Australian & Colonial – Antique & Historical 11 09, 2015 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 590. Previous|123456|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 501 An impressive whaler's knife with tortoise shell, mother of pearl & marine ivory handle engraved with a kangaroo on one side & a British lion on the other, housed in leather sheath. Early 19th Century. 46.5cm Symbol♦ Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 502 A scrimshaw desk display, whales teeth, baleen and pan bone, 19th Century. 16cm high Symbol♦ Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 503 A pan bone busk with scrimshaw scenes, 19th Century. 35cm Symbol♦ Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 504 A scrimshaw whales tooth, 19th Century. 16cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 505 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tall ship and portrait of King Richard II on reverse, 19th Century. 13.5cm.NB: This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding export. Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 506 A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled "Home Sweet Home". 12cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 507 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with scene of a tall ship. 15cm.NB: This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regrading export. Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 508 A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled "Ship Dawn", 19th Century. 11cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 509 A scrimshaw whale's tooth of a tall ship, 19th Century. 11cm.NB: This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regrading export. Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 510 A scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scene. 10cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 511 Two whale's teeth, 18/19th century. 10cm and 14cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 512 A scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting coastal chart in South Australia engraved "South Australian Whaling Co. Encounter Bay". 15cm Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 513 A powder horn with scrimshaw decoration of tall ship, harp, village scene etc., early 19th Century. Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 514 A whale bone card case, c1830s. 8.5 x 5cm Symbol♦ Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 515 A model ship of "The Lady Nelson", in a huon pine and glass display cabinet, late 19th Century. 49cm high, 62cm wide, 30cm deep. Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 516 Dominoes, whalebone and ebony in timber box, 19th Century Symbol♦ Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 517 A whalebone seal, 19th century. 6cm. NB: This Item requires a CITES certificate for export, this lot cannot be shipped to the USA or Territories Symbol♦ Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 518 A whale rib bone, 19th Century Symbol♦ Estimate$600 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 519 A Georgian boot hook with whalebone handle. 19.5cm. Symbol♦ Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 520 LANE Pocket globe made in London 1818, with shagreen case. 7.5cm diameter Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 521 Group of whale's teeth and bone turned egg cups and napkin rings, 19th Century. Largest 10cm Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 522 A whalebone needle case in the form of an umbrella and fist, mid 19th Century. Symbol♦ Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 523 A Pair of Australian cedar tea caddies, 19th Century. 15cm high, 19cm wide, 13cm deep Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 524 An Australian cedar book box, stamped "D.GASKELL", late 19th Century Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 525 A group of 5 whalebone implements including bodkins (3), a paper knife and sailors tool. Longest 21cm Symbol♦ Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 526 An Australian timber games box, silky oak, cedar, pine and blackwood, monogrammed "P.D.W" on the drawer front, circa 1900. 8cm high, 39cm wide, 12.5cm deep Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 527 Set of miniature dominoes in wooden case, whalebone and ebony, 19th Century. Symbol♦ Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 528 An early 3 inch brass drum sextant by Stanley of London, with leather case. Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 529 An early scrimshaw horn engraved "WARREE 1854" and carved with a lesser bird of paradise. Believed to be from the Warree homestead south of Gladstone Queensland. 18cm Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 530 A pine cedar and mulga wood folk art carving, circa 1910, inset with two Australian three pences. 28cm high Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 531 A fine Australian folding chess board, cedar and kauri pine with red pine secondaries, mid 19th Century. Together with a set of turned wooden pieces in box. 37.5cm x 37cm Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 532 Workbox, Australian cedar with fitted lift out tray original silk interior and shell escutcheon, c1850. 14cm high, 29cm wide, 21cm deep Estimate$700 - $1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 533 Miniature Australian cedar book box with pine string inlay (8cm x 5.5cm). Together with a miniature wooden box inlaid with a whalebone cross and name plate (6 x 4cm)NB: This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding export. Symbol♦ Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 534 A carved Western Australian pearl shell with emu and koala in bush landscape, late 19th Century. 17cm x 19cm Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 535 A pair of manacles with key, stamped "British Made", 19th Century. Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 536 WILLIAM NORRIE New Zealand inlaid timber box, burr totara, mottled kauri, rewa rewa, puriri and maire, c1890. 10cm high, 30cm wide, 19cm deep Estimate$600 - $1,000Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 537 WILLIAM NORRIE New Zealand inlaid timber glove box, mottled kauri, puriri, rewa rewa, burr totara and maire, c1890. 11cm high, 33cm wide, 14cm deep Estimate$600 - $1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 538 A pair of manacles, English made, 19th Century Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 539 A reverse glass shop sign "J.G. Yandell Surgeon Dentist, Attends Here the Second Saturday of Each Month, Hours 10a.m. to 4p.m., Dentistry in all its branches, Local Anesthesia". 48 x 35cm Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 540 Two standard recording thermometers by Dobbie Bros. Melbourne both in Fahrenheit. One records the minimum the other records the maximum temperature. Both mounted on timber, c1971. 38cm each Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 541 Kew Pattern Marine Barometer by Negretti & Zambra of London. Recognized and used as the standard on ships and observatories, range 870-1100 mb. includes attached "Gold Scale" (named after Lt. Col. Gold of the Harrison clock fame) Mark IV also by Negretti, this removes temperature, height and latitude corrections when set. Rare and in excellent condition. Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 542 Theodolite by Stanley of London called "The Eltham" model housed in 19th Century glass dome. A precision instrument in excellent working condition. Together with a 14 foot telescopic staff plus a 100 foot standard steel tape measure by E.R.Watts of London and a tripod. Ex Melbourne Observatory. Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 543 Two standard mercury thermometers by Dobbie Bros. Instruments of Melbourne, one in fahrenheit the other in centigrade, both mounted on ceramic plates, 20th Century. 28cm each Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 544 Two pocket barometers in leather travel cases, 19th Century. Largest, 5cm diameter. Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 545 Aneroid portable barometer in leather carry case. Made in England for A.E.Barker & Associates of Melbourne. This model was used by surveyors and is temperature compensated; it can also be calibrated for height up to 6000 feet. 8cm diameter Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 546 Precision aneroid barometer by Mechanism Ltd of London. Range 900-1050 mb, accuracy 0.1 mb. These instruments are very rare and are still used at Observatories & airfields today. Originally retailed at £13,000, calibrated and in excellent condition Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 547 Microbarograph by Short & Mason of London. Measures and records barographic pressure over seven day period, includes charts. Range 950-1050mb. 24cm high, 39cm wide, 18cm deep. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 548 Hygrothermograph by Dobbie Bros. Instruments of Melbourne. Records both temperature and humidity over a seven day period and can also be set to record a one day period. With charts, 20th Century. 27cm high, 31cm wide, 15cm deep Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 549 Analogue wind speed instrument by Adolf Thies of Germany, in original box (serial 3005). Used by the Melbourne Observatory. Range 0-66 mph. 21cm Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 550 Whirling psychrometer by Dobbie Bros. of Melbourne consisting of two thermometers, a dry bulb and a wet bulb. The difference in reading when whirled indicates the dew point and the relative humidty. Together with a supply of muslin and wicks. Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 551 Lignum Vitea turned goblet, early 19th Century. 11.5cm Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold View details 552 An Australian poker work smoker's companion decorated with gum nuts; also a vase and a tray. Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$50StatusSold View details 553 A taxidermy wombat, early 20th Century Symbol♦ Estimate$600 - $1,000Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 554 A finely painted tapestry of two Kookaburras and Australian flora, late 19th Century Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 555 A New South Wales letterbox marked "Foster 13" with remains of red painted finish. Unusual internal mechanism for charnging mail pick up times. 58cm high, 39cm wide, 25cm deep. Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 556 A possum skin rug on blue felt backing bearing label "Manufacturing Furriers, J.Jackson & Sons, Tivoli Fur Store, Albert Square, Brisbane", early 20th Century. 184cm x 152cm. Provenance: The rug was originally commissioned by the vendors mother during the Depression.NB: This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding export. Symbol♦ Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Price Realized$3,400StatusSold View details 557 An Australian folk art sewing box carved with waratahs, wattle, banksia, Sturt desert pea, gum blossoms etc. Late 19th Century. 29cm high, 59cm wide, 30cm deep Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 558 A pair of Wedgwood porcelain cabinet plates with "Australian Flora" back stamp, circa 1883 and 1884. 25cm diameter Estimate$500 - $700Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 559 Set of 7 Wedgewood porcelain Australian Flora plates, Circa 1884. 20.5cm and 26cm Estimate$1,000 - $1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 560 A 19th Century tug-of-war clock-work diorama between Prahran and Toorak. 24cm high, 55cm wide, 15cm deep. Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 561 An Australian gum leaf embossed brass framed mirror, in the arts and crafts style. 94cm high, 36cm wide Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold View details 562 Enamel shop sign "World's News, Every Week - One Penny" by Simpson Enls. of Adelaide, late 19th Century. 15.5 x 45.5cm. Together with a colourful enamel sign "We Sell Laughtons porcelain enameled signs, Baths and Sinks". 15 x 25cm. Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 563 "The Joey" metal toy airplane by Digger Jnr. made in South Australia, circa 1918 to 1924. 35cm long. Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 564 A hand painted timber panel of waratahs, late 19th Century. 76 x 35cm. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 565 An Australian taxidermy Bower bird and Regent Rifle bird under glass dome, 19th Century. 48cm high, 32cm diameter Symbol♦ Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 566 An Australian plaster portrait medallion, 19th century Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 567 Anglo-Indian box, carved sandalwood with inlaid ivory and ebony, 19th Century. 11.5cm high, 32cm wide, 24cm deep Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 568 Australian bookstand with books, blackwood and maple, early 20th Century. 46cm high, 49.5cm wide, 29cm deep Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 569 Vintage leather travel case with interesting array of Australian aviation related travel stickers etc., circa 1920's. 41cm high, 56cm wide, 22cm deep. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 570 A tomahawk, hand forged steel finely engraved with a kangaroo and emu, horn handle with brass pommel engraved with monogram "G.S", 20th Century. 33cm Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 571 MAY VALE (1862-1945) Australian arts and crafts enamel tea cannister with inscription "Spare the Tea... Dinna", incised signature on base, together with enamel decorated sugar bowl. Both pieces originally exhibited in Melbourne along with the works of other Heidelberg School artists including Frederick McCubbin. 9cm high. Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 572 A male mannequin, circa 1945 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 573 An antique English pewter plate engraved "Botany Bay, Bounty In Distress" (engraving possibly later). 22cm diameter Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold View details 574 An "Akubra Hats" sign in timber frame. 72 x 86cm overall. Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold View details 576 A timber box with shell inlay top, 20th Century. 6cm high, 30cm wide, 24cm deep. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 577 H.M.A.S. SYDNEY Bookstand made from the timber of the famous ship. 16cm high, 63cm wide, 25cm deep Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 578 Bronze figured lamp of an Aborigine, signed "P.Blandin", on turned timber plinth, early 20th Century. 66cm Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 579 A taxidermy Sugar Glider possum, early 20th Century. Symbol♦ Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 580 Poker work art deco huon pine vase, gumnut bowl, magpie box & candlestick, circa 1930's. Vase 20cm. Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 581 Anglo-Indian tortoise shell box, 19th Century. 10cm high, 18cm wide, 14cm deep Symbol♦ Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 582 An Australian inlaid timber serving tray, Queensland origin with makers label "Thos. Griffith, Nth Tamborine", early 20th Century. 56 x 37cm Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 583 RITA HUNTER: Opera costume helmet worn by the famous Wagnerian British soprano singer in Wagners "The Valkyrie" as Brunhilde performed in Sydney in 1983 by The Australian Opera. 38cm Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$50StatusSold View details 584 An Australian 49 pelt platypus skin rug. 132 x 155 cm"This rug was acquired by the vendor from John Bovill, now deceased, in 1997. The rug had been in Mr Bovill's family, residents of Tasmania, since the pelts were collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and made into a blanket. Mr Bovill related that when he served in the merchant navy during World War II his father insisted he take the blanket with him. He recalled with some humour that whilst serving in the North Sea convoys h... Symbol♦ Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 585 MAY CLARKE: Porcelain dinner service, painted for the Hardey family of Western Australia, each piece hand painted with local wild flowers including banksia, gum blossoms, Geraldton wax flower, etc.Titled and signed verso. Comprising tureens (3), serving dishes (3), gravy boat, sauce jug, dinner plates (12), entree plates (12), side plates (10), soup bowls (10), saucers (9). Circa 1920's. PROVENANCE: Hardey Collection by direct family descent Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 586 GEORGE WILLIAM EVANS [1780-1852]: Hobart Town, circa 1825 Staffordshire plate, transfer-printed title on base, 23 cm. After George William Evans, who originally published the image as a frontispiece to his book on the Colony, published in 1822. The earliest known depiction of an Australian scene or porcelain or earthen ware. Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Price Realized$3,400StatusSold View details 587 AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL MEDALS: c1878-1991 collection, noted 1879 Sydney International Exhibition, a bronze award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, named (C. Smith & Son, Second Award), 76mm; 1911 Queensland Government Essay Competition, a brass medal (Carlisle 1911/25); 1913 Visit of the Fleet to Sydney, a bronze medal (Carlisle 1913/5); 1929 Centenary of WA, bronze medals by G.K. Gray (2), both 39mm (Carlisle 1929/2); mostly base metal. Many extremely fine; mostly identified in packets. Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold View details 588 Alcock, Thomson & Taylor framed "Rules to be observed at the Game of Devil's Pool". Housed in a 19th Century Australian cedar frame. Frame 47 x 60cm Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 589 Prison Baton, 19th Century with Queen Victoria's cypher, 48cm. Together with booklets (2) including "Extracts from the Rules and Regulations relating to Penal Establishments and Goals" [Melbourne, 1925]. Estimate$400 - $800Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 590 BOTTLE LABELS, collection on leaves, noted Ballarat Bitter; Victor Ale by Roger Bros. in Hawthorn; Tru-Pash by Murray Breweries in Beechworth; Hop Beer & Hot Punch by Colac Aereated Water Co. Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold View details 591 "ADVANCE AUSTRALIA" cotton embroidery on linen, circa 1908; 41.5 x 45cms. Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 592 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE: The 1924 hardbound "TENDER for the SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE submitted by The English Electric Company of Australia Limited" comprising a tipped-in colour representation of the proposed bridge (which looks like the Golden Gate Bridge in this vision), covering letter, schedule of drawings and technical information, details of the Company and Notes on Wire Cables; accompanied by a 16.5cm section of the cable proposed. (2 items). Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 594 AVIATION: 78rpm RECORDS, noted "Southern Cross Aust-England Flight"; "Smithy" by Len Maurice; "Incidents of My Flight" by Bert Hinkler; "The Story of My Flight" by Amy Johnson; plus 3 LPs of Songs about Amy Johnson including "A Lone Girl Flyer". Also "Tit Bits" by comedians Stiffy & Mo. Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 596 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE A collection of Sydney Harbour Bridge items; photographic postcards or similar sized photographs of the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1929 - 1932, (9 items). Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 597 Two standing theatre ticket punch machines from The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, circa 1930, and some movie star cards Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 598 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE: Certificate from the Executive Committee for the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations signed by the Chairman of the Committee and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Samuel Walder; dated 19 March 1932; 31.5 x 21.5cms. (faults, but no losses). Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 599 A reverse glass circular landscape painting, artist unknown, mid 20th Century. 27cm diameter Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 600 Western Australian architectural coat of arms, painted fibre glass, mid 20th Century. 66cm Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold View details 601 THE BEATLES: Plaques removed from the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne - "The John Lennon Suite, June 1964", "The Paul McCartney Suite, June 1964", "The George Harrison Suite, June 1964" & "The Ringo Starr Suite, June 1964", each 28x23cm. Fair/G condition. Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 602 Bronze plaque "H.R.H The Duke Of Kent. Gov. Gen. Of Australia 1939" by Andor Meszaros. Mounted on timber board. Bronze 14cm diameter Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold View details 603 SYDNEY BUS DESTINATION ROLL: "SOUTH & WEST AREA No.1" which includes York Street City, Ashfield Station, Balmain, Bankstown Hosp., Belmore Station, Birchgrove, Burwood Station, Cabarita Junction, Caringbah Station, Chiswick, Circular Quay, Darling Street Wharf, Dolls Point, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Flemington Station, Glebe Point, Kogarah Station, Rookwood Cemetery, etc. 8.35 meters long. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next
