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Small Wooden Items — Young's Auctions

$29,380
Robert Prenzel.…
$6,780
Australian inlaid maple picture frame & panel The panel depictin…
$3,842
Early Tasmanian writing box Inlaid with various timbers includin…
$904
Pitcairn Island folk art Three items of woodware including a tim…








Auction House: Young's Auctions
Number of lots recorded: 26
Lots with images: 26
Prices available: 26
Category: Small Wooden Items




Lot Description Price Image
*** Robert Prenzel. Carved portrait panel of an Aboriginal Woman wearing a red headscarf. Carved signature, dated 1922. Silky oak frame.. A magnificent piece of Australiana from our most famous & collectable wood carver. Illustrated on front cover Frame: 55 x 69 cm ***
*** Australian inlaid maple picture frame & panel The panel depicting an aboriginal family seated in front of a mia-mia. The male holding a shield, boomerang & a club, the female nursing her child. Frame with inlaid timber scene of woodcutters & giant eucalypts.. A unique piece of Australiana. Early 20th century. Frame size; 87 x 76 cm. Scene: 37 x 32 cm ***
*** Early Tasmanian writing box Inlaid with various timbers including bird's eye figured huon pine, cedar, blackwood, beefwood & musk with a sunburst inlaid top & huon pine interior. 38 cm wide 24 cm deep 16 cm height ***
*** Pitcairn Island folk art Three items of woodware including a timber candle holder with inscription 'Pitcairn Island was settled in 1789 by a small band of Englishmen. And headed by Fletcher Christian and assisted by Edward Young this small colony grew & prospered. Today there are about 189 inhabitants most of whom can trace their lineage to the nine original English settlers. Made by Burnett Christian' (Burnett Christian, born 8/6/1897 on Pitcairn Island.… ***
*** Australiana blackwood folk art tray Inlaid with various Australian timbers (silky oak, kauri pine, fiddle-back blackwood etc) in the shape of kangaroos, emus, a sunburst pattern etc. 70 cm wide ***
*** Antique Ceylonese writing box. Leather and bone inlay. Decorative interior ***
*** Australian pokerwork woodware Two pokerwork cylindrical vases, a doyley holder & a plate decorated with gum leaves, vines & waratahs. 4 pieces ***
*** Fiddleback blackwood desk compendium Stepped design for holding papers, envelopes and so on. Circa 1920. ***
*** Victorian writing box. Burr walnut & ebonised exterior. Interior with blue velvet writing slope. ***
*** Australiana smokers stand. Pokerwork finish with waratahs and lizard skin design. 63 cm ***
*** Two antique turned treen cases with counters. Showing 'Georgivs III Dei Gratia' with King's head profile. The reverse with English Coat-Of-Arms and 'In memory of the good old days 1797'. ***
*** Black Forest style fretwork box. Cedar and pine construction with vine leave and geometric fretwork. Hinged lid, interior lined with burgundy velvet and a carved greeting. 10 x 28 x 19 cm ***
*** 19th century Australiana pine box Decorated on the top & sides with hand painted fern decoration. 37 wide x 32 cm deep ***
*** Antique miniature fire tool set Including tongs, brushes & pokers on a 3-legged stand, barley-twist column & candleholders on the top. 15 cm ***
*** Queensland maple book-box Fitted for cutlery. The front inlaid with a diamond cartouche & barber-pole stringing. 33 cm x 23 cm ***
*** Arts and Crafts deed box. Carved English rose and thorn on all sides. Ornate brass escutcheon and hinge with griffins and fleur-de-lys. Stamped on base, 'Carving class, Tonbridge, Kent'. 12 x 24 x 14 cm ***

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