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

Auction House:Small & Whitfield Auctions and ValuationsNumber of lots recorded:214
Sale Title:The Connoisseur's Auction - Night twoLots with images:214
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:178
Date:30-Jan-2024
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An exquisite French bombe commode, of serpentine form superbly inlaid with kingwood and fruitwood, fitted with 4 drawers, rococo style brass and ormolu hardware with sienna marble top
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Regency mahogany card table, folding top concealing a baize interior, carved details and pedestal quadruped base
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A bronze garden statue of pan, well modelled figure of a nude boy with garlands in his hair and waist, playing flute standing on a seashell (excellent verdigris patination), height 143 cm
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A bronze garden statue of pan, well modelled figure of a nude boy with garlands in his hair and waist, playing flute standing on a seashell (excellent verdigris patination), height 133 cm
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Persian Mashad rug, handwoven wool, red ground with floral design and central medallion 388 x 290 cm
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18th century English oak coffer, with geometric carved panels and refurbished plank top
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Malaysian mask, carved 'Dance Mask' decorated with serpents and faces, C.1940, together with an early hardwood stand
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Windsor arm chair, high Wickham oak chair with saddled elm seat 19th century
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Rare Thornton Pickard triple Imperial camera, with triple extension, half plate and lens, including original tripod
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Persian Tabriz rug, handwoven wool with silk inlay, finely knotted with central medallion over black ground
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Quality display cabinet, curved glass door and side panels, carved legs and top
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Royal Doulton 'Gibson Girl' plates, early 1900's series plates featuring blue and white floral ground with printed central panels depicting various scenes by C.D Gibson, 26 cm
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Vase French plaster bust, Art Nouveau Dupont bust modelled as young lady
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Studio Pottery master bowl, large well thrown contemporary pottery bowl decorated with abstract foliate sgraffito and glazed design, signed to base C.1996
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A marble and teak sculpture, artist unknown, the solid marble slab with flowing carvings of teak timber, height 75 cm
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A carved hardwood sculpture, 'The torso of a Woman' in carved redgum, artist unknown, height 68 cm
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An English oak settle, solid hardwood planks with panelled back and shaped ends with single plank timber seat, pegged construction
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Baluch rug, hand knotted wool, red ground Persian 195 x 103
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19th century credenza, burr walnut with inlays, metal mounts and fitted with two doors (some veneer losses and later green marble top)
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An exquisite Georgian mahogany secretaire bookcase, satinwood and ebony inlaid interior with leather insert, carved turned knobs, original glass doors
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19th century chiffonier, flame mahogany with a full width drawer and two doors
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Waterford Crystal lamp, heavily cut design of large proportions with cream pleated shade, 48 cm
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Victorian round dining table, flame mahogany with a pedestal base
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A pair of mahogany side chairs, carved floral and foliate back with upholstered seat
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Persian Balouch rug, hand woven wool, red ground with geometric design. 210 x 110 cm
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Oxiana glass master bowl, a large expressively worked art glass bowl with freeform trumpet rim in soft water/earth tones, diameter 37 cm
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19C open faced barometer, banjo shaped wall barometer with premium mechanism with mahogany and ebonised finish
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Sheraton Revival display cabinet, mahogany with satinwood inlays, single door with curved front
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Dutch 'Frauenbuste', Blasche - Reps and Trinte, Magdeburg C.1910 ceramic bust modelled as Dutch lady in fitted neckpiece in traditional dress
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Richard Bogusz, 'A long Way Home' acrylic painting, signed below 40 x 60 cm
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Coalport part dinner set, 'Hong Kong' pattern quality porcelain decorated in cobalt blue and iron red with gilded highlights depicting birds and flowers, comprising of platter, plates, cups and saucers and soup coups
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Woodcuts of Hiroshige, Shigeki Goto, Shueisha Co. Ltd, Japan 1st edition 1975, vol 16 (of 18) 100 famous views of Edo pt.1.
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The Whole works of Flavius Josephus', Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange Dundee 1766. Bound in half leather, some early repairs with small losses to title page illustrated
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Black slate and brass mantle clock, in the French manner
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The great Omayyad Mosque of Damascus', Afif Bahnassi 1989, located in Syria considered to be the burial place of John the Baptist's head, scarce volume, heavily illustrated
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Khirbat Al Mafjar', 'An Arabian mansion in the Jordan Valley' R.W. Hamilton, Oxford 1959, heavily illustrated, some folding, some coloured
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Koran, 18th century with modern binding, printed on vellum 'Shia' version with previous ownership inscriptions, Samsam El milk Chitral, last page shows the ancestral line of the prophet
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Mahogany library bookcase, of large proportions, three glazed doors above arched panel doors below, by Eureka Furniture-Adelaide
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Victorian chair, green velvet upholstered, deep buttoned
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A Scandinavian pine cupboard, with a single door and lower drawer
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Antique French double bed, walnut with carved swag decorations
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George Morland, 'Stable Amusement' hand coloured engraving, c.1801, 44 x 56 cm
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Philip Reinagle R.A., 'Fox hounds in Pursuit' mezzotint c.1805, 44 x 56 cm
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Pair of chairs, mahogany framed with leather
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Walnut veneer wardrobe, of three sections, the centre mirror door with fitted interior
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A rare English rocking horse, of large proportions by maker Haddon Rockers, makers and Restorers, Wallingford Oxfordshire England, in beautiful condition in original horses hair, saddle etc
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Wedgwood Dinnerset, elegant 'Columbia' blue and gold pattern, six person setting with matching platter, jug with under plate
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Pair of oak country chairs, carvers with high backs and saddled seats
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A mahogany extension dining table, with 'D Ends' 2 extension leaves and removable legs
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Victorian twin pedestal desk, embossed leather top with nine drawers
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English oak three bottle tantalus, brass bound English oak tantalus with three cut crystal inset decanters on drawer mechanism (no key)
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Duplex antique banquet lamp, Victorian clear glass reservoir oil lamp with heavily etched crystal light shade
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Victorian banquet lamp, a splendid 19th century table centrepiece with etched pressed ruby glass shade and ruby milk glass reservoir on dynamic birdcage gallery base in brass, height 71 cm
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Oak office chair, with swivel base and leather seat with makers label Hj knee Troughbridge UK
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Persian Mashad rug, handwoven wool, red ground with floral design and central medallion 384 x 295 cm
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Victorian open armchair, carved walnut frame with velvet upholstery
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Fire-Side pole screen, 19th century adjustable stand with two screen hand embroidered in Berlin-work (glass beading)
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A Swiss parquetry table, circular inlaid tilt-top
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Silver plate tray Christoffle silverplated tray, large gallery tray with beaded edge and twin scrolled handles, width 66 cm
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A Chinese rosewood coffee table, inlaid with mother of pearl floral and foliate decorations
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English Majolica pedestal, 19th century. Golden yellow glazed with panels of sun flowers in high relief, height 60 cm
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The original Chesterfield Company, burgundy leather 3 seater sofa with deep buttoned back
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Persian Tabriz rug, handwoven wool light red ground, floral design with central medallion 380 x 295 cm
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An exquisite William IV sideboard, superb flame mahogany breakfront cabinet on twin pedestals
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A pair of antique Chinese rosewood chairs, both in traditional style with open arms and solid seat with traces of original finish
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Silk rug, handwoven pure silk, traditional design with central medallion 210 x 120 cm
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Impressive large ovoid pot, early south East Asian pot, heavily glazed in dark brown finish, original cork stopper, height 50 cm
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Antique tin food cover, pressed tin with pierced gallery and embossed top and flush handled top
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Antique tin food cover, pressed tin with pierced gallery and embossed top
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Rare French Industrial Lockers, original 1920's French 'Forge de Strasbourg' metal industrial lockers, comprising 5 doors with original hardware and painted finish
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Rare Scottish rocking chair, 19th century bobbin turned frame with hinged back and original woven seagrass seat
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John Hinge, 'New morning on Walker Flat' water colour, signed lower right 48 x 69
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Artist unknown, a painting after the boy, St John the Baptist oil painting on reinforced canvas, unsigned 56 x 45 cm
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Chainsaw sculpture, red gum, depicting bust of Indigenous man, artist unknown, height 60 cm
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P.N.G. Ancestral mask, carved and paint finish
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Occasional table, carved with elephant shaped legs
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An important Iatnul orator's Pulpit, Papua New Guinea C.1960, from the Iatnul and related Chambri people, quality craftmanship with the use of human hair, cassowary feathers, seashells various grasses and polychrome painted finish. (They are used as a type of Lectern, where the speaker stands in front of the pulpit whilst delivering his speech.) Exhibited: Brisbane trade 1988, height 300 cm
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P.N.G. Ancestral figure, Kamanibit, decorated with shells, grasses and ochre pigment finish, height 130 cm
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Polynesian tribal drum, tall, carved from hollowed palm tree with pigskin top, height 95 cm
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Solid Redgum pot, large turned timber
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A Japanese tree root stool, hand crafted from hardwood C.1920, height 90 cm
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Taxidermy zebra skin, life size full body skin in excellent order
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Persian carpet, multi-colour floral, 300 x 210 cm
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A leather inset desk, with sloping central writing top, drawers and compartment
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Vintage Japanese woodblock, 'Autumn moon of Higashiyama' by Mataichiro Isoan c.1950's, signed by the artist
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Artist unknown, 'After the Triumph of Bacchus' oil on canvas, unsigned, 26 x 21 cm
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Fred Klix, 'Beach, South Australia' oil on board, signed lower left, 29 x 36 cm
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J. Brown, two oil paintings on canvas with fishing boats, signed
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Lidia Groblicka, 'Hills' wood cut 19/20, signed lower right, 55 x 42 cm
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The Petrell yacht at Portsmouth, a wool-work embroidery by hand, 19th century, 52 x 66 cm
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Henny van Den Wildenberg, 'Nude Study' charcoal and wash, unsigned, 47 x 27 cm
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Lidia Groblicka, 'Meadows' wood cut 11/20, signed lower right, 38 x 45 cm
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Daisey Smith (D.1940 UK), 'Kookaburras' water colour on linen, signed lower right, 37 x 37 cm
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Louis Kahan, 'Master and Pupil I' etching A.P. Signed lower right, 25 x 20 cm
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John Dowie, two ink sketches of 'Paris' signed and framed, 17 x 11 cm each
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Lidia Groblicka, 'Nowy Sacz' wood cut artist proof, signed lower right, 26 x 34 cm
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John Lennon, 'Imagine Peace' serigraph 246/300, hand signed with stamp, by Yoko Ono Lennon, 31 x 22 cm (certificate of authenticity)
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A French oil painting, by Meuris, French coastal scene, signed lower right, 29 x 34 cm (oval)
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Fred Klix, 'Brachina Gap, Flinders Ranges, SA' oil on board, signed lower right, 36 x 44 cm
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Duresta Plantation couch, 4 seater leather couch, hand made in England, some wear to cushion piping and arms
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