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Jewellery, Decorative & Fine Arts — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:327
Sale Title:Jewellery, Decorative & Fine ArtsLots with images:327
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:257
Date:30-Nov-2021
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An old Japanese glass fishing float, hand blown, with open netting basket, diameter 33 cm.
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An old Japanese glass fishing float, hand blown, with open netting basket, diameter 33 cm.
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An old Japanese glass fishing float, hand blown, with open netting basket, diameter 33 cm.
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A Victorian biblical illumination from The New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 6:13. 'Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God...', including visual references to armour, shield and sword painted in watercolour and gilt. The gilt slip frame with the verse to the bottom. Overall, 34 x 45.5 cm
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An Art Deco beaded velvet dress, chocolate brown velvet with seed and bugle bead embroidery, requires minor restitching.
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A fine Kashmir paisley shawl, Jacquard loomed, decorated with bands of paisley motifs. 170 x 180 cm approx.
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A late Victorian tapestry wall hanging, featuring a couple and young page boy in a forest with embroidered trees, flowers, dog and bird, within a floral border, attached to turned pole ready for hanging, back of the tapestry has some wear. 170 x 120 cm.
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A Victorian walnut vanity/jewellery box, brass bound and decorative stringing, the interior with a top layer of silver plate and crystal dressing pots and bottles with the lower layer divided into three compartments, the lid contains a mirror in an embossed leather frame. 31 x 22.5 x 13.5 cm.
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A good Victorian exotic woods, parquetry inlaid work box, tumbling cube pattern to the hinged lid and front, bordered with metal strip and mother-of-pearl disc inlays. Yellow painted interior. 30.5 x 23 x 12.5 cm.
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A set of Ives O-gauge pre-war electric loco and three carriages, Ives Railway NYC & HR #3253 centre cab loco with #129 'Saratoga', #130 'Buffet' and #132 'Observation' carriages, in orange/brown colourway c.1928.
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A model of the topsail schooner 'Huia', she sailed around New Zealand, across the Tasman, and the Pacific from1894 to 1951. Width 76 cm. Height 54 cm. Together with the book 'Log of Huia'.
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A vintage world coin collection, presented in a coin collector portfolio, together with a small bag of loose coins.
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Six antique hand painted Delft tiles, landscape scenes with no corner decorations, chipping commensurate with age. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Eight antique hand painted Delft tiles, landscape scenes with corner decorations, chipping commensurate with age. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Eight antique hand painted Delft tiles, small simple scenes with no corner decorations, chipping commensurate with age. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Nine antique hand painted Delft tiles, assorted scenes, chipping and crazing commensurate with age. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Eleven antique hand painted Delft tiles, assorted scenes, corner decoration, chipping commensurate with age. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
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A taxidermy male peacock, the full body mount perched upon a gnarled branch with bracket for wall mounting. Height 180 cm.
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A vintage wooden decoy duck, glass eyes and old painted finish. Length 44 cm.
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A vintage French wrought iron six tier pot stand, tapering form, old paint finish. 139 x 37 cm.
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A vintage wrought iron five tier pot stand, similar to above. 90 x 30 cm.
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A vintage brass Mr. Punch cigar lighter, the standing figure with a cigar to his mouth as the lighter, an internal tube to the base would have been fitted to a fluid reservoir. Historically such a lighter stood on the counter in a tobacconist for customer use. Height 20.5 cm.
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A Victorian bronze doorstop, a lion's paw on stand with tall barley twist handle. Height 60 cm.
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A substantial Victorian brass trivet/footman, two side handles, faux drawers to the front, the front legs of bulbous scrolling form. 50 x 30 x 35 cm.
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An early 20th century recording barograph, incorporating an annular barometer scale, in glazed mahogany case with T. Peacock & Son Auckland label, a drawer in the base for recording papers.
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A French Barometre Neoclassique, period of Louis XVI, 18th century, the ornate gilded sculpted wooden case in the form of columns, flowering urns, wreaths, etc., with mercury column mechanism and thermometer requiring attention. Height 110 cm.
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A Georgian hand painted portrait miniature, of Lt.-Col. John Williams (from oral family history), in unmarked gold frame with enamel and woven hair to the reverse, some cracks to the glass at back, suspension ring. 6 x 7.5 cm.
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An antique portrait miniature of a British naval gent, signed 'Abel' Diameter 6 cm. In square bird's eye maple frame. 12.8 x 12.8 cm.
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A 19th century portrait miniature of a gent in formal black coat, the pinch beck frame with mourning panel to reverse, faulted, set with locks of hair. Brooch and wall suspension fittings. 8 x 6.5 cm.
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An early 19th century portrait miniature of a gent, the oval gilt frame with watered silk back panel. 8 x 6 cm.
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An early 19th century portrait miniature of a gent, Wearing a black coat, in rectangular ebonised frame with gilt mounts. 12 x 10.5 cm.
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An early 20th century portrait miniature of a young woman, in plaited hair in a bun, the gilt mounted frame with deep red velvet infill. 13 x 11 cm.
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A good large 19th century Swiss music box, the walnut hinged lid with marquetry inlay of a guitar and florals, original faux grain rosewood satinwood strung sides, winged angel mask escutcheon. The lid interior with original twelve song card, bearing ink number '42256'. Crank action mechanism with all 62 teeth intact, two levers marked 'Change/repeat' and 'Stop/Play'. 61 x 29 x 16.5 cm. Working.
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A Victorian General Officer's sword, an untouched example in steel scabbard. The brass hilt with crown over wreathed, crossed sword and baton motif, brass stepped pommel and back strap, wire bound fish skin grip. Finely etched blade retaining nearly all of the polished finish with crowned mirrored VR cipher to one side and sword and baton to the opposite; proof slug and retailer's mark Hawkes & Co, London at the ricasso, serial number 1874. Blade 84 cm, overall 99.5 cm.
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A MLE Mk1 .303 rifle, (Long Tom), S/No. 8073, with New Zealand issue marks and 1901 date to butt plate tang, lobbing sight, chained mag. Stamped L.S.A (London Small Arms) over 1897 to action. License required.
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A French World War I M.1917 monocular telescope with an ocular rotator produced by E. Krauss, Paris, the rotator with three eyepieces of 15x, 23x and 30x power, inscribed with the maker's name and serial number, extendable sunshade, faulted objective lens. Length 52 cm
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A Samoan short club, with flattened lanceolate blade decorated with bands of notched carving highlighted with inlaid lime. Length 80.5 cm.
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A Solomon Islands canoe prow figurehead (nguzunguzu), Marovo Lagoon style, New Georgia Archipelago, collected by Sir Bruce Saunders, KBE (Australia), Honiara c.1960s/70s. Naturalistically modelled, dark stained wood with nautilus shell inlay to cheeks, chin and earlobes, eyes with tridacna shell inly. The pate carved with concentric bars, replicating hair or to assist in attaching a natural hair wig. Provenance: Private collection, Auckland. Height 27 cm.
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A Solomon Islands fighting club (alofolo), of quadrangular section tapering to a cylindrical shaft with shaped terminal, the head with flanges to two faces. Morovo Lagoon area. 19th/20th century. Provenance: Private Auckland collection. L 87 cm.
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A 19th century Solomon Islands trade axe, Marovo Lagoon area, New Georgia Archipelago, with trade blade by Robert Sorby, Sheffield, England on a dark hardwood shaft, with shaped terminal and elongated teardrop detail at the head. Length 91 cm
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A hardwood carved, Papua New Guinea ceremonial paddle, used in PNG Independence Day performances Sept 16, 1975, on stage with Prince Charles (Queen's representative) and Gough Whitlam (Australian PM), et al. With carved figure either side of the blade/shaft union and another at the shaft terminal. Length 150 cm
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A PNG single legged hook figure (kemangabbi), Black Lakes region, Sepik River, Height 65 cm
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A PNG sapi-sapi money shell stack, likely configured previously as a bilas bride-price belt. Made up of sixty-one discs cut from giant tridacna shells. Height 51.5 cm
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A large clam shell ring money token (wenga), Boiken people, Papua New Guinea, hand formed irregular disc shape from giant clam shell Tridacna gigas, diameter ~21 cm
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A breast ornament of mother of pearl shell (kina), Papua New Guinea, asymmetrical crescent-shaped, pierced with suspension holes, bound with shell mounted stringwork necklace. late 19th/early 20th century. Gold lipped pearl shells were highly valued among most of tribal PNG, being traded from the coast to the Highlands where their value was greatly inflated. Private Auckland collection. Ex Tauranga missionary collector, 1950s PNG. Width 19 cm
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A breast ornament of pearl shell (kina), PNG, symmetrical crescent-shaped, suspended on shell mounted stringwork, late 19th/early 20th century. Private Auckland collection. Ex Tauranga missionary collector, 1950s PNG. Width 17 cm
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A Solomon Island kapkap, the disc of tridacna gigas (giant clam) shell overlaid with a filigree tortoiseshell design of a frigate bird and fish. Minute chips to disc, diameter 12 cm
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An unusual stone adze blade, Massim region, PNG, curved beak form with ridged scale pattern to the upper surface and lashing heel to the lower side of the bulbous head. Length 22 cm
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A vintage East African Masai tribal antelope hide shield, oval form with bound curving branch frame, painted in orange/red and black on white, leather bound. Height 110 cm.
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An African Assegai thrusting spear, with slender leaf shaped blade on a tapering wooden shaft with plaited wire socket fitting. Length 118 cm.
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An African knobkerrie, with long tapering shaft and spherical head. Length 79 cm
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A group of six African cast brass gold weight s (abrammuo), probably Akan people Ghana. Inspired by or for use as weight s. Tallest 7.5 cm
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An African gold weight, cast brass kori bustard bird shape, possibly Asante. Height 10 cm
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A shaman's astrological calendar engraved on a water-buffalo rib bone, Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, engraved to both sides, length 37 cm
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A Sumatran warrior's ceremonial armband, of four raffia bound pig's tusks with an attached small wooden figure Dia.14 cm, Height 13 cm.
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An Australian aboriginal hollow log bone coffin (Lorrkan/Larrikitj), from Central Arnhem Land, painted with totemic snakes and designs in earth pigments on stringy bark wood. Artist unknown, diameter ~18 cm, Height 149 cm
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A large and impressive New Zealand nephrite/pounamu water worn 'floater' boulder, showing pale rind and mid/deep green main body tone. Roughly oval form with peaked highlights to the top. Approx. 117 kgs. Note: It takes many 1000's of years of wear to achieve this floater form. Nephrite registers 6 to 6.5 on the moh hardness scale
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A 20th century Maori hardwood carved taiaha, of plain restrained short form. Length 109 cm.
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An unusual raukaraka pounamu mere, named after the fruit of the karaka tree because of the orange colour that the oxidized stone has taken from the earth's minerals. The butt carved with a koruru profile head. Pierced suspension hole. Length 32.5 cm
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A kawakawa pounamu mere, dark green stone with white flecking, spatula shape with triple ridged butt knob pierced with suspension hole. Length 33.5 cm
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A kawakawa pounamu mere, with diagonal striations of various colour through the stone. Length 34 cm
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A double-sided pounamu hei tiki, inanga variety nephrite, modelled with chin tilted to the shoulder, serrated edged paua inlaid ring eyes, hands to thighs. 20th century. Height 9.8 cm.
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A contemporary pounamu mere by Malcom Brown, dark kawakawa variety stone. Length 30 cm
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A well carved 19th century Maori koruru gable mask, with two pairs of contorted manaia figures forming the topknot, above steeply sloping oval eyes with chiseled circles to hold paua pupils (absent), and open mouth with extended tongue. The back surface with adzed finish. Height 63.5 cm. Being assessed for registration.
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A late 20th century Maori carved whale's tooth rei puta pendant, finely detailed with open heart form mouth, paua ring inset eyes. Length 10.5 cm.
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A rare and important 19th century American boxing poster promoting the appearance of 'Herbert A. Slade The Maori Champion Heavy Weight Pugilist', at the 'Opera House', undated other than 'Wednesday evening February 28', probably connected to Slade's exhibition tour of the USA with John L. Sullivan, the Opera House probably the one in Ogden, Utah, a lithograph from a photography by John Wood, New York, printed by H. A. Thomas, New York. This poster hung in Bill's Gay Nineties Restaurant, a New York City…
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A pair of C.F. Goldie books, 'His Life & Painting' and 'Prints, Drawings & Criticism', in original Solander cases, pub Alister Taylor 1979.
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Michael O'Donnell (Tarariki Pottery) 'Gingko & the Flying Fish', panel of twenty tiles mounted on board, signed, titled and inscribed. 35 x 120 cm
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A large Crown Lynn swan, matt white, impressed mark and incised #170 to base. Width 31.5 cm
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A rare 1920's Shimy Bros. art glass Egyptian perfume bottle, the long amber rectangular section bottle enamelled with an historical Egyptian tomb figure. Maker's name to the top and details to the reverse. Shimy Bros. Artistic Perfumes Port-Said, Cairo, Luxor, Egypt.'. The lid with faceted amber glass top above the decorative gilt metal screw fitting with long glass dipper. Length 19.3 cm. In original faded velvet fitted box. Note: Both Ahmed Soliman and the Shimy Brothers were the leading Egyptian…
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A WMF Art Nouveau silver plate and glass claret jug, stamped to the handle. Height 31 cm
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A Moorcroft Flamminian vase, inverted baluster form, in a deep pea green with three tube lined Celtic foliage roundels to the top decorated in blue, signature to base with registration number. (Minute chip to base). 14 x 22 cm.
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A Clyne Farquharson crystal vase, leaf pattern repeating to body, open tapered beaker type form, engraved signature to base. Height 20 cm.
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An Archibald Knox Liberty Tudric pewter biscuit box, stamped marks and # 0237, with stylised leaf and entwined tendril decoration. Twin bar form handles to the lid. 11.5 x 15.5 x 12.2 cm.
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Set of six Waterford Crystal whisky glasses, restrained facet cut decoration to the lower body, acid etched mark to base of each. Height 10 cm.
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A set of six Waterford champagne coupes, in the Sheila pattern.
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A set of six Waterford champagne coupes, in the Shelia pattern.
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A large oval Sevres porcelain plaque, decorated with a classical romantic garden scene within a gilt and bleu celeste border, in ebonised wood frame. 30 x 42 cm.
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A 19th/20th century German porcelain eight -piece part monkey band, four by Sitzendorf, two by von Schierholz and one Dresden. Some faults. The tallest 14 cm.
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An early Frankenthal porcelain figure group after a 1730s design by J.J. Kandler of Count Bruhl's Tailor, sitting astride a billy-goat, wearing a floral painted and gilded coat, his trade accoutrements about him, including an iron and scissors hanging from the animal's horns and a pincushion on his rump. Crowned blue monogram mark. Restoration to right hand. Length 21.5 cm, Height 23 cm
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari footed bowl, the interior and exterior decorated with panels of potted flowering plants and birds with medallions of ho-ho (phoenix birds), in traditional Imari tones with gold embellishments, with wooden stand. 25 x 13 cm.
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari footed bowl, the interior and exterior decorated with ho-ho (phoenix birds), the centre of the bowl decorated with a kylin and cloud motifs, in pale blue, red, green and gilt embellishments, with wood stand, character mark to base, (chip to rim). 24 x 10 cm.
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari bowl, the deep footed bowl decorated with floral motifs in traditional Imari colours, scalloped rim, with wooden stand. 25 x 13.5 cm.
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Four Japanese Meiji period Imari plates, the centre decorated with a fishing scene, the border with floral panels, ho-ho birds and stylised dragons, the exterior with Japanese motifs, in traditional Imari tones with rich gilt embellishment, scalloped rim, four-character mark to base, diameter 21 cm.
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A pair of Japanese Meiji period Imari dishes, the interior decorated with sacred cranes amongst the foliage, in traditional Imari tones with gilt embellishments, character mark to base. 20 x 12 x 4.5 cm.
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari footed bowl, the interior and exterior decorated with outdoor scenes, panels of flowers and blue and white motifs, in traditional Imari tones with gold embellishments, character mark to base. 25 x 11 cm.
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari footed bowl, the interior and exterior decorated in garden scenes, with panels of stylised flowers, in traditional Imari tones, leaf mark to base, with wooden stand. 18 x 9 cm.
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A pair of Japanese Meiji period Imari footed bowls, the interior and exterior decorated with panels of floral motifs, precious objects and shishi, in traditional Imari tones with gold embellishments, four-character mark to base. 25 x 9.5 cm.
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A rare and fine Japanese Meiji period bronze moon vase, Lost wax cast, c.1880, of circular elliptical form with internal hidden cylinder support for vase, together with accompanying adjustable bronze link chain, diameter 37 cm.
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An impressive Japanese Meiji period Imari lidded urn, the exterior extensively decorated with chrysanthemums and other flowering plants, with two medallions featuring young Japanese boys playing, in traditional Imari tones and gilt embellishments, chip to interior of lid and small chip to base, with wooden stand. Height 50 cm.
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A keyaki wood 'zeni-bako' temple offering box, from the early Meiji period, with original key.
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A 1930s Japanese oak cabinet, hexagonal with glass doors, for retail of personal seals, later electrified as a lamp. 40 x 70 cm.
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An old Japanese keyaki wood tokobashira post, from a traditional tea ceremony room, hand carved accentuating the natural knots in smooth decorative relief. 13 x 14 x 1900. Note: The tokobashira post is noted as a 'Unique or aesthetically appealing wooden pillar which is placed on the left side of the tokonoma. A simple, natural but unique look is always sought in the room.' See photo for traditional tea ceremony room elements.
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An early Japanese figure of the bodhisattva Avalokiteavara (Kannon), carved and pigmented soft wood, seated cross legged with upturned soles, the forearms placed asymmetrically with hands in apana mudra. Scattered distress to paint surface. 57 x 38 x 80 cm
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A Chinese porcelain famille rose vase, ovoid shape with trumpet neck and everted scalloped mouth, exotic dragons form handles to the neck, the body and neck painted with figures from history along with calligraphic inscriptions and panels. Height 42 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain panel, a lake and mountain scene with calligraphy to one corner, in ebonised frame suspension hook. 25 x 35 cm.
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A provincial Ming bowl, the small conical bowl decorated with phoenix birds to the interior and exterior in underglaze blue. 15.5 x 7.5 cm.
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A cinnabar lacquer box, the lid carved with an outdoor garden scene, the sides with floral carvings, scalloped rim, Qianlong mark to base. 31 x 9 cm.
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An uncommon early 20th century silver butterfly form trinket / potpourri box, the hinged lid embossed and pierced with florals, raised on four compressed ball feet. Edinburgh 1910 by Hamilton & Inches. 13 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm.
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An Edwardian silver pin cushion, in the form of the gentleman's shoe, the pin cushion lifts to reveal a small cavity beneath, some damage to the cushion, Chest 1910. Length 12.5 cm. Original oak base.
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