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Antique & Decorative Arts — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:828
Sale Title:Antique & Decorative ArtsLots with images:827
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:709
Date:31-May-2023
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Small Australian silverplate & carved emu egg desk stand, cameo carved egg with kangaroo and emu on top, ebonised oval base with, fern tree, emu and kangaroo, 31 cm high
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Small Australian silverplate & emu egg desk, the carved egg atop a fern tree with emu and kangaroo to the ebonised oval base, together with another emu egg (both eggs damaged)
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Two ostrich eggs & two resin eggs
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S/P palm tree display, on ebonised base, together with a bag of mixed display pieces including, emu on long rod, moulds, small Maori figure, brass & silverplate kiwis
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Scrimshaw whale tooth, tall ship entitled 'Arctic Star' and 'Sank by a storm off the coast of New Zealand whilst engaged in whaling 1861' 10 cm length
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Australian Wembley Ware character jug, 'Australian Native' Reg. Design no Olympics 1956 (two very slight rubs) 18 cm length
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Rare Jane Brenkley folk Art carved & painted Wakahuia (treasure box), waka shaped on 2 feet, the hinged lid carved with taniwha and inlaid with paua shell roundels (some missing), the interior with painted pokerwork landscape and verse, signed and dated 1951, 51 cm long
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19th century New Zealand fern album by Thomas Cranwell, with 30 pages of specimens (some af) with pasted in titles beneath each, bound in a carved burr kauri binding, the front cover with central oval title and a fern to each corner with dark green leather spine strip
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Crown Lynn New Zealand army jug & three egg cups
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Wool knee blanket, William Massey 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925, gave this rug to our vendors father being his private body guard, (some damage to rug)
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Sir Robert Muldoons Sheaffer desk pen set, black rectangular shape, the two pens with detachable gilded holders, together with a hand written letter of authenticity from Thea Muldoon stating the set was used by him during his time in Parliament
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NZ kauri two division Parliamentary Lectern known as Muldoons no 1, used by numerous Prime Ministers from c1904 until the early 1980s, signed by Muldoon and Hon Harry lake in the interior, together with related ephemera including a newspaper cutting from 1993 and letter from the purchaser of the piece, who had acquired 37 of these lecterns and a Parliamentary Debating chamber list detailing 11 examples and who stood at them.
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Government of New Zealand Avery 14lb bell weight, dated 1863 with many touch marks 20 cm height
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Rare 1869 Government of New Zealand 56lb Avoir bronze weight, with a facsimile copy of the official sale of miscellaneous weights & measures N.Z. Government receipt for the piece from March 1977
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Rare 1863 New Zealand Government Imperial bronze Peck, circular two handled shape, engraved 'Imperial Peck 1863' to one side and Government of New Zealand' in black to the other, with facsimile copy of the original sale receipt of miscellaneous weights & measures tender N.Z. Government for the item in March 1977
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Vintage brass P & O. N. S. N. Co. Royal Mail Steamers to London via Suez passenger Agency sign, 50 x 35.5 cm. The sign likely came from the anchor Shipping & foundry Co Ltd building on Wakefield Quay in Nelson as they had offices in the building, and there is a facsimile photo of the building on the back of the sign.
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Brass sign for the south Taranaki Shipping Co Ltd, M. S. Inaha, lower edge stamped Bock, Wellington, 22.5 x 30.5 cm
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A finely hand illuminated Union steamship Co presentation panel, presented to Robert Purflett Esquire, Manager of the U.S.S.C, Christchurch on his departure from the Christchurch office to Wellington, April 3rd, 1886. The panel has a steam ship painted to the top flanked by Company flags, and is in a moulded period gilt frame. 86 x 65 cm overall
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Antique surveyors brass & steel band chain measuring tape, stamped Burton & Littlejohn's Patent, Wellington 1551, 16 cm diameter
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Late 19th century gilt painted advertising window for Crossmith's perfumes powder & toilet cream, in a red painted wooden frame, 36 x 44 cm
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Late 19th century New Zealand Colonial kauri chiffonier, the long frieze drawer with parquetry inlaid native timbers facia, cupboard below enclosed by 2 doors with applied outset shaped mottled kauri panels on bun feet, 97 cm wide
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An exceptionally rare late 19th century New Zealand marquetry window or centre table, of quatrefoil outline with chip carved edge, ornately inlaid in various native timbers, with large central floral spray within a wide border of flowers, leaves, scrolls and inset mother of pearl discs the kauri base with twin supports centred with fretwork scrolls, baluster stretcher and lions paw feet, 106 cm W and 75 cm D.
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Rare late 19th century Anton Seuffert New Zealand parquetry circular specimen table, the top with geometric designs and central star, and crossbanded border, on baluster column, leaf decorated panels to the circular platform base and three scroll legs, original makers label to the underside, 60 cm diameter
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Three moa leg bones, one with broken end, 31 cm, 18 cm, 18 cm
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Box of assorted moa bones
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Box of assorted moa bones
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Box of assorted moa bones
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Two moa leg bones
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