Australian & Colonial (#442) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 1-98 of 98. Previous|1|Next Lot 132 A REMARKABLE AUSTRALIAN COAT-OF-ARMS FROM CHARTERS TOWERS, circa 1880, Large framed Australian coat-of-arms, worked in wool by William Duncan of Charters Towers. Original gilt frame, 71 x 78cm overall The four quadrants of the shield (bale of wheat, merino sheep, 3-masted sailing ship & gold minehead) are surrounded by Australian birds sitting amongst a Scottish thistle, an English rose and an Irish shamrock with a kangaroo at left and an emu at right supporting two white ensigns with a rising View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$5,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 133 A rare Australian timber inlaid box with sunburst lid and tumbling box design, cedar, huon pine, blackwood, kauri and Baltic pine, 19th century,fitted with lift-out cedar tray, 21cm high, 31cm wide, 26cm deep View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 134 Early Australian Colonial cedar workbox, New South Wales origin, circa 1840, 16cm high, 34.5cm wide, 24cm deep, Note a near identical example is illustrated in: "Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture" by Fahy, Simpson & Simpson, Plate 234, Page 397. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 135 A Colonial writing box compendium, cedar and fiddleback blackwood with a central huon pine monogram surrounded by quartered panels, fitted interior with ebony trim on cedar with leathered writing slope, Tasmanian origin, mid 19th century, 16cm high, 36cm wide, 24cm deep View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 136 An Australian deed box, mountain ash, Queensland maple, beefwood and cedar, 19th century, fitted with lift out tray, 12cm high, 31cm wide, 26cm deep View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 137 THOMAS GRIFFITHS Book box, Queensland and exotic specimen timbers, Mount Tamborine, Queensland, early 20th century, fitted with velvet lined drawer with makers ink stamp, 20cm high View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 138 THOMAS GRIFFITHS Book box, Queensland and exotic specimen timbers, Mount Tamborine, Queensland, early 20th century, (missing drawer) 20cm high View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot 139 Anglo-Celanese box with specimen timber tumbling box motif, early 19th century, 20cm high, 45cm wide, 19cm deep View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 140 THOMAS GRIFFITHS (attributed) Book box, assorted Australian timbers, Mount Tamborine, Queensland, early 20th century, fitted with velvet lined compartment, 18cm high View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 141 An Australian timber book box with handpainted parrot scene, 19th/20th century, View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 142 Three Tasmanian huon pine picture frames with antique lithographs, 19th century, label verso "Beattie's Studio, 60 Elizabeth Street Hobart" 45 x 58cm (internal size 36.5 x 49.5). View details Quantity3Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 143 A stunning pair of handpainted porcelain vases decorated with Australian wildflowers, late 19th early 20th century, painted monogram "V. L. W.", French Limoges porcelain blanks, 30.5cm high. View details Quantity2Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 144 DAUM Cameo glass "Gumnuts and Leaves" vase, French, early 20th century, signed "Daum Nancy", 57.5cm high View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 145 DAUM Cameo glass "Gumnuts and Leaves" vase, French, early 20th century, signed "Daum Nancy", 31.5cm high View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 146 A hat block, huon pine, stamped "GODFREY, MELBOURNE", early 20th century, 33cm across View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 147 CARLTON & UNITED BREWERY Honour roll frame converted to a mirror, fiddleback blackwood, circa 1900, 96cm x 69cm View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 148 An Australian Colonial ladies travel box, cedar with brass inlay, fitted with tray and jars, mid 19th century, with original key, 11cm high, 25cm wide, 17cm deep View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 149 An Australian writing box with campaign fittings and well fitted interior, cedar and brass, 19th century, 13cm high, 26cm wide, 24cm deep. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 150 A rare Australian Colonial gun case with domed top, full cedar construction with lift out tray and lockable bullet compartment, mid 19th century, 63cm across View details Estimate$700 - $900Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 151 A CANE PRESENTED TO SIR EDWIN SMITH KCMG An acacia cane with a tapered wooden shaft capped by a sterling silver handle inscribed in cursive script: View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 152 An Australian walking stick carved with kangaroo and emu entwined within an intricate woven and spiral design, handle in the form of a boot, 19th century, 93cm long View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 153 A Tasmanian walking stick, fiddleback blackwood shaft with musk handle carved in the form of a boot, 19th century, 93cm long View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 154 Two Australian timber walking sticks, one with gold collar, 19th century, 97cm and 98cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$350 - $450StatusCLOSED! Lot 155 Franz Bergmann Vienna cold painted bronze kangaroo, circa 1900, stamp "B" at the base of the tail, 15cm high, 17cm long View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot 156 A kookaburra car mascot radiator cap, bronze and brass, early 20th century, 9cm high View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 157 A kookaburra paperweight, bronze and lignum vitae, 19th century, 9cm high View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 158 GENERAL POST OFFICE engraved brass fob with "No.35 INLAND LETr CARRIER" engraved on reverse and the English Royal Coat of Arms on the obverse. circa 1825. Extremely rare. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 159 LYSAGHT'S GALVANIZED IRON "ORB" brand paperweight, superb. circa 1920s. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 160 Benjamin DISRAELI (English Prime Minister) novelty pewter pepper pot, height 9cm. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 161 Queen Victoria cabinet plate "A Souvenir Of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee And Glorious Reign Of 60 Years, 1837-1897", listing various colonies of the Empire; interestingly Australia, as well as Tasmania, are listed as being separate colonies. 24.5cm diameter View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 162 A massive hand-operated seal embossing screw press for "AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE LAND AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED" 1863; the base 38 x 18cm. [With a custom built timber carrying case.] View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 163 ELDER'S TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR COMPANY LIMITED, 53 x 91cm bronze sign with cast lettering highlighted in gilt. The sign is double sided and hung from a pole at right angles to the company's building at 27 Currie Street, Adelaide. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 164 A hand-operated seal embossing press for "GOLDSBOROUGH MORT AND COMPANY LIMITED" 1888; base 44.5 x 19cm. Very heavy. [With custom built timber carry case.] View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 165 A hand-operated seal embossing press for "THE SQUATTING INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED 1882", the base 25 x 11.5cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 166 A large, hand-operated "CANCELLED" press; late 19th Century. The "CANCELLED" formed of numerous holes measures 90 x 20mm. Overall, the press is 40 x 15cm at the base. [In custom built timber carry case.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 167 An early "Imperial Peck" Government measure with Board of Ordinance mark and broad arrow, engraved "1837", 42cm across the handles View details Estimate$1,800 - $2,200Price Realized$3,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 168 Admiral Fitzroy's Barometer in cedar case with retailer plaque for T. GAUNT, Melbourne, 19th century, 100cm high View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 169 BLANCHE B. DAVIS [Australia, 1858 - 1933] A collection of six plates and four compote stands, c1907. Hand-painted porcelain, each signed and titled verso, 21cm diameter (plates); 22cm diameter (compote stands). View details Quantity10Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 170 A pair of ostrich egg hanging ornaments, carved with Aborigine and emu, 19th century, 18cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot 171 An Australian carved emu egg with kookaburras, snake, emus and "forget me not", 19th century, 13cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot 172 Three folk art carved emu eggs with Aboriginal hunting scenes, 19th century, View details Quantity3Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 173 An Australian carved emu egg with emu hunt scene on gilt metal stand, 19th century, 15cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 174 A pair of carved emu eggs with Australian animals and Sydney Heads, 19th century, housed in original cardboard box with inscription "Gift From Australia, Brother Charles Emu Eggs", 13cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 175 A carved emu egg with swans and cygnets, 19th century, 12.5cm wide. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 176 An ebonized wooden box, carved with Maori decorations and with inlaid paua shell eyes, late 19th century, View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 177 A framed fern display, New Zealand, 19th century, label verso "Framed By L. Hooker, Hawera", 71cm x 57cm overall View details Estimate$450 - $550Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 178 JAMES ANNEAR Glove box with marquetry New Zealand timbers, bearing original paper label "JAMES ANNEAR, Maker, Sydney-Street, Wellington, New Zealand", 19th century, View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$1,900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 179 Two folk art miniature chests with pink and blue painted finishes, 19th/20th century, 30cm and 27cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 180 An unusual primitive folk art miniature chest of drawers, stained pine, late 19th century, 36cm high View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 181 A tramp art timber frame made to hold an oil painting (of flowers) on slate; circa 1890s, 39.5 x 27.5cm overall View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 182 A tramp art miniature chest of drawers, cigar box cedar, circa 1890, 33cm high View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot 183 An Australian serving tray, Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood, early 20th century, 62cm across the handles View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 184 A salesmen's sample miniature kitchen dresser, pine with metal fittings, 19th century, 57cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 185 A Colonial tea caddy with lift off lid, Australian cedar, 19th century, 18cm high View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! Lot 186 A fine chip carved trivet, deed box and cigar box, blackwood, pine and cedar, 19th century, the trivet 30cm across View details Quantity3Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 187 Royal Doulton figure group of a pair of cockatoos by Leslie Harradine, circa 1911, impressed factory mark, model No. H35 and inscribed "L.H.", 20cm high View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 188 A Colonial cutlery tray, Australian cedar, mid 19th century, 41cm across View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 189 A miniature Australian display cabinet and plaque, fiddleback blackwood, early 20th century, the cabinet 30cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 190 Three assorted ballot and donation boxes, cedar and silky oak, 19th century, the largest 28cm high View details Quantity3Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 191 Two Australian cedar boxes fitted with compartments, one with brass fittings, 19th century, the larger 29cm across View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 192 An Australian cedar musical instrument case with gilt monogram "G.F.L", 19th century, 58cm across View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 193 A cast iron kangaroo doorstop, 19th century View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 194 An Australian folk art leather frame, 19th century,with Allen Glover engraving, frame 60cm x 70cm View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 195 BEENLEIGH RUM point-of-sale advertising statue, painted plaster, late 19th century, 46cm high View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 196 Two Australian fiddleback blackwood jewel boxes, early 20th century View details Quantity2Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 197 A specimen collector's cabinet, fiddleback blackwood fitted with 7 velvet lined drawers, nameplate on handle "LATROBE, L.E.B.", 19th century, 35cm high, 37cm wide, 20cm deep View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 198 Two natural history specimens in glass domes, 20th century, the taller 23cm high View details Quantity2Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 199 An Australiana carved wooden portrait frame, dated 1913, in the manner of John Kendrick Blogg, 20cm high View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 200 CARLTON & UNITED BREWERIES Original oak keg with metal binding and brass fittings stamped "CARLTON & UNtd. Bry., Melbourne" Numbered 32600, circa 1907, remains of original blue painted finish to end, 75cm high, View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 201 A pokerwork board, crumb tray and brush, circa 1920 View details Quantity3Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 202 A pokerwork lamp base with painted boating scene, huon pine, Tasmanian origin, circa 1920 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 203 An iron platypus trap, late 19th century, 15cm across View details Estimate$180 - $220Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 204 Assorted Australian lithographed advertising ware including Henderson Hats of Sydney, Akubra Hats, Buckley & Nunn, Foys Melbourne and Dumbrells, circa 1920 View details Quantity5Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 205 A pair of Adams porcelain plates with Australian scenes, circa 1930s, i) Brig Lady Nelson, Lieut. Grant Discovering & Naming Portland Bay Dec. 5, 1800. ii) Peeps At The Past, Sydney 1802 Dawes Point From Fort Macquarie. 25cm diameter View details Quantity2Estimate$120 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 206 Pokerwork box, candlesticks, vases and napkin rings, huon pine, circa 1920, the tallest 25cm high View details Quantity10Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 207 Two woolwork tapestries, one titled "Rhonda Russell", 19th century, the larger 30 x 40cm overall View details Quantity2Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 208 A pair of Australian Art Nouveau hand-beaten copper fireside panels; waratah motifs, circa 1890s, 96.5 x 20.5cm each View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 209 Folk art picture titled "Burrangarra (Sea Beach)", seaweed and bark, Western Australian origin, 20th century, original labels verso, housed in a fine blackwood frame, 14 x 21cm View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 210 An inlaid Australian timber serving tray signed by some members of the Essendon football and cricket clubs, circa 1935, 73cm across the handles View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 211 A miniature chest of drawers, huon pine, 44cm high, 40cm wide, 28cm deep View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 212 NORMAN LINDSAY Gallery 30th year anniversary limited edition (170/300), vase with box and papers, 18cm high, 19cm across View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 213 A portrait bust of an Aboriginal elder, carved mulga wood, 19th/20th century, 31cm overall View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 214 "Novelty Mechanical Kangaroo" tin plate clockwork toy by A. Wells & Co. Ltd. made in Great Britain, with original box, mid 20th century, 16cm long View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 215 A miniature chest of twelve drawers, cedar and pine with mahogany stain, 19th/20th century, 48cm high View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 216 An Anglo-Indian deed box inlaid with specimen timbers, 19th century, 21cm high, 38cm wide, 24cm deep View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 217 Two Australian timber boxes, cedar, pine and fiddleback blackwood, 19th century, the larger 42cm across View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 218 Three antique timber cases with handles, one turned into a workman's lunch box,19th/20th century, the largest 39cm across View details Quantity3Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 219 Two Australian timber boxes, one jarrah, engraved "Perth WFB", the other cedar, blackwood and acacia, 19th/20th century, the larger 23cm across View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 220 Five assorted folk art boxes some with advertising including tobacco, household tacks and cheese, 19th/20th century, the largest 32cm across View details Quantity5Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 221 A pair of BALLOT BOXES; 19th Century, cedar; lockable and still with evidence of sealing wax, each 29.5cm tall & 16.5cm square. (2 items). View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 222 A Tasmanian birdseye huon pine burl fruit bowl, late 20th century View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 223 Two vintage Melbourne street signs, "STATION St." and "BRUNSWICK Rd.", 20th century, View details Quantity2Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 224 BERNARD HESLING circular cat plaque, handpainted enamel on tin, signed "Hesling", 23cm diameter View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 225 THALLON gilt picture frame with remains of label verso, 19th century, 95cm x 81cm (internal size 77cm x 64cm) View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 226 A BRASS (MYSTERY) DUMBBELL What is this brass instrument in the shape of a dumbbell, marked for T. Gaunt & Co. (Melbourne watch-maker and maker of scientific instruments)? One end has a short-necked opening which, when the stopper is removed, reveals a removable seive, 34cm long. View details Estimate$50 - $150Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 227 "Convent and Schools for the Christian Brothers" elevated architectural view, scale: 1/8 inch to a foot, framed and mounted in birdseye maple, 57 x 76cm View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 228 "Convent and Schools for the Christian Brothers" elevated architectural view, scale: 1/8 inch to a foot, framed and mounted in birdseye maple, 62cm x 80cm View details Quantity1Estimate$200 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 229 Royal Doulton Captain Cook Bi-centenary loving cup in original box with papers View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
