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Jewellery, Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:504
Sale Title:Jewellery, Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:503
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:389
Date:21-Jan-2020
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A 20th century bronze figure group of a dog with a hare, after Pierre-Jules Mene. 23 x 8 x 16.5 cm.
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A pair of 19th century French bronze urns, raised on square black marble and variegated red and white marble bases, the urns decorated with the god Pan dancing with three naked women, olive branches as handles, height 36.5 cm.
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A large Victorian copper lidded brandy pan, with ebonised handle, the body and lid engraved 'C?.A?.D Stillroom', lid handle stamped '4 Pint', maker's mark under the base 'Temple & Crook, Ironmongers, Motcomb St. S.W'.
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Two 19th century copper and brass barrel shaped tankards, with lap seam beneath the handles., remnants of nickel plating, height 22 cm.
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An 18th century copper oval pot with wrought iron swing handle, rolled rim, lap seamed base and side joints. 34 x 28 x 22 cm approx.
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A Georgian walnut tea caddy, rectangular form with chamfered sides, the interior with two compartments and original mixing bowl. 29 x 14 x 15 cm.
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A Regency period chinoiserie work box, gilded decoration on black ground of landscape with figures and pavilions, oblong cushion shape, the interior with some ivory implements in compartments. 38 x 28 x 16 cm.
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A set of 19th century apothecaries' scales, by Oertling, London, in original glass and wood cabinet, two drawers to the front, raised on three adjustable brass feet, (crack to rear glass). 53 x 28 x 50 cm.
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A c.1900 mahogany coin collector's cabinet, square form, some moulded borders, the single panelled door enclosing 15 narrow shelves, each with 36 round felt lined cut-outs including many old coins of the world. 36.5 x 36.5 x 29 cm.
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A vintage ivory handled walking stick, the Malacca cane shaft with a monogrammed silver plated collar and right angle ivory handle, length 89 cm
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A late Victorian walking stick, the ebonised shaft with 'fluted' tusk handle, silver cap and collar, presentation inscription to cap, London 1898.
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An early 1900s silver topped cane, the ebonised shaft with embossed silver top, Birmingham 1918.
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An African old carved ivory tusk section, the traditional bust of a woman with figured 'storyboard' above, height 28.5 cm.
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A quality 20th century scrimshaw tooth, engraved one side with single humpback whale, the other with four broaching images, some natural cracking, length 14 cm
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A vintage 'Uncle Sam's Cash Store Register, tin plate money bank, black painted finish with lithographic highlights.
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A vintage ivory Bakelite phone, rotary chrome dial with base phone number tray, with original wiring. 300 series, designed in 1932 became the GPO standard (332) phone, largely produced in the 1940s and 1950s. Most were black in colour, only a relatively small number of ivory-coloured versions made.
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A heavy leather bag, labelled inside 'G.J.Oliver, Loco Assistant, Woodville'. 41 x 25 x 28 cm.
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A vintage enamelled double sided wall sign 'Player's Please' tobacco, detailed 'It's the Tobacco that counts', red and black lettering on yellow, steel frame and bracket wall mount. 57 x 42 cm
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An antique violin and bow, indistinctly labelled 'Charlotte Paris 1835'. Some faults. In wooden case.
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An old violin in case, with three bows, the wooden case with inlaid decoration.
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A vintage Maton quality 12-string 'Folk 150' acoustic guitar, rosewood fretboard and headstock, decorative framed band to the sound hole, original interior label, 'Serial No. 148', length 110 cm.
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A vintage white male mannequin head, fibreglass with aluminium connector mount, c.1970s, height 29 cm.
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A rare Australian pressing 'The Beatles Collection', a fourteen LP Limited Edition boxed set, featuring all the official Beatles albums plus bonus 'Rarities' LP, vinyl and covers, in textured gold leaf box showing some distress.
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A large and impressive rock crystal carved parrot on quartz crystal slab base, with feather carved detail and semi-precious stone highlights including amethyst, rubellite and agate carved beak, gilt metal claws, the natural polished fractured large quartz base of variable brown tone, height 34.5 cm.
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A carved amazonite parrot perched upon a single large clear rock crystal, with coloured semi-precious stone highlights and gilt metal claws, all upon an ebonised stone base, height 21 cm.
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A folding landing net, with brass and timber frame, turned wood handle with brass cap.
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A Ogden Smiths brass and steel extension gaff, turned wood handle, copper belt clip to side, the hook keeper with maker's details, c.1910.
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A large vintage Hardy's alloy salmon gaff, with stainless hook, brass belt clip and original paint finish. Hardy's Coat-of-Arms impressed near butt end, c.1940.
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An unmarked fly reel, 3?', in the manner of a Hardy's 'Perfect', but with tension adjustment to the back rim, japanned finish, agate line guide, brass foot.
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A rare and desirable 2nd edition - 'The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and Bird of Paradise. A Narrative with Studies of Man and Nature', by Alfred Russel Wallace, pub. Macmillan & Co., 1869 2nd., folding maps, numerous illustrations, 2 vols in contemporary calf boards with ridged and gilt spines with red/green labels, some wear, tight, marbled ffep, scattered foxing, inscription to fly-pages to Wm. Halse [(1816-82) emigrated to NZ 1841, Solicitor, J.P., Resident Agent for the New Zealand…
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The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' Vols I, II and III by Andrew Garron, 1st edition, 1886, including multiple black and white engravings and colour maps (including North Island and New Zealand).
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A vintage 1949 Air France Europe travel poster by Robert Falcucci, featuring London's Tower Bridge, Parisian monuments, Chateau de Chenonceau, and a Lockheed Constellation, the first pressurized passenger aircraft, which revolutionized global travel. 95 x 57 cm
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A large vintage travel poster for Rome / Roma issued by ENIT and Italian Railways, the image includes the Colosseum and Trajan's Column, c.1930s, designer unknown. 91 x 59 cm.
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A French railways poster, Chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine / Oderen Vallee de Wildenstein'. 99 x 69 cm.
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A framed vintage railway poster 'Old World Villages', colour lithograph designed by Helen Byrne Bryce and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., c.1924. 100 x 60 cm.
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Ida Bagus Made Poleng attributed (Indonesia 1915-99), Bandjar Batoean' (Batuan Village, Bali), monochrome ink and wash. Inscribed 'Ida Bagus MD' and titled verso. Mounted, unframed. 25.5 x 41 cm
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A framed miniature portrait, signed A Fraustadt and dated 1872, labelled verso 'Polish Nobleman' and with German retailer's label, 10 x 7 cm in ornate gilded wood frame.
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A set of six Asti 'beauties' love letter postcards, each with a love letter penned to the reverse, in a common frame carved by the recipient, our vendor's grandmother Miss N. Fitzjohn of Dannevirke. 36.3 x 82.5 cm. An attached photocopy shows the penned letters, only discovered recently when a framer was restoring the matt.
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A 19th century French engraving, La Jaconde', engraved by Jean Massard. 24 x 16 cm.
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Two horse studies in oil, by Alto, signed and dated 1906. 15 x 200 and 21 x 12 cm.
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Two Qoin Club etchings, an Auckland House by M.A. Robinson and T. d'V. Gulliver. 9.5 x 14 cm and 12 x 10.5 cm
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A map of British Guyana, c.1854, drawn by Rapkin, published by John Tallis & Co. 36 x 25 cm
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An 18th century copperplate map of Shropshire, by Robert Morden, from Camden's Britannia 1722 edition, imprint of Abel Swale Awnsham & John Churchill. 35.5 x 42 cm.
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A scarce 17th century copperplate map of Gloucestershire, Glocestershire Contrived into Thirty Thre Severall Hundreds' from the first edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' pub. London, Sudbury & Humble 1611/12. 38 x 51 cm.
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An 18th century strip map, The Road from Cambridge to Coventry', by John Ogilvy c.1675, published in Ogilvy's Britannia'. Hand coloured. 35 x 42.5 cm.
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Six small antique English Counties maps, Worcestershire (3), Essex, Surrey and Cambridgeshire, largest 20 x 29.5 cm.
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A 17th century map of Worcestershire, Wigorniensis Conitatus Sabrine' by Christopher Saxton, engraved by William Hole 1607 for Camden's 'Britannia'. Hand coloured. 28 x 31 cm.
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An early 18th century copperplate map of Shropshire, Shropshyre Described the Sittuation of Shrowesbury Shewed' from John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' pub. London, imprint of Henry Overton c.1710. 38 x 51 cm.
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A 17th century copperplate map of Worcestershire, Worcester shire described ' by Christopher Saxton and John Speed, engraved by Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam 1610, pub. London, imprint of Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell c.1676, text verso. 38 x 51 cm.
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A Stanley plane, No.26, length 38 cm.
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An H.S.B & Co Revonoc plane, length 38 cm.
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A selection of chisels and gouges, in leather holder.
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Three large Marples chisels, wood handles with labels, length 40 cm.
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Four various chisels, includes paring chisels, a swan neck mortise chisel and a gouging chisel.
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Four large brown ceramic table casters, with brass socket fittings.
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A large heavy pair of emasculator pincers, wooden handles.
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A Stanley floor plane, No. 74, c.1886 - 1923.
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A Stanley skew cutter combination plane, No.46, rosewood handles.
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A steel blade scraper, No. 20.
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Three vintage oil cans, includes a Braimes, etc.
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A Stanley veneer scraper plane, No.12½.
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A Matheson plough plane, screw stemmed, No.9b.
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A Spiers rosewood and steel smoother plane, coffin shaped.
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A Stanley weather-strip plough plane, No.248.
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A vintage Rabone tape measure, and brass plumb bob.
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A Spiers rosewood and steel smoothing plane, coffin shape.
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A rosewood and steel smoothing plane, craftsman made.
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A rare Sargent & Co. tongue and groove plane, No.1086.
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A 12' Starrett & Co. cast iron level, No.132.
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An 18' Stanley cast iron level, No.36.
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An Edward Preston bullnose plane, length 12 cm.
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A Stanley ivory rule, four-fold, two foot with German silver ends.
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A 12 gauge loader and creaser.
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A Matheson rosewood and steel panel plane, 15½'.
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Two colonial salt glazed gully traps, both unmarked, old chips. 45 x 36 cm.
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Two colonial salt glazed gully traps, both unmarked, old chips. 50 x 33 cm and 40 x 33 cm.
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Two colonial pipe bends, one salt glazed and marked Crum Brickworks, the other plain brown glaze and unmarked, old chips, height 29 cm.
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Two colonial salt glazed pottery house piles, both marked Carder Bros. & Co. Auckland, old chips, height 585 and 60 cm.
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Two colonial salt glazed pottery drainpipes, marks NZ Brick Works New Lynn and the other mark indistinct but possibly Carder Bros, old chips, height 670 and 69 cm.
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Two pairs of colonial glazed pottery drainpipes, one marked R.O. Clark Hobsonville, one Carder Bros, one Archibald Bros. Avondale and one unmarked. old chips, height 700 and 69 cm.
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Two colonial salt glaze gully traps, one marked Avondale Brick and Pottery Co. Ltd., the other not marked, old chips. 41 x 39 cm and 36 x 41 cm.
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Two colonial salt glaze gully traps, marked R.O. Clark Ltd and R.O. Clark Hobsonville, old chips. 51 x 34 cm and 44 x 36 cm.
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Two colonial salt glaze gully traps, no maker's marks, old chips. 65 x 45 cm and 40 x 34 cm.
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Five colonial pottery drainpipes, two marked ROC Ltd and Carder Bros. Ponsonby, various sizes.
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A colonial salt glazed toilet bowl, stamped 13M, old chips. 56 x 40 x 24 cm.
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A vintage stone glazed white enamel laundry sink, rectangular shape with overflow drainage grate to side. Maker's stamp to base. 69 x 22 x 39 cm.
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Seven garden edging tiles, various patterns and glazes, one marked Carder Bros.
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Eleven New Zealand bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes W. Hunt Auckland, G. Boyd Auckland, etc, old chips.
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Twenty N.Z bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes Avondale Brick and Pottery Co., Carder Bros., etc, old chips.
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Twenty N.Z bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes G. Boyd Auckland, Carder Bros., North Te Awamutu, etc, old chips.
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Twenty N.Z bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes North Te Awamutu, New Zealand Brick New Lynn, etc, old chips.
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Twenty N.Z bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes North Te Awamutu, W. Hunt Auckland, etc, old chips.
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Ten N.Z bricks, various makers marks and symbols, includes W. Hunt Auckland, North Te Awamutu, etc, old chips.
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A Turkish light sabre, c.1826, with brass basket guard and backstrap cast with Turkish crest, marked 'Mole', wire bound rayskin grip, single fullered blade with double edged leaf tip, length 90 cm.
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An interesting late 18th century Indian Maratha sword hilt of Khanda pattern fitted to a 19th century light cavalry sabre blade, tri-fullered, etched 'Patent, P.D.Luneschloss, Solingen'. The all-steel hilt with ridged knuckle and hooked tang, length 97 cm.
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A 19th century Indian tulwar, curved, fullered, single edged with last section forming a double edge spear point kilij style blade. The one piece steel hilt decorated foliate patterns, saucer shaped disc pommel, length 82 cm.
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An 18th century Indian talwar, with bright polished single edged blade with single fuller, dot punched fleur-de-lis mark to right side, cruciform hilt with gold inlaid checkerboard pattern also to the large saucer disc pommel. Leather covered wooden scabbard, length 92 cm
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A Malay parang knife in scabbard, with curved damascene blade fitted to a horn hilt and with horn mouthed rosewood scabbard. Overall 54 cm
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A Burmese dha sword, with curved swollen single edged blade, woven rattan bound grip interspersed with silver wire and with silver ferrule and pommel. The teak scabbard with silver chape and mouth, 22 silver bands and wound with red cloth bound rope shoulder sling, length 98 cm.
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A display collection of fifteen Eastern and South East Asian bladed weapons, including a small Japanese wakizashi, an early Persian relic yataghan, together with knives, daggers and swords from the East Indies, Bali, Borneo and Malaysia. Attached to an ornamental two diamond brass rack, width 70 cm, height 70 cm.
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