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Basalt Oil Lamp
Circa 1775, UK
One of the more difficult shapes to fire, the bowl being supported by three sinuous dolphins. The result is very attractive.
This is an actual oil lamp, and not just the shape. There are four holes for wicks, and the bowl would hold oil.
Marked for Wedgwood & Bentley.
H18cm
$9,500
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ETRURIA ANTIQUES GALLERY
Jean Baptiste Gauvenet for Sèvres Manufacture Nationale – ‘Éléphants’ Sculpture
1929, France
A fine and rare Art Déco ceramic figural group modelled as an elephant with an elephant calf on each side. Decorated with a grey craqueleure glaze and the plinth with a sponged violet glaze. Designed by Jean Baptiste Gauvenet in 1927 for the Sèvres Manufacture Nationale. Printed back stamp to base with year letter ‘b’ for 1929.
Private collection – Paris, France
H18.5cm W17cm D12.5cm
$2,385
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Rya Rug
Circa 1960, Finland
Designed by Ritva Puotila for Oy Finnrya Ab, Hiekkaharju, Finland. Glowing Embers design, 100% virgin wool, woven on an Axminster loom, with the original label applied to the reverse.
Private collection – Melbourne, Australia
H170cm W270cm
$7,800
ANTIQUARIAN ELIZABETH SYBER
Royal Haeger Seated Panther – Model 6048
Circa 1986, United States
Glazed ceramic.
An unusually large glazed ceramic figure of a seated panther, its stylised Art Deco Revival form finished in a lustrous black glaze. The angular facial features, elongated forelegs and curled tail give the figure a strong architectural presence. Retaining its original Royal Haeger label, dated 1986, and numbered 6048.
Excellent original condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs. A minute blemish from manufacture at the tip of the tail is scarcely noticeable.
H52.5cm W26cm D15cm (width includes tail)
$1,995
ALISON BAILY REHFISCH 1900 – 1975
(Still Life in Green) c.1933
oil on pulpboard
35 x 42 cm
signed lower right
Copyright courtesy the Estate of the Artist
Rehfisch is particularly known for her still life and landscape paintings in a modernist style with a strong use of colour harmonies. She began her art education at the Julian Ashton School, returning to studies after her marriage and once her daughter had reached school age, attending Antonio Dattilo Rubbo’s classes at the Royal Society of New South Wales, winning the Prize for Still Life in 1929. In 1933, Rehfisch travelled to Europe, including classes at the Grosvenor Art School (1933 – 39). Her concern with composition and design is clear in this painting with the arrangement of still life elements, including fruit and flowers.
$25,000
JOHN FORD PATERSON 1851 – 1912
Rickett’s Point 1908
oil on canvas
71 x 144 cm
signed lower left
Exhibited:
Golden Summers: The Heidelberg School and Beyond, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 30 Oct 1985 – 27 Jan 1986
Rickett’s Point on Port Phillip Bay was a favourite painting ground for the Australian impressionists in the 1880s. Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, Arthut Streeton and later Charles Conder, all painted memorable pictures of the shores of Beaumaris and Mentone, capturing the light, beauty and interest of the shore. Here. John Ford Paterson has evoked an ethereal, almost art nouveau quality in the landscape. The water sparkles; gently swaying ti-trees frame the composition with their decorative curving silhouettes. The colourful picknicking figures seem almost an intrinsic part of this sunlit bayside scene. This painting is arguably Paterson’s masterwork, and was included in the NGV’s ground-breaking Golden Summers exhibition of the 1980s. In its style and imagery, the artwork unquestionably depicts the view of what the typical Australian experience might be – the whiteness of the beach landscape, the blueness of the sea, the yachts, and the impressionistically depicted picnickers.
$275,000
Superb French Louis XV Style Pier Cabinet and Boulle Mantel Clock by Caydon & Sons
Circa 1880, France
Burr and figured walnut, kingwood and Boulle marquetry.
This finely constructed French pier cabinet is distinguished by its richly figured timber, carefully arranged veneers and extensive gilt-bronze ornamentation. The cabinet has a strong architectural presence, with a broad moulded cornice above a glazed central display compartment, the interior fitted with deep burgundy velvet shelving.
The decoration is characteristic of the French revival of eighteenth-century forms, with finely cast gilt-bronze mounts applied throughout. Foliate and rocaille ornament frames the glazed compartment, while further mounts embellish the sides and lower section. The shaped plinth and moulded feet give the cabinet a graceful finish.
The cabinet provides an especially appropriate setting for the French Boulle mantel clock, dating to circa 1880. Made in an elaborate Rococo Revival form, the clock features a serpentine-shaped case richly inlaid in red-dyed tortoiseshell and brass Boulle marquetry, with engraved scrolling foliate decoration and finely cast gilt-bronze mounts.
The white enamel dial displays Roman numerals and an outer minute track, with ornate pierced hands, and is signed Caydon & Sons, Clockmakers to the Queen, Kingston-on-Thames. The case was likely made in France circa 1880, with the movement and clockmaking associated with Caydon & Sons of Kingston-on-Thames.
Cabinet: H112cm W88cm D34cm
Clock: H43cm W24cm D13cm
Cabinet $5,950, Clock $2,750
19th-Century Alabaster Copy of Venus de Milo
Circa 1880, Italy
Alabaster and marble.
A 19th-century carved alabaster statue of the Venus de Milo, after the original sculpture housed in the Louvre, standing on a green marble base.
Excellent condition.
From the Robert Compton Jones Collection.
H88cm, Base W18cm D18cm
$3,600
Charles Blackman (1928–2018) – Children at Bus Stop
1990, Australia
Mixed media on paper.
An original mixed-media work on paper by Australian artist Charles Blackman, titled Children at Bus Stop. Signed and dated upper right ‘Blackman 19.9.90’ and presented in a white box frame under UV glass.
Good condition.
H72 W51cm
$5,500
Dorothy Mary Braund – Figures in a Boat
Circa 1985, Australia
Mixed media on paper.
An original mixed-media work on paper by Australian artist Dorothy Mary Braund, titled Figures in a Boat. Signed in the margin ‘Dorothy Braund’ and presented in a gold frame under glass.
Good condition.
H35 W45cm
$5,900
Roland Wakelin – South Coast Landscape
1954, Australia
Oil on board.
An original oil painting on board by Australian artist Roland Wakelin, titled South Coast Landscape. Signed and dated lower left ‘R Wakelin ’54’ and presented in the original artist’s frame.
Good condition.
H42 W54cm
$8,500
Margaret Woodward (1938–) – In the Wilderness – Goat
Circa 1980, Australia
Oil on canvas.
An original oil painting by Australian artist Margaret Woodward, titled In the Wilderness – Goat. Signed lower right ‘Woodward’ and presented in a silver frame.
Good condition.
Provenance: The Artist.
H70cm W70cm
$9,900
Retro Clip-On Earrings
Circa 1940, probably American
14ct rose gold, sapphires and diamonds.
A pair of 14ct rose gold circular clip-on earrings, each featuring a flat disc with a radiating design. A central panel of grain-set single-cut diamonds is flanked by channel-set sapphires.
Total estimated diamond weight: 0.20ct
Diamond colour: F–G; clarity: VS–SI
Total estimated sapphire weight: 1.00ct
Weight: 13.62g
The earrings have undergone an assessment and full clean, with no major repairs undertaken.
D2.7cm
$8,500
Oriental domestic scene plate
Circa 1770, Plymouth, England
$800
Articulated metal lobster
Circa 1890, Japan
$2,250
Shibayama decorated card case
Circa 1880, Japan
$950
Netsuke
A trio of carved ivory/mammoth mice
Circa 1900, Japan
$1,000
THEA PROCTOR 1879 – 1966
The Swing 1926
hand coloured woodcut edn. of 19
24.5 x 24.5 cm
signed lower right
Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Copyright the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
$12,500
ARTHUR MAVROS
Nymph of Artemis 2026
limited edition giclee print edn. 1/8
59 x 42 cm
Evoking the spirit of Artemis. The huntress – untamed, ethereal and bound to the wilderness that surrounds her. Her innocence bathed within nature’s watery veil.
Copyright the artist
$3,600
DAVID HOCKNEY 1937 -2026
Celia Observing 1976
coloured etching and aquatint on paper edn 57/60
89 x 74 cm
signed lower right
Hockney depicted his friend Celia Birtwell on numerous occasions. He first met the fashion designer on the streets of London in the 1960s
ROBERT CLINCH 1957 –
Juliet 2026
egg tempera on panel
33 x 20 cm
signed lower right
Copyright the artist
Robert Clinch’s opalescent egg-tempera paintings are expressions of a seemingly realistic, but fictional world. This meticulous painting is one of a series featuring pigeons against a beautiful architectural building. The glowing red bricks contrast against the panelled window panes. Central to the work is a small juliet balcony with intricate ironwork and complete with an avian Juliet pining for her Romeo.
$20,000
Edwardian 9ct Yellow Gold Bracelet with Heart Padlock
1907, Birmingham, England
9ct yellow gold.
The bracelet is secured with a 9ct yellow gold heart padlock, bearing Birmingham assay marks for 1907 and the maker’s mark J.G&S for John Goffe & Son. Hallmarked J.G&S, 9, .375, anchor and date letter ‘h’.
Weight: 29g
$5,690
