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Antiques & Art — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:1,050
Sale Title:Antiques & ArtLots with images:143
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:713
Date:8-Nov-2016
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A brass novelty vesta, modelled as an out-house.
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A brass novelty vesta, modelled as the Devil, pressing his nose releases the hinged lid.
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A novelty vesta, modelled as a fox, one glass eye absent.
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A novelty brass vesta, modelled as a horse's head.
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A novelty vesta, modelled as a cloven hoof, nickel plated brass wrapped with animal hide.
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A 19th century travelling vesta case, enamelled metal with leather cover, box form with interior compartment.
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A novelty vesta box, brass, modelled as a fishing creel.
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A novelty vesta, zinc, modelled as a pig.
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A vesta, silver, decorated to one side with card suits. Sheffield 1896.
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A novelty vesta, nickel plated brass, modelled as an eagle's head.
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An Edwardian novelty vesta, in the form of a small flat box, original leather with brass handle to lid.
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A novelty vesta, aluminium, moulded with a golfer.
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A novelty vesta, silver, modelled as a flattened golf ball. Chester 1905.
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A silver vesta, flattened circular shape. Birmingham 1915.
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An articulated jointed 'Felix-the-Cat' toy.
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A vintage Maori themed resin chess set, mainly figural pieces also include whare raised on walled fortifications, etc., dark brown and ivory toned pieces.
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Three antique portrait miniatures, young boy, young girl and Rev. H. Martin, all in ebonised oak leaf frames with suspension rings. Height 7 cm
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A 19th century ivory carved portrait miniature, the classic gent in ¾ profile wearing a hat, original oval timber frame.
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A c.1900 portrait miniature on ivory, the young woman with coiffured hair, entitled to the reverse '383 Princess Clementine'. Decorative brass frame.
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A 19th century portrait miniature on ivory, the woman with lace bonnet and shawl, wide tapered ebonised frame.
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A 19th century bronze portrait plaque, the classical Roman gent in profile, sculpted by 'Crawford', ebonised frame. Diameter 15.5 cm
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A pair of 19th century bronze portrait medallions, named to the border, circular conforming wooden frames. Diameter of each 9.3 cm
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A 19th century fine watercolour portrait of a man and child, as he writes in an open book his attention is drawn to the child over his left shoulder. 16 cm x 12.5 cm, original flame mahogany frame.
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After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), 'The Empress Eugenie, surrounded by her ladies-in-waiting', the original painted 1855, held at the Chateau at Compiegne, the miniature finely painted on ivory. Gilt framed under glass. Note: Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer known for his portraits of royalty in the mid-19th century Among his best-known works is 'Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies-in-Waiting'. 12.5 cm x 18 cm
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A red tortoise shell boulle framed erotic portrait miniature on ivorine panel, the oval panel signed and set within an oblong frame. Image 8 cm x 6 cm
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A portrait miniature painting, in gilt metal mount, set on a mirror panel within an ebonised ogee frame. Image 7 cm x 5.2 cm
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A portrait miniature on ivory of a young female saint, oval image in gilt mount set within a mirror panel within an ogee black lacquer frame. Image 5.5 cm x 4.2 cm
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A 19th century horn lidded snuff box, oval form, the flat lid with citrine coloured cairngorm.
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An early 19th century Scottish mull, silver rim, hinges and cartouche to the lid, together with a small bone spoon. Length 7 cm
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A Cartier 18ct. gold nibbed fountain pen, the orange marbleised case with gold plated fittings, maker's details to cap end, complete with original fitted red leather box, certificate numbered 054407, outer packaging and eight packets of ink cartridges, blue and black.
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A c.1900 brass inkwell, capstan form with spreading square bracket base.
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A vintage silver and gold Parker fountain pen, decorative fine square trellis type design, fitted gold nib.
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A 19th century Japanese black lacquered writing slope, the top with shaped panel decorated in red and gilt dominant with cranes in a landscape, opening to reveal a fitted interior.
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A late 19th century floral carved stamp box, long rectangular form, notch detail to the borders, the hinged lid revealing four compartments. Length 13 cm
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A 19th century fancy carved fruitwood watch holder, the lid finely detailed in high relief with leaf, flower and fruit detail, hinged opening to form the stand.
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A Conway Stewart fountain pen, blue pearlized case, lever fill, 14ct. gold nib.
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A Mabie, Todd & Bard 'Swan' lady's chatelaine pen, c.1910, eye dropper filling, hard rubber case with gold plated details including bayonet cap fitting
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A 9ct. gold (tested) propelling pencil, fluted shape with Corinthian capital finial set with bloodstone seal, sliding action reveals a propelling pencil.
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A Wahl 'Eversharp' American gold plated propelling pencil, with suspension ring.
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A Wahl 'Eversharp' gold plated propelling pencil, with pocket clip.
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A Bone Stanhope dip pen and a mother-of-pearl handled dip pen.
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A c.1900 cast iron 'Tower Bank', the clock tower form with spire to top. Height 23.5 cm
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Three vintage steel corkscrews, one of double scissor action, another with sprung mechanism.
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An uncommon early 190th century sheet music arm band holder, the silvered metal top of lyre form with sprung clip, wide stitched leather buckle arm band. As used by musicians in a marching band or similar.
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A selection of seven 19th century various coloured glass seals, amber and milk tone, each intaglio cut.
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Two c.1900 Chinese black lacquered chinoiserie games boxes, each with a gilt figure to the fitted lid, containing draughts pieces, together with a later board.
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Two boxed precision instruments, one marked Broche Multiplicatrice 'Bracer', Made in Paris.
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Three boxed precision instruments.
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Two boxed precision instruments by Mitutoyo, Japan.
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An Edwardian oak three-bottle tantalus, the square section crystal bottles with cushion-cut engraving, ball stoppers, one with large rim chip, with George III silver 'Whiskey' bottle ticket.
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A collection of twenty-three 17th, 18th and 19th century English coins, mainly silver, includes; Charles II ½groat, and one shilling, Elizabeth I groat and one shilling, two George I shillings, and one George III shilling, etc., housed in 'Coin Library' album.
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A collection of older world coinage, includes two boxes and various in sorted envelopes.
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A box of miscellaneous English silver coins.
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A Cambridge University Officer Training Corps silver medal, for Lewis Gun competition, 1920.
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A Royal Horticultural Society silver medal dated 1938, in case.
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Two silver Amateur silver medallions, uninscribed.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian War of Independence 1859, gilt bronze medallion in ebonised metal circular frame.
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A 1960s The Beatles original roll of wallpaper, printed in colours with various scenes of the band members together with their signatures, printed to the back 'Union Made. Made In Canada'. Width 5.2 cm
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An c.1950 Robert 'Mouseman' carved oak chopping board, octagonal form with the maker's signature relief carved mouse to the corner. 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm
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The Arthur Rackham illustrated book 'The Sleeping Beauty', published in London by William Heinemann.
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Ten sheets of New Zealand stamps.
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Three old albums of New Zealand and world stamps.
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Seven sheets of Chinese stamps.
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Two old books, 'The Select Works of John Bunyan' 1874, and 'Stories from the Arabian Nights' with coloured plates by Edmund Dulac.
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A collection of livery and military buttons, in bronze, brass and pewter.
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A collection of ten 16thC/17th century crotal/rumbler bells.
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Four 18th century political cartoons by Heath, hand coloured, framed.
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A set of three antique chromolithograph prints of cockerels, framed, includes 'Brown Leghorns'.
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An early 20th century New Zealand Dixon's Palmerston North ginger beer bottle, the stoneware bottle with maker's details and anchor to the front, minor hair crack to the reverse, the top with brown glaze. Height 23.5 cm
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An unusual Japanese lacquered gourd, long mildly tapered and curved form, green and black with red highlights.
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A large striated marble ball on stand, pale tan tones with dark lineal bands, raised on lacquered stand.
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A Victorian brass pan, circular form with high sides and two turned handles riveted to the sides. Diameter 33.5 cm
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A Victorian cast brass medium jam pan, the steel overhead handle with copper rivets. Diameter 24 cm
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A Victorian copper kettle, traditional tapered ovoid body and overhead handle, good polish.
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A 19th century copper kettle, overhead swing handle, nicely detailed with spout hinged cover and scrolling finial.
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A Victorian copper bed warming pan, the hinged lid with engraved bird and scroll detail, long turned wooden handle.
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Three 19th century pewter plates, traditional dished circular form. Diameters 225 approx.
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A 19th century cast brass statuette of the 'Lion of St.Mark', his left paw upon an open book. Height 16.5 cm
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A pair of George III brass short column candlesticks, original pushers. Heights 16.5 cm
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A pair of small bronze and ormolu table candelabra, in the Regency manner, each modelled as tree trunks supporting nozzles and branches with small crystal droplets, ormolu dog and lion sit at the bases. Height 22 cm
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A heavy cast brass preserving pan, with fixed iron handle. Diameter 33 cm
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A Victorian cast iron boot scraper, scrolling sides on plain base, with old paint finish.
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Three large carved ebony elephants, with bone/ivory inlaid details and tusks, some faults. Tallest 32 cm
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An amethyst geode 'Cave', cut to reveal the rich purple toned crystals, raised on granite slab plinth. Height 39.5 cm
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A Victorian spelter statuette of a stork, standing on turned brass plinth base. Height 25 cm
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A classical brass sculpture of a male discus thrower, the Greek Olympian in traditional costume. Height 23.5 cm
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A 'Darwinian' bronze 'Ape with Skull' after Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold (1853-1900), depicting a chimpanzee seated upon a stack of books considering a human skull; the original created in 1892, the sculpture drawing inference from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Rodin's 'Thinker'. Height 31 cm
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A bronze sculpture after Auguste Rodin, 'Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose', originally modelled 1863-1864, this sculpture broke away from the conventional notions of beauty basing this work on a local workman 'Bibi', Rodin considered this work his first good piece of modelling which 'determined all my future work'. Height 22 cm, raised on stepped marble and wood base.
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An Art Deco spelter statuette of an athletic woman with ball, modelled standing on black marble plinth base. Repaired at feet. Height 50 cm
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Two decorative busts on stand, of classical Greek men, the plinth bases with a wreath to the front, minor chipping. 10.5 cm x 30 cm
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A good Art Deco plaster shop display bust, 1930 'Sylvia'. 25 cm x 52 cm
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A vintage banjo mandolin, by Dulcetta, London, the tuning key of bone, the head stock and neck inlaid with mother-of-pearl and abalone, requires stringing.
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An old and highly decorative marching band snare drum, brass body, colourful painted rims. Diameter 37.5 cm
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A Washburn 'Cremonatone' bowl-back mandolin, c.1900, in case.
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A Hawkes & Son, London, brass Alto saxophone 'X Century' model', c.1930, in case.
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An Essex mandolin banjo, with original metal label, and with case.
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An early 20th century cased wall telephone, the battery box with sloping note stand, to bells and mouthpiece to upper box. Some attention required.
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An antique telephone, the rectangular box base with side-winding handle, the top cradle supporting the early-type handset.
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A late 19th century metal pagoda shaped lamp, flared 'roof' above the caged body and lower tray.
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An early 20th century green glass eight-lobed porch light in metal frame, cone-form top. Height 35 cm
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