The Terence Lane Collection, Part I

The

Terence Lane Collection, Part I

03.05.2026, 11am

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

Foreword

In mid-June 2024, the Australian museum and heritage community was shocked by news of the death, aged 77 and after a short illness, of Terence Francis Lane OAM, one of Australia’s most eminent and influential curators and heritage professionals. Acknowledged as one of the country’s foremost authorities on the decorative arts, historic interiors and Australian art, Terry had joined the staff of the National Gallery of Victoria in 1964, prior to the institution’s relocation four years later to Roy Grounds’ modernist edifice on St Kilda Road.

Working originally in administration while studying fine-arts at the University of Melbourne, Terry soon joined the curatorial staff, initially in the Department of Decorative Arts where he worked on many ground-breaking exhibitions — including most notably in 1984, the milestone Vienna 1913: Josef Hoffmann’s Gallia apartment. In 1994, he left the decorative arts department when he was appointed Senior Curator of Australian Art to 1900. In this role, his standout achievement, although there were many, was as the NGV’s lead curator of the hugely popular 2007 blockbuster exhibition Australian Impressionism. He edited the scholarly catalogue that accompanied the exhibition, and later that same year announced his retirement after an immensely distinguished career spanning 40 years.

From the mid-seventies, and for over a decade, l had the privilege of sharing with Terry a spacious office on the gallery’s first floor overlooking the central courtyard prior to its eventual roofing-over. Terry had an abiding interest in and knowledge of plants and gardens and from our office’s prime vantage point was always alert to, and infuriated by, potential poachers of the precious fruit on the courtyard’s then centrepiece tree: a perfectly-shaped persimmon. He took great trouble with his own gardens and counted prominent garden historians and designers among his exceptionally wide circle of friends.

A man of great charm and wit—not to mention sartorial flair—his ready and fruity laughter punctuating many a conversation, he remained, nonetheless, a somewhat elusive personality, albeit one in which a teasing sense of humour combined with professional integrity and seriousness and impeccable scholarship. A personality, some might say, that was often tricky to pin down as regards his real feelings or opinions on an issue, museological or otherwise. After all these years, when conversing with Terry at auction previews or gallery functions, l was still occasionally unsure if a passing remark was simply self-deprecating or uttered with some other opaque if intriguing intent.

Aside from his curatorial work at the NGV, Terry’s expertise in the conservation of heritage interiors was often in demand for projects such as the Victorian Government’s restoration of the grand 1870s Italianate mansion Werribee Park. He also advised on restoration of the Kew mansion Raheen and the nearby Villa Alba. A prolific author of monographs, journal articles and exhibition catalogues, the crowning achievement of his scholarship was the monumental Australians at home: a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914, published in 1990 and co-authored with his longtime collaborator on heritage projects, the historian Jessie Serle.

Acquainted since his youth with the celebrated mural and stained-glass artist Mervyn Napier Waller (who lived near the Lane family home in Ivanhoe), Terry maintained contact with the artist’s second wife, Lorna, following the artist’s death in 1972 and subsequently worked tirelessly to preserve the Waller House and its collections as a house museum. Away from the gallery, Terry was devoted to his wife Dominica, who pre-deceased him and their sons Hugh and Edmund, and in more recent years to his partner Gwendoline. Finally, as this sale attests, he was an avid private collector of works of art, books and ephemera. The scope of his collecting was unusually wide and embraced paintings, historical and modern ceramics (he once brought back in his luggage from an overseas trip an ancient decorative tile from Isfahan while, on another occasion, fragile contemporary porcelains by Jacqueline Poncelet and Mary Rogers).

He was a regular visitor to the fabled Flinders Lane establishment of Berrys’ Antiques as well as to other favourite dealerships across Melbourne and interstate and, unsurprisingly, to Leonard Joel Auctions at the company’s successive addresses. Australiana was an abiding passion that gave rise to his collection of decorative objects and quaint souvenirs conceived in the form of a kangaroo. This last collection was acquired by the National Museum, Canberra. Cliché though the phrase may be, it’s safe to say of Terry Lane, given his impressive legacy in so many fields, that ‘we shan’t see his like again’.

geoffrey edwards

Former Senior Curator of Sculpture and Glass, NGV, Former Director at Geelong Gallery, Curatorial Adviser, Pt Leo Estate Sculpture Park and President, ArtsNational

A Curator’s Career: Terence Lane

Publications and collecting legacy

national gallery of victoria e Xhibitions and catalogues

1970 Stanislaw Halpern (ceramic component)

1974 One hundred modern chairs

1975 Krimper

1979 The kangaroo in the decorative arts

1981 The pure, the beautiful and the true

1982 Formed in wood (Banyule Gallery)

1984 Vienna 1913: Josef Hoffmann’s Gallia apartment

1987 From Robert Adam to Biltmoderne

1988 Featherston Chairs

1990 Vienna and the early 20th century

1990 The Viennese sculptures of Karl Duldig (no catalogue)

1992 Two pieces of Anglo-Australian furniture: James McEwan & Co.’s hall stand and chair of 1886 (no catalogue)

1994 Robert Prenzel: his life and work

1997 Cicely and Colin Rigg craft award

1998 Views of Melbourne

2007 Australian Impressionism (co-ordinating curator)

co-ordinating curatorship of travelling e Xhibitions

1997 Tom Roberts

1998 New Worlds from Old: 19th century Australian and American landscapes publications books

1980 Decorative arts from the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria (contributing editor), NGV

1987 Krimper (with photographs by Mark Strizic), Gryphon Press

1990 Australians at home: a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914, co-authored with Jessie Serle, Oxford University Press

2003 Nineteenth-century Australian art in the National Gallery of Victoria, NGV

1973 ‘Gum-nut Art Nouveau: a suite of furniture by Robert Prenzel’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 14

1976 ‘A pedestal by Robert Prenzel’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 18

1979 ‘Werribee Park’, Australasian Antique Collector, no. 19 (with Jessie Serle)

1980 ‘The development of the collections of decorative arts in the National Gallery of Victoria’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 21

1981 ‘Australian silver in the National Gallery of Victoria’, Art in Australia, vol. 19 no. 4

1981 ‘The kangaroo in the decorative arts’, Australian Antique Collector, no. 21, January–June

1981 ‘Introduction’, The J. and J. Altmann collection of Australian silver, NGV

1982 ‘Two pieces of Anglo-Australian furniture: James McEwan’s hall stand and chair of 1886’, Australian Antique Collector, no. 24, July–December

1983 ‘Australians at home: the pictorial and documentary record of Australian domestic interiors’, Historic Interiors, Sydney College of the Arts Press

1983 ‘A burlesque of a burlesque: Aestheticism and the Aesthetic interior in Victoria’, Historic Environment, vol. 3, no. 3

1983 ‘The Gallia collection’, Apollo, vol. CXVII, no. 251

1984 ‘Krimper furniture in the National Gallery of Victoria’, Australian Antique Collector, no. 27, January–June

1984 ‘The Gallia collection’, Australian Antique Collector, no. 28, July–December

c. 1985 ‘Government House, Victoria: complete catalogue of contents’ unpublished report

1988 ‘Mervyn Napier Waller: an artist’s house at Ivanhoe’, Collaborative designs in architecture: working together in architecture, Meat Market Craft Centre

1988 ‘Robert Prenzel’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11

1990 ‘Australians at home’, Australian Antique Collector, no. 40 (with Jessie Serle)

1992 ‘Decorative arts’, The First Collections: The Public Library and the National Gallery of Victoria in the 1850s and 1860s, University of Melbourne Museum of Art

1992 ‘Two Anglo-Australian treasures’, Trust News, April

1993 ‘A souvenir of Marvellous Melbourne: W. H. Rocke’s 1880–81 exhibition cabinet’, Art Journal, vol. 33

1993 ‘Souvenirs of the Hanak-Klasse: early Viennese sculptures in the Duldig studio’, Art in Australia, vol. 40, no. 4

1993 ‘Antiques in Victoria: collectors and collections’, Treasures from Private Collections, National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association

1996 ‘[Australian] Interior Decoration’, The Grove Dictionary of Art, Macmillan

1996 ‘European ceramics at the 1880–81 Melbourne International Exhibition’, Handbook, The Australian Antique and Fine Art Dealers’ Fair, Melbourne

1997 ‘Schulim Krimper and Fred Lowen: two Melbourne furniture makers’, The Europeans: emigre artists in Australia 1930–1960, National Gallery of Australia

1997 ‘“Proof of colonial advancement”’: nineteenth-century Australian goldsmiths’ work’, The Art of Gold, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

1998 Entries on paintings in the NGV collection, New Worlds from Old: 19th century Australian and American landscapes

1998 ‘The Heidelberg School’, Webster’s Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia

1999 ‘Antonio Debertolis, an Australian chairmaker in Gippsland’, Gippsland Heritage Journal, no. 24

1999 ‘Emil Todt, a German sculptor in Melbourne’, Baron von Mueller’s German Melbourne: Plenty Valley Arts Papers, vol. 5

2000 ‘Schulim Krimper’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15

2001 ‘Introduction’, All that glitters: Australian colonial gold and silver from the Vizard Foundation, Geelong Gallery

2001 ‘Ernest Leviny’ and ‘Emile Todt’, Gold and Civilization, Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd

2004 ‘Melbourne studio pottery of the 1930s: the Melbourne Tech Group’ and entries on Ethel Blundell, Gladys Kelly, Isabel Knight, John Knight, Klytie Pate, Albert Shelden and Napier Waller, Australian Art Pottery 1900–1950, Casuarina Press, 2004

2005 ‘Through art, an environment’s story’, Gallery magazine, National Gallery of Victoria, August–September

2005 ‘Supply and demand: Japanese objects in nineteenth-century Australia’, Arts of Asia, vol. 35, no. 6, November–December

2006 ‘A life revealed: Emil Todt, a German sculptor in nineteenth-century Melbourne’, Art Journal, no. 46

2007 ‘Harold Hughan (1893–1987)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17

2008 ‘Tom Roberts’ Evening, when the quiet east flushes faintly at the sun’s last look, c. 1887’, in Turner to Monet: the triumph of landscape painting, National Gallery of Australia

2010 ‘The Paterson Bros., Melbourne decorators’, John Ford Paterson: a family tradition, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park

2011 Entries on works by Ludwig Becker, Louis Buvelot and the O’Mullane miniatures, This Wondrous Land: Colonial Art on Paper, National Gallery of Victoria

2011 ‘From Good Living Street: Vienna comes to Melbourne’, Art in Australia, vol. 49, no. 1

‘Anne Marie Graham: the garden for all seasons’, published variously by artist

2014

‘“Lavish richness and artistic effect”; Scottish decorators in the late nineteenth-century Australia’ and ‘John Ford Paterson and John Mather’ in For Auld Lang Syne: images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation, Art Gallery of Ballarat,

2015 ‘Lily Stirling’, Tom Roberts, National Gallery of Australia

collecting legacy

2000 The National Museum of Australia acquired Terence Lane’s collection of over 150 objects of kangaroo Australiana. https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/collection/highlights/terence-lane-kangaroos

c. 2018 Beleura House and Garden acquired Terence Lane’s collection of Klytie Pate ceramics

grand tour e Xhibition

2024 Terence Lane donated a selection of European prints illustrating the theme of the ‘Grand Tour’ to the University of Melbourne.

2025 These works were displayed in an exhibition titled The Grand Tour at the Baillieu Library of University of Melbourne https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/whats-on/exhibitions/the-grand-tour

On the grand tour, 1872, published 19 October 1872 Wood engraving and letterpress Gift of Terence Lane OAM, 2024 Prints and Drawings Collection, Archives and Special Collections. 2024.0074

A Curator's Collection

Walking into Terence Lane’s house for the first time in early 2025, I was struck by how beautifully the house had been faithfully decorated in Victorian style; richly adorned with paintings, furniture, and objects, evoking the interior of an erudite gentleman’s home of the nineteenth century. It is very easy to imagine him enjoying his intellectual pursuits in these curated interiors.

Cataloguing the Lane collection has been a journey of exploration spanning several months, ensuring all items of value, interest, and importance were accounted for, looking into all of the corners, cupboards, and boxes into which the collection had crept. In cataloguing it, we had the benefit and pleasure of Terence Lane’s copious notes, amounting to several very full folders, detailing acquisition and earlier provenance and his own subsequent research, much of this reattaching lost attributions and provenance – all just as might be expected of such a careful, curious, and always-searching curatorial mind as Lane’s.

Wishing to offer this collection accompanied as much as possible by its spirit and evocative atmosphere, we have elected to present it for viewing in situ in Terence Lane’s Carlton house, retaining the interiors much as their creator carefully assembled and enjoyed them. Similarly, the order of lots in the catalogue follows the natural progression through the house, conveying some sense of the order in which its creator wished the experience to unfold.

Terence Lane’s collection is a well-balanced physical reflection of his diverse intellectual interests centring on his life-long field of study of domestic interior design in Australia, principally of the nineteenth century. Of particular interest to him were the various artistic and interior movements such as Neo-Classicism, Aestheticism, and Orientalism, and other international influences bearing upon nineteenth century design. Accordingly, his collection incorporates a wide range of furniture, objects, and art works from the rare and important to more humble pieces illustrating commercial production.

Reflecting it creator’s interests in Australian and Anglo-Australian design, the collection includes such examples as a large and fine colonial Tasmanian specimen wood tea caddy of Regency design (lot 220), an Australian cedar box first owned by Sir Redmond Barry (lot 221), chairs by the émigré vernacular maker Antonio Debertolis inspired by the English Arts and Crafts movement (lots 286-288), and ceramics by the Brunswick maker Richard Sturrock (lots 54-58) and his associates, again inspired by English models.

Amongst the paintings there are notable works by Ellis Rowan (lot 103), Albert Moore (lot 243), Henry Short (lot 240), and Euguene von Guerard (lot 242) – the latter one of many works and pieces in the collection to have been generously lent by Lane for important exhibitions – together with an important collection of works by and related to Napier and Christian Waller (244-277) which was of particular personal meaning and importance to Terence Lane.

We very look forward to sharing all of this in its proper setting before the auction on May 3.

chiara curcio head of decorative arts, design & interiors

1

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN EBONISED BEECH FOLDING CHAIRS IN AESTHETIC MANNER

E.W. Vaill, Worcester, Mass., circa 1880

Each with a turned frame simulating cane, the seat a square of Turkmen woven wool textile

Each 85cm high, 43cm wide, 44cm deep

exhibitions

Collins Street Gallery, American Furniture, Melbourne, May 2010

other notes

Closely related models of chairs appear in Vaill’s 1879 catalogue.

$400-500

2

A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT EBONISED HARDWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE IN AESTHETIC MANNER

After the design by E.W. Godwin, circa 1880

The square top and under tier raised on ring-turned supports with an apron of spindles to the under tier 66cm high, 43cm wide and deep

$400-600

3

ENGLISH SCHOOL Second half 19th century

A portrait of a young woman with a flower in her hair and wearing a black shawl

Oil on wood panel

Apparently unsigned 23 x 19.5cm, oval

$700-1,000

4

A RARE FRENCH DEPICTION OF THE 1879 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Circa 1879

Depicting the ‘Garden Palace’ of the Sydney International Exhibition, reverse-painted on convex glass with applied nacre highlights, inscribed lower centre ‘Palais de l’exposition / Sydney’, apparently unsigned 36 x 44.5cm, oval

provenance

York Antiques, Launceston, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in February, 1979

exhibitions

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences [now Powerhouse Musem], Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Sydney, September–November 1979

literature

[Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences], Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, exh. cat (1979)

$400-600

5

After Edmund COTTERELL (1795–1860)

An equestrian portrait of Queen Victoria Patinated bronze

Apparently unsigned

Mid-nineteenth century, probably by R. & S. Garrard, London

41cm high, 40cm wide

provenance

Bourke Street Bookshop, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in November, 1973

other notes

Edmund Cotterell, a sculptor, took charge of design at Garrard’s in 1833, where he created figure groups and other larger sculptural objects for production in silver and bronze.

A silver version of the present sculpture in the collection of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II is illustrated in A.G. Grimwade, The Queen’s Silver – A Survey of Her Majesty’s Personal Collection (1953).

An example in bronze of the same size as the present lot, but additionally mounted on a plinth inscribed with Cotterell’s and Garrard’s names, was sold at auction in England in 2008 (Dreweatt’s, Antique Furniture, Works of Art, and Rugs, Newbury, 3 September 2008, lot 112).

$1,600-2,200

6 A VICTORIAN EBONISED AND GLAZED PIER CABINET IN FRENCH MANNER

Second half 19th century

Of rectangular outline, with inlaid details and gilt metal mounts

101cm high, 77cm wide, 30cm deep

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2014

$500-700

7 A VICTORIAN EBONISED LOW SUTHERLAND TABLE

Circa 1880

Of typical form, the oval top raised on turned supports

53cm high, 64cm wide (extended), 52cm deep

$100-200

8

William DEXTER (1818-1860)

A Middle Eastern scene with two owls overlooking figures on a beach Oil on canvas

Signed lower left: W. Dexter

In a fine gilt composition frame, apparently original 89 x 75.5cm, oval

provenance

William Lynch (1839–1901), solicitor, ‘Bombala’, Brighton, Melbourne (according to the Table Talk article cited below) (Presumably) Gemmell, Tuckett, & Co. [etc.], The Collection of the late William Lynch, ‘Bombala’, Brighton, Melbourne, 14–15 December 1903

Dame Mabel Brookes (1890–1975), Melbourne

Sold from the estate of the above

Private collection, Melbourne Christies, Australian and European Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, Melbourne, 29 April 1997, lot 143

Leonard Joel, The Sunday Fine Art Auction, Melbourne, 25 March 2012, lot 221, purchased by Terence Lane

literature

Table Talk, ‘Mr William Lynch’s Private Gallery’, 6 February 1891, pp 4–5, referring to works by Dexter in Lynch’s collection at ‘Bombala’ (‘The story of the two owls in the “Arabian Nights” is the subject of another fine picture by this artist …’)

M. Watson, ‘William Dexter – “forget him was impossible”’, Art and Australia, 24(3) [Autumn 1987], pp 381–382 (illustrated)

$2,400-3,000

9

After Fra ANGELICO (circa 1395–1455)

Second half 19th century ‘Madonna della stella’ Oil and gold leaf on wood panel

Unsigned

In the original carved and gilt wood tabernacle frame 68cm high, 37cm wide overall, including frame

provenance

Artemis Auctions, Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 27 April 2009, lot 165, purchased by Terence Lane

$800-1,200

10

Guido AGOSTINI (active 1865–1898)

An Italian landscape with a figure on a bridge and a hilltown beyond Oil on board

Signed lower left: Agostini

In the original carved and gilt frame

32 x 25cm, oval

$600-800

11

A WILLIAM IV GILT-FRAMED SIDE CHAIR

1830s

The toprail carved with foliage and with a pierced crest above the shaped padded back and upholstered seat, raised on reeded supports to the front, in striped emerald green watered silk 98cm high, 50cm wide, 70cm deep

provenance

15 AN ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL CAMEO-MOUNTED GILT BRONZE CASKET

Imperial Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2008

$200-300

12

A VICTORIAN PARIAN BUST OF THE WATER NYMPH CLYTIE

Second half 19th century

After the Roman marble original 58cm high

provenance

Antique Decor (Gary Kay), Melbourne Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers, Antique Decor (closing auction), Melbourne, 5–6 October 2008, lot 315, purchased by Terence Lane

$400-600

13 AN ANTIQUE WHITE MARBLE PEDESTAL

Late 19th century

Of classical columnar form, with a square top and square plinth base

102cm high, the top 27cm wide and deep

$600-900

14 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN-STYLE CLASSICAL BUSTS IN COMPOSITE STONE

Late 20th century

One of Antinous as Dionysus after the classical original, the other possibly of Ariadne 30cm and 31cm high respectively

$250-350

Second half 19th century, probably French In Louis XV style, of rectangular outline with a hinged cover enclosing a velvet lined interior, the top and all sides mounted with oval and circular cameo plaques, the larger plaques depicting scenes from the life of Christ, the smaller with angels at prayer 11cm high, 17cm wide, 12.5cm deep

provenance

Leski Auctions, An Eye for Beauty: A Private Collection of International Decorative Arts, Melbourne, 28 July 2023, lot 172, purchased by Terence Lane

$1,000-1,500

16

A VICTORIAN BANDED AGATE PENDANT CROSS

Last quarter 19th century

Simply formed as six conjoined oval cabochons of Scottish agate set in a plain brass, with a large loop to the top 13cm high (including loop), 7cm wide, 1cm deep

$200-300

17

A VICTORIAN SILVER PLATE BROOCH IN AESTHETIC MANNER

Circa 1880

Circular, modelled in relief and engraved with a water bird amidst foliage within a rope twist border and crenellated and studded frame, the reverse with pin fitting to a roll-clip

3.5cm diameter

$200-300

Second half 19th century

The oval cameo carved with Hebe feeding Zeus in the form of an eagle set within a gold-plate plaited frame, the reverse with a pin fitting with clip and a chained brooch pin

5cm high, 4cm wide

$250-350

19 A VICTORIAN BLOOMED GOLD BROOCH

Last quarter 19th century

Oval, modelled with open work as a spray of trifoliate leaves and fruit in a frame modelled as a branch, the reverse with slide clip (lacking pin) and a chained brooch pin

4.5cm high, 4cm wide

$150-250

20 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GILT-METAL CURTAIN TIE BACKS IN AESTHETIC STYLE

1870s–1880s

Each composed of nine tablets cast to both sides with the same design of a bird and butterfly amidst foliage, connected with plain links and with large loops at the ends

Each 76cm long

$200-300

TWO SIMILAR ANTIQUE INDIAN MARBLE

FIGURES OF THE INFANT KRISHNA

19th century

Each modelled with the figure kneeling and supporting himself on one hand and holding food to his mouth with the other, each in white marble with carved details and traces of gilt and polychrome decoration

Each 11cm high

provenance

B.C. Galleries, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2012

$200-300

22

AN ANTIQUE SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A BHAISAJYAGURU

18th century

Seated on a double lotus base, his left hand holding a bowl, the right hand extended palm outwards in the gesture of ‘giving’

15.5cm high, 11.5cm wide, 8cm deep

provenance

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2006

$2,000-3,000

23

INDIAN EXPORT SCHOOL*

Second half 19th century

The Golden Temple, Amritsar

Watercolour and gouache on ivory

Unsigned 9.5 x 14cm, oval

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2009

$400-600

24

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE INDIAN AND INDO-PERSIAN ART WORKS

Variously 19th century

An Indo-Persian scene of a lady in gouache on stone, a set of three gouache studies of Indian male figure and another pair

The Indo-Persian work 14 x 8cm

$250-350

25

AN ANTIQUE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-INLAID BOX*

Circa 1900

Rectangular with a hinged cover, the exterior inlaid throughout with geometric designs in ivory, shagreen, and wood, the interior wood lined 6cm high, 26cm wide, 11cm deep

provenance

Leonard Joel, White Lodge, Melbourne, 26 October 1981, lot 57

$150-250

26

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE-STYLE CHINESE CERAMIC SCHOLAR’S OBJECTS

Including an inkstone, and a water dropper

The tallest 8cm high

$100-200

27

A GROUP OF JAPANESE GILT WOOD STANDS

Early 20th century and later

Of various designs including two pairs

The tallest 13cm high

$300-400

28

A GROUP OF CHINESE YIXING POTTERY

Late 20th century

Comprising a teapot-shaped water dropper, a pair of circular dishes, three figures of flying bats, and a group of modelled as various nuts and seeds, the dropper and dishes with impressed seal marks underside

The dropper 5.5cm high, the dishes each 14cm diameter

$200-400

29

A GROUP OF ASSORTED ASIAN AND INDIAN DECORATIVE OBJECTS

Varuously 19th century and later

In various materials, including an antique Indian bronze vajri, an incised red-lacquered figure of Guan Yin at prayer, and various small bronze figures

The largest 19.5cm high

provenance

The Guan Yin: Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in November, 2019

$100-200

30

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE INDIAN BRONZE OBJECTS

19th century

Two decoratively cast bracelets, and three tilak seals of various shapes and designs

The larger bangle 12.5cm high, 11cm wide

provenance

The bracelets: Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2023

$200-300

31

ENGLISH SCHOOL Late 19th century

A cowrie shell on a bed of vegetation

Watercolour

Unsigned 14 x 19cm, oval

$100-200

32

George CARGILL LEIGHTON (1826–1895)

A set of six plates illustrating English ferns in natural settings

Mixed-process coloured prints (mounted but unframed)

Each lettered in the lower margin with title and the two months of the year represented by the plate

$150-250

33

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL Mid-19th century

A half-length portrait of a woman seated wearing a bonnet and plaid shawl

Oil artist’s board (unframed)

Unsigned

30.5 x 24cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 7 August 2007, lot 367, purchased by Terence Lane

$700-1,000

34

A MATCHED PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIRS

Circa 1840

Each with raked back above the open padded arms with scrolling terminals and shaped seat, on turned supports to the front, in green damask

Each about 91cm high, 57cm wide, 90cm deep

(some minor variations in dimensions between them)

$400-600

35

A GROUP OF THREE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN DECORATED EUCALYPTUS LEAVES, BY CONSTANCE BRETT (née à BECKETT) AND ANOTHER

Circa 1900

A large leaf decorated with a cottage in a landscape, signed ‘CMB’ and attributed to Constance Matilda Brett (née à Beckett, 1860–1944), and a pair decorated with scenes in the Victorian ranges, indistinctly signed

Respectively 22 x 37cm overall (including frame) and 15 x 25.5cm each, overall (including frame) and 22 x 37cm (overall including frame)

$300-400

36

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN DECORATED EUCALYPTUS LEAVES AND ANOTHER WORK OF SIMILAR CHARACTER

Circa 1900

The pair of leaves decorated with landscapes, each signed HSM; together with a painting on glass depicting a decorated eucalyptus leaf with other vegetation, unsigned

Respectively 21 x 29cm (the pair overall including frames) 28 x 23cm (overall including frame)

$200-300

37

Albert Edward ALDIS (1869–1921)

Lake Pupuke, New Zealand

Oil on board

Apparently unsigned 12 x 19cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, 17 October 2007, lot P501, purchased by Terence Lane

$200-300

38

A COLONIAL PERIOD AUSTRALIAN CEDAR BOOKCASE CABINET

Circa 1840

The upper part with a moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors enclosing shelves, the projecting lower part with a pair of panelled doors enclosing two long drawers above an open compartment, on turned feet

202cm high, 132cm wide, 56cm deep

$1,800-2,400

39

A COLONIAL PERIOD AUSTRALIAN CEDAR SIDE CHAIR

Circa 1840

The curved bar toprail above the open back and drop-in seat, raised on turned supports to the front 96cm high, 53cm wide, 50cm deep

$100-200

40

Attributed to John DAVIE (1862–1955)

A group of three: The heads of infants with various expressions

Bronzed plaster

Each signed with incised initials lower right: J.S.D.

Each about 22 x 20cm, overall (including frames)

$150-250

41

Frederick BRIER (1854–1922)

A lyrebird in a river landscape

Gouache and silver paint on wood panel, the panel carved in relief as part of the design

Signed lower right: FBrier

34 x 23cm (overall including frame)

$250-350

42

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN SPECIMEN WOOD BOX

Early 20th century

Rectangular with a hinged cover with bevelled edges, the top, front, and sides geometrically-veneered in various woods of contrasting species, colour, and figure, including segments in fiddleback and burr wood

12cm high, 28.5cm wide, 20.5cm deep

$300-500

43 A GROUP OF ASSORTED DECORATIVE HARDWOOD OBJECTS

Mostly Australian, various dates

Three boxes of various designs and woods, two turned ornaments by the same maker, and two older souvenir page turners

The largest box 7cm high, 28cm wide

$100-200

44

A SET OF BEECH DRAFTING SHAPES

Early 20th century

Of various two- and three-dimensional shapes

The tallest 10cm

$150-250

45

A LARGE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN SEA SNAIL SHELL INCISED WITH THE ‘ADVANCE AUSTRALIA’ COAT OF ARMS

Second half 19th century

The shell largely pearlised, incised to one side with the ‘Advance Australia’ coat of arms including emu and kangaroo supporters and inscribed ‘A Colonial Present / Shell found in Torres Strait and engraved in the Colony’ 7.5cm high, 12cm wide and deep

exhibitions

National Museum of Australia, Nation, Canberra, 2002–2003

$700-1,000

46

A LARGE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN SEA SNAIL SHELL INSCRIBED WITH THE LORD’S PRAYER

Second half 19th century

The shell largely pearlised, incised to one side with the Lord’s Prayer in a cartouche and inscribed ‘A Colonial Present / Shell found in Torres Straits and engraved in the Colony’ 8cm high, 14cm wide and deep

provenance

Mossgreen Auctions, The Denis Joachim Collection, Part II, Melbourne, 28 June 2017, lot 274, purchased by Terence Lane

$600-900

47

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN DECORATED OSTRICH EGG ON STERLING SILVER FOOT

The egg decorated in the manner of Alfred William Eustace, circa 1900, the sterling silver foot later

The egg decorated all round with a continuous Australian landscape with rivers and cattle, later mounted on a plain silver foot

17.5cm high (the silver foot 104g)

$400-600

48 AN ANTIQUE-STYLE GLASS DOME ON EBONISED WOOD BASE

Of typical form

32cm high overall (the base 30cm diameter, diameter of the dome 25cm)

$100-200

49 A VICTORIAN SILVER BOX

Last quarter 19th century, possibly Australian Oval with swelling sides and a hinged cover, the cover with an armorial escutcheon, engraved decoration elsewhere, the underside of the cover impressed ‘STERLING’ between a pair of symbols, engraved underside, ‘E. Schäfer / 117 Union Street / Windsor / 1892’

2.5cm high, 8cm wide, 6.5cm deep, 71g

$150-200

50 ENGLISH SCHOOL

Third quarter 19th century

A portrait of a seated woman, within an inscribed oval

Oil on canvas, laid down on a later plywood panel

Apparently unsigned 24 x 18.5cm

$400-600

51 D. JORDANS

Two works: ‘Patch’, and another portrait of the face of an owl

Oil on mahogany panel

Each signed and dated 1887 lower right, respectively: D. Jordans and DJ

The first inscribed ‘Patch painted by his master’ 19.5 x 12cm and 12 x 19.5cm

$250-350

52 A GROUP OF ASSORTED ANTIQUE HARDWOOD OBJECTS

Mostly Australian, variously late 19th and early 20th century

Most in fiddleback blackwood, including a commemorative stonemason’s mallet dated 1894, a church alms collection box, two rules, two folk-made cribbage boards, a bird scarer, and a fan 60cm long (the alms box) and smaller

provenance

The ruler with finials: Hurnall’s Antiques and Decorative Arts, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 2007

The fan: Hurnall’s Antiques and Decorative Arts, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 2002

One cribbage board: Parkside Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1993

$250-350

53

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN AND VICTORIAN STYLE PICTURE FRAMES

Three moulded in maple, including a pair and a gilt frame

The largest 31 x 26cm overall $100-150

54 AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE BY RICHARD STURROCK, MELBOURNE

Circa 1900–1910

Modelled as an upturned nautilus shell resting between the halves of an open clam shell on a rockwork base, in a treacle brown glaze falling with varying thickness over the naturistic surfaces of the shells, without maker’s mark 16.5cm high

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Day 1), Melbourne, 24 August 2008, lot 33 (as ‘attributed to William Ferry / Victorian Art Pottery’), purchased by Terence Lane

exhibitions

Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019 (as by Sturrock)

literature

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat., (2019), p. 39 (illustrated, as by Sturrock) $400-600

55 AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE OR VESSEL BY RICHARD STURROCK, MELBOURNE

Circa 1900–1910

Modelled as a grotesque winged lion standing on all fours, the wings forming the mouth of an opening extending to the depth of the body, in a dark creamcoloured glaze, apparently without maker’s mark 20cm high, 23cm wide, 11cm deep

exhibitions

Shepparton Art Gallery, The Potteries of Brunswick, Shepparton, 14 January–20 February, 2000

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

literature

G. Hill, The Potteries of Brunswick (2000), p. 96 (illustrated, probably the present lot)

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 36 (illustrated)

other notes

Another example, in a mottled green and brown glaze, was formerly in the collection of Richard Berry, Melbourne, sold Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Day 1), Melbourne, 24 August 2008, lot 31 (accompanied by a damaged green-glazed example of the same).

$1,000-1,600

56

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE

VASE OR VESSEL BY RICHARD STURROCK

Circa 1900–1910

Modelled as a grotesque animal sitting on its haunches with head upturned, the open mouth extending to the depths of the body, in brown and green glazes, impressed underside ‘T.R. STURROCK / GUILDFORD’ 18cm high, 19cm wide, 15cm deep

exhibitions

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

literature

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 37 (illustrated)

other notes

‘Guildford’ was the name of the Sturrock family home at Albion Street, East Brunswick, where Sturrock produced his pottery from around 1900 to 1910, probably for his own enjoyment rather than commercial production (Hill, p.97).

$1,400-2,000

57

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE OR VESSEL BY RICHARD STURROCK

Circa 1900–1910

Modelled as a grotesque animal sitting on its haunches with head upturned, the open mouth extending to the depths of the body, in mottled brown, pink, and green glazes, without maker’s mark 18cm high, 19cm wide, 15cm deep

exhibitions

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

literature

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 37 (illustrated)

$1,400-2,000

58 AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE SCULPTURAL CANDLESTICK BY RICHARD STURROCK

Circa 1900–1910

Modelled as a grotesque monopod animal with paw foot on the circular base, in a golden treacle glaze, impressed underside ‘R. STURROCK / GUILDFORD’

22cm high

exhibitions

Shepparton Art Gallery, The Potteries of Brunswick, Shepparton, 14 January–20 February, 2000

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July-1 September, 2019

literature

G. Hill, The Potteries of Brunswick (2000), p. 95 (illustrated, probably the present lot)

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), inside front cover (illustrated)

$600-800

59 A SMALL GROUP OF DOULTON ‘SILICON’ WARE

Lambeth, circa 1900

A pair of candlesticks and a small vase, impressed marks underside

The candlesticks 15.5cm high

$100-200

60 A FLORAL-DECORATED STONEWARE PITCHER BY MARTIN BROTHERS

Dated 1888

Of classical ewer-shape with a plain loop handle on a spreading foot, the body with incised floral decoration glazed in various colours on the plain brown ground, the neck and foot with incised decoration, incised underside ‘2 - 1888 / R.W. Martin & Bro / London & Southall’ 12.5cm high

$250-350

61

A WEDGWOOD TRANSFER-PRINTED ‘QUEEN’S WARE’ PUNCH POT OR RUM KETTLE

1879

Globular with a handle modelled as entwined twigs and ribbons and a spout moulded with fern fronds, the body and cover with Australian floral decoration printed in red, impressed marks underside including ‘PDH’ 17cm high

provenance

Haslam and Whiteway, London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 1975

exhibitions

Grace Bros. Department Store, Wedgwood: the Australian Heritage, Sydney, 19 October–7 November, 1987, cat. 20

Myer Department Store, Wedgwood: the Australian Heritage, Melbourne, 16 November–December, 1987, cat. 20

National Gallery of Victoria, Three Centuries of Wedgwood: Art, Industry, and Design, Melbourne, 28 July–9 October, 1995

literature

[Brooklyn Museum et al], Proceedings of the TwentySeventh Annual Wedgwood International Seminar (1982), pp 89 and 93, fig. 9

$250-350

62

THREE VICTORIAN JAPONAISERIE CUPS AND SAUCERS

Last quarter 19th century

One Royal Worcester, one Moore & Co., the third unmarked, all with Japanese style gilt and coloured decoration

The two tallest each 7cm high overall

provenance

The Worcester cup and saucer:

Dr Robert Wilson (1946–2017), Melbourne

Gibson’s, The Collection of Dr Robert Wilson, Melbourne, August 12 2018, lot 73 (part)

$200-300

63

A SMALL GROUP OF VICTORIAN PORCELAIN

A vase chinoiserie vase by Minton, a Royal Worcester Japoinaiserie vase, and a small pair of Copeland vases

The Minton vase 13cm high

provenance

The two larger vases:

Dr Robert Wilson (1946–2017), Melbourne

Gibson’s, The Collection of Dr Robert Wilson, Melbourne, August 12 2018, lot 73 (part)

$100-200

64

AN ANTIQUE ITALIAN CAMEO CARVED CONCH SHELL

Late 19th century

Carved with a bust of Psyche within an oval reserve 12cm high

$150-250

65

A GROUP OF ASSORTED PAPERWEIGHTS IN VARIOUS MATERIALS

Including a Victorian bois durci example and another in marble carved with classical designs

The bois durci paperweigh 2.5cm high, 8.5cm wide, 14.5cm deep

$200-400

66 A GROUP OF ASSORTED PLAQUES OF CLASSICAL DESIGN

19th century and later

Including an oval plaster plaque modelled in relief with a head of Minerva, a terracotta Agricultural Society of New South Wales circular plaque dated 1863, and a University of Melbourne red wax seal in case

The Minerva plaque 14cm high, 11.5cm wide

$200-400

67

A GROUP OF ASSORTED TREEN

19th century and later

In various woods, including goblets of various sizes, candlestick, and boxes

The tallest goblet 21cm high

$200-400

68 Marie LION (1855–1922)

A portrait miniature of a red-haired lady wearing a feather-decorated hat

Watercolour and gouache

Signed lower left: MLion

Said to be dated 1879 (not visible) 10.5 x 8cm, oval

provenance

Nickleby’s Antiques, Kyneton, Victoria, from whom purchased by Terence Lane in March, 2021

other notes

Born in the south of France, Marie Lion joined her sister and brother-in-law, Berthe and Nicholas Mouchette in emigrating to Melbourne in 1881. In 1884, following the death of her husband, Berthe purchased the highly-regarded Oberwyl Ladies’ College in St Kilda where Marie joined her as a teacher. There, in 1890, the sisters hosted the inaugural meeting of the Alliance Française in Australia, with Marie soon conducting its first French language courses. In the midst of the early 1890s depression, the sisters sold Oberwyl and moved to Adelaide in 1892.

$400-600

69

A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

1830s, the movement by Silvani, Paris

The count-wheel movement with silk suspension striking on a bell, the engine-turned silvered Roman numeral dial in an upright case of architectural design in French Renaissance manner with a figure of a musical putto in a niche between pilasters to the front, richly modelled with classical motifs throughout, on an associated late nineteenth century ebonised wood plinth

The clock 47.5cm high, 31cm wide, 13cm deep

provenance

Heidelberg Road Antiques & Collectables Centre, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in Feburary, 2010

$2,400-3,000

70 A PAIR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH PORCELAIN POT POURRI VASES

Second half 19th century, possibly by Jacob Petit

Each of square outline on feet modelled as swans, the sides of each with reserves alternately decorated with tableaux of baskets and vases of fruit and flowers, and birds at their nests within gilt-decorated cobalt borders, the covers conforming, without makers mark

Each 22.5cm high

provenance

Nickleby’s Antiques, Kyneton, Victoria, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in April, 2013

$400-500

71 A PAIR OF LARGE ANTIQUE FRENCH PORCELAIN VASES

19th century

Of classical design, with a pair of high scrolling handles at the shoulders, the body of each with an all-round band richly decorated with various flowers on the burgundy ground, otherwise gilt throughout, without makers mark

Each 67cm high

provenance

Imperial Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2009

$1,400-2,000

74

72

Attributed to John DOWNMAN (1750–1824)

A bust-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a dark coat, orange waistcoat and white cravat

Oil on copper, convex

Apparently unsigned

Indistinctly inscribed to the reverse 17 x 13.5cm, oval

other notes

Another version of this portrait, attributed to the circle of John Downman, was sold in 2013 (Martel Maides Fine Art, Guernsey, 20 March 2013, lot 406).

$800-1,200

73

TWO ANTIQUE ANIMALIER DESK OBJECTS

Late 19th and 20th centuries

A spelter inkpot (lacking liner), in the form of a boar’s head on an ebonised wood base, and an Italian cast brass document clip in the form of a hound’s head

The inkpot 10cm high, the clip 16.5cm long

$200-300

A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND HARDWOOD DESK COMPENDIUM

Second half 19th century, possibly Anglo-Colonial

The domed top with tambour enclosing a removable tray, above a drawer, on bracket feet, the opening of the drawer and tambour mechanically interconnected 20cm high, 33cm wide, 21cm deep

$250-350

75

AN ANTIQUE GLASS DOME ON EBONISED WOOD BASE

Second half 19th century

Of typical form, the top of the base lined with velvet 48cm high overall (the base 24cm diameter, diameter of the dome 23cm)

$300-500

76

A NEAR PAIR OF ANTIQUE-STYLE GLASS DOMES ON EBONISED WOOD BASES

Of typical form

Each about 31cm high overall (the base 20cm diameter, diameter of the dome 18cm)

$200-300

77

TWO VICTORIAN MAUCHLINE WARE BOXES, ONE OF MELBOURNE INTEREST

Late 19th century

The smaller rectangular box decorated to the top and front with various Melbourne views, the larger square box with floral decoration to the top and sides, with internal compartments, containing two whist counters and other gaming related accessories

The larger box 5cm high, 22.5cm wide, 21.5cm deep

provenance

The Melbourne box: Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1994

$200-300

78

AN ANTIQUE BOOK REST AND A GROUP OF TABLE EASELS

Late 19th century and later

The folding oak bookrest of Gothic style, together with an Australian fiddleback blackwood easel, a gilt oak easel, and a pair of small oak easels

The blackwood easel 45cm high

$200-300

79

A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED SETS AND SHEETS OF HANDMADE PAPER, JOURNALS, NOTEBOOKS AND CARDS

Various ages and origins, all unused

Various sizes

$200-300

80

A GROUP OF PORCELAIN REPRODUCING PIECES OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH MCARTHUR’S DESSERT SERVICE

Seven dishes of various types, issued in limited edition by the Historic Houses Trust, each in its original box with certificate

The largest 26cm wide

$100-200

81

A LARGE GROUP OF FASCIMILES OF EARLY CHILDRENS BOOKS IN THE OSBORNE COLLECTION

Twenty-five, of various size, all in original slip cases

$150-250

82

A SMALL GROUP OF ASSORTED TEXTILES

19th century and later

Including an antique Chinese silk brocade hanging and an Indonesian ikat shawl

The Chinese silk 150cm high, 101cm wide

$200-300

83

A GROUP OF ASSORTED ANTIQUE PRINTS

Variously 19th and early 20th century

About twenty of various techniques, including four ‘Spy’ portraits, and reproductions after various artworks

Various sizes

$100-200

84

ENGLISH SCHOOL

Second half 19th century

The head of St Catherine of Sienna, after a stained glass window in the church of St Vincent, Rouen

Watercolour and gouache

Apparently unsigned 12 x 8.5cm

$100-200

85

THREE VICTORIAN GLASS JACK-IN-THEPULPIT VASES

Variants of the typical design, in various colours

17.5cm high

$150-250

86

A GROUP OF ASSORTED HAND FANS

Eleven, mostly woven cane and raffia

$100-200

87

A GROUP OF PRIMITIVE WORKED STONE OBJECTS

Various origins, and periods

Comprising two celts, a spherical whorl, and another object with worked surfaces

The largest 16.5cm long

$200-300

88

A SMALL GROUP OF FOSSILS

Including an ammonite, another fossilized shell, and a plaque of leaves

The plaque 13cm wide

$200-300

89

A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA INDIGENOUS ARTEFACTS

Including an Australian hardwood board decorated in earth pigments, two New Guinea kina necklaces, a New Guinea incised cane lime container, and various woven fibre objects

The Australian board 35cm long, 8cm wide

$200-300

90

A GROUP OF THREE PAPUA NEW GUINEAN EARTHENWARE FIGURES

Sepik River region, 20th century

Of human figures, two standing, one reclining 23cm high (taller standing figure), 24cm wide (reclining figure)

$150-250

91

A GROUP OF CARVED AND UNCARVED EMU EGGS

The worked eggs probably late 19th century

Five carved, mostly with vignettes of various Australian birds and animals, together with three unworked and a decorated goose egg

$500-800

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN EMU EGG AND KID LEATHER CENTREPIECE

1870s–1880s

The egg mounted with floral arrangements and raised on a model of a tree fern on a domed base, enclosed within a glass dome on an ebonised wood base 44cm high overall (the centrepiece alone 32cm)

provenance

Trevor Kennedy AM (1942–2021), Sydney Leonard Joel, The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM, Sydney, 1 November 2020, lot 456 (unsold)

Gibson’s, Tempus Fugit: The collection of George Gyori, Melbourne, July 11 2021, lot 691, purchased by Terence Lane

$1,200-1,800

93 A DIMINUTIVE AUSTRALIAN POTTERY FIGURE OF A KOALA

Second quarter 20th century

Modelled grasping a tree trunk, possibly with incised inscriptions (indistinct)

5cm high

$200-300

94

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE AND LATER PRINTS AND PRINTED EPHEMERA

Mostly late 19th century

Including assorted loose prints, mostly Australian, and three copies of the Young Ladies Journal

Various sizes

$100-200

95

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE SMALL CASES AND BOXES*

Variously late 19th century

Including a figured walnut purse, tortoiseshell card case, lacquered tortoiseshell case, and a snuff box

Tortoiseshell card case 10.5cm high, 7.5cm wide

$200-300

96

A GROUP OF ROCK CRYSTAL AND STONE OBJECTS

Three rock crystal spheres, a crystal polyhedron paperweight, and a pyramidal paperweight in onyx

The pyramid 6cm high

$100-200

97 A GROUP OF ASSORTED BOXES IN VARIOUS MATERIALS

19th century and later

A large red lacquered box together with various small boxes in various materials including a carved and pierced coquilla nut sewing egg, a papier-mâché box, and a smaller red lacquer box

The large box 12.5cm high, 20cm diameter

$250-350

98 A VICTORIAN STYLE MANTEL-MOUNTED BRASS FIRE SCREEN FRAME

Possibly of the period

The rail of adjustable height on an articulated arm fixing to a mantel with a clamp

The rail 45cm wide, the arm approximately 50cm fully extended

$200-300

SETS OF TRADE SAMPLES OF PRESSED WINDOW GLASS AND BOOK CLOTH

First half 20th century

A boxed set of about fifty samples of ‘figured rolled’ pressed window glass by E. L . Yencken & Co. Pty Ltd; and a book of samples of Bancrofts’ book cloths bearing the handwritten date 1937

The glass samples each about 3.5 x 9cm; the Brancrofts’ book 22cm wide x 12cm deep

Kikukawa EIZAN (1787–1867)

A woman holding a mirror to her face

Colour woodblock print

35.5 x 22.5cm (sheet)

provenance

Rathdowne Galleries, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 2013

A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DINING OR SIDE CHAIRS

The open back of each with a broad top rail above the upholstered seat in tan leather, on turned and lappeted supports to the front

Each 88cm high, 49cm wide, 54cm deep

A VICTORIAN UPHOLSTERED SOFA

Of traditional design with rolled arms, on turned supports to the front, covered in woven fabric with a design of various fern fronds

85cm high, 149cm wide, 81cm deep

$300-400

103

Ellis ROWAN (1848–1922)

A spray of almond blossom with a landscape beyond Oil on board

Unsigned 27 x 18cm

provenance

Maie, Lady Casey (1891–1983), Melbourne (by whom ascribed to Ellis Rowan and dated circa 1878 in a note accompanying the work)

Frances Mary (‘Fabie’) Chamberlain, to whom gifted by the above on 29 July, 1974 (Lady Casey’s note upon making the gift, accompanying the work)

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in Feburary, 1988

$3,000-4,000

104

Attributed to Arthur HUGHES (1832–1915)

A landscape with a castle beyond a river, possibly Wallingford Castle

Oil on artist’s board

Apparently unsigned 21 x 40.5cm

provenance

George Birkbeck Hill (1835–1903) (according to information given by the following to Terence Lane)

Thence by descent to his granddaughter, Miss O. Hill, Victoria

Her sale, Leonard Joel, Australian, New Zealand, British, and European Paintings [etc.], Melbourne, 7 November 1980, lot 1139 (erroneously as Arthur Foord Hughes), purchased by Terence Lane

other notes

Arthur Hughes was a friend and regular house guest of George Birkbeck Hill (1835–1903), headmaster of Bruce Castle School and man of letters, whose granddaughter, Miss O. Hill, consigned the present lot for auction with Leonard Joel in 1980. As she recounted in correspondence with Terence Lane following his purchase of this painting, Hughes would often paint while with the Hills and presented small works to various members of the family as gifts, the present work having been one of several Hughes paintings in Birkbeck Hill’s collection.

$700-1,000

105

Attributed to Alfred William EUSTACE (1820–1907)

A pair of Australian landscapes

Each oil on a eucalyptus leaf

Apparently unsigned

The larger 12 x 14.5cm (irregular)

provenance

Evelyn Cave-Browne-Cave (according to labels to the reverse)

Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Colonial Art, Furniture, and Decorative Arts at Somercotes, Ross, Tasmania, 7 December 2008, lot 44, puchased by Terence Lane

$800-1,200

106

A GRADUATED SET OF FOUR LATE

GEORGIAN-STYLE CONVEX MIRRORS

Two pairs, of different size but otherwise matching, each with a circular plate in matching deep moulded and ebonised frames with gilt slips

The larger pair each 38cm diameter

$200-400

107

A VICTORIAN EBONIZED WOOD INK STAND

Last quarter 19th century

Rectangular with canted corners, the top with a carrying handle between a pair of cut glass ink bottles and moulded pen rests above a drawer to the base, on flattened bun feet

14.5cm high, 31cm wide, 21cm deep

$250-350

108

ENGLISH SCHOOL Second half 19th century

A portrait of a pensive young woman in profile to the left, a landscape beyond

Oil on wood panel

Apparently unsigned 24 x 20cm, oval

$700-1,000

109

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE PORCELAIN VASES

20th century, in early Qing style

Each of baluster shape on a square outline, decorated to all sides with flowering prunus in coloured enamels on the black ground

Each 43cm high

$500-800

110

William Leslie BOWLES (1885–1954)

‘Child study’

Plaster decorated to simulate bronze, on a later ebonised wood plinth

Incised signature to the reverse: W L Bowles

24cm high (32cm including plinth)

provenance

Ray Ewers (1917–1998), Melbourne

Lloyd and Helene Orton, Melbourne

Leonard Joel, Australian and European Paintings, Graphics, and Ceramics, Melbourne, 4 April 2000, lot C36, purchased by Terence Lane

exhibitions

Association of Sculptors of Victoria, Survey 1933–1985, Melbourne, 3–27 September, 1985, cat. no. 12

literature

[Association of Sculptors of Victoria], Survey 1933–1985, ex. cat., (1985), p. 13, cat. no. 12 (illustrated)

$500-800

111

Attributed to Henry HARVEY (?–1936)

A sleeping classical youth, possibly Adonis, surrounded by musical putti

Plaster

Incised signature lower right: HHARVEY 52 x 62cm overall including frame

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne

Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Pt 2, Day 2), Melbourne, 30 March 2009, lot 872, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-400

112

Stephen BENWELL (b. 1953)

‘Athlete, hand raised’

Decorated earthenware

Apparently unsigned

Enclosed in an antique-style glass cloche on ebonised wood base

The figure 30cm high

provenance

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2010

$2,000-3,000

113

Stephen BENWELL (b. 1953)

‘Athlete, arm raised’

Decorated earthenware

Apparently unsigned

Enclosed in an antique-style glass cloche on ebonised wood base

The figure 29cm high

provenance

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2010

$1,500-2,000

114

Fred WILLIAMS (1927–1982)

‘Knoll in the You Yangs’

Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

Number 12-25 and signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Fred Williams’

29.5 x 45.5cm (plate)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 208

other notes

Original receipts in Terence Lane’s records confirm that this and the following five lots were purchased by him from the Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, in a series of purchases between September 1968 and January 1972, but the absence of titles of works on the receipts leaves it impossible to know which etching was purchased when.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

115

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

‘You Yangs landscape, number 1’ Aquatint and drypoint, printed in brown Number 12-45 and signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Fred Williams’ 27 x 29.5cm (plate)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 206

other notes

See note to lot 114.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

116

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

‘Chopped trees’ Etching, aquatint, and engraving Numbered 13/35 and signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Fred Williams’ 20 x 22cm (plate)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 226

other notes

See note to lot 114.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

117

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

‘Oval landscape’ Aquatint, engraving, and drypoint Numbered 24/30 and signed in pencil in the lower right margin ‘Fred Williams’ 30 x 18.5cm (plate, oval)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 242

other notes

See note to lot 114.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

118

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

‘You Yangs landscape, number 2’ Etching, engraving, and drypoint, on laid paper

Numbered 6-14 and signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Fred Williams’ 26.5 x 20cm (plate)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 209

other notes

See note to lot 114.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

119

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

‘Landscape with green cloud and owl’ Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

Numbered 11-22 and signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Fred Williams’ 24.5 x 26.5cm (plate)

provenance

Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane between 1968 and 1972

literature

Mollison 232

other notes

See note to lot 114.

© Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2026

$3,000-4,000

120

John HENNESSY (1872–1943)

An interior of a room, Brunswick (recto); A landscape sketch (verso) Oil on cedar panel

Signed indistinctly with initials lower left and dated 1892 upper left 15.5 x 11.5cm

provenance

Melbourne Fine Art (their exhibition ‘”From Brunswick to the Bay” – John Hennessy (1872–1943): A Survey Exhibition’, 18 July–18 August, 1996, cat. no. 5), from whom purchased by Terence Lane in July, 1996

other notes

The interior is of a room in the Butchers’ Arms Hotel, Union Street, Brunswick, the artist’s childhood home.

$300-500

121

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN THREE-LIGHT GILT COMPOSITION APPLIQUES

Last quarter 19th century

Each with three foliate branches extending from the back modelled as an arrangement of fern fronds and flowers suspended from a bow-tied ribbon

Each 64cm high, 35cm wide, 26cm deep

provenance

Derek Greengrass Antiques, Sydney, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2011

$700-1,000

122

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN EARTHENWARE VASES

Late 19th century

Each decorated to the front in coloured enamels, gold, and silver with Japanese style design or a grasshopper amidst foliage on the mottled brown glaze, each with incised number 829 underside, accompanied by a pair of Japanese bamboo fans

Each 27.5cm high

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2011

$200-300

Greg IRVINE (b. 1947)

A figure of a seated mendicant

Glazed earthenware

Signed underside: GI in monogram 30cm high, 33cm wide,

$200-300

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE BRASS ANDIRONS DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, AND OTHER HEARTH ACCESSORIES

Variously second half 19th–early 20th century

The pair of andirons accompanied by a set of fire tools, a cast iron trivet fitting to a grate, and a brass teapot

The andirons each 16cm high

$300-500

A VICTORIAN OCCASIONAL TABLE WITH DECORATED TOP

Last quarter 19th century

Of two tiers, each rectangular with lobed ends raised on ebonised and gilt supports, the glass top enclosing a watercolour and collage art work of a spray of various fern fronds, butterflies, and flying insects, the under tier lined in velvet 64cm high, 72cm wide, 44cm deep

provenance

Young’s Auctions, Melbourne, 17 July 2009, lot 301, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-400

126

E. SHEPHERD (working early 20th century)

‘Some of life’s pleasures’, after E.G. Handel Lucas Oil on canvas

Signed lower left: E. Shepherd

39.5 x 28.5cm

other notes

After the original painting by E.G. Handel Lucas (1861–1936), painted circa 1907. Sold by Lucas to Pears Soap the following year, the work was reproduced in the Pears Annual of 2009.

$300-500

127

EUROPEAN SCHOOL

Second half 19th century

The interior of a room with a cat on a table watching a caged canary Oil on canvas

Indistinctly signed lower right

Original labels to the reverse, now faded and indistinct

42 x 29cm

$500-700

128

EUROPEAN SCHOOL

19th century

A pair: A couple collecting young birds form a nest; and A rustic swain presenting flowers to a maiden Reverse-painted on glass

Apparently unsigned

Each 31.5 x 24.5cm

$400-600

129

Albert (a.k.a. Alberto) GILL (a.k.a. GILLINI) (1840–1932)

The interior of a grand European church Oil on board

Signed lower left: Gillini

13 x 18cm

other notes

‘Alberto Gillini’ and ‘Signor Gillini’ were names adopted by the English-born Melbourne frame maker Albert Gill when he turned to painting in the early twentieth century. He was the father of the artist Naylor Gill with whom he sometimes held joint exhibitions.

$150-250

130 A VICTORIAN RUSTIC OCCASIONAL TABLE

Last quarter 19th century

The octagonal top retaining its original decoration simulating wood grain raised on a tripod support composed of twigs and small branches

74cm high, 49cm wide

$300-400

133

ENGLISH SCHOOL

131 A MID-VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR OPEN SIDEBOARD

Third quarter 19th century

Of typical form, the three tiers raised on baluster supports with a gallery and ball finials to the top, on casters

126cm high, 122cm wide, 44cm deep

provenance

Young’s Auctions, Melbourne, 30 November 2008, lot 333, purchased by Terence Lane

$500-700

132 AN ANTIQUE STAINED HARDWOOD SIDE CHAIR

Circa 1900

In provincial Georgian revival manner, with a rush seat

93cm high, 39cm wide, 41cm deep

$100-1,500

Late 19th century

A study of daffodils and other flowers in a field

Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

24.5 x 16.5cm

$200-400

134

ENGLISH OR EUROPEAN SCHOOL

Third quarter 19th century

A portrait of a lady seated on a terrace, a landscape beyond Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned 22 x 16.5cm

$250-350

135 A FRAMED ANTIQUE SUZANI FRAGMENT

19th century

42cm high, 84cm wide overall including frame

$200-300

136 A LARGE VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

Second half 19th century

Depicting Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well, in the original gilt frame

91 cm high, 75cm wide, overall including frame

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2012

$300-500

137 A VICTORIAN GILT-FRAMED OVERMANTEL MIRROR

Second half 19th century

The square plate with shaped upper corners in a George III-style moulded frame with carved crest 122cm high, 119cm wide

$700-1,000

138

TWO ANTIQUE INDIAN MARBLE OBJECTS

19th century

A gilt and polychrome decorated figure of Nandi and a small votive niche of architectural design

The figure 9cm high, the niche 18cm high, 15cm wide, 8cm deep

$300-500

139

TWO ANTIQUE METAL VASES IN CLASSICAL MANNER

Second half 19th century

A polished bronze vase of classical design, the exterior modelled with trailing ivy, on an ebonised wood plinth (lacking cover), and a cast iron model of the Warwick vase

The tallest 17.5cm

provenance

The bronze vase: Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2023

$150-250

140

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN CERAMIC TILES DECORATED IN AESTHETIC MANNER

Second half 19th century, one by Minton, the others possibly the same

Five tiles, including two pairs, one pair framed, and a single tile by Minton, printed with various floral designs

Each tile about 15 x 15cm

$150-250

141

A SET FOUR VICTORIAN DECORATED EARTHENWARE FLOOR TILES BY MINTON

Second half 19th century

Each decorated to simulate encaustic manufacture with the same stylised floral design in coloured glazes, impressed maker’s marks underside

Each 11cm high, 11.5cm wide, 2.5cm deep

$150-250

142 AN ANTIQUE GILT BRONZE BUST OF A BACCHIC FIGURE

Second half 19th century, probably French

Modelled as a short bust of a bearded man crowned with a wreath of grapes and vine leaves, possibly an architectural or furniture mount 17cm high, 13cm wide, 8.5cm deep

provenance

Mossgreen Auctions, The Estate of the Late Lyall Sinclair, Melbourne, 4 March 2012, lot 109, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-500

143

A VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND FIDDLEBACK BLACKWOOD LETTER OR WRITING PAPER TRAY

Second half 19th century

Of double-sided tiered design with a cylindrical handle to the apex between the triangular sides 16cm high, 33.5 cm wide and deep

$250-350

144

A VICTORIAN EARTHENWARE TILE DECORATED IN AESTHETIC MANNER

Second half 19th century

Decorated in Japanese manner with a spray of flowers and leaves in raised gold and silver on the black-glazed ground, mounted in a simple oak frame 19.5cm high and wide overall, including frame

$100-200

145 A VICTORIAN-STYLE ‘ALADDIN’ BRASS TABLE LAMP

An electric lamp in the typical form of an antique oil lamp, with a green glass shade 55cm high

$100-200

146 A GROUP OF VICTORIAN FERN SPATTERWORK OBJECTS

Second half 19th century

A pine box decorated on all sides, two leather bound books, a dish, and a card case

The box 16.5cm high, 32.5cm wide, 24cm deep

$300-500

147 A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC SCULPTURES

Of various shapes including two of the same shape, decorated in coloured slip glazes with burnishing and scratching

The longest 24cm long

$200-300

148 A CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL 20th century

Decorated with Mandarin characters, housed in original box

Approximately 200cm high

$100-200

149 A CAST IRON PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA

Apparently late 19th century

Modelled in relief in profile to the left, later mounted on a shield-shaped elm board

34cm high, 26.5cm wide overall (the sculpture

23.5cm high x 18cm wide)

$150-250

150

TWO ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES

Late 19th–early 20th century

A simple American sterling silver and oak frame and a planished repoussé brass frame in Arts and Crafts manner

The brass frame 27cm high, 20.5cm wide

$150-200

151

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN-THEMED MASONIC APRON

Henry Slingsby Ltd, Nuneaton, England, late 19th–early 20th century

Of typical design in claret grosgrain with a pair of suspended brass tassels, the field of white silk printed with a design of two kangaroos in a desert landscape 33cm high, 38cm wide (excluding belt)

other notes

The Powerhouse Collection, Sydney, holds a very similar example by another maker (object no. 2010/11/45).

$100-200

152

A VICTORIAN EMBROIDERED VELVET VALANCE

Last quarter 19th century, apparently of Tasmanian origin

Of shaped outline in emerald green velvet, the panels embroidered with floral designs in silk, metal thread, and fine fabric, with tassels along the lower edge 44cm high, 207cm wide

provenance

The Cameron(?) family, Tasmania (according to the following, the name of the family indistinct)

Alan Landis Antiques, Sydney, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 2008(?)

$200-300

153 TWO INDIAN TEXTILES

Probably 20th century

Shawls or similar, one woven with a paisley design, the other printed with a repeating floral design

The printed textile 316cm long, 320cm wide; the woven textile 168cm long, 161cm wide (each approx.)

$100-200

154 A LARGE GROUP OF ASSORTED FABRICS AND TEXTILES

Various 20th century periods

Of various types and origins, mostly printed cotton, some woven, of various sizes, some very large, some in bolts

Various sizes

$300-500

155

SEVEN ROLLS OF SANDERSON BLOCKPRINTED WALLPAPER

Four of one floral design, and three of another, two of the first opened, the others unopened 53cm and 54cm wide

$100-200

156

ROLLS OF ASSORTED BLOCK-PRINTED WALL PAPER

Including three rolls of English paper printed with a floral design, one roll printed with a gum leaf and nut design, and assorted Victorian-style papers printed in metallic pigments including dado papers

Various widths and lengths

$100-200

162

A SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE RELIEF PANEL BY GEORGE TINWORTH FOR DOULTON & Co., LAMBETH

157

A ROLL OF RED FLOCKED WALLPAPER

Of traditional design

$100-150

158 TWO BROWN LEATHER GLADSTONE BAGS

First half 20th century

The larger 20cm high, 50cm wide

$100-200

159 A VICTORIAN HAND-DECORATED TILE PANEL

Second half 19th century

Of five tiles decorated in Japanese manner with a continuous scene of birds and a frog at the edge of a lake, framed

24cm high, 80cm wide overall

$250-350

160 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN HAND-DECORATED TILE PANELS

Second half 19th century

Each of two tiles, each decorated with a scene of a maiden amidst foliage, framed

Each 48cm high, 28cm wide overall

$400-600

161

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN TILES DECORATED BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG

Doulton & Co., Lambeth (on blanks by Minton), last quarter 19th century

Each decorated with a classical scene of a maiden seated on a terrace, framed

Each 25.5cm high and wide overall

provenance

J.G. Elder Antique, Adelaide, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 1977

$300-500

Last quarter 19th century

Depicting Christ risen from the tomb, a diorama modelled in deep relief, the integral frame incised with various biblical inscriptions, salt-glazed in blue and brown, incised with Doulton’s and Tinworth’s names to the lower edge, in the original moulded and ebonised wood frame with the original label to the back numbering the work as 96 28cm high, 45cm wide overall

provenance

Richard Dennis, Kensington, London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in November, 1975

other notes

The Doulton & Co. Lambeth part-printed label to the back was completed in ink to read: ‘Salt glazed panel by Geo. Tinworth [....] The Denial of Peter’. It appears that label was affixed to this panel in error in the factory as the title given does not match the subject of this panel.

$1,800-2,400

163

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN TILE PANELS

Variously second half 19th century

A panel of four tiles decorated with a continuous scene of flowering foliage, a panel of two tiles of a stylized snowdrop design, and a panel of two tiles of seashell designs, each panel framed

The largest 34cm high and wide overall

$400-600

164

A PANEL OF TWO VICTORIAN DECORATED TILES BY MINTON

1870s

With printed decoration in brown and blue of scenes from Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of the King’ after John Moyr Smith, respectively ‘Geraint’ and ‘Gareth’, set within a cast iron frame on a green-stained pine board

Overall 24.5cm high, 40cm wide

$250-350

165

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND MARBLE TOILET MIRROR

1870s

The mirror raised on spiral supports on the bow-front base, the top of the mirror inscribed in pencil ‘Giles Monmouth May 1877’ (beneath the marble) 74cm high, 68cm wide, 27cm deep

$100-150

166

A VICTORIAN HARDWOOD TOWEL RAIL

Late 19th century

Of typical form

82cm high, 69cm wide, 30cm deep

$100-150

167 AN ANTIQUE GILT PICTURE FRAME

Early 20th century

In Renaissance manner with moulded decoration, containing a reproduction print 49cm high, 35cm wide

$100-200

168

A VICTORIAN FERN SPATTERWORK DISPLAY CABINET

Last quarter 19th century

Rectangular with a glazed door enclosing shelves, the front, top and sides decorated with fern spatterwork 56cm high, 54cm wide, 23cm deep

$200-300

169 A MID-VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR

SIDE TABLE

Of typical form with a serpentine front, raised on turned supports

74cm high, 90cm wide, 45cm deep

$100-200

170 A VICTORIAN PAINTED CAST IRON BED FRAME

Late 19th century

Of typical form, the head and foot with scrolling foliage and brass finials, painted cream 117cm high, 141cm wide, 200cm deep

$100-200

171 A GEORGE II DELFTWARE FLOWER BRICK

Mid-18th century

Of typical form, decorated to all sides with panels of stylised floral decoration in blue and white 9cm high, 14.5cm wide, 6cm deep

provenance

June Raper (antiques dealer), London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in February, 1978

$400-600

172 A LOUIS XV FAIENCE BOUGH POT

Third quarter 18th century

Modelled as a commode of the period, decorated in blue, green and yellow

12.5cm high, 22cm wide, 13cm deep

$500-800

173 A GROUP OF ASSORTED SMALL DECORATIVE VESSELS AND DISHES

Various 19th century and later dates and makers

About twenty-four pieces, mostly ceramic and decorated in blue and white, also including Wedgwood jasperware and Chinese porcelain

The largest teapot 9.5cm high

$100-200

174

AN ANTIQUE SALESMAN’S SAMPLE PART DINNER SERVICE OF DIMUNITIVE SIZE

Mid-19th century

Comprising eleven larger plates, four smaller and two tureens on stands, in printed floral decoration

The tureens 6cm high

provenance

Rathdowne Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2006

$100-200

175

A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE WHITEGLAZED PORCELAIN

20th century

A water dropper modelled as a boar with a child on its back, and a pair of figures of Guan Yin

The water dropper 5.5cm high; the Guan Yin figures each 18cm high

provenance

The water dropper: Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1969

$200-300

176

After Louis BUVELOT (1814–1888)

‘A summer evening in the Pentland Hills’ Chromolithograph

Published by Sands & McDougall for the Art-Union of Victoria, 1876

In an antique gilt pine ‘Oxford’ frame

40 x 58cm, 72 x 89cm overall (including frame)

provenance

Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in September, 2019

$250-350

177

Francis (Frank) MAHONY (862–1916)

An ostrich farm near Port Augusta – an illustration for the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia

Black ink and grey and white gouache

Signed and dated lower left: Frank P. Mahoney ‘87 24.5 x 35.5cm

provenance

Antique Print and Map Room, Sydney, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 2021

exhibitions

National Library of Australia, Imagining a Nation: Artists of the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Canberra, 26 November, 2020–18 April, 2021

literature

Engraved and published in A. Garran (ed.), Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (1886), vol II, p. 548

$400-600

178

Henry HOLIDAY (1839–1927)

A study of a classical female figure

Black and white chalk on light brown paper, lightly squared for transfer

Apparently unsigned 70 x 48.5cm

provenance

Liberty, London, circa 1975

Mary and Gordon Andrews, Sydney (until 1987)

Thence by decent

Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2019

$700-1,000

179

TWO ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN PRINTS

Last quarter 19th century

‘Fairy Gully – A Dream of Christmas Eve’, wood engraving and chromolithograph, 1883; and ‘The Wanderers Found’, chromolithograph, 1880s, mounted but unframed

The larger 60 x 47.5cm

$150-250

180

After John MORTIMER (1740–1779)

‘An Academy’

Engraving

Engraved by Simon-Francois Ravenet, published 1771

Unframed

51 x 43cm (plate)

$100-200

181 A LATE COLONIAL AUSTRALIAN CEDAR ÉTAGÈRE

Second quarter 19th century

Rectangular, of three tiers raised on slender turned supports, on brass caps and castors

126 cm high, 75cm wide, 47cm deep

$800-1,200

182

A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT EBONISED SIDE CHAIR

1870s

In Aesthetic manner, the padded back with arched toprail on turned supports above the upholstered seat, on conforming supports

111cm high, 46cm wide, 46cm deep

$100-150

183

A MID-VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR

Circa 1860

Of typical form with a broad curved back, on turned supports to the front, button-upholstered in black satin twill

110cm high, 69cm wide, 86cm deep

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by the vendor in 2007

$150-250

184

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE CABINET

Third quarter 19th century

The upper part with a moulded cornice above a pair of glazed doors, enclosing adjustable shelves, the projecting lower part with a fall-front secretaire drawer above a pair of panelled cupboard doors, on a plinth base

217cm high, 124cm wide, 45cm deep

other notes

From his investigations, Terence Lane believed this bookcase may have been owned by Sir Redmond Barry (1813–1880).

$500-700

185

William HUGHES (1842–1901)

A spray of carnations on a gold ground Oil on canvas

Signed and dated lower left: WHughes / 1885 41 x 24cm

provenance

Martin Gallon Interational Art, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in Feburary, 2013

$500-700

186 AN ANTIQUE CARVED AND GILT PICTURE FRAME

French or English, mid 19th century 57cm high, 49cm wide (site size 34.5 x 27cm)

$100-200

187

ITALIAN SCHOOL 19th century

A portrait of a woman in a turban, traditionally identified as Beatrice Cenci Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned 61 x 49cm

other notes

After the original formerly attributed to Guido Reni but now to Ginevra Cantofoli (1618–1672) in the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome (inv. no. 1944).

$800-1,200

188

ENGLISH SCHOOL Second half 19th century

A study of the head of a youth

Black and white chalk on brown paper

Apparently unsigned 21 x 16cm

$700-1,000

189

Thomas WOOLNER (1825–1892)

A portrait of Captain George Ward Cole Plaster

Incised signature lower centre: T. Woolner. Sc. 1853

Mounted behind convex glass in the apparently original gilt frame 21cm diameter

other notes

Another example of this portrait is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (acc. no. 783-D5).

$1,400-2,000

190

Attributed to Thomas J. WATSON (1847–1912)

A wooded landscape

Watercolour and gouache

Signed with initials lower right: T.J.W.

19.5 x 29.5cm

provenance

John R. Perry, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in March, 2010

$100-200

191

Edward Henry FAHEY (1844–1907)

An English river landscape with figures near a hayrick

Watercolour

Signed lower left: EDWD.H.FAHEY

37 x 54.5cm

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne

Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Part 3) and other vendors, Melbourne, 10 July 2009, lot 314, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-500

192

Edward Henry FAHEY (1844–1907)

‘At Parkstone, near Bournemouth’

Watercolour

Signed lower left: EDWARD.H.FAHEY

25.5 x 41.5cm

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne

Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Part 1, Day 2), Melbourne, 24 August 2008, lot 571, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-500

193

Edward Henry FAHEY (1844–1907)

‘Shrine on the top of Costabelle Hill, looking South’ Watercolour and gouache

Signed lower left: EDWD.H.FAHEY

36 x 55cm

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne

Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Part 3) and other vendors, Melbourne, 10 July 2009, lot 312, purchased by Terence Lane

exhibitions

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (label to the back, date unknown)

$300-500

194

Edward Henry FAHEY (1844–1907)

An extensive coastal landscape with a town Oil on board

Signed lower left: EDW.H.FAHEY 20 x 40cm

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Part 2, Day 2), Melbourne, 30 March 2009, lot 823, purchased by Terence Lane

$800-1,200

195

Ernest STOCKS (1840–1921)

A pair: Two prospects of ‘Maritima’, Brighton, Melbourne Watercolour and gouache

The view of the entrance front signed lower left: E.D. Stocks Ballarat

Each 34.5 x 55cm (the upper corners rounded)

exhibitions

[Australian Gallery Directors Council], Converting the Wilderness: The Art of Gardening in Colonial Australia [touring exhibition shown at public galleries in several states], October 1979–June 1980]

literature

[Australian Gallery Directors Council], Converting the Wilderness: The Art of Gardening in Colonial Australia, exh. cat. (1979), cat. nos 69 and 70, pp. 57 and 70 (illustrated, as unidentified ‘Villa, Port Phillip Bay’)

P. Watts and M. Barrett (ed.), Historic Gardens of Victoria – A Reconnaissance (1983) (cover illustration [garden front], as unidentified ‘Villa, Port Phillip Bay’)

H. Penrose and C. Waterhouse, Kostka – Xavier by the Sea (1997), pp 10–11 (one illustrated)

other notes

Built in 1867 for Sir Frederick McCoy (1817–1899), founding Professor of Natural History at the University of Melbourne, ‘Maritima’ was purchased by the Jesuit order in 1936 as the core of Xavier College’s new junior school, Kostka Hall. It remains extant, albeit altered, facing Hartley Street, Brighton. McCoy was the first owner of lot 240 in the present auction, which presumably was hung in ‘Maritima’.

$2,000-2,800

196

Raoul BIGAZZI (circa 1888–1962)

A bust of the Venus de’ Medici Marble, on a separate socle Incised signature to the reverse: R. Bigazzi Incised title to the front of the base V. MEDICI

36.5cm high

provenance

Young’s Auctions, Melbourne, 8 May 2009, lot 52, purchased by Terence Lane

$700-1,000

197

Gaetano ROSSI (b. 1829)

The ‘Psyche di Capua’, after ther antique Marble

Incised signature to the right side: G.NO ROSSI 1874 44.5cm high

provenance

Leonard Joel, Winter Auction, Melbourne, 16 August 2006, lot 703, purchased by Terence Lane

$700-1,000

198

A CLASSICAL-STYLE CERAMIC HEAD OF BACCHUS

Late 20th century

Probably after the antique, mounted on an associated marble base 28.5cm high

$200-400

199

A CLASSICAL-STYLE COMPOSITE HEAD OF A BOY

Late 20th century

Probably after the antique, mounted on a separate associated marble base 26cm high

$100-200

200

A CLASSICAL-STYLE COMPOSITE FIGURE OF APHRODITE

Late 20th century

After the antique, mounted on a black plinth 32cm high

$150-250

201

203

A PAIR OF SMALL ANTIQUE BRONZE VASES

Late 19th century, probably French

201

A VICTORIAN PLASTER HEAD OF HERMES

Domenico Brucciani & Co., London, mid-19th century

After the antique, on an integral socle, impressed factory marks to the reverse including number 2498

34.5cm high

provenance

Julian Phillips Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in January, 2016

$1,000-1,500

202

After Alfred DUBUCAND (1828–1894)

A pair: Figures of young man carrying game and a young woman carrying fish Bronze, each on an integral base

Early twentieth century casts, each with signature to the base: Dubucand

Respectively 22cm and 20cm high

provenance

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 13 2003, lot 518, purchased by Terence Lane

$300-400

Each of classical design, modelled with flowers at the rim, on an ebonised wood base, with removable brass liners

Each 12cm high

$150-250

204

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE PORCELAIN VASES

English or French, late 19th century

Each of classical form with a wide rim and a pair of classical masks to the shoulders, cobalt glazed, decorated to the front, with flowers in gold, together with two Japanese painted bamboo fans

Each 25.5cm high

provenance

Sturt Antiques, Ballarat, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in Feburary, 1976

$250-350

205

After Franz KLEIN (1779–1836)

A death mask of Ludwig van Beethoven Earthenware decorated to simulate bronze

23.5cm high, 19.5cm wide, 9.5cm deep

$200-400

206

TWO SAFAVID DECORATED POTTERY TILES

Persian, 17th century

Decorated in cuerda seca technique with similar stylized floral designs in various colours, both framed

Each 22.5cm high and wide overall

$300-500

207

AN ANTIQUE IZNIK TILE 17th century

Decorated with stylized floral designs in cobalt, turquoise, and red, framed 23 x 28cm overall

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 2002

$500-800

208

After Frederic LEIGHTON (1830–1896)

‘The Arts of Industry applied to War’ Photographic reproduction

Late 19th century, in the original shaped gilt frame 51cm high, 104cm wide overall (including frame)

$300-400

209

Rafael CONTRERAS (1826–1890)

A model of the ‘Ventana y cornisa de la Sala de Embajadores’ of the Alhambra, Granada Sculpted, gilt, and polychrome-decorated gesso In the original glazed frame with label to the back 70 x 45cm overall (including frame)

provenance

Kensington Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 2002

$2,000-3,000

210

Rafael CONTRERAS (1826–1890)

A model of the ‘Santuario del Koran’ of the Alhambra, Granada

Sculpted, gilt, and polychrome-decorated gesso In the original glazed frame with label to the back 59 x 34cm overall (including frame)

provenance

Christie’s, Decorative Arts, Melbourne, 2 March 2005, lot 220, purchased by Terence Lane

$1,000-1,500

$250-350 209

211 AN EDO PERIOD JAPANESE DECORATED FAN

18th–early 19th century

Decorated with trailing foliage in gouache on the gilt ground, mounted extended and framed under glass 41cm high, 62cm wide overall (including frame)

provenance

Kazari, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2010

$250-350

212 AN EDO PERIOD JAPANESE DECORATED FAN

18th–early 19th century

Decorated with flowering branches in ink and gouache on the gilt ground, mounted extended and framed under glass

41cm high, 60cm wide overall (including frame)

provenance

Kazari, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2010

$250-350

210

213

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE EARTHENWARE

ACROTERIA AND ANOTHER SIMILAR 19th century

All of typical classical palmette design, the pair each with the mask of a man to the centre, the other with impressed initials A.N

The pair each 24cm high, 16cm wide, 17cm deep; the other slightly smaller

provenance

The pair: Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in January, 2010

214

TWO SIMILAR APULIAN DECORATED EARTHENWARE OLPE

Late third century B.C.

Both of the same form, ovoid with an everted rim and knotted handle, similarly decorated with the head of a woman amidst various stylized designs

Each 10.5cm high

provenance

Private collection, Australia (according to the following)

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, acquired from the above in 2012, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in January, 2016

$400-600

215

A LOUIS XV FAIENCE ENCRIER

Third quarter 18th century

Of square outline with concave canted corners and apertures to the top for ink and pens, the top and sides with stylised floral decoration in colours 5.5cm high, 10cm wide and deep

$250-350

216 AN ANTIQUE CARVED MARBLE ACANTHUS FRAGMENT

Possibly Roman or medieval, 18th century or earlier

A fragment of acanthus leaves, probably from the capital of a column or other architectural setting 19cm high, 13cm wide, 8cm deep

$250-350

217

A PAIR OF NEW ZEALAND CARVED HARDWOOD FIGURES OF A MAORI COUPLE

Late 19th–early 20th century

Male and female figures, each modelled standing wearing a traditional flax or feather cloak, the man holding a club against his body, the woman holding a woven basket, the bases carved with ferns and other vegetation, the backs flat, possibly for use as bookends

Respectively 32cm and 31cm high

provenance

Gator Antiques & Collectables, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2005

$500-800

218 AN ANTIQUE ALBUM OF PRESSED SPECIMENS OF NEW ZEALAND FERNS

Dated 1891

An album of twenty-nine leaves, each supporting an artfully arranged spray of the pressed fronds of one or more species of fern, each inscribed in ink below with the scientific name(s) of the species, the first leaf inscribed ‘To / Dear Annie / with best wishes from / her affectionate Cousin / WAS / Greymouth, NZ / June 1891.’, in a blue cloth binding lettered in gold to the front ‘New Zealand Ferns’

The album 33cm high, 27cm wide

$600-900

219

AN ANTIQUE ALBUM OF PRESSED SPECIMENS OF SEAWEED

Late 19th–early 20th century

An album of about twenty pressed specimens of various species, one mounted on each leaf (the remainder of the leaves blank), in a blue cloth binding with blocked pictorial front lettered ‘Album’

The album 31.5cm high, 26cm wide

$300-500

220

A LARGE FINE AND RARE COLONIAL TASMANIAN SPECIMEN WOOD TEA CADDY

Circa 1830

In Regency style, of sarcophagus shape on compressed bun feet, the hinged cover enclosing two canisters flanking an aperture for a mixing bowl, the edges of the panels to the top and sides of the caddy and the tops of the canisters with a fine bead-and-reel moulding, the exterior and interior of various figured woods in the solid and veneers including huon pine, blackwood, cedar, and others

19cm high, 36cm wide, 22.5cm deep

provenance

George Burrows, Black Snake Inn, Granton, Tasmania, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1982 (as indicated by correspondence between

$1,600-2,400

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN CEDAR BOX FIRST OWNED BY SIR REDMOND BARRY

Third quarter 19th century

Rectangular, in fiddleback-figured cedar with inset brass carrying handles to the sides, brass corners, and a brass plate to the centre of the top engraved ‘His Honor / Mr Justice Barry’, the interior divided in two, partly baize-lined, the underside of the cover with the remains of an early manuscript label, apparently listing the contents, mostly flatware 17cm high, 57.5cm wide, 37cm deep

provenance

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 March 1972, lot 192, purchased by Terence Lane

$700-1,000

AN ANTIQUE-STYLE NEW ZEALAND GREENSTONE MERE POUNAMU

Of typical form, the grip incised with ribs and drilled with a hole

TWO ANTIQUE NEW GUINEA STONE CLUB

19th century

Of similar form, cylindrical worked to raise multiple projections

The larger 9.5cm high

226

A GROUP OF OCEANIC TRIBAL SHELL OBJECTS

Various origins and periods

Variously shaped and worked

The largest 9.5cm diameter

$200-300

224

TWO SIMILAR SOLOMON ISLANDS TROLLING LURES

Of the same design, each with a turtle shell hook bound to the abalone shell lure

The larger 8.5cm long

$200-300

225

TWO ANTIQUE NEW GUINEA TORTOISESHELL ARMBANDS*

19th–early 20th century

The exterior of both incised with stylized designs

The larger 10cm high

$400-500

227

A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA AND OTHER OBJECTS*

Various periods

Comprising two similar turtle shell hair combs decorated with cowrie shells, a koteka, a small sawfish bill, a shell necklace, and two unworked pieces of turtle shell

The koteka 33cm long, the saw fish bill 32.5cm long

provenance

The combs: Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Early Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Sydney, 29 August 2010, lot 103

$300-400

228

AN EARLY VICTORIAN LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TRAY

Circa 1840

Rectangular with raised sides, black lacquered with gilt borders to the interior

60cm wide, 47cm deep

$150-250

229

AN ANTIQUE-STYLE GLASS CLOCHE

On an ebonised base

16cm high, 23cm diameter

$100-200

230

TWO OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY

An earthenware jar, possibly Punic, and a decorated stone object of cylindrical shape, apparently pumice or similar

Both 5.5cm high

$100-200

Variously late 19th and early 20th century

Variously carved with vignettes of Australian scenes, birds and animals, one dated 1908

$400-600

237

A GROUP OF FOUR ANTIQUE CARVED EMU EGGS

Variously late 19th and early 20th century

Each finely carved in cameo with various Australian scenes, mostly of birds and animals, two cut for mounting

$400-500

238

AN ANTIQUE BOOMERANG 19th century

Lightly curved, one side worked with shallow longitudinal flutes, the other side with small adzed gouges, in an red ochre overall

70cm long

$400-600

239

AN ANTIQUE NEO-CLASSICAL BRONZE TORCHÈRE

Late 19th century

On the model of a classical Roman thymiaterion 104cm high, 34cm wide

provenance

Roy’s Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 2010

$500-700

240

Henry SHORT (1807–1865)

‘Australian beauties’ – A still life of flowers, fruit, and objects on a marble ledge Oil on canvas

Signed and dated lower right: H. Short / 1856

An original manuscript label preserved to back inscribed in ink: ‘Australian Beauties in February 1856 / painted from Nature by / Henry Short / Melbourne / Purchased by Professor McCoy / Melbourne University’

68.5 x 89cm

provenance

Sir Frederick McCoy (1817–1899), Melbourne

Charles Lloyd Jones (1878–1958), Sydney Lawsons, The Lloyd Jones Collection, Sydney, 9 April 1981, lot 705 (unsold)

other notes

The first owner of this painting, Professor Sir Frederick McCoy, was founding Professor of Natural History at the University of Melbourne.

Presumably, this work was hung in his house ‘Maritima’, for which see lot 195 in the present auction.

$10,000-15,000

241

ENGLISH SCHOOL Second half 19th century

‘The Golden Bough’, after J.M.W. Turner Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

The reverse of the canvas with the stamp of its supplier, J. Hill, 230 Pentonville Road, London

In a gilt frame by Isaac Whitehead, Melbourne, circa 1880 59.5 x 90cm

provenance

The Alfred Felton–Charles Campbell partnership, Murray Downs station, Murray Downs, NSW, probably acquired by Alfred Felton (1831–1904) Charles Campbell (1840–1905), Murray Downs station, upon dissolution of the parnership in 1900 Thence by descent, remaining at Murray Downs station through successive changes of ownership of the property

Sotheby’s, Fine Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 19 August, 1996, lot 71

Private collection, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 2009

other notes

After the original by J.M.W. Turner, first exhibited in 1834 and now in the Tate Gallery (inv. N00371).

For the likelihood that it was Alfred Felton who brought this work into his partnership with Charles Campbell, reflecting his admiration of Turner’s work, see Alison Inglis & John Poynter, ‘Desirable Things, the Private Collection of Alfred Felton’, Art Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria, 44 [2004], particularly nn 32 and 40, the latter referring to two copies after paintings by Turner at Murray Downs (of which, presumably, the present lot is one).

Joseph Hill, artists’ colourman and brush maker, and his successors under related names are recorded as working from 230 Pentonville Road, London, circa 1860–1900.

$3,000-5,000

242

Eugene von GUÉRARD

‘Deep Creek, Mr Wilson’s model farm’ Oil on canvas

Apparently unsigned

Inscribed and dated lower right: Deep Creek / 1865 21 x 35.5cm

provenance

Francis Edwards Ltd, London, 1928 (their exhibition ‘Australasia, Old and New’, cat. no. 614, as by von Guérard)

Maggs Brothers, London, from whom acquired by the following (according to Terence Lane’s research)

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne (their exhibition ‘Australian Paintings’, 1968, cat. no. 12, as ‘artist unknown’)

Private collection

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne (their exhibition ‘Views of Melbourne and Geelong’, 26 February–7 March 1980, cat. no. 12, as by von Guérard), from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 1980

exhibitions

National Gallery of Victoria, Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, Melbourne, 16 April–7 August, 2011

literature

C. Bruce, E. Comstock, & F. McDonald, Eugene von Guérard 1811–1901: A German Romantic in the Antipodes (1982), p. 284 (as ‘whereabouts unknown’) R. Pullin, Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, Melbourne (2011), pp 196–197

other notes

The present lot depicts part of ‘Arundel’, the ‘model farm’ set up by the journalist and co-owner of The Argus newspaper Edward Wilson (1813–1878) on Deep Creek (now called the Maribyrnong River at this point), north of Keilor on Melbourne’s north-west outskirts (the site of the farm now being between the south-west side of Melbourne airport and the Calder Freeway).

Von Guérard visited ‘Arundel’ in March 1865 while staying at the still-extant ‘Glenara’ a short distance to the north, also on Deep Creek, in preparation for his famous view of that property, Mr Clark’s Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor (National Gallery of Victoria, acc. no. A2-1986).

$70,000-100,000

243

Albert MOORE (1841–1893)

A classically-draped woman in an interior, half-length, in profile to the left Oil on canvas

Signed upper right with the artist’s anthemion device 22 x 14cm

provenance

Sotheby’s Belgravia, Fine Victorian Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolours, London, 9 July 1974, lot 52 (as ‘A corridor’, illustrated)

Julian Simm Galleries, London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 1975

other notes

The illustration and dimensions (39.5 x 14cm) given in the 1974 Sotheby’s catalogue reveal that the work was subsequently reduced in height; the figure was originally full-length.

$20,000-30,000

The Terence Lane Collection of Works

by Napier and Christian Waller and Related Interest

lots 244 – 277

The following thirty-three lots comprise Terence Lane’s collection of works by Mervyn Napier Waller and his first wife Christian (née Yandell) and others of related interest.

As with so many areas of particular interest within his collection overall, this group reflects the combination of Terence Lane’s appreciation and enjoyment of art and design with his great intellectual curiosity towards the making of the art and what lay behind this. Thus, this part of his collection encompasses not only some of the most important and better known examples of the Wallers’ art, but also more slight works which, on their own in some other setting, might be regarded as being of limited interest but which in this collection became parts of a whole fabric drawn together and attesting to the breadth of Lane’s vision in appreciating all aspects of artistic production.

But what makes this part of the Lane collection so uniquely special is its genesis in Terence Lane’s close and long-lasting relationship with Napier Waller and his second wife, Lorna. Growing up not far from the Wallers’ important own-designed Arts and Crafts house in Crown Road, Ivanhoe, the thirteen-year-old Terence was introduced to Napier Waller by his father who had recognised his son’s precocious intellectual curiosity and saw the benefit that a wise, kindly, and artistic mentor figure might bring to that. It is little exaggeration to say that Lane’s life’s work and all we celebrate about that now sprang from that seemingly modest beginning, and the friendship and exposure to art and design and ideas that flowed from it. Lorna Waller and Terence Lane remained close after Napier’s death in 1972, he being something of a de facto son to her and she becoming akin to another grandmother to his growing young sons (to whom she gifted pieces of her own and her husband’s art, including lot 264 in this auction). Given Lane’s care in recording his purchases, it is likely that most of the works by Napier and Christian Waller in this collection for which there is no record of acquisition were acquired, probably as gifts, from the Wallers’ private collection.

In her later years, Lane encouraged and assisted Lorna towards donating the Wallers’ house to some form of public custodianship, an aim he continued to pursue as a trustee of her estate, contributing to the preserving of the Waller House, with its interiors intact, as part of the national heritage estate – a tribute to Terence Lane’s long devotion to the Wallers and their important artistic legacy, as too is the following part of his collection.

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244

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972) ‘Hit’

Linocut

Signed in the block lower left: M.N.W. Numbered 11 (of 35), inscribed as title, and signed ‘M. Napier Waller’ in pencil in the lower margin 23 x 19cm (sight)

$700-900

‘The Ring’ Wood engraving

Signed in the block lower left: M.N.W.

28.5 X 21.5 (sight)

other notes

Dating to 1923, the numbered edition was of 50 impressions. The absence of any pencil inscriptions on this impression suggests it was a proof outside the edition and retained by the artist.

$800-1,200

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972) ‘The shepherd’

20 x 18cm (sight)

Dating to 1923, the numbered edition was of 35 impressions. The absence of any pencil inscriptions on this impression suggests it was a proof outside the edition and retained by the artist.

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

Red chalk and dark blue crayon over traces of pencil

Signed lower left: M. Napier / Waller

Sotheby’s, Fine Australian and International Paintings, Melbourne, 30 April 2002, lot 151 (illustrated) Gould Galleries, Melbourne, purchased from the above, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in September, 2002

Australian Art Association, September 1921 Exhibition, Melbourne, cat. no. 43

$2,000-2,600

248

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

The head of a young woman, bowed and crowned with a wreath of rose hips

Pencil and watercolour

Signed and dated lower right: Christian Yandell 1919 24 x 18.5cm (sheet, sight)

$700-1,000

249

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

St Peter’s Sermon on the morning of the Pentecost –

A cartoon for a stained glass window

Tempera or gouache, varnished

Signed lower right: Christian Waller

23.5 x 10cm (sight, the top shaped)

provenance

Kay Craddock, Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne (her catalogue 205, October 2004, cat. no. 15), from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2004

other notes

A cartoon, circa 1936, for a window in the Baptistery of the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch College, Melbourne (discussed and illustrated in C. Miley, Christian Waller Stained Glass – Towards the Light (2022), pp 198–200).

$1,000-1,500

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs Linocuts (the complete suite of seven), each on translucent paper tipped to a thick wove paper support With colophon signed in ink by the artist and numbered 55 (of 150), title leaf, and single-leaf explanatory preface, all bound with a plaited green cord in a green cloth-covered card three-fold portfolio cover with a roundel device in gold to the front, retaining tissue guards

Published by the Golden Arrow Press, Melbourne, 1932 (printed and bound by the artist)

The linocuts each 32 x 13.5cm, the cover 45 x 26cm overall (closed)

other notes

The proposed edition of 150 was not completed, with perhaps only a fifth of that number being produced, each printed and bound by the artist herself.

According to the artist’s niece, Klytie Pate (as cited by Kay Craddock), the suites were not numbered sequentially but in relation to the numerology of the buyer of each, consistent with the artist’s theosophical beliefs.

$3,000-4,000

255

provenance

Neil Robertson (1955–2018), Melbourne

251

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

The Good Shepherd – A design for a stained glass window

Pencil, watercolour, and gouache

Apparently unsigned

41.5 x 10.5cm (the top shaped)

other notes

This design is close in composition and shape to Waller’s designs for the 1950 ‘Suffer little children’ stained glass window in the St Kilda Presbyterian Church, Melbourne (illustrated in N. Draffin, The Art of M. Napier Waller (1978), p. 74).

$800-1,200

Sold from the estate of the above, Leonard Joel, Decorative Arts, Melbourne, 17 September 2018, lot 145 (with the edition number given as 14/50), purchased by Terence Lane

$800-1,200

253

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

A self-portrait, in profile to the right Black and brown crayon over point of the brush outlines in brown wash

Apparently unsigned

A fragment of paper inscribed ‘Drawing self’ preserved to the back

45 x 35.5cm

$800-1,200

254

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

‘Morgan le Fay’

Linocut printed in colours

Trimmed close to the image border on all sides, removing the lower margin inscribed and signed in pencil (leaving only the uppermost tips of the taller letters in these inscriptions)

other notes

Dating to circa 1927, the numbered edition was of 25 impressions.

$700-1,000

255

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

‘Bantams’

Linocut printed in colours

Numbered 12 of 20, inscribed as title, and signed

‘Napier Waller’ in pencil in the lower margin

27.5 x 39cm (matrix); 36 x 46cm (sheet)

provenance

Day Gallery, Blackheath, NSW, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2020

other notes

It appears that no impression of this superb large print has been offered at auction since 1999.

$6,000-7,000

256

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

A portrait study of an Airedale terrier in an interior Oil on paper, laid down on card

Unsigned

28.5 x 28.5cm

provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, from which acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2017

exhibitions

Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, The Art of the Dog, 31 March–27 May, 2007, cat. no. 4

other notes

Following their return from England in 1930, Napier and Christian Waller kept three Airedales, immortalised in his large portrait, Christian Waller with Baldur, Undine, and Siren at Fairy Hills, submitted for the 1931 Archibald Prize and now in the National Gallery of Australia (acc. no. 84.845).

As these three were the only Airedales the Wallers had, it seems likely the present lot is a study of Baldur, Undine, or Siren.

$800-1,200

257

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

‘Christopher and the Girl’ – A study for The Gates of Dawn

Pencil, laid down to a support sheet

Unsigned

The support sheet tipped to a rear endpaper of one of the ten deluxe leather-bound subscriber copies of the facsimile edition of Christian Waller, The Gates of Dawn – A Book made for Young (Golden Arrow Press, Melbourne, 1932) published by Gryphon Books, Melbourne, in 1977 under the aegis of the artist’s niece, Klytie Pate; this copy numbered 3 (of the first ten, bound in leather, within the edition of 1,000 otherwise in cloth) and signed below the colophon by Klytie Pate and Richard Griffin, in full red morocco and housed in a gilt-decorated and lettered cloth

slipcase

provenance

Albert Ullin (1930–2018), Melbourne, probably acquired from Richard Griffin

Kay Craddock, Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, acquired from the above, circa 2011

Private collection, acquired from the above in 2012

Kay Craddock, Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, reacquired from the above in 2023, Acquired from the above by Terence Lane in December, 2023

other notes

This study is preparatory for a tailpiece within the chapter of the book headed ‘Christopher’.

$700-1,000

258 Ron MEADOWS (1913–1988)

A group of twelve works on paper, mounted in an album

Variously gouache and watercolour, and three linocuts

Compositions and designs of various types and styles including designs for dust jackets and stained glass, together with linocuts ‘Circe’, ‘Time’ (in its form as a 1931 greeting card), and ‘The blessing’, each laid down (some double sided) on the leaves of a commercially produced cord-bound photo album (its other leaves remaining vacant)

The largest work (a book jacket design) 15.5 x 24cm; the album overall 18.5 x 28cm

$700-1,000

259

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

A youth in a landscape with a rabbit and birds, with a subsidiary design below – a design for a stained glass window

Watercolour over pencil

Unsigned

32.5 x 9cm (the top shaped)

$500-800

260

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

‘The Labyrinth’ Linocut

24 x 20.5 (matrix), 28.5 x 23cm (sheet)

other notes

Dating to 1932 and ostensibly printed in an addition of fifty (according to the numbering of the impression in the National Gallery of Victoria), impressions of this work are extremely rare. Only one other impression has been traced (that in the NGV) and it appears none have been offered at auction.

The absence of any pencil inscriptions on this impression suggests it was a proof outside the edition (if the edition was printed at all) and retained by the artist.

$800-1,200

261

Ron MEADOWS (1913–1988)

Three prints: ‘The Dragon’, ‘Time’ (as a 1931 greeting card), and another Linocuts

‘The Dragon’ numbered 9/25, inscribed as title, and signed ‘Ron Meadows’ in pencil in the lower margin; ‘Time’ inscribed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Greetings from Ron’

provenance

‘The Dragon’: Anne Montgomery (1908–1988)

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2004. $400-600

262

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

A study of a male nude, with a subsidiary study of a foot (recto); a male figure study (verso) Brown crayon (recto)

Apparently unsigned 24 x 16.5cm

provenance

Alan Eustace (1925–2014), Melbourne, to whom presented by the artist Kay Craddock, Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne (her catalogue 205, October 2004, cat. no. 19), from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2004

$300-500

263

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

‘The Flight’: two trial proofs Linocuts, both with line blocks printed in brown, one printed with some colours, the other with no colours 14 x 15.5 (matrix), 27 x 22cm and 19 x 25cm (sheets)

$500-800

264

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

A boy raiding a bird’s nest high in a tree, a farm below

Watercolour

Apparently unsigned 39.5 x 36

provenance

Gifted by Lorna Waller to one of Terence Lane’s sons in May, 1979

$800-1,000

266

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

Studies of a mouse

Pencil and black ink

Apparently unsigned 22 x 16.5cm

$200-400

268

268

A GROUP OF BOOKPLATES AND RELATED LINOLEUM BLOCKS BY CHRISTIAN WALLER (née YANDELL)

Variously mid-1920s–early 1930s

(i) A bookplate for Ruth Stonier, linocut, circa 1932, 14.4 x 9cm (sheet)

(ii) An unidentified bookplate (name effaced on this proof), linocut, circa 1926, 16.5 x 11cm (sheet)

(iii) A design for a greeting card (cut down from the preceding), linocut printed with a colour block in blue, circa 1926, 16.5 x 15cm (sheet), inscribed in pencil ‘Collins’ (struck out), ‘Elmore’, and ‘1926’; (iv) The linoleum colour block for the preceding, 9 x 6.5cm;

(v) The linoleum block for a bookplate for Basil Hart, circa 1926, 9.5 x 9cm (cut down to the remove the inscriptions to the top and bottom)

Various sizes (as above)

provenance

(i) Peter Arnold, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 2016

other notes

For the Basil Hart bookplate (v), see D. Thomas (ed.), The Art of Christian Waller (Bendigo Art Gallery exh. cat., 1992), p. 55, no. 17, illustrated p. 31).

$400-600

269

A SMALL GROUP OF BOOKPLATES AND SIMILAR BY M. NAPIER WALLER

Variously mid-1920s–early 1930s

(i) A bookplate for Harold Desbrowe-Annear, linocut, circa 1925, signed with initials in the block and in pencil in the lower margin, 17 x 13.5cm (sheet);

(ii) Another impression of the preceding, not signed in pencil, 15.5 x 13cm (sheet);

(iii) A greeting card for Keith Murdoch, linocut, 18 x 12.5cm (sheet, folded closed)

Various sizes (as above)

$150-250

270

BOOKS AND CATALOGUES: A GROUP

ILLUSTRATED BY OR RELATING TO M. NAPIER WALLER

Variously 1919–1933

Comprising two copies of E.H. Rupert Atkinson, A Nocturne (n.d. [but 1919]); four Australian Art Association catalogues (October 1920, September 1921, 1923, and November 1924); and one issue of Art in Australia (December 1993)

other notes

The linoleum printing block for the cover illustration of the Australian Art Association’s 1923 exhibition catalogue is offered as the following lot.

$250-350

271

A LINOLEUM PRINTING BLOCK BY M. NAPIER WALLER

1923

The block for a linocut of a classical youth restraining a stallion, used as the cover illustration of the Australian Art Association’s 1923 exhibition catalogue 17 x 18cm

other notes

A copy of the Australian Art Association’s 1923 exhibition catalogue is included in the preceding lot.

The linocut is also illustrated on the back cover of N. Draffin, The Art of M. Napier Waller (1978).

$100-200

272

Christian WALLER (née YANDELL) (1894–1954)

A study of a thistle

Watercolour

Unsigned 19 x 13cm

$100-200

273

Mervyn Napier WALLER (1894–1972)

Two sketches: Salisbury Cathedral; and Figure studies

The first, pencil and grey wash; the second, blue ballpoint pen (on the verso of a page of notes)

The first inscribed (signed?) verso with the subject and the artist’s name

The first 17.5 x 25.5cm

$100-200

A SMALL GROUP OF ART WORKS BY FRANCIS BROADHURST AND LORNA WALLER (née REYBURN)

Variously 1930s and later

(i) Francis Broadhurst: A presentation address to Christian Waller on the occasion of her fortieth birthday (2 August, 1934), with designs and inscriptions in ink in a hand-made booklet, 25 x 18.5cm overall;

(ii) Francis Broadhurst: A bookplate for S.R. George, linocut, mid-1930s, signed with initials in the block, 10.5 x 9.5cm (sheet);

(ii) Lorna Reyburn (later Waller): A bookplate for herself, linocut (an uncut sheet of six), late 1930s, 20 x 25cm (sheet;

(iii) Lorna Waller: A perspective of 9 Crown Road, Ivanhoe (the Wallers’ house), linocut, 1960s, signed with initials in the block, signed and numbered 3/10 in pen in the lower margin, 12 x 18cm (matrix), 29 x 38cm (sheet)

Various sizes (as above)

$250-350

275

A SMALL GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY PRESS CUTTINGS RELATING TO ‘THE GREAT BREATH’

Collected and mounted by Christian Waller, 1932 About ten cuttings from Victorian newspapers, pasted on the otherwise vacant support leaves of a trial or aborted copy of ‘The Great Breath’ with its printed title leaf and colophon (out of position and not numbered or signed), bound with a plaited cord in the work’s green cloth-covered card three-fold portfolio cover with a roundel device in gold to the front The portfolio 45 x 26cm overall (closed)

$150-250

276

BOOKS: A GROUP ON CHRISTIAN WALLER (née YANDELL)

Including copies of limited-edition facsimiles of The Gates of Dawn and The Great Breath (Gryphon Books, 1977 and 1978), each numbered and signed by the artist’s niece, Klytie Pate

$400-600

277

BOOKS: A GROUP ON CHRISTIAN WALLER (née YANDELL)

Including copies of limited-edition facsimiles of The Gates of Dawn and The Great Breath (Gryphon Books, 1977 and 1978), each numbered and signed by the artist’s niece, Klytie Pate

$250-350

278

A LARGE CLASSICAL-STYLE PLASTER

RELIEF, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Late 20th century

Depicting Hermes, Eurydice, and Orpheus 121cm high, 97cm wide, 17cm deep

provenance

Capocchi, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2009

$600-900

279 AN ANTIQUE PLASTER RELIEF PANEL OF HELIOS

Last quarter 19th century

Modelled as the head of the sun god with a sunray nimbus, derived from the relief sculpture on a metope of the Temple of Ilion, Troy, excavated in 1872 68cm high and wide overall (including the glazed oak frame)

$400-600

280

ITALIAN SCHOOL

Second half 19th century

The ‘Athena Giustiniani’, after the antique Marble

Apparently unsigned 80cm high

provenance

Leonard Joel, The Graham Geddes Collection of Important Antiques & Objects (Session 1), Melbourne, 16 September 2012, lot 407, purchased by Terence Lane

$700-1,000

281

A VIENNESE PORCELAIN REPLICA OF THE VENUS DE’ MEDICI

20th century

Polished to simulate marble, impressed factory marks underside

67cm high

provenance

Roy’s Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2009

$250-350

282 A VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR

HALL CHAIR, ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE THWAITES & SON

Melbourne, circa 1860

The open circular moulded back above the shaped seat, raised on turned supports to the front, the back carved in relief with stylized floral designs, the back and seat with gadrooned edges, the seat rails fluted 96cm high, 47cm wide, 56cm deep

literature

K. Fahy, C. Simpson, & A. Simpson, Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture (1985), p. 444, fig. 354 (probably the present chair)

other notes

A pair of chairs of the same design but with reeded front supports and rosettes to the tops of these was offered auction in 2014 (Mossgreen Auctions, Australian Antiques and Historical Collectables, Melbourne, 3 June 2014, lot 275).

Chairs of similar design but with closed moulded medallion backs were supplied by George Thwaites & Son to the National Bank Of Australasia, Collins Street, Melbourne, in the late 1860s (see Leski Auctions, Australian & Historical, 7 December 2024, lot 269).

$500-700

283

AN EARLY VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR

SIDE TABLE

Mid-19th century

The rectangular top above a small frieze drawer, raised on tapering turned supports 73cm high, 106cm wide, 55cm deep

$150-250

284 A VICTORIAN SPATTERWORK FERNDECORATED BEECH AND WALNUT TRIPOD OCCASIONAL TABLE

1870s

The oval beech top finely reverse-stencilled in black with a centre and border of specimens of various fern fronds, raised on a turned and carved stem and scrolling outswept feet on castors

75cm high, 61cm wide, 46cm deep

$400-600

285 AN EMBOSSED LEATHER COVER FROM A CHAIR FROM THE LOUNGE OF THE MENZIES HOTEL, MELBOURNE

Designed by Harold Desbrowe-Annear, circa 1909

A brown leather cover removed from the back of a chair, embossed upper right with the Menzies Hotel’s armorial-style device incorporating the initial M and motto ‘Mori malo quam foedari’ 84cm high, 71cm wide (approximately)

other notes

To great success, the lounge of the Menzies Hotel was remodelled around 1909 to designs by Harold Desbrowe-Annear, who also designed new furniture for it. The present lot is a cover from one of the highbacked chairs he designed for this scheme, on each of

286

AN AUSTRALIAN BLACKWOOD ELBOW CHAIR BY ANTONIO DEBERTOLIS

South Gippsland, circa 1900

The open square back with a pair of shaped splats above the flat open arms and seagrass seat, on square supports with turned peripheral stretchers 102cm high, 55cm wide, 53cm deep

provenance

E.J. Ainger, Melbourne, 19 April 1977, lot 625, purchased by Terence Lane

literature

Terence Lane, ‘Antonio Debertolis: an Austrian chairmaker in Gippsland’, Gippsland Heritage Journal 24 (2000), pp 20–24, illustrated pl. 5

$400-600

287 AN AUSTRALIAN BLACKWOOD ELBOW CHAIR AND SIMILAR SIDE CHAIR BY ANTONIO DEBERTOLIS

South Gippsland, circa 1900

The elbow chair with an open square lathe back above the flat open arms and (later) papercord rush seat, on square supports with turned peripheral stretchers, the smaller side chair of similar design, apparently retaining its original seagrass seat

The elbow chair 98cm high, 53cm wide, 50cm deep; the side chair 84cm high, 42cm wide, 45cm deep

provenance

Mossgreen Auctions, Australian History, Melbourne, 11 December 2017, lot 528, purchased by Terence Lane

$600-800

288

A PAIR OF AUSTRALIAN BLACKWOOD SIDE CHAIRS BY ANTONIO DEBERTOLIS

South Gippsland, circa 1900

Each with an open square back with shaped crossrails above the rush seat, on chamfered square supports with turned peripheral stretchers

Each 89cm high, 42cm wide, 44cm deep

literature

Terence Lane, 'Antonio Debertolis: an Austrian chairmaker in Gippsland', Gippsland Heritage Journal 24 (2000), pp 20–24, illustrated pl. 3

$500-700

289

TWO PAIRS OF ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL SIDE CHAIRS

Late 19th century

A pair of French beech chairs with rush seats and another pair, possibly Australian cedar, with drop-in seats

Each pair about 87cm high, 43cm wide, 50cm deep

$200-300

290

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS STAINED OAK SIDEBOARD

Early 20th century

Of polygonal outline, the top with a gallery of a shelf above the plate rack, the body with an arrangement of drawers and panelled cupboard doors on stile feet 142cm high, 138cm wide, 47cm deep

$400-600

291

A LARGE CLASSICAL-STYLE PLASTER AND RESIN RELIEF, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Late 20th century

Plaster over moulded resin, reproducing part of the Parthenon frieze (North XLI)

100cm high, 121cm wide, 11cm deep

$300-400

292

A LARGE CLASSICAL-STYLE CERAMIC RELIEF, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Late 20th century

Depicting Nike adjusting her sandal, after the relief from the temple of Athena Nike, Athens 91cm high, 56cm wide, 14cm deep

provenance

Graham Geddes Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2010

$500-800

293

A CLASSICAL-STYLE RESIN FIGURE OF APHRODITE

Late 20th century

After the antique, mounted on an integral plinth 39cm high

$100-200

294

A CLASSICAL-STYLE PLASTER BUST OF ARIADNE

Late 20th century

After the antique 45cm high

$100-200

295 AN ANTIQUE MARBLE CLASSICAL PILASTER CAPITAL

Circa 1900

Generally of the Corinthian order but with Art Nouveau details

20.5cm high, 35.5cm wide,10.5cm deep

provenance

Imperial Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 2007

$400-600

296 A VICTORIAN MARBLE VASE

Mid-19th century

Of Classical design, the broad moulded body with a pair of scrolling foliate handles on a moulded foot 24cm high, 42cm wide (across the handles), 33cm deep

$600-900

297 A GROUP OF MARBLE SERVING WARE

A marble and glass cheese bell raised on a turned hardwood stand, an oval tray, and a serving board

The cheese bell 42cm high, the oval tray 40cm wide

$100-200

298 A GROUP OF DECORATIVE MARBLE AND ALABASTER OBJECTS

Including a set of six circular dishes, a pair of small alabaster bowls, a set of marble coasters, and a decorated spherical lamp shade

The lamp shade 15cm high

$150-250

299 AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH ARTS AND CRAFTS GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE

Probably by Farnham Pottery, Surrey, late 19th century

The tall lightly waisted neck above a squat spreading body with a pair of moulded loop handles to the shoulder, glazed in green, with no maker’s mark 32.5cm high

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2000

$150-250

300 A PAIR OF ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL ART NOUVEAU GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASES

Probably Torhout, Flanders, circa 1900

Each with a globular mouth above the waisted neck and spreading body with three reeded loop handles rising from the mouth and descending to the body, glazed in green, with no maker’s mark

Each 24.5cm high

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2003

$300-500

307

301

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE GREEN-GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASES AND A TRAY

Various makers including Bosley, Adelaide, late 19th–early 20th century

Six vases of various origin and shape and a twohandled tray by Bosley, all glazed in green

The tallest 26cm high, the tray 31cm wide

provenance

The Bosley tray: Leonard Joel, The Martin Hurnall Collection, Melbourne, 1 October 2007, lot 209, purchased by Terence Lane

The pitcher: Andrew Wilson, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane

$300-400

302

A GROUP OF BRONZE AND BRASS DECORATIVE OBJECTS

Various dates

A pair of modern Italian polished bronze dishes, a large late 19th century bronze inkwell, and an English two-handled tray

The tray 52cm wide

$100-200

303 A LARGE GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE EARTHENWARE SERVING DISHES

Late 20th century

A set of fifteen in three sizes, all decorated in a checkerboard pattern, together with three further dishes similarly decorated

The largest 34cm wide, 23cm deep

$100-200

304 A SPODE ‘ITALIAN’ PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE

Late 20th century

Sixty-five pieces, a service for ten comprising ten each of dinner plates, soup plates, and dessert bowls, thirteen tea cups and saucers, eight side plates, a pitcher, sugar basin, and cream jug

$600-800

305 A ROYAL CROWN DERBY ‘DERBY PEACOCK’ PATTERN PART TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Various 20th century dates

Forty-six pieces comprising six side plates, six tea cups and saucers (and two further tea cups), a larger tea cup and saucer, nine coffee cans and saucers (and three further saucers), a pitcher, oval sugar box, and a bowl, slight variations in decoration including gilt rims to some pieces but not all

$200-400

306

TWO SILVER PLATE SERVING PIECES BY CHRISTOFLE

1970s–1980s, designed by Lino Sabattini

A ‘Lido’ pattern cake slice, and a pair of grape scissors, each in its original box

$100-200

307

A COMPOSITE STONE BUST, ‘THE BRIDE’

Late 20th century

After the 1840s marble original by Raffaele Monte at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire

35cm high

$300-500

308

Emilio SANTARELLI (1801–1886)

A portrait bust of Sir Walter Raleigh Marble, on a moulded socle

Incised signature to the reverse: E. Santarelli. F.1865

33cm high

$500-700

309

FRENCH SCHOOL Late 19th century

Dionysus (also known as Narcissus), after the antique Bronze, in a green patina

37.5cm high

provenance

Roy’s Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in April, 2009

other notes

After the Classical Roman scupture excavated at Pompeii in 1862.

$600-800

310

A PAIR OF CERAMIC COMPOSITE FIGURES OF THE ‘MEDICI LIONS’

Late 20th century

After the Roman and Renaissance originals

Each 18.5cm high, 27cm wide, 10cm deep

$100-200

311

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH GILT BRONZE CANDELABRA

Late 19th century

In Louis XV manner, each of two lights raised on scrolling foliate branches

Each 15cm high, 19cm wide, 10.5cm deep

provenance

Roy’s Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2009

$300-500

312

A LARGE ANTIQUE CAST BRASS CANDELABRUM

Dutch or English, 19th century

Of three lights on scrolling arms radiating from a tall baluster stem with ring handle finial on a moulded domed foot

55cm high, 33cm wide

$300-500

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE

Victoria Art Pottery, Melbourne, circa 1900–1910

Generally of classical form, the shaft modelled in relief and incised with stylised floral and foliate designs, the top in a golden glaze, the shaft in mottled green and brown, the base in brown, impressed underside ‘WF / VICTORIA / ART / POTTERY’ 45cm high, 30cm diameter (at foot)

provenance

E.J. Ainger, Melbourne, 31 May 1977, lot 220, purchased by Terence Lane

exhibitions

313

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE

VASE BY WILLIAM FERRY

Victoria Art Pottery, Melbourne, circa 1900–1910 Of waisted and tapering cylindrical shape, modelled in relief and incised with stylised floral and foliate designs, in a mottled green and brown glaze, the interior red, impressed underside ‘ VICTORIA / ART / POTTERY / 113’ 13.5cm high

exhibitions

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

literature

Gregory Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 19 (illustrated)

$500-700

Shepparton Art Gallery, The Potteries of Brunswick, Shepparton, 14 January–20 February, 2000

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, Melbourne, 11 July–1 September, 2019

literature

G. Hill, The Potteries of Brunswick (2000), p. 75 (illustrated, probably the present lot)

G. Hill, Colour and Fantasy: Australia’s First Colonial Art Potters 1896–1910, exh. cat. (2019), p. 17 (illustrated)

$800-1,200

315 A TANG-STYLE GLAZED EARTHENWARE

FIGURE OF A GROTESQUE ANIMAL 20th century

Modelled sitting on its haunches with one hind foot raised, in a sancai glaze, fitted on a hardwood base 21cm high overall

$200-300

316

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE

Wilson & Ridge, Yarraville, Melbourne, late 19th century

Naturalistically modelled as a tree stump with a small watering aperture to one side, in a mottled green glaze of various shades, impressed makers mark underside 20cm high, 23cm diameter

provenance

The Berry collection (Elizabeth and Richard Berry), Melbourne

Young’s Auctions, The Berry Collection (Pt 2, Day 2), Melbourne, 30 March 2009, lot 663 (part), purchased by Terence Lane

$500-800

317

A LARGE A.M.B. POTTERY BOWL BY JOHN PERCEVAL AND NEIL DOUGLAS

Circa 1950

Thrown by Perceval and decorated by Douglas, circular, the interior decorated with a vignette and pink heath and a moth, incised underside AMB and with the artists’ signatures 5.5cm high, 30cm diameter

exhibitions

National Gallery of Victoria, The Painter as Potter: Decorated Ceramics of the Murrumbeena Circle, Melbourne, 9 December, 1982–6 March, 1983, no. 54 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Art and Nature: Artists’ Flowers, Ballarat, 4 March–30 April, 1989

literature

G. Edwards, The Painter as Potter: Decorated Ceramics of the Murrumbeena Circle, exh. cat. (1982), p. 17, no. 54

J. Phipps, Artists’ Gardens – Flowers and Gardens in Australian Art 1780s–1980s (1986), pp 181 (illustrated) and 215

other notes

© John Perceval and Neil Douglas/Copyright Agency, 2026

$1,000-1,500

318

A DECORATED STONEWARE VASE BY MERRIC AND DORIS BOYD

Dated 1938

Potted by Merric Boyd and decorated by Doris Boyd, of slightly spreading cylindrical shape with an everted rim, decorated to one side with a group of trees in various colours on the light grey ground, incised underside ‘Merric Boyd / 1938’ 14cm high

provenance

Elizabeth Berry, Melbourne (antiques dealer), from whom purchased by Terence Lane, February, 1977

exhibitions

National Gallery of Victoria, Merric Boyd, Studio Potter, 1888–1959, Melbourne, 3 February–6 May, 1990

literature

V. Hammond, Merric Boyd, Studio Potter, 1888–1959 (1990), p. 74, cat. 59 (illustrated pp 57 and 74)

C.G. Smith, Merric Boyd and Murrumbeena: The Life of an Artist in a Time and a Place (2014), p. 36 (illustrated)

$600-900

319

AN AUSTRALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE GOBLET BY OSREY

Gladys Reynell, dated 1924

The bowl of simple rounded form with a slightly everted rim on a circular foot, in a flecked ‘Reynella blue’ glaze throughout with geometric sgraffito border below the rim, incised underside ‘OSREY . BALLARAT 1924’

9cm high

$200-300

320

AUSTRALIAN HARDWOOD BELLOWS, POSSIBLY CARVED BY OLA COHN

Circa 1920

The boards of heart shape with square handles, the upper board carved in relief with a fantastic cat-like creature amidst foliage, the reverse incised with stylized designs, the inside of one handle with incised monogram LA(?) within a circle

67cm long

provenance

Jojos Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the vendor in January, 1980

other notes

Through the first half of the 1920s, to support herself while a student at Swinburne Technical College, Ola Cohn carved bellows and other household objects which she supplied to the leading furnishings store W.H. Rocke & Co.

$300-500

321

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN EMU EGG AND KID LEATHER CENTREPIECE

1870s–1880s

The egg mounted with floral arrangements and raised on a model of a tree fern on a domed base, enclosed within a glass dome on an ebonised wood base

27cm high (the dome 32cm high overall)

$900-1,200

322

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN EMU EGG AND KID LEATHER CENTREPIECE

1870s–1880s

The egg mounted with floral arrangements and raised on a crossed tripod support decorated with leaves on an ebonised wood base, all enclosed within a glass dome on an ebonised wood base

27cm high (the dome 36cm high overall)

$700-1,000

323

A PAIR OF AUSTRALIAN EMU EGGS MOUNTED ON BLACKWOOD STANDS

Early 20th century

Possibly bookends, each with an undecorated egg raised on a stepped spreading pedestal in fiddleback blackwood

Each 19cm high, 15cm wide, 10cm deep

$300-500

324

AN AUSTRALIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS BLACKWOOD MANTEL CLOCK

1910s

The eight day movement with gong strike, the tall upright case with arched top and cornice above the single-panel front with a dial of applied brass Arabic numerals above an applied brass panel with motto beginning ‘Time flies swiftly by ...’ framed by a eucalyptus tree and nuts carved in low relief on a stippled ground, all on a rounded plinth base 47cm high, 26cm wide, 14.5cm deep

provenance

Antique Decor, Melbourne, from whom purchased by Terence Lane in January, 1978

$500-800

325

AN ANTIQUE BLUE AND WHITE SPRIGGED STONEWARE CHEESE BELL AND STAND

Early 20th century

Of typical form with an acorn shaped finial, the sides of the bell decorated with various fern fronds, its top and the stand with bands of fruiting grape vine 19.5cm high, 23cm diameter

$200-300

326

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE DECORATED PORCELAIN VASES

Continental, late 19th century

Each with a shaped body of square outline on four feet, each decorated to the front in coloured enamels with eighteenth century-style figure scenes, otherwise glazed in blue celeste, lightly incised underside 1758 / MA

Each 27cm high

$100-200

327

A ROYAL DOULTON ‘TITANIAN’ VASE DECORATED BY PERCY CURNOCK

Circa 1920

Of tall cylindrical shape with a recessed mouth and foot, decorated to the front and reverse with red flowers, possibly waratah, on the grey-green ground, signed to the front, printed factory mark underside 25cm high

provenance

Richard Dennis, Kensington, London (‘Doulton Pottery Exhibition, 1975, pt II’, no. 420), from whom purchased by Terence Lane in October, 1974

$700-1,000

328

William RUSCOE (1904–1990)

‘Whither?’ – A figure group of a mother and two children

Slip-cast earthenware

Impressed with the title and sculptor’s name to the front of the plinth

28.5cm high, 20cm wide, 15cm deep

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom purchased by Terence Lane in September, 2021

$150-250

329

A GROUP OF THREE SIMILAR VASES BY BESWICK AND PATES POTTERY

Mid-20th century

Two Beswick ‘Fernbank’ vases (shape no. 1191), respectively in powder blue and lime green, together with a vase of the same design in mottled yellow by Pates Potteries, Sydney, impressed and printed marks underside

The Beswick vases 30cm high, the Pates vase 28.5cm

$100-200

330

A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN JARDINIÈRE

Shape 1947, date cipher for 1907

The exterior modelled all round with stiff upright leaves over the basketwork ground, three leaves extending outwards to form handles, glazed in pale blue, pink, and ivory with gilt details, printed factory marks underside

17cm high, 24.5cm diameter

$250-350

331 A GROUP OF DECORATIVE CERAMIC OBJECTS

Various makers, late 19th century and later Including figures, a pair of vases, a pair of candelabra, and a candlestick

The tallest 32cm high

$150-250

332 A GROUP OF VICTORIAN FERN-DECORATED CERAMICS

Late 19th century

Comprising a set of three Grainger’s Worcester plates, two pitchers with printed decorated, one by Wedgwood, two Watcombe Pottery vases, and another smaller jug with sprigged decoration, and a Royal Worcester tazza

The tallest 25.5cm, the largest plate 27cm wide

$200-300

333 A ROYAL WORCESTER DECORATED EARTHENWARE TRAY IN AESTHETIC MANNER

Date cipher for 1881

Rectangular with cantered corners and raised sides, the interior impressed with a wood grain pattern decorated with various Japanese motifs in coloured enamels on the gold-flecked ivory ground within gilt borders to the sides, impressed and printed marks underside

44cm wide, 33cm deep

$300-500

334

330

AN ANTIQUE LAUNCESTON ‘GARDENERS AND AMATEURS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’ PLATE

Mann, Venables, & Co., Hanley, 1850s

Circular, the well with a printed design with the Society’s name to the centre within a border of vine leaves, printed factory mark underside 26cm diameter

335

A WEDGWOOD ‘AUSTRALIAN FLORA’ CREAMWARE SOUP PLATE

Early 1880s

The interior hand-decorated over a printed base with sprays of three Australian wildflowers, impressed and factory marks underside 24.5cm wide

provenance

Moorabool Antique Galleries, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 1988

$150-250

336

A MINTON EARTHENWARE PLATE DECORATED BY CHARLOTTE SPIERS

The plate and decoration both dated 1875

Circular, decorated with narcissus and other flowers, impressed marks underside including date cipher of 1875 and signed and dated 1875 by the decorator 25cm diameter

provenance

Coliban Antiques, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 1977

$150-250

337

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PORCELAIN PLATES DECORATED WITH MELBOURNE LANDMARKS

Each circular with scrolling pierced borders, the wells respectively decorated with printed perspectives of the Royal Exhibition Building and the Public [now State] Library in reserves within the pale pink ground

Each 22cm diameter

provenance

Berry’s, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1979

$100-200

338

A GROUP OF THREE ANTIQUE DECORATED PLATES

Second half 19th century

A Copeland porcelain plate, hand decorated with a spray of Australian flowers and foliage, a French majolica plate impressed with a spray of fern fronds and flowers, and a Minton ‘Bamboo & fan’ pattern plate

The Copeland plate 25.5cm diameter

provenance

The Copeland plate: Fiske Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 1999

$100-200

343

339

A DECORATED PORCELAIN BOWL BY STEPHEN BOWERS, ‘TOO PROUD ...?’

Dated 1986

Circular with high rounded sides, the interior decorated under the glaze in pen and brown ink and colours with a pulled-back curtain revealing Humpty Dumpty on the wall with a pyramid beyond, signed and dated ‘SB ‘86’, the exterior with suffused glazes in blues and browns on the cream ground

7.5cm high, 20cm wide

provenance

Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne (‘Australian Crafts 1986’ exhibition, cat. no. 10), from which acquired by Terence Lane in June 1986

$400-600

340

TWO SIMILAR CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATES

Qing Dynasty, late 18th–early 19th century

Each decorated with the same design of flowering peony in fenced garden

Each 23.5cm diameter

$200-300

341

TWO CAST IRON MASKS OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN FIGURES

Possibly late 19th century

A mask of a bearded man and another of a younger figure, possibly removed from or otherwise related to an 1880s cast iron hallstand decorated with Australian motifs, each with a later stand

The larger head 16cm high, the smaller 10cm high

$200-300

342

A SET OF FOUR DIMINUTIVE PAINTED CAST IRON VASES IN VICTORIAN STYLE

Of Classical campana form

Each 12.5cm high

$100-200

343

Margaret DODD b. 1941

‘Holden car’

Glazed earthenware

Signed and dated underside: Dodd 72

Numbered underside 15 20cm high, 43cm wide, 21cm deep

provenance

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 1999

other notes

© Margaret Dodd/Copyright Agency, 2026

$700-1,000

344

A GROUP OF THREE BROWNFIELD & SONS ‘YEDDO’ JUGS

The design attributed to Christopher Dresser, 1870s

The flattened bodies with handles modelled as cane, the front and reverse of each body with flying cranes in low relief, one in ivory on a stippled tan ground, the other two all in pale blue, moulded factory marks underside

The larger two 19.5cm high, the other 17cm high

$200-300

345

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN CERAMIC PITCHERS OF SIMILAR CHARACTER

Various makers and 1860s–1880s dates

Of various shapes and sizes, all with moulded or sprigged decoration in Aesthetic manner, various marks underside

The tallest 19.5cm

$100-200

346

A GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE

Probably Australian, circa 1940 Ovoid, the exterior with sunken reserves modelled with stylized floral designs in low relief, cream glazed, incised signature underside A Campbell 17.5cm high

$100-200

347

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH BROWN-GLAZED TEAPOTS AND JUGS

Various later 19th century dates and makers including Bendigo Pottery

Three teapots of similar design, each moulded with fern frond decoration, probably both by Bendigo pottery, together with an English teapot and two jugs each with stippled exterior, various marks underside

The larger teapot 19cm high

$300-500

348

TWO VICTORIAN STONEWARE JARDINIÈRES

Second half 19th century

A blue jasperware jardinière of classical style in the Wedgwood manner, and a Doulton Lambeth jardinière with pressed decoration

The tallest 17cm

$200-300

349

A SMALL GROUP OF ANTIQUE PORCELAIN VASES IN ORIENTAL MANNER

Late 19th century

A pair of sleeve vases decorated with birds amidst foliage, possibly French, and a cobalt blue and gilt vase in Chinese manner

The tallest 25cm

$100-200

350

TWO ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL GLAZED EARTHEWARE VASES

Late 19th–early 20th century

A Belgian vase with stylised floral decoration and a drip-glazed vase

the tallest 28cm

$150-250

351

A GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE CERAMICS

Late 20th century, various makers

Three bowls of various designs and decoration and an ovoid specimen vase

The tallest bowl 13cm

$150-250

352

A GROUP OF FIVE VICTORIAN AND LATER LITHOGRAPHS RELATING TO INTERIOR DESIGN

A pair of plates titled ‘Leaves from Nature’ from Owen Jones ‘Grammar of Ornament’, a pair of wallpaper designs after Christopher Dresser, and a 1980s design for wallpaper believed to relate to the restoration of ‘Raheen’, Melbourne, uniformly framed

The largest 53 x 86cm, overall (including frame)

$250-350

353

A FRAMED DESIGN FOR A MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECE

Janusz I. Kuzbicki & Associates, Melbourne, last quarter 20th century

A 1:5 scale design for a Victorian-style chimney piece relating to the restoration of ‘Raheen’, Melbourne, pencil and watercolour, framed 63 x 79cm, overall (including frame)

$150-250

354

A SET OF CONTEMPORARY CASED GLASS VASES

By Henry Dean

One tall vase and a set of four smaller of the same design, all in cased green glass, signed underside and retaining original labels

The tallest 32cm

$100-200

355 TWO VICTORIAN MARBLE WATCH STANDS

Both in Classical manner on plinths

The larger 16cm high, 28cm wide, 10cm deep

$150-250

356

A PAIR OF ART DECO-STYLE PAINTED PLASTER FIGURES OF LIONS SEJANT Possibly of the period

In cream paint

Each 19.5cm high, 8.5cm wide, 18cm deep

$100-200

357

A GROUP OF SIX ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES

First half 19th century

A pair of spaniels mounted with small girls, a pair of deer mounted with young ladies, and two other groups

The tallest 19cm

$300-400

358

A GROUP OF FOUR SIMILAR ANTIQUE CHINESE EARTHENWARE VESSELS 19th century

All of the same domed design with a mouth and a spout, in a dark brown glaze

Tallest 14.5cm

$100-200

359

A LARGE GROUP OF ANTIQUE AND LATER CERAMIC KITCHEN AND TABLE WARE

Various origins and dates

Approximately twenty-seven, including a Shelley jelly mould, various French covered pâté pots, small jars and soufflé pots

The jelly mould 16cm high

$150-250

360

A GROUP OF ASSORTED ANTIQUE AND LATER KITCHEN AND TABLE WARE AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS

Various origins and dates

Approximately twenty, including a Scott Brothers paisley dish, various French covered pâté and other pots, and a chinoiserie tea cup and saucer

The tallest 14cm

$100-200

361

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE MOULDED GLASS

Various origins and late 19th–early 20th century dates

Seventeen pieces, variously in opaque white and blue glass, including goblets, pair of salt cellars, vase, and a set of shell-shaped Christmas tree pendants

The tallest 18cm

362

A GROUP OF ASSORTED ANTIQUE AND LATER DECORATIVE CERAMIC OBJECTS

Various origins and dates, including Australian

About twenty, mostly glazed in green, including a pair of tree stump vases attributed to Alfred Cornwall, a pair of Lyndale ram’s head vases, miniature teapots and sauce boats of vegetable form, and other vases and decorative objects

The tallest 18.5cm high

provenance

The tree stump vases and ram’s head vases: Hurnall’s Decorative Arts, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1997 and 1999 respectively

$300-500

363

AN EARLY VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND MARQUETRY TRIPOD OCCASIONAL TABLE

Mid-19th century, possibly of South Australian German origin

The tilting oval top on a baluster stem and three outswept feet, the centre of the top inlaid with a chequerboard surrounded by a vase of flowers on a table, a pair of stars, and a group of inlaid spots apparently representing the canopy of a fruiting tree, the edge line-inlaid, the brass latch plate to the top of the pedestal impressed ‘MUNYARDS’

75cm high, 91cm wide, 64cm deep

provenance

D.R. McDonald, Geelong, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in 1975

$500-700

364 AN ANTIQUE NOVELTY MIRROR

Late 19th century

The oval plate in a stained beech frame carved as a cross-legged jester

39cm high, 25cm wide

$100-150

365

A GROUP OF STUDIO CERAMICS BY SANDRA BLACK

Early 1980s

Comprising three conical bowls of similar style and three beakers of similar style, all signed underside and variously dated 1981 and 1982

8cm (tallest)

provenance

The bowls: Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the Terence Lane in 1982

other notes

© Sandra Black/Copyright Agency, 2026

$300-400

366

A GROUP OF MODERN STUDIO CERAMICS BY MARY ROGERS AND JUNE EMMINS

1970s

A bowl with wavy rim and sides by Mary Rogers and four vases of pomegranate design in different sizes, by June Emmins, all unsigned

The bowl 6cm high, the tallest vase 12cm high

provenance

The Mary Rogers bowl: V & A Craft Shop, London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in August, 1975

$400-600

367 A MODERN ARTICULATED CERAMIC SCULPTURE

Early 1980s

A fantastic creature, the loose head bound to the body with a fibre cord, signed and dated underside ‘ FM. 82’ 11cm high, 23cm wide, 11cm deep

$100-200

368 A GROUP OF PIERCED STUDIO CERAMICS BY SANDRA BLACK

Late 1970s–early 1980s

Two vases of similar form and size and a circular bowl, each signed underside and variously dated from 1977 to 1981

The taller vase 8.5cm high, the bowl 11m diameter

other notes

© Sandra Black/Copyright Agency, 2026

$500-800

369 A GROUP OF FOUR PORCELAIN VASES BY GEOFFREY SWINDELL

1970s

Each of similar form, incised signature ‘S’ underside

The tallest vase 10.5cm high

$500-800

370 A CERAMIC BOWL BY PETRUS SPRONK

Early 21st century

Circular with rounded sides, with burnished exterior 11cm high, 16cm diameter

other notes

© Petrus Spronk/Copyright Agency, 2026

$250-350

371 A GROUP OF MODERN STUDIO CERAMICS

Variously last quarter 20th century

A bowl by Peter Lane, a pair of pierced vases by Alan Whittaker, and a pair of bowls by an unidentified maker

The Lane bowl 7cm high, the pierced vases 11cm high

provenance

One Whittaker vase: Casson Gallery, London, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 1982

The Peter Lane bowl: Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in May, 1981

$200-300

372

A GROUP OF CERAMIC VASES BY JACQUELINE PONCELET

First half 1970s

All in unglazed bone china, of various shapes and sizes, three decorated in blue and green

The tallest 7.5cm high

provenance

The largest vase:

Kenneth Hood (1928–2002), Melbourne

Leonard Joel, Kenneth Hood Collection of Australian Ceramics and Art, Melbourne, 29 May 2003, part of lot H167

Leski Auctions, Decorative Arts & Collectables, Melbourne, 26 March 2022, lot 243, purchased by Terence Lane

$2,000-2,600

373 AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH STAINED OAK SIDE CABINET

Early 20th century

In seventeenth century manner, the rectangular top with draw-leaf extensions, above a frieze drawer and pair of cupboard doors, on square supports with stretchers, the frieze and front stretcher decoratively carved 99cm high, 76cm wide (not extended), 43cm deep

$150-250

374

AUSTRALIAN(?) SCHOOL (contemporary)

A pair: ‘Float’ and ‘Sail’ Photolithographs

Respectively inscribed as an artist’s proof and numbered 1/5, inscribed as title, and signed and dated 2016 and 2019 in pencil in the lower margin

Each 54.5 x 54.5cm (matrix)

$200-300

375 AN ANTIQUE CHINESE LACQUERED SIDE TABLE 19th century

The rectangular top above a waisted frieze and open apron raised on square supports with hoof feet, the frieze with gilt foliate fretwork centres and spandrels 86cm high, 97cm wide, 50cm deep

$400-600

376 AN ALUMINIUM AND LEATHERUPHOLSTERED ‘ES104’ LOBBY CHAIR AFTER THE DESIGN OF RAY AND CHARLES EAMES

Circa 1970 after the 1960 design

The reclining and swivelling chair on casters, in brown leather

88cm high, 68cm wide, 76cm deep

provenance

Featherston Interiors, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in July, 1971 (according to a receipt in his records)

$800-1,200

377

THREE LIMITED-EDITION REPRODUCTIONS OF OLD AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHS

Reproductions of earlier twentieth century photographs of the Manchester Unity building, Melbourne, Luna Park, Sydney, and a carousel scene at the Royal Melbourne Show, produced and framed by Timeframe in matching clear acrylic sandwich mounts, certificates to the reverse

The largest 59 x 59cm, overall (including frame)

$100-200

378

Eugene von GUÉRARD (1811–1901)

‘Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria’ Chromolithograph

Signed in the stone lower left: Eug.v.Guerard

Plate 13 from Eugene von Guerard’s Australian Landscapes, 1866–1868

32.5 x 51.5cm (matrix)

$600-800

379

Louis BUVELOT (1814–1888)

‘Corawa, Wahgunyah’

Pencil

Incised as title and dated 1877 lower right

27 x 36.5cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 16 April 2007, lot 218, purchased by Terence Lane

$800-1,200

380

Louis BUVELOT (1814–1888)

‘Fernshaw’

Pencil

Incised as title and dated 1873 lower right

36.5 x 25cm

provenance

Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1980s

$800-1,200

381

Ann-Maria BENHAM (working third quarter 19th century)

A kookaburra resting on a branch Oil on oak panel

Apparently unsigned 44 x 23.5cm

provenance

Artemis Auctions, Australian and International Art, Melbourne, 27 April 2009, lot 175 (unsold)

Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in June, 2010

$500-800

382

Harry GOODWIN (1842–1926)

A pair: Two coastal views at Dawlish, Devon Ink and watercolour

One signed indistinctly and dated 1919 lower right, the other inscribed verso

Each about 24 x 35cm

provenance

The artist’s family, Melbourne

Martin Gallon Interational Art, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in Feburary, 2013

$300-500

383

ENGLISH SCHOOL

Mid-19th century

A full-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a black frock coat, in profile to the left

Watercolour and gouache over pencil Apparently unsigned 26 x 20.5cm

$200-400

384

Max MARTIN (1889–1965)

A study for a portrait of Doctor Hermann Kastner, Dresden Pen and ink and brown wash

Inscribed verso 38 x 25cm

provenance

The estate of the artist, thence by descent Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in November, 2023

exhibitions

Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Max Martin, Adelaide, 1949, no. 29

Victorian Artists’ Society, Max Martin, Melbourne, 1949, no. 25

$500-800

385

Max MARTIN (1889–1965)

‘Family group’ Ink and watercolour

Signed and dated lower right: Max Martin 1943 34 x 22cm

provenance

The estate of the artist, thence by descent

Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in November, 2023

exhibitions

Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Max Martin, Adelaide, 1949, no. 44

Victorian Artists’ Society, Melbourne, Max Martin, 1949, no. 36

literature

J. Hill, No Singing in Gum Trees: The Honest Life of Max Martin (2023), illustrated p. 178

$500-800

386

Joyce McGRATH (1925–2025)

A marble sculpture of a female torso in an interior Oil on canvas, laid down on composition board

Signed lower left: J McGrath

40 x 30cm

exhibitions

Victorian Artists’ Society, Joyce McGrath, Melbourne, 1998, no. 3

$300-500

391

W. FIELD (working circa 1860)

387

Archibald Douglas COLQUHOUN (1894–1983)

A still-life of carnations in a decorated vase Oil on board

Signed lower left: A.D.Colquhoun

40 x 34cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Australian, New Zealand, British and European, Historical and Contemporary Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture, Melbourne, 18 April 1985, lot 840

$700-1,000

388

Attributed to Louis BUVELOT (1814–1888)

‘Yeringberg’ homestead, Coldstream, Victoria Pencil

Inscribed lower centre: Lilydale 1871

25 x 32cm

provenance

Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in September, 2017

$600-900

389

Charles BENNETT (1869–1930)

‘Yarra Flats near Healesville’ Watercolour over pencil

Inscribed as title lower right

Inscribed verso 17 x 25.5cm

$100-200

390

Louis BUVELOT (1814–1888)

‘The Chalet, near Macedon’ Watercolour Apparently unsigned 15.5 x 24cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 20 April 1999, lot 671

$600-800

‘Western End of George St. School, Fitzroy 1861’

Black chalk with white heightening

Inscribed as title to the mount 21 x 32.5cm

provenance

Australian Book Auctions, Melbourne, 25 September 2007, lot 214, purchased by Terence Lane

$150-250

392

Nora GURDON (1881–1974)

‘Youth and age’ Oil on canvasboard

Signed lower right: N. Gurdon 34.5 x 25.5cm

provenance

Adam Galleries, Melbourne, from whom purchased by Terence Lane in April, 1983

exhibitions

Geelong Gallery, Giant: Ancient and historic trees of Victoria, 29 November, 2003–15 Feburary, 2004

$800-1,200

393

William STRUTT (1825–1915)

A study for a portrait of Robert O’Hara Burke

Pencil

Apparently unsigned

9.5 x 9.5cm, irregular

provenance

Private collection, North Wales (according to the following)

Sotheby’s, Chester, March 1991 (according to the following)

Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in December, 2020

other notes

A study for Strutt’s 1862 oil portrait of Burke in the Melbourne Club, a watercolour version of which is in the collection of the National Library of Australia (acc. no. 1637225).

$800-1,200

394

Alexander COLQUHOUN (1862–1941)

A bridge across river flats

Oil on wood panel

Signed lower left: A. Colquhoun

24.5 x 38.5cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 4 November 1983, lot 1116 (erroneously as as ‘The bridge, Warrandyte’), purchased by Terence Lane

exhibitions

Castlemaine Art Gallery, Alexander Colquhoun 1866-1941: Artist and Critic, 3 October–21 November, 2004, no. 31 (as ‘Old Bridge at Warrandyte’)

$1,000-1,500

395 Helen OGILVIE (1902–1993)

‘Pavilion, Old Melbourne Cemetery’ Oil or tempura on board

Apparently unsigned

Inscribed as titled on a label to the reverse also inscribed ‘from Helen Ogilvie’ with the artist’s address

20.5 x 15cm

provenance

Leonard Joel, Monthly Auction, Melbourne, 14 February 2008, lot P16, purchased by Terence Lane

$1,000-1,500

396 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL

Second quarter 19th century

A group of three: Portraits of gentleman, each half-length and seated

Brown ink and wash

Apparently unsigned

Each 24 x 18.5cm

$200-400

397

ENGLISH SCHOOL

Mid-19th century

A portrait of a man in mid-seventeenth century dress

Pencil with touches of colour

Inscribed and dated lower left: John Parry / Sept. 5th 1848

21 x 16.5cm, oval

other notes

The inscription John Parry might be a signature (of an artist not recorded) or perhaps an identification of the sitter as the actor John Orlando Parry (1810–1879), with him depicted here in costume.

$150-250

398

ENGLISH SCHOOL

Second half 19th century

A pair: A still-life of roses in a basket, and another similar

Watercolour

Each 16 x 18.5cm, oval

$200-300

399

After Edmund THOMAS (1827–1867)

‘St Francis R.C. Church, Melbourne, 1854’

Tinted lithograph

The lithograph drawn by D. James after Thomas’s original drawing, published by F. Varley, Melbourne, circa 1853

27 x 36.5cm (sheet)

$200-300

400

Fanny Anne CHARSLEY (1828–1915)

Thysanotus tuberosus and Billardiera scandens

Hand coloured lithograph

Plate VI from The Wildflowers of Melbourne (1867)

In a mid-nineteenth century Tasmanian musk frame

35 x 26cm (sight), the frame overall 48 x 39cm

provenance

The frame: Imperial Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Terence Lane in October, 2011

$400-500

401

Charles NETTLETON (1826–1902)

Corio Villa, Geelong

Albumen silver photograph, laid down to original card mount

Inscribed in ink in the lower margin: C. Nettleton

Photo / Melbourne

28.5 x 38cm (sight)

$100-200

402

TWO VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS, EACH IN AN ANTIQUE FRAME

Second half 19th century

A group portrait of a family outside their weatherboard house, in an Oxford frame, and a photograph of Hanging Rock (probably a later print) in a fiddleback blackwood frame

The larger 35.5 x 42.5cm overall (including frame)

$100-200

403

A GROUP OF ANTIQUE AND LATER PICTURE FRAMES, SOME HOUSING ANTIQUE PRINTS

All second half 19th century

Seven frames of various types, materials, and sizes

The largest 58 x 46cm overall

$200-400

404

KATSUYA (contemporary)

‘Ocean trout’

Oil on canvas

Inscribed as title to the reverse with the letters (signature?) ‘S.D.G.’

24.5 x 34.5cm

provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Terence Lane in June, 2009

$400-600

405

BOOKS: A GROUP ON COLONIAL AUSTRALIAN ART, FROM EXPLORATION TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY (one shelf)

$300-500

406

BOOKS: A GROUP ON 19th CENTURY AUSTRALIAN ART (one shelf)

$300-500

407

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONISM (one shelf)

$400-600

408

BOOKS: AN ASSORTED GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN ART HISTORY (one shelf)

$100-200

409

BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON PICTURE FRAMES AND AUSTRALIAN WOOD CARVERS

$200-300

410

BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN PRINT MAKING

$250-350

411

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLY 20th CENTURY AUSTRALIAN ART, MOSTLY MONOGRAPHS (one shelf)

$500-800

412

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS OF ALL PERIODS (one shelf)

$400-600

413

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLIER AUSTRALIAN MODERN ART, MOSTLY MONOGRAPHS (one shelf)

$300-500

414

BOOKS: A GROUP ON LATER AUSTRALIAN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART (one shelf)

$400-600

415

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN ILLUSTRATION AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (nearly one shelf)

$200-400

416

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLIER AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY, TO THE EARLY 20th CENTURY (one shelf)

$300-400

417

BOOKS: A GROUP ON LATER 20th CENTURY AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY (one shelf)

$300-500

418

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS OF ALL PERIODS (nearly one shelf)

$200-400

419

BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLONIAL AND LATER 19th CENTURY FURNITURE

$300-500

420

BOOKS: A GROUP ON SILVER AND GOLD, MOSTLY AUSTRALIAN (a part shelf)

$200-400

421

BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE AND RELATED SUBJECTS (a part shelf)

$200-400

422

BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL CAST IRON

$100-200

423

BOOKS: A GROUP ON MID-20th CENTURY AND LATER AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN (a part shelf)

$200-300

424

BOOKS: A GROUP ON JEWELLERY OF VARIOUS PERIODS, MOSTLY AUSTRALIAN (a part shelf)

$200-300

425

BOOKS: A GROUP ON COLONIAL AND LATER 19th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE (one shelf)

$200-400

426

BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON COLONIAL TASMANIAN ARCHITECTURE

E.G. Robertson, Early Houses of Northern Tasmania (1964, 2 vols) and E.G. Robertson, Early Buildings of Southern Tasmania (1970, 2 vols)

$300-500

427

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF ALL PERIODS AND RELATED SUBJECTS (a part shelf)

$200-400

428

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLY 20th AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE, INCLUDING SEVERAL ON THE GRIFFINS (a half shelf)

$200-400

429

BOOKS: A GROUP ON MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE (a part shelf)

$100-200

430

BOOKS: A GROUP ON THE HISTORY OF MELBOURNE AND VICTORIA (a part shelf)

$200-300

431

BOOKS: A GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN GARDEN HISTORY AND DESIGN (a part shelf)

$200-400

432

BOOKS: A GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL GARDEN HISTORY AND DESIGN (one shelf)

$300-500

433

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EUROPEAN ART, RENAISSANCE TO 18th CENTURY (one shelf)

$300-500

434

BOOKS: A GROUP ON 18th AND EARLIER 19th CENTURY EUROPEAN ART, MOSTLY ENGLISH (one shelf)

$300-500

435

BOOKS: A GROUP ON VICTORIAN ART, MOSTLY MONOGRAPHS (one shelf)

$300-500

436

BOOKS: A GROUP ON 19th CENTURY AMERICAN ART (a part shelf)

$200-400

437

BOOKS: A GROUP ON THE ART OF J.A.McN. WHISTLER (a part shelf)

$200-400

438

BOOKS: A GROUP ON LATER 19th CENTURY EUROPEAN ART INCLUDING IMPRESSIONISM (one shelf)

$300-500

439

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSTLY ENGLISH (one shelf)

$300-500

440

BOOKS: A GROUP ON EARLY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY AND RELATED SUBJECTS (one shelf)

$200-400

441

BOOKS: A GROUP ON FASHION AND RELATED SUBJECTS (a part shelf)

$200-400

442

BOOKS: A DIVERSE GROUP ON ART AND DESIGN, MOSTLY ON EXOTIC INFLUENCES ON WESTERN ART (one shelf)

$300-500

443

BOOKS: A DIVERSE GROUP ON INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATIVE ARTS OF VARIOUS PERIODS (one shelf)

$300-500

444

BOOKS: A GROUP ON THE MALE NUDE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS (a part shelf)

$200-300

445

BOOKS: A GROUP ON MEN’S FASHION OF VARIOUS PERIODS (a part shelf)

$100-200

446

BOOKS: A DIVERSE GROUP ON PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSTLY EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY (one shelf)

$200-300

447

BOOKS: A LARGE AND DIVERSE GROUP ON AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ART (four shelves)

$400-600

448

BOOKS: A GROUP ON HISTORIC ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL HOUSES AND INTERIOR DESIGN (two shelves)

$300-400

449

BOOKS: A LARGE GROUP ON INTERIOR DESIGN OF VARIOUS PERIODS (three shelves)

$400-600

450

AN ANTIQUE-STYLE COMPOSITE FIGURE OF A CLASSICAL MAIDEN, ON A PEDESTAL

Modelled in eighteenth century style, finished to simulate weathered antique stone, on an antique-style cast cement plinth

218cm high overall (the figure alone 158cm)

$400-600

451

A COMPOSITE STONE GARDEN VASE ON A PEDESTAL

The vase of classical campana shape, the pedestal in similar manner

94cm high overall (the vase alone 60cm high)

$200-400

452

A SET OF FOUR CAST IRON GARDEN VASES, POSSIBLY ANTIQUE

Possibly late 19th century

Each of broad classical campana shape with a pair of scrolling handles, all planted with succulents Each 26cm high, 40cm wide (across the handles)

$500-800

453

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN-STYLE CAST IRON GARDEN VASES ON PEDESTALS

Each of broad classical campana shape, each on a classical plinth, each planted with a succulent 56cm high overall, 34cm wide

$400-600

454

A SMALL GROUP OF IRON GARDEN VASES

A pair of wire vases, and a smaller cast iron vase, all of classical shape

The taller pair 27.5cm high

$150-250

455

A GROUP OF VICTORIAN-STYLE CAST METAL GARDEN FURNITURE

A set of three cast iron low tables or plant stands, possibly antique, and a pair of cast alloy chairs, all in a similar verdigris type finish

The stands each 34cm high, 31cm diameter; the chairs each 86cm high, 46cm wide and 58cm deep

$300-400

456

A VICTORIAN-STYLE CAST IRON GARDEN SEAT, POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD

Possibly last quarter 19th century

The shaped back and seat on outswept supports, painted green

84cm high, 139cm wide, 56cm deep

$600-800

457

A CLASSICAL-STYLE EARTHENWARE

FIGURE OF A PERSONIFICATION OF WINTER

Modelled as man cloaking himself against the cold, on an integral plinth base 80cm high

$100-200

458

A VICTORIAN-STYLE CAST IRON CORNER

STICK AND UMBRELLA STAND

Possibly of the period, after a Coalbrookdale design of circa 1875

Of bow-front outline, decorated with fern fronds, the pan removable 60cm high, 49cm wide, 31cm deep

$250-350

459

A VICTORIAN MARBLE AND CAST IRON GARDEN TABLE

Second half 19th century

The rectangular top raised on a pair of decoratively cast end standards

76cm high, 72cm wide, 46cm deep

$400-600

460

AN ANTIQUE STYLE COMPOSITE STONE RELIEF OF THE HOLY FAMILY

Square, modelled in relief with the Holy Family with the young Saint John the Baptist 59cm high, 58cm wide, 7cm deep

$250-350

461

A RESIN BUST OF THE APOLLO BELVEDERE, ON A PEDESTAL

186cm high overall (the bust alone 83cm high)

$150-250

462

A VICTORIAN MARBLE JARDINIÈRE

Second half 19th century

Circular with rounded sides 16cm high, 30cm diameter

$150-250

Conditions of Business / Summary

special conditions of sale – jewellery

Jewellery and watches offered by Leonard Joel are sometimes accompanied by an Independent valuation as stated in the catalogue. These valuations are conducted by registered valuers and are offered purely as independent opinions. Variation may be found as to the colour, clarity and size of stones described in these reports, consequently Leonard Joel does not guarantee these Independent Valuations. Where stones can be weighed accurately, weights will be provided. Weights of set stones are estimates only and are provided to the best of our technical ability. Gram weight on gold and other precious metals are also given as an approximation. Wristwatches and pocket watches are offered in there current condition and Leonard Joel does not guarantee that they are in working order. Items may be thoroughly inspected during the viewing period or by prior arrangement.

authenticity certificates

As various manufacturers may not issue certificates of authenticity, Leonard Joel has no obligation to furnish a buyer with a certificate of authenticity from the manufacturer, except where specifically noted in the catalogue. Unless Leonard Joel is satisfied that it should cancel the sale in accordance with the Limited Warranty provided in the General Conditions of Business, the failure of a manufacturer to issue a certificate will not constitute grounds for cancellation of the sale.

gst

In the event that the vendor is registered for Goods & Services Tax (GST), the invoice to the buyer will provide a separate entry for the GST which is included in the purchase price. All Leonard Joel charges for services referred to in this catalogue are exclusive of GST. Overseas buyers may be entitled to a rebate for GST charged.

For further information contact: Ety Liong accounts@leonardjoel.com.au

admission

Leonard Joel has the right at its sole discretion without assigning any reason therefore to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at any of its sales of any person.

commission (absentee) bids

Leonard Joel will execute absentee bids when instructed. Lots will be bought as cheaply as allowed by other bids and/or reserves.

telephone bidding

Buyers interested in bidding by telephone should contact Leonard Joel as soon as possible. Please note that telephone bidding facilities are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

bidder registration

To recognise bidders during the sale all intending buyers are required to complete a Bidder Registration Form providing full photo identification and appropriate references if required before the Sale which will enable them to bid by way of a numbered paddle allocated to them.

buyer’s premium

There will be a buyer’s premium added to all purchases.The buyer’s premium will be calculated at the rate of 25% of the hammer price on each lot. This is inclusive of GST. The buyer’s premium is reflected by a reduction in the Seller’s Commission and is a common practice throughout Australia and overseas.

property subject to the artist resale royalty

Lots with the § sign will be subject to payment of the Artist Resale Royalty in the event that the lot is sold for a hammer price of $1,000 or more. The Australian Resale Royalty is a flat rate of 5 percent (5%) levy on the hammer price (including GST). The Australian Resale Royalty is payable by the buyer in addition to the buyer’s premium plus applicable GST.

damage

Any viewer who damages a Lot will be held liable for all damage caused and shall reimburse Leonard Joel for all costs and expenses relating to rectification of such damage.

title

Leonard Joel guarantees good title to all lots.

warranties and condition reports

Condition reports will be available for any lot upon request, subject to conditions.

estimates

Estimates are a reflection of Leonard Joel’s opinion of the current market values, based on historic and current market realisations of similar lots. Estimates are inclusive of any GST, which may be applicable. Actual prices at this sale may fall short or exceed the estimates.

payment

In any event accounts must be settled with Leonard Joel no later than 4pm two days after the auction. Attention is specifically drawn to condition 22 of the Buyer’s Conditions of Sale.

Payment may be made by way of cheque, most credit cards, eftpos or telegraphic transfer.

Please note: payments made by cheque are subject to a 5 day clearance before goods can be collected.

Credit card fees may apply.

Bank telegraph transfers should be directed to:

account name: Leonard Joel Pty Ltd

address: Westpac Banking Corporation

150 Collins Street, Melbourne

VIC 3000 Australia

bsb: 033–364 account no: 942956

collection of lots

Purchased lots must be collected no later than two days after the auction; otherwise lots shall be moved to storage at the Buyer’s expense (see below). Lots are at the Buyer’s risk from the fall of the hammer. It is strongly advised that overseas and interstate purchasers and absentee bidders make their arrangements with Leonard Joel in advance of the Sale. Charges are outlined below and are quoted in Australian dollars.

removal and storage

Any lots not collected within two days after the auction, may be stored or resold at the Buyer’s expense.

removal charges

Each lot: $55

storage charges

Each lot: $33 per day

protection of movable cultural heritage act 1986 (pmch act)

Buyers should be aware of the PMCH Act which protects Australia’s heritage of movable cultural objects and supports foreign countries’ right to protect their heritage of movable cultural objects. The PMCH Act regulates the export of nationally significant heritage objects, it is not intended to restrict normal and legitimate trade in cultural property, and does not affect an individual’s right to own or sell objects, within Australia. The PMCH Act was enacted in response to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. It is the responsibility of the Buyer to ensure that the export of any lots purchased are not subject to, or in breach of, this Act.

Information about the PMCH Act, the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 1987 and the 1970 UNESCO Convention, can be found on the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website at: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/movable/index

eXporting significant australian cultural heritage

The export of Australia’s significant cultural heritage is regulated under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (PMCH Act.) It is not intended to restrict normal and legitimate trade in cultural property and does not affect an individual’s right to own or sell within Australia. The PMCH Act implements a system of export permits for certain heritage objects defined as ‘Australian protected objects’. More information is available on the Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts’ website: www.arts.gov.au/movable_heritage Enquiries can be made to the Cultural Property Section at the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, T: 02 6274 1810 E: movable.heritage@environment.gov.au

cites regulations

It is the buyer’s sole responsibility to comply with all export and import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain any relevant export and/or import licences. The refusal of any import or export licences, any delay in obtaining such licences or any limitation on your ability to export a lot shall not permit the cancellation of the sale. Please note that all lots marked with the symbol * are subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items outside of Australia. Information about these regulations may be found at www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/tradeuse/cites/index.html or may be requested from:

The Director International Wildlife Trade Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

GPO Box 787

CANBERRA ACT 2601

leonard home delivery

Purchases can be delivered to your door via Leonard Home Delivery. Please note this service is available in Melbourne (Select suburbs) only and is not available for Sydney auction purchases. For any enquiries about this service please contact delivery@ leonardjoel.com.au

recommended carriers

For recommended carriers please refer to our website.

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Our Specialists

m anaging d irector & head of important collections

John Albrecht, BA LLB MBA

sydney

Madeleine Mackenzie BFA, BComm, MLitt, Head of Decorative Arts & Art

Ella Nail, Office Manager & Administrator

Ronan Sulich, Senior Adviser

fine art

Wiebke Brix, Head of Art

Amanda Hayward (née North), Senior Art Specialist

Hannah Ryan, Senior Art Specialist, Manager of Specialty Auctions

Daisy Giuffrida, Administrator and Registrar

decorative arts

Chiara Curcio BA, Head of Department

David Parsons, Head of Private Estates and Valuations, Decorative Arts Specialist

Natasha Berlizova, Administrator

asian art

Luke Guan MLitt, Head of Department

Kyle Walker, Administrator and Coordinator

Zoe Cenche , Curator & Senior Specialist

C.C. Chen , Chinese Painting Consultant

fine jewels & timepieces

Annie Soust, Head of Department, Melbourne

Lauren Boustridge BSc, AJP, GG (GIA), Head of Department, Sydney

Patricia Kontos F.G.A.A., Senior Timepieces & Jewellery Specialist

Piper Jiang, Jewellery & Luxury Administrator

Hui Chong, Jewellery Administrator, Sydney

Bethany McGougan, Senior Auctioneer and Jewellery Consultant

John D'Agata, Senior Jewellery Consultant

Henrietta Maiyah, Consultant

modern design

Rebecca Stormont, Senior Modern Design Specialist

lu Xury

Julia Gueller, Specialist

prints

Hannah Ryan, Senior Art Specialist

furniture

Alex Sargeant, Manager

Inigo Fleming, Assistant

Shawn Mitchell , Interiors Consultant

jewellery

Anna Akacich, Manager

Zoe Tsamis, Assistant

art salon

Millie Lewis, Manager

Patrick Curtis, Assistant

objects & collectables

Kieran Grogan Carpenter, Manager

Charlotte Dippie, Assistant

valuations

David Parsons, Head of Private Estates and Valuations, Decorative Arts Specialist

Troy McKenzie, Head of Private Collections, Queensland

Anthony Hurl, Representative Specialist, South Australia

John Brans, Representative Specialist, Western Australia

accounts

Ety Liong, Finance Manager

Michelle Draper, Accounts Manager

Ninad Chouhan , Finance & Accounts Assistant

client services

Kim Clarke, Saleroom & Office Manager

Amelia Lewis, Client Services Liaison

Richard Grieve, Client Services Liaison

operations & logistics

David Price, Operations, Delivery & Logistics Manager

marketing & communications

Blanka Nemeth, Senior Marketing, Media, & Communications Manager

Lucy Lewis, Marketing & Database Coordinator

photography

Paolo Cappelli, Senior Photographer & Videographer

Adam Obradovic, Photographer & Videographer

graphic design

Maria Rossi

melbourne

2 Oxley Road, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 03 9826 4333

sydney

The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025 02 9362 9045

brisbane 54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, QLD 4005 0412 997 080

adelaide

429 Pulteney Street, Adelaide SA 5000 0419 838 841

perth 0412 385 555

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