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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:654
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:176
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:478
Date:30-May-2017
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A complete New Zealand Health stamp collection in two albums, includes, mint and used examples of all issues, miniature sheets, etc., 1931 Red and Blue Smiling Boys included.
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Two albums of New Zealand Commemorative stamps from 1960 to 1976, detailed as 'S85-S162' and 'S163-S214', multiple mint and used of each, value and plate blocks included, varieties and flaws noted and detailed, miniature sheets, etc.
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An album of New Zealand stamps, includes varieties of the 1d. 'Dominion' J1a to J8a, assorted 'Health' including miniature sheets, Coat-of-Arms Definitive Issues, mint blocks of four $4, $6, $8 and $10 and other more modern issues in mainly plate and value blocks.
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A collection of New Zealand stamps in one album, includes 1960 Pictorials, 1967 Decimals and Government Life, mint and used of each, included in presentation format.
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Two albums of New Zealand Commemorative stamps, c.1970/80s includes multiple issues, plate and value blocks, varieties etc.
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Two albums of New Zealand scenic stamps, 1970/80s, includes value and plate blocks etc. in presentation format.
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A Fijian ula (throwing club), with gadrooned and domed head, the slightly flared cylindrical shaft terminating in a tavatava (zigzag notched) grip section. A good dark patina with one age crack. Length 40 cm
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An impressive Fijiian ula (throwing club), with carved cylindrical section and domed head and a slightly flared shaft terminating in a tavatava (zigzag notched) grip section. A good dark patina with one age crack. Length 42 cm
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An unusual missile club, possibly Fijian, with ovoid head on a simply shaped haft with piercing for wrist thong. Length 39 cm
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An old Mangaian, Cook Islands, ceremonial turret adze haft, traditionally carved columnar square section pedestal with pierced walls, the upper tapering section with remnants of coir binding, adze blade absent. Height 48 cm
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Two shell encrustedPapua New Guinea,items: a 'wafu' - a nassa shell and coir 'bride price' currency panel from the Lumi peoples, West Sepik; together with a twine and tridacna shell section necklace.
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An old African Galoa Gabon wood tribal mask, with traces of original coloured pigment, open eyes and mouth with teeth. Length 33 cm
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An old unusual and highly decorative Nigerian Mumuye crest helm carved wood tribal mask, of ornate geometric design decorated with coloured pigments. Length 48 cm
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A Nigerian Idoma carved wood tribal mask, curved oval shape, with a triangular headdress and white pigment decoration. Length 33 cm
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A Nigerian Idoma carved wood tribal mask, ovoid shape with twin forward facing horns and coloured decoration. Length 32 cm
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A Gabon Fang tribal rattle woven basket container, with carved figural handle. Length 43 cm
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An old Congolese Mangbetu tribal iron sickle shaped machete, with stained ivory handle. Length 38 cm
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A long single edged tribal knife, with decorated leather scabbard sand carved horn bird's head handle. Length 61 cm
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A North African tribal dagger, the leather sheath and handle decorated with snake skin. Length 35 cm
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A Solomon Islands carved coral head, of grotesque pronounced features, on metal stand. Height of head 24 cm
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Two carved Suriname arched stools, the curved seat carved with geometric and flowing motifs, with conforming decoration to the sides, weathered patina, (origin: northern South America, Suriname, Saramacca, broadly referred to as Maroons). 69 cm x 33 cm.
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A pre-European Maori stone club (patu onewa), traditional tapered spatulate blade with minor chipping to end, tapered grip with 'hour-glass' suspension hole, the butt with three incised ridges. Registered Y18300. Length 32.5 cm
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A Maori pre-European stone adze (toki), tapered form, flat bevel. 7 cm x 12.5 cm x 2.8 cm.
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A Maori pre-European stone hand club (patu onewa), traditional spatulate blade with some chipping, narrowing to a reduced grip with three defined grooves to the butt end, hour-glass suspension hole, polished all over. Length 30.7 cm
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A good old Maori pounamu pekapeka pendant, of opposing symmetrical linked manaia figures, with curved beaked mouths resting on the serpentine body, a suspension hole at the top; carved both sides. Length 60, height 3.5 cm
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An old Maori greenstone adze (toki pounamu), wide flat tapered form with mildly curved bevel, the haft area is ground over natural cortex. 8 cm x 14.5 cm x 2 cm.
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An old Maori greenstone adze (toki pounamu), wide tapered flat form, mildly curved bevel, no bevel chin, semi-polished remnant cortex. 6 cm x 9.5 cm x 1.5 cm.
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An old Maori worked flax bag (kete muka), double pair twined with diverted warps, plain undyed muka with three vertical rows of purplish-blue weaving included, fringe to sides and lower edge. 20.5 cm x 23.5 cm.
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An old Maori worked flax bag (kete muka), plain undyed muka in double pair twining, two vertical bands of diverted warps and one horizontal through the mid-section, fringing on the sides and lower edge, two plaited muka handles terminating in two tassels at each end, one tassel absent. 21 cm x 24 cm.
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A Maori pre-European stone flax pounder (patu muka), semi-all-over polish, traditional form with bulbous end, mildly reduced grip and domed butt end. Greywacke. Length 22.3 cm
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A 19th century Maori carved canoe bailer, the wooden bailer of dark brown tone, shallow, flat and broad scoop, ridge line across, the phallic shaped inward curving handle flaring at the butt end, undecorated, a square suspension lug under the rim at the proximal end, two further pierced holes to the side. 29.5 cm x 50.5 cm x 12 cm.
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A pre-European Maori nephrite pendant (kuru), of good mid-green tone, mildly curved and tapering to a point, rounded suspension hole. Length 6.7 cm
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A 19th century Maori pounamu pendant (kuru), flat long lozenge form with rounded ends, drilled suspension hole. Registered Y43.1 cm
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A 19th century Maori pounamu pendant (kuru), straight sided oval section, drilled suspension hole. Length 70. Registered Y43.2 cm
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A late 19th/early 20th century Maori greenstone hei tiki, ring carved eyes, chin to left shoulder, hands clasped to the thighs, counter sunk suspension hole towards top of head, the bowenite greenstone of flecked mid/dark green tone. Height 11 cm
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A contemporary large greenstone carved tiki, head tilted, hands clasped to thighs, red sealing wax to eyes, variable mid/dark-green tone with rust orange toned highlights. Height 20 cm
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An early/mid-20th century Maori pounamu hei tiki, chin to the left shoulder, mid-green tone, tapered suspension hole. Not registered. Height 7.8 cm
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An early/mid-20th century Maori pounamu hei tiki, open heart form mouth with chin to left shoulder, hands clasped to thighs, semi-translucent mid-dark green tone and in good polish. Not registered. Height 7.5 cm
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A pair of late 19th century large carved kauri gum busts of a Maori chief and chieftainess, naturalistically represented with black staining to their hair and moko, both represented with a muku cloak wrapped to their shoulders, mounted on flat circular ebonised plinth. Some old damage and repair. Heights 245 and 255. Family Provenance: Ex. the vendor's grandparents, 'My father believes they came from the Hewewaka estate, owned by the Maori princess ... My dad is 76'.
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Two Colonial kauri gum carved heads, the Maori chiefs with full face tattoos, hair and cloaks highlighted with old paint finish. Height 110 and 8 cm
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Graeme Wylie New Zealand greenstone finely carved kea, the large sculpture with fine detail, perched upon a boulder, dark green tone with black mottled inclusions, signed and dated to the base '96. Height 21 cm
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A carved Maori figurative panel, standing in profile, the koruru head with inset paua eye, the arm and leg detailed with incised whorl carving. Signed K. Herron 1978 to reverse. Height 80 cm
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F. Brenner - 'Maori Family', watercolour, signed. 19.5 cm x 14.5 cm.
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F. Brenner - two Maori portraits, watercolours. Largest 19 cm x 24 cm.
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F. Brenner - two Maori portraits, watercolours, signed. Each 19.5 cm x 14 cm.
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F. Brenner - two Maori portraits, watercolours, signed. Each 19 cm x 14 cm.
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Two Avon prints after Louis de Sainson 'Natai' and 'Rangui'. Each framed 61 cm x 46 cm.
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Two New Zealand shipping watercolours, the 'Manapouri' and the 'Arahura', both by E. A. Watkin, dated 1936 and 1919
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A watercolour by E.A. Watkin, the liner 'Carmania', signed, entitled and dated 1950. 19 cm x 25 cm.
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A watercolour by E.A.Watkin, the liner 'Taiyo Maru', signed, entitled and dated 1950. 19 cm x 25 cm.
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Charles Goldie print, 'A Hot Day. Wiremu Patara te Tuhi'. 39.5 cm x 315 in plaster gilt frame.
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A Colonial New Zealand Maori portrait, of a chief with huia feather to hair, shark tooth earrings and full moko. 29 cm x 23 cm.
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Two vintage Winkelman large format photographs, in original ebonised oak frames, both signed and one dated. Painted inscription to the frames, 'Crocodile Rock, Whangaroa' and 'Okahumoko Bay, Whangaroa'. 41 cm x 57 cm.
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A 1904 N.Z 9ct. gold 1st Prize shooting competition medal, presented by Capt. Dempster (Dunedin Highland Rifles) to N.A. Smeal (Timaru City Rifles), additional information available. 6.8gms.
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A New Zealand colonial William Norrie inlaid native woods box, rectangular form, the hinged lid with star inlay, the front with five hexagonal lozenge panels on a burr totara ground, short flared platform base raised on compressed turned feet, one replaced, the base with pencil drawn key of the native timbers included to the top, a splintered section of base absent. 29.5 cm x 15 cm x 11 cm.
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A New Zealand Colonial Jane Brenkley carved and painted rose decorated box, rectangular form, the lid and sides carved in deep relief with roses, stained and painted red and green, diamond incised edging, the interior with further poker work decoration of farmhouse scene and roses together with verse, signed and dated 1951. 33 cm x 19.5 cm x 9 cm.
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A copper engraved map from the French Edition of Cook's Voyages: Firth of Thames, Bay of Islands and Tolaga Bay entitled 'riviere Tamise et Baye Mercure a la Nle. Zelande' with insets 'Baye des Isles dans la Nle. Zelande' and 'Baye de Tolaga dans la Nle. Zelande', engraved by Robert Benard. Published 1774-1785 and titled at top right 'Tome III Pl. 9'. 27 cm x 42.5 cm.
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French version of the map of Cook Strait (Carte du Detroit de Cook dans la Nouvelle Zealande), Plate 11, Vol. III, engraved by Bernard. 27 cm x 270; together with plate 14, Vol I, Views of Admiralty Isles and others.
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A rare double page folio map: 'Southern Hemisphere' [Polar projection], from John Pinkerton's Modern Atlas, published Philadelphia 1818. Hand coloured outlines and tints; depicting Australia, Polynesia and parts of South America and Africa, issued after the search for Terra Australis had been abandoned, but prior to the discovery of Antarctica - consequently the South Pole depicted as vast ocean called 'Icy Sea', the interiors of 'New Holland' and Africa vague and 'unknown'. 57 cm x 81.5 cm.
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A rare double page folio map: 'Southern Hemisphere' [Polar projection], from John Thomson's New General Atlas, published Edinburgh 1814. Hand coloured outlines and tints with pictorial reliefs. Engraved by Kirkwood & Sons. 74 cm x 55 cm.
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A map 'The Islands of New Zealand', pub. London S.D.U.K. 1865, original outline colour. 395 x 31 cm
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Three maps of Oceania: 'Oceanique Orient.l' (Paris 1812, Tardieu) 22 cm x 300; 'Oceanique (Paris 1812, Chamouin) 21.5 cm x 290; 'Australasia' (Edinburgh 1816, Arrowsmith) 19 cm x 25 cm.
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Three maps of Oceania: 'Carte de la Melanesie ou Nouvelle Holland' (Paris 1837, Thierry) 22 cm x 300; 'Pacific Ocean' (Edinburgh c.1830, Gray & Son) 19 cm x 245; 'Australasia' (Edinburgh 1816, Arrowsmith) 19 cm x 25 cm.
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Three maps of the Pacific: 'Pacific Ocean' (Aust. East Coast & New Zealand) 25 cm x 200; 'Pacific Ocean on Mercator's Projection' (London 1809 Cooper) 19 cm x 250; ibid pervious (London 1810 Thos. Kelly) 19 cm x 25 cm.
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Seven charts from French versions of Cook's Voyages and other explorers: Tahiti, Chile and PNG. Unmounted various sizes.
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Five maps of Oceania: Oceanie (C.V.Monin Paris 1834); Oceanie (Desbuissons Paris c.1870); Oceania (Pagnoni Milan 1867); Oceanie (Furne Paris c.1842); and Oceania or Islands in the Pacific Ocean... (Fullerton, London 1872) from The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography.
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Five various maps: Geological Map of Australia; Polynesia; Malay Archipelago (Tallis 1851) Islands in the Atlantic (Tallis 1851); Carte Universelle de Ptolomee (Bourgoin 1740).
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Five maps of Oceania: two 'Oceanique Orient.l' (Paris 1812, Tardieu) 22 cm x 300; 'Oceanie' (Paris 1868); 'Grosse Ocean' (Germany 1849); 'Oceanie' (Paris c.1868).
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Five Pacific maps: L'oceanie (Barbie du bocage 1852); Pacific Ocean (Orr & Smith c.1855); Pacific Ocean (Thos. Kelly 1836).
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Three double page maps of Oceania: L'Oceanie (Andriveau-Goujon Paris 1832); Oceania (A.K. Johnston London c.1861); Islands in the Pacific Ocean (A.K. Johnston London c.1844).
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Sketch Map of Gold Field at Kennedy Bay, from the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1869 session: 'Report Mr. Commissioner Mackay Relative to the Thames Goldfields'. 36 cm x 26 cm.
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Land Wars map published in the Illustrated London News 1863, along with 1907 'Geological Map of the Otama Survey District' (Mercury Bay).
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New Zealand General Survey Office map 'Auckland Sheet No.3', 1882 revised 1892, sectionalised lithograph on canvas backing. Waitemata Harbour and proposed northern railway annotated in red ink. 73 cm x 92 cm.
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An 18th century map of Herefordshire by John Speede, with hand colouring. 38 cm x 50 cm.
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A World War I three medal group and 1915 ANZAC bronze plaque awarded to: '2458 COMS. N.M. Watchorn. 4BN. A.I.F.', includes the three World War I campaign medals - V1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, each named to the recipient with old ribbons, together with the ANZAC commemorative medallion, again engraved to the recipient N.M. Watchorn, in original box with purple velvet lining. Neville Manwell Watchorn, was born in Palmerston North.
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A World War II POW log book of Lieut. Kenneth Joseph Michael Payne, 4222, 2nd NZEF, (1911-1988), pp.117, 1.8 cm x 1.2 cm.5 cm, captured Crete 1 Jun '41, escaped 12 Jun, recaptured Greece 6 Nov '41 released Germany April '45; includes many musings, caricatures, POW portrait photographs [groups and individuals, most named], camp recipes, notes and detainees autographs along with manuscript maps detailing routes taken through Greek Islands and mainland, Albania and Yugoslavia whilst an escapee, along with…
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A 1918 SMLE Mk III .303 sportorised rifle, the mahogany stock with circular, leather sling, stamped markings including serial no. 1980
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A Marlin .22 semi-automatic rifle, with scope and suppressor.
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A 1944 .30 M1 carbine rifle, ebonised stock, stamped serial number 6261302. With scope, cleaning rod and canvas bag.
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A World War I brass telescope, leather bound and with leather caps, engraved 'Tel. Sig. (MkIV), R&J Beck Ltd, London, 1915, No. 14348', and with military broad arrow mark. Length 84 cm
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A Crown Lynn hand potted vase, decorated by Daniel Steenstra, baluster form, the white glazed body painted with a leafy branch in red, brown and mid-blue tone. Printed mark to base. Height 16.5 cm
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A vintage Crown Lynn green McAlpine fridge jug, ribbed tall rectangular section form with 'McAlpine' in relief to each side. Height 22.5 cm
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A vintage Crown Lynn McAlpine fridge jug, white glazed with 'McAlpine' in blue in relief. Maker's mark printed to base. Height 22 cm
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A Titian Studio 'Wahine' jug, original label affixed to patu handle. Height 12.5 cm
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A large Juliet Peter pottery vase, spherical with drawn neck rising to an oblong mouth with pinched opening, fluted neck glazed with feather effects in brown on a pale ground. Height 35 cm
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A large Peter Collis platter, black glaze with gold gestural decoration. Diameter 40 cm
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A Graeme Storm tall bottle vase, the square section body with raised patterned surface rising to a tapering cylindrical neck with flaring mouth. Height 48 cm
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A Studio Pottery five-piece tea and coffee service in Supremacist or Brutalist manner. Slab sided construction with squared lids and handles, light mushroom feldspathic glaze. Unknown maker.
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Three Peter Feuerstein vases, ovoid white porcelain bodies with 'bronze' glazed shoulder and slender necks. Tallest 14 cm
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A large heavy Elizabeth Lissaman pottery circular shallow dish, painted with exotic birds. Impressed marks on base. Diameter 24 cm
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An early Ann Robinson 'Sunbeam Studio' blown glass bowl, turquoise with bright yellow rim, c.1980s. Diameter 27.5 cm
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A Garry Nash art glass vase, flattened circular shape, dark blue with shards in gold and silver. Signed and dated '01. Height 24 cm
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A Garry Nash art glass vase, ovoid shape with short everted rim, dark blue with petrol-like surfaces. Signed and dated '95. Height 18 cm
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Three small glass vessels, variously shaped, each with twin spouts, lemon tones with black trailings, signed and dated '0.9 cm
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A Garry Nash studio glass vase, etched amethyst glass, cylindrical shape, slightly tapering at the base. Signed and dated '11. Height 32.5 cm
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Two Joan Buller cast aluminium sculptures, of flattened 'folded form' with polished and matt surfaces. Each 15 cm x 15 cm x 5 cm.
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A pair of Victorian lustre vases, in turquoise blue, gilt decoration around the top, a double row of lustres suspended from the centre, frilled rim. Height 37 cm
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A German glass flagon, of 18th century. style with pewter mounted hinged lid, set with a goat finial. Height 32.5 cm
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An impressive cranberry crystal vase, cylindrical form with slightly flaring top, alternating bands of cut and etched decoration. Height 38 cm
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A Clyne Farquharson cut crystal decanter, conical shape cut with a design of leafy tendrils, along with two similar liqueur glasses.
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