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Australian & Colonial History — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:504
Sale Title:Australian & Colonial HistoryLots with images:504
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:340
Date:17-Oct-2016
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Antique padlocks, keys, and can openers, 19th century (25 items)
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Australian Widows Fund' enamelled tin sign, c1920, 69 x 51 cm
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A vintage possum fur rug with brown satin backing, circa 1920s, 170 x 170 cm
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A folkart cutlery tray, kauri pine, 19th century, 18 cm high, 36 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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An Australiana flora and fauna folk art carved plaque, circa 1950, 85 cm high, 121 cm wide, 5 cm deep
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A folk art cottage diorama with mariner shell decoration, late 19th century, 47 cm high, 62 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A folk art cabinet, pine and timber packing crate, late 19th century, 86 cm high, 67 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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A folk art miniature dressing table, packing crate and ply wood with porcelain handles, late 19th century, 79 cm high, 49 cm wide, 35 cm deep
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Noah's Ark, painted wood and card, early to mid 20th century, 25 cm high, 52 cm long, 23 cm deep
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A folk art whirligig. painted wood and metal, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 75 cm long
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A folk art whirligig of two figures, painted wood and metal, Queensland origin, early 20th century, 56 cm high
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A Barossa Valley whirligig, painted metal, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 65 cm high, 60 cm wide
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Two 'Melbourne Cup Winner's' folk art swinging toys, painted wood and metal, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 28 cm (horse)
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Boy With Cart folk art naive toy, painted wood and metal with stuffed fabric, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 65 cm long
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Early horse and dray pull-along toy, painted wood and metal, South Australian origin, 35 cm high, 86 cm long
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A folk art rocking horse, hand painted Eucalypt and metal with rubber tyre blade protectors, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 77 cm high, 135 cm long, Note Illustrated 'Australian Coutnry Furniture' by Juliana and Toby Hooper [Viking O'Neill, 1988] fig. 24
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A miniature chest of drawers, remains of shop labels on drawer fronts, signed and dated 'Percy Prentice 1910', red pine with old crackle finish, 39 cm high, 32 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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A rare folk art bull, hand forged metal, Queensland origin, early 20th century, 30 cm high, 50 cm long
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A miniture folk art penny farthing bike, painted metal, Tasmanian origin, late 19th century, 63 cm
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Three folk art jointed dogs, early 20th century, longest 36 cm
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Kangaroo push toy, painted wood, Barossa Valley, South Australia, early 20th century, 90 cm
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A wool winder, original blue painted finish, together with a hand made cedar sewing machine, early 20th century, 25 cm and 35 cm
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A Barber pole from Nimmitabel (N.S.W.) together with a Tobacconist advertising pole, Queensland origin 19th century, 175 cm and 186 cm
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Group of 8 folk art decoy ducks, South Australian origin, late 19th early 20th century, longest 41 cm
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A primitive folk art Galah, painted metal and wood, Barossa Valley, early 20th century, 38 cm long
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A Tramp Art picture frame, Daylesford (Victoria), late 19th century, 29 cm diameter
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A trampart dovecote, Victorian origin, circa 1900, 51 cm
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A painted plaster statuette of Roy Rene character 'Mo McCacky', circa 1935, 24 cm
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A 19th century clock-work tug-of-war diorama between Prahran and Toorak, 24 cm high, 55 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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A folk art steamship, painted wood and metal, circa 1920s, 62 cm
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A folk art scratch built model boat, painted tin, circa 1940's, 61 cm
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A folk art carved timber clock case, circa 1910, 39 x 56 cm
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A Pole Club (tjirtinpa), central deserts origin, late 19th early 20th century, 111 cm
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A Fighting Boomerang, Lake Eyre district, Dieri tribe, late 19th century, 102 cm
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A Boomerang, possibly Cooper Creek, incised patterned decoration, reversed with fine linear motif, late 19th century, 81 cm
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A Fighting Club, South Australian origin, mulga wood, early 20th century, 69 cm
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Two Boomerangs, Lake Eyre district, South Australia, with very fine linear decoration front and back, late 19th century, 82 cm and 84 cm
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A Shield, Cooper Creek area semi relic surface find, stone cut with remains of ochre, pen inscription 'Mungeranie station, Coopers Creek 1935, 64 cm
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A Shield (kuttiji), Central Deserts origin, bean wood and ochre, inscription verso 'Amata. Presented by Willy Connely, 1967', 70.5 cm
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A Throwing or Fighting Club, Lake Eyre district, with stone cut linear motif, end with evidence of fire tending, late 19th century, 78 cm
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A Boomerang, Lake Eyre district South Australia, late 19th century, 83.5 cm
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A Throwing or Fighting Club, South Australian origin, late 19th century, 94 cm
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A Coolamon, Ernabella Station (Pukatja) South Australia, circa 1920s, purchased from the Coulthard family by the current vendor, 75.5 cm
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Three Boomerangs, South Australian origin, largest inscribed 'Jacky, Musgrave Park, Ex Warburton', smallest inscribed 'Anna Creek, 52 cm, 54 cm & 72 cm
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Three Boomerangs, Queensland, Eastern and South Eastern Australian origin, late 19th century, 54.5 cm, 63.5 cm and 74 cm
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Two Throwing Clubs, South Australian origin, early 20th century, 53 cm and 30 cm
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A Boomerang, Cooper Creek, transitional with steel cut motif, late 19th century, 80 cm
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Three Aboriginal artifacts, boomerang (Central Deserts), woomera (South West S.A. collected in the 1920's by a railway worker), & a coolamon (Central Australia), Longest 80 cm
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Digging sticks & Adze/club, South Australian origin, 67 cm and 61 cm
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A Boomerang, Lake Erye district and a woomera, Northern Territory, 83.5 cm and 107 cm
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A group of five boomerangs from the Hermannsburg Mission, carved in Latin, French and English, possibly protest statements, one signed 'Aboriginal Boomerang Sword of Emperor of Oceania The S.A., N.T. Artist No.1 Namatjira', 60 cm
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Aboriginal Headress, Mornington Island, hair, emu feather, twine and natural earth pigments, 20th century, 57 cm
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A carved Maori panel with paua shell inlay, monogrammed on the back 'T.W.' circa 1900, 28 x 143 cm
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An Aboriginal rice shell necklace, Tasmanian origin
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Aboriginal Bark painting, signed verso 'Miyalanggy Gangan, 81 x 39 cm
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Two Aboriginal bark paintings and carved timber fish totem, 20th century, totem 90 cm
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Two Rare Spearthrowers (marea), South Western Australia (early-mid nineteenth century), carved hardwood, bush string, spinifex resin and kangaroo gut binding, 62.5 cm, 60 cm high (2). Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom
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A Parrying Shield, Darling River Region, South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 68 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom
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Melrose Pottery possum fruit bowl, 35 cm across the handles
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Melrose Pottery fish vase, 20 cm high
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Melrose Pottery gum leaf vase, 24 cm
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Melrose Pottery two handled jug, 20.5 cm high
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McHugh Pottery flower trough, 31 cm across
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An oval Australian pottery bread plate moulded with wheat sheaves and lettering 'Where Reason Rules the Appetite Obeys', 19th century, 33 x 26 cm
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An oval Australian pottery bread plate moulded with wheat sheaves and lettering, 'Eat thy Bread with Thankfulness', late 19th century, 34 x 29 cm
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A pottery Demijohn marked 'Leck & Craig, General Merchants, Wedderburn' 31 cm
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A pottery Demijohn marked 'R.C.Hannah, General Merchants, Donald', 31 cm
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An Australian pottery workmans piece 'Jolly Nigger' salt glazed money box, late 19th/early 20th century, 17.5 cm
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Adelaide Pottery, pair of garden urns with applied koalas and floral decoration, 51 cm high
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Bosley Pottery rabbit, mounted on concrete plinth, Rabbit: 24 cm high, 28 cm long. Provenance: Hurnall Collection (from the collector's garden)
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Remued, Margaret Kerr (attributed) pottery vase with applied gumnuts and leaves glazed in pink and striking green, circa 1933, 18.5 cm high
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Remued Pottery vase with applied gumuts and leaves, incised 'Hand Made Remued, 42 Lm, 20 cm high
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Castle Harris Pieced pottery plaque with applied bird decoration, incised 'Castle Harris, 26 cm diameter
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Remued Pottery vase with branch handle, incised 'Remued 42/9', 21 cm
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Remued Pottery jug with applied branch handled, incised 'Remued 251', 13.5 cm high
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Remued Pottery green glazed basket with twist handle, signed 'Remued, 194/12', 28 cm high, 31 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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Merric Boyd Pottery vase, incised 'Merric Boyd 1948 ti tree, 18 cm
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Merric Boyd Pottery vase with three koalas, signed 'Koalas, VIC, Australia 1924', 16 cm
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Merric Boyd Blue glazed earthen wear vase with applied gumnut and gumleaf incised 'Merric Boyd, 1926', 19 cm
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Merric Boyd Pottery vase with incised landscape scene, signed Merric Boyd 1945, 9.5 cm
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Merricboyd Blue glazed pottery vase, incised 'M.Boyd 1925', 11 cm
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Philippa James Pottery jug with windswept tree handle, incised 'Philippa James, 8 cm
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James Campbell (Queensland), Pottery float bowl, 25 cm high, 37 cm diameter
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William Ricketts Pottery miniature plaque, ?5 x 4 cm
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William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with applied kangaroos and tribal elder, 61 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery fountain with 9 Aboriginal faces, 38 cm high, 38 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery vase with applied faces & possums, incised 'Wm. Ricketts Potter's Sanctuary, Mount Dandenong', 41 cm across
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William Rickets Pottery coolamon, incised 'Wm Ricketts, 34 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery wall fountain mounted in timber, 38 x 55 cm
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William Ricketts Pottery plaque, double sided, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, 19.5 cm
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Merric Boyd Pottery fruit bowl, incised 'Merric Boyd, 1940', 22 cm diameter
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William Ricketts Rare unfinished pottery face plaque, incised 'Wm. Ricketts, 11 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery face plaque, incised 'Wm Ricketts, 31 cm high
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William Ricketts Miniature terracotta portrait panel of an indigenous elder, the reverse indistinctly inscribed, 8 x 5 cm
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Lucy Beck Pottery plate with sgrafitto kangaroo decoration, 24 cm diameter
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A.M.B. Pottery (Arthur Merric Boyd & John Percival) fruit bowl, 'Bogong Moth', signed 'Arthur Merric Boyd, J.P, 1946', 11 cm high, 31.5 cm wide
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A.M.B. Pottery (Arthur Merric Boyd & John Percival) fruit bowl with painted floral bird motif, signed 'Arthur Merric Boyd, J.P, 1964', 9 cm high, 28 cm diameter
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Guy Boyd Pottery vase with hand painted scene of an Aboriginal hunter, incised 'Guy Boyd Australia, 22 cm
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Martin Boyd Pair of pottery plates with Aboriginal portraits, 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Two pottery plates with Aboriginal scenes, 26 cm diameter
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