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The Dowie Collection — Bonhams & Goodman

Auction House: Bonhams & Goodman Number of lots recorded: 290
Sale Title: The Dowie Collection Lots with images: 284
Auction Location: Adelaide Prices available: 271
Date: 15/02/2009









Lot Description Price Image
*** Meli (19th Century Italian) Three Figures in Period Costume pencil sketch signed and entitled 17.5 x 25.5 cm *** N/A 
*** A bamboo bird cage together with ornamental bird ***
*** A set of sterling silver flatware comprising table spoons London 1829-1842, twelve table forks London 1833-1845, twelve dessert spoons London 1827-1845, twelve desert forks London 1830-1845 and a tea Spoons London 1833-1840 ***
*** Artist Unknown The Flutist wire and copped sheet sculpture 95 cm high Provenance: The Estate of John Stuart Dowie possibly an experimental work of John Dowie ***
*** Eight 19th Century photographs being seven photographs of relatives to the late John Stuart Dowie and a black and white photograph of a two storey blue stone residence ***
*** The John Stuart Dowie Library comprising hard cover and paper back volumes, novels, art, poetry, travel , humour and historical subject matter ***
*** Army issue gas mask and hardhat together with enamel water canister ***
*** A pair of pewter tastevins each with two stylised crown handles 12 cm diameter ***
*** Ten pewter and Epbm ware items various ***
*** Three South American cast metal deities various ***
*** Three brass objects including two lidded boxes various ***
*** Two carved ivory objects together with an exquisite carved rose jade ornament in the form of a goose (some imperfections) ***
*** Four objects including a Mayan style glazed terracotta object together with oriental comical mask and a carved stoneware deity ***
*** Ancient terracotta objects recovered from Middle Eastern digs, various ***
*** An African carved wooden object depicting deity polychrome decorated 57 cm high ***
*** Three North American objects including carved timber lion shallow bowl and gourd ***
*** Six Australian Aboriginal objects including club, Coolamon, shield, boomerang, hook boomerang and spear ***
*** J Roberts thrown pottery vase incised decoration kiln glazed signed to the base 15 cm high ***
*** A cast bronze Egyptian figure ornament 14.5 cm long ***
*** Two items comprising Persian carved ivory panelled box together with an African carved ivory figure ornament of a kneeling woman (Af) ***

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