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Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:291
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & FurnitureLots with images:265
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:188
Date:10-Apr-2006
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A George III sterling silver salver maker's mark Robert Innes, London 1781 circular, decorated with chased and engraved foliate motifs within a jeweled surround, engraved armorial, scroll feet, 33 cm diameter, 1032 grs. Total weight of silver
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A Victorian sterling silver Snuff Box Maker's mark Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1844 Rectangular, with bright-cut decoration to the top and reeding to the sides, gilt wash interior, 68 grs. total weight of silver, 7.5 cm wide.
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A Set Of Eighteen William IV Scottish Fiddle And Shell Pattern Table Forks Maker's mark probably J. McKay, Edinburgh 1830 Each with a shell moulded handle and an engraved armorial crest, 1414 grs. total weight of silver.
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A George II sterling silver marrow scoop and an ovoid George II sterling silver nutmeg grater, the marrow scoop possibly of maker's mark John Barbe, second quarter 18th century, 56 grs. Total weight of silver; the nutmeg grater possibly of maker's mark William Soame, second quarter 18th century, 20 grs. Total weight
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Walker & Hall silver plated inkstand with two diamond cut crystal ink wells, a standing lion, an urn, a pierced shell apron and lion's paw feet
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A George II sterling silver salver maker's mark Ebenezer Coker, London 1759 serpentine, with a shell moulded rim, engraved armorial crest and three hoof feet, 19 cm diameter, 266 grs. Total weight of silver
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A pair of George III sterling silver wine coasters maker's mark William Plummer, London 1780 circular, each with a pierced and gadrooned gallery edge and bright-cut vasiform decoration, engraved initials JJ and armorial crest, 13 cm diameter, 318 grs. Total weight
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A Pair Of George III Sheffield Plate Wine Coolers Circa 1810 Of fluted campana form, flanked by acanthus moulded handles, rising to a leafing grape vine rim, lead liners, 27 cm high.
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A Continental silver gilt nef 19th century, modelled as a two masted sailing ship, having a detachable deck, gun turret and funnel serving as apertures for condiments, 17.5 cm long.
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A Pair Of George II sterling silver Salt Cellars Maker's mark rubbed, London Circa 1751 Of compressed ovoid form with three hoof feet, gilt wash interior, some pitting, 7 cm diameter, 98 grs. total weight of silver.
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Two Stewart Devlin Limited Edition Silver Gilt And Enamel Eggs London 1978 and 1980 One modelled as a Jack-In-The-Box on a blue enamel ground, the other as a frog perched on a water lily on a green enamel ground, each within a patinated ovoid case, 7 cm high.
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Two Stewart Devlin Limited Edition Silver Gilt And Enamel Eggs London 1979 and 1980 One modelled as a Jack-In-The-Box on a blue enamel ground, the other as a turtle swimming amongst foliage and rocks on a green enamel ground, each within a patinated ovoid case, 7 cm high.
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Two Stewart Devlin Limited Edition Silver Gilt And Enamel Eggs London, Circa 1992 and 1993 One modelled as a Rhinocerous emerging from the water, the other as a kangaroo with a joey, each within a patinated ovoid case, 7 cm high.
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Two Stewart Devlin limited edition silver gilt and enamel eggs, London 1976 and 1979, one modelled as a turtle swimming amongst foliage and rocks on a green enamel ground, the other as baby birds in a nest, each within a patinated ovoid case
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A Victorian silver plate tray of rectangular form with a diamond pierced, leaf and berry moulded rim flanked by loop handles, scroll feet. Width 69.5 cm
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A Russian Silver Mounted Dressing Table Set Possibly from Kostroma, Circa 1926 Comprising two graduated pairs scent bottles, two rectangular jars, two circular jars, four hair brushes and a hand mirror, each embossed with Art Nouveau style foliate motifs, the largest scent bottle 20 cm high.
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A Sheffield plate lidded tureen first half 19th century of ovoid form, the lobed body flanked by acanthus moulded handles, with a conforming cover, fleur de lys armorial. Width 40 cm across the handles
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A George II sterling silver Coffee Pot Maker's mark John Robinson, London Circa 1740 Of baluster form with chased and embossed leaf decoration to the spout, flanked by a fruitwood handle, hinged domed lid and bell finial, 26 cm high, 828 grs. total weight.
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A Victorian silver plate mounted crystal claret jug mallet shaped with hobnail cut faceting, the loop handle, spout and cover moulded with scrolling acanthus leaf and mask head decoration, 28 cm high
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A George V sterling silver tray maker's mark Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1916 of rounded rectangular form, with a gadrooned border and leaf moulding to the corners and loop handles, 75 cm wide, 3540 grs. Total weight of silver
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A Pair Of George III Fiddle Pattern Irish sterling silver Basting Spoons Maker's mark rubbed, Dublin 1764 Each with a drop heal, engraved initials R.J and an armorial
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A Victorian sterling silver Cake Basket Maker's mark possibly Roberts and Hall, Sheffield 1853 Ovoid, with foliate pierced panels and engraving to the interior, the serpentine rim rising to a swing handle, shaped foot, 1026 grs. total weight of silver, 37 cm wide.
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A Late Victorian Four Piece sterling silver Tea And Coffee Service Maker's mark probably Henry Atkin, Sheffield 1900 Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, creamer and sugar vessel, each of oblong form with fluting and foliate engraving to the body, the coffee pot 25 cm high, 1742 grs. total weight.
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A Japanese Satsuma reticulated basket and cover Meiji period, signed of pierced circular form, the handle painted and gilt with birds and bamboo to one side and women at domestic chores to the other, painted Shimazu mon and Yasuda Company trade mark to base. Height 11 cm
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A Japanese Satsuma Vase Meiji Period, Signed Kinkozan zo Of squat circular form with loop handles, finely painted and gilt with panels of figures in garden settings, on a blue ground, impressed and painted marks to base, 11 cm high.
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A pair of Chinese famille rose vases Quanliang marks, 20th century, each painted with a continuos scene of children playing, together with wooden stands and a fitted
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A large, Japanese Imari charger Meiji period of lobed circular form, painted and gilt with phoenix amidst scrolling foliage, within a flower and trellis border, 47 cm diameter
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A large Japanese Satsuma vase Meiji period, signed of lobed baluster form with figural handles, the body painted and gilt with Lohan and Rakan within trellis and mon borders, 46 cm high
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A fine Japanese Satsuma vase Meiji period, signed Kinkozan of tapering circular form, painted with panels of figures and birds within gilt borders on a dark blue ground. Height 25.5 cm
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A Chinese famille rose tureen and stand first quarter 19th century of oval form painted and gilt with panels of figures, peacocks, exotic birds and peony, the platter. Width 47 cm, the tureen. Width 37.5 cm
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A Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase Kangxi Period Of square form with a circular fluted neck, painted with panels of figures in landscape settings, fused to a wooden base, 57 cm high.
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A Chinese famille rose garden seat late Qing Dynasty painted and pierced with cash coins, scrolling lotus and birds within trellis and ruyi head borders, 47 cm high, 34 cm diameter
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A Chinese Qianlongfamille rose Porcelain Plate And A 19th century French Plate The Chinese plate of circular form, painted with leaves and prunus blossom on a variegated border, 22 cm diameter; the French plate painted with a Chinoiserie scene, 23.5 cm diameter.
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A pair of Indian bronze figures, each standing figure modelled holding their attributes, with elaborate head dress, drapery and body jewellery, 30 cm high
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Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures Late Meiji Period One showing a man with a monkey, the other modelled as a man with a child holding a lantern to his back, the tallest 13 cm high.
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Two Chinese snuff bottles, comprising a crystal bottle with needle inclusions, 7 cm high; and a white quartz snuff bottle with relief carved decoration, rose quartz stopper, 7.5 cm high
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Three agate snuff bottles 19th century, one carved with a boy and a frog, carnelian stopper, another carved with three monkeys, jadeite stopper, and a snuff bottle carved with a cat amongst peony and a deer and a bat, glass stopper
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Three Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles 19th century One teadust glazed bottle of baluster form, sealmark to base, stopper missing, the other of cylindrical form, seal mark to base, jade stopper; together with a Robin's egg glazed snuff bottle a with glass stopper.
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Two 19th century Chinese Snuff Bottles Of flattened ovoid form, carved with a child and a buffalo to one side and a carp to the other, coral stopper, 7 cm high; and a turquoise snuff bottle with matching stopper, 6 cm high.
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Three Chinese snuff bottles 19th/20th century, comprising a cinnabar lacquer bottle carved with scholars, carnelian stopper. Height 8 cm; a knotted wood bottle, carved with lion mask-ring handles, and a Buddhistic lion finial, 8 cm
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A set of three Japanese gilt bronze and enamel figures 19th century two figures depicting Bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana with jewelled pendant ear lobes and robes, the third figure kneeling dressed as a warrior with a shield, each raised on a finely carved lotus throne, 19 cm high
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A Chinese Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Lacquer Box 19th century Of octagonal form with three sections, the whole finely decorated with prunus among rocks, birds and flowering peony, some losses, 40 cm high.
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Schulim Krimper rectangular teak chest of drawers with a shaped rail, raised dovetail joints to each side, an arrangement of three short and four long drawers, stylised supports and signed 'S. Krimper'. Provenance: This sideboard was commissioned by the original owner in 1955 to be used in their family home
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Schulim Krimper teak side table with a serpentine rectangular top, a shaped rail, a single frieze drawer and stylised supports
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Blackbean single pedestal desk by Schulim Krimper, with a green leather inset rectangular top, on stylised, flared supports and three drawers, together with a conforming leather upholstered chair
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Blackbean dressing table by Schulim Krimper, with a rectangular top, a centred hinged lift-top section, a mirrored interior, a single shaped frieze drawer, three conforming drawers to each pedestal and stylised, flared supports
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An Australian contemporary design teak bookcase Atrributed to Schulim Krimper, the top with two glazed panelled doors, above a projecting lower section set with three herring bone panelled doors
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An Australian Arts & Crafts style fiddleback mountain Ash sideboard stamped Myer's, the stylised openwork top above a bowed front and an arrangement of three drawers and two paneled cupboard doors, raised on square tapering supports with spade feet, 187 x 128 x 64 cm
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An Australian Blackwood Loo Table The oval tilt top above a band frieze, raised on a fluted baluster standard and four out swept leaf carved legs, brass castors, 132 x 73 x 99.5 cm.
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An Australian Arts & Crafts style blackwood foldover games table stamped Beard Watson Ltd, Sydney, circa 1920, the circular top with baize to one side, raised on stylised scroll supports, lion's paw feet, xylonite label to base. Diameter 85 cm. Height 76 cm
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An Australian Art Deco parquetry inlaid linen press stamped Beard Watson Ltd Sydney, of rounded rectangular form, above a single frieze drawer, two cupboard doors enclosing shelves and one long apron drawer, stamped registration No. 33597, 121 x 140 x 55.5 cm
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A Pair Of Grant Featherston A310H Space Dining Chairs Enclosed form, the contoured back, arms and seat upholstered in original green vinyl, the base with applied
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An Australian Arts And Crafts Style Parquetry And Blackwood Ledger Cabinet Rectangular, with a paneled ebony and mother-of-pearl inlaid cupboard door, above an arrangement of open partitions on a plinth base, 68 x 157 x 37 cm.
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A Victorian mahogany pedestal sideboard, the leaf carved mirror back above a shaped rectangular top, each pedestal having a carved panelled door centred by a frieze drawer, the whole with carved fruit, leaf and swag decoration, plinth base, brass castors, 200 x 183 x 66 cm. Provenance: Letters accompanying the sideboard suggest that it was possibly originally owned by William Charles Wentworth during the period in which he resided at Vaucluse house, Vaucluse, New South Wales, the letters indicate that the…
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An Australian Painted And Ebonised Cedar Tartan Top Table The circular tilt top painted with a chess board on a green and red tartan ground, above a turned standard and out swept legs, brass castors, 107 cm diameter x 75 cm high. Provenance: Christie's Bronte House auction, Sydney, December 9 2003, Lot 254.
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An oak Melbourne Stock Exchange chair 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the green leather upholstered back surmounted by a carved monogram and three fleur de lys finials, the roll over arms and contoured seat raised on turned legs and stretchers, mounted with a silvered plate to the crest rail inscribed ' this chair is one of 120 used for 70 years by the stock exchange of Melbourne in their call room until the close of call trading at that exchange in December, 1961'
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An oak Melbourne Stock Exchange chair 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the green leather upholstered back surmounted by a carved monogram and three fleur de lys finials, the roll over arms and contoured seat raised on turned legs and stretchers, mounted with a silvered
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A 19th century Australian Cedar Box The rectangular lid with string inlay, opening to a compartmentalised interior, 45.5 x 29.5 x 30 cm.
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A Colonial Australian cedar Sidetable stamped J. Sly, New South Wales, circa 1845, the rounded rectangular top above two frieze drawers, turned legs and toupie feet, stamped in three places to underside, 122 x 74 x 59 cm
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A large Australian cedar sideboard, the scroll carved back above a rectangular top and three frieze drawers, the lower section with four panelled cupboard doors, reverse breakfront plinth base, 230 x 135 x 68 cm
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19th century huon pine chest of drawers with a rounded rectangular top, an arrangement of four long and two short panelled drawers, carved corbels and toupie feet
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Large carved blackwood fire surround with a projecting dentil cornice, three gum leaf and gum nut carved panels, a stippled ground and fluted columnar supports, from the school of Robert Prenzel
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Pottery openwork lizard bowl of circular shape with a cream ground, a stylised foliate pierced body, an applied figure of a lizard, a painted and incised 'Marguerite Mahood' signature, a monogram and 'C 586'
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An Australian Pottery Scraffito Vase Signed W.M.B Of waisted cylindrical form, the cream ground body incised with stylised trees in an outback landscape, incised artist's initials, 15 cm high.
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A Large Australian Pottery Charger 20th Century, Artist's Monogram for Barbara Swarbrick Circular, painted with Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and native flora with gilt highlights, initials to underside, 57.5 cm diameter.
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An Australian Pottery Float Bowl Signed Philippa James, Circa 1927 Circular, with a central frog, modelled to one side with a Eucalyptus leaf, in colours of pink, green and mottled mauve with a contrasting matt and gloss glaze, incised signature to base, 17 cm diameter.
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An Impressive William Ricketts Earthenware Sculpture Modelled as the stump of an ancient tree on a spreading naturalistic base, relief moulded with mythical figures, tribal elders, boys and Australian native fauna, 44 cm high.
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An Australian Bronze Figure Of A Ballet Dancer Signed Glassborow, 1996 The male figure standing on pointe with his back arched, inscribed date and signature, possibly titled Paul de Mab, 46 cm high.
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A Victorian Mahogany Chiffonier The back with a single display shelf centred by a carved foliate cresting, above panelled cupboard doors decorated with blind fret carving and patera, plinth base, 120 x 142 x 54 cm.
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Mpressive Aesthetic movement burr walnut and satinwood sideboard with a mirrored, gallery edged top, a central concave, fall hand painted vignette depicting a Venetian scene, ftwo painted panelled doors, the lower section withstamped 62979
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A pair of Louis XVI style walnut armchairs, each having a brocade upholstered tablet back, above down swept acanthus leaf carved scrolling arms and a conforming seat, with similar supports united by a cross stretcher
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A 19th century mahogany and rosewood fold over card table, the rectangular top opening to a green baize interior, above a twist turned standard and four out swept legs, brass caps and castors, 92 x 72 x 44 cm
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Victorian burr walnut credenza with a shaped, grey veined marble top, three glazed doors, turned and fluted column supports, a plinth base and stringing and cross banded decorations all over
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