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Smyth Collection Brighton — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:409
Sale Title:Smyth Collection BrightonLots with images:361
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:253
Date:11-Dec-2011
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A classic French Art-Deco group of a young girl with hoop and two hound dogs on rectangular marble base.
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A pair of French porcelain medallion pattern table lamps.
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French Louis XV style Palisander commode stamped with Maker of serpentine bombe shape with marble top above three drawers with cast foliate decorated handles on cabriole supports with and ormolu sabots. 86 cm high, 129 cm wide 52 cm deep.
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Margaret Smyth. Active. Australia Rural Scenes. Watercolours. 28 x 39 cm.
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Mink fur coat full length and pleated. Provenance: Leissel Collins Street Melbourne.
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A French walnut double bedstead, with each end arched and flanked by fluted columns and ormolu and brass mounts on short tapering legs. 150 cm wide, 190 cm long.
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A French Louis XV style walnut two tier table, the top with floral marquetry decoration, above a marquetry decorated door on high cabriole legs. 69 cm high, 35 cm wide 28 cm deep.
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An important 19th century Australian colonial red river cedar wardrobe with carved cabochon above graduated drawers flanked by caved panel doors on a plinth. 210 cm high, 230 cm wide 64 deep.
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Claude Pannka, 1928-72 Australia (Aboriginal). Ghost Gums Central Australia, signed Claude Pannka lower right, watercolour 46 x 62 cm
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A Sarouk rug. 132 x 67 cm
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A 19th century polychrome Venetian blackamoor figure on stand modelled as the standing figure of a draped nubian woman with arms outswept, raised circular plinth with squat bun feet 175 cm high
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Two Victorian hallmarked sterling silver slide combs, Birmingham 1898.
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Hallmarked sterling silver ladle - Glasgow 1847.
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A pair of claw sugar / ice tongs - Birmingham 1901?.
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Hallmarked sterling silver bon bon dish - Birmingham 1896.
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A pair of silver cherub musicians mounted salts.
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A sterling silver fruit knife.
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A sterling silver vesta case.
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A sterling silver sovereign case.
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A gold plated pig vesta.
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A sterling silver embossed stamp box.
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A Victorian hallmarked sterling silver sifter spoon - London 1890 - 'Wakeay & Wheeler'.
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A Georgian silver sugar tongs C1783. George Burrows.
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Hallmarked sterling silver ladle, whale bone handle - Edinburgh 1862 (slight chip).
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An ormolu mounted oval picture of a girl. 7 cm high
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Late 19th century Sheraton horizontal vitrine with boxwood stringing a glazed hinged top with glazed on tapered legs with X stretcher.
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Kashan rug with central medallion. 265 x 190 cm
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Emmanuel Vandin Buschy oil dated 1884, the lost Mariner, signed Emmanuel Vandin Buschy lower left and dated 1884, oil on canvas. 70 x 56 cm.
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A French classical bronze mantel clock titled L'Amour et Psyche after, Fran?ois-?douard Picot, with enamelled dial and eight day movement. 59 cm high, 53 cm wide 26 cm deep.
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A French Louis XV style kingwood commode of serpentine bombe shape with marble top above two parquetry decoration drawers with cast foliate decorated handles on cabriole supports with and ormolu sabots. 85 cm high, 110 cm wide 49 deep.
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James R Jackson (1882-1975) Australia, Europe. Low Tide, Bermagui. Signed lower right James R. Jackson. Oil on canvas on board. 50 x 60 cm.
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Bernhard Rust 1929-Australia Young Demonstrators. Signed lower left Bernard Rust and dated 64 Oil on board 90 x 60 cm
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A 19th century black French bonheur-du-jour signed with in set porcelain panels.
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Robert H. Johnson. 1890-1964. Australia. Blossom Time. Signed 'Robert Johnson' lower left. Oil on board. 37 x 44 cm. Provenance: Label verso pertains to original period framers.
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Robert H. Johnson. 1890-1964. Australia. Milking Time, signed 'Robert Johnson' lower right, oil on canvas, on board. 38 x 46 cm.
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A French 19th century Louis XVI style limed bergere with loose cushion on tapering fluted legs.
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George IV flame mahogany long case maker Deakin of Barton. The broken pediment over an arched door flanked by columns, a long door flanked by canted pilasters and a square panelled base with bracket feet, the white painted arch dial, eight day anchor escapement, striking on a bell, 215 high.
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A.A Prout (1805-76), Australia. Lyon Cathedral Watercolour 52 x 39.
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European School. Dutch Barge on High Seas Signed lower left. Watercolour 26 x 35 cm.
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A Royal Dux figurine - Water carrier shell sculpture.
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A Japanese Satsuma vase of baluster form with flower and insect decoration.
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Royal Doulton figurine HN2468 'Diana'. Height 20.3 cm.
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A Belleek two handled basket - Losses (Black Mark).
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A Moorcroft Wisteria collectors club vase designed Rachel Bishop of baluster form with bright yellow flowers, dated 1998 number 341. 16 cm high
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A Moorcroft Convolvulus vase designed Debbie Hancock 1998, of bulbous form with incised brightly coloured flowers impressed and painted marks. 7/101 19 cm high
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A Royal Doulton figurine HN2835 'Fair Lady'. Height 18.4 cm.
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Mid 20th century Belleek biscuit barrel and cover, together with a Limoges teacup and saucer and Bavarian rose bowl with gilt decoration.
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A Royal Dux figure of 'Bathing Girl'.
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Royal Doulton cute cats - 'Dinnertime' Da 231.
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An ivory canister with lid, carved with scene of a lion attacking an elephant.
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A Thomas Webb & Sons perfume bottle - chicken head cap 1890.
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A Royal Doulton Vitanian pattern vases together with a Art Deco Royal Doulton teapot milk jug and sugar bowl pattern D4080
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A Ridgway plate painted with exotic birds within a moulded border. Pattern number: 678. Circa 1825. Diameter 22 cm. Together with possibly a Minton plate painted with birds within a moulded border.
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Cherub gilt wall sconce with frosted petal shade.
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Pair of Art Deco chrome wall sconces with period Art Deco glass shades.
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A Royal Vienna vase and cover. Magenta with gilt and a continuous band of a painted figures and gilt scrolled handles, together with a continental majolica comport. Royal Vienna vase, 26 cm high.
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A William and Mary style walnut display cabinet, with domed cornice, above a pair of glazed doors and glazed sides, below two shaped drawers on bracket feet. 188 cm high, 84 cm wide 38 cm deep.
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A Victorian mahogany spoon back gentleman's chair with a buttoned back and padded arms on cabriole legs.
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A royal dux figure modelled of a young man wearing a deep blue jacket and hat.
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A boxed set of six hallmarked sterling silver teaspoons. Dublin 1834. By James Brady.
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Victorian walnut games table oval of serpentine outline with drop sides inlaid with a chess board, with carved bulbous column on four carved out swept supports. Provenance: acorn Antiques Melbourne. 71 cm high, open 76 cm wide 54 cm deep.
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A Victorian walnut ladies chair, the cresting rail carved with rosettes above a buttoned back on cabriole legs.
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Abadeh carpet. 201 x 153 cm
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Les Rees, afternoon near Harrietville, oil on board, signed lower right. 47 cm x 59 cm.
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A Victorian walnut music cabinet The rectangular top with turned gallery moulded edge, above a glazed panelled door, decorated with boxwood stringing and inlaid with amboyna, plinth base. Provenance: Acorn Antiques Melbourne. 110 cm high, 62 cm wide 41 cm deep.
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Les Rees, Buckland Valley, oil on board, signed lower right. 68 cm x 99 cm
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A fine floral decorated porcelain table lamp with sculptured bronze decorated base. Signed to base under metal rim Joost Thooft La Bouchere.
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A Victorian burr walnut card table, of rectangular form with hinged top enclosing a baize interior, the frieze with applied carving, with carved bulbous column on four carved out swept supports Provenance: Acorn Antiques Melbourne. 76 cm high, 93 cm wide 46 cm deep.
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A Victorian burr walnut servery, with satinwood banding a shaped front with three tiers on turned feet. 98 cm high, 93 cm wide 42 cm deep.
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A fine pair of plated two branch candelabra, each with shaped base on feet, rising on a cast stem to a pair of scrolled arms, with knops and nozzles. 12 cm high. 19 cm wide.
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Les Rees, the Cathedral, oil on board, signed lower right and dated 1978. 56 cm x 79 cm
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A cast bronze group of Clydesdale and foal on an oval base. Height 61 cm Length 60 cm
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An Art-Deco French marble clock, surmounted by a bronzed figure, cast of a young girl and birds, on a stepped base. 45 cm high. 50 cm wide.
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A French Louis XV style walnut commode with a marble top above three drawers on high cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 83 cm high, 65 cm wide 40 cm deep.
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A 19th century Australian colonial cedar two door chiffonier. 89 cm x 122 cm
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Kashan Persian carpet. 268 x 198 cm
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A 19th century plated candelabra, with a stem with foliate decoration above three branches terminating in sconces and a further centre sconce raised on a square domed base with foliate decoration. 54 cm high, 42 cm wide.
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A Meissen dinner service, comprising four bowls and ten dinner plates, each with moulded border, painted with flowers, sprigs and butterflies.
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A Victorian mahogany breakfast table, circular form with moulded edge, on a bulbous support with three out swept scrolled supports terminating in porcelain castors. 75 cm high, 166 cm wide.
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A set of six Victorian reproduction mahogany dining chairs on bulbous reeded legs.
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Albert Ernest Newbury, (1891-1941), Australia. Cattle grazing amongst trees, oil on board signed lower right 52 x 35 cm
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John William (Will). Ashton, 1881-1963 Australia. Bridge, Signed lower right Oil on board. 36 cm x 44 cm
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Robert H. Johnson. 1890-1964. Australia. Old Timer's cottage, signed 'Robert Johnson' lower left, oil on board. 36 x 44 cm. Provenance: label verso - Art lovers gallery, Pacific Highway, New South Wales.
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A Canton famille rose globular table lamp decorated with flowers and lotus on a French circular brass base with a later fabric shade.
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A French porcelain of Paris jewel casket oval form, the cover with a cartouche of flower within green and yellow border with gilt metal mounts 6 cm high, 13 cm wide.
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An early 20th century Chippendale style wine table, of circular form with dished top, the tilt top with a birdcage and cylindrical column, on out-swept legs, terminating in pad feet. Provenance: Purchased at E. J. Ainger Pty Ltd Sale, The Kingston Estate, Tivoli Road, South Yarra, 6/9/2009.
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Anton Pick Austrian, 1840-1902 Rowing after Storm. Initialled Ap lower right. Oil on board. 20 x 30 cm.
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A French decorative carved alabaster figure, modelled of a girl wearing a bonnet, holding a lamp. 43 cm high. 37 cm wide.
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A French 19th century Louis XVI style circular gilded table with inset green marble top.
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A pair of 19th century Sevres plaques, painted with flowers within a bleu celeste border with painted Vignettes of flowers.
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A pair of decorative French bronzed vases each of baluster form cast with continuous band of cherubs with scrolled handles on circular marble base. 31 cm high.
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A pair of decorative French porcelain of Paris vases and covers, each bleu celeste with a cartouche of a courting scene with ormolu scrolled handles,the cover with an ormolu pineapple finial. 40 cm high.
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A French 19th century Trumeau Gilt wood mirror, the painted canvas depicting a courting couple in a landscape, within a scrolling foliate frame, the shaped mirror-plate within a similar scrolling foliate frame. 162 cm high, 90 cm wide.
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A French 19th century sculptured brass extending fire fender.
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A pair of French 19th century gilt ecclesiastical prickets, each with cylindrical stem on a flared base with cast foliate. 90 cm high.
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A French Louis XVI style gilded and floral upholstered bedroom chair.
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A 'Pro Hart', oil on board 'Bush Burial' signed lower right, dated 1968 lower left 90 x 90.
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A pair of Cantonese 19th century vases each of bulbous form decorated with panels of musicians and Court Scenes. 36 cm high, 18 cm wide.
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A pair of 19th century Continental porcelain painted vases.
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A French 19th century Sevres cabinet plate decorated with frolicking cherubs.
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