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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 George III sterling silver cream jug by William Bateman, London, 1780 with band of bright cut decoration and vacant cartouche. Height 9 cm, weight 94gms.
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A George III sterling six piece toast rack by Paul Storr, London, 1798 on four pad feet, wire work body with egg rings to, the ends and ring handle, height 20 cm, length 14 cm, weight 198gms
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A set of six George III sterling feather edge pattern table spoons by Hester Bateman, London, 1779
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A pair of Chinese export silver fiddle and thread pattern dessert spoons by Khecheong, club Street, Honan Island, Canton each engraved in script E Hunt, for Elizabeth Hunt, wife of Thomas Hunt and with pseudo English marks, King's head/Crowned leopard' head/Khc/unidentified character, 18.5 cm long. Reference: for a table spoon and fork from, the same service in the Museum of the American china trade see; Chinese export silver 1785 - 1885 by Ha Crosby Forbes, John Devereux Kernan and Ruth Wilkins. Note:…
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A pair of Chinese export silver fiddle pattern table spoons marked Wc, weight 168gms
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A pair of George III sterling feather edge pattern cream ladles by Hester Bateman, London, 1777
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A pair of George III sterling silver circular salts by Hester Bateman, London 1776 each with rope border and raised on three pad feet with shell terminal, diameter 6 cm
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A George III sterling silver feather edge pattern soup ladle by Hester Bateman, London, 1789 engraved with a crest
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A George III sterling silver circular salver by John couch and Thomas Hannan, London 1781 with bead border and four feet, a band of bright cut husks and contemporary Ducal coat of arms and motto, diameter 36 cm, weight 1210gms
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A collection of sterling silver wine and decanter labels comprising 'Rum & Brandy' by Elizabeth Morley, London 1795; 'Sweet wine & port' by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London 1808/9; 'Hollands' by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London 1798; 'Whisky' by J.A, London 1806; 'Sherry', circa 1805; 'Claret' by theodosia Ann Atkins, London 1816; 'Brandy' by John Hale, Adelaide; and 'Gin & Vodka' London 1970/1
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Six George III sterling silver Old English pattern table spoons by Hester Bateman, London, various dates, late 18th century, two shell backed
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An American Art Deco silver circular bowl by Reed & Barton with lobed rim, the base engraved 'Clark 1934', height 10 cm, diameter 20.4 cm, weight 600gms
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A George II sterling silver salver by Joseph Sanders, London, 1737, shaped circular with Chippendale border raised on three pad feet, engraved with contemporary coat of arms and motto., the arms are those of Prescott of Co. Hertford, diameter 27 cm, weight 545gms
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A collection of George III sterling silver teaspoons, 6 bright cut by Hester Bateman, London, circa 1780; 4 Old English pattern by Hester Bateman, London, 1783/9; 1 Old English pattern by Peter, Anne & William Bateman, London, 1802 and 3 fiddle pattern by William Bateman, London 1814/22/25
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A George III sterling silver marrow scoop by Hester Bateman, London, 1773 engraved with a crest
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A George III sterling silver Old English pattern basting spoon by Hester Bateman, London, 1782
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Two pair of George III sterling silver bright cut sugar tongs by Hester Bateman, London, circa 1780
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A set of twelve George III sterling silver Old English pattern table forks by Hester Bateman, London, 1789
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A George V rectangular sterling silver photograph frame by the Wilmot Manufacturing Co, Birmingham, 1930 with engine turned border, surmounted by blue enamel crest and initials Ams. Height 41 cm. Length 29 cm
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A Victorian silver eighty four piece Old English pattern cutlery service with 20th century knives, William Chawner London 1828, the knives Sheffield 1978 comprising a setting for twelve persons including; dinner knives, bread and butter knives, dinner forks, dessert forks, tablespoons, dessert spoons & teaspoons, weight 2184gms. (96)
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Three George III sterling silver cream jugs, a helmet shaped jug with bright cut and engraved floral swags, shaped cartouche with scroll initials, 14 cm high, by Peter and Anne Bateman, London, 1796; a baluster jug with beaded borders, double scroll handle, 11 cm high, by Hester Bateman, London, 1780; and a baluster later decorated jug, 11 cm high, by Hester Bateman, London 1782, weight 256gms. (3)
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An Indian silver three piece tea service, circa 1930 comprising a teapot, sugar bowl and creamer all in leaf-form repousse together with a twin-handled tray and pierced pedestal bonbonniere and cover, weight 2400gms. (4)
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A George V silver tray, CbandS Sheffield Cb and S 1913, the twin handled oval shaped gallery tray cast with panels of shell and foliage to the everted lip. Length 74 cm, weight 3500gms
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A Victorian silver plated desk set, circa 1880 with a well cast ram's head containing a porcelain inkwell flanked by a pair of cut glass inkwells on a galleried stand with chased grape vine motifs, raised on four ball feet. Height 22 cm. Length 32 cm
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A George III sterling silver oval campaign tea kettle, stand and burner by John Scofield, London 1784, the plain body engraved with a Ducal crest, initials 'Gr' and a later coat of arms, raised on a stand with four pad feet, detachable well and burner, fully marked. Height 35 cm. Length 26 cm, weight 1700gms
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A pair of William IV sterling silver shaped circular soup plates by Paul Storr, London, 1835 each with gadrooned rims, engraved contemporary coat of arms and three crests 24.5 cm, 1186gms
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A George III antique Sheffield plate wine cooler, circa 1815, the partly fluted campagna shaped with reeded handles with Bacchus terminals, engraved with contemporary coat of arms, 28 cm high, the arms are those of pennant quartering Dawkins quartering Yswittan Wyddell quartering Philip Phichdan quartering Gruffyd Lloyd quartering others impaling Bouverie for George Hay Dawkins pennant Esq. (d. 1840) and his second wife Elizabeth (d. 1859), elder daugther of the Hon. William Henry Bouverie, whom he married…
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A pair of Victorian silver chafing dishes and covers, John Walton Newcastle 1847 together with a pair of warming dishes in silver plate, the scrolling borders cast with floral clusters and stylised shells, the warmers similarly decorated and raised on four acanthus feet, height 13 cm, length 36 cm, weight 1826gms
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A Victorian Irish silver four-piece tea and coffee service and sugar tongs, Richard Sawyer and W. Cummins Dublin 1847 and Dublin 1848 comprising a melon-shaped teapot, a pear shaped coffee pot, sugar bowl and creamer, chased and repousse panelled decoration of flowers and acanthus leaves raised on four scrolled leaf-form feet, the sugar tongs with rose and bright cut decoration, weight 2958gms. (5). Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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The Fitzgerald cedar desk, circa 1848 of rectangular form with a hinged writing slope to the front enclosing four pigeon holes, standing in a simple cedar frame, with inscription to the underside of the writing slope 'R. Fitzgerald, Dabee, October 2 1848', 80 cm wide, 65 cm deep, 108 cm high. See detail on inscription on opposite page along with an image of the desk in the shearing-shed at Dabee, circa 1978. Note: This desk was used by the Fitzgerald family of Dabee, Rylstone, New South Walesin the…
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An Australian silver set of five fiddle pattern table forks by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials Ref for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, A.D/lion passant/leopard's head/E/King' head. (5). Provenance: Robert Fitzgerald, Dabee, New South Wales, Richard Evans, the last owner of Dabee and descendant of Fitzgerald. Private collection, New South Wales
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An Australian silver set of five fiddle pattern dessert forks by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials REF for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, A.D/lion passant/leopard's head/E/King' head. (5). Provenance: Robert Fitzgerald, Dabee, New South Wales. Richard Evans, the last owner of Dabee and descendant of Fitzgerald. Private collection, New South Wales
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An Australian silver pair of fiddle pattern table spoons by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials 'Ref' for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, 'A.D/Lion Passant/Leopard's Head/E/King' head/A.Dick'. (2). Provenance: Robert Fitzgerald, Dabee, New South Wales. Richard Evans, the last owner of Dabee and descendant of Fitzgerald. Private collection, New South Wales
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A collection of various sterling silver and silver plated cutlery from, the Fitzgerald family, engraved with, the script initials 'Ref' for Robert Fitzgerld, contained in a 19th century Australian cedar box with a push button lock and bale handle, comprising: fiddle pattern: a salt spoon, circa 1835, with pseudo English marks, 'Rl/lion passant/King's head/italic Ss', possibly Richard Lamb. Although, the mark is unrecorded, the italic Ss mark was used by contemporary Sydney silversmiths Alexander Robertson,…
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An Australian silver presentation piece by Edward Fischer, Geelong, circa 1884, the central palm tree between a pair of bean pod and silver urns, one inscribed with, the initials 'GM' and the other with a hand holding a dagger, on an oval base with leaf engraving, raised on a leaf carved stained pine plinth, with central shield engraved; to/George Mackay/M.B.cm-M.R.C.S/ a Token of Gratitude/from/George Morrison/Geelong College/Victoria/1884, with marker's mark Fischer sterling silver, 20 cm wide, 14 cm…
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A Victorian sterling silver presentation trowel by John Kilpatrick, London, 1874 with ebony handle, the blade engraved 'Presented to Mrs. Charles Shuter As a Testimony to Her Earnest Work in Aid Of, the Building Fund of Holy Trinity Church Greendale of Which, the Rev. Frederick Smith Is, the Minister October 16th 1876' 30 cm. Length, fitted case. Note: Greendale's holy Trinity church was never completed and now contains only a chancel and vestry. Local folk law has it that Andrew George Scott, a lay reader…
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William Matthew Hart (1830-1908) great Argus pheasant Argusianus Argus, watercolour, heightened bodycolour/paper, inscribed top right, 54 cm wide, 36 cm high (21' wide, 14' high)
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John Glover (British, 1767-1849) Figures On A Hill signed 'J Glover' (partial original mount, attached verso),brown wash
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An Aboriginal copper breast plate, inscribed 'Jack Kibbeen King of Wollongbar' of crescent-shape, engraved with an Aboriginal warrior and a kangaroo, mounted in a presentation frame, 16 cm wide), 6.5 wide, 34 x 33 cm, the frame. Note: Jack Kabbeen was a chief of the Arakwal tribe, a sub-group of the Bundjalung people.Wollongbah is located on the plateau between Lismore and Ballina. Provenance: Believed to have been made at O'Flynn's foundry in Victoria Street, Lismore, John P. O'Flynn, the Son of the…
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An Australian Federal Convention banquet menu, circa 1898, the banquet was given by the mayor of Melbourne, Councillor Malcolm D. McEacharn, at, the Town Hall on Thursday 20th January 1898, printed by Sands & McDougall. Note: It appears that, the meeting held in Melbourne in 1898 was perhaps, the last one finalising, the requirements of the constitution (1901), however this appears to be, the meeting which is referred to as a last-minute bid to save Federation at which, the premiers met in Melbourne to…
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An Australian terracotta bust of Edmund Barton 'The Federal Leader' by Nelson Illingworth, the head and shoulders model on a titled plinth, inscribed 'Nelson Illingworth', restored, 33 cm high
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An Australian black painted terracotta figure of Sir Henry Parkes, the Father of Australian Federation by Nelson Illingworth, circa 1899, the standing figure with arm held aloft, on a plinth with ribbon inscribed, the crimson thread of Kinship, incised signature Nelson Illingworth Fc, 43 cm high
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A rare pink lustre creamware election jug of Australian significance dated 1827, transfer printed in brown with bust portrait of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont M.P. For, the County of Stafford 1826 and flags declaring 'Beaumont for Ever' and 'Beaumont and Independency' also inscribed Joseph Marshall of Gunnerton, Northumberland and dated 1827 on a painted floral ground, probably north Shields pottery, 18 cm high. Note: Beaumont stood in the Alnwick Election of July 1826 and lost, quickly re standing in Stafford…
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An Australian painted cast iron figure of Sir George Reid. Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918), was premier, prime minister and high commissioner, 12 cm high
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A Remued green glazed earthenware vase, circa 1930 decorated with a gum leaf and gumnuts, signed Remued and numbered 114/6M, 17 cm high
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A 19th century Australian carved cow horn in the form of a Kangaroo, depicted standing, with inset eyes, on a wooden stand, 26 cm high
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A 19th century powder horn, the lower section faceted and turned (stopper lacking), the upper section engraved with kangaroo, emu, two stylised armorials and an indigenous figure, with serrated edge. 38 cm
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An Australian cedar armchair, circa 1840, the curved overhanging top rail with raised panel above a plain curved cross rail and down swept over-scrolled arms, above a drop in serpentine fronted seat, raised on turned and faceted tapering legs
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An Australian solid cedar chest of drawers in the Hepplewhite style, second quarter of 19th century, the rectangular top with thumb nail moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers above a shaped apron and splayed feet with conforming aprons to either side, 110 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 105 cm high
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A rare mid 19th century Australian cedar cheese coaster on a square base supporting, the scroll ends with turned terminals, 43 cm wide, 16 cm high
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A Victorian rosewood secretaire wellington chest, labelled A. Lenehan, the rectangular top above a short drawer, full front double drawers enclosing a writing slide, pigeon holes and two short satinwood veneered drawers with ivory handles, above three further graduated drawers, flanked by plain pilasters surmounted by foliate scrolled decoration, raised on a plinth base, the top drawer containing a paper label for, 'A. Lenenah's Cabinet and Upholstery, 66 Castlereagh Street, Sydney', 56 cm wide, 40 cm deep…
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An Australian full cedar sideboard, circa 1845, the triangular back with plain roundel decoration above a rectangular top with moulded edge above a central short drawer and arched apron, flanked by two deep drawers, one converted to a full front cabinet, raised on turned tapering legs, 192 cm wide, 67 cm deep, 130 cm high. Provenance: Believed to have been made for Miriam Wade Holmes of Oakendale, Glen oak in the hunter Region from cedar grown on the property. Miriam Wade Holmes arrived in Australia in the…
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An Australian cedar and rose mahogany linen press, circa 1860, the ogee moulded cornice above a pair of arched panelled cupboard doors enclosing a later hanging rod and two short drawers, above two short and two long graduated drawers with large turned handles, raised on turned and tapering feet, 138 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 220 cm high
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