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Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:320
Sale Title:New Zealand Historical & MilitariaLots with images:17
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:272
Date:20-Aug-2015
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Colonial native timber work box by William Norrie parquetry inlaid with star burst to lid, four section interior tray height 22 cm. Width 43.5 cm. Diameter 22 cm. Reference: William Cottrell, furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era (Auckland 2006) pl. 100, p. 315
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A very rare & Historically significant carved powder horn the fine engraving to the horn reads: This is the horn of an Australian ox. the first ever slaughtered on the islands of New Zealand . It was presented by the Revd. S. Marsden to Shongy and Rivers, two native chiefs on their return from England, who ordered it to be killed and given to their favourite companions/1820 Arouse jolly Bacchus the horn to embrace. Twill cheer up the spirits to follow the chase. It will brace up the nerve the game to…
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A very rare illuminated manuscript casket of inlaid New Zealand timbers by William Seuffert, bound in silver by a Kohn Ltd. Height 30 cm. Width 57 cm. Diameter 16 cm. the wood inlay is decorated with two large bands of Maori motifs incorporating tiki, spirals and manaia. Sitting on carved scroll form legs. Applied in silver is the Ranfurly coat of arms above an engraved silver latch decorated with fern motifs (evidence of a handle in between the latch and the coat of arms). the silver end bands are…
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Colonial native timber octagonal wine table possibly by James Adair of Wellington, bold parquetry inlaid on turned column support, tripod base height 75 cm. Diameter 65 cm
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Mantel standing Cuckoo clock ex. Captain Thomas Capel Tilly Estate Captain Tilly, a Royal naval officer, came to the Pacific and New Zealand on the H.M.S. Cordelia as a Sub-Lieutenant. While in the Solomon Islands he met Bishop Patteson, head of the Melanesian Mission. Bishop Patteson offered him the job of Commander of the Melanesian Mission future ship, the Southern cross. Tilly returned to England on the H.M.S Cordelia and took charge of the construction of the new 'Southern Cross' and then brought her…
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Large sterling silver trophy cup & cover the finial as rugby player, not engraved, Sheffield 1927, 41 cm height
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