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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** The Twelve Great Feasts, antique icon with the Resurrection in the centre, Balkans origin, 19th century, 35 x 31 cm ***
*** James Laurence Watts (1849 - 1925), A medallion portrait cast in plaster of Paris of Robert Dunne, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, the cast signed lower right 'J.L.Watts' Mounted in the original timber case (under glass), frame dimensions 37.5 x 35 cm… ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with palm cockatoo and female portrait on reverse, Queensland origin, 12 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Greasy Luck' with tallship scene, signed Tonkin, 20th century, 13 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'The sailor's Return', engraved with a tallship, sailor and American flag, 13 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship below an American eagle, with compass point on the reverse, 12 cm high ***
*** An antique tea caddy with huon pine veneer finish, 19th century 12.5 cm high, 20 cm wide, 11 cm deep ***
*** Napoleon Bonaparte antique French portrait miniature mounted in plush velvet and leather display stand, 19th century, 22 cm high overall ***
*** An antique French Virgin mother and child religious statue, carved wood with polychrome finish, 17th/18th century, 110 cm high, Provenance: The Baker-Finch collection ***
*** Rafael Barradas (Uruguay, Spain, 1890-1923), two miniature portraits, watercolour and pencil, signed upper right, Barradas, framing label verso from Montevideo, 6.5 x 6.5 cm each, frames 11 x 11 cm overall ***
*** An Anglo-Indian silver tea caddy, circa 1820, 8.5 cm high, 230 grams ***
*** An antique Greek Deesis icon with throned Christ surrounded by the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, St. George and St. Demetrios, circa 1800, 29.5 x 23 cm ***
*** An exceptional exhibition quality silver plated tea caddy adorned with silver electrotype panels in high relief. The interior fitted with two lidded tea cannisters with engraved tops, circa 1870. Impressed mark 'Elkington Faciet', 16 cm high, 18 cm wide,… ***
*** An apostle statue, carved wood with remains of polychrome finish, 19th century, 102 cm high ***
*** A pair of antique French table ornaments, hippo tooth and bronze, mid 19th century, 40 cm high, 30 cm wide ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Going On' with whaling scene, signed Tonkin, 20th century, 14.5 cm long ***
*** A Russian orthodox icon depicting the mother of God of Vladimir, hand-painted in pressed metal frame, 19th century, 31.5 cm x 27 cm, Provenance: The Baker-Finch collection ***
*** Sevres French porcelain jewellery casket with ormolu mounts and hand-painted lid signed 'Bernier', circa 1900, 7 cm high, 23 cm wide, 15 cm deep ***
*** Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879), bronze urn on marble base, 19th century, signed 'P.J. Mene, 43 cm overall ***
*** Handwritten Manuscript, c1300-20, from a Latin Bible, the 'Book of Jeremiah', complete leaf (written both sides) on vellum, highlighted in red, blue & violet, window mounted, overall 32 x 43 cm. Origin-South of France. Superb condition ***
*** Gold nugget, 19 grams, found in the Ballarat area. ***
*** A Russian silver bird scent bottle, early 20th century, stamped '84' with Imperial marks, also a later '875' mark, 12 cm long, 116 grams ***
*** Mary and Jesus, hand-painted on timber panel, 18th century, 39.5 x 30 cm ***
*** An antique figural group depicting Mary, Joseph and young Jesus, carved wood with polychrome finish, 18th/19th century, 26.5 cm high overall ***
*** A Russian icon depicting Christ, St. Nicholas, St.Mitrophan and others, hand-painted gesso and timber, 19th century, 31.5 x 27 cm ***
*** An antique French portrait of a mother and two children, hand painted on ivory, housed in an attractive gilt metal frame, 19th century, 20 x 14 cm overall ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship and sailor portrait, 13 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scenes, 12.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of antique scrimshaw cow horns, 19th century. With accompanying note 'John Menzies, Porter Hill, Maldon. Workman on property' 41 cm high ***
*** [Judaica]., the ten Commandments' a pen and ink 'Mizrach', the introductory verse and first words of each commandment rendered in Hebrew script, surrounded by ornate decorations and repeated circles, squares, diamonds and architectural forms, endorsed in… ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a woman and child, adorned with and urn and floral spray on the reverse, 13 cm high ***
*** Daniel, L (?), Untitled (The Rabbi), oil on canvas; signed at upper right; ornate gilt frame; (?) ***
*** Napoleon Bonaparte and family miniature portrait triptych in carved ivory frame, 19th century, 9 x 7 cm ***
*** Gold nugget, 18 grams, found in the Ballarat area ***
*** A carved emu egg with kangaroo, emu and swan 'Advance W-Australia', circa 1900 signed in the lower margin 'J. MacKNIGHT, Freemantle, W.A.' 13 cm across ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Female Pirate', 13.5 cm high ***
*** Two scrimshaw whale's teeth with remains of engraving, 16 cm and 17 cm high ***
*** An antique English tortoiseshell tea caddy with silver fittings and ivory trim, interior fitted with two compartments, early 19th century, 13 cm high, 17 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with an urn flanked by a Captain and his wife, 14 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a whaling scene, 13 cm high ***
*** Thomas Bishop (1758-1840) [attributed], Georgian portrait of an officer 82nd Regiment, early 19th century, 8 x 7 cm ***
*** A Colonial tea caddy, musk and cedar with pine secondary timbers, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840, 13 cm high, 29.5 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep ***
*** A pair of French mantel urns, marble with ormolu mounts, mid 19th century, 47 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship and romantic couple with Scottish thistle on the reverse, 12 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with tallship in tropical setting, 17.5 cm high ***
*** Gary Tonkin scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'The Wanderer, 1878', signed G. Tonkin, 20th century, 12.5 cm high ***
*** An antique Corpus Christi, carved ivory, 17th/18th century. Note: later oak cross. 24 x 19 cm, 37 x 24 cm overall ***
*** A pair of antique Russian religious icon doors, hand painted polychrome gesso on wood, 18th/19th century, 28 cm high ***
*** A pair of carved emu egg mantel ornaments, mounted in silver plate with ebonized base, late 19th century, 21 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with silver mount and stand, 20th century in graved '8.11.1979' stamped 'HF 925' 14 cm long ***
*** An antique Australian carved emu egg ornament on silver plated mounts with emu, kangaroo and fern adornments, housed in a glass dome, 19th/20th century, 43 cm high ***
*** A Russian Mary and Jesus icon, silver over gesso with gilt slip in ebonized timber case, 19th century, the icon 18 x 14 cm, case 25 cm high, 22 cm wide, 6.5 cm deep ***
*** A superb Imperial Russian gilded silver and enamel spoon, hallmarked for Moscow, 88 and 'Op' for Finnish born Faberge Workmaster Oskar Woldemar Pihl (1890 - 1959); early 20th century. 13 cm long, 17.5 grams. ***
*** A Russian icon, silver over gesso with gilt slip in timber case, 19th century, the icon 16.5 x 14 cm, case 24.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide, 7 cm deep ***
*** An antique Russian silver icon in timber and gilt frame, 11.5 cm x 10.5 cm overall ***
*** A scrimshaw powder horn with whaling scene engraved 'Sperm Whaling, So Be Cheery My Lads, Let Your Hearts Never Fail, While The Bold Harpooner Is A-striking The Whale', 24.5 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Whaler and Master Mariner, Captain William Dutton, 1828 - 1868', 17 cm long ***
*** A fine Georgian sewing casket, sarcophagus shaped covered in scarlet leather with silver name plaque, interior sumptuously fitted with original compartments and contents, early 19th century, 14 cm high, 28 cm wide, 18 cm deep ***
*** A 19th century Russian icon in silver mount, 13.5 x 11.5 cm ***
*** An antique English tea caddy, tortoiseshell and mother of pearl with ivory trim and fittings, 19th century, 12 cm high, 20 cm wide, 13 cm deep ***
*** A pair of antique 'Husband & Wife' portrait miniatures of unknown sitters, circa 1830, 7 x 5 cm each, 15 x 13 cm each overall ***
*** An antique 15ct yellow gold miniature tea caddy casket (8.4 grams), opening to reveal two natural gold nugget mineral specimens (4.2 grams), 2.2 cm wide, 12.6 grams total ***
*** A Colonial miniature portrait painted on glass in 15ct yellow gold mount set with seed pearls, South Australian origin, late 19th century, stamped '15ct', 5 cm high, 21 grams total ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with sailor, tallship and a female portrait on reverse, 14.5 cm high ***
*** Gary Tonkin scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Nigero, 1840', signed 'Tonkin', 12 cm high ***
*** Antique Spanish processional Saint, carved wood with polychrome finish and glass eyes, 18th century, 85 cm high, note: with later box plinth stand, 165 cm high overall, Provenance: The Baker-Finch collection ***
*** An antique scrimshaw powder horn engraved with hunting scenes and limerick, 18th/19th century, 40 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whalebone busk, 19th century engraved with an American flag aloft a flensing blade 37.5 x 4.5 cm ***
*** A Continental silver enamelled box with a scene depicting lovers adorning the upper panel, marked '800', late 19th century, 7.5 cm wide. 73 grams. ***
*** Corpus Christi statue, carved wood with polychrome finish, Spanish, 18th/19th century, 47 cm high, 43 cm wide ***
*** A scrimshaw whales tooth with pirate ship, 15 cm high ***
*** Lidia Voitschovska: Four hand painted Russian icons, 20th century with accompanying exhibition pamphlet, the largest 40 cm x 28 cm ***
*** A beautiful antique French two bottle perfume set in original boule casket, interior lined with silk compartments, 19th century, 10 cm high, 13 cm wide, 8 cm deep ***
*** A Georgian hand-painted miniature portrait of a boy painted on ivory, mounted in 9ct rose gold frame, early 19th century, reverse adorned with lock of hair and enamel monogram plaque, 9.5 x 6.5 cm overall ***
*** Australiana silver plated mantel clock with two carved emu eggs depicting a kangaroo, cockatoo, kookaburra and lyrebird in bush settings late 19th century 36 cm high. Provenance: The John Stephens Collection ***
*** An antique Australian silver plated emu egg ornament with kangaroo decoration and emu finial, 19th century, 27 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship and animals, engraved 'Tortue', 'Aigle', and 'Caiamant', 14 cm long ***
*** Twenty three assorted folding pocket knives with horn handles, mostly Sheffield, England, 19th and 20th century, the largest 17.5 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whalebone busk, engraved and decorated with coloured ink, 19th century 34.5 x 3.5 cm ***
*** An Italian statue of a Bishop, polychrome carved wood, 18th century, 38 cm high ***
*** The Virgin Mary statue, carved wood and polychrome finish with gilded highlights, Flemish, 18th/19th century, 47 cm high ***
*** A Pieta, carved wood with remains of polychrome finish, 18th/19th century, 46 cm high ***
*** Three scrimshaw whale's teeth with portrait views of ships and sailors, the tallest 10 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Julia, 2 Aug. 1863', 15 cm long ***
*** An antique French porcelain jewellery casket with gilt metal mounts and hand-painted romantic scene vignette to the top, 19th century, 10 cm high, 15 cm wide, 11 cm deep ***
*** An impressive antique English electrotype cast bronze urn, adorned with maidens, wreaths and angel vignettes, mounted on bands hardstone base, engraved 'Art Union of London, 1863', 27 cm high ***
*** A Queen Anne sterling silver circular patch box, early 18th century, 2.4 cm diameter ***
*** Four vintage scrimshaw whale teeth depicting clippers and tallships, 20th century signed 'J. F. C.' the largest 12 cm high ***
*** An Australian emu egg, silver plated mounts on a wooden stand, late 19th century, 28 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with Jacobite solider, 14 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship portrait titled 'Liberty Love', signed with scrimshander's monogram mark, 13 cm high ***
*** Icon: tempera and gilt on wooden panel, depicting the Resurrection (central panel) surrounded by the great Feasts of the church, Russian, mid 19th century, 36 x 30.5 cm. ***
*** Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine antique French miniature portraits painted on ivory in original gilt metal frames, 19th century, 13 x 11 cm each overall ***
*** A fine Austrian silver pill box with green guilloche enamel lid decorated with silver and marcasite, 19th century, stamped '935', 4.5 cm wide ***
*** A pair of French gilt metal ewers, 19th century, 69 cm high ***
*** A whaler's knife with scrimshaw handle, 19th century, 34 cm long ***