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Autumn Special Sale — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:803
Sale Title:Autumn Special SaleLots with images:738
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:729
Date:1-May-2010
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A French brass two branch hanging light with etched glass shades. Height 115 cm. Width 65 cm
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A Victorian rosewood piano stool with fine floral tapestry upholstery
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A Victorian flame mahogany pedestal desk, with inset leather top moulded edge, with three frieze drawers on end pedestals each with four graduated drawers on a plinth. Width 68 cm. Length 123 cm. Height 75 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut tripod wine table, with inlaid top and carved base
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A fine French 19th century ormolu six branch electrolier with scrolled arms with foliate decoration, each with bronze cherubs. Height 120 cm. Width 70 cm
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A fine French 19th century bronze Louis Philippe mantle clock with enamelled dial flanked by two bronze figures of women on pierced ormolu base with scrolled feet. Width 42 cm. Height 45 cm
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A superb French kingwood bombe shaped secretaire à abattant. With a rouge marble top, the fall with superb floral fruitwood marquetry enclosing a writing surface and drawers and pigeon holes, below three drawers on tapering supports with ormolu sabots. 94 cm x 40 cm x 137 cm
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A fine William IV flame mahogany two drawer library table
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A Regency mahogany piano stool, with three reeded legs and the original mechanism intact
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A Victorian mahogany writing table with two frieze drawers on turned tapering supports. Width 52 cm. Length 91.5 cm. Height 74 cm
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A pair of fine French 19th century brass and ormolu single arm gasoliers with etched glass shades. Height 47 cm
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A set of six Regency mahogany carved dining chairs, on carved fluted supports
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A late Regency rosewood circular tilt-top breakfast table, the monopodium base with hexagonal column on bun feet. Diameter 137 cm
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An exhibition French 19th century spelter and ormolu gasolier, the central column decorated with 'The Three Graces' and having five out swept arms with foliate decoration each terminating in frosted glass moulded shades. Height 167 cm. Width 100 cm
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A superb French 19th century alabaster lamp on pedestal surmounted with two classical cherub figures
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A decorative French 19th century gilt metal mantle clock with Sevres porcelain dial surmounted on an urn, the base with inset Sevres panel on shaped gilt wood stand. Width 35 cm. Height 52 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut credenza, the frieze with anthemion decoration, below a glazed door, flanked by panelled doors and ebonized columns with ormolu capping, the plinth on turned ebonized supports. Length 156 cm. Height 105 cm
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A 19th century French five branch brass gasolier with etched glass shades. Height 90 cm. Width 95 cm
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A Victorian walnut wine table
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A George III mahogany mirror with parcel gilt fret cut pediment centred with a ho ho bird above a bevelled plate, semi-arched in a moulded and fret cut frame. Height 80 cm. Width 43 cm
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An outstanding pair of 19th century giltwood Nubian figured pedestals with inset marble taps
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A Regency gilt wall mirror, the rectangular plate within fluted frame surmounted by cornice and a painted panel. Height 73 cm. Width 43 cm
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A decorative Florentine style gilt side table of rectangular form with white marble top on gilt base with silver highlights with cherub end supports and stretcher
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A fine Kashan rug. 364 x 260 cm
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A fine French 19th century three branch brass chandelier with etched glass shades. Height 78 cm. Width 90 cm
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A French brass two branch gasolier
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A French 19th century rouge marble walnut bedside cabinet
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A fine German Bechstein boudoir grand piano in burr walnut on turned legs. Number 16798
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A rare Edwardian walnut twin revolving piano stool
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A Victorian burr walnut music cabinet with a glazed door
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A Flemish brass six branch chandelier. Height 80 cm. Width 70 cm
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A Victorian walnut medallion back settee, with oval padded medallion flanked by large buttoned medallion and out swept padded arms on cabriole supports. Length 188 cm
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A fine French Louis XV style walnut and floral marquetry circular table
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A decorative French 19th century rosewood and floral marquetry fall front secretaire desk fitted with four drawers
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A French wrought iron console table with shaped marble top
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A French 19th century brass and ormolu four branch ceiling light with pink art glass shades. Height 70 cm. Width 66 cm
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A pair of 19th century mahogany Adams style elbow chairs, each with lozenge pierced upright splat with out swept arms on ring turned supports
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A French late 19th century walnut commode with a marble top of serpentine outline with three drawers on tapering supports with ormolu sabots. Height 82 cm. Width 116 cm. Depth 50 cm
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A French 19th century brass hall lantern. Height 90 cm
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A fine French 19th century Louis XV style walnut and tulipwood banded bureau plat, the shaped top inset with leather over three frieze drawers on gilt metal mounted cabriole legs. 145 cm x 76 cm x 79 cm
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A fine French Louis XV style late 19th century carved walnut salon suite comprising a canape and a pair of bergthres each with pierced carved cresting, a shaped carved front on cabriole supports
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A French wrought iron and crystal chandelier. Height 85 cm. Width 55 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut rectangular side table with curved ends on bulbous end supports United with scrolled stretchers
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A French wrought iron grape and vine decorated multi branch hanging light with etched glass shade. Height 85 cm. Width 70 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut card table of serpentine outline, the hinge top enclosing baize interior, supported on a bulbous carved column, with four out-swept supports
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A late Victorian walnut dining chair with carved vase shaped upright splat on fluted turned supports
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A French 19th century brass five branch gasolier with etched shades. Height 70 cm. Width 90 cm
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An English mahogany cased 19th century mantle clock having single fuse movent chiming on the gong half hour and hour. Height 25 cm
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A Victorian walnut davenport, gallery back, sloping hinged writing surface enclosing four small drawers, above four side drawers, opposing sham drawers on shaped plinth with disc feet. Width 59 cm. Length 66 cm. Height 82 cm
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A French 19th century brass and ormolu three branch hanging light with frosted glass shades. Height 90 cm. Width 75 cm
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A superb French 19th century white marble clock garniture, the clock with enamelled dial a bronze cherub on stepped base with ormolu feet, the bronze side pieces each with ormolu swag decoration. Height 31 cm
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A fine French 19th century mahogany and brass inlaid Napoleon III secretaire a abattant with inset rouge marble, a frieze drawer below a fall front with brass inlay, enclosing a fitted interior, three graduated drawers flanked by pilasters. Width 67 cm. Length 36 cm. Height 133 cm
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A rare pair of French 19th century multi branch brass hanging ceiling lights with etched shades. Height 90 cm. Width 56 cm
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A French 19th century kingwood Louis XV bureau de dame, the fall front with floral marquetry on cabriole supports with ormolu sabots. Width 41 cm. Length 66 cm. Height 89 cm
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A 19th century rosewood tapestry upholsted bedroom chair
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A seven piece late 19th century Louis XV style giltwood salon suite, surmounted by a carved cresting rail, with floral tapestry upholstery
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A pair of French Louis XVI style mahogany and marble top bedside cabinets
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An Important Victorian ebonised credenza with ormolu banding, the frieze with tortoiseshell and brass inlaid, the central door with brass stringing and a cartouche of birds and foliage. Flanked by glazed doors and Corinthian columns with ormolu mounts supported on a plinth. Width 41 cm. Length 191 cm. Height 107 cm
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A fine mid-Victorian mahogany two leaf extension dining table on fluted legs
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A fine quality set of eight William IV mahogany dining chairs
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A French 19th century brass and crystal multi branch chandelier. Height 75 cm
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A pair of French Louis XV style kingwood bedside cabinets, each with pink marble top, bombe shape with two drawers and floral marquetry decoration on cabriole supports with ormolu sabots. Width 30 cm. Length 39 cm. Height 72 cm
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A French 19th century ormolu clock with painted porcelain panels, surmounted by an urn finial with painted landscape, an enamelled dial on scrolled feet. Height 40 cm
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A French 19th century two tier giltwood parlor table with insert marble top. Height 54 cm
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A French 19th century brass two tier twelve branch chandelier. Height 80 cm. Width 80 cm
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A late Victorian burr walnut card table, the hinged top enclosing a baize interior on turned end supports with a turned stretcher. Height 75 cm. Width 97 cm. Depth 48 cm.
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A superb Continental 19th century rosewood three piece drawing room suite and stool
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A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style marble column three piece clock set
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A superb George III Sheraton mahogany sideboard, cross banded with convex front, a shaped drawer flanked by cellaret drawers on six legs with splay feet. 118 cm. X 56 cm. X 91 cm
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A French 19th century brass hanging kerosene lamp with etched shade. Height 100 cm. Width 35 cm
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A fine Qum rug. 157 cm. x 102 cm
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An Edwardian mahogany and inlaid ladies desk with a inset tooled leather top, a frieze drawer on square tapering legs with boxwood stringing and splay feet. Width 42 cm. Length 91 cm. Height 71 cm
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A Victorian mahogany oval wine table
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An impressive blue and white china vase supported on ormolu base with ormolu mounts and cover. Height 57 cm
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A French 19th century Kingwood and floral marquetry decorated fall front secretaire
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A fine French Empire ormolu mounted bronze mantel clock adorned with two figures
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A French 19th century kingwood two tier occasional table with inset marble top of serpentine outline with brass banding on cabriole supports with ormolu mounts. 71 cm. X 45 cm. X 72 cm
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A fine George IV mahogany chest on bracket feet
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A French 19th century brass and ormolu three branch hanging ceiling light with white frosted shades. Height 65 cm. Width 70 cm
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A fine early Scottish Victorian mahogany secretaire bookcase with a shaped moulded cornice, below a pair of arched glazed doors, the lower section with a secretaire drawer, the fall enclosing drawers and pigeon holes flanked by corbels below a pair of arched panel doors supported on plinth, circa 1850. Provenance: Purchased from G D McPhee Melbourne established in 1901. Width 54 cm. Length 135 cm. Height 220 cm
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A set of four Regency mahogany dining chairs with carved cresting on sabre legs
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A Regency mahogany pembroke table, with reeded edge and hinged sides with the end draw and sham to reverse, on ring turned supports. Width 51 cm. Length 79 cm. Height 71 cm
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A lowered Victorian walnut music canterbury with brass gallery, marquetry decoration, two tiers, the lower section with a drawer on turned supports 59 cm. x 40 cm. x 66 cm
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A French late 19th century walnut and floral marquetry Bibliotheque with a marble top, below a pair of grilled doors with a panel of marquetry on turned fluted supports. Width 38 cm. Length 109 cm. Height 173 cm
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A Victorian walnut chess table of circular form with marquetry chess top with a spiral column on the out swept supports. Height 72 cm
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A fine English flame mahogany slender case Grandmother clock. Having three weights and chimes. Made for Hardy Brothers Melbourne
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A Victorian mahogany four tier wall shelf
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A Victorian mahogany servery with bulbous reeded supports on bun feet terminating in castors
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A French 19th century brass three branch gasolier with etched glass shades. Height 85 cm. Width 65 cm
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A Victorian mahogany two leaf D-end dining table
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A set of eight early Victorian Mahogany dining chairs
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A French bass Empire multi branch hanging ceiling light with six etched shades. Height 110 cm. Width 100 cm
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A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and marble top side cabinet
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A French 19th century brass and ormolu five branch gasolier with etched glass shades. Height 60 cm. Width 100 cm
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A William IV rosewood pole screen
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A French 19th century 2nd Empire mahogany cabinet with brass gallery and inset marble top, a frieze drawer, below a panel door flanked by brass inlay on bulbous supports with under shelf. Width 48 cm. Length 36 cm. Height 85 cm
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A pair of French 19th century Salon doors with etched glass panels. Height 230 cm. Width 75 cm
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A 19th century George IV mahogany bookcase, with moulded cornice, below a pair of astragal glazed doors, the lower section with a pair of panel doors on a plinth. Height 255 cm. Width 144 cm. Depth 49 cm
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A Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase, with a moulded cornice, below three arched glazed doors, the lower section with three frieze drawers, below three panelled doors flanked by corbels, supported on a plinth. Width 50 cm. Length 165 cm. Height 226 cm
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A Victorian walnut cylinder front desk with gallery, the cylinder front enclosing drawers and pigeon holes with an inset leather writing surface on two pedestals each with graduated drawers. Width 78 cm. Length 151 cm. Height 114 cm
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