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Decorative Arts & Collectables, Day One — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:754
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & Collectables, Day OneLots with images:713
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:698
Date:23-Jun-2024
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Gordian Hettich Sohn antique black forest 'Trumpeter' table clock, 19th century, movement stamped 'G.H.S.', 72 cm high
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An antique German 'Rooster' clock in walnut case with pierced fretwork sides, 19th century, back plate stamped 'I.B.', note: no rear door, 56 cm high
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An antique black forest cuckoo wall clock with original wooden framed spring driven movement in carved timber case, 19th century, with hand-written dedication affixed to reverse dated 1892. Note: finely carved original bone hands. 54 cm high overall. Note: finely carved original bone hands. 54 cm high overall including pendulum drop.
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Ansonia antique American mantle clock with cherub figures, 19th century, 53 cm high
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An antique English lantern clock with weight driven 30 hour movement, early 20th century, the case 37 cm high overall
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An antique English wall barometer with marquetry walnut case, the painted dial with French weather indications and printed retailer's label 'Fabrique En Angleterre Par E. B. Meyrowitz Inc., London, Paris & New York', late 19th century, 85 cm high
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Elephant mystery swinging clock, cast metal and marble, early 20th century, 27 cm high
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An antique English Goliath oversize pocket watch clock in unusual Sheraton Revival case and stand with bronze figural top, retailed by Vickery of Regent Street, London, 19th/20th century, 124 cm high
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A fine French Art Deco mantle clock with bronze panther statue decoration on marble base with time only movement and Roman numerals, circa 1930, 18 cm high, 57 cm wide
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'Pedlar' antique German figural clock with original painted metal finish, 19th century, 40 cm high
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An antique English long case grandfather clock in mahogany case with fine stringing, cross banding and satinwood bell inlay, full fluted columns to the hood and trunk and box style swan neck pediment, eight day time and bell striking movement with m
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An antique English grandfather clock in mahogany case with checkered string inlay, cross banding, swan neck pediment, and triple Gothic arched door, eight day time and bell striking movement with moonphase roller and painted dial with Roman numerals
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Seth Thomas vintage American wall clock in mottled black Bakelite case and 24 hour dial movement with black face, circa 1930s, 26 cm diameter
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An antique French brass cased carriage clock with key, 19th/20th century, 15 cm high overall
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An antique English two day marine chronometer with spring detent escapement in original mahogany case with brass gimble and fittings, dial marked 'Arnold & Dent, 84 strand, London' (no. 615), circa 1840.
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An antique Scottish marine chronometer with 56 hour up and down subsidiary dial and seconds dial, plus spring detent escapement movement, in original mahogany case with brass gimble and fittings, dial marked 'Christie & Wilson, 132 Broomielaw, Glasgow. With later travel case. Dial 9.2 cm diameter, the original case 19 cm high, 18 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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A fine antique French Anglaise grande sonnerie bell striking carriage clock with one piece enamel dial, Roman numerals, original silvered lever platform escapement, push button repeat and striking selection lever to the base, 19th century, 20 cm high
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An antique French gorge cased carriage clock retailed by Mappin & Webb, time and gong striking movement with push repeat feature and original silvered platform lever escapement, 19th century, back plate stamped 'L. F.' with oval patent mark stamped
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An antique English skeleton clock in glass dome with single train fusee movement, temperature compensated balance wheel with duplex style escapement, and Roman numerals, 19th century, 40 cm high overall
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A fine quality antique English regulator with Graham's deadbeat escapement, jewelled pallets, maintaining power, trapezoidal beat adjustment to the crutch, and pivot capped screw adjustment to the back plate. Silvered dial with standard regulator, 212 cm high. Provenance: Bonhams & Goodman, 'The Melbourne clock Museum', 29th April 2008, ($33,000)
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Samuel Townson (active circa 1700-1738) of London, fine William and Mary period spring table clock, 40 cm high, 26 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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Makura Dokei rare antique Japanese travelling spring table clock in fine shitan-wood case adorned with exceptional gilt metal fittings, chain fusee driven time train, going barrel bell striking with verge escapement and balance wheel, circa 1840, 18. Provenance: Purchased from Gerald E. Marsh of Winchester, U.K. December 2011. Previously: the John Read collection of fine antique Japanese Timekeepers, Bonhams, 11th May, 2010.
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Kake-Dokei rare antique Japanese weight driven lantern wall clock in fine elm case, dual foliot balance with verge escapement and bell striking, circa 1840, the case 23 cm high. Provenance: Leonard Joel Auctions, Melbourne, 20th, November, 2011. Provenance: Leonard Joel Auctions, Melbourne, 20th, November, 2011
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A rare antique Japanese miniature weight driven pillar clock in rosewood case with one day verge and balance wheel time only movement, circa 1850, 26 cm high. Provenance: The Hose collection, Leonard Joel Auctions, Melbourne, 25th June, 2018. Provenance: The Hose collection, Leonard Joel Auctions, Melbourne, 25th June, 2018.
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An early Japanese Kake-dokei two train weight driven, bell striking wall clock, with silk suspended verge pallets, circa 1690, 38 cm high overall. Provenance: Purchased from Gerald E. Marsh antique clocks, Winchester U.K. In January, 2012. Provenance: Purchased from Gerald E. Marsh antique clocks, Winchester U.K. In January, 2012
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A fine antique English travelling timepiece in rosewood lancet case with chain fusee and superb engine turned gilt dial with fine heart shaped spade hands and Roman numerals, in the manner of the great English carriage clock manufacturers, circa 184
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An antique English Regency patinated bronze and black marble desk pocket watch stand with finely cast pineapple finial, circa 1820s; together with an antique silver cased pocket watch by Waltham with Appleton, Tracey & Co. Movement, (2 items), an antique English Regency patinated bronze and black marble desk pocket watch stand with finely cast pineapple finial, circa 1820s; together with an antique silver cased pocket watch by Waltham with Appleton, Tracey & Co. Movement, (2 items)
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A German 400 day anniversary clock in glass dome, 20th century, 31 cm high
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An antique French carriage clock with enamel dial and Arabic numerals, housed in original green leather travel case, 19th century, 13.5 cm high overall
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Antique English pocket watch in later gimbled timber case, enamel dial marked 'Ganthony, Cheapside, London, 3402', 19th century and later, the case 10 cm high, 9 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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An antique French mantle clock in brass lancet top case with ruby and clear glass checkerboard motif, eight day time and strike movement with mercury pendulum, 19th century, 30 cm high
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An antique English oversized pocket watch in silvered case with Roman numerals, housed in original mahogany travel case branded 'Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.', 19th century, the case 14 cm high overall
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A Goliath nickel plated oversized pocket watch with crown wind and Roman numerals, retailed by 'Cooke & Kelvey, Calcutta' housed in original scarlet leather easel style travel case, 19th century, 21 cm high overall
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A vintage English nickel plated eight day wall clock and matching barometer, mounted on timber board, mid 20th century, 26 cm wide overall
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Tiffany & Co. Antique French 'Pendule d'Officer' brass cased travelling clock with time only movement and bell striking alarm, one piece white enamel dial, gilt pierced hands with alarm subsidiary below '12', circa 1900, 14 cm high
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A Georgian oak long case clock, circa 1760, 240 cm high, 38 cm wide, 24 cm deep
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Chelsea bulkhead ship's clock in brass case with silver dial with Arabic numerals, sounding the watch bells, mounted on later mahogany mantle case, 20th century, 25 cm high overall
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An antique Vienna regulator wall clock with time only single weight driven movement in walnut case, 19th century, 114 cm high
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Waltham antique American travelling timepiece with enamel dial, Arabic numerals, crown wind and time set below the 6, mounted to a Bakelite stand, early 20th century, 14 cm high
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An antique American drop dial wall clock in walnut case, with eight day time and strike movement, 19th century, 70 cm high
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An antique poker work pocket watch stand in the form of a grandfather clock; together with an antique sterling silver pocket watch with fusee movement, 19th century, 32 cm high
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An antique pocket watch stand in the form of a grandfather clock; together with an antique silver cased pocket watch, 19th century, 31 cm high
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An antique French carriage clock with enamel dial and Roman numerals, 19th/20th century, 15 cm high overall
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An attractive antique watchmaker's indexing lathe, 19th century, 26 cm high, 26 cm wide
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An antique French lantern clock in brass case with pewter dial and Roman numerals, 19th century, 22 cm high
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Zenith Swiss mantle clock in fine walnut case with eight day movement, second subsidiary dial, Arabic numerals plus rare bezel wind and hand set mechanism, early 20th century, 17 cm high
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An antique English mantle clock with French movement in mahogany case with string inlaid decoration, early 20th century, 15.5 cm high, 28.5 cm wide
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An unusual wooden wall clock with foliot escapement, made from Tasmanian huon pine, circa 2000, 38 cm high
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Two spherical skeleton clocks and a desk weather station in the form of a tumbling box, 20th century, (3 items), the weather station 17 cm high
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Three vintage Swiss table clocks, 20th century, the largest 11 cm high
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A vintage skeletonised automotive clock with crown wind, mounted in later housing, the clock 7.5 cm high
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Zenith Swiss eight day automotive clock with bezel wind mechanism, 9.5 cm diameter overall
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An attractive vintage automotive clock in nickel case with Roman numerals, by a. Sellar, 7 cm diameter
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Cyma attractive vintage Swiss travel clock in original brown folding wallet, early 20th century, the wallet 11 cm high
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Barigo German desk weather station in dome with barometer, thermometer and hygrometer, late 20th century, 17 cm high
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A pair of antique English Sheffield Plate three branch candelabra, 19th century, 47 cm high, 45 cm wide
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Jaeger Lecoultre table clock in square form gilt brass case, eight day spring movement with lever escapement and date aperture with push button set, silvered dial, baton numerals, 20th century, 13 cm high
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An antique English round topped mercury wheel barometer in mahogany case with mercury thermometer and 10' dial, engraved 'John Pensotti, Gravesend', circa 1860, 100 cm high
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Negretti & Zambra antique English Fortin mercury stick barometer, with mercury thermometer, in a fine polished brass case, late 19th century, meteorological office plate no. 1201, with original wall mount gimble, 89 cm high
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Spencer Browning & Co. Of London, antique English bow fronted marine barometer in rosewood and mother of pearl case, with ivory register plates surrounded in quality brass mouldings, circa 1860, (later brass wall mount gimble), 95 cm high
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An antique pocket barometer in gilt metal case bearing broad arrow mark, with crown set altimeter scale and later stand, 19th century, 9.5 cm high overall
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An antique patinated spelter statue of a boy titled 'Whistler', together with an antique spelter bust of Charles Napier, 19th century, (2 items), 23 cm and 13 cm high
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Three antique English gilt metal document clips, two bearing diamond pattern registration marks, 19th century, the largest 10.5 cm high
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An antique compensated surveying aneroid pocket barometer/altimeter by E. R. Watts & Son, London, no. 2368, 12 cm high
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Obelisks: antique variegated green marble ornament, together with a solid cast bronze example, 19th century, 29 cm and 19 cm high
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An impressive antique Indian puzzle padlock with four keys finished in silver bidri ware, 19th century, 15 cm high
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An antique Indo-Persian iron padlock with key, 19th century, 11 cm high
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An antique oil lamp with case metal pagoda base, blue pressed glass font, duplex black button double burner and chimney with later frosted glass shade, 19th century, 71 cm high overall
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Two antique Bismarck style oil lamps, one in milk glass with single burner and the other with milk glass shade on cast metal vase base and single burner, 19th/20th century, the larger 52 cm high overall
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An antique adjustable library lamp with brass base, font and green glass shade, early 20th century, 55 cm high
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An antique brass desk candelabra with black metal shades, 19th/20th century 49 cm high
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A pair of fine antique carved cameo shell candle light shades, fitted with original candle clips, 19th century, 10.5 cm high
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An antique Anglo-Chinese campaign secretaire chest in camphor wood with ebony stringing and reeded mouldings, circa 1845, 104 cm high, 95 cm wide, 42 cm deep
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An early Colonial Australian tea table with fold-over top, constructed from solid slabs of casuarina and cedar, circa 1840, 75 cm high, 92 cm wide, 45 cm deep (closed)
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An antique mahogany tilt-top wine table, 19th century, 68 cm high, 45 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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An antique Colonial Australian cedar servery table with two drawers, bull nose moulded edge and double tulip turned tapered legs, full cedar construction, New South Wales origin, circa 1845, 90 cm high,152 cm wide, 55 cm deep
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An Australian cedar secretaire chest of four drawers with cock-beaded decoration and casuarina veneered drawer blades, triple reeded top and base mouldings standing on bracket feet. Well fitted interior with pigeonhole compartments and casuarina fro
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An antique American twin pedestal oak roll-top desk, circa 1890, baring maker's plaque 'B. Souto & Co. New York, U.S.A.', 1180 cm high, 121 cm wide, 76 cm deep
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An antique Australian cedar centre table with oval top, South Australian origin, 19th century, 74 cm high, 107 cm wide, 75 cm deep
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An antique Australian cedar estate cabinet, New South Wales origin, mid 19th century, 211 cm high, 126 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A gent's antique cedar chair, scroll arms with foliate scroll crest to the back, South Australian origin, circa 1870
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A fine Colonial Australian cedar library armchair with ornate carved back and hand rests, mid 19th century, 51 cm across the arms
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A Colonial Australian cedar carver chair with stretcher base, South Australian origin, mid 19th century, 49 cm across the arms
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An Australian cedar spade back library chair with black leatherette upholstered seat and arms, New South Wales origin, 19th century, 53 cm across the arms
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A Colonial Australian cedar carver chair with spade back, Sydney origin, circa 1850s, 54 cm across the arms
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An impressive custom-made Australian cedar library bookcase with full cedar construction and astragal glazed doors, 20th century, an imposing 260 cm high, 214 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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A Colonial Australian cedar meat-safe pantry with turned legs, New South Wales origin, circa 1865, 182 cm high, 88 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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An antique Australian cedar two door glazed bookcase, New South Wales origin, 19th century, 222 cm high, 130 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A rare antique Australian blackwood smoker's bow armchair, 19th century, 64 cm across the arms
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An Australian cedar two door bookcase, 19th century, 215 cm high, 76 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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An antique Australian cedar carver chair, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 49 cm across the arms
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An antique Australian cedar breakfast table with tilt-top, 19th century, 75 cm high, 107 cm diameter
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An antique Australian cedar tea table with oval top and pedestal base, 19th century, 74 cm high, 103 cm wide, 70 cm wide
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An antique English walnut salon chair with green upholstery, late 19th century, 66 cm across the arms
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A Viennese bentwood bar chair, 19th/20th century
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A demi-lune fold-over occasional table with gate leg in the Georgian style, 20th century, 72 cm high, 45 cm wide, 22 cm deep (extends to 44 cm)
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Two pairs of antique brass candlesticks, 19th century, 42 cm and 23 cm high
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An antique Sheffield Plated candle holder with wheel cut glass shade, 19th century, 44 cm high
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An antique brass tatting light, 19th century, 39 cm high
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A pair of brass based lamps with ruby glass shades, 19th century, 24 cm high
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