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The Autumn Auction Series — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:500
Sale Title:The Autumn Auction SeriesLots with images:500
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:273
Date:19-May-2024
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A mixed suite of mostly Georgian and Victorian sterling silver forks, various dates and makers, 19th century, in Hanoverian, fiddle and Old English patterns, all hallmarked, 565gms
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A ruby encrusted sterling silver clad cigarette box, Birmingham, 1954, a wood lined partitioned box with an engraved map of the world studded with jewels denoting the port destinations of an oriental shipping line, hallmarked to the short end, maker's marks rubbed, 5.5 cm high, 16.5 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep
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A pair of sterling silver sauce boats by Hicklenton & Phillips, London, 1936, heavy gauge and of Georgian form with gadrooned edges, anthemion feet and terminals, and double scroll handles, crisply hallmarked to bodies, 10 cm high, 635gms total weight of silver
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A Victorian four piece sterling silver tea set, Mappin & Webb, Birmingham and Sheffield, 1934, the George III style service with tea, coffee or water pots, sugar basin and creamer, of squat rectangular form with bracket handles, gadrooned decoration, ebonised handles and finials to the pots, and raised on four ball feet, each element hallmarked, Birmingham pieces also with jubilee punch, retailer's marks to bases, the water pot 21.5 cm high, 18 cm wide, total weight of silver 1760gms
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A sterling silver three piece tea set, James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1934, 1936, the faceted baluster shape service with bracket handles, the tea pot with an ebonised handle and finial, each element hallmarked to the upper body, 19 cm high, 23 cm wide, 1275gms
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A mixed group of mostly George II/III sterling silver soup spoons, various makers, London, 1760s and later, comprising seven spoons, one late 19th century, the Hanoverian pattern spoons with drops and scroll backs, two in Old English pattern, hallmarked to stems, some marks rubbed, the largest spoon 22.5 cm long, total weight of silver 405gms
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A Hamadan district West Iranian runner, circa 1920, with lotus and other flora in red, blue and chartreuse colours on an ink field enclosed by a main white border and narrow bands, 730 cm x 113 cm
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A modern Indian 'Shalimar' wool rug, in ivory and orange colours with hints of navy, 434 x 303 cm
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A modern Indian wool 'Everest Collection' rug, in ivory, grey, beige colours flecked with navy, 307 x 248 cm
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A modern Persian transitional design plush wool pile rug, in tones of French blue on a bright chartreuse field, 338 x 254 cm
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An over-dyed vintage Tabriz rug, Persian, with an elongated central medallion and over-dyed in turquoise and blue colours, 359 x 276 cm
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An over-dyed vintage Tabriz rug, Persian, with an elongated central medallion overdyed in charcoal and ivory tones, 314 x 294 cm
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An over-dyed vintage Kerman rug, Persian, with a central elongated medallion and decorated with palmettes and floral sprays overdyed in scarlet and navy colours, 404 x 288 cm
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A Kerman rug, south central Iran, 1950s, with floral and tendril motifs in shades of maroon, ochre, navy and tan upon a sky blue field, 205 x 140 cm
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A hand knotted cream wool Afghan hall runner, with palmettes, flowers and scrolling leaves united by tendrils in ecru, grey and pale pink tones upon a cream coloured field, enclosed by a small lotus and floral border, 296 x 85 cm
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A large hand knotted Indian hall runner, with lotus, palmette flowerheads and trellis style tendrils in cream and pale blue colours upon a rust coloured field and enclosed by a cream border, 312 x 82 cm
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A Yalameh wool hall runner, central Iran, 1970s, with seven geometric woven diamond medallions amidst a field of flowers on an orange field with navy spandrels, surrounded by a geometric cream field border, 230 x 82 cm
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A pair of Tibetan wool rugs, 1930s, hand woven with flowerheads on a maroon ground and enclosed by key fret borders, 142 x 82 cm
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A handwoven Ferehan rug, Northern Persia, circa 1880, with a formal arrangement of flora on a cream field, spandrels, and enclosed by a wide main border border and narrow floral bands, 195 x 122 cm. Provenance: I & B Perryman Oriental carpets, Woollahra
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A Jacobean style crewel work wall hanging, 19th/20th century, in wool on cotton and backed with linen, embroidered in a predominantly muted Prussian blue, green, and rose palette with vegetal and wildlife motifs, 187 cm drop, 208 cm wide
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A Khal Mohammadi wool rug, northern Afghanistan, with cross shape medallions to a series of tiles and enclosed by a broad shaped border, 210 x 93 cm
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A Khal Mohammadi wool rug, northern Afghanistan, with cross shape medallions to tiles upon a watermelon red field and enclosed by various bands of geometric borders, 193 x 140 cm
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A wool Mir rug, Arak Province, Western Iran, 1950s, featuring a hooked central lozenge upon a patterned red field, with stylised boteh spandrels and a conforming main border, 160 x 102 cm
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A Tafresh rug, south West Iran, 1950s, with a central sky blue floral medallion upon a blood red field, with conforming spandrels and enclosed by running floral borders, 153 x 104 cm
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A Kashan wool rug, Southern Iran, 1940s, with a central lozenge and profusely decorated with flora in a blue, cream and pink palette upon a red field, with pale blue and cream spandrels enclosed by a broad floral navy ground border, 216 x 142 cm
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A Persian prayer design rug, 20th century, of mihrab design with hanging lanterns and coffee pots in tan and cream colours upon a red field, with navy spandrels and multiple borders, 241 x 133 cm
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A north Indian knotted pile medallion rug, 20th century, in tan, pink and blue colours featuring a profusion of floral motifs, formal fountains and wildlife upon a cream field, with spandrels and a broad border featuring scenic panels of animals and flora, 230 x 139 cm
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A Persian knotted pile runner, Tabriz region, 20th century, with 'Workshop signature', profusely decorated with flowers and vase arrangements in colours upon a navy field, with rust coloured spandrels and multiple floral borders, 414 x 97 cm
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A northwest Persian knotted pile runner, Heriz region, early 20th century, with a row of geometric floral star designs upon a brick red field enclosed by multiple borders, 438 cm x 110 cm
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A west Persian knotted pile rug, Senneh region, early 20th century, of bold lozenge design with dense formal floral patterns in pink, red and tan colours upon a cream and ink blue field enclosed by geometric borders, 192 x 133 cm
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A taxidermied leopard skin rug (Panthera pardus), Y, the head with glass eyes and mounted on brown felt, 189 cm long from nose to tip of tail, 119 cm wide from paw to paw of hindlegs, including the brown felt mounting 208 x 130 cm
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A hand knotted Afghan runner, with a central row of star motifs upon a terracotta field and enclosed by a stylised floral main border and narrow geometric bands, 292 x 90 cm
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A Baktiari knotted pile wool rug, central Persia, mid 20th century, richly toned in maroon with navy and pink colours featuring garden designs within tiles, enclosed by a broad main border with lozenge and flowerhead motifs and narrow geometric bands, 310 x 200 cm
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An exceptional Turkoman, Beshir, knotted carpet, produced in the Bokhara region, Central Asia, third quarter of the nineteenth century, wool warp and weft, wool pile, the characteristic design in a colour palette dominated by a glowing madder red, with a dark blue ground and smaller areas of ivory, dark brown and a light golden yellow, the field filled with a stylised version of the Iranian 'Herati' design, superimposed with five almost-circular medallions; one in each corner and one placed in the centre…
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A large modern rug by silk Road, of gemetric design in beige with mauve colours, 217 x 285 cm
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A vintage Suzani textile, in shades of pink and brown on cream linen, 217 x 360 cm
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A Daum winter landscape vase, circa 1900, finely etched and enamelled featuring a forest of bare trees against a textured fiery orange sky, thickly enamelled to replicate snow to the foot, highly polished to the interior, with a fire polished rim, ground pontil and painted mark Daum Nancy with cross of Lorraine mark underside, 25 cm high
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A suite of Waterford 'Clarendon' pattern crystal, 1997-2008, 2010, in ruby and cobalt, comprising approximately eighty five pieces including champagne flutes, martini and hock glasses, stencil marks, foil decals and and paper retail labels to base, the champagne flutes: 25 cm high
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A French Palais Royal ruby glass and gilt 'Grand Tour' scent bottle and two Bohemian cameo glass vases, 19th to early 20th century, the large scent bottle with ivory medallions painted with Paris views, dressed throughout with gilt swags and ropes and raised on a reticulated floral foot, together a flaring ruby glass vase with floral pendants and gilt scroll work, and a smaller green vase, unmarked, the largest vase 29.5 cm high
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Three pairs of antique glass and cut crystal candlesticks, 19th/early 20th century, including a pair of spiral air twist sticks, all unmarked, the largest pair 30.5 cm high
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An Emile Galle cameo glass landscape vase, post 1904, a bucket shape vase on waisted pedestal featuring dark fire polished trees and purple green mountains on a chartreuse ground, cameo signature with star to lower body, ground pontil, 19.5 cm high, 19 cm diameter
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A crescent shape cameo glass vase by Emile Galle, late 19th/early 20th century, the moulded vase with a polished dark and green wooded landscape against a modulating pink and pale grey frosted ground, cameo signature to centre, flat base, 13.5 cm high, 18 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep
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An Emile Galle cameo glass flask vase, after 1904, the cushion form vase with applied twin handles featuring a trailing leaf and fruit design in autumnal tones on a modulating lemon and amber ground, ground pontil and signed in cameo with posthumous star, 20.5 cm high
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A pair of French cameo glass vases in the style of Emile Galle, waisted baluster vases with grapevine and trailing fruit motifs in fire polished chocolate colours upon a white satin ground, faint signature of Galle in relief to lower bodies, 24.5 cm high
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A pair of twin branch bronze wall sconces, after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann,1930s, comprising six elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with backplates and cream and pastel tone pleated shades, approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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Four single branch bronze wall sconces, after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann,1930s, the elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape single sconces with wall plates and cream and pastel tone pleated shades, largest approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (1885-1953), a birds of prey glass bowl, the flaring oval moulded dish with a swirling purple and grey decor featuring mirror image birds to each end, inscribed signature to underside of the rim, 10 cm high, 36 cm wide, 25 cm deep
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A suite of four single branch chromed bronze wall sconces, after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, 1930s, elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with wall plates and pastel tone pleated shades, together with two industrial style brass sconces, largest approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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A collection of bronze wall sconces after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, 1930s, three single and one double elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with wall mounts and pleated shades, approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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A pair of twin branch bronze wall sconces, after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann,1930s, comprising six elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with backplates and cream and pastel tone pleated shades, approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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A pair of twin branch bronze wall sconces, after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann,1930s, comprising six elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with backplates and cream and pastel tone pleated shades, approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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A pair of twin branch bronze wall sconces after the original design by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, 1930s, elegant heavy gauge cornucopia shape sconces with wall mounts and pleated shades, approx 70 cm high, 40 cm wide (without shade), 25 cm deep
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A suite of eight Florentine polychrome ironwork chairs, comprising six chairs and two carvers on faux bamboo frames with cross stretchers, decorated to the backs with an arrangement of leaves, the side chairs with applied cast birds, the carver cresting rails embellished with costumed monkeys holding umbrellas
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A large Moorcroft bottle vase in 'Wolfsbane' pattern by Anji Davenport, 2002, with tubelined blue, mauve flowers and foliage upon a modulating cobalt and cream ground, impressed Moorcroft marks, painted date 22nd March 2002 and artist's signature underside, 53 cm high
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A Macintyre covered jug and vase in 'Poppy' pattern, and a Florian ware vase, circa 1903, the poppy pattern jug and frill rimmed vase, design 401753, tubelined in blue and green hues upon a cream ground, and a blue Florian ware floral vase, brown Macintyre marks and facsimile signatures underside, jug 21 cm high, the vases 19.5 cm high and 15 cm high
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A Moorcroft 'Poppy' design vase, 1918-1926 period, continuously decorated and tubelined in rich plum and terracotta colours upon an ink ground, impressed marks and facsimile signature underside, 17 cm high, 20 cm diameter
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A Moorcroft jardiniere in 'Pomegranate' pattern, circa 1912, made for Liberty & Co, with tubelined fruits in colours on a mottled blue green ground, Liberty backstamp and facsimile signature underside, 17.5 cm high, 18 cm diameter
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A Moorcroft bowl in 'Claremont toadstool' pattern, circa 1914, decorated with tubelined toadstools in muted maroon, blue and lemony green colours upon a translucent mottled teal blue ground, impressed Moorcroft Burslem marks and painted facsimile signature underside, 11.5 cm high, 26 cm diameter
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A Moorcroft baluster vase in 'Pomegranate' pattern, circa 1920, with a deep frieze of tubelined fruits in colours upon a varied green and mottled blue ground, impressed marks and facsimile signature underside, 30 cm high
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A Moorcroft bowl in 'Leaf and fruit' pattern, circa 1928-1934, a tubelined leaf and berry frieze in chartreuse, purple and autumnal shades against a watery blue ground, blue painted signature, facsimile signature underside, 10 cm high, 30 cm diameter
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An Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood mug, commemorating the Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953, a large scale earthenware mug with cream body, transfer-printed in black with hand coloured yellow and pink washes, the design incorporating the Royal cypher and date beneath fireworks, Wedgwood and commemorative script underside, painted pattern number, 10.5 cm high, note, this mug posthumously reprises an Eric Ravilious design originally created for souvenir mugs commemorating the Coronation of Edward VIII in 1937
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An Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood Barlaston mug, circa 1940, a large scale earthenware mug with cream body, lithographic-printed in black and grey with hand coloured yellow washes, the design incorporating Wedgwood pottery designs, a portrait bust of Josiah Wedgwood and script, Etruria 1730, Barlaston 1940, with green Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston mark and Eric Ravilious stamp underside, 10.5 cm high
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A large Doulton Lambeth stoneware water dispenser, 1902-1922 period, in cobalt and sage green majolica glazes with Vitruvian style borders and a frieze of tile motifs in relief, with spigot, impressed marks underside, design 5885, 53 cm high
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A large Royal Worcester figural 'Bird's nest' banquet lamp by James Hadley, 1894, in blush ivory colours picked out in gilt, featuring a boy holding a bird's nest and girl in 18th century attire beneath gnarled tree trunks, the trees supporting a wicker basket style font, inscribed mark of modeller, Hadley verso, puce backstamp underside with date cipher and pattern number, 1239, with etched shade and associated chimney and electrical conversion, 48 cm high (base)
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A Mintons two handle amphora vase decorated by Antonin Boullemier, 1873-1891 period, the turquoise ground vase with raised gilt work throughout decorated with a hand painted child figure, signed to lower right of image, with backstamp and cipher, 30 cm high
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A Wedgwood butterfly lustre bowl, designed by daisy Makeig-Jones, circa 1915, design Z4832, the squat bowl with everted rim continuously decorated with coloured butterflies upon a pale flecked lustre ground, the interior in a mottled orange lustre with butterflies and a central floral roundel, with gilded chequerboard rims and a gilded scrolling collar, Wedgwood Portland vase mark and painted design marks to base, 9.5 cm high, 15 cm diameter approx.
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An impressive pair of Italian maiolica vases with snake handles, 19th century, in the Renaissance revival manner of Cantagalli and continuously decorated with scenes of soldiers and encampments, the snake handles with grotesque mask terminals, blue painted cockerel marks underside, 77 cm high
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Three Wedgwood table wares, a George III plate in conchology pattern, circa 1770, a creamware basket dish, 19th century, and; a yellow ground dish by daisy Makeig Jones, early/mid 20th century, a creamware plate with feather edging decorated with green shells and seaweeds, cipher and impressed marks to base; an open lattice and creamware basket dish, and; a square yellow ground dish enamel decorated with oriental ho ho birds in flight and pavilions, enclosed by a fencelike border, design X9846, Portland…
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Two Queen's ware mugs by Wedgwood: his Royal Highness Prince Charles as Prince of Wales commemorative investiture mug, designed by Richard Guyatt, 1969, and Quetzalotal, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1987, the 1969 Prince of Wales investiture mug in gold and black colours with Welsh dragon and Prince of Wales feathers upon a cream ground, impressed and printed marks to base, and; from a limited edition of 2000, a polychrome mug with printed marks underside and facsimile signature, both 10.5 cm high
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An elm Windsor chair, 18th/19th century, the Captain's type chair with vigorous graining, having a typical curved back and flat outswept arms above turned spindles, a dished seat, the turned legs with side and twin stretchers, 77 cm high, 64.5 cm wide
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A pair of large banded terracotta pots, 135 cm high
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Three large banded terracotta pots, 135 cm high
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A pair of large banded terracotta pots, 191 cm high
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A pair of large banded terracotta pots, 135 cm high
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A pair of large banded terracotta pots, 191 cm high
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A pair of large banded terracotta pots, 191 cm high
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A pair of large banded terracotta amphora style pots, 191 cm high
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A composite stone seated lion in the oriental manner, 98 cm high, 29 cm wide
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A pair of terracotta pots, 112 cm high
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A George III panelled oak coffer, early 19th century, the wire hinged coffer with vigorous medullary rays to the front panels, and a candle box to the interior, 62.5 cm high, 114 cm wide, 56 cm deep
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A vintage Louis XV style carved giltwood mirror, Italian, of arching form, with panelled mirror plate, the frame profusely carved and decorated in the rocaille manner, Pietro Sciarra Roma label verso, 192 x 122 cm
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A Venetian cushion front mirror, 20th century, with a pierced foliate crest and verre eglomise decoration throughout, 120 x 72 cm
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Carl Wollek, (1862-1936), Austrian, a pair of bronze relief plaques, 1922, bronze relief figural plaques, signed and dated Carl Wollek 1922 below each image and set within hardwood doors, 21 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, plaques, 179 cm high, 49.5 cm wide
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A large Victorian walnut whatnot, circa 1860s, with a pierced crest and gallery enclosing a mirror with the original silvered plate, three shaped shelves with vigorous book end veneers, turned supports and legs with porcelain casters, 142 cm high, 92 cm wide, 38 cm deep. Provenance: acorn Antiques
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A pair of composite stone garden lion ornaments, lions sejant holding shields above square bases, 83 cm high
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A large Italian carved giltwood salon mirror, 19th century, profusely carved in the rococo manner, 156 x 102 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Ed Clarke Antiques
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An English enamel perfume bonbonniere, circa 1770, of shaped tapering form surmounted with a stopper, the scent bottle section with painted flowers, the body decorated with pastoral scenes within gilded rococo cartouches upon a cobalt blue ground further decorated with scrolls, leaves and delicate star forms, with BADA label, 8.5 cm high
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A pair of faience earthenware tulip vases, probably Italian circa 1800, with polychrome floral decoration and a decorative shield to each, with painted marks underside, apparently H/39, 20 cm high, 22 cm wide, 6 cm deep
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An alabaster urn lamp and pedestal, first half 20th century, the classical form lobed urn raised on a carved pedestal decorated with grapes and leaves, 156 cm high overall, the pedestal base 109 cm high
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A Queen Anne style dome top walnut bookcase on stand, late 18th/19th century, the twin door arching case with ebonised glazing bars, raised on a stand with five drawers, the shaped skirt above knopped supports united by os-de-mouton stretchers, with decorative borders of cross and feather banding to the drawers, 210 cm high, 101 cm wide, 47.5 cm deep
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A Napoleon III walnut court cupboard, French, 19th century, in the Renaissance revival manner with an extended pediment above three glazed doors each flanked by twin pilasters, an open compartment with plate rack and turned supports to an extended base with frieze drawers and twin panelled cupboards, raised on squashed bun feet, 229 cm high, 150 cm wide, 55.5 cm deep
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A marble top Louis XV style tulipwood commode, 19th century, a curvaceous striated grey marble surface above two small and two long drawers, well cast demi-figures to hipped cabriole legs adorned and decorated throughout with gilt bronze foliate handles, trims and sabots, 136 cm wide, 99 cm high, 56 cm deep
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A Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted boulle centre table, 19th century, of serpentine form with a tooled leather surface above an ornate brass strap work inlaid frieze raised on cabriole legs, a single frieze drawer, and embellished with cast mascaron and demi figure gilt bronze mounts, 76 cm high, 140 cm wide, 88 cm deep
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A pair of Georgian style silver giltwood wing back armchairs, with relief carved and shaped aprons and raised on cabriole legs, together with a pair of similarly upholstered green velvet ottomans
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An impressive Italian maiolica charger, 18th/19th century, depicting Diana engaged in bacchanalian revelries beneath a gnarled tree and accompanied by satyrs, amorous couples and putti, 67 cm diameter
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A Louis XV style marble top oak commode, 18th century, of serpentine profile with three long panelled drawers above a carved shaped skirt and raised on short cabriole legs, with cast and pierced floral handles and escutcheons, 98 cm high, 133 cm wide, 72 cm deep
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A set of eight Art Deco black and red dining chairs, circa 1940, in the style of Jules Leleu, with ebonised lacquer frames. Provenance: Geoffrey Hatty
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A circular mahogany pedestal table, probably Anglo Indian, 19th century, with a broad ribbed vase form pedestal to a shaped base above squashed bun feet, 144 cm diameter, 85 cm high
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A contemporary chocolate brown upholstered three seat couch by Riddell Marly, with a collection of velvet and metallic throw cushions by Ralph Lauren, length of back 220 cm
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A Louis XV style oak bureau bookcase, with an arching crest with shell ornament above twin shaped doors and two internal shelves, a relief carved fall front above a slide and two long drawers, with a shaped skirt and cabriole legs, 195 cm high, 98 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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