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The Collection of John and Wendy Alsop

John and Wendy Alsop's lifelong passion for antiques began in England and continued after their move to Western Australia in 1975, resulting in a personal collection built around early silver, books, Georgian furniture, and Ruskin pottery.

AUCTION

Sale: IT135
7 July 2026, 10:00am Timed Online Auction (Sydney)

VIEWING

Monday 6 July, 11am - 5pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra NSW

CONTACT

Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
Tel: 02 9362 9045


Lot 1

DANIEL SHERRIN (British, 1869–1940) Sunset After Rain, Hastings oil on board 19 x 27.5cm (39.5 x 47.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 2

GEORGE HYDE-POWNALL (British, 1876-1932) Westminster Abbey oil on board 14 x 22.5cm (28 x 36cm framed)

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $2,400

Lot 3

ROBERT WATSON (British, 1855-1921) Highland Cattle Watering; and Highland Sheep on a Hilltop oil on canvas (2) Each 56 x 76cm (80 x...

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $12,000

Lot 4

HENRY BIRTLES (British, 1838-1907) Flock of Sheep at Rest Under an Oak Tree oil on board 29.5 x 39.5cm (45 x 55cm framed)

Estimate:
$500 - 800

Sold for $600

Lot 5

PAUL JONES (1921-1997) Dandelion oil on board 40 x 25cm (53 x 38cm framed)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $500

Lot 6

COPLEY FIELDING (English, 1787-1855) Ullswater 1816 watercolour on paper 23 x 46cm (55.5 x 76.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $250

Lot 7

WILLIAM LUKER (1828-1905) Cattle Drinking in a Creek 1858 watercolour on paper 24 x 41.5cm (48 x 67.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $50

Lot 9

ALEXANDER HILLS (born 1943) Chaynes Boat, Whalers Return watercolour on paper 22 x 27.5cm (35.5. x 40.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $250

Lot 10

ALEXANDER HILLS (born 1943) Firstlight 1981 watercolour on paper 18 x 25.5cm (37 x 44.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $50

Lot 11

ALEXANDER HILLS (born 1943) Tug at the Jetty watercolour on paper 12.5 x 14cm (25 x 26.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$50 - 100

Sold for $50

Lot 12

COLIN F. PAYNTON (born 1946) Siege of Herons 1983 wood engraving, ed. 31/75 10 x 7.5cm (36.5 x 31cm framed)

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $250

Lot 13

VLADA CERNIAUSKAITE (Lithuanian, 1922-2003) Sadute (Lithuanian Folk Dance) 1970 linocut, ed. 26/200 28.5 x 36.5cm (54 x 62cm framed)

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $350

Lot 14

DICK STOLWIJK (Dutch, born 1931) Bundle of Sardines etching, ed. 12/50 19.5 x 24cm (54 x 56cm framed)

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $150

Lot 15

GEORGE TUTE RWA (English, born 1933) Sunflower Field 1983 woodcut, ed. 37/75 40 x 30cm (61 x 45cm framed)

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $250

Lot 16

ALLAN JORDAN (1898-1982) Scandal linocut 25 x 19cm (42.5 x 34.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $250

Lot 17

HALL THORPE (1879-1947) Forget Me Nots woodcut 16.5 x 15.5cm (39 x 35cm framed)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $450

Lot 18

HALL THORPE (1879-1947) Bluebell Wood woodcut 16.5 x 15.5cm (39 x 35.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $1,000

Lot 19

HALL THORPE (1879-1947) A Country Lane with Cottage and Grazing Cattle woodcut 16 x 15cm (42.5 x 33.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $250

Lot 20

HALL THORPE (1879-1947) Old Thatch woodcut 22.5 x 29cm (44 x 48cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $450

Lot 21

LESLIE VAN DER SLUYS (1939-2010) White Tailed Black Cockatoo and Caesia Gum 1986 linocut, ed. 18/25 (1st state) 38.5 x 30cm (64 x 53...

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $1,800

Lot 22

LESLIE VAN DER SLUYS (1939-2010) Galahs and Woody Pear 1984 linocut, 1st state proof 2 38.5 x 29.5cm (69 x 59cm framed)

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $3,000

Lot 23

LESLIE VAN DER SLUYS (1939-2010) White Tailed Black Cockatoo and Caesia Gum 1986 linocut, ed. 16/90 (2nd state) 38.5 x 30cm (70 x 57...

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,300

Lot 24

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (Austrian, 1891-1978) Attack (Black Panther and Gazelles) linocut 22 x 22cm (53 x 40cm framed)

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $600

Lot 26

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (Austrian, 1891-1978) Altstadt (Historic City) linocut 17.5 x 26cm (39.5 x 46cm framed)

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $600

Lot 29

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (Austrian, 1891-1978) Blaues Haus (Blue House) 1928 linocut 23.5 x 21.5cm (44.5 x 37cm framed)

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $550

Lot 31

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (Austrian, 1891-1978) Gazelle Hunt linocut 19.5 x 24.5cm (48.5 x 42.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $700

Lot 32

PAUL JACOULET (1896–1960), circa 1950 La Lettre du Fils, Séoul, Corée woodcut 30 x 39cm (53 x 62.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 33

PAUL JACOULET (1896–1960), circa 1950 Ebisu, Dieu du Bonheur, Personnifie par une courtisane du Shimabara, Kyoto, Japan woodcut 39 x...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $700

Lot 34

HIROSHI YOSHIDA (JAPANESE, 1876-1950) Caravan from Afghanistan woodcut 24.5 x 37.5cm (43 x 56cm framed)

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Sold for $2,400

Lot 35

YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA (Japanese, 1888-1953) The Resting Place, Scutari woodcut 17 x 21.5cm (42 x 45cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $100

Lot 36

AN ETCHING TITLED CRESTED CRANE BY HILDA BERNSTEIN AND A PRINT OF THREE WORLDS AFTER M. C. ESCHER

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $50

Lot 37

JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) Phascogale penicillata (Brush-tailed Phascogalen) hand-coloured lithograph 50 x 34cm (78 x 60cm framed)

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $1,200

Lot 38

JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) Phalacrocorax leucogaster (White Breasted Cormorant); and Geronticus spinicollis (Ibis) hand-coloured lithogr...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $100

Lot 39

JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) Scotophilus picatus (Little pied bat); and Scotophilus greyi (Little broad-nosed bat) colour lithograph (2) E...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 40

FOUR MARITIME ETCHINGS BY WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE RA RBA (1851-1931)

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $50

Lot 41

TWO ETCHINGS OF LONDON BY FRANK HARDING AND ONE MARITIME ETCHING BY ARTHUR BRISCOE

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $100

Lot 43

TWO ETCHINGS AND A WATERCOLOUR OF VARIOUS LANDSCAPES

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $50

Lot 44

A WATERCOLOUR BY GWEN COLLISON AND A 19TH CENTURY BOTANICAL PRINT

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $250

Lot 45

A GROUP OF EIGHT 19TH CENTURY PAINTED AND CUT SILHOUETTES

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $750

Lot 46

AN ANTIQUE OVAL BRONZED PLAQUE OF JUNO AND CUPID

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $200

Lot 47

AN IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL FRAMED MINIATURE OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $100

Lot 49

TWO 19TH CENTURY BAXTER PRINTS AND A CLOTHBOUND BOOK ON GEORGE BAXTER

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $50

Lot 50

A GROUP OF FIVE VICTORIAN MEDALS FROM THE MANCHESTER ROYAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $150

Lot 51

A GROUP OF FIVE VARIOUS VICTORIAN MEDALS

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 52

A QUANTITY OF ANTIQUE LACE AND EMBROIDERY

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $400

Lot 53

A COLLECTION OF EARLY PORCELAIN DOLLS AND DOLL CLOTHES

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 54

TWO BEADED PURSES, A FINE MULTI STRAND BEADED NECKLACE, A TORTOISE SHELL HAIR COMB AND OTHER ITEMS OF COSTUME JEWELLERY *CITES permi...

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $50

Lot 55

A VINTAGE SNAKESKIN HANDBAG BY LINSLADE, LONDON *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$50 - 100

Sold for $100

Lot 56

A COLLECTION OF EARLY GAMES AND PUZZLES

Estimate:
$300 - 400

Sold for $200

Lot 57

A BRASS MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BOX & OTHER ITEMS *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $100

Lot 58

TWO BERLIN WOOLWORK PICTURES, A VICTORIAN BEADED PANEL AND A LATER TAPESTRY PANEL

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $250

Lot 59

A TAXIDERMY PHEASANT IN A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND GLASS CASE BY E.F. SPICER, BIRMINGHAM (label to case) *CITES permit may be required...

Estimate:
$500 - 800

Sold for $400

Lot 60

AFTER JULES MOIGNIEZ (FRENCH, 1835-1894), A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A WOOLLY RAM

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $800

Lot 61

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MOTHER OF PEARL AND PAUA SHELL WORK BOX *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$500 - 800

Sold for $400

Lot 62

A GROUP OF THREE VICTORIAN CARD CASES *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $350

Lot 63

A GROUP OF THREE VICTORIAN CARD CASES *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $400

Lot 64

AN ANTIQUE ROSEWOOD CASED DRAFTING SET AND TWO TREEN ITEMS *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $50

Lot 65

THREE VICTORIAN COPPER ITEMS

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $100

Lot 66

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN VARIOUS 20TH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN TURNED TIMBER BOWLS AND BOXES

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $100

Lot 67

A VICTORIAN BRASS AND MAHOGANY KALEIDOSCOPE *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$250 - 450

Sold for $1,100

Lot 69

A 19TH CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS PANTOGRAPH BY W. & S. JONES

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 70

AN ANTIQUE BRASS FULL CIRCLE VERNIER PROTRACTOR

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $250

Lot 71

A CASED OPTHALMOSCOPE BY LANDOLT TOGETHER WITH TWO PAIRS OF SILVER FOLDING SPECTACLES

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $50

Lot 72

A GROUP OF THREE CASED SPECTACLES AND A SET OF CASED SUNGLASSES *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$350 - 550

Sold for $250

Lot 73

A PAIR OF SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL SUN SPECTACLES, A GROUP OF FOUR CASED SPECTACLES, A PINCE-NEZ, AND A SPECTACLE CASE

Estimate:
$350 - 450

Sold for $250

Lot 74

A MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED SET OF SILVER FOLDING SPECTACLES, A CASED CIGAR HOLDER WITH SILVER MOUNTS, AND AN ART DECO BAKELITE AND WH...

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $350

Lot 75

TWO SOLOMON ISLANDS WOOD AND MOTHER OF PEARL DECORATED BATONS (MALA)

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $6,500

Lot 76

A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS TRIBAL ARTEFACTS *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $200

Lot 77

A YELLOW GROUND CHINESE PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $550

Lot 78

A COLLECTION OF TEN CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD PLATE, BOWL, AND VASE STANDS

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $250

Lot 79

TWO PIECES OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 80

THREE ITEMS OF CHINESE PORCELAIN

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $500

Lot 81

A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE AND THREE SIMILAR EXPORT PLATES WITH PINK AND GILT ENAMEL DECORATION

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $200

Lot 82

THREE PIECES OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $350

Lot 83

A CHINESE PORCELAIN STICK STAND IN THE FAMILLE ROSE PATTERN

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $650

Lot 84

A MINIATURE CARVED AND PIERCED CHINESE HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN WITH INSET PORCELAIN PANEL

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $150

Lot 85

A CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN TULIP VASE

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $900

Lot 86

A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $300

Lot 87

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN JAR AND COVER

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $250

Lot 88

A MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE, A SET OF FOUR SATSUMA BUTTONS AND ANOTHER SIMILAR, TOGETHER WITH TEN GILT AND ENAMEL BUTTONS

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $350

Lot 89

A JAPANESE SILVER SCENT BOTTLE

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $650

Lot 90

A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $300

Lot 91

TWO SATSUMA EARTHENWARE PLAQUE BROOCHES IN WHITE METAL MOUNTS

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 92

A BRONZE, GILT, AND SHAKUDO RELIEF DECORATED JAPANESE SWORD FITTING (FUCHI)

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $100

Lot 93

A GOURD CRICKET CAGE WITH PIERCED IVORY LID *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $9,000

Lot 94

A JAPANESE KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE OF THE THREE WINE TASTERS

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $550

Lot 95

A CARVED HORN NETSUKE *CITES permit may be required for export

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $200

Lot 96

A MINIATURE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO

Estimate:
$100 - 200

Sold for $150

Lot 97

TWO SIGNED JAPANESE BOXWOOD NOH MASK NETSUKE

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $500

Lot 98

TWO CARVED BOXWOOD NETSUKE

Estimate:
$300 - 400

Sold for $850

Lot 99

A CARVED BOXWOOD NETSUKE DEPICTING A NATURALISTICALLY CARVED CHESTNUT

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $150

Lot 100

A COLLECTION OF FOUR EARLY SINHALESE LIME BOXES (KILLOTAYA)

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $500

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