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Auction House:
Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:54
Lots with images:54
Prices available:54
Category:
Office, Workshop & Farm
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Eveleigh workshop Pressure test gauge. Large brass case gauge, 0-650lbs square inch. NSWGR to face. Diameter 52 cm ***
*** Webb-Thompson staff apparatus. Tall cast iron floor model with three column staff storage. No station name plate. Appears to be in good condition, no staff to test. Very heavy. . Height 150 cm ***
*** Ships wheelhouse telegraph. Donkin & Co., Newcastle on Tyne. Cracked glass to one side. Height 117 cm ***
*** Carved whalebone. A curious circular whalebone, neatly carved to top and used as Islander currency in the 19th century, mounted. Whalebone, diameter 21 cm ***
*** C. 1810 Berge of London double frame brass Octant. Marked 'Berge London, Late Ramsden.' missing eyepiece. ***
*** Edwardian shop counter display case. Timber frame with glazed front and sides. 4 fixed internal wooden shelves. New lock and key to back. Height 86 cm, width 79 cm, depth 41.5 cm ***
*** Six various Aboriginal artefacts. Pair of clap sticks length 29 cm; bullroarer, with incised face decoration and ochre length 28 cm; dance boomerang length 54 cm; barbed spearhead length 46 cm; and hafted axe with stone head length 35 cm. ***
*** 1920s shop display case. Nickel plated frame with oak interior mounted on a later wooden plinth and castors. Mirror backed with two sliding rear doors. Typically some scratches to top but better than average. Old solder repair to one corner. Width 184 cm,… ***
*** Colonial cedar counter, the moulded rectangular top above three sections with recessed shelves, plinth base. Second half 19th century, height 78 cm, length 259 cm, depth 60 cm. Provenance: Estate late Trevor Kennedy Am. ***
*** Copper ship's Navigation lantern. No internal lamp fitting. Copper, brass and glass. Height 90 cm ***
*** Aluminium framed shop display cabinet. Twin sliding door front access, glazed sides, mirror back and base with three adjustable shelves. Interior lighting to top. Width 120 cm, depth 46 cm, height 197 cm ***
*** Long narrow shop display counter. Nickel plated brass framed, glazed 3 sides with removable mirror floor. Mounted on lions paw feet. Two mirror backed sliding rear doors. Countertop glazing in relatively good condition. Two internal shelves. Width 211 cm,… ***
*** Copper framed shop display counter. Two mirror-backed rear doors, mounted on wood plinth with castors. Length 180 cm, height 97 cm, depth 60 cm ***
*** Circa 1920 shop display counter. Nickel plated frame Mounted on lions paw feet. Glazed three sides with two mirror back sliding rear doors. Good condition. Width 150 cm, depth 52 cm, height 94 cm ***
*** Circa 1910 Cook, Troughton and Simms sextant. Brass with silver index. Includes two other eyepieces. Boxed ***
*** 1920s shop display counter. Nickel plated brass frame on lions paw feet. Removable mirror base and one narrow internal shelf. Two mirror back rear sliding doors; replaced glazing in good condition. Width 187 cm, depth 54 cm, height 94 cm ***
*** Two four fold ivory rulers. Nickel mounted, both by Rabone & Sons. Length 12 inches (2) ***
*** Brass, mahogany and ivory Octant. By Heather of London, c. 1780. Missing handle, otherwise complete. ***
*** Station Emergency lantern. Red painted Dietz with brass plate Museum-Nswtd. Height 48 cm ***
*** Station Emergency lantern. Red painted Australian kerosene lantern Aurora, with applied brass plate Nswtd-St James. Glass also etched Nswtd. Height 48 cm ***
*** Early 'Sandpiper' ships bell. General steam Navigation & Co. Ltd. Loss to rim, however still rings. Diameter 38 cm. Height 31 cm ***
*** Four various Watches, including Rado Diastar, sterling silverteel oval case (worn) running; Seiko 17 jewels, automatic in rolled gold case, A/F; square Seiko automatic daydate, running; & Citizen Diver's automatic, in sterling silverteel case, running. ***
*** Station Emergency lantern. Red painted Dietz with brass plate Wynyard-NSWGR. Height 50 cm ***
*** 1920s shop display counter. Nickel plated brass frame on wooden plinth. Two sliding mirror back doors to rear; glass top relatively unscratched. Width 163 cm, height 96 cm, depth 52 cm ***
*** Early London Excelsior Safe. two keys available, two keys available, Height 61 cm Width 46 cm Depth 41 cm ***
*** 1930s English sextant. Brass and Bakelite construction. Cased ***
*** Boxed Henry Hughes sextant. Labelled #52984 - radius 6 inches reading to 10 inches. Attached label dated 5-12-46. ***
*** Cased 'Hezzanith' sextant, c1925. 24 x 25 cm ***
*** 1930s-1940s miner's helmet. With original adjustable inner liner and metal bracket for mining lamp, length 25.5 cm ***
*** Schatz ships bell clock. Clock & bell mounted on wall plate, with key & instruction book. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. ***
*** Reynolds Son and Wardale brass box sextant. Circa World War II. In leather case. ***
*** Station Emergency lantern. Red painted Dietz kerosene lantern, with applied brass plate Gordon. . Height 48 cm ***
*** Station Emergency lantern. Red painted Dietz kerosene lantern, with applied brass plate Wahroonga. Flaking paint, filler cap missing. . Height 50 cm ***
*** German Plath, Hamburg sextant. Brass and wood construction. Cased ***
*** Deck compass in binnacle, with oil lamp side illuminator. Height 23 cm ***
*** Wood, Lino cutting & stamp sets, including early boxed rubber stamps & stencil sets. Also shop paper roll dispenser. ***
*** Fid (conical tool), 19th century, Albany WA. Used in the days of sailing ships to open up the strands of a rope before splicing. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. ***
*** After Hokusai Katsushika, 1760-1849, 6 four ukiyo-e prints from 'Thirty six view of mount Fuji.' including 'Fuji view field in a Owari Province;' 'A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga;' 'Mt Fuji Reflects in lake Kawaguchi...' and 'Dawn at Isawa in Kai… ***
*** Two early signal Lanterns, including orange NSW Transport Department, and green. Both with rotating stop go facility. Height 31 cm & 20 cm ***
*** Seth Thomas brass cased ships clock. (Running. Unserviced). Diameter 18 cm ***
*** Three Early Wooden Office Items, including brochure box labelled 'Australia-Italia Shipping Coy. Ltd,' 'out tray' marked 'Nswgr' and stationery box. ***
*** Two early 19th century ivory Ruler & 1 ivory & silver parallel rule. One twenty four inch folding rule (four fold). 'T Aston the original maker (6'' x3/4''); one twelve inch folding rule (two fold) (6'' x13/8''); & parallel rule (6'' x13/8'') Nb; export… ***
*** Early Railway signalling lamp. Rotating handle type. Internal lenses okay and burner extant. Chip to bevel of front glass, height 35 cm ***
*** 1906 Royal Commission into NSW Railways. Later green binding, 198 pages. ***
*** Polynesian pump drill spindle. With whale bone fly wheel, length 58 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate (lot 182). ***
*** Two Royal Doulton cut crystal decanters. Including. Neptune decanter; and ship's decanter. Height 36 cm and height 28 cm ***
*** Books, (5) 'Toulouse-Lautrec Lithographs,' Sotheby Parke Bernet catalogue of 1978; 'T-Lautrec,' by Francis Jourdain, published Editions Pierre Tisne; 'One Hundred Ten Unpublished Drawings,' by Toulouse-Lautrec, limited edition #388/1500, published Boston… ***
*** Schatz ships clock. Running but unserviced. ***
*** Early NSW Govt. Railways Brass Faced Stress Gauge. 36.5 x 21 cm ***
*** Early Woodcarver's mallet. Length 30 cm ***
*** c.1938 Photos. Shop window displays for cigarettes ***
*** Five various mining publications. Including 'Gold Dredging in NSW,' 1971; 'Chemical engineering and mining Review,' Melbourne 1939, full year; 'The coal Miner' x 2, 1954; and 'Bhp Review,' 1952 ***
*** 1952 Holden 'Fx' Shop Manual. 278 pages. ***
*** Two early 19th century parallel rulers. Ebony and brass construction. Also brass mounted rosewood carpenters square ***