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The Estate Of A Gentleman together with the Richard Divall AO OBE Collection — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:388
Sale Title:The Estate Of A Gentleman together with the Richard Divall AO OBE CollectionLots with images:373
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:328
Date:30-Apr-2017
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A sterling silver bowl and three English silver spoons, comprising an enamelled spoon, a Victorian silver mustard Edinburgh, 1846 and a Kings pattern silver mustard. together with a silver mustard with blue glass insert, and a Christofle plated pepperette. Total silver weight 260gm
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An English silver porringer with inscriptions to rim, together with a pair of silver mustards, two matching silver teaspoons, and two other silver teaspoons, total weight 183gm
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A Birmingham silver cream jug, together with a pair of Chester silver salts, a pair of Glasgow silver pepperettes, and three other silver items, total weight 265gm
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A circa 1900 German silver bowl marked 835 Posen, 29.5 cm wide 300gm
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An Edward VII silver waiter, with a gallery edge on four hoof feet,maker: John Bodman Carrington, London, 1906, 228gm, 18 cm wide
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A Germanic silver Corinthian column candlestick, on a square base, marked 835, total weight 775gm, 28 cm high
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A silver tea service with sugar bowl and jug, maker Hunt & Roskell, London 1889, Alfred Benson & Henry Hugh Webb (partners in J W Benson Ltd) trading as Hunt & Roskell, New Bond Street, London
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A George IV fiddle and thread silver basting spoon Maker Edinburgh 1815 31.5 cm, 128gm
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A collection of 11 silver teaspoons with crests, total weight 141gm, together with three Dutch 830 silver anointing spoons with embossed coastal scenes, 148gm
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A superb Sheraton Revival painted satinwood lady's oval sewing table on square tapering legs, 73 cm high, 39 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A George IV silver ladle, fiddle pattern Maker Thomas Watson Newcastle 1795 218gm
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A 19th century Australian Colonial Huon pine washstand with replacement top. 90 cm high, 122 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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A pair 18th century Dutch dining chairs, with vase shaped splat on cabriole legs with shell decoration and stretcher
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Italian 20th century vase with painted decoration. 53 cm high
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A Victorian walnut and ebonised credenza, 103 cm high, 149 cm wide, 44 cm deep
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A 19th century wall tapestry, with flowerhead decoration and light green border. 189 cm long, 137 cm wide
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A late 18th century Italian settee, the cresting rail with panels of acanthus marquetry, out swept arms above a cane seat, on reeded bulbous legs, with red velvet loose cushions, 167 cm long, 63 cm deep
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A circa 1810 pair of French Empire Vieux Paris plates, each centre painted en grisaille of musical trophies, the borders with etched gilt lions on mauve ground, diameter 22 cm
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Early 20th century Coalport fruit service, with blue reserves and moulded edge
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A French empire style circular mahogany and marble top lamp table, 60 cm high, 60 cm diameter
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Piranesi 'Trophy of Augustus' Pair of Engravings 65 x 40 cm
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A set of three 18th century Qing period Chinese porcelain bowl and covers, the largest being 22 cm high, the two smaller bowls each 12 cm high
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Two Piranesi engravings, entitled 'Grouppo di Scale Ornato di Magnifica Architecttura', 23 x 36 cm, and 'Idea d'un Atrio Reale', 23 x 36 cm
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A pair of French pewter lidded jugs, each marked 'Litre' and with touch marks, each 21 cm high
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An 18th century pewter tappit-hen of globular form, 28 cm high
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A boxed set of six Chinese silver teaspoons, the handles with marked with script, 67 gm total weight, together with a Kut Hing Pewter Swatow tea caddy
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The base of a Minton majolica comport modelled with three draped cherubs and converted to a lamp
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A pair of Coalport vases and covers, circa 1900 each painted with landscape in gilt cartouches on a cobalt blue ground with gilt highlights 43 cm high
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A 14th century Ming period crackle glaze cylindrical celadon vase banded with key decoration on stand, overall height 28 cm
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Kenneth Rowell 'La Belle Heleane, Promenades, Act III' Line and wash Costume Design 39 x 29 cm
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A large 19th century Louis XV style painted bergere chair with loose floral upholstered cushion
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Grant Featherstone, (Australian 1922-1995), R160 chair, designed c. 1951, gold upholstery, on four timber tapered legs
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A Qing period crackle glaze stem vase, 12 cm high
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A 17th century Chinese blue and white bowl on stand, together with another 17th century Chinese bowl
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Merric Boyd, Victoria, circa 1934, high-fired stoneware branch handled jug, green ground painted Cruffel porcelain and factory marks, 11.5 cm high
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A pair of George III style mahogany two tier bedside tables with spiral turned supports, 62 cm high, 62 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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An outstanding Regency mahogany bookcase, with swan neck above a pair of astragal glazed doors, the lower section with secretaire drawer, above graduated drawers on paw feet. Approx. 227 cm high, 106 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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A Qing period celadon vase with moulded decoration, presently a lamp, 42 cm high
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A pair of George II mahogany dining chairs with vase shaped splat on cabriole legs with stretcher
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A pair of German school 17th century engravings 'Triumphal Procession' 37 x 37 cm and 30 x 34 cm approx.
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Four Greek school hand coloured engravings, 'The Charioteer' and 'Soldiers', each 29 x 50 cm, and 'The Discussion' and 'Olive Branch', each 16 x 11 cm
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An 18th century Chippendale mahogany chair with green upholstery
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A French transitional style walnut commode with marble top, and three drawers with floral marquetry decoration, 87 cm high, 83 cm wide, 46.5 cm deep
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A republic period quartetto of Chinese tables with plain panelled tops, each frieze carved with flowerheads on tapering legs, with stretchers. 61 cm high
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A 19th century Thai figure of Buddha in seated position, 21.5 cm high
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A French Louis XVI style mahogany three door library bookcase with brass banding, approx. 237 cm high, 189 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A set of eight prints, each 20th century after 18th century etchings. 41 x 31 cm
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A burr walnut Victorian card table of serpentine outline, the hinged top enclosing a baize interior, on carved end supports, 73 cm high, 97.5 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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Two 15th century wood engravings of Rhodes, one German school and hand coloured, 18 x 17 cm, the other 20 x 22 cm
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A Victorian mahogany drum table with inset leather top, with frieze drawers, on a bulbous support with out swept feet, 75 cm high, 122 cm diameter
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An 18th century farmhouse table with plank top, end drawer, and carving slide on square chamfered legs, 75 cm high, 156 cm wide, 73 cm deep
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A sterling silver plate with gadrooned and inset German coin, 524gm, together with a coin mounted in a possibly silver stand with CKB monogram
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An English early 18th century elm spindle back country chair in original condition
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A 19th century Thai bronze figure of Buddha in seated position, 20 cm tall
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An antique elm top bench with pine base, 45 cm high, 172.5 cm wide
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Three 18th and 19th century pewter plates together with a pair of 19th century English pewter ladles and a George III pewter soup tureen
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A fine French flame mahogany two door bookcase
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A late 18th century Bristol blue glass decanter with pewter mounts, bearing the BADA label underneath, 28 cm high
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A Qing period Blanc de Chine Chinese figure of Guanyin, 21 cm high
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An interesting Chinese ornately carved display cabinet, 182 cm high, 91 cm wide, 40.5 cm deep
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An old Ahar rug on a red ground, with green and blue medallion and navy border, 379 x 291 cm
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A French Louis XV style kingwood and floral marquetry bombe shaped two drawer commode, stamped: 'Fabrication Francaise Bois de Rose', 81 cm high, 68 cm wide, 36 cm deep
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A Victorian copper samovar of baluster form, with a domed top, scroll handles terminating in masks, the lower half with reeded decoration, with a flared stem on a square base, terminating in bun feet, 54 cm high
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An 18th century fruitwood Sheraton elbow chair with fluted upright splats, out swept arm on square tapering supports
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A decorative French Louis XV style kingwood floral marquetry shaped top side table, 75 cm high, 102 cm wide, 64.5 cm deep
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A French 2nd Empire secretaire abattant with marble top, above a frieze with neo classical ormolu decoration
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'Century British Naval ''Mameluke'' ceremonial swords with ivory handles, brass scabbards, decorated blades.'
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A Yamaha baby grand piano, model number G2, registration number J3730455, for many years this served as the personal piano of the late Richard Divall
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The celebrated Claude Debussy's flamboyant ivory conductor's baton, marks indicating where the silver mounts once were set. This baton is exceptionally large at 58 cm long. Provenance: While studying music in Paris in his youth, Richard befriended his musical director, who was once a great friend of Claude Debussy. Upon Richard's departure from Paris, his professor gifted to Richard Debussy's conductors baton, just as Debussy himself had once passed it on
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'Two Volumes, ''The Works of William Shakespeare'' half modern leather bound, London, circa 1880 together with an octavo of 'The Works of Shakespeare' circa 1880 owned and bearing owner's inscription of Richard Sydney Divall AO OBE.'
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Thirteen volumes of Christopher Columbus - Journals, biographies, discoveries and voyages published by Libreria Dello Stato, together with a further 8 volumes
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Four historical volumes on Victoria, leather bound, together with 14 other volumes on Australia
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Twenty-seven historical volumes including a complete set of eight Thomas Hodgkin - The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire published by the folio society
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Historical volumes including Folio Society volumes on oriental and sub-continental civilizations
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Two volumes of Don John of Austria published in 1883 in good condition, together with 31 other volumes on history and religion
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Two Volumes on The Life of Abdur Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan together with other volumes on Afghanistan
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An old Kashan rug on a red ground with navy blue medallion, 384 x 295 cm
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A Gliga Cello, three-quarter size, in Hiscox Hardcase
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An early 20th century Australian fiddleback blackwood jewellery cabinet, a hinged door enclosing small drawers and a bevelled mirror, maker Grundy & Co. Brunswick. 37.5 cm high, 25 cm wide, 28.5 cm deep
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Twenty-three volumes on Australian exploration and history
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Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis, together with other volumes on Australian history
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Two volumes of R. Brough Smyth - Aborigines of Victoria together with other volumes on Australian history
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Twenty-four volumes including five volumes of The History of Western Philosophy & Religion, published by Oxford University Press
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The Dramatic Works of Moliere published in 1878, six volumes half leather binding in good condition, together with The Complete works of Eugene Scribe published 1840-41, quarter leather binding in good condition
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Volumes one, two, and three of The Cambridge History of the First World War together with assorted war histories
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova published by the Limited Editions Club in 1940 in good condition together with three other books
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Volumes Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by W.M. Sloane, folio, large, handsome half leather binding with gilt lettering published 1906, together with three volumes on the campaigns of Napoleon
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The Picture of Australia, by Mudie published in 1829, a scarce Australiana title with foldout map, together with other Australiana books
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A fine Tabriz rug on a navy blue ground, and gold and beige medallion, 395 x 350 cm
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Two Voyages to the South Seas by Durmont D'Urville, MUP 1987 together with other Australiana titles
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12 silver soup spoons and 12 silver dinner forks, of similar fiddle patterns, some bearing a crest. 1760 gms
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A set of 12 forks and 12 soup spoons, all 19th century continental silver made in a fiddle and thread pattern, various makers. 1268gm
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A group of various silver soup spoons and a ladle weighing 1177 gm
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Two large pewter plates together with six smaller pewter plates
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Ten silver soup spoons, of a fiddle pattern and various makers, and nine silver dinner forks together with two silver entree forks. 1248gm
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Two large pewter plates together with nine smaller pewter plates
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A set of four silver dinner forks and soup spoons, marked TD. 547gm
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A pewter tureen together with a large pewter plate and five smaller pewter plates
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An 18th century wine glass with bell shaped bowl in spiral air twist stem on a folded foot, 16.5 cm high
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A 19th century Dresden Carl Thieme, Potschappel, ink set, painted with gilt and sprigs of flowers, with blue underglaze mark, 22 cm wide
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