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Property from the Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM Part I — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:449
Sale Title:Property from the Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM Part ILots with images:445
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:275
Date:20-Jun-2021
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A gold lorgnette, featuring machine-turned detail; 15ct gold. Weight 25.8g.
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A group of crested cufflinks and pins (8), featuring various coats of arms, an aviation pair of silver cufflinks and a silver pendant pocket knife in the form of an enamelled boomerang.
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A group of four antique brooches, including a Southern cross set with blue paste stones, a map of Australia on a pearl set sword, a 'Mother' brooch and a bar brooch with 'M'; all 9ct gold. Total weight 11.6g.
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Two antique Australian opal brooches, both set with light opals, one in the form of a wreath with seed pearl detail, the other on a split bar with beaded terminals; both 9ct gold. Total weight 7.5g.
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A group of six vintage mother-of-pearl items, including two intricately carved Australian military Forces pendants, a winged brooch, an enamel, a 'Mother' brooch and mother of pearl forces badge and a sweetheart brooch engraved 'Am'; 9ct fittings.
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A gold sovereign pendant, scrolled detail, Sydney mint 1865. Weight 9g.
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A group of various Australian animal stick pins, featuring kangaroos, emus, and kookaburras; various metals including some in gold.
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A group of ten stick pins, including three set with coral, two with pearls, one a miners shovel, a sunstone, a foliate design and two metal pins; eight pins in 9ct gold. Total gold weight 13.9g.
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A set of three moonstone dress studs by H. Steiner, each set with a cabochon cut moonstone, rope twist border; 18ct gold. Signed H St.Total weight 8.3g. Comes in H. Steiner vintage box.
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A group of four gold brooches, including an arrow bar brooch, a kookaburra on a boomerang, a bamboo wreath and a 'Forever' brooch; three 9ct gold brooches and one 15ct gold 'Forever' brooch signed Spiers. Total weight 13.2g.
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An Eclectic group of gold brooches, featuring two circular brooches with the map of Australia, one Federation brooch with painted images of Queen Victoria and Prince consort Albert and and a swallow brooch with red stone set shield and bell drop; all 9ct gold. Total weight 13.5g.
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An antique amethyst and seed pearl brooch by Palfrey, Melbourne, featuring a step cut diamond shaped amethyst, open wirework mount, seed pearl set border, fully hallmarked Palfrey, safety chain attachment; 15ct gold. Weight 8.9g.
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A gold fountain pen, featuring a lid that reverses to reveal the pen nib; 18ct gold. Weight 16g. Hallmarked.
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Six Australian brooches, including two boomerang brooches, a wishbone brooch, a coat-of-arms, a map of Tasmania and map of Australia; all 9ct gold total weight 12.9g.
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An interesting group of brooches (7), featuring a paua shell kookaburra bar brooch, two enamel waratah brooches, a handcrafted brooch from Australian nuts and seed pods and two Australian military Forces badges in tortoise shell and silver.
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A large group of silver jewellery, to include trench art coin bracelets, marcasite set brooches, enamel coat-of-arms brooch and a silver Australian coat-of-arms fob.
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A shell blister bee brooch, featuring a shell blister carved into the form of a bee, mounted on a gold bar; 15ct gold. Weight 3.2g.
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Four gold animal brooches, featuring an emu, kookaburra, kangaroo and a kiwi bird; 9ct and 18ct gold. Total weight 13.1g.
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A group of vintage jewellery items, including a banded agate pendant with kookaburra motif, a seed pearl set lyre brooch and a wheatsheaf brooch; 15 and 18ct gold. Total weight 17.4g.
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Two gold jewellery items, including a pair of gold cufflinks with engraved kookaburra, the other a Presidents trophy NSW gold medallion; both 9ct gold. Total weight 14g.
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Three antique 9ct gold brooches, of ornate split bar brooch design, all set with paste stones; 9ct gold total weight 10.2g.
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A group of four gold jewellery pieces, featuring a miners brooch, a wishbone brooch with enamelled coat-of-arms, a boomerang brooch set with seed pearls and garnets with a central figural kangaroo and a gold bracelet with open pierced heart locket; all 9ct gold. Total weight 18.9g.
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A suite of Cat'S-Eye Operculum jewellery (6), including three brooches, a bracelet, a pendant (on metal chain) and a pair of screw-on earrings; all set in 9ct gold and earrings in 15ct gold. Bracelet length 15.5 cm (small wrist).
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A group of seven gold jewellery items, including a pair of cufflinks with a kookaburra in relief, bar backings, three gold pins with the map of Australia, a gold kangaroo, a 'Tasmania' pendant and an enamelled signet ring; all 9ct gold. Total weight 17.4g.
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A shell cameo by R. Rajola, Sydney, featuring the carved profile of a lady, signed R.R to verso., measures 5 x 4 cm. Comes in original fitted box from R. Ragola, Sydney.
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Three antique jewellery pieces, including a pair of enamelled cufflinks inscribed '29th Int. Euch. Cong. Sydney Sept 1926', a pierced brooch in the form of Australian with a stone set kookaburra and a stone set sweetheart brooch in the form of a bayonet and military hat; all 9ct gold. Total weight 16.5g.
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A group of four antique gold jewellery pieces, featuring a wishbone brooch with enamelled coat-of-arms, a red paste stone set Southern cross brooch, a pair of shield cufflinks and a coat-of-arms fob pendant; all 9ct gold. Total weight 13.2.g.
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A group of six vintage gold jewellery pieces, including an 'In France' commemorative war brooch, a Tasmanian map pendant by Castley, a circular brooch with seed pearl border and turquoise 'R' by William Kerr, a wishbone, boomerang and kookaburra brooches; all in 9ct gold. Total weight 13.9g.
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A group of four mother-of-pearl brooches, all very finely carved with floral motifs, on gold backs; 9ct, 15ct and 18ct gold backs. Total weight 31.2g.
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An opal and marcasite first Nations brooch, featuring an Indigenous first Nations gentleman in profile, boomerang motif and opal set Southern cross, safety chain attachment; sterling silver. Weight 25.5g.
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A diamond bar brooch, of cross-over design, set with four transition cut diamonds totaling approximately 0.60cts (note: one stone missing); 15ct gold. Weight 5.3g.
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A group of five jewellery pieces, three set with nephrite including a boomerang pendant, a bar brooch with seed pearl detail and a diamond shaped nephrite brooch in 14ct gold, a coral and nephrite pendant in 9ct gold and shell 'Mizpah' brooch.
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Two antique gold lockets, one double sided with an image of a gentleman and a baby to verso, scalloped border and beaded detail, the other opal inlaid with the Australian coat-of-arms and a clover leaf to verso, scroll and beaded detail - note this piece was referenced in the Australian antique Collector, 25th edition (page 94). Both 9ct gold. Total weight 13.9g.
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A gold Masonic medal, inscribed provincial grand black chapter, Victoria, engraved, with rope twist border and scrolled detail, presentation details to verso, set with garnet-and-glass doublets and an enameled cross, on a ribbon with skull and cross medal; 9ct gold. Weight of medal 19.2g.
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A group of three stone set photo lockets, all lockets double sided, each with an ornate border, one set with blue stones, the other with rubies, sapphires and seed pearls, the third with a full seed pearl border; two 9ct gold, one 15ct gold. Total weight 27.3g.
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A group of gold and enamel jewellery items, including three brooches with an enamel map of Australia, a fob pendant and a pair of cufflinks with the Australian coat of arms; all 9ct gold. Total weight 23g.
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Three 9ct gold shell cameo brooches, each finely carved with the profile of a woman, one by Caris Bros, one by Willis and Sons, the other suspended from a bar; all in 9ct gold. Total weight 23.3g.
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Two gold portrait lockets, both featuring the face of a child painted on ivory, one with initials Ec engraved to verso and stamped makers mark Stevenson, Adelaide, the other a double sided locket, vacant to verso and stamped makers mark A.L.B.; both 15ct gold. Total weight 22.9g.
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A shell cameo brooch by R. Rajola, featuring the finely carved profile of a woman, pierced filigree mount with marcasite detail, sign R.R to verso; sterling silver. Cameo measures 4 x 3 cm.
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A shell cameo by R. Rajola, Sydney, featuring the finely carved profile of a lady, signed R.R to verso., measures 6 x 4.5 cm. Comes in original fitted box from R. Ragola, Sydney.
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A group of five antique jewellery pieces, including a split bar brooch with scrolled foliate detail and paste stones, a cat's-eye operculum and seed pearl set brooch, an 'Australia' fob pendant, a kangaroo boomerang brooch with red paste stone and locket drop and a boomerang brooch with a peridot set flower; all 9ct gold. Total weight 21.2g.
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An antique gold shield fob and chain, featuring a shield fob with the Australian coat-of-arms and vacant cartouche, on a fob chain (note: some extra links in gold plate); 9ct gold. Approximate total gold weight 44.8g.m length 50 cm.
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A gold Freemasons commemorative medal, enamelled detail to ribbon, central star, inscribed 'The foundation stone for the new Freemasons hall - laid by Bro. Sir W.J. Clarke Bart. Dist & Prov. G.M. Fo Victoria, 26 March, 1885'; 22ct gold. Weight 26.3g.
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An interesting collection of four antique gold jewellery items, including an ornate double sided locket, a hinged bangle, a stone set stick pin by Willis & Co and a finely crafted decorative bar brooch set with seed pearls and red stones; all in 15ct gold. Total weight 24.2g.
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An antique shell cameo brooch by R. Rajola, featuring a large shell cameo depicting the profile of a woman, set within a scalloped border with beaded detail; sterling silver mount. Sign R.R to verso. Cameo measures 6.5 x 5 cm.
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Silver (6) a group of assorted jewellery items including silver, including an EPNS Australian belt clip, silver bookmark, a silver bracelet, a marcasite boomerang brooch, a decorative medal ribbon and a Masonic medal.
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A brass mounted nautilus shell ibis, 30 cm high
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A scrimshaw mounted ebonised inkstand, 19th century, with brass mounts and a cut glass ink bottle, the whale teeth each 10.5 cm long, 13 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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An Australian cedar open book case, 136 cm high, 127 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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Two framed portrait miniatures of a gentleman and a lady, 19th century and later, the gentleman, possibly Australian, wearing a naval uniform within an gold oval frame; the lady painted in the Gainsborough style in an ornate gilt frame, both portraits 6.5 x 4 cm
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A pair of yellow Melbourne Centenary Hoffman jugs, 12 cm high
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A collection of Doulton Burslem made for the Australian market, decorated with various floral motiffs
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A collection of Minton gilded porcelain table ware from Parliament house, Canberra, the tallest jug 15 cm high
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A collection of Australian motif tins, canisters and boxes, including the Melbourne 1956 Olympiad, the flask 26 cm high
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A Tramp Art frame, late 19th century, central crest with applied initials C.J.F.C., 75 x 75 cm (overall)
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Three Royal Crown Derby Australian bird figures, comprising two kingfishers and a sulphur crested cockatoo, the largest 18 cm high
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A carved cedar book shelf and desk compendium, late 19th century, 47 cm high, 32 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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A pokerwork fire screen, early 20th century, decorated with an Australian rural scene, 76 cm high, 79 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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A collection of nine Australian subject trade cards, circa 1895, colour lithographs, framed in one frame, 60 x 57 cm (frame size). Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, 2005
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A map of the Gallipoli area, World War I, colour lithograph, published by The Farmer & Settler, 1915, 76 x 100 cm
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After Joseph Fowles, the Synagogue, Sydney, engraving, together with a photograph of Elizabeth Street, Sydney, circa 1925, featuring the T & G building and the great Synagogue, size various
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A collection of eight Australian ceramic wall pocket vases, including Diana Ware and MCP Mingay Sydney, the largest 23 cm high
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A bronze figure of an Anzac sniper, 13.5 cm high, 16 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep
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A large collection of wattle porcelain, the largest 7 cm high, 28.5 cm diameter
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A panelled cedar pedestal, late 19th century, 84 cm high, 63 cm wide, 63 cm deep
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An Australian pine spatter work cricket table, the octagonal top decorated with various fern specimens, 65 cm high, 60.5 cm diameter
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A pair of bronze kangaroo bookends, 14 cm high
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A collection of four enamel boxes, comprising a Halcyon Days limited edition Commonwealth of Australia commemorative box, a Moorcroft enamel box decorated with a koala, a limited edition Battersea enamel National Trust property box and a Strachan superb blue wren decorated box, the largest 5.5 cm wide
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A collection of bronze, brass and patinated metal figures of Australian fauna, comprising an emu, two kangaroos, a koala, a kookaburra and a powerful owl, the emu 24 cm high
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A collection of Royal Doulton bird of paradise titanian ware, comprising six plates, two dishes, a sandwich plate and a circular cake plate, the sandwich plate 36 cm wide
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A silver mounted coconut cup and a tankard, 19th century and later, together with four mounted Tasmanian coins and a fiddleback blackwood box, the tankard 15.5 cm high
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A glazed two door hardwood specimen cabinet, with five shelves bearing a plaque inscribed 'R.H. Pocock Benefactor', 188 cm high, 138.5 cm wide, 41 cm deep. Provenance: Society of Australian Genealogists
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After George Baxter, a collection of five lithographs, including news from home and Christmas time, various sizes
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A silvered plaque of a smiling Aboriginal man, after the original carved image by Robert Prenzel, 27 cm diameter
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Two Strachan silver Australian wildlife boxes designed by Stuart Devlin, together with a silver teaspoon, the largest 3.5 cm high, 5.5 cm diameter
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Two colonial silver posy holders, 19th century, one engraved 'Walsh Bros. Melb' with gadrooned borders engraved with flowers and foliage, the other unmarked smaller posy holder in a satin lined fitted case retailed by Lamb and Roberts, 23 hunter Street, Sydney, the largest 16.5 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, 2005
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An Australian silver christening cup by J.M.Wendt, Adelaide, circa 1890, of simple design with a loop handle, stamped to the base 'J. M. Wendt, Jeweller and Silversmith, Adelaide broken Hill', with sovereigns head, crown and lion passant, 8 cm high
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An Australian silver plate tantalus by J. M. Wendt, Adelaide, circa 1890, of round rectangular form, with a hinged loop handle and three vine etched mallet form decanters, inscribed to the attached plate 'J. M. Wendt Adelaide', 36 cm high, 40 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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19th century an Australian silver mounted hoof inkwell, circa 1875, stamped 'L & B, SS' for Lacey & Barry, 114 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 8 cm high, 9 cm wide 13 cm deep
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A pair of sterling silver napkin rings by Steiner, Adelaide, etched with floriate decoration and an inscribed monogram, within a fitted box, impressed 'H Steiner, Adelaide', queens head and lion rampant. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, each ring 3 cm high, 4 cm diameter
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A Mappin & Webb silver plate egg coddler, 19th century, the engine turned ovoid body raised on three emu feet with a swan finial, stamped to the base Mappin & Webb, Sheffield & London, model W395, 23 cm high
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A silver emu egg stand, probably late 19th century, together with a later emu egg, 18 cm high
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An Australian gilded silver plate mounted emu egg, 18.5 cm high
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A collection of silverplated vessels and accoutrements, comprising eleven pieces including a kangaroo bread serving fork, a kookaburra paper knife, a coppered kangaroo paper knife, a platypus medallion, a kangaroo pin cushion, a cork screw, a bottle opener/cork screw, a pair of bud vases and a pair of goblets engraved with coronets, the tallest bud vase 12.5 cm high
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A collection of silver mounted cutlery items and seals, comprising eight pieces including three silver spoons with shell bowls, two horn spoons, two ivory handed Continental silver desk seals and a silver plated tea caddy spoon
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A George V sterling silver desk blotter by Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham 1912, embossed with a kangaroo among ferns, 10 x 7 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, Sydney, 2006
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An Australian silver bowl by H. Steiner of Adelaide, circa 1880, engraved initials 'Elm 1880' and marked to the base 'H. Steiner Adelaide' with a crown, lion passant and queen's head, 11 cm diameter
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A silver plate mounted ostrich egg, with a classically decorated foot and kookaburra finial, 34 cm high
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A silver vesta case of New Zealand interest by Adolph Frankau & Co, Birmingham, circa 1879, the oblong body engraved 'Hurunui 14th Augt. 1879', the reverse 'E.W. Ralph' within rectangular cartouches and scrolling surrounds, stamped 'A.F & Co', 5.3 x 3.5 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, 2005. Other Notes: the ship, Hurunui was built in 1875 for the New Zealand Shipping Company. It sailed from London on 14th August 1879 and arrived in Lyttelton on 6th December. She was sunk in 1915, of the Isle of…
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A decorative silver box, a decorative silver box, machine turned detail to lid, inlaid opal section, woodend interior; maker Edwin Harrop, Sydney, c.1920.
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A collection of silver plate, including two trumpet vases, a dinner gong, a covered butter dish and a faceted bottle, the largest vase 31 cm
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A collection of seven sterling silver napkin rings, comprising seven pieces, two by Stokes & Sons, one by Prouds, one by Waller H Willson Ltd, London 1916 and three others, 2.5 cm wide
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A collection of Australian silver mounted and plated burra bean nut vestas, late 19th century, comprising four pieces, all with hinged lids and shield shaped cartouche, one engraved with the crest of a bird, the largest 6 cm high
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A collection of seven silver paper knives by Prouds Jewellers, Australia, comprising four boomerang shaped, two with enameled coat of arms, one with map of Australia, one set with an opal doublet and three straight knives, one with a koala, one a kookaburra and one with coat of arms of Perth, the longest 17.5 cm
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A sterling silver vesta by Minshull & Latimer, Birmingham, 1901 together with a note case and Sarastro lighter, the vesta engraved with a presentation inscription among vine leaves, the note case engraved 'Rll Xmas 1909' and a Sarastro silver and niello lighter, the largest piece 10 x 7.5 cm
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A cased Australian silver fauna figural puzzle, made by SilverPuzzle, total weight of silver 220gms
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Two pairs of Australian silver napkin rings, one by Denis Brothers, Melbourne circa 1880, together with a similar smaller pair, with vacant floral cartouche, marked 'Denis Bros / sterling Silver', 2.3 & 1.5 cm wide
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A collection of Australian themed silver plate ware, including a teapot, cutlery, dishes, hat pins and desk ornaments, the teapot 15 cm high
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Four Australian sterling silver dishes and a pair of napkin rings, comprising a comport form golf trophy, a shallow coin inset dish and two ashtrays in the form of a map of Australia and a pair of coin mounted napkin rings, the comport 10.5 cm diameter
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An Edward VII sterling silver card case by Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham 1908, embossed with a kangaroo among ferns, with script initials to verso, 10 x 7 cm, total weight of silver 56gms. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, Sydney, 2006, condition report: very slightly dented to corners and sides, otherwise good condition, patina and marks
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