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Jewellery, Decorative & Fine Arts Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:268
Sale Title:Jewellery, Decorative & Fine Arts AuctionLots with images:248
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:181
Date:16-May-2023
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A vintage cast iron football player money bank, the football bank was manufactured by John Harper & Co Ltd of Willenhall England, #247 326. First issued 1895. The footballer kicks a penny coin into the small building, length 25.5 cm
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An 1897 US cast iron mechanical bank 'I Always Did 'Spise a Mule', by J. & E. Stevens Co. And stamped 'Pat'd April 27, 1897'. Original paint, some losses, length 26 cm.
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A vintage cast-iron 'Artillery Bank' money box, the original produced c1900 by the Shepard hardware Company, buffalo by J. & E. Stevens and Co. This probably a later copy. 20 x 14.5 cm.
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A vintage postcard album, with over 200 postcards including some from World War I and Maori tourist cards.
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A vintage postcard album, with over 370 vintage postcards from around the world including Hawaii.
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#A 1960s autograph book with reputed signatures of George Harrison and the rolling stones (including Brian Jones) and Dick Emery, together with the Beatles 'Magical mystery Tour' two 7" 45 records in a promotional 24pg colour booklet. Also, four original 7" 45 Beatles records; She Loves You/I'll Get You', 'From Me to You/Thank You Girl', 'I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy' and 'I Feel Fine/She's a Woman'. Provenance: The autographs were acquired by the vendor as a teenager, when they dined at her parents'…
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19th century neo classical bronze figure 'The water Carrier', signature to base Paul Duboy, height 38 cm. Note: Duboy (1830-1887) was a French sculptor active in the second half of the 19th century. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1849 and took part in the Paris salon from 1853 to 1882.
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Pair of Victorian bronze figural candlesticks on ormolu bases, the two oriental figures in opposing stance both holding column supports for candle sconces, with 10 crystal drops below them, height 33 cm
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Wooden crucifix with gilded figure of Jesus, rosewood cross with metal banding and chevron border of ebony and boxwood. The Christ figure with gilded finish. 40 x 20.5 cm
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19th century European olive wood standing crucifix, a small brass figure of Christ with fifteen glass covered apertures containing tiny pieces of bones, height 34 cm.
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An antique wood figure of Christ, wall hung and with old repairs, height 50 cm.
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Victorian policeman's truncheon. A good example of walnut construction decorated with crown and 'VR', length 45 cm.
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A quality Victorian ship's apothecary chest, in solid mahogany with recessed brass fittings, the hinged lid enclosing 15 various bottles, the two drawers to the base with pin locking containing considerable medical paraphernalia including: scales, boxed syringe and other, needles, scarifator, scalpel, tongue depressor, jars, bottles, cased sand timer, medical booklets, one entitled the Seaman's medical friend, published 1868 and annotated in ink 'Hay Stephens. Master barque Lelie. 1869'. 23.7 x 16.8 x 26.5…
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A substantial vintage crocodile travelling bag, the roomy interior with two compartments, the front with a zippered compartment to hold passports, travel documents and accessories. 39 x 20 x 27 cm.
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Large 1800s bullock horn scrimshaw, depicts various animals and butterfly, three soldiers in military attire and indigenous woman in rain cape. The upper portion with ridged detail, evidence of attached suspension chain, length 600 mm.
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A vintage bear skin rug, the taxidermy head with glass eyes, the teeth broken, paws with claws, backed onto brown cotton lining. Some wear. 140 x 185 cm
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A vintage zebra skin rug, supple finish, includes head and tail, some old repairs. Backed onto black canvas lining. 190 x 320 cm (to end of tail).
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A cup/saucer/plate set from H.M.S. Hood, one of five only, this was presented to our vendor's great grandparents when the hood, together with H.M.S Renown visited NZ in 1924. (some cracks and chip commensurate with use on a battleship), height M.S. Hood was a battle cruiser in service with the British Navy during World War I and World War II. It was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait by the German battleship Bismarck.
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A Japanese World War II katana sword in scabbard, woven cord binding over the shagreen grip, standard military fittings, four floral mons to each side of the tsuba. The leather covered scabbard with separated at the single brass hanger. The blade showing temper line, the tang signed. Length from tip of blade to handle end 93.3 cm.
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World War I officers telescope in original leather case, maker's mark engraved to slide and with plaque 'The Lordbury telescope J.H. Steward Ltd 406 & 457 London no 5782'. Five draw, length 66 cm
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A silver medallion commemorating 'The visit of the Maori Rugby football team to Great Britain 1926 1927', inscribed within the wreath, stamped 'Silver' and Elkington below the wreath. Dia.5.1 cm.
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A pair of cast silver tuatara by John money, hallmarked for Walker & Hall Ltd., c.1980s, affixed to a black maire log section with multiple holes and channels of the puriri moth, signed J. Money 2019. Overall L.21.5 cm.
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A Titian Studios wahine character jug, impressed mark and number to base.
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Doreen Blumhardt 1970s squat circular vase, the wide tapered body with a flat shoulder to the narrow tall neck. The shoulder with brushed blue/grey glaze scroll decoration. Impressed potter's mark, height 23 cm. Dia.24.5 cm.
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A rare Peter Stichbury Abuja Pottery (Nigeria) coffee pot, tenmoku glaze, the mildly domed lid with fine wavy combed effect, tapered open topped spout. Doubled marked with the potter's and the Abuja Pottery marks, height 18.5 cm. C.1958/1959. Note: in 1951 Peter was lecturing in Art at a New Zealand Teacher training College when he won a two-year scholarship from the Association of New Zealand Art Societies to study pottery with Bernard Leach at St. Ives in Cornwall and with Michael Cardew at Abuja Pottery…
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Len Castle slab form grass vase, four angular cut openings, dark umber matt glaze, impressed mark c.1980s. Height 12.5 cm.
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A set of six Len Castle tall narrow coffee mugs, each decorated with pressed stylised block stamps, tree and abstract design, impressed potter's mark to each, c.1970, height 12 cm.
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Len Castle flared stoneware bowl, variable iron spotted grey glaze to the interior on tenmoku ground, impressed potter's mark. Dia.29.5 cm.
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Len Castle large early press moulded dish, rounded rectangular form, impressed with various motifs, tenmoku overglaze, length 43.5 cm.
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A large Barry ball pottery floor vase, spherical form, multi-coloured, lug handles to the shoulders, signed and dated '88. 40 x 40 cm.
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Bronze sculpture by Marian Fountain, tabletop small bronze depicts a woman's face and the base with a fish. 'She takes her inspiration from simple and recognisable forms in nature: a fish, a leaf, a pea pod-food from the earth'. Note: fountain trained at Elam and was introduced to bronze Art by Paul Beadle. She has worked and lived in Paris for over 20 years, length 11 cm.
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Warren Tippett pottery vase, squat circular shape with disc mouth sea blue, and emerald, green glaze, height 210.
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Two NZ pottery items by Chilcott and Parker, a small 'D' shaped stoneware 3 footed dish by Richard Parker and a stoneware pouring bowl decorated with 3 cylindrical shapes painted underglaze by Gavin Chilcott. Dish 11.8 x 9 cm. Bowl D.19 cm
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Pottery vase by Richard Parker (NZ) glazed stoneware in an extended baluster shape and flared opening. Red and green underglaze detail, height 26 cm
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A 1970s Paul Soldner (US 1921' 2011) raku sculptural vase, wheel thrown and altered to a flattened form. Slip glazes with post-fire smoking. Decorated with a naked woman and abstract designs to the sides. Monograms stamped at top. Provenance: Sold as part of the Don Chambers collection, Cordys 22 August 2006.
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An impressive Michael Cardew (UK 1901 - 1983) footed bowl, of circular form with radiating spoke pattern in temmoku glaze. The underside with impressed marks for Michael Cardew and Wenford bridge. Dia. 30.5 cm. Provenance: part of the Don Chambers collection sold at Cordy's in 2006. Note: Don Chambers considered this bowl to be one of the stars of his collection and it still bears his 'Not for sale' label to base.
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A Milton Moon (Au 1926 - 2019) tall cylindrical vase, with torn and sculpted neck, brown oxide slip to outside and green glaze to inside. Incised name to base, height 23 cm. Provenance: Sold as part of the Don Chambers collection, Cordy's 22 August 2006.
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Clarice Cliff 'Crocus' jug, of Athens shape, height 9.5 cm.
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#Clarice Cliff hand-painted 'Bizarre' jug dragon shape with horizontal bands to the body, pattern bluebells and other flowers, height 17 cm.
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Clarice Cliff Bizarre toast rack in the 'Honolulu' pattern, (previously known as zebra tree pattern, length 17 cm.
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Clarice Cliff 'Crocus'lidded honeypot, orange finial with slight knife mark, height 9 cm
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Clarice Cliff 'Bizarre' vase, in 'Secrets' pattern. Cylindrical shape with swollen base, height 22.5 cm
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Clarice Cliff Bizarre bowl, in the house and bridge pattern, black banding and orange colorway tree foliage. Dia. 14 cm
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Clarice Cliff 'Bizarre'octagonal bowl, in the Crocus pattern. Small frit to the base. Dia. 14.5 cm
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Clarice Cliff 'Bizarre'cabinet plate, in the Gayday pattern. Bizarre range. Some knife marks to the yellow border band. Dia.23 cm.
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Clarice Cliff 'Blue Chintz' cabinet plate, some knife marks to the blue border. Dia. 22.5 cm
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Clarice Cliff 'Fantasque' cup and saucer, in the Moonflower pattern on conical shape, height 7 cm
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A Wedgwood 'Elves on a Bridge' plate by daisy Makeig Jones, blue printed floral rim with the design to the centre. Printed factory mark and 'I'. Dia.27 cm
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A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre large bowl by daisy Makeig-Jones, octagonal, decorated in the Firbolgs pattern to exterior, and Thumbelina to interior. Printed marks, c.1920. Dia.23 cm
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A Royal Doulton Gnomes bowl, circular with scalloped rim, marked: D44697 and impressed 5-28. Dia.23.5 cm.
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A Poole (Carter, Stabler, Adams) two handled vase, decorated with blue wavy vertical stripes in four panels top to bottom and small floral sprigs, incised shape 995, artist's cipher, height 22 cm
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A William Moorcroft early Pansy vase, c.1916 squat circular, pansies and foliage tubelined on light green ground. Painted signature and impressed marks and number M56 incised, height 13 cm.
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Early Moorcroft lidded pot pourri, with hand-painted decoration of grapes and vine to the body and reticulated lid. Note: this pattern was designed for and predominantly used by, Liberty's of London and has the Liberty's of London stamp and W Moorcroft signature to base, height 12 cm
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A 1903 Tudric pewter 'Bollelin' tray with strap handles, designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., the three arched handles meeting in centre, above convex-sided triangular enamel plaque in centre in deep aquamarine with green-yellow centre. Embossed with stylised leaves with interweaving stems arranged to form a trinity pattern. Marked made in England, Tudric 044, Dawson's limited, Dunedin, NZ', height 4 cm Dia.25.5 cm
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A Regency crystal confiture, doubled knopped stem on octagonal base, the body with optic cut decoration and fold-over cut rim, the fitted lid with conforming decoration and finial, minor old chips to rim edge. 22 x 36 cm.
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Victorian glass three trumpet epergne, the vaseline trumpets with ruby and green frills on vaseline base, height 47 cm.
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A pair of Bohemian ruby flashed glass decanters mallet shaped with faceted necks. Cut with encircling pattern of deer in a forest. Both with mother of pearl stoppers one marked 'Sherry' the other 'Port', height 32.5 cm
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A pair of Baccarat crystal decanters, with 8 chamfered panels to the body and strawberry cut stoppers, makers mark to the base of both, H. 23 cm
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A set of eight Waterford Crystal wine glasses, Lismore pattern, height 14.2 cm
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A set of six Val St. Lambert long stemmed crystal wine glasses, varied colours with cut decoration, etched mark to base, one glass has base slightly ground, height 18 cm.
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A harlequin set of nine Bohemian long stemmed wine glasses, various sizes, colours and decoration.
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A Copeland parian ware bust of Princess Louise, on socle base and with impressed marks to the back. Sculpted by Mary Thornycroft (1809-1895) and commissioned to commemorate Louise's marriage to the Duke of Argyll. Note: Louise was the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Thornycroft was a noted Victorian sculptor. 26 x 40 cm.
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Classic Parianware figure of a woman in a shawl, on a circular base. Depicting a mother showing a child a page from a book with part alphabet, height 29 cm
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A Dresden 1902 'Yardleys Old English Lavender' porcelain figural group, depicting mothers and children, hand-painted with Sp Dresden impressed mark and 'Yardleys Old English Lavender' to base, height 31 cm.
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A Royal Worcester R. Seabright hand-painted cabinet plate, the pink border with butterfly rim richly gilded and decorated with blue and pale apricot enamels, puce mark and dated 1918. Dia.22 cm.
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A Royal Worcester H. Ayrton hand-painted cabinet plate, with fruit within a richly gilded border, backstamp printed back to front and dates from 1950s. Dia.22 cm.
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A large old Chinese bronze vase, stylised beast mask handles, relief taotie mask encircling decoration above lappet panels. Calligraphic panel signature to the base, height 53.5 cm
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A Chinese doucai lotus bowl, tangled branch ground with four large blue lotus flowers. Xuantong mark to base. Dia.11.5 cm.
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A Chinese doucai lotus bowl, tangled branch ground with four large blue lotus flowers. Xuantong mark to base. Dia.11.5 cm
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A Chinese doucai glaze porcelain dish, restrained scrolling decoration in traditional red, green and blue dominant tones. Underglaze blue six-character mark to base and with old Parke-Bernet Galleries label to base. Dia. 8.2 cm.
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An old Chinese impressive flambe/chun glazed large vase, baluster form with pale blue highlights over the deep red glaze. Some fritting at the foot, probably from kiln glaze stick. Two old paper labels to the base, height 47.6 cm.
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A Chinese Guan ware 'Arrow' vase, in the song manner. Flattened baluster shape with tube handles to the neck, height 18.5 cm.
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A Chinese fine quality porcelain vase, the ovoid body with extensive landscape and calligraphy panels, the gilt ground in famille rose floral scrolls and other decoration. Blue underglaze character marks to the base, height 27.5 cm.
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A naively decorated Chinese plate or shallow dish, the central cavetto showing two deer within a panelled border. This type of decoration is known as 'Kraak'. Kiln adhesions and minor expected signs of wear and use. D.205 mm. Some restoration
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A quality Chinese porcelain bowl, potted in Kangxi style, with a high foot and flaring mouth. Decorated with flowering peonies and birds and bearing a six-character mark underneath; together with an attached 1963 exhibition label and F. Chow collection label. Dia.18.7 cm
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An uncommon Chinese porcelain saucer dish, decorated with two five clawed dragons of high quality on the outer shoulder, another on the central cavetto. Quality potting, painting and fine paste. Six-character Guangxu reign mark. D.16 cm
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A quality Chinese porcelain yuhuchunping vase, decorated in underglaze blue with plantain and bamboo amongst rock work. The neck with leaf shaped lappets, the lower body with further bands of lappets and florets. The base with a six-character Guangxu reign mark, and a J.T. Tai label, a 1967 Dartington hall exhibition label and an undecipherable Collectors label. Supported on an ormolu mounted bronze stand, height 30.4 cm including stand.
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A large transitional style underglaze blue cylindrical vase, known in the West as a 'Sleeve' or 'Rolwagen' vase and popularised in the 17th century. Decorated with figures and musicians, while one boy holds a fan, the washes of blue are in Chinese taste, as are the 'Anhua' (secret decoration) bands top and bottom. The underside typically unglazed, a small patch of glaze possibly concealing a drill hole, height 418 mm. D.140 mm
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A large Chinese porcelain dish, decorated with scrolling vines and flowers, surrounding what appear to be Islamic script. Possibly made for the Persian or Indian market. Underside unglazed, burnt orange from firing. D.42 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain monochrome yellow mailing vase, the Imperial uniform yellow glaze showing white at the rim and an even line at the base. Six-character underglaze blue Qianlong Reign mark, height 26 cm.
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A Chinese Guan-type quatrefoil vase, the four joined small ovoid vases with pale grey crackle glaze. Yongzheng (1722 to 1735) four-character underglaze blue zhuanshu script reign mark to the base, but of a later period, height 10 cm.
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An old Chinese Royal Guard's long knife in scabbard, the steel blade mildly curved and with a flat back, the shagreen scabbard with dark finish and two metal hangers. The wood grip with metal fittings and cloud form guard, length 64 cm.
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A fine Chinese Hotan jade shallow dish, plain circular shape raised on a low foot ring. The translucent stone with areas of mutton fat suffused with faint traces of lilac and small areas of deep green. Dia.21.5 cm.
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Extensively carved hippopotamus tusk, heavily reticulated with scenes of pagodas trees and foliage. On wooden custom-made base, length 63 cm, height 20 cm
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An old Japanese bronze and iron fire hearth and kettle, the compressed bronze hearth with oval cloud form cut out handles. Recessed fitted with an iron water pot with large open ring handles and fitted bronze lid, height 34 cm. In signed wooden box.
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A large Meiji Imari charger, traditional central decoration of vase of flowers, the border with vignettes depicting various landscapes. D 56 cm
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A large Meiji Imari charger, with traditional central decoration of vase of flowers, the border with vignettes depicting various landscapes, a black firing mark evident in one. D 56 cm
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A fine Japanese Meiji silver vase, finely engraved and with gold inlaid highlights with a mountainous building in landscape scene. Engraved. Engraved Jungin (pure silver) mark to the base. Of good gauge, height 14.3 cm. Some dents
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Japanese Meiji period Inro, of lacquer construction with gilt decoration of bird among foliage and rocky outcrop. Suspension cord with Ojimi bead, height 3.2 cm
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Ivory Ry'sa netsuke, a Japanese woman surrounded by stylised bushes, floral embellishment to the base, age cracks.
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Japanese ivory netsuke, a standing man holding a round vegetable in his hand and clutching his beard, age cracks, height 6.5 cm.
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Japanese ivory netsuke, a man perched on top of a large fish, age cracks.
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Japanese ivory netsuke, a little boy curled up on the floor, wrapped in his kimono and leaning on a fan, age crack.
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Sterling silver trinket box, heart shaped with reticulated lid with C scrolls and foliage. Gilt interior. Birmingham 1907 by Synyer and Beddoes L.7 cm. 66gm
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Sterling silver tea caddy, lid decorated with a fairy playing a violin. Base with bacchanalian type procession in a classical setting. Chester 1904 by George Nathan and Ridley Hayes. 7 x 7 cm 123g
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A pair of sterling silver candlesticks, baluster shaped column with ovoid details. Birmingham 1948 by Joseph Gloster Ltd, height 28 cm
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#A Guild of Handicraft Arts & Crafts style silver porringer designed by Charles R Ashbee circular with fine hammered finish, the whiplash handle with forked mounts and five stylised thistle mounts. London 1974, length 16 cm. 211gm.
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#A Guild of Handicraft Arts & Crafts style silver teapot and matching cream jug by George Hart fine hammer finished, baluster form, each on a spreading circular foot. Made from a very good gauge of silver. London 1975, height 12 cm and 14.5 cm. Total weight 976gm.
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Georgian sterling silver bachelors teapot, horizontal central banding, on four bun feet. London possibly 1810, (marks indistinct), height 10 cm 297gm
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A silver Regency style teapot in presentation box with fluted base part and Bakelite handle. In handsome presentation box, height J.C and Co 1904. 693gm, height 16 cm.
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