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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
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A rare Australian grand master's Lodge chair, Australian, Hobart, circa 1850, in blackwood with buttoned back, later upholstered in cut velvet. Provenance: The Greek hall, Federal Street, Hobart. Mossgreen Auctions. The Collection of rose and Nevin Hurst, October 2006
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The Cascatella of Tivoli and the Fishery
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Signor Avanti che la sera e tarda
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Les Navigatuers au Desespoir
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Anzu Force e'il migliore al paper mio. Felice e lieto e lo colma di brio Franc. Pedro sculp. Franc Maggiotto pinxt
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Vue du port de Cadiz, Grave par Allix, peint par Noel. Monochrome engraving. Burr walnut framed.
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An oval print of a classical scene - unloading a cart, Alessandro Allori inv. E del Mulinari sculp
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The Oracle
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A good antique Persian runner
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An antique Caucasian runner
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Cupid binding Aglaia and Cupid and Euphrosine, a pair of oval sepia coloured mezzotints by Thos. Burke London
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A rare set of four fine George IV mahogany hall chairs, English, circa 1810, each painted with a roundel bearing a crest
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A George IV mahogany hall chair, English, circa 1825
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An early Victorian cedar hall chair, English, circa 1845, with carved cartouche back
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A rare early Victorian carved cedar hall chair, Australian, circa 1845
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A Regency mahogany hall chair, English, circa 1815
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A fine pair of George IV mahogany hall chairs, English, circa 1825, the backs carved as swagged drapes
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A fine William IV rosewood open bookcase, English, circa 1835
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A rare George IV mahogany display cabinet, English, circa 1825, with later shells displays
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Love triumphs over reason
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La Creole Hosptaliere ou le chasseur egare grave par mitre dessine par descombee
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Retratos de Antonio Wandik, Fernand Selma lo grabo Antonio Wandik lo pinto. Monochrome engraving oval.
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Veduta del Foro Romano, Franco Morelli dis. Dated Roma 1796.
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Noble family in a garden, monochrome engraving. Paper size approx. 50 x 60 cm.
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Dr Shinefer le Chinois, Joh Elias Ridinger inv and sculpt. Monochrome.
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Simon Bolivar, painted by F Lima engraved by C turner. Mezzotint signee by Bolivar to the margin. 58 x 33 cm wide black and gilt glass fillet.
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Portrait of a young woman in peasant costume wearing a white blouse, red bonnet and a straw hat decorated with sealed flowers, 1827 signed, inscribed 'Venetins' and dated 1827 lower right. In original gilt-wood frame. Provenance: Dalia Stanley Auctioneers, March 2004. Bernhard Von Guerard and his Son Eugene are recorded to have made a trip to Switzerland together in the 1820s where they painted scenery and portraits of the locals.
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Still life game, in gilt wood frame
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A rare Regency sand-work picture of rabbits, English, 19th century, in period gilt wood frame. Provenance: The Auchinachie collection, Sydney.
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A rare Regency sand picture of a lion, English, 19th century, in period gilt wood frame Provenance: The Auchinachie collection, Sydney
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A fine quality bronze figure of Hermes, 19th century, This is after the statue of Hermes from La Villa Dei Papiri, Italy, Naples.
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A Victorian mahogany and marble top cylindrical bedside cupboard, English, circa 1880, 72 cm high, 40 cm diameter
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A mahogany cylindrical bedside cupboard, English, circa 1850
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A fine George IV mahogany music cabinet, English, circa 1825
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A fine and large George IV mahogany and rosewood chest of drawers, with two concealed frieze drawers, English, circa 1820
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A good cedar gentleman's armchair, Tasmanian origin, Australian, circa 1840. Provenance: Andrew Wright Auctions, April 6 2004
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A pair of white opaline glass hand and cornucopia specimen vases, French, circa 1850
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A pair of white Lillianware castle form spill vases, French, 19th century
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A white parian ware figure of the Duke of Wellington on socle base. Provenance: Lauderdale cottage, New Town, Hobart
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A painted metal oil lamp, French, 19th century
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Figures on a stage in collage form and highlighted with foil sequins and decorations
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Portait of Alexandre Dumas Pere, unsigned. Ebonised frame with gilt fillet.
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A pair of unusual print collage pictures, Continental 19th century, oval scenes of figures in landscape with animals and children, in ebonised frames. Image size 35 x 44 cm.
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A pair of unusual prick work paper and watercolour pictures, 18/19th century of a lady and gentleman
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Portait of Jenny Lind, Nach de Nat Allemandi, Verlag DRuck, L Sachse Berlin. Paper size 43 x 34 cm, signed by the sitter in the margin ebonized frame. Jenny Lind (1820-1887) was a celebrated soprano known as the Swedish Nightingale.
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A large clam-shell
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A Bohemian blue flashed glass beaker, Austrian, circa 185
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A pair of gilt-wood wall decorations of the form of folded and pierce-work linen
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A patinated metal money box in the form of a Medieval European building
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A fine large gilt-wood over-mantel mirror, with 'Curtain rod' top and finials, English, circa 1835
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A Regency mahogany linen press, English, circa 1820
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A rare pair of turned and reeded mahogany drapery rings, English, 19th century, approx. 35 cm high and 45 cm deep. Provenance: Christie's New York April 7 2004.
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A four poster bed, English, circa 1820, with mahogany posts
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A set of mahogany bed steps, English, circa 1840
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A rare travelling salesman's sample mirror, one side plain mirror glass, the other of Bristol blue glass inset with nine small convex mirrors, in fruitwood frame with two lines of stringing inlay. Indistinctly stamped 'Bowden & Company Looking Glass Manufacturers Bristol' English, circa 1815. 17 cm diameter.
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A Tekke design Balouchi rug
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Two fine quality wool-work and beadwork cushions
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A set of three fine Regency gilt bronze curtain bosses, English, circa 1820
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A Lloyd Loom laundry basket
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Ercole, C Vibio Volusaiano and Busto Incognito
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A Victorian gilt-wood overmantel mirror, English, circa 1860
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A Georgian mahogany hall chair, English, late 18th century
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A fine pair of painted plaster and gilt bronze candelabra figures by Humphry Hopper, English, early 19th century. Provenance: Christie's London April 2005
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A good quality purple ground porcelain and bronze oil lamp, French, 19th century
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A good cut glass and brass ceiling light
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A fine pair of Regency bronze figural candlestick lustres, early 19th century
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A pair of classical revival bronze oil lamp form covered urns, English, circa 1815
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A fine and large three branch bronze and glass ceiling light, English, circa 1850
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A fine set of set of ten gilt-wood chairs attributed to Gillows, English, circa 1870, Buttoned backs and seats covered in green velvet the castors stamped 'Cope / & Collinson / Patent', two chairs previously with a printed canvas label 'His Grace / the Duke of Westminster, G.C.V.O. D.S.O / Bourdon House / Davies Street / London, W.I.' . Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor and Ist Marquess of Westminster (d.1845) for Grosvenor house London and by descent to Anne, Duchess of…
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Portrait of young man holding music beside a piano, signed lower left. Gutzviller was a member of a family of painters working in Alsace form the 18th century to the late 19th centuries.
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A fine quality gilt-wood over-mantel mirror, English, circa 1830 the anthemion decorated frieze flanked by cinquefoils, the backboard bearing the trade label of 'Buchan & Sons, / House Decorators, / and Wholesale Glass Factors, / 159 High St. Southampton. / Picture Frames Made of Every Description / and Size, and a Very Large Variety of Patterns in / Compositions and Papier Mache, to Imitate / Oak, For Prints and Drawings Constantly / Kept. Pier, Chimney, Console, Dresden, / Girandole, and Dressing Glasses…
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A fine quality set of three brass fire tools, English, 19th century
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A brass and wire mesh fender, English, 19th century
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A gilt-wood and star decorated over-mantel mirror
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A good bentwood revolving music stool, Austrian, circa 1900
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A wool-work covered square stool on tuffet, English circa 1850
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A rosewood mirror back marble top console table, English, first half of the 19th century. Provenance: Christie's Melbourne, March 2002 Lot 187
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A large painted plaster figure of a classical maiden, 92 cm high
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A pair of bronzed metal urn form vases, circa 1920
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A pair of lavender blue opaline and gilt vases, French, 19th century
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A good quality brass bound mahogany peat or plate bucket, possibly Irish, circa 1800
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A three seater sofa covered in purple velvet
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A six-legged mahogany ottoman, English, circa 1825, covered now in purple velvet.
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A set of six solid ebony dining chairs, Anglo Indian, circa 1825. Provenance: Wf (bill) Bradshaw, Sydney
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A fine and rare set of eight solid ebony dining chairs, Anglo-Indian, circa 1815. Provenance: Christie's London. September 13, 2007
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A very fine gilt and brass mounted harp by Erard and retailed by T.J. Brown & Co., 12 Berners Street London, English circa 1820, with finely painted sound board and gilded decorations throughout, with eight pedals including a swell mechanism. Sebastian Erard, was born in Strasbourg on 5th April 1752 and his name was originally spelled Erhard. He moved to Paris in 1768, he worked for an unknown harpsichord maker. Erard wanted to explore the fundamentals of instrument making, it soon became apparent that…
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A fine quality and rare William IV rosewood revolving harp chair, English circa 1835
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A large neo-classical painted plaster figure of Athena, by James Deville, circa 1820, 148 cm high on square neo-classical base 85 cm high approx. 50 cm square impressed London Published Jun 1818 by F/J Deville James Deville (d. 1846) was among other individual makers such as Humphrey Hopper, Robert Shout and Francis Harenberg who were producing figurative lamps in plaster, borrowing models and motifs from the connoisseur-designer, Thomas Hope. Deville was described in the gentleman's magazine as 'A plaster…
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A George IV square piano by John Broadwood & Sonss, London, English, circa 1820. Provenance: Christies, Melbourne, 2002 lot 186
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A brass reading stand, French, 19th century
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A Victorian brass and cast iron music stand, English, 19th century
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An Regency penwork and brass music stand, English, circa 1810
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A Georgian mahogany sheet music stand, English, 19th century
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A pair of oils on canvas depicting the Falls of Clyde, Lanark, Scotland
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Four various fringed cut velvet cushions
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A mahogany four poster bed, English, circa 1840, 220 cm high, 138 cm wide, 200 cm long
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A Sheffield plate chamber candlestick by Mathew Boulton
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A Gothic style mahogany wall bracket, circa 1880
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A large William IV mahogany wardrobe, in the Gothic taste, English, circa 1835
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A William IV blackwood reclining armchair, English, circa 1830, with adjustable footrest
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