ENGLISH TABLE GLASS & ITS DECORATION

BY BILL DAVIS, THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION The Dutch excelled in engraving glass with a diamond point, both with line engraving where the image was scratched in lines on the glass surface, and with stipple engraving where the image was developed by pitting the glass surface. There are some examples of line...

October 10, 2024 Tira Lewis Uncategorised.

The Novels of Jane Austen

AUSTEN, JaneThe Novels of Jane Austen. The Winchester Edition. Complete in twelve volumes.Edinburgh : John Grant, 1911 (and 1912). Twelve volumes, octavo (210 x 150 mm), bound in original uniform blue cloth… READ ON $2,400 DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS Keep in touch with our Members throughout the...

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America siue India nova

America siue India novaGerard Mercator (1512 – 1594) Rare first edition (1595) of this famous map of the Americas by Mercator.Hand coloured copper engraving, c.1595. $5,250 ANTIQUE PRINT MAP ROOM YOUTUBE Keep in touch with our Members throughout the year at various fairs around Australia & Internationally: Antique Print...

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A rare & large pair of English late Regency period fireirons

A rare & large pair of English late Regency period fireirons in retour d’Egypte taste, cast with a nice mix of Sphinx heads, acanthus leaf & dog paw feet, by Edingtons. An identical pair supplied to Clarendon, on the River Nile. Tasmania c. 1835.61cm H x 32cm W x 42cm...

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Silver-gilt Snuff Box

Silver-gilt Snuff BoxFrance, Louis XV, c.1740. Mounted with a large oval carnelian. The interior gilt and having a finely engraved interlaced monogram to the verso. $930 PETER LANE GALLERY Left photograph: Jacqueline Marque

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High-footed sauceboat

High-footed sauceboat, rococo in style, after silver models of the period, c.1754. The decoration is highly unusual, being European in style, rather than the more usual Chinoiserie. The decoration is exceptionally fine, and has the feeling of Chelsea or Giles rather than Worcester; probably Jefferyes Hamett O’Neale at the...

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9ct solid Yellow and Rose Gold shield, NSW rugby league & French gold antique drop earrings

9ct solid Yellow and Rose Gold shield, NSW rugby league football “life member”, c.1900, engraved “G. Dawson”. This piece can be worn on a chain or off a fob clasp and measures 4cm x 2cm. $1,650 CHILTON’S ANTIQUES AND JEWELLERY 18ct yellow French gold antique drop earrings with a cluster of...

August 2, 2024 Tira Lewis News.

Le Verre Francais – ‘Moderniste’ Vase & Vintage silver gelatin photograph, inscribed and autographed by Noel Coward

Le Verre Francais – ‘Moderniste’ Vase. A rare modernist glass vase of ovoid form with applied foot. The graduated smokey glass acid etched with concentric circles and wavy bands. Signed on the foot ‘Le Verre Francais‘ and ‘Charder’.French, Circa 1930. 23cm High.*’Charder’ was used from the second half of the 1920s by Charles Schneider....

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Waratah cased set retailed by Flavelle Brothers Ltd, Sydney & London

Extremely rare Waratah cased set retailed by Flavelle Brothers Ltd, Sydney & London.Silver 800 Gilt and enamel Brooch, Buckle and BraceletThe bracelet unknown till now. Mint condition. Illustrated in “Australian Flora in Decorative Arts “ by Betteridge. (except bracelet)Possibly designed by R T Baker, c.1910. $7,500 ALAN LANDIS ANTIQUES From...

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HICKS & MEIGH: THE STAFFORDSHIRE ESTABLISHMENT

HICKS & MEIGH: THE STAFFORDSHIRE ESTABLISHMENT BY KEN BARNES, THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION Of the many families who contributed to the phenomenal success of ceramics manufactured in Staffordshire during the late 18th and early 19th Century, few were as well-established as the Meigh family. Earthenwares made at the historically significant Old...

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