Gold & Silver

LOTS 52–77

52

A GOLD CUP, PRESENTED AS THE 1930 ‘MITCHELSON CUP’

Unidentified maker (no mark visible), marked ‘15ct’ and with crown and anchor marks

Of goblet form, the hemispherical body on a spreading foot, with openwork handles to the sides each terminating with the head of a man, the rim and foot decorated with stylised Maori designs, the body engraved to one side ‘MITCHELSON CUP / 1930 / WON BY MR JAS. FREDRIC’S “SEATOWN”’ and with further details, the foot engraved with the monogram of the Auckland Racing Club, mounted on the original turned and ebonised wood plinth

Testing in different places as 12ct and 15ct gold 25cm high overall, the cup 486g (without plinth)

PROVENANCE:

Presented to James Frederic, owner of ‘Seatown’, at Ellerslie Park, Auckland, 4 October, 1930 Thence by descent to his grandson, the vendor $18,000-24,000

53

A COLONIAL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SILVER GOBLET BY CHARLES EDWARD FIRNHABER

Adelaide, first half 1860s, maker’s mark CEF with leopard’s head and lion marks

The flaring bowl with everted rim and lobed base on an inverted baluster stem and lobed spreading foot, the body engraved with an inscription recording the presentation of the cup as a gift from Dr C.J.F. Mayer and Adelaide Germans to H. Linde as the 1865-1866 ‘Kingship’ prize of the Adelaide German Rifle Club

19cm high, 215g

PROVENANCE:

Property from the collection of the late Herman and Inge Thumm

$800-1,200

54

A LARGE EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER TRAY Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1911

In George III style, of serpentine oval outline, the swept gallery sides pierced to a foliate design and with a gadrooned rim rising towards the ends, on bun feet, the centre engraved with a presentation inscription to S.J. Jacobs, as Chairman of the South Australian Tattersalls Club, from the Club’s members, dated 1915

7.5cm high, 59.5cm wide, 42cm deep, 3,272g

PROVENANCE:

Samuel Joshua Jacobs (1853–1937), Adelaide, South Australia

$2,500-3,000

55

A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SOUP PLATES

Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1898

In mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline with gadrooned rims, the border of each uniformly engraved with a crest flanked by monograms 24cm diameter, 3,690g in total $3,000-4,000

56

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE V STERLING SILVER SOUP PLATES

F.B. Thomas & Co., London, 1930

In mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline with gadrooned rims 24.5cm diameter, 2,722g in total $2,500-3,000

57

A PAIR OF AMERICAN STERLING SILVER CANDELABRA

After a design by Alphonse la Paglia, Durham Silver Co., mid-20th century

Each of two lights raised on outswept bifurcated branches rising from a spreading circular foot, decorated with a central scroll and stylized flower heads and berries

Each 21.5cm high, 26cm wide, 996g in total

$800-1,200

58

AN AMERICAN STERLING SILVER TAZZA

Woodside Sterling Co., early 20th century

The lobed circular dish with slightly inverted rim raised on an openwork pedestal of stylized stiff leaves and berries on a domed circular foot 20.5cm high, 23cm diameter, 790g

$600-800

59

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Charles Fox II, London, 1832 and 1833

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed baluster-shaped and compressed globular bodies with foliate decoration to shoulders, spouts, handles, and covers (with a variation between the handles of the pots and those of the smaller vessels), the covers with pumpkin finials, all on foliate feet

22cm high (coffee pot), 2,442g in total

$1,800-2,400

A REGENCY STERLING SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET

Unidentified maker (mark rubbed), London, 1814

Rectangular with raised ends on a waisted and moulded foot, the gadrooned rim with shell and foliage corners and centres, the moulded handles with foliate sides

11cm high (handle not raised), 33.5cm wide, 26.5cm deep, 1,138g

$800-1,200

61

A COMPOSITE STERLING SILVER KING’S PATTERN FLATWARE SERVICE FOR TWELVE

Various English makers and 19th and 20th century dates

Ninety-six pieces, comprising twelve each of entrée knives and forks, table knives and forks, table spoons, dessert spoons, and tea spoons (two of these of a different but similar pattern), together with six further table knives (to make eighteen in total) and six coffee spoons, the knife handles silver plate

4,075g in total (not including the knives)

$2,000-3,000

62

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER NAUTILUS-SHAPED ENCLOSED SUGAR BASIN

Goldsmiths’ Alliance Ltd, London, 1890

Of stylized nautilus shape with a hinged cover, on a rockwork foot

13.5cm high, 16.5cm wide, 416g $350-450

63

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER PLATE

Rundell, Bridge, & Rundell, London, 1831

In earlier Georgian style, circular with a dished centre, the gadrooned rim with alternating shell and anthemion points

26.5cm diameter, 744g

$600-800

64

A GEORGE V STERLING SILVER COVERED DISH

Jenkins & Timm, Sheffield, 1923

In mid-Georgian style, of rounded square outline, the top of the cover with a floral and foliate gadrooned border, its handle and the rim of the dish conforming

12cm high, 20.5cm wide and deep, 852g $700-1,000

65

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER COVERED DISH

R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1831

In mid-Georgian style, of shaped circular outline, the top of the cover with a gadrooned border, its handle and the rim of the dish conforming 13cm high, 27.5cm diameter, 1,684g

$1,500-2,000

66

A GEORGE II STERLING SILVER SALVER

Hugh Mills, London, 1746

Of shaped circular outline, the rim of the moulded edge with foliate details linked by scrolls, on scrolling pad feet, the centre engraved with a heraldic achievement

3cm high, 20cm diameter, 516g

$500-700

67

A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALT CELLARS

Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1836

Goblet shaped, the bodies and feet of interlaced stylised foliage and stem design, the bodies pierced, with cobalt glass liners

Each 7cm high, 367g in total (exlcuding liners)

$400-600

68

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALVER

Martin, Hall, & Co., London, 1872

Of shaped circular outline, the centre engraved with foliate designs, the moulded edge with beaded and husk borders and foliate points to the beaded rim, on ball and claw feet, the underside engraved with a presentation inscription

Diameter 32cm, 796g

$700-900

69

A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER DISHES ON FEET

R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1856 and 1868

Oval with high, two-tiered coved and ribbed sides, the rims with shell and foliage handles at their four mid-points, on scrolling pad feet, the centre of each engraved with a heraldic achievement

7cm high, 31.5cm wide, 27.5cm deep, 1,669g in total

$1,400-1,800

70

A MATCHED LATE GEORGIAN AND EARLY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Various London makers and 1820s–1840s dates

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed baluster-shaped and compressed globular bodies with scrolling handles, the covers with pumpkin and leaf finials, all on foliate feet

24.5cm high (coffee pot), 2,264g in total $1,400-1,800

71

AN ELIZABETH II STERLING SILVER SALVER

Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1963

In George III style, of shaped circular outline, the moulded edge with shell and anthemion points to the rim, on foliate scroll feet

33cm diameter, 1,154g

$800-1,200

72

A SWEDISH 800 SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE FOR EIGHTEEN

W.A. Bolin, Stockholm, 1949 and 1950

In an elegant pattern, plain except for delicate foliate details at the base of the handles, two hundred and twenty-five pieces, comprising eighteen each of fish knives and forks, entrée knives and forks, main knives and forks, fruit knives and forks, table spoons, and dessert spoons, together with twelve tea or coffee spoons and smaller numbers of various other pieces including butter knives, serving spoons, and a ladle, the terminals engraved with a monogram, fitted in the original case 9,410g (not including those knives with polished steel blades)

$3,000-5,000

73

A GEORGE II STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT

William Grundy, London, 1753

Of baluster shape with fluted spout and fruitwood handle on a spreading gadrooned foot, the domed cover with acorn-shaped finial and gadrooned edge 24cm, 747g (including handle)

$800-1,200

74

AN EARLY GEORGE III STERLING SILVER LADLE

William Withers, London, 1763

The circular bowl of stylised shell design on a plain shaft with a reeded and scrolled terminal 36cm long, 207g

$300-500

75

A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER TEA SERVICE

Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, London, 1825

A tea pot, two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, the lobed compressed globular bodies with foliate decoration to shoulders, spouts, handles, and covers, the cover of the tea pot with a pumpkin finial, all on foliate feet

14cm high tea pot), 1,391g in totl $1,200-1,800

76

A GEORGE VI STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1948

Comprising pots for tea, coffee, and hot water, a two-handled sugar basin, and cream jug, each body lightly lobed and engraved with classical designs below the rim, the pots with stained wood handles and finials

20.5cm high (coffee and hot water pots), 2,864g in total $2,200-2,600

77

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Martin, Hall, & Co. London, 1881

A tea pot, coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar basin, and covered cream jug, the bodies of chamfered rectangular outline tapering towards their flat tops, the spouts of conforming lines, the bodies, spouts, and covers with engraved decoration of birds and foliage around patterned bands and borders, all fitted in the original oak carrying case 21cm high (coffee pot), 2,226g in total $2,500-3,500

78

A SAINT-LOUIS ‘APOLLINAIRE’ VASE

Of tapering form with a flared rim, in a thick chartreuse green crystal engraved and decorated in 24-carat gold scrollwork decoration, accompanied by original box with certificate of authenticity, marked edition number 7 34.5cm height

OTHER NOTES:

Saint-Louis is the oldest crystal manufacturer in Europe, founded in 1586.

During twenty-five days of manufacturing, eight craftsmen worked on the shaping of this Apollinaire vase, six others worked on the engraving and gold decoration.

RRP $10,000

$5,000-7,000

79

A BACCARAT ‘BAMBOUS’ DOUBLE CANDELABRA

The moulded stem emanating two candelholders, each with an etched glass storm shade and crystal lustre drops, flanking a central crystal spire, Baccarat stamp to base 54cm high

$1,500-2,000

80

A PAIR OF BACCARAT ‘DAUPHIN’ CANDLEHOLDERS

The frosted glass stem in the form of a stylized dolphin on shaped foot, with an etched storm shade and crystal lustre drops, Baccarat stamp to base 58.5cm high

$2,000-3,000

81

A GEORGE II GLASS TAZZA

Mid-18th century

The circular plate, on a silesian stem raised on a domed and folded foot

18.5 cm high, 25cm wide

$600-800

82

A LARGE ROYAL WORCESTER POT POURRI VASE

DECORATED BY JOHN STINTON

Shape no. 1428, date cypher for 1924

The moulded cover with bud finial above the short swag-draped pierced neck and globular body with a pair of handles to the shoulders, on a low circular foot, decorated to the front with a scene of cattle in a Scottish highland landscape by John Stinton (signed), various factory marks underside

33cm high

$7,000-10,000

83

A LATE VICTORIAN PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE VASE, ATTRIBUTED TO GRAINGER & Co., WORCESTER

Late 19th century

Of ‘moon flask’ form with a pair of square loop handles from the mouth rim to the shoulders, pinkglazed with a large circular gilt-framed reserve to the front with a pâte-sur-pâte spray of flowers and leaves on the green ground

25.5cm high

$700-1,000

LOTS 82–90

84

A ROYAL WORCESTER EWER DECORATED BY WILLIAM POWELL

Shape no. 1944, date cipher for 1912

Baluster-shaped on a gilt square foot with a shaped rim and loop handle terminating in a satyr mask, painted with a scene of herons in a stream in an exotic palm-fringed landscape, signed by Powell lower right, gilt details throughout, puce backstamp and shape number 1944 underside

24cm high

$800-1,000

85

A LARGE HEREND PORCELAIN ‘ROTHSCHILD

BIRD’ PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE

Approximately one hundred and fifty pieces, generally a service for eight places with smaller or larger numbers of some pieces, comprising soup plates, entrée plates, dinner plates of two types, covered and uncovered soup bowls of three types and mostly with matching underplates, a pair of covered dishes, fourteen serving platters, dishes, and bowls of various shapes and sizes, sauce boats, tea and coffee pots, tea cups and saucers of two types (some without matching saucers), demitasse and saucers, covered sugar bowls and cream jug, a candelabrum and assorted other pieces, printed factory marks underside

Largest 27cm wide, 37cm long

$3,000-5,000

86

A LARGE ROYAL VIENNA PORCELAIN PART DINNER SERVICE

Mostly second half 1810s with some later additions

One hundred and seven pieces, comprising soup plates (12), dinner plates (38), side plates (33, in two sets of slightly different size), a large tureen on stand, pair of smaller tureens on stands, pair of covered dishes, fourteen serving platters, dishes, and bowls of various shapes and sizes, most in pairs, a comport, and a salt cellar, white-glazed with borders of a gadroon design in blue within gilt outlines and rims, various factory marks underside including impressed date marks and underglaze blue bindenschild marks

Largest 34.5cm wide, 44cm long $3,000-5,000

87

A WILLIAM MOORCROFT MOONLIT BLUE VASE 1920s

Of baluster form, decorated with trees on deep blue ground, impressed Cobridge factory mark and facsimile signature

25cm high $2,000-3,000

88

A WILLIAM MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ FISH VASE 1930s

Of tapering form, decorated with a continuous underwater scene of fishes swimming amongst seaweed all on a mottled green ground, in a flambé glaze, impressed factory mark, underglazed facsimile signature and impressed ‘POTTER TO HM THE QUEEN’ 23.5cm high

PROVENANCE:

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 8th 2002, lot 429 $2,000-3,000

89

A WALTER MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ WARATAH PLATE

Circular with a shallow rim, the cavetto decorated with three large waratah flowers on a mottled red ground, in a flambé glaze, impressed factory mark, underglazed facsimile signature and impressed ‘POTTER TO HM THE QUEEN’ 3.5cm high, 18.5cm diameter $1,800-2,400

90

A LARGE MOORCROFT TASMANIAN BLUE GUM VASE

Designed by Sally Tuffin, dated 1993 Numbered 14/50, of baluster form decorated with flowering gum nuts amongst gum leaves on a green and blue ground, impressed factory mark, impressed diamond mark for 1993, signed and dated: S. T. Des 13.8.93, signed and dated: J. Moorcroft 18.9.94, also marked ‘E.A. JOYCE & SON TASMANIA CENTENARY 1893-1993’ together with the monogram for Sally Tuffin 42cm high

PROVENANCE:

Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, October 6th 2000

LITERATURE:

Paul Atterbury, Moorcroft Revised Edition 1897-1993, Denis and Edwards, England, 1993, p. 193

$6,000-9,000

Ernest Gimson And Harry Peach

Born and raised in Leicester, Ernest Gimson (1864-1919) was one of the pre-eminent figures of the English Arts and Crafts movement. In 1884, as a nineteen year-old articled architectural draftsman, he attended a lecture given in Leicester by William Morris after which the two men conversed for several hours, the beginning of an ongoing mutuallyadmiring relationship based on their shared strong interest in traditional English architecture and craftsmanship.

In addition to his work as an architect (including, in 1912, submitting designs in the competition to design the new Australian capital, Canberra), Gimson turned increasingly towards furniture and other handcrafts inspired by earlier English tradition. In the early 1890s he joined with others in moving to the Cotswolds to establish a community of like-minded designer-craftsmen and artists, thus establishing what was to become known as the ‘Cotswold School’ within the Arts and Crafts movement. The furniture designed by Gimson and made in his workshop is widely regarded as being amongst the finest and now most sought after of English Arts and Crafts furniture.

Also raised in Leicester, Harry Peach (1874-1936) is today perhaps best known as the founder of Dryad Furniture, a highly successful manufacturer of cane furniture, but he was in his work and interests generally another keen believer in Morris’s vision to revive and promote traditional English artisanship and to bring good design and craft into as many households as possible. To this end, in 1915, alongside Ambrose Heal and others, he was a cofounder of the Design and Industries Association which continues to this day (original slogan: ‘Nothing Need Be Ugly’).

As successful business families in Leicester, the wider Gimson and Peach families had been friendly for some years by the time, in the 1910s, Peach began furnishing his house ‘Crowbank’, largely with furniture acquired from Gimson and his foreman (and successor) Peter Waals. The following two lots are amongst those acquired from Gimson in this period and have remained with Peach’s descendants until now.

91

AN IMPORTANT ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK HIGH DRESSER BY ERNEST GIMSON

1910s

The upper part with four cupboards each with a pair of doors in a double bow-front arrangement above an open plate shelf, the projecting lower part, rectangular with gently bowed centres to its sides, with three frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors to the centre flanked by a single door each side, raised on stile supports, solid oak of joined construction with exposed dovetail joints and tenon ends as decorative features, with moulded wood latches to the upper cupboard doors and loop handles to the drawers and lower doors, the edges of the bowed parts of the carcase finely chip-carved 182cm high, 141cm wide, 64cm deep

PROVENANCE:

Harry Hardy Peach (1874–1936), ‘Crowbank’, Leicester, England, acquired directly from Gimson

Thence by descent to the present vendor

$15,000-25,000

92

AN IMPORTANT ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK DINING TABLE BY ERNEST GIMSON

1910s

Circular, the four-plank top and its crossed bearers raised on four octagonal supports on a concavesided square base with open centre, the four planks of the top with full-depth butterfly joints, the base with various chamfers enhancing its geometric complexity, the cross-members of the base with protruding through tenons with bevelled ends 72cm high, 145cm diameter

PROVENANCE:

Harry Hardy Peach (1874-1936), ‘Crowbank’, Leicester, England, acquired directly from Gimson Thence by descent to the present vendor

$10,000-15,000

A VERY LARGE FAUNAL AND FLORAL CARVED OAK MIRROR FRAME BY ROBERT PRENZEL

1905–1910

A plate frame of ‘Sansovino’ type, the toprail with a figure of a cockatoo alighting on a crest of two overlaid escutcheons pierced by a spray of fruiting foliage and flanked by clusters of fruit and foliage, the sides with scrolls supporting pendants of fruit and foliage, the lower rail centred on a grotesque cat mask flanked by clusters of flowers and foliage, the mirror plate bevelled 225cm high, 122cm wide

PROVENANCE:

Reg Riddell (d. 1980), Melbourne

Sold from the Estate of Reg Riddell, 1981, purchased by the mother of the present vendor

OTHER NOTES:

In addition to its exceptional size, this frame is notable for its unusual combination of styles and motifs. It is basically a ‘Sansovino’ frame – a sixteenth-century Venetian type characterised by its raised crest, projecting upper corners, and exuberant carved decoration of Classical motifs including large scrolls, figures and masks, and pendants of fruit – but with Prenzel here seemingly combining Old World fruits and foliage with their more exotic Australian counterparts, then strengthening the status of the latter by crowning the whole with the emphatically Australian element of the cockatoo.

The combination of a historical European style, a mode in which Prenzel worked almost exclusively up to around 1900, and the Australian motifs, which began appearing in his work between 1900 and 1905 and soon became dominant, suggests a date for this frame around 1905. The cockatoo to the top of this frame is near-identical to that perched to the top of the chest of drawers in Prenzel’s 1908 suite of bedroom furniture for Thomas and Margaret Laidlaw (sold Leonard Joel, Decorative Arts, 8 August 2022, lot 83). A date for this mirror frame around 1905 is further supported by the treatment of the stems and foliage to the lower parts of its sides which shows the influence of the European Art Nouveau, an influence especially pronounced in Prenzel’s work between 1900 and 1905.

Terence Lane, who suggested that this frame dated to the 1910–1920 period, thought that its unusual combination of styles and motifs was likely attributable to Prenzel making it to the specifications of an unidentified private commission (private correspondence with the owner in 2012).

$20,000-30,000

A VICTORIAN OAK MELBOURNE STOCK EXCHANGE CHAIR

Circa 1890

In Gothic Revival style, the padded square back with a shaped and carved crest centred on the the Stock Exchange monogram flanked by the fleur-de-lis finials of the upright supports above the open arms and moulded seat, on turned front supports and sled feet

124cm high , 62cm wide, 62cm deep

PROVENANCE:

Installed for use as one of the members’ chairs in the former Melbourne Stock Exchange in Collins Street upon its completion in 1891 (now part of the ‘Gothic Bank’), remaining in use there until 1961.

$3,000-4,000

95

A PAIR OF ART DECO-STYLE PENDANT LIGHTS

Each with a circular moulded copper and brass frame and shaped milk glass shade suspended on chains from a central boss, one shade marked ‘Superlux’ 34cm high, 70.5cm diameter

$1,200-1,800

96

A MID-GEORGIAN MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE

Mid-18th century

The rectangular fold-over top extending on a concertina action, raised on lappeted turned supports with pad feet

70cm high, 89cm wide, 43cm deep (85.5cm extended)

$500-800

97

A SMALL ENGLISH JOINED AND PANELLED OAK CHEST

Early 18th century

Of typical form, the top and front with four panels, the sides with two, the frame with bevelled and moulded edges throughout, the central panels of the top with fielded lozenges to their centres

52cm high, 107cm wide, 42cm deep

$700-1,000

98

A LARGE DUTCH BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK

Late 18th / 19th century

Baluster-shaped with a broad dish top and foot

49cm high (excluding the pricket)

$400-600

99

A GEORGE II PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY-FRAMED MIRROR

Mid-18th century

The rectangular plate in a moulded frame with gilt composition sight edge and fret-cut crest and base, the pierced foliate centre of the crest and the stylised shell centre of the base gilt

113cm high, 60cm wide

$700-900

100

A GEORGE II-STYLE GILT WOOD CENTRE TABLE IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT

Second half 19th century

Rectangular, the (later) thick verde antico serpentine top with stepped edges above a top moulding and Vitruvian scroll frieze with a richly carved and pierced rinceau apron with shell centres on the long sides, raised on cabriole supports with foliate knees and compound paw feet

79.5cm high, 131cm wide, 81cm deep

$1,400-1,800

101

A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE

Late 18th century

Comprising a pair of half-round ends, a central section with a drop-leaf to one side, and a spare central leaf, all above a plain frieze raised on chamfered square supports

73cm high, 252cm long (fully extended), 119cm wide

$600-900

AN ANTIQUE GREEN MARBLE PEDESTAL

Second half 19th century

The revolving circular top and fluted shaft on a moulded base with octagonal foot

113cm high

$600-800

103

A LATE VICTORIAN OAK GUN CABINET CONVERTED TO A DISPLAY CABINET

Circa 1900

The moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of slanted bevel-glazed doors enlosing glass shelves above a drawer to the base, on stile feet

203cm high, 140cm wide, 51cm deep

$800-1,200

104

A SET OF TEN VICTORIAN STYLE BEECH AND ELM WINDSOR CHAIRS

Each of double-hoop form with a spindle back centred on a pierced splat above the moulded seat, on turned supports with a crinoline stretcher

97cm high, 54cm wide, 59cm deep

$2,000-3,000

105

A GEORGE II OAK ENCLOSED LOW DRESSER

Mid-18th century

The rectangular top with moulded edge above four frieze drawers and a pair of cupboard doors providing access to a full-with internal space, on stile feet, the lower part of the front and the sides with raised and fielded panels

84cm high, 180cm wide, 50cm deep $1,500-2,500

106

A LARGE GEORGE III OAK HANGING PLATE RACK

Second half 18th century

The moulded cornice and shaped frieze of repeating ogee design above two shelves fitted with platerests 90cm high, 201cm wide, 19cm deep $400-600

107

A GEORGE III ELM LOW DRESSER

Last quarter 18th century

The three-plank rectangular top with cleated ends above three frieze drawers, raised on square supports, the edges of the drawer openings moulded, the sides panelled 85cm high, 196cm wide, 52cm deep $1,500-2,500

108

A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

Circa 1825

Two elbow chairs and six side chairs, the back of each with a bar toprail with incised decoration and gadrooned crest and turned crossrail above the stuff-over seat, the front supports turned The elbow chairs 83cm high, 53cm wide, 51cm deep, the side chairs slightly smaller $1,600-2,400

109

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD

Last quarter 18th century

Rectangular with a bowed front, the top above a frieze drawer flanked by a door to the left enclosing two drawers and cellarette drawer to the right, with a further apparently original fall-front compartment to the left side, raised on tapering square supports with spade feet, the front divided into compartments with fine bead moulding and contrasting veneer, the top and supports inlaid with stringing, the central frieze drawer converted and fitted at an early stage as a fall-front secretaire drawer

91cm high, 183cm wide, 74cm deep $1,000-1,500

AN ANTIQUE GEORGE III-STYLE MAHOGANY-FRAMED CHEVAL MIRROR

Circa 1900

The rectangular plate within a frame with a shaped and pierced hand-hold as a crest suspended within square supports, each with an adjustable (and removeable) brass candle holder, on outswept feet with brass caps and casters, the frame and supports with holly stringing throughout

178cm high, 66cm wide, 55cm deep

PROVENANCE:

Bonhams & Goodman, The Estate of the late Robert Valerian Bunda, September 16 2007, Lot 198

$600-800

111

AN ART DECO VENETIAN GLASS

TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

Second quarter 20th century

The upturned lights on individual curving branches emanating from a central stem, each with a vaseshaped shade above the bobeche, all variously moulded, the stem and bobeches adorned with large glass droplets

78cm high (not including chain)

$1,200-1,500

112

AN ANTIQUE CHINESE LACQUERED

ELM SIDE TABLE

19th century

The half-round top above a waisted frieze and open apron raised on supports with stylized paw feet 78cm high, 146cm wide, 72cm deep

$600-900

113

A PAIR OF RÉGENCE-STYLE HARDWOODFRAMED BERGÈRES

Graham Geddes, Melbourne

Of typical form with intentionally-distressed carved and moulded frames, the close-nailed upholstery in woven patterned cloth

97cm high, 78cm wide, 97cm deep

$1,400-1,800

111

114

A WROUGHT IRON STANDARD LAMP

Ludi, France, mid-20th century

A three-lamp fitting on a standard composed of clustered alternating plain and twisted iron rods on a tripod base with outswept feet

The standard 174cm high (191cm including shade)

$600-800

115

115

A LARGE WALL MIRROR IN A SIMULATED LAPIS LAZULI CUSHION FRAME

The rectangular plate in a frame of glass panels reverse-painted to simulate lapis lazuli

109cm high, 130cm wide

$800-1,200

116

A PAIR OF LOUIS PHILIPPE-STYLE EBONIZED SIDE CABINETS

Each with a rectangular portoro nero marble top above a pair of doors enclosing adjustable shelves, on moulded square feet, the doors with brass grilles backed with pleated fuschia-coloured fabric

82cm high, 99cm wide, 35.5cm deep

$1,200-1,800

117

AN ANTIQUE CARVED AND EBONISED WOOD TORCHÈRE

19th century, probably French

The three-light candelabrum with brass sockets, pans, and arms supported by a figure of a standing child mounted on a pedestal with a spiral-turned shaft and a carved and moulded tripod base with scrolling outswept feet

171cm high

117

An Antique Bureau De Dame In

BOULLE MANNER

Late 19th / early 20th century

Of typical form, the gallery top above a sloping fall-front enclosing a rosewood interior with leatherlined writing surface, small drawers, and a well, raised on cabriole supports, ebonised with inlaid panels to the top, front, and sides of cut brass within a simulated scarlet tortoiseshell ground, gilt metal mounts throughout

94cm high, 74cm wide, 47cm deep

$1,000-1,500

119

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD VITRINE IN LOUIS XV MANNER

Second half 19th century

Of typical form and serpentine outline, with a shaped and moulded cornice above the glazed top, door, and sides enclosing a red velvet-lined interior with removable glass shelves, on cabriole feet, the lower part of the door and sides with painted decoration in eighteenth century manner, ormolu mounted throughout

203cm high, 106cm wide, 45cm deep $1,600-2,400

120

A GILT-FRAMED THREE-PLATE CONVEX MIRROR

The circular plates arranged vertically in a carved and gilt wood frame modelled as three conjoined laurel wreaths suspended on a crimped ribbon

124cm high, 36cm wide

$500-700

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121

A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE TABLE

Late 18th century, probably Italian

The rectangular top above a plain freize with a short drawer raised on tapering square supports, the top inlaid with several rectangular fields containing a heraldic eagle to the centre and ribbon motifs in the borders

76cm high, 86cm wide, 65.5cm deep

$800-1,200

122

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE CABINET

Early 19th century

The upper part with a moulded cornice and frieze above a pair of glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the projecting lower part with a fall-front secretaire drawer fitted with an arrangement of small drawers, compartments, and a cabinet above a pair of panelled doors, on bracket feet 221cm high, 118cm wide, 54cm deep $1,000-1,500

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123

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID SIDEBOARD

Late 18th century

Rectangular, the front with rounded corners and an inverted bow to its centre, the top with a low gallery of a pair of drawers flanking a shaped back above an arrangement of three drawers and two cupboard doors, raised on tapering square supports, the back of the top and the front inlaid with panels of burr satinwood, marquetry, and contrasting mahogany, the whole inlaid with stringing throughout 121cm high, 230cm wide, 82cm deep

$1,000-1,500

A Set Of Six George Iii Mahogany Dining Chairs

Late 18th century

The arched back of each with moulded toprail and uprights enclosing a pierced splat carved in low relief with husk swags above the square drop-in seat, on tapering square supports with a H-form stretchers

93cm high, 53cm wide, 51cm deep

$1,000-1,500

125

An Early Charles Ii Oak And Inlaid Livery Cupboard

Third quarter 17th century

Rectangular, the moulded cornice and frieze raised on a pair of bulbous columns flanking a polygonal cupboard with panelled door and sides above a mid-height tier with drawer on baluster supports and a potboard below, on bun feet, the mouldings, supports, and fronts of the drawer and base variously carved, the frieze and drawer front also with inlaid decoration

160cm high, 123cm wide, 61cm deep

$1,400-1,800

A LARGE

ANTIQUE REPOUSSÉ BRASS-FRAMED CUSHION MIRROR

Franco-Flemish or Dutch, second half 19th century The rectangular main plate within receding border plates in a moulded and ebonised wood frame surmounted with a pediment, the frame with repoussé brass mounts throughout 177cm high, 115cm wide, 11cm deep $1,000-1,500

127

A VICTORIAN YEW CONSOLE

1870s

Wall-mounted, the serpentine top and frieze raised on a pair of carved scrolling supports, the frieze veneered in burr yew 104cm high, 185cm wide, 39cm deep $800-1,000

An Antique Marble Pedestal

Last quarter 19th century

In variegated coloured marbles in the form of a Classical architectural column, the square top above a turned and fluted shaft on a plinth base, the shaft with a cast metal capital and base

89cm high

$500-700

129

A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY GAMES TABLE

Early 19th century

The triangular fold-over top above a frieze raised on tapering square supports, the top inlaid with a classical design of a vase and flowering foliage in various woods, the frieze and supports similarly inlaid

77cm high, 118cm wide, 59cm (not extended)

$600-800

A SMALL GEORGE III OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS

Circa 1780

Rectangular, the top with moulded edge above a leather-lined slide and three graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, carrying handles to the sides

76cm high, 80cm wide, 49cm deep

$600-900

131

AN EARLY VICTORIAN FIGURED MAHOGANY TESTER BED

Circa 1840, with some later elements

The full-length tester with moulded cornice and handing rods raised on turned and reeded supports flanking a shaped and panelled footboard and reeded rectangular supports at the head, with a pale gold silk canopy for the tester and head

Overall 230cm high, 192cm wide, 208cm deep; internally, 186cm long, 147cm wide

$800-1,200

132

A GEORGE III OAK HIGH DRESSER

Last quarter 18th century

The plate rack with a moulded cornice above three shelves with moulded fronts and uprights, the lower part with an arrangement of drawers and cupboards, on a moulded base, the sides panelled, the drawer fronts and doors inlaid with ebonised wood stars to their centres and ebonised edges

217cm high, 195cm wide, 52cm deep

PROVENANCE:

Grace Antiques, Armadale

$3,000-5,000

133

AN EARLY GEORGE III OAK LOW DRESSER

Third quarter 18th century

The rectangular top with moulded edge above three drawers and a waist moulding, on turned supports

77cm high, 212cm wide, 49cm deep

$2,500-3,500

AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND MARQUETRY CASSETTONE

Tuscan or northern Italian, late 17th century

The overhanging rectangular top with moulded and dentilated edge above four drawers, on a moulded plinth with fretwork bracket feet to the front, the drawer fronts panelled and inlaid with foliate and geometric designs, the sides panelled 106cm high, 151cm wide, 65cm deep

PROVENANCE:

John D. Dunn Antiques, Melbourne ($57,000)

$4,000-6,000

135

A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY OYSTER-VENEERED OLIVE WOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY CHEST OF DRAWERS

Late 17th century

Rectangular, the top with ovolo-moulded edge above two short and three graduated long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the top cross-banded around an oyster-veneered field with an oval medallion centre and lobed spandrels inlaid with stylised floral and foliate designs in contrasting woods and colours, the drawer fronts and the sides conforming, the drawer fronts with lobed cartouches centred on the drop pulls, the sides with archtopped rectangular floral and foliate panels to their centres, the front of the carcase with half-round mouldings, all mouldings cross-grain 95.5cm high, 102cm wide, 61cm deep

OTHER NOTES:

The construction of the carcase and drawers of this chest largely conforms to what Adam Bowett (English Furniture from Charles II to Queen Anne (2006)) described as ‘first-phase’ case furniture construction, dating to the last quarter of the seventeenth century, but with a couple of variations suggesting transition in the 1690s towards Bowett’s ‘second-phase’ construction.

The secondary woods of the chest and drawers are predominantly oak and walnut with only occasional use of pine.

The bracket feet replace the original bun feet but are of some age and well match the rest of the chest in figuring and colour.

$5,000-8,000

136

A LARGE NAPOLEON III GILT-FRAMED OVERMANTEL MIRROR

Third quarter 19th century

In Neo-Classical manner, the rectangular plate in a frame of conforming shape with portrait relief medallions to the sides and various Classical foliate and other details throughout 244cm high, 158cm wide $2,000-3,000

137

A SUBSTANTIAL CONTINENTAL WALNUT CONSOLE TABLE

Late 19th century

The rectangular top with foliate moulded edge raised on a pair of carved figures of eagles with wings outstretched perched on a moulded plinth base 80cm high, 219cm wide, 84cm deep $1,800-2,400

A PAIR OF WROUGHT IRON STANDARD LAMPS

In mid-twentieth century French style, each of tall tripod form, worked with a hammer-beaten finish throughout

154cm high

$600-900

139

A COLONIAL PERIOD AUSTRALIAN CEDAR PEDESTAL SIDEBOARD

1830s

The pediment back and thick rectangular top above three frieze drawers raised on a pair of pedestals, each enclosing an original removeable shelf, on moulded plinth bases, the back, drawer fronts, and doors panelled with cross-banded edges, the edges of the drawer and door panels gadrooned 119cm high, 151cm wide, 55cm deep

OTHER NOTES:

Of elegant, restrained Classical design relieved by the panelling and gadrooning, reflecting the influence of English Regency and George IV examples to which its maker was clearly looking.

The sideboard is largely solid cedar throughout, including the back, top, carcase, and drawer linings. The drawer fronts and doors are in attractively figured book-matched cedar veeneer (on a solid cedar substrate).

$800-1,200

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140

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

1780s

Each with shaped top rail and pierced splats, above the square drop-in seat, on square supports, with an H-form stretcher

97cm high, 56cm wide, 51cm deep

$1,400-1,800

141

A WALL MIRROR IN AN ANTIQUE ITALIAN CARVED AND GILT WOOD FRAME

The frame second half 19th century

The rectangular plate within a moulded frame with a carved and pierced border of scrolling foliage

81 x 107cm

$600-900

142

A PAIR OF IMPRESSIVE OAK AND MARBLE OPEN SIDEBOARDS

Kim Moir, to a design by Stuart Rattle

In architectural style, each with a fossil marble slab top set into a moulded frame above the breakfront frieze, raised on fluted square supports and a low under tier on a plinth base, the back of the recess mirrored 81cm high, 200cm wide, 52cm deep $3,000-5,000

143

A SUBSTANTIAL OAK DINING TABLE

Kim Moir, to a design by Stuart Rattle

The thick rectangular top in geometric parquetry raised on a pair of trestles of fluted square supports and sled feet joined with a floor stretcher 78cm high, 313cm wide, 109cm deep $3,000-5,000

144

A SUBSTANTIAL OAK DINING TABLE

Kim Moir, to a design by Stuart Rattle

In Charles II manner, the thick rectangular top above a moulded frieze raised on turned supports joined with four stretchers 75.5cm high, 366cm wide, 107.5cm deep $3,000-5,000

145

A SET OF FOURTEEN RUSTIC OAK LADDER-BACK CHAIRS

In nineteenth century English style, two elbow chairs and twelve side chairs, each with a three-rail ladderback above the rush seat, on turned supports, with peripheral stretchers, the frames with an adzed finish throughout

The elbow chairs 95cm high, 61cm wide, 58cm deep, the side chairs a little smaller $3,000-4,000

146

A GEORGE III-STYLE MAHOGANY-FRAMED WALL MIRROR

In Neo-Classical style, the main plate within a border of subsidiary plates in a reeded, beaded, and carved frame

107cm high, 78cm wide $600-900

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147

Michael O’CONNELL (1898–1976)

The Merchant of Venice

Paste resist dyes and hand-painting on woven woolrayon blend fabric

Maker’s mark lower right: MAEL

From the ‘Pageant Series’, 1948–1950

176 x 263cm

PROVENANCE:

George’s Gallery, Melbourne, ‘Michael O’Connell –Textile Murals’, February 1952 (see further details below)

There acquired by Klytie Pate (1912–2010)

Sold from the Estate of Klytie Pate, 2010 Leonard Joel, Decorative Arts and Fine Furniture, 21 November, 2010, lot 130

Private collection, Melbourne