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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:439
Sale Title:The Autumn Auction Series, Part ILots with images:439
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:296
Date:28-May-2023
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A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mantel clock with Sevres style decoration, 19th century, the drum head with laurel leaf embellishment enclosing an enamel dial with Roman numerals, minute markings and pierced gilt hands, the body with swags, whorls and frieze decorations, with key & pendulum, 30 cm high
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A Coalbrookdale side chair designed by Christopher Dresser, 1861, Gothic and Egyptian inspired with a faux buttoned cushion seat, registration lozenge to the upper rail, 134 cm high
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A pair of Louis XV style walnut bergeres, with arching backs, squab seats and rollover arms, upholstered in a red, grey and cream stripe fabric, the frame with carved floral details and cabriole legs
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A Persian silk rug, Kashan, mid 20th century, with a plum toned floral lozenge and a profusion of floral motifs and tendrils upon a cobalt field, with decorated plum tone spandrels and enclosed by a similarly toned wide floral border, 196 x 136 cm
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A Persian wool runner with silk highlights, Tabriz, mid 20th century, with medallions and profusely decorated with vegetal motifs upon a blood red field, enclosed by a narrow cream border, 375 x 83 cm
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A small Persian dark blue wool rug with silk highlights, Nain, mid 20th century, with a central lozenge and profuse floral decoration on an ink blue field, with cream, tan and pale blue spandrels and conforming borders, 155 x 112 cm
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A small cream wool Persian rug with silk highlights, Qum, mid 20th century, with a star shaped medallion and a profusion of floral motifs in tan, maroon and blue colours upon a cream field and enclosed by a light tan border and narrow ornamented bands, 132 x 81 cm
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Two George III sterling silver teapots, Charles Hougham, London 1786, and Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith I, London 1803, a shaped 'Oil can' teapot with a fruitwood handle and knop embossed with floral motifs, and; a neoclassical style teapot with a gadroon edge, anthemion and acanthus engraving, and an ebonised handle and ivory finial, both crisply hallmarked underside, the largest 15.5 cm high, 900gms total weight
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A George II/III sterling silver coffee pot with later decoration, partial maker's marks to body, Charles fox I to handle, 18th to early 19th century, profusely decorated in the rococo revival manner, having a floral finial and a striking boar's head handle terminal, decorated to a shell cartouche with a bacchanalian cupid pouring wine from the back of camel, family crest to cartouche verso, 24 cm high, 1165gms
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A comprehensive 142 piece English and Scottish sterling silver King's pattern flatware service, various dates and makers, comprising fish, entree, main knives with associated forks, accompanied by soup, dessert and tea spoons, and including a sauce ladle, two mustard spoons and a sugar shovel, hallmarked to all elements, 7110gms excluding knives
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A forty five piece sterling silver Queens rosette flatware service, various dates and makers, comprising 15 large and 15 small forks, two butter knives, sugar tongs, and twelve steel hollow handle and steel table knives of a differing design, the knives 26.5 cm long, total weight of silver excluding knives 2610gms
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An Art Deco sterling silver and cornflower blue guilloche enamel vanity set, Charles S. Green & Co, Birmingham 1930, eighteen items including a hand mirror, various brushes, scent and atomiser bottles, jewellery box, all marked in relief to a central cartouche, 'Helen', and a range of accessory items; also includes an additional hair brush, the largest mirror 36 cm long
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A harlequin suite of Scottish Georgian and Victorian fiddle pattern sterling silver flatware, various makers, Edinburgh, Glasgow, early 19th century and later, thirty four pieces including thirteen main forks, probably Robert Keay I Edinburgh; six table spoons, Mitchell & Sons, Glasgow; eight dessert spoons, James Newlands Edinburgh; five teaspoons, George Sangster, Edinburgh and Aberdeen punch; and a sauce ladle, Peter Aitken, Glasgow, total silver weight 1630gms
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A George V sterling silver ink stand, James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield 1910, an oval fitted box with engraved initials and two crystal ink bottles with silver tops on a shaped and tiered stand with a reed and ribbon edge, hallmarked to the surface, 10.5 cm high, 32 cm long, 22.5 cm deep, 1020gms (without ink bottles)
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A sterling silver twin handle presentation cup, Thomas Wallis I, London 1777, the heavy gauge cup with an applied rim, reeded girdle and a domed pedestal base, hallmarked underside, later engraved initials, 11.5 cm high, 330gms
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A set of eight parcel-gilt wine beakers by Stuart Devlin, London, 1969, the straight-sided conical beakers gilt washed to the interiors and raised on pierced freeform wrigglework bases, each 15.5 cm high, total weight of silver 2095gms
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A Victorian sterling silver chocolate pot, John Henry Rawlings, London 1891, the pear shaped pot gadroon decorated to the lower body and domed lid, with an ebonised handle and raised on pad feet, 21 cm high, 485gms
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An engraved sterling silver vase by Tiffany & Co, New York, 1902-1907 period, an elegant Art Nouveau inspired baluster vase of lobed form with engraved foliate details to the neck and body, and an embossed border to the footrim, stamp of Tiffany & Co, and numbered 11579 C 225, and marked sterling, 39 cm high, 1295gms total weight of silver
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A Norse inspired four piece sterling silver coffee service, Adie Bros. Ltd, Birmingham 1938, the baluster service comprising coffee and water pots, creamer and a twin handle sugar basin, with applied Celtic borders and knot decorations, the coffee pot with a dragon head spout, the other elements with dragon terminals, hallmarked to all pieces, the water pot 23 cm high, 1775gms total weight
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A George III sterling silver meat platter with engraved armorial for the Duke of Cambridge, Paul Storr, London, 1808, engraved to the lip with the Duke of Cambridge armorial surrounded by a garter bearing the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ('Evil to him who evil thinks'), symbolising the order of the Garter, and the initials 'Am' opposite and enclosed by a gadroon rim, hallmarked underside, 1615gms total silver weight, 29.5 x 43.5 cm
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A fifty four piece German .800 silver cutlery service for six place settings by Bremer Silberwarenfabrik, Bremen, early to mid 20th century, comprising main knives and forks, entree knives and forks, fish knives and forks, soup, dessert and teaspoons, and a large ladle, with crown and crescent marks and torch trademark to each piece, the ladle 33 cm long, 2280gms total weight of silver excluding main and entree knives
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A Russian niello .875 silver box, pre 1896, and an Art Deco sterling silver box, Saunders, shepherd & Co Ltd, London 1936, the Russian box with a gilt washed interior, 84 zolotnik, assay mark for H.A and partially dated pre 1896; and an engine turned cigarette case with a gilt washed interior, hallmarked to both items, total weight 290gms
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A pair of Georgian sterling silver and silver plate candelabra, partial maker's marks, 1793 Sheffield, and later, the pair of weighted sterling sticks of plain neoclassical form with removable dishes together with a pair of Old Sheffield Plate sconces with scrollwork arms, the full candelabra 41 cm high, the sticks 29 cm high, 1329gms total weight of sterling sticks and dishes
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A German silver kettle on stand and an associated three piece coffee service, L.Wagner & S. Berlin, mid 19th century, Persian inspired with engine turning throughout and embellished with key fret, Vitruvian scroll and stiff leaf borders, the stand supported on four lion's paw legs with acanthus mounts, hallmarked with maker's marks, mark for Berlin and assayer's mark, M; stand apparently unmarked, the coffee pot 29 cm high, total weight of silver excluding stand 2145gms
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An early Victorian sterling silver coffee pot by Edward, Edward Junior, John & William Barnard, London 1838, the lobed coffee pot with a domed lid with fruiting finial, and a double scroll handle embellished throughout with engraved foliate cartouches and bearing a crest with Latin inscription, 'Alta Pete' (Aim high), hallmarked underside, 28 cm high, 925gms
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A boxed Victorian sterling silver travelling communion chalice, George Fisher, London, 1875, in the form of an octagonal baptismal font, engraved and chased with acanthus and cupid heads, the screw top bowl gilded to the interior, hallmarked below rim and housed in a fitted box, 10 cm high, 190gms total weight of silver, note, with inscription: 'presented to the Rev'd William Walker Pulman B.A, by some of the congregation of St Margaret's church Hollinwood, as a small token of their respect and as an…
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A decorative four piece Kashmiri .800 silver tea service, early 20th century, of rounded form with offset square section rims and matching bases, profusely decorated throughout in the Islamic shawl pattern, a vacant cartouche to the teapot, marked .800 to bases, the teapot 18 cm high, 1580gms total weight
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A pair of George III sterling silver candlesticks, Creswick & Co (Thomas, James & Nathaniel Creswick), Sheffield 1827, the sticks of knopped and ring turned form above shaped square bases with anthemion embellished corners, hallmarked to upper body and to removable bobeches, 23 cm high, 775gms
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A sterling silver rose bowl, James Dixon & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1902, the pedestal bowl embossed with spiral gadroons, foliate and pendent details, and raised on a dome foot, crisply hallmarked below rim, 15 cm high, 26.5 cm diameter, 665gms
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A pair of late Victorian sterling silver oval entree dishes by Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1900, the heavy gauge pair of lobed rectangular form with cast rocaille rims, the fitted lids engraved with floral decorations and having applied borders and a cast removable scroll handle, twice hallmarked to both, 3350gms
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A George III sterling silver tankard, partial marks, London 1802, the straight-sided tankard with reeded bands and a square section scroll handle, hallmarked below the rim, 11 cm high, 335gms
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A George III sterling silver teapot by Peter and William Bateman, London 1807, and a later Georgian style sterling silver creamer and sugar basin, William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield 1898, a boat-shaped teapot with gadroon detail and an ebonised bracket handle, the creamer and sugar basin similar with gilt washed interiors, all crisply hallmarked, the teapot 17 cm high, 990gms total weight
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A harlequin George III and Victorian sterling silver part flatware service, 19th century, various dates and makers, 38 pieces in fiddle pattern comprising eight table spoons, eight dessert and 6 teaspoons, and 16 forks, all hallmarked, the tablespoon 23 cm long, 2065gms total silver weight
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A set of four candlesticks in the early Georgian manner made by F.G. London, 1963, each with campana shaped nozzles and tapering baluster form stems, upon stepped octagonal bases, each 18 cm high, total weight of silver 1760gms
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A Victorian sterling silver candlestick in the form of a knight, Charles Thomas fox & George fox, London 1865, the armoured figure holding a leafy branch supporting a vegetal sconce, and raised on a rocaille domed base, hallmarked to the sconce and edge of base, 19.5 cm high, 335gms total weight of silver
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A Cartier sterling silver cigarette case, maker's mark for Jacques-Theodule Cartier, London 1936, rectangular form with engine turned decoration & Hallmarked with maker's initials Jc to the gilt washed interior, note: court Jewellers of New Bond Street. Jacques-Theodule Cartier (Jc) was the Managing Director of the London branch of Cartier limited
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A George III sterling silver teapot, a covered bowl, creamer and a twin handle bowl, early 19th to early 20th century, various dates and makers, a boat shaped teapot with gadroon and reeded details, rubbed marks, an unusual lidded bowl with a footed lid, a pedestal bowl and a creamer with a key fret border, hallmarked to all, the teapot 16.5 cm high, 1115gms total silver weight
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A harlequin suite of Victorian sterling silver bead edge flatware, George Adams, Walker & Hall, Elkington & Co, mostly London, Sheffield, 1881 onwards, 33 pieces comprising a set of six table forks and six dessert forks, eight table spoons and thirteen teaspoons, all hallmarked, the largest spoons 22.5 cm long, total silver weight 1900gms
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A pair of parcel gilt candlesticks by Stuart Devlin, London 1969, elegant stem candlesticks, the freeform cagework bodies with irregular rims, crisply hallmarked, 27 cm high, 630gms
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A pair of parcel gilt candlesticks by Stuart Devlin, London 1969, elegant stem candlesticks with a freeform arrangement of openwork concentric bars, crisply hallmarked to the bases, 27 cm high, 769gms
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A harlequin set of twelve George III and Victorian sterling silver dessert spoons, various makers and dates, Eley & Fearn, Morris & Michael Emanuel, Chawner & Co., 1807-1860, in Old English and thread pattern, each engraved initial 'R', total weight of silver 490gms, each 17 cm long
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A sterling silver baluster tankard, probably James stamp, London 1777, the double scroll handle with acanthus thumbpiece, hallmarked underside, 13 cm high, 380gms
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A Victorian silver plate mounted claret jug, Elkington & Co, circa 1890, the compressed ovoid body with etched vine and leaf decoration and an angular leaf capped handle, the collar decorated with applied floriate and mask head mounts, and surmounted by a hinged gadrooned cover with a lion rampant finial supporting a shield with an engraved armorial, 27 cm high
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A William IV sterling silver three piece tea set, Joseph Angell I & John Angell I, London 1834, the squat carinate profile teapot with a floral cast finial, a rococo style skirt and scroll feet, the milk jug and twin handle sugar basin conforming, the teapot 16 cm high, 1395gms total weight
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A pair of solid sterling silver figural sweet meat holders by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, circa 1940-50, pastoral figures in 18th century attire holding wicker baskets and raised on rocaille bases, stamp of H&I and sterling, probably intended for the American market, 15 cm high, 885gms total weight of silver
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A sterling silver creamer and covered sugar bowl, together with a twin handled Chinese sterling silver specimen vase, mid to later 20th century, the pedestal creamer and bowl with blossom detail, marked sterling .925 to bases, and a vase with four character Yin Chun sterling silver mark underside, the vase 14 cm high, 465gms total weight
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An Elizabeth II sterling silver goblet by Stuart Devlin, London 1977, the bowl raised on a parcel gilt bark textured stem, hallmarked and presented in the, original fitted case
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A pair of sterling silver candlesticks in the George I style, by Hardy Brothers, London 1961, the turned and knopped sticks with weighted bases, hallmarked to foot, 21 cm high, 980gms
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A pair of sterling silver candlesticks, Britton, Gould & Co, Birmingham 1937, of plain square section form with a beaded edge, weighted, hallmarked to foot rim and also to removable pans, 27.5 cm high 1360gms
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A sterling silver three piece tea set, Charles S green & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1940, comprising a gently waisted pedestal teapot with a geometric wood handle, the a creamer and twin handle sugar basin of conforming design, crisply hallmarked underside to all pieces, the teapot 15.5 cm high, 685gms total weight
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A harlequin three piece sterling silver part tea service, various makers, London, Birmingham, 1898-1913, in the neoclassical manner comprising a teapot with an ebonised bracket handle and urn form finial, a twin handle bowl and a footed bowl, all with gadroon details, hallmarked to each element, the teapot 18 cm high, 720gms total weight
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A set of eight St Louis 'Thistle Gold' liqueur glasses and a matching decanter, the decanter 26 cm high, the glasses 10.5 cm high
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A pair of Lalique 'Mesanges' candlesticks, introduced circa 1943, but later, model no. 2126-B, each depicting a wreath of small birds and raised on octagonal bases, with removable sconces, 18 cm high
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A Victorian sterling silver mounted crystal wine jug, Hirons, Plante & Co, Birmingham, 1864, of compressed form with a leaf capped handle, rising to an applied sterling silver collar with chased and engraved floriate decoration, engraved armorial cresting and mask head spout, the stepped cover with rampant lion finial supporting a vacant shield, hallmarked to collar, 27 cm high
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An Edwardian sterling silver mounted claret jug, W & C Sissons, Sheffield, 1901, the silver top with beaded edge and domed cover and a double scroll handle, the glass body carved with floral motifs, ribbed and fluted borders, crisply hallmarked to the collar, 24.5 cm high
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A Clarice Cliff fourteen piece 'Christmas Leaves' coffee service, 1930s, in pattern 6317 from the Bizarre range, the engine turned service with a beehive shaped coffee pot, five cups with associated saucers, a milk jug and saucer and a large oval platter, in cream with buff bands and hand painted apple green borders, black backstamps and painted pattern numbers underside, the largest platter 30 cm x 26 cm
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A pair of Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood tankards, commemorating the Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953, the two large scale earthenware mugs with cream bodies, transfer-printed in black with hand coloured yellow and pink washes, the design incorporating the Royal cypher and date beneath fireworks, Wedgwood and commemorative script underside, painted pattern number, 10.5 cm high, note, These mugs posthumously reprise an Eric Ravilious design originally created for souvenir mugs commemorating the Coronation of…
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An Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood 'Blue Persephone' dinner service for six, early 1950s, the thirty eight piece setting comprising a vegetable tureen, platter, two gravy boats with associated stands, a jug, a small bowl, dinner plates, dessert bowls, cups, saucers and side plates, Wedgwood Etruria & Barlaston backstamps underside, impressed marks, painted pattern number AL9984/J, the platter 32 x 25.5 cm, the jug 15 cm high
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A birch salon desk, possibly Swedish, 19th century, the gallery back with pairs of drawers and striking wave scroll side supports, a green leather writing surface above three frieze drawers and twin cupboards, raised on lobed ball feet, 99 cm high, 114 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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A set of eight white Foscarini Birdie wall lamps, designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba, fabricated from polycarbonate, powder coated steel, shade 20 cm high, full length of shade 42 cm and wall fitting, protrusion from wall 24 cm
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A George III mahogany and satinwood secretaire bookcase, late 18th century, with a protruding cornice above twin astragal glazed doors, the extended base with a fall front and three long drawers with boxwood stringing, brass backplates and ring handles, 240 cm high, 125 cm wide, 57.5 cm deep
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A large Victorian carved giltwood overmantel mirror, 19th century, with an ornamented crest featuring shell and scrolling acanthus motifs, the moulded frame enclosing the original lightly distressed plate, 225 x 110 cm
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An Art Deco lounge chair, circa 1935, with ebonised bentwood arms and base, upholstered in coral silk with a trellis design. Provenance: Geoffrey Hatty applied Arts
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An amberina beaker vase and a petite ruby cup with polychrome enamel decoration by Moser, 19th century, exquisitely decorated with trailing grapevines in gold and silver colours picked out in gilt, the petite cup with oak leaf motifs in colours with gilt highlights, both with dragonfly decorations below the rims, 10 cm high, beaker vase
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An exceptional carved, painted and lacquered gesso timber carousel jumping horse, American, circa 1910, attributed to Marcus Illions, with integral double saddle, metal shoes, and on a later brass and iron stand, 187 cm high, 200 cm wide, 35 cm deep. Note: Marcus Illions (1871-1949) was a master carver of wooden carousel horses and other menagerie figures. Emigrating from England to America, he worked briefly as a carver before establishing his own business, M.C Illions & Sons Carousell (sic) works. Known…
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A Louis XV style carved oak armoire, 19th century, with a projecting cornice above two full length doors with shaped fielded panels, above a curvaceous skirt and raised on small feet, with key, 250 cm high, 146 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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An Art Nouveau buffet sideboard, French, circa 1900, with a gently arched gallery back above two cupboards twin panelled with textured pressed metal in bronze colours, the base with twin drawers and cupboards, with brass hardware including a whiplash motif floral escutcheon, with key, 230 cm high, 150 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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An Art Nouveau marquetry three piece bedroom suite, circa 1900, a pine and bird's eye maple suite comprising a bed, armoire and bedside table, each element inlaid with iris flowers and whiplash foliage in mixed timbers, the armoire with a long mirror, and internal shelving, the bed with matching side rails, the armoire 225 cm high, 119 cm wide, 45 cm deep, the bedside table 101 cm high, 43.5 cm wide, 35 cm deep, the bed headboard 133.5 x 134 cm, the footboard 86.5 x 136 cm
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An Art Nouveau pine credenza, French, circa 1900, with a gently arched gallery back with shelf above a mottled rouge marble surface, the lower register with a pair of drawers and cupboards above an open compartment and undertier, with key, 154.5 cm high, 125 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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A Victorian mahogany bookcase, 19th century, the projecting cornice above arching glazed doors flanked by corbels, the extended base with a pulvinated frieze drawer and two cupboards above a plinth base, 210 cm high, 108 cm wide, 45 cm deep. Provenance: Somerset Antiques, 1985
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A Louis XV walnut armoire, early 20th century, with a carved crest to the extended cornice above a parquetry pediment, twin shaped and mirrored doors, quarter veneer panels to the sides, with a pair of lower drawers and raised on small cabriole feet, with associated keys, 240 cm high, 135 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A Georgian flame mahogany fall front bureau, circa 1820, with vibrant figuration, the bureau having six cockbeaded drawers and opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes and petite drawers, raised on shaped bracket feet, 108 cm high, 107 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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A small George IV mahogany gentleman's dressing chest, circa 1820, with a pull out slide, and four cockbeaded oak lined drawers of graduated depth, with pierced batwing backplates and swing handles, raised on bracket feet, 79 cm high, 79 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A German flame mahogany secretaire a abattant, mid 19th century, with an extended cornice, a concealed frieze drawer and a fall front with a tooled leather writing surface, a fitted interior with secret compartments, two lower cupboards above shorted waisted feet, 146 cm high, 96 cm wide, 41.5 cm deep
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A mahogany Regency secretaire chiffonier, early 19th century, with a pierced gallery back above three short drawers, a fallfront with a fitted interior above two plum pudding veneer cupboards and raised on cotton reel feet, with restrained brass stringing throughout, 101 cm high, 81 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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A Murano glass sputnik chandelier designed by Paolo Venini for VeArt, 1960, with chain and ceiling cup, 50 cm diameter
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An Egyptian cartonnage mummy mask of a woman, Roman era, circa 1st century AD, gilded. Provenance: lot 124, the fine Australian and international Art & Antiques auction, Mossgreen, 21-23 November 2009
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