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Precious Objects — Philips Auctions Australia

$150,000
A Faberge silver gilt, enamel and diamond set nephrite tray,…
$18,000
A Russian silver and gem set elephant match holder by Faberge,…
$13,271
A Russian silver presentation kovsh, bearing marks for…
$11,123
An Elizabeth I sterling silver communion cup, 1582 London,…
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Number of lots recorded:96
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Precious Objects
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*** A pair of vintage miniature portrait paintings after Thomas Gainsborough, early 20th century, a portrait after 'Mrs Sarah Siddons', and a woman in a pink dress with a large plumed hat, both with facsimile signatures, housed in matching, intricately… ***
*** A Hispano-Philippines Santos timber figure, 18th to 19th century, in the Renaissance manner, the robed and bearded Christ-like figure in a serpentine pose holding a child in his left arm, with losses to face, arm and child and mounted upon a later timber… ***
*** A miniature painting of Venus, a watercolour miniature roundel depicting Venus with cupid in the manner of Francois Boucher, but later, and housed in a square wooden frame with a gilt bronze bezel, signed, possibly Barroel, height 14.5 cm, width 14 cm. ***
*** A Georgian burr walnut tea caddy, and two silver spoons, early 19th century, the sarcophagus shaped box with ring handles and target mounts having two lidded and tin paper lined compartments, together with a silver-plated sifter spoon and a cased… ***
*** A silver topped cut glass tea canister, probably 19th century. the straight-sided glass canister with notched canted corners and rounded shoulders, with star forms to both faces and a flat base with a ground pontil, the unmarked silver collar with a… ***
*** A French enamel and silver gilt pill box, early 20th century. Well decorated with a continuous landscape and to the lid the figure of a daintily attired 18th century maiden admiring a bird in the hand released from a birdcage, in muted blue, pink and soft… ***
*** A Sevres porcelain dressing table box, 1920s-30s, with design by Paul Milet. the shaped circular box with a low domed lid in an interesting mottled soft to deep green glaze embellished to the body with a gilded ribbon and laurel leaf pierced border, a… ***
*** A portrait miniature of a man, early 20th century, portrait in oil of a man in early 19th century dress, height 9 cm, width 7.5 cm, (miniature only) ***
*** A Russian silver slice, Alexander Tillander, St Petersburg 1896, of plain trowel form with a rounded hexagonal handle, town stamp to edge of trowel with Zolotnik 84 and maker's mark to throat underside, silver weight 93gr. Length 22 cm ***
*** A Soviet Russian silver niello cup. Post 1956, with hammer and sickle inside a star and additional maker's marks, the straightsided brushed silver cup with a gilt rim and brushed gilt washed interior, beautifully worked to the body with a floral, fruit… ***
*** A brass single panel icon, 19th century, set to the centre with an image of Mary surrounded by panels of various religious figures. Height 14 cm. Width 12 cm ***
*** A Regency inlaid rosewood tea caddy, c1830s, the sarcophagus shaped tea caddy with mother-of-pearl buttons, escutcheon and stringing, opening to an interior with two lidded compartments, the underside of the cover lined with burgundy velvet. Height 13.5… ***
*** An enamelled citrine glass jewellery box, late 20th century, the spherical form featuring an enamelled floral spray to lid all mounted with brass fittings and raised on four brass scrolled feet. Height 11 cm. Width 16 cm. Depth 15 cm ***
*** Two antique miniature portrait paintings, 19th to early 20th century, a youth in a black cap, leaning on his right hand, in watercolour on ivory, signed apparently L de Goyan lower right, and a portrait of a young boy, wearing a decoration upon his light… ***
*** A mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell card case, 19th century, the card case with finely engraved mother- of-pearl borders, an inlaid engraved silver owl and crescent moon to the lid and opening to reveal a blue moire silk lined interior with an ultramarine… ***
*** A French bronze urn, 19th century, a bell shaped urn with high set bifurcated scrolling handles with roaring lion mounts, the reeded body with shaped panels enclosing pendant floral festoons, above a knopped and turned stem to a spreading black marble… ***
*** Two portrait miniatures, Edwardian and after, early 20th century, in opaque watercolours on ivory, an oval portrait of a gentleman, a gift to his wife with engraved annotations verso, in a gold plated brass frame; and a square portrait of a Dutch girl, in… ***
*** A miniature portrait of a lady, 19th century, probably on ivory, the sitter bust-length wearing a hat, signed 'Hans', framed under glass, diameter 10.5 cm ***
*** A Continental silver and tortoiseshell trinket box, late 19th century, the oval hinged box having a tortoiseshell base and lid overlaid with a finely pierced geometric floral design inlaid with mother of pearl, total weight 28gr. Height 1 cm. Length 6 cm.… ***
*** A French enamelled glass trinket box, circa 1900, the round green glass body with hinged lid decorated with painted geometric patterns and standing on twist brass feet. Height 11.5 cm ***
*** A French bronze crucifix, late 19th century, the cast bronze crucifix of Jesus Christ with two angels at the bottom, on an ornate cross with pierced scrolls and volutes, raised on a domed base with six barbed lobes. Height 28 cm ***
*** A 925 silver kiddush cup. Hazorfim, Isr'l, modern, marked 925 and with another mark. Goblet-shaped, the waist of the body and the foot decorated in relief with a continuous band of fruiting grapevine, the interior gilt. Height 11.5 cm. Weight 69gr ***
*** A Russian .875 silver kiddush cup, 1890 Moscow, assayer Anatolii Artsibashev, silversmith Konstantin Iakovlevich Pets the small kiddush cup with straight tapering sides, raised on a knopped stem and domed circular stepped base, engraved with a geometric… ***
*** A Russian .875 silver kiddush cup, 1888 Moscow, assayer a. Romanov, silversmith possibly Petr Abrosimov the small kiddush cup of typical cup form raised on a domed base, with bright-cut foliate designs in oval cartouches to the body, marked to the body… ***
*** An antique ivory portrait miniature, 18th century, French, apparently signed Charlize, the finely rendered circular portrait of a modish woman wearing a floral decorated straw hat, in delicate pastel tones, signed lower right, set within a brass bezel to… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany tea chest, early 19th century, the rectangular chest with boxwood edging having a simple mother-of-pearl lozenge escutcheon, the interior with two lidded tea caddies with remnant zinc lining and centred with a cut glass mixing bowl,… ***
*** A boxed set of sterling silver golfing items, 1980 Birmingham, with maker's marks for P.H Vogel & Co; 1992 Sheffield import mark and marks for links of London; other sterling marks, comprising a golf marker, a tee, a tee-shaped retractable pencil and a… ***
*** An Art Nouveau sterling silver covered box, 1901 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Henry Matthews, the cylindrical box with sinuous heart and tulip forms alternating with embossed flora, with a profile 'Gibson girl' portrait to the lid; hallmarked to base… ***
*** Six English silver Ingots. Sterling silver, presented as six rectangular shaped ingots, each fully hallmarked with English stamps, each fitted with bail. Total weight 184.7grams ***
*** French school, latter half 18th century, a miniature portrait of Pasquale de Paoli, of Corsica, engraving, in a moulded wood frame. Height 14 cm. Width 11 cm (overall, including frame) ***
*** A large cast brass pricket stick, the fluted column with an urn form capital and lower section, on a triangular plinth with panels decorated with ecclesiastical motifs and acanthus scroll and paw feet. Height 74 cm ***
*** A German miniature painting in an ivory frame, the oval image of a late 18th century style woman with a floral hat and a laced bodice recessed in an ivory panelled octagonal frame with an agate coloured border. Height 10 cm. Width 8.5 cm ***
*** An Isr'li 925 silver two-light Menorah, marked 'Isr'l' and 'Sterling 925' to the base and with other inscriptions in Hebrew, the two arms forming a U-shape, each terminating in conical nozzle, on a spreading oval base, the arms and base with applied… ***
*** An American sterling silver coin purse or card case schmitz, Moore & Co., second quarter, 20th century, the rectangular hinged case with a wrist chain, the cover engraved with a central cartouche, monogrammed Jr, within a field of alternating tooled and… ***
*** An antique portrait miniature, late 18th / early 19th century, the small unsigned oval portrait miniature on ivory or board of an army officer in uniform, the brass bezel set within a rectangular ebonised frame with an acorn embellished hook to the crest… ***
*** An early Victorian walnut tea caddy, circa 1850s with cavetto moulded hinged lid, brass bail handle with pierced foliate plates, with stringing and barber pole inlaid, the velvet lined interior in three divisions, raised on bracket feet. Height 17 cm,… ***
*** A Victorian mother-of-pearl and abalone shell visiting card case, later 19th century, the case with diamond shaped mother-of-pearl tiles and abalone shell details, a large diamond motif to the face engraved with a basket of flowers enclosed by abalone… ***
*** An antique portrait miniature of Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe, after the 1828 portrait of the writer and statesman by Joseph Karl Stieler, and housed in a ivory tile and ebonised timber frame, miniature also signed Stieler, but later, height 14 cm, width 12… ***
*** An antique ivory Corpus Christi, 19th century, probably Dieppe, finely carved with an expressive anguished face, upon an ebonised cross and a tiered serpentine stand, small losses to the hand and foot, height 41 cm, width 19 cm, depth 11 cm. ***
*** An antique ivory portrait miniature, 18th century, unsigned, a slightly naïve oval portrait of a modish young woman wearing pearls with a cameo and a plumed hat to her coiffed hair, the brass bezel set within a rectangular ebonised frame with an acorn… ***
*** A small antique Orthodox bronze and enamel 'Mother of God of the Sign' icon, mid 19th century. the bronze in low relief depicting the Virgin with her arms raised in the traditional prayer posture, the nimbus upon her chest enclosing an image of the Christ… ***
*** Two antique miniature portraits in wooden frames, early 20th century, a portrait of Queen Henrietta, wife of Charles I in an ebonised dish form frame, pencil inscription to reverse of image, and; a small, signed, half length portrait of a woman in a rose… ***
*** Two sterling silver and Tortoishell objects - a tray and a box, the tray by W.G. Sothers Ltd, Birmingham, 1924; the box by Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1919, the tray rectangular with a raised rim with bead and reel edge and a tortoiseshell base with… ***
*** A sterling silver box, unidentified maker (mark rubbed), Sheffield, 1834, the plain upright rectangular box with an armorial device of a bid engraved to its cover, the interior gilt, weight 26g, height 3 cm ***
*** An antique Continental pietra dura and gilt metal box, 19th century, rectangular, the hinged cover set with a pietra dura panel of flowers on a black ground, the sides engine-turned, on ball feet, the interior fabric-lined. Height 3.5 cm. Width 7 cm.… ***
*** Two Russian silver spoons, 1885 Moscow, with maker's mark for Ivan Alexeyev, the.875 silver spoon with a parcel gilt bowl, having fine engraving and key fret patterns upon a textured ground to the reverse, with a twisted stem and turban finial, hallmarked… ***
*** A sterling silver card case, maker's mark rubbed, Birmingham, 1924/5, rectangular with a side-hinged top, each side with an engine-turned field within chased geometric and foliate borders, one side with a blank chased roundel to the centre. Height 8 cm.… ***
*** A French figural porcelain box, circa 1925, the lidded trinket box with a risque young woman in a teal and floral dress, the upper part of the dress and figurine forming the lid, the skirt serving as the bowl; marked Mv France underside. Height 12.5 cm.… ***
*** A Kusnetzoff porcelain cup and saucer, circa 1900, a delicate and translucent tulip shaped cup with a scrolled handle, a looped lattice design in relief and a reticulated gilded spreading foot painted with sprays of roses and forget-me-nots, the saucer… ***
*** An Edwardian mahogany inlaid tea caddy, circa 1900 the finely-figured mahogany rectangular tea caddy, with boxwood stringing to the top and front, the domed hinged top inlaid with an oval medallion of scrolls, opening to an interior with two lidded… ***
*** A niello detailed slate trinket box., matt black slate body in a slender rectangular form, detailed to outer with geometric niello work, centrally embellished with oval bone portrait, hinged. Height 2.5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 10 cm ***
*** Two French religious items, late 19th and mid 20th century comprising a small French champleve enamel frame shaped as a fleur-de-lys with blue, red and pink enamel on cream and turquoise ground, set with an oval plaque hand painted with the Virgin Mary,… ***
*** A pair of George V sterling silver kiddush cups, 1922 London, with maker's mark for Sigmund Zyto the pair of campana shape kiddush cups on knopped stems and stepped spreading bases, engraved with vacant cartouches between bands of strapwork and foliage,… ***
*** An Indian silver repousse oval trinket box, X-ray Tested 800 silver, early 20th century the hinged slightly domed lid repousse and chased with oval reserve of felines pursuing their prey, surrounded by a border of arches with floral designs, sides… ***
*** A pair of spelter urns by Louis & Francois Moreau, late 19th century, neoclassical urns in bronze colours with formal decorations, borders and festoons, marked 'France' in relief to collar border and impressed signature, of L & F Moreau to base with… ***
*** Two porcelain tea caddies and a covered vase by Samson. Late 19th century, in the manner of Chinese export wares the finely lobed baluster caddies and the covered Meiping style vase sprigged with enamel flowers in magenta, puce and emerald each with… ***
*** A brass samovar, russian, probably 19th century, of cylindrical form atop a square footed base with all internal components, C scroll handles with turned timber inserts, the tap of quatrefoil design and a pierced geometric pattern to the burner section… ***
*** A group of three sterling silver Personal accessories, 1925 Birmingham, with maker's mark for S J rose & Son, an engine turned glasses case with a pair of pince nez; 1900 Chester with maker's mark for Cohen & Charles, a small card case engraved 'We heal… ***
*** A group of six pieces of Wedgwood Jasperware, all with the typical classical white slip designs over 'Wedgwood blue' and comprising a lidded ovoid jar, bowl, miniature jug and three dressing table pieces including a pin dish, a circular lidded dish and a… ***
*** A sterling silver card case clark and Sewell, Chester, 1910/11 the unadorned rectangular case with silver chain and ring opening to reveal a green satin-lined interior with original pencil and card. Length 10 cm. Depth 7.5 cm. Weight 89.1gr. ***
*** Two Russian .875 silver kiddush cups, first and second Kokoshnik mark, Moscow and Kastroma, late 19th and early 20th century. With small flared cups on knopped stems and raised on domed circular bases, one engraved with floral motif, the other plain, by… ***
*** An icon in the traditional Orthodox manner, 20th century, a mother and child icon with Byzantine style painted faces, an embossed .950 silver oklad, stamped to base and mounted within a timber frame, height 21 cm, width 15 cm ***
*** A promotional pen knife issued by the Hapag Shipping Company, circa 1900, maker's mark of Balke & Schaaf Solingen, a promotional item for Hapag - Hamburg-American Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, founded by Albert Ballin (1857-1918), featuring mercury… ***
*** An antique signed and framed ivory miniature, 19th century, the circular miniature of a young girl with long curly hair and a Gainsborough style feathered hat, shawl and fur muff; signed to side, in a dish form squared ebonised frame, height 14 cm, width… ***
*** A Georgian mahogany tea caddy, early 19th century, the simple rectangular box with a single tea compartment with remnant tin lining and a scallop rimmed glass mixing bowl. Height 14 cm. Width 24 cm. Depth 13 cm ***
*** A miniature portrait of a lady, the watercolour half portrait of a woman in early 19th century attire in a green dress and ribboned bonnet, signed indistinctly lower left, housed in a lightly hammered oval copper frame ***
*** Two vintage miniature paintings, a portrait miniature roundel of Rembrandt housed in a burr walnut frame, and an oval rococo romantic scene signed Lancet set within a diagonal pressed metal frame with a border of plain and floral painted ivory tiles,… ***
*** A portrait miniature of Empress Josephine, a porcelain plaque with a portrait bust of Josephine wearing a crown, in a gilt metal frame with ribbon crest and easel back, label verso to plaque with title, numbered 15 and numerals 10457, length 11 cm, width… ***
*** An antique portrait miniature of a man, 19th century, probably German, the rectangular half portrait of an older gentleman in a semi-profile pose and wearing a grey brown coat jacket, in watercolours on ivory, with signature of a. Horstmann lower right of… ***
*** A Victorian portrait miniature of a man, late 19th century, the oval portrait of formally dressed older gentleman in a semi profile pose, in watercolours upon ivory, initials F or Eb to right of image, and housed in a plain brass frame with bail, length 7… ***
*** An antique tortoiseshell card case, the case has mother of pearl inlay, length 10.5 cm, width 8 cm ***
*** An antique portrait miniature brooch of a child, 19th century, the oval portrait of a blonde curly haired child in delicate watercolours probably on ivory and housed in a simple oval pinchbeck frame with pin clasp, length 5.5 cm, width 4.5 cm ***
*** A carved ivory Corpus Christi, mounted on a chamfered rosewood cross, length 32 cm, width 16 cm ***
*** Two portrait miniatures, each of an eighteenth century lady, bust length, one signed 'Parin' in a mother of pearl inlaid tortoiseshell and ivory frame, the other indistinctly signed in a red velvet frame, length 12 cm, width 10 cm, and smaller ***
*** two antique framed miniatures on ivory, late 18th to early 19th century. a grisaille portrait of a woman attired in the Georgian manner, within a circular ivory mount in a flame mahogany and parquetry embellished frame; and an oval portrait of an woman in… ***
*** A pair of George V sterling silver kiddush cups, 1924 London, with maker's mark for Sigmund Zyto the pair of small campana shape kiddush cups on knopped stems and stepped spreading bases, engraved with vacant cartouches between bands of strapwork and… ***
*** A set of six Russian .875 silver tea spoons, 1898-1908 kokoshnik mark, .84 standard, Cyrillic assay mark and maker's marks for apparently Cpe, slender fiddle pattern spoons lightly engraved to the terminals and rear of bowls with floral motifs upon a… ***
*** A sterling silver visiting card case, 1901 Chester, with maker's mark for Charles Cooke rectangular with engraved scrolls decoration, hinged top, initialed. Weight 66g length 10 cm, width 7 cm ***
*** A French glass and silver bowl, a French silver napkin ring, a gilt, trinket box with a decorative lid, after Boucher, early 20th century, a cut glass bowl in a silver mount with Minerva standard, maker's mark for, Paul Devaux in lozenge, 1902-1920, an… ***
*** A pocket knife on chain. Gold plated elongated oval shaped pocket watch, vintage with bright cut pattern work, hinged to reveal various knives, suspended from a gold coloured centipede link chain ***
*** An icon of Christ with a silver plated oklad, 20th century, a small painted panel icon of Christ the Pantocrator holding an orb in his left hand, the right raised in a gesture of benediction; with a silver plated pierced and embossed oklad; velvet backed,… ***
*** A matching pair of Samson Angel tea caddies, early 20th century, in the Chinese manner, the baluster caddies with festoons and gilded decoration to the collar, sprigged to the body, with angels blowing trumpets with a Crown and shield to a gilt reserve;… ***
*** A hand decorated Continental porcelain card case, 20th century, the rectangular case with rounded edges decorated with roses, blue stripes and gilt lattice, with gilt metal mounts and a floral clasp; unmarked, length 7.5 cm, width 6 cm ***
*** A Georgian silhouette of a gentleman and a Baxter print, circa 1810 (silhouette); circa 1848 (Baxter print) A full length portrait silhouette of 'Mr Summers Nephew to lady Wray' with bronze highlights and in the original ebonised frame (description verso)… ***
*** A French Communion purse. 1890s. The petite purse of arched rectangular form made of peach coloured replica ivory and red leather with gilt and silver inlay, an oval window to the front containing an enamel of the Roman temple-style church of Madeline,… ***
*** A Greek Madonna and Child icon, a modern icon, prepared and painted in the traditional manner with gesso and gold upon a prepared timber panel, signed Polydoropoulos to image lower left, height 25 cm, width 21 cm ***
*** A Victorian lady's shell inlaid card case, late 19th century, of hinged form and with a diamond pattern inlay of mother-of-pearl and abalone shell, with a petite button release catch to the side and lined with original red fabric. Length 9 cm. Width 5.5… ***
*** An ivory miniature portrait, early 19th century, the oval portrait of a young dark haired woman in Empire style dress finely painted in watercolour on an ivory support, unsigned and within a moulded frame. Height 12.5 cm. Width 10 cm ***
*** A pair of moulded brass Icons in the Russian manner, small square tablet form icons, one with an enamel decorated border and highlights, both with a recessed design in low relief in the Byzantine style, with Cyrillic script. Length 6 cm. Width 5.5 cm ***
*** A Continental silver covered box, 19th century, the compressed circular box having a stepped lid with a slightly raised profile, decorated to a frieze with flowers on a finely engraved and beaten ground, the lid similarly embellished and with a central… ***
*** A sterling silver patch box, 19th century, probably English (but evidently unmarked, testing as 925 fineness), rectangular with concave sides and a recessed hinged cover, the upper edges with moulded and chased foliate decoration, the interior gilt, width… ***
*** A Moorcroft enamel box, contemporary, 'Bald eagle' pattern, edition 67/150, the oval, straight-sided hinged and lidded box with gilt metal mounts featuring a bald eagle flying over a river, with conforming decoration to the side; boxed and with paper… ***
*** A 925 silver kiddush cup, modern, marked 'sterling 925', no maker's markGoblet-shaped, the waist of the body decorated in relief with a running band of foliate cartouches, the foot with stylized floral decoration, the interior gilt. Height 13 cm. Weight… ***
*** A sterling silver card case, Clark and Sewell, Birmingham, 1922/3 the slightly-curved rectangular case with a hinged lid, engine-turned engraving to both sides within bevelled edges, the front with a central circular reserve engraved Hbs. Height 4.5 cm.… ***
*** A pair of brass church candelabra, each of five lights arranged in a line and set at an angle on a knopped stem. Height 68 cm ***
*** A pair of framed miniature portraits on ivory, 9th century, the first depicts the Duchess de Vendome in elegant court dress, the second Mademoiselle Mars draped in a floral garland, each set behind glass and enclosed within a gilt frame, frame height 9 cm… ***