MIXED ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES LOT - EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY

A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL ANTIQUES SPANNING CERAMICS, METALWARE, PRINTED EPHEMERA, AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, REPRESENTATIVE OF EARLY-TO-MID TWENTIETH CENTURY COLLECTING INTERESTS.

CONTENTS:

CERAMIC FIGURINE: A HAND-PAINTED PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SEATED MERMAID OR WATER NYMPH IN CREAM AND GREY GLAZES, MOUNTED ON A GREY-BLUE BASE. THE FIGURE DISPLAYS FINE MODELLING AND CAREFUL HAND-FINISHING TYPICAL OF EUROPEAN ART POTTERY PRODUCTION. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 18 CM. NO CHIPS, CRACKS, OR REPAIRS EVIDENT. GLAZE FINISH IS GLOSSY AND WELL-PRESERVED.

DECORATIVE VESSELS: THREE SMALL CERAMIC VESSELS IN PALE BLUE AND CREAM TONES, INCLUDING A SPHERICAL FORM WITH SUBTLE BRUSHWORK DECORATION SUGGESTING MARITIME OR LANDSCAPE MOTIFS. CONSISTENT WITH EARLY-TO-MID TWENTIETH CENTURY STUDIO POTTERY OR COMMERCIAL ART POTTERY PRODUCTION. DIAMETERS RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 CM. MINOR CRAZING VISIBLE TO INTERIORS, CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND NORMAL CERAMIC AGEING.

STONEWARE STEIN: A CREAM-COLOURED STONEWARE DRINKING VESSEL WITH RELIEF-MOULDED DECORATION DEPICTING CLASSICAL OR MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES. FITTED WITH A BRASS-COLOURED METAL BAND AND HANDLE. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 14 CM. THE RELIEF WORK IS CRISP AND WELL-DEFINED. NO CHIPS TO RIM OR BODY OBSERVED.

BAROMETER: A WOODEN-CASED ANEROID BAROMETER WITH CIRCULAR DIAL MOUNTED IN CONCENTRIC WOODEN RINGS. THE DIAL IS MARKED WITH PRESSURE READINGS IN MILLIBARS AND INCHES OF MERCURY, WITH SECTIONS MARKED LOW, CHANGE, AND HIGH. A BRASS MECHANISM IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE DIAL APERTURE. THE WOODEN CASE SHOWS NATURAL PATINA CONSISTENT WITH AGE. DIAL MARKINGS ARE CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. THE INSTRUMENT APPEARS TO BE IN WORKING ORDER, THOUGH NOT TESTED DURING CATALOGUING.

PUNCH MAGAZINES: A COLLECTION OF SIX VINTAGE ISSUES OF PUNCH MAGAZINE, THE BRITISH SATIRICAL WEEKLY. COVERS FEATURE PERIOD COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND CARICATURES TYPICAL OF MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY EDITORIAL DESIGN. TITLES VISIBLE INCLUDE REFERENCES TO MILITARY AND DOMESTIC THEMES. THE MAGAZINES SHOW AGE-RELATED WEAR TO COVERS AND PAGE EDGES, WITH SOME FOXING TO INTERIOR PAGES. SPINES ARE INTACT. THE COLLECTION SPANS MULTIPLE YEARS AND REPRESENTS THE PUBLICATION'S EDITORIAL CHARACTER DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD.

OVERALL ASSESSMENT: THIS LOT REPRESENTS A CROSS-SECTION OF EARLY-TO-MID TWENTIETH CENTURY COLLECTING, WITH EMPHASIS ON DECORATIVE CERAMICS AND FUNCTIONAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. THE BAROMETER IS A PARTICULARLY NOTABLE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT, WHILST THE CERAMIC FIGURINE AND VESSELS REFLECT THE PERIOD'S INTEREST IN ART POTTERY AND DECORATIVE TABLEWARE. THE PUNCH MAGAZINES PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY AND CULTURAL INTEREST AS PERIOD EPHEMERA. ALL ITEMS SHOW HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR CONSISTENT WITH USE AND STORAGE OVER SEVERAL DECADES. NO RESTORATION IS EVIDENT ON ANY CERAMIC PIECES. THE COLLECTION WOULD APPEAL TO COLLECTORS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, AND PERIOD PERIODICALS.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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