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Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:507
Sale Title:Estates of Lady Sidney Orme McPherson and her daughter Marion Orme PageLots with images:501
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:495
Date:7-Aug-2016
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A circa 1920 gentleman's Mossant hat, purchased from Leon, 21 Rue Daunon, Paris, in original box, together with a cased manicure set and a writing box, with original Hardy Bros cardboard box.
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A 19th century Australian colonial cedar chest of serpentine outline, with carved corbels, 120 cm high, 115 cm wide, 53 cm deep.
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A shelf of various glassware, including crystal vases, pressed glass vases, pressed glass bowl, Venetian glass, glass candlesticks, and many other glass items.
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Various plated Ware, including Victorian and later coffee pots, jugs, entree dishes, teapots, toast racks, pepperettes, tankards, and many other plated items.
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Various porcelain plates including Staffordshire and ironstone bowls, a Ridgeway comport with painted flowers, and other meat plates.
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A box of various plated cutlery, including King pattern flat Ware, and serving spoons, together with another box of bone handle knives.
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A George III mahogany wine table with a dish top, a bird cage, on a bulbous column, with out swept legs, terminating on pad feet, 68 cm high, 58 cm diameter.
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A Belleek basket with flower encrusted border, approx 25 cm wide, together with a Belleek heart shape dish, approximately 10 cm wide.
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A cased inkwell and letter set, the inkwell with silver cover and presentation inscribed, together with an Australian sterling silver plate, manufactured in broken Hill by T.G. Aunt & Co, 145gm, and a silver christening set inscribed 'Marion', after Marion Orme page.
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A George III gilt wood framed wall mirror with a rectangular plate beneath a carved foliate, 97 cm high, 52 cm wide. Provenance: Clonlara, East Melbourne, Victoria.
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A fine late 19th century Regency style mahogany satinwood banded sofa table, the rectangular drop end top above a pair of frieze drawers on flared rectangular end supports with down swept legs terminating in brass caps and castors, 68 cm high, 85 cm wide with sides dropped wide, 68 cm deep.
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A 17th century Italian secretaire with fall front enclosing drawers on bulbous turned legs, with x stretchers and original iron hardware. Provenance: Purchased from John Dunn antiques in 1969, originally belonging to an Italian diplomat. 93 cm high, 140 cm wide, 76 cm deep when open.
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A Victorian silver canteen of fiddle and thread pattern, most pieces marked Mary Chawner, London, 1837, and comprising 12 soup spoons, 12 dinner forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 entree forks, 12 teaspoons, two Sheffield Plated ladles, bearing the same crest and a set of 12 20th century dinner knives with silver handles.
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A presentation trophy awarded to Percy V turner, pewter with glass base, 20 cm tall, together with four similar pewter tankards, marked Drummond & Co Melbourne.
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A group of ivory figures, comprising two signed Buddhas, a rickshaw, an elephant, a box and cover with carved decoration, and a figure on stand, 12.5 cm high.
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre Crocus pattern small dish, 8 cm diameter, together with an early Carlton Ware Art Deco pin dish and cover black with orange banding, 5 cm high.
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A Dresden figure, blanc de chine model of two draped cherubs, 10 cm high, 20 cm long, together with Moore Brothers posy vase, 8 cm high, and a flower encrusted Dresden oval bowl, 10 cm high.
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A marble figure of child on a square base. Provenance: From the E J Ainger auction conducted at Mietta's of Albert Place, Melbourne, upon the restaurant's closure in 1995. Figure height: 91 cm base: 41 cm.
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A German mid-19th century mahogany tea table of serpentine outline on a shaped base terminating on brass casters, the hinged top enclosing a polished interior, 73 cm high, 86 cm wide, 42 cm deep.
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Two Meiji period, late 19th century, Japanese sections of a ceremonial flag, depicting brightly coloured warriors on horseback.
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An outstanding 18th century fruitwood French farm house table, with plank top, pinned with H stretcher, 78 cm high, 260 cm wide,82 cm deep.
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In the school of Pieter van Lint, Flemish, 1609-1690 the Justice of Cambyses the oil depicts Cambyses II, Son of Cyrus the great and King of Babylonia. From 530 BC, he conquered Egypt but failed against Ethiopia and Carthage 110 x 192 cm.
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