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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:13
Lots with images:13
Prices available:13
Category:
Personal Grooming & Hygiene
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A gold and enamel powder compact, vintage, 14ct yellow gold, made as a round domed case with scalloped outer profile, finely engraved throughout with stylised floral motif, overlaid with a single large enamelled bird, engine turned to reverse, hinged to… ***
*** A leather-cased tortoise-shell celluloid lacquer manicure set, 1920s/'30s, the set of various tools, pairs of scissors, buffer, and boxes complete in the rectangular hinged case with mirror to the inside of the cover, width 25.5 cm. Depth 16 cm ***
*** A framed watercolour miniature of 'Vanity, early 20th century, an oval watercolour upon cellulose depicting the allegorical nude figure of vanity holding a hand mirror in a landscape setting, signed faintly lower right, housed in an ivory tiled frame with… ***
*** A sterling silver engine turned dressing table set, 1962 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Adie Brothers Ltd, comprising a hand mirror, clothes brush, hair brush and comb edging in the original presentation case. Height 25.5 cm (mirror and smaller) ***
*** A gilt bronze table mirror with an easel back, a shaped mirror pierced and cast in rocaille manner with a winged dragon in high relief to the crest, height 63 cm, width 39 cm ***
*** A three piece 'Alabaster' glass dressing table set, circa 1930s, in the manner of Stevens & Williams/Royal Brierley, three tri-footed bowls with extended low domed lids, in apple green alabaster with opaque white mushroom knops and ball feet. Height 13 cm… ***
*** A French .800 silver hair comb, 19th century, after 1838 with Minerva 2 standard and bigorne mark, the hair comb with lobed edging decorated with chevron patterns and engraved foliage; hallmarked, silver weight 34gr, width 10.5 cm ***
*** A sterling silver hand mirror, clothes brush and comb, early 20th century American, one with mark of Gorham, and 1994 Birmingham, with maker's marks for W I Broadway & Co, all embossed with flora and scrollwork in the rococo revival manner, one item… ***
*** An American sterling silver handled Sponge cake comb. Mid 20th century, with silver handle by the Amston silver Co; comb by Schneider Toledo, the hollow bulbous handle decorated in a rococo manner with florid scroll work, the comb with distinctive long… ***
*** A silver and horn hairpiece, Georgian hair pieces and a silver and horn comb, length 18.5 cm, and smaller ***
*** Two American sterling silver brushes, circa; 1900, marked sterling with maker's mark, letter B over a sword, patent number, a bristle clothing brush and a matching hair brush with sweeping vegetal forms and the image of a lion; stamped to both items.… ***
*** A Continental silver Boudoir set, mid 20th century, comprising some fourteen dressing table items including a hand mirror, brushes with natural bristle, manicure items, corset and boot hooks and a suede covered nail buff all embellished with a running… ***
*** A sterling silver dressing table mirror, Birmingham 1919, with maker's mark for Wg Sothers & Co, the circular bevelled mirror set within a reeded frame, the back engine turned to create a fine guilloche finish, with a plain scalloped edge and a… ***