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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:483
Sale Title:Australian & Colonial, Antique & HistoricalLots with images:481
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:361
Date:19-May-2015
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19th century portrait of a gentleman in an Australian timber frame (cedar, blackwood, silky oak, tulip wood & others) with makers stamp verso 'A. Schramm'. Frame size 78.5 cm x 86 cm
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Thomas Woolner (1825 - 1892) bronze plaque of Governor Charles LaTrobe, signed 'T. Woolner Sc, 1853', housed in original timber frame. Provenance: By direct family descent. Plaque 22 cm.
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A rare whalebone miniature chest of five-drawers in the Georgian style, 19th century, 37 cm high, 25.5 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep.
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Group of 5 whalebone & timber vase ornaments & a carved miniature bucket, Anglo-Indian, 19th century. Tallest 8 cm. (6 items)
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A Victorian needlework sampler by M J McMahon, Long Beach 1860. 26 x 19 cm. Attributed to Mary Jane McMahon, the daughter of James McMahon, an Irishman who arrived in Port Phillip in 1841. McMahon established a 1,000 acre squatting track that covered the coastal strip from Mordialloc Creek to Kananook Creek, now the suburbs of Aspendale, Edithvale, Chelsea, Bonbeach and Carrum. This land was put up for sale after it was first surveyed in 1865, after which James opened the Half-Way House, later to become…
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English mahogany banjo barometer by 'P. Corti, Exeter'. Corti of 5 Market Street, Exeter is listed as a manufacturer of barometers in 1850. Fully restored. 92 cm.
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An octagonal plate depicting early views of Sydney, Australian circa 1880's, inscription reads 'G. Hodgson Junr & Co Summer Hill Sydney'. 25 cm diameter. Note: Summerhill is an inner suburb of Sydney part of the Municipality of Ashfield
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Tramp art chip carved box fitted with sterling silver mounted bottles, late 19th century. 22 cm high, 37 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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Australian inlaid timber serving tray, blackwood, cedar, huon pine, silky oak, King Billy pine, red pine & Tasmanian oak, circa 1900. 61 cm x 36 cm
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Cigarette Cards: c1900-24 collection in two albums, mainly Australian, noted 1912 Wills 'Birds of Australasia' (108); 1914 Sniders & Abrahams 'Butterflies & Moths' (72); J. J. Schuh 1922 'Official War Pictures' (68) & 1924 'Cinema Stars' (35). Fair/VG.
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Cigarette & Trade Cards: c1905-2000 collection, good proportion of Australian issued cards, includes jockeys & racehorses (135). Poor/VG. Inspection will reward.
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Galista Australian Wine 2/9 per Bott. point of sale advertising sign, painted reverse glass, early 20th century. 39.5 x 44.5 cm
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Melbourne Man. Group of 3 miniature bronze sculptures by Alison Weaver & Paul Quinn. 'Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch: Batman, Swanston & Hoddle' circa 1993. The life size iconic group of statues can be found on the corner of Bourke St & Swanston St in Melbourne's Cbd. Tallest 21 cm
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Opalised shell plate, Early Cretaceous- Aptian 115 myo, from Coober Pedy, SA. Various mussels 'Eyrena tatel'; various cockles 'Cyrenopsis meeki'; some partial ephuroid sea stars 'Ophioglyphoida'.
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