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The Dowie Collection — Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)

Auction House:Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:290
Sale Title:The Dowie CollectionLots with images:284
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:271
Date:15-Feb-2009
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A Victorian carved timber music stool
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A pair of cast iron garden urns
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A late 19th century cedar extension dining table four turned and fluted legs each with brass and enamel castor supporting 215 cm long
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A polished two door timber cabinet 157 cm wide
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A mantle clock Westminster chime carved oak case in the neoclassic style 15.5 cm high
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A dining table 74 cm long
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An oak drop side dining table 72 cm long
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An oak servery sideboard flat servery top superstructure fitted with two frieze drawers open hutch below twin solid panel cabinet doors to base 122 cm wide
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A reproduction mahogany breakfront bookcase with astragal glazed doors to the upper portion drawers and solid panel cabinet drawers to base 158 cm wide
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A scrubbed pine kitchen dresser open plate shelves to the high back two drawers and twin solid panel cabinet doors to base 115 cm wide
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A mahogany hall table oblong top 92 cm long
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A Persian style prayer mat
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A Persian style carpet square foliate design
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A 19th century cedar rug box 96 cm wide
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A velvet upholstered foot rest 110 cm long
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A reproduction folk art painting of a turkey 50 x 77 cm
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A pair of reproduction folk art prints of a cow and pig in ornate reproduction gilt frames 48 x 56 cm each
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A pair of hand coloured engravings after Wienn-Berdaux classical figure studies ornately framed
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A bronze torso 56 cm high
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A pair of bronze Thai gilt figures of seated Buddhas each 66 cm high
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A pair of bronzed seated greyhounds each 83 cm high
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A pair of modern Chinese porcelain blue and white decorated tall vases each with polished rosewood stand 86.5 cm high
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A flintlock gun and powder flask
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A cutlass
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A Ferris & Co Bristol aneroid barometer/thermometer in oak case
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A circular top drum style pedestal table supported by carved and fluted column over tripod base 35 cm diameter
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A wine table circular top inset with green tooled leather 36.5 cm diameter
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A set of six chairs mahogany balloon back with floral brocade upholstered seats
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A mahogany balloon back dining chair with blue velvet upholstered seat
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A foot stool four cabriole style legs supporting floral brocade upholstered
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A cedar specimen/stationery chest of six drawers 43 cm wide
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A 19th century carved timber grain shovel 101 cm long
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A cast bronze ornament in the form of a duck 32 cm high
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An Edwardian mahogany coloured hat tree/umbrella stand
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An Arctic fox fur coat
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A Chinese carved cherrywood open armchair
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A cedar side table four turned legs supporting 121 cm long
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A reproduction Roman tablet form plaque depicting head of Caesar 76.5 cm diameter
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A Persian style carpet square of large proportions
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A brass fender curb and hearth together with two brass planter buckets
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A cedar extension dining table together with three leaves over four turned legs each with brass castor foot
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An Indian sitar within original fitted case
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A wrought iron towel rail
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A mahogany toilet mirror
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A cedar chest of seven drawers 116 cm wide
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A pine side table with variegated marble top 108 cm wide
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A cedar serpentine fronted side table over four turned legs 106.5 cm wide
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A reproduction brass three pendant light fitting
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A reproduction brass three pendant light fitting
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A clear glass storm lantern 32 cm high
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A cedar wardrobe with single mirrored door above twin solid panel cabinet door base
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A pair of red Chinese lacquer side cabinets
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A kerosene table light electrified
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A George III mahogany desk
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A pine table oblong top four turned legs supporting 136 cm long
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An important cedar three door breakfront wardrobe fitted interior 220 cm wide
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A rare and important carpenters trunk fitted with moulding and jack planes Provenance: small and Whitfield Auctions 22/11/1988
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A Colonial cedar double bed headboard and foot
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An antique Chinese ancestral portrait of a dignitary and his two wives
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A pair of antique Chinese ancestral portraits of a dignitary and his wife
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A pair of rectangular wall mirrors bevelled edge to the plate glass gilt frames overall dimensions 120 x 150 cm
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A single brass and iron bed
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A three piece sitting room suite red leather deep button upholstered
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A cedar two door wardrobe with two drawers fitted to the base 135 cm wide
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An Oriental cabinet 107 cm wide
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A Colonial cedar sloping top clerk's station 94 cm wide
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A cedar chest of five drawers 100 cm wide
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A mahogany biedermeier style chest of five drawers 129 cm wide
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A Colonial cedar pedestal cabinet fitted with single door 57 cm square
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A timber pedestal painted white 117 cm high
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A walnut oval top occasional table over formed quadruped base 91 cm long
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A bedroom seat chinoiserie linen upholstered together with a double head board upholstered to match
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A cedar circular top breakfast table 94 cm diameter
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A cedar carver chair with leather seat Provenance: Purchased from Megaw & Hogg in 1984
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A pair of wingback armchairs each red leather upholstered (Af)
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A pine two door wardrobe with single drawer to base 133.5 cm wide
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A cedar commode/armchair together with another chair
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Two armchairs floral Sanderson linen upholstered (various)
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A cedar kitchen side cabinet half height single full width drawer above twin solid panel cabinet doors 91 cm wide
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A circular cedar dining table 138 cm diameter
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A kitchen dresser twin sliding glazed doors to the upper portion twin sliding solid panel cabinet doors to base painted white 153 cm wide
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Lawrence Alcock still life, oil on board signed Lawrence Alcock and dated (19), 58 lower left 34 x 59.5 cm
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Six hand tinted photographic portraits various each in maple veneer frame
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C Riebey, Streetscape, oil on board signed C Riebey lower left 17.5 x 31 cm
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A pair of hand coloured steel plate engravings after J Barlow framed
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An occasional chair polished timber frame
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A scrubbed pine kitchen food cabinet fitted with glazed sliding doors drawers and solid panel cabinet doors
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A set of 28 amethyst coloured glass apothecary jars each with hand painted label in black over gold and interior gilded glass dome lid (one AF) hand blown each
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A Victorian music room table with inlaid decoration depicting musical instruments to top stretcher base below
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Burke and Wills King medal in the form of a brass breast plate, engraved 'Presented to by the Exploration Committee of Victoria for the Humanity Shown to the Explorers Bourke, Wills & King, 1861'
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