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Fine Colonial Art, Furniture and Decorative arts at Somercotes, Ross, Tasmania — Mossgreen Auctions

Auction House: Mossgreen Auctions Number of lots recorded: 532
Sale Title: Fine Colonial Art, Furniture and Decorative arts at Somercotes, Ross, Tasmania Lots with images: 495
Auction Location: Hobart Prices available: 242
Date: 07/12/2008









Lot Description Price Image
*** The Important Somercotes Neo Classical early colonial double ended blackwood sofa Circa 1830 87 x 264x 66 cm Fine restrained wave shaped curvilinear backboard with folded vegetalia surmounted by a compact Prince of Wales feather pronounced outswept arms terminating in a circular paterae repeated to each end of the front rail, with an elliptical feature carved paterae to the centre on turned blackwood feet.… ***
*** A black tanned leather convict side cap 50 x 140 cm An adjustable leather side cap with leather ties to each end lined interior bearing the ink stamp broad arrow marking it as Government property. As Illustrated in an 1830 lithograph from a drawing by Augustus Earle. There is one similar in the Hyde Park Barracks collection, Sydney. A worn grey canvas wet weather short sleeve convict 'slops' shirt With overlocked handstitching Similar garment illustrated in a French engraving by M.… ***
*** Officers hardwood ebonised baton with gold leaf crown emblem and initials Mid 19th Century Stamped H55 With shaped concentric ring turned grip and woven string wrist strap 46 cm long The Riggall Family, Somercotes, Tasmania ***
*** Leathe's Water Circa 1816-17 Oil on canvas Glover, John 75 x 110.5 cm Titled and signed J. Glover on label to verso. Also inscribed to verso: Leathe's Water: Skiddaw and Saddleback in distance: 75 x 110.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne Related Painting Thirlmere (Leathe's Water. Helvellyn in the Distance) c.1816-17, oil on canvas, 76.0 x 101.2 cm, Tate Britain, London, 1989, shows the valley from the north. ***
*** Arguably Australia's Most Important and Earliest Cedar Secretaire Bookcase yet found Circa 1820-25 115 x 249x 51 cm Previously undocumented with 18th century design elements and Georgian master crafted cabinet work. With Hepplewhite inspired swan necked pediment with Chippendale pinwheel adornment. Georgian 13 pane glazing bar pattern with original drawn glass. Of beautiful line and proportion constructed from select early dense cedar.… ***
*** A rare early colonial cedar easy chair with upright arms and decorative paterae Tasmanian, Circa 1835 Aged patina 72 x 94x 60 cm Aged patina 72 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 94 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Tasmania ***
*** A Cedar early colonial easy chair with outswept scrolled arms on faceted short turned feet Tasmanian, Circa 1840 Old worn finish 72 x 94x 60 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Tasmania ***
*** A rare and important three piece silver mounted Emu egg garniture Melbourne, Circa 1860 Edwards, William 30 x 24 cm The finely cast and engraved group feature Emus in rural landscape, the central lidded comport featuring cockatoo and hoho bird standing on grapevine and trailing grapes Stamped William Edwards with kangaroo and Emu marks and marked retailed by Walsh and Sons Melbourne 30 cm and 26 cm high. Provenance: A Private Collection, Dallas, Texas, Usa ***
*** A Most Important and very rare first period cedar and New South Wales rose mahogany (dysoxylon fraserianum) sofa table Australian, Sydney, Circa 1820 159 x 71x 65 cm Veneered to the top with rose mahogany on cedar and to the drawer fronts and in the solid to the splayed Regency legs, burr cedar to the stepped pedestal and the quadraform platform base, all other secondary wood cedar, stringing detail in ebony, original slip on brass castors.… ***
*** Ulverstone Beach Circa 1928-30 Oil on canvas on board Roberts, Tom Signed lower right: Tom Roberts 18 x 56 cm. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Ian Alstergren, Tasmania ***
*** (Attributed to) Untitled - Young Boy on a Pony Oil on canvas Rodius, Charles 30 x 40 cm. Provenance: Gavin Graham Gallery, London Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne Charles Rodius was born in Cologne in 1802 and arrived in Sydney in 1829 where he died in 1860. As a convict artist he received a certificate of exemption in 1832 and from then taught drawing and painting in Sydney.… ***
*** Portrait of a Man in Academic Dress Watercolour on paper Rodius, Charles Signed and dated Ch Rodius Sydney, 1848 lower right. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** (Attributed to) A Portrait of Two Sisters Oil on canvas Strange, Frederick 77.5 x 61 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Launceston Private Collection, Melbourne ***
*** A rare English silver mounted Emu egg teapot London maker C B, 1857 21 cm high ***
*** An English sterling silver mounted Emu egg inkwell Maker George Angel, London 1866 22m cm high. Mounted on an ebony base, fitted with a silver Emu mounted on top ***
*** A pair of Australian silver mounted Emu eggs (Attributed to George Armfield, Melbourne) Circa 1887 on turned blackwood bases, Inscribed Presented to Alfred Cornwell Esq. by his employees as a token of their esteem 40 cm high ***
*** A rare and important late 19th Century wine ewer Adelaide, South Australia, Circa 1880 Steiner, Henry The ewer of tapering form with a stepped dome foot, wasted neck and the bifurcated handle set with two Egyptian masks, the body with formal foliate and palmette engraving gilt interior Signed to base H Steiner, Adelaide, South Australia 33.5 cm high Literature For similar examples, (including the Adelaide Hunt Club Cup) C Hawkins, J B 19th Century Australian Silver , Volume II, pages 165-167, 179 & 181 ***
*** A Fine and Rare J Sly early colonial cedar wing wardrobe Australian, Sydney, Circa 1845-50 240 x 215x 55 cm J Sly impressed marks to rear panels, a very impressive master-crafted piece with excellent finish and rich colour. To a design based on G. Smith (1808) and W. Smee and Sons (1850) pages 52 and 56 Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th C. Furniture Design. The left hand hanging cupboard encloses two drawers to the base with original bail ring pull handles.… ***
*** A Rare and Important early colonial Neo-classical cedar bookcase Australian, Sydney, Circa 1835-45 153 x 260x 56 cm Multi-paned glazed top with original drawn glass (11 panes to each side), carved scroll crests, fielded cross-banding to doors and cornice, two ogee fronted drawers, framed with acanthus carving, the cupboard doors with carved corner adornments flanked by boldly carved serpentine scrolls, standing on lions paw feet.… ***
*** A Most Important and striking Musk wood early colonial exhibition centre table Tasmanian, Circa 1835-45 120 x 73 cm A fine rare example in this genre, cross-banded frieze and supported on a faceted centre column with restrained decorative collar on a triform base and scroll carved feet. One of the earliest documented centre tables. One other known in Muskwood : ref K. Vidler G. Dodd 1988 Commemorative Collection of Fine Colonial Furniture p. 114.… ***

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