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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:318
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:318
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:268
Date:1-Oct-2021
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A polychrome dragon brush wash, the beehive shape wash with green and iron red writhing dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst coloured ruyi clouds, with pink fleur-de-lis and green wave borders, Daoguang seal mark underside, height: 4 cm, diameter 8 cm
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A mixed group of five polychrome decorated Chinese porcelains, late 19th to early 20th century, a pair of crackleware baluster vases with applied matt brown borders with chilongs and lug handles decorated with figural scenes in landscapes, a bowl and two cups with famille rose decorations, red bordered stamp marks to three, height: 20.5 cm (vases)
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A bronze Buddha, in dark bronze tones, with tightly coiffed hair, wearing a dhoti and seated upon a double lotus throne in Dhyanasana with hands held in Dhyana mudra cradling an alms cup, height: 28.5 cm
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An antique bronze koro, Meiji period, 19th century, a waisted globular koro well cast with grapevine borders and squirrel like creatures, with zoomorphic handles, a domed lid with a squirrel and twig finial, and raised on four feet with mask style mounts, height: 30 cm
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Two Shoushan stone seals, a large gold coloured plinth style seal with etched marks to lower body, and engraved seal mark with remnant red ink to base, and a smaller wedge shaped seal with perforation to top, lightly engraved with a traditional court necklace, script marks, and seal to base with remnant red ink, length 10 cm and 5 cm
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A Chinese bronze censer, of compressed rectangular form with raised loop handles issuing from the rim and raised on integral feet, bearing cartouche with apocryphal marks in relief underside, height: 11 cm, length 14 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A small blue and white figural bowl, qing Dynasty, the bowl featuring a group of men around an outdoor table, concentric rings to the rim, two character mark underside, height: 5 cm, diameter 11 cm
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A petite pair of dragon cups, a near pair of cups with writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls, one in iron red colours and the other in raspberry colours, both picked out in gilt, double bordered apocryphal Ming (Chenghua) marks underside, height: 4.5 cm
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A vintage Oriental ivory carving of crabs in a basket, mid 20th century, delicately worked as a cane basket upon waves and partly disguised by aquatic plants, with two crabs caught in the basket, and one to the lid, raised upon a pierced and carved wooden base, height: 15 cm
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A vintage ivory okimono of boatmen with a fishing net, Showa period, circa 1960s, finely carved with a small boat moving through aquatic plants, one boatmen controlling the oars, the other casting an exquisitely carved mesh net over the waves, with a wooden display stand, height: 7.5 cm, width 26 cm
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A group of carved vintage Oriental ivory figures and ornaments, circa 1960s, comprising a fisherman holding a fishing pole and accompanied by a small child and dog, a rickshaw driver with passenger, a small figurine of a lady holding a giant lotus flower, a small curved and pierced carving featuring tiers of figures and pavilions and a stylised figural and patterned totem ornament, height: 30 cm and smaller
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Four vintage religious ivory items, figures and rosary beads, circa 1960s, comprising elegantly stylised figures of the Madonna and Child, Sacred Heart of Jesus, and a miniature devotional figure with halo and hands raised in prayer, and a set of floral carved rosary beads with a carved Crucifix, height: 29 cm and smaller
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A large yellow ground polychrome porcelain teapot, the beehive shaped teapot with a domed lid and finial, having a moulded gold painted spout and chilong handle, decorated to the body with two cloud shaped reserves, one with lotus, the other with auspicious peaches, upon a floral and scroll strewn yellow ground, between ruyi and lotus borders, apocryphal Qianlong marks underside, height: 26 cm, width 31 cm, diameter 23.5 cm
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An antique Japanese hanging scroll, early 20th century, Gouache and ink on paper depicting an serene geisha dressed in a teal kimono and holding a fan, script and seal lower left, with original paper mount and ties, housed in a wooden box, length 115 cm, width 34.5 cm
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A mixed group of thirteen vintage Oriental ivory items, republic period to PPRC, a bell flower necklace, a carved bangle, brooch, buckle, four fish buttons, a floral button, a tiny Buddha and a bookmark, a tiny lantern ornament, and a silver mounted square snuff or scent bottle, Various shapes and sizes
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A Tibetan bronze crowned white Tara and a rosewood display stand, the serene figure wearing vestments elaborately decorated with trailing beads and flower heads, seated in Padmasana on a double lotus throne, and holding floral stems, one arm raised in varada mudra (charity), the other in the gesture of abhaya (protection), height: 30.5 cm, width 16 cm (buddha) Diameter 20 cm (stand)
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A large Chinese Cloisonne vase, early to mid 20th century, the baluster vase well decorated with brass wired peony blooms in mauve, pink and red colours amidst foliage in various shades of green upon a black diaper ground, height: 38.5 cm
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A Victorian silver gilt Christening cup, 1878 London, with maker's marks for Martin, Hall & Co, the slightly tapering cylindrical cup with trailing bright cut silver ivy leaves upon a matted gilt ground, with bead rims and a cast bracket handle with acanthus decoration, hallmarked below rim, Silver weight: 127gr, height: 7.5 cm
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A silver and glass teapot stand, 1954 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William Suckling Ltd, Provenance: the Mackinnon Estate, Toorak, April 1979 (Scobie and Claire Adams Mackinnon), a round glass plate with a radiating pierced petal design, hallmarked to edge
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A sterling silver doll's house writing desk, circa 1900, apparently unmarked, with a baluster gallery to the rear and a sloping faux 'fall front' with hinged lift up lid, and raised on slender baluster legs with toupie feet, Silver weight: 60gr, height: 6 cm, width 5.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver cow box, 1904 London, with mark for Theodor Hartmann (importer) with 'F' import punch, a naturalistic model of a cow, with a hinged neck, hallmarked with importer's marks to front leg, remainder to rear, Silver weight: 33gr, height: 4 cm, width 6.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver cow with Swiss bell, 1899 London, with importer's mark for John George Smith, with 'F' import punch, the long horned cow with a hinged neck, with collar and a hanging Swiss bell, Silver weight: 61gr, height: 6.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver bull pepper pot, 1908 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Adie & Lovekin, a naturalistic model of a bull, with a screw top to the back and pepper shaker perforations to the head, hallmarks to the back, Silver weight: 28gr, height: 5.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A novelty reclining sterling silver cow box, 1903 Chester, with importer's mark for Berthold Muller, with 'F' import punch, a naturalistic model of a long horned cow with a flat hinged base, hallmarked twice to base and back, Silver weight: 29gr
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A fine sterling silver Arts & Crafts style box, 1925 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Wilmot Manufacturing Co, the hinged timber lined box with a central Viking longboat to the lid enclosed by reserves of Celtic knot designs, a chain wreath, and dragon spandrels, leather clad to the base, hallmarked underside, height: 4 cm, length 9.5 cm, width 9 cm
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A near pair of .800 silver two light candlesticks and a small Italian silver bowl, 20th century, Weighted candlesticks with slender stems upon domed scale and floral bases, wire branches supporting floral dishes and crown sconces, marked .800 to foot, and a boat shaped cauldron dish in a hammered finish raised on paw feet, hallmarked, Total weight: 520gr, height: 15 cm (candlesticks)
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A George II sterling silver waiter, 1757 London, with maker's mark for Ebenezer Coker, the waiter with piecrust, shell and scroll rim raised on three pad feet, an engraved wreath of flora and rocaille motifs to the tray, hallmarked underside, Silver weight: 366gr, height: 3 cm, diameter 21 cm
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A solid sterling silver fox, 2006 Sheffield, with maker's mark for C.J Vander Ltd., naturalistically cast as a fox on the prowl, hallmarked to hind leg, Silver weight: 629gr, height: 6 cm, width 20 cm
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An American sterling silver footed bowl, circa 1900, marked sterling, with maker's mark and trademark for probably Dominick & Haff, New York, the deep bowl with a waisted base and a flattened rim decorated with Neoclassical applied borders and four embossed acanthus and floral motifs, trademark underside, Silver weight: 387gr, height: 11 cm, diameter 21 cm
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A sterling silver tankard with a glass base, 1907, London, with maker's mark for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, of elegant tapering form with an applied rib to the slightly everted rim, the scroll handle with an acanthus thumb piece, the glass base with a sunburst design, hallmarked below rim and to base, Total weight: 599gr, height: 16 cm
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Three cased sets of sterling silver demi-tasse spoons, 1904 and 1922 Birmingham, 1929 Sheffield, various makers, Apostle spoons, bright cut thistle spoons with decorated stems, and miniature shovel style spoons, all hallmarked, Silver weight: 114gr, length 10.5 cm and smaller
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An Art Nouveau sterling silver nutcracker, with original case, 1905 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Green & Cadbury Ltd, Shapely swollen handles decorated with trailing and encircling iris flowers and foliage, with steel fulcrum; hallmarked to handles, length 15.5 cm
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Two cased sets of sterling silver teaspoons with tongs, 1916 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Hammond, Creake & Co.; 1930 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Arthur Price & Co, and Sheffield, Old English pattern spoons, the earlier set with floral engraved decorations to stems, the other with bead borders, tongs unmatched, hallmarked to all, Silver weight: 198gr, length 11.5 cm and smaller
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A sterling silver cake slice and a set of sterling cake forks, 1934 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Gloster Ltd (cake slice) and 1935 Sheffield, with maker's marks for W.S.S. & Co, an Art Deco slice of plain trowel form with a tapering raised splat to handle, hallmarked to throat, and a set of plain cake forks with dog nose terminals, hallmarked to stems; both items cased, Silver weight: 223gr, length 23.5 cm and 13.5 cm
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An Indian silver jug from Lucknow and a Persian .84 silver vase, early 20th century, a Lucknow 'jungle pattern' milk jug with a cast cobra handle, chased and repousse with wild animals and date palms to panels between scroll and geometric borders, unmarked, and a small baluster vase with mihrabs and profuse floral decorations in low relief upon a textured ground between patterned borders; hallmarks in farsi underside; jug with small dent, Silver weight: 266gr, height: 9 cm and smaller
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A sterling silver photograph frame, 1987 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Whitehill, Silver & Plate Co, the oval frame featuring a rope twist border, the navy velvet back with easel support and hanging hook, hallmarked to edge
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A pair of reticulated footed sterling silver dishes, a pair of American sterling dishes and one other, 1909 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Roberts & Belk, a pair of scalloped dishes of radiating pierced design, with wirework knotted handles, a 1904 Birmingham ornate pierced pin dish, and a pair of late 19th century Reed & Barton scroll rimmed miniature dishes with embossed vegetal designs, hallmarked to all items, Silver weight: 287gr, height: 9.5 cm, diameter 11.5 cm and smaller
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An American sterling silver dish, 1869-1888 period, marked sterling, maker's mark for Shreve, Crump & Low Co, Boston, lavishly embossed with spiral gadroons to the bowl and having applied cast scroll and pendant flower rims; hallmarks underside, Silver weight: 291gr, height: 6 cm, diameter 26 cm
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An American sterling silver neoclassical dish, mid 19th century, marked sterling, maker's mark for J.E. Caldwell & Co, Philadelphia, the shallow dish with a reed and embossed stiff leaf border enclosed by a narrow decorative band, initialled to the centre; hallmarks underside, Silver weight: 384gr, height: 5 cm, diameter 26.5 cm
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An elegant Art Deco sterling silver tray, 1922 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Thomas Bradbury & Son, the octagonal tray with applied chevron borders and twin shaped bracket handles; crisply hallmarked underside, Silver weight: 1303gr, length 47.5 cm, width 24 cm
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A sterling silver presentation salver, 1965 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Viner's Ltd, a round tray of scalloped profile having applied gadroon edges and raised on three sea shell shaped feet, with 1966 inscription, hallmarked to tray and stamped Sterling Made in England underside, Silver weight: 825gr, diameter 32 cm
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A group of sterling silver vanity items: a brush, two mirrors, comb, plus other, 1915 Birmingham, with maker's marks for A.J. Zimmerman, a plain notch edged mirror, brush and comb, same date and city, with maker's mark for Henry Matthews, a mirror with reed and floral borders, all hallmarked, with wear; plus one other EPNS brush, length 26.5 cm (mirror) and smaller
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A mixed group of sterling silver Tablewares: a fish serving knife, reticulated dish, Toastrack, sugar caster, 1899, 1910, 1917, Sheffield, 1892 Birmingham, various makers, a late Victorian fish serving knife with engraved patterns to the blade, a pierced pedestal bon bon dish (as found), a six slice pointed arch toast rack, a Birmingham vase shaped sugar caster, all hallmarked, Silver weight: 315gr (without knife), 443 gr (with silver bladed knife)
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A pair of Russian .875 silver fish servers with Vermeil blades and a matching cold Cuts Knife/Fork, 1908-1926, St Petersburg, second kokoshnik mark, All with blades lavishly embossed with rocaille decoration, the fish servers with Art Nouveau floral engraved details, hallmarks to the throats, length 28 cm and smaller
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A set of eight German .835 silver bowls, eight sterling plates, 20th century, crown and crescent mark to bowls. Provenance: the Mackinnon Estate, Toorak, April 1979 (Scobie and Claire Adams Mackinnon), the bowls with spiral moulding and rolled rims, and plain plates with threaded rims, bowls marked .835, plates marked sterling, Silver weight: 1352gr
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An antique twenty four piece Austrian silver plated fruit set, circa 1900, with maker's marks for Berndorf Metalware Factory, Vienna, with walking bear and BMF mark in unidentified octagonal cartouche with GG initials, Tapering rounded handles with light bright cut decoration and applied shield motif, gilt metal blades, stamped to blades, length 19.5 cm and 17 cm
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A three piece George III sterling silver tea service, 1817 London, with maker's mark for Jeremiah Garfield with pellet, comprising a teapot, generous sugar basin and creamer of ribbed and compressed boat shape form, with applied gadroons, shell and acanthus corners to the rim, the teapot with a square section '7' shape handle with stiff leaf thumb spur, the basin and creamer with rosettes to the handles, gilt washed to the creamer and basin and all raised on ball feet; hallmarked, Silver weight: 1444gr,…
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A Georgian sterling silver coffee pot with stand and burner, 1806, 1826 London, with maker's mark for William Fountain and partial marks, 'C, a coffee pot with lavish gadroon decoration to the lower body, edges, and oval finial, bold radial gadroons to the pouring spout, and having a '7' shape wooden handle, with a tripod cabriole based stand with pad feet and a cylindrical burner, hallmarked to all components, Total weight: 1011gr, height: 29.5 cm
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A 182 piece 12 place sterling silver King's pattern flatware service with a large double tier canteen stand, the 1965/66 Sheffield service by Viner's comprising: large knives and forks, small knives and forks, knives and forks for fish and fruit, soup, cake, coffee and tea spoons, eleven cake forks, eleven dessert spoons, six serving spoons, two butter knives, a soup ladle, berry spoons, carving knife and fork, bread knife and a fish serving knife and fork; hallmarked; Silver weight: 5343gr, Total weight:…
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Two fine Thomas Webb cut crystal 'Russell' decanters, mid 20th century, now discontinued, Bell shaped decanters with knopped shafts, criss cross and crosshatched bodied, and a refined diamond point border, with faceted and cut stoppers, one with handle, height: 34 cm
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A set of ten vintage Rosenthal whiskey tumblers with Oriental motifs, 1960s-70s, straight-sided tumblers with heavy bases and applied olive green prunts embossed with shou medallions; Rosenthal stencil mark underside, height: 9 cm
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A 68 piece suite of Thomas Webb cut crystal stemware, circa 1930, originally part of a trousseau, etched Webb marks to throats of some, In 'Russell pattern', comprising: eight large wine or water glasses, twelve sherry and twelve port glasses, eight liqueur, hock and champagne glasses, and twelve dessert wine glasses all with elegant bell shaped bowls with criss cross and hatched bodies with diamond point borders, faceted stems and star burst bases, height: 18 cm and smaller
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A Thomas Webb cut crystal 'Regency' pitcher and a similar large fruit bowl, mid 20th century, now discontinued, a footed pitcher with applied handle cut with fan and diamond forms, a crenellated fruit bowl with star and ray designs, hatched diamonds, and a starburst base, etched mark to pitcher, height: 18.5 cm (jug), height: 10 cm, diameter 22.5 cm (bowl)
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A vintage eight piece moulded glass dressing table set, first half 20th century, comprising a long tray, a dish, four stoppered bottles, a glass and a covered box, with a textured design and a floral border, height: 16 cm and smaller
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An Art Deco moulded glass vase, circa 1930s, the frosted globular vase with arching panels of roses, flute patterns to the neck, marked Made in France in relief underside, height: 20.5 cm
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A mixed group of coloured glasswares, Bohemian and other, early to mid 20th century, a red flash glass urn and matching bell with Rococo and scenic etched designs, a ruffle edged dish in clear turquoise having a quilted design and an opalescent rim, and a moulded bowl in clear glass with amber trims, height: 23 cm (vase)
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A Moderne Daum glass vase and two items by Baccarat, mid 20th century, a heavy gauge freeform vase of flaring square form with handkerchief points, mark of Daum France with cross of Lorraine to lower body, a Baccarat petal form bowl on a hexagonal base and matching pot with domed lid, both with Baccarat stencil marks, height: 23 cm and smaller
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A novelty Art Deco opalescent glass snail cocktail pick holder, 1920s-30s, In the style of Sabino, a moulded stylised snail with a silver plated aperture to the back for holding cocktail picks, unmarked, height: 6 cm, width 12 cm
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Two antique cut glass decanters, 19th to early 20th century, a late Victorian shaft and globe decanter with lens cuts to the body and stopper, starburst to base (small flaw to shaft), and a mallet shaped decanter with a slender pointed arch motif to the body, and a faceted stopper with a trapped bubble, height: 27 cm and smaller
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A small mid century cased blue vase, circa 1960s, an oval vase with thick flat cut rim, having a vertical textured finish in the manner of Scandinavian or British glass, pattern number 3093 (probably) underside to the flat base, height: 12 cm
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A group of three vintage glass items, early 20th century, probably French, comprising a carafe, a pitcher and a double handled bowl, with simple cuts and etched designs, the carafe and pitcher with polished pontils, the bowl with a starburst base, height: 21.5 cm (decanter)
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Two crystal vases, a heavy gauge thistle shaped pedestal vase with a diamond point frieze and slice cuts to the everted rim and lower body, a notched base with a star burst, and a Polish rose bowl by Sudety with bold incisions and fan cuts, with remnant label, height: 26 cm and 16 cm
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A Kosta Boda blue 'Floating Flowers' vase by Olle Brozen, the tapering cased vase with mottled and speckled lily forms in cobalt and white, with polished pontil, etched mark and O. Brozen signature, with numerals underside (indistinct), decal to rim, height: 21.5 cm
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Two vintage Venetian style gilt decorated glass tazze and a similar plate, 20th century, Two tazze with domed bases, slender applied buttresses with pincered terminals and everted bowls with gilt Florentine borders, and an intaglio gilt decorated dessert plate with a grapevine border, height: 10.5 cm, diameter 18 cm (tazza) Diameter 20.5 cm (plate)
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Two Kosta Boda 'Satellite' art glass vessels by Bertil Vallien (B.1938), designed 1992, a flattened high shouldered vase, number 80107, and a large bowl, number 50107, both with white enamel spatter effect with red, blue and red inflections and panels of distressed bronze leaf, each item signed and numbered, label also to vase, height: 28 cm (vase), height: 12 cm, diameter 21.5 cm (bowl)
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Two Kosta Boda art glass vessels by Bertil Vallien (B. 1938) and Kjell Engman (B.1946), a small orange red cased moonflask vase with random coloured spatter effect, signed, and number 1717 2016 (?), a limited edition of 1000, and a tall swollen textured grey cased vase with clear collar and base, an applied prunt with frosted fossil motif, number 40014, signed Kjell Engman; both with Kosta Boda labels, height: 45 cm and 13.5 cm
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A silver rimmed glass 'Seaweed and Sea Urchins' bowl by Sabino, circa 1930s, model 9063, Minerva mark and partial maker's mark to silver rim, the large moulded and frosted bowl with urchins and flowing seaweeds, sea urchins forming tripod feet, moulded mark of Sabino France to centre, height: 8 cm, diameter 31 cm
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A German porcelain trinket box, circa 1900, Swaine & Co. Humlttensteinach, design 2317, a shaped covered box with a bird and flower decorated cartouche with gilt enrichments upon a speckle glazed peacock blue ground, impressed design number and green backstamp underside, height: 6 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 10 cm
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A pair of Spode 'Flower Embossed' dessert plates, circa 1815-1820, pattern number 1918, lobed plates with gilded edges having three moulded sprays of dog rose and daisy forms between polychrome sprays, centred with a loose bunch and scattered sprigs, unmarked, iron red pattern numbers to both, diameter 21.5 cm
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A group of three antique ceramic creamers, circa 1800-1835, All of swollen lobed form, including a pink and purple copper lustre creamer with floral designs, unmarked, a Pountney & Allies earthenware rose transferware creamer, impressed marks, a Davenport Rococo shaped creamer with black seaweed decoration picked out in gilt, Davenport rectangular mark underside
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A Limoges vieux Paris Porcelain monteith, 20th century, the moulded body with gilt tipped rims and lug handles, with a gold ground cartouche profusely decorated with coloured blooms and flanked by festoons, a floral bunch to the reverse, both marked Limoges, Vieux Paris, Limoges and other marks underside, height: 14.5 cm, length 29 cm, width 21 cm
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A fine pair of Berlin (KPM) porcelain covered jars, first quarter 20th century, Well moulded and finely ribbed with large bird of prey finials, decorated with polychrome posies, sprigs and gilt enrichments upon a white ground, and pairs of moulded gilded wreaths enclosing 18th century style romantic couples, an acanthus lappet border to the lower register, underglaze blue sceptre mark underside, height: 35 cm
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An eighty eight piece Royal Doulton dinner 'Valleyfield' service, 1953-1969, production period, pattern H 4911, a service for eight place settings in dove grey and white with a trailing floral border, comprising: dinner, entree plates, tea and coffee cups with associated saucers, soup coupes and saucers, small dessert bowls, side plates, two tureens with covers, two large platters, a gravy boat and saucer, backstamps underside, length 38 cm, width 30.5 cm (platter)
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A porcelain figure of an 18th century gentleman, early 20th century, probably Paris porcelain with La Cortille style crossed feather baton marks, a polychrome gentleman figure with a long curled wig, frock coat, breeches and carrying a tricorn hat, supported by a tree trunk and raised on a Rococo base, underglaze blue marks to hollowed base, height: 23.5 cm
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A Lladro 'Making house Calls' figurine, issued 1996 and retired 1998, model 6317, by Salvador Furió, a typically elongated figure in a top hat, carrying a Gladstone bag, decorated in a typically muted Lladro palette, blue backstamps and impressed model number underside, height: 37 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Hibiscus' vase, 1970s, a frieze of tubelined coral hibiscus flowers upon a solid olive green ground, marked Moorcroft with impressed Made in England marks underside, height: 13.5 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Magnolia' vase and a 'Queen's Choice' dish, 1990 and 2000, a small waisted globular vase with shell pink tubelined magnolia blooms upon a cobalt ground, Moorcroft impressed mark, gold pen signature and date, and a richly decorated Queen's Choice dish by Emma Bossons dish with luscious figs, grapes, berries and foliage upon a mottled blue ground, Moorcroft Stoke on Trent mark, monogram, cipher and painted date underside, height: 9.5 cm (vase) Diameter 12 cm (plate)
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A Moorcroft Flambe 'Orchid' pedestal dish, circa 1950s, original pattern drawn by William Moorcroft in 1937, Tubelined orchid blooms and foliage in rich dark colours upon a modulating flambe ground, Moorcroft Royal warrant label for late Queen Mary underside and number 205, height: 6 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A fine Moorcroft 'Pomegranate' tazza, 1918-1929 period, decorated with a continuous tubelined border and a split fruit to the centre in rich plum and purple tones with varied green foliage upon a mottled Prussian blue green ground, with painted green William Moorcroft signature, impressed Moorcroft mark, M 67, and Made in England (from 1918 onwards), height: 13.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
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A pair of Delft covered vases in the cashmere palette, late 19th century, octagonal ribbed baluster vases with conforming domed covers with green lion finials, decorated throughout with panels of flora in blue, iron red, yellow, aubergine and green colours upon a cream ground, underglaze initials, LF, in red underside, height: 51 cm
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A French porcelain Veilleuse teapot, early 20th century, a baluster teapot supported in a waisted stand with a small burner, decorated with hand painted floral borders, sprigs, gilt enrichments and bands, gold crossed marks underside, height: 25 cm
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A Limoges vieux Paris Porcelain and bronze mounted tazza, 20th century, the oval body decorated with a gold ground cartouche with coloured blooms and festoons, a floral bunch to the reverse marked A. Callot-Grue, with gilt bronze griffin handles and a shaped base, Vieux Paris backstamps underside, height: 24 cm, length 28 cm, width 14 cm
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A Lladro, 'Flowers of the Season' figurine, issued 1983, model 1454, by Jose Puche, a lavishly decorated model of a flower seller girl beneath an umbrella with her barrow laden with encrusted flowers, with a wooden display stand, backstamps underside (and original box), height: 30 cm, length 25 cm, width 18 cm
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A pair of Spanish faience covered jars, second half 20th century, Manises, Spain, baluster jars with domed lids freely decorated with maroon flowers and green foliage on a white ground, impressed mark of Manises Spain underside, height: 24.5 cm
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A Swedish parian ware pitcher, second half 19th century, Gustavsberg, the pitcher of compressed form with an ornate sea nymph handle and mermaid and merman figures to the neck united by a cupid atop a shell, the lower body with patterned panels and a bearded maskhead, backstamp underside, height: 26 cm
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