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Top Five Results from the Classic Furniture, Objects and Design Auction

LOT 154

AN ART NOUVEAU STERLING SILVER AND SILVER GILT COFFEE POT MOUNTED WITH BAROQUE PEARLS AND JADE MAKER’S MARK TIFFANY & CO, CIRCA 1900 With intricate foliate repoussé design interspersed with claw-mounted pearls continuing to the slender handle and spout, the hinged lid with a jade finial, 400grs total weight, 19.5cm high.
Estimate $ 3,000-5,000
Sold for $ 13,000

 

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LOT 100

A LARGE BENGAL TIGER SKIN RUG *
LABELLED FOR VAN INGEN AND VAN INGEN, MYSORE
With a full head mount and claws and teeth intact, on a felt backing, 280cm long.
Estimate $ 8,000-12,000
Sold for $ 14,000

LOT 170

A LARGE WEDGWOOD FAIRY LAND LUSTRE GINGER JAR
CONVERTED TO LAMP BASE,’GHOSTLY WOOD’, CIRCA 1920
Ovoid with high domed cover decorated with a woodland scene of fairies, ghosts and goblins on multi iridescent grounds, later converted to a lamp base with timber mount to base and drilled cover to support light fixture, the vase 36cm high.
Estimate $ 5,000-7,000
Sold for $ 8,500

LOT 318

AN ASSEMBLED SET OF EIGHT WINDSOR CHAIRS
ONE CHAIR WITH THE STENCIL INSCRIPTION ‘ALLSOP MAKER / WORKSHOP NOTTS,’ 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
A set of six with two separate chairs of later manufacture, each of typical form, with an arched crest rail and a bowed, slat back, raised on turned legs united by cross stretchers.
Estimate $ 3,200-4,200
Sold for $ 6,500

LOT 164

A PAIR OF STERLING SILVER CANDELABRA
MAKER’S MARK WILLIAM COMYNS & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1897
With knopped bodies decorated in an embossed floriate and shell pattern and both arms having acanthus leaf and mythical beast heads which terminate in candle-holders. The removable central branch reveals single candle-holders, 4384gms total weight of silver, 44cm high.
Estimate $ 1,500-2,600
Sold for $ 6,000