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 Collection of Leo Schofield at Dysart House, Kempton, Tasmania — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:581
Sale Title:The Collection of Leo Schofield at Dysart House, Kempton, TasmaniaLots with images:571
Auction Location:HobartPrices available:460
Date:23-Oct-2011
***
A silver mounted cowrie shell snuff box, English, dated 1800, engraved: Buphemia Mayne, from William Walker esq, 1800 crested with a swan and initialled
***
***
***
A silver mounted cowrie shell snuff box, English, circa 1800, crested with a deer's head and engraved with a motto: Si Je Puis
***
***
***
A silver mounted cowrie shell snuff box, London small letter h circa 1820, the mounts and hinges silver-gilt on the inside
***
***
***
A pair of Regency Sheffield plate sauce tureens, English circa 1810, crested with an ostrich. 19 cm high
***
***
***
A fine pair of pepper pots and covers, London small year letter h, 9 cm high. Crested and engraved 'Pepper'
***
***
***
A pair of good George IV mahogany sideboards, English, circa 1825, with fine quality brass back-rail Provenance: Purchased for Elizabeth Bay house, Sydney, by William (bill) Bradshaw and Paul Kenny
***
***
***
A pair of carved Carrara marble plaque of two cupids, Italian, 17/18th century
***
***
***
A pair of Copenhagen circular white bisque porcelain plaques of classical maidens, after Bertil Thorvaldsen, Danish, 19th century
***
***
***
Ainsi par la Vertu s'eleveni les Herps and Il Est d'un Roi de se Vaincre soi-meme, Sui Victoria indicat Regem Sic Virtus evehit ardena
***
***
***
Ima Veduta del Porto D'Ancona and Iida Veduta Del Porto D'Ancona a Sua Maesta Maria Carolina d'Austria Regina delle due Sicilie
***
***
***
The Lottery and an emblematic print on the South Sea, designed by W Hogarth pair of monochrome engravings
***
***
***
A Regency gilt and black decorated convex wall mirror, English, circa 1820, 83 cm high, 63 cm diameter
***
***
***
A pair of gilt bronze and bronze oil lamps, labelled Carcel, Rue L'Andre Paris, 19th century
***
***
***
A pair of brass and glass candlesticks, Regency style
***
***
***
A George IV mahogany console table, with Connemara marble top, possibly Irish, circa 1825
***
***
***
A good large Sheffield-plate rectangular soup tureen, liner and cover, English, circa 1820, applied with an engraved coat of arms in silver
***
***
***
A Georgian Sheffield plate circular warming dish, by Matthew Boulton, English, circa 1800, with engraved crest, a barons coronet 4 cm high 23 cm diameter Provenance: Warwick Oakman antiques, Hobart
***
***
***
A collection of thirteen silver dessert spoons, various Victorian hallmarks
***
***
***
A pair of silver-plated circular wine coasters, English, circa 1820, 5 cm high, 14 cm diameter
***
***
***
An 18 piece Copeland dessert service, English, circa 1850
***
***
***
A large silver oval meat-cover, by R & W Sorley, Glasgow, 1899. Provenance: Christie's Melbourne March 2001 lot 362
***
***
***
A pair of brass and glass Regency style candlesticks, English, 19th century with star cut storm shades, adaptable as wall brackets
***
***
***
A collection of twenty-five silver plus one plated table forks, mostly Victorian hallmarks
***
***
***
A matching set of twelve each ivory handled knives and forks, English, 19th century
***
***
***
A suite of very good quality dining glasses, circa 1900
***
***
N/A
***
A collection of damask table cloths and napkins
***
***
***
A collection of eight silver plus one plated dessert forks, various Victorian hallmarks
***
***
***
A collection of various Georgian and Victorian fiddle pattern table spoons
***
***
***
Sixteen silver handled dessert and table knives
***
***
***
A collection of sixteen various Georgian and Victorian silver teaspoons
***
***
***
The celebrated convent called Paraglete in champagne
***
***
***
A mezzotint of cupids tempering their arrows, oval 28 x 36.5 cm, paper size 33 x 38 cm, Hogarth framed
***
***
***
Nymphs bathing and figures in strife by a raging weir, one with old label to verso: after the original painting in the collection of John Smith of Sydling in Dorsetshire, by repute owned by John Glover
***
***
***
Luigi Agricola dis, Gio Batta Lionetti incise Raffaelli Sanzio D'Urb dipin nel quarto del Parnasso al Vaticano
***
***
***
La Mort de Socrate, Peint par Louis David Grave par Jean Massard
***
***
***
Steel engraving, Quce Architectonice... Petri Aloysy carafe, Italian, 17th century
***
***
***
A general View of Palmira
***
***
***
A large mahogany extending dining table, English, circa 1850 stamped makers mark for William Smee & Sonss, with two extra leaves 71 cm high, 240 cm long extended
***
***
***
A pair of George IV mahogany pole screens, English, circa 1825
***
***
***
A fine George IV mahogany telescopic serving table or dumb waiter, English, circa 1825
***
***
***
A pair of moulded glass and etched glass candlesticks, French, circa 1880
***
***
***
A fine set of ten mahogany dining chairs, English, circa 1830, comprising two carvers and 8 standards
***
***
***
A pair of Georgian silver boat shaped pedestal salts
***
***
***
A Victorian silver fiddle and thread pattern soup ladle and a plated fiddle pattern example
***
***
***
A Georgian silver fiddle and thread pattern basting spoon, a plated basting spoon, five silver condiment spoons and a silver skewer
***
***
***
A boxed set of eighteen each silver plated fish knives and forks with crested ivory handles, in three tray mahogany case with crested brass tablet, the crest is that of the Priaulx family, Guernsey
***
***
***
A Victorian ivory handled bread-knife, English, 19th century
***
***
***
A blue banded and gilt part dinner service, retailed by Daniell, new Bond street and Wigmore street, London, English mid 19th century
***
***
***
A Chamberlains Worcester part dessert service, English, circa 1840, with wide duck egg blue borders ad gilt, comprising: 23 plates 23 cm four serving plates 27 cm and a pierced pedestal serving bowl 19 cm high, pattern number 3395 Provenance: Whitesides family Hobart. James Whitesides who traded as Whitesides & Co.arrived in Tasmania from Ireland in 1832, the firm was awarded a gold medal at the great Exhibition for furniture manufacturers. As well as manufacturing furniture, they imported goods for sale…
***
***
***
A Rosenthal blue banded porcelain part dinner service
***
***
***
A pair of prints of Collegium Medicumn and Die Blufegel, Les Sangsues after Louis Leopold Boilly, 27 x 21 cm and another stipple engraving of La terre, 14 x 16 cm
***
***
***
A set of six engravings of monuments
***
***
***
A set of six gilt white scroll edge dinner plates, English, mid 19th century, with iron red and black painted crests 26 cm diameter
***
***
***
A set of four ivory capstan-shaped salt and peppers
***
***
***
A carved sandstone bust of a maiden
***
***
***
A Carrara marble bust of a Vestal after Antonio Canova, Italian 19th century, the original version of this sculpture is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. 56 cm high
***
***
***
A collection of white Irish napery, in original gold medal brand boxes 40 x 25 and 29 x 22 cm This linen was supplied for use by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, their two Sons Prince Richard and Prince William, and staff when in 1946 they spent a two month holiday at Malunah, an historic Victorian mansion in Devonport, Tasmania, the Duke was then Governor-General of Australia.
***
***
***
A fine pair of silver rectangular tureens and covers, London 1804 by Robert Garrard, the finials in the form of a castle turret crested, bases with scratch weights 57.5 and 57.14 and numbered 3 and 4 305gms
***
***
***
A handsome pair of semi-reeded wine coolers and liners, English, first half of the 19th century
***
***
***
A rare large oval Sheffield-plate supper set with five lidded dishes inset into a bainmarie, English, circa 1810, the covers numbered 1-5
***
***
***
A silver plated part mesh meat cover, retailed by Hardy Brothers
***
***
***
La Montaine Percee and La Nappe d'Eau
***
***
***
Joannes Fole incisit et vendit, Nicolaus Posinus pinxit, Stephanus Fafenellin delineavit
***
***
***
A large gilt-wood over-mantel mirror, originally from Clutha, Hobart, circa 1835
***
***
***
A large Mason's Ironstone china Chartreusse pattern tureen, cover and stand, English, 19th century
***
***
***
A floral painted and green banded porcelain comport, English, mid 19th century
***
***
***
A set of six flight and Barr Worcester armorial plates, English first half of the 19th century
***
***
***
A turned Tasmanian blackwood urn and cover, 19th century, 27 cm high. Provenance: The collection of Harry and Christine Wright Gowan's Hobart June 3, 2005
***
***
***
A mahogany two division cutlery tray, English, circa 1800, 12 cm high, 37 cm long
***
***
***
A set of twelve each ivory handled table and dessert knives and forks, English, 19th century
***
***
***
A canteen of silver plated cutlery for six, by Elkington & Company, England
***
***
***
A Regency style bronze and glass argand lamp
***
***
***
A pair of cast iron Sphinx pattern andirons, English, 19th century
***
***
***
A pair of brass fire buckets and a set of firetools, 19th century
***
***
***
A stag-antler and steel carving set in case by Mappin & Webb, England
***
***
***
Four exceptional George III mahogany hall chairs, English by Thomas and G Seddon, London, English, circa 1800, bearing painted crests one stamped Tb, 92 cm high, seats 44 cm wide. Provenance: one pair Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney the other Horners Auctions Norfolk August 2005. Note: the Seddon family ran a large cabinetmaking and upholstery business in London from 1753 until the mid-19th century (C. Gilbert, pictorial Dictionary of marked London furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.414, fig. 821). A pair…
***
***
***
A gilt bronze and bronze Colza oil lamp, French, circa 1820, with glass shades, approx. 95 cm drop and 65 cm wide. Provenance: Hadspen house, Somerset, England
***
***
***
Adone prende congedo de venere per andarre alla caccia, Venere, Evfrosine, Aglaia, Talia, Ebe con aureo serto incoronata, G Tognoli dis.Ang bertini incise and D Marcetti incise, a set of four monochrome prints
***
***
***
Two carved pine architectural models
***
***
***
Marcus Aurelius on horse back, Carrara marble base inscribed and dated Mdxxxviii
***
***
***
Portrait of John Thomas Barber Beaumont, full-length, seated, in a black coat, holding a quill in his right hand, by a table with an inkstand and documents inscribed 'Thorley Sedgewick/..Mons', the County fire office beyond, Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1823, No. 189. Provenance: Christie's London, May 19, 2005, the Royal and Sun Alliance collection, Lot 41. John Thomas Barber Beaumont founded the County fire and Provident life Insurance offices in 1807, and the office's opening meeting is recorded as…
***
***
***
A mahogany extending dining table, with two additional leaves, possibly American, 19th century, 120 cm diameter closed, 74 cm high
***
***
***
Vedut Generale del Tempio di San Francesca di Paolo, 1823 pietra Ruga and Giuseppe Mochetti, a view of the Piazza Plebescito in Naples
***
***
***
Two painted wooden sphere finials, one with huon repairs
***
***
***
A George IV cast-iron stick stand, English, circa 1825. Provenance: John Williams collection
***
***
***
A white glazed multi specimen vase, 33 cm high
***
***
***
A fine George IV mahogany lobby console table, English or Scottish, circa 1825, with thick marble top. Provenance: John Hawkins Antiques, 2005
***
***
***
An unusual Berlin wool-work and oak key case, 19th century, with gilt frame edge. Provenance: Paul Kenny, Sydney
***
***
***
A hand coloured engraving of an auricula, E D Smith del, pub by J Ridgway Piccadilly 1827 and L Watts sc
***
***
***
A bronze plaque, Michelangelo
***
***
***
A taxidermist's model of a Cape Barren Goose
***
***
***
Two carved horn handled walking sticks and an antler walking stick, 19th century
***
***
***
A polo stick and a croquet mallet
***
***
***
A whalebone and lignum vit' walking cane and three other walking canes with metal mounts, all 19th century
***
***
***
A collection of seven natural cane walking sticks
***
***
***
A fine whalebone walking cane, 19th century
***
***
***
A carved whalebone walking cane with dogs head terminal, 19th century, 70 cm long
***
***
***
A carved Malacca walking cane and three other wood and antler walking canes, all 19th century
***
***
***
Four neo-Pompeian gouaches of emblematic female figures Michelangelo Maestri, Italian, 19th century, four classical figure studies, each approximately 41 x 30 cm, two of these subjects are illustrated in Pompei XVIII Siecle, Gouaches, published by Musee du Louvre, Paris 1992
***
***
***
A fine Regency period ebonised and parcel gilt scroll end neo-Egyptian settee, English, circa 1815 covered in striped gold silk.
***
***