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July Art and Antique Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:738
Sale Title:July Art and Antique AuctionLots with images:52
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:538
Date:19-Jul-2011
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An ink and watercolour sketch of a sheep by Mey Lin Han with calligraphic signature and two red seal chops. Fixed to card backing. 35 cm x 34 cm
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An ink sketch of three crabs by Liang Chi Qi. With calligraphic inscription and signature and a red seal chop mark. Affixed to card. c.1960’s-70’s. 34.5 cm x 35 cm
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An old and considerably worn Chinese ink stone of rectangular shape held within a conforming shaped rosewood lidded box. The stone with calligraphic inscription and seal mark to the side walls and back. Case dimension 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 3.5 cm
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A Chinese soapstone seal, oblong shape, finely engraved to the four sides with a landscape, a circular medallion and calligraphy, the base intaglio engraved with a four character seal chop. Height 9.5 cm
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A Chinese porcelain plate, decorated with millefiori in coloured enamels on a black ground. Qianlong stamped to reverse. Diameter 18.5 cm
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A Chinese ink painting by Ying Jia, of shrimps. With calligraphic inscription and red seal chop mark. Distressed. 90 cm x 48 cm
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A Chinese calligraphic ink scroll. With red seal chop mark. 130 cm x 33 cm
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A simulated red coral calligrapher’s brush, the handle decorated with a sinuous dragon and a ho-ho bird. Length 40 cm
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A large famille rose jug, octagonal form and decorated in traditional colours and scenes. Height 150, diameter 10 cm
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A famille rose plate, decorated in traditional colours and scenes. Diameter 21.5 cm
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A large Chinese inverse baluster lidded jar, decorated in Canton enamels with an encircling scene of noblemen, visitors and attendants in a fenced garden, the cover of similar design but associated. Slight faults. Height 41.5 cm
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A carved piece of Australian fire opal modelled with a dragon and a Manchurian crane. Width 6 cm
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A 20th century Chinese famille rose glazed porcelain bowl. Decorated with panels of figures and flowers to the interior and exterior. Diameter 15 cm
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A large Chinese rosewood ruyi sceptre set with three green jade discs with finely carved decoration of fish, lotus flowers, vases and symbols, the bridge section with fine silver wire inlay depicting calligraphic symbols. Length overall 56 cm. The frame with repair
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A Chinese clear glass snuff bottle with fine internal painted decoration of an extensive landscape, tall oval form, with stopper
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Two small old Chinese green jade carvings, the God of Longevity with staff. Height 7.5 cm
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A Chinese bronze ding and cover, modelled after the archaic, raised on three elongated legs issuing from the mouths of mythical beasts. The base cylindrical with an everted rim, the cover of high dome shape with conforming bas relief decoration to the base, and with a simple pierced upper section, beneath a simple large knopped finial. Height 47 cm
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A Chinese Zitan wood square section vase. Carved within rectangular fielded panels to either side with depictions of archaic vases with flowers and on alternating sides with calligraphic inscriptions in bas relief. Height 15.5 cm
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An old Chinese carved peach pip, as a monkey holding a bunch of fruit. Length 2.5 cm
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A set of eight old Chinese ink stones all decorated in relief and with traces of original gilding, in original fitted box
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A Chinese four section wall hanging panel art work, carved in shallow relief, lacquered and gilded with water lilies and cranes, gilded ground, in tones of green, blue, red and ivory, black lacquer frame, each panel 91 cm x 30 cm
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An old Chinese ink block in the shape of a low oblong table with painted and gilded decoration of deified sage, attendant and kylins. Length 24.5 cm. Signed and in original box
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A bronze standing Buddha figure. Modelled in open handed mudra with reverse swastika emblem to chest standing before an ornate foliate mandala raised on a lotus plinth and octagonal base. Height 26 cm
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A pair of bronze and parcel gilt lion dogs. Modelled in mirrored stances, each with its head turned and an open mouth. Old verdigris patination. Length 9 cm
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A Chinese bronze, bottle form vase with two lug handles on the shoulder. The body decorated with relief panels of Shao Lao and a deer reserved on a field decorated with lotus flowers and tendrils. Four character seal mark under the base. Height 19 cm
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A small jade boulder, decorated with carved trees, in a light caramel with the trees in a darker caramel. Height 65, width 75, depth 2.5 cm
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An old Japanese ivory netsuke, boy with horse puppet along side a large bird, finely engraved and stained decoration. Length 45, signed
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A coloured ivory netsuke, standing man with whisk and sack. Height 50, signed
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A Japanese fine porcelain teaset with gilt decoration on matt black ground of a pagoda, shrine and landscape with chevron border, the base of the cups embossed with the portrait of a geisha. Six cups, saucers and plates, sugar, cream and teapot
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An Imari ovoid jar, decorated in typical iron red and underglaze blue, along with an Imari plate and a Chinese blue and white export ware plate, faulted
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A Japanese Imari gourd shaped bottle vase, decorated in iron red and underglaze blue with floral motifs and mon. Height 17 cm
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A fine Japanese translucent porcelain plate, painted with a scene of figures, pagoda and temples at Lake Biwa, three character mark verso. Diameter 16.5 cm
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A Japanese wakazashi in ox-blood red and nashiji and textured lacquer saya. The blade (48.4 cm) with distinct hamon and slight areas of oxidation. The iron tsuba with open work decoration of crows perched and in flight. The silk bound haft (not removed) with shakudo fuchi carved with waves and gilded seashells, the gilt metal menuki of dragons entwined about a double edged sword. Overall in saya 70 cm. Collected by a JForce member
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An old Japanese Nabashima footed bowl, the interior with underglazed blue decoration with blossoms, landscape and wheel motifs, the exterior with three groups of coins tied with ribbons, the foot with comb design. Diameter 18.5 cm
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A Satsuma earthenware vase, ovoid shape, painted with an encircling processional scene of a shogun’s supporters bearing palanquin banners and boxes. A diaper pattern in gilt and various colours decorate the shoulder. Signed Yasui beneath a Shimazu mon. Height 15.5 cm
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A Satsuma earthenware vase, elongated ovoid shape, decorated in enamels and gilt with an encircling procession including an equestrian shogun riding amongst supporters and bearers. Signed Gyokushu. Slight restoration to shoulder. Height 48 cm
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A good quality Japanese Satsuma baluster vase painted and richly gilded with panels of figures on a cobalt blue ground. Height 15 cm. Painted character marks from the Meiji period
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A large and impressive old satsuma vase. Ovoid shape with capstan neck, two handles modelled as demons issue from the shoulder, decorated with two panels in high relief depicting allegorical and mythical scenes. The body decorated with various mons and scattered floral diaper patterns. The neck decorated with mythical beasts and chrysanthemum mons gilded patterned ground. Some professional restoration to figures. Signed with a two character mark under the foot - Ryokusan. Height 46.5 cm
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A pair of Japanese satsuma earthenware vases, ovoid shape. Decorated with panels of noblemen, shoguns and attendants. Old cracks to rim and foot. Height 24 cm
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A male pottery standing tomb figure, reputedly Han Dynasty, upper limbs absent, finely carved details to face, genetalia evident, supported on a contemporary acrylic stand. Height 55 cm
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A Japanese Meiji period black lacquer kimono stand, decorated with paulownia mon. Along with a Japanese wedding kimono decorated with silk embroidery
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A Japanese wedding kimono, decorated in gold and coloured thread embroidery with cranes in flight and flowers
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A Japanese wedding kimono, embroidered in gold and coloured silks with birds and flowers on a gold diaper pattern ground
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A Victorian period Staffordshire flatback spill vase in the form of a castle with clocks to the centre, some small chips. Height 195, width 18.5 cm
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A pair of Staffordshire fireside spaniels, gilt decoration. Height 22 cm
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A Victorian period Staffordshire spill vase in the form of a tree with a peacock and fox to the front, some damage. Height 19 cm
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A Victorian period Staffordshire flatback spill vase in the form of a country woman and sheep standing next to a tree. Height 25 cm
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An old majolica teapot in the form of the three legged man from the Isle of man. Height 23 cm
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A Victorian period Majolica teapot, Japanese aesthetic style with Japanese exterior decoration to sides. Height 5 cm
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A Victorian period Toby Jug teapot. Some damage. Height 22 cm
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A small Staffordshire flatback of Little Red Riding Hood. Height 17.5 cm
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A Victorian period Staffordshire flatback of a Scottish couple, the gent sits upon a floral framed clock face, painted in tones of cobalt, brick orange, etc. Height 17 cm
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A pair of Johannes Hedegaard, Victorian period Staffordshire flatbacks of male and female fish sellers, some damage. Height 34 cm
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A Victorian period Majolica game pie base in the manner of George Jones, decorated with hunting motifs in colours of blue, mustard, brown and white, the interior in a light lavender, lid missing and a chip to rim. Height 110, width 55, diameter 18.5 cm
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A pair of 19th century English green majolica plates, moulded with a decoration of lotuses. Diameter 23 cm
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Two French ‘Sarreguemines’ majolica plates. One decorated with robins perched on holly branches, the other with vine leaves and fruit. Diameter 10 cm
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Two Victorian Staffordshire poodle ornaments, one a single seated dog, the other a bitch and two pups. Both with old cracks. Height 14 cm
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Three Victorian Staffordshire poodle ornaments, two matching seated, the other modelled standing. Tallest 9 cm
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A Dresden bullet shaped teapot, wrythen moulded and decorated with floral festoons. Lid replaced. Along with a Meissen style porcelain lidded flask embellished with a strawberry vine. Losses. Height 15.5 cm
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An 18th century porcelain tea bowl, wrythen fluted and decorated with floral sprigs in enamel and gilt. Along with two tea bowls and saucers, one Meissen hardpaste, small rim frit
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Two miniature Staffordshire equestrian figures, a man and a woman, along with a Staffordshire pastille burner modelled as a house. Height 10.5 cm
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A Wedgwood oval sauce tureen and cover, along with a diamond shaped dish decorated in the same cobalt blue and gilt pattern. Impressed marks. Crack to dish
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An English soft paced porcelain plate decorated in underglaze blue with a basket of flowers within a diaper pattern and pierced border. Diameter 18 cm
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A KPM porcelain cup and cover, the hemispherical bowl decorated with panels painted with summer flowers, within gilt shell moulded borders, reserved on a background of soft turquoise. Two caryatid handles, embellished with gilt issue from the sides, the slightly domed cover decorated with three conforming panels and surmounted by a leaf and ball finial. Diameter 11.5 cm. Provenance: ex. Florence court, the Seabrook collection. Restoration to lid
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A Mintons cabinet plate, painted with a wreath of roses within a turquoise and gilt border, further decorated with roses and jewelled festoons. Along with a Royal Crown Derby cabinet plate painted with roses and summer flowers by S. Gareth within a forest green border with moulded and gilded fruiting grape vine decoration. Diameter 23 cm
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Four various Royal Crown Derby Imari pattern cups and saucers, along with a milk jug and sugar bowl in the same pattern variant
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A Royal Worcester cream jug and sugar bowl, moulded with acanthus leaves to the walls and gilt washed finish. c.1903. Height (jug) 9 cm
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A Royal Worcester flatback jug, decorated with summer flowers on a blush ground, gilt loop handle. Puce mark, shape 1094. c.1908. Height 13 cm
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A Dr Wall period Worcester coffee can and saucer decorated in the blue lily pattern (chips), along with a Royal Worcester coffee can and saucer painted with floral sprays, puce mark, c.1879
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A Worcester shallow tazza painted to the centre with a monogram formed of summer flowers within a Greek motif, turquoise and gilt border. Along with a Granger & Co. shallow tazza modelled after a Greek kylix. Painted to the centre with a scene of the town of Worcester within a gilt and jade green border. Two gilded athenian handles issue from the sides. Both with factory marks. Diameter 22.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester plate painted with Norwich Cathedral, together with a Royal Worcester jug, the spout in the form of a face, decorated with wild flowers and moulded leaves in relief. Diameter 270, height of jug 12 cm
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A Royal Worcester ‘Sabrina’ porcelain vase. Decorated in cobalt with fish and pond weeds highlighted with gilt. Heavily cracked. Height 25 cm
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A Royal Worcester lizard ewer. Squat circular shape, moulded in high relief with a lizard climbing up the basket wall, the handle modelled as a branch. Blush ivory ground with gilt enrichment. Black mark, shape 1714, c. 1903. Height 14.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester candle snuffer modelled as a monk, black mark c.1951, height 12.5 cm. Along with a nun candle snuffer, black mark c.1954, height 9.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester plate, painted by Harry Stinton with a scene of Chepstow Castle, within an etched gilt border incorporating Greek kylix motifs framed by a pale lemon yellow border. Serpentine rim with gilding. Puce mark, signed, entitled verso, c.1936. Diameter 22 cm
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A Royal Worcester Nautilus shell vase, in white porcelain, the shell raised on a branch of coral from a plinth embellished with moulded shells. Green mark, c.1960’s, shape 101. Height 6.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester shallow dish painted to the centre with rose buds and flowers on a blush ground within a gilded order. Puce mark, c.1918. Diameter 12 cm
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A Royal Worcester bottle shaped specimen vase, the squat circular body painted with roses in the manner of Kitty Blake, the trumpet neck moulded with acanthus at the mouth and embellished with gilding. Green mark, shape G702, c. 1912. Height 14 cm
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A Royal Worcester flatback jug, decorated with roses in the manner of Millie Hunt on a soft ivory ground, gilt loop handle. Puce mark, shape 1094, c.1910. Height 10.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester ewer vase, painted and gilded with floral tendrils and sprigs on an ivory ground with a trailing acanthus gilded handle. Puce mark, shape 1439, c. 1892. Height 15 cm
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A Royal Worcester cabinet plate, painted to a central medallion with a pheasant cock and hen by James Stinton within a broad cobalt border decorated with gilt rococo cartouches and floral swags and festoons. Rope edge moulded serpentine rim. Puce mark c. 1932. Diameter 24 cm
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A Royal Worcester figure by Freda Doughty ‘Grandmother’s Dress’. Celadon green colourway. Shape 383081, c.1960’s. Height 17 cm
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A Royal Worcester figure modelled by Freda Doughty ‘Monday’s Child’ Black mark c.1956, shape 3519, height 18 cm. Restored
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A Royal Worcester figure modelled by Freda Doughty ‘The Parakeet’, black mark, c.1960’s, shape 3087. Height 17.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester small vase painted with roses in the manner of Kitty Blake. Squat circular shape with gilded raised panels to the shoulder and neck. Puce mark, c.1940’s, shape H175. Diameter 9 cm
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A Royal Worcester small vase, conical shape with a flaring scalloped mouth, painted with roses in the manner of Millie Hunt. Green mark, c.1915, shape G957. Height 8.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester potpourri vase, painted with roses by J. Ansell. Hadley shape, squat circular with a gilded scalloped mouth, raised on four gilded feet and with a pierced gilded cover with cupola finial. Black mark, c.1954, shape H261. Height 11 cm
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A Royal Worcester large trumpet vase, painted by E. Spilsbury with roses, gilded at the foot and mouth. Puce mark, c. 1917, shape G923. Height 19 cm
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An Edwardian period Royal Worcester part-dessert set, decorated with brightly coloured game birds in outdoor settings, the border of each plate decorated with black and white geometric shapes and country flowers, three plates and one compote, 1909
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A Royal Worcester vase, ovoid shape, painted with peaches and grapes on a mossy ground by Roberts. Black mark, c.1951, shape 2491. Height 14.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester small table jardiniere, painted by E. Spilsbury with roses. Squat circular shape. Puce mark, c.1928, shape F132. Diameter 10.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester tall ovoid vase, painted with roses in the manner of Millie Hunt, ovoid shape with small gilded trumpet mouth. Puce mark, c. 1923, shape 2491. Height 14 cm
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A good quality Royal Worcester plate painted with two flying moths, signed R. Austin, diameter 230, date marks c.1926 and retailer’s label, Flavelle Roberts & Sankey Ltd. Brisbane
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A small Royal Worcester lidded urn, round bulbous form on a small pedestal base, hand painted with wild flowers picked out in yellow, pink, red, blue and green with gold embellishments, gold highlights to lid, neck, handles and base, 1903. Height 18 cm
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A 19th century German Volkstedt Rudolstadt porcelain two-handled lidded urn vase encrusted with flowers and cherubs and painted with scenes of lovers. Height 25 cm. Lid repaired
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Three miniature 19th century French green majolica plates. One marked ‘Gien’. Small chips to underside of rims. Diameter 13 cm
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A Mintons vase, ovoid shape, raised on spreading circular plinth base. The body decorated in turquoise seaweed enamels and raised hand painted sprigs of holly and mistletoe. The mouth and foot with gilt detailing. Impressed marks. Height 13.5 cm
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A Meissen small porcelain covered dish, squat circular shape, decorated with panels of romantic couples after Fragonard, reserved on a duck egg blue ground. Raised on three square scroll feet and with a side issuing handle and acanthus finial, all embellished with gilt. Diameter 9 cm
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A Meissen 18th centuryporcelain figure of a young girl flautist, the dry base incised with the No. 2568. Her puce robe decorated with sprigs, she sits upon a rocky outcrop. Flute faulted and minor faults to a floral wreath in her ear. Height 13.5 cm
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A Derby style figurine of a lute playing shepherdess, modelled seated before bocage with companion sheep, raised on a scroll base. Incised beneath No. 301. Restoration. Height 18.5 cm
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