Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

The Winter Auctions Series, Part II — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:509
Sale Title:The Winter Auctions Series, Part IILots with images:507
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:294
Date:21-Aug-2023
***
A vintage brass trimmed copper hunting horn, 125 cm long
***
***
***
A German 'Blackforest' carved spill vase, 19th/20th century, featuring a family of deer in a rocky landscape against a fir tree, 41 cm high
***
***
***
Four Victorian mother-of-pearl calling card cases, 19th century, the larger cases, one lined in royal purple silk with gilt tipped partitions, one lightly engraved with flora and wriggle work, the small cases, one bordered in paua shell, the other with blue silk lining, the largest 10.5 x 8 cm
***
***
***
A pair of Victorian sterling silver grape scissors by Henry Holland, London, 1869, the Lily pattern scissors with threaded ring handles, maker's marks to the interior of both blades, 19.5 cm long, 115gms
***
***
***
An interesting mixed collection of button hooks, 19th/early 20th century, eighteen items including button hooks with wood handles, silver and brass strapping, turned items, and silver and mother of pearl glove hooks, the largest hook 25 cm long
***
***
***
An interesting mixed collection of button hooks and shoe horns and other dressing items, includes sterling silver button hook and shoe horn pairs, faux ivory vanity set items, a travelling cellulose set and a fruit wood glove stretcher, the glove stretcher 24 cm long
***
***
***
A group of carved marble fruit, Italian, 20th century, including two peaches, two figs and a pear, the pear 12 cm high
***
***
***
An interesting mixed group of buttonhooks, early 19th to early 20th century, comprising a Georgian bone handle hook engraved with initials and dated 1809, a silver mounted deer hoof boot hook, and hooks with handles in various materials including antler, ivory, cellulose, faux tortoiseshell, guilloche enamel, together with an ivory shoehorn, the hoof boot hook 29 cm long
***
***
***
A commemorative Coronation glove buttonhook, 1902, in gilt brass and depicting portraits of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in low relief and surmounted by a crown enclosing a glass orb, 11 cm long
***
***
***
A mixed group of buttonhooks, a shoehorn and glove stretcher, early 20th century, in various colours and shapes, in bakelite, lucite, faux shagreen and tortoiseshell, and simulated pique, 20 cm and smaller
***
***
***
A 'Little Joe' cast iron money box, early 20th century, a lever operated figure in painted colours, raised mark to reverse, Little Joe Bank, 14 cm high
***
***
***
Romanian School, Icon, mixed media on reverse glass, 37 x 31 cm
***
***
***
Romanian School, Figurative Study (Icon), mixed media on reverse glass, 45.5 x 38.5 cm
***
***
***
An antique copper coal scuttle and a bed warmer, late 19th century, the coal scuttle 30 cm wide, the bed warmer 27 cm diameter, 100 cm long
***
***
***
A group of seven miniature paintings and portrait miniatures, 20th century, includes a series of Venice scenes and two fashionable ladies, all in similar frames with velvet borders, and one other, the largest 22 x 15 cm
***
***
***
A petite tortoiseshell and pearlised Palais Royal style sewing etui and two scent bottles, 19th century, the etui casket with fitted compartments for miniature sewing accessories, a ruby glass lay down scent bottle with a sterling silver hinged turban lid by Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1899, and a green glass bottle with a silver plate lid, the etui 4 cm high, 8 cm wide
***
***
***
A large circular oak dining table, featuring radiating panels to the surface and raised on four substantial carved supports to a shaped platform base, 76 cm high, 201 cm diameter
***
***
***
A Victorian brass desk set and an ornate brass and frosted glass epergne, 19th century, the desk set with an applied cast oak leaf and crown border with two fitted glass bottles, and an ornate vasiform epergne on a shaped triangular base with cast swan supports, the stem supporting a crocus shaped glass trumpet, the desk set 38 x 18.5 cm, the epergne 47 cm high
***
***
***
A decorative covered lacquer box, of shaped profile and decorated throughout with shell motifs and faux painted tortoiseshell edging, 29 cm high
***
***
***
A bronze nude of a woman, the Grecian style figure in a serpentine pose holding a flowing scarf, apparently unmarked, 58 cm high
***
***
***
A pair of French toleware lidded buckets, one with Chinoiserie motifs, the other with a still life, urn and scenes, each 34 cm high
***
***
***
A Veuve Clicquot ivory and gold foil cutter, circa 1880-90, in the form of a Veuve Clicquot champagne bottle, 5.6 cm long
***
***
***
A group of four miniature portraits, early 19th to 20th century, a portrait of a young woman in Georgian dress, a coloured portrait of a middle aged woman, housed in a kid leather travel case with easel back, and two Italian style portraits of young ladies, the largest 6.5 x 5.5 cm
***
***
***
A cased hand coloured daguerreotype or ambrotype, mid 19th century, a portrait study of two children, housed in a wood based leather covered pressed case with a tooled gold coloured mat and embossed red velvet pad, 12 x 7 cm
***
***
***
A pair of portrait miniatures in leather carry cases, 19th century, refined watercolour on ivory studies of a woman in a lacy bonnet and a young gentleman, housed in lightly embossed folding leather carry cases, 10 cm x 7 cm
***
***
***
An Alessi citrus basket, 22.5 cm high
***
***
***
A carved teak sculpture, Cuban, circa 1970's, marked 'Cuba' to base, 52 cm high
***
***
***
A large Jacobean style carved walnut brocade upholstered armchair, with a carved and pierced seating rail
***
***
***
A glazed hardwood display cabinet, 156 cm high, 44 cm wide, 27 cm deep
***
***
***
A George III mahogany string inlaid fold over card table 74 cm high, 89 cm wide, 41 cm deep
***
***
***
A Georgian style oak longcase clock with movement and pendulum, 174 cm high, 49 cm wide, 30 cm
***
***
***
A mid century modern teak sideboard, circa 1950/60's, with a central glazed display section flanked by twin cupboards above an extended base with three cupboards and a set of drawers, all with long wood handles, 181 cm wide, 138.5 cm high, 41 cm deep
***
***
***
A French Provincial style cherrywood side table, 77 cm high, 118 cm wide, 76 cm deep
***
***
***
A three panel upholstered folding screen, 19th century, 180 cm high, each panel 40.5 cm wide
***
***
***
A Louis XVI style painted and carved fauteuil, in a lightly distressed finish, the black frame with hints of gilding, upholstered in ecru linen, 104 cm high, 63 cm wide, 53 cm deep
***
***
***
A giltwood Rococo style salon chair with brocade covering, 18th century, with a shaped back, serpentine seat and raised on exaggerated cabriole legs, with carved floral details to the frame and upholstered in sprigged deep peach silk brocade
***
***
***
A French Louis XV style double bedhead and frame, of serpentine profile with a carved scrolling shell form crest, with side rails
***
***
***
A Victorian burr walnut oval tilt top centre table, 19th century, with thumbnail edging and quarter veneer panels, a carved bulbous pedestal and raised on splayed cabriole legs with whorl ends and porcelain casters, with maker's label for George Spademan, Stamford, 75 cm high, 135 cm wide, 103 cm deep
***
***
***
An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood marquetry centre table, early 20th century, finely decorated with a central harlequin pattern roundel enclosed by mirror image radiating veneer panels and wide contrasting borders, raised on slender tapering legs united by stretchers, 71 cm high, 68.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Drake House, Australian Catholic University (Acu)
***
***
***
A Georgian mahogany drop side gate leg table, 18th century, with a refurbished surface with bullnose edging above twin drawers, standing on four cabriole legs, lightly relief carved to the hips and terminating in pad feet, 75 cm high, 120 cm wide, 41 cm deep (131 cm extended)
***
***
***
A contemporary glass top coffee table, 42 cm high, 124 cm wide, 64 cm deep
***
***
***
A Biedermeier style maple corner cabinet, 19th century, with a round edge profile and an extended cornice upon a pine frame, with ebonised details to the glazing bars, diamond escutcheon and recessed narrow plinth base, with two shelves, 124 cm high, 99 cm wide, 69.5 cm deep to each side
***
***
***
A William IV rosewood card table, circa 1830, of Greek Revival inspiration, the foldover table with a carved pedestal to a platform base with paw feet, 77.5 cm high, 94.5 cm wide, 45 cm deep (folded)
***
***
***
A Regency brass inlaid chair and a Georgian style chair, 1825 and after, the Regency chair with an inlaid dipped crest and mid rail both above a caned seat accompanied by a seat cushion, the other with a cross back, stuffover seat in a 'warp and weft' pattern upholstery above fluted legs
***
***
***
A William IV rosewood foldover games table, circa 1830, the well figured surface opening to a green baize interior, raised on outswept legs with brass paw feet, 75 cm high, 91 cm wide, 45 cm deep (folded)
***
***
***
A set of four high ladder back dining chairs, Italian, in blondewood with electric blue drop in seats
***
***
***
An Empire style mahogany salon mirror, 46 x 76 cm
***
***
***
A cedar secretaire bookcase, circa 1890, with a protruding cornice above twin glass doors of arching profile, the extended base with a long fall front drawer and two conforming cupboards, raised on bracket feet, 243 cm high, 121.5 cm wide, 52.5 cm deep. Provenance: Edward Clark Antiques, Melbourne
***
***
***
A Victorian mahogany pedestal table and ten chairs, 19th century, the circular table raised on a faceted pedestal with swept cabriole legs and whorl ends, the balloon back chairs with dished crests, stuffover seats upholstered in chartreuse velvet above turned legs with toupie feet, 71.5 cm high, 149 cm diameter. Provenance: G D McPhee Pty Ltd, Melbourne
***
***
***
A George III style mahogany bureau, of typical fall front form with an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes, the fall front supported on pull out lopers, four long drawers with swan neck handles and raised on bracket feet, 109 cm high, 97.5 cm wide, 53 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian bird's eye maple marble top dressing table, late 19th century, with a bevel framed glass, shaped side supports to a carrara marble surface above a central drawer and pedestals each with four cockbeaded drawers and crytsal knobs to plinth bases, 156 cm high, 122 cm wide, 55 cm deep
***
***
***
A pair of Louis XVI style carved mahogany fauteuils, late 19th/early 20th century, with a carved floral crest, serpentine stuffover seats and raised on cabriole legs, upholstered in blue, yellow and cream floral fabric
***
***
***
A Victorian mahogany desk, late 19th century, with a tooled brown leather surface above twin frieze drawer with knob handles, raised on turned legs with toupie feet, 74 cm high, 120 cm wide, 51 cm deep
***
***
***
An ebonised figural occasional table, with a distressed surface and supported on a blackamoor-type cupid to scrolling swept legs, 58 cm high, 38 cm diameter. Provenance: J.P. Heurteau
***
***
***
A small stretcher-based mahogany side table, raised on substantial trestle ends, 46 cm high, 100 cm wide, 50 cm deep
***
***
***
A large wood trunk, English 19th century, monogrammed 'W.H.B' with metal strapping and side handles, 48 cm high, 85 cm wide, 53 cm deep
***
***
***
A mid-century Danish blackbean desk manufactured under licence by William Latchford & Sons, Melbourne, circa 1960, design attributed to Jens Risom, with rounded corners to the surface, two drawers and raised on slender conical legs with capped feet, Latchford label to drawer, 66 cm high, 137 cm wide, 69.5 cm deep
***
***
***
An Empire mahogany mirror with ebonised pillars, early 19th century, with later ornament, 87 x 55 cm
***
***
***
A pair of vintage metalware umbrella stands, circa 1960, a cone shaped arrangement of black steel rods to industrial style metal bases, 54 cm high
***
***
***
A Georgian mahogany toilet mirror, early 19th century, with turned supports and finials to a bow front base with three drawers, bone handles and escutcheons, 58 cm high, 53 cm wide, 22 cm deep
***
***
***
Two George III Chippendale style mahogany side chairs, each with a vegetal serpentine crest above a pierced and relief carved splat, one with a gadrooned edge to the side and crest rail, both upholstered in Chinoiserie patterned pink silk with pomegranates
***
***
***
A Victorian mahogany desk, 19th century, with bullnose edging, five drawers with knob handles and raised on turned legs and brass casters, 81.5 cm high, 122 cm high, 60 cm deep
***
***
***
Two Victorian mahogany console tables, 19th century, of shaped profile raised on cabriole legs to platform bases, 73 cm high, 128 cm wide, 51 cm deep
***
***
***
Two sets of Island style lime washed wicker side tables, one pair with bold scroll ends, the other of square section form, the scroll end pair 41 cm high, 110 cm wide, 61 cm deep
***
***
***
A George III bow front mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1790, the six drawer chest with two short and four long cockbeaded drawers with pressed oval backplates and swing handles, with a dipped skirt and gently splayed bracket feet, 118 cm high, 105 cm wide, 53.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A large giltwood trumeau mirror, 19th century, with an oriental scene en grisaille above a rectangular plate, 196 x 156 cm
***
***
***
A late Victorian walnut and inlaid music cabinet, circa 1890, the rectangular top with a three quarter gallery above a string inlaid glazed door enclosing shelves with leather edging and flanked by carved and turned column supports, raised on a plinth base and brass casters, 97 cm high, 100 cm high with gallery, 61 cm wide, 42 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian mahogany extension table with two leaves, circa 1860, in warm mid tones with bullnose edging and raised on turned legs to toupie feet with porcelain casters, with winder, 75 cm high, 150 cm wide (without leaves), 130 cm deep
***
***
***
A set of Victorian walnut dining chairs in the Louis XVI manner, 19th century, the frames with carved floral crests, fluted side supports above shaped stuffover seats and fluted and turned legs, with tapestry style upholstery
***
***
***
A large designer marble and metalware coffee table, circular veined white marble within a looped white metal ware cage, 42 cm high, 90.5 cm diameter
***
***
***
A pair of small designer marble and metalware coffee tables, circular veined white marble within looped white metal ware cages, each, 48 cm high, 51 cm diameter
***
***
***
A pair of Louis XV style armchairs, with foliate carved crests, serpentine stuffover seats and raised on cabriole legs
***
***
***
A Georgian revival hardwood chest, 20th century, with two short and three long drawers with swan neck handles, and raised on shaped bracket feet, 100 cm high, 102 cm wide, 52 cm deep
***
***
***
A Louis XV style armchair, with a carved floral motif to the crest, padded arms, the serpentine stuffover seat above cabriole legs
***
***
***
A Georgian toilet mirror, circa 1800, on a concave profile base with three petite drawers and raised on bracket feet, 59.5 cm high, 42 cm wide, 23 cm deep
***
***
***
A vintage pine farmhouse table, early 20th century, with an extended surface over tapering square section legs, 76 cm high, 182 cm long, 103.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A fixed brass fire fender and two fire screens, the fender with ball knop decoration, together with a bow fronted mesh fire screen with scroll detailing and a four panel folding screen, the fender 138 x 34.5 cm, the screens 66 cm and 83 cm high
***
***
***
A Victorian inlaid burr walnut music canterbury, 19th century, with a brass gallery rail above turned and knopped supports to a partitioned lower register and a long drawer, the toupie feet with casters, 88.5 cm high, 56 cm wide, 38.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian burr walnut octagonal work table, 19th century, of tapering form above a tripod base with carved knees and whorl feet, 71.5 cm high, 41.5 cm wide, 41.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian marquetry inlaid burr walnut low table, 19th century, the oval stretcher based table with outswept cabriole legs with carved knees and whorl feet, 52 cm high, 121 cm wide, 74 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian burr walnut Sutherland table, 19th century, with vigorous figuration, with a turned stretcher and cabriole legs with carved knees and whorl feet with porcelain casters, 75 cm high, 90 cm wide (extended), 68 cm deep
***
***
***
A pair of Victorian walnut gentleman's and ladies chairs, 19th century, both with cusped showframes, elaborate scrolling foliate arms to a serpentine seat and raised on cabriole legs with porcelain casters, upholstered with a trellis design cream fabric
***
***
***
A Victorian walnut sewing table, 19th century, the stretcher based table with a shaped surface above a single drawer and raised on knopped supports to outswept cabriole legs, 72 cm high, 68.5 cm wide, 44.5 cm deep
***
***
***
An Edwardian marquetry inlaid side chair, with a pierced decorative splat
***
***
***
A Victorian carved walnut double-ended chaise longue, 19th century, length of back 175 cm
***
***
***
An inlaid Victorian burr walnut sewing table, 19th century, the oval stretcher-based table with a single drawer and raised on knopped supports to outswept relief carved cabriole legs, 68.5 cm high, 66 cm wide, 46.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A Victorian flame mahogany chiffonier, 19th century, with a shaped arching back and carved crest above a shelf, a pair of ogee profile frieze drawers and panelled cupboards to a plinth base, 150 cm high, 235 cm wide, 68 cm deep
***
***
***
A William IV mahogany dining table and six chairs, circa 1830 and after, the circular table raised on a pedestal to a lobed well and circular base above whorl feet, the balloon back chairs with stuffover damask upholstered seats, 75 cm high, 129 cm diameter
***
***
***
An Edwardian mahogany desk, early 20th century, the shaped back with a series of small drawers and an open compartment, the fold out surface supported on pull out lopers above a single long drawer and supported on 'X' form supports united by a turned stretcher, 93 cm high, 76.5 cm wide, 46 cm deep. Provenance: ex Acorn Antiques
***
***
***
A French Empire style mahogany bedhead, 132 x 154 cm
***
***
***
An inlaid Victorian burr walnut foldover card table, 19th century, the shaped surface above a delicately inlaid skirt and raised on a pierced and carved pedestal and four cabriole legs with whorl ends, 73.5 cm high, 92 cm wide, 46 cm deep (folded)
***
***
***
A Victorian brass brazier on a walnut tripod pot stand, 19th century, the copper lined brazier with twin ring handles together with a circular stand with a hollowed surface for a pot plant, a shaped frieze and turned pedestal with out-swept legs and whorl ends, the pedestal 86 cm high, the brazier 43 cm diameter
***
***
***
A Victorian walnut side table, circa 1840, the stretcher-based table with quarter veneer panelling to the surface raised on stretcher ends with cabriole legs and porcelain casters, 74 cm high, 107 cm wide, 55.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A small pair of hardwood side tables, with ribbed edging and slender ribbed legs, 41.5 cm high, 40 cm wide, 33 cm deep
***
***
***
A George III style library armchair, with an arching back, and square section legs and an 'H' form stretcher
***
***
***
A marble top coffee table, with an inset surface, 47 cm high, 100 cm wide, 53.5 cm deep
***
***
***
A pair of ebonised lamp tables, 55 cm high, 45 cm wide, 45 cm deep
***
***
***
Two Georgian style wing chairs
***
***
***
A pair of cream linen upholstered sofas, with camel hump backs and rollover arms
***
***
***
A Chinoiserie style red lacquer coffee table, the table with lower drawers and raised on hook feet, 41 cm high, 107 cm wide, 66 cm deep
***
***