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Small Wooden Items — Sotheby's Australia

$30,000
$21,600
$18,000
$11,700










Auction House: Sotheby's Australia
Number of lots recorded: 23
Lots with images: 23
Prices available: 23
Category: Small Wooden Items





Lot Description Price Image
*** A Fine Robert Prenzel Carved Panel Of Two Kookaburras On A Eucalypt Branch, Dated 1923, the kookaburras perched on a branch with gum nuts, flowering blooms and leaves, 110 cm wide, 44 cm high ***
*** A rare bird's eye huon pine writing box, circa 1885, the rectangular shaped box inlaid with brass marquetry, huon pine, pauwa shell (mother of pearl), the hinged black sassafrass timber top, opening to reveal a japanned and silk lined interior together with a drawer incorporating fitted compartments and two ink containers and a leather covered writing slope, 29 cm wide, 20 cm deep, 14 cm high ***
*** An Anglo-Indian ivory and lac-engraved sewing box, Vizagapatam, second quarter 19th century, the domed and fluted hinged top revealing a fitted engraved ivory and sandalwood interior with removable tray divided into compartments, the lid with a hinged panel engraved with a landscape, above a conforming apron drawer, raised on gilt brass feet 34 cm wide, 28 cm deep, 32 cm high ***
*** A Cedar Games Box, Circa 1890 the hinged rectangular with fine stringing throughout, and central oval recesses to the top and front encasing two coloured photographs of gentleman in formal attire, the box has an arrangement of compartments and drawer 36 cm wide, 21 cm high ***
*** A Northern Italian Walnut And Parquetry Cassone, 18th Century 188 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 58 cm high the hinged planked top above two recessed panels centered with a moulded lozenge on a scroll relief ground interpersed with panels detailing, a central compass to each, on a plinth base ***
*** An Australian Miniature Chest of Drawers, By Henry Bayles Ford, Circa 1860 of good proportion, finely crafted chest with marquetry inlaid top and sides composed of various exotic Australian timbers above two short and three long drawers on baluster feet 37 cm wide, 30 cm deep, 39 cm high ***
*** An Australian cedar, pine and ebony inlaid document box, attributed to t. William, cabinetmaker, 26 chapel road, Sydney, circa 1805, the top with a central star motif within an ebony, pine and cedar banded border opening to reveal a removable tray with various lidded compartments, with document storage below, the front and sides with conforming cross-banding; 37 cm wide, 26 cm high, 14 cm high; Note The following Trade Advertisment appears in the Sydney Gazette of the 22nd January 1804: 'Cabinet Work, T. ***
*** An Australian cedar butler's tray on stand, circa 1835, the tray of oval form with four brass hinged sides with carrying holes to each end, the folding stand with square legs held open by leather straps, with number 4832 to base of tray indicating a public service provenance; 60 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 85 cm high Provenance Elvy Stewart 'The Pines', Ingleburn ***
*** A matched pair of early Australian cedar bottle holders, circa 1830-42, with cross banded top edge and cut out for holding wine bottles (2) ***
*** A George III brass bound mahogany wine cooler on stand, the oval coopered body flanked by lion mask drop ring handles, the stand raised on cabriole legs and pad feet; 65 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 56 cm high ***
*** A George III mahogany tray, of rectangular form with pierced scrolled decoration to the gallery, on a later stand; 58 cm wide, 44 cm deep, 62 cm high ***
*** A Late Georgian Mahogany Tea Tray and Stand the pierced and shaped gallery on later matching stand 71 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 47 cm high ***
*** A miniature hardwood cabinet, 19th/20th century, of rectangular form, the two doors with upper panels pierced with a bird and flowering prunus, the interior with arched surround below a pierced dragon panel 23. 8 cm wide, 17. 8 cm deep, 36. 5 cm high ***
*** A George III mahogany and satinwood cross-banded cutlery box, of serpentine form with a central satinwood inlaid pattern and satinwood cross banded lid enclosing an original fitted interior, with silver escutcheons, raised on bracket feet; 30 cm x 38 cm ***
*** A Mahogany Knife Box, 18th Century And Later 65 cm high urn shaped with satinwood stringing, opening to a fitted cutlery compartment on a square pedestal base ***
*** A Mahogany Butler's Tray On Stand, 19th Century 81 cm diameter, 60 cm high the tray of oval form with hinged panels on a cross stretcher base ***

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