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The Spring Auction Series, Part II — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:433
Sale Title:The Spring Auction Series, Part IILots with images:433
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:302
Date:28-Nov-2022
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Two Georgian opaque twist stem glasses, circa 1760, one with a slender funnel shaped bowl, the other of rounded funnel form, both with a double series twist stem to a conical foot with a rough pontil, 20 cm high
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A Turkoman knotted rug, Afghanistan, late-twentieth century, 201 x 153 cm
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A small green hardstone carving of a penguin, 6.5 cm high
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Two Georgian opaque double twist ale glasses, 18th century, the bell shaped glasses with trapped bubble motifs upon broad conical bases with snapped pontils, 17.5 cm high
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Two Georgian cordial glasses, 18th century, one glass on a drawn stem, the other of bell shape with a knopped stem, both with trapped bubbles, and raised on a stepped spreading foot with snapped pontils, 16 cm high
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Three Georgian cordial glasses, 18th century, two glasses with ogee bowls raised on facet cut stems, one with etched oriental scenes, the other with gilded flowers and sprigs, and a bucket shape double twist glass etched with a basket of flowers and a pheasant, all three with snapped pontils, 15.5 cm high
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Three etched Georgian glasses, 1780s, two with drawn stems and etched borders, one with a rosebud design to the body, the other with a faceted stem and a trapped bubble motif, delicately engraved with neoclassical festoons and rosettes, 11.5 cm high
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A Montblanc Meisterstuck LeGrand calligraphy fountain pen, introduced in 1924, the gold mounted cap and barrel crafted in black resin with white Montblanc emblem inlaid cap top, 18K solid gold flexible nib
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A small bronze antiquity, head of a cow on a later stand, 6.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze mounted Bohemia cut crystal bowl, with scrolling acanthus motifs and swags, standing on four dolphin form feet, 32 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A Russian 500 Rouble, 1912, 12 x 26.5 cm (image size), 20 x 35 x 3 cm (frame size)
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A landscape vase, 20th century, painted with a continuous lakeside scene and an inscription in black to one side, 24.5 cm high
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A group of four antique engravings of cattle, 19th century, coloured engravings of prized cattle, a coloured engraving of a Swiss bull, and a black and white engraving, Swiss cattle by Bonheur, all housed in wooden frames, three with Spencer Scott Sandilands, antique print and map gallery labels, 13 cm high, 20.5 cm wide approx
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A small collection of books together with a framed antique surgeon's degree, including first editions and Flynn of the Inland, Agatha Christie, Steinbeck's Omnibus
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An Anglo-Indian brass bound mahogany writing box, 19th century, with brass studding, mounts and lock-plates, signed S. C. Dass, 23 cm high, 45 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A collection of gentlemans desk accessories including a gilded Dunhill table lighter, comprising two vintage gold Parker pens together with two vintage table lighters and a Scandinavian pen rest, the largest lighter 8.5 cm high
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A vintage gold plated fountain pen by swan, in green velvet lined retail case, 13 cm long
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A collection of engine turned decorated propelling pencils by Caran D'Ache, Swiss, including a Bang & Olufsen ballpoint pen, the largest 13.5 cm long
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Two boxed sets of sterling silver and polychrome enamel spoons by David Andersen, Norway, mid 20th century, guilloche enamel tea and ice scream spoons with decorative finials, hallmarked to each element, 13 cm long and smaller
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A collection of facet cut crystal glassware, comprising wine goblets, champagne coupes, port and aperitif or liqueur glasses each standing on a hexagonal base, together with a set of dessert or finger bowls, unmarked, the largest goblet 17.5 cm high
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A dinner service by Booths for six place settings, with a gilded scale decoration upon a navy ground and comprising six dinner, entree and side plates, six kidney shaped dishes, a gravy boat and a circular lidded tureen, the largest dinner plate 25 cm diameter
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A floral upholstered wingback chair, on cabriole legs, 123 cm high
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A bone handled magnifying glass, together with an English pub sign, the magnifying glass in a mahogany case with a brass anchor form cartouche, the magnifying glass 24.5 cm long
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A three drawer fruitwood hall table, in a lightly distressed finish, the drawers with with swan neck brass handles and raised on square section legs with spandrel decorations, 85 cm high, 167 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A decorative gilded ginger jar style lamp, together with a conforming vase, each with gold embellishments and the lamp with a conical white shade, the lamp 55 cm high
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A gilded demitasse coffee set by Tiffany & Co, in black with gilt borders comprising eight coffee cans and associated saucers, gilded factory and retailers marks to base, the coffee cans 6 cm high
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A pair of modernist style chrome, glass and acrylic standard lamp tables, with white linen shades and raised on ebonised bases, 170 cm high
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A large tufted wool designer rug by Customweave, featuring bold stylised honeysuckle and leaf motifs in aubergine and green colours upon an olive brown field, label verso, 328.5 x 239 cm
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A pair of generously proportioned cream stripe upholstered chairs, with rollover side wings and deep seats above valance bases, 72 cm high, 86 cm wide, 91 cm deep
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A vintage style resin coated wicker table suite, comprising four woven back chairs and a glass top table with flaring supports and a domed base, the table 74 cm high, 92 cm diameter
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A pair of wicker square back chairs with cushion seats, 73 cm high, 97 cm wide, 91 cm deep
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An uplight floor lamp, late 20th century, the black metal framed lamp with an inverted pyramid faux stone shade and a conforming base, 188 cm high
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A large travertine coffee table, 36 cm high, 166 cm wide, 124 cm deep
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A large outdoor glazed urn with lug handles, ovoid with a waisted neck and patterned girdle, glazed in a slightly opalescent black, 100 cm high
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A chrome reed form floor lamp, 147 cm high
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A large weathered teak garden bench, length of back 180 cm
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A rustic reeded wood pedestal, with a lotus base in the south East Asian style, 77 cm high, 28 cm diameter
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A rustic antique style elm blanket box, with mortise and tenon joins, twin hinged flaps, iron studs and corners, 50 cm high, 152 cm wide, 71 cm deep
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A pair of Victorian style cast metal outdoor lantern heads, 93 cm high
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A set of four weathered teak outdoor bar armchairs, 115 cm high
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A wing back upholstered Queen size bedhead, in silver toned textured upholstery, 150 cm high, 170 cm wide, 36.5 cm deep
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A French style metal divan, American, 20th century, with an arching back and scrolling arms, together with a linen upholstered seat and matching cushions, 103 cm high, 165 cm wide, 78 cm deep
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A chrome framed glass top occasional table, with 'X' form supports to a square base, 47 cm high, 65 cm wide, 65 cm deep
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A pure new wool rug by Tefzet, Munich, the collection 'Event' rug with a central imaginary coat of arms with winged horses to the black and cream field within a rope twist band and a broad gold border, label for Manufactur Tefzet Munchen to label verso, 240 x 170 cm
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A Tang-style pottery figure of a lady, standing, wearing loosely draped robes, her hair drawn into a triple chignon, traces of white slip, fitted wood box, 26 cm high
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A contemporary ceramic 'Thread' vase, by Lee Marshall, signed Lee Marshall to base, 31 cm high, note, Lee Marshall is a Perth based ceramicist who works also in glass
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A group of four ivory 'Piano key' framed portrait miniatures, early to mid 20th century, half length and bust portraits of women in historic dress, the largest 14 cm high, 12 cm wide
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A collection of ten handmade cream silk boudoir cushions, of various shapes, sizes and patterns to adorn the bed and associated furniture
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A woollen carpet with a traditional Turkish design, 'Karastan' production, USA, contemporary, 280 x 175 cm
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A carved mahogany hanging mirror, early 20th century with a cusped arching profile and a carved and pierced vegetal crest, further floral carved details to the lower sides and base, 115 x 84 cm
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A figural cast brass door stop, featuring a goat nibbling a bowed tree and raised on a tiered rectangular cast iron base, 29 cm high
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A collection of reproduction fashion prints, coloured prints with descriptions of Victorian and Edwardian fashion conventions, framed, each print 25 x 19 cm
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A collection of mixed glassware including flutes and Villeroy & Boch, the highball glasses 15.5 cm high
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A group of small cut crystal dishes, salts and a comport, comprising butter, jam and bon bon dishes, salts, and a deep comport with leaf designs, the comport 14.5 cm high, 20.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Bing & Grondhal 'Snowdrop' vases, Denmark, in a typical soft grey and blue palette, backstamps underside, numbered 57/254 with decorator's initials L.M., 13.5 cm high
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A trio of porcelain 'Les Lithophanies' votive light holders, by Bernardaud, Limoges, white bisque holders comprising three different designs, boxed with associated paperwork, the largest 6.9 cm high
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A pair of cast iron dog form bookends, 16 cm high
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A collection of painted and gilded porcelain, comprising a Paragon plate, a Paragon trio, a Burleigh milk jug and a Limoges hors d'ouvres duo, the largest plate 28 cm diameter
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A cobalt blue glass bowl by Stephen Morris, Australia, etched signature to the partly polished pontil: Stephen Morris, 26 cm diameter
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Two Royal Worcester bird ornaments, Fledgling wren, 1977 and Fledgling goldfinch, 1978, backstamps underside with decorator's initials, 10 cm high
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A Royal Doulton flambe cat and a duck, together with NZ Marlestone cat ornament, backstamps to base of figures and label to cat, 12 cm high
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A partial 'Mariposa' pattern tea set by Villeroy & Boch, together with a tureen, Villeroy & Boch backstamps to all underside, the tureen 18 cm high, 18 cm diameter
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A modern enamel decorated frosted glass vase, in the Austrian style after Michael Powolny, 17.5 cm high
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A series of six small antique prints depicting various subjects, 19th century, Spencer Scott Sandilands gallery prints featuring botanical, natural history and ornithological themes, a figural scene, 'Sport in the Highlands', and an ethnological hand coloured print, 'Neuhollandische Schiffahrt', 22 x 24 largest framed print
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A pierced Dresden Deutsche-Blumen cabinet plate, 19th century, the basketweave border with three floral decorated rococo cartouches, centred with a hand painted floral posy and small sprays, crossed batons with Meissen Marcolini style mark to base, 23 cm diameter
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A pair of Mexican Amate folk art paintings, naive village scenes in bright polychrome colours on bark and mounted on board, 46 x 64 cm total size, 32 x 54 cm approximate image size
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A Mason's Ironstone jug and a novelty Prattware tankard, 19th century, the brightly coloured Mason's hydra jug with a snake handle decorated with oriental motifs and an early Victorian tankard with topers in relief to the exterior and a surprise frog to the interior, unmarked, 16 cm high
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A set of three Victorian cast iron outdoor chairs, 19th century, the chairs with looping anthemion splats above pierced seats and decorative skirts, together with a table base, the base 70 cm high, 64 cm wide
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A set of three French botanical prints, circa 1860, comprising, Caraguata van Volxemi, Caraguata Linguata, various. Cardinalis, and Zeronema Morrei, coloured bookplates, label of Spencer Scott Sandilands, the antique print and map gallery to each, image 33 cm high, 24 cm wide, frames 57 cm high, 47 cm wide
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Two portrait miniatures, mid 20th century, a Gainsborough style lady with a plumed hat in a 'Piano key' tiled frame and an oval portrait of a young woman in 19th century attire in a pressed metal frame, 14.5 cm high, 10 cm wide
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A Victorian flame mahogany toilet mirror, standing on a serpentine base, 88 cm high, 66 cm wide and 29 cm deep
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A George III mahogany single drawer side table, 18th century, the brass pendant handles with flower form escutcheons, 74 cm high, 76 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A large collection of Australian and international coins, mostly 20th century, including silver sixpences, three pences, crowns and florins
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A Victorian style brass banquet lamp, English, with a moulded ombre copper toned glass shade, a clear glass font and raised on a Corinthian style column to a square base, 68 cm high
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A set four Chinese watercolours on silk, 20th century, depicting auspicious flora including magnolia, plum blossom and bamboo with butterflies and a song bird on buff coloured silk, each with two character signature and one seal, 18 cm high, 22 cm wide
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A pine cased Admiral Fitzroy's barometer, thermometer, circa 1880, with a later paper scale and thermometer marked, 'T. Gaunt, maker, Melbourne', 95 cm high
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A silky oak mounted stick barometer by Slc, circa 1930s, with paper scale and brass and copper fittings, 90 cm long
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A carved oak mantel barometer and clock, early 20th century, by L.Gasella of London, the clock with a Roman dial set within an pierced oak frame featuring cornucopia and floral details above a plinth base, 42 cm high 45 cm wide 10 cm deep
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A carved oak cased aneroid banjo barometer by Negretti & Zambra, London, circa 1910, numbered 28143, 94 cm high
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A collection of desk and travelling clock barometer/thermometers, 1930's-1950's, comprising a leather cased travelling barometer/thermometer by Negretti & Zambra of London, a German made chrome desk clock retailed through T. Gaunt & Co, Melbourne, and a German gilt metal clock barometer/thermometer, the chrome desk piece 12 x 15 cm
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An oak refectory table, with a relief carved frieze above turned legs with a stretcher base, 75 cm high, 168 cm wide, 71 cm deep
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An oak cased aneroid barometer, the brushed silver dial with a curved thermometer gauge, 25 cm diameter
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A set of four Victorian mahogany side chairs in the French manner, mid 19th century, balloon back chairs with pierced mid rails and serpentine stuffover seats above cabriole legs
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An ornate pressed metal framed mirror, Indian, 20th century, the timber framed and backed wall mirror having an applied embossed silvered sheath, 87 x 87 cm
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An Enoch Wood earthenware Toby jug, the Spotty man, circa 1800, the comical seated character figure with a tricorn hat, bulbous nose with spots in relief and holding a beer pot and a pipe, in original enamel colours and raised on a shaped platform, painted numerals 52 to base, 25.5 cm high, 12 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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A knotted pile carpet, Ersari Turkoman tribe, Central Asia, twentieth century, 170 x 120 cm
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A small knotted pile carpet, china, mid 20th century, 128 x 65 cm
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A knotted pile carpet, West Iran, Hamadan district, early-twentieth century, 210 x 138 cm
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A Chelsea porcelain fluted cup, circa 1750, finely painted in the Vincennes style with botanical specimens, the reverse with sprigs, and a single sprig to the interior, the scalloped edge picked out with a brown line, kiln spur marks to base, unmarked, 5 cm high
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Two Japanese wood block prints, one depicting a maiden, the other a winter's landscape, framed, 47 x 36 cm and 48 x 37 cm[
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A collection of Webb and Moser crystal stemware, together with a group of crystal water glasses, comprising fifteen water glasses in two designs, unmarked; six sherry, a boxed set of six liqueur glasses and twelve champagne glasses in lady Hamilton design by Moser, and twelve Webb champagne coupes with star and lens cut motifs, stencil marks of Moser & Webb to the bases, the largest glass 15 cm high
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A flame mahogany bow front sideboard, in the Georgian style, the surface with broad cross banded borders, a central drawer and flanked by twin drawers, all with swing handles and raised on tapering square section legs with spade feet, 92 cm high, 184 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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A Shelley 'Peaches and Grapes' pattern porcelain afternoon tea set, circa 1927, comprising approximately twenty pieces including trios, a sandwich plate, sugar bowl and milk jug, of octagonal profile with transfer designs and black rims, green backstamps, pattern 11498 and registration marks to the base, the sandwich plate 20 x 24 cm
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A large wide Asmat war shield, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 138 cm high, 64 cm wide
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A large wide Asmat war shield, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 142 cm high, 65 cm wide
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A tall Asmat war shield, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 173 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A medium sized Asmat war shield, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 121 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A bronze portrait plaque of St Peter, Italian workshops, 17-18th century, 14 cm high, 12 cm wide
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A carved wood crocodile, Bozo tribe, Mali, West Africa, early 20th century, 157 cm long
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A cream brocade upholstered sofa, length of back 228 cm
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