), 54 x 43 cm (frame size)
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A Moser gilded acorn embossed glass trinket box, 19th century, 7 cm high
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A collection of Georgian mother of pearl gaming chips, finely etched with temple, fish and marine motifs, together with a mabe pearl shell, the largest chip 5.5 cm long
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A Murano glass table lamp, with a barley twist column and white silk shade, the base 37 cm high
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A 19th century conch shell and a small collection of sea shells, the conch 14.5 cm
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A small gilt bronze figural epergne, French, 19th century, with a green vaseline glass flute, 25 cm high
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A large Bohemian gilded overlaid glass table lamp, 65 cm high
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A pair of Regency cold painted bronze candlesticks in the form of nubian blackamoors, Austrian, 26 cm high
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A treen ware twine box and a footed bowl, 19th century, the footed bowl 15 cm high
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A black Haddonstone desk ornament of a reclining lion, 15 cm high
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A Victorian silver mounted ruby glass double ended scent bottle, 13 cm long
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A red lithyalin glass flask by Friedrich Hegmann, 11 cm
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A Bohemia red and white overlaid glass scent bottle, 19th century, 24 cm high
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A French lapis blue enamel and brass chatelaine, second empire, circa 1860, with a series of chains holding various ladies necessities including a cut glass perfume bottle, 21 cm long
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A late Georgian cut crystal bonbon dish, circa 1830, 15.5 cm high
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A Moroccan mother of pearl inlaid jewel box, 6 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A small pietra dura panel and a polished agate lidded pot, late 19th century, the panel 13.5 x 9 cm, the pot 10 cm high
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A glass ball pocket watch and chatelaine, French, 1860, together with a sterling silver Swiss lady's pocket watch, the ball watch and chain 11.5 cm
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A small Rosenthal gilded porcelain dragonfly, with green factory mark, impressed 'O.Koch' and 318 to base, 10 cm high
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A collection of Victorian and Georgian objects of virtue, 19th century, comprising a small enamelled compass pendant in the form of a butterfly, a miniature bust of Tsar Nicholas II, a brass rams head vesta case, a sterling silver decanter label, by Elizabeth Morley, London, circa 1850 and a set of Georgian etched mother of pearl gaming chips, the chips 3.5 cm long
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A pair of George III gilded Bristol blue spirit decanters, circa 1790, 24 cm high
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A classical bronze and marble bust of Diana, late 19th century, 25 cm high
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A German porcelain gilt metal mounted lidded box, 19th century, finely painted and gilt with floral swagged cartouche, 6 cm high, 12 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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A lac burgaute box and a carved tortoiseshell box, the lac burgaute box 7 cm diameter
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A Viennese enamel perfume dispenser modelled as a wine barrel, 19th century, finely decorated with classical scenes and bacchanalian motifs, the barrel supported by two figures modelled as Silenus, 15 cm high
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A small Regency bronze pastille burner and metal figure of a hunting dog, with butterfly handles and an acorn finial, the burner 11 cm high
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A novelty slipper pin cushion with five various pins together with a Victorian gilt metal posy holder, the slipper 5.5 cm long
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A WMF silver plate jewellery box, German, circa 1900, 13 cm high, 13 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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