Auction Details

One of our ﬁnest offerings including ivory balls, Sheraton ﬂame mahogany medicine cabinet, advertising mirror, snuff mulls, Tudric pewter, excellent choice of ﬁshing reels etc, tin toys, musical instruments, Georgian drinking glasses, six pieces of Lalique, Afghan jewellery, Burmese opium weights, African ﬁgures, Aboriginal axe, N.Z. Maori Wars powder horn, NZ pottery including Crown Lynn, Mirek Smisek, Barry Brickall, Len Castle, Luke Adams, Homebush, Milton and Hutson, Chinese snuff bottles, Famille Verte and Famille Rose china, including an18thC Mandarin vase and a c1800 bough pot, Cinnabar lacquer vases, bronzes, jade, ivory, Japanese Imari, ﬁne quality Satsuma and Kutani, ivory, ornate bronze pots, Royal Doulton and Lladro ﬁgures, Georgian tea bowls and dishes, Royal Worcester including black face sheep cup/saucer, Georgian period Barr, Flight, Barr lidded vase, Moorcroft pieces including Moonlit Blue, Pomegranate, early Pansy, Florian, miniature Martin Bros. bird, Wedgwood Fairyland vase, ornate Dresden ﬁgure group, Doulton stoneware and ﬂambe, two Poole chargers, Royal Albert, Wedgwood, Masons, carved ivory pendants, amber necklaces, Victorian and Edwardian bracelets, lockets, chains, etc, three superb pearl necklaces, diamond bracelets, rings, necklaces, cufﬂinks, sovereigns, greenstone, 9ct half hunter pocket watch, two Rolex gent’s watches, superb collection of clocks including a 19thC skeleton clock, silver Arts and Crafts teaset, an impressive silver chatelaine, 1697 silver mug, George III silver items, rare scottish silver, WMF including a delightful vase, French silver, George II silver basting spoon, hip ﬂasks, etc, Afghan, Turkish, Persian rugs, Victorian tables, desk, chairs, Georgian washstand, wine table, chest on chest and coffer, colonial kauri pieces including a rare solid mottled kauri scotch chest, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese furniture and quality offering of prints and paintings with a Michael Smither still life, Shona McFarlane, Robert Chilvers, A Sydney, John Gully watercolour of Lake Wakatipu, Samuel Prout water colour, and a superb painting from Ludwig Naus, The Travelling circus. Another must see auction from Cordys.

To be included next month's Antique Auction please phone us on 09 523 1049 or email us at info@cordys.co.nz.

Auction times
Tue 27th April / 9:30 am – 10:00 pm

Viewing times
Fri 23rd April / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sun 25th April / 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Mon 26th April / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location
180 Great South Rd, Remuera, Auckland

Catalogue
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Postal bidding
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Prices realised
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Conditions of sale
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Auction Highlights

	Lot number 083 An old Folk Art wood articulated ﬁgure of Jesus, painted in naturalistic colours with original wig and glass eyes. H:800mm Estimate: $1200 Price realised: $750		Lot number 088 An American hunting knife with damascened blade and eagles head carved antler handle. Probably Japanese, in decorative leather sheath. L:230mm Estimate: $750 Price realised: $750
	Lot number 100 Set of three Murano glass dolphins stylised leaping form, clear colourway with speckled gold ﬂeck internal decoration, paper label to each. Lengths: 225mm, 190mm, 150mm. Estimate: $180 Price realised: $150		Lot number 124 A collection of seventeen old Burmese bronze chicken opium weights, the tallest is 65mm, the smallest 25mm. Estimate: $300 Price realised: $525
	Lot number 131 An old African carved wood fetish standing ﬁgure decorated with iron nails and small cloth bundles, the face with red and white pigment and glass inset eyes. L:380mm Estimate: $400 Price realised: $250		Lot number 141 An early/mid 19thC maori patu paraoa (whale bone hand club) of light thin sectioned form, well balanced, square section lashing hole. Old ink inscription "Riverton 1845, SJ". Registered Y13314. L:416mm. Estimate: $1800 Price realised: Unsold
	Lot number 142 Colonel Marmaduke Nixon's personnel powder horn, scrimshaw work to the buffalo horn of two women in typical Victorian dress, one on horseback. See catalogue for full details. Estimate: $950 Price realised: $2500		Lot number 280 A large impressive Lladro ﬁgurine of cranes on a riverbank amidst bulrushes, on wooden stand. H:520mm Estimate: $550 Price realised: $1100
	Lot number 296 An early ﬁne quality Irish Belleek two-handled basket dish with four strand basket weave base, the rim encrusted with ﬂowers and leaves, ivory glaze. Impressed marks. L:230mm Estimate: $650 Price realised: $650		Lot number 298 A Royal Worcester decorative wall plate painted with fruit and signed P Love, the border frilled and gilded, 1960s. D:265mm Estimate: $750 Price realised: Unsold
	Lot number 301 A Royal Worcester potpourri vase of baluster shape painted with fruit, signed Freeman and richly gilded, pierced crown shaped cover with original internal lid, date marks c.1960. H:245mm Estimate: $2000 Price realised: $1800		Lot number 330 A rare Wedgwood fairy land lustre vase of tall ovoid form, traditional lustre decoration in tones red, blue and green with elaborate enrichments. H:215mm Estimate: $5500 Price realised: Unsold
	Lot number 331 A large impressive Dresden ﬁgure group "The Last Supper". 13 ﬁgures in full relief around a long table all on long oval base, coloured glaze with gilt enrichments, ﬁnely detailed, crack to table. L:740mm Estimate: $5750 Price realised: $3300		Lot number 359 Keith Murray Wedgwood hand thrown vase of mildly tapered cylindrical form, lathe turned with celadon and ﬁne cream slip wear bands, printed KM mark. H:185mm, D:127mm. Estimate: $500 Price realised: $395
	Lot number 493 A French gilt metal clock garniture, pair twin light table candelabra and central clock with circular enamel dial, the pendulum movement striking on a bell. Marked Doncart a Paris. Working order, with key. Estimate: $2000 Price realised: $1900		Lot number 494 A brass skeleton clock the silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals the fusee platform movement striking on two bells, on oval marble base beneath glass dome on wood stand. H:460mm Estimate: $2250 Price realised: $2100
	Lot number 495 Large ornate 19thC French gilt sculptural mantle clock modelled with elegant woman with mandolin, the base modelled with masks, baskets, birds and classical motifs. H:480mm Estimate: $2750 Price realised: Unsold		Lot number 661 A quality George III mahogany tilt top wine table, the circular solid ﬂame mahogany large top on turned pedestal and three way base, good colour and patina. D: 795mm, H:700mm Estimate: $1500 Price realised: Unsold
	Lot number 722 Michael Smither, still life with yellow teapot, oil on board, initialled and dated 94. 480mm x 730mm. Estimate: $15500 Price realised: $14000		Lot number 737 After Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910, German), The Travelling Circus, oil on canvas, inscribed "Kopie Nach L.Knaus 1883". 710mm x 970mm, original gilt frame Estimate: $5000 Price realised: $7750
	Lot number 738 Bernard Gantner (b.1928, French), "Ruelle en Alsace Rouffach", oil on canvas, signed & dated '69, entitled on reverse, 1020 x 800, original frame. With original 1974 purchase receipt. Estimate: $1800 Price realised: Unsold