| *** | A Rhinocerous horn, undecorated, approx 52.5 cm in length. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor's father in the mid 1960s, hence by descent inherited by the current owner | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of terrestrial & celestial globes on stands, J & W Newton, 19th century, on mahogany stands with ring-turned baluster columns and splayed tripod bases ending in turned feet, 98 x 58 cm diameter (each) | *** |  |
| *** | A Rhinocerous horn, undecorated, 31 cm long. Provenance: Purchased in 1978 from a South African family. The previous owners had imported the horn in the 1950s, when they relocated to Australia. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Bengal tiger skin rug labelled for Van Ingen and Van Ingen, Mysore, with a full head mount and claws and teeth intact, on a felt backing, 280 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of floor standing celestial and terrestrial globes, each housed within a calibrated brass radius and octagonal surround raised on four tapering cylindrical ebonised legs and bun feet, 105 x 135 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Benghal tiger skin rug with a fully taxidermied head, glass eyes, its original teeth, laid down on felt and its original claws | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy goose by E. Allen & Co, cased, standing on a naturalistic rockwork with grasses, trade label to reverse, height 71 cm, width 73.5 cm, depth 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A rare 18th century cased compound and simple microscope, George Adams (c. 1709-1773), London, eight objectives for compound and four simple lenses, together with accessories including ivory slides, cased in mahogany box, 36 x 21.5 x 12.5 cm. Catalogue… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century pocket terrestrial globe by J. Addison & Co, Regent Street, London, the circular body showing a printed and hand-coloured map of the world within a calibrated brass housing, enclosed in a shark skin case, the interior of the cover showing a… | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy adult snowy owl, on a tree stump, in a mahogany framed case, height 81.5 cm, width 55.5 cm, depth 40 cm. Provenance: Bonhams Sydney, The Owston Collection, 26 June 2010, part of lot 1204 | *** |  |
| *** | A segmented Rhinocerous horn includes a large segment of the base of the horn and three smaller slices of horn with silver mounts to base, the largest 16 cm wide. | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian bronze spherical astrolabe, the central sphere representing the Earth with incised astrological signs encircled by three sets of conjoined bands with inscriptions a further exterior band mapping the trajectory of the sun around the earth within… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Victorian Cedar-Cased taxidermy diorama of Australian parrots, Arthur Coles, Melbourne, late 19th century, a King parrot, gang-gang cockatoo, crimson and Eastern rosellas, various lorikeets, and budgerigars, variously mounted on a tree and the… | *** |  |
| *** | Hot-air Praxinoscope Ernst Planck, Germany; the hot-air driven metal praxinoscope drum marked E.P, with connecting pulleys to the engine (lacks spirit burner), all mounted on a decoratively-printed paper-covered wood base See: Ernst plank, Catalog-Ausgabe… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Victorian cased taxidermy diorama of south American birds, late 19th century, an array of colourful birds of various species perched on tree twigs above a naturalistic earth floor with beetles, in a hardwood-framed case glazed to all sides, 91 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A standing taxidermied black bear, modelled with arms outstretched, raised on a naturalistically modelled synthetic base, the bear 140 cm high; the base 45 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A brass cased astronomical telescope on stand, circa 1830 together with a fitted box containing extra lenses, the telescope approximately 114 cm in length | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany framed library globe maker Wka. K Johnston Ltd, with a calibrated brass radius, the globe housed within a mahogany surround above a turned stem and a tripod base. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Malayan elephant tusks, each with a covered base enabling vertical display, 68 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A substantial ammonite fossil on plinth, raised vertically on rods to a black granite base, 65 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature Planetarium Orrery, under 19th century glass dome and base, 30 cm high, 21 cm wide, 16 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A Keichousaurus fossil, late Triassic period, Xing Yi, Guizhou Province, the sedimentary rock exhibiting a well preserved fossil. 30 cm high, 18 cm wide, 1 cm deep at thickest point | *** |  |
| *** | A hippopotamus skull showing the upper cranium and lower mandible with large fore and eye teeth and molars, 72 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Regency Cary's celestial table globe, retailed by G. Dollond, circa 1820 and later bearing a cartouche inscribed 'Cary's / New Celestial Globe / on Which / Are Carefully Laid Down the Whole of the / Stars and Nebule / Contained in the Catalogues of /… | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy male Raggiana bird of paradise, displaying on a twig perch in a mahogany framed case, height 63 cm, width 50 cm, depth 39 cm. Provenance: Bonhams Sydney, The Owston Collection, 26 June 2010, part of lot 1204 | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian apothecary's shop display cabinet, made in Birmingham, circa late 19th century. Glazed all sides with four adjustable glass shelves (204 cm high, 185 cm wide, 38 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A George III Chinoiserie lacquered stick barometer tapering cylindrical body with twist turned panel, gilded floral motif and Chinoiserie scene to base, etched brass dial, 91 cm in long | *** |  |
| *** | A rare Arctic Wolf fur, 195 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermied polar bear skin rug with head, teeth and claws, wear and repairs in places, missing three claws and one claw missing the tip, 217 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A large Theodolite, William Cary (1759-1825), London, housed in cedar case, inscribed Cary London above one of the verniers., the trade label on the box reads 'A. Osterloh, chronometer, watch and clock maker. Maker of Mathematical instruments. 60 Rundle… | *** |  |
| *** | A leopard skin rug mounted on a felt backing. Length 267 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A contemporary Belgian Palamino Hide rug, comprising multiple square pelts in tones of chocolate brown, charcoal and green, 329 x 329 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of bovine horns on decorative gilded mounts, circa 1880. 60 cm high approximately | *** |  |
| *** | A rare early 19th century pocket terrestrial globe and travelling case marked 'West. / Bazaar / Soho Square / 1816' with celestial cartography to the concave interior of the case, wear and losses to the case and globe, 7 cm diameter. Provenance: Estate of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large South American red fox pelt throw rug trimmed with tail, 195 x 205 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large collection of rare and exotic shells, comprising Australian and international shells including various turret, spindle, turban, bonnet, harp and olive shells, conches, whelks and cowries, contained within a brass bound oak specimen chest and a… | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy peacock mounted on a branch, height 80 cm, width 38 cm, length 140 cm (approximate) | *** |  |
| *** | A large brown bear skin rug | *** |  |
| *** | An English Orrery, Devon Clocks Ltd, circa 1960, Mechanical spring driven orrery with dome. Gilt brass plates mounted on chalice base. Eight day going barrel movement with platform escapement, no. 907/1500, 45 cm high, 19 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Polyrama Panoptique, France; the green-paper covered body containing six 20 x 14 cm. Views; green-paper bellows and mahogany lens panel with viewing lens | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss watchmakers wheel cutting engine with associated tooling, 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A brass and ivory monocular in original case, originally belonging to George Barnard Chalon, Son of Thomas Barnard Chalon. Written in script to base 'G. B. Chalon, Sydney'. | *** |  |
| *** | A very large English glass apothecary jar, 19th century, cylindrical with a rounded cap, the jar reverse-painted with the Royal coat-of-arms of the United Kingdom above a ribbon inscribed 'Magnesia', the cap gilt, 81 cm high, 37 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century armillary sphere, the brass bands modelling the circular orbits of the planets revolving around the earth, all mounted on a polychrome turned wood stand, 76 x 50 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy wedge-tailed eagle | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian marine barometer with sympiesometer, by J. R. Cameron, 5 South Castle Street, Liverpool. Complete with brass gimbal | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian embossed and engraved brass library globe on stand, the globe within a calibrated circular surround, above twist turned and carved supports and a platform base, 100 cm diameter x 118 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A cased Barograph by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, with a brass drum and eight coil vacuum, enclosed in a bevelled glass case with a single drawer, 36 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A large natural Coco de Mer, together with stand, overall height 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cased group of taxidermy seabirds, the nine various specimens on a naturalistically painted rocky outcrop, with blue sky background, within a glazed rosewood framed case, height 71 cm, width 81 cm, depth 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy wedge tailed eagle, wings outstretched on a branch and rockwork, height 165 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Keichousaurus fossil, late Triassic period, Xing Yi, Guizhou province, the sedimentary rock exhibiting a well-preserved fossil, 27.5 x 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Swiss wheel cutting machine, Previously Owned by Fritz Ziegeler, circa 1880, of painted cast iron. 75 cm high, 88 cm wide, 48 cm deep. Provenance: the Ken Hose collection, Literature: illustrated in Ziegeler: Melbourne's Clockmaker, Complied by… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare malachite case containing mineral samples late 19th century, the case in a form of a book, the lid opening to reveal eighteen glass cased specimen samples, the paper label to the interior of the lid noting the specimen names. 4.5 cm high, 27.2 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century veneered Stereoscope machine with glass slides | *** |  |
| *** | Stereoscopic viewer, J. W. Cadwell, No. Reading, Mass. wood-body, the viewing lenses pivoting to view both side of a stereocard, two light windows, a pair of side-mountaing rotating handles, internal stereocard holders, the mechanism marked' Pat. Jan. 6.… | *** |  |
| *** | A large globe mounted on a rosewood plinth 155 cm (height including plinth) | *** |  |
| *** | A brass Aquatic microscope, late 18th century, the turning column screwing in to the lid of a shark-skin covered box, the stage fitting into the socket at the top of the pillar with the objective holder above, large mirror below, the box 3 x 12 x 11.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Culpeper type microscope, mid to late 18th century, housed in portable wooden case with accessories including four slides with original specimens, the case 33 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of seven unworked whales teeth in various shapes and sizes | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four fossilised ammonites, each supported vertically upon square granite bases, the tallest 18 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A large ivory tusk raised on a scroll carved wooden stand, 85 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Taxidermied adolescent lion with claws, a naturalistically modelled synthetic base and glass eyes | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century English mahogany cased stick barometer signed Bate, London, with a broken swan neck pediment above a silvered register and a bowed rectangular body, (the ivory adjusting knob now missing), 98.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A brass cased marine barometer stamped Negretti & Zambra London, the kew pattern barometer with sliding bezel movement, gimbal mounted and signed Negretti & Zambra, London, 90 cm long. | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian ebonised and mother of pearl inlaid barometer Walsh & Co, the large silvered dial signed 'Walsh & Co' and silvered mercury thermometer in a shaped gilded and mother of pearl inlaid case, 114 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Kinora viewer, Kinora Ltd., London; the mechanism and viewing hood with single lens mounted on a wood base and seven Kinora reels, including numbers: 243, 300, 525, 4240 | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century French gilt wood Barometer and thermometer, the waisted case pierced and carved with leaf tips and ribbons centred by a painted register and a circular dial, 97 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A similar pair of clam shells, of typical form. Provenance: The contents from the Peninsula home of Sir Ian Potter and Lady Potter AC. The largest 23 cm high, 75 cm wide, 43 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A brass Cary type microscope, 19th century, the rectangular pillar with rack focusing, the barrel tilting within 90 degrees, the whole tilting on compass joint fixed in one corner of the original velvet lined mahogany box with accessories including four… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century mahogany travelling medicine cabinet, the rectangular body with hinged doors fully fitted with divisions housing glass bottles, the interior with further compartments and a fitted drawer housing assorted implements. 26 x 28 x 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian brass astrolobe, the open work body comprising multiple radial bands with a central sphere, raised on a lobed base, 60 cm diameter x 100 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | Four taxidermied Amazonian parrots perched in diorama | *** |  |
| *** | Automaton of a Tug-of-war Competition, circa 1910, clockwork, in the form of a diorama showing two three-man teams of articulated crouching wooden figures performing a forward and backward tug-of-war action, with three standing figures to the centre, one… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage zebra skin, 305 x 188 cm. Provenance: from the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forrest, NSW | *** |  |
| *** | A ship's surgeon's kit, including a canteen of surgical Instruments in original velvet-lined leather box, a brass syringe in original case, and a burr walnut gentleman's drop down travelling writing desk (3) | *** |  |
| *** | A large shell diorama in a glazed cabinet 91.5 x 44 x 43 cm. Provenance: Estate of the late Ian David Cooper, Victoria. | *** |  |
| *** | A large French pharmacy advertising jar | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian beaten brass armilary globe, the open work body with repeating spheres with in a collaborated radius and surround, raised on a lobed stem and a spreading circular foot, 61 cm diameter x 110 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | An antique lorgnette, the folding glasses in finely engraved 15ct gold, Chester hallmarks, circa 1893. | *** |  |
| *** | Yeates & Son, Dublin, a large early 19th century two draw tabletop telescope, mounted on a Queen Anne style brass stand. Signed at the end of the tube 'Yeats & Son Dublin'. Includes a box containing four lenses and three eyepieces. Box tabel reads 'The… | *** |  |
| *** | An English Altitude Theodolite, William Wilton, Cornwall, circa 1830, circular plate with extended arms to carry open sights, in the centre is a silvered compass, underneath a glazed case, flanked by two spirit levels and a scale divided into quadrants of… | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermied leopard skin mounted with the head on a felt backing (some claws missing and with loses), 237 cm long. | *** |  |
| *** | A cased George Dollond telescope and stand London, early 19th century, the brass cased barrel with original folding tripod base and lense attachments housed within the timber case, impressed Dollond London to barrel end, 67 cm (length of barrel).… | *** |  |
| *** | An oak cased stick barometer/thermometer, retailed by Flavelle Bros & Co. Sydney & Brisbane, with pediment top, ivory gauge and knob, late 19th century, length 94 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two taxidermy African antelope heads, height of largest approx. 110 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two taxidermy African antelope heads, height of largest approx. 140 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French deer antler, mounted on original back. The shield 71 cm high, the antlers 100 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A detailed bird diorama, under a glass dome labelled 'Preserved by / J. Cooper / 28 Radnor Street / St Lukes' early 20th century the specimens presented in a naturalistic surround, 65 cm high. Provenance: Estate of the late Ian David Cooper, Victoria. | *** |  |
| *** | Taxidermied ibex on mounted on wheeled base, 180 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian flame mahogany wheel barometer silvered hygrometer, thermometer and signed spirit level with a square base, 108 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique 15ct gold quizzing glasses, each with overall beaded decoration and loop handle. Length of longest 9 cm. Provenance: Anne Schofield Antiques, Woollahra, the Estate of the Hon. Dr John Kennedy McLaughlin Am, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Taxidermied polar bear skin rug with full head mount, some claws missing, wear to pelt, 200 cm length approximately | *** |  |
| *** | A rosewood cased bird diorama, containing twelve taxidermied bird specimens in a naturalistic setting, within a glazed display case, 65 x 49.5 x 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large adult sea turtle shell approximately 90 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermied white fallow deer on stand mounted on a plinth base, 162 x 128 cm | *** |  |