Decorative Arts

Decorative Arts

30.03.2026, 4pm

CONTACTS

chiara curcio head of decorative arts, design & interiors 03 8825 5635 chiara.curcio@ leonardjoel.com.au

david parsons head of private estates & valuations decorative arts specialist 03 8825 5638 david.parsons@ leonardjoel.com.au

$14,000-18,000

Decorative Arts

Our first Decorative Arts auction of the year begins with three single owner collections, each featuring wonderful examples within their own categories.

First is a collection of ceramics by Marguerite Mahood and related material consigned by members of her family, never before offered to the market (lots 1–31). This includes coveted examples of Mahood’s work with intricate reticulation, often incorporating mythical creatures such as dragons, goblins and other animals. Alongside this is offered a small archive of material relating to Mahood’s work and life, including four hand-made pictorial Christmas cards, one entirely hand-drawn, original exhibition catalogues, copies of Mahood’s PhD thesis ‘Australian Political Caricature, 1788-1901’ and its published version, and various letters and photographs.

Following the great success of the offering of the Bob and Gladys Parry collection of clocks, mechanical music, and automata in our last Decorative Arts auction, we now present the next part of this collection, a fascinating collection of French doll automata (lots 32–49). Mostly acquired from specialist auctioneers in the U.S over the last two decades and rare to the Australian market in quality and quantity, this collection features desirable makers such as Leopold Lambert and Roullet et Decamps, mostly musical examples, animated to simulate human movement, variously two to four movements per piece, some synchronic, depending on the complexity of the movement.

Our third single-owner offering in this auction is a private collection of early silver, mostly English, formed over the last four decades (lots 61–88). Mostly Georgian, with some earlier and later pieces, the collection is centred on table ware with an interest in flatware. Within the collection are examples rare to market, such as a pair of ‘Coburg’ pattern basting spoons, a Regency pattern first produced by Paul Storr, and another in ‘Old England’ pattern, a pattern thought to have been produced for the coronation of William IV.

From various vendors, we have a selection of diverse items of Australian historical importance and interest (lots 155–165), including colonial Tasmanian manuscript journals and records, Australian sculpture, and a striking large Art Nouveau firewood box by Robert Prenzel. Of exceptional rarity and importance in this section, lot 165 is a pair of batting gloves worn by Donald Bradman in the historic record-setting fourth Test of Australia’s 1948 Ashes tour in which he made his last Test century. Believed to be one of only five pairs of Bradman’s matchworn batting gloves traced, and possibly the only pair in private hands with known Ashes provenance, the gloves – both signed by Bradman – were gifted by him to the notable collector Tony Baer in 1972 under cover of a letter included with the lot.

Highlights in other categories in our March auction include a very fine and impressive large marble sculpture dated 1877 by the Rome-based Victorian sculptor Alexander Macdonald (lot 257). Representing a Classical female figure, probably Diana, it exemplifies the fine idealizing work for which Macdonald is best known. Another striking sculpture in our auction is an artist’s proof of a bronze by the modern American sculptor Richard MacDonald, known for the dynamism of his figure works, of which ‘Doves’ (lot 256) is a superb example.

Lots 140–146 are various parts of very large and impressive banquet service of porcelain, crystal, and silver acquired by the vendor from the highly-esteemed maker De Lamerie. England, all richly hand-decorated and gilded in the maker’s Neo-Classical ‘Robert Adam’ pattern, now offered as services for twelve together with complementary lots.

Beyond all that, we offer our usual rich and wonderfully diverse array of furniture, objects, and art works – from early English and continental pieces to a wonderful large Mexican arma Christi to a very large antique Persian carpet to antique and period Louis Vuitton cases –that we look forward to sharing with all.

chiara

curcio

head of decorative arts, design & interiors

Selected works by Marguerite Mahood from the artist's family

1 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE SCULPTURAL CANDLESTICK BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number D749

Modelled as a dragon standing upright on its hind legs, with a raised head, balancing the orb-formed candleholder on its beak, glazed in yellow and red on a green glazed circular base, incised signature ‘MMahood’ and numbered ‘D 749’ to edge of base

25.5cm high, 11cm wide, 15cm deep

$1,400-2,000

2

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED PITCHER, ‘RUSSIAN MUSIC’, BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number F1260

Baluster with an elongated cylindrical neck and shaped handle, the lower body pierced with overlapping stylized geometric design, in a caramel glaze overall with purple interior and accents, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram, titled ‘RUSSIAN MUSIC’ and numbered ‘F1260’ underside

20cm high, 14cm wide

$1,000-1,500

3 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE DANCER BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number C592, dated 1933

Modelled wearing an elaborate gown with applied flowers, her face tilted to one side, with one hand raised toward her neck, the other hand resting on a ruffle of her gown, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram, numbered ‘C592’ and dated 1933 to the edge of the base

24cm high, 17cm wide

$1,600-2,000

4 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE GOBLIN JUG BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number F1328

Of u-form with a rounded handle on a spreading circular foot, modelled with a goblin applied to the base of the handle and a turtle to the body, in green and tan glaze, incised signature ‘MMahood’ and numbered ‘F 1328’ underside

11.5cm high, 11cm wide, 8cm deep

$1,200-1,800

5 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE TWO-HANDLED JAR, ‘GARGOYLE’, BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number Q2230

The body with a pair of upturned handles on a spreading circular foot, pierced and incised overall with geometric and foliate motifs, the conforming lid, surmounted with a seated gargoyle with its head raised and long tail curled to one side, the dragon glazed green and brown against a cream ground, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ to edge of base, titled ‘GARGOYLE’ and numbered ‘Q2230’ underside

31.5cm high, 16.5cm wide, 11cm deep

$6,000-9,000

6 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number O1780

Naturalistically modelled as a seal seated on its hind flippers with its head raised, on an integral textured circular base, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and numbered ‘O1780’ to edge of base

12cm high, 8.5cm wide, 9.5cm deep

$1,600-2,400

7 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE MASK, ‘LOTUS’, BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

1936

The female head with pursed lips, wearing an elaborate pierced and incised headdress of lotus flower design, incised signature ‘M. Mahood’ to left side, mounted and framed, inscribed as title and dated on an engraved plaque to the mount

The mask 21.5cm high, 17.5cm wide, the frame 72 x 62cm

$3,000-4,000

8 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE PLAQUE, ‘SMILING AUTUMN’, BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

1926

Rectangular, modelled in relief with a classical female head in profile to the right, with grapes and vine leaves in her hair, decorated in dull gold, verdigris, and brown simulating bronze, incised signature ‘M’ lower left, mounted and framed, inscribed as title and dated on an engraved plaque to the mount

The plaque 21cm high, 17cm wide, 2cm deep, the frame 72 x 62cm

$1,800-2,400

9 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE MASK BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

1926

The female head with part-closed eyes and pursed lips, wearing a headdress in the form of a bird with its wing descending to frame the face, incised signature ‘MM’ in monogram lower centre, mounted and framed, inscribed as ‘Untitled’ and dated on an engraved plaque to the mount

The mask 22cm high, 22cm wide, the frame 72 x 62cm

$2,000-3,000

10

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE BALLERINA BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Dated 1933

Modelled wearing a green ballet costume, her face tilted to one side, both arms raised, and her feet poised in a pirouette, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and dated 1933 to the edge of the base, monogram to the underside

21cm high, 9.5cm wide

$2,000-3,000

11

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number P2091

Modelled as a dragon standing upright on its hind legs, with a raised head, glazed in a mustard yellow and brown on an integral shaped base, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and numbered ‘P 2091’ to edge of base

22cm high, 11cm wide, 15cm deep

$2,600-3,200

12

A SMALL ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL BY AND RELATING TO MARGUERITE MAHOOD, INCLUDING ORIGINAL ART WORK

Various media and dates

Comprising:

— four folded paper Christmas cards hand-made by Marguerite Mahood, one entirely drawn by hand (depicting a possum on a branch) and three hand-coloured linocuts, three with presentation inscriptions from the artist;

— an early photocopy of the typescript of Mahood’s 1970 PhD thesis, ‘Australian Political Caricature, 1788–1901 – A study of the “Loaded Line” in Colonial Political Propaganda’ and a copy of the subsequent published version, ‘The Loaded Line –Australian Political Caricature, 1788–1901 (1973);

— a small group of Mahood exhibition handlists;

— a small group of personal correspondence and original photographs;

— a small group of newspaper clippings relating to Mahood.

The largest Christmas card 12 x 16.5cm, folded as a card

$3,000-4,000

13

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE JAR BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number M1560

Globular with a tall cover rising to a narrow point with a shaped finial, the body and cover incised with a design of overlapping circles of various size, variously glazed in black and greens, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and numbered ‘M1560’ underside

10.5cm high, 7cm wide

$800-1,000

14

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE CANDLESTICK, ‘CACTUS’, BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number D926

Baluster in form, with a flared and incised pan and turned base, the body modelled as a stylized cactus with a dragon crouching along one side preying on a fly, with its tail coiled around the upper body, glazed in a deep purple, sea green and tan, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram, titled ‘CACTUS’ and numbered ‘D926’ underside 12cm high, 8.5cm wide

$800-1,200

15

A SMALL GLAZED EARTHENWARE TWO HANDLED VASE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B286

Of compressed tapering shape, with two shaped handles, incised with stylized floral design to the neck, glazed in brown and cream tones, incised monogram and numbered ‘B286’ underside, together with an illegible inscription 7cm high, 7.5cm wide

$400-600

16

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE ‘TENDRIL’ JUG BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number O1940

Of typical form with a scrolling handle, incised with leaf and tendril motifs, incised ‘MMahood’, titled ‘TENDRIL’ and numbered ‘ O1940’ underside 9.5cm high

$400-600

17

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED JUG BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number J1477

Baluster with a shaped handle, the lower body pierced with a stylized scrollwork design, in a caramel glaze overall, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram, numbered ‘J1477? (illegible)’ underside

11cm high, 6.5cm wide

$500-700

18

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED JUG BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number H1432

Baluster with a rounded handle, incised and pierced with a stylized scrollwork design, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram, numbered ‘H1432’ underside

9cm high, 8.5cm wide

$500-700

19

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED ASHTRAY BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number P2212

Of compressed circular form on three feet, incised and pierced with a stylized scrollwork design, with caramel glaze to the interior and within the edges of the design, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and numbered ‘P2212’ underside

3cm high, 8.5cm diameter

$500-700

20

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED VESSEL BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number J1468

Of compressed circular form, incised and pierced with a stylized foliate and scrollwork design, incised signature ‘MMahood’ and numbered ‘J1468’ underside

5cm high, 7cm wide

$500-700

21

A MINIATURE GLAZED EARTHENWARE

DRAGON VASE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B117

Baluster in form with an everted rim, the body mounted with a crouching dragon, glazed in green and brown against a cream ground, incised with monogram and numbered ‘B117’ underside 4cm high, 4.5cm wide

$300-500

22

A MINIATURE PIERCED EARTHENWARE

MASK BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number F1246

Modelled as a female with closed eyes and a serene expression, wearing an elaborate pierced and incised scrolling headdress, with blue accents on a cream ground, incised signature ‘Mahood’ and numbered ‘F1246’ to reverse 6.5cm high, 6.5cm wide

$600-800

23

AN EARTHENWARE BOWL BY MARGUERITE

MAHOOD

Model number F1244

Circular with a shaped well, the interior decorated with a scrolling foliate design in black and brown against a cream ground, the exterior of the bowl in sage green glaze, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ and numbered ‘F1244’ underside 4cm high, 13cm diameter

$400-600

24

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED

VASE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B323

Baluster, incised and pierced with a stylized teardrop and geometric design, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ with monogram and numbered ‘B323’ underside

9.5cm high, 9cm wide

$400-600

25 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED VESSEL BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number J1469

Of compressed globular form with a raised lip, incised and pierced with a stylized floriate and scallop design, incised signature ‘MMahood’ and numbered ‘J1469’ underside

5cm high

$400-600

26 A SMALL GLAZED EARTHENWARE JUG TOGETHER WITH A MINIATURE VASE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

The jug with a shaped scrolling handle, in a maroonpurple glaze, incised ‘MMahood’ and numbered ‘F1330’ underside, the vase of miniature portions, tapering with incised overlapping daisy motifs to the upper body against a mottled dark purple glaze, incised monogram underside

The jug 6.5cm high; the miniature vase 3.5cm high

$400-600

27 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE DANCER BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B2230

Modelled wearing an elaborate gown, her face tilted to one side, with one hand raised toward her neck, the other hand pulling up her gown to reveal a floral underskirt, incised and painted signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ to edge of base, and numbered ‘B2230’ 13.5cm high

$600-800

28 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE RETICULATED VESSEL BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B197

Of compressed globular form, incised and pierced with a stylized foliate and scrollwork design, with a green glaze within the edges of the design, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’ with monogram and numbered ‘B197’ underside 6cm high, 9.5cm wide

$600-700

Other Properties

29 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number N1721

Globular, modelled as a dragon emerging from an egg, incised signature ‘MMahood’ to lower body, and numbered ‘N1721’ underside 7cm high, 6cm wide

$1,400-1,800

30 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE DRAGON BOWL BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number B203

Of shallow circular shape on a raised foot, with a stylised pierced rim and applied with figure of a dragon, painted and incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram and numbered ‘B 203’ underside

3.5cm high, 7cm wide

$800-1,200

31 A GLAZED EARTHENWARE BOWL BY MARGUERITE MAHOOD

Model number C519

Of shallow circular shape, with a pierced geometric band to body, with a blue-green interior, incised signature ‘Marguerite Mahood’, with monogram and numbered ‘C 519’ underside

2.5cm high, 7.5cm wide

$400-600

The Bob and Gladys Parry Collection of Automata

lots 32 – 49

32

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, LADY AT THE RACES

By Roullet et Decamps, circa 1890

Modelled as an elegantly-costumed lady of society spending a day at the races, the bisque head with blue glass inset eyes, brunette mohair wig, papier-mâché body, metal hinged upper arms with bisque forearms, standing upon a green velvet-covered plinth, when wound, music plays and a series of synchronized movements occur, as the lady lifts her binoculars to her face, the veil on her bonnet raises; then, as her arm lowers, the veil lowers (having presumably spotted her winning horse) she excitedly taps her parasol six times on the floor

56cm high (overall), the plinth 21cm wide, 21cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 6

$3,000-5,000

33

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, POLICHINELLE WITH CYMBALS

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1890

The bisque-head doll with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, blonde mohair fleecy wig over cork pate, French carton torso with classic highly-defined front and back Polichinelle humps, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, standing upon a green brocade velvet covered plinth, when wound, the doll tilts her head side to side while clanging the brass cymbals she holds, and music plays, original paper label on base with pencil note of musical tune “La Mascotte” 53cm (total height), the plinth 12cm wide, 12cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 29

$1,500-2,500

34 A RARE FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, LITTLE GIRL SEATED WITH TOYS

By Leopold Lambert, 1890s

The bisque-head girl with blue glass opening/closing eyes, blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs with metal hip hinge, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, arranged aside the doll is a paper mache donkey with nodding head upon which is seated a papier-mâché Polichinelle in original classic costume; and she holds a ribbon with bells in her left hand and a bone rattle in her right hands, all upon a velvet-covered plinth, when wound there are a number of synchronic movements: turning head side to side, blinking eyes, leaning forward, alternately waving arms, kicking feet up and down in delight, while the donkey nods his head and swings back and forth

37cm high, the plinth 30cm wide, 31cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 30

$2,000-3,000

35

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, THE CHINESE TEA SERVER

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1888

Wearing a fine silk and brocade traditional costume, with bisque-head, brown glass inset eyes, black mohair wig in upswept fashion over cork pate, slender carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, and amber-tinted bisque forearms, posed upon a velvet covered plinth, she is holding a wooden tea set, when wound, she elegantly turns her head side to side, then inclines her head as though offering tea; she then lifts the tea pot and, in a refined and gracious manner, “pours” the tea and extends the tray as though serving, bearing a blue ribbon award from the 2009 UFDC convention

49cm high, the plinth 13cm wide, 13cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 62

$4,000-6,000

36

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, GIRL WITH PET MOUSE

By Charles Rambour, circa 1895

Standing behind a velvet-covered table with a painted tin mouse cage is a bisque-head doll with blue glass paperweight eyes, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, bisque forearms, holding a baton in one hand and the string to open the mouse cage in the other, standing upon a velvet-covered plinth raised on four ball feet, when wound, two mechanisms operate in synchronism: the girl lifts her head and then lifts her left arm to open the door of the cage, allowing the mouse to timidly emerge and then whirl around as though to scurry back into the cage, music plays throughout 41cm high, the plinth 12cm wide, 20cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 73

$2,000-3,000

37

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, “BÉBÉ TRICOTEUR”

By Roullet et Decamps, catalogue No. 256, circa 1890

The doll modelled seated on a gilt-wood arm chair, on a stepped velvet covered base, with a bisquehead, very deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and lower arms and legs, wire upper arms and legs, with original silk and lace costume, with wooden bobbins in her hands, when wound, music plays, her head moves up and down as though watching herself knitting, and her hands flit to and fro, realistically, as though knitting

46cm high, the base 27cm wide, 30cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 106 $1,500-2,500

38 A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, SCOTTISH BOY WITH DRUMS

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1890

The bisque-head doll with blue glass eyes, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque lower arms, wearing velvet and silk Scottish costume and tam, and holding wooden horn and baton in his hands; a drum is attached to metal rods from torso, standing upon a red velvet-covered plinth, when wound, the doll turns its head side to side and nods, eyes blink, brings the horn up as though to play, and beats drum, while music plays, with original tune label on bottom listing two tunes 53cm high, the plinth 13.5cm wide, 13.5cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Soiree: Antique dolls and automata, Florida, May 15, 2016, lot 112

$1,800-2,400

39 A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, THE BALLERINA

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1900

The bisque-head doll wearing a silk and lace ballerina costume and holding a garland of flowers with blue glass eyes, brunette mohair wig, onepiece lady-shaped carton torso and right leg, and left leg bent at knee and separately-hinged at the top, bisque forearms, standing on a tasselled velvet covered plinth, when wound, she pirouettes around and around while simultaneously bowing her head and arms, her bent leg in attitude devant position, extending forward and backward while music plays 59cm high, the plinth 19cm wide, 19cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Soiree: Antique dolls and automata, Florida, May 15, 2016, lot 114

$1,500-2,500

A RARE FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER WITH MAGIC TRICKS

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1890

The gambler wearing an elaborate silk costume with vest, bow tie and top hat, with papier-mâché head, brown glass sleep eyes, hinged jaw, black fleecy wig, carton torso and legs, metal upper arms, papiermâché hands, standing behind a wooden table on a velvet covered plinth, the table is covered with a green felt fringed cover with embroidered details on dice and flowers on the front. Two silver cups are arranged on the top of the table, when wound, music plays “My Old Kentucky Home” and the man gleefully turns side to side, then blinks his eyes, and his jaw moves up and down as though calling “place your bets”. Periodically one of the cups lifts up and one a series of prizes is revealed, including coins, doll, and flowers

71cm high, the plinth 36cm wide, 33cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 133

$3,000-5,000

41

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, LAUGHING CHILD WITH POLICHINELLE

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1892

The bisque-head doll depicting a laughing child, brown glass eyes, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, a miniature toy Polichinelle dangles from her left hand and a pocket watch is held in her right, standing upon a velvet-covered base, when wound, the doll sequentially turns her head, delightedly lifts the Polichinelle up and down as though in play, and alternately looks at her watch

53cm high (overall height including hat), the base 13cm wide, 21cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Bijoux, Florida, January 7, 2018, lot 154

$1,500-2,500

42

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, MARQUISE WITH LORGNETTE

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1890

Wearing silk Marquise fashioned costume in the 18th century style; holding lorgnette in one hand, and a bouquet of flowers in the other, the bisque-head doll with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, white-blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs, bisque forearms, standing upon a cut velvet covered plinth, when wound, she turns her head side to side, raising both hands, lifting her lorgnette to her eyes, while music plays, with original paper tune label to underside of base, the bisque-head marked ‘DEPOSE / TETE JUMEAU’

46.5cm high, the plinth 13cm wide, 11.5cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Soiree: Antique dolls and automata, Florida, May 15, 2016, lot 169

$1,500-2,500

43

A FRENCH AUTOMATON, GIRL WITH SURPRISE BASKET

By Leopold Lambert, circa 1895

The bisque-head child in a silk and lace costume, holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a ribbon attached to a covered basket in the other, the girl with blue glass eyes, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, all on a velvet covered plinth, when wound she turns her head side to side, nods, then she lifts her right hand to sniff the flowers, then opens the basket lid with her other hand to reveal a little hummingbird that flits about, music plays throughout 55cm high overall, the plinth 11cm wide, 13cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Other People’s Lives, Florida, January 14, 2012, lot 368

$1,500-2,500

44

A FRENCH AUTOMATON, CHILD HIDING IN THE CABBAGE ROSE

By Roullet et Dechamps, circa 1890

Modelled as a papier-mâché cabbage rose with green velvet bowl and pink-tinged muslin petals, and with additional decorative flowers, hiding inside the cabbage rose is a bisque-head child doll with brown glass paperweight eyes, blonde mohair wig, who is holding her arms up to her mouth, when wound, the lid pops open, the little bisque head emerges, turns from side to side, and moves her arms as though blowing kisses, bearing a blue ribbon award from the 1959 UFDC convention

25cm high, the base 20cm wide, 20cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Bijoux, Florida, January 7, 2018, lot 240

$1,000-2,000

45

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, LITTLE

GIRL WITH PUPPET THEATRE

Attributed to Renou, circa 1895

Modelled as a young girl wearing silk dress and woven bonnet, standing behind a toy theatre with silk and velvet curtains, the girl with bisque head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, auburn mohair wig, cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, all above a velvet covered plinth on four bun feet, when wound she taps the roof of the theatre and the curtain lifts revealing the little puppet who waves his arms, this repeats but when the curtain raises again the head of the puppet changes (three heads in total), music plays throughout 43cm high, the plinth 29.5cm wide and 19cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Bijoux, Florida, January 7, 2018, lot 153

other notes

A similar example by Renou is shown in ‘Automata, The Golden Age 1848-1914’, Christian and Sharon Bailly, 1987, page 192

$2,000-3,000

46

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, GIRL BLOWING BUBBLES

By Roullet & Decamps, circa 1900

The bisque-head girl wearing a lovely lace and silk dress with floral-trimmed lace coiffe with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, carton torso and legs, bisque forearms, holding a metal bowl in one hand, and a bubble pipe in the other, standing upon a velvet-covered wooden plinth on four bun feet, when wound, she dips the pipe in the bowl, and then lifts it to her mouth and appears to blow bubbles, music plays throughout, the head marked ‘DEPOSE / TETE JUMEAU / 2’

44cm overall height, the plinth 15.5cm wide, 15cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Interlude, Florida, March 12, 2017, lot 135

$1,500-2,500

47

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, LADY AT PIANO

Attributed to Gustave Vichy, 1870s

Modelled as an elegant lady seated at a piano dressed in a silk and lace gown, with a bisque head, blue glass eyes, blonde mohair hair, carton torso and legs, metal hands, the upright piano in rosewood with ebonized finish borders and sides, bone and ebony spring-tension keys, ormolu three-arm candle holders and side handles, music sheet, and pierced gilt-metal vase with artificial flowers, when wound, the lady moves in a realistic manner, turning and nodding her head as if alternating between reading the sheet music and watching her hands on the keys, her forearms move sideways across the keyboard, and, independently up and down, as her hands approach the keys, music plays throughout 42cm high, the piano 37cm wide, 22cm deep

$3,000-5,000

By Leopold Lambert, catalogue no. 43, circa 1885

Modelled as a clown seated cross-legged on a wooden stool dressed in a colourful silk and lace costume holding a guitar, with a paper mache head with painted white complexion, red tipped nose and clown decorations, brown glass eyes, blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs, metal hinge at hips, bisque hands, when wound, the clown turns his head side to side, nods, eyelids open and close and tongue sticks in and out, while he strums the guitar with his right hand, and taps his right leg in time to the music which plays 60cm high, the base 19cm wide, 27cm deep

provenance

Theriaults, Bread and Roses, Florida, July 27, 2016, lot 225

$1,500-2,500

49 A MUSICAL AUTOMATON, CLOWN ON LADDER

Second half 20th century

In the manner of Lambert, modelled as a clown acrobat balancing on a ladder, on a red velvet covered plinth, when wound the clown raised his legs and mid section balancing on his hands, then lowers himself, before the ladder shifts to one edge

60cm high, the base 26cm wide, 23cm deep

$1,500-2,500

Clocks and Mechanical Music

lots 50 – 60

50 AN ANTIQUE FRENCH SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON

Attributed to Bontems, Paris, circa 1900

The key-operated mechanism with lever control with two speeds, modelled as two birds within a gilt metal hanging cage, both with automated tail, head and beak, one bird standing on the velvet lined cage, the other perched on a metal rod entwined with faux vines of leaves, the domed cage with a velvet lined interior above a circular base with a border of scrolling foliate motifs, all surmounted by a suspension ring

54cm high (handle raised), 28cm diameter

$2,000-3,000

51 A LARGE ANTIQUE SWISS SIX-AIR NINEBELL MUSIC BOX

Ami Rivenc & Co., Geneva, circa 1870, serial number 17630

The 33cm lever-wound cylinder playing eight airs, with nine striking bells, the movement with start / stop and change / repeat controls, the music box under an internal glass cover, in a burr walnut and ebonised case with bronze carrying handles to the sides, the original tune sheet pinned to the underside of the cover, numbered 17630, and also a plaque ‘A. Rivenc & Co./ MANUFACTURERS/ GENEVA’ 34cm high, 68cm wide, 44cm deep

$1,600-2,400

52

AN ANTIQUE FRENCH MUSICAL CLOCK PICTURE

Mid-19th century

The eight-day striking moment with activating levers attached to a sub-striking movement on gong, with a black and white japanned Roman numeral dial cut through a French School oil on canvas painting to appear as the clock in the longcase clock in an interior scene, apparently original period frame (regilt), the clock and musical movement housed in box hinged to the rear of the picture frame, together with the a key-driven single-cylinder musical movement, the controls for the latter accessible from the underside

58cm x 67cm, overall (including frame)

$2,400-3,200

53

AN ANTIQUE CHINESE EXPORT NACREINLAID ROSEWOOD-CASED MANTEL CLOCK

1840s

The double fusee two-train movement with duplex platform escapement quarter-striking on eight bells, the black and white-japanned Roman numeral dial within applied gilt relief spandrels in Chinese manner in an upright case with shaped top above a glazed door to the front, glazed sides, and a fretwork door to the back enclosing the decoratively engraved brass backplate, the front of the case inlaid with nacre in trailing foliate designs, with brass finials and ball feet

59.5cm high, 36cm wide, 20cm deep

$1,600-2,400

54 A LATE GEORGIAN BRASS-INLAID

ROSEWOOD-CASED MANTEL CLOCK

John Henry Borrell, London, circa 1830

The double fusee movement with anchor escapement striking on eight bells, the black and white-japanned Roman numeral dial within a glazed brass bezel in an upright case of architectural design with brass grilles to the sides and a glazed door to the back enclosing the signed brass backplate, the front of the case inlaid with brass in trailing foliate designs, with brass finials and feet

57.5cm high, 32.5cm wide, 20cm deep

$1,800-2,400

55 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY-CASED MANTEL CLOCK

Samuel Jones, Bath, second half 18th century

The eight-day double fusee movement with verge escapement and pull repeat striking on a bell, the silvered Roman and Arabic numeral dial beneath a strike / silent dial within engraved spandrels in a bell-top glazed case of typical architectural design with glazed doors front and back, brass grilles to the spandrels of the front and to the sides, and with a brass swing handle to the top, the brass backplate engraved with a decorative design of flowers in an urn in a garden

52cm high (with handle raised), 28.5cm wide, 19cm deep

provenance

M. Sainsbury Antiques, Bath, 1970s or 1980s

exhibitions

Holburne Museum, Bath, 26 February–27 March, 1972

$1,800-2,400

56 AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD-CASED LIBRARY CLOCK

Wheeler, London, mid-19th century

The double fusee movement and silvered Roman numeral dial with engraved spandrels within a fiveglass rosewood case of Classical pedestal form with moulded base

38cm high, 29.5cm wide, 16.5cm deep

$1,800-2,400

58

57 AN ANTIQUE FRENCH ORMOLUMOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK AND CANDLESTICK GARNITURE

The clock by Prosper Roussel, Paris, second half 19th century

In Louis XV style, the eight-day bell-striking movement and black and white-japanned Arabic and Roman numeral dial in an upright grey marble case on platform base with finely-cast ormolu mounts throughout, the conforming candlesticks on circular bases

The clock 41cm high, 28.5cm wide, 13cm deep

$1,600-2,400

58 AN ANTIQUE FRENCH CHINOISERIE LYRE CLOCK

Andre Roman Guilmet, Paris, last quarter 19th century

Eight-day time-only movement, the Arabic numeral dial with decorative brass centre within a glazed bezel raised in a lyre-shaped case on moulded oval base. decorated in mid-eighteenth century chinoiserie manner in coloured and gilt lacquer on the black ground and with gilt metal mounts

48cm high, 18.5cm, 22cm wide

$1,000-1,500

59

A MID-GEORGIAN OAK LONG-CASE CLOCK

Gilbert Kidd, Malton, third quarter 18th century

The eight-day movement with anchor escapement striking on a bell, the silvered Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials within foliate brass spandrels, the glazed hood with shaped top (formerly with finials) and an arched and moulded cornice above flanking brass-mounted Corinthian columns, the trunk of typical form with a door with shaped top above the moulded plinth base on shaped bracket feet

231cm high, 48cm wide, 26cm deep

$1,000-1,500

60 A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK IN GEORGE III MANNER

The dial spuriously signed Francis Reynolds, Kensington, late 19th century

The movement apparently late eighteenth century with late Victorian modifications and additions striking on eight bells and a gong. the silvered and decoratively engraved brass Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture within foliate brass spandrels, the glazed hood with shaped top with brass finials and moulded cornices above flanking brass-mounted stop-fluted Corinthian columns, the trunk of typical form with a panelled door above the moulded plinth base on shaped bracket feet, variously ornamented throughout with blind fretwork, Classical motifs carved in relief, and moulded panels

252cm high, 54cm wide, 27cm deep

$1,000-1,500

A Private Collection of Silver, Melbourne, Part I

lots 61 – 88

61

A PAIR OF GEORGE III STERLING SILVER CANDLESTICKS

W.A (possibly Williams Watkins), London, 1771

Each in the form of a Corinthian column with stop-fluted shaft on a spreading foliate and wreath decorated foot of ogee profile

31.5cm & 32cm high respectively, 1,362 total weight (including loaded bases)

$1,200-1,800

62

A WELL-MATCHED ASSEMBLED GEORGE II STERLING SILVER ‘WARWICK’ CRUET SET

Samuel Wood, London, variously 1752–1754

Of typical ‘Warwick’ cruet configuration and design but with the pepper caster paired with a silver bottle of identical design with a cap not pierced as a caster, the casters and matching bottle uniformly engraved with a cipher, the caps of the cut glass bottles not marked

The stand 19cm high, the sugar caster 14.5cm high, the silver 900g in total

$1,800-2,400

63 AN IRISH GEORGE III STERLING SILVER SALVER

Maker’s mark ‘C·F’, probably C. Fox, Dublin, 1774

Of shaped circular outline, the raised sides with gadrooned edges, on four pad feet, the centre engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate mantle 4cm high, 35.5cm diameter, 1,268g

$2,400-2,800

64 AN IRISH GEORGE III STERLING SILVER SAUCE BOAT

Richard Whitford, Dublin, early 19th century (date mark rubbed)

Of typical boat form, with gadrooned rim and leafcapped scrolling handle, on three anthemion-topped pad feet, engraved to one side with a crest of a falcon 14.5cm high, 22cm wide, 11.5cm deep, 508g

$1,000-1,600

65

A PAIR OF GEORGE II STERLING SILVER MEAT DISHES

Daniel Piers, London, 1751

Of shaped oval outline, the raised borders with gadrooned edges, each engraved to one side with a coat of arms with deer supporters and motto ‘Patriis virtutibus’

Each 2.5cm high, 43cm wide, 30cm deep, 2,406g

$5,000-6,000

66

A REGENCY STERLING SILVER SALVER

William Troby, London, 1816

Of indented circular outline, the raised sides with beaded edges between floral points, on four ball-andclaw feet, the centre engraved with a coat of arms within a foliate mantle

4cm high, 35.5cm diameter, 1,118g

$2,000-2,600

67

A GEORGE II STERLING SILVER TANKARD

Francis Spilsbury I, London, 1737

Baluster-shaped with a leaf-capped scrolling handle on a moulded spreading foot, engraved opposite the handle with a crested and mantled coat of arms, the underside engraved ‘George Frederick Peel from S.P. 27th Feb. 1921.’

12cm high, 13.5cm wide, 420g

$900-1,200

68

A PAIR OF GEORGE II CAST STERLING SILVER CANDLESTICKS

John Quantcock, London, 1746

Of typical form, each with a turned and faceted knopped stem on spreading moulded lobed foot, foliate palmettes to the (removable) pan, upper knop, and foot

23.5cm high, 1,166g in total

$2,400-3,000

69

A PAIR OF GEORGE III STERLING SILVER SAUCE BOATS

Walter Brind, London, 1765

Of typical boat form, each with an ogee-shaped rim and leaf-capped scrolling handle, on three anthemion-topped pad feet, both engraved to one side with a crest of a lion passant within a garter with motto ‘Gardez vous’

Each 13cm high, 18cm wide, 10cm deep, 604g in total

$1,200-1,800

70 A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER TWOHANDLED CUP

Thomas Wallis I, London, 1772

Of typical form, the girdled body with a pair of scrolling handles on a spreading moulded circular foot

15cm high, 18cm wide, 376g

$600-700

71 A GEORGE III SCOTTISH FOUR-PIECE TEA SET

William & Patrick Cunningham, Edinburgh, 1800

A tea pot and stand on feet, ring-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the vessels of oval outline with a pair of flutes each side, the stand conforming, engraved with foliate borders and with enwreathed ciphers to the centres

The tea pot 17cm high, 1,272g in total

$2,400-2,800

72 A REGENCY STERLING SILVER SWINGHANDLE BREAD OR CAKE BASKET

Probably Thomas Robins (mark rubbed), London, 1814

Of rounded rectangular outline with moulded sides upswept towards the ends on a moulded foot, the gadrooned edges with shell corners and centres, the border engraved to one side with a crest of a sheep statant

12cm high (not including handle) , 33.5cm wide, 27cm deep. 1,134g

$2,200-2,800

73 A GROUP OF GEORGE III AND LATER ‘OLD ENGLISH’ PATTERN TABLE FORKS AND SPOONS

Various makers, 1790s-1850s

Comprising five dinner forks by Peter, Anne and William Bateman, London, 1802, three table spoons by Peter and Anne Bateman, London, 1793, and four table spoons by Richard Crossley and George Smith, London, 1807 together with another similar by John Osment, Exeter, 1854

836g in total

$1,600-2,400

74

GEORGE III SILVER ASPARAGUS TONGS

William Eley I & William Fearn, London, 1801

Of typical form with a grooved grip

21cm long, 135g

$400-500

75 A GROUP OF SEVEN GEORGE II & GEORGE III THREE-PRONG TABLE FORKS

Various London makers, 1750s-1760s

Of typical form, each in Hanoverian pattern

Each 19.5cm long, 440gms in total

$800-1,200

$400-600 75

76

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN KINGS PATTERN FLAT WARE

Various makers and dates

Comprising six dessert spoons and nine dessert forks 1014g in total

$1,800-2,400

77 AN ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL SILVER GILT SPOON

Apparently 18th century (the sole visible mark rubbed)

The deep ovoid bowl on a sculptural shaft in Northern Renaissance manner modelled with various figures in cartouches and floral and foliate details, engraved below the heel ‘Zygmont II’, apparently commemorating the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), electronically testing around 700–750 silver purity

19.5cm long, 122g

78

FOUR CONTINENTAL DUTCH-STYLE SPOONS

19th century and later

Each of typical form with a wide bowl and shaped handle with a cast finial, with varying motifs of ships and figures, testing electronically between around 900-950 silver purity

17cm-19.5cm respectively, 218g in total

$400-600

79 A PAIR OF GEORGE III STERLING SILVER CHEESE SCOOPS

William & Samuel Knight, London, 1814

Each of typical form, in fiddle, thread and shell pattern

23cm long, 292g in total

$600-800

80 A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER ‘KINGS PATTERN’ BASTING SPOON

John James Whiting, London, 1856

Of typical form

30.5cm long, 204g

$400-600

81 A RARE VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER ‘OLD ENGLAND PATTERN’ BASTING SPOON

Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater, London, 1838

Of typical form, the handle decorated with shamrock, thistle and a rose, the back of the bowl decorated with a sprig of oak leaves and acorns 30cm long, 210g

$500-700

82

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER COBURG PATTERN BASTING SPOONS

William Robert Smily, London, 1857

Of typical form, the handle decorated with shells, scales and scrolls, the back of the bowl decorated with a clam shell

Each 30cm long, 422g in total

$800-1,200

83

TWO WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER TREFID TABLE SPOONS

Both by William Scarlett, London, 1698 (date marks rubbed on one spoon)

Of typical form, the first spoon with a rat tail and dog nose, the back of its terminal punched with initials KF and EB and date Sept 22 1698, the other with a beaded rat tail, the back of its terminal punched with initials AW

Each 20cm long, 102g in total

$1,200-1,800

84

TWO WILLIAM AND MARY BRITANNIA SILVER TREFID TABLE SPOONS

One by John Cory, London, circa 1700 (date mark rubbed), the other by Lawrence Coles, London, 1700

Of typical form, the first spoon with a beaded rat tail, the back of its terminal punched with initials ER and WW, the other silver gilt with a double-struck rat tail

19.5cm & 18.5cm respectively, 94g in total

$1,000-1,800

85

A GROUP OF TEN GEORGE I & LATER ‘HANOVERIAN’ PATTERN TABLE SPOONS

Various makers, 1720s-1750s

Of typical form, eight spoons with a rat tail

546g

$1,200-1,800

86

A SET OF FOUR FINELY-DECORATED GEORGE III STERLING SILVER GILT TABLE SPOONS

William Eley I & William Fearn, London, 1807

In Old English pattern, the base of the bowls modelled in relief with a garland of flowers and foliage centred on a bow, the bowls bright cut with a design of a basket of flowers suspended on a ribbon from a bow, the handles cut to a conforming design

Each 21cm long, 266g in total

$500-700

87 THREE STERLING SILVER FISH SERVERS

Various London makers, 1800-1830

One in ‘Kings’ pattern, by William Eaton, London, 1831, the second in ‘Old English’ pattern with shell by Adey Bellamy Savory, London, 1829, the third with the slice by Alexander Field, London, 1803, the handle by another maker ‘TT’, possibly Thomas Taylor

504g in total

$1,000-1,500

88 AN ANTIQUE BALINESE KRIS WITH JEWELLED SILVER HILT 19th century

The hilt modelled as a figure of Batara Bayu set with variously coloured and sized glass cabochons mounted to an eleven-luk damascened blade of back and bronze pamor

PLEASE NOTE: A purchaser of this lot resident in Victoria will be required to present a Victorian edged weapons licence upon collection, a copy of will be taken by Leonard Joel.

62cm long

$600-900

Silver and Gold From Other Properties

lots 89 – 129

89

AN EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER CENTREPIECE EPERGNE

James Dixon & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1905

The shaped central flower bowl (retaining its grid) and pair of handled sweetmeat dishes of conforming design, all removable, mounted on a serpentine platform raised on scrolling supports, modelled throughout in rococo manner with rocaille and floral details, the platform with floral swags

26.5cm high, 35.5m wide, 20.5cm deep, 1,688g

$2,000-2,600

90

A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II STERLING SILVER CANDLESTICKS

Barker Ellis Silver Co., Birmingham, 1972

Of Neo-Classical columnar form in George III ‘Adam’ style, richly modelled throughout with Classical motifs including rams’ heads to the capitals of the fluted shafts and urns

Each 31cm high, 3,362g in total (the bases loaded)

$2,000-2,600

91

A CHRISTOFLE ‘MALMAISON’ PATTERN SILVER PLATE FLATWARE SERVICE

Late 20th century

A service for twelve, one hundred and fifty-five pieces, comprising twelve each of fish knives and forks, entrée knives and forks, table knives and forks, dessert knives and forks, butter knives, soup spoons, dessert spoons, and eleven soda spoons, together with twelve various serving pieces including a fish knife and fork, soup ladle, two pairs of salad servers, two large serving spoons, two potato / vegetable ladles, and a serving fork, all in original boxes

$3,000-4,000

92 AN ELIZABETH II STERLING SILVER TWOHANDLED TRAY

Roberts & Belk Ltd, Sheffield, 1968

Rounded rectangular with raised sides, the gadrooned edges and handles with shell and foliage corners and centres

2,160g

$1,800-2,400 89

95

93

AN EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London, 1905

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, each body of rounded rectangular outline with a gadrooned and foliate rim and a gadrooned lower half on four foliate feet, the pots with boxwood handles and finials

The coffee pot 22.5cm high, 1,886g in total

$2,000-2,600

94 A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER GOBLET

Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, London, 1828

The waisted body modelled around its lower part with flowers against stiff leaves raised on a stem with a gadrooned blade knop and circular foot moulded with an egg-and-tongue border, the interior gilt

15cm high, 304g

$600-900

95 AN AUSTRIAN SILVER PART FLATWARE SERVICE

800 standard, unidentified maker, mid-20th century

In a modern thread pattern with shaped handles, mostly a service for twelve, seventy-four pieces comprising twelve each of table knives and forks (but lacking one fork), table spoons, ice cream spoons, and tea spoons, six fish knives and five fish forks, and four serving pieces including a carving knife and fork

3,998g in total (excluding steel-bladed table knives and carving knife)

$3,600-4,200

96 AN AUSTRIAN MUSICAL SILVER HANUKKIAH

800 standard, maker’s mark ‘F·K’, Vienna, second quarter, 20th century

In the flat stylised form of a tree on a spreading rectangular base, the eight lights arranged in a line above an openwork inscription in Hebrew and the shamash mounted to the front, all but the lights planished, the based accommodating a simple mechanical musical movement

29cm high, 30cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 1,078g (including fittings in the base)

$800-1,200

97 AN AUSTRIAN TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY*

80 standard, unidentified maker, Vienna, second quarter 20th century

A tray, tea pot, coffee pot, water pitcher, covered sugar basin, and cream jug, the variously balustershaped and globular bodies with moulded corners standing on ball-and-claw feet, the domed covers with finials of flowers and leaves, the scrolling loop handles in ivory, the tray with raised moulded edge of conforming outline

The coffee pot and pitcher 20.5cm high, the tray 52cm wide, 40cm deep, 4,016g in total

other notes

* CITES permit required for export; obtaining this is the obligation of the buyer; the grant of an export permit from relevant authorities is not guaranteed.

$3,000-5,000

98 A PAIR OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER SERVING DISHES

900 standard, maker’s mark ‘MI’, last quarter 19th century

Of slightly lobed oval outline with raised sides modelled with foliate edges

Each 2cm high, 37.5cm wide, 29.5cm deep, 1,298g in total

$1,200-1,800

99

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER TWOHANDLED TRAY

800 standard, Singer, Vienna, early 20th century

Rectangular with broad flat borders, the shaped and pierced corners and handles modelled with various Classical motifs including foliate swags

3cm high (at the handles), 51.5cm wide, 31cm deep, 1,230g

$1,000-1,600

100

A GERMAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE

800 standard, unidentified maker, first half 20th century

In a modern thread pattern with trefid terminals, a service for twelve, one hundred and forty-four pieces comprising twelve each of fish knives and forks, entrée knives and forks, table knives and forks, cake forks, table spoons, dessert spoons, tea spoons, and coffee spoons, together with twelve various serving pieces including a fish servers, various serving spoons, and a cake lift

5,244g in total (excluding steel-bladed entrée and table knives)

$4,600-5,500

101

AN AUSTRIAN 14k GOLD CIGARETTE CASE

Maker’s mark ‘G.S’, Vienna, second quarter 20th century

Rectangular with a concealed sprung release, with reeding running continuously around the top, sides, and underside

1.1cm high, 9.3cm wide, 8cm deep, 162g

$12,000-15,000

102

AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER, CLOISONNÉ, AND JEWELLED EGG-SHAPED BOX ON FEET

84 zolotniki (875 standard), maker’s mark ‘BA’, Moscow, circa 1910

Egg-shaped on three hooved feet, the exterior decorated with cloisonné in various colours with three roundels to the cover enclosing the same design of a swan on water and otherwise with various floral and arabesque designs punctuated by red glass cabochons, the interior gilt

9cm high, 118g

$2,600-3,400

103

AN ANTIQUE GERMAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE FOR FISH

800 standard, Ernst Menner, Stuttgart, late 19th–early 20th century

In English fiddle and thread pattern, thirty-six pieces, comprising eighteen each of knives and forks, the terminals uniformly engraved with a heraldic device of two escutcheons beneath a coronet 1,598g in total

$2,000-2,600

104

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH SILVER TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS BY ALBERT BEAUFORT 950 standard, Paris, late 19th–early 20th century

In rococo manner, the cups and saucers modelled in relief all round with rocaille and floral and foliate designs, the cups with foliate scrolling handles The cups 6cm high, the saucers 12cm diameter, 326g in total

$600-800

105

A PAIR OF COLONIAL AMERICAN SILVER DESSERT SERVING SPOONS ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL REVERE Snr

Maker’s mark ‘PR’, mid-eighteenth century, probably Massachusetts

Of Old English pattern, each with a bowl modelled both sides as a leaf, the shafts and handles chased both sides with floral and foliate designs descending to the heels modelled as leaves, the interiors of the bowls gilt, the backs of the terminals engraved with a crest of a lion rampant holding a crescent, electronically testing at around 94% silver purity

Each about 20.5cm long, 136g in total

$2,600-3,400

106

A GEORGE V STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, IN OAK CANTEEN

Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London, 1926 and 1927

Of King’s shape close to Chawner’s ‘Princess No. 1’ pattern, a service for twelve, ninety-one pieces, comprising twelve each of entrée knives and forks, table knives and forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons, and tea spoons, together with nine various serving pieces including a carving set, serving spoon, and ladles, all fitted in the original oak canteen of three drawers

4,216g in total (excluding the steel-bladed knives), $4,600-5,500

107

A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER SWINGHANDLED DISH ON FOOT

Possibly William Eley II (marks rubbed), London, 1830

Circular with swept sides on a pointed spreading foot, the centre and panelled sides richly modelled with grape bunches and flowers within the foliate border with shell centres, the conforming handle with terminals of Classical heads atop foliate scrolls 10.5cm high (with handle lowered), 31m diameter, 8cm deep, 1,234g

$2,000-3,000

108

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

William Hunter, London, 1833

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed bodies with leaf-capped scroll handles and standing on a spreading circular feet, modelled with floral and foliate designs, the pots with finials of leaves and flowers

The coffee pot 23.5cm high, 2,496g in total

$2,800-3,400

109

A LARGE GEORGE V STERLING SILVER TRAY

James Dixon & Sons Ltd, 1918

Oval, the swept raised sides with gadrooned and beaded edges, with shell and floral centres to the ends above shaped handhold apertures

4cm high, 68cm wide, 44cm deep 3,350g

$3,800-4,400

110

A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT

John Langlands I & John Robertson I, Newcastle, 1788

Baluster-shaped with a tall domed and finialed cover and box wood handle on a broad circular foot, beaded edges to the cover, shoulder, spout, and foot 33cm high, 900g (including handle)

$2,000-2,500

111

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE V STERLING SILVER SALT CELLARS

Mappin & Webb Ltd, London, 1912

Each hemispherical on three foliate scroll feet, the interiors gilt

Each 3.5cm high, 6.5cm diameter, 276g in total

$600-900

112

AN ELIZABETH II PARCEL-GILT STERLING

SILVER ‘YORK MINISTER’ GOBLET

Hector Miller, London, 1972, for Aurum, numbered 32 of an edition of 500

The slightly tapering cylindrical bowl with planished exterior on a cylindrical gilt foot modelled in relief all round with scenes of artisans working on the restoration of the Minster, the interior gilt, impressed inscription and number underside, accompanied by Aurum’s conformingly numbered booklet on the goblet and related document

16.5cm high, 484g

$800-1,200

113

AN ELIZABETH II PARCEL-GILT STERLING SILVER ‘WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL’ GOBLET

Hector Miller, London, 1979, for Aurum, numbered 829 of an edition of 900

The slightly tapering cylindrical bowl on a gilt stem encircled by figures of Saint Swithun, King Alfred, Bishop Wakelin, William of Wykeham, Prior Kingsmill, Mary Tudor, and others, all on a spreading circular foot, the interior gilt, impressed inscription and number underside, accompanied by Aurum’s conformingly numbered booklet on the goblet 16.5cm high, 384g

$600-900

114

AN ELIZABETH II PARCEL-GILT STERLING SILVER ‘WELLS CATHEDRAL’ GOBLET

Hector Miller, London, 1982, for Aurum, numbered 229 of an edition of 800

The broad rounded bowl on a gilt openwork stem of two tiers of figures of monarchs, bishops, and others associated with the history of the Cathedral within Gothic niches, all on a spreading octagonal foot, the interior gilt, impressed inscription and number underside, accompanied by Aurum’s conformingly numbered booklet on the goblet 17cm high, 458g

$800-1,200

115

AN ELIZABETH II PARCEL-GILT STERLING SILVER ‘GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL’ GOBLET

Hector Miller, London, 1981, for Aurum, numbered 139 of an edition of 681

The slightly waisted tapering bowl on a gilt openwork stem of Gothic tracery with a breakfront square foot with towers at its corners, the interior gilt, impressed inscription and number underside, accompanied by Aurum’s conformingly numbered booklet on the goblet and related documents

16.5cm high, 336g

$600-900

116

AN ELIZABETH II PARCEL-GILT STERLING SILVER ‘LINCOLN CATHEDRAL’ GOBLET

Hector Miller, London, 1981, for Aurum, numbered 378 of an edition of 800

The slightly waisted tapering bowl with planished exterior on a gilt stem encircled by figures of musical angels, all on a spreading octagonal foot pieced with quatrefoil tracery, the interior gilt, impressed inscription and number underside 16cm high, 320g

$600-900

117

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER-MOUNTED ETCHED GLASS CLARET JUG

The mounts by Gough & Silvester (mark of William Gough), Birmingham, 1868

Baluster-shaped on a moulded stem and spreading foot, the glass etched with various geometric and foliate designs, the engraved silver collar and spout descending to foliate open work on the shoulder, the loop handle mounted with a figure of a dragon, the hinged domed cover with a lion rampant finial 31cm high

$800-1,200

118

A LARGE SCOTTISH EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER BOWL ON FOOT

R. & W. Sorley, Glasgow, 1903

In the form of a quaich, circular with a pair of shaped handles to the rim, moulded lip and midheight girdle, on a waisted circular foot 13.5cm high, 34cm wide (across the handles), 1,040g

provenance

Stow Antiques, Stow-on-the-Wold, England, from whom purchased by the vendor in 2003

$2,800-3,600

119

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER WINE JUG, PRESENTED AS A REGIMENTAL HUNT TROPHY

Thomas Bradbury & Sons (Joseph & Edward Bradbury), Sheffield, 1865

Baluster-shaped on a circular foot, the handle modelled as an encircling serpent, the finial of the cover as a butterfly, the body decorated with engraved palmettes and oval reserves to both sides enclosing Classical Greek figure groups, a reserve below the spout engraved ‘Regimental / Hunt Cup / Scots Greys / 1870 / Won by Mr Rowes / “Quicksilver”’ 33cm high, 890g

$1,800-2,400

120

A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER TWOHANDLED CUP, LATER PRESENTED AS A CAMBRIDGE ROWING TROPHY

Thomas Wallis I, London, 1784

Of typical form with girdled body on spreading moulded circular foot, with two scrolling handles with heart-shaped lower terminals, the body engraved to one side with the heraldic escutcheon of the University of Cambridge and to the other ‘Cambridge University / Scratch Fours / March 1865 / 35 Boats Started / First Prize …’ followed by the names of the crew and their colleges

15cm high, 412g

$700-1,000

124

AN EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER TWOHANDLED TRAY

121

A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER WINE FUNNEL

Thomas Wallis II & Jonathan Hayne, London, 1811

The decoratively perforated removable strainer with gadrooned rim fitting into the deep rounded bowl of the funnel, the head of the spout moulded and reeded 13.5cm high, 138g

$700-1,000

122

AN ASSEMBLED GEORGIAN AND LATER STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATE FLATWARE SERVICE

The silver forks and spoons by various English makers and of various late 18th–19th century dates

In Old English pattern, a service for twelve, ninetyone pieces, the silver comprising twelve each of table forks, dessert forks, table spoons, and dessert spoons, sixteen tea spoons, a basting spoon, and a pair of ladles, together with a later set of Old English pattern knives in silver plate comprising twelve each of entrée and table knives

The silver 2,682g in total

$4,000-6,000

123

A GEORGE V STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

William Hutton & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1930

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, each of rounded rectangular outline with moulded borders gadrooned upper edges, on ball feet, the pots with ebonised wood handles and finials

The coffee pot 22cm, 1,958g in total

$2,600-3,200

R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1912

Rounded rectangular with raised sides, the edges and handles gadrooned, the centre engraved with a cipher 5.5cm high (at the handles), 74.5cm wide, 46cm deep, 4,465g

$6,000-8,000

125

A LARGE VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP

Holland, Aldwinckle, & Slater, London, 1896

Of typical form, the girdled body with a pair of open scrolling handles on a spreading moulded circular foot, engraved to one side with a crest of an arm in armour brandishing a dagger above the motto ‘Virtutis amore’, resting loosely on a later turned hardwood plinth with engraved silver plate band recording its presentation as a racing trophy in 1991 25cm high (the cup alone), 1,428g

$2,000-2,600

126

AN ASSEMBLED VICTORIAN AND LATER STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATE FLATWARE SERVICE

The silver forks and spoons by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1897, and Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1931 In King’s pattern, basically a service for six, fifty-six pieces, the silver comprising six each of entrée and table forks, dessert spoons, and tea spoons, and four serving spoons, together with two later suites of King’s pattern knives in silver plate, one suite comprising eight each of entrée and table knives, the other of six each of the same

The silver 1,964g in total

$3,400-4,000

127

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Martin, Hall, & Co. (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall), Sheffield, 1895

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the variously baluster shaped and globular bodies with scrolling handles and standing on a circular feet, modelled and engraved with floral and foliate designs, the reserves to the front engraved with a monogram, those to the reverse blank

The coffee pot 26cm high, total weight 2,144g

$1,800-2,400

128

A MODERNIST SILVER PLATE CENTREPIECE

BOWL BY MAISON DESNY

Paris, late 1920s

Hemispherical on a transverse planar rib intersecting with five longitudinal planar feet, impressed marks underside

14cm high, 33.5cm wide, 27cm deep

provenance

Millea Brothers, Select auction, New Jersey, 22 November 2019, lot 2404, purchased by the vendor

$4,000-6,000

129

AN ITALIAN SILVER PLATE CRAB-FORM COVERED SERVING DISH

By Teghini Florence, second half 20th century

Realistically modelled with a the hinged lid, stamped ‘TEGHINI / FIRENZE / MADE IN ITALY’

underside

15cm high, 37cm wide, 38cm deep

$700-1,000

Ceramics

130

AN ART NOUVEAU GLAZED CERAMIC

FIGURE OF A MAIDEN

Produced by Ernst Wahliss, Vienna, circa 1900

Modelled standing with lotus in her hair and at her feet and holding a conch shell to her ear, on a shaped square based modelled in relief with various Art Nouveau designs, impressed underside ‘Made in Austria’ and with the number numbers 266 / 10 66cm high

$600-900

131

A SET OF TWELVE ROYAL DOULTON PLATES DECORATED BY JACK PRICE

First quarter 20th century

Each indented circular, the wells decorated with scenes in the gardens of various English houses, each signed by Price, the borders with gilt floral and foliate decoration on the ivory ground, painted and printed marks underside including the location of each scene and the name of the retailer, J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia

Each 27cm diameter

$1,200-1,800

132

A PAIR OF ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN COVERED VASES DECORATED IN JAPANESE MANNER

Date cipher for 1898

Baluster-shaped with domed and finialed covers, the body of each with five reserves decorated in kakiemon manner with various flowering plants in vases, otherwise cobalt-glazed with gilt decoration, printed factory marks underside

Each 35cm high

$800-1,200

133

AN ANTIQUE GERMAN PORCELAIN ‘SCHNEEBALLEN’ COVERED VASE BY OR IN THE MANNER OF MEISSEN

Late 19th century

After the eighteenth century Meissen originals, baluster-shaped with a domed cover and a pair of sinuous grape vine handles, the ground and applied ‘snowballs’ entirely and densely covered with small flower heads, the cover with a large figure of a spreadwinged parrot on a fruiting branch as a finial, the body with smaller figures of various birds, without maker’s marks

49cm high

$800-1,200

134

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN POT POURRI VASE DECORATED BY JOHN STINTON, Jnr

Shape 279/H, date cipher for 1917

Of lightly lobed compressed baluster shape with a floral-modelled shoulder, decorated to the front with a scene of Highland cattle, signed, the reverse with a subsidiary landscape, the neck and conforming pierced cover gilt and white, printed factory marks underside

13cm high

$600-900

135

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN COVERED VASE DECORATED BY JOHN STINTON, Jnr

Shape F106/H, date cipher for 1917

Baluster-shaped with a narrow everted mouth and neck, on four shell-topped feet, decorated to the front with a scene of Highland cattle, signed, the reverse with a subsidiary landscape, the neck, foot, and conforming cover gilt and white, printed factory marks underside

24.5cm high

$700-1,000

136

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN VASE

DECORATED BY HARRY DAVIS

Shape 2777, date cipher for 1924

Of slender ovoid shape on a spreading foot, decorated all-round with a hilly landscape with blackface sheep and a cottage, signed, printed factory marks underside

20.5cm high

$800-1,200

137

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN POT

POURRI VASE DECORATED BY HARRY DAVIS

Shape 1286, date cipher for 1923

Globular, the lower half modelled as a cane basket, decorated to the front with a scene of blackface sheep and a cottage in a landscape, signed, the reverse with a subsidiary landscape, the lower part and conforming pierced cover (enclosing an inner cover) gilt and white, printed factory marks underside

19cm high

$4,000-6,000

138

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN EWER

VASE DECORATED BY JOHN STINTON, Jnr

Shape 1309, date cipher for 1912

Baluster-shaped with a foliate scrolling handle from the shaped mouth to the moulded shoulder, on a moulded and foliate circular foot, decorated to the front with a scene of Highland cattle, signed, the reverse with a subsidiary landscape, the upper and lower parts gilt and white, printed factory marks

underside

34cm high

$4,000-6,000

Shape H313, 1891

Each baluster-shaped with a pair of handles to the moulded shoulder, on a moulded circular foot, each decorated to the front with a scene of Highland cattle, both signed, the reverse with a subsidiary landscape, the upper and lower parts and conforming covers gilt and white, printed factory marks underside

Each 40.5cm high

$8,000-12,000

Hand-decorated Porcelain, Crystal and Silver Plate Dinner Service by De Lamerie

lots 140 – 146

140

A VERY FINE ENGLISH HAND-DECORATED PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE FOR TWELVE BY DE LAMERIE 1990s

In De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern with the Neo-Classical gilt decoration on marbled green borders, one hundred and forty-five pieces, comprising twelve each of soup plates, two-handled soup bowls and underplates, entrée / luncheon plates, dinner plates, side plates in two sizes, tea cups and saucers, and coffee cans and saucers, together with thirteen serving pieces including a tureen and covered and uncovered dishes, platters, tea and coffee pot, and associated pieces

The tureen 25cm high provenance

Acquired by the vendor from De Lamerie as part of a large suite assembled from the 1990s to early 2000s.

other notes

Advice kindly provided by De Lamerie in December 2021 to assist an insurance valuation put the total replacement of value of the porcelain and crystal in the present and following lots at about £166,000 (approximately A$313,000 at that time).

$6,000-9,000

141

A VERY FINE ENGLISH HAND-DECORATED PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE FOR TWELVE BY DE LAMERIE 1990s

In De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern with the Neo-Classical gilt decoration on marbled green borders, one hundred and forty-five pieces, comprising twelve each of soup plates, two-handled soup bowls and underplates, entrée / luncheon plates, dinner plates (and one additional), side plates in two sizes, and coffee cans and saucers, together with ten tea cups and saucers (and two additional saucers) and fourteen serving pieces including a tureen and covered and uncovered dishes, platters, tea and coffee pot, and associated pieces

The tureen 25cm high

other notes

See notes to lot 140.

$6,000-9,000

142

A VERY FINE SUITE OF FRENCH CRYSTAL STEMWARE FOR TWELVE, HANDDECORATED BY DE LAMERIE

Mostly Sèvres Cristal, 1990s

In De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern with the Neo-Classical gilt decoration on clear crystal, ninetysix pieces, comprising twelve each of champagne coupes and flutes, glasses for white wine, red wine, dessert wine, and liqueur, and highball glasses, together one or two additional glasses of most types, a decanter and a pitcher, each of hexagonal outline in faceting and feet

The decanter 41cm high

other notes

See notes to lot 140.

$5,000-7,000

143

A VERY FINE SUITE OF FRENCH CRYSTAL STEMWARE FOR TWELVE, HANDDECORATED BY DE LAMERIE

Mostly Sèvres Cristal, 1990s

In De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern with the Neo-Classical gilt decoration on clear crystal, eightysix pieces, comprising twelve each of champagne coupes and flutes, glasses for white wine, red wine, dessert wine, and liqueur, and highball glasses, together with a decanter and a pitcher, each of hexagonal outline in faceting and feet

The decanter 41cm high

other notes

See notes to lot 140.

$5,000-7,000

144

A SUITE OF FRENCH CRYSTAL LIQUEUR GLASSES, FINELY HAND-DECORATED BY DE LAMERIE

Sèvres Cristal, 1990s

Twenty-four glasses of hexagonal outline in faceting and feet, in De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern with the Neo-Classical gilt decoration on clear crystal

Each 13.5cm high

other notes

See notes to lot 140.

$1,000-1,400

145

A SUITE OF FIFTEEN ENGLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER PLATE CHARGER PLATES BY DE LAMERIE

1990s

In mid-Georgian manner, each of shaped circular outline, the beaded and shell-centred edges gilt, the borders engraved and gilt in De Lamerie’s ‘Robert Adam’ pattern

Each 39cm diameter

provenance

See provenance note to lot 140.

$2,600-3,400

146

A SET OF ENGLISH STERLING SILVER GILT NAPKIN RINGS AND SILVER-CAPPED CASTERS BY DE LAMERIE

Le Lamerie, Sheffield, 2000 and 2001

A set of seven large open work napkin rings, each of trailing foliage design, and a set of four silver-capped bottle-shaped glass casters with cut decoration

The napkin rings each 7.5cm long, the casters 15cm high, the silver 904g in total

provenance

See provenance note to lot 140.

$1,500-2,000

149 AN ÉTABLISSEMENTS GALLÉ CAMEO GLASS

CANDY BOX AND COVER

147 A DAUM FRÈRES ‘GRAPES’ CAMEO GLASS

VASE

Nancy, circa 1910

Tapering form on a spreading circular foot, with trailing grapes and vine leaves on a colourless glass ground with red, yellow and green pigment powder inclusions, Daum Nancy with cross of Lorraine to side

42.5cm high, 14cm wide

$800-1,200

148 A DAUM FRÈRES ‘DAHLIAS’ CAMEO GLASS

VASE

Nancy, circa 1915

Bulbous form, with flowering dahlias on a colourless glass ground with yellow and purple pigment powder inclusions, Daum Nancy with cross of Lorraine to side 14cm high, 16cm wide

$800-1,200

Nancy, circa 1920

Of compressed circular form, the lid and lower body decorated apple blossoms, signed Galle to lid and body, remnant paper label ‘ÉMILE GALLÉ / NANCY / PARIS.’ underside

5cm high, 10.5cm wide

$700-1,000

150 A RENÉ LALIQUE ‘ACTINIA’ VASE

Designed 1934 (discontinued 1947)

Of waisted and tapering cylindrical shape in opalescent glass, the exterior moulded with serrated wavy ribs, tinted blue between the ribs above and below the waist, stencilled mark underside ‘R.LALIQUE FRANCE’ 22cm high

literature

Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre de Verre (1994), p. 462, no. 10-889

$2,000-3,000

151

A RENÉ LALIQUE ‘VICHY’ VASE

The model introduced 1937

Of tapering elliptical form, the opalescent glass body moulded with frosted garlands of stylized flowers and foliage in relief, stencilled ‘R. LALIQUE FRANCE’ underside

17cm high, 20cm wide, 13cm deep

literature

Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre de Verre (1994), p. 466, no. 10-909

$700-900

152

AN UNUSUALLY LARGE ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM

Circa 3rd century A.D.

Fusiform with a ribbed body, in blue-sea green iridescent glass

38cm long, 7cm at widest point

$1,000-2,000

153

THIRTEEN ROMAN GLASS VESSELS

Circa 3rd century A.D.

Variously tapering and bulbous-formed, in pale-dark green iridescent glass, predominately unguentaria and smaller flasks

The tallest 15cm high

$1,000-2,000

154

AN ANTIQUE GERMAN LEADED STAINED GLASS PANEL

Probably 16th–17th century

With a shaped top and straight sides and base, depicting an older bearded man, possibly Moses, with the head of a young angel, with the Roman numerals I to X above the man’s head, perhaps referring to the Ten Commandments

41cm high, 31cm wide

$800-1,200

Items of Australian Historical

Importance and Interest

lots 155 – 165

155 A COLONIAL TASMANIAN BURR MUSK WRITING SLOPE

Second quarter 19th century

Of typical rectangular form, the top and all sides in burr musk on a kauri pine and cedar carcase, the top broadly cross-banded, the escutcheon and stringing to the edges in a contrasting lighter woods, the interior with a green baize-lined writing surface and typical arrangement of small compartments and a concealed pair of small drawers below 16cm high, 43cm wide, 23cm deep (closed)

provenance

Andrew Simpson (Simpson’s Antiques), Sydney

$2,000-3,000

156 A COLONIAL PERIOD TASMANIAN SOLID HUON PINE CHEST OF DRAWERS 1840s

Rectangular, the inverted break-front top above an arrangement of five short drawers and three long drawers between turned columns, on turned feet, the top, drawer fronts, and sides all in sold Huon pine (the top with a cedar substrate), all with clusters of burr figuring, the drawer linings and the backboards of Australian cedar, the drawers retaining apparently original pulls and Bramah type locks 132cm high, 128cm wide, 58cm deep

$800-1,200

157 A RARE COLONIAL TASMANIAN MANUSCRIPT VOLUME RECORDING OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND MEMORANDA RELATING TO POLICING AND ADMINISTRATION

Campbell Town, Tasmania, running 1832–1857

A neatly-kept chronological manuscript record of official colonial government circulars from the offices of the Colonial Secretary, Chief Police Magistrate, and others giving directives and advising policy on a range of police-related and other matters of local administration, interspersed with memoranda by officials and magistrates of the Campbell Town district on the same; after preliminary leaves devoted to the beginnings of an index, the entries begin with ‘Circular No. 1’ dated 8 February, 1832, and run to the last, ‘Circular No. 369’, dated 15 October, 1857, all in brown ink in various hands (none identified) carefully transcribing each circular and memorandum and their signatories and dates; the margins with occasional later short notes in pencil briefly indicating the subject of a particular circulars, these apparently corresponding with a pencil note on the second leaf, ‘Examined’, followed by a set of initials

Large quarto, half leather over marbled paper boards, binding leaves of ruled laid paper with Britannia and ‘LONDON / 1839’ watermarks, of which the

first 180-odd leaves (approximately two-thirds of the whole) are used, double-sided except the preliminary leaves, the remainder blank, the front board inscribed in ink ‘Circulars’ and the spine ‘Circulars Book’

provenance

The vendor’s grandfather, saved by him from destruction at the Campbell Town tip in the 1980s upon its disposal as part of a larger collection of material (including the following lot).

other notes

Evidently begun and maintained for police or related official purposes in Campbell Town as a means of gathering circulars and related memoranda in a single place, partly retrospectively (as indicated by the fact that the record runs from 1832 but the volume was not made, as a blank journal, until 1839, as the watermarks in its paper confirm).

The volume covers a wide range of administrative subjects including management of convicts and other prisoners, absconders and rewards, management and disposal of Crown lands and other property, petitions and other applications to the colonial administration, and the magistracy and police.

$2,000-4,000

160

158

TWO COLONIAL TASMANIAN MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS

Campbell Town district, Tasmania, running 1840–1844 and 1850–1856

(1) A regularly-kept private journal by an unidentified writer in the Cambell Town district, possibly related to the Davidson family, generally covering day-to-day events, mostly commercial and estate related, including occasional pages of accounts; after preliminary leaves, the entries run from the first dated 12 February, 1840, to the last dated 20 November, 1844, all in brown ink and apparently in the same hand

Large quarto, half leather over marbled paper boards, binding leaves of ledger-ruled laid paper with Britannia and ‘LONDON / 1835’ watermarks, 130-odd leaves, all used, double-sided except the preliminary leaves, the front board inscribed in ink ‘Journal’ following by a further inscription now illegibly scuffed

(2) A regularly-kept journal, predominantly of estate accounts, by an unidentified writer apparently associated with the pastoral property ‘Meadow Bank’ in the Campbell Town district; after the first two leaves, which are the beginning of a journal similar to that above and headed ‘Meadow Bank. 9th August 1847’ but abandoned after only a few weeks, the entries are records of payments made for goods and services, mostly in two columns, with each entry briefly recording the date, payee, sums paid, and the goods or services paid for, running from the first dated 9 July, 1850 to the last dated 26 July, 1856, all in brown ink and apparently in the same hand, followed

later in the volume (after gaps left blank) with columns of account balances within the same period, some relating to various named individuals

Large quarto, in parchment-covered boards, binding leaves of ruled laid paper with Britannia and ‘STACEY WISE / 1842’ watermarks, of which 130-odd leaves (approximately three-quarters of the whole) are used, mostly double-sided, the remainder blank, the front board inscribed in ink ‘Memorandum Book’

provenance

The vendor’s grandfather, saved by him from destruction at the Campbell Town tip in the 1980s, upon its disposal as part of a larger collection of material (including the preceding lot).

$1,500-2,500

159

A LARGE BLACKWOOD FIREWOOD BOX BY ROBERT PRENZEL

Circa 1900

Octagonal, the centre of the hinged cover carved in high relief with the head of a maiden in Art Nouveau manner, all sides of the body with arch-topped panels with stippled grounds, the left and right side panels mounted with masks of roaring grotesque lions, on a plinth base concealing old, possibly original casters to the underside, the hinges with long sinuous copper straps to the back, the interior with a removable zinc metal liner, incised signature ‘R. PRENZEL’ in the hair at the lower edge the centrepiece of the top, stamped in ink underside ‘ROBT PRENZEL / CITY ROAD / SOUTH MELBOURNE’ 84cm high, 63cm wide and deep

provenance

The Decoration Company, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the vendor’s grandmother in the early 1960s

other notes

In private correspondence with the vendor, Terence Lane compared the present lot with a design for another such box in the Prenzel archive held by the National Gallery of Victoria which he described as less attractive than the present box.

$5,000-7,000

160

Joseph HAMILTON (working late–early 20th century)

A pair of bust-length portraits in relief of a gentleman and a lady

Marble

Each signed lower right: J. Hamilton Sc. Each in an a moulded oak frame, possibly original to the works

Each 56cm high, 42cm wide (79cm high, 65cm wide including the frames)

other notes

Joseph Hamilton sculpted the South African War Memorial (also known as the ‘Memorial to Fallen Soldiers’ or the ‘Memorial to the 5th Victorian Contingent’) in the King’s Domain, Melbourne, unveiled in 1904. An incidental reference in an 1898 newspaper report indicates Hamilton had a studio or rooms in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, at that time. Little else of his life and work seems to be recorded.

A marble bust by Hamilton and another attributed to him was sold at auction in Melbourne in 2017.

$2,400-3,000

161

JOHN GOULD (1804–1881)

‘Charmosyna josephinæ’

Hand-coloured lithograph

From J. Gould, The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands (1840–1848), the lithograph drawn by William Hart after Gould’s original drawing

The original letter press relating to the plate enclosed to the reverse 53 x 35cm (sight)

$1,000-1,500

162

JOHN GOULD (1804–1881)

‘Dasyptilus pesqueti’

Hand-coloured lithograph

From J. Gould, The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands (1840–1848), the lithograph drawn by William Hart after Gould’s original drawing

The original letter press relating to the plate enclosed to the reverse 53 x 35cm (sight)

$1,000-1,500

163

John GOULD (1804–1881)

‘Calyptorhynchus leachii’

Hand-coloured lithograph

From J. Gould, The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands (1840–1848), the lithograph drawn by Henry Richter after Gould’s original drawing

The original letter press relating to the plate enclosed to the reverse 53 x 34.5cm (sight)

$3,000-5,000

164

John GOULD (1804–1881)

Two plates: ‘Ptilinopus superbus’ and ‘Chalcophaps chrysochlora’

Hand-coloured lithographs

From J. Gould, The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands (1840–1848), the lithographs drawn by Henry Richter after Gould’s original drawings

Each with the original letter press relating to the plate

Each 51 x 34.5cm (sight)

$600-900

165 AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF DONALD BRADMAN’S 1948 ASHES TEST MATCH BATTING GLOVES

Worn by Bradman as captain of ‘The Invincibles’ in his last century-making Test, Headingley, July 1948 A pair of Surridge ‘Len Hutton’ leather batting gloves with ‘sausage’ padding, each glove signed by Bradman in blue ball-point pen, mounted and framed behind glass together with a typed and signed letter from Bradman to Anthony (Tony) Baer dated 18 April 1972 presenting the gloves and confirming their use in the 1948 Leeds test and an autographed original print of a 1934 photograph of Bradman at practice at Lord’s Separately accompanied by an original menu for the Dennis Lillee Testimonial Dinner, Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 4 February, 1982, the cover signed by Lillee in blue ball-point pen, the menu including a list of the ten lots of memorabilia and other items for auction at the dinner, of which the gloves were lot 8

provenance

Sir Donald Bradman (1908–2001), worn by him in the Fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, Headingley, Leeds, 22–27 July, and retained by him thereafter Anthony (Tony) Baer (1938–2005), Melbourne, to whom gifted by Sir Donald in 1972 accompanied by the letter included in the present lot

The Dennis Lillee Testimonial Dinner, Sydney, 4 February, 1982, lot 8 of the auction held at the dinner, apparently donated by Tony Baer, purchased by G.E. Cullen, Sydney By descent to the vendor

other notes

Exceptionally rare, this is believed to be one of only five pairs of Donald Bradman’s match-worn batting gloves traced, and possibly the only pair in private hands with known Ashes provenance and association with a century-making innings, and a most historic one at that.

As Bradman confirmed in the 1972 letter included in this lot, these gloves were worn by him in the legendary Fourth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, played at Headingley. Before the tour, Bradman, captain of the Australian team and on his final international tour, had expressed his aim that Australia prevail undefeated throughout the tour. Australia won the first two Tests and the third was drawn. In the Fourth Test, England’s declaration in its second innings early on the fifth day set Australia a target for victory of 404 runs in short time. Australia succeeded with fifteen minutes left to play, setting a record for the highest victorious run chase that stood until 1976. Bradman’s contribution of 183 (not out) to the total was his twenty-ninth and last Test century.

With Australia’s victory in the Fifth Test three weeks later, together with its wins and draws in the tour’s other first class matches, Bradman’s pre-tour aim was achieved, making his 1948 team the only Test match team before or since to play an entire tour of England without losing a match, a feat for which it was quickly given its lasting nickname ‘The Invincibles’.

Tony Baer, to whom Bradman presented the gloves in 1972, was an important collector of a wide range of artefacts and material relating to the history of cricket. The Melbourne Cricket Club Museum was founded on his donation of a large part of his collection, some 1,200 objects, to the Melbourne Cricket Club in the late 1960s.

$15,000-25,000

Furniture

166

A GEORGE III BRASS-INLAID AND PEN WORK-DECORATED ROSEWOOD

PEMBROKE TABLE

Early 19th century

The rounded rectangular top above frieze drawers to the front and reverse, on chamfered and tapering square supports with brass caps and casters, the top with a border of repeating floral and foliate designs in pen work and red on a gilt ground, the top, friezes, and supports variously inlaid with brass mouldings and stringing, the drawers retaining their original gilt bronze facetted bail pulls

72cm high, 116cm wide (extended – 61cm not extended), 92cm deep

$1,000-1,500

167

A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET

William & Charles Wilkinson, Ludgate Hill, London, early 1830s, numbered 3970

Rectangular, the top surmounted with a shelf raised on Tuscan columns, the body with a pair of doors with brass wire grilles backed with white fabric enclosing adjustable shelves, on tapering square feet, brass details to the columns and feet, the top edge of the right-hand door impressed with the maker’s name and number

112cm high, 87cm wide, 35cm deep

$700-1,000

168

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SET OF LIBRARY OR BED STEPS

Early 19th century

Of typical form with three steps raised on turned supports, the upper two steps hinged as covers to compartments beneath, the lower compartment sliding out as a drawer, each step lined with gilttooled grey-green leather

70cm high, 44cm wide, 69cm deep

provenance

H.C. Baxter & Son, London, from whom acquired by the following in November, 2007

Herbert Kennard (1920–2020), London Roseberys, The Herbert Kennard Collection, London, 26 March 2021, lot 249, purchased by the vendor

$700-1,000

169

A PAIR OF GERMAN SECOND WORLD WAR ANTI-AIRCRAFT FLAK ARTILLERY BINOCULARS

Josef Schneider, Kreuznach, serial number 34629

In polished steel, with removable shades, pivoting up and down on a bracket mount, impressed to the right-hand side ‘D.F. 10 X 80 / dkl X’ (‘dkl’ being the code for the maker, Josef Schneider) followed by the serial number, with a later extending and folding polished aluminium tripod stand 26cm high (binoculars in a horizontal position, including the mount), 27cm wide, 36.5cm deep (including shades); the stand 110cm high (retracted and folded)

provenance

Millea Brothers, Select auction, New Jersey, 22 November 2019, lot 2261, purchased by the vendor

$1,400-2,000

170 AN ANTIQUE LOUIS XV-STYLE BRONZEMOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT

Second half 19th century

Of typical form, the shaped rectangular top with a gilt-tooled tan leather writing surface above a pair of frieze drawers to one long side, on square cabriole supports, the borders of the top and the friezes all round inlaid with floral marquetry, foliate bronze mouldings and mounts to the edges of the top and the supports

73cm high, 130cm wide, 77cm deep

$1,600-2,400

171

A VERY LARGE ANTIQUE KASHAN CARPET

Late 19th–early 20th century

Of floral designs throughout, the eight-point creamground medallion with pendants within a field on a dark blue ground with burgundy border and cream spandrels, the Herati main and guard borders on dark blue and cream grounds

610cm long, 385cm wide

provenance

By repute, made for Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

A pastoral property, Queensland

Private collection

Scammell Auctions, Australiana and Showcase Auction, Adelaide, 24 February 2020, lot 13, purchased by the vendor

$6,000-9,000

172

A BAROQUE PERIOD NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT LIBRARY OR CENTRE TABLE

Lombardy, second half 17th century

The rectangular two-board slab top (removable) above three frieze drawers to one long side with fronts moulded with raised panels, the opposing side of the frieze conforming, raised on turned baluster supports on square plinth feet joined with a low H-form stretcher

80cm high, 201wide, 78cm deep

$2,000-2,800

173

JARDINIÈRE

Early 20th century

In Louis XV manner, circular, the moulded rim above four shaped panels, raised on cabriole supports with carved floral knees and scrolling feet, with a later removable galvanised metal liner

94cm high, 75cm diameter

$700-1,000

174 A GEORGE IV GILT-FRAMED CONVEX MIRROR

1820s

The apparently original plate within a reeded and ebonised slip and torus frame moulded with imbricated laurel leaves and berries with a bunch of berries upper centre

83cm diameter, 8.5cm deep

$700-1,000

175 A PAIR OF IRISH EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL CABINETS

Williams & Gibton, Dublin, circa 1840

Each cylindrical with a flat top above a moulded frieze and plain door to one side enclosing a shelf, on a moulded plinth base, the tops of the doors impressed with the maker’s name and the number 12491

87cm high, 44cm diameter (across the top and base)

$600-900

176 A SET OF FOUR JAPANESE EMBROIDERED SILK HANGING PANELS

20th century

In coloured threads on the pale gold ground, variously depicting birds and a cat around flowering trees, each signed and sealed, mounted behind glass within moulded gilt frames

Each panel 154cm high, 52cm wide, overall

$600-900

177 A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND INLAID KNIFE BOX

Late 18th century

Of typical form with a sloping hinged cover and serpentine front with silver ring handle and escutcheon, the centre of the cover inlaid with a pen work rose within an oval reserve, the edges of the cover and front cross-banded in rosewood, the interior also decoratively inlaid and retaining its knife divider

37cm high, 23cm wide, 28cm deep

provenance

Herbert Kennard (1920–2020), London

Roseberys, The Herbert Kennard Collection, London, 26 March 2021, lot 88, purchased by the vendor

$600-900

178 A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND INLAID TRAY

Circa 1800

Oval with an undulating gallery and scrolling brass handles to the ends, inlaid with an oval patera centre and stringing dividing the tray into quarters, the edges cross-banded

8cm high, 71cn wide, 44cm deep

provenance

Herbert Kennard, London

Roseberys, The Herbert Kennard Collection, London, 26 March 2021, lot 95, purchased by the vendor

$600-900

179 A REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE 1810s

The rounded rectangular top above a pair of frieze drawers to the front and false drawer fronts to the reverse, on end standards joined with a turned stretcher and with outswept feet with brass lion’s paw caps and casters, the top cross-banded, the frieze and supports with moulded panels

71cm high, 159cm wide (extended – 100cm not extended), 71cm deep

provenance

Lady June Porter (1919–2017), Adelaide

Leonard Joel, The Estate of Lady Porter, Adelaide, 22 April, 2018, lot 76

$700-1,000

180 AN ANTIQUE FRENCH MAHOGANY COMMODE

Late 18th–early 19th century

In Classical manner, rectangular, the top with a slightly raised field above the guilloche-carved frieze and three long drawers between canted and fluted pilasters to the front corners descending to feet, the drawer fronts and the sides panelled and moulded 98cm high, 141cm wide, 58cm deep

$1,000-1,500

181 A RARE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN CAST IRON ‘FOUR SEASONS’ GARDEN BENCH SEAT

David Thomson, Eagle Foundry, Gawler, South Australia, last quarter 19th century

After the original design by Morgan, Macauley, & Wade, Bath Works, Rotherham, South Yorkshire registered in 1870, the four medallions of the back modelled with figures of agricultural workers at their seasonal tasks, the backs and the open scrolling supports otherwise cast to floral and foliate designs, the maker’s name cast to the back, later painted pale grey-green, the hardwood seat in cream 86cm high, 180cm wide, 79cm deep

$1,800-2,400

182

A RARE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN CAST IRON ‘FOUR SEASONS’ GARDEN BENCH SEAT

David Thomson, Eagle Foundry, Gawler, South Australia, last quarter 19th century

After the original design by Morgan, Macauley, & Wade, Bath Works, Rotherham, South Yorkshire registered in 1870, the four medallions of the back modelled with figures of agricultural workers at their seasonal tasks, the backs and the open scrolling supports otherwise cast to floral and foliate designs, the maker’s name cast to the back, later painted pale grey-green, the hardwood seat in cream 86cm high, 180cm wide, 79cm deep

$1,600-2,200

183

A GEORGE II OAK SIDE TABLE

Circa 1740

The rectangular top above a frieze drawer and ogeeshaped apron, on turned supports with pad feet 71cm high, 86cm wide, 53cm deep

$1,000-1,500

184 A GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD AND MARBLE PIER CABINET

Early 1820s

Rectangular, the portoro nero marble top above a door with brass inlaid borders around a brass grille backed with pleated pale gold silk enclosing a green-painted interior with adjustable shelves, brass mouldings to the frieze, based, and inner edges of the door

103cm high, 68cm wide, 47cm deep

$1,000-1,500

185 A SET OF THREE LARGE ANTIQUE ITALIAN

NEO-CLASSICAL PAINTED PANELS

19th century

Gouache or tempera on gesso on canvas in the manner of Renaissance wall paintings, the largest as a frieze of various Classical figures attended by putti, the pair of smaller works as lunettese decorated with female personifications of harvest and bounty attended by putti, each mounted on a hardwood stretcher

The largest 124cm high, 320cm wide; the pair each 94cm high, 186cm wide

$1,000-1,600

186

A LARGE ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL FRENCH FRUITWOOD DRAW-LEAF EXENDING DINING TABLE

Second half 19th century

The rectangular top with long draw-leaves above a drawer to one end, on square cabriole supports 79cm high, 400cm long (extended - 200cm not extended), 84cm deep

$1,000-1,500

187

A GEORGE I CHINOISERIE-DECORATED CHEST-ON-STAND

Circa 1720

The upper part with a moulded cornice above three short and three long drawers raised on a stand with a long drawer above three short drawers arranged around an ogee-shaped apron, on square supports joined with ogee-shaped peripheral stretchers, the drawer fronts surrounded and divided by double bead mouldings, the exterior japanned in black, the drawer fronts decorated in raised lacquer and gold with various scenes of figures and birds in gardens, the sides with floral designs, the brass drop pulls and most escutcheons apparently original 179cm high, 107cm wide, 60cm deep

$2,600-3,400

188

A LARGE ANTIQUE REPOUSSÉ BRASSFRAMED CUSHION-FRONT MIRROR

Franco-Flemish or Dutch, second half 19th century

The bevelled rectangular main plate within receding marginal plates in a moulded and ebonised wood frame surmounted with a pediment, the frame with repoussé brass mounts of floral and foliate design throughout, the pediment centred with a Classical mask

175cm high, 103cm wide, 8cm deep

$800-1,200

189

A LOUIS XIV WALNUT FAUTEUIL À LA REINE Circa 1700

The tall raked square back and open arms above the upholstered seat on turned supports with H-form stretchers, in woven tapestry-style fabric

113cm high, 65cm wide, 77cm deep

$600-900

190 A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY-CASED SQUARE PIANO

Astor & Horwood, London, circa 1820

Of typical rectangular form in a case in the manner of Gillows, with three frieze drawers, raised on tapering turned and reeded supports with brass caps and casters, the case cross-banded with rosewood throughout, accompanied by a later mahogany and upholstered stool in matching style

85cm high, 172cm wide, 62cm deep

$1,400-2,000

191 A LARGE CARLOS II-STYLE HARDWOOD SIDE TABLE

Graham Geddes, Melbourne, early 21st century

The thick rectangular top above three frieze drawers, raised on turned supports joined with an H-form stretcher, the drawer fronts and side friezes carved in relief with foliage

83cm high, 250cm wide, 53cm deep

$2,000-3,000

192 A WILLIAM IV-STYLE CIRCULAR MIRROR Late 20th century

The circular plate in a silvered and ebonised reeded frame surmounted with a crest of an outspread bird on a bell flower garland

88cm high, 64cm wide, 8cm deep

$800-1,200

193

A KASHMIR SILK RUG IN PERSIAN STYLE Hali, late 20th century

Of stylised floral designs throughout, the ogee-shaped lobed pink-ground medallion with pendants within a field on a dark blue ground, the main border on a pink ground

280cm long and 183cm wide

$1,000-1,500

194

A VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT BOOKCASE CABINET 1870s

The upper part with a moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the projecting lower part with a frieze drawer above a pair of panelled cupboard doors, on a moulded plinth base, the frieze carved in relief with fruiting twigs to the drawer front between small panels carved with bullrushes

228cm high, 95cm wide, 46cm deep

$700-1,000

195

A LARGE FRENCH BRONZE AND CRYSTAL CHANDELIER

Second quarter 20th century

The open frame of two tiers of scrolling branches supporting twenty-six candle form lights surrounding the stem with further lights to its top and around its base and four further lights around the top of the frame, the whole adorned with large cut crystal pendants and crystal flower heads throughout and other crystal fittings

154cm high, 110cm diameter (approximately)

$1,600-2,400

196

A SET OF SIXTEEN REGENCY-STYLE GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED EBONISED CHAIRS

Mid-20th century

In Regency French manner, a pair of elbow chairs and fourteen side chairs, each with an open square back with lyre splat above the bow-front caned seat, on sabre supports, with gilt bronze handhold crests to the toprails and various mounts of Classical design applied to the frames, with loose seat cushions in purple velvet

The elbow chairs each 89cm high, 54cm wide, 57cm deep; the side chairs 88cm high, 47cm wide, 50cm deep

$3,000-3,600

197 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND PINE CHEST-ON-CHEST

Second half 18th century

The upper part with a moulded and dentilated cornice and frieze above two short and three long drawers between chamfered front corners, the lower part with three long drawers on shaped bracket feet, the sides in pine in original stain to match the mahogany

192cm high, 114cm wide, 58cm deep

$1,000-1,500

198 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD JARDINIÈRES IN REGENCY STYLE

James Shoolbred & Co., London, late 19th century

Each circular with open lathe sides containing a removable brass liner above the reeded and turned base, raised on outswept sabre supports with brass caps, the top of the supports mounted with brass lion masks supporting bead swags, both impressed underside with the maker’s name and number 8952

Each 69cm high, 37cm wide

$700-1,000

199

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE ITALIAN DECORATED BEDSIDE CABINETS

Second half 19th century

In late eighteenth century Northern Italian style, each oval with a shallow tray top above an open compartment and pair of cupboard doors, on turned and spiral-fluted supports, the tops decorated to simulate marble, otherwise decorated with flowers and ribbon borders on the cream ground

Each 88cm high, 57cm wide, 37cm deep

$1,200-1,800

200

AN ANTIQUE WILLIAM IV-STYLE GILTFRAMED CONVEX MIRROR

Second half 19th century, probably Italian

The convex circular plate in a moulded frame with balls to the scotia surmounted with a spread eagle crest

88cm high, 57cm wide, 18cm deep

$800-1,200

201

A SET OF FOUR ANTIQUE FRENCH PAINTED PANELS

Probably 19th century

Oil on canvas, in mid-eighteenth century chinoiserie manner, depicting Chinese figures in various activities in gardens, each within rococo borders and mounted within later frames moulded and painted to match Each panel 154cm high, 66cm wide, overall

$800-1,200

202

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY TRAY

Late 18th century

Oval with an undulating gallery and brass handles to the ends, inlaid with a large Classical urn in various contrasting woods and pen work within a crossbanded border and a broad outer border inlaid with a trailing vine design

7cm high, 71cm wide, 50.5cm deep

provenance

Ronald Phillips Ltd, London

Sir Norman Hartnell (1901–1979) , London

Herbert Kennard (1920–2020), London Roseberys, The Herbert Kennard Collection, London, 26 March 2021, lot 95, purchased by the vendor

$800-1,200

203

A GEORGE III INLAID AND DECORATED SATINWOOD KNIFE URN

Late 18th century

Of Classical urn shape with a domed and moulded cover and standing on a square plinth base, the frieze of the cover inlaid with rectangular fields decorated in colours with designs of flowering foliage, the exterior variously inlaid with feather-banding and cross-banding throughout, the interior retaining its stepped knife dividers

60cm high

provenance

Susan Shaw, from whom acquired by the following at the LAPADA fair, London, in March 2000

Herbert Kennard (1920-2020), London Roseberys, The Herbert Kennard Collection, London, 26 March 2021, lot 5, purchased by the vendor

$800-1,200

204

A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE 1820s

The rounded rectangular top above the frieze with one real and one false drawer to the front and reverse, on end standards joined with a shaped stretcher and with outswept reeded feet with lion’s paw terminals, on brass casters, the top and drawer front crossbanded and inlaid with holly stringing

73cm high, 152cm wide (extended – 94cm not extended), 68cm deep

$1,000-1,500

205

AN ANTIQUE DUTCH BURR WALNUT CABINET-ON-CHEST

Second half 19th century

The upper part with an arched and moulded cornice with foliate crest above a pair of astragal-glazed doors enclosing removable shelves, the lower part of two drawers with a moulded front swelling towards the base, on ball-and-claw feet to the front 212cm high, 150cm wide, 46cm deep

$1,000-1,500

206

AN ANTIQUE ITALIAN GILT AND DECORATED CONSOLE

Mid-19th century

In mid-eighteenth century style, the serpentine bowfront top above a shaped frieze carved with rocaille C-scrolls and flowers, on cabriole supports joined with a low foliate-carved stretcher centred on a shell, the top lined with pressed and decorated leather, the frieze and knees of the supports decorated with flowers

101cm high, 141cm wide, 55cm deep

$800-1,200

207

A SET OF FOUR ANTIQUE FLEMISH DOORS MOUNTED WITH COLOUR LITHOGRAPHS AFTER RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS

Second half 19th century

Hardwood doors removed from a built-in cupboard or similar, the front of each mounted with chromolithographs published by the Arundel Society reproducing Renaissance religious paintings, each lithograph behind glass fixed within a moulding, the doors otherwise painted and with decorative mouldings and rosettes

Each 198cm high, variously 57cm to 85cm wide

provenance

The church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Onbevlekt Ontvangen (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Deerlijk, Flanders

$800-1,200

208

A SET OF EIGHT ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL LOUIS XV-STYLE OAK AND CANED DINING CHAIRS

Late 19th–early 20th century

Of typical design with the shaped and caned backs and seats on cabriole supports, the frames moulded and carve with shell centres and foliate knees

Each 96cm high, 49cm wide, 57cm deep

$600-900

209 AN ANTIQUE GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND ROSEWOOD COMMODE IN TRANSITIONAL LOUIS XV-STYLE

Second half 19th century

Of rounded break-front outline with outswept sides, the thick breccia pernice marble top above two drawers, on canted outswept feet, the front and sides geometrically veneered in fields within gilt bronze mouldings, with various other mounts of Classical design including ram’s head drops to the front corners and lion’s paw sabots to the feet 90cm high, 150cm wide, 67cm deep

$2,600-3,400

210 A RÉGENCE WALNUT FAUTEUIL À LA REINE

Circa 1720

The tall raked square back and downswept open arms above the upholstered seat on shaped rails, on hoof-footed cabriole supports joined with curving cross-stretchers, the frame moulded and with carved decorative details, in close-nailed pale lemon damask fabric

115cm high, 63cm wide, 71cm deep

provenance

John D. Dunn Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the vendor in the early 2000s

$1,000-1,400

211

A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE

Early 19th century

The rounded rectangular top above a pair of frieze drawers to the front and false drawer fronts to the reverse, on end standards with outswept feet and brass caps and casters, the top cross-banded, the top, frieze, and supports with inlaid with holly stringing 71cm high, 148cm wide (extended – 92cm not extended), 61cm deep

$700-1,000

212

A LARGE IRISH WILLIAM IV GILT-FRAMED

CONVEX MIRROR

Early 1830s

The circular plate within an ebonised reeded slip in a torus frame with foliate details surmounted with a spread eagle crest, a foliate tail-piece below 124cm high, 72cm wide, 18cm deep

provenance

The family of the vendor, Phillipstown, County Louth, Ireland

Thence by descent

$1,400-2,000

213

A CHARLES II AND LATER OAK PRESS CUPBOARD

Third quarter 17th century, the carving and some elements 19th century

The upper part with a moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of supporting figures flanking a recessed cupboard of three doors, the lower part with a pair of frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing an open interior, the front later carved throughout in seventeenth century manner, the sides remaining largely in their original plain panelled state 190cm high, 155cm wide, 65cm deep

$800-1,200

214 TWO EARLY VICTORIAN WINDSOR CHAIRS

Both Lincolnshire, second quarter 19th century

A high-back chair of ‘double bow’ form in elm with the bows in yew, its stick back with an elaborately shaped and pierced splat above the moulded seat, on turned supports with a crinoline stretcher; the other chair in elm of typical hoop and stick back type on turned supports

114cm high, 58cm wide, 63cm deep and 87cm high, 53cm wide, 52cm deep

$800-1,200

215 A

BAROQUE

PERIOD ITALIAN WALNUT

CREDENZA ON STAND

Late 17th century

Rectangular, the top with moulded edge above a pair of frieze drawer and two pairs of cupboard doors enclosing an open interior, the drawers and pairs of doors divided and flanked by corbels and herm figures, the front and sides, panelled with mouldings, the cabinet raised on a pair of removable shaped trestle supports joined with a stretcher 133cm high, 160cm wide, 40cm deep

provenance

The Collection of Elizabeth Dangar, Sotheby’s, Sydney 12 June 2001, Lot 109

$2,600-3,400

216

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS

1660s–1670s

Rectangular, the top above the corbelled frieze carved to the front with fantastic serpents between lion masks above two long drawers with panelled cushion fronts, the upper drawer with a term figure of a man to its centre between similar figures either side, the lower drawer with an arch to its centre, the carcase with mouldings at each level, the sides panelled, on stile feet, possibly with some later embellishment

93cm high, 120cm wide, 56cm deep

$1,600-2,400

217

AN ANTIQUE CHINESE-STYLE HARDWOODFRAMED SCREEN MOUNTED WITH JAPANESE PAINTINGS ON SILK

First quarter 20th century

Of three leaves, each with a Japanese painting in watercolours and gouache on silk mounted behind glass, the paintings each signed and sealed, the leaves otherwise of fretwork

186cm high, 166cm wide (fully extended)

$800-1,000

218

A PAINTED HARDWOOD COMMODE IN ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL MANNER

French Style (Andrew Gourlay), Melbourne, late 20th century

Rectangular with two long drawers with fluted panels to their fronts, on tapering square feet, in intentionally distressed cream paint

70cm high, 100cm wide, 58cm deep

$800-1,200

219

A WILLIAM IV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

First half 1830s

The rectangular plate within a gilt sight edge in a frame with a moulded cornice above large torus mouldings to the top and sides and foliate scroll feet, gilt bronze lotus leaf mounts to the torus mouldings and lion masks to the upper corners

91cm high, 131cm wide, 16cm deep

$600-900

219A

AN ANTIQUE GILT METAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY VITRINE

Early 20th century

In transitional Louis XV manner, the straight front between concave outswept sides, the variegated red and grey Languedoc marble top and moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of glazed doors and sides enclosing a grey velvet-lined interior with removable glass shelves, an enclosed compartment below, on cabriole feet, the lower part of the door and sides with vernis Martin-style decoration of figures in pastoral settings and landscapes, Classical gilt metal mounts throughout 179cm high, 130cm wide, 38cm deep

$1,800-2,400

220

AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY LOW CLOTHES PRESS, FORMERLY AT CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE 1760s–1770s

Rectangular, the top with moulded edge above a pair of doors with fielded panels enclosing three original sliding trays, a pair of drawers below, on bracket feet, the drawers retaining their original gilt bronze pulls, the inner side of one door retaining an applied card inventory label with printed heading ‘C.H.’ followed by ‘41 / 1942’ in pen and ink, a paper label to the back inscribed in ink ‘Mr Howard’s Bedroom’ 125cm high, 116cm wide, 59cm

provenance

Probably made for the Howard family, to furnish Castle Howard Sotheby’s, Castle Howard, York, 11–13 November 1991, purchased by the following Creswick Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the parents of the vendor in February 1992

$800-1,200

221 A PROVINCIAL GEORGE III-STYLE WALNUT AND OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE

French Style (Andrew Gourlay), Melbourne, late 20th century

The top with rounded ends (near circular when not extended) raised on tapering square supports with brass caps and casters, with six spare leaves of various widths

74cm high, 395cm long (extended, with the six leaves fitted; 137cm long not extended), 150cm wide

provenance

French Style (Andrew Gourlay), Melbourne, 1990s, from whom acquired by the vendor

$1,200-1,800

222

A SET OF

FOUR

WROUGHT IRON PATIO DINING ELBOW CHAIRS

Graham Geddes, Melbourne

Recently fully reconditioned and repainted in grey, each with a loose seat and back cushion

Each 97cm high, 55cm wide, 69cm deep

$1,000-1,400

223

A VICTORIAN CAST IRON GARDEN VASE ON PEDESTAL

Second half 19th century

The broad open vase with sides modelled as leaves raised on an integral Classical stepped plinth with a laurel wreath in relief to each side, in old green paint

93cm high, 64cm diameter

$800-1,200

223A

TWO SIMILAR LARGE ANTIQUE ANDUZE GLAZED EARTHENWARE PLANTERS

Boisset d’Anduze, 19th century

Of typical bell shape, the exteriors with medallions impressed with the maker’s name draped with swags, both decorated with green and brown splashes on the cream ground

97cm and 83cm high, 79cm and 73cm diameter

provenance

Graham Geddes Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the vendor in the 1990s

$1,600-2,400

224 AN ANTIQUE SPANISH POLYCHROME GESSO

FIGURE OF A FEMALE SAINT, POSSIBLY St BARBARA 18th century

Modelled standing in flowing robes with a nimbus, the raised hands holding a palm frond and a chapel, in polychrome gesso on hessian on a hardwood base, the nimbus and frond in pressed brass 120cm high

provenance

Graham Cornall Antiques, Melbourne

Mossgreen, An Important Private Collection, Melbourne, 14 September, 2014, lot 209, purchased by the vendor

$800-1,200

225

AN ANTIQUE MEXICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD ARMA CHRISTI

18th–19th century

The simple cross mounted with various instruments associated with the Passion of Christ in carved and painted wood and metal

228cm high, 106cm wide

provenance

Mossgreen, An Important Private Collection, Melbourne, 14 September, 2014, lot 179, purchased by the vendor

$1,600-2,400

226

A LARGE NAPOLEON III CARVED AND GILTFRAMED MIRROR

Third quarter 19th century

In Louis XV manner, the plate in a serpentine moulded frame with a rocaille C-scroll crest and richly ornamented with foliate details throughout, the gilding with contrasting burnished water-gilt highlights

210cm high, 121cm wide

$2,000-2,600

227

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE LOUIS XV-STYLE GILTFRAMED FAUTEUILS

Second half 19th century

Of typical design, each with a shaped back and padded open arms above the bow-front upholstered seat on shaped rails, on cabriole supports, the frames moulded and with carved decorative details, in original floral tapestry covers

Each 90cm high, 57cm wide, 64cm deep

$600-900

228

AN ANTIQUE FRENCH SILVERED BRONZE SCULPTURAL TOILET MIRROR, ‘LA MARAUDE’

Early 20th century, the sculpture after Charles Emile Jonchery

The irregularly shaped and bevelled plate in a frame modelled as the fruiting branches of an apple tree raised on a support combining the trunk of the tree and the figures of a girl lifting a boy to reach the apples, the naturalistically modelled base cast with Jonchery’s signature and mounted with a title plaque on a low red marble plinth, the angle of the mirror adjustable 52cm high, 29cm wide, 19cm deep

$600-900

229

A CHARLES II OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS

1680s

The top with moulded edge above three long drawers, on turned feet, the drawer fronts geometrically panelled with mouldings, the sides with fielded panels

84cm high, 100cm wide, 54cm deep

$1,800-2,400

230

THREE ANTIQUE ENGLISH MODELS OF CLINKER-BUILT ROWING BOATS

Early 19th century

The flat-bottomed coble painted dark green and black, the two other rowing boats with rollocks, oars and thwarts

The largest 63cm long, 15cm wide

provenance

Sotheby’s, The Marine Sale, London, 28 April, 1999, lot 373, purchased by the vendor

$600-900

231

TWO SIMILAR IRISH GEORGE III PRIMITIVE STICK-BACK ELBOW CHAIRS

Late 18th–early 19th century, possibly with some replacement elements

Of typical Irish ‘fool’s chair’ form in elm and other woods, each with simple stick back and arms above a slab seat on splayed supports, one with stretchers to the sides

The taller 82cm high, 60cm wide, 58cm deep, the other a little smaller but broader across the arms

provenance

Acquired by the vendor upon their importation from Ireland, circa 1990.

$1,000-1,500

232

A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE 1820s

The rounded rectangular top above the frieze with one real and one false drawer to the front and reverse, on a turned and gadrooned pedestal raised on four scroll-topped outswept feet with moulded brass cap and casters

73cm high, 133cm wide (extended – 91cm not extended), 66cm deep

233

A VICTORIAN GILT METAL-MOUNTED FIGURED WALNUT BOOKCASE CABINET

1870s

The upper part with a moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves in an interior lined with claret-coloured velvet, the projecting lower part with a pair of panelled cupboard doors, on a bevelled plinth base, both parts with foliate marquetry centres to the friezes and with gilt metal escutcheons and mounts to the pilasters flanking the doors

207cm high, 121cm wide, 41cm deep

$800-1,200

234

AN ANTIQUE FRENCH BRONZE AND CRYSTAL CHANDELIER

Late 19th–early 20th century

The open gilt bronze frame of scrolling branches supporting six candle form lights surrounding the stem with further lights around its base, with pressed crystal pans beneath the main lights and various cut crystal pendants, flower heads, and other crystal fittings throughout 90cm high, 50cm diameter (approximately)

$800-1,200

$800-1,200 236

235

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

First half 1820s

Of squared bow-front outline, the top with low threequarter gallery above a frieze drawer and arched apron between a pair of drawers, one retaining its original bottle dividers, on tapering turned and reeded supports, the upper and lower edges reeded, the front panelled with cock beading 97cm high, 168cm wide, 75cm deep

$1,200-1,800

236 AN ANTIQUE LOUIS XV-STYLE ROSEWOOD AND DECORATED BUREAU-DE-DAME

Second half 19th century

With a gallery of three small drawers above a cylinder and fall front enclosing an interior with small drawers above the leather-lined writing surface, the cylinder retracting mechanically with the opening of the frieze drawer below, on cabriole supports, the front of the cylinder decorated with a scene of figures in a landscape in mid-eighteenth century style, signed H. Chausse, cast brass mouldings and mounts throughout 118cm high, 78cm wide, 55cm deep

$1,000-1,500

237 A STRIKING FRENCH ART DECO CHINOISERIE HALLSTAND 1920s

The full-height central mirror with arched top within a black and red-lacquered frame elaborately decorated with a painted figure of a lady at each upper corner above caned shelves and a pair of carved and gilt wood grotesque masks, the lower part of each side with a pair of brass hooks above a stick and umbrella stand flanking the bow-front jardinière to the base

246cm high, 136cm wide, 32cm deep

provenance

Gallery 554, Melbourne, from whom purchased by the vendor in 1988

$800-1,200

238 A FRENCH ART DECO BRONZE AND SHAGREEN STANDARD LAMP

Jules Liblin, Luxeuil-les-Bains, 1920s

The light within an upward moulded glass shade mounted on a stone orb raised on the shagreencovered standard with polished bronze bands, on a stepped circular black-japanned metal foot, Liblin’s paper label underside

170cm high

$600-900

239 A FRENCH ART DECO WALNUT AND EBONISED CONSOLE 1930s

The rectangular top raised on a pair of outswept supports on a platform base, the space between the supports closed with a mirrored back, the recessed edges of the top and parts of the supports and base ebonised

78cm high, 150cm wide, 27cm deep

$700-1,000

240

A FRENCH ART DECO ROSEWOOD PEDESTAL DESK

1930s

The rectangular top of slightly inverted breakfront outline to the front and with a low moulded back to its centre above a frieze drawer and pair of pedestals, each of four drawers, the kneehole enclosed to the reverse, all on a recessed plinth base with outswept moulding to the reverse

78cm high, 161cm wide, 84cm deep

$1,000-1,500

241 A FRENCH ART DECO ROSEWOOD TALL CABINET

1930s

Of rectangular outline, the moulded cornice above a central pair of doors flanked by chromed metalframed glazed doors, all enclosing adjustable shelves, on a recessed and moulded plinth base

178cm high, 202cm wide, 46cm deep

$1,400-1,800

242 A FRENCH ART DECO ROSEWOOD TALL CABINET

1930s

Of rounded rectangular outline, the recessed top above a central chromed metal-framed glazed door enclosing removable glass shelves with two drawers below, the outer doors enclosing adjustable shelves, on a recessed plinth base

178cm high, 151cm wide, 50cm deep

$1,200-1,800

243 A FRENCH ART DECO GILT BRONZE SCULPTURAL TABLE LAMP

Circa 1920, the sculpture by Dominique Alonzo

The light within a dome-shaped glass shade decorated with stylised floral and circular designs and a fringe of glass bead pendants raised as a torch held aloft by a female figure in Art Deco Classical dress standing on a quatrefoil base, on a low variegated green marble plinth, cast with incised signature ‘Alonzo’ above the rear hem of the dress 54cm high, the shade 22cm diameter

$700-1,000

244

AN ANTIQUE LADY’S LOW TRUNK BY LOUIS VUITTON

Early 20th century

The exterior in checkerboard Vuittonite pegamoid canvas bound with black-painted metal edges and straps and protected with beech battens to the top, front and back, and zinc-lined underside, all fixed with brass studs, with carrying handles to the sides, the fabric-lined interior with the remains of the printed paper label with Vuitton’s Paris and London shop addresses (1 rue Scribe, Paris, and 454 Strand, London), the warrant of the Prince Wales, and medals of prizes awarded at the London exhibitions of 1885 and 1890 and the Paris exhibition of 1889 48cm high, 86cm wide, 49cm deep

$7,000-10,000

245

AN ANTQUE CUBE CASE OR HAT BOX BY LOUIS VUITTON

Mid-20th century, serial number 77689

The exterior in Vuitton monogram canvas protected with painted leather corners and with branded leather straps to the underside, with brass lockplate and latches and leather-clad handle, the fabric-lined interior with Vuitton’s label with serial number and retailer’s label of B. Altman & Co., New York, the exteriot painted with a band of purple and navy blue stripes and a former owner’s details ‘L.W.C. / Detroit’

31cm high, 45cm wide, 48cm deep

$2,500-3,500

246

A ‘DIPLOMAT’ BRIEFCASE BY LOUIS VUITTON

Early 21st century

The rigid exterior in Vuitton monogram canvas with brass lockplate and latches and leather-clad handle, the interior lined with Brunswick green Taiga leather fitted with document pouches to the underside of the cover

37cm high, 44.5cm wide, 10.5cm deep

$2,000-3,000

Art & Sculpture

lots 247 – 261

247

George GRAY (1880–1909)

A landscape with figures fishing in a stream Oil on canvas

Signed lower left: Geo. Gray

$800-1,200

248

AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Second quarter 19th century

A pair of long bust-length portraits of a gentleman and lady, probably Karl von Küster (1808–?) and his wife Baroness Marie (née Geymüller, 1811–1866) Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

Each 71 x 58cm

$1,600-2,400

249

EUROPEAN SCHOOL Late 18th–early 19th century

A half-length portrait of a gentleman Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned 44.5 x 37cm

$600-900

250

Ernest BUCKMASTER (1897–1968)

A portrait of General Sir Henry Chauvel, GCMG, KCB, in uniform, seated Oil on canvas

Signed and dated lower right: 1935 / E. Buckmaster 103 x 79cm

$1,600-2,400

251

ITALIAN SCHOOL Late 17th–early 18th century

The family of Darius before Alexander Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned 81 x 101cm

$1,200-1,800

252

EUROPEAN SCHOOL Mid-19th century

A capriccio Italian landscape with Roman ruins beside a river Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned 49cm diameter

$1,200-1,800

253

ENGLISH SCHOOL Mid-19th century

A portrait of two young ladies in an interior, probably sisters, one seated at a piano, the other standing Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

The reverse of the canvas bears the stencilled mark of its supplier, Ackermann & Co., London

45 x 41cm, oval

$800-1,200

254

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL Mid-19th century

A portrait of a gentleman wearing a black suit, seated

Watercolour and gouache

Apparently unsigned

34.5 x 27cm

$600-800

255

Gaetano CHIERICI (1838–1920)

A mother and her playing children in an interior Oil on canvas

Signed and dated lower left: Chierici / Gaet[?] 1869

45.5 x 56.5cm

provenance

Acquired abroad, probably in Europe, by the vendor’s parents at some point in the 1970s or early 1980s

$5,500-7,500

256

Richard MacDONALD (b. 1946)

‘Doves (Half-Life)’

Patinated bronze, on a stepped circular marble base

Numbered as the fourth of ten artist’s proofs (before the edition of seventy)

Cast with incised signature and edition number to the base: R. MacDonald / AP IV

Accompanied by the original Certificate of Authenticity issued and signed by the sculptor 106cm high (including the base), 68cm wide, 65cm deep (approximately)

$14,000-18,000

257

Alexander MACDONALD (1847–?)

A Classical female figure, probably Diana, accompanied by a hound with a hare beneath its paw

Marble

Incised signature to the reverse of the plinth: ALEXR. MACDONALD FECIT / ROMÆ . 1877

140cm high

provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

other notes

Alexander Macdonald was born in Rome in 1847, the son of the Scottish sculptor Lawrence Macdonald (1799–1878) who had settled in that city in 1832 (subsequently occupying the studio in the former Palazzo Barbarini stables of the leading Neo-Classical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen) and successfully attracted the patronage of well-born English and other Grand Tourists with his work in its idealised Classical manner. Trained by his father, Alexander took over his studio and continued in the same vein. He is recorded as having produced a number of fine Classical figure subjects, including one exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1877.

A marble figure group by Macdonald of Venus and Cupid, shorter but comparable to the present lot, was sold at Christie’s in 2009 (19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art, and Ceramics, including Property from the Palazzo of a Milanese Noble Family, London, 19 March 2009, lot 168, £48,000 hammer price) and resold the following year at Sotheby’s (19th & 20th Century European Sculpture, London, 23 November 2010, lot 11, £40,000 hammer price).

$25,000-35,000

258

Marius Jean Antonin MERCIÉ (1845–1916)

David

Bronze, in a dark brown patina

Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, late 19th century

Cast with incised signature to the base: A. MERCIÉ

With the Collas reduction stamp and the founder’s incised name to the rear of the plinth

73cm high

$4,000-6,000

259

Henri PLÉ (1853–1922)

‘Triumphator’

Bronze, in a reddish brown patina

Cast with incised signature to the base: Henri Plé 76cm high

$900-1,000

260

H. CIPRIANI (working late 19th century)

A boy pushing a barrow containing a younger boy and ears of wheat, on an integral plinth

Marble

Incised signature to the reverse of the plinth: H. Cipriani (?)

46.5cm high, 55cm wide, 24cm deep

$1,200-1,600

261

Raphael NANNINI (1852–1925)

A coquettish female nude

Gilt bronze, mounted on a shaped pink marble plinth

Incised signature to the top of the plinth: Nannini 29cm high

$1,000-1,500

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