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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:495
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:495
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:339
Date:16-Sep-2018
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A cased sterling silver heart shaped perfume bottle, 1896 Chester, with maker's marks for George Watts, the bottle finely engraved with leafy arabesques, with a vacant star cartouche, a plain globe screw top cap, thrice hallmarked to shoulders and cap, and housed in the silk and velvet lined hard case of issue, length 7 cm
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A Bohemian cased green glass perfume bottle, circa 1860s, a teardrop variation flacon, faceted and decorated in two tone gilt with roses and hail spots, with a hinged silver gilt repousse lid, length 11 cm
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A gem set silver clad perfume bottle with serpent, 1897 Birmingham, rubbed maker's marks, a cylindrical glass bottle with an encircling serpent studded with red paste jewels, an ornate turban and pointed hinged lid with a sapphire blue cabochon finial, gilt washed to the interior and having the original stopper, partial hallmarks to collar, height 11 cm
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A porcelain perfume bottle, 'Provender for the Monastery' attributed to Meissen, circa 1850-60, a Franciscan friar carrying a girl concealed in a wheat sheaf, with a butterfly stopper, with a blue asterisk mark to the base indicating a Meissen blank decorated at an outside factory, height 9 cm
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A cased art glass gilt decorated perfume bottle, circa 1880s, the tear drop shaped opaline glass bottle in lightly speckled ombre teal colours with grapevine decoration in gilt, having a swirled hinged silver cap, gilt washed to the interior and with the original glass stopper, housed in the violet silk and velvet lined hard case of issue, length 10.5 cm
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A gilded cornucopia perfume bottle attributed to Moser, circa 1880s, the elegant green glass bottle with shaped gilt collar decoration with enamel and gilt 'Jewels', sprigged to the body in gilt and white, with a hinged brass turban cap, suspensory ring and chain, length 13.5 cm
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Two fine English novelty perfume bottles: a glass strawberry and a Realistic porcelain walnut, circa 1880-1900, walnut probably by McIntyre and Burslem Company, a realistic moulded strawberry with a hinged brass lid, chain and suspensory ring, and a matt porcelain walnut with a silver hinged cap, stopper and chain, the latter illustrated in a. Walker 'Scent Bottles', p. 24, length 6 cm, and smaller
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An inlaid enamel sterling silver perfume bottle, 1888 London, with maker's mark for Saunder & shepherd, the tear drop shaped bottle decorated with a finely rendered posy of pastel roses in inlaid enamel, with a flat screw top lid, hallmarks to the upper body and collar of lid, length 7 cm
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A peach blow glass perfume bottle attributed to Thomas Webb, 1885 London, with maker's marks for Sampson Mordan & Co tear drop shaped and exquisitely decorated in the Japonisme style with trailing gilt paste prunus blossom in the manner of Jules Barbe, hallmarked to the sterling silver globular screw top lid, length 10 cm
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A Chelsea porcelain 'Toy' perfume bottle, 'Cupid on the Donkey, circa 1760, a cupid astride a braying donkey, with a quiver upon his back and holding a ribbon, with encrusted flora, floral stopper, concave base with dentil border and gilded bouquet mark, illustrated: Y. Hackenbroch, 'Chelsea & other English Porcelain: Untermyer Collection', 1957, plate 66, figure 129, height 9 cm
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Two glass perfume bottles with blue ribbon designs, late 19th century an overlaid waisted and fluted bottle with cobalt blue ribbons and an engraved turban lid, and a small cylindrical bottle with an extended base and a brass screw top cap, with a vertical blue ribbon decor, height 9.5 cm, and 7 cm
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A Continental porcelain pair in the Meissen style, circa 1860s, with Helena Wulfsohn Augustus Rex marks, the male and female figures exquisitely attired in floral skirts and frock coats, both with pug dogs under their arms, the heads and chains serving as stoppers, blue marks underside, height 8.5 cm
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Three Victorian porcelain perfume bottles Imitating shells and ivory, 1890 Chester, mark for Saunders & shepherd to one, others contemporary, a relief carved and stained bottle in porcelain imitating ivory, in the manner of Worcester, with a foliate repousse screw top lid, and two realistic shells, attributed to McIntyre, one with a typical brass screw top lid, length 7.5 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver engraved perfume bottle, 1881 Birmingham, with maker's mark for David & Lionel Spiers, the rectangular bottle with a low domed diamond point hinged lid, finely bright cut to each facet, with the original glass stopper, hallmarked to body and lid, height 6 cm
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A sterling silver spiral twist shell form perfume bottle, 1883 Birmingham, with maker's mark for David & Lionel Spiers, the 'Screw shell' bottle with a conforming spiral twist screw top cap, gilt washed to the interior, hallmarked to upper body, length 7.5 cm
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A Neapolitan porcelain figural perfume bottle, circa 1860s finely modelled as a woman holding her cape and crinoline, with a skirt in floral and black striped patterns, and a puce and yellow bodice, the head serving as the stopper, blue Crown and N mark underside, height 8 cm
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Two French glass perfume bottles with cruciform lids, circa 1870s, with discharge mark to one tear drop shaped lay down flacons, one clear and the other cased cranberry with pierced silver gilt collars and decorative stoppers with chain attachments, height 11 cm, and 7.5 cm
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A 'Bimini' type art glass perfume bottle, probably German, circa1920s-30s, a navette shaped bottle with a pulled feather decor in orange and blue green colours on white, with metallic ribbons and a long gold lustre glass dauber, length 7.5 cm
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An unopened Throw Away 'Oxford Lavender' bottle, circa 1820s, a long slender cut glass vial with gilt decorations and having the original wax coating to collar and stopper, scent now evaporated, length 13 cm
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A French shield shape hand decorated perfume bottle, circa 1850, mark of 'Oriot' to mount finely decorated to both faces with exquisite loose arrangements of flowers in polychrome colours upon a buff ground, with silver gilt hinged lid and suspensory bail, length 6 cm
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A sterling silver cased travelling perfume bottle, 1904 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Clark & Sewell, the circular cushion shaped case embossed with angel's heads to the lid after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, side hinged and with hinged dome lid revealing the green glass bottle with original stopper within, rubbed marks to reverse, length 7 cm
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A porcelain figural perfume bottle probably by Samson of Paris, later 19th century, bearing gold anchor Chelsea mark depicting a cupid holding a bow, with quivers upon his back and kneeling on a wine barrel draped with grapevines, the feathers serving as the stopper painted mark underside, also marked '33', height 8 cm
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Two Grand Tour perfume bottles, 19th century with pierced ormolu collars and casing over red glass, one of square section form with a decorative hinged lid with a scene under glass of the arch of constantine, and the other of globular pedestal form with a slightly faded Roman scene, height 9.5 cm, and 6 cm
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Two French perfume bottles: mother-of-pearl with ormolu, enamel second half 19th century an ormolu mounted shell with a pierced collar and turban stopper, with chain and suspensory ring, and a petite cobalt blue moon flask with floral decoration to cartouches and having a chatelaine attachment, height 6 cm, and smaller
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An Art Deco 'Crown Top' figural porcelain perfume bottle, circa 1920, German, a jauntily posed Columbine figure in a white dress with pink roses to the skirt, a green bodice, ruffled collar and mauve buttoned cap, and holding a bouquet of roses on her shoulder surmounted by with a cast Crown stopper impressed mark 24627 to reverse, painted mark 119 underside, height 9.5 cm
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A Paris Porcelain scent bottle, circa 1850, unidentified hallmark to collar an octagonal lay down bottle with a scene of figures in a landscape to one face and formal neoclassical designs in puce upon a pink ground to the reverse with a beaded edge and a silver gilt turban engraved hinged lid, with original stopper, length 8 cm
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A French double overlay scent bottle with Bohemian influence, circa 1860s, with boar's head discharge mark to lid, the waisted faceted bottle with fine gilt decoration to each facet between pink and white borders, with a repousse silver turban hinged lid and the original stopper, length 9.5 cm
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A group of six porcelain perfume bottles, English and French, 19th century, including one with French boar's head discharge mark, and 1894 Birmingham, with marks for Levi & Salaman two French miniature bottles with figural scenes and bail attachments, two cylindrical bottles with figures, one with a repousse sterling cap, a cylindrical floral decorated bottle, and an egg shaped flacon with a romantic scene, height 6.5 cm, and smaller
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Two Dresden porcelain perfume bottles early 20th century oval flask bottles, one in cobalt with gilt floral decoration with a brass and enamel cap, and a 'Crown top' bottle with floral decorations in pink blue and yellow to both faces, stamped and painted marks underside, height 6.5 cm
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A Sitzendorf porcelain figural perfume bottle, 19th century, after Meissen depicting a flirtatious shepherd and a reluctant shepherdess beside a tree with a sheep and a tree top stopper in polychrome enamels, blue crossed marks underside, height 10 cm
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A Bohemian mirrored green glass perfume bottle in the Moser style, circa 1880-90 in clear and frosted ombre colours, with slice and lens cuts and enamel decorated flora and arabesques, a brass turban cap with typical embossed star design, chain and suspensory ring, height 9 cm
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A group of four coloured glass scent bottles, later 19th century two green glass cut bottles with push down lids, a double ended blue glass bottle with repousse silver hinged and screw top lids, and a small bullet shaped bottle in red glass with a brass cap and bail, length 10 cm, and smaller
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A group of three porcelain egg perfume bottles, circa 1880 Birmingham, with mark for Saunders && shepherd, 1890 Birmingham, with marks for Charles May, other unmarked an exquisite naturalistic egg by McIntyre (Saunders & shepherd) and bearing the McIntyre registration number 20772, a floral decorated egg (Charles May), and a black and red spot egg with a screw top spiral cap top, length 4.5 cm, and smaller
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Three Victorian facet cut coloured glass perfume bottles, circa 1880s, a double gourd facet cut deep green bottle with an ormolu repousse hinged cap and stopper, an amber straight-sided bottle with a brass hinged lid and stopper and a spherical red glass bottle with an ormolu cap, stopper, beaded chain and suspensory ring, height 9.5 cm, and smaller
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A Bohemian overlaid perfume bottle and a small overlaid atomiser, circa 1880s, 1920s, a lay down double overlay bottle in green and white colours over white with a screw top lid, and an ovoid atomiser in cobalt and clear glass with flat lens cuts throughout and brass fittings, height 8.5 cm, and smaller
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An ormolu and mother-of-pearl Palais Royal style perfume etui, circa 1860s, a mounted closing shell with a central stem and bird finial opening to reveal the two original cut glass scent bottles in pierced holders, height 10.5 cm
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An ormolu and mother-of-pearl Palais Royal style perfume etui, circa 1860s with an umbrella arrangement of mounted shells and a floral and leaf finial opening to a cut glass bottle in a pierced holder within a tendril style frame and a small ladder, height 15.5 cm
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A Palais Royal style opaline glass and ormolu perfume gondola, a decoratively mounted boat with mast, ropes, flags and knotted rope feet housing the original cut glass scent bottles in pierced holders, height 14 cm
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Sixteen mixed perfume bottles, comprising petit point examples with filigree mounts, a Limoges porcelain and glass bottle, a silver plate pierced chatelaine and other similar, two plain plated flasks, two mounted shells including one carved as a pineapple, various trinkets, length 7.5 cm, and smaller
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Four clear cut glass perfume bottles, one a jewelled chatelaine, 19th century English, probably Dutch, one of spear head form with a hinged lid and rubbed silver stamp to mount, and an Austro-Hungarian spiral twist cut bottle with a pierced and tooled gilt metal chatelaine attachment with enamel and paste jewels' in colours, length 10 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver perfume bottle, 1927 London, with rubbed maker's marks for Hardy Brothers, a straight-sided oval bottle with a hinged top, lightly decorated with ribbon dressed garlands, the enclosed glass bottle with original stopper, hallmarked to centre, lid interior, retailer's mark also for Hardy Bros Ltd, height 7.5 cm
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An Imitation woven rattan double gourd perfume bottle, mid 19th century in woven twine replicating rattan and having a white metal hammered screw top lid, with the original glass stopper, height 7.5 cm
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An English Capsule double ended sterling silver and glass perfume bottle and one other silver bottle, later 19th century, both unmarked, the double ended bottle with repousse silver mounts, one hinged, the other screw top, and a cylindrical engraved and embossed bottle with a push down cap, original chain and suspensory ring, with a faceted glass stopper, length 9 cm, and smaller
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A mixed group of four Edwardian hobnail and cut glass scent bottles, and one other in a gilded mount early 20th century, four with rubbed London hallmarks to mounts dressing table bottles with faceted globe stoppers, one with a pressed incuse rose stopper and housed in a metalware mount, height 13.5 cm, and smaller
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A carved Muzwili wood Pygmy door from the Lozi people of Barotseland (Zambia) and relief carved to the single panel with animals and vegetation, length 113 cm, width 43 cm
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A pair of adjustable brass candlesticks, 19th century of plain form with a turned everted nozzle, adjusting mechanism to the side and raised upon a well form base, height 19.5 cm
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A French bronze dish or ashtray by Albert Marrionet (1852-1910), circa 1900, signed a. Marrionet to edge finely cast as a circular dish encircled by bramble berries, foliage and twigs, incised signature to edge Diameter 12 cm
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A pair of frosted glass and metal Ware table lamps, circa 1920s-30s frosted globe shades with diamond and square shapes raised on a birdcage stem united by stylised floral motifs above a square textured base, height 40 cm
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A pair of brass candlesticks, 19th century ribbed pillar sticks with sconces and raised on stepped circular bases, height 23.5 cm
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An antique Russian Orthodox icon of St Nicholas, 18th to early 19th century on a prepared timber panel, formerly with battens, depicting the saint in a typical three-quarter frontal pose in canonical robes with attributes of a bible with church Slavonic script and the right hand in a gesture of blessing, in muted tempera colours with a gilt ground, height 32 cm, width 23.5 cm
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A French bronze banquet lamp in the Chinese manner, circa 1900, Paris made, the lamp of bottle vase form with scrolling handles and an octagonal base with oriental cabriole feet, with mechanism to collar, glass chimney and ovoid semi op, height 73 cm
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An Ivorine crucifix in a gilded frame, circa 1900, the ivorine figure with gilded cross mounted upon a sage coloured velvet ground and housed in an arching frame with a bead border, height 31 cm, width 21.5 cm
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A sterling silver bible cover, 1905 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Reynolds & Westward, a pressed image after Holman Hunt's 'The light of the World' painting (1851-1853), with some tears to surround, hallmarked lower left silver weight 9gr, length 11.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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Four vintage brass French Vintners lanterns early 20th century two stamped 'Lampe Feutree Olympe', one marked 'Lampe Feutree Abeille', the fourth marked 'Lampe Pigeon', each with mechanism, handle and bulbous glass chimneys, height 24 cm, and smaller
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Three cased Daguerreotype photographs, 1850s, American, with stamp of Kimball of 347 Broadway (New York) to one other items contemporary, a Kimball photograph of a young man, a group of three children with hints of colour to their cheeks, a portrait of a woman, each with pinchbeck mounts and frames and housed in press moulded hard cases with decorative velvet lining, length 9.5 cm, (cased) and smaller
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A German 'Singing Bird' in a gilded cage, mid 20th century, in the style of Karl Griesbaum two songbirds in red and yellow perched amidst foliage on velvet, with an ornate lobed base with relief ornamentation upon a textured ground and studded with red paste jewels, raised on four acanthus scroll feet, with winder mechanism to base and stamped Germany, height 25 cm
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A group of three vintage copper Wares: a ewer and two vases 20th century, with mark of Villedieu, a ewer with a high set scroll handle and two ovoid vases with trumpet necks and twin handles, stamped marks underside, height 34 cm, and smaller
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A pair of vintage French bronze and glass wall sconces, circa 1930s, Louis XV inspired sconces with scrolling wall mounts, twin shaped arms with spiral decor dishes and decorated with cut pear shape drops, height 26 cm, width 25 cm, depth 16 cm
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A cased vintage E.Leitz Wetzlar microscope with accessories, circa 1895/6, Germany and numbered 37473, retailed through N.H. Seward Pty, Ltd, 'Optical House' Bourke Street, Melbourne, a brass microscope upon a horseshoe stand with eight additional eyepieces and a box of glass lenses, housed in the timber box of issue, height 32 cm
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An Art Nouveau Goldscheider terracotta bust, circa 1900 an animated smiling woman with loosely coiffed hair and decorated with flowers finished with a bronze patina, signed 'Cherc' with impressed cartouche marks for Goldscheider Vienna, height 36 cm
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Three mother of pearl shell caviar dishes polished shells, one with silver plated ball feet and floral mounts, length 20 cm, width 17 cm, and smaller
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An antique French porcelain and glass table lamp, 19th century with an opaline glass mushroom style shade, chimney and original brass fittings, a two-tone amber and green clear glass font above a moulded porcelain stem with floral designs and a pierced brass base, height 57 cm
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A French Art Nouveau terracotta female bust, circa 1900, a smiling semi-clad woman, her head inclined to one side and grapevines adorning her hair, raised on a pedestal base, height 26.5 cm
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A mixed group of antique copper wares, circa 1900, a large pot with a bulbous lower register and a collar with stud joins and an iron swing handle, a large kettle with a stepped domed lid, and one other smaller kettle, height 29 cm, diameter 29 cm, (pot)
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A Swiss copper champagne bucket Straight-sided with a rolled rim, twin ring handles to substantial brass mounts, mark of 'Spring' and made in Switzerland underside, height 21 cm, diameter 21 cm
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A set of five copper saucepans, circa 1900, the nesting group with steel handles, height 12 cm, diameter 24 cm, and smaller
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An antique copper marmalade pot and one other pot, circa 1900, a flat-bottomed pot with twin handles and a deeper straight sided pot with an iron swing handle, height 12.5 cm, diameter 38 cm, and smaller
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A set of six copper pan covers antique covers with long handles and of various sizes Diameter 30 cm, and smaller
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A group of four copper saucepans each stamped Art et Cuisine Metaux Ouvres - Vesoul, and having brass handles, height 10 cm, diameter 20 cm, and smaller
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Two antique copper marmalade pots, circa 1900, the flat-bottomed pots with twin handles, height 13 cm, diameter 39 cm, and smaller
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A set of six copper saucepans, a nesting set with steel handles, height 12.5 cm, diameter 23.5 cm, and smaller
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Six copper saucepans, a five-piece tin lined set by Les Cuivres, and one other, height 11 cm, diameter 20.5 cm, and smaller
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Three vintage copper wares, late 19th to 20th century, a jardiniere with hammered decoration to the lower register, a copper and brass pitcher, and an oval hot water bottle, height 23 cm, diameter 32 cm, (pot)
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A group of mixed antique copper wares, later 19th century, a marmalade pot, two broad shallow pans, and two long handled flat sieve spoons, height 15 cm, diameter 41.5 cm, and smaller
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A six miniature copper saucepans, circa 1900, a set of five plus one, with brass handles, height 5 cm, diameter 10 cm, and smaller
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A fine antique table music box with an inlaid walnut case, 19th century, a crank and cylinder operated music box, playing twelve airs and having six ornate bells with enamel bee and butterfly strikers, play list to the lid. Provenance: retailed through Keith Harding Antiques, London, 'Music box specialists', sold at Christies 17th September 2002 as lot 238, height 23 cm, width 60 cm, depth 30 cm
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A fine portrait miniature of Lady Harrington, 19th century, unsigned, a rectangular half portrait of the aristocratic sitter attired in a white ruffled gown and strands of pearls, in watercolours on ivory, and housed in a brass easel back frame with title engraved verso, inscription on card beneath miniature also cites title, and the artist as Richard Cosway (but after), height 17 cm, width 14 cm
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A Dieppe carved ivory aide memoire, 19th to early 20th century, the petite hinged booklet secured with a silver clip, with floral carved covers and a cartouche with crest and initials, Jb, and seven ivory leaves, length 6 cm
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An antique portrait miniature of a woman early 20th century, the half portrait of an elegant attired Georgian lady in a plumed hat and a blue gown, in watercolours on ivory or ivorine, housed in a simple timber frame, height 12 cm, width 10 cm
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An Art Deco Seagull table lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a spelter seagull in full flight over waves in dark pewter colours beside a mottled pink globular shade, on a mottled grey and white marble base, height 16 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 9 cm
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A pair of Art Deco fawn book ends, circa 1920s an opposite pair of gangly legged fawns in lustrous gold colours raised upon orange veined cream marble bases, height 13.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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An Art Deco pheasant table lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a pheasant in brightly coloured and lustred spelter beside a mottled pink glass globular shade and raised on a veined cream marble base, height 13 cm, width 26 cm, depth 9.5 cm
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A French carriage clock retailed by Drummond & Co Melbourne early 20th century, with key, having a corniche brass case with visible escapement, gong strike, and Arabic numerals to an enamel chapter ring, carry handle and hard travelling case of issue, height 13.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 8.5 cm
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A French bronze Louis XVI style clock with porcelain panels, 19th century, with maker's mark for S. Marti et Cie to mechanism, case stamped Ph M 8132, with associated key and in working order, a waisted mantle clock with a porcelain urn surmount, mascaron and leafy embellishments, twin ram's head handles with husk wreaths and pendant fruits the porcelain dial with pink bands, a windmill scene, and Arabic numerals to the chapter ring, the moulded base with a scenic reserve and leafy feet, height 30.5 cm,…
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A fine small Louis XVI style ormolu bronze mantle clock, later 19th century, with balance wheel mechanism and key depicting a cupid standing on books and toying with a cockerel serving as the finial on pagoda top plinth, an enamel decorated dial with Arabic numerals applied spandrels and an undulate border, on a footed white marble base, height 20.5 cm, width 16 cm, depth 8.5 cm
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A French brass carriage clock with travelling case early 20th century, stamped France to mechanism with corniche style case and swing handle, visible escapement and glazed to four sides, the face with Roman numerals, with key and hard case of issue, height 11 cm, width 8 cm, depth 6.5 cm
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A French brass carriage clock by Duverdrey & Bloquel 20th century, with lion passant trademark to mechanism with corniche style case and swing handle, visible escapement and glazed to four sides, the face with Roman numerals, with key, height 12 cm
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An Art Deco swan lamp, circa 1930s, a pair of lustred spelter swans flanking a gold banded lemon shade upon an oatmeal coloured marble base, height 13.5 cm, length 27 cm, width 9 cm
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An antique gilt bronze carriage clock, later 19th century, purchased Kozminsky's Melbourne, the corniche case with bevelled glass and floral and leafy borders in low relief throughout, the dial with an enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals and a central pierced decoration, striking on gong and with key, in working order, height 14.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 8.5 cm
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An ormolu and Sevres style figural mantle clock, late 19th century, with maker's mark for Marti et Cie, a drum head with an enamel dial and Roman numerals flanked by a child with his net and a shell, the shaped base with trailing water garden imagery in relief and a bleu celeste porcelain plaque with a painted sea life trophy key and pendulum, height 25.5 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 13 cm
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An Art Deco squirrel lamp, circa 1930s, a spelter squirrel holding a nut beside a frosted globe shade in pale green and near white stripes with gilt bands, upon a mottled marble base, height 16 cm, length 27 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu candelabra, 19th century well cast and finely chased with two scrolling arms supporting festooned sconces, the stem with a bursting fruit finial, foldover acanthus leaf decoration and a domed base with leaves, pendants and husk borders, height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cm
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A fine pair of ormolu dolphin candlesticks, 19th century, cast sticks with foliate sconces, serpentine dolphin stems and square bases, height 21.5 cm
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An Art Deco bronze figurine by Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950), circa 1930, Vienna, the gilt bronze figure of a nude woman holding a large bouquet of flowers and mounted on a white onyx base with a well forming a pin tray, signed Lorenzl to the bronze, height 18 cm
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A pair of sphinx book ends, circa 1920s-30s, the patinated sphinxes raised on a stepped verde antico marble base and rear vertical support, height 15 cm, width 13 cm, depth 9 cm
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A rococo revival silvered bronze clock garniture, late 19th century, with maker's mark for Japy Freres with Art Nouveau influences, having an enamel dial with Roman numerals and minute markings set within a waisted body of ornate cast and pierced form with an asymmetric crest, pairs of wings, and sweeping leaf and scrolling forms, the twin candlestick side pieces of conforming design, with pendulum, height 22 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 14 cm
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A metalware bust by Georges van Der Straeten (1856-1928), circa 1890, the Belle Epoque 'Buste De Femme au Chapeau', depicting a modish smiling woman in a large floppy brimmed hat, mark of van Der Straeten to the side and raised on a square portoro marble base, height 10 cm
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A gilt bronze urn by Joe Descomps (1869-1950) for Etling et Cie, and finely modelled with garlands and panels of classical figures, signed Joe Descomps to panel, and Etling Paris to the base rim, height 31 cm
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An Empire style ormolu figural mantle clock, 19th century, mark of Deniere Matelin, Paris, to the dial with an enamel dial with Roman numerals set within a plinth draped with a sea goddess holding an anchor resting on a shell with a paddle beside her, raised on a rectangular base with formal applied trims, no key or pendulum, height 41.5 cm, width 31.5 cm, depth 12 cm
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An Art Deco deer table lamp, circa 1920s-30s, a springing deer in lustred spelter beside an ice crackle frosted blue glass globular shade, on a veined and flecked grey marble base, height 16.5 cm, width 29.5 cm, depth 9 cm
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