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The Contents of Falls House — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:555
Sale Title:The Contents of Falls HouseLots with images:544
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:363
Date:13-Nov-2017
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A lacquer fan with painted landscape
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A treen die container, together with a Dutch Delft eye bath, tallest: 7.5 cm
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An ebonised single chair with classical gilt decoration
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A pair of wooden bedside lamps with shades, 64 cm high
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A mahogany and brass peat bucket with liner, 31.5 cm diameter, 37.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, The Estate of Dame Nellie Melba
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A brass set of scales with banded agate decoration, by Martin Cheltenham, 17.5 cm wide, 7.5 cm high
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A pair of bar stools with leather seats
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A pair of white painted & green velvet upholstered armchairs
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A Windsor chair, with BADA sticker
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A pair of Windsor arm chairs
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A Windsor arm chair with wheel back
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A green velvet upholstered winged armchair
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An oval wine tasting table, French, 136 cm wide, 91 cm deep, 73 cm high cm
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A mahogany and walnut bar, with brass railings and granite top, 163 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 108 cm high
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A walnut oval vitrine, 82 cm wide, 63 cm deep, 74.5 cm high
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An oak arm chair, English, 17th century. Provenance: Mossgreen, An Important European Collection, Melbourne, 2016, lot 210
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A bookcase, French, 159 cm wide, 24 cm deep, 216 cm high
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Three cocktail shakers
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A bottle of McCallum's Scots Whiskey, together with a Penfolds Grandfather Tawny Port, in presenation case
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A Seppelt Para, single vintage tawny, 1982, in box
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Two painted tin tea canisters, 34.5 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 34 cm high
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A stick pin and two silver brooches
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A Victorian mother of pearl tabacco press in the form of a lady's leg with gold mounts
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A pair of Regency style argand lamps
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Four copper pieces, including a jelly mold inscribed: Wellington Club
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A selection of wooden trays
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A painted tin tea canister, 40 cm high
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A cast iron pot stand, 145 cm high
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A wire work vegetable stand, 65 cm high
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A framed sign of Keens mustard, 55.5 x 7 cm
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An enameled Britannia Biscuits sign, surenamel WKS CAL, 45 x 30.5 cm
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An enameled Rinso sign, 92 x 61 cm
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An enameled Bovril sign, 123 x 44 cm
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Five cased sets of butterflies. Provenance: Mossgreen, Quarterly Collectors Auction Series, Melbourne, 2016, lot 219
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An enameled Flumis sign, 91.5 x 61 cm
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An engraving 'Bidet avec toilette', French, 55 x 40 cm
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A French mantle clock, with white enamel dial, and classical decoration, 42 cm high
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A Sheraton Revival break front sideboard, with painted decoration of Prince of Wales feathers, 160 cm wide, 37.5 cm deep, 94 cm high
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A boulder opal
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A cafe table with iron base, French, 59 cm diameter, 56 cm high
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A painted tea canister lamp with shade, 82 cm high
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A bronze figure group of Putti and goat, 20 cm high
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A pair of French painted arm chairs, with circular side table
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A pair of composition busts of Beethoven and Leonardo Da Vinci
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A medical model of a human brain
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A small mahogany dumb waiter, 90.5 cm wide, 36 cm deep, 105 cm high
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A brass desk lamp with green glass shade
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A globe on stand, 21 cm high
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A brass and copper bucket, 28 cm high
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A set of brass fire tools on stand
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A club fender, 163 cm wide, 44 cm deep, 56 cm high
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A microscope, by T. Henri & Co, 34 Alders Gate Street, London, 36 cm high
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A mahogany and brass peat bucket, 35 cm high
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A Pommery champagne bucket, 20 cm wide, 20 cm deep, 20 cm high. Provenance: Mossgreen, Quarterly Collectors Auction, Melbourne, 2015, lot 27
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A brass desk lamp with green glass shade
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A black slate mantle clock, made by Earnshaw, London
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A twin pedestal mahogany desk, with tooled leather top, 118 cm wide, 59 cm deep, 75 cm high
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An oak book stand
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A wooden model of a crocodile skull
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A rustic pine book shelf, 50 cm wide, 41 cm deep, 167 cm high
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A treen string holder, 8 cm high
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A cast iron novelty money box
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A pair of iron cafe chairs
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A bronze (Punch) match holder
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A collection of eight Victorian glass eyes
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A framed silk scarf, depicting William Beach 'Champion of the World'
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Two South East Asian carved wood and pigment masks, mid 20th century, 16 cm and 18.5 cm high. Provenance: Mossgreen, The Peter Elliott Collection, Sydney, 2015, lot 468
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An antique silk and lace Christening gown
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A large conch shell
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A rustic pine book shelf
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A Speik river painted and carved wooden mask, 57 cm long
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A New Guinian woven and painted mask
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Two New Guinean penis covers, and photograph, together with a shell pubic cover, and a nose pin (moki)
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A bird of paradise beak
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A crocodile skull
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An African staff, 145 cm high
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A New Guinean staff, 206 cm high
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A New Guinean carved ceremonial spear, 206 cm high
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A paddle (Bali?), together with a Pacific Island club, paddle: 90 cm long, club: 88 cm long
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Two tribal carved figures, 25 cm high (each)
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A pair of New Guinean stone garden markers
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A glass dome on a marble stand
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A mahogany Regency period book stand, English, 74 cm high
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A pair of James I period mounted spurs, from Little Thorpe Hall
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A mahogany display cabinet with mirror back, 94 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 189 cm high
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A metal and ammethyst model of a tree, mounted on a rock
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Six pieces of agate
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A banded agate ball, and another marble ball
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An antique painted tin fire insurance imperial sign
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A Trobriand Island carved ceremonial spoon
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A papier mache pot and tray, together with an ivory letter opener, and marble desk stand
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An Australian pottery mug, together with a brass dish, and two papier mache dishes, and murano glass bird, PROVENACE, The Graham Collection
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A carved tribal figure, 112 cm long
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A smokers bow captains chair, 19th century
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Six walking sticks, some with silver mounts, 19th century
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A bronze male torso, signed M, number 13/15, bronze only: 15.5 cm high
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A bronze figure of a man, signed to base Bakoki, 11.5 cm high
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A composite model bust of Athena, 64 cm high
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A Veuve Clicquot oak riddling rack French 19th Century, 72 cm wide, 150 cm high. Provenance: Mossgreen, Interior Decorator No 7, Melbourne, lot 230
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A painted and coopered oak wine bin, French Circa 1900, labelled Frances Canoz St Lothain, 85 cm high, 70 cm wide, 55 cm deep. Provenance: Mossgreen, Interior Decortor No 7, Melbourne, lot 241
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