JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 29 April 2025 / 10:00 am start
A Royal Doulton 'Māori Art' eight-person porcelain tea service - comprising eight coffee cups, eight saucers, eight side plates and one cake plate. Decorated in a Māori kowhaiwhai rafter design adapted by Augustus Hamilton for Royal Doulton.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,400
Frank Carpay (1917-1985) c.1965 screen printed toweling jacket / robe - designed and made in New Zealand, with five textured white metal buttons and original label, showing wear 'Apex NZ Made'.
Estimate: $300 - $600
A vintage painted heavy cast bronze New Zealand Coat of Arms - the design reflects New Zealand's history as a bicultural nation, with Zealandia, a European female figure on one side and a Māori Rangatira (chief) on the other. The symbols on the central shield represent New Zealand's trade, agriculture and industry, and a Crown represents New Zealand's status as a constitutional monarchy. 610 x 590mm.
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
The Onehunga Regatta 1887 silver plate trophy cup - by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co (Wallingford, Connecticut, USA). Dia.97mm. H.210mm.
Estimate: $360 - $600
A Middle Eastern dagger - silvered brass heavily embossed scabbard, aged wooden handle and curved double edge blade. L.410mm.
Estimate: $250 - $350
