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Auction House:Sotheby'sNumber of lots recorded:550
Sale Title:The Connoisseur's CollectionLots with images:329
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:376
Date:30-Oct-2007
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A mahogany triple top card, games and tea table, English, 18th century, the shaped folding top above the frieze on cabriole legs and pad feet, with interesting little thumb catch attachment 90 cm wide, 91 cm deep, 72 cm high
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A mahogany arm chair, English, 18th century and later the rectangular upholstered back, sides and seat above blind fretwork legs and pierced stretcher
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A mahogany kneehole desk, English, 18th century the rectangular top above central secretaire drawer, flanked by three sets of graduated drawers on bracket feet. Width 108 cm. Depth 67 cm. Height 92 cm
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An important mahogany desk, English, 18th century the rectangular top with leather inset, above a fluted frieze above long slim drawer and flanked by two sets of drawers, the other side incorporating two cupboard cavities with gilt bronze metal fitting throughout 150 cm wide, 86 cm deep, 89 cm high
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A Walnut Marquetry Chest of Drawers, English, Late 17th century the rectangular top, cornered with floral marquetry, depicting birds and floral motifs above an arrangement of drawers on bun feet 79 cm wide, 58 cm deep, 95 cm high
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A walnut cupboard, Italian, 17th century and later the rectangular top above a single short drawer, and central cupboard, flanked by fluted pilasters on lion paw feet, 71 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 91 cm high
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An oak arm chair, English, 19th century the shaped carved and pierced back, above square seat, supported on baluster turned legs
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An Oak Canopied Bed, English, 19th century the carved rectangular canopy, above carved frieze and profusely decorated head panel, supported by carved columns on pedestal base 186 cm wide, 226 cm deep, 234 cm high
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A 17th century style pine wood chest, English, the hinged rectangular top, front with three moulded panels and iron escutcheons on decorative feet 152 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 60 cm high
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A large and impressive 17th century style walnut armoire, Dutch the everted pediment, with central carved cartouche, above two cupboards profusely carved throughout depicting figures, putti and scrolling acanthus leaves, above two short drawers on bun feet 216 cm wide, 99 cm deep, 214 cm high
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A 16th century style walnut side cabinet, Italian the rectangular top above two panelled cupboard doors, flanked by fluted pilasters. Width 209 cm. Depth 68 cm. Height 120 cm
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A Lacquered Cabinet, Circa 1700, On Later Stand the fall decorated with ducks in flight, opening to reveal an arrangement of drawers and compartments on a modern stand 113 cm wide, 47 cm deep, 175 cm high
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A Mahogany Gentleman's Linen Press, English, 18th Century inlaid throughout in satinwood and rosewood, the everted pediment above two oval panelled doors and three graduated drawers, with shaved apron on splayed feet 131 cm wide, 64 cm deep, 226 cm high
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A late 19th century large marble topped ormolu mounted marquetry bow fronted commode, French the marble top above two long drawers profusely decorated with still life panels, putti and floral swags, the sides with ormolu caryatids 210 cm wide, 77 cm deep, 96 cm high
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A pair of 18th century style console tables with display compartments, English each with glazed compartment, above a scrolling frieze, supported by an Imperial eagle on plinth. Width 67 cm. Depth 57 cm. Height 109 cm
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A rosewood work table, English, mid-19th century the rectangular top, above an open recess work box compartment on ring turned stretcher base
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An oak coffer, English, 19th century the hinged four panelled top, the front panel with carved stylized floral panels. Width 142 cm. Depth 60 cm. Height 61 cm
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An oak coffer, English, 19th century the hinged three panelled top, the front with three panels, on square feet. Width 109 cm. Depth 56 cm. Height 60 cm
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An Australian Cedar Glazed Bookcase, Circa 1850 of good proportion, with glazed top above two cabinet doors 128 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 244 cm high
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A large marble figure of Augustus Caesar, Italian, 19th century the figure standing in contrapasto pose, his right hand raised in address, clad in amour with robes on a circular base
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A Large and Impressive Marble Sculpture of 'the Three Graces', Signed F. Vichi, Late 19th century depicting three scantily clad young maidens, perched on a crested waved platform, supported on a mottled green marble column and octagonal base 212 cm high
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After Antoine Coysevox 'Le Berger Fluteur' A Patinated Bronze Figure, 19th century the hunter resting on a tree stump playing the flute with a goatskin flung over his lap and a young satyr seated behind
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An Impressive Metal and Bronze Garden Statuary Figure 'Shell Boy', 19th century the figure with good patination holding a large clam shell above his head, his foot resting on a conch shell on square plinth and base numbered 128, 125 cm high
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Auguste Moreau 'Innocent love', gilt bronze figural group the busts depicting of young boy giving a young girl a kiss on her cheek, on green marble shaped base, bearing inscription salon des beaux arts and on bronze ribbon 'Baiser Fraternel', signed Aug. Moreau
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Large Flemish verdure landscape tapestry of a chateau in a woodland with ducks swimming amongst reeds in a pond to the foreground, birds, a rabbit, a dog and deer amongst the trees and the outline of village spires in the distance, rendered in various shades of green, beige, ochre and brown, all within a four sided border woven with floral motifs
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A 17th Century Stumpwork Picture, English 1660 - 1685 the pale cream satin sewn with a variety of stitches and techniques, a central couple holding hands with onlookers and amongst a proliferation of animals and floral motifs, the right hand corner with a depiction from the Old Testament with Judith, a rich Jewish widow saving the city of Bethulia by seducing and then slaying Holofernes, Nebuchadnezzar's general. Judith is holding the decapitated head and then the Holofernes head is also on a stake…
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A pair of Charles II stumpwork pictures, late 17th century the satin ground worked with a variety of stitches and techniques and padded silk faces, one depicting a nobleman on horseback being welcomed to a castle by a trumpeter and the other depicting a nobleman on horseback and his companion approaching a town with a young woman seated on the ground near the entrance 16.5 cm x 26 cm and 17 cm x 27 cm
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Count Agostino Marazzani-Visconti (1853-1914) bronze figure titled 'Arab rider', the figure clad in a tunic and turban, seated on his spirited horse, leaning over to the right side and shading his eyes with his right hand as he looks to the distance
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A fine Russian niello and silver gilt sword shashqua, awarded to His Royal Highness the grand Duke Michael Nicol'vich for Valour, 1866 the neillo and silver gilt hilt decorated with floral and foliage motifs, the pommel ear engraved in Cyrillic 'For Valour', the scabbard mounts are en-suite and the locket engraved in Cyrillic and translates 'To His Imperial Highness the Commander in Chief of the Caucasian army, from the Nizhgorod Dragoon Regiment 5th February 1866', the blade has a curved single edge with…
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Artist unknown, great Britain, late 19th century, the three Marys at the Empty Tomb, oil on three panels left: oil on hessian 159.7 x 140 cm. Charcoal composition sketch on reverse. Centre: oil on hessian 159.7 x 177.5 cm. Right: oil on canvas, 160 x 134 cm. The pre-Raph'lite style which flourished in the 1850s had a long half-life, persisting well into the twentieth-century, These three panels are a fine example of the 'Second Generation' of pre-Raph'lite medievalism, and probably date from the 1880s or…
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A Fine Pair of 'Verde Antico' and Ormolu Urns the ovoid bodies overlaid with flower and vine garland swags, a wide band of acanthus leaf and flowers around base, the handles each a writhen snake, rope twist rims, circular foot and square gilded plinth 51 cm high
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A silk Kashan, central Iran, early 20th century the ivory field decorated with multiple floral motifs, birds, scrolling vines within border of palmettes to red ground 126 cm by 205 cm
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Armorial tapestry centred by two impressive lions supporting a coat of arms, a Crown and mask below on a blue ground within a foliate scroll border
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A blackwood longcase clock Australian German Gustav Becker movement, Westminster and Whittington chimes, timber dial, Arabic numerals, case enhanced with gum-nut decoration
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A Rare Australian Games Table, By Captain Henry Bayles Ford, Circa 1860 the circular top inlaid with various woods including blackwood, musk and cedar, centered with an inlaid chess board with a band of pale Australian wood to the border, supported on a gun barrel stem on three generous legs details available from family documents here at the Melbourne office Captain Henry Ford was the Otway lighthouse keeper from 1848-78, he had a workshop at the light house and he was highly regarded for his…
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'the Cox Desk', A Rare and Important Australian Colonial Twin Pedestal Desk, New South Wales, Circa 1845 the rectangular top inset with leather, cross-banded cedar veneer and thumbnail moulded edge, a central drawer flanked by three graduated drawers to each pedestal, original locks and turned knobs, raised on eight squat turned legs This desk has been traced to the descendants of William Cox of the pioneering Cox family. The desk was originally owned by Charles Clarendon Cox (1831-1878) grandson of…
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