Auction Preview: Fine & Decorative Arts, Philips Auctions, Melbourne 28 October 2024.

By Richard Brewster, on 21-Oct-2024

Melbourne-based Philips Auctions fine and decorative arts auction  ending from 9.30am Monday October 28, could be the ideal solution for those looking for an extra special item. The auction offers a broad range of items which would make splendid Christmas gifts such as the George VI sterling silver bachelor tea and coffee set (Lot 156 ) and a Rene Lalique ‘Rampillon’ opalescent glass vase (Lot 207 ), or the Meissen silver clad hot chocolate pot (Lot 227 ), Meissen porcelain coffee port (Lot 226 ) or Dresden porcelain Helena Wolfsohn chocolate cup and saucer (Lot 222 ).

<p>With Christmas only a couple of months away, shoppers are beginning to turn their attention to gifts for loved ones. An &nbsp;ideal solution for those looking for an extra special item could be this George VI sterling silver bachelor tea and coffee set, 1945 Birmingham, with maker&#39;s mark for Adie Brothers Ltd. The elegant four-piece set comprises a coffee pot, a teapot, a creamer and a sugar bowl, each of rectangular tapering form with canted corners and plain sides, the pots with composite handles and hinged covers with matching composite finials, with each piece clearly marked under the rim, estimated at $800-900.</p>

With Christmas only a couple of months away, shoppers are beginning to turn their attention to gifts for loved ones. An  ideal solution for those looking for an extra special item could be this George VI sterling silver bachelor tea and coffee set, 1945 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Adie Brothers Ltd. The elegant four-piece set comprises a coffee pot, a teapot, a creamer and a sugar bowl, each of rectangular tapering form with canted corners and plain sides, the pots with composite handles and hinged covers with matching composite finials, with each piece clearly marked under the rim, estimated at $800-900.

For those interested in ivory carvings, antique scrimshaws are another feature (see lots 41 and 42) along with Japanese Shibayama carved figures (Lot 92 ) and carved okimono of father and children (Lot 100 ).

Furniture items include an art deco four-door sideboard in rare Macassar ebony (Lot 392 ), an antique Dutch marquetry inlaid chest of  drawers (Lot 390 ), an Edwardian satinwood painted sewing box (Lot 391 ), a Victorian burr walnut dome top Canterbury (Lot 393 ) and an Edwardian satinwood heart-shaped painted side table (Lot 396 ).

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About The Author

Richard Brewster has been writing about the antiques and art auction industry for almost 20 years, first in a regular weekly column for Fairfax's The Age newspaper and also in more recent times for his own website Australian Auction Review. With 45 years experience as a journalist and public relations consultant, in 1990 Richard established his own business Brewster & Associates in Melbourne, handling a wide range of clients in the building, financial, antiques and art auction industries.