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Collectorium on Newcastle

Locality: Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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25.01.2022 A range of vintage luggage, everyday work bags and a vanity case from Collectorium’s store. From the days when ships were the only option to travel from Australia to UK and Europe are two large, full hide leather cases with their owner and destinations marked by hand.There are remains of some interesting labels including an early Qantas one which is still in very good condition.

24.01.2022 A pair of mid 1800s, French, entrance doors of solid Oak with inset cast iron decorative panels (approx. 127 x 37 cm) featuring Cupid, ribbon, trellis with Acanthus, flora and fauna to the upper of each over a glass window which opens to the inside. Some of the original hardware is still present, one of the original glass window panes is absent and the Oak is in need of some restoration. Dimensions approximately 257 cm tall and about 63 cm wide each. An early security door.

24.01.2022 A pair of Victorian era, probably English, porcelain Moonflasks the squared off naturalistic handles in the Aesthetic manner of Minton or Worcester. Pale green Celadon ground encrusted with sprigs of flowers including Bush Rose, Lily of the Valley and butterflies in Maiden White. On stub feet with floral sculptured sleeves. Faintly incised but filled by glaze marks to base between the feet. Minor losses to decoration and feet to be expected. 24cm tall.

24.01.2022 A petite, Library Clock by the renowned firm of clock makers DENT of London showing the post 1876 trademark of a triangle containing the word DENT on the dial. Dated by the address on the dial of 28 Cockspur Street London to between 1921 and 1936. At this time Dent was also at 61 Strand and 4 Royal Exchange. Matching Serial Number 61589 on the dial and the back of the movement. The round, single train movement of 3 diameter with nice solid plates 1/8 thick. The plates, ...decorated with a distinct pattern of engine turning, are separated by four, solid, round tuned pillars, pinned at front and screwed at rear. Jewelled platform lever escapement protected by a brass cover, the balance wheel with timing screws the slow / fast lever protruding through the dial just above the 12. The domed brass dial of 4 diameter marked DENT within the triangle over the address 28 Cockspur Street with engraved, minute graduated outer chapter ring enclosing black inlaid Roman numerals. The time indicated by blued steel spade hands. The dial protected by a hinged, cast and machined bezel, containing a convex glass with bevel to outer. The dome topped case 8 tall, of solid Mahogany on a stepped base over bracket feet. Bobbin turned, ebonised pillars from above the base to half way of the dial, Fruit or Satin wood stringing below the dial and a similar wood strung rectangle to the front of the base enclosing a ball terminal ended lozenge. DENT has Makers to and Holders of Royal Warrants from Her Majesty Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Albert; Prince of Wales; His Majesty King Edward VI; His Majesty King George V; Her Majesty Queen Mary; His Majesty Tsar Alexander III and His Majesty Tsar Nicolas II Emperors of Russia and His Majesty Emperor Meiji of Japan. Makers to the Courts and Governments of France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Germany, Spain, the United States. See more

23.01.2022 Moorcroft Vase in William’s 1930s Waving Corn design Windswept. Impressed signature, Made in England, Potter to HM the Queen and painted signature to the base indicate this vase was produced between 1928 to 1936. Reflecting the international financial situation and a change in attitude at home, in the 1930s William augmented the brightly coloured decorative pottery of the 1920s with more sombre tones and plainer handcrafted styles. 16 cm tall.

22.01.2022 Royal Doulton’s Harvest VASE D6120 designed by Frank Brangwyn Sir Frank William Brangwyn, (born 1867; died 1956); member of the Royal Academy; Royal Watercolour Society; Royal Society of British Artists, was an Anglo-Welsh artistic jack-of-all-trades. As well as paintings in oil, watercolour, gouache, huge murals, etchings, wood engravings and drawings, he produced designs for stained glass, furniture, ceramics, table glassware, buildings and interiors, was a lithographer, ...a woodcutter and a book illustrator. Brangwyn received some artistic training, probably from his designer father William Curtis Brangwyn, then Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, an architect and designer who influenced the Arts and Crafts movement, and from contacts he made at the South Kensington Museum (now part of the V & A). Brangwyn obtained an apprenticeship with William Morris first as a glazier then in embroidery and wall paper work. Brangwyn was passionate about ceramics and, although not making them himself, collected examples of Persian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese wares. Both Charles and Cecil Nokes of Royal Doulton were men ahead of their time, constantly on the search for something new thus, in the late 1920s, Doulton approached Frank Brangwyn to design a range of tableware. As befitting someone with his Arts and Crafts background, Brangwyn stipulated that the Doulton wares should look like hand-thrown pottery. Brangwyn also demanded that the painters decorating the pieces should be allowed some freedom of expression, so each piece is slightly different and although the motifs in the sets are similar, every piece has individual character. Originally intended to be offered to the general public as quality china at a reasonable price, the designs proved unpopular at the time and their rarity now has meant that they have become collectable. At the time, critics hailed Doulton’s new ware as the pinnacle of ceramic mass production. Brangwyn’s commercial designs were not only for Royal Doulton but also for Foley Pottery (Shelley), Ashtead Potters and Iris tableware for Clarice Cliff’s Bizarre range at A J Wilkinson. He also produced designs for ceramic tiles. A very highly regarded artist in his time, examples of Harvest pattern Brangwyn Ware by Doulton are held in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Makers mark for post 1932. Dimensions 14 cm high, 12 cm diameter base. See more

22.01.2022 This week we are featuring a range of gorgeous modernist pieces featuring cobalt blue by Rosenthal Germany and KPM (Royal Porcelain Factory Berlin).

22.01.2022 1960s, Bjorn Wiinblad designed Scheherazade Vase from the Studio Line range by Rosenthal Germany. Wiinblad was born in Denmark in 1918 and was an extremely versatile artist working successfully in many media and designing a wide range of items. He became head designer for Rosenthal in 1957. The Studio Line commenced in 1961. This cylindrical porcelain vase of 36 cm tall and 8.5 cm diameter depicts the Storyteller from One Thousand and One Nights a collection of Middle Easte...rn folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age and known in English as the Arabian Nights. It is hand painted in lustrous colours on an irregularly patterned 24 carat gold ground. There is a full signature by Wiinblad in gold on the gold ground below the floral decoration to the reverse. The combined initials W I can be seen in gold in the gold ground to the lower left of the figure. The Rosenthal Studio Line marks to the base are below the glaze while the Bjorn Wiinblad darker green signature is above the glaze. A rare piece no longer in production. See more

22.01.2022 Cairo or Mameluke Ware Brass Tray and six accompanying Cups. The tray is possibly from the 1800s and the cups from the first half of the 1900s. The tray is 38 cm diameter including the 3.5 cm rim and weighs 1.9 kg. The rim and concave interior have intricate, symmetrical, engraved and applied decorations in copper and [tarnished] silver with geometric shapes and patterns and arabesques, circular medallions containing floral and arabesque designs, a star polygon and Kufic scri...pt. The tray is accompanied by six brass cups with plain insides, a low foot ring, all of similar size but different weights and quality of execution. They are circa 11 cm diameter and 5 to 5.5 cm high. Again the decorations to the outsides are engraved and applied copper and silver and include motifs from the Egyptian Pharaonic period, Islamic and Arabic symbolism. This style of metal work originated and can still be found across the Middle East from Egypt to Syria and has been made intermittently from the early 1200s until today. We suspect the calligraphy might be quotations from the Quran. These items were collected by British expats living in the Yemen between the wars. See more

21.01.2022 In accordance with the government’s current regulations regarding the COVID-19 public health situation, our shop is closing until further notice. We expect to be at the shop for much of every day catching up with behind the scenes work. Please visit our website and look at the photos in the gallery and archive which are representative of our range of stock. www.collectorium.com.au... If you know or suspect we may have items you are looking for please email or phone us and we can do business remotely. Appointments can be made to visit and conclude a purchase if you have no signs of fever, cough or shortness of breath. If you would like to view or discuss our items, feel free to contact us via messenger, email [email protected] or call 02 6280 and leave a message. See more

21.01.2022 A small group of World War Two Sweetheart Items. A 1980s, typewritten travelogue with provenance for these pieces accompanies them. The Cambridgeshire regiment was a British Army regiment active from 1908 to 1961. It had a Territorial battalion which in Australian terms is the Army Reserve.... It was an infantry regiment and saw active service in the Battle of the Somme and the Fall of Singapore. In 1938, a 16 year old Harrogate Ladies College student was spending the Christmas holidays with her family at a hotel in the town. She met a very nice young man who danced divinely and treated her like an adult not a school girl. He was however already a qualified lawyer and 26 years old so they agreed to correspond as friends while she finished her schooling. He was also a member of the territorial battalion of the Cambridgeshire regiment. When war broke out in September 1939 he was instantly in the Army and spent a couple of years travelling around the country completing courses associated with active military service. He was sent overseas in late 1941 and letters from him continued to arrive from the troopship until about the time of the Fall of Singapore when she received a telegram saying he was missing, believed killed then all her letters to him were returned to her marked undeliverable. She later married a naval officer who was in the battleship Nelson in the East Indies Fleet when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. The Nelson sailed to Singapore to accept the surrender of the Japanese and by a thousand to one chance her husband met an ex POW who had seen his wife’s friend shot and had helped to bury him.

21.01.2022 A rather stunning, probably Australian, Art Deco Wall Mirror of segmented glass with gilded gesso decoration. Circa 120 x 45 cm. Is it an Owl or is it a Cat?

19.01.2022 Early 20th century, about 1920’s, Dentist’s instrument cabinet. 180 cm high x 73.5 cm wide x 36 cm deep comprising four tiers / levels. The bottom tier an open to the front and sides shelf with panelled solid back, raised on bracket feet with steel wheel castors. The second tier supported to the front on turned from the square baluster pillars comprising of two deep drawers to the left and a panelled door over an open space to the right. To the left of the third tier are eigh...t drawers. The top deeper drawer is fitted with a keyed lock that, when all the eight drawers are fully seated and the top drawer is pushed in fully and locked via the key lock, a locking bar to the rear is rotated, engaging wooden hooks to the rear locking seven of the eight drawers. The top drawer and the first two shallower ones containing loose, ribbed and slotted trays probably to hold picks, tweezers or other similar dental tools. The top drawers still containing a number of vintage dental drills / burrs. The third shallower drawer was obviously previously used to mix pastes and this drawer is set up to not be included in the locking mechanism. The fourth shallow drawer has no fittings nor do the lower three deeper drawers. To the right of the third tier is a cupboard with a panelled door over a space with a further door behind. There is evidence of something like an index / slots for notes having been removed from the front of the inner door at some time in the past. The fourth and top tier has a single open shelf with panelled solid back set well back to the left, flanked to the right by slightly taller cupboard with a bevelled edge mirror to the door. To the top inside of this mirrored door is an etched and gilded, metal label stating: Made by J. A Woods Sydney N.S.W. An old handwritten paper label found inside correctly states this cabinet is made from Banksia Serrata, a species of Banksia locally known also as Red Honeysuckle. It displays typical, rather subtle, but stunning grain and colour, making one wonder, as this is not a commonly used timber for furniture, if this cabinet has been made specifically for a dentist from his favourite tree? See more

19.01.2022 We have an exotic assortment of antique and collectable tableware. Contact us or visit our website to find out more.

19.01.2022 Royal Winton twelve piece demitasse coffee set in Chintz Starflower pattern made post WWII by the Grimwade’s Potteries of Staffordshire England.

18.01.2022 Some beautiful examples of the articles from the English pottery Minton (later Mintons), founded in 1790, have come our way recently. The dessert service pattern A1301 was produced in the 1850s. The tea set pattern B173 is from the period 1873 to 1891. The dinner service pattern C4981 is from 1891 to 1902-1909. The Imari pattern platter is also from 1891 to 1902-1909 but could be the reissue of an item produced in the 1830s.... Contemplating the beautiful work produced in the past can provide a respite, perhaps only brief, from today’s problems and stresses.

18.01.2022 Guan Yin is the goddess of mercy, kindness and love in Chinese mythology. She is considered to be the physical embodiment of compassion. She is an all-seeing, all-hearing being who is called upon by worshipers in times of uncertainty, despair, and fear. Along with Buddhism, Guan Yin's veneration was introduced into China as early as the 1st century AD. Buddhism came to China from India and had spread to Japan via Korea by the 6th century AD. Guan Yin originated as the Buddhis...t Avalokitesvara, which is her male form. Later images might show female and male attributes, since a Bodhisattva, in accordance with the Lotus Sutra, has the magical power to transform the body in any form required to relieve suffering, so that Guan Yin is neither woman nor man. In Mahayana Buddhism, to which Chinese Buddhism belongs, gender is no obstacle to Enlightenment. In the modern period, Guan Yin is most often represented as a beautiful, white-robed woman, white being the symbol of purity. These are mid to late C20th representations of Guan Yin. The one in soapstone is 43 cm tall and the porcelain one is 38 cm tall. Both supposedly originated in China. See more

16.01.2022 Art Deco, 1930s, French inspired, gilt bronze desk set signed Clem comprising a 26 cm long, letter opener decorated with a detailed, well sculpted mythological stork accompanied by a seal showing the same bird sculpted in the round, the seal being vacant. Age consistent wear to original fitted case. Clemente Spampinato was born in Calabria, Italy in 1912. While being schooled in the classical arts in Rome, he developed a keen love for both art and athletics. He befriended many of Italy's top-flight athletes including the great Olympic Champions. In the 1930s & '40s he was commissioned to sculpt many Bronze Trophies and Medallions for the Olympics and other Italian sporting events. In 1947 he became an American citizen and lived and work prolifically there until his death in Sea Cliff New York in 1993.

15.01.2022 Little is known about the portrait miniaturist Daysi M Brookes. She was born in 1888 and died in 1981 and is thought to be Australian. The RMS initials beside her signature stand for Member of the Royal Miniature Society London. She was most active as a painter in the 1930s and 1940s and entered work for the Archibald Prize in Sydney Australia in 1939, 1943, 1944 and 1946. The Art Gallery of NSW has one example of her work on their inventory which is dated and was acquired in... 1919. The three works here are all watercolours on ivory tablets and contained in gilt metal frames. The one of a lady with dark, plaited hair and a frilly bonnet is marked to the reverse and to the right side of the image After Daffiger Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790 1849) an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. Circa 10 x 8 cm. Another shows a young lady in a black dress, red shawl and wide brimmed straw hat while in the third the young lady is wearing a loose blue and white gown and her fair curls are adorned with flowers. Both circa 8 x 6 cm. See more

15.01.2022 Now Open Wed-Sun 12 noon - 5pm 4 person limit inside at any time. Call on arrival if the door is closed.Now Open Wed-Sun 12 noon - 5pm 4 person limit inside at any time. Call on arrival if the door is closed.

14.01.2022 Bronze Plaque showing the Holy Family by Bavarian born sculptor Hans Knorr (1915 - 1988). He migrated to South Africa in the 1930s and arrived in Australia in circa 1946 eventually settling with his wife, the author Hilda Dent, in rural Victoria. Knorr worked initially with wood later extending his range to ceramics, metals, including bronze and pewter, and mixed media. The plaque appears to be from a wooden original probably using a sand cast i.e. a hardened mixture of sand and clay as the negative. Monogram to lower right; dated to reverse 1965. 14.3 cm wide x 19.5 cm high; 2490g.

14.01.2022 Alaric (probably) King of the Goths circa 370 - 410 AD. This a C20th statue in verdigris patinated bronze (weighted) not signed nor marked. Alaric was the first king of the Visigoths then living in what is now north east Germany. He is known for his Sack of Rome in August 410. This was the first time in almost 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy. The Sack of Rome is a landmark event considered decisive in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Alaric is identified by his beard; the helmet ornament which is the symbol of the Visigoth Eagle which distinctively looks upward with its wings pointed downward. The Romano-Gallic helmet without cheek flaps, chain mail shirt with leather outer belt and flaps, sandals and shin guards. He is 75 cm tall and very heavy. He is missing the sword so is as found.

14.01.2022 The United Kingdom Bartenders’ Guild Guide to Drinks 3rd Edition 1960. A limited publication of 17,500 copies in three editions 1953, 1955 and 1960 by the Guild which had formed in 1933. The guide contains an extensive collection of cocktail recipes and handy hints including a list of prize winning cocktail recipes from 1934 to 1959 interspersed throughout with black and white period advertisements and some clever sketches. Everything possible to know on the subject and mo...re you never dreamt existed. Hardback with green cloth cover; slight wear to lower right cover front and back otherwise obviously never used as the reference it was intended to be. 7 (18cm) x 5 (12.5 cm) A couple of recipes particularly caught our attention. Under Pick-Me-Ups Prairie Hen Pour into a small Wine glass 2 dashes of Vinegar 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce a whole egg 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce little salt and pepper Do not break the Egg. Under Medicinal Strong black coffee with a few drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia will quickly dissipate alcohol fumes.

13.01.2022 French, 1930s, Art Deco, opalescent glass, Starfish and Seaweed design bowl impressed MADE IN FRANCE to base. Possibly made by André Hunebelle (1896-1985) master glass maker and film director. Has tiny nibble to rim otherwise fine with good, strong opalescence. Circa 30.5 cm diameter x 8.5 cm high.

13.01.2022 We are featuring some gorgeous figurines from Bing & Grondahl, Copenhagen and Vases from Royal Copenhagen, Denmark this week. Details with each image. Please contact us if you have any enquiries.

12.01.2022 Retro Chic is a 1950s Kigu of London Bouquet Compact designed and made in England by a firm established in 1939 by Hungarian George Kiashek. The brass plated finish is decorated with guilloche engine turned patterns; the Lucite used for floral displays on the lid is mounted on a silver tin foil background and encased in Lucite for protection. This example appears to be in un-used condition as do the original sifter and monogramed powder pad. Originating in the early 1900s, compacts became increasingly popular among post WW II women.

12.01.2022 Royal Doulton late 1930s April pattern bone china coffee set V2000 for four people. Also available are oddments from an incomplete earthenware D6807 April dinner setting for 6 people. Shown here is the lid of a 20 cm diameter tureen and an unusually shaped pin dish 14 x 12.5 cm.

11.01.2022 Glass Hip Flask with patented Sterling Silver bayonet twist lock to top and corresponding Sterling Silver slip cup to lower. The remainder of the glass covered with Crocodile leather incorporating a pair of elongated portholes to check the level of the contents. Hallmarks for G & J W Hawksley, Sheffield, 1906. 14.5 cm high.

10.01.2022 Winter warmers! A pair of C19th, Fire Dogs or Andirons with brass covered vase finials and out swept pad feet. Kindling box and coal scuttle, fire tools and bellows. Click on the images for full details.

10.01.2022 1930s Bohemian Art Deco Decanter by Karl Palda. Multifaceted with precisely engraved edges to the green and matte Zig Zag decoration. Acid etched 23 inside the neck of the decanter. The firm of Karl Palda was founded in 1888 in Haida, Nový Bor, Bohemia. Little is known of their development but from their 50th anniversary catalogue of 1938 - which showed a huge range of glassware - it is obvious that they co-operated closely with glass schools and other manufacturers and were well-respected makers of high quality glassware. 22 cm high, 19 cm wide; 9.5 cm deep.

10.01.2022 Wedgwood, Cobalt Dip Jasperware Potpourri with pierced, domed COVER decorated with florets and leaves; twin upswept loop handles decorated with floral chain; the body ornamented with classical figures and foliate borders. Impressed marks to base Wedgwood and WUR indicating made in 1863. Circa 20 cm diameter across handles.

10.01.2022 Circa 1930s, German, DRP (Deutsches Reichs Patend) 554 626, three train, weights on chains movement with substantial movement plates. Wood rod pendulum; chiming Westminster and striking hours on two pairs of gong rods. Circular silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, outer minute track interspersed correspondingly with 24 hour indication, substantial black hands. The case made by Gilcraft in Adelaide with Art Deco inspired, stylised floral and leafy decoration surrounding the convex dial glass and extending down to the sides of the glazed door. Height 194 cm, width 50 cm, depth 36 cm.

10.01.2022 Early C20th, Art Deco display cabinet with three astragal glazed doors to the front with the centre one a half circle arch.Plain glazed sides, two glass shelves, cloth lining to base and back. Probably Australian made. Length 122 cm, height 141 cm , depth 32 cm. Displayed in the middle shelf are 1930s, Art Deco, Arzberg, Germany, cream porcelain with Platinum rim breakfast set designed by Hermann Gretsch. Top and bottom shelf contain Art Deco, Fostoria USA, George Sakier designed black glass Mayfair plates and the black and clear Comet glasses.

10.01.2022 Mid C20th, French, Baccarat Bamboo Girandole with deeply waisted, gadrooned base; twin branch chandelier; removable nozzles over cut drip pans hung with faceted and pointed lustres; central spire; impressed marks to drip pans; etched mark to base. 32 cm tall.

09.01.2022 Soviet Unmanned Missions Medal This early Soviet propaganda table medal commemorates the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite on 4th October 1957. The inscription on the front of the medal reads Glory to the Soviet Science. SPUTNIK 1 was the first of three satellites launched between October 1957 and May 1958. It went into an elliptical, low Earth orbit and orbited for three weeks before its batteries died. It then continued on silently for two months before it fell back into the Earth’s atmosphere Made of solid bronze, this 55mm diameter medal weighs 137grams. One knowledgeable source believes there were only 645 ever made.

09.01.2022 Sterling Silver Sauce Boat with Ebony handle. Design 290 B circa 1919 B by Georg Jensen. Made in Jensen’s Danish workshop between 1933 to 1945. Total weight 315 g; circa 18 cm long over handle.

07.01.2022 Circa 1960s, floor standing Clock of Grandmother size in an Australian hardwood case with squat Cabriole legs by Norman, Turner and Nottage of Adelaide. Quality URGOS of Germany three train movement chiming Westminster on shorter rods and striking hours on longer rods on the opposing side. 163 cm tall.

06.01.2022 Probably early C20th, heavy impasto oil on artist board Still Life showing a Japanese Doll and a ceramic Vase of Flowers. In an of the period ornate gilt frame. Signature SARA upper left. Image 40 x 30 cm. Our research has so far has not found anything about an artist of this period with this signature. Can you help?

06.01.2022 John Stanley Moore 1848 -1920 Australian landscape and genre painter. He exhibited with Victorian Artists’ Society 1887 to 1916 whilst living at Wangaratta Victoria. Painted mainly in Victoria and Tasmania but also in Central Australia. This work is titled on the stretcher Indigo Creek near Barnawartha, Vic. Signed lower left J. S. Moore, dated 1.05. Oil on canvas in gilt frame. Typical country landscape with a tree fallen across a creek surrounded by scrub and trees, opening to a grassy plain and grazing cattle, a knobbly hill in the background. Nicely executed with good perspective, a hint of pink in the clouds indicating the day is drawing to a close. Image 45 x 29 cm.

06.01.2022 Circa 1920s, Beard Watson Sideboard stamped Beard Watson Sydney 58826 to top front board of one small drawer. There is a less elaborate sibling in this design at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Probably Maple and showing something akin to fiddleback grain pattern and typical maple colour. Two short drawers over one long drawer above a pair of small, panelled doors to centre. The sides canted, with full height and matching panelling to small centre doors over single shelf. The whole on square block feet with arched apron between. The top backboard mirrored below a full width shelf itself also with an arched top backboard. 168 cm wide x 68 cm deep x 140 cm high as found

05.01.2022 Late 19th century, probably Australian due to the use of Australian cedar, dentist’s instrument stand. The square, Australian cedar carcass top has four small drawers to one side and a large single drawer to the opposite side, all with small, turned, nickel plated pulls. Bevelled edge mirrors are set into the other two sides. The work surface is an inset, removable, clear glass plate. The base of polished and nickel-plated brass which is standing on a four branch, heavy suppo...rt allows for vertical adjustment to the top. The swing arm with arched support attached under the top allows rotation and horizontal positioning. Knurled brass knobs allow the top to be stabilised into the desired position. The side with the single drawer has an unidentified, impressed SWS in the drawer’s top front edge. The top is about 35cm square; 83cm is the lowest height from floor to table top and it elevates to about 120cm. See more

05.01.2022 Three bright and cheerful ceramic vases by Thomas Lawrence at Longton, England under the company name Falcon Ware. The base marks indicate dates of 1920s / 30s for the Grecian and Melville Art Deco patterned vases. The A under the floral Rosslyn vase indicates it was made in1940s during WWII.

03.01.2022 Sterling Silver Torque created to highlight the patterning in a Western Australian desert fossil. Designed and made by the master gold and silversmith Walraven Van Heeckeren in the 1970s. Van Heeckeren was born in Holland in 1944, he studied in Holland and the USA then came to Australia in 1968 where he has worked ever since.

02.01.2022 Art Deco breakfast setting for four people in cream porcelain with platinum highlight by Arzberg of Germany. This setting was made in the 1930/40s. The shape number 1382 was designed in 1931 by Hermann Gretsch (1895-1950) and is still in production today but not in this colourway. Examples are held in the V & A (London) and NGV (Melbourne) among other institutions.

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01.01.2022 Late 1700s, English, two train, 8 day, Long Case Clock striking the full hours on a bell. The movement driven by two original brass cased weights on gut lines and a brass rod and brass cased pendulum bob. The brass dial (about 33 cm wide by 46 cm high) arches over the painted moon dial that has to its surround the 29 day lunar phase engraved with the maker’s name Richard Stone Thame to the outer top. Floral, bright cut engraving to centre and corners. Inner engraved Chapter... ring with Roman numerals. A narrow, one minute, graduated double line circle enclosing same with the minutes in Arabic numerals at 5 minute intervals. Below the 12, a nicely hand scalloped flange to the sunken seconds dial with original steel hand. Below the hand shaft carrying original, fancy, hand cut steel hands is a kidney shaped scalloped flanged and sunken calendar aperture. The Oak case with lift off, stepped top hood; plain columns with gilt bases and finials; columns to edge at rear of hood. The door with old hand made glass arched to match the shape of the dial. A vertical sliding bolt accessible via the trunk door locks the glazed door to the hood. Plain waisted case on plinth base; fancy edged and pierced lock plate over the key hole; handmade, proud out the front and fancy to inside steel hinges to trunk door. Height just over 2 m. Richard Stone (of) Thame, a medieval market town in Oxfordshire, England, was the second son of Edward, a saddler. In the second half of C18th, the family was considered one of the most influential in the area and their home was the The Spread Eagle now a hotel in central Thame. Richard was apprenticed to Charles House in London in 1761 and, on completing his apprenticeship, returned to Thame. See more

01.01.2022 Pair of Australian, Federation era, Wing Back Armchairs. The double, sinuous curved wings and the fronts of the armrests with pierced carving depicting leafy and floral motifs. Tapering square front legs emanating from the bottom of the front armrest carving and terminating in brown porcelain castors as are the rearward sweeping legs. Serpentine fronted seat and top of the padded back. Floral covering later.

01.01.2022 Nineteenth century, Russian, circular Birchwood Box with hand painted winter scene on the lid. Dimensions 8 cm high, 12 cm diameter.