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A fine German automated music box with a singing bird in a cage. The bird with original feathers is sitting above a tree, the mechanism is brass and steel with key wind up below.
An unusual set of 19th Century French elm skittles with two laburnum balls
H. 35 Dia. 6.5cm
‘250 Hearts’
by
Craig Stevens
Driftwood, yew wood and copper.
2008
H: 200 cm
W: 270 cm
18th Century carved stone pot stand
Diameter: 30 cm
A pair of 19th Century French beaten brass torchieres with shell and leaf motifs.
Also known as the battle of Abourkir Bay, Egypt. The French were defeated by the British forces led by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. An historic piece of embroidery. The rigging on the men of war is authentic, the red ensign is flown on the senior ship. A superb piece of embroidery, most probably by an Officer while at sea. 1798
56 cm x 74 cm
Late 19th Century Colonial Portuguese plant stand / jardiniere. The removable carved square top section with foliage and and faces, above another open section with floral inlaid sides supported by six men and women in native and formal wear. Resting on heavy circular base and pegged feet. Note: The timbers due to over waxing and polishing with time are not recognizable. (restorations)
C. 1910
Early 19th Century English Sheffield plate telescopic candlesticks
H: 23.5 cm
An early to mid 20th Century Khilim floor or wall rug
203 cm x 114 cm
Stock AA1761
Australian opalised wood
20,000,000 years old
H: 3.5 cm
W: 47 cm
D: 20 cm
Stock CBE068
19th Century Turkoman rug in fadded reds and blues from North Iran.
W: 3′ 11″ – 120 cm
D: 2′ 9″ – 82 cm
Stock CMM500
Spear Lily Detail
Mali Moir
Mixed media (oil on low saturation printed canvas, the print simply acts as a sketch). The original watercolour painting is a life size depiction of an endemic Australian lily named Doryanthes Palmeri.
This painting won the Focus on Nature Purchase Award in 2006, the first Australian artist to do so. It is now part of a permanent collection of the New York State Museum, USA
50 cm x 150 cm
2011
An assemblage of ascending figures
30 cm
Late 19th Century early 20th Century American handmade quilt ‘ star pattern’
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1880 – 1900
220 cm x 208 cm
Stock AA1733
A decorative early 20th Century French teak library ladder.
A good height with beautiful patina of varnishes, polishes and waxes. With original brass treads and appealing long brass hand rail, on a steel mount, with a turned teak wooden knob.
H: 7′ 11″ – 240 cm
W: 1′ 9″ – 52.5 cm (including handle)
D: 11″ – 27.5 cm
Stock UK1161
A decorative 17th-18th European walnut carved Madonna
H: 9″ – 23 cm