A Lifetime of Trophies

Italian Piaggio Ape 50 4540z in blue, 50 cc, circa 1996, unknown working order and sold as is. Not registered. Great display piece. Approx 246cm L x 122cm W x 160cm H

Fine LARGE Maori Feast Bowl probably carved by Anaha Te Rahui (1822-1913), New Zealand. Carved and engraved wood with haliotis shell inlay. Large spherical bowl with fitted lid flanked by seated attendant figures on either side and the bowl and lid carved in high relief with a series of tiki faces with haliotis shell eyes (mostly missing) inset, the whole elaborately carved in Rauponga scrollwork motifs, aged deep dark brown patina. The offered bowl is so idiosyncratic in style and treatment that it can be attributed to the carver Anaha Te Rahui. Throughout his long life Anaha Te Rahui saw many changes in Maori culture, and as an artist, his work evolved with the times. Roger Neich has written extensively on the woodcarvers of Ngati Tarawhai (2001). According to Neich, ‘although he almost certainly never worked with stone tools, Anaha was the last of the old Ngati Tarawhai canoe builders. By the time the large carved house building movement got under way, Anaha was already in late middle age and well established as the chief to Ngati Tarahwai. He enjoyed wide contacts with many prominent Europeans and experienced European education through his children, and from his work in the courts. He was literate in Maori. ...Anaha was clearly very much a man of his people, a great leader and certainly not an alienated artist.’ See Neich (2001: figure 15.25) for a another bowl attributed to Anaha Te Rahui as well as a listing of other documented works by the artist. Approx L60cm, B36cm, H43.5cm. PROVENANCE Cornelius Pieter Meulendijk Collection, Rotterdam. Christies London, The Meulendijk Collection - Lot 243, October 21st. 1980. John Magers Collection, Sydney.

Antique English sterling silver canteen of flatware, setting for twelve 102 pieces in total. Comprising the following dates, Large spoons (12) George Adams 1859-60, 12 Large dinner forks, George Adams 1874-75, 12 Entree forks George Adams 1869-70, Pair of large serving spoons George Adams 1846-7, large soup ladle George Adams 1867-68. 12 Small spoons George Adams, 1863-64, Pair of sauce ladles George Adams 1864-65. Sifter 1873-74. Knives are later Modern sterling silver weighted handles, stainless steel blades 12 dinner knives, 12 entree knives 12 butter knives total 102 in all. English oak canteen with recessed label for E.Tessier 26 New Bond St London. Total weight without the knives is 4.764 kgs

Percy Aldridge Grainger, cast by the American Roman Bronze Works New York, by A Newmark 1933 mounted on a marble base, signed and dated 1933, impressed mark to base Roman Bronze Works NY, total approx 55cm H

Rare size antique French long farmhouse table, three oak plank top, standing square tapering legs, with cutlery drawer to side & deep drawer to end, approx 78cm H x 300cm W x 81cm D

Antique rustic 18th century English oak three drawer dresser, standing on square legs, approx 79cm H x 188cm W x 45cm D

SHOULD READ - A well detailed French prisoner-of-war-style bone and horn model of a 42 gun frigate - 7½ x 12ins (19 x 30.5cms) with bound masts, yards and stunsail booms, standing and running rigging and deck details including carved male figurehead with top hat, hair rails with carved rope edges, anchors with bound wooden stocks, belaying rails, gratings, stove-pipe, bell canopy, balustrading, deck-rails, companionways, upper deck guns, two ship's boats, one in chocks and one in stone davits, with thwarts and oars and other details. The planked and pinned hull has horn strakes and carved stern and quarter window details. Mounted on two bone supports on decorated straw work base with leaf decorated bone edgings. Glazed mahogany case (later). Purchased Christies London Lot number 336 15th April 1993

James Timothy Gleeson AO (21 November 1915 - 20 October 2008) Australia, captives in a Threatening landscape I, 1946, oil on board, signed lower right, Ex Eva Breuer, Art Dealer, approx 14.5cm x 12cm

FINE EARLY LEANGLE CLUB, WESTERN VICTORIA, carved and engraved hardwood (no custom stand) The Leangle club which was distinctive of the western Victoria area. These were considered to be the most lethal of all clubs, as their sharply pointed heads could reach around the narrow parrying shields. Approx L68 x 27cm. PROVENANCE Private collection, Queensland

Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905) England, Lady Godiva, watercolour, Originally Purchased by the Trustees of the National Art Galley of N.S.W, The top of frame, inset with The Coventry Halfpenny (1792), signed lower right and dated 1877, approx 80cm x 96cm