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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:412
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:412
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:212
Date:17-Feb-2019
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A 122 piece Dutch silver cutlery service for twelve, and other, mid 20th century, various date letters, marker's marks for N.V. Zilverfabriek, Voorschoten, and Gerritsen & van Kempen, Zeist, an immaculate complete setting of tapering channel grooved design, comprising main knives, forks, entree knives, forks, table spoons, fish, knives, forks, salad forks, eight varied serving spoons, a carving set, four, other similar, hallmarked to all, total weight 6835gr (steel blades to knives), length 36 cm, (carving…
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A Chinese silver dragon bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, factory marks, 90 standard, a heavy gauge bowl embossed with an encircling dragon, with pearl or vacant, cartouche, upon a fine honeycomb textured ground, raised on a small foot rim, character marks and Latin letters underside, silver weight 256gr, height 6.5 cm, diameter 12 cm
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A George III sterling silver sugar basin, 1834 London, with maker's mark for John James Whiting (slight overstamping), the basin of waisted high shouldered tapering form with partitioned reserves, to the collar with floral designs on a lightly textured ground, twin, scrolling handles with fruit and husk designs, a shaped skirt and vegetal, whorl feet, hallmarked to mid section, silver weight 440gr height 12 cm
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A large Victorian silver ink bottle in a fitted George III tray, 1770 and 1876 London, tray with maker's mark Charles Wright (possibly a plate, later remodelled as a tray), bottle with mark for Frederick Brasted, the spherical glass ink bottle with a pierced sterling collar and a hinged, lid with lion finial, resting in a lobed tray with gadroons, and embossed, with neoclassical, hallmarks to both pieces, silver weight 371gr (tray Only) height 14.5 cm, diameter 24 cm
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An American sterling silver swing handled cake tray, circa 1915-1930, Mt Vernon Company Silversmiths Inc, a plain tray having an embossed scroll and shell frieze with pairs of playful, putti, and a pierced swing handle, pictorial Company stamp, marked sterling, underside, silver weight 355gr, diameter 23.5 cm
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A fine French.950 silver three piece Art Deco tea service, circa 1920, Minerva 1 standard, maker's mark for Campenhout Freres et Soeurs, comprising a teapot, covered sugar basin and creamer of tapering form with, low domed lids and conforming knops, decorated with four groups of five, radiating lines to the lids continuing down the bodies to the foot, gilt, washed to the interiors, ebony bracket handles to all, hallmarked to all, components, total weight 1262gr, height 16 cm, and smaller
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A Japanese silver iris bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, Jungin stamp for 'Pure silver, an ovoid lined bowl with an inverted lip and short flared foot rim, embossed, in high relief with iris and flowing foliage in a water garden upon a lightly, hammered ground, silver mark underside, silver weight 1003gr, height 13 cm, diameter 24 cm
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A Georg Jensen sterling silver bowl designed by Sigvard Bernadotte, post 1945, model 823, stamped sterling Denmark, Bernadotte's mark, a restrained elegant low bowl centred with a Japanese style chrysanthemum 'Mons, and raised on a fluted lemon squeezer style base, hallmarks underside to foot, silver weight 287gr, height 6 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
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A Georg Jensen sterling silver bowl designed by Johan Rodhe, 1925-1930, 1925-1932 stamp, model 6, 1915-30.925 stamp, Rodhe's mark, designed in 1912, the elegant pedestal bowl of lightly hammered everted shape, supported on a petal and berry stem to an oval stepped base, hallmarks, underside, also marked sterling and Denmark, silver weight 417gr, height 13.5 cm, diameter 16 cm
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An ornate five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service, 20th century, in the Eastern manner, only marked sterling silver, comprising a long-necked coffee pot, teapot, sugar basin, creamer and a shaped circular tray, with waisted compressed bodies profusely embossed with, scrolling vegetal forms and pendant beadwork borders, ebonised handles and finials to pots, total weight 3959gr diameter 41 cm, (tray) height 23 cm, (coffee pot)
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A fine Russian parcel gilt .875 silver bread basket, 1863 St Petersburg, 84 standard, maker's mark for Carl Adolph Seipel, crafted in Seipel's signature style with a series of bold tear drop shaped, lobes to the oval bowl, an applied fruiting vine cast rim and a pierced swing, handle of similar design, raised on four finely detailed cabriole legs of vine and grape designs, hallmarked underside, (assayer's mark rubbed) and to, handle, silver weight 675gr, height 9 cm, length 33 cm, width 25.5 cm
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A red Daum Nancy glass vase, circa 1925, a bold ovoid vase with a narrow waisted neck, in rich mottled cherry and russet colours and internally decorated with foil inclusions, incised mark of Daum Nancy with cross of Lorraine to lower body, height 25 cm
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Two late Art Deco frosted and gilt vases, 1940s-50s, two moulded vases with brightly gilded cushion shaped rings and opaque, frosted 'Sand' decoration, one with little etched stars and gilt decorations, to the upper body, the other with painted gold bands, height 23 cm, and 19.5 cm
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A pate De verre glass butterfly, an amber and purple moulded butterfly, bearing the etched mark of Daum France, underside, height 6.5 cm, width 9 cm
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A part set of vintage Daum glass knife rests, mid 20th century, the cased set of eleven rests, moulded as free form rectangles with rough, hewn bark style recessions to the base, etched mark of Daum to ends, length 9 cm
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An enamel decorated glass hinged box, early 20th century, the frosted box of lobed compressed form with brass mounts to the waisted, neck below a square cushion form cover, decorated with enamel violets and lily of the valley sprays, unmarked, height 7.5 cm
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A small Etling opalescent glass dish, circa 1930, marked Etling France 100 in relief, the press moulded bowl with a swirling arrangement of slender leaves and groups of dried poppy heads, height 4 cm, diameter 17 cm
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A set of eight Baccarat Highball glasses, plus two others, 20th century, elegant tapering glasses of large size with stepped vertical cuts, and two smaller, glasses with a honeycomb cut frieze, all with stencil marks of Baccarat, underside, height 14 cm, and smaller
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Twenty-Eight items of Czechoslovakian stem Ware in four Sizes, comprising eight large wine goblets, nine smaller wine goblets, seven, champagne coupes and three liqueur glasses all with petal shaped cuts to the lower bodies and facet cut stems, stencil mark Tcheco-Slavique underside, height 17 cm, and smaller
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Thirty-Five pieces of antique stem Ware in three Sizes, late 19th to early 20th century, comprising twelve champagne coupes, eleven wine glasses and twelve sherry, glasses, all with lens cut borders and elegant droplet style pendants, unmarked, height 15.5 cm, and smaller
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Two glass pitchers, circa 1900, one of tapering form with a small pouring spout, the other of waisted form, with a pinched rim and spout, both with applied handles and heavy bases with, ground pontils, height 21.5 cm, and 20.5 cm
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A St Louis crystal bowl, 20th century, the heavy gauge bowl with lens and navette cut foliage motifs, a large star, cut to the base, stencil mark to centre, height 8.5 cm, diameter 20 cm
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A Rene Lalique glass 'Primeveres' bowl, introduced 1927, model 77, pre-war R. Lalique France etched mark underside, originally a box, with a high relief moulded opalescent frieze of blossom, style flower heads, height 7 cm, diameter 16 cm
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A St Louis crystal bowl, 20th century, the heavy gauge bowl with lens and navette cut foliage motifs, a large star, cut to the base, stencil mark to centre, height 9.5 cm, diameter 22 cm
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A hand painted glass vase by Legras, early 20th century, a slightly waisted vase with an hexagonal rim, enamel decorated with a figure, in a woodland setting on a lemon beige ground, faint mark of Legras near foot, height 28 cm
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An enamel decorated blue glass vase in the manner of Legras, circa 1900, a slender barrel shaped vase with a waisted lobed neck, finely decorated with, rococo style gilded decoration and Art Nouveau influenced trailing stems of enamel cornflowers in pastel shades, height 34 cm
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A Rene Lalique glass 'Dahlia' bowl, introduced 1921, model 3210, pre-war circular raised mark of R. Lalique, France to centre, a moulded bowl decorated throughout with large opalescent flower heads and leaves, height 9.5 cm, diameter 24 cm
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A French moulded lily of the valley glass bowl, circa 1930, unmarked, the frosted bowl with pale lemon colouring, decorated throughout with, stylised lily of the valley flowers and foliage, raised on three petite feet, height 6 cm, diameter 31 cm
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A large and heavy gauge crystal ink well, early 20th century, a square inkwell decorated to each face with radiating motifs and having a hinged brass domed lid, supported in a crystal tray of conforming design with, channels for pens, height 17 cm, length 21 cm, width 21 cm
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A French crystal champagne bucket by Arnaud De Brissac, 20th century, with original decal and numbered 469/500, of generous tapering form with whorl lug handles and long vertical cuts and marquise, shaped borders, stencil marks to base, and housed in the original box with, certificate of authenticity, height 25 cm
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An Art Deco acid etched petrol blue glass vase, circa 1930s, of everted from with a spreading base and decorated with etched blade motifs, and circular patterns, concentric horizontal ribs to the rim, polished pontil, underside, height 26.5 cm
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A Daum Nancy brown smoke glass vase, circa 1926, a slender tapering ovoid vase with geometric stylised branch decoration, dotted with small squares upon an acid etched matt textured ground, incised, mark of Daum Nancy with cross of Lorraine to foot, polished pontil underside, height 28.5 cm
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An Art Deco glass table lamp by Sonover, circa 1930, a moulded and frosted globular shade supported in an octagonal and stepped, amber glass base, signed Sonover twice in relief, to shade and underside, height 18 cm
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A mid century Val St, Lambert crystal, cased lamp base, 1950-60s, the organic tapering triangular lamp with a cased blue core signed to base, and with original decal, height 25.5 cm
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A Rene Lalique 'Bacchantes' vase, issued 1927, this model 1930 with signature of the period, model 997, a fine heavy gauge frosted vase with remnant blue colours and depicting a frieze of female nudes in high relief, mark of R. Lalique France underside, provenance one owner, purchased in Melbourne 1930s, height 24.5 cm, diameter 19 cm
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An Art Nouveau silver overlaid Loetz 'Crete Papillon' vase, circa 1900, of slender bulbous shape with an oil spot decor in silvery peacock colours on a yellow green ground, delicately overlaid with whiplash tendrils and stems, of lily flowers, with a silver rim, stamped.935 to flower, height 17.5 cm
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A glass vase by Baccarat, second quarter to mid 20th century, the heavy gauge vase with a broad everted rim with spiral cuts, the bulbous, lower body with reverse incisions, circular stencil mark of Baccarat, underside, height 25.5 cm
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A French Art Vannes glass vase, mid 20th century, with two elongated wings of ribbed design, stencil mark of Art Vannes France, underside, height 27 cm, width 57.5 cm
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An Art Deco opalescent vase by Pierre D'Avesn, 1926-1930, a boldly moulded thistle shaped vase with a fluted upper body, high relief, incised navettes to the bulbous lower section between diamond point borders, an extended and facet edged base, moulded mark of P. D'Avesn and Made in France underside, height 24 cm
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An Art Deco D'Argyl amethyst vase, circa 1930, the tapering ovoid vase with a broad ringed neck and cup shaped rim, having, an applied brass collar with pendant ornaments, the body decorated with, alternating scale and floral panels in matt and silvered colours, painted, mark of 'D'Argyl to lower body, height 32 cm
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A cherry red overlay cut glass vase, early to mid 20th century, a slender waisted vase with a conical neck, with cut star patterns to the upper body and flutes to the lower body, unmarked, height 25.5 cm
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A set of six coloured glass wine goblets, overlaid in mixed shades, long facet stemmed glasses with petal shaped cut, bowls, unmarked, height 19 cm
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An antique French opaline decanter set, late 19th century, comprising a tray, conical decanter, pedestal cordial glasses and a bowl (lid, absent), in mint green with white enamel and gilded decoration of birds, amongst vegetation, height 27.5 cm, (decanter)
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A hand painted Limoges tureen and stand, 20th century, with DC in diamond mark, in the rococo manner the lobed oval tureen on leafy feet with vegetal handles, and a domed lid with fruiting finial together with a matching stand, in pink, and gold colours on a white ground with floral swags in brown colours, marked, Limoges and DC in diamond underside to tureen and stand, height 21 cm, length 33.5 cm, width 23 cm
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A Dutch polychrome Delft style covered vase, late 19th century, a large lobed and waisted vase with a domed lid and acorn finial decorated, with deer, bird life and vegetal motifs in cartouches on a painted lattice, ground in a muted blue, iron red and aubergine palette with touches of green, bearing mark Ak underside (after Adrianus Kocx 1687-1701), height 44 cm
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A pair of antique Delft 'Cashmire' covered vases, 19th century, ovoid vases with high domed lids and cat and ball finials, tin glaze, decoration in green, russet and blue colours upon a creamy blush ground with, continuous bird and floral scenes in the oriental manner below an ornamented, lappet collar, iron red painted Ar monogram mark underside, height 63 cm
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A pair of antique Delft blue tin glazed covered vases, 19th century, high shouldered lobed vases sharply waisted and tapering with high domed, covers and bird finials, profusely ornamented in the Chinese manner with two, alternating panels of fenced rockwork gardens and a figure beside a pavilion, a deep border of vegetal motifs and narrow lappet bands, mark of Ar underside, height 45 cm
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A trio of Wedgwood Jasperware dishes, second half 20th century, in various hues of blue jasper and all with white slipware decoration, including a fluted dish centred with a Greco Roman allegorical scene, a Queen, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee dish, and a 1981 Royal wedding portrait dish, impressed marks to all, diameter 18 cm, and smaller
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An elegant pair of French Teal bottle vases by Jaget Et Pinon, early 20th century, gilded tower mark, initials Jp (Jaget et Pinon of Tours), with long tapering necks to compressed bases, decorated in gilt and mock, marbling with neoclassical motifs and floral sprigs upon a rich deep teal, ground, stamped trademarks underside, height 33.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton bone china 'Flambe Veined' vase, post 1928 mark, model 1616, the high shouldered ovoid vase with a small neck, decorated to the collar, with thread like flames of red upon a purple and blue ground, the lower, register thickly pock marked with orange marks on a blue fading to turquoise, ground, backstamp underside and model number, height 22.5 cm
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A French Majolica drip glaze vase, early 20th century, a slender necked bottle vase with a compressed spreading base decorated with, a maroon drip glaze modulating to light and dark olive colours, painted mark, G' underside and impressed numerals 216 over 2 height 20 cm
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A Boulogne-Sur-Mer studio Pottery vase by Henri Delcourt, circa 1920s, the ovoid vase with a waisted neck, with five bold stylised flower heads in cobalt, ox blood, green and amber colours upon a cream ground, geometric, borders to the base and neck, painted Hd mark with anchor above numerals 1316, and 4358, France, underside, height 26 cm
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A reticulated faience basket, circa 1900, the lattice basket of everted form decorated in maroon colours with flora, upon a deep cream ground, painted mark Gm and pattern D 4624 underside, height 8 cm, diameter 19 cm
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An Art Deco faience yacht ornament, circa 1930, a cream glazed moulded yacht in full sail, faint mark of 'France' below thick, glaze to boom of boat, rear, height 27 cm, width 24 cm
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A Royal Copenhagen blue and white leaf dish, 1965, the 'Blue Fluted' half lace patterned serving dish with a twig form handle, green stamp, wavy blue lines with letters Aox, and numerals 1/548 underside, length 22.5 cm, width 18 cm
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A Delft blue and white plate, mid 18th century, the tin glazed plate decorated with a recumbent deer in a landscape, with, flora and fruits to the rim between concentric bands, diameter 23.5 cm
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A pair of Delft blue and white plates, mid 18th century, both depicting a Chinese figure in a fenced garden setting, a narrow diaper, border to the rim, a single blue underglaze mark, possibly the letter 'B, underside, diameter 23.5 cm
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A fine Royal Copenhagen 'Flora Danica' serving dish, 1969-1974 period, oval with a finely moulded border in pink and gold colours, a twisted vine, type handle and applied flowers in colours, centred with a stem of 'Rubus, exislis loje' a member of the rose/bramble genus, green backstamp, blue wavy, lines with letters 'Hgx' and numerals 20/3541 underside, Rrp Us$2900, height 6.5 cm, length 24.5 cm, width 20 cm
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A three-piece French porcelain demitasse Veilleuse, 20th century, a small teapot on a warmer stand, hand painted with floral posies to gilded, cartouches and sprigs upon a white ground, marked France to base and 'Hand, painted, height 24.5 cm
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A Paris Porcelain apothecary jar and cover, circa 1900, cylindrical with a low domed lid decorated with bright gold bands and a Latin, medicinal term, 'Ext Citron' enclosed within a painted banner cartouche, decorated with handpainted polychrome flora, impressed numerals 2000 to base, height 24 cm
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A pair of Paris Porcelain apothecary jars and covers, circa 1900, cylindrical jars with waisted bases and domed lids with ball finials, decorated with bright gold bands and each with Latin medicinal terms, Aconit' and Ung Merc' enclosed by painted cartouches of ribbons and floral, motifs, unmarked, height 26.5 cm
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A group of four vintage Bing & Grondhal Christmas plates and two, Royal Copenhagen commemorative plates 1969-1978, comprising the arrival of the Christmas Guests, pheasants in the snow..., Christmas at home, Greenland Scenery, Hans Christian Orsted 1777-1977, and James Cook Hawaii 1778-1978, marks underside to all plates, diameter 18.5 cm
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A pair of French porcelain pedestal vases in the Chinese style, early to mid 20th century, slender urn form vases raised on square bases decorated in the Qianlong, famille rose manner with floral cartouches, scale borders, white moriage, enamel embellishments and gold fleur-de-lis borders, mock seal marks, underside, height 39.5 cm
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A heraldic porcelain jardiniere, 20th century, replicating Qianlong porcelain with crest, famille rose and white moriage, enamel decorations, with faux oriental marks underside, height 17.5 cm, diameter 20 cm
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A large French burnt orange porcelain three handled urn vase, early 20th century, unmarked, in the manner of Jaget et Pinon of Tours, with a long tapering neck to a broad carinate collar and tapering body with, three bold buttress type handles, decorated in gilt and bronze colours with a laurel and griffin border and vegetal sprigs, height 58 cm
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An elegant pair of French cobalt bottle vases by Jaget Et Pinon, early 20th century, gilded tower mark, initials Jp (Jaget et Pinon of Tours), in rich saturated colour with long tapering necks to compressed bases, decorated in gilt and bronze colours with neoclassical festoon motifs and floral sprigs, stamped trademarks underside, height 42.5 cm
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A pair of vintage French tripod based porcelain vases, mid 20th century, amphora shape vases with pointed toes in Limoges cobalt blue with gilt, bouquets and trophies, raised on gilt caprine legs to a triangular base, French painted mark to base, height 24.5 cm
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A blue and gold Grand Tour style urn vase by Jaget Et Pinon, late 19th century, the urn vase with high set leafy handles, a turned short pedestal to a socle, and square base, with a matte brown border with leaf and berry designs in gilt, the body with cornucopia, laurel and festooned trophies, marked France, with castle stamp underside, height 42 cm
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A French porcelain urn vase by Jaget Et Pinon, early 20th century, gilded tower mark, initials Jp (Jaget et Pinon of Tours), the cobalt blue pedestal vase with high set bracket handles decorated with, scrolling vegetal borders to the collar and foot and the Anne of Bretagne, ermine and Crown motif, stamped trademark underside, height 32.5 cm
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A Bold Art Deco ceramic vase by Boch Freres, early 1920s, Belgium, a slip cast ovoid vase with a garlic bulb neck boldly decorated in yellow and black vertical stripes with flowers heads and borders in mauve and wine, colours amidst leaves in various shades of green, black circular stamp, underside, impressed marks, height 15.5 cm
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A 121 piece Arzberg 'Larissa' dinner service for twelve, 20th century, with a narrow rib design to borders in sage and grey colours with gold bands, comprising dinner, entree, and side plates, sweet bowls, soup coupes and associated saucers, tea cups and saucers, coffee cans and saucers, plus a coffee pot, backstamps underside, diameter 26.5 cm, (dinner plate) height 23.5 cm, (coffee pot)
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A five piece part Art Deco Robj tea set, circa 1930, in cream and gold comprising a teapot base (no lid), a milk jug, a small, dish, and two large cups, of rounded form with wavy fin like handles to the jug and cups, the teapot similar but of bracket form, mark of Robj Paris Luxembourg, underside, height 11.5 cm, (teapot)
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A pair of French Majolica plates, circa 1900, moulded plates centred with vine leaves and flowers, the rim with leaves and three snails, unmarked, diameter 18 cm
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A Belgian Majolica plate in the manner of Wasmuel, circa 1900, moulded with central roses and shell, scroll and lattice decorations to the rim, in blue, maroon, brown and green colours, diameter 20.5 cm
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A French Majolica asparagus plate, circa 1900, moulded with artichokes and asparagus spears in Prussian blue and green, glazes, unmarked but in the manner of Luneville, impressed numerals underside, diameter 23 cm
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A Gustave De Bruyn five Lilles drip glaze vase, early 20th century, of amphora form with square bracket handles and a carinate collar, decorated to, the body in a modulating indigo blue glaze with a matt pale olive drip to the neck and handles, impressed monogram Bd underside, pattern number 5299, height 23.5 cm
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A pair of W & R Carlton Ware 'Mikado' candlesticks, 1924-1927 period, pattern 2881, design attributed to Enoch Bolton, shaped pillar sticks with cup shaped sconces and wells, decorated with, oriental figures, pavilions and landscapes in enamel colours upon a matt, black ground with terracotta borders, black backstamp, painted pattern, underside, height 18 cm
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An Art Deco 'Football' vase by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1930s, the vase with a series of concentric ribs and channels in a matt teal glaze, underglaze mark of Keith Murray, Wedgwood and Made in England, underside, height 23.5 cm
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An Art Deco 'Football' vase by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1930s, the vase with a series of concentric ribs and channels in a matt teal glaze, underglaze mark of Keith Murray, Wedgwood and Made in England, underside, height 18.5 cm
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An Art Deco 'Football' vase by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1930s, the vase with a series of concentric ribs and channels in a matt teal glaze, underglaze mark of Keith Murray, Wedgwood and Made in England, underside, height 15.5 cm
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A Persian silk rug, in sage green, terracotta, and turquoise colours with a lozenge and formal, arrangements of flower vases and birds in trees upon a white shaped field, with an undulate border of linked leafy forms and vases between narrow bands, length 182 cm, width 121 cm
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A Persian wool carpet, the carpet with an allover floral design in green and blue colours upon a raspberry field, the main light tan border with repeat floral and tendril, designs between narrow floral and patterned bands, length 177 cm, width 117 cm
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A large Heriz wool carpet, with a central lozenge and profusely embellished with stylised flora and vases of blooms in colours upon a red field, meandering blue spandrels enclosed, by a main border of repeat flower head design, length 406 cm, width 282 cm
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A Persian Abedeh carpet, of typical geometric form with a central lozenge and two smaller lozenges, with stylised floral forms upon a red field scattered with flora and birds, dark blue spandrels and enclosed by narrow borders and wide main border with, repeat floral patterns, length 196 cm, width 127 cm
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A Persian wool tribal runner, a fine quality runner from north Western Persia of geometric design with a central border of hooked medallions in russet and muted pink tones upon a cream field, scattered with stylised birds, animals and other motifs, enclosed by multiple borders, purchased from Kamal Persian rugs in 1997 for, $3100, length 675 cm, width 90 cm
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A Persian Naien carpet, in cream and mid blue colours, with a sixteen point rosette upon a blood red, lozenge scattered with palmettes, other blooms and scrolling foliage, the main border with palmettes and arabesques between foliate bands, length 208 cm, width 143 cm
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A small Persian Shiraz type wool carpet, a central hooked medallion flanked by flower head medallions in red, black, white and orange colours upon a blood red field scattered with small flowers, and other motifs, half flower heads to the edges and framed by multiple, patterned borders, length 170 cm, width 117 cm
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An Afghan Sultanabad carpet, a natural dye carpet in a beige and chocolate palette, with an allover loose, floral design and tendrils, enclosed by a formal floral border, length 268 cm, width 188 cm
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A vintage Baluch type Persian prayer rug, with characteristic niche format and decorated with patterned tiles, throughout between hook patterned and chevron borders, in a deep blue black, maroon palette, upon a wool warp, length 136 cm, width 98 cm
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