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The Dale Frank Collection of Early Colonial Furniture; Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts — Bonhams

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Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:453
Sale Title:The Dale Frank Collection of Early Colonial Furniture; Fine Furniture & Decorative ArtsLots with images:450
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:269
Date:20-Nov-2011
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A rare Chinese stoneware inverse teapot, 17th century style, possibly Song dynasty, the rustic inverted peach-shaped body with animal-like handle and moulded figures raised on an oval foot with glazed brown accents to, the spout, handle and body. Provenance: The collection of John and Maggie Russell, Presbyterian missionaries who built hospitals in China during, the second half 19th century, and thence by descent
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A blue-and-white ceramic bowl 19th century, the globular shaped body finely painted with landscape scene of a quiet port with a pavilion situated amidst trees and mountains, with figures bidding farewell and small sails anchoring at or leaving, the port, the shoulder decorated with a thick band of floral and cloud motifs, the mouth unglazed at, the outer rim
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A celadon Longquan Ware dish, Yuan dynasty, the shallow dish in celadon glaze darkening to light brown in one small portion, the centre faintly carved with floral pattern, circled by a band of carved petals
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A celadon Longquan Ware pouring vessel, Yuan dynasty, the vessel with flared mouth in pale celadon crackle glaze supported by an unglazed straight foot rim., the shoulder decorated with carved chrysanthemum scroll, the foot rim decorated with a band of carved pedal pattern
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A Chinese blue glaze vase, 20th century, the ovoid body with a moulded chi long pursuing a bat around, the rim, the bottom inscribed with under-glaze blue Yongzheng six character mark, [Daqing Yongzheng Nian Zhi]
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A small Chinese porcelain jar 19th or 20th century, the hexagonal ovoid lilac, pale blue and cream body moulded with Buddhist symbols amongst scrolling ribbons, with four character Qianlong mark, [Qianglong Nian Zhi]
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A pair of ceramic bowls, 20th century finely painted and enamelled with flowers and foliage to, the interior and exterior with two butterflies adorning, the exterior, enamelled six-character iron-red Qianlong mark to base, [Daqing Qianlong Nian Zhi]
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A Chinese blanc de chine censer 18th century, the circular body with lion mask handles, 14 cm wide, 6 cm high
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A Chinese blue-and-white vase, after Wang Bu (1898 - 1968), 20th century, the tall vase with a straight shoulder rising to a bulb-shaped head, the body painted with wild geese and reeds in over-glaze blue, inscribed with a poem of idyllic scene of wild geese, with artist seal, dated 1963 or, the year of Kui Mou (), the base with blue over-glaze mark of the Jiangxi Provenance: Ceramics Company, [Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi]
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A transitional blue and white vaselate Ming or early Qing dynasty of baluster shape, the body decorated with flowering branches of prunus and peony, fruiting branches and foliage between a floral band to, the shoulder and geometric shapes around, the foot, the neck of the jar decorated with crenulated border. Provenance: Salvaged from, the a Chinese Junk by the present owner's brother Michael Hatcher in 1983 and given as a gift
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A teadust-glazed bottle vase 19th/20th century, the unadorned vase with oblate body rising to a cylindrical neck, in a thick olive tea-dust glaze varying to a tint of light brown along, the outer rim of the mouth
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A Chinese Swatow blue and white basin, late 16th or, early 17th century, the interior painted with mirror shaped cartouches of peonies and bamboo on a chequer - patterned ground, the exterior with small cartouches and scrolls 29.5 cm diameter, 9 cm high. Provenance: The Binh Thuan Cargo, Vietnam. Note: for similar bowl, see Christie's Australia., the Binh Thuan shipwreck, Melbourne, 1 & 2 March 2004, Lot 13
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A small blue and white stem cup, 17th century with deeply rounded side, flared towards, the everted rim, supported on a straight cut foot, the interior painted with a band of scrolls to, the lip, the exterior in pale blue glaze. Provenance: Salvaged from, the a Chinese Junk by the present owner's brother Michael Hatcher in 1983 and given as a gift. Note: This stem cup, or one that is virtually identical, is illustrated in ', the Hatcher porcelain Cargoes –, the complete record', by Colin Sheaf and Richard…
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A Chinese terracotta camel, Tang style, standing on a rectangular terracotta base, the camel well modelled with evidence of original polychrome decoration
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A Chinese porcelain figure of a kylin 18th/ 19th century crouching on his front paws, his mouth open in a snarl, in white glaze
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A Chinese bronze peach-shaped censer 19th century, the cover with a monkey seated amongst leaves on top of the peach., the disproportioned monkey and p each possibly referring to an episode in ', the Journey To, the West', Where, the Monkey King Steals XI Wangmu's 'Peaches of Immortality', Shrinking His Body to Be Able to Sleep on One
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A Japanese metal Te Oke 19th century in the traditional form of a water bucket with a two - piece cover and bamboo handles, 28 cm high
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A bronze silver inlaid tripod incense burner, Qing Dynasty, after Shi Sou, the compressed globular body supported by three legs with cloud motif, two large lion-mask loose-ring handles to the sides, the upper rim decorated with a band of hui pattern, the front and back inlaid with silver of stylised phoenixes on polished bronze, the base incised ribbed with mark, (Shi Sou). NoteShi Sou was a monk during, the late Ming Dynasty, famous for making bronze vessels with silver inlaid, these vessels usually were…
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A Chinese bronze bell 18th century, the body joining an ornamental Crown, decorated in a horizontal pattern of three knobs, separated into three horizontal decorative bands. One vertical band separating, the knob groups at the centre in both, the front and the back., the front with high relief marking of (Dacu Si) indicating, the tone of the bell, and (Guishan Xian Xue), possibly indicating that the bell used to be, the property of a Confucius temple, called Guishan Xian Xue, in the present day Guangdong…
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A framed landscape painting on a leaf of a folding fanAfter Yang Borun (1837 - 1911) with two monks playing chess under pine trees. Ink and colour on paper, leaf of folding fan. Inscribed Yang Borun, with a seal of the artistdated, the autumn of 1891
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Shi bi flowers in Spring colour on silk, hanging scroll, signed Shi bi, with two seals of the artist, not dated
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After Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884), the five Treasures, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed Weishu, with two seals of the artist, not dated
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A Chinese scroll painting of a mountain landscape, ink on paper, hanging scroll of an early spring mountainous scene. Inscribed, with three seals of the artist, and one of a collector, not dated
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A Chinese album of twelve erotic paintings on silk, early 19th century within wooden framed silk covers 37 cm x 34 cm. Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong Sale 1989. Private collection New South Wales
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A Chinese Duan stone carved screen in a rosewood stand 19th century depicting a walled lakeside city, with small boats and junks ferrying between islands, a mountain in the background, raised on a rosewood stand
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A carved ivory card case 19th century or, early 20th century of rectangular form, profusely carved with Daoist motifs in low relief, including dragons, phoenix, foliate and cloud scrolls
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Two Indian carved ivory figures of Krishna and Parvati, 20th century He wearing a Crown surmounted by a crescent moon a mandala about his head holding his attributes in four hands, his body swathed with serpents as he dances on a demon and she playing a sitar and holding her attributes, 20 cm high, 15 cm high respectively
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A Japanese oval gilt and bronze hinged box Meiji period with various shaped overlaid panels decorated with an owl perched on a branch, baskets of fruit, chrysanthemums and birds
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A carved cinnabar lacquer vase 18th/ 19th century, the bulbous body with high shoulders rising to a tall neck with flared lip supported on a short foot ring, deeply carved with scenes of scholars and servants in a mountainous rocky river landscape amidst pine and willow trees, between flower panelled borders, the shoulders with lotus panels on leiwen diaper ground, the neck decorated with two large panels of scenes of children at play and lotus panels on leiwen diaper ground
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A Japanese rectangular rosewood gallery tray, circa 1900, inlaid with a central oval panel of a pair of rampant dragons midst scrolling cloud on a richly decorated ground of ritual objects, scrolling floral branches, birds and butterflies. 62 cm long 38 cm wide
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An Anglo-Indian silver card case 19th century embossed with a panel of a deity on a bullock, the reverse with a deity and attendants, unmarked, height 9.5 cm, length 6.6 cm
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A Gangetic Valley copper harpoon Indiameter, Uttar Pradesh, circa 1500 BC, the tapered blade with raised medial rib, with three pairs of projecting incurved barbs, 31.5 cm long. For a similar example see Lot 89, Christie's New York, Indian Bronzes from. The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, 21 Sept 2007. Reference: Compare with four similar harpoons in the Kronos collection, see M. Lerner, the flame and the Lotus, Indian and Southeast Asian Art from, the Kronos collection, 1984. Cat no 1, page 18. Cast in…
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A Chinese black lacquered and painted eight fold screen 19th century each panel well carved and painted on a black lacquer ground, with Buddhist Lohans in various ritualistic and symbolic poses in a mountain landscape within borders featuring rampant dragons and scrolling cloud, verso carved and painted with sacred deer in a wooded landscape of pine and plum trees, inscribed (the eighteen Lohans), sealed (Guan Xiu). Provenance: Cintra house Galleries, Queensland, 1980. Margaret Way. Private collection,…
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A George II style leather upholstered armchair, the shaped padded back above shepherd-crock arms and a rounded seat, raised on carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet
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A 19th century Biedermeier birds-eye maple and rosewood card table, the rectangular hinged top with rosewood cross-banded edge, enclosing a circular green baize, above a plain frieze with scrolled decoration, on a octagonal column with acanthus carved collar on a circular platform base, raised on three scroll carved feet with recessed castors, 92.5 cm wide, 45.5 cm deep, 74 cm high
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An, early 19th century mahogany pembroke table, the rectangular top with drop leaves and thumb moulded edge above two short drawers, raised on a gun barrel column on a quatreform platform base with four over-scrolled feet, 38 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 72 cm high
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A mid 19th century Indian carved hardwood revolving chair, the tall waisted back profusely carved and pierced with leaves and stylised berries above a circular swivel seat with fitted cushion, raised on a carved and pierced apron on three scrolled legs with acanthus decoration and lion paw feet
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A 19th century Italian carved stained pine figure of a youthful courtier, depicted in 16th century costume, mounted on an octagonal pedestal 181 cm high, 71 high)
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A mid 19th century French gilt and composition mirror, the rectangular plate with shaped top within a bead slip and foliate carved frame with acanthus leaf carved corners and central scrolled crest, 112 cm wide, 168 cm high
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A pair of mid 19th century giltwood and upholstered armchairs, the exposed gilt carved frame with curved button back and shaped arms above a cushion seat, raised on acanthus carved legs. (2)
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A set of six Indian hardwood folding chairs, early 20th century, the plain top rail above spindle backs and pierced seats above x-frame folding legs. (6)
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A good William IV mahogany and leather upholstered chaise longue, circa 1835, the shaped three quarter back with acanthus leaf over scrolled end and button back upholstery with a classical ionic carved pilaster end above a moulded front edge and raised on large acanthus carved feet, 114 cm wide, 79 cm deep, 96 cm high
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A pair of faux verde antico marble pedestals, 20th century of square form, raised on black plinth bases, 30.5 cm wide, 30.5 cm deep, 92.5 cm high. (2)
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A mid 19th century French ebony veneered bookcase, the moulded cornice with gilt metal decoration above a pair of arched glazed doors enclosing two shelves above two short drawers and a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, raised on an ogee shaped plinth, decorated throughout with applied gilt metal mounts, 106 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 201 cm high
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A 19th century mahogany and cedar bookcase mahogany and cedar bookcase, the ogee moulded cornice above a pair of arched glazed doors enclosing three shelves, above a pair of ogee moulded short drawers and a pair of oval flamed panelled doors, raised on a plinth base with bun feet, 142 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 244 cm high
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A pair of Victorian giltwood overmantel mirrors, the rectangular plate within a moulded giltwood frame surmounted by a ribbon crest, raised on ceramic feet, 294 cm wide, 142 cm high (2)
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A 19th century Italian carved stained pine figural torchere, the shaped top with scrolled edge above a winged half bodied satyr and scrolled stand on three foliate carved scrolled legs, 41 cm wide, 39 cm deep, 97 cm high
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A Louis XV style walnut and gilt bronze mounted desk, French, 19th century, the shaped rectangular top with tooled brown leather insert within a rosewood cross-banded border with a gilt bronze edge, above two short drawers, raised on tapering cabriole legs with foliate cast gilt bronze mounts, 133 cm wide, 71 cm deep, 76 cm high
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An, early 19th century French walnut and marble topped commode in the transitional style, the grey and white veined marble top above frieze drawer and three further graduated drawers, raised on shaped block feet, 126 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 91 cm high
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A Regency style teak triple pedestal dining table with two extra leaves by Paul Kenny, the rectangular top with rounded corners and triple reeded edge, supported on three ring turned columns with four out-swept reeded legs terminating in brass castors, 126 cm wide, 72 cm high 350 cm long (extended)
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A set of twelve Hepplewhite style teak and upholstered dining chairs including two carvers, 20th century, the pierced back with Price of Wales feather decoration above over-stuffed seats, raised on turned tapering legs. (12)
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A Regency mahogany serving table probably Scottish, the rectangular top with concaved front edge and rounded corners above a reeded frieze with applied roundels, above a conforming shelf supported on faceted tapering legs with ring turned and acanthus leaf decoration, 176 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 93 cm high
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A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with canted corners and mounded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted pilasters, raised on bracket feet, lacking back boards, 118 cm wide, 54 cm deep, 103 cm high
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A French 19th century gilt and composition wall mirror, the rectangular plate within a c-scrolled slip and moulded frame with cartouche and foliate scrolled decoration, 166 cm wide, 110 cm high
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A 19th century Tibetan red polychrome decorated cabinet probably central Tibet, the rectangular top above six raised floral polychrome decorated panels enclosing two cupboards with raised divides, with painted floral decoration to one side, raised on square feet, 108 cm wide, 61 cm deep, 96 cm high. Note: This chest with its lively painting on a red ground simulates, the red tangka style
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A late 19th century Flemish ebonised mirror, the rectangular later plate within a multi-ripple moulded frame with out stepped corners, 87 cm wide, 112 cm high
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A 19th century Italian polychrome and gilt decorated bombe commode, the serpentine shaped top with above two long bowed drawers raised on slender cabriole legs, decorated throughout with floral garlands and floral sprays within gilt foliate scrolled cartouches, 116 cm wide, 47 cm deep, 92 cm high
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A Kashan prayer rug, Iran
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A Kashan rug, Iran
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A Bijar rug, Iran
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A Bijar prayer rug, Iran
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A provincial Louis XV period walnut commode, the rectangular top with serpentine front above two short drawers and a central narrow drawer above two long drawers all decorated with shaped carved fronts above a scroll carved apron with central flower heads, raised on short cabriole legs, with cast gilt bronze handles, 126 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 95 cm high
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A pair of faux sienna marble pedestals, 20th century of circular form, raised on white plaster bases, 97 cm high, 33 cm diameter
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A pair of French late 19th century ebonised and gilt decorated console tables, the red and white veined rectangular marble top with out stepped corners above a foliate and scroll carved frieze with central crest, on s-scrolled supports with acanthus carved decoration, joined by a curved stretcher, alterations, 119 cm wide, 39 cm deep, 78 cm high
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A mid 18th century walnut armoire, the arched moulded cornice above a pair of glazed and carved panelled doors enclosing four painted shelves, with recessed panel decoration to both sides, raised on bun feet, 146 cm wide, 59 cm deep, 225 cm high
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A 19th century north European mahogany sermainer chest, the stepped pedestal top above seven long graduated drawers, raised on scrolled feet, 102 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 155 cm high
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An Indian ivory and silver mounted frame, early, 20th century, the central picture frame with pierced foliate decoration and central empty cartouche mounted between a pair of small tusks, each surmounted by ball finials and joined by conforming blind fret foliate scrolled decoration with empty cartouche, with stand to back, 31 cm wide, 29 cm high
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A late 19th French Bonthems singing birds in cage automata with a whistling bird on a perch with wagging tail, head turning from side to side and another bird seated on the ground, in a gilt cage on moulded wood rectangular base, 57 cm high. Provenance: Mrs olive Kratzmann. Private Collection, Queensland Margaret Way. Private Collection, Queensland
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A pair of 19th century French bronze urns after, the Sacred to Bacchus designs with a satyr holding a bold goat head mask, one above grapevine swag, the other fruiting vines, on circular bases, 43 cm high (Provenance: Cintra house Galleries, Queensland, 1979. Margaret Way. Private collection, Queensland
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An Anglo Indian silver mounted Sadeli box. Note: the box is constructed from sandalwood and overlaid with micromosaic inlay known as Sadeli work., the mosaic is composed of ivory, pewter and ebony and is typical of the Bombay region
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A late Victorian carved marble panel depicting St John, the Evangelist in the form of an eagle, possibly from, the workshop of William Brindley (1832-1919) for St Paul's Chapel, Westminster Cathedral, London, marked to, the back with an inscribed 'V', 42 wide, 7.5 cm deep, 42 cm high. Note: This marble panel is consistent with, the main marble used in St Paul's Chapel which were Turkish and Greek, grey and white banded Proconnesian which came from, the Turkish Island of Marmara. Farmer & Brindley was a…
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A Charles x gilt bronze mantle clock, the neo-classical case with cast bronze decoration, an engine turned dial with black Roman numerals and moon hands, signed Beauchamp a Augouleme, surmounted by a seated putto on a rocky outcrop, with an eight day silk suspension movement with an outside count wheel striking on a bell, movement marked AC, with convex glass bezel, 19 cm wide, 11 cm deep, 43 cm high. Provenance: Euroantiks Antiques, Woolloongabba, Queensland. Margaret Way. Private collection, Queensland,…
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A Vienna cold painted bronze 'Devil and Mistress' erotic group late 19th/early, 20th century with a naked female gilt bronze figure standing on the plinth of an elongated bust with a smiling devil's head, enclosing a cold painted penis, on a marble plinth, 26 cm high
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A George III mahogany bracket clock by William Cook, the caddy top with four gilt pineapple finials above an arched glazed door enclosing a silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, date aperture and strike silent, with a verge escapement and an 8 day movement striking, the hour on a bell, dial inscribed William Cook, Kingston, raised on brass bracket feet, 30 cm. Width, 20 cm deep, 50 cm high
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A Sevres-style porcelain pictorial circular tray late 19th/early 20th century painted with circular portraits of; Rembrandt, Annibale Carracci, Nicolas Poussin, van-Dyck, Michel Ange, Andrea Del-Sarto, Titien & Rubens surrounding Raphael in the centre, with gilt foliate decoration on a celeste-ground, with underglaze blue interlaced L's enclosing a D, 49 cm diameter
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A pair of English blue-and-white small bowl and saucer en Chinoiserie 19th century, the exterior of the small bowl decorated with scenery of a small village, the interior decorated with floral patterns around, the mouth rim, and a small image of stone on a river at, the bottom, the saucer heavily painted with scenery of a cottage by a river within a band of floral pattern around, the mouth rim, both with decorative band of gilt gold along, the foot, mouth rim, adjacent to, the floral band
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A pair of early 20th century gilt bronze candlesticks in the form of foxes one holding cards and a dice and the other a bottle, both with goblets raised, mounted on circular bases, 19 cm high, (2)
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A pair of George III mahogany candlesticks each on a turned circular base with fluted and twisted stems and brass sconces, each with varying decoration and drip trays, together with two further candlesticks, one missing a sconce and part of the stem, 37 cm high (4)
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A 19th century ivory carving of Lohengrin in a swan drawn boat, the medieval German nobleman dressed in a robe, a Crown with bird, a hunting horn and holding a sword standing in a boat drawn by a swan with flower decorated bridle, 17 cm wide, 11 cm high
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An Art Nouveau silver posy vase, Birmingham 1901 Hl, enameller's mark, F 1901, the tapered ovoid body in sky blue guilloche with spiralled overlaid peacock feathers. Height 10.5 cm
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G. Argy-Rousseau (1885-1953), circa 1920. A pate de Verre cameo box and cover with a band of full blown roses on a soft blue-green ground 7.5 cm high, 9 cm diameter, signed G. Argy Rousseau
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A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase, circa 1925 of baluster form richly decorated with a profusion of elves and fairies in imaginary woodland setting in rare tones of enamelled orange on a gilded ground with overlaid gilded accents within elegant narrow borders, 26 cm high, printed factory marks and inscribed gilded numbers Z6349T
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A Rene Lalique shallow dish, Coquilles, circa 1935, the shallow bowl with radiating shells in opalescent glass, 23 cm diameter, incised marks R. Lalique France to underside of base
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A Rene Lalique green tinted and clear glass bowl, Felix Marcilhac 389 with a band of tinted stiff fern leaves, wheel-cut R. Lalique France, 33 cm diameter, 13.5 cm high
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A Rene Lalique bowl, Ceylan, circa 1930, moulded with alternating panels of birds on flowering branches with blue stain accent, 25 cm diameter, 10 cm high, acid etched R. Lalique//France. Provenance: Private collection New South Wales
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A painted metal coat of arms in the form of a shield between two griffins, surmounted by a knights helmet and a turret, with a scroll beneath in scribed 'Vis Unita Fortior' 67 cm wide, 85 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Kratzmann and John Weaver Cintra house Galleries, Queensland. Margaret Way. Private collection, Queensland
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A Russian icon of the Virgin and the holy Infant, his right hand upraised in benediction, painted on a pine panel and covered with a silver riza, the stigmata enamelled with floral garlands and holy insignias. Impressed Cyrilic marks Naa, 84 with Kokoshnik 18 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep, 22.5 cm high (7 wide, 0.5 deep, 8.5 high)
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An heraldic exhibition chess set in European silver and silver plate in original presentation case, the hinged top, enamelled with a chequed board opening to reveal a fitted interior with thirty two pieces in the form of Chivalric knights, horsemen in uniforms reflecting their station, Norman castles and towers., the box cast with panels of knights, horses, shields and turrets accented with enamel, pearls, topaz and semi precious stones on four scrolled feet. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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A Russian icon of the Kurst mother of God of the sign, Moscow, 1893, maker mark of Cyrillic IH, the silver gilt oklad with cloisonne enamel halos and champleve enamel inscribed plaque, with, the Lord Sabaoth above old Testament Prophets and Saints holding scrolls inscribed with prophesies foretelling, the Virgin Birth. Height 27 cm. Length 22 cm
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A George III sterling silver baluster coffee pot by Hester Bateman, London, 1782 with all over later embossed floral decoration, leaf capped spout, domed cover with vase finial, fully marked, height 31 cm, weight 856gms
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A Hester Bateman salver, later decorated by Hester Bateman, London 1784 with beaded border and later floral embossed decoration, raised on four ball and claw feet, diameter 18 cm, weight 268gms
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A Victorian sterling silver table snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, London 1852, the oblong body raised on four scroll feet and chased with all over scrolling foliage, with engraved inscription 'Presented to Mr. James Cooke by a few friends, Ballaarat. 4 January 1867, height 3 cm, length 10 cm
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A George V silver caster, Walker & Co. London, 1927, the tall ovoid half-lobed body tapering to a narrow pedestal radiating to a square form base and surmounted by a tall domed pierced cover with stylised flame finial, height 24 cm, weight 320gms
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A Victorian silver mounted claret jug, the glass body spreading at, the foot and delicately etched with a cobweb ferns and flowering grasses, the lidded mount similarly decorated and featuring a cast griffin-shaped handle, height 27 cm
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An 18th century silver toddy ladle probably German with shaped bowl engraved with ribbons and floral swags, turned wooden handle, length 40 cm
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A George III sterling silver baluster pepper caster by Hester Bateman, London, 1780 with beaded rims, pierced cover and acorn finial, height 14 cm, weight 76gms
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A 9ct yellow gold twin handled rose bowl, Eb & Sons, London 1935 with cast acanthus and grape decoration to, the handles and grapevine border, raised on a stepped circular foot, complete with lattice flower holder. Engraved dedication to James Charles tete - Marion Morrison tete // 1886-16 February -1936 together with a stepped circular pedestal, height 8.5 cm, diameter 28 cm, weight 850gms. Provenance: original owners and thence by descent
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A George III Scottish sterling silver Celtic point pattern soup ladle by David Marchall, Edinburgh 1785, engraved with, the script initials 'Ref' for Robert Fitzgerald
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A Victoria sterling silver mounted wine jug by Henry Wilkinson & Co. Birmingham, 1882, the diamond and hob-nail cut body with engraved collar, rocaille spout, fluted hinged cover and pine-cone finial, height 30 cm
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A George III sterling silver globular teapot by Paul Storr, London, 1799, the half fluted body engraved with a later coat of arms and a Ducal crest, large everted rim, fully marked, 23 cm wide, 14 cm high, weight 564gms
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