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Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts — Sotheby's Australia

Auction House: Sotheby's Australia Number of lots recorded: 553
Sale Title: Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Lots with images: 535
Auction Location: Melbourne Prices available: 345
Date: 05/04/2011









Lot Description Price Image
*** A Derez red cameo glass bell, circa 1900, of slightly serpentine outline, carved with red floriate and foliate decoration on a stippled orange and yellow ground signed Derez25 cm high ***
*** A Thomas Webb & Sons style two colour glass cameo vase, circa 1890, the ovoid form of tinted yellow glass overlaid with carved opaque white passion flowers and butterflies 25 cm high ***
*** A pair of Thomas Webb & Sons style ivory and two colour glass vases, 1887-1895, the opaque cream glass heightened in brown carved with floral sprays, the everted lip with geometric border (2) 21. 5 cm high ***
*** A Thomas Webb & Sons style glass and silver plate jug, circa 1890, the blue-green tinted baluster form overlaid with white opaque trailing nasturtiums, electroplate lidded cover with engraved flower and leaf collar, scroll handle 26. 5 cm high ***
*** A Thomas Webb & Sons style cameo glass vase, circa 1890, possibly by Richardson's, the shaped yellow glass vase overlaid with opaque white flowers 13 cm high ***
*** A Thomas Webb & Sons style cameo glass vase, circa 1890, the squat deep purple overlaid with opaque white nasturtiums, white rim and foot 9 cm high ***
*** A René Lalique 'Oleron' vase, circa 1930, the ovoid opaque glass body moulded with a continuous frieze of schooling fish incised R. Lalique, France 9 cm high ***
*** A René Lalique 'Ronces' vase, circa 1930, the ovoid amber glass body moulded with a continuous frieze of entwined briar moulded mark R. Lalique France 23 cm high ***
*** A Loetz style Irridescent glass bowl on a bronze stand, circa 1900, the square serpentine blue glass body overlaid in colours of iridescent purple and green, within a foliate and floriate decorated stand 15 cm high ***
*** A Georg Jensen acorn pattern silver flatware service, designed by Johan Rohde, post 1945, comprising twelve of each fish knives, fish forks, dinner knives, dinner forks, coffee spoons, tea spoons, butter knives, dessert forks and soup spoons, a large fish server, a tea caddy spoon and a bottle opener (111) 5086gms ***
*** Maurice Guiraud Riviere (1181 - 1967) 'Enigma', circa 1925, green patinated bronze, the seated Art Deco figure with her hand beneath her chim, signed to the left of the plinth M. Guiraud Riviere 36 cm high Literature Maurice Guiraud Riviere was a painter, designer and sculptor who studied at the Paris École des Beaux-arts and exhibited at the salon des Humouristes during the 1920-30. ***
*** A pair of contemporary metal and opaque resin lamps by Martinelli Luce, designed in 1966, model Pipistrello (2) 68 cm high. Provenance: collection of the late Gloria Staley ***
*** A lady's Bicycle by Hermès, the 3-speed bike with meticulously stitched leather accents on the saddle, handle bar grips, as well as the frames two main down tubes ***
*** A man's Bicycle by Hermès, the 3-speed bike with meticulously stitched leather accents on saddle, handle bar grips, as well as the frames two main down tubes ***
*** James C. Witty 'Lazy Bowl Chair', American, circa 1950, the seat formed from woven cane, supported by a metal tubular frame ***
*** A Georg Jensen ‘Acorn' pattern silver flatware service designed Byjohan Rohde, post 1945, comprising eight of each dinner knife, dinner fork, entree knife, entree fork, soup spoon and dessert spoon (48) 2942gms (including stainless steel knife blades) ***
*** A René Lalique glass car Mascot 'Vitesse', French, 1929 - 1939, modelled as a windswept female nude with her back arched and head thrown back, moulded R. Lalique to base rim 18 cm Literature first introduced on 17th September 1929, catalogue number 1160 see Felix Marcilhac: R Lalique catalogue Raisonne de l'oeuvre de Verre p. 503 ***
*** Demeter H. Chiparus (1886 - 1947) ‘The Secret', circa 1920, gilt and cold painted bronze and ivory, stepped brown onyx marble base signed Chiparus to base 38 cm high Literature Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 72 (illustrated) ***
*** Demeter H. Chiparus (1886 - 1947) 'Hush', gilt bronze and ivory, on terracotta Portor marble base signed Chiparus to base 38 cm high Literature Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 75 (illustrated) ***
*** Paul Philippe (1870 - 1930) 'Russian Dancer', gilt bronze and ivory on sage green mottled marble base signed Philippe to base 40 cm high Literature Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 251 (illustrated) ***

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