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Estate & Collector: – Session 2 – Asian & Decorative Arts, Silver & Jewellery — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:419
Sale Title:Estate & Collector: – Session 2 – Asian & Decorative Arts, Silver & JewelleryLots with images:419
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:356
Date:16-Mar-2022
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Royal Worcester twin handle vase & cover, by Harry Ayrton, hand-painted with fruit and berries, black printed factory mark and model no. 2363 to base, height 21.5 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Pair Royal Worcester potpourri vases & covers, by John Tansell, hand-painted with roses, black printed factory mark and model no. 277/11 to base, height 14 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Royal Worcester ivory blush porcelain vase, twin handled & hand painted floral decoration, year mark to base for 1903, (14.5 cm
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Grimwades hand painted Quail vase, with painted landscape & a pair of quail in the foreground, signed. (20.5 cm
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Crown Staffordshire bird group, designed and modelled by J.T. Jones, two chaffinches on a flowering branch. Height 21 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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18th century Staffordshire Prattware Bacchus jug, c.1770, by Ralph Wood, figural jug depicting Bacchus seated on a wine barrel, pan behind him, with monkey form handle. Height 34 cm. Provenance: Estate late Kay Warren.
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Pair French, probably Paris, porcelain figural perfume bottles, in the form of Ottomans for the Turkish market, 19th century, height 34 cm
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18th/19th hard paste porcelain figure, allegorical figure of painting, a graceful young woman with palette & brush. Underglaze blue crozier mark to base, height 18 cm
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Victorian silver plate & crystal condiment stand, by John Gilbert & Sons, Birmingham & London, six bottle stand with engraved leaf and vine decoration. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Rosenthal 1973 Christmas plate, 'Melchior' designed by Bjorn Wiinblad, diameter ia 29 cm
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Zeiss Art Deco chrome 'Ikon' desk barometer, rectangular top on a stepped circular base, height 16 cm
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Beswick spotted woodpecker, with impressed factory mark & model no. 1218 to base, height 22 cm
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Art Deco Copeland Spode 'Onyx' figure of a polar bear, designed by Erik Olsen in 1938, length 33 cm
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Gouda Pottery Dena vase, with brown & yellow floral decoration, height 18 cm
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Two Italian Murano glass 'Tutti Frutti' bowls, 28 cm (longest dimension). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Mid 20th century studio glass vase, with wheel cut circular design, height 26 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Ercole Barovier 'Graffito' vase, height 19 cm
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Goran Warff Kosta glass specimen vase, squat bulbose vase in clear glass, engraved signature to base. Height 14 cm
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Carlton Ware polka dot coffee service, green with purple polka dots & gilt interior. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Royal Copenhagen porcelain float bowl, modelled with two ducklings perched on the rim, diameter ia 25 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Michael Cardew Winchcombe Pottery Motto Ware mug, glaze frits to rim. Height 12 cm
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Large Webb Corbett crystal vase, deep cut design, possibly by Irene Stevens, height 28 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Ernst Gullov, Eberlein, diameter anish 1911-1993), young girl & toddler, inscribed signature verso 'E. Eberlein, Denmark, terracotta sculpture, height 36 cm
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Antique French enamel Street sign, 25 x 45 cm. Provenance: Estate late Trevor Kennedy Am.
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Signed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, gifted to their chauffeur during their 1973 tour to Australia for the opening of the Sydney opera house, (22.5 x 17.5 cm (image)
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Large suite of Stuart Crystal, 'Fern' pattern stemware, 45 pce's). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Rene Lalique 'Telline' emerald green perfume bottle c.1920, signed R. Lalique France no. 508, height 10 cm
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Pair Lalique moulded glass birds, 'Moineau Coquet' & 'Moineau Moqueur', together with an Etling moulded glass sparrow, length 13.5 cm (longest). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Loetz 'Luna' glass & silver overlay vase made for Bakalowits c.1900, polished pontil, height 11 cm
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Wedgwood Fairyland lustre 'Firbolgs' vase, height 13.2 cm
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Tortoiseshell fan, length 27 cm
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Mid 19th century boxwood spoon with Crimean War connection, well carved fiddle pattern spoon bearing paper labels 'Spoon, used by officer thro Crimea. Length 20 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Shorter & Son fish service, comprising large platter, tureen, 2 sauce boats, ladle rest, 6 plates & 6 side plates, and a bone dish. 18 pce's total). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two Murano glass items, large clear bubble glass handkerchief bowl; & a bird figure with aventurine, height 16 cm, depth ia 22 cm (bowl) height 14.5 cm (bird figure). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two porcelain oval dishes, Carlton-ware 'Rouge Royale' pagoda dish length 30 cm, & Crown Devon floral dish length 26 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Sydney University Regiment, embroidered cloth patch, framed 15 x 15 cm
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Carved wooden Basset hound', by Helmut Diller, signed to base, height 20 cm, length 30 cm
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Royal Doulton spaniel figurine, HN 1036 height 13.5 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two Royal Doulton porcelain figurines, 'Babie' HN 1679 height 12 cm; & 'Fat Boy' height 13 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two Royal Copenhagen porcelain animal figures, 'Grebe' length 18 cm & 'Roach' length 15 cm, both designed by Platen Hallermun.
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Book, John Gale 'Trout fishing on the Goodradigbee' 1904. A.M. Fallick Observer Printery Queanbeyan NSW. Complete, very rare with only a few copies printed for private circulation, 18 cm
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Book, 'The Sermon on the Mount.' published by John field c.1865, illuminated by Samuel Stanesby on 20 card leaves, pressed & embossed gilt covers. Inscribed dedications from September 1865, and 25th December 1892.
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Two Royal Doulton porcelain figurines, 'The little Mistress' HN 1449 height 14.5 cm; & 'Lucy Ann' HN 1506 height 13 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Royal Copenhagen 'Girl with Cat' porcelain figure, designed by John Galster, model no. 4631 969 year mark, height 15 cm
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Belleek porcelain 'Butterfly' vase, brown factory mark to base, height 20 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two Royal Doulton porcelain figurines, 'Midinette' HN2090 height 19 cm; & 'Christmas Morn' HN1992 height 18 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Five Hummel child figurines by Goebel, height 9 cm to 13 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Large Bing & Grondahl porcelain vase, painted with trees by a lakeside, height 22.5 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Three Danish porcelain vases, Royal Copenhagen covered vase height 15 cm; Royal Copenhagen vase height 11.5 cm; & Bing & Grondahl vase height 11.5 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Royal Doulton lady figurine, 'Daydreams' HN 1731. Height 16 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Orrefors Maja sherry Glasss, 3 Eva Englund decorated glasses, plus Orrefors baluster form glass stoppered decanter, height 30 cm (decanter)
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Hutschenreuther porcelain figure group, putto and fawn, design by Karl Tutter, height 18 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Three Danish porcelain vases, Royal Copenhagen vase, decorated with blossoms height 21.5 cm; Royal Copenhagen vase, decorated with angel trumpet, height 13 cm; and a Bing & Grondahl vase decorated with 'Lily of the Valley' height 9 cm.
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Three Bing & Grondahl porcelain figurines, young kissing couple height 19 cm; & two bird figures, height 19 cm (couple) height 12 cm & 5.5 cm (bird). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Two Royal Doulton porcelain figurines, 'Melody' HN 2202 height 16 cm; & 'Harlequin ' HN 2186 height 19.5 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Large Royal Doulton 'Old Charley' character jug, height 15.5 cm. Provenance: Estate late Kay Warren.
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Three Wallendorf ballerina figurines, length 26 cm (largest). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Three Bing & Grondahl porcelain figure groups, 'Love Refused' model #1614, designed by Ingeborg Popcross Irminger height 17 cm; & 'Girl with Puppy' (2) model #2315, designed by Vita Thymann (each height 13 cm
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Set (3) hand painted Continental porcelain portrait plaques, each depicting women in period clothing, diameter 16.5 cm (each)
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Ornate repeating carriage clock, by Sir John Bennett, gilt brass frame with pierced figural & floral panels, dial with Arabic numerals, height 20 cm
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French repeating carriage clock, by Richard & Co. Paris, with gilt brass frame with glazed panels, enamel dial with Roman numerals, height 17 cm
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Two pairs of early spectacles, one steel & one pinchbeck, together with a Victorian papier mache spectacle case. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Four various framed miniatures, early 20th century, 'The last Supper' & 'Our Saviour,' after Da Vinci; 'Saint Barbara,' after Raffaello; & a portrait of a young woman, signed 'Katz.', frames approx. 16 x 13 cm (each). Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Hazorfim sterling silver 5 branch candelabra, with low relief repousse rose bands, on a stepped, circular base raised on 4 feet, height 45.5 cm, width 1038g (total)
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Pair Austrian silver candlesticks, c.1872-1922, .800 silver mark of 'Diana-head' within cinquefoil cartouche, decorated with fine bands of engine turning & monogram, with various minor dents. Height 29 cm, width 500g (total)
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Large sterling silver ladle, (W223g). Provenance: Estate late Sally Burrows, Art gallery director, Sydney 1970s-1990s.
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Edward VII sterling silver ladle, Sheffield 1909, by Martin, Hall & Co, length 34 cm, width 295g)
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Two late Victorian sterling silver items, a small cream jug, Chester 1900, William Aitken; small tri-footed, lobed bowl, Sheffield 1897, William Neale & Son, height 6.5 cm, width 48.4g (jug) height 4 cm, width 68.4g (bowl)
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Edwardian sterling silver travelling chalice & Paten, Birmingham 1904, Williams (Birmingham) Ltd, height 7.5 cm, width 77.4g (total)
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Edwardian sterling silver Art Nouveau tray, Birmingham 1904, Robert Chandler, rectangular tray with shaped rim, with engraved floral border, 30 x 22.5 cm (W33.8g)
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German silver tray, rectangular tray with cast floral and 'C' scroll rim, crescent and crown .800 hallmark, 44.5 x 37 cm, width 1446g
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Victorian sterling silver 46 Pce cutlery service, London 1874, by Martin Hall & Co. Comprising 12 dinner forks, 11 salad forks, 8 tablespoons, 11 dessert spoons, 5 teaspoons & a pair of sugar nips. All with engraved griffin crest. W2714g (total silver). Together with 12 Hardy Brothers table knives & 12 butter knives, each with stainless steel blades & ivorine handles. Provenance: Estate late Sally Burrows, Art gallery director, Sydney 1970s-1990s.
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American sterling silver dish, by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, with gadrooned & pierced rim, diameter ia 24 cm, width 285g)
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Continental silver footed bowl, London import mark for 1925 (.925 silver) marked 930 to base. Hemispherical bowl raised on three winged hippocamp feet, inscribed 'Herbert Goldsmith Squiers from his grandparents Myles & Ethel Kennedy, on his XIth birthday, June 28, 1928, height 9.5 cm, depth ia 13 cm, width 306g). Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Various sterling silver items, Victorian Sheffield dessert spoon, by John round & Son (W45.6g); 1886 sugar nips, London, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. (W30g); Sheffield toast rack, by Edward Viner, 1939 (W53g); 12 various American teaspoons, marked 'Sterling' some repairs (W237g); & London 1909 sauce boat, by Hardy Brothers (W128g), total weight 503g. Provenance: Estate late Sally Burrows, Art gallery director, Sydney 1970s-1990s.
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Six Victorian, Edwardian & geo V sterling silver boudoir items, hand mirror & matching hair brush, darning egg, two purses & a bone lace bobbin. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Three various hallmarked sterling silver boudoir items. Silver powder bowl, Birmingham 1920, diameter 12 cm; clothes brush, Birmingham 1912 length 32 cm; & tortoiseshell & silver hairbrush, Birmingham 1924 length 25 cm.
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French 19th century posy holder, ormolu basket with a turned mother of pearl handle, height 14 cm. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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Early 20th century walking stick, eagle head handle in German silver, with glass inlaid eyes, length 84 cm
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American gold rush 14k California gold quartz walking cane, with presentation inscription, to our beloved father Michael Lyons, from Catharine Cornelious, San Francisco, May 1875, Dented on side end of handle. Length 94 cm
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18ct white gold & diamond ring, accompanied by GSL diamond Grading report for central 1.99ct, stone colour H, clarity VS2, round brilliant cut (graded out of setting). With a further 36 round brilliant cut diamonds, and 2 baguettes to shoulders and underrail. Total diamond weight approx. 2.66ct. Size T/9.5, total weight 9.15g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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14ct white gold & diamond ring, accompanied by GSL diamond Grading report for the central 3.51ct stone, colour J, clarity VS2, round brilliant cut (graded out of setting). With a further 4 round brilliant cut and 5 baguette diamonds to each shoulder. Total diamond weight around 4.26ct. Size V/11, total weight 7.55g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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18ct white gold diamond cluster ring, accompanied by GSL diamond Grading report for the central 2.03ct stone, colour I, clarity VS1, round brilliant cut (graded out of setting). Surrounded by a further 8 round brilliant cut diamonds, total diamond weight around 2.70ct. Size S/9. Total weight 6.98g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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14ct white gold emerald dress ring, accompanied by GSL report on the natural 3.89ct Zambian stone, rectangular step cut & deep green faceted transparent stone. 14ct white gold setting, 12 shoulder diamonds in graduated steps, size N/65 total weight 4.38g
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14ct white gold ruby dress ring, accompanied by GSL report on the Thai natural ruby, 3.90ct, oval mixed cut. Oval diamond encrusted setting. Size N/6.5, total weight 4.8g
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Platinum set diamond ring, central stone princess cut (0.66ct), with seven shoulder diamonds either side, also princess cut. Accompanied by GIA report for central diamond, & Symmetry valuation certificate, size 'M' W6.54g (total)
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Platinum set 'Celestia' aquamarine and diamond ring, designed by John Calleija for the Aston Martin One-77 collection. 5.73ct Astar cut aquamarine, grade 1, in an eight claw setting surrounded by grain set diamonds. Split-shoulder shank also with grain-set diamonds. Hallmarked Calleija, Aston Martin, 750 & 26/77. Limited edition #26/77. Accompanied by Calleija valuation certificate. Note: small chip to girdle, 2 small abrasions to crown facets of central stone. Size M3/4 (W10.68g)
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18ct white gold Sri Lankan sapphire pendant, GIA certificate States natural violetish blue stone of approx. 9.70ct, modern brilliant cut. Surmounted by diamond of approx. 0.33ct, white gold setting & chain. Total weight 7.98g
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14ct white gold Zambian emerald pendant, accompanied by GSL report on the natural 7.45ct stone, rectangular step cut, deep green faceted transparent stone. 14ct chain & diamond encrusted setting. Total weight 7.33g
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9ct yellow gold cushion cut diamond cluster, cushion cut centre diamond with 18 round brilliant around, colour G, clarity VS2/51 (total weight 0.80ct). Authenticity report included. Size U. Together with a 9ct yellow gold diamond set band, set with 18 round brilliant cut diamonds (weight around 0.25ct), total weight approx. 4.68g
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41 various pink diamonds, pink and brownish stones of various sizes and cuts, 6.4ct (total)
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Champagne diamond (0.86ct) gold ring, brilliant cut, with 12 shoulder-mounted baguette diamonds, all in 18ct white & yellow gold setting, certificate of valuation from Calleija, size G3/4 (W5.04g)
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Pearl & diamond ring, Hand-made 9 mm cultured pearl & diamond ring, with 5 single cut diamonds to each shoulder. Setting tests platinum, band marked as 950 but fails all acid tests for platinum, gold or silver, but the head of the ring tests platinum. Diamond weight around 0.20ct, size O/7.5 total weight approx. 4.19g
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18ct white gold Parti coloured sapphire & diamond ring, predominantly blue Australian type parti colour sapphire with 3 diamonds each side. Sapphire approx. 3.2ct, diamond weight around 0.085ct. Size T/9.5 total weight approx. 5.27g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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18ct yellow gold pearl & diamond ring, 9.5 mm black pearl with round brilliant cut diamond to one side. Size U/10.5, diamond weight around 0.04ct total weight approx. 4.11g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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9ct yellow gold cultured pearl ring, crossover design set with two 6.5 to 7 mm cultured pearls, size M/5 total weight approx. 2.56g . Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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9ct yellow gold ring set with coral & pearl, hallmarked London 1985, size O1/2 (73/4) W2.02g
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18ct yellow & white gold diamond solitaire ring, DDiamond weight around 031ct size S/9 total weight approx. 2.22g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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18ct yellow gold emerald & diamond cluster ring, 4 claw set with oval deep green emerald surrounded by 14 round brilliant cut diamonds. Emerald approx. (1.8ct) diamond weight around. Ct 0.50 size T/10 total weight approx. 4.62g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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18ct yellow & white gold In-line diamond ring, one stone cracked. Diamond weight around 0.60ct, size R/9 total weight approx. 2.7g. Provenance: Deceased Estate, Sydney.
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