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Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art, Day 1 — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:398
Sale Title:Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art, Day 1Lots with images:390
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:252
Date:16-Jun-2013
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Four sets of leather cased binoculars, 19th century and later
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A regimental dress uniform, 19th century, with accessories including a gold bullion mounted belt and shoulder sash, a pair of braid decorated blue trousers and a black and red peak cap, together with a single brown leather military boot
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A cased brass cornet horn, 19th century, with original black painted pine case
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A cased model of a sailing ship, 19th century, modeled as a three masted steamer in tones of black, red and white, against a painted sea scene, within a gadroon decorated case with central carry handle, 70 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 41 cm high
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Three World War I leather satchels
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A live steam scale model of a traction engine,'Pamela', late 19th/20th century, with a front roller, spoked wheels and boiler chimney, finished in maroon and black with yellow trim, 75 cm long, 33 cm high
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Two brass and iron scale model cannons, late 19th century/ early 20th century, one with a three stage brass barrel, the other with an iron barrel, ringed muzzle and knop cascabels, on an iron mounted stepped wood carriage with brass trucks, the brass barrelled gun with a silver plate inscribed 'Presented to the Naval & Military Club of Victoria by Lt. Col G. B. Appleton, Vice President 1927' the largest cannon, 25 cm wide, 12 cm deep, 16 cm high
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An Australian cedar desk, circa 1870, the rectangular leather inset top above two frieze drawers raised on turned baluster supports, 150 cm wide, 72 cm deep, 76 cm high
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A large Australian cedar display cabinet, circa 1890, the stepped cornice above three removable glazed panels enclosing four graduated shelves, raised on a plinth base, 186 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 194 cm high
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An unusual Australian cedar and oak bookcase, 19th century, the chamfered cornice above three glazed doors flanked by pilasters enclosing shelves, the projecting lower section with two frieze drawers and three panelled cupboard doors, raised on a plinth base, 165 cm wide, 54 cm deep, 227 cm high
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An Australian cedar chiffonier, circa 1850, the back with single shelf and scrolling anthemion above a rectangular top with single frieze drawer and two cupboard doors with pointilated arch panels raised on toupie feet, 111 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 148 cm high
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A George III style mahogany hall table, the chamfered rectangular top above a blind fret carved frieze raised on fluted square supports united by an cross-stretcher base, 135 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 69 cm high
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A small Australian cedar display cabinet and contents, of rectangular form containing various small items of interest including a lead model ship, trophy cups, and a model 'roplane, 59 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 29 cm high
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A pair of glazed wall display cases, each of rounded rectangular form with two shelves and green baize interior, 42 cm wide, 52 cm high
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Two Australian carved pine tramp art trays, each carved in typical style with sun bursts and roundels, the largest, 59 cm wide, 40 cm high
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An Australian cedar occasional table, the circular leather inset top raised on leaf capped graduated supports, 75 cm in diameter, 51 cm high
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A collection of stamps in a pine collector's cabinet, contained in twenty eight slim drawers, together with four framed stamp displays
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A wooden cased barometer by J. C. Cowlishaw Ltd, Manchester, 103 cm high
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A blackwood two day marine chronometer, retailed by Thomas Gaunt, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1880, the silvered dial Roman numerals, fuse movement with maintaining power Earnshaw's spring, detent escapement with compensation balance and helical hair spring, seconds and up/down dials, the brass bowl gimbel-mounted in a blackwood case with swing handles, bevelled glass lid, signed and dated on a mother-of pearl plaque, spring loaded concealed drawer. Accompanied by a Rating Certificate from Melbourne…
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An Australia cedar brass-bound writing box, the hinged top opening to a fitted interior, the sides with recessed brass handles
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An Australian cedar and specimen wood writing box, circa 1860, of rectangular form inlaid with a stylized star pattern to the top with native timbers including huon pine, ebony and myrtle, 28 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 14 cm high
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Three pieces of English silver plate, 19th century, comprising a silver plate weighted ships candle, a silver plate mounted oak tankard and an ebony handled silver plate trowel with a commemorative inscription, the candlestick 26 cm high (3)
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A Victorian silver presentation tray with an Australian agricultural inscription, E. & J. Barnard, London 1856 of circular form with a scrolling serpentine border and chased decoration centred with the inscription 'Presented to John Campbell Esq. of Glencoe as a mark of esteem by the inhabitants of the upper district of Gippsland, 1st January, 1858', further marked Kilpatrick & Co, diameter 46 cm, weight 88.18oz, weight 2500gms
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A Victorian silver hip flask, Samuel Roberts & Charles Belk, Birmingham, 1876 of rounded rectangular form, the body with machined decoration centred by an engraved monogram, the lower section with a removable cup, height 18 cm
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A silver plate soup tureen and a silver plate roll-over steak dish on stand, 19th century, the tureen with a circular foot and gadroon rim, the cover with a loop handle and incised cresting of a wild boar, the steak dish with an inscription dedicated to the Chief Inspector of Stock, Sydney, together with two silver plate ladles, the tureen 24 cm high. (4)
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A silver plate Gunners trophy, 19th century, raised on a circular foot and knopped stem the bowl with chased with scrolling foliate decoration centred by a an inscribed cartouche flanked by loop handles, the cover with a finial modelled as a cannon, within a glazed display case, height 37 cm
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An Australian silver plate shooting trophy cup, circa 1883, relief decorated with a scene of soliders target shooting on a landscaped ground, inscribed Skipton district rifle club 1883, height 21 cm
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A 19th century Australian cedar secretaire bookcase, with a chamfered cornice above two glazed doors enclosing shelves, the projecting lower section with a fall front secretaire drawer opening to a fitted interior above two cupboard doors, raised on squat bun feet, 124 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 239 cm high
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A late Victorian mahogany gentleman's chair, the buttoned upholstered back with a medallion cresting, the down swept arms and padded seat raised on turned supports and brass casters
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A set of four Australian Blackwood dining chairs, each with a leatherette upholstered button back and seat with a scrolling leaf cresting
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A cased model steam clipper ship, 19th century, with a single chimney and three masts, within a glazed cedar and huon pine case, the case 78 cm wide, 28 cm deep, 51 cm high
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A large cedar cased model of the freight ship S. S. Chillagoe, with varnished timber deck, painted black to the water line and pink below, within rectangular cedar case, 113 cm wide, 17 cm deep, 31 cm high
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Two Victorian weighted ships lamps with brass gimbles, 19th century, one with a nickel finish and a white shade, the other smaller lamp in brass and missing its shade, together with a nickel finish Victorian kerosene lamp with no shade, the tallest 41 cm high. (2)
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A glazed Australian cedar display case and a small Australian specimen wood display case, 19th century, the cedar case of rectangular form with glass panels, the specimen wood case inlaid with fiddleback blackwood, Huon pine and possibly musk wood, the cedar case, 70 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 42 cm high
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A mahogany stick barometer by G. Boettger, Adelaide, the case with a rounded ivorine inscribed plate and scale with vernier and thermometer, the visible mercury tube to the trunk above a covered cistern, 96 cm high
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Three scrimshaw powder horns, 19th century, with naive incised decoration of archers, mermaids, sailing ships, serpents, fish and gentleman at leisure drinking, within banded borders, the largest 43 cm long
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An Australian specimen wood inlaid huon pine and rosewood parquetry tea caddy, 19th century, the rectangular top onlaid with a pattern of three stars, the font panel parquetry work, 25 cm wide, 13 cm deep, 12 cm high
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Three Australian specimen timber boxes, 19th century, comprising a parquetry inlaid box in huon, rosewood and blackwood with a central sunburst cresting; a fiddle-cut brass-bound cedar box and a small hinged cribbage board, the largest, 22 cm wide, 16 cm deep, 7 cm high
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A large cedar framed Victorian steel engraving, 'The Last Judgement', after the original by John Martin painted in 1853, showing The Last Judgement, with God determining the ultimate fate of the good and the wicked at the end of the world. This is one of a set of three large paintings and was the final artistic enterprise of the most celebrated and controversial painter of biblical disaster in the nineteenth century, John Martin (1789?1854). The series was completed only months before his death. Sent out…
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A huon pine framed steel engraving, 'The Parting Hour', 19th century, after Henry Corbould, illustration to an unidentified octavo publication, circa 1828-31, etching and engraving, showing a girl leaning against rocks, watching a couple standing on the beach behind, as a figure on a departing boat waves farewell, bound for the ship anchored beyond, inscribed below the image with title and production detail, 'Painted by H. Corbould', 'Engraved on Steel by Geo. B. Ellis', 65 x 52 cm
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F. Dawson, 1916, Pt. Adelaide Under Steam Signed F. Dawson Watercolour, 24 x 40 cm
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G. Edwards, Adelaide, oil on card, signed and titled lower right in a finely carved tramp art frame 29 x 44 cm
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stralian school, three masted ship oil on canvas 64 x 89 cm
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Two cedar framed portrait photographs showing an image of a bearded gentleman and a lady in Victorian attire, each within a varnished cedar frame, the largest 80 x 63 cm
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An Australian carved cedar armorial plaque, after Robert Prenzel, carved in high relief with a central shield and letter, with eucalyptus leaves to one side and blue gum leaves to the other, 42 cm wide, 38 cm high
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An Australian fiddleback blackwood box and two picture frames, circa 1900, the rectangular box with a small medallion of Tasmania to the top, one frame of rounded rectangular form, the other carved in the shape of the Tasmanian island and stamped 'V. Petterd, Maker, Ulverstone' verso, the box 33 cm wide
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A pair of gimbled brass ship's lamps, 19th century, of stick form, weighted, only one with a glass shade, 39 cm high
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A silvered bronze motor bike racing trophy, circa 1930, modelled as a rider dressed in period racing outfit standing next to his motor bike, raised on a rectangular marble base with a silver plate inscribed A.C.U.V. awarded to V. Barclay for the most consistent performance during the 1930 trial season, 9 starts, 9 wins, 24 cm wide, 12 cm deep, 20 cm high
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A pair of bookends and a green tobacco jar, the book ends in the form of a draw bridge, the tobacco jar with interspersed wooden banding, the tobacco jar 18 cm high
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A bronze figure of a World War I aviator and a gold plate Australian flying badge, the standing figure dressed as a military aviator with flying cap and goggles, leaning on a propeller to his left and holding aloft a gold plate badge inscribed '1934 Centenary Air Race' to his right hand, raised on a rectangular marble base, 26 cm high
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An English mahogany cased chronometer No. 469 by Eiffe, 48 Lombard Street city and south crescent, Bedford square, London, circa 1845, the silvered dial with Roman numerals, fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw style spring detent escapement with compensating balance and helical spring, set into the potence plate in the manner of Arnold, subsidiary seconds and up/down dials, the brass bowl in a mahogany brass bound three tiered case with swing handles, ivory plaque and signed movement…
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A Victorian silver inlaid drop dial clock, the single fuse movement with a painted dial and Roman numerals, within a scrolling foliate decorated case, 56 cm high
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An English oak drop dial clock by Bell, York, circa 1880, the double fuse gong strike movement with painted dial and Roman numerals, the surround decorated with a carved oak leaf garland flanked by carved oak leaf ears and undercurved trunk incorporating door and side doors, 73 cm high
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Four World War I leather satchels
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A cased brass sextant, 19th century, the index arm stamped with maker's mark indistinct, the frame with mahogany handle, mirrors and telescope, the index arm adjusted by tangent screw with silvered vernier fine read out, the brass top plate to the box inscribed 'J. Colville, 1865'
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An Australian cedar display cabinet and a collection of flying and driving goggles, circa 1880, with a stepped pediment top above a single glazed door enclosing three sloping shelves and serpentine apron, together with a collection of flying and driving goggles, 73 cm wide, 31 cm deep, 100 cm high
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An Australian cedar writing box and a sextant box, 19th century, the writing box, 30 cm wide, 21 cm deep, 13 cm high
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Three leather satchels, comprising a German leather Eigentum camera bag and two World War I satchels (3)
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An Australian cedar specimen and display cabinet, circa 1900, the glazed upper section with glass display shelves, above an arrangement of seven drawers raised on a plinth base, 107 cm wide, 46 cm deep, 167 cm high
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A set of six Australian blackwood dining chairs, each with a solid padded tablet back and down swept supports, raised on sqaured sabre legs
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A small glazed blackwood and huon pine inlaid display cabinet, the castle top pediment above a single glazed door, raised on a block feet 38 cm wide, 15 cm deep, 51 cm high
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A small Australian specimen wood cabinet, with a single glazed door enclosing shelves, the stylized pediment and body decorated with interspersed panels of huon pine, 54 cm wide, 30 cm deep, 58 cm high
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A zinc glazed display cabinet, 137 cm wide, 46 cm deep, 23 cm high
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A steel framed standing barometer and a matching spirit level, raised on a circular steel foot, with a chromed frame, the spirit level of similar materials, 101 cm high
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A Victorian brass bound walnut writing box, 40 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 18 cm high
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A Cane fitted touring car picnic basket by Sirram, England, together with a small spirit burner stove
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Two cased horn-handled carving sets, one set comprising two knives, a carving fork and a knife sharpener, the other a knife, fork and sharpener, together with an extra knife, the largest, 45 cm long. (2)
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Four assorted cased draftman's sets
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A theodolite and wooden stand, the body in grey enamel finish, the wooden collapsible stand with steel mounts, within the original leather case
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A large collection of various thermometers, 19th/20th century, the largest 83 cm long
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A Regency mahogany bracket clock by J.M French, Royal Exchange, London, the rectangular case with radially gadrooned shallow caddy top with central acorn finial, rectangular side apertures with silk lined brass frets, the moulded plinth raised on scroll and reed bracket feet, the front with applied carved decoration around an 8-inch white painted Roman numeral dial, the twin fuse movement with trip repeat and engraved backplate, mounted with a bell and pendulum hold fast, 32 cm wide, 19 cm deep, 55 cm high
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Two aneroid wall barometers and a masonic decorated hanging thermometer, the oak cased barometer by Short and Mason, the thermometer 48 cm high
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A French oak cased barometer/thermometer, late 19th century, contained within a wooden case, 99 cm
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A Victorian mahogany bracket clock, Scottish, circa 1880, the double fuse movement with gong strike, foliate engraved silver dial, Roman numerals, the rectangular case with wooden side frets, embellished with elaborately carved clusters of thistles, centred by a rampant lion crest, the base decorated with trailing thistles and vacant cartouche, 41.5 cm high
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A Rosewood stick barometer signed G. Cetta, Sydney, circa 1840, the enclosed tube, ivory plate with single vernier, inset mercury thermometer with Fahrenheit scale, the case with arched top and brass hanging ring, the base with a brass cistern, together with a brass gimbel, 95 cm high
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A collection of motoring ephemera, comprising an early motoring photograph in a cedar frame, three car badges, two pairs of Willson driving glasses and a pair of leather driving gloves
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A steel and brass mounted marine stick barometer by Short & Mason, London, with a brass gimble, 93 cm high
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A large collection of various radiator caps and motoring ephemera, comprising a large collection of chrome and brass figured radiator caps and a bugatti frame, together with two antique strong boxes, the frame 21 cm high
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Two steel marine stick barometers, with steel gimbles, 92 cm high
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A fiddleback blackwood frame and a framed print, the print depicting the British entry into Pretoria, June 5, 1900, the print 52 cm high, 72 cm wide
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An early silver gelatin photograph of a shooting party, 19th century together with two powder flasks and a shooting trophy plaque, 29 x 30 cm
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J. Rivers, 19th century, Two Masted Steam Ship signed lower right, oil on canvas 47 x 73 cm
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British School, 19th century, Stormy Seas, oil on board, 28.3 x 42.7 cm. Provenance: The Keith Mcmillan Christensen collection, Christoher Bragg Auctions, lot P44, 1996
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Australian School, 19th century, Sea Scape with Rocks oil on board 18 x 48 cm
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Arnold Jarvis (1881-1959), Landscape with farm buildings oil on board signed and dated 1915 lower right together with a framed oil by E. Young 30 x 46 cm
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A large oak framed photographic print, the image showing a wild sea crashing on to a break-water with masted ships in the background, the frame, 134 cm wide, 101 cm high
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Two Australian pine tramp art carved boxes, 19th century, each of rectangular form with stylised carved decoration, one with an Australian pre-federation coat-of-arms to the top, the largest, 31 cm wide, 15 cm deep, 13 cm high
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Eight various military issue flasks and water canteens, 19th century and later, comprising three canteens, a brass hip flask, two glass flasks, one in a leather case, a tin spirit container and a leather cased zinc belt tobacco box, the tallest 26 cm high
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Three Australian photographs of World WarI diggers with needlework embroidery frames: each oval image within an embroidered mount variously decorated with Australian, British and European flags, one with a laurel wreath and the campaigns of Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914 - 18, the largest 62 cm high, 49 cm wide
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A 19th century telescope and a collection of military dress items, comprising a pith helmet and goggles, a pair of leather hob nail boots and a pair of leather spats with the telescope
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A World War I diggers button trophy belt and three bone trench art pieces, the bone trench art carved Sawley Rippon, 1919
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A large collection of assorted reference books on watches, clocks, guns and motoring
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A Victorian mahogany bracket clock, the double fusee gong strike movement with white enamel Roman numeral dial, within a patera, scroll and gadroon decorated case, raised on fluted bun feet, 51 cm high
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A Bulle electric clock, circa 1920, the silvered dial signed Bulle Clockette, with Arabic numerals, raised on a circular wooden stand under a glass dome, 27 cm high
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A Victorian marble mantle clock, the visible escapement movement with a gilt decorated enamel dial and Roman numerals, within a scroll carved black marble case with a rectangular plinth base and applied silver dedication plaque, 52 cm wide, 17 cm deep, 30 cm high
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An oak mantel clock, the oak dial with gilded Roman numerals flanked by scroll and foliate carved supports, 28 cm high
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An Elgin open face pocket watch with Australian Flying Corps, the nickel plated body with enamel dial and Roman numerals, screw back and front, with winged Australian Flying Corps Club insignia to the back
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A gold Waltham hunter pocket watch, the twenty-one jewel Crescent movement with white enamel dial and Roman numerals, the case curvette engraved with monogram, 14 carat
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A large collection of Australian badges, comprising twenty six assorted gold, silver and metal badges
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A collection of gentleman's accessories, comprising a cased gentleman's dressing kit, a silver mounted flask, a silver plate stud box and ink bottle, a chrome hip flask and a framed miniature, the hip flask 12 cm high
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