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Decorative Arts, Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:709
Sale Title:Decorative Arts, Day 2Lots with images:702
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:547
Date:27-Mar-2022
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Two antique walking sticks, both with ebony shafts, one with silver top the other turned ivory, 19th century, 84 cm and 91 cm high
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An antique walking stick with Sevres French porcelain handle, elm shaft and brass ferrule, 91 cm high
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An antique walking stick with carved ebony and bone dog's head handle, silver collar, timber shaft and brass ferrule, 19th century, 81 cm high
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A walking stick, spherical tiger's eye handle with palmwood shaft and metal ferrule, 94 cm high
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An antique walking stick with jasper handle inset with a compass, silver belt buckle collar, Malacca cane shaft and brass ferrule, 89 cm high
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An antique walking stick with carved ivory handle silver inlaid timber shaft and brass ferrule, 19th century, 96 cm high
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An antique walking stick with carved ivory handle, silver collar, cane shaft and brass ferrule, 90 cm high
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An antique 'Gambling' walking stick, handle inset with glass compartment housing three bone dice, fiddleback shaft and brass ferrule, 82 cm high
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Three antique walking sticks, 19th century, the largest 91 cm high
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A German Art Deco statue of a standing female nude, circa 1925, 50 cm high
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(l Arthur John Fleischmann (Czech/Australia, 1896-1990), Balinese boy, terracotta sculpture, incised on reverse 'A. Fleischmann', made in 1938 with original wooden stand, 28 cm high, 26 cm wide, note: Fleischmann was born in Pressburg, Austro- Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia), and studied Art in Prague, Vienna, Italy and France before arriving in Australia in 1939. En-route to Australia he worked in Bali for six months in 1938, and during this stay he completed 25 terracotta studies of local people which…
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A French vintage Art Deco statue of a lady feeding deer, cast metal remains of silver finish on marble and mirrored base, circa 1935, 28 cm high, 57 cm wide.
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Incongruos group: with Johnson Brothers 'The Friendly Village' and Wedgwood '10th Anniversary Christmas' wall plates; also a large ceramic pitcher, Chinese oil-paper parasol and one other item. (5 items).
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An Italian metal bull statue with black painted finish, 20th century, 33 cm high, 82 cm long
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Pair of porcelain plaques, cast iron dog statue, miniature plaque, porcelain beaker, and four pieces of Chinese ceramics, 19th and 20th century, (9 items), the plaques 13 cm diameter
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A rearing horse statue, cast metal with patinated bronze finish, 20th century, 101 cm high
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Antique brass bellows, telescopic toasting fork, ladle and copper pot, 19th and early 20th century, (4 items), the bellows 58 cm long
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Bilston enamel cloak peg with female portrait, 18th century; together with a coin purse, a sterling silver 'Chorus of Angels' miniature book, a Wedgwood jasper ware trinket box, and 'The Worlds smallest Doll', (5 items), the trinket box 10 cm wide
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Artist unknown (British school), (cottage street scene), watercolour, signed lower left 'O.H. '03', 18 x 11 cm, 28 x 21 cm overall
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Basilius Besler (1561 - 1629), Tulipa Miniata pleno flore....(Tulips), being a full-page plate from his monumental Hortus Eystettensis (the garden at Eichstatt), published in 1613; copper plate with contemporary hand colouring, 48 x 40 cm (plate); attractively framed and glazed, overall 80 x 69 cm, Basilius Besler (1561 - 1629), was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental 'Hortus Eystettensis'. He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, Prince Bishop…
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Basilius Besler (1561 - 1629), Lilium Montanum rubrum praecox....(Lilies and Irises...), being full-page plate 185 from his monumental Hortus Eystettensis (the garden at Eichstatt), published in 1613; copper plate with contemporary hand colouring, 48 x 40 cm (plate); attractively framed and glazed, overall 80 x 69 cm.
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Johann Theodor de Bry (1528-1598), Malva trimestris and Malva flore being plate XVI from 'Florilegium Renovatum', circa 1641 copper engraving, superbly hand-coloured, 28 x 19 cm (image); attractively framed and glazed, overall 50 x 39 cm.
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Johann Theodor de Bry (1528 - 1598), Caryphyll being plate Cxiii from 'Florilegium Renovatum', circa 1641 copper engraving, superbly hand-coloured, 28 x 19 cm (image); attractively framed and glazed, overall 50 x 39 cm.
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James Simon, the north Prospect of Montague house, copper engraving, with title at base, circa 1715, 46 x 58 cm; framed, overall 67 x 80.5 cm, Montague house (sometimes spelled 'Montagu') was a late 17th-century mansion in great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury district of London, which became the first home of the British Museum . The first house on the site was destroyed by fire in 1686. The rebuilt house was sold to the British Museum in 1759, and demolished in the 1840s to make way for the present…
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Sir William Hamilton (1730 - 1803) (after), classical figures from an Etruscan vase, ink drawing on waxed horizontal wove rice paper, circa 1800, 16 x 37 cm; framed & glazed, overall 39 x 59 cm.
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Artist unknown, two oil paintings (a loving couple and a boy with his dog), each mounted in their original frames together with a small mirror, each being 42 x 22 cm, (2 items).
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Filippo Arena (1708 - 1789), flower studies, (2), from 'La Natura, e Cultura dei Fiori', hand-coloured copper engravings, 1771, each 20 x 30 cm and framed individually, overall 40 x 49 cm. (2 items).
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Vues D'Optique: a collection of hand-coloured engravings depicting views in various European cities, namely Rome, Paris and the Hague comprising the Trevi fountain, Saint Peters Basilica, Porte Saint-Martin, the gardens at Versailles, Porte St. Denis, and the Buyten Hof (Hague); circa 1790, all approx. 29 x 41 cm; framed and glazed individually, each overall 49.5 x 62 cm. (6 items), Vue d'optique (French), vue perspective or perspective view refers to a genre of etching popular during the second half of…
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Two antique engravings: I.) the Battle of Culloden, II.) London, Dreadful fire, 30 x 21 cm each, 46 x 35 cm overall
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Two 18th century copper engraved plates, one depicting urns, the other depicting scales, both enhanced in blue and black gouache and presented in matching hand-made frames, both 34 x 29.5 cm overall. (2).
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Richard Dighton (1796-1880), attributed, Profile Portrait of a Gentleman in Landscape, watercolour, in a fine period rosewood frame with gilt slip and glass, 33 x 26 cm, 47 x 39 cm overall
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Artist Unknown (19th century, French), (Portrait of a Young Man), watercolour and gouache, signed lower left (illegible) and dated 1830, laid down on later card, 21 x 16 cm
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Sir Charles Bell (Scotland, 1774-1842), Highland Gillie, watercolour on paper laid down on card, 27 x 21 cm, note: Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist and artist, and is noted for describing Bell's Palsy. He was a very skilled artist and aside from illustrating his own treatises, painted watercolour scenes of the local highland life.
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Circle of Jan van Goyen (1596-1656), Dutch canal scene, oil on wooden panel, 29 x 41 cm, 47 x 59 cm overall, Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne.
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Felix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem (France, 1821-1911), (A View of Venice), oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Ziem', Sotheby's London stock number verso 'BQ5JJ', 24 x 42 cm, 36 x 55 cm overall, Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne.
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Alfred de Breanski senior (1852-1928), Loch Achray, oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Alfed de Breanski', 30 x 49 cm, 42 x 62 cm overall. Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne.
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Artist unknown (British, 19th century), (portrait of a gent), oil on canvas, 45 x 27 cm, 58 x 50 cm overall, Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne.
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Thomas Seymour (Britain, 1844-1904), Valley of the Ouse, oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Tom Seymour', 39 x 60 cm, 58 x 78 cm overall. Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne.
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The Duke & Duchess of Rutland, 2 x antique engravings, each 83 x 57 cm overall
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Artist unknown (19th century), (Maritime Scene), oil on canvas, signed on the stretcher 'G.J. Venet?', 25 x 30 cm, 48 x 53 cm overall
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Thomas Fenwick (died 1850), Off Dover harbour, oil on board, circa 1840, signed lower left, 70 x 125 cm.
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European school, landscape with walled town, oil on board, 19th century, 28 x 44 cm.
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Artist unknown (19th century), (Three Sisters with Dog), watercolour, in oval gilt frame, 27 x 22 cm, frame 49 x 42 cm overall
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Artist unknown (19th century), (Portrait of a Lady), watercolour, in oval gilt frame, 27 x 22 cm, frame 49 x 42 cm overall
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An antique hand-coloured lithograph of a romantic scene, 31 x 41 cm overall
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Artist Unknown, (An Abbot), gouache on metal, mid 19th century, 35 x 25.5 cm
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Artist unknown (possibly 'Noel Lilian'), a three-masted ship in full sail, oil on card, circa 1820s, 30.5 x 38 cm, in a bird's eye maple frame.
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John E. Bosanquet (Ireland, 1854-1869), Portrait of a Seated Lady, watercolour signed lower right 'Bosanquet', in a maple period frame, 26 x 21 cm, 35.5 x 31 cm overall
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Margaret Backhouse (England, 1818-1888), Mrs. Nash, watercolour, signed and titled verso, 16 x 13 cm, 26 x 24 cm overall
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Artist unknown (19th century), Portrait of a Seated Gent, signed lower right (illegible) and dated 1841, housed in a fine restored period gilt frame, 27 x 22 cm, 44 x 40 cm overall
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George Baxter 'Cleopatra' print, 19th century, 14 x 11 cm
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James Edwin Meadows (1828 - 1888), Off Dungeness, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1879 lower left, also titled and signed verso on stretcher, 20.5 x 40.5 cm.
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Thomas (Addis) Mayne (England/Canada 1856-1944), Portrait of an Old Lady, oil on board, 36 x 24 cm, frame 50 x 38 cm overall
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Artist unknown, portrait of Franz Liszt, oil on canvas, signed (indistinctly) lower right, 60 x 50 cm.
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Artist unknown (19th century), (Italian Coastal Scene), oil on board, in an Isaac Whitehead frame, 29 x 44.5 cm, 39 x 55 cm overall
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V. Poveda (Italian school, 19th century), The Cardinal's Letter, watercolour, signed lower left 'V. Poveda, Roma', signed and titled verso, 38 x 55 cm, 60 x 77 cm overall
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Frederick golden short (1863-1936), (Forest Dell), oil on board, signed lower right 'F. Golden short '91', 15 x 21 cm, 20 x 26 cm overall
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Artist unknown (19th century), (Cows in Farmyard), oil on board, signed lower right (illegible), in a Thallon frame, 35.5 x 52 cm, 59 x 76 cm overall
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William Lee Hankey (Britain, 1869-1952), (winter landscape), ink on paper, artist's embossed monogram and signed lower left, 18 x 26 cm
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Frederick James Aldridge (1850 - 1933), Off Portsmouth harbour, watercolour, signed lower right, 16 x 37 cm.
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Artist unknown (British school), (Queen's guard), oil on board, 17 x 12 cm, 25 x 20 cm overall
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Artist unknown, (female nude), oil on cedar board, 20 x 12 cm, 25 x 17 cm overall
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Artist unknown (British, 20th century), two miniature landscapes, watercolours, 4.5 x 8 cm each, 12.5 x 14.5 cm overall
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Norbertine Von Bresslern-Roth (1891-1978), Chameleons (c.1924), linocut in colours on Japan paper, signed in pencil in lower margin at right, 18.6 x 16 cm.
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Rafael Barradas (Uruguay, Spain, 1890-1923), two miniature portraits, watercolour and pencil, signed upper right 'Barradas', framing label verso from Montevideo, 6.5 x 6.5 cm each, frames 11 x 11 cm overall
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Sybil Andrews (1898-1992), Water Jump, linocut, signed and endorsed in pencil upper right 'Water Jump, 60/60, Sybil Andrews', 31 x 21 cm
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Alexander Zyn (Belarus, 1905-1995), small painting (2), oil on canvas, the Hanover gallery of London label verso, 41 x 33 cm
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Mabel Lucie Attwell (British, 1879 - 1964), Filling the Hot Water-Bottle, watercolour and gouache, signed lower right, 32 x 23 cm.
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Andre-Marie D'Arcy (France), (Street Scene), oil on canvas, signed lower left 'A.M. D'Arcy', 23 x 32 cm, 40 x 49 cm overall
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Artist unknown (19th century), (The Fly Fisherman), oil on board, 39 x 50 cm, 56 x 67 cm overall
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Artist unknown, (White House at Sunset), oil on board, signed (indistinctly) lower right, 53 x 72 cm.
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Mildred Bendall (France, 1891 - 1977), Still Life, oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Mildred Bendall', 61 x 46 cm.
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Harold Altman (U.S.A. 1924-2003), (Winter Park Scene), lithograph, silver K fine Art label verso, 43 x 57 cm, 66 x 80 cm overall
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Artist unknown, (Cows at the Dam), watercolour, signed (indistinctly) lower left, 25 x 38 cm.
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Artist unknown (Indonesian school), Cock fighter, graphite pencil on grey paper with white highlights, signed lower left (illegible) and dated '72, 30 x 43.5 cm, 39 x 53 cm overall
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Artist unknown (Indonesian school, mid 20th century), fighting Cock, oil on canvas, signed lower right (illegible), titled verso, 75.5 x 75.5 cm, 78 x 78 cm overall, Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, purchased in April 1996 from Tu Do gallery in HO Chi Minh city, Vietnam; originally acquired from the Indonesian Embassy in Saigon shortly after liberation in April 1975
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Artist unknown, (Blossoms and Butterfly), watercolour, 53 x 35 cm, 83 x 62 cm overall
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'For Better or for Worse' original artwork by Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston for a comic strip which appeared in the widely circulated newspaper series of the same name. The artwork is presented in two forms, in black and white (signed by Johnston in pencil) - for comic sections of daily newspapers, and in full colour for Sunday newspaper strips; framed and glazed, 77 x 53 cm.
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Graham Clarke (b.1941), The Very Plaice, limited edition hand-coloured etching, titled, editioned 207/350 and signed in lower margin, 15 x 17 cm.
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Graham Clarke (b.1941), Lost Sole, limited edition hand-coloured etching, titled, editioned 207/350 and signed in lower margin, 15 x 17 cm.
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Graham Clarke (b.1941), T4 - 2 limited edition hand-coloured etching, titled, editioned 207/350 and signed in lower margin, 15 x 17 cm.
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Graham Clarke (b.1941), Proper Job, limited edition hand-coloured etching, titled, editioned 207/350 and signed in lower margin, 15 x 17 cm.
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Jan Mitchell, The Wanderer, screenprint, signed, titled, editioned 18/23 & dated (19)88 in lower margin, overall 77 x 57 cm.
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Jan Mitchell, Little red Wet Sticky fungus, screenprint, signed, titled, editioned 1/20 & dated (19)89 in lower margin, overall 77 x 57 cm.
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Juris Bindemanis (Latvian, b.1952), On the seashore, oil on board, signed lower left, 28 x 39 cm.
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Donald James gray Cameron (1927 - 2018), Cameron's Bight, oil on board, signed lower right, 23 x 25 cm, Cameron's Bight is on the Mornington Peninsula, near Blairgowrie.
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Wendy Courtney, landscape, watercolour, signed and date 1992 lower right, 19 x 28 cm.
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Wendy Courtney, Waiting, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 44 x 39 cm.
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Three framed rose prints, the largest 42 x 32 cm overall
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Four assorted framed prints including Louis XVII, King George and Mary, bird print and architectural scene, 19th and 20th century, the largest 27 x 29 cm overall
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Three assorted framed pictures and prints, 20th century, the largest 62 x 47 cm overall
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Four assorted framed pictures and prints, 19th century, the largest 30 x 26 cm overall
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After John Gould, five assorted ornithological reproduction prints, with 'Hill House' blind embossed seal and British Museum of natural history ink stamp, each 53 x 46 cm, 84 x 63 cm overall
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Per Moar (Dutch school, 19th century), two floral still life paintings, oil on canvas laid down on masonite board, signed lower left 'Per Moar', 104 x 68 cm each
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Artist unknown, (portrait of an Edwardian lady), facsimile print, signed in plate 'Harrison Sister, 1909', 63 x 55 cm overall
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A floral patterned Persian rug with red and cream background, 208 x 144 cm
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A Persian hand-knotted picture rug with Majid label, 235 x 132 cm
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A Persian hand-knotted rug with Burgundy background, 130 x 93 cm
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A Persian hand-knotted rug with red background, 195 x 130 cm
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An Afghan hand-knotted wool rug with terracotta background, 152 x 98 cm
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