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Decorative Arts & Furniture — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:437
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & FurnitureLots with images:368
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:270
Date:8-Aug-2007
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A Champagne Ranch Mink Short Jacket
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A Dark Brown Mink Jacket
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A Dark Brown Mid Length Mink Coat
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A red Mink Stole
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A pale brown Mink Shrug
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A grey Mink Shrug
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A black diamond mink jacket
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A ranch mink jacket with a striped fur collar
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A Mid Length Brown Mink Coat
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Mid length caramel mink coat
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A Liesel black diamond mid length mink coat
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A Royal Castor Beaver Fur Coat Full length, with rolled cuffs and collar
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A Chocolate Mink Short Jacket
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A Chinese sang de boeuf vase late 19th/early 20th century of bottle form with a rich red glaze, 40 cm high. Provenance: Partial Joshua McLelland Antiques paper label to base
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A 19th century Chinese Blue and White Platter Circular, the interior painted with three leaping Shi-shi on a red chrysanthemum ground within an underglaze blue trellis border, 35 cm diameter
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An Chinese Blue and White Saucer Dish 19th century Painted with a stylised central scrolling flower within a foliate decorated rim, 19 cm diameter
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A Chinese Porcelain Bowl Possibly Ming Dynasty Decorated with foliate panels in colours of rust red and green, on a wooden stand, 14 cm diameter
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A Chinese silver and enamel tea caddy, of lobed form with a gilt wash interior, the mesh body relief decorated and enamelled with exotic birds on flowering peony and blossom branches interspersed with coral and turquoise jewelling, surmounted by a filigree bud finial, 13 cm high
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A Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot Early 20th Century Circular, decorated with panels of animals in landscape settings on a foliate decorated trellis ground, raised on a conforming wooden stand, 13.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white bowl Ming Dynasty of deep circular form, decorated in underglaze blue with scrolling lotus, raised on a wooden stand, 12 cm diameter
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A 19th century Chinese Porcelain Vase Of squat bulbous form with a moulded lappet neck, decorated in colours of mottled blue, green and grey, 25 cm high
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A Chinese Porcelain Bird Feeder Of barrel form, painted with a fighting dragon and phoenix, painted four character mark, 7 cm high
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A Chinese Bronze Temple Bell Bears Shunzhi period marks, 1644 - 1661 Of flared serpentine form, the body etched and embossed with date marks, the eight trigrams and calligraphy symbols, surmounted by a twin headed serpentine dragon, supported on a later pierced and carved Chinese rosewood stand, the bell 71 cm high, 55 cm diameter, the stand 153 cm high, 104 cm wide. Provenance: Four Seasons Art Gallery, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Information supplied reads ' According to the inscriptions, the bell was made in…
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An Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl 16th/17th century possibly Swatow, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised scrolling flower heads, on a wooden stand, 16 cm diameter
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A Chinese Silver Filigree Purse Possibly Shanghai. The body of interconnected stylised patera with a hinged solid rim and a loop handle
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A Chinese Lacquered Box Late Qing Dynasty. The four sectional body painted and gilt sans traverse with a scene showing dragons and ho ho birds against a foliate patterned background, 46 x 47 x 30 cm
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A large ivory tusk raised on a scroll carved wooden stand, 85 cm long
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A Chinese Blue and White Saucer Dish 18th/19th century. The interior painted with a figure in a landscape setting, scripted blue under glaze hall mark to base, 21 cm diameter
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A Thai Gilt Wood Buddha. The draped figure with a serene expression, tight curled hair and pendant ear lobes seated in dhyanasana, 71 cm high
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A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Bottle Vases Each with a cloud design within wave borders, the body decorated in rust glaze with a writhing dragon, 52 cm high
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A Chinese carved ivory tusk relief carved with a shaped panel showing two duelling dragons, raised on a scroll carved stand, 74 cm long
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A pair of Chinese porcelain jardinieres 19th/20th century, each decorated with flying bats in colours of yellow, green and red on a powder blue ground, 13 cm diameter
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A pair of Chinese blue and white plates Qianlong period decorated to the centre with flowering peony and bamboo, within a trellis and mon border. Diameter 23 cm
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A Chinese celadon vase Kangxi mark, possibly 18th century, the small lavender bottle vase with a squat circular base and long neck, six character underglaze blue mark to base, raised on a wooden stand, 13 cm high
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A Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Box Qianlong seal mark but not of the period Circular, the base and cover painted with butterflies within on glaze blue diaper borders, 8.5 cm diameter
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A Pair of Chinesefamille rose Bowls Hongxian Mark and Period (1916) Each painted to the exterior with a grasshopper on a flowering branch, raised on a wooden stand, 14.5 cm diameter
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A Collection of Chinese Jade, Ivory, Soapstone and Rock Crystal Comprising an ivory calligraphers rest in the shape of a bamboo branch, a carved soapstone box and bird figure, a carved jade figure of two lions, two jade archers rings and a carved rock crystal brush rest
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A Chinese Pale Celadon Saucer Dish Ming Dynasty Circular with a blue printed mark to base, 15.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese Swatow Porcelain Plate Possibly 17th Century. The interior painted in red and green with phoenix and flowering lotus within a trellis border, 25 cm diameter
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A Japanese Bone, Ivory and mother of pearl Inlaid Coromandel and Rosewood Wall Cabinet Signed Rectangular, the dentil cornice above two central panelled doors, each finely inlaid and gilt with scenes depicting Ho Ho birds in an orchard, bone signature plug, 67 cm high
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A Chinese Porcelain Supper Set Comprising nine petal shaped dishes made to form of a lotus flower, on a conforming dual rosewood base, 42 cm wide
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Two Chinese celadon vases one of baluster form with mask head loop handles incised with scrolling lotus flowers, incised mark Yung Lo period, 1403 - 1424, in archaic characters to base but not of the period; together with a celadon Tsung shaped vase moulded with the eight Tri grams centred by a Yin-Yang symbol, six character Kangxi mark to base with Chinese government export seal, on a wooden stand. Height 18.5 cm
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A Collection of Five Chinese Miniature Jarlets and Vases Dating from possibly 16th to 19th century Comprising three blue and white miniature vases, a covered box, a dish and a celadon vase, the largest 10 cm high
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A Japanese Pine Tansu Two sectional, with dual slatted sliding doors and heavy metal lockplates and handles, 180 x 167 x 51 cm
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A, Japanese bronze Koro and cover possibly Edo period, modelled as dragon ship with a pierced cover, decorated with cranes to the single billowed sail. Height 17 cm
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A Japanese ivory and wood okimono Meiji period finely carved as a sage holding an open umbrella with two oni seated on a drum at his feet, the carved wooden base with mother-of-pearl inlay and a further standing oni to one side. Height 22 cm
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A Japanese Satsuma vase Meiji period, signed Kinkozan of baluster form, finely painted and gilt with panels of women in a flowering gardenia, peony and bamboo garden setting, within scrolling foliate borders on a deep blue ground. Height 16 cm
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A pair of Japanese Satsuma vases Meiji period, signed of hexagonal baluster form with gilt handles, each finely decorated with a continuous panel showing women at leisure in a landscape scene within fanned trellis borders, 17 cm high
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A Japanese Satsuma vase and a covered jar late Meiji period, the vase of squat form with tall everted neck painted and gilt with panels of women and children on a deep blue ground with mon decoration, 13 cm high; the baluster jar ornately painted and gilt with panels of scholars, warriors, women and children within floral and trellis borders on a deep blue ground, the domed cover with conforming decoration, 14 cm high
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A pair of Japanese Satsuma vases signed of baluster form, each painted and gilt with panels of figures at recreational activities, within ornate floriate trellis and mon borders. Height 23 cm
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A Japanese bronze Koro and cover possibly Edo period, modelled as the sage Kinko with an open scroll in his hands, riding a carp, 17 cm high
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A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke Signed Masanao, late 18th century Modelled as a stylised seated sparrow with wings spread and dark shell inset eyes, 5.5 cm wide; together with an unsigned carved ivory netsuke of a sparrow with head turned to one side, 4.3 cm wide
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A Japanese bronze figural vase late Meiji period of lobed circular form, the tapering narrow neck relief decorated with a gilded honey eater perched on a flowering iris below a flared petal rim, 23 cm high
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A large 19th century Chinese bronze vase, the fluted baluster body moulded with sparrows and swallows flying amongst cherry blossom branches, flanked by flowering chrysanthemum branch handles, raised on a wooden stand, 62 cm high
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A Chinese Peking Glass Bowl and Covered Jar 19th/20th Century Each overlaid in red on a white ground with stylised honey comb and thumb nail cut panels, the bowl 17 cm diameter, the jar 9 cm high
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Two Chinese carved soapstone figures one modelled as Shou Lao holding a peach. Height 16 cm; the other carved as a seated acolyte holding an orb. Height 13 cm, both raised on a wooden stand
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A Chineseprovincial Stoneware Saucer Dish Ming Dynasty, possibly 14th Century Decorated with a trellis rim, 28 cm diameter
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A Chinese Famille Verte Bowl. The flaring conical bowl painted with a scene of an elephant and his handler approaching a sage, the yellow ground interior painted with a sage and flowering lotus, raised on a wooden stand, 18 cm diameter
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A Japanese Lacquered Pine Tansu. The two sectional body with sliding glazed panelled doors and an arrangement of eight short drawers, 160 x 173 x 50 cm
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A Chinese Cantonfamille rose Platter Circa 1880 Of lobed form painted with panels of scholars and attendants on a trellis ground with birds and butterflies amongst flowers, 28 cm diameter
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A Large Chinesefamille rose Porcelain Platter 19th century Oblong, decorated to the interior with floral sprays and ho-ho birds within a peony and chrysanthemum black ground border and a further red ground rim with enamelled swallows and mon decoration, 53 cm wide
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A Pair of Chinese Ceramic Cockerals Each modelled as a standing white cockerel with a red comb and collar, on a naturalistic base, 30 cm high
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A David and Hermia Boyd earthenware coffee pot, tapering cylindrical, with an exaggerated flaring spout and an angular handle, decorated with stylised swirls on a graduated green and brown ground, incised D and H Boyd, 30.5 cm high
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A David and Hermia Boyd earthenware covered vase, ovoid, with sgraffito decoration on a graduated brown and green ground, flanked by stylised scroll handles, rising to a domed lid with a conforming knop, incised signature D and H Boyd, 22.5 cm high
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A William Ricketts earthenware figural jug signed Wm Ricketts Melbourne, dated 1935 of compressed ovoid form, with an applied branch handle terminating in an Indigenous Australian mask head and three bounding kangaroos, in blue and brown matt glazes, inscribed signature and date to base. Height 10 cm
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A William Ricketts figural earthenware dish, unsigned, naturalistically modelled, with an applied figure of an Indigenous Australian boy and a frilled neck lizard, in a blue-grey and brown matt glaze. Width 11.5 cm. Note: for an identical example see Australian art pottery 1900-1950, K. Fahy et al, Casuarina Press, Sydney 2004, p. 321
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A David and Hermia Boyd pottery beaker vase, tapering cylindrical, incised with horizontal lines on a green ground, incised signature D and H Boyd, 17 cm high
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A John Perceval Earthenware Bowl Circa 1960 Circular, centred by a stylised abstraction, on a mottled blue ground beneath a green drip glazed border, incised Perceval to base, 13 cm diameter
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An Arthur Merric Boyd, John Perceval and Neil Douglas Australian pottery tea pot after 1950, the lobed body painted with a continuous scene showing kangaroos in an outback setting amongst Xanthorrhoea, flanked by an exaggerated cylindrical spout and a loop handle, the cover with conforming decoration, painted signatures Merric Boyd pottery, John Perceval, Neil Douglas, 20 cm high
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An Australian Glazed Earthenware Vase By Ralph Eberlein Titled 'The Three Graces' Baluster, painted with the image of three entwined female figures, on a yellow and blue ground, signed to lower body and underside, 39 cm high.
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An Australian Pottery Charger By Greg Daly Circular, with lustred and gold leaf decoration on a pale blue ground, painted signature Daly, 43.5 cm diameter
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A Vic Greenaway Australian pottery vase, 1970s of compressed form, with a terracotta ground, impressed monogram, 15.5 cm high, together with a pottery teapot, with abstract geometric decoration, 19 cm high
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A large Jeff Mincham pottery vase, circa 1985, ovoid, incised with a stylised fanned leaf design. Height 76 cm
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Three Pieces of Australian Pottery Including a gourd vase, possibly by Col Levy, a jug impressed Maldon Pottery and a cylindrical bottle, the largest 30 cm high
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A Harold Hughan stoneware charger, circular, with radiating circular oxidised borders on a green ground, impressed monogram, 44.5 cm diameter
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A Large Harold Hughan Stoneware Charger Circa 1970 Circular, with a central oxidised abstraction on a light green ground, painted signature, 49 cm diameter
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A late 19th century Australian leatherwork frame oval, hand worked in the form of Australian native flora, enclosing a woolwork and velvet floriate still life, 75 cm wide
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A 19th century sailors woolwork tapestry showing a tall ship entering an estuary, flying the flag of the British Navy, within a cedar and hardwood frame, 81 x 92.5 cm
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An oak Melbourne Stock Exchange chair 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the green leather upholstered back surmounted by a carved monogram and three fleur de lys finials, the roll over arms and contoured seat raised on turned legs and stretchers. Provenance: This chair is one of 120 used for 70 years by the stock exchange of Melbourne in their call room until the close of call trading at that exchange in December, 1961
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An Unusual Edwardian Australian Blackwood Sideboard. The shaped mirror back with a central carved Kookaburra crest and applied gum leaf decoration, flanked by open slatted side, the lower section with two frieze drawers and two panelled doors, each relief carved with a Kookaburra perched on a leafing Eucalypt branch, 153 x 236 x 55 cm
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A Rosando Teak and Oak Dining Suite Comprising a drawer leaf extension dining table and nine matching dining chairs, the shaped rectangular top raised on a stylised scroll base with cross stretchers, the chairs each with a triple openwork horizontal splat, 270 x 78 x 110 cm
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An oak Melbourne Stock Exchange chair 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the black leather upholstered back surmounted by a carved monogram and three fleur de lys finials, the roll over arms and contoured seat raised on turned legs and stretchers. This chair is one of 120 used for 70 years by the stock exchange of Melbourne in their call room until the close of call trading at that exchange in December, 1961
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A 19th century Australian Cedar Chest of Drawers Rectangular, with two short and three long drawers, raised on out swept bracket feet, 108 x 105 x 49 cm
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A Victorian cedar library table, having a rounded rectangular leather inset top set to either side with three frieze drawers, raised on turned legs, 196 x 77 x 135 cm
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An Oak Console Table Attributed to Bell and Butt, Melbourne, Circa 1865. The serpentine top above a shaped apron centred by an armorial crest (applied decoration missing), raised on bold cabriole legs, 146 x 89 x 55 cm. Note: Bell and Butt were commissioned to manufacture various articles of furniture for Charles Henry Armytage's property, Como, in 1865. A console and hall chair of similar design reside in the collection of Como house. Reference: Nineteenth century Australian Furniture, K. Fahy et al,…
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A 19th century Australian cedar partners desk, the rectangular leather inset top with three frieze drawers to either side, each pedestal having three further drawers and an opposing cupboard door, plinth base, 180 x 77 x 119 cm
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A Large Australian Cedar Library Table Late 19th century. The rectangular top set to each side with four frieze drawers, raised on ring turned baluster legs, 291 x 80 x 123 cm
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A Set of Four Varna Chairs Designed by Grant Featherston for Aristoc circa 1966 Each of moulded ply construction with grey vinyl upholstery, brushed aluminum base
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A Dario Zoureff Walnut Dining Suite Comprising a drawer leaf extension dining table and eight dining chairs, the shaped rectangular dining table with cross banded decoration and satinwood stringing, raised on pierced stylised legs, the chairs with an entwined horizontal splat, velvet back and seat, raised on sabre legs, the table 289 x 80 x 95 cm
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A Good Victorian Cedar Boardroom Table. The rounded rectangular top above a band frieze, raised on turned tapering legs, 304 x 79 x 146 cm
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A late 19th century Australian cedar dumbwaiter rectangular, with a bobbin turned gallery edge centred by a pierced and carved crest and lappet carved pendants, above two open shelves, the whole with incised and relief carved foliate decoration, plinth base, porcelain castors, 142 x 180 x 53 cm
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A George III Scottish mahogany longcase clock signed W. Brunton Edinburgh, circa 1800, having an eight-day bell striking movement with brass dial plate and chapter ring, subsidiary for seconds and calendar aperture, mounted in a mahogany and satin wood inlaid case. Height 224 cm
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A Louis XVI style gilt metal mantel clock 19th century, having an eight-day count wheel bell striking movement mounted in a classically decorated case surmounted by a central urn with Sevres style porcelain inserts, 35 cm high
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A French four-glass mantel clock signed Bailey, Banks and Biddle, Philadelphia, circa 1900, having an eight-day gong striking movement with enamel Roman numeral dial and fretwork pendulum mounted in a brass and bevelled glass case, 30 cm high
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A French slate and marble clock garniture, circa 1900, having an eight-day bell striking movement with enamel Roman numeral dial within an architectural gilt metal mounted case with conforming candelabra, 41 cm high
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A George III mahogany longcase clock signed William Dowell swan, Margate, circa 1750, having an eight-day bell striking movement with brass dial plate and chapter ring, subsidiary for seconds, strike silent and date aperture, mounted in a hood flanked by fluted columns with an arched pediment on a plinth base. Height 225 cm
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A French Gilt Metal Mantel Clock Having an eight-day bell striking movement with Arabic numeral dial mounted in a classically decorated case surmounted by a central urn, 40 cm high
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A French four glass mantel clock, circa 1900, having an eight-day bell striking movement with compensating mercury pendulum, enamel Roman numeral dial and exposed deadbeat escapement mounted in a brass and bevelled glass case, 36.5 cm high
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A Victorian Flame Mahogany Longcase Clock Signed J. M. Cox Circa 1850. The eight-day bell striking movement with round painted Roman numeral dial and subsidiary for seconds, the hood flanked by fluted columns surmounted by a shaped pediment with 3 finials on a plinth base, 217 cm high
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A Fine Monumental French Figural Ormolu Mantle Clock 19th century. The eight-day bell striking movement with enamel Roman numeral dial mounted in a ribbon swag draped urn surmounted by a bronze putto supported by two classically draped female figures standing on a floral moulded and fluted ormolu plinth base 79 cm high
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