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Decorative Arts; Asian Works of Art — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:425
Sale Title:Decorative Arts; Asian Works of ArtLots with images:425
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:285
Date:24-Jul-2023
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A rare and impressive Rene Lalique 'Vendome' ceiling light, designed 1930, the central circular plate with moulded concentric beadwork design, radiating eighteen stepped elements, all of conforming design, in frosted glass, supported by a faceted nickel plated copper stem with a stepped ceiling cap, stenciled 'Lalique France' to circular plate, approximately 82 cm long (from ceiling cap), 85 cm diameter. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue…
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A Rene Lalique 'Ferrieres' vase, designed 1929, of tapering form, moulded with stepped floral borders, in frosted and opalescent glass with blue patina, script-etched 'R. Lalique France N: 1019', 16.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 1019, p. 443 (another example illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Dauphins' vase, designed 1932, moulded with a scene depicting fish swimming in opalescent glass with blue patina, stencilled 'R. Lalique France', 13.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 10-900, p. 464 (another example illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Formose' vase, designed 1924, the spherical body with a continuous pattern of swimming goldfish in relief, opalescent glass, moulded 'R. Lalique', 17 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 934, p. 425 (another example, illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Davos' vase, designed 1932, moulded with an overall design of clusters of bubbles of varying sizes in opalescent glass, stenciled 'R. Lalique France', 28.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 1079, p. 455 (another example, illustrated)
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A Lalique 'Bacchantes' vase, designed 1927, post 1945, the tapering body moulded with a continuous scene of dancing maidens, in frosted glass with sepia patina, stenciled 'Lalique France', 24 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 997, p. 438 (another example, illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Actinia' vase, designed 1934, of waisted tapering form, with undulating raised and moulded decoration in opalescent glass, stenciled 'R. Lalique France', 21.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne, de L'oeuvre de verre, Paris, 1994, p. 462
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A Lalique 'Ganymede' Seau a champagne, post 1945, the cylindrical body moulded with dancing nymphs amoungst leaves, in frosted crystal, script-etched 'Lalique France', 23 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Marc Lalique & Marie-Claude Lalique, Lalique Par Lalique, Edipop, Geneve, 1988, p. 555
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A Rene Lalique 'Dahlias' vase, designed 1923, the body of compressed globular form, moulded with dahlias in frosted glass with black patination, moulded 'R. Lalique', 12 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 938, p. 425
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A Rene Lalique 'Druide' vase, also known as Gui de Chene, designed 1924, the spherical body with a narrow flaring neck, moulded with Mistletoe in relief, opalescent glass, script-etched, R Lalique France no. 937', 19 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 937, p. 425 (another example illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Bouchardon' vase, designed 1926, the spherical body with a narrow flaring neck, applied with twin handles moulded as nude female figures holding a garlands, opalescent glass with blue patina, script-etched, R Lalique France no. 981', 12.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 981, p. 435
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A suite of Lalique 'Champigny' glasses, designed 1930, post 1945, six water glasses, one burgandy glass, five bordeaux glasses, six madeira glasses and eleven liqueurs, each of conical form moulded with frosted acanthus leaf decoration to lower body, some script-etched and others stenciled 'Lalique France', the water glasses 12.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no.…
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A Rene Lalique 'Saint-Francois' vase, designed 1930, the tapering body moulded with birds amongst branches in opalescent glass, stenciled 'R. Lalique France', 17.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 1055, p. 450 (another example illustrated)
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A Lalique 'Deux Pigeons' vase, designed 1931, post 1945, the cylindrical clear glass bowl faceted in form, with two loop handles applied with moulded birds in frosted glass, stenciled 'Lalique France', 20.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 1066, p. 453
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A Rene Lalique 'Perruches' bowl, designed 1931, the body moulded with a band of budgerigars amoungst blossoming branches in opalescent glass, stenciled 'R. Lalique France', 10.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 419, p. 302 (another example, illustrated)
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A Rene Lalique 'Ceylan' vase, designed 1924, the tapering body moulded with pairs of budgerigars amongst stylised foliage, in opalescent glass with blue patina, wheel-cut 'R. Lalique France', 24 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 905, p. 418 (another example, illustrated)
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A Lalique 'Ara' sculpture, second half 20th century, modelled as a cockatoo with wings outstretched, in clear and frosted glass, original Lalique Cristal label and script-etched 'Lalique France', 28.5 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Marc Lalique & Marie-Claude Lalique, Lalique Par Lalique, Edipop, Geneve, 1988, p. 386
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Two rare Meissen Common Starlings, model no. 973 & 974, after Johann Joachim Kandler, first quarter 20th century, each modelled realistically, one standing on a rock formation, the other with one wing raised and beak open on a rock formation, blue underglazed crossed swords and model number to base, 14 & 15 cm respectively. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne
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John Gould (1804-1881), Paradisea papuana, hand coloured lithograph, a plate from J. Gould, the birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia (1875-1888), the lithograph drawn by William Matthew Hart after Gould's original drawing, the original letter press relating to the plate attached to the back, 55 x 33 cm (visible within mount). Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne
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John Gould (1804-1881), Paradisea raggiana, Sclater, hand coloured lithograph, a plate from J. Gould, the birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia (1875-1888), the lithograph drawn by William Matthew Hart after Gould's original drawing, the original letter press relating to the plate attached to the back, 50 x 33 cm (visible within mount). Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne
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A late Victorian Cedar-Cased taxidermy diorama of Australian parrots, Arthur Coles, Melbourne, late 19th century, a King parrot, gang-gang cockatoo, crimson and Eastern rosellas, various lorikeets, and budgerigars, variously mounted on a tree and the ground below against a painted background of a wooded river landscape, in an Australian cedar-framed glazed case, inscribed in chalk to the top of the case 'Mr a. Coles / Cora Lynn / [illegible] / Moonee Ponds', the case 114 cm high, 101 cm wide, 41 cm.…
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An antique mantel clock in a specimen wood case, the movement Waterbury clock Company, Connecticut, the case possibly in Australian woods, last quarter 19th century, the thirty-hour balance movement and enamelled dial with glazed cover set within an octagonal case raised on a pair of C-scrolls above the elliptical base, the case, supports, and base geometrically veneered in various contrasting woods, the maker's original printed paper label to the back of the movement, 55 cm high, 54 cm wide, 23 cm deep.…
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A New Zealand specimen wood box by William Norrie, late 19th century, rectangular, the slightly cushioned cover geometrically-veneered in various New Zealand woods including burr totara, rewa rewa, puriri, rata, and mottled kauri above the sides in mottled kauri with through dovetail joints and a base moulding, on turned feet, the carcase kauri, accompanied by an original W. Norrie trade card with a pencil diagram to the reverse indicating the woods used, 10.5 cm high, 31 cm wide, 20 cm deep. Provenance:…
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A Victorian mahogany Homeopathic medicine display and Dispensing cabinet, including early contents, last quarter 19th century, a counter-top display cabinet to the front with an integral sloping desk behind, the front comprising a pair of glazed doors enclosing tubular racks, each for one hundred and sixty cardboard vial canisters, largely filled with late nineteenth and early twentieth century canisters, many never opened, flanking a reverse painted glass advertisement for 'Keene and Ashwell's Homeopathic…
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An antique glazed earthenware umbrella stand, late 19th century, modelled as a fur-clothed North American hunter holding a baby seal, indistinctly signed or inscribed to the base, 98 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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An earthenware figure group in the manner of Clodion, 20th century, a seated satyr with a nymph and two putti on a rockwork base with circular foot, in a cream slip, indistinct incised signature to the back of the base and impressed G.C to the underside, 53 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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An Italian glazed earthenware figure of a German shepherd dog, last quarter 20th century, naturalistically modelled in a seated pose with mouth open, impressed mark 'Made in Italy' underside, 86 cm high. Provenance: Albany Antiques, Melbourne, 2015, the Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A bronze figure of a retriever dog, 20th century, naturalistically modelled rearing up on with front legs out seeking attention, on an integral low base, in brown patina with areas of light verdigris, the collar gilt, 82 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A Life-Size Brass-Plated bronze figure of a tiger, third quarter 20th century, naturalistically modelled in a prowling pose, growling and with the tail outstretched, the tail detachable, 91 cm high, 182 cm long. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A pair of bronze replicas of the 'Riace Warriors', reduced-scale copies after the pair of classical Greek bronzes discovered in 1972 in the sea near Riace, Calabria, each on an integral square plinth, 127 cm and 126 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A neo-classical-style marble relief, 20th century, in late eighteenth century style, depicting a nude youth playing the violin while a a classically-draped woman dances with another nude youth, 92 cm high, 69 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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Franz Xavier Bergman (1861-1936), an exotic dancer, cold painted bronze, the front half of the skirt hinged, lifting to reveal the figure nude beneath, circa 1900, cast with incised pseudonymous signature to the back: Nam Greb, together with a foundry mark, the rear of the base with applied pressed metal retailer's label, 'Nissel & Sikora, Wien', 33 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A Viennese patinated bronze figure of a female nude, in the manner of Franz Xavier Bergman, circa 1900, modelled as a young woman standing on a Persian rug, the figure in a brown patina, the rug cold painted, the base with applied pressed metal retailer's label, 'Nissel & Sikora, Wien', 34 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A Viennese patinated bronze figure of a female nude, in the manner of Franz Xavier Bergman, circa 1900, modelled as a young woman standing on a Persian rug, the figure in a red-brown patina, the rug cold painted, the base with applied pressed metal retailer's label, 'Nissel & Sikora, Wien', 35 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A patinated bronze figure of Diana, late 19th century, after Jean-Antoine Houdon, on an integral bronze base mounted on a circular ebonised wood plinth, with cast inscription to the base 'Diane de Houdon', 66 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A pair of patinated bronze figures of mercury and Fortuna, 20th century, loosely after Giambologna, each on a circular neo-classical marble and bronze plinth, each with cast inscription to the base 'J. Bologne' (Giambologna), respectively 85 cm and 79 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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Two Samson porcelain figures emblematic of the Asia and America, after the 18th century Meissen model by J.J. Kaendler, late 19th century, each female modeled holding their continent's respective attributes, Asia a camel and America an alligator, Asia 19.5 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A Meissen porcelain figural group, after the 18th century model by J.J. Kaendler, late 19th century, modelled as Aeneas rescuing Anchises and Ascanius, underglazed blue crossed swords and model no. 2103, 17 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A pair of antique brass-mounted marble pedestals, last quarter 19th century, in the form of Tuscan order columns, each with a square top in plain black marble above a shaft of variegated red marble on a stepped black marble plinth base, with cast brass capital and mouldings to the base, 109 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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An Antique-Style Dutch cast brass chandelier, first half 20th century, of typical form, the twelve lights raised on two tiers of scrolling arms radiating from a baluster stem, 79 cm high, 66 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Collection, 'Green Glade', Torresdale Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Anonymous sale of that collection, E.J. Ainger, 27 November, 1994, lot 233, purchased by the late owner, the Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A George III figured mahogany extending dining table, circa 1770, comprising a pair of half-round ends, a central section with paired gate-leg supports to each long side to accommodate adjacent leaves, and two spare leaves, all above a plain frieze raised on 'Marlborough' moulded square supports, 70 cm high, 280 cm long (fully extended), 122 cm wide. Provenance: purchased from Pelham Galleries, London, 7 June, 1979, the Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A George III mahogany architect's table, third quarter 18th century, the hinged top with removable book-rest rising on a ratchetted support for use at desk height and rising further on a second ratchetted support for use at standing height, the interior of the frieze drawer fitted with a sliding leather lined writing surface enclosing an arrangement of compartments and concealed drawers and a swing-out pen and ink compartment to the right side, on square supports with engaged quarter-columns to their inner…
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An antique walnut cabinet, probably Franco-Flemish, late 17th / early 18th century, the egg-and-dart cornice surmounted with a (probably added) swan-neck and urn pediment sculpted with recumbent female figures above a pair of doors enlosing an open space, on a moulded plinth base on double volute feet, the doors panelled between half-columns, the upper panels carved in low relief with classical designs, the sides panelled, 200 cm high, 122 cm wide, 57 cm deep. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak…
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A George III figured mahogany clothes press, early 19th century, the upper part with a moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of oval-panelled doors enclosing an interior with one slide, the lower part with two short above two long drawers, on splayed bracket feet, 198 cm high, 128 cm wide, 64 cm deep. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak gentleman
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A French Japonoiserie stained beech display cabinet attributed to Gabriel Viardot, late 19th century, the raised shaped and moulded top above an asymmetrical arrangement of glazed compartment, open shelves, small drawer, and cupboard, on shaped feet, the velvet lined interior of the glazed compartment with removable shelves, richly decorated throughout with fretwork, carved elements, applied ivory, and bronze mounts, 170 cm high, 75 cm wide, 45 cm deep. Provenance: Christie's, Melbourne, 27 March, 2000,…
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A French Japonoiserie stained beech vitrine in the manner of Gabriel Viardot, late 19th century, the stepped top and key pattern relief frieze above a glazed door and sides enclosing an asymmetrical arrangement of wooden shelves above movable glass shelves, on shaped feet flanking fretwork aprons, the lower part of door and sides with finely carved and incised floral and key pattern decoration, 167 cm high, 86 cm wide, 41 cm deep. Provenance: property from the collection of a late Toorak gentleman, the…
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A gold cup, presented as the 1930 'Mitchelson Cup', unidentified maker (no mark visible), marked '15ct' and with crown and anchor marks, of goblet form, the hemispherical body on a spreading foot, with openwork handles to the sides each terminating with the head of a man, the rim and foot decorated with stylised Maori designs, the body engraved to one side 'Mitchelson cup / 1930 / won by Mr Jas. Fredric's "Seatown"' and with further details, the foot engraved with the monogram of the Auckland racing club,…
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A Colonial South Australian silver goblet by Charles Edward Firnhaber, Adelaide, first half 1860s, maker's mark Cef with leopard's head and lion marks, the flaring bowl with everted rim and lobed base on an inverted baluster stem and lobed spreading foot, the body engraved with an inscription recording the presentation of the cup as a gift from Dr C.J.F. Mayer and Adelaide Germans to H. Linde as the 1865-1866 'Kingship' prize of the Adelaide German rifle club, 19 cm high, 215g. Provenance: property from…
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A large Edwardian sterling silver tray, Walker & hall, Sheffield, 1911, in George III style, of serpentine oval outline, the swept gallery sides pierced to a foliate design and with a gadrooned rim rising towards the ends, on bun feet, the centre engraved with a presentation inscription to S.J. Jacobs, as Chairman of the South Australian Tattersalls club, from the Club's members, dated 1915, 7.5 cm high, 59.5 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 3,272g. Provenance: Samuel Joshua Jacobs (1853-1937), Adelaide, South…
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A set of six Victorian sterling silver soup plates, Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1898, in mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline with gadrooned rims, the border of each uniformly engraved with a crest flanked by monograms, 24 cm diameter, 3,690g in total
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A set of four George V sterling silver soup plates, F.B. Thomas & Co., London, 1930, in mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline with gadrooned rims, 24.5 cm diameter, 2,722g in total
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A pair of American sterling silver candelabra, after a design by Alphonse la Paglia, Durham silver Co., mid 20th century, each of two lights raised on outswept bifurcated branches rising from a spreading circular foot, decorated with a central scroll and stylized flower heads and berries, each 21.5 cm high, 26 cm wide, 996g in total
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An American sterling silver tazza, Woodside sterling Co., early 20th century, the lobed circular dish with slightly inverted rim raised on an openwork pedestal of stylized stiff leaves and berries on a domed circular foot, 20.5 cm high, 23 cm diameter, 790g
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A William IV sterling silver tea and coffee service, Charles fox II, London, 1832 and 1833, a tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed baluster shaped and compressed globular bodies with foliate decoration to shoulders, spouts, handles, and covers (with a variation between the handles of the pots and those of the smaller vessels), the covers with pumpkin finials, all on foliate feet, 22 cm high (coffee pot), 2,442g in total
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A Regency sterling silver Swing-Handled basket, unidentified maker (mark rubbed), London, 1814, rectangular with raised ends on a waisted and moulded foot, the gadrooned rim with shell and foliage corners and centres, the moulded handles with foliate sides, 11 cm high (handle not raised), 33.5 cm wide, 26.5 cm deep, 1,138g
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A composite sterling silver King's pattern flatware service for twelve, various English makers and 19th and 20th century dates, Ninety-six pieces, comprising twelve each of entree knives and forks, table knives and forks, table spoons, dessert spoons, and tea spoons (two of these of a different but similar pattern), together with six further table knives (to make eighteen in total) and six coffee spoons, the knife handles silver plate, 4,075g in total (not including the knives)
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A Victorian sterling silver nautilus shaped enclosed sugar basin, Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd, London, 1890, of stylized nautilus shape with a hinged cover, on a rock work foot, 13.5 cm high, 16.5 cm wide, 416g
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A William IV sterling silver plate, Rundell, bridge, & Rundell, London, 1831, in earlier Georgian style, circular with a dished centre, the gadrooned rim with alternating shell and anthemion points, 26.5 cm diameter, 744g
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A George V sterling silver covered dish, Jenkins & Timm, Sheffield, 1923, in mid-Georgian style, of rounded square outline, the top of the cover with a floral and foliate gadrooned border, its handle and the rim of the dish conforming, 12 cm high, 20.5 cm wide and deep, 852g
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A William IV sterling silver covered dish, R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1831, in mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline, the top of the cover with a gadrooned border, its handle and the rim of the dish conforming, 13 cm high, 27.5 cm diameter, 1,684g
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A George II sterling silver salver, Hugh mills, London, 1746, of shaped circular outline, the rim of the moulded edge with foliate details linked by scrolls, on scrolling pad feet, the centre engraved with a heraldic achievement, 3 cm high, 20 cm diameter, 516g
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A set of four early Victorian sterling silver salt cellars, Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1836, goblet shaped, the bodies and feet of interlaced stylised foliage and stem design, the bodies pierced, with cobalt glass liners, each 7 cm high, 367g in total (exlcuding liners)
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A Victorian sterling silver salver, Martin, Hall, & Co., London, 1872, of shaped circular outline, the centre engraved with foliate designs, the moulded edge with beaded and husk borders and foliate points to the beaded rim, on ball and claw feet, the underside engraved with a presentation inscription, diameter 32 cm, 796g
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A pair of mid-Victorian sterling silver dishes on feet, R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1856 and 1868, oval with high, two-tiered coved and ribbed sides, the rims with shell and foliage handles at their four mid-points, on scrolling pad feet, the centre of each engraved with a heraldic achievement, 7 cm high, 31.5 cm wide, 27.5 cm deep, 1,669g in total
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A matched late Georgian and early Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, various London makers and 1820s-1840s dates, a tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed baluster shaped and compressed globular bodies with scrolling handles, the covers with pumpkin and leaf finials, all on foliate feet, 24.5 cm high (coffee pot), 2,264g in total
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An Elizabeth II sterling silver salver, Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1963, in George III style, of shaped circular outline, the moulded edge with shell and anthemion points to the rim, on foliate scroll feet, 33 cm diameter, 1,154g
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A Swedish 800 silver flatware service for eighteen, W.A. Bolin, Stockholm, 1949 and 1950, in an elegant pattern, plain except for delicate foliate details at the base of the handles, two hundred and twenty-five pieces, comprising eighteen each of fish knives and forks, entree knives and forks, main knives and forks, fruit knives and forks, table spoons, and dessert spoons, together with twelve tea or coffee spoons and smaller numbers of various other pieces including butter knives, serving spoons, and a…
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A George II sterling silver coffee pot, William Grundy, London, 1753, of baluster shape with fluted spout and fruitwood handle on a spreading gadrooned foot, the domed cover with acorn-shaped finial and gadrooned edge, 24 cm, 747g (including handle)
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An early George III sterling silver ladle, William Withers, London, 1763, the circular bowl of stylised shell design on a plain shaft with a reeded and scrolled terminal, 36 cm long, 207g
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A George IV sterling silver tea service, Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, London, 1825, a tea pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed compressed globular bodies with foliate decoration to shoulders, spouts, handles, and covers, the cover of the tea pot with a pumpkin finial, all on foliate feet, 14 cm high tea pot), 1,391g in totl
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A George VI sterling silver tea and coffee service, Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1948, comprising pots for tea, coffee, and hot water, a two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, each body lightly lobed and engraved with classical designs below the rim, the pots with stained wood handles and finials, 20.5 cm high (coffee and hot water pots), 2,864g in total
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A Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, Martin, Hall, & Co. London, 1881, a tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar basin, and covered cream jug, the bodies of chamfered rectangular outline tapering towards their flat tops, the spouts of conforming lines, the bodies, spouts, and covers with engraved decoration of birds and foliage around patterned bands and borders, all fitted in the original oak carrying case, 21 cm high (coffee pot), 2,226g in total
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A Saint-Louis 'Apollinaire' vase, of tapering form with a flared rim, in a thick chartreuse green crystal engraved and decorated in 24-carat gold scrollwork decoration, accompanied by original box with certificate of authenticity, marked edition number 7, 34.5 cm height. Other notes: Saint-Louis is the oldest crystal manufacturer in Europe, founded in 1586. During twenty-five days of manufacturing, eight craftsmen worked on the shaping of this Apollinaire vase, six others worked on the engraving and gold…
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A Baccarat 'Bambous' double candelabra, the moulded stem emanating two candelholders, each with an etched glass storm shade and crystal lustre drops, flanking a central crystal spire, Baccarat stamp to base, 54 cm high
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A pair of Baccarat 'Dauphin' candleholders, the frosted glass stem in the form of a stylized dolphin on shaped foot, with an etched storm shade and crystal lustre drops, Baccarat stamp to base, 58.5 cm high
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A George II glass tazza, mid 18th century, the circular plate, on a silesian stem raised on a domed and folded foot, 18.5 cm high, 25 cm wide
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A large Royal Worcester pot pourri vase decorated by John Stinton, shape no. 1428, date cypher for 1924, the moulded cover with bud finial above the short swag-draped pierced neck and globular body with a pair of handles to the shoulders, on a low circular foot, decorated to the front with a scene of cattle in a Scottlish highland landscape by John Stinton (signed), 33 cm high
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A late Victorian Pate-Sur-Pate vase, attributed to Grainger & Co., Worcester, late 19th century, of 'Moon flask' form with a pair of square loop handles from the mouth rim to the shoulders, pink-glazed with a large circular gilt-framed reserve to the front with a pate-sur-pate spray of flowers and leaves on the green ground, 25.5 cm high
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A Royal Worcester ewer decorated by William Powell, shape no. 1944, date cipher for 1912, baluster shaped on a gilt square foot with a shaped rim and loop handle terminating in a satyr mask, painted with a scene of herons in a stream in an exotic palm-fringed landscape, signed by Powell lower right, gilt details throughout, puce backstamp and shape number 1944 underside, 24 cm high
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A large Herend porcelain 'Rothschild Bird' pattern part dinner service, approximately one hundred and fifty pieces, generally a service for eight places with smaller or larger numbers of some pieces, including soup plates, entree plates, dinner plates of two types, covered and uncovered soup bowls of three types and mostly with matching underplates, a pair of covered dishes, fourteen serving platters, dishes, and bowls of various shapes and sizes, sauce boats, tea and coffee pots, tea cups and saucers of…
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A large Royal Vienna porcelain part dinner service, mostly second half 1810s with some later additions, one hundred and seven pieces, comprising soup plates (12), dinner plates (38), side plates (33, in two sets of slightly different size), a large tureen on stand, pair of smaller tureens on stands, pair of covered dishes, fourteen serving platters, dishes, and bowls of various shapes and sizes, most in pairs, a comport, and a salt cellar, white glazed with borders of a gadroon design in blue within gilt…
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A William Moorcroft Moonlit blue vase, 1920s, of baluster form, decorated with trees on deep blue ground, impressed Cobridge factory mark and facsimile signature, 25 cm high
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A William Moorcroft flambe fish vase, 1930s, of tapering form, decorated with a continuous underwater scene of fishes swimming amongst seaweed all on a mottled green ground, in a flambe glaze, impressed factory mark, underglazed facsimile signature and impressed 'Potter to Hm the Queen', 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 8th 2002, lot 429
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A Walter Moorcroft flambe waratah plate, circular with a shallow rim, the cavetto decorated with three large waratah flowers on a mottled red ground, in a flambe glaze, impressed factory mark, underglazed facsimile signature and impressed 'Potter to Hm the Queen', 3.5 cm high, 18.5 cm diameter
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A large Moorcroft Tasmanian blue gum vase, designed by Sally Tuffin, dated 1993, numbered 14/50, of baluster form decorated with flowering gum nuts amongst gum leaves on a green and blue ground, impressed factory mark, impressed diamond mark for 1993, signed and dated: S. T. Des 13.8.93, signed and dated: J. Moorcroft 18.9.94, also marked 'E.A. Joyce & Son Tasmania Centenary 1893-1993' together with the monogram for Sally Tuffin, 42 cm high. Provenance: Despard gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, October 6th 2000.…
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An important Arts & Crafts oak high dresser by Ernest Gimson, 1910s, the upper part with four cupboards each with a pair of doors in a double bow front arrangement above an open plate shelf, the projecting lower part, rectangular with gently bowed centres to its sides, with three frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors to the centre flanked by a single door each side, raised on stile supports, solid oak of joined construction with exposed dovetail joints and tenon ends as decorative features, with…
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An important Arts & Crafts oak dining table by Ernest Gimson, 1910s, circular, the four-plank top and its crossed bearers raised on four octoganal supports on a concave-sided square base with open centre, the four planks of the top with full-depth butterfly joints, the base with various chamfers enhancing its geometric complexity, the cross-members of the base with protruding through tenons with bevelled ends, 72 cm high, 145 cm diameter. Provenance: Harry Hardy peach (1874-1936), 'Crowbank', Leicester,…
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A very large Faunal and floral carved oak mirror frame by Robert Prenzel, 1905-1910, a plate frame of 'Sansovino' type, the toprail with a figure of a cockatoo alighting on a crest of two overlaid escutcheons pierced by a spray of fruiting foliage and flanked by clusters of fruit and foliage, the sides with scrolls supporting pendants of fruit and foliage, the lower rail centred on a grotesque cat mask flanked by clusters of flowers and foliage, the mirror plate bevelled, 225 cm high, 122 cm wide.…
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A Victorian oak Melbourne stock exchange chair, circa 1890, in Gothic revival style, the padded square back with a shaped and carved crest centred on the the stock exchange monogram flanked by the fleur-de-lis finials of the upright supports above the open arms and moulded seat, on turned front supports and sled feet, 124 cm high, 62 cm wide, 62 cm deep. Provenance: Installed for use as one of the members' chairs in the former Melbourne stock exchange in Collins Street upon its completion in 1891 (now part…
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A pair of Art Deco-Style pendant lights, each with a circular moulded copper and brass frame and shaped milk glass shade suspended on chains from a central boss, one shade marked 'Superlux', 34 cm high, 70.5 cm diameter
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A Mid-Georgian mahogany games table, mid 18th century, the rectangular fold-over top extending on a concertina action, raised on lappeted turned supports with pad feet, 70 cm high, 89 cm wide, 43 cm deep (85.5 cm extended)
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A small English joined and panelled oak chest, early 18th century, of typical form, the top and front with four panels, the sides with two, the frame with bevelled and moulded edges throughout, the central panels of the top with fielded lozenges to their centres, 52 cm high, 107 cm wide, 42 cm deep
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A large Dutch brass pricket candlestick, late 18th / 19th century, baluster shaped with a broad dish top and foot, 49 cm high (excluding the pricket)
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A George II parcel gilt Mahogany-Framed mirror, mid 18th century, the rectangular plate in a moulded frame with gilt composition sight edge and fret-cut crest and base, the pierced foliate centre of the crest and the stylised shell centre of the base gilt, 113 cm high, 60 cm wide
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A George II-Style gilt wood centre table in the manner of William Kent, second half 19th century, rectangular, the (later) thick verde antico serpentine top with stepped edges above a top moulding and Vitruvian scroll frieze with a richly carved and pierced rinceau apron with shell centres on the long sides, raised on cabriole supports with foliate knees and compound paw feet, 79.5 cm high, 131 cm wide, 81 cm deep
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A George III figured mahogany extending dining table, late 18th century, comprising a pair of half-round ends, a central section with a drop-leaf to one side, and a spare central leaf, all above a plain frieze raised on chamfered square supports, 73 cm high, 252 cm long (fully extended), 119 cm wide
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An antique green marble pedestal, second half 19th century, the revolving circular top and fluted shaft on a moulded base with octagonal foot, 113 cm high
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A late Victorian oak gun cabinet converted to a display cabinet, circa 1900, the moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of slanted bevel-glazed doors enlosing glass shelves above a drawer to the base, on stile feet, 203 cm high, 140 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A set of ten Victorian-Style beech and elm Windsor chairs, each of double-hoop form with a spindle back centred on a pierced splat above the moulded seat, on turned supports with a crinoline stretcher, 97 cm high, 54 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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A George II oak enclosed low dresser, mid 18th century, the rectangular top with moulded edge above four frieze drawers and a pair of cupboard doors providing access to a full-with internal space, on stile feet, the lower part of the front and the sides with raised and fielded panels, 84 cm high, 180 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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