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Estates of Lady Sidney Orme McPherson and her daughter Marion Orme Page — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

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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 late Victorian figured walnut supper table, with marquetry decoration, on four ring turn columns with out swept carved legs, 68 cm high, 90 cm long, 53 cm wide
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A Vienna style charger, with Kauffman style decoration, 33 cm diameter.
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A circa 1950 fur stole with pockets
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A full length mink fur coat, purchased from Grutzner & Gartly Furriers, Melbourne
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Seven large hanging wall maps, including interstate railway maps of Victoria and NSW, a map of NSW pastoral stations, a map of Queensland pastoral stations, and others
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Several boxes of Cuban cigars, including Don Juan, Royal Coronas, white owl, with Bryant & May books of matches, together with a box of playing cards with a Birmingham silver clasp
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An 18th century oak coffer with arcaded panels
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A late 19th century walnut fauteuil with period tapestry upholstery on carved cabriole legs.
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Two Bakelite telephones, circa 1950.
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A rack of various vintage red wines.
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A Polaroid Super colour 635CL, a Polaroid 1000, both in original boxes, together with a Minolta Hi-Matic 7 film camera with leather case
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A 19th century Australian Colonial cedar side table with serpentine front, frieze draw on bulbous turned legs, 78 cm high, 107 cm wide, 54 cm deep.
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Two door stops moulded in the form of cats together with a small campagna shaped vase, approx. 20 cm high
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A box of various pictures
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A 19th century Australian colonial cedar dining chair with Crown top.
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A Woods Ware light green English pottery incomplete dinner service and part tea service
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Two ironstone plates, a Royal Vienna comport, three Coalport plates, together with a Continental leaf shape fruit service
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Edwardian plated revolving bacon dish, plated bread board, with wooden insert, together with plated teapot, plated flask, and sweet meat dish.
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A plated tea service with armorial crest, together with a plated candlestick and jug with cover.
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Various green Denby wares, including jugs and covers, tureens and other items
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A J&G dinner service with setting for six, vegetable tureen and meat plate, with floral lithographic transfer, circa 1950, together with a circa 1950 dinner service with floral decoration, made in Japan and a blue and white part dinner service.
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Two late Victorian glass vases, 26 and 23 cm, together with a drip glaze pottery vase, marked H. Sullivan, and a small yellow glazed pottery vase with three handles
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Plated kettle on stand, champagne bucket, a matching teapot, three plated pepperettes and salts, and a plated bottle holder.
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Three boxed plated cutlery sets together with a copper kettle, 18 cm tall.
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A Wedgwood year tankard, 1979, titled 'The Vikings', a Denby Ware flared vase, a pottery charger and an English cylindrical vase.
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A blue glass vase, 20 cm high, together with a pair of glass candlesticks, a set of four glass candleholders, and a set of three small coloured glass penguins, together with Stuart Crystal comports and bowls.
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Pressed glass comports and various glass bowls
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Yellow enamel pottery tea service and pottery vases
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A Ritter General Eectric kitchen mixer, made in Melbourne, together with a General Eectric toaster, and retro kitchen appliances, including two sets of scales, a Hoover spray gun, a cocktail shaker, and an 'Ice-o-matt' and other circa 1950 kitchen items .
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A Royal Doulton figure of a white cat, two small painted Limoges dishes, the largest being 9.5 cm wide, a Rosenthal small painted dish, a Halcyon Days enamel patch box, together with a part tea set
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A Whirlpool refrigerator.
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An Edwardian cottage table on turned legs together with painted slat back chairs and a stool.
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A shelf of various spirits and liqueurs, including Baitz white Curacao, Castle Malt Whisky, and Sheriff's pure Jamaica Rum from the famous long pond Estate.
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Three shelves of various vintage wines, including a Leo Buring 1984 Leibfrouwine, a Borie Manor 1966 Beauroy red wine, a Penfolds 1971 Cabernet Sauvignon bin 707.
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Four two litre decanters of Penfolds Riesling, three two litre decanters of Penfolds claret, and a two litre decanter of Penfolds Moselle.
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An Edwardian plated crumb tray with moulded handle, together with three Victorian plated ladles, a serving spoon, and four sauce and sauce ladles.
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An Omega 925 silver wristwatch with McPherson monogram verso, dated 7.7.15, together with a Swiss made cased fob watch, marked W Drummond & Co, 6.5 cm diameter
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A cased pair of Chester silver brushes with McPherson monogram, together with plated manicure set in leather case, and a cased travel manicure set with tortoise shell mounts, and a set of possibly ivory brushes with McPherson monogram
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A Wild & Co Imari palette coffee set.
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An impressive illustrated holy bible, with several plates throughout and locking mechanism, 30 cm high, together with child's vest with gold embroidery.
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A pair of plated Edwardian fish servers with mother of pearl handles, edged blades and silver banding, in original case with brush & Drummond retailer's mark, together with a pair of Old Sheffield plate Adam's style sweet bowls together with plated napkin rings plated fish service knives and forks with silver handles
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A late 19th century blue glass oil lamp painted with birds nesting with a rivet repair.
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A George III style, late 19th century, Cuban mahogany dropside table, on tapering legs, terminating on claw and ball feet, 75 cm high, 163 deep, 124 cm wide
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A late 19th century tantalus set with three spirit decanters and stoppers in an oak stand. 29 cm high.
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Various plated cutlery together with Victorian plated flat Ware including some with armorials.
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A gold rush Elizabeth Arden compact in original box, together with a manicure set, and three boxed sets of knives and a set of cake forks.
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A Victorian washbowl jug, with date and registration mark together various Victorian and other tiles.
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A Weber pianola in burr walnut case with stool, together with a collection of piano rolls.
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An onion pattern blue and white dinner service comprising, six place setting with teacups and saucers, tureens and a pair of sweet tureens on stand. Made in Japan circa 1960.
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A 19th century Australian colonial huon pine chest, presently re-polished to resemble mahogany, with small drawers flanked by carved corbels, below graduated drawers.
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Angela Morgan 'Garden' 22 x 27 cm
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Three late 19th century walnut dining chairs, each with carved cresting rail and padded back.
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A metallic dish painted with European landscape, 44 cm diameter.
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A miniature writing slope with the interior missing, together with a late 19th century desk set, a small cedar box, and a boxed hand operated needle sharpener.
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Two pairs of plated spill vases, a plated campagna shaped vase and a champagne bucket, together a candlestick, and a sugar bowl
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An Australian flag with red ensign. Historically, the blue ensign was reserved for Commonwealth Government use until the Flags Act 1953 was passed, hence red was used by individuals and private organisations. Together with a Union Jack flag. Both produced by Gair's of 480 Elizabeth St, Melbourne.
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A pair of German bedside clocks, a Swiss bedside clock, and a pair of Cyma bedside clocks, together with a jewelled compact, a cased Ronson cigarette lighter, and a jewelled clock.
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A 19th century Australian colonial cedar butler's tray with gallery edge on a folding bobbin turn stand, 84 cm high, 78 cm long, 51 cm wide.
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A Royal Automobile club Association car badge, 12 cm high, together with other small Australia military badges and badges from various Melbournian organisations.
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A collection of various wristwatches and badges and other items.
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A plated kettle on stand, another plated kettle, and two plated coffee pots.
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A pair of late 19th century bronzed chargers, the centre with Roman figures within wreaths, 30 cm diameter, together with a pair of bronzed ewers, one with damage to the handle, 26 cm high.
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A Japanned small chest, containing a range of period buttons and thimbles. 27 cm high, 24 cm wide, 11 cm deep.
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A late 19th century American carriage clock in chromium case with gilt metal, together with an early portable Hotpoint radio in Bakelite case.
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A 19th century Australian Colonial cedar chest with deep long drawers, 91 cm high, 93 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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Various National Bank calendars and other magazines and prints, circa 1960.
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An Edwardian travelling case with a four piece encyclopaedia and other Victorian volumes.
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Brass items including a pair candlesticks, a tall candlestick, a chamber candlestick, and two incised bowls.
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A late 19th century Sheraton Revival style mahogany dressing mirror, 77 cm high, 67 cm wide.
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A pair of damaged late 19th century clock side pieces with painted porcelain panels.
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A group of four photographs, two possibly by John Eaton or John Kaufmann.
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A Turkish Esparta, circa 1940's. 280 x 253 cm.
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An early photograph of an Edwardian gentleman, signed Lavis lower right, 58 x 43 cm
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An Edward VII cigarette case with gilt interior and 'C' monogram, together with a Birmingham silver ashtray, and a Birmingham silver pin dish. 30-50.
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Two early 20th century Persian runners of geometric design.
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A large map of Victoria showing railways and parishes, dated 1920, together with a large geological map of Australia, dated 1887.
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Two circa 1950 board games, Chinese Checkers and Tidly Winks, together with a 'Quick-n-easy skirt maker'
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A group of photos of the McPherson family.
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Various cookery books circa 1980.
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An Art Deco mantel radio, maker A.G.E band master. 28 cm high.
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A pair of vintage Arrben Italian made modernist black leather chairs.
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Singer treadle sewing machine.
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C. Teal two line and wash streetscapes, each 37 x 49 cm.
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An early 20th century walnut Louis XVI style bergere.
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A set of four elm Victorian lathe back cottage chairs.
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A Kazaq Afghanistan wool of geometric design. 208 x 216 cm.
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Volumes including the world the doctors of home remedies' shoes of the fisherman and land god gave to Cain,
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Volumes including Mathew Flinders cat, John grey Gorton
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Two shelves of volumes including Auntie Main, Mary Queen of Scots.
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A bookcase of five shelves books including volumes, Geoffrey Archer, Agatha Christie, Maria Callas, and other authors.
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A bookcase of five shelves books including volumes, the complete home decorator, and Shaw's plays.
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An early 20th century Australian dwarf bookcase with volumes including Law in the making and the man from snowy river.
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Two Edwardian overlay lamps font, and a Victorian glass lamp font, each 19 cm high and a carved lamp.
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The bookcase top shelf two, sections, including volumes English language, and the works of Lewis Carroll.
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The bookcase 2nd shelf two, sections, including volumes. Complete book of Australian birds and Australia 1901-1976
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The bookcase 3rd shelf two, sections, including volumes the History of Europe, the Windsor years, and other volumes.
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The bookcase 4th shelf two, sections, including volumes, the post-world 1918-1938, and a collection Fashion magazines 1934, to 1980.
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The bookcase bottom shelf two, sections, including volumes of law books.
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Four 19th century Victorian verandah posts from the house of Dame Mabel Brooks.
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The contents of first garage, including a blackwood lamp table, cane garden chairs and period ladder and garden tools.
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