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The Connoisseur's Auction - Night One — Small & Whitfield Auctions and Valuations

Auction House:Small & Whitfield Auctions and ValuationsNumber of lots recorded:294
Sale Title:The Connoisseur's Auction - Night OneLots with images:294
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:146
Date:28-Mar-2022
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Loetz Jack in the Pulpit vase, c.1900 Austrian iridescent vase in the shape of a lily flower with one leaf on one side on circular base, one leaf missing, height 35 cm
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George III tankard, one pint Sheffield Plate tankard by H. Vale circa 1760
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Victorian Ambrotype, antique leather bound with gilt highlights depicting a gentleman
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Royal Worcester blush ivory bud vase, decorated with foliate design and pierced reticulated twin handles with gilt detailed finish, height 17 cm
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Pair of crystal ewers, with stoppers, decorated with acid etched foliate
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Limoges lidded vase, French tall vase decorated in 18th century manner of St. Claude with hand painted flower bouquets and white enamel scrolls, height 42.5 cm
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Moorcroft vase William Moorcroft, open pomegranate and fruit vase C.1920 signed by William Moorcroft, height 15 cm
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Walter Moorcroft bowl, blue ground with central orchid by Walter Moorcroft
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Waterford Crystal bowl, blue banded rim thumb cut design to base
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Beauitful cloisonne enameled mantle clock, white enameled face on blue floral background with highly decorated side panels depicting maidens in Regency dress
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Ruby glass lustre vase, Victorian ruby mantle vase with crystal droplets
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Victorian crystal goblet, stunning all around wheel cut wheat decorations, height 28 cm
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Spelter statue, depicting a blacksmith holding a hammer on carved wooden base
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19th century brass carriage clock, with white enamel round face with Arabic numerals and alarm, comes with original key and leather case
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Bronze statue, depicting a Roman male, height 28 cm
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Victorian carved Conquilla nut needle cases, beautifully carved egg shape
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French brass carriage clock, small proportions with enamelled face and Roman numerals
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St James brass carriage clock, brass English made 11 jewel
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Religious icon, 19th century Greek hand painted icon on wooden panel 33 X 27 cm
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Religious icon, 19th century Russian Orthodox hand painted icon with gold leaf details (some A/F) on wooden panel 24.5 x 32.5 cm
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David and Goliath bronze sculpture, modelled of a young David standing on head of Goliath sheathing sword, marble plinth base, height 33 cm
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Royal Doulton Churchill bulldog, patriotic English bulldog made in England RN 645,658
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Brass ships wheel desk ornament, brass ships wheel on black wooden base
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Treen Pug dog page turner, vintage carved wooden pug dog shape finial with inset glass eyes
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WMF Art Nouveau silver plate card tray, depicting a maiden holding a rod
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Cliff jug Clarice Cliff, Newport Pottery Art Deco jug 'Centric Circles' pattern
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Victorian walnut writing / sewing box, beautifully inlaid floral lid and mother of pearl escutcheon (no interior)
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19th century crystal bowls, pair of early boat shape crystal bowls with engraved foliate decorations and gilded rims c.1820, length 20.5 cm
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Pillivuyt duck tureen, ceramic lidded tureen with hand painted applied duck figurine finial
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Moorcroft anemone bowl, with Royal Warrant label C.1945, signed by Walter Moorcroft, width 16 cm
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Meerschaum design pipe, bone stem with chicken and basket, (some damage)
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Ebonised walking stick, dog head handle with metal collar on ebonised stick
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Victorian walnut tea caddy, with brass mounts and carved ivory bands to domed lid with two lidded compartments to interior, length 20.2 cm, depth 12 cm, height 11.4 cm
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Waterford Crystal bowl, large 'Lismore' pattern with original box, diameter 23 cm
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Smith Australia ships clock, solid brass construction with Roman numeral face with bevelled glass
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Victorian wall pocket, decorated with embroidered flowers and beaded scrolls (some minor damages)
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19th century Jasperware cheese dome, impressive dome with winged cherubs and acorn decoration
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Worcester Chamberlain plate, 19th century English porcelain blue and white decorated with gilded highlights, impressed mark to reverse, diameter 25 cm
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Worcester Chamberlain Pate, 19th century English porcelain blue and white decorated with gilded highlights, diameter 25 cm
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Walter Moorcroft vase, anemone flower pattern c.1945, signed by Walter Moorcroft, height 21 cm
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Walter Moorcroft vase, anemone flower pattern c.1945, height 10 cm
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19th century cup and saucer, pink transfer printed depicting figures in landscape
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Noritake bowl, beautiful Japanese footed bowl decorated with silvered decorations and twin rams head handles against green ground on carved wooden stand
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Victorian scent bottle, ruby red glass double ended scent bottle with silver embossed lids, length 12.5 cm (a/f to one hinge)
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Hoffman Art Deco scent bottle, superb frosted crystal scent bottle decorated with nude Leda and the swan. Stopper decorated with intaglio swan and metal brass fittings
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Art Deco scent bottle, ornately decorated cut glass scent bottle with period Art Deco shaping and ornamentation. Clear crystal stopper in leaf design complete with metal and glass external decoration (A/F one rose absent)
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19th century cup and saucer, pink and copper transfer print lustre depicting a village scene
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Four Wedgwood porcelain dinner plaques, with name titles, each plaque inscribed: 'His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad', 'Her Exalted Highness the Begum of Hyderabad', 'The Prime Minister the Rt. Honourable Mr Ghandi', 'Mrs Ghandi', with Wedgwood makers mark and retailers stamp, 'Osler Designers Calcutta'., height 13.5 cm (slight A/F Mrs Ghandi plaque repaired). Provenance: original sale Gregsons Auctioneers Perth 1995, McKenzies Auctioneers August 2013
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19th century Davenport porcelain plates, set of four scalloped edge plates, decorated with hand painted deep red and blue flowers and gilding, diameter 25.8 cm
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Clarice Cliff Bizzare coffee service, hand painted floral and leaf design, set includes six demi-tasse cups and saucers, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, stamped 'Bizarre Clarice Cliff' Royal Staffordshire pottery
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Harrison Fisher 'American Belles' (New York 1911), with the full complement of 16 coloured plates
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An Autobiography of the Eucalypts', by Russell Grimwade (Sydney 1930) second edition with 103 newly engraved colour plates
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Herbert Basedow 'Knights of the boomerang: Episodes from a life spent among the native tribes of Australia' (Sydney 1935) first edition
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Robert Graves Translation of 'The golden Ass', by Lucius Apuleins, numbered and signed by the translator
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Macquarie's World' by Marjorie Barnard, (Sydney: Australian limited Editions Society 1941) no. 193 of 350 copies, signed by Barnard and the artist Frank Medworth. Quarter leather
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Western Australia Its early Vicissitudes, romantic Awakening, Development and Progress' (Perth 1920) with maps
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Colonial life and Christian Experience' H. Hussey, first edition, author's signed presentation copy
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SA Parliamentary paper 1877 no. 128, 'Report of the Select Committee on the Port Adelaide dock bill 1877' including the five folding lithographic maps and ground plans of the proposed docks
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Lady Galway Belgium book, (Adelaide 1916) deluxe edition in full leather
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Paul Gallico 'The snow Goose' (London 1946), limited edition, numbered and signed by Paul Gallico and the artist Peter Scott. Bookplate on fixed front end paper
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Yixing clay and pewter teapot, unusual combination of metal decorated with double dragons, twin handles with fist design, lids inlaid with coin, base stamped with Chinese reign mark and pewter monogram
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Chinese dogs of fo, pair of carved jade on wooden stands, height 18 cm
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Oriental Statues, carved wooden sage statues with inlayed silver decorations, height 33 and 34 cm
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Silverplated Oriental miniature teapot, melon shaped with elongated twig design handle and leaf decorated lid complete with safety chain. Impressed stamp character mark to base
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Chinese silver miniature teapot, ornately decorated with eight immortals and squirrel upon pumpkin shaped body, handle detailed with pumpkin vine and leaves (base stamp character mark indistinct)
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Turkish coffee pot, 19th century coral and turquoise inset metal coffee pot
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Ceramic cruet set, Victorian floral decorated with metal stand
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Venetian glass trinket box, Bristol blue highly gilt and floral decoration brass mount hinge
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Silverplated epergne, decorated with two cows and grapevine with etched glass insert (slight chip to trumpet rim)
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Pair of French plates, 19th century porcelain plates decorated with hand painted portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Madame de Sevigne with cobalt blue and gilded border
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Pair of spelter Statues, 'La Fermiere' formal lady and 'Le Mineur' the miner, both on carved wooden bases
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19th century French blue opaline glass lidded box, supported on dore three dolphins figures and acorn finial to the lid, height 23 cm
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Sevres parian busts, pair of busts depicting 19th century lady and gentleman on cobalt blue square base
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Egg shaped thimble case, with sterling silver thimble, petite egg shaped case with hinge and safety chain, silk lining in Royal Blue with sterling silver thimble, hallmarked Birmingham 1910
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Royal Worcester demi-tasse cup and saucer, quality porcelain decorated with hand painted flower sprays and gilding to handle and rims
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19th century Italian pietra dura tazza, black marble with white, blue and red flowers to centre with oval brass surrounds raised on tri scrolled feet
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Italian Grand Tour pietra dura ornament, 19th century black marble with white and blue flowers to centre in oval brass frame with ribbon decoration
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French jewellery casket by Tahan of Paris, impressive 19th brass and Sevres style porcelain panelled casket depicting courting couple and engraved to inner rim 'Lusse Paris' (one foot missing)
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Meissen demi-tasse cup and saucer, 'Green Indian Flowers' pattern, decorated with leaf shape handle and gilding
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Fligh Barr and Barr cup and saucer, decorated with batt transfer printed classical scenes
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Bronze Dionysus figurine, modelled of a horned satyr in striking pose
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Victorian salt glaze jug, applied lion head and swag decoration with pewter hinged lid, impressed Paxton to base
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A Bisagno, pair of water colours depicting putti chariots driving sea creature (11 x 15) signed lower right
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Japanese porcelain, 19th century cup and saucer hand painted with immortals character marks to base
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19th century Chinese wall pocket vase, decorated with hand painted Chinese lady holding a flower pot and Shi Shi dog with red handles
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Chinese cloisonne cigarette case, 19th century blue ground enamel case decorated with dragons
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Japanese lacquered box, Edo period with red wreath decoration 24 x 16.5 cm
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African unusual smoking pipe, carved bone faces with copper wire wrapping on dogon wooden body
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Antique carved horn, an early 19th century snuff mull with carved foliate decorations and carved wooden lid and top
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Antique carved horn, 19th century Scottish ladle with silver embossed applied decorations to handle
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Japanese lacquered box, round food container decorated with black and red chrysanthemums to lid and other foliate to interior dishes, diameter 30 cm
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Burmese lidded box, large round offering box for presenting food to monks at the beginning of new season c.1900
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Flight Barr and Barr dishes, pair of deep dishes decorated with hand painted acorn brown leaves and gilded acorns to the borders, diameter 20 cm
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Porcelain mugs, two 19th century porcelain mugs decorated with birds on branches
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19th century hand painted dessert set, set of ten side plates with hand painted river scenes with pink gilt borders
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Georgian ogee bowl cordial glass, plain stem with embossed swirl decoration on conical foot base
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Georgian trumpet shaped ale glass, beautifully wheel cut etching with air tear stem on conical footed base with BADA label attached
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Georgian trumpet shaped ale glass, wheel cut etched wheat pattern bowl on conical foot base
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Georgian etched trumpet shaped ale glass, with wheel cut wheat pattern design on glass stem on conical foot base
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Georgian ogee bowl cordial glass, plain stem with wheel cut sways and swags decoration on conical foot base
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