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International Decorative Arts, Day 3 — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:447
Sale Title:International Decorative Arts, Day 3Lots with images:447
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:375
Date:2-Aug-2016
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A pair of Bristol blue glass decanter and six glasses, 19th century, the decanters each 31 cm high
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A group of Bristol blue glassware, 19th century, comprising a pair of Mary Gregory vases, pair of Gothic candlesticks, ewer and pair of mantel vases, the tallest 22.5 cm
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Two Etruscan revival terracotta pottery floral and ribbon decorated bottle vases, English, circa 1880, together with a small saucer, the largest 28 cm high
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An Italian maijolica eye decorated jug, 18th century, 27 cm high
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A collection of six etched and coloured Bohemian wine glasses, late 19th century
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A collection of six etched and coloured Bohemian water glasses, late 19th century
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A contemporary large glass vase of baluster form, 47 cm high
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A set of six contemporary Italian coloured and frosted glasses and water vessel, the water vessel 34 cm high
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A George III sterling silver lidded bright cut milk jug with finely engraved coat of arms, crest, initials and motto, and pineapple finial by Robert Sharp, London, circa 1780, 14.5 cm high, 385 grams
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Hong Kong Races Strathpeffer Ashley Cup, 1882', A Victorian sterling silver presentation claret jug by Edward Charles Brown (Richards & Brown), London 1882 with finely chased and embossed floral body and engraved presentation cartouche, 27.5 cm, 840 grams
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A Victorian sterling silver rectangular ink stand with two glass inkwells and a taper-stick by Martin Hall & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1879, 28 cm wide, with a collection of various paper knives, pens and pencils
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A George III sterling silver cream jug by John Lambe, London 1788, together with a Tiffany & Co silver pierced dish, 20th century, the tallest 15 cm
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A George III sterling silver oval teapot by Christian Ker & David Reid, Newcastle 1807, 30 cm long, 720 grams
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An exceptional George IV gold oblong engine turned snuff box with cast floral thumb piece, 18 carat yellow gold by Charles Rawlings, London 1825, 1.6 cm high, 7.4 cm wide, 4.5 cm deep
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A fine quality George III gilt sterling silver basket weave and beaded snuff box by John Reilly, London 1804, 2.3 cm high, 8 cm wide, 5 cm deep
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A George V gold engine turned oblong box with vacant round cartouche by John Collard Vickery, London 1913, 9 carat yellow gold, the base stamped 'Jc Vickery Manufacturer 179, 181, 183 Regent St. W', 2 cm high, 7.2 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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A German sterling silver fluted teapot and hot water pot by Wilhelm Binder, Schwäbisch Gmünd, circa 1900, the teapot 27 cm long, 770 grams total weight
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A fine French silver plated three piece tea and coffee service by Christofle, circa 1950, comprising coffee pot, teapot and creamer, marked 'Christofle' to base
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A George V sterling silver comport (marks illegible), 19 cm high, 720 grams
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A Victorian double ended scent bottle with sterling silver tops, London, 1864, 13 cm long
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A German silver coffee pot, 22 cm high, a tea pot, 17 cm high, a round bowl, 14 cm diameter, all with Greek key decoration and a circular tray, 30 cm diameter
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A Victorian silver plate kettle, stand and burner, 33 cm high, a boxed pair of fish servers and a matchbox holder decorated with Rembrandt's The Night Watch
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A George III sterling silver tea caddy by Thomas Daniel, London 1780, and a cream jug, Birmingham 1968, 8 cm high
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An Austrian Art Nouveau comport probably by Ferdinand Vogel, Vienna, circa 1900 with shaped bowl embossed with irises raising to form the handle, 38 x 29 cm, 840 grams
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An Irish George III sterling silver plain circular bowl by Robert Calderwood, Dublin circa 1760, engraved with a contemporary coat of arms and crest, the base with scratch weight 17:7 1/2, 9.5 cm high, 505 grams
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A rare pair of Irish George II sterling silver girdled two handled cups probably by Mathias Brown, Dublin circa 1750, each engraved with a contemporary coat of arms and crest within a foliage cartouche, scratch weights '18-1 & 18-2', 13.5 cm high, 19 cm across the handles, 1100 grams
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A Scottish George II sterling silver shaped circular salver by Ker & Dempster, Edinburgh 1748, and assay master's mark of Hugh Gordon, 23 cm diameter, 415 grams
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A George III sterling silver Old English pattern soup ladle, London 1777, a pair of William IV Kings pattern sauce ladles, London 1832 and a George V Feather pattern bread knife, Sheffield 1925
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A collection of sterling silver items comprising a two handled vase with blue glass liner, London 1904, a pepper grinder, London 1886, a stamp box, London 1924, a small two handled tray, Sheffield 1940, a small mustard and two small dishes
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A collection of silver items comprising a pair of Dutch navette shaped pierced salts with blue glass liners, 1814, a small Georg Jensen bowl, Pattern no 180, a German silver letter rack and a silver plate sauce tureen
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An American silver child's porringer, bowl and stand by Smith Patterson Co, 360 grams and a collection of sterling silver photo frames comprising a rectangular pair, Sheffield 1983, an oval frame, Sheffield 1986 and two small round frames, Birmingham 1901 &1903
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A pair of George III sterling silver strawberry dishes with fluted undulating sides by William Cripps, London, 1760, 14.5 cm diameter, 265 grams
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A French silver suite of an oval meat plate and a pair of second-course dishes, all with thread and shell rims and engraved cypher by Boin-Taburet, Paris, circa 1900, silversmith's mark of Henri freres & Cie, 45 x 31 cm and 33 cm diameter, 3,340 grams, The partnership of George Boin and Emile Taburet, 3 Rue Pasquier, Paris was formed in the 1880s, and was considered to re-introduce the Louis XV style to the Parisian market. They were awarded one of the principle awards at the 1889 International Exhibition
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A collection of sterling silver cutlery comprising four George III Hanover pattern table spoons by John Innocent, London 1762, six fancy Fiddle pattern tea spoons by George Adams, London 1870, ten various pieces of cutlery and seven Austrian silver teaspoons by Alexander Strum
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A German silver circular tastevin embossed with pomegranates, fruit and beading, 19th century, 8 cm diameter, 34 grams
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A French silver tastevin with embossed ribbed and beaded bowl, Paris, circa 1793, 9.5 cm wide, 58 grams
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A French silver tastevin by Orfevre Parrot, Paris, circa 1816 with embossed bunches of grapes and snake handle, 9 cm wide, 33 grams
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A small French silver tastevin embossed with bunches of grapes, double snake handle and border with lettering 'Protege La France', 19th century, 7.8 cm wide, 29 grams
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A French faience tastevin decorated with flowers and berries, 18th century, 10.3 cm wide
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A French silver tastevin embossed with swirled fluting, dimples and beading, with ring handle engraved with initials, 19th century, 10.5 wide, 62 grams
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Two small French silver tastevins, 19th century, one embossed with swirled fluting and two sized dimples, 9 cm wide, 42 grams and one with swirled fluting, dimples and beading, 9.3 cm wide, 38 grams
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A French silver tastevin, embossed with dimples and beading, and double snake loop handle engraved 'Ch.M. 1791', 18th century, maker's mark 'Li, 12 wide, 98 grams
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Le Tastevin a Travers les Siecles by Rene Mazenot
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A George V Britannia standard silver tastevin with embossed flower heads, fruit and beading and two loop handles by Harry Freeman, London 1912, 12 cm wide, 62 grams
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A sterling silver tastevin with double snake loop handle, Birmingham 1977, 11 wide, 74 grams
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A collection of four pewter tastevins, a small dish and a quaich
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A French silver tastevin set with a French silver 1765 Louis XV Ecu du 6 Livres within embossed bunches of grapes and vines and beading, with double snake ring handle, 19th century, 11 cm wide, 120 grams
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A French silver tastevin embossed with swirled fluting, dimples and beading, with ring handle engraved 'Michelot Roux, Gye, Seine', 20 century, 11 wide, 116 grams
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A French silver tastevin embossed with swirled fluting, dimples and beading, the handle engraved with script initials by J. Granvigne, 4 rue Beranger, Paris, late19th century/early 20th century, 11 wide,150 grams
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A Spanish silver tastevin set with a Spanish Alfonso XII 1878 5 Pesetas within beading and fluting, 20th century, 11.5 cm, 85 grams
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A French pottery tastevin inscribed 'Une journee sans Vin est une journee sans Soleil' (A day without wine is a day without sunshine) and a pair of tastevins by L'atelier de Fontains á Moustiers, all 20th century, 12 cm wide
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A French Charolles faience tastevin decorated with a boy with a wine bottle, 19th century, 13.5 cm wde, a large tastevin with a coat of arms from Petities Dalles, 18 cm wide, and another decorated with a blue fleur de lys, 10.5 cm wide
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A sterling silver tastevin with embossed fluting and double snake loop handle by Harrison Brothers & Howson, Birmingham 1990, 9.5 wide, and another with fluting and dimples, 11 cm wide
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A rare German silver double tastevin embossed with flutes and dimples, 19th century, maker's mark 'Svc', 17 cm wide opened, 136 grams
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A French silver tastevin embossed with swirled flutes, beading and with engraved initials, 1798/1809, makers mark 'Ljt', 17 cm wide, 76 grams
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A small French silver tastevin embossed with dimples and beading, 19th century, maker's mark 'Af', 8 cm wide, 21 grams
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A Bohemian etched and gilt glass tastevin, 19th century, 13 cm wide, and a French Henri Maire glass tastevin, 10.5 cm wide, and a large enamel and gilt glass tastevin, 16 cm wide
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A pair of sterling silver tastevins with pierced scroll handles, London 1906 10.5 wide, 82 grams, a French bowl and a cup, a small floral tastevin, another with griffin handle, a Swedish cup, a small cup and a silver plate tastevin
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A collection of silver plate tastevins, comprising three with animal handles, one Australian with emu handle by Stewart Dawson, a horse, a squirrel, three promotional examples, one with a French Napoleon III 1865 5 franc coin handle and three plain
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A Swedish Gustavsberg Argenta tastevin, 20th century, decorated with silver inlaid stripes, 11.5 cm wide
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A Mexican silver tastevin set with a Spanish Joseph 1810 20 Reales within embossed swirled fluting and beading, marked Alpaca, 9.5 cm wide, 50 grams and a two handled bowl
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A sterling silver tastevin with embossed fluting and double snake loop handle, by John Henry Odell, London 1969, 11 wide, 95 grams
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A Victorian sterling silver beer jug with embossed floral decoration and flower heads by Robert Hennell, London 1864 with presentation inscription 'To Ec Cracknell by a few of his friends on his return from Europe, 1877', 26 cm high, 1060 grams
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An English etched glass and silver plated wine ewer, circa 1900, 27.5 cm high
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A Victorian sterling silver mounted cut and fluted glass claret jug by Edgar Finley & Hugh Taylor, Birmingham 1885, 27 cm high
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A Victorian silver plate eight bottle revolving cruet stand by Elkington & Co, 1859 with grape vine handle and border and sterling silver tops, 33 cm high, 28 cm diameter. Provenance: Purchased Aj Reffold & Partner Ltd, 1 Pont Street, London, SW1, 6 July 1955
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A George VI sterling silver basting spoon with cannon handle, the bowl engraved 'Copy of the Salisbury Ladle, 1684, given to the Fishmongers Livery on the Coronation of King George VI, 12th May 1937' by Richard Comyns, London 1936
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A pair of George III sterling silver thread edge chamber sticks and extinguishers by Thomas Graham, London 1794, 10 cm high, 16 cm wide, 570 grams
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A Victorian sterling silver figural centre-piece with a semi-clad classical muse on a tripod leaf scroll base with presentation inscription 'To Edward Charles Cracknell by the Officers of the Electric Telegraph Department, News South Wales on his promotion to Superintendent of Telegraphs, Sydney 1861' by Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, London 1857, 43 cm high, 1500 grams, on an associated silver plate mirrored plateau, 29 cm diameter
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A Victorian sterling silver rectangular two handled tea tray with embossed and engraved decoration by Martin and Hall Ltd, Sheffield 1895, 47 x 35 cm, 1700 grams
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An Irish William IV sterling silver four-piece tea and coffee service comprising a coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug, all heavily embossed with eagles and grape vines, the coffee pot by James Scott, the others 'Is', Dublin 1832, The coffee pot 25 cm high, 2570 grams
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A George III sterling silver engraved bright cut pierced scimitar blade beaded handle fish knife by Hester Bateman, London 1783
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A George III sterling silver tapering straight sided tankard with domed cover by John Langland I and John Robertson I, Newcastle 1780, 18.5 cm high, 700 grams
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A Tiffany & Co silver coffee pot with ivory side handle, 1873-1891, under the management of Edward C Moore, 17 cm high, 475 grams
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A George IV sterling silver four piece fluted tea and coffee service by William Eley, London 1824/6 comprising a coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug the coffee pot, 23 cm high, 2,195 grams
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A collection of sterling silver items comprising six Albert pattern dessert spoons by Francis Higgins, London 1845, a set of four Edward VII oblong fluted salts with blue glass liners by William Hutton & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1908 and a napkin ring
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A Victorian sterling silver three handled loving cup with bands of Greek key decoration and three vacant Grecian cartouches by Martin Hall Co Ltd, Sheffield, 1876, 18 cm high, 24 cm across the handles, 1150 grams
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A large Arts and Crafts hand beaten sterling silver sauce pan with carved wooden side handle by the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London 1940, 15.5 cm high, 515 grams, The Central School of Arts and Crafts was established in 1896 by the London County Council based on the movement of designers William Morris and John Ruskin.
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An Irish George III sterling silver swing handled oval sugar bowl by Charles Townsend 1785, 14.5 cm wide, 190 grams
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A Continental silver chalice with engraved and chased decoration, 18th century, probably French or Spanish, 26 cm high, 620 grams
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A Victorian sterling silver quaich with embossed and chased flowers by Charles Stuart Harris, London 1891, 16 cm wide, 150 grams
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A George II sterling silver Old English and Shell soup ladle with fluted bowl and engraved contemporary script initials by Thomas Devonshire & William Watkins, London 1759
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A collection of twenty-two items of sterling silver cutlery, mixed patterns, maker and date comprising four table spoons, seven table forks, six dessert spoons and five dessert forks approximately 1320 grams
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A ceremonial silver tray (dulang), Johore or Riau-Lingga region, Malaysia, c 1900, 64 cm in diameter, 1303 grams. Note: An excellent and rare example of early Malay silverwork, this large circular tray is old hammered silver that has been finely chased with floral and geometric designs. The raised border has a scalloped rim and inner band of petal-like depressions, and the centre of the tray is chased with an elaborate version of an emblem typically found on silverware from the Johore and Riau-Lingga…
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A Chinese silver desk set engraved 'Presented by the workmen of Kiang Nan Dock To Mr. R.B. Maughan on occasion of his Home Leave, March 1922', 30 cm across
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A Burmese silver bowl decorated with repousse dancing figures, 20th century, 14 cm high, 23 cm diameter, 740 grams
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Three sterling silver two handled bowls, one with embossed leaves and fluting, London 1896, one Sheffield 1929, one Birmingham 1907, and one German standard silver
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Two Japanese silver wine bowls, a pierced cup and a Chinese brass tastevin
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A George III sterling silver baluster pepper caster by Hester Bateman, London 1782, 14 cm high, 75 grams
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A George II sterling silver circular bowl with engraved contemporary cartouche by Elizabeth Godfrey, London 1730, 10.5 cm diameter, 6 cm high, 110 grams
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A Victorian pair of sterling silver Corinthian column candlesticks by William Davis, Birmingham 1901, 16 cm high
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A collection of Victorian silver plate items comprising a wine funnel by Elkington & Co, 1853, an entree dish and cover, two sugar casters and a set of six mother of pearl handled fish knives and forks, most engraved with a crest on an Earl's coronet
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An impressive Art Nouveau sterling silver rectangular pierced photo/picture frame by Charles Dumenil, London 1905, 53 x 37 cm
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A Continental sterling silver cow creamer with import marks for Edinburgh 1941, 11 cm long, 105 grams
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An impressive Victorian sterling silver rectangular two handled tea tray with scroll borders by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1901, 76 x 49 cm, 4660 grams
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A William III Britannia standard silver bleeding bowl with shallow hand beaten bowl and pierced handle engraved with initials 'CTM' by Christopher Cannen I, London 1699, 19 cm wide, 230 grams
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A Victorian carved fruitwood treen pap boat, dated 1871 and a carved wooden cup
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A silver mounted polar bear skull with gaping jaws and three removable silver beakers, 25 cm high, 31 cm long, The skull was part of the Archive of Gordon Burt, OBE (Christie's Australia, 28 November 1996, Lot 472). Gordon Burt was the Engineer on the 1925 British Arctic Expedition to Svalbard and Franz-Josef Land, the last expedition to this region in a sailing ship. The expedition was jointly led by Frank Worsley, a New Zealander, who had been with Shackleton in the Antarctic, and Grettin Alganson, a…
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A French silver plate garniture, late 19th century, decorated with applied religious motifs comprising central crucifix, and a pair of three branch candelabra, the crucifix 45 cm high
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A Queen Anne sterling silver dog-nose table spoon, London, 1707, makers mark rubbed
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