Chinese school. Quan Yin on Lotus Flower Sculpture
20th century Vintage Blanc de Chine Quan Yin Figurine.
Quan Yin Lotus White Porcelain Buddhist, standing on lotus flower on waves.
H.31cm
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19th century Blanc-de Chine figure of Quan Yin, Qing Dynasty
China 1880
H.36cm
She stood in my apartment for the past ten years & brought much good luck!
Changing my displays, so selling.
19th century Qing Dynasty carved ivory
A well carved 19th century Qing Dynasty carved ivory mountain village scene, gathering to drink tea.
The spiral stairs are impressive.
25.7cm
Changing my art around today..
And selling a few pieces to another dealer, this beautiful pair of bronze sculptures with figured elm bowls being one.
Thought I’d hang the large Oil Painting on canvas, “Posh Girl” with Badminton racket, 1891, Thomas Faed.
Thomas Faed. Scotland. 1826 – 1900. (Needing a few touch ups)
With a couple of unusual late 19th century lithographs dedicated to the palm family.
ALLPRESS :: MOIR Birds Revisited
Image references from Jamie’s book of birds. ‘Birds. The Art of Ornithology’
Watercolour on 100% Arches cotton paper.
~50 x 63cm rough cut ‘deckle’ edges.
One great thing about working from a warehouse is, playing one of my top 10 favourite albums all day, today was,
Splendor Solis, The Tea Party. So many of my favourite songs on this album, especially “The River”
I’ve been blessed to see The Tea Party many times over the past 25 plus years. I’ve taken my children and many very special friends, even wonderful Niko for his first ever concert ✨
A few years ago I booked five tickets for myself, Allie, James, Charlie & Luke,
Went to check the date, had already been!!! One of the bummers re shisen memory!
Charlie, Luke and I saw Jeff Martin (lead singer) at the Brunswick Ballroom recently. So many special memories. I’m truly blessed…
You’re welcome to call into my warehouse one day, enjoy a coffee (my shout) seeing beautiful antiques & art and play some amazing music together…
I’m not your usual antique/art dealer.
19th-century Chinese export side/sewing tables
Everything reduced by 60% to clear all…
I can’t take it with me.
40 relief chromo lithographs of English fern leaves, having raised print on branches.
C.1870
23cm x 15cm
“Picasso Toros Y Toreros” Editions Published by Cercle d’ Art, Paris 1961
I recently contacted my friend and European art supplier and have purchased the last Picasso’s he had.
Unframed limited edition lithographs
Printed in France
73 cm x 58 cm
Early 20th Century Australian Photo Lithograph of Melbourne Treasury Building
In a beautiful birds eye maple frame.
1900
62.5 cm x 63
A Collection of Rare Mid 19th Century French, Hand Coloured Wood Engravings
Watercolours and vegetable dye inks.
1855 France
‘Goody Two Shoes, Aladdin & The Yellow Dwarf’
From the best wood engraver of the 19th century.
Artist-Designer Walter Crane (1845-1915)
Printed and Engraved by Edmund Evans (1826-1905)
Extremely rare.
28x23cm – 45x27cm
Willughby Fish – Mola Salu – 1680
Francis Willughby (1635-1672)
From the first large work on fishes in England, marking a new era in ichthyology that clearly described and classified fishes according to nature and based on their characteristics drawn only from their structure.
Framed H. 46.5 cm W. 49 cm
Natural History – Dumond D’ Urville
Insectes Coleopetres by C.E. Blanchard
Hand coloured steel engravings of beetle specimens from Ambon (Moluccas), New Zealand and Tonga.
From the Atlas volume of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage au Pole Sud et dans I’Oceanie sur les Corvettes I’Astrolabe et la Zelee, pendant les annees, 1837-40 (Paris’ Hombron et Jacquinot, 1842)
The Exercise of Armes – de Gheyn
An important and early work on military arms commissioned by Maurice of Orange
1607
“Divini Amoris Embelata”
Otto Van Veen also so known as Octavius Vaenius (1556-1629)
A Dutch painter and humanist who is well known for his Emblem books.
1615
Longmate – Seals of Nobility & Great Men of Scotland
Guache hand coloured medallion engravings
75 cm x 57 cm
All stock reduced by 60% to clear
I have over 100 framed botanicals, engravings, paintings, charcoals, oils, watercolours, drawings, also many unframed.
I’ll remain in this warehouse for under one year now, so I’ve reduced everything by 60% to clear all…
I can’t take it with me.
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Pair of 17th century botanical engravings by Jan Jansson
Hand coloured in walnut frames
Leuconium & Hyacinth
Framed 63 x 47cm
Below, Early 19th century English oak lowboy.
The three plank top above a deep moulded ogee-shaped frieze, with stepped narrow drawers with brass drop handles to the front.
Resting on slender turned legs, joined by a bold central “H” stretcher.
C.1800
H.74cm W.90cm D.65cm
Original hand coloured copper engravings by Elizabeth Blackwell
‘A Curious Herbal’ 1737
The book contained the first illustrations of many odd-looking, unknown plants from the New World.
Unusual late 19th century lithographs dedicated to the palm family.
Finished by hand in watercolour.
A rare collection of 18th – 19th century floral hand coloured copper engravings.
From an illustrated publication which began in 1787.
ALLPRESS :: MOIR Birds Revisited
Watercolour on 100% Arches cotton paper.
rough cut ‘deckle’ edges.
50 x 63cm
Fifteen early 20th century Japanese water coloured woodblock prints.
By Tanigami Konan
The work celebrates the seasons so there is a wide variety of both native Japanese plants and many from the Western World.
Seiyo Soda Tofu (Pictorial Book of Western Flowers) 1917
One of Three bright, attractive Sunflower paintings, recently found in my storeroom.
Vintage European hand blown imperfect glass vase.
Vintage European hand blown imperfect glass vase
H.33cm Dia 30cm
Included in my half price retirement SALE
$280 reduced to $140
Rare late 19th century French Art Nouveau figured walnut Table à thé à double plateau, décor à la chinoise – chinoiseries.
Raised painted chinoiserie influenced floral decoration.
Servante / Table servante: A serving table or “dumbwaiter” style table used to hold refreshments.
Table volante / Table de salon: A portable, light, or occasional salon table, often two tiered.
In complete original untouched condition.
A rare find, eg not over restored to look new.
We re glued and re wax finished, for a slight lift.
Both rectangular figured walnut tops with worn intact,
décor à la chinoise – chinoiseries.
Retaining the original decorative shaped brass handles to the lower tray.
C.1900 France
H.83cm. W.83cm D.56cm
Included in retirement 50% SALE
$4,800 reduced to $2,400
On view in my North Fitzroy warehouse.
Nine months since I closed my showroom. Finally making my warehouse visible to the public.
Missing my daily conversations and friendly debates with my daily visitors, so I scratched a hole in my painted out window, to re welcome interested souls…
Opening varied hours, usually late a.m. starts and mid-late afternoon departures.
Most Sundays Eddie and I work together in our workshop, we have a fantastic job on now, bringing much needed life back into many badly smoke, Fire and Water damaged French pieces.
I’ll do a seperate or several posts on this journey soon.
I may relocate interstate one day soon, so continuing my SALE. Everything reduced by 50%! In the meantime, if you’d like a look into my storeroom & workshop, you’re best to text or call me 0415 555 998.
A rare set of six 1920s revival dining chairs
These chairs are around 100 years old. The 20s was a huge revival period.
They have Queen Anne rear shaped splats and shaped top rails 1705.
George I and George II cavletto style moulds 1714 – 1740
all blending so well.
Would you believe I used bitumen to build this beautiful walnut/period oak colour.
A long, complicated, somewhat monotonous restoration job indeed!
Photographed by Russell Winnell.
Included in my retirement sale
All stock reduced by 50%
Restoration of “A Rare 20th century American Retro painted folding leaf support dining table base, with rectangular glass top.”
Early December I drove to Port Melbourne to meet Linda and her sweet dog Boof, and see their sad damaged table base.
The rectangular glass top shattered when a hot plate was resting on a supposed safety mat, purchased on Amazon.
The black painted base was damaged in many places, many were deeper than gouges and scratches. Remarkably no guests were hurt when the top suddenly imploded!
I originally quoted for my friend David Glynn Davies to touch out. For 35 years David has kindly restored many dozens of painted pieces for me. Some you would never recognise the before and afters. But once we picked up the table, the amount of work required was too much to ask him, as was more than just a few patches and a touch out. The table deserved a complete make over, so we did.
Eddie and I restored this unique table base in many stages, off and on over several weeks.
The weight and awkwardness of moving the base was hard during the entire process, I completely under quoted, but would have just about done for free, as the job was so challenging and in the end incredibly rewarding, I’d happily do it again.
After Eddie filled and patched dozens of chips and gouges, I cut back the base overall and coloured every piece of filler. I then cut back again and proceeded to paint in sections, first the interior, then the folded leaves in their entirety, then the stepped base.
Three times and covering up the surrounding areas every time, to stop the overspray messing the finish.
Became quite easy by the end, but the so called satin finish was too shiny and the old worn damages still stood out. So I decided to cut back the entire finish, hard! Then I sealed in a lacquer to soften the finish and disguise the remaining visible damages. This was a huge gamble, so before doing this, I prepared a large sample of timber and gave the same amount of coats over a ten day period, allowing drying time to be the same. BTW, this also gave the painted table base a lot more time to firm up. Then I cut back one final time and lacquer finished. I came in the following day and was so happy to see the finish was absolutely perfect. So I did the exact same to the base, and once again in three stages over three days, I couldn’t have wished for a better result.
So many hours I lost count, but wow!
Then replacing the glass, that was a huge task on its own.
I contacted W Bremner and Sons, I’ve been dealing with them for over 35 years. They were originally for many decades on the corner of Grange and Dandenong Roads, then moved out to Noble Park. But they had closed, I only used them last December for two coffee table tops, and perfect as always, oh and affordable.
I had based my quotation on their prices. But searching for a reputable, fairly priced glass table top maker these days is like taking a lottery! My sister Maxine had this task. If I wrote one of the conversations she had with
a glass supplier, nobody would believe someone in business would speak to a customer in that way!
I’ll tell you the story if you call me….
His Google ratings were like 1✨ even lower than mine!
(Pays to keep one’s political views private 😉) or thou shall cancel thy enemy…
Anyway, she didn’t contribute to his collection of I’d say factual complaints!
Also some of the prices were beyond acceptable. God knows how they actually sell any glass.. anyway, she eventually located a good bloke that did as he said and at a fair price.
So the glass was delivered this morning, three men to lift onto Linda’s home and it was raining! OMG, trying to dry off and balance between three was a massive undertaking. But we eventually got there. That could be a short story on its own.
So at the end, Linda and Boof were very happy vegemites and we all lived happily ever after…
Delightful 19th century Chinese red lacquered and gilt chinoiserie decorated elm sideboard
Touched out minor marks and re wax finished this delightful 19th century Chinese red lacquered and gilt chinoiserie decorated elm sideboard, today.
I’m selling for customers, so No GST! I’ll place and photograph tomorrow.
I sat outside enjoying the hot afternoon sun and exhaust fumes, between colouring.
As I’m so fussy – I colour then take a photo, then see where I’ve missed.
One example here to see. Even though I never over restore, imperfections always stand out to me!
Two chairs 320 years apart. Mid 17th century English oak wainscot chair C.1660, one from a pair.
20th century later painted Australian ash chippendale dining chair. C.1980
One from a set of six.
Love working while listening to my favourite Australian music on Spotify! “The greatest list of Australian songs ever!”
50% OFF – Rare, beautifully carved 19th century French oak standing church pew.
A Stylish unique piece I still have in stock and reduced by 50%.
$3,400 reduced to $1,700
Makes an interesting entrance piece, key or hall table.
To the top of a landing or as a piece of art in an open living family room.
Free local delivery.
Rare beautifully carved 19th century French oak standing church pew.
The unusual narrow dimensions are perfect as a narrow hallway or entrance piece.
Linen fold panels with fruits (pineapples and pomegranates) happy to be corrected..
above, the three large panels with grapes and vines, the central with bold flowers and leaves.
Scrolled hand rests to the ends, disguising the end joints.
The unusual narrow dimensions are perfect as a narrow hallway or entrance piece.
Linen fold panels with fruits (pineapples and pomegranates) happy to be corrected..
above, the three large panels with grapes and vines, the central with bold flowers and leaves.
Scrolled hand rests to the ends, disguising the end joints.
✨50% reduced, Magnificent rare first half 18th English oak low dresser ✨
The well patinated two plank moulded top, above a deep ogee shaped skirt.
Housing three brass dressed central drawers.
Resting on elegant top moulded slender cabriole legs, terminating to a pointed pad foot.
C.1740 H.85cm W.195cm D.48cm AA2494
Wonderful patina, never over restored.
Note: Fruitwood lined drawers.
Reduced from $28,000 to $14,000.
20th century pastel of Caravaggio’s Medusa 1597.
Frame 185cm x 132cm
Such a fascinating painter.
Love his work!
Selling for a customer.
Original photos by Russell Winnell Photography ✨
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1571 – 1610
Call me for further details.
Showing some of the stock in my storeroom.
Open by appointment.
Contact me for any details.