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Decorative Arts

Presenting a diverse selection of antique furniture, interiors, artworks, statuary, and silver. This collection opens with the Lalique collection of George and Janice Rayner.

AUCTION

Sale: LJ8689
24 July 2023, 2:00pm 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING

Friday 21 - Sunday 23 July, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT

Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
Tel: 03 8825 5635


Lot 1

A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE RENE LALIQUE VENDOME CEILING LIGHT Designed 1930

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $11,000

Lot 2

A RENE LALIQUE FERRIÈRES VASE Designed 1929

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $1,600

Lot 3

A RENE LALIQUE DAUPHINS VASE Designed 1932

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,100

Lot 4

A RENE LALIQUE FORMOSE VASE Designed 1924

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $1,000

Lot 5

A RENE LALIQUE DAVOS VASE Designed 1932

Estimate:
$1,600 - 2,200

Sold for $1,500

Lot 6

A LALIQUE BACCHANTES VASE Designed 1927, post 1945

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $3,200

Lot 7

A RENE LALIQUE ACTINIA VASE Designed 1934

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,300

Lot 8

A LALIQUE GANYMEDE SEAU À CHAMPAGNE Post 1945

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $900

Lot 9

A RENE LALIQUE DAHLIAS VASE Designed 1923

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $1,200

Lot 10

A RENE LALIQUE DRUIDE VASE Also known as Gui De Chene, designed 1924

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $850

Lot 11

A RENE LALIQUE BOUCHARDON VASE Designed 1926

Estimate:
$1,800 - 2,600

Sold for $1,500

Lot 12

A SUITE OF LALIQUE CHAMPIGNY GLASSES Designed 1930, post 1945

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 13

A RENE LALIQUE SAINT-FRANÇOIS VASE Designed 1930

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $1,000

Lot 14

A LALIQUE DEUX PIGEONS VASE Designed 1931, post 1945

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $1,000

Lot 15

A RENE LALIQUE PERRUCHES BOWL Designed 1931

Estimate:
$1,800 - 2,400

Sold for $1,900

Lot 16

A RENE LALIQUE CEYLAN VASE Designed 1924

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $7,500

Lot 17

A LALIQUE ARA SCULPTURE Second half 20th century

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $1,200

Lot 18

TWO RARE MEISSEN COMMON STARLINGS Model no. 973 & 974, after Johann Joachim Kändler, first quarter 20th century

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,100

Lot 19

John GOULD (1804–1881) Paradisea papuana Hand-coloured lithograph 55 x 33cm (visible within mount)

Estimate:
$700 - 1,000

Sold for $950

Lot 20

John GOULD (1804–1881) Paradisea raggiana, Sclater Hand-coloured lithograph 50 x 33cm (visible within mount)

Estimate:
$700 - 1,000

Sold for $1,500

Lot 21

A LATE VICTORIAN CEDAR-CASED TAXIDERMY DIORAMA OF AUSTRALIAN PARROTS Arthur Coles, Melbourne, late 19th century

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $5,500

Lot 23

A NEW ZEALAND SPECIMEN WOOD BOX BY WILLIAM NORRIE Late 19th century

Estimate:
$600 - 900

Sold for $750

Lot 24

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE DISPLAY AND DISPENSING CABINET, INCLUDING EARLY CONTENTS Last quarter 19th century

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $6,000

Lot 25

AN ANTIQUE GLAZED EARTHENWARE UMBRELLA STAND Late 19th century

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $400

Lot 26

AN EARTHENWARE FIGURE GROUP IN THE MANNER OF CLODION 20th century

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $950

Lot 27

AN ITALIAN GLAZED EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG Last quarter 20th century

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $600

Lot 28

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A RETRIEVER DOG 20th century

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $800

Lot 29

A LIFE-SIZE BRASS-PLATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A TIGER Third quarter 20th century

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $4,600

Lot 30

A PAIR OF BRONZE REPLICAS OF THE RIACE WARRIORS

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $4,200

Lot 32

Franz Xavier BERGMAN (1861–1936) Big windy day Cold-painted bronze, the front half of the skirt hinged, lifting to reveal the figu...

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 33

A VIENNESE PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE NUDE In the manner of Franz Xavier Bergman, circa 1900

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $800

Lot 35

A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF DIANA Late 19th century, after Jean-Antoine Houdon

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $1,200

Lot 36

A PAIR OF PATINATED BRONZE FIGURES OF MERCURY AND FORTUNA 20th century, loosely after Giambologna

Estimate:
$900 - 1,200

Sold for $1,600

Lot 39

FLEMISH SCHOOL First half 18th century Adam and Eve in the Garden watched by the Archangel Michael Oil on canvas 98 x 73cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $4,400

Lot 40

Follower of Peter Paul RUBENS (1577–1640) 18th century The Descent from the Cross Oil on oak panel 57 x 59cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,000

Lot 41

FLEMISH SCHOOL 17th century The Lamentation over the dead Christ Oil on copper 27.5 x 34cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $2,600

Lot 42

P. MOLENA (working late 19th century) A capriccio landscape of a riverside town on the Bosphorus Oil on canvas 66 x 103xm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $3,600

Lot 44

A PAIR OF ANTIQUE BRASS-MOUNTED MARBLE PEDESTALS Last quarter 19th century

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $1,400

Lot 46

A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE Circa 1770

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $800

Lot 47

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARCHITECTS TABLE Third quarter 18th century

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,900

Lot 48

AN ANTIQUE WALNUT CABINET Probably Franco-Flemish, late 17th / early 18th century

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Sold for $1,100

Lot 49

A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS Early 19th century

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,400

Lot 50

A FRENCH JAPONOISERIE STAINED BEECH DISPLAY CABINET ATTRIBUTED TO GABRIEL VIARDOT Late 19th century

Estimate:
$1,800 - 2,400

Sold for $5,500

Lot 51

A FRENCH JAPONOISERIE STAINED BEECH VITRINE IN THE MANNER OF GABRIEL VIARDOT Late 19th century

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $1,400

Lot 53

A COLONIAL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SILVER GOBLET BY CHARLES EDWARD FIRNHABER Adelaide, 1850s, makers mark CEF with leopards head and lion...

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $8,000

Lot 54

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

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,000

Sold for $2,500

Lot 55

A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SOUP PLATES Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1898

Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000

Sold for $4,000

Lot 56

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE V STERLING SILVER SOUP PLATES F.B. Thomas & Co., London, 1930

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,000

Sold for $3,000

Lot 57

A PAIR OF AMERICAN STERLING SILVER CANDELABRA After a design by Alphonse la Paglia, Durham Silver Co., mid-20th century

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $700

Lot 58

AN AMERICAN STERLING SILVER TAZZA Woodside Sterling Co., early 20th century

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $600

Lot 60

A REGENCY STERLING SILVER SWING-HANDLED BASKET Unidentified maker (mark rubbed), London, 1814

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $950

Lot 61

A COMPOSITE STERLING SILVER KINGS PATTERN FLATWARE SERVICE FOR TWELVE Various English makers and 19th and 20th century dates

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,800

Lot 62

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER NAUTILUS-SHAPED SPOON WARMER Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd, London, 1890

Estimate:
$350 - 450

Sold for $3,200

Lot 63

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER PLATE Rundell, Bridge, & Rundell, London, 1831

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $850

Lot 64

A GEORGE V STERLING SILVER COVERED DISH Jenkins & Timm, Sheffield, 1923

Estimate:
$700 - 1,000

Sold for $850

Lot 65

A WILLIAM IV STERLING SILVER COVERED DISH R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1831

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,500

Lot 66

A GEORGE II STERLING SILVER SALVER Hugh Mills, London, 1746

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $1,500

Lot 67

A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALT CELLARS Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1836

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $500

Lot 68

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALVER Martin, Hall, & Co., London, 1872

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $800

Lot 69

A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER DISHES ON FEET R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1856 and 1868

Estimate:
$1,400 - 1,800

Sold for $2,400

Lot 70

A MATCHED LATE GEORGIAN AND EARLY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE Various London makers and 1820s–1840s dates

Estimate:
$1,400 - 1,800

Sold for $1,600

Lot 71

AN ELIZABETH II STERLING SILVER SALVER Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1963

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,000

Lot 72

A SWEDISH 800 SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE FOR EIGHTEEN W.A. Bolin, Stockholm, 1949 and 1950

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $5,500

Lot 73

A GEORGE II STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT William Grundy, London, 1753

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,000

Lot 74

AN EARLY GEORGE III STERLING SILVER LADLE William Withers, London, 1763

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $850

Lot 75

A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER TEA SERVICE Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, London, 1825

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $900

Lot 76

A GEORGE VI STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE Hardy Brothers, Birmingham, 1948

Estimate:
$2,200 - 2,600

Sold for $2,200

Lot 77

A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE Martin, Hall, & Co. London, 1881

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,500

Sold for $2,500

Lot 79

A BACCARAT BAMBOUS DOUBLE CANDELABRA

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,500

Lot 80

A PAIR OF BACCARAT DAUPHIN CANDLEHOLDERS

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,800

Lot 81

A GEORGE II GLASS TAZZA Mid-18th century

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $600

Lot 83

A LATE VICTORIAN PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE VASE, ATTRIBUTED TO GRAINGER & Co., WORCESTER Late 19th century

Estimate:
$700 - 1,000

Sold for $700

Lot 84

A ROYAL WORCESTER EWER DECORATED BY WILLIAM POWELL Shape no. 1944, date cipher for 1912

Estimate:
$800 - 1,000

Sold for $1,300

Lot 85

A LARGE HEREND PORCELAIN ROTHSCHILD BIRD PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $11,000

Lot 86

A LARGE ROYAL VIENNA PORCELAIN PART DINNER SERVICE Mostly second half 1810s with some later additions

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $3,200

Lot 87

A WILLIAM MOORCROFT MOONLIT BLUE VASE 1920s

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 88

A WILLIAM MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ FISH VASE 1930s

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $4,000

Lot 89

A WALTER MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ WARATAH PLATE

Estimate:
$1,800 - 2,400

Sold for $1,800

Lot 90

A LARGE MOORCROFT TASMANIAN BLUE GUM VASE Designed by Sally Tuffin, dated 1993

Estimate:
$6,000 - 9,000

Sold for $6,000

Lot 91

AN IMPORTANT ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK HIGH DRESSER BY ERNEST GIMSON 1910s

Estimate:
$15,000 - 25,000

Sold for $15,000

Lot 92

AN IMPORTANT ARTS AND CRAFTS OAK DINING TABLE BY ERNEST GIMSON 1910s

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $10,000

Lot 93

A VERY LARGE FAUNAL AND FLORAL CARVED OAK MIRROR FRAME BY ROBERT PRENZEL 1905–1910

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Sold for $20,000

Lot 94

A VICTORIAN OAK MELBOURNE STOCK EXCHANGE CHAIR Circa 1890

Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000

Sold for $6,000

Lot 95

A PAIR OF ART DECO-STYLE PENDANT LIGHTS

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $1,200

Lot 96

A MID-GEORGIAN MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE Mid-18th century

Estimate:
$500 - 800

Sold for $1,000

Lot 97

A SMALL ENGLISH JOINED AND PANELLED OAK CHEST Early 18th century

Estimate:
$700 - 1,000

Sold for $900

Lot 98

A LARGE DUTCH BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK Late 18th / 19th century

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $400

Lot 99

A GEORGE II PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY-FRAMED MIRROR Mid-18th century

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $950

Lot 100

A GEORGE II-STYLE GILT WOOD CENTRE TABLE IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT Second half 19th century

Estimate:
$1,400 - 1,800

Sold for $3,600

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